2.A. A Proclamation recognizing May 15, 2025, as Police Memorial Day and May 11 - 17, 2025, as National Police Week.

[2.C. Council to receive a presentation and discuss Phase I of the Work Plan & Milestones for the Duncanville Fieldhouse Feasibility Study by Hunden Partners, Inc.]

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS PHASE ONE OF THE WORK PLAN AND MILESTONES FOR THE DUNCANVILLE FIELD HOUSE. FEASIBILITY STUDY BY HYUNDAI PARTNERS INCORPORATED. PRESENTATION IS PROJECT MANAGER. OKAY? I DIDN'T HAVE HER ON HERE. I'M SORRY. ANGEL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WE ENTERED INTO AN ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH PARTNERS IN DECEMBER OF 2020 FOR RESOLUTION 2024383. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE FIELD HOUSE, DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL MODELS AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD BE MORE OF A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE THAT THE FACILITY IS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE MATT AVILA FROM HYUNDAI PARTNERS. HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PHASE ONE, EXCUSE ME WORK PLAN AND THE MILESTONES.

AND HERE HE IS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I'M VERY EXCITED TO REPRESENT HYUNDAI PARTNERS PRESENTING OUR FINDINGS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE, WHICH WE'VE CONDUCTED ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, LOOKING AT HOW TO BEST OPTIMIZE THE FACILITY AND ENSURE THAT IT IS CONTINUING TO BE SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY ASSET FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. SO TO BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION, I WANT TO START WITH SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE AND SOME OF THE GUIDING QUESTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT THROUGHOUT THIS ASSESSMENT. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WAS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE FIELDHOUSE. THESE FACILITIES COMMONLY ARE VIEWED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM MUNICIPALITIES, WHETHER THAT BE PROFITABILITY, DRIVING ECONOMIC IMPACT OR OVERALL COMMUNITY BENEFIT. IT WAS A FOCUS FOR US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS FOR YOU ALL AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE. IN TERMS OF THE SECOND QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IMPACT DECISIONS ON MANAGEMENT, PRICING, PROGRAMING AND POTENTIAL INVESTMENT? WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD, AND HOW THAT MAY IMPACT THE CITY IN POSITIVE WAYS OR POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE WAYS. LOOKING AT

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DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, PRICING, PROGRAMING AND ADDITIONAL THINGS AS WELL. AND THEN ARE THE CURRENT OPERATIONS BEING FULLY OPTIMIZED IN TERMS OF REVENUE GENERATION, PROGRAMING AND UTILIZATION? WE'LL DIG INTO THAT. AND THEN ARE THERE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENT SCHEDULING PARTNERSHIPS OR FACILITY USE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDHOUSE AS A SUSTAINABLE VENUE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE? SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR GOAL WAS TO DO A MARKET DEMAND FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. BUT A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WAS TO BENCHMARK THE FIELDHOUSE AGAINST OTHER FACILITIES IN THE AREA, LOOKING AT HOW THE FACILITY CAN BE OPTIMIZED, UTILIZING STRATEGIES THAT OTHER FACILITIES HAVE SEEN BE SUCCESSFUL. WITH THAT, LOOK AT, LOOK AT MARKET DEMAND. WHAT ARE TOURNAMENT OPERATORS DOING AND HOW ARE THEY VIEWING THE FACILITY. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THOSE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES. SO TO LOOK AT THE FIELDHOUSE, OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO LOOK AT CURRENT OPERATIONS AND HOW THE FACILITIES PERFORMING TODAY AND HAS PERFORMED IN THE PAST. THE FIELDHOUSE ACCOMMODATES OVER 40 PLUS TOURNAMENTS A YEAR, DRIVING SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT INTO THE CITY WITH OVER 15 PLUS CAMPS, LEAGUES AND OTHER EVENTS, AND IS HOME TO A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS FROM CHURCH GROUPS, SCHOOLS, PRIVATE CAMPS, CLUBS AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT PAST PERFORMANCE, THE FACILITY IS BUSIEST THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND JULY, WHICH IS PEAK TOURNAMENT SEASON AND THEN WANES IN THOSE SHOULDER AND DOWNTIMES WHEN KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL OR ON SUMMER BREAK, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY OUT OF WEEKS, OUT OF THE YEAR. FROM A FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF US LOOKING AT TOURNAMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE VIEW THESE FACILITIES ON A WEEK BASIS BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE TOURNAMENTS HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND. SO 48 OUT OF 52 WEEKENDS OUT OF THE YEAR, THIS FACILITY IS BUSY. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS SUCCESS.

AND THAT IS VERY, VERY GOOD TO SEE IN TERMS OF OVERALL UTILIZATION FROM TOURNAMENTS AT THE FIELDHOUSE, IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING LARGER AND MORE IMPACTFUL EVENTS. THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FROM STAFF EXPANSION AS WELL AS ENHANCE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH BOTH CURRENT FACILITY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS CITY FINANCE TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FACILITY FROM A REVENUE AND EXPENSE PERSPECTIVE, AND WHAT WE DETERMINED IS THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AT NEARLY A BREAKEVEN STATUS, WITH MINOR ANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN PROFIT AND LOSS, WHICH FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE FOR THESE FACILITIES IS A VERY STRONG POSITION TO BE IN. AND WE'LL CHAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE END IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FACILITY IS BRINGING IN FROM AN ECONOMIC IMPACT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WE FEEL IS REALLY THAT AREA THAT IS OF CLOSE FOCUS AND SHOULD BE OF CLOSE IMPORTANCE TO YOU ALL IN TERMS OF THE TAX DOLLARS AND OVERALL SPENDING THAT ARE BEING GENERATED BY THE FIELDHOUSE. SO A FEW OTHER POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION HERE IN TERMS OF COURT RENTAL RATES, THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT MARKET WITH LIMITED ROOM FOR INCREASES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CREATIVE STRATEGIES IN THE FACILITY CURRENTLY BY MANAGEMENT TO DRIVE REVENUE INTO SPACES THAT IN MOST FACILITIES WOULDN'T BE GENERATING REVENUE, SUCH AS ACCOMMODATING MANY GROUPS IN STORAGE SPACES AND HAVING THEM CALL THAT THEIR HOME AND RUN THEIR BUSINESSES AND OPERATIONS OUT OF THOSE SPACES WITHIN THE VENUE. SO ONE AREA THAT WE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE STUDY PROCESS, NOT BEING A LOCAL, A LOCAL FIRM HERE AND BEING FROM CHICAGO, IS THE OVERWHELMING SPORTS IDENTITY THAT DUNCAN DUNCANVILLE HAS IN THE REGION, BUT ALSO NATIONALLY.

WE SPOKE WITH MANY TOURNAMENT OPERATORS AND THEY IDENTIFIED THAT TEAMS WANT TO PLAY THE TALENT HERE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HANG YOUR HATS ON AND BE PROUD OF, BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TEAMS COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO PLAY YOUR LOCAL TALENT. I'LL SHOW THAT HERE IN A SECOND AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND

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HOW WE QUANTIFY THAT. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND WHY THE FIELDHOUSE MEANS SO MUCH. AND THIS SLIDE HERE ENCAPSULATES THAT. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE REGIONAL FACILITIES IN THE DFW METROPLEX THAT ARE COMPETITIVE. I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL FOR THOSE TO SEE IN THE ROOM, BUT 14.3% OF THE VISITS AT THE FIELDHOUSE CAME FROM OVER 100 MILES. SO AND THAT'S OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 325,300 VISITS IN 2024. SO 88, 88,600 PEOPLE CAME FROM OVER 100 MILES TO VISIT THE FIELDHOUSE. MANY OF THOSE FOLKS WERE STAYING THE NIGHT, SPENDING IN YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND CREATING ECONOMIC VITALITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THAT, COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER VENUES IN THE MARKET, IS MUCH HIGHER AT 14.3% COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF 11.3. WITH MANY FACILITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. IN TERMS OF OUR INTERVIEW, OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WE SPOKE WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY TO UNDERSTAND MARKET DEMAND, AS WELL AS SATISFACTION WITH THE CURRENT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT AT THE FIELDHOUSE. ALL VERY POSITIVE. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE HEARD IS THE REALITY THAT THIS IS A SIX QUART FACILITY, SO ACCOMMODATING LARGE, BIG TOURNAMENTS BECOME CHALLENGING WITH ONLY SIX COURTS. HOWEVER, WHAT THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY DOING, ATTRACTING TEAMS FROM FAR AWAY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE NOTED. HOWEVER, THE REALITY OF A SIX COURT VENUE IS IT'S DOING WHAT IT SHOULD FOR ITS SIZE. IN TERMS OF THE TOURNAMENT OPPORTUNITY. SUMMARY I HIT ON MANY OF THOSE POINTS, THAT FIRST BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT. A FEW ITEMS THAT WE HEARD FROM TOURNAMENT OPERATORS WERE THAT ENHANCING, MARKETING, ENHANCING AND MARKETING DESTINATION AMENITIES, HOTELS AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS CAN HELP LAND LARGER TOURNAMENTS, SUSTAIN ATTENDEE INTEREST, AND GENERATE MORE IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. IN TERMS OF OUR CASE STUDY ASSESSMENT, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, WE FOCUSED OUR ASSESSMENT ON BENCHMARKING THE FIELDHOUSE AGAINST OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS IN YOUR BACKYARD, SUCH AS THE ROUND ROCK SPORTS CENTER OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. AND THIS ASSESSMENT HERE FOCUSED ON LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE, THE FACILITY TYPE IN TERMS OF THE SIZE, COURT NUMBER AND PLAYING SURFACES. AND THEN FINALLY THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES, WHETHER THAT BE THIRD PARTY OR CITY OPERATED AND THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH. SO IN TERMS OF THE COMPARABLE FACILITIES, A FEW KEY FINDINGS FROM THIS ASSESSMENT WHEN LOOKING AT ROUND ROCK SPORTS CENTER AND THE JONTY RHODES MYRTLE BEACH SPORTS CENTER, THEY PRIORITIZE IMPACTFUL TOURNAMENTS. BOOK THOSE FURTHER IN ADVANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ACCOMMODATED THROUGHOUT THE SCHEDULE, AND THEN BACKFILL THOSE LOCAL EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE FOLKS INTO THE MUNICIPALITY. IN TERMS OF MAXIMIZING WEEKDAY USAGE, THEY INCREASE ACTIVITY WITH PAID OPEN GYM SESSIONS, IN-HOUSE LEAGUES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND THEN A FEW OTHER THINGS WE WANTED TO MENTION IS THE BALANCE OF COMMUNITY AND REVENUE. SO MIXING PUBLIC ACCESS AND HIGH REVENUE EVENTS WILL ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY. NEXT, WE LOOKED AT TWO OTHER FACILITIES AND COMPARED THE PROS AND CONS OF CITY MANAGEMENT VERSUS PRIVATE MANAGEMENT, AND A FEW THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS WERE THE FOLLOWING. CITY MANAGED FACILITIES OFTEN UTILIZE A CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, DEDICATED SALES STAFF, OR SPORTS CORPORATION TO SECURE LARGE TOURNAMENTS, STAFFING, FUNDING AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVABLE BY LEVERAGING SEVERAL SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO CONSIDERING PROFITABILITY. ONE THING THAT WE FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS ASSESSMENT, AND FROM WORKING ON HUNDREDS OF YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEXES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS THESE FACILITIES COMMONLY DON'T GENERATE OPERATING PROFIT. HOWEVER, WHAT THEY GENERATE IN TERMS OF TAX DOLLARS AND SPENDING IN THE COMMUNITY IS HOW THEY'RE VIEWED AS STRONG INVESTMENTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY FOR PRIVATELY MANAGED FACILITIES, THERE IS A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON PROFITABILITY AND LONG TERM GROWTH RATHER THAN COMMUNITY BENEFIT, SO ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE

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DISPLACED AND OUTPRICED FOR USE IN SOME OF THESE FACILITIES. THEY MAXIMIZE HIGH MARGIN EVENTS, FILLING THE CALENDAR WITH IN-HOUSE PROGRAMING AND THEN BACKFILLING WITH RENTALS AS NEEDED. AND THEN THEY UTILIZE TOURNAMENT NETWORKS TO BRING IN LARGER TOURNAMENTS, SOMETIMES AT THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOCAL TEAMS AND LEAGUES. SO TO WRAP UP THE CASE STUDIES, BEFORE WE GET TO THE FINAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE PRESENTATION, AS I MENTIONED, THESE COMPLEXES AREN'T PROFIT DRIVERS FOR CITIES. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS REALLY WHERE THEY ARE VIEWED AS STRONG INVESTMENTS AND GREAT ASSETS. FOR CITIES. THE BENEFIT OF PRIVATE MANAGEMENT DEPENDS ON THE OPERATOR AGREEMENT, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE OBJECTIVES SET FOR MANAGEMENT BY THE CITY. AT THE VERY END OF THIS, IN THE CONCLUSION SECTION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME PROS AND CONS OF MOVING FORWARD. THOSE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THIRD PARTY GROUPS. WE'VE SEEN THEM GO WELL AND WE'VE SEEN THEM GO POORLY. THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS OF THE REVENUE AND CAPITAL EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS. THERE ARE MANY AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH CITIES ON TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, BECAUSE A STRONG FOOTING IS NOT PUT IN PLACE IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE CAPITAL EXPENSE ITEMS ARE AND THE SHARE WITH THAT PRIVATE GROUP AND THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. NOT TO SAY IT WILL, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD WITH A THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT GROUP. AND AS I MENTIONED ALONGSIDE THAT, THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN IMMEDIATE OR LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITY PERFORMANCE AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS THERE THAT WE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THAT CASE STUDY ASSESSMENT. BUT THOSE WERE THE MAIN ONES I WANTED TO HIT ON TODAY. SO IN TERMS OF CONCLUSIONS, AS WE WRAP UP HERE WITH THE FINAL REMAINING SLIDES, THE FIELDHOUSE MEETS A CRITICAL LOCAL NEED. WHEN I CAME HERE 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO AND MET WITH ALL THE LOCAL USERS IN THE FACILITY, I CANNOT EXPRESS THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH ALL THE LOCAL GROUPS AND YOUTH AND TEAMS THAT CURRENTLY CALL THE FIELDHOUSE HOME AND HOW HOW THEY FELT ABOUT MANAGEMENT AS WELL IN TERMS OF JUST BEING SO PLEASED WITH HOW THINGS ARE RUN THERE. SO WE DON'T SEE THIS EVERY DAY. IT IS A GREAT STORY TO BE TOLD WITH THE FIELDHOUSE, AND THERE'S STRONG APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE THERE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE HVAC AND THE FACILITIES, DEBT MATURITY REALLY POSITION IT IN A GREAT FINANCIAL POSITION MOVING FORWARD AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. I KNOW I'VE HIT ON THIS, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY. FEW ITEMS HERE. THESE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO SEE FOR FOLKS IN THE ROOM, BUT WHAT WE CONDUCTED IS A DETAILED ASSESSMENT FROM A REVENUE AND EXPENSE PERSPECTIVE, EVALUATING BOTH A SCENARIO OF CURRENT MANAGEMENT, LOOKING AT A MODEST PROFIT FOR THE VENUE BASED ON FACILITY PERFORMANCE MOVING FORWARD UNDER ITS CURRENT MANAGEMENT POSITION, AND THEN UNDER A PRIVATE MANAGEMENT SCENARIO, GENERATING SLIGHTLY MORE REVENUE FOR THE FACILITY.

SLIGHTLY MORE PROFIT. HOWEVER, SEVERAL LARGER EXPENSE ITEMS HERE, WHICH WE CAN EXPLAIN AND GO THROUGH MORE THOROUGHLY FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION. SO I KNOW I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND WHAT THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY DOING. THIS IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT IN BLUE AND A POTENTIAL PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP COMING IN AND RUNNING THE FIELDHOUSE, AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT WOULD BE GENERATED OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO IN TERMS OF GROSS SPENDING THAT WOULD BE GENERATED 439 MILLION IN GROSS SPENDING, SPENDING FROM THOSE VISITING THE FIELDHOUSE, 28 MILLION IN GROSS EARNINGS, SUPPORTING 16 FULL TIME JOBS AND THEN GENERATING 6.8 MILLION IN GROSS TAXES FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. FOR THE PRIVATE MANAGEMENT SCENARIO THAT WE CONDUCTED, WE ASSUMED THAT A FEW MORE TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AT THE FIELDHOUSE, DRIVING SLIGHTLY MORE TOURNAMENTS FROM FURTHER AWAY, RESULTING IN A MARGINAL

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INCREASE IN ROOM NIGHTS AND SPENDING IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, SO SUMMARIZED AS 594 MILLION IN GROSS SPENDING, 38 MILLION IN GROSS EARNINGS, 21 FULL TIME JOBS, AND 10.1 MILLION IN FISCAL IMPACT. THESE ARE CONTINGENT ON THE AGREEMENT PUT IN PLACE. AS I MENTIONED, WE FEEL THAT WE WERE CONSERVATIVE IN THESE PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD AND THE ALIGNMENT OF INCENTIVES WITH THE OPERATOR SELECTED OR IF CONTINUED WITH CURRENT MANAGEMENT, WOULD BE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND, TO REALIZE THESE ECONOMIC IMPACTS. THE LAST THING IS THE INCREASED IMPACT UNDER PRIVATE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE IS NOT GUARANTEED. SO THESE PROJECTIONS, ALTHOUGH SHOWING THAT MARGINAL INCREASE ARE NOT A GIVEN. SO IN TERMS OF A PATH FORWARD. PROS AND CONS AS I'VE MENTIONED FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS, THE FACILITY IS AFFORDABLE, FULFILLING THAT GREAT LOCAL NEED WITH A THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT GROUP. THERE ARE POTENTIAL CONCERNS WITH DISPLACING CURRENT USERS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS IN TERMS OF HAVING A THIRD PARTY INVEST MORE IN THE FIELDHOUSE. IF THAT AGREEMENT IS PUT IN PLACE IN A MANNER THAT INCENTIVIZES THEM TO INVEST IN THE FACILITY, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY ATTRACT LARGER TOURNAMENTS THROUGH THEIR TOURNAMENT NETWORK, AND THEN FINALLY, IF THE FACILITY IS SOLD TO A PRIVATE GROUP, THAT WOULD ALLOW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE GENERATED, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME RISKS AND THOSE ECONOMIC BENEFITS COULD BE ERASED. AND THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT USE THE FACILITY AND CALL IT HOME WOULD HAVE TO FIND A NEW HOME. SO THAT LOSS OF PUBLIC CONTROL OF THE ASSET WOULD AND COULD BE A CHALLENGE. SO. SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE OUR FINDINGS. I'M SORRY, I PROBABLY WENT A LITTLE BIT LONG WITH YOU ALL, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ON THIS THUS FAR, AND WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND LET THE AGENDA CONTINUE TO ROLL ON. THANK YOU QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. NONE. MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 52? IT'S A 30 YEAR SUMMARY OF IMPACTS. SO THOSE NUMBERS OVER 30 YEARS. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. AND WE CAN WE CAN SHOW YOU THE ANNUAL HOWEVER WE DO A 30 YEAR FORWARD LOOKING PROJECTION FOR FACILITIES LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW WE'RE GOING

[2.D. City Council to receive a presentation by Matrix Consulting Group and discuss items relating to Police and Fire Analysis]

TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION BY MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP AND DISCUSS ITEMS RELATING TO POLICE AND FIRE ANALYSIS. PRESENTING. HEATH STOGNER. SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

I'M SORRY, WHO FLEW IN FROM SAN FRANCISCO? SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO HIM AND THEN I WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND STUFF. SO I WILL TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF.

YEAH, I JUST MADE IT UP, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I AM RICHARD BRADY. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP, AND I WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS ASSIGNMENT. WITH ME IS ROBERT FINN, A NEW VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE FIRM. AND I WAS THE LEADER OF THE POLICE STUDY, AND HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE FIRE STUDY. WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE DRAFT REPORT BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER. AND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT WAS. YES, I CHECKED MY SCHEDULE, AND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO WORK THROUGH SOME DETAILS AND SOME ADDITIONAL DATA TO GET TO THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE'RE

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PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT. YOU'VE GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE. YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THIS BEFORE, SO I WILL BE PRETTY HIGH LEVEL ABOUT OUR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. SO JUST QUICKLY REMINDER THAT OUR BUSINESS IS JUST WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WHILE WE PROVIDE MANY SERVICES TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLIENTS, OUR POLICE AND FIRE BUSINESSES AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AT IT BECAUSE WE'RE FACT BASED, BUT NOT IGNORING THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE PROVIDING THE SERVICE. SO LOTS OF INPUT FROM OUR OUR CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS AND EXTENSIVE USE OF DATA ANALYTICS AS WE GO THROUGH IT, AS WE GO FROM PROJECT INITIATION TO THIS KIND OF STAGE, IT'S LOTS OF INTERACTION WITH STAFF AND WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT. SO THE OBJECTIVES OF BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STUDIES WERE VERY SIMILAR. AT IT'S BASIC. IT'S LOOKING AT CURRENT STAFFING NEEDS AND PROJECTED STAFFING NEEDS WITH A LOOK AT FACILITY NEEDS AS WELL. BUT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO OBJECTIVES ARE THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OR EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, AND THAT THEY CONFORMED WITH BEST PRACTICES. BECAUSE THE END RESULT HERE IS, IS MAKING SURE THAT STAFF WAS UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY, BUT ALSO YOU WERE EFFECTIVE AT PROVIDING THE KINDS OF SERVICES AT A SERVICE LEVEL THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS. SO LET'S GET INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FINDINGS. SO A LOT OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN THIS PART OF THE STUDY WAS PATROL IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE STUDY. IT'S THE MOST VISIBLE PART OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT FIRST WAS CALL FOR SERVICE WORKLOAD. THE COMMUNITY HAS A NEED, A CRIME IS COMMITTED OR SOME OTHER SERVICE REQUEST IS GENERATED AND SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY NEEDED TO RESPOND. SO WE LOOKED AT THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY RESPONDED TO. AND THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE TOP TEN KINDS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND THEY'RE MOSTLY SERVICE TYPES OF THINGS QUALITY OF LIFE, TYPES OF THINGS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ALARMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY MOSTLY HAPPEN BETWEEN ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND 8:00 OR SO AT NIGHT. AND THOSE TOP TEN THINGS ARE ABOUT HALF OF THE TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE RESPONDED TO WITHIN THE CITY.

REMARKABLY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RESPONSE TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY GENERATED REQUESTS FOR SERVICE OFFICERS GET THERE VERY QUICKLY, MUCH QUICKER THAN MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK WITH IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND I THINK WHAT'S MOST REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS IS THAT MOST DEPARTMENTS DEPLOY THEIR PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO HIGH PRIORITY CALLS QUICKLY, AND YOU DO TO ABOUT 6 OR 7 MINUTES FOR HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS. BUT FOR MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK WITH, THE LOWER PRIORITY CALLS, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, TYPES OF THINGS, THE SERVICE TYPES OF THINGS. WE OFTEN SEE RESPONSE TIMES OF 30 MINUTES, 60 MINUTES OR LONGER, AND THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT TWICE AS LONG AS THE HIGH PRIORITY CALLS HERE, ABOUT 13 OR 14 MINUTES. SO FIRST OF ALL, SHOWS THAT OFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE, THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO BREAK OFF FROM ONE TYPE OF CALL TO GO TO ANOTHER TYPE OF CALL, BUT THAT THEY ARE RESPONDING QUICKLY TO PROVIDING SERVICES THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, REGARDLESS OF THE PRIORITY. SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT PATROL IS HOW PROACTIVE THEY ARE. AND THAT'S RELATED TO WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT AT RESPONSE TIME. IF THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, ETC. IN OUR RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCH OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, FOUND THAT IF PROACTIVE TIME OVERALL FALLS BELOW ABOUT A 45% LEVEL, THEY CAN'T BE PROACTIVE VERY MUCH AT ALL BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT VERY SMALL INCREMENTS OF TIME. SO IT'S ONLY AT THAT KIND OF LEVEL WHERE YOU'VE GOT ROUGHLY A BALANCE BETWEEN REACTIVE KIND OF CALL FOR SERVICE RESPONSES VERSUS PROACTIVE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE ENGAGED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO IN DUNCANVILLE, ON AN OVERALL BASIS, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THAT BALLPARK. THIS GRAPH THAT THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE HOURS OF THE DAY TIME BLOCKS, FOUR HOUR TIME BLOCKS BY DAY OF THE WEEK WHERE THEY MEET THAT TARGET, AND IN WHITE TO GRAY OR LIGHTER GREEN KIND OF SHADES, THEY DON'T MEET THAT TARGET. AND SO WHILE ON AN OVERALL BASIS IN DUNCANVILLE, PATROL OFFICERS HAVE ABOUT 40% OF THEIR TIME TO BE PROACTIVE. THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IT AT VERY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE DAY. BETWEEN ABOUT 6:00, LIKE 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO ABOUT 10:00 AT

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NIGHT. EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK IS PRETTY DEFICIENT. AND SO THAT THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN WHEN PEOPLE ARE AWAKE AND NEEDING HELP OR AWAKE AND CAUSING PROBLEMS. POLICE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO DEAL WITH THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. THE GOOD NEWS, HOWEVER, IS THAT THEY USE THAT TIME EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT VERY AVAILABLE TO GENERATE ACTIVITY. THIS CHART SHOWS OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN BE TRAFFIC STOPS. IT CAN BE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR AND TALKING TO SOMEBODY ON THE STREET. IT CAN BE GOING TO A COMMUNITY MEETING. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS REPRESENT OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITIES. AND THIS IS ANOTHER UNUSUAL FEATURE OF DUNCANVILLE, THAT THE NUMBER OF OFFICER INITIATED PROACTIVE EVENTS. THE NUMBER PER YEAR IS GREATER THAN THE CALL FOR SERVICES NUMBER. WE ALMOST NEVER SEE THAT. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE HIGHLY UTILIZED IN GENERAL, BUT THEY'RE USING THE TIME THEY HAVE, EVEN DURING HOURS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO BE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE HAVE A PLAN TO FILL IN THOSE HOLES FOR THE PATROL OPERATIONS IN DUNCANVILLE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RESULT OF THAT IS PRETTY UNIFORMLY GREEN. AND IT'S ACHIEVED BY ADDING JUST TWO POLICE OFFICERS, BUT NOT RESTRUCTURING THE SHIFT AT ALL.

BUT TO COVER, USE THOSE TWO PATROL OFFICERS TO COVER THE SHIFTS. AND THAT HAS A REAL GREAT MARGINAL IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY THOSE PROACTIVE CAPABILITIES. SUPERVISION IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE FIELD. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY. FIELD SUPERVISORS ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE PROVIDING THE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY, TRAINING NEEDS FOR THAT OFFICER. THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH OFFICERS, THE PRIORITIES, AND YOU HAVE SOME NEEDS HERE. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF TWO SERGEANTS TO GET SPANS OF CONTROL FOR FIELD SUPERVISORS AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME IN THE FIELD, OBSERVE OPERATIONS AND OBSERVE THEIR POLICE OFFICERS. SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN OPERATIONS BESIDES PATROL. YOU'VE GOT A NEW K-9 UNIT. WE SAW THAT THAT OFFICER EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE FORCE MULTIPLIER, AS I THINK THE TERM IN THE INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT HUMANS CAN'T ALWAYS PROVIDE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE ABOUT DOGS, TRAFFIC. AS YOU SAW FROM SOME OF THE DATA WE SHOWED EARLIER, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST GIVING TICKETS. IT'S BEING DEPLOYED IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS, ACCIDENTS, SCHOOL ZONES, COMMUTE TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND YOU'VE GOT AN INEQUALITY IN YOUR DEPLOYMENT AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY BETWEEN WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS. AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE EQUAL CAPABILITY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE LOOKED AT OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OUTSIDE OF PATROL IN THE SUPPORT BUREAU, WE LOOKED AT TRAINING AND PERSONNEL PARTICULARLY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER AREA OF GROWING NEED WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS, WHICH IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER. IT'S NOT AS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER CAREER AS IT WAS 5 OR 10 YEARS AGO. AND SO YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER TO FIND GOOD CANDIDATES THAT CAN FIT INTO DUNCANVILLE. TRAINING IS MORE IMPORTANT. MORE HOURS ARE DEDICATED TO TRAINING FOR OFFICERS THAN IT WAS THE CASE YEARS AGO, SO YOU NEED ANOTHER OFFICER TO HELP COORDINATE THAT AND TO HELP TRAIN BOTH NEW OFFICERS AND ANNUAL TRAINING FOR OFFICERS, AS WELL AS TO BACKGROUND NEW OFFICERS. IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. WE DID A DETAILED ANALYSIS HERE, TOO, THAT LOOKED AT THE CRIME PATTERNS WITHIN DUNCANVILLE AND THE TYPES OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. YOU'VE GOT AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF DETECTIVES IN IN DUNCANVILLE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR THERE TO SPANS A CONTROLLER VERY IMPORTANT HERE TO REVIEW CASES WHEN THEY COME IN TO MAKE SURE THE CASES ARE MOVING ON AS THEY THEY ARE WORKED BY DETECTIVES. OTHER DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SWORN OFFICERS. THEY NEED SUPPORT. AND I THINK TOO OFTEN DEPARTMENTS HAVE NEGLECTED THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER KIND OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT A POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. WE FOCUSED ON PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE AND RECORDS, WHERE THERE'S NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON IN

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EACH OF THOSE TO GUARANTEE COVERAGE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT REPORTS ARE PROCESSED ON A TIMELY BASIS. LASTLY, WE LOOKED AT STAFFING AND FACILITY NEEDS IN THE FUTURE. DUNCANVILLE IS IN A PRETTY UNIQUE POSITION, ESPECIALLY BY TEXAS STANDARDS, AND THAT YOU YOU'RE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROWTH ARE NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT HERE. YOU'RE LOGGED. MOST OF YOUR LAND HAS BEEN PRETTY DEVELOPED, SO STAFFING SHOULD NOT GROW APPRECIABLY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. HOWEVER, YOU DO NEED A NEW FACILITY EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GROWING. IT'S 40 YEARS OLD. IT DOESN'T SERVE CURRENT NEEDS, LET ALONE FUTURE NEEDS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DO A DETAILED SPACE PLAN FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A USABLE FACILITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WORK IN. SO THAT'S POLICE. I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR TURN IT OVER TO ROBERT, AND YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LAST ITEM THAT YOU COVERED. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS A NEW POLICE STATION, NOT A OH, WE'RE NOT BEING DOGMATIC ABOUT THAT. WE'RE JUST SAYING THEY NEED BETTER FACILITIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT COULD COULD RESULT IN SOMETHING THAT'S SUBSTANTIALLY NEW IF IT'S THE EXISTING ONE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

SO I WILL FOREGO THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES BECAUSE THEY'RE A REPEAT OF RICH TOLD YOU ABOUT THE FIRM AND HOW WE APPROACH THE STUDIES AND WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AT FIRE AND EMS, PARTICULARLY THE OPERATIONS, THERE'S SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS THAT THAT NEED TO BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE HOW EFFECTIVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BEING PROVIDED. CITIES CAN SET KEY METRICS FOR THINGS LIKE HOW FAST PLAN REVIEWS ARE TURNED AROUND, BUT AND INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED. BUT BUT TYPICALLY THOSE ARE LOCALLY SET AND THERE AREN'T ANY NATIONAL BENCHMARKS TO BENCHMARK YOU AGAINST. IT'S MORE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERFORMANCE AND HOW WELL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING. THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE CALL PROCESSING TIME, AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT NINE-ONE-ONE RECEIVES THE CALL UNTIL YOUR FIRE UNITS ARE DISPATCHED.

YOU'RE PART OF A REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER WITH WITH A COUPLE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO THAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY US NOW THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. AND PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN SIMILAR IN EACH ONE OF THE IN EACH ONE OF THE STUDIES. TURNOUT TIME IS HOW QUICKLY FROM THE TIME THE PERSONNEL ARE NOTIFIED, THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE APPARATUS, AND THE APPARATUS ARE IN ROUTE TO THE EMERGENCY CALL. THE TRAVEL TIME IS A FACTOR OF TIME AND DISTANCE IN TERMS OF ONCE THE WHEELS ARE ROLLING, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM TO GET TO THE CALL? SO THE FURTHER THE CALL FROM THE STATION WEATHER LIKE THIS MORNING, YOU'VE TYPICALLY GOING TO SEE LONGER TRAVEL TIMES THAN YOU WOULD TO AREAS WHERE THE CALL IS CLOSER TO THE FIRE STATION. SO THAT'S WHERE STATION LOCATION IS KEY COMPARED TO CALL DENSITY, WHICH WAS WELL COVERED IN THE REPORT. THE NEXT COMPONENT IS AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE. SO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMERGENCIES EFFECTIVELY, WHICH THE REPORT WENT THROUGH IN IN DETAIL, YOU NEED AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE TO ARRIVE IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO ARE GREAT PARTNERS FOR YOU. YOU'LL SEE IN A IN A SLIDE COMING UP BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL DEPTH OF RESOURCES TO MEET THAT TIMELY MITIGATION OF DEVELOPING THAT 16 PERSON EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE. AND THEN FINALLY, SYSTEM UTILIZATION, WHICH IS HOW HEAVILY UTILIZED ARE THE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY'RE IN THEIR SERVICE AREA AND ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN THAT TIMELY FASHION AND NOT CAUSING TOO MUCH DRAWDOWN, NOT ONLY ON THE OTHER STATIONS, BUT ALSO ON YOUR AUTOMATIC AID PARTNERS. SO WE LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AGAIN WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER. THE CALL PROCESSING TIMES ARE LONGER THAN BEST PRACTICES. SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN OUTDATED CAD SYSTEM. I KNOW THE CENTER'S BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE THAT, BUT THERE ARE 42 SECONDS OVER THE ONE MINUTE 90TH PERCENTILE BEST PRACTICE THAT'S ACCEPTED AS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD BY ALL THE ALL THE AGENCIES THAT SET STANDARDS FOR FIRE AND EMS DISPATCHING. SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE

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IMPROVEMENTS AND REDUCE THAT BY THAT 42 SECONDS TO THE CALLER, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR UNITS ARE NOW ARRIVING 42 SECONDS FASTER THAN THAN THEY PREVIOUSLY DID. WITH NO SYSTEM CHANGES, THE NEXT CONTROLLABLE COMPONENT IS TURNOUT TIMES. SO YOUR EMS TURNOUT TIMES ARE TWO MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS. BEST PRACTICES ARE 60S FIRE IS TWO MINUTES AND FOUR SECONDS, BEST PRACTICES IS A MINUTE AND 20S. SO AGAIN WITH IMPROVEMENTS MONITORING THAT, REPORTING ON WHAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE LONGER TURNOUT TIMES AND GETTING THE FIREFIGHTERS TO IMPROVE HOW THEY THEY TURN OUT AND GET ON ROUTE TO CALLS TO THE CUSTOMER. YOU CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL OF, OF ANOTHER MINUTE OF IMPROVEMENT WITHOUT MAKING ANY SYSTEM CHANGES IN WHAT THEY VIEW AS THE OVERALL RESPONSE TIME. AND THEN THE LAST IS TRAVEL TIME. SO SIX MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS. IF YOU LOOK AT AN NFPA CAREER DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE GOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL STANDARD OF FOUR MINUTES. IT DOESN'T IT NOT MET AND IS NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS STRIVE TO MEET. BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DEVELOP COMMUNITY BASED STANDARDS OF WHAT AN ACCEPTABLE TRAVEL TIME IN DUNCANVILLE SHOULD BE. THE REAL ISSUE IS, IS CALLS OUT TO THE WEST, WHERE YOUR MUTUAL AID PARTNERS BOTH SIT A LITTLE SOUTH AND EAST AND SOUTH AND WEST OF YOU. SO. SO THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC AID PARTNER THAT CAN GET QUICKLY TO THE WEST, AND THEN YOUR STATIONS, TIME AND DISTANCE WISE WITH THE ROAD NETWORK, ARE SIT FURTHER EAST TO ALLOW THAT COVERAGE. SO WE DO RECOMMEND A FUTURE STATION THREE TO SERVE THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY. UTILIZATION RATES ARE ARE AT A CRITICAL LEVEL FOR YOUR AMBULANCES. SO 16 TO 24% IS KIND OF AN IDEAL. THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED, BUT NOT SO HEAVILY THAT IT'S NOT RELIABLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR YOUR QUINT AND YOUR ENGINE COMPANY BOTH MEET THAT THAT RANGE. SO NOT A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THEIR THEIR UTILIZATION RATES RIGHT NOW. BUT YOUR AMBULANCES AT 30.9% AND 26.7% ARE PAST THE POINTS OF WHEN YOU'RE SHOULD BE EVALUATING CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE LACKING RESPONSE RELIABILITY FOR YOUR SYSTEM, MUCH LIKE THE POLICE CALL VOLUME. SAW THAT 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. TIME FRAME IS WHAT DRIVES MOST OF THE EMS CALL VOLUME. SO AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, WE DO RECOMMEND A PEAK TIME EMS TRANSPORT UNIT TO ASSIST DURING THOSE PEAK TIMES. AND THEN YOU'RE NOT BURDENED WITH THE COST OF 24 HOUR STAFFING OF THAT THIRD AMBULANCE. THE SAME ISSUE WAS PREVALENT IN CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEM.

SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH THOSE REGIONAL PARTNERS, YOU HAVE STRONG REGIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE IN THE FIRE EMS SERVICES, WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THAT PEAK TIME REGIONAL ISSUE COULD SAVE ALL THE COMMUNITIES MONEY BY NOT BY ONE COMMUNITY, NOT FUNDING THAT PEAK TIME NEED ALONE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRAVEL TIMES OF FOUR MINUTES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THAT NFPA NUMBER AND HOW THE, THE FAR WEST, YOU KNOW, PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE UNABLE TO BE REACHED FROM THAT FIRST UNIT. GETTING THERE CONSISTENTLY SIX MINUTES AND 28 TO 6 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN NORMAL TRAVEL TIME PERFORMANCE TO YOU. AND THOSE ARE TWO EMERGENCY CALLS, WHICH ARE LIGHTS AND SIRENS CALLS. NOT NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A NON-EMERGENCY CALL WHERE THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. YOUR CALL CONCURRENCE IS AN ISSUE WITH 53% OF THE TIME. THERE'S 2 OR 3 CALLS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME. SO IN A SYSTEM LIKE YOURS WHERE THERE'S TWO STATIONS, ONCE THAT FIRST CALL HAPPENS, IF THE SECOND CALL OCCURS IN THE OTHER STATIONS DISTRICT, NOW YOU'VE GOT THOSE LONGER TRAVEL TIMES AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH CONCURRENCE. AGAIN, DURING THOSE PEAK TIMES OF 10 TO 6 EVENING.

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EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE THOSE STRUCTURE FIRE CALLS. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE OPERATIONS BUREAU AND THAT THAT GAP IN THE IN THE SERVICE TO THE WEST, WE DO RECOMMEND ADDING A THIRD FIRE STATION TO CEDAR RIDGE ROAD AND WEST WHEATLAND ROAD AREA. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND THE PERFECT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S AVAILABLE, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA WHICH HAS GOOD EAST WEST AND NORTH SOUTH ACCESS TO IMPROVE TRAVEL TIME FOR THE INITIAL UNIT PERFORMANCE IN THE WESTERN PORTION, AND ADOPTING FORMERLY PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OF WHAT THAT TRAVEL TIME SHOULD LOOK LIKE, SO THAT YOU CAN THEN BEGIN TO EVALUATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY AGAINST AGAINST THOSE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN ALSO ADDING THAT PEAK TIME AMBULANCE, WHETHER IT'S A CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ASSET OR WORKING WITH YOUR YOUR AUTOMATIC AID PARTNERS TO MAKE IT MORE OF A REGIONAL ASSET. YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURE IS APPROPRIATE. THE STAFFING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PREVENTION AREAS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND INSPECTIONS PLAN REVIEW IS ALL ACCEPTABLE. THE ONE BIG IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY NEEDED IS TO FIRE STATION TWO. IT HAD A FLOOD AND DUE TO SOME SHIFTING IN THE FOUNDATION WHICH CAUSED PIPES TO SEPARATE AND THE FACILITY TO FLOOD. SO THERE WAS SOME RENOVATIONS DONE TO THAT FACILITY. BUT THERE THERE ARE MORE STILL NEEDED IN TERMS OF HVAC. THE SETTLING CAUSED SOME ISSUES WITH ADA ACCESSIBILITY. STAFF HAS OUTGROWN THAT FACILITY FROM AN OFFICE PERSPECTIVE. SO THERE'S ADJACENCIES AND ISSUES WHERE THERE'S NO PRIVACY AS IN OFFICES BECAUSE IT'S A PASS THROUGH AREA, AS WELL AS SOME HVAC ISSUES THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT SO WE DID RECOMMEND RETAINING AN ARCHITECT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY BECAUSE THE STATION IS LOCATED. WELL, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO EITHER MODIFY OR RENOVATE THAT FACILITY VERSUS THE NEED FOR FULL REPLACEMENT? TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE WORKING GREAT. IN THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY, THE EMPLOYEES HAD NOTHING BUT HIGH MARKS FOR TRAINING. THE ONE ISSUE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON AGAIN WITH THE REGIONAL PARTNERS IS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAINING FACILITY, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THOSE TO IMPROVE THE HANDS ON COMPONENTS OF TRAINING. SO RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE THOSE ARE DONE KIND OF IN AN AD HOC AREAS AND NOT IN A, IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE OF THE HANDS ON TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. SO WITH THAT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERACRUZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THE THIRD FIRE STATION, WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING. WHAT APPARATUS TO PUT IN THERE. SO IT DEFINITELY NEEDS AN AMBULANCE BECAUSE BECAUSE OF YOUR HIGH EMS UTILIZATION RATES. AND THEN WE'D RECOMMEND AN ENGINE COMPANY BASED ON THE RISK PROFILE IN THAT AREA. AND FOLLOW UP QUESTION. SO WOULD HAVE AN AMBULANCE. AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO A REGIONAL AMBULANCE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING. SO THE FIRST STEP I WOULD SAY IS IT HAS YOU IMPLEMENT THE PEAK TIME AMBULANCE. AND WHETHER IT'S A REGIONAL OR A LOCAL APPARATUS, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE UTILIZATION RATES. AND IF THAT DROPS DOWN BELOW IT, THEN ADD JUST AN ENGINE COMPANY TO IMPROVE FIRST DU UNIT RESPONSE. BUT IF BUT IF YOUR UTILIZATION RATES HAVE BEEN IMPROVED THROUGH THE PEAK UNITS, MAYBE THE PEAK UNIT COULD BE HOUSED THERE. BUT BUT YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO STAFF A 24 HOUR APPARATUS THERE. IT'S ALL GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY THOSE UNIT UTILIZATION HOURS, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIMES. OKAY. AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER OR ANY OF THE OTHER SOUTHWEST CITIES PLANNING ON BUILDING MORE STATIONS OR A COMBINATION FIRE POLICE STATIONS. YEAH. GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. SO ACTUALLY I JUST HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK. I KNOW CEDAR HILL IS PLANNING ON A FIFTH STATION. DESOTO IS TALKING ABOUT A STATION AND SO IS LANCASTER. SO EVERYBODY TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS. AND BASED ON PRIOR REPORTS THAT HAVE DONE AND BY MATRIX ACTUALLY AND LOOKING AT THOSE PEAK RESPONSE TIMES, THEY'RE ALL HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. SO I HAVE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF A REGIONAL AMBULANCE AS A RESULT OF THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. I DO THINK THAT THERE YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALSO PLANNING ADDITIONAL STATIONS RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU SIR. MR. PENNEBAKER, LIGHT ON. BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMAN VERACRUZ WAS JUST SAYING. SO OR

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ACTUALLY WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, CITY MANAGER THE HOW DO WE KNOW HOW MANY STATIONS THERE ARE IN CEDAR HILL RIGHT NOW FOR CURRENTLY, THERE'S FOUR IN CEDAR HILL AND LANCASTER. I BELIEVE THERE ARE FOUR. DO YOU REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. HAVEN'T STUDIED LANCASTER. YOU HAVEN'T? I'M SORRY. IT WAS. THEY DID DO A STUDY. I THINK IT WAS ALSO FOR. MR. PENNEBAKER. JUST. AND THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ON THE THIRD FIRE STATION, I'VE SEEN THAT LOCATION IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE SPOT. AND I'M GUESSING BECAUSE WE OWN PROPERTY RIGHT THERE. IS THERE ANY OTHER AREA OR A LOCATION THAT BETTER SERVES? WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE SHADING ON THE COVERAGE THAT IT PROVIDES, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MISSING A LITTLE BIT OF THE SOUTHWEST PART OF DUNCANVILLE. SO YEAH. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, THERE WAS TWO KEY COMPONENTS. ONE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THAT AREA WHICH COULD BE POTENTIALLY SUITABLE BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL FINDINGS AND THE AND THE FINDINGS OF THE SOIL AND EVERYTHING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION. BUT SECONDARY THE CALL VOLUME IS MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT TO ALLOW FOR THOSE RAPID RESPONSE TIMES THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST AREA WHICH WHICH WAS HAVING THE LOWEST CALL VOLUME IMPACT. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. AND THIS, I DON'T KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, I'M NOT SURE. BUT YOU MENTIONED THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAINING FACILITIES CENTER. AND I KNOW AT SOME POINT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT A REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY. SO ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS STILL TAKING PLACE ABOUT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER THERE? THERE ARE STILL SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS. YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, I THINK, WITH ALL OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY ONGOING CONVERSATION TO FLUSH THAT OUT FURTHER. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AT THIS POINT. ARE YOU GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

OKAY. NEXT ITEM CITIZEN INPUT. WE DON'T WE HAVE TWO CARDS THAT WERE TURNED IN. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS. SO THE FIRST CARD IS OMARI WRIGHT I JUST WANTED TO. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING. CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYONE OMARI HERE. 703 BIG STONE GAP ROAD REPRESENTING HUSS. NOW I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AGAIN THE NEED FOR THE PROGRAM, THE AT RISK PROGRAM, AND OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND TRADE SCHOOL CURRENTLY. LIKE I SAID, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THERE IS NO ONE TARGETING THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND IT'S OVER 40% UNEMPLOYMENT HERE. AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC WE'RE TARGETING IS IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S 18 AND UP. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE COLLEGES. THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T EMPLOYABLE, AREN'T WORKING. AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN CANVASING, SPEAKING TO THE CITIZENS, SPEAKING TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, SEEING IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S THEIR FUNDING. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. I HAVE NOT FOUND ONE PERSON THAT WOULDN'T SAY, HEY, YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE OUR FUNDING TO GO TO. SO ON MY END, I WOULD ASK Y'ALL TO LOOK MORE INTO IT. ON MY END, I AM GOING TO START DOING GETTING THE SIGNATURES, GOING TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, GETTING A LITTLE MORE PAPERWORK AND STUFF TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED HERE. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY MAKING BUILDINGS LOOK PRETTY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S UNEMPLOYED THAT NEEDS THE TRADES. THAT AND THE TRADES RIGHT NOW IS WE KNOW THERE'S A BIG GAP. THIS IS ALSO TO HELP BUSINESSES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TOO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S A BIG GAP AS WELL. WE WANT TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP. PLUS NOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TRADE SCHOOL. IT'S ABOUT SAYING, HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. HOW DO WE MAKE THE CITY BETTER FOR US? HOW DO WE BECOME MORE PART OF THE CITY? A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO WILL HELP WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICE AND THE AREAS, THE BAD AREAS. MYSELF, I WAS 27, RUNNING THE STREETS. THE MILITARY CHANGED ME, YOU KNOW? SO TRADES IS WHAT I ALWAYS FELL BACK ON WHEN I COULDN'T FIND A JOB. YOU KNOW, I WAS HOMELESS FOR A WHILE TOO. SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS. THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT. IT'S NOT. IT'S NEVER BEEN ON ANY TOPIC THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. SO I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE LIKE, OH, WOW, JUST POP UP AND GO, BECAUSE

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IT'S A NEW AGENDA. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND MY TIME IS UP. I NEED HOW DO I GET TO BE ON THE PRESENTATION? I NEED PRESENTATION TIME. THAT'S WHAT I NEED. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BONNIE ANDERSON. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THIS EVENING. WITH THAT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN GONE OVER ALL THE DETAILS IN THE WORK SESSION. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MOTIONS. MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY SECOND MCBURNETT SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM JEREMY. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM FIVE A TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF

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

EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'VE MOVED OUR THREE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TO THE END OF THIS MEETING. SO

[5.B. Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution adopting the 15- year Capital Improvement Plan.]

THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. ITEM FIVE B CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. FINCH. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ESTABLISH A 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. NOW, THIS IS VERY MUCH A LIVING DOCUMENT. SO THAT MEANS IT WILL NEED TO BE REVISITED AS WE GO. BUT THE GOAL HERE IS THAT THIS WOULD VERY MUCH BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SOON TO BE COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME TIME PERIOD, THE YEARS 25, 2025 THROUGH 2040.

AND THIS GOES BACK TO A SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT COUNCILS HAD OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, IN TERMS OF TAKING SOME OF THESE BIG PROJECTS AND PUTTING THEM IN DIFFERENT BUCKETS SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM BUCKETS. AND YOU SEE THERE SOME OF THE DOLLAR FIGURES. BUT ESSENTIALLY THESE SHORT TERM BUCKET IS WHAT I WOULD SAY FOR THE YEARS 25 THROUGH 27 IS ABOUT $39 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS. THE MEDIUM TERM FOR THE YEARS 2028 THROUGH 2033 OR $23 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN THE LONGER TERM, THE OUT YEARS 2034 THROUGH 2040, ABOUT $53 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHAT THOSE CONSIST OF ESSENTIALLY HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AS WE FLIP THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY. BUT IT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THE SHORT TERM ITEMS, THE SERVICE CENTER RENOVATION, THE FIELDHOUSE UPGRADES, THE FIRE STATION, TWO RENOVATIONS THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, THE GENERATOR, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE JUST COMPLETED HERE, THE HARRINGTON PARK PHASES ONE AND THREE THAT ARE IN PROCESS NOW, THE POLICE FACILITY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, ARMY AND WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE ALL SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE CATEGORIZED IN THAT SHORT TERM, THAT COUNCIL REALLY KIND OF WANTED TO SEE THOSE DONE IN THIS SHORTER TERM TIME PERIOD, 25 THROUGH 27. WHEN WE START TO LOOK OUT AT THE MEDIUM TERM, 28 TO 33, THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE THIRD FIRE STATION, HARRINGTON PARK.

PHASE TWO, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY HALL CAMPUS AND THEN RECREATION CENTER RENOVATIONS.

AND THEN IN THE OUT YEARS, THE LONGER TERM CITY HALL 103 CAMPUS EXPANSION AND RELOOKING AT THAT DOWN THE ROAD IF IT'S NEEDED LIBRARY RENOVATIONS OR FACILITY AND THEN SENIOR CENTER RENOVATIONS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS MEANT TO BE A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT WOULD KIND OF SET THE STAGE IN CONCERT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY ADOPT. WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT FOLLOWING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT WE THEN HAVE THIS AS A STRATEGIC ACTION INITIATIVES NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT WE CAN ALSO USE THIS FOR FUNDING SOLUTIONS. IT GOES A LONG WAY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRANT MONEY OR FOR HELP FROM OUR FEDERAL OR STATE PARTNERS, IF WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE HAVE ADOPTED A 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THIS IS ON IT, AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT MORE OF A PLANNING TOOL FOR US FOR THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:19 P.M. SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE. WELL, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE IN SPEAK TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ISSUE? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE

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HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM. NO ONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED MOTION BY MOTION TO CLOSE BY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DEMONICA GOODIN. COUNCILWOMAN MONICA GOODIN.

PARDON ME. AND VOTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF THE STRENGTHS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING TO TRY TO PLAN AND TRY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY TO MAKE IT A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT AS WELL. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COUNCILMAN MCMANUS COMMENTS. JUST AS FAR AS ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE IN TO GET GETTING US TO THIS POINT AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND WE'VE HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH THE PUBLIC, TO REALLY LOOK AT WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE AS FAR AS CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT, IT'S A HADN'T BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO IT. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBABLY OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. WE HAVE A COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DEMONICA GOODIN. PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. C CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN

[5.C. Conduct a public hearing (2025-01) and consider an Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit at the request of Edward Chadwick of Baird, Hampton and Brown Inc., applicant, representing Duncanville Independent School District, property owner, to allow for the use of “Primary or Secondary School (Public)” on Duncanville High School, Blk 1, lot 1, ACS 61.795, more commonly known as 900 West Camp Wisdom Road, in the City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas.]

ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AT THE REQUEST OF EDWARD CHADDOCK OF BAIRD, HAMPTON AND BROWN INCORPORATED. AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE BY VICTOR BARRERA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS EVENING WE HAVE IDELISA CAMACHO WITH HUCKABEE. SHE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S BEEN MANAGING THE REVIEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS AND REALLY KIND OF HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE HELP TO GET US TO THIS POINT. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED WITH THE PLANNING STAFF, AND HERE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO OBTAIN SOME ADDITIONAL PLANNING SUPPORT. WE HAVE HIRED OLSEN. AN OLSEN IS A URBAN PLANNING FIRM WHO HAS ALSO BEEN ASSISTING US OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED LIFE SCHOOL. AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ASSISTED US IN WITH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. I HAVE REQUESTED AND ASKED BRENNAN KANE. BRENNAN KANE IS THE LEAD PLANNER FOR OLSEN TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE REQUEST FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT ENCOMPASSES AND TIMELINES. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL HAVE THE PASSOVER AND THE POINTER TO BRENNAN AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AGAIN, BRENNAN KANE WITH OLSEN. I'M A LEAD PLANNER AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING AND SUPPORTING YOU ALL FOR OVER THE LAST MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF ON THE ON DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS. BUT AS VICTOR MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS FOR DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF CAMP WISDOM ROAD AND ALSO NORTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IS BECAUSE WITHIN YOUR CURRENT ZONING CODE, SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT'S A PUBLIC SCHOOL, A PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR A CHARTER SCHOOL, REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SF TEN. WHICH SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT? YOU HAVE SOME SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AS WELL. THAT'S SF SEVEN, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE MAP, THE LOCATION, IT'S ALL WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND THE REASON FOR THE FOR THE ADDITION AND THE CEP AS WELL. FROM A NOTIFICATION STANDPOINT, LEGALLY YOU ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WITHIN THE ON THE MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED, THIS INCLUDED ABOUT

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33 DIFFERENT RECIPIENTS THAT MAILINGS WENT OUT TO. AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION, YOU DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT BACK FROM A PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED AT 6408 ROYAL CEDAR DRIVE. THEY HAD EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND DESTRUCTION OF THE WOODED AREA. WE'LL GET INTO THE TRAFFIC HERE IN A MINUTE AS IT RELATES TO THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. BUT THE PROJECT SCOPE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE, THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1967.

OVER TIME HAS GONE THROUGH ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT ADDITIONS, MULTIPLE RENOVATIONS. YOU HAVE A MULTITUDE OF FACILITIES THERE. YOU HAVE SEVEN BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL MAINTENANCE FACILITY, SPORTS FACILITIES AS WELL. YOU HAVE SEVEN ATHLETIC FIELDS, TENNIS COURTS AND EIGHT DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS THAT SERVICE THE OVERALL SCHOOL PROPERTY. TRAFFIC STUDY ANALYSIS WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS AND REVIEWED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND IDENTIFIED THAT EVEN WITH THE ADDITION THAT IS THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE THIS EVENING, THERE IS STILL AMPLE AMOUNT OF PARKING. AND ON THE PROPERTY TO SERVICE THIS ADDITION TO THE CAMPUS THAT THEY HAVE THERE, ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT'S INTENDED AFTER THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, AND THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL RENOVATIONS. THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP REPLATTING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE BE TAKEN CARE OF AT THE END OF THE ADDITION WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATIONS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED IN A TIMELINE OF AROUND 18 MONTHS FOR THAT COMPLETION, THEY'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE REPLAT THEREAFTER. AS MENTIONED, IT WAS REALLY INTENDED AS CAMPUS FOR A NEW CAREER TECHNOLOGY BUILDING, SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY NEW FACILITIES, BUT ALSO NEW CURRICULUM THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND REQUIRING AN SP PERMIT, THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS COMMENCED IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN JANUARY 13TH OF 2025. THE APPROVAL VOTE WAS FIVE TO NOTHING FOR THAT. AND THERE WAS ONE CONDITION THAT THE PORTABLES BE REMOVED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE WITHIN THE STAFF SUMMARY AND A FOLLOW UP WORK. THOSE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE STILL KEEPING IT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENT THIS EVENING IN CASE THAT THEY DO NEED THE PORTABLES. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE TODAY. SO THE LOCATION OF THE NEW ADDITION IS GOING TO BE IN THE GREEN AREA THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE PARKING LOT. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE TWO GREEN SQUARES THAT ARE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE ONE PARKING LOT IN SOUTH AREA. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VERSION OF WHAT THAT INFILL BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO STORY BUILDING, PREDOMINANTLY, MOSTLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ABOUT 29,000FT■!S AND ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, 7 OR 8000 SQUARE FOOT SECOND FLOOR ADDITION AS WELL.

ON THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE PROPOSED TEMPORARY PORTABLE PLAN, IF NEEDED. AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. TREE REMOVAL. THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE IDENTIFIED TREES THAT WERE OUT THERE ON THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE REMOVED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THERE WILL BE A REPLACEMENT FOR YOUR ORDINANCES OF TWO NEW TREES THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL SITE PLAN. IN ADDITION, AS WELL FOR THE BUILDING. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN? THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU SAID YOU'RE REMOVING FIVE TREES AND REPLACING IT WITH TWO, CORRECT. THERE ARE MORE. THE TREES THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE BEING REPLACED WITH THE MORE MATURE TREES, THERE'S MOST LIKELY SOME YOUNGER TREES THAT DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE TWO NEW ONES BEING REPLACED. THE MORE MATURE TREES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO DATE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:28 P.M. SO I'LL ASK THAT ANY CITIZENS UP HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS REQUEST, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE HERE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST? THAT BEING SAID, ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST? OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN MAXWELL. COUNCILMAN

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KOONTZ, LET'S GO THERE. THANK YOU. WITH THE I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS THIS QUESTION IS FOR, BUT WITH THE TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS OR PORTABLES IF NECESSARY, ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW FAR AWAY THEY CAN BE FROM SETBACKS FROM CAMP WISDOM? GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD ASK THAT EITHER LISA CAMACHO OR PROJECT MANAGER COME UP AND ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS IF THAT. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE ALSO WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEER. ED, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC SETBACK REQUIREMENTS? THE PORTABLES ARE? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THEY ARE ROUGHLY, I WANT TO SAY 25 TO 30FT OFF OF THE ROAD. THEY'LL BE LOCATED INSIDE OF THE CURRENT LIKE PARKING SPACES NOW. SO THEY WON'T BE PUSHED ANY MORE THAN WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE CARS ARE PARKING NOW. SO THEY WILL BE STAYING OFF THE ROAD BY ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SAME AMOUNT. THAT'S YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL THE SAME.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE LIKE SAME PLAN. IT SHOULD BE AS WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE THAT, YOU KNOW KIND OF LIKE SLIDE THAT DID YOU KNOW YOU KNOW YOU KNOW SHOW YOU KNOW THEY'RE LIKE LOCATIONS. OKAY.

YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. JUST A FOLLOW UP COMMENT ON THAT. SO AND I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE MAY OR MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. THE TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. WE'LL GO BACK THE CLASSROOMS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED OUT AS A PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS BEING RENOVATED. OKAY. SO YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T PERFORM THE RENOVATIONS IN THE BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE. HENCE WHY THEY HAVE TO BRING OUT THESE THESE BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY CLASSROOM FACILITIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO I GUESS JUST BY LOOKING AT THE IMAGE, NOT KNOWING THE DIMENSIONS, THE FOOTPRINT OF THESE BUILDINGS, I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THOSE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, BEING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES OR MEETING ANY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, AGAIN, THE SETBACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS ARE SAFE FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE IN THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMENTS, THE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, THEY WILL MEET ALL THE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THEY WILL BE NECESSARY. THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR PLAN REVIEW, PARTICULARLY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE CODE REQUIREMENTS BUT ALSO THE CITY ORDINANCE ARE MET. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, COULD YOU COULD I ASK A QUICK QUESTION I KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. THANK YOU. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PORTABLES, JUST CURIOUS ABOUT DO THESE PORTABLES HAVE RESTROOM FACILITIES INSIDE OR DO THE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO ON TO THE CAMPUS TO USE THE RESTROOMS? GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE RENTED A SEPARATE PORTABLE BUILDING FOR THE RESTROOMS, AND WE SHARED THE STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL DO THAT. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE NINTH GRADE. SO IT'S NOT JUST A VERY LIMITED POPULATION WHICH IS BEING RELOCATED JUST FOR ONE YEAR. SO THERE'S FULL TIME FACILITIES AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'LL STILL GO TO THE CAFETERIA AND GYM TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. THIS IS ONLY CLASSROOMS. YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL CAME HERE. OKAY. I WISH YOU'D HAVE COME WHEN WE HAD IT OPEN AND SAID SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW THE WAY TO GO. IT'S THE WAY THE WORLD'S CHANGING, TOO. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSTANDING.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS PLANNING AND DO IT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

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SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, BUT I HAVE A LIGHT ON FROM MISS GOODIN. QUESTION.

YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU SAID THAT THEY WE RECEIVED A COMMENT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AND DID WE ADDRESS THAT CONCERN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. WAS THAT SPOKEN TO IN THE PRESENTATION? THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IT DID IDENTIFY THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THE PROPERTY TO SERVICE WITH THIS NEW ADDITION, AND IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

OKAY, NO ADDITIONAL IMPACTS. THANK YOU. OKAY, WITHOUT ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE D.

[5.D. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance revising Chapter Four—Animals and Fowl City Ordinance to comply with state legislation changes and best practices.]

IT'S GOING TO BE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER FOUR.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ASSISTANT CHIEF RON WILCOX AND ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER CHAD CHAMBERLAIN. A DOODLE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CHAD TO DO HIS PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE Y'ALL SOME GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE ANOTHER ACO NOW. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER SO SHE COULD SEE HER COUNCIL. AND Y'ALL CAN SEE THE NEW ACO. THIS IS MISS HAZEL GREEN. SHE COMES TO US WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMALS, AND SHE'S WORKED AT THE DALLAS ZOO AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO SHE'S GOING TO BE A WELCOME MEMBER OF THE TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WELCOME. IS THE POINTER UP THERE FOR YOU TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES OKAY. YOU GOT IT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. WE MEET AGAIN I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT THOUGH. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED IN MAY APRIL. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT. I AM GOING TO TOUCH THE TOUCH THE BASICS OF IT BUT KIND OF BREEZE THROUGH IT. WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR SECTION 410 DEFINITIONS WITH OUR ADDING THE ANIMAL PILLS BOARD TAKING OFF, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

ON OUR CHICKEN RUN. WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE EXERCISE YARD DEFINITION AS WELL. SLIDE THREE. CONTINUING FOR TEN DEFINITIONS, WE HAVE ADDED THE INHABITED DWELLING DUE TO THE CHANGE OF THE WORD RESIDENTIAL IN OUR FOWL CHART. TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE CHANGED LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY TO LOCAL ANIMAL AUTHORITY. FOR FOUR AND FIVE. IT'S SECTION 417 ANIMAL NUISANCE. ANIMAL NUISANCE DEFINES HOW THE LOCAL ANIMAL AUTHORITY MAKES DETERMINATION OF SAID NUISANCE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ON APPEALS. MOVING ON TO SLIDE SIX, SECTION 420 A KEEPING A BACKYARD FOWL. WE REMOVED THE BAN ON ROOSTERS. WE ALSO REMOVED ANY FOWL PERMIT FEES. AND WE INCLUDED REQUIRING A SIGNATURE. THAT EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND THAT MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

THIS IS THE SAID CHART. THE CHART ALLOWS FOR INCREASED NUMBER OF FOWL. ALSO WITH THE CHANGE OF THE INHABITED DWELLINGS DEFINITION OR THE WORDING. CONTINUING FOR 20 A, WE REMOVED THE ENFORCEMENT OF A SIX FOOT FENCE, AS WELL AS REQUIRING SITE DRAWING FLOOR PLANS, AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTIONS. COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY, SINCE WE LAST HAD THIS CONVERSATION, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A FEW OF

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RESIDENTS. CHICKEN COOP PROCESS AND HOW THEY CARE FOR THE AND BEEN ABLE TO LEARN A LOT. I THINK WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING DOESN'T FULLY ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT AND LEARN FROM IT, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING AND WHY WE'RE LIMITING CERTAIN THINGS. SO I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL IF WE WOULD TABLE THE FOWL ORDINANCE AND FOCUS MORE ON THE ANIMAL DOG ORDINANCE. FOR NOW, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. COUNCILMAN PENEBAKER. I SUPPORT THAT, AND I ALSO SUPPORT BANNING ROOSTERS. I CAME OUT OF THIS PROCESS THINKING THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PART OF WHAT WE DID NOT LIFT THE BAN ON ROOSTERS. AND I THINK BANNING ROOSTERS SOLVES A LOT OF Y'ALL'S PROBLEMS AS FAR AS CALLS AND SERVICE. I'D ALMOST BE WILLING TO TAKE THIS ON AS A PET PROJECT AND SUGGEST SOME OF US GET TOGETHER FOR A CHICKEN COMMITTEE. I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS. WELL, CAN I MAKE MY COMMENT? I'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU. I DON'T I DON'T SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHY ROOSTERS WERE PUT BACK ON, BUT I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO THERE.

I SUPPORT BECAUSE OF, I THINK, TWO YEARS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND Y'ALL'S EFFORTS TO TRY TO GET UP HERE AND GET THIS DONE. I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THE, THE, THE, MY COLLEAGUES OPINIONS AND THEIR IDEAS, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING US FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE NOT RESPONDED. WELL, IT'S NOT THAT NECESSARILY THIS GROUP UP HERE, BUT OVERALL, I DON'T THINK THE ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. WE'RE FINALLY HERE, SO I'M GOING TO STAY PLUGGED IN WITH GETTING THIS VOTED ON AND APPROVED TONIGHT. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, DOES THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED TO US IS A LANGUAGE ALLOW FOR THE KEEPING OF ANY OTHER KIND OF FOWL OUTSIDE OF CHICKENS? NO, IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE. IT IS. IT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE HERE. BUT ARE YOU ASKING, CAN YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS LIKE. YES, SIR, GEESE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE. STILL WOULD NEED A PERMIT. IT WOULD BE ALLOWED, BUT YOU WOULD STILL NEED TO BE UNDER THAT PERMIT. SO YES, IT WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED BUT OKAY. AND THEN COULD YOU REMIND US JUST BRIEFLY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED AND THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US. WHAT CHANGES HAVE PERTAINED TO THINGS OTHER THAN CHICKENS? WELL, SO. WE GET BACK FROM HERE. SO ONE OF THE MAIN ONES ON THE ANIMAL NUISANCE, WITH THE RECOMMENDED ADDITION THERE WHERE A DOG OR CAT THAT HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED TWO OR MORE TIMES IN A CALENDAR YEAR MAY BE DECLARED A NUISANCE. WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEN IT EXPLAINS THERE ABOUT GIVING THE OWNER A NOTICE TO ABATE THE SITUATION IN 15 DAYS.

A LOT OF IT IS DEFINITIONS AND ADDING WORDING, CORRECTING WORDING. I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S ANYTHING ON ACTUAL DOGS AND CATS OTHER THAN OTHER THAN THE NUISANCE ISSUE. THERE. MAYOR.

THERE'S ALSO, SINCE I WROTE IT, THERE'S ALSO SOME UPDATING BECAUSE OF STATE LAW WITH REGARD TO SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY WITH DANGEROUS DOGS. AND SO WE'VE MADE ALL OF OUR DEFINITIONS COMPATIBLE WITH STATE LAW. AND THEY TRACK THE STATE LAW. AND WE EXPANDED DANGEROUS DOG WHERE WE HAVE DOG ANIMAL ON ANIMAL ATTACK NOW QUALIFIES THE ANIMAL TO BE DANGEROUS AND NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON A HUMAN. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE BROADENED OUT TO PARALLEL STATE LAW. SO THOSE THINGS WERE UPGRADED OTHER THAN THE FOUL ISSUE. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THE APPEAL PROCESS. THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED, WHICH I CAN SEE THE POINT. THE PERSON

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WHO MAKES THE DETERMINATION OF THE FIRST. FINDING, LET'S SAY IF THIS, THEN THAT SAME PERSON IS ALSO INVOLVED ON THE APPEAL BOARD. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE POLICE CHIEF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. RIGHT. HE'S A PART OF THE APPEAL BOARD AND ALSO A PART OF THE BODY THAT MAKES A DETERMINATION. YEAH. OF LOCAL. YEAH. THE LOCAL ANIMAL AUTHORITY IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE. AND YEAH, HE WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. IS THAT A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL, THAT THE SAME PERSON WHO FINDS IT A VIOLATION? WE CHANGED ALL THAT SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T HEAR THAT. AND WE GAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ACT AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD. AND THEY WOULD HEAR THE APPEAL IF THEY DID NOT GET THE KIND OF DECISION FROM THE BASICALLY THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IN THAT DIVISION, THEY WOULD ACT AS AN APPEAL BOARD.

THEY WOULD ACT AS THE APPEAL BOARD DOES. YEAH. THE POLICE CHIEF, NOT JUST THE CHIEF MAKING SOME KIND OF DECISION ABOUT THIS IS REALLY HIS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, HIS OR HER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION, I WOULD ASSUME, THAT THE POLICE CHIEF WOULD THEN REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT ABUSING THE CITIZEN OR MISINTERPRETING THE ORDINANCE. PROBABLY HIM OR HER WOULD UPHOLD THE DECISION OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IF THE CITIZEN WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT, THEN THEY WOULD APPEAL AND HAVE A HEARING BEFORE THE ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD. SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE PREVIOUSLY. THAT WAS REMEMBER THE GOATS, RIGHT? REMEMBER THE GOATS? THE CHIEF THEN REJECTED THE PERMIT, OKAY, UPON THAT REJECTION AND WENT TO THE APPEAL COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS THE POLICE CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. WELL, THE POLICE CHIEF RECUSED HIMSELF, OKAY, FROM SITTING ON THAT BOARD BECAUSE HE MADE THE ULTIMATE DECISION OR THE INITIAL DECISION TO REJECT THAT PERMIT. SO THAT WAS ONE THAT'S KIND OF, I GUESS KICK STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ON. WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CHAPTER FOUR AND SEE WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. AND I'LL TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE CHANGED IS VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THEM BEING IF WE DEEM YOUR ANIMAL DANGEROUS AND THEN YOU GIVE THAT ANIMAL TO HIM RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO WAY OF TRACKING THAT. OKAY. WITH THESE CHANGES. NOW YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW THAT THAT ANIMAL IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THEM, BECAUSE THIS STUFF'S IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THESE DANGEROUS ANIMALS ARE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DOG PARK. NOW, WE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THOSE ANIMALS, BUT ONCE THEY'RE CHANGING HANDS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE ANIMALS. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER BIG THING. AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF LEGISLATION CHANGES WE'VE HAD. I DON'T THINK WE'VE UPDATED THESE ORDINANCES SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP US MITIGATE THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMAL NUISANCE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN OUR REVISIONS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF MOVE THIS ALONG, ESSENTIALLY, AND NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT AT THIS POINT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I THINK THE CONCERN IS, IS IT A POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH THE SAME PERSON WHO MAKES A DETERMINATION, IS ALSO SERVING ON THE APPEALS BOARD? CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY WE REMOVED RECUSE YOURSELF? ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO HEAR. YES, MA'AM. OF COURSE. COUNCILMAN VERA CRUZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT THAT I RECALL DURING ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

WELL, I HAD ANOTHER COMMENT, BUT JOE JUST THREW ME OFF COMPLETELY. SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT THERE WERE COMMENTS TO THAT EFFECT AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US. SO MY COMMENTS ARE JUST KIND OF GENERAL. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES HERE, BUT I ALMOST FEEL A NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR OFFICERS WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THIS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN HERE THAT DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH CHICKENS, AND

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I'M READY TO APPROVE THOSE THINGS. BUT THERE ARE SOME SOME OTHER THINGS IN HERE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO US IN REGARDS TO FOWL AND CHICKENS WERE THE RESULT OF, I GUESS, SOME ANALYSIS OF SOME REPORTS, YOU KNOW, OVER 750 SOMETHING REPORTS IN REGARDS TO CHICKENS AND FOWL. AND IT'S STILL, TO ME, KIND OF AMBIGUOUS WHAT THOSE REPORTS WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT. AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO, TO APPROVE THIS AS IS NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS. COUNCILMAN GOODEN HAS ALREADY SUGGESTED WE TABLE THE CHICKEN PORTION OF THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THAT IS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER HAS OFFERED TO BE ON ON THE CHICKEN CLUB OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S SO CONVOLUTED I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DEFERRING TO A GROUP THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. AND TABLING IT AND COMING BACK TO IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF A MOTION WAS MADE TO TABLE, BUT IF THERE WAS, I'LL SECOND THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE CHICKEN PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE. I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE DO THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICERS? THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICERS, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS AND REDO IT. I, I FEEL BAD FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE WE KEEP CHANGING WHAT YOU SAY. CHANGE. YOU KEEP CHANGING WHAT WE ASK YOU TO CHANGE. THEN YOU COME BACK AND WE TALK TO A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE, SEE A COUPLE MORE HOUSES, AND THEN WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. I DO, AND IT'S NOT THAT I'M WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT IT IS AMBIGUOUS FOR US TO MAKE AN ORDINANCE OR A POLICY AND IMPLEMENT IT ON SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT CLEAR WHAT THE FULL CONCERN IS. YES, WE HAVE 750 CALLS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CALLS THOSE ARE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE ADDRESSING. AND FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED AFTER VISITING A COUPLE OF PLACES, THIS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS VERY PROHIBITIVE TO THEM. AND THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND CHANGING THE BEDDING ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHEN I LEARNED THAT'S REALLY NOT NEEDED FOR THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THEIRS. SO WE'RE MAKING A POLICY OR PROPOSING A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERYONE CURRENTLY, BUT NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS THE TRUE VIOLATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER HERE. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THAT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. AT THIS POINT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE OPENED AT 8:53 P.M. AND THAT WITH THAT I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE? CHANGE. OKAY, THAT BEING SAID, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE? NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED.

SECOND COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE. CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 854. COMMENTS. QUESTIONS, MOTIONS. COUNCILMAN MACK BURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I'M GOING TO I WILL VOTE THAT WE APPROVE. AND SO, MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU OR CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF GO THROUGH THE GUIDELINES WITH THAT. THE I GUESS THE COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT A PROBLEM

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UNTIL IT'S A PROBLEM. AND THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING PUT ON THE BOOKS, AND, AND THE PROBLEM WON'T EXIST UNTIL THERE IS A PROBLEM. AND THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL. BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION WITH THAT? I DID SAY, OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I SAID. AND THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. MAYOR.

BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I'M. I SAID THAT I'M VOTING TO APPROVE AS IS. SO, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. CAN I OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THAT OR CAN I DO ANYTHING ELSE HERE? MAC BARNETT MADE THE MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND PERSON CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PRIMARY MOTION. IF THEY'RE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR. SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD COACHING, ISN'T IT? COUNCILMAN MAC BARNETT, YOU ACCEPT THE MOTION OR THE AMENDMENT? NO, I DIDN'T DIDN'T ASK ME. WHAT I SAID IS THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL, CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PRIMARY MOTION IF RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAYOR. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. PENNEBAKER. OKAY. AND THEN, JUST AS A MATTER OF PROTOCOL, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IF THIS DOESN'T PASS, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION IF IT DOESN'T RECEIVE A SECOND PRIMARY MOTION, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE IS ON THE FLOOR. IF IT RECEIVES A SECOND, YOU HAVE TO GET A VOTE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT. IF IT PASSES THE MOTION. THE PRIMARY MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT IS ON THE FLOOR. ROGER. OKAY. THANK YOU. TO ANOTHER MOTION TO BE MADE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO TABLE THE SECTION FOR THE CHICKEN PART OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT'D BE SECTION FOUR DASH 20, A FOUR DASH 20 A.

SECOND OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADD AN AMENDMENT RIGHT THERE. AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO REMOVE SECTION FOUR DASH 20 A FROM THE ORDINANCE. SO NOW WERE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE NOW VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT. HELP ME OUT HERE. THIS IS WHERE YOU GET PAID TO VOTE. WHAT. YEAH. TO CONFIRM. IF THEY NOW VOTE, THEY VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE SECTION 20 A FROM THE PRIMARY MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE. SO DID EVERYBODY RAISE THE CHICKENS? ALL RIGHT, THEN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. 4 TO 3 OKAY. SO THE MOTION PASSES TO ADD THE AMENDMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE ON THE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH REMOVING SECTION FOUR DASH 20 A. OKAY EVERYBODY GET THAT OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. I THOUGHT WE VOTED. I LOST I DON'T THINK SO. MAYOR OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. SO YOU VOTED FIRST ON THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE SECTION FOUR DASH 20 A. SO THE NEW MOTION AS IT STOOD WAS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE STRIKING SECTION 420 A SO THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON APPROVING THE ORDINANCE, STRIKING SECTION 428. RIGHT. SO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE CHICKEN, THE FOWL STUFF. SO EVERYBODY CLEAR ON ON THE MOTION AND STILL FAIL. WHO DIDN'T? ANYONE. OKAY. VOTE AGAIN. HELL.

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SO WE'RE DOING TWO VOTES. WE'RE DOING THE VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT. NO. THE LOOK, LOOK THE MOTION. YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE. IT'S IN YOUR PACKET. IT INCLUDES SECTION FOUR, DASH 20 A, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT CHICKENS. OKAY. AND FOWL. YOU MADE A MOTION TO TAKE OUT 24 DASH 20 A, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT CHICKENS. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU NOW IS THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET WITHOUT SECTION FOUR, DASH 20 A, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON. WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SO NOW THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO WITH FOUR DASH 20 A? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE. NO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE NO REGULATIONS WITH REGARDS TO CHICKENS IN TOWN. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO BRING WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK UP BEFORE COUNCIL TO REVIEW WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT YOUR WISHES WOULD BE GOING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THAT PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE NOW EXCLUDE IT. SO THAT BEING

[5.E. Consider Resolution 2025-466 approving an Amendment of an Economic Development Incentive Agreement by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) with BCVCR Holdings, LLC and Pegasus Bank.]

SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE E. THIS IS A CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20 5-466 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.

MR. VICTOR BARRERA, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY TO GET TO THIS EVENING. IT'S BEEN TRULY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU, MARLIN GOLF, KNOWN TO SOME OF YOU, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL OF YOU.

HE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND HE HE STARTED OUR DEPARTMENT HERE A FEW DAYS AGO. AND HE HIT THE HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND HE WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A FEW SLIDES FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, SPECIFICALLY ON THE IMPACT THAT THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENTS WILL HAVE ON THE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX REVENUE BASED OFF OF THE FIGURES PROVIDED. SO SINCE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, I'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME SLIDES FOR THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION. BUT I'VE ALSO INCLUDED MARLIN'S SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND I'VE ASKED MARLIN TO ASSIST ME WITH TAKING THIS TO THE FINISH LINE. BUT ALSO HERE IN ATTENDANCE IS MATT, BULKY AND COREY MCCOMBS, OWNERS OF ENCINO RESTAURANT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS MONTY ANDERSON, WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TRYING TO MAKE THIS DEAL WORK, AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THAT COMMUNICATION, ALL THAT COLLABORATION TO GET US TO THIS POINT. BUT WE ARE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO MAKING THIS A REALITY. THAT SAID, I WILL PASS OVER THE POINTER AND THE MIC TO MR. GOLF TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL STAFF, HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS MARLIN GOLF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE ASKED THE FIRST SLIDE, THE ACTION ITEM BEFORE US TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION, RIGHT, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE. IN THE SLIDES THAT FOLLOW, I'LL NOTE THAT THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ALSO VOTED TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 28TH. RIGHT. AND SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, WE CALL IT THE PROXIMITY MAP. SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS AGREEMENT IS PREVIOUSLY BEEN BEFORE YOU. BUT TO THROUGH FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE NOT PROXIMITY MAP NORTH MAIN STREET RIGHT BUFFERED BY DAVIS AND CENTER STREET RIGHT. THIS MAIN THRUWAYS TO THE TO THE LOCATION. THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 220 NORTH MAIN STREET. OKAY. THIS IMAGE IS ESSENTIALLY WE'LL CALL THIS THE NORTH ELEVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS LOOKING SOUTH. BUT THAT'S THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 220 NORTH MAIN STREET. LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING ELEVATION, ALSO PHOTOGRAPHER MOVED TO THE EAST

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SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTHWEST AGAIN. YOU'LL SEE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES TO THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THE RESTAURANT OWNER AND THEIR TEAM, AS PART OF THE DESIGN WILL WILL SHOW HOW THEIR FLOORPLAN RELATES TO PROPOSE RENOVATION OF THIS PROPERTY. OKAY. MR. BERRY INTRODUCED THE PRINCIPAL OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE APPLICANT OF THIS RESTAURANT. AGAIN, THEY'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING RESTAURANT, RIGHT? SO IF WE THINK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION, RIGHT. AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS IS IN THE BISHOP ARTS SECTION OF OAK CLIFF. THIS DUNCANVILLE LOCATION WOULD REPRESENT AN EXPANSION FOR THEM. RIGHT. LOCATION NUMBER TWO, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE MEDIA, RIGHT IN THE METROPLEX AND ELSEWHERE THAT HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS RESTAURANT.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE PAPER CITY MAGAZINE. SO REALLY POPULAR RESTAURANT KNOWN FOR THEIR BRUNCH AND MENU OFFERINGS. REALLY TALENTED CHEFS. WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR MENU OFFERINGS. THIS RESTAURANT ON THIRD PLACE, RIGHT IN THIS POPULAR CATEGORY HEB COMPETITION. AND WITH IT, YOU KNOW, A NICE LITTLE $10,000 PRIZE PHOTO OF THEM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THEM AT THE EVENT. AGAIN, BACK TO THEIR MENU. MAN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS GETTING HUNGRY PANCAKES. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEIR POPULAR ITEMS. AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE AWARDS AND APPEAL THAT THE MARKETPLACE HAS SHOWN TO ONE OF THEIR SIGNATURE ITEMS. OKAY, SO THE FIRST SET OF SLIDES WAS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, RIGHT? WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION PERSPECTIVES. THIS ONE HERE AGAIN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE BUILDING'S NORTH ELEVATION.

SO IT AGAIN LENDS ITSELF TO WHAT THEIR CONCEPTUAL VISION IS FOR HOW THE PROPERTY WILL BE REMODELED AGAIN. NOW THE FRONT ELEVATION RIDES PAYING HOMAGE TO THE BUILDING'S HISTORICAL USE PREVIOUSLY AS A FIRE STATION. SO YOU GOT THE RED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DOORS OR IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECT CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY COOL ELEVATION FOR THE FRONT SIDE ON MAIN STREET. AGAIN, ANOTHER ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN EXTRA ANGLE. THEN WE START TO GO INTO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. FLOOR FLOOR PLAN AND DINING SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE. OKAY. AND NOW THEN TOWARDS MAYBE SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY ASSUMING THIS PROPOSAL IS APPROVED AS THEY START DOWN MEETING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AS THEY ADVANCE TOWARDS PERMITTING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THIS AGAIN SHOWS THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE DINING SPACE, THE ADDITIONAL RENTAL SPACES ON THAT EAST END CAP. ALL RIGHT. IF ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN THIS FAR, MAYBE IT'S A GOOD POINT TO PAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M OKAY. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END OF PRESENTATIONS.

IF ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR, I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE AND RECEIVE THEM, AND WE'LL GO FORWARD INTO THE ANALYSIS. IF NOT ANALYSIS. IF NOT, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CALL THIS SOURCES AND USES TABLE A LOT OF TIMES SOMETIMES IT'S DISPLAYED AS SUCH. AND ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE THE USES ON TOP SOURCES ON THE BOTTOM. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS REPRESENTS $1.3 MILLION A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT, RIGHT BELOW THE SOURCES OF THIS PROJECT. SO THE CAPITAL STACK, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. SO WE SEE THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT FROM THE LENDERS. WE SEE THE EQUITY AND CASH DOWN PAYMENT FROM, EXCUSE ME, THE APPLICANT, THE OPERATOR AND THEN THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT. SO THIS FIRST TABLE AS APPROVED UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE'RE ASKING TO AMEND, THE BREAKDOWN OF THIS PERCENTAGE OF, WE'LL SAY, PRIVATE CAPITAL TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT, 22%. PUBLIC INVESTMENT, 78% OR SO OF PRIVATE CAPITAL BEING BROUGHT FOR THIS $1.3 MILLION PROJECT. RIGHT. EXAMPLE. AGAIN, SOME PREVIOUS AND MOST RECENT ACTIVITY APPROVAL FROM THE EDC BOARD AS PART OF THE AMENDED AGREEMENT, THE OWNERSHIP ENTITY CHANGE. ALTHOUGH THE SAME THE OWNERS ARE THE SAME, THEY STILL HAVE PERSONAL GUARANTEES TIED TO THIS PROPOSED FINANCING. ANOTHER CHANGE, PRIMARILY THE FISCAL AMOUNT ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 TO ASSIST THIS PROJECT, THE MILESTONES.

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THAT'S A PARTY TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, RIGHT? THE SCHEDULE, RELEASE OF FUNDS, CERTIFICATION OF COSTS WITH THE LENDERS AND THE CORPORATION. SO THOSE DATES CHANGE, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. CONCURRING WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED AND WHAT'S PROPOSED IS AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, THE CLOSING OKAY. HERE'S A PROJECTION OF THEIR ESTIMATED SALES, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW US TO DO SOME HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS OF PROJECTED RETAIL SALES GENERATED. THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IT ENDS UP FUNCTIONING AS A FORGIVABLE LOAN TEN YEARS, AS OPPOSED TO IF THE TERMS ARE MET, IT BECOMES A GRANT, BUT IT'S STRUCTURED AS A FORGIVABLE LOAN WITH SOME CLAWBACK PROVISIONS, SOME MILESTONES THAT, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS OUR INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT. AND WE MENTIONED THE PERSONAL GUARANTEE FROM THE PRINCIPAL OWNER. OKAY. BASED ON THOSE PROJECTED SALES. AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT SCIENTIFIC BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CURRENT LOCATION. AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER MARKET, RIGHT. BUT THIS IS A SEASONED RESTAURANT OPERATOR WHO'S EXPANDING INTO OUR CITY. SO IF WE JUST TAKE THE FORECAST OF SALES AND APPLY THE TAX RATES FOR THIS TAXING ENTITY, THE CITY, THIS IS THE FORECAST OF SALES TAX REVENUE AS A CATEGORY, RIGHT. AND THEN OVER THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD, THAT'S THE AMOUNT $124,000 IN SALES TAX. IF WE LOOK AT AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX AND THE ASSUMPTIONS WE MADE FOR THE MIDDLE COLUMN THAT REPRESENTS THE ASSESSED VALUE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, OKAY, IF WE BREAK OUT THE SOFT COSTS, THE ACQUISITION AND THE HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD OR HOW MUCH OF THAT WE COULD COMFORTABLY PROJECT WILL COME ONLINE AS NEW AND INCREASE ASSESSED VALUE. WE APPLY OUR TAX RATE TO THAT. THAT EQUATES TO FOR THE TAXING ENTITY THAT IS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, WHAT OUR FORECASTED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WOULD BE JUST IN THE THREE YEAR SNAPSHOT WINDOW. OKAY, SO THIS ALL COMES TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT. THEY'RE PREPARED TO CLOSE ON THIS TRANSACTION ON MAY THE 15TH. RIGHT. WHEN WE LOOK AT, AGAIN THE COMBINATION OF SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT HAS US AT 72% OF THE CAPITAL STACK. THIS MOVES US TO 70. EXCUSE ME, THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. EXCUSE ME OF 78% INVESTMENT. IT LOWERS THAT. BUT WE'RE STILL ONLY INVESTING 27% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR $375,000 INVESTMENT AS PROPOSED IN THIS AMENDMENT, AND THE RETURN ON THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT JUST IN THE THREE YEAR SNAPSHOT IS 37% WHEN WE ADD THESE THINGS. SO THOSE ARE SOME GOOD TALKING POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THIS ANALYSIS. MAY 15TH IS WHEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP THIS PROJECT TOGETHER. THEY WERE JUST AT A POINT WHERE THEY CAME TO THE BOARD. THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN STILL SOLVE RIGHT. FOR THE COST OF FINANCING THIS PROJECT IN THIS CURRENT LENDING ENVIRONMENT, THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU BANKS AREN'T JUST WILLING TO FINANCE, YOU KNOW, 80% OF THE PROJECT COST. YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE EVEN AS LOW AS IN SOME INSTANCES, 60%. AND SO THEN YOU END UP HAVING A GAP WHEN ALL OF THE PLAYERS AREN'T WILLING TO BE FLEXIBLE OR FLUID. BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S THE ASK. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AND THE TEAM. THERE'S NONE REALLY A LOT OF WORK ON THE PROJECT. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PROJECT WITH THE BOARD, HAPPY TO BE ON THE GROUND WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CAPACITY. SO YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE FOR EITHER OF US OR THE DEVELOPER? FIRST OFF, WELCOME ABOARD. AND SECONDLY, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO EXTEND THANK YOU TO THE OWNERS WHO HAVE HUNG IN THERE FOR DUNCANVILLE. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF A STORMY PATH YOU'VE HAD TO FOLLOW. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU HANGING IN THERE. AT THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. COMMENTS. ON TELL US

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SOMETHING GOOD REPRESENTING US. YOU MADE US ALL HUNGRY. TALK ABOUT YOUR FOOD. THAT WAS PART OF THE THAT WAS PART OF THE IDEA OKAY. IT WORKED. IT WORKED WELL. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS IN THANKING THE RESTAURANT OWNERS FOR YOUR RESILIENCE AND ALL THIS. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE DONE BACK IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, MAYBE OF LAST YEAR, AND HERE WE ARE SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. SO WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STICKING IT OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THIS ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THAT IS BEING REQUESTED OF US IS AN INVESTMENT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS PROPERTY OWNER, BUT IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ACTUALLY EATEN AT THEIR OAK CLIFF LOCATION. AND, I MEAN, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A CATALYST. AND FOR DOWNTOWN DUNCANVILLE. AND SO AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE, NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE SACRIFICES. AND I THINK SO, MR. BURR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THAT THIS WILL CLOSE ON MAY 15TH, THAT'S FINE. YES. MAY 15TH. OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE THIS IS OUR FINAL PUSH. THIS IS IT. LIKE WE'RE YOU KNOW, NEXT THURSDAY IS A BIG DAY FOR US. I MEAN THANK THE CITY THANKS TO MONTY. VICTOR I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN A IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD. SO IT'LL BE NICE TO PUT IT TO BED AND, YOU KNOW, DELIVER ON THE PROMISE. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION, I HAD A CARD THAT I ERRONEOUSLY ASKED MR. ANDERSON, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK EARLIER ON, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT, MR. ANDERSON? THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M MONTY ANDERSON, 1210 GREENLEAF.

THEY TALKED ABOUT 80% AND 60% LOANS ON THIS, THE FIRST LOAN. IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE SLIDE, OUR FIRST LIEN HOLDER HERE ONLY GAVE US 47% LOAN. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN IN THESE KIND OF PROJECTS. ON MR. PENNEBAKER'S AN APPRAISER AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THE SECOND LIEN HOLDER IS A NONPROFIT CALLED THE TEXAS MEZZANINE FUND, WHICH IS A WHICH IS WHAT'S CALLED A CDPHE, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD USE MORE IN THE FUTURE TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP WITHOUT THEM, WITHOUT THAT FIRST LIEN HOLDER AT 47, WITHOUT THAT SECOND ONE, ON TOP OF THAT, AT LIKE 20 SOMETHING PERCENT. AND WITHOUT YOU, I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY THIS COULD HAPPEN. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS IS A BIG, BIG STACK HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THAT THAT THAT WAS WE TRULY WERE AT. I HATED TO BE BACK UP HERE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. AND SO DID THEY.

BUT TRULY, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, A DESPERATE SITUATION AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL IT TAKES TO GET THIS THING CLOSED. AND WE'RE WE'RE THERE. SO ALL THE LEGALS DONE. MR. PEREIRA'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE LENDERS. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE REAL. THOSE ARE ALL REAL PEOPLE. SO YOU YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT STUFF'S REAL AND READY TO GO. SO. AND WE'LL START THE PLANS. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START, YOU KNOW, PLANS, ENGINEERING PERMIT AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAY 15TH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. AND, MR. ANDERSON, THANK YOU. BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE REGARDING TMF. AND SO. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO BUT WE USED TO BE WITH TMF AND WENT TO PEGASUS BANK AND WITHOUT HER, I'M TELLING YOU, WE WOULDN'T HAVE. RIGHT. SHE WAS A LIFESAVER BECAUSE SEVERAL OTHER BANKS TURNED US DOWN. AND I LIKE MR. KOONTZ. I THINK THIS IS A SAID COUNCIL MEMBER. KOONTZ SAID THIS THIS IS A CATALYST THING THAT WE'RE THEY'RE ASKING US TO GO JUST A LITTLE FURTHER. AND SO I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH US GOING ANY FURTHER. YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING THAT EXTRA LITTLE STEP TO, TO TRY TO MAKE A GOOD CHANGE AND THAT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VICTOR. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE MOVE INTO STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS, A

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

MONTHLY FINANCIALS AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2025. BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER OTAY. THANK YOU. WELL,

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GOOD EVENING. I PROMISE TO BE BRIEF. SO I KNOW BACK IN APRIL, THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL, WE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT GOING TO A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR ACTUALLY PRESENTING THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS TO YOU. SO THIS WILL BE THIS WILL SYNC UP WITH THE END OF OUR QUARTERS. AND SO THE NEXT REPORT THAT WE'LL DO FOR THE END OF JUNE WILL BE IN AUGUST. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE AGAIN TO POST THE FINANCIAL REPORTS EVERY MONTH ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY. SO THE MONTH OF MARCH, MARCH IS OUR SIXTH MONTH OUT OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT FROM A BENCHMARK PERSPECTIVE, THAT PUTS US ABOUT 50%. SO YEAR TO DATE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL FUNDS, WE'VE COLLECTED 50.3 MILLION. WE'VE COLLECTED 1.6 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME. SO AGAIN THAT BENCHMARK IS 50%. BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE COLLECTED 57% AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. FOR THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE EXPENDED EXPENDED 39.8 MILLION. THAT PUTS US AT 37% OF OUR BUDGET. SO SALES TAX, WE'VE RECEIVED FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF SALES TAX TO DATE. SO THE BENCHMARK FOR FOUR MONTHS WOULD BE ABOUT 33%. WE ARE TRENDING 1% AHEAD AT 34%. OUR COLLECTIONS ARE 7.2% GREATER THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR AS WE COMPARE TO LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE TRENDING AHEAD ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, WE HAVE COLLECTED 65% OF ACTUAL REVENUE, 998,000 OF THAT IS INTEREST. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE SPENT 43% TO DATE. JUST GIVING YOU THE TABLE VIEW HERE. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, HOW THEY ROLL UP AND HOW THEY BREAK DOWN. AGAIN, THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE'RE TRENDING AHEAD IS AN INTEREST. AND AS WELL AS CHARGES FOR SERVICE. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE ARE TRENDING AHEAD WITH OUR COLLECTIONS MAINLY, BUT OVERALL, AGAIN, 70% COLLECTION TO DATE.

ON ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, AGAIN, 43% WE'VE EXPENDED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. AND THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE'RE TRENDING AHEAD IS IN CAPITAL. AND THAT WAS THE ONE TIME PURCHASE OF THE GENERATOR FOR OUR CITY HALL AND POLICE STATION. SO ON THE UTILITY FUND, JUST BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHTING THIS AGAIN, WE ARE ONE MONTH BEHIND ON COLLECTIONS, SO WE'VE COLLECTED 8.9 MILLION IN REVENUE. THAT PUTS IT 39%. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'VE SPENT 11.4 MILLION, WHICH IS 50% OF THE BUDGET, BUT HALF OF THAT GOES TOWARDS DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY FOR OUR TREATMENT AND FOR OUR WHOLESALE WATER, AS WELL AS OUR BI ANNUAL TRANSFER FOR UTILITY CIP PROJECTS. SO JUST SOME OTHER FUN HIGHLIGHTS. SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE PAID OUT 650,000 IN BUSINESS INCENTIVES TO DATE. ON THE HOTEL MOTEL SIDE, WE'VE PAID OUT 296,000 FOR THE VARIOUS TAX GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND SOME PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS PAST QUARTER. SO WE DID KICK OFF THE HARRINGTON PARK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. APPROXIMATELY 66,000 KICKED OFF THE HARRINGTON PARK PHASE ONE AND THREE PROJECT FOR THE CONCESSIONS, BATHROOMS, THE BRIDGE. AND THEN WE DID COMPLETE THE RENT AERIAL WATER LINE, THAT AERIAL THAT WENT OVER I-20. WE MADE THAT FINAL PAYMENT IN THIS QUARTER. SO THAT WAS A $1.2 MILLION PROJECT THAT WAS CONCLUDED IN THIS QUARTER. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM

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

SIX B EXCUSE ME RECEIVED THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. MR. BART STEVENSON, PARKS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS OUR OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL OF 2025. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY NEW FULL TIME STAFF ADDED. HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. IRVING MORALES WAS PROMOTED TO OUR CREW LEADER OF SANITATION. JONATHAN DELEON WAS PROMOTED TO OUR PARKS FIELD SUPERVISOR. JONATHAN ALSO OBTAINED THE CERTIFICATION FOR A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TURF MANAGER, AND MARIO MACIAS ATTAINED THE CERTIFIED POOL INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE HE IS OUR PRIMARY OVERSEER OF THE SPLASH PAD. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SPLASH PAD OPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND, SO WE ARE NOW OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. I WOULD ADD THAT WE DID FIND A CRACK IN THE BIG SPLASH, THE LITTLE TUMBLE BUCKET, BIG

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TUMBLE BUCKET THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. IT WAS SHIPPED YESTERDAY. BACK TO US OR BACK TO TOWARDS US. ANYWAY, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN BY THE END OF THE WEEK, IF NOT EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO OUR PARK MAINTENANCE MEASURES OVER THE LAST QUARTER, WE DID 21 PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS. WE WORKED ON OUR BACKFLOW AND INSPECTIONS AND REPAIRS FOR OUR BACKFLOW DEVICES. WE HAD 141 PAVILION RENTALS WITH OVER 3000 GUESTS. WE HAD A CPR REFRESHER TRAINING COURSE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, WANT TO THANK THOSE GUYS FOR HELPING US OUT.

OUR PARK GUYS ARE IN OUR PARKS. YOU KNOW, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WORK ON THE WEEKENDS AS WELL, SO THEY ARE THERE. SHOULD AN EVENT HAPPEN. THEY ARE TRAINED TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION. WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR DISD ON OUR CTE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDED LAST WEEK. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE LAST QUARTER, THROUGHOUT THE LAST ACTUALLY LAST SEMESTER. WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR NEW BANNERS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN ONE OF THOSE UP. OF COURSE, AS SOON AS WE GOT THE BANNERS UP ALONG MAIN STREET IN WHEATLAND, WE IMMEDIATELY HAD A STORM COME THROUGH WITH 80 MILE AN HOUR STRAIGHT WINDS AND TOOK A COUPLE OF THEM OUT. WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE REPLACEMENTS AND THEY WILL BE GOING UP HERE VERY SOON. WE ALSO INCLUDED SOME BEAUTIFUL BANNERS. WE HAVE KICKED OFF OUR HOMETOWN CHAMPIONS BANNER PROGRAM, WORKING THROUGH OUR SEE MY LEGACY PROGRAM ONLINE ABILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ONLINE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO JOIN THE HOMETOWN HEROES PROGRAM, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT OUR WEBSITE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH ALEX AND OUR PIO DEPARTMENT TO GET SOME MORE ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING OUT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. WE ADDED A HANGING BASKETS ALONG MAIN STREET. WE HAVE 11 HANGING BASKETS WITH PETUNIAS. HOPE YOU'VE SEEN THOSE. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT KIND OF STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT. SO WE RECENTLY JUST ADDED AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO ALL OF THEM. WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THEM ALL FULL OF WATER, SO THE AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM WILL CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT. SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE FEW STRAGGLERS CATCH UP VERY QUICKLY. AND THOSE WILL BE CHANGED OUT SEASONALLY. WE ALSO. WORK WITH OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO MEET THE INCREASED WATER DEMAND WE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. OUR IRRIGATION TEAM IS VERY BUSY WITH ALARMS, AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WORKING PROPERLY. WE DID ADD A NEW WEATHER ALARM SYSTEM TO HARRINGTON PARK AS WELL AS ARMSTRONG PARK AND THAT AGAIN THAT GOT TESTED THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE NEW WEATHER SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY TIED TO OUR SPLASH PAD, SO ANYTIME A WEATHER EVENT COMES WITH LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE AREA, THE SPLASH SPLASH PAD SHUTS DOWN AND I GOT ALARMS ON MY PHONE BOTH FRIDAY AS WELL AS YESTERDAY, SO I KNOW IT'S WORKING. WE ALSO INSTALLED ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS AT ARMSTRONG, LAKESIDE AND REDBIRD RESTROOMS, AS WELL AS THE HARRINGTON PARK GATE. AND THEN WE ADDED TWO NEW TRASH COMPACTORS, BOTH AT THE CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY. THOSE ARE PROBABLY BETTER KNOWN AS THE BIG BELLY SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS. SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS IN PARK MAINTENANCE, WE KICKED OFF OUR CITYWIDE MOWING PROGRAM TONIGHT. YOU APPROVE THE RMA AGREEMENT WITH TEX-DOT. THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT PROCESS WITH TXDOT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE CONCLUDED THAT THIS EVENING, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ALSO SUBMITTED A GREEN RIBBON PROJECT FOR FUNDING OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO I-20. WE HAVE RECEIVED VERBAL IMPROVEMENT APPROVAL FROM TEX-DOT, AND THAT IS A $350,000 LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT WILL BE DONE ON I-20 IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE WANT TO KEEP A BEAUTIFUL BOARD IN ADDITION TO OUR BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, WE ALSO APPROVED FOUR NATIVE LANDSCAPING GRANTS. THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL GARDEN WORKSHOP. WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY AT REDBIRD PARK, AND WE ASSISTED WITH SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE CITY. AND WE ALSO SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION FOR SUSTAINED BEAUTIFICATION STATUS.

WE RECEIVED TWO AWARDS FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL FOLKS, BOTH BEING THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE STATUS AND THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL GOLD STAR AFFILIATE STATUS. SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE BRIEFING SESSION, MAY 10TH IS THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP, THE OPERATION CLEAN DUNCANVILLE EVENT, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN

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RESCHEDULED TWICE. SO KUDOS TO ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WORKING ON THAT. THE KEEP TEXAS WATERWAYS CLEANUP ON JUNE 21ST. NATIVE LANDSCAPING, NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP ON JULY 26TH. MOVING TO OUR RECREATION CENTER. MEASURABLES. WE HAD 70 NEW MEMBERSHIPS, 22 NEW SILVERSNEAKERS AND RENEW. ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS SILVERSNEAKERS AND RENEW ACTIVE ARE BOTH PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS TO ALLOW THEM TO COME WORK OUT AT THE RECREATION CENTER FOR FREE, AND THE CITY GETS REIMBURSED THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS. WE HAD 7500 VISITS, WITH 1200 OF THOSE DAY PASS VISITS DURING THE QUARTER. SOME OF OUR RECENT PROGRAMS TO THE QUARTER WERE THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE, OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FIRESIDE CHAT, THE PRINCESS TEA PARTY MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND AN EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA. UPCOMING EVENTS. THIS SATURDAY WILL BE BLACK PANTHER, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MARVEL MOVIES OF ALL TIME, SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US COME FORWARD. SO NOTHING BETTER THAN KICKING OFF MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND A LITTLE BLACK PANTHER AND MARVEL MOVIES. SO ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS IS OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY ON MONDAY, MAY 26TH. WE HAVE A SOCCER CAMP KICKING OFF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING AT THE RECREATION CENTER, OUR DUNCANVILLE 300 JUNIOR GRAND PRIX WILL BE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH. YOU CAN THINK TRICYCLE RACING FOR THIS AND THIS IS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS. YES, WE HAVE ADULT SIZED TRICYCLES FOR THIS EVENT. I'VE RIDDEN THEM. THEY ARE A BLAST. AND THEN WE'LL END UP THE SUMMER JUNE 14TH PROGRAMING WITH THE SECOND PORTION OF THE BLACK PANTHER MOVIES WITH WAKANDA FOREVER.

MOVING TO THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAD 31 NEW AND RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS, ALMOST 3700 VISITS, 2600 MEALS WERE SERVED, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE EVENTS THERE THAT WERE HELD FOR THE QUARTER.

IN OUR BOND PROJECTS, WE HAVE OUR HARRINGTON PROJECT REMAINING. WE HAVE RECEIVED CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR BOTH THE SOCCER CONCESSION BUILDING AS WELL AS THE BASEBALL CONCESSION BUILDING. PIERS WILL BE STARTING ON NEXT MONDAY, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR BEING COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES OUR HARRINGTON WATER STREET BRIDGE, AS WELL AS TRAIL TO CONNECT HARRINGTON PARK TO WATERVIEW PARK. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED PROMOTIONS. AND THE GATE. DID I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID IT WAS REPAIRED AND IT IS CURRENTLY WORKING FOR HARRINGTON PARK? YES. WE'VE HAD SOME MINOR ISSUES WITH BOTH THE BOTH GATES, ACTUALLY THE ONE AT HIGHGATE AS WELL AS THE ONE THAT'S ON COCKRELL HILL. HIGHGATE WAS FIXED LAST WEEK AND THEY WORKED ON THE COCKRELL HILL ONE TODAY AND PROBABLY FINISH IT UP TOMORROW. THANK YOU. YEAH.

COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, THANK YOU SIR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE HOMETOWN HEROES. WHEN IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON THE WINDOW FROM WHEN THOSE SHOULD GO UP. IS THAT RIGHT? IT'LL BE AN ONGOING PROGRAM. SO IT'S REALLY NOT A SET DEADLINE. I THINK ONCE WE HAVE A LOT OF HERO PROGRAM HERO BANNERS TO AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ISSUE FOR THIS FIRST ROUND, BUT CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S AN ISSUE FOR THE FUTURE OKAY, AS MORE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED. BUT YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE THAT DEADLINE ON TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. DID I REMEMBER RIGHT THAT WAS THERE SOME START UP MONEY? THAT WAS THERE WAS STARTUP MONEY THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THAT. AND YES, TO GET THAT GOING. YES. SO FROM THIS POINT ON YOU'RE, YOU'RE SOLICITING SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR THE FIRST ROUND. WE'RE TRYING WE HAVE MONIES TO PROVIDE THOSE. AND MOVING FORWARD AFTER THAT WILL BE A SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM WHERE THE FAMILIES PAY FOR THEM. WHEN WILL APPLICATIONS FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE BANNER, WILL THAT BEGIN? IT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW. ONGOING RIGHT NOW. DO WE HAVE ANY APPLICATION? WE'VE HAD A FEW. YES. OKAY. GOOD. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED THE FOR NATIVE LANDSCAPING GRANTS THAT THAT WERE AWARDED FOR HOMEOWNERS. YES. OKAY. YES. WHAT'S IS THAT A GRANT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOLKS TO HAVE NATIVE LANDSCAPING IN THEIR FRONT YARDS IF THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN GUIDELINES, HAVE CERTAIN PLANTINGS, THEY HAVE TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP AND THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT AND BE APPROVED. BUT CDBG GRANTS OR THE PERMITS? NO, THEY'RE PERMITS. I'M SORRY IF I SAY

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GRANTS, I'M ON PERMITS, I APOLOGIZE. YES, THANK YOU FOR MAKING CLARIFICATION. AND THEN ALSO I NOTICE ON AT ORIOLE PARK ALONG ORIOLE BOULEVARD, THERE'S A LOT OF WILDFLOWERS GROWING OUT THERE. DID WE SEE THAT WITH WILDFLOWERS? DID SEE THAT THAT IS KIND OF AN ONGOING EFFORT THAT WE'VE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT AFTER LAKESIDE. I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT. SO YEAH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT TURNED OUT. SO YEAH, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. I'D ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO GO UP ON ORIOLE BOULEVARD BETWEEN FREEMAN AND CAMP WISDOM. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND WITH ALL THE RAIN IT'S NICE AND FULL. SO I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLIMENTS ON IT. AND I WOULD ADD THAT WE DID GET ONE CONCERN ABOUT THE STRIP WE DO ALONG THE ROADWAY, AND THAT'S DONE FOR A PURPOSE. ONE CAN MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLEANER, BUT ALSO IT PROVIDES A VISUAL FOR THE MOTORIST AS THEY'RE GOING BY. SHOULD SOME TYPE OF WILDLIFE BE ON THE EDGE OR WANT TO CROSS OVER THE STREET AND THAT KIND OF THING? SQUIRRELS, BUNNIES, CATS, DOGS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN WITH WITH THE MOWING SCHEDULE, ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THOSE WILDFLOWERS TO RESEED THEMSELVES, TO ALLOW THEM TO, TO SEED BEFORE WE MOW? CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN I DID ALSO WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN BECAUSE COUNCILMAN MCMILLAN ALSO MENTIONED SO LAKESIDE PARK, IF ANYBODY HASN'T GONE TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, IF YOU TAKE THE TRAIL DOWN TOWARD CENTER, THAT THAT THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AREAS OF THE CITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE KATIE BE SEATED THAT AREA AS WELL. AND IT'S JUST FULL OF BEAUTIFUL ALL, ALL COLORS OF WILDFLOWERS THERE. AND ALL THE POLLINATORS ARE THERE. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO VISIT LAKESIDE PARK. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, YOUR LIGHTS ON. YOU'RE DONE. OKAY, OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

[6.C. Quarterly Report Duncanville Fieldhouse]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. CRAIG BRASFIELD AND I NOTICED IN THIS AGENDA THERE WERE SEVERAL TITLES FOR YOU. THE ONE I REMEMBERED LAST WAS THAT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. IS THAT YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY TRIED TO PROMOTE YOU TO A DIFFERENT POSITION, BUT THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. DOUG. MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'M CRAIG BRASFIELD, GENERAL MANAGER AT DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT STARTING MY NINTH YEAR THIS WEEK, VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN WITH THIS CITY FOR NINE YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF THE FIELDHOUSE. WELL, I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE SECOND QUARTER. WE'LL GET STARTED BY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR THE THREE MONTH QUARTER OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH. WE TOOK IN $370,000 AND SPENT 369. SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT QUARTER'S ONE OF OUR MORE TOUGHER QUARTERS AS WE LEAD COME INTO OUR THE REAL BASKETBALL SEASON, WHICH BEGINS IN MARCH AND APRIL. BUT WE TRACKED IT $527 PLUS THROUGH THE QUARTER, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED HERE IN SLIDES THAT SHOWS EACH MONTH'S REVENUE AS WELL AS EACH MONTH'S EXPENSES, WHICH TRACKED AT A $527 PLUS FOR THE QUARTER. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WHAT HAPPENED FOR US TO GET TO THESE TOTALS, WE HOSTED THE MONTH OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND CAMPS AND LEAGUES. TOTALS 18. BASKETBALL EVENTS, ONE VOLLEYBALL EVENT, THREE JUJITSU TOURNAMENTS, AND ONE CHEER COMPETITION. I MIGHT ADD THAT THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE GENERALLY 2 TO 3 DAYS PER EVENT. LEAGUES ARE USUALLY 5 TO 7 WEEKS, VOLLEYBALL 1 OR 2 DAY EVENT, JIU-JITSU 1 OR 2 DAY EVENT. SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE MULTIPLE DAYS TIED TO THEM THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND ARE FOR THE FOR JANUARY WERE ELITE GRASSROOTS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND AMERICAN GRAPPLING OR A TOP REVENUE GETTERS FOR FEBRUARY THAT WOULD BE OPEN. GYM PREMIER WAS THE PREMIER EVENT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WE GET INTO MARCH, WHICH IS REALLY THE KICKOFF OF BASKETBALL SEASON, GOT REALLY STRONG WITH A YOUTH EVENT FOR MID-SOUTH SPORTS AS WELL AS GASTHAUS ALWAYS STRONG AND OUR ONE SHOE EVENT. PUMA WAS A VERY STRONG TOURNAMENT. IT ACTUALLY OVERFLOWED INTO THE REC CENTER, TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE REVENUES. HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AT THE REC REC, AND WE APPRECIATE BART AND HIS STAFF FOR ALLOWING US TO OVERFLOW INTO THE REC CENTER ON CERTAIN WEEKENDS. ONE THING I MIGHT ADD

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IS AS WELL, IS EVERY ONE OF THESE EVENTS HAS A GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY TIED TO IT. SO EVERY EVENT THE CITY HAS A LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR LIABILITY INSURANCE, THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT INTO IT. BUT WE'RE NEVER THE FIRST ONE FOR EVENTS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. THERE'S ALWAYS A POLICY IN PLACE THAT PROCEEDS THE EVENT, KIND OF STEPPING FORWARD NOW AND LOOKING AT THE YEAR AS A WHOLE. THE FY 25, YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES HERE ARE TRACKING AT A PACE OF ABOUT 700,000. NOT NOT THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S TO DATE. BUT THE EXPENSES THEY'RE TRACKING RIGHT ON FOR OCTOBER, WHICH IS TWO FULL QUARTERS. AND IT KIND OF LAYS OUT RIGHT HERE WITH THIS SLIDE THAT SHOWS WE'VE MADE GREAT GAINS OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD VERSUS THE THREE MONTH PERIOD. OUR BUDGET NUMBER IS 104, AS MENTIONED. AND THROUGH THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WE'RE $89,000 286. PLUS. I MIGHT ADD THAT THESE NUMBERS DO NOT REFLECT THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO PAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE FACILITY. MIGHT ADD. I THINK THE LAST ONE, THIS IS THE LAST ONE. WE'RE NOW IN A BETTER POSITION, AS WAS POINTED OUT BY OUR HUNTING FRIENDS. HERE. AGAIN, TAKING A LOOK AT SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE YEAR. YOU'RE LOOKING AT 6978 BASKETBALL, THREE DAY EVENTS, TWO DAY EVENTS. VOLLEYBALL FOR US IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT MAYBE COULD BE, BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT DESIGNED. THE FACILITIES NOT DESIGNED FOR VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS. IT'S MORE DESIGNED FOR PRACTICE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE HAVE NO SCOREBOARDS FOR VOLLEYBALL, FLIP SCOREBOARDS, THE WAY THE COURTS ARE, ARE SITUATED TWO, ONE, TWO FOR VOLLEYBALL, JUST NOT VERY CONDUCIVE FOR TOURNAMENTS. IT JUST THE FANS CAN'T GET INTO IT AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S SO CONFINED TO FIVE COURTS OVER THE THREE COURTS OF BASKETBALL. JIU JITSU HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF OUR BEST REVENUE GETTERS, AND WE HAVE NINE OF THOSE EVENTS AND COULD, COULD, COULD HAVE MORE. AND WE ARE WORKING ON MORE. THIS IS A SLIDE HERE THAT SHOWS EVERYBODY THAT IS RUNNING THEIR PROGRAM IN OUR FACILITY. EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN A UNIQUE CLUB THAT THEY PAY RENTAL FEES. FOR COURTS TO BE ON THIS LIST, YOU HAVE TO DO A SPONSORSHIP AS WELL AS MOST HAVE A SUITE WHERE THEY TAKE ON RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS OUT OF. WE'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. WE RENT OUT LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND THESE ARE ALL THE COMPANIES AND THE PROGRAMS WE'RE RUNNING HERE. AGAIN, I MIGHT ADD THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOW US A GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY. SO WE HAVE A LAYER OF INSURANCE, NOT ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS. WE HAVE THE SAME LAYER OF PROTECTION DURING THE WEEK MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALL FLOURISHING AND DOING WELL AND ARE A MAJOR PART OF WHAT WE DO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WAS ON THAT LIST IS THE SUMMER CAMP, WHICH IS KIND OF RUN BY US IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WITH THE WILTSHIRE CORPORATION. PEOPLE. SUMMER CAMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS. ONE THING ABOUT OUR CAMP, IT OFFERS THE COMMUNITY AT AFFORDABLE PRICE, A PLACE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THAT HAS HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG HERE FOR MY NINE YEARS. A LOT OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATION THIS CAMP WENT THROUGH. WE ALL KNOW THE INCIDENT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT WE'VE OVERCOME THAT. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR BEST SUMMERS EVER. FOR OUR COUNT, WE'RE TRENDING AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. I THINK WE BUDGETED 185,000 IN REVENUE AND SPENDING AROUND 145. SO WE'RE 45 PLUS. BUDGET TO OBVIOUSLY BRING IN MORE THAN WE SPEND. AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. THAT'S A VERY ATTAINABLE NUMBER AS WE'VE DONE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR. NOT TO THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE PLUS COLUMN WITH OUR CAMP AS FAR AS SPENDING YEAR AGAINST REVENUES. NOW REVERTING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. OBVIOUSLY, APRIL'S ALREADY HAPPENED AND WE'RE WEEK INTO MAY, BUT THIS QUARTER WE HAVE 19 BASKETBALL EVENTS, ONE JIU-JITSU EVENT AND ONE COMMUNITY EVENT. THAT JUNE TAKES OFF AS OUR BIGGEST REVENUE GETTER OF THE OF THE WHOLE YEAR. AND SO JUNE IS REALLY OUR SWANSONG TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO

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DO SUMMER CAMP IS IN FULL SWING. MAJOR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS GOING ON. I MIGHT ADD THAT WE HAVE THE TABC COACHES ASSOCIATION. THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR IS IN JUNE, JUNE 20TH THROUGH 23RD. WE'RE DOING ALL OF OUR CATERING. WE'RE DOING ALL OF OUR. ROOM RENTALS THERE JUST ATTRACT ALL KIND OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE CALLING US TO GET INVOLVED AS FAR AS VENDORS. SO LOTS GOING ON MAY AND JUNE LEADING INTO THAT. HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. AND YOU NOTICED IN RED. ALL OF THEM ARE THREE DAY EVENTS, SOME OF THEM MORE. BUT APRIL WAS A STRONG MONTH. MAY. EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S A TOURNAMENT. IT'S JUST NEVER ENDS. AND JUNE, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, IS REALLY SUMMER CAMP KICKS OFF. WE HAVE A SHOWCASE FOR SUMMER CAMP. WE'VE ALREADY STARTING THE SECOND SESSION FOR CAMP. IT'S JUST A HUGE MONTH OF TOURNAMENTS AND ACTIVITY FOR THE FIELDHOUSE. JUNE IS LIKE OUR BIGGEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, NO DOUBT. WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND FILL ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIELDHOUSE QUESTIONS. DONE. THANK YOU. NO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT

[6.D. City Council to receive a briefing and discuss city ordinance relating to parking violations and enforcement actions.]

BRINGS US TO ITEM. SIX, CITY COUNCIL, TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING AND DISCUSS CITY ORDINANCE RELATING TO PARKING VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF TIJERINA AND I HAVE LIEUTENANT ROBERT BYRD ON HERE AND NO COMPLIANCE OFFICER PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR STAFF. MY INTENT WAS TO HAVE LIEUTENANT BYRD AND OUR NEW PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER UP HERE WITH ME. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE BE HERE TONIGHT. SO YOU'RE JUST STUCK WITH ME AND ALSO INVITED WHEN I. WHEN I GOT THE DIRECTIVE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE IF SHE WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH ME ON THIS. SO SHE ADDED SOME INFORMATION HERE AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH MY PORTION. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER, BUT I'LL STICK AROUND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO WHEN I WAS ASKED TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, I'M PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT WE SEE AND I'M SURE Y'ALL GET FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS FAR AS ABANDONING ABANDONED VEHICLES, EXCUSE ME. AND JUNK VEHICLES, THEY'RE KIND OF USED THE SAME ABANDONED JUNK VEHICLES, BUT THEY ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND RIGHT OF WAYS, AND REMOVING THOSE VEHICLES. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES KIND OF FOCUSES ON PARKING LOTS, PRIVATE PROPERTY, HOUSES, BUSINESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME DEFINITIONS REAL QUICK. SO AS OUTLINED IN OUR CITY ORDINANCE, THE DEFINITION OF AN ABANDONED VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OLD HAS BEEN LEFT UNATTENDED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS, HAS REMAINED ILLEGALLY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS. SO IF YOU GO TO, EXCUSE ME, THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE FOR ABANDONED VEHICLE, THE ORDINANCE READS THAT NO PERSON SHALL PARK, STOP, STAND OR OTHERWISE LEAVE UNATTENDED A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC STREET OR RIGHT AWAY FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. ANY SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE DEEMED ILLEGALLY PARKED IN AN ABANDONED VEHICLE UNDER STATE LAW. SO IN ORDER TO MEET OUR BURDEN OF PROOF AS POLICE OFFICERS AND REMOVE THAT VEHICLE, IT HAS TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF AN ABANDONED VEHICLE AND I'LL GET BACK TO JUMP VEHICLES IN A SECOND. SO FOR ABANDONED, THE MAIN WORD THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE WORD INOPERABLE. SO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, WE HAVE TO SHOW THE BURDEN OF PROOF TO COURT THAT THAT VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE. SO SINCE WE ARE UNABLE TO OBSERVE THAT VEHICLE OPERATING OR VISUALLY LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YES, THAT VEHICLE'S INOPERABLE. 19 0110, I'M SORRY, 19 107.1 WE JUST WENT OVER AS BEING USED TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, STATE LAW HAS RECENTLY CHANGED. THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT VEHICLE INSPECTIONS ARE NO LONGER A THING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? SO FIRST, THERE'S THE MISCONCEPTION THAT IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED IN A

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PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED INOPERABLE IF IT HAS EXPIRED REGISTRATION. WELL, WE ALL KNOW HERE THAT YOU CAN OPERATE YOUR VEHICLE EVEN IF IT HAS EXPIRED REGISTRATION. SO THAT DOES NOT INHERENTLY DEEM THAT VEHICLE AS INOPERABLE. SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER THINGS THAT THE OFFICERS CAN SEE THERE AT THE SCENE TO PROVE INOPERABILITY, SUCH AS FLAT TIRES, MISSING MECHANICAL PARTS, LEAVES, DEBRIS AROUND, DEBRIS AROUND THE VEHICLE, AND LEAKING FLUID. SO WE OBSERVE THESE THINGS IN THE VEHICLE. THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE POLICY, WHICH IS A 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAGGED OR TIRES CHALKED, AND THEN REEVALUATED. WE NOW HAVE A PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL. HE COMES TO US WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. TO FOLLOW UP ON THESE ON THESE NUISANCE VEHICLES, SO TO SPEAK. ONE OTHER THING, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS, I DO WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OUR SWEEP INITIATIVE INITIATIVE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, IN MARY BROOK PARK. SOME DATES JUST TO GIVE YOU AND THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION PUT OUT. MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 29TH WILL BE OUR EDUCATION INITIATIVE, SCHEDULED TOWN HALL MEETINGS AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I'M GOING TO GIVE WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DO A NEIGHBORHOOD WALK AND TALK, TALK TO THE RESIDENTS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I'VE ALREADY MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS, HAVE A PLAN TOGETHER, AND THEN OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE MAY 30TH TO JUNE 30TH. WHILE THIS IS GETTING UNDERWAY.

ALTHOUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE PRECEDING SWEEP AFTER THIS ONE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DISTRICT FOUR. SO WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE NEIGHBORHOOD YET, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. SO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO THIS IS SAAD MUHAMMAD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THANKING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEFS HERE, CHIEF AND CHIEF STOGNER, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO COLLABORATE AND COME AND TALK HERE, TAKING A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE PARKING CONCERN WITH, FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. SO, AS THE CHIEF HAD EXPLAINED, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM IS CONCERNED WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOCUSING MORE ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY VIOLATIONS WITH PRIVATE PROPERTIES. WE ARE ENFORCING.

CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, THE JUNK VEHICLES IN ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, THE OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF ENFORCEMENT HERE IS WHAT'S CALLED PARKING ON AN UNIMPROVED SURFACE. AND WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION HERE. ON WHAT? WHAT IS THE PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SERVICES, WHICH IS CURRENTLY, AS YOU SEE VISUALLY HERE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES, ANY, ANY VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED ON SURFACES THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON GRASS OR YARDS OR NO, ANY TYPE OF PAVEMENT OR NOT EVEN GRAVEL THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN VIOLATION. NOW, CURRENTLY, AS IT STANDS IN OUR CITY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO ENFORCE PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES ON RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. SO IT IS NOT. THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO BASICALLY DO THAT. ENFORCEMENT ON COMMERCIAL OR ANY OTHER ZONING, YOU KNOW. IN THE CITY ZONING AREAS IN THE CITY. SO AS YOU SEE HERE THAT WE STATED WHERE IT'S SAYS WHAT THE WHAT IS IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TODAY ABOUT ENFORCING THE PARKING ON THE UNIMPROVED SURFACES. BUT WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING HERE AND WHAT WE ARE HERE TO BASICALLY MESSAGE IS THAT WE MAKE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON ADDRESSING

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PARKING, ON UNIMPROVED SERVICES, ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY OR BEING AN AREA OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE THINK CAN HELP EVEN WITH THE SOME SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS AND OTHERS THAT WE CAN SEE, BUT THE TEAM IS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS, GIVEN THE EXISTING ORDINANCES. SO OUR INTENT TONIGHT IS BASICALLY TO JUST HEAR FROM COUNCIL. IF WE GET SUPPORT ON THIS RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE DEFINITELY CAN ADDRESS THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCES TO THE AND ADD IT TO THE LIST OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE BASICALLY HAVE BEEN PROPOSING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL FOR US. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO. LET'S GO TO PAGE 299 OF THE PRESENTATION, THE ONE THAT WAS JUST GIVEN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. PAGE 299. YES. BULLET POINT TWO. WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION PULLED FROM THAT WHEN A VEHICLE IS PARKED ON GRASS, DIRT AND SAND, WATER THEN ENTERS INTO THE STORMWATER DRAINS. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? I BELIEVE IT IS BASICALLY AS THEY ARE JUST OBSERVING, YOU KNOW, SURFACES. SO IN GENERAL THEY WOULD ABSORB THE RAINWATER COMPARED TO A RIGID SURFACE SURFACE WHERE YOU ARE REALLY HAVING THIS SOME KIND OF IMPERMEABLE SURFACE COMPARED TO PERMEABLE SURFACES. SO WHEN THE RAIN HAPPENS AND IF FOR ANY REASON, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ANY LEAKS OR ANY OILS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THOSE CARS THAT ARE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY GO TO THE GROUNDWATER AS THOSE SURFACES ARE PERMEABLE SURFACES. OKAY. BUT BECAUSE I, I WOULD THINK THAT GRASS AREA SERVES AS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE TO FILTER THE WATER BEFORE IT ENTERS INTO THE STORM DRAIN. SO IS THAT IS THIS DOCUMENTED SOMEWHERE IN STATE REGULATIONS, OR IS THAT QUOTED FROM SOMETHING ELSE. SO YEAH, I'LL HAVE JOE JOSEPH SCOTT HERE IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE OFFICER ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THAT IS NOT PART OF AN ORDINANCE THAT IS BASED ON RESEARCH THAT I CONDUCTED AND EXPERIENCE FROM LARGER CITIES DALLAS, FORT WORTH, ADDISON, EVEN FARMERS BRANCH. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT KIND OF GIVES A BAROMETER AS TO WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AS IT RELATES TO PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACE. NOW, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AS IT RELATES TO GRASS, THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT GRASS IS NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, A PROPER OR AN ADEQUATE FILTER FOR FLUIDS. REASON BEING, AND IT KIND OF TIES IN WITH SWIMMING POOL FILTERS. GRASS ISN'T CONSIDERED A GOOD FILTER BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH POROUS. IT'S SO POROUS VERSUS VERSUS GRAVEL OR STONE. NOW, IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO A SWIMMING POOL, A SWIMMING POOL HAS BASICALLY A TYPE OF FILTER THAT CONTAINS EITHER GRAVEL, CHARCOAL OR FOSSILIZED REMAINS. THOSE FOSSILIZED REMAINS ARE CALLED DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. AND WHAT THAT DOES WHEN CHEMICALS GO THROUGH THOSE FILTERS THAT GRAVEL, CHARCOAL OR FOSSILIZED REMAINS FILTER OUT ANY TOXIC IMPURITIES FROM THAT FLUID, BE IT OIL, GAS, DIRT, HUMAN FLUIDS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. GRASS DOESN'T HAVE THAT ABILITY, SUCH AS GRAVEL OR CHARCOAL. THAT'S WHY THE ORDINANCE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES AND THE STATE LAW SAYS, YES, YOU CAN USE GRAVEL. YES, YOU CAN USE ASPHALT BECAUSE THEY HAVE FILTERING PROPERTIES. UNFORTUNATELY GRASS DOESN'T. COULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD THAT RESEARCH? I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT AND LEARNING LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE. OKAY, SO ALSO COUNCIL,

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THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT ABANDONED QUOTE UNQUOTE ABANDONED VEHICLES AND INOPERABLE VEHICLES. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT A THAT HAVE COME TO MY ATTENTION IS THE 30 DAY. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVISIT? MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DOES IT HAVE TO BE 30 DAYS OUR ORDINANCE WHICH 19 DASH 107.1 WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS CREATED IN 2019, OVER FIVE YEARS AGO. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVISIT NOW AND DETERMINE IF 30 DAYS IS EXCESSIVE OR SUFFICIENT? YES.

THEN COUNCIL, I WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD BRING THIS BACK FOR US TO REVIEW, BECAUSE WHEN A CITIZEN CALLS IN ABOUT A VEHICLE BEING PARKED ON THE STREET LONGER THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED, TIME WAS, IT WAS 48 HOURS, BUT I DISCOVERED IT WAS 30 DAYS. IS THAT EXCESSIVE FOR US OR IS THAT SUFFICIENT TIME? IS THAT A DISCUSSION THAT WE COULD HAVE LATER? I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK IN MY MEMORY BANKS HERE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE STICKERS THAT YOU PUT ON VEHICLES ON THE STREET, 48 HOURS. CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. THIS WASN'T A STICKER. IT WAS A CHALKED TIRE.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M SURE THEY HAVE REASONING FOR WHY THEY CHALK, WHY THEY TAG. IT'S DEPENDENT. IF WE CAN'T PROVE THAT THE VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE, THEN WE CHALK THE TIRES FOR A 30 DAY REMOVAL. IF IT IS INOPERABLE, WE'LL PUT THAT ORANGE STICKER ON IT. WITHIN TWO DAYS, WE'LL FOLLOW BACK UP, AND IF IT HASN'T MOVED, THEN THEY WILL REMOVE IT. BUT YOU'RE DOING A 30 DAYS BASED ON THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S NOTHING STATE REGULATED THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE 30. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I THINK IT IS BY ORDINANCE. NO. WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS WRITE IT IN THERE. SO THAT MEANS SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO BY AND CHECK IT ALL THE TIME. AND SO WE LEFT IT AT WE'VE LEFT IT AT 30 DAYS HISTORICALLY. BECAUSE IF THAT CAR IS SITTING IN THE SAME SPOT, WE CHALK THE TIRES, IT BECOMES THE TIRES GET FLATTER, THE OIL GETS MORE PRONOUNCED, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO PROVE, AND THEN WE PULL IT. IT'S JUST GAVE US ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE PRIMARILY. I'M TRYING TO BE NICE HERE.

THAT'S NOT YOUR PRIMARY JOB, IS JUST CHECKING THE CARS ON THE STREET. AND WE IT'S USUALLY COMPLAINT BASED FROM NEIGHBORS CALLING IN. SO WE'RE NOT PATROLLING THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE NOT JUST PATROLLING FOR THAT. SO WHEN WE GET A CALL WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CITIZEN.

HOW LONG HAS THAT CAR BEEN SITTING THERE? THEY'LL GIVE US TIME. PERIOD. WELL, OKAY. NOW IT'S ON OUR RADAR. SO WE MARK IT AND TRY TO GET GO THROUGH AND CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR HIM TO GO OUT AND MAKE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND CONTACTS. AND HE'S IN HE'S IN FLUX RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING'S GOING ON. BUT HE HAS CREATED A CALENDAR FOR WHEN HE DOES MAKE, WHETHER IT'S A CHALK MARK OR A TAG THAT IT HAS A REMINDER, OKAY, THIS 30 DAYS IS PAST. SO HE HAS TO BE OBVIOUSLY GOING OUT THERE AND DETERMINE IF IT IF IT'S MOVED OR NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES IN THE PAST. I KNOW I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WE GOT UNTIL I BECAME THE ASSISTANT CHIEF. PARKING ISSUES, ANIMALS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A IT'S A ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, HENCE WHY WE HAVE THE PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

YES, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. IT REALLY IS. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. SO CITY ATTORNEY IS 30 DAYS YOUR RECOMMENDATION. CAN WE SHORTEN IT. BECAUSE I WOULD THINK BUT THIS IS ME WITH MY LIMITED INFORMATION THINKS THAT 30 DAYS IS A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IS THAT IT COULD BE SHORTER. BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE ASSETS TO FOLLOW UP IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. SO IT WE CAN WRITE A SHORTER TIME, BUT THEN SOMEONE HAS TO EXECUTE THE PLAN. SO. SO THE OTHER THING, I'LL JUST HAVE TO TALK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT. I CAN MAKE THAT GIVEN THEIR LIMIT. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE. IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE WE ARE REMOVING THIS VEHICLE FROM A PUBLIC ROADWAY. AS LONG AS IT'S LEGALLY PARKED AND IT APPEARS TO BE OPERATIONAL. WE WHETHER IT'S US PARKING COMPLIANCE, HAS TO MAKE

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A REASONABLE EFFORT TO NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNER, OBVIOUSLY. OR WE WOULD HOPE THAT IF IT'S PARKED IN FRONT OF A PARTICULAR HOUSE, THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS. BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF I PARK MY CAR ON THE STREET AND I LIVE AT THAT HOUSE AND I GO ON VACATION FOR TWO WEEKS, I MIGHT RUN THE RISK OF HAVING MY CAR. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S THE THING. THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO REASON. IT'S GOT TO BE BALANCED, RIGHT? OKAY. SO AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT MAYBE PRODUCE SOME DOOR HANGERS THAT WE'LL PUT ON THE FRONT DOOR. HEY, IF THIS IS YOUR VEHICLE YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE IT. YEAH I UNDERSTAND THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE'RE FACING AND TRYING TO FIND THAT PERFECT BALANCE WHERE WE CAN RESPOND AND TAKE CARE OF THE SO-CALLED QUOTE UNQUOTE, ABANDONED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT PULL YOU AWAY FROM HIGH PRIORITY PRIORITY CALLS AT THE SAME TIME. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT DID COME UP. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WHEN WE DO THIS, THAT WE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STREETS ARE SMALLER. THEY HAVE MORE HOUSES ON THEM, WE HAVE SMALLER, A LOT OF SMALLER HOMES.

AND WHEN THOSE HOMES WERE BUILT, PEOPLE HAD ONE CAR. WELL, IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT HOUSE, THERE'S THREE CARS. AND SO THE STREET PARKING BECOMES MORE AND MORE ACUTE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE MORE CARS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH THIS FOR A WHILE, AND I KNOW THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND WE HAVE ISSUES AND HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT, BUT IT IS A STRUGGLE. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMPLICATES THE ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP IS THAT OFTENTIMES THAT VEHICLE THAT GETS REPORTED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT 30 DAYS AFTER THE OFFICER ARRIVES. OFTENTIMES THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 30 DAYS. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S 60 DAYS. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING ABOUT THE 30 DAY BEING EASIER TO DEFEND THAT WHEN YOU GO TO COURT. SO ALL RIGHT, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. MAYOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON THAT. SO WE BRIEFED YOU UNLESS I HEAR OTHERWISE SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO JUST MOVE ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL SO AND I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US IN REGARDS TO PARKING. AND EVEN I'M ASSUMING ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS WE'RE GETTING ARE GOING TO RESULT IN SOME ACTION ITEMS. AS FAR AS CHANGING SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH ALL THIS. RIGHT, MAYOR, IF I COULD. SO SOME OF THIS IS TRIAL BALLOONS TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF COUNCIL. IS IT SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? SO MY TAKEAWAY FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HEARD IS I DIDN'T HEAR THAT A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WANT TO REVISIT THE 30 DAYS. PERHAPS YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. BUT I WOULD LIKE GENERAL DIRECTION FROM THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL IF YOU WANT US TO INVEST THE TIME IN BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE THERE WERE THERE WERE THERE WERE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE THAT PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT BACK TO US. COULD COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW? WELL, THE PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES FOR NON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND EXPANDING I GUESS THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THAT APPLIES TO FOR SURE. YEAH. WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CLEAN UP INOPERABLE AND JUNKED VEHICLES BECAUSE THAT NOW THAT WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH INSPECTION STICKERS. SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO. STATE LAWS CHANGE. SO WE'LL UPDATE THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU ALL? YES, YES, THAT'S WHAT I TOOK IT AS. YES. THERE WAS SMILING. THE SMILE IS GOOD AS A NOD TO A BLIND TEN AFTER TEN.

[6.E. The City Council will receive a briefing on current ordinances related to grease traps and discuss and suggest modifications to requirements and responsibilities]

OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX E. THE COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON CURRENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO GREASE TRAPS, AND DISCUSS AND SUGGEST MODIFICATIONS TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AND I GOT A WHOLE LIST HERE. I GOT JOHN MUHAMMAD, GOT JOSH MCCONNELL, AND I GOT KIKI SMITH. THEY'RE ALL HERE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES. SO. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

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BEAR WITH ME TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO STAND HERE FOR A LONG TONIGHT. SO. OUR THIS PRESENTATION WILL WILL WAS REALLY PUT TOGETHER AS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THIS PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION AND AWARENESS ABOUT GREASE TRAP REQUIREMENTS AS IT STANDS TODAY IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, AS WELL AS BRING UP SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING WITH GREASE TRAPS WITH DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. WE ARE ALSO, AS A RESULT, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SEE THAT COULD BE COULD HELP IMPROVE WHAT WE ARE OR SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT TO THE TEAM HERE WITH ME, KIKI SMITH, OUR HEALTH INSPECTOR, AND ALSO JOSH MCCONNELL, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. I AM KIKI SMITH, THE HEALTH INSPECTOR. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GREASE TRAP AND KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE REQUIRE GREASE TRAPS. SO A GREASE TRAP IS AN INTERCEPTOR, THAT IT'S A DEVICE THAT SEPARATES OUR FAT SOLUBLES OR FATS, OILS AND GREASES FROM THE WASTEWATER BEFORE IT'S RELEASED BACK INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER LINE. OUR ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR GREASE TRAP SERVICE EVERY 90 DAYS OR SOONER. IF THEIR TRAPS FILL UP SOONER THAN THE 90 DAYS. AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE TWO TYPE OF GREASE TRAPS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY, WHICH THE MOST POPULAR ONE IS THE IN-GROUND GREASE TRAP, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. WE VERY SELDOM SEE THE GREASE TRAP, BUT THOSE GREASE TRAPS ARE ARE NORMALLY FOR THE SMALLER LOCATIONS THAT ONLY HAVE PRETTY MUCH THREE TYPE FIXTURES ON THE INSIDE OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IS SOME OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THEY DO NOT HAVE GREASE TRAPS, SO THEY ALLOW SOME OF THEIR FAT SOLUBLES TO BE RELEASED INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER LINE. WE ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE IN BUSINESS, BUT THEY SEEK TO CHANGE THEIR CONCEPTS OR ADD MENU ITEMS DUE TO DECLINING SALES, OR THEY JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE THE REVENUE THAT THEY WANTED OR EXPECTED IN THE BEGINNING, WHICH SOMETIMES THAT COULD RESULT IN THEM HAVING TO INCREASE THEIR GREASE TRAP. WE ALSO HAVE LOCATIONS OR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS THAT COME INTO THE CITY THAT TAKE OVER PREEXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE GREASE TRAPS. SO IN THAT CASE, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP PROCESS, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THEM INSTALL GREASE TRAPS SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. DURING SOME OF THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP PROCESS, WE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE PREEXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS DO HAVE UNDERSIZED GREASE TRAPS THAT DO NOT MEET OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. SO IN THAT CASE AS WELL, WE MAY HAVE THEM EITHER INCREASE THEIR GREASE TRAP OR WORK WITH THEM WITH HAVING THEIR GREASE TRAP SERVICED SOONER THAN THE 90 DAYS. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND HEARD IS THAT OUR ORDINANCE IS A LITTLE COMPLEX WITH THE CHARTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED IN OUR CHAPTER 12. IT DOESN'T CLEARLY CLARIFY WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR SOME OF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CONCEPTS. OUR CHAPTER 12 CLASSIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS HAS EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLASSIFICATIONS, SO IT DOES LIST OUT QUITE A FEW LOCATIONS OR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE MOST POPULAR. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONCEPTS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT INTO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, IT MAKES IT KIND OF HARD FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF CLASS THEY WILL FOLLOW UP UNDER. AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT CLASSIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT, THE CLASSIFICATIONS WOULD ALSO REFERENCE THE GREASE TRAP. THE GREASE TRAP CHART AS WELL. SO IF YOU LOOK AT CLASS ONE AND CLASS A, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE, IT GIVES YOU A 750 POUND GREASE TRAP. SO OFTENTIMES WE SPEAK IN GALLONS AND NOT POUNDS. SO THAT COULD BE CONFUSING TO OUR CUSTOMERS OR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS

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AS WELL, WITH LEAVING THEM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS 750 POUNDS. AND IT REFERENCED MORE THAN FOUR FIXTURES. SO THAT'S A CLEAR CUT FOR MORE THAN FOUR FIXTURES, WHICH COULD BE YOUR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, YOUR HAND SINK FLOOR, OTHER TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY CAN HAVE LIKE KETTLE JACKETS, WALKS THAT WOULD DRAIN TO OUR GREASE TRAP. CONTINUING ON WITH THAT SAME CLASS ONE AND CLASS A, THE HUNDRED POUND FIXTURES ARE LESS. IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FIXTURES ARE. LESS IS BEING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT 750 POUNDS MORE THAN FOUR FIXTURES, SO IT LEAVES THEM TO TRY TO DECIDE ON WHAT'S FIXTURE OR LESS. IS THAT THREE OR MORE? IS THAT TWO OR LESS OR WHAT IS THAT NUMBER. SO WE DO WANT TO CLARIFY OUR GREASE TRAP ORDINANCE AND THE CLASSIFICATIONS TO SIMPLIFY IT, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHEN IT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO HAVE GREASE TRAP. SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WOULD TRIGGER A GREASE TRAP. THE FOOD ITEMS WOULD BE YOUR FRIED FOODS FOR YOUR ESTABLISHMENT THAT FRY FOOD.

BECAUSE THEY DO GENERATE OIL, THEY USE OIL TO FRY FOODS. ITEMS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS, WHICH WOULD BE SOME OF YOUR MILKS, YOUR ESPRESSOS, YOUR COFFEE SHOPS, MEAT AND POULTRY IS ALSO A FATTY SUBSTANCE THAT COULD ENTER INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER LINES WHEN THEY ARE WASHING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. SALAD DRESSINGS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR VINAIGRETTES, THEY ARE OIL BASED, SO THEY ARE ALSO GREASE CONTRIBUTORS. AND IF THE ESTABLISHMENT IS COOKING WITH BUTTER AND OIL, USING IT ON THEIR SKIDS, THE PANINI PRESSES, THEN THAT ALSO WILL RELEASE GREASE FATS INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER LINE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOSHUA. SO HOPEFULLY, AS KIKI SAID, GREASE TRAPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY'S SEWER SYSTEMS. ANYTHING THAT GETS CLOGGED UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE OR REPAIR. BUT SOME OF THE ORDINANCES DESCRIBING THEM ARE CAN BE BURDENSOME FOR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS. AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT DUNCANVILLE IS ALL THE PEOPLE STARTING NEW BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, FOOD SERVICE PLACES. AND SO LOOKING AT THESE ORDINANCES, WE WANT TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS EASIER, HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS MAKE MORE SENSE. AND I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME WAYS, FIRST OF ALL, GREASE TRAPS, THEY'RE MENTIONED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. SO IN CHAPTER 20 YOU HAVE THE FATS, OILS AND GREASE PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHERE MOST CITIES REGULATE GREASE TRAPS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING WATER QUALITY REPORTS FROM THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THAT ARE TELLING THEM, WILL THIS GREASE TRAPS FAILING? THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS HERE. THEY'RE ALSO GETTING INFORMATION OF WHEN THEY'RE EMPTYING THE TRAP. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO MONITOR THEM THROUGH THE FATS, OILS AND GREASE PROGRAM. WHAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT THE ORDINANCE IS THAT THE SIZING AND THE PLAN REVIEW, PART OF THE GREASE TRAP IS OVER. IN CHAPTER 12 UNDER THE HEALTH INSPECTOR PART. AND SO WE THINK THAT BY MOVING IT AND WE DON'T HAVE A REDLINE VERSION, THIS IS JUST TO FEEL COUNCIL TO SEE HOW WHAT YOU THINK OF IT. WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MOVE THE PLAN, REVIEW AND SIZING TO THE FOG COORDINATOR BECAUSE THEY GET THE FEEDBACK ON IF THEY'RE WORKING OR NOT, AND THEN IN ADDITION, THE WAY THEY'RE SIZED RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE TABLE DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. AS KIKI SAID, THE STATE T-C-E-Q PROVIDES THIS DIAGRAM, THIS CALCULATOR SHEET THAT IS BASED ON VOLUME. SO YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AN ICE CREAM SHOP OR A FRENCH FRY SHOP, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF FOOD THEY'RE MAKING AND HOW MUCH OF IT. AND THIS RELIES A LOT MORE ON VOLUME THAN ON LIKE TRIGGER POINTS TO WHERE SOMEBODY'S SERVING, YOU KNOW, THREE MEALS A DAY, BUT HAVING TO PUT IN A 12,750 POUND GREASE TRAP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO WORK WELL FOR MOST OF THEIR STARTING OUT BUSINESS PLANS. BUT IF THEY'RE OPENING, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL OR SOMETHING AND THEY'VE GOT WATER JUST GUSHING THROUGH THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A PRETTY BIG ONE. SO THIS CHART GIVES YOU REALLY A BETTER IDEA. IT'S MORE BASED ON PLUMBING ENGINEERING, AND IT GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA. AND IT IS THE STATE'S FORM THAT THEY PROVIDE. SO WE WANT TO SWITCH TO THIS KIND OF REQUIRING FOR IT TO SIZE THEM BASED ON THAT AND THEN HAVE THE PLAN REVIEW HAPPEN THROUGH THE FOG. THE FOG PROGRAM UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FATS, OILS AND GREASE PROGRAM AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO THIS WILL ALLOW A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE IMPLEMENTATION, WHILE ALSO NOT LETTING GREASE INTO OUR PIPES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG UP. YOU KNOW, THESE PIPES ARE UNDERNEATH BUILDINGS, THEY'RE UNDERNEATH STREETS, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THEM CLEAN. BUT WE WANT THE BUSINESS OWNER TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP WITH THE RIGHT SIZED TRAP. AND THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE BETWEEN. THE IN-GROUND. SO AN IN-GROUND GREASE TRAP, 750

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POUND WOULD BE ABOUT 12 TO $15,000. IF THEY WERE A SMALL SHOP THAT JUST HAD THE ONE SINK, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEIR GREASE IS COMING FROM, AND THEY COULD DO AN UNDER SINK INTERCEPTOR THERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S UNDER $1,000. THAT'S DOABLE FOR A STARTUP UNTIL THEY GET, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS GOING AND THEN THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE MENU. THEY'RE GROWING. THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT IN THE BIGGER GREASE TRAP THAT WOULD COME LATER. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE HOPEFULLY EXPLAINED IT. ANY QUESTIONS? OF COURSE I HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THAT CHART THAT YOU REFERENCED, IT WAS A CHART USED BY THE STATE. BUT I NOTICED IT IS OUT OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. YES. HAVE YOU DETERMINED WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT WITH THE CHART THAT YOU HAVE, THE SIZING CHART THAT YOU HAVE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, THE EC, FOR SOME REASON STUCK WITH THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE FOR THIS CHART. THE INTERNATIONAL CODES DON'T SPECIFICALLY SIZE THEM. THEY RELY ON AN ENGINEER DESIGN, WHICH ALSO WE REQUIRE IN OUR ORDINANCE, AN ENGINEER TO DESIGN THEM. BUT THIS IS KIND OF. IT'S VOLUME BASED. IT IS PLUMBING CODE BASED. AND IT WOULDN'T CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE ICC CODES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED. BUT YOU'VE GOT A CHART TECHNICALLY THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH RIGHT NOW IN THE INTERNATIONAL CODE. SO YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE A REFERENCE TO ELIMINATE THAT. I THINK, AS PART OF THE BUILDING CODE UPDATE. YEAH. WHICH IS WHY THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE WE ARE UPDATING OUR BUILDING CODES AND AMENDING THEM. SO YOU WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THOSE TWO TO WORK TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, MR. PENNEBAKER. THANK YOU. I, I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHY DAIRY PRODUCTS REQUIRE GREASE TRAPS, BECAUSE I KNOW PROBABLY EVERYONE HERE THROWS THEIR OWN MILK DOWN THE DRAIN. WELL, YEAH, THE FATS. BUT IS THAT REALLY A PROBLEM? I GUESS MILK FATS DO GET STUCK IN THE DRAIN. HOUSES ARE EXEMPTED, OF COURSE, FROM GREASE TRAPS BECAUSE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY SIZE AMOUNT OF MILK GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. BUT IF YOU'RE DUMPING BUTTER AND MILK DOWN THE DRAIN ALL DAY FROM A FULL ON RESTAURANT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE BACKUP WOULD WOULD HAPPEN. AND HOUSES OCCASIONALLY HAVE A PLUGGED SEWER FROM GREASE AND FATS, BUT IT'S A LOT LESS COMMON. IT HAPPENS PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS, WHEREAS THIS COULD HAPPEN A LOT FASTER. BUT AGAIN, THOSE THOSE MILK FAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS FAT THAN A FRYING OPERATION. SO IT PROBABLY AN UNDER SINKS SEPARATOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD DEAL WITH IT IF IT WAS IN ONE LOCATION THAT IT WAS HAPPENING LIKE ONE SINK. GOOD QUESTIONS. I'D BE INTERESTED. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE BUSINESS EASIER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, MORE, MORE FRIENDLY AND A BETTER WAY FOR IT TO BE COMPREHENDED. ACTUALLY, FOR THE CITIZENS OR RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY IT OUT. I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. THANK YOU. DOES THAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. WE. YEAH.

JUST THAT LAST COMMENT HERE. I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OTHER SITUATION WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR INPUT BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO CONSIDER THAT MODIFICATION OR UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER WE'RE WORKING ON A BUILDING CODE UPDATES OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

[6.F. The City Council will receive a briefing on the Drainage Master Plan, discuss the information, and provide direction if necessary.]

OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX F CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, DISCUSS THE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE DIRECTION IF NECESSARY.

THAT PRESENTATION IS MATT BRYANT AND SHAH AND MUHAMMAD OR SHAH IS GOING SOLO. OKAY. SHE HAD TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, SO I'M GONNA LET HER PRESENT IT TO YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME UPDATES ON THE PROCESS OF THE PROJECT FOR THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, THE 2025 DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. ON MARCH 17TH. THE.

WE HAVE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR STATE STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS USING THE PREQUALIFIED LIST OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED IN THE END OF YEAR

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2024, OR OR SPECIFICALLY IN APRIL. AND THEN WE HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT RESPONSE. WE HAD VERY COMPETITIVE RESPONSE WITH GREAT ENGINEERING AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS RESPONDED TO THAT REQUEST. BASICALLY 12 OF THEM WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE SCORING CRITERIA AND THEN THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM DETERMINED TO BE FREESE AND NICHOLS, THE FREESE AND NICHOLS WAS BASICALLY NOTIFIED OF AWARD ON APRIL 16TH OF 2025. AND WE HAVE JUST STARTED HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. WE JUST KICKED OFF THE PROJECT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING DATA. THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE REVIEW AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE EXISTING DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE. A WATER SHED AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND PHASING, POLICY AND DESIGN STANDARDS REVIEW, COST ESTIMATION OF THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, AS WELL AS FUNDING STRATEGIES RECOMMENDED. AND OF COURSE, IT INCLUDED THE FINAL DELIVERABLES AND DIGITAL FORMAT, AND THAT AND THAT'S REALLY THE OVERALL SCOPE WE HAVE. THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO REALLY TO CREATE A GUIDANCE STRATEGY FOR THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE, TO ADDRESS OUR DRAINAGE CONCERNS. THE PROJECT TIMELINE IS INTENDED TO BE NINE MONTHS OF DURATION. WE ARE ALREADY, AS I SAID, KICKED OFF THE PROJECT. WE ARE ALREADY THROUGH THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING THE REAL START OF THE ANALYSIS BEING JUNE 2025, AND THE ESTIMATION TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IS MARCH 2026. AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL TO BASICALLY BE AHEAD OF THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON WHERE WE CAN MAKE RELATED DECISIONS, DECISIONS IF WE NEED TO, REGARDING THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD FOR THE UPDATE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COULD ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD DRAINAGE MASTER PLANS DONE THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR MASTER PLANS LOOK LIKE. JUST KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT. A LOT OF CITIES AROUND US NOW, SOME OF THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS AND THE SELECTED FIRM ITSELF, ACTUALLY, FRIEZA NICHOLS, HAVE DONE MULTIPLE DRAINAGE MASTER PLANS FOR AREA FOR. AND THEN ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FACTORS THAT WE FOCUS ON AS WE LOOKED AT THEIR PROPOSALS IS BASICALLY THAT HOW MUCH OF A, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING CITIES EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH WITH MULTIPLE CITIES IN THE METROPLEX THAT HAVE DONE THEY HAVE DONE EXACTLY THE SAME THING WITH THEM. NOW THEY HAPPEN TO BE ALSO THE SAME FIRM THAT CREATED THE LATEST UPDATE FOR THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY THAT THE DUNCANVILLE HAVE DONE IN 1997 THROUGH 1999. AND THAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE WE HAVE. SO WE'RE REALLY OVERDUE. OH, I'M SORRY, REALLY OVERDUE ON THAT. BUT WE'RE BUT THEM HAVING THAT INFORMATION WOULD HELP DEFINITELY GIVE US YOU KNOW, THAT BASE BASE OF THAT FIRM KNOWING THAT THE CITY AND DOING THE LATEST UPDATE AND NOW COMING AGAIN AND BUILDING UPON THAT AND LOOKING AT THE THAT AGAIN. BUT YES, WE ARE CONSIDERING LOOKING AT THE EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER CITIES AND EVEN STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE IN THE METROPLEX, LIKE THE INLAND PORT, WHICH WE REFERENCED IN OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO BE LOOKED AT AND INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS FOR OUR DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. SO, SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO UP UPDATE THAT. IT'S FROM 1997. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE DON'T HAVE IT BUT THE FIRM HAS IT. SO OKAY. NOW I WAS GOING TO ASK I'D LOVE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT, BUT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND IT. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD TO WE ARE ALSO IN CONTRACT WITH FREEZE AND NICHOLS

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AS OUR MS4 COMPLIANCE, SO THAT WAS ALSO A BIG DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING THAT FIRM. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN AND OUR MS4 COMPLIANCE, WHICH GO HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS CITY MANAGER'S ALSO KIND OF GETTING AT IF I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVEN IF IT WASN'T FREEZE AND NICHOLS, I GUESS IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, GET ANY SAMPLES. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'VE COMPLETED THAT ONE. BUT Y'ALL ARE STAYING AROUND FOR THE NEXT ONE. GOT THE LEAD ON THE NEXT

[6.G. The City Council will receive a briefing on the City's TxDOT Transportation Alternatives Program grant applications, discuss the i nformation, and provide direction if necessary]

ONE TOO. ALL RIGHT SIX G RECEIVE. ALL RIGHT. BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S TEX DOT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATIONS. YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS THE INTENT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO GO OVER TWO OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

AND THOSE TWO ARE THE UNDER THE TXDOT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE TEXTILE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE. THE INTENT OF THE TEXTILE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE IS BASICALLY TO ENHANCE IS A PROGRAM THAT TXDOT HAD ISSUED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR NON NON-MOTORIZED TRAVELERS. SO IT'S TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT WALKABILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN AS WELL AS BICYCLISTS AND ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO THE MOTORIZED VEHICLES. GIVEN THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CONGESTIONS AND THE SAFETIES WITH FOCUSING ON VEHICLES AS THE SINGLE, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS SO THERE WAS A CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2020, EARLY 2025, TO AWARD ABOUT $250 MILLION UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR MULTIPLE CITIES AND MUNICIPAL AGENCIES. SO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE RESPONDED TO THAT CALL FOR PROJECTS WITH TWO PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT TODAY. THERE ARE TWO STEPS TO THE PROCESS. FIRST ONE IS PRELIMINARY APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED.

NOW WE HAVE PASSED THE FIRST STEP. AND AS A AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WERE WE WERE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE ON BOTH OF THE PROJECTS AND QUALIFIED TO SUBMIT A DETAILED APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP. AND IN THE EFFORT OF PREPARING FOR THE DETAILED APPLICATIONS, WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GET COUNCIL CONSENT AND ON AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING WE PLAN TO BRING A COUNCIL RESOLUTION NEXT ROUND OF COUNCIL TO BASICALLY GET THAT APPROVED. HOWEVER, THERE IS ALSO MORE TO THAT. THE MORE WE CAN, THE MORE WE CAN GET AS A SUPPORT LETTERS, THE MORE OUR APPLICATIONS ARE LIKELY TO GET SELECTED. AND SO WE'LL BE ALSO REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL WITH THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO GET SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT AS WELL AS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BEEN ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ISD, AND WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THEIR SUPPORT ON THE SELECTION OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE SCOPING. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL START WITH THE FIRST PROJECT HERE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECOMMENDED OR BASICALLY SCOPED AS ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IS THE DUNCANVILLE SMITH ELEMENTARY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT. SO UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE, THERE IS A SPECIAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT, UNDER THAT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CATEGORY, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THIS PROJECT THAT BASED ON AN INPUT FROM THE DUNCANVILLE ISD. SO WE MET WITH DUNCANVILLE ISD. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONCERN AREAS WITH TRAFFIC AND SOME OF THE PREVIOUS INCIDENTS THAT HAD HAPPENED. SOME OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS CAME AROUND THE SMITH, THE DUNCANVILLE SMITH ELEMENTARY, AND AS A RESULT, WE LOOKED AT OUR GIS DATA AND WE MADE A DETERMINATION AS TO HOW TO BEST SERVE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INTO GOING, YOU KNOW, GOING TO SCHOOL. SO THE PROPOSED PROJECT HERE, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF

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$15 MILLION, 939, IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR 100% REIMBURSEMENT. THE DUE DATE FOR THIS APPLICATION IS JUNE 20TH OF 2025. UNDER THE ESTIMATION OF START DATE BEING FALL 2028. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE REALLY THE CYCLE NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 27 THROUGH 29. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR UNDER THIS CALL FOR PROJECTS. AND USUALLY THE WE NEED TO FORM AN AFE. IF WE GET NOTIFIED THAT ONE OF OUR PROJECTS WILL BE SELECTED, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE SELECTING ONLY ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IF THEY DO, AND THEN WE CAN COME AGAIN FOR ANOTHER ROUND FOR THE OTHER PROJECT IF WE WOULD LIKE. BUT IF WE WERE DETERMINED TO BE AN AWARDEE FOR ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, THEN WE WILL KNOW BY THE FALL. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH CREATING THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, WE MIGHT TAKE ANOTHER TEN MONTHS, USUALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE WE CAN KICK OFF. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2028 FOR, YOU KNOW, BREAKING GROUND ON THESE PROJECTS WITH THE DESIGN REQUIREMENT, ETC. THIS IS HOW THE PROJECT REALLY ROUTE TO LOOK LIKE TAKING, ADDING. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE SIDEWALKS IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ADA RAMPS, CROSSWALKS, AND A LOT OF SIGNALS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND PROVIDE THIS WALKABILITY ELEMENT TO MULTIPLE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING THIS LINE, CONNECTING INTO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE FEEL THAT IS LACKING, THE CONNECTIONS AND THEIR ABILITY TO WALK TO SCHOOL. OUR SECOND PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED AS A CANDIDATE IS THE DUNCANVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR. WE CALLED IT, AND WE CONSIDERED IN THE SELECTION OF THIS PROJECT ALSO THE INTEREST THAT WE RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE SURVEYS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THE DESTINATION CREATING THAT DESTINATION IN THE DOWNTOWN OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO THIS IS REALLY A CONNECTOR THAT WILL PROVIDE THIS ABILITY TO WALK OR TO WALK SAFELY AND CONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. BEING A DESTINATION, THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $8.6 MILLION. WE ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR 100% REIMBURSEMENT ON THAT PROJECT. THE APPLICATION IS DUE DATE IS THE SAME AND THE SAME ESTIMATION TO START THE PROJECT. SO AND HERE IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS HOW DOES THAT PROPOSED CONNECTOR WORK. AND IT PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO PEDESTRIANS. AND ALSO BIKE BIKES CYCLISTS. AND THAT'S IT WRAPS UP THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. I LOVE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, I WAS ABOUT TO CHECK OUT AT 10:00.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY PRESENTS SOMETHING. NOW, I'M WIDE AWAKE NOW. SO WHERE TO BEGIN? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO. THE LAND MASTER PLAN, THE PART OF THAT THERE IS A TRAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SIX FOOT SIX FOOT TRAIL ALONG DANIEL DALE THERE. SO WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IF WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT? WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT? SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BASICALLY INCLUDE SOME OF THE GOALS WITH THE PARKS AND TRAILS INTO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO WE ARE IT'S ON THE TABLE. WE'RE JUST STARTING THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, BUT THOSE CAN BE ADDITIONS TO THE SCOPE THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT. SOME OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I JUST JUMP IN FOR A QUICK SECOND, IS LAYERING ON TWO, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO DALLAS COUNTY ABOUT A TRAILS GRANT. SO SOME OF THIS WOULD BE OKAY. NOW WE CAN REALLY COMBINATION OF TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS REALLY START CONNECTING SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'LL GET A LOT MORE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY. YES.

AND I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING THAT UNDER THIS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT IS OUR POTENTIAL AS A CITY WITH LAYERING THOSE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENT WHERE WE

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ARE. WE HAVE MENTIONED THE REQUEST FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. NOW, THERE WAS A TRAIL MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ALSO ON THE LIST OVER THERE REQUESTED BY THE BUDGET. WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE PROBABLY GOING TO BRING FORWARD LATER IS TO ALSO SUBMIT FOR A GRANT WITH TXDOT THAT IS GOING TO BASICALLY COMBINE THE TWO PLANS INTO ONE LARGE PLAN THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TOGETHER. AND THAT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE FROM HOW DOES BOTH WORK TOGETHER. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON AND BRING AGAIN. SO MY INTENT IS TO BASICALLY COME AGAIN ON MAY 20TH AND TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT FOR AND THEN ALSO GET SOME ANSWERS ON SOME OF THEM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH. BUT ON THIS ONE, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED A CONSENT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION BY JUNE 20TH TO BE INCLUDED AS A RESOLUTION. AND THEN THE I GUESS THERE WAS MENTION OF SOME BRIDGE CONNECTOR TRAILS OR BRIDGES. I GUESS THAT'S YES. I MEAN, THEREBY VILLAGE TECH AND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, RIGHT? YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT I GUESS BACK WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE, THE BOND PROJECTS, THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE, BUT THAT WAS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. AND SO HERE'S A POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. SO THANK YOU TWO. BUT I'M GOING TO JUMP IN JUMP LINE HERE BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING THAT ON THAT ONE DRAWING THAT YOU HAD THAT SHOWED DANIEL DALE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE? I DON'T I DIDN'T CATCH THE NUMBER. BUT YEAH. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO MAYBE IT'S THE MORE EASTERN PORTION OF DANIEL DALE THAT SLIDE BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED ON THE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DANIEL DALE CROSSING THE CREEK THAT THAT'S A VERY IT JUTS OUT INTO CLOSE TO DANIEL DALE. HOW HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE. IS THAT GOING TO BE A BRIDGE THERE? WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE A BRIDGE OVER HERE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I CANNOT SEE THE DETAILS OF THE OF THE BY THE SPOT, YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO THIS IS WILL BE A DUE TO THE, THE LIMITATIONS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OF AVAILABILITY. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A KIND OF THINNER SIDEWALKS, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO MEET THE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THE SIDEWALK. BUT BUT WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO HAVE IT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, A MULTI-USE PATH IN ONE OF THE SOME OF THE AREAS HERE. AND BUT IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A BRIDGE WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT IN. BUT IT'S IT WAS PROBABLY NOT TRIGGERED AS A REQUIREMENT TO PUT IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ, SIMILAR TO WHAT HE SAYS WHEN I WHEN I GET READY TO HEAR FROM YOU, I'M, LIKE, EXCITED BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING US SOME IDEAS AND PLANS ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

ONE QUESTION I WELL, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS THE COST ESTIMATE FOR 2028. WILL THAT STILL BE THE SAME AMOUNT IN 2028 OR THERE IS A CUSHION OR. YEAH, THERE IS USUALLY A CUSHION IN WHAT. AND THE WAY WE ESTIMATE BECAUSE YEAH, THERE IS ANTICIPATION UNDER THESE GRANTS THAT THEY USUALLY TAKE TIME TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, REALITY. SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT. AND OUR ESTIMATES ARE USUALLY BASICALLY HAVING SOME KIND OF BUFFER TO COVER, SOME CONTINGENCY TO CONSIDER INFLATION. BUT OF COURSE NOT FOR YOU NEVER KNOW. I MEAN, WE JUST SEEN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 2022 2020. NOBODY EXPECTED THE JUMP. SO THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN. AND ALSO THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE ISSUES WITH THE TIME. THE LONGEST WE WAIT ON ANY PROJECT, WE'RE AT RISK OF NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AFFORD THAT PROJECT ANYWAY. SO THAT IS THE UNDER ANTICIPATION. BUT I'M SURE TXDOT AS WELL HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE MARKET. OKAY. WILL WE BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. AND

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WHEN WE DO THIS, WILL THIS ALSO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE COMPLETE STREETS. RIGHT. THAT WE'VE CITY MANAGER OR. YEAH. SO. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE EXCITED. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION RIGHT. THIS IS $24 MILLION. BUT OTHERWISE RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE JUST GONNA OKAY. YOU GUYS CAN BE EXCITED. BUT THIS IS STEP ONE. SO THE COMPLETE STREET TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AT TIME OF ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. WHAT THIS IS REALLY PREDOMINANTLY, THOUGH IS SIDEWALKS. SO MAYBE. SO MAYBE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH I THINK I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS REGARDING THE COMPLETE STREET POLICY, IT'S IT WAS SOMETHING THAT. YEAH, PUT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, LIKE SET US UP IN POSITION TO WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. AS WE MENTIONED, NOT EVERY STREET WILL BE QUALIFIED AS A COMPLETE STREET, BUT AT THE LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT MASTER PLANS THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT WAS NEVER DONE BEFORE IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IS THE CITY'S POTENTIAL, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE STREETS THAT CAN QUALIFY AS A COMPLETE STREETS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AND BASICALLY INVEST MORE IN OR, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME KIND OF ACTION PLAN FOR, FOR THE FUTURE. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE CANDIDATES. AND THAT'S THAT'S THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING ALL THESE MASTER PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. OKAY. AND I'LL END WITH, I GUESS I JUST NEED TO WORK ON MY PATIENCE, BECAUSE WHEN I SAW 20, 28, I WAS LIKE, OH, CAN WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT SOONER? BUT OKAY, SOME IMMEDIATE GOOD NEWS. YES, I LOVE IT. PROJECTS HAVE OPENED UP SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH BNSF RAILROAD THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN A LONG TIME. SO YEAH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SIT DOWN IN PERSON CONVERSATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BNSF BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPECIFICATIONS ON HOW WE HAVE TO CROSS AND NAVIGATE THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THESE SIDEWALKS, AND WE HAVE MORE TO COME. SO, YEAH, BRING MORE TO COME. I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. AND THERE ARE MORE GOOD NEWS, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM NEXT MEETING. AND THEN WE DON'T GET HER STARTED. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. THANK YOU. MY COMMENTS ARE JUST THE EXCITEMENT LEADING UP TO THIS. I'M WATCHING THIS AND LISTENING AND TRYING TO VISUALIZE IT. AND THEN YOUR FIRST DIAGRAM GOES DOWN. I GO, OH, YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO THE REST OF THAT TRAIL COMING THROUGH.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE GOES UP. OH YOU HIT IT. YOU GOT EVERYTHING IN THERE. BUT WE GOT TO WAIT AND SEE. YEAH, BUT THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT COMES UP HERE QUITE OFTEN AND TALKS ABOUT OUR BIKE LANES, AND HE ACTUALLY LIVES NEXT DOOR TO MY, ONE OF MY REAL GOOD FRIENDS. SO SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO TELL HIM TO LOOK AT THE 1035 MARK TONIGHT SO THAT MAYBE HE GETS THE IMPRESSION THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AND WE ARE TRYING IN HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO, SO I KNOW THIS IS JUST A GRANT APPLICATION, RIGHT.

BUT I CAN SAY THAT. SO ALL THESE OTHER CITIES AROUND US, DESOTO, LANCASTER, CEDAR HILL, AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE BIKE AND WALK TRAILS. AND SOMETIMES I SEE SIGNAGE BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, HOW DID THEY GET THIS? AND YOU FIND SIGNAGE. AND IT WAS SOME GRANT THAT THEY GOT THAT WAS APPROVED OR SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, OR MAYBE WITH THE RAIL LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO ALL OF THOSE STARTED WITH DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T HAVING THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS A YEAR OR TWO AGO. AND SO I WANT TO THANK SHAHAD AND HER STAFF AND MATT AND YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST PART OF JUST SOME OF THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND SO THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME, AND IT'S EXCITING THAT WE'RE DOING THE APPLICATION. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EXCITING THAT WE MIGHT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT JUST DOING THE APPLICATION. THAT'S THE EXCITING PART. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU OKAY. SO

[6.H. City Council to receive a briefing and discuss a proposed change to the City of Duncanville's Compensation Policy last revised October 1, 2020. The proposed change would establish a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) plan tied to the Consumer Price Index, subject to annual budget appropriation.]

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX H. AND THAT IS A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE COMPENSATION POLICY MR. FINCH. YES MAYOR. THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE EXCITED, BUT SERIOUSLY, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE PLANNING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A TOTAL TEAM. AND FIRST, IT TAKES GETTING FINANCED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE AUDITS AND EVERYTHING DONE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE GET ASKED. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT DONE, WE'RE DISQUALIFIED. AND THEN IT'S DO YOU HAVE THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS. AND THEN CAN YOU GO AND SHOW US THAT YOU'VE RECENTLY OR THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIS CONCEPT. AND SO IT'S ALL THIS HOMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WE'RE NOW STARTING TO SEE.

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SO I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF WITH COMPENSATION POLICY. SO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE HAS A COMPENSATION PAY PLAN THAT WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION REMAINS COMPETITIVE, EQUITABLE AND ALIGNED WITH BOTH INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS AND EXTERNAL MARKET CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, THE POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2020, AND IT DOES NOT FORMALLY TIE ANNUAL COLA ADJUSTMENTS TO ANYTHING AND INSTEAD RATHER LEAVES THEM AS A AD HOC BASIS. THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPENSATION POLICY WOULD SPECIFICALLY TIE OUR ANNUAL COLA ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. IT ALWAYS ABSOLUTELY GIVES COUNCIL THE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY AT THE TIME OF BUDGET THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO IT OR NOT DO IT, BUT IT SETS A BASELINE OF OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THIS. WE'RE GOING TO BASE ON MARKET CONDITIONS. WE'RE TYING IT TO A NATIONAL DETERMINED FACTOR OF THE CPI. IT ALSO HELPS WITH EMPLOYEE RETENTION BECAUSE EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF THE POLICY. AND COMING UP. AND THEN IT ALSO CERTAINLY PROVIDES COUNCIL WITH FLEXIBILITY AT THE TIME OF THAT. SO WE'LL BRING THE COMPENSATION, THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE BACK TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. BUT THIS WAS JUST MEANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CONCEPT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU NEED. ANY DIRECTION ON THIS? NOPE. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. GOOD. ALL

[6.I. City Council to receive a briefing on proposed Charter amendment(s)]

RIGHT. QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX I COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, REAL QUICKLY. WHEN WE LAST VISITED, YOU ASKED ME TO DO THE PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THE TERMS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS. I HAVE PREPARED THAT ORDINANCE AND THE AND CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION WITH PROPOSITION. SO WE'RE READY TO DO THAT. I ALSO PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD GO THROUGH THE CHARTER, WHICH I HAVE DONE. I AM GLAD TO REPORT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT NEEDS REALLY IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THERE ARE SOME CLEANUP ITEMS THAT WE CAN DO THAT REFERENCES, THE STATE LAW, THINGS THAT NOW THERE ARE STATE STATUTES THAT GOVERN LIKE THE AUDIT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY AND I'LL DO A CHART FOR YOU SO YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO GO BY AND I'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU YOUR NEXT MEETING. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CALL THIS ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER. IF YOU IF YOU CALL FOR JUST THE TERM, THEN WE CANNOT AMEND THE CHARTER AGAIN FOR TWO YEARS. BUT ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CHARTER THAT SAYS WE HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WE CAN DO IT BY ORDINANCE. BUT IF WE HAVE A POLICE AND A FIRE AND A PUBLIC WORKS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A FINANCE AND IT SHOULD BE BY CHARTER, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. THERE'S A LOT OF CLEANUP WITH YOUR INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM WHEN YOU WHEN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, THERE'S HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THERE ANYMORE. IT CAN BE TAKEN OUT. AND IF YOU START TO READ IT, YOU START GETTING CROSS-EYED. WELL, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING IN HERE ABOUT THE FIRST ELECTION FOLLOWING NOVEMBER OF 2020 OR 2005? THAT'S WHEN YOU WENT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT DIDN'T APPLY ANYMORE. YOU HAVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, BUT THAT TRANSITION LANGUAGE THAT CAN COME OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU WANT TO DO A REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO THIS AND START LOOKING AT CHARTERS FROM OTHER CITIES, I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN THE CITY MANAGER AND HE CAN PASS IT ALONG. BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THERE THAT WAS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT. THAT REQUIRES US TO DO ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY. SO WITH THAT, I HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'RE ON TRACK TO CALL THAT SPECIAL ELECTION AT YOUR FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST. SO IF YOU WANT MORE, I'LL DO THE CHART. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. AND THEN AFTER LOOKING AT THE CHART, IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO A DEEPER DIVE, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CATCHES YOUR EYE WHEN YOU GET TO CHART IN THE CHARTER AND START LOOKING AT THEM TOGETHER, LET US KNOW. BUT I'LL WAIT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. SO THAT'S ALL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT PUBLIC EDUCATION ON. WHY WE WOULD BE MAKING SUCH A CHANGE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE MAYBE PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT'S THE

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IMPACT? WHY ARE YOU MAKING THE CHANGE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES OFF REAL EASILY IS YOU HAVE ONE CYCLE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ELECTION, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE COUNTY A BUNCH OF MONEY TO HOLD THAT ELECTION, AND THEN YOU GET THE CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY FOR WITHOUT HAVING AN ELECTION SEASON, WHICH A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE GONE TO THREE YEAR TERMS REALLY LIKE, AND THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN THAT STAFF REPORT COMES OUT, WE WOULD PUT SOME TRANSPARENT REASONS WHY WOULD WHY YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO LOOK AT THIS SO AND REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN DIFFER. SO THANK YOU. WELL THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AND WE'LL COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE, BUT IT'LL BE LESS THAN AN HOUR. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH. IF IT GOES PAST A CERTAIN. JUST 1155. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE'RE FINISHED OR NOT OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS. THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. AS POSTED ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE NOW GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:03 P.M.

THE RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NO ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS EVENING, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING BACK ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SIR. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

May 06, 2025 City Council

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