WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT. MR. HAGER. HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON, SO BEHAVE YOURSELF. WE'RE 
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WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE BRIEFING SESSION FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO IT. AND DISCUSS OUR AGENDA ITEMS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. SO EXCUSE ME. JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA, STARTING WITH FOR A CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 3RD, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. MOVE RIGHT ALONG THE. THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ME. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE. MISS TAYLOR IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I BELIEVE YOU INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES AND IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPEAK. YES. THANK YOU. FORESEE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. FEMA APPROVED 2025 DALLAS COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE AND FIRE CHIEF NEELY OR EMS COORDINATOR LAWRENCE SANCHEZ ARE HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD D CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH LOC FOR THE PURCHASE, MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING OF THREE STATIONARY AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS AND TWO PORTABLE LICENSE PLATE READING RECOGNITION CAMERAS, TOTALING $80,000. THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES AN AMENDED RESTATED CONTRACT TO ADD SIX CAMERAS FOR A COMBINED CONTRACT TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $155,000. CHIEF STOCKER IS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER. 
          ASSISTANT CHIEF WILCOX IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND ALSO THE RESOLUTION IS AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $155,000. CHIEF STOGNER SHARED WITH ME THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE HAVE A DISCOUNTED RATE. IT'S NOW GOING TO BE LIKE 91,000. YOU TOLD ME YESTERDAY. SO. WHAT ARE YOU? OKAY? AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE GO ON TO ITEM TWO COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. THANK YOU MAYOR. FOR JUNE 18TH IS THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING AT 630. ALL OF THE JUNETEENTH EVENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY AS WELL. THE CDC MEETING AT 6:00 ON THE 23RD AT THE CITY AND THE CITY HALL BRIEFING ROOM. WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP AT 4 P.M. IN THE BRIEFING ROOM AND COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON THE 26TH, BOTH ON THE 26TH, COFFEE WITH THE MAYORS AT 12. AND ON THE 27TH, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL RETREAT AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN BEGINNING AT 830. CITY MANAGER WILL BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THERE IN CASE WE NEED TO GO OVER ON THE RETREAT. YES, WE DO HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME SCHEDULED THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. 4TH OF JULY THAT WE ARE. WE GOING TO MEET ON THE SECOND. THE FIRST. FIRST THE FIRST. WE DID HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED. WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED. AND NORMALLY I THINK THE PATTERN HAS BEEN TO CANCEL THAT MEETING OR RESCHEDULE FOR DIFFERENT DATE. 
          AND I JUST NEED TO GET MY JULY PLANNING GOING. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M BRINGING UP. 
          I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEETING. AND I KNOW I'M GUESSING THE 17TH, 15TH OR 15TH OF JULY IS GOING TO BE. PACKED. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY MEETING. SO WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY FOR JULY 1ST. IF COUNCIL WOULD PREFER TO HOLD OFF, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE 15TH. WE DON'T THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THERE WAS ANYTHING NECESSARILY ABSOLUTE PRESSING. FOR THE FIRST. IT WAS SOME THINGS AND SOME BRIEFINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. CURRENTLY, THAT'S ON THE CALENDAR, BUT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE IT ON THE 15TH, BUT THE 15TH WOULD BE A PRETTY HEAVY MEETING SCHEDULE ON ON MY AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FIRST, IF YOU WOULD BRING IT UP DURING YOUR RETREAT. YES. THEN I CAN PREPARE OKAY ORDINANCE. I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO CONSIDER ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. YOU TALK ABOUT IT AND JUST LET ME KNOW, OKAY? THAT WOULD BE FINE. SO MY ITEM, BECAUSE I HAD A SCHEDULE. TO DO 
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A BRIEFING WITH YOU AND THEN GET YOUR CONSENT TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THE ORDINANCE. BUT I THINK IF YOU JUST BRING IT UP AT THE RETREAT AND SAY, YES, WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE, THEN I CAN GET IT DONE AND PUT IT ON THE 17TH, THE FIRST, AND MEET OUR SCHEDULE FOR AN ELECTION IF WE NEED ONE. SO, MARY, ALONG THAT SAME LINE, CITY MANAGER, IF IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY LIVE, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THE RETREAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LAST PROPERTY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FIRST FOR THE ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. I FORGOT TO WITH THIS. SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THAT. AND THAT'S FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR THE LAND NATURE PRESERVE. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY YOU'RE BRIEFING ITEMS TO ME. THAT'S YOUR DISCRETIONARY PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S NOT ONE THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE. SO ARE WE KEEPING THE MEETING OR ARE WE WANTING TO POSTPONE MEETING? EITHER WAY, I'M GOING TO. I JUST NEED TO KNOW. WELL. I HAVE TROUBLE. WE HAD SOMETHING SCHEDULED FOR OVER A WEEK AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL IT OR MOVE IT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE MAY HAVE SET THEIR PERSONAL CALENDARS TO BE THERE, AND I'D PREFER NOT TO MOVE IT. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S JUST ME THOUGH, SO WHAT DO THE REST OF YOU THINK? I'M IN TOWN. I DON'T, I DON'T I MEAN, I'LL BE HERE. I'M GOOD WITH NOT STACKING THE 15TH. YEAH. THAT PART. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. 
          YEAH. IF IT'S IF IT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT ALIVE FOR YOU. FOR SURE. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL WE. JUST LIKE KYLE SAID. I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN TAKE ANY PRESSURE OFF THE 15 GOING TO HAVE THAT MEETING ANYWAYS, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. HOPEFULLY THE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE 15TH IS I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS OR POTENTIALLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE TO CALENDAR THE WAY THAT WORKS. 
          THAT'S ALL GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE 15TH. SO ANY. COMMITTEE ON THE EIGHTH. SO WE COULDN'T MEET ON. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET INTO ITEM THREE A BRIEFINGS THE PRESENTATIONS BRIEFING OF THE SAFE ROOM. GRANT LAUREN GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS LAUREN SANCHEZ. I'M YOUR REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE TIME TODAY. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. I CAME TO YOU BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT OUR IDEA TO DO A SAFE ROOM REBATE PROGRAM FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE GOT THE GRANT. NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT THE GRANT. AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO KIND OF JUST EDUCATE EVERYONE ON IT SO YOU CAN HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD SO THAT ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THIS AND APPLY IF THEY WANT TO PURSUE THOSE FUNDS FOR A SAFE ROOM IN THEIR HOME. IF YOU'VE LIVED IN THE DFW, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA, OR ANY ONE OF OUR CITIES FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, YOU KNOW THAT TORNADOES AND SEVERE WEATHER, SEVERE WIND IS ONE OF OUR MAIN THREATS. THIS SPRING HAS BEEN BUSY SO FAR. KNOCK ON WOOD, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSE AND SO OUR CITIES ARE NO DIFFERENT TO THIS THREAT. 
          WE'VE HAD THEM MANY TIMES. THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC OF ALL THE TORNADO PATHS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECORDED SINCE 1950, AND THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SMALLER ONES THAT HAVEN'T MADE IT ON HERE THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED FROM. AND THE MAP WOULD DEFINITELY BE MORE CONGESTED IF WE JUST PUT WIND EVENTS. YOU GUYS REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A TORNADO. WE HAD STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT CAME THROUGH AND CAUSED SOME DAMAGE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH JUST TREE LIMBS FALLING DOWN. AND THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS. WE CAN'T STOP IT. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL OF OUR JOBS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER IF WE COULD, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PUT MEASURES IN PLACE THAT LESSEN THE DAMAGE, RIGHT? WHEN THAT TORNADO OR WHEN THOSE WIND EVENTS COME THROUGH. 
          AND SO ONE OF THOSE MEASURES IS A SAFE ROOM IN PEOPLE'S HOMES. SO IDEALLY, IF WE HAD A TORNADO WARNING GET ISSUED OR A WIND EVENT WITH 70 MILE PER HOUR OR HIGHER WINDS THAT ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH AND KNOCK THINGS OVER AND CAUSE DAMAGE OR POTENTIALLY HURT OR KILL PEOPLE, RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE AT HOME WOULD GO INTO THE SAFE ROOM. AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM IN MOVIES OR IN THE NEWS. IT'S A STRUCTURE BUILT IN YOUR HOME THAT IS RATED TO WITHSTAND THOSE WINDS, AND SO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE WOULD GO TO THEIR SAFE ROOM, CLOSE THE DOOR, AND HUNKER DOWN UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. AND WE'VE SEEN POST TORNADO EVENTS 
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THAT COMPLETE HOUSES ARE GONE, BUT THE SAFE ROOM IS STILL STANDING. SO WHAT WE DID WITH THAT INFORMATION IS PUT TOGETHER. OUR GRANT PROGRAM. WE SUBMITTED THAT EARLY 2024. IT WAS APPROVED BY FEMA IN THE FALL OF 2024. SO THEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM OF ROLLING IT OUT. 
          SO RIGHT NOW IT IS LIVE. AND THIS IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL, DUNCANVILLE, DESOTO AND LANCASTER. WE ROLLED THIS OUT APRIL 1ST AND IT'S STILL OPEN. IT'S GOING TO STAY OPEN UNTIL ALL 40 SPOTS ARE FILLED. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE FIVE SPOTS FILLED, SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO SIGN UP, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT AS BEST AS WE CAN, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IN ALL FOUR CITIES TO GET IT OUT IN OTHER AVENUES. BUT YOU ARE CHAMPIONS FOR YOUR AREA AND YOUR RESIDENTS. AND SO IF YOU CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. SO HOW IT WORKS IS IF A RESIDENT IS INTERESTED, THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM TO START IS TO GO TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE WEBSITE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HOSTING THE SAFE ROOM PROGRAM. WITH ALL THE DETAILS THERE YOU'LL FIND THE GUIDELINES, WHICH IS VERY THOROUGH IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING FROM ME, VERY DETAILED, BUT IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE RULES, EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO BE ABLE TO DO IN ORDER TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO GET THAT FUNDING BACK FROM FEMA LATER, SO THEY CAN GO ONLINE. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, THEY CAN COME TO DUNCANVILLE FIRE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE THOSE PACKETS PRINTED OUT. THEY CAN TAKE IT WITH THEM, READ THROUGH EVERYTHING, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, GET IT BACK. SUBMITTED TO KEVIN AND I. WE REVIEW THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESIDENT. THEY OWN THE HOME THAT THEY'RE SUBMITTING FOR THAT ADDRESS, AND THEY'RE NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE. THAT'S A FEMA REQUIREMENT. THEN WE WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY TO SAY, YOU ARE APPROVED, PLEASE CONTINUE. THAT RESIDENT WILL THEN FIND A VENDOR OF THEIR CHOICE TO CONSTRUCT THE SAFE ROOM. WE ENCOURAGE THEM IN THE GUIDELINES TO CONTACT MULTIPLE GET MULTIPLE QUOTES. WE HAVE VERBIAGE IN THERE FOR THEM TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE A QUALIFIED VENDOR TO DO THIS WORK, THEY WORK TOGETHER TO INSTALL THE SAFE ROOM. THE RESIDENT WILL PAY FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. WE'LL SAY IT'S $6,000, FOR EXAMPLE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO PUT IT. I WORK WITH THEM AFTER IT'S FINISHED TO SUBMIT ALL THAT INFORMATION TO THE STATE AND TO FEMA, AND THEN FEMA WILL ISSUE THEM A REIMBURSEMENT FOR HALF THE COST UP TO $3,000. SO IF IT WAS $6,000, THEY'D GET THE FULL THREE. IF THEY PAID $10,000, THE HALF WOULD BE FIVE. THEY COULD STILL ONLY GET THE THREE. SO IT'LL HELP. WHAT SPURRED THIS WAS A RESIDENT IN CEDAR HILL WHO WAS GOING TO BUILD ONE ANYWAY, AND HE SAID, IS THERE A PROGRAM? AND I SAID, ACTUALLY, WE COULD START A PROGRAM. SO WE'RE HOPING TO CATCH THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE THAT WANT TO DO THIS, NOW'S THE BEST TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN GET SOME OF YOUR MONEY BACK. SO AS I MENTIONED, THOSE SPOTS WILL STAY OPEN. ONCE THEY'RE ALL FILLED. WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT PUBLICLY TO SAY THAT THEY'RE FULL. BUT WE WILL START A WAITLIST. AND IF FEMA CONTINUES TO PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING, WE CAN JUST ASK FOR MORE MONEY AND POTENTIALLY KEEP THIS GOING UNTIL EVERYONE WHO WANTS ONE HAS GOTTEN ONE. YES, SIR. FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT. IS THAT FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF OR THE ROOM PLUS THE INSULATION BECAUSE THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT. SO WITH THE VENDOR THE RESIDENT WILL PAY THE VENDOR FOR ALL OF THAT TOGETHER FOR THE ACTUAL ROOM AND THE INSTALLATION. THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU COULD GO. YOU COULD DO A PREFABRICATED ROOM THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COME AND ANCHOR TO YOUR FOUNDATION, OR YOU COULD WORK WITH THE VENDOR WHO'S GOING TO BUILD IT ON THE SPOT. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO CONVERT A CLOSET OR CONVERT A PART OF YOUR GARAGE. SO THE COST THAT WE SUBMIT TO FEMA WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THAT. AND WE HAVE A DETAILED LIST. SORRY, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF. I CUT YOU OFF. SORRY. SO THAT LAST SENTENCE IN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH, THE REIMBURSEMENT IS HALF THE COST TO INSTALL. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT TO INSTALL MEANS MATERIAL AND LABOR, ALL OF IT. CORRECT. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DEFINED MORE CLEARLY. BUT IN THE APPLICATION IT DOES. IT SAYS IT'S THE TOTAL COST. AND THERE'S A CHART IN THERE THAT LISTS. IS THIS ELIGIBLE, YES OR NO. FROM EVERYTHING TO THE LABOR TO THE MATERIAL TO THE INSTALLATION TO IF YOU WANT TO PAINT IT PINK, THAT IS NOT COVERED. RIGHT. ANY OF THE EXTRA STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY REQUIRED, THAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE. BUT WE BREAK IT DOWN IN THE TABLE JUST IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW YOU CAN STILL PAINT IT PINK. I JUST CAN'T SUBMIT THAT TO FEMA FOR YOU. BUT WE DO HAVE A DETAILED LIST. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS WHEN THEY WORK WITH US, THEY'LL GET A LETTER SAYING YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED. PLEASE PROCEED. AND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THERE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM DIRECTLY ANYTIME A QUESTION COMES UP. 
          YES, SIR. ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED, THEY'RE ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD. IS THERE A TIMELINE? DO THEY HAVE TO FULFILL IT? AND THEN DOES THAT SPOT REVERT BACK? IF IT'S NOT COMPLETED? WE ASK THAT THEY COMPLETE IT WITHIN A YEAR. SO I TALKED TO A COUPLE SAFE ROOM VENDORS BEFORE WE ROLLED THIS OUT WHEN WE WERE FORMULATING IT, AND I SAID, HOW LONG DOES THIS TYPICALLY TAKE? SO I CAN BE REALISTIC? AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE DONE TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS MAX. SO I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GIVE PEOPLE A BUFFER AND WE'LL SAY A YEAR. AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR GRANT FUNDING 
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CUT OFF FOR RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP AND GET IN. THIS PROGRAM IS DECEMBER 26TH. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AND MY DEADLINE TO FEMA IS LATER IN 2027. SO I'M GIVING MYSELF A BUFFER TO GET ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE. SO THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME. AND WE'LL KEEP THAT UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE OR AS THE SPOTS ARE FILLING UP. BUT PEOPLE DO HAVE TIME. SO UNTIL DECEMBER 26TH, THEY CAN GET ON THE WAITLIST AND BE ON THERE AND CORRECT, CORRECT. AND IF SOMEONE SIGNS UP SAY WE FILL ALL 40 SPOTS, WE HAVE A WAITLIST, SOMEONE CHANGES THEIR MIND, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. WE'LL TAKE THEM OFF THE LIST AND MOVE THE NEXT PERSON UP ON THE WAITLIST. SO WE'LL JUST KEEP IT GOING UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE COMPLETELY DEPLETED. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WENT ON A TOUR ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. I THINK IT WAS A TORNADO IN MY LAB RIGHT ON THE LAKE. AND THERE WAS A PICTURE LIKE THAT WHERE THERE WAS A VISUAL LIKE THAT, AND WE PULLED UP ON THE STREET, EXCEPT IT HARDLY HAD ANY DEBRIS ON IT EXCEPT THE STRUCTURE AND WAS BLOWN AWAY. THEY SAID IT WAS A HUSBAND AND WIFE AND ONE CHILD, I THINK, AND THEY ALL WENT IN. THEY WALKED AWAY AND THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NOTHING LEFT THERE. SO HAD THEY NOT BEEN IN THAT, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE. SO THEY WORK, THEY DO. AND HOPEFULLY AS A RESIDENT, RIGHT, YOU YOU NEVER USE IT. WE HAVE TORNADO WARNINGS. WE FOUND OUR SIRENS. YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN IT. HOPEFULLY NOTHING EVER TOUCHES DOWN IN YOUR HOUSE IS STILL STANDING. BUT IN CASE YOU NEED IT, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE IT. AND THEN IF YOU EVER SELL THIS ADDS VALUE TO YOUR HOME. YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE ROOM AND YOU KEEP THAT DOCUMENTATION AND YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR YOUR LISTING PRICE. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MOVE, BUT IT ADDS VALUE TO YOUR HOME. IT'S NOT AN EXTRA CLOSET OR STORAGE. BUT DON'T TELL ME. DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE STORING ANYTHING IN THERE. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. BUT AGAIN, THE WEBSITE HAS EVERYTHING. THE OTHER THING IS, I DID A VERY IN-DEPTH TOWN HALL MEETING IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL. 
          WE RECORDED THE VIRTUAL ONE. SO IT'S ME GOING THROUGH EVERY PAGE OF THE APPLICATION, ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION. AND THAT RECORDING IS ON THE WEBSITE. SO IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED, I WOULD RECOMMEND PULL UP THE GUIDELINES, READ IT, WATCH THE VIDEO, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, REACH OUT TO ME AND LET'S CHAT. AWESOME. GOOD DEAL. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. SO IS THIS GRANT COME UP EVERY YEAR OR EVERY TWO YEARS OR. NO. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR CITY HAS DONE IT. THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS DID DO A REGIONAL SAFE ROOM PROJECT FOR THE WHOLE REGION, WHICH INCLUDED OUR CITIES. SO A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM. BUT THAT WAS MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE. AND LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S POPULAR AND WE FILL IT UP AND MORE PEOPLE WANT IT, WE CAN KEEP THIS GOING AS LONG AS THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. NEXT ITEM THREE B LAD RULES BRIEFING MARK STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADDING THE LAD NATURE PRESERVE TO OUR CHAPTER 12 B OF THE PARK ORDINANCES WITHIN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE LAD PROPERTY AS A NATURE PRESERVE, AND THEN AROUND THE TIME THAT WE START KICKING OFF THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS FOR THE PARK, I WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MASTER NATURALIST, ROBBIE ROBBINS IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT POSTING SOME SIGNAGE AT THE PARK, ABOUT PROHIBITED ACTIONS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPENING OUT THERE, AND WE STARTED TALKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO INCLUDE IT IN ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO GET A T, IN ORDER FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE SAID RULES AND REGULATIONS AT THE PARK. AND SO WITH THAT, WE KIND OF KICKED OFF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHOLE AMENDMENT IS, AGAIN, ADDING THE DEFINITION OF A PRESERVE FOR THE CHAPTER 12, BE ADDING THE PROHIBITED ACTS WITHIN THE PRESERVE, AND THEN ENSURING THAT THOSE PROHIBITED ACTS WITHIN ALL OF OUR PARKS ARE ALSO EXTENDED TO OUR NATURE PRESERVE. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE AS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE KIND OF THE DRAFT SIGNAGE THAT THAT ROBBIE PUT TOGETHER, A LOT OF THE REGULATIONS ARE ALREADY ENCAPSULATED WITHIN CHAPTER 12 B FOR OUR PARKS. SO WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE THE NEED TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW ORDINANCE. SO INSTEAD, WE JUST WANTED TO ADD THE NEW CHAPTER OR THE NEW DEFINITION FOR THE NATURE PRESERVE WITHIN CHAPTER 12 B AND ANY ADDITIONS WE NEED TO MAKE. SO AS I GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE IS REALLY KIND OF ONE. INTRODUCE IT TO YOU AND ALSO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT WAS STATED EARLIER. OUR PLAN IS TO BRING THIS TO YOU AT THE JULY 1ST MEETING FOR YOU TO VOTE ON, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING THAT HAS BEEN NOTICED ALREADY WITHIN THE NEWSPAPERS. WE FOLLOWED ALL THE LOCATIONS THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THESE. THIS IS THIS IS THE DEFINITION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WAS WITHIN YOUR PACKET THAT COMES 
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DIRECTLY FROM YOUR ORDINANCE. 2020 3-2486. SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW THERE FOR YOU TO SEE OTHER THAN THE DEFINITION THERE. THEN THE PROHIBITED ACTS AND THE PROHIBITED ACTS AGAIN INCLUDED IN THE RED LINE VERSION. AND THEY'RE REALLY MORE SO OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE AS THE INTENDED PURPOSES FOR THE NATURE PRESERVE. AND SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE WORD FOR WORD. BUT AGAIN, THIS FIRST BULLET HERE TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION NATIVE WILDLIFE, PLANT SPECIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. SECOND BULLET IS PROVIDING A SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE PLANT SPECIES, ALLOWING THEM TO THRIVE IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THEN YOU GET INTO PRESERVING PRESERVE. WE USE FOR PRIMARILY PASSIVE RECREATION. SO WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT. I KNOW AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF CREATING A NATURE PRESERVE AND THEN SHOULD BE LOW IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE AS DEFINED IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED. AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE THERE'S NO UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. AGAIN, WITHIN THOSE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED WITHIN CHAPTER 12 B FOR OUR PARKS, JUST EXTENDING THOSE SAME PROHIBITIONS TO THE NATURE PRESERVE. AND THEN LASTLY, ADDING THAT CURFEW HOURS FOR THE PARK OF OPENING AT 5 A.M, ALL ALL OF OUR PARKS OPEN AT 5 A.M. 
          AND THEN CLOSING FOR THE NATURE PRESERVE AT 10 P.M. SO WITH THAT, WE DID TAKE THIS THESE DRAFT ORDINANCES, THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE CHANGE TO THE PARK BOARD AT THEIR MAY 12TH MEETING. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN ASK, WE AGREE THAT THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THESE CHANGES. AND AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THIS TO YOU AT YOUR JULY 1ST MEETING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WE DRAFT THE ORDINANCE THIS WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THE JULY 1ST MEETING, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE THAT IS KIND OF OUTSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS HORSES. HORSES REALLY AREN'T DEFINED CURRENTLY IN OUR CHAPTER 12 B, SO WE WILL ADD THAT SPECIFIC PIECE OF NO HORSES NATURE PRESERVE. BUT WHAT ABOUT FISHING? FISHING IS RECOMMENDED NOT TO BE ALLOWED AT THE NATURE PRESERVE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AND SPECIFICALLY SAY ANY UNAUTHORIZED FISHING SHALL BE AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE. AND WE DO ALLOW THAT AT OUR OTHER PARKS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WATERVIEW AND LAKESIDE KEYWORD PRESERVE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO ONLY PROHIBITING AT THE PRESERVE. GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PROHIBITED AT PARKS AND PRESERVE? WELL, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY THAT BECAUSE MY GRANDKIDS HAVE BIKES. AND I WALKED UP ON THE SIGN AND SAID, OH YEAH. YEAH. SO SPECIFICALLY, THE ONES THAT ARE PROHIBITED IN THE PARKS THAT ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO BE PROHIBITED BY OUR MASTER NATURALIST, THIS IS A COME DIRECTLY FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES IN OTHER NATURE PRESERVES WITHIN THE AREA AND ACROSS THE STATE. SO THIS IS PRETTY COMMON TO SEE IN ALL PRESERVES. NO BICYCLES AS YOU JUST MENTIONED. NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES STAYING ON THE TRAILS, NO LOUD MUSIC. AGAIN, THAT'S ALREADY ADDRESSED IN OUR OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES HOSTED VISITING ONLY DURING POSTED HOURS. NO ALCOHOL LAST AGAIN IS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN OUR CHAPTER 12 B NO GOLFING ALREADY ADDRESSED, NO FIREARMS ALREADY ADDRESSED AND NO FISHING, HUNTING OR HORSES. SO? SO IT'S PROTECTING IT FROM THOSE ACTIONS. AND MAKE SURE IT'S BEING PRESERVED AS WELL. CORRECT. SO IT'S KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHAT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS OF THE PRESERVE, HOW IT SHOULD ACT AS THAT PASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TYPE PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BECOME A BATTLEFIELD. SO AND THEN BUT THEN ALSO PROVIDING THE NECESSARY YOUR GENERAL PARK REGULATION PREVENTS SMOKING. NO. SO THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN OPEN AIR. THERE'S NO. OKAY, OKAY. MR. DO YOU WANT TO ADD THAT WITH NO TOBACCO USE? THE OTHER WAS CAMPING. CAMPING. THERE'S NO THAT'S THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR ORDINANCE AS WELL. WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, YOU CAN CAMP WITH AUTHORIZATION CAN CAN IN OUR CURRENT PARKS. YES. OKAY. LIKE WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE SPECIAL. AND WE ARE PLANNING SOME LICENSE THAT FOR THOSE THREE DAYS OR TWO MORE DAYS. OKAY. BARBECUE EVENT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO BRING A FAMILY CAMPING EVENT TO ARMSTRONG PARK, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. DON'T SAY THAT. THANK YOU. SO ANYTHING ELSE? SO IN THE DRAFT VERSION WE HAVE, DOES IT HAVE THE PROHIBITED ACCIDENT? ALL THE PROHIBITED ACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THERE ARE EXISTING. CORRECT. THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE HORSE'S PORTION OF IT, OR THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED SO THAT THE NO FISHING OR HUNTING THAT THAT WILL BE ADDED TO YOU JUST JUST FOR THE PRESERVE. OKAY. WELL, THERE'S NOT ANY MORE PARKS, BUT YOU CAN'T FISH. AND THEN THE NO AUTHORIZED SPECIMEN COLLECTION THAT'S ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THERE TOO. BUT WE MAY FURTHER 
          [00:25:04]
DEFINE THAT. BUT THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE AS WELL. YOU CAN'T GO PICK FLOWERS IN A PASTURE. PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S TWO. 72. 
          JUST CUT PERFECTLY. SOMEONE, SOMEONE'S WIFE IS REALLY HAPPY THAT EVENING. YEAH. SOME QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE HAD APPOINTED A COMMITTEE THAT WE APPOINTED FOR THE. MASTER PLAN. AND WAS THAT APPOINTMENT BY RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OKAY. YES. 
          IS THERE SO THAT BECAUSE WITH THE MASTER PLAN HAVING BEEN DONE, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE GETTING LOTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSALS FOR PROJECTS AND IDEAS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRANSITION THAT COMMITTEE OVER TO A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD REVIEW THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO US AS WELL? OR YOU ALREADY HAVE THE PARKS BOARD, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CREATE ANOTHER BOARD, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT. WELL, I'M SAYING WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT BODY. THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD PROBABLY THAT WAS FOR THE MASTER PLAN. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO IF WE CAN TRANSITION, IF THEY WANT TO OVER TO BEING A KIND OF A REVIEW BOARD FOR THESE KIND OF PROPOSALS. AND AGAIN, PROJECTS ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. THE COMMITTEE WITH THE PARKS BOARD, MAYBE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF EXPERTS. 
          TO ADDRESS THIS VERY QUESTION ON THE TABLE, WHO WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST OF THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY ON THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CREATE ANOTHER COMMITTEE? AND NOT TO GO OFF TOPIC, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND DOING INTERVIEWS, MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THAT PROCESS. OKAY. SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT ACTUALLY SAYS YOU SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATING THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, TOO. SO BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KIND OF REGULATIONS, AND WE WENT TO THE MASTER, RIGHT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOTS OF PROPOSALS AND IDEAS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE OUT THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARKS BOARD HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE HAVE. SO OR WE COULD HAVE WE THE STAFF COULD DO THAT TOO. I MEAN THEY COULD. WE HAVE ARBORISTS THAT WE CAN SOLVE BECAUSE PARKS DIRECTOR, AS MUCH AS HE KNOWS ABOUT TREES, DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S THOSE THAT THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING TO YOU TO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING ANOTHER COMMITTEE. JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT WE DO. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORTHWHILE SUGGESTION. SO I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T JUST FALL OFF, BUT IN FACT, WE PURSUE IT TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THAT COMMITTEE WOULD MEET. UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OR PROPOSALS FOR THE PRESERVE, RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. I WONDERED. I'M SORRY. I WONDER IF THAT COULD BE A EVEN LIKE AN ADVISORY THING TO THE PARKS. MAYBE WE TALK TO PARKS BOARD ABOUT INSTEAD OF CREATING A SEPARATE COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S A GROUP THAT MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARKS COMMITTEE. SO. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS COMMENDABLE, BUT I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THIS GROUP IS ACTIVE ENOUGH WHERE SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE REFERENCING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOUR IDEAS ABOUT IT, DRIFT AWAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM C. CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. 
          ELTON'S GIVEN US UPDATE. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANTED TO MAKE THIS UPDATE ON DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN AWARD PROJECT. WE STARTED OUT IN JANUARY. YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION 2539 AND AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY. INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY. MASTER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. AND THERE WERE 28 FIRMS THAT YOU APPROVED TO HAVE CONTRACTS UP TO $300,000 IN VALUE. SO THE FIRST THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE USED UNDER THIS AUTHORIZATION. WE IDENTIFIED THAT DATE IN MARCH AND A TIMELINE THERE OR COMPLETED THE STEPS AND REQUIRED IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2254, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT ACT. AND SO AND WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE WOULD IF WE WERE SENT OUT TO THE 
          [00:30:04]
BID TO THE MARKETPLACE AND COME BACK WITH AN EVALUATION AND A RECOMMENDATION. THE STAFF WERE AND A RESOLUTION WAS ENTERED. AND IT COMES UP YOU IF THOSE PROJECTS ARE, YOU KNOW, 50 OR $60,000, YOU WOULDN'T SEE THOSE BACK HERE. AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA OF APPROVING THAT. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO. BUT THIS ONE WAS PRETTY LARGE PROJECTS. WE BROUGHT IT BACK. SO THE AWARD WOULD START IN JUNE OF 2025. AND THE FIRM WAS PRISON NICHOLS, AND IT WAS BROKEN INTO TWO TABS AND DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN AND THE STREAM CONDITION ASSESSMENT. THE MASTER PLAN WAS $214,000 AND HAD A SCOPE OF SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT WE GOT TO THAT, THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE, IT WAS IN 1999. SO THAT PROJECT BEGAN IN 2025 AND ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF MAY OF 2026. THE MAXIMUM WAS THE STREAM CONDITION ASSESSMENT. THE COST OF $73,000 AND. THE STREAM CONDITIONS, AND IDENTIFIED THE IMPACTS TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. STARTING IN 2025 OF JUNE AND COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2025. CITY MANAGER WILL EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS. 
          THEY'RE READY TO GO, AND THE OVERALL PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2026. AND WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST FEEDBACK ON SOMETHING. SO JUST ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU IS IN OUR WORK PLAN. IT ACTUALLY SAYS BY MAY 30TH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING AN ACTION ITEM TO COUNCIL FOR THE BUDGET FOR THIS. SO WE DON'T NEED THE ACTION OF THE COUNCIL. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO THIS IS JUST TO UPDATE. HEY THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE ON TRACK. IT'S GOOD TO GO. ANY QUESTIONS. TOM IS IT GOING TO LOOK AT THE GRADES IN SEVERAL FIRMS. AND THAT WAS A TIGHT COMPETITION I MEAN AND THE I MEAN. I MEAN. NICHOLS HAS DONE WORK ON THEIR SOLID THAT ALL THE DIFFERENCE IS JUST IT WAS NECK AND NECK. IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT. YES. AND REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE COMPETITION. AND WE DID NEGOTIATE THE END RESULT. SO WE DID TAKE THE FIRST OFFER OFF THE TABLE. AND WE DON'T PLAN TO DO THAT WITH ANY OF THOSE. I THINK WATER MASTER PLAN IS RIGHT BEHIND IT. NO QUESTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS. THE 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE WILL RECESS THIS MEETING AT EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR MEETING FOR THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN. AND I'D ASK NOW THAT DEACON CHARLES WALLACE WITH HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE INVITATION TO COME VISIT YOU AND OPEN THIS MEETING IN PRAYER. LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY FATHER, WE GATHER TODAY AS STEWARDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UNITED IN PURPOSE AND LOVE. WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE OUR HEARTS TO EMBRACE EQUALITY, REMINDING US TO SEE THE WORTH. 
          AND EVERY NEIGHBOR. MAY OUR ACTIONS REFLECT COMPASSION, RESPECT, AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL INSPIRE US TO FOSTER UNITY, CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY AND WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD. 
          BLESS OUR EFFORTS TODAY THAT THEY MAY LEAD TO HARMONY IN A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL. WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN, AMEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DEACON, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FLAG. SALUTE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO. 
          THE. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL GO INTO OUR REPORTS FOR THIS EVENING, STARTING WITH THE 
          [1.A. Mayor's Report.]
          [00:35:13]
MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST HAVE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. AND THAT WAS SATURDAY. THE CITY OF DESOTO HOSTED FOR THE FOUR CITIES JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. THE ATTENDANCE WAS INCREDIBLE. 
          IN SPITE OF THE HEAT. THERE WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. THEY HAD A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT, OF COURSE, VENDORS, ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A GET TOGETHER LIKE THAT, AND IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP. AND FOR US TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THAT EVENT, FOR THOSE THAT COULD MAKE IT ON, ON OUR COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THEM BEING THERE AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE OTHER. I'LL CALL THEM SISTER CITIES, DESOTO, LANCASTER AND CEDAR HILL. IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT. IT'S JUST THE PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS DAY AND THAT THEY CAN DO IT IN THE FASHION THAT THE CITIES PUT IT ON. I MEAN, WHETHER IT'S DUNCANVILLE, DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, WE KNOW HOW TO PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS. AND WHEN WE JOIN TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER THREE CITIES, IT'S ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL. SO HATS OFF TO MAYOR PROCTOR AND THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR PUTTING ON A GOOD 
          [1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]
EVENT. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. CITY OF CHAMPIONS. 
          COUPLED WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT THE CELEBRATION THAT HAPPENED FOR THE BEST SOUTHWEST IN DESOTO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A WEEK LONG EVENT THAT KICKED OFF YESTERDAY WITH A NUMBER OF LITERALLY IT WAS CALLED THE LITERARY CAFE, FEATURING ACCLAIMED AUTHOR SUCH AS CANDACE JOHNSON, ASHLEY CLARK, JACKIE HARVEY, CAITLIN MAGUIRE, FELICIA. FELICIA GOLD, MELVIN WASHINGTON, AND JB MCGINNIS. THREE OF THOSE NAMES LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, AND SO IT WAS NICE TO BE THERE AND TO SEE THOSE AUTHORS WHO CAME OUT FOR THE JUNETEENTH KICKOFF CELEBRATION THAT'S GOING ON ALL WEEK EXCEPT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. AND TO ALSO CELEBRATE THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY JUNETEENTH ON THURSDAY EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AROUND HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WENT TO WAS THE JUNIOR GRAND PRIX, THAT THAT PARKS AND REC HOSTED, AND IT WAS FUN FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. AND THAT LINE AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A NICE EVENT. ALSO, THIS PAST SATURDAY, THERE WAS A HEALTH FAIR AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND. OUR LIONS CLUB DID ICE SCREENING. BUT BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A CITY STAFF THAT'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE HERE THAT MISTER BRADLEY DID A VERY OUTSTANDING JOB OF WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC. SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, TO ALSO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO CODY AND KELLY STEVENS FOR BEING OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVING A GOOD TIME AND ENJOYING IT. AND THANKS TO OUR AGAIN, OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THEM FEEL HONORED IN THAT REGARD. BUT ALSO LATER THAT NIGHT, AGAIN, PARKS AND REC, THERE WAS A MOVIES IN THE PARK AND IT WAS A FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED AND. JUST WATCHING THAT WAS WONDERFUL. ALSO, AS COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN MENTIONED AT THE LITERARY CAFE ON MONDAY, THERE'S IT WAS EXCELLENT HEARING THAT PRESENTATION AND THE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL. BUT AS SHE SAID, TOO, THERE'S OTHER ARTS COMMISSIONS, JUNETEENTH EVENTS, AND THERE'S ONE I DON'T THINK I CAN I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN MAKE IT, BUT THERE SATURDAY MORNING, THEY'RE SERVING CHICKEN AND WAFFLES AND HAVING A DISCUSSION GROUP. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INCLINED TO DO, DO IT. WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING UP THIS THURSDAY. AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE WELCOME TO THAT. THE BUDGET'S REALLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR AND SEE. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU 
          [00:40:04]
WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE. 
          ASSISTANT CHIEF GREG CHASE. HIS RETIREMENT IS GOING TO BE ON THE 27TH. 32 YEARS. DUNCANVILLE MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS OUTSTANDING PERSON AND LEADER. AND IT'S SOMEBODY THAT THAT WITH HIS RETIREMENT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOSS. BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY. BUT I WANT TO THANK HIM PUBLICLY FOR HIS SERVICE FOR ALL THESE YEARS. AND LASTLY, WE GOT A 4TH OF JULY PARADE COMING UP AND CITY FESTIVITIES. ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, I'VE GOT AN APPLICATION TO SIGN UP FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME, WE'D LOOK AT HAVE THAT AND HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY EVENT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I NOTICED ASSISTANT CHIEF CHASE PEEKING AROUND THE DOOR OUT THERE. WOULD YOU STEP IN HERE FOR ONE SECOND? YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE. THERE'S THE GUY. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. OKAY, WE WILL GO ON TO THE MAYOR'S 
          [1.C. City Manager's Report.]
REPORT. INTERESTING CITY MANAGER REPORT. I'VE ALREADY DONE MINE. IT'S. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSISTANT CHIEF CHASE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT JUST MENTIONED IT, BUT WE INVITE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND GIVE HIM A HARD TIME ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH FROM 2 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. AT ADVANTAGE ACADEMY, 618 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO END AT 430. I WOULD TRY TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE BY 430 BECAUSE AT 435 HE'LL BE GONE FISHING. SO, SO JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER REAL QUICK THINGS AND CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST WEEK. COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF BOTH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ONE SITUATION WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO EVADE POLICE AND HE TRIED TO BREAK INTO A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE HOME. AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN WENT EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DOOR WAS SECURE BEFORE THEY LEFT THE PROPERTY. AND REALLY, I MEAN, THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART OF ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE TEAM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE HARD WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE HAD A SITUATION THIS PAST WEEKEND, THIS PAST SUNDAY WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL, A KNOWN INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY WAS REALLY TRYING TO EVOKE A REACTION OUT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17TH, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WENT SO FAR AS TO PULL A GUN ON OUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THEY DID NOT SHOOT THAT INDIVIDUAL. THEY INSTEAD DE-ESCALATED THE SITUATION AND THEN TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF BOTH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          [3. CITIZENS' INPUT]
I KNOW I SEE NO PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM THREE, CITIZEN INPUT. NO ELECTRONIC INPUT. COMMENTS OKAY, SO I HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM MR. JACK BROWN. 
          PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACK BROWN. 
          MY ADDRESS IS 334 CARDINAL CREEK DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. 75137, KIND OF RIGHT ON THE CORNER. KEEP IT BRIEF. I AM AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT, VETERAN, RAN, VETERAN LED NONPROFIT. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE MOBILE PANTRIES WHERE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SERVICE WORK IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME SENIORS, AS WELL AS SOME VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE THAT ARE GOING WITHOUT. SO I'M KIND OF LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH A POSSIBLE ORGANIZATION TO SET UP A FOOD PANTRY. SO IF A FAMILY IS IN NEED THAT DAY, THEY CAN GET SOME TYPE OF FOOD OR PRODUCE OR SOMETHING THAT SAID DAY. OTHER THAN THAT, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE SERVED OVER 6000 PEOPLE. WE SERVED UNSHELTERED POPULATION EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR FIVE YEARS. LAST YEAR, 
          [00:45:02]
WE HUSTLED UP ON 1153 SLEEPING BAGS, AND WE JUST. CAN YOU PULL JUST PULL THE MIC UP. OKAY. 
          THERE YOU GO. NOW YOU BLOWED IT. BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WE DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SERVED OVER 1153 SLEEPING BAGS IN THE DFW COMMUNITY. WE SERVED THEM ON DECEMBER 21ST IN TARRANT COUNTY AS WELL AS DALLAS COUNTY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS DO, AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING MORE EVENTS HERE WITH MORE EDUCATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE 
          [4. CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE WENT OVER IN A BRIEFING. CITY MANAGER, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR MOTIONS. SO MOVED MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN ON ITEM FIVE. INDIVIDUAL 
          [5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session.]
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE 
          [5.B. Consider a resolution appointing City Council members to serve on the Audit Committee, as well as designating a chairperson for the committee.]
SESSION. ITEM B CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPOINTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS DESIGNATING A CHAIRPERSON FOR THE COMMITTEE. CITY SECRETARY. 
          THERE ARE THREE POSITIONS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE, SO THERE ARE NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. KOONTZ I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER DON MCBURNETT TO CONTINUE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. OKAY. WE HAVE A NOMINATION TO FOR COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT TO CONTINUE AS THE CHAIR, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT MOTION. OKAY. MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT TO CONTINUE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS THE CHAIR, I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAD A RESIGNATION FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. COUNCILWOMAN KAREN CHERRY BROWN RESIGNED FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT POSITION TO FILL. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL ALSO KEEP MY NAME IN THE HAT TO STAY IN THE POSITION ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT I'M CURRENTLY HOLDING. WOULD THAT TAKE A NOMINATION? OKAY. SO, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT YOU CONTINUE. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK MISS CHERRY FOR HER SERVICE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, BUT SHE VOLUNTEERED TO GET OFF. NOT ANYTHING TO THAT. SHE'S GIVING OTHER PEOPLE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND, FOR ME TO HANG AROUND. PLEASE VOTE. I'LL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ENJOYED SERVING ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE DON'T MEET THAT OFTEN, BUT WHEN WE DO WITH THE LONGEVITY OF COUNCILMAN MAC BARNETT AND ALSO SOME OF OUR OTHER MEMBERS, JAMES TALLEY, FOR ONE, IT'S JUST A VERY WELL, VERY, A VERY PRODUCTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GET TOGETHER WHEN WE WHEN WE DO MEET. SO I WILL ENJOY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE OPENING. YES, WE HAVE ONE MORE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VOLUNTEER. OKAY. THEY JUST RAISED HER HAND. THAT'S GOOD. MISS GOODEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT? I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING. YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY. MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN KAREN CHERRY BROWN ALSO NOMINATE MAYOR 
          [00:50:05]
PRO TEM. GOOD. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JERRY JEREMY KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM FIVE C COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND 
          [5.C. Council to consider a resolution appointing a director and alternate to the board of the North Central Texas Housing Finance Corporation.]
ALTERNATE TO THE BOARD OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. YES. 
          ABERNATHY. OH, I APOLOGIZE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          YES. THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND A ALTERNATE TO THE NORTH CENTRAL, THE NORTH TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, THE NORTH TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE FINANCING TO BUY A HOME AND DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY. IT'S REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL COUNTIES AND CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, CITY OF LANCASTER, AND OUR NEIGHBOR CITY OF DESOTO ALSO HAS A REPRESENTATIVE. THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ATTACHED TONIGHT, 2020 5-4 97 DOES HAVE A PLACE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR POSITION AS WELL AS AN ALTERNATE, AND IT IS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. YOU CAN APPOINT UP TO SIX YEARS, BUT HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS POINTED IT TO TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. KOONTZ TO CONTINUE WITH THAT IF HE SO CHOOSES. YEAH, WE HAVE A NOMINATION TO HAVE COUNCILMAN KOONTZ CONTINUE IN THAT CAPACITY TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. SO, MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT WAS FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION. THERE'S ALSO AN ALTERNATE POSITION THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO POSSIBLY FILL. TH. THE ALTERNATE POSITION IS TO FILL IN IN THE EVENT THAT MR. KOONTZ CAN'T BE AT A MEETING OR. CORRECT. OKAY. WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED? EXCUSE ME, MR. KOONTZ, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER KYLE PENNEBAKER'S, THE ALTERNATE, I THINK WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND IN REAL ESTATE, I THINK HE WOULD SERVE WELL ON THERE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ TO NOMINATE KYLE PENNEBAKER TO FILL THE ALTERNATE POSITION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM 55D, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL 
          [5.D. Consider an Ordinance amending the FY 2024-2025 budget by appropriating fund balance resources in the General Fund, Comprehensive and Liability Insurance Fund, and the One-Time Project Fund.]
YEAR 2024 2025 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUND BALANCE RESOURCES IN THE GENERAL FUND COMPREHENSIVE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND, AND THE ONE TIME PROJECT FUND. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM WILL BE HOPEFULLY BRIEF. I TRIED TO DETAIL AS MUCH AS I COULD IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT THE NEEDS HERE, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO AMEND THE BUDGET WITH SOME NEEDS AND UPDATED PROJECTIONS. SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE UPDATING SOME REVENUE PROJECTIONS ON THE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UPDATING THE POLICE AND FIRE PAY, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD PASSED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING. SOME UTILITIES EXPENSES, AS WELL AS OUR MOWING EXPENSES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN WE HAD PROJECTED IN THIS BUDGET. BUT AS YOU SEE HERE, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU KIND OF THE EFFECT OF THAT. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE RECEIVE ALL THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING AND WE EXPEND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, THAT'LL BE A 1.3 MILLION DECREASE TO THE FUND BALANCE. BUT WE STILL HAVE 3.4 MILLION IN EXCESS OVER THAT 150 DAY BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR THESE NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND CLAIMS EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN HIGHER AND PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN WE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED GOING INTO THIS BUDGET. SO IT'S A ADJUSTING THE ADJUSTING THE EXPENDITURES FOR THAT FUND. AND THEN LASTLY, THE ONE TIME PROJECT FUND. SO THIS IS A FUND WE ESTABLISHED THAT WE WOULD MOVE FUNDS OVER WHEN WE HAVE A FUND AVAILABILITY FOR SOME ONE TIME PROJECT NEEDS. SO WE'RE STILL HAVE SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THAT FUND TO YOU. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, SUCH AS REPLACE THE LED SIGN THERE ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND WHEATLAND. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING TO 
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INSTALL FIBER AT THE FIRE STATION, BUT THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE IT OPERATIONAL BUDGET, AND WE WANTED TO DEFER IT TO THE ONE TIME PROJECTS. INSTEAD, THERE IS A GREEN RIBBON PROJECT THAT PARKS HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR REDOING I-20. THERE IS A DESIGN COST TO THAT, SO THAT'S PART OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO CLEARPOINT STRATEGIES, WHICH IS A SOFTWARE THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET UP AND RUNNING FOR, KIND OF LIKE A DASHBOARD FOR OUR METRICS AND SUCH, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE. SO THAT IS THE REQUEST THERE FOR THE ONE TIME PROJECT FUND. SO THAT'S. ALL I HAVE. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. HELLO, MISS. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO IN REVIEWING THE PACKET I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A MENTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEIR ITEM WAS BUDGET NEUTRAL. PRETTY MUCH. IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY? WERE WE JUST INFORMING THE PUBLIC? THAT'S WHY I WAS IN IN THE STAFF REPORT WAS JUST TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THEY OFFERED UP SOME REDUCTIONS IN THEIR CURRENT BUDGET IN ORDER TO MAKE THE INCREASE HAPPEN. SO I WANTED TO SHOW THAT OFFSET. SO AND THAT HAS TO REFLECT IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AS WELL. THE AMENDMENTS HAS TO BE RIGHT. SO I'LL BE MOVING FUNDS AROUND TO INCREASE IT HERE AND DECREASE IT THERE. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THAT OFFSET OKAY. SO. IS SOMETHING I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. SO. WE'RE HAVING TO REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NOT PROJECTED. CORRECT. SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOWING IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR BECAUSE OF JUST HOW THOSE NUMBERS CAME TO BE WITH OUR RECENT CONTRACT. ALSO, UTILITIES ARE AHEAD AND OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTION. UNDER THE IN THE REPORT UNDER ZERO ONE GENERAL FUND, WE TALK ABOUT THE FINES AND WARRANT COLLECTIONS OF $500,000. AND THERE'S A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THAT SAYS DURING FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS MAY BE TO YOU CITY MANAGER, DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS THE GOAL OF STAFF TO PURSUE OPTIONS TO BEGIN COLLECTING ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. AND I REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION AND EVEN THINKING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT I CONNECTED THAT WITH A MAYBE A THIRD PARTY GROUP THAT WAS GOING TO ASSIST IN THE COLLECTIONS. SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE? BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T REALLY TELL A STORY, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD. SURE. I CAN HAVE MR. JACKSON COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CERTAINLY. YEAH. SO WHILE WHILE RICHARD'S COMING UP. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. THIS WAS EXCUSE ME AND RICHARD CAN ALLUDE TO THIS. 
          OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WE COLLECT ABOUT GIVE OR TAKE. WE WERE JUST ACTUALLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. WE COLLECT ABOUT $300,000 A YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE, IN FINES AND WARRANT REVENUE THAT COMES IN. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $500,000. IT WAS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE WERE GOING AFTER FOR AGED RECEIVABLES THAT HAD NOT BEEN COLLECTED FOR MANY YEARS. AND SO RICHARD AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A SOLUTION. IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET OFF THE GROUND, BUT HE HAS A PATH FORWARD, SO I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN. I'M JUST GOING TO HOLD THIS ON. HOW TO BEND DOWN, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, RICHARD JACKSON, CFO. MR. MAYOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE HAVE IN TERMS OF AGED COLLECTION THAT IS OWED TO THE CITY FROM WARRANT AND FEES SOMEWHERE THAT'S A LITTLE NORTH OF $5 MILLION. WHAT WE PUT INTO THE BUDGET WAS A PLAN IN PLACE WHERE WE COULD TRY TO COLLECT ON SOME OF THAT AGED FUNDS TO THE CITY MANAGERS. POINT THAT HE JUST RAISED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING WAS THAT FROM OUR CONVERSATION WITH OUR COLLECTION AGENCY, THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE OUTPUT OF REALLY GOING AFTER THE, THE AGED FINES AND FEES, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR MOVING FORWARD IS TO TRY TO BRING SOME OF THAT AGGRESSIVENESS MORE IN-HOUSE. SO WITH SOME OF THE 
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NEW SOFTWARE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE TO ADD ON TO THE NEW AND BLUE PROGRAM THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED. THAT WOULD HELP US TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON OUR END IN HOUSE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THIS COUNCIL OF TAKING OUR COLLECTION AGENCY INTO A MONTH TO MONTH PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S OUR INTENTION TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING A THIRD PARTY THAT IS HELPING US PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION TO COLLECT ON THOSE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND FEES. SO SOME OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY, DURING 25, WAS A PROCESS LESSON LEARNED AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARD THAT END OF COLLECTING ON THOSE OUTSTANDING FEES. WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO GO THAT ROUTE. AND I MAY BE OVERSIMPLIFYING THINGS WHEN I WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, ESPECIALLY ON WARRANTS, WRITING LETTERS TO WARRANTS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, MY GUESS IS, AND I'LL KNOW IF I SEE NODDING FROM UNIFORMED OFFICERS IN THE BACK, THAT PEOPLE WITH WARRANTS GENERALLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE WARRANT AND MORE THAN ONE CITY, AND SO SENDING THEM A LETTER DOESN'T REALLY DRAW THEM INTO CITY HALL TO PAY. WHEREAS AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO GET SIMPLE. AND MAYBE IT'S NOT THIS SIMPLE, WHEREAS ACTUALLY GOING OUT IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND FINDING PEOPLE AT HOME SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY ON WHAT YOU CALL AGED WARRANTS, IT WOULD SEEM EQUALLY EFFECTIVE, IF NOT MORE EFFECTIVE, TO HAVE BOOTS AT THE DOOR, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND CATCHING THOSE PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM IN AND GET GET PAYMENT IS AM I WAY OFF BASE WHEN I SAY THAT? NO YOU'RE NOT. I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE IN TERMS OF OUR ADJUSTMENT INTO THE HABITS OF READING INFORMATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY RECEIVE THINGS IN THE MAIL, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY READ THE THINGS IN THE MAIL. YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO READ THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN TO YOUR PHONE OR TO YOUR SMART DEVICE. AND SO, AGAIN, AS WE PUSH FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE NEW SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES VERSUS RECEIVING THINGS IN THE MAIL THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, JUST QUITE FRANKLY, PILE UP IN THE MAILBOX OR OR JUST OUT OF THE MAILBOX AND PILING UP IN THEIR IN THEIR RESIDENCE. THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING I SAY. 
          WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BEST ESTIMATE TIME WISE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS? USING REACHING OUT THROUGH THEIR PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGES TO SEE IF THAT PUTS A DENT IN THE $5 MILLION. SO THE PLAN IN TERMS OF OUR GOING UP LIVE WITH THAT IS COINCIDES WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO OUR PLAN IS TO BE UP AND OPERATIONAL OCTOBER 1ST. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE TO YOU IN THIS COUNCIL IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE, YEAH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THAT PROGRAM ONCE IT'S UP AND GOING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WITH THIS REDUCTION IN THE FUND BALANCE, DOES DO WE DO WE STILL MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET AS DEFINED BY OUR FINANCIAL POLICY? SO WHAT THE PROPOSAL REQUEST IS THAT WHAT YOU EXCUSE ME, WHAT YOU SEE AS THE BALANCE OCCURS BY THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. SO. YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TO BALANCE OUT 2025, WE WOULD BE REQUESTING USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR THAT TO OCCUR. SO THE ANSWER IS YES. BUT THE USE OF IT WOULD BE THROUGH FUND BALANCE. SO THE ANSWER IS YES. YES. OKAY. MAYOR, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS I'D 
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LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE. GOT ONE MORE QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. KUNTZ, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO IS THIS SUSTAINABLE FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH NEXT YEAR, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? SO WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS NOW. ARE WE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET MOVING FORWARD? MISS GOODEN, IT IS OUR INTENTION WHEN WE SUBMIT THE BUDGET THAT IT WILL BE A BALANCED BUDGET. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IT IS OUR INTENTION NOT TO REQUEST USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR, I GUESS TO THAT END. SO YES, TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, BUT AGAIN, JUST JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT IS OUR INTENTION TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET WHEN THE TIME COMES. YES, MA'AM. CITY MANAGER THANK YOU, MAYOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR THE COUNCIL. SO WHEN WE SUBMIT THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET TO YOU, IT WILL BE BALANCED. HOWEVER, IF YOU COULD BACK UP ONE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A CURRENT FUND BALANCE OF $21.1 MILLION. AND OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY SAYS THAT OUR MAXIMUM FUND BALANCE WILL BE 17.7, MEANING THAT THERE ARE $3.4 MILLION IN EXCESS OF WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY CALLS FOR. SO WHILE THE BUDGET ITSELF WILL BE BALANCED, WHAT WE DO INTEND TO BRING TO YOU OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR WAYS TO BRING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE TO FURTHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES OR OR THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED COLLECTIVELY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADVANCED. SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU AS WELL IN IN ADDITIONAL ONE TIME COST. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL BE ASKING FOR AMENDMENTS, WHETHER IT'S AND I THINK THE PLAN WILL BE TO THE CURRENT BUDGET. SO IT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET AS WELL AS WE'VE GOT SOME WORK THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE IS DOING, AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT INFORMATION SOON COMING AS WELL. 
          SO THOSE MAY BE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT IT WOULD BRING BE DESIGNED TO BRING US MORE IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY, WHILE FURTHERING THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE. OKAY. 
          MR. PENNEBAKER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION OR. OKAY, GO AHEAD. FIRST. THANK Y'ALL. I ENJOY IT WHEN Y'ALL COME UP BECAUSE OF THE COMPLETENESS AND THOROUGHNESS OF THE INFORMATION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL GOING BACK TO THAT 5 MILLION AND THE 500,000 THAT WE PROJECTED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER, BUT APPARENTLY I OWE MONEY TO TEX DOT TOLL ROADS, DALLAS COUNTY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. BUT I LOOK AT THIS TEXT MESSAGE AND IT COMES UP AND I GO, THIS IS BOGUS. IT'S A IT'S A SCAM. SO DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT GOES OUT TO THEM? ARE WE COMMUNICATING IN A WAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE? THE PLAN IS, IS FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION, THE CONTACT INFORMATION TO BE OUT THERE. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF THE EXAMPLES THAT THE VENDOR HAS SHOWN IS A VERY GOOD SUCCESS RATE FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO USE THE SYSTEM IN THE SOFTWARE. SO AGAIN, IT WOULD SHOW UP A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS NEEDING TO BE CLICKED ON OR REQUIRED. BUT BUT YES, WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WOULD GENERATE A BETTER AND A MORE CONSISTENT RESPONSE THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. JACKSON, GOING BACK TO THE THIRD PARTY SERVICE AS WELL. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THAT GOES OUT AS A REQUISITION OR IS A OR HOW HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ACQUIRE THEIR SERVICES? THE FOR THE SOFTWARE OR FOR THE COLLECTIONS? MR. MCLENNAN'S SO FOR THE COLLECTIONS, THE CITY HAD HAD BEEN UNDER A CONTRACT FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH MVBA IS WHO WE'RE STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH. AND SO BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH, THE TIME THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN WITH THE SAME VENDOR IS WHY IT 
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APPROACHED AND REQUESTED FROM THIS COUNCIL THE SUPPORT OF BEING ABLE TO GO TO A MONTH TO MONTH, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE NOW, SO THAT WE CAN POSITION OURSELVES TO RFP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST QUALITY OF SERVICE. THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AS WELL TOO, AS SOME PEOPLE SEE AS LIKE YOU GOT THE LED BOARD THAT'S BEEN OUT. IT'S OUTDATED, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. YOU WE HAVE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. SO WHEN I, WHEN I SEE THIS AND SOME OF THE NET DECREASE, WHAT I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE IS WE'RE ACTUALLY REINVESTING INTO THE CITY WHEN YOU SEE THIS. AND SO GETTING THE LED FIXED, GOING TO A SOFTWARE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, IT'S THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A BONUS. IT'S JUST. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING US WITH THESE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IS A IS A BEST PRACTICE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF THE ACCOUNTING GOING WITH THE BUDGET. SO AGAIN I WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY WITH THAT, MR. KOONTZ. DO YOU STILL I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. 
          [6.A. Summary and overview of the 2025 BloomFest event, held on Friday, May 23, 2025, at Armstrong Park.]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SIX. STAFF REPORT. WE'RE READY AND RUNNING. MISS DEVIN BLOOM FEST WRAP UP ALL. I'M SHORT. HI, EVERYBODY. COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. I AM DEVIN, YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR BLOOM FEST WRAP UP. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS WAS OUR INAUGURAL YEAR FOR THE SIGNATURE EVENT. VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING AN ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL HERE TO DUNCANVILLE. WE CREATED IT KIND OF TO GO ALONG WITH THE ARMSTRONG CULTURAL DISTRICT. IT FITS THE VIBE. THAT'S KIND OF THE ESTHETIC, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT KIND OF CARRIES. SO THIS EVENT DEFINITELY HELPS PURSUE THAT. WE'VE USED SURVEYS AND DATA THAT WE'VE FOUND FROM PLACER.AI TO KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PLAN NEXT YEAR'S EVENT TO BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER. I WANT TO SUPER HIGHLIGHT COX FARMS NURSERY AND THEIR MARKET, BUT SPECIFICALLY THEIR NURSERY WHEN I APPROACHED THEM ABOUT PROVIDING FLORALS FOR BLOOM FEST, THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT WE CAME AND TALKED TO THEM. 
          WE WANTED THEM INVOLVED, WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A BIGGER SPOTLIGHT IN AN EVENT. SO THEY HAVE A NEW MANAGER. HIS NAME IS TAYLOR. HE WAS OVER THE MOON SUPER EXCITED. HE COULDN'T WAIT TO BRING ALL THE FLOWERS OUT. IT JUST I REALLY THINK IT MADE IT POP. I ALSO WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE HORTICULTURAL CREW. THEY HELPED TO BUILD THE TWO BIG PHOTO OPS THAT WE HAD, THE ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE A FRAME, AND THEN THE ONE THAT WAS A CORNER. AND WHEN I SAY THEY BUILT IT, THEY BUILT PAINTED, I DESIGNED IT AND THEY TOOK MY VISION AND BROUGHT IT EVEN BIGGER THAN I ANTICIPATED. AND SO I LOVED IT. BUT I SUPER APPRECIATE THEM. AND I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY SHOUT OUT JONATHAN DE LEON, FRANCISCO VALLEY MORALES AND JOHN CANTU. THEY WERE THE MAIN ONES THAT HELPED, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM THEIR KUDOS FOR THAT. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS THE INAUGURAL YEAR FOR THE SIGNATURE EVENT. 
          NEXT YEAR, I WANT TO INVOLVE MORE ARTISTS, WHETHER IT'S PAINTING BACKDROPS, BRINGING MORE PHOTO OPS, DOING ART INSTALLATIONS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT I WANT TO INVOLVE MORE LOCAL ARTISTS. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A YEAR IN ADVANCE INSTEAD OF A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, WE CAN KIND OF REACH OUT AND GET A LARGER POOL FOR THOSE ARTISTS. KIND OF. THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE THE MUSIC AND DANCE GROUP SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EMERALD CITY BAND, BUT THEN KIND OF OUR LOCAL MUSIC GROUPS FROM WILLIAM ADDISON, WHO'S A LOCAL TEACHER AT VILLAGE TECH, TO THE FOLKLORICO GROUP, WHICH IS LOCAL HERE, AS WELL AS CANDACE OWENS STEPS, WHO IS AN EMMY WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER. BUT SHE IS LOCAL HERE, AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. THE SPLASH PAD WAS A HUGE HIT. THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, IT BEING OPEN. I THINK THE REMARKABLE THE PHOTO OPS WERE GREAT. I SAW A LOT OF PHOTOS BEING TAKEN, PUT ON THE SCREENS THAT WE HAD. SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AGAIN, OUR SPONSORS WERE COX FARMS NURSERY 
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AND MARKET HARMONY SCHOOL. THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. THOSE THE STUDENTS THERE LOVE COMING OUT TO OUR EVENTS SO THEY AS SOON AS HOLIDAY LIGHTS WAS OVER, THEY THEIR TEACHER WAS EMAILING ME LIKE, HEY, CAN WE COME OUT TO MORE EVENTS? SO THEY LOVED IT. 
          STAR TRANSIT SHUTTLED TO AND FROM HOTELS. SENSORY WORLD WAS THE SENSORY BUS, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT. AND THEN DFW ELITE, THEY HAD THE CAMERAS THAT WERE GOING ON, AS WELL AS THE SIDE SCREENS FOR THE EVENT. ATTENDANCE. SO I PULLED THESE NUMBERS FROM PLACER I. SO WHEN WE FIRST PULLED THE NUMBERS ABOUT 72 HOURS AFTER THE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE ON THE NEXT SCREEN, IT WAS ABOUT ONE A LITTLE OVER 1500. BUT AS PULLING THE NUMBERS THIS WEEK SPECIFICALLY TODAY, WE ARE NOW AT 2704 THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE DURING THE EVENT. TIME OF BLOOM FEST, THE FURTHEST NORTH FROM PLANO TO ENNIS TO TOOELE, TEXAS, WHICH I PERSONALLY HAD NEVER HEARD OF, BUT EXCITED THEY WERE HERE TO ALEDO NEXT YEAR. MY GOAL IS TO PUSH IT TO THE 4000 MARK AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT WITH A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO PLAN A MARKET THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE EASY TO DO. SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS IS WHAT WAS PULLED VERY SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENT. IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU OUR PEAK HOURS BETWEEN 6 AND 9. 
          THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE FIRST PULLED IT, IT HAD ALMOST 1.4. I APOLOGIZE, BUT AS PULLING THE REPORTS THIS WEEK, SPECIFICALLY TODAY BEFORE I CAME IN, HERE WE ARE AT 2704. AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT PLACER I IS, IT USES YOUR PHONE'S CELLULAR LOCATION TO KIND OF TRACK TO WHERE YOU ARE ON A, YOU KNOW, A GEOGRAPHICAL STANDPOINT. SO WHAT I USE IS ARMSTRONG PARK, SPECIFICALLY THE AMPHITHEATER. SO THAT SHOWS ME WHO WAS IN THE PARK, NOT JUST AROUND IT, BUT INSIDE OF IT DURING THOSE TIMES. SO IT'S SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME FOR EVENTS. AND THE PEAK THAT WE HAD WAS 2704 UNIQUE VISITS. THE MAX WE HAD DURING THE EVENT AT THE PEAK TIME WAS 2280. ANOTHER BENEFIT OF PLACER I IS IT SHOWS KIND OF THE PATTERNS OF WHERE PEOPLE GO AFTER OR BEFORE EVENTS. SO SPECIFICALLY WE CHOSE TO DO AFTERWARDS. SO WHEN THEY LEFT, THEY SPECIFICALLY WENT TO LIKE SONIC, WALMART, QUIKTRIP, BUT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO WE CAN SEE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING THE EVENT ARE STILL STAYING LOCAL AND MAKING THOSE PURCHASES. AND WE CAN USE THIS TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, MAYBE WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION FOR MARKETING OR BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO INVITE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR EVENTS. SO 2026 PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS MOVING THE EVENT TO A SATURDAY INSTEAD OF A FRIDAY, MAKING IT EASIER. THAT WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM OUR PUBLIC SURVEY, WAS THAT THEY WISHED IT HAD BEEN A SATURDAY, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR NEXT YEAR. EXPANDING THE RANGE AND VARIETY OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE OF A MULTICULTURAL STANDPOINT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF BANDS AND PERFORMANCES AND DIFFERENT VENDORS. IN ANOTHER BIG FEEDBACK WAS THE LOCATION OF THE VENDOR MARKET. I AGREE, AND SO WE'VE MOVED IT NOW TO THE CENTER PATH. 
          YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK THAT LEADS FROM THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT TO WHERE THE FOOD VENDORS ARE. SO SPECIFICALLY FOR JULY 4TH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM AND SEE HOW THAT BENEFITS THEM, BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER. WE DID HAVE THE SEVERE WEATHER. YES. OH YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. OH. OH, THAT WAS SO LOUD. I'M SO SORRY. SO IT'S THE SIDEWALK THAT GOES WHERE THE LITTLE RED CROSSES AND THEN UP TO THE FOOD MARKET IS WHERE THE VENDORS WILL BE FOR 4TH OF JULY. YES, SIR. YES. YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM MORE. NO. YOU'RE FINE MAYOR. OKAY, SO AT THIS PAST EVENT WERE THE GROCERY CART, IS THAT WHERE THE VENDORS. THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE. YES, MA'AM. WHERE THEY WERE. YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS A GOOD DISTANCE. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON MOVING THEM NOW TO WHERE WE SEE THE TENT AND THEN THE PLATE WITH THE FORK AND THE SPOON. NO, MA'AM. THAT'S WHERE THE FOOD VENDORS WILL BE. SO IN BETWEEN WHERE THAT CROSS IS AND THE STAR, THAT SIDEWALK, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALONG THE SIDEWALK THAT LEADS THERE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SO WE DID HAVE OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER, 
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WHICH DID HAVE. OH, YES, SIR, I'M SO SORRY. WELL, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NUMBER. AND IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE JUST FROM EYEBALLING IT, THAT THERE WERE OVER 2000 PEOPLE THERE. NOW, AFTER THAT, I COULDN'T TELL YOU. BUT PLEASE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT PLACER ID DOES ALSO PICK UP CELL PHONES FROM EMPLOYEES. VOLUNTEERS? YES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL ENCOMPASSING OF EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE. YES. THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY FIGURED OUT YET TO FACTOR OUT SOME OF THAT. NO, SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT. NOT, AT LEAST NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. YEAH. SO SOMEWHERE IN THAT, SOMEWHERE IN THAT OVERALL NUMBER, THERE'S A REDUCTION JUST FROM THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED. THEY'RE NOT ATTENDEES. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE BECAUSE YEAH, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, LOOK LIKE THERE WAS 4000 OUT THERE. AND SOME MAY SAY IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE A THOUSAND OUT THERE. RIGHT. BUT I ENJOYED IT. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT FIRST EVENT FOR SURE. WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE SET THE BAR, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL COME CLOSE TO DOUBLING IT NEXT YEAR. THE DAY WAS PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BEING A FRIDAY. AND I THINK ON A SATURDAY THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT CAN PREPARE AND COME OUT. AND WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU HAD, THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS WAS GREAT. 
          YEAH. THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT THERE, IT WAS AWESOME. SOME OF HIS DANCE, SOME OF US DIDN'T. BUT THAT'S NOT THAT. THERE'S NO VIDEO TO PROVE THAT OR DISPROVE, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'VE SEEN A COUPLE VIDEOS, BUT BUT NO, IT WAS A GOOD TIME FOR ALL. AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER. WE DID HAVE TO MOVE THE EVENT FROM THE SECOND OF THE MONTH TO THE END. THAT REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF POSTERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY POSTED IN VARIOUS BUSINESSES APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS REPLACING THEM WITH NEW MATERIALS. DIGITAL MEDIA HAD TO BE UPDATED SO THAT COULD HAVE VERY WELL IMPACTED ATTENDANCE. WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I KNOW BEFORE WE HAD TO MOVE IT, THERE WAS A LARGE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD VIEWED THE EVENT AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A POSITIVE VIEW. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED IT, BUT I STILL THINK IT WAS A GOOD EVENT AND GOOD TURNOUT. AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE MARKETING. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OUR DUNCANVILLE WEEKLY, THERE'S THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, EMERALD CITY BANDS POST THAT THEY HAD POSTED ON THEIR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR EVENT PAGE ON OUR EVENT ANY EVENT SYSTEM. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET. SO WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED 60,000 FOR THIS EVENT. WE SPENT 60, A LITTLE OVER 64. WE DID BRING IN JUST OVER 8000IN REVENUE. SO WE DID COME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER FOR THIS EVENT AT 56, JUST OVER 56,000. HERE ARE SOME FUN PICTURES. AND THEN I DO HAVE A DATE FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'LL BE SATURDAY, MAY 9TH FROM 2 TO 10 P.M. SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I WANT TO SECOND EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR SAID. IT WAS A FUN EVENT FOR IT TO BE SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR YOU TO PLAN IT. I THINK THE TURNOUT TOWARDS THE END, WHERE IT WAS STARTING TO PICK UP WAS REALLY GOOD. WE OF COURSE WE HAD EMERALD CITY, GREAT BAND, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THEM. DUNCANVILLE LOVES EMERALD CITY. I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN FOR PLACER I. YES, MA'AM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. IS THIS JUST THE VICINITY, THE AREA, OR IS IT REALLY NARROWING IT DOWN TO ARMSTRONG PARK, THE AMPHITHEATER WHERE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WERE? OR DID THAT ALSO INCLUDE KIDD SPRING, NOT KIDD SPRING, KINGSVILLE? AND DID IT INCLUDE THE SPLASH PAD AS WELL? YES. SO THAT ENCOMPASSES SO WHEN IT LOCATES ON THE AMPHITHEATER, WHAT IT REALLY EXPANDS IS KIND OF ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE PARK. SO IT'S IT KIND OF MISSES THE OUTLINE, BUT IT'S A MUCH CLOSER CIRCLE TO EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE AMPHITHEATER. SO THAT WOULD ANVIL INVOLVE KIDSVILLE, THE SPLASH PAD, THOSE THINGS. OKAY. 
          SO YES, WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT WAS AROUND THOSE SAME NUMBERS. SO WHEN THE REPORT WAS GIVEN TO US IT WAS 2700. NOW IT'S REFLECTING 2704. YES. WHERE DID THOSE FOUR 
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ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COME FROM? WITHIN. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? NO. SO I BELIEVE WE JUST ROUNDED WHEN WE GAVE THE NUMBER. JUST BECAUSE 2700 IS JUST A LITTLE CLEANER THAN 2704. BUT 2704 IS THE EXACT NUMBER OF UNIQUE VISITS TO THE PARK DURING THE TIME. THANK YOU TO COX FORMS. YES, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THAT PLANT. I STILL HAVE MINE AND THANK YOU FOR THEM PARTICIPATING AND BEING OUT THERE. THEY WERE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR BUILDING THOSE PHOTO OPS. I THOUGHT YOU BOUGHT THOSE FROM SOMEWHERE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAME FROM IN HOUSE. AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR THEM TO BUILD THAT? LIKE A LIKE A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS, INCLUDING THE ONE WITH THE RED TRUCK AS WELL? OH THAT ONE. NO, THAT ONE I DID RENT. OKAY. BUT IT'S THE BIG FRAME. AND THEN THE CORNER ONE AS WELL AS THE TWO ART. THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ART PALETTE WITH THE FLOWERS AND THEN THE EASEL NEXT TO IT. THEY DID THOSE AS WELL. GREAT JOB. YEAH, THEY KILLED IT. YES THEY DID. I TOOK PHOTOS NEXT TO THEM. 
          SO. AND THEN THE MARKETING, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO WERE SAYING THAT THEY WISH THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. AND GRANTED, IT WAS SHORT TIME. AND I DID EXPLAIN IT WAS HAD TO BE MOVED DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER AND SHORT NOTICE SHORT TIME FRAME TO GET IT DONE. HOWEVER, WE PLAN ON HAVING IT AGAIN. SO YOU ARE ADVERTISING OR PLACING IT IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES? YES MA'AM. I DID SEE IT IN THE WATER BILL. I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD DO OTHER SHORT OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE TO GET THE WORD OUT. YES, MAYBE RADIO STATIONS TO ANNOUNCE IT, POPULAR RADIO STATIONS. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. GREAT JOB. I HAD A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU. DANCE. 
          FROM THE MOMENT EMERALD CITY WENT UP TO THE MOMENT THEY WENT DOWN. SO THANK YOU. PERFECT. 
          YES. THIS YEAR, UPON ALEX'S RECOMMENDATION, WAS THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK FLIERS AND TOOK THEM TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, WHICH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY WERE EXCITED TO PUT THEM UP IN THE LOBBIES AND THE MAIN AREAS OF THEM. SO I DO THINK THAT WAS A GREAT RECOMMENDATION, AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT FOR EVERY EVENT. PENNEBAKER. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. DO YOU KNOW WHERE TOOL TEXAS IS NOW? I'M SORRY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE TOOL TEXAS IS NOW? YES, NOW KIND OF. I GLANCED AT IT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID. AND STAFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB. THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE WHAT Y'ALL DID WITH THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE PERFORMANCES WERE INCREDIBLE. WE WERE THERE ALL DAY. WE DID DANCE QUITE A BIT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AS FAR AS WHAT STAR TRANSIT DID AS FAR AS SHUTTLING? DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT AS FAR AS THE HOTELS? AND I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS. I DID TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS JUST TO ASK IF THEY EVEN HAD ANYBODY TO PICK UP, AND THEY SAID THEIR FIRST COUPLE OF ROUNDS AT 430 WERE THE LARGEST ROUNDS. THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THEY DID HAVE A COUPLE OF FULL BUSSES FROM THE THEY WENT TO ALL THE HOTELS TO AND THEN BACK. SO IS THAT DO WE IS THAT SOMETHING? THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH STAR. 
          SURE. I, I'M SAYING I AM NOT CONFIDENT. I JUST THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING. I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT. AND THEN JUST A SHOUT OUT TO COX FARMS AND TAYLOR, IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET HIM OR YOU JUST NEED SOME POSITIVE ENERGY. HE'S FULL OF A LOT OF POSITIVE ENERGY. HE IS SO POSITIVE, I LOVE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT THANK YOU MAYOR AND DEVON, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL ON THIS EVENT. IT'S FIRST TIME EVENT AND SO IT'S HARD GETTING THOSE THINGS STARTED OFF. SO IF YOU'VE GOT 2700 PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OUTSTANDING. AND TO SEE AND YOU'VE ALSO ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT MODIFICATIONS. SO IT IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WILL DEFINITELY GROW SOMETHING THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD GO WOULD GO, BUT NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO DUNCANVILLE AS WELL. THAT SHOWS SOME OF THAT HAPPENED AS WELL. AND THIS GOT TURNED AROUND FAIRLY QUICK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, DEVIN'S DONE A GOOD JOB. SHE SHE GOT HERE AT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. RIGHT. AND SHE'S KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON THIS. AND SO I APPLAUD THE I MEAN WE'VE HEARD IT JUST APPLAUD THE STAFF FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EVENT AND IT JUST IT SHOWED SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO WE OUR FAMILY LIKES TO GO TO 
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THESE KINDS OF EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES. SO YOU KNOW ENNIS HAS A BLUEBONNET FESTIVAL. AND WE LIKE GOING TO THE WE JUST WENT TO THE LAVENDER FESTIVAL IN IN BLANCO, TEXAS. AND YOU KNOW THOSE EVENTS, THE LAVENDER FESTIVAL. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 25 YEARS. I THINK IT'S A MULTI-DAY EVENT AND IT'S JUST THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE, THERE. AND THE, THE AROUND THE COURTHOUSE AND ALL THE RESTAURANTS ARE FULL AND IT'S BIG EVENT. LOTS OF MUSICIANS AND ACTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR BEING AN INAUGURAL EVENT AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, A MONTH OF PLANNING AND THEN HAVING TO RESCHEDULE. I MEAN, THIS WAS A PRETTY BIG HIT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A SIGNATURE EVENT AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THESE KIND OF EVENTS, NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY AND THOSE KIND OF EVENTS. EVERY CITY HAS THOSE KIND OF CELEBRATIONS AND THEY'RE GREAT. BUT HAVING SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ONLY FIND IN DUNCANVILLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED. I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE THE HARVEST FEST. WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT IT WAS. AND IT USED TO BE IN ARMSTRONG PARK AND TO SEE THE RETURN OF THAT KIND OF ENERGY IS REALLY EXCITING. AND DO YOU FORESEE POSSIBLY DOING A MULTI-DAY EVENT? OBVIOUSLY NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT AT SOME POINT I WOULD LOVE TO GROW IT INTO A MULTI-DAY. THAT'S DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED UP TOOELE, TEXAS. I HAD TO BECAUSE I HADN'T LOOKED. AND SO JUST JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, TOOELE, TEXAS IS BETWEEN LOG CABIN, TEXAS, GUN BARREL CITY AND THE STICKS TEXAS. SO AND THAT'S BY CORSICANA IF YOU NEED A REFERENCE. BUT YOU KNOW TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT BY THE STICKS TO COME TO DUNCANVILLE FOR AN EVENT. THAT'S EXCITING. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURSE. NO FURTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU. STILL ME EVERYBODY. 
          [6.B. Overview and planning update for the City of Duncanville’s annual 4th of July Celebration scheduled for Friday, July 4, 2025, at Armstrong Park.]
SO LET'S TALK 4TH OF JULY. SO THIS IS OUR CITY'S LARGEST SIGNATURE EVENT. LAST YEAR ATTRACTED MORE THAN 10,000 ATTENDEES. SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR WE ARE REQUIRING PRE-REGISTRATION FOR WRISTBANDS. JUST SO THAT IS A NUMBER THAT WE CAN KIND OF TRACK AND BE PREPARED FOR. WRISTBAND PICKUP STARTS TOMORROW, AND THEN WE'LL BE THROUGH JULY 3RD, AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL AS WELL AS THE REC CENTER. I DID TALK TO NOEL TODAY, SO WE WILL BE AT BOTH THE REC CENTER AND HERE AT CITY HALL. AND ONCE PEOPLE REGISTER FOR THE WRISTBANDS, THEY ARE FREE, BUT IT WILL EMAIL YOU A QR CODE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BRING THAT UP AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU HOWEVER MANY WRISTBANDS YOU ASKED FOR. SO THIS IS THE PARADE ROUTE FOR THIS YEAR, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, RIGHT, MR. MCBURNETT? YES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME ROUTE. OKAY, SO STAGING JUST AS IT WAS AND THEN STARTING KIND OF AT THE GYM AND KIND OF WORKING ITS WAY BACK, WE WILL HAVE CONES AND BARRICADES FROM STREETS AS WELL AS COPS MONITORING THE WHEN YOU SEE IS LIKE THE RED STARS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY'S COMING IN AND OUT OF THOSE AREAS, AS WELL AS PD TO BE AT THE CROSSWALKS TO HELP PEOPLE CROSS SAFELY FOR THE PARADE. YEAH, THERE WILL BE PORTA POTTIES, I PROMISE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PARADE ROUTE FOR THIS YEAR. I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON THE STREET CLOSURES. SO FREEMAN STREET WILL BE CLOSED STARTING AT 7 A.M. THEN THE REMAINING STREETS WILL BE CLOSED BY 8:30 A.M. TO NOTE SOME TRAFFIC PLANS, THERE WILL BE. THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF FREEMAN STREET WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC, AND THEN THE EASTBOUND LANE ON WHEATLAND WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR THROUGH FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC. SO THE ROUTE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DRIVERS WILL BE THE NORTHBOUND LANE TO FREEMAN TO CENTER TO SANTA FE TRAIL. AND THEN DOWN ON THAT EASTBOUND LANE ON WHEATLAND IF THEY NEED TO GET AROUND. JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS AN IDEA. CITY COUNCIL ACCESS, YOU WILL BE AND DECORATED AND LABELED GOLF CARTS FOR PARADE ROUTE. I'M ALSO GOING TO PURCHASE LIKE STRESS BALLS, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL THEMED FOR YOU TO TOSS BECAUSE THEY FLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN CANDY AND THEY DON'T MELT, WHICH IS A BIG THING IN TEXAS. THEN OF COURSE, THE CELEBRATION WILL BE 
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HERE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. YOU WILL HAVE DEDICATED CITY COUNCIL PARKING, VIP ACCESS TO THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED TENT, AS WELL AS CATERED FOOD AND BEVERAGE. THE PARADE SCHEDULE BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 9 A.M. IT WILL LAST ROUGHLY AN HOUR. I KNOW I SAID APPROXIMATELY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. SO RIGHT AROUND AN HOUR. THEN THE STAGING LOCATION AGAIN IS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STAGING AND LOADING AND THEN LINING UP FOR STAGING, KIND OF AT THE MULDROW GYMNASIUM. 
          CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. IT'LL WORK. YEAH. PERFECT WORKS. SO AGAIN, Y'ALL WILL BE IN GOLF CARTS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU AND THE STRESS BALLS TO TOSS AT THE PEOPLE. AND THERE WILL BE THE PORTLETS AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS RICHARD GYMNASIUM. AND I HAVE COORDINATED WITH TYLER AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE THERE. 
          SO THIS IS THE EVENT MAP FOR 4TH OF JULY. SO AS YOU SEE NOW, THE SHOPPING CARTS ARE IN THAT LINE ALONG THE SIDEWALK. THIS YEAR WE WILL ALSO HAVE AMUSEMENT RIDES, WHICH I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN THE LARGE AND THE OPEN SPACE WHERE THE FERRIS WHEELS ARE. THEN WE WILL HAVE THE FOOD VENDORS, THE ARTS COMMISSION. IF THEY DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE, WE'LL BE IN THE SAME SPOT THEY WERE FOR THE WHERE THEY WERE FOR BLOOM FEST. DOING A COMMUNITY ART WHERE YOU SEE THE GAME CONTROLLERS, THERE WILL BE A VIDEO GAME TRAILER AS WELL AS THEY WILL BE HOSTING A FENCED IN NERF GUN WAR, WHICH WITH NERF GUNS THAT LOOK VERY SPECIFICALLY LIKE NERF GUNS, NOT REAL GUNS. JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, YOUR VIP TENT WILL BE WHERE THE GREEN TINT IS LOCATED. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE TWO ENTRANCES UP BY THE REC CENTER AS WELL AS DOWN HERE BY CITY BY CITY HALL. 
          THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN ALSO GET THEIR WRISTBANDS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM. OR WE WILL HAVE PD SET UP JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE FILING IN, CHECKING FOR NO ALCOHOL BEING BROUGHT IN JUST AS LAST YEAR. HERE IS THE RUN OF SHOW. SO WRISTBANDS DISTRIBUTED AT MANNED ENTRANCES, THE DJ OPENING AND KICKING OFF THE EVENT. WILLIAM ADDISON WILL BE PERFORMING AGAIN. HE LOVED PERFORMING AT BLOOM FEST AND WAS VERY EXCITED AND WANTED TO PERFORM AGAIN FOR 4TH OF JULY. 
          HE IS DOING A TOUR AT VILLAGE TECH AND SO HE WANTED TO BE HERE TO PROMOTE THAT AS WELL. THEN WE HAVE JADE FLORES, WHO WAS HERE FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTS, WHICH SHE WAS A HUGE HIT. SHE'LL BE PERFORMING STARTING AT FIVE. SHE'LL TAKE A BREAK SO THAT OUR MAYOR CAN ADDRESS OUR CITY, AND THEN SHE WILL GO AGAIN UNTIL 7:00. WE'RE THEN CROSSROADS SOUND, WHICH IS OUR HEADLINER. 
          WE'LL START PERFORMING AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIREWORK FINALE BEGINNING RIGHT AROUND 930. AND IT IS 25 MINUTES AND I BELIEVE 26 SECONDS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE SPECIFIC, I DID GET THE A PLAYLIST THE OTHER DAY AND IT HAS A WONDERFUL MIX OF MODERN AND MORE LIKE TRADITIONAL PATRIOTIC SONGS. SO WE GOT A WHOLE VARIETY FOR EVERYBODY. FOR LOCAL BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT, THE VENDOR MARKET APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND OPEN THROUGH JUNE 27TH. PARADE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ■BY THE LIONS CLUB THROUGH JULY 1ST. WE DO HAVE A REGISTRATION CODE FOR DUNCANVILLE BUSINESSES, WHICH IS D'VILLE A TOTAL. WHEN I TYPED THIS WAS SEVEN, BUT AS OF TODAY IT'S TEN LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE REGISTERED TO BE IN THE MARKET. LOCAL PRESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THERE HAS BEEN PRESS RELEASES, AND THEN WE DO HAVE AUTO SCHEDULED FACEBOOK POSTS AS WELL AS INSTAGRAM POSTS. WE HAVE COMMUNITY THERE. OUR EVENT IS ON SOME COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL CALENDARS, AND I AM LOOKING INTO THE LOCAL NEWS AND MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE RADIO AS WELL TO GET THIS OUT. I'M PERFORMING ACTS AGAIN WILLIAM MADISON, JADE FLORES, AND CROSSROADS SOUND. AND CROSSROADS SOUND DOES HAVE A SIMILAR ESTHETIC TO EMERALD CITY BAND, SO I AM PRETTY EXCITED. 
          THEY'VE BEEN ON, YOU KNOW, AT SUPER BOWLS. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST OUR STAGE SCHEDULE WITH YOU, MADISON, JADE FLORES, THE CROSSROADS SOUND AND THEN FIREWORKS BETWEEN 930 AND 940. AGAIN. EVENT ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE AMUSEMENT RIDES. WE HAVE A NINJA LIKE AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR OBSTACLE COURSE THAT WILL BE THERE. I DO EXPECT TO SEE YOU ON THERE, GOODEN I. WE'LL HAVE OUR PHOTO OPS PARKS TEAM AGAIN. IS REUSING THE PHOTO 
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OPS THEY HAD MADE AND PAINTING THEM TO BE 4TH OF JULY THEMED. WE'LL HAVE OUR MOBILE FOOD VENDORS. OBVIOUSLY OUR EMS STAFF WILL BE ON HAND. WE'LL HAVE OUR MARKET VENDORS, THE VIDEO GAME TRUCK, THE NERF WAR GAME AREA. THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPEN, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A FACE PAINTER THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS THE LAST THREE YEARS OF PARADE AND EVENT ATTENDANCE. I DID HAVE PLACER. I CREATE SPECIFICALLY A PARADE ROUTE MAP FOR US. SO THAT WAY NEXT YEAR WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL THE BUSINESSES OR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SITTING ON THE PARADE ROUTE INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO PULL ALL THE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE NUMBER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE PARADE, BUT I CAN'T PULL SPECIFICALLY THE PARADE ROUTE. SO I DID HAVE PLACER. I GO IN AND CREATE AN ESTABLISHED PARADE ROUTE FOR US SO THAT FOR EVENTS THAT HAVE PARADES, I CAN PULL UP THAT AND GIVE US A MORE ACCURATE PARADE COUNT. JUST SO WE ARE AWARE. SO LAST YEAR AGAIN, WE HAD JUST OVER 10,000, I THINK. WELL, I SAY JUST IT WAS ACTUALLY ALMOST 11,000, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE 10.7 THOUSAND THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR. SO OUR PEAK ATTENDANCE WAS AT ABOUT 830 ISH LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT AT THE END. 830 9:00 AND THAT WAS THE PEAK PARK ATTENDANCE. JUST SOME DATA CAPTURE THAT WE'VE USED. PLACER I FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT BAR GRAPH THAT HAS THE MULTIPLE LITTLE BARS. THAT'S THE PEAK ATTENDANCE HOURS. SO OUR BIG ATTENDANCE PEAK WAS BETWEEN 7 TO 10 P.M. 
          THEN OBVIOUSLY THURSDAY WE HAD THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF VISITORS. LAST YEAR WAS A THREE DAY EVENT. 
          SO I DID GO AHEAD AND PULL ALL THREE DAYS SO WE COULD SEE THE AVERAGE DWELLING PERIOD WAS 90 MINUTES OR 99 MINUTES ACTUALLY. I DID CREATE AN EVENT SURVEY THAT WILL GO LIVE ON JULY 4TH, AND IT WILL BE ON THE COLUMNS THAT WILL BE PLACED AROUND THE PARK AS WELL AS WE WILL PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER, SO WE CAN GET THE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE EVENT. SO THAT SURVEY WILL HELP US KIND OF BE ABLE TO BETTER PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS INDICATE KIND OF WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM, WHAT ECONOMIC IMPACT THEY HAD ON US, SPECIFICALLY FROM EVENTS PROVIDING FEEDBACK FROM BOTH VENDORS AND ATTENDEES. AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU. OKAY, HERE WE GO. I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING THAT YOU HAD ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE AT THE WHOLE EVENT. IF I DO ROUGH NUMBERS, I'M GUESSING IN THE PARADE ROUTE WE GOT ABOUT 3000 KIDS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT FOR 30 YEARS WE'VE BEEN GIVING THEM CANDY AND THEY COME WITH BAGS AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE READY FOR YOUR CANDY. I UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY STUFF THAT'S BEEN BANTERED AROUND OVER THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO THINK OF A WAY TO HAVE MAYBE VOLUNTEERS, BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN WHEN THEY DON'T GET CANDY. AND IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WALK, YOU WERE GIVEN THE LITTLE SQUISHY BALLS. YEAH. SO WHEN YOU THROW THEM, IT DOESN'T HIT SOMEBODY. IT DOESN'T HURT IF YOU HIT THEM IN THE HEAD AND ALSO MAKES IT ALL THE WAY THAT COULD WALK ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE AND HAND OUT CANDY. I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT TRADITION. IT'S OVER A 30 YEAR TRADITION, AND THESE KIDS WEREN'T HERE 30 YEARS AGO, BUT THEY KNOW FROM THEIR PARENTS THEY'RE GOING TO GET CANDY. THEY'RE SITTING THERE WITH BASKETS AND BAGS WAITING FOR CANDY. NOW I GOT SUGAR ISSUES, SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON YOUNG KIDS, BUT IT IS A BIG PART OF THE IT'S A BIG PART OF THE EVENT. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE IF WE DON'T CONSIDER AN OPTION THAT'S A SAFE OPTION AND PROVIDE THEM WITH EVEN HARD CANDY AND CHOCOLATE THAT'S GOING TO MELT. BUT I WOULD I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER INCLUDING THAT IN THE PARADE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PARADE AND IT ALWAYS IS. IT'S TIME TESTED AND PROVEN, BUT SO IS THE EXPECTATION OF KIDS GETTING THEIR CANDY. YEAH, SO I'M GOING TO PLEAD WITH EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE SOME FORM OF SAFE CANDY. 
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HANDOUT. THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT, MR. GOODEN, THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU ACTUALLY SAID WHAT I ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS THE CANDY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY PART OF IT. AND I WAS GOING TO ALSO ASK IF WE COULD PUT LIKE STORM DRAIN PROTECTION IN PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT THE CANDY FROM GOING DOWN THE STORM DRAIN INLETS. BUT I'M GOING TO PLEAD WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          CAN WE PLEASE GET THE CANDY? AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE TRAINING ON HOW TO HAND OUT THE CANDY, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SITTING THERE NOT HAVING THEIR CANDY. 
          AND THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY'RE SHOWING UP SITTING ON THE CURB, WAITING WITH THEIR BAGS IN HAND. AND I'M A GRANDMOTHER. I'M NOT LOOKING AT THEM WHEN I'M NOT ABLE TO. 
          I'M NOT THROWING NO BALL FOR THEM TO THROW THE BALL BACK AT ME. NO. SO LET'S PLEASE FIND A WAY. IF WE NEED TRAINING, I'M OPEN TO IT. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED THE PORTA POTTIES. THANK YOU. NERF GUNS, THE FIREWORKS. FIREWORKS. THAT'S THE SAME COMPANY THAT'S BEEN DOING THE FIREWORKS BEFORE. YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM, SO IT WILL BE PYROTECNICO. OKAY, WELL, I, I SEE THAT YOU'VE ADDED SOME AMUSEMENT EVENTS FOR THEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE JUST ONLY MAKING IT HARDER FOR US GRANDPARENTS NOW BE PULLED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THANKS A LOT DEVIN. YOU ARE SO WELCOME. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. DEVIN, FIRST I WANT TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU THE ONE THAT'S DOING THE PLACE OR I OR HAVE YOU LEARNED THIS? I AM YES, WE HAVE BIWEEKLY TRAININGS WITH PLACE OR I SO I CAN LEARN OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOME DATA THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. SO AGAIN WE'RE SEEING GOOD PLANNING HAPPENING. WHEN I LOOK OVER AT SOME OF MY COHORTS HERE AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE CANDY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED JUST A MINUTE AGO IF I WAS THE CANDY SCROOGE AND I'M NOT THE CANDY SCROOGE. OKAY. BUT BUT I AM THE PARADE CHAIRMAN FOR THE DUNCANVILLE LIONS CLUB. OKAY. AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ON PROBATION. OKAY, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PARADE. BECAUSE THE PARADE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PACE. OKAY? AND THAT MEANS CONTINUE. IT DOESN'T MEAN STOP. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHEN THE BANDS PASSING THE COUNCIL UP, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE. SO I KNOW THEY'VE MADE YOU KNOW, I'VE MADE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT US BEING ON A TRAILER. SO WE'RE IN ONE SPOT WHICH, WHICH, WHICH I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE ON THE TRAILER. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD NOW I DO I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARADE AS WELL. IF ANYBODY HADN'T SEEN THERE'S APPLICATIONS WHICH CAN BE AT REDBIRD LANES. IT CAN BE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE W-W-W. 
          DUNCANVILLE NEW LIONS CLUB.COM. EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST IS THE DEADLINE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE YOU UP TO THE FOURTH. IF YOU BRING SOME MONEY, WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL GET YOU IN. ANY BUSINESSES OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IN THIS THING. THIS IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY PARADE, AND WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT YOU AND YOU CAN'T ADVERTISE FOR THE FOR THIS AMOUNT. THE AND THANK YOU FOR THE PLACE WHERE I ON THE PARADE ROUTE BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE THERE'S AT LEAST 5000. OH YEAH. I KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT ON THE ROUTE FOR 20 BUCKS. YOU CAN'T ADVERTISE FOR THAT. OKAY, SO I'D ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP. I IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IF, IF JULIE STEGER WANTED TO RIDE IN A CAR WITH TEDDY BEARS, YOU KNOW, I'D ENCOURAGE HER TO PUT A PARADE ENTRY IN. I MEAN, ANY ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS THIS COMMUNITY, MAYBE THEY CAN GET CANDY WITH THE BUSINESS NAMES ON THEM. SO. YEAH. SO. BUT BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CANDY AS WELL EITHER. IT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S IF IT'S CHOCOLATE THAT IT'S FROZEN AND, AND KEPT TO THE SIDE FOR A WHILE VERSUS THINGS. PLEASE DON'T THROW MELTED CANDY. THROW FROZEN CANDY. YES, YES. AND STRESS BALLS RIGHT. STRESS BALL COUNTER IS THE FROZEN CANDY. IT HAS BEEN REFRIGERATED AND OR FROZEN, BUT WE'RE NOT THROWING IT. IT'S JUST LIKE THE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I SAW THE SEMANTICS OF THE WORD TOSS USED. OKAY, I THINK THAT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DRIVE A GOLF CART 
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AND THROW CANDY IN A SAFE MANNER, BUT I WILL AT THIS POINT, I WILL I WILL OPPOSE A DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT YOU WORK ON A SOLUTION FINDING SAFE CANDY DISTRIBUTORS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND THAT THE CHILDREN WILL BE HAPPY AND THEY'LL BE SAFE. AND WE CAN KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEELS. YES, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A SAFE CANDY TOSS TO THE SIDE INSTEAD OF A THROW, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT. IN FACT, THAT'D BE PERFECT. I KNOW THAT MAYBE MR. STEVENSON'S WHEN THEY. WHEN YOU HAVE THE BUS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE APPLICATION HERE. THERE'S THE PARADE RULES. THE CITY ON THEIR RECENT PARADES WHEN THEY HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE HOST THAT IT'S A JUST A FRONT AND BACK REAL QUICK KIND OF APPLICATION. BUT BUT WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS, HAVE THIS, HAVE A BIG LIST OF PARADE RULES AND THAT STUFF. SO, SO. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S I'M JUST I YEAH. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS. YES I KNOW, I KNOW WHY THAT IS. 
          BUT BUT AND THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT EVERYONE CAN BEHAVE THEMSELVES. BUT IN DOING THIS EVENT THE LIONS CLUB HAS BEEN DOING THIS EVENT. I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE 45TH YEAR THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE THIS EVENT. I JUST GOT OUT OF LAW SCHOOL WITH. YEAH, WITH, WITH WITH THE VERY FEW. INCIDENCES HAPPENING. NOTHING MAJOR FORTUNATELY. BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE SAFETY RULES IN PLACE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH US. OF COURSE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT EVENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL ALL THE SERIOUS PLANNING THAT GOES INTO THIS, BECAUSE IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE'LL ALL ENJOY IT I'M SURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU CANDY. WE'LL COME UP WITH A SAFE. WE GOT IT. 
          MAYBE LIKE YOU GOT TO WALK BESIDE IT OR SOMEONE HAS TO WALK BESIDE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE A LITTLE HAND TOSS INSTEAD OF LIKE A SEE. OKAY, WE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DEVIN. WE'RE 
          [6.C. Receive the Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) Annual Report]
GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX C RECEIVE THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT. I'M SORRY MAYOR. THE THIS ONE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EDC HAS REQUESTED THAT WE POSTPONE THIS TILL OCTOBER 2025. I THINK IT WAS FORTUITOUS HE WALKED OUT DURING THE CANDY DISCUSSION AND ASKED THAT MAYBE THIS GET RECONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE. SO OKAY, THE YES, BUT WE DO HAVE THE THAT WAS FOR THE EDC. WE DO HAVE. YES. PLEASE MOVE ON TO 
          [6.D. Receive the Economic Development Department Quarterly Report]
ITEM D, RECEIVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. VICTOR BARRERA, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY. I WANT TO START OFF BY LAYING OUT THE EXPECTATIONS, IF YOU WILL. 
          THREE MONTHS AGO, I WAS STANDING AT THIS PODIUM PROVIDING YOU WITH MY VERY FIRST DEPARTMENT REPORT, AND I SHARED WITH YOU THAT IT WAS AN EXTENSIVE REPORT. THERE WERE SEVERAL SLIDES. SO THAT'S THAT. AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF MANAGING EXPECTATIONS, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS EVENING MY SLIDES ARE NOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF SLIDES AS MY PREVIOUS, BUT THEY ARE AT THE SAME TOKEN, NOT 15 SLIDES AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE. SO I AM AT 20 SLIDES, BUT I HAVE CHALLENGED MYSELF AND I ASKED MYSELF THAT THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE AT AT THE DEPARTMENT AVERAGE AT 15. SO I'M LOOKING AT WAYS TO TELL THE STORY IN A MORE CONCISE WAY, PROVIDING A LOT OF PLACER I DATA COSTAR DATA AND OTHER DATA ANALYTICS AND AGAIN, TELLING THE STORY IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, SEVERAL GOOD CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH DEVELOPERS, WITH BUSINESS OWNER, THAT IN SOME INSTANCES I GET EXCITED BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL ALL THE STORY, BUT MY TEAM SAYS, HEY, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH MANAGING THE EXPECTATIONS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. 
          BUT THERE HAVE BEEN JUST GOOD CONVERSATIONS, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO THAT SAID, I WILL START OFF WITH SHARING WITH YOU THE DEPARTMENT GOALS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER LAST FALL FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND REALLY WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. A LOT OF IT, A LOT OF THE WORK IS IN PROGRESS. SOME OF THIS YOU WILL SEE HERE COME BEFORE YOU BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE'RE SLATED TO HAVE THE BLOCK PARTY 
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HERE NEXT MONTH, JULY 22ND. AND THERE'S OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS, EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT RESTRUCTURING THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS, PUTTING CLAWBACK PROVISIONS IN THE IN THE GRANTS, MAYBE CONSIDERING NOT UPFRONT MONEY AND HAVING THESE GRANTS BE MORE PERFORMANCE BASED, JUST CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE BUSINESSES AND HAVING A CONVERSATION THAT SOMETIMES PROVIDING MONEY TO A BUSINESS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ASSISTANCE AND OR RESOURCE. LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU GET A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS EVENING. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DIVVIED UP INTO TWO PARTS. I WILL BE PROVIDING THE FIRST HALF OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY ASSISTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARLIN GOFF. SO HANG ON TIGHT HERE. HERE WE GO, IF YOU WILL. DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS I HAD SHARED WITH YOU AT THE LAST UPDATE, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AT SINCE THEN AS IT RELATES TO LIFE, SCHOOL. 
          THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THIS PROJECT AND THE REQUESTED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON MAY 12TH. THE SECOND ONE WAS ON JUNE 2ND. EXCUSE ME, JUNE 9TH. FORGIVE ME. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT HEARING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED 5 TO 1 IN DENIAL OF THE REQUESTED PLAN DEVELOPMENT. AND NOW THIS IS BEING SET UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 15TH. THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE PURCHASERS AND THE TITLE COMPANY IN GETTING SEVERAL OF THE OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY RESOLVED. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE RECENTLY. WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY LIENS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL AND THE RELEASE. THOSE THOSE RELEASES HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND PROVIDED TO THE TITLE COMPANY. THE RELEASES WILL NOT BE RECORDED UNTIL THE CLOSING. THERE ARE OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS WITH DALLAS COUNTY TAXES, BUT THOSE OBLIGATIONS WILL BE SATISFIED THROUGH THE SALE OF THE PROCEEDS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A DOUBLE CLOSING. CURRENTLY, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, BUT AT AT THE CLOSING, WE WILL HAVE THAT TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY OVER FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. BUT WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE CLOSING IS A QUITCLAIM DEED. COMPLETING THAT TRANSACTION. THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING ON PREPARING DEVELOPMENT PLANS. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AS RECENT AS THIS EVENING, IN THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE THAT HAVE COME UP WITH THE PROPERTY AS THEY RELATE TO AND COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT. SUCH THINGS AS CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND RESTRICTIVE USES OF THE PROPERTY THROUGH AN ADJACENT OWNER. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NEWS AS RECENT AS A WEEK AGO THAT I'M WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK THROUGH. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THESE EASEMENTS OR RESTRICTIONS, RESTRICTIONS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE BUYER WANTS TO OBTAIN ASSURANCES THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SO AGAIN, I JUST HAD THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUYER AS RECENT AS 6:00 THIS EVENING. THE PROPERTY THAT IS ON TRACK, WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE DEVELOPER ANY AND ALL AVAILABLE PLANS, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY. MARRIOTT HAS APPROVED THE SITES. THE DEVELOPER HAS HIRED A SERIES OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO PREPARE TO PREPARE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND ANTICIPATE THE DRAWINGS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 6 TO 8 WEEKS THROUGH THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT. THE INSPECTION PERIOD ENDS THE 180. THE 180 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD ENDS IN AUGUST. AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ENTIRE SITE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, AND DO NOT ANTICIPATE NEEDING AN EXTENSION FROM THE INSPECTION PERIOD. SO I WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. WHAT THEY'VE ALSO SHARED WITH ME IS THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER HOTEL BEING ON THE SITE. BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, THEY WANT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH LAND IS NEEDED FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE PHASE ONE INVESTMENT IS 
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20 TO $25 MILLION. WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS DEVELOPER IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING OTHER BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY HERE. WE RECENTLY PROVIDED THEM WITH A TOUR OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWED THEM SEVERAL AVAILABLE SITES, INCLUDING CITY OWNED AND DC EDC OWNED SITES AND SOME THAT ARE PRIVATELY HELD. THE DEVELOPER DID EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN ONE OF THE CITY OWNED SITES, AND IS EXPECTED TO GET BACK TO ME WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S GOING TO BE WILLING TO PURSUE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, I WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THERE IS ANOTHER SITE THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ON THE FURTHEST NORTH PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROPERTY IS PRIVATELY HELD, DEFINITELY HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AT THIS TIME. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COST OF THOSE CHALLENGES, AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING AT AT THE PROPERTY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO PURSUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE. SO AGAIN, JUST I'LL SHARE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 1435 CANDLELIGHT. THIS IS THE PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND THE CAR WASH. THIS IS THE PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THE ANCHOR STORE IS. CARNICERIA MONTERREY. 
          AT THE LAST PRESENTATION I HAD SHARED WITH YOU THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD HAD THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT. SINCE THEN, THE PROPERTY THE DEVELOPER HAS CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT SEVERAL COMMENTS, SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSED LAYOUT AND THE DESIGN OF THE SITE. AND I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY ARE READY WITH THEIR REVISED PLANS AND ASKED ME FOR DIRECTION ON HOW TO PROCEED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ARE NOW READY TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS, AND MORE THAN LIKELY, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS VIA A PD. SO AGAIN, I WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE LATEST AND GREATEST. AS OF 6:00 THIS AFTERNOON, MURPHY USA. THIS IS ONE THAT A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE OR EXCUSE ME, A SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. THERE WAS A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING HELD BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 9TH, AND THE VOTE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING WAS A DENIAL OF THE SUB. AND NOW THIS IS BEING SET UP TO COME BEFORE YOU TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 19TH. AT THIS TIME, I WILL HAND THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. GOFF AND KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT LAST SLIDE. WHAT WAS THE VOTE ON THAT DENIAL? OH, THE DENIAL, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, WAS 4 TO 2 OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AT THIS POINT I'LL HAND I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO MR. GOFF. THANK YOU, MR. BARRERA. VICTOR HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK WHAT WE DECIDED EARLIER WE'RE TALKING IS TO JUST HELP BALANCE IT. SO THE. EXCUSE ME. SO GOOD EVENING, MARLIN GOFF. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HOW'S THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER OKAY. WELL GOOD EVENING. NOW THIS SLIDE IS MISLEADING. IT SAYS COMPLETED PROJECTS. BUT REALLY WHAT THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS A COMPLETION OF A PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN BEFORE YOU. RIGHT. SO THAT PHASE THAT WAS COMPLETED CLOSING RIGHT. 
          PROPERTY WENT FROM UNDER CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOW OWNED. THE NEXT UP IS THE DESIGN PHASE. SO DRC AS THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM CAN FINISH THAT DESIGN THAT MOVES TO CONSTRUCTION PERMITTING AND THEN SOFT OPENING AND GRAND OPENING. RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE ENCINA PROJECT RIGHT ON MAIN STREET WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME. AND REDEVELOPMENT INTERESTS, THE ACTIVITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY IS SITE SUBMISSIONS. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DRIVING TOURS WITH DEVELOPERS WHO'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH VICTOR OUTLINED A SHORT MINUTE AGO. RIGHT. A LOT OF INTEREST FROM TOWNHOME. EXCUSE ME. MR. KOONTZ HAS A QUESTION. OKAY. I'M SORRY TO SEE YOU, MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR, SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO I OFTEN HEARD MENTION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THAT IS AND WHAT THEY DO? EXACTLY, EXACTLY. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. 
          RIGHT IS REFERENCED BY ACRONYM QUITE FREQUENTLY. THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE DISCIPLINES RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE ENTITLEMENT, PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AROUND THE TABLE, REVIEWING PLANS SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT. OKAY. SO THEY'RE 
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LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED DESIGN, I GUESS FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW, AS FAR AS LIKE YOU SAID, CODE. AND THAT'S CORRECT, PERMITTING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. SO AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING FROM AN ATTRACTION STANDPOINT, SEVERAL OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE DCC HAVE BEEN GENERATING INTEREST FROM INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY, NAMELY SMALL INCREMENTAL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. RIGHT. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF EXISTING PROJECTS IN THE REGION, RIGHT, THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE ACTUALLY BUILT. AND WE'RE DRIVING THEM AROUND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CORPORATION AS THEY DEVELOP AND PREPARE PROPOSALS EVENTUALLY FOR US TO ADVANCE AND CONSIDER RIGHT HERE RECENTLY AS WE KEEP UP WITH THE TRENDS, RIGHT. SO WE'VE SHOWN SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE PRESENTATION THAT ARE EXAMPLES OF INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          STRONG TOWNS. AS AN ORGANIZATION, I WOULD SAY THIS INSTITUTION CHAMPIONS HELPING CITIES BECOME MORE ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT, RIGHT. HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THEIR ECONOMY WORKS. RIGHT. AND THE DECISIONS BASED ON OUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OVER THE LAST 50 OR SO YEARS, THE EFFECT THAT THAT HAS ON OUR ECONOMY. RIGHT. SO THE DCC, THE SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT, YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, THE CONFERENCE AND THE GATHERING, ACTUALLY FEATURES SEVERAL PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, CASE STUDY PROFILE IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, WHEATLAND PLAZA, BUT ALSO MAIN COMMONS. THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS CONFERENCE ARE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, TOOLS. FREE TOOLS TO HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. HOW WE MUST LOOK AT THE REVENUE THAT PROJECTS DELIVER PER ACRE, RIGHT. AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY WHAT'S THE GROSS VALUE? WHAT'S OUR ASSESSED VALUE? WHAT THAT TELLS US IS HOW EFFICIENT WE'RE USING OUR LAND. WE'VE COME ACCUSTOMED TO THINKING OF OUR COMMUNITY AS BUILT OUT, BUT RARELY BUILT UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UP. RIGHT. SO THAT THAT SPEAKS TO HOW EFFICIENT RIGHT ARE THE USES WHEN THEY DELIVER THAT ASSESSMENT AND SALES TAX REVENUE. RIGHT. SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL TRADE SHOWS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY THE TEAM AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP. SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE KNOWN AS RED. AND I THINK WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO HERE ACTUALLY, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU CLICK ON THIS THAT WELCOME TO DUNCANVILLE BIG CITY ACCESS, SMALL TOWN CHARM OR OUR CULTURE CONNECTS US. QUALITY OF LIFE THRIVES IN EVERY CORNER. SMALL AND GROW FAST. IS WHERE CHAMPIONS, RIGHT? THAT SPEAK TO THAT. IF I MAY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS VIDEO. THIS VIDEO WAS PUT TOGETHER IN RECORD TIME IN UNDER A WEEK TO HAVE IT DONE FROM BEGINNING TO END. AND THIS WAS REALLY A TEAM EFFORT. MARCELLA WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS WAS THE LEAD BEHIND CAMERA. FRANCISCO WAS WAS THE GUY BEHIND THE CAMERA. AND WE EVEN GOT ASHLEY TO JUMP IN AND ASSIST US. BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE PULLED THIS THIS WAS PULLED TOGETHER IN ABOUT FOUR DAYS TO PRESENT TO THIS EVENT AND SHOWCASE WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS. KUDOS TO THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS. AND IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. I JUST GOT A COUPLE MORE GUYS. SORRY ABOUT THAT OKAY. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE ITEMS IN OUR WORK PLAN AROUND BUSINESS RETENTION, BUSINESS EXPANSION AND ATTRACTION ACTIVITIES. WE DO WHAT WE REFER TO AS AMBASSADOR VISITS RIGHT THERE. BUSINESS VISITS. MOST OF THEM ARE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS. SOME OF THEM ARE PROPERTIES. BUT THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR ACTIVITY, RIGHT? AS A AS A TEAM, AS A DEPARTMENT. DURING THE QUARTER, I WOULD SAY WHEN WE PRESENTED LAST TO OUR DC-DC BOARD, THE PLAN IS TO ALSO INVOLVE THAT GROUP RIGHT IN OUR BUSINESS. AMBASSADOR VISITS. 
          RIGHT. BECAUSE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE STAFF IS DOING DURING BUSINESS HOURS. BUT WE THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY BOARD OF WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN, TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES ON THE WEEKENDS OR IN THE 
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EVENINGS, JUST TO AGAIN BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE. AND WE LEARN SO MUCH WHEN WE WHEN WE GO ON THESE VISITS, WE SEE A LOT. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE RETENTION VISITS THAT VICTOR AND I WERE ABLE TO DO. THIS RESTAURANT, THIS LOCAL BUSINESS ALSO RECEIVED THE SIGNAGE GRANT FROM THE DCDC. RIGHT. SO JUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF OPERATIONS, WE LEARNED DURING THIS VISIT JUST HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THEIR SALES FORECAST, TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING STAFF, ADDING A VEHICLE TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THEIR CATERING BUSINESS. SO WHAT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A REAL GOOD SUCCESS STORY? AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK NOT JUST ON GRANTEES, BUT BUSINESSES IN ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. ONE OF THE OTHER OUTCOMES OF THOSE VISITS, AGAIN, IS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE OPERATIONS IS WILL COME ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, VICTOR'S HAD THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MAKING SURE THROUGH A SALES TAX AUDIT, THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE CAPTURING ALL OF THE SALES AND USE TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED, BECAUSE AT FIRST GLANCE, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TREND OR THAT GROWTH HASN'T BEEN THERE BASED ON KIND OF WHAT WE KNOW TO BE HAPPENING AND SUSPECT IS AT PLAY. AND SO WHAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE. WHERE WE GO ABOUT THAT EXERCISE, I WOULD SAY WE DON'T EXPECT THIS TO BE A HUGE WINDFALL. BUT BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S WORTH DOING RIGHT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT TODAY ABOUT PLACE WHERE I AND REALLY WHAT IT IS, LOCATION, INTELLIGENCE AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT PULLING OUT THAT DATA. LOOPNET COSTARS A PARENT COMPANY. THIS IS A COMMERCIAL LISTING SITE, RIGHT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ONE OF THESE GOALS IN OUR WORK PLANS, IN OUR OUR DEPARTMENT GOALS OF LINKING ACTIVATING ACCOUNT WHERE NOW INVESTORS WHO ARE LOOKING AT PROPERTY FOR LEASE OR SALE IN DUNCANVILLE WILL HAVE THAT DATA SOURCE, LIKE MANY OTHER EXCUSE ME COMMUNITIES IN OUR REGION. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. VICTOR JUST SHOWED YOU EXAMPLE OF, WE'LL SAY, A PROFILE, VIDEO OR SPOTLIGHT THAT THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER. NEON CLOUD IS A COMPANY THAT WILL HELP US EVEN FURTHER AMPLIFY THAT TOOL, RIGHT? MORE SPECIFICALLY TO PROPERTIES. QUESTION. MR. KUNTZ HAS ANOTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. SORRY. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WAY BACK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. BUT FIRST OF ALL, THE IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE, JUST A COMMENT. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ON LOOPNET BEFORE. AND THIS IS IT'S PRETTY VALUABLE FOR US TO BE ON HERE. AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY WE WEREN'T FEATURING SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES ON HERE. AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN BUT MY QUESTION WAS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE SALES TAX AUDIT. SO IS SO THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT I GUESS CITYWIDE OR IN CERTAIN AREAS, WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN BUSINESSES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY VIA SALES TAX BEING COLLECTED. IS THAT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO SHOW US WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES? RIGHT. THIS IS A AUDIT CONSULTING FIRM, RIGHT. THAT THAT WILL DO AN AUDIT AND INVENTORY WORKING WITH THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WHERE THE REGISTERED BUSINESSES, THE MERCHANTS ARE REQUIRED TO REMIT THOSE SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF THE TAXING ENTITY. AND THEN THEY GO TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, WHO THEN CIRCLE THEM BACK TO THE CITY. BUT IT'S STILL RELYING UPON THE MERCHANT, THE POINT OF SALE TO FAITHFULLY REMIT THOSE. AND SO THIS PROCESS, THIS AUDIT ANALYSIS WILL REALLY ILLUSTRATE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE RATE OR LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE, HOPEFULLY. WOULD YOU CONCUR WITH THAT SCOPE, SOME OF YOUR ASSESSMENT? YES. THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS FIRM HAS CONDUCTED A PRELIMINARY AUDIT. AND IN THEIR FINDINGS THEY'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE CITY ISN'T CAPTURING THE FULL AMOUNT OF SALES TAX THAT IT SHOULD BE. AND SO BY ENTERING INTO THIS PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT, THIS CONSULTANT WOULD WOULD ASSIST THE CITY AND CAPTURING AND CAPTURING AND CAPTURING THE FULL VALUE OF THAT SALES TAX. AND THEN THIS THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED IS THAT. THE COMPANY WOULD GET A PORTION OF THAT THAT SAVED AS THEIR COMPENSATION. THIS IS INTENDED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CDC AT NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, AND THEN IT WILL COME TO YOU FOR YOUR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. BUT AND WE'RE SHARING THIS WITH YOU, BECAUSE THIS CAME OUT AS A RESULT OF OUR BUSINESS VISITS. AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT AT THE 
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REVENUE THAT'S BEEN GENERATED FROM SPECIFIC BUSINESSES. AND THAT'S JUST HOW THE DOMINO EFFECT AND WHEN THAT'S REALLY WHAT KIND OF PROMPTED THIS PRELIMINARY AUDIT. AND KIND OF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU. LIKE I SAID, WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS MATTER AND THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN THE COMING WEEKS. SO WE SEE SALES TAX CAPTURE. WHERE ARE WE CAPTURING THAT FROM? BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THIS FIRM, IT'S BEING CAPTURED FROM THE EXISTING BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT IN A SENSE, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT DISCOVERY, BUT IN A SENSE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'VE NOT BEEN THEY'VE INADVERTENTLY NOT PAID THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES? THAT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL FIND OUT MORE ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS GENTLY. IF PEOPLE THINK THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A REASON WHY THEY WEREN'T PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE, THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE POINT OF SALE WHILE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT IS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY GOING TO ANOTHER BENEFITING ANOTHER COMMUNITY. THAT'S A THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. AM I SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT'S EXACTLY HAPPENING. BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU MAY FIND OUT AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS AUDIT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M FAMILIAR WITH MR. CASNER AND HIS COMPANY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF HIS TOP EMPLOYEES IS A RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE. THIS IS ABOUT THEY HAVE TO FILE REPORTS WITH THE STATE AND THEY COLLECT TAX. A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T COLLECT IT WHEN THEY SHOULD OR THEY MISREPORT IT. OR TO VICTOR'S COMMENT, IT GETS MISREPORTED ON POINT OF SALE. AND SO WHAT THE AUDIT DOES IS FIND ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS REPORTS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATELY REPORTED, AND THEREFORE GIVES US AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING SOLD THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO THOSE BUSINESSES. SO IT DOES HAVE THAT IMPACT. SOMETIMES THE TAX GETS KIND OF PAID TO THE WRONG CITY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF I BOUGHT SOMETHING IN DUNCANVILLE AND IT GOT SHIPPED FROM SOMEWHERE IN DALLAS, IT MIGHT HAVE GOT REPORTED TO DALLAS, WHEN IN FACT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DUNCANVILLE. THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE'RE GOING TO FIND. BUT THE SALE DOES NOT GET ATTRIBUTABLE TO US. AND WE NEED THIS INFORMATION NOT ONLY FOR TAXES THAT ESCAPE SALES TAX THAT ESCAPES, BUT ACCURATE REPORTING OF WHAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE DOING IN TOWN. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, WE'RE CONCLUDING WITH BUSINESS DIRECTOR AGAIN. ANOTHER ONE OF THE ITEMS AT THE START, THE VICTOR SHOWED ON THE DEPARTMENT GOALS HERE AS A BUSINESS DIRECTOR, AS A SOFTWARE TOOL, BLUE DOT WORKS WITH SEVERAL CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THEIR PLATFORM. THE THING WE LIKE ABOUT THIS TOOL IS IT ALSO ALLOWS THE BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CAPABILITY OF UPDATING RIGHT THE INFORMATION FOR THEIR MERCHANT BUSINESS LOCATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS A AS A CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOL TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. AND AS PART OF, AGAIN, SOME OF THE OTHER SUITE OF SERVICES. 
          THEY HAVE SOME PROMOTIONAL FEATURES THAT IF WE WANTED TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AROUND SHOPPING LOCAL, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, IT HAS SOME CASH BACK FEATURES DIRECTLY IN THE SAME APP AND PLATFORM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS. AND AGAIN, JUST GIVE US MORE INTELLIGENCE, MORE TRACKING, AND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR ECONOMY. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE AGAIN OF A CITY WE MENTIONED IN NORTH TEXAS, OR IN THE REGION THAT MAKES USE OF BLUE DOTS AS A TOOL. OKAY, WE GOT THROUGH THE SLIDES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. ONLY MY SECOND TIME UP. BUT YEAH, FEEL FREE ANYTIME TO GRAB MY ATTENTION. SLOW DOWN, MR. GOFF. YOU GUYS ASK REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. NO THANK YOU. IT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. ONLY QUICK QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT WHEN CAN WE PROJECT THAT COMPLETION, OR AT LEAST GROUNDBREAKING TO GET STARTED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OBSTACLES WE NEEDED TO OVERCOME. BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM COMING 
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TO DUNCANVILLE. I KNOW THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. HAGER JUST BEFORE THIS, THIS MEETING, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU MADE CONSIDERABLE OR YOU FEEL THAT YOU MADE CONSIDERABLE STRIDES WITH SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, AND THIS IS JUST THAT OTHER SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES UP WITH THESE EASEMENTS AND, AND IT'S LIKE, SO OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON IT. AND THE EXCUSE ME, THE BUYER'S ATTORNEY IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THE BUYER TO OBTAIN CLARIFICATION ON THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS. SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT JUST AS WE THINK WE'RE GETTING FURTHER ALONG, SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP. AND SO I'VE BEEN PRESSING THE SELLER AND SAYING, HEY, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RELEASE IT? WHAT'S THE TIMING OF THE RELEASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS? WHAT I'M TOLD IS THAT ONCE THAT RELEASE HAS BEEN MADE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEGINNING TO END TO GET IT, TO GET IT DONE AND CLOSED, SO SIX MONTHS FROM NOW WOULD BE, WOULD PUT US ON OR ABOUT THE END OF THE YEAR. YEAH. BUT I'M, I'M TOLD THAT THIS IS A PRETTY EASY SITE. THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE. SO IT'S NOT VERY COMPLEX. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET ALL THROUGH ALL THESE TITLE ISSUES. AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT THIS PROPERTY JUST HAD THAT KIND OF ISSUE. SO BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE END USER. THEY LOVE THE SITE, THEY LOVE THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE POSITIVE. AND ONCE THEY OPEN, THEY WANT TO BE PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO THEY HAVEN'T LOST INTEREST. THEY'RE STILL OH NO, NOT AT ALL OKAY. 
          NO, NOT AT ALL. THERE WAS A ONE POINT THAT THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS TAKING TOO LONG, BUT WE'VE SHOWED THEM OF OUR PROGRESS. WE SHOW THEM WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND SO THAT'S KEPT THEM, YOU KNOW, AT THE TABLE, IF YOU WILL. AND BAKER. THANK YOU, SIR. THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY THAT'S NOT ONLINE YET RIGHT. NO, WE JUST SIGNED THE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE HOPING DEPENDING ON DEPENDING ON WORKLOAD AND SCHEDULE, THAT WE HAVE THIS UP ON OUR WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. WONDERFUL. ARE WE WORKING WITH THE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH THIS AT ALL? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD BE A NATURAL TIE IN, BUT I DON'T KNOW. YES, I APOLOGIZE. YES. 
          ONCE WE'RE FURTHER FURTHER ALONG IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL GET THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE WILL COMPARE NOTES. THE BEAUTY ABOUT THIS COMPANY IS THAT IT'S A COMPANY THAT THE CITY HAD USED IN THE PAST, AND SO THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THE DATA IN THEIR IN THEIR FILES. AND SO FOR THEM, IT'S A MATTER OF JUST KIND OF PICKING UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF AND NOT NECESSARILY A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YEP. YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. KOONTZ. 
          HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO WITH THAT BACK TO TOE, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE. 
          AND IS THERE ANY SCENARIO UNDER WHICH ANYTHING ELSE SINCE WE RELEASED THOSE LIENS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN TOE ON THAT PROPERTY? WELL, THERE'S SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH SHOULD BE CUT OFF THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S SALE, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THAT. THERE'S ZONING ON THE PROPERTY, SO IT COULD TECHNICALLY BE USED FOR WHATEVER IT'S ZONED FOR. IF SOMEONE ELSE BOUGHT IT OR THEY BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL. AND THEN SINCE SINCE THE CITY RELEASED THE LIENS, IS IT WOULD WE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, WELL, OKAY, WE'VE GOT SIX MONTHS TO DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO, OR WE CAN PUT THE LIENS BACK ON THE PROPERTY. THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED PENDING THE SALE. SO IF THE SALE DOESN'T GO THROUGH, THEN THE LIENS WILL NOT BE RELEASED BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE FILED. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY WITH THAT? THAT'S THE END OF OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US. AND THIS MEETING WILL BE
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