Jul 15, 2025 City Council

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING]

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OKAY. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. AT 6:00, STRAIGHT UP. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR WORK SESSION FOR OUR DUNCANVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM TUESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2025. AGAIN, THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR WORK SESSION DISCUSS OUR AGENDA ITEMS. ACM ABERNATHY. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YES. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM EIGHT IS JUST TO CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR SEVERAL MEETINGS WE HAD OVER THE LAST MONTH. THAT INCLUDES THE JULY 1ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE BUDGET PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 26TH, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON JUNE 10TH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 17TH. MOVING ON TO ITEM B, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON A IS JUST A RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE RATE INCREASE WITH ENCORE FOR JULY 31ST, ENCORE DID SUBMIT A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE TO GO INTO EFFECT ON THAT DATE. WORKING WITH THE ENCORE STEERING COMMITTEE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO SUSPEND THAT RATE SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT IN A BETTER RATE, AND THAT THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. ANY GO AHEAD. ITEM TWO CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR JULY. WE HAVE DUNCAN SWITCH ON JULY 19TH. AND THAT'S A CHAMBER EVENT IN DOWNTOWN. JULY 22ND IS THE JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BLOCK PARTY ON JULY 22ND AT THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE AT 6:00. COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON JULY 24TH AT THE SENIOR CENTER. JULY 28TH IS THE EDC MEETING AT SIX 29TH IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, BEGINNING AT FOUR AND THE JULY 30TH IS THE TIFF BOARD MEETING AT 630 HERE AT CITY HALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM THREE BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. ITEM A 25 BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM MR. PATRICK HARVEY. AND CURRENT CHAIR OF THE EDC. OR YOURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU KNOW YOU CAN HELP ME OUT. THANK YOU. IT'S ONE LESS MOVING PART I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. WANT TO THANK? MR. FINCH, MR. ABERNATHY AND MR. MARK. I'M STILL WORKING ON THE LAST NAME FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO GETTING THIS DONE, YOU MAY HAVE SIMPLY JUST COPIED PAPER. BUT TRUST ME, IT IS ALL IMPORTANT IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS. AND SO I WILL JUST GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT'S ■ON THE SCREEN, AND YOU CAN STOP ME AT ANY POINT AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND I'LL TRY MY BEST TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. I'M ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. ERICA BROWNING AND MR. BARRY GORDON. WE'LL SEE ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS. THEY MAY COME IN LATER. SO. 2025 BOND COMMITTEE, CREATED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 5-421 PURPOSE OF THE DUNCANVILLE CITIZEN BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A TRANSPARENT, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT PRIORITIZES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND GUIDES THE CITY'S DECISION MAKING REGARDING THE 2025 ELECTION. THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ONE. SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CALL FOR A BOND ELECTION TO. SHOULD A PORTION OF BOND CAPACITY BE DEDICATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE TO FACILITIES AND HEALTH AND SAFETY? IF SO, HOW MUCH? THREE. CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF BONDING CAPACITY AVAILABLE

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DOCTOR NESSA SASSER, APPOINTED BY MAYOR CONTRERAS ERIKA BROWNING, VICE CHAIR, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN GREG ZILKA, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERA CRUZ KIM MALONE, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK BURNETT LINDA YOUNG, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ BARRY GORDON, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHERRY BROWN MICHAEL WALLACH, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNEBAKER PATRICK HARVEY, REPRESENTING DC EDC. YOLANDA COLUMBUS, REPRESENTING PAZ. TIMELINE. JANUARY 2025 COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE. JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS. FACILITY REVIEW. SLASH FINANCIAL IMPACT SLASH.

REPORT TO COUNCIL. JULY 2025. BOND COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, AUGUST 18TH, 2025. LAST DAY TO ORDER GENERAL ELECTION OR ELECTION ON A MEASURE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 ELECTION DAY. HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? KEEP ON PLOWING THROUGH. OKAY. THE WORK OF THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE HAD SEVERAL COMMITTEE CONVENED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES TO DISCUSS AND EVALUATE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CITY'S NEED. MARCH 5TH, 2025. INITIAL MEETING TO OUTLINE OBJECTIVES AND REVIEW THE 2024 FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. MARCH 20TH, 2025 TO OF THE DUNCANVILLE SERVICE CENTER AND DISCUSSIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR APRIL 7TH, 2025. TOUR OF THE POLICE STATION AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES APRIL 17TH, 2025. TWO OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVALUATION OF FACILITIES. MAY 8TH, 2025 TO OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND LIBRARY FACILITIES. MAY 15TH, 2025 REVIEW OF THE 20 2500 REPORT RELATING TO THE FIELD HOUSE AND SPORTS FACILITIES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GENERAL SERVICES AND IT, JUNE 20TH, 2025 DISCUSSION ON THE 2025 DOG PARK MASTER PLAN CHARLES F LAD NATURE PRESERVE MASTER PLAN 2018 BOND AND DISCUSSION ON NEEDS, JUNE 20TH, 2025. DISCUSSION ON BONDING NEEDS, STRATEGY AND DRAFT REPORT

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AND SO THE 20 2024 FACILITY NEEDS 2025 CHARLES F LAD NATURE PRESERVE 2025 DOG PARK MASTER PLAN 2025 HUDSON SPORTS FEASIBILITY REPORT 2025. MATRIX POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ANALYSIS 2025. DUNCANVILLE 2040 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2025. INLAND PORT STUDY 2017 MARTIN MASTER PLAN 20 1999 DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE DELIBERATING, WE CONSIDERED THAT HILLTOP SECURITIES PROVIDED FINANCIAL AND BOND CAPACITY ANALYSIS, AND THEN FINALLY, THE CITY'S AUDIT HISTORY, FINANCIAL POLICIES AND DEBT RATIO BENCHMARKS. OKAY, SO THERE IS A WEB PAGE AND THAT IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE WEB PAGE. AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN RECALL HOW YOU GET TO IT. YOU CLICK ON THE HOME PAGE. THEN YOU GO TO. CITIZENS. OR DIE HERE. CITIZENS. AND ANYWAY WE'LL GO, YEAH, WE'LL DO IT LATER. WE'LL DO IT LATER. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ASSESSMENT OF THE 2018 BOND PROJECTS. AND NOW THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TO. HIS AUTOPSY. THE RIGHT WORD. ANALYZE, PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 2018 BOND PROJECTS? THE BOND SALE WAS 21.6 MILLION. TOTAL COST TO DATE 34.2 MILLION ACTORS IN THE COST OVERRUN COVID 19 PANDEMIC. UNCERTAIN SUPPLY CHAINS, COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES INCREASE AND CITY TRANSITION. SO. AFTER COVID, AFTER THE COUNTRY WAS COMING OUT OF COVID, THOSE OF US WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER KNOW THAT AFTER THE COUNTRY WAS COMING OUT OF COVID, THERE WAS AN INFLATION. RELATION RAGE, THE LIKES OF WHICH I PERSONALLY HADN'T SEEN SINCE JIMMY CARTER.

BUT THEN I REMEMBER THAT I WAS JUST A WEE LAD IN DIAPERS ON MY MOTHER'S LAP, AND I REMEMBER SEEING PICTURES OF ALL OF THOSE CARS LINED UP AND ASKED MY MOTHER, WHAT? IT. ANYWAY, I DIGRESS. PROPOSITION A PARKS AND RECREATION BOND AMOUNT $6.6 MILLION. TOTAL COST TO DATE 10 MILLION, JUST SHORT OF $200,000 OVER BUDGET, ALMOST $3.6 MILLION. AND THEN I'LL JUST KIND OF SKIP THROUGH THAT. BUT JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDER THE FLAG OF PROPOSITION A, SOME OF WHICH WERE FINISHED KIDS PLAYGROUNDS, SPLASH PAD, SOME ARE NOT FINISHED PRIMARILY, QUITE A BIT TO DO WITH HARRINGTON PARK. SO. CONTINUING PROPOSITION A PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES BOND AMOUNT 6.6 MILLION. TOTAL COST TO DATE 10.2 MILLION OVER BUDGET THREE POINT ALMOST 6 MILLION. THE STATUS I JUST MENTIONED A

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PROPOSITION B STREETS. BOND AMOUNT $6,600,000. TOTAL COST TO DATE 13.6 MILLION OVER BUDGET ALMOST 6.5 MILLION. ASTERISK NOT INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND CAMP WISDOM, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL HAPPEN AT ALL. IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME. BUT ANYWAY, THE SCOPE INTERSECTION AT NORTH MAIN BETWEEN CAMP WISDOM AND I-20 SOUTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE BETWEEN BIG STONE GAP AND WEST WHEATLAND ROAD. EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD BETWEEN SOUTH MAIN STREET AND 67, AND THE STATUS PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED IN PHASES. SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION COMPLETED FOR EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND 67 CITY COUNCIL IN 20 2122 CHANGED THE LOCATION OF THE CEDAR RIDGE SOUTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE PROJECT TO NOT CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE. SOME SEGMENTS WERE VALLEY ENGINEERED TO REMAIN WITHIN BUDGET AND SOME SCOPE. REDUCTIONS OCCURRED, AND THAT'S THE FUNDING STATUS. THANK YOU. PROPOSITION D SERVICE CENTER BOND AMOUNT 2.4 MILLION. AND TO PROVIDE A QUICK SUMMARY ON THE SERVICE CENTER. THE SERVICE CENTER IS BASICALLY BEING MOVED FORWARD TO THIS BOND THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. OKAY. COMMITTEE EVALUATED A FISCAL IMPACT OF A NEW BOND AND TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THE EXISTING BOND IMPACT TO TAXPAYERS. CONSIDERATIONS WERE GIVEN TO. FROM 15 MILLION TO 25 MILLION IN NEW BONDING IN TERMS OF 15 TO 25 YEARS. OKAY, SO HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST? NOW THAT'S TOUGH TO SEE. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TWO SCENARIOS. ONE IS A TRADITIONAL WAY OF AMORTIZING THE LOAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY LEVEL. AND SO THE IMPACT OF PAYING THE BONDS THAT WAY WOULD BE A PROJECTED IMPACT OVER AND ABOVE THE CURRENT RATE OF 2.2 CENTS. THEN IF WE USED AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD WHICH IS WRAPAROUND, THE IMPACT WOULD ONLY BE 1.2 $0.03. AND SO WHAT IS WRAPAROUND? WRAPAROUND IS A WAY OF ARRANGING PAYMENTS OF THE DEBT SO THAT THE PRINCIPAL GETS PUSHED FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE. AND YOUR FIRST FEW PAYMENTS ARE ALMOST LIKE INTEREST ONLY. WE'LL SEE THAT IN A MINUTE. OR AT LEAST IT'LL COME UP ON THE SCREEN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THERE WE ARE. OKAY, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS. TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION 3.874 MILLION IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND BASICALLY WHAT HILLTOP SECURITIES DID WAS THEY SAY, OKAY, LET'S ASSUME AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF 3% OVER THE CURRENT ASSESSED VALUATION. AND SAYS, RIGHT, THAT 3%. SO THE OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 BONDS, THIS IS THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND THE PAYMENTS RANGE GENERALLY JUST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT, 1.4 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE. AND THEN WHAT THAT SHOWS IS HOW AN

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THE UTILITY UTILITY. THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAYMENTS AND HOW THEY BREAK DOWN WITH POLICE FACILITY, IF YOU NOTICE THEY MOVE EVERY YEAR, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME AMOUNT.

IT STARTS OUT HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IT JUMPS UP. ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO LATER IT JUMPS UP AND LOOK AT THE PRINCIPAL 60,000, AND THEN IT RAMPS UP UNTIL YOU GET TO OUT HERE, WHICH IS 2042. AND THEN IT IT RAMPS ALL THE WAY UP TO 1,030,000. WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS, IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAMMER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. IT KIND OF RAMPS UP TO IT. SO IT'S JUST A WAY OF. ATTEMPTING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY TAX INTEREST AND SINKING FUND RATE SO THAT PEOPLE WON'T GET HAMMERED BY THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE CENTER, THEN AGAIN, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE DEBT WE HAVE NOW. IT'S LEVEL. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME AMOUNT YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. OKAY. SO EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED TO ADDRESS. ONE, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CALL FOR A BOND ELECTION. YES. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CALL FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 2022. SHOULD A PORTION OF THE BOND CAPACITY BE DEDICATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND HEALTH AND SAFETY? IF SO, HOW MUCH? YES. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THE FULL 20 MILLION. PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE WITH A 20 YEAR TERM, BE DEDICATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL CITY FUNCTIONS. THREE CONSIDER THE. CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF BONDING CAPACITY AVAILABLE AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY'S TAX RATE. A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I WENT THROUGH SOME OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS IN LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE CITY FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW.

BULLET POINT ONE THE CITY'S CURRENT DEBT RATIO IS JUST. 0.045%, WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL MEDIAN OF 2.2%, WHICH INDICATES A LOW EXISTING DEBT LOAD RELATIVE TO ASSESSED VALUATION.

SO WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SELL DEBT. BULLET POINT TWO. DUNCANVILLE MAINTAINS A STRONG DOUBLE AA BOND RATING, WHICH REFLECTS OUR FINANCIAL, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, OUR POLICIES IN VARIOUS FISCAL AREAS, AND LENDING CONFIDENCE FOR LONG TERM BORROWING. BULLET POINT THREE THE CITY HAS AMPLE BONDING CAPACITY UNDER STATE LAW AND TO ISSUE NEW DEBT WHILE MAINTAINING RESPONSIBLE RESERVE LEVELS AND OPERATIONAL STABILITY FOR. CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS. AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT LIST SEVERAL MOMENTS AGO. FIVE WHAT OTHER NEEDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE. THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED EMERGING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTED NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH SITE TOURS, PRESENTATIONS FROM CITY STAFF, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RECENT PLANNING EFFORTS, WHICH INCLUDES PARK AND RECREATION

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ESTIMATED TAX IMPACT. 0.014. IN THE GENERAL FUND. OH OKAY. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THE POLICE FACILITY. SECOND PART IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PUBLIC WORKS SERVICE CENTER FACILITY. THE EXISTING SERVICE CENTER IS OUTDATED, UNDERSIZED AND POSES LOGISTICAL AND SAFETY CHALLENGES TO STAFF. NEW FACILITY WILL IMPROVE FLEET MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, STORM RESPONSE, DAY TO DAY FIELD OPERATIONS, MATERIAL STORAGE AND OPERATIONS.

FIELD OPERATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING STREETS, WATER, WASTEWATER AND SANITATION SERVICES. RECOMMENDED FUNDING STRATEGY GAVE ME AN IN BOND FUNDING, WITH DEBT SERVICE COMING FROM THE GENERAL UTILITY FUND. DIRECTLY ALIGNING COST RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE OPERATIONS THE FACILITY SUPPORTS, RESULTING IN NO INCREASE IN THE CURRENT UTILITY RATE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE EXISTING RATES TO DO THIS. IN ADDITION, 2 MILLION FROM THE 2018 BOND AND 2 MILLION FROM THE INTEREST OF THE 2018 BOND SHOULD RESULT IN 12 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT. AS IT'S DRAWN UP RIGHT NOW ON THE DRAWING BOARD. I

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OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER PICTURE. I WILL LOOK AND I WILL LOOK. I WILL LOOK OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO CONTINUING WITH THE NEW SERVICE CENTER ALSO A DESIGN BUILD CONCEPT. NO SLASH LIMITED CHANGE ORDERS. 10 TO 12 MILLION. ESTIMATED EXPENSE. GENERAL FUND NO IMPACT. UTILITY FUND.

ABSORBED IN CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE. ANTICIPATED 630,000. IN DEBT SERVICE. WE SAW THAT A FEW MOMENTS AGO. CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE COULD SUSTAIN A DEBT PAYMENT AS EXPENSES ARE REDUCED IN A UTILITY FUND. WATER LEAKS CORRECTED. THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SO I'M GIVING AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING ON THIS SYSTEM WHERE THEY KNOW WHERE THE LEAKS ARE AND THEY CAN GO OUT AND FIX THEM. YES. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. YES. OKAY. SO I HAVE A LIST OF LET'S SEE. OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE 27 OKAY. GO ON TIME FOR THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. LET'S START WITH 34.2 MILLION COST TO DATE FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE 2018 BOND. BUT THERE ARE STILL OUTSTANDING BONDS, OUTSTANDING PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED. SO AND I HEAR YOU SAY NO CHANGE ORDERS.

SO HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE PROPOSED BOND PROJECTS WITHOUT GOING OVER AND AVOID CHANGE ORDERS? SO THAT'S FIRST QUESTION. OKAY. LET ME ANSWER THAT BY SAYING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M A FINANCE GUY AND I HAVE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THIS WAS THE PLAN AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME. BUT THEN WHEN THINGS GOT UNDERWAY, THERE WERE DISCOVERY. YES, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. NOW, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS I AM BILL, AND I MAY NEED THIS TO HELP ME JUST IN CASE I MISSPEAK. SO LET ME LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW AND THEN YOU CAN AMPLIFY IT. WHAT I KNOW IS THAT UNDER DESIGN, BUILD OR AT LEAST WHAT I'VE LEARNED, WHAT I'VE LEARNED UNDER DESIGN BUILD, IS THAT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS ARE MARRIED TOGETHER. AND SO WITH THEM BEING MARRIED TOGETHER AND WORKING. ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT CREATES CONDITIONS THAT CAN REDUCE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE ORDERS. YEAH. SO I BELIEVE WITH THE DESIGN BUILD, AS WHAT YOU MENTIONED, IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE DESIGN BUILD, THERE IS THE ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE TO EVERYTHING, BUT SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE DESIGN BUILD IS BASICALLY THE FACT THAT THE ENGINEER AND THE CONSTRUCTION REALLY WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER, BEING ONE ENTITY INSTEAD OF TWO, AND IN THE CASE OF THE DESIGN, BID, BUILD AND THEN BEING ABLE TO SORT THINGS TOGETHER AND AVOID THE, THE DISAGREEMENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT USUALLY HAPPENS BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE ENGINEER. DESIGN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE DOES HELP SOMETIMES WITH, YOU KNOW, LESS CHANGE ORDERS OR NO CHANGE

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AND THAT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY IN ALL CITIES WHERE COSTS OUTSTRIP THE BOND. AND SO THAT PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON HOLD OR MOVED OVER. AND THEN YOU'RE TYPICALLY KIND OF REFINANCING, IF YOU WILL. OKAY. AND I'LL TRY TO WRAP UP REAL QUICK SO OTHERS CAN ASK QUESTIONS. WHEN WILL THIS BE DUE FOR THE FIRST PAYMENT? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING FOR A VOTE IN NOVEMBER. THAT PUTS US ALREADY IN FISCAL YEAR 2016. SO IF IT'S APPROVED, I ANTICIPATE FISCAL YEAR 27 IS OUR FIRST PAYMENT ON THIS. IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? YES. SO HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO. I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND THEN I'LL ASK MR. RICHARD JACKSON TO JUMP IN AND STOP ME IF I SAY SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUSLY WRONG. HOW'S THAT? SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, IN ANOTHER LIFE I WAS FINANCE DIRECTOR OF DIFFERENT CITIES, AND SO I HAVE I WENT THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE A TIME OR TWO.

AND SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT BOND PAYMENTS ARE DONE TWICE A YEAR. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST. WHAT HAPPENS IN FEBRUARY IS USUALLY I THINK IT'S A INTEREST PAYMENT THAT'S MADE. AND THEN IN AUGUST IT'S THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT THAT'S MADE. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOND IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SENT INFORMATION TO JOHN AMES AS TO WHAT WE THINK OUR DEBT BURDEN IS GOING TO BE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A TAX RATE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE GIVE THEM. HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE INTEREST PAYMENT THAT'S DUE. BUT THE AMOUNT OF THE PROCEEDS, IF EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE, WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IN AUGUST. THAT'S WHY WE CAN SAY THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, NOT THE YEAR AFTER THAT. THEN YOU CROSS EACH BRIDGE AS YOU GET TO IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. OKAY. AND HOW AM I? HOW AM I DOING? YOU'RE DOING GREAT. ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT.

BECAUSE I HEAR UTILITY PAYMENTS OR UTILITY FUNDS WILL PAY FOR THIS. AND I ALSO HEARD UTILITY FUNDS PROPOSED FOR ANOTHER EXCEEDANCE IN OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET. SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER THE EXCEEDANCES AND THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET AND TO COVER FUTURE POSSIBLE BONDS? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY IN WORKING WITH OUR RATING AGENCY, OUR CONSULTANT, RICHARD. IF I MISS ANYTHING THERE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT CAPACITY. YES. OKAY. AND WHAT OTHER ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED AND WHY DO WE ONLY END UP WITH TWO? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

LET ME ANSWER FOR MYSELF. SO 2018, THERE WAS MULTIPLE PROPOSITIONS, MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

AND SO WE NOW KNOW THAT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY WE THOUGHT. AND SO I FELT RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN, WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE AND UTILIZE

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RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, IN A IN A GOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENT, YOU CAN NEVER DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT. SO YOU GOT TO MAKE CHOICES. SO THOSE I FEEL LIKE SETTING IT UP IN THAT MANNER WILL SET THE STAFF UP TO WIN AND GET THIS DONE. AND WE CAN GET ON DOWN THE ROAD WITH SOME OTHER THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT YOU REMIND ME, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S GONE ON WITH THIS. AND I PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS MR. BRYANT BECAUSE I THINK HE'S PROBABLY THE, THE, THE SENIOR MOST PERSON HERE. BUT THE COMMENT WAS MADE NO TO LIMITED. CHANGE ORDERS. AND SO WITH OUR FIRE STATION AND I KNOW YOU GOT ON THE TOWN THAT HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS DID THEY END UP BEING CLOSE TO. 30. YEAH.

WE'RE 27. 27. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BROCK AS WELL. AND THEN AND THEN ALSO FOR DANIEL DALE. I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW WE HAD A WATER LINE THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE MOVED AND THAT STUFF. AND I KNOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS ARE ON THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, BUT PROBABLY GIVE OR TAKE A DOZEN. PROBABLY EVEN MORE THAN THAT, HONESTLY. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER CHANGE ORDERS. THERE'S A LOT THOUGH. YEAH. AND THAT THAT ENDED UP A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS OVER BUDGET, RIGHT. SO I GUESS IT JUST EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STAFF IN HERE. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE QUALIFIED TO, TO ACTUALLY RUN OR OPERATE THIS. SO, SO AND I THINK TO SIMPLIFY THE DESIGN BUILD CONCEPT, IT'S GENERALLY ONE FIRM, ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S WORKING TOGETHER. AND LIKE YOU HAD SAID, THEY'RE TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS DESIGNING IT. CONCEPTUAL WHAT'S REASONABLE, WHAT'S ETHICAL, WHAT WORKS. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IT'S ALL ONE GROUP THROUGHOUT FROM START TO FINISH. SO WHEN YOU TAKE ONE FIRM THAT DOES THE DESIGN AND THEN YOU MARKET THAT DESIGN TO THE WORLD TO JUST BUILD SOMEONE ELSE'S DESIGN, IT'S JUST ONE CONFLICT AFTER ANOTHER. AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT. ALL PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WOULD BE AN AVERAGE OR KIND OF AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF CHANGE ORDERS FOR A PROJECT? GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT? I MEAN, THEY RANGE ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO SEEING 4 OR 5, YOU KNOW, NOT MANY. AND USUALLY THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THE LAST COUPLE OF SEWER JOBS AND WATER JOBS WE DID, THERE WAS 2 OR 3, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE LITERALLY EXCAVATED SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NO IDEA WAS THERE. AND EVEN THE FRANCHISE THAT OWNED IT DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. SO BUT USUALLY NOT ME. AND SO IF I IF I MAY ADD HERE SOMETHING I THINK TO THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ORDERS ARE NOT REALLY YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT SAY THERE WILL BE LIKE 1 OR 2 OR THAT'S IDEAL. YEAH. THERE SHOULD IN FACT, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGE ORDERS IF WE'RE IF WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT, LIKE IF WE'RE REALLY ESTIMATING THINGS PROPERLY, WE EXPECT THE DIFFERENT WHAT TO EXPECT. WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AND THERE IS GOOD CONTRACT DOCUMENT TO BACK THAT UP. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, WHAT'S ON THEM. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGE ORDERS, BUT UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION, LIKE YOU COME UP SOMETIMES INTO SITUATIONS WHERE IT WAS NOT EXPECTED, LIKE YOU'RE DIGGING THE GROUND AND SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. BUT BUT IN CHANGE, ORDERS ALSO CAN BE BUNDLED LIKE IT'S NOT THE COUNT SOMETIMES TO LIKE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS DONE MANAGED DIFFERENTLY IN A WAY. OKAY, IT'S GATHERED. YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL, ADDITIONAL LABOR, ETC. GATHERED TOGETHER INTO ONE THING THAT COMES TO COUNSEL. OTHERS DO IT LIKE EVERYTHING COMES TO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, SMALLER PIECES. SO THAT IS LIKE FIVE CHANGE ORDERS VERSUS ONE FOR EXAMPLE. SO IT REALLY IS DIFFERENT HOWEVER YOU

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THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE A QUESTION, MATT, DO WE HAVE A DEDICATED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR INSPECTOR THAT WILL BE ON EACH ONE OF THESE JOBS? WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS AND WE HAVE VARIOUS INSPECTORS. WE DON'T HAVE A CITY ENGINEER AT THIS TIME, THOUGH, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHERE THAT PERSON WOULD BE. BUT YEAH, WHAT I WOULD WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE DESIGN BUILD, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, WITH THE CITY MANAGER, DOUG, IS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HIRE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE CITY TO THE MOST EFFICIENT AND PROTECTIVE CITY'S BEST INTEREST BECAUSE, AS ELTON WAS MENTIONING, THEY ARE THE DESIGNER AND THE BUILDER. SO IF WE WANT TO PROTECT THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THE THINGS IN THE CITY, STANDARDS AND QUALITIES AND THE MATERIAL TESTING AND EVERYTHING WE WOULD NEED A DEDICATED TEAM TO DO THAT OR OR A WHAT'S CALLED CMM. WE CAN DO THE PM SIDE WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM AVAILABLE, BUT CM DEFINITELY, WE'RE SHORT ON THAT. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC WORKS DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR FOR GENERAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR SURE. SO YEAH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND HIRING SO ON AS AN EXAMPLE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT I KNOW CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON THE DANIEL PROJECT. WE HAD A WE HAD AN ENGINEER OVERSEEING IT BUT THAT WASN'T YEAH WE HAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES THROUGH THE DESIGN FIRM. YEAH. SO ESSENTIALLY IT WAS OUTSOURCED SIMILAR TO WHAT CHAD IS TALKING ABOUT. WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE FOX GUARDING THE HENHOUSE. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT JUST IF YOU SAW CEDAR HILL BUILT A BIG LIBRARY OR BIG FACILITY OVER THERE, THEY USED A DEDICATED PROJECT MANAGER WAS EXPERIENCED IN THAT AREA. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY PAID FOR THAT SERVICE, BUT THEY SAVED MORE THAN THEY WOULD PAID OUT. AND SO I JUST TELL YOU, IF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS GOING TO USE DESIGN BUILD, WE NEED TO DEFINITELY ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF PROJECT MANAGER DEDICATED AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT THEY DON'T GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE A AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS NOT NOT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED THAT WE GOT TO FIT IN BEFORE OUR MEETING. SO, MR. PENNEBAKER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT REAL QUICK. FIRST, MR. RAVI, THANK YOU. AND THE COMMITTEE MET OFTEN, AND I THINK YOU'LL PUT A REAL GOOD, RESPONSIBLE, THOUGHTFUL REPORT. CONSERVATIVE REPORT TOGETHER. THE. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE WE ASSUMING IT PASSES AND I'VE READ THE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE SPRING 2026.

IS THERE A PERIOD IN THERE WHERE WE START GOING OUT FOR BIDS OR. BREAKING GROUND WITH ENGLAND?

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW YOU'RE ON WHAT ITEM? IT HAS TO BE

[CALL TO ORDER]

TUESDAY, JULY 15TH. REGULAR DUNCANVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:27 P.M. MOVING ALONG.

WE'LL. WE HAVE PASTOR CHERYL STYLES WITH TRINITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE HERE FOR INVOCATION. STAND IN. SIR, SHALL WE PRAY? SURE. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER IN THIS ROOM. IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE TO BE GRANTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AS THEY DELIBERATE THE IMPORTANT ISSUES BEFORE THEM TONIGHT, GRANT THEM CLARITY OF MIND, DISCERNMENT AND THEIR DECISIONS AND THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AS THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. MAY THEIR ACTIONS BE GUIDED BY JUSTICE, FAIRNESS AND COMPASSION, AND MAY THEIR DECISIONS REFLECT YOUR WILL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE PRAY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT OUR CITY MAY PROSPER UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DIVINE GUIDANCE. WE ASK THESE FAVORS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGES OF THE FLAGS.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE FROM GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU.

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

MR. MACK BURNETT WAS THERE THEN. SHE WAS ALSO A DISD TRUSTEE FOR MANY YEARS, GAVE A LOT TO THE

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SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, TOMMY WOLVERTON OF WOLVERTON AIR CONDITIONING. THEY WERE A LONG ESTABLISHED BUSINESS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE THAT SERVED PROBABLY MANY OF YOU. AND WE'LL

[ 1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

AND EVEN I GOT TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, COMMEND MY COHORTS HERE BECAUSE THEY, THEY DID VERY WELL IN THE, IN THE PARADE, NOT QUITE OFF PROBATION BUT, BUT YOU'VE YOU'RE FURTHER ALONG. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT IT WAS OUTSTANDING EVENT AND WITH LITTLE TO NO INCIDENTS. AND I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT ALL THEY DID AND THE PRODUCTION THAT WAS DONE. ALSO THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND'S DUNCAN SWITCH. SO WE HAVE THE TRADE DAYS OUT THERE THAT'S HAPPENING. AND THEN ALSO THE REMINDER FOR JULY 22ND, THAT'S A JOINT MEETING AND COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY AT THE FIELD HOUSE. BUT IT'S UNVEILING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE MY FAR LEFT, TO YOUR TO YOUR RIGHT DID A DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT DONE. AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY OF CHAMPIONS. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MAYOR, I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE A FEW COMPLIMENTS. I WILL START WITH THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT. THE PLANNING, THE NEW EVENTS PLANNER, DEVIN, AND ALL OF THE CITY STAFF. WHAT AN EXCELLENT, WONDERFUL JOB YOU DID ON THE 4TH OF JULY. I KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, TRAVELS FROM EVERMAN TO COME AND ATTEND OUR 4TH OF JULY. SHE PASSED UP OTHER CITIES JUST TO COME HERE TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND BRING ME MY GRANDCHILDREN. AND I CAN ALWAYS TELL IF THE EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL BASED ON HOW THE CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING IT AND THEY LOVED IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT, THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. WE HAD AMUSEMENT RIDES, WE HAD A GAME STATION, A TRUCK SET UP FOR GAME STATION, LIVE PERFORMANCES, A TON OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PICTURES, PHOTO BOOTHS. SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN PUTTING THAT EVENT ON. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY RECOGNIZE TEXAS FADES BARBERSHOP. MY SCHEDULE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE COMPACT WHERE I HAD TO CANCEL MY HAIRCUT APPOINTMENT WITH MY NORMAL STANDING BARBER, AND TEXAS FADES WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON. SO THEY ARE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, THEY ARE ON MAIN, AND THEY DID THIS LOVELY HAIRCUT I HAVE TONIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BARBERSHOP, TEXAS FADE HAS HELPED ME. AND ALSO BIG MIKE'S.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAND IN AND COVER ME A TIME OR TWO. SO THOSE ARE TWO THAT IF YOU NEED A BARBERSHOP, CONSIDER THEM. THEY'RE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANK YOU TO KELLY. KELLY, YOU PROVIDED OUR MEALS FOR TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL, AND YOU RECENTLY OPENED ON MAIN AS WELL. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO BY CITY OF CHAMPIONS, PLEASE GO BY. I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY THE RESTAURANT. IT'S A NICE AMBIANCE. IT'S A NICE SETUP THERE. AND THEY

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

WE DON'T. WE WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT ATTENDED AND ALSO JUST THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A JOB WELL DONE ON THAT EVENT. I DID WANT TO SEND KUDOS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK. WE DID HAVE SOME STORMS. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TREES OR OR DOWNED DEBRIS, BUT THERE WAS ABOUT THREE ISOLATED SITUATIONS WHERE THERE WERE SOME AND THEY QUICKLY PICKED THAT UP. SO WE THANK YOU. THANK THEM FOR THEIR QUICK EFFORT AND TAKING CARE OF THAT.

ANOTHER INTERESTING TIDBIT, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID HIRE A COMPANY A STARE TO DO SOME SATELLITE IMAGING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN OUR OUR WATER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND AMAZINGLY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 79 LEAKS SO FAR. WE'VE REPAIRED THREE. AND OUR UTILITIES TEAM IS DILIGENTLY WORKING TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE LEAKS. SO WE REALLY ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE AND REALLY IMPROVE OUR WATER SYSTEM FOR THE CITIZENS.

AND JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, WE DO HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON JULY MEETING ON JULY 22ND AT 6 P.M, AND THEN STAFF IS DILIGENTLY WORKING TO PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE WORKSHOP ON JULY 29TH. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW WE MOVE ON

[2.A. Proclamation designating July as Parks and Recreation Month]

OH. THERE YOU GO. YOU MIND READING IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY NAME IS BART STEVENSON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF STANDING BEFORE YOU TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE REPRESENTED BEHIND ME. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HARD THESE FOLKS WORK, HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE TO THEIR JOBS, AND MAKING SURE OUR CITIZENS HAVE THE BEST PARKS AND THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, AS WELL AS OUR SENIOR CENTER. SO THANK YOU GUYS. SO PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING. AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES. AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES. NOW, NOW, THEREFORE, GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR

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[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

SO THAT BEING SAID, IF WE RECEIVED CITY SECRETARY, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS. NO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED FIVE SUBMITTALS. WE HAVE RECEIVED FIVE SUBMITTALS ELECTRONICALLY. THOSE WILL BE READ DURING THAT PUBLIC OR WILL THOSE WILL BE PUT ON THE RECORD FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE PUBLIC HEARING EVENTS THAT THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO BY WHOEVER FILLED THEM OUT. THEY EITHER PUT 5 OR 5. SEE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CARD TO SPEAK OUTSIDE OF THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THAT'S BARBARA OWENS. DO YOU CARE TO SPEAK? WE'RE READY. BACKYARD OF NEIGHBOR. THAT WHAT IT IS? COME ON UP. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

BARBARA. LAST NAME OWENS. I'M AT 1526 NATALIE LANE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR I THINK ABOUT SINCE 2014. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING BY COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL AND TRYING TO TALK TO, TO THE CODE DEPARTMENT. BUT I CAME DOWN ON JUNE THE 11TH, AND THE NICE LADY AT THE FRONT GAVE ME A CODE CARD WITH THE NAME OF ERNEST, LAST NAME L A N A S ON IT. SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE IN COURT AND THAT HE WOULD GIVE ME A CALL. WELL, I GAVE HIM A CALL AND LEFT A MESSAGE. HE DIDN'T GET BACK WITH ME, SO I CALLED HIM THE NEXT DAY, AND WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, MA'AM, HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON THE COMPUTER. I SAID, I'M 75 YEARS OLD. I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER. I'M CALLING YOU TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

ANYWAY, NO CALL BACK. AND SO I CAME BACK AGAIN LAST WEEK ON JULY 8TH, ASKING THE SAME THING, BECAUSE I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S A HOARDER, AND I'VE PUT UP WITH IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I GET OUT IN MY YARD. I WORK FROM SUN UP TO SUNDOWN. WHEN I'M NOT WORKING, I TAKE PRIDE IN MY YARD, AND I'M TIRED OF EVERY TIME I GO OUT AND LET MY GARAGE UP HERE. THESE TWO BIG, HUGE BOATS WITH TARPS ON THEM. THE FENCE IS WARPED AND THE FENCE GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND SOME KIND OF WAY. HE WENT AND FOUND A TARP THAT GOES FROM ALL THE WAY, ONE END TO THE OTHER END, AND I'M TIRED AND SO I CAN'T GET NO HELP FROM ANYBODY. ONLY THING I KNOW TO DO IS MOVE BECAUSE I'M TIRED. THEY WON'T KEEP THE YARD UP. AND SO WHO ELSE IS IT TO CALL IF YOU DON'T SIT UP AND TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH. AND I SPOKE TO HIM TO ERNEST AND I TOLD HIM THAT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU. AND SO MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AND HELP ME BECAUSE I'M TIRED. I'M TIRED. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THE BOATS ARE HUMONGOUS. THIS WEEKEND IT WAS TWO IN THE BACKYARD, ONE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND ONE IN THE GARAGE. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. BEING THAT IS THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS FOR

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[5.B. Conduct a public hearing (Case# ZONE-2025-00006) for consideration and action regarding the request of Keaton Mal, applicant, for a Specific Use permit “SUP” for the use Fuel Pumps on, Amalgamated Properties, Block 1, Lot 1, approximately 1.7604 acres, more commonly known as 615 South Cockrell Hill Road, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas]

WE HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED TO SUPPORT YOUR PLANNING, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT THROUGH.

SIR, COULD YOU COULD YOU RAISE YOUR MICROPHONE UP? SORRY. MORE AUDIBLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MY NAME IS BRANDON KANE. I'M A LEAD PLANNER WITH OLSON AND HERE TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THIS EVENING. LET'S SEE HERE. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST TONIGHT, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 615 SOUTH COCKRELL HILL. THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICATION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS REQUESTING TO REDEVELOP THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS A FUELING STATION WITH A RETAIL CONVENIENCE STORE AS THE PRIMARY USE AND FUEL PUMPS AS AN ACCESSORY USE CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT IS PROVIDED THE RETAIL USE ISN'T AS OF RIGHT USE, BUT BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FUEL PUMPS WITHIN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE ACCORDING TO SECTION 3.03, IT DOES REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE FUEL PUMPS ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE APPLICATION THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR AN SUP FOR TO ALLOW FOR FUEL PUMPS AS AN ACCESSORY OR INCIDENTAL USE ON THE PROPERTY TO SUPPORT THE MAIN RETAIL FACILITY THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS IDENTIFIED AS OPPORTUNITY AREA NUMBER ONE. THAT IS, WITH YOUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE AWARE THAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE ABOUT TO ADOPT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT WE ARE GOING OFF OF WHAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO OPPORTUNITY AREA NUMBER ONE REALLY IDENTIFIES THIS CORNER. AND THIS AREA IS FOR HIGH QUALITY INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHWAY 67, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, EITHER STANDALONE OR AS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT WHEATLAND ROAD AND COCKRELL HILL, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE SPEAKING OF. AND ALSO FOR THIS AREA WITHIN OPPORTUNITY AREA NUMBER ONE, THE SUPPORT FOR MEDIUM OR HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, EITHER STANDALONE AS PART OF A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS LOCAL OFFICE AND RETAIL DISTRICT. HERE'S JUST AN AERIAL PHOTO THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY TO KIND OF SHOW THE WHAT IS SURROUNDING YOUR AREA. THERE IS AGAIN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH. TO THE TO THE NORTH. YOU HAVE AN EXISTING CONVENIENCE AND GAS STATION FACILITY AS WELL. AND THEN TO THE EAST YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AS I MENTIONED FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ZONED LOCAL AREA RETAIL. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING USES THAT ARE AS PART OF YOUR ZONING MAP AS WELL. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US. THIS IS REALLY JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. THE FUEL PUMP CANOPY IS GOING TO BE MORE CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION OF WHEATLAND ROAD AND SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD. THESE ARE SOME PROPOSED ELEVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US. THIS APPLICATION WAS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY PRIOR TO US OR OLSON BEING BROUGHT ON BOARD LAST YEAR, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY WITHDREW THE APPLICATION AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION. THEY CAME BACK FORWARD WITH THE REVISED SITE PLAN THAT YOU SEE HERE AND REVISED ELEVATIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE FUEL PUMPS THIS EVENING AS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY WITHIN YOUR ZONING CODE AND YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THERE ARE ABOUT NINE DIFFERENT CRITERIA ELEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF

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WITHIN YOUR ORDINANCE, YOU CAN PLACE TIME PERIODS ON SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, AND THAT IS ONE, AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION? HOWEVER, AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF THIS, YOU CAN PLACE TIME PERIODS ON SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, BUT USUALLY THAT IS FOR MORE TEMPORARY TYPE OF USES. THAT OR THEY'RE NOT MAKING A SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO THE PROPERTY. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AS WELL. AS PART OF YOUR EVALUATION THIS EVENING.

FOR THE APPLICATION, YOU HAVE FOUR OPTIONS TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING. AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION, YOU CAN APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AS SUBMITTED. YOU COULD APPROVE IT WITH CONDITIONS. IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE OR COMPATIBILITY. AND YOU CAN ALSO AND DIRECT STAFF TO AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE, YOU MAY DENY THE APPLICATION OR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, BUT PLEASE STATE THE REASONS WHY OR YOU CAN TABLE IT TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU. MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION FOR THE MAKE THE MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND. BY BY COUNCILMAN JERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST THING I'LL DO IS I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS, OF THIS REQUEST, IS THERE ANYONE? ADDITIONALLY, CAN I HAVE A GENTLEMAN? MR. COOKS, COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MARK COOKS, 1106 BRADLEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE STATION ON COCKRELL HILL AND WHEATLAND. AND THE REASON I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THAT STATION IS I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING SO MANY STATIONS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, BUT BEING ON THE BEST SOUTHWEST BOARD. AND MANY OF YOU ARE MUCH AWARE OF THAT.

WHAT IS MISSING IN OUR CITIES FOR BEST FOR OUR GAS STATION IS ELECTRONIC CHARGING STATIONS.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHARGING STATIONS. ONE. WE'RE TALKING CHARGING STATION TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS THE HIGH LEVEL CHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRONIC VEHICLES. AND WITH OUR ECONOMY MOVING TO MORE ELECTRONIC VEHICLES, WHAT MORE OF A VEHICLE THAT YOU COULD USE THAN TO BRING A CHARGING STATION HERE IN DUNCANVILLE OTHER THAN COSTCO, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER? THAT COULD ALSO BRING DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLE TO US. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IN NOT HAVING THAT CHARGING STATION OR ANOTHER STATION THERE, RIGHT BESIDE IT YEARS AGO, WAS A CALLOWAY'S. AND WHEN I SAID THERE WERE YOU SITTING, WE TURNED DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT CALLOWAY'S ANOTHER BUSINESS. AND THE FIRST THING THAT OWNER DID WAS TO MAKE IT A BEAUTY SUPPLY FACILITY. I'M I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO JUST TAKE ON ANYTHING, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CVS, THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER AND ALL OF THE ALL OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO THAT, TO THE BUILDING AND OUR

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HI, MY NAME IS AMY ROBLEDO. I LIVE AT 911 EISENHOWER DRIVE HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSED GAS STATION. THIS AREA IS ALREADY FULL OF GAS STATIONS. WE SIMPLY DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE. IT DOES NOT REFLECT OUR LONG TERM VISION FOR THE CITY. WHAT OUR CITY TRULY NEEDS ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ADD VALUE TO US, LIKE A RESTAURANT OR A SHOP THAT WOULD SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FAR BETTER AND HELP SHAPE THE KIND OF FUTURE WE ALL WANT TO SEE. THE GAS STATION PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH OUR CITY'S POTENTIAL.

WE DESERVE BETTER. LET'S INVEST IN SOMETHING THAT BRINGS GROWTH, NOT JUST MORE OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. ZILKA. GREG ZILKA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND STAFF. THANK YOU AND MAYOR FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD BE AGAINST THIS SUP FOR A COUPLE REASONS. I THINK THAT THE AREA IS VERY CONGESTED AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC FLOWING THROUGH THERE. TO ADD ANOTHER GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET TO ME, ADDS A SAFETY FACTOR THAT I DON'T THINK IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA. I THINK THAT THE AREA, WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT DEVELOPED JUST WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD PROMOTE SOMEONE TO BE THERE LONGER TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE BUSINESS THAT'S THERE VERSUS A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY QUICK SALE TURNOVER.

AND THAT'S WHAT THESE STORES ARE GEARED TOWARDS, HIGH FREQUENCY AND JUST GET THEM IN AND OUT.

AND THAT TO ME INCREASES TRAFFIC FLOW. THAT INTERSECTION IS NOTORIOUS FOR SITUATIONS OVER THERE. I JUST FEEL IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE TO PUT ANOTHER GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT ENDS THE CARDS THAT WERE PUT IN TO MAKE COMMENTS. DO I NOW HAVE THOSE OPPOSED THAT DID NOT FILL OUT CARDS. DO I NEED TO GIVE MY NAME AND ADDRESS. YES OKAY. EMILY BRIDGES 418 OLEANDER 75137. SO FIRST I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING THE COUNCIL FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW ARTS COMMISSION AND THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND THERE'S SOME NEW BUSINESSES FLOATING AROUND THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. AND THE UPCOMING, THE UPCOMING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR. I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT. YOUR EFFORTS ARE TRULY APPRECIATED AND DON'T GO UNNOTICED. HOWEVER, I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A GAS STATION IN THE OLD CVS BUILDING. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO LARGE GAS STATIONS WITHIN A CITY BLOCK AND THEY REMAIN DIRTY. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK, AND ONE OF OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARES. A RECENT STUDY IDENTIFIED CONVENIENCE STORES WITH GAS STATIONS AS THE SECOND INDUSTRY THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS PROPERTY VALUES, AND I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT ADD ANY VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE GAS STATION? YES. SARAH KOONCE 226 CREEKWOOD COURT, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I AM OPPOSED

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THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY ASKING A QUESTION. ARE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM MURPHY HERE TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEFF TUCKER. I WORK FOR MURPHY USA AS A REAL ESTATE MANAGER. MY ADDRESS IS 1321 BERKSHIRE ZIP CODE 75078. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THE TIME AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

WE HAVE OUR CIVIL ENGINEER HERE, KEATON MEYER, WITH THE DIMENSION GROUP, THAT CAN ANSWER MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAN I CAN, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON. JUST WANTED TO KNOW YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, OKAY. NOW, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE I AM ELECTRIC CAR OWNER. SO IS THERE A PLAN TO PUT ELECTRIC PUMPS THERE? NOT CURRENTLY, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO IT. IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR US. WE DON'T HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THEM, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THEM IN. SO WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ADDING EV TO THE SITE. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR, MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE CHARGING STATIONS. SO THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. BUT WE HAVE FUEL PUMPS ON OUR AGENDA FOR, FOR TONIGHT. SO. AND I THINK THAT WE THINK OF FUEL PUMPS, WE THINK OF GAS STATIONS. AND AS WAS STATED, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR GAS STATIONS WITHIN A MILE OF EACH OTHER ALREADY ON THAT STRETCH OF COCKRELL HILL.

SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF REDUNDANCY THERE. AND I WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS A CITY CONTROL OVER WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES WITH THE PROPERTY. IF THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE. BUT AS FAR AS US HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO, THERE'S SOME THINGS HAPPENING ON COCKRELL HILL ON THAT STRETCH. WE DO HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, I BELIEVE, MOVING US CLOSER TO MAKING THAT AREA MORE OF A NICER GATEWAY TO THE CITY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS KIND OF THE VISION FOR THAT AREA. AND THE FUEL PUMPS SEEM TO BE OR THE GAS STATION SEEMS TO BE A STEP BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP IF WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. CAIN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AND I DID READ THROUGH THE PACKET, BUT THE PNC, AS MISS BROWNING SAID, DID NOT APPROVE THE GAS STATION, NOT THE PUMPS, BUT THEY THEY DENIED THEY MADE THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE OR THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE FUEL PUMPS. BUT THAT MOTION FAILED. RIGHT. THE CONVENIENCE STORE ISN'T AS OF RIGHT USE ON THE PROPERTY. SO THEY COULD COME THROUGH THE NORMAL SITE PLANNING PROCESS, RECEIVE APPROVAL THROUGH THE DRC, AND THEN GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE CONVENIENCE RETAIL PORTION OF IT. WHAT YOU ARE REVIEWING THIS EVENING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SPECIFIC OR EXCUSE ME, WHAT YOU WERE REVIEWING THIS EVENING IS FOR THE FUEL PUMPS BECAUSE AGAIN, ACCORDING TO YOUR ZONING

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK. GOT A QUESTION DOWN THERE. NO, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, THE MOTION FAILED SEVEN. THERE WERE EIGHT. I COULDN'T COUNT THAT HIGH, BUT I CAN GET SEVEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE. ITEM FIVE C CONDUCT A

[5.C. Conduct a public hearing (Case# ZONE-2024-00013) for consideration and action regarding the request of Brian Nelson, Applicant, representing Life School for a zoning change from SF-13 to Planned Development (PD) for the construction of a Educational Facility on Keystone Place, Block 1, Lots 1, ACS 6.005, more commonly known as 1600 South Cockrell Hill Road and Nel A Ayers, Abstract 11, Tract 9, ACS 99.265, more commonly known as 1000 East Daniedale Road, in the City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas]

MAYOR, I WOULD KIND OF INTERRUPT YOU AT THIS POINT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC NOTORIETY OF THIS CASE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT PROBABLY 99.9% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE HERE ABOUT THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO SUSPEND THE REGULAR RULES AS IT APPLIES TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME IDEA THAT IMPOSE A 15 MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE APPLICANTS, ONE HOUR FOR THOSE IN FAVOR, ONE HOUR FOR THOSE AGAINST TO SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN TO YOU TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT, TO ALLOW AS MANY PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING IS WE'RE GOING TO SUSPEND, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO SUSPEND THE RULE THAT NORMALLY WOULD GIVE US TEN MINUTES FOR THOSE IN FAVOR AND FIVE MINUTES FOR THOSE OPPOSED. BUT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT ONLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WITHOUT HAVING SIGNED UP, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER SUSPENDING THE RULE TO WHERE THE PRESENTERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL HAVE 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT. AT THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE WILL. GIVE THE THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR AND THOSE THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF TIME IN ONE HOUR. SO WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT EACH PERSON SPEAKING TO TWO MINUTES. NOW, THE ODDITY IN THIS PROCEDURE IS THAT UNLIKE THE TWO MINUTE SESSION THAT PRECEDED THIS, WITH THE 1 OR 2 SPEAKERS, WE CANNOT COMMENT BACK IN THIS CASE RIGHT HERE. IF A COUNCIL MEMBER HEARS YOU SPEAK IN YOUR TWO MINUTES AND THEY HAVE A QUESTION THAT THEY WANT TO BRING BACK UP TO YOU DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A CONCERN ABOUT YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR COMMENT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU'RE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME, BUT YOU MAY BE CALLED ON TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION OR CONCERN THAT YOU STATED DURING YOUR TIME. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THIS. SO, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE SUSPEND OUR RULES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT HAS REQUESTED OR MADE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULE. ACCORDING TO WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU ALL. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ? PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. IN CITY ATTORNEY. SO

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I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT MR. KOONTZ IS ASKING? ARE WE PREPARED TO ALLOW A PRESENTATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LIFE SCHOOL, A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION? AND THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW 15 MINUTE REBUTTAL BY THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED. SO I'LL ASK THE COUNCIL TO GIVE ME WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THOSE OPPOSED? DO YOU MEAN THE CITIZENS TO COME BACK UP HERE? I DON'T WANT CITIZENS ARGUING WITH ONE ANOTHER. THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, NOT EACH OTHER. CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCILMAN KOONTZ ON WHO WHO WOULD BE THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTING ANY GROUP IN OPPOSITION. SO? SO TYPICALLY OUR PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS IS WE ALLOW TEN MINUTES IN THE AGGREGATE FOR AND THEN TEN MINUTES AGAINST, AND THEN WE ALLOW FIVE MINUTES OF REBUTTAL ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL. SO IF SOMEONE GETS UP AND SPEAKS IN FAVOR AND THEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT AND THEN VICE VERSA, THEY'RE HERE TO ADDRESS YOU, NOT EACH OTHER. SO IF YOU ASK THEM A QUESTION, BRING THEM BACK UP HERE AND HAVE THEM ANSWER THE QUESTION. BUT I DON'T WANT THE CITIZENS ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSING YOU, TELLING YOU WHY THEY'RE IN FAVOR, WHY THEY'RE AGAINST NOT ARGUING WITH ONE ANOTHER. I MEAN, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOME CITIZEN GETS UP AND SAYS SOMETHING EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST AND YOU WANT TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS FROM BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD EVERYONE COMMENT, SAY, HEY, A SAID THIS, B SAID THIS. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU IS WHY DID YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID? OR WHY? TELL ME WHY A ISN'T CORRECT, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM ARGUING WITH ONE ANOTHER. OKAY, MAKING A DECISION. YOU GUYS RUN THE MEETING, NOT VICE VERSA. WITH THAT TO. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS MR. KOONTZ DESIRE TO TAKE A CONSENSUS OR VOTE UP HERE, MAKING A MOTION THAT HE WANTS TO IMPOSE THAT RULE, THEN.

OKAY, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ REQUEST, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AN HOUR CUMULATIVE HOUR FOR EACH SIDE, AND THAT WILL BE MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING FOR TWO MINUTES AT A TIME. AND IF WE GET TO AN HOUR POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A SMALL ENOUGH GROUP IN HERE THAT PROBABLY MAY NOT, MAY NOT NEED THE FULL HOUR, BUT WE'LL WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT. SO OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT I NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OR HEAR THE PRESENTATION. FIRST, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET BOTH THE PRESENTATIONS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE RECORD.

OKAY. MOTION TO OPEN THE MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, THAT MOTION BY MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, MAYOR. WE'LL.

ALL RIGHT. PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF AGAIN.

BRENNAN. KANE WITH OLSON MAKING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING TO DEVELOP AN

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SOME OF THE KEY DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PLAN.

DEVELOPMENT. THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA FOR THE PROJECT IS AROUND 355,000FT■!S. TOTAL BUILDING.

BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HOUSE BUILDING HEIGHT IS BEING PROPOSED AT 36FT, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS FOR CLEAR STORIES, AND THEN ALSO THE STADIUM PRESS BOX THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROPOSED STADIUM. THE STADIUM LIGHTING PERMITTED WITHOUT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WITHIN YOUR ZONING CODE. RIGHT NOW, YOU ONLY HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING LOT LIGHTING. AND AGAIN, AS PART OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS THAT HAS GONE THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED STADIUM AND THE LIGHTING THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR THAT FACILITY, THERE'S CONSIDERATION TO PUT THAT INTO THE PD TO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE IS THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR CUT OFF PROVISIONS SO IT DOESN'T SPILL OUT ONTO THE OTHER PROPERTIES AND OTHER MEASURES AS WELL, ALONG WITH PARKING CUSTOMIZED RATIOS FOR THE PARKING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH THE STADIUM. ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS AS PART OF THE PD, THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING MODIFICATIONS. YOU HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE HERE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS SITS TODAY. IT'S ABOUT 100 ACRES IN TOTAL, HAS A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON IT. IT HAS A LOT OF EXISTING WOODLAND ON THERE AS WELL. THE APPLICANT HAS CITED, AND THEY'LL PRESENT AS PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION WHY THEY'VE LOCATED THE BUILDING WHERE IT IS AND THE FACILITIES WHERE THEY'RE AT. BUT AS PART OF THE PD APPLICATION, MOST OF THE TREE CANOPY IS INTENDED TO STAY. BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE RIGOROUS LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF YOUR ORDINANCE, THEY'VE ASKED FOR SOME RELIEF FROM THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE OF MAINTAINING THE NATURAL CHARACTER AND CANOPY THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY. SCREENING AND BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS. YOU HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN THERE. RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE PROPOSING AN EIGHT FOOT PRECAST CONCRETE WALL BETWEEN THE PROPOSED OR BETWEEN THE FACILITIES AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, ALONG WITH FENCING AS WELL. THERE ARE SOME PARAMETERS AS PART OF THE PROJECT WITH FENCING THAT IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING CLOSER TO THE PUBLIC ROAD, AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF ON THAT TO COMPLY WITH T SAFETY STANDARDS AS PART OF THAT. AND THEN THE EXTERIOR DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL, THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW 80% MASONRY COVERAGE IN LIEU OF ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS DUE TO SAFETY AND FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. AS I MENTIONED, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. AS I STARTED MY PRESENTATION WITHIN YOUR CITY ORDINANCES, SCHOOLS CAN BE SITED IN PRETTY MUCH ANY ZONING DISTRICT YOU HAVE, AS LONG AS IT IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OLSON WAS AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

AN APPLICATION WAS MADE LAST YEAR, IN MARCH OR APRIL OF LAST YEAR, HAD GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE REVIEWS INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY. OLSON WAS ENGAGED IN AROUND NOVEMBER OF 2024 TO DO AN INDEPENDENT ZONING OR ZONING AUDIT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT A PD WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT APPLICATION. IF, AGAIN, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY AND THE BUILDINGS TO BE SITED AS IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER PROJECTS, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT

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I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON HERE A LITTLE BIT AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE APPLICANT, AT THEIR EXPENSE AND THE REQUEST BY THE CITY HAD A THIRD PARTY REVIEW. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WAS PREPARED BACK IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT AND IS PART OF THE PD APPLICATION. AGAIN, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN DOES SUPPORT HOW TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE HANDLED FOR A HIGH SCHOOL AND THE AND THE FUTURE MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA AS WELL. SO THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING ARE SET IN PLACE THERE AS PART OF THAT. BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PD THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO CHOOSE TO MOVE THIS APPLICATION FORWARD WITH AN APPROVAL WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND WOULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE PD, THAT IT IS THE STANDARDS AND THE IN THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THAT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE ORDINANCE AS PART OF THAT. THAT WAS ONE INDEPENDENT REVIEW. WALTER P MOORE WAS ALSO RETAINED TO COMPLETE ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE TR AND TMP, AND CONCLUDED AS PART OF THEIR ANALYSIS AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE DRAINAGE AND SITE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION THAT THE PROJECT BEING PROPOSED DOES CONFORM AND DOES MEET THE STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC STANDARDS, ALONG WITH YOUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR THE SITE AS WELL. THE WITHIN YOUR PACKETS AND ALSO THE REVIEWS THEY DO. IT DOES CONCLUDE THAT THE MITIGATION FACTORS THAT LIFE SCHOOL IS WILLING TO TAKE ON AS PART OF THEIR OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MET OR EXCEEDED YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF STANDARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR YOUR PUBLIC ROADS, THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS DO INCLUDE SOME SIGNALS FOR THE PROPERTY, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM FOR THE PROJECT. IT DOES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TURN LANES ON BOTH DANNY DALE AND COCKRELL HILL ROAD. I'LL LET THE APPLICANT GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS IT RELATES TO THOSE TRAFFIC MITIGATION, BUT THAT COMES AT AN EXPENSE OF AROUND 3 MILLION THAT THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO TAKE ON AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE TIA THAT WAS CONDUCTED AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY TO EXPAND THAT TIA. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS, I WOULD SAY, OR ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT HIGHWAY 67 AND COCKRELL HILL ROAD THAT THE APPLICANT. IT'S NOT PROPOSED AT THIS TIME BUT HAS STATED, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THEIR PLANNING APPLICATION, WILLING TO CONSIDER THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL, THAT IS MORE OR LESS STRIPING REQUIREMENTS TO POTENTIALLY PROPOSE FOR TWO LANES THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH TXDOT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HIGHWAY 67 IS A TXDOT ROAD, BUT THAT OPTION IS OUT THERE AS WELL FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON MAY 12TH, 2025 AND CONTINUED ON JUNE

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THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. BUT FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. HI, MY NAME IS BRIAN NELSON, PRINCIPAL WITH HKS ARCHITECTS IN DALLAS. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH THE TIME CONSTRAINTS HERE. I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE HAD THIS PACKET. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT HAVE COME UP AND WALK THROUGH THE PLANS A LITTLE BIT. SO SOME REALLY QUICK FACTS. LIFE SCHOOL IS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPEN ENROLLMENT, INCLUDING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. THEY'RE FUNDED INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION BY TAX DOLLARS. THERE'S TWO PHASES PLANNED ONE HIGH SCHOOL OF 1200 STUDENTS. PHASE TWO IS 800 STUDENTS. FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE'S 790 SPACES ON THEIR THING. FULL BUILD OUT, 10,000 LINEAR FEET OF CAR QUEUING, MULTIPLE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT NOT ONLY WILL REDUCE OUR MITIGATION AT SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP OFF, BUT WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF DANIEL DALE AND COCKRELL HILL, A THOUSAND SEAT GYM AND A 1500 BLEACHERS FOR PHASE ONE. HERE'S A SITE PLAN OF OUR THING. A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT IS THE BENEFIT OF NATURE, AND THAT FOR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THIS IS LAID OUT IS THAT THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS ARE AGAINST THE WOODED AREA, THAT WE'RE KEEPING ALMOST ALL OF THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA IN THERE, EXCEPT FOR OUR DRIVEWAY TO COME THROUGH. SO AS KIDS COME THROUGH IN THE MORNING, THEY'RE GOING TO COME THROUGH A WOODED AREA AND HAVE NATURE ALL AROUND THEM. AND THEN OVER HALF OF THE CLASSROOMS FACE THE NATURE IS WHY THIS IS SITUATED THERE. AND THEN THE STADIUM IS OR THE ATHLETIC VENUE IS ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE IT'S AND THERE'S SOME SITE REASONS FOR THAT. IT IS FLATTER AND THEN ALSO THAT'S UNKNOWN BY THIS PLAN AS THERE IS A SEWER LINE THAT CANNOT BE REDONE. AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE LOWERED EVEN AT THE MANHOLE OUT IN THE STREET OR THE STREET SEWER, AND THERE'S

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ENHANCED LIGHTING WITH SIX POLES. USUALLY THERE'S FOUR SOME HIGHER POLES SO THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT LESS SPILL OUT OF THIS AREA INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE THING TO MENTION ON THE HEIGHT, IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE THIS ATHLETIC FIELD TO DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM, THEIR TOP OF PRESS BOX IS 71FT. WE'RE AT 27FT. JUST SO WE'RE KIND OF PEOPLE. DON'T CONFUSE THAT. THIS IS A GIANT STADIUM. IT'S A IT'S A SMALL LITTLE BLEACHERS AND FIELD AND TURF. ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS HERE OF WHY EVERYTHING IS SITED WHERE IT IS. YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC. GRADE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SITE. AND SO TO BE CONSCIOUS OF A ALL THE TREES AND JUST NOT DESTROYING THE LAND AND THE NATURE AND WHAT IS EXISTING OR CAUSING FLOOD ISSUES IS WHY THE PROJECT IS SITED WHERE IT IS. ONE THING I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT OUR DRAINAGE IS ACTUALLY REDUCING. THE CURRENT, WHICH IS UNDEVELOPED LAND IS GOING TO REDUCE THE RUNOFF TO THE EAST EVEN IN OUR DEVELOPED CONDITION FROM WHAT IT IS UNDEVELOPED. SO WE'RE IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE FOR THIS AREA INTO A RETENTION POND BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE CREEK.

OUR TRAFFIC QUEUING PLAN. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING. I KNOW SOME OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH QUEUING. THIS WAS MEASURED. IT'S UNDER A LOTS OF STUDIES ABOUT HOW MUCH QUEUING IT TAKES. THEY WENT AND MEASURED THEIR WAXAHACHIE SITE. THIS IS A BRAND NEW DEVELOPED THING THAT HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH CAR QUEUING, AND EVEN WHAT IS SHOWN THERE IS EXTRA ALREADY AVAILABLE ON SITE. IF THERE WERE TO BE ANY ISSUES THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. SO THAT IS ALREADY BUILT INTO THIS. FOR CAR QUEUING, WE DO NOT FEEL IN ANY WAY THAT THERE WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH QUEUING BECAUSE IT'S BEING DESIGNED FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, UNLIKE SOME OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT WE KNOW HAVE HAD ISSUES. A COUPLE A FEW THINGS ON OUR TRAFFIC I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT. WE ARE DOING TURN LANES AT AND A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT OUR ENTRANCE. AND THEN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHASE TWO WILL HAVE ANOTHER TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WILL HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH GET OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THAT COMES ONLINE. AND THEN THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY, EVEN WHEN THE SCHOOL IS NOT THERE, BUT IS ALSO A MITIGATION OF US, IS WE ARE EXTENDING THE LEFT TURN LANE AT DANIEL DALE, AND THEN WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT TURN LANE, A NEW RIGHT TURN LANE AT AND STACKING AT COCKRELL HILL TO GO TO DANIEL DALE. SO THAT WILL IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW. AND THEN WE'RE DOING RIGHT PROTECTED ARROWS ALSO. SO THIS IS PART OF OUR MITIGATION THAT'S REQUIRED AND BEEN APPROVED BY TWO DIFFERENT REVIEWERS AND A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. BUT IT IS ALSO GOING TO IMPROVE AND FITS WITHIN THE REGULATIONS AND IS ALSO GOING TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL TRAFFIC DAY TO DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY. HERE'S A LIGHTING DIAGRAM I WANT TO SHOW YOU OF THE ATHLETIC VENUE LIGHTING. WE ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF. I BELIEVE THE CITY REQUIREMENTS IS TWO IS ONE FOOT CANDLE. AT THE PROPERTY LINES. WE ARE AT 0.01FT CANDLES AT THE AT THE EAST PROPERTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND WE ARE ALMOST 300FT FROM THE NORTH, PROPERTY LINES OF 0.0FT CANDLES. POINT ZERO FOOT CANDLE IS A FULL MOON, SO NO ACTUAL LIGHT PHYSICAL LIGHT

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THERE'S ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THIS. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE COMING LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET A STARBUCKS AFTER SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO EAT BREAKFAST BEFORE SCHOOL, WE'RE COMING TO AN EVENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A RESTAURANT, WE'RE GOING TO STOP AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE, WE'RE GOING TO SHOP BECAUSE IT'S ON OUR WAY TO SCHOOL. ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME THERE. I DO WANT TO SAY OUR STUDY APPLIES. WHILE 10% IS AVAILABLE FOR HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS, WE THIS STUDY ONLY ASSUMED 2%. AND WITH THAT ARE THESE NUMBERS FOR A TEN YEAR BENEFIT ARE DIRECT COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT FOR AND OPERATIONS IS 30 MILLION OVER TEN YEARS, 86 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS. INDIRECT IS PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THOSE THINGS IS 5,000,042 MILLION INDUCED IS PEOPLE SHOPPING AND OTHER THINGS, AND EVEN PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF GOOD SCHOOLS. ALL OF THESE IN A TEN YEAR PERIOD WOULD RESULT IN ALMOST $800,000 IN TAX REVENUE AND $7.4 MILLION IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. BECAUSE OF PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASING BECAUSE OF HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT EVEN TAKING THE 10%. WE'RE ONLY DOING 2% AND GETS US TO THAT POINT. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS. JUST SOME VIEWS OF THE SCHOOL. HOW NICE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL BRICK. VERY. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PORTABLE BUILDING OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOME OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS MAY HAVE OR SOME OTHER SCHOOLS MAY HAVE. THERE'S NO MODULAR. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, IN MY OPINION. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN DAHLBERG WITH MY SCHOOL ALSO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN DAHLBERG AND I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM THAT REPRESENTS LIFE SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TONIGHT. AND THANKS TO MR. NELSON FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES. IT WASN'T DISCUSSED BY THE STAFF, BUT I KNOW IT'S IN HIS REPORT.

I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE ALL BEEN BRIEFED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXEMPTION FROM LAND USE ZONING ORDINANCES, SO LONG AS THEY DON'T ACT UNREASONABLY OR CREATE A NUISANCE, WHICH CERTAINLY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE HERE WITH LIFE SCHOOL. BUT I WANT TO EXPOUND ON THAT. THE ACTUAL CASE THAT'S REFERENCED IN THE STAFF REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, AUSTIN ISD VERSUS CITY OF SUNSET VALLEY, INVOLVED SIMPLY AN AUXILIARY USE A NONACADEMIC BUILDING THAT WAS SEPARATE, NOT ADJACENT TO. AND PEOPLE MIGHT THINK A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT IS INCLUDED, NOT SO MUCH THE SCHOOL, BUT TO THE ATHLETIC FACILITY. AND I JUST WANT TO WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT THE SUPREME COURT IN THAT

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RIGHT. A FULL MOON NIGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTING. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LESS THAN THAT RIGHT AT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES IS GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING LESS THAN A FULL MOON'S WORTH OF LIGHT TO THOSE PROPERTY LINES.

THE FEARS THAT THESE BRIGHT LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ILLUMINATING PEOPLE'S LIVING ROOMS ARE UNFOUNDED. IT'S JUST NOT WHAT THE LIGHT STUDY SUGGESTS. THE BUFFER IS.

VEGETATIVE SCREENING PROBABLY COST LIFE SCHOOL AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 TO ADD IN THE WALL AND THE SCREENING, JUST TO REALLY PROTECT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FROM HAVING TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOL IN THE FIELD AND VICE VERSA. WE'VE COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE CITY REQUIRED TRAFFIC MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. I'M SORRY I'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S BEEN A MISCONCEPTION IN THE PRIOR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS BIASED OR THAT IT CAN'T BE TRUSTED, AND THAT SOMEHOW THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AND REPORTS SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THAT. BUT THAT'S SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. IT'S NOT BIASED. THIS WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY. THERE WAS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT WAS AGAIN COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY. YES. WE HAD OUR OWN TRAFFIC STUDY THAT CORROBORATED THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CITY STAFF REPORT IS BASING THOSE FACTS ON. THEY'RE BASING IT ON ACTUAL DATA THAT'S COLLECTED SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES THAT ARE APPLIED. AND THOSE CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN FROM THAT. THEY'RE NOT BASED ON, I WOULD SAY, ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OR UNFOUNDED FEARS THAT RELATE TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. FINALLY, I THINK AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, LIFE SCHOOL ASKED THE CITY IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD DO, ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE COULD ADD, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. THAT'S BEEN THE STORY ALL ALONG, RIGHT? EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS ASKED FOR, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO MEET AND ACCOMMODATE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE. I'LL SAY LIFE SCHOOL LOOKS FORWARD TO BECOMING AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO. OKAY, AT THIS POINT, THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE MAYOR. I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE SENT TO THE CITY PETITION AND SOME OTHER THINGS. I'D LIKE ALL THAT STUFF

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APPROVING THIS REZONING GIVES FAMILIES LIKE MINE A CHOICE WE ONCE DIDN'T HAVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT MEANS STUDENTS WHO NEED A SMALLER, VALUES DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT CAN SUCCEED WITHOUT LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STRENGTHENS PROPERTY VALUES, FOSTER CIVIC PRIDE AND

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WORK. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHAD ROARK, 1207 CANDLELIGHT AVENUE, DUNCANVILLE. MY FAMILY MOVED TO DUNCANVILLE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE. WE LOVE THE TOWN. WE LOVE THE PEOPLE. ME AND MY WIFE GOT THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AT A CHURCH AND IT'S OVER IN OAK CLIFF. WE WERE WE WERE YOUTH LEADERS, AND A LOT OF OUR TEENAGERS WERE ENROLLED AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT ANY OF THE STUDENTS I'VE MET. THEY HAD GREAT, GREAT STORIES TO TELL, GOOD PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS SOMEONE THAT WILL BASH THE SCHOOL. LIKE YOU SAID, CITY OF CHAMPIONS. THEY'RE PRETTY COOL TO BRAG ABOUT. BUT SOME OF THE STORIES YOU HEAR FROM SOME OF THE KIDS, I'M SURE THERE COULD BE EXAGGERATED. ALL THE FIGHTS. THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OVERCROWDING. I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL IN THAT I'M BASICALLY A GLORIFIED MECHANIC. BUT I DID GET TO KNOW SEVERAL OF THOSE KIDS, AND MY CHILDREN CURRENTLY GO TO LIFE SCHOOL, CEDAR HILL. IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY LOVE IT. WE LOVE IT. THE TEACHERS ARE AWESOME. STAFF'S BEEN GREAT. THE FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK HAS BEEN AMAZING.

CURRENTLY I HAVE TWO KIDS ENROLLED, BUT THE THIRD CHILD WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TAKE NAPS OFF OF US. SO SHE'S NOT IN SCHOOL YET, BUT I, I, I FORESEE HER BEING A PART OF LIFE SCHOOL AS WELL. FROM THE EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD SO FAR, JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT THE, THE, THE ATMOSPHERE, THE SPIRIT THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE KIDS THERE. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. BESIDES THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAVE NOW. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THERE'S OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS, ONE DOWN THE ROAD IN DESOTO, OR I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE MENTION VILLAGE TECH, WHICH WE HAVE FRIENDS THAT GO THERE AS WELL. IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL, I'M SURE, BUT WE ALSO WILL FACE IF THESE

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EDWARD PERRY. HELLO, EDWARD PERRY, 824 CANYON PLACE, DESOTO, TEXAS. I'M ALSO A FORMER STUDENT. I WENT TO THE CAMPUS THAT'S GOING TO BE GETTING RELOCATED, AND I GRADUATED IN 2014, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT LIFE HIGH SCHOOL, MOVING HERE TO DUNCANVILLE AS A FORMER STUDENT, I EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE VALUES, THE SUPPORT AND SENSE OF PURPOSE THAT LIFE SCHOOL BENEFITS AND INSTILLS IN THE STUDENTS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THAT OUR NEW STUDENTS WILL HAVE AT LIFE HIGH SCHOOL. DUNCANVILLE, RELOCATING. RELOCATING TO DUNCANVILLE OPENS THE DOOR FOR A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OUR STUDENT LED CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY DOING INCREDIBLE WORK WHERE WE ARE IN OAK CLIFF THROUGH FOOD DRIVES, CLOTHING DONATIONS AND SERVICE PROJECTS. BRINGING THESE EFFORTS TO A NEW COMMUNITY HERE IN DUNCANVILLE WILL NOT ONLY ENRICH OUR STUDENTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO HAVE A LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. LIFE HIGH SCHOOL'S LIFE HIGH SCHOOL'S MOVE TO DUNCANVILLE ISN'T JUST ABOUT A NEW BUILDING, BUT IT'S ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND IT'S ABOUT PREPARING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD WITH CHARACTER AND PURPOSE, AND ABOUT BECOMING A PARTNER IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHARLES ROARK. MY NAME IS CHARLES ROARK AND I LIVE IN 1207 CANDLELIGHT AVENUE.

MY WHOLE ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AT LIFE SCHOOL, CEDAR HILL, AND HAS PUSHED ME TOWARDS GREATER HEIGHTS OF LEARNING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS AMAZING BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY WANT TO HELP YOU LEARN AND WE HAVE FUN. I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOL AT DUNCANVILLE CAMPUS. THANK YOU. WAS THAT ANOTHER ROARK SHOUTING OUT IN THE BACK? THOUGHT SO. OKAY, I'M GOING TO TRY THIS ONE. CASSANDRA. SUITOR. CASSANDRA. AND I BEING SAY THE

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NAME AND ADDRESS. OH, NAME AND ADDRESS. NISA SASSER, HARTFORD, 1531 MACARTHUR DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. SO I HAD A LOT OF NOTES THAT I WAS WRITING EVEN BEFORE THE MEETING. BUT BASICALLY, IT JUST BOILS DOWN TO ASKING YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KEEP THE. THE AFFECTED AREA, THE LIFE SCHOOL BOARD AS SF, SF 13 IS INTENDED LAND USE. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE MANY NOTES I HAVE ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS. WE'VE WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT AND I'M HERE. I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE ASKING NOT JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT OTHER SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. IN DUNCANVILLE. THE MAJORITY DO NOT. PLEASE DO NOT REZONE AND CONSIDER KEEPING IT AS SF 13. SO SOME OF THE COMMENTS, ONE OF THE COMMENTS LIFE SCHOOL MADE EARLIER WAS WE MIGHT BE IN A BETTER POSITION. LIFE SCHOOL CANNOT MAKE THAT DETERMINATION FOR US, SO WE'RE PUTTING IT IN YOUR HANDS LISTENING TO ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO FORTH TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HARRIS.

PRESTON.

HARRIS PRESTON, 1503 MACARTHUR DRIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CITY MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY APOLOGIES. AS SAID BEFORE, MY NAME IS PRESTON AND I'M A PROUD UPCOMING SENIOR AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE SCHOOL. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CHARTER SCHOOL MAY NOT TAKE AWAY FROM EXISTING RESOURCES OR PROGRAMS, I STILL BELIEVE IT'S UNNECESSARY. DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY PROVIDES EVERYTHING STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED, AND I'M LIVING PROOF. I'M A VARSITY FOOTBALL PLAYER, A DUAL CREDIT STUDENT AT OUR COLLEGIATE PROGRAM WHO WILL BE GRADUATING IN MAY WITH OVER 50 COLLEGE CREDITS, A DECA BUSINESS LEADER, AND THE TREASURER OF OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THESE EXPERIENCES WEREN'T LIMITED TO JUST ME. MANY OF MY CLASSMATES ARE EXCELLING THROUGH STRONG ACADEMICS. WITH OVER 26 AP CLASSES OFFERED INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WITH OVER 20 CLUBS OFFERED AND COLLEGE PREPARATION. AS DUNCANVILLE JUST SENT FOUR STUDENTS TO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. WE DON'T LACK OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE IT. WE DON'T LACK ACCESS. WE HAVE IT.

WILL WE NEED IS CONTINUED BELIEF IN THE STRENGTH OF THE SCHOOLS ALREADY SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

RATHER THAN BRINGING IN NEW SYSTEMS, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON GROWING AND SUPPORTING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF A STUDENT WHO'S BENEFITED FROM YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HUGH. HUGH BELTON. GOOD EVENING. HUGH BELTON, 1530 HALSEY DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE. BEEN THERE FOR 18 YEARS. I LIKE TO SAY I HAVE A FEW NOTES, BUT I'M GOING TO HIT THE HIGH POINTS. MAINLY I DON'T WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT JUST WE DON'T WANT THE WRONG KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THE, THE

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GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS MARSHA POTTS, 947 FAIRWAY. DUNCANVILLE. TO GOING TO JUST KIND OF JUMP AROUND ON SOME NOTES THAT I HAVE. I WANT TO START BY SAYING IN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, WE'VE SAT THROUGH LISTENING TO EMPLOYEES FROM LIFE, SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT GENERALLY SEEM TO ONLY WANT IT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSER TO HOME. THEY'VE MADE THE CHOICE TO BE A PART OF LIFE. SCHOOL DECIDED IN WAXAHACHIE, CEDAR HILL AND OTHER AREAS. I DON'T THINK MY COMMUNITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MY NEIGHBORS SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE HIT FOR A DECISION THAT'S MADE TO PUT IT IN A COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF AN AREA LIKE IT IS IN WAXAHACHIE, ON A STREET SERVICE ROAD, WHERE THEY'RE NOT DISTURBING HOMES, LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS. I'VE BEEN IN DUNCANVILLE AT THIS SAME SPOT FOR 21 YEARS. SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN 30 AND 40 YEARS. THEY'RE NOT IN THE MINDSET AT THIS POINT IN THEIR LIVES TO HEAR BANDS AND FOOTBALL GAMES AND LIGHTS. WHILE THE GENTLEMAN SAID THE LIGHTS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, THE NOISE AND THE SOUND, YOU WON'T TOUCH IT BECAUSE WE CAN STILL DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL ON FOOTBALL NIGHTS AND OTHER ACTIVITY NIGHTS, WE CAN STILL HEAR THEM RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR WHEN WE WALK OUTSIDE.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WALK OUTSIDE TO HEAR THEM. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH AGAINST IT. TRAFFIC, DUNCANVILLE. I MEAN, IF YOU ALL ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS TRULY INVOLVED IN THE CITY, YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS LIKE NOW AT A REGULAR LIGHT. NOW IT'S ALREADY GOING INTO THE BACK STREETS WHERE YOU HAVE TO WAIT 7 OR 8 CARS BACK ON EVERY SIDE IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH A STOP SIGN. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PROBLEM ON TOP OF A PROBLEM AND EXPECT TWO LANES, A RIGHT TURN LANE HERE AND A RIGHT TURN LANE HERE TO FIX IT. I DON'T THINK SO. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF NOT MORE THAN BUT ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS, TEACHERS FAMILY FRIENDS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. JOINING THAT MASSIVE EFFORT OF THIS ONE PROJECT COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALICIA BROWN YOUNG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND TO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICIA BROWN YOUNG. I LIVE AT 1503 HALSEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. WE'VE BEEN BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING SEVERAL TIMES DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE AND THE STATISTICS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THERE ARE 4495 OPEN SEATS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ADDRESS REALLY QUICKLY IS THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE THIS MEETING, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FAVOR DO NOT LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE, AND THAT'S VERY CONCERNING AND VERY DISTURBING TO ME. LET ME JUST SAY, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT ARE PROPOSING THE PROJECT SEEM MORE FOCUSED ON THEIR OWN INTERESTS THAN ON THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY LIVING HERE. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TO NO MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND ABSOLUTELY NO CONSIDERATION OF HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD NEGATIVELY, NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE, THE RESIDENTS, WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASED NOISE, TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION AND LONG TERM DISRUPTION. YET OUR VOICES ARE BEING IGNORED, IGNORING THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED IS NOT JUST INCONSIDERATE, IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. WE WANT TO BE HEARD IN OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE HEARD. IGNORING THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE MOST

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CHANDLER MCGANN 1118 BRADLEY DRIVE I BROUGHT SOME SLIDES TONIGHT. ON MAY 14TH, 2025, I CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER, RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP REGARDING CONSISTENT VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDINANCE 1248 REGARDING OVERGROWN WEEDS AND TALL GRASS WITHIN 150FT OF OUR PROPERTY, WHILE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OUTSIDE OF OUR VOTING DISTRICT OFFERED TO VISIT NO CITY STAFF OR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES RESPONDED. THAT LACK OF ENGAGEMENT SPEAKS VOLUMES. EARLIER, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024, I SUBMITTED AN EMAIL WITH WRITTEN LANDOWNER PERMISSION DETAILING VISIBLE VIOLATIONS FROM CUMULUS COURT IN DESOTO, TEXAS, WITH WRITTEN LANDOWNER PERMISSION FOR THE CITY TO ENTER THE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO WITNESS THE VIOLATIONS. THERE IS NO FOLLOW UP, NO ACTION, AND AGAIN ON MAY 29TH, 2024, I CONTACTED LIFE SCHOOL DIRECTLY REQUESTING THEY BRING THEIR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. STILL NOTHING.

TONIGHT, I ASK THIS COUNCIL TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCES ALREADY IN PLACE. ISSUE A CITATION TO LIFE SCHOOL. BRANT IS SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE. HE CAN TAKE THE CITATION HOME WITH HIM TONIGHT.

PURSUE THE DAILY FINE OF UP TO $500 A DAY FOR THE FOR THE PROPERTY NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE. FILE THE PRIVILEGED LIEN, WHICH IS ONLY A STEP DOWN FROM A TAX LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO BRING THE SITE UP TO CODE AND COMMUNITY STANDARDS. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THAT OUR HOME IS ON THIS MAP. WE ARE WITHIN 200FT OF THIS SOCCER FIELD, ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY ITSELF. SO WE ACTUALLY GET TO VOTE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED TONIGHT WAS THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN 200FT, THAT SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION TO YOU ARE OPPOSED TO THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. BUT MY HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM MY SCHOOLS HOUSE ON HERE. MY NEIGHBOR'S HOMES ARE HERE TO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JASON BORTON. HI, MY NAME IS JASON BARTON. I LIVE AT 1114 BRADLEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. THIS IS THE FIFTH MEETING I'VE HAD TO COME OUT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING. THIS IS MY FIRST HOME. I HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW. IT WAS MY INTENTION TO MAKE IT KIND OF MY FOREVER HOME WITH MY FAMILY. WHEN THIS SURFACED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE INITIAL PLANS PUT THE STADIUM ABOUT 200FT OFF MY BACK DOOR.

I'VE GOT NINE YEAR OLD TWIN GIRLS, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T LOOK TO PURCHASE A HOUSE THAT WOULD END UP WITH A COMPETITION STADIUM IN OUR BACKYARD. SO THAT, COUPLED WITH THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, 2000 HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, I MEAN, JUST A LOT OF THAT I FEEL WILL LEVERAGE OUR PROPERTY VALUE IN KIND OF A NEGATIVE WAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M LOOKING AT THIS AREA AS IT HAVING BEEN KIND OF WHERE WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH OUR FAMILY AND KIND OF GROW, BUT WITH THE KIND OF DISTURBANCES AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO WITH THE SCHOOL IN OUR BACKYARD AND A COMPETITION STADIUM FOR THAT MATTER, DEFINITELY GIVES US PAUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL SHIFT TOWARDS NOT CHANGING THE ZONING, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAVE THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. LINDA JOHNSON.

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MY BIGGEST ISSUE TOO IS THE ATHLETIC FIELD. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF WALL THEY BUILD, WHAT KIND OF TREES THEY PUT UP, IT WILL NOT DETER THE NOISE. I WAS IN A BAND. I WAS A MAJORETTE IN HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AGO. I LIVED A MILE FROM A HIGH SCHOOL. I HEARD THE NOISE WHEN THE BAND PLAYED A MILE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY HAD FOOTBALL GAMES. I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF WALL YOU PUT UP, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT. THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT UP ON THAT SCHOOL, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT. ALL THE NOISE IN THE WORLD, ALL THE WALLS AND TREES THAT YOU PUT UP. YOU STILL GOING TO HEAR IT? WE WANT OUR PEACE. WE STILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT EVER SINCE LIFE, SCHOOL HAS COME TO START BUILDING. WE HAVE NOT HAD PEACE. THE TREES, THE DISRUPTION. ALL OF THAT HAS STARTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PEACE SINCE THE SCHOOL HAS DECIDED TO BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF PERMISSION, LET THEM USE SOME OF DUNCANVILLE PARKS. LET THEM USE SOME OF DUNCANVILLE. WE GOT, WHAT, 17 PARKS? LET THEM USE SOME OF THE PARKS. LET THEM USE DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS. OR IF THEY GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY, LET THEM USE ANOTHER ATHLETIC FIELD SOMEWHERE ELSE AND ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THEIR TIME, YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MARK COX.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AGAIN. MARK COX, 1106 BRADLEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE. IF YOU HEARD SOMETHING FAMILIAR, EVERYONE COMING UP HERE SAYING DUNCANVILLE, THAT IS THAT IS OPPOSED. AND I ALSO OPPOSE AS I LISTEN TO STAFF, AS I LISTEN TO LIFE SCHOOL. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE THAT'S NOT CORRECT. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT STAFF ALSO WOULD HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU THE, THE, THE RISK OF APPROVE CHANGING SINGLE FAMILY TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

HERE'S THE RISK. THE RISK IS 69. HOMES IN THE MEADOWS OF DANIEL'S FARM BRINGS PROPERTY TAX OVER $200,000 TO THE CITY, 100 ACRES BASED UPON A DEVELOPER, A LOCAL DEVELOPER, 100 ACRES OF WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD BRING THE CITY $840,000 TAX. PROPERTY TAX. THE INFORMATION WE'RE HEARING FROM LIFE SCHOOL. THAT IS NOT SO TRUE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WISH WE JUST HEARD PEOPLE. WE JUST SAW YOU VOTE TO SAY NO FOR GAS STATION. WHY? BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MANY.

WELL, THERE ARE THERE IS ENOUGH. AND 11.7MI■!S IN DUNCANVILLE THT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALMOST A YEAR AGO, DUNCANVILLE AND US, WE VOTED FOR $170,170 MILLION BOND TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL DISTRICT. THAT RAISED OUR TAXES AND WE WAS FINE. NOW, HOWEVER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALSO A RAISE OUR TAXES. LET ME ALSO, AT LEAST ABOUT $50 IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FOR SURE. LET ME TELL YOU, COUNCIL, AND YOU

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THEIR EDUCATORS, THEIR PRINCIPALS, THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, THEIR TEACHERS. THEY VALUE EDUCATION, BUT THEY CHOSE THIS COMMUNITY TO BE THEIR QUIET, SAFE HAVEN. AND I ASK THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST REZONING. THANK YOU. VIRGINIA BROWN. VIRGINIA BROWN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VIRGINIA BROWN. I LIVE AT 1135 NIMITZ DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I HATE TO KEEP GOING OVER THE TRAFFIC, BUT Y'ALL COULD HAVE JUST CAME BY MY HOUSE AND ASKED ME ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AND I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU BECAUSE I BUILT MY HOUSE IN 2006, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SIX HOUSES BUILT IN THE MEADOWS OF DANIEL FARMS. MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO DANIEL DALE. WHAT? THE FIRST THING I WITNESSED. I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT LIVING THERE. BUT THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THE AMBULANCE GOING UP AND DOWN, BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO GET USED TO THIS.

SO I JUST START ENJOYING SEEING THE LIGHTS GO BY. BUT THEN HERE COME THE 18 WHEELERS. AND IT WAS JUST PHEW. NOW IT'S A LOT. WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE WAREHOUSES DOWN AT THE OTHER END. AND SO WE LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY NOW. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO OVER THE 19 YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE, BECAUSE I'M WATCHING OUT OF MY WINDOW, I CAN SEE BUSSES, I CAN SEE CARS. YOU CANNOT GO TO SAM'S IN THE MORNINGS. YOU CANNOT GET OUT. WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE GATES OPEN SO THE BUSSES DON'T GET CAUGHT TRYING TO UNLOCK THE GATES, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO BACK THAT TRAFFIC UP. WE'RE TRYING TO GO OUT. HOLLYWOOD PARK IS TRYING TO COME HERE. I'M TRYING TO GO THERE. AND THEN WE GOT PEOPLE COMING HERE. THEN IF YOU GO MAKE A RIGHT ON COCKRELL HILL TO GET ON. 67 PAUL HOLLYWOOD PARK, THEY'RE INCHING OUT. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LET THEM GET THROUGH. I GO STRAIGHT OUT DANIEL DALE SO I CAN MAKE A RIGHT AND JUST GET ON THE FREEWAY. SOME DAYS I'M TEMPTED TO JUST GO 67, GO ALL THE WAY OUT DANIEL DALE, THEN GET ON 67 AND GO 1382 SO I CAN GET TO GRAND PRAIRIE WHERE I WORK. AND SO I DON'T. EDUCATION IS WONDERFUL. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO

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YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CITY SECRETARY. HOW ARE WE DOING ON TIME OVERALL? OKAY. WOW. TERRI WYNN. TERRI WYNN, 1131 NIMITZ DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF MEADOWS, OF DANIEL FARMS. AND THE YOUNG LADY THAT JUST CAME UP IS MY NEIGHBOR. AND SO MY BACKYARD, IT FACES DANIEL DALE. I GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT TRAFFIC EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT BUILDS UP. I WORK UPSTAIRS IN MY OFFICE. I CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC CONTINUOUSLY BUILDING UP GOING TOWARDS THE BOONE AREA. AND SO IN MY MIND, ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHEN THERE ARE EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT NEED TO GET THROUGH WITH ALL THIS CONGESTION. NOW, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO POTENTIALLY SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE? YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT A LOT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A FEW ACCIDENTS NOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE NEW, YOU KNOW, NEW BUILD RIGHT NEXT TO US. AND IT'S REALLY DISTURBING. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BRING EVEN MORE TRAFFIC. WE HEARD THEM EARLIER SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 3000, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY COMING TO THIS SCHOOL. THAT'S A PROBLEM IN ITSELF. YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WOULD DEFINITELY INCREASE TRAFFIC. AND ALSO ANY VISITOR ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, I'M LOOKING AT MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT. THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TRAFFIC. ALSO THE NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, EVEN THOUGH I'M LIVING THERE, I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH NOISE. EVEN WITH ME LIVING ALL THE WAY IN THE FRONT OF OUR COMPLEX, YOU KNOW? AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER SCHOOL RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE PEACE THAT THE YOUNG LADY SAID AS WELL. I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO LIVE HERE. I'VE LIVED HERE, ACTUALLY, LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I'VE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE SINCE 2008. AND SO I MOVED HERE AND IT WAS PEACEFUL AND IT'S ALREADY GETTING CRAZY. SO PLEASE OPPOSE THIS REZONING EFFORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. KENDRA PEOPLES. KENDRA PEOPLES. D SIMMONS.

LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GET CLOSER TO THE MIC.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. MY NAME IS DOCTOR CHARITY SIMMONS. I'M A GYNECOLOGIST. I KNOW ALL ABOUT EDUCATION. OKAY. AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. 939 FAIRWAY DRIVE. AND I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 39 YEARS. THANK YOU. I LIKE THE PEACE. I LIKE THE QUIET. NOBODY IS GOING TO TELL ME OR ANY OF US THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT 1500 CAPACITY STADIUM UP TO 3000 AND PUT UP TREES AND WALLS AND EXPECT THAT TO SWALLOW THAT NOISE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THAT IS GOING TO STRESS US OUT. WE ARE GOING TO GET SICK. HEALTH ISSUE IS AT STAKE NOW. THEN THERE ARE THE AMBULANCES ALL THE WAY FROM THE SODO UP IN THERE. THEY ALL

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WILLIAM. WILLIAM T MAY. WILLIAM. THERE HE IS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. CONTRERAS.

BECAUSE I WAS ON THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD WITH YOU FOR A WHILE, SO I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THAT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WILLIAM MAY. MY ADDRESS IS 1515 MACARTHUR DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. 75137. I AM RETIRED MILITARY. I DID 22 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE AND ME AND MY WIFE, SHE'S RETIRED AS WELL. WE SETTLED IN DUNCANVILLE. DUNCANVILLE IS A GREAT TOWN. IT'S A CITY OF CHAMPIONS. AND WE SETTLED HERE BASICALLY BECAUSE WE WANTED PEACE AND OUR AREA WAS A NICE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A GATED COMMUNITY. ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT. AND DANIEL DALE, DURING THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T ANOTHER SUBDIVISION NEXT TO US AND THOSE WOODS AND THAT HUNDRED ACRE AREA BACK BEHIND US WAS JUST VACANT, AND WE COULD HEAR COYOTES AND ALL SORTS OF CRITTERS OUT THERE. BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL AREA. WE HEARD RUMORS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SCHOOL, BUT WE WERE. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 14 YEARS AND NO SCHOOL POPPED UP, SO WE JUST KIND OF GOT USED TO THAT PIECE. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU GUYS DO NOT ALLOW LIFE SCHOOL TO CHANGE THAT AREA. WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF FOR THE CITY TO HAVE HOUSES, HOUSES THAT WOULD BE EQUAL TO OURS. TAXPAYERS WHO CAN PAY TAXES, THEY CAN GENERATE INCOME FOR THE CITY. THEY CAN BRING IN NEW PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS, BUILD THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT DANIEL DALE AND COCKRELL HILL IS A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS IN THE MORNINGS. RED OAK COMES THROUGH THERE AND WE GOT THE NEW SUBDIVISION, CEDAR HILL. DE SOTO COMES THROUGH THERE SO THAT TRAFFIC IS BUILDING UP, AND WE HAVE ONE WAY OUT AND ONE WAY IN AND LIFE SCHOOL IS GOING TO MAKE THAT WORSE. AND WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US AS VOTERS, AS CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. DON'T APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREG ZYLKA.

GREG ZYLKA, 1319 GREEN TREE LANE, DUNCANVILLE 75 137 FOR THIS ONE AND THE OTHER ONE THAT I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN MY ADDRESS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS ITEM. THIS SCHOOL DOES HAVE PASSION FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HELPING A STUDENT GROW. MY CONCERN IS THE CITY AND THE LEFT HAND AND THE RIGHT HAND. YOU HAVE TAXES THAT COME IN AND YOU HAVE SERVICES THAT GO OUT. WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF CHANGING OUR THREE TO SOMETHING ELSE IN THIS DECISION? AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND, BECAUSE WE HAVE BOND ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE, WHICH ARE GOING TO RAISE OUR TAXES IF VOTERS APPROVE IT FOR SERVICES THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED. WE HAVE STREETS THAT ARE FAILING BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR LIFESPAN. WE HAVE FIRE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED BECAUSE WE NEED ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION, MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL MANPOWER.

HOW ARE THESE GOING TO BE PAID? WE HAVE UNDERSTAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSTANTLY. AND I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO ADDRESS. BUT IF WE

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GONE. SO THAT'S THE END OF OUR LIST OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED THAT DIDN'T FILL OUT A CARD THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. YES. KAREN MALDONADO, 2045 FLORA LANE, DESOTO, TEXAS. AND I DO WANT TO MAKE THE CAVEAT THAT ALTHOUGH I'M NOT PART OF DUNCANVILLE, IF YOU HAD LOOKED AT THE MAP THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE STAFF, I AM ONE OF THE HOMES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT FENCE LINE THAT THEY PUT UP. WHERE? RIGHT WHERE THE STADIUM IS GOING TO BE, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT'S THE EXACT SAME MAP THEY SHOWED LAST YEAR WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY HOME, WHICH IS STILL THERE WITH ALL THE LIGHT. I DO WANT TO SAY I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR THE FOLKS IN EDUCATION. MY MOTHER WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, IS STILL A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT NEED IT.

SHE HAS BEEN SEEING HOW IT AFFECTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO HAVE NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS BROUGHT UP, AND HOW IT REDUCES THE RESOURCES IN HER CURRENT SCHOOL. SHE NO LONGER HAS ENOUGH ADMIN.

SHE NO LONGER HAS ENOUGH TEACHERS THERE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AND THE STUDENTS THAT SHE'S TRYING TO SUPPORT. AND MY HOPE, AND WHAT I'M REALLY BEGGING Y'ALL TO DO IS TO CONTINUE PUTTING RESOURCES, RATHER THAN TO NEW TAX AVENUES, LIKE A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT INTO THE CURRENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT PROBABLY VERY MUCH NEED THEM. BECAUSE I, I HAVE KIDS HERE SOMEDAY, WHICH I HOPE TO. THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO PUT THEM. I WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. I WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE POOREST PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WAS VERY PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO GO TO A GREAT UNIVERSITY, GET A MASTER'S THERE, AND NOW WORK IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. SO I KNOW THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WORKS. I KNOW BETTER RESOURCES WORK BETTER. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN MY DREAM HOME. I FEEL I GO INTO MY BACKYARD, IT'S QUIET AND IT'S PEACEFUL, AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO BE THAT. AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO PUT OUR RESOURCES INTO AREAS THAT DRASTICALLY NEED THEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THE OPPOSITION THAT HASN'T SPOKEN OR DIDN'T PUT A CARD IN. OKAY. LAST CALL. NO TAKERS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE, SEE IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU HAD ASKED US TO HAVE THE MAP THAT HAS OPPOSITION WITHIN 200FT, BECAUSE THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. I WOULD LIKE THAT MAP TO BE PASSED OUT TO YOU ALL. AND HAVE IT PART OF THE RECORD.

AND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY STAFF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP. SO. DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS LATER. I CAN DO IT LATER OR I CAN DO IT NOW. SO I'LL DO IT NOW. THE THERE, THERE. THERE'S TWO PROVISIONS IN THE LAW THAT REQUIRE SUPERMAJORITY WITH REGARD TO ZONING MATTERS. ONE, IF THERE'S A DENIAL BY THE P AND Z THAT REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ZONING CASE BY A SUPERMAJORITY, WHICH IS THREE FOURTHS. ANOTHER IS IF THE 20% OF THE LAND WITHIN 200FT AND IT'S THE AREA, NOT THE NUMBER CONSTITUTES 20% OR MORE OPPOSITION A SUPERMAJORITY IS REQUIRED OF THREE FOURTHS. IN YOUR CASE, WITH A SEVEN MEMBER COUNCIL. IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST, YOU NEED A VOTE OF SIX AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. THAT'S WHY IT'S SIGNIFICANT. SO I, I NEED TO HAVE THAT INTO THE RECORD COUNCIL. CLEAR ON THAT.

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THANK YOU. OKAY. DID WE, MR. MCBURNETT? THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY. I'D LIKE A CLARIFICATION TOO, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF EMAILS WERE SENT TO US, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE THE SAME ADDRESSES OR NOT, BUT IS THAT SHOULD THAT BE PART OF OUR RECORD AS WELL? IF YOU HAVE THEM HERE, YOU CAN THEY CAN BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. STILL LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:46 P.M. OKAY. COUNCIL. NOW, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THOSE THAT WERE IN FAVOR AND THOSE THAT WERE OPPOSED. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS IN RESPONSE TO ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID BY EITHER SIDE? ANY QUESTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS? MR. MCBURNETT? THANK YOU MAYOR. I GUESS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HKS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR. WHEN WE ON YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THERE WAS A 10% INCREASE OF PROPERTY VALUE FOR A GOOD SCHOOL AND YOU WENT CONSERVATIVE WITH THE 2%? YES. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DOCUMENTATION OR SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE OR HOW WAS THAT CREATED OR DONE? WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC STUDY THAT IS IN THE PACKET WHICH HAS IS SUPPORTED BY DATA THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE FOR. AND WHO DOES THE WHO DID THE ECONOMIC STUDY. A, A OUR ADVISORY HKS ADVISORY GROUP. THAT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT DID IT FOR THEM. OKAY. ALSO THAT LIFE SCHOOL. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO I APPRECIATE THAT. EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD LIKE WHEN WE TALK HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND THAT STUFF, THERE WAS NOTHING HIGHER THAN 36 FOOT. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S A ONE SMALL CLEAR STORY AREA, BUT THAT'S ON THE PLAN.

JUST SMALL AREA IN THE MIDDLE. BUT YES, NOTHING IS. NOTHING IS OVER 36FT. OKAY. YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND TRAFFIC IMPACT. YES. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU SAID THAT, HEY, Y'ALL ARE DOING THINGS TO TRY TO HELP THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING? YES. SO ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THESE ARE ALL THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION IS DONE BY. YOU KNOW, THROUGH SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, THE TRAFFIC WAS MEASURED. WHAT IS EXISTING, HOW IT WILL BE AFFECTED IN THE STUDIES ARE ALSO GROWTH WITHOUT THE SCHOOL PUT IN. SO THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT HOW'S IT GOING TO BE WHEN WE GROW. THAT'S WITHIN THE STUDY AND THE MITIGATION. I'LL GO OVER SOME. SO WE'RE PUTTING IN NEW TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION OF DANIEL DOWN COCKRELL HILL. THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AT ALL TIMES. WE'RE RESTRIPING THAT INTERSECTION TO HELP IT FLOW BETTER. WE'RE PUTTING IN RIGHT TURN LIGHTS AT THAT INTERSECTION TO HELP THAT FLOW BETTER DURING THE SCHOOL HOUR, OR DROP OFF AND PICKUP. AND THEN OTHER TIMES WE'RE PUTTING NEW STREET LIGHTS. THERE'S GOING TO BE TEN NEW STREET LIGHTS BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THE TURN LANES. SO IT REQUIRES NEW STREET LIGHTS. THERE'S 450 FOOT TURN LANE AND A NEW SIGNAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A RIGHT TURN. AND THEN FOR THE

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AND THEN NOISE, I MEAN, YOU YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY HEARD THE RESIDENTS REGARDING NOISE. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SUGGESTED SCREENING AND THAT LINES, BUT HOW WOULD YOU MITIGATE NOISE. WE WOULD WE WOULD ABIDE BY ANY NOISE ORDINANCES THAT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THE WE WOULD ASK THAT PER THE CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD APPLY WHATEVER APPLIES TO DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. I'VE GOT A QUESTION. I'VE GOT A LETTER.

JULY 8TH, 2025 TO DIRECTED TO MR. KANE, AND IT IS SIGNED BY YOU. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE LETTER? IT'S A TWO PAGE LETTER JUST SUMMARIZING YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE PNC DECISION. YES.

OKAY, LET ME START OUT FIRST BY YOU CALLED OUT BY NAME TO SPECIFIC PNC MEMBERS THAT YOU FELT WERE MISINFORMED OR ILL INFORMED. WE ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS THAT THE TMP WAS NOT PART OF THE THING WHICH IT IS. AND SO THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE CALLED OUT. JUST ONE ITEM. DO YOU RECALL? I'M NOT SURE. THE OTHER ITEM I KNOW THAT BRIAN CAN HELP US HERE TOO.

OKAY, SURE. THAT THE ITEMS REFERENCED IN THAT LETTER. MAYOR. MAYOR, I WANT YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED, BUT THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU ASK QUESTION, MR. NELSON, IF YOU CAN'T ASK A QUESTION, YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION. BUT THIS ISN'T A FREE FOR ALL. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. SO HE ASKED MR. NELSON A QUESTION. IF MR. NELSON CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION, THAT'S FINE. IF HE WANTS MR. DAHLBERG, YOU NEED TO ASK MR. DAHLBERG, NOT MR. NELSON. OKAY, THE I WAS.

DID YOU WRITE THE LETTER? YES, BUT IT WAS WITH MR. DAHLBERG. I DON'T HAVE THE LETTER IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME. THE OTHER ISSUE WAS ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND THAT THE TRAFFIC EXISTING WAS BAD. WHILE IT MAY BE APPEAR TO BE BAD IN THAT IN THE IN THE CODE. AND WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE CODE AND COMMON STANDARDS, THE CURRENT INTERSECTION MEETS THE STANDARDS ALLOWABLE AND OUR MITIGATION ALSO. GETS THAT BACK TO THAT STANDARD. SO THAT THAT WAS THE ISSUE OF THE TRAFFIC.

OKAY. ADDITIONALLY, YOU YOU CRITICIZE MR. DAVIS FOR LACK OF A SPECIFIC PROVISION DEALING WITH THE VOLUME OF SOUND EMITTED FROM THE LIFE SCHOOLS ANTICIPATED ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES YOU SHOWED IN THE PRESENTATION. PRETTY, I WOULD SAY SOPHISTICATED. SHOT OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTROL THE SOUND LEVELS OR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MINIMIZE THE SOUND TRANSFER.

PRETTY COMPLICATED STUFF. SO I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION AND MR. DAVIS DIDN'T HAVE IT. NO. WHAT WHAT WAS SAYING WAS IF THERE WAS ANY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WANT TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE SOUND LIKE TIME FRAME OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT WAS JUST OKAY.

ISSUE OF SOUND. OKAY, LAST THING I'LL SAY ON THIS, BECAUSE IT'S FAIR TO BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE IN THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL THE WAY THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT IN HERE. IT SEEMS TO BE, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE RESPECTED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMMITTED MEMBERS OF THAT, THAT PARTICULAR PLANNING ZONING

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BUT SOME THINGS I FEEL IN THAT AREA TODAY, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THE CONCERNS. I'M A SENIOR AS WELL. I'M A LIGHT SLEEPER, AND SO I DO APPRECIATE MY SLEEP. SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME I CAN'T AGREE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS MAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE. MISS GOODEN, THANK YOU MAYOR. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO ASK STAFF A QUESTION AT THIS MOMENT? OKAY. STAFF. MR. OLSON OR. REPRESENTATIVE FROM MR. CAIN? THANK YOU. WITH OLSON, I KNEW I HEARD OLSON. SO DID WE DO AN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC STUDY? WE WERE NOT CONTRACT. WE WERE NOT CONTRACTED TO DO THAT INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT WAS ACTUALLY CONTRACTED WITH WALTER P MOORE. THAT WAS A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT REVIEWED IT AN ADDITIONAL TIME AFTER ANOTHER FIRM BY WSB HAD REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE TIA THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. SO YOU HAVE TWO INDEPENDENT REVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE CITY AND CONFIRMED, AND BOTH OF THEM THAT THE MITIGATIONS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING MEET.

OR AGAIN, I WOULD SAY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OR REQUIREMENTS. THAT WOULD BE FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED OUR OWN TRAFFIC STUDY OF OUR AREA, KNOWING THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ABOUT SAFETY IN THAT AREA, WOULD WE HAVE HAD A

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BUT AGAIN, THE. BUT I WOULD. WANT. OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO MR. MAYOR. YEAH. I'M SORRY I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT SPREADSHEET THAT, YOU KNOW, IS REFLECTED IN, YOU KNOW, SLIDE 23 OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND THAT HAS ALL THE ADDRESSES SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU THAT THAT SUMMARY TOTAL OKAY.

RESIDENT VERSUS NONRESIDENT. AND THEN SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VARIANCES THEY'RE ASKING FOR WITH THE BUILDING BEING WITHIN THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. GO OVER THE VARIANCES THAT WE ARE ASKED TO APPROVE TONIGHT. AND THAT WOULD BE MY FINAL AS PART OF THE PD.

WHEN WE WHEN OLSON DID THE INDEPENDENT ZONING ANALYSIS, AGAIN, THERE WAS ORIGINAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEIGHT. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A I WOULD SAY I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD DISCREPANCY, BUT THE WAY THAT HEIGHT IS CONSIDERED, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR ORDINANCE IS TWO AND A HALF STORIES. THERE IS A LOT OF INTERPRETATION WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS THE STORY OR WHAT IS TWO AND A HALF STORIES. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID IT AGAIN, TRADITIONALLY YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 15FT. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A PER STORY. SO IN THE CASE OF THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR PROPOSAL, ONE STORY COULD BE 36FT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT A TWO STORY SCENARIO. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AS PART OF WHY THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PD, THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS WERE ANOTHER CONSIDERATION. AGAIN THERE ARE THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A TREE PRESERVATION SURVEY THAT IS GOING TO IDENTIFY AGAIN, MOST OF THE CANOPY IS STAYING. BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT YOUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS AND THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE REQUIREMENT IS SIGNIFICANT, I THINK THE APPLICANT, AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL, HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. AND I WOULD SAY IN THE SENSE OF MAINTAINING WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE VARIANCE WAS TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL GROUND COVERAGE AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED, A PER SQUARE FOOT AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS PART OF YOUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AS I MENTIONED, AS PART OF THE PD OR VARIANCE, YOUR ORDINANCE ONLY REGULATES PARKING LOT LIGHTING UP TO 30FT STANDARD. SO THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY AN ISSUE OR DISCREPANCY THERE, UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, 30FT IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THE STADIUM. AND THAT AGAIN PROPOSAL BY THE APPLICANT LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LIGHTING, LIGHTING VARIATION. THEY DID MENTION THAT EARLIER TONIGHT THAT THEY'RE GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, SIX POLES TO FOUR, MAKING SURE THAT THE LIGHT SHINED DOWN. SO THAT'S ANOTHER VARIANCE. OR AGAIN CONSIDERATION AMENDMENT FROM THE ORDINANCE. THE BUILDING ARTICULATION THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED IS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT THEY HAD AGAIN IN THEIR THEIR PROPOSAL WAS TO INCREASE THE MASONRY ON THE PROJECT, TO NOT HAVE THE ARTICULATION. YOUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES EVERY 30FT TO HAVE A THREE FOOT BUMP OUT AND

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WHAT PERMITS HAVE THEY? AND LET ME KNOW IF I'M GOING OUT OF BOUNDS. MR. ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A TREE MITIGATION ORDINANCE. WE HAVE A TREE MITIGATION ORDINANCE. RELIEF FROM THAT. SO I ASSUME THAT THEY ASKED THAT HAS THERE BEEN ANY WORK ON THE PROPERTY THUS FAR? AND THE GRADING ISSUE? NO. YOU GET TO ASK QUESTION. YOU CAN ASK ME ANYTHING YOU WANT BECAUSE I AIN'T AN APPLICANT. CAN I ASK ABOUT THE WORK BEING PERFORMED? IF IT HAD A PERMIT ON THE PROPERTY? I THINK IT'S IRRELEVANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW'S THAT? MR. KOONTZ? THANK YOU. MAYOR. NO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JUST AS A REMINDER, CITY ATTORNEY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX VOTES IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS. YES. THE LAND AREA OF 200FT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT IS OVER 20%. BASED ON THE MAP THAT I GAVE YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT P AND Z DOES IT REQUIRE. EITHER WAY, IT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY. OKAY, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. AND I'M SOMEONE THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING. I TEND NOT TO GET TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND I DO TRY MY BEST TO EVALUATE SITUATIONS AS OBJECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. AND I TRY TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF ME. AND I BELIEVE I KNOW WE ALL RECEIVED THE EMAILS AND OPPOSITION, AND THERE WAS SEVERAL POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN EACH ONE OF THOSE, AND I REALLY WANTED TO SEE ARE THESE CONCERNS VALID? AND THEN WITH THE WHAT THE SCHOOL IS PROPOSING, WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY CAN OR CAN DO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? WILL THEY COMMIT AND STICK WITH WHAT THEY CLAIM TO DO? BUT I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH JUST, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE SPECIFIC CONCERN. SO WITH WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE SAFETY. WITH THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED BY THE SCHOOL WITH, CAN WE SEE THAT AGAIN? OKAY. SO WITH WITH THE LEFT TURN OFF OF COCKRELL HILL ONTO THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A THREE WAY TURN SIGNAL THERE. IS THAT THREE WAYS TURN SIGNAL. DOES THAT MEAN TRAFFIC STOPS GOING SOUTH ON COCKRELL HILL LIKE ALL TRAFFIC STOPS OR JUST TRAFFIC TURNING INTO THE PROPERTY? THERE WILL BE A THREE WAY TRAFFIC STOP AT THAT LOCATION. OKAY, SO ALL TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH ON COCKRELL HILL WOULD WOULD STOP AT THAT LIGHT WHEN IT'S RED. IF IT'S RED, CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN. THE ADDITIONAL SO THE TURN LANE THERE WOULD BE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL LANE TURNING RIGHT INTO THE PROPERTY. SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL LANE THAT WOULD BE CREATED FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE SOUTHBOUND ON COCKRELL HILL. YES, SIR. THERE'S A RIGHT RIGHT TURN ARROW THERE. SO THAT'S A YEAH, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL LANE. THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL TURN LANE, CORRECT. TO TURN INTO THE PROPERTY IF YOU'RE GOING NORTH. YES. OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LIGHT ON DANIEL DALE GOING EAST TOWARD DESOTO. CORRECT. CORRECT. THAT WILL BE PART OF PHASE TWO. THAT WAS FOUR WAY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THE TIA STUDY AND THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PHASE TWO. WHEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GOES IN, IT WILL NOT GO IN AS PART OF PHASE ONE,

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WOULD THESE MEASURES HELP THE TRAFFIC. BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE NOW ARE SIGNIFICANT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE PLAY SOCCER AT HARRINGTON PARK, SO WE DRIVE COCKRELL HILL QUITE OFTEN. I HAVE A ROUTE THAT I RUN DOWN DANIEL DALE INTO DESOTO. AND I MEAN, I HOLD MY BREATH EVERY TIME I'M IN, IN THAT INTERSECTION THERE. BUT WITH THESE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES, WOULD THIS HELP WITH THE SAFETY IN THAT AREA, WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOL WERE THERE? AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM A PLEASE, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING COMMENTS IN THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE. EVERYTHING'S BEEN COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED TILL NOW. LET THE COUNCILMAN SPEAK. AND YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, SOMEONE WHO CAN TELL US OBJECTIVELY WHETHER OR NOT THESE TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES WOULD IMPROVE OR MAKE WORSE THE TRAFFIC THAT THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT WE HAVE.

COUNCILMEMBER, WE CAN WE DO HAVE A SHEHAB MUHAMMAD HERE. OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WHO DID REVIEW THE REPORT FROM WALTER MOORE. SO SHE MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO SHE'LL COME UP TO THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HEARD YOU SAYING YOU WANTED TO HEAR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER ANSWER THAT. SO I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER NOW. WE'VE BEEN ON AND OFF INVOLVED IN. DEFINITELY. THE CITY HAVE HIRED A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BASICALLY A SPECIALIZED TRAFFIC ENGINEER, TO REVIEW, DO A PEER REVIEW, BASICALLY ON THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT LIFE SCHOOL HIRED AND DESIGNED THOSE AS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY, DESIGNED THOSE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS. NOW, THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS BY ADDING THE INTERSECTIONS IN THE LANES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THOSE ADDITIONS RESULTED OR BASED ON THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, IN BASICALLY BRINGING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF THAT OF THOSE STREETS INTERSECTIONS TO WHERE IT WAS IT WOULD BE BEFORE ADDING THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC OR IMPROVES IT A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT DEPENDS ON THE WHERE THE LOCATION IS. IT DID THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE AND STUDIED BY THE CITY HIRED ENGINEER, REALLY SHOWS THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH THESE RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATIONS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT IS BEFORE ADDING THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, OR IMPROVES IT A LITTLE BIT TO. IS THE PEER REVIEW IN THE RECORD? IS THE PEER REVIEW, SHE SAID THERE WAS A PEER REVIEW. IS IT IN THE RECORD? THERE ARE. YEAH. ARE AS PART OF THE PACKET. YEAH IT IS AS PART OF THE PACKET IS A PART OF THE RECORD. DID SOMEONE PRESENT IT AND PUT IT INTO THE RECORD? YEAH. WALTER P MOORE HAVE PRESENTED TWICE TO THE P AND Z TONIGHT FOR THEM. IF IT'S NOT IN THE RECORD THEY CAN'T CONSIDER IT. BUT IT WAS IN THE IN THE PACKET SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL THAT TIA ASK THIS ONE MORE TIME. IS IT IN THE RECORD OR NOT. I'M NOT SURE. WE JUST NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS INDEED IN THE PACKET. IT INCLUDED WHAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT IT IN THE RECORD, IF THEY WANT IT IN THE RECORD, WE'LL REOPEN THE HEARING AND PUT IT IN THE RECORD. BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND REFERRING TO JUST A BUNCH OF HEARSAY. AND I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BY THE WAY. BUT IF WE GOT THE REPORT, GIVEN THE REPORT. LET THEM READ IT AND THEN THEY CAN ASK A QUESTION AS PART OF THE SUBMITTED PACKET THAT WAS PUBLICLY PUBLISHED TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE TIA AND

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NOW LET'S TALK. AS A RESULT OF REOPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, DOES THE COUNCIL WANT THE PACKET, THE PUBLIC PACKET PUT INTO THE RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKING YOUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE OR DENY THIS ZONING APPLICATION. MR. HAGGAR, DO YOU NEED THAT IN THE FORM OF A VOTE? NO. I JUST WANT YOU TO NOD YOUR HEAD, OKAY? YES. WE WANT. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE PACKET THAT IS THE PUBLIC PACKET THAT WAS INITIALLY PROVIDED TO YOU IS NOW IN THE RECORD. AND PART OF THE INFORMATION WHICH YOU CAN USE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT EITHER GRANTING OR DENYING THE ZONING APPLICATION. NOW, MAY I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? WELL, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT THEM TO LOOK AT? WELL, NO, I MIGHT BRING UP SOMETHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS AN ISSUE EARLIER ABOUT ALL THE NOTICES THAT WENT OUT AND THE RESPONSES I HAVE THAT. DO YOU WANT THAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD? YES. AND IT SHOWS THEIR ADDRESSES, WHAT CITY THEY LIVE IN, WHETHER IT'S DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN, CALGARY, ANYWHERE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I WILL PUT THAT IN THE RECORD AND I WILL GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. OKAY. AND WHILE WE'RE THERE, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE PETITIONS.

PETITIONS ARE IN THE RECORD. THEY'RE IN THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MR. KUNTZ, DO YOU I, UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU, HAVE A LOT OF GRIEF SO THAT THAT'S WHY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. KUNTZ.

DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO MY APOLOGIES, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, SO. BUT SO BACK TO SO YOUR STATEMENTS, MISS MUHAMMAD, DO AGREE WITH THE ATTACHMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PACKETS THAT CONFIRM THAT THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS, CONSULTANT, THIRD PARTY REVIEWER, THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN DOES MEET OR EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE REQUIREMENTS. SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS THIS PLAN WITH THE SCHOOL WOULD PRETTY MUCH KEEP THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AS THEY ARE WITHOUT THE SCHOOL WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC SOMEWHAT, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY AND THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM INDEPENDENT ENGINEERS. THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT TO ENGINEERS DO IS REALLY CAN JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS. PUBLIC HEARINGS BEEN CLOSED. WE'RE OPEN. WE'RE OPEN RIGHT NOW. BUT HERE'S WHAT.

HEARING IS A CHANCE FOR ANYONE TO GET UP AND SAY WHATEVER THEY NEED TO SAY. AND THAT'S HAPPENED. NO, SIR. WE OPENED IT. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED IT BACK. GOING BACK? WELL, WE KNOW WE REOPEN.

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SECOND, CLOSE THE CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND, SECOND BY.

MISS GOODEN. VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DONE AT 1021. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. CRUZ, I'M SORRY. THAT QUESTION HE WANTS ANSWERED. I REMEMBER WHAT MY QUESTION WAS. YEAH. SO AND I THINK MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED AND THE. HOW MANY CAN I ASK SOMEBODY ELSE A QUESTION. YOU CAN ASK THEM A QUESTION. WHAT ABOUT THE APPLICANT. THE ANSWER THE QUESTION. OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS YOU ASK A QUESTION AND THEN GO ON. AT 35 MINUTES, I.

MEAN. YOU WANT MR. NELSON TO COME UP. I'VE GOT SIMPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

PLEASE DON'T GO INTO A 35 MINUTE DIATRIBE. HOW MANY MONTHS A YEAR IS THE SCHOOL OPEN? OKAY. AND WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF PICKUP AND DROP OFF FOR HOURS PICKUP AND DROP OFF FROM. HE'S TALKING TO THE MIC. TALKING TO THE MIC. PLEASE CLARIFY THAT. THAT. I. I DON'T KNOW THOSE EXACT BUT IT'S IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY. AND WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY I THINK IT'S AROUND SEVEN AND THEN 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO FOUR ISH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AND THEY ALSO GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK FOUR DAYS A WEEK OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO JUST A FEW. LIKE I SAID I REALLY TRY TO DO MY RESEARCH ON THIS. SO I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE WAXAHACHIE SCHOOL. I DIDN'T LET THEM KNOW I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THE DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP, JUST TO SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE. AND I WAS SHOCKED ON 77, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT GOES INTO WAXAHACHIE. LOTS OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC THAT THERE WAS NO STACKING ON 77 AND THERE WAS NO STACKING ON BUTCHER ROAD, OR 387, WHICH IS PERPENDICULAR TO 77. NOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I SAW. NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE OAK OAK CLIFF. LOCATION. AND MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE OAK CLIFF LOCATION IS THERE IS THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC ISSUES AT LEAST. YEAH. AT LEAST IT'S BEEN COMMONLY REPORTED THAT THERE ARE MORE TRAFFIC ISSUES AT THE OAK CLIFF SCHOOL. AND SO WHAT MIGHT BE A REASON FOR THAT DISPARITY FOR BECAUSE AGAIN, AS AT LEAST FROM WHAT I SAW AT THE WAXAHACHIE SCHOOL AND NOT HAVING THE DRIVEWAY OR BEING MASTER PLANNED, SOMEHOW THEY MANAGED TO KEEP STACKING OFF OF THOSE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THAT THE OAK CLIFF SCHOOL. SO WHAT COULD BE A REASON FOR THAT? YEAH, THE REASON FOR THAT WOULD BE IS THAT WAXAHACHIE AND THIS SCHOOL TOO, ARE PURPOSE BUILT FROM DAY ONE ON NEW CAMPUSES, AND OAK CLIFF WAS AN OLDER CAMPUS THAT USES

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AND SO THEY CAN ONLY DO THE TRAFFIC THAT THEY CAN DO ON THAT SITE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT MORE SITE THAN THEY DO. AND WAXAHACHIE DOES TOO, AND WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. SO THE IF I COULD ADD THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE PICTURE THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DESIGN A MORE CIRCUITOUS ROUTE FOR THAT DRIVEWAY, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE QUEUING BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LONGER ROAD. SO THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THE 105 ACRES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP HERE IS SOMETHING THAT LIFE SCHOOL HAS, HAS CHERISHED AND VALUED, AND WHY THEY DECIDED TO LOCATE IT THIS AREA. OKAY, SO I GUESS. WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS THAT THE WAXAHACHIE CAMPUS WAS IT WAS MASTER PLANNED FROM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THE OAK CLIFF CAMPUS WAS WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY AT THE OAK CLIFF CAMPUS TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY CHARACTER BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE EMAILS THAT WE GOT SAID OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS PEACEFUL, FAMILY ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT AND INTRODUCING LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD DISRUPT THIS CHARACTER AND ERODE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S A WORD. DISRUPT AND DISTURBANCE ARE WORDS THAT HAVE COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES THIS EVENING. AND I CAN SAY WHEN WE WHEN WE MOVED HERE, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSE, WE WENT INTO THE BACKYARD BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND IT WAS QUIET. THERE'S A CREEK DOWN THERE, THERE'S TREES. AND I DO TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE RESIDENTS WHO, OKAY, YOU PICK A HOUSE AND YOU HAVE CERTAIN ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THINGS LOOK AND FEEL, AND YOU DO HAVE A CERTAIN EXPECTATION OF, YOU KNOW, OF THAT ENVIRONMENT STAYING MORE OR LESS AS IT IS.

AND I TRY TO IMAGINE HOW WE WOULD FEEL IF WE WENT OUT OUR BACK DOOR ONE DAY TO SIT IN THE GARDEN, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR OR A SPORTS VENUE OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR LIKE, WHAT? WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? SO I WENT AND VISITED WITH WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND I TALKED TO THEM. I WENT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR. IF I'M IN MY BACKYARD ON HALSEY OR MACARTHUR, ONE OF THESE ROADS HERE. CAN I SEE THE SCHOOL FROM MY BACKYARD WITH THAT EIGHT FOOT WALL AND WITH THE TREES? WOULD I BE ABLE TO SEE THE SCHOOL VISUALLY? WHEN THE TREES ARE MATURED? IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, BUT THERE WERE FROM CERTAIN PLACES WITHIN THERE. YES, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE PROBABLY MAYBE THE TOP OF THE BUILDING OR SOME OTHER THINGS, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WERE LOOKING AT THAT FENCE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT 20 FOOT TALL. SO, YOU KNOW, EIGHT FOOT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE SOME I CAN'T TELL FOR INDEFINITE AND WOULDN'T WANT TO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING OF THAT SCHOOL FROM THERE. THERE ARE SOME DIAGRAMS IN WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE'RE PRESENTED EARLIER THAT SHOW THE SIGHT LINES. A LOT OF THIS DEPENDS ON HOW TALL YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'RE STANDING IN RELATION TO THE FENCE. AND IF I HAVE A TWO STORY HOUSE, I GUESS I'LL PROBABLY SEE IT PRETTY EASILY. RIGHT. SECOND WINDOW.

YES. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WITH YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE BLEACHERS. SO THIS IS A 1500 SEAT FACILITY RIGHT. NOT NOT 15,000 AS THE, AS THE EMAIL SAID. BUT IT'S A 1500 SEAT FACILITY AS COMPARED TO. SO DESOTO THAT'S 11,000, RIGHT. DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE STADIUMS. PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME. RIGHT. ABOUT 10,000 OR SO. BUT IF THE HEIGHT OF THE BLEACHERS WERE CONCERNED, WOULD THE SCHOOL BE BE OPEN TO BRINGING DOWN THAT NUMBER OR

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THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR IT. BUT RIGHT NOW, ABOUT HOW MANY HOME GAMES DO THEY HAVE A YEAR? FIVE HOME. FIVE HOME GAMES. FIVE NIGHTS A YEAR FOR HOME FOOTBALL GAMES. ABOUT FIVE HOME GAMES? YES. YEAH. FIVE HOME GAMES WITH THE BAND ALL YEAR FOR 365 DAYS A YEAR. YOU GOT FIVE.

THAT'S IT. FOR FOOTBALL. WHERE ARE Y'ALL PLAYING? HE'S. HE'S AN ARCHITECT. I'M A LAWYER. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO. YEAH. SO FIVE GAMES AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AT CURRENTLY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AT THOSE GAMES. ARE YOU FILLING THE STADIUM OR HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR SOME OF THEIR GAMES THEY DO. OTHER ONES WILL BE LIKE THREE QUARTERS FULL AT THE WAXAHACHIE.

NOW ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A VARSITY TEAM THERE? EXISTING TEAM IS THE EXISTING STADIUM THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. NOW IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE WERE THE FIRST PHASE 15 AND 500. I THINK THEY MAY BE EXPANDING IT NOW. HOW MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TEAMS DO YOU HAVE? THEY HAVE A THREE. THEY'D HAVE LIKE A VARSITY AND JUNIOR VARSITY. AND THEN WHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD COME TEAM OKAY. SO THERE'S MORE GAMES THEN THERE'S NOT JUST THE FIVE GAMES. THAT'S ONLY FOR THE VARSITY. THAT WAS A WHY IS HE ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN THE BACK? HE'S NOT THE FIVE, THE FIVE GAMES, THE BIG FIVE GAMES THAT THE BAND WILL BE AT AND THE AND THE BIG FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES.

YEAH. I'LL TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AS A HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT THAT CROWDS FOR JUNIOR VARSITY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. OKAY, I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED. I'M SORRY TO CREATE THE CONFUSION. I DO APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS, BUT LET ME STICK TO THE RULES HERE. SO WE'VE HEARD AND I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING, MR. KOONTZ, BUT THERE'S NOT JUST FIVE GAMES. I MEAN, AND IF YOU IF YOU REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT, I'LL ASK SOMEBODY TO COME UP AND ANSWER IT. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. PLEASE. OKAY. CAN SOMEONE CAN SOMEONE STEP UP? DO YOU HAVE A COACH HERE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COACH. ALL RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY TEAMS. YEAH. WELL RIGHT NOW IT'S A JV AND VARSITY TEAM FOR FOOTBALL.

MAYOR I'D LIKE TO HEAR HEAR HEAR HIS NAME. MY NAME IS SCOTT THRUSH. OKAY. AN ADDRESS 417 MONTPELIER LANE, RED OAK, TEXAS. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, COUNCILMAN. OKAY. SO HOW MANY? HOW MANY GAMES BETWEEN VARSITY AND JV HOME GAMES DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE? VARSITY HAS FIVE, JV HAS FIVE. THE BAND ONLY PLAYS AT VARSITY FIVE NIGHTS A YEAR, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE TEN GAMES FOR FOOTBALL. CORRECT? WE DO HAVE SOCCER. SO THERE'LL BE ABOUT TEN HOME SOCCER GAMES AND JV AND VARSITY PLAY IN THE SAME NIGHT. NO BAND, NO ANNOUNCING, NO NOISE. OKAY, WELL, YEAH, THERE'S STILL NOISE. WELL, I MEAN, I'M WE'RE WE'RE A SOCCER FAMILY. THERE'S NOISE.

NOTHING AMPLIFIED. NO. NO MUSIC, NO SPEAKERS, NO SPEAKERS. WE DON'T PLAY MUSIC, BUT THEY DO HAVE NIGHT GAMES. THEY ARE AT NIGHT, OKAY. THEY START AROUND 5:00 AND THEY FINISH SOMETIME AROUND 8 OR 9. THAT'S ALL. I'M GOING TO LET MR. KOONTZ CONTINUE, BECAUSE ALL I WAS

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NO HARM, NO FOUL. YOU'VE STRAIGHTENED THAT OUT FOR ME, SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR, MR. KOONTZ.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I JUST REALLY JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN JUST A STATEMENT. WOULD WOULD LIFE SCHOOL ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME KIND OF A CURFEW WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE GAMES AFTER 7 OR 8:00, WHATEVER THAT TIME WOULD BE? I DON'T THINK 7 OR 8:00 IS DOABLE, BUT ABSOLUTELY, AS WE EXPRESSED IN THAT LETTER THAT THE MAYOR REFERENCED EARLIER, LIFE SCHOOL WOULD ABIDE BY ANY RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY WISHES TO OFFER THAT WOULD BE UNIVERSALLY APPLIED TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT. WHAT ABOUT PRACTICE? RIGHT. AS I PLEASE, PLEASE. LET'S AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE THINKING OF OUT THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP SOME ORDER AND JUST I JUST CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE OUTBURSTS. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO, MR. KOONTZ, ARE YOU DONE? JUST JUST ONE STATEMENT AND THEN I'M DONE. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIST OF THOSE WHO RESPONDED FOR AND AGAINST THAT, IF YOU GO THROUGH THAT LIST FIRST, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE FOURS, WHICH ARE MOSTLY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND THEN, YES, MOST OF THOSE AGAINST ARE OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE. THAT'S I CERTAINLY CONFIRM THAT ALL THE WAY AROUND, ALL THE WAY AROUND, OR THE ONES THAT ARE FOUR AGAINST. YEAH, THE ONES THAT ARE FOR ARE MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS IS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT THAT WERE FOR HAPPENED TO BE IN DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS MY DISTRICT, AND, YOU KNOW, FROM MY DISTRICT AT LEAST THE RESPONSE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY. WE'RE NOT CLOSE TO WHERE THE SCHOOL WOULD BE. SO THAT PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT. BUT MOST OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL. SO I'LL END WITH THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS ANY ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON, MISS GOODEN. MAYOR, THIS IS MORE OF JUST A COMMENT. I DID GO TO ONE OF THE GAMES IN NOVEMBER OF, WELL, I DROVE THROUGH WAXAHACHIE PARKING LOT NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND I WAS ABLE TO JUST DRIVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE PARKING LOT TO SEE ABOUT THE SOUND. AND IN EVERY POINT OF THE PARKING LOT, I COULD HEAR THE GAME THAT WAS GOING ON THAT NIGHT. THEN I DROVE ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE IF I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF THE GAME, AND I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF THE GAME. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO COMMENT THAT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY PARENTS PURCHASED A HOME INTENTIONALLY BY A HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT WAY WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, I COULD GET TO SCHOOL. BUT THEY HAD A CHOICE TO MOVE NEAR THAT HIGH SCHOOL. THERE IS NO CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL OR SCHOOL ON THIS PROPERTY, AND WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS PURCHASED THEIR HOME, I DON'T THINK THEY ANTICIPATED HAVING A HOME OR A HIGH SCHOOL BEING BUILT IN THEIR BACKYARDS. A NUMBER OF THE OPPOSITION IS STRONG OPPOSITION FROM DUNCANVILLE. THE FEW THAT SPOKE TONIGHT IN FAVOR. THERE WERE SOME FROM OUTSIDE DUNCANVILLE, AND THEN A LOT OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN FAVOR ARE FROM OUTSIDE DUNCANVILLE. AND AS THE CURRENT AT LARGE, I HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY I HAVE TO CONSIDER. AND AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, TRAFFIC STUDY IS GOING TO PRETTY MUCH REMAIN THE SAME WITH OR POSSIBLE LITTLE IMPROVEMENT. AND THAT'S ALREADY A CONCERN FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. THANK YOU, BEN BAKER. MINE'S MORE OF A COMMENT ON CURIOSITY. THE STUDY I'LL REFERRED TO INDICATED, AND I'M NOT BASING MY OPINION ON THIS. I JUST THOUGHT I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE OF WHAT I DO. THIS IS STUFF THAT I WOULD LOOK AT IN MY PROFESSION, AND Y'ALL COME UP WITH $800,008 MILLION IN TAX GENERATED REVENUE FOR US. AND MY FEELING IS, IS PROBABLY IS BASED ON THE SCHOOL RATING. RIGHT. SO THE SCHOOL RATINGS PROBABLY I'M GUESSING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AND I

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PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT THAT FINALIZES INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS DUNCANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. AND THEN WE'LL FIND CHIEF K THINGS ARE GOING UP THERE THAT FELT GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR OUR MEETING AT 1053. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM SIX, A

[6.A. Duncanville Fire Department Quarterly Report - 3rd Quarter of FY25]

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COLTON BROSKI IS GOING TO BE GRADUATING AUGUST 1ST, 2025. COMING UP QUICKLY. AND CASEY VINCENT. HE'LL BE GRADUATING IN NOVEMBER 2025. AND WE HAVE A PROMOTIONAL EXAM COMING UP FOR VACANT FIRE MARSHAL, WHICH CREATES ALSO A DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY ON JULY 29TH. HERE, TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS. OUR MEDICAL MEDICAL SERVICES EMS SOGS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR PLAYBOOK ON HOW WE OPERATE. EQUALLY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, POLICIES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS WELL, AND WE HAVE A REGIONAL FIRE TRAINING CLASS THAT I MYSELF DID ON SOME EXPERIENCES WHEN SOME LINE OF DUTY DEATHS WE HAD WHEN I WAS IN THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE DEFINITELY APPLICABLE TO OUR EXPERIENCES HERE. SO IT'S TAUGHT 195 MEMBERS AMONGST THE FOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST, AND OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EXERCISE. LAUREN SANCHEZ DOES A GREAT JOB, AND WE HAD A TABLETOP EXERCISE. AND WHEN YOU EXERCISE, YOU GET BETTER AND KNOW NO DIFFERENCE. WITH THE TABLETOP.

BLOOM FEST WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HELPED COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND EQUALLY, ON THE 4TH OF JULY THAT THAT WENT WELL AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE EVENT. PROJECTS UNDERWAY ARE FIRST DUE IS A FIRE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL APPROVED ON MAY 6TH, AND IT WILL FACILITATE IMPROVED TRACKING OF OUR DATA VERSUS OUR OTHER RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY TO THE MATRIX REPORT. AND SO THAT TRAINING THAT WITH THE FIRST DO SOFTWARE STARTS JUNE 23RD, AND IT'S ONGOING PRESENTLY, AND SOME GOOD RESULTS WILL COME FROM THAT. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THIRD PARTY VALIDATION, AND WE'RE PURSUING THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES TO GET THAT DESIGNATION. THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROJECT. THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED THERE, AND WELL, IT SHOULD BE. IT'S WORTH ATTAINING. AND THEN THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE CLASS ONE, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP LOWER COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE RATES IN THE CITY. IF WE GO FROM A CURRENT CLASS TWO RATING TO A CLASS ONE, AND WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY FY 26. AND SPEAKING OF CHIEF CHASE EARLIER, I'LL BE INTERVIEWING OFFICER CANDIDATES. WE'LL HAVE A PANEL REPRESENTING OUR LOCAL LABOR UNION, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO SELECT THE NEXT ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF POSITION AND THOSE THAT ARE WANT TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION. YOU HAVE TO BE AN OFFICER RANK IF YOU WILL CAPTAIN AND ABOVE. AND THAT CLOSES JULY 18TH. AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN SHORT ORDER BECAUSE I'M READY TO GET SOME HELP THERE. AND ADMINISTRATION CHIEF, WITHOUT MENTIONING NAMES, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY INTERNALLY THAT'S APPLYING? NO, THERE'S NO ONE IN THAT SPOT CURRENTLY. SO THERE'S NOT AN ACTING POSITION. BUT ANYWAY, I HOPE TO GET IT FILLED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. BUT NOBODY NOBODY THAT'S CURRENTLY ON STAFF QUALIFIES OR HAS APPLIED. OH YEAH. WE'VE HAD IT'S ALL BUT PER CIVIL SERVICE IT'S ONLY INTERNAL CANDIDATES THAT CAN APPLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT'LL DEFINITELY BE A MEMBER ALREADY OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE VERY BUSY. FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU SEE, IN THE THIRD QUARTER, 1848 CALLS FOR SERVICE, FIRE RELATED WERE 35.

OF THOSE, THERE ARE TEN BUILDING FIRES AND OTHER FIRE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE. 480 AND OUR EMS CALLS. WE CALL OURSELVES A FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT EMS IS OUR CORE BUSINESS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH 1323 CALLS. AND WE COMPLETED 95 FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTIONS. AND ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO GET TO THE ONE? THE DESIGNATION AS A ONE FROM A TWO TO A ONE. WELL, WHAT WHERE ARE WE WORKING ON? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WELL, AS FAR AS THE REDUCTION IN COST FOR INSURANCE OR SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY. WELL, AND I PRESENTED ON THIS A FEW A COUPLE

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AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE HAVE TO DO SOME AS EXAMPLES, HAVE SOME MATERIAL TRAINING, OFFICER TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL HOURS THERE. AND OUR PRE-FIRE PLANNING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE A WE GOT OUR IPADS FIXED. THEY HAVE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY THEN THAT PRECLUDED US FROM GETTING THE USING THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM BEFORE BECAUSE IT WOULD KEEP ON DISCONNECTING. AND SO IT'S RELATIVELY VERY MINOR WHAT WE STILL HAVE TO ACHIEVE. AND SO I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AND THAT THIS GOAL WILL BE ACHIEVED BY NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MR. KOONTZ. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH. SECOND. YEAH. NOW, CHIEF, I WANTED TO.

JUST COMPLIMENT SOME OF YOUR EMT, SO I MEANT I MEANT TO SAY THIS DURING THE COUNCIL MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT AT THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, I WAS OUT AT A COUPLE OF SOME OF THE RIDES AND LONG LINES FOR THE RIDES. AND THERE WAS A LADY SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS ABOUT TO PASS OUT. HER DAUGHTER WAS KIND OF HOLDING HER AND SHE LOOKED. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE CALLED, YOU KNOW, 911 AND I KNOW I DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB DESCRIBING WHERE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHERE ARE THE DISPATCH? RIGHT. WHERE ARE YOU EXACTLY? I SAID, WELL, JAMES COLLINS BOULEVARD, WE'RE AT THE 4TH OF JULY. BUT IT WAS JUST KIND OF AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY EYE ON THIS LADY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING TO THE DISPATCHER. WITHIN TWO MINUTES, I SAW THE ATV, THE GUYS COMING UP. I MEAN, LOOKING TO SEE WHERE I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS THAT FAST. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST THEY GOT OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH, AGAIN, MY POOR DESCRIPTION OF WHERE WE WERE. BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST COMPLIMENT, YOU KNOW, THE EMT AND PARAMEDICS AND YOU COULD PASS THAT ALONG TO THEM THAT I MEAN, IT WAS JUST EXCEPTIONAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I FELT, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW HERE AT 4TH OF JULY IN DUNCANVILLE WITH THE FIRE AND POLICE. SO THANK YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE LADY WAS OKAY. I THINK SHE HAD LOW BLOOD PRESSURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THEY TOOK CARE OF HER AND EVERYTHING TURNED OUT WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO THE FIREFIGHTERS. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

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

UNFORTUNATELY I KIND OF WISH THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE OUR STAFF DID SOME EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN. AND THEY CERTAINLY NEED TO BE PUBLICLY PRAISED. SO OUR STAFFING WE HAVE EXCEEDED AS FAR AS AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THERE, 27 YEARS, WE'VE HIRED 11 POLICE OFFICERS SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. TO DATE, THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER DONE. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING STANDARDS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ANYTHING TO ALLOW THEM TO SLIP IN THROUGH THE CRACKS. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THESE BACKGROUNDS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE. SO IF ANYTHING, OUR STANDARDS HAVE INCREASED. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND CERTAINLY CONGRATULATE OUR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS AND OUR RECRUITERS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES. WE HAVE A TEST COMING UP ON AUGUST 23RD. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE'RE GOING TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE 11 THAT WE HIRED ARE ALL ON THE STREET ANSWERING CALLS. THEY'RE IN SOME FORM OF TRAINING, WHICH YOU'LL SEE HERE. AND IT'S A LONG LIST, AS I SAID, 11 PEOPLE IN A YEAR. SO THEY'RE IN SOME FORM OF TRAINING, WHETHER IT'S IN IN THE POLICE ACADEMY, WHETHER IT'S IN IN-SERVICE TRAINING OR FIELD TRAINING. SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. THE GOOD THING IS, IS WE HAVE REALLY GOOD FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS. THAT ARE GETTING THEM THROUGH THIS, THIS TRAINING QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M BIG ON IS LEADERSHIP TRAINING. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE WHAT WE'RE DOING. ALL OF THE SUPERVISORY STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH THE FBI TRILOGY, WHICH BEGINS WITH SUPERVISORY, THEN COMMAND, THEN EXECUTIVE TRAINING. WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE FBI FOR HAVING ALL OF OUR SUPERVISORS WHEN WE

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SO THEY ENGAGE THESE THESE BIKE OFFICERS. THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED REALLY AT BLOOM FEST.

BUT JULY 4TH IS WHEN WE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THEM. YOU HAVE 15,000 PEOPLE APPROXIMATELY IN THAT PARK, SO I'M GUARANTEE YOU 90% OF THE PEOPLE SAW THEM ROLLING THROUGH THE PARK.

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS DID TOO. THEY LOOKED REALLY GOOD. AND THEN ASSISTANT CHIEF TIJERINA, WHO'S SITTING BEHIND ME, ATTENDED LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE FOR COMMAND STAFF LEADERSHIP. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING. THAT'S THE BIG FOCUS ON THIS SLIDE IS WE'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING THE RISE UNIT. YOU GUYS KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE PULLED OFFICER AMBROSIO BACK DUE TO STAFFING. I HAVE GREAT NEWS. HE IS GOING TO BE REASSIGNED TO THE RISE UNIT THE END OF JULY. THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT HELP. HE IS DOING THAT. THAT UNIT ANCILLARY TO HIS PRIMARY DUTY AND PATROL.

SO NOW HE AND TALIA ARE CRIME VICTIMS. ADVOCATE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS FULL TIME. THEY WILL ALSO, IN ADDITION TO BEING REACTIVE IN FOLLOW UPS, THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THESE CALLS INITIALLY, WHICH THEN HELPS OUR OFFICERS FOCUS FROM THAT TO ANOTHER CRITICAL ASSIGNMENT. SO AND GOING THROUGH THEIRS, THEIR WEB PAGE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED, WE ADDED A WEB PAGE. THAT QR CODE WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT. AND THERE'S APPLICATION. IF YOU DO NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. WE'VE SINCE HE'S DONE THIS PART TIME, THEY'VE ASSISTED APPROXIMATELY 27 NEW CLIENTS. VICTIM ADVOCACY. SHE'S ASSISTED 94 CONTACTS OUR VICTIMS. SO A LOT OF WORK. NOW THEY ARE BEING REASSIGNED OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE FEEL THAT SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS HELP PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY MAY FEAR ARREST OR SOMETHING. SO THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A SATELLITE SITE. IN FACT, THEY'RE RIGHT OVER HERE AT 103 PATROL ACTIVITY COMPARISON. AT A GLANCE, YOU'LL NOTICE OUR TRAFFIC STOPS, OUR 27. OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE 13,000, A LITTLE LESS THAN LAST YEAR. AND THEN OUR CITATIONS. NO INSURANCE WILL SEEM TO ALWAYS LEAD THAT CATEGORY. EXPIRED REGISTRATION, NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, SPEEDING AND EXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE.

THE CITIZENS ON PATROL, THE BMV REPORT CARDS. THIS IS A GREAT EVENT. IT ALLOWS OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL TO GO OUT THERE AND KIND OF FORCE MULTIPLY TO HELP EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT A VICTIM OF A BMV. SO WINCO AND THEY I DON'T WANT TO SAY RANDOMLY SELECT, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK AT THE CRIME STATS AND DETERMINE, OKAY, THESE ARE GOING TO BE OUR BEST SPOTS TO GO TO, WHETHER IT'S KROGER, COSTCO OR WINCO. OUR DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, WE HAD TWO USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, ALL FOUND TO BE LAWFUL ONE VEHICLE PURSUIT AND THEN TWO COMPLAINTS. THEY WERE INTERNAL COMPLAINTS, NOT EXTERNAL. SO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER ARIAS LEADS THAT EFFORT. WE LOST MR. TUCKER, WHO WAS THE CP TRIPLE A PRESIDENT DURING THIS QUARTER. HE WAS CERTAINLY A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR US, AND HE'LL CERTAINLY BE MISSED. SO WE HAVE A CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY. THE FALL 25 SESSION, CLASS 64 BEGINS

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WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS. THAT'S OUR STOLEN VEHICLES AND BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES. I'LL TELL YOU, NATIONALLY STOLEN VEHICLES IS THROUGH THE ROOF. AND WE'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT. NOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO PREVENT THIS OR ERADICATE IT IS WE'VE DONE OVERTIME ASSIGNMENTS IN OUR CORRIDOR. AND IT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE SUSPECTS IN THEIR VEHICLES, ARE OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A PAPER TAG. SO WE HAVE INITIATED ANOTHER OPERATION WHERE WE ARE TARGETING VEHICLES WITH PAPER TAGS. WE'VE CONFISCATED A TON OF THEM. WE'VE DONE BOTH. BOTH WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT A LATER DATE, THE OUTCOME OF THAT. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE OFFENSES. SO GROUP A COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, CEDAR HILL, DESOTO NOW DESOTO, THEY'RE JUNE AND LANCASTER. THEIR JUNE INFORMATION WASN'T SUBMITTED WHEN I PULLED THIS INFORMATION ON JULY 7TH. SO THIS IS JUST COMPARATIVE TO OTHER CITIES. AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH APRIL. MAY AND JUNE ARE ON OUR MAJOR CRIMES AGAIN. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THEFTS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES WILL CERTAINLY BE THE HIGHEST, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE 67 IS. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF YOUR BUSINESSES ARE HOTELS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'RE GOING TO DO OTHER THINGS TO HELP MITIGATE THIS. OUR PATROL OFFICERS, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN IDENTIFYING THESE SUSPECTS. THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF THEM RUN FROM US. AND WHEN THEY FLEE FROM A VEHICLE, A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN'T PURSUE THAT PERSON. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING UP WITH SOME OPTIONS ON THAT, ON HOW TO MITIGATE THOSE. IN FACT, A LIEUTENANT HAS PROVIDED ME SOME, SOME AMENDMENTS, SOME REVISIONS TO OUR POLICY. THAT GIVES A LITTLE MORE DISCRETION ON THAT. SO MAY AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE DISTRICT FOUR LEADING WITH BMV'S. AND THEN JUNE. AND THEN THAT IS IT. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE QUICK COMMENT. I'M ALL SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND I DO AGREE WE NEED TO SHARPEN OUR SKILLS. BUT I KIND OF LIKE CHIEF WILCOX AUTHENTICITY. SO AS HE'S GOING TO GET HIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ASK HIM TO STILL BE HIMSELF BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN RELATE TO HIM AND SEE THEMSELVES EVENTUALLY HAVING AN OPTION TO GROW UP AND BECOME A POLICE CHIEF. SO I KNOW HE'S A LITTLE HE'S SHARED WITH ME. HE'S A LITTLE SELF CONSCIOUS OF PRESENTING TO COUNCIL, BUT I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE HIM JUST TO CONTINUE TO KEEP EXERCISING THAT MUSCLE AND REMAIN AUTHENTIC TO WHO HE IS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO HIS PERSONALITY. SO ABSOLUTELY, I ENCOURAGE HIM. CHIEF, I GOT A I GOT A TEXT RIGHT AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY FROM A LONG TIME RESIDENT THAT I KNOW DOWN IN DISTRICT FOUR SAID THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS WERE THE BEST I'VE SEEN IN 40 YEARS. EXCLAMATION POINT. HAVE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE. I'VE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE FOR 40 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY EVENT. THE CROWDS AND PD PRESENCE WAS INCREDIBLE AND HOSPITABLE, SO JUST WANT TO PASS THAT ON THAT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE OUT AT THE EVENT. WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT A TALLY YET ON HOW MANY, BUT THEY FELT SAFE. AND I HEARD THAT FROM PEOPLE IN IN THE INSIDE THE FENCED AREA. SO JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON THAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. AND IF I MAY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET COMPLACENT IN THAT, THAT WE START REDUCING THE SECURITY MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN CHAOS BEGINS. SO AND YOU'RE RIGHT, EVERYWHERE WE WENT, THERE WAS AN OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER IN THAT AREA. AND IN MY YEARS THAT

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AWESOME. THAT'S AWESOME. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, YOU TWO.

CHIEF. THANK YOU ALL. SO WE'RE DONE WITH OUR BUSINESS. ADJOURNED AT 1117.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.