TIME. WE'VE GOT A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE, SO WE'RE OPENING OUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, AUGUST
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5TH AT 6:00 PM. MEETING IS NOW OPEN. AND WITH THAT WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO. DISCUSSION OF THE[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 1of 2)]
AGENDA ITEMS. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE SOME ITEM A IS JUST TO CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 10TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. AND THEN ITEM B IS JUST CONSIDER RESOLUTION ORDERING A CHARTER ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 25TH FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING PROPOSITIONS EIGHT THROUGH L TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, MR. HAGER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY REGARDING THAT. OKAY. ITEM C IS CONSIDERED APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DUE TO A RESIGNATION AND THEN ALSO REMOVAL OF A MEMBER FROM THE DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD AND COMMISSION. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. CITY SECRETARY CHIQUITA TAYLOR IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER, AS WELL AS MARK RAUSCH OR ANYTHING AS WELL. SO. OKAY. ITEM D CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AUTHORIZING OF ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR INVESTMENT CONSULTING SERVICES WITH VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING, LLC, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS. WITH AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL EXPENDITURE, THE AMOUNT OF $50,000. AND YES, AND RICHARD JACKSON FOR THAT. BUT SORRY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DID IT GO OUT FOR COMPETITIVE BID? BECAUSE I SEE WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE 2003 AND THAT'S OVER TO YOU. SO WHERE DID IT GO OUT. WE DID NOT WE DID NOT WE. ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD BEEN GETTING FROM THEM, AS WELL AS THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE FACT THAT THE PRICING WAS NOT CHANGING IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE QUOTING US THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO CONTINUE. HAVING SAID THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPTION, IF IT IS THE WILL MISS GOODEN TO VIEW IT AND AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR 26, WE CAN PUT THAT OUT FOR BID. IF THIS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO DO SO, I'LL ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I HAVE ONE OF THEIR OPINION, BECAUSE WHEN I SAW IT, I SAW 2003 IS WHEN WE WENT INTO AND THEN WE'RE 2025 AND THEY'RE JUST AUTOMATICALLY HOWEVER, IT WAS DECIDED BASED ON THAT. YES, YES. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE ASK THIS IF I CAN, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST FROM FINANCE DIRECTORS AND PEOPLE IN FINANCE IN THAT. IT BETTER TO BE CHANGING PEOPLE OUT, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR PURPOSE THEY'RE SERVING FOR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT LONGEVITY ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR. IT'S SOMETIMES JUST A MATTER OF KIND OF STARTING OVER AND FRESHENING UP. IS THERE ANYTHING TO THAT THAT WOULD ANSWER MISS GOODEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING SOMEBODY THAT WE HAD ON BOARD SO LONG? CERTAINLY FROM. AND MAYOR, I GUESS LET ME PREFACE BY SAYING I'M JUST PROVIDING AN ANSWER FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. CERTAINLY ON THE FINANCE SIDE, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HOLD TRUE ON THE AUDIT SIDE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A REVIEW STANDPOINT THAT THINGS YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN SO THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING LULLED TO SLEEP, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY LOOKING THROUGH MAYBE DIFFERENT WINDOWS OR DIFFERENT AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE WITHIN COMPLIANCE. ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF IT IS RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN. AND SO FOR IN THIS CASE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY MAKING DECISIONS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A CERTAIN CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. CERTAINLY THERE TO MISS GOODWIN'S POINT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF AGENCIES THAT CAN PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE. AND SO, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE IF GOING INTO OR I GUESS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 26, IF WE DID PUT IT OUT TO BID, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT AGAIN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS CERTAINLY RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN. AND SO FOR ME, FOR ME, IT COULD BE A BENEFIT. IT COULD BE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I AM HAVING AN ALLOWANCE IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE, THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSED AS WELL. SO[00:05:04]
IT'S DEFINITELY A FAIR POINT TO POSE AND WE'VE CERTAINLY DONE THAT. WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER CONTRACTS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE CITY. SO AGAIN, WHILE WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WE CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT WHAT THE WHAT THE REQUEST IS, AND WE CAN HONOR THAT REQUEST IN TERMS OF A COMMITMENT TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID DURING 26. AND I AGREE WITH MR. JACKSON SAID AS WELL, IT'S REALLY ABOUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICE. AND WE DON'T THERE THERE. BUT WE DON'T USE THEM THAT OFTEN. BUT THE OTHER SIDE THAT I WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THOUSAND, RIGHT? FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD. SO THE CITY MANAGER DIDN'T HAVE TO. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS. I DON'T I DON'T EVER RECALL SEEING THAT. SO. ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S OKAY WITH IT.YEAH I DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO GET CLARIFICATION ON YOUR QUESTION. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I SAW A NOD FROM MR. JERRY BROWN, KNOW WHEN HE WAS TALKING, I WAS YEAH, OKAY, I AGREE. ANYBODY ELSE COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE? OKAY. GO AHEAD OKAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. NOW ITEM E IS IN RICHARD. YOU MAY WANT TO ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS. CONSIDER CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FY 2425 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUND BALANCE, RESOURCES AND REVENUE RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL UTILITY IT REPLACEMENT AND ONE TIME PROJECT FUNDS. IF YOU RECALL, FOR FY 2012 BUDGET AMENDMENTS, YOU RECALL THIS IS THE ITEM WE BRIEFED YOU ALL LAST WEEK AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. BUT RICHARD JACKSON IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AT THE WORKSHOP I WASN'T ALLOWED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, JUST WAIT TILL AUGUST 12TH, BUT ENDED UP IN THIS AGENDA. SO DIGITIZE PAPER DOCUMENTS. PROJECT TO DIGITIZE ALL REMAINING PAPER DOCUMENTS FOR ARCHIVE AND SEARCHABILITY.
THIS IS SPLIT HALF AND TIME PROJECT FUNDS AND HALF AND UTILITY FUNDS 172,500. SO WHAT IS WHAT PAPERWORK IS LEFT TO DIGITIZE? I KNOW WE HAD I KNOW WE HAD QUITE A BIT THAT WAS STILL REMAINING. WE HAD A VERY, I GUESS, COMPREHENSIVE UNDERTAKING SO FAR. BUT TO FINISH WHAT WE WERE, I GUESS FORECASTING OUT, I DON'T KNOW LIKE SPECIFIC. BECAUSE YOU HAD QUITE A BIT FOR LIKE CERTAINLY ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE THE SO THE USE OF UTILITY FUND BUT DEFINITELY ON THE I GUESS ON THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT SIDE. YEAH I WANT, I WANT TO LET ME JUST NARROW IT DOWN. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE PAYING AGAIN FOR THE MYGOV INTER GOV TRANSITION. AND I KNOW THAT IN THAT CONTRACT THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HELP WITH THE TRANSITION AND TRANSFERRING THE PAPER DOCUMENTS OVER TO THE NEXT SYSTEM. WHEN ONE WAS SUNSETTING THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE READY TO GO AND WOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR PRIOR DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVE INFORMATION IN FOR SEARCHABILITY. AND I HAD A CITIZEN CONTACT ME THIS WEEK SAYING THAT THEY COULD NOT ACCESS ANY PERMIT INFORMATION BASED ON THEIR ADDRESS FROM PRIOR TO 2024. NOW, IS THAT WHAT THIS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO? BECAUSE IF THAT IS, WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THAT. WHY ARE WE PAYING? I BELIEVE THIS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS THIS IS SEPARATE. SO OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, ARCHIVING OR ITEMS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR DESTRUCTION. WE'VE DONE THAT. AND REALLY THIS WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING, TRYING TO USE A SOFTWARE LIKE LASER FISH TO DIGITIZE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REMAINING, AS WELL AS OTHER CITY SECRETARY RECORDS, TO SEPARATE FROM THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUE, WHICH I DEFINITELY WILL BE ADDRESSING WITH YOU ALL PER THE REQUEST. BUT THIS, THIS, THIS IS A SEPARATE THIS IS A SEPARATE. DIGITIZATION. THE. AND BARRY DOCKS NO SEPARATE SEPARATE ISSUE. SEPARATE ISSUE. THESE ARE MORE LIKE CONSTRUCTION RELATED DOCUMENTS, BID DOCUMENTS SPECIFICATIONS, VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. OKAY. THERE ARE ALSO SOME PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED ITEMS LIKE PLATS THAT THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE SCANNING. RIGHT? OKAY. SO ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT'S STILL HERE ON HAND, YOU WANT TO GET IT IN. DIGITIZE IT. CORRECT OKAY. THAT'S. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM F IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. ENTER INTO A 12 MONTH CONTRACT WITH CIGNA GROUP FOR EMPLOYEE AND RETIRED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE. THIS IS AGAIN THE ITEM THAT WE PRESENTED
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TO YOU ALL AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST WEEK. ASHLEY JACOBS, AS WELL AS DREW FROM HUB, IS HERE AS WELL. AND I APOLOGIZE, DREW, I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME. SO I KNOW YOU'RE FILLING IN FOR ANDREW, BUT THEY'RE HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT AGAIN, JUST A JUST AS WE SAID FROM THE MEETING, WE WERE BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR THE AUGUST 5TH IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NEW OPEN ENROLLMENT DATES AND THE TRANSITION. I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER THAT. WE WENT OVER IT IN PRETTY GOOD DETAIL, AND THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. AND I IF THAT'S THE CASE, I CAN GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM G, JUST A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING JUST OUR INTERNET SERVICE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, JUST RENEWING IT AGAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF 36,000 FOR FIVE YEARS.I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS OUT THERE THAT ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO IT'S A PRETTY A REALLY COMPETITIVE RATE. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING TO RENEW THIS. WELL, AND AARON GOERGEN IS HERE TOO, I BELIEVE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AND IF NOTHING OKAY. SORRY. IT'S AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE ON HAND. YES. AND SIMILAR TO LIKE VALLEY VIEW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S THE SAME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP. WE'VE HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR A LONG TIME. JUST IT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS LOW DOLLAR AND THERE WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE FIVE YEAR RULE. SO WE TRY TO DO THOSE IN LONG TERM CONTRACTS NOW, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THESE AGREEMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND SOLIDIFYING GOING FORWARD. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT GIVING BEFORE US AND LETTING US BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT. SO THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST ITEM ON WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN ITEM FOUR. YES, THIS IS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES PD AND FIRE FOR 113. THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THIS IS JUST OUR INTERNET SERVICE THAT WE HAVE HERE AT ALL OUR FACILITIES. IT'S JUST UT AUSTIN THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. IT'S THE ONE THAT THE OFFICE OF TELECOM THAT PROVIDES OUR ACTUAL INTERNET SERVICE. SIMILAR LIKE IF YOU HAD VERIZON IN YOUR HOUSE OR AT&T, IT'S REALLY THE SAME THING. JUST OUR ONGOING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN ALL MY YEARS I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THAT LOW. YEAH, WELL, LET'S JUMP ON IT. IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD DEAL. ITEM H IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF MOBILE COMPUTERS FOR BAY USING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES CONTRACT. THIS IS ANOTHER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THESE ARE FOR COMPUTERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, AARON GROGAN MELTON IS AS WELL OR ON ON HAND ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST THOSE COMPUTERS FOR THE FOR THE POLICE. AND IT IS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DER. SO I MEAN I'LL ASK IT JUST BECAUSE I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE WONDERING ABOUT. SO WHAT'S EXACTLY GOING TO BE THE PURPOSE? HOW IS IT? HOW IS IT GOING TO HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CONSTITUENTS? SO THIS IS TO UPGRADE SOME AGING EQUIPMENT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES FOR MOBILE CAD. BASICALLY REMOTE DISPATCHING FROM THE VEHICLE, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, COMMUNICATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'LL HELP MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFICIENT, AND ALSO LESS LIKELY TO FAIL. I MEAN, IT'S A LEADING QUESTION. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY SUSTAINED. I'M GOING TO ASK A LEADING QUESTION TO YOU'RE THE JUDGE. YOU CAN'T JUST ROUGHLY HOW OLD IS THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE REPLACING? I KNOW TECHNOLOGY MOVES FAST, BUT I IMAGINE IT'S PRETTY OLD STUFF. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. IT'S WELL PAST THE LIFE CYCLE. YEAH. WE'VE WE'VE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES, KIND OF PUSHING IT BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMEWHAT OPERATIONAL. WE'LL USE THEM AS A BACKUP IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE NEWER ONES. OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE? AN ITEM. I IS JUST APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH. THIS IS THE TOYOTA PROPERTY. WHEN WE FIRST YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS SALE WAS APPROVED, THERE WAS A 180 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD. THAT THAT EXPIRATION DATE COMES ON AUGUST 18TH. THEY'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAY EXTENSION PLUS AND GIVING US AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 SO THEY CAN FINISH UP THEIR SURVEY AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED. BUT VICTOR WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN COULD ADD ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY JUST NEED TO GET THAT WORK DONE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT 180 DAY WINDOW IS NOT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT I WANT TO ADD, I LOOK AT THIS AS A BENEFIT BECAUSE WITH OUR NEW CONSULTANT, I THINK IF WE CAN GET AGREEMENT ON IT, IF NOT, THEN IT'S A MOOT POINT. BUT I'D LIKE HIM TO LOOK OVER OUR CONTRACT. THIS GIVES US MORE TIME FOR HIM NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A GENERAL AGREEMENT TO LOOK AT IT. IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT.
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BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER TIME FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I JUST QUESTION, HOW DO WE COME TO 10,000? I WILL YIELD TO THEM ON THAT SPECIFIC. THAT WAS AN OFFER THAT THE DEVELOPER PUT FOR THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF THE 30 DAY EXTENSION THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT BY BY THEM AS A GOOD THING, AS A GOOD FAITH. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT AMOUNT FOR THE INITIAL 180 DAYS.AND IF I CAN ASK, THEY THEY HAD IN HERE 290 DAY EXTENSIONS SO THEY CAN ASK FOR 30, NO PROBLEM.
AND IF THEY NEED ANOTHER ONE THEY CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR THE OTHER 90. THEY DON'T. OKAY, GOOD. SO WE'RE HOPING THE 30 DAYS WILL WILL WRAP IT UP FOR HIM. BUT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR IT AND WE RECOMMEND GRANTING JUST TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET THAT DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD DONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM J IS JUST AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND OUR FOR OUR OUR SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC ZONES. SHAHEED MUHAMMAD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IS HERE FOR THE MAT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS ITEM IS THAT THEY RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR SCHEDULE FOR SCHOOL ZONES. AND AS FAR AS WHEN CLASS STARTS AND ENDS, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO NOW GO AMEND OUR ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOL ZONES COINCIDE WITH THOSE NEW DISMISSAL TIMES, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL START TIME. DO WE HAVE SIGNAGE THAT HAS TO BE ALTERED AS WELL? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF THERE IS, WE'LL MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS JUST SO THAT OUR ORDINANCE ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE SCHOOL IS REQUESTING. AND I DON'T KNOW, WAS SHE WAS HERE, BUT. BUT BUT YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE THEY'VE CHANGED THOSE TIMES. SO WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS IT AS WELL IN OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEN ITEM K IS CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MCMAHON CONTRACTING L.P. FOR CONCRETE PAVING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. IT'S A IT'S A THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, ONE YEAR TERM RENEWAL, THREE ADDITIONAL RENEWAL OPTIONS, AND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS MATT. MATT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. MY UNDERSTANDING THIS HAS BEEN A CONTRACT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR OUR PAVING AS WELL ON ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. CONCRETE REPLACEMENT. CONCRETE REPLACEMENT. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE RIGHT INTO CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'LL JUST GO OVER A FEW IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, THE BEST SOUTHWEST BREAKFAST SERIES IS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT 8 A.M. THE DUNCANVILLE SPONSORED ONE IS GOING TO BE AUGUST THE 22ND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FRIDAY THE 22ND. IF ANYONE WANTS TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE LIST. AND THERE'S A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING NEXT MONDAY. THE 11TH IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE 12TH. THE BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL START AT 12 NOON AND 1212. I'M SORRY. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE FOUR. OH IT IS YOU LOOK AT THE 12. OKAY. THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. BUT IT'S SET FOR. I'M SORRY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU ALL AWAKE.
YEAH. THAT'S IT. IT'S 4 P.M. WE HAVE IT ON THERE. IT'S 4 P.M. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, YES. I'M SORRY. WE DO NEED TO COME UP WITH AN INTERVIEW DATE FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS. IF WE CAN COME UP WITH TWO, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. AND THE ESSENCE OF TIME. CAN WE DO THIS VIA EMAIL AND TRY TO COME UP? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL WE GOT. OKAY. A HARD STOP HERE. GIVE US AN HOUR. SO YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON AUGUST OR AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IS OKAY. BUT THERE THERE ARE TERMS IN AUGUST THE 25TH. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND IT. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A DATE FOR AUGUST OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TWO OF THESE ITEMS AGAIN. WE HAVE TO GET SOME EXECUTIVE SESSIONS IN DURING THIS SESSION. SO WE'RE GOING TO ONLY DO ITEMS A AND B HERE. THE OTHER ITEM WILL MOVE OR. WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OKAY.
YEAH I'M ON TIME. IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. WE CAN DELAY OR JUST DO IT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OKAY. SO.
WELL SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM A CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON SCHEDULE OF NEXT STEPS FOR ADOPTING THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR OUR OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING, THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE COMP PLAN THAT WE DID ON JULY 22ND. JUST A QUICK TIMELINE. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN JULY 2024, WHEN THE CITY AWARDED A CONTRACT TO MRB GROUP TO DO IT. WE. THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN AUGUST OF 2024, AND THE PROJECT OFFICIALLY
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KICKED OFF IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AND THEN SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, THERE'S BEEN JOINT MEETINGS. AND THEN WE HAD WE ALSO HAD SOME ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS IN THE SPRING, WE UNVEILED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE COMP PLAN IN JUNE OF 2025. AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD THAT JOINT MEETING ON THE 22ND. SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO WALK THROUGH THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER TO MOVE TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION. AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE BRIEFING THE SCHEDULE TONIGHT. THE NEXT STEP WE'RE PROPOSING HAVING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BE PRESENTED. THE PLAN ON AUGUST 11TH WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION AFTERWARDS, FOLLOWED BY ON AUGUST 25TH. IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC CORPORATION FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND ALSO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM COUNCILMEMBER KOONTZ OF POSSIBLY DOING A SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION. SO THAT IS AN OPTION TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER. WE CAN EITHER HAVE A BRIEFING FOR Y'ALL ON SEPTEMBER 2ND WHERE WE CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH, ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF THERE'S ANY EDITS WE CAN DO IT THEN, ALTHOUGH THAT IS ALSO GOT THE BUDGET GOING ON AT THAT TIME. AND THEN ANOTHER CROWDED AGENDA SO WE COULD DO THE SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH OR SOMETIME THAT WEEK TO JUST BASICALLY FOCUS ON JUST DOING ONE MORE REVIEW, ANSWER QUESTIONS, ETC. AND THEN HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS A TUESDAY, TO ACTUALLY FORMALLY ADOPT THE PLAN. SO REALLY NEXT STEPS IS JUST TO CONFIRM AND INCORPORATE ANY CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE AND MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN AGAIN WE WOULD WE WOULD ALSO GOING FORWARD ESTABLISH THAT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND ALSO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. BUT I THINK REALLY OUR OUR OUR OUR QUESTION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT IS BACK ON THE SCHEDULE. IF AS FAR AS SEPTEMBER COMING BACK, WOULD THAT BE A PREFERENCE TO DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON MAYBE THE 9TH OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN HAVE THAT ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH? WE COULD GO EITHER WAY. WE CAN WORK ANOTHER DATE IF THAT WORKS BETTER. EVERYBODY, WE'RE THINKING FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT, IF WE DID THAT SPECIAL CALL JUST TO REVIEW, IT WOULD BE THAT THAT WEEK OF THE NINTH. SO EVERYBODY.THAT WE USE FOR THE WORKSHOP, THE WORKSHOP. RIGHT. AND THEN ADOPTION A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON TUESDAY THE 30TH FOR THE ADOPTION OF IT. HOW'S THE NINTH WORK FOR EVERYONE? IT'S A GOOD NIGHT FOR YOU. YES. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SCHEDULE. AND WHAT TIME WILL THAT BE? WE CAN DO IT AT 6 P.M. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AT OUR STANDARD TIME. OR WE CAN DO IT ANOTHER TIME. THAT WORKS BEST FOR COUNCIL A LOT MORE. DOES IT WORK FOR YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER COMBS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ANYTIME YOU WORK OKAY. ARE YOU OKAY WITH FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH? OKAY. AND ON THE 30TH DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO A SIMILAR TIMELINE THERE FOR PM OR. AS WELL? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. I WAS LOOKING AT MY COUNTDOWN TIMER OKAY. THANKS. AND I CAN TAKE THIS IF YOU NEED ME OR ANYONE UP. YEAH, IT'S UP HERE. SORRY I'M ALL UP HERE, BUT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. WHEN? WHEN THE. BOARD AND COMMISSION GOES OUT. CAN INCLUDE THIS THESE DATES IN THERE AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THIS MAKES ME THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING ONE PAGE CALENDARS. I'M SORRY I SOMETIMES I LIKE TO SEE IT OUT FURTHER. WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH WE DO THAT. OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS FROM 72 HOURS TO 7 TO 3 BUSINESS DAYS, WHICH ALSO WOULD MOVE OUR POSTING DATE TO TUESDAY. ACTUALLY, WE COULD DO WEDNESDAY, BUT TUESDAY, WE'RE SAYING TUESDAY IN CASE THERE'S A HOLIDAY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T COUNT THE HOLIDAY AS A BUSINESS DAY.
IF THERE'S A HOLIDAY ON THAT MONDAY BEFORE POSTING. SO TO AVOID CONFUSION, WE WERE GOING TO DO TUESDAY. IT REQUIRES AMENDING THE COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE AND UNDER AGENDA RULES IT DOES SAY THURSDAY. SO WE WOULD BE CHANGING THAT TO TUESDAY INSTEAD OF THURSDAY. AND WE PLAN TO PRESENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE AT THE 19TH MEETING, BECAUSE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE NEW POSTING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WOULD BE THE FIRST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND. SO WE WILL BE POSTING ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST, WHICH WOULD GIVE US THE THREE THE THREE BUSINESS DAYS. OKAY. AND WE WILL BE CONDUCTING
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TRAINING WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BECAUSE THE POSTING REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SAME REGARDLESS. BUT COUNCIL AS IT IS FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL, SO WE WILL BE TRAINING THEM AS WELL. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THE TRAINING.WE WILL CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AND THAT REALLY WOULD ALSO INVOLVE OUR STAFF LIAISONS BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY WORK TO MAKE SURE THOSE AGENDAS ARE POSTED AND COORDINATED. SO REALLY WE WANT TO WE WANT TO HONE IN ON THAT AS WELL. YEAH. NO QUESTION. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND AS I STATED BEFORE, WE'RE MOVING ITEMS THREE, C AND D TO THE OPEN SESSION IN THE CHAMBERS. AND AT THIS POINT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECESS THIS MEETING AT 626. AND
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THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE I KNOW WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD[CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION PIECES OF BUSINESS WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR MEETING AT 7:32 P.M. THIS IS THE REGULAR SESSION FOR.TUESDAY. DON'T EVEN HAVE THE DATE HERE AUGUST THE 5TH. AND WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT AND START WITH OUR INVOCATION. DOCTOR HUGO GALLEGOS OF DUNCANVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GOING TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
GOD, I THANK YOU FOR YOU, FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY AND FOR THE PROFOUND PURPOSE OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MAY THIS MEETING BE EXTRAORDINARY, WHERE ALL PARTICIPANTS AGREE ON THE PROPOSAL, MAY I ASK YOU IN PRAYER FOR THE CITY LEADERS, THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND PROSPER IN THE DAILY WORK? MAY THEY CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITH ETHICS AND DEDICATION AND SERVING THE CITIZENS. FURTHERMORE, LORD, AS YOU TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL LEADERS WHO DIRECT THE CITY AFFAIRS WITH WISDOM SO THAT THEY MAY PROPOSE THE BEST ALTERNATIVES FOR THE GOOD CITIZENS, MAY THE PROPOSALS AND DECISIONS THEY MAY BE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE CITY LIKEWISE GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, A FUTURE FILLED WITH PROSPERITY AND GROWTH, SO THAT I MAY PROSPER FOR EACH DAY. ALSO, I ASK GOD SUPPORT. THE PROPOSAL PRESENTED THAT THIS MEETING THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS. FINALLY, LORD, AS YOU PROTECT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THIS SAFETY, I PRAY IN THE NAME OF GOD. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR. OKAY, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAGS. I PLEDGE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE NATION UNDER. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO OUR FIRST
[1.A. Mayor's Report.]
ITEM, WHICH IS THE. ITEM ONE, A MAYOR'S REPORT. AND FROM OUR REPORT TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO.CELEBRATE AND SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY. I HAD TO CELEBRATE WITH A GROUP OF ABOUT 200 INDIVIDUALS. THE NELSON HALL FAMILY. THEY'RE NOT FROM DUNCANVILLE, BUT THEY PICKED DUNCANVILLE TO CELEBRATE IN OUR SENIOR CENTER. AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF ALL THEIR SMILING FACES. AND THAT WASN'T ALL OF THEM. A LOT OF THEM HAD LEFT BY THE TIME THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY. FOR GENERATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 60 YEARS, AND THEY PICKED DUNCANVILLE, BOTH OUR OUR SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN RIGHT HERE, AND OUR FIELD HOUSE, WHERE THEY DID SOME THINGS THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH. I WASN'T, BUT THEY DID SOME, I'LL CALL THEM SEMINARS WHERE THEY TALK TO FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT
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FINANCES, HEALTH ISSUES, THINGS OF REAL VALUE TO BE REMINDED OF. SO THERE WAS AN EDUCATIONAL FEATURE THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THIS FAMILY. THEY I THINK THEY WILL GO BACK TO THE QUILT PICTURE IF WE COULD. THEY ACTUALLY AUCTIONED THESE QUILTS OFF. THEY HAD ABOUT THREE OF THEM THAT WERE HOMEMADE BY A FAMILY MEMBER, BUT IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY CELEBRATING WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. AND THAT'S FAMILY, FAITH, FRIENDS AND JUST A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. WE DIDN'T STAY LONG. THEY INVITED US TO, BUT IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR, SO WE MOVED ON. LATER ON, I HAD TO CIRCLE BACK BY THERE AND THE WEATHER WASN'T ESPECIALLY BAD OUTSIDE, BUT THEY DID PICK THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE INSIDE FOR US AND THE FOOD LOOKED REALLY GOOD. BUT WHEN WE CIRCLE BACK, MY WIFE AND I, THEY WERE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER KIDSVILLE AND THE SPLASH PAD. THE KIDS WERE OUT THERE. AND SO IT WASN'T JUST THAT THEY CAME HERE AND WERE ABLE TO USE OUR FACILITIES AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. THEY WENT OUTSIDE AND THEY EXPLORED DUNCANVILLE, AND THAT'S HOW THE WORD GETS OUT WHEN THEY SEE THESE WONDERFUL THINGS WE HAVE TO OFFER. SO IT WAS REALLY A SPECIAL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GO AND JUST WELCOME THEM. IT WAS BRIEF, BUT WE GOT TO WITNESS SOMETHING THAT MY FAMILY'S ON THE WEST COAST, MY WIFE'S FAMILY'S ON THE EAST COAST, AND EVEN IF WE DID, WE WOULDN'T GET 100 PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE EXPERIENCED. BUT SITTING THERE AND WATCHING IT, IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME.AND I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME. AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE NELSON AND HALL FAMILY FOR
[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]
CHOOSING DUNCANVILLE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE EVENT, BUT THE PARKS AND REC, BUT WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS, THAT PICTURE WAS THERE. THEY ACTUALLY HAD A CASINO NIGHT AND THEY REALLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF HOSTING THE EVENT AND THE MUSIC AND STUFF. SO I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO NOAH GARCIA AND IN THAT GROUP FOR SOMETHING OUTSTANDING. AND WHEN I SEE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD HERE AS WELL, I ACTUALLY HAD THESE NOTES DOWN. BUT DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER HAS A PLAY THAT'S HAPPENING, AND IT'S A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP. AND I FOUND OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY THAT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS A FEW LINES AND IT AND IT IS WELL AND STUFF. SO BUT ALSO I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO MY DUNCANVILLE LIONS CLUB BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE DOING ICE ICE SCREENING CLINICS. AND THEY DID ONE TODAY AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ALSO GOING TO DO ONE NEXT, NEXT WEEK. AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING GOOD THINGS IN MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE GOOD VISION AND WELL, ON AUGUST 16TH, THE AGAIN, IT'S THROUGH PARKS AND REC AND STUFF. THE JC BAND IS GOING TO BE PLAYING AT THE AMPHITHEATER IN ARMSTRONG PARK, AND I DID HAVE THIS DOWN HERE. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE. IT'S GOING TO BE AT TIBIDEAUX. SO CARDS ACTUALLY ENDED UP HERE, BUT I ACTUALLY HAD IT IN MY NOTES TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. AND LASTLY, JUST SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER. OH COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO A COUPLE OF THANKS.FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, HE MENTIONED NO GARCIA AND THE REC CENTER STAFF, MISS CURRY AND JOSE AND. BRASFIELD. WHAT'S HIS NAME, THE YOUNG BRANSON, BARON BRASFIELD. YEP. JUST THE WHOLE REC CENTER STAFF. WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL CAMP THAT WE DO FOR KIDS EVERY SUMMER. AND SO LAST WEEK, IT WAS A WEEK LONG CAMP. IT'S ABOUT THREE, 3.5 HOURS A DAY, COMPLETELY FREE TO THE KIDS. WE DON'T TURN ANY KIDS AWAY. AND YOU KNOW, THE KIDS REALLY ENJOY IT. THE PARENTS APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF FOR THREE HOURS AND GO DO SOMETHING. AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TOURNAMENT AT THE END. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE REC CENTER STAFF FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT, AND THEN ALL THE SUPPORT WE FEED THE KIDS EVERY DAY, SNACKS, THEY HAVE LUNCH. AND SO WE DO THAT EVERY SUMMER, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CAMP IN THE WINTER, A ONE DAY CAMP, AND THEN ANOTHER USUALLY TRY TO DO ONE IN THE SPRING AS WELL, A ONE DAY CAMP. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TRY TO DO KIND OF A REGULAR, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR SO FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND PLAY WITH US. AND SO IF YOU PLAY PICKLEBALL, IF YOUR KIDS MIGHT BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FOOTBALL, IT'S NOT BASKETBALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, AN ALTERNATIVE SPORT FOR THEM TO LEARN AND ENJOY. AND SO THERE'S THAT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO I
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WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO OUR IT STAFF, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR IT STAFF KEEP THE CITY RUNNING WITH ALL THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS. AND I WANTED TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I HAD A WE SWITCHED OVER AND THEY HAD TO TAKE MY IPAD AND I COULDN'T GET MY EMAIL TO BACK TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE, AND THEY REALLY HELPED ME WITH THAT. BUT IT ALSO MADE ME REALIZE ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO THAT WE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT, THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING. AND SO AARON CLAYTON, OUR IT STAFF, WANT TO EXPRESS EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THEM. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF STOGNER AND OFFICER ARIAS. WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING YESTERDAY THAT THEY CAME AND SPOKE TO SOME RESIDENTS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO START ONE TO BRING SOME CRIME AWARENESS, CRIME PREVENTION REPORTING TO PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL. AND SO I KNOW, OFFICER ARIAS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN STARTING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, SHE'D BE YOUR CONTACT FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AS DON MENTIONED, I HAVE A SMALL, PROBABLY A MINUSCULE ROLE IN BULL IN A CHINA SHOP. IT'S A PLAY THAT IT'S THE FIRST PLAY OF THE THEATER'S SEASON. IF YOU COME TO SEE ME, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SEE VERY MUCH OF ME. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY THEATER, AND GOING TO THE REHEARSALS AND SEEING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE BACKGROUND, THAT IT TRULY IS A COMMUNITY THEATER. YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS. ALL THE EACH OF THE PLAYS IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTOR, A LOCAL DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO PERFORM IN THESE PLAYS, AND USUALLY THEY'RE DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS, AND IT'S USUALLY A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE EACH TIME, AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THEM GO FROM BLACK AND WHITE LETTERS ON A PAGE TO A FULL OUT PRODUCTION, AND USUALLY 2 OR 3 WEEKS. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT AND CATCH A SHOW, IF NOT THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SEASON GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. SO I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT THE THEATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KOONTZ. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN THANK YOU. MAYOR. I KIND OF WANT I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT WOULD MENTION REMINDING EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, SAY THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ROLLOUT THAT WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING AND BEING INTERESTED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 2040. ALSO, PNC WILL HEAR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON AUGUST THE 11TH IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO HEAR IT, AND DC EDC WILL HEAR IT ON AUGUST 25TH. THANK YOU TO SISTER GIRLS FOR SPONSORING TONIGHT'S DINNER FOR COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO SISTER GIRL'S RESTAURANT, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO AND ENJOY THEIR FOOD AS GOOD SOUTHERN HOME COOKING FOOD. DON'T WORRY ABOUT A DIET WHEN YOU GO, JUST GO AND ENJOY.
AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MARK RUCKER, ARE WE STILL DOING THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR? AUGUST 9TH AT THE LIBRARY. SO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS HAVING A BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR THIS AFTERNOON AND AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. IS THAT START AT 1:00 1:00. SO 1 P.M. TO 3 P.M, 1 P.M. TO 3 P.M. YES, 1 P.M. TO 3 P.M. SO IT'S BACKPACKS WITH A LITTLE SCHOOL SUPPLIES NOW LIMITED AMOUNT. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS SOME SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SOME ASSISTANCE, PLEASE GO AND JOIN IN AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND GET YOU A BAG OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOUR STUDENT.
AUGUST 9TH FROM 1 TO 3 P.M. AT THE LIBRARY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS
[1.C. City Manager's Report.]
GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER LIGHTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE C CITY MANAGER REPORT.YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE FIRST AND FOREMOST WE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AND AS WELL. BUT WE WANT TO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN JAMES LEARY. HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF POSITION. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIM TAKING ON THAT ROLE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
SO WE JUST AGAIN, WE WANT TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND PUT THAT OUT THERE. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM JOINING HERE SOON. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO ON SUNDAY I WAS UP HERE AND WAS COMING BACK FROM WORK AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT COCKRELL HILL ROAD AND WHEATLAND ROAD WAS FLASHING RED. SO I IMMEDIATELY LET OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT KNOW. AND JUST AS WE WERE GETTING OUT THE WORD TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE CITY
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COUNCIL, WITHIN THE HOUR IT WAS FIXED AND READY TO GO. SO THAT WAS A REALLY NICE TURNAROUND, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT ADDRESSED. ALSO, OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE A ONE OF THE DIESEL TRAIN ON THE ON THE TRAIN LINE BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND DAVIS HAD ACTUALLY STALLED OUT AND WAS RUNNING. IT WAS VERY LOUD. THERE WAS A LOT OF DIESEL EXHAUST, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE RAIL LINE BNSF, THEY WERE HAVING SOME TROUBLE DISCONNECTING AND GETTING OUT OF THE OUT OF THE WAY. IT WASN'T WHILE IT WASN'T BLOCKING ANY ROADWAYS OR REALLY OPPOSING ANY KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IMMEDIATELY, IT WAS DEFINITELY A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CHECKING IN ON IT, KEEPING US UPDATED, AND ALSO KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT, SO WE APPRECIATE IT. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT TRAIN IS NOW GONE AND OUT OF THE AREA, SO WE'RE PLEASED THERE.BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. ALSO, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE TRASH. OUR BRUSH AND BULK. WE REPUBLIC SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN TWO TRUCKS THIS WEEK, ONE NORTH OF WHEATLAND, ONE SOUTH. WE'RE PRETTY CAUGHT UP ON BRUSH AND BULK. THERE'S STILL A COUPLE AREAS WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE REALLY APPRECIATE REPUBLIC BRINGING IN THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES SO WE CAN GET THAT THAT ADDRESSED. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
[2.A. Fifteen applicants from Duncanville’s inaugural Arts Grant Award cycle have been invited to provide a brief 2-minute presentation to the City Council. Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Arts Grant Applicants]
ITEM. ITEM TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. THIS IS 15 APPLICANTS FROM DUNCANVILLE INAUGURAL ARTS GRANT AWARD CYCLE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. MR. HAMBY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT.AWESOME. I'M ALEX HAMBY, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SERVE AS THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME APPLICANTS WHO SUBMITTED PROPOSALS DURING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE INAUGURAL ARTS GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD. EACH APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION ON. AT A SPECIAL MEETING THAT THEY HELD ON JULY 16TH, AND THEIR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL AS THEIR APPLICATIONS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION ON AUGUST 19TH DURING YOUR REGULAR MEETING. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE STAFF REPORT. IT STATES THAT THE RECOMMENDED PURCHASE AMOUNT IN THE STAFF REPORT IS $36,185. THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS $42,185. I APOLOGIZE. WHILE THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS $30,000 CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET AS PART OF THE. AS PART OF CONSIDERING THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ON AUGUST 19TH. THE CURRENT BALANCE IN THE ARTS FUND IS $79,904 AND 99 AND $0.44. SO THIS EVENING, THE APPLICANTS WILL BE PRESENTING ON EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS. I WILL BE STEPPING UP AT LEAST THREE TIMES TO STEP IN FOR APPLICANTS WHO AREN'T HERE. AND WE'LL GET GOING. LET'S GET STARTED. HELLO, MY NAME IS KAITLYN MCGUIRE. THIS IS MY WORK. I AM OWNER OF KAYLA MCGUIRE MEDIA AND I HAVE A PROPOSAL TO DO A MURAL AT A TEXACO GAS STATION THAT IS NEAR BRANDENBURG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED AND TO BE FRANK, 26 YEARS OLD, 26 YEARS OLD. AND I'VE BEEN IN A CITIZEN OF DUNCANVILLE FOR 26 YEARS. THE GOAL FOR THE MURAL IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT BEING A PAINTER OR AN ARTIST FOR A CITY HELPS TO ECONOMICALLY STIMULATE THE COMMUNITY FOR GRANDER BUSINESS AND OTHER INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS CREATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AS WELL AS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION. SO I'VE INCLUDED A LOT OF THOSE BITS AND PIECES WITHIN THE ARTWORK TO SIGNIFY THAT TYPE OF CHANGE IN. IMPORTANCE, IDENTITY, IT EVEN SHOWING RESILIENCE WITHIN PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE OF COLOR. AND THEY MAY BE PEACH COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION. THE GOAL FOR IT ALL IS TO ALSO TO BE AN EXAMPLE OR DEMONSTRATION OF SOMEONE WHO HAS ROSE FROM DUNCANVILLE AND BASICALLY SHOWING ALL ADULTS OR EVEN YOUTH THAT THEY CAN RISE AND BE CHAMPIONS IN THE CITY THAT IS OF CHAMPIONS. AND THAT IS MY SPIEL. THANK YOU. APPLICANT TAKIYAH WALLACE MCMILLAN WAS IS NOT AVAILABLE.
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SO I WILL READ THE BRIEF PROJECT SUMMARY FROM HER APPLICATION. BROWN GIRLS DO. APOLOGIZE. THE BROWN GIRLS DO BALLET PROJECT IS A VISUAL VISUAL STORYTELLING SERIES BY PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHER TAKIYAH WALLACE MCMILLAN THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE STRENGTH, GRACE AND IDENTITY OF YOUNG DANCERS OF COLOR THROUGH PORTRAITS TAKEN IN DUNCANVILLE AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.THE PROJECT CAPTURES DANCERS IN BOTH TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL SPACES, CENTERING THEM IN A NARRATIVE WHERE THEY ARE CELEBRATED, VISIBLE, AND EMPOWERED. THE RESULTING IMAGES WILL BE EXHIBITED PUBLICLY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PRIDE, CULTURAL REFLECTION, AND EXPANDED REPRESENTATION IN THE ARTS. HELLO, MY NAME IS MR. METZGER FLANAGAN, AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE JOURNEY DANCE CENTER. WE ARE THRILLED TO PRESENT OUR RECITAL, A SPECIAL EVENT SHOWCASING AN INCREDIBLE TALENTS OF OUR DANCERS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.
THIS PERFORMANCE IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND BALLET, TAP, JAZZ, AND HIP HOP. THE RECITAL NOT ONLY GIVES OUR DANCERS A CHANCE TO SHINE, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO SEE THEIR PROGRESS.
OUR PROJECT'S POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IS SIGNIFICANT. BY OPENING OUR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC, WE HOPE TO SHARE THE JOYS OF DANCE, INSPIRE FUTURE PERFORMERS, AND FOSTER A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK OF OUR DEDICATED YOUNG ARTISTS. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE DREAM DANCE CENTER, AND WE WARMLY INVITE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES. AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. BY INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND, WE AIM TO MAKE DANCE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND DEMONSTRATE A POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE ARTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. I'LL BE STEPPING IN FOR. JOHNNY LABARBA, WHO SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING. DUNCANVILLE. IT'S A PAUSE AND PAINTING IN THE PARK.
HE SHARED THIS WITH ME TO SHARE WITH YOU. THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT HOSTED BY THE DUNCANVILLE ROTARY CLUB AT ROTARY PARK TO CELEBRATE THE ADDITION OF THE DOG PARK. THIS EVENT COULD BE AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR FUR BABIES AND THE ARTS.
THIS EVENT WOULD SHOW SUPPORT TO LOCAL ARTISTS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS BY PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. PHOTOGRAPHING MAN'S BEST FRIEND. WE HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THE $3,000 GRANT FOR PAWS AND PAINTING IN THE PARK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER I AM HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS COMMISSION TO SPEAK ABOUT L'AFFAIRE. L'AFFAIRE 20 2025 IS A TWO DAY COMMUNITY ARTS EVENT CREATED BY DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS IN 2024. WITH JUST FOUR WEEKS OF PLANNING, THE INAUGURAL L'AFFAIRE DREW ARTISTS AND GUESTS FROM ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. IT RAISED $400 IN DONATIONS FOR THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS FUND, ALL WITH VOLUNTEER PRIVATE DONATIONS AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS. THIS YEAR'S EVENT BUILDS ON THAT MOMENTUM. L'AFFAIRE 2025 INTRODUCES A STUDENT MENTORSHIP TRACK, A PREVIEW NIGHT FOR COLLECTORS, AND EXPANDED VISIBILITY FOR DUNCANVILLE CREATIVE ECONOMY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S STILL COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER LED. WITH LOCAL SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT ALREADY UNDERWAY. THIS IS RESIDENT ENERGY IN MOTION ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSION, BUT NOT DEPENDENT ON CITY STAFF. NEW EYES ON DUNCANVILLE, NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS. WE'RE REQUESTING $3,000 FROM THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS FUND TO SUPPORT THREE SPECIFIC NEEDS ARTISTS, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY. A PREVIEW NIGHT THAT ATTRACTS OUT OF TIME BUYERS AND TOURISM MARKETING THAT ENCOURAGES OVERNIGHT STAYS IN OUR HOTELS.
THERE'S NO EXTERNAL GRANT DISBURSEMENT. ALL FUNDS WILL BE MANAGED AROUND THE COMMISSION'S OVERSIGHT. THE TEAM REMAINS 100% VOLUNTEER LED. L'AFFAIRE IS A PROVEN MODEL FOR HOW THE CITY CAN EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO LEAD IN THE ARTS. WE SIMPLY ASK YOU TO HELP FUEL WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT. THANK YOU. BROWN GIRLS DO BALLET IS EXPANDING ITS EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BALLET COMMUNITY CLASS PROGRAM TO DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, TO SERVE AT RISK YOUTH AGES 4 TO 12 WITH FREE BALLET TRAINING. THIS INITIATIVE USES A TOOL TO FOSTER PHYSICAL FITNESS,
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EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE AND POSITIVE MENTORSHIP IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG PARTICIPANTS BUILD CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING. AND I'M GOING TO JUST RUN THROUGH THESE SLIDES JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT SHE SENT.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I AM CANDACE JOHNSON, AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, EMMY AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, CREATIVE, PROUD DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND LIFELONG DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT OF OVER 40 YEARS. DUNCANVILLE HELPED SHAPE ME, AND NOW I'M USING THAT FOUNDATION TO GIVE BACK THROUGH THE ARTS. FIXING HIS PLATE IS A HEARTFELT, HILARIOUS STAGE PLAY THAT FOLLOWS A FAMILY GATHERING GONE AWRY WHEN THE RIGHT WOMAN FIXES THE WRONG MAN'S PLATE THROUGH ACTING, SINGING AND DANCE. THIS PRODUCTION TACKLES GRIEF, SECRETS, AWKWARD CONFESSIONS, AND THE KIND OF LOVE THAT HOLDS A FAMILY TOGETHER. EVEN WHEN THINGS FALL APART. WITH YOUR SUPPORT, FIXING HIS PLATE WILL BE PRODUCED RIGHT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, USING LOCAL ACTORS AND ARTISTS AND WELCOMING AUDIENCES INTO A STORY THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY, FAMILIES AND TRUTHS. THIS FIRST EVER ARTS COMMISSION GRANT PROGRAM IS A CHANCE TO BUILD A LASTING, CREATIVE LEGACY. LEGACY, AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY, THE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF IT. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO BRING FIXING HIS PLATE TO LIFE, BECAUSE WHEN WE TELL OUR STORIES, WE DON'T JUST ENTERTAIN, WE CONNECT, WE HEAL, AND WE COME HOME. THANK YOU. MY FELLOW DUNCANVILLE. LET'S IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THE LAST TIME YOU TRULY LAUGHED. NOT JUST A POLITE CHUCKLE, BUT A DEEP, BELLY SHAKING TEARS IN YOUR EYES KIND OF LAUGH. REMEMBER HOW GOOD THAT FELT? THAT DELIGHTFUL FEELING IS A POWERFUL FORCE WITH INCREDIBLE BENEFITS FOR OUR MINDS AND BODIES. ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY UNPACK SOME OF THE BLESSINGS OF LAUGHTER. FIRST, WHEN WE LAUGH, OUR BODIES RELEASE ENDORPHINS, THOSE GOOD CHEMICALS THAT ACT AS PAINKILLERS, WHICH OFTEN PROMOTE A SENSE OF JOY. LAUGHTER ALSO BOOSTS OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM BY ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF T CELLS, MAKING IT A NATURAL VACCINE AGAINST ANXIETY AND ILLNESS. SECOND, LAUGHTER IS A PHENOMENAL STRESS REDUCER. IT LIGHTENS OUR MOODS, TAKES US OUT OF OUR HEADS, AND PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED MENTAL BREAK. IT CAN HELP US GAIN PERSPECTIVE BY MAKING PROBLEMS SEEM LESS TERRIFYING. LASTLY, LAUGHTER IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. IT CREATES A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE, FOSTERS CONNECTION, STRENGTHENS BONDS, AND CAN DEFUZE TENSION IN ANY SITUATION. THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE AT A COMEDY SHOW AND A FIGHT BROKE OUT? IN FACT, A SHARED LAUGH CAN TURN STRANGERS INTO FRIENDS. TO THIS DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL.
I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT THROUGH THIS GRANT, YOU EMPOWER. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE. CLEAN COMEDY EVENTS TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AN OUTDOOR, FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BUILDING. EVENING OF LAUGHTER I AM CASSANDRA, DOCTOR KAY BROWN, AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS REGARD. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M DEBORAH FAULKNER WITH FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND WE COME TODAY ASKING YOU TO HELP US PAY FOR A MASTER'S VOICE.
EXCUSE ME. CHRISTMAS CONCERT THERE. THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE FULL OF HILARITY AND FUN, AND THEY DRAW THE AUDIENCE INTO THE EXCITEMENT. THEY ARE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED QUARTET GROUP, AND THEY HAVE SUPPORTERS THAT KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND FOLLOW THEM TO DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OFFER THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE. WE
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DO ASK PEOPLE TO BRING DONATIONS OF FOOD, NONPERISHABLE FOOD GOODS. FOR THAT, WE TAKE OVER TO DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. AND. AND THEN WE OFFER A LOT OF FUN. WE'RE ASKING TO HELP PAY FOR THIS GROUP OF $3,000. THANK YOU AND HAVE A BLESSED EVENING. GOOD EVENING.CHAMPIONS. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS DON WOLF. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AT VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS. WE APPLIED FOR A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION. VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS KNOWS HOW TO DO ART. AND WE HEARD YOU WANT ART IN YOUR COMMUNITY. VILLAGE TECH SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORGE STUDENTS WHO ARE CHARACTER DRIVEN, CHALLENGE READY, AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED. WE SEEK OUT COMMUNITY FOCUSED CHALLENGES, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH THE DALLAS ZOO, WHERE WE SUPPORTED THE I SPY BUTTERFLIES EXHIBIT. THEY CAME TO OUR SCHOOL, PITCHED THEIR VISION TO OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS LISTENED, DESIGNED, AND PREPARED IDEAS BACK FOR THEM. THEN, AFTER LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK, THEY CREATED AND INSTALLED BEAUTIFUL ART AROUND THE DALLAS ZOO. IT IS STILL THERE TO THIS DAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS THIS YEAR. VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS WOULD LIKE TO HOST MEMBERS OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ONTO OUR CAMPUS FOR A WEEKLY ART CLASS TAUGHT BY OUR STUDENTS. I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT TO LEAD, TO LEARN IS TO TEACH, AND TO TEACH IS TO LEARN. AND THIS ART CLASS WOULD CHALLENGE OUR STUDENTS TO TEACH A SKILL SUCH AS MOSAIC TILES, HYDRO DRIP, OR THE DRAGON'S EYE.
IT'S ACRYLIC PAINTED UP THERE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY VERY FAMILIAR WITH. TO A MEMBER OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE DOING THE MENTORING, I THINK BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WOULD LEARN SOMETHING IN THIS EVENT. OF COURSE, EVERY COMMUNITY CHALLENGE AT ENDS IN A PRESENTATION OF LEARNING, SUCH AS OUR FINAL END OF YEAR EXHIBITION LAST MAY AT THE CAF, WHERE 6000 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAME TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WORK OF OUR 2100 STUDENTS, WE WOULD PROPOSE DOING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION FOR MENTOR MOMENTS ON A SMALLER SCALE, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC, WHERE WE WOULD INVITE ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED. WE WOULD CELEBRATE THE MEMORIES THAT WERE MADE IN THE ART CLASS, AND THEN WE WOULD DISPLAY THE BEAUTIFUL WORK IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE LONG AFTER THE PRESENTATION ENDS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR PROJECT. WE CAN'T WAIT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY GRANT REQUEST. THANK YOU. THE GRANT REQUEST IS FOR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. WHAT WE DO IS WE PLACE, WE PLAY BASICALLY JAZZ MUSIC, AND WE PLAY THE MUSIC SONGS FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, WHICH ARE STANDARDS USUALLY COMING FROM BROADWAY SHOWS OR HOLLYWOOD. AND WE ALL KNOW NUMBERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PERFORMANCE IS TO GIVE THE MUSICIANS A JUST A CHANCE TO PERFORM AND TO PERFORM IN A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE PLAYING, IN PLAYING MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOONS, USUALLY, USUALLY ON SUNDAYS AND, AND EARLY LATE AFTERNOONS OR EARLY EVENINGS. OKAY. SERVING. SERVING DUNCAN. SERVING DUNCANVILLE IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MUSIC IS FOR THE ARTS. ART ARTS FORMS FOR THE YOUNGER YOUNG TO EXPOSE THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO THE ART FORM OF JAZZ AND FOR THE OLDER GENERATIONS TO ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY THE JAZZ MUSIC AND THE SONGS FROM THE GREAT GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK IN A MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. OKAY. AUDIENCES WILL MOST OF MOSTLY BECOME ENGAGED THROUGH MAYBE REQUESTING, REQUESTING ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SING OR PERFORM. AND SOMETIMES WE EVEN GO AS FAR AS TELLING JOKES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE. THE MAIN, THE MAIN PURPOSE THEN IS TO FOR THE BAND TO JUST ENGAGE WITH THE AUDIENCE. AND WE, WE, WE TRY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, HAVE FUN AND ENJOY WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND PLAYING AND STUFF AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
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STROLLING THE. IMAGINING IN MY HEAD. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KAREN TREMBLE. I'M THE OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN GALLERY AND MUSEUM OF ART ON MAIN STREET AT 200 SOUTH MAIN STREET HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. OKAY, SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS PAINTING IN THE PARK. IMAGINE SPENDING A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTDOORS SURROUNDED BY THE VIBRANT ENERGY OF ART, MUSIC AND COMMUNITY.THAT'S WHAT PAINTING IN THE PARK IS ALL ABOUT. A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WHERE CREATIVITY MEETS CONNECTION. HOSTED BY THE DOWNTOWN GALLERY AND MUSEUM OF ART, THIS EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE OF DUNCANVILLE TOGETHER AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO PAINT, SIP AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NATURE WHILE CELEBRATING LOCAL TALENT, LISTENING TO LIVE SAXOPHONE MUSIC WHILE CREATING.
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT DUNCANVILLE VERY OWN LAKESIDE PARK. WE PROVIDE EVERYTHING INCLUDING CANVASES, BRUSHES, PAINTS, REFRESHMENTS AND GUIDANCE. SO WHETHER YOU'RE A SEASONED ARTIST OR PICKING UP A PAINTBRUSH FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'LL LEAVE WITH A MASTERPIECE THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF. BEYOND PAINTING, THE EVENT IS A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY. WE WILL HAVE LOCAL VENDORS AND LIKE I SAID, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, SO IT'S A PERFECT OUTING FOR COUPLES, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE ART ACCESSIBLE AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A FUN, RELAXED ENVIRONMENT. SO COME CREATE, CONNECT AND TAKE HOME NOT JUST ART, BUT MEMORIES THAT LAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US MAKING THIS HAPPEN. HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS CAITLIN HAYES AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL MY SHARE ON MY PROJECT KNOWN AS RHYTHMS OF CULTURE A CELEBRATION THROUGH MUSIC, VOICE AND CREATIVITY. THIS PROJECT IS A LIVE ARTS EVENTS DESIGNED TO BRING THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD AND CULTURAL STORYTELLING. IT'S NOT JUST A PERFORMANCE, BUT AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL CELEBRATE IDENTITY, CONNECTION AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION. PLANNED TO BE HELD AT THE DUNCANVILLE PARK PAVILION, THIS EVENT WILL BE COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY FRIENDLY AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE CREATING A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN COME TOGETHER TO ENJOY THE ARTS.
BEYOND JUST ENTERTAINMENT. THIS EVENT SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY INVITING VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. IT ALSO POSITIONS DUNCANVILLE AS A HUB FOR HIGH QUALITY, COMMUNITY CENTERED ARTS EXPERIENCES. I'LL BE HOSTING AND PERFORMING ALONGSIDE OF MY INCREDIBLE TEAM OF LOCAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVES WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CULTURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE INTENTIONAL STORYTELLING, RHYTHM AND PERFORMANCE, WE HOPE TO INSPIRE CONNECTION AND PRIDE IN EVERY GUEST WHO ATTENDS, CREATING AN UPLIFTING AND UNIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN DUNCANVILLE. GOOD EVENING COUNCILMAN AND COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. MY NAME IS LINDA LYDIA. I AM A 30 YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND THE FOUNDER OF PINK DIAMOND SURVIVORS OF CANCER. EVERY THREE MINUTES, A WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, ONE OF EVERY EIGHT WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME. PINK DIAMOND SURVIVORS OF CANCER IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS A MOVEMENT THAT IS DEDICATED TO RAISING FUNDS FOR WOMEN WHO ARE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED, EXPERIENCING BREAST CANCER. WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT WE THINK IS VERY PERTINENT TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS EVENT IS CALLED THE RHYTHM OF THE HEARTBEAT DANCE EXPERIENCE. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE BEAUTIFUL ARMSTRONG PARK AND AMPHITHEATER. THIS EVENT WILL FEATURE VARIOUS FORMS OF DANCE, CULTURAL DANCING THAT WILL PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE ATTENDEES. THE PINK DIAMONDS HAVE A HISTORY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS, BIKE RIDES, 3 TO 5 MILE WALKS AND EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS FREE AND OPEN TO THE
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PUBLIC. WE WILL PROVIDE CARDIAC ENTERTAINMENT AND HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE. THE ARMSTRONG PARK IS CENTRAL IN OUR CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE LAST DANCE EVENT WE HAD LIKE THIS IN DALLAS, WE ATTRACTED PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS SHERMAN AND AUSTIN TO OUR EVENT, OUR BIKE RIDES. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WHO SHOW UP FOR IT, SO WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR REACHING OUT AND DOING THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL PROMOTE, PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST FOR OUR WOMEN WHO ARE GOING THROUGH BREAST CANCER, BUT ALSO FOR THIS CITY. JUST REAL QUICKLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR WOMEN THAT CAME WITH US TONIGHT TO PROMOTE OUR EVENT. WE HAVE DEBORAH CARTER, WHO IS A DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT WHO'S A 16 YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. COULD YOU PLEASE STAND, DEBORAH? MARGARET BROOKS, ALSO A TEN YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. COULD YOU STAND? ANGELA THORPE HARRIS, WHO'S A PART OF OUR GROUP? SHE IS A TWO YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. LYNETTE BERRY, OUR YOUNGEST BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, IS 309 DAYS OLD. WE HAVE A TWO TIME LIBRARIAN, A RETIRED LIBRARIAN, SHEILA SCURLOCK. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO RETIRED EXECUTIVES, BARBARA HAWKINS. AND GWENDA LOWE, WHO'S ALSO A DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TERESA, WHO IS ALSO A DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT. BUT AGAIN. WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR PRESENTATION, WHAT WE TRY TO DO FOR THE LEAST OF THESE, WE HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE AS WELL. AND WE DID BRING YOU SOME BAGS WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME LITTLE THINGS THAT I THINK YOU WOULD BE LIKE, LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'M THE LAST ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. MY NAME IS BRIA MAIDEN AND I AM THE CREATOR OF SUPERFLY STUDIO SUPERFLY, STANDING FOR SHARING YOUR UNIVERSAL PURPOSE AUTHENTICALLY FEELING LIKE YOURSELF. IT'S A CREATIVE ARTS AND DANCE PROGRAM ROOTED IN HIP HOP CULTURE, LOOKING TO EMPOWER THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE FOR 15 PLUS YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TRAVEL THE WORLD TEACHING AND LEARNING HIP HOP CULTURE AND HIP HOP DANCE. I'M CURRENTLY A GRAD STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS STUDYING ART EDUCATION, SO I WOULD LOVE TO AND AM COMMITTED TO BRINGING THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE HERE TO THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY. I AM REQUESTING $3,000 OF GRANT FUNDING, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR EQUIPMENT TO PLACE INTO THE STUDIO. ALSO BE ADVERTISING TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT INVOLVE YOUTH WITHIN THE DUNCANVILLE AREA, AND ALSO TO COVER SOME ADDITIONAL TEACHING GUESTS TO POSSIBLY BRING INTO THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY. TO HELP TEACH SOME OF THESE HIP HOP FUNDAMENTALS TO THE STUDENTS.THESE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD WEEKLY AND WILL BE OFFERED FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, HOPEFULLY EXPANDING THAT TIME FRAME TO POSSIBLY END TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND POSSIBLY DO SOME SUMMER PROGRAMING AS WELL. BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING SOME EXCITING, VIBRANT AND SELF-EXPRESSIVE ENERGY TO THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF SUPERFLY, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT, TO BUILD THIS PROGRAMING AND BUILD IT UP. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND THIS WILL BE RETURNING ON THE 19TH. I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE ARTS MORE THAN SOME OF US DID BEFORE THIS. ARTS EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN DUNCANVILLE, AND WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE IN DUNCANVILLE TO THANK THE ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS, MR. RON THOMPSON, AND JUST EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN TEACHING US WHAT ART IS, BECAUSE ALONG THE WAY, I FOUND OUT THAT EVEN FOOD CAN BE ART. SO EVEN AN OLD DOG LEARNS NEW THINGS ONCE IN A WHILE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND THANK THE PINK DIAMONDS FOR COMING OUT AND TELLING US ABOUT YOURSELVES AND FOR THE GIFTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE
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GOVERNMENT CODE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC BUSINESS OR ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS? OKAY. HAVING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUALS. AND KEEP IN MIND, WHEN YOU APPROACH NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY, BARBARA OWENS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I FEEL GUILTY TAKING UP YOUR TIME WITH EVERYTHING IN YOUR PLATE. YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, OKAY? I FEEL GUILTY TAKING UP YOUR TIME WITH EVERYTHING ON YOUR PLATE. BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS HELP. ROD SMITH, A NEIGHBOR OF MINE AT THE OTHER END OF OUR CUL DE SAC, CALLED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO SAY HE HAD HAD ENOUGH. THE TRUCKS, THE TRAILERS, PARKING ON HIS STREET WAS SO BAD THAT HE COULDN'T COME. LIKE WE COME INTO OUR SUBDIVISION. HE HAD TO COME ON THE BACK ALLEY TO GET INTO HIS HOUSE. HE MOVED. HE SOLD IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. HE'S GONE. THERE ARE 57 MLS LISTINGS IN DUNCANVILLE. MY SISTER LIVES IN GRAND PRAIRIE. SHE'S A CANCER PATIENT. I HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OVER THERE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF HER. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO GET HER TO MOVE TO DUNCANVILLE SO I'D BE CLOSER. SHE WON'T CONSIDER DUNCANVILLE BECAUSE SHE SEES THE HOARDER IN FRONT OF ME. SHE SEES THE HOARDER IN BACK OF ME. THAT'S BAD. I DON'T WANT TO SELL MY HOUSE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK AT CARS PARKED IN THE FRONT. THE NEW LAW THAT TEXAS PASSED CARS IN FRONT NOW WITH NO STICKERS BUT BACK OF ME AND I'D LOVE TO RETIRE. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WARP FENCE, AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE BOATS BACK THERE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, I CAN UNDERSTAND. BUILDINGS BACK THERE TO HOLD YOUR THINGS AND MAYBE CANOPIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT TO HAVE HUGE BOATS WITH TARPS ON THEM HAVE WARPED FENCES WITH TARPS ON THEM. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE THAT WAY. IF I HAVE TO, I WILL MOVE BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PEACE OF MIND. WHEN I RETIRE. I TAKE CARE OF MY YARD. I TAKE CARE OF MY HOUSE. I DO ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. I VOTE, I TRY TO SHOP HERE IN DUNCANVILLE AS MUCH AS I CAN, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH. WE NEED TO COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES, AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL THINK ABOUT CHANGING THE RULES. SO THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE, THE HOARDERS THAT LOOK TO COME HERE, WILL GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND WON'T COME TO DUNCANVILLE. MR. OWENS, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I DIDN'T CATCH THIS AT THE FRONT END. COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS BARBARA. LAST NAME OWENS. I'M AT 1526 NATALIE LANE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. LESLIE JAMISON. GOOD EVENING, LESLIE JAMISON, 1214 LADY LANE. WE JUST COMPLETED A TRIAL RUN OF THE TRASH BIN PILOT PROJECT, PARTICULARLY IN MY AREA, WHICH IS DISTRICT FIVE. WE HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION OVER THERE IN TERMS OF TOPOGRAPHY, AND IT BROUGHT TO SHARP FOCUS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH UTILIZING BINS FOR TRASH PICKUP. WE'VE HAD BAG PICKUP FOR OVER 40 YEARS, BUT APPARENTLY NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE A PUSH TO SWITCH TO BINS. THE PHYSICAL INCONVENIENCE OF TRYING TO MOVE BINS UP AND DOWN STEEP DRIVEWAYS IS AN INSURMOUNTABLE ISSUE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT ALSO IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY WHO ARE ELDERLY, RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THAT THOSE MOVING THOSE BINS IS SIMPLY AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. THE BINS ALSO HAVE A REALLY AN UNATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE. IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREET. OF COURSE IT'S OVER WITH NOW. BUT I DROVE DOWN MY STREET AND THOSE BINS ARE SITTING OUT THERE FOR ONE, TWO, THREE DAYS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE WIND BLOWS THEM OUT THERE. REGARDLESS OF THE PROMISE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE THOSE THINGS BACK OUT OF THE WAY AND DOWN THE OUT OF
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VIEW, IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT HAPPENING. WE HAVE A LOT AT THE HIGH 1100S ON LADY LANE THAT'S HAD CHOPPED UP TREES SITTING OUT IN THE IN THE IN THEIR LOT AND OUT IN THE STREET FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW. NOTHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A TREE CITY. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PROMISE OF FREE ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO MOVE THOSE BINS IS A VERY GOOD SALES PITCH. AND AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE REPUBLIC, I GUESS IT WAS A TOWN HALL FOR REPUBLIC TO MAKE THEIR SALES PITCH. WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE GET OTHER BIDS. I'VE SEEN NOTHING ABOUT ANY OTHER BIDS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH FOR ANY OTHER COMPANIES OTHER THAN THE REPUBLIC. SALES SHOW THAT WE SAW AT THAT LAST TOWN HALL. SO PLEASE, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER TOWN HALL WHERE IT'S JUST THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE INVOLVED CITIZENS WHERE THEY CAN VOICE THEIR OPINION WITHOUT THE COMPANY BEING THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LARRY BARRETT.GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, MY NAME IS LARRY BARRETT, 1114 COVINGTON LANE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR ABOUT 30 SOME YEARS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON TEMPORARY RENTAL. THERE'S A RESIDENCE IN MY AREA, 17 VALLEY HILL ROAD, THAT'S TRYING TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL, SHORT TERM RENTALS IS BECOMING, I GUESS, A BIG THING IN DUNCANVILLE. I LOOK AT IT AS A MONEY MAKING IDEA. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE, I JUST WANT TO READ YOU SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY CONCERNING RENTAL. WE JUST HAD A MAJOR NARCOTICS BUST EXECUTED ON JULY THE 2ND. A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED, WHICH LED TO NEARLY 1000G OF COCAINE, 20 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. MAGIC MUSHROOM. THC CONCENTRATION, AND ALMOST A THOUSAND TABS OF. I THINK IT'S EXAMINE SEVERAL FIREARMS, INCLUDING TWO WITH MACHINE GUN. CONVERSE DEVICE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU DEALT WITH MACHINE GUNS, BUT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE MILITARY, SO I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE DAMAGE THEY CAN DO. THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTIAL AREA. LET ME GO AHEAD. AND 100 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MANY ROUNDS BEING SPRAYED? LOOK AROUND. THIS BUILDING ON THE ROUNDS CAN SPRAY UP QUITE A FEW OF YOU. KEEP THAT IN MIND. THEY WERE ALL RECOVERED FROM A RENT HOUSE. SO MY ANSWER TO THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS IS NO. YOU THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT IF IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 100 ROUNDS IN THERE, PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
THEY WAVE AT YOU. HEY, NEIGHBOR, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS. SO NOTICE THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AMY BREWER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME. BUT MY NAME IS AMY BREWER. I'M A DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT, HOMEOWNER AND FOUNDER OF MARISSA'S VOICE. I LOST MY DAUGHTER TO ILLICIT FENTANYL BACK ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2022, IN OUR HOME YESTERDAY, I HAD CURTIS FERGUSON THANKS TO MR. MCBURNETT GIVING ME HIS NAME, BUT HE AND HIS STUDENTS CAME OVER AND PAINTED A MURAL ON OUR ON A ROCK THAT WAS DONATED TO US FROM BIG JOHN'S. AND WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OUT IN THE YARD AT THE TIME, BECAUSE SEAN RAB WITH FOX FOUR NEWS CAME OVER AND DID AN INTERVIEW. HOWEVER, TODAY I GET THREE CITATIONS ON MY GLASS
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DOOR FROM A WORKER WITH THE DUNCANVILLE. WORKER WITH DUNCANVILLE. CITING ME FOR HAVING A AN A FRAME OF MY CHILD IN MY FRONT YARD. OKAY, PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO PUT UP PICTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY GRADUATE, PICTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN FOR BIRTHDAYS, BUT I CAN'T HAVE A PICTURE OF MY CHILD AND MY FRONT YARD AND A FRAME WHICH HAS BEEN THERE FOR, OH, BY THE WAY, OVER TWO YEARS. AND NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOX FOUR NEWS, WE GET CITED. YES, I HAVE A TRAILER IN FRONT OF MY HOME RIGHT NOW, WHICH I WILL BE PARKING IN MY DRIVEWAY, BUT I WAS TOLD VIA MY NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT I HAD TO GET IT OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW. I DO FENTANYL EDUCATION WELL ANYWAY, I DO FENTANYL EDUCATION ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. I DO IT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT. I GET A LITTLE NEWS COVERAGE. WE GET THE ROCK PAINTED, AND NOW I'M GETTING CITATIONS ON MY DOOR. IT'S A LITTLE ODD TO ME. IS DUNCANVILLE AGAINST FENTANYL EDUCATION? JUST WONDERING, MISS BREWER, JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. OH MY BAD. 314 VAN ROW AVENUE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, RIGHT BEHIND KROGER. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE ONE LAST CARD, BUT IT INDICATES THAT THEY DON'T WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. BUT IT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP ON OUR AGENDA, AS IS YOURS, SIR. THAT AGENDA ITEM. MR. BARRETT IS COMING UP LATER ON THE AGENDA. I THINK YOU'RE BEING TOLD THAT RIGHT NOW. SO STICK AROUND IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, IN THAT AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR OUR CITIZENS INPUT PORTION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
TO ITEM FOUR. CONSENT AGENDA. CITY SECRETARY. WELL WE'VE DISCUSSED THE ITEM I APOLOGIZE.WE'VE DISCUSSED THE ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. AND NOW
[5.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NONE TO BE TAKEN AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HAVE NEED.WILLIAM. OKAY, I'M HEARING PART OF THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER. FIVE A. BUT AS REGARDING JUST TO BE SPECIFIC, IT'S REGARDING EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM TWO. AND AS A RESULT, THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. INTERIM CITY MANAGER RICHARD ABERNATHY, FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS. DO I HAVE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED. OKAY. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU.
[5.B. Consider Resolution 2025-504 approving the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Annual Reports for fiscal years 2022 - 2024. TIRZ No.1 Annual Reports for FY 2022 - FY 2024]
OKAY. ITEM FIVE B CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE ONE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2022 AND THROUGH 2024. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD[01:25:16]
EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. MARLIN GOFF, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT.AS PART OF THE INTRODUCTION, THIS ITEM I WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING BOARD. I SAW HIM EARLIER, MR. MICHAEL HOFFMEIER I THINK HE'S STILL IN ATTENDANCE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ACTUALLY DO THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR THIS PROCESS. THEY AGGREGATE THE INFORMATION FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, RIGHT. THEY MAKE THE CALCULATIONS FOR THE INCREASE IN VALUE, AND THEN THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, EXCUSE ME, THE SLIDES, THE DATA, YOU'LL SEE JUST A CREDIT TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. SO TO START TAX INCREMENT AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL RIGHT. THIS ILLUSTRATION ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW TAX INCREMENT WORKS I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION BASE VALUE RIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM. SO WHEN THE TIF DISTRICT IS CREATED, THE VALUES OF THE COMBINED PARCELS AND THEIR GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT COLLECTIVELY ESTABLISH THE BASE VALUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
RIGHT. AND SO IN THIS, THIS ZONE IN DUNCANVILLE WAS CREATED IN 2016, THE INCREMENT IS REFERRED TO THE INCREASE IN VALUE OVER TIME RIGHT AFTER THE BASE YEAR IN THERE BEYOND WE CAPTURED THAT INCREASE IN GROWTH. RIGHT. AND THEN THOSE REVENUES ARE DEDICATED FOR PROPERTIES FOR PROJECT INVESTMENTS IN THAT DISTRICT. OKAY. SO AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT ONE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, THIS IS A MAP OF THAT DISTRICT. IN TOTAL ABOUT 231 ACRES. RIGHT. AGAIN, THE DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2016. IT'S BORDERED ON THE EAST BY COCKRELL HILL, KIND OF STRADDLES CAMP WISDOM ROAD AS YOU TRAVEL EAST TO WEST. AND THEN IT PICKS UP COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES NORTH OF I-20. RIGHT. AND THEN THAT WESTERN BOUNDARY IS GOING TO BE DUNCANVILLE ROAD.
OKAY. SO THE FIRST OF THE FISCAL YEAR REPORTS BEFORE YOU IS FISCAL YEAR 2022, RIGHT. AND SO THIS THIS INFORMATION REFLECTS THE TAX OR CALENDAR YEAR OF 2021 FOR THAT YEAR, FACTORING IN THE BASE VALUES THAT ARE RETAINED BY THE GENERAL FUND, WE SAW AN INCREMENTAL REVENUE AMOUNT OF JUST OVER $58,000. OKAY. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE POSITION AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2002, WE WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT DROP OFF FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT, IN 2021. AND SO THAT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE CALENDAR YEAR 2020. RIGHT. AND SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BOTH IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, STATE OF TEXAS AND THE PLANET. RIGHT. WE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, RIGHT. AND SO AGAIN, CREDIT TO THE FINANCE STAFF, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID WAS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHY WE HAD SUCH A REVENUE DROP OFF. WE TOOK A LOOK AT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE TIF DISTRICT. AND THIS WILL HELP TELL THE STORY. RIGHT. SO THIS PARCEL DEPICTED IS THE HILTON GARDEN INN HOTEL. RIGHT. AND SO WE SAW A 37% DECREASE IN REVENUE RIGHT OVER THAT PERIOD. RIGHT. IT'S TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS THE SHEET FROM THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND WE CAN SEE WE WENT FROM $8.4 MILLION ON THIS PROPERTY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 6.5, RIGHT, IN THAT ONE CALENDAR YEAR. AND PART OF THAT IS THE METHODOLOGY THAT APPRAISERS WILL USE. IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE A COST METHODOLOGY OR AN INCOME RIGHT FORMULA. AND SO AGAIN, DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOTELS WEREN'T DOING A LOT OF BUSINESS DURING THAT YEAR. AND SO AS A RESULT, WE CAN QUICKLY IDENTIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY, SO THAT'S FISCAL YEAR 2022, ONE OF PAUL'S, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS, IT'LL BE MORE OF THE SAME. BUT I DO WANT TO PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. OKAY. SEEING NONE. FISCAL YEAR 2023. NOW WE START TO SEE A RECOVERY, RIGHT? WE SEE OUR INCREMENTAL REVENUES UP TO $97,937. RIGHT. THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST REVENUE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WHEN WE LOOK BACKWARDS. RIGHT. AGAIN. SO THAT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 15% INCREASE IN REVENUES YEAR OVER YEAR. SO THAT WAS A STORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2023. OKAY. AGAIN ANY QUESTIONS. THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR 2024 WE SEE A STEADY INCREASE IN COST.
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NOW WE'RE IN FULL RECOVERY. THE INCREMENT CAPTURED IN REVENUE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR, JUST UNDER $140,000 OKAY. SO IN TOTAL, HERE'S WHERE THINGS STOOD AT THE CLOSE OF THAT FISCAL YEAR. FUND BALANCE $649,000 IN THAT TIF. YOU KNOW, I STARTED OFF BY RECOGNIZING ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR TIF BOARD. WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GOOD WHILE, THE BOARD IS FULLY SEATED, SINCE THOSE APPOINTMENTS HAPPENED BY THIS BODY IN JUNE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO MEETINGS.WE'VE ALSO HAD SEVERAL JUST STAFF MEETINGS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, VICTOR AND I, ABOUT THE WORK AND ENTHUSIASM WITH THIS BOARD. WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE. WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT, REALLY BASED ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THE UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS AN EXERCISE THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. SO WE'LL SUBMIT THESE REPORTS. GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE NOW THAT THIS BOARD IS FULLY SEATED. AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE SOME PROJECTS AND ACTIVITY USING THIS IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY, MR. PENNEBAKER. MR. MR. GOLF THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S FUN TO GET THIS GOING AND WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE THERE. I APPRECIATE THOSE THAT SHOW UP HERE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE ENTIRE DISTRICTS IN MY DISTRICT. SO IT MAKES IT EVEN EVEN MORE EXCITED. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE BOARD. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SAME THING. THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING THAT WE NEED TO SEE. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WE'RE LINING THINGS UP AND WE'LL DO IT. BUT BUT, MAYOR, I MEAN, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. SECOND, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MR. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ITEM FIVE C CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20 5-509
[5.C. Consider Resolution 2025-509 authorizing a sole source procurement with Olsson Planning and Design for planning support services, in an amount not to exceed $170,000, subject to the appropriation of funding by City Council. Sole Source Procurement - Olsson Planning & Design]
AUTHORIZING A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT WITH OLSEN PLANNING AND DESIGN. MR. RAUSCHER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK RAUSCHER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT WITH THE OLSEN GROUP FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES GOING BACK TO LATE 2024. I'VE GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT FOR YOU TO KIND OF HELP PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS WORK. ORDER NUMBER ONE WAS ACTUALLY INITIATED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY FOCUSED ON THE LIFE SCHOOL PROJECT AND IN PARTICULAR A ZONING ANALYSIS FOR THAT PROJECT LOCATED AT 1000 EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD. AT THE TIME IT WAS ENVISIONED, THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A TWO MONTH LONG SCOPE OF WORK. ULTIMATELY, IT ENDED UP GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AS I'LL I'LL COVER SHORTLY. BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE. AND THEN WORK ORDER NUMBER TWO WAS AUTHORIZED IN MARCH OF 2025 TO ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE STAFFING SUPPORT FOR THE FOR THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT. YOU MIGHT RECALL, IN LATE 2024 AND THROUGH EARLY 2025, THERE WERE SEVERAL STAFF DEPARTURES. THERE WERE SEVERAL STAFF DEPARTURES WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME, AND SO THAT NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR CONSULTANT SUPPORT TO HELP IN TERMS OF CASE AND PERMIT REVIEW, TAKING IN PLANNING REQUESTS, ZONING APPLICATIONS AND SO FORTH, AS WELL AS JUST CONDUCTING OVERALL PLANNING FUNCTIONS FOR THE FOR THE CITY. AND AT THE TIME THAT WAS IN THAT SERVICE WAS ENVISIONED TO START IN MARCH AND LAST EITHER THROUGH THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR AS SOON AS THE CITY WAS ABLE TO FILL ITS VACANCIES. WHEN BOTH OF THESE WORK ORDERS WERE INITIATED, IT WAS ENVISIONED THAT THAT BOTH WORK ORDERS WOULD BE WELL BELOW THE $50,000 PURCHASING THRESHOLD. THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ESSENTIALLY IN GREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST COUPLE OF INVOICES. THOSE WERE WERE INITIATED AS PART OF THAT[01:35:04]
WORK ORDER ONE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. AND THOSE WERE SERVICES THAT WERE PERTAINING TO THE ZONING ANALYSIS FOR THE LIFE SCHOOL PROJECT. THOSE TWO INVOICES EQUATED TO ABOUT $5,700, AND THOSE TWO INVOICES WERE PAID IN APRIL MID-APRIL, THE CITY RECEIVED AN INVOICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,700. THAT WAS SPLIT IN PART WITH SOME LIFE SCHOOL RELATED FUNCTIONS. AS PART OF THAT WORK, ORDER ONE AND THEN THE REMAINDER PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER WORK ORDER TWO. THEN IN MAY OF 22ND MAY 22ND OF 2025, ANOTHER INVOICE WAS PRESENTED THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW FOR $31,000. THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AUGMENTING, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF STAFFING. THOSE TWO INVOICES IN YELLOW HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR PAYMENT, AND THE VENDOR WILL BE WILL RECEIVE PAYMENT LATER THIS WEEK. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE FOUR INVOICES, THEY WERE BELOW THE $50,000 THRESHOLD. HOWEVER, IN LATE JUNE WE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST INVOICE IN ORANGE FOR $49,653. THAT INVOICE THEN TOOK US OVER THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD, LARGELY THAT THAT INVOICE TWO WAS FOR PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES, AS WAS THE SECOND INVOICE IN ORANGE THERE THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ON JULY 21ST FOR $31,000. SO TO DATE, TOTAL COSTS WITH OLSEN UNDER BOTH WORK ORDERS IS JUST A HAIR OVER $125,000. WE ARE PROJECTING THAT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST HERE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE ANOTHER INVOICE IN THE 31 $32,000 RANGE. AND THEN OUR INTENTION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR THAT'S BEEN ON BOARD SINCE EARLY MAY AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS, ACTUALLY, TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING FOUR CANDIDATES FOR CITY PLANNER THAT WILL FURTHER AUGMENT OUR OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT FUNCTION. OUR INTENTION IS TO IS TO WEAN OURSELVES OFF OF UTILIZING OLSEN FOR PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES NO LATER THAN THAN EARLY SEPTEMBER. AND SO OUR REQUEST TONIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, TO, FIRST OF ALL, AUTHORIZE A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT WITH OLSEN FOR PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES AND THEN SECONDLY, APPROVE THAT CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $170,000. THE CITY HAS WORKED HARD TO IDENTIFY SALARY SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THE STAFF VACANCIES IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND SO, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED $95,000 IN SALARY SAVINGS. AND THEN SECONDLY, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THEY DID, THEY WERE OPEN TO PROVIDING THE CITY WITH $75,000 IN EDC FUNDS TO HELP ALSO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. AND SO TOTAL IN TOTAL, WE'VE GOT $170,000 TO PAY FOR THESE SERVICES WITH OLSEN. AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT. AND THEN UPON APPROVAL, WE WILL GET THOSE JUNE AND JULY INVOICES PAID. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES TOMORROW FOR CITY PLANNER. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND AN OFFER HOPEFULLY LATER THIS WEEK AND HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL ON BOARD BY THE LAST WEEK OF, OF AUGUST. AND, AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL PHASE OUT THE OLSEN SUPPORT PLANNING SUPPORT CONTRACT IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS EVENING. MARK, CAN YOU WALK THROUGH ON HOW WE'RE USING THE SALARY SAVINGS? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE DIFFERENT FUND PERSPECTIVE? SURE, SURE. SO IN THE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A PREVIOUSLY HAD A PLANNING DIRECTOR WHO LEFT IN IN LATE 2024. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE VACANCIES THAT THAT OCCURRED. AND THEN ALSO IN THE MARCH TIMEFRAME, WE HAD A PLANNING TECHNICIAN POSITION THAT WAS VACATED. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THOSE TWO POSITIONS AND THE FACT THAT THE ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR DIDN'T START UNTIL MAY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND EMPLOYEE, A PLANNER, START AT THE END OF THE MONTH.THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE $95,000 IN SALARY SAVINGS THAT YOU SEE HERE. MISS MISS GOODIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. AND I WANT TO BE ORGANIZED TONIGHT. SO I KIND OF WRITTEN SOME OUT. BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I AM FIRMLY
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DISAPPROVED. I'M FIRM IN DISAPPROVAL OF THIS RECENT ACTION RELATED TO THIS USE OF DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUNDS FOR TYPE B SALES TAX REVENUE FOR WHAT? CLEARLY, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT EXPENSES. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. THIS REQUEST DID NOT ORIGINATE FROM DCDC BOARD, NOR WAS IT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AS DEFINED UNDER CHAPTER 505, TEXAS LOCAL CODE. GOVERNMENT. THIS WAS A STAFF DRIVEN TO ADDRESS INTERNAL STAFF SHORTAGES AND PLANNING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AN ISSUE THAT, WHILE IMPORTANT, SHOULD BE JUSTIFIED. THE MISUSE OF RESTRICTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.SEVERAL CONCERNS. I HAVE ONE OF THEM, NO COUNCIL RESOLUTION PRESENTED AND WE STATED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT DID NOT ANTICIPATE IT GOING OVER 50,000. HOWEVER, WHEN THE FIRST INVOICE CAME IN IN DECEMBER 16TH, 2024, OF $4,433 IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET ADOPTED BUDGET PLANNING AND ZONING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, PAGE 65 SAYS THAT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS 3252. THE FIRST INVOICE ALONE EXCEEDED THE CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT. AT THAT POINT, SOMEBODY COULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO COUNCIL THE BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPTED. ON OUR FIRST INVOICE, IT WAS EXCEEDED.
NOTHING WAS SAID. SO BY THE TIME WE GET DOWN TO MAY 22ND, WE'RE LOOKING AT $44,000. 22 YES, STILL BELOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL USING OLSON. NO ONE SAID WE HAVE A PROJECTION OF GOING OVER 50,000 AT THAT POINT. HERE'S ANOTHER POINT. IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THESE AGREEMENTS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ECONOMIC STIMULATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT. THE AGREEMENTS FOR OLSON, BOTH ONE AND TWO, ALL ABOUT PLANNING, ALL ABOUT THE PLANNING OF THE SERVICES WE WILL USE. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH USING A CORPORATION'S BUDGET TO COVER LACK OF MANAGEMENT AT ANY POINT IN TIME. AND I'M SORRY, MR. RUSHER, THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. YOU INHERITED THIS. YOU CAME IN WHEN IT WAS ALREADY OVER BUDGET. I'M SORRY, MR. INTERIM CITY MANAGER. YOU CAME IN WHEN IT WAS ALREADY UNDER BUDGET. THESE ARE NOT YOUR FAULTS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE HIRED TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, ONE WITH PLANNING BACKGROUND. WE HAVE A VERY STRONG ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT NO ONE IS EVER ADDRESSING WHAT KEEPS TRIGGERING THESE TYPE OF DECISIONS. SO. AS OF TODAY, THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED $82,100 OF EDC FUNDS FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. JUST THIS YEAR ALONE, I WENT AND FOUND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF EDC THAT DOES NOT FALL UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED 81,000, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ON HERE AND THAT ARE STILL SOME TO COME BASED ON A EDC PREVIOUS MEETING THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EDC. BUT WE KEEP SPENDING THE MONEY. BUT YET AND STILL WE HAVE CITIZENS SAYING WE WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE. WE WANT TO SEE CERTAIN BUSINESSES HERE. SO I CAN'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. I WILL NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. THIS IS A BUDGETARY OVERREACH IF I EVER SEEN ONE ALSO. OR ELSE MY NOTES. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I WENT TO GO TRY TO FIND ALL OF THE ORDINANCES THAT TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND THE MISSION AND THE PURPOSE OF EDC. THE ONLY THING I FOUND WERE THE BYLAWS, PRETTY MUCH THAT STATES THEIR PURPOSE AND THEIR POWERS.
NOTHING IN HERE SAYS PAYING FOR OLSON FOR THEIR PLANNING, BUT YET AND STILL, SOMEONE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CDC AND ASKED FOR THAT. SO IF THESE AGREEMENTS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST STATED SOMETHING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN I COULD SEE IT, BUT I DON'T. THOSE ARE MY
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THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER GOODIN'S GOING WITH THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. CITY ATTORNEY I WOULD LIKE YOUR OPINION ON ON WHAT? COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN JUST STATED. SHE SHE'S SAYING THAT THESE FUNDS AREN'T USED IN THE BEST MANNER AND MAYBE NOT IN THE GUIDELINES OF THE EDC. THAT. LIKE. THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY NEEDS TO EXPLORE FOR FURTHER, SINCE THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE ME AT THIS MEETING. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO RESEARCH THIS AND INVESTIGATE THIS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. WELL. SO I ARE YOU ARE YOU DONE, MR. MCBURNETT? NO. GO AHEAD. WELL. SO, MR. RAUSCH AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD ASK.THERE WERE TWO BASIC PROJECTS KIND OF USED TOWARDS THIS. DO YOU KNOW HOW THE FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS EACH ONE? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE $125,000 THAT'S BEEN SPENT TO DATE, $16,557.47 WERE WERE APPLIED TO LIFE SCHOOL WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE, LEAVING THE REMAINING $108,722 AS AS PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES. AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS AGO. BUT I THINK I THINK ONE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HELPS TO FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. AND SO I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A NEXUS FOR UTILIZING THIS FUNDING SOURCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS FOLKS, SOME OF WHOM AREN'T, AREN'T HERE ANYMORE. SO YEAH, I'M GOING TO MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING, OKAY? I MEAN, I'VE HEARD WHAT'S SAID, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY AS A CITY, WE DID INCUR THESE EXPENSES AND STUFF. SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THEY NEED TO BE PAID. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE DESCRIPTION THAT MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN HAS OUTLINED HERE IS. AS A AS A LOT OF VALUE ONE. YES, Y'ALL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT SOMEONE DID AND WE WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE WERE SPENDING. AND AS ONE RESPONSE I GOT VIA EMAIL. BUT WE KEPT SPENDING SO WE KNEW WE WERE OVER THE LIMIT, BUT WE KEPT SPENDING, SO THERE WAS NO TIME OUT TO DISCUSS WITH ANYBODY THAT I KNOW OF. AND IF THAT'S NOT TRUE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE WE WERE HEADED, KNOWING THAT WE WERE SPENDING MONEY THAT WASN'T BUDGETED. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING AFTER THE ATTORNEY HAS TIME TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND, AND CONSULT ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT USING EDC MONEY TO BAIL OUT STAFF PROBLEMS AND OVERSIGHTS. WE GOT TO PAY IT. WE'VE GOT TO PAY IT.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN FOR HER DEEP RESEARCH INTO THIS, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE APPARENT THAT WE'RE NOT. WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT HERE IN A SECOND. BUT I ALSO WOULDN'T APPROVE IT TONIGHT BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING. SO UNTIL WE GET THIS ANSWERS BACK AND GET A SUMMARY BACK FROM Y'ALL, I THINK THAT I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT.
COUNCILMAN JERRY BROWN, COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TABLE IT? CERTAINLY. YOUR MOTION. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY, SO A MOTION TO TABLE FROM COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, PLEASE VOTE TO TABLE. ALL RIGHT. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ONE THING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PURCHASING RELATED ISSUE TOO. AND WE'VE WE'VE STARTED TO CONDUCT SOME PURCHASING TRAINING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE OUT IN FRONT OF IT. AND AS SOON AS WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO OVER $50,000, WE NEED TO BE BRINGING THAT BEFORE YOU. AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED SOME PURCHASING TRAINING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE, ARE UP TO SPEED ON, ON HOW SITUATIONS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE
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HANDLED MOVING FORWARD. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT, BUT ONCE AGAIN I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD WE LOST STAFF MEMBERS THE PERMIT OR THE TECHNICIAN THAT YOU HAD THAT WE LOST THE PLANNER AND THAT WE'VE HAD DIFFICULTY REPLACING THE PLANNER POSITION. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION CAME UP. BUT YOU MADE THE POINT AND IT'S VERY VALID. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE TRACKING THIS BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE GOT PAST THAT $3,000 ALLOTMENT, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT. AND WE DIDN'T FROM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE JANUARY AREA ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL NOW THAT WE WEREN'T MADE, WE WEREN'T MADE, MADE AWARE OF THIS. I KNOW WE HEARD EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT THIS WAS COMING UP. SO NOW IT'S BEEN TABLED AND WE'LL JUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE GET BACK FROM THE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. SO WE'RE DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. NOW
[5.D. Conduct a Public Hearing for Consideration and action regarding the request of Mario Riojas, the applicant and owner. The applicant is requesting approval of a Specific Use Permit to allow for the use of Short-Term Rental. The property is located at 209 North Royal Oak Drive, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, being part of Lot 2, Block 2 of Winona Gardens Addition No. 2, an addition to the City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, according to the plat recorded in Volume 19, Page 275, Map Records, of Dallas County, Texas. Public Hearing for 209 N. Royal Drive]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM FIVE D. AND THAT IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. ACTION REGARDING THE REQUEST OF MARIO ROJAS. FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. ALL RIGHT.GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING ARE THE FIRST ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 209 NORTH ROYAL DRIVE. THE REQUEST IS FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL WITHIN A SINGLE SF TEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS FOUR BEDROOMS, AND THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO RENT OUT THREE OF THE BEDROOMS WHILE MAINTAINING OWNERSHIP AND ALSO STAYING IN THE FACILITY OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE HOME AT THE SAME TIME. SO HE'S GOING TO BE A OWNER OCCUPIED TYPE OF HOME WHERE HE'LL BE THERE, BUT RENTING OUT THREE OF THE OTHER BEDROOMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE HOME RIGHT NOW. IN 2021, THE CITY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED SPACE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN ALL SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE AND DUPLEX DISTRICTS. THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE LOCATION WHERE THE HOUSE IS AT. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW IT IS IN AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SF TEN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PLAN COMMISSION IN JUNE DID HEAR THIS AT A PUBLIC HEARING. WE DID MAIL OUT 11 MAILINGS. WE DID RECEIVE ONE RESPONSE THAT WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. WE DID RECEIVE THREE THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION. AGAIN, ACCORDING TO OUR REQUIREMENTS. WE WERE WE DID NOTIFY AND MAIL OUT 11 MAILINGS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION. AT THE TIME WHEN I PREPARED THIS POWERPOINT, WE DID RECEIVE ONE, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE OFFICE TODAY, THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION OR RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS APPLICATION THIS EVENING. RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THIS AGAIN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON WHAT REALLY IS STEP ONE OF THE PROCESS, WHICH IS THE USE OR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THE APPLICANT DOES STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND STILL NEEDS TO GET THEIR BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND MEET ALL THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF YOUR ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED AND PASSED IN 2021. AGAIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED REQUEST. THAT MOTION PASSED 6 TO 6 TO NOTHING. YOUR OPTIONS TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING ARE TO APPROVE THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AS SUBMITTED. APPROVE IT WITH CONDITIONS, DENY THE APPLICATION OR TABLE IT TO FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. DOES THAT COMPLETE YOUR PRESENTATION? OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:00 PM. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM WILL BE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES TOTAL TIME AMONGST ALL SPEAKERS FOR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. PLEASE BE AWARE OF ANY TIME OF TIME TO ALLOW OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO AT THAT POINT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE APPLICANT? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST? ITEM FIVE D. NINE NORTH ROYAL OAK. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. MY NAME IS VICKY CHANCELLOR AND I LIVE AT 119 NORTH ROYAL OAK, EXACTLY TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM THE
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APPLICANT. I KNOW THAT AS LONG AS HE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROVED. PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT AS LONG AS HE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, IT'S LIKELY THIS WILL BE APPROVED. BUT SHORT TERM RENTALS HAVE A HISTORY OF NOISE PROBLEMS. OCCUPANCY PROBLEMS, INCREASE IN TRASH AND TRAFFIC.NOW I AM I AM PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THE OWNER INTENDS TO STAY IN RESIDENCE WHILE THESE RENTALS ARE HAPPENING, AND HE'S BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR, SO I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THAT WOULD CONTINUE.
BUT WINONA GARDENS ALREADY HAS SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH ENFORCEMENTS OF NOISE AND PARKING AND CODES OF THIS NATURE. AND I'VE LIVED HERE AS THE OWNER OF THE HOME FOR 40 YEARS. I ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THAT HOUSE THE YEAR BEFORE I GRADUATED FROM DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW LONG AGO MY MOTHER BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND I MOVED IN AFTER HER DEATH. SO WE BOUGHT AND WE WANTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE SHORT TERM RENTALS, SORT OF NEGATE THE IDEA OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I AM IN OPPOSITION FOR PRIMARILY SELFISH REASONS. I WANT MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME CLEANER AND QUIETER AND MORE FAMILY, AND TO REMAIN AS FAMILY ORIENTED AS IT IS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THE CITY CODE IS THAT, THAT AS LONG AS HE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO APPROVE. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO HOW DO WE CHANGE SOME OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE ARE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD, ANY GIVEN BLOCK. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY RESTRICTIONS OR IF ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO START SHORT TERM RENTALS, IF THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. PROBABLY NOT, BECAUSE IT PROBABLY DOESN'T GO ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE PLANNING, BUT I JUST HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES. BUT KNOWING THAT THEY THAT THE HOUSES WILL STAY IN OCCUPANCY WHILE THEY ARE DOING THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE REASSURING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST? ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 9:04 P.M. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. CANE, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO ON THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE IT IS. THERE'S A DRAWING OF THE FLOOR LAYOUT OF THE PARTICULAR HOUSE.
YES, SIR. COULD YOU PULL THAT ONE UP? I DON'T HAVE IT WITHIN THE ACTUAL SLIDE PRESENTATION AS PART OF IT WAS PART OF YOUR PACKET, BUT I, I AM PRETTY SURE WHERE WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. OUR STAT I COUNTED ORIGINALLY WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL STAFF REPORT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE WAS FIVE BEDROOMS ON THERE, BUT THERE'S REALLY ONLY FOUR.
CONFIRMED THAT WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. BUT AGAIN, THEY STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS FOR JUST THE USE ON THE PROPERTY. UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DO WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER BUILDING AND FIRE AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AFTER. WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THAT. MY SECOND QUESTION, THOUGH, AND I'M AT A DISADVANTAGE WITHOUT THE PICTURE. I DID NOT PRINT. WELL, MAYBE I DID. NO, I DIDN'T PRINT THAT. LET'S SEE. NO, UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T. THERE IS A BEDROOM THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED IN A LARGER ROOM ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE. AND THAT ROOM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A ARCHITECT'S DRAWING, BUT THAT ROOM LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY SMALL. AND I KNOW THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS HERE EARLIER. I WISH HE WAS, BUT JUST BY THE LOOKS OF IT, I WOULD NEED CONFIRMATION THAT THAT ROOM MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE EXITING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES A WINDOW OF A CERTAIN SIZE, BECAUSE IF IT WAS ADDED IN THERE, OFTENTIMES THAT'S WHEN THAT GETS OVERLOOKED. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. BUT THAT ROOM LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY SMALL. I REALIZE IT'S NOT TO SCALE, BUT I'D NEED CONFIRMATION THAT THAT ROOM
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WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LEGAL ROOM BY BUILDING CODE STANDARDS. AND IT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION THERE. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT, NOT HAVING ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND I'M SORRY, I COULD HAVE CALLED AND ASKED FOR THIS BEFOREHAND, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT THIS AFTERNOON. THAT YOUR INQUIRY, MAYOR, REGARDING THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION ON IT, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL BEFORE THIS MEETING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE OUR AREA ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT IT. YOU KNOW, IT IS A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND ON THE DRAWING IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS A FIFTH BED THAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW. THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXIT. YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALL PART OF ONE ROOM. I DO BELIEVE THAT AGAIN, THEY WOULD NEED CONFIRMATION AGAIN. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE USE THIS EVENING, THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO MEET ALL THE BUILDING AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. SO AT THE TIME THAT THEY DO DO THEIR INSPECTION, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND GET IT INSPECTED BEFORE THE BEFORE THAT. IT'S NOT THE APPLICATION, BUT THE PERMIT IS ISSUED BY THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL. WELL, I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITHIN THE BUILDING INSPECTION REVIEW OF THIS THAT WILL BE LOOKED INTO AND WILL BE ASSURED THAT THAT BEDROOM IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SIZE AND EXITING BOTH DOORS AND WINDOWS. YES, SIR. YOU CAN ADD THAT AS A CONDITION. TONIGHT AS PART OF THE APPLICATION. I CERTAINLY WILL. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, MR. PENNYBAKER. PART OF THE PROCESS. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, DO YOU ALL LOOK AT CITATIONS ON PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S BEEN A PRIOR HISTORY? THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED ACTUALLY AT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT WE ARE AWARE OF ANY CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I DO NOT BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH.HONESTLY, I WISH THE APPLICANT WAS HERE BECAUSE IT'S THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW, TOO. I MEAN, DOCTOR CHANCELLOR SPOKE AND ACTUALLY SPOKE WELL OF THIS NEIGHBOR. SO IT KIND OF TO MR. BAKER'S QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ONGOING ISSUES, BUT BUT THE WHOLE THING IS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND, AND I GUESS HE'S PUT IN FOR THIS, BUT DOES HE UNDERSTAND WHAT HE, HE HAS PUT IN FOR? AND I MEAN, THAT'S SPECULATIVE ON THAT POINT. BUT BUT ANYWAY, I, I'M, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH MAYOR CONTRERAS IN TERMS OF, OKAY, IS THIS FITTING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OR ARE WE ARE WE DOING SOMETHING AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND THE IN THE PAST, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THIS THE IT WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD BASICALLY THE CONSISTENCY OF SOMEBODY IS LIVING THERE OR IS PART OF THERE. WE HAVE APPROVED THIS AND STUFF. SO BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE JUST A LITTLE MORE.
THANKS. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT JUST SAID IS THAT HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HAD CERTAIN WAYS OF LOOKING AT THESE, AND SOME GET APPROVED, SOME DON'T. BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON MOST OF THE ONES WE'VE LOOKED AT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THE MORE I LOOK AT THESE, THE MORE THOUGHT I GIVE INTO, BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT DENSITY. SO RIGHT NOW, SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE ALLOWED IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. I BELIEVE THAT MEANS IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN OR, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLEST DENSITY HOUSING AREA OR IT'S A VERY LARGE LOT ZONING DISTRICT FOR HOUSING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT A SHORT TERM RENTAL PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY AND A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND, YOU KNOW, THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MAY WORK FOR SOME CITIES. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT IS WORKING FOR DUNCANVILLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN APPROVING THESE. AND I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT OUR, OUR REGULATIONS. SO IT WAS BROUGHT UP AS FAR AS DENSITY. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY DENSITY REGULATIONS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO YOU COULD HAVE YOU COULD HAVE 5 OR 10 IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THAT. CORRECT. YOUR ORDINANCE
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THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2021 DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATIONS. IT JUST PERMITS SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. RIGHT. AND SO I GUESS, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA? WE HAVE NOT STUDIED IT. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OF EXISTING SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HAVE APPROVED LESS THAN A HANDFUL, PROBABLY 4 OR 5 TOTAL, SINCE THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ORIGINALLY ADOPTED, THAT APPLICANTS HAVE ACTUALLY COME FORWARD, GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, AND ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED TO DO AN AIRBNB WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. RIGHT.AND THOSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE COME TO US. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, SOME ARE. WE REALIZE THAT SOME ARE OPERATING AND THEN WE GO AND REVIEW THOSE AND SO THAT THERE ARE POTENTIALLY OTHERS OPERATING THAT HAVEN'T COME TO US. THERE'S A COUPLE OF REQUIREMENTS IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. AND I GUESS FOR ME, KIND OF MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEED SOME OF THIS INFORMATION TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE SPECIAL REGULATION STANDARDS, THE NUMBER OF NIGHTS THAT THE UNIT WAS RENTED. SO THE OWNER WOULD HAVE TO REPORT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY NIGHTS IS THIS HOUSE ACTUALLY BEING USED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL? DO WE HAVE ANY RECORDS RIGHT NOW? ARE WE KEEPING, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT RECORDS OF THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY NIGHTS THAT, I MEAN, IS THAT IS THAT BEING REPORTED? I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IS THAT THE REGULATION SIDE OF IT RUNS THROUGH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT AND THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. SO I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
SO LIKE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE APPROVED, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY NIGHTS THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING? ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IS PROOF OF PAYMENT OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. AND SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING ELSE. WE'D HAVE TO GET INFORMATION RIGHT FOR ALL THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING. ARE THEY PAYING, YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY OR CERTAINLY RESEARCH THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW AGAIN, BETWEEN YOUR YOUR REGULAR RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM AND YOUR SHORT TERM RENTALS, THEY ARE REQUIRED ON A YEARLY BASIS TO COME TO THE CITY UP, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR PERMITS RENEWED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AGAIN, BUT THAT IS RUN THROUGH THE PERMITTING SIDE OF THINGS. SO WE WOULD NEED TO CONFIRM WITH THAT DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT I DO NOT HAVE THAT THIS EVENING. YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I DON'T SEE JOSH HERE, BUT I KNOW THEY DO. THEY DO TRACK THAT INFORMATION. WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT ESPECIALLY WE, THE TAX ETC, THE HOT TAX, ETCETERA.
I WILL SAY ONE, ONE PROJECT THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH WHEN WE CAME ON BOARD WAS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAYBE LOOK AT A COMPANY THAT CAN HELP US IDENTIFY ALL THE SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, YES, WE DO HAVE ONES THAT COME AND COMPLY AND, AND FILL OUT THEIR, THEIR APPLICATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN REALITY IS WE NEED TO KNOW WHO ELSE IS OUT THERE WHO'S OPERATING AND, AND ISN'T AWARE OF OUR PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING IT. SO OBVIOUSLY, WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON OUR RADAR THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATE THAT BACK TO COUNCIL ON ON WHAT RECORDS WE DO HAVE. ALONG WITH THAT, ALONG WITH THAT RESPONSE BACK, EXCUSE ME JUST ONE SECOND.
ALONG WITH THAT RESPONSE BACK, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY APPROVED A FEW, HOW WE TRACK WHETHER THEY CONTINUE AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR, OR HAVE THEY SOLD THOSE HOUSES OR THEY'VE ABANDONED THE SHORT TERM RENTAL? DO WE TRACK THAT? AND DO WE KNOW THAT IF WE APPROVE FOUR, THERE'S STILL FOUR OUT THERE? BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T HEAR BACK ON THESE AND MAYBE Y'ALL DON'T EITHER. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'D WANT TO KNOW IF THEY. I THINK SORRY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS MR. ABERNATHY SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS COMPANY, THEY THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY CAN HELP US WITH IS, YOU KNOW, VALIDATING, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ARE STILL FUNCTIONING IN THAT MANNER, MR. KOONTZ. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAN, JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT, BECAUSE I WON'T REPEAT THESE THINGS. YOU KNOW, FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CASES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE. AND IT IS AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR SOME PEOPLE. AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE APPROVED, EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DATA OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING. YOU KNOW, I FELT PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THOSE. AND SO THIS ISN'T REALLY HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH PARTICULAR, THESE PARTICULAR APPLICANTS TONIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LOOKING AT LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT THAT'S
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GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO START GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THESE AFTER WE APPROVE THEM AND SEE IF IT'S WORKING OR NOT. AND DUNCANVILLE. SO THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ADD ONE, ONE LAST THING. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WE. WE HAVE HAD STAFF WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTED THAT WOULD REGULARLY GO ONLINE TO THE DIFFERENT SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT WE KNOW VENMO AND THE OTHER ONE AIRBNB, VRBO OR THE OR THE AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT AND LOOK AND TRY TO SEE IF ANY POPPED UP IN DUNCANVILLE, AND THEN THEY WOULD CONTACT THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CURRENT STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO ADD IN AS WE IMPROVE THE PROGRAM TO GET BACK. GET IT BACK ON TRACK. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TOO. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. KANE, JUST FROM HIS EXPERIENCE WITH OLSON AND STUFF, WHAT'S WHAT'S BEEN THE TREND WITH WITH OTHER CITIES REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH YOUR WITH YOUR BUILDING AND PERMITTING DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF CITIES DON'T REGULATE IT, TRUTHFULLY. I MEAN, THE BIG CITIES DO BECAUSE THERE IS, I THINK, A AN INCENTIVE FROM THE HOTEL TAX COMING BACK. YOU KNOW, CITIES LIKE DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AUSTIN AND BIGGER CITIES, I THINK ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THAT ARE REGULATE MORE SHORT TERM RENTALS. I THINK MOST OF YOUR FIRST RING, SECOND RING COMMUNITIES AND OUTSIDE OF THE MAJOR, MAJOR CITIES THAT ARE HERE WITHIN THE METROPLEX, VERY FEW ACTUALLY REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND IF YOU RECALL, MR. MCBURNETT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE IMPOSED RULES WAS BECAUSE SOME OF THE FIRST ONES WE HAD REPORTED TO US HAD TURNED INTO PARTY HOUSES WITH SWIMMING POOLS, WHERE THEY WERE REALLY THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN DALLAS ALL THE TIME, A REAL DISTRACTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO RESPONSIBLE PERSON IN ANYWHERE NEAR THE PROPERTY WHEN THOSE KIND OF EVENTS DID COME UP. SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND IMPOSED SOME RULES SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER IT, BECAUSE WE SAW WHAT IT DID TO NEIGHBORHOODS VERY QUICKLY. SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD REPORTS OF THOSE SINCE SOME OF THOSE INITIAL PROBLEMS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE RULES IN PLACE. OKAY. SO I SUGGESTED EARLIER THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT WITH CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITION BEING THAT WE GET CLARIFICATION IN THE PROCESS WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS, THAT ONE, IT'S THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY FOR BEDROOMS AND NOT FIVE BEDROOMS BECAUSE STATES TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ON TWO IN THE REPORT. AND THEN SECONDLY, THAT THAT ONE BEDROOM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IS EITHER GOING TO BE A ROOM THAT QUALIFIES TO BE USED FOR THAT OR NOT. SO THAT WOULD THOSE WOULD BE THE CONDITIONS. I'D ASK IF WE CAN GET A MOTION ON THIS. SO MAYOR, ARE YOU ASKING FOR A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM? NO, NO, I THINK THAT I THINK APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. YEAH. I THINK THE WAY THE PROCESS WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, I'VE GOT A BUILT IN SAFEGUARD TO MY CONCERNS THAT IT WON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN THEY'RE CONFIRMING THE NUMBER OF ROOMS AND THE SIZE OF THAT PARTICULAR ROOM. SO I DON'T SEE A NEED TO TABLE IT UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE DOES. OKAY. WELL THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND TO APPROVE, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDING CONDITIONS. MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. MAKE A MOTION WITH THE TO APPROVE WITH WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. YEAH, I KNOW BEING AND RIGHT. AND THE CONDITIONS. AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF PROGRAM BUT BUT IF THERE'S MORE THAN THREE CALLS OF DISTURBANCE THAT ARE SUSTAINED THAT THAT THAT WOULD REMOVE THE SNP. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN, WOULD YOU APPROVE THE SECOND WITH THE CONDITIONS? ABSOLUTELY. SECOND. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY.[5.E. Conduct a Public Hearing for consideration and action regarding the request of Oliverio Aguilar, Applicant, for a Specific Use Permit to allow for the use “Short-Term Rental” on real property located at 710 Valley Hill Road, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, Town and Country Estates Rep, Blk C, LT 7, more commonly known as Town and Country Estates. Public Hearing for 710 Valley Hill Road]
THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM FIVE E CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION.ACTION REGARDING THE REQUEST OF OLIVERIO AGUILAR, APPLICANT FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 710 VALLEY VIEW ROAD. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD
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AGAIN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AGAIN, BRANDON KANE, ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THIS APPLICATION FOR 710 VALLEY HILL ROAD IS FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL AS WELL. THIS PROPERTY IS INTENDED TO BE, OR IS A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM HOUSE THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION. YOU JUST HEARD THIS THE HOMEOWNER. CURRENTLY, THIS IS THE FAMILY HOME THAT THEY'VE HAD FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THEY RAISED THEIR KIDS THERE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY WIDOWED AND LOOKING TO MOVE TO A HIGH RISE. BUT THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS HOME WITHIN THE FAMILY OWNERSHIP FOR IT. AND SO THEY'RE SEEKING A SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. AS STATED IN 2021, YOU HAD YOUR CITY ORDINANCES REQUIRED SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS HERE WITHIN THE CITY. THIS PROPERTY, AGAIN FROM A AERIAL OR FROM A MAPPING PERSPECTIVE, IS LOCATED WITHIN AN SF SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JUNE DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS APPLICATION. WE DID MAIL OUT 18 NOTIFICATIONS TO EVERYONE WITHIN 200FT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. WE DID RECEIVE THREE THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING, WE DID MAIL OUT 18 NOTIFICATIONS, ZERO RESPONSES IN SUPPORT, AND AT THE TIME OF PREPARATION WE HAD ZERO. I DID RECEIVE ONE EMAIL RESPOND IN OPPOSITION OF THIS APPLICATION, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SCP FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED SCP ON A 5 TO 1 MOTION. OPTIONS TO CONSIDER ARE THE SAME TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, DENY, OR TABLE THE APPLICATION TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT IS THAT DOES CONCLUDE. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:23 P.M. SO WITH THAT, CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT WILL BE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES TOTAL TIME AMONG ALL SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE TIME TO ALLOW OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO STEP FORWARD IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST? NO ONE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST, I WOULD ASSUME. MR. KANE, THE OWNER, IS NOT HERE. OKAY, OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO ANYONE IN IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. OKAY. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD MR. BARRETT SPEAK, BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT? FEEL FREE. SO ANYONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST, PLEASE COME FORWARD.OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT, SECOND BY MISS GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AT 924. OKAY, MISS CHERRY BROWN. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THIS ONE, YOU SAID THAT THE OWNER WOULD NOT BE OCCUPYING. RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TO THAT POINT, MR. MCBURNETT, BEFORE I GO ON TO YOU TO THAT POINT, I KNOW THAT WAS THAT WAS APPOINTED DISCUSSION IN A NUMBER OF THOSE CASES WE HAD LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE WAS OWNER OCCUPANCY, BUT I DON'T RECALL THAT IT WAS A REQUIREMENT. IS THAT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT WITHIN YOUR ORDINANCES THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED THAT IT REQUIRES TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED. NO. OKAY. AND IT'S A SHAME THE OWNER ISN'T HERE OR REPRESENTATIVE, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND FROM SOME OF YOU THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HE MAY HAVE A RELATIVE THAT LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT COULD BE RESPONSIBLE PARTY IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN AT THAT LOCATION, BUT THAT RIGHT NOW THAT'S JUST A RUMOR. SO. MR. MCBURNETT, WELL, THAT WAS THE SAME LINE. I WAS KIND OF GOING WITH. I AM I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT THEN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF A SECOND. SECOND, OKAY. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, PLEASE
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VOTE. AND MOTION FAILS. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. F CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR[5.F. Conduct a Public Hearing for consideration and action regarding the request of Noemia Lara, the applicant and owner. The applicant is requesting approval of a Specific Use Permit to allow for the use of Auto Repair and Services, Major. The property is located at Woodhaven Replat, Blk 2, Lot 8B, ACS 0.704, more commonly known as 508 East Red Bird Lane, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas. Public Hearing for 508 E Red Bird Lane]
CONSIDERATION AND ACTION REGARDING REQUEST OF NOEMI LAURA, THE APPLICANT AND OWNER, FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND SERVICES. MAJOR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 508 EAST REDBIRD LANE. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 508 EAST RUTHERFORD LANE IS FOR AN SCP TO ALLOW FOR AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICES. MAJOR, IN YOUR ORDINANCES. THERE'S MAJOR AND MINOR BASED UPON. THERE'S THE DEFINITION OF THE DIFFERENCES OF WHAT THOSE TWO TYPICALLY MEAN, BUT YOU CAN ASSUME THAT THE MAJORS LARGER TYPES OF REPAIRS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE PROPERTY HERE. SO THIS PROPERTY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CONTINUE AN AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICES MAJOR USE IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY USED IN THIS MANNER. OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED. AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS OF UPDATING THE SCP AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS, THEIR EXISTING ONE EXPIRED, AND WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP, WITH THE BUSINESS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, THEY'RE COMING FORWARD FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITHIN YOUR ZONING CODE UNDER SECTION 3.03. IT DOES REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REQUIRE A SCP PERMIT. HERE IS JUST A LOCATION MAP OF WHERE THE PROPERTY IS. JUST TO THE NORTH, OBVIOUSLY IS THE CITY OF DALLAS. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, OR OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHERE YOU HAVE A STRIP OF COMMERCIAL ALONG REDBIRD LANE, AND THEN IT BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ARE THERE LONGER, SKINNIER LOTS THAT THAT THAT THESE PROPERTIES BACK UP TO. BUT THE USE IS WITHIN THE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER EXISTING USES THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BLOWN UP AREA OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PROJECT. AGAIN, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT ON ALL AS A RECTANGLE. BUT THE HOUSE THAT'S FRONTING RED BIRD LANE IS NOT PART OF THIS ACTUAL PROJECT. THIS THIS APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO WANT TO, AS PART OF THEIR SCP AND WORKING WITH THE DRC TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE AERIAL MAP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ORDER WHEN IT COMES TO THE, YOU KNOW, CARS THAT ARE EITHER BEING WORKED ON OR THEY'RE INOPERABLE ON THE SITE AND WANTING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT DID ACTUALLY COME FORWARD AND WITHIN YOUR PACKET WITH CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY. AND SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE REQUIRING THE STRIPING FOR A FIRE LANE TO FOR THE ACCESS OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY PAVED OUT THERE AS PART OF THE PROJECT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING SOME NEW FENCING AND GATES TO ACTUALLY SHIELD THE CARS THAT ARE BEING STORED OUTSIDE WHEN THEY ARE NOT BEING WORKED ON OR THEY'RE BEING WAITING TO BE PICKED UP AS WELL.THEN AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE OVERALL SITE IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT AS PART OF THIS SCP APPLICATION. PUBLIC INPUT FOR THIS BACK IN JUNE, WE DID RECEIVE DID SEND OUT 15 MAILINGS. ZERO RESPONDED IN SUPPORT. WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION. THE SAME REQUIREMENT OF NOTIFYING EVERYONE WITHIN 200FT FOR CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING. WE DID MAIL OUT 15 MAILINGS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN THAT RESPONDED IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION THIS EVENING. DO WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. STAFF DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO CONTINUE IN AUTO REPAIR SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE PLAN COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THEIR MEETING TO APPROVE THE SCP WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ENSURING THAT ALL VEHICLES SHALL BE STORED WITHIN THE SCREEN OR FENCED IN AREA. ANY VEHICLES THAT ARE INOPERABLE OR IN STORES BEYOND 60 DAYS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, AND YOUR ORDINANCE DOES PERMIT YOU, UNDER SPECIFIC USE PERMITS TO SET A TIME PERIOD IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
AND THE PLAN COMMISSION DID CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION ON A FIVE YEAR TIME PERMIT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO HAVE COME HAVE TO COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RENEWAL OF THEIR APPLICATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THAT MOTION PASSED 5 TO 1. WITH THAT AGAIN, OPTIONS TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING. YOU CAN APPROVE,
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APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, DENY THE APPLICATION OR TABLE IT TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WITH THAT, THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. WITH THAT CONCLUSION, MR. PENNYBAKER, CAN WE WAIT TILL WE GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION, THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:31 P.M. AND THEN LET'S GO INTO CITIZEN SUPPORT. THOSE THAT ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS REQUEST, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.HELLO, MY NAME IS JASON LATTA. I'M THE SON OF THE OWNER AND 705 OLD RAVINE COURT. THAT'S IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, AND I CAME UP IN SUPPORT OF HER. SHE'S 77 YEARS OLD AND HELPING TAKE CARE OF MY DAD, SO I CAME HERE IN HER STEAD. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR FOR THIS PROPERTY. MY PARENTS BOUGHT IT DECADES AGO AND HAVE BEEN RENTING IT FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S A BIG PART OF THEIR INCOME AND HAS BEEN FOR GOD SINCE I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH HERE, AND IT WAS BUILT THE, THE BUILDINGS ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY WERE BUILT FOR MECHANICS IN MIND. AND SO THERE'S ELEVATORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM. SO IF YOU ALL CAN APPROVE THIS SOUP IT WOULD HELP THEM GET CONTINUE TO GENERATE SOME INCOME AND HELP SUPPLEMENT THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST? SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE TO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. SO MY NAME IS SUSANA JUAREZ AND I LIVE AT 423 WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD. AND I DID GET A NOTICE. AND THIS, THIS, THIS. AUTO REPAIR BODY SHOP IS NOT DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOUSE, BUT IT'S LIKE NEXT TO IT. AND WHAT'S DIVIDING THE SHOP IN MY HOUSE IS JUST MY PRIVATE WOODEN FENCE. WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE WHEN THEY'VE THEY'RE WORKING ON THE CARS. THERE'S TOO MANY AUTO REPAIR BODY SHOPS AND, AND OTHER REPAIR SHOPS, CAR REPAIR SHOPS. SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND. WHEN WE HAVE I LIVE ON WOODHAVEN, SO WHEN I HAVE TO DRIVE OUT OF WOODHAVEN, I HAVE TO GO TO COCKRELL HILL. AND I TRIED TO AVOID COCKRELL HILL BECAUSE WOODHAVEN TOWARDS COCKRELL HILL, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE BODY SHOPS THERE IN THE CORNER. SO IF I TRY AND IT'S DANGEROUS DRIVING OUT OF COCKRELL HILL, WOODHAVEN, TOWARDS COCKRELL HILL, IT'S DANGEROUS. IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC. SO I HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND DRIVE THE OTHER SIDE THE OTHER WAY TOWARDS MAIN MORE BODY SHOPS. THERE SEVERAL. SO ON GODWIN THE SAME THING. AND THAT'S BETWEEN WOODHAVEN AND BEFORE MAIN. SO THEN. REDBIRD IS THE SAME THING. THERE'S PLENTY OF BODY SHOPS AND THERE'S LOTS OF CARS. THEY ARE TESTING THESE CARS. THEY DRIVE SO FAST. THEY GO AROUND THE BLOCK AND THEY DRIVE THROUGH WOODHAVEN SO FAST, NOT AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY'RE GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE GAS AND THERE'S A GAS LINE. THERE'S A GAS. THE METER THAT'S DANGEROUS. SO. AND BESIDES THAT, WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING SO FAST. OKAY. AND SO IF I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE STORE OR WHATEVER, AND I'M DRIVING ON WOODHAVEN TO GET TO MAIN, I HAVE TO STOP AND
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WAIT FOR THEM TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CARS AND THEY'RE DROPPING OFF TOW TRUCKS. THERE'S, THERE'S I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE IF WE'RE WAITING. WE LIVE THERE. SO I'VE HAD WE'VE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SO QUIET. AND I MEAN, I BUILT MY HOUSE 2018 AND IT'S GOTTEN HORRIBLE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE AUTO SHOPS, MECHANIC SHOPS, TIRE SHOPS. I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT. AND THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE BOUGHT THAT. IT WAS IT'S AN ACRE. WE BOUGHT THAT, THAT IT WAS A THERE WAS AN OLD HOUSE BUILT BACK IN 1970 AND WE DEMOLISHED IT AND WE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL HOME. BUT THIS TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE AND IT'S DANGEROUS.SO I, I'M ASKING TO PLEASE RECONSIDER ON HAVING ANOTHER BODY SHOP OR TIRE SHOP OR IT'S A AUTO REPAIR. IT'S ACTUALLY A AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE HERE? ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, BURNETT MADE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 938. MR. PENNEBAKER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? A FEW. WHEN DID THE PREVIOUS PERMIT EXPIRE? DO WE KNOW? I NEED TO ASK THE APPLICANT. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE INHERITED WHEN WE STARTED WORKING AND SUPPORTING THE CITY HERE. SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BACKGROUND, BUT I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE LATE 2024 WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND HAS GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS WITH THE DRC AND STAFF TO GET IT TO WHERE IT WAS THIS EVENING. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT. WHEN YOU SAY THE APPLICANT RIGHT, IS. MR. LAURA, I THINK I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. DO YOU HAVE SO YOUR PREVIOUS TENANT IS OUT OF THERE NOW? THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU HAVE A NEW TENANT THAT'S IN THERE CURRENTLY. HE'S WAITING TO GET IN THERE CURRENTLY. IS THERE ANYBODY OPERATING THERE RIGHT NOW? JUST STORING VEHICLES ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING OKAY I WENT BY THERE THIS WEEK AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ACTIVITY THERE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING OKAY. THE 506 PROPERTY. THAT'S YOURS AS WELL RIGHT. THAT'S THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT. IS THAT A RENTAL PROPERTY OR IS IT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE OPERATION OF THE BUSINESS? NOT AT ALL. NO. IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S UNOCCUPIED. OKAY. THERE WAS CARS ON THE PROPERTY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, WHICH I ASSUME IS ON THE COMMERCIAL PART OF THE PROPERTY THERE. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A OLD VAN THERE THAT I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S LIVING OUT OF IT. HAVE YOU BEEN OVER THERE? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO PART OF MY QUESTION IS ABOUT AS FAR AS THE MANAGEMENT, HOW YOU'RE IN TOWN TO HELP MOM AND DAD, WHO'S GOING TO OVERSEE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY. IS IT GOING TO BE THEM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE MY MOTHER AND I WORKING TOGETHER? OKAY, OKAY. SO WE'VE ALREADY PUT UP THE FENCE FOR THE INOPERABLE VEHICLES THAT'S THERE. THE GATE HASN'T BEEN DONE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO AN ASPHALTING AND THEN PUT A GATE IN. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE THERE. WE'RE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, WITH VEHICLES ON PROPERTIES. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE I THINK, BETWEEN THE MINOR AND THE MAJOR IS THE MINOR. THE CAR SHOW UP AND THEN THEY GO HOME THE SAME DAY. THE MAJOR BASICALLY WHAT THE SOUP IS FOR, TO GET IT SO THAT YOU CAN
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STORE THEM ON PROPERTY. BUT ONE OF MY RUBS WITH THIS IS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH A MASTER PLAN UPDATE RIGHT NOW. YEAH. AND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S WHAT THE END'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS WHEN WE START DOING REZONING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, AND A FIVE YEAR PERMIT, IT KIND OF LOCKS US IN ON THAT PROPERTY. I THOUGHT I SAW IN HERE THAT THE SOUP IS CONTINGENT ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS BEING COMPLETED. THE PAVING, THE FENCING, THE FIRE, THE FIRE, AND THAT Y'ALL DO PLAN ON DOING THE FIRE. YEAH, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. YES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ESTIMATES COMING BACK FROM A COUPLE OF VENDORS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ONE IF THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. THAT'S CONTINGENT. AND THERE WON'T BE ANY OPERATIONS GOING ON THERE UNTIL LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THERE. SO THERE'S WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY OPERATING THAT YET. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT. I IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE SUPPORT HERE FOR IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE THOSE ITEMS IN PLACE. AND I AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NO PROBLEM, MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO. AND I THINK MAYBE I'VE GOT QUESTIONS NOW FOR MR. CAIN. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE. THIS I'LL REFER TO THIS AS A CAN OF WORMS BECAUSE THIS. SO FIRST OF ALL, IS IT CURRENTLY OPERATING AS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR MAJOR. THERE. ARE THEY CURRENTLY OPERATING AS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR MAJOR ON ON THAT PROPERTY. THAT PERMIT IS EXPIRED. THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS OPERATING IN THERE CURRENTLY. THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING THE LANDOWNER IS LOOKING TO BRING IN A NEW TENANT. OKAY. SO THERE WAS AN SUP. THERE WAS EXPIRED WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SCP. AND YES SIR, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SCP ON THE PROPERTY. BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT THAT BODY SHOP OWNERSHIP IS NO LONGER THERE IS REQUIRED TO BRING IN GET A NEW SCP FOR THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. BY THE WAY, I KNOW WE'RE BRINGING IN ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN HERE FOR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. COULD YOU BRING BACK UP THE AERIAL? SURE. OKAY. SO. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING, BUT THERE ARE CARS ALREADY ON THERE AT THE MOMENT IN TIME. THIS IS JUST A GOOGLE IMAGE OF, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FROM 2023, 2024. AT SOME POINT WHEN THIS WAS JUST TAKEN, WE USED IT ONLY FOR REFERENCING OF HELPING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ACTUALLY VEHICLES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. WELL, I CAN SAY THAT IF YOU WERE TO ZOOM OUT AND TO SEE RED BIRD LANE ALL THE WAY FROM COCKRELL HILL TO MAIN STREET, THAT THERE'S SIMILAR PROPERTIES, SAME DIMENSIONS, AND IF YOU WERE TO ZOOM OUT, YOU WOULD SEE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT DO HAVE A LOT. THE ONE NEXT DOOR TO IT, RIGHT, THAT HAVE A LOT OF CARS THERE, AND ALL THOSE PROPERTIES, AT LEAST ON THE ZONING MAP I HAVE RIGHT NOW, ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL. AND THIS THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T YOUR PROBLEM. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I'M POINTING OUT. IS THAT ALL ALL THOSE ALL THAT PURPLE THERE IS, IS COMMERCIAL, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND. NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT QUITE A FEW OF THEM HAVE CARS WRAPPED ALL AROUND. THEY'RE ALREADY OPERATING AUTOMOTIVE MAJOR. AND SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES MR. KOONTZ MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USES ON THE PROPERTY THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN YOU UPDATE YOUR ZONING CODE, MOST LIKELY. I MEAN, I'M ONLY THINKING BECAUSE I HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS THIS WEEKEND ON A DIFFERENT BUT YOU UPDATE YOUR ZONING CODE, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THAT TIME WHERE MOST LIKELY SOME OF THESE, INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS, PROBABLY WENT TO AN SCP. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THIS AREA AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXISTING CAR SHOPS OF SOME NATURE CAR REPAIR, AUTOMOTIVE, TIRE SHOPS.IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE WITHIN THE AREA, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S PROBABLY A COUPLE SHOPS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE RANGE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. SO JUST WANTED FOR. YEAH. AND AGAIN, AND YOU'RE HERE TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION TO OR TO CONFIRM INFORMATION FOR US. THERE'S A PROPERTY THERE. SO THE BARRED LINES INDICATE AN SP. SO AGAIN AT LEAST ON THE ZONING MAP I HAVE THE ONES THAT DO HAVE THE
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SUPS. THERE'S I THINK THERE'S ONE 1 OR 2 THAT AT LEAST INDICATED ON THE ZONING MAP. SO WHETHER OR NOT THE OTHER PROPERTIES HAVE THEM OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY APPLIED, THAT'S WE CAN'T CONFIRM OR DENY THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. AND THEN ALSO SO AS FAR AS ACTUALLY I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE. AND SO DO YOU KNOW, IF THOSE CARS THAT THAT WE SAW IN THE AERIAL, IS THAT UP TO DATE. ARE THEY ARE THEY THERE RIGHT NOW. NO. THOSE CARS LIKE THAT ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE. NO OKAY. YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID THE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STORING SOME OF THEIR CARS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND SOMETIMES MOVING THEM IN AND OUT. BUT WE'VE TOLD THEM TO NOT LEAVE THEIR CARS OVERNIGHT IN ANY EXPOSED SPACE.AND IF THEY ARE STILL LEAVING THEM OUT THERE, THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION OF US ENFORCING THAN THAN BEING TOLD THEY CAN DO IT, WHICH THEY CANNOT. SO ARE Y'ALL RENTING? AND I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THAT BUILDING ACTUALLY IS. ARE Y'ALL RENTING BAYS? ARE THEY LIKE GARAGE SPACES THAT Y'ALL ARE RENTING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR TO STORE CARS RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET AN SCP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MECHANICS WORK AGAIN THERE. OKAY. AND SO I KNOW YOU SAID THIS ALREADY, BUT CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN OF WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO DO TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE I'M SURE IF YOU WERE TO SEE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING THERE, WHICH IS A DISASTER RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AUTOMOTIVE USES IN AREAS THAT MAYBE WE WOULDN'T THINK THAT THEY BELONG THERE, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING THE LOOK, THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR THEIR STORAGE OUT OF SIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO COULD YOU REMIND US AGAIN OF WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE TO DO HERE? YOU GOT FIVE YEARS TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE TO, TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING RIGHT. WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND YOU. SO COULD YOU REMIND US AGAIN? SO CURRENTLY THE ASK IS THAT THE FIRST TWO BAYS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN IS WHAT WE WANT THE, THE SCP FOR, FOR THE MECHANIC AND THE OTHER BAYS WON'T BE APPROVED FOR UNLESS WE APPLIED FOR ANOTHER SCP. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SMALL OPERATION. YOU SEE THOSE FIRST, THE, THE RIGHTMOST, AND THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE THE THERE'S ALREADY A WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT, A SPRAY BOOTH IN THAT SECOND ONE. SO THE GUY THAT THE PROSPECTIVE RENTER, HE'S A AUTO BODY GUY. SO HE FIXES CARS AND THEN PAINTS THEM UP AND THE SPRAY BOOTH IS ALREADY INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS FROM THE PREVIOUS TENANT WITH THE SCP. AND THAT'S HOW HE DID HIS WORK.
BUT THE REST OF THE BAYS ARE NOT PART OF THIS SCP AND ARE NOT GOING TO BE RENTED OUT FOR MECHANICS USE UNLESS WE FIND A TENANT AND WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN AND YOU GUYS APPROVE IT. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE FIRST TWO. SO IT'S A SMALL SCALE THING. AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO PARK HIS CARS IN THE FENCED OFF AREA. SO THAT'S THE PLAN TO KEEP IT CLEAN. AND THE REPAVING OF EVERYTHING AND THE PUTTING THE LINES DOWN AND EVERYTHING THAT HOPEFULLY IF EVERYBODY DOES THINGS THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, THAT IT KEEPS IT LOOKING NICE AND THERE SHOULD BE NO OVERNIGHT PARKING UNLESS IT'S HIDDEN BEHIND THAT FENCED AREA, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S AROUND, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW BAD IT CAN GET. I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE BUS, BUT I KNOW SOME SOME OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND HAVE NOT BEEN UPKEPT SUPER WELL, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY GRANDFATHERED INTO WHATEVER ZONE THEY HAD BEFORE, SO THEY KIND OF DON'T CARE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE KIND OF TENANTS. THANK YOU. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU.
IF THAT GOOGLE IMAGE IS ANYWHERE CURRENT. YEAH, IT LOOKS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. AND I SUSPECT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT TODAY. IF THEY'RE IN OPERATION, I KNOW THAT THERE'S AG ON SOME OF THE PROPERTIES. IT'S ALL KINDS OF CRAZINESS. SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO CLEAN IT UP. BUT IF, IF I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD I'LL TAKE A BREAK OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GLAD THE FIRE CHIEF'S BACK. DO YOU HAVE A WAY OF CONTRACTUALLY LIMITING THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION? I CAN PUT IT IN THEIR CONTRACT, I'M SURE. YEAH. OKAY. THE SECOND THING IS, I HEARD TALK OF A DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS. YES. THAT WHOLE AREA IS THE WHERE YOU CURRENTLY SEE THE RED LINES UP TO THAT KIND OF TAN AREA IS ASPHALT, BUT IT'S KIND OF FALLEN APART OVER THE YEARS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF ESTIMATES ON IS COMING IN AND
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REPAVING THAT. THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE BACK FOR YOU GUYS. THE PLAN IS TO PAVE THE WHOLE THING, INCLUDING THAT TAN AREA. SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLEANER AND IT'S PAINTED, BUT THE PART IN THE BACK THAT'S TAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FENCED OFF AREA. A QUESTION BACK TO YOU GUYS IS IF WE PAVE THAT OVER THAT'S LESS PERMEABLE SPACE FOR WATER. IS THERE A WAY TO JUST DO GRAVEL ON THAT PART TO KEEP WELL, PERMIT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW MY MOTHER GETS SHE GETS FINED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY. BUT LET ME CONTINUE WHERE I'M GOING ON THIS SERIES OF QUESTIONS. SINCE THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN UNOCCUPIED FOR HOW LONG? APPROXIMATELY SINCE IT WAS MARCH THAT WE. OKAY, THERE ARE STIPULATIONS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT STATE THAT AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, SOMETIMES IT'S SIX MONTHS, SOMETIMES IT'S A YEAR THAT IT'S A PROPERTY LOSES ITS LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE REACHED THAT POINT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T ASKED FOR AN SUP, THAT THIS BUILDING CAN BE VIEWED. THIS PROPERTY CAN BE VIEWED AS NEEDING TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT STANDARDS. I HAVING SAID THAT, I'M GOING TO. PUT THE CHIEF ON THE SPOT JUST BY SAYING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN A STRUCTURE IS MORE THAN 150FT FROM THE STREET, THAT IN ORDER FOR FIRE APPARATUS TO GET BACK THERE, THAT THERE'S SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS OF THE DRIVEWAY, BOTH IN THICKNESS AND WIDTH, TO CONSTITUTE ILLEGAL FIRE LANE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT HAS TO HAVE A MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO TURN AROUND TO GET OUT. DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT, CHIEF? OKAY. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE COORDINATING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON. AND IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT WITHIN THE LEGAL, NONCONFORMING REGULATIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THAT WOULD PROTECT IT OTHERWISE, THEN BEFORE THEY GO TO ANY PAVING, ESTIMATES OR ACTUAL PAVING, I THINK THAT QUESTION NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED, BECAUSE IF IT'S DISTANCE BACK FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS AN ITEM. AGAIN, THIS THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING PREVIOUSLY WITH THE PLANNING TECH HAD BROUGHT THIS THROUGH DRC IN THEIR NUMBER FIVE IS A FIRE LANE MUST BE ADDED IN THE IN. THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THEY WILL APPLY YOU KNOW PAINTED STRIPES AND MINIMUM CITY STANDARD WIDTH AND KEEP THIS AREA CLEAR SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT THEY DO NEED TO MEET. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY RENDERED A DECISION THROUGH THE DRC THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT A FIRE LANE IN TO MEET THE MINIMUM. DO YOU RECALL? BECAUSE FIRE TRUCKS DON'T BACK UP. OKAY, SO THERE'S USUALLY A TURNAROUND REQUIRED. MAYOR, I KIND OF WANT TO CALL A POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE THE FIRE CHIEF I MEAN, HE'S HE MIGHT BE GIVING A RESPONSE, BUT IT'S NOT ON IT'S NOT ON RECORD. AND I'M I'VE GOT MR. CAIN IN FRONT OF ME AND I CAN'T SEE. CHIEF KENNEALY AND SEE AND SEE HIS RESPONSE. ATTORNEY, CAN I ASK CHIEF TO COME UP? OKAY. WELL, CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF A DIRECTION HERE AND JUST SIMPLY STATE SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, CAN WE CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S BEEN COMMUNICATING THESE REQUIREMENTS THAT MR. CAIN JUST REFERRED TO, THAT, THAT IT DOES INCLUDE A CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER AROUND WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED A TURNAROUND, GIVEN THE DEPTH OF THIS LOT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT THICKNESS OF CONCRETE AND THE CORRECT WIDTH OF CONCRETE TO CONSTITUTE A LEGAL FIRE LANE. SO IF WE COULD DO THAT AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PAVING, AND THEN I'LL GET BACK TO THAT, OKAY. THANK YOU. THE LAST THING I'VE GOT IS BEING THAT IT'S LEGAL, NONCONFORMING OR MAY HAVE LOST THAT LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS OR HASN'T. THERE WAS AT ONE TIME IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A REQUIREMENT THAT ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY YOU HAD TO CONSTRUCT, I BELIEVE IT WAS AN EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY FENCE, THE WIDTH OF THE COMMERCIAL LOT WHEN IT ABUTS RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE IN THERE. IN 2019, IT WAS THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DROPPED OFF. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, I KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU LOOK INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S REQUIRED TO BE THERE, THAT THAT BE ADDED TO. AND I KNOW I'M JUST INCURRING MORE COST IF[02:50:07]
THESE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT I WANT TO GO BY THE BOOK ON THIS. SO IF IT'S LOST ITS LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT ORDINANCE, IF IT'S STILL IN EFFECT WOULD KICK IN, THAT WOULD TO ME ADD EXTRA PROTECTION FROM SOME OF THE NOISE AND SOME OF THE VISUAL OF THE CURRENT BUSINESS IF IT STARTS TO GET OUT OF SORTS, AND IF THE NOISE IS EXCESSIVE, THE WALL, THERE'S DIMENSIONS AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE, BUT IF IT COULD HELP DEFLECT SOME OF THAT NOISE AND ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON WITH THE YARD LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE JUST TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS ARE BEING COVERED. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. AND I'LL GO BACK TO MR. MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT ALL THESE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE THEY ABUT THESE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. I WENT, FIRST OF ALL, I TOOK A TOUR WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL ONCE, AND WE DROVE THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AREAS ON REDBIRD, AND HE OR SHE JUST KIND OF THREW UP THEIR HANDS AND SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN YOU GET ON THE OTHER SIDE. WHERE YOU HAVE THE HOUSES ON WOODHAVEN, YOU ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE BACKYARD OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT LIVED ON ONE OF THOSE HOUSES AND ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS A RAT A TAT TAT, AND YOU COULD HEAR SPRAYING SOME OF THOSE WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS. THEY'VE GOT LOUD MUSIC PLAYING. AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF AUTOMOTIVE FLUID THAT IS ACTUALLY RUNNING BACKWARDS DOWN TOWARD THE PROPERTIES. AND SO AGAIN, WE LOOK AT ZONING AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING WORKS. HAVING AUTOMOTIVE MAJOR RIGHT NEXT TO AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SINGLE FAMILY, HOW LARGE THESE LOTS ARE, BUT HAVING THOSE THINGS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, ZONING WISE DOESN'T WORK. I THINK THAT'S A REASON WHY MAYBE THEY THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME CHANGED IT TO COMMERCIAL. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. AND SO AND I'M ALSO GOING TO DEFER TO THE DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS ON THIS IS THAT I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT I COULDN'T SUPPORT APPROVING ANOTHER POTENTIAL ADDITION TO SOMETHING THAT'S A ZONING ISSUE IN THE WHOLE AREA. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ JUST HIT ONE OF THEM. THE PROPER STORAGE OF THE FLUIDS, VEHICLE OIL THERE. COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT OTHER DIAGRAM, THE OTHER IMAGE? NOT THAT ONE. THE ONE WHERE IT WAS THE BREAKDOWN ABOUT RIGHT THERE. STORAGE FOR THE USED OIL AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL, TOXIC MATERIALS THAT COULD BE COMING FROM THE VEHICLES. WHERE IS THAT STORED AND HOW IS IT STORED? I'LL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I WANT TO ONE ONE BE THAT IN THE SENSE OF ANY TYPE OF SCP, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND INSPECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND MAINTAIN THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE STORES. BUT I LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER IF THEY HAVE REGARDING THE STORAGE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED OUT THERE NOW. I'LL ANSWER THE BEST I CAN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS APPLICANT OR THIS POTENTIAL TENANT, HE'S A BODY SHOP. HE DOESN'T DO OIL CHANGES. HE DOESN'T WORK WITH FLUIDS. IT'S JUST FIXING FENDERS AND HAIL DAMAGE AND DOING PAINT AND ALL THAT. SO THE OTHER THAN PAINT, I DON'T IMAGINE HE HAS ANY FLUIDS THAT HE WOULD DO. OKAY. SO PAINT. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE I HAVE VENTILATION. IS IT PROPERLY VENTILATED? CORRECT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT SECOND BUILDING THERE IS A EVENTS OUT OUT OF THE BUILDING AND IT'S A CLOSED BOOTH. SO THAT FOR HIS SAFETY AND THEN FOR EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THAT, THAT BUILT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT FOR PROPER VENTILATION, FOR PAINTING. OKAY. SO THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT HE AT LEAST HAVE PAINT. SO YES, HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT PROPERLY STORED AS WELL AND DISPOSED OF ANY OTHER FLUIDS THAT COULD BE ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S A CONCERN FOR ME. YES, THERE ARE SURROUNDING LIKE PROPERTIES AROUND THIS, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS SOMETHING HERE IN DUNCANVILLE IN A VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY. I WON'T BE IN FAVOR OF IT, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF[02:55:02]
THAT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCE. IT CALLS FOR THE NEIGHBORS. I DON'T THINK YOU LIVE HERE IN THE CITY. I DON'T OKAY, I DID FOR MANY YEARS, BUT. SO THANK YOU, NUMBER ONE, FOR COMING AND SPEAKING. AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOUR MOM AND YOUR PARENTS. BUT AS A PROPERTY OWNER BEHIND IT. AND THEN I KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL VEHICLES STORED THERE CURRENTLY.AND SAYING THAT NO ONE IS THERE. SO THAT IS STILL A NUISANCE FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, AND NO ONE WILL BE THERE TO REGULATE IT. THAT I HEARD TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
THANK YOU, MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR, I, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH FOR I REMEMBER APPROVING THIS SNP FROM LAST TIME. OKAY. SO IT'S SO IT HAS HAPPENED SOMEWHAT REASONABLY. BUT MAYOR, YOU HIT ON EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS LIKE THE HOURS BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOMEBODY MAKE ABOUT THE NOISE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WELL IS THERE LIMITS ON WHAT HOURS THEY'RE WORKING? AND HAS THAT BEEN A SOMETHING IN THE PAST? YOU KNOW, WERE WERE PEOPLE WORKING LATE INTO HOURS OR THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE 9:00 OR SOMEWHERE WHERE IT COULD POTENTIALLY DISTURB SOMEONE OR. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S. YEAH, TRUE. BUT AND THAT'S SOMETHING I IMAGINE WE COULD MITIGATE BY SETTING HOURS IN OUR, IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH ANY TENANT.
RIGHT. AND. THIS THIS ISN'T FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE MAYOR BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE NOTES FIRE SPRINKLERS, ALARMS BE INSTALLED, ASPHALT TO BE REPAVED WERE NEEDED. MAYOR. AND MAYBE AND YOU PROBABLY BE INTERESTED, IS THIS IS THIS A LINE OF QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING CHIEF KENNEALY ABOUT AS WELL TOO? BECAUSE THE PAVING ACTUALLY NEED TO CHANGE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING THEM TO INVESTIGATE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ASPECT THAT I WAS REFERRING TO BEING MORE THAN 150FT FROM THE STREET, AND THERE IS, IN SOME CASES, I THINK, A DISTANCE FROM THE FIRE HYDRANT ON THE STREET THAT YOU HAVE TO BE. OTHERWISE, WHEN THE APPARATUS GOES ON TO THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE THEY HAVE TO KNOW THEY CAN GET IN AND GET OUT AND THAT IT'S A PROPER SURFACE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL ON.
SO I'M JUST ASKING, HAS THAT BEEN FLESHED OUT? ALL ASPECTS OF IT. THERE MAY BE SOME LENIENCY BECAUSE OF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED. AS TO HOW CLOSE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN GO HALFWAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY IF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE STAFF GET BACK TO US WITH. AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE COMPONENTS WERE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH POSSIBLE LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS, WHICH COULD KICK IN TO A REQUIREMENT FOR THE FENCE IF THAT IS STILL PART OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND THESE ARE THINGS NOT TO NOT TO JUST PAD THE BILL AND MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO THIS. IT'S TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCES. AND I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH FOR A WHILE. SO SOME OF THESE COULD BE HAVE CHANGED. OR MAYBE IT IT HASN'T IMPACTED IT'S LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS THAT BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS, THEY'LL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. BUT I'M WALKING AWAY FEELING LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH ON THE TABLE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS TABLED. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO SOMEBODY TO MAKE THAT MOTION IF THEY SEE FIT. AND MR. LAURA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, TOO. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT APPLICANTS SHOW UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE MAKING ASK. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE OTHER PERSON THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD, HEALTHY DISCUSSION.
AND, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT. YES. SO EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE BAYS BECAUSE WE WENT ALL ON ASPHALT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO BAY TWO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE TENANT WILL PAINT, WHERE THE PURPLE IS? I GUESS THAT'S BAY TWO. YEAH. SO THE I THINK IT'S MARK 508 B AND 508 A IS WHAT HE WOULD BE RENTING.
OKAY. AND SO I HEARD YOU SAY NO OIL OR THIS THAT AND THE OTHER. SO DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING AS THE MECHANIC IN THE. NOT A MECHANIC, JUST THE BODY SHOP. BODY SHOP. YEAH. SO BODY SHOP. CORRECT. PERIOD. BUT I WAS TOLD AS WE WERE GOING WITH VICTOR AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE P
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AND Z, SORRY, I GOT AN ALLERGY. SO I'M WEEPING ON THIS. I THAT A BODY SHOP IS STILL CONSIDERED MAJOR IN THE WHATEVER RULES THERE ARE, SO IT STILL NEEDS TO BE LABELED MAJOR, EVEN THOUGH THERE AREN'T ANY OIL OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER KIND OF FLUIDS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. MCBURNETT? YOUR MOTION WAS. MY MOTION WAS TO TABLE THIS ITEM.OKAY. MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. IS THERE A DATE CERTAIN OR TIME CERTAIN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? WITHIN 30, WITHIN TWO MEETINGS, 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS. OKAY.
SECOND. TO HOLD YOUR SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE. 30 DAYS. THEY SAID THERE WAS A MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, MAYOR, I JUST GOT SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. I THINK WE DO NEED TO GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY ON THAT. THAT WE NOTICE THE HEARING OR WE'LL JUST HAVE TO RENOTICE THE HEARING. IF SO, IF THERE'S NO DEFINITE DATE.
OKAY. SO. SO BROAD. THERE'S 2 OR 3. 2 OR 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MOVE BACK TO THE ACTUAL MEETING LIKE AN ACTUAL MEETING DATE. SO YOU WON'T BE THE FIRST. SO IT'LL BE SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 16TH. THAT'S TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS OKAY. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO IT'S TO TABLE THE HEARING TO MEETING A COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER. WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN I'M SORRY 16TH. AND DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT AMENDMENT. OKAY OKAY. SO AGAIN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THE MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH. AND PLEASE VOTE AGAIN. OH IS THERE A SECOND. OH. YOU WANT SOMETHING A SECOND. NO. ALL RIGHT SO Y'ALL Y'ALL HAVING A SIDEBAR. SO I'M I'M GOING TO ASK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS MOTION AND GET IT DONE. SO. YOU KNOW I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINE WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY. YOU KNOW, I JUST SAID TWO MEETINGS AWAY. SO IT'S SEPTEMBER 16TH. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH. AND THEN WE HAVE A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. SO WE COULD BRING THIS BACK ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY 30 DAYS AWAY, IF THAT IF THAT WORKS. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION THERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. OKAY. BEFORE BEFORE WE MOVE ON. SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT DATE IS WHAT I'M HEARING. BUT BEFORE WE CHANGE THAT DATE, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF. COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN HAS A QUESTION, I REQUESTED THAT IT BE TABLED OR CONSIDERED THAT IT BE TABLED BECAUSE WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE IS PERTINENT TO THIS CASE BEING FIRE, FIRE, LANE ISSUES, CONSTRUCTION, HOURS OF OPERATION, IF WE CAN DO THAT OR NOT. AND ALSO THE WHETHER OR NOT LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS IS NOT IN PLACE TO THE EXTENT THAT IF WE STILL HAVE THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL IN THE BACK, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IMPOSED. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET ALL THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MISSED THAT ANYBODY ELSE WAS LOOKING FOR, FEEL FREE TO STEP UP AND TELL ME WHAT THAT MAY BE. BUT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT IT BE TABLED. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW DATE, WHICH, MR. RAUSCHER, YOU SAID THAT NEW DATE IS DECEMBER 2ND. SECOND. AND WE WERE JUST CLARIFYING IF WE SET THE DATE, WE DON'T NEED TO REPUBLISH IT FOR THE NOTE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR POINT WAS A DEFINITE DATE, A SPECIFIC DATE.
OKAY. SO. MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2ND OKAY. MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
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2ND. SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS. ITEM SIX A
[6.A. Recap of the 2025 Independence Day Parade & Celebration 4th of July Post-Event Briefing]
RECAP OF THE 2025 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION. FOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL INTERIM CITY MANAGER. THIS WILL BE OUR POST EVENT BRIEFING FROM 4TH OF JULY.OVERALL, WE HAD 17,000 PEOPLE PRE-REGISTERED FOR THE EVENT. 4500 WRISTBANDS WERE PICKED UP PRIOR TO THE EVENT, EITHER FROM THE REC CENTER OR HERE AT CITY HALL. JUST A REMINDER OF THE PARADE ROUTE JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN REMEMBER HOW IT FLOWED. PARADE REFRESHER AGAIN. FREEMAN STREET WAS CLOSED AT 7 A.M. REMAINING STREETS WERE CLOSED BY 831. NORTHBOUND LANE WAS LEFT OPEN ON FREEMAN AND ONE EASTBOUND LANE WAS LEFT OPEN ON WHEATLAND PARADE ATTENDANCE. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A MAP OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE OF WHAT I HAD. ACUPUNCTURE OR PLACER. I CREATE AS THE PARADE ROUTE MAP. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET A BETTER COUNT OF WHO ALL WAS THERE. BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO PULL IT FROM LAST YEAR, THE NUMBERS I KNOW WERE VERY LOW BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A WIDE SPAN. SO I ASKED PLACER I TO CREATE US A CUSTOM ONE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE COUNT THAT THEY GAVE US FOR THE PARADE WAS ABOUT 1100 PEOPLE SPACED OUT AROUND THE PARADE. AND AGAIN IT WAS A LITTLE RAINY. SO I DO THINK THAT MAY BE KIND OF HINDERED AS MANY PEOPLE FROM COMING AS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT I STILL THINK THAT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT PERSONALLY. SOME PARADE HIGHLIGHTS. THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC FLOW PLAN WENT VERY WELL. SAFETY AND POLICE PRESENCE. THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO. THE MOTORCYCLES FIRST WORKED OUT REALLY GREAT.
AND I AGAIN, I THINK THE TURNOUT AND PARADE PARTICIPATION WAS A GREAT THING. OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. NO BALLS. SORRY EVERYBODY. MY FAULT. THE CANDY. Y'ALL DID A LOT. Y'ALL DID VERY WELL OF MAKING SURE IT GOT TO THE EDGES, WHETHER IT WAS Y'ALL DROVE TO THE EDGES OR Y'ALL JUST PUT SOME LITTLE UMPH BEHIND YOUR THROWS, I APPRECIATE IT. I DIDN'T SEE AT LEAST WHERE I WAS, ANYBODY HAVING TO RUN OUT INTO THE STREET TO GET ANY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR THAT. WE DID HAVE A GOLF CART STOLEN AND IT WAS RECOVERED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. POLICE! I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I SAW MCCARTY DRIVING IT BACK UP. SO FOR NEXT YEAR, WE DO PLAN TO SECURE THE CARS, THE CARTS IN THE REC CENTER BY PUTTING DOWN A FLOOR TO, LIKE, A COVER TO PROTECT THE FLOOR. BUT WE DO THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR US SO WE CAN STILL DECORATE THEM. THEY STAY DRY AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM BEING POTENTIALLY STOLEN. AGAIN, A BIG THING THAT WE NEED IS MORE VOLUNTEERS. SO WHETHER THAT'S CITY EMPLOYEES OR JUST GROUPS, VOLUNTEER GROUPS STEPPING UP WHEN ASKED. BUT WE DO DEFINITELY NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS, BOTH FOR THE PARADE AND FOR THE EVENT. ALSO, A MORE CLEAR COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR STREET CLOSURES DURING THE PARADE AND THE EVENT. I KNOW THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND POLICE OF MAIN STREET BEING CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER, SO WHEN I WENT TO THE BUSINESSES AND DELIVERED THE WHOLE CLOSURE NOTIFICATION, I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION IT WOULD BE OPEN AND IT WAS NOT. SO THAT WAS MY FAULT. AND WE WILL BE BETTER ABOUT COMMUNICATION FOR NEXT YEAR. FOR THAT, JUST A FEW LITTLE PHOTOS FROM THE PARADE. WE DID HAVE FREEDOM JEEP DONATE SOME JEEPS FOR THE PARADE AND THEN WE KEPT THEM OUT AT THE EVENT AS WELL. THEY DROVE THE DCDC MEMBERS. A REMINDER OF THE EVENT MAP. SO THIS IS HOW IT WAS. IT WAS SPACED WITH HANDICAP AND WE HAD THE FLOW OF EVERYTHING. JUST SO Y'ALL CAN KIND OF GET A REFRESHER ON THAT. SO AT ARMSTRONG PARK IN AND OF ITSELF, WE HAD 12.8 THOUSAND PEOPLE, WITH THE PEAK BEING AT 9 P.M, WHICH OF COURSE IS WHEN THE FIREWORKS WERE. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHEN WE EXPECT THE MOST PEOPLE. REMINDER WE DID HAVE RAIN UNTIL ABOUT 730, SO THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD JUMP BETWEEN THAT 7 P.M. SLOT TO EIGHT, THEN AGAIN TO NINE. IN WHEATLAND PLAZA AROUND 8 P.M. AND FIREWORKS. THERE WAS ABOUT 1800 PEOPLE AT WHEATLAND PLAZA WAITING TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD NUMBER. AND I
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DO WANT TO MENTION I RAN A COUPLE NUMBERS OF OTHER AREAS THAT I SAW PEOPLE VIEWING THE FIREWORKS FROM, AND WE HAD ABOUT 14,500 PEOPLE VIEWING THE FIREWORKS FROM JUST AROUND ARMSTRONG PARK. SO THAT IS INCLUDING THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE PARK AND ALL THE WAY AROUND IT, WHICH I THINK IS A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. REGIONAL COMPETITION DESOTO AND LANCASTER DID HAVE THEIR JOINT 4TH OF JULY. THEY HAD ABOUT 11,600 PEOPLE AT 9:00 PM FOR THEIR EVENT. ARE ONE SECOND. MR. KOONTZ HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. SORRY. ON BACK ON WHEATLAND PLAZA. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT 3000 PEOPLE. THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE DAY? YES, SIR. SO JUST AT THE TIME, RIGHT BEFORE AND A FEW AFTER, IN THE HOUR OF FIREWORKS, WE HAD ABOUT 1800 PEOPLE THERE. OKAY. IN WHEATLAND PLAZA. OKAY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE TYPICALLY OVER IN THE PARK. AND SO WHEN THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF AND SO DO WE KNOW ARE PEOPLE AT WHEATLAND PLAZA OR ARE THEY JUST SCATTER THERE? THEY PARKED. THEY'RE PARKED WITH LIKE, LAWN CHAIRS OUT WATCHING, LIKE THEY COME DELIBERATELY TO SIT THERE TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS. OKAY.CAN AND DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE, HOW MUCH OF THAT SPACE IS OCCUPIED BY CARS AND PEOPLE WATCHING FIREWORKS? I'M NOT SURE I WAS NOT THERE PERSONALLY. IT WAS JUST THE NUMBERS WE PULLED FROM PLACER I. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND SO AGAIN THE REGION COMPETITION WE HAD 12.8. THEY HAD 11.6. I'M JUST SAYING I ALSO WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE WEATHER REPORTS, THE PAST WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE RAIN FOR AS LONG AS WE DID. SO WHILE OUR RAIN ENDED AT 730, THE RAIN THERE ENDED AT ABOUT SIX. SO JUST KIND OF A DIFFERENTIAL SITUATION. SO ON OUR FOOD AND VENDOR MARKET, WE HAD 20 FOOD TRUCKS, WHICH FOUR OF THEM WERE FROM DUNCANVILLE. AND THEN FOR THE MARKET VENDORS, WE HAD 40 MARKET VENDORS. 13 OF THEM WERE HERE FROM HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AND SEVEN OF THE FOOD VENDORS SOLD OUT COMPLETELY OF FOOD BY THE END OF THE NIGHT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME. JUST A REMINDER OF THE EVENT ACTIVITIES WE HAD, THE AMUSEMENT RIDES, THE MARKETPLACE VENDORS, THE OBSTACLE COURSE, THE VIDEO GAME TRUCK WITH THE NERF WAR AREA, LOTS OF PHOTO OPS, MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, SPLASH PAD, FACE PAINTERS, AND OF COURSE OUR EMS AND EMERGENCY STAFF. IN THE RIDE AREA. SO I KIND OF PULLED JUST THAT SPECIFIC AREA. I COULDN'T BOX IT OUT ON PLACE OR I. SO AT OUR PEAK, WE HAD ABOUT 1400 PEOPLE JUST THERE CONSISTENTLY AT THAT TIME. BUT WHEN I TALKED TO MACGREGOR ABOUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COUNTED HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE RIDES, THEY HAD ABOUT 3000 CLICKS. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY 3000 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT AT LEAST 3000 PEOPLE RODE THE RIDES. SOME EVENT INSIGHTS, THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. WE HAD SOME NEW THINGS, SUCH AS THE AMUSEMENT RIDES, THE NERF WAR AREA. WE HAD MORE PHOTO OPS, WHICH THEY WERE BUILT. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE WE HAD THOSE TWO THAT WERE BUILT BY OUR PARKS TEAM. SO AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO TYLER AND JONATHAN AND THEIR CREW FOR REALLY HELPING ME AND DOING THAT FOR ME. I SUPER APPRECIATE IT. WE HAD A DIFFERENT FOOD AND MARKET LOCATION. WE DID HAVE THE FIREWORKS SHOW, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER OR A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD WAS OF COURSE OPEN SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. AGAIN, WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFFING. SO WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING WE MANDATORY OR WE JUST FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KIND OF GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE TENT ISSUES. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TENT REQUIREMENT FOR HEAVIER LEG WEIGHTS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF NULL AND VOID THOSE ISSUES. AND THEN WE HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT MORE PORTLETS. SO WE WILL BUY MORE PORTLETS FOR NEXT YEAR AND HAVE THEM A LITTLE MORE SPACED OUT. HERE'S A FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE EVENT COSTS. SO OVERALL THE EVENT WAS $161,545.74. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS SPENT ON LABOR, FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY BY ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH WAS CROSSROADS SOUND, JADE FLORES, THREE AMIGOS. THAT IS ALL COMBINED INTO THAT ONE. THEN WE HAD OUR RENTALS, OUR ATTRACTIONS. WE DID HAVE ABOUT 7000 COME IN FROM REVENUE FROM THE VENDORS, WHAT THEY PAID TO BE A PART OF IT, AND THEN WHAT WE SPENT ON FOOD, BOTH FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE VIP TENT, IS WHAT THAT 3% IS. SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. SO WE CREATED A SURVEY AND WE ASKED PEOPLE WE HAD THAT SET UP AS A QR CODE AND ASKED PEOPLE TO SCAN IT AND TAKE THAT FEEDBACK OR TAKE THAT SURVEY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK. SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE GOT WAS, I JUST REALLY LIKED THIS ONE QUOTE, BUT THE
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FIREWORKS, THE EXTRA RESTROOMS, THE PHOTO OPS SET UP THROUGHOUT THE PARK, THE ADDITION OF CARNIVAL RIDES THIS YEAR AND THE BETTER VARIETY OF FOOD WITH ADDED PICNIC TABLE AREA. SO THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE THINGS. SOME PEOPLE SAID IT WAS MORE ORGANIZED COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. THE MUSIC HAD BEEN VERY GOOD. MOST OF THE AREAS WERE VERY CLEAN, VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS, SAW FREEDOM JEEP AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, DUNCANVILLE, THAT IS WORD FOR WORD. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. IT'S A COPY AND PASTE SITUATION, SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER WAS AN ENTRANCE SIGN FOR THE ENTRANCES, WHICH I COMPLETELY AGREE, AND I'VE MADE A NOTE FOR THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. MORE ATTRACTIONS OR RIDES FOR OLDER KIDS, AND THEN AGAIN, MORE RIDES AND MORE FACE PAINTERS. SO THAT ALL IS FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE PINNED FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN PLANNING IT. AND THEN WE HAVE A FUN LITTLE VIDEO. IF I CAN GET THIS TO PLAY. OH HECK YEAH.THIS EVENT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. ALL DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF DUNCANVILLE, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FAMILIES AND BACKGROUNDS. THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. I REALLY LIKE HOW THE VENDORS BEEN AROUND HERE AND WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME. THEY HAVE GREAT MUSIC. IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR KIDS. THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN ENJOY IT. IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR OWN FRANCISCO, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT. I THINK HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, PERFORMANCE COULDN'T GET STARTED. I'M GONNA JUST SAY A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS. JOB WELL DONE TO ALL THE TO YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND COORDINATING IT. BUT TO EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. AS I SAID THAT EVENING, THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE I'M GOING TO FORGET SOMEBODY. BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PULL THIS OFF AND THIS MAY, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE THE TOP ATTENDED EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR, BUT THIS ONE WAS SPECTACULAR. SO JOB WELL DONE, Y'ALL. MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS THE PARTY OF ALL PARTIES THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO.
I THINK THIS IS WHEN DUNCANVILLE SHINES. AND I WANT TO START BY SAYING, GIRL, YOU KNOW HOW TO THROW A PARTY. YOU REALLY DO. THANK YOU. ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ADDED THIS YEAR WITH THE PHOTO BOOTH, THE PHOTO OPS AND THE THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MADE, ALL OF THE EVENTS, THE GAME TRAILER. MY GRANDSON LOVED IT. SO WHEN THE COMMENT OF MORE OPTIONS FOR OLDER KIDS, I SAW THE OLDER KIDS INSIDE OF THE GAME TRAILER ACTUALLY PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND ENJOYING IT AND HAVING A GOOD TIME, AND MY EIGHT YEAR OLD WAS JUST WELCOMED RIGHT ON IN TO GO WHIP UP ON SOME OLDER KIDS. SO THEY HAD THE OLDER KID EVENTS THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMUSEMENT RIDES AS WELL. MY YOUNGER GRANDCHILDREN WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT FAMILY FUN EVENT. WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TOWARDS THE NIGHTTIME WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE, I COULD BARELY SEE ANY GRASS. THE LAWN WAS COVERED JUST BY A SEA OF PEOPLE ALONE. I DON'T THINK I EVER RECALL IT BEING AS FULL AND AS PACKED AS IT WAS. SO I WENT THROUGH PREVIOUS YEARS TO LOOK AND SEE. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD 10,000, AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT IT WAS ABOUT 9000. SO YOU GREW IT. AND THEN TO HAVE OUR NUMBERS BEAT LANCASTER AND DESOTO, I LOVE THAT BECAUSE THEY COMBINE THEIRS, AND THEY STILL DIDN'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAD AT OUR ONLY SINGLE EVENT. WHAT IS ANOTHER THING? SO THERE'S A COMMENT. THE CARTS CAN I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPOILED, BUT I LIKE THE CARTS TO STAY OVER BY REED, AND THEN WE JUST GET TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL AND RIDE THE BUS OVER TO REED. THAT WAS
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SOMETHING THAT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, VERY SELDOM DO WE ALL GET TO DRIVE TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO RIDE OVER AND LAUGH JUST FOR THAT BRIEF, SHORT OF TIME.THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT BACK. AND HOPEFULLY THIS THE BUDGET OF 161,000, I, I KNOW, BUT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING AN OPTION ON HOW TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT FOR NEXT YEAR. YES, MA'AM. SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. GREAT JOB. IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND KUDOS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO A POINT THAT MISS GOODEN JUST MADE. IS THERE A WAY TO ESTIMATE OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT ITSELF, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AT OUR RESTAURANTS AND STORES, GAS STATIONS OR WHATEVER DURING THE EVENT FROM TIME IT STARTED IN THE MORNING WITH THE PARADE ON UPWARDS? BECAUSE CERTAINLY THESE PEOPLE ARE EATING. THEY'RE NOT JUST EATING AT WITH THE VENDORS. THEY'RE GOING OVER TO DAIRY QUEEN. ANY ESTIMATES AT ALL THAT THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH? I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW FOR NUMBERS. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR. YOU CAN SIT RIGHT HERE. SO WE WOULD USE THE SAME TOOL PLACE OUR EYE.
RIGHT. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM WE HAVE. WE CAN SEE WHERE VISITORS ARE GOING WHEN THEY LEAVE. SO TO YOUR POINT WE CAN SEE SONIC QUIKTRIP. WE CAN SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT WHEATLAND PLAZA. SOME OF THOSE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES REMAINED OPEN. BUT THE REALITY IS JULY 4TH, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE ONE HOLIDAY WHERE MOST OF THE CITY AND A LOT OF THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY DURING THAT TIME OF DAY, YOU KNOW, CLOSED THEIR DOORS, RIGHT? THEY GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES THE DAY OFF. AND SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CAN QUANTIFY, YOU KNOW, INCREASE MAYBE OUR SUBSCRIPTION AND GET THAT RETAIL ACTIVITY REPORT THAT PLACER PROVIDES. BUT FOR NOW WE CAN REALLY JUST SEE THE PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT. LIKE ALL THIS DATA IS REALLY CAPTURED BY USING YOUR CELL PHONE LOCATION INTELLIGENCE. BUT THAT NEXT LAYER OF INTELLIGENCE OR INFORMATION IS A PAID SUBSCRIPTION, BUT IT CAN BE QUANTIFIED. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY JUST BASED ON WHAT WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY AFTER EVENT, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING HOME, RIGHT? THEY EITHER OFF DURING THE DAY, THEY SPEND TIME WITH US DURING THAT PERIOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS KIND OF SHUT DOWN. SO NOT REALLY SURE HOW MUCH WE'D BE ABLE TO UNCOVER. RIGHT. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY THROUGH THE SAME TOOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW I'M GOING TO I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TOLD THE FOLKS I'M GOING TO JUMP. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR DEVIN. NO, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WORK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THE LIONS CLUB IS THE ONE THAT DOES THE PARADE. AND SO THE LIONS CLUB HAS BEEN DOING THIS PARADE FOR OVER 40 YEARS. AND THAT LINE. SO I GET TO SIT IN THE MEETINGS, I GET TO SIT IN THE PLANNING, I GET TO SEE THE UNDERBELLY OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND THE ORGANIZATION AND TO WATCH AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S THAT'S DONE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, TO HELP SUPPORT THIS. IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THE SHOW OR WHEN YOU SEE IT, THE YOU'RE SEEING THE SMILES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT GO INTO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, EVENT PLANNING, PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY'VE GOT ALL HANDS ON DECK, BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND FOR ALL THOSE, I WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE IT IS A IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING AND STUFF. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ANOTHER ONE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT. BUT BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT I FELT LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER DONE EVENTS. AND, AND IN RECENT HISTORY. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS FOR BEING THERE AND ENJOYING IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M GOING BACK TO WE BUMPED ITEM THREE C
[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 2 of 2)]
BECAUSE OF OUR NEED TO GET SOME EXECUTIVE SESSION BUSINESS DONE. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PUT THAT NEXT ON THE AGENDA FOR. DISCUSS A POSSIBLE DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE ADDITION OF A LIGHTED[03:25:07]
ARTISTIC SIGN FOR ARMSTRONG PARK. MR. STEVENSON. I. KNOW YOU GOT A LONG WAYS TO DRIVE, SO.AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE. I KNOW YOU'LL BE SHORT. NO BIG DEAL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MAYOR, COUNCIL BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS ITEM. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS APPROACHED BY CITY MANAGER FINCH IF WE CITY HAD EVER CONSIDERED DOING A SIMILAR LIGHTED SIGN IN ARMSTRONG PARK OR ANY CITY PARK OR CITY FACILITY. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I TOLD HIM WE HAD NOT. AND SO WE KIND OF STARTED RUNNING WITH THAT IDEA A LITTLE BIT. AND HE DID SOME LEGWORK AND WE DID SOME LEGWORK ON OUR END.
AND ULTIMATELY WE TOOK THE IDEA TO THE ARTS COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE PARK BOARD, AT HIS AT HIS REQUEST TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THAT BOTH BOARDS WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND LIKED THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN ARMSTRONG PARK, AS YOU KNOW, IS NOW OUR CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT AS WELL. SO IT KIND OF FITS RIGHT INTO THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THEIR MISSION. AND ALSO IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARK AS WELL. AND SO BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY TO KIND OF CREATE A WHAT I WOULD CALL AN INSTAGRAMMABLE MOMENT. A LOT OF CITIES HAVE KIND OF GONE TO THIS. I THINK HE GOT THEIR INSPIRATION, MAYBE FROM THE ONE IN CEDAR HILL. AND THIS HAS DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO GLOBE LIFE PARK, THEY HAVE THE TEXAS SIGN. SO THIS IS NOT UNIQUE OR NECESSARILY NEW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE PAST. AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME PRELIMINARY IDEAS OF COST. AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALSO THAT I DID RECEIVE TWO SPECIFIC IDEAS FROM THE PARK BOARD THAT THEY WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU. IS THAT ONE? THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE INTERACTIVE, PERHAPS SIMILAR TO LIKE THE WAY THEY HAVE AT GLOBE LIFE, WHERE THE PERSON STANDS IN THE MIDDLE IS IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THAT WAS THEIR THEIR RESPONSE AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE COLORS ARE EITHER VIBRANT, BRIGHT OR MUTED.
AND WE KIND OF HAVE A MIX HERE A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT WAS THEIR FEEDBACK. AND SO, SO WITH THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING HERE TONIGHT FOR US TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING. THE THOUGHT IS AGAIN, WE WOULD USE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROJECT, AND IT WOULD BE PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 25 TO 30,000. WE DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THIS PICTURE, THE LETTERS ARE. THE LETTER I IS FOUR FOOT TALL, SO IT'S PRETTY BIG, FOUR FOOT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARK BOARD ALSO STATED I'VE FAILED TO MENTION IS THAT THEY THOUGHT THE BASE MAYBE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER, SO THAT YOU COULD STAND ON TOP OF THE BASE TO BE NEXT TO THE SIGN. SO IF WE DO GO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT MAKING AGAIN, MAKING IT MORE INTERACTIVE, WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE NEXT TO THE SIGN WOULD BE AN IDEA AS WELL. SO THE SIGN ITSELF WAS AROUND 15 TO 20,000. AND THEN ONCE YOU ADD THE BASE AND INSTALLATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER KIND OF ALMOST DOUBLES IT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 25 TO 30,000 TOTAL. IF YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC IDEAS. AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISION TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT AND GET INFORMATION BACK TO ME ABOUT YOUR IDEAS. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE PURSUING, AND THEN WE CAN ULTIMATELY COME TO A CONCLUSION, GET SOME MORE IDEAS. IF YOU ALL WANT SOMETHING, SOMETHING DIFFERENT LOOKING THAN THIS, WE CAN BRING THOSE IDEAS TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING AND THEN GET YOUR BLESSING. ULTIMATELY, IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. MR. CHAIR, BRIAN'S GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO IS THIS, LIKE, ACTUALLY THE LOCATION WHERE IT WOULD SIT? WELL, NO, IT'S JUST AN IDEA. THIS IS AN AI GENERATED PICTURE.
AND SO IDEAS COME A LONG WAYS. SO. BUT BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE THIS.
AGAIN MY WIFE'S A PHOTOGRAPHER IN OUR FAMILY AND SHE'S ALWAYS PREACHING TO ME ABOUT BACKGROUNDS. VERY IMPORTANT. SO YOU WANT SOMETHING THE PARK IN THE BACKGROUND. NOT A NOT A PARKING LOT OR A BUILDING. SO EITHER THIS OR SOMETHING, MAYBE OVER NEAR THE KIDS VILLE AREA, THE SPLASH PAD WHERE THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND. AGAIN, YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT'S ACTIVE AND COOL IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU SAID CLOSE THE KIDS VILLE AREA BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ALL THE COLORS AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME. YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT PART KIND OF SIMILAR COMMENT AS WELL THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD MAYBE LOOK BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK, CLOSER TO KIDS VILLE AS WELL. SO ULTIMATELY WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT JUST WANT TO GET YOUR GENERAL INITIAL FEEDBACK TONIGHT. AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? IF YES, WE'LL KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND COME UP WITH IDEAS AND BRING SOMETHING TO YOU LATER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THIS THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT. JUST A CONCEPT, JUST A CONCEPTUAL ONE IDEA. SOMEWHERE IN THE PARK, A BIG ILLUMINATED SIGN. CORRECT? RIGHT. AND INSTAGRAMMABLE MOMENT. SOMETHING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN, TO HELP SELL OUR CITY. OUR CROWN JEWEL OF OUR PARK. ARMSTRONG PARK. SO IT COULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS. COULD BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THIS. COULD BE
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AND COULD JUST BE DUNCANVILLE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL IS JUST THE NAME OF CEDAR HILL, SO I WOULD WANT AND I GUESS SO WHEN THIS WENT TO THE PARKS BOARD AND WHAT WAS THE ARTS COMMISSION? THE ARTS COMMISSION. YEAH, THEY WERE IN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONCEPT. CONCEPT? NOT NECESSARILY THIS. CORRECT. BECAUSE. CORRECT. YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS I WOULD ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THIS BEING THE HUB OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AS MANY DIFFERENT DESIGN OPTIONS AS POSSIBLE AND FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. AND OF COURSE, FOR THEM TO REVIEW LIKE WHERE EXACTLY THAT THAT WOULD BE. AND SO, SO LIKE I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THAT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. AND THEN. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS. SO THE ENTRANCE, WHEN YOU COME IN OFF OF WHEATLAND, THERE'S A SIGN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD CONDITION. IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD STRONG WIND COULD SEND IT ACROSS THE STREET AT ANY MOMENT. AND IT IS A BIT DATED. I KNOW THERE'S A SIMILAR ONE THAT WAS AT LIONS PARK, AND THAT ONE DID GET REMOVED AT THE ENTRANCE OF LIONS PARK. AND SO AGAIN, AS FAR AS LOCATION, OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT SOMETHING WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO THE PARK THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH IT. SO WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT IT SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNAGE THAT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, OR AT LEAST THAT ENTRANCE OFF OF WHEATLAND, WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SOME SIGNAGE THERE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT IN OUR CIP AS WELL. AND THAT'S THAT DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A NEED FOR ARMSTRONG PARK. YEAH. AND SO BUT I MEAN I'M DEFINITELY I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND SO. UNDER ATTACK. OKAY SPIDER OKAY. BUT YEAH I THINK YOU KNOW AS FAR AS GETTING FEEDBACK FROM US, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I'M ALL FOR AGAIN. BUT HAVING THE ARTS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, DO DUE DILIGENCE IN COMING UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT REFLECTS THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND THAT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST A SIGN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THIS IS A MONUMENT TO, OF COURSE, THE PARK AND ITS HISTORY AND THE CITY ITSELF. SO SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS ALL OF THAT AND DOES HAVE A UNIQUE ESTHETIC, ARTISTIC QUALITY TO IT. SO. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF. I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT THIS IDEA, AND BECAUSE I LOVE COLORS AND VIBRANCY, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN TO HEAR THAT THE BOARD'S CONSIDERED MAKING IT INTERACTIVE, I REALLY SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A TOURIST ATTRACTION, AND PEOPLE WILL COME IN TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH THE SIGN. OF COURSE, TO COUNCILMEMBER KUNTZ POINT. YES. THE ARTS COMMISSION DID SEE THIS AND THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH IT AND WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT IF YOU COULD OFFER MORE DESIGNS AND THEN HAVE THEM GO OUT AND LOOK AT WHERE COULD POSSIBLY BE PLACED, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TRAFFIC WOULD PLAY INTO IT, BUT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AS THEY'RE DRIVING BY AND BE ENCOURAGED TO GET OUT AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH IT. AND THAT WOULD DRIVE MORE ATTRACTION TO EXACTLY DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH IT. BUT I LOVE THE IDEA. I LOVE THE CONCEPT, I LOVE THIS, BUT IF THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND THEN MAYBE SOME IDEAS FROM THE COUNCIL, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING, PLEASE.ALL RIGHT. SO I'M HEARING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND MAYBE, PERHAPS A SIGN MANUFACTURER DESIGNER, I SHOULD SAY, WHO COULD COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE IDEAS WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION TO SUPPORT. AND AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FURTHER FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE VIA EMAIL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MISS JENNIFER, LAST ITEM SIX B MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF
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JUNE 30TH, 2025. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WELL, HEARING THAT FEEDBACK. NEXT TIME I'LL PUT SOME EXTRA COLORS INTO THIS LIKE A LITTLE MORE VIBRANT IN THE EVENING. OKAY, SO THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT THIS IS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AS OF JUNE, THE END OF JUNE. SO JUST[03:35:02]
DIVING RIGHT ON IN HERE. SO ALL FUND REVENUES AGAIN ALL FUND SUMMARY. HERE IS EVERYTHING. ALL THE FUNDS COMBINED. SO FOR THE BENCHMARK FOR THE NINTH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMES TO 75%. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW THE TARGET THAT WE'RE COMPARING AGAINST. SO WE'VE COLLECTED 66.9 MILLION AS OF THE END OF JUNE. SO YEAR TO DATE INTEREST INCOME IS AT 2.5 MILLION. OUR ACTUAL REVENUES TO DATE 76.5%. SO A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT BENCHMARK. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'VE EXPENDED 57.1 MILLION. AND THAT COMES TO 53.9% OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS BELOW THAT BENCHMARK. JUST SALES TAX QUICKLY. AGAIN WE COLLECT SALES TAX TWO MONTHS BEHIND. SO THE NUMBERS ARE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL COLLECTIONS. SO THE BENCHMARK FOR THAT WOULD BE 58%. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 60%.SO THAT MEANS WE'RE ABOUT 2% AHEAD OF OUR PROJECTION COLLECTIONS ARE 6% GREATER THAN THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR. SO THAT IS GOOD. OUR SALES TAX THIS YEAR HAS BEEN TRENDING BETTER ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO ACTUAL REVENUES ARE 84%, WHICH IS COMMON FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE YEAR AND TAXES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, WE'VE RECEIVED 1.6 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME. WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER THAN OUR PROJECTIONS AND INTEREST INCOME, WHICH IS GREAT. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'VE EXPENDED ACTUALLY 64%. SO AGAIN, THAT'S BELOW THAT BENCHMARK FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, SHOWING THE TABLE VIEW HERE. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO SEE. BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE REVENUE SIDE JUST KIND OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY BREAK DOWN. AGAIN AS YOU CAN SEE THE INTEREST FOR EXAMPLE, IS 108% OF WHAT WE PROJECTED. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OTHER AREAS THAT GIVES YOU TO THAT GRAND TOTAL OF 84%.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. AGAIN, IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY TRENDING ON PACE TO THE BUDGET BELOW THE BUDGET, AGAIN, 64%. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCES AND WHERE WE'RE AT, AT LEAST IN THIS, BASED ON THE REVISED BUDGET, WE'RE STILL SHOWING 3.6 MILLION OVER. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AS OF THE END OF JUNE. SOMETHING TO NOTE ABOUT THE END OF JUNE. OF COURSE, THE 5% FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DID TAKE EFFECT IN THIS MONTH, AND THEREFORE ALSO THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE OFFERED TO OFFSET THAT EXPENDITURES ARE REFLECTED IN THE REVISED BUDGET. SO NOW THAT REVISED BUDGET DOES INCORPORATE THOSE NUMBERS. JUST ON THE UTILITY FUND SIDE REAL QUICK. SO WE COLLECT ONE MONTH BEHIND. SO TO DATE WE'VE COLLECTED 15.5 MILLION. THAT'S 68% OF THE TARGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE 15.4 MILLION.
SO 7.9 MILLION OF THAT WAS TOWARD THE DALLAS WATER UTILITY. AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE BUY OUR WASTE OUR BUY OUR WATER. AND THEN TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY EXPENDITURES. THAT'S WHERE WASTEWATER GOES TO BE TREATED. AND THEN WE ALSO TRANSFER 2.5 MILLION INTO CIP. SO THE BULK OF THAT EXPENDITURES GO TOWARDS THOSE TO VARIOUS THINGS. AND JUST SOME OTHER PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THIS WAS FROM LAST LAST TIME. SO PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS QUARTER. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROJECTS THAT WE'VE CONCLUDED IN THE LAST QUARTER. BUT WE DID START THE HVAC AND THE ROOF PROJECT AT THE FIELD HOUSE THAT WAS RECENTLY CONCLUDED IN JULY, BUT WE DID KICK THAT OFF IN JUNE. AND THEN WE'RE GEARING UP FOR THE CEDAR RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION. JUST FINALIZING, YOU KNOW, THE BID INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON THE STREET TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK, TO START THAT PROJECT. SO APOLOGIES THAT THIS WAS A THIS WAS OLD INFORMATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT COMPLETES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. WHAT? THE 3D THAT COMPLETES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. SO WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:45 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.