Aug 19, 2025 City Council

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HE'S. ALL RIGHT. AT 6:00, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR WORK SESSION FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST

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THE JUST GOING THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM A, IS JUST APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 15TH CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS EITHER MYSELF OR HERE TO ANSWER ON THAT ONE. IF NOT, MOVING ON ITEM B IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES AND OF COURSE THE DUNCANVILLE CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WE BRIEFED ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING. IT'S BASICALLY JUST A CHANGE TO TUESDAY FOR POSTING THE AGENDAS TO MEET THE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS OF THREE BUSINESS DAYS. BUT AGAIN, JACKIE AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEMS. ITEM C THIS IS A CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF ACCEPT OR REJECT THE 13TH AMENDMENT JOINT FOR CHAPTER 11 PLAN OR THE REORGANIZATION OF PURDUE PHARMA LP AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS, AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF ANY VALID. THIS IS A MR. HAGER IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THIS, BUT THIS IS A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT YEAH, THE OPIOID LITIGATION, THERE WAS A CONSENT JUDGMENT WAS ENTERED INTO BY SOME OF THE BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT. THE CITY WILL GET ROUGHLY AROUND $50,000 THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND. IT'S EARMARKED FOR. DRUG INTERDICTION PROGRAMING, AND THAT'S WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR. AND THEN AFTER THAT WAS APPROVED AND FINAL AND APPROVED BY THE COURT, THEY FILED BANKRUPTCY. AND SO THAT WILL PROBABLY BE REDUCED. SO THIS IS JUST TO REFLECT IT'S BEEN AMENDED 13 TIMES. THE REORGANIZATION PLAN IS THICKER THAN THIS FILE. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I WILL GIVE YOU THE LINK. AND YOU. TRY TO GO THROUGH IT. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A PERFUNCTORY THING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. I ASSUME THAT THE PLAN WILL PASS AND IT WILL GET APPROVED EVEN IF WE ELECT TO OPT IN OUT AND TAKE A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CREDITORS. SO I THINK IT WILL BE APPROVED. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THAT IN YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. SO ITEM D IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INCREASE IN THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE FIELD HOUSE HVAC PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. BOTH CRAIG AND MARK ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY. WHO'S WHO AM I TALKING TO? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IN HERE. I DID NOTICE THAT IN THE CHART. YES. LACK OF SYSTEM INSPECTION PRIOR TO CONTRACT EXECUTION AND THEN INCOMPLETE HVAC ASSESSMENT. WARRANTY STATUS UNCLEAR. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BEFORE THE RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED. SO WITH THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE? AND THEN HOW DID WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL REQUEST IF THE ASSESSMENT WASN'T FULLY COMPLETED? SO YES, THIS COST OVERRUN AND THE ASSOCIATED GAPS CHART. EXCUSE ME COUNCIL MAYOR. SORRY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES. SO THE COST OVERRUN AND ASSOCIATED GAPS. THIS CHART IS ACCURATE. SO IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE FILLED HOUSE IS EXTREMELY TENURED. AND SO THE CONTRACT WAS DESIGNED JUST TO REPLACE THE UNITS. SO NOT THE ACTUAL DUCTWORK OR ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO WHAT WE ENCOUNTERED AFTER WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION STARTED THE PROJECT GOING INTO THE DUCTWORK, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE SMOKE DETECTORS WIRED, EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEW SYSTEMS. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED, LIKE THE FIRST PART, THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE RELAYS AND SHUTDOWNS, SWITCHES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE. SO WHEN SUMMIT DID OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT, THEY WERE VERY THOROUGH. THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED, OBVIOUSLY, THAT ARE A PART OF THIS, THAT TRAIN, MISS, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. BUT THEY DID THE ASSESSMENT BASED ON JUST US REPLACING THE UNITS AND DREW THE PLANS BASED ON THAT. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT THAT BURDEN ON THEM AS WELL. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US WHEN WE DO A CONTRACT AND WE CONSIDER A FACILITY THAT IS THAT OLD, THAT WE THINK A LITTLE BIT BROADER. YES. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THEN WITH THAT, WAS THERE A CONTINGENCY BUILT IN FOR THIS IN THE ONSET. SO THIS ORIGINAL ASK OF 1,000,001.5 1.5 MILLION, WAS

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SO THEN IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO FINANCE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FIELDHOUSE OR IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN BUDGETED, AND JENNIFER AND RICHARD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THIS PART OF THE PROJECT IS COVERED. SO JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION FOR MYSELF. I WAS TAKING SOME NOTES ON ANOTHER THING HERE. DID I HEAR YOU SAY, I THOUGHT THE MATH THAT I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT, THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD A 10% CONTINGENCY ON THIS, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN COVERED. IF WHAT I I'M SAYING, MAYOR, IS THAT FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, A 10 TO 15% CONTINGENCY WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AMOUNT OF 200 IN EXCESS OF $200,000. SO CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THE FACILITY AND THE COST OVERRUN THAT WE HAVE AND NO, NO DISCREDIT TO COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN, YOU KNOW, HER CONCERN THERE, 27 IS 2% OF A COST OVERRUN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SO YES, I AGREE, AS AS BUILDINGS ARE AGING AND WE START THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION, YOU WILL NOTICE SOME THINGS. I'M FULLY AWARE OF THAT. BUT MY COMMENT COMES FROM IT SAYS LACK OF FULL SYSTEM INSPECTION PRIOR TO EXECUTION.

SO IF THERE WAS AN INSPECTION PRIOR TO EXECUTION, SOME OF THESE DISCOVERIES COULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THEN. SO THAT'S THE ONLY POINT IN WHY I ASKED THAT. AND THEN I SEE ONE MORE THING THAT SAYS AVAILABLE BUDGE. NA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. SO WHAT THAT SPEAKS TO IS THE FACT THAT WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS ORIGINATED AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THIS CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY REVIEWED, SIGNED AND EXECUTED ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR, MAYBE TEN MONTHS PRIOR TO WE ACTUALLY EXECUTED INITIATED THE PROJECT. SO AGAIN, THERE WAS NO CONTINGENCY. SO THAT NA IS APPLICABLE TO THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T ORIGINALLY ACCOUNT FOR A COST OVERRUN.

FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE IN CRAIG'S GENERAL IN THE GENERAL FUND AND FUNDS TO COVER TO COVER THIS THESE ITEMS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, YOU SAID IT WAS FIVE. HOW MANY WAS IT THAT YOU SAID AS FAR AS CHANGES? FIVE.

CHANGE ORDER? YES. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR BUILDING TO BE THAT OLD. AND LIKE YOU SAID, SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I KNOW WHEN YOU DO GO IN AND IF THE ASSESSMENT WAS JUST TO PUT IN AN HVAC, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. AND IT IS WHEN YOU START TEARING DOWN THIS THING, THAT

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BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT'S GETTING DONE. YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I'M VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT. I'M JUST WANTING TO ASK A QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP TO WHAT WAS DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT. SO AND WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT TRANSPARENCY AND EVERYONE IS. SENTIMENT HERE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY THAT EVEN I WOULD HAVE KNOWN OR CRAIG AND HIS TEAM, EVEN EVEN SOME CONSULTANTS. GARRETT IS OUR POINT OF CONTACT. THAT WAS NOT A PART. SOME OF THESE ITEMS WERE NOT A PART OF WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN HE DREW THE PLANS. SO THANK YOU, MISS, I TRUST YOU. MY PLEASURE. THANK. YEAH. NEXT ITEM, ITEM B IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING RFP 20 4-0021 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM CONTRACT FOR MOWING AND ABATEMENT AND LANDSCAPE SERVICES FOR GOOD EARTH, URBAN LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION. THE AMOUNT OF 1.38634304.923 YEAR TERM, AND THIS. ACTUALLY, I WAS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'RE MOVING SOME OF OUR MOST REMOTE HOUSE. BUT THIS IS PART OF THAT, THAT THAT OUTSIDE SERVICE THAT WE'RE STILL NEEDING NEEDING. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? YES. YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU RECALL, ABOUT 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO, WE CAME TO YOU AND WE LAID OUT THE ISSUE WE HAD WITH THE BIDS CAME BACK SO HIGH. SO WE SAID, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THREE MONTHS. WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. WE DID THAT. SO NOW THIS IS APPROVING THE REST OF THE FUNDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WAY. THE TEXDOT RIGHT OF WAYS AND MEDIANS AND ENTRYWAYS THAT WILL STILL STAY WITH THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS WILL SAVE US MONEY OVERALL. YES. OVERALL IT WILL SAVE US MONEY. CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ITEM F IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, LANCASTER, AND DOUGLAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIRING A REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING OFFICER. CHIEF KENNEALY IS AVAILABLE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? INTERIM CITY MANAGER. THIS. THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT CREPT UP ON US. I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE. THIS IS HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON IN THE WORKS? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE CEDAR HILLS ALREADY SIGNED IT. YES, SIR. AND DESOTO SIGNED IT. CEDAR HILL SIGNED IT. AND WE'RE TONIGHT AND THEN LANCASTER'S ON THE 26TH. SO THIS IS THE REASON THIS MANIFESTED WAS THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH BATTELLE, WHICH WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN, THE ACTUAL THE CURRICULUM IS FINE. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT. BUT THERE WAS DISSATISFACTION WITH THE INSTRUCTOR THEY HAD. AND SO THE SOLUTION WAS TO SUMMER WHAT WE DO WITH THE REGIONAL FIRE TRAINING. WE HAVE CHIEF MARTIN MADRID COORDINATES THAT AND PROVIDES A LOT OF INSTRUCTION AS WELL. WE WANT TO REPLICATE THAT, HOPEFULLY THE SAME QUALITY, BUT IN THIS CASE FOR PARAMEDIC CONTINUING EDUCATION, SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE TEACHING METHODOLOGY. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE SAME CURRICULUM AND THIS IS THE SOLUTION FOR THAT. OKAY. ARE WE ARE WE ALL PAYING THE SAME EQUAL AMOUNT FOR CITIES. NO, NOT THE EQUAL AMOUNT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY MEMBERS YOU HAVE, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE THE SMALLEST ONE. AND PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSING THIS WITH MR. FINCH AND THEN CERTAINLY WITH MR. ABERNATHY, WITH OUR BUDGET SITUATION, WE HAVE I'VE EXPLAINED TO OTHER FIRE CHIEFS YOU GOTTA STAY AT THIS. JUST OVER 38,000. WE CAN'T HAVE ANY INCREASES. AND THEY ALL AGREED TO THAT. THAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN I DON'T SEE ANY COST INCREASES. AND I JUST SAID WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE JUST TO BE FULL, FULLY TRANSPARENT. THIS IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO STAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS BUDGET NEUTRAL. YES. YES OKAY. IT IS BUDGET NEUTRAL. WE'RE NOT PAYING ANY MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM G IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COOPERATIVE CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF RIFLE AND BODY ARMOR FROM ANGEL ARMOR. AND I BELIEVE WHO? FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. CHIEF WILCOTT IS. YEAH. YEAH, I BELIEVE HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM H IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE FOR THE FOR OUR WATER CONSERVATION

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PRESENTING THE UPDATED BUILDING CODES CURRENTLY ON THE 2015 CODES. AND WE'RE WANTING TO ADOPT THE 21 CODES. ALL OF THE CITIES AROUND US ARE ON THE 21 CODES. MOST CITIES ADOPT EVERY OTHER CODE. SO THE NEXT ONE IN LINE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE 27 CODE ADOPTED AROUND 2028 OR 2029. SO THIS CATCHES US UP AND PUTS US IN LINE TO BE UP WITH EVERYBODY. SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES. TO IMPROVE OUR ISO RATING AND OUR RATING AS 5%, HAVING ONE OF THE TWO MOST RECENT CODES AFFECTS YOUR ISO RATING 5% AND 40% OF THE RATING. THE RATING WAS SUPPOSED TO COME NOW, BUT I WAS GOING TO DELAY IT UNTIL OCTOBER UNTIL AFTER WE GOT THE CODES UPDATED. THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE 21 CODES ARE GIVEN BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE, BUT IT'S GENERALLY THE AMENDMENTS THEY RECOMMEND THE 21 CODES, THE BIGGEST CHANGES BETWEEN THOSE AND THE 15 CODES, THEY ADDRESS SOME NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RISKS. AND HERE, RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE, SOME NEW STATE IMPOSED LIMITATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK OR LAST WEEK. FIRE CODE CHANGES, DAVID. WE'LL GO OVER THOSE. YEAH. YOU WANT TO HIT THAT PAGE. THEN YOU HAVE A PAGE THAT HAD THE LIST OF THE FIRE CODE CHANGES. YEP. YEAH. SO AS JOSH WAS SAYING, THE NEW FIRE CODE CHANGES ARE THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS FIRE CODE, BUT NOW THEY'RE A LOT MORE AS THINGS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT MORE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ON THEM. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OVER KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS HERE, I'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND KIND OF MADE SOME KEY POINTS, SOME OF THE BIGGER CHANGES THAT IS HAPPENING FROM WHERE WE ARE IN THE FIFTEENS TO THE 20 ONES. WE ARE MOVING AHEAD. NEW PROVISION FOR CANNABIS PROCESSING. THINGS

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THEY'RE NOT REQUIRING THEM. ANY RETROFITTING OF THEM JUST AS PEOPLE REMODELING AS THEY'RE BUILDING. GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM PUT IT IN THERE. AND I KNOW WE'RE BUILT OUT, BUT WE WILL SEE QUITE A BIT OF REMODELS THAT COME THROUGH, ESPECIALLY BATHROOM REMODELS. AND SO IT'LL COME IN HANDY THERE. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE BUILDING OUT ON THE GROWTH EDGE, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF YOUR HOUSES NOW HAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BRAND NEW HOUSES. SO IT'LL COME UP JUST AS THEY GET REMODELED. WE DO HAVE A SLIDE ABOUT THE RENTALS FOR OTHER THINGS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A TWO STEP PROCESS. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK. WE'RE COMBINING IT INTO ONE STEP EVERY YEAR IT RENEWS AND EVERY YEAR THEY'RE INSPECTED. AND THAT WAY THE TENANTS CAN MOVE IN WHENEVER THEY WANT AND THEY'RE NOT WAITING FOR AN INSPECTION. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS SO IN THE FIRE CODE, IF SOMETHING IS CONSIDERED TRANSIENT USE, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE JUST COME AND GO ALL THE TIME, THEN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BUILT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, IT'S REGULATED AND REQUIRED, JUST LIKE A MOTEL WITH FIRE SPRINKLERS, SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE MAYBE NOT AS MUCH RISK AS A FULL ON MOTEL, BUT THERE ARE MORE RISK THAN A LONG TERM RENTER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THERE DON'T KNOW THE BUILDING. THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. SO IF THERE WAS A FIRE, THEY'D BE LESS ABLE TO, I GUESS, GET OUT OR CALL FOR HELP OR KNOW WHERE TO GO. SO WE'VE PROPOSED INSTEAD OF REQUIRING SPRINKLERS, WHICH CAN, IT'S ABOUT 6 TO $8000 TO ADD TO A HOUSE. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO AN STR INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THAT REQUIRE A MONITORED ALARM THAT'S CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IF ANY OF THE ALARMS GO OFF, THE FIRE TRUCKS COME IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S LIKE A KIND OF A EXTRA MORE PROTECTION THAN WHAT THEY HAVE ORIGINALLY, NOT AS MUCH AS A SPRINKLER. AND WE'RE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT THAT. ALSO TO WHAT COUNCIL WOULD ADVISE ON THAT. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THE MONITOR? MONITORED ALARM WOULD BE ABOUT 5 TO $800. SO ABOUT A 10TH. SOME OF THE QUESTION ON THE ON THAT TO HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT VIDEO MONITORING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS. CONSIDERATION AS A REQUIREMENT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN. ARE WE JUST TALKING

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RIGHT. THAT'S ALL WE GOT CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF AND THE OPERATION INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT STATE LICENSE. SO IF WE COULD MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR ZONING CODE, THOUGH, TO REGULATE THE USE ON, YOU KNOW, NOT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT I THINK, JOSH, WE GOT SOME OTHER CONSIDERATION IN THE END, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT LAST WEEK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF GO LOOK FURTHER INTO WHAT OUR WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. BUT THANK YOU, MR. HAGER, FOR THAT, BECAUSE CITIES ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? BECAUSE YOU YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO CAUSE A PROBLEM IN YOUR CITY WITH THEM PILING UP, BACKING UP TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, BEING A NUISANCE. SO IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST THE STATE, I DON'T, BUT I DON'T.

JUST LIKE PODIUM IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, LIKE, WITHOUT HAVING TO, LIKE. SO. THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION WAS THAT LOOK AT LANGUAGE IN ENFORCEMENT. SO SHORT TERM RENTALS I KNOW WE WANT TO REGULATE. WE WANT TO CONTROL WHO'S DOING IT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE CAUSING PROBLEMS AND IF THEY'RE GOOD ACTORS OR BAD ACTORS RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THEM ARE NOT REGISTERING WITH THIS. THEY'RE OUT THERE ADVERTISING. BUT OUR ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN IN A WAY TO WHERE WE HAVE TO BASICALLY CATCH THEM IN THE ACT OF RENTING IT. SO, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE'RE OUT THERE KNOCKING ON DOORS AT NIGHT, OUR ENFORCEMENT IS RELYING ON THAT. SO MAYBE CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE ADVERTISING FOR RENT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL BEING THE ALSO PRACTICAL AND ENFORCEABLE. THEN WHEN WE GO AND WE FIND ALL THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE ADVERTISED, THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE FROM THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CATCH THEM IN THE, IN THE ACT OR WHATEVER, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT. THE OTHER ONE, EXPLOSIVES, THIS WAS A NEW ONE TO ME. BUT WE GOT A CALL FROM THE ATF. SOMEONE HAD APPLIED FOR AN ATF MANUFACTURING PERMIT FOR DUNCANVILLE. THEY WANTED TO START MANUFACTURING EXPLOSIVES. IN THIS ONE CASE, IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO OTHER BUILDINGS FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED, SO IT WAS DENIED. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EXPLOSIVES ORDINANCES.

SO I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT. AND PASADENA, TEXAS HAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ORDINANCE THEY'VE ADOPTED THAT DEALS WITH IT, BASICALLY PUTS IT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO BOTH BE ABLE TO TURN IT DOWN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO. IF THEY'RE BOTH OKAY WITH IT, THEN IT GOES FORWARD WITH THE, YOU KNOW, QUANTITIES AND DISTANCES AND ALL OF THE REGULATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO THAT'S JUST FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS. YOU ALSO MAY WANT TO ADD SOME LAND USE REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO REQUIRING. THAT MY SLIDES I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE. RIGHT THERE. JOSH BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I'VE GOT LIKE I'VE GOT LIKE FIVE OF THE EIGHT OF THE ORDINANCES ALREADY DONE AND I'M PROOFREADING THEM. AND SO YOU WANTED TO TAKE THIS ON THE SECOND OR. YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN A SECOND. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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[CALL TO ORDER]

FIRST ITEM OF ORDER IS INVOCATION. AND DO WE HAVE REVEREND MCCONNELL HERE? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STAND. GOOD EVENING. IT'S AN HONOR AND BLESSING TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I INVITE US TO PRAY. LET US PRAY. GRACIOUS AND HOLY GOD, GOD OF ALL COMFORT AND PEACE, WE ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE PERMEATE THIS ROOM. WE ASK THAT YOUR WISDOM BE POURED OUT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO OUR CITIZENS, TO ALL WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS SO THAT THE FLOURISHING OF LIFE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE MAY OCCUR. LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE US AND DESIRE FOR US. THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOU, TO SEEK MERCY AND JUSTICE AND LOVE, KINDNESS, GOD, IN ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE TODAY AND ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAD, MAY THEY BE SPOKEN.

WITH WORDS THAT SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND WITH EARS THAT SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD. GOD, WE ASK THAT ALL THINGS HERE CONTINUE TO BE DONE IN YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY. FOR THE FLOURISHING OF ALL THE CITIZENS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, IT'S IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. OKAY, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGES. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE. UNDER TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO ITEM

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

AND SO THANK YOU, STAFF. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS, FOR CREATING AN

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

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ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY HIS BUDGET THAT WENT INTO IT. HE DIDN'T LET ME KNOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT, SO I DIDN'T ASK. AND I WAS LIKE, GO FOR IT ALL, TAKE IT ALL. SO ALSO, THANK YOU, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, FOR YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING THE LAST FEW WEEKS. AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND BEING AS RESPONSIVE AS YOU ARE. I DO APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND YOU STAYING IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND KEEPING. I KNOW AT LEAST I KNOW ALL OF US. BUT FOR ME, UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF ANYTHING THAT I SUBMIT TO YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICE YOU'RE PROVIDING IS TRULY APPRECIATED.

AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

YEAH, I CAN TALK LOUDER. AGAIN. I'M GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL SUPPLY. IT WAS EXCELLENT EVENT.

I MEAN, WHEN I WALKED IN, THERE WAS A LINE GOING OUT THE BACK, AND I DIDN'T KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BIG THAT LINE WOULD BE. AND IT WAS A LOT OF KUDOS TO THE STAFF FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. I WILL REMIND YOU, WE HAVE DUNCAN SWITCH AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 12 YEARS NOW. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, NICE STREET MARKET. I WOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH THERE.

YOU ALWAYS GET A CHANCE TO SEE OFFICER LUNA TYPICALLY OVER THERE AS WELL TOO. AND HE HE KEEPS THINGS MOVING. WELL, THIS PAST WEEKEND, LATER THAT NIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WAS A CONCERT. IT WAS THE JC BAND. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY. EXCELLENT BAND RIGHT THERE AT POE HOBDEN AMPHITHEATER. JUST DIDN'T GET ENOUGH COMMUNITY SUPPORT. AND I'M SAYING WHEN WE BRING GOOD THINGS, WHEN THIS STAFF BRINGS GOOD THINGS, IT'S WORTHWHILE. TRY TO TRY TO MAKE SOME OF THAT STUFF. ALSO, I WANT TO COMMEND DOCTOR K. SHE'S GOT A LAUGHTER. GOOD LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE EVENT ON SUNDAY AT TIBIDEAUX.

NOT ONLY DID YOU HAVE GOOD FOOD, BUT YOU HAD GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. ALSO, THE CHAMBER HAD ITS

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SEPTEMBER 5TH AND SIXTH. I'M SURE HANNAH AND THEM ALREADY READY FOR THIS, BUT FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE HAVING THEIR BOOK SALE OPPORTUNITY TO GET GET SOME GOOD BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 7TH. IT'S ON A SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. THIS THIS IS A ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF FLYING UNDER THE RADAR. IT'S A FREE CONCERT. IT'S LIKE AT 4:30 P.M. AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, BUT THEY HAVE THE MAESTRO, HECTOR GUZMAN. HE'S HE'S AN ORGANIST, FREE EVENT, TYPE OF ARTS EVENT AND SOMETHING THIS THIS GUY IS, IS WELL RENOWNED IN THE, IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY. BUT HE'S HERE IN DUNCANVILLE FIRST METHODIST AND STUFF. AND LASTLY, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMIND SCHOOLS STARTED PLEASE BE SAFE BECAUSE OFFICER LUNA WILL FIND YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT LIONS CLUB VOICE, BY THE WAY. AND NOW FOR COUNCILMAN KOONTZ TO USE HIS SERMON. VOICE. OH, YEAH. I'M NOT AS LOUD AS DON, BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO. IF YOU HEAR ABOUT EVENTS AT THE FIELDHOUSE AND IF THEY'RE EVENTS THAT YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY ATTEND, WE THINK ABOUT THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND THE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS. BUT ANYTIME YOU HEAR ABOUT AN EVENT AT THE FIELDHOUSE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST SWING BY FOR YOU TO GO BY AND VISIT. I WENT TO A MUAY THAI. I BELIEVE IT WAS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I, I WASN'T PLANNING ON GOING THERE, BUT I WAS GOING BY THE FIELDHOUSE AND THERE WAS A SEA OF CARS, AND SOME OF THEM WERE ALMOST PARKED UP ON THE BANK OF THE HILL THERE. BUT AS MANY CARS AS I'VE EVER SEEN THERE BEFORE, AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING BECAUSE EVERYBODY THERE WAS SUPER FIT AND COULD FIGHT. AND SO JUST ANYTIME YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ANY KIND OF EVENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE FIELDHOUSE STAFF AND MR. BRASFIELD, I KNOW SOME OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF WERE THERE AS WELL JUST TO COMMEND THEM BECAUSE THAT WAS A HUGE EVENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MANAGE TO KEEP ALL THAT UNDER CONTROL AND TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THAT, BUT THEY HAVE SOME GREAT EVENTS AND THEY THERE'S A LOT THEY BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR THOSE GREAT EVENTS AND THOSE EVENTS, THOSE EVENT HOSTS AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO PUT THOSE EVENTS ON, THEY HAVE THOSE EVENTS, AND THEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND HAVE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT EXPERIENCE AT THE FIELDHOUSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KOONTZ. OKAY. WE ITEM TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.

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

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[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

RON THOMPSON, 603 CATHERINE COURT. HELLO, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, INTERIM CITY MANAGER. I WAS IN THE MEETING NEXT DOOR AND THERE'S A CORRECTION TO MAKE ON THE RECORD, AND I WAS TOO SHY TO RAISE MY HAND. THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH, IS THE ARTS COMMISSION'S ARTS AND BUSINESS MIXER. IT WILL NOT BE AT MAIN STATION, IT WILL BE AT SHAYLA. IT'S AT 117 SOUTH MAIN STREET.

IT'S FROM 6 TO 830. IT'S THE THEME OF THE EVENING IS A JAZZ NOTE. WE'RE FEATURING A, A INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED JAZZ VOCALIST. HER NAME IS ERICA JOHNSON. SHE'S PERFORMED AT THE CARNEGIE HALL THREE TIMES, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES. AND THE FEEL GOOD QUARTET IS CO-HOSTED WITH SHAYLA BISTRO BY THE MUSIC LOVERS LEARNING CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS TWO REGULAR MEETINGS LEFT AS THE BODY. IT IS NOW AND WE ARE NOT DONE, SO WE HOPE THAT WE SEE YOU OUT THERE THURSDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ARTHUR JACKSON.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, HOW ARE YOU DOING? VIRAGOS? HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS ARTHUR JACKSON. I LIVE AT 1211 CASTLE GRUNDY PLACE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. AND WHILE I'M HERE, I'M HERE ABOUT MY NEIGHBOR. AND I CALLED I A YEAR AGO. I HAD MISS RIGHT WHEN SHE WAS OVER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SHE CAME OUT AND TOOK PICTURES. AND HE HAS SEVEN SOLAR PANELS SITTING OUT THERE FACING MY HOUSE. AND THEY ARE LARGER THAN THE ONE THAT PEOPLE PUT ON TOP OF THEIR HOUSE. AND IT'S NOT EVEN 25FT THAT YOU CAN SEE. YOU CAN PASS THEM AROUND. I TOOK THIS PICTURE. SOMEONE CAN PASS IT AROUND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY, BUT IT. WOULDN'T NO MORE THAN ABOUT 2020 FIVE FEET. AND I KNOW PEOPLE GOT THEM ON TOP OF THEIR HOUSE. THEY GOT THEM ON TOP OF THEIR HOUSE FOR A REASON, AND THEY HAVE THEM FACING MY HOUSE. THEY SAT OUT THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FACING MY HOUSE NO MORE THAN ABOUT 20FT FROM MY HOUSE. AND I HAVE A WALL THERE, RETAINER WALL. AND MY HOUSE IS VERY IT'S HEATING UP SINCE HE HAD THAT THING SITTING OUT THERE. AND I HAVE AGGRESSIVE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY CAME DOWN, TOOK PICTURES. THEY EVEN NOW HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME OUT ON THE BICYCLE 6:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND GO INTO HIS HOUSE AND EXPLAIN TO HIM HOW TO SET HIM UP AND ALL THIS STUFF. NOTHING WAS DID ABOUT THIS. THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO, AND THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE AND HE'S STILL COLLECTING PANELS, PUTTING THEM OUT THERE LIKE IT'S NOTHING. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAVE ON MY ELECTRIC BILL, TOO. I CAN I CAN DEFINITELY USE THE MONEY. BUT NO ONE HAVE DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND I'M HERE BRINGING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION NOW BECAUSE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHY THEY PUT THEM ON HOUSES. THAT'S WHY THEY PUT THEM SO MANY FEET FROM THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, OUT OF HARM'S WAY. I DRIVE UP MY DRIVEWAY, HIS PANELS ARE RIGHT THERE, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT FROM THEM. YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE HEAT WHEN YOU DRIVE BY OR WALK BY. YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE HEAT. AND I PUT THE ADDRESS ON THERE. IT'S 1207 CASTLE GRUNDY PLACE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. BARBARA OWENS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BARBARA OWENS. 1526 NATALIE LANE, DUNCANVILLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK VICTOR. I WANT TO THANK MR. ABERNATHY. I'VE TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE SEVERAL TIMES. AND VICTOR, AND THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE BOATS THAT WERE IN THE BACKYARD AT THE BACK OF MY HOUSE. THEY'RE GONE. HE PUT ONE IN THE DRIVEWAY. HE PUT ONE IN THE GARAGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE HECK HE GOT IT IN THAT GARAGE, BUT HE DID. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN THE BACKYARD. BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN'T SEE IT OVER THE FENCE. I APPRECIATE THAT, MISS GOODEN.

COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN HAS BEEN MORE THAN HELPFUL. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CAN'T ASK YOU TO DO

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I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA WORK IT OUT BECAUSE I WORK AND I GOT TWO SICK INDIVIDUALS, BUT I'M GONNA FIND A WAY TO DO IT. WHETHER THE BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE CLEAN UP, BECAUSE I'M GOOD AT THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO GET WITH YOU TOMORROW AND HAVE YOU TO PUT ME ON A COMMITTEE OR TWO. AND I HELP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HELP YOU ASK YOU ALL TO DO SOMETHING, AND I NOT GIVE ANYTHING IN RETURN.

SO I'M GOING TO FIND THE TIME SOME KIND OF WAY. AND I WILL BE CALLING YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT. WE HAD NO ELECTRONIC INPUT OKAY. SO THAT

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM A THERE WAS NO ACTION

[Items 5.B & 5.C]

EXPENDITURES FOR THE ARTS FUND COVERED BY REVENUE RECEIVED. YES, SIR. I HOPE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD. ONE MORE PASS THAT JUST SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT WITH A WITH AN AMOUNT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. COUNCIL COMING TO YOU THIS EVENING WITH A RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE ARTS GRANTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION. SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. THE ARTS COMMISSION FIRST CAME TO WAS FOUNDED OR CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022. THE ARTS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR. THEN THIS YEAR YOU CREATED THE ARTS FUND POLICY AND GRANT GUIDELINES. THEN WE HAD OUR INAUGURAL GRANT CYCLE. AND THEN ON 716, THE ARTS COMMISSION SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS REVIEWING 15 APPLICATIONS. THEY WERE VERY THEY WERE VERY THOROUGH IN THE WAY THAT THEY LOOKED THROUGH THEM ALL AND MADE THEIR DECISIONS. AND THEN IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, ON THE FIFTH, YOU ALL GOT TO MEET THE APPLICANTS AND THAT SAYS EIGHT, FIVE. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MISSION STATEMENT. THIS IS THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE ARTS COMMISSION BY CITY COUNCIL. AND A COUPLE ITEMS IN THERE TO ENCOURAGE AN INCREASE IN QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. TO DEVELOP IN THE ARTS AND MAXIMIZE THE QUALITY OF ARTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY'S CULTURE. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK TWO WEEKS TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN. ONE WAS BEACONS OF LIGHT. IT WAS A PUBLIC ARTS GRANT. WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED WAS $3,000. THE ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FUNDING THIS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3000, WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT THE ARTIST PROVIDE CLARITY ON THE MURAL SIZE AND INCLUDE A QR CODE ON THE PIECE THAT WOULD GO TO A CITY WEB PAGE THAT HAS LOCAL HOTELS ON IT, THUS PROMOTING THE AREA HOTELS. THE ARTIST HAS SINCE REACHED BACK OUT TO ME, AND HE HAS CLARIFIED THAT THE MURAL SIZE IS 18.5FT BY 10.16FT, AND HE'S AGREED TO INCLUDE THE QR CODE. I WOULD JUST NEED TO CREATE THE WEB PAGE FOR THAT. THE ARTS COMMISSION VOTED 9 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. SECOND ITEM THAT THEY THE SECOND APPLICATION THAT THEY REVIEWED WAS BROWN GIRLS DO BALLET PHOTO PROJECT. THIS WAS A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT.

THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $3,000. THE ARTS COMMISSION VOTED NINE AGAINST SUPPORTING THIS. THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT THIS MET ANY OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OR ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT FUNDS.

DANCE RECITAL. THIS WAS A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $10,000.

I'M SORRY. QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. GIVE ME THE VOTE ON THE LAST ONE AGAIN, PLEASE. THE VOTE ON THE LAST ONE WAS NINE AGAINST ZERO FOUR. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. THE DANCE RECITAL WAS SUBMITTED AS A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT FOR A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. THE. IT'S A $3,000 LIMIT FOR A

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THE ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FUNDING THIS IN THE AMENDED AMOUNT OF $3,000. THE ARTS COMMISSION ALSO REQUESTED THAT A BUDGET BE PROVIDED, AND I RECEIVED AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THAT READ, WE ARE PROJECTING A $10,000 BUDGET WE WILL COVER. THIS WILL COVER ADVERTISING, MARKETING. VENDOR BOOTHS. BATHROOMS, A SECURITY GUARD SET UP AND TEAR DOWN. THE ARTS COMMISSION VOTED. 540544 AGAINST ZERO ABSTAINING. L'AFFAIRE L'AFFAIRE WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FOR REQUESTED AMOUNT OF $4,950. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS AMENDED DURING THE MEETING TO $3,000 BY THE APPLICANT, CHAIR RON THOMPSON. THE COMMISSION APPROVED RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL FUND THIS EVENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 THAT WAS 940 AGAINST ZERO ABSTAINING. EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BALLET WAS SUBMITTED AS AN ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAM GRANT. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $5,000. THE COMMISSION APPROVED RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL THAT THEY FUND THIS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000. IT WAS 742 AGAINST, ZERO ABSTAINING. FIXING HIS PLATE WAS SUBMITTED AS A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $3,000. THE COMMISSION APPROVED RECOMMENDING THE FULL AMOUNTS 940 AGAINST, WITH ZERO ABSTAINING. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE WAS SUBMITTED AS A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $3,000. IT WAS 940 AGAINST. ZERO ABSTAINED. MASTER'S VOICE CHRISTMAS CONCERT SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT REQUESTED $3,000. THE COMMISSION APPROVED $3,000 WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT A DETAILED BUDGET BE PROVIDED. THE APPLICANT RESPONDED FUNDS TO COVER THE MASTER'S VOICE GROUP FEE TO TRAVEL HERE AND PRESENT THEIR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, WHICH IS $3,000. THE COMMISSION VOTED 742 AGAINST, ZERO ABSTAINED. MENTOR MOMENT SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $4,757. THE COMMISSION APPROVED RECOMMENDING THIS FUND.

THIS EVENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000. 841 AGAINST ZERO ABSTAINED. MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.

SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $1,185. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

RECOMMENDED APPROVING THIS FOR $1,185 UNANIMOUSLY. PAINTING OF THE PARK. THEY DID NOT. THE WAY THAT THEY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION. IT DID NOT. THEY DID NOT CHECK THE BOX FOR WHICH TYPE OF GRANT THAT THEY WERE APPLYING FOR. SO I BELIEVE THAT WITH THAT, WITH THAT, WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION, THE ARTS COMMISSION JUDGED THIS BASED ON A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT, AND THEY RECOMMENDED FUNDING IT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 NINE UNANIMOUSLY. RHYTHMS OF CULTURE ALSO WAS SUBMITTED. SIMILARLY SAID THEY DID NOT SELECT WHETHER IT WAS A SINGLE PROJECT OR AN ANNUAL ARTS OR A PUBLIC ARTS GRANT. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $9,300. THE COMMISSION APPROVED RECOMMENDING COUNCIL FUND THIS EVENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000.

THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. RHYTHMS OF HEARTBEAT DANCE EXPERIENCE, SUBMITTED AS AN ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAM GRANT THAT COULD BE UP TO $20,000, BUT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $3,000. IT WAS 84840 AGAINST. ONE ABSTAINED. AND FINALLY SUPERFLY SUBMITTED A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT.

AGAIN, THAT'S A $3,000 LIMIT FOR FIRST TIME APPLICANTS. THEY REQUESTED $15,000. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVING COUNCIL FUND THIS EVENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 UNANIMOUSLY. GO BACK ONE SLIDE, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. OKAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST THAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT. PINK DIAMONDS. THAT IS THIS ONE. BUT IT'S UNDER RHYTHMS OF HEARTBEAT. WAS THAT

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THANK YOU. WELL THE REASON FOR AMENDING THE BUDGET AFTER THIS IS IN CASE YOU CHOOSE TO.

BECAUSE IN THE END, AS YOU DECIDED WHEN YOU MADE THE ARTS FUND POLICY AND GAVE THE ARTS COMMISSION ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON HOW MUCH IS AWARDED THE TOTAL. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, THOUGH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION AWARDED WAS $42,185. THE AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THEIR BUDGET.

CURRENTLY, THE AMOUNT THAT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED IS $30,000. AND JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE HOW MUCH MONEY IS ACTUALLY IN THE FUND IS 70,000. IT'S AROUND $79,000. SO THAT'S WHY THERE WOULD BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE WITH THIS. BUT IF YOU MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS GRANTED, THEN YOU'D HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT. AFTER YOU DID THIS PART. CITY ATTORNEY, WERE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME SOME HELP HERE? I WAS GOING TO JUST SAY WHAT HE JUST SAID. ALL RIGHT. YES. WELL, SAID ALEX. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. OH, OKAY.

SORRY. SO IT IS. IF WE APPROVED AS IS, IT WOULD BE SLIGHTLY OVER BUDGET. IT WOULD BE $12,185 OVER WHAT THEY HAVE BUDGETED AT THIS POINT. OKAY. WHAT THEY HAVE BUDGETED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY SPEND, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO YES. YES SIR. OKAY. BUT THERE IS $75,000 IN THE FUND IN TOTAL. YES, SIR. FOR THE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. YES, SIR. AND THEY WERE VERY MOVING FORWARD LIKE THIS IS WORKING BUT IT'S WORKING. OH IS IT. OH IT IS WORKING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO. HEY, OKAY. IT'S JUST ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO I GUESS NOT. NO. MY QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR THE CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, BUT AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ARE THERE ANY OTHER EXPENSES OR PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT REQUIRE. WELL, THEY ALREADY KNOW, SO I'M SORRY THEY DID ALREADY COME TO YOU WITH THE LAST OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING FOR THIS CYCLE. SO I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THAT IS IT FOR FUN REQUEST. AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE MONEY THAT CARRIED OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW UP WOULD THERE BE. SO AFTER. SO SOME OF THESE, OF COURSE ONE TIME EVENTS OR THE MURALS PAINTED. SO WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW UP WILL THE COMMISSION GET. AND THEN WILL THE COUNCIL GET ANY KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH THE PROGRESS ON THESE. SO ANY GRANTEE THAT IS FUNDED HAS TO DO HAS TO TURN IN A REPORT 45 DAYS AFTER THEIR EVENT. IF THEY DO NOT DO THAT, THEY ARE RESTRICTED. THEY'RE THEY'RE DISQUALIFIED FROM APPLYING FOR GRANT CYCLES OR THE EQUIVALENT OF A FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE EXPECTING AN AFTER THEIR EVENT DATE, AFTER THAT EVENT TAKES PLACE WITHIN 45 DAYS. RECEIVING A REPORT THAT MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AGAIN. AND THAT ALSO GETS US THAT DATA THAT WE NEED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ABOUT HOW THIS GRANT PROGRAM IS WORKING, AND THEN, MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE ARTS COMMISSION AND RON THOMPSON FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE HERE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T JUST.

YES, YES, YES. OKAY. WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING FOR, LET'S JUST I CAN TELL THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF EXAMINATION AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THESE, YOU KNOW, WASN'T JUST WILLY NILLY AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARD, YOU KNOW, THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. AND I HOPE THAT FUTURE ARTS COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT EXAMPLE. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THAT WORK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IN THE STAFF

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GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL RICHARD JACKSON, CFO. MR. MAYOR, THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE SEQUENCE BETWEEN ITEM B AND ITEM C. SO ITEM B, IF PASSED, BASICALLY APPROPRIATES THE ADDITIONAL 12,000 INTO THE BUDGET. SO THAT ITEM C, IF THAT IS PASSED THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND THE FULL $42,000, THE BUDGET, THE ORIGINAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR THE ARTS FUND WAS $50,000. AS MR. HAMBY ALREADY EXPLAINED, THEY'VE SPENT 20 SO FAR. SO THE REMAINING 30, AS IT SHOWS, IS UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGETED AMOUNT. THUS, ITEM B, WHICH IS REQUESTING THE ADDITIONAL 12,000 AND CHANGE TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR EXPENDITURE. ALL RIGHT. I JUST GOT CONFUSED WHEN WE WENT BACKWARDS, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT WASN'T BACKWARDS AFTER ALL. NO, NO, WE GOTTA GOTTA ASK MOM AND DAD FOR PERMISSION FIRST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MR. HAMBY, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE EVENTS, IS, IS THERE TIMELINES ON THE EVENTS? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING 45 DAYS AFTER, BUT BUT I'LL USE ONE EXAMPLE. I SAW THE ONE FOR THE DOG PARK, AND SOMEBODY'S ASKING FOR $10,000 OR GETTING $3,000, BUT THERE WAS NO DATE LISTED. SO IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT THAT THAT GOES ALONG WHEN THIS HAS TO BE DONE? THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS DEFINITELY HAD WHILE THEY WERE DELIBERATING OVER EACH ONE OF THESE. AND SOME OF THESE, THERE ARE DATES THAT WERE GIVEN FOR THE ACTUAL EVENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, RHYTHMS OF HEARTBEAT. BUT THE DOG THE DOG PARK EVENT DID NOT HAVE A DATE TIED TO IT.

IT WAS GIVEN A SEASON WHICH WAS THE FALL. OKAY. AND PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST A YEAR OR SO OFF FROM DOING THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW, DO THEY RESERVE, DO THEY RESERVE THAT FUND OR. IT THEY'RE AWARDED. IF THEY'RE AWARDED THAT, DO THEY KEEP THAT IN RESERVE. DO THEY HAVE TO SPEND IT? AND IF SO, WHEN. THAT IS I GIVE YOU A GRANT. NO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND. THAT'S SOMETHING. SPEND IT WITHIN 100 DAYS OR IT FORFEITS BACK OR AT THIS POINT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY DRAWN OUT IN THE POLICY. FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NEED THAT NOW, BUT OKAY. AND I GUESS I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING ALONG THE SAME LINES, I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING, HAS ANYBODY COME BACK AND SAID, HEY, I REALLY NEEDED FIVE INSTEAD OF THREE, OR I WILL BE HONEST, THE APPLICANT WHO APPLIED FOR THE SECOND ITEM, SHE KNEW THAT SHE HAD BEEN THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION HAD REJECTED IT. I STILL REACHED OUT TO HER FOR THAT LAST MEETING, FOR THE MEETING ON THE FIFTH, AND LET HER KNOW THAT YOU STILL WANTED TO SEE EVERYBODY, WHETHER THEY ARE APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED. SO FAR, I HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY SAY BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR OR IF THEY HADN'T BEEN, AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY COME BACK AND SAY NO, I NEEDED. AND THIS WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD BY THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT NIGHT OF PEOPLE ARE IF THEY NEEDED THAT EXACT AMOUNT AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE IT, THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO TURN DOWN THE EVENT OR TURN DOWN THE GRANT. SO ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS THE FACT OF WHILE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPROVING THESE, THAT THE POLICY NEEDED TO BE REVISITED AND REFINED BASED ON THINGS THAT WERE FOUND EVEN THAT NIGHT AND TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I JUST LASTLY, I WANT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER KOONTZ'S ARTS COMMISSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WORK IN THIS. THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS WOULD HE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE MURAL ORDINANCE? DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO CDB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A MURAL ACTUALLY IN THIS OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO BACK FIRST ONE. THE FIRST ONE IS A MURAL. BUT DURING THE. YOUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, I'M ANTICIPATING BRINGING THE MURAL ORDINANCE BACK TO YOU BECAUSE CDB HAS ALREADY APPROVED MOVING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE

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THANK YOU. MAYOR. A COUPLE QUESTIONS, MR. JACKSON. IF I COULD, CITY MANAGER, IF I COULD ASK MR. JACKSON A QUESTION AND I'LL I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MR. ALEX AS WELL. SO I THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THE BUDGET. BUT I STILL HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS RECEIVE A DEPOSIT QUARTERLY AND WE'RE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OR FOURTH QUARTER. SO. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE DEPOSITS ALREADY QUARTERLY. CAN YOU HELP GIVE ME SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT? AND HOW IS IT ONLY JUST 30 AVAILABLE? UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAD 50 AND 20 THEY RESERVED FOR ARTS COMMISSION EVENTS, BUT 30 NOW, I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE BUDGETED ABOUT 140 IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. JUST CLARITY.

YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE SLOW. NO, NO. SO AGAIN, SO FOR THE REVENU, IT WAS PROJECTED, I BELIEVE, AT 139,000 THAT WOULD GO INTO THE ARTS FUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU ARE CORRECT. IT IS. IT IS. THE REVENUE IS TRANSFERRED IN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. WE STILL DO HAVE TO HAVE THE THIRD QUARTER TRANSFER, WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE CALCULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TRANSFER GOES IN. SO IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDS, FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, WE HAD TRANSFERRED ROUGHLY 79,000 TO DATE. THE REASON WHY THE BUDGET WAS ONLY ORIGINALLY AT 50,000, DESPITE THE REVENUE PROJECTION BEING AT 139,000, WAS WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT BEING THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THERE WOULD FINISH WITH A SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MR. THOMPSON AND THE COMMITTEE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THINGS DESPITE THE FUNDS ONLY COMING IN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. SO, SO BASED ON THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND WHERE IT'S GOING, WE PROJECT THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY HIT THAT 139,000 NUMBER. SO BOTH IN THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW, MISS GOODEN, AS WELL AS WHAT WE PROJECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE'S DEFINITELY SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THIS ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. BUT AGAIN, THE 50,000 WAS JUST A CONSERVATIVE START. SO YEAH I TOLD YOU I WAS SLOW. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NOW I, I ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT SAID ABOUT EXCELLENT JOB, ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS PUT IN THIS I QUESTION I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DUNCANVILLE PAUSE AND PAINT CITY MANAGER. I MEAN, NOT CITY MANAGER. CITY ATTORNEY. DID HE STEP AWAY? OKAY. HOT FUNDS IS WHAT WE'RE USING CORRECT? YES.

HOT FUNDS FOR THIS? YES, MA'AM. SO THERE'S A CERTAIN QUALIFICATION FOR HOT FUNDS? YES. HOW? DOG. AND I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE AND IT SAYS THAT DOGS GET TO CREATE THEIR OWN MASTERPIECE BY STAMPING THEIR PAW PRINTS ON CANVA, WHICH BECOMES A SPECIAL KEEPSAKE FOR THE DOG OWNERS. ALSO, DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS CAN TAKE PHOTOS AT ROTARY PARK FOR AN ADDITIONAL ART ASPECT. QUOTES. HOW DOES THIS QUALIFY FOR HOT FUNDS? DOES IT QUALIFY FOR HOT FUNDS? IT'S THE ART PART OF IT, NOT THE DOG PART OF IT. SO TOURISM AND HOTELS, IF SOMEONE CAN WANTS TO DRIVE HERE AND STAY OVERNIGHT TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEIR DOG, I'M ALL IN, OKAY. AND WITHOUT BEING CUTE ABOUT THIS, WHEN WE HAVE FIRST TIME EVENT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BRING. SO I'M A LITTLE MORE RELAXED IN ALLOWING THE RULE TO BE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE AVAIL OURSELVES OF POSSIBILITY. NOW, IF WE DO THIS FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS AND WE CAN'T HOOK IT UP TO THE HOTEL MOTEL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND THAT MONEY BECAUSE IT IS SO RESTRICTED AND CAN ONLY BE

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THAT IS, AT THIS POINT BEING FIRST TIME THEY MIGHT NOT BE SEEN. SO IS IT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY BE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL ARTS GRANT? I APOLOGIZE. AN ARTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR THE ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAM GRANTS. THE ELIGIBILITY WAS A 500 1C3 NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION. IS THIS 500 1C3 FOR THE ARTS ORGANIZATION. I'M GOING TO ADMIT I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. THOSE WERE JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE. I SUPPORT SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND THE FUNDING, BUT I QUESTION ABOUT THIS BEING AN ACTUAL THE ROTARY CLUB BEING AN ACTUAL ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAM GRANT. I MEAN, 500 1C3. B THREE. NO, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS. I THINK, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF US GETTING THE REPORTS BACK AFTER THESE EVENTS TAKE PLACE AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE, IN FACT, MEETING THOSE GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HOT FUND. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE, B MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN. SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT IS FOR THE 42,185 IN FUNDING. OKAY. YES, YES, YES. AND THEN I THINK WE NEED ONE MORE, I THINK, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE NOW OR C SORRY. YES. I THINK WE NEED TO BE STILL. OKAY OKAY. SO ITEM FIVE C DO I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT SECOND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND ALTHOUGH MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN ATTRIBUTED COMPLIMENTS FROM ME TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, I WAS REMISS IN THAT I DID NOT COMPLIMENT THE ARTS COMMISSION. BUT I WILL, FOR THE RECORD, COMPLIMENT YOU. JOB WELL DONE. THIS HAD TO BE PRETTY STRENUOUS PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, AND I TOO APPRECIATE, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED. ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN OR GIVE SOMEBODY LESS, I KNOW YOU SPEAK WITH THESE PEOPLE AND YOU AND YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. IF WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT MANY APPLICATIONS, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT, GET RIGHT WITH YOU ALL AND COME BACK AND GET SOME FUNDING NEXT GO AROUND. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. JOB

[5.D. 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.]

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[5.E. Consider Resolution 2025-516 approving the revisions to the Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) Policy Statement and Guidelines for Economic Development Incentives]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. MARCELLA PEREZ, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR. AND I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE REVISED EDC INCENTIVE AND GRANT POLICY AND GUIDELINES. JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE CURRENT POLICY WAS ADOPTED BY THE EDC. THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE POLICY, ON JUNE 22ND, 2022, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 19TH, 2022. THE

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SO WE DECIDED TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO REVIEW THEIR BUSINESS TAX FILINGS, BEING ABLE TO REVIEW THEIR TAX PAYMENT AND LICENSE STATUS, THEIR BUSINESS LICENSING, ANY CODE COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, CITATIONS, FINES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF THERE WERE IF THERE ARE ANY ACCESSIBLE BUSINESS REVIEWS AND REALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO TAKE ALL THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE APPLICATION PROCESSING AND RECOMMENDATION TO EDC AND ULTIMATELY TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY, AGAIN, SOME LOOSE APPLICATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. AND AGAIN, JUST REITERATING THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THOSE DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANT APPLICANTS FOR THOSE SIX GRANT TYPES THAT I LISTED PREVIOUSLY, IT WOULD ADD THE NEW VERSION OR THE REVISIONS WOULD ADD REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE A BUSINESS PLAN, A MARKETING PLAN, AND A COPY OF THE BUSINESS'S SALES TAX AND USE CERTIFICATE.

THAT WOULD AGAIN FURTHER PROVE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS PAYING SALES TAX BACK INTO THE FUND THAT WOULD FUND THESE GRANTS. OF COURSE, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT THIS WE DON'T INTEND IN ANY WAY TO IMPEDE A BUSINESS FROM APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE. SO I WOULD FULLY AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE NOT HAD A BUSINESS OR MARKETING PLAN IN PLACE, AND I HAVE OFFERED THAT ASSISTANCE TO THEM. AND AS PERSONALLY AND ALSO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP IN OTHER WAYS. SO NEW TO THE INCENTIVE GRANT POLICY IS AN APPLICATION PERIOD. AND AGAIN, KIND OF SKIPPING AHEAD. BUT AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THE DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANT APPLICATION IS WHAT THIS WOULD BE FOR. THIS WOULD CHANGE INSTEAD OF RECEIVING THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT WOULD BE REALLY A TARGETED EFFORT TO SET AN APPLICATION PERIOD THAT WE COULD MARKET TO BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS DURING A SPECIFIC TIME AND JUST SOME

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EDC IN APRIL. AND THIS WOULD BEGIN IF YOU SO WISH TO APPROVE THE NEW POLICY, IT WOULD BEGIN FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE INTEND TO ROLL OUT A MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD BE PROMOTED ACROSS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO LET ALL BUSINESSES KNOW OF THE NEW APPLICATION PERIOD, AND ALSO AN INFORMATION SESSION AS WELL, TO EXPLAIN ANY OF THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE APPLICANTS MAY HAVE. AND YEAH, AS I MENTIONED THERE, THE SIX TYPES OF DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANTS IS PRIMARILY WHAT THIS IS FOCUSED FOR. SOME ADDITIONAL EDITS AND REVISIONS TO THE POLICY, INCLUDING MERGING THE PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVES CATEGORY AND THE SALES TAX REBATES CATEGORY TO A NEW SECTION TITLED PROPERTY AND SALES TAX INCENTIVES. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST COMBINING THOSE TWO SECTIONS, ALSO MERGING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CASH GRANTS AND THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION GRANTS TO A NEW SECTION TITLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORGIVABLE LOANS. SO JUST AGAIN, AS STAFF, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO HOW CAN WE BEST UTILIZE THESE FUNDS? ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO IN, IS, RATHER THAN ALWAYS AWARDING CASH MONEY UPFRONT, HAVING PERFORMANCE BASED LOANS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE BUSINESS TO EITHER PERFORM AT A CERTAIN LEVEL FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME. AND IT WOULD BE FORGIVABLE AFTER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. GRANTED THAT THE APPLICANT ONE STAYS IN BUSINESS, THAT THEY STAY IN DUNCANVILLE, AND THAT THEY CONTINUE COLLECTING SALES TAX.

THEN, MOVING ON, WE REMOVED THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEMO REDEVELOPMENT AND REUSE PROGRAM, AND ALSO DEFINITIONS THAT WERE NO LONGER APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY BASED ON REMOVING SOME OF THESE SECTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PENNYBAKER. HI. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU, Y'ALL. Y'ALL DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE NEEDED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. THE WORK Y'ALL DID AND THE EDC. I APPLAUD THIS. AND IN THE NEXT PART TWO I'LL KEEP IT DURING THE SECOND PART. BUT THANK YOU SIR. HAPPY WITH THIS. OH. OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SO YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER SAID, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE REVISED THIS POLICY, I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO IN 22, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AGAIN. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ONGOING PROCESS. WE JUST KEEP MAKING IT BETTER AND BETTER. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT I GUESS THAT THE EDC SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING THIS AND GOING OVER IT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, 74, AND I GUESS WE'LL WORK OUR WAY BACKWARDS. SO YEAH, IF WE GO BACKWARDS. YES, SIR. THERE WE GO ON PAGE 74. HOW MANY BUSINESSES ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX INCENTIVES? IS THAT COMMON? I WOULD SAY SO. TYPICALLY THOSE ARE THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS. I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR THOSE OFFHAND, BUT IN ORDER TO ATTRACT LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, THAT'S TYPICALLY AN INCENTIVE THAT'S OFFERED JUST AS A WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T SEEN ANY OF THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP, SO I'M GLAD IT'S THERE. BUT YES, SIR.

AND ANOTHER COMMENT TO THAT REGARD, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE CHOSE TO

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AND THAT'S STILL GOOD. I KNOW THAT THERE BEEN TIMES WHEN WE DO ASK THAT INFORMATION THERE AT THE TOP. SOMETIMES QUESTIONS LIKE THAT COME UP, AND SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE ASKING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT NOW IT'S IN OUR POLICY. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN JUST ONE MORE QUESTION ON PAGE 71. AND THERE SO A BUSINESS COULD STILL APPLY FOR. SO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANTS THERE. THEY CAN STILL APPLY FOR A PAINT GRANT, A SIGNAGE GRANT A LANDSCAPE GRANT. AND SO THE TOTAL COULD END UP BEING $75,000 OR WHATEVER. IF YOU ADD ALL THAT UP. RIGHT. BUT NOW THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE GRANT. OKAY.

BUT EACH ONE HAS A CAP ON IT. YES. INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST A JUST A GENERAL THOUGHT COMMENT FOR THE COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS ON THE DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANTS, IF THERE WERE A, A KEY PROPERTY AND A STRATEGIC LOCATION AND THERE WAS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESS GOING IN THERE, ARE WE PUTTING ANY LIMITATIONS ON THAT? AND IS THERE ANY WAY THAT IF WE SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME BUSINESS THAT HAD SOME MERIT, THAT WE WANTED TO WAIVE SOME OF THESE RESTRICTIONS TEMPORARILY IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? AND THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT I'M PUTTING OUT THERE. WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT BECAUSE I CAN SEE I DO SOME OUTSIDE CONTRACT WORK. I SEE LARGE BUILDINGS THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS PROBABLY $200,000, AND NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET LARGE BUILDINGS LIKE THAT IN DUNCANVILLE. BUT I CAN SEE THAT SOMEBODY SIGNIFICANT COULD COME INTO TOWN. AND WHETHER THEY KNOCKED DOWN A BUILDING AND BUILT A NEW BUILDING, WHATEVER, SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD EASILY GET UP AND WAY OVER THESE AMOUNTS. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT. SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS WAS TO WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH PRIMARILY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, WITH INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS, IF WE HAD A LARGE CORPORATION OR A DEVELOPER THAT WAS LOOKING TO REDEVELOP AN ENTIRE AREA, A BLOCK, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PARCEL, WE WOULD CREATE A BIGGER INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR THEM RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL. AGAIN, THIS WOULD JUST APPLY TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS WITH THE DESIGN INCENTIVE PROGRAM. BUT THERE'S A WHOLE TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL WITH TAX INCENTIVES AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, FORGIVABLE LOANS THAT ABSOLUTELY, WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO DO BUSINESS HERE. SO WE WOULD WORK THOSE THINGS OUT SEPARATELY VERSUS JUST GOING THROUGH A MORE SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION, IF THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. AND I GUESS, IS THERE ANY WOULD THERE BE ANY

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YES. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. ONE IS A SMALLER BUSINESS, SMALL GRANT. THE OTHER ONE IS AN ECONOMIC PACKAGE THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE. AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DO IN IN THE REVIEWING OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. YES. AND IT COULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR IT JUST WOULDN'T BE AS, AS RESTRICTIVE OR DETAILED JUST ON SMALLER PROJECTS. IT WOULD BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. SO YOU'D LIKE TO SEE LANGUAGE THERE? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THAT SPECIFIES THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGER INVESTORS OR DEVELOPERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING. OR MAYBE I MISSED IT IF THE LANGUAGE ITSELF ALREADY IDENTIFIES THIS AS SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALLER BUSINESS, IS THAT. YES. IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT THE DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANT. YES.

THAT'S JUST ONE SECTION OF THE POLICY THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE ENTIRE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY. WELL, YOU COULD PUT A MINIMUM INVESTMENT THAT THIS IS FOR ANY INVESTMENT.

THIS IS FOR AN INVESTMENT UNDER $1 MILLION. THIS POLICY OR A PROPERTY UNDER $1 MILLION. SO YOU COULD CAP IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING WHAT MISS PEREZ DESCRIBED FOR YOU WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT SOMEWHERE WAY NORTH OF $1 MILLION. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEARING DOWN A BUILDING, BUILDING A NEW BUILDING, COMPLETELY RETROFITTING A LARGE FORMER GROCERY STORE. THOSE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT. SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THESE KINDS OF GRANTS THAT SHE'S BASICALLY PRESENTED TO YOU ARE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT MAKING THE INITIAL INVESTMENT. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY HAS THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. BUT MR. MCBURNETT HAS THIS LIGHT ON. NO, MAYOR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A MOTION. AND SECOND, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN PENNYBAKER TO APPROVE ITEM. THIS IS A. BOBBY. BOBBY, BOBBY. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ITEM FIVE F. ALL

[5.F. Consider Resolution 2025-517 approving the new Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation Policy Statement and Guidelines for community sponsorships.]

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I'LL JUST SAY IT AGAIN, THE BETTER MANAGEMENT, STEWARDSHIP, EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT'S SHOULD MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER. I HOPE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THAT WHY YOUR LIGHT WAS ON? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE F BY COUNCILMAN PENEBAKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. A STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS

[6.A. Parks and Recreation Quarterly Report]

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WE HAD TWO EMPLOYEES IN OUR PARK MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT MAKE SOME PROGRESS THIS PAST QUARTER.

GIOVANNI BELMAN RECEIVED HIS CLASS B CDL LICENSE, AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TEST IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SO VERY PROUD OF HIM. AND THEN JONATHAN DE LEON WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A FAIRLY PRESTIGIOUS TORO MAINTENANCE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN MINNESOTA. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THOSE EFFORTS FOR THOSE GUYS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. FOR PARK MAINTENANCE MEASURABLES. AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING DOWN THE ENTIRE LIST, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE, WE HOSTED OVER 162,000 PARK VISITORS WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM OVER THE QUARTER, AND OVER 237,000 WITHIN OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS. WE ALSO COMPLETED OUR ANNUAL SUMMER COLOR CHANGE WITH 32,000 PLANTS. THAT'S 3200 FLATS, 100 EACH. SO IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THOSE FOLKS DO AND HOW WELL THEY MAKE OUR CITY LOOK ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE TAFF SPORTS MANAGEMENT SCHOOL ACADEMY AND THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE NATIVE PLANT WORKSHOP THAT WAS HELD IN CEDAR HILL. SO WE'RE ALWAYS PUSHING OUR FOLKS TO INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO DO THINGS BETTER, FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO AGAIN, VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF FOR OUR PARK MAINTENANCE CREWS. MOVING TO OUR FROM OUR NEW INNOVATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD OUR OUR SECOND SEASON OF THE SPLASH PAD THIS SUMMER. AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR STAFF. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY. DOWN DAYS THIS SUMMER.

WE DID HAVE A FEW HOURS. WE HAD TO OPEN UP LATE DUE TO MAINTENANCE, BUT WE HAVE NOT LOST ANY DAYS TO DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM. SO THOSE GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THEY CHECKED THE SPLASH PAD TWICE A DAY, TWICE A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND SO THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB JUST FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE. THE SPLASH PAD WILL REMAIN OPEN FULL TIME THROUGH THE END OF, I THINK, THE HOLIDAY, WHICH IS WHAT LABOR DAY. I CAN'T THINK OF THE HOLIDAY, LABOR DAY COMING UP, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO WEEKENDS ONLY, AND AS LONG AS THE WEATHER WILL HOLD, WE'LL KEEP KEEP OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS. LAST YEAR WE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF OCTOBER. SO IF THE WEATHER HOLDS UP AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE'LL DO THE SAME. BUT WE'LL CLOSE DOWN THE SEVEN DAY USE AT THE END OF LABOR. WHEN LABOR DAY COMES AROUND, GO TO WEEKENDS ONLY AND THEN WE'LL REMAIN OPEN AS LONG AS THE WEATHER HOLDS. HOLDS GOOD FOR US. AS REPAIRS TO KINGSVILLE, WE INSTALLED SOME SOME DEDICATION BENCHES THROUGH THE SEE MY LEGACY PROGRAM. AND THEN, AS YOU'RE AWARE, OUR PARK BOARD HAS BEEN MEETING ON SITE BACK IN THE SPRING. THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN THIS FALL AS WELL. BUT WE HAD MEETINGS AT BOTH LIONS AND ROTARY PARK WITH EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE FROM OUR FROM OUR CITIZENS AND GREAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. SO I THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT. AS FAR AS OUR MAJOR PROJECTS, WE WERE AWARDED A GREEN RIBBON PROJECT FOR I-20 BEAUTIFICATION AND WE WERE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE FOR THAT. MR. KOONTZ HAS A QUESTION. YES, THE REPAIRS TO THE KINGSVILLE SURFACING. WAS THAT A LIKE A LIKE A REGULAR MAINTENANCE REPAIR? WAS THAT? NO. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS SOME VANDALISM THAT WAS TO THE POURED IN PLACE RUBBER WHERE THEY PICKED AT IT AND CREATED A HOLE AND IT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. WE EVENTUALLY HAD TO REPAIR IT. SO THAT WAS UNDERNEATH THE LITTLE SPINNER, THE LITTLE EGG SPINNER THAT'S INSIDE THERE. THANK YOU. KEEP A BEAUTIFUL BOARD IS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE. THEY RECOGNIZE OF COURSE, SCOOTER'S COFFEE SHOP. THIS IS COFFEE. COFFEE SHOP IS COFFEE. AND THEN OF COURSE HEATHER'S SPRING CURB APPEAL WINNERS. AND THEN WE HAD THREE RESIDENTIAL NATIVE LANDSCAPE PERMITS ALSO ISSUED OVER THE QUARTER. WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY CLEANUP AT WATER VIEW, AND THEN TYLER AND MISS DILLARD WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TEXAS KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN. AND THEN WE HAVE AN UPCOMING CLEANUP ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, AND THAT'S IS TBD. BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN SET FOR HOLLYWOOD PARK AREA. MOVING TO OUR RECREATION CENTER FOR MAY TO JULY 82ND. NEW MEMBERSHIPS, OVER 5700 VISITS, 41 NEW SILVERSNEAKERS AND RENEW ACTIVE MEMBERS. GREAT JOB ON THE CLASSES, PROGRAMS AND COMING SOON I'LL FOCUS ON WHAT'S COMING. SOON YOU'LL SEE A COOKING CLASS, PAINTING CLASS, GUITAR CLASS AT VOLLEYBALL AND

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AT THAT TIME OF YEAR. IT GETS DARK ENOUGH EARLY ENOUGH, WE CAN HAVE TWO MOVIES, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT'LL BE A BIG HIT WITH THE KIDS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR ANNUAL BOO BASH WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 24TH. MOVING TO OUR SENIOR CENTER, WE HAD OVER 3500 VISITS, 51 NEW AND RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE QUARTER. AGAIN, THERE'S ALL OF OUR EVENTS. THEY HOST REGULAR EVENTS. I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IT'S NOT POSTED THERE, BUT THEY HAD A PROM EVENT AT THE END OF JULY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON CASINO. WONDERFUL EVENT, GREAT ATTENDANCE AND KUDOS TO OUR STAFF FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL FOCUS ON OUR BOND ELECTION PROJECTS. WE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OUR HARRINGTON PARK. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK'S BUDGET MEETING.

BUT THE BASEBALL CONCESSION SLAB HAS BEEN POURED. IT WILL START GOING VERTICAL HOPEFULLY WITHIN A FEW WEEKS. THE SOCCER CONCESSION RESTROOM FACILITY, THE WATER LINE IS CURRENTLY BEING REROUTED AROUND IT. SO AS SOON AS THAT'S COMPLETE, THEN WE'LL START THE SLAB FOR THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS ON SOME HYDROLOGY STUDIES, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BRIDGE DOES NOT AFFECT THE TEN MILE CREEK AS IT CROSSES THERE. SO WE HAVE A MEETING ON THAT FOR THIS THURSDAY. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B QUARTERLY

[6.B. Quarterly Report Duncanville Fieldhouse]

REVENUES OVER EXPENSES. AND OBVIOUSLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSFER IS IN ITS FINAL DAYS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE IN THESE NUMBERS. HERE'S AN ILLUSTRATION THAT SHOWS HOW THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES LINED UP TO EACH OTHER EACH MONTH, AND SHOWS THAT THE EXPENSES HERE OUTPERFORMING, EXCUSE ME, THE REVENUES OUTPERFORMING THE EXPENSES AND TWO OF THE THREE MONTHS, THE QUARTER, WE HOSTED 13 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, TWO CAMPS, LEAGUES AND JIU JITSU TOURNAMENT WITH ONE. THE FEATURED TOURNAMENTS ARE IN BLUE. THIS IS APRIL'S CALENDAR.

GASO AGAIN LEADS THE WAY WITH TWO EVENTS OPEN GYM, PREMIER TEXAS IMPACT, ALL GREAT TOURNAMENTS AND GAVE US A VERY STRONG APRIL, MAY WHERE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE REALLY HOT PART OF OUR CALENDAR. THE KARATE TOURNAMENTS ARE ARE OFF THE CHAIN. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING. I SHOULDN'T SAY KARATE. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, ALL SORTS OF KARATE AND JIU JITSU DO REAL WELL AT THE FIELDHOUSE. AGAIN. ANOTHER GASO IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THAT WAS A LIVE EVENT

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THE MONTH ENDED WITH THE HYPE SPORTS YOUTH TOURNAMENT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND OF MEMORIAL DAY. JUNE, BEING OUR BIGGEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, FEATURES OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM KICKING OFF, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES. TOURNAMENT WAS BY FAR OUR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY RECOGNIZED OUR EFFORTS AND HAVE RENEWED FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE FIELD. SO WE'RE MOVING OUR OUR EFFORTS TO GET THE COLLEGE COACHES TO COME AND SCOUT JUNIOR COLLEGE PLAYERS, AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS THERE. REFLECTION OF WHERE WE ARE TO THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER END OF JUNE REFLECTS THE 223,469 REVENUES OVER EXPENSES FOR THE FOR THE NINE MONTHS. AGAIN, WE REALIZED THAT THAT NUMBER IS PRETTY STRONG NUMBER. AND WE WISH WE LIVED IN THAT WORLD OF 225 PLUS 223 PLUS REVENUES OVER EXPENSES. BUT IT WILL LEVEL OUT AND BE REAL CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET BY THE TIME THE YEAR IS OVER. AND PRIMARILY OUR EXCUSE ME, HERE'S AN ILLUSTRATION THAT SHOWS OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE. THE NINE MONTHS, HOW THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES TRENDED TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE. THE BACKBONE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND WHAT WE DO AT THE FIELDHOUSE OBVIOUSLY IS VERY STRONG WITH TOURNAMENTS ON THE WEEKEND, BUT EQUALLY AS STRONG AS OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS. EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE ALL ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE GUYS ARE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. SEVERAL OF THEM ARE INCREASING THEIR THEIR INVESTMENT AND THEIR IN THEIR EFFORTS TO RUN THEIR PROGRAM, LOOKING FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. WE DON'T HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES LEFT, BUT WE ARE TALKING TO OTHERS TO FILL THE FINAL SPACES THAT WE COULD HOST SOME OTHER PROGRAMS IN OUR IN OUR LINEUP. BUT ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE ALL COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. WE'RE GOING TO HOST EIGHT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, FOUR CAMPS, FIVE LEAGUES AND TWO MMA TOURNAMENTS.

ONE OF THEM, WE JUST HAD, THE ONE THAT WAS BEING WAS ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT WAS THE TIGHT POINT. MY, MY KICKBOXING WAS UNBELIEVABLE CROWD AND JUST HAD A GREAT A GREAT EVENT. JULY HAD A STRONG, VERY STRONG JULY. AGAIN, ANOTHER GASO TO ACTUALLY TWO GASTHAUS IN THE MONTH OF JULY. BOTH OF THEM WERE LIVE PERIODS WITH COLLEGE COACHES. WE ENDED OUR OUR SUMMER WITH OUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT AS FAR AS TEAMS COMING INTO TOWN. THERE'S LIKE OVER 600 TEAMS IN THAT EVENT, PRIME TIME SPORTS AND CLOSED OUT JULY VERY STRONG.

AUGUST IS A VERY TOUGH MONTH. THERE'S OUR POINT MARIE KICKBOXING EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD COVERAGE KIND OF BARE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AS WE SPEAK TODAY, THERE'S FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN SAY THERE'S NO EVENT. THIS WEEKEND, HOWEVER, WE ARE TALKING TO A GROUP THAT MAY PULL THROUGH BY THE TIME THE WEEK IS OVER. BUT AT PRESS TIME, THERE WAS NO EVENT FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEN THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND NEXT WEEKEND IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, STARTING BACK IN SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP ENDING. IT'S JUST A TOUGH TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US, BUT WE DO REBOUND IN SEPTEMBER AND HAVE A VERY, VERY STRONG SEPTEMBER. I'D LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BOSS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EVENT. 48 TEAMS WILL DESCEND NIGHTLY ON THE FIELDHOUSE 18 GAMES A NIGHT OVER FOUR TUESDAY NIGHTS BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT THAT EVENT, IT CREATES A HUGE PARKING PROBLEM. AGAIN, WE WILL PUT OUR OUR CREW OUT AND KIND OF HAVE THE SAME RESULTS THAT WE HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND. VERY ORGANIZED, VERY DELIBERATE OF HOW WE PARK OUR CARS AND KEEP ORDER. BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY IN A SHORT RUN ON A TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. IT'S GAME ON. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

[6.C. Receive the Library Quarterly Report]

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THIS YEAR. WE HAD 173 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS PROVIDED IN JUNE AND JULY. WE HAD OVER 2500 ATTENDEES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES FROM THE SUMMER READING CLUB PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE HAD THE COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AS PART OF OUR KICKOFF EVENT ON MAY 31ST. IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE FRIENDS OF THE DUNCANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE HAVE 112 CANVASES NOW ON DISPLAY. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE MORE CREATED IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE SUPPLIES. YEAH, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THAT AS WELL. VERY EXCITED. IT LOOKS REALLY COOL. COME CHECK IT OUT.

AND FINALLY, AND ALSO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY. IT WAS SPONSORED BY GREG CONTRERAS, MONICA GOODIN AND JOVI SMART SHOP. WE HAD OVER 400 PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE DOORS DURING THE EVENT. WE GAVE AWAY 96 BACKPACKS AND 21 SHOULDER BAGS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND AT OVER 100 MORE PEOPLE, WE ESTIMATE, RECEIVED SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS WELL. IT WAS WE WERE VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT EVENT. AND HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THAT. SO THIS IS OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMING CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, SOME THINGS TO SPOTLIGHT. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE IS HAPPENING SEPTEMBER 5TH AND SIXTH. WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. THEY'RE GOING TO START COMING OUT. SO WE'LL HAVE A PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO START UP. AND THEN ALL OF OUR REGULAR EVENTS, SOME JUST GENERAL LIBRARY UPDATES. WE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO GET ORDERS PLACED BY THE SNS COLLECTION MANAGEMENT TEAM. SO WE ARE STARTING TO GET NEW BOOKS IN. THERE'S A LOT OF KID STUFF COMING IN RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME IN REALLY FAST. WE DO HAVE A PRIVATE STUDY ROOM NOW OPEN FOR RESERVATIONS, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO OFFER THAT THE GAMING SYSTEM LSNS GIFTED IS IN USE FOR PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY TO HAVE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO USE. ANY TIME WE HAVE OUR NOTARY SERVICE BACK, WE COMPLETED OUR MAKERSPACE SURVEY, AND WE ARE WORKING ON REVIEWING THAT DATA, AND WE ARE GOING TO START LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS FOR A STORYWALK. THAT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS AND THEN AN AWP. COMPUTERS AND SOME LSNS DELIVERABLES UPDATES. SUE PRESENTED THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLAN AND LIBRARY POLICIES TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THEY WERE RECOMMENDED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BEFORE YOU ON NOVEMBER 18TH. THE SPACE ASSESSMENT IS ALSO COMPLETE, AND SUE PROVIDED THE CONCEPT PLAN TO CITY MANAGEMENT. AND THAT IS ALL. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE BOOK AND SCHOOLS OR THE BACKPACK AND SCHOOL SUPPLY PROGRAM THAT YOU SO, SO SUCCESSFULLY RAN. IT JUST WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT EVEN THEY HAD BACKUP PLANS TO THE BACKUP PLANS. AND WHEN WE RAN OUT OF BACKPACKS, THEY WENT TO CANVAS BAGS. AND WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF CANVAS BAGS, THEY WENT TO PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH ARE GROCERY STORE BAGS. AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF GROCERY STORE BAGS THEY HAD HIDDEN AWAY SOMEWHERE. BUT IT HELPED FACILITATE EVERYONE. AS MISS GOODIN SAID EARLIER, BEING ABLE TO CARRY THEIR SUPPLIES OUT WHETHER IT'S CRAYONS, SCISSORS, PENCILS AND PADS OF PAPER, IT WAS AMAZING. SO I'M HERE TO ASK, DO YOU NEED MORE PLASTIC BAGS TO RESTOCK? HAVE YOU HAD THEM STOCKED AWAY FOR. FOR SOME REASON WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THEM.

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AND SEEING HOW WE CAN RECONFIGURE THE LIBRARY AND THEN POSSIBLE. WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR LOWER BOOKSHELVES, OR ARE WE STILL WAS THERE A REASON TO KEEP THEM AT THE HEIGHT THAT I KNOW? THAT WAS SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WAS RECEIVED. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY INCLUDED CONSIDERATION. OKAY. YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY RECEIVED. THE INPUT WAS HEARD.

YEAH. WELL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I SPOKE WITH PIZZA IN HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU ON THE NEXT BACK TO SCHOOL AND SPONSORING IT IN ANY WAY. SO THEY'LL PROBABLY BE IN REACH WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH YOU IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. SO PIZZA IN HERE IN DUNCANVILLE IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE LIBRARY ON THE NEXT BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO SAME THING, I GUESS. WHEN ARE WE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT SPACE ASSESSMENT? BECAUSE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGEMENT. WE WILL DEFINITELY GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT AT THAT QUESTION OKAY. YES OKAY. IT'S COMING. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO WHAT'S THE STORY WALK.

SO I BELIEVE THE STORYWALK CONCEPT IS THAT LIKE IF THERE'S LIKE A WALKING TRAIL OR SOMETHING, YOU HAVE LIKE INSTALLATIONS SET UP ALONGSIDE THAT ARE LIKE LITERACY THEMED.

SO MAYBE THERE'S A STORY. AND SO YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH AND THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN STOP AND READ IT, AND THEN YOU KEEP GOING AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING. BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR GRANT FUNDING TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE TO EXPLORE OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE FINISHED OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:12 P.M.

THANK YOU

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.