Sep 02, 2025 City Council

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SUMMER. IN THE SUMMER. YOU KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS WITH AN ALL VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT THING? WE

[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING]

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA. TONIGHT, ITEM FOUR A IS CONSIDERED THE MINUTES FOR FOR SEVERAL OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT MEETING ON JULY 22ND. THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JULY 29TH. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 5TH. THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 12TH. AND THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON AUGUST 14TH. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY CHANGES? OKAY. ITEM B IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATE OF PLAY TOURNAMENT LODGING POLICY TO OVERNIGHT TOURISM. INCREASE HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORTS RELATED EVENTS, AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND AUTHORIZING NECESSARY ACTION TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. OUR PRESENTER ANGEL DEAL IS NOT HERE TONIGHT UNEXPECTEDLY, AND SO STAFF WOULD REQUEST COUNCIL IF WE COULD TABLE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 16TH AND COME BACK IN THE FORM OF A BRIEFING, WOULD BE OUR REQUEST. OKAY. ITEM C IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF DUNCANVILLE APPROVING THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN ATMOS ENERGY AND THE TAX DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2025 RATE REVIEW. THIS IS DEFINITELY A LONG ITEM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, AND RICHARD JACKSON IS ON POINT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM.

A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. YES. YES. ITEM FOUR D IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FY 20 2425 BUDGET BY AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER TO ONE TIME PROJECT FUNDS AND THE APPROPRIATION OF ONE TIME EXPENDITURE FOR A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000.

THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO, PER THE LAST BOND PROGRAM, DOING A FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE BUDGET EXPENDITURE FOR THAT, BUT WE DID RECEIVE A ONE TIME CREDIT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE REQUESTING TO PUT THAT TO A ONE TIME PROJECT FUND SO THAT WE CAN DO THE DO THAT ASSESSMENT, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF HOPEFULLY RECEIVING PROPOSALS HERE PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT RICHARD JACKSON IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT PROCESS. SO DID I READ THAT THIS MONEY WAS FOUND IN SOME. REFUND OR SOME SOME MONEY WE GOT BACK. IT WAS A VENDOR. IT WAS A VENDOR CREDIT THAT CAME BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO AS WE WERE IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE FUNDS. SO IN OUR DISCUSSION SO MYSELF, BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR ODIE AND CHIEF STOGNER, THERE WAS A VENDOR CREDIT THAT CAME BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S OUR WISH TO USE THOSE FUNDS AND ALLOCATE THOSE INTO THE ONE TIME PROJECT FUNDS TO HELP. WE CAN GET. YES, YES, YES. STARS ALIGN. YES. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT OF WIRELESS AND DATA SERVICE FROM AT&T ENTERPRISE, LLC THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCE DIR CONTRACT AND THE AMOUNT OF 375,000 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THIS IS OUR CONTRACT FOR MOVING ALL OF OUR CELL PHONE SERVICES OVER TO AT&T. AND CLAYTON IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM IT. I DON'T SEE HIM ACTUALLY, BUT. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON. ITEM FOUR F CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DANVILLE AND DALLAS COUNTY FOR FIVE, FIVE, ONE YEAR TERMS BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR FY 26 TO PROVIDE HIGHWAY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SERVICES, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 335,500. I BELIEVE THE THIS IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. THIS IS STRICTLY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. THEY DON'T ROUTINELY PATROL, WRITE SPEEDING TICKETS AND DO THAT BUSINESS. OR DO THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS CONTRACT? THEY DO AT TIMES.

BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE CONTRACT THEM JUST FOR THE ACCIDENT. SO WE DON'T PAY THEM TO COME OUT AND WRITE SPEEDING TICKETS OR ANYTHING. OKAY. BUT THEY BUT THEY CAN AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DALLAS, THEY HAVE THAT JURISDICTION, AS YOU WELL KNOW. I HEAR HIM ABOUT 1:00 IN THE MORNING AND JUST BY HOW FAST THE SOUND GOES BY, IT NORMALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THESE CHARGERS OR MUSTANGS OR A MOTORCYCLE. A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S SOME SPEEDERS OUT THERE LATE AT NIGHT AS A DANGEROUS INTERSTATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THE LAST ITEM IS ITEM 40. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND THE DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE EMS SERVICES. AND THE AMOUNT OF $72,131.77 FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

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THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

JUMPED RIGHT INTO ITEM TWO. CITY SECRETARY, CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS WEEK WE HAVE THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION HAS A MEETING ON THE FOURTH AT 6 P.M. THE FRIENDS, AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY BOOK SALE IS THE FIFTH AND SIXTH AT THE LIBRARY. AND ON MONDAY THE EIGHTH, WE HAVE DC SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND ALSO A PNC MEETING AND A PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING, ALL ON THE EIGHTH. ON THE NINTH THERE'S OUR SPECIAL CALLED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORKSHOP. IT'S AT 4 P.M. HERE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, AND HUTCHINS CITY HALL IS HAVING THEIR RIBBON CUTTING. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN LET THEM KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US. AND THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH AT THE EVENT HALL. AND IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I WILL ADD YOU TO THAT. THE CITY DOES HAVE TABLES FOR THAT, AND THE BEST SOFTWARE IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EVENT IS ON THE 13TH, AND THAT'S AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER. WE HAVE KEITH DUNCANVILLE ON THE 15TH, THEIR BOARD MEETINGS ON THE 15TH AND ON THE 19TH IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISPANIC NETWORK MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, WHICH IS 9 TO 4 AT THE HILTON GARDEN END. AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT THINGS FOR THAT. AND ALSO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE KICKOFF EVENT, WHICH IS AT MAIN STATION, AND THAT'S THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND HISPANIC HERITAGE FEST IS THE 20TH AT ARMSTRONG PARK. WE ALSO HAVE A DC EDC MEETING ON, ON ON THE 22ND. COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON THE 25TH. THE 26TH IS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPRECIATION EVENT AT SHAYLA BISTRO. AND WE HAVE A CONCERT IN THE PARK WITH MEMPHIS SOUL ON THE 27TH AND A SPECIAL CALLED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. AND PARDON ME, DID I MISS THE 21ST? YES, THE 21ST IS THAT JAZZ PERFORMANCE AT THAT'S THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THAT'S AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THANK YOU. COME UP WITH A FINALIZED DATE FOR THE THIRD ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. NO, WE HAVE NOT. SEE, THIS IS KIND OF FULL, SO WE NEED. HAVE WE? CONSIDERED FOR. YEAH. YEAH, BUT WE'LL NOT YET NEXT WEEK IS FULL. SO THE OTHER ONE WE HAVE IS THE 18TH IS AVAILABLE. AND IT'S LIKE OKAY. OR THE 15TH. THE 15TH OR THE 18TH. AND I'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT. SO IT'S GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK YOUR CALENDARS. AND I'D STILL LIKE TO ADD YOUNGSVILLE SHOULD BE HAVING THE METHODIST CHURCH IS HOSTING HECTOR GUZMAN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT EITHER 4 OR 4:30 P.M. HE'S WOULD BE DOING A RECITAL. HE'S A RENOWNED MUSICIAN. WHAT DAY WAS IT? SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 430. IT'S EITHER AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. METHODIST CHURCH. OKAY. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. I WOULD THINK. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. THANK YOU.

MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. ITEM THREE A RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. MISTER CHIEF ARENA. GOOD EVENING.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. ITEM THREE B RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON RENEWING A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AXON. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, COUNCIL. MAYOR. CITY MANAGERS. I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU ALL TODAY ON THE RENEWAL OF OUR CONTRACT WITH AXON. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE USE AXON AS A PLATFORM FOR OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS AND OUR IN-CAR CAMERAS.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS WITH EXXON. WE SIGNED ONE AND 2022. THAT'S SET TO EXPIRE IN 2027 AND THE OTHER 1 IN 2023. THAT'S SET TO EXPIRE IN 2028. THOSE ARE FOR OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS AND OUR IN-CAR CAMERAS. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE WANT TO RENEW EARLY. AND WHEN WE RENEW EARLY, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO COMBINE THOSE, CONSOLIDATE THOSE CONTRACTS INTO ONE, AND ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO UPDATED RESOURCES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO USE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS FOR CRIME FIGHTING AND SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY WITH COMMUNITY PROTECTION. SO EARLY RENEWAL, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PAID UP WITH THE CONTRACTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE A $320,000 CREDIT WITH AXON, SO THAT CREDIT IS GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THE FY 2026 BUDGET. SO THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO THE 2026 BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

BUNDLING THE CONTRACTS IS ALSO GOING TO GIVE US A TOTAL COST SAVINGS OF $1.1 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP UP THERE WHERE IT SAYS PROGRAM LENGTH, IT SAYS FIVE YEARS. IF YOU SLIDE DOWN THERE TO WHERE IT SAYS BILLING SCHEDULE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT FIRST YEAR IS ZEROED OUT AND THE PAYMENTS PICK UP THAT SECOND YEAR, WHICH WILL BE IN 2027. SO I ALSO HAVE IT ON HERE FOR YOU TO SEE SAVINGS OVERVIEW. SO YOU HAVE WE'LL BE SAVING $235,000 A YEAR DURING THIS CONTRACT, WHICH WILL TOTAL THAT $1.1 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. AND IF YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I YIELD MY TIME. SO SO THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN. THERE IS NO THERE WON'T BE ANY ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION, NO ADJUSTMENT FOR ANYTHING. PRICING AT THE 370. THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN AT THAT. THREE 4340. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM THREE SIX. RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE PILOT PROGRAM WITH

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THERE'S AREA TWO AND THAT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN JUNE. IN AREA THREE. SAME TREND IS DUE JUNE. THAT DOWN. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, WE SENT OUT A SURVEY TO THOSE RESIDENTS AND ASKED THEM TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON HOW THAT ROLLOUT PROGRAM, HOW THEY WOULD RATE THE COMMUNICATION. AND YOU CAN SEE CLOSE TO 90, CLOSE TO 90% THAT WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED ON THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND THE CLARITY OF THE CARD PLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS. I THINK WE DID A THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FAIRLY DECENT JOB WITH THE COMMUNICATION AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. ARE THEY SATISFIED WITH THE CARD SIZE AGAIN? THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CARD SIZE, WHETHER IT BE 65 OR 95 GALLON CARTS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS SATISFIED WITH THE 95 GALLON. LET ME STOP YOU ON THAT ONE. SURE, BUT WOULD CUSTOMERS STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER? YES. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT ONE MANDATED THAT THE WHOLE CITY'S GOT TO GO. 95. SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT THE 65 CAN GET THOSE. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND DID THEY FIND THE CARDS EASY TO USE? AGAIN, A HIGH PERCENTAGE THERE. OVER 90 THAT WAS VERY SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WITH THAT. EASILY ABLE TO ROLL THE CARD TO AND FROM THE CURB OR THE ALLEY. FAVORABLE SCORES THERE AS WELL.

I THINK THERE WAS A FEW CONCERNS. AND AGAIN, THESE WERE PUT IN AREAS THAT HAD CONCERNS ON THE THE INCLINE AND HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK, BUT OVERALL PRETTY GOOD FEEDBACK. SO THESE WERE PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING AREAS IS WHERE WE DID THE TRIALS AT. SO THIS IS ALL THREE AREAS COMBINED. THESE NUMBERS. YES SIR. OKAY. AND I GUESS I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE DATA FOR EACH AREA. NO I DID BROKEN OUT LIKE THAT. JUST THE COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE. AND AGAIN IF WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION I'M SORRY. OH I'M SORRY. HOW MANY. BECAUSE I SEE THE HUNDRED AND 22 ANSWERS ON THIS ONE. 74 ANSWERED. HOW MANY CARTS WERE OUT TOTAL? DO WE KNOW? THERE'S TWO PER TWO PER HOME. AND WE GO BACK ROUGHLY 303, 360, ROUGHLY RIGHT AROUND 360 CARTS, 360 HOMES, DOUBLE THAT 722 CARTS PER HOME. OKAY. SO 720 HOMES AND NO, 727 20 CARDS. SO 300 CORRECT HOMES. OKAY, SO ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS. AND THEN RIGHT HERE WE HAVE ANSWERED 74. CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO. REMEMBER THE EASILY ABLE TO STORE THE CART WHEN IT WAS OUT OF THE CURB FOR THE COLLECTION. AGAIN, FAVORABLE SCORES THERE AS WELL. THE SIZE OF THE CART, WHICH IS TWO AND A HALF BY TWO AND A HALF. AND JUST LET ME INTERJECT THAT, BECAUSE THIS WAY, GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. OKAY. NOT BAD, BUT THE THE WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, NO MATTER WHERE WE GO OR WHO WE GO WITH, WE'LL HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE WANT CARTS TO BE OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM FOR OTHER CITIES. SOME. SOME DO CARE, SOME DON'T CARE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT DO WE CARE ENOUGH THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIND LOCATIONS WHERE THE CARTS AREN'T VISIBLE FROM THE STREET SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'LL THROW OUT THERE. OKAY. OKAY. AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CART, ROLL UP, ROLL OUT. PILOT. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSES? AGAIN, A MAJORITY IS NOT APPLICABLE. MORE THAN HALF OF THAT. SO I THINK THE ONES THAT DID HAVE QUESTIONS, WE WERE ADDRESSING THOSE. I THINK THERE WAS A HANDFUL THAT WENT THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, WAS THE OVERALL SATISFACTION LEVEL

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GO AHEAD. COULD YOU GO BACK TO LAST SLIDE. SO THAT'S FOR THE RECYCLE CARD. YES. WAS THERE ONE FOR JUST A REGULAR TRASH. OKAY. THAT ONE. THANK YOU. ALMOST LIKE ALMOST AN EVEN SPLIT. ALMOST. ALMOST. THAT WAS FOR ONE. FOR TRASH. YES. THE ONE THEY DID. ALL RIGHT. SO, LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES OF HOW FULL THE BINS ARE, AND THEN THE POUNDAGE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE A WEEK WOULD HANDLE THAT WEIGHT. AS FAR AS THE CORRECT BY WHAT WE SEE, BECAUSE ON AVERAGE, THOSE CARDS CAN HOLD UP TO A 250 POUNDS ON MAX CAPACITY THAT THEY CAN HOLD THAT. AND AGAIN, THERE'S THERE'S TIPPERS ON THE BACK. SO THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SERVICE THAT WITHOUT BREAKING THEIR BAG TRYING TO. AGAIN, LOOKING AT JUST THE DATA OF THOSE THREE PILOT AREAS. AND IT'S TYPICAL FOR THE POUNDAGE THAT WE HAD PER HOME IS TYPICAL ACROSS THE METROPLEX. GOING OVER OUR CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATE IS SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR AGAIN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT MANUAL COLLECTION BAGS TWICE A WEEK AND RECYCLING ONCE PER WEEK, 18 GALLONS AND THEN 20YD■!T TEN CUBIC YARDS TWICE A MONTH. SO 20 TOTAL AND THEN DOOR SIDE SERVICE FOR QUALIFIED RESIDENTS, WHICH THE CITY COMMUNICATES THAT AS FAR AS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE ON DOOR SIDE SERVICE. AND AGAIN, WERE THERE ANY IN THE SURVEY THAT WERE PART OF THE DOOR SIDE SERVICE? THERE WAS. YES. IS THERE A APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE? I THINK IT WAS LESS THAN 10 OR 15% TOPS. AND AGAIN. WHEN WE GO INTO A NEW CONTRACT, MANUAL BAG COLLECTION WILL NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH. IT WILL BE GREEN CARDS ON YOUR SECOND LAST BULLET POINT. AT WHAT POINT DURING CONVERSATIONS DO WE ACTUALLY START TO HEAR NUMBERS THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR CITIZENS IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS FOR ONE TIME A WEEK? PICKUPS? I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WE PUT THOSE THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER. AS FAR AS A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHAT THAT COST WILL BE. AND FOR ONE TIME A WEEK OR AGAIN, BULK. OKAY. WHAT'S THE DESIRE. AT SOME POINT WE WILL GET TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S ALSO ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT IF WE WENT TO RENEGOTIATE REPUBLIC, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THOSE PRICES AND THOSE OPTIONS AND GET THAT FINALIZED AND BRING BACK IF WE WENT THAT DIRECTION. AGAIN, THE BENEFITS OF THE CARD CONVERSION FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS PRETTY POSITIVE. AGAIN, I THINK UNIFORM APPEARANCE AND IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGAIN, REMOVE REDUCING THE MANUAL LIFTING AND AGAIN KEEPING IT CLEAN AND TRASH FROM BLOWING AROUND AND LOOKING ON CARDS BECAUSE OF OUR STREETS THAT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CARS PARKED ON THE STREET, THAT WOULD STILL BE TWO MEN ON A TRUCK. DRIVER AND A HELPER. YES, BECAUSE EVEN THE SMALLEST AUTOMATED TRUCK ON ALLEY SERVICE DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING THROUGH THERE IN SOME OF THE SECTIONS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER SECTIONS WHERE IT CAN BE FULLY AUTOMATED. OKAY. AND THERE IS THERE NOT. I MEAN, VISUALLY, THEY'RE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. AND ACTUALLY THE OTHER I THINK THE OTHER ONE

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SO THAT WAS THE BRIEFING FROM A PUBLIC. AND SO REALLY, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS REAL QUICKLY TAKE US THROUGH SOME KIND OF NEXT STEPS WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO OBVIOUSLY IN JULY, 19TH JULY OF 2019, THE CITY EXECUTED A SEVEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES.

IN JANUARY 2025, I BELIEVE COUNCIL WAS BRIEFED ON REPUBLIC SERVICES PLANS TO START TRANSITIONING TO ROLL CARTS IN GENERAL ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO AS AS MR. BILL JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE DID THAT PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE OF 2025. AND THEN IN JULY, WE HELD OUR FINAL TOWN HALL MEETING WITH PILOT PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN THEY DID THEIR SURVEY IN JULY. AND YOU'VE HEARD THE RESULTS. AND SO NOW WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TO BRIEF YOU ON THE, THE, THE PROGRAM RESULTS, WHICH WE JUST DID AND ALSO RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS. AND SO THIS JUST AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MR. HEMPEL DID TALK ABOUT IN HIS PRESENTATION. JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR SERVICE. YOU KNOW THE TWO TIMES PER WEEK IN BAGS, ONCE PER WEEK IN THE 18 GALLON RECYCLING, WE HAVE THE TWO TIMES PER MONTH BRUSH AND BULK. AND THEN WE DO HAVE THAT DOOR SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT NEED THAT HAVE MOBILITY, DISABLED RESIDENTS, ETC. AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS SHOW YOU ALL JUST KIND OF A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE STAND COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND BEST SOUTHWEST. AND KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE BASED OFF 2425 BUDGETED RATES. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE SALES TAX BECAUSE ALL YOUR SANITATION FEES ARE SUBJECT TO SALES TAX. AND THESE ARE THEIR FULLY LOADED COSTS.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY THEIR COST TO WHOEVER THEIR PROVIDER IS, IT'S ALSO THEIR OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AS WELL. SO IF YOU SEE THAT WE ARE WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE AREA COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. DALLAS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT DALLAS HAS ABOUT 120,000 PLUS RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS. I THINK WE'RE JUST SHY OF ABOUT 12,000, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO IT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT. AND MOST OF THESE CITIES ARE CARTS YOU CAN SEE. AND THEN OUR RATE TO REPUBLIC IS ACTUALLY $22.11. SO FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, OUR OUR TOTAL SANITATION BUDGET IS ABOUT $4.8 MILLION, ABOUT 3 MILLION OF THAT. IT PAYS FOR THE CONTRACT ANNUALLY FOR REPUBLIC. THE REST IS A MIXTURE OF OVERHEAD FOR SOME OF OUR ABOUT 325,000 FOR OUR OUR SANITATION STAFF AND OUR LITTER ABATEMENT CREWS. AND WE SPENT ABOUT $974,000 A YEAR ON OUR LANDFILL CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL CONTRACT. WE DO GET ABOUT $300,000 IN REVENUE TO HELP OFFSET IT, BUT IT STILL IS AN

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AND WE CAN ALSO DETERMINE IF WE WANT TO DO ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK. AND THEN ALSO KIND OF IS IS HE MENTIONED WHAT'S THAT TRANSITION TIME TO GO FROM FROM BAGS TO CARTS. BECAUSE AS HE SAID, IF WE DO A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THEM, IF WE DO A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT EXAMPLE, AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO CARTS. I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS. OPTION TWO IS WE COULD JUST GO COMPETITIVELY BID THE WHAT SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT THE MARKET BRINGS BACK. AND I THINK IF WE DO THAT OPTION, WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS CARTS ONCE A WEEK, CARTS TWICE A WEEK, AND WE CAN EVEN SEE, HEY, IS IS TAKE ALL EVEN SOMETHING STILL AVAILABLE. WE CAN JUST LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND I YOU KNOW, LOOKING LOOKING AT THE LOOKING AT THESE OPTIONS. I THINK STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND OPTION TWO. WE'VE SHARED THIS A REPUBLICAN WE REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM. BUT I THINK JUST WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COST AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS TRANSITION, I THINK GOING OUT TO BID WOULD BE THE BEST ADVANTAGE FOR THE CITY TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MARKET COMPETITION. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND ABOUT $3 MILLION A YEAR ON, ON, ON THAT SERVICE, IT WOULD ALSO MAYBE BE BEST TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS, SOMEBODY WHO HAS INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE TO MAKE SURE WE PACKAGE THE BEST BID. I'VE USED THESE SERVICES IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY'VE WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. IT RANGES BETWEEN 25 TO $30,000. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH $3 MILLION ANNUAL COST, IT'S IT'S WORTH THAT PEACE OF MIND. BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR OPTION. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION. WE'D GO TO OPTION TWO AND TRY TO GO OUT TO COMPETITIVELY BID. BUT IF WE DID DO THAT IN COUNCIL DOES FEEL COMFORTABLE, WE'D HAVE TO START MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT A YEAR TO TRANSITION. IF WE WENT THAT ROUTE, IF FOR SOME REASON IT WAS A DIFFERENT COMPANY, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TRANSITION. BUT WE THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE CITY AND THE BEST, THE BEST PATH FORWARD. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MR. COMBS. SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO ARE THERE ANY COSTS OR RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSITIONING TO A NEW PROVIDER? THERE COULD BE SOME COST IN THE IN THE ASPECT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO TO CARTS, BUT YOU KNOW THE TRANSITION. BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE EITHER WAY. BUT THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY REAL SPECIFIC UPFRONT COSTS PER SE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST REALLY MORE THE COST OF TRANSITIONING AND MAKING SURE YOU DO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND IN THAT CASE, I WOULD SAY THAT PUTTING OUT TO BID IS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BAD IDEA. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER A BAD IDEA. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF WHAT THEY DO THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND WE WON'T TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT THERE'S A BRUSH PICKUP. AND HOW IS THAT MANAGED? HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE RESPONSES WE'VE GOTTEN UNDER REPUBLIC? AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING ALL THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE. WHAT TIME CAN YOU PUT THEM OUT? WHAT TIME DO THEY HAVE TO BE BACK IN? THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT WHO WE WANT TO GO WITH AND WHAT THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE FAR IN ADVANCE OF MAKING A FINAL DECISION, I BELIEVE. I LIKE THE OPTION OF GOING OUT FOR SOMETHING ON REPUBLIC END. YOU'VE BEEN GREAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS

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ANYTHING ELSE, MR. KOONTZ? SO WHENEVER WE PUT SOMETHING OUT TO BID, YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE A SCOPE OF SERVICES, RIGHT. SO IS THIS SCOPE OF SERVICES. IF YOU PUT IT OUT TO BID, IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH BAGS, OR WOULD IT BE BASED ON LOOKING AT CARDS? I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO DO ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE WANT TO DO CARTS ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK TO GET PRICING FOR BOTH. I THINK WE'D ALSO WANT TO DO FOR TAKE ALL. IF THERE'S COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT STILL PROVIDE TAKE ALL. I THINK YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS AND ALL THE PRICING OPTIONS, AND I, I DO APOLOGIZE, YOU ASKED ABOUT COST EARLIER. IF WE DID HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US, THERE WOULD BE A COST TO THAT, SO I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO MENTION THAT EARLIER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I THINK WE GIVE THEM A MENU OF OPTIONS TO BID ON, I THINK, AND SEE WHAT YOU GET BACK, AND THEN YOU CAN REALLY COMPARE MR. PENNYBAKER RIGHT NOW WITH REPUBLIC. THEY HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS ON THE DUMPSTER DROP OFFS, RIGHT? THEY DO RIGHT NOW IN THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT THAT COMES INTO PLAY WITH THIS AS WELL. YES, THAT WOULD BE OUT TO BID TOO. IF WE WENT OUT TO BID, YOU'D WANT TO BID BOTH OUT TO GET THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE RIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH OPTION TWO. I THINK WE OUGHT TO STILL BID BAGS. WHETHER THAT'S ONCE OR TWICE. AND IT'S, AS MR. ABERNATHY MENTIONED, ONCE, ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, HOWEVER, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FULL THING BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE A TOWN HALL, ALL THAT STUFF. I DO WANT TO ALSO SAY I APPRECIATE REPUBLIC AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US AS WELL AND STUFF, BUT BUT I THINK WE HAVE IT ALL THERE AND WE HAVE THE TOWN HALL. IT'S TIME TO THROW OUT ALL EVERY OPTION POSSIBLE. SURE ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THREE.

RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. CHANGES TO AUTO REPAIR SHOPS, GARAGE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK RAUSCHER, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO TODAY WE'VE GOT A KIND OF A JOINT PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 90 DAYS AT LEAST. AND I KNOW THIS ISSUE GOES BACK EVEN FURTHER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? A FEW OF US HERE HAVE BEEN HERE ONLY ONLY ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS. AND THE AUTO REPAIR BUSINESSES HAS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT. YOU KNOW, JUST JUST KIND OF THE OPERATION OF THEM, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SET UP, YOU KNOW, THE THE LACK OF SCREENING AND CONTROL MEASURES AND SO FORTH.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S IN THE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF HOPEFULLY GETTING ADOPTED. AND THEN THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD INTO A TOTAL REWRITE OF OUR ZONING CODE. AND IDEALLY YOU WOULD YOU WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE

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THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH SAFETY AND ALSO MAINTAIN COMMUNITY STANDARDS. NOW THE KEY CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE LICENSING RECORDS. SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE AUDIT PART OF IT. SO THERE WILL BE NO ROUTINE AUDITS. NOW WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR THE RECORDS TO BE KEPT FOR ONE YEAR AND ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO BE PROVIDED TO US UPON THE CITY REQUEST. ALSO FOR CUSTOMER NOTICE, WE WILL BE ASKING THEM TO POST A CUSTOMER WRITES SIGN AT THE BUSINESS VISIBLE. SO THAT WAY ALL THE CUSTOMERS, ANYBODY THAT'S GOING INTO THEIR INTO THEIR BUSINESS UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS WHEN THEY'RE THERE.

ALSO, WE ADDED, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT A IS THAT A STATE ISSUED DOCUMENT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. JUNK VEHICLE AND STORAGE CONTROL SOMETHING NEW WHICH WILL LIMIT OUTDOOR INOPERABLE VEHICLES. THEY HAVE TO BE SCREENED OR ENCLOSED. AND ALSO AFTER 30 DAYS, THERE WOULD BE A JUNK VEHICLE AT THAT TIME TO CLARIFIED EXEMPTIONS WILL BE FLUID ONLY BUSINESSES AND ALSO FLEET OPERATION BUSINESSES WILL REMAIN EXEMPT FROM FROM THIS.

THE ENFORCEMENT STREAMLINE WILL BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN VISIBLE VIOLATIONS ONLY CITATIONS AND ALSO UP TO ABATEMENT OF THOSE VIOLATIONS. THE BENEFITS WILL BE IT WILL TARGET REAL PROBLEMS LIKE JUNK VEHICLES AND PUBLIC VIEW ISSUES. ALSO EASES STAFF WORKLOAD. I KNOW THAT WAS A PROBLEM BEFORE. REDUCES BURDEN ON COMPLIANCE COMPLIANT BUSINESSES, AND ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER PEER CITIES. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST ONE. OR NEXT ONE.

WILL BE SALVAGE AND RECLAMATION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE IS TO REGULATE SALVAGE AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITY, PREVENT UNCONTROLLED VEHICLE AND SCRAP STORAGE. ALSO TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ZONING INTEGRITY, REDUCE STAFF WORKLOAD FROM ROUTINE AUDITS.

SO AGAIN, KIND OF KEEPING AWAY FROM FROM THE AUDITS THAT WE WERE HAVING ISSUES BEFORE, SOME OF THE THE KEY REVISIONS ON THAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION ONLY, WHICH IS BASICALLY SIMPLIFY AND FAST TRACK APPROVAL TIED TO ZONING COMPLIANCE, ZONING PROTECTIONS.

WE WILL BE LOOKING TO HAVE NO FACILITIES WITHIN 500FT OF RESIDENTIAL OR MULTI-UNIT ZONES.

VEHICLE STORAGE LIMITS. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A MAX OF FOR INOPERABLE VEHICLES OUTSIDE, WITH A 15 DAY MAX IN PUBLIC VIEW. OKAY, ADDING TO THAT, ALL VEHICLES AND PARTS WILL BE MUST BE SCREENED OR ENCLOSED FROM VIEW. PROHIBITED PRACTICES WILL BE NO OPEN SCRAP, STORAGE OR UNREGISTERED OPERATIONS. RECORD KEEPING KIND OF KEEPING THE SAME WITH THE OTHER ORDINANCES.

WE'LL KEEP THEM FOR FOR ONE YEAR, AND ALSO AGAIN TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY UPON UPON REQUEST, SIMPLIFIED THE ENFORCEMENT. SAME THING IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED VIA NOTICES, FINES, ABATEMENTS. AND ALSO WE WOULD WE COULD REVOKE THE REGISTRATION AS WELL.

BENEFITS. WE'LL GO BACK TO REAL QUICK VEHICLE STORAGE LIMITS. YES. GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO DO CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT THIS IS VERY DEMANDING ON WHOEVER'S MANAGING THIS AND WHATEVER INDIVIDUAL INSPECTORS. THIS IS VERY TIME CONSUMING TO MONITOR

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WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR JUNK VEHICLES, INOPERABLE VEHICLES THAT ARE WRECKED, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED ON, THAT ARE SITTING OUTSIDE, THAT ARE HAVE FLAT TIRES, THINGS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR WHENEVER WE DO THOSE KIND OF AUDITS.

OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO FIND WHEN YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THEY'RE SCRAPPING CARS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL, BUT THEY'RE TAKING PARTS OFF CARS AND SELLING THEM OR USING THEM ON OTHER VEHICLES. THEY'RE BUILDING BACK. A LOT OF THAT GOES ON, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE WHOEVER WAS GETTING REPAIRED NEVER PAID FOR IT. AND IT'S A REAL BURDEN ON THE REPAIR SHOP TO GO TO AUSTIN AND DO THE PAPERWORK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN STREAMLINED, BUT IT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK TO GO THERE AND TAKE OVER. TITLE BASED ON A AN OLD BILL THAT YOU HAVE WHERE NOBODY CAME BACK AND PICKED UP THE CAR. IN MOST CASES, THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S HARDLY WORTH THE EFFORT.

THEY'D RATHER JUST STORE IT AND SCRAP IT THAN TO GO TO AUSTIN ON EVERY CAR THAT THEY HAVE THAT FALLS UNDER THAT. THAT RULE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP AND SELL THE VEHICLE. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE AUDITS ARE SOMETHING WE COULD CONTRACT OUT. ALSO. IT IS IT IS IT WOULD BE SOMETHING UP TO COUNCIL THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO. YES, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. PARKING UNIMPROVED SERVICES. THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY SIMPLE. THE PURPOSE

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THIS IS GOING TO APPLY TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS, ALL VEHICLES, AND THE BENEFIT TO ALL OF THIS IS CLEAR. VISIBLE ENFORCEMENT CRITERIA. SUPPORTS NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY AND DRAINAGE PROTECTION.

NO ONGOING AUDITS OR COMPLEX ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. SO ON THIS SLIDE, IT DOESN'T HAVE A KEY REVISIONS POINT BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY IN OUR CURRENT ONE.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT. NO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MORE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NUMBER ONE. YES ENFORCEMENT IS PART OF IT. BUT REALLY HAVING IT MORE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING CURRENTLY FOR THEM. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ADDING ALSO ADDING DISTRICTS TO IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN ALSO ALL VEHICLES. SO THAT WAY IT COVERS COVERS EVERYTHING. SO THAT WILL MAKE IT AS PART OF THE AUTO ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE KIND OF UPDATING OR TRYING TO BRING FORWARD. AND THEN FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LARGE LOT ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S NOT REQUIRED. RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO WOULD IT APPLY TO THOSE? IT WOULD APPLY TO TO ALL TO EVERYTHING BASICALLY. NOT A SMALL LOT. SO IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO ME. BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE ACRES AND THERE'S A DIRT DRIVEWAY, YOU KNOW, UP AROUND THE HOUSE. SO SO WOULD THAT BE PART OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION? YEAH. AND PART PART OF WHAT THIS DOES IS, IS IT HELPS US TO DEVELOP MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, WHICH WHICH WE REALLY DON'T HAVE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CERTAIN ITEMS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO EVEN DEVELOP.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET BEGIN THAT PROCESS HERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS ZONING REWRITE ON, ON THE AUTO REPAIR. BUT YES, ONCE WE DO THE FULL ZONING REWRITE, IT'LL CAPTURE ALL THOSE OTHER, OTHER ASPECTS, SOME OF IT'S ZONING. YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION, UNIMPROVED SURFACE. DO YOU JUST MAKE THAT INAPPROPRIATE AND ILLEGAL WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOME FORM 3 OR 4? OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE COMMERCIAL PART. THAT'S NOT 100% AGREE WITH WITH THAT. BUT YEAH, I JUST SAW ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. SO JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RACING THE STANDARDS. SO THIS WILL BE FOR WE WILL BE MOVING BEYOND GRANDFATHERING AND MINIMUM COMPLIANCE. THE PURPOSE IS TO FACE OUR GRANDFATHER CLAUSE PROTECTIONS FOR SUBSTANDARD SITES REQUIRE ALL AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS TO MEET MINIMUM CODE AND OR ORDINANCE STANDARDS. THE KEY ELEMENTS TO THIS WILL BE PROPER SCREENING LIKE FENCES, LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING IN CLOSE REPAIR AND STORAGE AREAS, CLEAN PAVED AND STRIPED PARKING SURFACES, COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND SIGNAGE CODES.

THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY ON THIS WILL BE TO ELEVATE VISUAL QUALITY OF CORRIDORS. ALSO CREATE FAIRNESS AMONG BUSINESSES, PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES AND ATTRACT REINVESTMENT.

ALSO PROMOTE SAFE, SUSTAINABLE AND COMMUNITY FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL AREAS. UNDER PROPER SCREENING FENCES. WILL THERE BE SPECIFIC FENCES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED AND BY CHAIN LINK FENCE IT REALLY DOESN'T. YOU STILL SEE IT, IT'S STILL VISIBLE. SO WE HAVE SPECIFICATIONS AS IT RELATES TO SCREENING. HI, HI. SO YES AND NO. CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT KEEPS GATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THEM BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEM. BUT PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A MINIMUM STANDARD. AND SO WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARD, THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF WE EVEN WANT TO ALLOW THAT ON OUR MAIN ROADS IN SPECIFIC. AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE

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SO WE ADOPTED AN AMATEURIZATION PROGRAM FOR WHAT I WOULD CALL ACCESSORY COMPLIANCE PUTTING UP A FENCE, PUTTING UP LANDSCAPING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS VERSUS GETTING RID OF THE USE ALTOGETHER. YEAH. AND IF THEY USED, THE QUICKER IT IS BROUGHT INTO NONCONFORMITY OR ITS ESTABLISHED NONCONFORMITY THAT STARTS YOUR AMATEURIZATION PERIOD. HOWEVER, THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE DOWN IN AUSTIN HAVE ONCE AGAIN TIED YOUR HANDS. SO THE ONCE WE DETERMINED THAT THAT USE IS NOW OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THAT'S WHEN THE TIME BEGINS TO RUN. SO IT'S PUSHED THOSE DATES OUT FURTHER. THEY DID THAT. NOT THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE ONE BEFORE IT. SO THERE'S JUST JUST A COMMENT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NEW. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE. MAYBE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO DO SOONER THAN LATER, BECAUSE IT COULD BE 1 TO 10 YEARS BEFORE WE SEE ANY CHANGES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT NOTHING WAS EVER OFFERED IN TERMS OF A PROGRAM TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. RIGHT? SO, CORRECT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS SOONER THAN LATER. WE HAVE A 15 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND SOME OF THIS COULD TAKE 1 TO 10 YEARS IF IT WORKS OR LONGER. AND THERE ARE SOME ZONING DISTRICTS, RIGHT, THAT THE VISION FOR THOSE DISTRICTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE REALIZED UNTIL THOSE USES SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED. AND I DON'T WANT TO EXTEND THE CONVERSATION TO AN UNREASONABLE TIME, BUT. EACH ONE OF THESE BUSINESS OWNERS HAS THE RIGHT TO SELL THAT BUSINESS AS AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP TOMORROW, AND WE CAN'T STOP THEM FROM DOING THE ATTACKING OF OF TIME. SO IF YOU ADOPTED A TEN YEAR AMATEURIZATION, THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE SELLS SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T START OVER AGAIN.

AND ANOTHER THING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT ALREADY ALLOWS FOR AMORTIZATION WITH NON-CONFORMING USES ALREADY. IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN IN, UNLIKE A LOT OF CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE IT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING, BECAUSE IT WILL LEAVE IT UP TO COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO DO CASE BY CASE OR JUST TO DECIDE, OR EVEN A GROUPING TO DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BASED OFF OF THEM NOT MEETING AND GETTING THEM TO THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO ANYWAY. SO. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THAT THAT AREA I WAS LOOKING AT TODAY, THERE'S AT LEAST TEN PROPERTIES THERE. THEY'RE PROBABLY OUT OF CODE RIGHT NOW ANYWAY, LET ALONE HAVING HUNDREDS OF CARS ON THEM. A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF MAN HOURS AND AND. PEOPLE HOURS AND FOLLOW UP TIME. WHEN YOU TRY TO CLEAN THESE THINGS UP, IT'S IT'S OVERWHELMING, MR. COOTE SAID. FULL SPEED AHEAD. I THINK TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE LOTS WITH MULTIPLE CARS AND THINGS ON THERE. I THINK IN USING THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR, IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU HAVE TO BE ON A, A SURFACE, A SURFACE. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TAKE OFF SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT. MOST OF THEM ARE JUST PUSHED BACK ONTO DIRT. LOTS IN THE BACK. THAT'S CORRECT. CAN YOU GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE LATER WE'LL TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK. SO I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT CODE. SO WHEN DO WE GET POLICE IN HERE TO TALK ABOUT ON STREET PARKING AND PARKING IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. BECAUSE THAT'S I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU ALL DEAL WITH. RIGHT. AND SO BUT THIS IS ALSO CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES, THE SAME BUSINESS. I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THIS OVERALL NEED FOR ALL OF THIS TO BE DONE, AND NOT THAT WE PACKAGE IT TOGETHER, BUT WE PACKAGE THE CONCEPT TOGETHER OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET OUR STREETS CLEANED UP, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON THE POLICE SIDE, AND OUR OUR PRIVATE LOTS CLEANED UP. IT'S GOING TO BE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE AND MAYBE SOME OTHERS. SO THAT'LL BE PROBABLY A DISCUSSION. WE SHOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGY OVERALL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS OVERNIGHT.

THAT'S FOR SURE. IT THE RESOURCES JUST AREN'T THERE. AND THE FOLLOW UP TICKET

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SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF WHAT THE STRATEGY WOULD BE AND HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY PLAN ON HAVING A DISCUSSION ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THAT THIS STRATEGY BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MR. PENNYBAKER.

EXCITED. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT WOULD TAKE US INTO IT'S NICE TO LEAVE OUR WORK SESSION AT 705 AND MOVE ON INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION. SO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND LET'S MEET I DON'T HAVE IT ON YET. YEP. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD NOW. IT IS NOW 714.

[CALL TO ORDER]

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR PLEDGE TO THE FLAGS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO. TEXAS. FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS. ITEM ONE REPORTS. I'LL START

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELCOME. GLAD YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING. THERE'S SEVERAL EVENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT GO GO ON AND HAPPEN IN THE CITY AND THINGS ARE COMING UP. AND I ALWAYS TELL YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITE, LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE CHAMBER HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A BUSINESS AND BREAKFAST AND YOU GOT TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE CHIEF, MR. STOGNER, CHIEF STOGNER DID A WONDERFUL JOB, AS WELL AS CHIEF GARREN FROM THE ISD AND AND HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING ON THAT.

ALSO, THE CHAMBER'S HAVING THEIR NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE THAT'S COMING ON ON 911.

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SO MANY CITIZENS JUMPED IN AND SAID, NO, IT WILL NOT. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE RUNNING. AND SO OF COURSE, ME, I START SECOND GUESSING MYSELF LIKE, IS THIS TRUE OR NOT? SO I REACH BACK OUT TO REPUBLIC AGAIN. SHE CONFIRMS. YES. SO I WAS NERVOUS. PROBABLY DIDN'T SLEEP THE NIGHT BECAUSE NOW I WANT TO KNOW. SITTING UP WAITING ON THE REPUBLIC TRUCK TO COME THROUGH. AND WHEN IT FINALLY CAME THROUGH, I POSTED THAT IT DID COME THROUGH AND THEY THE TRASH RAN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY UPDATE OR FIND OUT IF THAT'S ONE OF THE DAYS THAT THEY DON'T NORMALLY RUN. BUT IT WAS A GREAT DEBATE. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS STARTING, BUT I STEPPED IN IT. MISS GOODEN, YOU DID BECAUSE THE THE WEBSITE CLEARLY POSTED THAT OF ALL THE DAYS THAT THEY DON'T PICK UP, THEY DO NOT PICK UP ON LABOR DAY. SO I SAW THEM DRIVING UP. THEY LOOKED AWFUL LONELY DRIVING UP AND DOWN MY STREET.

AND I DON'T IMAGINE THOSE TRUCKS WEIGHED VERY MUCH AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE NOBODY PUT THEIR TRASH OUT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO WORK ON. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOUR TURN. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY, MR. VERA CRUZ.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST A REMINDER THAT WHAT MR. MCBURNETT MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, THAT METHODIST CHURCH NEXT TO CITY VIEW TACOS IS HOSTING A MR. HECTOR GUZMAN AND ORGANIST AT 430 ON SUNDAY, THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER FREE CONCERT. AND THEN ONE MORE THING THIS WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN REMEMBRANCE OF NINE OVER 11. THERE'S A EVENT. IT'S CALLED THE THE NINE OVER 11 STAIR CLIMB, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER SOMETIMES THE NATION COME AND CLIMB THAT THAT THOSE STAIRS. AND THAT'S A BIG CELEBRATION. THEY HAVE BAGPIPERS OUT THERE. BUT THE THE GREATEST THING ABOUT IT ALL IS THAT OUR VERY OWN LAUREN SANCHEZ, WHO'S OUR. LET ME GET THIS TO. YEAH. REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IS THE CHAIR. SO IF WE CAN COME OUT AND SUPPORT HER, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU,

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

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[2.A. Presentation of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Fall 2025 Business Beautification Award Plaque and Proclamation to Childcare Network located at 703 S. Cedar Ridge Dr., Duncanville, TX 75137]

THE CITY OF.

SEVEN. OH THANK YOU. 75137 HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT FOR THE FALL 2025 QUARTER ON BEHALF OF GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, WE DO HEREBY URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING. CHILD CARE NETWORK, LOCATED AT 703 SOUTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE AND COMMENDING THIS BUSINESS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY. I DROPPED IN AND MET WITH THEIR STAFF TODAY. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT I WILL DROP OFF THEIR PLAQUE AND PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS A DECAL FOR THEIR BUSINESS. OH.

[2.B. Recognition of Keep Duncanville Beautiful Fall 2025 Curb Appeal Residential Properties]

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FROM DISTRICT ONE, WE HAVE ANGELA HOLLY FROM 1018 QUAIL RUN. THIS WAS DISTRICT ONE.

FROM DISTRICT TWO WE HAVE CHRISTIAN VELASQUEZ 1443 BIRDWOOD CIRCLE. FROM DISTRICT THREE WE HAVE ANNA MOORE 722 SOUTH FOREST LANE. FROM DISTRICT FOUR WE HAVE JIM GONZALEZ, 406 SOUTHWOOD. AND LAST WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE VICKI MOHLMAN, 515 FRANK KESSLER BOULEVARD. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THOSE PROPERTIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. AGEE. JUST ONE QUESTION. CAN WE FIND OUT HOW THEY KEEP THEIR GRASS SO GREEN AND PLUSH? WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND FIGURE OUT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I NEED THE HELP. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. ITEM TWO C RECEIVE FISCAL YEAR

[2.C. Receive the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Second and Third Quarter Investment Report as of June 30, 2025.]

AND THIS IS WHERE I'LL SPRINKLE IN THE SECOND QUARTER ONES. 1231 BALANCE WAS $80.3 MILLION.

AND MARCH 31ST BALANCE WAS ABOUT 85 MILLION. SO YOU INCREASE ABOUT $5 MILLION QUARTER OVER QUARTER. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD FOR THAT QUARTER WAS 4.43%, WHICH BROUGHT YOUR FISCAL YEAR TO DATE WEIGHTED AVERAGE TO 4.48%. QUARTERLY INCOME FOR THAT QUARTER WAS 885,000, WHICH BROUGHT YEAR TO DATE INTEREST INCOME TO 1.7 MILLION FOR THE MOST RECENT QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, THE BALANCE DECREASED SLIGHTLY TO 83.6 MILLION. YOUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO WEIGHTED YIELD WAS 4.31%, AND FISCAL YEAR TO DATE WAS 4.43%. INTEREST EARNINGS FOR LAST QUARTER WERE 907,000, WHICH BROUGHT YEAR TO DATE INCOME TO 2.6 MILLION. YOU HAVE THREE CDS MATURING OVER THE NEXT QUARTER. YOU HAVE NO MORE CDS MATURING DURING THIS CURRENT QUARTER. YOUR FINANCIAL STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB LADDERING OUT CDS. AS THE NEWS HAS BEEN TELLING US FOR THE LAST YEAR, INTEREST RATES WILL BE DROPPING AT SOME POINT, SO THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF LADDERING OUT THESE CDS SO THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONTINUE TO EARN OVER 4% RATES ON ALL THESE INVESTMENTS FOR THEIR DURATION. 4% RATES ARE ABOUT TO BECOME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. PROBABLY. I PROBABLY CAME UP HERE SIX MONTHS AGO AND SAID WE WERE ABOUT TO HAVE SOME INTEREST RATE DROPS AND THOSE HAVEN'T OCCURRED. BUT AT THE MOMENT IT

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THAT PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION STAYED ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE THIRD QUARTER. YOUR PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN RIGHT ON TOP OF YOUR COMPARATIVES TEXT POOL AND THE ROLLING THREE MONTH T-BILL. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF LADDERING THE CDS IS AS THE SHORT TERM RATES GO DOWN, THE T-BILL RATES WILL GO DOWN, THE TEXT POOL RATE WILL GO DOWN, YOURS WILL STAY UP AND LAG. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EARN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INTEREST RATES FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF LADDERING. THESE ARE THE CURRENT RATES AS OF LAST WEEK.

AS THE ADVISOR, WE ADVISED CDS OVER TREASURIES AND AGENCIES. WE GET BETWEEN YOU GET BETWEEN 10 TO 20 BASIS POINTS ADDITIONAL FOR THE TROUBLE OF DOING CDS. CDS HAVE BEEN THE SUPERIOR INVESTMENT AT SIX MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS AND SOMETIMES 24 MONTHS. WHILE TREASURIES AND AGENCIES HAVE BEEN STRONGEST IN THE 15 TO 21 MONTH RANGE. AND THIS IS A COMPLICATED CHART SHOWING YOU SOME OBSCURE PERCENTAGE CHANCES OF WHAT RATE CUTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO AT THE MOMENT, PEOPLE ARE SAYING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 90, 80 AND 90% CHANCE OF A RATE CUT IN SEPTEMBER. 25 BASIS POINTS IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. A MONTH OR TWO AGO, THEY WERE THINKING MAYBE 50 BASIS POINTS. MONTHS BEFORE THAT, THEY WERE THINKING SOMETHING ELSE. AT THE MOMENT, 25 BASIS POINTS LOOKS VERY LIKELY. AND THE LATER FED MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THEY'LL PROBABLY DECIDE TO EITHER DO ANOTHER 25 OR STAY WHERE THEY ARE, DEPENDING ON NUMBERS. CURRENTLY, THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS REGARDING THAT HAVE BEEN MIXED. THE JOB MARKET SOFTENING, WHICH ENCOURAGES RATE DECREASES WHILE INFLATION HAS STAYED STUBBORNLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I THINK PEOPLE WERE HOPING IT WOULD, WHICH MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP RATES WHERE THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT. THE CURRENT FEELING AMONG EVERYBODY IS EVERYBODY WANTS A RATE CUT, SO IT'S GENERALLY EXPECTED IN THE MARKET THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT WOULD BE A BIT OF A SURPRISE. BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MORE INVESTMENTS AS RATES WILL TEMPORARILY INCREASE. SO THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THE END OF THOSE REPORTS

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

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IT'S GOT ROLLING HILLS AND IT'S IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO WHEELING A BIN UP AND DOWN A DRIVEWAY. YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT RESALE VALUE. YOU GOT A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK, YOU KNOW, WITH LEGAL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES REGARDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SWITCHING FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO. OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE THE TIME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE BID PROCESS BRINGS FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO Y'ALL ACCEPTING THAT AS THE OPTION THAT YOU GO WITH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PATRICIA EBERT.

PATRICIA EBERT 115 SOUTH GREEN STONE, DUNCANVILLE 75116. SO EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY, OUR FORMAL FORMER CITY MANAGER DID RESIGN FOR PERSONAL AND FAMILY REASONS. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT THE CITY'S TALKING ABOUT? OR THE SALACIOUS RUMORS ABOUT HIS RESIGNATION? BUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON IS THAT DURING HIS TERM, THE CITY BUDGET INCURRED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT. IT SHOCKED US CITIZENS. WE'RE HAVING TO HOLD THE BAG ON THAT.

AND I KNOW IT SHOCKED THE NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. IT FELL IN THEIR LAP AND I HAVE WATCHED THEM HESITANTLY AT FIRST, BUT NOW I HAVE WATCHED THEM. THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW SCRAMBLE WITH STAFF TO GET US A BALANCED BUDGET. IT'S A TIGHT BUDGET.

THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR, BUT IT IS BALANCED AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN 2027 WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DAVID. BEEN. MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I'M DAVID BEAN, 1202 LANSDALE DRIVE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. GLAD TO BE HERE.

MY CHILDREN, THEY PLAY SPORTS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. YOUTH SPORTS. THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

AND THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. MY DAUGHTER PLAYS FOR PHOENIX FC IN HARRINGTON PARK AND MY SON PLAYS QUARTERBACK FOR THE DUNCANVILLE MUSTANGS AT REDBIRD PARK. AND JUST JUST REALLY ENJOYING IT. SO MANY BENEFITS FROM THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE WONDERFUL PARKS, THAT WE HAVE, SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FROM THE TIME KIDS GET HOME FROM SCHOOL UNTIL THEY GO TO BED. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THEY COULD DO, SOME NOT SO GREAT. BUT PLAYING SPORTS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS. AND SO I'M A BIG FAN OF THE PARKS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN DUNCANVILLE. BIG FAN OF THE SPORTS, THE VOLUNTEER COACHES THAT ARE HERE, ONE OF THE ONE OF, I GUESS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST IS IN THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT GETS DARK. SO WHEN YOU START PRACTICING AT 630 OR 7, IT'S DARKER LATER. AND SO SOME KIDS HAVE ACCESS EARLIER AND THEY HAVE LIGHT AND THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE ACCESS LATER. IT'S BEEN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE KIDS HAVE BEEN INJURED IN SOCCER. THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WITH CARS AND TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING BEING ABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS AND SOCCER PLAYERS AS THEY LEAVE PRACTICE.

POTENTIAL WORST CASE SCENARIO STRANGERS LURKING IN THE SHADOWS. SO, I MEAN, ONE OF THE I GUESS ONE OF THE REQUESTS HERE IS TO CONSIDER SOME ADDITIONAL CITY BUDGET AND SOME OF THOSE, ALL THE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE CDS AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAT YOU'VE BEEN GETTING TO CONSIDER SOME ADDITIONAL BUDGET FOR KIDS, YOUTH SPORTS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE LIGHTING LATER AND CONTINUE ON IN SUCH A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR KIDS IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT IN THE FUTURE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. JOHN HIGDON. MAYOR, COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF,

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POSSIBLE DIRECTION FOR THE CITY, AND I WANTED TO JUST TO BRIEFLY TELL YOU ABOUT FRONTIER WASTE SOLUTIONS. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS EIGHT YEARS. THROUGH THAT TIME. WE HAVE WE NOW SERVICE 70 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 25 HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. AND I WOULD SAY, AND I'LL SEND MORE INFORMATION TO EACH OF YOU WITH ALL A LIST OF THOSE CITIES. AND I WOULD SAY, DON'T LISTEN TO ME THAT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS, BUT CALL MY CITIES, CALL THEM AND ASK THEM WHY THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH US. OUR SERVICE IS GOOD AND YOU'RE THE CUSTOMER.

IF YOU WANT BAGS, WE'LL DO BAGS. YOU WANT TO DO CARTS, WE'LL DO CARTS YOU WANT TO DO ONCE A WEEK. WE'LL DO ONCE A WEEK. YOU WANT TO DO TWICE A WEEK. WE'LL DO TWICE A WEEK. YOU WRITE THE RULES AND WE'LL WE'LL PLAY THE GAME WITH YOU. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY AND TO TO VISITING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE CARD THAT INDICATES THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE E, BUT THEY DO EXPRESS OPPOSITION. SO JUST WANT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO KNOW THAT IT WILL BE NOTED. FOR THE RECORD, THE OPPOSITION TO THAT REQUEST. BUT THAT WILL COME UP DURING THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MATTER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE CITIZENS INPUT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THAT'S A NEW ONE THERE BY CHERRY BROWN. I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE THAT ONE DOWN. ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE MISS CHERRY BROWN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE MOVING TO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM FIVE. THERE WAS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WAS NOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[5.B. Consider a Resolution to enter into a Joint Election Agreement and Election Services contract between Dallas County and other jurisdictions holding an election on November 4, 2025, to be administered by the Dallas County Elections Administrator in Duncanville City Council Agenda September 2, 2025 accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 31 and Chapter 271 of the Texas Election Code]

OKAY. BUT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE ELECTION COST DID GO UP. YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS $92,000. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER IT. THE MAIN REASON IS WE WE MENTIONED PREVIOUS ELECTION COSTS HAVE GONE UP. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY SEVEN PARTICIPANTS OTHER THAN US. THERE WAS ORIGINALLY EIGHT ENTITIES. NOW IT'S DOWN TO SEVEN. ALSO, THERE'S A THERE'S

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CITY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU KIND OF JUST WALK US THROUGH AGAIN WHERE WE ARE IN THIS THIS PROCESS OF AMENDING THE CHARTER AND HOW THIS ACTION FITS INTO THAT, THAT PROCESS? YEAH. AS PART OF CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM AS WELL AS YOUR PREVIOUS ACTION, THE COUNCIL WE WENT THROUGH AND DID A REVIEW TO CLEAN UP A NUMBER OF OLD ANTIQUATED PROVISIONS AND REFERENCES. AND DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW, WE IDENTIFIED THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS WHERE WE ADDRESSED THOSE. PARTICULAR THINGS AND INVOLVING TERM LIMIT, NOT TERM LIMITS, BUT TERM FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS. THERE WAS REFERENCES TO THE BUDGET, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN. I GUESS, SOME EXTENT PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW CHANGES. THERE'S MUCH MORE ROBUST STATE REGULATIONS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT ON CITIES, AND THERE WAS CONFLICTS IN OUR CHARTER WITH THOSE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW AND A NUMBER OF ANTIQUATED TERMS THAT NO LONGER REALLY HAD ANY REFERENCE. WE PROVIDED FOR, I BELIEVE, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR A CITY BY CHARTER TO HAVE A FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE CLEANED THOSE UP, BROUGHT THOSE PROPOSITIONS BACK TO COUNCIL.

COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE BROUGHT BACK THE APPROPRIATE ELECTION REQUEST THROUGH A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL. THEY PASSED THAT RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF US RUNNING THE ELECTION IN THOSE ELECTIONS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE. AND THE CHARTER ON THE UNIFORM DATES, WHICH ARE NOVEMBER AND MAY, THERE IS ALREADY AN ELECTION BEING HELD FOR SOME PROPOSITIONS FROM OUR STATE GOVERNMENT FOR LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED AT THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CITIES DO HAVE NOVEMBER ELECTION, DO NOT HAVE A MAY ELECTION LIKE WE DO, AND SO IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD. IF THERE IS A EXTENSION FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS, THEN THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN MAY AND WE COULD ELECT OUR FIRST THREE YEAR TERMS. AND SO THERE WAS SOME DESIRE BY THE COUNCIL TO MOVE THAT ITEM. AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THAT ITEM, WE WANTED TO DO ALL THESE OTHERS. SO SINCE WE DO CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY, AND THE REASON WE HAVE TO DO THAT IS THEY OWN AND HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE THE MACHINES AND TO HANDLE ALL THE VOTING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED UNDER STATE AND STATE LAW IN PARTICULAR, BUT FEDERAL LAW AS WELL. AND THOSE MACHINES ARE AT A PREMIUM. IF WE HAD TO GO OUT AND TRY TO RENT THOSE MACHINES, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THE MACHINES BECAUSE THE COUNTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ALWAYS IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTIONS. AND SO AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, WE HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THE ELECTIONS RUN APPROPRIATELY, FAIRLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE AND REGULATIONS AND STATUTES. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU. OKAY. AND THEN SORRY, CITY SECRETARY. SO THE 92,000 WOULD THAT IS THAT AMOUNT BASED IN IN ANY WAY ON THE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS ITEMS THAT WOULD BE ON THAT BALLOT. SO IF THERE WERE MORE OR LESS ITEMS, WOULD IT STILL BE THE SAME NUMBER 92,000? THAT IS CORRECT. IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE ON THE NUMBER OF ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTION.

OKAY. AND THERE'S A REDUCED NUMBER. IF THIS WERE A MAIL ELECTION OR A NATIONAL OR STATEWIDE ELECTION WAS GOING ON, THAT PRICE WOULD BE DRAMATICALLY LESS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE ELECTION PROCESS. SO THERE'S ONLY THE

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THE AND THE IT WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MAY. IS THAT CORRECT, CITY ATTORNEY? IF IT WAS, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO RUN EITHER FOR A 2 OR 3 YEAR TERM. AND IF THE. PROPOSITION FAILED, THEN THEY WOULD BE RUNNING FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. IT'S BETTER TO DO IT IN A OFF ELECTION CYCLE SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR, BECAUSE IT COULD GET CONFUSING. AND WE LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP CONFUSION OUT OF AN ELECTION PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. INTERIM CITY MANAGER, RIGHT NOW WE SHOW AN AVAILABLE BUDGET OF 62,120, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A -30,106. IF WE PAY THE 92 226. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY BUT BUT WE DO ACTUALLY THIS ACTUALLY WILL AND RICHARD JACKSON MAY BE ABLE TO CORRECT ME ON THIS, BUT ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE FORWARDED TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TECHNICALLY BECAUSE IT'S YOU PREPAY, BUT THEN IT'S CHARGED TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE FUNDS. SO WE DO HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER. BUT RICHARD, IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING, PLEASE. OKAY. OKAY. SO SO WE ARE TO COVER IT.

SO COUNCILMAN KUNTZ, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT ALLEVIATES YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE. IT'D BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IF WE WAITED TILL MAY. RIGHT. SO I GUESS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MONEY WOULD BE THERE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT IT WOULD STILL COST LESS IF WE DID THIS IN MAY. DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH LESS? IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D HAVE THE SPECIFIC, BUT WHAT ARE OUR ELECTIONS TYPICALLY RUN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AROUND $40,000 ROUGHLY. IN MAY LAST YEAR IT WAS 30 34,000. OKAY, SO MAY I JUST JUST COMMENT. SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS BECAUSE IF WE CAN SAVE MONEY BY DOING IT LATER ON, THIS DOESN'T SEEM THIS ISN'T A MATTER OF URGENCY. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE REVISIONS ARE ANTIQUATED. I MEAN THINGS THAT ARE ANTIQUATED, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ON THERE SINCE THE 60S, SO WE CAN WAIT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? SO WOULD WE VOTE TONIGHT OR WOULD WE TABLE IT UNTIL. UNTIL WELL, IF YOU VOTE I YOU CAN DO AS YOU PLEASE. IF YOU DENY THIS, THEN WE'VE GOT AN ELECTION THAT YOU'VE CALLED AND YOU'LL HAVE TO RUN IT. IT DOESN'T UNLESS YOU REPEAL THE REQUEST. SO. SO THAT MIGHT BREAK THAT DOWN. AND WELL, IF YOU DON'T SIGN THIS CONTRACT, THAT MEANS YOU'VE CALLED AN ELECTION. AND CHIQUITA WILL HAVE TO RUN THAT ELECTION. WE WOULD HAVE TO RUN IT ANYWAY. YEAH. UNLESS YOU REPEAL THE RESOLUTION, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ACTION TO REPEAL THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE CALLED THE ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT, IF YOU WILL, OR REPEAL IT TO TO CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOW IN MAY. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR REPEAL. IF IT WENT TO REPEAL TONIGHT. THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR THAT. NO. OKAY. COUNCIL WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.

SO I WOULD ACTIVELY HAVE TO DO THAT. SO IF THIS IF THIS FAILS AND YOU DON'T THEN I WOULD BE I WOULD TAKE THAT AS A SIGN THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BRING BACK AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION TO CALL THAT SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NEXT MAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'LL DO TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ELECTION OFFICIALS IN DALLAS COUNTY, BUT I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THEY MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S FINE. YOU GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION. YEAH,

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I UNDERSTAND THAT IS MORE DESIRABLE, AND IT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO. BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT I WOULD BE. WILLING TO RESCIND THE THE. MAYOR, THE RESOLUTION HERE, LET ME DO THIS. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU AS YOUR LAWYER THAT YOU TABLE THIS ITEM AND LET MISS TAYLOR GO BACK TO THE COUNTY. IF THERE IS, I WILL TAKE THE TABLE AS THAT. THERE'S A CONSENSUS NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTION FOR FINANCIAL REASONS. WOULD THAT BE FAIR? JUST SO THAT SHE I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY MAY BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR YOU NOT TO BLINDSIDE THEM. SO IF THERE IS SOME DESIRE BY THE COUNCIL TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAYING THE ELECTION UNTIL WHEN IT'S MORE COST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY DO SO. BUT I WOULD NOT BLINDSIDE THE ELECTION OFFICIAL.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. WE TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH. NEXT MEETING. SECOND. DID WE TABLE IT TO DATE? CERTAIN. I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT PROCESS NEEDS TO BEGIN BY THE PRINTING OF THE BALLOTS AND THE LIKE. BUT I JUST REAL QUICKLY, CHIQUITA, WHAT WAS THE DEADLINE? I THINK IT WAS THE 19TH. WE HAVE TO LET THEM. IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO PAY TO HAVE THE ASSIGNED ELECTION CONTRACT? FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE. THE 20TH SEPTEMBER 20TH, SEPTEMBER 20TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT. THEN THIS FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO SIGN THE CONTRACT TO FOR THAT. OKAY. ATTORNEY, GIVEN THE MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. DID I GET A SECOND? I'M SORRY. OKAY. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. WITHDRAW MY. WAS IT SECONDED. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE TABLE. BUT NOW, HAVING HEARD THAT THAT'S PROBLEM. HAVING HEARD WHAT? THAT SHE'S GOT TO SIGN THIS CONTRACT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WELL SO. OR YOU CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION. WITHDRAW THE SECOND. HAVE A MOTION TO EITHER VOTE IT UP OR DOWN. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO. AND MAYOR I'M GOING TO I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. THE SECOND ACCEPTED FIRST IF IT'S BEEN SECONDED. SECOND HAS TO WITHDRAW THEIR SECOND. MR. KOONTZ. OKAY. MR. PENNYBAKER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY ATTORNEY, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONFUSION THAT WE MIGHT BE CREATING IN MAY IF WE DO THIS, PUSHING IT OFF TO A MAY ELECTION WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ELECTING THEM FOR A 2 OR 3 YEAR TERM, AND THEN YOU'VE POLITICIZED THEIR CANDIDACY WITH THAT ISSUE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT? NO. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHAT WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS POPULATION GOING TO THINK THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY'RE VOTING IN MAY? BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE VOTING FOR THAT TERM FOR THAT TIME. THEY'D BE VOTING FOR THE NEXT ONE. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE I NEED AN ORDINANCE CHANGE. ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THEN IT'S CANVASED. SO THEN YOU'VE THEN GOT TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHARTER BASED ON THE PROPOSITION. AND SO THE CANVASS FOR THE CANDIDATE IS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE, AND IT CREATES CONFUSION AMONG THE ELECTORATE.

AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I'VE DONE, BUT I HAVEN'T DONE THAT. AND SO IT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC IF YOU IT MAY POSTPONE IT TILL THE NEXT ELECTION, DEPENDING ON WHAT

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WE HAVE TO TURN IN THE CONTRACT FOR FOR THE THAT CAME BACK INTO YOUR CONCERNS OVER THE RESPONSE FROM THE COUNTY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH US, THAT WE'RE AT THE LAST MINUTE. YEAH, BUT IF YOU WAIT, THEN IT'S TOO LATE AND YOU'VE MADE THE DECISION AND HAVEN'T YOU? OKAY, HERE'S WHAT THEY DO, IS THEY FIGURE THE COST BASED ON THE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND THEREFORE THAT DRIVES WHERE THE VOTING CENTER, WE CALL THEM VOTING CENTERS. NOW, WHERE THOSE VOTING CENTERS HAVE TO BE AND HOW MANY THEY HAVE COUNTYWIDE. SO IF YOU ONLY HAVE A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES, YOU'RE BEARING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF THE COST FOR THE VOTING CENTERS, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY YOU IN THE COUNTY. SO NOW THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE VOTING CENTERS HERE THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME MORE CENTRALIZED LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE, BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING AN ELECTION INSTEAD OF A COUNTYWIDE ELECTION. SO THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE COST. MR. KOONTZ, YOUR LIGHTS ON. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHENEVER THIS IS DONE, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHETHER THAT'S THIS MAY OR OR THIS NOVEMBER OR IN MAY. AND SO I'M NOT SO CONCERNED AND I'M NOT I'LL GO ON RECORD AND SAY I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS ANYWAYS, BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE GETTING ELECTED. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE CONTRACT, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT OR NOT. SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE EVEN THOUGH I'M VOTING AGAINST IT. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES. CITY ATTORNEY, ANY ANY OTHER BUSINESS WE NEED TO KNOW OF REGARDING THAT ISSUE NOW THAT WE VOTED ON. NO. OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. C, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[5.C. Consider a resolution authorizing a Hotel Occupancy Tax Grant for the 2026 Fiscal Year budget in an amount not to exceed $32,000 to the Duncanville Community Theatre.]

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AGAIN, THIS IS THE APPLICATION I'M HERE. I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANT SHOULD THERE BE ANY FOR THAT GROUP. THANK YOU. HEY, COUNCILMAN JERRY BROWN. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO YOU OR NOT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE 32,000 DID NOT GO THROUGH THE ARTS COMMISSION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS DONE IN THE PAST? WHY? WHY WAS THAT? RIGHT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT SPECIFIC ALLOCATION OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THEIR THEIR APPLICATION AND CONSIDERATION PROCESS BEFORE YOU. RIGHT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOT FUNDS AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU'LL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THAT EXPENDITURE FUND. AND THEN THE REPRESENTATIVE ALLOCATIONS. RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTS FUND, THERE'S WE'LL SAY 180,000 OR SO DOLLARS THAT'S EARMARKED RIGHT FOR THAT GRANT MAKING COMMITTEE. RIGHT. THERE'S ANOTHER PERCENTAGE THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE. RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER POT THAT'S DEDICATED FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. IS THIS RIGHT? WE'VE GOT, FOR EXAMPLE, POPULAR SPORTS OR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS. WE'VE GOT THIS GROUP, THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER, WHO THEY CAN QUALIFY UNDER THAT CATEGORY OF TOURISM. WHEREAS SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMING, MAYBE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTS COMMISSION WOULD NOT. SO THE ANSWER, THE STATEMENT EARLIER WAS THAT, NO, THEY DID NOT APPLY AS AN ARTS GRANT OR PROGRAMING. THEY INSTEAD SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO OUR STAFF IN CONSIDERATION WHAT THEY'VE DONE HISTORICALLY BASED ON THEIR PROGRAMING, THEIR FACILITY AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL TOURISM. RIGHT. MR. KOONTZ? THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO QUESTION FOR THE THEATER DIRECTOR, ACTUALLY. YES. AMY JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER. 934 CAMBRIDGE. DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU. SO SAYS THE THEATER'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 37 YEARS. YES, YES WE HAVE. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US A

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AND HE'S THE ONE WHO PLANTED THE BUG THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EMPTY BUILDING ON MAIN STREET.

THAT WAS THE FORMER CITY COUNCIL AND COURTS BUILDING. WE REQUESTED FROM CITY COUNCIL THE PERMISSION TO USE THE THEATER, THAT THE BUILDING THAT SUMMER, WE WOULD CONVERT IT INTO THE THEATER. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. WE WERE GOING TO DO TWO PLAYS. WE'RE STILL HERE.

THAT WAS IN 1988. THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, WE FOR THE FIRST 2 OR 3 YEARS, WE JUST DID. WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL TO DO SHOWS ON A SHOW BY SHOW BASIS. AND THEN IN 1990, I BELIEVE MAYOR JIM TOWE RECOMMENDED THAT WE BE GIVEN A ONE YEAR LEASE. SO THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START PLANNING A FULL SEASON OF SHOWS AND NOT HAVE TO PICK A SHOW ONE SHOW AT A TIME. IN 1990, WE ALSO FIRST APPLIED FOR WHAT WAS THEN CALLED HOTEL MOTEL TAX AND RECEIVED $1,200. I THINK AT THAT TIME, THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS, GRANT MONEY EVERY YEAR SINCE THAT TIME, AND WE ARE IN OUR 38TH SEASON. WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN OUR SECOND SHOW OF THE SEASON AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. IT'S CALLED DEMONS OF THE DEMONS OF FLEET STREET. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SHOW BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS A PUBLISHED PLAYWRIGHT, AND HE WROTE THIS PLAY, AND WE WILL BE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE FULL LENGTH VERSION OF THAT PLAY, MEANING THAT WHENEVER THE SHOW IS PUBLISHED AND PICKED UP BY A PUBLISHER WHO I THINK WILL BE IN TOWN FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND OF THE SHOW, THEN IT WILL ALWAYS STAY IN THE FRONT OF THAT PLAYBILL THAT THE INAUGURAL PREMIERE PRODUCTION WAS AT DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. SO THAT'S A LITTLE INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING, ACTUALLY, THAT WILL COME AS OF THAT. SO THE FUN REQUEST IS 32,000 THIS YEAR. WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR? IT WAS 32,000 LAST YEAR AS WELL. WHAT WAS IT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT 32,000? OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT IN THE PACKET, THE FACT THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF EVERYTHING GOES UP AND BUT THE THEATER HAS MANAGED TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE EXPENSES DOWN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME FUNDING REQUESTS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND I JUST I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, I AM AN ADVOCATE OF THEATER IN GENERAL. AND BUT WE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I EVER WENT TO A PLAY OR HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT. AND I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO. AS WAS POINTED OUT, THE SECOND SHOW OF THE SEASON IS ABOUT TO START, BUT TO GO AND EXPERIENCE THE THEATER, I'VE SEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CURTAIN THAT IT REALLY IS IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY THEATER, BECAUSE THE DIRECTORS, THE ACTORS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED USUALLY IS A VOLUNTEER, AND ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO AN AUDITION FOR A PLAY, AND IT EVERYTHING FROM WHEN YOU HAVE THE SCRIPT IN YOUR HAND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SET, THE PRODUCTION AND EVERYTHING IS DONE BY THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THIS COMMUNITY. AND IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITIVELY A COMMUNITY THEATER. SO I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I FULLY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THIS FUNDING. AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE.

MCBURNETT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO

[5.D. Conduct a Public Hearing on the FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget.]

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS AND OUR ENTRIES, CONTINUING TO DO OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS LIKE OUR JULY 4TH AND OUR CHRISTMAS. WE'RE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS BUDGET. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR CURRENT AND UPDATING OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS, AS WELL AS HAVING THAT STAR TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT LIKE THAT SERVICE OR USE THAT SERVICE. SO EMPHASIZING GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WE'RE INSTITUTING A PERFORMANCE METRIC DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS. WE HAVE THE OPEN GOV ONLINE BUDGET AND TRANSPARENCY PORTAL, WHICH THIS WAS THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT OUT ONLINE, PUTTING TOGETHER THE ONLINE BUDGET. WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR RETIREES. WE'RE BUDGETING FOR A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD THAT INCLUDES FULL TIME AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS UP TO A 2% MERIT INCREASE. AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR RETIREMENT PENSION PROGRAM TO TRY TO WORK OUR WAY BACK UP TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT LEVEL. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO REACH THAT. SO THEN WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH VARIOUS OTHER CITIES IN THE IN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT MY GOVERNMENT ONLINE. THAT'S A PUBLIC WORKS INITIATIVE. SO A LOT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITIES WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THIS SOFTWARE PLATFORM, AS WELL AS CONTINUING OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THEM. SO PROMOTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN INCENTIVES FOR REDEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SHOPPING CENTER REVITALIZATION AND DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET CORRIDOR HAVING 900,000 AVAILABLE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO TO TO DO THAT ON INFRASTRUCTURE HOTEL MOTEL TAX IF FILLED HOUSES REQUESTING FUNDS TO INVEST IN CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT FACILITY TO MAKE IT A PREMIER FACILITY, AS WELL AS 3 MILLION THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN CIP FOR NEW WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. AND THEN LASTLY, ADVANCING OUR MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE CITY, A BIG PROJECT THAT THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION TEAM WILL BE TAKING ON IN 26 IS AN ADA ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL CONTENT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF THEIR TIME. SO TO MAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN A DIGITAL FORMAT TO BE ADA ACCESSIBLE, CONTINUE FUNDING FOR SWAG AND IMPROVE OUR CAPABILITIES HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO BROADCAST AND RECORD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY CALENDAR FOR THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS LIKE SPONSORSHIPS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES FOR THOSE THAT REQUEST SPONSORSHIPS. SO THOSE ARE SOME JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. SO JUST GETTING RIGHT ON INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, THE GENERAL FUND IS PRIMARY, PRIMARY, PRIME PRIMARY REVENUE COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO 53% OF OUR REVENUES ARE PROPERTY TAX. THE OTHER 23% SALES TAX THAT WE GET FROM WHEN YOU SPEND FUNDS HERE IN THE CITY FOR BUYING YOUR GROCERIES AND WHATNOT, 23% SALES TAX COMES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND,

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AND THEN WITH THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION, 8 MILLION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TAX ROLLS THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THIS CHART HERE JUST SHOWS YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE TAX RATE, HOW IT'S CHANGED SINCE 2019. HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE. SO THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON A TAX RATE OF 0.600166.

ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE HOME 263,000 IS THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE THAT PRODUCES AN ANNUAL TAX ABOUT 1.1 THOUSAND $400, OR ON A DAILY COST IS $4.33. SO THAT IS ABOUT AN $83 ANNUAL CHANGE ON THE CITY PAID TAX. THIS CHART HERE JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE LOOKS LIKE. SO AGAIN, ON OUR $4 BILLION CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES THAT GENERATES $0.01 ON THE TAX RATE, GENERATES ABOUT 400,000 IN REVENUE TO THE CITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IN COMPARISON TO THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE, OR THE HOMEOWNER AT $0.01 ON THE TAX RATE GENERATES ABOUT $26. SO IF YOU WERE TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE, FOR EXAMPLE, BY A CENT, IT WOULD THE REVENUE ON THE CITY SIDE WOULD BE $404,000 LESS. BUT ON THE AVERAGE, ANNUAL IMPACT ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD BE ABOUT $26 LESS IN THE ANNUAL. AND JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR HOME VALUE IS NOW, THE TAXES ARE GOING TO VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, FROM HOMEOWNER TO HOMEOWNER. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS RATE WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON THOSE THREE DIFFERENT VALUES, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DAILY COST, YOU KNOW, FROM FOUR, 11, $4.11 UP TO $7.40, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR HOME MAY LIE. AND JUST TO ITERATE HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE, IT'S ACTUALLY PUT OUT THERE BY DALLAS COUNTY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR TAXES LOOK LIKE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE POSTCARD AND ALL OF THAT IS SETTLED. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU GO UNDER THE CITY HALL AND YOU FIND THE FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YOU'LL SEE A LINK TO THIS. IT'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THIS PAGE. YOU JUST HAVE TO ENTER YOUR YOUR STREET NUMBER AND YOUR STREET NAME, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT YOUR TAXES WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE 25 TAX YEAR. SO TAKING THAT RANGE AGAIN FROM THE $250,000 HOUSE TO THE $450,000 HOUSE, THAT MIDDLE NUMBER THERE IS ABOUT $5.76 PER DAY. SO WHAT DOES YOUR TAXES GET YOU FOR WHAT YOU PAY? SO ON A BASIC NEED. SO WE HAVE STREET MAINTENANCE. OVER 1.5 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE. AND STREET MAINTENANCE MEANS THE CRACK SEALING AND THE OVERLAYS ON THE STREETS, THE THINGS THAT HELP KEEP OUR STREETS IN A CONDITION BEFORE THEY TURN INTO A CITY WHERE YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY START OVER FROM SCRATCH. SO WE HAVE OVER 156 MILES OF PAVED STREETS THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS. THEN SAFETY AND SECURITY. OVER HALF OF OUR BUDGET ACTUALLY GOES TOWARDS POLICE AND FIRE. SO IT INCLUDES REGIONAL THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT COVER OUR DISPATCH. IT COVERS OUR JAIL. IT COVERS OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.

YOU HAVE 24 HOUR A DAY POLICE AND FIRE EMS ON CALL AT ANY WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. IT ALSO INCLUDES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND ALL OF THE SIGNAGE THAT GOES WITH THAT. IT INCLUDES THE COURT OPERATING THE COURT AS WELL AS THE CITY MARSHAL. THOSE ARE THE CITY SAFETY AND SECURITY RELATED ITEMS. WE ALSO HAVE OPERATIONS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A CITY ADMINISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THOSE WORKERS THAT ARE ON THE STREET, THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE

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SO WE'RE STARTING TO WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THOSE ADS.

AND ALSO WE ARE PROPOSING SIX FULL TIME MOWING CREW MEMBERS. SO AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS CONTRACTED OUT OUR MOWING. SO THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM THE PARKS TO THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, TO THE RIGHT OF WAYS TO THE HIGHWAYS, ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

THE CITY HAS ALWAYS CONTRACTED THAT OUT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO BRING A MOWING CREW IN-HOUSE SO WE CAN SAVE ON SOME OF THAT COST, AS THAT COST CONTINUES TO GO UP WITH THE THIRD PARTY SERVICES. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE IN-HOUSE AND BE ABLE TO HIT THOSE TROUBLE AREAS SOONER AND BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE PARKS AND OUR CITY OWNED TYPE AREAS. SO THE OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS OF SUPPLY AND MATERIALS, WE WE, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET, TRYING TO FIND WAYS WHERE WE CAN CUT COSTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, NUMBER ONE, BALANCE THE BUDGET, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE PRIORITY THINGS, SUCH AS HAVING A WELL PAID STAFF, POLICE AND FIRE. SO THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE AREAS OF WHAT HAS DECREASED, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED. SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS. CONTRACTUAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE. THAT IS AN INCREASE BECAUSE OUR WORKERS COMP AND PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS HAVE INCREASED. THOSE PREMIUMS COST MORE FOR US. THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS HAVE INCREASED. WHAT'S BEEN ADDED THIS YEAR IS THE NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO IS DOING. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER 300,000 THAT WE PAY AS OUR SHARE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT THAT SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, A STREET MAINTENANCE IS ALSO INCLUDED INTO THIS CATEGORY. SO OVERALL GENERAL FUND. WE'VE HAD AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OVER RESERVE. OUR OUR POLICY IS 150 DAYS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 41% OF EXPENDITURES. SO WITH ALL THE CHANGES AND THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE MADE, EVEN IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN EXCESS OVER THAT 150 DAYS TO WORK WITH. THAT COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, CAN DIRECT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS IF YOU WANT TO. SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO MAYBE SOME OF THE BOND THINGS OR SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE STILL HAVE AN AMOUNT THERE, OVER 150 DAY TARGET SO QUICKLY

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SO THIS INCLUDES MOVING UTILITY ADMINISTRATION. WE RELOCATED SIX FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT DOES DO UTILITY OPERATIONS INTO THE UTILITY FUND. ALSO A ONE TIME PROJECT OF DIGITIZING THE REST OF OUR PAPER DOCUMENTS THAT WE STILL HAVE OUT THERE UTILITY OPERATIONS IS THE WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS. 15.2 MILLION OF THE EXPENDITURES GOES TOWARDS PAYING THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, WHICH IS OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.

WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN TREATMENT FACILITY HERE, SO WE DO UTILIZE A TRA FOR THAT, AS WELL AS WHOLESALE WATER PURCHASES THAT WE GET FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. THAT'S 4.6 MILLION.

AND THEN 3 MILLION OF THESE FUNDS GO TOWARDS CIP PROJECTS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO SHOW A NET OF 162,000, AND THAT'S ABOUT 178 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE ON IN RESERVE. THE SANITATION FUND IS OUR NEXT ENTERPRISE FUND. THIS IS THE GARBAGE COLLECTION. SO THIS THIS REVENUE DOES INCLUDE A 5% INCREASE. AND THAT'S FOR THAT CPI INCREASE THAT'S PASSED ALONG TO US. THIS MEANS THAT OUR CURBSIDE WILL GO FROM $27 TO $30. AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 9400 PEOPLE. AND THEN THE ALLEY, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2000 PEOPLE THAT GET ALLEY SERVICES. SO $34 TO $38. AND JUST NOTE THAT THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT RAISES ABOUT 207,000, WHICH GOES TO CIP FOR ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION ON THE PERSONNEL OR ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. THIS FUND DOES SUPPORT FIVE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING AN ADMIN AND FOUR MEMBER LITTER CREW. BUT THE BULK OF THE COSTS, OF COURSE, GOES TO GARBAGE COLLECTION AND LANDFILL. WE ALSO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD WASTE PROGRAM FOR OUR EVENTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR FOR RECYCLING AND HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL, THAT SORT OF THING, AS WELL AS EMERGENCY BRUSH REMOVAL. AND THEN WE ARE BUDGETING 31,000 TO PUT SOME MORE OF THOSE BIG BELLY COMPACTORS, WHICH WE HAVE A BIG BELLY COMPACTOR OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, IF YOU'VE NOTICED IT, AS WELL AS MORE DECORATIVE TRASH RECEPTACLES AROUND THE CITY, THE DRAINAGE FUND, THERE'S NO CHANGE HERE IN THE DRAINAGE FUND IN TERMS OF A FEE, BUT WHAT THE EXPENDITURES DO COVER, WE DO HAVE ONE FULL TIME STREET MAINTENANCE POSITION THERE. THE DRAINAGE FUND COVERS THE STORMWATER COMPLIANCE. WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STORMWATER EDUCATION TO GET THAT MS4 PERMIT. ALSO, WE WE HAVE STREET SWEEPING THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF THIS FUND. WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE OUR OWN STREET SWEEPER SO WE CAN DO MORE OF THIS IN-HOUSE. BUT THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME CONTINUING TO DO THIRD PARTY STREET SWEEPING. AND THEN ALSO WE DO DO CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PROPOSED HERE WILL GO TOWARDS CEDAR RIDGE WHEN THAT PROJECT KICKS OFF, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER CIPS NEEDS THAT COME UP DURING THE YEAR. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, AND SO THAT WILL GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW TO PLAN THE CAPITAL. OKAY. HOTEL MOTEL IS THE FUND THAT WE RECEIVE FOR HOTEL MOTEL TAX. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE TOURISM. WE CAN SPEND IT ON THE FIELD HOUSE, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE EIGHT, EIGHT HOTEL MOTELS HERE. THE COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN STABLE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE REVENUE. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER THAT COMES OUT OF THIS FUND. WE ARE BUDGETING FOR. THE VARIOUS GRANTS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT WORD, BUT SUCH AS LIKE THE COMMUNITY THEATER, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS AND REGULAR APPLICANTS THAT DO REQUEST HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. WE DO BUDGET MONEY FOR THAT. WE DID BUDGET 150,000 TO SET ASIDE FOR POSSIBLE WAYFINDING SIGNS, BASED ON OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT MIGHT BE REDIRECTED SO, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT EARMARKED IN THE FUNDS FOR PERHAPS FIELDHOUSE PROJECTS OR OTHER PARK SIGNAGE, OR HOWEVER COUNCIL MAY DIRECT THEN. ALSO, IT ALSO INCLUDES TRANSFERRING FUNDS OUT TO THE ARTS FUND. SO 15% OF HOTEL MOTEL TAXES CAN BE SPENT ON ARTS TYPE EXPENDITURES AND EVENTS. SO 15% OF WHAT WE PROJECT THE REVENUE TO BE IS WHAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE ARTS FUND. ADDITIONALLY, THE FIELDHOUSE IS REQUESTING 199,000 WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH I'LL LIST HERE. SO THEY WANT TO CHANGE OUT THEIR MARKETING SIGNAGES THEIR INDOOR

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WE WANT TO CONDUCT A FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE FIELDHOUSE SPECIFICALLY SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AS WELL AS CHANGE OUT THE FLOORING IN THE CLUBHOUSE THAT TOTALS 199,000. AND THEN LASTLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES FROM A HALF CENT SALES TAX.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS FOR OBVIOUSLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AND HELPING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A PORTION OF THAT IS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE FIVE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT COME OUT OF THIS BUDGET FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS HALF OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS. PLANNER, 349,000 BEING SPENT ON BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, 469,000 FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, THE SIGNATURE EVENTS, AND THEN 1 MILLION THAT GOES TOWARDS THE INCENTIVES, THE SPONSORSHIPS AND THOSE KIND OF EXPENDITURES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A NET POSITIVE OF 104,006 MILLION ENDING FUND BALANCE. SO FOR THEM TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO. SO REMAINING DATES NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE SPECIFICALLY, AND TO DO ALL THE FORMAL ADOPTIONS ON THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET.

THE LAST DATE TO ADOPT IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 17TH, AS WE DO HAVE TO SEND THE ORDINANCE OVER TO DALLAS COUNTY. AND NOW WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. PRESENTATION. YES. SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT EIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT'S 8:39 P.M. AND WITH THAT I'D ASK.

ANYONE THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TO SIGNIFY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, MISS EBERT. PATRICIA EBERT 115. SOUTH GREEN STONE, DUNCANVILLE 75116. FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS I HAVE TOLD SO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT I SEE HIM SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC PATROLS AND EVERY NEIGHBOR TO A PERSON IS ECSTATIC, AND THEY START NAMING STREETS THAT THE POLICE CAN START PATROLLING AND GETTING THOSE MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, MAKING OUR CITY SAFER, BUT ALSO HELPING OUT THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT. AND I DO APPLAUD COMMUNICATIONS FOR CHANGING CHAMPION TO DIGITAL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT LEGAL SIZE SLICK SHEET WITH ALL THE MULTI-COLORS IT GETS EXTRA POSTAGE AND OUR WATER BILL? WELL, THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH ROOM TO TELL ABOUT THE CITY WHEN IT GOES DIGITAL.

IT'LL SAVE MONEY. PLUS, THEY HAVE MORE ROOM TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.

AND I DO SUPPORT THE BUDGET. I WILL ADMIT I'M STILL IN SHOCK AND A LITTLE BIT ANGRY ABOUT THE BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE I HAD IN MY HEAD ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE CITY, KEEP IMPROVING IT IN 2025. BUT I'M GETTING IN 2026, BUT I'M GETTING OVER IT, AND WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. AND SO I AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BEFORE YOUR LEADERSHIP, I SIM, BUT I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND BRIEF THAT'S IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. AND WE HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY WITH CONSULTANTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A MATRIX STUDY 100 REPORT, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2040, THE FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT LAB MASTER PLAN, DOG MASTER PLAN, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND WE DON'T HAVE $3 MILLION. WE GOT PRETTY PICTURES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE $3 MILLION FOR THE DOG PARK. WE DON'T HAVE 11.8 MILLION FOR THE LAD PRESERVE. AND THEN I SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING MORE. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO CONSULTANTS. WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, THE WATER SEWER MASTER PLAN, THE PARK MASTER PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIRST TIME TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND ALL OF THOSE ARE GOOD. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEM, WE'RE JUST GIVING MONEY TO CONSULTANTS. AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE FIND A BRIEF FURLOUGH OF PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE JUST LET OUR EMPLOYEES

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AND THEN ANOTHER WAY IS SELL SOME CITY PROPERTY. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SAID SELL SOME OF THAT CITY PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO UNDER CONTRACT.

IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND MONTHS, BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER PROPERTIES, SOME OF THEM NOT WORTH SELLING.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WE COULD GENERATE SOME INCOME FROM. SO FROM THAT MONEY, I'M GOING TO STAND IN LINE AND ASK FOR $240,000. I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, BUT YOU HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE THAT. WE HAVE 17 CITY PARKS. ALL OF THE SIGNATURE SIGNS ARE JUST REALLY PAST THEIR PRIME.

AND SO IT TAKES ABOUT $240,000 PER DIRECTOR STEVENSON, FOR A TOTAL OF THE 14 PARKS TO GET NEW SIGNATURE SIGNS. AND THEN THREE CITY PARKS HAVE NEVER EVEN HAD SIGNATURE SIGNS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED BUDGET? OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT POINT. SO MOVED. OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODWIN, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MISS GOODEN? THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I WILL BEGIN WITH, I THINK EVERY YEAR I'M THE ONE THAT'S ARGUING FOR LOWER TAXES, THE TAX RATE, BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, I'M A PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK GIRL AND A LOWER TAX RATE COULD BE BENEFICIAL. SO I WILL GO ON RECORD SAYING I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PUSH FOR THAT. BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING ABOUT THE 1 MILLION. WELL, A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EXPENDITURES AND THE REVENUE, BECAUSE I DID NOTICE THAT. BUT WE KEPT SAYING IT WAS A BALANCED BUDGET AND I KEPT GOING BACK. HOW IS THIS A BALANCED BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE MORE EXPENDITURES THAN WE DO REVENUE? BUT YOU SPOKE ON ONE TIME PROJECTS, AND THAT CAN COME FROM THE FUND BALANCE. SO A ONE TIME PROJECT I DO SUPPORT COMING FROM THE FUND BALANCE, I WOULDN'T WANT US TO HAVE CONTINUED EXPENDITURES COMING FROM A FUND BALANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THE LIBRARY MATERIALS ON PAGE 114, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LSNS. EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE STILL INCURRING COSTS FOR THE LIBRARY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE LSNS CONTRACT. YES, MA'AM. WELL, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST ONE TO SPEAK ON THE LIBRARY CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHIN THAT, OF COURSE, WE PAY FOR THEIR SERVICES TO OPERATE THE LIBRARY. BUT THE CITY STILL OWNS ALL OF THE MATERIALS. SO THEREFORE THE CITY STILL PAYS FOR THE BOOKS AND THE MATERIALS THAT THEY DO ORDER. SO THAT'S ALSO A PART OF THEIR LINE ITEMS. IN ADDITION TO THEM OPERATING THE LIBRARY. OKAY. AND MISS OTEY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN SO THERE'S PROPOSED LEGISLATION OF A 1% THAT IF IT GOES INTO EFFECT, THE CITY CAN ONLY INCREASE SALES TAX OF 1%? I MEAN, PROPERTY TAX OF 1%. SO IF THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY, WE COULD WE COULDN'T DO THIS 0.60. WHATEVER WE'RE PROPOSING NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T THINK I HAVE A SLIDE HERE. LET ME JUST GO BACK TO BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO GET AT IS UNDERSTANDING IF THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD PASS, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR BUDGET? WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO OPERATIONS? WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE

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THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. I ASK BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE CAN DO THE 3.5%.

AND IF WE GO WITH THE MAX BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE, IF WE STAY WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THOUGH, I'M A PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK GIRL NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IF THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD KICK IN, WE COULD ONLY GO 1% FROM WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT WE WOULD BE POSSIBLY APPROVING THIS BUDGET SEASON. YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST WANTED COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TEXAS IS GOING TO DO. RIGHT. BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO SUFFICIENTLY OPERATE HERE AT HOME. BUT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER MIGHT BE ANOTHER DEPARTMENTAL QUESTION THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE FOR YOU, BUT I NOTICED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN RECENTLY INQUIRIES ABOUT PARKS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND LIGHTING IN PARTICULAR AT HARRINGTON PARK. AND I NOTICED IN WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A PARK CIP FUND, IT SAYS THE PARK CIP FUND DOES NOT HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE TO COVER MAJOR PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT THE FUNDING REMAIN. REMAINING IS FOR THE HARRINGTON PARK PROJECT. SO IS THE CURRENT. THE HARRINGTON PARK BOND PROJECT. HAS THAT ALSO TAKEN CIP FUNDING FROM THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL? OR IS THERE A CIP? FUND FOR PARKS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? BUDGET? THERE IS A CIP FUND, BUT AS YOU SAID, WE DO NOT HAVE A REGULAR FUNDING STREAM FOR PARKS PROJECTS. SO WHAT'S REMAINING IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND IS FINISHING OUT THE BOND 2018 BOND PROJECT. SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OTHER PROJECTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MISS OTEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO GO IN THIS STUFF AS WELL AS THE STAFF AND WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO DO. COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN DID TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS, IS DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. I'VE PERSONALLY WRITTEN SENATOR WEST TO SAY, DO NOT LET CITIES BE LIMITED BY WHAT THE STATE'S SAYING. 1% WILL DEFINITELY HURT YOU IF IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THINGS. AND WE'RE A CITY THAT'S IN REDEVELOPMENT. SO WE ARE A CITY THAT HAS TO INVEST IN ITSELF, AND THAT INVESTMENT IN OURSELVES WILL MAKE HIGHER RETURNS FOR OURSELVES AS WELL. AND THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S IN TURN GOING TO HELP OUR RATE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE

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AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT MISS OTEY WAS SAYING, IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE UP? SO BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

BUT THAT'S THE MAIN THING. SHE SHE DID PROVIDE US A BALANCED BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT BUT SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO THE FIELD HOUSE. AND THE FIELD HOUSE IS A REVENUE PRODUCER FOR THAT. SO THEY'VE INVESTED SOMETHING IN SOMETHING THAT HELPS, THAT HELPS BRING IN REVENUE AND TOURISM TO THE CITY. SO IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET A GOOD RETURN OFF OF. SO JUST PLEASE BE DILIGENT AND AND AND AND AND PLEASE WRITE AND AND PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ACT IN THE, IN THE CITIZENS BEST INTEREST. THANK YOU. MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THERE WAS A SUGGESTION GIVEN TONIGHT ABOUT DEFERRING SOME OF THE PLANNING. I WOULD ASK THAT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER WOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE PLANNINGS THAT WE COULD DEFER TO A LATER DATE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT PLANNING IS ONE WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL COMMUNICATES OUR VISION AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE HEADED, BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING. SO I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOLD OFF ON AND GET A FEW OF THESE OTHER PLANS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ADOPTED AND STARTED ON, IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE STARTED AND MAYBE NOT DOING CERTAIN OTHER PLANS, THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO HEARING IN THE COUNCIL HEARING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY SPEAK, JUST TO ITERATE ONE THING, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET A GRANT FOR, AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOBILITY. IT'S A TRANSPORTATION AND TRAILS MOBILITY PLAN. SO YES, IT'S ANOTHER PLAN, BUT WE'RE NOT. IF WE GET THE FUNDING, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT US THAT'S SPENDING IT OR HAVING NOT COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET, SO TO SPEAK. SO OH YEAH, I'M SURE WE'VE ALL SUPPORTED GRANTS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HOLD OFF ON THAT WOULD COST US, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. OKAY. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. E CONDUCT A

[5.E. 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 "SUP" 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.]

THIS IS A GRAPHIC SHOWING THE ZONING CATEGORIES. THE HIGHLIGHTER PROPERTY IN BLUE IS CURRENTLY IN. AS I MENTIONED, THE C COMMERCIAL AREA AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE ALSO IN IN A SIMILAR ZONING CATEGORY. BUT THEN JUST TO THE SOUTH, THE

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SO THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS HEARD AT THE JUNE 9TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 15 MAILINGS WERE WERE SENT OUT. ZERO RESPONDED WITH SUPPORT, AND THEN ONE RESPONDED WITH OPPOSITION. SIMILARLY, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS INITIALLY HELD BACK ON AUGUST 5TH, 15 MILLIONS WERE SENT OUT AND ZERO ZERO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED IN EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL OF THE SUP TO CONTINUE THIS AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICE USE IN THIS COMMERCIAL C ZONING DISTRICT. THE PLAN COMMISSION ALSO MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST WITH SEVERAL CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE, ALL VEHICLES WOULD BE STORED WITHIN THE SCREENED AND FENCED IN AREA. NUMBER TWO OF ALL VEHICLES THAT ARE INOPERABLE OR IN STORAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. AND THEN NUMBER THREE, THE SUP WOULD BE APPROVED FOR A TIME PERIOD OF UP TO FIVE YEARS, WITH THE PROPOSED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT IS ENCLOSED WITHIN TONIGHT'S PACKET. THE.

BASICALLY THE PLAN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID APPROVE THIS REQUEST WITH A 5 TO 1 VOTE.

AS I MENTIONED, AT THEIR JUNE 9TH PNC MEETING. SO YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE SUP AS SUBMITTED. NUMBER TWO, APPROVE WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ON THE SUP TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SITE. NUMBER THREE IS DENIAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND THEN NUMBER FOUR IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS EVENING, MR. RUSSERT, THAT'S THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GET ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS AT 9:02 P.M. THAT I'LL ASK IN THE AUDIENCE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? OKAY? TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT, RIGHT? WELL, COME ON, COME ON UP, THOUGH. IT'S OKAY. ARE YOU MISS JUAREZ? OKAY. COULD YOU GET THE MIC? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD. OKAY. I WAS HERE THE FIRST MEETING, WHICH WAS. AND I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M SORRY. NAME AND ADDRESS. MY NAME IS SUSANA JUAREZ. MY ADDRESS IS 423 WOODHAVEN

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MY MY CARS, AND I DO DRIVE TO THE BACK. I DON'T KEEP THEM IN THE FRONT. I HAVE A DRIVEWAY BEHIND MY HOUSE AND IT'S A CARPORT WHERE I CAN PROTECT IT AGAINST THE THE RAIN SUN, BUT I CANNOT PROTECT MY VEHICLES AGAINST PAINT. AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A REPAIR SHOP OR A BODY SHOP, WHERE IS THE PAINT GOING? AND IT'S RIGHT BEHIND IT. SO I KNOW THAT PAINT WILL GO SOMEWHERE. I KNOW THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT VENTS, YES, BUT THE VENTS WILL. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTING THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS PAINT WHILE PAINTING THEIR VEHICLES, DOING ANY OUT OF REPAIR SHOPS OR, OR MAJOR REPAIRS. BUT THAT PAINT WILL BE COMING TO RUIN MY VEHICLES. AND NOT SAYING AND NOT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU. I HEARD ABOUT THE I GOT EXCITED ABOUT CLEANING UP ALL THE VEHICLES, ALL THE AUTO REPAIRS, SHOPS AROUND OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SEEMS WHEN WE MOVED IN BACK IN 2012, WE BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY. IT WASN'T AS BAD AS IT IS NOW, AND NOW IT'S GOTTEN TO BE. LOUD. LOTS OF TRAFFIC, TOO MANY AUTO REPAIR SHOPS, TIRE SHOPS. SO IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN BACK THEN THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE THAT, I CHOSE DUNCANVILLE TO BE MY HOMETOWN BECAUSE. I HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT DUNCANVILLE, AND I HAVE FRIENDS LIVING IN DUNCANVILLE. I LIVE FOR 20 YEARS IN OAK CLIFF, AND I DECIDED TO MOVE TO DUNCANVILLE, AND MY HUSBAND AND I LOOKED AROUND WHAT PROPERTY AND WHAT AREA, AND WE CHOSE WOODHAVEN. SO WE FIXED IT UP, BUT NOT THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SURROUNDED BY AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND BODY SHOPS, TIRE SHOPS AND ALL THIS TRAFFIC.

WE HAVE TO STOP FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOCKING OUR STREET AND WOOD ON WOODHAVEN.

SO AT TIMES WE HAVE TO GO AROUND THEM AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE. AND YOU DID SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO ALL THESE. ALL THESE JUNK CARS PARKED FOR MANY MONTHS JUST THERE BECAUSE OWNERS DON'T PICK IT UP OR THEY WON'T PAY OR WHATEVER THE REASON IS. BUT I'VE SEEN IT ALL THESE YEARS. I'VE LIVED THERE, AND I KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY NO ONE ELSE COMES AND THEY TALK AND THEY'LL STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND TRY TO KEEP WOODHAVEN BETTER, I MEAN, I'VE TRIED, AND I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I TOLD THEM, COME WITH ME. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I SAID, I HAVE TO BECAUSE THIS THIS REPAIR SHOP WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE. AND LIKE I SAID, THE LAST TIME I CAME TO THIS MEETING WAS ON AUGUST THE 5TH, AND THEY DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING NOT ONLY A A. A OUT OF REPAIR, BUT IT WAS AN AUTO SHOP, WHICH THEY WERE GOING TO BE PAINTING. AND

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MAYOR. SO, 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS. SO WILL THE THE OWNER LEASE THESE GARAGE BAYS? AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT USES THAT WILL BE WITHIN THERE? YES. THE OWNER, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S GOT TENANTS LINED UP THAT WOULD THAT WOULD UTILIZE THOSE THOSE BAYS OKAY. AND THAT THAT MIGHT BE MY ONLY QUESTION. BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S THE STANDARD PRACTICE IN THAT AREA. SO SOMEONE OWNS THE PROPERTY AND THEN YOU'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LEASING OUT THOSE INDIVIDUAL SPACES. RIGHT.

AND SOMETIMES THE OWNERS HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T KNOW IF HOW MUCH CONTROL THEY EXERCISE OVER WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THOSE SPACES. I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR, BUT THEY END UP BEING FOR FOR OTHER THINGS. AND THEN IF COULD WE GO BACK TO THE THE AERIAL AND I.

WITHOUT REPEATING EVERYTHING I SAID LAST TIME. SO AGAIN, IF WE WERE I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IF YOU GO ON GOOGLE YOU CAN LOOK AT HISTORIC AERIALS RIGHTS. YOU CAN GO BACK TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS. AS FAR BACK AS THEY WERE DOING THIS IMAGING. AND IF YOU PULL BACK AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CARS IN THE AREA FROM BACK IN LIKE 2002 OR 3, THERE'S JUST A FEW CARS. AND AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE AERIALS HISTORICALLY THAT THE CARS JUST START TO MULTIPLY ALMOST LIKE A CANCER, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE JUST MULTIPLYING AND MULTIPLYING ALL THESE CARS. AND I AGAIN, WITHOUT HAVING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I SAID LAST TIME THAT THIS IS IT'S AN INCOMPATIBLE USE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND IN THIS CASE IT'S RESIDENTIAL. AND YOU'VE GOT HOUSES RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE FENCES. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST AN INCOMPATIBLE USE TO HAVE WHATEVER ACTIVITY IS GOING ON IN AUTO REPAIR AND WHATEVER ACTIVITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO

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AND WHAT WHAT TYPE OF SCREENING OR FENCING IS BEING REQUIRED. IS THIS SOMETHING MINIMAL? I MEAN, IS IT CHAIN LINK OR IS IT OR IS IT RIGHT NOW THOSE, THOSE DETAILS HAVEN'T BEEN OFFICIALLY LINED OUT. BUT WE WE'VE GOT THAT CAPABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH WHATEVER SCREENING THAT, THAT YOU ALL PREFER THAT WE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WHETHER IT BE CHAIN LINK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LATS OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF OTHER FENCING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT CREATE ANY KIND OF VISIBILITY INTO THE PROPERTY. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY IS WHEN IT COMES TO NOISE AND, AND WE'VE HEARD THE PERSON, MISS JUAREZ SPEAK TO IT AND STUFF. DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY TIME LIMITS SET IN HERE WHEN, WHEN THIS BUSINESS CAN RUN, WELL, NORMAL. YOU KNOW, ON A ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, LET'S SAY LIKE A ROADWAY PROJECT OR IF YOU'RE BUILDING A, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF A BUILDING, YOUR NORMAL CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE, YOU KNOW, OUR NOISE ORDINANCE AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY JUST A QUESTION OF, OF ENFORCEMENT. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THIS LISTED AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.

IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AT ADDING OR APPLYING THAT, THAT CONDITION TO, TO THIS SITE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALREADY ON HERE TOO, THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DROP OFFS FOR, FOR CARS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON THOSE, THOSE DROP OFFS CAN ONLY OCCUR DURING BUSINESS HOURS. AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, CARS GETTING DROPPED OFF AT 2 A.M. YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR REPAIR WORK. SO WE COULD WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT LIMITATION AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I WAS AGAINST THIS THE FIRST TIME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP, THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT WAS HERE, AND I MENTIONED SOME ISSUES THAT I WITNESSED WHEN I WENT AND CHECKED ON THE PROPERTY. AND OVER THE LAST MONTH, I'VE GONE BACK AND CHECKED IT SOME MORE AND CHECKED IT SOME MORE. AND I, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME GOODWILL, LIKE MAYBE THEY WOULD MOW THE YARD, MAYBE THEY WOULD MOVE THE WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ABANDONED

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RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE THE SON'S MOTHER LIVED IN THAT HOUSE UP FRONT, AND. NO. OKAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHO LIVES UP THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SAME OWNER OF THAT RESIDENCE DOES OR DOES NOT OWN THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEAR TO BE SEPARATELY PLATTED LOTS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT SITUATION IS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'D ASKED THE LAST TIME I KNEW. I KNEW AT ONE TIME THERE WAS AN EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED A MASONRY FENCE BE BUILT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO INVESTIGATE IF THAT ORDINANCE IS STILL IN PLACE, AND IF, IN FACT, IT'S APPLICABLE HERE, BUT. A MASONRY FENCE WOULD SURE BUFFER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT NOISE, LEGAL NOISE. BECAUSE MY NEXT POINT IS WE HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE. SO WHETHER IT'S MUSIC OR PEOPLE HAVING LOUD GET TOGETHERS, A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES, THEY DO. I'VE BEEN IN THEM. THEY HAVE SMOKERS OUT THERE. THEY'LL BARBECUE INTO THE LATE HOURS OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY GO HOME.

AND IT GETS IT GETS LOUD. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE, BUT I KNOW IT'S A TENDENCY OUT THERE ON WOODHAVEN AND ON REDBIRD LANE. SO I'D WANT TO CHECK THE HOURS OF OPERATION SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT THEIR WORKING OPERATION HOURS ARE. AND YOU SEEM TO THINK IT WAS SEVEN 8 OR £0.07, AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT. ALSO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE WAY OF THE THE THREE. THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE SUP, TO INCLUDE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BRINGING UP, SUCH AS HOW MANY VIOLATIONS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO REPEAL THIS, THIS SUP IF IT WERE GRANTED? NOISE IS A BIG ISSUE OUT THERE. ALL THESE TYPES OF LOCATIONS ALSO. MR. PENNEBAKER'S REFERENCING BACK TO THAT PHOTOGRAPH. YES. IF YOU DO A WIDER VIEW AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE THE WEST SIDE IN PARTICULAR ON REDBIRD LANE AND WOODHAVEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NOT DOZENS OF CARS, BUT HUNDREDS OF CARS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THESE PROPERTIES FOR DECADES AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN REMOVED. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE SEEM TO BE RELEGATING DISTRICT FIVE REDBIRD LANE TO BE NOTHING BUT A STREET THAT'S GOING TO HOUSE HISTORICALLY BUSINESS THAT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR TO THE WEST WITH ALL THE CARS OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, THE

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WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE THAT ORDERLY? I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE FIRST GO AROUND, WE DID HEAR THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SPRAY BOOTH. THE SPRAY BOOTH DOES ARE THERE ARE EFFECTIVE THEY'RE INSPECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AT FILTERING OUT PAINT PARTICLES FROM GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE PROBLEM YOU FIND IS THAT A LOT OF THESE PLACES WILL DO OUTSIDE OF THE PAINT BOOTH. THEY DO PRIMER APPLICATIONS, AND WHETHER IT'S BY CANS OR WHETHER IT'S BY SPRAY GUN, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY CATCHING THEM DOING PRIMER APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SPRAY BOOTH. IT'S QUICK, IT'S EASY, IT DRIES QUICK. BUT THAT THAT NOW THERE'S NOTHING KEEPING THAT FROM GOING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND ENDING UP ON CARS THAT ARE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND A CONDITION POSSIBLY THAT THAT IF THEY'RE CAUGHT WITH PRIMER OUTSIDE THE SPRAY BOOTH, THAT THERE'S SOME ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THEM THAT COULD RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THE SUP, IF IT'S IF IT'S. YOU KNOW, X NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, NOISE.

ANY KIND OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OUT THERE AFTER HOURS NOISE PROBLEMS, OPERATION PROBLEMS AFTER HOURS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE UNLESS YOU CUSTOM FIT THIS TO PREVENT ALL THE KNOWN ISSUES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT REDBIRD LANE AND AND IT ONLY TALKS TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS. THAT'S ALL IT TAKES IS TALK. TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE, AND IT WILL INCLUDE GUNFIRE. IT'LL INCLUDE FIGHTS. I'M NOT GOING TO GET PD INVOLVED IN IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE THEY'VE RESPONDED TO A NUMBER OF CALLS OUT THERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THESE SHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOP SHOPS OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M NOT SAYING ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ANY OF THE ABOVE, BUT IF WE DON'T PUT THAT IN THE SUP, THAT IF YOU HAVE THESE THINGS, ANY NUMBER OF POLICE CALLS FOR, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL VEHICLES, A CHOP SHOP OR NOISE VIOLATIONS, TRASH VIOLATIONS, HAVING CARS LONGER THAN 60 DAYS, WHICH IS WITHIN THERE. I THINK WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO TO PROTECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM JUST BEING RELEGATED TO THIS IS ALL WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE THERE, BECAUSE ONCE ALL THESE ARE IN, THEY'RE NOT EVER GOING TO LEAVE. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SELL TO THE NEXT PERSON, AND THEN WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO I'M LOOKING AT A FAR MORE REACHING LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE THOUGHT OUT TO AND PARTIALLY IN RESPONSE FROM MISS JUAREZ'S COMMENTS THAT SHE'S TALKED ABOUT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO COME IN. YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF AT RISK BY BY OFFENDING SOMEBODY OUT THERE. IF IF YOU GET THE WRONG PERSON, THESE MIGHT BE GREAT PEOPLE. THE SON IN LAW THAT WAS HERE SOUNDS LIKE HE WOULD BE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF HIS MOTHER'S PROPERTY IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. BUT ONCE THEY GET UP AND OPERATING AND HE'S IN CENTRAL TEXAS OR SOUTH TEXAS, WHEREVER HE'S FROM, THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TO MONITOR UNLESS WE HAVE RULES IN PLACE. SO I'M NOT LOOKING AT THREE BULLET POINTS. I'M PROBABLY LOOKING AT TEN BULLET POINTS. AND FOR THE PNC TO REVISIT THAT SO THAT THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY COMMENTS, MR. CHERRY BROWN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ACTUALLY, THE MAYOR KIND OF HIT ON ONE OF MINE, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND I WOULD THINK, WELL, I WOULD WONDER IF BEFORE WE WOULD EVEN GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. AND THAT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE THE SPRAY. YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WHAT THE TEXAS COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SAYS AS FAR AS THE PRESSURE ON THE SPRAY GUN. SO THAT WAS YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOMETHING IN TEXAS, WHICH I FIGURED WE DID. AND WITH OUR INSPECTORS THAT DO THE OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, I KNOW HOW TOUGH THEY ARE ON ME WITH A HOUSE, WITH MY HOUSES. SO I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT WE DO IN OUR CITY WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP, THAT THAT IS A REQUIREMENT IN TEXAS. AS FAR AS WHAT THE SPRAY GUN FORCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I WILL AGREE WITH MOST EVERYTHING I

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IF THERE'S A HIGH PRIORITY CALLS, OR IF THERE IS A PERSON THAT IS ON CALL FOR CODE, AND IT TAKES THEM A WHILE TO GET TO THEIR CAR, TO GET TO THE SITE TO RESPOND TO IT. SO THAT ALONE WOULD HAVE ME NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS SUP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD HERE TONIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO RESPOND. SO YES, WE CAN HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE, BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO GET OUT THERE TO ENFORCE IT? AND THAT'S NOT A A NEGATIVE ON ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES. IT'S JUST IT TAKES TIME. AND DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HAVE. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY I WON'T BE VOTING IN FAVOR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND THE STAFF REPORT, AND HOW IT WAS IN THERE TWICE, AND THE LINKS. AND I ALSO SAW THAT OLSON WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO LONGER WITH US. SO HOPEFULLY WITH THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, IT CAN CATCH THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND HEARING ME OUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE, BUT I'M VOTING AGAINST.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN. AND MAYOR, I JUST I SAY THIS JUST BECAUSE YOU MAKE A MOTION. AND SECOND, SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. THERE'S A COMMON MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT MAKING THE MOTION. AND THE SECOND ONLY BRINGS THE ITEM TO A VOTE. DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE, JUST MEANS YOU'RE BRINGING IT FOR A VOTE. SO YES MEANS YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO MEANS YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IF. IF I'D LIKE OUR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT, TO AT LEAST ADD THE CONDITIONS AS WELL. THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS AMEND THE MOTION AND TO APPROVE THE WITH THE. YEAH. WITH CONDITIONS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN. NO. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD. WELL I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT LIKE THAT BOB. THANK YOU. SO MAYOR ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.

IT WAS SECONDED. I'M NOT GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. SO OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE. OH WHAT DO I HAVE? WELL, YOU MADE A MOTION TO AMEND. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK. CAN I SECOND HIS AMENDMENT? ON THAT ONE MEETING? NO, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW UNLESS WE'RE JUST GOING SOLELY ON A MOTION. JERRY BROWN VERY GOOD. SO GOOD.

CONDITIONS. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF. ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE. ON THE ASHRAM. PLEASE VOTE. THE

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[6.A. Receive a briefing from the Police Department summarizing metrics from the Merribrook Park neighborhood initiative]

SO WE HAD A TIMELINE. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION WAS MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 29TH.

NOTICES TO REMEDY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS THE 15TH THROUGH THE 29TH, AND FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS MAY 30TH THROUGH JUNE 30TH. WE DID HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION, WHICH WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE DID THE LAST TIME, AND I THINK THIS WAS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL. IT WAS LED BY ASSISTANT CHIEF TIJERINA TO WHERE WE HAD TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THE 21ST OF MAY AND MAY 27TH. WE THE FIRST ONE, NOT MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP, BUT THE SECOND ONE, I THINK IT HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE COULD ASK QUESTIONS, VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, AND KIND OF PUT A FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT AND ENFORCING THESE THESE ORDINANCES AND LAWS. WE ALSO UTILIZE THE CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL MEDIA IN ORDER TO GET THE WORD OUT OF, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ENFORCING. HERE IS THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT WE UTILIZED VIA FACEBOOK. WE ADDRESSED SPEEDING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, ABANDONED VEHICLES PARKED ON THE PUBLIC ROADWAY, JUNKED VEHICLES PARKED ON THE PUBLIC ROADWAY, PARKING VIOLATION, TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, AND VIOLATIONS OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. I WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP, WE DID NOT HAVE A PARKING COMPLIANCE OFFICER. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HIRED A PARKING COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. AND HE CAME TO US FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I TELL YOU, HE HAS MADE OUR DAYSHIFT PATROLS LIFE A LOT BETTER BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ABLE TO WE'RE ABLE TO PUT A PERSON THERE THAT DOESN'T STILL HAVE TO HANDLE 911 CALLS. RIGHT.

AND THEN THAT, LIKE I SAID, WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE FROM DALLAS HAVING 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE, HE CAME IN AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO IF YOU EVER SEE OFFICER TATUM OUT THERE, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE HIM HIS KUDOS. SO AGAIN, WE IDENTIFIED MARY BROOK SUBDIVISION AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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AND AGAIN, IT WAS ALL EDUCATION DURING THAT TIME FRAME. STARTING MAY 30TH, OFFICERS WERE ADVISED TO ENFORCE ACTION OR TO ENFORCE ACTION WAS AGAINST WAS TAKEN AGAINST ANY OBSERVED VIOLATIONS. SO THE SAME THING AS WE DID THE LAST TIME WE DID HERE WITH MARY BROOK, WHERE WE ISSUED A WARNING PLACARDS LETTING YOU KNOW, HEY, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU AT THE AT THE DOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE, WE PLACED A PLACARD ON YOUR CAR, ON YOUR VEHICLE, LETTING YOU KNOW THE OBSERVED VIOLATION AND GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT. THAT VIOLATION. DURING THE GRACE PERIOD, WE HAD 23 EXTRA PATROLS, OBSERVED 28 PARKING VIOLATIONS, NO VEHICLES TOWED, NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED DURING THIS TIME FRAME, AND ALMOST A WHOLE DAY, DAYS WORTH OF MAN HOURS OR NEIGHBORHOOD HOURS WAS DONE DURING THIS THIS TIME FRAME. AND WE HAD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE REFERRAL. DURING THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, WE HAD 37 EXTRA PATROLS, OBSERVED 16 PARKING VIOLATIONS, TOWED EIGHT VEHICLES, ISSUED THREE CITATIONS, AND CONDUCTED OVER 94 HOURS OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOURS IN THIS LOCATION, AND AGAIN, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE REFERRAL CALL FOR SERVICE COMPARISON. THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU DURING THE TIME FRAME FROM MAY 30TH TO JUNE 30TH IN 2024, ON YOUR LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, AND THEN FROM MAY 30TH TO JUNE 30TH, 2025, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A BIG DIFFERENCE AT THE GRAND TOTAL 24 COMPARED TO 112. MORE CALL FOR SERVICE COMPARISONS OR REPORTS THAT WE TOOK. AS YOU SEE IN 2024, OUR GRAND TOTAL WAS ONLY THREE, AND THEN IN 2025, THE GRAND TOTAL WAS SEVEN, SIX OF THOSE BEING INFO ONLY REPORTS. AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR REPORTS THAT WE CONDUCT WHEN WE TOW SOMEONE'S VEHICLE.

AND NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO VICTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL VICTOR PIZARRO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT. DURING THIS TIME FRAME, WE WORKED ALONGSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ADDRESSED PRETTY MUCH ALL CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WE COULD FIND, MAINLY HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS GROWTH LIMITATION VIOLATIONS, OUTSIDE STORAGE, PARKING VIOLATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, STAGNANT POOLS, FENCES, TRASH VIOLATIONS, PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, HOME OR PROPERTY OCCUPATIONS DURING THAT TIME FRAME, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT BEGAN FOCUSING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN THE PARK SUBDIVISION AFTER IT WAS SELECTED FOR A JOINT SWEEP WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR.

INTENSIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP OFFICIALLY BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, 2025, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DURING THAT TIME FRAME, THE WAY WE HANDLE ALL THESE VIOLATIONS, ONCE THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AND CONFIRMED BY THE COURT OFFICER, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION WAS ISSUED WITH A 7 TO 10 DAYS FOR ACTUAL COMPLIANCE. NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE INITIAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION NUMBER TWO WILL BE THE FINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION. AND THEN NUMBER THREE, FURTHER ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS CITATIONS UPON THE SCHEDULED REINSPECTION DATE, THE ASSIGNED OFFICERS ASSESSED THE PROPERTY'S PROGRESS AND TOOK APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT BASED ON THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS THE ACTUAL COMPLIANCE. THE OFFICERS THEN UPDATED A PROGRESS REPORT FOR COMPLIANCE TRACKING AT THAT TIME. DURING THE TIME FRAME FOR US WAS JUNE 1ST TO KIND OF STILL, SOME CASES ARE STILL ONGOING, BUT DURING THAT TIME FRAME OF JUNE 1ST TO JUNE 30TH, 45 CASES WERE OPEN, 41 NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS WERE ISSUED. 59 VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND DURING THAT TIME FRAME, 40 PROPERTIES COMPLIED, TWO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. WE STILL GOT FOUR CASES THAT ARE STILL ONGOING DURING THAT TIME FRAME. NO SIGNS WERE FOUND FOR FOR IT TO BE REMOVED. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DID. YOU SEE, WE ACTUALLY TOOK A LITTLE BIT EXTRA WITH THE OUTLINING OF THE STREET, WHICH IS CENTER. WE ALSO DID HARRINGTON. AND KIND OF JUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT HERE. ALL RIGHT, MARY BROOK. AND FINALLY, JUST ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE FOR US. GOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS TIME AROUND Y'ALL DID A TOWN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE I DID A COUPLE OF TOWN HALLS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE, AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT, DO THAT IN CANDLELIGHT. AND I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS SAID, YEAH, NEXT TIME THEY DO THAT, MAKE SURE THEY COME. LET US KNOW FIRST. SO I'M GLAD THAT HAPPENED. AND

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I'VE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED TO ALWAYS BECAUSE MY MY BIGGEST MESSAGE DURING THE TOWN HALL IS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KIND OF SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS MORE OF A TEAM EFFORT. WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO CONVEY A MESSAGE OF US AGAINST THEM. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND KIND OF LET US KNOW WHICH AT THAT POINT I INTRODUCED. HEY, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF, HERE'S SEECLICKFIX, WHICH WAS ALSO PART OF MY LITTLE HANDOUT SEECLICKFIX AND ANY OTHER WAYS.

HERE'S MY CARD. LET ME KNOW, TALK TO ME, GET ME INVOLVED. BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, I WANTED ALSO TO CONVEY THE FACT THAT IF I IF THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED, THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF WHEN WE GET THERE, WHEN WE GET A COMPLAINT AND WE GO OUT THERE. YES, WE DO PATROL, BUT IT IS IT IS A LARGE AREA TO COVER. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS GET INVOLVED. AND THEN ONE LAST POINT, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND ISSUED. AND SO THE NUMBER OF COMPLIANCES AGAIN THAT THAT SHOWS I MEAN, THAT'S A MAJOR SUCCESS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT 40 COMPLIANCES. THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, 40 DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING IMPROVED AND CLEANED UP. SO JUST GREAT WORK FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PICKED OUT, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME BACK TO DISTRICT THREE WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

THANK YOU, MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LIEUTENANT BIRD, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS YOU, MR. PIZARRO, AND STUFF. AND THIS IS MY DISTRICT AND STUFF. SO. AND I AND I HEARD LARGE FEEDBACK OF POSITIVE. YOU KNOW, I THINK I ONLY HAD ONE ONE THING WHERE THEY KIND OF SAID AND IT'S USUALLY HAD TO DO IS THAT SOME SOMEBODY WAS OLDER, THEY DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THEY HAD TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THAT. SO I KNOW WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT GONE IN. AND IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'VE KIND OF KEPT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UP A LITTLE MORE AND A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE. AND AND WE'VE ASKED THESE GUYS TO DO THIS JUST SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A STANDARD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AS MR. KOONTZ MENTIONED, DISTRICT THREE, THEY'VE HAD THAT. I THINK YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN ANOTHER AREA. WE'LL GET A REPORT ON THAT. BUT IT'S JUST LITTLE THINGS TO HELP BRING UP AND MAINTAIN OUR OUR PROPERTY VALUES. AND JUST THE LIVING AND STUFF. SO I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR FOR DOING WHAT YOU'VE DONE. MR. PENNYBAKER. AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL. THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING YOU'VE STARTED, AND IT'S HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS. AND MR. BARNETT SAID, Y'ALL HAVE STARTED ANOTHER AREA. I HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE FAIRMEADOWS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS, AND THEY'RE EXCITED FOR Y'ALL TO GET THEM ON THEIR RADAR. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. MR. GOODEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE KUDOS.

GREAT JOB AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALSO, I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCIL MEMBER CHERRY BROWN WILL ALSO SAY THAT SHE RECEIVES CALL. I KNOW I

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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. MUCH APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX B BEST SOUTHWEST HISPANIC

[6.B. Best Southwest Hispanic Heritage Fest – Event Overview & Community Impact]

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 32 MARKET VENDORS, 12 ARE FROM DUNCANVILLE AND SIX ARE FROM THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION. AND THEN WE HAVE 17 PARADE APPLICATIONS. CURRENTLY, TEN ARE FROM DUNCANVILLE AND TWO ARE FROM BEST SOUTHWEST. AND THIS IS EXCLUDING LIKE Y'ALL CITY COUNCIL AND DCDC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS JUST SPECIFICALLY LIKE APPLICANTS, NOT CITY OFFICIALS. WHEN IT COMES TO PRESS AND PROMOTION. WE DO HAVE CROSS CITY SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS. I HAVE WITH THE OTHER BEST SOUTHWEST SPECIAL EVENT PLANNERS. SO THEY DO HAVE ALL OF OUR MARKETING THAT THEY ARE SHARING. THEY DO HAVE POSTERS THAT THEY RECEIVED AT OUR LAST MEETING, AS WELL AS POSTCARDS AND SPEAKING TO CEDAR HILL AND LANCASTER SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PUT THOSE UP AS WELL AS DELIVERED SOME OF THEM TO LOCAL BUSINESSES DURING THEIR LOCAL BUSINESS LUNCHES

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EVENT ACTIVITIES WILL HAVE THE PHOTO OPS, THE VIDEO GAME TRUCK THAT WAS THERE AT 4TH OF JULY REALLY LOVED IT AND HE WANTED TO COME BACK OUT. HE'LL HAVE THE NERF WAR AREA AGAIN AND HE'LL BE SET UP IN THE SAME PLACE. THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPEN. WE'LL HAVE, OF COURSE, MOBILE FOOD VENDORS AS WELL AS MARKET VENDORS. OUR EMS AND EMERGENCY STAFF WILL BE THERE AND WE WILL HAVE A FACE PAINTER AS WELL. SO JUST A COMPARISON. I LOOKED AT THE ATTENDANCE OF THE FIRST HISPANIC HERITAGE FEST LAST YEAR THAT DESOTO HOSTED, SO THEIR COUNT WAS 3.8 THOUSAND AT THE PEAK OF THEIR PARK ATTENDANCE TIME. IN COMPARISON, AT OUR MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE EVENT THAT WE HAD HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, WE HAD 3.2 THOUSAND ATTENDEES. SO I'M HOPING IN A COMBINED WE CAN GET AROUND 4 TO 5, MAYBE EVEN MORE THOUSAND HERE AT OUR EVENT. THE EVENT SURVEY, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR 4TH OF JULY, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC EVENT SURVEY THAT ANYONE CAN SCAN AND FILL OUT. IT'S NOT JUST VENDOR SPECIFIC, IT'S FOR ANYONE. WE DID GET A LOT OF GOOD COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM LAST 4TH OF JULY, SO I AM HOPING THAT THEY DO THE SAME FOR THIS EVENT. WHAT WE USE THAT EVENT SURVEY AGAIN IS JUST TO KIND OF MEASURE THINGS FOR 2026 PLANNING. I HAVE TOLD THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE THE FEEDBACK AS WELL, JUST FOR WHEN THEY GO ON TO PLANNING FOR THEIR YEARS THAT THEY HAVE. IT KIND OF GIVES US, YOU KNOW, AN INSIGHT OF WHAT PEOPLE WENT TO THAT EVENT LOOKING FOR. DID THEY GO IN FOR SHOPPING? DID THEY GO IN JUST FOR THE FOOD? DID THEY WANT TO JUST SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT? SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHEN I'M PLANNING EVENTS, I CAN SEE WHAT'S KIND OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THE PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR EVENTS.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. VERY WELL PREPARED AS WELL. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COME ON. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE READY TO GO, MAN. JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. YOU COVERED IT ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALL

[6.C. City Council is to receive the Public Works Quarterly Report.]

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THEY ALSO SOME RECENT UPDATES ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEP ON CONDUCTED ON JUNE 1ST, WHICH LIEUTENANT BYRD AND MR. PIZARRO JUST WALK YOU THROUGH. STREET MAINTENANCE IS SHORT TWO POSITIONS, BUT WE DID ONBOARD FOUR POSITIONS. THEY COMPLETED 2.3 LANE MILES OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT, 390 POTHOLES WERE REPAIRED, AND 196 INLETS WERE CLEANED. TRAFFIC OPERATIONS RECENTLY BROUGHT IN A NEW TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN TO FILL THE VACANCY OF A RETIRED EMPLOYEE. THEY HAVE 36 SIGNAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS COMPLETED, ONE TRAFFIC CABINET REPLACED, AND TWO SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS REFURBISHED, 98% SIGNAL OPERATIONAL READINESS AND 94% FLASHER OPERATIONAL READINESS. THE UTILITIES DIVISION IS SHORT, THREE CREW LEADERS AND ONE MAINTENANCE WORKER. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AN ASSUMED WATER LOSS OF 2.9 MILLION GALLONS. THIS QUARTER WE HAD EIGHT WATER MAIN BREAKS, SIX SEWER LATERALS REPLACED, ALMOST 82,000FT OF SEWER LINE, CLEANED FEET OF SEWER LINE CLEANED AND ONE ONE FIRE HYDRANT REPLACED. BRINGING YOU BACK UP TO SPEED ON ASTAIRE USA. THE LEAK DETECTION. SO AFTER THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND ACOUSTICAL PHASE WHERE THEY PINPOINTED THE EXACT LEAKS, THEY IDENTIFIED 72 TOTAL LEAKS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. WE'VE REPAIRED EIGHT OF THEM SO FAR, SO WE STILL HAVE 64 OUTSTANDING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THE UTILITIES DIVISION IS RAMPING UP TO SCHEDULE AT LEAST THREE LEAK REPAIRS EACH WEEK, PRIORITIZING THE LARGER LEAKS.

FIRST OF THE 72, SEVEN OF THEM WERE MAINLINE LEAKS. WE'VE WE'VE REPAIRED THREE OF THOSE.

SEVEN OF THE 72, 34 WERE SERVICE LINE LEAKS. AND WE'VE REPAIRED FOUR OF THE 34. AND ALSO OF THE 72, 31 WERE ACTUALLY ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE. I PULLED THE REPORT OF THOSE 31 AND TURNED THAT OVER TO UTILITY BILLING. THEY RESEARCHED AND FOUND NO EXCESSIVE USAGE ON THE BILLING, SO THEY ARE INFORMING THE CUSTOMERS OF THE LEAK AND LOOKING AT REPLACING THOSE METERS SO THAT WE CAN RECOVER THAT LOSS. THESE NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST SCREENSHOTS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE RESEARCH AND WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FUNDING THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR VALVE AND HYDRANT MAINTENANCE. SO THIS IS JUST THE DASHBOARD FROM HYDROMAX USA SHOWING THE VALVES THAT THEY'VE EXERCISED. THIS WAS ACTUALLY PULLED LAST WEEK. I CHECKED THIS MORNING.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT ABOUT 1400 VALVES. SO JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN QUICKLY IDENTIFY VALVES IN THE SYSTEM THAT WERE FOUND IN THE CLOSED POSITION, WHICH IS NOT GOOD, VALVES THAT ARE INOPERABLE I.E. BROKEN, WHICH ARE NOT GOOD, VALVES THAT ARE OPERABLE IN GREAT SHAPE AND EXERCISE. SO JUST A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO USE MOVING FORWARD FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT PURPOSES AND FOR VALVE AND HYDRANT MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF OUR 2024 SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION STUDY, WHERE WE WE'VE SHIFTED FROM SMOKE TESTING TO IAE

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE FAMILY. SO IT'S UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF LOSSES YOU'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH. SO WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE AND, AND THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD A QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK IT NOW. I THINK WE'LL END IT ON THAT NOTE, BUT A GOOD REPORT. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT REPLACES SMOKE TESTING, SO I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON. SO NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. AND WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN AT 10:05 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.