Jan 06, 2026 City Council

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SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. ALL. IT'S 6:00. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 6TH, 2026. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. HE DOES SHOW UP FOR AN EXTRA VOTE, SO OTHERWISE, I DON'T EXPECT HIM TO BE HERE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO OUR BUSINESS SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE. TRY TO GET OUT OF HERE ON TIME FOR ONCE. WE'LL START WITH DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

CITY MANAGER. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. WE ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSS FOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEM ITEM SEVEN A IS CONSIDERING THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 12TH, 2026 SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND WORKSHOP AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE DECEMBER 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM B IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE 2026 GREEN RIBBON PROJECT ON INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN NORTHRIDGE DRIVE AND MAIN STREET. IT'S BASICALLY JUST THAT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE THEY DO ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD. AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION I DID RECEIVE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS THERE'S SOME TREES THAT HAVE DIED OR WOULD THAT BE REPLACED? THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY WOULD BE AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. BUT IF TYLER AGEE IS HERE, HE HASN'T. IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE. BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE TYLER HERE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WHERE TYLER IS. SO BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THEY'RE FRESHENING THINGS UP. IT LOOKS GOOD. BUT AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE LOST SOME TREES OUT THERE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THOSE.

YEAH. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S A RECORD. AND WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY THANK YOU MAYOR ON JANUARY FOR THE JANUARY CALENDAR JANUARY 12TH IS A PART PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING AT 6:30 P.M. AND THAT WILL BE AT 103 AND THE 13TH. WE'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO DISCUSS THE POLICE AND COURT ASSESSMENT. SO IF. IF THAT IS AGREEABLE AMONGST COUNCIL, WILL WE SCHEDULE THAT FOR THE 13TH TIME? 5:00? OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

YOU'RE GOOD. I HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT I CAN COME TO THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THERE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING HAPPENING AT 630 ON THE 13TH. THE 14TH IS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT. THE 16TH IS CELEBRATE DUNCANVILLE, THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY AS WELL, AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. JANUARY THE 19TH IS GOING TO BE THE MLK HOLIDAY AND THE CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED. THE 20TH IS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE 20TH JANUARY 26TH IS A DC, DC, TIFF AND CITY COUNCIL JOINT MEETING AND THAT WILL BE AT THE CO-LAB AT 6:00 PM AND JANUARY 27TH IS THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AT SIX 30TH FEBRUARY. CALENDAR. WE HAVE A MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 3RD. SORRY. WE NEED TO MAKE A DISCUSSION OF JANUARY 10TH. SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECIAL DAY. YES, SIR. JANUARY 10TH IS A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT IS MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN'S BIRTHDAY, SO WE SHOULD PUT THAT ON OUR CALENDARS AS WELL. I AGREE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, ALSO FOR JANUARY, WE'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE THE BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS. THE 15TH. THAT IS AN AVAILABLE DATE AND ALSO THE 29TH. CURRENTLY WE HAVE EIGHT VACANCIES AND WE HAVE SEVEN APPLICANTS THAT I HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR. SO THE 15TH WORKS OR THE 29TH JANUARY.

JANUARY? YES, SIR. 15TH. AGAIN. WHAT TIME ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE CAN EITHER DO 5 OR 530. I WOULD SAY IT WAS PROBABLY SINCE WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN APPLICANTS, IT WOULDN'T BE A LONG MEETING. I HAVE SOMETHING SCHEDULED. OH, OKAY. THE 29TH. ON THE 29TH. THAT'S BETTER. OKAY. 29. IT'S GOOD TO HESITATE. OH, I CAN MAKE IT WORK ON HIS BIRTHDAY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE WON'T BE

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ITEM THREE FIRST ITEM BRIEFING ON PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF 918 EAST HIGHWAY 67. CITY MANAGER, I GUESS WE HAVE A GOLF WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM REGARDING THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO.

HAPPY NEW YEAR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. GOLF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARK AND I, WE COLLABORATED TO PREPARE THE SLIDES FOR THE BRIEFING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE INTRODUCTIONS. RIGHT. JOINING US FROM CORINTH PROPERTIES. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT FIRM DURING THE SLIDES. AS JOHN DICKIE AND ARTHUR RUSSO. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL START BY SAYING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ITEM WITH THE EDC ON DECEMBER THE 15TH, RIGHT. AS AGAIN, PART OF THE SAME PROPOSED STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROPERTY ADDRESSED ON US 67 HIGHWAY. RIGHT. SO WE'LL SEE. IT'S TWO VACANT. WE'RE CALLING OUT LOTS. THESE PARTS HAVE NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. AND A BIG PART OF WHY IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THIS SITE RELATIVE TO WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE. OKAY. SO TO ORIENT US TO THE SITE, THINK OF THE FORMER LUBY'S RESTAURANT. IT'S NOW AN ASIAN BUFFET. AND IF YOU TRAVEL BACK FURTHER SOUTH, YOU RUN TO THAT COPPERHILL INTERSECTION, WAFFLE HOUSE. POP IT UP. SO THIS IS A SITE, ONE OF THE TWO LOTS THAT PETITIONS AND PROBABLY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO. WHY, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THIS SITE HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, IS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS BOTH GEOTECHNICAL AND WHAT'S NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE ON THE SITE? TWO LOTS, THEY KIND OF COLLECT ALL THE DRAINAGE FROM THE OVER THE YEARS. AND SO TO SOLVE FOR THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOME ENGINEERING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. WE TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY $250,000 RIGHT OF SITE COSTS JUST TO SITD SO WHY IS THIS BEING REQUESTED THAT PART. RIGHT. THE EXTRA SITE COST. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED REGARDLESS OF WHO DECIDES OR IF TO DEVELOP THIS SITE. THESE THINGS LIVE IN OUR PARTY TO RIGHT HOW GOD CREATED IT. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR THAT. SOME IMAGES ON THE SITE, LIKE IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATION, AND THEN HERE'S A SITE PLAN. THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PLANS LIKE UTILITY LT YOU CAN SEE HERE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, TRAIN OR EXCUSE ME, CHANNEL CAPTURE THE DRAINAGE. RIGHT. AND THEN ROUTE IT AGAIN AS PART OF THE DRAINAGE PLAN THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THEY MAKE APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMITS, ALL THE DIFFERENT SHEETS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE. OKAY. IN TERMS OF THE END USE PRODUCT, WE'RE GETTING ACTUALLY TWO BUSINESSES, ONE A CREDIT UNION AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL

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OBVIOUSLY, THE HOTEL PARTNERS, THE ADJACENT RESTAURANTS. AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CRITICAL MASS TO THAT CORRIDOR TO ACTIVATE THESE SITES JOINTLY. THE ECONOMY OKAY, THE SNAPSHOT OF THE OVERVIEW, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, AS OPPOSED TO A CASH GRANT, RIGHT, WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING UPFRONT FUNDING FOR I MEAN, IT'S NOT SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S YET REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF IT'S QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, IF IT PERFORMS, IF PEOPLE RESPOND OR HAPPY TO IT. INSTEAD, THIS STRUCTURE USES THE MECHANISM AT AT LEAST THE BOJANGLES RESTAURANT IS GOING TO GENERATE AND THAT SALES TAX. RIGHT. SO THAT SAME REVENUE TOOL IS BEING PROPOSED TO REBATE OR FOR THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, NOT ALL OF IT. A PERCENTAGE OF THAT INVESTMENT THAT'S MADE TO KIND OF SOLVE AND OVERCOME THOSE STRUCTURED CONDITIONS. TERM IS SAID OF THE NEW SALES TAX GENERATED, AND IT'S ALL NEW BECAUSE NONE IS BEING GENERATED RIGHT NOW OVER THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS, WE'LL SHARE. WE'LL KEEP 25%. WE'LL REBATE YOU 75% OF THE SALES TAX THAT YOU GENERATE. THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. AS AN INCENTIVE, IT STARTS WHEN YOU'VE COMPLETED THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MILESTONES WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

RIGHT. SO THERE'S NO OBLIGATION IF YOUR SALES PERFORMANCE RIGHT DOESN'T MEET THOSE BENCHMARKS.

RIGHT. WE'RE STILL GOING TO APPLY THE FORMULA. WE'RE GOING TO CAP IT AT AN AMOUNT OF $150,000. REMEMBER THAT 250,000. WE'RE SAYING WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO PARTICIPATE AT THAT RATE. AND SO WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. RIGHT. THE SALES ARE SO WELL, YOU GENERATE THE EQUIVALENT OF 150,000 REBATED IN TWO YEARS. WE'RE DONE. IF IT TAKES FIVE YEARS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T MEETS THOSE BENCHMARKS, WE'RE STILL DONE, RIGHT. ALRIGHT.

YEAH. SO THIS SAYS NEXT STEPS. AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN SO FAR, TALKING WITH OUR DCDC BOARD, YOU KNOW, TODAY PROVIDE THIS BRIEFING HOPEFULLY FOR SOME FEEDBACK, SOME GOOD QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS. AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE WORK TO POLISH THE FINAL DRAFT AND THEN BRING IT BACK BEFORE THIS COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, FORMAL CONSIDERATION OR APPROVAL. ESTIMATED TIMELINE. SO AFTER THEY GET THE PERMITS AND THE CIVIL WORK DONE, YOU KNOW, FOUR MONTHS AND THEN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, SIX MONTHS. BUT AGAIN, I'LL ALLOW MEMBERS OF CORINTH PROPERTY IF THERE'S QUESTIONS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, MR. RAUSCHER AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION ABOUT, LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. I'LL GO AHEAD. SO WHEN WERE THE THE SURVEYS DONE, YOU KNOW, TO DETERMINE THAT ALL THESE, THESE ISSUES EXISTED ON THE SITE? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN, WHAT, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS WHEN WE FIRST REVIEWED THIS APRIL 2025 FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO YEAH, SO WHEN WERE ALL THE SITE ISSUES DISCOVERED OR REALIZED? YOU WANT TO MAYBE TAKE AUTHOR? JOHN, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THIS SITE FOR A WHILE NOW. FIRST STARTED TALKING WITH CITY BACK IN INTO 2023. WE HAD A STARBUCKS AT THAT TIME. TRIED TO DEVELOP SOME PLANS. COULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? OH YEAH. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE LOUDER? SORRY. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. SINCE LOST STARBUCKS BOJANGLES TO BACKFILL THAT SPACE. AND ALSO IN THAT TIME LEARNED. WE THOUGHT THERE WAS ON THIS. I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE SOUTHERN PART HERE AND GO BACK TO THAT MAP THAT WAS UP THIS ONE. YES. SO THERE WAS WE THOUGHT AT THE TIME THERE WAS A SANITARY LINE THAT RAN AND SERVICED THE PROPERTY, AND WE PROBABLY HAD 7 OR 8 MEETINGS,

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ANOTHER PART OF THAT ROCK TIES INTO IS THE 300FT OF TRENCHING THROUGH THAT ROCK. FOR THE SANITARY LINE, SANITARY LINES ARE DEEP. IT'S COMING OUT ON AVENUE OF THE STARS. THAT'S CORRECT. SANITARY LINE IS COMING OUT ON AVENUE. SO YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A LINE LARGE ENOUGH TO CARRY IT THERE. AND THE STORM SEWER IS GOING OUT WHERE THE STORM SEWER IS GOING TO GO HERE. SO IT'S COMING OUT ON 67. CORRECT? OKAY. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON ONE OF YOUR DRAWINGS THAT I SAW. AND I HAVE OTHERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON HERE. I HAVE HANDOUTS, I THINK, FOR EVERYONE, BUT I GOT EIGHT TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THAT MORE IF IF I MAY. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL PERSON. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM GOOD AND HAS ANOTHER QUESTION WHILE WE'RE HANDING IT BACK. SO CAN YOU SAY WHAT HE SAYS? CORRECTION. OKAY. THERE'S A THERE'S A STORM SEWER MAIN. YEAH. RIGHT. YES. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ON THE GROUND. ALRIGHT.

SO. OKAY. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING AS FOR DEVELOPER THIS IS THE NORMAL

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I WOULD SAY THAT'S THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL. A LOT OF CITIES WILL HAVE AS PART OF OUR CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR EITHER SALES TAX OR THE AD VALOREM. AND THEN IT'S EASIER FOR CITIES TO MAKE THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THAT IT IS THEIR TITLE TO US, THAT WE OWN THEM. THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WE HAVE EASEMENTS, AND THEN THEY LIVE WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHT FOR FUTURE AND CURRENT USES. SO YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A COMMON EXAMPLE. YEAH. OKAY. HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY OTHER INTEREST FOR THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WELL YEAH. MY MY TENURE IS LESS THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I WOULD SAY LIKE HE SAID THIS PROPERTY WAS UNDER CONTRACT. I CAN REMEMBER JUST AS A RESIDENT WHEN IT CAME ON BOARD FOR CHANGES ON THE APPLICATION FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. AND SO AND THEN EVEN BEFORE THAT, I WAS LIKE, THEY HAD ANOTHER POTENTIAL END USER AT THE TABLE. SO YOU'D HAVE TO I GUESS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A QUESTION FOR THE PARTY WHO'S OWNED THE PROPERTY, RIGHT, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET INQUIRIES ABOUT AVAILABLE PROPERTY, THIS ONE'S BEEN OFF THE MARKET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN THE RECENT FUTURE WHEN THE DOCTORS DOCTOR AND HIS GROUP DEVELOPED THE MEDICAL OFFICE AS THE BACK OF THAT PROPERTY, THEY HAD STATED ALL ALONG THEIR INTENTIONS WERE TO HOPE FOR RESTAURANTS TO DEVELOP ON THESE PAD SITES. OKAY. AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. IT'S A DIFFICULT SELL OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN'T GET BACK ON 67 RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN'T GET BACK ON I-20. SO IT TAKES A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY TO GET THERE. AND I THINK WE'RE THERE NOW. SO THAT'S EXCITING TO ME. AS FAR AS THE THE ISSUES ON THE ON THE THE DISCOVERIES OF WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO GET THAT THAT SANITARY SEWER OUT TO, TO AVENUE OF THE STARS, THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND IT'S ALWAYS EXISTED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT ANYBODY THAT KNEW THAT WAS GONE, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO STEP FORWARD IN A MEETING AND SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU GUYS DO REALIZE SO IT'S IT'S NOT THE CITY'S FAULT FOR NOT BEING THERE TO SAY THAT. BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT SO I UNDERSTAND BOJANGLES IS CONTINGENT ON THIS DEAL. SO YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SECURED BOJANGLES YET. WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LOCATION, BUT WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET OUR OUR KIND OF DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS AND THIS AGREEMENT MORE DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE WE MAKE THAT FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENT TO BOJANGLES AND BE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT WE SAY WE CAN DELIVER IN TERMS OF UTILITY AND OFF-SITE WORK. AND THIS WORK

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YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AGAIN. WE HAVE TAMARA BELL HERE TO DO THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. AGAIN THIS IS OUR FOURTH THAT WE DO.

WE DID IT LAST JANUARY. SO SHE'S HERE AGAIN TO RECAP 2025. SO WE GOTTA LOOK OVER THERE.

OKAY OKAY. AND I'M THINKING THIS IS THE SPOT TO STAND. SO I'LL STAND OVER HERE. AND AGAIN THANK YOU. AND AND HELLO HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BACK JUST TO GIVE A QUICK BRIEFING ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST YEAR.

AND I WANT TO I KNOW YOU ALWAYS GET TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE, THE FIRE, BUT I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF 911. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR TRANSITION TO DISPATCH

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COUNCILWOMAN BROWN, I'LL KEEP CALLING YOU BECAUSE I REMEMBER YOUR NAME. YOU SAID CHERRY BROWN. SO IF YOU DIAL 911. RIGHT, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOW US SOMETHING, I THINK SOMEONE'S BREAKING IN HIS HOUSE. I THINK THIS IS GOING ON. WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND YOU A LINK THROUGH THE CAT. YOU ACCEPT THE LINK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. IF YOU ACCEPT, YOU'RE SAYING YES. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T SEE US, BUT WE SEE YOU AND WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US. AND YOU CAN SHOW US WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH THE FIRE. SOMEBODY IS RUNNING, WHATEVER MAY BE GOING ON. AND SO WE CAN BETTER INFORM THE RESPONDERS WHO ARE ON THE WAY OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO IT AS WELL. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PRODUCTS IN OUR NEW CAT SYSTEM AS WELL AS IN OUR PHONE SYSTEM. IF YOU DIAL 911, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND THAT SAME LINK THROUGH OUR PHONE SYSTEM AS WELL. SO I BELIEVE THAT WITH YOU. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? COUNCILOR JEREMY CUTS. CUTS CUTS, CUTS, CUTS.

OKAY. REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. YES, YES. SO THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO OKAY. SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT GOALS. DEPARTMENT MEASURES I'LL JUST SKIP TO THIS ONE HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT I'M ACTUALLY GRADED ON WHICH NOW ON ONE IS IS RATED ON PERIOD THROUGH OUR NATIONAL STANDARDS. SO OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE. SO MY QA SUPERVISOR SHE HAS TO PULL CALLS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING WHATEVER WE WANT TO ASK ON THE PHONE AND SAYING, HOWEVER IN TREATING OUR CALLERS ANY KIND OF WAY. RIGHT. AND SO SHE GRADES OUR CALLS. AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE 90% ACCURACY, I'M SORRY 90. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 95 NOT YET. AND WE'RE AT 95%. I ALWAYS GET THIS CONFUSED. I'M TRYING TO READ IT OUT. AND SO WE WE PRETTY MUCH STAY WITHIN THAT 9,495% PERCENTILE BECAUSE NOT ALL DISPATCHERS ARE GREAT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE DOING WELL. WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH SOME PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE AND STRAIGHTEN UP OR PUT THEM ON A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE AT 95%. THE OTHER THING IS TEN SECOND

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RIGHT? AFTER TWO RINGS, YOU'RE THINKING, OKAY, IS ANYBODY GOING TO ANSWER THIS PHONE OR NOT? AND SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S THE GOAL 10S FOR US AT WORK, HOWEVER, THE STANDARD IS 15 SECONDS. AND IT USED TO BE TEN. AND THEY MOVED IT TO 15 BECAUSE THEY REALIZE IT'S HARD TO GET WHAT'S GOING ON A LOCATION, A PHONE NUMBER, ALL THIS STUFF TO FROM A HYSTERICAL CALLER. AND SO THEY CHANGED IT TO 15 SECONDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN NO ONE USES A LANDLINE ANYMORE. RIGHT? IS WIRELESS PHONES. AND SO WE CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION AS QUICKLY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DIAL 911 FROM YOUR CELL PHONE, IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW OR DIDN'T REALLY SHOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE WITH OUR NEW CARD, WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM, WE WE ARE BETTER WITH THAT. SO WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE GREAT AND LET'S DO THIS IN 10S. AND SO THAT'S WHY I KEPT 10S AS OUR STANDARDS, EVEN THOUGH THE NATIONAL STANDARD IS 15 SECONDS. AND SO WE'RE NOT OUR AVERAGE ANSWER TIME FOUR SECONDS. SO OUR PRIORITY P AND PRIORITY ONE CALLS PRIORITY P IS FOR POLICE WHICH IS OUR WHICH OUR PRIORITY ONE CALLS. AND PRIORITY ONE WE USE FOR FIRE. SO OUR AVERAGE DISPATCH TIME IS 48 SECONDS. OKAY. THAT'S NOT THAT. WE ANSWERED AND PROCESSED THIS ENTIRE CALL IN 48 SECONDS. WE DISPATCH ONCE WE GET THE ADDRESS AND WHAT'S GOING ON, IT CAN NOT EVEN IF IT'S THE WHOLE STORY, IF YOU SAY, HEY, I'VE BEEN ROBBED, WE KNOW PUT ROBBERY IN THAT IN THAT CALL FOR SERVICE AND YOUR LOCATION, WE SEND IT OVER TO THE DISPATCH AND WE CONTINUE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. SO IT'S BEING DISPATCHED WITHIN 60S.

HOWEVER, WE STILL MAY BE ON THE PHONE TO CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE FIRE OR POLICE UPDATES. AND SO WE'RE WITHIN STANDARDS. AND IT'S HAD WE NOT GOTTEN THE LOCATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND START DISPATCHING, THEN WE WOULD NEVER MEET STANDARD. WE IT'S JUST HARD TO MEET THAT BECAUSE AGAIN HISTORICAL CALLERS NO ONE'S DIALING 911 BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT MARRIED, YOU KNOW, AND SHARING GOOD NEWS. HEY GUESS WHAT I DID TODAY? NO, THEY'RE CALLING 911 IN DISTRESS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM. OKAY. SO OUR FOURTH QUARTER PARTY P AND PARTY ONE STATS OKAY. HERE'S DUNCANVILLE NUMBERS HERE. AND SO OUR PEAK TIMES ARE 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. AND SO PEAK TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MOST DISPATCHERS ON THE FLOOR I DON'T HAVE A LOT. AND SO I WORK WITH WHAT I HAVE. AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S I MOVED IT TO SIX. IT USED TO BE FIVE MOVED IT TO SIX. DISPATCHERS HAVE TO BE ON THE FLOOR FROM 11 TO 11 AND 7 TO 11 AND THEN 3 TO 7 A.M. FIVE. AND AT NIGHTTIME, SOMETIMES IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, THEY CAN GO DOWN TO FOUR BECAUSE 3 TO 7, YOU KNOW, NOT MUCH GOING ON, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT EMERGENCY IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO FROM 11 TO 7, FOURTH QUARTER I'M SORRY, 11 TO 3, FOURTH QUARTER. DUNCANVILLE ANSWERED, 592 WERE RESPONDED TO 592 PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY P CALLS AVERAGE DISPATCH TIME 46 SECONDS. AND I PUT THIS HERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S PEAK TIME AND WE'RE HUSTLING AND BUSTLING, WE'RE STILL PERFORMING WITHIN OUR STANDARD NATIONAL STANDARD 557 FROM £0.03 TO £0.07 AND THEN FIVE SIX FROM £0.07 TO £0.11. YES. AND THAT'S FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025. SO YES.

AND IS THAT NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WERE THAT CAME OUT OF DUNCANVILLE OR NUMBER OF CALLS TO WHICH DUNCANVILLE POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED TO? YES. SO THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED IN DISPATCH AND DISPATCH, DUNCANVILLE POLICE AND FIRE TO. YES. SO THOSE CALLS CAME OUT OF DUNCANVILLE AND DUNCAN. YES. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GO TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER CITIES COME TO US. SO. RIGHT. OKAY. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO DESOTO AND THEN CEDAR HILLS. SO THOSE ARE DUNCANVILLE. SO SO WE DO HAVE A HIGHER VOLUME OF CALLS COMING IN. SO THIS WAS THIS JUST HAPPENED THIS QUARTER. IT CHANGES YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES DUNCANVILLE IS IS UNDER. BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE QUARTER AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHO DECIDES TO ACT UP OKAY. SO TO HIS POINT I'D KIND OF LIKE TO IF YOU HAVE IF YOU SEND IT TO US TO SEE THE TREND BECAUSE I I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE BIASED TO DUNCANVILLE AND I THINK WE'RE A BETTER CITY. SO SO EITHER THEY'RE UNDER REPORTING OR SOMETHING. SO THERE BEEN A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I HAVE THIS IN DUNCANVILLE IS THE LOWEST, MOST TIMES DUNCANVILLE IS THE LOWEST. AND SO THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE.

YES. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THAT TIME. SUMMERTIME IS IS HOT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WE REALLY GET DOWN ON ONE AND GET

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AND SO HERE OKAY. FOR INSTANCE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL FOR DESOTO SAYS 35,000 RIGHT. NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL DUNCANVILLE SAYS 135. IT'S NOT THAT DUNCANVILLE IS NOT PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S THAT THEY DON'T GO OUT OVER THE RADIO OR THEY DON'T KEY IN ON THEIR ON THEIR MDCS AND SAY, HEY, I'M NOT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. CHECKING OUT DESOTO HAS TO DO IT BECAUSE COUNCIL REQUESTED IT. THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD, HEY, ANY SINGLE TIME YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'RE CHECKING, GO OUT ON IT.

WE WANT TO COUNT THESE NUMBERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT DOING IT BECAUSE YOUR OFFICERS ARE VERY BUSY. IT'S JUST THAT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT ON IT. EXTRA PATROL VEHICLES AT 17,000. AS YOU CAN SEE, CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO, THEY'RE NOT. SO JUST DEPENDS ON HOW WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR POLICY IS. AND THESE ARE SELF-INITIATED. SO THESE AREN'T THEY'RE DOING THIS ON THEIR MVC'S WITHIN THEIR THEIR VEHICLES OKAY. NOW I WANT TO ASSIST. WE ARE SO WE RECEIVED A $2 MILLION GRANT I BELIEVE I MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL TO GO NEXT GENERATION 911. AND AGAIN THAT'S LIKE GOING FROM A FLIP PHONE OR ROTARY DIAL PHONE TO A SMARTPHONE. THE NEWEST PHONES, RIGHT. AND WE ARE NOW ON THAT PLATFORM TO WHERE WE ARE THE SMARTPHONE. AND NOW ONE ONE. AND NOT EVERY CITY IS DOING THAT. WE GOT A GRANT. ALL THE TEXAS CITIES WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THIS GRANT. BUT HOWEVER, SOME DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH WITH THE GRANT. AND SO WE ARE NOW ON NEXT GENERATION 911.

SO WHEN YOU DIAL 911 FROM I'M NOT I DON'T DRIVE UP HERE AS MUCH AS I DRIVE IN DESOTO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO USE THE SODA. I'M SO SORRY. SO IF I'M AT 35 AND BELTLINE RIGHT, AND I DIAL 911, IT CAN GO TO LANCASTER. I'M SORRY, I SAY LANCASTER. IT CAN GO TO LANCASTER. RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO NEXT GENERATION 911. NOW THAT CALL IS GOING TO COME TO DESOTO TO TO OUR 911 CENTER. AND SO IF YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF A OF A DIFFERENT CITY AND YOU DIAL 911, IT'S GOING TO COME TO 911. IF YOU'RE IN DUNCANVILLE, CEDAR HILL OR DESOTO, IT'S GOING TO COME TO 911. AND THAT'S WHAT THE MAPPING AND THAT'S WHAT MOVING TO NEXT GENERATION 911 PLATFORM, THE PHONE SYSTEM DID FOR US. ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US. SO WE'RE GOING TO NOW WANT TO ASSIST, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP TRIANGULATE OUR MAPPING BETTER. SO IF YOU DIAL 911 FROM IN THIS ROOM HERE, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE YOU ARE. NOT JUST THAT YOU'RE AT DUNCANVILLE CITY HALL, BUT I'M WE'RE IN THIS LITTLE ROOM HERE TO KIND OF PINPOINT, GIVE US A BETTER LOCATION, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE POLICE OR FIRE TO FIND YOU IN AN EMERGENCY. ALSO, WE'LL HAVE TRANSLATION. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IF WE GET A SPANISH CALLER, CHINESE SPEAKING PERSON DOWN NOW, AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO CALL VOYANCE, WHICH IS OUR LANGUAGE LINE. SOMETIMES WE'RE ON HOLD FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND ONE CENTER USES THIS COMPANY AT&T LANGUAGE LINE OR EITHER VOYANCE. LUCKILY, MOST CALLS WE HAVE TO TRANSLATE ARE SPANISH, AND WE HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKING PERSON ON EVERY SINGLE SHIFT.

SO IT HELPS US TO JUST GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, GET THIS INFORMATION FROM THIS CALLER AND NOT HAVE TO TRANSFER THIS CALL TO VOYANCE. BUT WITH OUR NOW ON ASSIST THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING NOW, WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT THROUGH OUR GRANT FUNDING. THEY WILL IT WILL TRANSLATE FOR YOU. IT WILL TRANSLATE EVERY SINGLE CALL, EVEN IF IT'S AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CALL, JUST IN CASE THE DISPATCHER MISSES SOMETHING. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S MISSED RIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND, SOMEBODY TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND. IT'S PICKING UP EVERY SINGLE THING AND IT WILL TRANSLATE AS WELL. AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT NOW WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. WHAT ELSE. SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT TRANSLATION TRANSCRIBES TRANSCRIPTION OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT ME TO STOP I CAN SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WIRELESS FEES. OR I CAN KEEP GOING. I JUST JUST LET ME KNOW. IT WOULD HELP US IF YOU COULD SEND THE INFORMATION. I'LL ASK COUNCIL THOUGH. WE WANT TO TRY TO GET OUT OF HERE ON TIME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS AND I'M NOT. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SO HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL YOU WANT TO GO ON? I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS OKAY. I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY SOME SUMMARIZE. YES YES YES. OKAY. SO BACK IN THE 1900S WHEN I STARTED DISPATCHING NOW ONE OF THESE COVERED OUR BUDGET, THE 911 CENTER BUDGET PERIOD. RIGHT. RIGHT. NOW IT DOES NOT. RIGHT NOW OUR NINE ONE FEES COVERS LIKE $1 MILLION, ABOUT $1 MILLION WHEN THE BUDGET IS 5.4. SO THE REST OF THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM DUNCANVILLE, CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS, BECAUSE OUR, OUR, OUR WIRELESS FEES ARE A DOLLAR FOR RESIDENTIAL ONE, 25 FOR BUSINESSES AND 150 FOR VOIP LINES. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY BRINGING IN. OH LANDLINE. THAT'S LANDLINE. AND NO ONE IS USING LANDLINE ANYMORE. AND SO EVERY YEAR THOSE FEES GO DOWN YOU KNOW DECREASES. AND SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH WAITING ON

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AND THEY DISTRIBUTE THAT MONEY TO US BASED ON THE POPULATION. SO I DO HAVE A BREAKOUT BETWEEN DUNCANVILLE, CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO, HOW MUCH THEY SEND US MONTHLY FOR NOW ON ONE FEES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS BECAUSE SOMETIMES STATES INCREASE THEIR FEES DEPENDING ON THE PROJECTS THEY HAVE GOING ON AND THEN TAKE THEM BACK, DECREASE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PROJECT IS OVER. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT JUST IN CASE YOU, YOU KNOW, I DON'T YOU PROBABLY NEVER EVEN NOTICED THAT DOLLAR DOLLAR 25 ON YOUR CELL PHONE BILL. BUT IT COMES IT COMES TO US. SO I'D SAY I'VE SEEN IT. SO I'LL SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. AND SO BUT THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. WE'RE PLANNING A DISPATCH CIVIC ACADEMY FOR TEENAGERS. WE'RE GOING TO BECOME CERTIFIED. AS WITH AS THAT'S THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.

THAT'S OUR NEXT GOAL IS COMING IN THIS SUMMER. SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT WITH OTHER 911 CENTERS. THE COMMUNICATION. HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THESE CITIES WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ALL THIS SPACE AND ALL THIS TOWERS, TOWER SPACE? THAT'S ABOUT IT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS OVER AT 911 TO COME VISIT US 200 SOUTH PARKS DRIVE AND TAKE A TOUR. WE'RE SMALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, COME SIT IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT INVITATION TO THE TOUR. SO IF WE COULD MAYBE ARRANGE THAT AND ALSO RECYCLE AROUND THE WORLD. YES, YES, I WILL. I'LL WORK WITH DESOTO AND TARA TO SCHEDULE A TIME FOR FOR A TOUR. AND ALSO ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT YOU ALL WANT. WE'LL GET THAT AND SEND THAT OUT TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C BRIEFING ON TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO COME TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT T CAP. THE TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER. I'M MARGARET SUMMARY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I WILL TRY AND VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. SO OKAY, SO WHO IS T CAP? DUNCANVILLE HAS BEEN A MEMBER.

YOU'RE A FOUNDING MEMBER. YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF T CAP SINCE 2001. WHO IS T CAP? WE HAVE 173 MEMBERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION, MOSTLY CITIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, WATER DISTRICTS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES. WE HAVE 95 MEMBERS IN THE NORTH ZONE. SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WACO TO OKLAHOMA, WHICH IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE MOST OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IS. THE CAP BOARD IS MADE UP OF OUR MEMBERS. ANYONE CAN RUN FOR THE BOARD.

WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING OUR NEW BOARD THIS FRIDAY AT OUR BOARD MEETING. BUT YOU CAN SEE LANCASTER IS ON THE BOARD UP HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. HURST THE ANNA POSITION IS ACTUALLY EMPTY RIGHT NOW. THAT'S VACANCY WE'RE FILLING. WE ALSO HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE AND LEWISVILLE ON THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE CITIES. AND THESE ARE CITY MANAGERS, FINANCE DIRECTORS. WE'VE HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. SO WHY WHY DOES DUNCANVILLE NEED TO BE IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS? SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ORGANIZATION. AND WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY IS WE POOL ALL 173 MEMBERS USAGE TOGETHER AND GO OUT INTO THE WHOLESALE MARKET AND GET YOU A CONTRACT. ANYONE ELSE HAS TO WORK IN THE RETAIL MARKET. WE WERE ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THE STATE LAW BACK IN 2001. THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LOAD PROFILE. HOW YOU USE ELECTRICITY HERE IN THE GREEN, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CITIES, VERY DIFFERENT LOAD PROFILE. ONE AT THE BOTTOM USES MORE POWER MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, PROBABLY 8 TO 5, YOU KNOW, HAS A COUPLE BUILDINGS, NOT MUCH. THE ONE ON THE TOP.

IT'S A LARGER CITY, COULD HAVE WATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEFINITELY. STREET LIGHTS COME ON ON THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN YOU PULL EVERYONE TOGETHER. IT'S ALSO GOOD THAT WE'RE ALSO IN ALL AREAS OF TEXAS SO THAT WHEN NORTH TEXAS IS SCALDING HOT, THE VALLEY IS NOT SO MUCH OR HOUSTON ISN'T SO MUCH. SO THAT ALSO HELPS TO EVEN OUR LOAD OUT WHEN WE CAN BE AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE. THAT ALSO HELPS TO GET A GOOD CONTRACT. CITIES. IF YOU WENT OUT ON YOUR OWN, YOU WOULD GET WHATEVER THIS GREEN THING OF YOUR CITY IS AND YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE AT THAT POINT. THE BLUE LINE IS THE TCP LOAD. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ALMOST FLAT. WE KIND OF PEAK IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE WHOLESALE MARKET, THEY KNOW THEY CAN BUY MORE POWER FOR US IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS REALLY USING IT. SO IT TENDS TO BE CHEAPER. THE RED LINE IS HOW ERCOT, THE WHOLE STATE USES ELECTRICITY AND YOU CAN SEE IT PEAKS. YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYBODY'S GETTING HOME

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THEY ARE STRICTLY OUR BILLING PARTNER. THEY HAVE NO SAY IN OUR CONTRACT AT ALL. THEY HAVE TO TAKE WHOEVER WE GET THE CONTRACT FROM. IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE LIVING UP TO THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE CONTRACT, WE CAN GET RID OF JAXA. BUT THE ELECTRICITY PRICE DOESN'T GO AWAY BECAUSE THAT'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR COMPANY AND YOU SAY, I'M DONE WITH YOU, YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM, AND YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP YOUR PRICE. YOU DO PAY A SMALL AGGREGATION FEE. IT'S LESS THAN A ONE MIL OF A CENT, BUT FOR THAT YOU GET A LOT OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICES. WE PROVIDE ANNUAL BUDGET ESTIMATES. THOSE WILL BE COMING OUT FOR JUST THE ELECTRICITY PART, NOT YOUR ENTIRE CITY, BUT FOR YOUR ELECTRICITY. THOSE WILL BE COMING OUT IN MARCH. WE HELP WITH STATE REPORTING. DUNCANVILLE IS REQUIRED TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE. BECAUSE WE AREN'T A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, WE HELP WITH THOSE. THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO ENERGY CONSULTANTS, SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO ANY RENEWABLE PROJECTS, WE WILL HELP YOU. WE'LL REVIEW CONTRACTS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. WE ALSO HELP WITH ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR OWN BILLING PORTAL SO YOU CAN RUN YOUR NUMBERS AND REPORTS ANY WAY YOU WANT. WE DO MONTHLY WEBINARS ON DIFFERENT ISSUES. THE ONE THIS MONTH AT THE END OF THE MONTH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT JAXA. THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR BILLING LOOK AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR PORTAL. SO WE'LL BE ROLLING THAT OUT AND TELLING OUR MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THAT. AND WE HAVE A PEER ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND WE HAVE A VOICE.

WE FOLLOW THE LEGISLATURE, THE PUC, ERCOT AND THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE GOT HOUSE BILL 2962 INTRODUCED, WHICH WOULD EXEMPT GROSS RECEIPTS TAX FROM YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL, YOUR CITY, BUT YOU STILL PAY A TAX, A SALES TAX TO THE STATE. WE DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. THEY EXEMPTED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO EXEMPT TO FOR CITIES AS WELL. AND SO WE DID THAT. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PUC TO GET COMMERCIAL SERVICE STANDARDS.

RESIDENTS HAVE CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS. THE COMMERCIAL SIDE DOES NOT. AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SMALLER CITIES WHO ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT AREN'T MEMBERS OF TKAP. TYPICALLY THIS REAL QUICK BEFORE WINTER STORM URI? WE KNOW WHAT THAT DID TO THE STATE. CONTRACTS WERE PRETTY MUCH FIXED PRICE, FIXED TERM. YOU GET A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PRICE WAS, DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY, SET IT AND FORGET IT. WHEN WINTER STORM URI CAME, EVERYTHING IN THE MARKET CHANGED. AND SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT DUNCANVILLE IS UNDER. IT'S CALLED STRATEGIC PURCHASING. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BUYING ONE YEAR CONTRACTS TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. IT DOES TWO THINGS. IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWEST CONTRACT PRICE IN THE MARKET.

IT GETS RID OF ALL OF THE ADDERS THAT THEY PUT INTO LONGER TERM CONTRACTS, THE WHAT IFS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YEAR 4 OR 5, SIX, 7 OR 8. AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S ALSO GETTING US THROUGH THIS VERY UNIQUE TIME SINCE WINTER STORM URI, PRICES RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN GOING UP. AND THE PROBLEM IS THEY SHOULD BE COMING DOWN. IF YOU HAD LOCKED INTO A LONG TERM CONTRACT TWO YEARS AGO, YOU'D BE WATCHING THE PRICE. YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE THINKING, OH, THIS IS GREAT. PRICES ARE GOING UP AND I'M LOCKED IN. BUT THEN WHEN THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT, YOU'RE IN A LONG TERM CONTRACT AND YOU CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE THINK PRICES ARE GOING TO START COMING OFF OF THESE HIGH MARKS IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND NOW THE BOARD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT VENEZUELA AND WHAT THAT OIL COULD MEAN TO EVERYTHING HERE IN TEXAS ON FRIDAY. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE WORLD EVENTS DO AFFECT IRONICALLY OUR ELECTRICITY. THIS IS A STRATEGIC PURCHASING. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU'RE BUYING A CONTRACT IN ANY ONE YEAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TERM, YOU HOPE ON THAT BLUE LINE YOU FOUND THE LOWEST. BUT PRICES CHANGE EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES THEY CHANGE TWO AND THREE TIMES A DAY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS UNTIL YOU'RE PAST THE YEAR. THE RED LINES ACROSS SHOW YOU THE AVERAGE OF THE YEAR, AND THAT AVERAGE IS MUCH MORE CONSISTENT. AND SO WITH STRATEGIC PURCHASING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING OUT. WE'RE BUYING 1/12 OF OUR NEED EVERY MONTH TO GET THE AVERAGE OF A YEAR, AND ALSO TO HELP KEEP THE PRICES DOWN. AND

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THESE ARE DIFFERENT BILLS. YOU CAN SEE IT SAYS ENERGY FIXED PRICE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY SERVICE COSTS. YOU HAVE ERCOT FIRM FUEL SUPPLY COSTS. OVER HERE YOU HAVE HUB LOAD ZONE PASS THROUGH OTHER CHARGES, OTHER ERCOT INCREMENTAL AS CHARGES AND THE LIST GOES ON. THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE BILLS. THERE'S ONLY TWO GROUPS OF CHARGES. IT'S EITHER ANCILLARY OR CONGESTION. THAT'S IT. BUT THEY KEEP COMING UP WITH NEW NAMES. AND EVERY TIME WE SEE A BILL THERE'S NEW NAMES. AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE CHARGES OURSELVES.

WE THINK IT'S. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THEY DON'T EVEN TELL YOU THE RATES ON THAT SIDE OF THE BILL. THAT COMPANY THIS ONE DOES I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THAT ANYMORE. THIS IS A MUCH OLDER BILL. THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER URI. THIS IS A MORE RECENT BILL. AND SO WE THINK IT'S MORE WAYS FOR THEM TO ADD MONEY. AND AGAIN YOU DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING YOU IS ACTUALLY THE REAL COST OR NOT. BECAUSE ANCILLARY AND CONGESTION ARE BUILT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BILL YOU. AND IF THEY PRE-FILL YOU TOO MUCH, I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A REFUND BACK. SURE. THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE BILL. YEAH.

SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY SIGNED OUR STRATEGIC PURCHASE CONTRACT IN 2021. THE CONTRACT TERM GOES THROUGH 27. THE BOARD APPROVED AN EXTENSION FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS THROUGH 2032, CONTINUING IN TCP. NO ADDITIONAL ACTION BECAUSE WE WROTE THE CONTRACT TO ALLOW FOR THESE EXTENSIONS. TRYING TO GET 173 CITIES TO SIGN CONTRACTS, ALL IN A ONE MONTH PERIOD.

LITTLE HARD. THIS SAYS TO LEAVE TCP OR WRITTEN LETTERS REQUIRED BY 1231 25. DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE COME TO YOU AND NOT GIVEN YOU AN OUT. IF YOU ASK IF YOU WANT IT OUT, THERE IS STILL TIME. WE JUST HAD TO DO AN EXACT DEADLINE, YOU KNOW, SO CITIES WOULDN'T JUST KEEP CALLING ME IN APRIL. SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. AND I THINK TRYING TO BE QUICK AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I DO IN TERMS OF THE IF YOU GO BACK A SLIDE OR TWO, OKAY. YEAH. GO. GO AHEAD. NO.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY. CONTRACT TERM 23 THROUGH 27. IN WITHIN THAT CONTRACT TERM, THERE IS A SET DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING. YES. AND WHAT IS THAT. IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE PAYING AND MY INFORMATION IS IN MY NOTEBOOK. YOU'RE PAYING 6.8 CENTS I THINK.

SO AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THERE. THERE IS. NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE OVER SEVEN, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASES IN HOW TCP DOES THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE COMMODITY OF ELECTRICITY. IT'S THOSE ERCOT CHARGES, THOSE ANCILLARY AND CONGESTION COSTS. ERCOT HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY, AND WHEN THEY SPEND MONEY, IT FLOWS THROUGH TO ALL OF US. AND SO THEY MADE A PROMISE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE AN OUTAGE LIKE WINTER STORM URI AGAIN. SO THEY'RE SPENDING JUST BEAUCOUPS OF MONEY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN AT THE RAILROAD COMMISSION AND THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PUC GOING, THEY'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN THEY NEED TO. IT'S COSTING EVERYONE TOO MUCH. THE PUC IS STARTING TO LISTEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY TO BACK OFF YET. WHAT TCP DOES IS WE LOCK

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. FINAL ITEM, THE BRIEFING ON CITY TRAVEL POLICY. WE HAVE RICHARD JACKSON HERE AND HE HAS PROMISED TO MAKE IT QUICK. I HAVE I HAVE INDEED, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. HELLO. RICHARD JACKSON, CFO. WE MADE SOME UPDATES TO OUR TRAVEL POLICY. SO WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TRAVEL POLICY ITSELF. AND SO AGAIN I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE GUIDELINES. WHAT DEFINES BUSINESS TRAVEL ACCORDING TO THE POLICY. QUICK BLURB ABOUT PAYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS. AND CERTAINLY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TRIED TO ANSWER THOSE. SO GETTING INTO THE PURPOSE CERTAINLY FIRST THING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY MEETS CERTAIN OBJECTIVES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN OUR BUDGET. CERTAINLY, WE WANT TO HAVE A FORMAL OUTLINE OF PROCEDURES THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY EMPLOYEE OR MEMBER OF THE CITY CAN ABIDE BY, AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY WITH THE POLICY, BUT ALSO THAT WE CAN FORMALLY HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO HOW WE WANT THE TRAVEL TO BE CONDUCTED, AND CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IN ANY CAPACITY, THAT YOU'RE DOING SO IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS POSITIVELY ON THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. AGAIN, IN TERMS OF GUIDELINE AND PROCESS, WE REQUESTING THAT A TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION FORM BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ANY TRAVEL, ESSENTIALLY, HEY, YOU'RE ASKING MOM AND DAD FOR PERMISSION BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TRAVEL WISE. CERTAINLY LISTING ALL THE PERTINENT INFORMATION, ALL THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S REGISTRATION, LODGING, MEALS, WHAT HAVE YOU, IS A CASH ADVANCE REQUESTED FOR, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE PURCHASE CARDS. SO IN TERMS OF COVERING THE DIFFERENT FEES. SO THEY'RE LIMITED POTENTIALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE PERSONALLY COMING OUT OF POCKET, EVENTUALLY THESE FORMS WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OR AND THEN MOVING FORWARD INTO MY DEPARTMENT AND FISCAL SERVICES BUSINESS TRAVEL IN THE POLICY, LOCAL BUSINESS TRAVEL IS DEFINED AS WITHIN 50 MILES. SO ESSENTIALLY COVERS THE METROPLEX. SOME OUTER BANDS OF THE METROPLEX. SO FOR THAT VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION WOULD EITHER BE CITY VEHICLE OR PERSONAL VEHICLE. AND CERTAINLY IF PERSONAL VEHICLE IS USED, MILEAGE WOULD BE REIMBURSED. EXTENDED BUSINESS TRAVEL IS ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF 50 MILES. AND SO IF IT'S VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION, THE POLICY IS RECOMMENDING THAT EITHER USING THE CITY VEHICLE OR YOU'RE RENTING A VEHICLE, THERE IS THROUGH THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE STATE, THERE IS A DISCOUNT CODES AT ENTERPRISE AND HERTZ, RESPECTIVELY. AND THE POLICY ASKS FOR RENTAL TO BE FOR A VEHICLE SIZE OF FULL SIZE OR SMALLER. AND THEN CERTAINLY, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE TRAVELING, CERTAINLY AIR TRAVEL WILL COME INTO PLAY AS WELL. GETTING SPECIFICALLY INTO THE VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION FOR

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WE ALSO ASK IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON THAT ATTENDS THE CONFERENCE THAT WE TRY TO CARPOOL TO MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO AGAIN, TRY TO LESSEN THE COST ON THE LODGING AND MEALS SIDE, THE POLICY IS AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, REQUESTING THAT TRAVELERS MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO USE A TAX EXEMPT FORM. OF COURSE, THE CITY IS TAX EXEMPT, SO TRYING TO PRESENT THAT FORM AT HOTELS AND AT RESTAURANTS, IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT IT. BUT AT LEAST WE'RE MAKING EVERY ATTEMPT TO HAVE THOSE TAX PAYMENTS EXEMPT FOR TRAVELERS ON THE PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION SIDE. AGAIN, TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE ALLOWED. ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE TRAVEL FORM, RECEIVE THE PROPER APPROVALS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE CARS. CERTAINLY, WE ENCOURAGE TO USE THE P CARD WHERE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THEM, SO THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO EITHER A WORRY ABOUT A TRAVEL ADVANCE OR B HAVE OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURES AS PART OF THEIR TRAVEL, AND THEN CERTAINLY ONCE THEY RETURN THAT THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE POST-TRAVEL FORM, ITEMIZING OUT WHAT THEIR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE AND RECEIVING THOSE PROPER APPROVALS. IF YOU WERE ADVANCED MORE THAN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SPENT, THEN CERTAINLY THOSE DOLLARS WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY. IF YOU SPEND MORE THAN WHAT YOU ADVANCE, THEN THAT WOULD GET SETTLED UP AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE ASKING ALSO THAT ALL RECEIPTS BE INCLUDED WITH THAT POST TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION FORM. AND AGAIN, JUST. AS A REMINDER, WE DID UPDATE THIS POLICY TOWARD THE VERY END OF 2025. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM SO THAT THEY COULD DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THIS BODY AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS THAT I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THOSE AT THIS TIME. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I'VE WRITTEN THESE POLICIES, I'VE ADMINISTERED THESE POLICIES, THEY'VE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE JOB. IT'S IT'S WELL DONE. IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU. WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN UPDATED VERSION, RIGHT? YOU'VE JUST MADE CORRECTIONS TO THE EXISTING. YEAH. SO WE YES SIR. SO WE WE TOOK THE EXISTING POLICY. WE ALSO WITH ELDER BROCK CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AND MYSELF HAD SOME DISCUSSION. AND CERTAINLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR EXPERIENCE AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL, AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE FEEL IS A IS A GOOD BEST PRACTICE IN CERTAIN CASES BROUGHT US INTO THE FUTURE. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT ENDS OUR. FREQUENTLY PRESENTATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. AND UNLIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ONE BIT OF IT.

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WE WANT TO PROGRESS. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED. ONE UNDER GOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE MISSING COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER. HE'S OUT TODAY, WILL NOT BE HERE WITH US, WISHING HIM A QUICK RECOVERY FROM A PROBLEM HE'D RUN INTO. AND I KNOW HE'LL BE BACK SOON. NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE REPORTS. AND ON THE MAYOR'S REPORT, I'M GOING TO

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I'M GOING TO BRING UP FORMER FIRST LADY MARLISE GORDON TO TELL US A GOOD STORY COMING OFF THE HOLIDAYS. I THINK THIS IS REALLY A NEAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE GOOD NEWS IN DUNCANVILLE.

ON.

TRY THIS ONE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU ALEX. MARLA GORDON, 1751 CRESCENT LANE, DUNCANVILLE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE, MY FAVORITE FIRST RESPONDERS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SAY A GREAT THANK YOU TO ONE OF THE BUSINESSES OF OUR CITY THAT THREW A WONDERFUL PARTY LAST MONTH. IT IS FREEDOM DEALERSHIP

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[4.B. Councilmembers' Report ]

THEY'RE GRABBING THE BAGS OF LEAVES AS THEY CAN, BUT NO MORE THAN 6 OR 8 FROM EACH PROPERTY AS THEY'RE DOING THE TRASH. SO IF THEY DON'T GET IT THIS TIME ON THE TRASH DAY, THEY'LL GET IT ON THE NEXT ONE. I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE CITIZENS AND LET THEM KNOW ON WHERE THEY ARE WITH REPUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THEM. I'VE BEEN GETTING THE CALLS ABOUT THE LEAVES, SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SAME THING. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS. AND DEFINITELY WE'VE GOT NEW BEGINNINGS IN 2026 AND A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO, A LOT OF THINGS TO BE BLESSED ABOUT. SANTA MEADOWS TOURNAMENT HAPPENED AT THE END OF DECEMBER THE 29TH, 30TH AND 31ST AND IT'S AN OUTSTANDING TOURNAMENT SHOWCASING THE BEST FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN THE IN THE COUNTRY. AND IT WAS JUST A VERY WELL DONE TOURNAMENT. AND AND IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE INTO

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[4.C. City Manager's Report ]

WE'RE ALL GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS HERE. JUST THINGS TO REPORT. WE DO HAVE SOME. WE DID RECEIVE SOME GOOD NEWS OVER THE HOLIDAYS. THE CITY WAS SELECTED FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PLANNING GRANT THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE GRANT WILL HELP US TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND MOBILITY PLAN THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDED SAFETY ACTION PLAN, BUT ALSO AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN, AS WELL AS A GENERAL MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN. IT'S THE TOTAL AWARD WAS $1.223 MILLION. TXDOT WILL FUND 978,000 OF THAT, AND THEN WE'LL FUND THE DIFFERENCE WITH 244,000, WHICH WAS A BUDGET EXPENSE FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SHAH MUHAMMAD, MATT BRYANT AND THE PUBLIC'S WORK TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS GRANT AND AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE INITIATIVES. ALSO, JUST ANOTHER NOTE, OUR AUDIT FOR FY 2025 DID START THIS WEEK, AND WE ARE WORKING AWAY WITH THEM AND ANTICIPATE TO BE COMPLETED WITH THAT AUDIT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. SO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OUR FINANCE TEAM ONCE AGAIN ON TAKING CARE OF THAT. AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE, WE DID LEARN TODAY THE PASSING OF DON DODSON. MR. DODSON WAS THE CITY MANAGER OF DUNCANVILLE IN THE LATE 80S, ALL THE WAY TO THE EARLY 90S. HE WENT ON TO BE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND HE ALSO WAS A CITY MANAGER OF FLOWER MOUND AS WELL AS JONESTOWN. HE WAS REALLY WIDELY RESPECTED FOR HIS EXPERTISE IN MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS. HE WAS KNOWN AS A REALLY HIGH LEADER WITH INTEGRITY, AND FOR HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, LORI F DODSON, WHO IRONICALLY DID WORK HERE AT THE CITY TWO SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL SHE TOOK A CAREER WITH TML. AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST WE'RE REALLY THINKING OF MR. DODSON AND HIS FAMILY DURING THIS TIME, AND WE REALLY ARE THANKFUL FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[5.A. Proclamation for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2026. MLK Day is on January 19, 2026. ]

ALMOST SAID, PLEASE BOW WITH ME. GETTING READY TO PRAY. WHEREAS DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING EQUALITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AND CHALLENGED ALL AMERICANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEVER ENDING WORK OF BUILDING A MORE PERFECT UNION. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR KING'S TEACHINGS CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND INSPIRE US TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS THE KING HOLIDAY AND SERVICE ACT, ENACTED IN 1994, DESIGNATED THE KING HOLIDAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND CHARGED AMERICORPS WITH LEADING THIS EFFORT. AND WHEREAS SINCE 1994, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND WORK OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR TO SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES ON DOCTOR KING'S HOLIDAY. AND WHEREAS SERVING ON MLK DAY IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO HONOR DOCTOR KING THROUGH SERVICE, WE CAN BUILD MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST COMMUNITIES TO UNDERPIN RACIAL EQUALITY, EXPAND CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOSTER RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. AND WHEREAS THE MLK DAY OF SERVICE IS THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMEMORATED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO GIVE BACK BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. IN HONOR OF DOCTOR KING'S DREAM OF A BELOVED COMMUNITY, AND MAKE AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WHEREAS, MLK DAY OF SERVICE PROJECTS OR PROJECTS ARE BEING

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AND WHEREAS, EACH OF US CAN AND MUST CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER WITH INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ON THE MLK DAY OF SERVICE JANUARY 19TH, 2026, AS WELL AS CREATE AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WHERE THEY IDENTIFY THE NEED. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR GREG CONTRERAS OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 19TH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HOLIDAY AS A DAY OF SERVICE IN DUNCANVILLE AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

[5.B. Receive a briefing and demonstration of the OpenGov Financial Transparency portal. ]

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YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN. MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. NOW IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO SEE CERTAIN ONES. YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS LITTLE ARROW OVER HERE AND IT BRINGS UP A SELECTION HERE. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT DRAINAGE I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW YOU CAN PICK THE DRAINAGE BUTTON NOW. IT'S JUST DRAINAGE. YOU CAN PLAY AROUND THIS HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL VIEW THERE'S A NICE RESET BUTTON HERE, OKAY. AND THAT'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PRESET VIEW. THE HISTORIC TO CURRENT EXPENSES JUST ALLOWS YOU TO GET MORE INTO THE INTO THE WEEDS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPENSES. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE WHERE WE'RE AT YEAR TO DATE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. SO AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER OR JANUARY, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN HOW HOW THE EXPENSES LINE UP. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW MUCH IS SPENT ON SALARY AND BENEFITS. FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL GIVE YOU A NICE LITTLE PIE CHART AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. ANYWAY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST KIND OF HAVE TO PLAY WITH TO GET TO GET USED TO, TO GET THROUGH THIS INFORMATION. SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE IN THIS PORTAL WE TALKED ABOUT THE VIEWS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FILTERS. YOU CAN CHANGE THE FILTERS. YOU TALKED ABOUT RESETTING IT. THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT CHART OPTIONS. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PIE CHART YOU CAN SELECT THE BAR CHART AND IT'LL MAKE IT INTO A BAR CHART WHATEVER YOU PREFER. SCROLL DOWN AGAIN. IT HAS THE NUMBERS. FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THE TABLES, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET HELP IF YOU NEED IT. THERE'S A HOW TO. IT KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH A VERY GENERIC HOW TO READ THE SITE AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SITE. IT ALSO HAS A WELCOME SCREEN. IT ALSO HAS A VERY SHORT SNIPPET. THIS IS A GENERIC, YOU KNOW WHAT IS MULTIPLE FUND ACCOUNTING 101. BASICALLY WHAT'S GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING. IT KIND OF JUST GIVES YOU A BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THAT IS THERE. AND HERE IS

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[6. CITIZENS' INPUT ]

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THIS WORK. RIGHT? CAN WE ADJUST THAT MIC FOR HER? OH, SHE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S THE SAME THING LAST TIME. I SAY YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY. NOT JUST FINANCIALLY, BUT THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. WHY? YOU DON'T PUT, LIKE, A POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER. AND THE OUTRIGHT REGISTRY RAMPAGE OPERATION ROBBERY DOWN ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025. AND THEY VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION, LAW AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS, FIRST AMENDMENT. YOU DO KNOW THAT. AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO WEEKS ADVANCE NOTICE, OR ELSE YOU ARE BEYOND DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROL. BECAUSE WE ARE IN TEXAS AND I HAVE ONE WHITE COPS TOLD ME ABOUT JIMMY YOUNG ISSUE. YOU CAN TALK WITH GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, BUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE MAJOR CRIME. WE NEED BOTHER GREG CONTRACT. I MEAN ABBOTT OKAY, SO THAT'S DIDN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. AND YOU DO KNOW THERE'S A PYD THAT'S A PUBLIC INTEGRITY DIVISION, OVERSEE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THIS WRONGDOING. OKAY. CONSTABLE AND DEPUTY CONSTABLE GOD IS WATCHING OVER. SO I RUN INTO HIM. HE IS TIRED. OKAY. I TALK OUT WITH THIS LAST TIME. CLAIMED HIMSELF THE COURT MARTIAL. BUT HIS VOICEMAIL NEVER IDENTIFY HIM AS COURT MARTIAL. SO THAT'S NO TRANSPARENCY, OKAY? WE NEED TO FUNCTION WITH INTEGRITY, RIGHTEOUS WORK ETHIC, AND THE THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING. NEW YEAR, NEW HOPE, NEW DIRECTION.

OKAY, SO MORALITY IS WHAT COUNTS. NOT THE FIGURE ON THE GRAPH OKAY. NOT THE CHARISMA BUT CHARACTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING EAR. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THAT ENDS OUR CITIZENS

[7. CONSENT AGENDA ]

MAYOR, I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. NOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[8.A. Take any necessary action as a result of the Executive Session. ]

[8.B. Conduct a public hearing for consideration and action regarding ZONE 2025-00009 request of Brian Neal, owner, and James Cartwright, agent for a Zoning Change from Local Office/Retail (LOR) District to Single-Family Residential District 13 (SF-13) on Eckerd Griffith Green, Lot 2, ACS 1.0844, more commonly known as 810 W. Wheatland Road, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas. ]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL SHEILA JONES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ZONE CHANGE FOR 18 WEST WHEATLAND. THE PURPOSE FOR THE REQUEST IS BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE A ZONE CHANGE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S AT 18 WEST WHEATLAND, WHICH IS LOCATED BEHIND THE CVS. THE CURRENT ZONE IS FOR LOCAL OFFICE RETAIL. AND IN ACTUALITY, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED. NO RESIDENTIAL IS. OH. I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO. SORRY. SO CURRENTLY THE RESIDENTIAL IS NOT ALLOWED IN LOCAL OFFICE RETAIL. THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT 18 WEST WHEATLAND, IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL UTILIZED FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND IT HAS BEEN APPRAISED FOR UNDER THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THE OWNER

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CURRENTLY, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE LAND USE CHART, THE SINGLE FAMILY IS OF COURSE NOT ALLOWED.

AND BECAUSE IT'S IN LAW. HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHEATLAND AND AND CEDAR RIDGE, THAT'S WHERE CVS IS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF CVS. AND AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL OR UTILIZED AS RESIDENTIAL FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, THE CVS IS RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE GREEN BOX IS, IS THE PROPERTY FOR 18 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD. WE SENT OUT NOTICE TO THE DIFFERENT WITHIN THE 200 MILE OR 200FT RADIUS. WE SENT 12 MAILINGS OUT. WE HAD ZERO RESPONSE IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE REZONED. THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT COMMON PRACTICE FOR US TO DOWNSIZE BECAUSE OF FOR A LESS INTENSIVE USE. WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE ALL THE SURROUNDINGS IS SINGLE FAMILY, IT WOULD STILL FIT WITHIN THAT ZONING AREA. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THE AUGUST 11TH, 2025 MEETING. IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED 6 TO 0.

THE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER IS TO APPROVE, DENY OR TABLE. OKAY.

YES. ALL RIGHT. LET ME REPEAT THE QUESTION. SO THE FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THAT HOUSE WAS BUILT THERE, THAT PROPERTY WAS OWNED THIS WAY. BUT THAT PROPERTY OWNER HAS FULL USE OF THAT. THAT LOT THAT ELONGATED LOT THERE TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE AS WELL, SO THEY CAN. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION. OH WELL, YEAH, I SHOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WELL IS IT, IS IT? JUST THAT ONE QUESTION IS THAT REAR THAT PROPERTY THAT THAT IS OPEN AS A BACKYARD TO THE MAIN HOUSE. CORRECT. AND SO AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO INTENTIONS TO. REPLAT THAT AND PUT ANOTHER HOUSE BACK THERE, NO THOUGHTS OF THAT RIGHT NOW. NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. WELL, LET'S LET'S WAIT LET'S WAIT FOR A SECOND BEFORE WE GO. I THINK YOU WANT TO GO, BUT I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR THAT. SO IF THAT'S IS THAT THE END OF YOUR REPORT? YES. OKAY. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUGGEST THAT WE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

ANY OBJECTIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AT 809. AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL ASK OF ANY CITIZENS WILLING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK. AND I WILL BEGIN WITH, SINCE WE HAVE THOSE HERE IN SUPPORT OF, I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH, ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSED OF THIS REQUEST. OKAY. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSE OF THE REQUEST OF 810 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON TO THOSE IN FAVOR AND SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST. COME FORWARD. OKAY. I GOT A LATE HAND UP THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, LET ME LET ME FINISH WITH YOUR QUESTIONS THEN. COUNCIL, I'LL START WITH YOU.

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JAMES CARTWRIGHT I'M REPRESENTING MR. NEIL. I ACTUALLY WAS UP IN FRONT OF Y'ALL LAST MONTH WITH THE 410 EAST CENTER. THE REASON THAT THIS PROPERTY CAME ABOUT WAS I'M A DEVELOPER, AND A FRIEND OF MINE INTRODUCED ME TO MR. NEIL BECAUSE I WANTED TO BUILD ON THAT HALF ACRE RIGHT BEHIND HIS HOME. I WANTED TO PUT THREE TOWNHOUSES BACK THERE. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE JUST BEEN REMINDED I NEED TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION. MISS LULU DID. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? YOU HAD A COMMENT. ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST? FOR. ALRIGHT, COME ON. FORWARD. COME ON. FORWARD. I USED TO HAVE A COUNCILMAN ON MY DISTRICT. THAT'S WHY THE GUY, HE WAS EMPTY AND HE HAD TO GET THE OTHER CITIZENS SIGNATURE TO AVOID EMINENT DOMAIN AND HIS WHOLE LIFE SAVINGS. AND I TOLD HIM IT'S BETTER HE BECOME COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH, BECAUSE HE ONLY DID IT FOR A WHILE. WHEN AVOID THE GOVERNMENT EMINENT DOMAIN, HE NO LONGER, I DON'T THINK, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REALLY SINCERELY WANT TO HELP CONSTITUENTS. I ONLY SEE ONE WHO IS MARK CROOKS. OKAY, YOU WERE EMPLOYEE CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AND HE WAS ABLE TO ASSEMBLE DISTRICT FOUR. THE CITIZEN TO THE LOBBY RESTAURANT. OCTOBER 2ND. WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BECAUSE THE EMINENT DOMAIN CAN BE UNREASONABLE. AND THIS GUY, WHOLE BUNCH OF WHOLE YEARS, THE SAVINGS INVESTOR AND THE. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE RACISM. OKAY, OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT PART. I'LL LEAVE IT THAT YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR REQUEST. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND EVEN FOR PUBLIC EMINENT DOMAIN IS AN ISSUE HERE TODAY. YOU MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL TIMES. I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE. SO SO IT'S ENOUGH TO SAY THAT YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. A MOTION TO CLOSE THE SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO AGAIN, MY QUESTION WAS AND YOU SEEM TO BE HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF ANSWERING THAT IS THAT THERE IS A EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BEING THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE IT BACK TO 100% RESIDENTIAL. CORRECT. AND BUT THERE IS A A VISION OF DOING SOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY. THERE IS DIVISION. THERE IS A VISION OF DEVELOPING BEHIND THE PROPERTY. BUT WE WANT TO GET PAST THIS STAGE FIRST, RIGHT? AND ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT REZONE THE TO RESIDENTIAL, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO AT THAT TIME YOU'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL FIND OUT THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING WHAT IT IS YOU. DEFINITELY BECAUSE WE MET WITH THE ENGINEERS AND TRYING TO GET A RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE AT&T AND THE CVS, HE ALREADY KNOWS THE OWNER. EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED. BUT THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, SOME STEPS IN THAT. BUT WHEN SPEAKING WITH MR. NEIL, HIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS WAS ON RETAIL. TWO AND FOR THOSE THAT KNOW WHEN IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL, THEY GET CHARGED BY THEY GET A UNIT FEE. SO HIS UNIT FEE WAS $7 PER SQUARE FOOT.

SO IT EQUATED TO OVER $214,000 FOR HIS LAND ALONE. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS ADJACENT NEIGHBOR AT 814 WEST WHEATLAND, THERE ARE AT A FLAT FEE AT 60, AT 80,000, WITH A 20% ADJUSTMENT. THE 20%

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SO I WENT TO DCAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT DROPPED FROM $7 TO $5, RIGHT. THEY WOULD MULTIPLY THAT TIMES THE 42,000FT■!S OF THE ACREAGE. THEY SAID, ONCE WE ARE GETTING DUNCANVILLE TO COME BACK AND CHANGE THE ZONING, OFFICIALLY CHANGE THE ZONING TO RETAIL, I CAN THEN GO BACK TO DCAD. HAVE IT CHANGED, HAVE ITS PROPERTY TAX REDUCED, AND TRY AND GO BACK 2 TO 3 YEARS TO GET A REBATE. SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. BECAUSE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS HE WAS OVERPAYING IN HIS PROPERTY TAX. OKAY UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SEEING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.

SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. DUNN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. C CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION FOR ZONE 2025 0018 REQUEST OF COSTCO WHOLESALE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COSTCO, WHICH IS AT 250 WEST HIGHWAY 67. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FUEL PUMPS FOR COSTCO, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE REQUEST IS TO TO ADD NINE NO, TO ADD NINE FUEL PUMPS WITH SIX EXISTING FUEL PUMPS WITH FOUR TOTAL OF ACTUAL 15 FUEL PUMPS. THE NEWER FUEL PUMPS WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE WILL REMAIN OFF HIGHWAY 67, THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT FOR THIS IS GENERAL OFFICE RETAIL. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THE OLD COMP PLAN WOULD BE RETAIL COMMERCIAL. HOWEVER, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FALLS UNDER THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAR, THIS IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL PUMPS WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF SO SOUTHERN OF COSTCO. HERE'S THE AERIAL VIEW OF THE ACTUAL PROPERTY. IF YOU NOTICE THOSE AREAS WHERE IT HAS LESS CARS, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE ACTUAL PROPERTY FOR THE FUEL PUMPS, THE NEW FUEL PUMPS WOULD BE. HERE'S A SITE PLAN VIEW. THE EXISTING FUEL PUMPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE IS AT THE WEST SIDE RIGHT THERE BY HIGHWAY 67. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DASHED LINES AT THE BOTTOM REAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ARE WHERE THE NEW PROPOSED PUMPS ARE, WHAT THEY WANT TO LOCATE THOSE. HERE'S A LANDSCAPE PLAN, BECAUSE SOME OF THE TREES WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUMPS. AND SO AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NINE PUMPS AT THIS PORTION OF THE OF THE PROPERTY. WE DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTICES. WE MAILED OUT 20 OF THEM. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE OF THE PUMPS. AND THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THE DECEMBER 8TH MEETING, WITH THE 15 YEAR TIME FRAME FOR THE SOUP TO BE RENEWED AS PART OF THE APPROVAL CONDITION, THE EXPIRATION DATE WOULD BE 15 YEARS FROM THE APPROVAL DATE, AND IT WAS APPROVED 4 TO 0 IN PLANNING AND ZONING. THE OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION IS TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, DENY AND OR TABLE. THAT IS IT. OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR

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LET'S GO AHEAD. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. YES, MA'AM.

JULIA STEIGER, 214 MEADOW CREEK, FIVE HOUSES FROM COSTCO. I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION. AND THAT'S MY OBJECTION. AT THIS POINT, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS. OKAY. THERE WAS A MAP INCLUDED IN HERE THAT SHOWED THE BUFFER AREA. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT IT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT SHOWS THE BUFFER AREA THAT WE USE. OKAY. WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE WE HAVE A CITIZEN THAT CLAIMS TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS LOCATION, MAY OR MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE REQUIRED 200FT. BUT NEXT TIME. OKAY. SO WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT THAT ISSUE ON THE BUFFER ZONE OKAY. WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. THEN AT THAT POINT I WOULD REQUEST A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL. BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. OKAY. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL ASK.

I'LL GET BACK TO THAT. GO AHEAD. NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. SO THEN I WILL GET BACK TO IT. YEAH I AND IT'S HARD TO SAY WITHOUT SEEING IT HERE, BUT UNLESS IT APPEARS AS THOUGH, UNLESS

[8.C. Conduct a public hearing for consideration and action for ZONE-2025-00018 request of Costco Wholesale, applicant, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for accessory and incidental fuel pumps, on real property located at 250 W. Highway 67, legally described as Lot 2, Block A of Three Corners Addition to the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. ]

SO OF COURSE. SO ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AND THEN SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT'S ON THE. EASTERN SIDE AND THE PAPA, PAPA THAT'S NORTH. AND THOSE NOTIFICATIONS WOULD HAVE WENT OUT A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. YES, I BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY WENT OUT THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT, BECAUSE WE HAD TO MEET THE NEWSPAPER NOTIFICATION AS WELL. AND SO IT WAS POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND THEN WE DID THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL MAILING NOTICES AS WELL. THANK YOU. YEAH.

OBVIOUSLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS WITH HIGHWAY 67 AND ON THE SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT NAVY, FEDERAL AND AN OPEN FIELD. SO THERE'D BE VERY FEW COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE NOTIFIED HERE. SO THE BRUNT OF THE 20, I WOULD SAY, WOULD BE THE PEOPLE ALONG COCKRELL HILL.

BUT HOW FAR IT REACHES OUT AND WHETHER OR NOT 200FT EXTENDS OUT PAST THE FIRST ROW OF HOUSES RUNNING PARALLEL WITH, WITH THE ROAD I IT'S HARD TO TELL WITHOUT THE WITHOUT THE BUFFER MAP. SO WE'LL GET WE'LL GET WE'LL INVESTIGATE THAT AND WE'LL GET BACK. ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE I GO ON TO COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. HAS IT BEEN DETERMINED THAT WITH THE

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YEAH. THAT'S ACROSS THAT DRIVE AXIS. I'LL. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD AS WELL. BUT I GUESS SINCE WE HAVE COSTCO HERE, I'D LIKE THEM TO TELL US ABOUT HOW THIS WAS VISIONED. AND AND BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG 67. SO JUST TALK ABOUT HOW AND WHY AND WHAT. WHY YOU'RE MAKING THE CHANGE. SO COSTCO IS ALL ABOUT EFFICIENCY. SO REALLY WHAT THIS WILL RESULT IN, IN LESS Q LESS PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE AND MORE EFFICIENCY IN GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT. AND THAT'S COSTCO'S MAIN BASIS OF EVERYTHING'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY. AND THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS TIME WAITING TO GET GAS AT THE SO SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A DEMAND ISSUE IF YOU. YES, SIR. AND IN THAT LINE AND THEN YOU AS AS OPPOSED TO ADDING SOMEWHERE ELSE ALONG OR GOING BACK TOWARDS THAT WAY, YOU SAID THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT PLACE AND, AND WAY AND ALSO HOW HOW DO YOU ACCESS IT, WHAT WOULD. SO THE MAIN ACCESS WILL STILL PROBABLY BE OFF 67. AND ALSO SOME PEOPLE ACCESS ON THIS ACCESS ROAD OFF OF THE MAIN STREET. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, I'M A MEMBER AT COSTCO AND I OFTENTIMES DON'T GET GAS BECAUSE OF THE LINES. YES. SO I SEE THE LOGIC IN WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE, MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WENT BACK TO THE PACKET AND THE BUFFER LINE IS ONLY THE FIRST ROW OF HOUSES ON THE NEXT STREET OVER. IT'S NOT THE OPPOSITE END OF BLUE RIDGE. SO THE BUFFER LINE DID END WITH THE FIRST ROW OF HOUSES ON THAT STREET. SO IT IT DIDN'T EXTEND OVER. YEAH. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON WHY THE CITIZEN WHO SPOKE, WHY SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE A LETTER. BECAUSE IT DIDN'T.

THAT'S BEYOND THE 200FT. SO BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. ITEM 8C8D I'M SORRY. EIGHT D CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION AND

[8.D. Conduct a public hearing for consideration and action for ZONE-2025-00001 request of Roland Ako, owner/applicant, to amend an existing Specific Use Permit (SUP) site plan for a drive-thru on real property located at 102 E. Danieldale Road, 1.170 acres, legally described as Hopco Wedge Tract 1, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas.]

MY NAME IS DESIREE POWELL. I'M THE CITY PLANNER AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS LAST ITEM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND AN EXISTING ACP, OR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A DRIVE THROUGH STACKING LANE AS PART OF A PROPOSED COFFEE SHOP. THE ORIGINAL SITE

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PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS HERE THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST? SHE GOT IT. 833 YES. ANY CITIZENS HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST? IN NONE. I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST? OWNERS AREN'T HERE TONIGHT. YES, THE OWNER IS HERE. OH, COME ON, IF YOU WANT TO. JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE, DOCTOR ROLAND AND THE OWNER OF THE PHARMACY AND THE PROPERTY. SO THE LAST TIME WHEN I BROUGHT THIS FOR THE FIRST SUP, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE CITY HAD SAID WAS THAT THEY NEEDED A RESTAURANT IN THAT PART. AND I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO WORK TO BRING ONE IN. SO THAT IS JUST WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO NOW. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COME UP, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT FOR CLARITY THAT THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT HAD ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.

PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. JERRY BROWN, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT ON IT WAS.

DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY. AND YOU GET THE TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. THERE WAS ALREADY AN SUP ISSUED FOR THIS PROJECT? YES, SIR. AND IT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF SOMEONE ON THE APPLICANT

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BUT TRADITIONALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND WRAP AROUND. AND SO THEY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PHARMACY DRIVE THROUGH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR, BUT I KNOW THEIR PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO HAVE A PHARMACY AND ALSO TO HAVE SOMETHING TO GO ALONG WITH IT. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS

[9.A.Briefing on Requests for Public Information ]

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON A RESOLUTION THAT I'LL BE GIVING YOU ALL FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. WHEN IT COMES TO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PRIOR TO RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, THE ONLY RULE THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS IS THAT IT BE IN WRITING. AS OF LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY HAVE CHANGED THAT TO WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY HOW WE WANT TO RECEIVE THOSE QUESTIONS, THOSE REQUESTS. AND AS LONG AS IT'S CODIFIED BY THE GOVERNING BODY, THEN MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S HOW PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS ARE BEING HANDLED. SO THE CHANGES IN TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 552, THE PERSON MAY MAKE A WRITTEN REQUEST AND IT ADDED OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE METHOD AS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY. SO IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE ANY KIND OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS, EITHER BY MAIL OR IN PERSON, OR BY USING THE JUST FOIA WEBSITE THAT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ALREADY UTILIZE. THAT'S JUST A WAY THAT WE CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO CITIZENS REQUESTS AND MORE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HANDLING THESE REQUESTS THROUGH THIS FASHION. SO THEY'RE ALL LOGGED THROUGH JUST FOIA. SO WE WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC BY PRINTING OUT THESE FLIERS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THE BOX THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE ONE TO THE RIGHT, IS KIND OF A BLOW UP IMAGE OF THAT, WHERE BASICALLY IT'LL SAY THEY CAN MAKE THE REQUEST IN MAIL OR IN PERSON TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, OR THEY CAN USE THE FOIA WEBSITE THAT'S ALSO POSTED THERE. SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED IN OUR LOBBY. IT'LL ALSO BE ON OUR WEBSITE TO WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND HOW THEY NEED TO MAKE REQUESTS MOVING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON

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