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SHOULD BE FIXED NOW. OKAY, I CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. HOLD THE
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PHONE UP. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:00. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO START OUT FOR OUR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD WORK SESSION WITH OUR FIRST ITEM ONE DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ACTUALLY PRETTY LIGHT. WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS. SO ITEM SEVEN A IS CONSIDERED THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2026 SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND THE JANUARY 20TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THOSE MINUTES, PETER TAYLOR IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.MOVING MOVING ON IS ITEM SEVEN B, WHICH IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. JUST FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS JUST ORDERING THE ELECTION. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ALL ON MARCH 3RD FOR THE ACTUAL OR 17TH, I'M SORRY, FEBRUARY 17TH, TO ACTUALLY AWARD THE CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS. BUT THIS THIS STEP IS REQUIRED JUST TO CALL THE ELECTION. AND THEN ITEM SEVEN C IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING METHODS FOR MAKING WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. IF YOU RECALL, WE DID BRIEF YOU ALL ABOUT THIS BACK IN JANUARY. AND CHIEF AND POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. LOSE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE FEBRUARY 2026 CALENDAR. ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH, AS A PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING AT 630. AND THAT'S AT 103. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AT 630. AND THAT WILL BE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH IS THE PROPERTY TAX 101, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON THE 12TH. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING AT 630, AND THAT'LL BE HERE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. FEBRUARY 13TH IS THE LAST DAY TO FILE FOR PLACE ON THE BALLOT.
17TH IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE 21ST IS A DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE, WHICH IS AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER. AND ON THE 23RD IS THE DC EDC MEETING AT THE FIELD HOUSE, AND ON THE 24TH IS THE ARTS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AT 630 IN THE BRIEFING ROOM EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP. IS THAT A COUNCIL? THAT'S OURS. THAT'S THAT'S. FOR MARCH. WE HAVE THE MARCH 30TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MARCH 5TH IS THE LIBRARY BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. BUT THAT MEETING HAS. MY REPORTS. YES, THAT WAS THE FEBRUARY MEETING WAS MOVED TO MARCH THE 5TH. FEBRUARY 8TH IS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AND NINTH IS A PARK BOARD MEETING. AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. THE 12TH IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE 16TH IS KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL, 17TH IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE 23RD IS THE DC EDC MEETING AND THE 24TH IS THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING HERE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. AND THAT'S FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THAT'S MARCH. YES. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR JOINT MEETING. THE JOINT MEETING IS THE 23RD WITH THE DC DC MEETING. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I SAY FOR HOUSEKEEPING PURPOSES OR IT DOES JUST I SEE I NOTICE IT DOES JUST SAY DC, DC MEETING. BUT I'LL UPDATE THAT TO SAY JOINT MEETING SCHEDULE. AFRAID TO WORRY. YES. FEBRUARY 23RD. YES, SIR. YEAH. THE WEATHER SCHEDULE. THAT'S. I'M SORRY.
I'M PLANNING ON THE ON THE FIFTH TUESDAY, SO. WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT MARCH 31ST MEETING. COUNCIL. YEAH. THANK. I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT COUNCILOR. YES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE BRIEFINGS AND PRESENTATIONS. PRESENTATION A IS RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET CALENDAR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN, JENNIFER ODIE, BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR. SO CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST BACK HERE AGAIN TALKING ABOUT BUDGET? SO THE FIRST PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST KIND OF GOING OVER THE TENTATIVE CALENDAR THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THE DATES THAT INVOLVE YOU. BUT ALSO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE FLOW OF WHAT WE PROJECT HERE
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FOR BUILDING THE FY 27 BUDGET. SO JUST IN FEBRUARY 10TH, ONE OF PROMO ON THE PROPERTY TAX 101. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY ME OR ANYONE HERE ON STAFF. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. HE'S GOING TO COME OUT AND DO A PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS GOING TO COME OUT AND DO A PRESENTATION. SO YOU GET TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES AND KEY DEADLINES, EXEMPTIONS, AND WHEN AND HOW TO PROTEST YOUR EVALUATIONS. SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION FOR THAT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND APRIL. WANT TO FOCUS ON DOING SOME CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME SURVEYS AND UTILIZING THE OPENGOV SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TO PUSH OUT SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME SURVEYS. SO MARCH AND APRIL WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS. APRIL 3RD WILL BE AN INTERNAL DEADLINE FOR US FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY REQUESTS THAT INTERNALLY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TO THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE A DEADLINE SO THEY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND DISCUSS AND DECIDE ON WHAT THEY CAN DO.APRIL 15TH WILL BE OUR HOT, FUN APPLICATIONS. SO THOSE THAT TYPICALLY APPLY FOR HOT FUND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION BY THEN FOR 27 FUNDING. PROPOSING JUNE 30TH AS THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT PREVIEW TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PROPOSE THE BUDGET TO YOU ALL. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ON A TUESDAY, A FIFTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH OF JUNE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS OUT FOR YOUR CALENDARS AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. AND THEN LASTLY, WE ALWAYS DO A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN AUGUST. BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS IF AND I'LL PUT SOME POSSIBLE DATES IF PERHAPS WE COULD DO ANOTHER DAY RETREAT. YOU KNOW, AS THOSE MEETINGS ARE REALLY LONG, AND CONSIDERING MAYBE DOING IT OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SIX HOURS AND ONE EVENING. SO IF IT WORKS FOR YOU ALL, WE CAN CONSIDER MAYBE DOING A DAY RETREAT. AND THEN IF WE CAN FINALIZE THESE DATES OR SOME POSSIBLE DATES, WE DO NEED TO DO IT EARLY IN AUGUST BECAUSE IT KEEPS WITH THE TIMELINE OF BEING. MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THE PUBLICATIONS FOR THE HEARINGS AND ALL OF THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO POSSIBLE DATES ARE AUGUST 5TH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, 10TH OR 11TH FOR A DAY RETREAT. IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL, THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, GREAT FOR STAFF TO TO. WOULD YOU ALL PREFER JUST DOING A ONE DAY OR SPLIT IT OVER TWO DAYS AND SPLIT IT OVER TWO? I, I AM OF THE BELIEF DON'T RUSH THE BUDGET CONVERSATION. THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON ON THE SECOND DAY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK FOR THE FIRST DAY. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. NOT. KNOW IF IT WAS SPLIT IN TWO DAYS. HOW LONG WOULD EACH SESSION BE? WELL, THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION WOULD BE ON THE FIRST DAY, SO THE SECOND DAY WOULD BE MAYBE WE CAN GET TO IT.
OR AGAIN, IT'S YOUR TIME TO MARINATE IT OVERNIGHT. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. SO HALF DAY YOU KNOW AT THE MOST I THINK WOULD THE SECOND DAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS. IF IT'S TWO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM BEING BACK TO BACK. IT TAKES ME MORE THAN A NIGHT TO MARINATE. I DON'T KNOW, AFTER THE FIRST DAY IF WE SEE AS NEEDED, COME BACK BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE REST. SO IF YOU DID IT IN ONE DAY, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE PRESENTATION WOULD BE? WELL, TYPICALLY THEY'VE BEEN ABOUT SIX HOURS WORTH OF PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS AND Q&A. SO I MEAN, IT'D BE AN ALL DAY FOR SURE. OKAY. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THAT'S CLEAR, IT'D BE IT'D BE AN ALL DAY THING IF IT WAS A ONE DAY THING. IT ALSO WOULD FIND, AT LEAST FOR ME, SCHEDULING TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS MIGHT BE HARD TO FIND TWO DAYS IN A ROW. THAT WOULD WORK. ALL RIGHT. JOE? YES. SO ONE DAY.
SOUNDS LIKE WE GOT ONE DAY FOR LUNCH AND DINNER. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL WORK WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION TO NAIL DOWN THAT DATE. BUT IT'LL BE ONE OF THESE DATES EARLY IN AUGUST. OKAY. THEN WE'LL SEND AN UPDATED CALENDAR TO THE PUBLIC. AND YOU ALL AS WELL. OKAY. KAREN, ARE YOU HEARING THIS? OKAY, GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNCIL? SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. LET'S SAY THE 10TH OR YOU SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH. ONE OF THOSE DAYS I'LL JUST PUT OPTIONS OUT THERE. AND WHEN DO WE NEED TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE TAX OFFICE ABOUT TAX RATE OR THE PROPOSED TEMPORARY TAX RATE. THE AD VALOREM. RIGHT. WELL, WE DO GET THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS IN JULY OKAY. AND SO BASED ON THAT WE'LL GET PRELIMINARY DATA IN MAY. BUT WE'LL HAVE A
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OBVIOUSLY A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT THE TAX RATE ITSELF WILL BE WHEN WE GET THE CERTIFIED ROLLS IN JULY. SO THAT'LL BE FINALIZED AT THAT POINT. SO YES, MY POINT IS TO GET TO WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS IF WE NEED TO BY EMAIL. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. BEFORE WE MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THE TAX. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU JIM. THANK THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON TO ITEM B RECEIVE BRIEFING ON PROPOSED FIFA WORLD CUP EVENTS OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME EVERYBODY. KEVIN HALEY, PLANNER TYLER IS ON HIS WAY. BUT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH HIS KIDS. SO HE IS NOT HERE QUITE YET. AND BART WAS NOT FEELING WELL. SO HE JUST HAVE ME. THAT'S OKAY. OH, EASY. THAT WAS IT. WE'RE JUST HAVING ONE. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY.WE MADE THAT DECISION. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY. SO I KNOW WE WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE IT BIGGER. AND WITH THE GLOBAL EXCITEMENT AROUND FIFA, WE FIGURED THIS WAS KIND OF THE PERFECT WAY TO EXPAND ON MAKING IT MORE THAN ONE DAY, BUT ALSO KIND OF HAVING A PURPOSE. SO THE CONCEPT, WHAT WE HAVE IS A THREE DAY. SO ON THE THIRD IT BE A WATCH PARTY, THE FOURTH BE THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, AND THEN ON THE FIFTH BE A YOUTH SOCCER DAY. SO NOT NECESSARILY A HUGE, LARGE BIG EVENT, BUT PARTNERING WITH LIKE THE DUNCANVILLE SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND THE CLUBS THAT ARE AROUND US AND MAKING THAT KIND OF AN ATHLETIC WHOLE YOUTH SOCCER DAY WITH CAMPS AND MINI GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ONE CELEBRATION BUILDING ON THE CELEBRATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, THAT IS ALREADY A BIG DRAW HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND THEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOTELS AS WELL AS THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO THIS WOULD BLEND MULTIPLE ELEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, SPORTS, TOURISM THAT IS ALREADY COMING TO OUR AREA, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND FAMILY FRIENDLY EXPERIENCES.
SO JULY 3RD, THE WATCH PARTY. SO THIS WOULD BE A LARGE SCALE PUBLIC VIEWING EVENT. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO THERE IS A COMPANY THAT WE CAN RENT THIS GIANT TRAILER FROM. I THINK THE SCREEN IS 11 BY 17FT, SO IT IS PRETTY LARGE. AND THAT DOES COME WITH THE SOUND AND EVERYTHING. SO IT WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE IN TOWN FOR THE 4TH OF JULY TO COME HERE. SO THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR FIFA BUT MAYBE DIDN'T GET A TICKET, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED. THIS IS THAT TIME. THERE ARE ALREADY THREE GAMES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY. THROUGHOUT THOSE TIMES, I THINK ONE IS THAT TWO AND THEN FIVE AND THEN 730 I THINK IS WHAT THEY ARE. SO WE WOULD SHOW ALL THREE OF THOSE EVENTS. SO DRAWING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE FOOD TRUCKS THERE, A DJ OR EVEN LIVE MUSIC TO BE IN BETWEEN THE GAMES, INFLATABLES OR RIDES. FIELD SET UP FOR MINI SOCCER GAMES SEPARATED BY AGE TO GO IN BETWEEN THE GAMES. WE'VE ALSO HAD A LARGE QUESTION OF. THERE WE GO OF CAN WE HAVE ALCOHOL AT EVENTS? SO ONE THING THAT WE'VE FOUND IS TAP BILL. SO WHAT IT IS, IS A MOBILE DRINK TRUCK. SO IT'S KIND OF A MOBILE TAPROOM IF YOU WILL. THEY HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED PER HOUR PER CARD. IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO SET PARAMETERS TO CONTROL. THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF LIMIT HOW MANY OUNCES PEOPLE ARE GETTING, EITHER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT OR PER HOUR. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE A SAFER WAY FOR US TO HAVE THAT. WE CAN ALSO LIMIT TO JUST BEING IN THE VIP TENT. THEY CAN HAVE WRISTBANDS, SO THAT WAY IT'S EASILY IDENTIFIABLE TO WHO WHO HAS PURCHASED ALCOHOL. THAT WAY, IF THEY DO LEAVE THE VIP AREA, IT'S EASIER TO SPOT. HERE'S A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT IT WITH NO SOUND. APPARENTLY. SO KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE EXPLAINING IS HOW THEY USE IT. SO YOU'RE LIMITED TO WHAT YOU CAN GET.
AND YOU'RE YOU RECEIVE A CARD, AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO THIS MOBILE TAPROOM AND STICK IN YOUR CARD AND POUR WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT. AND WE CAN CHOOSE LIKE THE TYPES OF BEERS OR WINES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT IS PRETTY CUSTOMIZABLE, BUT THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE ON HAND TO SELL THE CARDS AS WELL AS TO CONTROL HOW MANY, WHICH WE CAN LIMIT HOW MANY LIKE WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE CARDS TO SEE HOW MUCH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY'VE HAD THAT HOUR, HOW MUCH THEY HAVE LEFT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO 4TH OF JULY IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY. SO USING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO THE FENCING, THE PORTLETS, THE TABLES AND TENTS THAT WE ALREADY USE, SOME THINGS WE COULD DO IS EXPANDING THE PROGRAMING. SO BRINGING IN LIKE THE SOCCER THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, WORKING WITH THE SOCCER ASSOCIATIONS, THE CLUBS AROUND US, HAVING ADDITIONAL
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ACTIVATIONS OR AMENITIES. SO SOCCER THEMED INFLATABLES OR RIDES OR GAMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BASICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE IT A, YOU KNOW, A COHESIVE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY, NOT JUST LIKE, OH, HERE'S FIFA, HERE'S 4TH OF JULY, HERE'S FIFA AGAIN. BUT YOU WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT. JULY 5TH, NOT THE THIRD. JULY 5TH WILL BE OUR YOUTH SOCCER CLINIC DAY. SO THIS IS GOING TO ATTRACT LOCAL FAMILIES THAT ARE EITHER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST, OR THAT HAVE COME HERE FROM SURROUNDING AREAS FOR FIFA. SO HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, OUR COACHES RUN CAMPS, HAVING MINI GAMES, ALL THINGS THAT THE SOCCER ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCCER CLUBS AROUND US WANT TO DO. AND THIS IS KIND OF GIVING THEM THAT PERFECT LEEWAY TO DO IT. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DO NUMEROUS POP UP WATCH PARTIES, WHICH IS FAIRLY SIMPLE, CAN BE HELD AT THE REC CENTER. WE ALREADY HAVE THE SCREEN. WE ALREADY HAVE THE PROJECTOR. IT CAN BE HELD INSIDE OR IT CAN BE HELD OUTSIDE IF THE WEATHER IS PERMITTING. BUT THIS WOULD BE A LOW COST TO THE CITY, HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS. WE CAN HAVE FOOD TRUCKS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE GAMES SHOWN, BUT SO THAT'S SOMETHING SUPER EASY FOR US AND IT COMPLEMENTS THE MAIN EVENTS WE ALREADY INTEND TO HAVE. I ALSO WANTED TO START WHAT'S CALLED A DUNCANVILLE PASSPORT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN ANY EXAMPLE FROM THE DALLAS 101.SO THEY HAVE LIKE THE MARGARITA PASSPORTS AND THE PASSPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I WANTED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE BUSINESSES AND PUT THESE AT OUR HOTELS. AND THEY CAN EITHER BE FOR PURCHASE, LIKE THE ONES IN LIKE THE ONES DALLAS AND FORT WORTH HAS, OR THEY CAN BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD LEAVE AS FREE AND JUST WHEN THEY CHECK IN, HEY, HERE'S A PASSPORT, GO EXPERIENCE DUNCANVILLE. SO LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PAGES WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE. SO WHAT THE YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUSINESS IS WHERE IT IS. JUST A LITTLE QUICK BIO ABOUT IT. WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING. SO IT CAN BE 15% OFF. IT COULD BE ONE FREE DRINK. IT COULD BE WHATEVER IT IS. BUT WHATEVER THE BUSINESS CHOOSES TO WANT TO DO, AND THEN A LITTLE SPOT FOR A STAMP THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THE BUSINESSES. SO FUNDING STRATEGY, REQUEST THE USE OF HOT TAX. I KNOW IT IS OUTSIDE THE LIMIT. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT REQUEST OFFICIALLY TO BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL. BUT SO WHY HOT FUNDS? THE EVENTS ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT STAYS AND EXTEND THE OVERNIGHT STAYS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AT THOSE HOTELS. FROM TALKING TO A FEW OF THE HOTELS HERE, THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF BOOKINGS FOR THAT WEEKEND. SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY COULD BE A BENEFIT FOR THAT AREA AND KIND OF EXPANDING AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO HERE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, BUT GIVING THEM SOMETHING FUN TO DO AND EXPERIENCE.
DUNCANVILLE. IT ALIGNS WITH THE ELIGIBILITY FOR TOURISM PROMOTION, DESTINATION MARKETING AND VISITOR FOCUSED PROGRAMING. THE EVENT COST ESTIMATE. SO OBVIOUSLY I WOULD RATHER OVERESTIMATE Y'ALL THAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER AND US NEED MORE. SO RIGHT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE TOTAL EVENT COST FOR THE THE TWO EXTRA DAYS IS $78,150 FOR WE DO HAVE TO PURCHASE A FIFA LICENSE. I AM NOT CONFIDENT OF THE COST. A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS $5,000. I HAVE EMAILED THEM TO ASK. I'VE ALSO ALREADY GONE AHEAD AND APPLIED JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LONG PROCESS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS. BUT THAT'S WHY I PUT 5000 PLUS WAS BECAUSE FOUR YEARS AGO IT WAS 5000. I HONESTLY THINK IT'LL PROBABLY BE MORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE Y'ALL TO HAVE AT LEAST THAT SMALL COST LABOR FROM TALKING TO TREVIN FOR THE THIRD WOULD BE ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 3150 FROM PARKS FOR BOTH DAYS WOULD BE ABOUT AN EXTRA 8000 FOR THE STAFF THAT I GET FROM PARKS, RENTALS, THE TENTS, CHAIRS, LIGHT TOWERS. SO THAT 25,000 IS OVER THE THREE DAYS. BUT IT IS AN EXTRA COST TO HAVE IT FOR THE TWO EXTRA DAYS. JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, I'M NOT CONFIDENT THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN. IT'S NOT EVEN JUST BECAUSE THE HOURS ARE DIFFERENT, EXCUSE ME, ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THE 25,000 IS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE THREE DAYS. THERE'S NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THE PORTLETS NOR THE FENCING ACTIVATIONS. THE TV SCREEN IS $7,000 FOR US TO HAVE FOR THOSE THREE DAY SPAN WE WOULD LIKE.
THE BOUNCE HOUSES WOULD BE 13,000 TOTAL FOR THE THIRD AND THE FIFTH AMUSEMENT RIDES WOULD BE 30,000 FOR THE OVER THE THREE DAYS, WHICH IS HONESTLY IT'S THE SAME REGARDLESS. BUT THEY SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD THE THREE DAYS, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST MORE TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THEM. VENDORS FROM ANYTHING FROM SOUND DJ, IF WE DO, A LIVE BAND WOULD BE STARTING AT 5000. COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THIS IS A MULTI-DAY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY, SO NOT ONLY IS IT BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY IN THE SENSE OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THIS IS BRINGING MORE ATTENTION TO ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE IN DANVILLE. SO IT'S BRINGING THAT BROADER DEMOGRAPHIC FOR FAMILIES, YOUTH, SPORTS FANS AND VISITORS AND STRENGTHENING KIND OF OUR IDENTITY IN THE DFW AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING A LARGE ANNIVERSARY, IT POSITIONS DUNCANVILLE AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY OTHER CITY DOING SOMETHING AROUND US IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST
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IS DESOTO. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING YET. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO TELL ME WHEN THEY DO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A MEETING UNTIL NEXT WEEK, SO WE'RE KIND OF LEADING ON WHAT TYLER AND I ARE ALREADY STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER. SO THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, IF THE REQUEST IS OKAY WITH YOU TO REQUEST HOT FUNDS, THEN IF GRANTED, PLAN THE EVENT AND ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVATIONS FOR OUR VENDORS AND THEN SUPPORT THE MULTI-DAY FESTIVITIES AS THEY HAPPEN.THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ALWAYS COMES UP AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE LEFT OFF. THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALCOHOL IN THE PARKS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ALCOHOL IN PARKS EXCEPT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY. AND THAT'S DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS OKAY. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO A COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO MEET AND DISCUSS ALL THE ASPECTS OF THIS. THE CHURCH IS BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY HAVE NO RELEVANCE HERE. DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM WHEREVER THE ALCOHOL IS BEING SERVED. THERE'S VARIOUS OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU. CAN THEY WALK AROUND WITH THE BEVERAGE? IF SO, THEN THE WHOLE PARK, WALK AWAY, WALK THROUGH THAT AGAIN. YEAH. AND WE'VE GRANTED THOSE EXCEPTIONS IN THE PAST FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. ONE COMES TO MIND WAS THE BARBECUE WOODS. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PLUG IN THE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL AND THEN HAVE DEVIN COME BACK AND KIND OF FLESH OUT WHAT OUR DESIRES ARE FOR THAT WE WILL GO WITH THAT OR NOT. AND. IF IF WE CAN'T JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOME PLACE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT A COUNCIL MEETING OR SEPARATE, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. YES, MA'AM. SO FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU, DEVIN AND STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PROPOSAL. ALSO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MAY DELA ROSA. WE CAN'T SPEAK TO HER RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK SHE'S SOMEONE THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET IN CONTACT WITH. SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. SHE PROVIDED A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT I SAW REPRESENTED HERE. ALSO, SHE HAS OTHER IDEAS THAT LIKE PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. I KNOW WE ARE PROMOTING ATTRACTION FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY, BUT ALSO IDEAS ON HOW TO GARNER THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
COMING OUT AND JOINING ONE ANOTHER AT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS. SO IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY REACH OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SEE IF THERE'S A PART THAT THEY CAN PLAY IN IT AS WELL, AND GET WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR HOMETOWN. YEAH, BUT I LOVE WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR. SO GREAT JOB. AND MAYOR. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GOODEN SAYING, IS I IT'S GOOD. I THINK THAT WE'RE BEING CREATIVE AND WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND DOING IT. THE CAUTION I'M GOING TO THROW OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT IS THAT IT ENDS UP BEING KIND OF A CITY ALL HANDS ON DECK AND. I'VE SEEN SOME. TIMES WHERE WE'RE LIKE, WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, DO WE DISBARRING STAFF OUT? SO SO I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE REACHING OUT MORE FOR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES AS WELL. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ADVERTISING AND JUST REALLY GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE SHOW UP. WE'RE STILL PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LEERY OF A THREE DAY EVENT BECAUSE WE HAD I KNOW, I KNOW, OKAY. AND IT JUST IT JUST REALLY BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. SO I DON'T WANT TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE ON GOING FORWARD. IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND I THINK IF ANYBODY WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN, I'LL BE THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE.
SO. GIDDY UP. SO YOU SAID Y'ALL HAVE WE HAVEN'T CONTACTED THE DUNCANVILLE SOCCER ASSOCIATION YET. NO, WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM. OKAY. YEAH, THERE'S JONATHAN HAS TALKED TO THEM A LOT WITH THEM WANTING TO DO MORE THINGS AT EVENTS OR HAVE LARGE EVENTS LIKE THIS AT THE PARK. AND SO WHEN WE DISCUSS THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED. AND WHAT ABOUT SOCCER PLAZA? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM, BUT I KNOW JONATHAN HAS TALKED TO A COUPLE OF CLUBS AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATION. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OF THE ONLY INDOOR SOCCER FACILITIES HERE OFF OF 67. AND THEY HAVE A BIG CROWD THERE AS WELL. SO SOMEHOW GET THEM INVOLVED. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
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YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE POLICE AND COURTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINANCIAL IMPACT AND DISCUSS FINANCING OPTIONS AND POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL RICHARD ABERNATHY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER. AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT, ALONG WITH JENNIFER OTEY AND RICHARD JACKSON, JUST TO FOLLOW UP FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT YOU ALL SAW IN JANUARY AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THAT AND WHAT RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT OVERALL GOAL. SO AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS JUST AGAIN, TO REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY COSTS AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT YOU DID SEE FOR THE POLICE FACILITY, POLICE AND COURTS FACILITY. AND THEN REALLY DISCUSS THE TIMING SCALE AND OUR FUNDING CAPACITY, AGAIN, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF RECOMMENDING NEXT STEPS SO WE CAN DELIVER A MUCH IMPROVED AND NEW POLICING FACILITY THAT MEETS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE CITY. I THINK WE'RE ALL WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, AND JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PATH TO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AND HOW WE GOT TO TODAY. SO IN JANUARY OF 2025, CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE. THEY MET FROM JANUARY TO JUNE OF 2025. THEY EVALUATED A LOT OF PROJECTS, DID A FINANCIAL REVIEW, PROVIDED UPDATES TO COUNCIL, AND ON JULY 17TH, THE BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A $20 MILLION BOND PACKAGE TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS. 8 MILLION OF THAT WAS FOR A SERVICE CENTER AND THEN 12 MILLION FOR A POLICE AND COURTS FACILITY. WE DID PRESENT THAT ON AUGUST 12TH TO CITY COUNCIL. AT THE TIME, COUNCIL OPTED TO DEFER MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT BOND PROGRAM ELECTION UNTIL AND THEN DIRECTED US TO DO A FULL BLOWN POLICE AND COURTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. JUST SO WE REALLY KNEW TRULY WHAT IS THE POLICE AND COURTS NEED AND WHAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN OUR PRIMARY FOCUS EVER SINCE. IN SEPTEMBER WE IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO DO THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE DID A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND THEN WE SELECTED KIMLEY-HORN IN OCTOBER. AND THEN THEY BEGAN WORKING ON THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE DECEMBER 12TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP. WE DID PREVENT AN OVER PRESENT AN OVERALL CIP WITH FUNDING STRATEGY. REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL WAS WE KNEW THERE WAS ABOUT A 20 TO $25 MILLION CAPACITY WITH A MINIMAL TAX INCREASE. AND SO OUR ULTIMATE STRATEGY WAS THERE WAS TAKING SERVICE CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, USE USING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FUNDING, USING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH WOULD FREE UP MONEY TO DO A POLICE STATION AND THEN ALSO DO OTHER PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD. OF COURSE, WE DID GET THAT NEED. WE DID A PREVIEW OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT ON DECEMBER 16TH, AND THEN LAST MONTH WE PRESENTED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.IT WAS A LOT HIGHER THAN THE $25 MILLION RANGE. AND SO I THINK WE RECOGNIZE A $12 MILLION FACILITY IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW 68 MILLION IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF OUR FINANCIAL IMPACT. AND SO REALLY, THE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET US TO WHERE WE CAN GET THAT FACILITY. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER, WHO'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH KIND OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN OTHER FINANCIAL ASPECTS. OKAY.
SO THANK YOU. SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THESE NEXT SLIDES IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF WHAT WE PRESENTED ON IN DECEMBER, AND TO ALSO KIND OF KEEPING THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND OKAY, SO NOT INCLUDING THE POLICE AND COURTS FACILITY, WE HAVE $202 MILLION OF PROJECTS FORECASTED OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF HOW THEY BREAK DOWN WITH UTILITIES AND FACILITIES TAKING ABOUT 50% OF THAT CIP FORECAST TO FURTHER BREAK IT DOWN. AS MR. ABERNATHY SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT FUNDING STRATEGIES AT THIS MEETING. SO YOU HAVE REALLY TWO, TWO SIDES OF THE EQUATION HERE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW YOU CAN FUND CIP.
SO YOU HAVE THE REVENUE SUPPORTED TYPE PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DRAINAGE ALLEYS, UTILITIES FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THOSE HAVE A USER FEE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND POTENTIAL DEBT COULD BE COULD BE PAID BACK BY THOSE PARTICULAR FEES. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY ARE PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED PROJECT. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDING STREAM WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE POLICE STATION.
WE DO HAVE 97 MILLION IN OTHER PROJECTS BROKEN DOWN WITH FACILITIES OR PARKS, STREETS AND TRAFFIC. AGAIN, TO TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION HERE. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A $68 MILLION FACILITY, WHAT THAT WOULD DO WITH OUR DEBT CAPACITY AND WITH OUR ABILITY TO PAY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THAT ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THAT HAVE COME UP, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT FACILITY NEEDS, DIFFERENT PARKS AND QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH POSSIBLY COULD BE PAID BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY. AND THEN STREETS AND TRAFFIC, $33 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THERE, ALL OF THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO PUSH THAT TO THE RIGHT IF WE WENT DOWN THE PATH OF A $60 MILLION FACILITY. BUT YES,
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MA'AM, LET ME JUST REVIEW THAT. WE DO WANT TO AGAIN REITERATE THAT IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A HIGH PRIORITY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER AND REALIZE THE STATION. SO THIS IS NOT AGAINST THAT, BUT JUST AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN AND HAVING SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT OF PERHAPS 68 MILLION MILE PATH THAT WE CAN FEASIBLY GO DOWN. OKAY. YEAH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHART, AGAIN, I SHOWED THIS AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, IS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TAX RATE AND HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES AROUND US, EITHER AROUND US OR A SIMILAR SIZE IN THE METROPLEX. SO AS YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL TAX RATE IS MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS. IT'S THE DEBT RATE, AND IT'S THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR IN THE RATE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IN COMPARISON TO THESE OTHER CITIES, WE HAVE THE SECOND LOWEST DEBT RATE. OKAY. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE RATE. AND WHAT THIS IS REALLY SAYING, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, IS NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN UTILIZING DEBT AS A FINANCIAL STRATEGY AS MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. AND NUMBER TWO, WE RELY HEAVILY ON TAXES. AND LOOKING AT THESE OTHER CITIES, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT MAKE THEM UNIQUE IN COMPARISON TO US. YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE SOME TAX BASE OR SALES TAX BASE OR, YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER VARIABLES. BUT OUR OPERATIONS IS VERY HEAVILY RELIANT ON THE TAX RATE. SO HAVING AN EIGHT CENT INCREASE TO THE DEBT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE REALLY IS JUST NOT PROBABLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE TO THE CITY AND OUR CITIZENS, AND THAT IT WAS THE PROJECTION OF A $68 MILLION NUMBER. THIS IS JUST THE TAX IMPLEMENTATION GIVING YOU JUST KIND OF AN IDEA OR BALLPARK OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST BASED ON THESE DIFFERENT TIERS OF DEBT. SO THIS IS ONLY STRICTLY ONLY THE DEBT PORTION. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, REFLECTING WHATEVER MAY CHANGE IN VALUES OR WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE, BUT JUST STRICTLY ON THE DEBT PORTION.SO FOR EXAMPLE, 65. $64 MILLION TIER AT THE AVERAGE VALUE, THE TAX RATE OR THE ANNUAL TAXES WOULD GO UP APPROXIMATELY $226 ANNUALLY FOR AN AVERAGE VALUE HOME OUT OF 35 MILLION BOND LEVEL AT A 20 YEAR REPAYMENT, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT HALF OF THAT, SO ABOUT $113 ANNUALLY.
SO BUT OF COURSE, THE AMOUNT CHANGES DEPENDING ON ULTIMATELY WHAT THE VALUE IS OF YOUR HOUSE.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST. AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL HAVE MR. JACKSON. MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. JUST WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THIS LAST SLIDE BEFORE WE KIND OF SUMMARIZE OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AGAIN, WE SPOKE TO THIS IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING. BUT AGAIN JUST SHOWING WHAT THE FIVE YEAR BUDGET OUTLOOK FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT CURRENTLY IS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR LEFT IS OUR CURRENT 2026 BUDGET. AND THEN THE THE SUBSEQUENT COLUMNS ARE GOING OUT FOR FISCAL YEARS 27 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2031, RESPECTIVELY. SO FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, THIS ASSUMES MODEST INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, JUST AS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE AS WE ALWAYS DO, SHOWING MODEST INCREASE IN THE REVENUE. ON THE FLIP SIDE, ON THE EXPENDITURE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, IN TERMS OF OUR FORECASTED EXPENDITURES, THAT DOES SIMILARLY FACTOR IN LIKE STANDARD INCREASED RATES THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN FOR RESPECT TO SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. ALSO, FACTORING IN SOME INCREASES THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH THIS COUNCIL BEFORE IN TERMS OF LIKE DISCUSSION ON TAXES AND SOME OTHER THINGS FROM A BENEFIT SIDE AS WELL. SO. FROM THE CAPITAL SIDE, CERTAINLY AS JENNIFER PRESENTED, WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE PICTURE FROM A DEBT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH, NOT ONLY THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS OUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHALLENGES OF BALANCING THE BUDGET, TRYING TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS SOME DECREASES IN THE EXPENDITURE IN OUR CHALLENGE AND OUR OBJECTIVE, OF COURSE, OF PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET FOR PASSAGE AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN TERMS OF OUR FORECAST OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN THE STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED FROM THE MATRIX REPORT.
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SO IF YOU RECALL, THE MATRIX REPORT PROVIDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFFING LEVELS FOR OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS, RESPECTIVELY. AND SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF THAT STAFFING DOES NOT FACTOR INTO THE EXPENDITURE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF JUST THE OPERATIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICE AND COURT FACILITY AS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 400 TO 600,000 ADDITIONAL ANNUALLY. SO AGAIN, NOT FACTORING IN TO THESE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROJECTED BEFORE, BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, CERTAINLY WANTED TO PRESENT THAT JUST FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WILL COME WITH WITH BALANCING THE BUDGET. SO, AGAIN, AS WE TIE ALL THIS, ALL THIS IN AND I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO MR. ABERNETHY, CERTAINLY FROM A RECOMMENDATION STANDPOINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM. BUT JUST STARTING OFF WITH THE FIRST BULLET POINT OF A PLANNING RANGE THAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. YEAH, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE 68 MILLION IS IS OUT OF REACH, MORE THAN LIKELY AND WE KNOW THE 12 MILLION. BUT I OUR RECOMMENDATIONS DO A PLANNING RANGE OF UP TO ABOUT $35 MILLION BUT HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR SCOPE PHASING AND FUNDING, YOU KNOW, IN CASE THERE'S SOME STUFF WE NEED THAT ALLOW FOR THE DEBT CAPACITY FOR OTHER PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, LESS IMPACT TO TAXES. BUT AGAIN, IT JUST GIVES US THAT RANGE WHERE WE CAN REALLY KIND OF HONE IN THIS PROJECT. AND THEN ALSO ON NEXT STEPS, WE DO RECOMMEND PUSHING THE BOND PROGRAM OUT TO NOVEMBER. THIS WILL ALLOW MORE TIME TO DO THAT CONCEPT FOR A STATION. ALSO, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT DEBT STRUCTURE ON HOW WE WANT TO REPAY THIS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW OUR ESTIMATES ON THE LAST PAGE. IT'S BASED ON A 20, BUT WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE THE BEST 30 YEAR, 2520 I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BRING FINANCE AND THE AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR BACK AND REALLY HONE IN AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO ISSUE THIS DEBT AND WE DO SEND THIS TO VOTERS, THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT DEBT REPAYMENT STRUCTURE, THAT THAT HELPS US GIVE THAT CAPACITY. ALSO DEFINING UNKNOWN COSTS AND SEEKING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS WORK WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO HELP US SCOPE THIS, THIS PROJECT, HELP US FIND SOME OTHER RESOURCE LIKE GRANTS. KIMLEY-HORN DOES HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. THERE IS A THERE IS AN OPTION. IT'S PRETTY AMENABLE ABOUT $5,000 AN AMENDMENT TO DO. THEY CAN HELP US FIND SOME OF THOSE GRANTS THAT CAN HELP FUND PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT AGAIN THOSE UNKNOWN COSTS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RENOVATION FOR CITY HALL ON THE CIP IS ABOUT $6 MILLION, AND THAT'S BASED OFF THAT HEWLETT ZOLLER NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, BUT IT REALLY ONLY COVERS THE COST FOR THIS PART OF CITY HALL. AND IT'S KIND OF BASIC, BUT BASED ON THE CONCEPT WE WERE LOOKING AT, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY LIED TO, WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW US TO KEEP THE OLD POLICE.WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT CAUSE FOR WHAT IT WOULD BE TO TO RENOVATE THAT PORTION, TOO, AND JUST MAKING SURE, LIKE WE HAVE MOVING COSTS, UTILITIES, DRAINAGE COSTS, RELOCATING THE UTILITIES. LIKE I SAID, JUST MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT ALL HONED DOWN. SO WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ALL AND WE GO TO THE VOTERS, WE KNOW ALL THAT UP FRONT. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO. AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK ANOTHER THING, REALLY RESEARCHING OTHER FACILITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE, DEMOGRAPHICS AND STAFF AND ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CHIEF STOGNER, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT DOING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF WAXAHACHIE, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE SIZES OF POLICE, POLICE STAFF, ETC. AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THESE OTHER FACILITIES HAVE, WHAT ARE THEY PROVIDING? AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT GIVES ANOTHER COMPARABLE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK TO KIMLEY-HORN AGAIN, TO TO HONE IN THIS POLICE STATION CONCEPT WITH THE COURT FACILITY AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK WE IT WAS TALKED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK ON THE FACILITIES AND MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME REGIONALIZATION FOR SOME OF OUR PARTNER CITIES IN THE TRI-CITIES, IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SOME OF THAT. MAYBE THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS AS WELL.
AND LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN THE LAST THE LAST POINT I WANT TO SAY ON THE NEXT STEP OF RECOMMENDATIONS IS, AGAIN, THE DIRECTION WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BASED OFF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE IS SERVICE CENTER AND POLICE STATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HONING IN ON, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A MUCH LONGER CIP LIST THAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU. BRINGING BACK THE BOND COMMITTEE MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THAT ENTIRE CIP AND DEVELOP A PRIORITIZING PRIORITIZING OF THOSE PROJECTS OVER TIME TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL THAT. WE GOT POLICE STATION, WE GOT SERVICE CENTER. BUT HERE'S WHEN WE MAY FEASIBLY COME BACK AND DO LAD NATURE PRESERVE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE REC CENTER RENOVATIONS. AND MAYBE THERE'S OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WE CAN
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USE. JUST SOME EXAMPLES. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT COMMITTEE COULD BE UTILIZED TO HELP FINALIZE THAT LONG TERM PLAN AS WELL. AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, I THINK JUST AGAIN, THE DELAY HELPS US GO AHEAD AND REALLY ADDRESS THESE KEY POINTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS COMMENTS.SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GRANTS HOW MUCH CAN WE EXPECT TO POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR IF WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING TO GO AND APPLY FOR? WHAT'S THE AMOUNT? WHAT'S THE MAX WE CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FIND OUT. AND WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN, THEY CAN HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT WE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR. YEAH. WHAT ARE THOSE AMOUNTS? AND BRING THAT BACK AND KNOW I'M MAKING UP A NUMBER. YEAH. WE CAN GET $500,000. THEN WE KNOW THAT AND WE CAN FACTOR THAT INTO OUR TO OUR COST. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GO AND EXPLORE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. AND A QUESTION. JUST A QUESTION. WHY WASN'T THIS IN OUR PACKET? WE WE WERE WORKING ON THIS LATE. I DID MEAN TO SEND THIS TO YOU ALL LAST NIGHT. MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S ON ME. BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THIS IS SHARED FOR YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. SO I PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IT NOW. SURE.
JUST DOWN HERE. UNDERSTOOD. WE RECOGNIZE THAT. OKAY, SO PART OF YOU SAID THERE'S A NUMBER OF CITIES YOU'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT WEATHERFORD. I MENTIONED. THERE'S OTHER CITIES WE'LL LOOK AT TOO. BUT NOT JUST TIME. WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY MAY HAVE GOT FUNDING. I KNOW RICHARD ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER. IT'S HARD TO COMPARE OURSELVES, EVEN WITH CITIES CLOSE TO OUR POPULATION, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A LOT MORE GOING ON AS FAR AS THE TAX BASE. AND SO IT'S NOT AS TIGHT AS IN THEIR SITUATION. IT WOULD BE JUST IN TERMS OF MONEY ON HAND. SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU PLAN ON DOING WHEN YOU VISIT THESE DIFFERENT CITIES IS TO TALK WITH FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, TO SEE IF THEY GOT FUNDING SOURCES. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DISCOVERED YET. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FACILITY, WHAT THEY DID, FUNDING, WHAT THEIR PLANNING PROCESS WAS, AND MEETING THEIR NEEDS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. BUT YES, IT'S DEFINITELY A QUESTION WE CAN ASK AND WILL. SO AND ALL THAT, ALL OF THESE ARE IN A RANGE IN TERMS OF, LET'S SAY THE PROJECTED OR THE THE CURRENT NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE HOUSING, SO THAT FACILITIES ARE SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO MEETING OUR NEEDS. YEAH. YEAH. SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE CITIES RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. LIKE LOXAHATCHEE FOR EXAMPLE, IS 50,000 PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE PROJECTED TO BE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT. SO THEY'RE ABOUT 10,000 MORE OF US.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY BUILT THAT FACILITY BACK IN 2018. AND AT THAT TIME THEY WERE IN THE LOW 40S. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GROWN SINCE WE'RE AT 39. SO I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD TEST CASE TO, TO TO SEE HOW WHEN THEY BUILT IT THEN AND HOW THEY'VE, THEY'VE GROWN TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. SAME WITH WEATHERFORD. WE'LL LOOK AT ROYSE CITY TO ROANOKE MAY BE A GOOD EXAMPLE TOO, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A MUNICIPAL COURT ATTACHED TO THEIRS. AND SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL. I THINK THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER, BUT THEY STILL THEY STILL HAVE A PRETTY COMPARABLE, YOU KNOW, STATION AND FACILITY. SO YOU ALREADY HAVE A TEAM PUT TOGETHER WHO'S GOING TO SPREAD OUT AND DO ALL THIS. YES. ALL RIGHT. MR. CHIEF STOGNER. OH, I LOSE SOME WEIGHT. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. BY THE WAY, THESE SEATS ARE GETTING SMALLER, SO GIVEN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO US SEEING THIS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU OVER THE NEXT, WE PUSH THIS BACK SOME MORE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AROUND THIS PRICE RANGE. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT NO, I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. THERE'S NO QUESTION. UNDERSTAND? EVERY TIME WE AGAIN, I'M IN FAVOR OF PUSHING THIS TO NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE NEED MORE TIME TO COME UP WITH WITH SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE SOME OF OUR FOOTPRINT. THERE'S NO QUESTION. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS AS WE PUSH THIS, THE FOOTPRINT GETS SMALLER JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEING PUSHED, BECAUSE THE COST GOES UP. SO THE MORE WE PUSH, THE MORE THAT
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FOOTPRINT CONTINUES TO GET SMALLER AND SMALLER. AND $35 MILLION WORK, I DON'T KNOW. WE HIRED A FIRM TO COME IN AND DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. I'M OPEN MINDED, BUT OTHER AGENCIES MAY HAVE. IT MAY NOT FIT WITH US BECAUSE OUR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THEIR NEEDS. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING. TECHNOLOGY OBVIOUSLY TAKES ROOM. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES TO COME IN WITH US ON SOME REGIONALIZED THINGS, HAVE A FUSION CENTER IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THAT'S HUGE. THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IS IN NORTH DALLAS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I'M GOING INTO THIS OPEN MINDED. I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO TO MINIMIZE THIS AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR OUR NEEDS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE MOVE INTO IT, WE'RE NOT ALL AUTOMATICALLY PUTTING PEOPLE IN CLOSETS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE HAVING TO DECIDE AT THIS TABLE. IT'S A LOT. YOU GUYS SAW THE FINANCES OF IT. I'M NOT NAIVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A $68 MILLION BUILDING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO. I GET THAT, BUT WE NEED TO. I'M HAPPY WITH US PUSHING IT BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO BY GOING TO THESE OTHER AGENCIES AND TALKING TO THEM, AND I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD AND JUST THIS IS A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY, AS WE PUT SOME MORE THOUGHT INTO THIS, ■WE START LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. IS THERE ANY WAY OF PUTTING THAT? THE COMMUNITY HAS DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, INSTEAD OF THEM JUST HAVING ONE OPTION TO VOTE ON, BUT THAT THEY CAN SEE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT 45 MILLION LOOKS LIKE. WHAT 35 MILLION LOOKS LIKE? THIS IS WHAT 60 MILLION LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S PART OF THE EDUCATION PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW THAT IF YOU GET YOU MAY NOT GET. HOW CAN I SAY THIS? YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE TOO MANY CHOICES. YOU'LL NEVER. IT'LL BE 10% HERE, 30% THERE. THERE. REALLY YOU NEED TO. AND THE COMMITTEE MAYBE IF YOU USE THAT NEEDS TO DECIDE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SELL IT. SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE VERY SOON SO THAT THE RIGHT PLANNING CAN TAKE PLACE. AND SO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS GOING TO BE. THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS UNFORTUNATELY, WERE LIKE, SO.SO WE ARE IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE ARE VISITING TWO AGENCIES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SOME TRAINING DOWN IN ROUND ROCK FOR MY MANDATORY CHIEFS TRAINING, AND I'M GOING TO GO TOWARD GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET YOU ALL AN ANSWER AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, BE PATIENT BECAUSE WE NEED THAT ANSWER FOR US TO DO THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF THIS ONCE WE GET, YOU KNOW, HEY, HERE'S YOUR CAP. NOW WE CAN START THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, THE WEBSITE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND JUST TO BUILD UPON YOUR POINT, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PLANNING. IT'S A PLANNING RANGE. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCOPE.
SO BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST A GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GOOD START TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THOSE CONFINES. AND OKAY. YES OKAY. ARE WE PULLING PUBLIC WORKS IN ON THIS CONVERSATION. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE ON THE ONE OF OUR LAST BOND PROJECTS, AS THEY STARTED TO DIG, THERE WAS LINES BEING DISCOVERED. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN ON THE VERY FRONT END OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO IF WE HAVE DRAWINGS SOMEWHERE ABOUT EXISTING LINES ALREADY, THAT THAT BE DISCUSSED.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND THE STORMWATER, MAYBE THAT IS A CONVERSATION OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAN ENGAGE IN AND ADVISE ON WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH THE LINES, WHAT'S THE DIMENSIONS AND ALL OF THAT AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. YES, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE INVOLVED.
WE'LL MAKE SURE REALLY WANT EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE THAT HAS A HAND IN IT. FINANCE, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CITY ADMINISTRATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE UP FRONT AS WE FINALIZE THIS. SO THAT THAT CAUSED A DELAY IN THE LAST DANIEL PROJECT. AND IF WE CAN AVOID ANY DELAYS BECAUSE THAT THAT TOO PLAYS A ROLE IN THE
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PRICE INCREASING. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE MATRIX BECAUSE BEFORE THE MEETING, I WAS ASKING THE CHIEF ABOUT THE MATRIX REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED ABOUT STAFF NEEDS AND WHERE WE WOULD BE IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED AND THAT WE'RE BEING HEARD ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COST, BECAUSE AT FIRST IT WAS JUST THE COST FOR THE BUILDING, AND NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS. AND I JUST IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND ASK FOR 60 WHATEVER MILLION, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD NEED RENOVATION COSTS AND WE WOULD NEED ALL THE OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED AS WELL. YEAH, WE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THIS HIGH PRIORITY FOR SURE. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW. SO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. SO IT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT. IN ADDITION TO RENOVATING THE CURRENT STATION, WE'D BE STILL LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF A STANDALONE BUILDING. RIGHT NOW. THE THE TAKEAWAY WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL IS IT'S A STANDALONE BUILDING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE AT THE WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE THAT SCOPE, BUT THAT'S BASED ON THE THE DIRECTION WE GOT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'D STILL WITH THAT STANDALONE BUILDING. CORRECT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE MR. BROWN? YOU HAVE ANYTHING? CHIEF? YEAH.MAYOR. SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WELL, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE DATE? THAT. WHAT DO WE HAVE IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON BOARD FOR NOVEMBER? SO WE WILL BRING BACK A TIMELINE FOR YOU OF WHAT MILESTONES NEED TO HAPPEN. YOU DO HAVE TO CALL AN ELECTION BY A SPECIFIC DATE. OR I'D SAY IT'S LIKE MID-AUGUST, 72 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND MID-AUGUST, LATE AUGUST, MID TO LATE AUGUST. SO, JEREMY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THAT WILL BE. A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY BUSY IN CITY HALL, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A STRATEGY THAT'S GOING TO BE PLAYED OUT TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SO ALL THESE ANCILLARY COSTS THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE PART OF THE BOND. WE STILL NEED TO BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, SAY THE BUILDING'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT COURTS, AS AN OPTION GOES INTO THE THE EXISTING POLICE STATION. WELL, SOMEONE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT PRETTY PRECISELY WHAT THAT COST IS TO RENOVATE THAT BUILDING, TO GET IT UP TO MORE OF AN OFFICE SPACE THAN WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THOUGHT OUT BY BY THE TEAM, SO THAT NO ASPECT OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS WITH A STANDALONE BUILDING, BESIDES THE PRICING OF THAT, NO OTHER OUTSIDE COST AND MISS COULDN'T JUST MENTION SOME OF THEM WILL BE. WILL NOT BE DISCOVERED AND DISCLOSED SO THAT WHAT WE HAVE THROUGH THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND THROUGH THIS TEAM STRATEGY APPROACH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH WHAT THE OVERALL OVERALL COST IS GOING TO BE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST INTERESTED IN SEEING, BESIDES TRYING TO GET TO TO THAT POINT THAT WE NEED TO GET TO IS MAKING SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE PATHS TO LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE FIBER OPTICS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVED AROUND AS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS GET MOVED AROUND. IF THEY GO TO THE CURRENT SERVICE CENTER, ALL THE POLICE STATION, FIBER OPTICS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS DISCUSSED OR COVERED. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT IN THE 65 MILLION PROJECTED COST, I DON'T KNOW. THOSE COSTS WERE INCLUDED IN THERE. THEY WERE OKAY. SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERY POSSIBLE COST TO GET THERE IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED. IT'S GOING TO BE EXPOSED NOT JUST AS PART OF THE BOND REQUEST, BUT THE OUTSIDE COSTS THAT WILL OCCUR JUST IN MOVING PEOPLE AROUND AND MOVING WATER AROUND AND AND EVERY, EVERY ASPECT. SO THIS GIVES US TIME TO AT LEAST STUDY THAT AND FAR MORE DEPTH THAN WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. SO I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH PRESSING AHEAD AND HAVING THE STAFF AS PART OF A STRATEGY, WORK ON ALL THESE ELEMENTS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. A COPY OF THIS. YEAH, I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO HOLD US UP.
I WILL DEFINITELY GET IT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT. SO AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ONLINE AS WELL.
OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? MR. ABERNATHY I JUST WANT TO IF WE COULD MAKE A NOTE
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THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW IS A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT AND A NEW SCOPE. YES. SO A NEW CONTRACT WITH WHOMEVER FIRM WE CHOOSE TO DO A REHABILITATION THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE SCOPE FOR THE SPACE NEEDS ANALYSIS. SO. RIGHT. CHIEF AND I HAVE MADE NOTE OF THAT, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOTED THAT WE GO BACK AND WE DO AN RFP AND GET THOSE COSTS. SO YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH PROCUREMENT BECAUSE THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCOPE. NOT THAT KIMLEY-HORN CAN'T DO IT, IT'S JUST WASN'T A PART OF IT. TO BE CLEAR, I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF TIME THEY HAD AND SCOPE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COVER. I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO THERE'S NO NO COME TO ME IN TERMS OF THE JOB THEY DID IN PUTTING PRICING TOGETHER. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WANT TO GET THOSE COSTS. THAT IS A DIFFERENT SCOPE. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, IF COUNCIL DOES, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION WANTS US TO TO REENGAGE THAT BOND COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THAT OVER THAT OVERALL CIP. WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT. AND I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE OF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION TO GET THEIR HELP TO. A VOICE THAT WAS WILLING TO TELL US NO IN THE FIRST ONE TO A FEW THINGS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY LOOKED AT OUR FINANCES, AND I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET THEIR THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS. AND IF SOME OF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IN THAT CAPACITY, WE CAN FIND SOME OTHERS. THAT MIGHT MIGHT BE WHAT COUNCIL? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE THE BOND COMMITTEE? I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR. ANDERSON. THE CHAIR. BROWN ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS EXCEPT EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO. ARE WE PLANNING THAT SECOND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM ON PLANNING? IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN THERE? EXECUTIVE SESSION P. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT THE BENCHMARKS THAT I PROMISED YOU. YES. OKAY. SO IF YOU'VE GOT THOSE, THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO DO. MR. WILSON WILL BE HERE IN YOUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL WE'LL JUST SO WE CAN GET OUT THERE ON TIME TODAY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. CAN WE CAN WE PUSH THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION A OUT TILL AFTER THE REGULAR SESSION COUNCIL. HOW DO YOU FEEL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LITTLE TIME OUT. RECESS. EVERYBODY GET READY TO GO INTO REGULAR SESSION AND WE'LL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES. SEVEN MINUTES. AND WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THIS[CALL TO ORDER]
E GETTING BETTER AT THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN OUR MEETING AT 7:11 P.M. AND WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA.
FIRST ITEM. INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN RUIZ. PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.
LET'S PRAY. GRACIOUS GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS. THANKFUL FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND ALL WHO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, TO LEAD, AND TO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DECISION MAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY.
GRANT THEM WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, HUMILITY, AND A UNITY AS THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD. WE LEAVE. WE LIFT UP THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PLACE THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT AND SERVE. SURROUND THEM WITH YOUR PROTECTION, GRANT THEM WITH SOUND JUDGMENT, AND BRING THEM SAFE HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. AFTER EVERY CALL, WE ASK FOR YOUR COVERING OVER THIS CITY, OVER OUR LEADERS, OVER OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY. KEEP DUNCANVILLE SAFE, PEACEFUL AND STRONG. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAGS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
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ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE A.[4.A. Mayor's Report]
SOMEWHAT LENGTHY MEETING TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE BRIEF ON MY MY MAYOR'S REPORT. THAT'S ITEM FOUR A I'M JUST I'M THANKFUL. I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN OUR, OUR CITY THAT ARE, THAT FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO US AND MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS. I SEE A LOT OF SMILING FACES OUT THERE THAT SOME I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE, BUT I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING AND KEEPING UP WITH US. BUT WE ESPECIALLY, I WILL TELL YOU AS A COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER AND WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS AHEAD. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEARS TO[4.B. Councilmembers' Report]
COME. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR.THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO. GIVE KUDOS TO OUR CITY STAFF DURING THE WEATHER SITUATIONS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR. THAT WAS WONDERFUL NEWS. NO NEWS WAS GOOD. GREAT NEWS ACTUALLY, BUT KUDOS, CITY MANAGER. THE STAFF PUBLIC WORKS FOR FOR KEEPING THINGS MOVING AND OPERATING DURING THAT TIME. ALSO, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE DO HAVE STILL A FEW OPENINGS. IT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE YOU TO TO DO THAT. ALSO, THE MACMILLAN INSTITUTE HAS A AN OPPORTUNITY COMING UP. IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO THE MACMILLAN INSTITUTE, IT'S SOMETHING WORTH SEEING AND AND DOING AND BEING A PART OF. ALSO LAST FRIDAY, I HAVE TO SAY OUR MAYOR HAD A BIRTHDAY. SO YEAH. AND STUFF AND AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE HAPPENS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST. AND THE THE RECREATION CREW DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF TRANSFORMING SOMETHING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES ENJOY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER LIGHTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY
[4.C. City Manager's Report]
MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MCBURNETT SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE CITY OPERATIONS DURING THIS WINTER STORM. AND REALLY, IT IS THANKS TO THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, OUR PARK AND RECREATION TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES. AND REALLY ALSO KUDOS TO OUR PARKS TEAM THAT THAT STAFFED THE RECREATION CENTER AND KEPT THAT WARMING CENTER OPEN, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF USAGE OF IT. IT WAS JUST GOOD THAT IT WAS AVAILABLE THERE IF ANYBODY DID NEED IT. AND WE ALSO THANK DESOTO FOR ALLOWING OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THEIR 24 HOUR FACILITY IF NEEDED. AND ALSO, JUST AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TEAM, LAUREN SANCHEZ, AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, WHO REALLY, YOU KNOW, COORDINATED THIS RESPONSE. YOU KNOW, WE WE PROVIDED US UPDATES REGULARLY AND KEPT STAFF INFORMED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A REAL QUICK UPDATE ON THE TRASH SERVICE. REPUBLIC SERVICES DOES REMAIN ON NORMAL SCHEDULE THIS WEEK FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING, SO THEY'RE PICKING UP BOTH LAST WEEK'S TRASH AND RECYCLING, AS WELL AS THIS WEEK'S. THEY ARE ABOUT TWO DAYS BEHIND ON BRUSH AND BULK, BUT THEY ARE BRINGING A SECOND TRUCK IN TOMORROW TO HELP GET US UP TO SPEED AND CAUGHT UP. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THEY WILL BE OUT THIS SATURDAY PICKING UP LEAVES TO MAKE UP FROM THAT BECAUSE WE WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL THAT SERVICE DUE TO THE WINTER STORM TO FOR THAT PICKUP. ALSO, JUST A NOTE, WE DID HAVE A STRUCTURE FIRE HERE TODAY IN THE CITY. THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INJURED, BUT IT WAS NOT LIFE THREATENING. WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT, BUT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RESPONDING QUICKLY AND TAKING CARE OF THAT. AND ALSO THANKS TO CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO, THEY ALSO HELPED RESPOND AND HELP OUT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL. I'VE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT NEWS. OUR OUR OUR CITY WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE GFA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR FY 2024.SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER KUDOS TO OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT AND GETTING RECOGNIZED AGAIN FOR THAT. AND THEN JUST LAST REMINDER WE DID WE DID MENTION IT AT THE IN THE CALENDAR. BUT THERE IS THE PROPERTY TAX 101 WITH THE DALLAS CENTRAL
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APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 10TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE SENIOR CENTER. IT IS A VERY INFORMATIVE SESSION, SO WE DO ENCOURAGE IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE CALCULATED, HOW IT WORKS, THAT SESSION WILL DEFINITELY BE INFORMATIONAL AND AND HELPFUL. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE[5.A. Proclamation for Black History Month 2026.]
INTO ITEM FIVE A PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PERFORMED BY. MAYOR PRO TEM MONICA GOODEN FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU.TESTING. OH. WHOA. CAN Y'ALL SEE ME? YES. OKAY. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS IN 1976, BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED TO HONOR AND AFFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY THROUGHOUT OUR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. AND WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN HERITAGE GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND INCLUDES SOME OF THE GREATEST, MOST ADVANCED AND INNOVATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. AND WHEREAS AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HISTORY, FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PIONEERS TO OUR PRESENT DAY, LEADERS IN SUCH INDUSTRIES AS AEROSPACE, FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS A TIME FOR ALL AMERICANS TO REFLECT ON THE RICH HISTORY AND TEACHINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VAST AND WIDE.
AND WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, ALL AMERICANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REFLECT ON THE HISTORY, THE RICH HISTORY AND TEACHINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE PROGRESS, BEAUTY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEY HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. AND WHEREAS WHEN CARTER G. WOODSON ESTABLISHED HISTORY WEEK IN 1926, HE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A THEME TO FOCUS THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. AND WHEREAS THE THEME OF FOR 2026 IS A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY, COMMEMORATIONS CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF NATIONAL COMMEMORATIONS, AND THEIR ROLE IN TRANSFORMING THE STATUS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE MODERN WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR GREG CONTRERAS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE COLLECTIVE INGENUITY, CREATIVITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS HONORING AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ONE TIME. THANK YOU, MISS GOODEN. ITEM FIVE B IS DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
[5.B. Duncanville Chamber of Commerce Annual Report]
ANNUAL REPORT.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSHUA THIBODEAUX. I AM A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND I'VE ALSO SERVED AS THE 2025. OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. SORRY. I'VE ALSO SERVED AS THE 2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IN 2025 THAT WE HAD NOT, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT OUR OUR WORKINGS AND OUR OPERATIONS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PREVIOUS YEARS. AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTION BOTH IN 2025 AND 2026 GOING GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH SOME OF THE HOT FUNDS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. IT WORKED. SO FIRST OFF, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I'LL READ WITH YOU OUR MISSION AND THE MISSION OF THE DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TO PROMOTE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PROSPERITY. I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT
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MISSION STATEMENTS, THEY TEND TO GET, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DILUTED. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO ACT THAT OUT AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT. AND SO PUT A NOTE HERE THAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT EXPRESSES OUR PURPOSE IN SUPPORTING BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF CHAMBER AFFILIATION OR MEMBERSHIP STATUS. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT GOING FORWARD IN 2026, WE DO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO LIVE THAT OUT EVEN MORE. SOME BUSINESS RELATED DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR OPERATIONS. WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN HISPANIC RESIDENTS. THAT DOES TAKE A TOLL ON, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP AS FAR AS NEW BUSINESSES AND WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THEY MAY COME INTO TOWN WITH. WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AGAIN, THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY OF DUNCANVILLE. BUT EVEN OUR MEMBERSHIP POTENTIAL, WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS IN 2025 AS WELL AS RENEWALS. HOWEVER, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THIS DATA AND WE'VE STARTED A NEW BRANDING DIRECTION, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PLANS IN PLACE TO HELP WITH MEMBER RETENTION IN 2026. OKAY, SOME TARGETED BRANDING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING TO LIVE THAT OUT IS RENEW SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AS WELL AS WORK ON SOME NEW MARKETING PRINT COLLATERAL AND SOME BRANDING SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE PRESENT AT CITY'S EVENTS.WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT SOME PLANS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE BASE MEMBER PROGRAMING. THAT WAY WE CAN ESTABLISH SOME REAL VALUE TOUCHES FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTINUED TO WORK ON, WHICH IS IMPROVE OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING. THIS IS A FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE CHAMBER'S FINANCES FROM JANUARY UP THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025. I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER OF 2025 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE RAN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS TURNED IN IN TIME. AND MOST OF WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED ABOUT OUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS IS PRETTY EVIDENT FROM 2024 TO 2025. AND THE BIG THING THAT WE ARE DOING TO REMEDY THIS IN 2026 IS WE'VE ALREADY FINISHED OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EVENTS, WE'RE HAVING THEM SCHEDULED IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER SO THAT OUR EXPENSES CAN BE MET. AND IF WE DO HAVE SOME LARGER EVENTS, AS YOU'LL SEE, CELEBRATE DUNCANVILLE, THE NINE OVER 11 NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE, AND OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE'VE ALREADY SET IN MOTION SOME SMALLER EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS TO SORT OF SEED FUND THESE LARGER EVENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND IN 2025, IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE OPERATING IN TERMS OF A SCHEDULE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. THEY WOULD ARRIVE SHORTLY AFTER JUST FROM TICKET SALES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE ARE COMPLETELY CHANGING HOW WE OPERATE IN THAT, IN THAT WAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THINGS AWAY FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP, BUT WE CAN DO SO WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE. AFFORDABLE MEANS OKAY. THIS IS OUR HOT FUND SUMMARY, AND I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY BRING TO LIGHT THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THIS IS THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE FILLED OUT GRANT APPLICATIONS WITH THE CITY, AND WE'VE RECEIVED FUNDS TO DO SAID THINGS. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, 2025 HOT FUNDS, WE DID REQUEST A $30,000 AMOUNT. AND THE DOCUMENTATION WAS TURNED IN EXPLAINING HOW WE ARRIVED AT THAT FIGURE. WE HAD THE CHAMBER LED SIGN, WHICH AT THE TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND SO WE REQUESTED FUNDS FOR THAT. WE DID HAVE A POWER WASHING PROJECT THAT TOOK PLACE TO RENOVATE THE PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAD A INTERNET SERVER REPAIR AND THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT WE REQUESTED HOT FUNDS FOR. IF WE GO INTO SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT THE CITY HAS SUPPORTED AND PARTNERED WITH US THIS YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE THE CITY AWARDS BANQUET, WHICH WE JUST HAD. WE HAD OUR NINE OVER 11 EVENING OF REMEMBRANCE, AND WE HAD THE DUNCANVILLE GOLF CLASSIC, AND APPROPRIATELY SO, HERE IT LISTS ALL THOSE THINGS AS SPONSORSHIPS OR EVENT CO-HOSTING, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY THROUGH A HOT FUNDS APPLICATION. BUT IT WAS MONEY THAT WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE. WE DID. YOU KNOW, WE PLAY A PART IN THAT WITH THE CITY, OUR HOT FUNDS REIMBURSEMENT, THAT ITEM THERE, AS YOU'LL NOTICE, IT DOES SAY CHAMBER LED SIGN, WHICH IS ALREADY PRESENTED AT THE TOP. THAT'S BECAUSE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE TO REPAIR THE SIGN AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN. AND SO THAT MONEY IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS OF GETTING PAID BACK BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE DID NOT USE THAT FUNDS THOSE FUNDS TO REPLACE THE SIGN. OKAY. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW. SO MONEY WELL SAVED AS FAR AS OPERATING AS A VISITOR CENTER, AS YOU SAW IN THE HOT FUNDS, WE DID REQUEST AN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THAT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY SOME OF THAT.
THIS IS OUR CALL LOGS. WE RECEIVED SEVERAL INBOUND CALLS FROM PEOPLE JUST ASKING FOR
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GENERAL INFORMATION. THEN WE ALSO GET FOLKS REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE CITY. MOST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ASKING REALLY HOW TO ACCESS PEOPLE AT THE CITY. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE TO REFER THEM ACROSS THE STREET, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY STILL CALL US FIRST. WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CALL ABOUT RELOCATING TO DUNCANVILLE, NEEDING WHETHER IT BE A REAL ESTATE AGENT, NURSING HOME, SCHOOL, UTILITY SERVICES, ETC. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING IN WANTING TO SIGN UP FOR EVENTS, PARADES, GET PERMITS. OBVIOUSLY, WE MAY SEND THEM BACK OVER HERE, BUT THEY'RE COMING TO US BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE THERE. THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE REPUTABLE AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THEM POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE VISITOR CENTER IS USED BY SEVERAL GROUPS ON A REGULAR MONTHLY BASIS, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, LIGHTS ON. WE NEED TO HAVE THE BUILDING ATTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE CAN ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT SAFELY, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE LEADERSHIP. SOUTHWEST. THEY OPERATE WITH OUR BOARD OF WITH THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WE HAVE THE DUNCANVILLE WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB, THE LADIES BRIDGE GAME, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THEY JUST COME AND USE THE SPACE TO HAVE FUN. I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT BRIDGE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE LET THEM COME IN ANYWAY. SO EPSILON SIGMA, ALPHA THETA PI CHAPTER, THEY DO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS THERE AS WELL. AND WE DO HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE RENTED OUT TO THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY PAY THE RENT. THAT SPACE IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE UTILITIES OR THE TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WE DO LIST THEM ON THERE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR US. A LOT OF QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHAMBER? IS IT JUST MEMBERS THAT SIGN UP? AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KIND OF LET THEM RUN AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT? OR DO WE HAVE SOME STRUCTURE TO THE ORGANIZATION? SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS HERE. THIS IS I CALL IT A TOP DOWN MODEL BECAUSE THE CHAMBER MEMBERS, WITHOUT THEM WE HAVE NO PURPOSE. WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A REASON FOR EXISTING. AND SO THAT'S WHY MEMBERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. IT'S NOT JUST FOR FINANCES, BUT THEY TRULY ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LIVING OUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FOR THE MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT WE HAVE A GENERAL BOARD STAFF AND SOME OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WILL WORK BELOW THAT, AS WELL AS TWO STANDING SEATS. ONE FOCUS OF MINE FOR 2026 WOULD BE THAT WE ENCOURAGE ALL THESE SEATS TO BE FILLED, EVEN IN OUR MEETINGS, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SEATS ARE ALSO MET THAT WAY. AGAIN, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, REALLY MAKING SURE THE CITY IS AWARE AND CAN PROVIDE INPUT WHERE THEY NEED TO ON WHAT THE CHAMBER HAS GOING ON. BUT WHAT'S NEXT? THIS IS WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE IN 2025, WE EXHIBITED A LOT OF CHANGE. WE WE TOOK A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, TOOK SOME COURAGE TO TRY AND DO DIFFERENTLY. AND SO GOING INTO 2026, WE BROKE IT INTO THREE AREAS SURVEY FEEDBACK AND ACCOUNTABILITY OKAY. SURVEY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GAIN INSIGHT ON MEMBER SATISFACTION, SOLICIT IDEAS FOR FUTURE INITIATIVES. WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT PROCESS, AND I'VE REALLY BEEN EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE BUY IN THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE MEMBERSHIP THAT HAVE REALLY COME BACK AND BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SINCE DOING THIS, AND WE HAVE TAKEN SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE DC EDC ON IMPROVEMENTS TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO OUR DUNCAN STREET MARKET. WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME THINGS IN MOTION, SOME THINGS ARE LOCKED DOWN, SOME THINGS AREN'T. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR MONTHLY MARKET THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PATH FORWARD AND KEEP INITIATING THESE CHANGES, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT DUNCANVILLE IS NOT A PLACE THAT PEOPLE PASS UP TO GO TO GRAND PRAIRIE ON THE ON THE WEEKENDS FOR THEIR FARMER'S MARKET, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE. THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. WHEREAS RIGHT NOW WE'VE EXPERIENCED LESS FOOT TRAFFIC AND MORE PEOPLE JUST SORT OF DRIVING BY. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON SOME THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENCOURAGES THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IN DUNCANVILLE TO BE PRESENT AT THE MARKET AND PROVIDE THEIR FOOD AND SERVICES THERE, AND THEN ACCOUNTABILITY. AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HAD TO LOOK DOWN AND DEEP AND HARD AND JUST ADMIT THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AS AN AGENCY. WE HAVE NOT STEWARDED OUR RESOURCES WELL.BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING, AND I THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT SPOT NOW WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS WILLING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ASK FOR HELP WHERE WE NEED IT. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE EFFORTS WE'VE PUT FORWARD IN DOING THAT. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AGAIN COMPLETING A BUDGET, AND WE ARE PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE WHERE WE HAVE MORE PERIODIC BOARD REVIEW AS OPPOSED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING OR ASSUMING THAT THE POWERS THAT BE ARE TAKING CARE OF THINGS THE WAY THEY SHOULD. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT OVER THE ONES THAT ARE IN CONTROL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS SORT OF GROWTH CYCLE, WE'RE ALL MONITORING WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE SLIP UP AT ANY POINT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SMALL IT IS, WE CAN CATCH IT AND WE CAN DO BETTER. OKAY. AND SOME OF THE JOINT PROGRAMING, WHEN I TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH THE DC EDC, I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE NO LONGER OPERATING ON
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RIBBON CUTTINGS JUST FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS. WE ARE OPENING THAT TO ALL BUSINESSES THAT OPEN UP AND WANT THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING THEM GET RECOGNIZED AND NOTICED. AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO PARTNER WITH BUSINESS SITE VISITS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THAT BUSINESS OWNER THAT JUST OPENED, AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATE THE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DC EDC TO BUILD OUT A WELCOME PACKAGE FOR NEW BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FIRST YEAR CHAMBER MEMBERSHIPS CAN BE SUPPORTED THAT WAY. THAT'S NOT AN EXTRA BURDEN ON THE BUSINESS OWNER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN FULLY SUPPORT THEM AND SHOW THAT THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY ARE WORKING TO HELP THEIR BUSINESS THRIVE TOGETHER, NOT IN SEPARATE PATHS. AND THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. KOONTZ? NICE TO MEET YOU. YOU CAN STAY THERE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, SIR. OKAY, SIR, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. IF YOU CAN'T TELL, IT'S REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN YOUR NAME AROUND. LOTS OF TRANSITION TAKING PLACE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN CENTRAL TO HELPING THINGS MOVE ALONG SMOOTHLY. SO IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO TO WHAT MIGHT YOU ATTRIBUTE THE THE DECLINE? SURE.SO EXCUSE ME. THAT'S ACTUALLY AN EASY QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER. AND. I'LL SAY, ME PERSONALLY, I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I'M OKAY WITH REPETITION. I'M OKAY WITH DOING THINGS THE SAME. I JUST GET IN A ROUTINE AND I CAN STAY IN MY COMFORT ZONE WITH THAT. WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE, THOUGH, THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. AND I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT BEEN AS FLUID TO CHANGE AND MEET DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEEDS.
RIGHT. AND WHEN YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS FULL OF OTHER ENTREPRENEURS, OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'RE BUSY. OKAY. AND EVEN IF I KNOW THAT, HEY, IF THEY'RE AT THIS THING, THEY'RE GOING TO GET SO MUCH VALUE. I'M GOING TO HELP THEM OUT AND GIVE THEM SOME NUGGET OF INFORMATION THEY CAN TAKE, AND THEY'LL GROW THEIR BUSINESS. WELL, GUESS WHAT? IF IT DOESN'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SHOWED THEM LAST TIME, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO IT. AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S NEITHER GOOD, BAD, PRETTY UGLY. IT'S JUST THE TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE, WHO WE ARE AS BUSY PEOPLE. WE WANT SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAVE SORT OF MAINTAINED THE STATUS QUO. AND I WILL SAY THIS I'VE BEEN A CHAMBER MEMBER SINCE 2017. I'M NOT SAYING THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE ANYTHING NEW. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE HAVE JUST GOT TO COME TO TERMS THAT THE MARKET'S DIFFERENT, THE ECONOMY'S DIFFERENT. DUNCANVILLE IS ALL SMALL BUSINESS AND WE SHOULD BE TOO. AND WE SHOULD BE FOR NEW SMALL BUSINESS AND NOT JUST FOR THE EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS. AND I KNOW THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE NOT BRANDED OURSELVES THAT WAY. WE HAVE NOT ACTED IN THAT WAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING GOING FORWARD. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I KNOW IT'S A VERY LONG WINDED RESPONSE, BUT I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE ONLY THING, OR AT LEAST THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO JUST TRY, AND WE HAVE TO TRY TO BE DIFFERENT. AND THROUGH BEING DIFFERENT, AS MANY WAYS AS WE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN THE NEEDLE MOVE. AND THAT IS WHAT IS HELPING US NOT JUST GET NEW MEMBERSHIPS IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS WHAT MADE EXISTING MEMBERS SORT OF COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS NOW. I WANT TO HELP OUT MORE. I'LL JOIN A BOARD, I'LL PARTICIPATE. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS WE'VE JUST BEEN WILLING TO BE DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. AND AND THE HONESTY OF YOUR ANSWER. AND I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. IT WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE SLIDESHOW. I KNOW WE HAD PROVIDED SOME FUNDING FOR MURAL ON THE CHAMBER BUILDING JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS THE STATUS ON THAT? SURE. SO IN REGARD TO THE FUNDING FOR THE MURAL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THAT FUNDING. THE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I WAS GIVEN BACK IN JULY OF 2025 WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER PAINT THE MURAL AND THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE PAYMENT. BUT WHEN I HAD TO STEP IN AND START GOING THROUGH EMAILS AND LOOKING WHERE MONEY WAS GOING AND WHERE IT HAD COME FROM, WHAT I CAME ACROSS AT THE TIME WAS AN EMAIL THAT SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT
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WITHOUT A REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH WAS FINE. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO INQUIRE AT THAT TIME THROUGH RICHARD AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE NEVER PAID THAT.IF WE DO NOT SEE THAT YOU'VE PAID IT, THEN THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PAYMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE REIMBURSEMENT ONLY. AND SO AT THAT TIME, WE HAD TO LET THE ARTISTS KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO DO THAT. IN FACT, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE, BUT I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE IN THE GROUNDS OF 3 TO $4000, I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH OUR CHAMBER EXPENSES AS AN ORGANIZATION AND MAKE SOME CUTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE WE JUST QUITE FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST AS A CHAMBER BOARD CHAIR, I JUST WASN'T WILLING TO WAVER ON. I JUST HAD TO TELL HER THAT I KNOW THIS WASN'T OUR PLAN. I KNOW WHAT WE TOLD YOU. I KNOW WHAT WE TOLD THE CITY. BUT IF WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS FIRST, REGARDLESS OF WHY THAT WAS ON OUR PROJECT LIST FOR 2025, I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT. AND THAT MAY HAVE BURNED A BRIDGE WITH THAT ARTIST. HOWEVER, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT PROJECT. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ONE LAST THING THAT THAT I HAVE IS UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING. OKAY? I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN, BUT NOT JUST YOU, BUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT. THIS WAS NOT AN ENVIABLE SITUATION WHEN IT STARTED OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE THE PRIOR PRESIDENT, SOME KNOW AND I WON'T GET TOO DEEP INTO THIS STILL STILL HAS SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES AHEAD. AND GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE STEPPED IN IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN INSURMOUNTABLE TASK AND THAT WAS KEEP IT AFLOAT AND KEEP IT GOING. AND NOW YOU'VE GOT I KNOW YOU'VE HAD YOUR FIRST BUDGET THAT WAS DONE BY OUR WITH THE HELP OF OUR DEAR FRIEND PATRICK HARVIE. AND YOU'VE JUST COME UP WITH SO MANY INNOVATIVE IDEAS, THE WHOLE GROUP ARE TO BE COMMENDED THAT THE CHAMBER CAN HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE HERE. AND IT DID DRIFT SOME, AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO GET UP AND DO A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET IT TO WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND I'M HOPING TO SEE IT CONTINUE TO GROW AND FLOURISH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
AND JUST JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THIS, MAYOR CONTRERAS, THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT THE CHAMBER HAS RECEIVED FROM THIS COUNCIL AND FROM OTHERS IN THE CITY. I WISH THAT WE HAD STEWARDED THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU MUCH SOONER. AND I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO THROUGHOUT THE LAST HALF OF 2025, I, I KNOW THEY NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH SUPPORT AND SO MUCH PASSION FROM OUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP THAT HAVE COME BACK TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT THEY THEY SAW WHAT WENT INTO IT AND THEY'VE APPRECIATED IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE CHAMBER RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THIS IS THE CHAMBER CURRENTLY THAT I REMEMBER SIGNING UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST OPENED MY BUSINESS, AND TO BE A PART OF SEEING IT COME BACK TO THAT. JUST JUST Y'ALL KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU.
[5.C. Applicants from Duncanville’s Fiscal Year 2026, second-quarter Arts Grant application cycle have been invited to give a brief, two-minute presentation to the City Council.]
OKAY. SHE'S READY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM FIVE C. GET READY FOR SOME ENTERTAINMENT HERE.APPLICANTS FROM DUNCANVILLE FISCAL YEAR 2026 SECOND QUARTER ARTS GRANT APPLICATION CYCLE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO GIVE A BRIEF, TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION. DID I SAY TWO MINUTES? YES. TWO MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. ANGELA THORPE PAIRS WITH THE DUNCAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION. AND YES, THIS IS OUR SECOND GRANT CYCLE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT'S OUR THIRD OVERALL. AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE FOR THIS NEW COMMISSION THAT THAT STARTED IN THE FALL. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVING US. AND IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER. WE HAVE MORE AND MORE GRANTS APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, APPLYING.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THE SHOWS AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING ON HAVE BEEN JUST EXCEPTIONAL TO THIS POINT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS WILL BECOME FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION OURSELVES. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE JULIO AVILA AND MARIANNE TAYLOR TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE PODCAST INITIATIVE. AND THEN THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MARY MARY ANN TAYLOR AND MATT BROWNING, WHO WANT TO TALK TO
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YOU ABOUT OUR POET LAUREATE RECOMMENDATION.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE TO PROPOSE A SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE TOOL TO INVITE PEOPLE INTO DUNCANVILLE ARTS SCENE AND KEEP THEM COMING BACK. MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS LISTEN TO PODCASTS MONTHLY, AND OVER A THIRD WEEKLY PODCASTS MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE DRIVING, DOING CHORES, OR WORKING OUT AND HELP THEM DECIDE WHERE TO SPEND AN EVENING AND STAY FOR A WEEKEND. PROMOTING DUNCANVILLE IS JOB ONE. A PODCAST OFFERS ONE PLACE RESIDENTS CAN HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR CITY, AND IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC FACING, SEARCHABLE ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION. FOR RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS LOOKING FOR A CONCERT, A PLAY, A GALLERY OPENING A FESTIVAL, A PODCAST IS ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT. WHO WOULD WE HEAR FROM? ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, EVENT PLANNERS AND FINE ARTS LEADERS ANYONE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CITY'S GROWTH? LISTENERS WILL MEET THE ARTIST BEHIND A NEW MURAL AT THE FIELD HOUSE, LEARN ABOUT THE UPCOMING BLOOM FEST, OR HEAR FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT WITH A NEW PLAY AT THE DUNCANVILLE CIVIC THEATER. A PODCAST CAN PROMOTE, HIGHLIGHT AND INVITE. IT HELPS AUDIENCES PLAN WHAT TO SEE, WHEN TO COME AND WHAT ELSE TO EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY'RE HERE. THE FORMAT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD WEEKLY PODCASTS 15 TO 20 MINUTES LONG. MOST WILL BE INTERVIEWS WITH OCCASIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SPECIAL FEATURES EPISODES WILL BE RELEASED ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS AND SHARED THROUGH THE EXISTING CITY CHANNELS. THE TECHNICAL SIDE IS SIMPLE AND AFFORDABLE, WHICH MAKES THE PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE. OVER TIME, WE WILL USE A SMALL PORTABLE MICROPHONE KIT, ZOOM FOR REMOTE INTERVIEWS AND BASIC EDITING SOFTWARE AND MANAGEMENT IS EQUALLY STREAMLINED. TASKS INCLUDE SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS, RECORDING EPISODES AND BATCHES, EDITING, PUBLISHING THEM.
WEEKLY CONTENT CAN BE PLANNED WITH FLEXIBILITY FOR TIMELY CITY EVENTS. HOT FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS. THIS IS A LOW COST, HIGH IMPACT WAY TO BUILD CONNECTION, TRANSPARENCY AND CIVIC PRIDE BY LETTING OUR CITY SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND SAY TO THE WORLD, COME EXPERIENCE THE ARTS IN DUNCANVILLE AND STAY A WHILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT IS JUST MAC. YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM ME AGAIN. SO HE'S GOING TO DO THIS, OKAY? OKAY. NEXT UP, KENTUCKY DERBY HAT, BAR PARTY. IF YOU CAN'T TELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
YES WE ARE. YOU START NOW. GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JENNIFER LOTT, OWNER OF LYNN AND JEN'S HATS ON OUR CUSTOM HAT BAR EXPERIENCE, LOCATED ON MAIN STREET AT 204 NORTH MAIN. AND WE ALSO HAVE A CUSTOM MOBILE APP BAR. THIS IS LINDA WOOD, MY BUSINESS PARTNER. SO SHE'S UP HERE. SHE'S NOT SPEAKING, BUT SHE'S STAYING WITH ME. SHE'S AWESOME. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE A VISION WITH YOU THAT I THINK WILL TRANSFORM DUNCANVILLE. IT IS OUR KENTUCKY DERBY HAT BAR WATCHING PARTY. SO THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS MOST KNOWN AS BEING LIKE THE THE THE MOST EXCITING TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS. BUT WHAT TRULY IS SPECIAL IS THE HISTORY OF HATS. DID YOU KNOW? FUN FACT ONE THE DERBY HAT TRADITION GOES BACK TO 1875. DID YOU ALSO KNOW? FUN FACT TWO SOME DERBY HATS ARE EVEN OVER THREE FEET WIDE BECAUSE AT THE DERBY, YES, AT THE DERBY, BIGGER AND BOLDER IS ALWAYS BETTER. SO OUR EVENT WILL FEATURE HAT DECORATING STATIONS WHERE GUESTS CAN PURCHASE A HAT, CUSTOMIZE IT WITH OUR CURATED ACCESSORIES AND ENTER A DERBY HAT CONTEST WHERE YOU COULD WIN A CUSTOM HAT. ALSO, WE WILL PROVIDE ORDERS OR FASCINATORS FOR GUESTS WHO WANT TO DECORATE AND PARTICIPATE OUTSIDE. WE'D LIKE TO SET UP TENTS, OUTDOOR TVS, HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, A MOBILE BARTENDER, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND CREATE LIKE A REALLY LIVE, FUN, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYBODY IS WELCOME, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THIS EVENT WILL BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY WITH HAT SALES, WITH VENDOR BOOTHS, WITH FOOD TRUCKS.
ALL THESE THINGS GENERATE TAX REVENUE AND ALSO BRING IN FOOT TRAFFIC, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT
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WE NEED IN THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN CITY. SO WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE MONEY, IF WE COULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE $1,500 THAT WOULD HELP US WITH SECURITY, BATHROOMS, RENTALS AND DERBY DRIVEN DECOR, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BECOME AN ANNUAL SPRING EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO EVERY YEAR.AND WE THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT RIGHT THERE IN THE ARTS DISTRICT AND RIGHT THERE IN DOWNTOWN DUNCANVILLE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OR IF YOU HAVE THEM LATER, YOU CAN POST THEM TO US. WELL, YOU HAVE YOUR ADDRESS POSTED ON THE SCREEN, BUT JUST FOR THE FOLKS I'VE DRIVEN BY AND SOMETIMES NOT EASY TO SEE, AS IF YOU'RE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. BUT AND THAT WAS A BIG IF. IF SO, TELL TELL FOLKS EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED THERE. YOU KNOW WHERE PET VILLAGE IS. IF YOU SEE THAT BIG RED PET VILLAGE, IF YOU LOOK DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR. WE JUST REPAINTED THE BUILDING RED.
WE BOUGHT NEW AWNINGS, LIKE THE WHOLE THING IS ALL BRAND NEW, AND YOU WILL SEE A TEAL COLORED DOOR WHERE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTACT US. THE THE MOBILE HAT BAR IS ON THE ROAD. SO ANYWAY, SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AND WE LOVE TO SEE YOU. WE'D EVEN LOVE TO JUST SHOW YOU AROUND. LOVE TO HAVE YOU WALK THROUGH AND COME CHECK IT OUT. IT IS A ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT GOOD SHOW. THANK YOU.
OKAY WELL THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LATER LET US KNOW. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, LEGAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY. AND FIRST I WANT TO EXTEND SOME GRATITUDE TO EVERYBODY OUT HERE APPLYING BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK IT IS, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ALL OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO FIRST OFF, THIS MAY, DUNCANVILLE HAS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO HOST A MUSICAL EVENT AT THE ARMSTRONG AMPHITHEATER AND THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. PRINCIPAL CELLIST CHRISTOPHER ADKINS WILL BE DOING HIS RECITAL THAT HE CURATED HIMSELF, CALLED ONCE UPON A TIME. AND THE SPECIAL THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT REMOVES SOME OF THE FRICTION OF GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WITNESS THIS KIND OF ART. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S A LITTLE INTIMIDATING AND TOO FORMAL, BUT HAVING IT IN THE PARKS, IT JUST KIND OF REMOVES ALL OF THAT. AND SINCE THE SHOW WAS KIND OF BASED ON LET'S SEE HERE SOME PIECES FROM BACH, IT'S ALSO BASED ON HANSEL AND GRETEL CINDERELLA. SO JUST LIKE CLASSIC THINGS THAT PEOPLE WILL KIND OF RECOGNIZE AND IT'S SAFE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO ENJOY. AND SO BY BRINGING A WORLD CLASS MUSICIAN DIRECTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE REMOVING BARRIERS LIKE COST, TRAVEL AND UNFAMILIAR VENUES. IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT HIGH QUALITY ART DOESN'T BELONG ONLY IN DOWNTOWN CONCERT HALLS, BUT ALSO IN DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU. I FORFEIT MY TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WHEN YOU WALKED UP, I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE CELLIST. NO, SIR. I AM PRODUCING THE EVENT. HE'S ACTUALLY MY FUTURE FATHER IN LAW, SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT. YES. FUTURE FATHER IN LAW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. HELLO, EVERYBODY. THE DUNCANVILLE POET LAUREATE PROGRAM IS A PRACTICAL, LOW COST CULTURAL INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE LOCAL ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT WHILE ADVANCING TOURISM GOALS FOR THE CITY. THE POSITION HONORS AN ACCOMPLISHED LOCAL POET AND ESTABLISHES A PUBLIC FACING AMBASSADOR FOR LITERARY AND SPOKEN WORD ARTS IN DUNCANVILLE. THE POET LAUREATE WOULD PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE IN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES, READINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND COLLABORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE OFFERED BOTH AS STANDALONE POETRY EVENTS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH ESTABLISHED DESTINATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS BLOOM FEST, JULY 4TH CELEBRATIONS AND OTHER CITY SUPPORTED CULTURAL EVENTS.
SPOKEN WORD PROGRAMING IN PARTICULAR HAS A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF ATTRACTING REGIONAL REGIONAL AUDIENCES AND ENCOURAGING REPEAT VISITS FROM A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX STANDPOINT. THE PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AS A CULTURAL TOURISM INITIATIVE. EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, MARKETED BEYOND CITY LIMITS, AND DESIGNED TO DRAW NONRESIDENT AUDIENCES INTO DUNCANVILLE. PROGRAMING WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH EXISTING CULTURAL ASSETS SUCH AS LIBRARIES, PERFORMANCE SPACES AND CIVIC VENUES, CREATING ADDITIONAL REASONS FOR
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VISITORS TO TRAVEL TO THE CITY, DINE LOCALLY AND ENGAGE WITH NEARBY BUSINESSES, INCLUDING HOTELS WHEN APPLICABLE. THIS PROGRAM ALSO ELEVATES DUNCANVILLE CREATIVE PROFILE REGIONALLY. POET LAUREATE PROGRAMS IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES HAVE RESULTED IN INCREASED ATTENDANCE AT CULTURAL EVENTS, BROADER MEDIA VISIBILITY, AND ACCESS TO OUTSIDE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMING AND CULTURAL PLACEMAKING. THIS MODEL ALLOWS DUNCANVILLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROVEN STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL FRAMEWORK, WHILE TAILORING THE SCOPE TO THE CITY'S SCALE AND TOURISM OBJECTIVES. AND MR. BROWNING, YOU YOURSELF WRITE A LITTLE POETRY, DON'T YOU? YES, SIR. OKAY. HOPE TO HEAR SOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.ANYBODY ELSE? BALLET. HI, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS TAKIYAH WALLACE MCMILLIAN. I AM A PROUD DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT, AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BALLET. SO I AM THE FOUNDER OF BROWN GIRLS DO BALLET. WE WERE FOUNDED IN DALLAS, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, AND WE HAVE SINCE BEGAN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BALLET IN FORT WORTH AND THE VERY SPECIFICALLY IN THE 76 104 ZIP CODE, WHICH IS WHERE I GREW UP. BUT NOW I AM A MOM WHO LIVES IN THIS CITY, AND I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE PAST 30 TO DO ANYTHING WITH MY KIDS. OKAY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE MORE THINGS HERE FOR THEM TO ACCESS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE AT BROWN GIRLS, AND IT'S TO SUPPORT DANCERS THROUGH MENTORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FREE COMMUNITY BASED BALLET PROGRAMING. SINCE 2017, WE HAVE MENTORED MORE THAN 186 YOUNG DANCERS, SERVED OVER 200 STUDENTS ANNUALLY THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS, AND DONATED MORE THAN 500 PAIRS OF POINTE SHOES. NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THOSE COST, AND AWARDED OVER $107,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS WORK IS PARTNERED BY PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIES, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL STUDIOS LIKE THE JOURNEY DANCE CENTER, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM LATER. DUNCANVILLE IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE ACCESS MATTERS. WE BELIEVE DUNCANVILLE YOUTH DESERVE HIGH QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION, STRONG ROLE MODELS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE AND LEADERSHIP. THAT BELIEF CAME TO LIFE DURING OUR FALL 2025 PILOT PROGRAM, WHERE DUNCANVILLE AWARDED US OUR FIRST GRANT.
DURING THAT FOUR WEEK SESSION, WE REGISTERED AN AVERAGE OF 57 STUDENTS PER WEEK. FAMILIES ATTENDED NOT ONLY FROM DUNCANVILLE BUT FROM SEVEN SURROUNDING CITIES, SHOWING STRONG REGIONAL DEMAND. MORE IMPORTANTLY, SEVEN STUDENTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM ARE NOW RECEIVING FULL TUITION SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING AT THE JOURNEY DANCE CENTER RIGHT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. TONIGHT, WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS. THIS FUNDING ALLOWS US TO EXPAND FREE COMMUNITY BALLET CLASSES, SERVE MORE FAMILIES, SUPPORT CONTINUED TUITION ASSISTANCE, AND SUSTAIN HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION HOSTING OUR PROGRAMING AT JOURNEY ALSO ENSURES A LOCAL DANCE STUDIOS DOORS STAY OPEN AND ITS INSTRUCTORS REMAIN EMPLOYED, STRENGTHENING DUNCANVILLE ARTS ECOSYSTEM. THIS INVESTMENT HELPS US MOVE FROM A SUCCESSFUL PILOT TO A CONSISTENT, COMMUNITY ANCHORED PROGRAM. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN MAKING HISTORY RIGHT HERE. HOME IN AT HOME IN DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM CANDACE Y. JOHNSON, AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, SCREENWRITER, FILMMAKER, PLAYWRIGHT AND LIFELONG DUNCANVILLE RESIDENT. I AM HERE ON MY 52ND BIRTHDAY, EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY UPCOMING STAGE PRODUCTION, HE THAT FINDS A WIFE FIND ME A CULTURALLY RICH ROMANTIC COMEDY THAT EXPLORES LOVE, EXPECTATIONS AND MODERN RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH HUMOR, HEART AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION, I SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED FIXING HIS PLATE. THAT PRODUCTION SAW STRONG ATTENDANCE IN ABOUT 400 PEOPLE, AND THERE IS ACTUALLY MORE TICKETS SOLD IN THAT IT HAD POSITIVE AUDIENCE RESPONSE AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT STILL HAS THE AUDIENCE TALKING. BECAUSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE, I AM GRATEFUL TO RETURN, HAVING DEMONSTRATED FOLLOW THROUGH, GROWTH AND IMPACT. HE THAT FINDS A WIFE FINDS ME BUILDS ON THAT SUCCESS. THIS PRODUCTION CENTERS ON LOVE AND FAMILY DYNAMICS IN A WAY THAT IS ENTERTAINING AND RELATABLE TO A BROAD AUDIENCE. MY WORK CONSISTENTLY DRAWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT REGULARLY, REGULARLY ATTEND LIVE THEATER, MAKING THE ARTS MORE INCLUSIVE AND APPROACHABLE RIGHT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. THE FUNDING BEING CONSIDERED
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TONIGHT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT LOCAL ACTORS AND CREATIVES PRODUCTION EXPENSES AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY PROFESSIONAL, LIVE THEATER CLOSE TO HOME. I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE. I AM PROUD TO CREATE HERE WHEN THE ARTS CULTURE IS MENTIONED.WE WANT DUNCANVILLE TO BE THE FIRST LOCATION ON TOURIST AND COMMUNITIES MINDS. I'M READILY AVAILABLE TO BE PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FIND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AGUSTIN CHAVEZ. I'M A LOCAL ARTIST DESIGNER, BRAND DESIGNER THAT HAS THERE HAS I HAVE MY STORE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. I OPENED LAST YEAR AND I'M CURRENTLY MOVING TO A BIGGER SPOT IN PLAZA. THE FUNDING TODAY THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO PROVIDE THE LETTERING AND WORKSHOPS FREE OF CHARGE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO THE KIDS, TO ADULTS THAT ARE TRYING TO BETTER THEIR LETTERING. LETTERING IS WHEN WE DRAW LETTERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH DIFFERENT MARKERS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ASKING FOR THIS, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS UP HERE. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I GREW UP IN WEST DALLAS, AND THE REASON I MOVED HERE TO DUNCANVILLE TO OPEN MY BUSINESS IS BECAUSE IT FEELS SAFE HERE. AND MY, MY CUSTOMERS COME HERE AND BUY MY APPAREL, BUY MY HATS AND. YEAH, WHEN I GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THIS OTHER STORE WITH BIGGER SPACE, I WAS LIKE, I CAN OFFER SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY TEACH WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND WHAT NOBODY TAUGHT US THAT WE HAD TO LEARN BY OURSELVES. WHAT ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT. I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO WHO WHO IS THE WHO ARE YOUR CLIENTS? MY CLIENTS ARE EVERYONE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS LIKE BROAD. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM 15 YEARS OLD TO 50 YEARS OLD OR MORE. OH. THANK YOU. I DON'T. MR. KOONTZ. YEAH, YEAH. MR. CHAVEZ, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I WAS WALKING THROUGH WHEATLAND PLAZA THE OTHER DAY, AND I SAW SOME OF YOUR THINGS GOING INTO YOUR SHOP OVER THERE. YEAH, AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED YOU UP, AND I LOOKED AND IT'S IT'S REALLY EXCITING. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT. YOU WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS HERE TO DUNCANVILLE, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF BUSINESS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, ARTS ORIENTED AND MAYBE TARGETING YOUNGER AUDIENCES. BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING FOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND PARTNER WITH YOU. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU? IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VERACRUZ, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAVEZ, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DID THE MURAL ON THE SIDE OF TEXAS FADES, AREN'T YOU? YES, YES, YES. THAT'S SOME REALLY NICE WORK. SO. YEAH, I PAINTED THE MURAL. TEXAS FADES. JUST.
I'VE WORKED WITH SPORTS TEAMS. I'VE WORKED WITH THE MAVERICKS, I'VE DONE COLLABORATIONS WITH ALL THE TEAMS IN DALLAS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. I'VE DESIGNED LOGOS FOR GLOBAL BRANDS. ONE OF MY MOST WELL KNOWN IS LA LA LAND KIND CAFE. I DESIGNED THE LOGO FOR THAT.
SO LIKE, I PUT THAT ON MY PORTFOLIO ANY DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CONTRERAS AND ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I STAND BEFORE YOU NOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MY PROPOSED PROJECT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR FINAL APPROVAL FOR A $3,000 ARTS GRANT. SINGLE PROJECT. MY NAME IS ALEX THE GREAT. I'M A LOCAL POET AND ARTS CURATOR, AND I'M REQUESTING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE MAYA ANGELOU LITERARY FESTIVAL, PROPOSED TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2026, WHICH WOULD MARK THE 98TH BIRTHDAY OF MAYA ANGELOU AS WELL AS THE STARTING WEEKEND OF NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. THIS WILL BE A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE LITERARY ART FORM INSPIRED BY THE WORKING LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE ORATORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THIS EVENT WILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN, AN ESSAY CONTEST THAT WILL BE TARGETED TO HIGH SCHOOL
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STUDENTS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE MARKET IT TO DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, PACE AND VILLAGE TECH, AND WE'LL HAVE A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP, A TRIBUTARY DANCE PERFORMANCE TO THE POEM PHENOMENAL WOMAN, ALL ENDING WITH THE POETRY SLAM EVENT, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE FORM OF SPOKEN WORD SLAM POETRY. THE EVENT'S PURPOSE IS MULTI-LAYERED TO REINVEST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF DUNCANVILLE, TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE ARTS IN DUNCANVILLE, TO ENHANCE THE LITERACY CAPITAL IN THE CITY, AND TO PROMOTE THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ART OF CULTURAL ICON MAYA ANGELOU. THIS HALF DAY EVENT WILL BE INTERACTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE, AND IT WILL HEIGHTEN EXPOSURE TO THE DUNCANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AS OUR. AS THE MISSION AND VALUES OF THE LIBRARY IS ALIGNED WITH THE FOCUS OF THE EVENT, THE FESTIVAL. AS FOR MY BACKGROUND, I'VE BEEN PERFORMING POETRY PROFESSIONALLY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND CURATING EVENTS FOR THE PAST FIVE. I'M ON THE FOURTH YEAR OF A SUCCESSFUL EVENT WITH THE NEIGHBORING CITY, DALLAS RIGHT TO WRITE POETRY SLAM FESTIVAL THAT HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ATTRACTION, AND SO I ENJOY CREATING SPACE AND PLATFORMS FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE, AS MAYA ANGELOU SAYS IN ONE OF HER WORKS, NOBODY BUT NOBODY CAN MAKE IT OUT HERE ALONE. SO COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO SUSTAIN AS WELL. THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUESTION. WHAT'S HE SAY? IT WAS IN OUR PACKET. BUT WHAT'S THAT DATE AGAIN? APRIL 4TH, 2026. THANK YOU.OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ESTHER WILLIAMS AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE A PROPOSAL TITLED PIECES OF US DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY MOSAIC.
PIECES OF US IS A PARTICIPATORY PUBLIC ART PROJECT DESIGNED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH CREATIVITY, LEARNING AND SHARED EXPRESSION. THE GOAL IS TO INVITE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES TO HELP CREATE A MOSAIC MURAL THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES, IDENTITY AND SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN GUIDED WORKSHOPS, WHERE EACH PERSON CREATES A SMALL TWO BY TWO INCH TILE. INDIVIDUALLY, EACH TILE REPRESENTS A PERSONAL VOICE.
WHEN ASSEMBLED, THOSE TILES COME TOGETHER TO FORM A UNIFIED MURAL THAT SYMBOLIZES HARMONY AND UNITY, SHOWING HOW MANY UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS CAN CREATE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AS A WHOLE.
EDUCATION AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ARE A KEY PART OF THIS PROJECT. DURING THE WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN ABOUT DUNCANVILLE HISTORY AND CULTURE, AS WELL AS BASIC ART ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES INCLUDING COLOR THEORY, THEORY AND THE ART OF MOSAIC. THE TEAM THAT WILL BE LEADING THIS WILL BE WILL INCLUDE MYSELF. WITH 16 AND MORE YEARS OF ART EDUCATION, AS WELL AS A LOCAL ART EDUCATOR FROM YOUR VERY OWN DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WHO WILL ASSIST WITH INSTRUCTION. AND STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL PARTICIPATE AS INTERNS, GAINING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC ART, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE ART EDUCATOR HAS ALSO COMPLETED MOSAIC MURALS PROJECTS LIKE THIS WITH STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM BEFORE, AND THAT EXPERIENCE WILL BE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL IN GUIDING PARTICIPANTS THROUGH BOTH THE CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS. ONCE COMPLETED, THE MOSAIC WILL BE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED INSIDE A PUBLIC BUILDING, AND WHILE A SPECIFIC LOCATION HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE MODULAR DESIGN ALLOWS THE ARTWORK TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE, ENSURING IT CAN FIT A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SPACES. THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT CONNECTION, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING LASTING WITH AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. MR. KOONTZ. OKAY. OH COME ON, IS IT DOES IT DOES IT HAVE TO BE INDOORS WITH THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING? WE CAN'T. WE HAVE TO USE IT INDOORS UNLESS WE PUT A SPECIAL COATING OVER IT THAT WILL LAST OUTDOORS. OKAY. IT MIGHT COST A LITTLE MORE. AND YOU SAID YOU HADN'T SELECTED A SPACE YET. DO YOU HAVE THE DIMENSIONS YET? IT IT'LL BE OKAY. SO ABOUT SIX FEET WIDE. SO I'M TRYING TO THINK IT'S ACTUALLY TWO BY TWO. SO 880 PIECES. I HAVE TO DO THE MATH AND GET BACK TO YOU. I'M SORRY. AND IN ANY BIGGER OR WITH ANY SPECIAL GLAZING FOR IT TO BE OUTDOORS, YOU SAID IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT. YEAH. OKAY. I'M JUST PUTTING THIS OUT THERE. THERE'S YOU HAVE A SPACE. THERE'S A THERE'S A BLANK WALL IN ARMSTRONG PARK RIGHT ADJACENT TO KIDSVILLE. AND IT'S JUST PRIMED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. JUST JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. I'LL LET EVERYBODY GO AND SEE WHERE THAT BLANK WALL IS. BUT. AND IF IF THIS
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ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE INDOORS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT INDOOR OR OUTDOOR, WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE YOU BACK AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE OUTDOOR PROJECT. THAT WAS THE PLAN. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. PENNEBAKER. THANK YOU. MY BROTHER'S AN ART TEACHER, AND IT'S FUN SEEING THESE KIND OF THINGS COMING TOGETHER WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, BIG BUILD A BIGGER PROJECT. Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT STARTING ON MARCH 3RD. THAT WAS. THAT'S THE HOPE. OKAY. YEAH. AND YOU'RE GOING TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY TO PROMOTE IT. DO YOU HAVE A LIMITATION ON PARTICIPANTS OR NOT? AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS ALONG WITH THE TEACHER TO BE ABLE TO FIELD, YOU KNOW, AS MANY AS WE CAN FIT IN A ROOM. AND THEN I'D HAVE TO ASK THE CITY IF WE CAN USE ONE OF THEIR ROOMS OR THE SCHOOL OR, YOU KNOW, SENIOR CENTER, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IDEA OF HOW MANY TILES WE'RE LOOKING AT? 880, 880 OKAY. AND IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT ON WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? NO AGE LIMIT. OKAY.THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAELA JONES, THE OWNER OF JONES INK CUSTOM EMBROIDERY AT 206 NORTH MAIN STREET. I AM PROPOSING A SPRINGTIME STREET SHOPPING AND MUSIC EVENT. AND THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO KIND OF LIVEN UP MAIN STREET. AS A BUSINESS OWNER THERE, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS AWARE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GHOST TOWN ON MAIN STREET AND OUR NUMBERS ARE REFLECTING THAT.
SO JUST TO BRING SOME AWARENESS BACK TO MAIN STREET TO LET OUR RESIDENTS IN THE OTHER CITIES CLOSE TO US THAT SURROUND US KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL HERE NOW, THE EVENT, IT WOULD BE OPEN TO OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY TO COME AND JUST BE AT A CENTRAL LOCATION SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN COME AND SEE WHAT WHAT WE HAVE. AND JUST TO KIND OF REGAIN SOME CLIENTELE THAT MAY HAVE VENTURED OFF. AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC AND MAKE IT FAMILY FRIENDLY, KIND OF LIKE A STREET FESTIVAL, BUT WITH SHOPPING, OF COURSE, AND THEN IT CAN HAVE OTHER VENDORS. BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE HURTING, LIKE WE NEED SOME EXPOSURE OVER THERE. SO IT IT'S PROPOSED FOR SPRING, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO CHANGING THE DATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLICT WITH BLOOM FEST OR ANY OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT THE CITY IS HAVING. SO THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M ALEX HAMBY, STAFF LIAISON TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. THE APPLICANT, BRIA MADAN, WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SO I WILL BE OFFERING HER SUMMARY FOR HER PROJECT, WHICH IS SUPERFLY WILL OFFER FREE COMMUNITY DANCE CLASSES FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2026, PROVIDING YOUTH WITH ACCESSIBLE HIP HOP INSTRUCTION AND A SUPPORTIVE AND CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON CONFIDENCE, SELF-EXPRESSION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION, WHILE GIVING STUDENTS A POSITIVE SPACE TO GROW THROUGH MOVEMENT. HELLO.
HELLO, SORRY. ONE SECOND. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIATA FLANAGAN AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DANCE CENTER. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN DUNCANVILLE SINCE 2019, AND I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU. WE WERE AWARDED DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF ARTS FUNDING THAT WE USED FOR IN STUDIO WINTER SHOWCASE, WHERE 110 OF OUR DANCERS WERE ABLE TO PERFORM SPECIAL WINTER DANCES FOR THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW PROJECT CALLED THE CITY IN MOTION. THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS, FINANCIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC, THAT OFTEN KEEP CHILDREN FROM EXPERIENCING THE ART OF DANCE. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE TO REACH YOUTH WHO HAVE NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN A FORMAL STUDIO AND INVITE THEM INTO A SUPPORTIVE, CREATIVE, AND COMMUNITY SPACE.
SO WITH THIS, WE ARE LOOKING INTO HAVING OPEN CLASSES AT ARMSTRONG PARK IN THE SPRING AND OFFERING A DAY OF FREE HIP HOP, BALLET, JAZZ AND MODERN CLASSES FOR AGES 4 TO 18. THIS EVENT WILL BE OPEN TO DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS ALONG WITH OTHER RESIDENTS OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA. OUR GOAL IS TO REACH 100 TO 200 YOUTH DURING THE SESSION AND BRING DANCE INTO A PUBLIC SPACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR OH, EXCUSE ME
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JUST ONE SECOND. MISS GOODEN DID HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR, ARE THE THREE LITTLE GIRLS BEHIND YOU? ARE THOSE SOME OF THE DANCERS? SO MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON, ELIJAH.YES, THEY ARE DANCERS. AND THEN THE OTHER LITTLE FRIEND, SHE WAS A DANCER, TOO. SHE DANCED WITH US PREVIOUSLY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL. YES, SHE'S UP THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. CITY MAYOR, MANAGER, COUNCIL, EVERYONE THAT IS STICKING THROUGH. MY NAME IS VICENTE DELGADO JUNIOR. I AM WITH NUEVA VIDA NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY. WE ARE A 500 1C3 DOMESTIC NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND TODAY I'M PRESENTING OUR PROJECT WHICH IS VIDA IMPACT LAB. BUT WE'RE WANTING TO I WANT TO START OFF WITH SHARING WITH WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THIS, THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT OUR DOING BUSINESS AS THE ENVY MULTIMEDIA CENTER HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. WHAT IS IN THE MULTIMEDIA CENTER? IN THE MULTIMEDIA CENTER, WE HAVE A STUDIO WHERE WE CAN HAVE PODCAST RECORDING, PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS AND JUST OVERALL VIDEO RECORDING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REELS WITHIN THE MULTIMEDIA CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE A LOW POWER, A LOW POWER RADIO STATION, A MICRO CO-WORKING SPACES, A TRAINING ROOM, OFFICES, A CONFERENCE AND A CONFERENCE TABLE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. THIS MULTIMEDIA CENTER IS OUR ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORT, AND SO WE FOUND IT BEST TO BE ABLE TO START AND PROPOSE AND INTRODUCE THIS NEW PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UNFOLDED HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND SO I'M ALSO PROVIDING SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT THE MULTIMEDIA CENTER LOOKS LIKE WITH INSIDE, INSIDE AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS. SO WE'RE READY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS JUST NEEDING TO START HERE IN OUR MULTIMEDIA CENTER. WE, THE IMPACT LAB, THE VIDA IMPACT LAB. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS, ARTISTS, AND TO FOSTERING CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. AND SO I'LL I'LL PROBABLY SKIP THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORDING, BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY TAKE LONGER TRYING TO READ IT THAN TO ACTUALLY PRESENT IT. BUT WHAT IS THE PROJECT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES AS WE WANT TO OFFER WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE VIDA IMPACT LAB, WE WANT TO OFFER RADIO PROGRAMING WHEN IT COMES TO SEGMENTS, SHOWS OR SOME TYPE OF SERIES TO BE ABLE TO BE BROADCASTED ON ON AIR THROUGH OUR LOW POWER RADIO STATION. WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A PODCAST, RECORDINGS, A PODCAST SESSIONS SERIES OR OR SHOWS EPISODES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, ARTISANS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND PART OF OUR IMPACT AND VIDA IMPACT LAB PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH. ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS SUCH AS THOSE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE MORE ENGAGING HANDS ON THAT CAN BE HELD THERE AT OUR MULTIMEDIA CENTER EVENTS AGAIN, SUCH AS THOSE THAT WE CAN HAVE OUT IN THE AIR OR HAVE THOSE WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN OF SPOKEN WORD. IF WE JUST HAVE THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, EVEN INDOORS. BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT THROUGH THE VIDA IMPACT LAB PROJECT. AND THEN LASTLY. WE, THE IMPACT LAB IMAGINATION SPARKS CREATE CREATION. I'M SORRY. MY MY MY SLIDE SHIFTED ON MY IPAD. OH, THERE IT GOES. IMAGINATION SPARKS A CREATION. APPLICATION DRIVES TRANSFORMATION, AND EXPRESSION DELIVERS IMAGINATION.
I'M SORRY. DELIVERS LASTING IMPACT. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO THROUGH VIDA IMPACT LAB AT THE MULTIMEDIA CENTER. AND THAT IS MY INFORMATION ON THE LAST SLIDE.
IF YOU WERE TO EVER WANT TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ME OR LEARN MORE IN DEPTH HOW THE FACILITY IS AND WHAT THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DO IN OUR CITY. SO YOUR YOUR LOCATION IS AT THE CORNER OF CEDAR NORTH CEDAR RIDGE AND MID MIDDAY. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANTS FOR BEING HERE AND
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INTRODUCING THEIR PROJECTS. NEXT UP WE WILL BRING THIS BACK WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS AT YOUR FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX CITIZEN INPUT.[6. CITIZENS' INPUT]
WE DID GET ONE ELECTRONIC SUBMITTAL THAT WILL GO INTO RECORD. AND I WILL CALL UP.WE'LL LET LET SOME FOLKS CLEAR OUT. JULIE STEGER.
JULIE STEGER 214 MEADOW CREEK WHISPERING HILLS EDITION I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE SECTION OF MAIN STREET STARTING AT FIRE STATION TWO AND ENDING AT WINTERGREEN, HAVE THE SAME 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT AS THE REST OF MAIN STREET. CURRENTLY IT IS A 40 MILE AN HOUR, AND MANY DRIVERS EXCEED THIS ROUTINELY. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DUE TO THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF WINTERGREEN, AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL GAS PUMPS AT COSTCO, MORE TRAFFIC CAN BE EXPECTED. MAIN STREET IS PREFERABLE FOR COSTCO CUSTOMERS, AS THERE IS NO SPEED BUMPS ON THAT SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. THERE ARE TEN HOMES THAT HAVE TO ACCESS THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND GARAGES FROM MAIN STREET. WHISPERING HILLS AND SILVER CREEK ESTATES ONLY HAVE ACCESS FROM MAIN STREET BEHIND COSTCO, THE FIELD HOUSE, CHAMPIONS COVE, TWO CHURCHES, TWO CONVENIENCE STORES, AND THE BUSINESS STRIP THAT INCLUDES STARBUCKS UTILIZE MAIN STREET ALONG WITH THE ADJOINING APARTMENT COMPLEX. THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF STOP AND TURN IN TRAFFIC FOR THIS STRIP OF MAIN STREET. ONCE BRANDENBURG REOPENS, EVEN MORE TRAFFIC WILL OCCUR. IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO EXIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MANY TIMES I CAN ONLY DO THIS WITH A RIGHT TURN. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SLOWED DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THAT 9/10 OF A MILE. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PART OF MAIN STREET. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT TWO CARDS, THE ONLY TWO CARDS I HAVE LEFT. EXCUSE ME, ARE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER ON THIS EVENING. SO DO YOU. YOU CAN SPEAK NOW. OR DO YOU? WOULD YOU PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM COMES UP FOR CONSIDERATION? MR. THOMPSON? OKAY, MISS CARLSON.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WOULD CONCLUDE OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR THIS EVENING. MOVE ON
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TO ITEM SEVEN. CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. SECOND.SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. AND MR. JERRY BROWN. THUMBS UP. WE GOT HER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. ITEM ITEM EIGHT. WE GO INTO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE'VE NOT HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING THIS EVENING, BUT WE WILL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING. SO AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN
[8.B. Consider amending Resolution 2025-423 to establish committee members and a chair.]
AS THE RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM B, CONSIDER AMENDING RESOLUTION 2020 5-4 23 TO ESTABLISH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND A NEW CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.WE'RE BACK THE ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT STEERING COMMITTEE. SO WE MET ON JANUARY 20TH, AND WE WERE MAKING A DECISION TO TABLE THIS TOPIC SO THAT WE COULD AMEND THE EXISTING RESOLUTION. AND SO THAT CHANGE WOULD BE FROM YOU ALL APPOINTING THE CHAIRPERSON TO ORGANIZING THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL CHOOSE THEIR CHAIRPERSON. SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE OLD RESOLUTION 2025423. AND THEN THERE IS A NEW RESOLUTION WITH THE SAME LANGUAGE JUST MAKING IT CHANGE, MAKING THE CHANGE FROM FOR YOU ALL TO CHOOSE THE COMMITTEE THAT I'M AWARE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOMINATIONS, SO WE DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL ON ON THAT ITEM. WE'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP AT A AT A LATER DATE,
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BUT WE'LL START WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE RESOLUTION. NOW, THIS ITEM, LIKE I SAID, WE WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO Y'ALL LAST ON THE 20TH, IT WAS AT THE TIME JUST TO APPOINT THE CHAIR TO THE COMMITTEE. BUT THE, THE, THE THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE, THE HORSESHOE WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE THE COMMITTEE FORM FIRST, THEN SELECT THE CHAIR. BUT THE WAY THE RESOLUTIONS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, YOU WOULD YOU'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THEIR CHAIR. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ITEM JUST JUST NAMES WE RECEIVED SO FAR BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER COMPONENT. BUT THIS ACTION WOULD BE JUST MENDING THAT RESOLUTION. SO YOU COULD HAVE THE COMMITTEE SELECT THAT CHAIR. OKAY. SO AT THAT POINT DO WE NEED A MOTION TO AMEND. I'LL MOVE TO AMEND. OKAY.MOTION RESOLUTION. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ SECOND SECOND. COUNCILMAN PENNEBAKER, PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, MR. JERRY BROWN. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE WE'RE STILL BUILDING A LIST OF. APPLICANTS FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE. YES, WE YES, WE DID RECEIVE NAMES FROM A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER SENT SOME NAMES IN. COUNCILMAN. AND MAYOR CONTRERAS ALSO SENT SOME NAMES. WE HAVE THOSE LIST OF NAMES NOW. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WAS A SHORT TURNAROUND, YOU KNOW, TO GET THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE FULL CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE NAMES WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR NAMED. BUT WE WE DID WE DID GET A LIST OF NAMES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT WE SO THERE WAS A THERE THERE WAS A AND I THINK I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT HAD THAT ON THERE THAT HAD THOSE NAMES.
LET ME SEE IF WE GO ONE MORE. THERE THEY ARE. OKAY. SO WE GOT NAMES FROM CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. THIS IS WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS. THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS VACANT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD PROBABLY BE A POINT AMONGST AMONGST THE COUNCIL, THE LOCAL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE, THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER. WE RECEIVED TWO NAMES AND AGAIN HAVE THE NAMES HERE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT THE ONE WE DIDN'T GET ANY NAMES FOR WAS THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE POSITION. CURRENTLY, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IT'S IT'S A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. WE DIDN'T GET ANY NAMES FOR THAT THAT THAT POSITION. OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TONIGHT. YOU GOT US HERE? YES. IF YES, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE NOMINATIONS, YOU WANT TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM THIS LIST. YOU CAN DO THAT TONIGHT. THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR FIND FIND A, FIND A GET MORE NAMES FOR FOR THAT OR AMEND THAT, AMEND THAT RESOLUTION FURTHER IF WE NEEDED TO. BUT YEAH IF THERE'S IF THERE'S NAMES HERE AGAIN. BUT LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY THING JUST DUE TO THE TIMING, WE'VE NOT HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE MEMBERS. WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED THE NAMES. SO EVEN IF Y'ALL DO WANT TO POINT, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS JUST TO MAKE SURE. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SERVING? BUT YES, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT FOR THESE SLOTS, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO IT.
COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND.
OKAY, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT I NOMINATED WERE ACTUALLY NOMINATED FOR DIFFERENT STEERING COMMITTEE. SO I'LL TALK WITH CITY SECRETARY AFTER CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT. OKAY. SUGGESTIONS GOING FORWARD. MR. PENNYBAKER? SO CITY MANAGER, DO WE. SO WE'RE NOT SURE ON MOST OF THESE NAMES WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE WILLING TO OR ABLE AT THIS POINT OR DO WE KNOW AND I GUESS THAT MIGHT BE FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE Y'ALL VETTED THESE PEOPLE OUT. DO WE KNOW GOING THROUGH A PROCESS RIGHT
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NOW, NOT HERE AT THIS MOMENT, MIGHT BE A LITTLE TEDIOUS TO TRY TO PICK OUT OF ALL THESE? SO SHOULD WE TABLE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS A MONTH? JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YES. SO THE MEETING WAS ON THE 20TH AT THE TIME. YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO POST FOR THIS AGENDA, WE POST ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY. SO I ASKED FOR NAMES. YOU KNOW, I SAID NO LATER THAN THE THAN THE 23RD AND I DID. I RECEIVED NAMES AND THEN WE GOT A COUPLE OF NAMES LAST WEEK. OBVIOUSLY THE WINTER STORM ALSO KIND OF KNOCKED US OUT A LITTLE BIT TOO. SO YES, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, TALK TO EVERYBODY. WE BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT BACK TO Y'ALL ON THE NAMES WE HAD AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU. BUT YES, WE WE COULD TAKE SOME MORE TIME.CALL THAT. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE INTERESTED AND BRING IT FORWARD AGAIN. BUT AGAIN WE'LL WE'LL DO WHATEVER COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT AND WE CAN STILL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO AND THEN MAYBE COME UP WITH A, A PROCESS WHERE WE'RE NOT RIGHT HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS TO BECAUSE WE'RE PICKING ONE FOR EACH SPOT, I'M ASSUMING. RIGHT. AND WE'VE GOT EIGHT ON ONE, FIVE ON ANOTHER. SO YES, MAYBE A MAYBE A WORKSHOP. EVERYONE LOVES A WORKSHOP. WE COULD DEFINITELY GO BACK, VET AND BRING THAT BACK, WHETHER IT'S A WORKSHOP ITEM OR WHATEVER UPDATE WE CAN DO, WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IF WE HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME. SO. I KNOW THIS IS PUSHING A LITTLE BIT FAR OUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE THE FIFTH TUESDAY IN MARCH. WE WANT TO TABLE IT TILL THEN AND THEN OR I JUST MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE FIFTH THURSDAY IN MARCH. GIVE US TIME TO OR TUESDAY. I'M SORRY. YEAH. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OFFICIAL MEETING ON THAT DATE, SO CAN YOU TABLE IT TO THAT DATE. BUT IF WE CAN DO IT OKAY, I'M GETTING I'M GETTING A HEADSHAKE THEN. YEAH, YOU COULD, YOU COULD MAKE THAT MOTION. CITY MANAGER, MAY I ASK A QUESTION JUST TO GET CLARITY ON HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE WE HAVE TABLED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THE INTERNAL TEAM TO BRING TO YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE A PROCESS WHICH WE DO HAVE ONE. SO BRING A PROCESS JUST SO WE CAN WALK AWAY TONIGHT SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT CONVERSATION. WE HAVE ALL OF THE ITEMS AVAILABLE TO FOR YOU ON THE ON THE THIRD OR EXCUSE ME ON THE FIFTH TUESDAY IN MARCH, MAYBE SUGGEST A WORKSHOP AT THE FIRST OF THE MEETING AND WE JUST KIND OF WORKSHOP IT AND COME OUT OF IT FROM THERE. YEAH, THAT'S I THINK. MR. WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WHEN WE'VE DONE THESE THINGS WHERE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOOSES 1 OR 2 AND WE GET A PRECISE NUMBER, RIGHT, AND IT'S USUALLY AND THAT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM. I, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK AS A, AS A WORKSHOP, DO WE WANT AGAIN FIRST FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO SERVE. I KNOW THE ONES THAT I NOMINATED DID RESPOND THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED, BUT IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WE WANT TO TO INTERVIEW FOR AND TALK TO THEM AND. JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, RIGHT. JUST GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND MAKE THE SELECTIONS THAT WAY. MR. TERRY BROWN HAS A QUESTION. WELL, ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ SAID. WHOEVER SAID TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL INTERESTED. ONCE WE VALIDATE THAT, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF BRINGING WHOEVER THOSE PEOPLE ARE, IF IT'S TWO PEOPLE OR WHATEVER, IN TO LET THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL ABOUT THE SERVING ON THIS, OKAY? AND THEN MAKE A DECISION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. NOW, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US THAT WE NEED TO AND I'M GOING BACK TO MISS DILL'S POINT. AS WE'VE PUSHED THIS, WE'VE PUSHED THIS, WE'VE PUSHED THIS. AND IT'S LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND FOR, REALLY FOR ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR. AND IT'S LIKE, AND THE MORE WE PUSH IT, THE MORE IT JUST KEEPS GETTING PUSHED. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST LIKE TO SEE US GO SOONER THAN LATER. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE I AGREE THAT THIS IS A YEAR OUT ON THIS PROCESS.
OF COURSE, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLY ON IN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ARTS COMMISSION AND
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THE ARTS DISTRICT, BUT. I WOULD AGREE THAT THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED TO US RIGHT NOW, MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS EARLIER COUNCIL. BUT THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED TO US RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO CONFIRM THAT THE THE FOLKS. AND AGAIN, I HAVE A COUPLE ON HERE THAT I MAY HAVE RESPONDED TO THE WRONG EMAIL. AND SO THERE'S TWO THAT I'LL TAKE OFF OF HERE AND PUT THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AFTER THIS MEETING. BUT WE'D ALMOST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LIST AND CONFIRM THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED. THEIR NAMES HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE VETTED THEM. YES, SIR. SO WHAT I WILL REFER TO IS THE PROCESS THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE NAMES. WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INTEREST EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL RECOMMENDED THEM. WE JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO HERE. WE SENT OUT THAT QUESTIONNAIRE AND A FORM LETTER TO THEM. THEY RESPONDED AND SAID YES, THEY'RE INTERESTED. AND SO NOW WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KUNTZ THAT WANTED TO ALSO INTERVIEW THOSE PEOPLE. SO WE HAD BEEN TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE VETTED THAT PROCESS AS WELL. AND WE WE CAN WE CAN ADOPT THAT SAME PROCESS FOR THIS GROUP. WHY DON'T YOU SAY THAT SOONER? NO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S A GOOD ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL, YOU ALL AGREE, MR. MCBURNETT. MR. JERRY BROWN. THUMBS UP EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE STEPS.AND THEN DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE FIFTH TUESDAY? BECAUSE THEN IF WE COULD JUST BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU IN A EARLIER MEETING AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, WE WE COULD TARGET THE REALISTICALLY JUST GIVE US TIME TO DO THE VETTING. MAYBE WE CAN TARGET THE TABLE TO THE 17TH OF MARCH, BRING IT BACK. THEN WE'LL DO THIS VETTING PROCESS AND THEN YEAH, GO FROM THERE.
SO WE WE COULD WE COULD DO THE 17TH AND THAT WAY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DOING A SPECIAL SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. AND THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO DO THAT. YES SIR. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD PLAN OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM
[8.D. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider a resolution approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Incentive Agreement between the City of Duncanville and Parklane Investments, LLC d/b/a Corinth Properties for capital improvements at 918 East Highway 67, Duncanville, Texas. This agreement provides a percentage rebate of the Sales Tax Revenues generated by the development for an amount not to exceed $150,000 or five years, whichever comes first, beginning upon the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for Bojangles Restaurant, to offset extraordinary public infrastructure, drainage and site development costs.]
EIGHT D CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND PARK LANE INVESTMENTS. WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON. OKAY. HEY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. THIS ITEM IS BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN. MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA EARLY JANUARY. I BELIEVE THAT FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE BEFORE THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHO CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AS WELL. WE'LL WALK THROUGH RELATIVELY QUICKLY THIS ITEM, THE LOCATION, THE SCOPE, THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE ASK IN TERMS OF ORIENTATION, RIGHT. BIRD'S EYE VIEW. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 67 AND COCKRELL HILL.RIGHT. THE TWO PARCELS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED. LIKE IF YOU LOOK TO THE NORTH, THAT WOULD BE THE EMPIRE BUFFET. PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THAT, LUBY'S CAFE. AND SO THAT'S THE VICINITY OF WHERE THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED. OKAY. THE SITE CONDITIONS IS THE REASON WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO INCREASE THE SITE COST. RIGHT. AND SO THIS INCENTIVE IS BEING EVALUATED TO SEE HOW IT HELPS BRIDGE THE GAP CREATED BY THOSE INHERITED INFRASTRUCTURE. COSTS WILL SHOW SOME OF THE EXHIBITS RIGHT SPECIFIC TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. SO IF YOU WERE OUT THERE NOW WALKING AROUND YOU, THIS WOULD GIVE YOU KIND OF SOME CONTEXT TO HOW THIS SITE DRAINS THE CONTOURS UNIQUE CHALLENGES. RIGHT? FOR IF YOU'RE INTO GEOGRAPHY AND LAND DEVELOPMENT. NONETHELESS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN WHERE YOU SHOW HOW THE PAD SITES ARE DEVELOPED OUT.
THIS UTILITY PLAN REALLY STARTS TO TELL THE STORY AND WHY THIS INCENTIVE IS BEING REQUESTED.
YOU'LL SEE ESSENTIALLY FROM THIS EXHIBIT, THESE TWO SITES, THESE TWO PARCELS, THEY COLLECT WATER FROM ALL THE SURROUNDING PARCELS UPSTREAM. AND SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF SOME UNIQUE DRAINAGE, STORMWATER DRAINAGE. AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXHIBIT THAT KIND OF ILLUSTRATE HOW THAT UNFOLDS AT THE SITE, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND DETENTION TREATMENT AND THEN RELEASE DOWNSTREAM. OKAY. IN TERMS OF THE END USE PRODUCTS, WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO BUSINESSES DEVELOPED RIGHT ON THESE TWO PAD SITES. THE FIRST IS THE
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CREDIT UNION. THE SECOND ONE IS A QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT MULTINATIONAL FRANCHISE, BOJANGLES. OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOTAL LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION, INCLUDING DESIGN AND HARD COSTS, RIGHT? THE CREDIT UNION PORTION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, $3.5 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT, RIGHT. TEN FULL TIME JOBS ESTIMATED, REALLY STRONG TRACK RECORD OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED ELSEWHERE. AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE, THE BOJANGLES RESTAURANT, $2 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT, INCLUDING THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COST AND FINISH OUT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FULL AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES. RIGHT.JUST QUICK PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF SALES, WHAT THEY EXPECT BASED ON THIS LOCATION, HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO JOBS AGAIN, AND GROSS REVENUE. AND THEN ADDED ANOTHER CORPORATE CITIZEN TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT A RESIDENT, BUT CERTAINLY A NEW INVESTMENT, A NEW COMPANY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. OKAY, QUICK OVERVIEW AGAIN, OF THE REQUESTED INCENTIVES, STRUCTURED AS A FIVE YEAR REBATE, 75% OF THE NEW TAXES THAT THIS BUSINESS GENERATES.
RIGHT. AND IT BEGINS PROPOSED TO BEGIN UPON WHEN THEY ARE ISSUED THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. RIGHT. SO THE PROJECT IS BUILT. THEY'RE READY TO OPEN. OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR SAYS, HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH THIS AGREEMENT IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN. SOME GUARDRAILS THAT ARE BAKED INTO THIS AGREEMENT. THIS IS TIED TO PERFORMANCE, RIGHT? THEY GENERATE THE SALES AND COLLECT THE SALES TAX. THEN THEY GET REBATED FROM THAT PERFORMANCE. RIGHT. NO UPFRONT OBLIGATION. AND IT'S STRUCTURED ON A TIGHT FOUR YEAR TIME WINDOW. OR WE'RE PROPOSING TO BE CAPPED AT A CERTAIN FIXED AMOUNT. UPFRONT ON THIS SLIDE. WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY AGAIN PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THAT ENTITY TO APPROVE THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS AGREEMENT.
RIGHT. AND SO TONIGHT, THE CHAPTER THREE AGREEMENT IS ONE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GETS TO AUTHORIZE BASED ON THE TERMS UPON APPROVAL. AND IF APPROVED, THEIR NEXT STEP ACTUALLY THEN GOES TO THEIR FINALIZED CIVIL PLAN SO THAT THEY CAN GET PERMITS AND COMMENCE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. AND THEY'RE ESTIMATING THE TIME FRAME OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR THAT VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. AT THE BEGINNING, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE THE THE PARTIES, BUT WE HAVE ARTHUR BROUSSEAU AND CLINT DICKEY REPRESENTING CORINTH DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS. AND THEN I'M ALSO AVAILABLE TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE ANY. OKAY. MR. GOFF, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD IF YOU'RE COMPLETED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:41 P.M. SO NOW WOULD BE THE TIME IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST AND YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO IT, COME ON UP. THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE DEVELOPERS.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. AGAIN, I'M ARTHUR BROUSSEAU, JOHN DICKEY. OH, THERE HE IS SOMEWHERE WITH THE DEVELOPER CORINTH PROPERTIES. AS WE MENTIONED LAST MONTH AT THE MEETING. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THIS LAND HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE A WHILE. THERE ARE SOME EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING US BRIDGE THAT GAP, TO BRING THIS, THIS PROJECT TO LIFE AND BRING A FEW MORE BUSINESSES HERE TO DUNCANVILLE. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR YOU. BUT HANG TIGHT BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE AT THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS OR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT.
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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. TIMESTAMP 843. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MCBURNETT? THANK YOU. THE DEVELOPERS THAT I'D LIKE TO, IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES, IF YOU COME UP AND PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THOSE. SO. THIS ONE HERE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE HERE IS THE OUTLINED IN ORANGE IS THE STORMWATER UNDERWATER DETENTION SYSTEM THAT HAS TO ACCEPT THE OLD LUBY'S, THE CHINESE BUFFET, THE HOTEL AND THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. WE ACCEPT ALL THE RUNOFF WATER, DETAIN IT AND THEN DISPENSE THAT OUT TO TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY THERE. AND WITHOUT THAT UNDERGROUND, LIKE THE MEDICAL THEY DID, THERE'S ABOVE GROUND.WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ROOM TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S EXTRA COST IN THAT. GIVEN THE SMALL SIZE OF OUR SITE THERE. BUT THEN ADDITIONALLY, IS THE SANITARY HERE. THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT AT SOME POINT IN TIME STARTED TO TO PUT IN A SANITARY LINE JUST ON THE SOUTH OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THERE. THEY ONLY PUT IN ABOUT 100FT OF THAT AND THEN ABANDONED IT FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T KNOW. SO WE HAVE TO EXTEND THAT DOWN TO AVENUE THE STARS, ANOTHER ALMOST 350FT OFF SITE ACROSS OUR NEIGHBOR'S SITE. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE ACTUALLY HELPING THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO YOU KNOW, THIS NOT BEING ANY ANY UPFRONT COSTS TO THE CITY AND JUST I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A THE THE AGREEMENT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL INVESTMENT CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTIVATING A DEAD, YOU KNOW, SOME DEAD PROPERTIES ON ALONG A KEY CORRIDOR. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND IT OKAY I'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM REQUEST BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A THUMBS UP FROM MISS JERRY BROWN. IT'S BEEN APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM EIGHT E.
[8.E. Conduct a public hearing for consideration and action regarding ZONE2025-0004 C request of Caroline Rosendall (owner) and Ruth Carlson (applicant) for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for Temporary Workforce Housing in a residential neighborhood on real property located at 710 Markwood Drive, legally described as Block 16, Lot 25, Irwin Keasler Development Red Bird No. 4 Addition, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas.]
CONSIDER A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION REGARDING ZONE 2025 0004C REQUEST FROM CAROLINE ROSENDAHL AND RUTH CARLSON. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. DESIREE POWELL, CITY PLANNER. I'LL BE PRESENTING BOTH ITEMS SO VERY BRIEFLY. THE PARTICULAR APPLICANT OWNS AND OPERATES THREE OTHER OF THESE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. THEY'RE CALLED TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING OR TWH. ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. 103 SOUTH CAPRI, 823 CHERYL BOULEVARD AND 350 LEAH DRIVE. ALL THREE OF THE PREVIOUS PROPERTIES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT CREATED THE USE. AND SO THAT IS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. ALL THREE APPROVED IN 2024. THE CURRENT HOME THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS PLANNING TO HOUSE FIVE PEOPLE, AND THE OCCUPANTS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY UP TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX MONTHS, OR IF THEY WANT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SP. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN. AND SO ANY TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES AN SP. AFTER THAT, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY ANY REQUIRED RENTAL INSPECTION FEES AS PART OF OUR RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM. ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE TO REGISTER AND BE A PART OF THE CITY'S RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WILL FUNCTION VERY SIMILAR TO RENTING A HOME, AND IT MUST ADHERE TO THE RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS STATED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2487, WHICH A BIG PART OF THEM COMING WAS WRITING THAT ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BY PNC AND OR CITY COUNCIL. SO HERE'S A MAP OF WHERE THE PROPERTY IS. SO WHERE THAT BLUE STAR IS, IS THE THE AREA OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED. LIKE I MENTIONED, CURRENT ZONING IS S OF TEN OR SINGLE[02:35:02]
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TEN. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE ZONING MAP AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND THE BUFFER MAP. SO THE RED BOX, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE FAINT IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THEN THE YELLOW CIRCLE IS THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOTIFIED WITHIN 200FT.AND THEN JUST AN AERIAL VIEW. SO YOU CAN SEE. AND THEN THESE ARE SITE PLAN OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT. SO FOR THOSE FIVE OCCUPANTS OR FIVE TENANTS YOU HAVE TWO GARAGE PARKING SPOTS AND THREE PARKING SPOTS ON THE CONCRETE SLAB JUST INSIDE OF THE HOME. FIVE BEDROOMS, I BELIEVE. AND THEN WE SENT OUT 20 MAILERS AND RECEIVED, AS OF TODAY, ZERO IN SUPPORT AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION. OH, SORRY, SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS. PNC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SP WITH THE EXPIRATION OF TEN YEARS FROM CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL DATE.
PNC ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE ZERO AT THEIR JANUARY 12TH MEETING WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. APPROVAL WITH THE EXPIRATION IN TEN YEARS FROM COUNCIL APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY. SO THAT IS YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION. YES. TIME BEING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH SOME QUESTIONS. I'M SURE AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:49 P.M. AND ANY CITIZENS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. HI, I'M RUTH CARLSON, I LIVE AT 822 CHERYL BOULEVARD. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. MY DAUGHTER CAROLINE HAD GOT MARRIED, HAD A BABY, SO WE ARE GRANDPARENTS NOW. AND SHE MOVED OFF INTO LANCASTER AND LEFT HER HOUSE HERE. SO SHE WANTS TO TURN IT INTO A TEXAS WORKFORCE, I MEAN, TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND HAS ASKED ME TO MANAGE IT SINCE I'M LIKE TWO MINUTES AWAY WHERE I LIVE. AND SO. WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH OUR OTHER HOUSES, WITH THE TENANTS OF STAY LONG TERM. THEY SERVE OUR CITY, THEY SERVE MEDICAL PLACES, THEY SERVE IN WAREHOUSES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE STUDENTS, AND SOME OF THEM JUST NEED A PLACE TO GET ON THEIR FEET BEFORE THEY CAN GET AN APARTMENT. I HAVE A COUPLE STAYING WITH US NOW THAT IS WORKING HARD TO GET BACK INTO AN APARTMENT FOR THEMSELVES, BUT THEY CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT YET, SO WE SERVE THEM THIS WAY, HELPING FOLKS TO GET MORE STABLE. AND THEN ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO WITH CAROLINE'S HOUSE IS THE SAME KIND OF IDEA, AND IT'S WORKED VERY WELL. AND OUR PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH US AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THEM. AND I HOPE YOU APPROVE THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU.
YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SEEING IF WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORT. ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST SPEAK IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THE REQUEST. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST? OKAY WITH THAT, SEEING NONE. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. I'D LIKE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT.
SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DE DOMENICO GOODEN. AND PLEASE VOTE. AT THE THUMBS UP. OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:52 P.M. OKAY. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. MR. KOONTZ.
THIS IS A REFRESHER. BUT MAYBE AS A REFRESHER AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, IF WE COULD GET A EXPLANATION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING, SHORT TERM RENTALS, LONG TERM RENTALS. SO A SHORT TERM RENTAL IS USUALLY A MAXIMUM OF 30 DAYS OR 30 NIGHTS.
TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING, AS WE SAW, CAN GO UP TO SIX MONTHS. AND LONG TERM RENTAL IS YOUR TYPICAL APARTMENT OR TOWNHOUSE DUPLEX. THAT KIND OF RENTAL? IT CAN BE ON A LEASE. IT CAN BE MONTH TO MONTH. IT GOES BEYOND THAT. SIX MONTHS OF A STAY. SO IT'S ADDITIONALLY THE DURATION OF YOUR STAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. APPLICANT. AS WAS MENTIONED. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS.
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IF YOU COULD HOLD THAT THOUGHT MOTION'S ON THE TABLE OKAY. MOTIONS ON THE TABLE. MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND ALSO TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING THE OTHER PROPERTIES AND STUFF, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OCCURRENCES, ANY ANY ISSUES WHATSOEVER. NO, SIR. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND OKAY. AND WE'LL HOLD THAT SECOND, MR. PENNYBAKER. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I'LL CATCH. I'LL CATCH YOU TOO. MR. PENNYBAKER, WOULD YOU YIELD YOUR TIME SO THAT I CAN GET TO I WILL YIELD, YES. OKAY, MISS CHERRY BROWN, GO AHEAD. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING YOU. THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE EVER DONE ANY TEMPORARY WORKFORCE HOUSING IN DUNCANVILLE BEFORE? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. YES, MA'AM.SO THIS PARTICULAR OWNER, THEY OWN THREE OTHER ONES. NO, I'M I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM. I'M JUST IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SOUP. AND SO. IS THIS THE NORM? THE TEN YEAR.
THE OTHER THREE ARE ALSO TEN YEARS. SO WE JUST TRY TO STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE OKAY.
JUST JUST ASKING. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MR. PENNYBAKER. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. JONES YES, THAT WAS MY QUESTION OR PART OF MY QUESTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND NOT KNOWING THIS, IF THEY WERE TO SELL THE PROPERTY, DOES THAT STAY INTACT TO THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER? THERE'S NOTHING THAT TRIGGERS A COMING BEFORE THE. SO WE WROTE IT IN A WAY THAT IT'LL STAY WITH THE PROPERTY IF THEY WERE TO SELL. AND THE NEW PERSON WANTS TO COME IN AND JUST USE IT AS A HOUSE, REGULAR SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THEY CAN IF THEY CHOOSE. IF THEY DON'T WANT IT AT ALL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN REVOKE THAT. YUP. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN WOULD BE, IS THAT YOU'D GET A NEW PROPERTY OWNER IN THERE THAT COULD THAT WERE LESS FAMILIAR WITH. YES, SIR. AND I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE TO FIVE YEARS. AND I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT. I MOVE TO AMEND IT TO FIVE YEAR. SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EASY RENEWAL. BUT IT'LL BE THERE AS A STOPGAP IN CASE THERE'S A SALE OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN AMENDMENT TO THAT. WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS? MIGHT WE BE MISSING THAT IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS TO BUY THE PROPERTY THAT WE COULD? SO WITH THE EITHER IF IT'S A FIVE YEAR OR TEN YEAR, IF ANYTHING, THAT'S NOT EVERY YEAR WE COULD PUT IN AS A CONDITION THAT IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE PROPERTY. AND THEN IF THE PROPERTY OWNER EVER SELLS, THEN THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK. THAT'S OUR BEST SAFEGUARD OF IF THEY SELL WITHIN THE NEXT 5 OR 10 YEARS. OUR TRADITIONAL THINGS, SINCE IT'S BECOME A USE, HAS BEEN SIMILAR TO THE SHORT TERM RENTALS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS COMPLIANCE. THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM, SO THEY HAVE TO BE ACTIVE AND BE ESSENTIALLY DOING THE RIGHT THINGS WITHIN THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY ISSUES WITH POLICE OR FIRE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE OR COMPLAINTS. BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING WOULD BE THE CONDITION OF IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPERTY. I THINK MR. PENNEBAKER MAKES A GOOD POINT. WELL, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE. OF COURSE, IF THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHO BUYS IT AND RUNS IT FOR FOR TEN YEARS, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT SOONER, BUT WE'VE CAUGHT IT NOW. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? THIS CONVERSATION? OKAY. DO MR. KOONTZ DO YOU HAVE. OH GO AHEAD, MR. KOONTZ. THIS JUST THE QUESTION IS THAT THE OTHER HOUSES THAT HAVE THIS USE ARE ALREADY FOR TEN YEARS. YES, SIR. THERE'S THREE OTHER HOUSES. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ARE YOU WISHING TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION BY MR. PENNEBAKER? THANK. YEAH. WELL, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, MAYOR, I HEARD WHAT MR. PENNEBAKER SAID. I AGREE WITH WHAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING WITH SAYING IT STAYS WITH THEM. I THINK THAT'D BE A WISE WAY TO GO AS WELL. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO FIVE YEARS. I'D RATHER SAY TEN YEARS. BUT IT'S AGAIN, IT'S WITH THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. OKAY, SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD WITH THE MOTION. THE ORIGINAL MOTION, OKAY. AND VOTE THAT UP OR DOWN
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MOTION TO AMEND. AND IT WASN'T ACCEPTED. THAT'S RIGHT. SO UNLESS IT WOULD DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND, UNLESS SOMEBODY SECOND. OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR THEN. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. MR. KOONTZ, JUST TO CLARIFY. THAT WOULD BE THE. MOTION. THE MOTION IS TEN YEARS. OKAY. THAT'S THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE CLEAR. SO THE AMENDMENTS DIED AND NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE INITIAL ON THE ORIGINAL. BUT WE CAN OFFER ANOTHER MOTION, ANOTHER AMENDMENT. PROPERTY OWNER. AND THAT'S NOT IN THERE OKAY. SO SO.CAN WE ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF TEN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THEY SAID NO. OKAY. SO CLEAR OKAY. BODY LANGUAGE. OKAY. SO A COMMENT WAS MADE BY MISS JONES I BELIEVE ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT IN THERE NOW BUT IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO IT GOES WITH THE LAND. THERE'S NO WAY TO. OKAY, OKAY. MR. RAUSCHER AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD A COMMENT REAL QUICK. OBVIOUSLY, AS WITH ANY ANY DEVELOPMENT, IF WE'RE EXPERIENCING NUISANCE CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING TO GO OUT AND WE'RE SEEING ISSUES, WE CAN WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE RECOURSE ON THIS AND AND NOT HAVE TO LET IT GO THE FULL TEN YEARS. YOU KNOW, IF AFTER SIX MONTHS THERE ARE ALL THESE ISSUES WE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS, WE'RE GOING TO DO INSPECTIONS WELL. AND THEY HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING. SO WE'LL SEE. SO REMIND ME BECAUSE I WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'VE ESTABLISHED IT'S THE ORIGINAL MOTION WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON HERE. BUT I DO WANT TO ASK NOT TO DELAY THE VOTE ANY LONGER. BUT I WANT TO ASK. SO REMIND ME THAT WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, A CURRENT ORDINANCE, THERE ARE STIPULATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT THAT IF SOMEONE ELSE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND THEY MISBEHAVED IN ANY WAY, CODE VIOLATIONS, BUILDING CODE, ANYTHING THAT THERE'S THERE'S WORDING IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REVOKE THIS. THIS REVOKE IT AT ANY TIME. ON THERE THAT WOULD NOT BE MET IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH OUR REGULATORY.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION AS MADE AND SECONDED. SO PLEASE VOTE. MR. JERRY BROWN VOTED NO OKAY. LET ME MAKE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK. I THINK THAT THAT'S A VALID POINT THAT MR. PENNEBAKER BROUGHT UP VOTES DONE. WE'VE HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH THESE FOLKS. SOMEONE ELSE COULD MOVE IN AND WE'VE GOT A SAFEGUARD BUILT IN, BUT I THINK IT IS OPEN FOR FUTURE CONVERSATION WITH THIS COUNCIL. NOW THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT UPON SALE, IT CAN GO INTO THE HANDS OF SOMEONE ELSE, PERHAPS WE LOOK AT THAT ORDINANCE AND CHANGE IT SO THAT IF IT SELLS, IT REDUCES BACK TO FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING THAT'S MORE CONTROLLABLE. MR. PENNEBAKER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT A CHANGE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THIS NEXT ONE, THAT WAS E WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO. F CONDUCT
[8.F. Conduct a public hearing for consideration and action regarding ZONE2025-00003 request of Tim Maiden (owner/managing partner) for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow an event center and outdoor pickleball courts on real property located at 202 W. Center Street, 3.35 acres, legally described as Block 8 & part of Block 7, Original Town Duncanville, City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas.]
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. ACTION REGARDING ZONE 25 2025 0003 REQUEST OF TIM MAIDEN. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY. 202 WEST CENTER STREET. THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS A DUAL USE. AND SO WE COMBINE TWO USES FOR THE PROPERTY'S PURPOSE. AS ONE CAN EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER. SO THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO OPERATE AN EVENT CENTER SLASH[02:50:04]
ARTS INCUBATOR WITH FOUR OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL COURTS. THE REQUEST IS FOR THE BUILDING FACING CENTER STREET. SO IN YOUR PACKET, THAT BUILDING IS LABELED AS BUILDING ONE. ON THE SITE PLAN. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS CANNOT EXIST BY THEMSELVES, AND SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING TO GO WITH THEM FOR RESTROOMS. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BOTH USES REQUIRE AN SUV. IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN DUNCANVILLE, AND THE SUBDISTRICT IS GENERAL MAIN STREET. AS WE SEE HERE, THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY REQUIRES AN SUV FOR BOTH USES, AND SO THIS IS WHY WE PROPOSE THAT THEY RUN AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE PROPOSED OPERATIONS FOR THE THE EVENT CENTER, THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY 4000FT■!S. IT IS AIMED TO HOST PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS AS WELL AS ARTS RELATED EVENTS. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, FOUR COURTS THAT CAN BE RESERVED AND OR RENTED FOR PRIVATE EVENTS OR PARTIES. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET THAT UTILIZED THE BUILDING FOR A VARIETY OF CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMING. SUNDAY SCHOOL FOOD PANTRY. IT'S LIVED A LOT OF DIFFERENT LIVES. THE PROPOSED USE HAS BEEN USED FOR EVENTS PRIOR TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO KIND OF CURB THAT. AND WHILE THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE PICKLEBALL PERMIT, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE ALSO CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERMIT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO GET THAT RECTIFIED. AND THEN THE LAST THING WITH THE CURRENT CEO OR THE LAST CURRENT CEO AT THAT BUILDING WAS IN 2018 UNDER A CHURCH NAME, THE ROCK CHURCH. AND SO A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS WERE ISSUES WHEN WE TOOK IT TO PNC, BUT SINCE THEN HAVE FOUND SOME SOLUTIONS AND SOME COMPROMISES TO KIND OF GET TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, KIND OF HELP HIM GET TO WHERE HE'S TRYING TO GO. AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, OUR PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED ONE OF THE THINGS OF THE LOADING AND UNLOADING UNLOADING AREA THAT THE APPLICANT HAD PREVIOUSLY MARKED OUT WAS NOT WIDE ENOUGH.AND SO THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR STAFF. AND THAT WAS A PART OF THE DENIAL IN OUR RECOMMENDATION TO PNC. BUT THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED THAT AND HAS RELOCATED THE LOADING AREA TO ANOTHER AREA OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS MEETING THAT WITH THOSE WITH DIMENSIONS. AS I AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED DOWNTOWN, DUNCANVILLE, GENERAL MAIN STREET. THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS IN THAT ORANGE AREA. SO THAT IS THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING CURRENT ZONING MAP. SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA. THE L-SHAPED PROPERTY WITH THE BLUE STAR. AND THEN THIS IS AGAIN, SORRY THE STAR GOT OFF TRACK, BUT THE THIS MAP IS HOW ALL OF THE SUBJECTS ARE LAID OUT IN DOWNTOWN. THIS STAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE NOT OVER THERE, BUT IN THIS ONE OF THESE GREEN AREAS, THE BUFFER MAP. SO EVERYONE THAT WE NOTIFIED THE 200 OR THE 200 FOOT BUFFER IS INDICATED BY THAT YELLOW OUTLINE. AND THEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITH THE BLUE STAR OUTLINED IN RED, AND THEN JUST AN AERIAL. SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHERE IT BOUNDS BETWEEN CENTER STREET RAILROAD TRACKS AND SANTA FE TRAIL. JUST ANOTHER AERIAL VIEW. AND THEN THE SITE PLAN. SO WHERE THE ARROW IS POINTING IS WHERE THE NEW LOADING AREA HAS BEEN RELOCATED. AND SO PREVIOUSLY IT WAS IN THIS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. AND SO WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT WE DID GET THAT RELOCATED. SO NOW IT'S MEETING THE THE MINIMUM WIDTH THAT IS REQUIRED. AND THEN HE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HAD AS FAR AS THE BUILDING AND THE SITE ITSELF, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE PART OF THE SUBMITTAL. 31 MILLINGS WERE SENT OUT FOR CITY COUNCIL. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSES IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION FOR COUNCIL. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS KIND OF LENGTHY. SO I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. SO OUR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL WITH THE EXPIRATION OF FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS HOW IT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE OWNER HAS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING PRIOR TO UTILIZING IT STAFF. WE DID CHANGE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PNC TO APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING OF THE EXPIRATION IS TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF FOUR FROM COUNCIL'S APPROVAL DATE. ALL RENOVATIONS, REMODELING. ANY OTHER WORK DONE IN THE PROPOSED BUILDING FOR THE EVENT CENTER MUST BE INSPECTED AND ARE PERMITTED, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BY THE INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING TEAM BEFORE OCCUPANCY IS ALLOWED. A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR CO IS ACQUIRED BEFORE THE BUILDING. BUILDING ONE CAN BE USED FOR ANY EVENTS OR USES FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE USE, AND THAT ANY FUTURE PARKING ARRANGEMENTS AND OR SHARED PARKING AGREEMENTS WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OR PROPERTY OWNERS MUST BE NOTARIZED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY PLANNER AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS OF AS THAT PROPERTY LEASES OUT TENANTS, MORE PEOPLE MOVE IN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKING IS ACCOMMODATED. SO KIND OF THINKING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT IN THE EVENT THAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT. AND THEN WE JUST MADE THE NOTE THAT STAFF DID RECOMMEND DENIAL AT PNC. AND THEN YOUR OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:08 P.M.
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WITH THAT, I'LL ASK FOR ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. PLEASE STEP FORWARD.RON THOMPSON 603 CATHERINE COURT, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, INTERIM CITY MANAGER. FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE ARTS DAY AT CITY HALL, AND I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION TO TALK ABOUT HOW HARD THE ARTS WORK FOR US. IF THERE WAS STILL SOMEONE FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD CONGRATULATE THEM. THIS IS HARD WORK, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING IS THE ARTS DO THE WORK FOR THE CITY. THEY'RE WORKING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE WORKING ON CULTURAL ENRICHMENT. THEY'RE WORKING ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT. THE ARTS, TOURISM, ARTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR CITY FEELS AND THE WAY IT LOOKS AND THE WAY THAT IT LIVES. AND WE LEARN THAT TODAY WHEN WE WERE SEEING THIS. BUT WE'RE ALSO LEARNING AS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS ARE GOING TO NEED A HOME. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A HOME TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INDEPENDENT, TO BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT SO THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR BILLS SO THEY CAN LIVE HERE, THEY CAN WORK HERE, THEY CAN THRIVE HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY SUCCESSFUL MODELS THAT THAT INCUBATE THE ARTS. YOU'VE SEEN THAT A LOT. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. WE NEED TO GIVE ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES A SAFE PLACE TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO EXIST IN DUNCANVILLE. SOME PROGRAMS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. SOME PROGRAMS NEED A SOFT LANDING IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY HAS MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO BASICALLY CREATE AN ARTS DEVELOPMENT CAMPUS. I'M NOT SURE THAT WHOEVER WROTE THE THE ORDINANCE COULD EVER IMAGINE WHAT 202 WEST CENTER COULD BE.
IT'S RESTAURANTS, IT'S BUSINESSES, IT'S RETAIL, IT'S A RESTAURANT. IT'S IT'S AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. IT'S INDOOR ACTIVITY. IT'S A GREEN SPACE. IT'S IT'S PICKLEBALL AND IT'S CONNECTING. ALL THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH FOR PROFIT AND NONPROFIT, TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN USE THIS. AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? THEN THIS IS ALL INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO PRIVATE INVESTORS, TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, OKAY, I GET IT. OR MAYBE WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD WORK WOULD NOT WORK. AND THIS WILL INFORM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE PLANNING, CITY PLANNING, CULTURAL DISTRICT PLANNING. ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A FAVORABLE APPLICATION TO THE OWNER OF 202 WEST CENTER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. MY NAME IS TIM MAIDEN TILL TWO WEST CENTER STREET, 18 YEAR RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE, AND I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER FOR THE PROJECT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE THE COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OR EXTENDING THE GRANT TO HELP US GET TO THIS PLACE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WE STARTED CASTING A VISION FOR HOW THIS PROPERTY COULD BE REPURPOSED, READAPTED AND PUT INTO PRODUCTIVE USE AND A LOT OF WORK. BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE. AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A AN INCUBATOR OF ARTS, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS PRIOR TAX EXEMPT CHURCH, SCHOOL, CAMPUS INTO A GATHERING PLACE, A PLACEMAKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY. WE HAVE GONE WITH IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR, HAD A COMMUNITY EVENT TO KIND OF HEAR FROM THEM, HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND EVERYBODY WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
THE PROJECT HOPES TO OFFER OUTDOOR PICKLE PICKLEBALL, OUTDOOR PATIOS, SOME SOME GREEN SPACE AND ALSO STRUCTURED ARTS INCUBATING PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, NOT THE SUBJECT BUILDING BUT THE OTHER BUILDING, ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE OF TENANTS. THAT'S LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, A DENTIST'S OFFICE, A DOG GROOMING PLACE. WE HOPE TO PUT A COFFEE SHOP IN THE FRONT, AND THEN AN EVENING DINING AREA IN THE BACK, AND ALSO A FITNESS STUDIO. AND SO A LOT OF THESE TENANTS ARE ALREADY THERE AND REALLY EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITY. ANOTHER THING WE KNOW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE CITY TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WE DESIGNED IT WHERE WE HAVE A BUFFER BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND AN EASEMENT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 12 FOOT WALL. WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME NOISE BARRIER STUFF TO HELP WITH THAT, JUST TO BE A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR FROM AN
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ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, RAIL STATION, WHICH WE CALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BRING ABOUT 50 TO 100 JOBS. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SUPPORT THE LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND RUN, RUN. AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT EVEN MAYBE HAVING A RESTAURANT WHERE WE CAN HAVE ROTATING CHEFS COMING IN FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU HAVE A WAY TO INCUBATE NOT ONLY ENTREPRENEURS, BUT ALSO RESTAURATEURS. ALSO, WE THINK THAT WE DO PICKLEBALL. IT'S A GATHERING PLACE. PEOPLE FELLOWSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THEY ALSO SPEND MORE DWELL TIME IN, IN, IN DOWNTOWN DUNCANVILLE.SO THAT HOW PEOPLE COME IN, IN EATING IN DOWNTOWN DUNCANVILLE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROPERTY. IT WAS TAX EXEMPT. NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON IT PAID A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD BILL HERE RECENTLY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO DRIVE SALES TAXES FOR FOR THE CITY AS WELL. BUT THE ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS THIS IS FOR PUBLIC ARTS. IT'S FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY. IT'S FOR BUSINESS GROWTH. AND HOPEFULLY ALL THIS ALIGNS WITH THE CORE PRIORITIES OF DUNCANVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER CALL OUT FOR ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AT THIS PROPERTY. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST? ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS WANTING TO COME FORWARD, I WOULD ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT'S HERE THAT WOULD BE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MAY DELA ROSA, 1107 ROCK SPRINGS ROAD I REALLY JUST HAVE A QUESTION. I MEAN, I LOVE THE IDEA OF AN ARTS INCUBATOR. I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE MILL HOUSE IN MCKINNEY, WHICH IS WIDELY VIEWED AS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR ARTS INCUBATION. I SPOKE TO THEM AT LENGTH BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD DO THAT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND WHAT IT REQUIRES, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THEM, IS SUSTAINED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM IN AND OF ITSELF. AT LEAST THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE IN IS AN OLD COTTON MILL, AND THE FAMILY THAT OWNS IT GIVES THEM THE SPACE FOR FREE. NONE OF THE PAID, NONE OF THE STAFF HAVE EVER BEEN PAID A SINGLE DOLLAR SINCE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THERE, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T MONEY TO DO THAT. ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY UNLESS THEY'RE COMMERCIAL ARTISTS, RIGHT, THAT ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THOSE ARE NOT VERY COMMON. SO BASICALLY MY QUESTION IS I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SUCCEED, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE PLAN TO GUIDE IT AND TO INCUBATE IT AND TO. MAKE IT RUN? OKAY. THAT'S KNOWING WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS. LET'S GO AHEAD. AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'S ANYONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION ADDITIONAL. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT SECOND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET ME. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW? I'LL HOLD MY REMARKS UNTIL WE FIELD ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. MR. VERACRUZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT MORE OF A COMMENT AS WE DID THE SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWS OR NOT INTERVIEWS, BUT. THE PRESENTATIONS EARLIER, MISS JONES, WHO HAS A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS PICKLEBALL AND THIS, THIS THING HERE IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF FOLKS IN WHICH I THINK WILL HELP. SO I'M 100% FOR IT. AND SECONDLY, WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE A MOTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO FOUR YEARS, NOT THE TWO THAT WERE RECOMMENDED. SO WHENEVER WE GET DONE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY. REAL QUICK, MAYOR, I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR PART. THE REASON FOR THE TWO YEARS WAS BECAUSE THE OWNER COMMUNICATED TO US THAT IT WAS A TEMPORARY USE UNTIL THEY FOUND A A RESTAURANT TENANT. AND SO THAT WAS OUR, OUR OUR REASONING FOR THE TWO YEARS OF IF A RESTAURANT TENANT COMES IN, THEN THAT WILL COMPLEMENT THE
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PICKLEBALL COURT. DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE SHOP ANYMORE, BUT SO WE CAN READDRESS THAT WITH HIM IN A MOMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE THINKS HE CAN FIND THAT RESTAURANT THAT WANTS TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE IN TWO YEARS. BECAUSE I WOULD I WILL TELL YOU ALSO, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO EXTENDING IT TO FOUR YEARS. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THINKS. SO LET ME GET TO MY POINT REAL QUICK, AND I'LL START WITH QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO YOU. I DON'T THINK I READ ANYWHERE. I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT TONIGHT ABOUT ALCOHOL USE AT THE EVENT CENTER. SO RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THERE ISN'T. ALCOHOL ISN'T ALLOWED. BUT BY STATE LAW HE CAN DO BYOB. SO BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE. BUT AS FAR AS IT BEING SERVED FROM THERE, THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE CHURCH. AND IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE SUP. OKAY, SO OUTSIDE OF THE PROXIMITY ISSUE WITH THE CHURCH, BRING YOUR OWN IS ON THE TABLE. YES. SO THAT'S THAT THAT'S STATE LAW. SO WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT ONE. BUT AS FAR AS THEM SERVING IT WITHOUT THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT, THEY CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL SUP. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION. HAVE YOU DONE PARKING CALCULATIONS WITH NOT ONLY THE EVENT CENTER. AND WHAT IS THE OCCUPANCY OF THE EVENT CENTER? I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TOP OF MY HEAD. THAT'S A BUILDING OFFICIAL QUESTION, BUT I KNOW THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THEY NEED, I THINK IS 24 OR 23. AND THEN THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS EIGHT. I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU ADVANCE NOTICE. I ALWAYS ASK OCCUPANCY ON EVENT CENTERS. OKAY, OKAY. AND THE RESTROOMS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE WILL BE IN THIS FACILITY. YES, SIR. SO AT ALL TIMES THAT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE OPEN, THE BUILDING HAS TO BE OPEN. THE BUILDING WILL BE OPEN. YES, SIR. CORRECT. OKAY. AND HOURS OF OPERATION FOR EVENT CENTER. I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M.OKAY. I'M MISSED. I RAN OVER THAT. IT'S OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? IF YOU FIND IT, LET ME KNOW. I THINK IT'S 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. OKAY. LAST THING I'LL SAY IS MANY OF THEM, MANY OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES UP HERE KNOW THAT I GENERALLY ANYWHERE NEAR PROXIMITY OF HOMES. I HAVE VOTED AGAINST EVENT CENTERS IN READING OVER THIS TODAY, I REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN EVENT CENTER OF A DIFFERENT TYPE. SO I'M MORE I'M STARTING TO GET OPEN TO IT. BUT ALSO I REALIZE THAT FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT WAS MENTIONED IN PART OF, I THINK, YOUR FIRST DISCUSSION THAT IT WAS THE ROCK ATRIUM AT ONE TIME. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS, AND IT WAS PRETTY POPULAR, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT NIGHT, AND, AND THE PLACE WAS PRETTY FULL, AND THERE WERE ROCK BANDS INSIDE THE ROCK ATRIUM, CHRISTIAN MUSIC, BUT IT WAS STILL ROCK AND ROLL. I WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BY ANOTHER COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL PERSON, SO I'M GOING TO BE SHORT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF NO OPPOSITION IN RESPONSE TO YOUR MAIL OUTS THAT I WILL BE IN FAVOR OF, AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE IDEA. MAYBE IT'S JUST A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM THERE FROM MR. VERACRUZ OF AMENDING IT, IF WE CAN, TO FOUR YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO MR. KOONTZ. COULD YOU GO BACK? THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT HAD THE THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE. YES. SO THIS IS AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF UNUSUAL FOR US TO SEE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE PNC RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE WITH FOUR YEARS. AND THEN AFTER THAT THEN IT'S GOT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IT APPEARS THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO YEARS FOR FOR APPROVAL DATE. AND THERE APPEAR TO BE SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS HERE FROM STAFF, BUT THAT'S FROM STAFF. THAT'S NOT FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. CORRECT.
OKAY. SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE. SO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID APPROVE FOR FOUR YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING. RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT. CORRECT. YEAH. WELL I'M GLAD YOU CAUGHT THAT. YEAH.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OR YOU MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES, MISS GOODEN. WELL. OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FIRST. OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN SECOND. SO ALSO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
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WAS IT THE APPLICANT THAT REQUESTED THE USE FOR AMUSEMENT BECAUSE ■FOR THE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT SEEMS TO FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF EITHER RECREATION OR PRIVATE OR PRIVATE PARKS. SO WHY WAS THAT PARTICULAR USE? SO BASED ON HOW AMUSEMENT OUTDOOR IS DEFINED IN OUR LAND USE CHART, AMUSEMENT OUTDOORS AND IT'S PERMANENT IS THE MOST APPLICABLE. SO THE PUBLIC PARK AND THE PRIVATE PARK, WE DID RUN THROUGH THAT. THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME ESSENCE OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PARK, THERE ARE MORE ELEMENTS TO IT. THIS IS A PARTICULAR USE.THAT IS ONE THING, ONE TYPE OF ENTITY. IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH HOW WE HAVE PARK AND PUBLIC PARK AND PRIVATE PARK OR RECREATION DEFINED IN OUR LAND USE CHART IN OUR ORDINANCE.
OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN INTERPRETATION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WHEN I LOOK AT THE THE USE ITSELF, IT APPEARS MORE TO BE PRIVATE PARK USE, WHICH IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. CORRECT. WHICH, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER VERA CRUZ POINTED OUT. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE JUST APPROVED IT. AND WE AND THIS IS JUST MORE OF A REMINDER OF WHY WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF UPDATING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO KEEP UP WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT THIS PROPOSES IS EXACTLY WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT, I WILL SAY, FOR THE OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT. THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE. SO THERE WILL BE A COST. EVEN IF IT IS NOT PRIVATELY RENTED, THERE WILL BE A COST TO PLAY PICKLEBALL. SO THAT ALSO FACTORED INTO IT FALLING UNDER AMUSEMENT, OUTDOOR, PERMANENT, OPPOSED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARK OR RECREATION CENTER. AND AND THERE IS A A A PRIVATE PARK USE AS WELL. CORRECT. I MAY I'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD GET THE APPLICANT BACK TO SPEAK TO THAT, JUST TO SPEAK TO THE USE ITSELF, AND THEN ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT, IS THAT THAT THE SPACE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DESIGNED TO BE USED FOR AN ANCHOR RESTAURANT AT SOME POINT THAT WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL. AND SO THE USE OF AN EVENT CENTER IS NOT THIS ISN'T THE INTENDED PERMANENT USE. NO, NO. SO WE SO YOU ALL KNOW WE HAD A WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL, WE HAD A, A RESTAURANT GROUP KIND OF WITH AN LOI AND ONE OF THE KEY INVESTORS KIND OF PULLED BACK BECAUSE HE HAD ANOTHER RESTAURANT INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN. AND SO HE COULDN'T DO BOTH. AND SO WE HIRED A NEW BROKER THAT'S BEEN LISTING IT DIFFERENT WEBSITES, MAGAZINES WITH RESTAURANTS AND JUST BEEN REALLY SLOW. IT'S A BIG SPACE FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE ON. AND SO WE THOUGHT PARTNERING WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY WILL ALLOW TRAFFIC TO COME THERE AND THE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT KIND OF PROVE ITSELF, KIND OF PROVE THE MODEL, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT CAN WORK. BUT I THINK ONCE YOU GET PEOPLE OUT THERE PLAYING PICKLEBALL, PEOPLE COMING OUT TO SEE ARTS, THEN WE CAN CREATE A DEMAND FOR A RESTAURANT OPERATOR TO KIND OF TAKE IT ON FULL TIME. AND I WILL PREFER FOR YEARS JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE RUNWAY, BECAUSE THE ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE PICKLEBALL, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE BECAUSE OF ACTUALLY THE THE HEARING, WE HAD SOME A COUPLE OF BIG GROUPS TO COME IN, RESTAURANT GROUPS TO EXPRESS INTEREST. BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT LIKE IN FOUR YEARS WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURTS STILL BE AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF THAT, NOT NECESSARILY THE EVENT SPACE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMENITY OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. SO THANK YOU. MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'LL BE BRIEF. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN EXCITED TO SEE MOVE FORWARD, AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND NOW TO HEAR ABOUT THE PUBLICLY THE ARTS INCUBATOR. I AM AWARE OF ONE PARTICULAR ARTS INCUBATOR IN DALLAS THAT'S THE SALMON CENTER, AND THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH FUNDED BY. FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER DONATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS THERE. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME. I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE FOUR YEAR. THE FOUR YEAR RECOMMENDATION FROM PNC, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT'S COME UP, SUCH AS THE ACCESS TO
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BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY PREVIOUS FIRE MARSHAL, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M IN SUPPORT, AND I SECOND, THE MOTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. THE MOTION HADN'T BEEN MADE, BUT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE PNC RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND GIVE ME A SECOND, BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER DO YOU WANT THOSE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IS APPROVING UP WITH STAFF CAN CONDITIONS EXCEPT. I SAID WITH THE PNC RECOMMENDATION. SO YOU DON'T WANT THOSE OTHER. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. PNC RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT ALL THOSE OTHERS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ANYWAYS. IT'S JUST NOTES OF BRINGING IT INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING. THEY DON'T DO THOSE THINGS. THEY CAN REVOKE THE SUV. AND JUST IN GENERAL FOR VIOLATING ANY LAW WITHIN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.OKAY. I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. MR. MCBURNETT CONVICTION AND I DON'T. YEAH.
MR. BRUNET, YOU'VE HEARD THE ATTORNEY. OKAY, SO SO I'LL. I'LL WITHDRAW WHAT I MY MOTION.
I'LL GO WITH THE MOTION. THAT'S APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. BUT THE SCP IS FOR FOUR YEARS. OKAY, OKAY. AND BEFORE WE GO AND GET THE SECOND ON THAT, I STILL WANT TO ADDRESS. AND WE WON'T GET THIS SETTLED TONIGHT. BUT THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES HAVING TO DO WITH THE ARTS PORTION OF THIS. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT QUESTION WAS PUT OUT THERE, AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD FIND THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO TO CLARIFY WHETHER THAT IMPACTS HIS THIS OPERATION HERE OR NOT. SO I'M CITY MANAGER, DO MAKE A NOTE TO THAT. AND STAFF CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. WOULD THAT BE OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND. MR. KOONTZ. HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW? OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THESE THINGS, IF IF WE WERE TO APPROVE WITHOUT THESE CONDITIONS, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GET A CEO, RIGHT. AND YOU STILL WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. AND AS FAR AS THE THE ARRANGEMENT, THE RENOVATIONS AND REMODELING AND THE INSPECTIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS WILL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING, RIGHT? YES, WE INCLUDED THOSE BECAUSE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DONE. AND SO WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION OF THEY ASKED ABOUT THE CEO AND IF THERE WAS AN ACTIVE CEO WITH ANY ALLEGED EVENTS THAT HAD HAPPENED, THAT WAS WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS ADDING THE CEO OVER TO THERE. SO YES, THE CEO WOULD BE REQUIRED ANYWAYS TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING, BUT WE ADDED THE RENOVATION PIECE ON THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET EYES ON IT BEFOREHAND. IF THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR TO GETTING A CEO. BUT YES, THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO HAPPEN EITHER WAY. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. I MEAN, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THIS. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON IT. BUT TO ME, THESE ARE KIND OF UNUSUAL CONDITIONS FOR ZONING CASE BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS OUGHT TO BE COVERED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD HAVE A BEARING ON A ZONING CASE. SO THANK YOU. MOTION. AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. TWO THUMBS UP FROM MISS SHERRY BROWN. BUT THAT'S ONE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MADAN. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. THE BOARD REPORTS.
OKAY. NOW WE GO ON TO ITEM NINE. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS. THERE ARE NO STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS
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FOR THIS EVENING. GOOD NEWS. OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FROM REGULAR SESSION AT 933 AND MOVE INTO EXECMCBURNETT. YEAH, OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RESUME OUR OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 10:16 P.M. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS A AND B. SO WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 1016.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.