6.D. Briefing and Board Discussion Regarding a Proposal for the Redevelopment of the Former Ben Franklin Apothecary Building Located at 302 N. Main Street, Duncanville, Texas, as "The Jespersen" — A Proposed Boutique Hotel and Wellness Spa (Project Oasis)

[6.D. Briefing and Board Discussion Regarding a Proposal for the Redevelopment of the Former Ben Franklin Apothecary Building Located at 302 N. Main Street, Duncanville, Texas, as "The Jespersen" — A Proposed Boutique Hotel and Wellness Spa (Project Oasis)]

OKAY. LET'S SEE. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SIX D AND THAT IS BRIEFING AND BOARD DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSAL FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER BEN FRANKLIN APOTHECARY BUILDING, LOCATED AT 302 NORTH MAIN STREET, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. AS THE JESPERSEN, A PROPOSED BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND WELLNESS SPA PROJECT, OASIS STAFF.

SO, BASED ON WHAT MR. GOLF HAS SAID, THE CHAIR WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO

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POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE THE 27TH 27TH, JULY 27TH. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT. A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE MEETING UNTIL JULY 27TH FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BEN FRANKLIN BUILDING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MAY WE VOTE? I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTE. WILL THE THE MOVE, THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ITEM? WILL IT COME BACK AS A BRIEF AND PRESENTATION, OR WILL IT COME BACK AS A BRIEF IN ACTION BRIEFING PRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[6.E. Briefing and Discussion Regarding a Proposed First Amendment to the Economic Development Agreement between the Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) and Hajoca Corporation dba Moore Supply Co. (639 E. Hwy 67, Duncanville, Texas)]

AGENDA ITEM SIX E BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSED FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. DCEDC. AND. THANK YOU. CORPORATION DBA MORE SUPPLY COMPANY 639 EAST HIGHWAY 67, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. STAFF. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD MARLON GOUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I'M GOING TO START OFF INTRODUCING THIS ITEM. AND THEN AFTER A FEW SLIDES, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MORSE SUPPLY, A LOCAL COMPANY HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND THAT WILL BE MR. COREY BUGAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IN THIS ITEM, AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING FOR FOR MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I IMAGINE MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. THIS INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO.

THEY'VE COMPLETED TWO OF THE PROPOSED THREE PHASES AT THIS SITE. AND SO WE'LL DO JUST A QUICK REWIND TO CATCH US UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BRING MR. BUGAY UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. AND AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE FOR THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT THE COMPANY. OKAY. SO THIS SLIDE HERE, IT BREAKS DOWN WHAT WAS AT THE TIME, THE PROPOSED PHASES FOR THIS PROJECT, RIGHT. THE PROPOSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT, $3.25 MILLION. AND ACTUALLY WHAT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THAT SITE. SO HAPPY WITH THAT. WE HAD A CHANCE AS A TEAM TO TOUR THE THE FACILITY. AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE COMPANY. AND SO THE THE LAST TWO BOXES REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED CHANGES, RIGHT, FOR THIS INCENTIVE GRANT, BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PROPOSED AMOUNT THAT THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER WILL SPEND, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE EQUATION OF WHAT THAT GRANT REIMBURSEMENT CAN BE. USING THAT SAME FORMULA THAT WE HAD A FEW YEARS BACK. OKAY, HERE'S A QUICK PHOTO OF THE COMPLETED ONE OF THE TWO PHASES INVOLVED IN PHASE TWO. AND SO IN THIS INTEREST DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY EXIST. RIGHT WHEN YOU DROVE DOWN CREST SITE BEFORE THEY THEY STARTED THIS PROJECT, RIGHT. SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE AND INVITE MR. COREY TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND THE COMPANY, AND HE CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH THE LAST FEW SLIDES, AND THEN WE'LL BOTH STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. RIGHT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS COREY BUGAY. I LIVE AT FIVE BROOKWAY COURT. HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR BUSINESS AND KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN MANAGING IT THERE, AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SO LIKE MARLON WAS SAYING, THIS WAS A NEW STRUCTURE THAT WE BUILT UP. I APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS SET OF SLIDES. I SENT SOMETHING DIFFERENT UP GOING BLIND, BUT SO WE HAD THE BUSINESS ON THE FURNITURE OUT OF 67 AND OPERATED THERE UNTIL THIS CAME ABOUT. WE TOOK POSSESSION IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. PHASE TWO WAS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION, WITH THE 20,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, 40 FOOT CLEAR HEIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE KIND

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OF IN THIS PICTURE, BUT IT DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE AS IT IS IN PERSON, ESPECIALLY RACKETING AND EQUIPMENT. TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN INFILL LOT THAT WAS SAT VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, HAD AN OLD ABANDONED WELL ON IT, HAD A COUPLE OF DEMOLISHED STRUCTURES THAT WERE STILL THERE. AND THEN WE REPLANTED ALL OF THE PIECES OF LAND IN THAT AREA TO BETTER COORDINATE WITH WHAT THE CITY WAS REQUIRING AS OF TO DATE.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE BUILT A CONCRETE LANDING ON TO BE ABLE TO INTERCONNECT OUR TWO FACILITIES. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUSINESS ITSELF.

WHENEVER I TOOK IT OVER, IT WAS $2.5 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE. JUST ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT CLOSING OUT AT 22 MILLION IN REVENUE. SO FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH MARLON AND OTHERS, I THINK WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST REVENUE PRODUCER FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND WE'VE OUTPACED OUR GROWTH TARGETS BASED ON WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ORIGINALLY. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO 15 MILLION AND ALL THE WAY AT 22 ALREADY. SO PAYING BACK THOSE FUNDS FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED, GROWING OUR EMPLOYEE BASE FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT 25 BY THE END OF OUR TEN YEAR, FROM 2022 TO 2032, WE'VE ALREADY HIT 23 AS OF TODAY AND CONTINUING TO BUILD OUT AND AND CONTINUING TO GROW HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO PHASE THREE ESSENTIALLY IS FOR A HIGH END RETAIL SHOWROOM. CURRENTLY, TODAY WE SERVICE PLUMBERS, BUILDERS, REMODELERS, ANYBODY THAT'S USUALLY DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES, AND WE'RE DELIVERING TO JOB SITES AND THEY'RE COMING TO PICK UP. WE DO HAVE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND ARE ABLE TO BUY OVER THE COUNTER RETAIL, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH AND FEEL AND DO COLOR SELECTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE RETAIL SIDE ON HIGHWAY 67. SO THEN TO BETTER UTILIZE THE FRONTAGE ROAD FOR THAT RETAIL TRAFFIC VERSUS OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE COMING TO THE BACKSIDE ON CREST SIDE. SO JUST TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE PROJECTED OVERALL REVENUE, WHAT WE THINK THE SHOWROOM WILL DO POTENTIALLY IN OUR FIRST YEAR FROM RELATIONSHIPS WE ALREADY HAVE WITH BUILDERS IN THE AREA. AND THEN HOPEFULLY GETTING UP TO TO 5 MILLION AS A KIND OF A PEAK POINT FOR THAT OVERALL BUSINESS AND ANNUAL REVENUE. SO THAT IS 639 HIGHWAY 67, THE THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT FOR PHASE THREE. THE SITE ITSELF WAS KIND OF A HODGEPODGE. I'VE LEARNED THE HISTORY OVER THE YEARS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE. THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE LAND HAD ALL OF THE TRUCKS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 67 COME THERE AND DO THE DUMP OUT AND CLEAN OUT OF THEIR CONCRETE. SO IT'S NOT ONE BIG PIECE OF CONCRETE. IT'S PATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED THERE OVER TIME. THE INSIDE OF THAT FRONT OFFICE SPACE IS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, SO IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO RETAIL, JUST THE THOUGHTS OF REMODELING YOUR OWN HOME. WOULD YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT BUILDING TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS? WE NEED TO REVAMP AND REVITALIZE TO BE ABLE TO TO MAKE IT SUFFICIENT. WE HAD SOME IDEAS OF DOING IT WITHOUT TAKING DOWN THAT FRONT STRUCTURE OF PUTTING ASPHALT DOWN ORIGINALLY AND REPAINTING AND DOING SOME EXPANSIONS THROUGH MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADA AND THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. SO WE'VE COME TO THIS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE SPACE. SO THIS IS A LOCATION IN CLEBURNE THAT WE PUT UP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THIS IS THE GENERAL LOOK AND FACADE THAT WOULD CHANGE TO THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING. SO IF YOU IMAGINE THAT KIND OF PUT ONTO THE FRONT, THE REMAINDER OF THE WAREHOUSE WILL MATCH THE GRAY OF THE BUILDING BEHIND IT, AND THEN WE'LL PAINT THE SUBSEQUENT BUILDINGS TO MATCH AS WELL. SO IT'S ALL ONE CONDUCIVE. LOOK, THIS IS SOME ELEVATIONS AND THEN A PROPOSED LAYOUT. YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THEN IT WIDENING OUT WITH AN ENTRY AWNING, DIFFERENT PARKING SPACES AND THEN PUSHING THE FENCE BACK TO INCORPORATE FURTHER PARKING. SO WE'D BE BEAUTIFYING THAT FRONTAGE ROAD, NEW MONUMENT, SIGNAGE, ETC. THAT TAKES ME TO THE END OF THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE BUSINESS HAS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. SO LOOKING BACK,

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WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE HAS THE THAT THE COMPANY HAS DONE TO OUTPERFORM EXPECTATIONS? YEAH.

SO THE MODEL, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY, IS REALLY A DECENTRALIZED MODEL TO WHERE EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS OPERATES ON ITS OWN, WITH SUPPORT FROM ACCOUNTING AND JUST GENERAL BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. SO THE, THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR GROWTH OVER THE YEARS, FROM DAY ONE TO NOW HAS BEEN THE TEAM THAT WE'VE BUILT, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND HELP AND COME IN EVERY DAY. THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BUILD WITH OUR PLUMBERS, OUR BUILDERS, OUR RETAIL CUSTOMERS, AND CONTINUING TO BE TRUSTED AS A RESOURCE. IF YOU THINK OF WHAT WE DO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SELL COMMODITIES, RIGHT? PVC PIPE AND FITTINGS AND COPPER THINGS THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES CAN BUY AND SELL. THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BUILD, BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND AROUND DFW, ARE A BIG REASON WHY WE CONTINUE TO THRIVE. YEAH, THAT I WAS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME WITH, WITH DFW BEING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THE TYPE OF MATERIALS THAT THAT YOU PROVIDE. THERE DEFINITELY IS. YEAH, YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE ASK? GO BACK TO THE SO THAT WAS WE'LL BRING THAT ONE BACK. I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK PROBABLY IN JULY AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. I NEED TO SELL SOME FITTINGS. OKAY. SO WE ARE ON. SEVEN A PUBLIC HEARING, CONDUCT A

[7.A. Conduct a Public Hearing to Discuss and Consider a Repeal of a Signage Grant Awarded to Take Out Burgers located at 795 W Wheatland Road for an amount of $3,800.]

PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A REPEAL OF A SIGNAGE GRANT AWARDED TO TAKE OUT BURGER LOCATED AT 795 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD, FOR AN AMOUNT OF $3,800, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO US BY STAFF. YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARVEY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MARCELLA PEREZ, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR. COMING BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, WE WILL TAKE YOU ON A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE BACK TO FEBRUARY 2021. THE SIGN SIGN CONTROL BOARD APPROVAL OF A REAR SIGN VARIANCE FOR THIS LOCATION. AND ACTUALLY, LET ME JUST FORWARD WE'LL GO FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARDS. SO IN SEPTEMBER 2025, THE DC EDC BOARD APPROVED A SIGNAGE GRANT TO TAKE OUT BURGERS FOR THE NEW OWNER OF THE BUSINESS. MISS SHELLEY WARNER WAS THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, AND AT THAT TIME, THE SIGN THAT WAS APPROVED WAS STILL UNDER REVIEW. TECHNICALLY, UNDER THE CODE, IT WAS CONSIDERED PROHIBITED.

HOWEVER, WE AS STAFF WERE AWARE OF A PREVIOUS VARIANCE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN AWARDED TO THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS OWNER, BUT WE WERE STILL HAVING TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND HOW THAT WAS GOING TO CARRY OVER. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN FEBRUARY 2021, THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD HAD ISSUED A VARIANCE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ALSO BEEN AWARDED A SIGNAGE GRANT FROM THE DC EDC. HOWEVER, THE PREVIOUS OWNER THEN SOLD THE BUSINESS A MONTH AFTER WHICH VOIDED THE GRANT AND WE WERE UNSURE OF HOW THAT VARIANCE WAS GOING TO BE CARRIED OVER IN. FROM OCTOBER 2025 TO JANUARY 2026, THERE WAS NO QUORUM OF THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD AND UPON STAFF MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ASSIGNMENT OF VARIANCE RIGHTS BE ISSUED EXECUTED BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE CURRENT BUSINESS OWNER. AND THIS WOULD TRANSFER ESSENTIALLY TRANSFER, THAT VARIANCE THAT WAS INITIALLY GIVEN TO THE NEW BUSINESS OWNER. JANUARY 2026. JANUARY 26TH, 2026. BOTH PARTIES WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION TO SECURE THE PERMIT TO INSTALL THE NEW SIGN THAT WAS GIVEN THE GRANT FOR FROM THE DC EDC. HOWEVER, IN MARCH 2026, AS OF THIS POINT, THERE WAS A SIX MONTH PROJECT DEADLINE AS ALL OF OUR DC EDC AWARDS AND INCENTIVES HAVE A. A SIX MONTH DEADLINE AND AN UPDATE WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD AT THAT TIME,

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AND I BELIEVE THE CONSENSUS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REPEAL. IF THE BUSINESS OWNER, WE HAD NOT HEARD BACK OR IF THERE WERE NO NO PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, A MONTH OR TWO LATER, AGAIN, NO PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE, NO COMMUNICATION HEARD BACK FROM THE BUSINESS OWNER. SO ON JUNE 12TH, 2026, A GRANT REPEAL LETTER WAS SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO OFFICIALLY NOTIFY THEM OF THE REPEAL AND THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE DC, CDCE DC BOARD TODAY FOR A MOTION FOR REPEAL. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS TO MAKE A MOTION TO REPEAL RESOLUTION 2025-8-30, AWARDING A SIGNAGE GRANT TO TAKE OUT BURGERS LOCATED AT 795 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD FOR AN AMOUNT OF $3,800. OKAY, SO I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO IF THE BOARD APPROVES AND ACTS UPON STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WILL THAT PROVIDE CLOSURE TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS COMPANY THUS FAR? AND IF THERE IS ANY FUTURE INITIATIVES? SIMILAR TO THAT, THAT THE COMPANY WANTS TO TAKE UP WITH US, THEN THEY HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. YES, SIR. OKAY.

ANY ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS 735. 735. AND SO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS INITIATIVE COME UP TO THE MIC, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SAY WHAT YOU ARE WANTING TO SAY, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT. SO AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS? SAME RULES APPLY. COME UP, SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. OKAY. IT APPEARS NO ONE. SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX, 736. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. THE CHAIR AT THIS TIME WILL ENTERTAIN EMOTION FOR OR AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. SO

[7.B. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 DCEDC Budget.]

HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO. WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. OKAY. SO MR. GOLF, WOULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE BUDGET? OKAY. SO WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. NO, WE WERE GOING TO WE WERE GOING TO LET YOU TALK FIRST, AND THEN WE'D OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE MEET AGAIN TO GO OVER OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. THIS IS JUST A QUICK FLY THROUGH OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IT. VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRESENTATION, THE PREVIOUS TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS, RIGHT? WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH FUND, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND THEN HOW THE EXPENDITURES PER FUND BREAK DOWN. AND THEN AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING,

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EXCUSE ME, ALWAYS ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE. THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST PUBLIC OR OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERED ADOPTION. AND THEN JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, WE'LL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM WHERE THIS BOARD MAY CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. I'LL NOTE, BASED ON OUR BUDGET CALENDAR, YOU KNOW, IN OUR BYLAWS REQUIRE WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET PRIOR ON OR PRIOR TO JUNE THE 30TH. AND SO AS PART OF OUR CALENDAR, WE HAD THIS ITEM AS OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. SHOULD WE NOT? THEN WE WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU GUYS SHORTLY AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S START WITH CURRENT SNAPSHOT. THIS IS AGAIN BASED ON, YOU KNOW, OUR CLOSE OF THE MONTH CALENDAR. EXCUSE ME, FISCAL YEAR TO DATE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, JENNIFER OTAY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR STAFF, WE ALL COLLABORATE TO WORK ON THIS BUDGET. BUT HERE'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENT TO DATE. AS OF THE END OF APRIL. RIGHT THEN THEY AREN'T ABLE TO CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR MAY UNTIL MIDWAY POINT THROUGH THIS MONTH. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THESE FIGURES REPRESENT. AND SO WE'RE ROUGHLY IN TERMS OF NET YEAR TO DATE, ABOUT 58% TARGET. OKAY. FUND BALANCE. WE INTENTIONALLY START WITH THIS SLIDE, JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY OUR, OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS BASED SOLELY ON THE, THE FORECASTED REVENUES THAT WE'LL COLLECT FOR SALES TAX. RIGHT. AND THAT'S PRUDENT, EXCEPT THAT BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION, THE NATURAL GROWTH OF OUR ECONOMY, OUR FUND BALANCE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.

RIGHT. AND SO THIS PROPOSAL IS TO KIND OF BRING US MORE IN LINE INCREMENTALLY WITH WHAT MAYBE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES ARE, RIGHT? SO IF WE'LL SEE OUR PROJECTED END OF THE YEAR FUND BALANCE, AND WE HAVE OVER 900 DAYS OF OPERATING RESERVES, RIGHT? WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, IT, THE RECOMMENDED, AS WE'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, IS, IS, IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT. AND SO PART OF OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE TO THAT.

WE'RE PROPOSING A WAY THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS PRIMARILY TO BEGIN TO STRATEGICALLY, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE AND RE-APPROPRIATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING WHILE STILL MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW, A HEALTHY AND, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVE AMOUNT OF RESERVES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE KNOW OUR BUDGET, WE'LL START WITH THE REVENUES. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, TYPICALLY IN THE FISCAL YEARS OF PAST, WE BUILD OUR BUDGET BASED ON THE FORECASTED REVENUE. AND AS A FOR B CORPORATION, WE KNOW WE'RE FUNDED THROUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAXES THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS. RIGHT. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE BEGIN TO, YOU KNOW, BRING OUR FUND BALANCE DOWN WHILE STILL MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT. HERE'S WHAT THAT TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THIS PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? BRINGING IT, BRINGING IT DOWN TO 747 DAYS AS OPPOSED TO 988 DAYS. SHOULD WE CONTINUE ALONG THE SAME PATH? RIGHT. OKAY. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO WE KNOW OUR BUDGET IS BROKEN UP INTO FIVE FUNDS, RIGHT? BEAUTIFICATION HISTORICALLY THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE DID LITERAL BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS WITH OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, MOWING PARKS, ETC. THESE CDC OWNED LOTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED AND LOOKING TO DEVELOP TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND PRIMARILY. THAT'S AN ACCOUNT THAT, AGAIN, IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SOME OF THAT STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, APPROACH TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THE ADMINISTRATION, THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, PRIMARILY SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN THE THIRD FUND IS OUR INCENTIVES. EXCUSE ME, THE FIFTH FUND IS OUR INCENTIVES. OKAY. SO WE'LL START ONE BY ONE. WE'LL START ACTUALLY START WITH THE INCENTIVES FUND, RIGHT. AND THIS FUND IS REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST HALF OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SOME MIGHT SAY, AS IT SHOULD. RIGHT. AND SO HOW THAT INCENTIVE FUND BREAKS DOWN INTO THESE CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? SO OUR TRADITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS. SO WE'VE GOT STAR TRANSIT, RIGHT? THE CONTINUATION OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE'VE GONE TO GOOD CAUSES, NOT FOR PROFITS, ETCETERA, SPONSORSHIPS. THE SECOND CATEGORY DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANTS, RIGHT? WE COVERED THAT SNAPSHOT IN OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT. AND SO HERE

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WE'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ENHANCED THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR THAT PROGRAM, RIGHT? AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE CAPITAL REINVESTMENT IN OUR CORRIDORS. THIRD CATEGORY, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGY, BUSINESS RETENTION AND MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, RIGHT? SO HERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A, A FUN CATEGORY LEVEL AND THEN BREAK DOWN BULLET POINTS TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME MORE CONTEXT AND DETAILS ON HOW THIS PLAYED OUT IN OUR BUDGET. AND THEN THAT LAST CATEGORY, AGAIN, UP UNDER OUR INCENTIVES PROFILE BOARD MEMBER AVENUE, YOU MENTIONED HAVING SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER WHEN WE COME BACK FOR AN INITIATIVE LIKE BETTER BLOCK DUNCANVILLE, RIGHT? COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. SO RIGHT. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE MAKE SOME FUNDING FOR PROJECTS OF THAT NATURE WHERE WE CAN CATALYZE SOME OF THE TARGETED CORRIDORS. AND SO DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AS ONE ARM OF OUR FIVE FUND BUDGET, THE NEXT ONE, SPECIAL EVENTS, RIGHT. AGAIN, EARLIER IN THE AGENDA IN THE BRIEFING, WE TALKED ABOUT RECAP FROM BLOOM FEST AND PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 4TH. RIGHT. HISTORICALLY. AND I'LL NOTE AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ASKED FOR A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THIS. FINE. I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. IN TALKING WITH THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER, WHAT WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S REALLY, REALLY ONLY BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE'VE REALLY FUNDED THAT OPERATION AS PART OF THE DC, DC BUDGET. I THINK HISTORICALLY, OVER TIME, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? IT'S PARKS AND RECREATION FUNCTION. BUT NONETHELESS, HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT. AND IT REPRESENTS 14% OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT ACROSS ALL THE FUNDS. OKAY. THIRD FUND ADMIN REPRESENTING 16% OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AGAIN, SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN CATEGORIES. A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL TO SHOW HOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE NUMBER 875,000 IS SPELLED OUT, OR I WOULD LIVE IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL DETAILED MUNIS REPORT. OKAY. AND THEN THE FOURTH FUND BEAUTIFICATION. RIGHT NOW, FIRST THING THAT STANDS OUT IS THE 72% REDUCTION, RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND FOR THIS ACTIVITY. BUT WE'LL EXPLAIN AND SHOW HOW WELL, WHERE ELSE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STILL EXISTS, RIGHT? SO THE FUNDING THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE IS PRIMARILY FOR MOWING AND MAINTENANCE OF, YOU KNOW, EITHER DC, DC OWNED LOTS, SOME OF THE STRATEGIC CORRIDORS, GATEWAY ENTRANCES TO THE CITY.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT FUNDING IS REPRESENT. AND THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT HAS MOVED TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND HERE'S WHERE WE LAND WITH THE FIFTH AND FINAL FUND IN OUR BUDGET TRANSFERS, RIGHT? SO HERE'S WHERE THE ACTUAL TRANSFERS ARE FOR AND THE ACTIVITIES AND TARGETED ACTIVITY IS DESIGNATED, RIGHT. SO FIRST IS PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND, RIGHT. SO THEY SUBMITTED US IN OUR PACKET AS PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY A THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND. WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO COME TO THE TABLE AND CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH WITH THIS GROUP. THE SECOND CATEGORY IN THIS FUND TRANSFERS THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? THINK OF THIS AS AN INDIRECT COST THAT THE CITY, AS A CORPORATE MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES EACH OF OUR, OUR STAFF OR CITY EMPLOYEES CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION. OUR OFFICES EXIST IN CITY HALL, SO ALL OF THE PAYROLL AND FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES, COPY MACHINES, ETC. THE INDIRECT COST ALLOCATION THAT GETS APPLIED TO OUR DEPARTMENT UNDER THAT FORMULA. THAT'S WHAT THAT SECONDARY BOX REPRESENT. AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY, PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT I HAVE JOINING US TONIGHT IS ASSISTANT CHIEF ROBERT BIRD WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WE SHOWED THAT OUR LAST WORKSHOP, THE PLACEHOLDER FOR THIS CATEGORY, THIS FUND, THIS IS A CONTINUATION, AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND HE'LL GO THROUGH THIS AND REALLY DO SERVICE TO IT. BUT OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY ATTRACT THAT INVESTMENT, BUT THEN BE ABLE TO RETAIN IT AND RESPOND TO THE ISSUES THAT SURFACE IS WHAT THEY'RE. RIGHT. AS PART OF THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO INVITE

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ASSISTANT CHIEF BIRD. THANK YOU, MR. GOUGH. AGAIN, MY NAME IS ROBERT BIRD. I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS HERE FOR THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER JUST SOME SOME HIGH LEVEL STATS THAT THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM LAST YEAR. AND THEN EVEN UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. SO WE'VE STARTED A MODEL AND CHIEF STOGNER, I BELIEVE HE WENT OVER THIS WITH YOU ALL LAST YEAR WHERE IT'S FOCUSED ON HOT SPOT POLICING. AND BASICALLY WHAT'S THAT SAYING IS IT'S JUST, HEY, WE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A HOT SPOT IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE MORE CRIMES HAPPENING IN THIS ONE SPOT THAN OTHERS. AND SO BASED OFF OF THAT, THAT GIVES US DATA THEN TO SAY, HEY, LET'S PUT OFFICERS IN THAT AREA AND THEN FOCUS ON TRYING TO DRIVE THE CRIME DOWN IN THAT SPECIFIC HOT SPOT. SO WE DID THAT LAST YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REDUCED CRIME 24% FROM 24 TO 25. SO GOING OVER THE THE MAP FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO APRIL 30TH, 2024 TO 2025, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS. SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL VEHICLES BEING STOLEN THEMSELVES FROM AGAIN, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO APRIL 30TH, 2025 IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AND THEN FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 TO APRIL 30TH, 2026 IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL HAVE SOME HOT SPOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE, THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE LOCATED ON I-20 AND HIGHWAY 67. THE CORRIDORS BURGLARY OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES. HERE ARE THE STATS FOR THAT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY INSIDE OF YOUR CAR, AND SOMEONE THEN BREAKS INTO IT AND STEALS THAT PROPERTY. THAT'S CALLED THE BURGLARY OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE.

SAME TIMELINE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN AS IT IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE STILL HAVE SOME HOT SPOTS, AND THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE LOCATED IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA OF DUNCANVILLE, WHICH IS ALONG I-20 AND HIGHWAY 67. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THERE'S ALSO THE NAMES OF THE BUSINESSES THAT SEEM TO BE FREQUENTED THE MOST. SO SOME MORE DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THE HOT SPOT POLICING. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE AGAIN FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO APRIL 30TH, 2025. IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, ACTUALLY STEALING OF THE VEHICLES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT WENT DOWN QUITE A BIT. AND THEN WE INCREASED OUR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS. AGAIN. WE NOTICED THAT THE CRIME IS HAPPENING IN THESE CERTAIN AREAS. SO WE HAVE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO WHERE WE DEDICATE OFFICERS JUST TO STAY IN THAT AREA TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING THESE TYPE OF CRIMES. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR EXTRA PATROLS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY WITH KEEPING OFFICERS IN THE AREA JUST BEING A PRESENCE. AS YOU KNOW, JUST BEING IN THE AREA WILL OFTENTIMES DETER THE CRIME ITSELF. AND THEN ALSO INCREASING OUR TRAFFIC STOPS IN THAT AREA AS WELL. JUST SEEING THE THE OFFICERS WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON IN AN AREA HOPEFULLY DETERS, YOU KNOW, CRIMINALS FROM STOPPING IN DUNCANVILLE IF THIS IS WHAT THEIR PLAN WAS TO DO. SO WE HAD SOME CRIME SUPPRESSION INITIATIVES AND THESE WERE ALL LOCATED ALONG THE CORRIDORS, HIGHWAY 67 AND INTERSTATE 20. THOSE ARE OUR OUR FOCUS. SINCE OCTOBER OF 2025, WE IMPLEMENTED THREE CRIME SUPPRESSION INITIATIVES ALONG THESE CORRIDORS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS. THE TOTAL TIME THAT WAS DEDICATED WAS 491 HOURS. AND THEN SO THE TOTAL PERSONNEL OVERTIME COSTS OF THAT THOSE INITIATIVES WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER 33,000. THE GOAL IS STILL TO IMPLEMENT A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM THROUGH, I'M SORRY, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THOSE THAT THOSE CAMERA FEEDS COME BACK TO A HUB HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE CAN GET EYES ON CERTAIN CRIMES AS THEY HAPPEN. SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN USE THAT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND START RELAYING INFORMATION TO OFFICERS WHO ARE RESPONDING TO THE CRIMES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE RIGHT WHEN THE CRIME TOOK PLACE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE FASTER RESPONSE TIMES, IMPROVE OFFICER SAFETY, AND THEN MORE EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS. AND IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER. WE CAN WATCH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FROM ONE CENTRAL LOCATION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED OR YES, LAST YEAR WAS OUR DFR, WHICH IS OUR DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER. AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE UTILIZING A DRONE THAT'S STATIONED HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE BEING ABLE TO FLY THAT DRONE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF DUNCANVILLE. AND WE CAN GET UP PRETTY QUICK, A LOT FASTER THAN MAYBE AN OFFICER CAN GET THERE. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET EYES ON AND START RELAYING INFORMATION AND EVEN GETTING LICENSE PLATES TO, TO BETTER OUR INVESTIGATIONS. WE PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO. I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THE VIDEO BECAUSE IT IS SEVEN MINUTES LONG, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIT HERE AND WATCH ALL SEVEN MINUTES OF IT. I'M GOING TO

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TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE COOL MUSIC LIKE THE VIDEO Y'ALL WATCHED EARLIER. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SILENCE, BUT I'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH IT. SO THE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW ME TO SKIP THROUGH IT, BUT SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS. SO THIS IS JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AS SOON AS THE DRONE COMES UP, THAT BOX THAT YOU SAW THAT THAT BLUE LIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT SHOWS. OR THAT'S THE BOX THAT IT'S HOUSED IN HERE. YOU NOTICE THAT WE ARE IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT. THIS IS UP OFF OF WEST CAMP WISDOM. AS YOU SEE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE THE FLASHLIGHTS. SO AN OFFICER IS DRIVING THIS OR FLYING THIS DRONE AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS GIVES A BIRD EYE VIEW THAT WHERE, HEY, IF I'M ON THE GROUND AS AN OFFICER, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE THINGS THAT THIS DRONE CAN SEE. HERE'S ANOTHER SITUATION TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY STOPPED A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. THE DRONE IS WATCHING.

IT'S IT'S AT THE THE HOTEL TO WHERE IT WAS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS. HERE YOU SEE ANOTHER BUSINESS DISTRICT ALONG 67 AND JUST SEE HOW HOW QUICK WHEN WE GO UP AND WE DO OUR SURVEILLANCE OR OUR PATROLS WITH THE DRONE, HOW QUICK WE CAN GO FROM ONE SIDE OF 67 AND JUST TURNING THE DRONE. AND NOW WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 67.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN COVER A LOT MORE AREA THAN IT WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICER DRIVE FROM ONE SIDE OF 67 AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY UP COCKRELL HILL TO THE THE OTHER SIDE. SO AGAIN, THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE COVERING IS, IS VERY BENEFICIAL. HERE'S JUST A FOOTAGE OF THE DRONE ACTUALLY RETURNING BACK TO THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THE, THE HOUSING UNIT WHERE THE DRONE IS STORED. AND THEN ONCE IT GOES BACK DOWN, IT'LL START CHARGING FOR THE NEXT THE NEXT FLIGHT. SO WE TALKED ABOUT OFFICER SAFETY. AND SO HERE WE HAVE A SUBJECT THAT HAD JUST COMMITTED A CRIME AGAINST ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. AND AS YOU SEE, THE SUBJECT HAS ARMED HIMSELF WITH A RATHER LARGE FENCE POST. THE OFFICERS GET THERE AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SUBJECT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SUBJECT IS GOING TO ASSAULT ONE OF THE OFFICERS. HE'S GOING TO PUNCH ONE OF THE FEMALE OFFICERS. OKAY. THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS DRONE WAS THE OFFICERS NEVER HAD TO GET ON THEIR RADIO TO SAY, HEY, HELP, WE NEED MORE OFFICERS TO GET HERE. THE PERSON THAT'S OFFICER THAT'S FLYING THIS DRONE IS ABLE TO GET ON THE RADIO AND GIVE EXACT INFORMATION TO OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THE AREA ABOUT, HEY, THEY'RE FIGHTING. THEY NEED SOME HELP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, IT'S IT HELPS OUT BEING ABLE AS AN OVERWATCH TO WATCH OVER THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS. SO THEN THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET ON THE RADIO. AND AGAIN, IT WORKS AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. LUCKILY, NONE OF THE OFFICERS WERE WERE INJURED. AND THE AS YOU SEE, THE SUBJECT WAS THEN PLACED INTO CUSTODY. SO HERE WE HAD AN INCIDENT, AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE SEEN AT A LOCAL BUSINESS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, AT THE. AT THE BOWLING ALLEY, THE SUSPECT COMMITTED A HEINOUS CRIME AND THEN FLED THE AREA ON FOOT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE TO THE NAKED EYE. ON THE LEFT SIDE IS YOU SEE THE THE GENTLEMAN WALKING ALONG THE, THE BACK OF THE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND HE JUST WENT UNDERNEATH THE TREES. THAT IS THE SUSPECT. SO OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO, TO GET THE DRONE UP IN THE AIR. KIND OF KNEW THE DIRECTION THAT THE SUSPECT RAN. AS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW HE'S PREPARING. HE'S GOING TO JUMP OVER THE FENCE AND BEGIN TO RUN NORTH. THE OFFICER THAT IS FLYING THIS DRONE IS ABLE TO TELL THE OTHER OFFICERS IN THE AREA, HEY, THIS IS WHERE HE IS. GO AHEAD AND START SETTING UP A PERIMETER TO WHERE? THAT WAY WE CAN COORDINATE IT AND CLOSE OFF AND ESSENTIALLY TAKE THE SUBJECT INTO CUSTODY. AS YOU SEE, THE SUBJECT'S NOW RUNNING NORTH. THAT STREET RIGHT THERE TO YOUR NORTH IS, IS IS A BUSINESS DISTRICT. IT'S AGAIN RIGHT OFF OF MAIN STREET. AS YOU SEE HERE. THE SUBJECT IS STILL WALKING NORTH. THE OFFICER THAT IS FLYING THE DRONE IS COORDINATING WITH OTHER OFFICERS. HEY, WE HAVE EYES ON THEM. EVERYBODY, LET'S START COORDINATING AND CLOSING IN ON THIS SUBJECT. WHAT THE VIDEO DIDN'T SEE WAS THAT BEFORE THE OFFICERS OR BEFORE THE OFFICERS GOT IN THE AREA, THE SUSPECT THREW A WEAPON IN A DUMPSTER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO. HEY, HE HAD A WEAPON. HE MAY HAVE ANOTHER WEAPON AS WELL, BUT THAT WAS ABLE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE INTEL TO THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, ON FOOT AND IN PERSON. SO AS YOU SEE THE SUBJECT STILL

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RUN, IT RUNS NORTH HERE IN THE SECOND, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MORE MORE OF THE SQUAD CARS START CLOSING IN. HE'S STILL MOVING NORTH. SEE THE ONE OFFICER ON FOOT RUNNING SUBJECTS NOW IN THE FIELD. THERE'S A SQUAD CAR RIGHT THERE, TURNS ON HIS LIGHTS, AND NOW THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO APPROACH HIM AFTER. AFTER. WE ALREADY KNEW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS, WHERE HE WAS GOING TO BE, BUT THAT WAS TO THE BENEFIT OF THIS DRONE. WITHOUT THIS DRONE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CAUGHT THIS SUSPECT ON THAT NIGHT. SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND ALL THE OFFICERS WERE OKAY. SO THEN WE ALSO UTILIZE THIS, THE DRONE TO BENEFIT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. THEY HAD A LITHIUM BATTERY FIRE. AND WITH THE DRONE, AND WE USE THIS ON MULTIPLE FIRES HERE RECENTLY THAT THE THAT THE CITY HAS HAD.

WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE DRONE UP. AND THE BATTALION CHIEF HAS A QR CODE TO WHERE HE CAN WATCH THIS FOOTAGE LIVE AND START GETTING HIS PERSONNEL IN CERTAIN PLACES AND LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO ATTACK IT FROM HERE OR BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO SEE, HE OR SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SEE WITHOUT HAVING THIS DRONE. AS YOU CAN SEE, LUCKILY THE, THE, THE PALLET OF BATTERY BATTERIES WERE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OUT AND THEY PUT THE BLANKET OVER IT. AND IT REALLY, IT REALLY WAS ABLE TO DIMINISH THE FIRE. BUT AGAIN, THE DRONE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON, HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN THE BATTERIES OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND PROVIDE THAT INTEL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST VIDEO OF THE FOR THE DRONE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE ARE OUR STATS FROM THIS DRONE. SO AS YOU SEE SO THIS IS FROM JANUARY 1ST 2026 UNTIL MAY 31ST 2026. WE HAVE UTILIZED THIS DRONE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE. WE'VE UTILIZED THIS DRONE 353 TIMES. OKAY, SO IT'S AVERAGE FLIGHT PER DAY, 2.4 SUBMISSION RATE IS JUST BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE STATS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FIRST ON SCENE. SO ALMOST 40, 40% OF THE TIME THE DRONE IS BEING AN OFFICER TO THE LOCATION. 6% OF THE TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO CLEAR A CALL WITHOUT EVEN AN OFFICER GOING OUT ON THE SCENE. AND THEN 53% OF THE TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INTEL. JUST KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, 353 TIMES FROM JANUARY 1ST UNTIL MAY 31ST, THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE'RE USING ONE DRONE. AND THEN HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THAT ONE DRONE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE USED IT SO MUCH. WHAT DID IT DO? IT BROKE. SO WE'RE IN THE WE HAVE GOT A BACKUP DRONE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR DRONE FIXED. BUT THAT'S JUST THE DOWNSIDE OF ONLY HAVING THAT ONE DRONE. SO WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 34575, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE FUNDS, WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND OUR EXISTING BFR PROGRAM. THAT'S THAT DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER BETTER INTEGRATION BETWEEN AXON TECHNOLOGY. SO AXON IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO FLY THAT DRONE. REDUCED WORKLOAD BETWEEN OFFICER AND TECHNOLOGIES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE TO WHERE.

SO EVERY TIME AN OFFICER GOES ON SCENE, THEY HAVE THEIR BODY CAM, RIGHT? SO NOW THE TECHNOLOGY THAT AXON IS PROVIDING NOW THE OFFICER, THE, THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS ABLE TO TAG THE, THE, THE FOOTAGE OF THE BODY CAM WITHOUT THE OFFICER PRESSING A BUTTON, ALL THEY DO IS JUST TURN THE CAMERA OFF AND THE SYSTEM KNOWS HOW TO TAG EVERYTHING. SO THAT IMPROVES OUR EVIDENCE SHARING WITH THE PROSECUTORS, WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND THEN ENHANCED OFFICER SAFETY THROUGH REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. AGAIN, AS WE STATED, AS I AS YOU SAW EARLIER, THE OFFICERS WERE UNFORTUNATELY FIGHTING WITH THAT SUBJECT, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE SUBJECT WHILE SOMEBODY ELSE IS RADIOING FOR HELP. STRONGER TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS FUTURE GROWTH AND A POTENTIAL NEW POLICE FACILITY. SO AS I STATED, WE HAVE ONE DRONE RIGHT THERE, THE THE CIRCLE, THE YELLOW CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHERE THE CURRENT DRONE IS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A GRANT TO HOPEFULLY GET TWO MORE DRONES.

THOSE WOULD GO ON BOTH OF THE FIRE STATIONS. SO FIRE STATION ONE AND FIRE STATION TWO. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN LET'S SAY WE HAVE AN INCIDENT TO WHERE WE WE LAUNCHED THE DRONE AND THE DRONE STAYS UP IN THE AIR FOR 30 MINUTES. WELL, AND THIS, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THESE OTHER TWO DRONES, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUOUSLY ALWAYS HAVE A DRONE UP TO WHERE WHILE ONE IS FLYING, THE OTHER ONES COULD BE CHARGING. AND THIS ESSENTIALLY AGAIN WOULD COVER EVERY PART OF

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THE CITY WITH NO ISSUES WITH THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE POLICE PORTION, OR DID YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? SO WE CAN DO IS THIS WILL BE THE LAST SLIDE? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF BIRD OR MYSELF ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE COVERED AS PART OF OUR REVIEW OR THAT BUDGET? AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THAT PART OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS IN THAT AMOUNT AND THAT'S WHERE IT LIVE. AND SO THIS IS JUST A RECAP FOR WHY WE'RE PROPOSING WHAT WE HAVE. AGAIN, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS WE'VE HAD. AND YEAH, SO WE CAN, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM, FROM ANY OF US, FROM STAFF IN GENERAL ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. AND THEN HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY. QUESTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MR. HAGAR. QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY, THAT WOULD BE YOU. OH, NO. YES, SIR. SO MOVING FORWARD, AT THIS POINT, I CAN CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING, GET PUBLIC INPUT, AND THEN TURN IT BACK OVER FOR COUNCIL JUST IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN VOTE. YEAH. THE WAY YOUR AGENDA IS SET UP, MR. PRESIDENT, IS WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU HAVE DISCUSSION ITEMS ON A AND B, WHICH YOU JUST CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WOULD GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO A WHICH IS THE SIGN GRANT REPEAL, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE WHAT WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A. WHICH IS. ALREADY DONE. SO WE GO TO B. YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO THEN WE WILL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING TO DO B CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627DCEDC BUDGET. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 805.

SO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, YOU MAY COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SAY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES. PATRICIA EBERT, 115 SOUTH GREEN STONE. I HAD NOT SEEN THE DRONE VIDEO BEFORE, AND I WANT TO THANK ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF BIRD FOR SHOWING THAT TO ME AND TO OTHER PEOPLE TOO, IF THEY HADN'T SEEN IT. I AM SO IMPRESSED. NUMBER ONE, WITH THE EASE THAT YOU PRESENT THAT ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF BIRD PRESENTED ALL THIS INFORMATION.

LOTS OF STATISTICS, BUT BOY, THAT VIDEO HONES IN ON IT. AND I'M ALL FOR LET'S GET HIM TWO TWO DRONES. I THINK WE THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. I KNOW HE'S SAYING HE WANTS A GRANT FOR TWO TO PUT ONE ON EACH TOP OF THE FIRE STATIONS. BUT BOY, HOW EFFECTIVE THIS DRONE IS. WE NEED ONE MORE PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A DIFFERENT OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED? AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SAY YOUR PIECE AND THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. SEEING NONE. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AT 8:07 P.M. OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A RESULT OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS,

[8.A. Consider a Repeal of a Signage Grant Awarded to Take Out Burgers located at 795 W Wheatland Road for an amount of $3,800.]

YOU COULD MOVE TO ACTION ITEM EIGHT A, WHICH WAS CONSIDER REPEAL OF THE SIGNAGE GRANT

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AWARDED TO TAKE OUT BURGERS LOCATED AT 795 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD AND AN AMOUNT OF $3,800.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ATTORNEY. BEFORE WE TAKE THAT MOTION, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD? NO, NONE. OKAY. WE CAN WE CAN VOTE NOW AND TAKE ACTION. OKAY. OKAY.

THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN ACTION. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE FOR TO CONSIDER A REPEAL OF SCIENCE GRANT AWARD TO A TAKE OFF BURGERS LOCATED AT 795 WEST WHEATLAND FOR THE AMOUNT OF $3,800 OR. I MOVED TO REPEAL. I SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? FOR 530? YEAH, IT WOULD BE AS PRESENTED. I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION TO BE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND AS TO REMIND YOU, A VOTE IN FAVOR IS TO REPEAL. A VOTE AGAINST IS NOT TO REPEAL JUST. SO IT'S KIND OF A NEGATIVE, BUT. OH GOSH, IT'S OKAY, I, I'VE GOT IT. I IF SOMEONE SAYS SO MOVED, I, I THINK IT IS TO REPEAL THE SIGNAGE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. GREEN MEANS REPEAL. RED MEANS LEAVE IT ALONE. THANK YOU. YES.

I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES FROM COUNCIL DAYS OF DOING VOTING ON NEGATIVE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH, THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU BEING HERE. SO. ANYWAY, SO I THINK ALL MINDS ARE CLEAR. AT LEAST MINE IS SO WE CAN VOTE. OKAY.

LET'S VOTE. I CAN COUNT WE HAVE WE HAVE VOTED TO DO AWAY WITH IT. NEXT, MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD

[8.B. Discuss and consider approval of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 2027 DCEDC Budget.]

BE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 2026 2027 FOR THE DCEDC OKAY.

SO DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED THIS EVENING? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE POLICE COST. THE 340,000 BUDGET. IS THAT FOR DRONES OR WAS IT BECAUSE I HEARD HIM SAY GRANTS? I JUST WANTED TO IT WAS AT A DIFFERENT GRANT OR IS IT. NO. SO YEAH. SO THE THREE THE THE 340 IS THE FOR AXON. RIGHT.

AND SO PART OF THE AXON CONTRACT IS THE DRONE. WE ARE APPLYING FOR A GRANT TO COVER THE COST OF TWO DRONES. BUT THE COST OF THE AXON CONTRACT IS THE 34575, WHICH INTEGRATES EVERYTHING TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO VIEW THE DRONE FOOTAGE. WE'RE ABLE OUR OUR TASERS, OUR IN-CAR CAMERAS, OUR WE HAVE A THING CALLED FUZES, OUR LPR, WHICH IS OUR LICENSE PLATE READER. THAT'S ALL ENCOMPASSED INTO THAT THAT CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION. I NOTICED YOU SAID THERE WERE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, THERE WERE SOME STATS ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT WAS INCREASED STOPS. SO THE TRAFFIC STOPS. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO BECAUSE WE SAW WE SAW THAT THERE IS A SPIKE IN PEOPLE'S CARS BEING BROKEN INTO ALONG 67. I'M GOING TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE. THERE WAS A BUSINESS ALONG 67 TO WHERE. AND I'M GOING TO REFRAIN FROM BEING BROKEN INTO. THE BUSINESS HAD A SPIKE IN VEHICLES BEING STOLEN.

SO WE WE ISSUED A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO WHERE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PLACE OFFICERS AT THIS BUSINESS. RIGHT? AND WE PUT OFFICERS AT THIS BUSINESS, SOME OF THEM IN PLAYING CARDS, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE IN SQUAD CARS. AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN PLAIN CARS. WE START RADIOING AND SAYING, HEY, THIS PERSON JUST PULLED INTO THIS BUSINESS, DIDN'T GO INSIDE TO EAT, BUT IS NOW JUST CIRCLING THE PARKING LOT. SO THEN NOW WE RADIO AND LET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MARKED SQUAD CARS GO. AND SO THEY START DOING TRAFFIC STOPS TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, HEY, WHY, WHY ARE YOU HERE? THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENSURING THAT THEY'RE

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NOT UP TO ANY GOOD AFTER THEY COMMIT ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC VIOLATION. AND AGAIN, WE ALSO WANT TO BE A PRESENCE ALONG THIS, THIS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT HAS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IF CRIMINALS, AS THEY EXIT, LET'S SAY COCKRELL HILL AND THEY SEE A SQUAD CAR DOING A TRAFFIC STOP WITH ITS RED AND BLUE LIGHTS ON, IT'S GOING TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO WHERE IT CAME FROM. SO WE HAVE SINCE FOCUSED AND SAID, HEY, BECAUSE OF OUR HOT SPOTS ARE ALONG THIS AREA ON 67 AND 20, WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ENFORCEMENT ALONG THIS AREA AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC STOPS IN THAT AREA. IS THERE ANY DATA AS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING STOPPED? LIKE, IS IT CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE OR WHATEVER THAT'S GETTING STOPPED? NO, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE JUST OBSERVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GETTING SOME SORT OF TICKET OR SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY KNOW NOT EVERYBODY THAT WE PULL OVER, THEY GET A CITATION. SOME PEOPLE GET VERBAL WARNINGS, SOME PEOPLE GET WRITTEN WARNINGS, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE DO GET CITATIONS. WE DO PROVIDE STOP DATA TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON OUR RACIAL PROFILING, WHICH SHOWS, HEY, THIS THIS PERSON WAS WHAT THE REASON OF THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS. THEN IT GOES INTO GENDER, RACE, AND THEN THE OUTCOME OF THE TRAFFIC STOP AS WELL. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE. THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT. THAT RIGHT THERE. ARE WE FULLY STAFFED? I'M SORRY. SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE PERSONNEL OVERTIME. SO THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO WE OFFER THIS OVERTIME IS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, IN ORDER TO PUT, LIKE I SAID, IN ORDER TO PUT OFFICERS IN THESE AREAS FOR MORE THAN JUST FIVE, TEN MINUTES IN BETWEEN CALLS, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE CITY IS STILL HAPPENING. SO WE'RE STILL RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS. IF WE PULL 3 OR 4 OFFICERS TO GO WORK A CERTAIN AREA, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO COVER THE REST OF THE CITY. SO WE OPEN THAT UP AS A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO SAY, HEY, OFFICERS, YOU COME IN ON YOUR OFF TIME BECAUSE WE CAN'T YOU COME IN ON YOUR OFF TIME, YOU WORK THIS CERTAIN AREA WHILE THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO WORK THE CITY DURING THAT TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO COVER THE REST OF THE CITY BECAUSE IF NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE JUST HAVING TO GO TO THESE HOT SPOT AREAS IN BETWEEN CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE BUSINESS DISTRICTS, IT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF TIME IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 5 AND 8 P.M. WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GETTING HOME, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT. SO AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING TO STILL COVER THE REST OF THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THE BUSINESS DISTRICT A SPECIAL TIME AND ATTENTION AS IT NEEDS IT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I ALSO HAD A COUPLE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO JUST CLARIFICATION ON THE I THINK IT WAS $340,000 ROUGHLY. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OR LESS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF YOUR OVERALL TECHNOLOGY. IS THAT A AN ANNUAL COST OR IS THIS A ONE TIME COST FOR THAT, FOR THAT PIECE? NO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE THE COST FOR WHAT IT COSTS THIS BUDGET YEAR. OKAY. YES. AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE JUST UPGRADING EQUIPMENT UPGRADING. NO, IT'S NOT UPGRADING. YOU'LL SEE GOING FORWARD. YES, SIR. YES SIR. MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. AND THE DRONE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, IS THAT SORT OF A LEASE OR IS THAT SORT OF PART OF THAT PACKAGE AGAIN. IT'S PART OF THE PACKAGE. OKAY. YES. AS THAT EQUIPMENT AGES, OVER TIME, THEY WILL REPLACE THAT AS PART OF THAT ANNUAL COST AS WELL. SO YES, WE WOULDN'T BE LOOKING COMING BACK A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE NEED TO PURCHASE NEW DRONES. IF YOU KEEP THIS PACKAGE UP, THE DRONES AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR COST WOULD BE RIGHT.

RIGHT. AND THE DEPARTMENT, WE SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AXON. SO AND THEN THE THE COST WAS SPLIT UP. WE DEFERRED THE LAST YEAR. SO THE COST WAS SPLIT UP. AND THEN THIS WAS ONE YEAR, 34575. AND YES, ALL THE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT ARE ALL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IT'S JUST IT ONLY COMES WITH ONE DRONE. AND SO LIKE I SAID THE OTHER THE OTHER DAY WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE OUR DRONE WENT DOWN. SO THEN WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO A NEIGHBORING BEST SOUTHWEST CITY TO, TO ASK IF THEY COULD COME ASSIST WITH THEIR DRONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ONE LAST QUESTION. I GUESS THE INTEGRATION IN THE TAGGING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE PRETTY CRITICAL BECAUSE THAT DATA IS ALSO SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. SO SOME OF OUR REQUESTS THAT JUST LIKE YOUR BODY CAM CAMERAS, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE IT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. SO THAT CATALOGING INDEXING IS PROBABLY PRETTY IMPORTANT. YES. AND SO, AND THEN SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY BEFORE WE HAD THIS TECHNOLOGY, LIKE AFTER EACH CALL, LET'S SAY I GO OUT ON A CALL AND THE CALL FOR SERVICE NUMBER IS 001. WELL, THEN ONCE I GET BACK TO MY CAR AND I CLEAR THE CALL, I HAVE TO GO IN AND TAG THAT VIDEO AS 001. BUT

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LET'S SAY I'M ON A CALL. BUT THEN AS I GET TO THE CALL, A MORE HIGH PRIORITY CALL COMES OUT, RIGHT? AND THEN THE NIGHT JUST GETS BUSIER AND BUSIER AND BUSIER. WELL, AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, IF I FORGOT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HUMAN, IF I FORGOT TO GO BACK AND TAG IT, WELL, AFTER SO MANY DAYS, ANY UNTAGGED VIDEO IS GOING TO FALL OFF. SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DALLAS COUNTY AND THE WAY THAT WE REPORT TO THEM. SO IN DALLAS COUNTY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY UTILIZE AXON. SO I MEAN, MOST OF YOUR OTHER CITIES ARE GOING TO BE USING AXON AS WELL. SO THAT WAY, THIS WAY, A, WE'RE AUTO TAGGING OUR VIDEOS.

AND THEN B DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE FOOTAGE THAT THEY NEED. WHEN WE GO AND WE PRESENT OUR CASES TO, TO THE DA TO HOPEFULLY PRESENT A SUCCESSFUL CASE. YES, SIR. A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF CHIEF. SO THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THE FIRST SLIDE WITH THE REVENUE THAT WAS COMING IN, THAT WAS PRESENTED AS JUST THE ACTUALS. IT DIDN'T FORECAST THAT OUT FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR. CORRECT. OKAY. LET'S GO TO REVENUE. THIS SLIDE. IT WAS A SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE.

BEFORE THIS ONE. YEAH, YEAH. SO OUR REVENUE IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS 2.4. SO THAT'S JUST AS OF TODAY ACTUALLY AS OF THROUGH APRIL 30TH THROUGH APRIL 30TH. YEAH. THROUGH, THROUGH. WE DON'T FORESEE A SHORTFALL. THIS JUST HASN'T BEEN FORECAST. IT DOESN'T SHOW A FORECAST OUT TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS ONE DOESN'T. BUT WELL, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT BATCH OF MONTHLY REPORTS THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DATA IS PULLING FROM. YOU KIND OF SEE THE FORECAST. BUT I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENT FORECASTER OR SALES TAX PROJECTION AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONSULTANT WHO PROVIDES THAT DATA FOR US TO KIND OF MAYBE JUST GIVE A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH SALES TAX. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS JENNIFER ODY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, SEE HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR SALES TAX IS WE ACTUALLY ACCOUNT FOR TWO MONTHS BEHIND BECAUSE WE'RE BASING IT ON WHEN IT WAS COLLECTED, NOT WHEN WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE PAYMENT. SO THE WHAT YOU SHOW IS AS OF APRIL, BUT IT WAS WHAT'S BEEN COLLECTED AS OF FEBRUARY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE TWO MONTHS BEHIND. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A, I THINK A VARIANCE FROM WHAT'S PROJECTED VERSUS WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED TO DATE. YEAH.

AND I JUST I JUST ASK BECAUSE OF COURSE WE SAID IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. YES. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK THIS YEAR FOR SEEING THE TAX REVENUE COMING IN FOR THIS YEAR AS WE SET THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT A 1% REALLY VERY MINOR GROWTH, IF YOU WILL. PROBABLY 50% OF OUR TAX BASE IS IN RETAIL. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SEEING VERY MUCH GROWTH IN THAT CATEGORY. SO IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT. SO I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR MARVIN. OKAY. THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION. I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS 40 FOOT TREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE. DO WE HAVE SOMEPLACE TO STORE THIS 40 FOOT TREE? HAHA, YEAH. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE DO. HAVE WE GOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT PLAN FOR PURCHASE AS OPPOSED TO THE EVENT BY EVENT LEASE? WE'RE NOT COMING BACK FOR A STORAGE SHED OR SHED DOWN THE ROAD.

BREAK THAT THING DOWN THE STORE. GOOD EVENING. BART STEVENSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND DEVIN HENLEY. HEY. YES. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE DO. THE TREE DOES BREAK DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES, SO WE HAVE SPACE FOR THAT IN OUR STORAGE SPACES.

ABOUT. THERE. WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION ON THE OTHER FINANCING USES IS THAT BROKEN OUT? THE TWO THE 45% OF THE THAT BIG NUMBER. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT SPECIFIC FUND OR LINE ITEM WE REFER TO? YOU SAID IT'S ON PAGE ONE OF WHAT WE HAVE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. OKAY.

AND IT SAYS OTHER FINANCING USES. SO WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, THERE'S A LINE ITEM THAT'S ABOUT 45% OF THE WHOLE BUDGET. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS BROKEN OUT SOMEWHERE. OKAY, IT'S A 2.5 MILLION. OKAY. SO HOW THAT'S

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SHOWN IN THE ACCOUNT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. JENNIFER. SO IN MUNIS, THE CATEGORY OR OBJECT CODE LABEL. SO MATCH THAT AMOUNT WITH OUR INCENTIVES FUND. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT AMOUNT LIVES. SO NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OBVIOUSLY. BUT ACCORDING TO JENNIFER THAT PARTICULAR COLUMN OTHER FINANCES. THAT'S HOW IT'S REFLECTED IN THE MUNIS BUDGET. THIS IS SHOWING HOW EACH OF THE FUNDS BREAK DOWN. THE WORD. THAT ONE IS WHERE IT SAYS OTHER FINANCING USES. THAT IS WITH THIS SLIDE HERE. YOU CAN I SEE YOUR SHEET THE AWKWARD. YEAH. DON'T READ NOTHING. I THINK THE OTHER FINANCIAL SAID THAT TO. SUPER FUND THAT THE BUDGET. YOU GOT THAT ONE. THAT'S HALF THE BUDGET. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S BROKEN OUT. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL OF THE FUN STUFF.

SO ALL OF OUR FUNDS RIGHT ON THAT FIRST PAGE, FIVE FUNDS. AND WITHIN EVERY FUND, THE LINE ITEM FOR THAT OBJECT CODE AND THEIR CORRESPONDING NUMBER IS INCLUDED. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO TO EACH INDIVIDUAL FUND FOR THAT LINE ITEM, AND THAT LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET IS LABELED OTHER FINANCING USES, MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORIES NAMED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, OFFICE SUPPLIES, ETC. SO WITH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR OBJECT CODE, ONE OF THE PARTS, ACCORDING TO OUR FINANCE INCENTIVES. SO YOU THINK THAT ONE IS THE INCENTIVES. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE.

SO IF YOU WERE TO RUN A REPORT OF OUR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OFFICER, RIGHT. AND WITHIN ALL OF THE FUNDS, THE INCENTIVES WILL BE LABELED WITHIN MUNIS. HERE WE SPELL IT OUT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT AND DESCRIPTION IN THE FINANCE SYSTEM, NOT NECESSARILY LABELED AS SUCH.

LIKE THERE IS AN OBJECT CODE THAT SAYS EDDIE. EDDIE INCENTIVE GRANTS. IT'S IT'S, IT'S TRANSFERS, OTHER FINANCES. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT THE HIGH FUND BALANCE AND THE NEED TO KIND OF DRAW IT DOWN. LIKE, ARE, ARE WE ON TRACK WITH SOME PLANS TO DO THAT MUCH IN ONE YEAR, OR WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER SCALED OVER MAYBE A PERIOD OF TIME TO BRING THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, LIKE WITHOUT ANY PLANS BE LIKE, YEAH, WELL, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVE FOR ONE YEAR OR ARE THERE SOME PLANS THAT, HEY, NO, WE'RE ON TRACK TO DRAW THAT MUCH OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. SO IF WE START WITH HOW WE TYPICALLY WILL BUILD AN OPERATING BUDGET, RIGHT? YOU ONLY GET TO START WITH WHAT'S FORECASTED IN TERMS OF THE REVENUES THAT YOU COLLECT. AND THEN YOU WORK BACKWARDS, RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE PATTERN. AND KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REFLECTING THAT AREN'T REFLECTED IN THIS FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, RIGHT THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION THAT WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN NET PROCEEDS OR TRANSACTIONS. RIGHT. ONE, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE TO THINK OF. MAIN STATION, RIGHT. WE'VE WE'VE TALKED WITH THIS BOARD, LIQUIDATE THAT PROPERTY. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO THAT NUMBER HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO GROW. EVEN IF WE SPENT EVERY DIME THAT WAS BUDGETED RIGHT. WE'RE ALWAYS NET NEW REVENUES IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE CORPORATION. RIGHT. WHAT WE'VE DONE ONE, WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL MORE IN TERMS OF THE TRANSFERS, RIGHT? SO IF WE GO TO OUR. FUND HERE, RIGHT. AND HISTORICALLY, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WAS $600,000, RIGHT? THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING THIS AMOUNT. AND THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR OUR INCENTIVES, RIGHT? SO THE DESIGN INCENTIVE GRANT AND THE EXAMPLE WE THINK ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH WE AWARDED, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SO RIGHT NOW, WE'LL HAVE WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCENTIVIZE

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EITHER MORE VOLUME OF PROJECTS OR LARGER PROJECTS. AGAIN, STILL KEEPING WITH THAT SAME 50% MATCH, IT'S USING DESIGN DISINTEGRANTS. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT DON'T FIT WITHIN THAT BOX, WITHIN THAT APPLICATION PERIOD OR WINDOW.

BUT THERE'S STILL REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION OR EXPANSION STRATEGY. IT'S PROVIDING MORE FUNDS WITHIN THOSE PARTICULAR LINE ITEMS COMBINED WITH THIS TRANSFER. SO THAT'S WHAT THE THE DRAW DOWN OF THE FUND BALANCE IS. AND AGAIN, NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD BOTH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THINK ABOUT THIS MORE SHORT MEDIUM TERM. RIGHT? OKAY. THIS YEAR, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND EXPANSION AND RETROFITTING OF THE EQUIPMENT OF THE REC CENTER, RIGHT. IMPROVEMENTS TO ARMSTRONG PARK, RIGHT. TO COINCIDE WITH HOW MANY TIMES WE ACTIVATE THAT SPACE. BUT THEN IN THE PROPOSED FY 28 BUDGET, IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY THE APPROACH IS NO, IT'S PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC OR PRUDENT TO REALLY TAKE A LARGE BITE ALL AT ONCE OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. BUT HERE'S A WAY WHERE WE CAN OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL FRAMEWORK OF REVENUES, EQUAL EXPENDITURES, RIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, WHAT WE DID LAST FALL WAS WE AUTHORIZED UP TO 700 000 FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT ONLY FOR A SPECIFIC AND DEDICATED ACTIVITY. THAT WAS IF WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WHERE WE MAY NEED TO DO A STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION, THAT WAS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED USE OF THE FUND BALANCE. AND WE DID THAT BY SHOWING WHAT WHAT THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS AND WHERE WE PROJECTED THE END FUND BALANCE TO BE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT WAS A WAY TO ADOPT THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY AS PART OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET, BUT STILL OPERATING WITHIN THE LIMITED FRAMEWORK OF YOUR REVENUES, YOUR EXPENDITURES. IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT IN THIS ONE, OR IS IT JUST KIND OF IT IS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST SLIDE WHEN WHEN WE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE STRATEGY WAS, WAS FIRST SHOWING, WHAT DOES GFOA RECOMMEND? WHAT DOES, WHAT ARE THERE FOR B CORPORATION LIKE OURS DOING IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE KEEPING ON HAND FOR RESERVE CASH VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE MAKING AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL TO, TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE MORE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO, OKAY, WE, WE, WE CAN'T, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO 180 DAYS THIS VERY FIRST TIME, BUT WE'RE AT 988 DAYS. SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S REALISTIC TO SEE HOW THIS MIGHT UNFOLD STARTING WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR? AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, OKAY, WE'LL BRING IT DOWN BY MAKING THESE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THIS FIRST FISCAL YEAR AND THEN CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THAT BASED ON THIS STRATEGY. SO KIND OF TRY TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT FOR WHICH TO MEASURE OURSELVES AGAINST LIKE, SO WHEN WE COME BACK, OKAY, THIS ACTUALLY WAS A GOOD MOVE OR MAYBE WE DIDN'T NEED, LIKE YOU SAY AS MUCH AND THEN KIND OF MOVE ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT, INDIRECT COSTS $240,571. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S $20,047 A MONTH. INDIRECT.

THAT'S THREE PEOPLE. WHAT WHAT DOES THAT COVER. SO ALL RIGHT. SO THIS THIS IS A FORMULA THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION APPLIES TO A DEPARTMENT LIKE OURS. BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE FUNDED THROUGH THE CORPORATION, BUT WE EXIST AS EMPLOYEES REGARDLESS OF OUR FTE. LIKE OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITHIN AS A CITY DEPARTMENT, CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ALLOCATED FUNDING THAT SUBSIDIZES OUR OPERATIONS. SO I'LL INVITE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC FORMULA. IT'S DONE FOR US, BUT I'M HAPPY TO INVITE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY WITH HOW THEY COME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT THE 240 ZERO ZERO $0 TRANSFER. AND IT WAS JUST FOR INDIRECT COSTS. YES. SO AS MR. GOFF WAS SAYING. SO THERE IS SOME INDIRECT COSTS THAT THEY THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE BY OPERATING OUT OF A CITY FACILITY. SO GENERAL FUND PAYS FOR THE FACILITY, PAYS FOR THE ELECTRICITY, PAYS FOR THE UTILITIES. IT PAYS FOR GOING THROUGH PAYROLL TO PAY THEIR PAYCHECK. IT GOES THROUGH FINANCE, PAYING ALL THE BILLS AND THE AP AND THE PURCHASE CARDS FOR PROCUREMENT. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GENERAL FUND ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO BASICALLY, THE CALCULATION IS NOT SIMPLE,

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BUT IT BASICALLY JUST TAKES YOUR YOUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND IT'S COMPARING IT HOW MANY FTES THEY HAVE, HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COST IS THAT HR BASED ON FOR PEOPLE, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, PAYMENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THE FINANCE SYSTEM TO BE PAID OUT THE DOOR, HOW MANY AGENDA ITEMS ARE GOING ON, THE AGENDA THAT HAS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL. IT'S ALL THESE THESE DIFFERENT VARIABLES BASED ON THEIR BUDGET THAT COMES UP WITH THAT, THAT NUMBER. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FLAT NUMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR MORE OF A AMOUNT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY TO BELABOR THIS, BUT DO HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. AND IT'S IN LINE WITH MISS ABNEY'S COMMENTS AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE FUND BALANCE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNCIL. IN REGARD TO OUR FUND BALANCE. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAUTIOUS AS WE SET THESE BUDGETS GOING FORWARD, THAT IT DOESN'T PRESENT THE APPEARANCE, THAT WE'RE JUST AN OPEN PURSE.

I KNOW BEFORE WE HAD A STRATEGY THAT WE DID WANT TO SEE PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVES, AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT TOWARDS THAT FOR SOME TIME. I'M SEEING MORE LATELY AS FAR AS SORT OF CASH INCENTIVES UP FRONT. AND SO IF WE ADOPT THIS BUDGET AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE PROBABLY A PLANNING WORKSHOP SOMETIME IN THE EARLY FALL FOR THIS COMMITTEE OR FOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR, I WOULD SUGGEST IS WHETHER MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A PLANNING OR JOINT MEETING WITH COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY ON HOW WE WANT TO SEE THAT FUND BALANCE UTILIZED GOING FORWARD. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN THESE AMENDMENTS COME FORWARD AND AS THEY GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THEN AGAIN, WE'RE ALL ALIGNED. SO I WAS I WASN'T NECESSARILY A QUESTION, BUT YOU CAN RESPOND TO IT. BUT JUST A GENERAL COMMENT, I WOULD SAY TOO, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SISTER CITY MANAGER HERE. HE'S KIND OF HANGING OUT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT TO, TO TALK ABOUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. LIKE, SO I DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THOSE THOSE JOINT COLLABORATIONS. BUT BUT AS HE MAYBE MAKES HIS WAY UP HERE AND MAYBE HE CAN TAKE A SWING AT THAT, AT THAT QUESTION, I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY THE OPPORTUNITY ONE TO TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE STRATEGY, BUT TWO, TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGY OVERALL FOR HOW WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE REALLY ON A CASE PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, OR IF WE REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LIMIT OR RESTRICT OURSELVES TO ONLY REIMBURSABLE GRANTS. I MEAN, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMMENT IN THIS PRUDENT IS RIGHT, BUT JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN THE MARKETPLACE IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSALS OR THE INVESTMENT AT THE TABLE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, AND OR MAYBE WHAT WE'VE FELT LIKE WE'VE SET AS A PRECEDENT, AND THEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCED WAY THAT UNIQUE PROJECTS INVESTMENTS MATERIALIZE IN A UNIQUE ECONOMY AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT LIKE DUNCANVILLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. GOFF.

GOOD EVENING. DC, DC MEMBERS. SO AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY IS CONCERNED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN CAN UTILIZE THAT MOVING FORWARD.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT IS CALLED THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE INITIAL PURPOSES OF THE DC EDC EARLY ON, WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, WAS WAS LOOKING AT WAYS TO, TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF PARKS AND RECREATION. AND SO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MULTI-YEAR CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS RANGING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO TRANSPORTATION TO UTILITIES, OTHER CITY FACILITIES, PARKS AND REC AND SO FORTH, DRAINAGE. AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT AT POSSIBLY LEVERAGING SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE IN THE DC EDC TO, TO HELP ASSIST WITH SOME OF THOSE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS OUT THERE THAT NEED GENERAL FUND SUPPORT, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION ARE CONCERNED.

AND SO WE THINK LONG LONGER TERM, YOU KNOW, THE DC, DC IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT, RIGHT PLACE TO, TO LOOK AT LEVERAGING SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE TO HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THE PARKS AND REC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. SO BIG PICTURE. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. AND. MAY I SEE MARLON SITTING UP THERE? BUT ANYBODY ELSE IS WELCOME TO JUMP IN. IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, LOOKING AT THE EDC BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, WHAT WHAT THREE THINGS DO WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BY HAVING THIS BUDGET APPROVED? THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO START BY ONE ILLUSTRATING WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROPOSING THROUGH THE FIRST SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR FEEDBACK. AS WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED AND BUILT THIS BUDGET, STARTING WITH THE PRIORITIES AND HAVING THOSE KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHY THE APPROACH WAS TAKEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET. SO ONE, AGAIN, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT NOT SO MUCH WHAT AMOUNT WE WANT TO APPROPRIATE THAN WHAT STRATEGY WE WANT TO USE, BUT THE WHERE. SO THE CORRIDORS WE'VE SEEN THAT LIKE AS A COMMON THEME TONIGHT, LIKE WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIC COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY LIKE THAT, THAT FIRST PIE CHART WHEN WE STARTED WHERE IT SHOWED WHAT WE LOOK LIKE AS AN ECONOMY, LIKE WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE? WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRIES THEY REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, LAND MASS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THEN WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? A LOT OF THIS IS, IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE FUNDING AND TARGET AVAILABLE FOR REALLY WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE HERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT DOES EVEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, IN THE EAST, RIGHT.

AND IT'S SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE. AND SO THE ECONOMICS ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE IN TERMS OF LIKE REAL PROJECTS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO GENERATE REAL REVENUE, INVESTMENT, JOBS, ETC. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS HE POINTED OUT, THE COMMUNITY PIECE OR ARM TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. RIGHT. AND SO WHERE YOU SEE THE, THE FUNDING APPROPRIATE, WHETHER THAT BE EVENTS, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, OUR AMENITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAD AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND ANY TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUILDING OR ON SITE OR OFF SITE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE FRAMEWORK. LIKE WE CAN POINT TO LIKE THESE EIGHT BULLET POINTS AND FIND THEM IN ALL FOUR OF THE FUNDS OF SOME RELAY TIED TO THE METHODOLOGY, WHAT WE SEE AND, AND THEN THE DIFFERENT SOURCES TO GET THERE, BOTH, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES AND FUND BALANCE BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT'S PROPOSED. SO THERE ARE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THEN BUDGETED DOLLARS THAT WE CAN ATTACH TO EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS. THESE FOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES IN THESE FOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES. SO CONCEIVABLY WE COULD TAKE WE COULD TAKE THE BUDGET OF 6 MILLION ZERO SIX, 6 MILLION 076991, AND WE COULD LITERALLY ALLOCATE THAT NUMBER AMONG THOSE EIGHT PRIORITIES. WE COULD TAKE THOSE EIGHT PRIORITIES AND SHOW WHERE THEY LIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET. YEAH. AND IN SOME INSTANCES, LIKE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WE CAN POINT TO A SPECIFIC FUND AND SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, THAT PRIORITY, RIGHT? MAYBE WE CAN SHOW HERE UNDER THIS UMBRELLA. WELL, 41% OF THE BUDGETED FOR INCENTIVES, RIGHT? OF THAT, SIX, $2.6 MILLION IS EARMARKED FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. RIGHT? SAME THING IS YOU THINK ABOUT THE MARKETING AND ATTRACTION REAL ESTATE VIDEO WE HAD EARLY ON TONIGHT, RIGHT? OKAY. NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN YOUR ATTENTION, RIGHT, AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'VE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU, HERE'S WHERE WE COULD ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND FIGURE OUT HOW WHAT THAT DEAL LOOKS LIKE. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY DIRECTED MORE TOWARDS PD. SO. SO, SO MY QUESTION IS. THE REAL TIME

[02:40:03]

INFORMATION CENTER IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. NO. AS FAR AS SO THE THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER IS, IS BASICALLY THROUGH AXON TO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SCREENS THAT AXON FEEDS IN ITS CAMERAS, AS WELL AS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.

LET'S SAY WE'LL USE RACETRAC, FOR EXAMPLE, RACETRAC HAS ITS CAMERAS THAT THEY PAID FOR, THAT THEY USE, AND THEY WERE WORKING RIGHT NOW. WELL, RACE RACETRACK GIVES US ACCESS TO BASICALLY WATCH THOSE CAMERAS IN A REAL TIME CAPACITY. THEY GIVE US PERMISSION, GIVE US.

AND THEN THAT WAY SOMEBODY IS SITTING AT A DESKTOP COMPUTER AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL UP RACE TRACKS, CAMERAS IN CASE RACETRACK CALLS 911. AND SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE REAL TIME INFORMATION FROM A DESKTOP COMPUTER LOCATED INSIDE OF THE PD. SO, SO LET ME REPHRASE IT THEN. SO THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER IS A DUNCANVILLE SPECIFIC INITIATIVE.

NO, THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT DO HAVE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTERS, AND WE ARE STILL IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF A REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER, A REAL, A GOOD REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER IS GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC CAMERAS, MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. SO THEN THAT WAY, LET'S SAY SOME SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING AT MAIN IN WHEATLAND, RIGHT? AND LET'S SAY THERE'S A TRAFFIC CAMERA AT EACH INTERSECTION IN DUNCANVILLE AS IT AS YOU GO EASTBOUND ON WHEATLAND ROAD, SOMEONE IN THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT VEHICLE THAT, LET'S SAY THEY COMMITTED A CRIME AND BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT VEHICLE FROM TRAFFIC CAM TO BUSINESS CAM TO LICENSE PLATE READER AS IT TRAVELS THROUGH DUNCANVILLE.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT REAL TIME INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS TO TRY TO CATCH THAT PERSON BEFORE THEY EVEN GET OUT OF DUNCANVILLE. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF REGIONALIZATION HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, DOES THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER? IT'S RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S OUT THERE, IT APPEARS TO BE MORE CITY SPECIFIC, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, CAN IS THERE ANY ENVISIONING THAT THE CITIES COULD ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A REGIONAL JAIL, RIGHT? YES. I MEAN, AND THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY GET THE OTHER TWO CITIES ON BOARD. SPEAKING OF CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO, THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CASE. BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE, THE, THE THIRD PARTY. WE WANT TO BE THE PERSON THAT CONTROLS IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE THE LEADING EDGE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITY, I'LL BE HONEST.

I WANT TO MAKE OR I'M SORRY. LET ME SPEAK FOR CHIEF STOGNER. CHIEF STOGNER WANTS US TO MAKE IT TO WHERE CRIMINALS DON'T COME TO DUNCANVILLE, TO WHERE THEY KNOW. IF YOU DO COME TO DUNCANVILLE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT. THE WAY THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY TO THE GAME THESE DAYS. BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE CAMERAS, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS EVERYTHING WE WANT THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER TO BE IN DUNCANVILLE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEND AN OFFICER TO CEDAR HILL OR SEND AN OFFICER TO DESOTO. SO THEN THEY SIT IN THEIR PD. WE WANT THEM TO SEND OFFICERS TO US, AND WE BE THE BACKBONE OF THE REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER. YES IT IS. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S ALL THREE TO WHERE WE CAN ALL HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE THESE CRIMINALS DO NOT STOP. THE ONLY THING STOPPING SOMEBODY FROM GOING FROM DUNCANVILLE TO CEDAR HILL IS A CURB LINE. THAT'S IT. SO WE KNOW THAT IF THEY DO SOMETHING IN DUNCANVILLE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO IT IN CEDAR HILL. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO IT IN DESOTO.

CORRECT? IF WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND CREATE A MASS, BASICALLY HUB. BUT WE WANT THAT HUB TO BE IN DUNCANVILLE. WE WANT TO LEAD THAT FRONT. OKAY. GOOD ENOUGH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S SEE. SO I GUESS THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE BUDGET AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026. 27DCEDC BUDGET. THERE A SECOND, SECOND AND SECONDED. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL MINDS ARE CLEAR. LET'S VOTE. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[02:45:11]

STAFF. OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US THEN TO (222) 222-2222. I'M COOL. OKAY. OTHER BUSINESS A

[9.A. Discuss and consider approval for City Staff to submit a nomination packet to the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office designating eligible census tracts within the City of Duncanville for consideration under the Federal Opportunity Zone 2.0 program.]

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR CITY STAFF TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION PACKET TO THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE DESIGNATING ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 PROGRAM.

MISTER GOLF. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. HARVEY. SO THIS ITEM, THIS IS A FEDERAL TAX CREDIT INCENTIVES THAT'S AVAILABLE TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IF AND AFTER THEY NOMINATE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS TO THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION. RIGHT. AND SO THIS 2.0 OF THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE IS ESSENTIALLY A REAUTHORIZATION THAT WE SAW UNDER THE BEAUTIFUL BILLS ACT EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND SO HOW IT WORKS IS, AND WE'LL SEE IN THE IN THE SLIDES TO FOLLOW QUALIFIED INVESTMENTS MADE IN THESE DESIGNATED CENSUS TRACTS WOULD ALLOW THOSE INVESTORS TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT ON THEIR CAPITAL GAINS. RIGHT. SO THE MONEY THAT THAT INVESTMENT MAKES AT THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT SITE WOULD NOW BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR TAX CREDIT. BUT THE PROCESS REQUIRES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SELECT FROM THE PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS. RIGHT. AND SO HERE WE SEE THE THREE CENSUS TRACTS IN OUR CITY THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND SO THEN IF THEY RECEIVE ALL THE SUBMISSIONS FOR THE VARIOUS CITIES AROUND THE STATE, THEY'LL MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH OF THOSE SUBMISSIONS ARE GOING TO BE DESIGNATED AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE YEAR. BUT THE FIRST PART, THE FIRST PRECURSOR, IS FOR CITIES TO SELECT BY ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS, AND THEN THAT'LL ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE, TO SUBMIT THOSE CENSUS TRACTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE CENSUS TRACTS IS ONE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, RIGHT? PROJECTS, ONE THAT DON'T INITIATE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS, RIGHT. SO THEY WANT INVESTMENTS. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT OTHER PARTIES ARE INVESTED IN AS WELL, RIGHT? SO THINK OF A PROJECT AREA THAT IS WITHIN A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT, OF WHICH WE DO HAVE ONE, RIGHT? SO THINK OF ANOTHER PROJECT AREA THAT THIS CORPORATION HAS INCENTIVIZED, WHICH WE HAVE SOME IN THESE CENSUS TRACTS. SO WE BELIEVE THIS HEIGHTENS AND AMPLIFIES OUR PROFILE. IF NOTHING SHOWING THAT WE'RE MEETING THE CRITERIA THAT THEY SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN NOMINATING AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT HARD DECISION TO, YOU KNOW, SELECT SOME CENSUS TRACTS OVER SOME OTHER ONES. AND SO THIS JUST GIVES SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL WITH, WITH THE PROFILE OF THE THREE CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PIPELINE PROJECTS.

AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING REAL AND LIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, RIGHT. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE HAD THEIR PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THIS ENTITY PREVIOUSLY OWNED AND SOLD AND NOW BEING PROPOSED FOR REDEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FORMER TOYOTA PROPERTY, WHICH WAS PROPOSED AS A RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT, THEY'VE RECENTLY SCHEDULED THEIR EXCUSE ME, THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEIR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION AND GOING THROUGH THEIR PREDEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO AGAIN, HAVING THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY TO KIND OF FLAG AND INCLUDE IN OUR PACKET, YOU KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED. SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS ACTION ITEM IS, IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TAKE FORMAL SUPPORTIVE ACTION THAT WILL ALLOW THE STAFF TO SUBMIT THESE CENSUS TRACTS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, RIGHT. IT'S IT'S A NOMINATION PROCESS. AND THEY'LL DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT'S SO FIT TO SELECT ANY OR ALL OF THESE CENSUS TRACTS. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOLF? JUST IN A LITTLE BIT I'VE READ OF IT IS DOES THE DEVELOPER

[02:50:07]

NEED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THIS? DO THEY NEED TO BE KIND OF FRONT AND CENTER TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE ACTIVE PROJECTS? NO, BUT BUT BUT THE THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR DEVELOPERS AND EXACTLY WHAT ROLE THEY'RE PLAYING. I WILL SAY THE DEVELOPERS THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT AGAIN AS PART OF OUR SITE SUBMISSION, WE'RE TRYING TO LIKE HELP CO-MARKET SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ACTIVELY LISTED, OBVIOUSLY, THE ONES THAT WE CONTROL AS A CORPORATION, AS A CITY, THAT'S EASIER. AND SO THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP THEM ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, END USERS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SOME OF THE PAD SITES. SO NO, THE DEVELOPERS AREN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, BUT AS PART OF THE APPLICATION. YEAH, THEY WANT TO SEE AGAIN, THE TANGIBLE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO FIT THE PROFILE. THAT'S PART OF THEIR SCORING CRITERIA. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOLF? I HAVE ONE. DO YOU WANT A MOTION TO LIST TRACK ONE, 65, 16, 18 AND 36 FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO, MR. HAGUE, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE HAD THIS COMPANION ITEM ON LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S A RESOLUTION THEY APPROVE. IT DOES CALL OUT THE CENSUS TRACKS. AND SO THE MOTION SHOULD PROBABLY AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. AS A RESULT OF THAT ANSWER, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE DESIGNATION OF TRACK 165161651816536 TO BE DESIGNATED TO THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 PROGRAM THROUGH THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE. OKAY. I WILL ACCEPT SUCH A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? LET'S VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT TAKES US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DON'T HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO LET'S SEE. ADJOURNMENT. I BELIEVE ADJOURNMENT. IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ADJOURNING THIS MEETING. SEEING NONE. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jun 22, 2026 Community and Economic Development Corporation

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