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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, FIRST ITEM I ACTUALLY I'LL MAKE A QUICK POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, SO WE ARE GOING TO PUSH ITEM EIGHTHT TO A FUTURE WORK SESSION, HE HAD REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE GATEWOOD DRAINAGE PROJECT IN HIS DISTRICT. SO WE
[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS Members of the audience may address the City Council on any Work Session item at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers are allowed three minutes each, grouped by agenda item and called in the order of the agenda. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers and on the visitor's side of the Work Session Room) and give it to the City Secretary before the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda only. Items on a Regular Meeting agenda should be addressed at the respective Regular Meeting. Items not currently on an agenda may be addressed during the citizen comments portion of any Regular Meeting.]
WILL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT AT A FUTURE DATE, MOVING ON, OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY WORK SESSION ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES EACH, GROUPED BY AGENDA ITEM AND CALLED IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. BEFORE WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO ADDRESSING ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA ONLY.ITEMS ON REGULAR MEETING AGENDA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE RESPECTIVE REGULAR MEETING ITEMS NOT CURRENTLY ON AN AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS. PORTION OF ANY REGULAR MEETING. AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. THIS EVENING, MADAM SECRETARY. YES, SIR, MR. DUCKWORTH. BOB DUCKWORTH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE. I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS PICKING UP OVER THERE, SIR. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, MR. BOB DUCKWORTH, 909 WAKEFIELD. GARLAND, TEXAS, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA. ONE IS THE DOWNTOWN MARKING ANALYSIS. THE SUBJECT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, IN MY YEARS OF BANKING, A COUPLE OF TIMES, THERE'S BEEN SPECIALTY GROUPS THAT I HAVE HELPED SET UP A LENDING PROGRAM FOR. AND GOING THROUGH THAT MATERIAL, I SEE A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND I JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED IN YOUR MIND THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS A CITY IN THE FUTURE TO ALLOW SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE MOVING IN OR, OR HERE THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, IT TAKES A BANK TO SOMEBODY THAT THAT'S IN THE LENDING BUSINESS.
ION'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY CURRENTLY INVOLVED. IN THE CITY THAT DOES THAT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN MAKE IT AND OF COURSE, IT WOULD TAKE CITY FUNDS TO, TO BACK A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. YOU COULD BUY A CD OR PUT IN AN ACCOUNT TO, TO, TO SECURE THOSE LOANS, BUT IT WOULD MAKE IT SO MUCH SIMPLER FOR A LOT OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. I'VE, I'VE MADE LOANS TO A LOT OF BUSINESSES LIKE THAT IN THE PAST TO HELP THEM, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO JUSTIFY THEM SOMETIMES. NUMBER TWO IS ON YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET, SOMETHING I'VE FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A HANDLE AROUND. IS THE SRO PROGRAM. AND IN THE BUDGET, I THINK THERE'S THE TERM SRO IS ONLY USED TWO TIMES. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME DISCUSSION TO HELP ME AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, SINCE IT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT HELP SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM, IS WHAT DO WE WHAT DOES IT COST US TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM? WHAT KIND OF REIMBURSEMENT DO WE GET FROM THE DISTRICT, AND WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE COST TO THE CITY OR THE TAXPAYERS FOR THAT PROGRAM? WITH THE NEW PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE GOT NOW WITH, I THINK SOME 45 SCHOOLS HAVE A I FORGET WHAT THE TERM THEY USE, BUT IT'S NOT A POLICE OFFICER, BUT IT'S A LICENSED OFFICER WHO CARRIES IN OUR GRADE SCHOOLS OR MOST OF OUR GRADE SCHOOLS. AND THIRD, AND LASTLY IS, LOOKING AT LOOKING AT OUR, SALES TAX INCOME THAT GOES TO THE DART SYSTEM, THAT 1%. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT, LOWERING THAT RATE, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE PAID LAST YEAR, SOME 45, $6,000, A FOURTH OF THAT 12,000. I MEAN, $12 MILLION, TEN YEARS. THAT'S $125 MILLION. THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE PROCESS.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH NOW. AND FOR THE CITIZENS, PERHAPS EVEN IN FUTURE TAX INCREASES, IN OUR SRO PROGRAM, PERHAPS COULD, COULD, COULD GENERATE REVENUE SAVINGS IF YOU SAW THAT TO BE NEEDED. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT IN YOUR CONSIDERATIONS OF THE BUDGET, IF NOT THIS YEAR, IT'S SOMETHING TO, TO, TO PUT IN, TO PUT IN THE BUCKET OF POSSIBLE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY BECAUSE I THINK ALL THE EVERYBODY'S CITY SCHOOLS, ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SURVIVE THIS? AND WE'VE USED THE TERM, I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD THE TERM THAT WE DON'T KW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE NEED TO PREPARE.
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AND I THINK PREPARING IN ADVANCE BY LOOKING AT THESE WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND OUR, OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR ONLY[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA Council may ask for discussion or further information on any item posted in the consent agenda of the next Regular Meeting. Council may also ask that an item on the consent agenda be pulled and considered for a vote separate from the consent agenda at the next Regular Meeting. All discussions or deliberations are limited to posted agenda items and may not include new or unposted subject matter.]
SPEAKER. YES. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY, FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS FOR ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, THE SOONER WE CAN KNOW ABOUT IT, THE BETTER. AS FAR AS HAVING[1. Amendment to the Tax Roll Council is requested to consider an ordinance to amend the tax roll by $184,473.26 by removing uncollectible ad valorem taxes as recommended by generally accepted accounting principles. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the September 3, 2024 Regular Meeting.]
PRESENTATION OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE. NEXTMOVING ON. EXCUSE ME TO WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LA. SORRY, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO COME. WAIT. WE'RE GOING TO GET DOWN TO. I THINK YOU'RE ON YOUR WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. WE'RE GOING TO DIVISION STATEMENT. YES. THAT WILL WE'RE HEADED. WE'RE HEADED THAT WAY. THANK YOU. WRITTEN BRIEFINGS, ITEM ONE, AMENDMENT
[2. Investment Portfolio Summary Staff will provide a copy of the Portfolio Summary Report to Council for the quarter.]
TO THE TAX ROLL. ITEM TWO. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO SUMMARY. ITEM THREE PARKING RESTRICTIONS[3. Parking Restrictions on Patricia Drive Parking along a portion of Patricia Lane between Stonehenge Drive and English Drive is obstructing visibility. This item will be brought back for consideration at the September 3, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting.]
ON PATRICIA. PATRICIA, DRIVE. ITEM FOUR TYLER TECHNOLOGY COURT SOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION[4. Tyler Technology Court Solution and Implementation Services Council is asked to consider the transition to the Tyler Technology Municipal Justice platform to provide the City’s Municipal Court solution. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 20, 2024 Regular Meeting.]
[5. Workday Financial Management Implementation Services Council is asked to consider the approval of a contract for professional services from Guidehouse, Inc., for the implementation of Workday Financial Management Software. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 20, 2024 Regular Meeting.]
SERVICES. ITEM FIVE, WORKDAY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. AND[6. City of Garland Mission and Vision Statement Staff and Dillion Morgan Consulting (DMC), have synthesized Council feedback from the June 29, 2024 City Council Workshop to propose refreshed mission and vision statements for the City of Garland. This briefing presents each proposal for Council consideration. Pending direction from Council, both guiding principles will be presented to Council for formal consideration at the September 3, 2024 Regular Meeting.]
THEN ITEM SIX, CITY OF GARLAND. MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT. AND I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATIONR INFORMATION READY FOR THAT. CONTROL THEM. OH I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO WE IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN JUNE, WE STARTED WORKING ON REVISED MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND AT THE JUNE WORKSHOP, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF EACH AND GOT SOME DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THOSE. AND SO I WANT TO REVIEW THAT AND THEN WE DID SEND OUT REVISED STATEMENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE CHECK AND REAFFIRM WHAT'S IN THERE AND TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. SO STARTING WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT, THIS IS THE THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 29TH WORKSHOP. THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH COUNCIL FEEDBACK BEING FOCUSED ON OPTION THREE WITH THE ADDITION OF ADDING SOME KIND OF PHRASE ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST INTO THAT, INTO THAT MISSION STATEMENT. AND SO WHAT WE GENERATED AFTER THAT WAS WE SERVED TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST AND GROW A THRIVING GARLAND COMMUNITY TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE, ON THE VISION STATEMENT SIDE, AND I'LL HAVE A SLIDE FOR A SLIDE OF THESE, BOTH AT THE END THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN TALK THROUGH AND TAKE ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON AS FAR AS THE VISION STATEMENT GOES. AGAIN, THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, ONE AND THREE WERE FAVORED. AND REALLY WANTED I THINK COUNCIL DIRECTION WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THE TWO AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE SHORTER.SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH ON THE VISION SIDE WAS GARLAND WILL BE A MODEL OF AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, THAT PRESIDENT THAT NOT PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS PROUDLY CALL HOME, SO, PUTTING THOSE UP THERE JUST WANTED TO ACCEPT ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK AND THEN BRING THESE BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR FORMAL ADOPTION. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON THE VISION STATEMENT WHERE IT SAYS GARDEN GARLAND WILL BE A MODEL OF AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. I WOULD SIMPLY TAKE OUT BE A MODEL AND SAY GARLAND WILL BE AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. A MODEL IS JUST A COPY OF SOMETHING THAT'S USUALLY AN IMITATION OF THE REAL THING. WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN VIBRANT COMMUNITY, SO JUST REMOVING THAT LITTLE PORTION MAKES IT A LITTLE SHORTER, LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO DO. AND I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO ACHIEVING OUR PURPOSE. OKAY ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ON. NO I'M OKAY. I THIS IF YOU SAY YOU'RE OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA BELIEVE YOU. THE ONLY OTHER THING THEN SINCE YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, ON THE ON THE MISSION STATEMENT, WE COULD SAY WE GROW PUBLIC TRUST AND A THRIVING GARLAND PUT THOSE TOGETHER. WE'RE GROWING TRUST. WE'RE GROWING GARLAND AND NOT JUST MAINTAINING IT. MOVE
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THAT OVER. AND IT'S STILL ASPIRATIONAL GROWTH. AND COMBINING THOSE TWO GROWING TRUST AND GARLAND TOGETHER FOR TODAY. AND TOMORROW OR TODAY IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. NO THAT'S GOO.THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SIR. WELL THERE'S ONLY TWO SO THERE'S UNUNLESS YOU HAVE A THIRD ONE TT YOU. NO NO NO NO, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. SO MY SUGGESTION WAS GOING TO BE EXACTLY AS DYLAN SAID. MAINTAINING PUBLIC TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CONTINUE, TO GROW. I FEEL LIKE.
AND SO MAINTAIN I FEEL LIKE IS, JUST NOT PROPER RIGHT THERE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OW OUR TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I SECOND DYLAN. FAIR ENOUGH. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK I AGREE WITH BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAINTAINING TAKEN OUT AND, THE MODEL PART OF THE VISION STATEMENT TAKEN OUT. ALL RIGH OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE I'VE BEEN WATCHING LETICIA SCRIBBLED NOTES. I'M GOING TO HAVE HER READ BACK, SORT OF A ROUGH EDIT OF WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE BEFORE WE DO THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THAT QUEUE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO GIVE US THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT AND YOU CAN JUST YOU CAN JUST READ IT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. AS FAR AS THE EDIT, THE WITH THE EDIT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S COME THROUGH, WE SERVE TO GROW PUBLIC TRUST IN A THRIVING GARLAND COMMUNITY TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE. NICE. I SEE NO DISSENSION ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.
AND VISION. OH. OH YES. AND THE VISION. SORRY, I DIDN'T FEEL THAT YOU ALL HAD DUG INTO VISION AS MUCH AS YOU DID. LET ME TAKE A SHOT. ALL RIGHT? SOMEBODY GARLAND WILL BE AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT RESIDENTS PROUDLY CALL HOME. YES I SEE HEADS NODDING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ALL AROUND. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES, HE HAS IT. BUT DO YOU HAVE IT? I DID, I HAVE MODEL X DEALT A COUPLE OF TIMES. SO THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL LOOK TO SEE THIS FOR FORMAL APPROVAL AT OUR NEXT MEETING. NEXT REGULAR MEETING. IT WILL BE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AND WHATEVER FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD. WE WANT TO MARKET AND BRAND AROUND THIS NOT ONLY FOR COUNCIL'S USE, BUT REALLY FOR THE FULL TEAM. GARLAND. USE THESE THESE WORDS ARE IMPORTANT AND MATTER FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS TO TEAM GARLAND AND REALLY RALLY AROUND IT AND USE THIS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. SO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP CRAFTING THIS. THESE IMPORTANT WORDS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL. MOVING ON TO OUR VERBAL BRIEFINGS, FIRST UP, ITEM
[7. Downtown Market Analysis Report and Update on the Redevelopment of Several City-Owned Properties in the Downtown Historic Sub-district. Staff will present findings from the Downtown Market Analysis to Council and share a timeline update on the redevelopment of several city-owned properties in the Downtown Historic Sub-district. This project was originally introduced to Council at the April 15, 2024 Worksession.]
SEVEN DOWNTOWN MARKET ANALYSIS REPORT, AN UPDATE ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUB DISTRICT. THAT'S A REALLY LONG AGENDA. TITLE. I DON'T HAVE THIS RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, LETICIA AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE FOUNDING ON THE FINDINGS OF THE DOWNTOWN MARKET ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION TO THE FINDINGS, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL UTILIZE AND ALSO HOW IT FITS INTO THE INITIATIVE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT. I'M GOING TO ASK LETICIA TO START US OFF WITH, WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO DO THIS ANALYSIS AND WHY THE TIMING MADE SENSE FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. SO AS DANA MENTIONED, I THINK A BIG QUESTION TO ANSWER HERE IS WHY? WHY DID WE WANT TO DO THIS, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO SUMMARIZE OUR APPROACH IS THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME SENSE OF VERY VERIFICATION OF WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE TO BE TRUE IN, IN DOWNTOWN AND REALLY BE ABLE TO LEGITIMIZE THE POTENTIAL THAT THE DISTRICT HAS, AND IN PARTICULAR, TO OUR METHOD. WE WORKED WITH DOWNTOWN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, AND THE FACT THAT THEY TAKE AN APPROACH OF CONSIDERING HARD DATA AND SOFT DATA. SO THEY START OUT WITH A MARKET SNAPSHOT TO REALLY[00:15:01]
GET THOSE STATISTICS THAT CAN REALLY COMMUNICATE THE MARKET POWER OF THE DISTRICT, THE MARKET, RETAIL POWER, AND THEN THEY COMPLEMENT THAT WITH A QUALITATIVE SURVEY THAT'S BUILT OFF OF THAT MARKET DATA, AND THEN GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WALK AWAY WITH STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN TO MAKE REALLY STRATEGIC DECISIONS IN RECRUITING ADDITIONAL BUSINESS BUSINESSES INTO THAT MIX, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK REFERENCE ON THE DATA SOUES THAT THEY USE. SO ESRI, THAT'S THE ENTITY THAT POWERS GIS AND GIVES YOU ALL THAT GREAT, GEOGRAPHICAL DATA AND THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THEN CLARITAS IS AN ENTITY THAT LOOKS AT GIVING YOU A STRONG MARKET UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE YOU SIT CURRENTLY. YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO LEAKS AND SURPLUS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA. AND THEN WE USE THE SURVEY RESULTS AS WELL. SO WE WANTED TO DIG IN JUST A BIT TO A MARKET SNAPSHOT. SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND TODAY.AND TO THE POINT THAT DANA MENTIONED EARLIER, WE FEEL LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS STUDY FOR QUITE A WHILE AND JUST DIDN'T, WEREN'T, WERE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE APPROACHED THIS, THIS STUDY AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND I THINK THAT MAKING IT THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND NOT REALLY UNDERGOING A STRONG ASSESSMENT OF THE RETAIL POWER OF THE DISTRICT, WHEN YOU SEE CONSTRUCTION CONES AND DIRT ALL OVER THE PLACE, WAS PROBABLY A GOOD MOVE ON OUR PART. AND SO WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISTRICT IS NOW AND HOW WE CAN AND HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR STUDY AREA WAS. SO WITHIN, DRIVING DISTANCE FROM DOWNTOWN, THE TEAM FROM DOWNTOWN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK LOOKED AT OUR, RADIUS OF FIVE, TEN AND 15 MINUTES DRE TIMES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL DAYTIME POPULATION, WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD SPOT. SO DOWNTOWN SERVES ALMOST A HALF A MILLION FOLKS AS FAR AS DAYTIME POPULATION THAT BREAKS DOWN ALMOST HALF AND HALF TO WORKERS AND RESIDENTS. AND THEN YOU SEE THAT WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT, WE ALSO SHARE THE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS AS WELL. SO REALLY FOCUSING NOW ON THAT SURVEY THAT WAS CRAFTED BASED OFF OF THE MARKET SNAPSHOT. AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WHAT THAT SURVEY SAMPLE LOOKED LIKE. SO MAJOR PROPS TO DANA AND HER TEAM FOR REALLY ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GETTING SOME PRETTY PHENOMENAL RESULTS. AS SURVEY TAKERS. SO THROUGH THE SHORT RUN OF THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS HOW LONG WAS THE SURVEY OPEN FOR 45 DAYS, 45 DAYS. SO THEY SURVEYED OVER 1200 PEOPLE, 77% OF THOSE WERE CITY RESIDENTS, 16% WERE DOWNTOWN, AND THEN SOME STRONG STATS AS WELL. 70% FEMALE, 63% 20 AGE 25 TO 54, AND 43% WITH A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF OVER $100,000. IN REGARDS TO RACE AND ETHNICITY OF OUR SURVEY PARTICIPANTS, AGAIN, PROPS TO DANA'S TEAM FOR TRYING TO MEET OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS WHERE THEY WERE. YOU SAW THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND VISIT GARLAND TEAM AND SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM OUT AT THE AMERICAN, THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, OUT AT JUNETEENTH, OUT AT OR PARDON ME NOT AT JUNETEENTH. OUT AT THE CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION AND, REALLY, I THINK THAT THE EFFORT THERE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN YOU SEE IN OUR NUMBERS HERE. SO LOOKING AT THE, THE SURVEY RESULTS, JUST REALLY KIND OF GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSPECTIVE OF DOWNTOWN FROM OUR RESPONDENTS, WITH ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES RECENT TRENDS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND? WELL, IT'S, VERY SATISFYING TO SEE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT IN, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY OVER THE MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS, WITH IMPLEMENTING THE, THE, THE 2019 BOND PROJECT. AND REALLY IMPLEMENTING ALL THE PROJECT, INITIATIVES IN THE TIFF PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN. BUT BACK TRACKING ALMOST 20 YEARS BACK WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE THAT FRUIT OF THAT LABOR IS FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW PEOPLE SEE THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. SO 83% OF OUR RESPONDENTS, NOTED THAT THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS IMPROVING OR MAKING PROGRESS. AND ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED WAS, WELL, WHAT IS
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THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS OR PLACE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND THAT YOU VISIT MOST OFTEN? I WILL ADD A SIDE NOTE HERE THAT FORTUNATE SON WAS NOT OPEN QUITE YET. WHEN WE HAD THIS, WHEN WE HAD THIS SURVEY OPEN. BUT, I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS VISITED EVERY BUSINESS ON THIS LIST A TIME OR TWO, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO JUST TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU OUR POPULAR TOP FIVE PLACES IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND THEN I'D LIKE. OH, SORRY. NO I'D LIKE TO PASS IT TO DANA. SORRY SO THE SURVEY LOOKED AT EATING AND DRINKING PLACES AND ALSO RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES. SO THE SURVEY WAS TO IDENTIFY TOP PROSPECTS, ALLOWING US TO TARGET, RECRUITMENT IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. SO FOR EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, BREAKFAST, BRUNCH KIND OF LOCATION ROSE TO THE TOP. AND I MIGHT ALSO POINT OUT THAT BREAKFAST IS MENTIONED UNDER FARM TO TABLE AND ALSO AGAIN UNDER HEALTHY MENU. SO BREAKFAST WAS DEFINITELY ON THE RESPONDENTS MIND WHEN THEY WERE FILLING OUT THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, THEY DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FILL INS IN ANOTHER CATEGORY. AND THE A COUPLE THAT WE SAW, LISTED OUT WERE A STEAKHOUSE, DATE NIGHT RESTAURANT OR A RESTAURANT THAT STAYED OPEN LATER IN THE EVENING. SO FOR RETAIL, THE TOP PROSPECTS THAT ROSE TO THE TOP WERE ARTS, CRAFT AND HOBBY. AND BUTCHER SHOP, MERCANTILE AND VINTAGE GOODS. THEY TWO WERE, ABLE TO DO ANOTHER AND FILL IN AS THEY SAW FIT. AND SOME OF THOSE THAT ROSE TO THE TOP WERE MAKERSPACE, RECORD STORE AND LADIES ACCESSORY BOUTIQUE STORE. AND THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, OF THE RESPONDENTS, 229 FOLKS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS, INTERESTED IN MOVING THEIR BUSINESS, OR OPENING A NEW BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. SO REALLY GREAT INTEREST OUT OF THAT NUMBER OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS AND OF THAT, A LITTLE JUST ABOUT HALF, ACTUALLY GAVE US CONTACT INFORMATION TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, SEE WHAT KIND OF NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE, AND SEE IF WE CAN'T MAKE THAT COME TO FRUITION. IT DID, ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSING, ALTHOUGH I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS NOT A HOUSING STUDY. IT WAS JUST A POLL OF THE INTEREST OF POTENTIALLY LIVING IN DOWNTOWN OR WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE TO DOWNTOWN. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYERS AND RENTERS. BUT IT DOES SHOW THE SENTIMENT OF THE DESIRE TO LIVE IN THE AREA. OF THE RESIDENTS THAT DO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS AREA, 85% OF THEM SAID THAT THEY WOULD EITHER VERY LIKELY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY RECOMMEND DOWNTOWN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY SO THAT QUESTION WAS DROPPED DOWN. THAT ONLY WENT TO THOSE THAT ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE AREA. AND THEN FOR ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE SURVEY, THEY WERE ASKED TO STRONGLY AGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE ON THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. AND THE ONE THAT HAD THE STRONGEST RESPONSE WAS THEY LIKE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER AND VIBE IN DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY WERE ALL ABOVE FOUR. AND ACCORDING TO OUR CONSULTANT, THAT IS VERY RARE FOR A CITY TO HAVE SUCH CONSISTENT CONSENSUS AMONGST ITS SURVEY TAKERS AND THAT THEY WERE ALL IN THAT POSITIVE LIGHT. HE NORMALLY SEES, QUITE BY QUITE POLARIZED RESPONSES. SO HE WAS HE WAS DEFINITELY GIVING PROPS TO GARLAND OVER THAT. SO THIS ONE HAD A SCORE OLOW PRIORITY OR HIGH PRIORITY TO ONGOING EFFORTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND HOSTING ENGAGING EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE HAD A NICE WEIGHT OF 4.33. ALSO, OUTDOOR DINING AND PRESERVING THAT HISTORIC CHARACTER, CREATING MORE NIGHTLIFE AND INTRODUCING MORE PUBLIC ART ALL HAD NICE RESPONSES, AND THE NEXT ONE WAS USING A LOW PRIORITY OR HIGH PRIORITY ON THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. AND THE ONE THAT ENDED UP AT THE TOP WAS REDEVELOP UNDERUTILIZED[00:25:01]
BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT. AND I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT PLAYS IN REALLY WELL WITH THE INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY IS ABOUT TO TAKE WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THAT DISTRICT, BUT ATTRACTING NEW RETAIL AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE SINCE THAT'S WHAT OUR MARKET ANALYSIS WAS FOCUSED ON AND SUPPORTING EXISTING DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM TO EXPAND AND THEN CREATING MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET LETICIA TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT IDENTIFIED AS THEIR BUSINESS IS LOCATED HERE, AND THE RESPONSES THAT THEY HAD. THANK YOU. AND JUST I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SURVEY, BUT AT O POINT IN YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE, IF YOU, RESPONDED AS OWNING A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, THEN YOU TOOK A SLIGHT DETOUR TO KIND OF DIG IN TO, WHAT YOU LOOK TO DO WITH YOUR BUSINESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND TO EXPAND, GIVEN THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL, AND THEN JUST REALLY ALIGNING WITH THE INTENTION THAT WE HAD LAID OUT IN THE TIFF PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN WHEN WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING, EXPANDING AND EXTENDING THAT THAT, PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS TO VISIT WITH OUR BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE, RATHER THAN TO SIMPLY TELL THEM. AND WHEN WE SPEAK TO THAT, WE'RE REFERENCING SPECIFICALLY THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. I THINK IF YOU COULD RECALL, OUR SENTIMENT THAT WE HAD GATHERED IS NOT NECESSARILY EVERY BUSINESS OWNER IN DOWNTOWN IS IN A POSITION TO MAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT INTO THEIR PROPERTY.AND SO OUR HOPES WERE TO REALLY SURVEY AND ASK, WELL, WHAT DO YOU NEED? RATHER THAN TO TELL OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WHAT THEY NEED? THIS IS BY NO MEANS THE EXTENT OR THE DEPTH THAT I KNOW THAT THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE INTENDS TO GET INTO, BUT IT WAS OUR FIRST PASS THAT JUST KIND OF GAUGING WHERE FOLKS STAND. SO THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE OR MODIFY YOUR BUSINESS WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO? I MEAN, THE STRONGEST RESPONSE CAME IN WITH INCREASING THEIR MARKETING AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS. SO I THINK TO CARRY ON SOME, STEPS THAT OR SOME PLANS THAT DOWNTOWN, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS IN PLACE THERE. THERE'S INTENTION TO PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESSES AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MAXIMIZING THEIR FOOTPRINT. THERE OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH POSED THE GREATEST CHALLENGE TO SUSTAINING OR GROWING YOUR BUSINESS. SO GROWING MY CUSTOMER BASE AND OR CAPTURING TOURISTS CAME IN AS NUMBER ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECTLY RELATE THIS FEEDBACK TO THE BENEFIT THAT THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES PACKAGE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE BY TAKING THOSE. I THINK THIS IS A VALIDATION THAT BY CONVERTING THOSE PROPERTIES, WE'VE DISCUSSED INTO DESTINATION BUSINESSES, EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL THAT WILL INCREASE THE FOOT TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO CAPTURE THAT AND BRING IT INTO THEIR STORES AS WELL. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INCENTIVES AVAILABLE WOULD YOU BE MOST LIKELY TO USE FREE OR LOW COST? DID I JUST STEAL YOUR SLIDE, DANA? NO. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. FREE OR LOW COST BUILDING IMPROVEMENT DESIGN SERVICES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE FOR QUITE A WHILE AS WELL, KIND OF IN LINE WITH NOT EVERY BUSINESS OWNER IS IN BUSINESS OR PROPERTY OWNERS IN A POSITION TO MAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT INTO THEIR PROPERTY. I'D SAY IT'S THE SAME WITH, SOME BUSINESS OWNERS NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE RESOURCES TO WORK WITH AN ARCHITECT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PROPERTY COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. SO THIS VERIFIES SOME PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS, TO ENHANCE THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM AND TRY TO CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY OF AN EXISTING INCENTIVE TO BE UTILIZED BY MORE AND MORE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT. NOW, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, SO WITH WITH THE DATA, THEY PROVIDE NEXT STEPS, FOR US AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL BE DOING IS REACHING OUT TO THOSE POTENTIAL PROSPECTS THAT INDICATED THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING THEIR BUSINESS OR EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS SO THAT THEY TOO, CAN, RECRUIT AND TRY TO PROSPECT THE BUSINESSES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO WE WILL UTILIZE IT WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, WE'LL BE SHARING IT WITH
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DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, BUILDING OWNERS, OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN IT WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR THE PROJECT THAT IS ON LETICIA'S PLATE. AND I'M GOING TO LET HER TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SO WITH THAT, AND AS D DANA MENTNED, HOW ARE WE USING THE INFORMATION FROM THIS DOWNTOWN MARKET ANALYSIS TO BENEFIT MULTIPLE EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY? WELL, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE MET BACK IN APRIL TO GO OVER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT THOSE UNDERUTILIZED OR VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WERE CITY OWNED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA INTO CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AND NOT, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, BUT, BUSINESS, EXCUSE ME? BUILDINGS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE TO THE TAX BASE AGAIN AND BECOME DYNAMIC, COMPONENTS OF OUR OF OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. SO WITH THE DOWNTOWN ANMARKET ANALYSIS, WE NOW HAVE THE FIRST PHASE OF PUBLIC INPUT AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE IN THE DISTRICT AND WITH THAT, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS. AND HAVE WHILE THE MARKET ANALYSIS HAS BEEN UNDERWAY, HAVE BEEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING THROUGH THE TOOL TO, LAUNCH THAT PROJECT. WHEN WE MET BACK IN APRIL, WE JUST SHARED THAT WE WOULD BE GOING FORWARD WITH A FORMAL CALL. BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TOOL TO BE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. SO TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY THERE, RATHER THAN NECESSARILY GOING FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON THE FIVE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES, WILL BE OPENING UP AS A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WITH THE INTENT TO HAVE DEVELOPERS, WHETHER THEY BE A MASTER DEVELOPER OR A SINGLE DEVELOPER, MEET A SET CRITERIA ON THE RFQ. THAT THEN BRINGS SOME SOME STRONG CONTENDERS TO THE TABLE FOR US TO THEN WALK THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH AND IDENTIFY A STRONG CANDIDATE. SO HERE WE ARE, ON THE PROBABLY ABOUT THE HALFWAY POINT, AND WE WILL BE READY TO ADVERTISE THAT CALL EARLY NEXT MONTH, SOME ADDITIONAL EFFORTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US ADVERTISE THE CALL THAT ARE UNDERWAY. WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE, CAPITALIZING ON OPPORTUNITY FOR A BUSINESS ARTICLE TO REACH THAT NETWORK OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN DOWNTOWN, AND THEN, SHARING SOME COLLATERAL AT A BUSINESS EVENT IN SEPTEMBER, AS WELL, AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH VISIT GARLAND IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO REACH ANY ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS FOR ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES THERE, AND PROGRESSING ALONG THAT TIMELINE THAT PUTS US ON TRACK TO, GO THROUGH ANOTHER PHASE OF PUBLIC INPUT, AS WE HAD EXPRESSED WE WOULD DO BACK IN APRIL AFTER WE HAVE SOME SEMIFINALISTS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN IN TURN, SELECT OUR PREFERRED PARTNER IN WINTER OF THIS YEAR AND THEN BEGIN CONFIDENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS RUNNING ABOUT SIX MONTHS OUT FROM THERE. SO PUTTING US IN A GOOD SPOT BY SUMMER 2025. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOOK, SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MARKETING A LITTLE BIT KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS WANT TO INVEST IN MORE MARKETING. THAT'S WONDERFUL, HOW ARE YOU KIND OF REACHING PEOPLE WITH SIGNAGE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MARKETING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST DRIVING DOWN OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES BECAUSE I THINK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, AND I'VE SEEN A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN THAT. BUT IT'S THE IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CARS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND WILL YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? WE HAVE DONE SOME LARGE SIGNAGE FOR EVENT SPECIFIC LARGE SIGNAGE FOR YARD SIGNS PER SE. WE'VE DONE THAT FOR, FOR EVENTS SPECIFIC, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR A SPECIFIC BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE DONE ADDITIONAL BILLBOARDS ON 30 AND 635, AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUALLY RUN ON THE FIREWHEEL BILLBOARD, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME PRESENCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT, I KNOW INTER-URBAN BILLBOARDS ARE SOMETHING THAT A PLAN. THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS A PLAN AND, WILL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M[00:35:04]
HITTING ALL OF THE, THE RIGHT ELEMENTS FOR THAT. BUT I, I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME ROOM FOR THAT. AND IT CAN CERTAINLY BE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO IN GARLAND AND, YOU KNOW, SEND THEM TO THE PLACE TO FIND OUT MORE. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE SEEN GOINGOWNTOWN. IF THERE'S NOT A SPECIAL EVENT HELD BY THE CITY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE. AND WHERE DO I FIND THAT INFORMATION IF I'M NOT ONLINE, IF I'M JUST DOWN THERE WALKING AROUND LIKE, IS THERE A SIGN TO GO TO THAT KIND OF HAS THINGS LISTED OR SO WE DO HAVE A DIGITAL BOARD THAT'S BEING PURCHASED BY VISIT GARLAND THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE THE VISITOR CENTER. AND IT WILL LIST ALL EVENTS. NOW YOU HAVE TO ALREADY BE DOWNTOWN TO SEE THAT ONE, BUT THAT WILL JUST CONTINUALLY BE ROLLING WIT UPDATED EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HELD IN THE AREA. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A BILLBOARD AT GARLAND AND KINGSLEY THAT CONSISTENTLY HAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND WASTEWATER INFORMATION ON IT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE DOWNTOWN INFORMATION ON THERE, TOO. OKAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DOG POOP? NO, IT'S WHAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING. KIND OF TIRED OF SEEING THAT THE DOG POOP BIT ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. DULY NOTED. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, SO JUST A COUPLE OF, I GUESS, OBSERVATIONS, ONE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR DOWNTOWN PAGE DOING MORE. THE. I DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND PAGE VERSUS THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND DISTRICT PAGE, THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND PAGE IS NOT RAN BY US. SO THE FOOT TRAFFIC ON THAT PAGE IS FANTASTIC. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US, TRY TO FIGURE THAT SITUATION OUT, AND ALSO, THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE PROMOTING ONLINE ARE OFTEN THE SAME HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES THAT THE OTHER PAGES ARE PROMOTING. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF MAYBE PUT A LITTLE MORE, FOCUS ON THE UNDERDOGS, MAYBE LIKE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING KIND OF UNSEEN, UNHEARD, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AMAZING BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, AND SOME OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD, YOU KNOW, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DBA. SO I THINK AS A CITY, WE SHOULD BE ALL INCLUSIVE IN, THAT'S IT. OKAY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEE NONE. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. AND AGAIN, WE ARE POSTPONING ITEM EIGHT. SO MOVING TO ITEM NINE COUNCIL UPDATE ON TRUCK PRIORITY PROJEC.[9. Council Update on Truck Priority Project Staff will provide an update on a pilot project to provide priority to large trucks to determine whether this technology will reduce fuel consumption, lower emissions, and reduce delays at intersections for large trucks. ]
EXCUSE ME. MR. O'CONNELL. WELL, MAYOR. COUNCIL THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON, OUR FREIGHT PRIORITY SYSTEM THAT KIMLEY-HORN HAS BEEN WORKING ON WITH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WE, SEVERAL OF YOU WERE HERE THE LAST TIME WE WERE THEN PRESENTED, BUT IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, SINCE WE SINCE WE GAVE YOU THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION. SO, I'M GOING TO HAVE, KENT KYSER, WHO'S WITH KIMLEY-HORN, GO THROUGH AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE SYSTEM IS, AND THEN WE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THIS MIC ON? I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN JUST SPIN IT AROUND A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU. IT'LL IT'LL PICK YOU UP. NOPE.DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. OKAY. I'LL KEEP GOING WITH IT. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. AND AS PAUL MENTIONED, MY NAME IS KENT KYSER. I WORK FOR KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, AND WE ARE DOING A PROJECT THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND SO WHAT THE IDEA WAS IS HOW DO WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUR FREIGHT COMMUNITY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, REDUCE OUR FUEL CONSUMPTION, REDUCE TRAVEL TIME, AND BASICALLY TRY TO
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PROMOTE THEIR ABILITY TO GET BETWEEN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS AND OUR INTERSTATES? THAT WAS IDENTIFIED EARLY ON AS A PROJECT OBJECTIVE BECAUSE OF A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE BY TXDOT AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY IDENTIFIED AS, I'LL JUST SAY, FRUSTRATING. SO THEY CAME OUT WITH AN RFP. WE RESPONDED TO IT. AND SO WHAT WE OFFERED UP TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TWO THINGS. ONE OF THEM WAS FREIGHT PRIORITY, WHICH IS A WAY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA GREEN TIME ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALAND I'LL GO INTO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT ON A SLIDE OR TWO, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN. TIME AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALLOWS THEM TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT STOPPING. WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WHAT WE CALL GLOSSA, WHICH IS GREEN LIGHT OPTIMIZATION, SPEED ADVISORY. AGAIN, I HAVE A SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT IS A DASHBOARD PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT TELLS THE DRIVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR WHICH THEY'RE APPROACHING. WE WERE GOING TO DEPLOY THAT AT OVER 500 INTERSECTIONS, AND WE DO HAVE 550 INTERSECTIONS AND COUNTING THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX THROUGH SEVEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES. GARLAND IS ONE OF THOSE. AND WE'RE BASICALLY DEPLOYING EVERYTHING IN THE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE CONCEPT IS ALL ABOUT. AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION IN REAL TIME, MEANING THAT WE'RE GETTING THE TRUCK'S TRAJECTORY IN REAL TIME. AND SO WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 SECONDS, WE GET THIS INFORMATION AND WE BASICALLY WORK WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES SUCH AS GARLAND TO INTERACT WITH THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNALS. SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CONTROL OF THE SIGNALS. WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THE BENEFITS AND ALL OF THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AGAIN, IN NEAR REAL TIME, IN TERMS OF OUR WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE, THE BEAUTY TO THIS IS THAT THERE'S NO COST TO THE AGENCY OR TO THE COST OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. IT'S BEING PAID FOR THROUGH A USDOT GRANT THROUGH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. ONCE WE HAVE IT UP AND OPERATIONAL, WHICH WE HAVE TODAY, WE'LL BE IN AN OPERATIONAL MODE FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS THING WORKS, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL DIAGRAM, BUT LET ME KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THIS THING. SO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS YOUR TRUCK. AND MOST TRUCKS ARE WELL I WON'T SAY MOST A LOT OF TRUCKS HAVE WHAT THEY CALL EDL, WHICH IS AN ELECTRONIC DATA LOGGER, WHICH IS LOGGING THE TRUCK'S MOVEMENTS AND TIME THAT IT'S ON THE ROAD. AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF IT HAS ONE OF THOSE, THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS INSTALL THE APP AND IT WORKS NATIVELY WITH THAT. AND WE GET THEIR GPS COORDINATES THROUGH THAT. IF THEY DON'T, WE'VE GOT AN APP THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE PROJECT. IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB PAGE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT IS FOR THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY. BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WORKS OFF YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS CONVEYED UP INTO THE CLOUD, WHERE WE DO A LOT OF PROCESSING. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS WE DRAW THESE LITTLE ZONES. WE CALL IT GEO FENCES AROUND THE INTERSECTIONS THAT BASICALLY SAYS IF THE TRUCK GETS INTO THIS GEO FENCE, WE'RE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME PRIORITY INFORMATION TO YOU. THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE'RE CALCULATING A LOT OF THE BENEFITS AND PUSHING THAT OUT TO A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICES ARE. AGAIN, I'LL HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU THAT. AND THEN ACROSS THE TOP THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE INTERACTING WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THEMSELVES. CITY OF GARLAND HAS A KITS, ATMS SYSTEM.SO YOU'RE IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLER. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOCUS. SO THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC IS ONE THAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FREIGHT. TASK FORCE. IT BASICALLY IDENTIFIES THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STRATEGIC CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THAT A LOT OF ATTENTION IS BEING PLACED ON THE GRAY OBJECTS THAT YOU SEE. AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THEY'RE IN GARLAND IS BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL A FREIGHT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE ARTERIALS. AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF THE METROPLEX THAT WE WERE TRYING TO TARGET THE MOST. SO DRILLING DOWN ON THAT, THIS IS OUR CURRENT LIST OF DEPLOYMENT CITIES. AND YOU'LL E GARLAND THERE. AND ALL THOSE LITTLE DOTS THAT YOU SEE ARE BASICALLY YOUR FREIGHT CORRIDORS. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY AT THE INTENTION HERE IS, IS THAT IF WE CAN SHOW THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE ON THESE INTERSECTIONS, THEY WILL GRAVITATE TOWARDS THOSE CORRIDORS AND STAY LESS SO ON THE CORRIDORS THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM ON. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE IN GARLAND MCKINNEY, CARROLLTON.
DFW AIRPORT, GARLAND, GRAND PRAIRIE, ARLINGTON, AND SOON TO BE THERE IN THE FORT WORTH AREA.
SO WE'RE AROUND THE METROPLEX. I MENTIONED AN APP. SO THIS IS A SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE APP ITSELF. AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S BASICALLY GIVING THE DRIVER SOME FEEDBACK INFORMATION. AND YOU
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CAN SEE THERE IN N THE MIDDLE. N FACT, LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY IS THAT IF YOU'RE IN THAT GREEN ZONE WITHIN THAT GAUGE, IF YOU DRIVE THAT SPEED, THAT LITTLE NEEDLE IS SHOWING THEM WHAT THEIR CURRENT PREVAILING SPEED IS. IF YOU STAY WITHIN THAT GREEN ZONE, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT ON GREEN. SO WHAT THAT DOES, IS IT TAKES A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF THE TRUCK. DRIVER OF THINKING ABOUT THE SIGNAL AND MORE SO ABOUT MAYBE THE BICYCLIST OR THE PEDESTRIAN OR WHATEVER ELSE IS ON THE ROADWAY THTHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DISTRT THEIR ATTENTION AWAY FROM. THERE'S SOME OTHER INFORMATION THERE IN TERMS OF YOUR, POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDED DRIVING SPEED IS, BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK INFORMATION. AGAIN, THIS SHOULD BE IN A HANDS FREE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S EITH GOING TO BE ON THEIR IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE OR ON A MOBILE DEVICE. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING THE BENEFITS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO CALCULATE ALL OF THE BENEFITS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. BUT WE DO CALCULATE AND THIS GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS TRYING TO ARTICULATE THAT ON EVERY 5000 TRUCK STOPS, WE ESTIMATE TO BE AROUND $1,500. SAVINGS IN FUEL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, OVER 1500KG OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. ALL OF THOSE CALCULATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EMISSIONS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IS BEING CALCULATED BASED UPON THE MOVE'S MODEL, WHICH THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BASED ALL OF THEIR EMISSION CALCULATIONS ON. SO WE'RE CONSISTENT THERE. BUT WE ARE TRACKING EVERYTHING AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY ACCUMULATIVE MEANING. THAT'S NOT VERY MANY TRUCKS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS IN THE AREA. AND SO THIS THESE NUMBERS WILL BUILD UP FAST. I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A FORWARD PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD. THIS IS A IMAGE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE. THESE ARE NOT REAL NUMBERS. BUT THIS IS SHOWING YOU THAT WE'RE TRACKING TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS IN THE TOP LEFT. THE FREIGHT OPERATOR COSTS ON THE TOP RIGHT. EMISSION REDUCTIONS BOTTOM RIGHT AND THE FUEL SAVINGS. SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS BEING CALCULATED.AND THEN ON THE LITTLE TABS ON THE LEFT, IF YOU WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON ANY ONE OF THOSE, SUCH AS THIS ONE, THIS JUST DROPS DOWN TO THE NEXT GRAPHIC THAT SAYS, , WHAT DO KNOW ABOUT TRAVEL TIME? NOW THIS IS FAIRLY REAL. THIS WAS DOCUMENTED LAST MONTH, SO WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE PROJECT. BUT THE INTENT HERE IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRACKING IT NOT ONLY GLOBALLY BUT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND. THIS IS ACTUALLY US 380 IN MCKINNEY THAT SAYS WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT ARTERIAL THIS IS COMING FROM. AND WE'RE TRACKING IT BY MONTH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. PAUL, AS THE OWNER OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ACTUALLY GETS ANOTHER SCREEN AVAILABLE TO THE CITY THAT BASICALLY TELLS THEM, HOW DID THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERACT WITH ALL OF THIS? THAT'S NOT PUBLIC FACING. IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO TECHNICAL, BUT THIS LEVEL OF INFORMATION IS GOOD FOR NOT ONLY THE DRIVING PUBLIC, BUT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. SO IT BRINGS US DOWN N TO WHEREUR PROJECT STATUS IS RIGHT NOW. SO THE APP IS AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE STORE, AVAILABLE FOR YOUR FREIGHT INDUSTRY TO DODOWNLOAD. WE ARE CONTINUING ONGOING COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES ON IMPLEMENTATION AND CONFIGURATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. IT JUST MEANS WE'RE IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS. FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, WE'RE FOCUSED ON JUPITER RIGHT NOW AS OUR PILOT PROJECT. ONCE WE CAN SHOW HOW ALL THE INFORMATION IS BEING TRACKED AND IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY, THEN WE'LL EXPAND TO THOSE OTHER SIGNALS THAT I SHOWED YOU ON THAT GRAPHIC PREVIOUSLY. WE'RE ALSO ONBOARDING FREIGHT OPERATORS AS WE SPEAK. WE'RE WORKING FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CARGO GROUP OUT OF THE DFW AIRPORT, AND WE KNOW OF A PARTICULAR CARGO MOVER THAT MOVES BETWEEN THE AIRPORT, GARLAND AND DENTON. AND WE'RE WATCHING ALL THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND SEEING HOW OUR DATA IS CALCULATING AND TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME BENEFITS TO THEM AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, THAT KIND OF BRINGS ME TO A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHERE WE'RE AT. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, I'M SORRY, I HAVE LIKE, FIVE QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT.
SO HOW MUCH ARE THE AVL DEVICES FOR FREIGHT? FREIGHT DRIVERS? THE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE MEANING BY THE AVL DEVICE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IT WAS ON THE FIRST SLIDE. IT SAID THOSE AVL DEVICES AND THEN SOME WOULDN'T THAT DON'T HAVE AVL CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE APP WITH LIKE THEIR PHONE I'M ASSUMING. YEAH. SO THERE'S COMPANIES SUCH AS GEOTAB OMNITRACS, A FEW OTHERS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR COST IS. BASICALLY THEY'RE PROVIDING IT AS A SERVICE TO THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH, PEPSICO IS ONE EXAMPLE, AND THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALREADY IN THEIR TRUCK. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR COSTS ARE. OKAY, ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE AROUND $800 BECAUSE WE GOT GEO TABS FOR CATERING VANS. THERE YOU GO. AND
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THROUGH T-MOBILE ACTUALLY, FOR THIS SYSTEM. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN JUST USE YOUR CELL PHONE FOR IT.CORRECT. THE IDEA IS IF YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN IT, LET'S JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
RIGHT. AND IS THE APP FREE TO USE? YES AWESOME. SO YOUR FREIGHT INDUSTRY CAN'T USE IT FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT? SO HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT EQUIPMENT INTEGRATE WITH OUR SIGNAL, EXISTING SIGNAL EQUIPMENT? AND IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT NEW CONFIGURATION AND WHAT GOES ON THERE? SO SINCE WE HAVE KIM, WE HAVE THE KIMLEY-HORN SOFTWARE. THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BEFORE ALL THIS. SO IT MADE IT EASY FOR THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THE BITS AND BYTES DETAILS OF IT, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY PUTS IN A REQUEST TO THE SIGNAL. AND IF THE SIGNAL CAN ACCOMMODATE IT, IT'LL IT'LL GIVE, YOU KNOW, AN EARLY GREEN, IT'LL TURN GREEN A LITTLE EARLIER. IT MIGHT EXTEND IT A LITTLE LONGER. SO IT INTEGRATES WITH WITH OUR EXISTING SYSTEM. IT JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT PLACES THE DETECTION OR A TYPE MORE LIKE A PLACE AS A PRIORITY CALL AND A PRIORITY CALL IS DIFFERENT THAN A FIRE TRUCK. FIRE TRUCK GETS WHAT THEY CALL A PREEMPTION, WHICH MEANS I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. TRAFFIC SIGNAL GET TO GREEN AS SOON AS YOU CAN. A PRIORITY JUST SAYS PRETTY PLEASE IF YOU CAN DO THIS, PLEASE DO THIS. SO IT'S A LOWER PRIORITY. GOT IT. SO THERE'S NO NO COST IN ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAFFIC. GREAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR, AND THEN HOW DOES THIS AFFECT NON FREIGHT DRIVERS. SO IF YOU'RE AND DO YOU HAVE ANY METRICS ON LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING LIGHTS. IF THEY'VE COME UP TO A LIGHT AND IT TURNS BEFORE THEY EXPECTED IT TO. OR ARE THEY RUNNING LIGHTS. AND DOES THAT PUT THE FREIGHT DRIVERS IN DANGER? HOW HOW DOES THE APP ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO THE TRACKING PER SE IS NOT ACCURATE TO THE MOTOR. THE PASSENGER VEHICLE. WE HAVE TRACKED. WE AS AN INDUSTRY. WE HAVE TRACKED THAT FOR TRANSIT INDUSTRY BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING HERE IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE DO FOR MOVING TRANSIT VEHICLES AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF STUDIES TO THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. IF WE'RE PROVIDING A PRIORITY TO A FREIGHT VEHICLE, WELL, THEN THE VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING RIGHT THERE AMONGST THEM GETS THE SAME BENEFIT. SO THEY TRAVEL THROUGH WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE STREET, THE SIDE STREET. I KIND OF KNEW THAT QUESTION WAS COMING, SO THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE SECONDS, FIVE SECONDS AT MOST, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S TAKEN FROM THE SIDE STREET IS PRETTY MUCH UNNOTICEABLE TO EITHER THE SYSTEM, THE OPERATIONS, THE VEHICLE INTERACTIONS. AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH TRANSIT AND IT'S EITHER WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN PHOENIX, WE'VE DONE THINGS IN AUSTIN, ALL DONE WITH TRANSIT. NOBODY SEES THE DIFFERENCE. IS IT CALCULATABLE? IT'S A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS SOME IMPACT, BUT NOT MUCH. I MEAN, FOR ME, IF I'M IN A HURRY, FIVE SECONDS IS A LOT, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY IS GOING SLOW IN FRONT OF ME. I'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY. FOLLOW THE TRUCKS. YEAH GOOD IDEA BEHIND IT. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP THEN THEN YEAH IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. BUT TO THE PERSON ON THE SIDE STREET THAT'S WAITING, SITTING THERE, IF THEY HAVE TO WAIT 3 OR 5 SECONDS LONGER, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT AS BIG OF AN IMPACT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS.
VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR HEDRICK, THANK YOU, MAYOR, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED ALLOWING DART BUSSES TO USE? FOR INSTANCE, THEIR SIMILAR HEAVY VEHICLES THAT STOP AND GO QUITE FREQUENTLY? OR IS THIS SOMETHING YOU EVER THOUGHT OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM TO? YES. SO WE HAVE HAD ACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH DART FOR PROVIDING THIS EXACT SERVIC.
THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE IN A CONTINUING DIALOG, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONTRACT MECHANISM, AT LEAST IN THE CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF ON OUR COUNCIL OR OUR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE THAT EXTENSION TO OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL AS INCLUDING DART. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT, BECAUSE DART RUNS ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, NOT JUST IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, AND CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THOSE VEHICLES SITTING IN IDLING FOR AT STOPLIGHTS AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL? GUESS WE WERE BEST. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP OF THE ROUTES? LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT WAS THIS WAY. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE AFTER THIS, I THINK IT WAS BEFORE. WAS IT BEFE? YES. THERE IT IS.
RIGHT THERE. OKAY SO THESE ARE THE CORRIDORS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. SO WOULD THIS PROGRAM ONLY WORK
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ON THESE CORRIDORS OR WOULD IT WORK, AT ANY, ANY TRAFFIC LIGHT? WELL, WE EXPAND IT TO ANY, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR SIGNALS ARE WITHIN THE KITS SOFTWARE. SO WE COULD WE COULD PUT IT ON ANY OF THEM. WE FOR SURE WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT IT ON ANY THAT ARE NOT TRUCK ROUTES, FOR INSTANCE. AND WE'VE AVOIDED THOSE. SO BUT YEAH, YOU COULD PUT IT ON ANY, ANY OF OUR SIGNALS. OKAY. SO OKAY. SO IT HAS TO BE ON THE SIGNAL LIGHT AS WELL AS THE APP. THE COMMUNICATION. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WELL THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRAMING. WE HAVE TO DO TO A SIGNAL. NOT BUT NOTHING AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY OKAY. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WHAT'S WHAT'S THE POINT OF IDENTIFYING THE CORRIDORS IF IT WORKS ON ANY LIGHT. IT'S NOT SET UP TO WORK ON EVERY LIGHT. OH, IT DOESN'T WORK ON ANY LIGHT OKAY. SO IT'S ONLY GOING TO WORK ON THE CORRIDORS. YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR IT CAN WORK ON THEM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS IT ON THE REGULAR TRUCK ROUTES OR THE ESTABLISHED TRUCK ROUTES. OKAY. SO THAT WAY THE POINT OF THAT IS TO KIND OF GENTLY NUDGE THEM INTO JUST USING THOSE ROUTES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT. AND THE PLACES WE PICKED ARE THE ARE THE AREAS WHERE, I MEAN, IT'S THE IT'S THE INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT'S SHOWN IN THE, IN THE GRAY THERE.RIGHT. OKAY. A THAT COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IN, IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS THE CROSS TRAFFIC, I MEAN, IF YOU DUG DEEP ENOUGH, IF YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE TRUCKS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS, THEN THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON OTHER CORRIDORS AND SO IT COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, BE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE CROSS TRAFFIC AND ELSEWHERE. SO BUT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY DEEP DIVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ONE LAST CALL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, BEFORE YOU GO, SO, SORRY. I'VE BEEN AROUND YOU GUYS TOO LONG. THIS IS AN UPDATE. SO WHEN CAN WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL UPDATES FOR THIS? AS YOUR PLEASURE. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH.
THANKS ALL AROUND FOR THE NEXT PACKAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN 2025 BOND
[10. 2025 Bond Study Committee Report Staff and Kimley-Horn will share regular updates with City Council regarding discussions and progress of the 2025 Bond Study Committee.]
STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT.YOU WANT THAT FULL SCREEN? I WOULD IMAGINE. MOSTLY JUST TO WATCH YOU SCRAMBLE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. THAT'S WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I HEARD CONTROLLED L. ALL RIGHT. YEAH THAT WAS ONE STEP AWAY. I'LL GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE THAT WE KICKED OFF LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT START TO THE MEETING. WHAT WE DID IS GAVE A VERY IN DEPTH START TO HELPING THEM GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT THE CHARGES ARE. THE DETAILS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT. JUDGE STARTED US OFF WITH KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE VISION, AND THEN WE GOT INTO KIND OF THE GARLAND CHALLENGE, AS MATT DID, A VERY ADEPT AND DETAILED JOB OF EXPLAINING THE ECONOMICS AND THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN KIND OF GOT INTO TALKING ABOUT, THE POSSIBILITIES AND KIND OF EXPLAINING WHAT THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE, AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO, THEY CHOSE TO ELECT JOE THOMAS AS THEIR CHAIR, AND MR. BOB DUCKWORTH AS THE VICE CHAIR, I THOUGHT WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS, A LOT OF GREAT DIALOG AS WE GOT INTO IT. KEVIN HIVELY FROM NINIGRET ALSO WENT OVER THEIR, HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR WEEKLY COMMITMENT, SO FAR, WE THINK IT'LL BE WEEKLY AND IT MAY GET INTO BIWEEKLY DEPENDING ON OUR PROGRESS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET 6:00 ON THURSDAYS, SO THE AGENDA THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, COMING UP THIS THURSDAY IS WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT KIND OF ANOTHER ORIENTATION RELATED TO ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND CONCEPTS, GETTING THROUGH EXPLAINING INCENTIVES AND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT VOCABULARY THAT THEY'LL BE HEARING AND TALKING ABOUT AS WE GET THROUGH CATALYST AREAS, POSSIBILITIES FOR PROJECTS, IDEAS FOR PROJECTS. WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF REMIND THEM SOME OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. SOME OF THEM WERE NOT. GIVE THEM EXAMPLES OF WHAT WAS IN THAT $46 MILLION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION, WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT HAVE BEEN SINCE THEN, AND THE IMPACT OF THAT, AND THEN WE COULD, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'D BRING BACK, EVERY WORK SESSION AS A STANDING UPDATE ITEM FOR YOU, EITHER MYSELF OR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE CAN BRING BACK AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP ON ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED. YES PLEASE. GOOD ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? LIKE I SAID, I WENT THROUGH THAT KIND OF QUICK, BUT WE COVERED A LOT IN THAT MEETING AND I THINK WE HAD A GREAT DIALOG, I SAW A LOT OF AHAS, A LOT OF HEAD NODDING IN TERMS OF, AS JUDD EMPHASIZED, THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT BOND PROPOSITION THAN WHAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN INVESTMENT AND NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO PROVIDE SOME SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. YES AND AS FAR AS THE UPDATES, I THINK IT SHOULD BE YOU AND THE CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANDY. SO YOU GUYS WENT OVER THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM? DID, DID Y'ALL REVIEW THE, THE PROPOSED, PROPOSED THINGS FROM THE 2019 BOND THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE FINAL CUT. NOT SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN, I THINK THE EMPHASIS IN THIS CASE WAS. AND WE WENT THROUGH AND I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME. I DIDN'T WANT TO REHASH, BUT THE CHARGES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THE FACT THAT, IT EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR, LOOKING FOR PROJECTS AND PRIORITIZING A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO HELP FULFILL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, THINGS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY THEY MIGHT BE AN ADDITION TO QUALITY OF LIFE AND AN ADDITION TO NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON REVENUE RATHER THAN EXPENSE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF IT. WE'VE TAKEN A BIG BITE OUT OF THAT, ALBEIT NOT ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S BEEN SUCH A MASSIVE CHUNK. BUT THE EMPHASIS IS GOING TO BE ON PROJECTS, THAT ARE REVENUE GENERATORS, TAX GENERATION, SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, INVESTMENTS AND DESTINATIONS, KIND OF AN INVENTORY OF OUR EXPERIENCES KIND OF THING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR VERY GOOD.SORRY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEE NONE. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11. CONTINUE. COUNCIL
[11. Continue Council discussions on the 2024-25 Proposed Budget Staff presentation(s) related to the Proposed Budget, if requested by members of the City Council in advance; Council discussion; and receive Council direction regarding the FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget. ]
DISCUSSIONS ON THE 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET. I THINK EVERYBODY GOT THE HANDOUT FROM EARLIER. JUST TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MOVE ON. GOOD EVENING. I'VE DEVELOPED A PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO GO OVER. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO COVER THE AGENDA AND THE WORK FLOW UP FRONT. AND THEN I'LL BE INVITING MEMBERS OF STAFF TO COME UP AND JOIN ME. AND WE CAN PAUSE AFTER EACH TOPIC FOR SOME DISCUSSION. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED TO YOU GUYS. SO I'VE INCLUDED A QUICK SUMMARY UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, SLIDES FROM SATURDAY'S WORK SESSION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNCIL COUNSEL'S BOX AS WELL AS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THE RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM SATURDAY, HAVE ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL AND ARE ON THE COUNCIL'S BOX. AND THEN FINALLY, I FORGOT TO SPECIFICALLY CALL THIS OUT ON SATURDAY, WITH THE HANDOUTS YOU RECEIVED ON SATURDAY, WE DID INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ALL THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THAT WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL AN IS ON THE COUNCIL'S BOX AS WELL. SO HERE'S OUR AGENDA, OF EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW UP ON FROM SATURDAY FOR TODAY PARKING ENFORCEMENT. HOLFORD RECREATION AND AQUATIC RENTAL FEES. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT FIRE AND EMS. PROPOSED FEES. A RECAP OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT C CHANGE, A THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY LARGER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION. AND THEN IF READY, STAFF IS HERE TO RECEIVE DIRECTION, IF COUNCIL IS READY TO PROVIDE THAT. REGARDING A PARTICULAR CHANGE TO THE BUDGET. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL INVITE SEAN AND MIKE BETTS UP HERE TO ASSIST WITH THESE SLIDE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS MORNING I SPENT SOME[01:05:10]
TIME LOOKING INTO THE PARKING FEES THAT WE DISCUSSED ON SATURDAY AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A CAP ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WE COULD CHARGE. IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS WHAT THE DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND, WHAT I FOUND OUT AS THE ENABLING LAW THAT AUTHORIZED OUR CIVIL PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. IT DOESN'T EXPLICITLY PROVIDE FOR A MAXIMUM FINE AMOUNT, AND IT LEAVES IT UP TO THE MUNICIPALITY TO DETERMINE THE FINE AMOUNTS. HOWEVER, THE FINE AMOUNTS MUST STILL BE REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGAL STANDARDS AND PRECEDENTS GOVERNING FINES. A FINE AMOUNT WILL BE COMPARED TO THE CONDUCT AND THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST RELATED TO STOPPING THE CONDUCT. SO WHILE THIS LAW IN PARTICULAR DOESN'T HAVE A CAP, WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT'S REASONABLE FOR A PARKING FINE? WELL, I WENT AND DID IS I LOOKED AT THE CRIMINAL SIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LAW, THE PARKING FINES THAT WE'RE DOING, THE PARKING VIOLATIONS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE CIVIL SIDE.AND WHAT WE FOUND THERE IS MOST, IF NOT ALL THOSE PARKING FINES ARE CAPPED AT $200. SO IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THIS DOWN THE ROAD, A COURT AND DETERMINE NOT, HEY, IS OUR FINES REASONABLE? THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. ALSO, WHAT ARE THE CRIMINAL SIDE OF THE WORLD CHARGING. SO AGAIN THAT'S A MAX OF $200. SO ON SATURDAY WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE FINES ON IN THE MIDDLE THERE, WHAT THE FINES ARE CURRENTLY SET AT. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE WERE THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE MADE. AFTER CONSIDERING THE INFORMATION I JUST EXPLAINED, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO KEEP THE FINE AMOUNTS AS IS FOR NON OVERSIZE VEHICLE VIOLATIONS AND ONLY REVIEW MINOR CHANGES ARE CONSIDERED MINOR CHANGES TO THE OVERSIZE VEHICLE FINES, WHILE KEEPING THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR ANY VIOLATION BELOW THAT CAPPED AMOUNT ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE, WHICH IS $200. QUESTIONS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, I'M. I'M HAPPY TO KEEP THE FIRST VIOLATION. THE SAME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SECOND AND THIRD A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE. ONLY BECAUSE I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPOPLE DON'T DO IT AGAIN. THAS REALLY THE WHOLE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU YOUR SECOND OFFENSE LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, COME ON NOW, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? SO THAT'S THAT'S MY PREFERENCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS MUCH AS WAS PROPOSED, YOU COULD EVEN GO $10 MORE PER OR 20. I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER COUNCIL'S PREFERENCES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE SET SECOND AND THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT, RAISED A LITTLE MORE IN THE INTEREST OF, JUST PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL SWING BACK AROUND TO THAT CUSTOMER BASE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GONNA ECHO WHAT MARGARET SAID THERE, BUT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF THE STATE RECOMMENDS $200, THAT IS THAT WAS THAT FIGURE ON ANY KIND OF A GRADIENT SCALE OR WAS THAT IT JUST SAYS THIS IS THE MAXIMUM. THAT WAS JUST THE MAXIMUM FOR THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE GROUPED TOGETHER. BUT IT COVERED A LOT OF VIOLATIONS. OKAY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, DID IT SAY, YOU KNOW, EGREGIOUS VIOLATORS? NO IT DIDN'T. OKAY SO I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULDN'T MIND I'D LIKE TO GO UP MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THESE. I WOULD I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD MAYBE A COMPROMISE SOMEWHERE, BUT I DON'T I THINK BY THE TIME SOMEONE'S GOT INTO A THIRD OFFENSE, THE $200 ISN'T REALLY. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH. ENOUGH INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO QUIT BEING, YOU KNOW, AN EGREGIOUS REPEAT OFFENDER. SO I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THAT THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES BE HIGHER. SO THANK YOU. IT IS THAT JUST IS THAT FOR ALL VEHICLES OR IS THAT SPECIFIC TO OVERSIZE. IS IT I MEAN, IS IT ACROSS THE BOARD OR SPECIFIC TO.
I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH THE, WITH THE OVERSIZE VEHICLES THAN, THAN THE WHATEVER NORMAL SIZED VEHICLES. OKAY. YEAH UNDERSIZED. OVERSIZE. MAYOR PRO TEM MOHR, THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS? STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS? YEAH, RIGHT.
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ALL RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE? JUST QUICKLY, WHY WHY THESE PARTICULAR FOR THE OVERSIZE VEHICLES? WELL, I DO AGREE THE STANDARD SHOULD REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE. WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU WERE. MY THOUGHTS CAME FROM THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD SATURDAY AND HOW WE TALKED ABOUT IF SOMEONE CAN PARK IN OUR CITY, IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH AN OVERSIZE VEHICLE CHEAPER THAN IF THEY WERE TO PARK AT A LOT IN ROCKWALL, AN UBER HOME WHERE DO YOU BALANCE THAT? AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THOUGHT I HAD WHEN I SAID MAYBE WE WERE TO GO AHEAD AND RAISE THE OVERSIZE VEHICLES A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT $75 FIRST OFFENSE, BUT I WOULD STILL STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT GOING OVER THE 200 FROM THE CASES I SAW. NOW GRANTED, THE CASES I READ TODAY, TO BE FAIR, WERE NINTH CIRCUIT CALIFORNIA CASES THAT HAVE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOES THE CONDUCT THE PARKING OFFENSE DESERVE THE HIGHER FINE? IT'S STILL PARKING AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO AND THEY THEY APPLIED IN THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO IT. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT OR NOT, AND MOVED IT TO THE CIVIL REALM WHERE IT'S USUALLY FOR UNUSUAL OR EXCESSIVE FINES AND FEES, THEY APPLIED THAT NOT ONLY TO CRIMINAL IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO OUR CIVIL STUFF. I'M NOTICING THAT YOU DIDN'T USE THE 200. ANY PLACE ON YOUR SCALE THERE? WELL THESE THESE ARE THE CURRENT FEES. THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CHANGES. OH, YOU'RE NOT OKAY, SO IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGES. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE WAY OF NOT GOING ABOVE THE 200, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHY DO THAT IF IN FACT, THE COURTS ARE GOING TO MAYBE DISQUALIFY IT? I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST 200 ON THOSE SECOND AND THIRD OR THE SECOND OR THIRD OFFENSE, MAYBE 150 ON THE SECOND. IN OTHER WORDS, GRADED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE 200 VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING PRESENTLY. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SIR, COUNSELOR DUTTON, SO I AGREE WITH ED, BUMPING THE THIRD TO 200, AS YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, SATURDAY, THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REOFFEND. SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF IT IS JUST TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM RE-OFFENDING AND SO, HOPEFULLY THEY KEEP THEY ARE WE GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE? OKAY, I DOUBT IT.OKAY, COOL. JUST CHECKING, SO HOPEFULLY THEY CONTINUE WITH THAT PATTERN OF NOT RE-OFFENDING AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE 200 THRESHOLD, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WOULD APPEASE ME. AND I FEEL LIKE MARGARET AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF THESE PARKING COMPLAINTS, WOULD BE TO GO A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF COMPLAINT DRIVEN. I THINK IF WE CAN DO THAT, IT WOULD KNOCK DOWN A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING AND HAVING, A LOT OF TIMES JUST HAVING THE PRESENCE BE THERE AND GETTING THAT SLAP ON THE WRIST IS ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR LIVES. I PERSONALLY DROVE DOWN BARNES THIS MORNING, AND, 90% OF THOSE CARS HAVE TAGS THAT ARE EXPIRED SINCE 2023. THERE'S A CAMARO THAT'S BEEN UP ON, JACKS FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. SO I THINK, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH WHAT WE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH. IT'S HUMAN NATURE. SO I THINK THAT THEY DON'T DO IT IN PLANO. RIGHT SO THERE'S A REASON. SO IF WE IF WE MAKE IT KNOWN, LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE IT, IT'LL STOP EVENTUALLY. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON IT. OKAY. I THINK TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT YOU'LL GET MUCH MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT THAN THE RESPONSE YOU'LL GET OUT OF CHANGING THE FINES. THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO REALIZE YOU'VE CHANGED THE FINES LEFT THEY'VE ALREADY OFFENDED, AND IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR? THEY ALREADY DID IT. I MEAN, YOU CAN ADVERTISE IT, BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THAT UNTIL IT'S SITTINGNG ON THI WINDSHIELD. WHEREAS THE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, I THINK YOU'LL GET A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COUNCIL IS ON IT, BUT YOU COULD LOOK AT PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT AS A WAY OF SEEING WHAT IS THE RESULT AFTER A PERIOD OF PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE THESE FEES AT ANY TIME.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE CITED IN THIS MEETING AS PART OF THE BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE MINIMAL BUDGET IMPACT. BUT SEE, WHAT DOES PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT DO VERSUS THE REACTIVE ENFORCEMENT ON COMPLAINT DRIVEN AND SEE WHETHER THAT, GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK THAN THE, THE FINES. OKAY, GOOD, WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
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I'M GOING TO TRY TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT. OTHERWISE ALL RIGHT, FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, PREVIOUS OR PRIOR TO MR. BETTS, THE WAY I WAS, WHAT I WAS HEARING IS NO CHANGE TO REGULAR VEHICLES, RIGHT, NO CHANGE TO THE FIRST OFFENSE FOR OVERSIZE. THE GENERAL FEELING I HAD IS ON THE SECOND OFFENSE FOR OVERSIZE OF GOING FROM 100 TO 150, AND FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT ON OVERSIZE, GOING FROM 150 TO 200. IS THAT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHERE. OKAY, SO HOLD ON TO THAT THOUGHT, BECAUSE ALSO, I MEAN, LET'S ADDRESS THE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT IDEA, SO. SO TO THAT POINT, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SATURDAY, BUT PERSONNEL WISE, ARE YOU IN A PLACECE WHERE YOU N DO THIS PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TO THE LEVEL THAT I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT? I THINK WE CAN WE CAN TRY FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON MORE DIRECTED PATROLS RATHER THAN JUST, SAY, GO OUT AND WRITE TICKETS EVERYWHERE, SO I'D LIKE TO GET WITH EACH OF YOU, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND DRIVE YOUR DISTRICTS AND FIND THE AREAS WHERE WE SHOULD FOCUS TO BETTER UTILIZE THE STAFF, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE COMPLAINTS AND THEN WE WILL DO DIRECTED PATROL ACCORDING TO THOSE AREAS IN THE CITY THAT NEED IT. THAT'S MY PLAN. OKAY. SO COUNCIL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE WE COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT WITH NO CHANGES BUT THEN SEE WHAT COMES FROM YOUR INDIVIDUAL, YOUR INDIVIDUAL RIDE ALONGS OR IF YOU WILL, TO AGAIN, WE CAN ADJUST THE FEES DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S A YES OR NO. IT'S SHE SAID YES. YOU KNOW, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ANSWER DOESN'T COUNT. IT'S A YES OR NO. SO YES, SIX MONTHS INSTEAD OF A YEAR AT ANY POINT. IF IT'S NOT WORKING, YOU CAN CALL ME BACK UP AND ASK FOR A REPORT IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING AND WE CAN ADJUST IT.OKAY. SO MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE AS COUNCIL, WE DON'T JUST LISTEN TO YOU, WE HEAR YOU, AND WE DO WANT TO BE IN UNISON ON THE SAME TEAM. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING AND SEEING RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH GOING WITH, ALLOWING YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU DO IT. YOU DO IT WELL. SO I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THAT. MR. MAYOR. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO. THIS DIRECTION, LET'S TRY TO GET WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BY THE END OF AUGUST, YOU KNOW, SEND A RELATIVE SHORT TIME PERIOD, LOOK AT THOSE HOTSPOT AREAS IN EACH DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THEY ARE, AND THEN LET'S COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. SOUNDS GOOD. THAT SOUND REASONABLE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST THAT EASY, FOLKS. WHO'S NEXT? I INVITE, INVITE DELI WILLIAMS AND ANDY HESTER UP OUR NEXT SUBJECTS. I LIKE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD SOME FUN TO THE NIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. SO ON SATURDAY, WE PROPOSED OUR RECOMMENDED FEES FOR HOLFORD AQUATIC CENTER. AND THEY ARE ALL NEW FEES. AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, THE NONRESIDENT FEE AS WELL AS THAT AFTER HOURS RENTAL. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THOSE FEES, AND WE HAVE SOME REVISED PROPOSED FEES FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. SO THE AFTER HOURS RENTAL, THAT'S A TWO HOUR RENTAL. AND THAT IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE GROUP OR PARTY THAT IS USING IT. IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OUR PROPOSED FEE WAS $725. AND COUNCILWOMAN LUX HAD I'M SORRY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LUX HAD ASKED ABOUT THE. I HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT, HAD ASKED STILL WORKING ON IT, SO DON'T FEEL BA.
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HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT FEE COVER? AND THAT IS OUR DIRECT COSTS. AND I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT'S OUR DIRECT COST FOR OUR STAFF AT THE RATE THAT THEY ARE PAID CURRENTLY TODAY. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT. AND WE ARE PROPOSING A $850 FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE COMMERCIAL AND THE NON RESIDENTS AND THE USE OF THAT FACILITY. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A NEW FEE OF $1,200, AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU TRY AND BENCHMARK THIS FEE IN AROUND IN THE CITY, IT'S VERY HARD TO DO BECAUSE OUR STAFFING IS BASED ON OUR CERTIFICATION THROUGH LRS AND ASSOCIATES. SO WE HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN SIGHT ZONES TO BE ABLE TO STAFF IT ACCORDING AND BE WITHIN OUR CERTIFICATION. SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES. IF YOU GO ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN ON THE PARTY DECK, THE CABANA RENTAL AND THE PARTY ROOM, WE ADDED IN A NON RESIDENT FEE. SO THE PROPOSED FEE THAT YOU ALL SAW ON SATURDAY. WE ARE STILL PROPOSING THAT WE KEEP THAT AND THAT BECOMES THE GARLAND RESIDENT FEE. AND THEN FOR NONRESIDENTS REFLECTED HERE FOR THE PARTY DECK. IF YOU ARE A NON RESIDENT IT WOULD BE $80 FOR THE PARTY DECK. THE CABANA RENTALS WOULD GO, AT $80 OR 105, DEPENDING UPON IF YOU'RE DOING THREE HOURS OR ALL DAY. AND THEN THE PARTY ROOM WOULD BE A PROPOSED FEE OF $160 FOR A NON RESIDENT. AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ALL RIGHT, I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. SO I WILL JUST ASK COUNCIL, WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE FEE STRUCTURE FOR NON RESIDENT. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. OKAY LUCKILY ANDY WAS HERE TO BACK YOU UP. I KNOW HE HAD THE TOUCH. HE MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MY NEXT GROUP, MATT WATSON AND CHIEF LEE WOULD MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM. YEAH, IT IS LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR. IT IS TRYING TO KEEP THINGS STREAMLINED AND I SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE GONG SHOW NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER THAT THIS WILL USE THE SEAL HERE AS, AS THE GONG. ALL RIGHT, SIR, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHTY. I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE COLLECTION RATES AND WITH THE EMS FEES. AND THEN LET CHIEF LEE TALK ABOUT THE METROPLEX COMPARISONS THAT WERE DONE RELATED TO OUR EMS FEES. WHAT YOU'RERE SEEING RE IS THIS CHART IS SHOWING WHAT THE COLLECTION AMOUNT IS FOR OUR EMS FEES BASED OFF OF A NET CHARGE, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THERE'S A GROSS CHARGE THAT'S SENT OUT TO ALL, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RIDING IN AN AMBULANCE. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THESE CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO INSURANCE, HOSPITALS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO GET TO A NET CHARGE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE NET CHARGE TO THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT ABOUT 66% YEAR TO DATE. ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS WE MENTIONED DIGITECH IS OUR PROVIDER RIGHT NOW. THEY CAME ON BOARD IN 2018. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE STARTING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES IN 2015, 16 AND 17 AS OUR COLLECTION RATES WERE STARTING TO DROP. ONCE WE GOT DIGITECH ON BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO START COLLECTING MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS, YOU KNOW, PEAKING IN 2023 AT ABOUT A 73% COLLECTION RATE. DIGITECH ALSO PROVIDES US A SCORECARD. AND THIS THIS TO ME IS VERY Y TELLING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT EMS FEES, THIS THESE SCORECARDS LAG BEHIND DUE TO COLLECTION EFFORTS. SO THIS IS FISCAL YEAR 2022, WHICH IS THE LAST ONE WE HAVE. AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD ABOUT 12,488 TRANSPORTS THAT YEAR WITH ABOUT 31% OF THOSE BEING WHAT IS CALLED PATIENT PA, MEANING THERE'S NO INSURANCE WITH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MAKING UP ABOUT 55% IN INSURANCE MAKING UP 12 DUE TO THAT PAYER MIX. AND THEIR HEAVY VOLUME THAT ARE ON PATIENT PAY. YOU CAN SEE OUR IT DRIVES OUR COLLECTION RATE DOWN. SO OUR COLLECTION RATE IS AT 64%. IT WAS MENTIONED SATURDAY THAT THERE WAS AN 8% COLLECTION RATE. HISTORICALLY YES. WITH OUR PATIENT PAY, WE WERE SEEING ROUGHLY EIGHT WITH DIGITECH. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH THAT UP CLOSER TO 12. AND HONESTLY, THE WINDOW IS BETWEEN 8 AND 12%. THAT'S WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE AS COLLECTION WHEN YOU TALK. WHEN WE TALK TO OUR[01:25:03]
VENDOR. BUT WHEN DOING THAT, THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE TO ME IS LOOKING AT THE PAID PER TRANSPORT. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR PATIENT PAY TRANSPORTS, WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT $76 WITH INSURANCE. WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT 483. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THESE FEES, YES THE PATIENT PAY IS LOW. AND THAT WILL DRIVE DOWN. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON IS ON THE INSURANCES. AND THIS OTHER OTHER IS BASICALLY MEANS THEY HAVE AN ATTORNEY. THE HIGHER WE INCREASE THESE FEES THE LIKELIHOOD OF COLLECTING THAT WILL GO DOWN.IT'S CALLED PRICE ELASTICITY. SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDED JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE IS A TARGET YOU WANT TO HIT. SO TO ME THIS IS A DEFINITELY A FEE. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN INCREMENTAL STANDPOINT. YOU MOVE IT UP SOME HOW DO OUR COLLECTION FEE HOW DO OUR COLLECTION PERCENTAGES REACT. YOU CAN MOVE IT UP AGAIN. HOW DO OUR COLLECTION PERCENTAGES REACT. HOW DO THESE PAYER MIXES CHANGE? WHEN YOU LOOK AT MOST OTHER CITIES, WE HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH THRESHOLD OF THE PATIENT PAY. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. SO WE AREN'T GOING TO COLLECT ON THOSE PATIENT PAYS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BAD DEBT, WHICH IS ABOUT $2 MILLION IN 2022. THAT BAD DEBT IS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE COLLECTION EFFORTS DON'T STOP.
BUT ON OUR BOOKS, FROM OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT STANDPOINT, AFTER 12 MONTHS, WE ARE RECORDING THIS AS BAD DEBT UNCOLLECTIBLE AND IT'S BASED OFF OF HISTORY. YOU WANT TO DO THIS? CERTAINLY. THIS IS WHAT THE AREA AGENCIES ARE CHAING ON EMS FEES, AND BLS IS SIMPLY THERE'S NO ADVANCED THERAPIES GIVEN ALS. ONE IS 1 TO 3 ADVANCED THERAPIES GIVEN ALS TWO IS GREATER THAN THREE, A CPR WOULD BE AN ALS TWO. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM FROM THIS CHART, THE, COMPARISON GARLAND IS THE LOWEST FEE THAT IS OUT THERE. TALKING WITH SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT DO EMS BILLING, THEY FEEL LIKE THE WE ARE SET PRETTY MUCH AT THE CAP ON THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID LIMIT. AND WE SAW THAT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ON WHAT THEY'RE PAYING. THERE IS NO BALANCE BILL FOR INSURED OR MEDICARE OR MEDICAID. PAYMENTS MADE, WHAT WE GET IS WHAT WE GET THROUGH, LIKE THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. AND THAT IS THE NET THAT MATT WAS TATALKING ABOUT IS THE GROSS CHARGE WOULD BE WHAT WE'D NORMALLY CHARGE FOR EVERYTHING. NET CHARGE IS WHAT WE CAN ALLOWED TO CHARGE, WHICH IS, FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. WE WERE AT 400. THEY WERE AT 388. WE'RE LOOKING TO GO TO 450 ON THAT WITH NO BALANCE BILLING, THE INSURANCE PAY, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL PRETTY LIGHT ON INSURANCNCE PAY, BUT THROUGH THE INCREMENTAL INCREASES, WE THINK THAT WE WILL WE WILL FIND THE SWEET SPOT THERE FOR OUR INSURANCE PAY AND OUR MEDICARE MEDICAID PAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BULK OF WHERE WE'RE GETTING PAI. OKAY AND THIS IS THIS IS THE NONRESIDENT CHART, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL $50 OR, EXCUSE ME, $100. YEAH, AN ADDITIONAL $100 FOR NONRESIDENT ON ON ALL FEES ACROSS THE BOARD. THE NEXT THING IS THE MILEAGE CHARGE. YOU CAN SEE ON OUR METROPLEX CITIES 15 IS THE BASE, 24 IS THE MAX THAT PEOPLE ARE CHARGING. CURRENTLY, WE'RE STILL AT $10. WE WERE LOOKING TO RAISE THAT TO $15. OKAY. FIRE RESPONSE. THE FIRE.
YOUR FIRE RESPONSE OKAY. ON THE ON THE FIRE RESPONSE FEES. THESE ARE THE FEES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DAY ON MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL COLLECTION, FIRE INCIDENTS, WATER INCIDENTS, GAS LEAKS AND ITEMIZED RESPONSE FEES, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS BILLING. I WAS ABLE TO HEAR BACK FROM RICHARDSON.
THEIRS IS MUCH SIMPLER THAN THEIR ORDINANCE IS MUCH SIMPLER THAN WHAT WE PROPOSED ON SATURDAY'S MEETING. THEY HAVE FOUR CATEGORIES EMERGENCY INCIDENT RECOVERY FEE.
MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, VEHICLE FIRES, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, AND SPECIAL RESCUES, AND THEN THEIR
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HAZMAT IS THE ONE THAT I WANT US TO BE MOST, CONCERNED WITH. WITH THIS GOING INTO THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BUSINESS, THERE'S GOING TO BE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO DO THAT, RICHARDSON IS ALSO SENT THEIRS, THEY DEFINE WHAT IS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. THEY DEFINE WHAT IS A HAZARDOUS INCIDENT.AND IT'S BASICALLY FULL RECOVERY FOR ANY SPILL THAT IS OUT THERE. AND THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST FIRE DEPARTMENT'S COST, BUT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF THERE'S STREET DAMAGE THAT CONCRETE'S GOT TO BE BUSTED OUT AND REPLACED, THEN IT IS COST INCURRED TO THE CITY AND ITS COST TO BE RECOVERED BY THE CITY. SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY ALL INCLUSIVE ORDINANCE THAT I THINK THAT WE WILL PROBABLY MODEL OURS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT RICHARDSON IS DOING TODAY. THE FEES RICHARDSON IS DOING ON THEIR MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, $520 TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, MR. MAYOR, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WHAT VEHICLE IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE CHARGE, TALKING WITH RICHARDSON TODAY, THE THERE IS STATE LEGISLATION THAT OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US, TO WHO THEY DETERMINE TO BE AT FAULT, MEANING WE WILL HAVE TO PULL THE ACCIDENT REPORT FROM THE STATE AND PAY THE $4 FEE. BUT THAT'S WHAT RICHARDSON IS DOING TODAY, AND RECOVERING WHAT THEY CAN FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ON THE VEHICLE. DRIVER AT FAULT. OKAY SO I GUESS THAT, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN, MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS, AND I THINK I PUT IT IN MY EMAIL IS, ARE WE ARE WE NOW GOING TO BE CHASING ANOTHER DEFICIT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING TO CHASE THIS MONEY DOWN THE TIME, THE EFFORT, THE WHATEVER IT IS INVOLVED. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WILL PROBABLY TURN OUT TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION WE GET ON EMS. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE THERE ARE UNINSURED DRIVERS OUT THERE. I HATE TO BREAK ANYBODY'S BUBBLE HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNINSURED DRIVERS IN THE WORLD, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT IS TO RECOVER FOR EQUIPMENT USE AND MATERIALS AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I GUESS MY, MY CONCERN IS HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING? HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE GOING TO BE SPENDING TO TRY TO RECOVER MORE? AND WHERE WHERE DO WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE IT'S JUST IT'S A FRUITLESS EFFORT FINANCIALLY. FANTASTIC QUESTION. AND SHARED CONCERNS AS WELL. AND THE, THE DYNAMIC THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED WAS DO WE DO THIS FOR NON RESIDENT AND RESIDENT OR JUST THE NON RESIDENTS. BECAUSE MANY TIMES RESIDENTS VIEW THIS AS WHAT DID MY TAXES GO TOWARDS. SO I PERSONAL BELIEF, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD SEEK IT ON NON RESIDENT. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE IT A REASONABLE FEE AMOUNT. AND I THINK THAT, WE SELECT A COMPANY THAT COLLECTS THIS ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS INSTEAD OF A FEE BASE SO THAT IF THEY COLLECT IT, THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF, OF, OF THE REVENUE FROM IT AND WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES OUR COST. THERE'S STILL A TIME ELEMENT THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS MAY HAVE TO INVEST IN THIS AS WELL. AND WE'VE GOT TO EVALUATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AS FAST AS WE CAN, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND A BUNCH OF EXTRA TIME UP THERE IN A VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENT, NON RESIDENT, I MEAN THAT THAT ALSO IS, IS IN MY BRAIN AS WELL. I MEAN, A RESIDENT IS ALREADY PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE. BUT LIVING IN A METROPLEX AS WE DO WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HALF THE FOLKS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE CITY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE I WOULD SAY THERE'S QUITE A FEW NON RESIDENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR. SO I JUST THAT'S THE PART I'M STRUGGLING WITH OF WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING AND WHAT ARE WE COLLECTING. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BASE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CHIEF LEE I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE THIRD PARTY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE A SUGGESTION I HAD FOR CONTROLLING OUR COST OF THIRD PARTY. BUT IN ADDITION TO NON RESIDENT THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO SEE COMMERCIAL WITH THAT AS WELL. NON RESIDENT COMMERCIAL AND TAKE IT EASY ON OUR RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW AS FAR AS
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THE BURDEN WE PLACE ON RESIDENTS AND ANY OF THESE TIME WE CATEGORIZE RESIDENTS SEPARATE FROM NON RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE WHY DO WE SEPARATE RESIDENTS FROM NON RESIDENTS. AND IT IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THE SERVICES WITH THE WITH THEIR TAXES THAT THEY PAY. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE FOR LESSENING THE BURDEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S THESE ARE SERVICES AND THESE ARE WHEN IT'S A FACILITY, IT'S A FACILITY THEIR TAX DOLLARS PAID FOR WHEN IT'S A SERVICE, IT'S A SERVICE THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING FOR. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE CHARGING NON RESIDENTS MORE, IT'S THAT WE'RE GIVING OUR RESIDENTS DISCOUNT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PAID TAXES TOWARDS THESE FACILITIES AND SERVICES. ANYWAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED NON RESIDENT, BUT THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED COMMERCIAL AND WHERE.YEAH SURE. WHERE THAT'S GOING I THINK COMMERCIAL SHOULD BE CATEGORIZED WITH NON RESIDENT.
YEAH. ESPECIALLY A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT OR OR A HAZARDOUS SPIL. OKAY. TO BE CLEAR ON THE HAZARDOUS SPILL IF I MAY THAT WOULD BE ALL INCLUSIVE THAT THAT WOULD BE IF WE'VE GOT A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT, WE DON'T NEED TO BE CONCERNE IF IT WAS RESIDENT, NONRESIDENT COMMERCIAL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FULL COST RECOVERY BECAUSE THAT CAN RUN REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE. YEAH. AN EXAMPLE, A CHEMICAL PLANT WERE TO HAVE A FIRE, THAT INVOLVES US FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. WE PROBABLY SHOULD SEEK RECOVERY ON THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, SIR, NOT THAT THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN. ABSOLUTELY OKAY. ALL RHT, COUNCILMEMBER BEARD. HI THANKS. OKAY. HAZMAT. YES. COLLECT EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE THAT IS DANGEROUS. AND HAZMAT ALSO INCLUDES, LIKE, GASOLINE SPILLS AND DIESEL SPILLS, I AGREE WITH, COUNCIL MEMBER BASS ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SPECIFICALLY. WE NEED TO IF THEY'RE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE. I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT RAN OVER A FIRE HYDRANT AND CAUSED AN ENTIRE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO NOT HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSANT EQUIPMENT, THAT GOT CHARGED BACK TO THEIR COMPANY, AND IT WAS CLOSE TO HALF $1 MILLION. AND THE CITY NEEDED TO RECOVER IN THAT INSTANCE. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IF I HAVE A GAS LEAK AT MY HOUSE THAT I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, , I ALLY DON'T WANT YOU SENDING ME A BILL. BUT IF THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S BUILDING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BEHIND MY HOUSE RUPTURES THE GAS LINE, YOU NEED TO SEND THEM THE BILL. THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. BECAUSE WE. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN RECOUP IS MORE THAN WE'RE RECOUPING NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND IF WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WILL DO IT ON, THEY DON'T GET PAID UNLESS THEY COLLECT MONEY, THEN IT'S NOT COSTING US ANYTHING. SO OKAY, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THIS? WE GO DOWN THESE AND CLARIFY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I PERSONALLY LIKE THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MOST SIMPLEST THING IS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WE SEEM TO BE ON THE VERY BOTTOM AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTIONS, AS RELATED TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE OTHER CITIES. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR INFLATION. IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TYPES OF MONIES WE WILL COLA IN THE STREETS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
FEES ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD IS A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL. I DO AGREE THAT WITH MY, COUNTERPARTS HERE ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL VERSU, WHICHEVER I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD SO FAR IS ONE THAT I COULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT AND GET BEHIND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. LAST CALL. ANY ADDITIONAL ON THIS ONE? WE'LL TRY TO RECAP, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, WE ARE GOOD WITH THE PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED ON THE FEE SCHEDULE FEE INCREASES, FEE ADDITIONS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION, I THINK THAT I HEARD IS ROLLING COMMERCIAL. INTO, INTO THE DEFINITION. I GUESS I'M GUESSING YOU WILL,
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WORK WITH STAFF ON BRINGING FORTH THE ORDINANCE NECESSARY FOR THE HAZMAT. SO OTHERWISE, UNLESS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. CHIEF, I APPRECIATE, MATT AND ALLISON'S WORK ON ALL OF THIS TODAY, TOO. SO THANK YOU ALL. DO THEY BECOME HONORARY FIREFIGHTERS? YOU KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THOSE. DO YOU HAVE ANY STICKERS? THE BADGE. STICKERS EXACTLY. YEAH. WE'LL GET YOU SOME STICKERS. HOW ABOUT THAT FIRE MARSHAL JUNIOR? ALL RIGHT, WHO'S UP NEXT? JUST TO RECAP, I COVERED THIS ON SATURDAY, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE DIRECTION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. IF YOU ALL WERE READY TO DO SO ON AUGUST 5TH, THE COUNCIL HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE TO FUND $35,000 WITH STARTUP COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC ART CAMPAIGN TO CONNECT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS. WE'RE PROPOSING TO FUND THAT OUT OFOF THE ECONOC DEVELOPMENT FUND FUND BALANCE RESERVES. AS THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET, SO JUST BRINGING THIS BACK FOR COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION, AND THAT IS THE LAST ITEM. SO I WILL COVER THE CALENDAR REAL QUICK AND THEN JUST TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WELL, LET'S JUST STEP BACK TO THIS LAST PAGE. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING IN CONFLICT WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. SO I THINK THIS IS.YES. YES YES. ENOUGH THUMBS UP. YES. SO I THINK THAS A THAT'S A DONE DEAL. VERY GOOD. TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX. TAX RATE.
STAFF HAS PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE TAX RATE TO PROVIDE COUNSEL RIGHT BEFORE THAT PUBLIC HEARING BEGINS. WE HAVE A IF REQUESTED, SPECIAL SESSION NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL LET US KNOW IF THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PLAN AND HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE FOR ANY CONTINUED DISCUSSION THAT DATE. AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR OUR SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND PROPOSED TAX RATES ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THIRD, AS WELL AS WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE AND ALL RELATED ORDINANCES THAT SAME NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE'S ONE OF THE ITEMS WHERE I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK IT'S ON THE TAX RATE, OPEN, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. COUNCIL. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE, BUT FROM THE DISCUSSIONS, THE REVIEWS WE'VE HAD TONIGHT, I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY MAJOR, YOU CANNOT VOTE UNTIL I ASK THE QUESTION. ACTUALLY, I COULD FORMULATE A QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD BE VOTING YES TO. SO WHY WOULD YOU DO IT, THOUGH? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCIL, I WOULD GO OUT AND SAY THAT UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY MAJOR COMES UP TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND NOT HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST 27TH. I DON'T KNOW THAT. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN VOTE NO. YOU CAN VOTE NOW, SO LET'S GO AHEAD. SAY UNLESS UNLESS SOMETHING JUST REALLY BIG COMES UP TOMORROW OUT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT 27TH. PERFECT. AND AT THAT POINT, I THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM TONIGHT TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE THIRD. SO WE WILL BE READY THEN.
GOOD TO GO, SIR. AND IF COUNCIL HAS ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS, IF THEY WOULD SUBMIT THOSE VIA EMAIL AND GET BACK TO YOU. HANG ON ONE SECOND, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, LOOK, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SRO PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T HAVE MY BINDER WITH ME RIGHT NOW, SO CAUGHT ME NOT PAYING ATTENTION, A RESIDENT ASKED ABOUT THE SRO PROGRAM, AND HOW THAT IS FUNDED. I THINK, YES. I THINK THE MAIN QUESTION IS, ARE ARE WE REIMBURSED BY GISD FOR THE SROS THAT GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS? IN SHORT, YES. WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR BY GISD. IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE OFFICERS WERE ADDED. SOME OFFICERS THAT WE ORIGINALLY ADDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM ARE REIMBURSED 100%. SOME OFFICERS AND I SEE MITCH IN THE IN THE BAY THAT WERE ADDED LATER ARE REIMBURSED AT A LOWER AMOUNT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT PERCENTAGE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND THEN ALL OVERTIME RELATED TO THE PROGRAM IS
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REIMBURSED AT 100%. AND THAT IS A PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET UNDER THE GENERAL FUND. AND ANY AMOUNT NOT REIMBURSED IS COVERED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES OR OTHER GENERAL FUND RESOURCES. AND MITCH MAY HAVE MORE TO ADD AS WELL AS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. IT'S A 50 OVER 50 AGREEMENT, BUT THE DISTRICT ENDS UP PAYING WAY MORE THAN 50% BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENT. THE LAST EIGHT SROS, WE ADDED THE DISTRICT AGREED DO THAT AT 100%, AND THEN THEY REIMBURSED FOR ALL THE OVERTIME THAT ARE SPENT BY THE SRO. SO IT'S 60%, 57%, 58 THAT THE DISTRICT ENDS UP PAYING OF THAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ART, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, DOES ROWLETT AND SAXY DO THEY CONTRIBUTE? OFFICERS TO THE SRO PROGRAM SINCE THEY'RE PART OF THE GISD? YES. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND I'VE GOT SOME MORE PRECISE NUMBERS. SO WE HAVE EIGHT SROS THAT THAT GISD REIMBURSES 100%. THAT'S 23 THAT IT'S 50% PLUS BENEFITS AND 100% OF OVERTIME, AND THEN THREE LIEUTENANTS THAT THEY ARE 50%. AND THEN WE HAVE A SECRETARY AND AN ADMIN ASSISTANT THAT'S ALSO 50%. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER CITIES.AT 50%. WE DID 100% FOR THOSE EIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY WANTED TO EIGHT TO ADD EIGHT, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. YES. SO WE AGREED TO DO THAT. BUT THEY FUNDED 100% OF THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. YEAH. AND HISTORICALLY, ABOUT EVERY OTHER BUDGET CYCLE, THIS COMES UP AS A TOPIC, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT ANSWER STANDS TRUE. THE ANSWERS THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT STAND TRUE ABOUT THE FINANCE, THE BUDGETING AND REIMBURSEMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM HAVE VIRTUALLY REMAINED UNCHANGED. SO THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FOR US ON THE THIRD FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THEN THE THIRD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL, VERBAL BRIEFING, COUNCIL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ON THIS NEXT, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS
[ CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has previous experience. Members are appointed based on qualifications.]
TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO GO OVER. ONE, MR. TORRES WAS THE ONLY APPLICANT FOR THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. HE WAS APPLYING FOR REAPPOINTMENT, SO THAT'S WHY TONIGHT WE JUST KIND OF LET THE INTERVIEW. WE DID NOT PURSUE THE INTERVIEWS WITH HIM, HE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE APPOINTMENT, SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, UNDER 16 UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. TIM CAMPBELL WAS LEFT OFF OF THIS LIST. HE IS BEING APPOINTED TO THE BOND STUDY, BUT HE DOES APPEAR ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. HE WAS JUST LEFT OFF OF THIS SIDE. SO, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 58 APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THIS IS WHERE OUR POLICY AND OUR RESOLVE ARE GOING TO MEET EACH OTHER. AND SO HERE, HERE IS MY PROPOSAL. I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY SECRETARY EARLIER, I WANT TO FULFILL THE POLICY. AND THAT IS WHERE WE TAKE A NOMINATION AND A SECOND AND A VOTE ON EACH NOMINEE. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS PUMP ALL OF THAT INTO THE VOTE LINK SYSTEM ONE, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WILL TAKE, AND TWO, IT WILL PROBABLY CRASH THE SYSTEM. SO MY SOLUTION, I THINK IS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, WE WILL WE WILL GO THROUGH BY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WILL THE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE THE NOMINATION.WE'LL GET A SECOND. AND WE ARE GOING TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. THAT ELIMINATES US HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE VOTE LINK SYSTEM. AND I'LL ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATION AND THE SECOND AND THE VOTES THAT ARE TAKEN. AND WE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL EXPEDITE, 58 NOMINATIONS COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND'M LOOKING AT THE CITY ATTORNEY DOES THAT DOES THAT WORK? WORK FOR ME? I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FINE. YES, BECAUSE AGAIN, EVERYTHING WILL BE ON RECORD. WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO JUST PREPARE TO DO THAT. 58 TIMES TOMORROW NIGHT, 58 TIMES TOMORROW NIGHT. AND, I COULD PUT 14 MORE. WE CAN'T JUST FEED
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THEM. YES AND NO. THAT'S THE POLICY THAT WE TOOK THE POLICY THAT WE ADOPTED WAS THAT EACH APPOINTEE WOULD BE VOTED ON INDIVIDUALLY. SO GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON 58 OF THEM TOMORROW NIGHT. SO GET COMFORTABLE. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT. NEXT UP IS[ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Councilmember, with a second by another member or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.]
ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, DO DO WE NEED TO, CREATE AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE HAZMAT, LIKE CHIEF LEE WAS? CHIEF. THE CHIEF HAS BASICALLY A TEMPLATE FROM, I GUESS, RICHARDSON THAT HE IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD. HE'LL WORK THROUGH THE LEGAL STAFF WITH THAT. OKAY FANTASTIC.THAT'S IT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING ELSE UP FOR FUTURE AGENDA. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM
[ EXECUTIVE SESSION Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, 551.773 and 552.133 of the Texas Government Code.]
20. EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071551 .072 AND 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERA OR DISCUSS ONE ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO HOUSING, FINANCE, CORPORATIONS AND LITIGATIONS RELATED TO SAME, AND TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH GARLAND ROAD AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 635 AND STATE HIGHWAY 190, AND HOLFORD ROAD, AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME, COUNSEL. WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO CLEAR TH ROOM, LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 8:00. AND WITH THAT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.