May 06, 2024 Work Session

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WELL EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 6TH 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS, AND DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? WE DO NOT OK. MOVING ON, UH, NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR

[CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

[WRITTEN BRIEFINGS]

[2. Introduction of Jonathon Morgan, Information Technology Operations Director]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I WANNA INTRODUCE ONE OF THE CITY'S NEW DIRECTORS. JONATHAN MORGAN.

JONATHAN HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 13 YEARS, MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER. AT IT. BEFORE THAT HE WAS A RADIO ENGINEER FOR US IN THE RADIO SIDE OF THE IT HOUSE.

AND BEFORE THAT, UH, HE WORKED FOR MOTOLA. AS A RADIO ENGINEER. HE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND WE EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM HIM. SO JONATHAN MORGAN, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PULL THAT MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU. I'VE BEEN LIKE MIKE SAID, UH, A TEAM GARLAND, A FAMILY MEMBER FOR 13 YEARS. I TRULY LOVE WORKING HERE AT THE CITY. A LOT OF SUPPORT AND DEFINITELY, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE IT SIDE. THAT'S ONE THING I CAN SAY THAT'S GREAT ABOUT GARLAND IS THE INVESTMENT IN THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, VERY GOOD. WE THANK YOU AND, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES LIKE TODAY WAS THEIR FIRST DAY LIKE THEIR FIRST DAY AT WORK. THEY HAD TO COME TO A WORK SESSION. SO YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. SO YOU'RE OK. SO WELCOME. AND WELCOME TO THIS POSITION, I GUESS IS MORE THAN MORE THAN ANYTHING BUT THANK YOU. AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. NOPE. AND I SPOKE TOO SOON. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR . WELL MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW I OF NECESSITY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING JONATHAN AND I NEEDED HIS HIS, UH, TECHNICAL MEDICAL ADVICE. AND I WAITED MARLEY AND, UH AND, UH, I. I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, PRES PLEASURE MEETING. YOU APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE. AND IF YOU'RE SETTING THE TONE THE WAY YOU HANDLE MY ISSUE TODAY IS ANY INDICATION. UH, WE WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU EXPERTISE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE INTRODUCTION OF WILLIAM FLOWERS,

[3. Introduction of William Flowers, GIS Director]

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[4. 2024-2025 CDBG, HOME and ESG Federal Grant Allocation Process]

TRUMPET AND PIANO, BUT NO SAW TRUMPET AND PIANO. NO CAN YOU SING? I CAN LIP SYNC REALLY WELL , SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO SING AND I'LL FOLLOW ALONG. IT'S PERFECT, APPARENTLY PUTTING A BAND TOGETHER. SO YOU KNOW I CAN ALWAYS WING IT. I'LL BE GOOD WITH THAT. ALL WELCOME. THANK YOU. ANNUAL OUR OUR ANNUAL EVENT HERE OUR ANNUAL EVENT THE TIME YOU GET TO SEE ME AND EVERYBODY'S ASKING FOR MONEY, AND YOU GUYS HAVE THE PLEASURE TO DECIDE WHO GETS IT. ALL RIGHT , FIRST OFF, UM ALL OF THE FUNDING AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR. I HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED ANYTHING FROM HUD. SO THESE ARE ESTIMATES SO THE ESTIMATES ARE FROM LAST YEAR. I JUST BASED OUR ANNUAL UM, ALLOCATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR. SO THESE AMOUNTS MAY CHANGE. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEM CHANGING VERY MUCH. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH.

UM TONIGHT'S OUR FIRST KICKOFF MEETING. IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH GIVING YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS. MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE. BUT FOR THOSE AT HOME AND FOR THE NEW ONES, THIS WILL BE SOME INFORMATION. TOMORROW IS THE NIGHT TO WHERE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICE. APPLICANTS WILL BE HERE TO DO PROBABLY SPEAK FOR THEIR THREE MINUTE UM THREE MINUTES ON THE APPLICATIONS THEY SUBMITTED. WE HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT COUNCIL WORKSHEETS AND I DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE THAT THE OPERATOR ERROR HAS HAD SOME ISSUES GETTING THOSE OUT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S ALL FIXED NOW. SO UM, THE WORKSHEETS THIS YEAR IF YOU COULD GET THEM BACK TO ME, BY MAY, 15TH. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO I CAN HAVE THEM READY FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND YOU GUYS TO REVIEW WE DO HAVE, UM, THE ALLOCATION DISCUSSION WILL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THE SUBMITTED, UH, WORKSHEETS ON THAT NIGHT ON MAY 20TH IF WE NEED ANOTHER WORK SESSIONS WE HAVE JUNE 17TH THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE, UM FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL. OTHERWISE OUR FINAL APPROVAL IS GONNA BE JULY 2ND. FOR THE GRANT PROGRAMS. HERE'S WHAT I ANTICIPATE US GETTING THIS YEAR IS 2,000,001 24 9 30 C DB G FUNDING. WE HAVE SOME CARRY OVER FUNDING OF 4 49 07. UM, THERE'S SOME, BUT THAT WE PUT THIS IN EVERY YEAR THAT ARE MANDATED BY HUD FOR ADMINISTRATION IS 20% AND WE GET TO USE 24 24 9 86 TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS. WE'RE SET AT 15% FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS 3 18 7 40. AND FOR THE REST OF THE FUNDING CAN GO TOWARDS ANY C DB G PROJECTS. THAT'S 1,000,008 30 7-ELEVEN. JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE

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FUNDING FOR IS TO REDO THE 12TH STREET PROPERTY WITH THIS. AND THEN OUR NEXT, UM CITY IMPROVEMENT. IT WOULD BE THE JAMES PARK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UM, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR 9 62 9 52. AND THAT THIS UM PARK PROGRAM IS IN THE WHERE THE HEART IS AREA THAT WAS DECIDED.

SO WE HAD AN APPLICA APPLICATION COME THROUGH, AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD TIMING FOR THIS TO DO THIS, SINCE IT'S ALREADY A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE HEART IS GONNA BE WORKING. SO THAT WOULD JUST ENHANCE THAT PROGRAM. UH, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR THE FACILITIES. HV AC REPLACEMENT THAT IS AT THE LIBRARY BUILDING THAT GOOD SAMARITAN IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO SINCE WE ARE THE ENTITY THAT REPLACES THE MAJOR MAINTAINS AND REPLACES THE MAJOR ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL BE DOING. IT'LL BE, UM, REPLACING FOUR OF THE HB AC SYSTEMS THAT ARE END OF LIFE. SO WE DON'T WANT GOOD SA M TO HAVE TO GET IN THERE AND HOT CAUSE IT MAY BE HOT THIS YEAR. AND OUR LAST ONE IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. AND NORMALLY THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN IS 250 IN THAT SUPPORTS THE STAFF TO WORK IN ALL THE C DB G AREAS. WE HAVE HOME INFO FUNDING. NOW THIS FUNDING COULD ONLY BE USED TO BUILD HOUSING. UM OR BUILD OR RENOVATE HOUSING. WE TYPICALLY GET ABOUT 7 41 9 93 A YEAR. UM 10% OF THAT CAN GO TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION TO HELP SUPPORT THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON THE PROGRAM. WE'RE REQUIRED BY REGULATION TO GIVE 15% TO A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND THE ONE WE HAVE IN GARLAND IS HABITAT SO HABITAT HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE 111,000 TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS AND THE REMAINING FUNDING OF 555 701 WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP NEW HOUSING IN GARLAND. TO ACQUIRE DEVELOP NEW HOUSING IN GARLAND TO BE SOLD. AND THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING SO. UH, LAST YEAR, OUR

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SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, GOOD FOR THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE WE CAN DO MORE THAN TYPICALLY, WE DO 3 TO 4 EVERY YEAR. AND WE HAVE FUN SPECIAL FINANCING TOOLS THAT THIS PROGRAM OFFERS. UM WE CAN GET THEM INTO A NEW HOME FOR $500 DOWN AND WE HAVE A MORTGAGE PROGRAM TO WHERE IT'S TAILORED TO WHAT THEY MAKE IF THEY QUALIFY. SO OUR MORTGAGE PROGRAM WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS, THEY PAY THEM TO THE CITY, AND THIS MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE POOL TO BUILD NEW HOUSING. SO IT'S OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS. IT'S BECOME A PRETTY LUCRATIVE, UM, FINANCING TOOL AND HAS ALLOWED US TO BUILD MORE HOMES. SO IT IT'S WORKED OUT REAL WELL IN THE IT'S GOOD FOR THE BARS AS WELL, $500 DOWN, THEY HAVE TO BE CREDIT WORTHY AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, BUT THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. OUR LAST ONE WE GET IS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDING. UM THIS IS A RESTRICTED GRANT AS WELL. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION, HOMELESS SHELTERS OR STREET OUTREACH. CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE CAN USE 7.5% FOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS $14,000. UM SHELTER OPERATIONS AND STREET OUTREACH. UM THEY GIVE US 100 AND $12,000 TO GO TOWARDS THOSE BUCKETS AND RAPID REHOUSING. WE CAN USE 61,547. UM AND AGAIN, THIS BASICALLY JUST BENEFITS OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. ARE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THE ESG FUNDING? EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDING. WE HAVE 709 PERSONS WITH IT. SO YOU KNOW , IT'S IT. IT'S PUT TO GOOD USE FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. AND UM, FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION. WE HELP 69 CLIENTS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD IT'S A GOOD LITTLE GRANT THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD WITHIN THE CITY, SO A TOTAL OF 778 PEOPLE BENEFITED THROUGH THIS ESG FUNDING THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. THEN WE HAVE OUR NONFEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM. THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE PARTNERSHIP. GRANT. UM THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT GRANT BETWEEN THE TWO US IN GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE. IT'S ALLOWED US TO DO FOR ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THEM GOING IN AND HELPING US WITH WITH FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP ON THIS, UM WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT THEY GIVE US MONEY FOR EVERY YEAR OF THIS. I THINK WE'RE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR. WE'RE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR ON THAT, AND THIS GRANT ALLOWS US TO GO UP TO 25,000 FOR HOME REPAIRS AGAIN, MOSTLY SENIORS. IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO SENIORS, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE COMING FOR. UM TO DATE WE'VE HELPED 78 PEOPLE 78 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE GRANT FROM GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE. SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM, AND IT HELPS SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT. HAVE EITHER QUALIFY FOR THE GRANT AND THEIR THEY CAN'T QUALIFY AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE REGULATIONS SO IT MAY HELP THEM, UM, STAY IN THEIR HOME. WHERE ARE YOUR GRANT FUNDING IN TOTAL THROUGH ALL THE GRANT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE 2009 37 PEOPLE. THAT'S WITH ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE COME IN. THAT'S WHAT WENT OUT TO RESIDENTS IN GARLAND. AND THROUGH GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 78 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN SERVED SO FAR. UM AND WE'RE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET ALL THOSE PEOPLE SERVED. THAT COME INTO US. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME INTO US DAILY. SO WE'RE KIND OF THE HUB OF THE REFERRALS. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ALL THESE GRANTS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT IN SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATING THE FUNDING FOR THESESE PROGRAM, AND I'M WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT IN OUR OFFICE. SO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND JUST TO GO BACK TO THE CALENDAR. UM OF WHEN YOU NEED THE WHEN YOU NEED OUR INPUT BACK. I BELIEVE IT WAS BY THE 5TH. MAY 15TH I WAS 15. I DIDN'T PUT THAT ON THE COUNT. YES I DID. PUT IT ON THE COUNT. MAY 15TH PLEASE HAVE IT BACK TO ME SO I CAN DO AN AVERAGE OF ALL OF YOUR SCORES, AND THAT'S WHAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK ON THE 20TH. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SCORES. MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO ALLOTE AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THAT POINT. IF IT'S NOT IF IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE. WE HAVE ANOTHER JUNE 17TH MEETING. WE CAN SCHEDULE AND WE CAN GO OVER IT AGAIN AND YOU HAD SENT OUT A THE CORRECTED WORKSHEET. SO EVERYBODY HAS THAT, UH, IN THEIR EMAIL, OK? I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS IT. IF YOU DON'T PLEASE LET

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[5. 2019 Bond Program - Status Update]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. WE ARE IN YEAR FIVE OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE A SEVEN YEAR PROGRAM AND WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 70% COMPLETE OR SO , UM, WE ARE TRACKING TO DELIVER THIS PROGRAM IN THE SEVEN YEARS WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, THERE WILL BE SOME EXTENDED SCHEDULES ON I THINK SOME OF OUR STREET PROJECTS AND MAYBE SOME OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS LIKE PERHAPS SS AND A FEW OTHERS. BUT ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW WE CAN. WE CAN DISCUSS THE REASONS BEHIND THAT. BUT THERE WILL BE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE IN 2027. WE NO MORE BUMPS AND BRUISES ALONG THE WAY.

SO WE'LL SEE MORE TO COME. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LAURA TO, UM, GIVE THE OVERALL UPDATE.

THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH TONIGHT'S PRESENENTATION WILL BE IN ABBREVIATED, UH, VIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BOND PROGRAM. BUT AS A REMINDER AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM, THERE IS A MILESTONE STATUS UPDATE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS AS SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE FROM, UH, THE 2004 BOND PROGRAM. UM AS CRYSTAL MENTIONED, WE ARE ABOUT 70% OF THE WAY THERE. UM SO THERE'S ABOUT 54 PROJECTS STILL IN THE WORKS, WHETHER, , THERE'S ABOUT 50% THAT ARE IN DESIGN RIGHT OF WAY OR BIDDING. UH, WE HAVE 18% THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION, SEVERAL THAT ARE ABOUT TO MOVE FROM DESIGN INTO THAT CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND THEN 32% THAT ARE IN THE CLOSE OUT.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT RECENTLY CROSSED THE FINISH LINE THAT I WANT TO BE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT. UH, ONE OF THOSE IS THE GATEWOOD PAVILION PARKING LOT. UM HERE WE HAD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAVILION. THE PARKING LOT . THERE'S NOW ACCESSIBLE, UH, SIDEWALKS AS WELL AS A PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILDING. SO AS OF MARCH, IT IS OPEN FOR RESERVATIONS. I'M HEARING THAT IT IS VERY, VERY POPULAR. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, BE SURE TO RESERVE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE, SO TWO YEARS IN THE WORKS IS WRAPPED UP. UH THIS PAST MONTH, WE OFFICIALLY ACHIEVED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON OUR STREETSCAPES. UH, YOU'LL STILL SEE SOME WORK HAPPENING SOME CORRECTIVE WORK. UM BUT WE ARE BY AND LARGE DONE, AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS GLAD THAT WE HAVE

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ALSO FOR A POLICE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT HEADQUARTERS. UH, WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PERIMETER FENCE. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON DESIGN FOR A REMODEL AS PART OF THE C IP, UH, THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOCKER ROOM. IT'S ADJACENT TO SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE WORKING IN. SO WE HAD A SLIGHT PAUSE, UH, TO REWORK, BUT WE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, BIDDING THAT PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THE LOCKER ROOMS, UM, ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE. SO AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS RELATED TO STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE HELD AN OPEN HOUSE, UH, LAST NOVEMBER TO TALK ABOUT THESE THREE COUNTRY CLUB IS AT THE 90% SUBMITTAL PHASE. UH, MONTCLAIR IS THE CLOSEST IN TERMS OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION. WE PLAN TO BID THAT THIS MONTH. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM DURING CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO HOLD A MEETING AS WE GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION TO HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? UH WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE SATURN SPRINGS. IN PARTICULAR.

WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THIS PAST WEEK. WE HAD A SECOND MEETING, UH, TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS . WE REALLY CHALLENGED OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, SEE IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE COULD, UM, ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE.

TRYING TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH IT REALLY IS CHALLENGING TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE. UH BUT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. UH, WITH THE 60% DESIGN, AND AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE.

UH, SHOULD THEY, UH, SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH US? SO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS HERE. SOME ARE COMPLETE. UH, SO BISBEE IS COMPLETE AND THEN SEGMENTS ONE AND TWO OF THE DUCK CREEK CENTRAL, UH, PORTIONS OF THE RICK ODEN PARK. UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE. UM GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS IS THE CLOSEST ONE THAT WILL BE GOING OUT FOR A BID HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE 12 DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PACKAGES. UM PACKAGE ONE IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE FIRST TWO INTERSECTIONS, UH, WORKING ON THE NEXT TWO PACKAGES TWO AND THREE. WE RECENTLY CLEARED ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT. WE'RE AWAITING FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS. UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THOSE WILL GO OUT FOR BID ALMOST BACK TO BACK. UH, AND NEXT MONTH AND THEN PACKAGE FOUR. WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UH, THE DESIGN ON THAT AND WORKING TO COORDINATE IT WITH THE, UH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR PROJECT. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE TWO PICTURES,

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UH, NEXT SUMMER. SO NAME IN SCHOOL ROAD IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I FREQUENTLY, UH, RECEIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THIS IS ONE WHERE WE ARE AWAITING FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS. UH, WE IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE ARE GOOD TO GO OUT FOR BED THIS MONTH. UM ONCE WE HAVE THOSE BIDS IN HAND AGAIN , WE WILL BE HOLDING SOME TYPE OF MEETING. , TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PHASING LOOKS LIKE AND HOW CONSTRUCTION WILL IMPACT THEM. UH, SO WE DO ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION, STARTING, UH, LATE SUMMER TO EARLY FALL ON THAT ONE. UH, SO SHILOH ROAD FROM KINGSLEY TO MILLER. UH, THIS IS EXPANDING FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES. UH, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM TEXT DOT ON, UH, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A HUGE STEP FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. UH IN TERMS OF INITIATING THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? UH DESIGN IS TRACKING AHEAD OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE DO ANTICIPATE THERE TO BE A PAUSE IN BETWEEN DESIGN. UH AND WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION ON IT SO AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE THREE FIRE STATIONS. UH STATION SIX. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN. IT IS NEARLY COMPLETE, UM, OFF OF THE TURNPIKE STATION SEVEN IS IN DESIGN AND STATION ONE IS ALMOST DONE WITH DESIGN READY TO GO OUT FOR BID. UM, SO HERE'S SOME PROGRESS. PICTURES OF STATION SIX. IT'S EVEN PROGRESSED MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. UM THE BAY DOORS. SO WHERE YOU SEE THE WOOD KIND OF BLOCKING OFF THE FRONT? THAT IS OUR CRITICAL PATH TO OPENING UP THIS STATION.

SO UM, THOSE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE, UH, LATER THIS MONTH, AND THAT WILL HELP US DETERMINE OPENING DATE OF THE STATION. SO STATION SEVEN. THIS WILL BE UP THERE AT FIREWHEEL PARKWAY AND PLEASANT VALLEY. UH, THIS PROJECT IS AT THE 30% DESIGN PHASE. SO THIS IS, UH WE'RE AT A STAGE WHERE WE HAVE SOME CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS TO SHOW YOU. UM SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN THERE? UH, IS THE VIEW FROM PLEASANT VALLEY. LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE STATION, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A SITE PLAN THERE. UH, THE LOWER LEFT. SO CENTRAL LIBRARY. UH, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. WE ARE ALMOST A YEAR INTO IT, UM, AND ON TRACK FOR COMPLETING, UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THE FACILITY. WHAT WHAT WE CALL MAKE READY GETTING THE FURNITURE IN ALL THE BOOKS AND MATERIALS TRAINING STAFF. UH, SO THAT GRAND OPENING IS ANTICIPATED FOR EARLY 25. UH, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY IS TRACKING ALONG THE SAME SCHEDULE AS CENTRAL. UH EVEN THESE PICTURES HERE, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE A LOT OF DIRT MOVING, AND, UH, THE FOUNDATION FORMING IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THEIR RECENTLY THERE'S NOW STEEL . UH STEEL. THAT'S UP, SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY VERTICAL IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT THEN, UH, AT BUILD GARLAND DAY ON SATURDAY, IT WILL BE IN THE BACKDROP. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO, UH HOLLA BAR REC CENTER. NORTH AND SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARIES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON SOME MODERNIZATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A SCOPE TO BUDGET ASSESSMENT. UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT ALL THE PROGRAMMING PRIORITIZING SEEING HOW FAR THE DOLLARS WILL GO. UH AND WE HAVE JUST WRAPPED THAT UP AND ANTICIPATE INITIATING DESIGN THIS SUMMER. SO STREET DEPARTMENT FACILITY. UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS IN TWO PHASES. UH, SO PHASE ONE RECENTLY COMPLETED OPENING UP THE NEW BUILDING. UH, WE HAVE SINCE MOVED ON TO THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WAS DEMOLISHING THE OLD UH, FACILITY AND MAKING WAY FOR A NEW PARKING LOT. TONY IS PLANNING TO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE THIS SUMMER THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FACILITY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS. SO STAY TUNED FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THERE. UH HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER. SO OUR LARGEST RECREATION AQUATIC FACILITY, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE,

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ARE WE DOING ANY I AM NOT SURE AS IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT I CAN I CAN CAN YOU CHECK WITH ME? I I I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT QUESTION IS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT? AND IT SO HOW IS HOW IS OUR CURRENT DESIGN PROTOCOL? UM HOWILL THAT UH, IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, CAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION A LOT, AND I SAID THE SAME THING YOU JUST SAID. I DON'T KNOW HOW OKAY, SO IF YOU WOULD YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OK, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. I SEE NONE, BUT, UH, WE'LL, UH WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH BILL GARLAND DAY ON SATURDAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX REVIEW OF THE

[6. Review of the 2024 Wildflower Pilot Program]

ALL RIGHT. TECHNOLOGY WORKING GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

UH, GLAD TO UPDATE YOU ON. PROBABLY UH, YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE NO MO SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT IN SOME OF OUR MEDIANS AND SOME OF THE WILDFLOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN GROWING THERE, UM, FOR THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, UM PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESULTS. UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT RICHARDSON. BUT RICHARDSON HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS. UH, JUST TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE, UH, SPENT SOME TIME WITH RICHARDSON AS WE STARTED OUT THIS PROCESS AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A, UM UH, A MIX THAT THEY USE THAT IS PROPRIETARY TO THEM THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY. THAT'S HOW DEEP IN THE WILD FLOWERS, UH, RICHARDSON HAS GOTTEN INTO THIS, BUT SO FOR A FIRST RUN, UM, I I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE POSITIVES AND THE NEGATIVES THAT WE FOUND SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL IMPROVE UPON IF COUNCIL CHOOSES THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE ON THIS PROGRAM. UM AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE NEXT STEPS ARE SO WE CHOSE THREE MAIN, UH, AREAS UH, CENTERVILLE AND 66. THERE'S UH, TWO MEDIAN SECTIONS, UH, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG

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ESSENTIALLY SO THAT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S REALLY YOU GOTTA GET THAT SEED TO SOIL CONTACT.

UH, AND THEN IT'S TIMING SO THAT YOU CAN GET THEM IN THE GROUND, AND THEY CAN, UM THEY CAN HARDEN AND THEY CAN THEN TERMINATE OVER THE WINTER, WHICH IS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO SO THAT THEY CAN POP IN THE SPRING. SO THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE PLAN GOING FORWARD. UH WE WOULD, UH, PICK SOME ADDITIONAL SOME NEW LOCATIONS, UM AND GIVE IT A GO XT YEAR. IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO, SO THAT'S A REAEAL QUICK RUNDOWN. E HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE. THAT'S GREAT AND YOU KNOW AND I. I SEE THE RICHARDSON BEDS THAT ARE ON JUPITER, NORTH OF CAMPBELL, AND I WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT AS I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WORD IS.

THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT AS BRIGHT AND COLORFUL AS AS I HAVE SEEN THEM IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SOME SOME KIND OF CHANGE THERE, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST THOSE BEDS THAT THAT RUN, PROBABLY FROM FROM CAMPBELL NORTH TO RENNER. UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, UM ARE ARE NOT AS COLORFUL, UH, AS I'VE SEEN THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WEATHER RELATED THING. IF THAT'S A CYCLE THING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW THESE THINGS YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE RELIANT ON MOTHER NATURE, YOU KNOW, AND SO IF THEY MISS THEIR WINDOW BY A WEEK HERE OR THERE, UM IF WE DIDN'T GET WE DIDN'T HAVE AS COLD OF A WINTER. UH AND YOU REALLY NEED SOME SOME GOOD NIGHTS BELOW FREEZING, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY NIGHTS THIS YEAR BELOW FREEZING AS WE'VE HAD IN SOME OF THE OTHER YEARS. THEY'VE HAD A BETTER SHOW. UM YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT MOISTURE. ALL OF THAT, AND IT ALL HAS TO HAPPEN JUST RIGHT TO GET THAT TO POP. AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE LEGS OF THE STOOL YOU DON'T GET AS IS BRIGHT OF A SHOW IS THAT YOU NORMALLY DO, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS. ALL RIGHT, UH, K HERICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I THINK, UH, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I DRIVE DOWN CAMPBELL FREQUENTLY, AND I JUST DON'T THINK RICHARDSON'S WAS AS PRETTY AS OURS. AT LEAST ALONG. UH, OR, YOU KNOW OUR AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

BUT I'VE RECEIVED NOTHING BUT GOOD FEEDBACK ON THIS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO LET'S FIND SOME ROOM IN THE BUDGET COMING UP. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BEAUTIFYING OUR ENTRANCES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO. THAT'S NATURAL, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH FINDING SOME MORE FUNDING FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCILOR MORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING IS INEXPENSIVE. UM COMPARED TO A LOT OF GATEWAY THINGS, AND, UM I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. I GOT COMPLIMENTS ABOUT DOWN THERE ON CENTERVILLE. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE THERE. SO ONE QUESTION I HAD JUST AS FAR AS, UH MORE BUDGET. UM DO WE SAVE ANY MONEY ON AS FAR AS NOT MOWING THESE THINGS FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? IS THAT ANY KIND? DOES THAT REFLECT ANY KIND OF SAVINGS FROM OUR MOWING PEOPLE? IT'S REALLY SO MINOR IN TERMS OF THE OVER THAT IT. IT REALLY DOESN'T. I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY SIX ACRES, AND THERE'S ROUGHLY 300 SOME PLUS ACRES OF RIGHT AWAY AND MEDIANS THAT WE MOW. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SQUEEZE A FEW MORE DOLLARS TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EXPANDED MYSELF AND I WOULD FULLY EXPECT WITHIN. YOU KNOW, 3

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SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. UH DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I DO AGREE TO THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY AWESOME PROGRAM, AND IT'S JUST NATURAL BEAUTY. IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT, UH YOU HAVE TO GO VERY FAR TO FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY JUST GROW EVERYWHERE. I WAS WONDERING, UH, RIGHT. THAT COUNTRY CLUB RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM LYLES MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE AN AREA THERE OF BLUE BONNETS. IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING FOR ANY BLUES, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AREAS THAT YOU EVER WANT TO SEE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE JUST GO OUT THERE AND LAY IN IT, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE PICTURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT NEED TO USE SOME OF THAT. MAYBE BACK OVER THERE AT UH, THE, UH, BOB TOWN, UH, ROSE HILL AREA THERE. THAT LAND THAT STREETSCAPE. WE JUST FINISHED THERE. YEAH. WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM. LOOK HOW WE DO IT. AND YOU YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT OVER THAT AREA OVER ACROSS FROM WILES IS GORGEOUS. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY GOOD NATURAL STAND. UM AT JAMES PARK. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY NATURAL NICE NATURAL STAND AT EASTERN HILLS. UM AND THE AND ACTUALLY IT W JOYCE PARK . THERE'S SOME NATURAL STANDS THERE THAT ARE JUST HAVE HAVE MATURED ON THEIR OWN OVER THE YEARS AND ARE REALLY REALLY PRETTY I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WIN.

JOYCE TO GET READY. UH, BECAUSE, UH, IT'S LIKE IT'S JUST GONNA BE REALLY DEDICATED TO THAT TYPE OF , UH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. UH, THOSE, UH THE WILDFLOWER CONCEPT, HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT CONCERT THAT RICHARDSON HAS EVERY YEAR. OH, YEAH, YEAH, I THINK IT'S ALL TIED TOGETHER. YES SIR, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. WHERE IS ANDY? WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND CANCER. DUTTON UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, ON FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A, UM, BUT HEADS OF ROD VERSUS GARLAND AND GARLAND IS ALWAYS GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS THE OTHER DAY THAT SOMEONE HAD MADE A POST ABOUT, UM WELL, I SAW GARLAND AS WILDFLOWERS. WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO WE'RE GETTING NOTICED. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE MAKES THEM BUDGET ROOM FOR IT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY? AND CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. LOOK AT ME AND MATT IS THERE IS THERE SUCH THING AS WILDFLOWER PATCHES? SUNFLOWER PATCHES. LET ME SEE WHY I ASK YOU THAT, LIKE SO MY INSURANCES DON'T HAVE OPEN LAND.

WE DON'T HAVE OPEN FIELDS. EXAMPLE. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY LABRADA. THERE. THE SOUTHERN SECTOR DOES NOT HAVE THE OPEN ACREAGE TO JUST PUT THE SEED AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION IN OUR EASEMENT. AND OUR MEDIUMS. UH, ARE THERE ANY POSSIBILITIES OF US? SPRINKLING FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. UH, ALONG SOME O SOME OF OUR EAST SOME OF OUR MEDIUMS. I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH MON PARK FRONT BROADWAY AND WE'VE GOT IN KIRB EMI THE FRONT OF THE PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHY I USE THE TERM PATCHES. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF BENEFIT. HOW WOULD IT IMPACT THE PROGRAM? IF UH WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO III I STILL SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. UM BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU I WANNA SEE IT ALL AROUND THE CITY, RIGHT? OK AND SO THAT'S WHY I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES SO WHAT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LOOK LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE LIMITED AS FAR AS GROUND SPACE, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN . WE CAN GIVE SOME APPEARANCES OF THE WILDFIRE PROGRAM YOUR THOUGHTS. SO YES, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN LOOK AT EVEN SMALL AREAS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET IN AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET IN AND DO THE CULTURAL PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO PLANT. UM WE CAN LOOK AT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO WORK. UM BUT WE CAN WE CAN SURE TRY. THERE'S SOME GOOD AREAS ON ON OATS THAT I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO TRY. UH ESPECIALLY AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH THERE OF AUDUBON. UM I WOULD ONE OF THE AREAS I REALLY WANT TO DO IS DUCK CREEK I. I THINK DOWN DUCK CREEK BOULEVARD WOULD LOOK GORGEOUS AND MAYBE EVEN THERE ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY WHERE WE'VE KIND OF CUT SOME OF THAT GRASS BACK KIND OF FOCUSING ON THAT AREA. THAT WAS AN AREA THAT I KIND OF HAD IN MY MIND THAT I LIKE TO KIND OF DO IF WE KIND OF AS WE START TO EXPAND THIS,M SO DEFINITELY YES, THOSE ARE ALL THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT. THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE NONE , BUT, UH, I DON'T HEAR ANY, UH OPPOSITION TO CONTINUING SO

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[7. Comprehensive Plan Update]

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THAT'S PRETTY, UH, PRETTY COMMON FOR A CONFERENCE PLANS. THEY TYPICALLY DO TAKE, UH THAT YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEAR PROCESS FOR A SIGNIFICANT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO AAA PLAN. SO THIS, UH CONTEMPLATES A 20 MONTH TIMELINE. AND AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UM THE, UH, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED THE CONTRACTOR. THE BID FOR THIS CONSULTANT WILL BE ON THE, UH MAY 21ST REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA, AND, UH, IF APPROVED FROM THERE, THEN WE ANTICIPATE NEXT MONTH, JUNE 2024 AS THE KICKOFF FOR THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND, UM, GOING BACK TO ENGAGEMENT EARLY IN THE PROCESS. WE ANTICIPATE SOME KIND OF GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES. THERE'S UM VISITS TO COFFEE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS.

AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF CREATIVE WAYS AND WE CERTAINLY OBSERVE FROM OTHER CITIES. UM, DOING THESE. THESE PLANS OF, UH THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVE WAYS TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEEK THAT INPUT. SO THAT MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT, UH, WITH THAT, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE READY TO GO. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. AND ANDY, I THINK YOU HAD A FEW A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL DETAILS. UM I WANNA POINT OUT SO A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO THE GARLAND SHORELINE. AND HARBOR POINT AREA AS WELL. WE'VE GOT SOME SOME OTHER STUDIES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT IN AND LOOKED AT IT AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH. UM COUPLE OTHER THINGS IS THE AUTO OVERLAY AND OTHER CONCENTRATED AUTO USES IS GOING TO BE EVALUATED. UH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW OR HAVE RUN INTO A CASE, BUT THE AUTO OVERLAY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS KIND OF A UNIQUE LAND CREDIT PROCESS THAT WE WANNA HAVE EVALUATED IS THE DOWNTOWN, UH, AREA GROWS OUT. UH SO YES. WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF COUNSEL? UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'LL SEE IT AS WE MENTIONED IN TWO WEEKS. UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS ATTACHED. UH, IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I BELIEVE SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOW UP OR TONIGHT, LET US KNOW. UH, THAT CONTRACT I BELIEVE IS APPROXIMATELY $568,000. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH JUST 567 JUST UNDER 568. AND THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR WAS 400. SO AS WE MENTIONED, UH, SINCE THIS IS A MULTI YEAR PROCESS, UH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR AND WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT, UM IN IN SHOPPING AND LOOKING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THESE, UH, TO BE A MILLION MILLION AND A HALF, IF NOT MORE FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE, SO, UM THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE WITH THE CONSULTANT, UM IN HOW TO KIND OF BE, UH, MINDFUL OF THOSE COSTS, SO A LOT OF THAT IS THE STAFF AT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST WITH, UH SOME OF THE TASKS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, SUCH AS A LOT OF IT IS PUBLIC OUTREACH. A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT ARE VERY, UM, TIME INTENSIVE. SO UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S ALREADY SKILLED AT THAT, UH, SUCH AS ANGELA SMITH SITTING OVER HERE WHO HAS THE DISTINCT HONOR OF MANAGING THIS PROJECT, BEING THE STAFF CHAMPION FOR IT, UM, SO THAT SHE'S GONNA WORK ON A VERY DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR ALL THAT, UM COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. WE WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE WORK SESSION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING, UH, IN THIS PROPOSAL IS A CPAC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE. UH, SO WE MAY COME BACK WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS ON ON WHAT THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHO THAT MEMBERSHIP MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM UH, YOU WOULD ALSO BE ASKED TO ATTEND SEVERAL JOINT PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CPAC AND THE FULL COUNCIL. UM I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MANY. I BELIEVE THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE, MAYBE TWO OR THREE. I BELIEVE, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. ANOTHER THING IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A ROAD TRIP WE'RE GONNA PUT, UH, YOU GUYS ON A BUS AND GO LOOK AT SOME INTERESTING PROJECTS, UH, IN THE DFW AREAS, A SAMPLE PROJECTS OF KIND OF WHAT? WHAT DO WE WANT? WHAT DO WE NOT WANT? WHAT'S POSSIBLE? WHAT'S NOT POSSIBLE? THOSE KIND OF THINGS BE FACILITATED BY THE CONSULTANT. UM AND THEN, LASTLY IS JUST WE'RE GONNA NEED A LOT OF HELP. ROBUSTLY PROMOTING, UH, THE CITIZEN FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS THE CITIZENS PLAN. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT. I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET PUBLIC INPUT, BUT I THINK WE REALLY, UM ALL CAN ROW IN THE SAME DIRECTION ON THAT ONE. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE ITS COMPLETION AND IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL PLAN A COOL OPPORTUNITY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? YOU COVERED IT? YEAH. YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR THE BEEPING. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE ALWAYS WHEN WE'VE SEEN AN OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE TAKEN IT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING. LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT IS TO TAKE MONEY AND DO SOME TYPE OF STUDY. TO FIND OUT WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT RELATES TO THE SHORELINE, THE TANK AREA AND HOW WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION WITH DALLAS AND, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE THERE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ALREADY. IN THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS, UH, HARBOR POINT AND BASS PRO AREA. UH OUR FAVORITE. UH NOT WHEN GEORGE PARK, BUT, UH WHEN? YES YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS OUT THERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT BUT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF PLAN THAT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY SOMETHING TOGETHER IN A WAY OF IDENTIFYING ALL THOSE PROBLEMS, THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH THAT IS, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? AND ONCE WE LEARN ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE DEVELOPERS, THEN THAT WHEN THEY COME, AND THEY HAVE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SEARCH FOR. IT'S NOT INFORMATION THEY HAVE TO LOOK FOR. THIS INFORMATION IS ALREADY AVAILABLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ATTRACT DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND DO SOMETHING IN THE MANNER BY WHICH HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR OTHER SHORE OVER IN ROWLETT. OVER IN ROCKWALL. THAT RALE DEVELOPMENT PRESENTLY. IS IT'S PHENOMENAL.

IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL, AND I JUST THINK RIGHT NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US. IF NOTHING EL? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER COMPETE WITH IT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE BENEFIT AND BENEFIT FROM WHAT IT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE OVER ON OUR SOUTHERN SHORE. SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOU TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER I'VE TALKED TO, UH, ANDY AND, UH, TALKED TO WILL WITH THAT. I BELIEVE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME WAYS BY WHICH WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY THAT GO TO THAT DESTINATION LOCATION. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. GUESS WE'RE HEADER. THANK YOU, AARON 11 THING I NOTICED PART OF THE CONTRACT OR THE PROPOSAL HERE, I SHOULD SAY, IS THAT THEY HAD A MARKET COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVENESS ASSESSMENT. HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE JUST HAD? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS IN MY MIND EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THAT SCOPE OF WORK RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, THE GUIDANCE WE'VE GIVEN THEM IS T TO WORK WH THAT WITH THAT STUDY, NOT AGAINST IT IT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT ALREADY PROVIDES DATA, SO IT'S GONNA IT WOULD LIKELY BE A DEEPER DIVE INTO CERTAIN TYPES OF DATA. UH, BUT IT IS ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER CATALYST AREAS. AND ALL OF OUR OTHER MASTER PLANS. UH THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE THAT TO HIM ON THE FRONT END SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLEMENT IT AND NOT CONTRADICT IT AND LOOK IT'S BEEN DONE BY A THIRD PARTY THEN ON THAT, UH YES, HALLS HILL. IT SPECIALIZES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, SO IT IT AGAIN. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE I. I WOULD SAY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS PROBABLY SOMEWHAT A TAD BIT MORE.

TACTICAL THAN STRATEGIC THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE ABOVE THAT LEVEL, MEANING THAT IT'S GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE VERY SPECIFIC LAND USES RATHER THAN UM, WHAT THE PLAN RECOMMENDS IN TERMS OF TASK OR PROGRAMS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IF THAT, IF THAT HELPS, OK, YEAH, IT'S GOOD IF IT'S MORE LAND USE FOCUS LIKE ON THESE SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE COUNCILMAN DEPUTY MAYOR FTE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STRATEGIC PLANS FOR DIFFERENT AREAS. ROSE HILL AT SOME POINT AND YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PLANS. I'D LIKE TO MA'AM TO BUILD UPON THOSE HERE IF THEY COULD IN THIS, THIS ONE, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. BECAUSE HER LUCK SO UNDER , UM, ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS. IT KIND OF LOOKS AT EXISTING MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE AND PROGRAMS AND PROGRESS. RIDGEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER IS

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AND YOU THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION ON THE 20. FIRST YES. OK, ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GUNSHOT DISTURBANCES

[8. Efforts to Address Gunshot Disturbances and Review of the Flock Safety System]

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ALL CALLS MAY BE GUNSHOTS, MAYBE CARS BACKFIRING SOME BABY FIREWORKS, BUT WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF GUNSHOT CALLS. WHY UH WHY IS IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO, UH, ENFORCE? ONE IS AGAIN THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME, SO I HAVE TO PROVE SOMEONE FIRED A WEAPON RECKLESSLY IN THE CITY AND SOME OF THE MEETINGS I GO TO, UH, SOMEONE INEVITABLY IS GONNA SAY HEY, I RECOGNIZE GUNSHOTS. I'VE GROWN UP AROUND GUNS, MY WHOLE LIFE. I KNOW THAT'S GUNSHOTS, AND I BELIEVE THEM 100% BUT I STILL HAVE TO PROVE THAT IN A COURT OF LAW AND SO FINDING THAT EVIDENCE AND PROVING THAT IT IT TAKES MORE THAN I JUST HEARD GUNSHOTS TO OUT OF ME, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY THE CALL. WE GET. WE GET A CALL, AND IT SAYS IT'S THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I JUST HEARD GUNSHOTS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FOR FOUR OR FIVE STREETS OVER AND THEN WE DO RESPOND. WE RESPOND TO EVERY CALL, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THAT LOCATION BECAUSE 99.9% OF THE TIME THEY'RE NOT HANGING AROUND FOR US TO SHOW UP AND THEY KNOW WE'RE COMING. AND SO P PROVING THOSE ELEMENTS IS DIFFICULT IN LOCATING THAT CRIME SCENE IS DIFFICULT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME, AND I THINK I'VE TOLD THE STORY TO SOME OF Y'ALL, BUT I WORKED NEW YEAR'S EVE AND ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, I'M ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. WE SEE SOMEONE SHOOTING A GUN IN THE AIR. AND SO WE IMMEDIATELY RESPOND. HE RUNS INTO THE HOUSE. WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR. WE GET INSIDE THE HOUSE AND THERE'S 50 PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE, AND WE ASKED WHO FIRED THE GUN? OH HE LEFT. HE'S GONE. AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO PROVE YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE. AND I PUT IN HERE THAT SOME PEOPLE PERCEIVE THIS AS A VICTIMLESS CRIME, AND THEY DO. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARREST THAT, UM, ARE NOT COMMITTING THEIR GOOD PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THEY HAVE A GOOD BOB. THEY'RE WORKING. BUT FOR SOME REASON, UH, SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S OK TO SHOOT THEIR GUN IN THE AIR. I WAS ACTUALLY AT A RELATIVE'S HOUSE NOT TOO LONG AGO, NOT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GUNSHOTS IN HIS CITY AND HE GOES. I WAS SO ANGRY. I PULLED MY GUN OUT AND WENT OUTSIDE AND SHOT IT IN THE AIR.

AND IT'S THERE'S THIS PERCEPTION THAT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. WHEN IT IS THOSE BULLETS ARE COMING DOWN SOMEWHERE. WE'RE IN HIGHLY POPULATED AREA. UH AND SO IT IS A PROBLEM. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING. UH, LAST YEAR IN 2023. WE ARRESTED 25 INDIVIDUALS FOR SALVATO GUNFIRE. AND THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS IS OUR KNIVES, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. BUT EVERY SHELL CASING WE FIND, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE. IN A MINUTE . WE PUT INTO OUR KN AND SYSTEM THAT WE BOUGHT, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND WE ARE DOCUMENTING THAT INCIDENT. UM EVERY GUN JUST LIKE YOU HAVE A FINGERPRINT. EVERY GUN HAS A FINGERPRINT AND THAT FINGERPRINT IS THAT SHELL CASING. NOW I LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 25 ARRESTS AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING. AND SO I KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES. 15 OF THOSE ARRESTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR HAD WITNESS IDENTIFICATION. A WITNESS CALLED AND SAID THAT PERSON RIGHT THERE JUST FIRED A GUN. AND THAT WAS THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE CATCH. PEOPLE IS ALERT CITIZENS ALERT NEIGHBORS, THEY CAN POINT TO US AND SHOW US WHO FIRED THAT WEAPON. UM FIVE TIMES, AN OFFICER WAS IN THE AREA AND RESPONDED QUICK ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SCENE. AND THEN FIVE ARRESTS . WE HAD A PARTIAL DESCRIPTION OR PARTIAL INFORMATION, AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE FLOCK AND NIBS TO SOLVE A CRIME. AND SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT EXAMPLE IN A MINUTE. THE FLOCK RAVEN SYSTEM. WE HAVE TESTED THE FLOCK RAVEN SYSTEM NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND I THINK THERE'S GOOD AND THERE'S BAD WITH THE FLOCK RAVEN SYSTEM. THE GOOD IS THAT IT HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT FOR THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO GET THERE, BUT THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS PRETTY CLOSE. UM WE'RE GETTING CONSISTENT NOTIFICATIONS, AND IT'S IN A RELATIVELY UH, 2 TO 3 HOUSE. UM, AREA THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT NOTIFICATION. UH, THE BAD IS WE'RE NOT CATCHING ANYBODY USING THIS SYSTEM. I

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YOU KNOW, IT TAKES US A FEW MINUTES TO GET THERE AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE. THERE'S NO ONE COMPLAINING. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CALLS COMING IN AND WE'RE DOING THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE MORE OFTEN THAN WERE NOT. UM, WE DID HAVE ONE INCIDENT AND I. I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN. WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN. WHO WE THOUGHT FIRED THE WEAPON. BUT AGAIN, HIS ANSWER WAS IT WASN'T ME AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT WITHOUT A WITNESS TO PROVE SOME OF THESE CASES. BUT WE DID MAKE 25 ARRESTS LAST YEAR, AND MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO WITNESS TESTIMONY. THE NAIN SYSTEM. LET ME TALK ABOUT A SUCCESS WE HAD JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND SO HERE'S THE SCENARIO. A PATROL OFFICER, UM, STOPPED A VEHICLE AND THE SUBJECT HAD AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. UM HE HAD SOME OTHER ISSUES GOING ON THAT NIGHT, AND WE ARRESTED HIM AND SEIZED HIS FIREARM. AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. WE TEST FIRED THAT FIREARM. WE GOT THE SHELL CASING TO THAT FIREARM, BUT EVENTUALLY WE HAD TO RELEASE THAT FIREARM BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL. HE WAS THE LAWFUL OWNER AND WE RELEASED IT BACK. THAT SAME MONTH. WE GET A CALL OF A GUNSHOT DISTURBANCE ON BROADWAY BOULEVARD. WE GO THERE AND WE FIND 15 9 MILLIMETER SHELL CASINGS ARE EVIDENCE. IQ UH, SOFTWARE WAS ABLE TO TELL US IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS CAME FROM TOO FIREARMS. UH, WE ENTERED BOTH FIREARMS INTO THE SYSTEM. WE GOT A HIT, WHICH WE CAME BACK TO THE GUN THAT WE HAD. UM A FEW WEEKS EARLIER, WE USED THE FLOCK SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE THAT HE WAS STOPPED ON WAS ALSO IN THE AREA.

UM AND THAT, COUPLED WITH SOME WITNESS INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS CRIME AND ARREST THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE TO GATHER TO SOLVE THESE ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA MOVE STRAIGHT INTO FLOCK. IF THAT'S OK, UH, FLOCK SAFETY AND AGAIN I THINK THE BEST WAY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FLOCK. WE HAVE 60 FLOCK CAMERAS IN OUR CITY. WE ADDED 15 LAST YEAR, THESE CAMERAS ARE ONLY ON OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. THEY'RE NOT IN NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, BUT I. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO HIGHLIGHT FLOCK IS TO GIVE YOU SOME SUCCESS STORIES. UH HERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE FLOCK. I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S QUICKER TO LIST CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE FLOCK. UH, BUT HERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES JUST ABOUT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. I THINK EVERY NEIGHBORING CITY EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SUNNYVALE UH, HAS BLOCK AT THIS TIME. NO, TAKE THAT BACK. SUNNYVALE DOES HAVE FLOCK. YEAH.

MAYBE SEXY. JUST SOME EXAMPLES. HERE'S A COPPER THEFT INCIDENT WHERE A NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE JUST AN IMAGE. WE COULD NOT SEE THE LICENSE PLATE, BUT HE'S ABLE TO CAPTURE AN IMAGE.

OF TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE STILL IN COPPER. BUT WITH THAT I IMAGE WE COULD LOCATE BOTH VEHICLES FOLLOWING IT EACH OTHER, UH, ON THE FLOCK. WITH THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION BUILT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED. THIS IS A BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLE AGAIN. WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION. THERE'S UNIQUE FEATURES ON THIS VEHICLE. UH WE CAN WE IDENTIFIED IT JUST IN THE AREA RIGHT AFTER THIS, AND THAT SUBJECT WAS ALSO ARRESTED. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING, UH, STORY, BUT YOU KNOW SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS. SOME OF THE CRIMINALS ARE LEARNING HOW TO CIRCUMVENT OUR SYSTEM SO THEY'LL THEY'LL SWAP LICENSE PLATE OR THEY'LL USE STOLEN CARS. UH, THIS IS A JUGGING INCIDENT AND AS A REMINDER WHAT JUGGING IS PEOPLE GO TO BANKS. UM THEY WITHDRAW A LARGE, UH, LARGE CASH , AND THEN THEY COULD DRIVE SOMEWHERE. THEY LEAVE THE CASH IN THEIR CAR. SOMEONE BREAKS. SOMEONE'S FOLLOWED THEM BREAKS INTO THE CAR. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO WAS FOLLOWING THIS INDIVIDUAL. UH, ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. AND IDENTIFY THE LICENSE PLATE TAG. HOWEVER THE LICENSE PLATE TAG DID NOT BELONG ON THE VEHICLE, SO WE FIGURED, OK, THAT'S A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE TAG. SO WE CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE LICENSE PLATE TAG TO INFORM HER THAT HER LICENSE WAS STOLEN. AND SHE SAYS, NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S ON MY CAR. SO WE GO OUT THERE AND SURE ENOUGH, HER LICENSES ARE ON HER CAR. AND SO WE PULLED UP HER VIDEO AND LO AND BEHOLD, HER NEIGHBOR WAS SWAPPING PLATES OUT TO COMMIT THE BURGLARY AND THEN COMING BACK AND PUT THE PLATES BACK. SO AND SO HE WAS ALSO ARRESTED. UH, THIS IS A BURGLARY HABITATION AGAIN. UH, YOU KNOW THE RING CAMERAS, NOT JUST RING CAMERAS, BUT ALL THIS YEAR, SECURITY CAMERAS ARE REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR BURGLARY OF HABITATIONS. WE OUR BURGLARY HABITATIONS HAVE DROPPED DRASTICALLY IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST 10 OR SO YEARS. BUT HERE'S A BURGLARY OF HABITATION. UM, THAT CAPTURED AN IMAGE ON THE RING CAMERA. WE GOT A VEHICLE.

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WE KNOW THEY ARE COMMITTING MAL THEFT, SO WE PUT IT ON OUR HOT LIST. SO WHEN IT CROSSES A CAMERA OR OFFICERS ON THE STREET , EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHO THIS INDIVIDUAL IS YET AND DON'T HAVE A WARRANT FOR HIM. THE OFFICERS GET AN ALERT. HEY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS CAR. IT'S COMMITTING MALE THEFTS, AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE GUY WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, THEY CAN DEVELOP PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE THE STOP AND THEN MAKE THE ARREST. UH AND I. I COMPARE THIS ALL THE TIME TO HOW POLICE USED TO OPERATE, WHICH WAS YOU GET A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION AND YOU'RE STOPPING VEHICLES THAT MATCH THAT DESCRIPTION AND A LOT OF TIME INNOCENT PEOPLE WOULD GET STOPPED. WELL THIS GIVES US TO SAY THIS IS THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE, UH TRUCK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. NOT STOP EVERY RAM TRUCK AND SO IT'S HELPING US TO BE MORE PRECISE WITH THE WITH OUR ACTIONS. AND THEN I ADDED THIS ONE CAUSE LADY CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, MY VEHICLE IS STOLEN AND WE LOOK IT UP AND IT'S GETTING TOWED. AND WE CALL THE TOW COMPANY AND IT WAS REPOSSESSED AND THEY JUST HAD FORGOT TO CALL AND TELL US THAT THEY ARE REPOSSESSING THE VEHICLE. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST A QUICK WAY TO SOLVE IT. WHEN WE DO GET AN ALERT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LT AND I INCLUDED THIS BECAUSE AS I'M CREATING THIS POWERPOINT ON MY COMPUTER UP COMES THIS ALERT, SO I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S DESTINY. SO I COPIED IT AND PUT IT IN MY POWERPOINT. BUT THIS IS WHAT AN ALERT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT'S WHAT THE ALERT LOOKS LIKE TO THE OFFICERS ON THE STREET. THEY'LL GET A DING ON THEIR COMPUTER, AND IT'LL SAY, HEY, THIS STOLEN VEHICLE HAS JUST PASSED GOING WESTBOUND ON MILLER AT 15TH STREET. THEN THE OFFICERS CAN SET UP. UH, IN FRONT OF THAT VEHICLE AND TRY TO GET IT STOPPED THE ONE THING AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS, TOO, IN THE PAST, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT IS THE, UM STAR CHASE SYSTEM NOW THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT VEHICLES OUT THERE ARE STOLEN. I WANT TO REDUCE THE PURSUITS WITH THOSE VEHICLES. AND SO IF WE CAN TAG THEM WITH THE GPS, WE CAN BACK OFF THE PURSUIT. AND THEN, UH, AND THEN LOCATE IT ONCE THEY STOP. SO AT SOME POINT, YOU'LL BE WANTING TO UPDATE THEM ON THE STAR CHASE, WHICH I'LL BRING TO YOU. UH, ALSO INCLUDED THIS. THIS WAS A FORT WORTH INCIDENT. I TALKED TO, UH, CHIEF NOAKES ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. THEY HAD AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WHERE SOMEONE HAD FIRED A SHOTGUN AT AN OFFICER AND CHIEF NOAKES TALKED ABOUT THE FLOCK SYSTEM AND HOW THEY UTILIZED IT, UH, TO CAPTURE AND ARREST THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN HERE'S MY FINAL GOOD NEWS, AND I KNOW GUNSHOTS ARE FRUSTRATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CRIME IS DOWN IN THE CITY AND NOT DOWN SMALL NUMBERS IN 2023 TOTAL OFFENSES WERE DOWN. 6.5% VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS, WHICH IS JUST AN UNHEARD OF AND THEN PROPERTY. CRIME IS DOWN 6% SO THE TROOPS ARE DOING FANTASTIC WORK OUT THERE. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM MOORE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UH, ALWAYS VERY GOOD TO HEAR. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES I THINK THAT, UH, YOU ARE OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE ABOUT ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT CRIMES AND MAYBE IN THEIR AREA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY TRULY BELIEVE THE CRIME IS JUST RUNNING RAMPANT. AND SO IT IS GOOD TO HEAR, UH THAT OUR CRIME LEVELS ARE DOWN.

I WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH, OF THIS, UH, CONCEALED WEAPON CARRY, IF YOU WILL. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? I THINK ABOUT YOUR 1ST 2ND 3RD SLIDE FROM THERE. WELL, YOU GAVE THE DEFINITIONS. SO WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY WITH THIS IS A PERSON. IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO CARRY A FIREARM. IF YOU'RE 18 AND ABOVE AND NOT IN INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

CORRECT. THAT'S THE WAY I JUST STOP IT RIGHT THERE. CORRECT OK? HOW DOES THAT, UH, IMPACT THE NEW LAW THAT TEXAS INITIATED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK WHEN, UH, WE SAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN

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HOWEVER YOU CANNOT CARRY IT IN A MANNER THAT'S CALCULATED TO ALARM. SO IF YOU WERE CARRYING IT IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ALARM PEOPLE YOU DO COMMIT AN OFFENSE. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SIMPLY CARRYING IT, LET'S SAY IN AN OPEN HOLSTER, THEN YOU IF YOU'VER THE OVER THE AGE OF 18, YOU CAN CARRY IT IN AN OPEN HOLSTER. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PERSON CARRYING A WEAPON SUCH THAT? WELL IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AND POINTING THE WEAPON AT CARS OR POINTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T FIRED THE WEAPON OR THREATENED ANYONE THAT'S CARRYING IT, THAT'S IN A IN A WAY THAT'S CALCULATED TO ALARM. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE IN THIS AREA OF, UH, CONCEALED WEAPON OPEN CARRY CONSTITUTIONAL. IT'S JUST SO CONFUSING. YEAH, RIGHT. YEAH EXACTLY WHEN? WHEN I SAW THAT. I'M KIND OF ALL POOR OFFICERS. I THINK THAT THAT IF YOU JUST I MEAN, JUST AT THE VERY BASE LEVEL, IT'S JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN CARRY A FIREARM AND ANYONE CAN CARRY A FIREARM OPENLY. THE RULES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE UNDER 18, BUT AS FAR AS ADULTS ARE CONCERNED ANYONE AND IT'S THE SAME FOR RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS. BUT YOU CAN CARRY A FIREARM. NOW YOU MAY HAVE A PRIVATE BUSINESS THAT HAS LIMITATIONS. THERE MAY BE LIMITATIONS IN A SCHOOL, UH BUT FOR THE MOST PART IN PUBLIC, THEN THAT'S TRUE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. GUESS WE LOOK CHIEF. UM WERE YOU GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY HEAR GUNSHOTS? WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE AN AWESOME NPO IN YOUR DISTRICT. I HAVE THREE. UH, IF YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS IN YOUR YOU NEED TO CALL US. WE NEED TO DOCUMENT IT. WE NEED TO DOCUMENT WHERE AND ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET SHELL CASINGS. IF YOU CAN, THE CLOSER YOU CAN GET TO THE TO IT. THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TRACK. WE TRACK THIS. WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY MONTH. WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE GUNSHOTOTS. AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT CALLING, THEN WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING, UH, WE USUALLY GET 2 TO 3 PHONE CALLS FOR EVERY INCIDENT. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PHONE. BUT THERE ARE SOME WHERE WE GET NO PHONE CALLS. BUT CALL US GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GIVE US. UH, I KNOW YOU HAD ONE WHERE SOMEONE HAD CAPTURED IMAGES OF A VEHICLE ON CAMERA. THAT IS JUST INVALUABLE INFORMATION. SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET TO SOLVE IT, THE BETTER, BUT THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST CALL US AND SHOULD THEY CALL 911 OR NON EMERGENCY? UH, PROBABLY NON EMERGENCY. BUT IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER CALLED 911911 IS USUALLY WHEN LIFE OR YOUR PROPERTY IS IN IMMINENT THREAT. UH SO FOR THAT TYPE OF CALL, I PREFER YOU TO CALL NON-EMERGENCY AND LET YOU ARE SO SCARED. AND YOU THINK YOU ARE IN DANGER, THEN, UH, THEN CALL 911. AND THEN, UH, BACK TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS. UM HOW MANY DID YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE IN OPERATION NOW, 60. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING 15 MORE. NO THAT INCLUDES THE 15 THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR. AND UM, SO THE FLAT CAMERAS AREN'T IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET FLOCK CAMERAS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOODS CAN SELECT ON THEIR OWN. AND WE HAVE SOME HERE WE HAVE SOME HOAS, OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT HAVE ADDED THEIR OWN FLOCK CAMERAS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A IT'S A DECISION THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES, UH AS CHIEF. E AS THE GUY AND THE TO PUT THEM IN.

NEIGHBORHOODS AS A. BUT A NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES THE, AND THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAVE CAN. DO THAT. AND THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS DOING. SO HOW WOULD THEY GET IN FOR? IF THEY WANTED TO? SO? UH OR YOU CAN GO ON TO THE WEBSITE, THE FLOCK WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE

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I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND I KNOW YOU ALL WORK REALLY HARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM CHIEF, THE RAVEN SHOT DETECTION PROGRAM. UM, HAVE WE FINISHED UP OUR FREE YEAR? WE HAVE FINISHED UP. UH I DON'T WANNA TELL FLOCK THIS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TURNED IT OFF YET. SO WE HAVE FINISHED UP. UH I. I DO NOT PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. UM I THINK IF I WAS TO EXPAND THIS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY, MY OFFICERS WOULD BE CHASING STUFF ALL NIGHT LONG AND NOT FOCUSING WHERE THEY NEED TO FOCUS. AND SO I DO NOT PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXPANDING THIS AND ONCE IT'S ONCE IT'S FINISHED, AND ONCE THEY REMOVE IT, AT LEAST FOR NOW, UH, AND THIS IS IN NO WAY. A BAD COMMENT ABOUT THE RAVEN SYSTEM. I THINK THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A PLACE FOR THE RAVEN SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH VIOLENT CRIME. UH BUT WE ARE ADDRESSING A DIFFERENT ISSUE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE.

OK SO SINCE THIS WAS PILOTED OVER AROUND CENTRAL PARK AND YEAH, I'VE BEEN INTERESTED. I THINK WE WERE ALL REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WAS GOING TO START NAILING THE STUFF I WE ALL WERE, BUT, UM, AFTER AFTER, UM HEARING FROM YOU AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN MAKING IT USEFUL TO US BECAUSE, FORTUNATELY, UH, WHEN THIS GOES OFF, YOU'RE NOT FINDING PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT OR DEAD. IT'S CELEBRATORY STUFF. SO, UM I. I THINK IT'S A SENSIBLE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AT WHATEVER POINT AND NOT INVEST FURTHER IN IT. UM IT IS DISAPPOINTING. HOWEVER I I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S ENCOURAGING TO ME AND WHAT WAS ENCOURAGING AT THE TOWN HALL LAST WEEK IS HEARING THAT YOU ARRESTED 25 PEOPLE FOR CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE IN THE LAST WAS THAT LAST YEAR THAT WAS LAST YEAR, OK, UM, THAT WAS ENCOURAGING. AND UM, APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR. THEY THEY WANNA HEAR FIREWORKS. PEOPLE GETTING FINED LIKE THOUSANDS OF THEM AND THEY WANT TO HEAR THAT CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE. UM PEOPLE ARE ARE GETTING ARRESTED. SO THAT WAS SUPER GOOD NEWS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? CASPER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF LAMES EXCUSE THIS ONE THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM FOLKS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT. IN OUR OUR STATE.

OUR RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM WAS SQUASH SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND CAMERAS THEMSELVES ARE STILL ON POST THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES DO YOU KNOW? THOSE ARE IS THAT YOU'RE GONE. I THINK THEY'RE ALL GONE. YOU MAY I KNOW THEY'RE NOT . THEY'RE NOT ALL GONE, BUT BUT IF I SHOULDN'T LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THIS. IT'S POSTED. WELL, I I'LL THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THEY'RE NOT OUT GONE, BUT ANYWAY, I'LL I'LL I'LL HOLD ON THAT. OK, FEEL FREE TO HOLLER AT ALL RIGHT, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM AND THEN WE HAVE SORT OF A NATURAL BREAK

[9. Texas Municipal League (TML) Mid-year Conference Report ]

STEP TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD CHIEF WNN KIM, A KID TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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UM ANOTHER BIG POINT THAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT WAS ENGAGE YOUR YOUTH. THAT YOUR GOAL SHOULDN'T BE TO KEEP YOUR YOUTH IN THE CITY. IT SHOULD BE TO GET THEM TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE AND TO DO WHAT KIDS DO. BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING YOUR YOUTH A REASON TO COME BACK. SO THOSE WERE, UM, THE TOP THE TOP THINGS THAT I LEARNED THE MOST. UM AGAIN, IT WAS MOSTLY AIMED TOWARDS SMALL RULERS. RURAL CITIES. UM, SO ON THAT ON THAT POINT. UM I DID LEARN A LOT FROM ONE OF THE MAYORS, UM OF A CITY WHOSE POPULATION IS LESS THAN 500. HE'S THE MAYOR AND THE, UH, FIRE CHIEF, SO UM, HE KIND OF HE HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT, UM, DAIRY ROADS HADN'T BEEN, UM REPAVED IN LIKE 40 YEARS AND HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT DONE WITH THE HELP OF TECH DOT AND THEY TOOK OLD ASPHALT AND STUFF. UM MATERIALS THAT THEY'VE DUG UP OTHER OLD ROADS AND SMUSH IT TOGETHER, AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST GAVE HIM THAT. AND IT WAS KIND OF AMAZING. THEY GOT ROADS REPAVED COMPLETELY AT NO COST. AND SO, UM, THAT WAS PRETTY PRETTY INTERESTING TO LEARN. SO THAT IS MY TEAM. UH, OF NOTES VERY GOOD. CA WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH FROM THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOCUSES ON LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. UM THE TML JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITE MEET MOST OF THE REPORT. TL EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER, BEN SANDLIN, UH, AND HIS TEAM DID MOST OF THE SPEAKING AT A SPECIAL SESSION ON PROPERTY TAX SCHOOL CHOICE AND A NUMBER OF TOPICS. UH UNDER DISCUSSION WAS ALSO THAT $33.7 BILLION STATE BUDGET SURPLUS. I THINK ITEM OF DISCUSSION WAS THE GS AT THAT TIME, UH, PENDING IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. UM HIGHLIGHTS DISCUSSIONS COVERED, UH, THESE SEVERAL BILLS, ONE THAT DEALT WITH SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND BROADBAND, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT. UH UH. HB 27 OF 2127 THE SUPER PREEMPTION OR REFERRED TO BY SOME AS THEY SAID, IT'S DEATH DEATH LEGISLATION. ALSO HB 14, WHICH DEALT WITH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY , UH, THE SPRINGTOWN LEGISLATION , WHICH IS REFERRED TO ITS HB 2266 A LAND USE, UH THEY COVERED, UH UH, SOME PROPOSED LEGISLATION. ON T LARGE BILL.

BILLS THAT DEALT WITH THAT SERVICES. AND H AND SB 2038 THAT DEALT WITH LAND USE. AND THAT WAS FROM THE, UM LEGISLATIVE UM, LEGISLATIVE CAMERAS. THE MAIN YEAR CONFERENCE THAT I ATTENDED.

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UH OF PLANS THAT COVER FROM TEXAS AND UNDERSTANDING, RELIABILITY AND CHALLENGES OF THE TEXAS GRID. I'D SAY AT THE MEDIA CONFERENCE THAT LATTER WON PROBABLY TOOK OUT THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. ON THE ON THEHE LAST SESSION THEY TALKED ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE RELIABILITY.

AND CHALLENGES. ABE TEXAS POWER GRID THAT WERE INDIVIDUALS THERE WHO WERE ACTUALLY FROM, UH THE TEXAS PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. CAUGHT AND THE LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATORS INCLUDING TML EXPERTS IN THOSE TOPICS, SO IT WAS THE REIGN OF RANGE OF DISCUSSION. SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE HIGHLIGHTS AND AGAIN, I'D SAY IF SOMEBODY WANTED WANT MY NAIL TO BE HAPPY TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. AND KISS HER REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I'M NOT TECHNICALLY REQUIRED TO DO THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T GO AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE.

I WENT AT MY OWN EXPENSE. HOWEVER I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT WERE SAID. BUT I DID BRING THE BOOK FROM, UM, AS SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID, WAS PROBABLY THE MOST USEFUL SESSION WHICH IS 13 WAYS TO KILL YOUR COMMUNITY. IT'S WORTH READING. UM AND THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS PROBABLY AS FAR AS WORKSHOP GOES, THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH. THIS WAS NOT A STERN IN MY OPINION. THIS WAS NOT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF TML. UM SO A LOT OF THE OTHER WORKSHOPS. PEOPLE WERE JUST READING. PAPERS. AND ANYWAY, SO 13 WAYS TO KILL YOUR COMMUNITY WORTH READING THE OTHER VALUE. UM THAT CAME AWAY FROM THAT, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THAT IS PRETTY COMMON AT TML IS MEETING OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE SITTING DOWN, COMPARING NOTES SAYING, HOW DO YOU DO THIS? THIS IS HOW I DO THIS COMPARING NOTES THAT I FOUND, UM BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE OF OUR BUBBLE. UM I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND HELPFUL AND THE RELATIONSHIPS CONTINUE ON. SO THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD. AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE READ THIS GAME. BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL POLICY STATES THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT ON ANY MEETING ATTENDED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITY AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND THE SAME. A JOINT PORT CAN BE MADE. SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST A REPORTING ON ON MEETINGS ATTENDED OUTSIDE THE CITY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE REPORTS? FIRST OFF? THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR THE REPORTS. UM, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.

COUNCIL MAYOR WILLIAMS OK? YEAH. YES. YES, MAYOR. UH, ACTION ON REPORT. ACTUALLY, I FORGOT ABOUT IT. UM BUT ON EACH OF THESE ON EACH OF ALL OF THESE CONFERENCES, WE RECEIVE AGENDAS FROM FROM TML. SO IF SOMEBODY'S MISSING, NOT GETTING THOSE AGENDAS AND WE GET THEM, I'LL BE STILL BE GLAD TO SHARE SHARE MINE. AND THAT GIVES YOU THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. WHETHER IT'S A SHORT CONFERENCE, LIKE THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WAS WAS OH, A FULL COURT CONVENTION. ALL THAT

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THANK YOU. MOVING AND THAT WAS OUR LAST, UH, VERBAL BRIEFING ITEM. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS

[ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

UM, PARKING PROGRAM. OK AND COUNCILOR LUCK WILL BE THE SECOND ON THAT. I'M SORRY. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? CASTRO WILLIAMS. AIR. BUT MY QUICK I THINK WE PUT THE SAME. I THINK I PUT THE SAME THING ON THE AGENDA COUNCIL LADY LAST WORK SESSION. THAT'S WE'RE SAYING THINGS THAT YOU SUGGEST. I THINK IT'S ALREADY A FUTURE GENERAL ITEM. I THINK COUNCIL L LA. OK OK, I JUT DID. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW A TWO PLACE I. I THINK I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY THAT IT WAS ON A I READ ON THE GTA. OK SO THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE WORK SESSION UPDATE, OK? ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SEE THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROCESS FOR AFTER WE ADJOURN TO GET SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COUNCIL

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

TO THE CITY CHARTER. UH, WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS. UH LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT 810, PLEASE. AND THAT WITH THAT WE ARE IN RECESS.

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