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          WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 19TH, 2025 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER, NEWLY ELECTED AND NEWLY SWORN IN JOE THOMAS FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. WELCOME, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY MOMENT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF INTO AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. SO WELCOME FOR A LONG TIME, JUST FOR FUN. WELL, THEY THEY ARE MUCH MORE EXCITING IN PERSON. PROMISE YOU. ROLES FOR MY WIFE, WHO WHEN SHE COMES IN AND SEES ME WATCHING THE WORK SESSION. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD LUCK TO US ALL. AND THEN, COUNCIL, JUST A QUICK NOTE. WE WILL NOT BE DOING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM TONIGHT THAT WILL BE PUSHED MOST LIKELY TO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION. SO LET'S GET STARTED. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW 
          [ 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.]
THAT WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS FOR ANYTHING TO BE PULLED, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE SOME. MAYOR PRO TEM OR I'M SORRY, FUTURE AGENDA. GO AHEAD. 
          ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE JUMPING ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE STORY. WE'RE READY. YEAH. 
          [1.  Abandonment of Utility Easement and Sanitary Sewer Utility Easement in Digital Realty Addition Council is requested to consider the abandonment of a Utility Easement and a Sanitary Sewer Utility Easement in the Digital Realty subdivision to the current property owner, Digital Garland Campbell, L.P.  Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 3, 2025 Regular Meeting.  ]
ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM UP UNDER WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. ITEM ONE ABANDONMENT OF UTILITY EASEMENT AND SANITARY SEWER. UTILITY EASEMENT IN DIGITAL REALTY EDITION. OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR 
          [2.  Garland Youth Council End-of-Year Recap GYC members and staff liaisons will provide an overview of learning and service activities that occurred over 2024-25, as well as provide an update on recruitment for 2025-26. An update on recruitment and incentive programs for the Garland Youth Council was requested by Councilmember B.J. Williams at the July 15, 2024 Work Session.]
NEXT SECTION. VERBAL BRIEFINGS, ITEM TWO. GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. END OF YEAR RECAP. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE AVERAGE AGE IN THIS ROOM DOWN CONSIDERABLY TONIGHT. WELCOME. HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO. AND IF YOU COULD. YEAH. MAKE THAT FULL SCREEN. PERFECT. OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS STACEY. I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR THIS YEAR. MY NAME IS SOPHIA SAAL. I'M A MEMBER OF GYSI. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMSI OROZCO AND I'M A MEMBER THIS YEAR. EXCELLENT START OF YOUR CUP. OKAY, THESE ARE THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE GC FOR THE 2024, 2025 YEAR. PRETTY SURE YOU RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE NAMES. OKAY. SO THE OVERALL MISSION OF GC IS TO JUST PROVIDE A FORUM WHICH EDUCATES GARLAND'S YOUTH TO THE VARIOUS WORKINGS OF CITY BUSINESS AND ALLOWS THE YOUTH TO BE A VOICE TO ADDRESS THEIR PARTICULAR IDEAS AND CONCERNS. BUT TO PUT IT SHORTLY, OUR MISSION IS BASICALLY JUST TO EDUCATE AND IMPACT BOTH THE YOUNGER AND THE OLDER GENERATIONS OF GARLAND. 
          OKAY. SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 11 MEETINGS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING FOUR SOCIALS. WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS, SUCH AS THE MAYOR AND CITY CITY MANAGERS. WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS TOPICS SUCH AS LIBRARY SERVICES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, ETC. OKAY, SOME OF THE IMPACTS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU REAL QUICK IF YOU COULD PULL THAT MIC TOWARDS YOU. THAT WAY WE CAN WE CAN HEAR YOU AND YEAH, THERE YOU GO. GO AHEAD. OKAY OKAY. SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN MULTIPLE CITY SURVEYS. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON MAY 3RD, WHICH WE MADE A VIDEO AND IT WENT VERY WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO ATTEND THE TEAM SUMMIT WITH THE URBAN YOUTH COUNCIL. IT'S REALLY FUN BECAUSE WE GOT TO SEE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGES, FROM LIKE EIGHT TO LIKE SENIORS ABOUT TO GRADUATE. SO THEN YOU JUST LIKE GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT FROM LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT YOUTH COUNCILS. THEY REALLY BROUGHT THE AGE DOWN. WHEN WE WENT. IT WAS. FIFTH GRADE, REALLY. SO PART OF OUR MISSION IS OUR IMPACT. AND THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE YEAR, WE VOLUNTEERED A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 222 HOURS AT CERTAIN EVENTS, INCLUDING THE SAFETY VEST, HAUNTED HOUSE AND THINGS LIKE AT THE SHELTER WHERE WE GOT TO LIKE, MAKE TREATS FOR ALL THE DOGS AND WE GOT TO WIPE DOWN ALL THE WINDOWS AND JUST HANG OUT WITH THE PUPPIES. AND THESE ARE A FEW PICTURES. THIS IS SAFETY FEST OVER HERE. AND THEN WE GOT TO EAT SANTA WHERE WE MET SOME LIKE SOME OF THE MEMBERS, AND WE GOT TO SEE THE 
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MAYOR. AND THEN WE JUST LIKE SPENT TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY AND JUST LIKE GOT REALLY CLOSE TO OUR YOUTH AND TRY TO LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL SO THEY CAN, LIKE, HAVE A SAY IN THE FUTURE, A REALLY GOOD CHILI AS WELL. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. WE DID ALSO THE MLK PARADE, WHICH IS VERY FUN. ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO PINPOINT ON THIS YEAR WAS SPREADING AWARENESS ON VARIOUS THINGS, SUCH AS TOPICS THAT AFFECT THE YOUTH, KEEP THE COMMUNITY WELL INFORMED ON LIKE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK. WE UPDATED A LOT ON THE DIFFERENT EVENTS WE WENT TO. WE ALSO WENT TO A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE GARLAND AREA AND STARTED TRYING TO RECRUIT FUTURE MEMBERS. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO STEP IN. AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT INCENTIVES WE'RE BRINGING IN TO OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT KIND OF RECRUITING, REALLY BEEFING THOSE EFFORTS UP TO GROW OUR PARTICIPATION. AND SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE THOUGHT, NOT JUST MENTIONED. THE WHOLE GROUP HAS BEEN MENTIONING ALL THE WAYS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THE AWARENESS UP. AND IN ADDITION TO RECRUITING EVENTS, THE PICTURE THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE IS ONE THAT THEY VOLUNTEERED AT A POP UP MOVIE AT HOLLABAUGH. BUT THE REASON THEY VOLUNTEERED IS NOT JUST TO HELP MAKE THE MOVIE HAPPEN. THEY HAD A TABLE TO RECRUIT MEMBERS THERE, AND THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF GETTING THEIR FRIENDS TO COME. WE HAD RAFFLE PRIZES THAT THEY CAME UP WITH, THINGS THAT THEIR FRIENDS WOULD WANT TO COME WIN. AND SO THEY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE APPLICATIONS AT THAT EVENT. 
          BUT WHEN WE HAD SOME OF OUR YOUTH COUNCIL SPONSORS THAT WOULD GO TO THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND HAVE BOOTHS DURING LUNCHES, OUR MEMBERS THAT WERE AT THOSE SCHOOLS LIKE, I KNOW SEXY HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS GO TO. THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS PICTURE THAT YOU SAW. AND SO THEY WERE THERE TALKING TO THEIR FRIENDS DURING LUNCHTIME AND HANDING OUT APPLICATIONS. AND SO REALLY THE EFFORTS I'LL GO KIND OF DOWN THE LIST. THAT WAS I JUMPED AHEAD A LITTLE BIT. BUT OUR APPLICATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND OUR DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MAY 31ST. SO THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING NOT ONLY THROUGH THESE EVENTS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE PUT IT IN CITY PRESS, WE'VE PUT IT IN OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS, PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE COUNCIL TO POST ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIAS, WE'D LOVE YOU ALL TO USE THE GRAPHIC THAT I SENT TO HELP ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 16 APPLICATIONS, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING SOME OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIRS IN JUST YET, SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO GROW TO AT LEAST 20. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT WE HAVE A CURRENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM GOING ON WITH OUR MEMBERS, THAT WE'RE DOING A RECRUITMENT DRIVE, THAT OUR TOP WINNERS GET TO CHOOSE THEIR PRIZE WITHIN A CERTAIN PRICE RANGE, BUT THEY GET TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PRIZE. AND SO WE HAVE A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION GOING ON. SO WE EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO GO UP EVEN MORE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, I THINK, TAMARA, TAMARA, SORRY HAS SEVEN, I BELIEVE, AND SHE'S THE ONE TO BEAT SO FAR. BUT WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS THAT HAVE SWORN TO BEAT HER. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE TO COME IN. BUT BUT SHE IS OUR LEADER RIGHT NOW WITH SEVEN AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO JUST PROMOTE PARTICIPATION. AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET EVEN MORE INCENTIVES THROUGH WORKING WITH GISD. BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DISD IS MOSTLY AWARENESS, WORKING WITH THEIR COUNSELORS TO GET AWARENESS, WORKING WITH OUR SROS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS TO BRING UP AWARENESS TO THE STUDENTS, AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND GISD TO GET IT OUT THROUGH THEIR CHANNELS, SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSLETTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE HOPE IS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN OFFER ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES ON GISD END. BUT RIGHT NOW THE INCENTIVE IS THROUGH OUR CURRENT MEMBERS AND THE RECRUITMENT DRIVE THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO, I MENTIONED WE HAVE 16 APPLICATIONS EXPECTING OVER 20 SOME OF THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WILL SAY THAT THOSE STUDENTS LIVE IN SAXY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T SEEN PREVIOUSLY. I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING YOU ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN YOU GUYS GET TO CHOOSE WHO YOUR APPOINTEES ARE. BUT SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE ALL CURRENTLY RESIDENTS OF GARLAND 
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AT THE MOMENT ON OUR CURRENT YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT THEY GO TO DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE SAXY HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THEY HAVE FRIENDS WHO GO TO SAXY HIGH SCHOOL THAT LIVE IN SAXY. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACCEPNG ALL APPLICATIONS AND YOU GUYS WILL SEE THOSE. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO Y'ALL. BUT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN TILL MAY 31ST. AND AGAIN, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYBODY THAT YOU WANT TO RECRUIT YOU CAN JUMP IN ON OUR CHALLENGE TOO. BUT YOU GOT TO GET MORE THAN SEVEN. SO AND WITH THAT WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. OUR STUDENTS CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR MY FIRST QUESTION. MADAM PRESIDENT. YES. WHAT'S YOUR CLASSIFICATION? CLASSIFICATION? YES. OH, I'M IN 11TH GRADE. I'M A JUNIOR. SO YOU'LL BE BE WITH IT NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SHE'S ALREADY PUT IN HER APPLICATION SO. OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT OKAY. YOU MADE AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION. SO I WAS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND WISHING I DIDN'T KNOW. I SAID, WELL, SHE GRADUATE, BUT YOU WE GOT ONE MORE SHOT AT YOU ONE MORE YEAR. RIGHT? RIGHT. SECONDLY. WOULD YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDES WHERE ON SEVERAL SLIDES, YOU'VE GOT CIRCLES. THINGS CIRCLED IN RED. 
          CIRCLED IN RED? YES. THE MISSION. YEAH. I'M JUST CURIOUS. AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR EITHER OF YOU. WHY? THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TWO THINGS CIRCLED IN RED IN THERE. YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON WHY YOU ALL THINK THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO US TO CIRCLE THOSE? ANYBODY? OKAY, SO OUR MISSION PRIMARILY IS TO EDUCATE AND HAVE AN IMPACT. THE REASON WHY WE CIRCLED THE FIRST THING IN THE SECOND LINE IS WE WANT TO EDUCATE GARLAND'S YOUTH PRIMARILY TO LIKE VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST CIRCLE THAT WE DID WAS GARLAND'S YOUTH, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE THE IMPACT. JUST HAVE A VOICE TO ADDRESS, LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK IF I THINK THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD THE WORD AWARENESS, I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. IF I'M KEEPING TELL ME ABOUT THAT ONE. OKAY. THIS IS A PRIMARY PRESIDENT. YOU'RE TALKING. YEAH. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY WE MENTIONED THAT THE MAIN THINGS WAS EDUCATION AND IMPACT. THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS MENTIONING. WE MENTIONED HERE THE ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON IS SPREADING AWARENESS. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE TOUCH BASE ON THAT A LOT THIS YEAR. LIKE WE SPREAD THE WORD OUT TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT SPOTS. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T SPREAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS AS AS HARD AS WE DID THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO ADD THIS, TO SHOW THAT WE DID HARD, DID A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE. WELL, FANTASTIC. I COMPLIMENT YOU ON FOR THAT. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS SERIOUS ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE US SOON. YES, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OUR HIDDEN AGENDA FOR YOU TO BE US. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND TO THE REST OF US. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU'RE WHETHER WE AGREE WITH YOU OR NOT. IF YOU THINK IT, LET US KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, SINCE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER YEAR, IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THAT AFFECT OUR YOUTH, THINGS THAT YOU THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE, BUT THERE IS NOT, DON'T HESITATE, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND REMEMBER, YOU WILL SOON BE US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. SOPHIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. YOU GIRLS DID GREAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD COMING UP AND SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS AND SO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. MY QUESTION ACTUALLY WAS FOR TIFFANY. SO ON OUTREACH I KNOW WE HAVE OF COURSE GISD AND WE HAVE IL TEXAS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY HARMONY STUDENTS? WE DON'T CURRENTLY AND DO THE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IL TEXAS AND HARMONY ARE THE ONLY ONLY CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ALL OF GARLAND. I'M JUST 
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FAMILIAR WITH THEM BOTH BEING IN NORTH GARLAND. BUT DO WE HAVE EQUAL OUTREACH TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WE DO WITH GISD? SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THAT IS ONE THING, LIKE WITH IL TEXAS, THAT WE WERE PART OF THEIR SERVIC DAY, AND WE'VE STEVIE HOGUE, WHO HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. AND OF COURSE, I MEAN, PRESTON, TO JUST GETTING US IN CONTACT WITH THEIR PEOPLE, TOO. WE ARE A LOT BETTER WITH THE IL TEXAS HAVING SOME MEMBERS THERE, BUT WE DO. I MEAN, THAT IS A WORKUP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR AWARENESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. AND SO GISD HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF COMMUNICATION. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE TOUCH IL TEXAS TO WE WANT TO HIT HARMONY IN ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WE GET IT OUT IN BLANKET WAYS THROUGH THE CITY AS FAR AS CITY PRESS AND ALL OF THOSE. BUT AS FAR AS THE IN CAMPUS SETTING UP BOOTHS AT LUNCH, WE WANT TO GROW THAT AND HAVE MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS THERE, MULTIPLE SCHOOLS. OKAY. AND BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT COMMUNICATION. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH LADIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE HAD OUR I MEAN THERE ARE PARTS OF, OF THE CITY THAT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS THIS YEAR ACTUALLY GOES TO BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL. EXACTLY. YES. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, YOU GUYS DID AMAZING. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EACH OF YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF UIC? IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD. OKAY. MY FAVORITE PART OF GRC WAS HONESTLY LIKE MEETING ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER MET ANY OF THESE PEOPLE IF IT WEREN'T FOR GYC. AND WE ALSO GOT TO LEARN A LOT FROM EACH OTHER AND HANG OUT WITH EACH OTHER. LIKE, WE GOT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE LIKE TOSSIE, WHO TEACHES US HOW TO BE A LEADER. AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE ALL MY NEW FRIENDS, MY OLD FRIENDS ARE IN HERE TOO. SO IT WAS JUST A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO HAVE WITH MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND EVEN BEING WITH OLD PEOPLE. MY FAVORITE PART OF GC WAS. THE MAIN REASON WHY I WANTED TO JOIN WAS TO BREAK OUT OF MY SHELL. I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE, AND I THINK BEING A PART OF THIS REALLY HELPED, AND I JUST LOVE THE NEW PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET. I'VE HAD VERY GOOD PEOPLE THAT I'VE LOOKED UP TO WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR THAT I JUST THINK WERE A VERY BIG PART OF MY LIFE. ON HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. MY FAVORITE PART OF THE GC IS GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL BECAUSE LIKE, I LOOK UP TO YOU AND THE MAYOR AND JEFF BASS TO SEE, LIKE ALL THE STUFF YOU ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE GETTING TO SEE Y'ALL LIKE, EVENTS IS JUST SO HAPPY. LIKE SEEING YOU AT THE SAFETY FEST AND LIKE, GETTING TO TALK TO Y'ALL. Y'ALL JUST TELL US, LIKE, ADVICE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LIVES. AND THEN LIKE, ALSO GETTING TO MEET LIKE TEENAGERS OUR AGE, LIKE THE CADETS IN TRAINING. THEY WERE SO NICE AND THEY TAUGHT US LIKE A LOT. AND THEN IT'S JUST LIKE GETTING TO KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND GETTING TO MAKE CONNECTIONS THAT WE WILL LIKE, NEED IN THE FUTURE. LIKE WHEN WE COME BACK AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, HEY, LIKE, LIKE WE MIGHT SEE ANOTHER PERSON AT A JOB APPLICATION THAT COULD HELP US, LIKE GET THERE TO WHAT WE NEED. SO IT'S JUST GETTING TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING CLER TO, LIKE EVERYONE. ONE SHOUT OUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO OMSI IS THAT AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, SHE IS NOW GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF OVER THE SUMMER. SHE'S ONE OF OUR. WHAT JOB ARE YOU GOING TO DO OVER THE SUMMER? SO SUMMER INSTRUCTOR HECK YEAH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. SHE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR CAMP COUNSELORS. VALERIE. SHE GRADUATES. SHE IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR, BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR ONE OF OUR CAMP COUNUNSELORS A CAMP. AWESOME. AD THEN I HAVE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. WHAT CAN COUNCIL DO FOR YOU NEXT YEAR TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE BETTER? OH GOOD QUESTION. YEAH, REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I'M LIKE. IN MY OPINION, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MUCH INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER. I WOULD SAY, AND TO BE FAIR, IT'S A TWO WAY STREET, SO IT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD HAVE MORE. IN PERSON THINGS. I WOULD SAY, I THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY THE MAIN THING THAT I WOULD THINK OF IS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I JUST LIKE THINK WITH LIKE TASSIE, LIKE WE SHOULD LIKE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE ONE OF THE MEETINGS, JUST LIKE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAIT AND THEN JUST LIKE, TALK TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE, YOU MIGHT SEE, LIKE, FUN THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN COMMON, LIKE IF WE DIDN'T TALK AND NOW LIKE, WE TALK, WE LIKE, HAVE MORE FUN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE HOW ONE TIME I THINK THE MAYOR CAME TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF EACH OF THE MEMBERS CAME AND GAVE US A PRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT W WE GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU AND LIKE MORE ABOUT YOUR JOB, WHY YOU ENJOY IT IF YOU RECOMMEND IT. NOTED. THANK YOU LADIES. YOU 
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GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU BACK NEXT YEAR. AND WE DO BETTER TO MAKE YOU GUYS BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK ANOTHER IDEA WE COULD MAYBE HAVE AN EXCHANGE. 
          WE COULD BE ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND THEY. YES. YES DEAR. ONE WEEK I THINK THAT YOU KNOW YEAH I WAS THINKING OF CITY HALL LOCK IN. SO I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S PROBABLY MORE LOGICAL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. UP NEXT, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR COMING TONIGHT. I AM THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I RESIGNED FROM THAT POSITION LAST MONTH TO TAKE THIS JOB. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AT OUR CHILI COOK OFF LAST YEAR. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED SOME GOOD CHILI LAST YEAR I DID THAT WAS WITHOUT THE MUSCLE, FRANKLY, OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL HELPING HELPING SET UP TABLES AND CHAIRS, ORGANIZING KIDS GAMES. ALL THE THINGS YOU DID FOR US, THAT PICNIC WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER WAYS. DURING OUR BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, OTHER WAYS WE COULD REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND YOUR IDEA OF A BIKE BOOTH? WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE ONE AT THAT PICNIC COMING UP THIS YEAR SO WE CAN START TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT JUST SHOW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MOST OF CAMELOT IS IN THE RICHARDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT. GO TO BURTNER. AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MAYBE SOME FOLKS YOUR AGE THAT COULD JOIN THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE YEARS. SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER MAYBE A BOOTH WITH SOME INFORMATION AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU THERE. WE CERTAINLY HAVE A 1 OR 2 CITY DEPARTMENTS COME EVERY YEAR, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME AND DO THAT FOR US. SO AGAIN, WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE YOUR CHILI ENTRIES WOULD BE WELCOME AS WELL. WE HAD 15 CROCK POTS, BUT WE GOT PLENTY OF SPACE FOR MORE. SO YOU GUYS BRING IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          LOOK, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME TO ANY OF YOUR MEETINGS. PLEASE SEND AN INVITATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF ALL OF US GOT TO DO THAT WITH YOU SEPARATELY, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE. IF YOU PLEASE SEND US AN INVITATION, I'D BE HAPPY TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. HI. 
          I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH BEING AT PANCAKES WITH SANTA. I WILL SAY THAT I'M MRS. CLAUS. OLD CHILDHOOD RUINED. AWKWARD. BUT. BUT SANTA IS. THE SANTA IS THE REAL SANTA. OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE SANTA THAT IS THERE IS THE REAL SANTA. BUT Y'ALL'S WORK THERE THIS YEAR WAS PHENOMENAL. 
          IT WENT SO MUCH SMOOTHER THAN IT HAS ANY OF THE YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE. I WAS SO PROUD THAT Y'ALL WERE THERE. GOT TO SEE MY TWO APPOINTEES AS WELL AS OTHERS WHILE WE WERE THERE. SO Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB. I'M SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. TAMRA, GREAT JOB AT RECRUITING. 
          SO AGAIN, I'LL BE GLAD TO ATTEND ANY OF YOUR MEETINGS. I AM ALWAYS AVAILABLE. IF YOU DO WANT A SANTA AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY, JUST LET ME KNOW. WE'LL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE ONE FREE OF CHARGE. 
          HE HAS HIS NUMBER. I DO HAVE HIS NUMBER. WE'RE. YEAH, I KNOW HIM QUITE WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. AND I HOPE YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT IN DECEMBER THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THE NAME OF. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AGAIN OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, YOUTH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I LIKE THAT ONE THING THAT I HEARD, WHICH WAS IT HELPS ME TO BREAK OUT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU TONIGHT, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO BREAK OUT. 
          YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOURSELF SO WELL HERE TONIGHT, AND SOMEONE HAS ALREADY SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU REALLY ARE LEADING. YOU'RE THE YOUTH OF TODAY. YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. SO KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. 
          I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE. I WILL TELL YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR. FOR WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR. HOPEFULLY YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. IT IS REALLY IT IS HELPING YOU ALL IN ALL OF ALL OF THE APPOINTEES, HELPING THEM LEARN AND HELPING THEM GET TO 
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KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND Y'ALL ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO DO. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS HAS BEEN SAID MANY TIMES HERE THIS EVENING. WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY IS, IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, TO THAT POINT, I WAS OUT ON A WALK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO, AND I RAN INTO A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS ONE OF MY VERY WAS ONE OF MY, THE FIRST YEAR I WAS ON COUNCIL IN 2013 WAS ONE OF MY APPOINTEES. SHE WAS A JUNIOR AT BERKNER. HER PARENTS BASICALLY LIVED A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM ME AND I CAME ACROSS HER. I HADN'T SEEN HER IN YEARS BECAUSE SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, WENT ON TO COLLEGE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND I RAN INTO HER A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO. SHE WENT ON, GRADUATED COLLEGE NOW HAS A CAREER IN ADVERTISING, HAS TWO CHILDREN AND WAS COMING BACK. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T LIVE HERE IN GARLAND ANYMORE, BUT WAS HOME TO SEE HER PARENTS AND IT WAS REALLY IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HER AND TO SEE WHAT SHE'S DONE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL DO THE SAME. SO THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE 
          [3.  Interview for Appointment to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board Information was posted on the City website in order to provide an opportunity for citizens to apply for the North Texas Municipal Water District Board position. At the close of the notice period on May 12, 2025, four applicants, Lori Barnett Dodson, Tomas Perez, Robert Cooper, and Jose Orozco responded. An interview has been scheduled for May 19, 2025. Council is scheduled to formally appoint a representative to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board at the May 20, 2025 Regular Meeting.]
INTERVIEW FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD. COUNCIL. WE HAVE FOUR APPOINTEES OR NOT. APPOINTEES. WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS HERE THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, BUT I BELIEVE SO. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM SECRETARY? I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM IN THIS ORDER BY THEIR LAST NAMES. PEREZ, THEN COOPER, THEN OROZCO, THEN DODSON. SO IF MR. PEREZ IS HERE, SIR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY. I MOVED TO SIT DOWN. YOU BET. AND YOU GET TO PICK ANY SEAT YOU LIKE. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US WHY, WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS. AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO FLOOR IS YOURS. PLEASURE. MY NAME IS THOMAS PEREZ. I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND FOR THE LAST LIKE SIX YEARS. I WENT TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, STUDIED CIVIL ENGINEERING, CURRENTLY WORKING AT HALF ASSOCIATES, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE UTILITY SECTOR FOR THE LAST DECADE. 
          BASICALLY, REASON WHY I'M HERE IS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED. AND I DO SOME WORK WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER TO COORDINATE WITH THE THEIR ENGINEERS AND OUR DESIGNS. 
          BUT YEAH, MAINLY JUST WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED AND HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT IN WHATEVER WAY I CAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL OPEN IT UP. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PEREZ? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, DID YOU CAN YOU HIT? I DON'T THINK IT'S. OH, DID HE TRY IT AGAIN? JUST. JUST FOR MY OWN CAREER. THERE WE GO. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MR. PEREZ, WOULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT AND DESCRIBE YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND HOW IT RELATES TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC POLICY, REGIONAL GOVERNANCE? WELL, LIKE I SAID, GRADUATED 2013 AND THEN WORKED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FOR FOUR YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION. THEN AFTER THAT CAME INTO WORK HERE IN THE DFW AREA WITH HALF ASSOCIATES AND SPECIALIZED IN ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING. I MAINLY DO OIL AND GAS AND MAINLY WORK WITH ATMOS ENERGY, COST OF GAS AND THOSE UTILITY COMPANIES. BUT I DO DO A LOT OF DESIGN COORDINATION WITH WATER, WASTEWATER LINES, FORCE MAINS AND SO FORTH. AND YEAH, KIND OF JUST I UNDERSTAND CIVIL AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY WHOLE LIFE AND, AND THAT'S FOR REGULATIONS AND ALL THAT, ALL NEED TO CATCH UP AND READ UP ON ALL THE RULES AND EVERYTHING. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ANYTHING WITHIN DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I DO AT YOUR PRESENT EMPLOYMENT THAT YOU WHAT YOU DO PRESENTLY. YES. YES. THAT HALF ASSOCIATES. YES. CURRENTLY AN ENGINEER ENERGY TEAM LEADER WITH THEM AND MANAGE ABOUT 13 PEOPLE UNDER MY TEAM. OKAY. AND YOU 
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THINK THAT WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING PRESENTLY TAKING ON THIS JOB, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY DEVOTE TO IT? YES, SIR. CURRENTLY, JUST ME AND MY DOG. SO. SO MAINLY JUST WORK. 
          BUT YES, I FEEL LIKE I DO HAVE THE TIME TO BE COMMITTED TO THIS AND HELP OUT T COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. MR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. HAVE YOU DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE SERVING ON ANY OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, ANY PUBLIC, ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES? NO, SIR, NO, SIR. BASICALLY JUST. WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM AND LINKEDIN CAME UP AND Y'ALL WERE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SIGN UP. AND I WAS LIKE, LET ME LET ME SIGN UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. ABSOLUTELY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING INVOLVED. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, YOUR DOG, FOR SENDING YOU. QUESTION. WHAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISISTRICT? SO UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES? WELL, YES. WELL, NORTH TEXAS, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SERVES A BUNCH OF COMMUNITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW DFW IS GROWING QUITE A BIT AND I GUESS MY INTEREST WOULD BE SERVING GARLAND AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT NORTH TEXAS IS DOING HELPS THE GARLAND COMMUNITY OUT. AND IT'S PLANNING FOR NOW BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT JUST KEEPS ON GROWING. AND THERE'S MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE DFW AREA. AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I JUST GET INVOLVED NOW IF I CAN. AND I KNOW THERE'S A MONTHLY MEETINGS, AT LEAST ONE EVERY FOURTH THURSDAY. AND I IMAGINE AGAIN, LIKE TIME MANAGENT, I CAN ATTEND ALL THOSE MEETINGS WITH MY WORK. I MEAN, THEY ALLOW IT AND I CAN WORK AROUND THE SCHEDULE AS NEED BE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER DENTON, HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? HELLO. HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EMPLOYER? IF THIS WILL BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? YES, TO MY DIRECT BOSS. YES. I HAVE TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW AND AGAIN, WE WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING OR WITH THE I GUESS, TEAM THAT WORKS WITH NORTH TEXAS. BUT IT'LL BE ALL SEPARATE. THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH ME APPLYING AND COMING TO INTERVIEW FOR THIS POSITION. OKAY, COOL. AS LONG AS THE CITY IS OKAY WITH THAT TOO. YEAH, YEAH. NO. WELL, WE'VE HAD IT HAPPEN BEFORE THAT WE APPOINTED SOMEONE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IT'S JUST CHECKING. SO HOW HOW EXTENSIVE EXTENSIVE IS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF NORTH TEXAS WATER DISTRICT? SO KIND OF LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY SERVE. LIKE JUST LIKE THE OVERALL KNOWLEDGE LIKE, ARE YOU, LIKE VERY FAMILIAR OR YOU'D LIKE I'LL SAY LIKE I'LL SAY, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HALF AND WITHIN THAT I HAVE REVIEWED DOZENS OF NORTH TEXAS PLANS AS WELL AS COORDINATE WITH A BUNCH OF THEIR MANAGERS. AGAIN, I USUALLY WORK WITH THE NATURAL GAS SIDE AND DOING UTILITY LIKE CROSSINGS OF PERMITTING, WORKING WITH THEM AND DESIGN STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT KNOWING KIND OF IN DEPTH ABOUT NORTH TEXAS. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS, I JUST KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TONS OF WATER LINES, TONS OF WASTEWATER LINES. DOES THE FACILITIES THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT ALL THESE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE. 
          OKAY. AND WHAT WHAT IS YOUR TOP INTEREST OF THE WATER DISTRICT AS A WHOLE? WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT INTERESTS YOU THE MOST? I GUESS I WOULD SAY FOR ME, IT'D BE THE WATER LINES, GETTING ALL THE WATER TO PROVIDE TO ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND HERE. AND AGAIN, I JUST KNOW THAT. DFW IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY MORE NORTH, IS GROWING. SO I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF GROWTH NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING. SO IT JUST IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. SO IF APPOINTED AS A BOARD MEMBER, WOULD YOU BE COMMITTED TO MEETING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT BEFORE ANY VOTE WOULD BE CAST? THAT MIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT THE CITY OF GARLAND? YES. YEAH. 
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I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND IT'S GOING TO BE 100% OF THE TIME, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, I'LL DO IT. AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST WORK. THAT'S ALL I DO. 
          AND SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED. AND IF THAT'S REQUIRED AND THAT'S NEEDED, AND I'LL TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BE THERE AND DO THAT. GREAT. AND THEN AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, DO YOU BELIEVE YOU OWE THE DISTRICT A FIDUCIARY DUTY THAT WOULD OCCASIONALLY REQUIRE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF A MATTER THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF GARLAND? WELL, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MOMENT. OR CAN YOU REPEAT THAT REAL QUICK? DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WOULD OWE THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT A FIDUCIARY DUTY THAT WOULD OCCASIONALLY REQUIRE YOU TO VOTE NOT IN FAVOR OF GARLAND BEST INTERESTS? SO AGAIN, BASICALLY. 
          HOW HOW CAN I WORD THAT MR. CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT EXPLAIN IT BETTER? SO WHAT IS YOUR WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER THE CITY'S INTERESTS OR DISTRICT'S INTERESTS WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE IN YOUR REPRESENTATION AS A BOARD MEMBER? AS A BOARD MEMBER OF NORTH TEXAS? YEAH. SO AGAIN, I'M HERE WITH GARLAND. SO I WOULD THINK GARLAND WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE IN THAT. BUT I WOULD NEED TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST CHOICE IS AT THAT MOMENT, BECAUSE. BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND BUT FOR ME, I WOULD THINK ALWAYS GARLAND. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD NEED ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME AT THAT TIME TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT THE RIGHT CHOICE. AND IN THAT CASE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF. YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND COUNSELOR ROT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ, FOR COMING DOWN HERE. IS DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS A CLIENT OF HALF? YES, THEY ARE HALF OF. YES. THEY'RE A CLIENT OF THE OF HALF ASSOCIATES. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN COMING DOWN HERE THIS EVENING. ARE. NEXT UP IS ROBERT COOPER. 
          MR. COOPER, IF YOU'RE PRESENT. 
          GOOD EVENING. GD EVENING. HELLO. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION. I'M ROBERT CPER. I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND SINCE 1961. I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S DEGREE AS WELL. I'M CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT EASTFIELD COLLEGE AND CARRINGTON COLLEGE OF NURSING, WHICH IS LOCATED IN ARIZONA. MORE OR LESS RETIRED. I SERVE ON THE GARLAND CIVIC THEATER BOARD. I'M THE SECRETARY AND HISTORIAN, AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SERVES ON ANOTHER WATER BOARD FROM IN THE TERRELL AREA, AND SHE SUGGESTED THAT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION SINCE I HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN GARLAND. I'M RELATED TO ALL OF THE CONCRETE PEOPLE THAT SOME OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW FROM YEARS PAST, AND ONE OF MY COUSINS WAS MAYOR BACK YEARS AND YEARS AGO, SO THAT'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW, BUT I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER COOPER? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, GOOD EVENING, MR. COOPER. PARDON ME. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. OH, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND YOUR INTEREST IN THIS IN THIS POSITION. HOW WOULD IF YOU 
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WERE SELECTED FOR THIS VACANCY, HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THE CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS WATER CONSERVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND LONG TERM RESOURCE PLANNING THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACED WITH? LET ME ANSWER THIS WAY. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN RECYCLING AND CONSERVATION IN ALL AREAS. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE CITY TO SEE IF I COULD GET A ANOTHER BIN, BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF THAT I RECYCLE, AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY. I WOULD I'M INTERESTED IN GOOD WATER AND IN CONSERVING WATER. I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE EVERY SUMMER WHEN THE DROUGHT HITS. AND SO I WOULD I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING IN THAT AREA. AND MY PREDECESSOR'S COMMENTS. I WOULD THINK THAT MY LOYALTY WOULD BE FIRST TO GARLAND, AS YOU ASKED. 
          I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW ALL OF THE FACTS THAT WERE PRESENTED. BUT I THINK IF I WERE GOING TO REPRESENT GARLAND, I WOULD THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST LOYALTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. OH, I THOUGHT I JUST GOT OUT OF THE QUEUE BECAUSE HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT. LET'S SEE HERE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. WHAT INTERESTS DO YOU THE MOST ABOUT BECOMING A BOARD MEMBER OF THE WATER DISTRICT? WELL, I, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I'M INTERESTED IN ALL THINGS THAT ARE FOR THE GOOD OF GARLAND. AND I THINK GOOD WATER IS ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT WE CAN, CAN HAVE IN A CITY OUR SIZE. AND THEN LET'S SEE. I HAD A QUESTION LIKE RIGHT THERE AND IT JUST LEFT ME. I'LL CLICK BACK IN LATER IF I NEED TO. THANK YOU, SIR. AND COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU, MR. COOPER. I APPRECIATE YOUR APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE AND TALKING TO US. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD YOU YOU VOLUNTEERED WITH GARLAND CIVIC THEATER. YES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER IN YOUR HISTORY, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PUBLIC NON RELATED TO THE CIVIC? I'M THE SECRETARY OF TWO ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD AND BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE MASONIC WORK OVER THE YEARS AND. I ALWAYS SAY IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A SECRETARY, I'M USUALLY THE ONE THAT GETS PICKED. WELL, I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE APPRECIATED THAT. WELL, I WAS NOT THE SECRETARY OF THE GARLAND CIVIC THEATER BOARD, BUT AT THE LAST ELECTION, THE LADY WHO WAS MY PREDECESSOR HAD HAD IT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND SHE WANTED TO RETIRE AND NOBODY ELSE WANTED IT. SO THEY SAID, YOU'RE IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT WHAT PERSPECTIVE OR SKILLS DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU COULD BRING TO THIS ROLE ON NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL, OTHER THAN JUST INTERESTED IN GOOD GOVERNMENT? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY NONE. I'M NOT INVOLVED IN MY WORK IN ANY WAY. AS THE MAN WHO PRECEDED ME ANSWERED, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC SKILLS IN THAT REGARD, BUT I DO HAVE A GOOD INTEREST IN IN GOOD GOVERNMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. COOPER? SEEING NONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. IT'S A STRONG QUALIFICATION IF YOU'RE YOUR COUSIN WAS THE MAYOR. I MEAN, I THINK THAT. YEAH. COME ON. YEAH, THAT SHOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING. CARL COOPER AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS, BUT IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A FEW TERMS. VERY GOOD. NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE JOSE OROZCO. MR. OROZCO, ARE YOU PRESENT? I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS. NO, I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD AND OUR FINAL APPLICANT IS THE HONORABLE LORI DODSON. I DON'T SEE THAT THERE WAS HIDING. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOUR YOUTH COUNCIL. 
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THAT WAS THE BEST PRESENTATION. 220 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING. THAT WAS AMAZING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW OR REMEMBER MY BACKGROUND, MY EDUCATION IS ACCOUNTING. I'M A CPA. MY WORK HISTORY WAS ALWAYS IN REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE, INVESTMENT, DEVELOPMENT, UNDERWRITING SERVED GARLAND FIVE YEARON PLANNING COMMISSION, SIX YEARS ON COUNCIL, ONE YEAR AS MAYOR. I'M YOUR CURRENT NORTH TEXAS WATER BOARD APPOINTEE. AND I'VE MADE SOME NOTES. BUT IF YOU'D PREFER TO JUST ASK QUESTIONS, WE'VE HAD SOME BIG THINGS AT THE DISTRICT, HAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK MY NOTES THAT I WAS MAKING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THOSE THINGS. ABSOLUTELY. I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S PROBABLY GOING TO ASK YOU HERE SHORTLY, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I WAS JUST GOING TO VOTE THAT YOU SHARE YOUR NOTES. OH, SURE. OKAY. NOT IN ANY BIG ORDER, BUT LET ME GO THROUGH HERE. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE MARVIN NICHOLS. NEW WATER SOURCE THAT THE DISTRICT IS, LIKE THE CITY IS DOING, LOOKING OUT 50 YEARS FROM NOW TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP HAVING WATER. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS MAY BE. AND MAYOR MAY, IN THE CIP BUDGET THIS YEAR IS TO LOWER THE INTAKE ON LAKE LAVON. I BELIEVE Y'ALL WERE BOTH SERVING WHEN WE HAD THE DROUGHT AND WE GOT WITHIN FEET. SO PART OF THE BUDGET IS TO PUT THAT DOWN FURTHER SO THAT THAT MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE COMING UP. THE THINGS WE FINISHED THE CUSTOMER PREMIUM STUDY WAS BASICALLY THE MEMBER CITIES PAY A RATE AND THE CUSTOMER CITIES FOR YEARS HAD PAID THE MEMBER CITY RATE PLUS $0.05. IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY COMPLETED A STUDY THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED THE PLUS $0.05 IS A DEFENSIBLE POSITION, THAT BEING BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT'S BOND RATINGS AND THE SAVINGS THOSE CUSTOMER CITIES GET. BECAUSE OF OUR FAVORABLE BOND RATING. ONE OF THE GOOD ONES, THE STUDY ON THE TAKE OR PAY AMOUNT. THERE IS NOW A ROLLING, AND I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE YEARS WHERE THE AMOUNT THE CITY TAKES IS AVERAGE LOOKED AT, AND IT'S POTENTIAL TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHETHER IT'S USED OR NOT. SO AT'S A POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO THE CITY. WE OPEN BODARK LAKE, THEY ARE DOING SOME REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS OUT THERE WHICH FITS IN. I SERVE ON THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE. GIVEN THAT THAT'S MY BACKGROUND WHERE THEY'RE CHARGING FOR RECREATIONALCCESS TO THE LAKE, DOCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT'S UP AND RUNNING. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE CONTRACT THAT'S ON. THERE MAY BE TWO OF THEM THERE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED NOW. AND. THAT MAY BE MOST OF IT FOR FINANCING. THE WATER BOARD DOES ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE TEXAS WATER. AND I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THE COMMITTEE EXACTLY. TEXAS WATER BOARD, SWIFT FUNDS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AT A THREE, THREE AND A HALF, 4% INTEREST RATE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WAS USED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LAKE. THAT HAS A GREAT SAVINGS TO ALL THE MEMBER CITIES. AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S MOST OF IT. ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO COUNSELOR WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. THE HONORABLE. THANK 
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YOU. OVER THE YEARS, GARLAND RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE CONSERVATION AND THE RATE INCREASE, THE CONSERVATION, THE RATE INCREASE. IF YOU'RE REAPPOINTED. HOW IS THAT ISSUE GOING FORWARD? WHAT DO YOU SEE? AND THAT'S SETTLING IN ON WHICH SIDE IS GO BECAUSE IT'S VARIOUS IT'S VARIOUS THROUGH THE HISTORIES, THROUGH THE YEARS. AND IT'S BEEN A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION AMONG GARLAND RESIDENTS, AS YOU WELL KNOW. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SO I THINK THE STUDY AND THE ROLLING LOOK AT HOW MUCH CITIES ARE USING GROWING CITIES, OBVIOUSLY THEIR TAKE OR PAY AMOUNT WILL GO UP THE CITY OF GARLAND'S, BECAUSE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH HISTORICALLY NOW AS SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. IT MAY NOT BE, BUT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR WATER THAT'S NOT BEING USED BECAUSE OF CONSERVATION. SO THIS NEW ROLLING LOOK AT MAXIMUMS ACTUALLY USED, I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE TAKE OR PAY AMOUNT REDUCED BECAUSE WE DON'T USE AS MUCH WATER AS WE HAVE TO, AND SO THAT WOULD LOWER THE AMOUNT. BASICALLY, THE CITY IS PAYING FOR WATER THAT WE DON'T USE, BUT WE HAVE TO COVER THAT COST. SO AS THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TAKE OR PAY, THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR UNUSED WATER. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY. COUNCILOR BASS THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU LORI. POSSIBLY RELATED TO THAT, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FACING NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS? A LOT OF THE BIG THINGS, AS WITH THE MARVIN NICHOLS NEW WATER SOURCE, IT'S NOT A 5 OR 10 YEAR THING, BUT IT TAKES 30. IT TOOK 30 YEARS TO GET BOW LAKE PERMITTED THROUGH AND BUILT. SO THE DISTRICT A LOT IS VERY FORWARD THINKING. BUT I THINK LIKE THE CITY, WE MET WITH MAYOR LAMAR AND STAFF REGARDING THE LOOK AT ALL THE WASTEWATER FACILITIES Y'ALL HAVE, AND THE DISTRICT HAS SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP OUT, HOWEVER, BUT THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF. KNOWING WHAT THEY HAVE, HOW OLD IT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT REALLY IT'S MORE A LOT OF LONGER RANGE OF HOW WE MAKE SURE TEN, 20 YEARS FROM NOW THERE'S ENOUGH WATER BECAUSE IT IS. THE GROWTH IS ASTRONOMICAL. YEAH. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, SO AS FAR AS INTEREST GOES, GARLAND OR THE DISTRICT, WHICH, WHICH DO YOU FEEL SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENT AS FAR AS YOUR REPRESENTATION? I THINK THAT SITUATIONAL OBVIOUSLY HAVING SERVED ON GARLAND, I UNDERSTAND GARLAND'S NEEDS. AND SO REPRESENTING THEM, THE OTHER KIND OF ISSUE IS WE ONLY HAVE TWO APPOINTEES. THERE'S 27 MEMBERS OR THERE'S 27 BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I'VE CHANGED TEXTS WITH MR. REX. AND, YOU KNOW, ANY ANYTHING YOU SEE COMING, ANY QUESTIONS? ALWAYS GIVE ME A CALL. LET ME KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S THINKING AND WHAT ISSUES MIGHT BE THERE. SO I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT GARLAND'S POINT WOULD TAKE A HIGHER PRECEDENT, I GUESS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT ALWAYS MEANS I WOULD VOTE THAT WAY, BUT IT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE THAT WAY. I DON'T I MEAN, GARLAND'S NEVER DONE SOMETHING TO TRY TO TANK THE WATER 
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DISTRICT, SO IT'S JUST A WAY OF WORKING THROUGH IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          VERY GOOD, COUNSELOR DUTTON. DO YOU FEEL LIKE PART OF OUR UNDER USAGE OF WATER HAS TO DO WITH OUR ONGOING CONSERVATION THAT WE HAVE SET IN PLACE? WHAT IS GOING ON? THAT'S THAT'S. NEED TO BE CLOSER TO ONE ANOTHER. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT NOW? I DON'T SAY YES. I THINK OUR CONSERVATION PICKED THAT UP. GARLAND DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. BEING AN OLDER. AND SO THAT'S NOT A HEAVY USAGE. BUT GARLAND HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB ON CONSERVATION, WHICH WAS ALSO KIND OF A REALLY SORE POINT IS, IS MY ECHOING TO Y'ALL. IT'S THE SPEAKERS ARE LOUD. OKAY. I'M LIKE, I DON'T HEAR THE ECHO, BUT I SEE PEOPLE MAKING FACES. GARLAND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH CONSERVATION, AND THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY, REALLY BECAME APPARENT THAT THAT TAKE OR PAY WAS AN ISSUE. AWESOME. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE A STAND IN PLACE. 
          WATER CONSERVATION INSTEADAD OF LIKE, WE HIT DROUGHT AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN ONLY WATER ON ODD OR EVEN DAYS. ACCORDING TO YOUR ADDRESS, WE HAVE THAT STANDING WATER CONSERVATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO DRIVE THAT HOME BECAUSE WE ARE IN THOSE MONTHS. SO CAN YOU TELL US IF WE GO OVER THE TAKER PAY OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED TAKER AND PAY, I FEEL LIKE IS MORE LIKE IT, LIKE IT OR PAY. IF WE GO OVER OUR ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF WATER, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? IT INCREASES THE TAKER PAY. SO THAT TAKER PAY WAS SET UP TO YOUR HIGHEST USAGE. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS BECAUSE THE WATER DISTRICT HAD TO PUT IN FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY YOU THAT AMOUNT, AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, PRINCETON GROWING PROSPERED THOSE EVERY YEARS THEY BUILD MORE. THEIR TAKE OR PAY AMOUNT IS INCREASING. OURS HAS BEEN DECREASING. IF OURS INCREASES, IT WOULD GO UP. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW STUDY, WITH THE ROLLING. USAGE AMOUNT, IT WOULD IT WOULDN'T BE AS HARD A HIT AS IT WAS EARLIER. SO IT'S EVER IT'S LIKE I THINK EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT THIS IS THE USAGE. THIS IS THE USAGE LIKE A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OR NO, I THINK IT IS ALONG THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT UNTIL I HEARD SOMEONE ASK A QUESTION. I WAS LIKE, OH YES, VERY COOL. THAT IS. THAT'S A GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW. I APPRECIATE AND I'M HAPPY TO GET THE EXACT SPECIFICS TO YOU. THAT'S COOL, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WERE DOING THAT BEFORE, SO THAT'S COOL. THANK YOU MA'AM. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. LORD, CAN YOU SPEAK TO PLANS FOR FUTURE RESERVOIRS? A I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE PRESENTLY AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT GARLAND IN THE WAY OF COST AND THE WAY OF. I'M JUST LOOKING NOW FOR WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE RESERVOIRS IN ORDER TO CONSERVE THE WATER, WATER CONSERVATION. SO THE WORK ON MARVIN NICHOLS LAKE IS PROBABLY ANOTHER 30 YEAR PROJECT. SO NOTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY, BODARK LAKE BEING UP AND RUNNING HAS IMPACTED, AND I DON'T RECALL THE INCREASE IN THE WATER RATES THIS YEAR. BUT ANY INCREASE IN SECURING WATER OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO IMPACT A FEE FOR THE WATER USERS. DEPENDING ON IF THE CUSTOMER CITIES INCREASE. IT'S A BALANCING ACT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT OPERATES ON THE COST 
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THAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE. WATER IS DIVIDED AMONG THE MEMBER CITIES AND THE CUSTOMER CITIES AS HOW MUCH. SO IT'S A IT'S A ZERO SUM BUDGET. THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET WATER TO YOU, TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN THIS IS THE RATE THAT IT TAKES TO COVER THAT COST EACH YEAR. SO REALLY THIS MARVIN. WHAT IS IT? MARVIN NICHOLS MARVIN NICHOLS THEN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE PRESENTLY. AND FOR A NEWS SOURCE, THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS OUT OF. IT'S IN EAST TEXAS. THERE IS A RESERVOIR THAT I BELIEVE A GAS COMPANY WAS USING, OR AN ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT NO LONGER NEEDS. WE ARE TRYING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO, IF NECESSARY, ACCESS WATER FROM THAT SOURCE THAT EXISTS. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES, BUT FOR A BRAND NEW MARVIN NICHOLS IS THE ONLY ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THERE'S LAKE OF THE PINES. THAT MAY BE IT. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S EAST TEXAS COUNCILMAN ROT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LORI, THANK YOU LAST YEAR FOR YOUR BOOK, LIGHT READING THAT YOU GAVE US. YOU HAVE TO HAVE WATER A HISTORY OF THE WATER DISTRICT UP TO THE 90S. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESERVOIRS AND WITH THE COST OF SURFACE WATER IMPOUNDMENT AT BEING PROHIBITIVELY HIGH AND LENGTHY PROCESS, WE HAVE THERE'S WHAT IS IT, THE EAST FORK WATER REUSE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHERE THEY THE WASTEWATER IS REPROCESSED, BROUGHT BACK UP TO WILEY AND THEN BROUGHT IN. AND THAT'S APPARENTLY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES THROUGH THAT. DO YOU FAVOR ADVOCATING FOR EXPANDING THAT AS A WATER SOURCE? ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE THE JOHN BUNKER SANDS WETLANDS PROJECT THAT WE GET WATER FROM. THEY'RE LOOKING AT IF WE CAN DO MORE CONSERVATION. 
          SO THE DISTRICT IS A CONSERVATION DISTRICT AS THE WAY IT'S SET UP. AND SO ANY OF THOSE WHERE WE CAN RECYCLE IT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT LESS COST PROHIBITIVE. AND SO THEY'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE, THEY'VE LOOKED AT SOME EVEN. UNDERGROUND WATER RESERVOIRS. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORKS THAT I'M AWARE OF RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK AT QUITE A BIT. OKAY. I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION. MORE ON THE KIND OF THE ON THE GARLAND SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE WATER DISTRICTS, THE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD AND WITH A, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT MODERNIZATION, WHAT ROLE DO YOU BELIEVE A BOARD MEMBER SHOULD PLAY FOR ADVOCATING FOR REFORM WITHIN THE DISTRICT? I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF THEIR JOB. IN OTHER WORDS, BRING THE MESSAGE FROM THE OR FROM THE CITY TO THE DISTRICT. I MEAN, I SEE US AS AS Y'ALL ARE A BETWEEN CITIZENS AND CITY STAFF. I SEE MYSELF AS THE SAME BETWEEN Y'ALL, CITY STAFF AND THEN STAFF AT THE WATER DISTRICT. OKAY. AND SO TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE. OKAY. AND BEFORE YOU HAD MAJOR VOTES THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY, I KNOW THAT THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT ALREADY BEFORE, BUT YOU WOULD BE YOU'RE IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE ALL IN ALIGNMENT ON THINGS.RE ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I'LL SAY I CAN'T REPRESENT WELL IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M REPRESENTING. SO INFORMATION, ANY CALL, ANY TEXT FROM ANY OF Y'ALL IS WELCOMED. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD I THINK I THINK WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TOMORROW NIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 
          [4.  Proposed Lease Agreement for Soccer Complex and Training Facility Staff will brief City Council on the proposed lease agreement for a multipurpose soccer complex and training facility to be located at the intersection of Holford Road and the President George Bush Turnpike. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 3, 2025 Regular Meeting.]
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SOCCER COMPLEX AND TRAINING FACILITY. WHO IS UP ON THIS ONE? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HIM TALKING. I TOLD YOU NOT TO SIT NEXT TO HIM. HE IS, HE IS. HE IS. BAD NEWS. I WAS ALL READY TO GO. PERFECT. HANG ON. HERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED LEASE FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX LOCATED AT HOLFORD AND 190. JUST A QUICK RECAP ON KIND OF WHAT THE PROJECT VISION HAS BEEN AS WE'RE PURSUING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GROUP OF THE OF THE. THE PROJECT IS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL USL TEAM THAT WOULD INCLUDE TRAINING FACILITY AND YOUTH SOCCER COMPLEX, YOUTH ACADEMY THAT PROVIDES RECREATIONAL, COMPETITIVE AND CLUB LEVELS OF PLAY WHICH INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TOURNAMENTS, LEAGUES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, HOTEL STAYS AND THEN WHAT ULTIMATELY WOULD COME OUT OF THAT. WHICHEVER THE LOCATION ENDS UP BEING THE PRIMARY GOAL THERE IS TO USE THAT TO CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT RIGHT NOW IS, IS THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE FACILITY LOCATED AT HOLFORD NAAMAN FOREST AND 190 AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THE SOCCER FIELD LAYOUT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE THERE'S TWO PARCELS HERE. IT'S HARD TO SEE. THERE'S KIND OF A RED LINE THAT OUTLINES IN APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER 14 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE BULK OF THAT IS CONCEPTUAL AT THIS TIME, MEANING IT'S PRIMARILY A SPACE STUDY THAT COULD INDICATE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD GO INTO THAT SPACE. SO IT'S INTENDED TO BE A MIX OF USES. IT COULD BE HOTEL, IT COULD BE MULTI-FAMILY, IT COULD BE FOOD AND BEVERAGE RETAIL. THOSE THOSE THINGS IN A SEPARATE AGREEMENT HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE YET. SO TODAY IS PRIMARILY THE FOCUS ON THE SOCCER COMPLEX THAT YOU SEE HERE. SO EIGHT FIELDS PROPOSED IN TOTAL. THE WAY THAT BREAKS DOWN IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT BUDGET, 25 MILLION GOES TOWARDS THE SOCCER ACADEMY FIELDS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN THERE'S 20 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING. THAT I'LL POINT OUT REAL QUICK IS THIS RIGHT HERE KIND OF IN THIS LOWER CORNER? IT WILL HAVE THINGS SUCH AS OFFICES FOR TEAM OPERATIONS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, TRAINING, DINING TEAM STORE, LOCKER ROOM SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS THAT. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED FOR HOLFORD ROAD AND NAAMAN FOREST EXTENSION. APPROXIMATELY 26 MILLION FOR GRAND TOTAL OF 78.7 MILLION. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF AND I DO SAY UP TO EIGHT FIELDS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT KIND OF IN THE PRICING ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN WITH CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. BUT THE INTENT IS TO DELIVER ONE SHOW PITCH. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE AND WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR ABOUT 2000 BLEACHER SEATS. THAT'S ARTIFICIAL TURF. THAT COULD BE THE MOST VERSATILE FIELD THAT COULD BE USED BY THE ACADEMY, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER POTENTIAL USERS. TWO TRAINING FIELDS THAT WOULD BE HYBRID, WHICH IS A HYBRID BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL TURF. FIVE ACADEMY FIELDS. AND IT'S TBD TO BE DETERMINED WHAT THE MIX IS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO ARTIFICIAL AND THREE NATURAL GRASS. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT BUDGET DRIVEN RESTROOM FACILITY AND CONCESSION BUILDING, TWO FOOTBALL COURTS KIND OF POSITIONED AROUND A PUBLIC PARK TYPE PLAZA AND TRAIL THAT LEADS UP TO IT. AND THE TERMS THAT ARE TENTATIVELY AGREED UPON WITH THE WITH THE OUR TENANT IS 75,000. IN AN ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT WITH A 2.5% ANNUAL ESCALATION FEE FOR A 20 YEAR TERM, AND THE TEAM WOULD MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY 100%. AND WITH THAT, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANNUAL MAINTENANCE REPAIR RENOVATION PLAN THAT'S SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOT THE APPROXIMATELY 28,000FT■S OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING. 
          THAT LEASE IS PROPOSED TO BE 350,000 ANNUALLY, PLUS 10% 10% OF THEIR NET SPONSORSHIPS OR $50,000, WHICHEVER IS GREATEST. ANOTHER 20 YEAR TERM THAT COINCIDES WITH THE OTHER FACILITY. NO RENT FOR THE FIRST 18 MONTHS. WHILE THEY GET STARTED AGAIN, THE TEAM WOULD 
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MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THAT FACILITY, COVER THE INSURANCE, THE UTILITIES, REPAIRS,, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND AGAIN BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR MAINTENANCE REPAIR RENOVATION PLAN TO THE CITY. JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE OF THE DRAFT OF THE BUILDING AS IT AS IT SITS TODAY. AS YOU CAN SEE THEIR THEIR LOGO THAT THEY HAVE ROLLED OUT, WHICH IS A I HAD TO EDUCATE MYSELF, THAT IS A SERPENT AND A MEXICAN WOLF WITH SOME SYMBOLISM THAT GOES BEHIND IT. YOU GOT TO GOOGLE IT AND CHECK IT OUT. HERE IS A TENTATIVE LAYOUT OF THE FLOOR PLAN THAT SHOWS FLOOR. THE FIRST FLOOR HERE ADJACENT TO THE TRAINING AREA, SOME WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE. SO THIS IS NOT A FINAL DRAFT. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS THE BULK OF THE FOOTPRINT. MOVING A FEW THINGS AROUND IN TERMS OF OPTIMIZING THE OPERATIONS FOR THE USERS AND THEN UPSTAIRS FOR OFFICES. THAT IS IT IN A NUTSHELL. ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS EVEN ANDY, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? I THINK WE HAD THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING THAT BACK. BACK. THERE YOU GO. 
          WE EXPLAINED THE NO RENT FOR THE FIRST 18 MONTHS. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? A REQUEST OF THE OPERATORS. AND IT IS NOT ATYPICAL FOR RENTS TO BE ABATED IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS TO ALLOW STARTUP START UP EXPENSES TEND TO BE THE HIGHEST BEFORE REVENUE STARTS ROLLING IN. AND SO THAT'S THEIR JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT REQUEST. OKAY, NOW SO I GUESS IN THE 19TH MONTH THEY WILL START RENT PAYING THE RENT. RENT PRORATED. YES, SIR. AND THE LEASE TERMS WOULD BE SPELLED OUT EXACTLY. SO WE'RE NOT. IN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT THOSE EXACT DOLLARS ARE THAT ARE PRORATED. THERE'S NO RETROACTIVITY TO THAT PROVISION. RIGHT? I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO RETROACTIVITY TO THAT PROVISION. THAT CLAUSE. NO RENT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT JUST OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND TELL ME I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW NOW WHAT. BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES AS TO AS TO THE USE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK MULTI-PURPOSE. YOU'RE TALKING UNIVERSAL TO ME. SO WHAT ARE WOULD THAT BE JUST FOR THEIR USE FOR THE COMMUNITY USE. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU PUT MULTI-PURPOSE ON THERE. SURE. WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS AND WHO WILL USE IT? AND CAN YOU CAN YOU HELP ME? SO THE SOCCER TEAM WOULD BE THE, THE TEAM OWNERSHIP OF THE OF THE USL TEAM WOULD BE THE PRIMARY TENANT. THEY WOULD HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THAT. 
          WOULD THERE BE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT'S NOT CONTEMPLATED YET AT THIS POINT? THE FOCUS OF THAT IS THE PUBLIC USE IS PRIMARILY ON THE SOCCER FIELD SIDE THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED. BUT THIS IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS IS THE OPERATIONS FOR THE ACADEMY AND THE TEAM USE. AND THIS BUILDING WILL INCLUDE OUR ASSUME CONFERENCE SPACE AND OFFICES, ETCETERA. BUT FOR THE TEAMS, FOR THE OPERATORS OF THE TEAM USE, THAT'S CORRECT. FOR THEIR FOR THEIR OFFICE OPERATIONS, FOR THE YOUTH ACADEMY AS WELL AS THE ADULT. WELL, JUST A SUGGESTION IS AS THEY AS THEY COME TO. TO REALIZE USES FOR THAT BUILDING. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT ANDY ON A LIMITED BASIS, OF COURSE, BUT MAKING THAT BUILDING ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME USES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SUGGEST, BUT IF THERE ARE SOME USAGE THAT COULD HELP HELP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FACILITATE AND IF THAT WHEN THAT BUILDING IS NOT IN USE, SHOULD, SHOULD BECAUSE IT'S PRIMARILY FOR THEM. BUT WHEN THAT BUILDING IS NOT IN USE, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE FOR THERE TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITY IF THAT BUILDING IS NOT IN USE FOR SHOULD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO USE ■IT. 
          THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT. IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE. BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK MULTI-PURPOSE, YOU'RE TALKING UNIVERSE TO ME. SO I'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT. SURE. AND MAYBE MULTI-PURPOSE IS DIFFERENT CONNOTATION THAN WHAT IT'S INTENDED IT THEY WILL OCCUPY IT 
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AND USE IT 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. IT IS YEAR ROUND OPERATIONS FOR BOTH THE YOUTH AND ADULT. SOCCER NEVER STOPS. IT'S AN OPERATION ALL YEAR LONG. AND SO THEY WOULD BE AGAIN THE TENANT FOR THAT IN A 20 YEAR TERM WITH, YOU KNOW, EVEN POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS BEYOND THAT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE GEARED PRIMARILY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF A YOUTH AND ADULT SOCCER ORGANIZATION. IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO HAVE MEETING SPACES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC NECESSARILY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, GOOD EVENING. ANDY, I, I WAS ON COPY ON THE EMAIL YOU RECEIVED FROM DAVID PARISH THE OTHER DAY. 
          OUR MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PARKS BOARD. I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR ANSWERS BACK TO HIM, THAT YOU'RE STILL A PARKS GUY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THAT THAT SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE IS MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF US IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS NOT IMPACTED NEGATIVELY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. I ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE DCAD MAP, AND THERE IS A BOY, A ZIGZAGGY BOUNDARY GOING THROUGH ON THOSE PLOTS OF LAND. THERE. 
          IS THAT LAID OUT HERE OR IT IS A LITTLE BIT. YES, SIR. IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY TO SEE. THIS RED LINE IS WHAT THAT BOUNDARY IS. AND SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY OF HOW THAT LINE WAS DERIVED. THIS PROJECT HAD MULTIPLE ITERATIONS. IT WAS PURCHASED AS TWO SEPARATE TRACKS. THE BULK OF IT DID YOU SEE THE SOCCER FIELDS ON IS UNDER A TYPE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT THE AGREEMENT IN THE DEAL ALLOWS US TO USE THEM FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THE PIECE THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT WAS ABOUT 13.95 ACRES. THAT WAS FREE AND CLEAR, LIKE ANY PIECE OF LAND COULD BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USE. SO, SO PRIMARILY THE PROJECT WAS CONTEMPLATED TO HAVE THE YOUTH AND ADULT SOCCER CATALYZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT 13 ACRES. AND SO IT WOULD IT WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE AND IS PLANNED TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THAT WHETHER IT BE HOTEL, MULTIFAMILY, RESTAURANT, THAT KIND OF THING THAT IS DRIVEN BY THE USERS OF THAT. SO TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, THAT SHAPE WAS WAS DRIVEN BY THEIR BY THOSE IDEAS. AT ONE TIME, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A LARGER STADIUM COMPONENT IN THERE. SO HENCE THAT LITTLE BUMP OUT SHAPE RIGHT THERE THAT THAT HAS SINCE TURNED INTO THE ITERATION THAT YOU SEE HERE. JUST FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES. HOLFORD ROAD IS ACROSS THE TOP OF YOUR MAP, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. NOW THIS IS THIS IS NOT PLANNED. NORTH DOES NOT MATCH ACTUAL NORTH. IT KIND OF TURNS. BUT RIGHT OFF TO YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE FRONTAGE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOR 190? OKAY. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M. I'M READING THE MAP. RIGHT. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ANDY, ARE WE PRESENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR. THE FACILITY, THE LAND, EVERYTHING. THAT'S SO WE OWN. WE OWN THE LAND. THIS IS. THIS WOULD BE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH WITH THE TEAM AND ITS YOUTH SOCCER OPERATORS. THIS WOULD BE THE MECHANISM. NOW WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT AS AS YOU KNOW, FOR DESIGN OF THIS FACILITY IS THAT WAS AUTHORIZED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING I BELIEVE OR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO. SO THEY HAVE BEGUN IN EARNEST FOR THE DESIGN AND BY EXTENSION, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND WHATNOT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE SPRING CREEK. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR DESIGN. BUT IT IS MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE CLOSED ON THE LAND, CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO REALLY TONIGHT WE'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LEASING AGREEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE AMOUNT AND EXTENDING THAT 18 MONTHS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PAID. CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE 3RD REGULAR MEETING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU ANDY. THANK YOU SIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, PRESENTATION OF 
          [5.  Presentation of an Advanced Meter Infrastructure System for the City of Garland Council is requested to consider the approval of installing new infrastructure that will allow for remote communication with both electric and water meters. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 3, 2025 Regular Meeting.]
AN ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. JOSH. 
          CONDUCTED SOME ONE ON ONE. OKAY. YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. ALWAYS COME PREPARED. YOU CAN FIND AN OPEN PORT ON THAT MACHINE. GOOD LUCK. THANK. YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. IS IT. IS 
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IT GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS? WHICH WHICH WAY AM I? IT'S GOOD NEWS. IT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT'S GARLAND. 
          SO SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL IN THE 2022 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS ARMY. AND IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, WHEN GIVING THAT PRESENTATION, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE VERY DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS PROCESS, I.E. SLOW. AND I BELIEVE WE SAID SOMEWHERE, PROBABLY IN A 5 TO 7 YEAR TIME FRAME AS FAR AS FULL DEPLOYNT OF ALL THE METERS, THE REASON WHY WE WERE GOING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN THIS PROCESS IS BECAUSE ARMY TOUCHES ON SO MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF NOT JUST GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT, BUT ALSO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE GET IT RIGHT, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT COMPLEX, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO WHAT WE DID AFTER GOING THROUGH THE CIP PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF ESOURCE. AND ESOURCE IS A CONSULTING FIRM THAT HELPS UTILITIES GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING ARMY. NOT ONLY DO THEY HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, THEY ALSO HELP WITH THE INITIAL PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND REALLY WALKING THROUGH YOUR PROCESSES. SO WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS AND I SAY WE I'M TALKING ABOUT GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT, WATER AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. SEVERAL MONTHS GOING THROUGH AND DEVELOPING THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WE WANTED OUT OF THE SYSTEM. SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE DEVELOPED OVER 500 DIFFERENT TECHCAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. ALL THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO AN RFP THAT WAS PLACED OUT TO THE MARKET, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE RFP. WE GAVE THE POTENTIAL RESPONDERS FOUR MONTHS TO PROVIDE THEIR RESPONSES. WE ENDED UP HAVING 11 RESPONDERS OUT OF THE MARKET FOR THIS PROJECT. THEN WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF SHORTLISTING AND ULTIMATELY GOING ON SITE AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF THE FINAL TWO CANDIDATES, AND I'LL LET THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE AND DO THE PRESENTATION GIVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT. BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS IS A VERY INTENSIVE PROCESS. THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. YOU'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT TOTAL OVER 200 PAGES, AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO USE JUST 11 OR 12 SIZE FONT BESIDES 9 OR 7 FONT IN SOME CASES. SO IT'S QUITE DETAILED. BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO ATTENTION, LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND FROM A SCHEDULE STANDPOINT, WE'VE WE I THINK TODAY WE WRAPPED UP THE FINAL LOOSE END AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN THAT UNLESS THERE'S APPROVAL BY COUNCIL. BUT FROM A VERBAL STANDPOINT, WE ARE GOOD WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE SELECTED VENDOR. AND SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS DO THIS PRESENTATION AND GET COUNCIL'S CONCURRENCE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WOULD PROPOSE TO HAVE THIS ON THE JUNE 3RD COUNCIL AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. 
          JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S EXPENSIVE, $32.5 MILLION AND A 10% CONTINGENCY. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BRING IT OVER A LITTLE OVER $35 MILLION FOR THE ARMY SYSTEM, FOR ELECTRIC AND FOR WATER, ASSUMING THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL AS WE PROGRESS ALONG RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE SHOWS THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A PILOT PROGRAM, PROBABLY ABOUT 3000M WOULD BE TESTED. 
          THAT WAS RIGHT. NOW IT'S SHOWING THAT IT WOULD BE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE REALITY, I THINK, GIVEN KIND OF SOME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY MORE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR TO RUN THE PILOT PROGRAM, IF THAT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL VIEW THAT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. THAT SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS FULL DEPLOYMENT, WHICH IS WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO YEARS OF A FULL DEPLOYMENT. SO LIKELY TOWARDS THE END OF 2028 IS WHAT 
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WE'RE HOPING. AS I MENTIONED, 5 TO 7 YEARS IS KIND OF WHAT WE THOUGHT AT THE TIME. IT PUTS IT SIX YEARS. NOW, I WILL SAY A BIG, BIG CAVEAT ON THIS. THIS IS A BIG LIFT FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, BIG LIFT FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, BUT A REALLY, REALLY BIG LIFT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. IF YOU THINK THE METERS, BILLING, CUSTOMER INTERACTION, INTERFACING WITH THE CIS SYSTEM, THE CUSTOMER INFORMATION SYSTEM, ALL THAT THAT GOES ALONG, MAKING SURE THAT THE CUSTOMER'S BILL IS CORRECT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ENDEAVOR. AND I K KNOW THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS SEVERAL THINGS ON THEIR PLATE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT END OF 2028, BUT AT LEAST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION REALLY IS GOING TO GO OVER JUST THE BASICS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE PROJECT. AS FAR AS WHAT AMI, THE BENEFITS TO THE CITITY, THE BENEFITS TO THE CUSTOMER, ALSO THE PROCESS WHEREBY WE WENT OF SELECTING THE VENDOR. AND TONIGHT I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW THESE THINGS BESIDES MYSELF. AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM ESOURCE HERE WHO WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. I FIGURE IF THEY PUT IT TOGETHER, LET'S LET THEM PRESENT IT.E GOT MARK HATFIELD AND JOHN SULLIVAN, AND THEN WITH GPL IT'S ALSO GOING TO COME UP HERE. THESE ARE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE MAIN INTERACTION WITH ESOURCE AND ALSO THE VENDOR THAT SELECTED. I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW JONAS WHITEHEAD, OUR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR, AND THEN CLIFF YORK, WHO IS OUR DISTRIBUTION ADMINISTRATOR. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN'T ANSWER, SAY ON THE WATER SIDE, I BELIEVE MIKE, MIKE BRINKMAN'S HERE. CITY IT WE'VE GOT MIKE BETZ. AND IF NONE OF US CAN ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE, THE PERSON WHO CAN ANSWER THEM ALL, MR. KEVIN SLAY. THANK YOU GUYS. IF YOU CAN COME ON UP. 
          Y'ALL. YOU MAY WANT TO YOU CAN PULL UP OTHER CHAIRS. YH. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. 
          OKAY. HANG ON ONE SECOND. HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU START. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. GERALD, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. ARE ARE OUR ACCOUNT NUMBERS GOING TO CHANGE? IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE MAN WITH THE ANSWER. NO, NO. ARE WE SURE. YEAH. YOUR YOUR VOTE DEPENDS ON IT OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THATAS A BIG TO DO. GENTLEMEN. WELCOME. THANK YOU SIR. SIR, I'M MARK HATFIELD FROM ESOURCE. I WAS THE LEAD CONSULTANT ON THE PROCUREMENT EFFORT. SO I WILL JUST GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE MY TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT THE TEAM HAS GONE THROUGH FOR THAT PROCUREMENT. VERY GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON WHAT ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IS. AM I ON THE LEFT SIDE. WE HAVE THE HARDWARE SIDE OF IT. THIS IS WHAT'S AT THE CUSTOMER'S PREMISE. IT'S A NEW ELECTRIC METER. IT'S THE WATER METER. AND THEN HERE ON THE LOWER LEFT WE HAVE THIS BLACK DEVICE. THAT'S THE COMMUNICATIONS ENDPOINT THAT CONNECTS TO A WATER METER OKAY. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PRESENT AT A CLIENT SITE OR EXCUSE ME AT YOUR CUSTOMER SITE. THEN THERE WILL BE AN RF NETWORK THAT WOULD EITHER BE A NETWORK OWNED BY THE CITY OR IT COULD WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR BID. IT COULD ALSO BE A CELLULAR NETWORK USING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE METERS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SOFTWARE THAT ACTUALLY MANAGES THE SYSTEM, TAKES CARE OF THE DAILY CARE AND FEEDING OF THE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPERATING RELIABLY, BUT THEN ALSO THE LONG TERM DATA STORAGE. 
          SO YOU CAN DO THE ANALYSIS, YOU CAN DO YOUR BILLING, DO ANALYTICS ON THAT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY. RIGHT. AND IT PLEASE, AT ANY TIME, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE CITY'S SCOPE OF WORK. THAT WOULD THAT THE PROPOSERS BID ON. I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH IT BRIEFLY. SO THE FIRST BULLET, THE MI SYSTEM ITSELF, WHICH IS THE HEAD END, WHICH IS THAT SOFTWARE COMPONENT THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND THE NETWORK, THERE'S THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THIS IS THE LONG TERM DATA STORAGE. AND WHERE A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS IS DONE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR YOUR BUSINESS PROCESSES, ALL OF THAT SOFTWARE WILL BE HOSTED IN THE VENDOR'S DATA CENTER AS SOFTWARE, AS A SERVICE FOR THE ELECTRIC SIDE, ALL 77,000 ELECTRIC METERS WILL BE 
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REPLACED. THESE WILL REQUIRE NEW METERS WITH AN ARMY COMMUNICATIONS MODULE WITHIN THE METER. APPROXIMATELY 70,000 OF THOSE ELECTRIC METERS WILL HAVE REMOTE DISCONNECT FUNCTIONALITY IN IN THE METERS, SO TRUCK ROLLS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO TURN ON OR TURN OFF SERVICE FOR CUSTOMERS. FOR YOUR WATER METERS, APPROXIMATELY 72,000 OF THEM WILL ■BE RETROFITTED. THE CITY HAS GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE'LL BE REUSING THOSE METERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE SO THAT THAT INVESTMENT STANDS. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 2000 LEFT TO EXCHANGE THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. FOR ALL OF THOSE METERS. AND AM I END POINT FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE METERS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THOSE CUSTOMERS. THERE WILL ALSO BE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THIS. FOR THIS PROJECT, THE VARIOUS VENDORS THERE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THERE WILL BE DESIGNING CONFIGURATION WORKSHOPS. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TESTING AND TRAINING THAT WILL GO ON WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS MEETING YOUR SPECIFICATIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS, THESE CONTRACTS. THERE'S INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR THOSE ELECTRIC METERS AND THE WATER ENDPOINTS. 
          SO THAT WILL BE CONTRACTED OUT. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE ARMY NETWORK ITSELF, THERE WILL BE INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR THAT. AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 13 BASE STATIONS ACROSS YOUR SERVICE TERRITORY. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE SCOPE OF WORK THATTHE CITY HAS REQUESTED AS PART OF THE ARMY PROJECT AND WHAT THE VENDORS BID ON. THIS CUSTOMER BASE YOU WANTED. I'VE GOT PEOPLE POPPING IN THE QUEUE NOW. I DON'T I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS NOW. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THE 7000M THAT DON'T HAVE THE REMOTE DISCONNECT. THOSE ARE PRIMARILY YOUR LARGEST CUSTOMERS, OKAY? AND THE TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T CURRENTLY SUPPORT DOING THAT REMOTE DISCONNECT ON THOSE VERY LARGE METERS. OKAY. SO IS THAT MOSTLY I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MOSTLY COMMERCIAL, BUT ARE THERE RESIDENTIAL METERS INVOLVED IN THAT AT ALL? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE VENDORS BID ON THE DARK GRAY BOXES. THOSE ARE THE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT YOU WILL BE PROCURING AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, STARTING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THAT'S THE ARMY HEAD END, THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN FOR THE METER INSTALLATION VENDOR, THEY WILL HAVE SOFTWARE THAT THEY WILL USE TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS AND EXCHANGES. THAT'S A TEMPORARY SYSTEM THAT'S ONLY USED DURING THIS PROJECT. RIGHT. AND THEN THE LIGHT BLUE BOXES AROUND THOSE ARE YOUR EXISTING UTILITY AND CITY SYSTEMS THAT THEY ARE. ALL WILL HAVE INTEGRATIONS TO THESE SYSTEMS TO ENABLE THE BUSINESS PROCESSES, TO BUILD CUSTOMERS, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO CUSTOMERS, TO REALLY GET THE VALUE OF THE DATA THAT THE THAT THE CITY WANTS OUT OF THIS SYSTEM. RIGHT. FOR AS FAR AS THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY IN THE IN YOUR CURRENT METER READING WORLD, YOU GET ONE READ PER MONTH PER METER, RIGHT? WITH THESE NEW METERS, YOU'LL BE GETTING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS PER DAY, AND IT WILL BE DELIVERED 4 TO 6 TIMES PER DAY. SO YOU'RE GETTING MUCH MORE CURRENT DATA IN TERMS OF THE STATE OF CUSTOMER'S USAGE, PERFORMANCE OF YOUR SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE OF YOUR NETWORK. RIGHT. THOSE METERS HAVE TAMPER AND THEFT DETECTION IN THEM. SO IF SOMEBODY WERE TO TRY TO DIVERT SERVICE, THE UTILITIES WOULD RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OF THOSE ON THE WATER SIDE. THEY CAN MEASURE IF THERE'S A CUSTOMER, IF A CUSTOMER HAS A LEAK, CONTINUOUS FLOW. SO THERE'S CERTAINLY BENEFITS TO THE CUSTOMERS THERE. 
          ALSO, IF THERE WAS A LARGE BURST SITUATION, THE UTILITIES WOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THAT. SO YOU HAVE MUCH MORE CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THAT NATURE ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE FOR OUTAGE DETECTION, IF A CUSTOMER LOSES POWER, THE METER SENSES THAT AND SENDS THAT COMMUNICATIONS BACK. SO YOU GET MUCH BETTER OUTAGE NOTIFICATIONS WITH WITHIN THE SYSTEM. ALSO, IF THERE ARE HIGH OR LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS AT THAT SERVICE, GPL WILL GET INFORMATION WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THOSE AS WELL. RIGHT. AS WE MENTIONED, THE REMOTE DISCONNECTS RECONNECTS. THIS IS FOR THE ELECTRIC METERS THEMSELVES. SO YOU CAN HAVE BETTER SERVICE IN TERMS OF MOVE INS, MOVE OUTS. AND IT ALSO SAVES A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF 
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TRUCK ROLLS FOR THE CITY. FUTURE BENEFITS. THIS SYSTEMS WILL BE AROUND FOR 15 YEARS. THERE. YOU WILL DO THINGS WITH THE SYSTEM THAT ARE YOU DON'T CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. TODAY ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE YEARS HAVE ARE CONTINUING TO GET MORE BENEFITS FROM THEM. SOME OF THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, DIUSSED ARE PRESSURE SENSORS ON THE WATER SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, BETTER INFORMATION OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WATER SYSTEM. DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION FOR ELECTRIC, AND THEN ALSO IN THE FUTURE TO POTENTIALLY SAVE MONEY FOR VOLTAGE REDUCTION SUPPORT SO YOU CAN RUN THE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM. THE CUSTOMER BENEFITS FOR THE CUSTOMER ARE EXTENSIVE. 
          ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS, IS THAT RATHER THAN AGAIN, JUST THAT ONE READ PER MONTH, FOR THAT, ALL OF THEIR BILLING IS BASED ON, THEY'RE GETTING MUCH MORE. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO MUCH MORE INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THEIR USAGE IS, TO SEE WHAT THEIR BEHAVIOR DOES. SO THEY HAVE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN START MAKING DECISIONS AND ARE EMPOWERED TO CONSERVE WATER, CONSERVE ELECTRICITY THAT DIRECTLY TRANSLATES AND IMPACTS THEIR BILLS. ALSO, THAT'S GREATER TRAPARENCY AS WELL AS HOW WHY THEY'RE BEING BUILT. WHY DO THEY HAVE A HIGH DAY? WHY IS THEIR BILL HIGH? WHY IS THEIR BILL LOW? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THERE'S ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE, AS WE MENTIONED, FOR WATER AND LEAK DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION, WHICH CUSTOMERS UNIVERSALLY APPRECIATE WHEN THE UTILITY NOTIFIES THEM OF LEAKS. WE HAVE IMPROVED ELECTRIC OUTAGE AWARENESS. SO RATHER THAN RELYING ON CUSTOMERS CALLING, THE UTILITY CAN KNOW MUCH, MUCH QUICKER. IF A CUSTOMER IS OUT OF POWER, WE HAVE QUICKER INITIATION AND CLOSE OUT OF ACCOUNTS USING THOSE REMOTE DISCONNECTS ON THE ELECTRIC SID, AND THEN ALSO THE CORRESPONDING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOVE IN AND MOVE OUT PROCESS WITH THOSE SAME REMOTE DISCONNECTS ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE, RIGHT? MR. KLEIN DID AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AS FAR AS FROM THE SHORTLIST PERSPECTIVE. WE BROUGHT THREE VENDORS IN THE TOP THREE VENDORS IN FOR A FULL DAY'S WORTH OF PRESENTATIONS ON A VERY SCRIPTED DEMO, VERY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS OF THEIR SYSTEMS, REALLY DIGGING INTO THEIR PROPOSALS BASED ON THAT OR IN THOSE SESSIONS. WE CLARIFIED THEIR TECHNOLOGY, THEIR SCOPE, HOW THE CITY WOULD WORK WITH THEM, AND ALSO THE PRICING THAT THEY USED IN THEIR IN THEIR PROPOSALS. AFTER THE INTERVIEWS, THE TEAM CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE TWO VENDORS WERE THE TOP OF THE TOP FOR CONSIDERATION. SENSUS WAS OVERALL THE BEST SOLUTION. AND THEN TECH LINE, WHICH IS THE ACLARA SOLUTION, WAS VOTED AS SECOND. AFTER THAT, THE TEAM DID SITE VISITS. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF INSTALLATIONS RIGHT HERE IN YOUR AREA. THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO DO SITE VISITS WITH THESE UTILITIES ARE LISTED HERE. IT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT DISCUSSIONS. COMPLIMENTS TO ALL OF THESE, THESE CITIES FOR THEIR OPENNESS, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS WITH THE TEAM THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATIONS, WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE VENDORS. PROBABLY THE YEARS WE'VE DONE THIS, PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST SITE VISITS WE'VE SEEN. SO THE FINAL SELECTION IS THE TEAM THAT THE THAT YOU'RE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH IS ON THE LEFT. SENSUS IS THE ARMY PROVIDER FOR ELECTRIC AND WATER. HARRIS IS THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND THEN UTILITY PARTNERS OF AMERICA. UPA IS THE METER INSTALLATION VENDOR. RIGHT. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT FINAL SELECTION ON THE CENSUS SIDE WHERE THERE ARE FEWER NETWORK, I MEAN, BESIDES JUST THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THEIR SOLUTION, THERE ARE FAR FEWER NETWORK LOCATIONS AS FAR AS FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO SUPPORT. 
          ALSO, THEY HAD A VERY CLEAR FUTURE OF WHERE WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THE GRID ITSELF, THE THINGS THAT THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY ADD IN THE FUTURE. ON THE WATER SIDE, THERE WAS A MUCH BETTER WARRANTY FOR THE WATER ENDPOINTS, A 10 OR 15 YEAR FULL WARRANTY VERSUS TEN FOR THE FOR THEIR COMPETITORS. AND ON THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SIDE, THEY REALLY DID PREFER THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THAT SYSTEM. AND YOUR CITY. SIS IS ALSO A HARRIS PRODUCT, SO THERE ARE SYNERGIES FROM HAVING THE TWO TWO SYSTEMS BE PROVIDED BY HARRIS. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER FOR YOU, IF YOU LISTEN FOR THE BEEPING, THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION HERE. FIRST UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO WAIT. I WAS HOPING MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED. AND THEY WERE I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT 
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THE QUANTITY OF DATA TRANSFER AND ABOUT LEAK DETECTION AND POWER OUTAGE DETECTION. SO THAT WAS ALL ANSWERED. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COVERING THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILOR DUTTON, I LOVE THE POWER OUTAGE DETECTION BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION IS WE HAVE A LOT OF ALL BILLS PAID APARTMENTS IN THE CITY. AND SO HOW WOULD THE NEW METERS BE AFFECTED WITH THE ALL BILLS PAID LIKE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A LARGE, I GUESS, LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, IN ESSENCE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE APARTMENTS DIVVY OUT THE BILLS. IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE? I'LL ANSWER THAT ONE. SO THE COMMERCIAL METER, THAT METERS AT ONE APARTMENT BUILDING IS USUALLY THE METER. AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THAT CUSTOMER. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SWING THAT MIC BACK AROUND? THERE WE GO. SO THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THAT CUSTOMER. THE INDIVIDUAL METERS, THE METER, THE INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT SO THAT THE BUILDING KNOWS WHAT'S OR THE OWNER KNOWS WHO GETS WHAT. BILL IS SUB METERS. AND USUALLY THEY ARE OWNED BY THE OWNER OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO WE DON'T DIVVY UP THOSE BILLS FOR EACH APARTMENT COMPLEX, WE JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH ONE BILL. OKAY. SO GOING INTO THE ARMY QUESTION, WE WOULD CHANGE OUT THE METER FOR THAT ONE BUILDING WITH AN AMP METER, OKAY. WE'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LOT MORE DATA AS FAR AS WHEN THE USAGE IS AND STUFF. BUT AS FAR AS INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNLESS THEY WANTED US TO TAKE OVER THOSE METERS. AND USUALLY THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. OKAY, COOL. AND THEN. THE IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PD AND FIRE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO? LIKE IF WE NEEDED TO DO A QUICK DISCONNECT BECAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE? OR WOULD IT HELP US FROM HAVING TO PULL METERS IN THE EVENT OF HOUSE FIRES? MY BRAIN WENT CRAZY ON THIS ONE. SORRY. IT COULD BECAUSE I KNOW PD AND FIRES DISPATCH HAS A DIRECT LINE TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER, AND SO IF THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD A FIRE AT A LOCATION, WE NEED YOU TO DISCONNECT THAT POWER THERE. THEN THE DISPATCHER WOULD BE ABLE TO REMOTELY DISCONNECT THAT POWER TO THAT HOUSE. BUT THE SERVICE GOING TO THE HOUSE WOULD STILL REMAIN ENERGIZED. SO WE'D PROBABLY STILL SEND A TROUBLESHOOTER OVER THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED THAT DISCONNECTED AS WELL. BUT TO DISCONNECT POWER TO THAT HOUSE. IT WOULD ALMOST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY JUST BY DOING IT THROUGH THE COMPUTER. AWESOME. VERY COOL. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. IT SEEMS SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD BENEFITS. I THINK THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN LONGING FOR. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT WAS A THING, SO I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? YEAH RIGHT THERE SIR. YEAH. 
          RIGHT THERE. YEAH. YOU MENTIONED AND I WANT TO BE SURE I HEARD YOU RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT. 
          THAT CENTER ONE THAT SAYS POLES. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY REQUIREMENT FOR GPS TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL POLLING EQUIPMENT? ARE WE WILL WE USE EXISTING TOWERS. HOW HOW WOULD THAT THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK. AND WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT FOR THE NETWORKS. IS THAT GOING TO REQUIRE ANY ANY ADDITIONAL WORK ON YOUR PART TO GET THAT DONE. THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL POLES INSTALLED. THE 13 BASE STATIONS WILL ALL BE GOING AT SEVEN VARIOUS SUBSTATIONS. SO ALL THE POLES WILL BE ON GPL PROPERTY ON THE SUBSTATION. THEY WON'T BE IN THE SUBSTATION, BUT THEY'LL BE LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SUBSTATION. NOW, SOME SUBSTATIONS MAY HAVE MULTIPLE POLES AND THE POLES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION RIGHT BEFORE WE GOT HERE. IT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE 60 FOOT STEEL POLES. SO THEY WILL HAVE THE ANTENNA EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON THEM. BUT THERE WILL BE A BOX ON THE GROUND WHERE THE FIBER WILL BE OKAY. BUT BUT THEY WILL ONLY BE ON GPL PROPERTY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SECONDLY. NOW I'M NOT SURE WHICH OF THOSE GADGETS WHAT YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO READ. OKAY. WHICH OF THE. THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE ONE GADGET, I'M ASSUMING A METER READER IN HIS HAND. HOW CAN YOU PREVENT INTERFERENCE AND MAKING SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION? HE'S READING THE METER, RIGHT TECHNICALLY. AND THERE'S ALL KIND OF DATA OUT THERE. THERE ARE ALL KIND OF INTERNET SYSTEMS OUT THERE. 
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WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PROTECTION TO BE SURE THAT THAT SOME FOR WELL, SOME, SOME OTHER ENTITY COULD NOT INTERCEPT THAT INFORMATION AT ANY TIME. WHAT WHAT WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR SAFETY. THE PROGRAM SAFETY NET THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET INFORMATION AS CLEAN INFORMATION AND NOT IN YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT EASILY INFILTRATED TO DISTORT THE DATA. OKAY. AM I MAKING SENSE? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE METER READER. YOU'RE NO LONGER SENDING A METER READER OUT THERE. THE METER IS ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING TO THE NETWORK ON ITS OWN. SO THERE IS NO GOING WITH A DEVICE TO READ, TO READ THAT METER OR GET YOUR READINGS. IT'S DOING IT AUTOMATICALLY. ALSO, THE CENSUS USES ITS OWN. WE'RE GOING TO LICENSE A BROADCAST SPECTRUM FROM THE FCC. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS THIS OPERATES IN. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH ANY BABY MONITORS OR MICROWAVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S OPERATING IN ITS OWN SPECTRUM. 
          AND IF WE RUN INTO ANY ISSUES, WE LET CENSUS KNOW. AND THE FCC THEN COMES DOWN ON ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ISSUES. YOUR YOUR QUESTION REGARDING SECURITY. I THINK IT WAS PUT THIS WAY. AND MARK, PLEASE CORRECT ME. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY MILITARY GRADE SECURITY AT THESE DATA CENTERS. 
          IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO A FORT KNOX. SO THIS STUFF IS TESTED. IT'S USED BY OTHER UTILITIES ACROSS THE NATION. OUR DATA IS GOING TO BE SAFE. OKAY. AND THE TRANSMISSION THEMSELVES ARE ENCRYPTED AS WELL OKAY. SO THAT THAT INFORMATION IS SECURE ALSO. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE OUT THERE. THIS IS NEW. BUT WE'LL TRY IT. AND THAT'S THAT'S A REALITY. AND SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS RELATING TO BILLING. YOU GOT JOHN SMITH LIVING IN A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE WITH A METER IN THE YARD. THESE OTHER FOLKS LIVE IN A APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND THEY GOT FIVE METERS NOW ON THE WALL. HOW IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? OKAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN SOME OF THE COMPLEXES, THERE ARE SEVERAL UNITS THAT READS ONLY WALL. OKAY. SO WILL THERE BE SEVEN UNITS THEN OR WILL THERE BE ONE UNIT? OKAY. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW SO. SO IF THERE'S A GANG METER BASE, LET'S SAY ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND IT'S GOT TEN METERS ON THAT GANG METER BASE, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND CHANGE OUT THOSE TEN METERS, ONE FOR ONE. OKAY. AND SO EACH APARTMENT COMPLEX STARTED OFF BEFORE THE CHANGE OUT WITH ITS OWN METER BASE. WHENEVER WE GET DONE CHANGING OUT THAT METER, IT'LL STILL HAVE ITS OWN METER BASE BASED OFF THAT SERIAL NUMBER ON THAT METER, WHICH WILL COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE SERVICE BILLING SYSTEM THAT HAS THAT SAME SERIAL NUMBER WITHIN THAT SERVICE SYSTEM. AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE CORRECT METER READING. OKAY. AND THE CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS, THIS SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER OVER, PICK UP THOSE ACCOUNTS WITHOUT ANY CHANGE. AND ACCOUNT NUMBERS NAMES. SO OR WILL YOU HAVE TO DO A DOWNLOAD TO GET OUR CUSTOMER BASE IN ORDER FOR WE GET CORRECT BILLING WE HAVE TO. SO THE BIG CHALLENGE IS AND THIS IS WHERE THE REASON WHY WE SELECTED EPA BECAUSE OF THEIR DEPLOYMENT PROCESS AND DOCUMENTATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY STAND UP A WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO TRACK ALL THIS IS THAT IF I WAS TO GO OUT THERE AND CHANGE OUT A METER TODAY, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WRITE DOWN THE OLD METER, READING THE OLD SERIAL NUMBER, AND THEN I HAVE TO WRITE DOWN THE NEW METER SERIAL NUMBER, AND IF IT'S GOT A READING ON IT OR NOT, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE GETS THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE. AND IT'S THIS SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO WHENEVER USCPA GOES OUT THERE AND CHANGES OUT THE METERS, THAT SAME PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. IS THAT ALL THAT OLD DATA COMING OFF THE OLD METER HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED. AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH THE NEW METER THAT'S GOING IN AND IN THAT CHANGE HAS TO BE MADE IN THE CIS SYSTEM. JUST AS FAR AS THE METER INFORMATION THAT'S ASSOCIATED TO THAT ACCOUNT, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ACCOUNT AT ALL. IT JUST CHANGES THAT METER 
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THAT'S ASSOCIATED TO THAT ACCOUNT. OKAY. AND SO THAT WAY WHENEVER THAT METER GETS PLUGGED IN AND IT STARTS SENDING ITS BILLING INFORMATION TO THAT CIS SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO THAT CORRECT ACCOUNT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER OTT. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING OUT HERE. THIS IS A VERY FASCINATING PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE. WILL THIS WILL THE ELECTRIC METERS, WILL IT ACCOMMODATE NET METERING OR TWO WAY LIKE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOLAR. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE FOR WATER METERS. DO THEY HOW DO THEY GENERATE POWER FOR BEING ABLE TO TRANSMIT IT OUT. IS IT THROUGH THE WATER THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH. IS IT DOES IT HOW HOW IS IT ABLE TO. IS THERE DO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE BATTERIES ON IT? IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT THE END POINT ITSELF HAS IS A SEALED BATTERY. AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY DEVICE THAT HAS THAT 15 YEAR WARRANTY. OKAY. SO WITH THE CENSUS, YOU HAVE A FULL 15 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT SYSTEM, PRIMARILY THE BATTERY. WOW. YES. OKAY. LET'S SEE. I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT THERE WOULD BE A WATER PRESSURE SENSOR IN EVERY METER. THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING FEATURE. WHAT WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THAT TO BE ENABLED? SO THE METERS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW WILL NOT HAVE A PRESSURE SENSOR IN EVERY METER. 
          SO WHAT SENSUS OFFERS IS THEY OFFER A SEPARATE DEVICE THAT YOU CAN PUT AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN YOUR NETWORK TO GET PRESSURE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A NOTORIOUSLY HIGH PRESSURE OR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, YOU CAN ADD THOSE. THEY DO SELL A METER WITH BUILT IN PRESSURE SENSORS IN THE METER AND WATER HAS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER. BUT GIVEN THAT THEY'VE JUST REPLACED ALL THEIR METERS, THAT WILL BE A FUTURE CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. COUNSELOR DUTTON, ABOUT THE SENSOR THING. 
          SO WOULD THAT BE LIKE IF YOU LIKE CURRENTLY NEED AN EXPANSION TANK ON YOUR WATER HEATER? THAT SENSOR WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT. LIKE DOES IT ACTUALLY LIKE CONTROL THE FLOW? LIKE IF YOU HAVE HIGH PRESSURE? NO, NO, NO MA'AM. IT DOES NOT. IT JUST TELLS YOU THAT THERE IS IF A LOCATION THAT WAS EXPERIENCED HIGH PRESSURE, THEN THE WATER UTILITY WOULD KNOW OR LOW PRESSURE. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. 
          OBVIOUSLY. OH DON'T LET HIM I SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE ADJOURNED. I SHOULD HAVE CALLED FOR ADJOURNMENT. DON'T LET HIM LEAVE YET. SO I DID WANT TO GIVE CLARIFICATION THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DETECT OUTAGES ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE METER IS NOT RECEIVING POWER. ONE THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ASKING CUSTOMERS TO CALL IN FOR THEIR OUTAGE BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CONFUSION. WHILE DO I HAVE AN AMI METER? DO I NOT HAVE AN AMI METER? SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'LL STILL ASK. PLEASE CALL IN EVEN THOUGH WE MAY SEE IT ON OUR SYSTEM. AND ONCE WE GET TO FULL DEPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HAVING A COMMUNICATION OUTREACH. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE YOU CAN STILL CALL IN. WE'LL STILL HAVE A NUMBER, BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH SO THAT OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE NOW FULLY UNDER THE AMI SYSTEM. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO GREAT INFORMATION. 
          I'M SURE THIS IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION. JUNE 3RD. I'M SURE AS THE CITY MANAGER MEETS INDIVIDUALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AND TIME TO ANSWER THOSE. I THINK THAT THE IDEA TONIGHT IS, IS THERE CONSENSUS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON THIS ITEM? THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. SO DON'T STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE PAST OUR NORMAL BREAK TIME, BUT WE HAVE JUST THIS ONE ITEM WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POWER THROUGH. 
          [6.  Accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) Staff will provide a report on the Parks and Recreation Department’s progress toward national accreditation.]
SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM SIX ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CAPRA. OH. LOADED. OKAY. BRIAN. 
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YEAH. THAT WASN'T ON THERE. NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT IN THERE. YOU BRING A. DID YOU BRING A I DID HAVE A BACKUP. LET ME GO GET IT. WOW. IF I CAN SING FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. I'D RATHER NOT KNOW. 
          NO. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA. ANDY. WELL, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE BACKUP PLAN, SEEMS LIKE A WORSE IDEA. WELL, SHE'S LOADING THIS UP, SO JUST IN A IN A NUTSHELL, THIS IS A AN ENDEAVOR THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS, AND IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. AND SO SOME YEARS IT WAS NOT FOR US TO EMBARK ON. BUT THEN WE DECIDED SOMETIME LAST YEAR THAT A LOT OF CHANGES HAPPENING, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. RESOURCES WERE BEING ALLOCATED TO PARKS AND REC, AND THE BOND PROGRAM WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, NOW'S THE TIME TO REALLY DO IT. I WON'T STEAL ANY OF DOOLEY'S THUNDER BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, SHE AND KEITH AND A FEW OTHERS HAVE DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND I WANT THEM TO GET ALL THE CREDIT FOR THAT. SO SHE DID A LITTLE QUICK GOOGLE TODAY THAT THERE'S ABOUT 213 SOMETHING AGENCIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE ACCREDITED UNITED STATES, SORRY, UNITED STATES, AND ABOUT 20,000 TOTAL. SO ABOUT 1% OF PARKS AND REC AGENCIES HAVE THIS ACCREDITATION. SO OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND MR. CITY MANAGER, SUPER EXCITED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS GETTING CAPRA ACCREDITATION. AND SO CAPRA ACCREDITATION IS THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES. AND IT REALLY IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN OUR INDUSTRY TO ACHIEVE. AND AS ANDY SAID,HERE ARE LIKE 213 PARK AND REC AGENCIES IN T UNITED STATES THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THIS. AND IN TEXAS, 29 AND THEN NORTH TEXAS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PARKS AND REC INDUSTRY. AND SO WE HAVE 17 IN NORTH TEXAS. SO WE HOPE TO BE THE NEXT ONE. AND ONE OF OUR SISTER CITIES, MCKINNEY. THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS THIS SAME EFFORT THIS THIS YEAR. IT IS MANAGED THROUGH THE NRP, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION. SO OUR TIMELINE, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS JOURNEY BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 23 BY SUBMITTING OUR APPLICATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO PURSUE THIS EFFORT, AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR, A LITTLE LONGER THAN A YEAR, WE WORKED ON COMPLETING OUR AGENCY SELF-ASSESSMENT, AND WE SUBMITTED THAT LAST DECEMBER. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN SINCE THEN APPROVED TO HOST AN ON SITE VISIT. SO OUR ON SITE VISIT TEAM, T THEY ARE MADE UP OF THRE PEOPLE IN A PEERS IN OUR PROFESSION, COMING FROM MARYLAND AND OREGON AND OHIO. AND SO WE WILL HOST THEM JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 4TH TO REALLY SHOW OFF OUR PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ALL GO THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND THEN TO FINALIZE EVERYTHING, WE GO TO THE IN-PERSON HEARING WITH THE COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, IN ORLANDO AT THE NEXT NRP CONFERENCE, AND HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT, GARLAND WILL BRING HOME THE NEWS THAT WE ARE HAVING A FULLY ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY. SO WHY WOULD WE GO THROUGH THIS? I ASKED THAT MYSELF ALL THE TIME WITH KEITH SAYING, KEITH REALLY WAS MY RIGHT HAND MAN IN THIS. AND BUT IT TOOK AN EFFORT FROM A LOT OF CITY STAFF. THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CREATE. SO WHY QUALITY ASSURANCE THAT WE ARE PRACTICING THE BEST STANDARDS THAT WE PRACTICE? YOU KNOW, FISCAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? FISCAL. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE TO GO THROUGH IT ALL, JUST THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH OUR PARKS AND REC AGENCY. IT TELLS OUR CUSTOMERS, IT TELLS OUR CITIZENS. IT TELLS YOU ALL AS CITY LEADERSHIP THAT WE ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST, ALWAYS LOOKING AT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AS WE GO THROUGH IT. 
          THERE ARE 154 STANDARDS IN THE AGENCY SELF-ASSESSMENT. 36 OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED FUNDAMENTAL MEANING WE HAVE TO MEET THEM. IF WE DON'T MEET ONE OF THEM, WE CAN'T BE ACCREDITED. BUT WE MET ALL OF THOSE OR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE APPROVED US FOR THE SITE VISIT. AND THEN OF THE REMAINING 118 STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO MEET 106 OF THOSE. SO THE KAPPA CHAPTERS ARE HERE. ON YOUR RIGHT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE, BASICALLY PROOF OF HOW WE ARE MEETING THOSE STANDARDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES ARE HOW MANY STANDARDS ARE IN EACH OF THOSE CHAPTERS. WE COULDN'T DO THIS BY OURSELVES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS EFFORT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE INPUT AND POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES THAT OTHER 
          [02:00:05]
DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO. SO IT'S REALLY NOT JUST A FEATHER IN THE HAT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, RISK MANAGEMENT, PD, THE BUDGET, FINANCE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALL HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT. WE WENT THROUGH AND WE HAD TO CREATE NEW PLANS AND MANUALS. AND THESE ARE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE THAT WE HAD TO DEVELOP THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN PLACE. I MEAN, WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS IN PLACE TO PROVE THAT WE MET A STANDARD, BUT THESE ARE NEW ONES THAT WE HAD TO COME UP WITH. AND THESE ARE ANOTHER, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE AGAIN, CREATED. WE HAVE A STANDARDIZED SOP TEMPLATE THAT WE ARE NOW USING. WE WENT THROUGH, WE REVIEWED, REVISED, CREATED NEW SOPS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE CENTRALIZED AREAS TO TRACK EVERYBODY'S LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAININGS THAT THEY DO. WE'VE DEVELOPED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'VE REALLY JUST DONE A LOT OF INPUT TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE. AND I'M PUTTING A PLUG IN FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HONESTLY, I WAS A HUGE ASSET TO US IN THIS. FROM USING CHAT TO ALSO TRAINING OUR STAFF ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CAPRA AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CREATED. SO THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY TO MIKE BETTS FOR INTRODUCING THAT AND TO THAT AND TO THE WORLD. IT REALLY HELPED. BUT ALL IN ALL, THE BIG DEAL IS THAT IT JUST HELPS US TO BECOME A BETTER PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ONE THAT YOU ALL CAN BE PROUD OF. SO WE HAVE OUR CAPRA TEAM COMING TO VISIT. LIKE I SAID, JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 4TH, THEY WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY, JUNE 2ND. ON JUNE 3RD, IT'S A LONG DAY. WE WILL TAKE THEM AROUND AND TOUR SOME OF OUR FACILITIES AND OUR AMENITIES. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS. THEY MAY ASK US TO PROVIDE OTHER EXAMPLES THAN WHAT WE DID PROVIDE IN OUR AGENCY REPORT. THEY MAY ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE THAT WE GAVE THEM, AND THEY REALLY JUST WANT TO GET TO KNOW THE STAFF AND THEN HOW OUR OPERATION WORKS. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BRING THEM OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND RECOGNIZE THEM IN OUR EFFORT OF GOING TOWARDS ACCREDITATION. AND THEN ON JUNE 4TH, WE'LL COMPLETE UP THE ANY CHAPTERS REVIEWS. WE'LL DO AN EXIT REVIEW WITH THEIR TEAM LEAD, AND THEN OFF THEY GO. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MAYBE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE SIT IN THE WORLD SO THAT WHEN WE, LIKE I SAID, GET BACK FROM ORLANDO, WE'LL HAVE REALLY GOOD NEWS. SO I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG MEETING FOR Y'ALL. SO I WANT TO ADD ONE QUICK THING IS, ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES THAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS WHEN YOU DO THE SELF-ASSESSMENT AND YOU SEE WHERE YOU CAN IMPROVE, AND YOU SAW THE LIST OF ALL THE PLANS, SOPS, AND T THE THING THT WE'VE HAD TO PUT IN PLACE. AND WE HAD TO DO THINGS WITH HELP FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, CREATING A, YOU KNOW, A FLEET PLAN THAT, YES, WAS FOR CUSTOMER FOR PARKS AND REC, BUT ALSO SOMETHING WE HAD TO WORK WITH PHIL AND HIS TEAM. BUT THE THING I LIKE ABOUT IT IS, IS YOU HAVE TO REVIEW THOSE PERIODICALLY. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK AND REVIEW THEM EVERY SUMMER, ONE YEAR, SUMMER, TWO YEARS, SUMMER FIVE YEARS, SO THAT YOU DON'T END UP WITH THIS PLAN THAT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT IN 15 YEARS. AND SO IT ALWAYS FORCES YOU TO STAY UP TO DATE. 
          OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, SO I WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD WHEN ANDY JOINED THE CITY OF GARLAND ORGANIZATION, AND YOU BECAME OUR NEW PARKS DIRECTOR. AND I REMEMBER YOU TALKING ABOUT GETTING EVERY GETTING OUR STEM ACCREDITED. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A WHILE AGO. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR WITH IT AND ARE READY TO LIKE, SUBMIT AND BE IN IT. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. I THIS PROGRAM REALLY HOLDS OUR PARK SYSTEM AT SUCH A HIGH STANDARD, AND WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO PARKS, WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO REALLY MAKING THIS, MAKING OUR CITY'S PARK SYSTEM LIKE THE BEST IN THE, IN THE AREA. AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU WITH CAPRA COMING IN. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS ONE QUESTION, SIR. WHEN WILL THE WHEN DO WE WHEN WILL THEY ANNOUNCE THE BIG DEAL? WHEN WE. 
          YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON ANY OF YOUR SLIDES. SO THAT'S OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AT THE HEARING IN SEPTEMBER AT THE CONFERENCE. SO AT THE NRP CONFERENCE. AND IT'S A, IT'S A AN EVENT CALLED THE BEST OF THE BEST. SO THEY RECOGNIZE ALL THE NEWLY ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. SO THERE'S 43 PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE 43 ACTUALLY MOVED ON TO SITE VISITS. AND SO I'M NOT SURE OF THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE US, MCKINNEY THEY'RE IN IT FOR THIS YEAR, SO 
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WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYBE WE'LL FACE CRAM IT LIVE OR SOMETHING. WE'LL BE WAITING ON NEWS. STOP. JUST JUST STOP. I'M AT THAT AGE. IT DOESN'T MATTER. I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK, GETTING IT TO THIS POINT. AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. SO THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCE 
          [ 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.]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. HI. OKAY I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I'M PREPARED THIS TIME. SO OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT OUR CARPORT ORDINANCE AS IT STATES NOW IT'S A BASIC GUIDELINE. AND THEN IT SAYS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SPECIFIC RULES, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE THOSE RULES ARE LISTED. ODDLY ENOUGH, I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT CARPORTS AND WHY THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT A GRANDFATHER SITUATION TYPE. SO IF WE COULD, MAYBE WE WILL MOVE THAT. WE HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE WILL MOVE THAT TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE MORE GO. RIGHT. I GOT ONE MORE RIGHT, I GOOD, OKAY. I'M JUST MAKING SURE. OKAY, OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE GANG UNIT IN THE SWAT TEAM GIVE A STATUS REPORT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. JUST IN LIGHT OF OUR MOST RECENT WALNUT ESCAPADES. THINK OF US A CURRENT GANG RELATED KIND OF ACTIVITY AND TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING. OPERATIONAL READINESS, TYPE OF SITUATION AND GIVE US ANY CHALLENGES OR RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED THAT WE CAN HELP THEM. VERY GOOD. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK IS THE SECOND ON THAT. WE WILL HAVE THEM. WE WILL GET THEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. SO A FEW YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING ABOUT AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE THAT WOULD KIND OF COMBINE FORCES WITH GISD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT SINCE, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN. 
          THERE WAS A RESOLUTION. THERE WAS A RESOLUTION PASSED OR YES, PASSED THAT REALLY WAS WAS CREATED BY GISD. AND SO WE HAVE STOOD AT THE READY. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S REALLY ANYTHING TO UPDATE, BUT IT THE THEY WERE THE THEY WERE THE CREATORS OF AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVE WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM TO KIND OF GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT? YEAH. SURE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I DO SECOND THAT BECAUSE YEAH, I'M SORRY THAT WE'LL WE WILL CONTACT THE BOARD, THE TRUSTEES BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT WAS A TRUSTEE DIRECTED, NOT AN ADMINISTRATION DIRECTED. SO I THINK I ALREADY HAVE ONE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. OKAY. I THINK I HAVE ONE IN THE HOPPER ALREADY AS IT RELATES TO THE TRASH BUILD UP ON LAKE RAY HUBBARD LAKE, CORRECT? YES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. CONFIRMING THAT YOU'VE CONFIRMED COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. JUST A REMINDER. REMINDER? THAT WAS A THREE HEADED MONSTER. I MEAN, I DON'T SCRATCH THAT WORD. THANK YOU. OKAY, BUT THE CHAMBER WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN IN THAT PROCESS. SO THEY WOULD ALL IF WE IF YOU IF YOU YOU WANT THEM THAT IT WAS THE CHAMBER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY. WE'LL START WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO YEAH. YEAH. SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT OKAY. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. HE DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY IT, BUT HE DID. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS AND AGAIN, THE ITEM THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL MOST LIKELY COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. AND WITH THAT AND NOTHING ELSE BEFORE US AT 809, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.