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I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE STAND UP FOR THE FLAG.
I LIKE TO MOVE THE EXACT SESSION TO THE END OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS.
[1. Present and Discuss the Format for the Town Meeting on April 5, 2021.]
OKAY.NUMBER ONE, PRESENT, DISCUSS THE FORMAT FOR THE TIME MEETING ON APRIL 5TH, 2021.
I'M MARY ROSENBLUM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
AND I HAVE PRINTED OUT TO YOU SOME POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR THE APRIL 5TH TOWN MEETING.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THESE AND TALK THROUGH THEM, GIVE YOU ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLECT AREAS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING OUT.
AND THEN WE ALSO PROBABLY NEED TO DISCUSS IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS MEETING A VIRTUAL MEETING.
UM, OR IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST IN OPENING UP THE CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, AND HAVING IT, I USUALLY DO LIKE A REAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE CENTER.
IF WE CAN OPEN UP THE WHOLE THING THAT WE ALWAYS USE TO SERVE THE SPACE RIGHT UP HIGHER CONFERENCE CENTER.
SO DO BE WITH DISTANCE EITHER PAST THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
I SEE THE TENANTS MAXIMIZE ABOUT 200, SO THAT'LL COME AND JUST ACCOMMODATE ABOUT MAXIMUM 800.
SO IF THIS IS 25% OF THE CAPACITY THAT THEY TOOK THE WHOLE THING.
IF WE, IF WE CAN OPEN UP THE HIGHER CONFERENCE CENTER, SO NOT HAVE THOSE ROUND TABLES IN THE BACK WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S, THERE'S THREE ROUND TABLES WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE BIGGER DISTANCE.
SO YOU'RE SETTING THE CHAIR DISTANCE.
WOULD THERE STILL BE SIDE ROOMS SIDE? IT IS WHEN WE DO OUR WINTER OR HOLIDAYS OR
I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR FROM US.
AND THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH CAN JOIN THIS.
CAN IT BE BROADCAST AT THE SAME TIME? YES, SIR.
USUALLY ON THE BACK CHANNEL AND ON THE LEFT SIDE, UM, I'M THINKING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A HUGE ATTENDANCE RELATIVE TO WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, UM, VISIT ATTENDANCE, BUT, BUT, UH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO WATCH.
IT MAY NOT BE REAL TIME, MAYBE LIKE, UM, INDIFFERENT WHEN THEY WATCH IT JUST AS LONG AS THEY WATCH IT.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO A LIVE PERFORMANCE ON IT, ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN THE VIDEO CAMERAS TO PUT THEM CLOSER TO US OR ZOOM IN WHERE IT'S, UH, WE'RE MORE FIXATED ON THE PRESENTATION FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT WILL VIEW IT REMOTELY OR VIEW IT LATER, I THINK IS WHERE, UM, WOULD HELP.
WHAT WOULD BE OUR PLAN IF BY CHANCE WE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE SPACE IN THIS SPACE.
WHEN YOU TALK WITH THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WATER TOWER THEATER THEATER SCREEN UP I'D HAVE TO WORK WITH IT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE IS HAVING INTERESTING.
DO WE HAVE A TV LOBBY? THE HALLWAY? GREAT IDEA CAN BE CONNECTED AS A GREAT IDEA IF IT CAN BE DONE AND THAT'D BE DONE.
UH, REMEMBER WE DON'T HAVE A CONFERENCE CENTER STAFF, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO ALL WE CAN LOOK INTO.
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DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE OUR AUDIO VIDEO? UM, YEAH.ANOTHER, ANOTHER THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS NOT LIVE REPORTED, LIKE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BETTER PRESENTATIONS FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
AND WE JUST, UH, WE, WE MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE ONLINE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO IT, TO STAFF, THIS KIND OF THING.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING A LOT JUST TO SEE THIS LIFE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO HAD A LOT LAST YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE RECEIVING VACCINES.
AND I THINK THAT AT TIME BEFORE WE OPENED UP THE WHOLE PLACE WITH 25% OF THE CAPACITY, SEPARATE THE CHAIRS, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT DISTANCE.
THEN IF WE CAN KID WITH A BODY TO EVEN LOBBY ALSO SHOW THE, UH, PRESENTATION, THAT'D BE NICE.
WE CAN ALSO CHECK WITH THE RENAISSANCE AND THE MARRIOTT AND SEE IF THEIR BALLROOM SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE SPACE.
BUT ALSO AMY
IT'S A, IT'S A TRADITION, IT'S A TOWN TRADITION.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US RETURN TO AS MUCH NORMALCY AS WE CAN, AS LONG AS IT'S SAFE, COME BACK TO US.
WELL, I WANT TO THE TALKING POINTS BEFORE WE GET THERE, UH, I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT IN PERSON, THEN WE'LL JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL SORT OF COMMUNICATE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE AND ALL THE, ALL OF THE DEEDS OF THE DETAILS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BE SAFE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY COME BACK AND COMMUNICATE TO THE COUNCIL WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SO THERE'S THAT, UM, UH, BUT I'VE, I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT OTHER THAN IN PERSON.
THE ONLY ISSUE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FROM A QUITE FOR EXAMPLE TELLS OR AN OPTION IS HOW DO WE GET THAT BROADCAST TO OUR PIG CHANNEL? SO WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND COMMUNICATE THERE THAT EVERYBODY WAS THE ONLY CONCERN IS THAT FOR SAFETY.
AND THEN, UH, HERE, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE TOPICS TOPICS, THERE'S JUST SOME SUGGESTED TOPICS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE OTHERS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
THIS IS JUST A WAY TO GET THE CONVERSATION SINCE I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS, OR I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT AT HOME WHO MAY BE WATCHING.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND READING IT.
UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET COVID-19 RESPONSE, THIS STORM ARCTIC STORM RESPONSE, MIDWAY ROAD, FEEDBACK, REVITALIZATION, PROJECT UPDATE.
SO WE'RE ALIGNED BROADER SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUDING THE AIRPORT, 2021 SPECIAL EVENTS AND INFORMATION ON THE NEW PARKS TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT UPDATE THE DISSIDENT ALLISON MIDWAY ROAD.
WE'VE GOT SOME WORK BEING DONE, UM, DESIGNED FOR ADDISON ROAD, KELLER SPRINGS, UM, BELOW LANE, AND THEN THE GREENWELL.
WELL, SO WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON THERE.
I CAN TAKE ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT, NOBODY OBJECTS THAT WOULD DO THE SILVER LINE.
I DON'T, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG MUCH
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INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I'M JUST, IT'S LIKE SILVER LINE.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF, I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF TO REPORT, BUT THEY DON'T MAKE A LOT OF INFO MIDWAY.
AND PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT MUCH.
I THINK SOME WILL BE REMINDERS, REMINDERS.
I MEAN, I'LL IT GOING TO DO A SPECIAL EVENTS? I'LL TAKE SOME FIX IT.
IT'S NOT EVEN ON THE LIST OUTSIDE THE BOX.
GIVE HER AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ROADS ABOUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT SO I CAN DO THOSE BACK.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING ARCTIC STORM RESPONSE, BUT BY THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE POCKET.
ALRIGHT, THROW THAT IN ON ME, PAUL, I'M THINKING THAT MY INTEREST HERE IS TO SPEAK, TO USE OF TECHNOLOGY, RESPECT TO SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CITY.
AND WHAT'S SOME POTENTIAL UTILIZATIONS OF THAT TECHNOLOGY FUTURE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON CONSTANTLY.
I KNOW ED AND AIRPORT IS ALIVE, BUT I WONDER IF THE SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDED, LET'S JUST PUT A PLACE ON
I'LL CALL IT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHOSE AIRPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND DISCUSS THE COVID-19 STUFF? I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
YEAH, I'LL DO ALL THE ROADS TO THAT ROAD IN THE, WELL, ALL THAT PUMPS, DRAWERS AND STUFF.
AND THEN ARCTIC STORM RESPONSE.
LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE AND
SO I DO OPENING AND THEN FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET, I THINK THAT'S MY JOB.
AND THEN, UH, CLOSING QA INTRODUCTION, BUT I THINK TRAIL MESS WITH PLANNING, BRIGHTON OR ANYBODY WRONG FIT.
A GOOD SEGUE MIGHT BE, UM, BECAUSE ALONG THE SILVER LINE, THERE WAS ALSO A TRAIL.
DID YOU WANT HIM TO TELL YOU THAT TWO TOPICS? IT'S PROBABLY 10 MINUTES.
WE HAVE FAITH IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL THEM.
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HAS TO DO WITH THAT? I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT ANYBODY IN WHATEVER ROLE THEY HAVE, BUT HE WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, ESPECIALLY, YEAH, I'LL STAND READY TO HELP ANYBODY WHEN HE DID.UM, I HAVE THE MAYOR DOING AN OPENING AND THE BUDGET, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TINEA DOING THE COVID RESPONSE AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE ARCTIC STORM IS KIND OF ON PAUSE IN CASE WE NEED IT.
UM, MIDWAY ROAD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, UH, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT UPDATES THAT SILVER LINE COUNCIL MEMBER VIEWS, ALONG WITH THE PARKS FRAIL MASTER PLAN AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, AND THEN, UM, FIX IT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON, AND THEN NOT THE NUMBER WALDEN IS LISA TECHNOLOGY, SMART TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS NEXT PHASE OF HELPING FIX IT UP.
[2. Present and Discuss Public Safety Recognition Options.]
NUMBER TWO, PRESENTS BECAUSE PROBABLY SAFETY OPTIONS, BIGGER IN COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE TOWN OF ALISON, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A PRESENT,
UH, OR THE MICROSOFT I'M, I'M HERE TO SEE ME TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION OPTIONS.
UM, AND TO SOLICIT DISCUSSION STAFF MADE A PRESENTATION DURING THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2020 COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS RECOGNITION OFFICER OPTIONS FOR ALISON POLICE OFFICER RUNNING CLOCKS.
HE WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON DECEMBER 15TH, 1980, GOT SO MANY STEPS FROM EVERYBODY.
UM, FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONE WAS A SHORT-TERM RECOGNITION SOLUTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE INSTALLING A SMALL PLAZA, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A MONUMENT AND A PLAQUE NEAR THE POLICE STATION THAT WOULD HONOR BONNIE COX AND THE SERVICE TO THE TOWN.
THE SECOND DIRECTION WAS TO BRING BACK A LONG-TERM RECOGNITION SOLUTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR HOW TO INSTALL A LAR A LARGER INSTALLATION THAT HONORS PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE TOWN OF ADS.
AND THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE LIBERTY BELL PLAZA.
THAT'S IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION ONE.
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THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF STAFF LED RECOGNITION OF COWORKERS THAT HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY HOUSE FROM OTHER CLAUSES STAFF PROPOSES AS SHORT-TERM RECOGNITION SOLUTION OF INSTALLING A SMALL CLOSET AT THE ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT.UM, THE PHOTO THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, IT'S LIKE A HALF MOON SHAPED LAWN AREA.
UM, THIS CLOSET WOULD ALIGN WITH THE LIBERTY OF THE CLOSET LOCATED AT THE FIRE STATION.
IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS INSTALLATION.
AND SOME ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION COULD BE STAFF, WHICH ALSO ALIGNS WITH SIMILAR, SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF EFFORTS THAT WERE AT THE FIRE STATION AT THE LIBERTY BELL PLAZA.
HERE'S SOME PLAN VIEW OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE LAWN AREA WOULD STAY IN PLACE.
UM, WE WOULD PROPOSE INSTALLING A SMALL BRICK PAVED AREA WITH A MONUMENT AND THAT PLAQUE, SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME BENCHES FOR SEATING AND A FLAG POLE WITH THREE FLAGS.
THIS IS THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND THE PLAQUE ON THE MONUMENT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PLAQUES THAT THE TOWN HAS INSTALLED IN OTHER PARKS, UM, WHERE PARKS ARE NAMED AFTER FORMER MAYORS OR CITY LEADERS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ONE THAT WAS INSTALLED THERE, REDDING TRAIL THAT WE RECENTLY RESTORED WHILE THE REDDING TROUT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT INCLUDES THE PERSON'S NAME, THE YEARS OF THEIR SERVICE WITH THE TOWN AND A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT ABOUT THEM.
AND SPEAKING WITH CHIEF SPENCER HUMAN LIFE TO, UM, INVOLVE THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF RONNIE COX AND WHAT IS WRITTEN, UM, AND WHAT IS ON THAT PLAQUE.
BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF THE LAYOUT.
UM, AND WE WOULD PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION INTO THE WORDING AND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THAT FLAG TODAY, UM, CONSTRUCTION ON THE PLAZAS AND INCLUDED AND, UM, THE BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE CUT SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BRICK PAVERS THAT ARE SWORN A WHOLE LOT THAT, UM, NOT THE ONES THAT WERE GIVING TO DARK.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO RELOCATE.
SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO USE THOSE HERE.
UM, WE'VE BROKEN DOWN ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FROM CHRISTIAN STAND TO THE BASE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE PAPER'S FILTER FABRIC, THE FLAGPOLES LIGHTS ON THE FLAGPOLES THAT STONE PEDESTAL AND FLOODING, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REBUILDING THE REDDING TRAIL PEDESTAL BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN OUT.
SO WE USED THAT COST FOR THIS.
UM, AND THEN WE GOT QUOTES FROM THE BRONZE CLOCK AND THE FINCHES, AND WE DID BUILD IN SOME CONTINGENCY.
SO IT PUTS THE TOTAL OF CONSTRUCTION, JUST UNDER $20,000 FOR THE AREA.
UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAUSE AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OVER THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BEFORE WE MOVE ON? JUST A CLARIFICATION? THE REASON IT'S CALLED SHORT-TERM IS BECAUSE WE WOULD DO IT QUICKLY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT WOULD STAY CORRECT.
IT WOULD STAY AND LESS, AND I WILL ADDRESS THOSE AS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ITEM, UNLESS THE POLICE STATION, WHERE IT WAS EVER TO BE RELOCATED, AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO READ IT.
I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK NOW, UM, ON THIS MONUMENT, THIS IS SOLELY GOING TO RECOGNIZE RONNIE COX.
IT WOULD RECOGNIZE RONNIE COX.
UM, THE BREAK PAPERS AROUND THE CLOSET DOES HAVE THE ABILITY THAT WE COULD PULL ONE OUT AND INSTALL OTHERS.
IF THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT THE POLICE STATION WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PRIOR DISCUSSION THAT CHIEF SPENCER HAD, UM, A LOT OF TIMES PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DON'T WANT TO PUT THEIR NAME OUT IN PUBLIC.
UM, SO THEY MAY WANT A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE AND DECIDING HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEIR STAFF, BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I WAS JUST GONNA, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THOUGH THAT THE BASE OF THE MONUMENT, WE DID DEFINE IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE PLAQUE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HATE THAT THERE WOULD EVER BE ANOTHER OFFICER LOSS, BUT IF THERE WAS THERE'S ROOM THERE THAT WE COULD MOVE THE CLOCK OVER
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AND OUT OF SIGHT.I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT ADDRESSES WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT.
UM, SO, SO THE THOUGHT IS THIS WOULD, WOULD ADDRESS THE PRESENT, BUT COULD ALSO ADDRESS FUTURE FUTURE ITEMS, UM, UH, MORALIZING AND, AND, UM, ON THE NEXT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, DO WE, DO WE ENVISION THAT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEMORIALIZE FALLEN HEROES WAS THE TOUR WE'LL GET INTO THAT.
WE CAN GET DEFINITELY JUMPED INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT JUST WHAT STAFF WAS THINKING, WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH FIRE AND POLICE IS THE NEXT PORTION, IF THAT WAS INSTALLED.
AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER CONSTRUCTED AT SOME POINT THAT PERHAPS THAT ITEM COULD BE RELOCATED AND THEN YOU WOULD MOVE THOSE ELEMENTS AND YOU WOULD COMBINE THEM INTO ONE MEMORIAL OR ONE PLAZA.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THAT FLEXIBILITY INTO IT, BECAUSE I THINK LONG-TERM THAT THOSE THINGS MIGHT MIGRATE INTO ONE GETS DELAYED.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
CAN YOU ACCESS TO THIS SIDEWALK COMING FROM ONE OF THE ACCESS TO THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? YES.
AND I'M ASSUMING WE'LL GET IT.
IT WOULD HAVE A HAND IN, HEY GRANDPA.
SO I CAN'T REMEMBER ON THE OTHER SIDE ACCESS TO COMING OFF OF OH, FOR THE PARKING LOT.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ADA I'M LOOKING AT
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT THEIR MIRROR ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER THAT MAKES SENSE FOR NOW IS A SHORT TERM TO ME IS THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION.
AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT.
ARE WE GOING FURTHER? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS IN ORDER TO DECIDE? OKAY.
I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE COULD NOW, BUT WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO ASK? OH, NO, IT'S NOT A QUESTION.
IT'S JUST A PAST COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR WORKSPACE.
AND SO I DIDN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
I REMEMBER LAST MEETING WE TALKED, AND THIS IS IN THE SHORT TERM BECAUSE WE ENVISION MAYBE IN THE FUTURE BUILD THIS BIGGEST CITY HALL FIVE STATION THREE STATION THEN.
SO THAT'S THE REASON IN QUITE A SHORT TERM.
I LIKED THIS IDEA BECAUSE IT'S FISCALLY AND ALSO WE CAN GIVE THEM.
THE OTHER THING IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LONG TIME FOR SURE.
UM, YOU DID LEAD US TO ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON.
WE PROVIDED THE BUDGET NUMBERS AND, UM, WE WANTED TO REQUEST, IS THIS AN ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO FUNDRAISING TO OFFSET THE COST OF A PORTION OF IT? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD JUST INCLUDE IN OUR DECISION PACKAGE, YOUR CLASS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR OR THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS? CAN WE, COULD IT NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE DECISION PACKAGE FOR THAT CURRENT BUDGET AND STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOSTLY FUNDED? BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS A LOT OF TIMES, INSTEAD OF DRAGGING IT OUT AND WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDS I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, HALFWAY THROUGH, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, I'D RATHER HAVE THE TIME TO REIMBURSE BY A PORTION OF WHATEVER'S RACE OR IT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO TAKE FIVE YEARS FOR THIS THING TO GET FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, FOR THIS SHORT TERM TYPE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UH, IF WE WAITED TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET, AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT DOING THIS UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER ONE OF THIS YEAR.
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WITH THE INTENT WAS TO DO THIS SOONER THAN THAT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND FUNDS WITHIN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.UM, SO JUST IN MIND, FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, FROM A FUNDRAISING STANDPOINT, UM, I, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF YOU FUND IT, SOMETIMES IT'S HARDER TO RAISE THE FUNDS FOR IT.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT IS IT CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE TRY AND GET THIS DONE WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN, BUT IT'S JUST, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO DO BOTH, YOU JUST MAY HAVE A MORE DIFFICULT TIME RAISING FUNDS WITH PEOPLE ALREADY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS FUNDED.
I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND ON THAT PORTION OF IT IS SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN FINDING IT AS A WAY TO HONOR.
WE RECOGNIZE THEM IF THEY DID DONATE, SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
SO I MEAN, SOME OF THE STUFF WE CAN DO, SOME OF THE PROPOSAL IS DO SOME OF WHAT STAFF.
SO SOME OF THAT COULD BE BOOKED IN POSSIBLY A WORK PROGRAM THIS YEAR WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE, LIKE STARTING IN THE BEDS.
AND SOME OF THE, I THINK IT WOULD BE YES, BUT I WOULD HESITATE TO JUST START AND STOP, RIGHT? SO, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN THE SHORT TERM, LET'S GET HER DONE.
SO NOT WAIT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, START SOMETHING.
AND THEN IN APRIL, WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER TO, TO FINISH IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PUT IT IN THE BUDGET AND I COULD SEE SOME SIMPLE 21 IN THEIR NAME IF THEY WERE TO DONATE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THIS SUPER FOCUSED ON, UH, ON CERTAIN BOX.
I WAS IN ONE CONVERSATION EARLIER.
UH, IT'S JUST CASSIE ON THE ONLY CONCERN THAT THIS PERSON RAISED WAS WE DO THIS AND IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN OR IMPEDE MOVING FORWARD INTO YOUR, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE.
I, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, SO STAFF WILL BEGIN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THIS SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.
UM, AND IT WILL BE ROLLED INTO THIS BUDGET YEAR AND WE'LL GET COUNCIL UPDATES AS WE START.
SO WHAT'D YOU FALL? YOU'RE GOING TO USE, IF A WAY, ASK ME THIS, IT'LL BE GENERAL FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND WE'LL JUST BRING IT FORWARD AS A PART OF A MID-YEAR SORRY.
UM, THE NEXT OPTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IS TO PROPOSE A LONG-TERM RECOGNITION SOLUTION STAFF MET AND DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD COUNCIL DISCUSS THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE ADAMSON ARBOR FOUNDATION, UM, AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM SINCE THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT FACILITATES PUBLIC ART IN ADDISON AND WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS A GROUP.
SO STAFF IN ADDISON ART FOUNDATION IS THAT A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES THE ARBOR FOUNDATION, ADDISON POLICE, FIRE, AND PARKS REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BE FORMED.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD ISSUE A CALL FOR ART, ASKED ME ARTISTS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION THAT SYMBOLIZES OR REPRESENTS IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS IN THEIR PURPOSE.
IN ALISON THE COMMITTEE WOULD SELECT TWO TO THREE SITE LOCATIONS THAT ARTISTS COULD CONSIDER FOR THEIR PROPOSED INSTALLATION.
AND THEY WOULD SELECT TWO TO THREE FINALISTS THAT WOULD BE PAID A SMALL SEGMENT TO EXPAND OR DEVELOP THEIR CONCEPTS FURTHER.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD RECOMMEND THE FINALISTS TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND IF APPROVED A CONTRACT WOULD THEN BE ENTERED WITH ARTISTS FOR COMMISSIONING ARTWORK IN INSTALLATION, SWEAT STAFF IS PROPOSING.
UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS DOES COUNCIL SUPPORT A CALL FOR ART? UM, AND IF THE ANSWER IS, YES, WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
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FOR YOU, COLLEAGUES.UH, THOUGHTS ON THIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIALLY PRODUCT PARTNERSHIP NEEDS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION.
AND WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ALL, WHATEVER ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS GETS HERE.
UM, THERE COULD BE ELEMENTS TAKEN FROM THIS, UH, SHORT-TERM BOTH OF THESE SHORT TERM MORALS ON HONOR HONORS TO PLEASE SUPPLIER AND HAVE THEM INCORPORATED INTO PROMINENT ART CENTERED TYPE OF PLACE.
SO I THINK WE COULD, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME CONTINUITY FROM TODAY TO WHENEVER IN THE FUTURE THAT CAN BE DONE AND THAT PROXIMITY TO MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY, IF THEY'RE MATURE AND IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE AND APPROPRIATE GRIT SETS.
SO APPROXIMATELY, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY YEAR WAS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS I JUST ABOUT FALL.
AND I THINK IN ARMY TO SPOT A FALLEN POLICE, YOU KNOW, SO-AND-SO RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS AND ALL THAT'S WELL AND GOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, PLEASE COME TO THIS, THIS IS A REALLY PERSONAL SACRIFICE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST, SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND I, I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE TIMING ON THIS COULD BE A WAYS AWAY.
UM, SO THE ONLY THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT YOU, AND I SAID, DOES ANY OF THIS STUFF SQUIRREL THAT'S BEFORE THEY EVER SPOIL? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE GO THAT WE GET SOME RENDERINGS OR WE GET THIS AT, AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER, OR 10 YEARS, WHATEVER, AND NOW WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT WE DID AND NOW WE PAID MONEY FOR NOW AND SPEND TIME ON.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WOULD KIND OF THROW ON THAT, ASK THE QUESTION TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEWSAGENTS HERE, BUT I WANT THIS PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHAT STAFF WOULD PROPOSE IS A CALL OF OUR CALL FOR ART WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT A YEAR LONG PROCESS IN WRITING THE COLUMN ART, PUTTING THE SOLICITATION OUT, REVIEWING THE CONCEPTS, SELECTING THE FINALISTS, AND THEN GIVING THEM TIME TO DEVELOP THEIR ART PIECE.
UM, THE ART PIECE THAT THE STAFF AND THE ARBOR FOUNDATION SEES RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE FABRICATED.
AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, WE WOULD ENTER A CONTRACT.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS WE WOULD ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THE ARTISTS.
AT THAT POINT, THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT THE ART PIECE.
WE WOULD WORK ON FACILITATING THE SIDE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH ART PIECE.
UM, SO IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS.
I, I, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT THE SCULPTURE BE INSTALLED IN A WAY OF, WE MAKE THIS PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE CONCEPT IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MOVED AND CAN BE RELOCATED.
SO IN 10 YEARS, IF THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX OR FIVE YEARS, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PICK UP AND WE COULD MOVE AND WE COULD RELOCATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS FOUR STEP THAT LABOR, UM, WANTING YOUR INPUT AND GUIDANCE ON THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PATH THAT RECENTLY, SINCE IT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT'S GOING TO BLEND IN.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE MASTERED COTTON BELT, BECAUSE AS FAR AS LOCATIONS GO LIVE ME ARTWORK, WE CAN BE MOVING DOWN.
THAT TRACK WAS SO WASN'T SOLICITING PROPOSALS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT BEFORE WE SAY, YEAH, HERE'S OUR THREE LOCATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO GET THE SEVERAL LINE, THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT, SOME KIND OF A PLAN, BECAUSE IT MIGHT MAKE
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SENSE THOUGH, THAT DEVELOPMENT PERSONS IN A BETTER APARTMENT, AS A POSSIBILITY AND PROVIDER CONFERENCE CENTER AS A POSSIBLE, I MEAN, THERE'S A BUNCH OF PLACES WE COULD PUT IT FOR NOW, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MUNICIPAL BUILDING, BUT IT MIGHT WORK IN GOOD WITH THAT.I DON'T WANT TO HAMSTRING US HERE WITH THESE THREE SPOTS WHEN IT MIGHT BE FOUR SPOTS, BUT WE APPOINTED A TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, I THINK LOCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO IF YOU CHOOSE THE LOCATION, THEN DETERMINING WHAT KIND OF APART PUTTING DOWN LOCATION, BECAUSE EVERY LOCATION IS DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTRANCE OF NEW ENTRY OR AS A CIVIL PARK, ALL OF EAST SIDE OF BECKER PARK, OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THE NEW CIVIL LINE.
SO THE NATURE OF THE ART WILL BE DIFFERENT.
SO WE SUGGESTED WE SHOULD CHOOSE THE LOCATION.
YOU KNOW, PROBABLY MEANS MORE WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, IT WASN'T A MATTER OF IF, FOR HOW MUCH THE ANSWER'S YES, LET'S DO IT RIGHT ALONG THE LINE.
PAUL WAS SUGGESTING, UH, ALONG THE LINE OF SOME OF THESE OTHER ART PIECES THAT, UH, THAT WE SEE FOR RICHARDSON.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO THIS AND DO IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, FOR THE ART AND, AND MEMORIALIZING THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
BUT TO ME, THE, UH, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, THE, THE BIGGEST THOUGHT WAS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT FIRST, UM, SOME TYPE OF A FACILITY CONSOLIDATION STUDY.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW FACILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, OR IF WE'RE NOT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG, UH, BIG NEW MUNICIPAL, UH, FACILITY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST IDEAL.
ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE THE MOST TO DEAL WITH PATIENTS.
SO FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF SOLVE, YOU KNOW, SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
UM, BUT, BUT SOLVE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FACILITY WISE, IF ANYTHING, BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT, WHERE DOES THAT THINK TO MARY'S POINT TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION, AND YET IT MAY, IT MAY SLIGHTLY ALTER WHAT THAT ART ART PIECE LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UM, I JUMPED AHEAD IN THE PRESENTATION JUST A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION TO HAVE WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
UM, THE SCULPTURE THAT'S SHOWN HERE IS AT THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX.
IT INITIALLY WAS A CONCEPT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY AN ARTIST THAT I BELIEVE WAS INSTALLED AT A PARK.
THEY MOVED THE ART PIECE AND DESIGNED THE PLAZA AROUND IT.
SO THE WALLS CAME AROUND IT IN AFTER THE ART PIECE, SO IT CAN BE DONE.
UM, AND I, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK, UM, BECAUSE THAT DOES FIT IN WITH THAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU WERE HAVING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO WHAT SLIDE 12, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THE SAME IS TRUE THERE FOR THAT ART PIECE, BUT NOT KNOCKING YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON PAGE 13.
SO, YOU KNOW, I STUMBLED OVER THE LOCATION TOO, BECAUSE I HAD TROUBLE ENVISIONING IT LOOKS LIKE MY ATTENDANCE IS DONE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND, MAYBE 50,000.
AND SO IT REALLY NEEDS, AND BY THE WAY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HONOR, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE STUPENDOUS.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LOCATIONS, THEY COULDN'T ENVISION SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LOCATIONS, IT WOULD MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
AND THAT BOTHERED ME BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS HAS GOTTA BE ABSOLUTELY TOUGH.
I HAD THE, I HAVE THE SAME THING AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT WAS KIND OF SURFACING WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND CEYLON BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE WE WELCOME PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD BE A PLACE THAT THEY COULD SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT WE VALUE THAT IT'S INTRINSICALLY
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PART OF OUR DNA AND PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.AND, UM, TO MARLIN'S POINT ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE BUILDING CONSOLIDATION AND SO ON, THAT CAN BE LONGER TERM.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE I CAN THINK OF WHERE IT KIND OF MADE SENSE TO BE SOMEPLACE WHERE PEOPLE, RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I PARKED MY LIFE COMING OFF OF SILVER LINING IN THAT ERA DONE SORT OF MASS TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPMENT, COMING INTO THE PARK AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I THINK THAT YOU CAN PUT OUT A COURSE PROPOSAL BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY ASKING THEM TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT WHEN YOU MAKE A SELECTION, COME UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT CAN BE MOVED, RIGHT.
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO WAIT, COMBINED POLICE FIRE, OR ANOTHER MISERABLE BUILDING.
THAT'S FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE COULD, WE COULD GET THIS THING DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN THE PLAZA WHERE PEOPLE SEE IT AND THEN LIKE, SORT OF LIKE THEY DID ON THAT, ON THAT ONE OF THEM FOR, I GUESS, IT'S RICHARDSON WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, AND THEY'RE GONNA INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE NEW BUILDING INSTEAD OF BE ABLE TO.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME, YOU'RE THINKING SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES RICHARDSON DID ALLEN, IS THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
I MEAN, I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR OTHER PUBLIC ART AND STUFF THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE STATUARY TYPE OF STUFF.
SO I'M THINKING IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ON THE SPOT NOW, AND THEN DEFINITELY EVERYONE COMBINED BUILDING THESE FARMER.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY.
LET'S, LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT A PIECE OF ART LIKE ALLEN ALLEN DID.
WE'VE GOT THAT ART AND WE'VE PUT THAT, UM, NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE, WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF THE SILVER LINE AND WALK INTO HER, LET'S JUST SAY OUR CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, YOU'RE SAYING, GET THAT OR OUT THERE, PUT THAT PLACE THAT ARE, UM, BUT WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THAT CAN BE MOVED TO A FUTURE MUNICIPAL CENTER OR FUTURE, UM, BIRTH RESPONDER CENTER FACILITY, IS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING, BUT I'M ALSO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE SEEM NO DEDICATION, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M A MORE EYES ON, RIGHT? SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, IF OUR, IF THERE'S A NEW PLACE IN FIRE BUILDING, THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, NOBODY REALLY PUBLIC.
DOESN'T GET TO SEE IT UNLESS THEY MAKE A TRIP OVER THERE FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT SO SURE IF I WOULD WANT TO MOVE THAT TO THAT LOCATION.
I MEAN, I MUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE IT WHERE MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE IT AND RECOGNIZE IT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS IN HANDSOME.
THE OTHER THING TOO, I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS FIRST READING, THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE POLICE STATION.
I HAVE TO, TO PAY FOR A TICKET OR SHOW UP FOR COURT FOR SOME REASON.
AND SO THEY MAY NOT NOTICE THE BEAUTY AROUND THEM AT THAT MOMENT.
AND IT'S SUCH AN UNLIKELY PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO FREQUENT.
LIKE YOU SAID, NOW WE'VE HAD THE CARNIVALS AND THINGS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT HIGH, HIGHLY FREQUENT, LIKE AS A CIRCLE PARK.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO KEEP IN MIND, AS WELL AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IS WHERE YOU ULTIMATELY WANT IT TO END UP.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE RICHARDSON, UH, PIECE, THE ALLEN PIECE, THEY, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE RICHARDSON PIECE MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED, THEY KNEW THAT THEY WANTED IT AT THE POLICE STATION, RIGHT.
IT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF WHATEVER POLICE STATION THAT THEY DID, THE ITEM AND ALLEN, IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED.
IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE FIRE STATION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT MAY NOT MAKE IT, AND IT MAY NOT FIT IN WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE ENVISIONING OR A METRIC, A MASTER DEVELOPER ENVISIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPERTY AROUND THE SILVER LIFESTYLE.
SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU REALLY WANT TO START WITH THE END IN MIND AND UNDERSTAND, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHERE DOES THIS ULTIMATELY THAT WE WANT IT TO BE,
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BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO MOVE TO.AND NOT JUST, SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE PART, IF YOU, IF THE COUNCIL SAYS, OR THE PROCESS, WE DECIDE, WE WANT THIS TO BE PART OF THE, THE, THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA, THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT START OUT THERE, IT MAY AND THERE, AND, AND, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IF WE ARE DOING LIKE THAT, I THINK IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME, UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE, UM, THE ARTIST, UH, PROVIDED AND PUT ON THE SITE, WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED INPUT FROM THE DEVELOPER, RIGHT.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THAT AREA IS GOING TO CREATE THAT PLACE.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND THE DEVELOPER.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT, I DON'T THINK WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE ON THE GROUND TODAY AND ENVISION WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
THE ARTS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT KNOWN RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE VERY DRASTICALLY BY THE TIME WE GET A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GOAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS HELPFUL OR NOT, BUT I LIKED THE IDEA THAT THE HIGH VISIBILITY AND TRANSIT, CERTAINLY BY THAT, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK HANDLING THAT LOCATION, HIGH VISIBILITY COMPONENT, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S PUT IN A HIGH VISIBILITY PLACE NOW START IMAGINING, AND THEN MOVING INTO A MORE SECLUDED AREA FOR ME, THIS, THIS, IDEALLY THIS GOES ONE OF TWO PLACES, A FUTURE FACILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, TWO FACILITIES IN A COMPOUND, UM, OR, OR A NEW, NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT FAR AWAY FROM KIND OF GETTING SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE HEATING, SO QUESTIONS ARE, IS THIS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP? IS THAT PARTICULAR APPEAL TO THAT PIECE OF LAND, THERE WILL BE MORE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS GO, UH, THAT IDEA FORWARD, OR MAY ACTION ON VIABILITY.
SO CLEARLY THE PLACE TO PUT THIS AT THE END OF THE DAY IS, UH, IT IS, BUT SOME SORT OF FACILITY.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT TOWN HALLS SERVICE IN THE LONGTERM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE THAT THAT HOUSE WILL BE, SO, I MEAN, THIS WAS SAID, DOES THAT HELP OR NOT? I THINK WE'D BE OUT OF THE MOVEABILITY OF, IT CERTAINLY ALLOWS A SEXUAL ACCIDENT.
SO IT DOESN'T HELP IF IT ILLUMINATES THE FACT THAT IT'S OUR CURRENT SITUATION, BUT NOT HAVING VISIBILITY INTO THE FUTURE FOR POTENTIAL LOCATION.
IT, IT JUST MAKES IT, UH, THE SEAT TO MY MIND.
IT MAKES IT SEEM MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT FORMAL FOR THE PORTABILITY OF IT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FORT WORTH ONE WITH THE BOOTS, WITH THE FIRE STATION, THAT'S JUST AS CUTE AS CONVENIENCE.
AND YOU, IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT REPRESENTS THEM AND THAT'S WHO THEY ARE.
SO I HAVEN'T SUPPLIED, YOU KNOW, HE USED THE WORD.
DID YOU USE THE WORDS DEPENDENCE? I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT, UH, BETWEEN ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING STUPENDOUS
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SPECTACULAR.AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PARTIALLY LEFT UP TO THE ARTIST AND AS WESTMINSTER, THIS IS JENNA QUESTION, WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL RISK.
IF ANY, OF MOVING FORWARD, DOING A CALL TO SEE WHAT WE GET, BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A THREE-YEAR LEAD TIME.
IF THERE WAS A CONSENSUS TODAY THAT HE HAS WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING TO DO WITH COFFEE IT'S THREE YEARS OUT, OR AT LEAST A YEAR OUT, PROBABLY COULD EVEN HAVE CONCEPTS.
WHAT'S OUR FINANCIAL RISK IF WE DO THAT.
SO WE, UM, WE WOULD DO AN RFP.
SO ARTISTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS TO US, BUT THEY WOULD BE REALLY ROUGH SKETCHES.
UM, AND THEY WOULD DO THAT ON THEIR OWN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THEIR MARKETING THAT THEY DO TO SELL THEIR PRODUCT.
AND FROM THAT, WE WOULD SELECT THREE PIECES THAT WE WOULD PAY AN ART, THOSE THREE ARTISTS, A STIPEND IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR PROCESS OR THEIR CONCEPT OUT FURTHER.
NOW, I CAN TELL YOU BEING AN ARTIST, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE SPINNING THAT STIPEND AND ON YOUR TIME AND WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING.
SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING EVERYTHING IN IT TO GET THE JOBS.
SO THERE, THERE IS, UM, SOME THOUGHT ON THE ARTIST PART THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS TO GET THE CONDITION, UM, AND WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SIPHONS APPROPRIATE, KNOWING THAT WE MAY NOT MOVE FORWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL STIPEND.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A, IT'S CALLED UNITY ARCH AND IN ARLINGTON RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE BALLPARK THAT WAS INSTALLED.
UM, ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE I CAME AND WORKED FOR ALISON AND THAT ARTIST, THAT INSTALLATION IS $150,000 SCULPTURE, AND THE ARTISTS WAS PAID.
THERE WERE THREE ARTISTS PAID A $5,000 SCOPE, UM, STIPEND EACH, UM, TO DEVELOP THEIR CONCEPT.
UM, I'VE SEEN SMALLER INSTALLATIONS PAY A $1,500 SITEMAN, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE MODERN AND MONUMENTAL, YOU WOULD NEED TO SET YOUR SECOND.
SO THERE'S YOUR FINANCIAL RISK IS FINANCIAL RISK.
I GUESS THE OTHER THING THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION IN THIS, MAYBE OUT OF THE BOX A LITTLE BIT, BUT TO PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THE, UM, THE SAMPLE, WHAT DID SHE CALL IT? IT'S A YET.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE MADE IN THE PAPER OR NOT PAPER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EITHER MAKE SOME KIND OF A STIPULATION SO THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD,
THEN IT'S REALLY HARD TO ASK THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO CREATIVELY IN A DIFFERENT METHODS.
IF, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHEN THE SILVER LINE, THEN PROBABLY WE NEED TO ACT NOW, OR YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL KILL D AND THE MESSAGE OF BIRD, LAND DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
SO, UH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS, LIKE TOM'S SUGGESTING DO SOMEWHERE AROUND SUPERMODEL, RIGHT? SO, UH, STILL YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHICH LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S, IT'S OVER SEVERAL LINES OF STATION IS OVER TOD DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S STILL MANY ACRES.
SO, SO IF YOU ARE NOT QUITE SURE THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY, I BELIEVE THIS ART SHOULD MATCH IT WITH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK, UM, UH, JAN HAS A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY SHARE IN THE PRESENTATIONS, LIKE A STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP WITH IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, SO OUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, AND THE FIRST THING THAT ARTISTS WILL WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT'S OUR BUDGET AND WE'LL WANT TO GIVE THEM THOSE BOUNDARIES.
UM, SO WE PUT TOGETHER SOME EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART.
WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT A FEW ELEMENTS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH REAL QUICKLY JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HELPING INSTALLATIONS
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COULD BE, AND THE COST THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THEM.UM, THE COST THAT I'M GIVING YOU IS FOR THE SCULPTURES ONLY.
SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE'LL NEED TO BE SOME MONEY ALLOCATED FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND THIS EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE IS IN THE CITY OF ALLEN IT'S AT THEIR FIRE STATION, THEY HAVE A PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM.
SO EVERY PUBLIC BUILDING, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF MONEY, UM, I BELIEVE IS ATTRIBUTED TO ART.
AND THIS IS THE ART INSTALLATION AT THEIR FIRE STATION FIVE, IT'S CALLED RAIL LADDER FIRE AND INSPIRE ARTISTS CRISP AND HELP.
AND IT ACTUALLY IS USING DISCORDANT LADDERS, UM, THAT THE ALLEN FIREFIGHTERS USED, UM, IN THE SCULPTURE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY UNIQUE AND THOUGHTFUL.
THE COST OF THIS SCULPTURE WAS $60,000.
WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT A LOT OF THESE SCULPTURES THAT I'M SHOWING YOU WERE BUILT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO THERE WOULD BE SOME INFLATION, UM, YES, FIVE TO 10 YEARS AGO.
THERE NEED TO BE SOME INFLATION CONSIDERED TO THAT, BUT IT'S AN EIGHT BY EIGHT SCULPTURE.
UM, AND I THOUGHT THESE WERE GOOD TO DISCUSS JUST TO ALSO GET AN IDEA FOR WHAT FIVE, UM, INSTALLATION COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING.
UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN INSTALLATION THAT IS AT TRINITY PARK IN FORT WORTH.
IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT INSTALLATION.
UM, SO IT'S, UH, A LARGE SITE AND INCLUDES A LOT OF GARDENS, BUT IT'S THE FORT WORTH POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL BY ARTISTS, JACK WILSON.
IT SHOWS, UM, UH, BRONZE POLICEMEN AND FIREFIGHTER AND A WRITER.
AND WHAT'S WORSE FOR THE MEMORIAL.
THE COST OF THE SCULPTURE ITSELF IS BRONZE.
I WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO YOU BECAUSE AS WE START TALKING MATERIALS, BRONZE IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN OTHER MATERIALS.
SO IT'S $240,000 WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED.
THIS WAS INSTALLED A WHILE AGO.
SO THERE WOULD BE AN, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ON THAT.
UM, AND IT'S DEVELOPED ON A FIVE ACRE SLIDE.
THAT WAS $1.2 MILLION TO DEVELOP THE SITE.
AND IT WAS FUNDED BY DONATIONS.
UM, THE SCULPTURE ITSELF IS 10 AND A HALF FEET AND 12 FEET BY 12.
AND THEN THIS IS A SCULPTURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CITY RICHARDSON.
UM, THE COST OF THE SCULPTURE WAS $150,000.
IT'S CALLED RADIANT SHIELD IT'S BY AN ARTISTS AND GROUPS.
AND THERE WERE TWO ARTISTS TEAMING ON THIS ONE.
UH, THE SCULPTURE WAS $150,000, BUT THEN THE WALL INSIGHT WORK THAT WAS AROUND, IT WAS $200,000.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING A PLAZA, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
THE SCULPTURE IS 10 FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT, AND IT'S PAINTED STEEL, UM, INSTINCTS.
AND THEN THIS IS A SMALLER INSTALLATION, JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT SKILLS.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY FABRICATED BY ARTISTS.
ERIC MAY GUARANTEE WHO, UM, IS AN ADDISON BUSINESS OWNER.
UM, HE DID THE, UM, I'M GOING BLANK ON THE NAME OF THE SCULPTURE, BUT THE INTERSECTION AND FLIGHT SCULPTURE, THE SILVER AIRPLANE, UM, IT'S LOCATED AT FORT WORTH FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, AND THE COST OF THE SCULPTURE WAS $50,000 AND IT'S ON A 10 FOOT BY 10 FOOT PAD AND ABOUT FOUR FOOT TALL, AND THOSE MATERIALS ARE BRONZE.
UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, CAUSE I HEARD THE WORD, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE DEPENDENCE THEN I I'VE HEARD SOME WORDS, UM, IN THE PAST FROM YOUR PRESENTATIONS THAT WHATEVER WE DO NEEDED TO HAVE A CERTAIN MAGNITUDE TO IT, THAT IT HAD SOME PRESENCE AND, AND IT WAS PROFOUND IN WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS THAT IT WAS TRYING TO CONVEY.
UM, RECENTLY THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION INSTALLED THIS PIECE IN FRONT OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
IT'S A STAINLESS STEEL SCULPTURE TENT, TANGO FANTASIA BY ARTISTS, ART FAIR CHILD, AND THE COST OF THAT SCULPTURE WAS $50,000.
UM, SO JUST, UH, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, STEP UP AND BE A LEVEL UP FROM THE SCULPTURE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT BASIS.
UM, SO STAFF WOULD REQUEST IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A CALL FOR ART, UM, TO GET DIRECTION FOR COUNCIL, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS INCLUDING OF, UM, I'D GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ON THE BUDGET, BUT WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE INCLUDE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE 50 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR SITE WORK, UM, INCLUDE PAVING AND LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASK THE ARTIST, UM, TO, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T INCLUDE, THEY'D GIVE US SOME ROUGH IDEAS AND THEIR CONCEPTS.
SO WE GET SET THAT BUDGET LATER, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION ON THIS SCULPTURE ITSELF.
UM, AND THE ART RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT SET WOULD EXCEED THE AMOUNTS SPENT ON TAIKO FANTASIA BASED ON THE PROMINENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSTALLATION.
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WE WOULD ALSO LIKE DIRECTION ON HOW THIS IS FUNDED.UM, WE COULD INCLUDE THE, UM, THE FIRST ROUND OF STIPENDS IN THE, UM, BUDGET PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND THEN THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT, THE COMMISSION AMOUNT IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, OR WE COULD CREATE A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OUR PORTION OF THE INSTALLATION.
UM, SO THE ARTISTS COULD, COULD HELP US COME UP WITH A MOCK HAT AND THE GRAPHICS, AND THEN WE COULD USE THOSE TO DO FUNDRAISING, TO HELP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE'D RUN INTO DISCUSSING THE LOCATIONS.
BUT STAFF HAD LOOKED AT SOME LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN AND, UM, WAS SUGGESTING THAT YOU STAND AT BECKER PARK BECAUSE IT'S AN ENTRYWAY INTO ADDISON OR THE AROUND THE SILVER LINE ENTRANCE INTO ALISON CIRCLE PARK, BECAUSE THAT ALSO IS AN ENTRY WAY INTO ADDISON, UM, OR THAT IT COULD BE LOCATED AT A FUTURE POTENTIAL MUNICIPAL COMPLEX THAT'S YET TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN THE STEERING COMMITTEE, YOU ALSO COULD COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE? YES.
UM, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ALSO THE BOARD FROM THE ATOMS IN OUR PROGRAM.
THERE'S A LOT OF LOCATIONS WE CAN LOOK AT AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BUT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT THIS ENTRANCE THAT I'M SHOWING HERE WOULD BECOME THE NEW ENTRYWAY.
SO IT WOULD BE A SECOND FRONT DOOR INTO CIRCLE PARK.
SO THIS AREA WOULD BE ONE WORTHY OF AN ARTIST CONSIDERING I THINK I HEARD SOME DISCUSSION HERE TOO, AS YOU COME OFF WITH THE SILVER LINE, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING INTO ADDISON, THAT THAT COULD ALSO BE A POTENTIAL LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS, THIS LAWN AREA AT BEKAERT PARK.
IT REALLY DOESN'T GET USED BY PEOPLE A LOT.
UM, IT'S NOT IN THE EVENT LAWN AREA WHERE WE HAVE GATHERINGS, BUT IT IS VERY VISIBLE WHEN YOU PULL THAT OFF AT THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND TURN INTO ADDISON.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SUM UP THE DIRECTION THAT I'VE HEARD.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERESTING GOING AHEAD AND DOING A CALL FOR ART AND SETTING ASIDE THAT AMOUNT, BUT, UM, THE LOCATION STILL NEEDED TO BE DISCUSSED AND, UM, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WE GET ARTISTS TO GIVE US SOME CONCEPTS.
AND THEN WE MOVED FORWARD WITH HAVING THIS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD MAKE AN ART PIECE FIT WITH THE COTTON BELT DEVELOPMENT, OR PERHAPS WE JUST HOLD ON IT UNTIL THERE'S A LARGER COMPLEX BUILT IN.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE PIECE FABRICATED AT THAT TIME.
IS THAT CORRECT? EVERYTHING SOUNDED RIGHT, EXCEPT FOR THE, I DON'T THINK THE LAST PART ON HOLDING ON IT.
I THINK WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING IT.
IF IT NEEDED TO BE MOVED, WE CAN PINPOINT THE LOCATION, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE SOUNDED.
WE WANT TO KIND OF COUNSEL, DO WE WANT TO TALK AT THIS POINT MORE ABOUT A CONSENSUS ABOUT FUTURE LOCATION? OR DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THAT? I LIKED THE IDEA OF DOING THE CALLS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU EVENTUALLY, THERE'S ALMOST NO RISK.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP GEL ALL OF THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S NO OTHER DECISION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN NOW.
RIGHT? THOSE WOULD BE THE FIRST STEPS THEY WOULD GET THINGS GOING AND YOU LOOK FOR SOME VARIATION ON BUDGET.
SO, AND ANY NUMBER YOU THROW OUT HERE IS JUST, IT'S JUST A, A SWAG NUMBER.
SO I'LL START OFF WITH $250,000.
WE'LL START OUT AND KNOW PART OF THAT IS CONSIDERING WHAT IS PAID.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS THINKING 200 BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THIS STUNNING PIECE, THE TANGO FANTASIA, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IT AND THE SUN ANGLES, IT'S, IT'S STUNNING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST THERE, WE DIDN'T PUT TOO MUCH INTO THE BETA THOUGH.
SO IF YOU DOUBLED THAT AND THEN DOUBLED THAT TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE, BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M JUST,
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ARTISTS ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH.I DO KNOW IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A BUDGET THEN.
AND I WAS THINKING 200, THAT'S JUST MINE.
DO YOU NEED A BUDGET BIGGER THAN THE PIECE OF ART? DO YOU NEED A COMPREHENSIVE LIST? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A COMFORT LEVEL FOR WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE AND WHAT THE SITE WORK COULD BE.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF AN, A NUMBER THAT STAFF KNOWS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION IF THE 250,000 WAS FOR THE COMMISSION ITSELF OR IT WAS THE, THE SITE WORK ALSO.
NO, MY VISION WAS JUST THE COMMISSIONER.
SO I THINK THE MOVEABILITY
THAT'S HOW MUCH, AGAIN WAS THE RICHARD SIMPLER, THE SCULPTURE ITSELF ONE 50.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THE FOOTBALLS AND THE SITE WORK WAS YEAH, 200 POUNDS.
SO IT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE NOW WE COULD GIVE THE ARTISTS JUST THAT NUMBER, UM, AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE COST FOR THE SITE WORK BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE SITE WORK RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF UNKNOWN.
CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
IT MAY NEED A LARGER PIECE OF PAVING AROUND IT BECAUSE IT'S A POSITIVE.
SO WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THIS FROM A COMMISSION STANDPOINT ITSELF, KNOWING THAT WE WILL COME BACK LATER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE SITE COSTS BASED ON THE LOCATION.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU INCLUDED THE FORT WORTH POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL BECAUSE THE SITE WORK WAS FIVE ACRES.
GRANTED IT WAS $1.2 MILLION TO, TO, TO PAINT A PICTURE OF, UH, THE MAGNITUDE THAT THAT COULD BE.
AND I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE VISION OF THE ARTIST AND I GET IT.
IT'S YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM A BUDGET.
UH, MY, MY NUMBER WASN'T ALL IN.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WANT TO HAVE FIVE ACRES, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THE TWO 50, YOU KNOW, THEN IF I NEED TO FINISH OUT THE SITE AND AN INSTALLATION THAT'S THEN WE DISCUSS THAT LATER.
I'M JUST FIXATED ON THE SCULPTURE RIGHT NOW I'M STRUGGLING TO PUT A NUMBER ON A SITE THAT'S UNKNOWN.
UM, SO I THINK WHERE I'M MAD AS A BUDGET OF $125,000 FOR A SCULPTURE I'D LOVE FOR US TO FIGURE OUT A BUDGET FOR THE SITE.
UH, FIGURE OUT THE SITE, THE SITES AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE 200 THAT'S FOR THE SELF, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE ARTISTS PORTION OF IT.
CERTAINLY MONEY'S TIRE TO 200 FOR THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE JUST FOR THE CONDITION I'M STRUGGLING WITH IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHATEVER WE AUTHORIZED WILL BE SPENT.
WELL, MY SUGGESTION IS A NUMBER OF THINGS.
I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE ART IS AND ALL THIS STUFF YOU GUYS, I LIKE TO GIVE HER SOME FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, OKAY, A HUNDRED TO 200 OR WHATEVER WRITERS, PRETTY BROAD RANGE, GIVE THEM ENOUGH INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WHAT'S BEEN THEIR IMAGINATION KIND OF SETTING BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF YOU SAY 200 OR TWO 59, NINE 99, TRUST ME
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? LIKE IT IS A BIG COST TO ME, TOM THAT'S RIGHT? YEP.
IF YOU TELL ME I HAVE A RANGE TO SPEND TO GO SHOPPING AND IT'S BETWEEN 150 AND 500, I WILL SPEND 500.
BUT IF THE DECISION IS WHETHER YOU GAVE IT OR NOT, ARE YOU TAKING A RANGE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO ME? AND SO, I MEAN BUILT SCULPTURE,
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RIGHT? I KNOW THAT THE ARTIST COMES UP WITH IT COULD BE, I JUST HATE IT.I HATE TO PIGEON HOLE US INTO AN HOUR, THE DECISION.
SO YOU WANT TO DO LIKE 150 TO 250.
I'D GIVE A BIGGER, I'D SAY A HUNDRED.
YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TO ARGUE OVER A HUNDRED TO 200 IS PERFECT.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL BOUND BY THE BUDGET ANYWAY, AS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT ART HAS ITS VALUE.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU SET UP A HIGH BOUNDARY.
SO, SO YOU'VE BEEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE FLEXIBILITY.
UH, PSYCHOLOGICALLY PEOPLE ARE CHOSE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST SAID, OH, TWO 50, IF YOU SET UP A HUNDRED TO TWO 50 OR TWO 50, THIS FEDERAL PARK IS A GOOD.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE GO BY IT, I ONLY HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YOU WANT TO SELL HOW MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS IT'S ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL, YOU KNOW, THIS PART HAS NO DEFINITE VALUE, YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T KNOW, JUST LET'S HAVE THE, SOME CONSENSUS, YOU KNOW, SAY, GIVE TO THE RENT.
WOULD THERE BE ANY EVENT I DON'T DEAL IN THIS ARENA AT ALL MY OPINION ON WHAT NUMBERS BASED ON ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
WOULD THERE BE ANY BENEFIT TO ASK YOU SOME FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THIS KIND OF THING AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT BE? I MEAN, OTHERWISE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST PICKING A NUMBER.
I THINK, I THINK THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO SET A RANGE AND THEN MAKING THAT RAIN, IT, THE PRICE, A CONSIDERATION IN THE SELECTION OF THE FINAL ART, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP TONE IT DOWN.
MY, MY JUSTIFICATION WAS THAT IF WE CAN CREATE A STUNNING PIECE OF ART, SUCH AS THE
I MEAN, IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO THIS FOR 50,000, THEN IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH 200,000.
THAT WAS MY, AND IT WAS THE MOST RECENT WOMAN.
KEVIN, THAT'S A GOOD ONE FOR, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD DIRECTION.
WE'LL START MOVING FORWARD WITH SUGGESTING THAT, THAT RANGE ONE LAST TIME, JUST ONE LAST TIME OR MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CALL FOR OUR GOOD STATEMENTS FOR THE FINALISTS, TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE SEEING.
WE'VE GOT A RANGE OF BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND $200,000 FOR COMMISSIONING OF YARD.
AND THEN WE WILL UTILIZE PRICE AS PART OF THE DECISION MAKING FACTOR FOR SELECTION OF THE ULTIMATE FINALIST FOR THE, FOR THE INSTALLATION.
AND THEN SITE COSTS WILL BE REVISITED IN THE FUTURE, AS WE DETERMINE AS THE LOCATION.
AND AS WE DETERMINE WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE WITH THE, OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE FINALIST PROCESS.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM THE FINALIST, WHETHER THAT'S TWO, TWO PIECES OR THREE PIECES COME BEFORE SAY HIS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL COUNCIL HAVE THAT MAKE THAT FUNNEL FOR ME, BUT IT WAS SEEN IN THE LAST FEDERAL COURT.
SO YOU AGREE, ALL RIGHT, IS ANYBODY WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS HEARING? WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FINAL, I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL LAST TWO OR THREE, HERE'S A RECOMMENDATION, BUT COUNSEL MAKE THAT, THAT DECISION IS THAT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE'S DESIRE IS ULTIMATELY APPROVE THE FUNDING, PUBLIC ART POLICY POLICY.
SO DO WE TALK ABOUT LOCATION YET? SO LOCATION SO FAR, MOST OF YOU AGREE WITH
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MOVED TO FUTURE DESTINATION LOCATION.AND I THINK, I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS FOR LOCATIONS AND THEN APOE THAT PROCESS BRING, BRING FORWARD, BRING THAT FORWARD FOR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RELATIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOME
EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD.
[3. Present and Discuss the Draft Report for the Trails Master Plan.]
NUMBER THREE, IS THAT DISCUSS THE DRAFT REPORT FOR THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JANITOR HALL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON.I'M HAPPIER WITH ME THIS EVENING.
I'M ON ZOOM VIA ZOOM, HAVE COLE GELLER WITH MIG.
HE'S BEEN, UM, OUR DIRECT CONTACT FOR THE PROJECT.
I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE INTERACTED WITH HIM ON INTERVIEWS AND ALSO JAY RANKINS WITH MIT.
HE'S A PRINCIPAL, UM, WITH THE FIRM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US CLOSELY OVER, UM, MORE THAN A YEAR TO DEVELOP THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN, THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SAW FROM THE PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE PLAN, UM, FUNDS TO HIRE THE CONSULTANT MIG WERE ALLOCATED IN THE 20, 19 2020 BUDGET FOR GOOD SNOW.
AND ON FEBRUARY 13TH, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH THEM IN THE AMOUNT OF 120,284, UM, TO DEVELOP THE CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN FOR US.
AND THEN ON APRIL 14, COUNCIL APPOINTED, UM, 17 ADDISON RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE CITY.
THEY REPRESENT ALL AREAS OF TOWN, UM, TO SERVE ON A PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THOSE MEMBERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADVISING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, STAFF HAS ALSO SERVED AS A STEERING COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVES FROM PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT VERY CLOSELY THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, JAY AND COLE, I'M GONNA HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON THE DRAFT REPORT THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING.
UM, I WILL ALSO PROBABLY FILL IN SOME LITTLE, UM, GUIDANCE AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, BUT IF EVERYBODY COULD BE PATIENT WITH ME AGAIN, I WILL SHARE OUR SCREEN.
UM, SO WE CAN OPEN UP THAT FILE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS INSTANTANEOUS FOR US.
WE GIVE HIM LESS OF A HARD TIME AROUND, UH, GREAT.
UM, THANKS FOR HAVING US, EVERYONE.
UM, I'M GONNA START OFF BY PRESENTING ABOUT HALF OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN JAY WILL, UM, WILL TAKE US HOME.
UM, IT'LL BE ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
UM, SO WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN, UM, TALK ABOUT, UH, NEXT STEPS AND EDITS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, WE'LL DO A REFRESH ON THE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE FIRST, I'LL DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT,
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AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF TO JAY.HE'S GONNA DESCRIBE THE PLAN AT A HIGH LEVEL AND THEN WALKED THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AFTER THAT WE'LL BREAK FOR DISCUSSION AND, UM, DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND CAN CLOSE OUR EXCELLENT EXCITE PLEASE.
IS THEIR PROCESSING SCHEDULE NEXT LINE? UM, UM, SO INITIALLY, AND IN PHASE ONE AND THERE MARCH, WE STARTED IN MARCH AND THIS WENT THROUGH MAY, 2021.
UM, THIS WAS MORE OF OUR BACKGROUND RESEARCH.
WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH YOU ALL, BUT WITH THE PACK, UM, KICKOFF MEETINGS, UH, WHICH LED TO PHASE TWO, UM, IDENTIFICATION OF THE ALIGNMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OFF OF THE EXISTING ALIGNMENTS AND ALSO ESTABLISHING TRAIL TOPOLOGIES THAT LED INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN PHASE THREE AND THEN PHASE FOUR WAS REALLY COMPILING, UM, THE ACTION PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DETERMINING PHASING AND, UM, IDENTIFYING PLANNING LEVEL COSTS AND THEN GOING THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS INGRAINED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT SHORTLY.
UM, THEN I STARTED TO READ THIS, UM, JUST THE, YEAH, JUST A MARKER WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS, RED ARROW AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY INDICATES THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH YOU ALL OVER ALSO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH STAFF AND WE'LL, UM, REVISE THE PLAN AND GO THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS NEXT.
UH, THIS WAS REALLY JUST A, UM, I WANTED TO PUT THIS UP AND WE'LL BE GOING INTO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL, BUT WANTING TO GET YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED SINCE WE LAST MET IN AUGUST.
UM, SO IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UM, WE WERE ON THE GROUND.
UM, JANA WAS ALSO YEAH, ON THE GROUND IN A, QUITE A, QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES.
UM, WE MET WITH THE PUBLIC, WE MET, UM, WITH YOU ALL.
AND I MET WITH THEIR PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND STAFF.
UH, THIS IS REALLY TO THAT PREFERRED ALIGNMENTS AND TOPOLOGIES, UH, TO DETERMINE, UM, KEY CROSSINGS AND EARLY THESE DIFFICULT AREAS OF, UM, THE TRAIL TOPOLOGY CHANGING, UM, CONNECTIONS AND POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR TRAIL HEADS.
UM, WE, WE CONDUCTED THIS THROUGH MASHING AIR, WHICH IS A MAP-BASED SURVEY, UM, LARGE MAC, WHICH, WHICH SOME OF YOU SAW, UM, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE, IN THE FOREGROUND THERE WITH IF JAY AND JANNA, UM, AND, AND, UH, I MEAN WE HAD, UH, DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND IN JANUARY WE CONTINUED THAT ONE SLIDE REAL QUICK.
SORRY, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE MORE THINGS HERE.
UM, JUNE, JANUARY, WE CONTINUED WITH ACCAN STAFF JUST REALLY PRIORITIZING AND WORKING ON THAT ACTION PLAN, UM, FACING THE COSTS AND HAD IMMEDIATELY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEN, AND THE FINAL BULLET POINT YEAR, UM, FEBRUARY, MARCH, IS THAT RIGHT? THE REVIEW PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, THE PAC, THE ELEC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, MR. REVIEWING THE PLAN RIGHT NOW AS IS, UM, STAFF, WE WORKED BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF ON AN INITIAL DRAFT, AND THEN, UM, WE WERE SENDING IT TO YOU GUYS HERE.
AND THEN THE, THE IDEA IS, UM, TO HAVE A COUNCIL PRESENTATION FOR ADOPTION AND MONSTER MASS.
SO MARCH 9TH IS WRONG, JUST, JUST GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EVERYTHING, UM, GIVEN ENOUGH TIME AND YOU GUYS GET, UM, FEEDBACK AND THEN THE, UH, THE PACK TO GIVE GOOD FEEDBACK MARCH 23RD, REPEAT THAT DATE.
NEXT, LIKE, UH, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO INITIALLY, UM, WITH THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU ALL, AND AS, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, AS THE, AS THE PACK AND THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, AND WE PULLED OUT SOME KEY THEMES, UM, SAFETY IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT INCLUDES LIGHTING STREET CROSSING, UM, SAFETY TO BIKING IN PARTICULAR.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A SAFE PLACE TO BIKE CURRENTLY, WHETHER THAT'S ON EXISTING TRAILS OR STREETS, UH, THE BARRIERS ARE A KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE HEARD EARLY ON.
UM, THE MAIN MAJOR BARRIERS WERE, UH, IN WAY, UH, THE DETAILED WAY AND FELL BY ON THE ROAD.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LOOPS CURRENTLY EXIST IN ADDISON.
IT LIKES TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN ADDISON AND THEN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS IMPORTANT TO, UM, ARTICULATE VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND ESTABLISH PHASES.
AND SO, UM, A KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE HEARD OF THEM BEYOND WAS AN OFF STREET TRAIL EMPHASIS.
UM, SO WHERE POSSIBLE WE REALLY DUG INTO THIS, UM, IN THIS PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, AS IN BEING BUILT US TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS, THERE'S NOT SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY
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AS OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT, UH, WE TRIED OUR BEST TO INCORPORATE THIS.AND WE WERE TOLD THAT DOG, WALKERS AND WALKERS CURRENTLY USE THE TRAILS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT ALL MODES GOING FORWARD, UM, PROVIDING MORE, UM, TRAILS, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT TRAILS, WHETHER THAT'S ONLINE, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH SIGNAGE, UM, IN ORDER TO, UM, TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS ALONG TRAILS.
AND THAT LEADS INTO MORE OF THE TRAIL DESIGNING AND AMENITIES PIECE.
UM, WE HEAR A LOT OF THIS AND WE INCORPORATED THAT EXTENSIVELY IN THE, UM, DESIGN GUIDELINES SECTION OF THE PLAN.
IT'S LIKE, I SORT OF JUST RUN THEM THROUGH THE OUTREACH.
UM, SO INITIALLY WE HAD A TRIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
THIS IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS WHEN, UM, KOBE WAS NEW TO ALL OF US THERE 706 PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE SURVEY HIGH-LEVEL TAKEAWAYS IS THAT ADDISON'S CURRENTLY AN EASY PLACE TO WALK AND, UM, MORE DIFFICULT TO BIKE.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN JUST GETTING OUT AND EXERCISING MORE SO ON TRAILS AND COMMUTING AND REALLY BEING SURROUNDED, UM, BY NATURE AND THE CHARTS CERTAINLY DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT CURRENTLY.
SO THAT'S MORE A RESPONSE TO THE EXISTING TRAILS.
UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, UM, WE ASKED ABOUT A TRAIL TYPES.
SO HERE FOLKS WANTED MORE OF THOSE, UM, WIDER FACILITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE STREETS OR SEPARATED, UM, LIKE LANES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, LIKE FACILITIES CYCLE TRACKS BY BOULEVARDS WEREN'T AS, AS IMPORTANT HERE.
UM, WE ASKED WITH THIS, UM, AS SORT OF COMING OVER FROM THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN IN THAT MAP, YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, ARE THE DIFFERENT PLANNING AREAS.
WE ASKED FOLKS WHERE THEY LIVED, WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO SAY WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT TO YOU OR WHERE CONNECTIONS ARE MOST NEEDED.
SO THAT REALLY HELPED US GAUGE WHERE FOLKS ARE PLANNING ON CONNECTING IN TERMS OF DESTINATIONS ON TRAILS, NEXT SLIDE, UM, TOP PRIORITY PROJECTS, AND REALLY THE TOP FOUR THERE, UM, WHERE WE'RE ALL COMPETING IN TERMS OF IMPROVING EXISTING TRAILS AND CONNECTING TO REGIONAL TRAILS, WHETHER A FUTURE OR, UM, EXISTING, UM, PROVIDING NEW SIDEWALKS ALONG STREETS, AND THEN PROVIDING THAT THE TRAILS IN NATURE, WHICH I, WHICH I HAD LANDED EARLY AND NOT TIME ADDRESSES THIS BY, UM, BY REALLY ESTABLISHING THOSE, THOSE CORRIDORS, WHETHER IT'S ON AN EXISTING STREET OR NOT, UM, REALLY MAKING THAT AMENITY MORE OF A TRAIL IN THE FUTURE.
AND IN TERMS OF MENUS ALONG THE TRAILS, UM, THE, WE ASKED THIS QUESTION TWICE, UM, FIRST HERE AND, UH, FOLKS WERE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT, UH, REALLY SEEING ANYTHING ON THE TRAIL.
UM, THOSE PIECES THAT MOVED THE TOP WAS DIRECTIONAL WAY, FINDING SIGNAGE, SMALL GATHERING SPACES AND ART, UM, DURING THE VISION WORKSHOP, UM, WE ASKED FOLKS, UM, WHAT THEIR IDEAL VISION FOR US AND TRAILS ARE IN WORDS.
UM, YOU COULD SEE SOME WORDS COME TO THE FOREGROUND HERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP AND THE SMALLER WORDS, UM, SAYING THE SAME THING JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT BEGAN TO SHAPE OUR PLANNING FRAMEWORK AROUND THE VISION.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THOSE VALUES ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, UM, THE TOP ONES ARE FORMULATED UNDER DIVISION THERE, AND NEXT WAS THE COMMUNITY DRILLING AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
SO WE TOOK OUR BEST PRACTICES, BUT ALIGNED US, BUT WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY, UH, FIRST WAS CONNECTIVITY IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING BOTH RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THE TOWN, FILLING THE, UM, FILLING THE GAPS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, NEXT WAS CONTEXT SENSITIVITY.
AND SO THAT'S LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS AND THE CHARACTER ADDISON, UM, MINIMIZING, UM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS AND REALLY CAPITALIZING ON THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, DIVERSITY IN, IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF, UM, PROVIDING TRAILS FOR A RANGE OF USERS, BUT ALSO DIFFERENT, UH, TRAIL TYPES THAT, UM, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS, UM, SAFETY, UH, WHICH IS PROBABLY MOVED TO THE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND AMONGST OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, WAS EXPOSED, ESTABLISHING THOSE LOW STRESS FACILITIES.
SO FACILITIES AND TRAILS FACILITIES THAT ARE, UM, YOU'RE NOT COMING INTO MUCH CONCEPT
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WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR OTHER TRAIL USERS.UM, IT'S JUST A NICER EXPERIENCE ON THE TRAIL.
YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO THINK AS MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING NEXT.
YOU'RE MORE JUST ENJOYING THIS, UM, THAT THE TRAIL FACILITY ITSELF.
UM, BUT ALSO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU STABLISH VISIBLE VISIBLE CORRIDORS WITH A CRIME PREVENTION MECHANISMS NEXT SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE VISION FRAMEWORK.
THERE IS JUST A GRAPH GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU GUYS HOW WE'RE BUILDING THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE GOALS CAME OUT SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS TOO.
UM, AND WE DID THEM IN A BIT OF A SCALENE SCALAR WAY.
UH, SO INITIALLY INTERNAL CIRCULATION, UM, WE FROM THE PACK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD LOOP AND IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING, MAKING SURE I CAN WALK A MILE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND NEXT IT WAS CONNECTING TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, FOLKS LIKE THE IDEA OF EXTENDING THEIR LOOP, WHETHER IT'S A SPUR CONNECTING TO A LARGER LOOP AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT YOU CONNECT TO DESTINATIONS AND ADDISON'S WHETHER THOSE BE COMMERCIAL DESTINATIONS, UM, PARKS, OTHER FACILITIES, UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THOSE REGIONAL LINKS, IT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING REALLY LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SOME ALONG THE LINE IN THE FUTURE, THAT THERE IS A, UM, SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM ADDISON TO REGIONAL DESTINATIONS.
BECAUSE SEE THE GOALS BEING INFORMED BY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THERE.
UM, SO THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WE DID A DETAILED PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST A SORT OF A SNIPPET OF, UM, ONE OF THE APPROACHES WE TOOK WITH ADDISON'S STAFF.
UM, IT'S, IT WAS, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA, WHICH WAS FRAMED BY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND, UM, WE ADDRESSED THAT IN THE APPENDIX OF THE PLAN.
THERE'S A PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THERE.
UM, THE PACK WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUTS ON THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
AND, UM, WE DEVELOPED THESE SCENARIOS, NOT AS A WAY FOR THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
IT WAS MORE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU LIKE IN EACH SCENARIO? UM, AND THEN WE CONGEAL WHAT WAS, WHAT THE PACK MEMBERS LIKED INTO THE PREFERRED NETWORK.
SO THE THREE SCENARIOS BRIEFLY, UM, OR SORRY, UH, LOW STRESS NETWORK, UH, WHICH I DESCRIBED EARLIER, NEIGHBORHOOD LOOPS, UM, WHICH YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE FEEDBACK AND THEN DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH JULIE, JUST THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT AGAIN, BACK ON A LOW STRESS.
SO THAT WAS BOTH STRESS IN THE SENSE OF FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR VEHICLES.
UM, MINIMIZING, UM, YOU KNOW, ADAM'S COLLISIONS WITH VEHICLES OR OTHER, UM, OTHER TYPES OF TRAIL USERS, BUT ALSO ESTABLISHING, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ONE, THERE'S A LOT MORE GREEN.
UM, SO THAT THOSE ARE MORE OFF-STREET TRAIL.
SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING THOSE CONFLICTS, BUT MAKING SURE THEY'RE WIDE COMFORTABLE TRAILS.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE DESCRIBED IT, DESCRIBED THEM TO THE PACK.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, BY PROVIDING THOSE, THERE WERE SOME TRADE OFFS, THERE WEREN'T AS MANY, UM, UH, CROSS TOWN CONNECTIONS AND IT WASN'T AS WELL CONNECTED.
AND CAN YOU CLARIFY TOO, ON THIS SCENARIO TWO ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOPS, UM, IS THAT MORE OF A, UM, ENJOYMENT OF THE SCENERY VERSUS GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B LIKE IN SCENARIO THREE OR WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS NEIGHBORHOOD LOOPS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS? YEAH.
UM, NUMBER WANTING TO WHICH, UH, FIRST WAS YEAH.
CONNECTIVITY WITHIN BUILDING A BRIDGE TO WHICH WE ARE CALLING NESTED LOOPS IN THE PLAN.
AND THEN THAT CONNECTS TO THESE GREATER LOOPS, UM, WHICH ARE REALLY ALONG THE STREETS AND ADDISON, UM, WHICH, WHICH PROVIDED THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS TO DESTINATIONS AND ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S HOW WE DESCRIBED IT TO THE, TO THE BACK.
AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, THAT THAT IS WHAT FED INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN, BOTH COMPREHENSIVELY, WHICH JAMIE WILL WALK THROUGH, UH, BUT THEN AS A PRIORITY PROJECTS IN CHAPTER FIVE.
UM, SO THE LAST FEEDBACK WHICH I TOUCHED ON EARLIER, JUST ONE DAY, CALL IT A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE.
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WERE THREE LARGE MAP POP-UP EVENTS, 150 RESIDENTS TOTAL THAT, THOSE, UM, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT POSSIBLE EVENT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WHAT THIS POP-UP EVENTS LOOKED LIKE.AND, AND THAT WAS COUPLED WITH A, SORRY, JENNA, UM, UH, FUTURE, UM, TRAILER MEMBER QUESTIONNAIRE.
SO THAT BREACHED ON 250 RESIDENTS, UH, THERE WERE ALSO SOME, SOME VISITORS AND FOLKS WHO, UM, FILLED THAT AS WELL, BUT WE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED RESIDENTS FOR THIS AND IT JUST WENT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
UM, I DON'T, IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION OR THE PREFERRED NETWORK, I JUST SOME EXAMPLES FROM, UH, FROM THAT QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, THERE ARE SOME BROAD QUESTIONS SUCH AS, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NETWORK? DO YOU LIKE IT? AND YES, THERE'S, UM, MANY FOLKS WERE IN FAVOR OF NETWORK, VERY DISLIKES.
UM, WE ASKED SOME MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS, AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF CONNECTING ALONG NORTH ADDISON.
UM, THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WE EITHER BEING MATCHED, GENERIC FOLKS WERE ALLOWED TO DRY IN ADDITIONAL ALIGNMENTS.
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PINPOINT, UM, WHERE THEY THOUGHT A TRAILHEAD SHOULD BE OR WHERE THEY THINK, UM, UH, REGIONAL CONNECTION SHOULD BE.
UM, WE ASKED ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE AMENITIES SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE COTTON BELT, UH, SILVER, LONG TRAIL, AND THOSE ALIGNED VERY MUCH SO WITH WHAT WE HEARD INITIALLY, AND THEN THERE WERE COMPONENTS, UM, NOT TRAIL HEADS.
AND HERE WE ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NORTH ADDISON PARK, WHETHER THERE SHOULDN'T BE A TRAIL THAT THEY'RE NOT TOO INTO WHAT EXTENT.
UM, SO YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE NEXT SLIDE JANNA.
UM, SO LITERALLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THE REST IS RELATIVELY QUICK.
UM, THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDE AN ORIENTATION TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DRAFT PLAN.
ARE YOU RECEIVED THE BODY OF YOUR DOCUMENT? SO THAT INCLUDES THE THREE CHAPTERS INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE HERE WITH AN INTRODUCTION, UH, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF A PLANNING DOCUMENT LIKE THIS, UM, SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND CATALOGING CATALOGING, EXCUSE ME, TO EXISTING ASSETS.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO CHOOSING THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE COLON OVER THEIR COMMUNITY, VISION AND GOALS NEXT AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN THE MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY LIVE IN CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE.
AND YOU MAY KNOW THAT SOME OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY OR THE TOWN HAS CURRENTLY, UM, INCLUDE A SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY CHAPTER.
UH, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE TO INTEGRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, THE STRATEGY INTO CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO SEEING A FEW KIND OF SUPPORTING COMPONENTS WHEN YOU RECEIVED THE NEXT DRAFT OF THE PLAN, UM, INDEPENDENCE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED.
UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND MORE DETAIL ON THE COMMUNITY INPUTS, UM, INCLUDING SOME FUNDING STRATEGIES, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME COORDINATION POINTS WITH THE MINUTES MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER THIS SEVERAL TIMES WITH YOU ALL THE TYPES OF TRAILS, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, I THINK FOR THE TOWN OF MADISON, UH, WE HAVE RELATIVELY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF IN THEIR HABITS AS A TRADITIONAL TRAIL.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY ON THEIR OWN.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME, UH, BUT, UH, CREATIVE AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE THAT COORDINATION WITH THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, WITH MAYBE A FUTURE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT DOWN THE ROAD WITH PARTNER JURISDICTIONS.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY KEY BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE CREATE A PEDESTRIAN INVITE CONNECTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S PURELY THE RECREATION, UH, OR, UH, SERVING AND TRANSPORTATION FUNCTION AS WELL.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TYPES OF TRAILS.
WE HAVE SIX MAJOR TYPES, UM, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL JUST STEP THROUGH THE SIX REALLY QUICKLY AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE THEY DO SHOW THEM IN THE PLAN THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE WITH YOU AND DIFFERENT COLOR LINES AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT ONE WOULD BE JUST WHY THE SIDEWALKS, UM, IN ORDER TO REALLY SERVE A TRAIL FUNCTION, UM, WHICH WOULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP ALL MOVING ALONG THE TRAILS TOGETHER, BOTH PASSING ON THE TRAIL, HAVING SPACE FOR, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND INVITES.
WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE AT LEAST EIGHT DEEP WIDE, UM, AND IDEALLY, UH, 10 FEET WIDE AND THEN HAVE, UM, AGAIN IN THE IDEAL SITUATION OF BUFFER BETWEEN THE MOVING TRAFFIC AND THE SIDEWALK.
UM, AND SO THAT WE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A DUI, BUT A MINIMUM
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OF THREE WIDE NECK, UM, HAVE SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL SEPARATION.UM, SO THE SHARE USE PATH ALONG THE STREET, UM, IS BASICALLY, UH, WE HAD OUR DRUTHERS.
WE WOULD CREATE PROBABLY THIS TYPE OF FACILITY ALONG MOST OF THE STREETS.
UM, WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF LIMITED RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, SO WE'VE LOOKED FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK AND HAVE PHYSICAL FEASIBILITY IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO EITHER BE 10 TO 14 FEET WIDE, UM, WHILE NOT THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE STRIPED FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL TRAVEL.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN HAD AT LEAST A THREE FOOT OF OFFER, IDEALLY A SUFFICIENT LANDSCAPING NEXT LINE, UM, SHARED USE TRAIL.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE TYPICALLY, UH, REMOVED FROM THE STREET OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THE WRITING TRAIL IS A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS.
UH, SO 10 TO 12 FEET WIDE, UH, 10 TO 15 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER, UM, MINIMUM TWO FOOT, UH, AGAIN, IDEALLY KIND OF THE BETTER THE MODEL, THE BETTER BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A BETTER TRAIL EXPERIENCE AND MORE PROTECTION, UM, BOTH FOR THE TRAIL USERS, AS WELL AS THE VISIBILITY.
UM, IN SOME CASES FOR ADJACENT LAND USES, NEXT SLIDE, UM, REGIONAL SHARING TRAIL ON THESE TEND TO HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON THEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST SERVING THE ADDISON COMMUNITY, BUT SERVING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND SO THESE WOULD BE AT LEAST 10 TO 12 FEET WIDE, AGAIN, IDEALLY SUPPLEMENTED, UH, WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, SORT OF COMPLIMENTARY OR SUPPLEMENTARY PATH, UH, SIX TO 10 FEET.
UM, NEXT ONE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIAS IS GOING TO BE CERTAIN INSTANCES, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN CASES WHERE, UM, HIGHLAND, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK OR THE SIDEWALK HAS PRETTY, UH, HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND MIGHT EVEN BE USED FOR CAFE SEATING.
UM, SOME OTHER OUTDOOR USES, UM, A BIKE BOULEVARD IF YOU MAKE A TREATMENT.
UM, SO THIS IS ON THE STREETS WITH LOWER TRAFFIC.
UM, IT'S PRETTY LOW COST BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF SIGNAGE AND STENCILING ON THE STREET.
UM, AND LARGELY IT'S, UH, COMMUNICATING THE MOTORISTS THAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT THE CYCLIST, UH, TO BE IN THE SPACE.
AND THEN ALSO GIVE YOU SOME CUES FOR WHERE THE CYCLISTS COULD RIDE SAFELY.
SO IF THIS WAS ADJACENT TO ON-STREET PARKING, UM, YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT THE STENTS ON A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE ENCOURAGING THOSE TO RIDE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY, MAYBE FOR THE MOST PART CARS.
SO THEY DON'T GIVE WHAT'S CALLED A DOOR WHERE THE DOOR OPENS, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN IN FRONT OF THE MOTORS, HER AND NEXT TO HER ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CYCLIST, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND THEN BUCKET BYLINES, AND THESE WOULD BE FIVE TO 17.
UM, THERE'S PRETTY GOOD STANDARDS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIKE LANES.
UH, WE DO SHOW ON A, THERE ARE MORE STANDARD BIKE LANES FACILITY IN A REALLY SPACE CONSTRAINT ENVIRONMENT, UH, WHERE WE KNOW THE SPACE FOR A BIKE LANE, BUT NOT FOR THE BUFFER.
UM, WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT THROUGH THAT SEGMENT, BUT IDEALLY WE WOULD OFFER, UH, UH, THREE FEET, UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL VERTICAL SEPARATION.
UM, SO WE'RE SHOWING SOME PHYSICAL SEPARATORS HERE AND THOSE CAN BE RAISED PLANTERS, UM, AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER, UH, THE BINDERS.
IT'S LIKE WAYS, WAYS, EIGHT TO 12 FEET.
AND WHEN, UM, AGAIN, WHEN AT BICYCLE STENCILS BY DIRECTIONAL, UM, INTENTIONALLY, UH, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET BECAUSE IN ONE CYCLE TRACK, YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING BOTH WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING.
AND THEN SIMILAR TO THAT BUFFERED BIKE LANE, IT HAS A PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF 3D, UH, WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL SEPARATORS NEXT LINE.
SO ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND THEN IN OUR FUTURE TRAILS MAP, WHICH IS, UM, PROBABLY THE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THE TRAIL RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO YOU SEE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS ON HERE ARE REPRESENTING THOSE DIFFERENT TRAIL TYPES.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE DONE, UM, AS COLE HAS TALKED ABOUT, AND THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL AS WITH, UH, COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS SESSIONS AND THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WE, WE TRY TO BALANCE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GOALS, SO ENSURING THAT WE CAN, UH, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION, UM, CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION, CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH DESTINATIONS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO GET TO, UH, CREATING LOOPS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AREAS, UH, THE RUINS AND AREAS OF EDISON, AND THEN A REGIONAL CONNECTIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A MAJOR NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS ON SOME OF OUR BUSIER ROADS.
UH, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE WITH A, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THIS KIND OF CONCEPT OF
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REDUNDANCY.UM, SO LOOKING FOR THOSE LOWEST STRESS OPPORTUNITIES, THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY IN SOME CASES, BUT THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE LESS COMFORTABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING ON A ROADWAY WITH, UM, HEAVIER TRAFFIC OR FAST-MOVING TRAFFIC.
UM, MAYBE IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING AND LESS COMPETENT IN THEIR BALANCE.
IT COULD BE, UH, FAMILIES OR CHILDREN, UM, OR SOMEONE WHO JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY FOR LEISURE AND RECREATION.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO USE THAT MAJOR ROADWAY NETWORK.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE IT, UH, SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES AND MOVING THE EASTERN WESTERN ACTION REALLY IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE IT IS RELATIVELY, I MEAN, MANY OF THOSE RELYING ON REGIONAL, UH, CONNECTIONS OR PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS, UM, AND THEN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THEY'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF STUCK THROUGH IT.
IT'S INGESTED PHASING OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM, SO YOU CAN ZOOM BACK OUT TANA.
UM, SO ALL WE'VE DONE IS TALKING ABOUT THREE MAJOR PHASES, THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE USING A 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON ROADMAP.
THE THREE DAYS IS THE FIRST PHASE BEING ZERO TO FIVE YEARS, SECOND PHASE SIX TO 10 YEARS, AND THE THIRD DAYS, 11 TO 20 YEARS, UH, WE'RE NOT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PHASING, YOU'RE SAYING, OH, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ALL OF THIS PART IN THIS PHASE.
AND THEN ALL OF THIS PART OF THIS PHASE THAT GENERALLY IS THE CASE, BUT WE WOULD ACTUALLY EXPECT THIS WOULD BE, UH, INCREMENTAL BUILD OVER TIME.
UH, SO THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT TRAILING ENTITIES, DIFFERENT, UM, PATHWAYS, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE STREET AS PART OF STREETSCAPE, UH, IMPROVING PROJECTS, PROBABLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO THIS, THE SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT OUT GRADUALLY INCREMENTALLY, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THINKING ABOUT THE PHASING IS ENSURE THAT WE'RE CREATING A COMPLETE NETWORK IN EACH PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST CREATING ONE OF THE GAPS OR SEGMENTS HERE AND THERE THEY'RE DISCONNECTED, UM, EITHER FROM EACH OTHER OR IN THE REGIONAL NETWORK.
UM, SO THIS ZERO TO FIVE YEAR PHASE ONE, YOU CAN SEE SOME MAJOR CONNECTIONS ON WESTBORO, ON ADDISON, ON FORUM.
UM, SOME KEY CONNECTIONS ALONG BELTLINE, UM, IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS, UH, BIG LOADING THOUGH, RELYING ON THE BELTWAY.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE PARTNER CONNECTIONS OR CONNECTING THE EXISTING REDDING TRAIL, THEY LOCKED AREA, UM, EAST, UM, IDEALLY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, UM, THEN CONNECTING PROCESS CORUM, UM, LOOKING AT THE VALLEY AND CONNECTING ALL THE WAY OVER, UM, WITHIN DAYS AS YOU CAN SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO PLACES THAT ALREADY HAVE GREAT TRAILS LIKE THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL, ANY STATUS IN A BEGINNING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO CREATE SOME LOOPS, UH, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SIMILARLY, UM, OVER IN LAST ADDISON, UM, AROUND THE ATHLETIC CLUB AROUND, UH, AROUND LES BOX, UM, LOOKING AT SOME, UH, CREATING SOME REDUNDANCY AGAIN, UH, CREATING SOME DESIGNATED BIKE FACILITIES THROUGH WHITE BOULEVARDS, TO SEPARATE USERS WHERE POSSIBLE TO REDUCE CONFLICTS.
UM, BACK IN, UH, COLE MENTIONED THE LOW STRESS NETWORK, UM, TYPICALLY RENAME ABOUT MOTOR VEHICLES AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH WALKERS AND JOGGERS AND BIKERS, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE SPEED DIFFERENTIAL.
AND SO WE CAN, IF WE HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE SEPARATE ANCHORS FROM WALKERS PARTICULAR, BUT EVEN FROM JOGGERS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE THERE AROUND THE LOCKS AND THEN PROVIDED THE MAYPOLE OF OURS.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND ZOOMING OUT A LITTLE BIT JANNA, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE ON EACH OF THESE SLIDES FOR THE SPACES IS, UH, DELINEATE TOTAL COSTS.
THIS IS A VERY PLANNING LEVEL COST MEANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE, MEANING IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IN COST ESTIMATION.
I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T UNDERSHOOTING AT ALL.
UM, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE INCORPORATED TO STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, OR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER THAT'S RESURFACING OR REBUILDING OF STREETS.
UM, SO A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN THE MTP MUTATION, UH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING, UH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AS IT OCCURS, UM, AS WELL AS WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, WHETHER THAT'S A NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION OR A REGIONAL GOVERNANCE.
UM, SO THIS BIG NUMBER AND THE ASTERISK, UM, IS, UH, AT ALL IN THESE SLIDES SHOWING THEM 2021 COSTS AND INCLUDES EVERYTHING I JUST SAID.
UM, SO IT'S THAT TOTAL COST SO 17 AND A HALF MILLION FOR PHASE ONE.
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OF THE TOTAL BUILD OUT OF THE 20 YEAR KIND OF ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF THE SYSTEM.UM, BUT NOTABLY 5% OF THIS OVERLAPS WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED MTP, UH, MANY OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY, UH, FUNDED AS PART OF PHASE ONE, UH, THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO PHASE TWO THEN MADE SOME OF THESE CRITICAL CONNECTIONS OF IN PARTICULAR, IN SOME PLACES THAT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE CONSTRAINTS.
SO THE DESIGN PROCESS MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRADE-OFFS, UM, ALSO ADDING SOME OF THE PARTNER CONNECTIONS.
UM, SO DATA CREATING SOME EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY TO CONNECT TO THE WEST GROW.
AND WHAT WE THINK IS A NICE AMENITY ALONG THE AIRPORT, UM, THROUGH, UH, CENTRAL ADDISON, UH, CONNECTING ALONG THE BURNHAM, UM, NORTH, UH, FROM ADDISON CIRCLE, UM, AS THE, UH, SILVER LINING, THE COTTON BELT COMES ONLINE.
UM, THAT'LL BE EVEN MORE DESIRABLE.
DESTINATIONS ARE CREATING MORE CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS ON CONNECTING YOU WITH CENTRAL ADDISON, UM, BEGINNING TO BUILD OUT, UH, SEGMENTS OF BELTLINE ROAD, INCLUDING, UM, AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTION TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN PHASE ONE, WITH THE CONNECTION ACROSS THE TOLL BAY AREA AND THE TIME, UM, ACTUALLY IMPROVING A CROSSING, RIGHT, A WOMAN TOLL WAY OR OVER THE TOLLWAY ON BELTLINE ROAD.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU GET TO SEE GENERALLY IN SUPPLEMENTING KIND OF SOME OF THE OTHER TRAILS, UM, OVER ON THE WEST END, THE LONG, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE END WHERE THE ROAD BEING IMPORTANT COMPONENT, UM, IT REALLY KIND OF FILLING SOME OF THE KEY GAPS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PAN OUT, ACTUALLY I CAN HIT THE PRICE OR THE COST IN HERE.
SO THIS IS ABOUT AMERICA ONE SLIDE.
SO THIS IS ABOUT A 12 AND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT A 25% ORDER OF THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE NETWORK.
AND THIS HEAD HAS 66% OVERLAP WITH THE MASTERS.
SO LAST DAY IS 11 YEARS OUT FOR US, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ACCOUNTING BURNOUT, THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS PHASES ONE AND TWO, YOU CAN SEE THAT PRICE TAGS A LITTLE HIGHER, UH, BUT NOT ASTRONOMICAL.
UM, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, UM, 38.9% OF THE TOTAL COST IN THIS PHASE IN 43% OVERLAP.
UM, LARGELY BUILDING OUT SOME OF THESE KEY PARTNER CONNECTIONS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, GOING UP, UM, ALONG MIDWAY ROOM, UM, COMPLETING THE WEST PORTION OF BELTLINE, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, CONNECTIONS, UH, TO DALLAS, TO THE SOUTH, UM, AND POTENTIALLY CONNECTING TO THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL IN DALLAS.
UM, WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE QUITE AN ENDEAVOR, UH, WOULD TAKE A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UM, IN REGIONAL COORDINATION, UM, BUT DEFINITELY WORTH EXPLORING AND HAVING A CONVERSATION.
UM, NEXT SLIDE KIND OF SUMS UP THIS OVERALL COST ESTIMATION.
UM, SO LITTLE, 150 MILLION TOTAL, AGAIN, MUCH OF THAT IN, WE COULD PROBABLY DO HOW WE HAVE IT THERE.
UM, THE SECOND BULLET IN THE NOTES ABOUT 30% PROJECT OVERLAP WITH THE MTP, UM, MIRROR, ASSUMING THAT ABOUT 5% OF THE COSTS WOULD BE, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR THROUGH DIFFERENT DEVELOPING PROJECTS.
AGAIN, A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT COULD ABSOLUTELY GO HIGHER, UM, IF DEALT WITH STRATEGICALLY AND PROACTIVELY.
AND SO THE NEW PUBLIC COSTS THROUGH THIS SORT OF VERY HIGH LEVEL OF COST ESTIMATION WOULD BE ABOUT $32 MILLION, WHICH OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD TRANSLATES TO THAT $1.6 MILLION PER YEAR, ESTIMATED COSTS ONE.
UM, SO NOW I'M GONNA READ THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION ON YOU WHEN YOU OVER COALS ESTIMATE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
UM, AND WE WOULD WELCOME ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE SERVING ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO, UH, JENNA THREE WORLDS, THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING.
AND THEN THE DETAIL OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAIL SYSTEM IS SO COMPLICATED THAT BASED ON THE DIFFERENT WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO IT'S SO TEDIOUS, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO THIS IS A CITYWIDE AND, UH, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
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THIS IS A BIG JOB.OF COURSE IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT APPARENTLY I'VE NOTICED THE NEW TRAILS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE, UH, ADA COMPLIANT.
BUT WE ARE NOT REALLY, AT THIS TIME, IT COULD BE IN THE BUDGET, DOES NOT INCLUDE EXISTING, UH, TRAIL.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, THAT THERE ACTUALLY COULD BE SOME COST SAVINGS TO THE 88 PLAN GROUP IMPLEMENTING THESE ELEMENTS.
UM, WHAT THE ADA PLAN IDENTIFIES VERY FEW ACTUAL TRAIL SEGMENTS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
AND IT'S USUALLY A SMALL AREA WHERE THERE'S A RISE IN THE SIDEWALK PAVING, OR THERE'S A CURB RAMP THAT DOESN'T QUITE COMPLY.
SO IT'S VERY SMALL, UM, WHERE WE FOUND THAT THE ADA PLAN PICKS UP THE MOST DISCREPANCIES IS ALONG OUR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'D BE A SEGMENT OR A CAR BRAND OR SOMETHING IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK.
UM, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN IS A LOT OF THE SIDE PATHS AND TRAILS THAT WE WILL HAVE WILL RUN ALONG A ROADWAY AND THEY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF WHERE A SIDEWALK IS.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS WE WOULD REMOVE THAT SIDEWALK, PULL IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CURB, CREATE A BUFFER AND BUILD A NEW WIDER LOCK THAT NOW FUNCTIONS AS A PATH OR A TRAIL.
AND WHEN THAT'S BUILT, IT WILL BE BUILT TO CURRENT ADA STANDARDS.
UM, SO THOSE ELEMENTS, THE ADA PLAN CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE ADA PLAN BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HANDLED, HANDLED THEM THROUGH CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE MONEY THAT WAS IN THE ADA PLAN AND PUT IT IN THIS BUDGET NUMBER BECAUSE THAT WOULD PUT SOME REDUNDANCY.
I LOOK AT THIS ONE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD CONNECTIONS, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKED ABOUT ADDISON PARKS IS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS BACK.
YOU KNOW, I, I GET THE IDEA THAT THEY WANT TO CONNECT A SECTIONS TO CONVERSATIONS WITH TOWN, BUT I THINK PEOPLE ALSO REALLY ENJOY THEIR LITTLE PARK PARKS IN THEIR AREAS AND NOT NECESSARILY MAKING IT SO THAT THEIR THOROUGHFARES FOR BIKES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE NAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THOSE AT THOSE NEGATIVES.
AND JAY HAS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THIS, BUT I'LL, I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT REDUNDANCY AND THE PLAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM, UM, RESIDENTS OF MADISON THAT AN EAST-WEST CONNECTION WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE OAKS NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAKING THAT CONNECTION THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY ALREADY WALK ON THE STREETS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT US CONNECTING A CONNECTION FROM DALLAS TO FARMERS BRANCH AND RUNNING THAT THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME REDUNDANCY THAT HAPPENS IN THE PLAN WHERE WE MAY HAVE A SMALLER LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOP.
AND THEN JUST NORTH OF THAT, NOT FAR AWAY, WE HAVE A LARGER TRAIL THAT WOULD SERVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRAIL USER.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHY THERE'S SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PLAN THAT ARE VERY REDUNDANT, UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TWO TYPES OF USERS THAT WOULD BE ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY IS THAT I NOTICED THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW TRAIL POSSIBILITIES, CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU WITH ADJACENT CITIES.
IT'S NOT TO BE THAT NOW IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN OR SOMETHING.
ALL OF THESE, I LIKE COLOR CODED ALL OF THESE ARE DALLAS THINGS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE IN DALLAS, RIGHT.
IF WE GET DOWN THAT ROAD, SO WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN FARMER'S BRANCH AND CARROLLTON, SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE THAT RUNDOWN OF THE KIND OF ALL TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHO CONTROLS WHAT ON THESE, THAT'S IT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
UM, ONE THING TO BUILD OFF AT THAT AS I DO, UM, SERVE ON AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS THAT IS, UM, FACILITATED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
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COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.SO I GO TO THEIR QUARTERLY MEETINGS, UM, AND SIT THERE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BARBARA'S RANCH IN DALLAS.
SO AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, I WAS SHOWING THEM OUR PLAN AND ASKING THEM IF WE COULD COORDINATE AND MAKE THESE THINGS WORK AND ALL THAT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
UM, I DIDN'T RECEIVE A LOT OF PUSHBACK.
I THINK THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL CONNECTION FROM DALLAS IS GOING TO BE A HARD ONE TO MAKE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY WANT A TRAIL IN THEIR BACKYARD THAT DALLAS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY ONE FOR US TO LOOK FOR.
SO WE, WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING A MAP THAT PROBABLY COLOR-CODED, IT BETTER MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE COULD VERY EASILY IN OUR REVISIONS TO THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR WOMEN OPTION OUT OF TABLE.
ALSO THAT SUMMARIZES THOSE PARTNERS, JURISDICTIONS ARE PART CONNECTIONS BY JURISDICTION.
I WANTED TO ASK JANA ABOUT TO THE GROUPS THAT HAVE SEEN THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EVOLVING AND TALK TO A GROUP AND YOU GET NEW IDEAS.
AND HOW CURRENT IS THE DISCUSSION, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE, THE PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAVE THEY SEEN THE LATEST OR WHERE IS THAT IN TERMS OF REVIEW AND THE SAME THING WITH RESIDENTS, THE SEATING VERSION AND THAT JUST HOW CURRENT ARE PEOPLE THE LATEST.
SO THEY, UM, AND ACTUALLY, I MAY ASK FOR JANE COLE BECAUSE THE DATES MAY BE FRUSTRATED ON YOUR MIND, UM, TO, TO GIVE THAT, BUT WE'VE BEEN, UM, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN LUCKY WITH US ALONG EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE JUST SHARED WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, A VERSION OF IT AND GIVEN A TIMELINE TO GIVE SOME COMMENTS BACK TO THE CONSULTANT.
SO THEY'RE STILL, UM, GIVING US COMMENTS AND THEN, UM, JAY OR COLE, DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT PROCESS? YEAH, SURE.
UM, SO THE LAST TIME THAT PUBLIC WEIGHED IN ON THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD THE LARGE MAP THAT WAS ON THE GROUNDS.
UM, IT WAS, UH, THE SAME MAP THAT WAS IN THE IMAGINARY, THE MAP-BASED SERVING.
UM, WE TOOK THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, AS WELL AS YOUR, AS YOUR GUIDE SAYS THAT THE TOUR AND, AND MEN AT THE PATTERN DURING THAT TIME AND FOLDED THAT INTO IT, UM, MAP, WHICH THEN THE PACK, UM, LOOKED AT IT ONE MORE TIME AND JUST MADE SOME, SOME MINOR TWEAKS.
IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN EVOLVING.
UM, AND I'LL SAY, AND THERE'S JUST MINOR TWEAKS IN THE LAST TIME, THE PACK WEIGHED IN JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME POLICY.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN PHASE ONE.
THIS MAKES SENSE TO PHASE TWO, THOSE TYPES OF EDITS.
UM, AND THEN SHUFFLING BACK TO WHEN WE MADE THE REVISIONS.
AND SINCE THE LARGE MAP, UM, IT WAS ADDING A COUPLE PIECES, UM, CHANGE, CHANGING, COUPLE OF TYPE APOLOGIES.
LIKE THERE'S A BIKE BOULEVARD THAT, UM, DIDN'T SHOW UP BEFORE.
UM, WE ADDED A, UM, A NEW, UM, MOBILE CONNECT CONNECTION DOWN INTO, UM, THE VITRUVIAN.
THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE, I'D SAY LIKE SIX MOVES LIKE THAT, THAT WE MADE.
AND JUST TO ONE OF THE FINAL POINT ON THAT OF THE PACK DISCUSSION WAS IN JANUARY AND, UM, BASED OFF SO CALLED POINT A MAP, BUT VERY, VERY CLOSELY RESEMBLE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THE FUTURE TRAIL NOW, REPRESENTATION OF ATLANTA, UM, AND ANY CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY SAW IN JANUARY OR A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR INPUT.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO CALL UNDERSCORE.
THEY ALSO WEIGHTED ON PHASING.
UM, SO THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO PHASING BASED ON THE PACK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, NOTHING THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF IT, WE JUST CHANGED WHAT THEY AND THE KID, UM, MADE SENSE TO MOVE FROM PHASE TWO TO PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO TO THREE IN THE LARGE MAP THAT WE SHARED THE LAST TIME WE SHARED THAT, UM, AROUND THE LAST TIME WITH THE HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT TO THAT DATE, SORT OF BUILDING ON ANOTHER QUESTION, JUST MAKING SURE THAT LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION, THAT FOLKS HAVE REALLY BEEN ABOUT AND SEEING THE LATEST WOULD YOU COME IN AND HOW THIS WOULD ROLL OUT.
SO IF THIS IS ADAPTIVE, HOW'S IT GOING TO WORK IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOODS, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THE SPECIFICS? SO EVERY PROJECT THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE.
WE WOULD GO THROUGH OUR TYPICAL PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH ALL OF OUR PARKS PROJECTS.
SO IF WE'RE JUST GOING IN AND WE'RE REPAIRING SOME SIDEWALKS AND PUTTING UP SOME NEW SIGNAGE, OF COURSE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THAT.
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BUT IF IT'S, UM, ADDING A PARKING LOT OR WE'RE, UM, ADDING A WHOLE NEW TRAIL SYSTEM RIGHT BEHIND SOMEONE'S HOME OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS WHEN WE START ACTUALLY, CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST LINES ON A MAP.UM, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE SURVEY LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE SITE CONTACTS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S HOUSE IS HERE AND HOW CLOSE IT IS, WE'LL START DRAWING THOSE ELEMENTS ON A MAP AND LETTING THE COMMUNITY GET FURTHER INPUT.
SO THERE WILL BE INPUT THROUGH ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL STEPS.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE THAT IS PHASE THREE, AND I'M FOCUSED ON MIDWAY ROAD, NORTH OF ARAPAHO ALL THE WAY UP PAST WELL TO KELLER SPRINGS.
UM, AND WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS THIS IS, THIS IS SIMPLE.
WE'VE GOT THE PLANES MAYBE A LITTLE BIT PLUS YEARS OUT AND WHY CAN'T WE IMPLEMENT THAT? WE WERE DOING MIDWAY ROAD, UM, THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT.
DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY LIKE THIS PROJECT, I THINK TAKES OFF WHERE THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECTS STOPS.
ARE YOU ASKING THE PORTION THAT GOES ALONG THE AIRPORT? YEAH.
SPECIFICALLY, UM, MIDWAY ROAD FROM THE WRAP OF A ROAD ON THE SOUTH.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BLOW THAT UP THAT'S BUT YEAH.
UM, ARAPAHO ROUTE ROAD ON THE SOUTH PART OF MIDWAY ROAD AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP TO KILL HER SPRINGS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THE WEST IS KELLER SPRINGS THE MOST WHERE THEY'RE PART OF YES
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY, WHY WE WOULDN'T BE KNOCKING THAT OUT NOW OR DURING THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT RATHER THAN COMPLETING THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT AND TACKLING IT LATER.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A RIGHT AWAY ISSUE.
THE MAIN, THE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO RIGHT AWAY THERE AND WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO ACQUIRE THAT.
AND BY ACQUIRING IT, HE WOULD, UH, IMPACT THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE THERE.
SO WHEN THE COUNCIL, UH, HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE, UM, MASTER TRANS TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, PLAN ELEMENTS INTO THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION, AS I RECALL ABOUT, UM, FUTURE AREAS OF IF FUTURE AREAS STUDY, FOCUSING ON THAT MIDWAY CORRIDOR AND, AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE RIGHT AWAY ISSUES IN HOW WE REDEVELOP THAT AREA AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND, AS I, AS I RECALL BEHIND NOT INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF THE MIDWAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND WE WOULDN'T DO IT NOW BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN REWRITTEN, THE MIDWAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROJECT BUDGET.
AND THEN A PART OF THIS PHASING, UM, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER WHERE THIS FIT AND THEY FELT LIKE IT FIT IN A LATER PHASE BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS REALLY APPROPRIATE WHEN THE AIRPORT PROPERTY REDEVELOPS, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH, UM, THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE PREVIOUSLY TO NOT IMPLEMENT THAT PART BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RIGHT AWAY.
I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THIS, ON THE, UH, I GUESS SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS CARROLLTON ON ONE SIDE, RIGHT? UM, ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, HATS OVER THERE.
DO WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE PATH, PEOPLE WERE CUTTING THROUGH THE GRASS IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALK SECTIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIDWAY ROAD IN CHARACTER.
I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL THEM SIDEWALKS.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WALK THAT ARE CONCRETE, BUT I WOULDN'T CALL THEM TECHNICALLY SIDEWALKS, BUT THERE ARE, I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE SIDEWALK SECTIONS IN THE KERATIN, UH, ON THE CHARACTER SIDE OF MIDWAY ROAD.
I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, JUST TWO SLIDES UP ON THE PHASE ONE.
IT'S MY, AND MY QUESTION WAS WHEN SHOULD, WHAT SHOULD RESIDENT'S EXPECTATION BE OF HOW MUCH OF THIS COULD BE DONE IN THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD WITHOUT A BOND? SO, UM, SOME PORTIONS
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OF THE TRAIL PROJECT ARE ALREADY FUNDED.SO MIDWAY ROADS IN HERE IT'S ALREADY FUNDED.
UM, COURSES OF THE COTTON BELT ARE ALREADY FUNDED THEY'RE IN HERE.
UM, THERE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH WITH DEVELOPERS.
SO A CONVERSATION THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM STAFF PROBABLY SOONER THAN LATER, UM, IS TALKING ABOUT OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES AND PARKLAND REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE THAT BRING IN HOUSING.
UM, WE, WE ALMOST HAVE ENOUGH SMALL PARKS ANALYSIS.
WE COULD USE SOME BIGGER WINS.
UM, SO WE'VE STARTED TALKING TO DEVELOPERS ABOUT HOW TRIAL COURT ORDERS CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF THEIR PARKLAND.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF WILL BE DOING TO LOOK TO HELP FUND THIS AND REDUCE THAT NUMBER, UM, WITHOUT DOING A BOND PROJECT, I THINK TODAY YOU COULD EXPECT THAT 5.169, EIGHT, NINE ZERO MILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON OR OTHERWISE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE EXPECTATION SHOULD BE SET.
AND THEN IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND ON YOUR FROM COD OR THE COUNTY OR DEVELOPERS OR OUR OWN DOLLARS, UM, THEN WE ADD THAT ONTO THERE.
I JUST WANTED, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WOULD THINK THAT THE MIDWAY STUFF, THE COTTONELLE STUFF AND DEVELOP CONNECTION, PROBABLY BE THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BUDGET.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ASPECT OF IT, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF THINKING SPECIFICALLY, UM, OUT OF SOME PLACE TO THE NORTH, IF THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT, THAT LIVED THERE, YOU KNOW, ARE HIGHLY OPINIONATED ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, WOULD THEY, AT THE POINT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND INPUT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUTCOMES, OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION IS THAT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS NOT JUST DRESSING, MEANING THAT DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE THAT HELPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE EXPLAINED TO THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I THINK FOR YOUR STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THEIR FEEDBACK WILL MATTER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, I THINK BACK IN DECEMBER, A RESIDENT REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE PARKING AT NORTH ALISON PARK IN NORTH DALLAS AND PARK BE OPENED UP.
UM, SO AS A RESULT, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE TRAIL HEADS NOW, OR ACCESS POINTS RECOMMENDED, BUT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY SAYING THIS IS WHERE A PARKING LOT GOES WITH THAT ACCESS POINT.
IN FACT, WE'RE OUT TO SOME PART WHERE I'M SHOWING THAT IT COULD BE TWO LOCATIONS SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
UM, ON THE SAME NOTE, WE DO HAVE TO BALANCE, WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT CALL US AND SAY, NOW THAT THE PANDEMICS HAD, I'M NOT GOING INTO THE GYM, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A WOMAN THAT'S 90 YEARS OLD THAT CALLED AND ASKED FOR MORE BENCHES IN THE PARK.
AND SHE'S LIKE, I'M WALKING THE TRAILS TO STAY ACTIVE, BUT I NEED BENCHES CLOSER TOGETHER.
AND SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN WALK FROM THEIR HOME TO GET INTO THE PARK, BUT ONCE THEY GET THERE AND WE HAVE BENCHES ADEQUATELY SPACE, THEY CAN USE THE TRAIL FACILITY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE NEEDS, BUT STILL BE SENSITIVE.
AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS LAYING EVERYBODY INTO A ROOM AND LET THEM TALK THROUGH IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE.
AND THEN WE WORK THROUGH WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS PLAN IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE JUST ALLOWED.
WE DIDN'T WANT THOSE THINGS TO HOLD UP THE BIGGER VISION.
AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO THE DETAILS WHEN WE GET READY TO START FUNDING THIS ITEMS. PERFECT.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP, UM, IT KIND OF TOUCHES ON THE TOM SAID EARLIER, AND IN THAT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS VERY, VERY COMPLEX.
AND I LIKE, I LIKE, I LOVE THAT.
I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS, UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE IT EVEN MORE IF, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE CRAZINESS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I COULD SIT AT HOME WITH THE POWER ON AND THE WATER RUNNING AND NOTHING TO REPAIR AT MY PLACE OR,
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OR OTHER RENTAL PROPERTY.I MEAN, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
SO, UM, TO THE HOUSE, I HAVE NOT HAD TIME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PLUGGING SEATS, DISTRACT THE NICE, NICE WAY OF PUTTING.
UM, I'VE BEEN HAVING PEOPLE PLUG LEAKS AND DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
AND, AND THAT'S THAT HASN'T ENDED, UM, THAT GOT QUITE A LOT MORE TO GET REMEDY.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, SOME MORE TIME, SO I CAN READ THE ROUGH DRAFT, UM, OF THE, OF THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE A WORK SESSION, ANOTHER WORK SESSION MEETING, WHERE WE GO TO MAYBE WHATEVER, BUT FOR ME, PAGE 39 OF THE, OF THE, THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE TRAIL NETWORK, PAGE 39 AT THE ROUGH, UH, OF THE, OF THE MASTER PLAN, THE ROUGH DRAFT RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE GOT AT LEAST A DOZEN QUESTIONS WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE THE TIME IT'S HERE RIGHT HERE.
CAN WE, CAN WE TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT I DON'T LIKE TO DO THIS, TAKE YOUR TIME, GO BACK TO READ MOST, ALL THE WAY WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION TO SEND TO WES AND JENNA.
IF IT DID NEED FOR ANOTHER WORK SESSION.
THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S A GREAT PLAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
IF WE START OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, LET ME TELL YOU THE PROJECT UPCOMING IS MIDDLEBURY SEVERAL LINES, THEN THE FUTURE PORTAL PATHWAY, CAROLA SPRING, CORA MOUNTAIN FOR AND OTHER TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO THE ENTIRE CITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT WILL BE VERY PAINFUL AND INCONVENIENT.
SO FOR THE NEXT, PROBABLY FIVE, EIGHT YEARS, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, AND IT'S EXPENSIVE.
BUT SEE, UH, DOING CONSTRUCTION, NOBODY WILL LIKE IT.
IT'S MESSY, BUT IT'S ONCE IT'S DONE, EVERYBODY WILL ENJOY IT.
BUT THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS THE WAY WE MAKE EDISON A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN A PLACE.
THAT'S THE PRICE WE PAY FOR THE BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO, SO GETTING BACK TO HAVING MORE TIME, CAN WE, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS AS A VOTING ITEM WITH A WAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR? YEAH.
I WISH WE HAD HAD THE STORE OF THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK.
IF WE COULD STAY ON THAT SCHEDULE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH US.
I THINK, I THINK LIKE, UH, WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS COOLER.
JAYDEN SAID IT, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT AS SOON AS THIS WOULD COME BACK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOR CONSIDERATION OF ACTION WOULD BE THE MARCH 23RD COUNSELING MEETING.
IF THE COUNCIL NEEDS ADDITIONAL TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER TIME IS NECESSARY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.
WE HAVE A MONTH THAT MEETS ALL YOUR SHOW.
THE AGENDA CAPTION SAID MARCH 9TH.
SO THIS IS, SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTES BREAK, COME BACK.
[ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Meetings / Events]
I LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER WEST PEARSON TO SAY A FEW WORDS.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT EVENING.
I JUST, UH, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LENGTHY ONE.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR LAST WEEK STORM AND THE TOWN'S RESPONSE TO IT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON OUR TOWN WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND IT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUSTAIN LOSSES DUE TO THE WINTER STORMS. THEY DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE.
THEY CAN APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND YOU CAN FIND THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE@WWW.TO ADDISON, TEXAS.NET ON THE WEBSITE.
THERE ARE LINKS TO THE FEMA WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR AID ALONG WITH OTHER STORM RECOVERY RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THAT'S A NEED AND WHERE THEY
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CAN FIND IT.SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING, UH, BUT SPECIFIC TO OUR STORM RESPONSE, UH IT'S I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE TO BEGIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING WEEK AND IT WAS A LONG WEEK.
I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT, UM, UH, THAT DID THE WORK THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE INFORMATION, UH, WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND HOW OUR FOLKS STEPPED UP, UM, AND, AND SERVED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DURING A DIFFICULT TIME, I'LL START WITH, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TEAM WORKS 12 HOUR SHIFTS FOR 24 HOURS A DAY THROUGH THAT THE WHOLE, UM, UH, WINTER WEATHER EVENT, CREWS NOT ONLY WERE SANDING STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS, BUT ALSO RESPONDING TO WATERLINE BREAKS, UM, ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY WERE ALSO PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND PROACTIVELY SHUTTING OFF WATER WHEN THEY SAW SIGNS OF BROKEN LINES, SOMETIMES PROPERTY OWNERS WEREN'T HOME.
UM, AND WE, OUR FOLKS SAW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN OFF THE WATER AND A LOT SOONER THAN OTHERWISE.
AND IN FACT, THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER WAS RUNNING OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, FRANTICALLY TRYING TO TURN OFF THEIR OWN WATER, AND A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM ROLLED UP AND WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM IMMEDIATELY, UH, TO TURN OFF THE WATER.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS PRETTY, YEAH.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR, OUR WATER TEAM, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE CLEAN, UM, SAFE WATER PAY, CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY DURING FOOD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EVENT AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH, UH, HAD A STABLE SUPPLY OF WATER, UH, REGARDLESS.
UM, OUR TWO PUMP STATIONS CONTINUE TO FUNCTION, EVEN THOUGH WE LOST POWER TO THE CELESTIAL PUMP STATION, OUR GENERATORS, UH, KICKED IN JUST AS THEY, AS THEY WERE PLANNED TO DO.
AND SO, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN PUMP STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY WERE, WAS EVERYTHING WORKING APPROPRIATELY, BUT WE WERE MANAGING OUR WATER LEVELS.
AND SO THANKS TO THEIR DILIGENT EFFORTS.
AND I THINK ALSO YEARS OF CAREFUL PREPARATION BEFORE, UH, THIS LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD NO ISSUES WITH OUR WATER SUPPLY AND THAT'S, I THINK A BIG DEAL CONSIDERING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED FROM A FIRE STATION OR A FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, UH, LAST WEEK, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND RESPONDED TO MORE, MORE THAN 400 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, UH, LAST WEEK 400 CALLS IN THAT SHORT PERIOD.
BUT THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE IN JANUARY THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2021, THE ADDISON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A TOTAL OF $290 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
SO IN THREE DAYS WE HAD MORE, WE HAD 400 BOARD AND 400, UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB MANAGING RESOURCES AND DOING A LOT OF WORK.
AND WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN FOLKS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OFF DUTY AND IN, UH, BUT THEN THE WORK AS WELL.
SO WE COULD HAVE, THEY COULD, UH, BASICALLY I HAVE A TWO PERSON CREW TO FOCUS ON RESPONDING TO WATER, LEAK CALLS AND SHUTTING OFF WATER.
SO, UH, AND, AND I THINK THE COORDINATION BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE, UH, WAS EXCELLENT IN THAT REGARD AS WELL, SO THAT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS COULD DO SOME NETWORK WHEN FIRE HAD OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DO.
POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE SERVICE, UH, THEY PERFORMED WELFARE CHECKS ON RESIDENTS.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO NEEDED HELP GETTING TO THE MORNING STATE HAD CENTER.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY PERFORMED PATROLS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WERE NOT WITH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE LOOKED AT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RECORD COME IN THE ATHLETIC CLUB STAFF FOR WHAT THEY DID OPEN THE ATHLETIC CLUB AS A WARMING CENTER.
IT'D BE VERY SHORT NOTICE, OPEN IT ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 15TH AND KEPT IT OPEN THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY THE 19TH.
UH, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 227 PEOPLE WHO VISITED THE WARMING STATION, UH, THE CENTER, EXCUSE ME, 32 OF THEM, INCLUDING THREE PETS SPENT THE NIGHT DURING THAT TIME.
AND THERE WAS AN ATHLETIC CLASS CLUB STAFF MEMBER AT THE CLUB 24 SEVEN.
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS AND THE CLUB STAFF WAS SUPPORTED BY EMPLOYEES FROM THE, A BUNCH OF OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING, UM, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HELP COVER SHIFTS FROM 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
SO THIS IS THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE HAD FOLKS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS, DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT MARKETING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, FOLKS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THEY HELPED OUT.
SO THIS WAS A, UM, COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT
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AS FAR AS THE ATHLETIC CLUB GOES.AND IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO HELP ONE ANOTHER AND TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE IN NEED SINCE RETURNING REGULAR OPERATIONS, UM, 139 RESIDENTS THAT HAVE STILL BEEN WITHOUT WATER IN, UM, OTHER, UH, MO MAINLY MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES, UH, WERE, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND USE THE SHOWERS.
UH, THOSE, THOSE, UM, COMPLEXES ARE NOT WITHOUT WATER BECAUSE THE CITY CAN'T PROVIDE IT TO THEM.
THEY'RE WITHOUT WATER, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO THEIR PRIVATE, UH, PIPES THAT BURST.
AND SO, UM, THEY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTIES TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE ATHLETIC CLUB IS A PLACE WHERE IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO GET WATER OR TO TAKE A SHOWER, IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM AS ADDISON.
OUR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WORKED DILIGENTLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, DETECT OUR TOWN FACILITIES.
UH, STAFF RESPONDED TO A MAJOR WATER LEAK, STONE COTTAGE, UH, UH, FIRST HOT WATER LINE AND A SEWAGE OVERFLOW, UH, UH, BACK, UH, STORMS, UH, EXCUSE ME, A SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW, UH, UH, ISSUE AT FIRE STATION TWO AND MANY OTHER SMALL PIPE LEAKS AND OTHER FACILITY.
THEY ALSO DELIVERED FUEL, UH, TO GENERATORS, SO OUT TOWNS SO THAT, UH, THOSE, UM, CONTINUED TO RUN.
THEY MADE SURE THAT OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD THE FUEL, THEY NEEDED TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR, UH, FLEET MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR WAS ON CALL 24 SEVEN FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM HELP KEEP THE VEHICLES RUNNING AS WELL.
OUR, UH, FOLKS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM PROVIDED INFORMATION TO FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ON MANAGING ROLLING BLACKOUTS VIA, AND THEY WORKED WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO COMMUNICATE THIS.
THEY ALSO PERSONALLY CAN CONTACT EACH FOOD ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHMENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT POWER, OUR WATER AND, UM, UH, THE SEA, HOWEVER THEY ELSE THEY COULD BE OF ASSISTANCE.
UM, SEVERAL, OH, THE FACILITIES THAT WERE CONTACTED, THANKS, UH, TOWN STAFF FOR THEIR CALLS.
AND, UH, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN ONE INSTANCE, A STAFF CAME IN ON SATURDAY THIS PAST SATURDAY INSPECTION TO FACILITATE THE OPENING OF A RESTAURANT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY EXPERIENCED RELATED TO THE WEATHER.
I, I GOT TO GIVE, UH, MARY AND AMBER A HUGE KUDOS.
THEY DID A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND, UH, KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN THE WAYS TO IMPROVE, UH, BUT IN KIND OF THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WERE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT, UH, WE KNEW ABOUT THEM, AND WE SHARED THOSE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDED OPEN RESTAURANTS AND, UH, HOTEL AVAILABILITY.
UH, SO FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY THE 14TH THROUGH THE 21ST ARE THE WEBSITE, OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC INCREASED BY MORE THAN 50%.
AND THE AVERAGE TIME THAT WAS ON THAT FOLKS WERE ON A WEBPAGE INCREASED BY 15%.
AND THE TEAM ALSO USED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, UH, VERY EFFECTIVELY TO, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THE FACEBOOK.
UH, UH, THE ATHLETIC CLUB WARMING CENTER REACHED MORE THAN 21,000 PEOPLE AND HAD MORE THAN 2000 AND ENGAGEMENTS NOW, UH, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, REMARKABLE WORK.
AND I'M SUPER, SUPER PROUD OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, CARING CONCERN, UM, OF MANY OF YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WERE OUT CHECKING ON YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE HELPFUL.
AND THAT WAS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT IN VERY APPRECIATED.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS HOURS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT TO WORK WITH COMP ENCORE TO RESTORE THE POWER TO THOSE RESIDENTS, WE'RE PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING.
SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO HELPED IN THAT EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE BACKED ON COURSE SO THAT WE COULD HELP THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE IN NEED AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
AND YOU ALLUDED TO THIS BEFORE, BUT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, BOTH THE ELECTRIC QUIET RIDE RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS AND ENCORE, WE'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND, UH, AND WHAT THEY WILL DO TO ENSURE THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, EVENTS.
AND WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON HAVING ENCORE COME AND VISIT US TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO DID WHAT THEY DID TO HELP SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
AND I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, KIND
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WORDS THAT MANY RESIDENTS EXPRESSED.I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND IN LESS THAN IDEAL SITUATION.
AND, UH, I'M JUST AGAIN, SO PROUD TO BE PART OF AN AMAZING TEAM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY DID.
SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN LET IT GO.
THAT'S MY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS LAST MONDAY, YOU KNOW, UH, W ACTUALLY LAST MONDAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET, MY PHONE DIDN'T HAVE TV AT THE RESTAURANT.
SO, UH, I WAS THINKING, HOW CAN WE DO BUSINESS WITHOUT THOSE CENTERS? BUT CHICHA AND I ARE BUSY, LIKE EMPIRICAL.
EVERYBODY JUST CAME IN AND ORDER TAKER.
AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU COULDN'T PROCESS YOUR CREDIT CARD, BUT LUCKILY WE HAVE THE APPS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHICH WE USE IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S BECOME SO CONVENIENT.
SO YOU PUT A READER ON YOUR PHONE, WHICH IS SWIPE THE CARD LIKE THAT.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE COULDN'T GO HOME UNTIL ALMOST ONE.
O'CLOCK, UH, TRY TO START MY CAR, THIS CAR BATTERY THERE, THAT CAR BATTERY IN THAT THE ONLY CAR DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TRACTION FOR THE DRIVE.
SO I'LL PLEASE, CAN YOU HELP PUSH THE CAR TO THE SIDE? HE SAYS ON JAMI OFF, DROP US OFF AT EMILY, BUT I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO HELPFUL.
I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE FOR THE, TO ME, YOU KNOW, SO CAN I, CAN I READ THE FORTUNE THAT I GOT WHEN I CAME TO YOUR RESTAURANT, PICK UP, TAKE OUT, BUT IT WAS SO TASTY WHEN YOU HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
AND IT'S REALLY CALLED CHINESE FOOD IS VERY GOOD, BUT THIS IS WHAT MY FORTUNE SAID.
PATIENCE IS THE BEST REMEDY FOR EVERY TROUBLE.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS, UM, WAS OUTSTANDING AND MORE SO MORE COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD IN HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MADISON.
UM, AND THEN, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK, BUT, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF HER RESIDENTS.
UM, AND I'VE WALKED AROUND, I'VE BEEN AROUND AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO.
UM, AND TOM BRAUN TOO, BUT, BUT SHANNON HICKS WAS, WAS EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, I, I SAW HIM ON MY STREET SATURDAY MORNING.
I SAW HIM ON, UM, UH, REID LANE, UH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT RESIDENTS CALLING ME OVER ON PLAGUES LANE SAYING SHANNON HICKS IS OVER HERE.
UH, SHANNON AND TOM ARE HELPING ENCORE, UM, NOT LEAVE UNTIL EVERYTHING'S BACK UP AND RUNNING BASICALLY.
AND, UM, AND, AND THEY WERE OUT THERE LIKE, WELL, ALL DAY, I THINK THURSDAY, BUT, BUT I MEAN, SHANNON WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT'S LIKE SUPERMAN, HE'S FLYING AROUND.
SO, SO I WANT TO THANK, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, SHANNON.
IT WAS, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE IDEAS TO KEEP ENCORE THERE.
SO THEY FINISH AND GET EVERYBODY BACK ONLINE.
WELL, SO ENCORE GUYS ARE OUT THERE LOOKING AT A DOUBLE MAILBOX.
THAT'S THIS FAR IN FRONT OF THE TRANSFORMER THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET INTO, RIGHT? I'M TALKING TO THE HOMEOWNER AND TELLING THEM THAT WHOEVER BUILT THEIR HOUSE, THAT THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND MAKE A CALL.
THE WEST WESTERN IS TAKEN DOWN.
HE CALLS A UTILITY DEPARTMENT, GUYS.
THEY WERE OVER THERE AND I ACTUALLY KNOW HOW I ENDED UP, WE SAID, TAKE IT DOWN.
THE THING DOWN AND UTILITY GUYS WERE THERE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, BROKE IT ALL UP, PUT IT IN THE TRUCK, PULLED IT OFF, RESET THE GUY'S MAILBOX, ALL IN THE PLACE WITHIN THREE HOURS, I COULD PUT THE TWO MAILBOXES BACK UP SO THAT I COULD GET RIGHT TO THOSE
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TWO HOUSES.WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? DO YOU WANT A MAILBOX OR DO YOU WANT THE POWER?
AND I WANTED DENNIS WEST OF ANGRY, LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE WATER SITUATION IN THE TOWN, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THAT.
YOU HEAR THIS STUFF, ALL OF THAT.
SO CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT A WHAT WAS CAUSING OTHER PLACES THAT, THAT, UH, THE WATER JUST QUIT MOVING, GET STAGGERED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, REALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE WATER SYSTEMS ARE PRESSURIZED, AND IF YOU LOSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM, THEN BY REGULATION, YOU HAVE TO, YOU'RE ORDERED TO, UH, TO PROVIDE A BOIL WATER NOTICE.
UM, WE NEVER LOST THE, WE NEVER LOST PRESSURE TO OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, UH, WE WERE GETTING A GREAT SUPPLY FROM THE CITY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS TO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, AND THAT OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THE AVAILABILITY IN THAT EFFECTIVELY.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR WATER MAIN BREAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WHEN THERE WERE PRIVATE BREAKS, THOSE WERE TURNED OFF PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO WHETHER THAT WAS BY RESIDENTS OR BY A COMBINATION OF THE TOWN AND RESIDENTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, I THINK CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID HAVING SOME OF THE SITUATION I WAS EXPERIENCING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE, AND WHERE'S THAT IT'S MORE OR LESS COMPLEX RESPOND ON THE MATTER OF COMMUNICATION, OUTSTANDING, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER, AND IT WAS
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T SPEAK TOO HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THE FLOW OF INFORMATION THAT WAS COMING FROM STAFF AND THE TOWN AND, AND KNOW WAS A CRITICAL, CRITICAL, CRITICAL PIECE OF THE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THIS AND KEEP PEOPLE COME HOME AND KEEP THEM INFORMED AND, UH, TO KNOW WHAT TO DO OR NOT TO DO ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST SO MANY THINGS TO GO AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT COMPETENCE.
I WANTED, I WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UH, CASEY, ANYBODY HAD A QUESTION.
MAYBE ONE MORE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND JUST AS AN FYI, UM, I WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UH, LAUREN HAYES HAS JOINED THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
UH, YESTERDAY WAS HER FIRST DAY.
UH, LAUREN'S BACK THERE IN BLUE.
UH, SHE IS OUR NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST AT CITY HALL.
UH, SO, UM, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, BUT, UH, SHE'S COMING TO US WITH A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HER BEING A PART OF OUR TEAM.
SO, SO SHE'D TAKE ALL OVER MY SHIRT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WAITING FOR TALK? YES, SIR.
[ Consent Agenda All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR, FIVE, SIX.DO WE HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO BE COOL? NO.
SO DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE THREE ITEMS? SO IVAN, THE MOTION MODEL SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, SIX, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[7. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution Nominating Bank of America Corporation, Located at 16001 Dallas Parkway, to the Office of the Governor, Economic Development & Tourism Through the Texas Economic Development Bank as an Enterprise Project under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act.]
ITEM SEVEN, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.PRESENT, DISCUSS THEIR CONSIDERATION ON RESOLUTION NOMINATING BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION LOCATED AT A 16,000 1002, THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT UNDER THE TEXAS RISING ZONE AT ORLANDO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I'M NOT SURE IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FROM BANK OF AMERICA TO, UH, THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
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TO BE DESIGNATED AS AN HAS INTENTIONS AND ENTERPRISE ZONE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.MY INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE, ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION WAS AN OFFICIAL LETTER FROM BANK OF AMERICA, RE MAKING, UH, THIS REQUEST.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE, UH, WHAT WAS UPLOADED IN THE PACKAGE WAS A DRAFT, A COPY OF THAT LETTER.
AND THIS AFTERNOON WE'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED YOU WITH A, UH, WITH AN OFFICIAL SIGNED COPY, WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED BY, UH, ON OUR CARPET JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
ALSO JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON IS IRONIC SAVIOR WITH ERNST AND YOUNG, WHO IS WORKING WITH BANK OF AMERICA ON THE APPLICATION, AS WELL AS BILL, RIGHT, WITH A BANK OF AMERICA IN CASE ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT IS A STATE SUPPORTIVE IMAGINES IN THEIR PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED FOR COMPANIES WHO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS FOR ECONOMICALLY DYSPORT COMPANIES WHO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS FROM ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS, IF SELECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE COMPANY IN THIS CASE BANK OF AMERICA WOULD QUALIFY FOR UP TO 1.2, $5 MILLION IN STATE A AND SALES, UM, EXCUSE ME, UH, STATE SALES AND USE TAX REFUNDS ON THE RENOVATIONS OF ELIGIBLE, UM, EXPENSES RELATED TO THEIR, UH, INVESTMENT HERE IN, UH, ADDISON IS ADDISON'S LARGEST PRIVATE INVESTOR, OR EXCUSE ME, COMPANY WITH 2200 EXISTING JOBS OCCUPYING 554,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE ALONG THE TOLL WAY.
THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE TOWN OF MADISON, BUT PART OF THE PROCESS IS PROVIDING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPANY'S, UH, APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
SO, UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'VE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMPANY AS WELL.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS THE SECOND COLUMN, RIGHT? YES.
ACTUALLY, I MENTIONED THAT ANGLO-AMERICAN DID RECEIVE A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION IN 2020, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE, UM, UH, TOWN OF ADDISON.
THAT APPLICATION WAS FOR AN INVESTMENT OF $7 MILLION.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THAT THE COMPANY PLANS TO MAKE TO THEIR, TO THEIR ADDISON LOCATION FOR $8.5 MILLION, WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE COVERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO IT IS A CONCURRENT, UH, APPLICATION MORE QUESTION I'VE BEEN PUSHING ORLANDO.
UM, CAN YOU, ARE WE, ARE WE PROACTIVELY WORKING WITH OTHER LARGE ADDISON BUSINESSES LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THESE, THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY WE'VE GOT THAT OUT.
SKATING SAT THEIR PROGRAMS LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UM, THE AUTONOMY MADISON CAN NOMINATE UP TO SIX PROJECTS, UM, FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE ONLY, UM, BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THREE COMPANIES QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, INCLUDING, UM, UH, MARY KAY COSMETICS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR, ALSO ONE OF OUR LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS HERE, BUT THEN KIND OF ADDISON THE PROGRAM IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS THOSE COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY OWN THEIR FACILITY THAT ARE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT, UH, IN THEIR OWN FACILITIES.
UM, OUT A LOT OF COMPANIES ACTUALLY OWN THEIR OWN FACILITIES, UNLIKE BANK OF AMERICA, AS WELL AS A MARY KAY, LOVED IT.
LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS QUESTION.
DO I HAVE
SO, UH, THEY SAID, ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, UM, UH, RYAN RECOLOGY WITH, UM, NORMALLY BEYOND THIS SIDE, HE WASN'T AVAILABLE.
I WORK IN TAX DEPARTMENT BACK THEN.
UM, AND WE JUST, UH, WELCOME TO THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO, UH, UM, WORK WOULD ADD A SET AND THEN IT, THIS IS A CHANCE FOR US TO SHOWCASE, UH, HOW WE CAN
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PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, AND WE HAVE CONTINUED COMMITMENTS IN THE AREA, UM, AND THE, AND THE STABLE PARTICULAR.SO WE ALWAYS WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? I SAYS, NO.
WHY YOU PROBABLY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FURTHER? I HEREBY CLOSE
DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED MOTION?
HOW ABOUT YOUR RELATIONS? THANK YOU.
[8. Present and Discuss the Finance Department Quarterly Financial Report of the Town of Addison for the Fiscal Year 2021 First Quarter Ended December 31, 2020. ]
NUMBER EIGHT.PRESENT DISCUSS THE FUNNEST DEPARTMENT, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT THAT IS SET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.
FIRST QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST OF 20, 20.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL STEVEN WHITMAN, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ONE SECOND LINE PRESENTATION.
SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS IS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2021.
WHEN THIS COVERS THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST OF 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 30, FIRST, 2020, AND OUR EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD FOR KEY REVENUE SOURCES, AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE WERE, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 23.6 OF THOSE, UH, REVENUES.
SO FAR AS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER AND THEN ALSO JANUARY.
SO I CHECKED TODAY, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 13, 12 TO $13 MILLION IN JANUARY.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE NEXT REPORT, WE WILL HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE, UH, TAXES, UH, NON-PROPERTY TAXES, THOSE CONSIST OF SALES TAXES, AND ALSO MIXED, UH, BEVERAGE TAXES.
UH, GOOD NEWS WE'VE, UH, RECEIVED 27% SO FAR.
SO WE'RE EXCEEDING OUR BUDGET BY ABOUT 2% THROUGH A QUARTER OF THE YEAR, UH, HOTEL TAX, UH, NOT GOOD NEWS THERE.
SO HOTEL TAX IS ABOUT 6% OF OUR REVENUES RECEIVED.
THOSE ARE ABOUT A MONTH THAT OUR REAR, SO THIS REPRESENTS TWO MONTHS OF COLLECTIONS, UH, EITHER WAY, IT'S STILL TRENDING FAR BELOW WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AT THIS POINT.
SO HOPEFULLY AS THE VACCINE BEGINS TO ROLL OUT MORE AND THINGS BEGIN TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK TO NORMAL.
WE'LL SEE THAT BEGIN TO POP UP TO, UH, MORE HISTORICAL LEVELS, UH, FRANCHISE FEES AND THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT 22% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THAT'S IN TRACK WITH THE SKILLED LABORATORIES, SERVICE PERMITTING AND LICENSE FEES, ABOUT 16% OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES THAT BEEN COLLECTED.
SOME OF THOSE ARE SEASONAL IN NATURE.
SO AS WE GET THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL SEE SOME MORE NEWS BE COLLECTED.
IS THAT RENTAL INCOME FOR ALL PHONES.
THOSE ARE PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE AIRPORT, UH, JUST UNDER 25%.
SO TRENDING RIGHT ON BUDGET, UH, FINES AND PENALTIES.
AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY MUNICIPAL COURT-RELATED FINES AND FEES.
UH, AS THERE'S BEEN LESS TRAFFIC AND LESS, LESS CITATIONS ISSUED NOW, ULTIMATELY THAT REVENUE SOURCES TRENDING BELOW HISTORICAL AVERAGES SALES OR SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE FOR THE HOTEL FUND, NO EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR.
SO THERE'S NO REVENUE RECEIVED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SO FAR, UH, DUE TO THE TIMING OF THOSE EVENTS.
UH, GOOD NEWS FOR FUEL FLOW HBS FOR THE AIRPORT.
THOSE ARE ABOUT 38% OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, VASTLY EXCEEDED WHAT WE BUDGETED THERE FOR FUEL FLOW, WHICH FEEDS, UH, WATER AND SEWER CHARGES FOR THE UTILITY FUND.
UH, JUST ABOUT 17% OF THAT REVENUE SOURCE HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
UH, THESE ARE A MONTH THAT ARE REAR, SO THAT REPRESENTS TWO MONTHS AND BE HANDLING SIMILAR BRAND TARGET WATER IT SUPERCHARGES ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, GENERAL FUND, JUST UNDER 22% OF OUR BUDGETS BUDGET'S BEEN SPENT, UH, TRENDING VERY FAVORABLY.
UH, THE HOTEL FUND, UH, JUST OVER 13% OF OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT.
AGAIN, THE SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE NOT OCCURRED, WHICH YOU SAW ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UH, THAT ALSO IMPACTS OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE HERE.
SO IT DOESN'T INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AS THE SPECIAL EVENTS OCCUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, 15.6% OF OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR.
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UH, AIRPORT OPERATIONS, UH, JUST OVER 800,000 HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR.AND THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER THAT WE'VE REPORTED SINCE THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN STAFFED BY TOWN PERSONNEL RATHER THAN CONTRACTORS.
UH, SO I LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS, UM, FIRST QUARTER REPORT, UH, WE'RE TRENDING ABOUT $325,000, LESS THAN EXPENDITURES, UH, WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BRINGING THOSE EMPLOYEES ON STAFF.
SO THAT'S A VERY FAVORABLE VARIANCE.
UH, SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST UNDER 16% OF THAT BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR TO DATE ON THE UTILITY OPERATIONS SIDE, JUST UNDER 13% OF THAT BUDGET HAS BEEN EXTENDED SO FAR AND LIKE THE REVENUE SIDE, WE ALSO PAY OUR, UM, OUR USAGE FOR WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT AS WELL.
SO THAT REPRESENTS TWO MONTHS, AS FAR AS THAT EXPENDITURE PERSONNEL INFORMATION, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, THERE WERE 10 SEPARATIONS, UH, ONE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THREE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ONE IN GENERAL SERVICES, TWO IN PUBLIC WORKS, ONE IN PARKS, TWO IN POLICE, AND THERE WERE, UH, 21 NEW HIRES.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OR THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL, THERE WERE 13 AIRPORT PERSONNEL WHO BEGAN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE TOWN ON OCTOBER 1ST, UH, OUTSIDE OF THOSE, UH, 13 OF THE 21, THERE WAS ONE IN FINANCE, WANTING FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ONE IN PUBLIC WORKS, ONE IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, ONE IN PARKS, AND THEN TWO IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SWORN POSITIONS OF OUR 66 MORE POLICE POSITIONS.
UH, 62 OF THOSE WERE FILLED AND OF OUR 56 FIRE SWORN POSITIONS.
55 OF THEM ARE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC INDICATORS, UH, DFW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
YOU CAN SEE VERY LARGE SPIKE THERE WHEN COVID BEGAN A VERY SHARP DECLINE.
AND THEN OVER THE LAST FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, IT'S KIND OF GONE UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY AS, AS WE, AGAIN, GET THE VACCINE ROLLED OUT MORE, YOU WILL START TO SEE THAT COME DOWN RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN KIND OF, UH, IN A, IN A BIT OF A LIMBO WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, HOTEL REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.
UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE VERY SHARP DECLINE, UH, IN APRIL WHEN, UH, MARCH AND APRIL WITH COVID BEGAN AND WE STARTED TO COME UP AND THEN IT'S BEEN KIND OF STAGNANT, UH, THROUGH THE SUMMER.
AND THEN THROUGH THE, UH, FALL WE'RE AT THREE 37, UH, HOTEL SYSTEMS STATISTICS, UH, THE GREEN BAR THERE REPRESENTS ROOM RATE, UH, BLUE BAR REPRESENTS REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.
AND THEN THE RED LINE REPRESENTS OUR OCCUPANCY.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOM RATE STARTED TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT AFTER, UH, THE INITIAL UH COVID AND THEN KIND OF TOPPED OUT.
AND THEN IT STARTED TO GO BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, KIND OF THE SAME THING, AND THEN OCCUPANCY, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME, SO YOU CAN SEE IT START TO GO UP.
AND THEN IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, IT'S, IT WENT BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, THE DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE OCCUPANCY INDICATORS OR OFFICE OCCUPANCY AT 78.6%.
THAT'S A 40% DECREASE FROM THE SAME QUARTER IN 2020 RETAIL OCCUPANCY, 91.1% OF 2.9% DECREASE FROM THE SAME QUARTER.
THOSE ARE TRENDING BETTER THAN THE DFW METROPLEX AREA AS A WHOLE, UH, HOTEL INDICATORS.
THAT'S A 28.2% DECREASE FROM THE SAME QUARTER IN 2020, AND THEN REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM IN $22 AND 32 CENTS, A 62% DECREASE FROM THE SAME QUARTER IN 2020, UH, TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED IN VALUATION.
UH, FISCAL YEAR 21 YEAR TO DATE ONLY REPRESENTS ONE QUARTER, BUT OVERALL IT'S TRENDING AS FAR AS PERMIT PERMITS ISSUED, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT ANY OTHER FISCAL YEAR HAS TRENDED.
UM, I, I, I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PERMITS ISSUED IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
PROBABLY NOT HIGH DOLLAR VALUES, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PERMITS ISSUED.
SO WE'LL SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THERE SHOOT UP AND, UH, THAT GREEN BAR IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SHOOT UP, NOT AS HIGH IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF PURPOSE, UM, QUARTERLY PERMIT ACTIVITY YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, THIS QUARTER, UH, THAT WE'RE REPORTING NOW IS IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS THREE FISCAL YEARS, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY.
SO IT'S NOT, NOT OUT OF LINE WITH EITHER OF THOSE QUARTERS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE REPORT THIS FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, I ANTICIPATE THERE BEING A VERY LARGE INCREASE
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IN THE AMOUNT OF PERMITS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE DOLLAR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.WE HAVE THREE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS, UH, JUST OVER 129,000, UH, COMMITTED AND ZERO HAS BEEN PAID ON THOSE INCENTIVES IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
SO FAR, UH, SALES TAX COMPARISON WITH CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH IN RICHARDSON.
UH, WE HAD AN 11% DECREASE FROM FISCAL WEEK FROM THE SAME QUARTER IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, CARROLLTON HAD THE SAME 11% DECREASE, A FARMER'S BRANCH AND A 5% DECREASE IN RICHARDSON, A 9% INCREASE, OR I'M SORRY, A 9% INCREASE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO FULL FISCAL YEARS IN THE, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, A BLUE BAR REPRESENTS A 2019.
GREEN IS 2020, AND THEN PURPLE IS FISCAL YEAR 2021.
UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE FISCAL YEAR, 2020 OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THOSE ARE PRE COVID NUMBERS FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.
THOSE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE PRE COVID NUMBERS.
THAT WILL BE REALLY TELLING US WHEN WE GET TO APRIL MAY AND JUNE THAT THIRD QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR TO SEE HOW OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO COMPARE TO THOSE OTHER COVID EFFECTED, UH, MONTHS, UH, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
AGAIN, THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, WE COLLECTED JUST OVER $3.4 MILLION AT 27.6% OF OUR BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, TRENDING TO END UP ABOUT 10% OVER BUDGET FOR SALES TAX ARE VERY FAVORABLE.
UH, OUR BREAKDOWN OF SALES TAX BY ECONOMIC CATEGORY, OUR LARGEST CATEGORY LISTED IN THIS EXAMPLE, HERE IS OTHER OF THAT OTHER CATEGORY ABOUT 10% OF THAT ARE RETAILERS OR MORE BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH ANY SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
UH, ALL THE OTHER CATEGORIES ARE LESS THAN 4% WITHIN THAT GROUP.
UH, RETAIL COMES IN AT 21% INFORMATION AT 16%, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS IN FOOD SERVICE MAKE UP 13% OF OUR SALES TAX BASE.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHOLESALE TRADE COMING IN NATURAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS A 24.1%.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR PROPERTY TAXES, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED A GOOD AMOUNT OF THOSE IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WILL BE COLLECTED, UH, IN JANUARY, UH, SALES TAX, AGAIN, A 27.6%, THE MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES, AND AT 20.5% THROUGH ONE QUARTER OF OUR FRANCHISE FEES, ONE OF THOSE, THE GAS FRANCHISE, THAT'S A YEARLY FRANCHISE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
SO WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT ONE POORLY.
I BELIEVE WE GET THAT AROUND MAY.
UH, SO, SO THAT MAY, UH, SHOULD SHOW UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER, UM, LICENSES AND PERMITS.
UM, THEY'RE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BELOW, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MORE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE SEASONAL AS WELL THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMIT ACTIVITY, UH, SPRING AND SUMMER.
UM, AND THEN SERVICE FEES, EVERYTHING OTHER THAN INTEREST EARNINGS RIGHT NOW IS TRENDING WITHIN BUDGET, INTEREST EARNINGS.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE SEE SOME MORE YIELD COMING OUT AS WE GET OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY WORKING FOR US, BUT SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CATCH UP FOR US AGAIN.
OVERALL 24.1% OF OUR REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
EVERYTHING IS, EVERYTHING IS GREEN, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, THE ONE NOTE WE HAVE HERE IS THAT WE PAY OUR, UH, NORTH TEXAS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, OPERATING CONTRIBUTION.
UH, WE PAY THAT, UH, AHEAD OF TIME.
SO WE PAY THAT THEY BILL US, UH, PRIOR TO BEFORE BEGINNING.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO QUARTERS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR THAT A FEE.
AND THAT'S RIGHT AT 50% OF THE BUDGET OVERALL, WE WERE AT 21.9% OF THE BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE HOTEL PHONE.
AS I MENTIONED, THE OCCUPANCY TAXES ARE TRENDING, UH, LOW.
UH, WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, UH, DUE TO COVID OVERALL REVENUES ARE 4.9%.
UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, EVERYTHING IS TRENDING WITHIN A BUDGET.
THE PERFORMING ARTS, THOSE ARE AT 69.2%, AND THAT IS DUE TO, UH, THE NON-PROFIT GRANTS.
UH, THERE'S BEEN THE PRIMARY RAIN PRANK GRANT PAYMENT, AND THEN THE, AND THE MATCHING FUNDS AT $64,000 IN CHANGE THAT HAD BEEN EIGHT TO THE WATER TOWER THEATER SO FAR.
AND IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE AT 13.2% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
UH, SAME THING ON THE ADD THE WARM TAXES WITH THEM.
UH, THEY'VE RECEIVED, UH, ABOUT A
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QUARTER OF THEIR AD VALOREM TAXES.AND THEN THEY'LL RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF THOSE IN JANUARY AT 22.9% OF THE BUDGET FOR REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
THEY'VE SPENT 15.7% OF THEIR BUDGET, UH, THE AIRPORT FUND.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER THAT WE'RE REPORTING THE AIRPORT FUND WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WHICH IS, UH, NO MORE OPERATING OPERATOR AND A SERVICE CONTRACT, A TOWN EMPLOYEES GOING FORWARD.
SO, UM, TODAY 26.3% OF THEIR REVENUES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
SO, AS I MENTIONED ON THE FUEL FLOW, WHICH FEEDS THEY'RE TURNING VERY FAVORABLY, THEIR, UH, THEIR RENTAL INCOME IS TRENDING RIGHT AT BUDGET OF 24.9% SO FAR COLLECTED.
AND THE REALLY GOOD NEWS THOUGH IS ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'VE SPENT $811,000 SO FAR THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THEY SPENT OVER 1.1 BILLION AT THIS POINT.
SO TRENDING, UH, ABOUT $325,000 WHERE THEY WERE, UH, AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, UH, IN TOTAL, THEIR TOTAL EXPENSES ARE 11.3% OF THEIR BUDGET.
UTILITY FUND, UH, REVENUES ARE 16.7% OF BUDGET.
UH, AGAIN, THOSE ARE FOR TWO MONTHS OF BILLING CYCLES BECAUSE WE'RE BILLING ONE MONTH BEHIND.
SO AT 16.7%, THEY'RE TRENDING RIGHT IN LINE WITH BUDGET, UH, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UH, 13.1% ON THE OPERATING, UH, OPERATING EXPENSE ITEMS, SORRY, UH, AGAIN, ON THE WATER PURCHASES IN WATER TREATMENT, THOSE ARE PAID AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE TRENDING WHERE THEY SHOULD BE A TOTAL EXPENSES ARE A 13.9% FOR THE SCORE WATER UTILITY FUND, UH, SAME, UH, SITUATION WITH THE DRAINAGE FEES.
THOSE ARE BILLED A MONTH AT A REAR.
SO HERE ARE TWO MONTHS REPORTED HERE.
UH, OVERALL ON THE, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THERE WAS 17.8%, UH, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE THERE AT 9.2%, THAT'S A TRENDING VERY FAVORABLY WITH REGARDS TO THEIR BUDGET.
UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL EXPENSES AT 3.4%, BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LARGE CAPITAL BUDGET, IT'S NOT BASED, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS CHART STARTS TO LOOK A LITTLE BETTER WHEN I HAVE TO PRESENT IT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE VERY LARGE DECLINE, UH, WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 20.
UH, WE START TO GO UP AND WE GO UP A LITTLE BIT IN JULY AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
AND THEN IN THIS QUARTER WE SEE A SLIGHT DECLINE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE START TO SEE THAT MOVED BACK UP AND A NEW BACKUP QUITE RAPIDLY.
SO, UM, WE NOTED ON HERE THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THE HOTELS ARE NOT OPERATING IN A FULL, UH, FULL STAFFING MODEL RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT THE INTERFERES ON SOME OF THEIR HOTEL, HOTEL TAX PAYMENTS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, REACHING OUT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
UH, BUT WE DO NOTE ON HERE, UH, AND OUR INVESTMENT REPORT SUMMARY.
UM, SO THERE WAS A, AS FAR AS OUR BOOK VALUE AND MARKET VALUE ABOUT AN $8 MILLION DECREASE, UH, FROM THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO THE END OF THIS QUARTER, UH, ON DECEMBER 31ST, UH, HERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT DECREASE.
ONE IS, UH, I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER RETURN BY KEEPING MONEY IN OUR DEPOSITORY BANK TO OFFSET NATE FEES.
THE OTHER REASON IS, IS THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY COLLECTED ALL OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO AS WE COLLECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES, WE'LL GET SOME, WE'LL GET A MORE INFLUX OF INVESTIBLE FUNDS, UH, WHICH WILL OCCUR REALLY JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT POP BACK UP, UH, FOR THE NEXT, OUR INTEREST REVENUE, UM, FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, UH, ABOUT A $78,000 DECREASE AGAIN, THAT THIS IS DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN YIELDS.
UM, ABOUT A 35.58% DECREASE THERE.
UH, OUR WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD TO MATURITY.
WE LOST 16 BASIS POINTS FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH TO DECEMBER 31ST.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AS THOSE STARTING TO LEVEL OFF, AND YOU'VE EVEN SEEN SOME LONGER TERM YIELDS START TO INCREASE, UM, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL START TO SEE SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT THERE.
UH, EVERYTHING WITHIN THE INVESTMENT REPORT THAT'S PROVIDED WAS
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND ALSO THE TALENT INVESTMENT POLICY.AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS WAS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS AND THE PLANS YOU SET FORTH, BUT HOW DID YOU GO BACK TO SPIKE? THE REASON I WANTED TO GO BACK THERE IS THE QUESTION THAT I, WHENEVER THERE'S THE DISCUSSION FINANCES, THERE'S THE PERCEPTION THAT THE BULK OF OUR SALES TAXES ARE VERY HIGH PIECE COMES FROM RESTAURANTS AND BEVERAGE TAXES THAT IF YOU COULD WALK THROUGH, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD SURPRISE PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S WHY OUR SALES TAXES HAVEN'T DROPPED SO MUCH.
I COULD MAYBE SAY MORE HERE, AND I'LL SAY THAT THE BIGGEST SECTOR THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT'S INCREASED OVER THIS TIME IS INFORMATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY MOBILE HOME SERVICE, WHICH IS TAXABLE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME AND THEIR EMPLOYEES OR EMPLOYERS HAVE GOT THEIR MOBILE PHONES OR IPADS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH DATA CARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'VE SEEN A BIG INFLUX, UH, FROM THE INFORMATION CENTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS ORDER, UH, COMBINATIONS IN FOOD SERVICE OR ARE COMING IN AT THE, UH, THE NUMBER THREE SPOT AS FAR AS OVERALL GROUPS, AND THAT'S EXCLUDING THAT OTHER GROUP, WHICH HAS A LOT, THEY'RE BASICALLY CLASSIFIED.
SO, UM, IT'S VERY DIVERSE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ONE SECTOR IS NOT GOING TO OVERALL NEGATIVELY IMPACT DRAMATICALLY THE WAY THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS GO.
SO WE'RE MUCH MORE SECURE ON THIS THAN I THINK FOLKS MIGHT PERCEIVE.
WHICH PERCENTAGE IS INFORMATION? IT IS, IT'S THE GREEN ONE THAT IS 6% LOOK AT HIS COMPARISON AND FARMS, FARMERS, RANCHING RICHES, WHICH IS, UH, ONE, UH, 9%, YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIRS, BUT, AND WE DON'T GET THAT KIND OF, WE DON'T GET THAT KIND OF DETAIL, UM, FOR THEM.
UM, BUT IT'S, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT MAYBE THEY HAD SOME AUDIT PAYMENTS OR, UH, UM, THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF OTHER, UH, THEY COULD HAVE HAD THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THIS ISN'T JUST CURRENT PAYMENTS.
THIS IS TOTAL PAYMENTS THAT THEY RECEIVE THAT EACH MONTH.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE, WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T GET THE DETAIL RECORDS AS FAR AS SALES TAX, RIGHT.
EVERYBODY CAN GET IT VACCINE IN OTHER BUSINESS BACK TO NORMAL IN THE MIDDLE HOTEL WILL STAY WITH THEM.
ANY QUESTION WAS EVEN AN ELEPHANT RIGHT NOW, I CAN ADD TO, TO THE SESSION THAT WE READ THIS CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE HEADS OF CONCEPT PURSUANT TO SECTION 501 ZERO SEVEN, FOUR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO THE BEAVER RATE, THEY APPOINTMENT AND EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISPLAY, OR DISOBEYS, ALL OF THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE ATTENDING TO CITY ATTORNEY'S ANNUAL EVALUATION.