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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET IT STARTED.
[ TOWN OF ADDISON ANNUAL SPRING TOWN MEETING Monday, April 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel - Crystal Ballroom 15201 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX 75001 Notice is hereby given that the Addison City Council will conduct the Annual Spring Town Meeting on Monday, April 5, 2021, beginning at 7:00 pm at the Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel - Crystal Ballroom, 15201 Dallas Parkway, Texas. The Mayor and City Council will update Citizens on current and future Town projects. No action will be taken. This is a limited public forum therefore all political campaign signs are prohibited. You may submit your email comments or questions to: mrosenbleeth@addisontx.gov by 3:00 pm the day of the meeting. Seating for members of the public will be available using CDC recommended social distancing measures. Face masks are required by Hotel Administration. This meeting may be viewed online on the Town's website at addisontexas.net or on our PEG Channels - Channel 99 for AT&T subscribers, Channel 16 for Spectrum subscribers. Subjects to be discussed include the following: ]
AND MY NAME IS JOE CHOW.I'M VERY HONORED TO BE YOUR MAYOR AND ALSO I'M VERY HAPPY THIS YEAR.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, MY NAME WILL BE STILL ON THE BALLOT.
BUT OUR POST CANDIDATE, MAYOR-ELECT JOE CHOW, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS HEADS UP SO YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO CHECK MY NAME.
SO EVERY TIME I CAME INTO RENAISSANCE HOTEL, I WOULD THINK ABOUT I GOT MARRIED HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU SERVING TOWN OF ADDISON 2006 OR LIVING IN ADDISON THEN WAS INVITED BY ME AS MY GUESTS.
HOW MANY OF YOU? SO QUITE A FEW.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD IMPRESSION TO THIS HOTEL.
SO I FEEL SYMPATHETIC TO THE WHOLE HOTEL INDUSTRIES.
BUT SINCE WE FOLLOWED ALL THE STAFF IN OUR CONFERENCE CENTER, SO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE A LARGER SPACE SO YOU CAN HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THAT'S THE REASON WE HOLD THIS INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL BEFORE RIGHT NOW IS RENAISSANCE HOTEL.
SO THEY PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE.
YOU HAVE WATER AND COFFEE OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY, SO IT WILL BE FREE FOR YOU.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SINCE WE DIDN'T DO THIS LAST YEAR AND BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19.
SO THIS YEAR I SAID WE HAVE TO DO IT.
AND THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, MAYOR PRO TEM LORI WARD.
AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM GUILLERMO QUINTANILLA AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL WALDEN ARE ON VACATION, SO I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TOM BRAUN HERE.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER IVAN HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIN WILLESEN.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND THEN WE HAVE CITY MANAGER WES PIERSON.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ASHLEY MITCHELL.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOHN CRAWFORD IN THE BACK AND ALSO THE MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION, BILL HOLLY, WHERE THE BILL? NOW I HAVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK, SHANNON HICKS.
DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARK JANNA TIDWELL.
WE HAVE A NEWLY HIRED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, KEN SCHMIDT.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF A GENERAL SERVICE.
ROB BRISTON, FIRE CHIEF DAVID JONES, POLICE CHIEF PAUL SPENCER, POLICE CAPTAIN TJUST MESSER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, WILSON CURRE.
ALSO I HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR AND STEVEN GLICKMAN.
WE HAVE OUR GENIUS FRIEND AND HAMMIE COLLEAGUE, POOR, WHICH IS WHO HE IS, THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, I ALWAYS CALL HIM A GENIUS.
ALSO, WE HAVE HERO HEROINE SITTING ON THE SIDE, MARISOL'S UNBELIEVE MARKETING DIRECTOR.
SHE THE ONE SEND OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, INFORMATION WEEKLY.
ALSO, I HAVE HERE ADDISON AIRPORT DIRECTOR, JOEL JENKINSON.
I HAVE A DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE PASSION HAYES.
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I HAVE A COURT RECORDING ADMINISTRATOR, PAULA DALE.DID I MISS ANYONE? IF I DO RAISE YOUR HAND.
YEAH, YOU WANT TO JUST STAND UP AND SAY YOUR NAME? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OR THE FORMER CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND UP.
AND SO DOES AND ALSO ANYBODY SERVING ON PLANNING AND ZONING, PLEASE STAND UP.
ADDING ARSENIC, NANCY, WETLANDS AND BOB CANALI AND ANYBODY SURVIVING A.M.
OR OUT OF THE PROGRAM AS VOLUNTEERS FOR CITY, PLEASE STAND UP.
THE PAST OR CURRENT? SO ALMOST COVER EVERYONE, THERE'S A FELLOW SILVER AND THE CAR'S DOING WELL OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
YEAH, AND ALSO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AARON CARNEY AARON.
ERIN CARTER, YEAH, SO I COVER EVERYBODY NOW, RIGHT? OK, SO TODAY MY SUBJECT IS A VERY BRIEF, SINCE I'M SURE ABOUT OUR FAMILIES, OUR MONEY, OUR BUDGET.
SO I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW ISSUES SO OUR ASSESSED TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE.
LAST YEAR INCREASED BY ABOUT TWO POINT TWO PERCENT TO FOUR POINT NINETY SIX BILLION DOLLARS, THEN EVERY AVERAGE HOME VALUE IS THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS ONE POINT THREE PERCENT INCREASE.
TAX RATE IS SIXTY POINT EIGHT CENTS PER HUNDRED, AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECT, SO IT'S COST THIRTY SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
OUR GENERAL FUND IS THIRTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE? IS A COMPARISON FUND 2020 AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ONE, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND TO FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY TWO THOUSAND.
THE TAX RATE INCREASED FROM FIFTY EIGHT POINT THIRTY FIVE CENTS TO SIXTY POINT EIGHT SIX CENTS, SO.
THE TAX BILL IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE HOME TAX, TAXABLE HOME VALUE IS NINETEEN TWENTY FIVE INCREASE TO TWENTY FORTY THREE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE, WHICH IS LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS A MONTH.
WE PROVIDE THE NUMBER ONE VALUE OF THE TAX YOU PAY, SO YOU CONTINUE RECEIVE FREE SERVICE AT AS AN SALAD CLUB.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION, WHICH I ALWAYS FEEL PROUD OF, IS DOING 2008, THAT WAS THE YEAR WE RECEIVE TRIPLE A BOND RATING FROM S&P FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEN 2018, WE RECEIVE TRIPLE A BOND RATING FROM MOODY'S.
AND ALSO LAST YEAR, WE AFFIRMED WE STILL RECEIVE.
TRIPLE-A BOND RATING FOR BOTH.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE AFTER WE SAW THE BOMB, OUR INTEREST RATE IS ONE POINT THREE PERCENT.
WITH A PREMIUM ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
I WISH PERSONALLY I CAN GET THAT KIND OF LOAN, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND SOME EXISTING LOANS.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S NECESSARY, YOU DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT'S AT ONE POINT ONE PERCENT.
I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THIS IS.
IN TEXAS, THERE ARE 900 SOME CITIES, THERE ARE ONLY 11 COULD RECEIVE THIS TRIPLE A BOND RATING FOR BOTH.
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MOODY'S AND S&P.IT ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE WE ARE VERY PRUDENT, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO.
OUR STAFF AND THE COUNCIL ARE VERY STABLE.
SO THE RATE OR DIFFERENT CRITERIA, SO, WELL, ONE OF THE BEST CITY.
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL PART OF.
SO PLEASE GIVE ALL THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER A BIG ROUND APPLAUSE.
SO THE NEXT SPEAKER I WANT TO INTRODUCE IS OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM LAURIE WARD.
SHE HAS A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. SO, LAURIE, THAT YOU HAVE THIS GOOD EVENING TO MY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
HOW MANY OF YOU THIS IS YOUR FIRST OUTING WITH A BIG GROUP.
THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 20, 20 OF YOU. THIS IS YOUR FIRST OUTING. SO CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR CURRENT TIMES, 20 ROARING 20S.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALL JUST ROARING TO GET OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN.
MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO FOCUS MAINLY ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND FIRST, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF COUCH EVERYTHING THROUGH HOW WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAX BASE.
SO AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE ADDERSON IS HOME TO OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE EIGHTY SIX PERCENT OF ADDISONS TAX BASE.
AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT CALL ADDERSON EITHER THEIR HEADQUARTERS OR THEY HAVE A REGIONAL OFFICE HERE.
MANY OF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE NAMES. HOW MANY OF YOU SEE A BRAND THAT YOU DO BUSINESS WITH HERE? MY BANK IS UP THERE, SOME OTHER BUSINESSES THAT YOU KNOW WELL.
I WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID.
ADDISON HAS 11 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE, AND THAT'S 11 MILLION, NOT ONE MILLION.
IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER FOR SUCH A SMALL TOWN AS OURS.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, VACANCIES HAVE INCREASED BY JUST OVER ONE PERCENT.
AND WE EXPECT THEM TO INCREASE BY AN ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT BEFORE THEY STABILIZE OVER 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SPACE HAS BEEN PUT UP FOR SUBLEASE THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, INCLUDING ADDERSON.
SO THAT NUMBER IS KIND OF ALL LUMPED TOGETHER.
REAL ESTATE EXPERTS ANTICIPATE RECOVERY TO BEGIN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
MOVING ON TO THE SILVER LINING, THOUGH, EVEN IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NEW COMPANIES RELOCATE TO ADDERSON.
THEY'VE ABSORBED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE NAMES LIKE WINGSTOP, WHICH IS RELOCATING THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO ADDISON VISIO, WHICH OPENED A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HERE.
THERE'S THERE'S OTHERS THAT YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE, LIKE CHERRY COTTING.
A CHERRY COATING IS MOVING TO ADDISON FROM CARROLLTON AND RENOVATING THE OLD INWOOD SOCCER CENTER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AN AMERICAN TRAILER WORLD IS RELOCATING THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO GREENHILL TOWER.
SO WHILE WE'VE ALL BEEN HIBERNATING IN OUR HOMES HOPING THAT THIS THING WILL END, BUSINESS HAS BEEN ON THE MOVE AND IT'S BEEN ON THE MOVE.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE PANDEMIC WAS AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE FOR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, WE CONTINUE TO SEE RESTAURANTS OPEN.
VANDELAY HOSPITALITY GROUP, WHICH ALSO OWNS HUDSON HOUSE.
WE'VE GOT A HUDSON HOUSE LOCATION HERE IN ADDISON. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE? HAVE GREAT OYSTERS AND THEY HAVE CHEESEBURGER FOR SIX DOLLARS AT HAPPY HOUR.
SO BUT VANDELAY HOSPITALITY GROUP HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE OPENING A NEW CONCEPT CALLED BRENTWOOD IN THE FORMER HOUSTON'S LOCATION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY, ALMOST DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL, VERY, VERY NEARBY.
NOW, AS FAR AS ADDISONS CIRCLE SILVERLINE DEVELOPMENT GOES, SPEAKING OF SILVER LININGS, THERE ARE TWENTY NINE PARCEL'S.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE HERE.
TWENTY NINE PARCELS WITH 12 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED ALONG THE FUTURE DARK SILVER LINE RAIL. AND THAT ALIGNMENT IS BETWEEN DALLAS PARKWAY AND ADDISON ROAD.
SEVENTY ONE PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY
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WITHIN THE STUDY AREA IS PUBLICLY OWNED EITHER BY THE TOWN OF ADDISON OR DARTE.SO WHAT THE TOWN DID IS CREATED A PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE USED AS A GUIDELINE FOR PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS.
IT INCORPORATES THE TOWN VISION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADDISONS FUTURE BY MAKING ADDERSON A MAJOR DESTINATION ON THE SILVERLINE ENHANCING ADDISONS CIRCLE'S REPUTATION AS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND STRENGTHENING THE TOWN'S TAX BASE.
HOW MANY OF YOU OVER THE LAST WEEK HAVE BEEN IN ADDISON CIRCLE? WHAT DID YOU NOTICE? JUST YELL IT OUT.
PEOPLE, SOME CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
WHAT ELSE? PARKS BEAUTY, ART, ADDISON CIRCLE IS IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE.
SO THE SILVERLINE DEVELOPMENT IS CERTAINLY A STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE DEVELOPERS COME UP WITH.
SO THE MASTER DEVELOPER SOLICITATION, ISN'T THIS A GREAT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE BLUEPRINT'S STATUE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED BLUEPRINTS.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL IT THE BLUE THING, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR SCULPTURE CALLED BLUEPRINTS.
AND SO IT'S BLUEPRINTS ROLLED UP IN BLOOM.
AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU IN HERE ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO THAT DO NOT.
SO FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPER TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, WE SELECTED CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD TO PROVIDE THE TOWN WITH REAL ESTATE ADVISORY SERVICES AND REPRESENT THE TOWN AND AN UPCOMING SOLICITATION FOR MASTER DEVELOPER.
THEIR SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES STRATEGIC PLANNING, PROJECT UNDERWRITING, CREATION OF MARKETING, MARKETING MATERIALS, SOLICITATION AND ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.
MARKETING BEGAN IN EARLY TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND THE GOAL IS TO FINALIZE THE DEVELOPER SELECTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANY MASTER DEVELOPERS WITH REALLY GREAT BIG IDEAS, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
TOWN STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH DART ON AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT TO LEASE THE DART PROPERTY THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO LET'S MOVE DOWN THE ROAD A FEW BLOCKS, LET'S MOVE DOWN TO THE ADDISON AIRPORT AND THE CUSTOMS OFFICE WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE EXCITEMENT GOING ON.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BECAUSE WE BROKE GROUND ON THE US CUSTOMS FACILITY IN TWENTY NINETEEN LATE TWENTY NINETEEN IN OCTOBER, AND THAT'S LOCATED MIDFIELD ON JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE.
ADDISON AIRPORT OFFICERS WILL BE MOVING FROM THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, WHICH IS IN AN OFFICE BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, TO THE CUSTOMS FACILITY.
THEY ANTICIPATE MOVING INTO THE CUSTOMS FACILITY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE CUSTOMS OFFICE IS SLATED TO OPEN LATER THIS SUMMER.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING AN ELITE CUSTOMS OFFICE LIKE THIS FOR OUR PATRONS AT THE ADDISON AIRPORT IS IT JUST REDUCES HASSLE FACTOR FOR THE PILOTS TO HAVE TO STOP DOWN AT THE BORDER WHERE THEY'RE JUST IT'S A MUCH NICER PLACE TO STOP.
PEOPLE THAT FLY AIRPLANES TEND TO LOVE THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
THE OTHER EXCITING THING AIRPORT RELATED IS OUR THIRD FBO, GALAXY AVIATION IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN AND YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE BY.
MOVING ON, LET'S MOVE NOW INTO AROUND TOWN AND RESIDENTIAL.
ADDISON GROVE TOWNHOMES IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH PHASE ONE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, PHASE TWO IS TOWNHOMES.
SO THERE'S THIRTY THREE TOWNHOME UNITS OCCUPIED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN DOWN IN PHASE TWO, THERE ARE 16 TOWNHOME UNITS AND 17 LIVE WORK UNITS AND ZONING COMPLIANCE REVIEW.
AND CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT ALAN ADDISON GROVE HAS 90 PERCENT OCCUPANCY THROUGH ALL OF THIS CRAZY PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE MULTIFAMILY UNITS OR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DENSITY BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS THEN GO ACROSS THE STREET AND EAT AND AND SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS IN ADDISON.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME SPACES FOR LEASE ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
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MOVING OVER AROUND THE CORNER TO VITRUVIAN PARK, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT HAS GONE ON FROM TWO THOUSAND NINE WITH SAVOY BEING COMPLETED WITH THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR UNITS ALL THE WAY TO VITRUVIAN WEST TO COMPLETE IT IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE WITH THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX UNITS. THAT WHOLE BATCH HAS ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND IS ALMOST AT NINETY SEVEN PERCENT OCCUPANCY.SO SAFE TO SAY THAT'S A STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HOP ON SIX THIRTY FIVE AND GET AROUND THE DALLAS MARKET EASILY.
NOT TO MENTION HAVE YOU SEEN THE PALM TREES AT VITRUVIAN WEST VITRUVIAN WEST TO ACTUALLY HAVE PALM TREES NOW THEY'RE FAKE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LAYING BY THE POOL AND YOU HAVE YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE IN YOUR HAND, THEY MAY AS WELL BE REAL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT AND THE OFFICE AND RETAIL, 100 PERCENT OFFICE OCCUPANCY AND WITH THE VITRUVIAN PARK MASTER PLAN, THE REINVESTMENT CONTINUES AT BROOKHAVEN VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER AND EXISTING OFFICE SPACE WITHIN THE SAVOY BUILDING IS FULLY LEASED.
THERE ARE SOME VACANCIES IN THE GROUND FLOOR, RETAIL SPACES ON PONTI AVENUE WHERE THE DOGGIE PLACES THERE.
CITY DOG, HOW CAN I FORGET THAT? THANK YOU, TOM.
THAT'S SUNNY'S FAVORITE PLACE.
ALL RIGHT, PRESTONWOOD, PLAY SHOPPING CENTER.
THIS IS WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS.
IT'S A LOT OF EXCITING DEVELOPMENT GOING ON HERE. BUT PRESTONWOOD PLAY SHOPPING CENTER.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE JUST REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THAT? ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL? IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT CENTER BUILT IN THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 80S.
IT'S ON THE CORNER OF BELTLINE AND MONFORT. YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
NORTHWOOD RETAIL BROUGHT IN FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF NEW OFFICE SPACE TO THE PROJECT, PLUS A FIFTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT PARK BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR PARKS AND ADDISON DON'T WAIT.
AND THEY ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE RELOCATION OF CATAPULT HEALTH FROM DALLAS.
THEY'RE LEASING THIRTY ONE THOUSAND FEET AND THE TWO STOREY OFFICES, WHICH STRATEGICALLY ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE MENDOCINO FARMS. THEY'RE REALLY TASTY SANDWICH SHOP SO THAT THOSE OFFICE WORKERS CAN GO DOWN AND ENJOY A MEAL DOWNSTAIRS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE ARE TWO NEW RESTAURANTS.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT ON A DIET FOR THESE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, BUT WE'VE GOT JENNY'S ICE CREAM AND THE BISCUIT BAR COME INTO TOWN IF EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WE NEEDED. RIGHT POST COVID MORE CARBS.
A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON NOW. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE YERMO QUINTANA FOR HIS PRESENTATION ON NON VIDEO.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEIN YERMO, QUINTANA, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AS THE TOWN GATHERS IN THE SPACIOUS CRYSTAL BALLROOM HERE INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL RENAISSANCE HOTEL IN ADDISON.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT ABLE TO JOIN YOU SO EVENING, SO WITH THE HELP OF THE EFFICIENT AND VERSATILE TOWN STAFF, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME IMPORTANT NEWS WITH YOU IN THIS PRERECORDED SETTING.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR ADDISON AND THE WORLD SINCE WE LAST GATHERED FOR A TOWN MEETING.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES.
INDEED, IT HAS RESHAPED HOW WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
IT IS VERY SAD, SO IF YOU TWO HAVE LOST A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER, WE SHARE IN THE LOSS AND UNDERSTAND THE PAIN.
OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR INSTITUTIONS IS NOT ONLY MEASURED BY HOW RESOLUTELY WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE, BUT ALSO BY HOW COMPASSIONATELY AND EFFECTIVELY WE RESPOND TO THAT CHALLENGE.
I BELIEVE ADDISONS RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND HIS GOVERNMENT HAS AND ARE STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE AT HAND IN PRE COVID DAYS ARE TWENTY THREE HOTELS WITH CLOSE TO 4000 ROOMS HAD AN AVERAGE OCCUPANCY OF 70 PERCENT ANNUALLY. ITS RATE BOTTOMED OUT AT 17 PERCENT AND HAS HAD AN AVERAGE OF ONLY THIRTY THREE PERCENT SINCE MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE COVID.
OUR HOTEL SUPPORT PROGRAM HELPED TO CREATE OVER THIRTY THOUSAND ROOM NIGHTS IN THE YEAR TWENTY NINETEEN.
THIS ENABLED US TO AVERAGE OVER FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE STREAM. CURRENTLY, THAT SAME TAX REVENUE STREAM IS ANTICIPATED
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TO DECLINE BY FIFTY FOUR PERCENT IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE PRE COVID THIRD PARTY EVENT SPONSORSHIP HELPED GENERATE OVER FIVE THOUSAND ROOM NIGHTS. LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL BUSINESS TRAVEL MORATORIUM'S IMPACTED LOCAL, STATE AND LOCAL GROUP GATHERING RESTRICTIONS RESULTED IN CANCELATION OF ALMOST ALL EVENTS.ONE OF OUR FULL SERVICE HOTELS TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND HAS NOT REOPENED. ALL OUR TWENTY TWENTY SPECIAL EVENTS WERE PRODUCED VIRTUALLY OR OUTRIGHT CANCELED.
AND FINALLY, OUR CONFERENCE CENTER IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
OUR LOCAL AND TOURISM RESPONSE DEMONSTRATES OUR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THE TOWN AND STAFF STRENGTHS IN GATHERING, ORGANIZING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION.
LOCALLY, WE CREATED A WEBSITE RESOURCE PAGE FOR HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DISPLAYS HOSPITALITY WORKERS. THERE WAS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE US TREASURY, WHICH WE ALLOCATED TO THE ADDISON CARES BUSINESS LEASE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND HOTEL SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM.
THE WEBSITE HELPED HOTELS DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT MONIES BASED ON GRANT GUIDELINES.
THE TOWN IS ALSO SLATED TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT FIVE MILLION IN FUNDS INTENDED TO PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH ECONOMIC RELIEF FROM PANDEMIC RELATED IMPACTS.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RELIEF WILL BE SHARED WHEN AVAILABLE.
THE TOWN HAS VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS OF METRO SERVICES FOR MANY YEARS.
OUR TWENTY TWENTY BUDGET WAS NO DIFFERENT UNTIL COVID-19 IN MAY.
WE APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUEST IN DECEMBER, ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO KAHRIZAK FUNDING ALLOTMENT NUMBER ONE. THE NUMBERS ARE HIGH, BUT SO ARE THE NEEDS.
LAST YEAR, ADDISON FAMILIES VISITED THE ORGANIZATION'S FOOD PANTRY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE TIMES IN APRIL.
THAT'S A THREE HUNDRED AND TWO PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND METROPIA SERVICES WAS PROJECTING TO SPEND SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON FOOD FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY TWENTY TWENTY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING ADDISON RESIDENCE.
ASSISTED TWENTY TWO ADDISON FAMILIES IN APRIL WITH RENT ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THEY ALSO PROJECTED TO SERVE NINETY TWO MORE ADDISON FAMILIES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
CEO TRACY EUBANKS AND THE TEAM AT MATRACA SERVICES ARE PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED RELIEF DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE SHOWN HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR VALUABLE SERVICES.
ON THE TOURISM FRONT, OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT CAMPAIGN INCLUDED A BANNER OVER BELTLINE AND BILLBOARDS ALONG LOCAL FREEWAYS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON SPECTRUM CABLE, A PIVOTING OF SOME PAID TOURISM ADVERTISING TO FOCUS ON SUPPORTING LOCAL RESTAURANTS SUPPORT THROUGH KAHRIZAK GRANTS, FLEXIBILITY IN ENFORCEMENT OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE, OUTDOOR DINING PERMITS AND BACK TO WORK KITS PROVIDED BY MARY KAY. WE'RE ALSO DISTRIBUTED, AS YOU'RE AWARE, OUR TRADEMARK EVENTS WERE ALSO IMPACTED IN TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY TASTE.
TWENTY TWENTY ASIMCO BOOMTOWN WAS STREAMED ONLINE.
TWENTY TWENTY ADDERSON OCTOBER FEST WAS CANCELED AND IN TWENTY TWENTY OUTDOOR CONCERTS LIKE THE ADDERSON AFTER DARK SERIES WERE TRANSFORMED INTO DRIVE IN PERFORMANCES.
SO NOW LET'S LOOK AHEAD WITH THE RECENT VACCINATION DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS AND THE COVID-19 CASES IN DECLINE IN MANY STATES, WE ARE EXCITED BUT CAUTIOUSLY PREPARING FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE EVENT SEASON.
STAFF IS DESIGNING THE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TO EXIST IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT. THIS INCLUDES SOCIAL DISTANCING, LIMITED CAPACITIES, ENHANCED SANITATION AND LIMITED TOUCH POINTS.
WHILE THERE WILL BE NOTICEABLE CHANGES, WE ARE PREPARED TO SAFELY HOST ANDERSON AFTER DARK TASTE, ADDISON ADDISON BOOMTOWN AND ADDISON OCTOBER FEST.
POLICIES, INCLUDING MASKS, MAXIMUM GROUP SIZES AND SPECIFIC CAPACITY LIMITS WILL BE DETERMINED CLOSER TO THE EVENT DATES.
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AWARD WINNING TOWN WEBSITE FOR DATES AND FURTHER DETAILS.
IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO KEEPING ADDISON A GREAT AND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE OR AND PLAY.
THE STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THEIR LEADERSHIP HAVE PERFORM THEIR DUTIES EXTREMELY WELL UNDER VERY TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES THIS PAST YEAR.
THE STAFF AND WE, THE COUNCIL CAN ONLY DO THIS BECAUSE YOU, THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON, HAVE SUPPORTED US AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO REPRESENT YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE CITIZENS WHOSE COMMENTS, CONCERNS AND WORDS OF SUPPORT HAVE HELPED US MAKE IT THROUGH THE LAST YEAR.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE COUNCIL MEMBER TOM BROWN.
WOW, MY HEAD LOOKS PRETTY BIG UP THERE.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND JOINING US. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE PEOPLE IN PERSON.
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IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT.I'M A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE OUR ADDERSON COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO TOUCH BASE ON A FEW PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN TOWN, AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERYBODY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I LIKE THIS SLIDE HERE IN THE EARLY 1980S, ADDERSON EXPERIENCED EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, MUCH OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT DURING THIS BOOM PERIOD AND THEREFORE MANY OF THESE ASSETS ARE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THE MOST VISIBLE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IS A REVITALIZATION OF MIDWAY ROAD.
OVER THE YEARS, THE TOWN HAS PERFORMED VARIOUS MAINTENANCE REPAIRS ON THE ROAD.
HOWEVER, THESE REPAIR METHODS ARE NO LONGER VIABLE.
WE KICKED OFF THE CONSTRUCTION A MONTH AGO ON THE INTERSECTION OF MIDWAY AND BELTLINE.
CONSTRUCTION AT THIS INTERSECTION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE MEDIAN FROM SPRING VALLEY, THE BELT LINE, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN REPLACING THE WATER AND SEWER LINES.
WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROJECT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN GET UPDATES ON THE PROJECT.
AT THE PROJECT WEB SITE AT ADDISON, TEXAS, DOT NET FORWARD SLASH MIDWAY, OR YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO TEXT UPDATES BY TEXTING THE WORD MIDWAY TO EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN.
I WILL LET OUR BOND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER.
GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE PHASING OF THIS PROJECT.
HI, I'M PATRICK DEVANNY, TOWN OF ADDISONS, BOND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER AND I, I'LL BE OVERSEEING THE MIDWAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT CONSTRUCTION SIGNS HAVE GONE UP NEAR SPRING VALLEY ROAD AND NORTH OF BELTLINE ROAD TO MARK THE CORRIDOR OF THE PROJECT.
CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDWAY ROAD AND BELTLINE ROAD, AND WE ANTICIPATE WORKING IN THIS INTERSECTION FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS, DEPENDING ON ANY WEATHER AND UTILITY DELAYS.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN SOME FIELD LOCATION OF UTILITIES AND INSTALLING COMPONENTS FOR TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARDS, WHICH ALLOW CHANGING THE MESSAGE AS NEEDED, WILL BE PLACED AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION AREA TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT UPDATES.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEM DURING INSTALLATION OF THE NEW UTILITY LINES.
THE TRAFFIC LANES THROUGHOUT THE INTERSECTION WILL PERIODICALLY SHIFT TO ALLOW WORK IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSECTION WILL BE PERFORMED IN PHASES WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
PHASE ONE WILL BE TWO TO THREE DAY SHIFT OF TRAFFIC TO ALLOW FOR EXCAVATION AND VERIFICATION OF THE TWENTY FOUR INCH WATER.
PHASE TWO WILL BE A SEVEN TO 10 DAY SHIFT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEMOLITION OF SHORT SECTIONS OF THE CENTER MEDIANS AND INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PAVEMENT TO ALLOW FOUR LANE SHIFTS TO OCCUR AT THE INTERSECTION DURING THE REMAINING PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
PHASE THREE WILL BE A THREE TO FOUR WEEK SHIFT TO ALLOW FOR INSTALLATION OF THE NEW WATERLINES TESTING IN CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING WATER LINE.
THE REMAINING PHASES WILL ALLOW FOR THE PHASE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET PAVEMENT.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE INTERSECTION RECONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL THEN WORK ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MIDWAY FROM SPRING VALLEY TO THE THEN COMPLETED INTERSECTION AT BELTLINE ROAD.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS SECTION WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
FINALLY, THE CONTRACTOR WILL WORK ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MIDWAY FROM BELTLINE TO KELLER SPRINGS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT ALL WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.
OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM IS COMMITTED TO ASSURING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS HAVE CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY DURING CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH EACH BUSINESS PRIOR TO ANY SCHEDULED UTILITY INTERRUPTIONS NEEDED TO CONNECT TO THE NEW WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES BEING INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN RECEIVE UPDATES.
FIRST, YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD MIDWAY TWO EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN.
YOU CAN ALSO SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL UPDATES BY VISITING W W W DOT ADDISON, TEXAS DOT NET FORWARD SLASH MIDWAY.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE TOWN OF ADDISON ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER OR CALL US AT NINE SEVEN TWO
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FOUR FIVE ZERO EIGHT EIGHT TWO ONE.WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK TO MAKE ADDISON A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
SO WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT THAT A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT YET, THIS IS THE TRUVEN PROJECT ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED A ROADWAY CONNECTION FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ALPHA ROAD.
THIS CONNECTOR WILL ALLOW AN EAST WEST ACCESS FOR LANE OVER TO MIDWAY ROAD.
AFTER MANY YEARS OF DELAY, ADDISON, FARMERS BRANCH UDR AND BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE HAVE COME TO AN END OF LOCAL AGREEMENT ALLOWING THIS IMPORTANT CONNECTOR TO MOVE FORWARD.
THIS PROJECT EXTENDS BELISLE LINE, WHICH RUNS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF VITRUVIAN PARK ACROSS BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE PROPERTY AND CONNECTS TO ALPHA ROAD AND FARMERS BRANCH.
THIS WILL PROVIDE A GREAT CONNECTION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN AT THE VITRUVIAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK INCLUDES A NEW ROADWAY.
AS WELL AS A REGIONAL DETENTION POND, OUR ENGINEERS ARE ABOUT 60 PERCENT, COMPLETE WITH THE PROJECT DESIGN, AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE TO DESIGN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED LATER THIS SUMMER.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IS THE VITRUVIAN IN A VITRUVIAN AREA IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRINITY. WELL, YOU MAY RECALL BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN, ADDISON CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH FARMERS BRANCH IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE REGARDING THE VITRUVIAN POND AND THE FARMERS BRANCH CREEK.
OUR AGREEMENT REQUIRES ADDERSON TO FACILITATE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY TO SERVE AS THE NEW WEB SITE, AND FOR US TO FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAD FOR THE FOR THE WELL, FARMERS BRANCH HAS AGREED.
TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE WELL, AS WELL AS THE WATER TRANSMISSION LINE RUNNING FROM THE WELL FROM THE TRINITY AQUIFER TO REPLACE THE WATER ON THE VITRUVIAN RESERVOIRS, WELL PAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE DRILLING OF THE WELL HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL.
THEY ARE NOW INSTALLING THE WATER LINE TO THE NEW TO THE NEW PORTION OF THE CREEK.
IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN, ADDERSON VOTERS APPROVED FIVE BOND PROPOSALS PROPOSITIONS PROPOSITION A WAS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF KELLAR SPRINGS ROAD AND AIRPORT PARKWAY FROM THE NORTH DALLAS TOLLWAY TO ADDISON ROAD.
BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF MASTER TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS, INCLUDING EXPANDED SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS UPSIDES IN UTILITIES.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE ABOUT SIXTY FIVE PERCENT COMPLETE ON BOTH ROADS, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING THE RIGHT AWAY NEEDED FOR THESE PROJECTS.
WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING THE KELLER SPRINGS PROJECT IN LATE SUMMER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
ONCE COLOR SPRINGS ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE AIRPORT PARKWAY.
MANY RESIDENTS DID NOT REALIZE THAT ANDERSON ACTUALLY HAS THREE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES FOR THEIR WATER SYSTEM.
TWO OF THEM ARE THE TRADITIONAL WATER TOWERS, LIKE THE ONE IN ADDISON CIRCLE.
BUT A THIRD IS A SIX MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK LAKE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN ON ITS OWN CELESTIAL DRIVE.
THE ACTUAL PUMP STATION LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE OR BLENDS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATING THIS TANK AND INSTALLING SOME SECURITY FENCING.
THE TOWN'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATING REDUNDANCIES ALLOWED US TO OPERATE DURING THE EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM.
NOT ONLY WAS THE TOWN ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK LONG ORDEAL.
BUT UNLIKE MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, WE NEVER HAD TO ISSUE A BOIL NOTICE.
SPEAKING OF STORMS, I WANT TO TAKE ONE LAST QUICK MINUTE TO DISCUSS THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. THE FIRE CODE PREVIOUSLY PROHIBITED SHUTOFF CONTROL VALVES AND FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD ACCIDENTALLY BE SHUT OFF AND NOT BE IN OPERATION WHEN NEEDED.
WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED FIRE CODE, HOMEOWNERS ARE NOW ABLE TO INSTALL CONTROL VALVES ON THEIR FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. ADDISON, THE OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR FIRE, YOUR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM AND HOW TO DRAIN THE SYSTEM WHEN ARCTIC TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST.
FRED CALHOON WE MET EARLIER IS HERE TONIGHT SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
YOU CAN ALSO REACH THE ADDISON FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE AT NINE SEVEN TWO FOUR OR FIVE OH SEVENTY
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TWO. TWENTY ONE.AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR TOWN, AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, IVAN HUGHES.
BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO IVAN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE MY OPENING COMMENT, BUT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE ADDISON.
SO THE THANKS COMES FROM ME. WHAT I'VE LEARNED, THE JOYS, THE FRIENDSHIPS.
SO ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND MYSELF, JUST A HUGE THANKS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT SAD SONG AND MOVE TO MY PRESENTATION.
AND THERE ARE TWO TOPICS THAT I HAVE TODAY.
ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ADDISONS, SILVERLINE AND THE COTTON BELT TRAILOR QUICK STATUS AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE MASTER TRAILS PLAN.
YOU ALL KNOW THE PATH OF THIS BLUE LINE, IT'S GOING TO BE TWENTY SIX MILES FROM SHILO IN PLANO TO DFW.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, ALTHOUGH I THINK YOU'D BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION ARE BOTH FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN EARLY TWENTY TWENTY THREE, WHICH IS A SLIGHT DELAY FROM WHEN THEY SAID IT WOULD BE THE END OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK.
AS SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS LAURIE, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN EDISON CIRCLE? WELL, YOU'RE BEGINNING TO SEE TRAIN RAILS BEING TAKEN OUT. YOU'RE BEGINNING TO SEE CONSTRUCTION AND CREWS, THEY CALL IT GRUBBING AROUND.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHERE THE PIPES AND THE WIRES ARE BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DO MORE WORK.
THAT'S A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN ON THIS ART AND DESIGN COMMITTEE.
IT IS A DART COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE SERVED TO HELP DEVELOP SOME ADDERSON SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE STATION.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A SECOND.
BUT IF ANY OF YOU ARE HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? WHETHER YOU'RE HERE OR NOT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST LOOK HERE IS THE STATION FROM THE SIDE.
IT MIGHT NOT BE IMMEDIATELY APPARENT, BUT THERE ARE WIND PANELS, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 12 AND ADDERSON SPECIFIC ITEMS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE ON IT.
THE JACK RABBITS THAT YOU SEE NEXT TO THE ATHLETIC CENTER ARE ONE THE DOVES THAT ARE OVER AND OAKS NORTH, THE BUTTERFLIES THAT ARE AT VITRUVIAN.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION FOR ADDISON.
THE OTHER DESIGN FEATURE THAT ISN'T MAYBE QUITE AS EVIDENT AS THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE.
IT WAS A CHOICE TO HAVE A CONCRETE WALL OR A CHOICE TO HAVE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE. AND I THINK A GOOD DECISION WAS TAKEN TO CARRY THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS A LOOK AT NIGHT.
AND THE PIECE THAT I WOULD POINT OUT HERE IS THE BLUE BLUE POLES AND ELEPHANT BLUE LIGHTS.
SO WE'RE CARRYING THE ADDISON BLUE THEME THROUGHOUT THE STATION AND ON THE THIRD QUICK GLIMPSE AGAIN AT NIGHT, IT SHOWS HOW THE STATION AND THE BUS TRANSIT CENTER ARE SIDE BY SIDE, SORT OF HOW THEY LINK WHAT'S, I'M SURE A LOT HARDER TO SEE FROM THE BACK OR THESE ITTY BITTY LITTLE STARS THAT ARE ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND THE IDEA IS AT NIGHT THAT WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN, THEY GET OFF THE TRAIN, THEY'LL SEE THESE LITTLE LIGHTS AND THE LIGHTS WILL GET BRIGHTER AS SOMEONE GETS CLOSER TO THE STATION.
SO IT'S KIND OF A NICE WAY TO LEAD PEOPLE IN AND IT'S A BIT ARTISTIC. SO FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THE COMMITTEE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED WITH THAT.
MY SECOND TOPIC OR RELATEDLY, IS THE COTTON BELT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
FOLLOWS THE SILVER LINE, SO FOR TWENTY SIX MILES, AS THIS PICTURE HAS, THIS PICTURE DEPICTS, IT'S GENERALLY GOING TO BE 12 FOOT WIDE.
IT'S GOING TO BE HIKE AND BIKE.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT ALONG THE TRAIL.
THE STATUS ON THIS ONE, THE DESIGN IS FULLY FUNDED BY KARG NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S.
KOG IS ALSO FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT THEY ARE CALLING CRITICAL SEGMENTS,
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AND A CRITICAL SEGMENT IS ONE THAT HAS TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, IT WOULD CAUSE EITHER HUGE DISRUPTION OR MAYBE NOT EVEN BE DOABLE.WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE IN ADDERSON THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY KOG.
IF YOU THOUGHT FOR A SECOND I'M SURE YOU'D COME UP WITH A ONE IS MIDWAY THE BRIDGE OVER MIDWAY ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO SOMETHING TO THAT AGAIN.
AND THE OTHER IS THE NORTH TO THE NORTH, NORTH TEXAS, THE TOLLWAY.
SAME THING. IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DISRUPT THAT TWICE.
SO BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE FUNDED BY KOG, WHICH LEAVES US LESS. THAT HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT HOW TO PAY FOR BETWEEN THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S.
SO WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH WITH A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AND A GOOD PATH WITH THE SILVERLINE.
MY SECOND TOPIC IS THE TRADES MASTER PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A CHANCE TO SEE IT.
I'VE GOT TWO OR THREE COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE BEFORE I ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN IT, AND THE FIRST IS THAT IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT IF AT MIDNIGHT CINDERELLA'S.
CINDERELLAS, WHAT EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING WENT AWAY.
OH, THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO APPROVAL.
IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THIS COMES TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THE LAST MEETING IN APRIL OR MAYBE THE FIRST REAL MEETING IN MAY.
SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THIS BEING FINALIZED.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD BECAUSE IT IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT COMES CLOSE TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU TAKE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE, AT THE END OF THIS TIME, A 10 BY 12 FOOT WALK ON MAP OUT IN THE BACK. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IT WHEN YOU CAME IN.
IT WILL MAKE MUCH CLEARER EVERYTHING THAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT.
AND BY THE WAY, STAFF WILL BE THERE SO THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN. IT IS A LONG RANGE PLAN.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT'S PAINTING AND STRIPING.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE EITHER BOND MONEY OR GRANTS OR MAYBE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER. SO AS THE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S DONE, IT PAYS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE OUR TRAIL, MILES, MOST OF THOSE IN THE RIGHT AWAY GOING FROM ALMOST ONE AND A HALF TO 14 AND A HALF.
IT'S GOING TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF SIDEWALKS, PATHS, BOULEVARDS, BIKE LANES AND CYCLE LANES WE HAVE.
AND JUST A LITTLE ABOUT THOSE WIDE SIDEWALKS, SELF-EXPLANATORY, SHARED USE PATH.
THAT MEANS THAT IT'S A HIKE AND BIKE.
MIKE BOULEVARD'S MEANS THAT ONE OF THE STREETS WILL BE STRIPED, IT'LL BE STRIPED FOR BICYCLES AND WITH SIGNS TO MAKE THAT SAFER, TO MAKE IT EVIDENT BOTH WHERE THOSE ARE AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PRESENT.
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE A BIKE LANE ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO YOU HAVE A DEDICATED SEPARATE BIKE LANE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON BELTWAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON WEST GROVE AND WHAT IT IS, IT IS A TWO LANE PSYCHOPATH'S, SO ONE GOING EACH DIRECTION.
BUT BOTH OF THOSE BIKE LANES ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S THE WAY WEST GROVE IS GOING TO SHAPE UP.
I'M GOING TO TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT SOME OF THE OVERALL DESIGN PARAMETERS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE GO ON AND LOOK AT THE OVERALL VISION AND CONSIDERATIONS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, THAT IS A PAGE FROM THE CITY WIDE TRELLES VISION, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE WEBSITE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET IT AND READ IT.
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS I'VE PULLED OUT, JUST THE KEY WORDS, YOU'D PROBABLY EXPECT THAT THE FIRST GUIDING PRINCIPLE WOULD BE SAFETY.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ÁDER CONSIDERATIONS.
BUT ALSO CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTING ADDERSON, CONTEXT, SENSITIVITY.
ARE THERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS? CONGESTION, VARIOUS POINTS THAT SHOULD BE PLAYED IN DIVERSITY OF CHOICES.
THAT'S AGAIN, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATHS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREET MARKINGS AND SO ON, THE GOALS ARE CIRCULATION, NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS, DESTINATION ACCESS, AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, PARKS EVENTS, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS.
HOW DO WE TIE OUR TRAILS INTO THE METROPLEX? I WANT TO MOVE FROM THERE, THOUGH, TO TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE
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I WOULD HOPE THAT ONE SIGNAL I GIVE YOU CLEARLY TONIGHT IS THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE CHANGES BECAUSE OF THIS PLAN AND SO OF ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN, ALISON WAS BROKEN INTO FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS, NORTH ADDERSON.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT GOES FROM TRINITY MILLS.
IT IS BOUNDED BY MIDWAY, BOUNDED BY THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, CENTRAL ADDISON IS THE AREA AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE.
E ADDERSON IS EVERYTHING EAST OF THE TOLLWAY S QUORUM GOES FROM THAT LINE DOWN TO WHERE WE INTERSECT WITH THE TOLLWAY AND OF COURSE BOUNDED BY THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY AND INWOOD AND MIDWAY ROADS AND SOUTHWEST MADISON IS THE AREA SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE AND WEST OF INWOOD AND ADDISON ROAD.
HOW IS THIS PUT TOGETHER TO TRY AND MAKE THIS A NEIGHBORHOOD SENSITIVE PLAN? FIRST, A PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED, AND WHEN THAT COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED, IT WAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO TRY AND INCLUDE FOLKS FROM EVERY ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
SO THERE WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY WALKS THOSE AREAS, CYCLES IN THOSE AREAS AND COMMENTS AND HOW IT'S PUT TOGETHER IF ANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE IN THE ROOM. AND I KNOW AT LEAST.
ONE IS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? THANK YOU.
AND IN FACT, I'M AMAZED I DON'T I DO NOT SEE MR. SCIAF, HIS NAME IN HERE, AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THIS AND APPRECIATED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DONE TO MAKE THIS A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC.
ENDEAVOR WAS THAT SURVEY DATA WAS COLLECTED BY AREA, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN, YOU INDICATED WHERE YOU LIVED SO THAT THE DATA COULD BE COMPILED THAT WAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLLECTED BY AREA, THE NUMBER ONE INPUT FROM ACROSS ADDERSON WAS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WALKING PATHS OR CYCLING PATHS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SECONDLY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT SO ACROSS ADDERSON.
AND THAT WAS THE GOAL THAT FIRST LOOPS WITHIN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT FIRST OF THOSE.
NORTH ADDERSON, WHICH AGAIN IS TRINITY MILLS, SOUTH TO WEST GROVE, I JUST POINT OUT A FEW THINGS FIRST.
WHAT ABOUT LOOP'S? I SAID THAT PEOPLE WANTED LOOP'S WELL, IF YOU WERE TO COUNT THEM UP, YOU'D SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOOPS IN THERE.
BUT ONE ONE THAT I WOULD POINT OUT GOES ACROSS SOJOURNED DRIVE AND THEN FOLLOWS A WIDE SIDEWALK ACROSS ZL PARKWAY, BACK UP WEST GROVE.
THAT COMMENT ON TRAILHEADS THERE, A TRAILHEAD IS AN ACCESS POINT.
SO HOW DOES SOMEBODY GET TO ONE OF OUR TRAILS AND THERE'S DISCUSSION OF HAVING A TRAIL HAD ACCESS POINT AT EITHER THE EAST OR WEST END IN THE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
A TRAILHEAD CAN BE DIFFERENT THINGS, A TRAILHEAD COULD HAVE BIKE RACKS, IT COULD HAVE A WATER FOUNTAIN.
IT COULD HAVE A GATE AND BE VERY ACCESSIBLE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH ADDISON IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THOSE TRAILHEADS WOULD BE, AND SO THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO STAFF, IN PARTICULAR OUR PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR, JANET TIDWELL, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO MEET.
SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO MEET AND GET THROUGH AND DISCUSS WHAT THAT WILL BE.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS CONCERNS TO DO THE SAME THING TO REACH OUT.
NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME AS THE PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS HERE QUICKLY.
I MENTIONED THE TWO DAY CYCLE TRACK, THAT'S THE TWO BIKE LANES ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WEST GROVE, AND OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT CONNECT AND CIRCLE IN BELTLINE ROAD.
GOING ON THEN TO CENTRAL ADDERSON, SO AGAIN, KELLAR SPRINGS SOUTH, IT'S THE AREA WITH ADDERSON CIRCLE.
YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE WIDE SIDEWALKS AND SHARED PATHS, YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE LOTS OF CONNECTIONS.
TO THE TRANSIT CENTER, AND THERE ARE THESE ARE IF YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT, 10 BY 12 FOOT MAP, YOU WILL SEE NEW CONNECTIONS THAT ARE PLANNED IN TO IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY CONNECTIONS THERE.
OBVIOUSLY WIDE SIDEWALKS DOWN TO BELTLINE AND WHAT'S CALLED A BIKE BOULEVARD AND QUORUM.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE WILL BE STRIPING SO BICYCLISTS WILL SHARE.
QUORUM, BUT IT'LL BE STRIPED, ALSO EXPECT TO HAVE PSYCHOGRAPHICS,
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WANT TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE AND ENCOURAGE RECYCLING THEIR.MOVING QUICKLY TO SOUTHWEST EDISON, AGAIN SOUTH OF ARAPAHO AND.
IF YOU ARE IN THAT AREA, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALREADY A COUPLE OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BELTWAY AND BELTLINE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEXT TO THE AUSTIN ATHLETIC CENTER, THERE'S ALREADY A CONNECTION.
AND WHEN YOU HIT THAT LINE, IT HAS A SPECIAL LIGHT THAT LETS YOU CROSS THAT LINE.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT IN THE PLAN. THERE IS ALSO ONE PROPOSED TO GO FROM BELTWAY JUST EAST OF THE PLAYGROUND AND FOLLOW WHAT'S CURRENTLY AN INFORMAL LITTLE WALKWAY, BUT MAKING THAT A PATH TO BELTLINE.
AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE MAP OUT THERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET IT, LIKE TO CONFIRM WHAT THAT IS IN YOUR MIND AND WHERE IT WOULD BE.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW SOJOURNED UP.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE BUFFORD BIKE LANES AND BELTWAY AGAIN, THAT MEANS THAT ON BELTWAY THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE ON EITHER SIDE GOING IN EACH DIRECTION.
BY BOULEVARD'S, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE THAT IT WILL BE A SHARED ROAD, THERE WILL BE STRIPING AND SIGNAGE, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE LANE THAT.
APPLIES TO PROTON, AND THAT IS LEYLA'S AVENUE, I'M CERTAIN NOBODY CAN READ THAT IN THE BACK.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS, THESE TWO BULLETS HERE.
SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOODS, CENTRIC TRAILS.
ONE OF THE DESIGN CONCEPTS IN A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THE PLAN.
AND THE IDEA ON THIS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS TO HAVE MIDWAY ROAD, WHICH IS BEING REDONE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THAT WAY.
TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS WHO JUST WANT TO COME THROUGH TO USE THAT.
AND THEN TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAILS.
THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TRAFFIC.
TRAILS ARE ROADS LIKE BELTWAY.
LILAC AVENUE AND HOPEFULLY BY HAVING MIDWAY, WHERE IT'S AT THREE, TRAFFIC WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO GO THERE AND THE NEIGHBORS WILL USE NEIGHBORHOODS, WILL USE THE INTERNAL TRAILS.
REGIONAL TRADE CONNECTIONS, THERE ARE A COUPLE HERE THAT ARE REALLY THAT ARE WORTH MENTIONING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
FARMERS BRANCH IS PLANNING AND IS PROPOSING A TRAIL THAT WILL GO IT'S CALLED GARDEN BROOK DRIVE. THE NAME CHANGES, BUT THERE'LL BE A CONNECTION TO FARMERS BRANCH THAT'S PLANNED.
SO YOU CAN GO BELTWAY AND THEN TIE RIGHT IN AND GO WEST.
ON THE EAST SIDE, THERE IS NOT A PLAN, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND FARMERS BRANCH TO PUT A CONNECTION BETWEEN WHERE MIDWAY AND THE REDDING TRAIL PARK EXTENSION WILL MEET.
OVER TO INWOOD, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EAST-WEST CONNECTION.
THERE'S ALSO A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND SOUTH FROM SPRING VALLEY TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT LIKE FRIENDLIER IN TERMS OF A TRAVEL CONNECTION GOING ON TO.
S QUORUM, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE.
THE PLAN IS TO HAVE WALKABILITY, SHARED CONNECTIONS ON INWOOD ROAD AND ON QUORUM.
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE EAST-WEST CONNECTION COMING OVER FROM FARMERS BRANCH TO INWOOD.
SOMETHING THAT IS MUCH FURTHER ALONG BECAUSE IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DESIGNED BY FARMERS BRANCH, IS A CONNECTION S A CONNECTION THAT GOES FROM WHERE INWARD MEETS LANDMARK IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
S SO WE WOULD HAVE A GREAT CONNECTION GOING DOWN IN WOULD AND THEN CONTINUING. AND THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED.
THE OTHER CONNECTION THAT'S IMPORTANT WOULD BE IF WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE COULD CONNECT PROSPERITY VALLEY.
FORUM OUTWALK, I'M ONLY GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THERE.
FIRST ONE IS THAT IT'S FUNDED THANKS TO BOND FUNDING.
THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR VOTING TO DO THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ANOTHER BIG BOULEVARD, SO IT'LL BE STRIPED.
THERE WILL BE ART TO BE DETERMINED.
THE BUSINESSES, THIS WAS MAYBE THE NUMBER ONE BUSINESS ITEM, THEY CARED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR FOLKS TO HAVE BETTER CYCLING AND WALKING CAPABILITY TO GO TO LUNCH ON BELTLINE.
SO QUORUMS SHOULD BE A WINNER FOR THE RESTAURANTS
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AND HOTELS THERE.WIDE SIDEWALKS, ACCORDING TO THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, EVENTUALLY SHORT TERM STRIPING OAKS, NORTH BOULEVARD, BELLBROOK DRIVE AND CELESTIAL ROAD SO THAT BIKES CAN SHARE THAT MORE SAFELY.
SO STRIPING AND SIGNAGE BIKE BOULEVARD.
I SUSPECT THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALIZED THAT BELLBROOK IS IN THE PLAN IS ONE OF THOSE.
I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT IT'S WYNWOOD, BUT IT'S BELLBROOK THAT'S PROPOSED.
THIS IS A LONGER TERM PROPOSAL TO HAVE A SHARED USE PATH ALONG DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF VILLAGE, ON THE PARKWAY, AND THEN CONTINUING UP TO BELTLINE.
AND I HAPPEN TO LIVE CLOSE TO THERE.
THIS IS REALLY AN EXCITING TRAIL OPPORTUNITY.
IT WOULD COME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK RIGHT NEXT TO THE FINANCE BUILDING.
SO IT COULD ALMOST BE A NATURE TRAIL.
AND THE REASON THAT YOU SEE TWO DIFFERENT LINES THERE INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.
IS BECAUSE IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, INSTEAD OF JUST GOING ACROSS PARKING LOTS, SO PAVED AREAS.
MAYBE WE COULD FOLLOW THE CREEK.
MAYBE IT COULD BE A BOARDWALK IF YOU'VE BEEN TO KATY TRAIL, IF PUBLIC SCHOOL NINE SEVEN TO THE RESTAURANT WERE SUPPORTIVE, I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY PRETTY EXCITING FOR THAT AREA AS A TIE IN.
DON'T KNOW IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD ULTIMATELY SUPPORT IT OR WHERE THE RESTAURANT WOULD STAND, BUT THE IDEA IS PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE A BOARDWALK THERE AND A RESTAURANT RIGHT OFF IT.
I'VE SAID ENOUGH WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS.
IT IS A CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, ITS LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM, IT'S GOING TO BE PHASED THE NEXT STEPS.
THAT FIRST BULLET IS THE KEY ONE THERE.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ADOPTED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS, MAYBE THREE. SO PLEASE, IF YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING, HEARD SOMETHING, TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN AND MAKE COMMENT.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AT THAT MAP THAT 10 TO 12 FOOT MAP IS RIGHT OUTSIDE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE, STARTING WITH OUR PARKS AND DIRECTOR.
PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR JANET TIDWELL, IF YOU'D STAND UP, SHE HAS BEEN TERRIFIC.
AND SHE IS THE PERSON TO TALK TO.
YOU'VE NOW SEEN HER WHAT YOU COULD SEE.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE THAT HELPED DESIGN IT.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB.
AND I WANT TO THANK MARY ROSENBLUTH FOR ALL HER HELP PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVING THE BONDS, APPROVING THE PLANS, PARTICIPATING.
I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PLAN.
THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER IS IF YOU HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS AND HELP US TAILOR IT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WITH THAT, I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE IT VIRTUALLY, BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE VIRTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL WALDEN.
GOOD EVENING, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL WALDEN, AND I'M SORRY I COULDN'T JOIN YOU IN PERSON TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF SMART CITIES AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ADDERSON.
EACH SUMMER, PRIOR TO DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET, THE CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATES IN A WORK SESSION WHERE WE IDENTIFY STRATEGIC PILLARS.
THESE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES HELP THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TO PRIORITIZE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES WHEN DEVELOPING AN ANNUAL BUDGET.
THE PILLAR I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT. IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO HAVING THE GOLD STANDARD AND PUBLIC SAFETY SMART CITIES LIKE ADDERSON, BUT DATA AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO WORK NOT ONLY TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THIS CONCEPT IN ACTION IN EVERY SINGLE ADDERSON DEPARTMENT.
OUR SUCCESS IN THIS ARENA WAS EVEN MORE EVIDENT WHEN STAFF WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ALMOST VIRTUALLY.
HOWEVER, A RECENT PILOT PROGRAM WITH LICENSE PLATE READERS AND OPTICAL CAMERAS CONFIRMED THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO MAXIMIZING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND CRITICAL TO ENHANCED PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN APRIL 2019, WE INSTALLED LICENSE PLATE READERS KNOWN AS HELPERS AT KEY NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY POINTS AROUND TOWN AND OPTICAL CAMERAS ALONG THE LINEAR WEDDING AND WHITE TRAILS AS PART OF A YEARLONG PILOT PROGRAM
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TO TEST THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WERE USING THE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, AND IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SOLVING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CRIMES.
IT WAS ALERTING OFFICERS IN THE FIELD WHEN A CRIMINAL ENTERED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH LED TO VALUABLE CONTACTS AND ARRESTS.
BUT IT ALSO PROVIDED VALUABLE FORENSIC EVIDENCE AFTER A CRIME DID OCCUR.
THE REAL TIME VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE OPTICAL CAMERAS IS ACCESSIBLE IN THE OFFICE OR IN A SQUAD CAR, WHICH HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.
AFTER RECEIVING THE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM USING THE CRIME HEAT MAPS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED ADDING HELPERS TO THE ADDISON NORTH SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ON WEST GROVE DRIVE AND LAKE FOREST DRIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED EDISON CIRCLE AND VITRUVIAN AS POTENTIAL NEXT AREAS FOR EXPANSION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL AREAS ALONG BELTLINE ROAD.
I AM PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING A CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED AREAS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING A CONTRACT FOR TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT SECURITY CAMERAS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN ALL OF THE TOWN'S PARKS AND TRAILS, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN. WE ARE ALSO ADDING THEM TO ALL TOWN FACILITIES, INCLUDING PUMP STATIONS, ADDISON AIRPORT AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICES.
WE ALREADY HAVE THEM AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BUT WE'LL BE EXPANDING OUR MULTIFAMILY COVERAGE TO ADDISON GROVES AND VITRUVIAN, AS WELL AS OAKS NORTH.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT AN IMPACT THAT COVERAGE WILL HAVE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS IN ADDITION TO CAMERAS FOR PARKS AND FACILITIES.
ADDISON POLICE OFFICERS WERE BODY CAMERAS, AND OUR POLICE CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERAS.
WE REPLACE THESE CAMERAS EVERY FOUR YEARS SO WE CAN STAY CURRENT ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
A COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE SELECTION.
WE ARE ACTUALLY PILOT TESTING NEW IN-CAR CAMERAS NOW.
WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THE CAMERA REPLACEMENTS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND HOPE TO SEE A CONTRACT LATER THIS SUMMER FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED AS A PART OF THE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINETEEN BOND PACKAGE WAS AN ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ITS BASIC FORM.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES TO TRIGGER TRAFFIC LIGHTS AHEAD OF THEM TO CLEAR TRAFFIC DURING AN EMERGENCY.
UNLIKE THE OLD OUTDATED SYSTEM THAT REQUIRED A LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO WORK, THIS SMART SYSTEM ACTUALLY ACTIVATES TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG THE ROUTE TO BEGIN CLEARING TRAFFIC BEFORE THE VEHICLE ARRIVES AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. THE NEW SYSTEM IS THAT THERE IS A CONSUMER COMPANION APP CALLED TRAVEL SAFELY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO RECEIVE ALERTS ABOUT HOW LONG THE LIGHT WILL BE GREEN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND MUCH MORE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE UNDER THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE IT AND I REALLY ENJOY THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IT.
ANOTHER NEW SOFTWARE THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS USING IS CALLED FIRST DO.
IT INTERFACES WITH OUR DISPATCH SYSTEM SO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CAN SEE ON AN APP ALL OF THE INFORMATION THE DISPATCHER HAS RECEIVED FROM THE CALLER.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO COLLECT CRITICAL INFORMATION RELATED TO BUILDINGS IN TOWN SO THAT WHEN WE RESPOND TO A CALL, THEY NOT ONLY HAVE THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO THE HISTORY.
THE OWNERS CONTACT INFORMATION AND MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS ENHANCING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW OF THEM WITH YOU TONIGHT SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES WAYS THAT ADDERSON IS TRULY SETTING THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
NEXT, COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER WAY. WE ARE HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR TO SERVE ADDERSON.
IT'S A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WALDEN, AND I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION.
I AM COUNCIL MEMBER MARLAN WILLISON, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS, ONE OF THE MANY GREAT THINGS THAT I ENJOY AND SO MANY OF OUR OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY IS THE HIGH, HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE.
AND WE'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME. AND SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE AND MAYBE
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LONGER MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT OUR SERVICE IS GOING TO GET EVEN BETTER.AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A NEW TECHNOLOGY TOOL THAT MAKES IT EASIER, MUCH EASIER AND FASTER TO REPORT SERVICE REQUESTS. WHEN THOSE REQUESTS COME IN, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE DETAIL, FINE DETAIL THAT HELP OUR STAFF MEMBERS, OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES FIX AND RESOLVE AND SORT OUT WHATEVER THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS MAY BE. SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS NEW TOOL CALLED THE ADDERSON FIX IT APP.
WE'RE IN VERY, VERY EARLY DAYS WITH THIS APP, AND SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE PROGRESSING QUICKLY.
BUT I WANT TO START WITH SOME OF THE.
THE PITFALLS THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE APP WAS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WHO DO WE TALK TO ABOUT THE REQUEST? DO WE EMAIL IT? DO WE CALL? WHO DO WE CALL? WE'VE GOT FOLKS THAT USED TO DRIVE TO TOWN HALL TO REPORT A PROBLEM.
AND SO THE APP FIXES, FIXES ALL THESE ALL THESE PROBLEMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE APP. SO THERE IS NO CALL THAT IS NEEDED WHEN YOU USE THE APP. THERE'S A LIST OF DEPARTMENTS TO CHOOSE FROM IN REGARDS TO THE SERVICE REQUEST.
IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHICH DEPARTMENT THERE'S AN OPTION THAT SAYS OTHER.
AND EVEN IF YOU SUBMIT IT FOR ONE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S IT SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER, THE TOWN STAFF IS GREAT ABOUT GETTING THAT SERVICE REQUEST TO TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
A LOT OF FOLKS MAYBE WEREN'T COMPLETELY SURE WHEN THEY WOULD CALL IN A SERVICE REQUEST WHERE THEY WERE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE REDDING TRAIL IS THE REDDING TRAIL AND WE'RE UPON THE TRAIL.
SO THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S GOT A MAP AND YOU JUST IT'S GOT GPS TRACKING TECHNOLOGY.
SO WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE MAP, YOU JUST IT TELLS YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT OR YOU CAN CLICK ON THE MAP AND IT PINPOINTS WHERE THE WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
SO IT IT FIXES SO MANY HURDLES THAT WE USED TO HAVE BEFORE THIS APP.
YOU CAN YOU CAN ADD VIDEO AND PICTURES. AND I, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN YOU DO THAT TO USE TO USE THE PICTURES AND THE VIDEO, BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES THE PICTURES TELLS THE STORY SO MUCH BETTER THAN WORDS AND TEXT.
AS I SAID EARLIER, EARLIER, WE'RE IN EARLY, EARLY DAYS.
THE APP THAT WE'RE ON NOW, WE'VE HAD LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING. WE HAD A PREVIOUS APP AND IT WAS CALLED THE FIX IT ADDISON APP. I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW MANY OF YOU TRIED THAT. THAT THAT APP WAS GREAT.
IT WAS OUR FIRST APP, BUT WE FOUND SOMETHING BETTER.
AND IT'S CALLED THE ADDISON FIX IT APP. SO IF YOU HAVE THE OLD APP, PLEASE DELETE IT FROM YOUR PHONE.
AND AND IF YOU HAVE THE NEW APP, GREAT. AND IF YOU DON'T, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DOWNLOAD IT.
IT'S IT'S READILY AVAILABLE AT THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE OR THE APPLE APP STORE.
SO ANYBODY WHO WHO'S GOT A SMARTPHONE FROM FROM APPLE OR ANDROID CAN EASILY, EASILY GET THE APP.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING THIS APP AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TAKING USER INPUT.
SO THIS ON THE RIGHT HERE, WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE SCREENS AT THE BOTTOM. WE'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED REPORT A BUG. SO IF ANYBODY HAS GOT A FEATURE SUGGESTION OR A THOUGHT, YOU CAN EASILY SHARE THAT WITHIN THE APP.
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPER.
IT ALSO GOES TO THE TOWN EMPLOYEES FOR REVIEW.
A LOT OF WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE ADDERSON.
SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE REPORTING? WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARKS SERVICE REQUESTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED AND STREETS AND AND SO FORTH.
AGAIN, WE'RE VERY EARLY DAYS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE JUST UNDER FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOWNLOADS, I WOULD THINK BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A THOUSAND USERS AND I THINK MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ACTIVE.
WHAT WHAT WE SEE IS WHEN PEOPLE USE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING NEW.
BUT BUT AFTER YOU USE IT THAT SECOND AND THIRD TIME, YOU REALIZE HOW INTUITIVE AND HOW EASY IT IS.
AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU USE IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE A LOT MORE OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
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TO I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST SOME SIMPLE PICTURES, SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF SOME THINGS THAT I'VE SUBMITTED USING THE APP AND THE RESULTS OF THAT.AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL THESE WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF OUR PREMIER ART FIXTURES, LIGHT AND ENERGY.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'VE GOT IT IN GROUND LANDSCAPING LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES HELPS ILLUMINATE THIS SCULPTURE AT NIGHT.
SO ABLE TO TAKE THAT PICTURE, PARKS AND REC GOT THAT GOT THAT FIXED.
AND NOW THE SCULPTURE, IT'S ALWAYS LOOK GREAT, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT DURING THE DAY.
AND IT ALSO LOOKS GREAT AT NIGHT NOW.
WE HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF PARKS AND TRAILS USE SO MUCH THAT IT IT REALLY OVERLOADED OUR TRASH RECEPTACLES AND AND THE PARKS AND REC CREW WAS GREAT AND THAT NOT ONLY IN ADDISON CIRCLE, LIKE WE SEE HERE NOW, BUT IN OUR OTHER PARKS LIKE VITRUVIAN PARK, WE ADDED RECEPTACLES WHERE NEEDED. SO IN ADDISON PARK, THIS IS THE PAVILION AREA.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF NEW TEMPORARY TRASH RECEPTACLES.
BUT IF YOU WALK THROUGHOUT THE PARK, WE'VE ADDED AT LEAST 10 TO 12 AND THE SAME.
I'M SURE THE SAME IS TRUE IN VITRUVIAN PARK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK. SO IT WAS A NICE WAY TO TO USE THE APP. AND THE TOWN EMPLOYEES REACTED QUICKLY WITH A SOLUTION.
HERE'S ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR LIGHT FIXTURE WENT OUT AND THEY WERE I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THEY WERE QUICK TO TO REPAIR THAT ITEM.
AND IT IS GREAT FOR OUR TOWN AND IT'S GREAT FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
MANY OF YOU THAT LIVE IN THE AREA WHERE I LIVE AND BY THE WAY, LOCK AREA WILL RECOGNIZE THESE SIGNS, THESE ARE LOCATED AT PROTON DRIVE OFF OF THE RETTING TRAIL.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE SIGNS WE HAVE THREE.
AND I JUST COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH A YES.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE AFTER PICTURE THE END RESULT.
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS THIS KIND OF THING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE IT.
SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU SEE ANY GRAFFITI, ANY ANY SIZE, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE, PLEASE, PLEASE REPORT IT.
THIS, AS YOU CAN TELL IN THE AFTER PICTURE, THIS GOT CLEANED UP REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
AND WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW WE'RE OVER AT WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
IF YOU LIVE EAST OF THE EDGE OF THE TOLLWAY IN ADDISON, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND THESE ARE THE PROTECTIVE PEDESTRIAN BOLLARDS.
AND I THOUGHT THE PARKS AND REC TEAM DID A SUPERB JOB WITH THE WITH THE REPLACEMENT.
AND THIS IS THERE'S TWO THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE ENTRANCES WE'VE GOT TO ON THIS TRAIL.
AND THEY BOTH THEY BOTH LOOK OUTSTANDING.
THIS IS A PICTURE ON THE BEFORE.
HARD TO TELL, BUT THIS IS A MEDIAN ON BELTLINE ROAD AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A AUTO ACCIDENT THAT TOOK OUT ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS AND AND COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED THIS KIND OF THING OCCURRED FIVE DIFFERENT PLACES. SO AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THESE REALLY PREMIUM, BEAUTIFUL STREET LIGHTS ALONG BELTLINE.
AND IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER THING THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE, PLEASE REPORT IT.
AND IF YOU COULD, PLEASE USE THE APP TO DO SO.
THIS IS AT ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN ADDISON, THE RACETRACK FUEL STATION, I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW IT, IT'S OVER ON ARAPAHO ROAD AND MARSH LANE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, A VEHICLE HAD HAD RUN OVER ONE OF THE THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DID A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THE OWNERS.
THAT RACETRACK AND RACETRACK PROMPTLY WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE SIGN AND NEED.
THE AFTER PICTURE HERE IS IS IS ONE I LOVE BECAUSE I LOVE SPRING CREEK BARBECUE, BUT I ALSO LOVE SEEING IT WITHOUT WITHOUT THE ILLEGAL SIGNS.
WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF COMING UNDER ATTACK OF LATE WITH WITH SOME BUSINESSES PUTTING PUTTING SIGNS OUT, PROMOTING THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY DON'T EVEN OPERATE IN ADDISON.
THEY PUT THEM OUT ON THE WEEKEND.
AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHEN YOU SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST THROUGH THE APP, IS VERY PROMPT
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ABOUT ABOUT REMOVING REMOVING THESE SIGNS.THIS THIS IS ONE OF TWO MONUMENTS THAT WE HAVE OVERRUN IN THE WEST PART OF ADDISON LOCK, THE LETTERS ON THESE MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND THEY LASTED A GREAT, GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PARKS AND REC MAKING MAKING THESE MONUMENT SIGNS LOOK BETTER THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
THEY LOOK GREAT. AND SO GREAT JOB BY JANET TIDWELL AND HER TEAM IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN THIS CASE, WE HAD AN AUTO ACCIDENT AT THE ENTRANCE TO OAK'S NORTH, THE OAKS NORTH COMMUNITY AT PALADIUM AND MONFORT, AND AGAIN, PARKS, AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE RIGHT, ON THE AFTER PICTURE, DID A FABULOUS, FABULOUS JOB GETTING GETTING THIS REPAIRED AND AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL.
THESE THESE PICTURES ILLUSTRATE SOME SERVICE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THERE IN PROGRESS, BUT BUT I WANT TO USE THESE SLIDES TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE ON THE LEFT, WE'VE GOT THIS IS BUSINESS AVENUE JUST JUST OFF OF BELTLINE ROAD.
BUT THIS IS THIS IS A STREET STREET REPAIR.
AND AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET GET THAT GET THAT DONE.
GET THAT COMPLETED TO THE RIGHT OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT A FIRE HYDRANT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED IN FRONT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
GEORGE BUSH, GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NOW, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTING THESE SERVICE REQUESTS, JUST KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN VERY RAPIDLY AND SOME WILL JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
WE'VE GOT MORE PICTURES, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS.
AND AND ONE OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES I WANT TO POINT OUT IS SOME OF THIS IS ON TOWN PROPERTY AND SOME OF IT IS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SOME OF IT'S OWN.
SO WE HAVE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN OUR LITTLE TOWN.
AND AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME THE THE GREAT EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE AT THE TOWN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT INTERACT AND INTERFACE WITH OUR BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL OUR WAYS, WHAT HAVE HAVE YOU SO ARE OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES ARE JUST DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
AND THESE THESE SERVICE REQUESTS THROUGH THE APP JUST JUST HELP SPEED UP THAT PROCESS.
SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED THIS APP YET, PLEASE, PLEASE DO.
SO YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNITY, BUT ANYTHING YOU CAN DO BY USING THIS APP TO SUBMIT SERVICE REQUESTS WILL JUST MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR BEFORE OPENING UP FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER, I HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
NUMBER ONE IS THE ELECTION IS COMING UP.
SO ELECTION DAY FOR COUNCIL CANDIDATES IS ON MAY 1ST, MAY 1ST, SATURDAY SEVEN TO SEVEN.
AND THEN THE EARLY VOTING WILL START ON THIS MONTH, APRIL 19TH TO APRIL TWENTY SEVENTH.
SO WE WILL OPEN UP TWO POLLING PLACES.
AND WHY IS THAT CENTRAL FIRE STATION ONE AND THE OTHER IS THE EDISON CONFERENCE CENTER.
SO ALSO YOU CAN VOTE IN ANY DALLAS COUNTY POLLING PLACES.
SO JUST REMEMBER, IF ANY POLLING PLACES IN DALLAS COUNTY CLOSE TO WHERE YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS GO AND VOTE FOR. SO WE HAVE SIX COUNCIL CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THREE DIFFERENT COUNCIL SEATS.
SO BASED ON THE NUMBERS THEY DRAW.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS RANDY SMITH.
SECOND, WHY IS LAURIE WARD THIRTY ONE AS TOM BRONG FOURTH PLACE IS CATHERINE WILLER, THE FIFTH PLACE IS ELLEN. THEN THE SIXTH PLACE IS A LILY AND YOUNG WILL IF I PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY, IF SHE IS HERE
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SINCE I NEVER MET HER.SO MAKE SURE GO VOTE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT.
THERE'S NO WAY LASSMAN NO. TWO ANNOUNCEMENT IS.
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR EARTH DAY AND SUSTAINABILITY DAY ON APRIL 17TH FROM 12 TO THREE P.M., IT'S AT A ADDISON SERVICE CENTER.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIES, WEST GROVE, ONE SIX EIGHT ZERO ONE WEST GROVE.
SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN DROP OFF SOMETHING YOU DON'T NEED SINCE I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND AND ALONG WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER SANDRA LONG TO DONATE THIS CHECK TO MEDICAL SERVICES.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING SOME OF CANS AND DONATE TO THE FOOD BANK SO THEY CAN USE THIS TO SUPPORT ALL THE NEEDY LIVING EDISON, COPPELL FARMERS BRANCH, CARROLLTON AND SOME NORTH DALLAS PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S MY REPORTER FOR TODAY.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION, PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER, USE THAT MICROPHONE.
SO WHAT, YOU WANT TO COME UP? YES, PHYLLIS.
BY JILL BURGMANN HI, I'M PHYLLIS SILVER, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF ADDERSON AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS AHEAD OF US.
I JUST GET TEARS WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY WITH VERY EMOTIONAL OUT OF JOY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PEOPLE WERE BUSY PLANTING THINGS AND.
THE NEED TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE MEDIA AND THE LONG QUORUM MAKING IT MORE LIVABLE AND IT'S JUST.
MIRACULOUS, EVEN DURING THAT UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT TIME THAT NOBODY WHO'S ALIVE HAD EVER GONE THROUGH.
BUT NOW IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE THIS STORM.
AND BUSQUE PARK AND EVERSON'S CIRCLE, THOSE BEAUTIFUL, I CALL THEM PALM TREES, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT BOTANICAL THING.
I MEAN, I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE GONE. I MEAN, I LIKE ONE OF A KIND AND ALSO AT THE CIRCLE.
AND SO ARE THERE PLANS TO REPLACE THOSE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE THAT WE'VE HAD? IT'S IT'S REALLY A SAD THING. I MEAN, EVEN A PANDEMIC AND THE.
COULDN'T DO IT HERE, BUT MOTHER NATURE NOW WAS SO CRUEL IN FEBRUARY DURING THAT STORM.
CAN EVERYBODY HERE, ME, I GUESS WE CAN THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE JANET TIDWELL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
AND ONE, THE THING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSION WITH ME, THE MIDWAY ROAD, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIAN THE ONE MIDWAY ROAD HAVE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE TREES AND PLANTINGS WHEN THEY. SURE.
YEAH. FIRST THE TREES AND BUSHES SKATE PARK JANNIK AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
WE'RE STILL FINDING A LOT OF TREES AND SHRUBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE NOT RESPONDING WELL TO HAVING HAVE THE COLD SHOCK THAT THEY HAD.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLANT AND DO THINGS THAT TO THAT NATURE TO TO TO FIX.
BUT JANET CAN TALK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BOTH SKATE PARK, ABOUT MIDWAY ROAD.
THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE REPLANTING PLAN RELATED TO THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT PLANT TREES ALONG THE MEDIANS OF MIDWAY ROAD ARE BEING REMOVED.
SO YOU CAN REMOVE THOSE MEETINGS, NOT ONLY OF THE TREES IN THE MEDIAN MEDIANS GOING TO BE REPLANTED, BUT ALSO TREES ALONG THE PARKWAY WILL BE REPLANTED AS WELL.
SO THOSE THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF, UM, SHRUBS THAT WILL BE REPLACED AS A RESULT.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, ADDERSON, TEXAS DOT NET FORWARD SLASH MIDWAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE OUR PLAN FOR REPLACING TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG THE MIDWAY ROADS AREA SPECIFICALLY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE US TO SHOW YOU, WE'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AS WELL AND KIND OF SHOW YOU ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ABOUT OUR PLANTS THERE.
AND WHEN YOU SAY THE PARKWAY, YOU MEAN ALONG THE WAY.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MIDWAY ROAD.
PHYLLIS. PHYLLIS, YOU HAVE LIVING
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AT A CIRCLE. FOR HOW LONG.OH, IT'S GOING TO THIS AUGUST IS GOING TO BE 19 YEARS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT AND THE OTHER QUESTION.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE DISADVANTAGES OF THESE MASS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T I NO SEE ANYONE SMILE, AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK PHYLLIS FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE ADDISON CIRCLE.
IS THE STATE YOUR NAME? SO, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. YES, MAYOR, MY NAME IS PAMELA BOYD, AND I'VE BEEN IN ADDISON NOW FOR 15 YEARS.
AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, WEST, NOT ONLY FOR THE FINE WORK YOU'VE DONE, BUT ALSO FOR THE FINE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU KNOW, THE THE POPULAR GENERATION OR THE YOUTHFUL GENERATION SAYS THEY WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT, I JUST WANT TO DO A BIG THANK YOU FOR THREE MEMBERS OF OUR FINE CITY STAFF.
THE FIRST ONE IS CARLA, WHO WORKS IN THE CITY HALL.
SHE'S AN EXCELLENT NOT ONLY RESOURCE FOR YOUR NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET GUIDED TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED.
BUT SHE'S ALSO JUST VERY PLEASANT AND A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH.
SECOND OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY SECRETARY, IRMA.
MR. MAYOR, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
AND I CALLED HER TODAY, IN FACT, AND ASK HER ABOUT ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN ONE. AND SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT GETTING ME THE INFORMATION I'M GOING TO NEED TO GET MY ABSENTEE BALLOT.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF NOTICE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT VOTING.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER IN TERMS OF HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO SEE THAT PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO GET MORE OF OUR REGISTERED VOTERS TO THE POLL.
FINALLY, I CAN'T THANK THIS MAN ENOUGH.
HIS FIRST NAME IS ROBERT AND HIS TITLE IS HE IS THE WATER QUALITY SPECIALIST FOR EDISON.
AND HE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD AT HOLDING MY HAND.
HE'S BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD AT SURPRISING ME WITH HIS DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ME WITH THE HELP I NEED.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WAS THE RECENT STORM THAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT ARRIVED ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
I CONTACTED HIM. HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER WITH ME.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY HEAT.
I LIVE IN EDISON CIRCLE AND WE HAVE NO HEAT.
AND HE SAID, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WASN'T MORE THAN 12 HOURS AND IT WAS JUST AN UNSOLICITED PHONE CALL.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT YOU'D OPENED UP THE REC CENTER TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WARM.
AND MOST OF ALL, BECAUSE WE WENT FOR VERY EXTENSIVE TIME, MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS, AND THEY HAD A CIRCLE WITHOUT WATER.
AND SO I HAD TO MOVE OUT OF MY RESIDENCE AND FIND SOME PLACE WHERE I COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY PROVIDING MORE, BUT THE ABILITY TO TAKE A SHOWER, THE ABILITY TO BE HOUSED.
THAT'S REALLY A TRIBUTE TO THE FINE MANAGEMENT AND THE FINE LEADERSHIP THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRAISE.
AND IN YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT ME RIGHT.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO THAT WERE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THOSE REAL QUICK AND I'LL PROVIDE AN ANSWER.
ONE PERSON, THIS IS LISA GROESBECK AND LISA ASKED TWO QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF THE BRICK WALL ALONG THE BELTWAY WILL BE REMOVED BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT THAT ADDERSON GROW? WILL IT BE REMOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST WHERE IT ABUTS SPRING CREEK BARBECUE? THE ANSWER IS YES.
EVENTUALLY THAT WALL THAT SEPARATES ADDISON GROVE FROM BELTWAY WILL BE ENTIRELY REMOVED, BUT IT WILL BE REMOVED IN PHASES.
SO AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST, IT WILL INCREMENTALLY BE REMOVED.
SO IT WILL ENTIRELY BE REMOVED AT SOME POINT.
THE SECOND QUESTION, IN ADDITION TO REPLACING TREES ALONG MIDWAY, ONCE THE MEETING CONSTRUCTION IS
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COMPLETE, WHAT OTHER BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMS ARE IN PLACE? SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MIDWAY ROAD.WE'VE GOT A PRETTY EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEAUTIFYING THAT AREA, NOT ONLY, LIKE I SAY, WITH REPLANTING TREES, BUT ALSO OTHER SHRUBS AND OTHER PRETTY BUSHES AND FLOWERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THAT AREA.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS THAT OUR PARKS TEAM IS ENGAGED IN TO NOT ONLY DO THINGS ON A SPECIAL TYPE OF BASIS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE TULIPS, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR AREAS ARE OUR BEAUTIFIED AND THEY LOOK THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. AND I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WE HAVE AN ENCORE HAS BEEN REBUILDING SOME THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THE REDDING TRAIL, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESTORING THAT AREA TO THE LEVEL THAT WE EXPECT TO BE RESTORED TO.
AND THAT MEANS THAT IT IS IT IS AT LEAST AS GOOD AS IT WAS BEFORE, IF NOT BETTER.
THAT'S AN EFFORT THAT'S GOING ON, GOING THERE.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT, THE RESTORATION EFFORTS.
WE HOPE THAT THAT'S DONE HERE IN APRIL. IT'S BEEN A DELAY THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN HAPPY WITH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN MANAGING THROUGH.
AND WE HAVE THEIR COMMITMENT AND, OF COURSE, COMMITMENT THAT THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL DO AND THEY WILL RESTORE THAT AREA.
AND SO THAT AGENDA IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS FROM LISA GROESBECK. THERE'S ONE OTHER QUESTION FROM MR. RICHARD BADGETT.
HIS QUESTION IS, WITH THE DARK RAIL COMING IN AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL NO DOUBT ACCOMPANY, WHICH WILL NO DOUBT ACCOMPANY IT.
I WORRY THAT AS DALLAS EXPERIENCED WITH THE DPL AND REVITALIZATION AND IS EXPERIENCING WITH THE STREETS, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE IN ADDISON FOR YEARS, SOMETIMES DECADES, WILL SUDDENLY FIND OURSELVES UNABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME.
DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO STABILIZE RENTS, MANDATE A PORTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BE PRICE CONTROLLED OR OTHER COMPARABLE MEASURES TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR BOTH LONG STANDING AND POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO RENT? THIS IS MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION.
THE ANSWER IS, IS IF I WILL I.
I HOPE THE REVITALIZATION THAT THAT HE REFERENCES IS A BYPRODUCT OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IN ADDITION TO NOT ONLY MAKING SURE THAT THE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BRINGS IN A LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND VALUE, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR MANY RESIDENTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ADDISON IS NOT FOR A LONG TIME HAD ANY SENIOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIOR FOLKS. FIFTY FIVE AND OLDER.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
THAT DEVELOPMENT IS WHERE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TOLLWAY, IF YOU'RE DRIVING NORTH FROM ADDISON ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOLLWAY, THERE'S A BUILDING THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT SAYS THE HAPPY STATE BANK BUILDING JUST NORTH OF THAT HAPPY STATE BANK BUILDING IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN REZONE FOR PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COMING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS AS PART OF THE AREA THAT WAS STUDIED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SAM'S CLUB SITE, THAT SAM'S AREA DEVELOPMENT, THAT AREA ALSO CALLED FOR A FOCUS OF SOME SENIOR HOUSING.
AND THAT STUDY AREA PLAN WAS NEVER FULLY COMPLETED.
AND THE TOWN IS GOING TO REIGNITE THAT PROCESS.
SO OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, KEN SCHMIDT, IS IS PART OF IS GOING TO LEAD THAT EFFORT.
THE COUNCIL WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT A STEERING COMMITTEE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXCUSE ME, THAT WILL HELP INFORM THE REST OF THAT WORK.
AND SO IN THAT AREA, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS SOME SENIOR LEVEL TYPE OF HOUSING. SO THOSE ARE TWO EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR NOT ONLY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE AND OWN AND ADDISON, BUT ALSO WHO WANT TO STAY IN ADDISON AND HAVE MAYBE GROWN OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, THEIR HOUSING THAT THEY'RE IN NOW. SO BUT THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT RENT CONTROL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING IF, LIKE I SAID, PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION, THAT AT SOME POINT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
THOSE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE HAVE NOT OCCURRED UNTIL AT THIS TIME.
I THINK THERE'S ONE ISSUE HE IS DEPENDING ON AND THE DETERMINED BY THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND WHEN THERE ARE MORE SUPPLIES AND THEN THE PRICE OF OIL WELL COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW FOR SURE THERE'S MORE COMPETITION WILL DRIVE THE PRICE DOWN.
SO ANY MORE QUESTION? YES, WHEN THE.
RANDY SMITH, I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF MADISON TO TWO QUESTIONS, TWO ISSUES I'D LIKE TO TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT.
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THEY THEY BOTH MAY HAVE TO DO WITH PARKS.I'VE TALKED TO MR. TIDWELL SEVERAL TIMES ON THESE ISSUES, AND THEY ONCE AGAIN CAME TO A HEAD OVER THIS LAST WEEKEND. ACTUALLY, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE OR IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT FOR LARGE GROUPS TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THEM DOWN FOR FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
THIS LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD ONE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE STATIONED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE PARK TO PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM ENTERING AND HAD PARK CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR A PRIVATE EVENT.
ALONG THE ROAD, THEY HAD SIGNS MADE UP RESERVED PARKING FOR PRIVATE EVENT, WHICH IT'S A NO PARKING ROAD.
I ACTUALLY CALLED THE POLICE TO TRY TO GET THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CARS MOVED OFF OF THE STREET SO WE COULD GET DOWN.
I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM A PATROL OFFICER IF THEY WENT OUT OR NOT, BUT I DID TRY TO I GOT HOME ONE TO TAKE MY DOGS FOR A WALK, TRIED TO GO AROUND THE PARK AND THEY MADE THE ATTEMPT TO.
TELL ME THAT THE PARK WAS CLOSED AND TO PREVENT ME FROM GAINING ENTRY TO THE TRAIL AROUND THE PARK, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF EFFORT IS GOING TO GO FORWARD IN PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AND OUR IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS.
CERTAINLY, I THINK THAT WAS WE'VE HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, SOCCER LEADS TO COME OUT AND PLAY ONE OF THE ISSUES, COME OUT AND PLAY.
AND WHEN WE WHEN WE BECAME AWARE OF THAT, WE REACHED OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO ORGANIZE THAT AND TOLD THEM THAT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND ADDRESS, THAT PROBLEM WAS RECTIFIED.
THE ONE THAT YOU REFERENCED, THAT'S THIS FROM THIS LAST WEEKEND.
I THINK JANA AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON SUNDAY.
AND SO PART OF IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IT.
AND ONCE WE'RE AWARE OF IT, WE CAN WE CAN TAKE ACTIONS TO TO MAKE SURE ALL OR ONCE WE CAN NOTIFY YOU ALL OF IT, BECAUSE IT TYPICALLY ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THE EVENINGS OR ON WEEKENDS.
ONCE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU'RE ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED, IT'S OVER.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT WHO DO WE CONTACT AT THAT POINT? WE'VE TRIED TO CALL PD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY RESPONDED, I KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CARS, BUT I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME, GET IT DONE QUICK.
LET ME GET THAT, BECAUSE THE SECOND ISSUE IS ON WHITE ROCK TRAIL.
AND THIS, AGAIN, PERSONALLY HAPPENED TO ME FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I'M WALKING MY DOGS ON THE WHITE ROCK TRAIL, WHICH WILL TRY TO ENJOY.
AND I GET UP AND I HAVE I HAVE A.
I HEAR A PERSON YELLING AT ME, SO I TURN AROUND AND ON THE TRAIL IN ADDISON, THERE IS A MAN YELLING SOMETHING AT ME AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING. SO I TURN AROUND, I GET WITHIN TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE FEET OF HIM.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT HE TURNS OUT, HE SAYS HE HAS FINALLY GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EXPLETIVE, HIS REAR END.
HE TURNS AROUND AND PULLS HIS PANTS DOWN AND SHOWS ME HIS HIS BARE REAR END.
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT OR PATROL AREA WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THESE TRAILS GOING FORWARD.
THERE, AGAIN, ARE CALLED PD MAKE TO MAKE A REPORT ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M VERY FEARFUL AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE FEARFUL.
OF WOMEN, CHILDREN, ELDERLY, WALKING ON THE TRAIL, AND IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN TO A WOMAN OR A YOUNG CHILD, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT IT HAPPENED TO ME. BUT IF IT HAPPENS TO A FEMALE, I THINK WE HAVE A SERIOUS OFFENSE THAT HAS OCCURRED.
I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHETHER IT'S A FEMALE. I AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO SEE OFFICERS ON BICYCLES ON THAT TRAIL A LOT.
THEY EVEN USED TO RIDE THEIR MOTORCYCLES DOWN THAT WE USED TO SEE OFFICERS A LOT IN THERE.
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED OR WHAT, BUT THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT I FEEL LIKE NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE IT'S ESCALATING IN THERE. IT IS GETTING FAR MORE INTENSE, AS YOU CALLED THE POLICE.
I DID YESTERDAY THAT THEY CONTACT, YOU KNOW, OK, NEVER HEARD BACK ON THAT EITHER.
OK, WELL, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING.
HI, MY NAME IS MIKE O'NEAL, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ADDERSON FIX IT, AND I'M A BIG FAN OF THAT.
AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN MY NAME MORE TIMES ON THAT.
BUT I FIND PEOPLE VERY RESPONSIVE TO IT AND IT DOES GET THINGS FIXED.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE EDDISON ATHLETIC CENTER WASN'T DISCUSSED TOO
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MUCH TO SEE MEAN.DO YOU ENVISION OR DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THAT MIGHT OPEN BACK TO REGULAR HOURS AND REGULAR OCCUPANCY AND WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, COULD YOU KIND OF TELL US WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE MIGHT SEE DOWN THE ROAD ON THAT WITHIN THE FACILITY? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ATHLETIC CLUB SPECIFICALLY? I AM NOT PERFECT.
WE WANT TO RETURN BACK TO NORMAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE HOURS ARE LIMITED IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE STAFFING LEVEL WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN ORDER TO DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP IT SANITIZED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STAFF IT LIKE WE HAD AT THE PREVIOUS AT THE PRE PANDEMIC HOURS.
SO THE THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS THAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
AND WHEN I SAY SUSTAINABLE WORK, PEOPLE DON'T BURN OUT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE WANT TO RETURN BACK TO NORMAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WITH VACCINES ROLLING OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND PEOPLE NOT HAVING TO WORRY AS MUCH WITH THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE COVID-19, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AS EARLY AS JUNE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
AND WHEN I SAY RESPONSIBLE, WE'VE GOT KIND OF DIFFERING OPINIONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN MADISON, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WHO FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO TO TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB. AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT THINK WE'RE DOING WAY TOO MUCH AND WE NEED TO JUST GET RID OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING SOMETHING THAT THAT MAKES SENSE AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS REASONABLE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM, LIEPA, TO ACTUALLY START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE THE, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO THE DESIGN WORK SHOULD BE DONE THIS SUMMER.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO DO CONSTRUCTION, BUT AFTER THE DESIGN WORK, WE WILL GO OUT TO BID FOR THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO BE DONE.
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS A RESULT OF THE DESIGN EFFORT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T WE WON'T BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY STARTING SOMETIME NEAR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND AND MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING SOME THINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY NICE.
AND THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT ONLY THE ENTRY WAY, BUT THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF WITHOUT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED AND THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.