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TO ORDER, PLEASE STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE.[ Call Meeting to Order]
[ EXECUTIVE SESSION Closed (Executive) Session of the Addison City Council pursuant to: Section 551.072, Tex. Gov. Code, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person, pertaining to: DART Interlocal Agreement – Ground Lease]
LIKE CLOSED SESSION AS THE CITY CONSOLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5,000 1 0 7, 2 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIVERY THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.IF DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN READING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PERSON ATTENDING TO DARK EIGHT TOTAL LOCAL AGREEMENT AROUND LEADS.
AND A WAY TO EASE THAT OBSESSION.
THAT'S MOVED TO THE RULE HERE WITH EXITING THE, IS THAT
[ Reconvene in to Regular Session: In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council will reconvene into Regular Session to consider action, if any, on matters discussed in Executive Session.]
OBSESSION AT 6:35 PM RIGHT NOW TO THE 6 39 AND THE WORK SESSION.[1. Present and Discuss Non-Profit Grant Funding Presentations for Fiscal Year 2022.]
THE FIRST ITEM IS PRESENT, DISCUSSED NONPROFIT GRANT FUNDING PRESENTATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU ARE HERE INSTEAD, THE POVERTY THAT JUST ONCE A YEAR, I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I RETURNED IN MAY.
I ASKED FOR THE MEETING, GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU JUST, SINCE WE KNOW EACH OTHER QUITE A WELL
SO YOUR TRENDS DO REAL SHORT AND THREE MINUTES EVERY MINUTE WILL COST YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
GREAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STEVEN LITTMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, THE WAY I'M GOING TO NAVIGATE THIS AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, 10 NONPROFITS PRESENTING, UH, THIS EVENING.
UH, I AM GOING TO CALL EACH, EACH OF THEM UP IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
UH, THEY'LL HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT.
UM, WE HAVE MARY ROSENBLUTH BACK HERE IS GOING TO HAVE A FIVE MINUTE TIMER.
SO, UH, OUR PRESENTERS, UH, AS THEY COME UP, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, TO JUDGE THEIR TIME BASED ON THAT.
I'M GOING TO NAVIGATE THEIR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THEM SINCE WE'LL BE SHARING IT ON ZOOM AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START THIS EVENING WITH THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION.
HI, JAKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING? OR ARE YOU ACTUALLY VERY GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY TO NOTHING? THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JAY I RING AND PRESENT THE S AND ARBOR FOUNDATION IS BARBARA PAPPAS, VICE PRESIDENT, AND, UH, PRESENTING TONIGHT SLIGHTLY TOO.
ANN ARBOR FOUNDATION IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE COMPRISED OF SEVEN BOARD, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE OUR INCEPTION AND ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, THE LAST, UH, 20 TO 2012 TO DATE, WE ADVANTAGE AND SPONSORED 18 NOTABLE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, INSTALLATION.
UH, THREE INSTALLATIONS WITH THOSE WERE IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 20, AND THREE ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2021.
WE PROVIDED FUNDING OF $25,480, WHICH WAS $10,000 PLUS MATCH DONATIONS OF $7,740 TO FUND 42 TREES AS PART OF THE TOWN'S PROGRAM TO REPLACE TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED IN THE JUNE, 2019 STORM OR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 300 NEW AND REPLACEMENT TREES TO DATE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THREE PARK BENCHES IN THE LANDLOCKED, LINDA, YOUR PARK.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF OUR PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, SPECTRA, JUST OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING BY SCOTT SCHUMAN, THE GIVERS BY JIM PEPPLER, TWO ARTISTS, ARTISTS COLLABORATED ON THE PACE THE RAVENS WERE DONE BY, UH, JIM EFFLER AND SCOTT SHUBIN DID THE METAL
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PERCH FOR THEM.TANGO FANTASIA I ART FAIR CHILD IS IN FRONT OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND FOR FUN, WE ALSO DID WOOD CREATURES, THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL, AND THOSE ARE BY GOOGLE CHRISTIANO.
AND I'M GOING TO BE BEEN OUT TO THE NATURE TRAIL.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE CRITTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR REQUEST, UM, I QUITO, WHICH IS A SCULPTURE BY DAVID HICKMAN.
UM, WE PROCURED THAT BACK IN 2018 AND THE INSTALLATION IS STILL PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR IN FRONT OF THE, UH, NEW AS NEAR AIRPORT GALAXY FBO, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF ADDISON ROAD ACROSS FROM THE ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER FIVE.
UM, OR, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE SPONSORED TWO, UH, SCULPTURES BY THE ARTIST RUSS KAMEL, AND THE PIECE TO THE LEFT IS, UH, NAMED AT THIS POINT.
UM, HE'S JUST FINISHING IT PIECE THAT WAS APPROVED AND IS GOING TO GO, UH, IN FRONT OF THE WATER TOWER.
THAT'S OFF A SURVEYOR AND A RAMP OF A ROAD, AND ROCKVILLE IS GOING SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE PARKLAND AREA OF THE ADDISON GROWTH DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, PROJECTS FOR, UM, THIS BIG YEAR 22, WE WILL BE CONTINUING, UM, TREE AND SHRUB REPLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ARE ALSO PLANNING A POSSIBLE PUBLIC ART BY ARTISTS TO PASCAL PRIOR.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR WORK, SHE DID THE MARINE SCULPTURE.
IT'S LOCATED OVER AT THE POST SKATE PARK AREA AND FOR OUR REQUESTS THIS YEAR, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY MANAGING MAJOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS BY IDENTIFYING ARTISTS.
ARTISTS WORKS IN, ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, COORDINATE WITH THE SUPPLIERS AND THE TOWN OF ST.
NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU AND ADMINISTER THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT THE TOWN'S BUDGET FOR LANDSCAPING.
UH, CITIZENS ARE DISCOVERING AND ENJOYING OUR PUBLIC ART AND MORE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THEY'RE OUT IN THE PARKS AND OUR ART COLLECTION PROMOTES, UH, PUBLIC ART AS ABSTINENCE A DESTINATION.
OUR REQUEST IS FOR $65,000 OR THE CONTINUATION OF OUR PUBLIC ART AND LANDSCAPING PROJECTS.
UH, OTHER DONATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PROBABLY REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC FOR FYE 2022.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO PUT IN, UH, ONE OR MORE PUBLIC GARDENS RELATIONS WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATING COSTS, WHICH ARE KEPT TO A MINIMUM WITH THAT.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
FIRST QUESTION, IS ANYBODY HERE? VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SIMILAR APPROACH? I GOT A GOOD AUDIENCE BURGLARY.
I HAVE, UH, SEAN NORWOOD IS ANOTHER SQUADRON MEMBERS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.
SO WE STARTED BACK IN, UH, ACTUALLY DECEMBER 1ST, 1947 A WEEK BEFORE PEARL HARBOR.
UH, WE WERE LATER ON, WE PAINT A LITTLE BIT, UH, FEDERALLY CHARTERED.
WE'RE A NONPROFIT, UH, THE ACTUAL WORDS OR A BENEVOLENT CITIZEN ORGANIZATION, UM, BACK IN, UH, OR TO THE SILLER PATROL, UH, DID A LOT OF PATROLLING OF THE COASTAL WATERWAYS FROM MAINE ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS AND ACTUALLY ENDED UP SINKING TO GERMAN SUBMARINES, WHICH, UH, IF YOU KNOW WHAT A PIPER CUB MIGHT BE, IT'S A REAL SMALLER PLANE.
THEY DROPPED THE BOMBS OUT THE WINDOW AND THEY ACTUALLY, UH, DESTROYED TWO AND WAS THE MAJOR DETERMINED BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE JUG SUBMARINES SURFACE, THEY, SOME OF THESE LITTLE YELLOW PLANES IN IT, THEY SAID, WELL, THIS IS
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NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT OUR START.
UH, SO WE'RE SEVEN YEARS AGO NOW NEXT MONTH, UH, WE ARE CHARTERED WITH THREE MAJOR FUNCTIONS, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, CADET PROGRAMS AND, UH, AEROSPACE EDUCATION.
SO EMERGENCY SERVICES IS PROBABLY WHERE WE DO MOST OF OUR WORK.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, LAST YEAR WE TRANSPORTED, UH, SEVERAL THOUSAND TEST SAMPLES FROM THE DALLAS AREA DOWN TO AUSTIN FOR PROCESSING.
WE DELIVERED, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, UH, FROM SAN ANTONIO UP TO AMARILLO.
AND THEN WE ALSO WERE INVOLVED IN TAKING A LOT OF PICTURES FOR THE STATE OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE IN NORTH DALLAS AND THEN ROUTINELY, UH, ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
WE DO A LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE ALL THE FLOODS AND THE HURRICANES THAT WE, UH, THAT WE EXPERIENCED.
SO, UH, THE LAST HURRICANE WE HAD, WE HAD PEOPLE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, OVER A WEEK, UH, ON SITE, UH, FLYING MISSIONS, TAKING A LOT OF PICTURES.
THE NEXT LINE, IT HAD PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST CADET PROGRAM NATIONWIDE.
WE HAVE 60,000 MEMBERS AND ABOUT 20,000, THOSE THAT ARE CADETS, THEY DO A LOT OF TRAINING IN STEM, LEADERSHIP, UH, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND A LOT OF, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT'S, UH, OR A STUDENT OR A YOUNG MAN TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE YOUNG LADY.
IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS COMMITMENT.
THEY GENERALLY MEET FOR TWO HOURS A WEEK, EVERY WEEK, AND THEN THEY HAVE PAISLEY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE SUMMER ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
IT WAS A PRETTY, IT TAKES A PRETTY SERIOUS COMMITMENT OF TIME IN DIFFERENT FROM THE STUDENTS PART.
UH, SO OUR, UM, MORE, UH, FAMOUS, UH, CADETS, UH, AT LEAST THESE TWO LADIES, UH, THROUGH THE, UM, UH, CP CREDIT PROGRAM, BOTH OF THEM ENDED UP GOING TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
AND I BELIEVE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE LADY ON THE LEFT WAS THE FIRST PILOT TO FLY WITH THE THUNDERBIRDS.
AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, UH, HAD A LOT OF COMBAT EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY, UH, HAD HER PLANE DAMAGED PRETTY SEVERELY, BUT WAS ABLE TO BRING IT BACK.
AEROSPACE EDUCATION IS FOR OUR CADETS, OUR MEMBERS.
AND THEN WE ALSO TRY AND HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR SOME OF THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH COVID.
ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WERE ZOOM MEETINGS.
SO IF THAT AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT PART OF IT IS EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, ABOUT THE VALUE OF AEROSPACE TO THE NATION AND TO THE COUNTRY.
SO EVERY FOUR, YOU SEE A LITTLE RED TRIANGLE.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE CADET, UH, OR, UH, SAP LOCATIONS.
WE'RE IN 50 STATES PLUS THE, UH, COLUMBIA, UH, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO IN TEXAS, WE HAVE, UH, UM, 63 SQUADRONS IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, IN THOSE SQUADRONS, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 34 AIRCRAFT.
SO HERE IN AN ASK THEM, WE HAVE, UH, AN AIRCRAFT BASED AT DENISON AIRPORT.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR MONEY PER SE, BUT WE'RE REALLY, THEY HAVE A, UM, SILLY TO SCORE HER PLAINTIFF PETTY.
I JUST WONDER IF YOU DON'T LOOK FOR, UH, FUNDING, LOOK FOR SOME SUPPORT OR WALLET OR SOMETHING.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, NEXT UP IS KEVIN OFFLINE MUSEUM, YOUR CHILD.
IT WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MINUTE.
SO I'M GOING TO INCREASE MY REQUEST FOR A COUPLE MORE THOUSAND FIVE SOME TIME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR, CHILD, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM CONTINUITY AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR WILLING TO MEET WITH US TONIGHT AND TO HEAR IS, UM, I DO WANT TO MENTION MANDALA.
WILSON HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY PARTICULARLY A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US.
HE'S PICKED UP THE PHONE EVERY TIME IT WAS CALLED.
UM, IT'S COME OVER TO THE MUSEUM AND MET
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SEVERAL TIMES EATING.I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AND THE CAVENAUGH FLOOD MUSEUM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR, I THINK WE SKIPPED THIS SLIDE, UH, FOR 28 YEARS, UM, IN COUNTY.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UM, IN DALLAS, IT'S BECOME, UM, MORE THAN JUST AN INSTITUTION.
IT'S BECOME A FAMILY TRADITION OVER THE YEARS, CLICK.
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED EVERYWHERE FROM UNCLES CLINIC TO DOUG AND KEVIN, WHO I CONSIDER FAMILY.
UM, DOUG JAMES, WHO JUST RETIRED WITH THIS AND KEVIN ROMNEY, HE'S STILL WITH US OVER 30 YEARS CLERK TO MS. ROSA LEE AND MR. C.
THESE ARE MY WIFE'S GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MUSEUM.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, MR. SAINT WAS A MECHANIC CLERK, UM, WHO WORKED ON YOUR CRAFT AND THEN ALSO CLICK MY FATHER-IN-LAW JIM CALVIN HALL, WHO WAS OUR FAMILY OR, AND, UM, PRIMARY BENEFACTOR AND HAS BEEN OUR GUIDING SPIRIT FOR SAY THE LAST 30 YEARS CLICK AND THEN MYSELF, VERY WHITE.
AND I'M THE NEW GUY AND UPPER PICTURE IS KABOOM TOWN FROM 1994.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINED AS WELL AS THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MAINTAINED.
SO, UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT REASONS, WHY PEOPLE VISIT ADDISON, A COUPLE THINGS COME TO MIND, OBVIOUSLY THEY WORK HERE, THEY LIVE HERE.
THEY LIKE TO EAT HERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO MORE TO ADDISON.
THERE'S MORE, UM, THERE'S COMMUNITY, THERE'S PARKS, THERE'S INVOLVEMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THIS IS WHERE THE CABIN FLIGHT MUSEUM, UM, IT'S AN INVALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET.
UM, IT WAS REVEALING TO ME THAT ALL THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE, EDUCATIONAL TRIPS, I AIRCRAFT RESTORATION WORKSHOPS, SCOUTING, EDUCATIONAL, BOURBONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, WORKSHOPS, FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR OTHER NONPROFITS, WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENTS, SENIOR BREAKFAST AND TOURS, BAR MITZVAHS, AND CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE.
AND I RAN OUT OF SPACE ON THIS SLIDE.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO THERE.
WE'RE ALSO SERVING AS A WALDEN AMBASSADOR TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
HISTORICALLY, WE'VE DONE ABOUT CLIP OR ABOUT 20 AIR SHOWS A YEAR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
SOME OF THESE ARE REGIONAL AND SOME OF THEM ARE NATIONAL.
THE TWO BIG ONES ARE SUN AND FINE IN FLORIDA IN OSHKOSH IN WISCONSIN, WHICH HAS OVER A MILLION VISITORS A YEAR, UM, AT THESE AIR SHOWS CLIP.
WE, WELL, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE US AIR FORCE HERITAGE FLIGHT PROGRAMS IN US NAVY PROGRAMS. THESE ARE VERY PRESTIGIOUS.
THESE ARE WHERE WE FLY OLD AIRCRAFT NEXT TO NEW, SEEN BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE US QUICK.
AND THE AIR SHOWS ARE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO THE WORLD ABOUT ADDISON ON EVERY PIECE OF MARKETING THING WE HAVE FROM OUR T-SHIRTS TO THE WRAP.
THAT'S ON OUR RV TO OUR BANNERS THAT WE PUT OFF IS A TOWN OF ADDISON SYMBOL.
AND PEOPLE ASK YOU, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? SO WE CONTINUE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
VISITORS STATISTICS ARE, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE BULLET BY BULLET, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 18,020 19 CLICK IN 2020, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH COVID, WE WERE DECIMATED WITH ATTENDANCE, AND I THINK THESE WERE PROBABLY EMOTIONALLY LOCAL FOLKS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAD TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 58, 13, UM, FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN SO FAR IN 2021, AND STARTING TO BOUNCE BACK WITH 4,300 VISITORS.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS, UM, THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCES, WE'RE NOT DOING AS MANY.
AND THERE'S TWO REASONS FOR THAT.
COVID ONE, BUT ALSO THE FAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF REGULATION ON HIGH.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN, IN 2021, THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC FLY OVER TO SLEEP.
THE HEROES FLY OVER THE TPP THICKENS HOSPITAL.
THIS OPENING FILE OR THE TASTE OF ADDISON.
WE HOSTED CONGRATS CONGRESS, BETH VAN DEWINE, AND THE SERVICES ACADEMY BREAKFAST.
THIS WAS LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SAME WEEKEND OF TOWN OVER THE TASTE OF ADDISON.
AND THEN WE ALSO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE UPCOMING COMMUNE TOWN FIREWORKS AND FREEDOM FARM.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO DOING IS WORKING.
YOU GOT A MUSEUM CERTIFICATION CLICK, YOU CAN JUST CLICK THROUGH THESE IT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.
IT INVOLVES MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS.
I THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE PROBABLY THREE YEARS AND THERE'S MULTIPLE STEPS, BUT WE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO BECOME A SMITHSONIAN AND FILLER AND THE BIG CARRIERS AND BECOMING A SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE OTHER THAN BEING VERY PRESTIGIOUS IS IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BRING IN TRAVELING EXHIBITS AND GUEST SPEAKERS.
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A DYNAMIC AND VERY ROBUST, UM, EXHIBIT TYPE NEXT, BUT WE NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.UM, CLICK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE OR BUDGET HAS BEEN DECIMATED WITH URBAN STREAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED.
AND THEN ALSO COMPOUNDING THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE A RENT INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN IN GAP GIVEN, I WANT TO GO OUT HERE AND SAY, THESE GROUND LEASES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON ARE 40 YEARS OLD.
SO THINGS GO UP, BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO BUDGET AND INCREASE OF CLIP.
IT'S GOING TO BE A 281% INCREASE FROM WHAT'D.
YOU CLICK IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 8,000 A MONTH ALSO.
SO THE NEXT YEAR, UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A HUNDRED, 5,000 A YEAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING SEE AN INCREASE IN ANOTHER HANGAR OF ABOUT 80,000.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WRESTLING WITH ON A BUDGETARY SIDE.
WE'VE REDUCED STAFF DOWN FROM 18 AND 20, 19 TO SIX AND SIX INCLUDES MYSELF.
I'M THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR, AND WE'VE REDUCED PAYROLL BY 72% OR REDUCED MEANING FOR YOUR SHIRT RELATED ACTIVITIES BY 68%.
AND WE REDUCED MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES BY 54.
I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT BEFORE I GET BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR MONEY THAT WE HAVE LOOKED INTERNALLY AND DONE A LOT OF DISCIPLINE AND BUDGET WORK OURSELVES.
LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS BEING IN BACK IN ADDISON AND WORKING INTO THE MUSEUM.
AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
IS THAT YOUR CAB? HELLO EVERYBODY.
I'M LISA SESSLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS CAT LADY.
WE DO ADOPTIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF ADDISON.
WE HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2014, OVER AT THE PRECEDENT WITH BECCA.
GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON A CUTE PICTURE.
I'VE GOT LOTS OF CUTE KITTENS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.
WE HAVE A MISSION TO HELP REDUCE PET OVERPOPULATION THROUGH TRAP NEUTER, RETURN SPAY-NEUTER AND PLACING CATS AND KITTENS IN HOMES THROUGH ADOPTIONS.
WE ARE FOSTERING ORGANIZATION AND FOR US 2020 PANDEMIC YEAR WAS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD YEAR.
WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO VOLUNTEER, TO TAKE KIDDIES INTO THEIR HOME AND TO HELP US.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD YEAR FOR US, A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT WAS A GOOD YEAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE OVER 1200 CATS AND KITTENS INTO HOMES LAST YEAR.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE TIME IS TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN, WHICH IS A BIG PROGRAM HERE IN THE S IN ADDISON AS WELL.
AND WE TRY AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN TO REDUCE THE OVERPOPULATION OF CATS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE SEVERELY LIMITED IN PLACES TO GET A CAT IT'S FIXED.
THIS HAS RESULTED THIS YEAR IN THE MASS OVERPOPULATION OF CATS AND KITTENS 2030 CALLS A DAY FROM PEOPLE WANTING US TO HELP.
AND WE HAVE LIMITED PLACES, LIMITED FOSTERS, LIMITED RESOURCES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
AND WE'RE RUNNING CONSTANTLY TO HELP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM THE, BEFORE TO THE, AFTER IT TAKES A WHILE.
LOT OF PEOPLE TO FEED THOSE LITTLE ONES EVERY TWO TO THREE HOURS AND GET THEM READY FOR ADOPTION A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, BUT THEN NICE, HAPPY HOME MAKES THE FALL FEEL GOOD.
AND THEN THE SMILES THAT THE REWARD AND SEEING THOSE WONDERFUL CATS THAT WE'VE ALL TAKEN CARE OF, GET THEIR NEW HOME, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOVED AND ALL THAT FOREVER.
UM, SO WE'RE UP TO ABOUT YEAH, 11,000 ADOPTIONS OVER THE YEARS.
AND A LOT OF OUR KIDDIES START OUT THEIR LIVES IN APARTMENT PARKING LOTS, OR LIKE, UM, ONE JUST NOW AT A RESTAURANT AT A PETCO LOCATION.
SO SOMEBODY DONATED A KIDNEY TO US TODAY.
UM, AND THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT MORE TO HELP ADDISON ANIMAL SERVICES, TAKING SOME KITTENS AND CATS INTO OUR PROGRAM TO HELP TAKE THE LOAD OFF THOSE FOLKS TOO.
SO WHERE WERE YOU REQUESTING? $5,000 TO HELP US CONTINUE OUR SPAN, NEUTER AND TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN PROGRAMS. THAT GIVES
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US ABOUT A HUNDRED SPAM NEUTERS, INCLUDING VACCINATIONS AND TESTING AND FLEET TREATMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET A CAT HEALTHY AND READY TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME OUTSIDE.AND IT ALSO HELPS SOME OF OUR FOSTER KITTIES.
SO WE RELY ON DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO HELP US CONTINUE OUR WORK.
OF COURSE, SHE PROBABLY SEEN A VARIATION OF THIS SLIDE FOR DOGS AND CATS.
IF HE DON'T SPAY AND NEUTER THAT FIRST CAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY MORE, OR AS ONE OF MY GRUMPY FOSTER SAID, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE 70 CATS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS? NO.
THEN FIX THE ONE YOU'VE GOT QUICK.
AND SOME OF THE, THE OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE ARE HELPING SENIORS AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH DONATIONS OF FOOD AND LETTERS.
SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR PETS IN THE HOME, TAKING THEIR PETS TO OUR VETERINARIANS, TO GET THEIR PETS VETERINARY CARE THAT THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO.
UM, MEDICAL CARE UP TO AND INCLUDING DENTALS, DENTAL, CLEANINGS, PULLING TEETH, FIXING BROKEN LEGS, EUTHANASIA WHEN NECESSARY.
UM, AND OF COURSE THIS YEAR WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF NOW THAT ASSISTANCE IS WINDING DOWN, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO REHOME PADS BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING IN WITH MOM OR DAD AND THEY CAN'T KEEP THEIR PETS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, AGAIN, TO HELP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE $5,000 WILL HELP OFFSET PART OF OUR COSTS SO THAT WE CAN USE OUR, THE REST OF OUR MONEY, OTHER PROGRAMS NEXT, AND WITH TNR AND MANAGING COLLEGE, REDUCING THE POPULATION, WE CAN REDUCE COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS AND THAT CAN HELP THE CITIES THAT WE WORK THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS BETTER AS WELL.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
AND WE ENJOY GETTING TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN AFTER ALL THIS TIME.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH CENTRALLY.
SO LIKE GIVE YOU ONE QUESTION EACH TIME THE MOTHER CAN GIVE BROOKE NILE AT 10, IT CAN BE, I'VE SEEN AS MANY AS 10 IN THE LETTER.
THEY DON'T ALL SURVIVE, BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM CAN MAKE MORE.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH PAT AT ABOUT SIX MONTHS CAN START MAKING MORE.
IT'S SCARY BECAUSE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM METRO CARE SERVICES.
CHELSEA FIDUCIA ON THE ZOOM CALL AND SHE'S GOING TO BRITTA, UH, THROUGH ZOOM.
HI CHELSEA, CAN WE HEAR YOU? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US BACK FOR A THIRD YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOWING US TO PRESENT VIRTUALLY, UM, JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY.
AMY WILLIAMS OR CLINICAL ISSUES.
NOW THE CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER FOR A NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
AND SO I'LL BE FILLING IN, IN HER APP.
THEN I'VE BEEN THE DISTINCT CONNECT DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THEN WITH THE CLINICS AND SHORTLY REOPENED FIVE YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
I'M ALSO JOINED BY TWO OF METRO CARES, EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AND NATHAN CAS, OUR CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND TAIT RINGER, OUR CHIEF STRATEGY.
AND SOME OF THESE FIVE HAVE A LOT OF CONTENT.
UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL BE
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HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.MENTORED CARE SERVICES HAS BEEN SERVING DALLAS COUNTY, MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS FOR 54 YEARS.
METRO CARE HAS A MASSIVE REACH SERVING MORE THAN 2,700 INDIVIDUALS A DAY ACROSS 13 DIFFERENT SITE.
AND IT'S THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN DALLAS COUNTY TRAINING IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF METRO CARE'S MISSION.
WE TRAIN MORE THAN 200 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ANNUALLY.
BETTER NETWORK WAS CREATED IN 2015 WITH THE MISSION TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO POST NINE 11 VETERANS AND THEIR MILITARY FAMILY.
IN 2016, THEY STARTED BUILDING CLINICS IN COORDINATION WITH DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND FINALLY, THIS MAP THAT REFLECTS THE GROWING NETWORK IS CBN FUNDED CLINIC, EACH TARGETING AREA WITH ID FOR VETERANS SERVICES.
AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE SEARCH, YOU AGAIN, SELECTED METROCARE AS THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION FOR THIS NORTH TEXAS REGION, LIKE METRO CARE, CTN, HIGHLY VALUES TRAINING AND EXPANDING ACCESS AND REDUCING BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
THE COHEN CLINIC AND ADDISON WAS THE THIRD POINT THAT I COULD ESTABLISH.
AND SINCE 2016 WE'VE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN METROCARE AND CBN, WE'VE PROBABLY PARTNER WITH MANY LOCAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE VA, BUT WE SERVE MANY OF THE SAME CLIENTS AT THE VA.
WE ALSO OFFER COMPLIMENTARY CARE BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EITHER INELIGIBLE OR CHOOSE NOT USE THE VA SYSTEM OR FAMILY MEMBERS.
MOST OF WHOM ARE INELIGIBLE FOR VA CARE.
AND AS OF TWO MONTHS AGO, WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ALSO SERVE ACTIVE DUTY.
REMEMBER I FLAGGED LATE, BUT SEE THE ADDISON BASED COINCIDENCE THAT METROCARE FILLS THE GAP AND BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS TO CARE FOR OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
LAST YEAR HAS BEEN UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN RECENT HISTORY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND OUR CLINIC HAS SHOWN THAT WE CAN GROW AND ADAPT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WE SERVE HAS GROWN YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THEN OUR FIFTH YEAR FROM MAY, 2020, APRIL, 2021, WE SERVE 916 UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.
WE'VE EXPANDED OUR CLINICAL STAFF TO MEET THIS INCREASED DEMAND.
UM, AND FOR 13 MONTHS WE PROVIDED ALL OF OUR SERVICES, VIRTUALLY THERAPY, THAT HYDRATE CASE MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND APRIL, WE DID BEGIN OFFERING IN PERSON SERVICES AGAIN, BUT WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUED HIGH DEMAND FOR VIRTUAL OR HYBRID.
I FINALLY IN YOUR ISOLATION AND LOCKDOWN, WE STILL MANAGED WITH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN OF ADDED THINGS TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, OUR NEW COMMUNITY ROOM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR HEALTH AND FUNDING.
THIS PROJECT, THE DELAY IN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION DID PUSH BACK OR A VISUAL OPENING OF THIS SPACE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE INVITING YOU ALL TO A GRAND OPENING.
LATER THIS SUMMER, WE'RE EXCITED TO KICK OFF WITH SLATE OF EVENTS, INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, NETWORKING AND WORKSHOPS.
WE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THIS ROOM WILL HELP US REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE.
THEN WE CAN IMPROVE CLINICAL SERVICES ALONE.
AND OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO OFFER SEVERAL MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING, WHICH TEACH EVERYDAY PEOPLE HOW TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS.
OUR OUTREACH DIRECTOR, TOMMY MACK HAS ALREADY BECOME A CERTIFIED TRAINER FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
WE WILL ACTIVELY RECRUIT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND ASK THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRAININGS.
IMAGINE THIS ROOM LIKE 15 OR SO PEOPLE SITTING IN THAT ROOM MULTIPLY THAT BY SIX TRAINING FOR ABOUT 90 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS.
NOW THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE, EACH OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS COME ACROSS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.
I CAN'T DO THAT MATH IN MY HEAD.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CAT REPLICATION PROBLEM IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE POTENTIAL RIPPLE EFFECT OF THAT TRAINING IS HUGE.
I WORKED WITH ONE VETERAN AT THIS TRAINING AND HE TOLD ME HOW IT INFORMED HIS EVERYDAY LIFE AS A PARENT, AS A PEER TO PEER SUPPORT GROUP WITH OTHER VETERANS.
IF YOU MEET IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE AROUND HIM.
AND I KIND OF INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO COVID ISOLATION.
ALL OF THE OTHER TESTS ARE JUST THIS PAST YEAR.
THIS PROGRAM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT RESIDENTS ABOUT IT, AND WE'LL GET THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE THEY NEED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR PROPOSAL.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON HIS SIDE AND AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN SEE THE INDICATIONS FOR ALL THE EVENTS WE'LL BE POSTING IN OUR NEW SPACE.
SO THEY ARE LOCATED OVER KELVIN, UM, MIDDLE WINDOW.
AND NEXT WE HAVE METRO CREST SERVICES.
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HOW DO YOU CALL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE? UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.UM, METRO SERVICES IS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND JUST ON BEHALF OF EVERY CLIENT THAT WE SERVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK TO YOU AND GIVE OUR MID-YEAR REPORT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW OUR MISSION.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND SENIORS THAT NOT ONLY, UM, PREVENT THEM FROM GOING WHATEVER CRISIS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT HOPEFULLY GIVE THEM TOOLS AND RESOURCES, UM, IT, TO BE ABLE TO SOME OF THOSE I'M NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE DO IN A YEAR OR SO.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WILL HAVE MENTIONED THE LAST YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN A YEAR, LIKE NO OTHER.
UM, IF YOU GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF JUST THE NUMBERS OF WHO WE'RE SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO METRO CREST SERVICES SERVES CARROLLTON, FARMERS, BRANCH, ADDISON CABELL, AND A PORTION OF DALLAS.
AND OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE'VE SERVED A LITTLE BIT OVER 35,000 INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THAT IS 155% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
UH, WE SAW OVER 44, 7 40 4,000, UM, OF FOOD PANTRY VISITS.
WE CONVERTED FROM A FREE CLIENT CHOICE TO A DRIVE-THROUGH.
UM, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT COVID, BUT ALSO JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE WERE SERVING DRIVE-THROUGH WAS REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES WERE GETTING THAT FOOD.
WE DID HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE GETTING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DRIVE IS TO GIVE OUR FAMILIES ENOUGH FOOD FOR A WEEK.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BY PROVIDING NOT JUST A BOX OF FOOD, BUT ALSO PRODUCE DAIRY BREAD, FROZEN MEAT.
UM, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO REALLY, UH, BE FLEXIBLE AND CREATIVE AND HOW WE DO THAT.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE, UM, OVER 4 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD, WHICH WAS AT 344% INCREASE FROM THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THAT.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT OUR CORE OF WHAT WE DO, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY RENT AND UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR OR LESS OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER $3.8 MILLION FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME FROM BEING EVICTED, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE UTILITIES LIKE GAS, WATER, AND ELECTRIC, BUT THAT IS A 746% INCREASE IN FUNDING.
UM, AND THAT IS DIRECT AID DIRECTLY TO OUR, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS RUN YOUR NUMBERS AND, UM, WHENEVER YOU TAKE OUT UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, UM, THE PERCENTAGE IS ABOUT 1001% MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
BUT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WRITTEN UTILITIES BECAUSE WE THINK HAVING WATER IS IMPORTANT.
WE THINK ELECTRIC IS IMPORTANT.
UM, SO WHILE IT DID MAKE OUR NUMBER LOOK LOWER, UM, 746% INCREASES IS STILL A PRETTY INCREDIBLE NUMBER FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE, UM, OF ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT IS ON OUR ENTIRE SERVICE AREA.
SO ADDISON SPECIFICALLY, UM, OVER 1500 ADDISON RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED WERE WITH 5,689 SERVICES.
UH, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 300,000 IN RENT AND UTILITIES.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS 150 FAMILIES, WHICH IS A 986% INCREASE, UM, FUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN 1300 RESIDENTS, UH, VISITED THE FOOD PANTRY, WHICH WAS A 205% INCREASE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE NUMBERS AND THEY SEEM INCREDIBLY HIGH, BUT I THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO REMEMBER IS THAT FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS IS A SINGLE MOM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S GOT FOOD ON HER TABLE.
IT'S A FAMILY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS DON'T SLEEP IN THEIR CAR.
IT'S A SENIOR TRYING TO MAKE THE DECISION BETWEEN DO THEY PAY FOR THEIR MEDICATION OR THEY'RE PAID FOR THEIR TOILET PAPER, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT A FAMILY THAT IS STRUGGLING, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING YOU ALL PROVIDE.
UM, AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE, COUPLE OF GUYS, ONE MINUTE LEFT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WE LOOK AT OUR REBUILDING AND RECOVERY IS A LOT OF FINANCIAL STABILITY.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF WORKFORCE ON THE FINANCIAL STABILITY SIDE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT WE SEE THAT LOST THEIR JOB AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WORK, BUT IT MAY NOT BE IN A LEVEL THAT THEY WERE MAKING BEFORE.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A LEVEL THAT'S MAINTAINABLE AND THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
BUT ON THAT SAME SIDE, SOME FAMILIES HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A JOB.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE A LOT OF CLIENTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND WORK, TO BE ABLE TO FIND WORK, UM, IN A NEW INDUSTRY, THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS WHERE JOBS WERE COMPANIES CLOSED, OR THEY'RE NEVER COMING BACK.
SO BEING ABLE TO RETRAIN THOSE CLIENTS, BEING ABLE TO GET THEM SOME EDUCATION, UM, AND SO THEY CAN FIND A NEW JOB.
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50TH ANNIVERSARY.SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS COMING UP.
UM, ON AUGUST 2ND, WE HAVE A METRO CREST LAGER THAT'S COMING OUT.
SO REALLY EVERYBODY STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN I THINK AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOING ON WHERE WE WILL BE BUILDING A BUILDING TO HELP WITH OUR CAPACITY, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING WE DO TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M A TESTIMONY BECAUSE I BROUGHT, UH, 400 LUNCHES, THREE DIFFERENT HOME DAYS AND TIMES, AND THEN I HAVE SEEN THE OPERATION JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
THE CAR DRIVES THROUGH NONSTOP.
SO THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN AWAY ALL THE FOOD, PRETTY PACKAGED FOODS, THEN LUCKY, BECAUSE I'LL TELL IT TO CHECK, BUT I'VE DONATED ALL THE FOOD.
SO I BROUGHT OVER, I HAND OUT TO THEM BY MYSELF.
SO THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND NEXT WE HAVE AN OUTCRY THEATER HERE IN CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JASON JOHNSON, SPEEDOS.
I AM THE MARKETING DIRECTOR OF 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT THEATER GROUP.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS TO START WITH, UH, FOR GIVING US TWO YEARS OF SUPPORT.
UM, I'M ALSO ONE OF THE DIRECTORS AND ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE RIGHT.
UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, CONTINUE AND GIVEN YOUR SUPPORTIVE OUTCRY THEATER.
THE MISSION OF OPERATING THEATER IS TO DRAW YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TO THE THEATER, AS BOTH AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPANTS ARE BOTH THROUGH YOUR STRIVES TO INTEGRATE THE ARTS INTO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME LIFELONG ARTISTS AND ARTS APPRECIATORS OPERA THEATER UTILIZES BOLD ARTISTIC VISION, HOW THE PHYSICAL STAGING AND YOUR GENETIC AND VISCERAL PERFORMANCE STYLE WITH BENEFITS, REHEARSALS, NATIONS, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
HOW CAN THEATER FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING SELF PERFORMANCES AND EXCEPTIONAL STORYTELLING LOOKS LIKE A HUGE PART OF HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION IS THROUGH OUR OUTCRY YOUTH THEATER PROGRAM, WHICH WE STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND OUR YOUTH THEATER SERVES AGES FIVE TO 18 WITH A PRO WITH APPROXIMATELY APRIL FOUR PRODUCTIONS A YEAR.
WE OFFER CHALLENGING SHOWS FOR YOUNG ACTORS, PUSHING THEM TO LEARN AND GROW AS BOOK PERFORMERS AND PEOPLE.
NOW, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ALT-RIGHT THEATER DOES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
THE BIGGEST THING WE DO IS OUTDOOR THEATER BRINGS PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX INTO ADDISON.
WE HAVE VERY LARGE CAST PRODUCTIONS FROM 20 TO 40 ACTORS WHO COME FROM ALL OVER THE METRO METROPLEX FROM ALL DIFFERENT SUBURBS.
AND THESE ACTORS SPEND MANY DAYS IN ADDISON FOR EVERY PRODUCTION.
AND SINCE MANY OF THE NEW AND CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES ARE COMING AS WELL.
AND WHILE THEY ARE NOT SITTING THERE EATING IN RESTAURANTS, THEY'RE GOING TO STORES.
UM, WE HOLD OUR CAST PARTIES AND ADDISON BRINGING PEOPLE TO ALL LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
WE ALSO, UM, AND TODAY I JUST FINISHED AN HOUR OR SO I HAVE NO VOICE FROM YELLING AT CHILDREN OR WEAK, UM, AT GUYS IN THEATER CENTER, IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NONE OF THOSE KIDS HAD BEEN TO THAT SPACE BEFORE.
SO THEY'VE ALL COME WITH THEIR FAMILIES NOW AND THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO IT, TO THAT AREA.
UH, AND THEN THE POINT IS THAT IDEA OF OFFERS TOP NOTCH THEATER, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS AND ADDISON, UH, LOGGING BACK DOWN ANY PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE WILL BE COMING BACK SOON WITH THAT.
OUR PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS PRESENT UNIQUE, CHALLENGING, AND RARELY PRODUCE SHOWS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT LIKELY SEE IN THE METROPLEX AND OUR PROFESSIONAL REDUCTIONS REGULARLY RECEIVED PAPER VIEWS AND TOTAL AWARD NOMINATIONS.
WHILE YOU THEATER IS POPULAR AT TEXAS OPERA, YOUTH THEATER IS UNIQUE.
WE PRODUCE PLAYS THAT YOUNG ACTORS WOULD NOT LIKELY TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT IN ANY OTHER THEATER.
THESE INCLUDED BRINGING OUR TASTINGS OF CLASSICS, SUCH AS OUR RECENT PRODUCTION OF THE GREAT GATSBY AND CHALLENGING SHOWS LIKE STEPHEN SONDHEIM ASSASSINS, AND RARELY BRITISH SHOWS LIKE THE CRIPPLE MINISH MON OR YOUTH THEATER PRODUCTIONS HAVE WON A NUMBER OF BROTHERS WORLD HOUSE AWARDS.
OVER THE YEARS, I'VE GOT THEATER PROVIDES FREE TICKETS TO ASK THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING A SELECT NUMBER OF FAMILY BACKS TO EACH CHANNEL.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE LIMITED TO GIVING AWAY ONLY TICKETS, WHICH WE DID DO FOR PRODUCTIONS AND THAT THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ABLE TO LIVE STREAM.
BUT NOW THAT AS THE THEATER CENTER IS BACK TO FULL CAPACITY SEATING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER IN PERSON TICKETS TO ASK RESONATES.
UH, AGAIN, OUTCRY THEATER TEACHES ACTING IN THEATER TO LOCAL YOUTH.
WE PROVIDE OUTSTANDING THEATER EDUCATION TO YOUNG ACTORS FROM ALL AROUND THE METROPLEX, INCLUDING ARTS AND RESIDENTS, AS SOON AS LIKE ACT.
AND THEY ALSO LEARN HOW TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST TO FOCUS HARD WORK AND BRAVERY THEY'LL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES AND, UH, TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST AND
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FOCUS HARD WORK.AND OH, JUST SAID THAT, SORRY, THE WORKERS DOES IT FOR THEMSELVES AND HELPFUL TO OTHERS.
STUDENTS LIKE DISCIPLINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF I GIVE 110% AND EVERY REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE AND STRIVE CONSTANTLY TO LEARN AND GROW, THIS IS A WORK ETHIC AND LIFE PERSE THAT WILL HELP THEM NO MATTER WHAT THEY END UP PURSUING IN LIFE.
STUDENTS COME BACK YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR SHOW AFTER SHOW AND THE GROWTH THEY DEMONSTRATE OVER THE TIME OF DOC RIDE IS ASTONISHING.
WHILE THE COVID VIRUS PANDEMIC THROUGH MANY BUSINESSES, A TERM WHILE THE THEATER COMMUNITY WAS HIT PARTICULARLY HARD, BUT DESPITE MANY OBSTACLES, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK AND PRODUCE MANY PRODUCTIONS AT THE ASTON THEATER CENTER OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, FOR TWO OF OUR FULL PRODUCTION CAMPS.
LAST SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO FILM THE PRODUCTIONS WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE AND THEN STREAM THEM IN THAT.
SO WE FILLED THOSE, THE STUDIO THEATER AS THE CENTER, AND WE WERE IN THE STREAM, THERE'S A LINE.
AND THEN BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, WE PRODUCED, WE PRODUCED FIVE FULL PRODUCTIONS AT THE STUDIO THEATER WITH LIMITED SEATING, AND MANY OF THOSE WERE LIVE STREAMING, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME SOCIALISTS AND SEATING AS WELL.
SO WE WERE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE 2000 THEATER CENTER.
AND WHILE THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES, WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE ALL OF THE SHOWS AND STILL DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND AUDIENCES.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE WERE STRONGER, UH, THAN EVER THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRODUCING SHOWS AT FULL CAPACITY, STARTING THE SUMMER AND AT THE AUSTIN THEATER CENTER.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A HARD TIME FOR THEATER COMPANIES, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WE WROTE BEFORE WE GET THE ICE THEATER CENTER AND WE ARE CONSTANT IN SPOT TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AT THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
WE HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTRIBUTE EVEN MORE TO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY OF ACID THAT YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, JASON
I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE FAMILY PLACE.
AND WITH ME JOINING ME HERE IS MS.
SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF THE BATTERERS INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CEO, MRS. PAGE BLAKE, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILY PLACE, THE BANDER PLACE, OUR FOCUS IS BOND SERVICES AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWS NO RACE, ETHNICITY, NO RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, NO SOCIAL STATUS.
IT'S A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SITUATION.
WHAT IF 15 CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE EACH YEAR 90% OF THESE CHILDREN ARE WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE ON AVERAGE, NEARLY 20 PEOPLE PER MINUTE ARE PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND BEFORE YOU GO ON, LET ME SAY, OKAY, IS THAT ALWAYS ABOUT PHYSICAL? A LOT OF TIMES IT'S EMOTIONAL AND AS A RESULT, CAUSE A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONGST FAMILIES AND RELATIVES.
THE HOTLINE CALLS WERE ANSWERED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT AVERAGES AROUND 473 CALLS EACH DAY.
NEXT SLIDE IN 2018, THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR 415,425, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED OFFENSES AND 24 MURDERS.
IN 20 17, 136, TEXAS WOMEN WERE KILLED DUE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE, THE FAMILY PLACE HAD BEEN A LEADER IN THE WORK TO STOP FAMILY VIOLENCE SINCE 1978.
NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES, BUT WE PROVIDE ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS TO THIS TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SITUATION.
OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING SAFE HOUSING, COUNSELING, AND SKILLS THAT CREATE INDEPENDENCE, ALL SERVICES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, CLIENT AND CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, B PROJECT PROGRAM, INCEST RECOVERY PROGRAM, AND A BATTERERS INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.
THE BATTERER'S INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT IS COURT ORDERED TO EDUCATE THOSE OFFENDERS WHO CREATE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS AND THEY TOO NEED HELP
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AND ASSISTANCE AND OUR DIGNITY AT WORK PROGRAM.WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT GOES TOWARDS CONSULATE SERVICES AND B PROJECT PREVENTION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON.
GETTING STARTED FOR THOSE THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES.
ONCE YOU MAKE THAT PHONE CALL, WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION, SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP IMMEDIATELY TAKE OUR CLIENTS TO SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE, THEN WE'LL DEVELOP A SHORT-TERM SAFETY PLAN.
THAT'S ALL FIRST METHOD OF SERVICE.
WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING TO OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE DO IMPORTANT.
IT'S HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERYONE IN HERE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW SOMEONE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT LET ME SAY THAT IT EXISTS AND IT EXISTS PROBABLY TO SOMEONE WHO'S VERY CLOSE TO YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE GROUPING INDIVIDUAL SERVICES.
WE PROVIDE SERVICES ON AN INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE ONE-ON-ONE, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE GROUP SERVICES SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE WITH WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
CONSONANT SERVICES, ALL AGES, GENDERS, FEMALES, MALES, CHILDREN.
THE IMPORTANCE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STABILIZED OUR CLIENTS AND THAT THE TERM, THE CRISIS IS SHORT TERM.
THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ARE SOUTH DALLAS RED BIRD CENTER, DALLAS, THE MEDICAL DISTRICT IN COLLIN COUNTY IN MCKINNEY AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE WERE FIVE POUNDS INTO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT COPING SKILLS, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, BOUNDARY ISSUES, AND COMMUNICATION.
AND THOSE AGES ARE FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, SIX TO EIGHT YEARS, NINE TO 12 AND 13 AND A BUCK.
B PROJECT, A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO BECAUSE AS YOU NOTICED THE CYCLE, THE INTERGENERATIONAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE, ADULT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, THOSE THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY EXPOSED, THEN CREATING BULLYING AND PEER AGGRESSION, WHICH LEADS TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE BE PROJECT SERVICES, PROVIDE CLASSROOM EDUCATION WITH THEM AT 10 WEEKS FOR GRADES SIX TO 12 AND 10 WEEKS, GRADES THREE TO 12, AND ALSO LEADERSHIP.
THOSE FOCUSES ARE ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE EXAMPLE TOPICS, COVER BOUNDARIES, CONSENT, HEALTHY COMMUNICATION, RED FLAG, AND HOW TO HELP A FRIEND.
WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT GROUPS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE AS IT RELATES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT THE MORE THAT YOU SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, THE MORE WE COME TOGETHER TO COMBAT THIS CRISIS.
NEXT LINE BEING PROJECT ALSO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP GROUPS WHERE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL COURSES BUILD UP A CAPACITY WITH A MASSIVE TEAM OF 12 TO 15 STUDENTS.
AND WE ARE ASSURANCE FIRST THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT A MONTH, THEIR COUNTERPARTS AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE, CAREGIVER TRAININGS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF US WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE, HOW TO COMBAT IT.
DIGITAL ABUSE, HEALTHY COMMUNICATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION, WHERE WE PROVIDE THAT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE BE PROJECT ALSO ASSIST TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF SO THAT THEY ARE ALERTED AS IT RELATES TO THE WARNING SIGNS AND WHY STUDENTS DON'T ASK FOR HELP FROM MEN IN VIOLENCE, MANDATORY REPORTING AND ALLIE ACTION.
CONTINUING NEXT SLIDE, THE FAMILY PLACE OR 24 HOUR HOTLINE, 2 1 4 9 4 1 1 9 9 1.
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TAKE SOME TIME.TALK TO A FRIEND, VOLUNTEER WITH THE FAMILY PLACE.
AS IT RELATES TO HELPING US HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO BE STRONG AND VIBRANT AND COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU
SHANE PETERMAN OUT PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WATERTOWER THEATER.
ISN'T IT NICE TO BE BACK IN PERSON AND SEE EVERYONE'S SMILING FACES.
AS YOU KNOW, THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER WAS BUILT WITH THE PROFESSIONAL THEATER IN MIND THREE DECADES AGO BECAUSE OF THE IMAGINATION AND EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF THIS TOWN'S COUNCIL AND OTHERS TOWER THEATER WAS BORN 25 YEARS AGO IN THAT SAME BUILDING WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE STEADY GROWTH OF OUR PATRON BASE.
IT HAS BEEN A STAPLE AT NORTH TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT, NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND YET EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED TOGETHER.
WE HAVE THE TASK OF REBUILDING OUR TOWN.
A PROFESSIONAL THEATER SHOULD INDEED REMAIN THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE TOWN'S ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS TO FURTHER EXEMPLIFY WHAT GOOD CAN COME FROM THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN A MUNICIPALITY AND THE ARTS FURTHERING THAT COLLABORATION, UH, BY ONE OR TOWER THEATER ALSO ACTING AS THE NEW FACILITATOR OF THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER AND BRINGING IN, UH, WORLD-CLASS, UH, PRESENTATIONS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO VENTURE TOGETHER INTO OUR NEXT CHAPTER.
OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN REBUILT ON TRUST UPON MY ARRIVAL.
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO TURN AROUND A STRUGGLING THEATER COMPANY, AND THEN SO I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED AND MOST OF THEM APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT.
WHEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, I WAS WHAT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I MAKE IT A HABIT TO LISTEN, TO SEE THE CHALLENGE AND DROP INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SHOW UP DURING THIS LAST YEAR.
OUR MOST CHALLENGING YET WATERTOWER THEATER HAS NOT ONLY SURVIVED, BUT IT BECAME A NATIONAL LEADER IN ADAPTING THEATER FOR DIGITAL STREAMING, ALLOWING US TO KEEP OUR LOCAL ARTISTS SAFELY EMPLOYED WHILE PROVIDING QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT TO YOU.
OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME ADDISON CAN TAKE PRIDE THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR ITS NAME REPUTATION AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTS HAS BEEN VIEWED AND APPRECIATED ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH CONTINUING OUR PIONEERING EFFORTS.
JUST LAST WEEK, ONE TOWER THEATER BECAME THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL COMPANY TO BEGIN REHEARSALS FOR A PLAY IN NORTH TEXAS.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, I'M OVERJOYED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU A NEW SEASON AS WE COME BACK FROM THE LONGEST ABSENCE IN OUR STAGE, AND THIS ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY, WE ARE RE-IMAGINING THIS RENAISSANCE OF SORTS, BOTH AS A COMPANY AND INDEED AS AN INDUSTRY WITH FOUR PRODUCTIONS, ONE STREAMING EVENT, WHICH WILL BE A COLLABORATION WITH ONE OF DALLAS' LARGEST ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, VERY EXCITING AND INTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL SERIES, OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND INTERSECTIONS REACH OUT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE CERTAINLY BACK TO A BUSINESS.
AND OUR POST COVID ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS COME TO US AS THE NEW FACILITATING AND PRESENTATION MODEL AT THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER.
I'M VERY THANKFUL TO JASMINE LEE AND HER TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US TO GET TO THE NEXT PHASE OF CONTRACT TALKS AND NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING OUR BUSINESS MODEL TO INCLUDE FACILITATING THE THEATER CENTER AND BRINGING IN WORLD-CLASS PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL BRING FORWARD THE CENTER'S FULL POTENTIAL AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH OF COURSE MEANS INCREASED DOLLARS COMING INTO OUR BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS TO DO THIS AS CERTAINLY IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, AS A LEADING REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL THEATER AND PRODUCTION COMPANY TOWER WILL BRING FOUR OR FIVE ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS ITS FIRST YEAR AND INCREASE FACILITATING CAPABILITIES AND CLIENTELE.
IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL SEASON OF SHOWS AND EVENTS DUE IN LARGE PART TO A MUCH FASTER TURNAROUND IN BETWEEN EVENTS BY OUTSOURCING LABOR INCREASED A BOX OFFICE HOURS AND STAFF AND MANAGING BOOKINGS INTERNALLY AS A BUSINESS TO FULLY REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER BY NEW MARKETING INITIATIVES AND A STREAMLINED BUSINESS MODEL, ONE TOWER AIMS TO BRING THOUSANDS OF NEW VISITORS EACH YEAR TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING CIRQUE HOLIDAYS SHOWS THAT THE NEWER AUDIENCES AND FAMILIES ARE CERTAINLY THERE AND WILL TRAVEL TO OUR TOWN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
WE SEEK THE SAME SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED TWO YEARS AGO SO THAT WE CAN FULLY EXECUTE OUR NEW BUSINESS PLAN AND CERTAINLY SEE THAT, UH, THAT MONEY, UH, TO, UH, HAVE FUTURE AUDIENCES AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS RIGHT HERE IN ADDISON.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE HAVING RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN A CONTRACT RENEWAL BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR COMPANY WILL BE VENTURES IN TO NEW, BETTER DIRECTION WITH MYSELF, MY TEAM OR THE DIRECTORS.
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WATER TOWERS SHOULD REMAIN THE SHINING EXAMPLE OF NOT ONLY THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A CITY SUPPORTS THE ARTS, BUT ALSO THE SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT ENSUES.I TRULY HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY IS WRITTEN, IT WILL SHOW THAT THE TOWN VALUES ITS ONLY PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATION AND DOUBLE DOWN ON ITS COMMITMENT.
LASTLY, I BELIEVE IN THIS NEW BUSINESS PLAN SO FULLY THAT I'M READING MY OWN COMPANY'S PRODUCTIONS, THE ACTING STUDIO WITH SIX FULL WEEKS OF BOOKINGS EACH YEAR TO THAT ADDISON THEATER CENTER.
THIS BRINGS FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FROM SOUTH LAKE GRAPEVINE, KELLER FRESCO AND ROCKWELL RIGHT HERE TO ADDISON.
I'M HUMBLED BY THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR FAITH IN ME.
AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO TAKE A BREATH AFTER THIS INTERESTING YEAR.
AND I'M EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND OUR LAST PRESENTATION FROM NON-PROFITS DON'T HURT THAT RIGHT LAST, NO CHAT, NO CHEERING YET.
SO HI, I'M LISA RAPEY WITH WEB AND HEALTH CLINIC AND UH, LET'S SEE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YEAH, GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE.
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE DO, BUT WE PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE OR UNINSURED LOW-INCOME ADULTS.
AND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE ARE TWO AREAS.
WE'RE NOT LIKE ANY OTHER CHARITY CLINIC OR PROBABLY EVEN YOUR PROVIDER.
WE FOCUS ON INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH.
SO WE DO HAVE ONSITE MENTAL HEALTH FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.
AND THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A REGISTERED DIETICIAN.
SO WE FOCUS ON TRYING TO KEEP OUR PATIENTS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WALKS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL PARK, GET THEM MOVING, GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY LEARN TO COOK HEALTHY TYPE OF THINGS.
SO WE ARE UNIQUE PREVENTING DISEASE.
LAST TIME I PRESENTED, I GAVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
SO I WANT TO START WITH THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
WE'D LIKE TO FORGET, BUT COVID CASES WERE RISING QUITE DRASTICALLY DURING THOSE MONTHS.
UNFORTUNATELY AT OUR CLINIC, ONE THIRD OF MY STAFF ACTUALLY DID GET CONTRACT COVID, UH, IN MID-NOVEMBER AND SOME OF THEIR FAMILIES, LUCKILY EVERYBODY SURVIVED AND MADE IT THROUGH THAT.
SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF CHALLENGING IN THOSE YEARS.
UH, IN THOSE MONTHS YOU MOVE TO FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MADE.
THEY DID IN FEBRUARY AND WE OPENED OUR CLASS BACK TO PATIENTS.
SO THE WHOLE YEAR, LAST YEAR WE ONLY CLOSED TWO DAYS IN 20, 22 DAYS.
AND THAT WAS TO ACTUALLY GET THE CLINICS SANITIZED AND CLEANED EVERYTHING WE DID CONVERT TO VIRTUAL.
AND AS SOON AS WE COULD, MARCH 1ST, WE OPENED BACK UP.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE NOT HAD IN POSITIVE COVID TEST SINCE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
AFTER OCTOBER THREE, J UM, SINCE THEN, AND WE HAVE HELP FOR VACCINATION CLINICS AND I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT 50% OF OUR PATIENTS ARE VACCINATED, ANY PATIENT THAT ONE IS, AND THOSE THAT AREN'T DON'T WANT TO BE IN, THEY'RE NOT PLANNING TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE RELIVING THIS NO BALL.
UM, THE OTHER THING I TALK ABOUT IS THE RETURN TO NEW NORMAL.
SO FOR US, YES, WE DID SWITCH TO VIRTUAL TELEMEDICINE.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THAT FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICES.
WE STILL SEE A LOT MORE OF OUR PATIENTS ON SITE, BUT WE ARE KEEPING THAT TELEMEDICINE MODEL IN PLACE.
SO HERE'S THE NUMBER NUMBERS YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN? UM, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WE SAW IS 2,700.
THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE WERE AT 3000.
UM, SURPRISINGLY THE ADDISON VISITS I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO HIT THE GOAL AND THEY WERE DOWN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, OUR CHRONIC DISEASE PATIENTS QUIT COMING, BUT WE HAD MORE SICK PATIENTS, MORE SICK PATIENT VISITS AT WORK COVID TEST.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF BALANCING OUT, UM, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER BY THE TIME WE HIT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND IF YOU GO THROUGH ANY LUCK, WE GET $5,000.
UM, THAT AVERAGE VALUE FOR EACH PATIENT IS A THOUSAND.
HALF OF THAT IS THE PHARMACEUTICALS WE GIVE AWAY SOME OF THE DIABETES, DRUGS, HYPERTENSION, THE OTHER HALF IS THE 500 OF SERVICES.
SO I FEEL LIKE YOU, I HOPE YOU FEEL
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LIKE YOU'D GET A GOOD VALUE.IT COST ABOUT $28 AND 57 CENTS PER PATIENT.
SO WE TRY TO REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY.
WE HAD A LOT MORE CALLS AND A LOT MORE SLEEP VISITS.
UM, FOR AWHILE IT WAS DOWN SINCE MAY.
UH, OUR VOLUME IS UP FROM WHERE IT USUALLY IS NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS YOUR MODEL OR PREVENT DISEASE.
UM, THE PART I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THE OUTCOMES.
ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN.
SO OUR DEPRESSION, WE HAVE SEEN MORE UNCONTROLLED DEPRESSION, MORE UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION, MORE UNCONTROLLED DIABETES, THEY'RE STILL GOOD NUMBERS.
THOSE NUMBERS NATIONALLY THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT 50% IN REMISSION AND A 78% HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, THE 50% MOVING 8% OF OUR PRE-DIABETIC PATIENTS TO NORMAL THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS 10.
UM, BUT OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING AT NEXT CHART.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE WHAT I WAS REALLY PROUD AS THE CLINIC GOT FUNDING TO GET A PCR HOSPITAL, A GREAT MACHINE.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO TESTING.
WE DID DO SOME OF THAT TESTING FOR SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UH, FROM ADDISON.
AND WE HAD A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE GAVE OUT COVID CARE KITS, WHICH INCLUDED A PULSE OXIMETER TO MEASURE OXYGEN LEVELS, BLOOD PRESSURE, DIGITAL THERMOMETER MASK, UH, BREATHING EXERCISES, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD AND GET COVID.
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
UM, AND WE DID GIVE SOME OF THOSE, MANY OF THOSE DID GO TO ADDISON RESIDENTS OR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE COVID POSITIVE.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNEW LIKE EVERYBODY WOULD MOVE EVERYTHING OR HEALTHY COOKING.
WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO GET BACK TO IN-PERSON.
YOU CAN DO THINGS VIRTUALLY IT'S A GREAT SKILL, BUT I THINK EVERYONE'S GLAD THINGS ARE OPENING UP.
THE FINAL NEWS IS WE OPENED A NEW CLINIC AND AT CARROLLTON TOOK THEIR COVID CARES FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND WE NOW HAVE A BRAND NEW CLINIC THAT OPENED JUNE 1ST.
IT IS ONLY FOR CARROLLTON RESIDENTS PER THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NEED THERE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND NEXT, UM, WE ARE IN CQA RECOGNIZED CLINICS.
WE GOT THIS IN JANUARY OF 2021, WE HAD ADDED THE THREE YEARS BEFORE.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS LESS THAN 7% OF PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS HAVE THIS.
IF YOU'VE DONE THAT FINANCIAL AUDITS, YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED.
THIS IS MEDICAL AUDIT, AND IT REALLY JUST SHOWS THE QUALITY NEXT.
AND YOU KNOW, WELL, WE KIND OF HAVE COVERED THIS.
THE BIG MESSAGE I WANT TO END WITH IS WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, SINCE COVID INCREASE IN ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL IDEATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT OUR CLINIC.
WE'RE EXPANDING OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE REALLY, I THINK EXCEL IN.
AND SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE RESOURCES INTO THAT, UH, COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.
THAT'S THE STORY EVERY YEAR AND HEALTHCARE, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PPE COSTS WENT UP.
SO EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE TO US, 95 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES DIRECTLY TO HEALTHCARE.
AND THAT'S FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT.
AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT, WE, YOU KNOW, WE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH LAST YEAR.
AND SO I'M REALLY WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND OUR PARTNERS ARE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS YOU HAVE HERE.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
[2. Present and Discuss the Proposed Issuance of 2021 General Obligation Bonds and 2021 Taxable Refunding Bonds.]
NUMBER TWO IN THE MORNING SESSION IS PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF FUND 21 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND 2021 TAX THAT WHOLE FREE FUNDING BONDS.STEVEN BLAKE MENTIONED A FINANCIAL OFFICER
UH, AGAIN, STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING IS, UH, A DISCUSSION OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING PLAN
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IN 2021, UH, DEBT ISSUANCE AND REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.UH, AND FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM, FROM THE VERSION THAT, UM, IS PRESENTED TO YOU, THE CV THAT YOU WANT TO JUST THAT THE, IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UM, THAT, THAT VERSION AVAILABLE.
THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT ON THE VERSION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA SIGNED TO HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, WHAT WE DID FOR BETTER CLARITY AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE BROKE SLIDE TWO FROM THE ORIGINAL OPTIMIST THREE DIFFERENT SLIDES IN THE VERSION THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S THE PUT THE INFORMATION AT THE SAME.
UH, IT'S JUST HOW IT IS PRESENTED IS DIFFERENT.
UM, SO OUR PROPOSED A 2021 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, UH, PROGRAM, UH, INCLUDES A TOTAL ISSUANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF 16 MILLION, $95,000.
AND THIS COMES FROM THREE DISTINCT ITEMS. THE FIRST OF THOSE BEING, UH, PROPOSITION ONE, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN THE 2012, UH, BOND ELECTION, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT IS PROPOSED CUTTING FROM, UH, THIS PROPOSITION IS $8 MILLION, UH, FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MIDWAY ROAD.
UH, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT, UH, THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, AND THE ANTICIPATION ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 FOR A THREE-YEAR PROJECT.
UH, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND, UH, ISSUANCE OUT OF THREE THAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY, UH, IN THE $41 MILLION PROJECT, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION AFTER THIS $8 MILLION SHE WANTS, IT WOULD STILL BE UNISSUED FOR THE MIDWAY ROOM PROJECT THAT WOULDN'T DISSIPATE BRINGING BACK TO A COUNCIL FOR NEXT YEAR'S ISSUANCE FROM THE 2019, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION.
THERE IS, UH, PROPOSITION C UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $145,000.
AND THESE WERE FOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO, UH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
UH, SO COUNCIL, UH, AWARDED A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ON JUNE 9TH, 2020.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF ISSUE ISSUANCE RELATES TO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, $1,369,000 FOR LOCKER ROOM IMPROVEMENTS, UH, $407,000 FOR GYMNASIUM AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS.
THEN THERE'S $887,000 FOR, FOR POOL MODERNIZATION.
UH, AND THE REMAINING MONEY, UH, FROM THIS, UH, PROPOSITION IS, UH, 413,000 FOR TRAIL SYSTEM AGREEMENTS.
AND JUST OVER $69,000 A FILET BOX POND.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE IS FROM PROPOSITION DOP 2019 BOND ELECTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2019.
THE AMOUNT OF, UH, COMING FROM THIS PROPOSITION IS PROPOSED TO BE 4 MILLION, $950,000.
UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, A BIG PORTION OF THIS IS COMING FROM, UH, THE ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, WHICH, UH, DESIGNED FOR THAT IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020.
UH, SO FOR THE, UH, AS AN ATHLETIC CLUB, THERE IS A $1,307,000 FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT AND THEN $652,000 RELATED TO HVAC REPLACEMENT.
UH, THE REMAINING MONEY IT'S COMING FROM, UH, WHAT WHAT'S CALLED PHASE.
ONE OF THE OTHER FACILITIES PROJECTS, UH, COUNCIL HAD APPROVED A, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MCKINSTRY ASCENSION LLC, UH, BACK ON APRIL 13TH, 2021, UH, FOR, UH, DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THESE PROJECTS.
UH, SO THIS ISSUANCE INCLUDES A $1,832,000 ARE RELATED TO ROOF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR FACILITIES OTHER THAN THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, THERE'S $548,000 RELATED TO HVAC REPLACEMENTS AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
AND THEN THERE'S $360,000 FOR POLICE GUN RANGE, AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM, AND THEN $250,000 OR ADA IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS SLIDE HERE IS A TAX RATE IMPACT.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW IS ONE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL COLUMN, UH, BACK IN 2019, THAT'S WHAT VOTERS WERE TOLD THAT, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THIS ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM OVER A COURSE OF FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, THAT THEIR TAX RATE WOULD GO UP 10.31 CENTS.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ISSUE FROM THAT 2019 BOND AUTHORIZATION.
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AND WE LOOK AT THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL OF WHAT WE TOLD THE VOTERS BACK IN 2019, UH, THIS, UH, PROPOSED BOND ISSUE, IT SHOULD COST AROUND 1.2, 2 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE.UH, WE RAN THESE NUMBERS WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING IS THAT THIS WILL COST ABOUT 1.06 CENTS RATHER THAN 1.2, 2 CENTS.
SO THERE THERE'S A SLIGHT SAVINGS THERE.
UH, AND THAT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT 13.4% IN TOTAL SAVINGS.
WHEN WE COMPARE THIS TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD, WHAT WE TOLD, UH, THE RESIDENTS BACK IN 2018, AND THEN THIS SLIDE IS THE TAX RATE IMPACT, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOND COMMITTEE BACK IN 2019.
SO THE TWO YEARS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON ARE WHAT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IN 2021, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN 2022.
SO OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2021, THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR THAT HAS ANY MONEY THAT'S BEEN ISSUED FROM THAT 2019 BOND PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED, UH, FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE BACK IN 2019, THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT THE INS TAX PORTION OF THE TAX RATE WAS GOING TO BE 17.12 CENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT WHERE AT 16.76 CENTS, SO SLIGHTLY BELOW WHAT, UH, RESIDENTS WERE TOLD BACK IN 2019, AND THEN FOR 2022, UH, THAT, UH, INS TAX RATE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO UP TO 21.22 CENTS.
NOW THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE'RE PRODUCING, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING ON THE INS TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING BASED ON, UH, THE, UH, QUIP POST BOND ISSUANCE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THAT TAX RATE WE'RE PROPOSING TO BE IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST SLIDE, 17.12 CENTS, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE ACTUAL ADOPTED INS TAX RATE, UH, WAS THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS 16.70 CENTS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 WAS OVER 21 SENTENCES.
WHAT, WHAT WAS DISSEMINATED BACK IN 2019 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022? AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT INS TAX RATE BEING IS 18.46, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT WAS DISSEMINATED BACK IN 2019.
SO, UH, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAD SOME VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, POSITIVE, UH, MARKET, UM, CHANGES, UH, WITH REGARDS TO INTEREST RATES.
SO THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FACTOR THAT'S AFFECTING, UH, THE CHANGE IN DEBT SERVICE.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UH, REFUNDING OR REFUND REFINANCING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR EXISTING DEBT, UH, SO HILLTOP SECURITIES, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAS PERFORMED AN ANALYSIS OF OUR DEBT PORTFOLIO, UH, TO DETERMINE IF ANY REFUND OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
SO BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS, UH, THE 2013 GENERAL OBLIGATION MOMS AND THE 2013, A GENERALLY OBLIGATION BONDS ARE CANDIDATES TO BE REFUNDED.
UH, THESE 2013 BONDS CAN NOT BE CALLED UNTIL 2023.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN'T BASICALLY BUY THEM BACK UNTIL 2023, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, IS BASICALLY REFUND ANY OF THOSE THINGS, ANY OF THOSE MATURITIES THAT ARE PAST 2023.
SO THESE BONDS DON'T MATURE UNTIL 2033, SO WE CAN REFINANCE 20, 23 THROUGH 2033, UH, MATURITIES, UH, SOME DUE TO THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS JOBS ACT OF 2017, UH, WHEN WE CALL BOND OR WHEN WE REFUND BONDS BEFORE THEY'RE CALLABLE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON A TAXABLE BASIS.
SO WE HAD DONE THIS EXACT SAME PROCESS LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO SELL THE, SELL THE BONDS ON A TAXABLE BASIS, WHICH MEANS, UH, THAT THEIR INTEREST RATE WILL BE HIGHER THAN A TAX EXEMPT SALE.
HOWEVER, IT STILL GENERATES SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS OVER WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING IN DEBT SERVICE AFTER THESE ISSUANCES.
STEVEN, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THIS POINT ON THAT? EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF WE, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF THOSE BONDS NOW RATHER THAN 2023, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT WOULD BE THE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TAX HIT? YES.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UH, SENT ME OVER SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED LAST WEEK.
AND NOW THEY'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT OUR 2013 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE DRAINAGE FUNDED BONDS ALSO BE INCLUDED IN OUR REFUND.
SO RATES HAVE GONE DOWN ON THE 10 YEAR.
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UM, BASICALLY THE 10 YEAR TREASURY HAS GONE DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.SO NOW THEY'RE CONSIDERING THOSE AS A REFUNDING OPTION AS WELL, WHICH WILL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS OVER THE SAVINGS THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, BUT THEN I'LL GO INTO THAT.
UH, SO IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND SELL THAT SUMMER, UM, IN A SEPARATE ISSUANCE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING BACK IN THE FALL, OUR 2012 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BONDS ARE ABLE TO BE REFUNDED ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS, UH, LATER IN THE FALL.
SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T ANTICIPATE RATES RISING SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE FALL, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL, UH, UNTIL THAT POINT AND BRING THAT BACK CAUSE THEY TAX EXEMPT PRE FUNDING OF THOSE 2012 BONDS, WHICH THAT WILL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS, UH, FROM WHAT WE THINK.
SO THE REFUNDING ANALYSIS OF THE 2012 REFUNDING, UH, ANTICIPATES GENERATING A TAX RATE SAVINGS OF 0.07 OF ONE PENNY ON THE TAX RATE THAT WITHIN ALL IN TRUE INTEREST COST OF 2.3, 8%, UH, NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS, UH, AS A PERCENT OF THE REFUNDING OF JUST OVER 7.4%, UH, GENERATING TOTAL SAVINGS OF $344,000 NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF JUST UNDER $297,000.
AND WHEN THE, UH, 2013 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE DRAINAGE FUNDED, AND THOSE DON'T IMPACT THE TAX RATE, BUT THEY DO, THEY DO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT IS PAID OUT IN DEBT SERVICE FROM THE DRAINAGE FUND, UH, THAT TOTAL SAVINGS, UH, COULD APPROACH $1 MILLION IN TOTAL, INCLUDING THAT ONE.
UH, SO OUR TIMELINE FOR THE ISSUANCE.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, JUNE 22ND, UH, PRESENTING THIS PLAN TO BE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE WEEK OF JULY 5TH, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING, UH, RATINGS CALLS WITH A STANDARD AND POOR'S, AND ALSO A MOODY'S RATING SERVICES.
THEN JULY 21ST, UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THOSE RATINGS, UH, AUGUST 10TH, WE WOULD HOLD A COMPETITIVE SALE FOR THE BOMBS AND THAT NIGHT, UH, WHICH IS A COUNCIL MEETING NIGHT, WE WOULD PRESENT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THE PROCEEDS FROM THE MONZA WITH THAT.
THAT'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YEAH, STEVEN, I'VE GOT A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO MIDWAY ROAD, JUST AS A WHOLE.
UM, YOU REMIND ME, IS IT LAST YEAR? DID WE, DID WE TAKE 16 MILLION, ALL OF THAT TOWARDS MIDWAY ROAD, $16 MILLION THAT WERE ISSUED FOR MIDWAY ROAD BACK IN 2019.
SO LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T ISSUE ANYONE WHEN WE DID AN ISSUE IN 2020.
SO TODAY THERE'S BEEN THREE, $3 MILLION THAT WAS ISSUED BACK IN 2012, AND THEN THERE WERE $16 MILLION ISSUED IN 2019.
SO TODAY $19 MILLION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE INTEREST RATE IS SO LOW.
SO BASICALLY YOU NEED TO TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN GENERATE SO MUCH SAVINGS.
WHY DON'T YOU DO IT? THE OTHER GOOD THING IS PEOPLE CRITICIZE A BOND, A BOND EASILY.
THE STUDENTS HAVE BONDS, ACTUALLY YOU'RE SPREAD ALL THOSE BURDENS FALL.
THE CITIES IT'S 10 TO 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS LATER.
SO EVERYBODY DOES A PIECE OF IT INSTEAD OF CURRENT RESIDENTS PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING.
SO ADD MORE QUESTIONS, NOT MARY YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS A CRUDE USE OF A TOOL, WHICH IS MISSILE DENT.
AND, UH, AS YOU SAY, IT DOES SPLIT THE COST OF THESE EXPENSIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH YOU HAVE LONG LIFESPANS ACROSS, UH, YEARS IN JANUARY AND, UH, MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF TAXPAYERS, UM, WHICH IS INHERENTLY MORE FAIR THAN EXPECTING THE CURRENT TAX PAYERS TO PAY EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, WHEN THE LIFESPAN OF THE PROJECT IS SPREAD OUT OVER 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS.
AND SO WHEN I THINK THIS ISN'T VERY WISE, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF STAFF, AND IT'S ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNIFICANT QUALIFICATION COMING IN SENTENCE, MAYBE KNOWLEDGE, A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S A LOT OF FRICKING MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST DEMONSTRATIVE OF, OF, OF CONSERVATIVE,
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UH, UH, THOUGHTFUL, UH, LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.AND SO WELL DONE STEPHEN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO DILIGENT ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE HER THOUGHTS, UM, EFFORTS TO, I KNOW YOU WERE ALL WORK VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO PRESIDE OVER A NUMBER OF THESE REFINANCING THINGS AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT IS SO COOL TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE A MILLION DOLLARS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO SAVE $2 MILLION HERE.
LET'S SAVE A COUPLE MORE MILLION DOLLARS.
I MEAN, THE COST OF MONEY IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
AND SO PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT DEBT IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, OR JUST, OR THIS, THAT THAT'S POLITICAL PUPPET COP IT'S INCENDIARY, IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO, TO, UH, INFLAME PEOPLE FOR NO GOOD REASON.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, A PROPER USE OF A TOOL.
HOW LONG WOULD THAT ADVOCATE OVER USING IT OR USING IT FOR INAPPROPRIATE PURPOSES? WE'LL BE NOT DOING THAT.
THAT'S THE REASON WE RECEIVED TRIPLE A BOND RATING FROM BOTH MOODY'S AND S AND P YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
IS IT THE REASON SINCE CITIZENS RELY ON US TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION? YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOOD JOB, STEVEN.
[3. Present and Discuss Reauthorization of the Council Finance Committee and Potential Appointments. ]
THREE.PRESENT, DISCUSS RE AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONSOLE, FUNNEST COMMUNITY AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
MY NAME IS BILL HOLLY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
AND AS YOU INDICATED, THE ITEM BEFORE US IS TO DISCUSS, UH, THE COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE.
YOUR PACKET CONTAINS SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BYLAWS.
THOSE BYLAWS REQUIRE COUNSEL TO ANNUALLY REVIEW, WHETHER YOU WISH TO HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CONTINUE.
AND IF SO, THEN TO DISCUSS THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN BE APPOINTED TO THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, SABBATH IS SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION ON HOW TO PROCEED.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT TO YOU TO DISCUSS HOW, UH, HOW YOU'D LIKE TO GO FROM HERE.
BEAR IN MIND THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO SUNSET THIS COMMITTEE, UM, UH, TO REDUNDANT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO DIVE FURTHER INTO, UH, LOOKING INTO THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.
UH, THESE MEETINGS ARE NOT FREE AND WE BRING IN CITY MANAGER, SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE, UM, AND THAT THOSE ARE TAX DOLLARS SOFTWARE NOTHING'S FREE.
AND SO, UH, I'M GOING TO PAY, IT'S GOING TO BE MY POSITION THAT WE NEED TO JUST SUNSET THIS, THIS COMMITTEE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH DON.
YOU KNOW, UH, IF BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN BACK TO 2015, WHEN THEY STARTED THIS 16, INITIALLY IN 2015, HE HAS, UM, I THINK THAT'S A MISUSE OF THE POWER TRYING TO EQUATE, YOU KNOW, UH, A SPECIAL COMMITTEE UPON HIS CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER TO TAKE SOME CHARGE.
AND, UH, AS, AS A, UH, AS LIKE, UH, UH, POWERING THE SUSE, TRYING TO EQUATE GENERALLY MORE POWERS FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, I MEAN, AS MAY.
SO I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FINANCE.
IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO OTHER MEETINGS WE ARE JOINING AND LISTENING AND STARTING AT THE SAME TIME, SO EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S BETTER BY DOING THAT.
IT'S SORT OF REDUNDANT BECAUSE THREE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ALSO TAKE AWAY A LOT OF THE TIME FOR CFO CITY MANAGER AND A CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PROTEAN, ALL GO THERE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PREPARE SOME REFRESHMENTS.
ALSO THE TIME SPAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A LIFE THING TO DO.
SO I SUPPORT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, PAUL WANTING TO SUNSET THIS FINANCE COMMITTEE, PAIRING AGREEMENT WITH SUNSETTING,
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THIS WE'VE DONE DIDN'T, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, IF, IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE, IT CANNOT ALWAYS RECONSIDER.AND, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST IN THE FUTURE IF THERE'S NEED OR THE COUNCIL GETTING INVOLVED, CORRECT STEPS THREE, THREE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO RESTATE AND REMEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A FORM OF MICROMANAGEMENT, BUT THE THING THAT MAKES IT, UM, YOU'RE CROWDED TO MY MIND IS THAT THE MICROMANAGEMENT COMES FROM A BODY THAT IS NOT TASKED WITH MANAGING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT STAFF THAT IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING THEIR JOB.
AND WHEN WE STEP IN AND OVERREACH, IT'S A LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY THAT'S FRANKLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
SO IF I'M STARTING A FAVOR OF SUNSETTING THIS, UH, AS A MEMBER OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR ME.
UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT, UM, BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, JUST TO LISTEN.
UM, SOMETIMES IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR THINGS TWICE, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO, UH, BEING ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MICROMANAGEMENT PART.
I MEAN, TOM'S BEEN IN ON THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
I'VE BEEN THERE AND LONGER, AND HE, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME IN, IN, UM, I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PAST, BACK IN 2015, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, IT, IT, UH, IT'S FORCED ME TO, TO, TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THESE, ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, THAT I MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE IF I DIDN'T FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO, UM, TO DO SO.
AND, UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS, IS, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE AGENDA ITEMS, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AT THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT, THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THOSE AGENDA ITEMS, AREN'T GOING TO MOVE QUITE AS RAPIDLY, UM, AS IS WHAT WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP IS USED TO SEEING.
AND IT'S BECAUSE TOM AND IVAN IN THE PAST, AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH IT.
WE'VE ASKED, HE'S ASKED THE QUESTIONS.
WE'VE HELPED THE FEW TIMES WHEN WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP SHAPE THE REPORTING IN A WAY THAT WAS, UH, MORE USER-FRIENDLY TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A, AS A THREAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT AS A MICROMANAGEMENT ISSUE, BUT, UM, UH, I SEE IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY, UH, HELP.
I, UH, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IF YOU CAN STUDY BEFORE YOU COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND, UH, SEND THOSE QUESTIONS TO CITY MANAGER AGAIN, AND THEN YOU WILL GET AN ANSWER BEFORE THE MEETING.
THEN IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, HE WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU WILL ANSWER IT, THEN BASICALLY YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT TWICE, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL BEING ON THE CONSOLE FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR.
SO EVERY YEAR BASICALLY YOU WILL GO THROUGH SAME THING EVERY QUARTER, YOU WILL GO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS SIMILAR.
SO IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO BUILD A CHANGES, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DONE.
SO LIKE A PREVIOUS YEAR IS PANDEMIC.
SO A LOT OF THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE RELATED TO PANDEMIC, LIKE HOTEL, FARM WILL BE REDUCED.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SALES TAX, WHETHER YOU WOULD USE A LITTLE BIT, BUT BETTER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT.
SO WHEN YOU STUDY, I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO STUDY, BUT I CAN TEACH YOU WHEN YOU SEE THE SAME THING, YOU JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENT AREA, DIFFERENT NUMBERS, SO YOU CAN SPEED READ.
SO THIS IS BEING GOING THROUGH, THIS IS THE 14TH YEAR.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE BASICALLY, IF YOU WERE STUDYING ONCE REAL SOLIDLY, IT'S ALL THE NEXT TIME WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL HAVE NO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THIS, ON THIS MANY.
THAT'S HOW I TEACH MYSELF TO SPEED
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THE RATE IN AND THEN PICK UP THE DIFFERENT AREA.SO THE OLDER I GET, THEY WILL LOOK LIKE BETTER MEMORY BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I THINK ALL THE POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES THAT WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF SUNSET.
THAT'S NOT A COUNSEL THAT YOU THROW IN EVERYTHING.
IS IT THIS BODY DUTIFULLY LEGALLY CALLED LINCOLN PUBLICLY HELD ME.
I I'M ALWAYS SUSPICIOUS OF MEETINGS OF THAT INVOLVED, UH, CITY.
THERE'S A SORT OF LIKE THE OFFICIALS IN OUR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL, I MEAN, I'M, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE TAKING AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN EXPEDITING THE VIEW.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO TAKE.
THAT'S THE WAY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I ASKED FOR THIS JOB, I I'M, I'M VERY CONTENT TO PUT IN THE WORK AND PUT IN THE TIME NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO, TO, UH, BE COMFORTABLE THAT STAFF IS EXECUTING THE DIRECTION, UH, THAT THIS, THIS BODY GIVES STAFF IN, IN, IN, IN, IN BUDGET PROCESS.
AND, AND, UH, AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING THE REST OF THE YEAR IS STRICTLY EXECUTING WHAT WE TOLD, WHAT WE TELL THEM TO DO IN AUGUST, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS COMING UP.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S REDUNDANT, IT'S EXPENSIVE AND I'M MUCH, I MUCH PREFER TO HAVE LESS THAN STEVEN, UH, DOING MORE IMPORTANT WORK, UH, AS OPPOSED TO SPENDING TIME, LEAVE THE SCRIPT WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL WITH NOBODY WATCHING AGREE.
SO ANIMA DISCUSSION, I'LL JUST, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR, I GUESS, FOUR YEARS.
UM, I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME ON IT.
UM, I, I DO REALIZE THAT WE DO TAKE SOME DEEP DIVES INTO THINGS.
IT PROBABLY SAVES, I KNOW IT SAVES US TIME HERE TYPICALLY BECAUSE WE'LL, WE'LL TWEAK SOME, NOT TWEAK, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SOME ASKED HIM TO MAKE SOME ASTERIX.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME NOTES ON THE BOTTOMS, EVERYBODY'S EASIER FOR YOU GUYS FOR US TO READ AS A, AS A WHOLE COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT.
I THINK THAT IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL JUST THAT THE AGENDA, I KNOW ONCE A QUARTER MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN NORMAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M FINE.
THE WORK I AGREE WITH PAUL, AND THEN I THINK IT'S A GREAT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IN THE DEEP DIVE FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE, TO HEAR WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE.
I THINK IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR WHERE THEY ARE, AND IT HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WE DO.
BUT I WILL SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO COMMEND STAFF.
WE JUST WATCHED A 10 SLIDE PRESENTATION ON A VERY SOPHISTICATED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT.
AND I UNDERSTOOD IT WHEN I RUN IT AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT.
SO, UM, ISTAN DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF, UH, SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
AND THAT IS THE HALLMARK OF SOMEONE WHO HAS A VERY STRONG COMMAND OVER THEIR, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE AIM TO DO HERE IN THE TOWN OF MADISON FOR MY OBSERVATION IS THAT WE HIRE INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO LET THEM DO THEIR JOB WELL, CATHERINE, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS SINCE I'M THE NEW GUY.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
I JUST THINK THAT STAFF OUGHT TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST AND NOT TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOBS.
AND WE CAN READ THE INFORMATION, SEND YOUR QUESTIONS LIKE WE'RE TOLD TO DO.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL ASK MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A SUNSET.
IT, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO IT AND IF THAT'S NOT WORKING, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
AND WE'LL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS ISN'T WORKING.
MAYBE WE DO NEED TO HAVE APPOINTMENTS AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THEM.
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IS IT CALLED SUN RISING WHEN WE BRING IT BACK?COMMENT MAYOR THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED FORMALLY, UM, BY A COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
UH, THE BYLAWS SAID THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT CONTINUES OR NOT.
AND MY ONLY STATEMENT WOULD BE THAT IF THE COUNCIL WAS INCLINED TO SUNSET IT, THAT WE, WE STAFF WILL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION, UH, FORMALIZING THAT ACTION JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A PREVIOUS ACTION.
SO LET'S GO THROUGH REGULAR MEETING.
SO, UH, I TRY TO PRESENT THIS TO ERIN CARTER, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF METRO CLASS.
ALRIGHT, SO AARON, YOU WANT TO COME OVER? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM OUTTA HERE.
SO
SINCE I LEARNED THE CATHERINE WENT TO THE MEETING AND SAID, WE'RE HAVING DONE THAT.
I SAID, HOW COULD WE NOT DO SO WE ARE EFFICIENT.
[ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Proclamation Recognizing Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce President Erin Carter Discussion of Meetings / Events]
PROCLAMATION, BE IN POLAND BY THE MAYOR OR THE ADDISON.WHAT AS AARON CONNIE THAT'S BETA CARTER HELP METRO CREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PURPOSE TO QUOTE EIGHT ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR THE MEMBERS BY PROVIDING PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT THAT ASSIST AND BENEFITED BUSINESS GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN RESULTING IN A VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
SHE'D FALLEN TO THE VISION TO FELICITY THE CONNECTION THAT EQUATED REGIONS, MOST PRODUCTIVE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AT WEST AARON CONNIE CARTER IS A CHAMBER VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED AS A METRO CREST CHAMBER PRESIDENT SINCE 2016.
PRIOR, PRIOR TO LEADING THE METRO REQUESTS CHAMBER, SHE SERVED THE BOUSFIELD CHAMBER OF CONGRESS AS BOTH ITS EVENTS AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR.
AND IT'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEN I ASKED ERIN CARNEY CALLED HER THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTED THE TOM OF ADDISON, THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AND THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AND METRO CREST CHAMBER CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, PROVIDING VITAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO THE MEMBER BUSINESS THROUGHOUT A CHALLENGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND PLAY AS CONNIE CARTER HAS BEING A LOST THE NEW DENON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESIDENT HER SELECTION, WHAT THE COLLECTIVE CHOICE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADDISON THAT'S HER, AND THEN WISH HER THE BEST IN THIS NEW ADVENTURE.
NOW, THEREFORE I, JOE CHILD MAYO TALIBAN SUDDENLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AARON AND CONNIE CARTER DUTY FULLY INSTITUTED THIS DAY, JUNE 22ND, 2021.
SO I HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT USING THE WORDS IS NOT A FUN APPROXIMATION.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEEN AARON, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW AARON UNTIL 2017 WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR RELAPSED.
NOW, IT'S BEING ONE OF THE FOUR YEARS NOW.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER DONE A GREAT JOB FOR MASS REQUESTS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND I REMEMBER LAST TIME WE WERE IN THE STUDIO, A FIREHOUSE IN FARMER'S BRANCH, THE MAYOR'S FOR SHE CAN CHANGE YOUR JOB.
YOU KNOW, MARY DID I SAY THAT? RIGHT? SHE SPOKE SO FOREIGN TO ME, YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.
SO, UH, SHE COULDN'T BE A GOOD ANCHOR IN THE TV STATION.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING CHAMBER PRESIDENT, BUT SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD DEEDS AND I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOU MAYOR.
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SAY ONE THING PRESENT TOO? I RECENTLY SAW AN INTERVIEW.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCH THAT, BUT IT WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I FORGET HER NAME.
AND IN THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
SUZANNE CLARK NEEDS TO BE A VERY AGILE BEING NONPARTISAN AND SHE NAILED IT.
AND I JUST, I THOUGHT AARON COULD DO THAT JOB.
I HAVE WATCHED YOU, UH, FLOURISH AS A LEADER.
UM, I'VE SEEN YOU GROW PROFESSIONALLY.
I'VE SEEN YOU, UH, SHEPHERD THE COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE HERE AND IN OUR AREA, AND YOU'VE ALSO PAID SPECIAL CARE AND ATTENTION TO WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT'S BEEN REFRESHING TO SEE, I KNOW YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WATCH YOU GROW AND DENNIS, AS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU MAYOR FOR LETTING ME SAY THAT.
THAT'D BE A PRETTY BAD THE SALE OF YOUR WORLD.
CAN YOU SEE ME? CAN YOU SEE ME? OKAY.
THAT LIKES TO GET IT GETS SHORT.
YOU CAN GET AS MANY SHORT JOKES AS YOU WANT.
UM, THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME I DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE ON NONPROFIT EVENING, BUT ALL THE NONPROFITS DID A GREAT JOB.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE TOWN OF ADDISON DOES IS THEY ARE SO CHARITABLE WITH THEIR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE WERE SYMBIAN OF THAT FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE WE SWITCHED TO A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
SO WHEN MARY TOLD ME YESTERDAY, SHE WAS LIKE, DID YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA? I SAID, NO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT ON THERE BECAUSE WE'RE A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
UM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.
I'M REALLY GREAT AT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY TERRIBLE ABOUT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
AND SO I'LL DO IT ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I'M EMPLOYED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I SERVE AT THEIR PLEASURE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY STAFF.
AND SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR 500 SOME BUSINESSES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NINE YEARS.
AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTE HONOR.
AND PEOPLE THAT GO INTO CHAMBER WORK ARE REALLY SIMILAR TO PEOPLE THAT GO INTO CITY WORK, THEIR BOSSES CHANGE YEARLY, AND THAT CAN BE CRAZY, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE THE UTMOST BLESSING OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND YOU GET TO BE A PART OF THEIR STORY.
AND SO IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE A PART OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON STORY.
WHEN I FIRST WORKED FOR THE CHAMBER, WE WERE IN VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY AND WE WATCHED THAT GROW AROUND US TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING.
AND NOW YOU CAN START TO SEE AFTER COVID, THERE'S NO PARKING AGAIN.
AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL THING.
WE MOVED TO THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AND NOW WE'RE BACK HERE IN THE TREE HOUSE.
SO I THINK I'VE COME FULL CIRCLE AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR SOMEONE NEW TO COME AND SEE WHAT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THE METRO CREST IS.
ADDISON IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
AND ALMOST THE 15,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE EACH OF YOU AS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF YEARS OR NINE YEARS.
IF YOU'RE EVER IN DENTON NORTH, PLEASE CALL ME.
I'LL BE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
I DON'T KNOW AT, TO SAY THAT'S AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION.
UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.
FIRST ADDISON KABOOM TAB OVERTURNED ON JULY THE THIRD.
AND WE WERE IN THE THROWS OF PREPARING FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THE 25 MINUTE FIREWORKS SHOW, THIS YEAR'S FESTIVITIES INCLUDE THE ADDISON AIRPORT, FREEDOM FLY OVER, UH, A TOWN-WIDE PARTY.
THE, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS AND FLY VIEWING OPTIONS INCLUDE WATCH PARTIES AT MINI ADDISON RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND UNLIMITED CAPACITY PARTY AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THIS YEAR DUE TO LIMITED PARK CAPACITY, FREE TICKETS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.
AND THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, PROVIDED IN FACT, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THE, THERE WAS A FULL WEEK OF TIME WHERE
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ADDISON RESIDENTS COULD GET TICKETS BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND TICKETS THAT WERE ACQUIRED BY ADDISON RESIDENTS, UH, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
AND THEN TODAY AT 10 O'CLOCK, THE, UH, TICKETS WERE OPEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEY WERE GONE IN THREE HOURS.
SO THERE ARE THOSE, UH, WE'RE AT FULL CAPACITY INSIDE THE PARK, MEANING OF THE TICKETS THAT WERE AVAILABLE ALREADY SPOKEN FOR.
SO THAT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING AND EXCITING.
UH, HOWEVER, IF PEOPLE WANT, STILL WANT TO GET INTO, UH, SEE THE, THE FIREWORKS, THERE ARE OPTIONS STILL AVAILABLE AND THEY CAN PURCHASE AN ADDISON HOTEL ROOM, UH, FOR BOOMTOWN.
AND THEY WILL RECEIVE GUARANTEED BY DOING THAT.
THEY WILL RECEIVE GUARANTEED ADMISSION TO ADDISON'S CIRCLE PARK FOR UP TO SIX PEOPLE.
AND PEOPLE CAN FIND MORE OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AND HOW TO, UH, GET THOSE HOTEL PACKAGES AT OUR WEBSITE, ADDISON WWW.ADDISONCREWBOOMTOWN.COM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO JULY 3RD, ALSO, UH, RELATED TO THAT, UH, THAT TIME FRAME.
UH, THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY IS ON A SUNDAY.
SO ADDISON OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JULY 5TH IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.
UH, HOWEVER, THE ATHLETIC CLUB WILL BE CLOSED ON JULY 4TH.
SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND WE'LL OPEN FOR IT'S REGULAR HOURS ON JULY 5TH AND THEN TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTED AS USUAL ON MONDAY THE FIFTH AS ALWAYS, IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE, WHEN OFFICES ARE CLOSED, THEY CAN CALL THE TOWN'S NON-EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBER AT 9 7 2 4 5 0 7 1 5 6.
THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE IN THE TOWN NEWSLETTER AS WELL AS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
THE POOL WILL ALSO BE CLOSED ON JULY 4TH, CORRECT? CORRECT? YES.
[ 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.]
OKAY.CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 4, 5 6, 7, 8.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO BE PULLED? YEAH.
UH, THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TOWN, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND THE TOWN OF ADDISON IS GOING TO WE'RE REQUESTING THAT AT IS POLLED.
UH, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS NOT READY TO ACT ON THIS ITEM.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE READY.
ALL RIGHT, SARAH, WE'LL PULL ITEM SEVEN, PULL THAT NUMBER.
DO YOU NEED TO PULL THE ITEM SEVEN? DO I HAVE A, WE WILL PULL ITEM SEVEN, BUT DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND FLOOR ITEM 4, 5, 6, 5.
I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON FOUR, FIVE AND SIX SECOND.
SO TOMMY MADE A MOTION, LAURIE SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS THREE, SAY AYE, AYE, OPPOSED ITEM MAKE
[8. Consider Action on a Resolution Appointing Council Liaisons for 2021-2022.]
TO MAKE A MIRROR.THE REASON I CALLED ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS, UM, I, I AVOID TO, UH, APPROVE THIS, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, UM, MAKE COMPLETE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND MAYBE FUTURE COUNCILS TO RECONSIDER, UH, AT A LATER DATE.
WHAT I THINK IS MAJOR THINGS LIKE, UM, AN EDUCATION LIAISON, UM, ADDISON AIRPORT COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I JUST THINK IF, UH, IF YOU WERE IN THAT POSITION, YOU'VE GOT A SERIOUS FOCUS ABOUT THAT.
AND THERE'S A CONTACT, UM, MAYBE FOR SOMEBODY AT THE AIRPORT THAT WANTS TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO YOU, ASK THAT QUESTION, SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR COMPANY, SAME THING WITH, UH, UH, EDUCATION.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, AND RESPECT THE LITTLE OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAJORITY MAJORITY DIRECTION.
AND WITH THAT I MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND FLOOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MOTION BY MARTIN.
ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, WILL YOU SAY HI BOTH.
[9. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution Approving a Concessionaire Agreement Between the Town of Addison and MD Circle Cafe, LLC for Food and Beverage and/or Recreation Rental Services at Addison Circle Park Pavilion, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement.]
ITEM NUMBER NINE.PRESENT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING SESSION NAIL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THOMAS EDISON MD CIRCLE CAFE OR SEEK FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND OR RECREATION RENTAL SERVICES AT ADDISON SO-CALLED PARK AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK YOU THE AGREEMENT.
JENNA, MARIN COUNCIL, JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
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OPEN UP THIS PRESENTATION REAL BRIEFLY.THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE, THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE OR MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED PARK ACTIVATION AS A GAME-CHANGING INITIATIVE.
AND I IDENTIFIED ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR OCCURRED NORTH OF THE DARK SILVER LINE AS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR THE ADDISON PARK SYSTEM.
THE PLAN IDENTIFIED THAT THE NORTHEAST ENTRANCE TO ALISON CIRCLE PARKS SHOULD BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE, UM, FOOD VENDOR OR VENDORS.
AND, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ESPECIALLY EVENTS, STRATEGIC AND PLAN ALSO SUPPORTED THAT INITIATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THOSE FINDINGS STAFF, UM, FROM PURCHASING, EXCUSE ME, IN PARKS AND RECREATION, ESPECIALLY EVENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL SERVICES WORK TOGETHER TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SOLICIT CONCESSION SERVICES FOR ALISON CIRCLE PARK, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THE RFP, WE ISSUED AN RFP ON BIDS ON MARCH 24TH AS BID NUMBER 21 DASH 85.
TWO VENDORS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, THE STAFF REVIEW THE PROPOSALS AND INTERVIEWED EACH OF THE RESPONDENTS AND SCORED THEM ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.
I'M SORRY, IN A PARKS DIRECTOR, YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT THE COTTONWOOD OUTSIDE WOULD MONITOR ME, BUT IT'S REALLY, OH, I DO LOVE TREES THAT, UM, OKAY.
SO WE SCORED THE TWO VENDORS, UM, ON SEVERAL CRITERIA AND THAT CRITERIA WAS THE COMPLETE LIST OF THEIR PROPOSAL, THE DAY OR DAYS AND HOURS OF THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY PROPOSED, THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT THEY PROPOSED.
UM, IF THEY OFFERED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM OTHER ADDISON BUSINESSES, THEIR CONCESSION EXPERIENCE, THEIR PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE, THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES THAT THEY SHOWED US THE ABILITY TO MEET LICENSING AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SATISFACTORY CONCESSION FEE, UM, TO BE PAID TO THE TOWN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PARKS AND REC AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN GENERAL SERVICES SCORE THE PROPOSALS AND IDENTIFIED CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, UM, DOING BUSINESSES, MD CIRCLE CAFE AS THE MOST QUALIFIED VENDOR TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE TOWN CULTURE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE CONCESSION SERVICES, OPERATES AN ADDISON BUSINESS, AND IT'S WORKED WITH STAFF DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.
STAFF WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN M D CIRCLE CAFE AND THE TOWN, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE SCORED.
UM, THEY PRESENTED TO US A CONCEPT CALLED THE CIRCLE OF CAFE.
THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AND SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM.
THE VENDOR DID INDICATE TO US THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH STAFF TO EXPAND WEEKDAY HOURS, TO RESPOND TO DEMAND.
SO AS THE DARK SILVER LINE CAME IN AND DEMAND INCREASED THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY FLEXIBLE WITH US ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
IF THEY ALSO SAW THAT THERE WERE, THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN IN THE MORNINGS, THEY COULD EASILY FLEX AND STAFF MORNINGS DURING THE WEEKDAY.
UM, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE A POINT OF SALE SERVICES AND TILLS TO HANDLE CREDIT AND CASH PAYMENTS.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A REVENUE SPLIT WITH THE TOWN, UM, FOR CONCESSION REVENUE, THEY WOULD SHARE 15% ALCOHOL REVENUE WOULD BE 30% AND RENTAL REVENUE WOULD BE 30%.
THEY WERE POST A MENU THAT'S BASED ON SUCCESSFUL SALES THAT THEY'VE SEEN AT OTHER CONCESSIONS SIMILAR TO OURS.
UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT THEY GAVE US IS, UM, I THINK IT'S CALLED THE COVE AND LITTLE ELM WHERE THEY, UM, OFFER CONCESSIONS IN A MUNICIPAL SETTING.
AND SO THEY'RE BASING THEIR MENU, UM, OFF OF WHAT THEY'VE SEEN OR SUCCESSFULLY, UM, PURCHASED BY PEOPLE WHO, WHO GO TO PARK CONCESSIONS.
THEY, UM, THEY ALSO OFFERED THAT THEY WOULD MONITOR AND ALWAYS ADAPT THEIR MENU TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE PARK USERS.
SO IF THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS TO SERVE A CERTAIN ITEM THAT THEY'RE STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN EASILY FLEX AND OFFER THOSE ITEMS, AND THEY COULD ALSO MEET DEMANDS
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AS THE ADVANCED GROUP, UM, THEY ALSO WILL PROVIDE, UM, RENTAL SERVICES OF THE PAVILION FOR PRIVATE PARTIES AND WORK WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT TO OFFER GAMES THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT PARK USE.FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD PROVIDE, UM, MUNICIPAL GRADE CORN HOLE BOARDS TO PUT OUT THERE, AND THEN THEY COULD RENT THE BAGS THAT PEOPLE COULD USE, OR THE SAME THING.
IF WE PUT PING PONG TABLES OUT, THEY COULD RENT BEING PUMPING PADDLES FROM THE CONCESSIONAIRE.
UM, THE VENDOR ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PAVILION WOULD BE USED BY THE TOWN DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD INCLUDE THEM IN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, THEY JUST MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, UM, THEY WILL UTILIZE THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT'S LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN, BUT THEY WILL SUPPLEMENT THEIR NEEDS BY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT OR UTILIZING EQUIPMENT THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN STOCK BECAUSE OF THEIR STRUCTURE, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT GROUP HAS THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY TRAIN STAFF WHEN WE'RE NECESSARY.
THEY DO A LOT OF CATERING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE A LARGE STAFF FULL THAT THEY CAN, UM, RESOURCE, IF THERE'S AN EVENT HAPPENING SUCH AS ALISON AFTER DARK, AND THEY COULD EASILY STAFF UP AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NEEDS, UM, TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS DURING THOSE EVENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
UM, THE VENDOR HAS EXPERIENCED MEETING RFP REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WERE LISTED IN OUR RFP, SUCH AS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY GROUP INSURANCE HEALTH PERMIT FIND PERMIT, ESPECIALLY IF USE PERMIT AND DEALING WITH THE TABC.
UM, SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VENDOR.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, UM, COUNSEL WOULD TAKE ACTION THIS EVENING, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THEY WOULD BEGIN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
UM, JULY 20TH, THEY WOULD BEGIN MOBILIZATION OF EQUIPMENT AND CONCESSION SERVICES COULD BE OFFERED TO PARK USERS AS EARLY AS JULY 27.
UM, THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS GOING SMOOTHLY, BUT THOSE ARE THE DATES THAT WE'RE TARGETING WITH THAT.
WOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I, UM, ON THE, THERE IS THIS, THEIR PROPOSAL THAT'S EMBEDDED IN HERE ARE THOSE THE ACTUAL PRICES? YES, IT'S VERY AFFORDABLE, WHICH IS NICE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH, SINCE, UM, WHEN ANY VENDORS ALL SIDES, SO THEY NEED, DO THEY NEED AN ENCLOSED AREA WHEN THERE'S SO WIND TO BE HERE? THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THE TIME TABC LOADING, INQUIRED THAT FENCE OFF THE AREA WHEN THEY SELL THE WINE, THE BEER.
SO THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO TO GET IT AND WALK EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE PARK IS SO BIG.
SO, YEAH, FROM, FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, UM, FROM TALKING TO TABC, THEY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO FENCE OFF THAT AREA.
THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT SOME SIGNAGE UP THAT SAID ALCOHOL WAS NOT TO GO PAST A CERTAIN POINT AND TO PROVIDE PA TABC WITH WHAT THOSE LIMITS ARE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN ANSWER.
I HAVE A QUESTION THEN GO AHEAD.
ARE THERE ANY CHALLENGES WITH PEOPLE BRINGING ALCOHOL INTO THE BAR THAT MIGHT BE EXACERBATED BY THIS? THOSE WOULD BE, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DIG IN FURTHER.
UM, AT THE, AT THE TIME, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGNATE AN AREA WITHIN THE PARK THAT THEY COULD SERVE ALCOHOL.
UM, AND SO YES, WITHIN THAT DESIGNATED AREA, PEOPLE CAN NOT BRING ALCOHOL INTO THAT DESIGNATED AREA.
DID YOU WANT IT, WHAT MORE WORDS TO SAY ABOUT, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET COUNCIL'S APPROVAL THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, UH, ACCORDING TO JASMINE, THERE'S, UH, AN OVERLAY ON THE TERRIBLE PART THAT COUNCILS ALREADY ALLOWED ALCOHOL TO BE SERVED IN THAT PROGRAM.
T T ABC HAS THE GOAL IS, UH, IF YOU'LL HAVE PROLIANT LIQUOR PERMIT, OKAY.
BUT IT MAKES BEVERAGES OR ONE BEER
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PERMIT, THEN PEOPLE CANNOT BRING HIS OWN AND THAT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT, THEN YOU CAN BRING BYOB.SO IF THEY APPLY FOR THE PERMIT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF WINE AND BEER, SO THEY CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN.
AND, AND OUR PARK ORDINANCE DOES SAY THAT PEOPLE CANNOT BRING ALCOHOL INTO THE PARK.
I PROBABLY CONFUSED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
IT DOES SAY THAT WE CAN ALLOW PEOPLE TO SELL ALCOHOL IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, IF THAT CLARIFIES THAT.
ANY MORE QUESTION ON THIS? I THINK THAT THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, YOU KNOW, BY DOING SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I LIKE THAT IDEA THAT THIS HOME HAS BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG AS AN ICE FACILITY AND IT RARELY SEEMS TO GET USED.
AND ONE THING I WOULD WANT ABOUT IS OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CONCESSIONAIRE, THAT'S NOT ADDISON, BUT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO THINK IT'S ADDISON.
SO THEY NEED TO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE ADDISON WAY AND YEAH.
ALL OUR SERVICES, I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD BE ON, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT'S ON TOP OF THEIR MIND.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, IT'S KIND OF A DELICATE BALANCE, UM, PROVIDING THESE TYPES OF SERVICES, NOT, NOT GETTING, UH, OH, PUSHBACK ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT, UH, RESTAURANT FOOD, FOOD PROVIDERS IN CIRCLE AREA, ESPECIALLY IN THE IMMEDIATE PERIOD.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW WE BALANCE THAT OUT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TOO.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR A CONCESSIONAIRE TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL FOLKS.
IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONCESSIONAIRE IS SANDWICHES, CHIPS AND A COKE AND A SNOW CONE, WHICH IS NOT, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS THE HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT YOU GET FROM SITTING DOWN AND EATING AT LATIN DELI.
AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CHEF THAT'S COOKING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THIS TO ME SEEMS MORE LIKE AN AMENITY AND OUTDOOR AMENITY FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OUT WALKING AROUND THE PARK AND, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GO HAVE TO PAY BACK IN THE PARK AND SO ON.
I SEE, I SEE THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW SMOLAN.
YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK TOO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ONCE WE HAVE THE DARK, YOU KNOW, W WITH THE RAIL COMING THROUGH AND THERE, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SO MUCH DEMAND THAT EVERYONE'S JUST SO BUSY.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM HAVING MORE RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT TURNED OUT.
SO WE ACTUALLY CALLED SOME OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CONCESSION SERVICES THAT ARE, WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
UM, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPARE IT TO A SWIMMING HOLE CONCESSION, BUT, UM, SO WE, WE MADE SOME PHONE CALLS AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS A LOT OF CITIES SAW A BENEFIT TO THEIR SURROUNDING BUSINESSES BECAUSE A PARK THAT OFFERS THAT TYPE OF SERVICE WILL DRAW PEOPLE IN TO STAY IN THE PARK A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE LONGER VISITS IN THE PARK, IT ALSO ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT NEXT DOOR AND CONTINUE THEIR DAY, UM, INTO THAT RESTAURANT, OR GO GRAB COFFEE FROM THAT RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING THAT IF THEY HAVE A GROUP THAT EVERYBODY HAS DIVERSE, WANTS AND NEEDS, AND SOMETIMES THEY SEE SOME EXTRA TRAFFIC TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE RECEIVE THAT SAME TYPE OF IMPACT TO THIS AREA.
UM, IT'S, WE'RE PUTTING IT THERE TO BE A CATALYST FOR THE PARK AND A CATALYST FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, AND NOT A HINDRANCE.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING, ENSURING THAT THE ONLY, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I SEE, AND THIS IS JUST AN, I, I SEE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EXPAND WEEKDAY HOURS OR RESPOND TO YOUR HAND.
IF YOU'RE AN AVID COFFEE DRINKER, THERE'S NO EARLY MORNING COFFEE AVAILABLE AND TO CIRCLE.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GOES FORWARD, THEY WOULD SEE THAT, BUT THERE'S NO ABILITY TO BUY A COFFEE ANYWHERE EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHICH THEY, THEY THEY'RE OPEN EARLY, NOBODY OPENS EARLY.
SO, AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPEN AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BY 10:00 AM.
THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT WALKING, A LOT OF THEM ARE THEY'RE BUNK ON BY THEM.
THAT'S MY ONLY, AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WILL SHARE THAT.
ONE MORE QUESTION SINCE WE HAVE NEXT TO PAVILION IS MANAGEABLE WOMEN'S ROOM.
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ARE THEY GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCKING UP WHEN THEY GET DONE OR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? SO OUR, UM, OUR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY MANAGES THOSE RESTROOMS. SO THEY'VE SEEN THAT THEY'RE CLEANED AND THEY'RE STOPPED, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY SERVES THAT CONCESSION BUILDING, IT SERVES ARC USERS.UM, SO THE CONTRACT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE RESTROOM MAINTENANCE WOULD BE UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
WE'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING IT AND LOCKING IT WHEN NECESSARY.
UM, AND, AND IT WOULD BE THERE AS A SUPPORT FOR THEM.
UM, NOW WE LOCK THEM IN THE EVENINGS.
SO IF THERE, UM, HOURS EXPAND AS HAS MENTIONED PROFESSIONALLY ON A SATURDAY, HOW, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE SERVICE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR RESTAURANTS? IF IT DOES, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? SO IF IN FACT YOU, THEY DO EXPAND THEIR HOURS AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY KIND OF INNOCENT OR LOCKING THIS FACILITY UP, UH, THAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY EVENINGS.
AND THERE'S NO ONE ANYTIME ADDISON.
SO GENERAL SERVICES WOULD CONTINUE THEIR SET SCHEDULE FOR HOW THEY MANAGE THE RESTROOMS, WHICH, AND THAT THE CONCESSION WOULD HAVE THEIR SET SCHEDULE AND THEY WOULD LOCK UP THE CONCESSION BUILDING.
SO THEY WOULD EACH BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN AREAS, BASICALLY, WHAT SORT? SO NOTHING WOULD CHANGE YEAH.
SO THE RESTROOM IS STILL GOING TO BE CLEANED UP AND LOCKED UP, YOU KNOW, MANAGED BY GENERAL SERVICES.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT, YOUR HOURS, EVEN THOUGH WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO DO IT.
WE HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN ACTUALLY BOX THE TOOLBOX, BUT NOT AT A CERTAIN TIME.
AND THEN, UM, THAT PLACE HAS BEEN UPON THE UTILIZE COMPANY LEAP.
SO, UH, IF WE CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE ON THAT, THAT'S A BUSINESS MIND.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
LAURIE SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[10. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Granting a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for the Addison Airport Customs and Border Protection Facility, Located at 4545 Jimmy Doolittle Drive, in Order to Exceed the Total Effective Area and the Maximum Allowable Logo Height for Attached Signs. Case MR2021-006.]
NUMBER 10.PRESENT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACTION.
ALL IN ALL AN AUDIENCE GRANTING A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION TO A CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE BOARD CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FACILITY LOCATED AT 45 45, JIMMY DOOLITTLE, JULY.
YOU WANT ME TO SEE THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE AREA AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOGO HEIGHT FOR ATTACHED SIGNS AND THE CASE NUMBER AND OUR 20 21 0 6.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY TORRES EXCEPTION TO ALL SELVES.
SO THE COUNCIL, KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN, ALISON OTHER REQUESTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR A SIGN CODE, MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION, OR THE ADDISON AIRPORT, US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL FACILITATE THAT WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIR FIELD, UH, AT THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRAWING IF JASON TO THE ADULTS AND TOLD TALL.
UH, SO WITH THIS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY, THE, UH, AIRPORT TEAM, UH, SUBMITTED SIGN PERMITS FOR FOUR ATTACHED WALL SIGNS.
UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE ON THE, UH, WESTERN FACADE FACING THE AIR FIELD.
AND TWO OF WHICH ARE ON THE EASTERN FACADE, UH, FACING GENERALLY TOWARDS THE TOLL TUNNEL.
UH, ONE SIGN IS AN AS AN AIRPORT, UH, ATTACHED SIGN WITH THE TOWN LOGO.
AND THEN THE SECOND SIGN IS THE US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SIGN.
UH, THE, UH, PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SIGNS IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FACADE, THE, UM, ADDISON AIRPORT SIGN, THE TOWN LOGO IS SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER.
AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE IT'S FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER.
SO WHERE THIS CONFLICTS WITH THE SIGN CODE RELATES TO MAXIMUM LOGO, HAVE YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ALSO SIGN EFFECTIVE AREA.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE TWO SIGNS, UH, PRESENT, UH, AS TOWN OF ADDISON LOGOS THAT ARE FIVE FEET AND SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER.
UH, THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LOGO HEIGHT, UH, PER OUR SIGN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR ATTACHED WALL SIGNS IS 33.75 INCHES.
SO, UM, TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, IF THE SIGNS WERE TO COMPLY WITH THAT REQUIREMENT AND TO REMAIN IN SCALE, UH, WITH,
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UH, THE, UM, TOWN LOGO, YOU WOULD HAVE NINE INCH LETTERING, WHICH WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM, UH, EITHER FACADE.UH, THE OTHER ISSUE, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE EFFECTIVE AREA, THE SIGNS.
SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY CALLUS AWAITED BY DRAWING RECTANGULAR AROUND THE SIGN AND CAPTURING ALL COMPONENTS OF THE SIGN, UH, IN THAT RECTANGULAR AREA.
SO, UH, WITH THESE FOUR SIGNS, UH, WE ACHIEVE AN EFFECTIVE AREA OF 220 SQUARE FEET ON THE SIDE OF THE CODE LIMITS, UH, THIS BUILDING AND THIS SIGN OR REQUESTS 200 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'RE JUST OVER BY 20 FEET SQUARE FEET.
HERE ARE THE SIGNS, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE TALEM, UH, ADDISON AIRPORT SIGN.
UH, THIS IS ON THE EASTERN FACADE.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE COMING IN FROM JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, SEVEN FOOT, UH, UH, JANUARY LOGO.
AND THEN THEY'RE ON THE FACADE LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE AIRFIELD.
YOU HAVE THE FIVE FOOT DIAMETER, UH, LOGO FOR THE ADDISON AIRPORT SIGN.
AND THEN HERE, UH, YOU SEE THE, UH, AS THE US CUSTOMS, UH, SIGNAGE, UH, IN EACH INSTANCE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, A LOGO, UH, IT'S TWO FEET IN DIAMETER.
SO WITH OUR MERITORIOUS, UH, EXCEPTION CRITERIA THAT YOU FIND IN THE SIGN CODE, I DO USE, UH, SEVERAL CRITERIA BY WHICH YOU CAN EVALUATE THIS REQUEST.
UH, THE ONE THAT WE WOULD APPLY IN THIS CASE, UH, RELATES TO, UM, UH, THE BASIS THAT SUCH REGULATIONS AND OR STANDARDS WILL BY REASON OF EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR SURROUNDINGS CONSTITUTE A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY OR UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP.
SO GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE TOWN'S LOGO, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT EXCEPT MAKE IT SMALLER.
UM, THE LETTERING THAT NINE INCH LETTERING FOR A COMPLYING SIGN, UH, WOULD BE, UH, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A HARDSHIP ON THIS SITE, GIVEN IT SETBACK FROM JIMMY DOOLITTLE, GIVEN ITS NEED TO, UH, BE VISIBLE, UH, FROM THE AIRFIELD SIDE, WE FEEL THAT, UH, THAT IS A HARDSHIP BEING PLACED ON THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FEDERAL AGENCY REPRESENTED IN THIS BUILDING, UM, THE NUMBER OF SIGNS, UH, INCREASE, UH, THAT IS, UH, SOMEWHAT BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
UH, SO GIVEN THAT, UM, WITH JUST THE TOWN SIGNS ON THIS FACADE, WE WOULD COMPLY WITH THE EFFECTIVE AREA.
WE FEEL THAT THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL AGENCY SIGN, UH, IS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, SOMEWHAT OF A HARDSHIP.
SO, UH, THAT WOULDN'T BE, UH, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE TO, TO GRANT THE EXCEPTION, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, AREA REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR OUR, UM, BUILDING.
UM, SO WITH THAT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT UNDERLYING THIS REQUEST.
UM, SO, UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, TOWN STAFF HAS, UH, APPLIED DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS, UH, TO SIGNAGE ON THE AIRFIELD SIDE OF, UH, UH, BUILDINGS THAT LINE, THE ADDISON AIRPORT, UH, THIS APPLIES NOT ONLY TO TOWN FACILITIES, BUT TO PRIVATELY OWNED THIS.
UH, AND, AND GENERALLY WHAT HAS BEEN PRACTICED HAS BEEN THAT WE'VE NOT APPLIED THE SIGN CODE.
SO CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO SIZE HAVE NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY APPLIED ON THAT AIR FIELD, UH, FACING FRONTAGE.
UM, WE FEEL THAT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE PRACTICE.
UH, HOWEVER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MEMORIALIZE AS WE, UH, DO CONDUCT, UH, UPDATES TO OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UH, SO THAT IS ONE THING WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THAT, TO MEMORIALIZE THAT BEST PRACTICE THAT STAFF WAS APPLYING.
AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE SEEN REFLECTED IN THE, AS AN AIRPORT MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENT, UH, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT, UH, CALLS OUT, UH, PERHAPS A NEED FOR A SPECIAL ASSIGNED DISTRICT.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN, UH, THAT RELATE TO SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE ADDISON CIRCLE VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY.
UH, WE FEEL THAT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDISON AIRPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD ALSO WARRANT THAT CONSIDERATION.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL ALSO COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH THE, UH, UH, UDC UPDATE WHEN WE DO GET TO THE ASSIGNED, UH, SECTION OF OUR REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO THEN I BE, UH, ON THE AIR SIDE, YES, SIR.
SPECIFICALLY ON THE LAND SIDE SAYING, UH, SO ORDINANCES.
SO IT COULD, IT COULD RELATE TO BOTH,
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UM, WITH ASSIGNED DISTRICT.UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO VARY MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, SPECIAL ASSIGNED DISTRICT, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES, IF IT, UH, THE COUNCIL FELT THAT THAT WAS WARRANTED, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT PROPERTIES AS A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORE.
AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I, I THINK THIS MAKES, UM, THE DECISION TO MAKE A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION SO MUCH EASIER IN THAT.
UM, IF, IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOME, MAYBE SOME GUIDANCE FOR WHAT A SPECIAL SCIENTIST WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE RUNWAY FACING SIDE IS, YOU KNOW, THE PERSPECTIVES ARE DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE, THE STREET FACING SIDE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT I THINK I'M IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR AND TEXTURE FOR THEM, FOR STAFF TO GO BACK AND, AND CREATE A SPECIALIST, UH, AS AN AIRPORT, SPECIAL ASSIGNED DISTRICT.
EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU REMIND US, WHEN DID THAT SIGN? THE SIGN PORTION IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US.
SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING THAT, UH, IN, IN THE MONTH.
UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS, I MEAN, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT AND CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ANYTIME A SPECIAL DISTRICT WHEN WE GET RID OF IN THAT MODULE OR OVER DEAL.
BUT I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN THAT THOSE SIGNS AREN'T ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS, OR WHY ARE YOU FINDING SIGNS? RIGHT.
AND WE'RE SETTING SO FAR OFF OF ANY MAIN STREET.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND IT.
SO IT'S NOT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT'S STILL A SIGN, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT STRICTLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S NECESSARILY JUST THE DEFINITION OF THE SCALE SIGNAGE, MEANING ADVERTISING.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALWAYS ON WORD.
EVERYBODY WANTS A BIGGER SIGN, BIGGER SIGN, BIGGER SIGN.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A UNIFORM.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD JUST BE APPROVED AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM IS NOBODY'S, NOBODY'S THE FEDERAL, GOVERNMENT'S NOT ADVERTISING ANYTHING OVER THERE, RIGHT.
PEOPLE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE STUFF IS.
SO IT'S JUST, THEY'RE STANDING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STAMP.
AND THAT'S, UH, AN EXCELLENT POINT BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR SIGN CODE AND ISSUES LIKE THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR DEFINITIONS.
UM, SO THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS, IS IF YOU WERE TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT, IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO THE ADVERTISING ORIENTED ASPECTS OF, OF SIGNAGE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO PURSUE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE UP AND ENGAGE YOU ON WHEN WE GET TO THAT DISCUSSION, UH, WITH BBC PROCESS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, ON THE AIR SIDE, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE THE LUXURY OF MAKING A U-TURN STOPPING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE SAFELY.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT THE UTC CONSULTANTS WOULD, UM, HELP US OUT WITH CRAFTING? THEY DEFINITELY CAN.
UM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES JUST TO GENERAL ITEMS, NEEDING REFINEMENT WITH THE BASE SIGN CODE, I THINK IF WE, UM, WISH TO, TO, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE MORE BROADLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE AIRPORT ON A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT, THAT THEY CAN HELP US GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE MORE CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE FEEL MAY BE APPROPRIATE AND MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
I THINK, I THINK PROBABLY WHERE ARE WE RUNNING INTO FRICTION ON THAT ISSUE IS, IS MORE SO WITH THE, UH, FACILITIES THAT ARE FRONTING ON ADDISON ROAD.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ADDISON ROAD, YOU HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE BASE SIGNED CODE REQUIREMENTS.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THAT BEGINNING FOR YOU, I HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO PIG TOUR.
SO I WILL PROPOSE WITH YOU TO GO TAKE A TOUR OF THE NEW OFFICES, BUT, UH, IN THE BEGINNING THEY PUT THIS TEMPORARY SIGN ON THE DRESS, ADDISON, TX.
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YEAH.PUT AN ADDISON, TEXAS FOR THEM, NOT TX IS NOT JUST LIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
UM, NO, NOT LIKE A NEW A LETTER, YOU KNOW, ADDISON, TX, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
SO ARE THEY STILL HAVING THAT? NO.
WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT IS WHAT IS HOT IS GOING BE THERE'S NO,
OR LIKE MOTION MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION.
SO I HAVE MOTION WEIGHTED BY TOM BROWN, SECOND BY MARTIN WILSON ON, IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS AND PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A FIRST MARY CHORES EXCEPTION.
YOU REMEMBER, WE DID FALL ELECTRONIC SIGNS
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SIGN, THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE GIVE US.
[11. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution Approving an Interlocal Agreement Between the Town of Addison and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), for the Lease of Property Owned by DART at the Addison Transit Center for Inclusion in a Transit-Oriented Development to be Managed by the Town; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement and Other Documents Including the Lease.]
I TEND TO BE LOVE AND PRESENT DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION APPROVING AND INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON DALSA AREA, RAPID TRANSIT DART FOR THE LEASE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY DARREN AT THE EDISON TRANSIT CENTER FOR INCLUSION IN A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TO BE MANAGED BY THE TONGUE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK YOU THAT AGREEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE LEASE.SO WHAT ALREADY HAD PRETTY LENDSAY, UH, CONVERSATION DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, ANY OTHER THING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? IF, IF NOT, DO I HAVE MOTION IF YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A MOTION IN FULL? I THINK
I THINK PERHAPS WHERE THE, UH, YOU HAD IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC, A BRIEF, UM, SORRY, JUST TO KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE NATURE OF THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE TOD, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, JUST, I MEAN, REALLY MORE FOR MAKING PUBLIC SEGREGATION.
SO I THINK WE STILL EVEN FEEL THIS SOMETIME TO DO A SHORTER PRESENTATION AND I'M HERE TO SHORT
IT WASN'T FOR YOU TO NOT USE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DARK, UH, THAT PROVIDES FOR THE LEASE OF THEIR PROPERTY AT THE EDISON TRANSIT CENTER.
UH, CAN THE COUNT OF EDISON, UH, OR INCLUSION INTO THE OVERALL MASTER DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWN'S PROPERTIES AT THE CENTER AS WELL.
IT'S ABOUT 13 ACRES THAT THE TOWN OWNS DART OWNS ABOUT 5.5 ACRES.
AND, UH, SO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, SET SPORTS A 99 YEAR GROUND LEASE, UH, IT ALSO ESTABLISHES BASE WHEN THAT BASE RENT KICKS IN AS WELL AS HOW TO BE BASE RENT IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH AN APPRAISAL PROCESS BECAUSE DARK DOES HAVE TO RECEIVE A MARKET-BASED RENT, UH, FOR THEIR PROPERTY UNDER STATUTE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME ESCALATION CLAUSES WHERE APPRAISAL CLAUSES, UH, FIRST ONE OR AFTER FIVE YEARS, AND THEN EVERY 10 YEARS.
AND THROUGH THE, UH, LENGTH OF THE LEASE AND DARTS, THERE'S A FLOOR AND CEILING, UH, FOR DARKS, UH, RENTAL PAYMENTS, UH, DURING THOSE PERIODS.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS OF, FOR, FOR THAT.
UH, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, PREVENT SOME USES FROM BEING DEVELOPED ON DORIS PROPERTY.
UH, IT ALSO PREVENT MINI STORAGE, AS WELL AS THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDALONE PARKING GARAGE.
IT'S NOT INTEGRATED WITH AN, WITH AN OFFICE BUILDING OR A HOTEL OR OTHER TALKING DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE IS A FIVE-YEAR PRE-DEVELOPMENT PERIOD, UH, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE MASTER DEVELOPER TIME TO GET FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT, UH, TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING AND ENTITLEMENT PROCESS WITH THE TOWN BEFORE ANY RENT PAYMENTS TO DART WOULD KICK IN AND COULD HAPPEN EARLIER THAN FIVE YEARS, IF THE DEVELOPER MOVES QUICKER THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, BUT, UH, THOSE ARE THE BASIC PROVISIONS AND THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT OF THE DARK BOARD DID APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TO NOT IF THEY'RE MEETING.
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SO IT DOES PROVIDE THE DEVELOPER AN OPTION, UH, TO INCLUDE DARK'S PROPERTY IN THE MASCULINE DEVELOPMENT OR NOT.UH, AND OF COURSE THE RFP IS OUT CURRENTLY OF, OR TO SOLICIT A MASTER DEVELOPER FOR ADDISON'S PROPERTY AND, UH, RESPONSES ARE DUE BACK IN JULY AND WE'LL BE PROCEEDING WITH THE, UH, PROCESS TO SELECT A, THE MASTER DEVELOPER AND, UH, TO GET THEM GOING ON, ON THE DOD PROJECT.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY SHORT AND BRIEF.
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS, I WAS TRYING TO ASK WHY THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE TRUE OR NOT, SO THEY ALREADY DID LOTS OF VOTES.
SO WE ALREADY HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION.
ALSO HAS SHARP BRIEF BRIEFING FROM PHYLLIS.
DO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS
WHEN YOU IN FAVOR TO APPROVE RESIDE INTO LOCAL AGREEMENT, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE, AYE.
[12. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on Providing Additional Funding for Metrocrest Services in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.]
THINK 12 PRESENTED, DISCUSS IT CONSIDERATION ON PROVIDING A VISUAL FUNDING REQUEST.MAYOR AND COUNCIL BILL HOLLY, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
THE ITEM TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO METROCREST SERVICES TO CONTINUE THE ADDISON RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AROUND THE TOWN SUPPORTS SPECIAL CHRIS' SERVICES THROUGH THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND SHE HEARD THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
UH, THE TOWN PROVIDED, UH, MITCH CHRIS SERVICES, $66,120 IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
AND THAT WAS ALSO THE ALLOCATION IN THE, IN THE YEAR JUST PRIOR.
UH, THEY PROVIDED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, SENIOR SERVICES, EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING WITH THOSE DOORS, SINCE COVID THE TOWN HAS ALSO SUPPORTED METROCREST SERVICES TO OPERATE, WHAT'S CALLED THE ADDISON AND RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROVIDES RANDOM FOOD ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFYING ADDISON RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC TODAY.
THE TOWN HAS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 230, $3,000 TO METROCREST FOR THE RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, A LOT OF THAT WAS PASSED THROUGH, UH, MONEY FROM THE CARES PROGRAM THAT WE GOT FROM THE BEDS TO THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TO US.
SO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY $12,000 IN COUNCIL AUTHORIZED FUNDS REMAINING FOR THE RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT'S EFFECTIVELY ONE MONTH.
SO THAT WOULD COVER THE MONTH OF JUNE, UH, BEING PROACTIVE.
CHRIS APPROACHED US TO ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, FUNDING SIX ADDITIONAL MONTHS OF THE RESIDENTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AT 12,000 PER MONTH, WHICH HAS BEEN THEIR AVERAGE OR TOTAL OF 72,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THROUGH, UH, FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, 2021.
NICOLE PINKLEY SAID THAT, RIGHT, NICOLE, UH, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR METRO SERVICES IS ALSO HERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME KIND OF, ANY TYPE OF GUIDANCE OR INSIGHT, OR I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THINGS ARE LEVELING OUT THERE, UM, GETTING BETTER, STAYING THE SAME, JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING, LOOKING AT NOW, MORE IMPORTANTLY AS WE HAD INTO THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HARD THING ABOUT COVID IS THAT THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY TRENDS.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A TWO MONTH TREND OF IT LEVELING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS GONE FROM AN AVERAGE OF $12,000 A MONTH TO, I THINK LAST MONTH IT WAS ABOUT 9,000.
UM, SO IT HAS LOWERED A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WITH THE EMPLOYMENT ENDING JUNE 28, UM, THAT WE DO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME, UM, SOME INCREASED NEED THERE AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN IS THAT FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD ST BEANS ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH THEIR SAVINGS.
AND SO THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, AND THAT'S HAPPENING A LOT IN ADDISON, JUST BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A DIFFERENT RESIDENT AND, YOU KNOW, PARENTS IN OUR FARMERS BRANCH.
UM, AND SO THEY USUALLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH THOSE DOWN.
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND A JOB.
DID THAT ANSWER IT? OR IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN FOLLOW UP ON? UM, NO, I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES.
IT'S JUST A DIFFICULT THING TO MEASURE.
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, WHAT I OBSERVE, WHAT I HEAR IS SO MANY BUSINESSES ARE SCREAMING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PAYING PEOPLE MONEY AND THAT'S JUST FACT, AND I'M TIRED OF IT AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF JOBS OUT THERE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE HARD IN THIS YEAR.AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS.
UM, AND I CONTINUE TO, TO, TO THINK THERE'S A PLACE FOR METRO CHRIS' SERVICES AND CONTINUING TO, UM, HAVE THEM PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT SOMEHOW IT'S MORE, WE'VE GOT TO SAY STOP, I'M SORRY.
YOU KNOW, THIS THING SEEMS TO NEVER ONE HAND AND, AND SO I'M NOT INCLINED TO WANT NEW SHOWS, SO THAT'S KIND OF ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE MONEY? YEAH.
SO IN THE PAST, UH, OUR INITIAL, UM, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO METRO CREST JUST CAME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GOT CARE'S FUNDING, WE REIMBURSED THE TOWN FOR THAT.
UM, AND THAT, SO THEN THE SOURCE CAME FROM THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING WAS THE CARE'S DOLLARS.
NOW CARE'S DOLLARS HAVE NOW BEEN SPENT.
UM, AND SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THIS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THEN THE FUNDING FOR IT WOULD COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE OF BOTH THE NONPROFIT.
AND ALSO THIS IS A ADDITIONAL REQUEST, BUT I HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I DID GO THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE SEEN THE OPERATION.
UH, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT MORE THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE CAN THINK OF AND THE OTHER, THE FULL PANTRY, AND THEN, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENT UTILITY.
SO NOW YOU ARE, UM, IF THE PEOPLE TO BLAME, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOVERNMENT.
AND FOR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALL THE STATE GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK INSTEAD OF HEAD OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NO THOUGHT IN DOING THIS, THEY HAVE PROVIDED US SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES WITH THE HEART AND SOUL TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED SO HONESTLY, UM, I THINK OTHER CITY EVEN GOING TO GIVE THEM MUCH MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH LARGER, UH, IN POPULATION.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, CAN, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH KILOTON ALREADY GAVE THEM? YOU KNOW, CAROL'S FROM CARROLLTON.
HIS FIRST ALLOTMENT WAS 1.5 MILLION.
I THINK THAT, UM, I WAS AT A COUNCIL MEETING A MONTH AGO AND THEY AUTHORIZED ANOTHER 400 AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DOLLARS, BUT OF THE 400,000.
UH, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, WALDEN TO ADDRESS KIND OF YOUR STATEMENT.
I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENT.
WE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF METRO CREST ARE HIRING STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AND HAVING IN SOME, IN SOME, UM, POSITIONS, HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING THOSE HIRES, BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS IT'S THE LOWER PAID JOBS THAT ARE NOT GETTING FILLED.
UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE AND WHAT, WHENEVER WE TALK TO CLIENTS, WE SEE IT.
SOMEBODY WHO USED TO MAKE 25, $30 AN HOUR, DO YOU TAKE A JOB MAKING $15 AN HOUR? AND THEN YOU'RE STUCK MAKING $50 AN HOUR FOR YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHENEVER YOU'RE IN A LEASE AND THAT $50 AN HOUR, DOES IT PAY FOR YOUR RENT? UM, SO A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS ARE STUCK IN BETWEEN THAT ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, BECAUSE IF THEY TAKE THAT $15 AN HOUR JOB, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW FOR THAT $25 JOB.
UM, AND SO A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS COME TO US AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SHORT TERM ANSWER FOR A LONG-TERM PROBLEM, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT HOW THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVICTION ON THEIR CREDIT SCORE.
AND IF YOU HAVE AN EVICTION ON YOUR, ON YOUR CREDIT SCORE, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET AN APARTMENT AGAIN.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND SOME, UM, SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS TO A LONG-TERM PROBLEM.
UM, AND I WISH IT WAS AS EASY AS, UH, PEOPLE GETTING BACK TO WORK, BUT THERE IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED.
CAN I GET, I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION IF I COULD.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY.
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TO SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA FUND METRIC PRESS SERVICES.
YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND SAY,
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WE WERE ASKING FOR, UM, SOME MONEY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NEXT YEAR.I MEAN, IF YOU ASK ME THE QUESTION, DO I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM TO THE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST? YES.
I THINK FOR THE NONPROFIT, LIKE
UM, BUT, UM, I'M TOTALING UP ALL THE NUMBERS, RIGHT.
WAS CURIOUS, ACTUALLY, WE CAN USE THAT TOWARDS OTHER THINGS, WOULD WE CHOOSE, RIGHT.
IT'S STILL, IT'S NOT, IT'S REAL MONEY.
UM, AND WHEN I TOTAL THESE UP AND I, AND I, AND I GO BACK TO, UH, JUST COVID SHELTER IN PLACE, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME DIFFICULT STUFF, BUT, UM, I'M AVERAGING, UM, FISCAL YEAR, LAST YEAR, ALMOST 20,000 A MONTH IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, 21,438 A MONTH.
I MEAN, IT'S EXTREMELY SIZABLE AND I REALIZE THAT THESE ARE REAL PROBLEMS, BUT I GUESS I'M WITH PAULA IS IT'S THE, UH, THE RUN RATE PER MONTH RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE, UM, I'M A THOUSAND PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I'M, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU IN WANTING TO CONTINUE TO SAY YES, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN AS AN ORGANIZATION AND THE DIFFICULTY, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO SAY NO TO FAMILIES THAT ARE PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER EXPERIENCING NEEDING TASKS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
MY CONCERN, UH, LIES WITH, YOU KNOW, US AS A COUNCIL BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONALLY, I WANT TO SAY YES TO AS MANY FAMILIES AS WELL, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO TAKE $72,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST THAT SAID, I MEAN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR PRIVATE FUNDING AND, AND, AND HELP PASS BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT, OR MAYBE EVEN PRIVATE DONORS.
UM, I JUST, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS, UM, IT, THE WAY WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE UNEMPLOYMENT MACHINE IS, IS SLOWING DOWN.
SO THE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE SLOWING DOWN AND FAMILIES THAT HAVEN'T FOUND ANOTHER WAY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE THEIR INCOME BY SAYING YES TO $8 AN HOUR, OR, YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY OF JOBS, LAND, LAND AROUND EVERYWHERE, BUT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE, UH, JOBS THAT PROVIDED AN INCOME AT A LEVEL THAT JUST BASIC BASIC NEEDS.
AND I GET THAT, BUT WHEN DOES IT END? I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT EVER, I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR, TO HEAR OTHER THOUGHTS.
LET'S CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN, THE SEGMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE TO, TO PROPOSE GENERAL OBLIGATION THE SAVINGS? YES, SIR.
UH, OUR ESTIMATE IS, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A MILLION DOLLARS, JUST FROM THE REFUNDING, UH, STUFF.
SO THAT'S NOT ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND, SOME OF THAT'S IN THE DRAINAGE FUND AS WELL, BUT IT'S, I MEAN, TOTALLY IF YOU TOTAL THAT UP, IT'S IT'S AROUND THAT.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE IN.
I THINK THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO CERTAINLY STEM THIS.
NICOLE SHOWED US ON SLIDES WHERE SHE HAD 158% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE, WE COULD PROVIDE THIS FUNDING WITHOUT IMPACTING DAMAGING, UH, THE, UH, BUDGET PROCESS THAT THE YEAR AT THE WEST HAS TO DEAL WITH STAFF.
SO I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE DELIVER THIS REQUEST THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO SUCK IT UP BASED ON THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO BRING
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THIS NUMBER DOWN AND COME BACK TO OUR REGULAR CALL WITH YOU.YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD FULFILL THE REQUEST THIS TIME, THEN WHAT WOULD WE VIEW FOR THE FUTURE? LET THEM HAVE IT, BECAUSE NOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING.
SO THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER YET, YOU KNOW, SO THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS, GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS MUCH, BUT THEY DID.
THEY EXTEND THE MONTH IN THE BEGINNING, THEY ONLY OFFER MAXIMUM OF THREE MONTHS.
SO I THINK, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL POLICY ADDISON, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROBLEMS. SO I THINK THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB.
UM, YOU KNOW, FLEETING, I'M PRETTY SURE, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WHATEVER YOU FEEL NEXT YEAR, YOU, YOU'RE NOT A VOLUNTEER.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERISM THAT WE'RE RECEIVING LEVERAGING ITS MONEY.
AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT AREN'T HAVING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TWO THINGS OF IT IS UP TO $72,000.
SO IT IS A REIMBURSABLE AMOUNT THAT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR EVERY MONTH FOR SERVICES.
AND SO IF YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT JUST GIVING US THE $17,000, IT IS A REIMBURSABLE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SERVING.
UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST MENTIONED IS THAT WE DO LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ADDISON RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF RENT ASSISTANCE.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, OR OUTSIDE OF THESE RISKS, RENT ASSISTANCE IS, UH, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT, ACTUALLY THIS, UM, TODAY WE HAD A FAMILY THAT WAS PLACED IN ADDISON DEPARTMENT OR ADDISON'S APARTMENT WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE DEPOSIT.
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR HER FIRST MONTHS RENT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THIS.
WE CAN USE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE.
AND SO JUST HAVING THESE FUNDS ALLOWS US TO DO MORE FOR ADDISON RESIDENTS.
AND WE DO NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, AND WE DEFINITELY WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO FIND OTHER FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED CORPORATE, YOU MENTIONED INDIVIDUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST DIRECT COSTS.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE BRING IN ON OUR OWN TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THOSE OTHER SERVICES, BUT WE DO LEVERAGE EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SERVE ADDISON RESIDENTS, NOT JUST WITH AN EXTRA THOUGHT WHEN WE WANT TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD IS WHEN WE, UH, THE NONPROFIT PROCESS, UM, IF THEY'RE NEEDING MONEY, WHEN THEY ARE, WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER NOT DOING 50% AND 50, A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE FRONT END, YOU TALKING ABOUT THEM, THEY'LL PAY OUT 50% FIRST SEPARATOR, 66,000, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE NON ANY BUDGET NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, UM, WE NEED TO BE PRUDENT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT ON A LOT OF GOOD DEEDS, HELPING EDISON RESIDENTS AND, AND NOT IF FOR NEXT YEAR NEXT REQUEST, THEN WE CAN REVIEW IT AGAIN ABOUT IT.
I WOULDN'T REALLY SUGGEST MY COLLEAGUES ALL OF THIS TIME.
SO ACTUALLY THE ALBRIGHT POOL THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON TO REVIEW CASE BY CASE THEY DON'T JUST GIVE YOU THE MONEY AND PAY FOR IT.
YOU DO ALL THE INVESTIGATIONS, MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS DIRECTLY PAID TO THE APARTMENT OR TO THE DVD.
I DO HAVE
UH, METRO CROSS SERVICES IS, I MEAN, LITERALLY A STAND OUT ORGANIZATION IN EVERY WAY AS IT PERTAINS TO NOT JUST GIVING AWAY FOOD, BUT TEACHING THEM TO FISH AND DOING THE LEARNING AND DOING THE INVESTIGATION.
SO I'M NO WAY DOWN THERE NATIONALISM.
SO, UH, DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? I WAS GONNA SAY ONE QUICK THING.
I WAS JUST LIKE EVERY, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO THEIR BANQUET FUNDRAISER EVERY YEAR AND THIS ORGANIZATION IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN IN THIS AREA AS FAR AS THEY'VE LEVERAGED THEIR MONEY.
AND WHAT THEY REALLY DO IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT NOT JUST GIVING THEM HANDOUTS.
THEY'RE GIVING A HAND UP FOR EVERYBODY.
SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE HELPING US ELIMINATE A LOT MORE PROBLEMS. LIKE SHE SAYS, IF SOMEBODY GETS EVICTED FROM
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AN APARTMENT FOR NOT PAYING CUSTOMER, THEY END UP THEY'LL QUIT.WELL GUESS WHERE THEY'RE LIVING, IT'S EITHER ON THE STREETS OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO SOME PLACE WHERE THEY'RE PAYING CASH BY THE KNOCKS.
YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS, UH, DIRECTLY, UH, MONIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY GOING TO OUR ADDISON'S RESIDENCE.
UM, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY TO GET REIMBURSED SOME OF THAT WITH THE NEXT FUNDING, POSSIBLY LIKE WE DID THE LAST TIME.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME MORE MONEY COMING TO THE CITIES, UM, FROM THIS NEXT ROUND, UM, FROM THE FED.
SO I'M AN AGREEMENT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL YOU GOT IT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR.
I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM CATHERINE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
WHAT A SCHOLAR WOULD BE HAPPY.
SO HEATHER IN THE SECOND, ALL YOUR FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE.