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          ALL RIGHT, 
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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          THEN THEY SET UP FOR THE PLEDGE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, INDIVISIBLE WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CITY CONSOLE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 1 0 7 4 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DEEPER RATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION. 
          WE GOT ASSIGNED DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER PERTAINING TO CDO TOURNAMENT. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'LL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:32 PM. 
          WE ARE EXITING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION 
          [1.  Present and Discuss Legislation Passed During the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature and Provide an Update on Other Legislative Activity in Austin.]
AND WE'LL SESSION ITEM NUMBER ONE, BUT THEN DISCUSS EXCALATION PAST DOING THE 87TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN AUSTIN. 
          RIGHT? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS PHIL HOLLY, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. 
          AND OUR TOPIC TONIGHT IS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN AUSTIN DURING 2021. 
          SO THE 87TH LEGISLATURE BEGAN IN JANUARY AND IT RUNS FOR 140 DAYS. 
          UH, IT HAD A SLOW START BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          THEY FOCUSED ON THE BASICS A COUPLE OF WEEKS INTO THE SESSION AND WINTER STORM, YOUR HIP, WHICH DISRUPTED THE STATE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND ADDED A HOST OF NEW ITEMS. THEY NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT LIKE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OR COCK, WINTERIZATION, AND SECURITIZATION. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE LATER. 
          AND THEN THE SESSION ENDED WHEN A GROUP OF HOUSE MEMBERS WALKED OUT, WHICH BASICALLY SHUT DOWN BUSINESS BEFORE A LOT OF THE BILLS WERE ABLE TO BE PASSED. 
          SO, UH, THIS LIGHT'S A SPECIAL SESSIONS AND UNTIL YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE CAME BACK. 
          SO THE HOUSE COULD HAVE A CORD. 
          THE SENATE CONTINUED TO MEET AND HOLD BUSINESS AND, AND PASS LEGISLATION FROM THE SENATE, BUT UNTIL THE HOUSE HAD A QUARTER AND THEY COULDN'T ACT ON THOSE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP. 
          UH, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT HAPPENING, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE CITY, THE, UH, THE STRATEGY USED AND CAN THEY COOPERATE? CAN THEY, CAN THEY WORK TOGETHER AND GET THESE THINGS PASSED? SO, UH, BY THE NUMBERS HERE, ALMOST 7,000 BILLS WERE FILED. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UP FROM LAST SESSION. 
          THE, UH, 2100 OF THOSE HAD A CITY IMPACT, WHICH IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM, UH, FROM NORMAL, A LOT OF THESE, UH, ITEMS RELATED TO CITIES AND TRYING TO PREEMPT CITIES ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          UH, JUST OVER A THOUSAND OF THOSE BILLS PASSED WITH ABOUT 250 OF THOSE BEING SPECIFIC TO CITIES. 
          WE ARE NOT KIND OF TALKING ABOUT EACH OF THOSE, WE'RE GOING TO HIT SOME KEY ONES THAT ARE REAL HIGH LEVEL AND, UH, UH, ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA WAS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUES, A SUMMARY OF ALL THE BILLS, WHICH IS REALLY A GREAT RESOURCE. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK, UH, BUT TO GET, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF KEEP IT HIGH AND FAST AND LET YOU GET A FLAVOR OF WHAT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE AND WHAT'S LIKELY TO COME. 
          SO THESE WERE BILLS THAT WERE PROPOSED, BUT NOT PAST THE FIRST RELATED TO COMMUNITY CENSORSHIP. 
          AND THAT, THAT STEMMED FROM AN INTEREST TO DISALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM USING TAX REVENUE FOR LOBBYING. 
          AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOBBYING AND CITIES. 
          BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LEGISLATURE, NOT ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AT A LOCAL LEVEL. 
          SO THE BILLS WENT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR, THANKFULLY IT DIDN'T PASS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME UP THE WAY THAT STRIKES A HAPPY MEDIUM, WHERE CITIES CAN STILL SPEAK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATE OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, SALES TAX SOURCING, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF, UH, AN ISSUE WITH A COUPLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ACROSS THE STATE RELATED TO SALES TAX. 
          SO THE, THE LEGISLATION PROPOSED TO THROW OUT 50 YEARS OF SALES TAX HISTORY, UH, AND THANKFULLY THAT BUILDING, I PASS, UH, AS WELL, THERE WERE BILLS RELATED TO HAVING LOCAL POSITIONS BE PARTISAN. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SCHOOL, BOARD MEMBERS, ET CETERA, WHAT HAPPENED, CHOOSE A POLITICAL PARTY, POTHOLES AREN'T DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. 
          THEY'RE JUST LOCAL ISSUES. 
          IDEALLY WE'D KEEP THOSE KINDS OF POLITICS OUT LOCAL ACTIVITIES. 
          AND THANKFULLY, AT LEAST AS OF NOW THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, DID NOT PASS, THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION TO EXPAND VIDEO CONFERENCING AND TELECONFERENCE BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME EXTRA LEEWAY TO DO THINGS REMOTELY. 
          UH, THE HOPE WAS THAT WOULD BE EXTENDED. 
          IT, IT WAS NOT AT LEAST AS OF NOW. 
          SO ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO REVERT BACK IN CITY, SECRETARY PARKER. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT ITEM, THERE WAS SOME, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT THEY CALL THE SHOP BLOCK. 
          ONCE THE DEVELOPER 
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SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL, WE HAD 60 DAYS TO GET IT THROUGH OUR ENTIRE PROCESS, OR IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. 
          AND THAT WAS, IT WOULD BE BAD FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND THANKFULLY THAT LEGISLATION DID NOT PASS. 
          AND THERE WERE SOME ATTEMPTS TO PREEMPT LOCAL EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS TO REALLY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO, TO HIRE AND RETAIN THE BEST PEOPLE ON THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX, IT'S NOW A MISDEMEANOR FOR A CITY OFFICIAL TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISER TO INFLUENCE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF A PROPERTY. 
          SO IN CASE YOU'RE JUST IN PASSING OR HAVE ANY REASON TO TRY TO TALK TO THE APPRAISER, DON'T IT WOULD BE COMMITTING AN OFFENSE, UH, HB 1869 MODIFIED THE DEFINITION OF DEBT, UH, PER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          AND IN TALKING WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, STEVEN BLECHMAN, DOESN'T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON US, BUT THIS IS A VERY BRACKETED BILL THAT CERTAIN COUNTIES, CERTAIN THINGS ARE. 
          SO THE CONCERN IS OVER TIME THAT THEY WILL CHIP AWAY AT THAT. 
          AND THE BASIS, THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION WAS SOME CITIES AREN'T VERY RESPONSIBLE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A AAA BOND RATING. 
          THEY'RE USING A LONG-TERM DEBT AT A HIGH INTEREST RATE TO FUND SHORT TERM ITEMS. SO THE STATE IS SETTING IN WHERE THEY FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO, UH, TO CONTROL THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYER. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE HERE, BUT THEY MAY INADVERTENTLY CREATE ISSUES WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE SHORT-TERM LOW INTEREST OBLIGATIONS, LIKE CERTIFICATES, OBLIGATIONS TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S SHORT-TERM IN NATURE, LIKE A TECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UH, NO DIRECT IMPACT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY. 
          THEY CAN JUST TAKE OUT A SECTION AND SUDDENLY IT APPLIES TO US AND HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MEANING, UM, TRUTH AND TAXATION FOR CITIES UNDER 30,000, THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY ACTUALLY CREATED THEMSELVES. 
          THEY WEREN'T REALLY CLEAR WHEN THEY PASSED THE LEGISLATION. 
          LAST TIME, SPELLS OUT THE EXACT NARRATIVE WE HAVE TO POST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS OUR TRUE TAX RATE IN THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, PARAGRAPHS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET HERE, UH, THEN SB 14, 27 RELATED TO, UH, WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY, HARVEY HIT THE STATE, THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE ALONG THE COAST. 
          THEY PUT SOME NEW LEGISLATION IN PLACE TO HELP PROTECT PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE PROPERTY HAD BEEN DAMAGED. 
          SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE FULL VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY. 
          NOW THAT IT WAS DAMAGED WHILE THE WORDING ON THAT, JUST USE THE TERM DISASTER, WHAT THE PANDEMIC WAS, A DISASTER WAS AN ECONOMIC DISASTER. 
          IT WAS A HEALTH DISASTER ON SOME OF IT, BUT IT DIDN'T CAUSE ACTUAL DAMAGE TO PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. 
          SO THEY CLARIFY THAT MONEY, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THEY MEANT REGARDING A DISASTER, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS NOW HAVE TO BE POSTED WITHIN 14 DAYS ON A DATABASE HOSTED BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER. 
          SO IF THE TOWN ENGAGES IN THOSE ORLANDO AND HIS TEAM WILL JUST NEED TO GET THAT DOWN THERE. 
          AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU CAN GO THEN AND LOOK AND SEE ALL THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS COMPARE, WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND STUFF. 
          SO IT WAS A GREAT RESOURCE. 
          UM, SB 10 90 IS A MINOR CLEANUP. 
          YOU MAY RECALL. 
          LAST TIME THEY PASSED LEGISLATION, GREATLY PREEMPTING CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTROL BUILDING MATERIALS. 
          THIS DIDN'T RESOLVE THAT, BUT IT SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS DARK SKY, WHICH IS LIGHTING OUTSIDE LIGHTING AT NIGHT. 
          PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP DARK SKY IN. 
          SOME COMMUNITIES ARE DESIGNATED AS DARK SKY. 
          SO THIS ALLOWS THOSE DARK SKY COMMUNITIES OR COMMUNITIES WISHING TO BE DARK SKY TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE LAW PASSED LAST TIME, UH, USING, USING YOUR LINK MATERIALS. 
          SO JUST TO THE FACT THAT I GUESS IT WAS, IT WAS WRITTEN BROADLY ENOUGH THAT IT IMPACTED THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING. 
          SO THESE, THESE, THIS A LOT MORE FREEDOM ON CITIES TO REGULATE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT RETAINING IS TALKING WITH SHANNON HICKS EARLIER THAT THE TOWN HAS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT'S THERE IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO AFFECT US, BUT STATEWIDE, THERE WERE A LOT OF VARYING AMOUNTS AND RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS. 
          THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP AND MAKE IT CONSISTENT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UH, TWO 19, IT RELATES TO CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER LIABILITY. 
          UM, THERE'S KIND OF BATTLES THAT GO BACK AND FORTH. 
          OKAY. 
          DID YOU DESIGN IT WRONG OR DID YOU BUILD IT WRONG? SO THIS HELPS CLARIFY SOME OF THAT AND SHIFT, UH, UM, SHIFT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. 
          I GET IT HISTORICALLY, IT'S FALLEN TO BUILDER A LOT OF TIMES, BUT NOW IF THIS THERE'S, THIS THERE'S A SUPREME COURT HEARING FROM A LONG TIME AGO, A HUNDRED YEARS OF CASE LAW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO GET OVERTURNED. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S SHIFTING SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WHO DESIGNED IT AND WHO BUILT A COUPLE OF BILLS RELATED TO COMPANIES, CITIES, DOING BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES THAT MAKE BOYCOTT, UH, OTHER COMPANIES. 
          SO IF, IF THERE'S A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T LIKE FOSSIL FUELS AND THEY BOYCOTT FOSSIL FUELS, NOW WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS. 
          THE STATE'S TELLING US WHO WE CAN AND CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH BASED ON WHO THEY SAID THEY WILL AND WON'T DO IT GETS REALLY CONVOLUTED. 
          UM, BUT 
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IT'S JUST AN EXTRA LAYER OF THE PURCHASING PROCESS. 
          AND WE HAVE TO CHECK ANOTHER BOX AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HIGHLIGHTING THIS AT ALL. 
          UH, THEN THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS ON CRITICAL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS. 
          SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BAD IDEA TO, UH, ENGAGE NORTH KOREA TO RUN YOUR WATER SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT'S REALLY WHAT, THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING AT. 
          BE MINDFUL OF WHO YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH. 
          AND IF THERE, IF THERE ARE BAD ACTORS THAT DON'T LIKE OUR COUNTRY, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THAT, UM, ELECTIONS WHO CAN BE IN A HOLDING PLACE AND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO POSTING ELECTION INFORMATION ONLINE, HAVING BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT ARE AUDIT-ABLE. 
          UH, AND THEN PARTICULARLY FOR THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, CHANGES IN RESIDENCY. 
          IF SOMEBODY MOVES INTO BOAT OR SOMEBODY MOVES IN JUST TO RUN FOR AN ELECTION THERE'S THERE'S NEW TIMELINES AND DEFINITIONS THAT TALK ABOUT HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO BE HERE AND BE A RESIDENT? UH, THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, UH, SOME MORE STUFF RELATED TO CONTRACTS. 
          THIS JUST TRIMS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE CITY HAS TO IDENTIFY AND FIND A LAWSUIT. 
          IF WE HAVE SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT, THAT IS NOT TO NOT PERFORMING THE STANDARD, UH, AND AN AMBULANCE BALANCE BILLING, IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX THING ON THE WAY BILLING IS MOVING. 
          THEY'LL PAY. 
          INSURANCE WILL START AND MEDICARE WILL START PAYING ON A WHOLE BILL. 
          UM, SO CITIES DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORGIVE DEBT. 
          UH, BUT THIS, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN BALANCE BILLING STILL COMPLIED, BUT WE CAN STILL BUILD AND FOLLOW MEDICARE AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT AMBULANCE MONEY AND NOT LEAVE THAT ON THE TABLE. 
          CAN YOU APPEAL, CAN YOU USE ALL ADDISON'S EXAMPLE FOR THIS, UM, FOR THE AMBULANCE BALANCE BILLING, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING IT FROM THE CITIZENS IF THEY LIVE IN ADDISON. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THEY'RE INNOCENT, THEY HAVE INSURANCE WE'LL CLARIFY, LEAVE INSURANCE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THAT, IN THE LAW THAT ALLOWS, UH, PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN YOUR COMMUNITY PAY TAXES AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS FUNDED THROUGH THOSE TAXES. 
          SO THE AMBULANCES ARE PAID FOR THEREFORE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, TREAT RESIDENTS DIFFERENTLY REGARDING THE BILL WHERE WE DON'T EITHER GO AFTER THEM FOR COLLECTIONS AND SUCH. 
          THIS, THIS IS KIND OF A, ANOTHER LEVEL THAT RELATES TO, IF YOU, IF YOU BROKE YOUR LEG OUT ON THE SOCCER FIELD AND AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND YOU WENT TO A HOSPITAL, THEN HE HAD AN ORTHOPEDIC, UH, THERE'S SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY BILLING THAT THEY'LL LOOK AT AND SAY, THIS SHOULD ONLY COST $30,000 TO FIX THIS. 
          AND NOW ALL THE PROVIDERS ALONG THE LINE, KIND OF GET IN LINE AND AGREE AND SAY, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A HAIRCUT HERE IN ORDER TO GET MY PIECE OF THE PIE. 
          OR SOMETIMES NOW IT'S, WHOEVER GETS THE BILLS IN FIRST GETS THE MONEY, OR, OH, THERE'S EVEN STRATEGIES. 
          DON'T BE THE FIRST ONE TO BILL BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T MET THEIR DEDUCTIBLE. 
          THERE'S ALL THIS GAMESMANSHIP THAT GOES AROUND WITH, WITH BILLING AND THINGS. 
          SO THIS JUST ALLOWS TEXAS AMBULANCE PROVIDERS TO OPERATE ON A LEVEL. 
          THAT'S THAT'S FAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SO THESE RELATE TO, THERE WAS KIND OF AN ODD LAW WHERE YOU HAD TO OPT OUT IF YOU WANTED YOUR UTILITY BILLING INFORMATION TO BE PRIVATE. 
          NOW YOU HAVE TO OPT IN. 
          SO THAT'S NICE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SOME CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBERS, EMAILS, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SEE, ON PERSONNEL, UH, SOME COVID RELATED ONES PAY QUARANTINE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, WORKERS' COMP PRESUMPTION, UH, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, IF THEY GET COVID, IT'S JUST ASSUMED YOU GOTTA BE, DO WORK AND YOU DON'T WANT HAVE TO PROVE UP. 
          UH, AND THEN FOR OUR FRIENDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOME, SOME MENTAL HEALTH LEAD, UM, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY BODY-WORN CAMERA POLICIES, THE POLICY DEFINES WHAT SHOULD BE IN THAT POLICY AND HOW, HOW SHE WORKS AND GET SOME CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE STATE, UM, GRANTS FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 
          UH, A BAN ON CHOKE HOLDS A DUTY TO INTERVENE. 
          IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OFFICES ON SCENE, AND ONE IS BEHAVING APPROPRIATELY, THE OTHERS HAVE A DUTY TO ACT AND HELP RESOLVE THAT SITUATION NEED TO HELP, UH, REQUEST AND RENDER AID IF, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS IT SOME, UH, BLOOD AND BREATH SPECIMEN, INTOXICATION OFFENSES. 
          SO YES, SIR, GOING TO THEM THE BREATH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HELP ME TO SPENCER IN THE ROOM OR SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF IT WAS, UM, THAT THIS NOW SAYS THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES THAT YOU YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THOSE, UH, THOSE SAMPLES. 
          UM, IT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, WHERE THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME DISCRETION WHICH THEN COULD HAVE BEEN INTERPRETED AS YOU'RE LETTING YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE SAMPLE. 
          AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACKS AND TJ? OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
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YES, SIR. 
          I'M SATISFIED, SIR. 
          UH, EDISON. 
          OH, LIEUTENANTS. 
          YOU JUST SPENCER OUT OF SOME POLICE, UH, IT IT'S, UH, MAKES IT A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU TAKE A BLOOD SPECIMEN WITH CERTAIN DWI OFFENSES WITH THAT SAID THE LAW SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT, BUT THE US SUPREME COURT IN TEXAS, UM, QUARTER CRIMINAL APPEALS SAYS YOU DO. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO, UH, SOME RULES ABOUT, UH, HIRING PROCEDURES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIES ARE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, CHECKING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING INTO THIS CAREER, ET CETERA. 
          SO A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE STATE, OUR, OUR TOWN, OBVIOUSLY SHE AND HR DO A FANTASTIC JOB TO FIND A GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE STATE. 
          COULD YOU SAY SOMETHING PAGE 10 69. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE ABOUT, UH, I USED TO BE A FIRE CHIEF AND YOU HAVE FIREFIGHTERS WHO MAY BE LICENSED TO CARRY OR WANT TO CARRY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE PUT IN UNUSUAL SITUATIONS. 
          UH, SO THIS GIVES SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO FIRST RESPONDERS WHO MAY WANT TO CARRY, UH, THEIR WEAPON ON DUTY. 
          THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PROTECTIONS FOR THE TOWN THERE'S SAFETY ISSUES. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DRAW OR USE THIS WEAPON? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER. 
          DO YOU HAVE THIS ON YOUR HIP? AND NOW YOU'RE GOING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S 1500 DEGREES. 
          WAS THAT BULLET MADE TO TAKE THAT KIND OF TEMPERATURE? WHAT IF IT POPS OFF THAT? THERE'S JUST SO, SO MANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE SIDE, IT, DEPENDING ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND DEPENDING ON THE STAFFING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT ENOUGH LEGISLATURES FELT LIKE THERE WAS A NEED TO AFFORD FIRST RESPONDERS, THE ABILITY TO CARRY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BUT ALSO PROTECT THE TOWN AND SET UP RULES THAT ALLOW THEM TO, TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ALL THE WAY IN AND HOW THAT, THAT CAN BE DONE. 
          I HOPE THAT ANSWERED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S ONE, A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, I SEE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIT OF A UTILITY ISSUE BACK IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT. 
          OR FEBRUARY. 
          UM, SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE I USED TO BE 17, IS IT RELATED TO THE STORM URI, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT PASSED, WELL, YOU CAN'T PUMP ELECTRICITY INTO OUR TOWN. 
          IF IT'S FROM A FOSSIL, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY WANT WIND OR SOLAR. 
          AND SO IT'S KIND OF THIS, UM, THIS, THE STATE LOOKING OUT FOR THE STATE AND PREEMPTIVE CITIES, LOCAL CONTROL, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW A CITY TO PROHIBIT, UH, ELECTRICITY OR ENERGY BASED ON ITS SOURCE. 
          OUR IT'S DERIVED A WINTER STORM, URI SECURITIZATION IT'S DEPENDING ON WHOSE ESTIMATES YOU LOOK AT, THE PROVIDERS ARE OUT ABOUT $4 BILLION IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THE LEGISLATORS PASSED, UH, BILLS THAT ALLOW THEN THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONS THAT MAKE RULES THAT WOULD LIKELY HAVE US EACH AS USERS OF ELECTRICITY OR NATURAL GAS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS PAYING AN EXTRA BUCK OR TWO SO THAT THEY CAN ULTIMATELY GET ALL THEIR MONEY BACK BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE WAS, THEY WOULD JUST POSSIBLY FOLD UP AND GO AWAY. 
          AND THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE, SO IT'S UTILITIES THAT A UNIQUE ANIMAL THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROTECTED IN SOME WAYS WE NEED THEM ON THE OTHER. 
          THIS WAS THE LEGISLATURES WAY TO SAY, YOU CAN BORROW MONEY, MAKE YOURSELF WHOLE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY BACK OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THOSE RULES HAVEN'T BEEN SPECIFIC. 
          WE'LL WE'LL SEE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH THAT COMES, LET'S DO A BETTER JOB OF WINTER, IS THAT WINTERIZING OUR FACILITIES. 
          UM, AND THEN DISTRIBUTED GENERATION RENEWAL RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BUY A $30,000 SOLAR SYSTEM FOR YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S ADDED TO THE VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          WELL, THIS, THIS TAKES THAT OFF SO THAT YOU'RE NOT, THEY'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY. 
          SO SPECIAL SESSIONS, THE GOVERNOR CAN MAKE HIS LIST. 
          THEN THEY MEET. 
          IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM SHOW UP, THEY MAKE DECISIONS AND THEY PASS LEGISLATION. 
          AND WHEN THEY DO THAT AGAIN, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME FORM OF AN UPDATE. 
          LET YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY'VE DONE IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO GET REDISTRICTING BECAUSE THE CENSUS HAS COME OUT BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. 
          AND IN THE SPRING, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT ELECTED DISTRICTS. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY KEY THING. 
          THEY NEED TO GET DONE. 
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HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS FOR PROVIDING THE TML LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. 
          THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          [2.  Present and Discuss the Expiration of Suspension of Certain Texas Open Meeting Act Provisions.  ]
ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT ITEM. 
          NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS THE EXPLORATION OR SUSPENSION OF SOUTHERN TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROVISIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IRMA. 
          PARKER'S CITY SECRETARY IN MARCH OF 2020, GOVERNOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT SUSPENDED, CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          SO HE ALLOWED FOR US TO MEET VIRTUAL, UH, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ALL BE INFORMED IN ONE PLACE, WHICH THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT NOW. 
          I MEAN, WHICH IS NORMALLY THE REQUIREMENT. 
          ANOTHER CAVEAT TO THAT WAS THAT IF WE WENT VIRTUAL, UH, THE CITIZENS HAD TO SEE YOUR FACE. 
          SO THEY HAD TO SEE THE EXPRESSIONS THAT YOU MADE, UH, DURING THE, UH, MEETING. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE. 
          UH, I, IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UH, GOVERNOR AVID, UH, ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GONNA END THE SUSPENSION EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER ONE. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR, UH, TYPE OF WAY WE DO MEETINGS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT BASICALLY. 
          UH, ANYWAY, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN COMBINED WITH, WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN, UM, UH, MEETING IN PERSON, ALL OF US. 
          UH, BUT, UM, NOW EVERYBODY HAS TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER ONE. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO BE IN A CORNER, SO THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE AT THIS PRESENT TIME. 
          UM, WE WILL BE TALKING TO Y'ALL LATER ON ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          IF WE WANT TO MOVE BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHAT DEADLINES AND THINGS THAT Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO DO IT, WOULD YOU MAKE THAT CHANGE? UM, BUT, UM, WE CAN CONTINUE FOR THIS PATIENT JUST THE WAY WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          UH, AS LONG AS Y'ALL DECIDE, THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. 
          I KNOW HAMID IS WORKING ON OUR AUDIO ISSUES AND, AND HE'S UPGRADING THE, UH, TOWN HALL. 
          SO, UM, STAFF WILL, I THINK WEST IS PROBABLY DIDN'T ADDRESS THIS. 
          UH, WE'LL BE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM Y'ALL AS TO HOW Y'ALL WANT TO PROCEED. 
          I'VE GOT A QUESTION AFTER, AFTER SEPTEMBER ONE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE MIGHT ALLOW FOR VIRTUAL COMMENTS OR WOULD THEY, THEY HAVE TO PRESENT COMMENTS, COUNSEL. 
          IT HAS THE RIGHT TO SET UP THEIR OWN POLICY PROCEDURE AND HOW THEY WANT TO CONDUCT MEETINGS. 
          UH, I KNOW WE STAFFED IN MEET AND DISCUSS, UH, THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITH, UH, WEST. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, I'M SURE THAT HE WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE AND HOW YOU WORK. 
          SO, SO YES, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE, CONTINUE PROVIDING THE VIRTUAL OPTION, WHICH WE CAN DO, OR IF YOU WANT TO STOP DOING THE VIRTUAL, UH, PROVIDING THE VIRTUAL OPTION AND HAVE PEOPLE COME TO MEETINGS IN PERSON. 
          WHEN YOU SAY PEOPLE, YOU MEAN PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, OTHER THAN THE COUNCIL, CORRECT EITHER, UH, EITHER RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT VENDORS, UH, APPLICANTS FOR, UH, UM, ZONING CASES, ET CETERA. 
          STAFF WAS KIND OF, UH, IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THAT PROCESS, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE VENDORS AND THE ZOMI, UH, UH, CASES THAT COME UP, THEY ARE EMPLOYING AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER, AND IN VERSUS THEM HAVING TO FLY OVER HERE OR WHATEVER, WE CAN JUST CONTINUE THAT, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY Y'ALL'S OPTION OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          ONE THOUGHT THAT CROSSED MY MIND IS HOPE THAT, THAT WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THERE'S NO MASK MANDATE OF ANY KIND BEFORE WE MIGHT MANDATE SOMEONE TO COME AND BE WITH US IN PERSON. 
          I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE VIRTUAL, UH, OPTION FOR MANY REASONS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS THAT AREN'T COMFORTABLE JOINING US IN PERSON THAT WANT TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND CERTAINLY IT 
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SAVES VENDORS MONEY WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HAVING TO FLY IN. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE VIRTUAL AT ALL FOR, FOR, FOR ANYONE. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD, WE NEED TO BE EASY TO DO BUSINESS WITH THAT'S PART OF IT, ESPECIALLY NOW DURING COVID, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT STAFF SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN FOR OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND IT'S THE ADDISON WAY. 
          SO, UM, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT. 
          YEAH, I SUPPORTED VIRTUAL WAY. 
          UH, AND, UH, LAST ONE DAY THAT PANDEMIC IS COMPETITION. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE STATE OF THE COUNTY REQUIREMENT, THEY GO FIGHT OUT THEMSELVES. 
          IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR LOCAL CITY SINCE I STILL QUIT FROM THE VIRTUAL WAY, BECAUSE GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY AND CONVENIENCE, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE ITEM TO COME, SO THEY CAN WAIT AND THE HOMEWORK AND WORK. 
          SO I'M FOR IT. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, IF PANDEMICS IS COMPANY GONE, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THAT TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, THE ONLY OTHER THOUGHT IS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT I'M KIND OF THINKING BACK OF LIKE A COUPLE OF ZONING CASES WHERE WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION, THERE MIGHT BE SOME COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES AND NOT ALWAYS, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          AND JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF THERE'S THERE'S SOMETHING, IF THAT, THAT REOCCURS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN TRY TO DO OR HELP THE WHOMEVER'S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US REMOTELY CAN DO SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOUR THEY'RE SAYING OR VICE VERSA. 
          THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY JUST GET ON THEIR PHONES. 
          SURE. 
          IT IS. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS HEAR US THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ROOM IS THAT WE'VE GOT THESE MICROPHONES, RIGHT? AND SO THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR, BUT MAYBE NOT ON VIDEO. 
          AND I THINK IS WORKING ON, UH, UH, A SOLUTION TO THAT THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE AUDIO IN THIS ROOM, THROUGH A MICROPHONE ON, ON THE VIDEO AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MANY DAYS ALSO WORKING ON THOSE SAME ISSUES FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBER? SO HE'S UPGRADING ALL OF THOSE, UH, UH, THAT, ALL THAT EQUIPMENT, AND HE'S UPGRADING THIS EQUIPMENT AS WELL, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, HAVE A BACKUP RECORDING SYSTEM AS WELL. 
          UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS AND THINGS TO IMPROVE THAT, THE PROCESS. 
          SO ARE WE GOING TO TALK, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOCATION NOW. 
          I PERSONALLY PREFER THIS SETUP BECAUSE I CAN S I CAN SEE IT'S DONE A LOT AND WE CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER. 
          I LIKE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. 
          I THINK IT MAKES IT BETTER FOR THE PATH. 
          I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT DESKS, THEY'RE DOING STUFF. 
          THEY CAN LOOK UP STUFF. 
          INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE CHAIR WITH NO PLACE TO PUT A LAPTOP. 
          I SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING STUFF DONE. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO STAY FOR NOW, STAY HERE. 
          I JUST THINK IT'S A BETTER, IT'S A BETTER SETUP. 
          I AGREE. 
          IT'S ALSO, WE CAN SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND WE CAN, THE ROOM IS MORE, IT'S MORE VENTILATED. 
          AND SO JUST FOR REFERRAL SOCIAL DISTANCING PURPOSES, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF STAYING HERE AS LONG AS CAN WE, CAN WE REVISIT THIS PANDEMIC NOW IS TOTALLY GONE. 
          HOPEFULLY ONE DAY AND IT GOES AWAY, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING WE STAYED, WE STAYED HERE. 
          WE STILL ALLOW PEOPLE ON THE MOON. 
          PERFECT. 
          I THINK, ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [3.  Present and Discuss Metrocrest Services' Request for a Contribution to Their Building Our Future Capital Campaign. ]
ALL RIGHT. 
          NUMBER THREE, IS THAT DISCUSS SPECIAL REQUEST SERVICES TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH THE ABILITY OF FUTURE CAPITAL TRACY AS A TRACY EUBANKS COMES AND GETS READY HERE, MAYOR COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF, UH, NO OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. 
          THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF A REQUEST FROM METRO CREST SERVICES. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS ITEM IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM FOR TONIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, UH, HERE, THE PRESENTATION, ASK QUESTIONS. 
          YOU CAN DELIBERATE IN, YOU KNOW, SHARE IDEAS, THOUGHTS, ET CETERA, AND GIVE A, I THINK A GUIDANCE TO, TO ME AND THE REST OF THE STAFF. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED OR REQUESTED OR EVEN POSSIBLE, CAUSE IT'S NOT POSTED FOR SUCH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN ONCE WE'RE READY TO GO, I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO TRACY, YOU BEING 
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THANKS. 
          AND, UH, LET HIM, BY THE WAY, WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN EITHER ADVANCE THE SLIDES FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO SHARE EXCITING PROJECT, UH, OCCURRING AND MEXICO SERVICES. 
          I WISH IT WOULD HAPPEN A LOT FASTER, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE LONGER PROJECTS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S EXCITING FOR US. 
          I DO HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING AND KEEPING AN EYE ON ME. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OH, IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY THOSE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, AND PREDICT YOUR SUPPORT. 
          WE'VE HAD SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF DONORS TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          JUST A FEW STATISTICS THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNICATION WE NORMALLY HELD ABOUT 12 TO 15,000 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR. 
          IT ROSE ABOUT 34,000, ABOUT 4 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED, WHICH IS ABOUT A 344% INCREASE IN FOOD. 
          DISTRIBUTED SPEND ABOUT $3.8 MILLION IN RENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS 746% MORE THAN NORMAL. 
          WE'RE HOPING THOSE NUMBERS START COMING DOWN AND WE ARE SEEING THEM COME DOWN TO BUILD FROM THE ALISON PERSPECTIVE, PROVIDING ABOUT 3000 SERVICES TO ADUS AND RESIDENTS. 
          DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, I SPENT ABOUT $300,000 IN RENT FOR ADDISON RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HOUSED. 
          AND OVER A THOUSAND ADDISON RESIDENTS UTILIZE OUR FOOD PANTRY. 
          SO IT'S BEEN A, A TRYING TIME AND COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MY, MY, ABOUT A PROJECT HERE. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD ADVANCED WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UM, PUSHING ME ALONG, THEY CAN GO. 
          UM, SO WE WERE WATCHING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, PRETTY BAD TIME. 
          HE'D GONE TO CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. 
          SO WE SUSPENDED THAT, BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT WE HAD DETERMINED WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL SPACE. 
          THOSE YOU THEN KNOWN AS IT'S OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          WE'VE BEEN BUMPING AROUND LEASING SPACE FOR 50 YEARS. 
          UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN OFFICE, UH, ON HUBBARD DRIVE IN WAREHOUSE DISTRICT OF FARMER'S BRANCH. 
          WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE THAT IS REALLY ADDISON REPORT OFF OF MIDWAY, NOT TERRIBLY EFFICIENT OPERATION CURRENTLY. 
          SO WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE SPACE THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO CREATE FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HAVING MORE SPENDS, BUT HAVING MORE IMPACT. 
          SO WE LAUNCHED A 12 ONE $7 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. 
          UH, WE PURCHASED LAND AT THE RURAL CORNER. 
          JOSIE BELTLINE IS ALMOST FIVE ACRES. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT OVER THE YEARS WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOU AND I WERE ON A FACILITY TASK FORCE TO FIND A LOCATION FOR 20 YEARS, HE ALWAYS SAID, WE WANT TO BE NEAR JOSIE BELTLINE. 
          AND FORTUNATELY FOUND A SPACE RIGHT THERE AT JOSIE BELTLINE. 
          AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET A STRAIGHT SHOT TO ALL OF OUR CITY PARTNERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, BUT IT'S RIDING THE WILL, THE HEART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE THAT HAS HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE CLOSE TO THOSE. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I'M GOING TO READ ALL THIS TO YOU. 
          THE ONE THINGS THAT IT DOES DO FOR US PROVIDE MORE ACCESSIBILITY. 
          WE HAVE RIGHT UP FRONT. 
          WE HAVE A DART STATION, DOWNTOWN CARROLLTON, WHICH IS WALKING DISTANCE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, CLOSE TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THAT. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS. 
          I TALK ABOUT BENEFITS A LITTLE BIT. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME IS AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS, WE ARE BY NATURE, A VERY EFFICIENT FOCUSED LEAN ORGANIZATION, BUT WE ARE HIGHLY INEFFICIENT IN THE WAY WE OPERATE FROM A FACILITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          TODAY, WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN ONE SIDE OF TOWN OF WHERE ELSE AND THE OTHER, WE GOT A GUY IN A TRUCK GOING BACK AND FORTH FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY, MOVING PRODUCT, MAINLY FOOD VOLUNTEERS THAT ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED PROBABLY FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR US RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE WANT TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF OPERATIONS, BUT THAT VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 
          SO THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR CALLING YOU AS A 46 TO 48,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, YOU MIGHT ASK HIM WHAT, HOW BIG IS THAT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE NOW? PROBABLY THE TWO BUILDINGS WE HAVE NOW ALL ABOUT 25 OR 26,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          SO, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER FOR US. 
          AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHY WE ARE SPENDING IN CASE MANAGEMENT OR SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYWAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE HARD INCREASED SOCIAL SERVICE STAFF, WORKFORCE STAFF, OTHER CLIENT FACING STAFF. 
          WE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR US, IT HAS BEEN FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD ON THAT IS BUILDING A STRONGER WORKFORCE PROGRAM. 
          WE BELIEVE A LIVABLE WAGE JOB AND QUALITY EMPLOYER CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR FAMILY. 
          AND WE BELIEVE IT WAS MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTNERSHIPS WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT CAN HELP US ENHANCE THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALREADY INVESTING A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT AND THEN LOCATION WITH A 30, A COMPUTER LAB OF 30 COMPUTERS IN A LAB FOR PEOPLE TO USE WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY, WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A LAB COMPUTER. 
          WE'VE MOVED THAT TO CUBICLES THAT CURRENTLY DO MAKE SPACE FOR ALL OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, EXPANDING THE FOOD PANTRY. 
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IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR PLACES, THE PANDEMIC BEGINNING, WE MOVED TO FOOD PANTRY OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          SO WE HAVE IT. 
          WE'VE HAD A DRIVE-THROUGH PANTRY SINCE APRIL OF 2020, WHERE WE WORK OUT OF WHAT IS NOW A CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTAINER. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH AND LOAD THEIR CARS. 
          WE NO LONGER HAVE A LITTLE NICHE GROCERY STORE THAT WE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT WE BELIEVE IS A BIG PART OF THE DIGNITY, DIGNITY, RESPECT, CORE VALUE THAT WE HAVE THAT PEOPLE TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT. 
          WE STILL FAIL TO PROVIDE THE RESPECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CHOICE FOR FOOD. 
          AND SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO THE NEW PLACE. 
          WE DO NOT BELIEVE WE WILL NOT MOVE BACK INSIDE UNTIL MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING. 
          WE'LL BE OUTSIDE FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF OR SO. 
          I MEAN TEACHING GARDEN AS A WAY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND MORE VOLUNTEER SPACE. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING OUR TWO GROUPS TOGETHER. 
          AND CURRENTLY, IF YOU SAID, WE WANT TO BRING THE 30 OR 40 STAFF MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER, WE WOULD SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE HECK WE'LL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          CAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE SPACE. 
          SO THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN ONE LEADS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IS WHILE WE ARE THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF NON-PROFIT SERVICES RELATED TO HOUSING AND FOOD AND EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, A TON OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO, WE DON'T DO MEDICAL. 
          WE DON'T DO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE'RE NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEIZURE THINGS. 
          WE REFER TO OTHER AGENCIES ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THAT AREA. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE TO ADD SOME OF THAT EXPERTISE. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE, UM, ADAM, UH, LEGAL AID COMING IN, UH, ONCE A WEEK TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER, UM, CLIENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE TALKED TO THE FAMILY PLACE ABOUT COMING IN TO PROVIDE ONCE A WEEK THERAPY. 
          WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE METRO METROCARE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM TODAY. 
          THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OPENING A SMALL LITTLE SATELLITE OFFICE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR BUILDINGS. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE THINGS TO MAKE THIS MORE OF A HUB WOMEN'S I PUT ON THERE IS HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT. 
          WE'RE IN THE PREVENTION BUSINESS. 
          WE'RE NOT HOMELESS EXPERTS, BUT BEFORE, OH, THE PANDEMIC CONCERN, BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC, WE SEE A LOT MORE HOMELESSNESS THAN WE EVER SAW BEFORE. 
          AND WE S WE GET THOSE CALLS. 
          WE ALWAYS SAY, WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST PLACE YOU CALL. 
          AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALL THE HOMELESSNESS. 
          THAT'S NOT OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE. 
          SO ONE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE'VE TALKED TO CHIEF SPENCER AND OTHER CHIEFS AND OTHER CITIES ABOUT IS HOW DO WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS? SO AT LEAST AT METRO CREST, WE KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          WHEN THERE IS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, SOME ARE LIVING IN THEIR CAR, A PANHANDLE OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT CONCERNS THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO HELP THIS PERSON. 
          OR SO IF THE RESOURCES OVER THIS PERSON, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE ANSWERS CURRENTLY. 
          SO WE BELIEVE WE CAN ADD THAT COMPONENT, NOT ADDING A SHELTER. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SERVING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AT OUR BUILDING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT ON SITE WITH A POLICE OFFICER FOR INSTANCE, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. 
          SOME OF THE OUTCOMES ARE EXPECTED. 
          WE'D LIKE TO MEASURE EVERYTHING. 
          THERE'S JUST A FEW, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE WE'RE IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUSINESS. 
          WE SERVE YOUR REVENUE. 
          WE DON'T WANT THEM WAITING IN OUR LOBBY. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT. 
          AND THE CALL CENTER NOT TO BE EVICTED. 
          AND WE SAY, WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WE'RE ALREADY SEEING. 
          MORE PEOPLE. 
          THIS DATA WAS PROBABLY OKAY. 
          CREATED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          SAME THING ON NUTRITIOUS MEALS. 
          ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE WITH WASTED NUTRITIOUS MEAL DISTRIBUTION IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY OPERATION. 
          SO THE LIONS CLUBS HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER, UH, WRITTEN A GRANT TO THE INTERNATIONAL LIONS CLUB, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE APPROVED IN JANUARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT WHERE THERE'S POCKETS OF POVERTY. 
          THE SECOND APARTMENT COMPLEX AND NOT BE A SCHOOL COULD BE A CHURCH, COULD BE A SENIOR CENTER. 
          WE'VE DONE SENIOR CENTER, FOOD DISTRIBUTION BEFORE PROVIDING HEALTHY FOOD TO SENIORS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT AND DO MORE OF THAT AND THEN SHARE OUR SERVICES. 
          SO WE GET OUT AND WE REALIZED THAT JOB SERVICES WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING TO ROSEVILLE. 
          MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THERE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ENGAGE THEM WHEN IT COMES TO JOB SERVICES OR EDUCATION, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE GOING BACK INSIDE FOR FOOD ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH MEANS AT THE END, THE SHARED SPACE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. 
          UH, AND THESE EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMS, WORKFORCES THAT ARE ONE PROGRAM WE WANT TO EXPAND, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DEVELOP MORE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          OUR TIMELINE, WE LAUNCHED THE CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST, OR WHAT'S CALLED THE SILENT PHASE. 
          WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          AND I WAS TOLD NOT TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH YET, BUT I TALKED ABOUT IT WITH EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AND SO WE STARTED THAT IN AUGUST. 
          UH, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN DECEMBER. 
          UH, SO WE OWNED THE PROPERTY AND WE HAD IT REZONED. 
          SO THE CITY OF CARROLLTON WILL VOTE PERSONALLY, OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING WAS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR USE. 
          UM, IN OCTOBER WE GO PUBLIC OCTOBER 30TH, WE'LL GO PUBLIC. 
          SO I WILL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I LOVE DOING, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UH, IN JANUARY, 2022, WE'LL TURN DIRT. 
          WE BELIEVE 
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WHICH MEANS DOUBLING THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT'S THERE, WHICH IS OLD CHURCH, UH, AND BEGIN BUILDING. 
          AND THEN WE HOPE WE, UH, ARE DONE IN APRIL 20, 23. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES OR RELATES TO, UH, MATERIALS, MATERIAL AVAILABILITY, MATERIAL COSTS, LABOR AVAILABILITY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO THAT COULD BE IMPACTED SOMETHING BEYOND OUR CONTROL, BUT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO GET THIS THING DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR BUDGET, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I WISH THAT WAS STILL TRUE. 
          UH, WE WILL UPDATE THE BUDGET THEN OF OCTOBER. 
          WE DO BELIEVE THAT IN MATERIAL COSTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL BE HIGHER. 
          AND SO THIS BUDGET WILL BE LOOKING CLOSER TO 14 MILLION PROBABLY WHEN WE FINISH. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE GO PUBLIC, WE'LL HAVE A FINAL BUDGET BASED ON HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS BY THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR. 
          JUST, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THE LOCATION IS IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE, YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE. 
          NOW. 
          EACH OF THESE GREEN DOTS IS 10 FAMILIES THAT WE SERVED THE YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE CHOSE JUST AN AMAZING LOCATION. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO NOW IS THERE WHERE THE HEART IS THERE. 
          AND SO WE'D BE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY, JUST A FEW RENDERINGS OF THE FACILITY. 
          UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, ARCHITECTURAL FIRM GENSLER. 
          THEY, ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WE INTERVIEWED, HONESTLY, NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HIRED THROUGH. 
          UH, BUT THEY WERE VERY NON-PROFIT FRIENDLY AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED FOR THEM AGAIN, TO THE SODIUM BEING 46 TO 48,000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE. 
          YOU SEE JOSIE LANE THERE, BELTLINE DOWN HERE BELOW WALNUT. 
          SO VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION THERE, YOU CAN TURN TO THE NEXT ONE, IF YOU LIKE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND JUST SOME RENDERINGS, IT'S JUST A TILT WALL FACILITY. 
          UH, SOMEONE SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE BUILDING THE TAJ MAHAL. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL TILT ALL PAINTED. 
          GREEN WAS A LOUVERS OUT FROM WHEN WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO LOOK SPECIAL. 
          WE DO WANT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE FOR WELCOMED PEOPLE THAT COME TO US SPECIAL THAN THE PANDEMIC WHO CAME TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. 
          WE'RE HIGHLY ASHAMED TO ASK FOR HELP. 
          AND SO WE WOULD MAKE HIM SURE, SURE. 
          HE MAY WELLS IN THAT PLACE. 
          SURELY WELCOME. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK IN NEXT. 
          THIS ONE SHOWS KIND OF THE PANTRY ENTRANCE THERE TO THE RIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, WHAT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GREAT BOTTLENECK AT OUR PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY, HONESTLY, THE SAME PLACE A WILL. 
          IF YOU NEED FOOD FROM US, YOU'RE GOING TO ONE ENTRANCE OF YOUR VOLUNTEER FOR US. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO ONE, IF YOU'RE COMING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH MEET WITH A SOCIAL WORKER OR FOR A, UH, A JOB FAIR, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, YOU'RE COMING HERE. 
          AND THERE'S THE PAINT FOR INSTANCE THERE. 
          AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF FACING JOSIE SLIGHTLY THERE, A LOT OF GLASS, AGAIN, TILL ALL FACILITY, A LOT OF CONCRETE, LOT OF STEEL. 
          THIS IS, UH, WE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE TO BE TWO FLOORS, BUT FOUND THAT TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE FOR THE FOOTPRINT FOR THAT, THAT FACILITY, THAT LAND. 
          THIS IS ALL THE DOWNSTAIRS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY OFFICES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AS PART OF OUR MODEL AND REMINDER, A MODEL IS ALL ABOUT HELPING WITH THE CRISIS AND HELPING WITH FINANCIAL COACHING AND CARMEN EDUCATION, UH, AND THEN HELPING WITH THE JOBS, EDUCATION TRAINING, THAT TYPE OF THING, AS WELL AS SENIOR INDEPENDENCE. 
          UH, AND THEN UPSTAIRS WAS MAINLY, UH, THOSE OF US IN ADMINISTRATION. 
          WE HAVE A BREAK ROOM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES UPSTAIRS. 
          WHEN YOU ARE A CASE MANAGER OR SPECIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU HAVE A HIGHLY STRESSED JOB. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE CLIENT-FACING HAVE A PLACE TO GET AWAY. 
          AND SO WE BUILT THAT UPSTAIRS ON PURPOSE TO GET THEM OFF THE FIRST FLOOR, TO BREATHE A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A PLACE TO SIT INTO, UH, THE RIGHTS, UH, FUNDRAISING UPDATE. 
          SO WE ADDED A YEAR NOW, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC AND WE'VE RAISED ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THE CURRENT BUDGET IS MORE THAN HALF, SLIGHTLY, MORE THAN HALF. 
          AND AS OF TODAY, IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. 
          $6.4 MILLION NEVER THOUGHT, HONESTLY, WE'D BE HERE AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT INCLUDES A $2 MILLION, UH, FOUNDATION GRANT FROM AN ORGANIZATION OUT OF MIDLAND. 
          I THINK MY FIRST TRIP IN MY LIFE TO MIDLAND RECENTLY, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE GRANT. 
          SO WE GET THE TWO MAIN, AS LONG AS WE RAISED FOUR MEN BETWEEN MEAN JULY IN JULY, WHICH WE WILL, WE WILL DO THAT. 
          THEN WE, INDIVIDUALS IS NON-GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS IS PURELY INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS. 
          SO WE MET, YOU KNOW, BASED ON 14 MILLION, WE DO ADJUST OUR BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION MORE TERRAINS. 
          AND WE EXPECT, AND WE WENT INTO THIS EXPECTING TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO RAISE ALL THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO IF WE OPENED IN APRIL OF 2023, WE'LL STILL BE FUNDRAISING FOR A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT TWO TO THREE-YEAR MARK, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO BE DEBT FREE. 
          UM, OUR OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO HAVE, UM, TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO BE DEBT-FREE RENT-FREE WE S WE SPEND 250 TO ABOUT $250,000 A YEAR OF RENT, RENT COST. 
          WE PUT THAT ALL BACK TO PEOPLE. 
          SO WE WANT TO DO THE CONTRACT. 
          SO YOU HAVE ALL THE DETAILS WHERE WE WANT OUTSTANDING SOLICITATIONS. 
          WE SENT OUT A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT, UH, YESTERDAY TO A FOUNDATION I'VE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, BUT THEY LOCKED CAMERA CAMPAIGNS. 
          AND WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF A LOT OF OTHERS, INCLUDING METRO CRISP AREA, ROTARY CLUBS, WHICH ARE PUTTING TOGETHER 
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A COLLABORATIVE TYPE GIFT. 
          WE WOULD LOVE FOR CIVIC GROUPS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT SERVING TO HAVING PLACE AT OUR PLACE. 
          AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY, UM, I WOULD SAY IS YOU DON'T LIVE ON AN, ON A BURDENING TODAY BACK, WE DID SEND OUT A REQUEST. 
          AND ONE THING WE DID NOT PUT IN THAT REQUEST IS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE FOUNDATION OR OTHERS IS IF YOU APPROVED OUR REQUEST, HOW THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED. 
          WE PERSONALLY DON'T NORMALLY HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT. 
          SO WHATEVER IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOWN, WHETHER IT BE INITIALLY OR AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE SUPPORT. 
          YOU'RE ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, A LOT OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, UH, ON THE INDIVIDUAL SIDE BUSINESS SIDE CIVIC SIDE, CHURCH SIDE HAVE COMMITTED. 
          WE'RE SORT OF LOOKING TO OUR CITIES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE AN INTEREST AS WELL. 
          AND I WILL LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY, THE QUESTIONS THEY SUBMITTED EARLIER ABOUT HIS DALLAS CONTRIBUTED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU MAY NEED TO REMIND ME AND ALL THOSE. 
          UM, SO LET'S SEE. 
          ONE QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, CONTRIBUTING THIS PAST YEAR, HAS THE CITY OF DALLAS PROVIDING US FINANCIAL SUPPORT DURING THE PANDEMIC? I THINK ESSENTIALLY THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, NO RELATIONSHIP, BUT DIDN'T COUNTY, NO RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY. 
          AND WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE MOST PART OF ALL OF THOSE. 
          NOW I HOPE THEY CONTINUE DID. 
          COUNTY'S BEEN AMAZING. 
          AND WE SERVED IN COUNTY FOR CARROLLTON AND FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS PORTION THAT WE SERVE AS IS DENTON COUNTY, CITY OF DALLAS. 
          UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR ON CALL, CARES MONEY, BUT THEN AS PART OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE FUNDS, WE PROBABLY HAVE RECEIVED, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, PROBABLY $750,000 OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS THROUGH THAT RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST DECEMBER. 
          AND IT COULD GO BEYOND THAT. 
          SO THE AREA WHERE ELSE THAT WE SERVE IS A HIGH NEED AREA. 
          SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. 
          FUNDING WILL THE CITY OF DALLAS PROVIDE FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW YET. 
          WE'VE MADE A PROPOSAL. 
          WE'VE TALKED TO CAROL MENDELSOHN. 
          WHO'S A HARD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE DISTRICT 12. 
          UM, IT W HONESTLY, I BELIEVE IT WOULD TAKE AWHILE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL SUPPORT IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW IT SUPPORTED WITH WHICH FUNDS. 
          SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY OF DALLAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN POOR. 
          WHEN I FIRST GOT HER EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO, I WENT DOWN TO CITY HALL AND I WANTED WHY WE WOULD GET CDBG MONEY. 
          WHY YOU GUYS WANT TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON DALLAS? SO YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM A PENNY. 
          AND I LEFT WITHOUT A PENNY. 
          UM, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO GREAT WORK FOR THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE CSPI SCHOOLS WHERE THE KIDS ARE THAT WE SERVE. 
          SO LET'S CONTINUE TO SERVE THAT AREA, BUT WE ARE GETTING FUNDING. 
          NOW. 
          I, THE METRO CREST NAME MEANS SOMETHING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS NOW. 
          SO OUR HOPE IS THAT, YES, WE CAN, WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          UH, I THINK A QUESTION ALSO WAS WHAT FUNDING. 
          WE ASKED HIM FROM THE TOWN OF ADDISON NEXT YEAR, BEYOND THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A SUBMISSION IN FOR $66,000, WHICH IS THEIR ANNUAL, UH, ASK, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE. 
          SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS PART OF THAT ANNUAL PROCESS. 
          WE HAD NO PLANS TO ASK FOR MORE FUNDING AT THIS POINT. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INITIATIVES IS BUILDING A WORKFORCE PROGRAM, CALL SOMETHING LIKE LET'S GET BACK TO WORK. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO BE RAMPING UP ALL OF OUR EFFORTS RELATING TO WORKFORCE IN TERMS OF HIRING PEOPLE, DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, JOB FAIRS, ET CETERA. 
          WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. 
          UM, WE DO EXPECT WE'VE HAD A CITY OR TWO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR MONEY OR MONEY, WHATEVER YOU CALL THE RECOVERY MONEY, UH, ABOUT USING THAT FOR WORKFORCE INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE NOT ASKED, UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO DEVELOP A WORKFORCE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE BE WORKING ON. 
          IT WAS WHEN I'M MORE MATURE. 
          I HAD THEM ALL. 
          OKAY, COOL. 
          I THINK THE QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED, JUST IF THIS IS ALL THE CONSOLE AND YOU WANT IT, THERE'S, LONG-TERM 30,000, OR THIS CAN BE A SCHEDULED, DISTRIBUTED IN DIFFERENT. 
          YOU CAN SCHEDULE IT, HOWEVER YOU LIKE. 
          THIS DOES NOT MATTER TO US. 
          THE OTHER, WE HAVE PRESENTED, UM, TO CARROLLTON AND CAPPELL LIKE AN TONIGHT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW YET HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO DISTRIBUTE. 
          I KNOW CABELL IS DOING A RESOLUTION IN SEPTEMBER FOR THEIR PUTIN, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE TOTAL ASK AMOUNT. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'LL CHOOSE TO PROVIDE IT TO US. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE MAINLY LOOKING FOR COMMITMENTS. 
          HOW WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS NOT WITHIN MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          SO IS THE, CAN YOU CONFIRM SO THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT 7 5, 2 8, 7 ZIP CODE, IS THAT THE LITTLE 
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DALLAS LIKE FRANKFORT AND KILL IT THAT WAY? I SEE. 
          AND THAT, BUT THE 7 5 0 1. 
          OH, THAT'S OVER SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S JUST THAT ONE LITTLE POCKET. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          IT'S VERY SMALL POCKETS, PROBABLY ONLY 30,000 DALLAS RESIDENTS, BUT IT IS, UM, AN AREA WITH A LOT OF HOUSING VOUCHERS, FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF SECTION EIGHT HOUSING. 
          UM, AND SO IT IS AN AREA OF HIGH NEED IS PROBABLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, THE AMOUNT OF FARMERS BRANCH A BIT THAT WOULD BE DOUBLE OUR POPULATION. 
          OH YEAH, SURE, SURE. 
          IT'S ALMOST ALL RESIDENTIAL. 
          YOU DON'T KNOW THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE THERE THERE'S RUN THAT IN BUSINESS. 
          THEY'RE NOT REALLY CHURCHES. 
          THERE ARE REALLY NO GOOD PARTNERS FOR US. 
          WE WERE WITH BEN TREE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, WHICH IS NEAR THAT AREA AND THEY SERVE THE AREA SOME, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE AS SOME PRINCIPAL WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE CAN. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL, I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN. 
          I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. 
          AND JUST THE OUTPUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN IMPORTANT, UH, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE PART WHERE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON TEACHING PEOPLE TO FISH, INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE FOOD. 
          YOU'RE TEACHING THEM TO FISH, YOU'RE EMPOWERING THEM. 
          YOU'RE HELPING PROVIDE SKILLS, CONNECTING THEM WITH JOBS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE HOMELESS. 
          AND THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO THE, TO THE SPIRIT OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK. 
          WELL, I'M ON, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT BOOK TRACY BIT. 
          UM, WHAT OCCURS TO ME IN COUNCIL IS WE CONTRACT WITH METROCREST SERVICES FOR NONSENSE. 
          THEY DO SPECIFIC THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S NO SERVICE PROVIDED HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE GIVING THEM MONEY FOR BUILDING CAMP. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL THERE. 
          UM, WE'RE SETTING PRECEDENT IF WE DO THIS, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOGIC TREE THAT SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUILDING FUNDING. 
          WELL, REAL THINGS NEED MAINTENANCE NOW. 
          SO WE NEED MAINTENANCE ABOUT ME TOO. 
          AND FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY DO. 
          AND THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION I PERSONALLY SUPPORT THE REQUEST. 
          I BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY DO. 
          THIS MAKES SENSE. 
          THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO EXPAND CITY GOVERNMENT TO, TO INCLUDE WITH THIS? IS THAT THE ROLE OF THE CITY? THAT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION. 
          I'M RESISTANT TO THAT PHILOSOPHICALLY. 
          AND SO THAT'S MY HEART WITH THIS. 
          SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER NOT A FEEL GOOD, QUITE A FEW AGREED POSITION ON THIS. 
          IT'S HARD TO SAY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A TOUGH JOB. 
          YES, IT DOES. 
          THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          HALL'S, YOU KNOW, IS SINCERITY IS KIND OF PRUDENT WITH THE PAYERS MONEY AND I CAN ALWAYS RELATE TO THAT, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THE PAYERS MONEY DONATED TO METROCREST SERVICES. 
          SO SUE THEIR SERVICES, THEY SAVE THE TAXPAYERS MONEY EVEN MORE. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M ALWAYS A HELP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REQUEST SERVICES BESIDES THEY HAVE HOW MANY THOUSAND 5,000 VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE RECEIVED JUST PHONE CALLS FROM THAT GIRLS FIVE TIMES. 
          FINALLY, I HAVE TIME, YOU KNOW, SO WRITE A CHECK. 
          I SAID, COME TO PICK IT UP, CONTRIBUTED A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOU TO HAVE A LITTLE PRIZE DRAWING A CROSSOVER. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THIS KIND OF PERSISTENCY OF YOUR VOLUNTEERS, AND ALSO SO MANY, I CAN SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY. 
          IF I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, IF I KNOW HOW TO SAVE MONEY, I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING LIKE YOU ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN BUILDING AND THEN YOU ARE 
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RAISING MONEY, BECOME DEBT FREE. 
          JUST LIKE I, MYSELF, I'M DEBT FREE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY DEBT. 
          SO I FEEL PROUD OF MYSELF. 
          AND ALSO AS A PRUDENT BUSINESS OWNER AND I APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO. 
          YOU CAN SAY MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE RENT. 
          SO YOU CAN GIVE BACK OF AT LEAST BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHY YOU NEED, SO I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND I THINK TOO, AND I RESPECT PAUL YOUR POSITION. 
          I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE TO THE CONSERVATIVE PRUDENT VALUES OF USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN THE WISEST MOST PROVEN WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          BUT I SEE THIS AS A NUMBER ONE AS A FAIR SHARE, UM, WITH A COMMUNITY OR REGIONAL EFFORT THAT WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH INTECH AND METRO CROSS AS BEING KIND OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF WHAT REGIONALISM CAN DO. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SERVICES, THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING WHAT $250,000, UH, WHAT DID YOU SAY PER MONTH PER RENT PER YEAR? SO THAT'S MONEY THAT CAN BE USED DEVOTE TO SERVICES. 
          SO THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE FOR THE BUILDING AND ACTUALITY, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A WISE INVESTMENT, IN MY OPINION. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE ROI FOR THE COMMUNITY COMES FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THESE SERVICES. 
          IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY'RE NOT PROVIDED WITH THE SERVICES, THEY COULD FALL INTO OTHER TRAPS THAT COULD INVOLVE A LIFE OF CRIME. 
          I MEAN, WORST CASE SCENARIOS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THEN IT COSTS THE TOWN IN OTHER WAYS. 
          AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS NOT JUST A, UH, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A BLEEDING HEART. 
          UM, I LOVE THIS AND MAKE AN EMOTIONAL DECISION. 
          I THINK THIS IS MORE ABOUT AN INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S A STRENGTHENING OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT EMPOWERS PEOPLE THAT NEED EMPOWERMENT. 
          AND, UM, I'M IN FAVOR. 
          I KNOW WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING, BUT I JUST, THE OTHER, THE OTHER KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THE FINANCIALS AND THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL THAT METRO CREST HAS SHOWN REPEATEDLY YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, THEY SHOW THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, TO EVERYONE THAT, THAT CONTRIBUTES. 
          WE GET OUR MONEY BACK 3, 4, 5 FOLD IN WHAT WE GET BACK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I DID HAVE ONE BURNING QUESTION. 
          WHERE'S THE RESOURCES IT, CAUSE I WENT TO GO THERE. 
          I FIND GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND I LIKE YOUR TIE SECTION THERE. 
          L'OREAL FOR RESPECTFUL APPLE. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SERVICE TO GRIND YOU. 
          WE'RE GIVING $120,000 WAY AND GETTING NO SERVICES FOR THIS. 
          WE CONTRACT WITH METRO CREST SERVICES. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I FEAR BESIDES THIS NEVER ENDS WITH MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, IS ALL THE ARGUMENTS THAT YOU JUST MADE, WHICH WERE VALID. 
          THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          I HAVE, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I COULD NAME A WHOLE LOT OF NONPROFITS AND DO GROUP WORK AND THEY'LL HAVE RICHMOND HAVE A BUILDING CAMPAIGN TO, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOWN OF ADDISON GAVE TO METRO PRESS. 
          WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT. 
          IF YOU DO THIS, WE NEED TO BE REAL CAREFUL AND REAL THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS. 
          Y'ALL THIS IS NOT A ONE-OFF DECISION. 
          THIS IS A CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHICAL DIRECTION HERE. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE REAL CAREFUL AND NOT FOCUS ON. 
          THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AND CARL, I, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. 
          THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION. 
          THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS A FUNCTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO, TO AVAIL OURSELVES TO F TO ANY OTHER, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SAYS WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING. 
          IF THIS PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION IS, IF IT'S A CITY FUNCTION OR NOT, THEN WE SHOULDN'T FUND ANY OF THE NONPROFITS WE SERVE. 
          WE PROVIDE, WE PROVIDE, THEY PROVIDE SERVICES, VALUABLE SERVICES TO US THAT HELP US THAT DO GIVE US AN ROI. 
          I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I SUPPORT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S VALUE THERE. 
          THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY SERVICES WITH THIS REQUEST. 
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WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY SERVICES AS A RESULT OF GETTING THIS REQUEST, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES AT A LOWER RATE. 
          HI LORI, WE'RE NOT. 
          WE PROVIDE, WE CONTRACT WITH THEM ON A YEARLY BASIS BASED UPON MEASURABLES AND METRICS. 
          AND THIS IS NONE OF THAT. 
          SO I HAVE TO ARGUE THAT THAT THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO THIS. 
          AND WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT. 
          THAT'S GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR THAT, THAT OTHER VERY WILLING AND VERY DESERVING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILL COME KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR. 
          WELL, IT SET A PRECEDENT. 
          I MEAN, WE, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE WHATEVER. 
          UH, WHOEVER COMES TO US WITH WHATEVER REQUEST AND MAKE A REASONABLE, UH, PROVIDE A REASONABLE ANSWER TO THE REQUEST. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOOTHPASTE BACK IN THE JUNE, WHAT IS THE 120,000 IT'S 20,000 THAT WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A HARD FACT. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALSO GETTING THE $2 MILLION IN, WELL, AGAIN, LEARNING, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS IT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND IF, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD COME FROM, BUT YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP. 
          YOU'RE HERE FOR IT. 
          WE'RE THE PRECEDENT. 
          AND I WANT, I WANT YOU TO BE REAL THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS THERE, METRO PRESS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. 
          I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. 
          I BELIEVE IN THEM. 
          THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. 
          THE QUESTION IS HERE, WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SERVICES FOR THIS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, LINE OF, OF, UM, VERY GOOD, VERY WELL, WELL, INTENTIONED AND EFFICIENT POTENTIALLY NON-PROFITS THAT WANT TO DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT, THAT ARE EXPANDING. 
          WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE. 
          THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO METRO REQUEST. 
          SO YOU CAN'T IGNORE THAT ALL. 
          I THINK BY EARLIER, TRACY, WHEN YOU MENTIONED, IF I SAVING MORE THAN ME ON RENT AND THE, THEY CAN GIVE BACK, I MEAN, I'M NOT AS EXPAND THE SERVICES TO MORE PEOPLE. 
          SO IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMBINATION, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THIS METRO CREST. 
          SO COVER  I THINK WE CONTRIBUTED PROPORTIONALLY BASED ON THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED ON YOUR $20,000, THEN WE CAN SAVE MORE THAN WE KNOW NOW IS RENT AND THAT THEY CAN EXPAND THE SERVICE TO WHAT PEOPLE NEED. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S TO COST. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT CAUSE I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          IT'S A GREAT CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. 
          I'M GOING TO KEEP CIRCLING ALL BACK TO THE QUESTION HERE AND JUST BE CAREFUL. 
          THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          COLLECTIVELY, JUST LIKE THE ARBOR FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY IN MADISON, THERE, THEY ARE RESPONDING TO A NEED. 
          AND WHAT THEY'VE SAID IS NOT ONLY ARE WE DO WE HAVE, YOU'VE GOT WORK, YOU'VE GOT BUSINESS. 
          I MEAN, YOU, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A REGULAR BUSINESS, YOU'VE GOT BUSINESS, YOU'RE YOUR DOORS ARE GETTING POUNDED DOWN AND YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THE COMMUNITY, THE TAXPAYERS, GRANTED, THEY MAY NOT BE THE WEALTHIEST TAXPAYERS, BUT THERE'S A BASE OF TAXPAYERS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING, WE NEED HELP. 
          WE NEED RESOURCES. 
          AND WHERE DO WE GO? SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, TO ME, THIS IS A, THIS IS A CROWN JEWEL OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SLICE AND DICE IT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION AND LOVE FOR ART AND OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST AS HAVING AN ORGANIZATION LIKE METRO CREST SERVICES. 
          AND I WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU, PAUL, WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS NOT GOING FOR SERVICES, IT ACTUALLY IS GOING FOR SERVICES. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING IS WHAT HOUSES, THE SERVICES. 
          THEY'RE JUST CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK. 
          THEY'RE MAKING A WISER INVESTMENT. 
          SO THAT, THAT, SO THAT THE MONEY IS NOT JUST GOING OUT, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT FOR, FOR RENT. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, 
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YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE GOING TO AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THIS AND THAT'S KNOW, I'M FINE TO HAVE  QUESTION TO TRACY REAL QUICK. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          UM, TRACY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING 2 MILLION FROM THE CITIES AND 120,000 FROM MADISON. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THAT MAYBE ADDISON REPRESENTS ABOUT 6% OF THE NEED AND YOUR SERVICER THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THE CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED FOR THE FAIR SHARE PERCENTAGE BASED ON SERVICES PROVIDED. 
          SO ADDISON'S IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY 6%. 
          OKAY. 
          I LOVE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, AND I SAY THAT TO YOU, METROCREST SERVICES AS A WHOLE, UM, THIS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH AND IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT, GREAT WORK. 
          UM, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH A HECK OF A LOT IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. 
          WE'VE CONTRIBUTED A LOT. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          I, UH, I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT, CAUSE I WANT TO GET THIS MONEY TO A GOOD CAUSE. 
          UM, BUT I'M, I'M HEARING ALL SENDING ABOUT, UH, WHO'S GOING TO COME BACK, UH, ASK FOR MONEY FOR THEIR, THEIR FACILITY THAT THEY WANT SO FORTH. 
          BUT, UH, UH, WHERE I'M AT IS, IS I'M INCLINED TO DO THIS, UM, BUT FOCUS ON, AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD. 
          YOU NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY QUICK. 
          CAUSE WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH WHEN AND IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT PRETTY QUICK AS WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, TRACY, I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          AND THE GROUP FOR, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          NOW, MAKING THE PRESENTATION, IT IS AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT THAT PLEDGED FOR THAT. 
          UM, THANK THE DIRECTORS FOR THEIR WORK. 
          UM, COMMUNITY EDISON IS ALWAYS ONE TO, UM, TO YOUR SERVICES TO, UH, GIVE SOME HOPE AND A PLACE TO, TO REACH OUT TO YOUR KINDNESS THERE AND REACHING BACK OUT JUST AS, UH, IS, UH, APPRECIATED, UH, AGREE WITH PAUL. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS WORK, UM, BUT WE GET TO CHOOSE WHO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR MONEY TO. 
          SOMEBODY COMES DOWN THERE AND THEY WILL LINE UP. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO SAY NO AT SOME POINT. 
          AND, AND, UH, IT'S NOT A HEARTLESS, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ROI NOW AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, AND THAT'S, THEN THAT'S UP TO OUR FINANCES AND THE, AND THE PERSON THAT WE PUT IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT OUR FINANCES ARE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CITY MANAGER CAN TELL US WHETHER OR NOT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, DO THE, DO A FORMAL CALCULATION ON THE ROI. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE OUR, OUR, OUR DECISION. 
          UH, I SUSPECT THAT THE ROI CALCULATION WHEN IT'S CONDUCTED IS GOING TO SHOW THAT A REASONABLE COSTS AND A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          SO I WAS SEEKING SOME FURTHER INFORMATION BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          WELL, WHAT GQ SAID, ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. 
          UM, SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION WHO CAME WANTING SOME KIND OF COMBINATION, LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN PRETTY 50 YEARS SERVICE TO DISCIPLINARITY. 
          AND, UM, SO MY MOM WAS TO HELP US SHARPEN THE PENCIL AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP. 
          UM, NO, I KIND OF LOOKED AT IT DIFFERENTLY. 
          I'M ALMOST LOOKING AT THIS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND AS SORT OF A PRE-PAYMENT ON FUTURE SERVICES. 
          RIGHT? YOU CAN LOOK AT IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE IN THE END, WHEN THEY HAVE THIS MORE EFFICIENT FACILITY TO DO THEIR WORK, NOW THE ROAD, THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO COST LESS IN THE END. 
          NO, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHY I LOOK AT IT. 
          SO IT'S, IT IS SORT OF AN ROI, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING INTO A BUILDING, BUT IN THE END THAT SAVINGS FUNNELS DOWN TO OUR FUTURE COSTS FOR US AND FOR US, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SERVICES THAT CITIZENS. 
          SO COULD YOU KIND OF VIEW IT LIKE OUR, OUR DISTRIBUTION, WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO AND TICK IT'S, IT'S OUR SHARE OF THE, THE SERVICES WE GET. 
          IT'S A LOT LIKE THAT. 
          I MEAN, 
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TO SOME EXTENT, JUST A MONEY PERSPECTIVE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, AND I, AND FRANKLY, I KNOW THAT IF WE, WE, AS A TOWN, TRIED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTS PAY, PROVIDE, WE'LL BE SPENDING A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO. 
          THAT MEAN WE JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER ORGANIZATION AND, YOU KNOW, SO, AND WE WOULDN'T BE GOOD AT IT. 
          THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS. 
          SO IN THE END OF IT, IT'S LIKE, WELL, LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON, ON THE THING. 
          AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT IT'S PROVEN TO DO THIS, SO. 
          NOPE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, TRACY. 
          THANK GOOD JOB. 
          KEEP IT UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          [ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Meetings / Events]
NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL CITY MANAGER WEST PEARSON LAST MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU, MARIN COUNCIL. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, JUST TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT. 
          UH, FIRST THE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH FOR THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, THE ATHLETIC CLUB WILL ALSO BE CLOSED, BUT THE OUTSIDE POOL WILL BE OPEN FROM NOON TO 8:00 PM. 
          IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE WHILE OFFICES, TOWN OFFICES ARE CLOSED, WE ENCOURAGE, UH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CALL OUR NON-EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBER AT 9 7 2 4 5 0 7 1 5 6. 
          UH, AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTED ON ITS NORMAL SCHEDULE. 
          ALSO, UH, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE IN THE BUDGET SEASON. 
          SO, UH, AS PART OF OUR BUDGET, UH, THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET, WE, WE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. 
          WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH THAT'S TUESDAY WHEN WE WILL HOLD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. 
          AFTER THAT, UH, WHEN AFTER THAT, THERE WILL BE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH. 
          UH, SO WE WILL DO THAT. 
          UH, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE BUDGET, UH, THEY CAN FIND A LINK TO IT ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED TO CHECK IT OUT, UH, TO, UH, TO LOOK AT IT, TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, TO, TO FOLLOW UP. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, UH, COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ACTION, UH, ON ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14TH AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PER MONTH. 
          DO YOU WAKE UP? ANYBODY WAITING ONLINE? YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          CONSENT 
          [ 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.]
AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 4, 5 6, 7, 8. 
          DO I HAVE ANYTHING TO BE BOLD? YOU SMEAR? I'D LIKE TO PULL. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? LIKE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4, 6, 7, AND EIGHT SECOND MOTION FROM LORI AND THE SECOND PHONE CALL OR YOU IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED 
          [5.  Consider Action on a Resolution Approving an Agreement Between the Town of Addison and Dannenbaum Engineering Company-Dallas, LLC. for Professional Engineering Services Related to the Lake Forest Drive Waterline Upgrades and Wastewater Improvements Project, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $169,808.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YEAH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR SHANNON. 
          UM, WELL THESE, THESE PIPES, THESE WATER, WATER LINES AND WASTEWATER. 
          ARE THEY RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE STREET? YES, SIR. 
          THEY ARE. 
          THEY ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IT MAY BE PRELIMINARY, BUT DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO RIP UP THE WHOLE STREET OR THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF CUTS OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A REPAIR JOB ON THE STREET OR A REPLACE JOB. 
          WE DON'T KNOW YET TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PAYMENT WILL BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE WATER SOURCE. 
          THAT'LL BE DETERMINED DURING DESIGN, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PLANNING ON IS IF, IF IT IX WE WANT, BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATELY OWNED ROAD, WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, SO THAT IF THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE STREET REPAIRED, THE ENTIRE STREET REPAIRED, AND THEY CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          AND LOOKING AT THAT ROAD OR SOME REPLACEMENT NEEDED, AND PART OF THAT WILL ENGAGE. 
          WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ON THAT STREET SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEY ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY TO SEE, UH, THEIR, THEIR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION TO TAKE CARE OF A STREET THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED BY ALL OF THEM CAN, 
          [01:15:01]
YOU CAN REALIZE HOW WE CAN HELP LENDERS. 
          THERE ARE NO, SORRY. 
          WHAT HAPPENED IN LAKE FOREST IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AND PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE JOB AND IN THE FACE, THIS STUFF IN THE MIDDLE, SO WE'RE GOING TO REPAVE THAT, THAT APART BECAUSE WE DIG IT OUT. 
          SO THEN THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SIT SOME MONEY. 
          IF THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE THE STREET EVEN LOOK BETTER. 
          SO, SO SHANNON'S JOB AND HE'S GOING TO TALK WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT. 
          JUST MAKE A CUT IN A FIX THE AREA WE ARE OBLIGATED TO FIX, BUT WHAT THEY WANT TO LEVERAGE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN A BAD POTTY, SPREADING PARTIALLY TO GIVE YOU THE WHOLE STREET. 
          I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WANTING TO JOIN US, UM, AND MAYBE DO A STRAIGHT REPLACEMENT. 
          BUT IF, IF NOT, AND WE'RE JUST DOING A STREET REPAIR, I, I SURE HOPE WE'VE CAPTURED THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITH THE STREET BEFORE WE, WE START CUTTING INTO THE SPEAKERS, A LOT OF FINGER POINTING. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THAT. 
          JUST TO ANSWER THAT WE, WE REQUIRE THEM TO VIDEO AND TAKE PHOTOS OF ALL OF OUR PROJECT BEFORE WE BEGIN TO CAPTURE AND TO ASK THE QUESTION, I THINK THAT WE DID A QUICK COUNT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 15 HOUSES, 15 HOUSES. 
          SO THAT AREA THOUGH, THAT PRIVATE DRIVE RIGHT NOW IS NOT CURB. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT CURVE AND THERE'S A BRIDGE THERE ALSO. 
          AND WE'RE CROSSING THAT BRIDGE. 
          OH, I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT IF WE CROSSED THE BRIDGE WITH THE UTILITY SIDE, I DON'T THINK WE COME ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT FAR. 
          THE BRIDGES I THINK, IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE, YEAH. 
          WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION SPECIFIC TO THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY? NO, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU ASKED ME ABOUT UTILITIES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY CROSSED THE BRIDGE OR THE BRIDGE THAT'S, THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE CUT AND COVER THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET INTO UNDER THAT BRIDGE, UH, AND THE COST THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND SINCE IT'S OUR BRIDGE, THAT'S GOING TO CALL COME INTO THE CONVERSATIONS ALSO. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING AS PART OF THE DESIGN. 
          SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS THE DESIGN CONTRACT, THE 1 69, 8 0 8, MR.  INITIAL DESIGN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S REPLACE WHAT'S THERE, WHICH IS ASPHALT WITH SUB BASE CURVES. 
          IF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CHANGING IT TO CONCRETE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD QUESTION AND CONSIDER CURVING OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIALLY BIGGER PROJECT. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO REDESIGN EVERYTHING OUT, THEIR DRIVEWAYS, THE DRAINAGE KNOW IF YOU PUT CURB AND GUTTER OUT THERE, NOW YOU, THE STORM SEWER PIPES, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THE INTENT IS JUST TO BASICALLY GO BACK TO THE WATER THERE. 
          IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE AREAS THAT WEREN'T, WOULDN'T BE DISCOURAGED BY US, THEY COULD GO IN AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE. 
          THEY CAN PROBABLY DO IT PRETTY QUICK AND MAKE IT THANK YOU. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE US. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION BY WALDEN SECOND BY PAUL, WHILE YOU FAVOR, APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          [9.  Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Changing the Zoning on Property Located at 5290 Belt Line Road, Suite 104, which Property is Currently Zoned PD, Planned Development, through Ordinance O19-22, by Approving a Special Use Permit for a New Restaurant. Case 1835-SUP/Pressed Juicery]
I TOOK A NUMBER NINE, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDERS. 
          ROLLING AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT 52 90 SUITE WHILE FOR WHICH PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD LAND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ORDINANCE 0 1 9 22, BY APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A NEW RESTAURANT CASE NUMBER 180 3, 5 SUP PRESS JOSEPH. 
          CAN YOU NAME GOOD EVENING MARRIED TO THE COUNCIL OF KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT IN THE PLUS PRESTON WORD PLACE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BELTLINE ROAD IN MUMFORD DRIVE. 
          THE APPLICANT PRESS JUICERY HAS OCCUPIED SUITE 1 0 4. 
          UM, THAT SUITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND WARBY PARKER. 
          IT WAS FORMERLY A FOOT SPA, UH, PRESSED IS A, UM, JESUS' CONCEPT. 
          UH, THEY SELL, UH, COLD PRESSED JUICES 
          [01:20:01]
AND PREPARED FOODS. 
          UH, THEY'RE LOS ANGELES BASED. 
          UM, THEY ARE, UH, HAVE SEVERAL IN TEXAS TO INCLUDE, UH, FORT WORTH DALLAS AND SOUTH LAKE. 
          UH, SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS A RESTAURANT, IT IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED. 
          UH, SO AS YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PRESTON WOOD PLACE DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERWENT A REZONING IN 2019 TO FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, SO, UH, WITH THAT REZONING REQUESTS, THE MASTER DEVELOPER IMPLEMENTED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING FACADE, STREETSCAPE, UH, PARKING AREAS. 
          AND THEN AS YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, UH, YOU'VE SEEN, UH, A STEADY STREAM OF NEW TENANTS OCCUPYING, UH, PRESTON WOULD PLAY. 
          SO PRESSED IS THE NEWEST ADDITION, UH, WITH THIS PROPOSAL. 
          UH, SO THE PROPOSED SPACE, UH, ENCOMPASSES, UH, JUST UNDER 1300 SQUARE FEET. 
          IT ACCOMMODATES, UH, SEATING, UH, FOR 12, UH, INDOORS WITH NO PATIO SEATING. 
          THE, UH, FACADES, UH, FOR THIS SPACE, UH, WERE IMPROVED, UH, WITH THE, UH, OVERALL, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          SO BEYOND SIGNAGE, UH, NO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE FACADE. 
          UM, WITH THAT REZONING REQUEST, UH, PARKING, UH, WAS ADDRESSED A ONE TO 200 SQUARE FOOT. 
          UH, OVERALL PARKING RATIO WAS APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE IS EXCESS PARKING ON THIS SITE, SO NO ADDITIONAL PARKING IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED WITH PRESSED JUICERY. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH THE REZONING FROM 2019, THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTED FOR REQUIRED LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE STREETSCAPE AND WITHIN THE PARKING AREAS, NO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IS REQUIRED WITH THIS PROPOSAL. 
          STAFF DID NOTIFY ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TALENT AND STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS REQUEST, UH, AT THE RECENT, UH, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, JUST LAST WEEK, UH, THE COMMISSION, UH, DID, UH, VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AS SUBMITTED. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE APPLICANTS ON THE LINE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS, ANY QUESTION BEFORE I OPEN UP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS ITEM IS LISTED TO POVERTY HEARING. 
          IF ANYONE IN PUBLIC, WHICH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE DO. 
          SO, UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE, HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          HI, UH, MY NAME IS . 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION WITH PRESSED JUICERY. 
          UM, WE ARE, UH, AD AS MENTIONED BY KEN, UH, WE'RE A NATIONAL, UH, PRESSED JUICE COMPANY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, OVER 90 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          OUR PRIMARY PRODUCT IS PRE BOTTLED, UM, UH, PRE BOTTLE PRESS JUICES, UH, WHERE, UH, BASICALLY A, A NUTRITION, UH, BASED, UH, CONCEPT. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE GOING INTO ADDISON, UH, TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET OPEN IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. 
          HEY GUYS, I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION. 
          LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION, STEVE KIM PROBABLY KNOWS THIS EXISTING FACILITY THERE, OR THE OLD TENANT OVER THERE. 
          THERE WERE SOME SORT OF A STORAGE THING BUILT OUT ON THAT IN FRONT OF THE SPACE. 
          LIKE THEY USED IT FOR STORAGE. 
          THERE WAS SOMETHING IN CLOSE, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR ELEVATIONS AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL GLASS STOREFRONT. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT THING JUST KNOCKED DOWN, BUT OVER THERE WITH, IT'S NOT DOWN, IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS A, AN ENCLOSURE IN FRONT OF OUR SPACE, WHICH HOUSES, ELECTRIC METERS, AND THE LANDLORD HAS, UH, REFURBISH THE EXTERIOR OF THAT, UM, UH, OF THAT LITTLE, UH, ENCLOSURE. 
          UM, I AM GOING TO TRY AND PULL UP A, UH, PHOTO. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT WAS YOUR, UH, 
          [01:25:01]
MAIN QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY CAUSE I, IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T ALWAYS, WASN'T KEPT, YOU KNOW, KEPT UP AS WELL AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. 
          I DON'T THINK IN THE PAST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, I JUST, IT, IT, UM, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THE SPACE. 
          UM, I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, UH, I THINK WITHIN THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS, THE, UM, UH, THE LANDLORD HAS, UH, UM, UPGRADED THE EXTERIOR OF THAT. 
          AND IF YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE SECOND, I WILL, I THINK THE, THE, UH, THE TH TH THAT, THAT ENCLOSURE IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH ON THE BUILDING FACADE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK IT SITS IN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR GLASS ARE, UM, IF YOU LOOK, UM, IF YOU'RE FACING OUR STOREFRONT TO THE LEFT, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S IT'S TO THE LEFT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          IT'S, UH, UM, NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR STORE FOR HIM, UH, SECOND VISIT WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER ON THAT TO DISCUSS ANY HOME CONSENTS. 
          WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PLANNING, I JUST, IT LOOKS LIKE ALL STOREFRONT BETWEEN TWO COLUMNS. 
          AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT, THAT BOX. 
          SO I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL IN THE WAY, SO, BUT AS LONG AS THEY MAKE IT LOOK NICE, I'M FINE. 
          I MEAN, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO PROBABLY WITH THIS OCTA, WITH THIS REQUEST, BUT MORE CURIOSITY QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE A PHOTO, BUT I CAN'T, UH, START SHARING THE SCREEN UNTIL SOMEONE ALLOWS ME TO. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S YOUR JOB. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE'S LET SHOOT, CAUSE YOU GUYS CAN SEE HERE'S OUR SCORE AND HERE'S THAT ENCLOSURE AND WE'LL GO AND SEE, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SHARE SCREEN ON THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IN SHARING NON-BELIEVING THAT I CAN ADD THERE. 
          I CAN TAKE A PHOTO OF IT TOMORROW AND SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP. 
          I'M HAPPY WITH IT. 
          UM, JANET, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COMPUTER THERE WITH YOU? I CAN EMAIL THOSE TO YOU REAL QUICK. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HELP. 
          IS IT, IS IT SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS NOW? I THINK TOM, TOM DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. 
          HE FAKES IT. 
          SO THEY'RE ALREADY UPGRADED. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T BE OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YOU CAN SHARE THE SCREEN NOW. 
          I THINK YOU HAVE THE PERMISSION NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          HANG ON ONE SEC. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HERE'S THAT ENCLOSURE. 
          CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HERE'S THE ENCLOSURE RIGHT HERE. 
          AND THIS IS OUR MAIN STORE FRONT AND RIGHT HERE, UH, THAT IS AN ENTRANCE GOING INTO OUR RESTROOM. 
          SO OUR MAIN STORE SECTION IS REALLY RIGHT HERE. 
          THAT LOOKS MUCH BETTER. 
          YEAH. 
          ART, ANYTHING ELSE? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF ALBANY? UH, WE, WE ARE ACTUALLY OPEN RIGHT NOW. 
          ONE MORE QUESTION, RIGHT? NO QUESTIONS, NO BUDGET. 
          LADIES, GENTLEMEN, THIS ITEM IS LISTED AND PARTLY HEARING IF NO ONE WOULD PROBABLY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          I HEAR BY CO'S A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE APPROVAL MOTION FUND TOM, SEVEN, FIVE GQ. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [10.  Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Changing the Zoning on Property Located at 3765 Belt Line Road, which Property is Currently Zoned PD, Planned Development, through Ordinance O92-037, by Approving a Special Use Permit for a New Restaurant with the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages for On-Premises Consumption Only. Case 1834-SUP/Wing Boss.]
I CAN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER IT ACTION ON ORDINANCE CHANGING BUILDING ON PUPPY LOCATED AT 37 65 BELLAGIO, WHICH COUNTY IS COMING TO THE ZONE PD PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AUDIENCE AND AN EYE TO THOSE THREE SEVEN BY APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A NEW RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC 
          [01:30:01]
BEVERAGES FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION, ONLY CASE NUMBER 180 3, 4  WALLACE. 
          HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED TO THE COUNCIL? KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION OF THE LOCATION AS 37 65 BELTLINE ROAD. 
          UH, THAT IS AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE WITHIN THE ADDISON PLAZA, UH, DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S 700 FEET EAST OF MARSHALL LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BELTLINE ROAD. 
          SO THIS TENANT SPACE IS FORMALLY, UH, AND MOST RECENTLY OCCUPIED BY DUCK DONUTS, WHICH YOU APPROVED AN SEP FOR, UH, IN 2020. 
          AND THE APPLICANTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS WING BOSS. 
          A WING BOSS IS A NEW CONCEPT INTRODUCED BY NIKKI'S BARBECUE. 
          UH, IT'S A CONCEPT MORE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, AND IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED AS A CONCEPT THAT IS REFERRED TO AS A VIRTUAL OR GHOST KITCHEN. 
          UH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UH, IT'S VERY MUCH DELIVERY AND CARRY OUT FOCUSED. 
          UH, AND AS A GHOST KITCHEN CONCEPT, THOSE WERE, UH, UH, THAT CONCEPT IS REALLY ESSENTIALLY CREATING A RESTAURANT WITHIN A RESTAURANT SPACE. 
          SO HOW IT GOES KITCHEN OPERATES IS, UM, SAY DICKEY'S BARBECUE THAT EXISTS. 
          UH, THEY WOULD OCCUPY WING BOSS USING THE SAME STAFF USING THE SAME FACILITY, BUT WE BOSS WOULD NOT BE, UM, THE STOREFRONT. 
          THEY WOULD NOT BE, UH, ITS OWN RESTAURANT CONCEPT, STICKIES, BARBECUE AND WING BOSS WOULD OPERATE OUT OF THE SAME SPACE. 
          THIS VERSION OF WINNING BOSS IS UNIQUE IN THAT, IS IT IT'S, IS IT, UH, IT IS, EXCUSE ME, UH, W BRING BOSSES FIRST, UH, RESTAURANT CONCEPT. 
          SO IT IS A TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT, IT ACCOMMODATES, UH, DINING. 
          UM, BUT ALSO ONCE AGAIN, IT IS STILL DELIVERY AND CARRY OUT FOCUS, UH, CAPITALIZING ON THE POPULARITY OF THE APP BASED, UH, DELIVERY CONCEPTS AND REALLY THE PREVAILING TREND COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC OF CARRYING OUT, BEING MORE POPULAR. 
          UM, SO WITH THIS, UH, THE ZONING HISTORY FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT WAS REZONED TO PD IN 1992 FROM THE INDUSTRIAL ONE DISTRICT TO FACILITATE THE SUBURBAN, UH, CORRIDOR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES PREVAIL IN THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR AND EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. 
          UH, THE ADDISON PLAZA CENTER WAS DEVELOPED, AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS SEP YOU'RE BEING REQUESTED TO OCCUPY THAT EXISTING TENANT SPACE FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY DUCK DONUTS. 
          SO THE SPACE IS JUST UNDER, UH, 1600 SQUARE FEET. 
          UH, IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE, UH, SEATING FOR 39 INDOORS, UH, AND AN OPTIONAL, UH, SPACE FOR FOUR ON THE PATIO. 
          AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE, UH, UM, ALCOHOL SALES FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION. 
          UM, SO PARKING WITHIN THIS CENTER, BASED ON THE CURRENT OCCUPANCY AND TENANT MIX, THERE IS SUFFICIENT PARKING, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, 16 SPACES WOULD BE REQUIRED BASED ON, UH, THE EXISTING FLOOR AREA, UH, THIS SITE, UM, IT IS A SMALL COMPONENT OF A MUCH LARGER SITE, UM, WHILE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SITE FROM A LANDSCAPE STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SMALL COMPONENT. 
          UM, THE LANDSCAPE, UM, UH, UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THEN WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THE APPLICANTS IS NOT PROPOSING ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTERIOR FACADE, UM, BEYOND SIGNAGE. 
          UH, SO STAFF DID NOTICE, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE DID NOT PERCEIVE ANY INPUT, UH, ON THIS REQUEST, UH, AND, UH, AT THE AUGUST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THE COMMISSION DID VOTE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST BY ABOUT SIX TO ZERO. 
          UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, UH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE NEW TERMS ARE GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS THAT RELATE TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE PROVIDED FOR IN ANY EXTERIOR SIGNAGE. 
          AND THEN ALSO AS WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH RECENT CASES, UM, THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE AN EXISTING SEP FOR DUCK DONUTS. 
          SO, UH, TO DO A LITTLE ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSEKEEPING, WE'D LIKE YOU TO ALSO VOTE TO REPEAL, UH, THAT SEP ORDINANCE FOR DONUTS SINCE IT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE, THE APPLICANT IS ONLINE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          KIM, 
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ARE YOU ASKING US TO ADD THAT TO THE MOTION, TO APPROVE THESE TWO CONDITIONS? YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTION? LET ME OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC APPLICANTS SPEEDING A FEW. 
          WAS IT HIDDEN GENTLEMEN AS ITEMS LISTED DEPARTMENT HEARING, IF ANYONE IN POVERTY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE SOUZA. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK A FEW WORDS AS IT'S UNQUESTIONED. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI, LOUIS OR NELSON. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? YES. 
          I'M HERE. 
          HEAR YOU. 
          UM, UH, LEWIS IS, UH, I'M REPRESENTING THE, UH, THE DESIGNER ON THE, ON THE PROJECT AND LEWIS IS HERE, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, REPRESENTING THE OWNER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I JUST WONDER, I HAVE A QUESTION ON MAYOR, CHILD, HOW MANY THIS WAYNE BOSS YOU ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS DEVELOPED BY DICKEY'S BARBECUE. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST LOCATION, UH, OF THE CONCEPT, UH, AS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THEY COULDN'T CONFIRM THAT, UH, THAT WAS ABOUT, SO, HI, THIS IS LUCY AMBROSIA, UH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DESIGN FOR, UH, DICKIES THIS, UH, I CONFIRMED WHAT NELSON SAID. 
          THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST BRICK AND MORTAR STORE. 
          I SEE. 
          SO, UH, ARE YOU PLANNING TO EXPAND THIS MORE THAN ONE? YES, THOSE ARE, UH, WHAT OUR CURRENT DETENTIONS ARE. 
           BOB TO HAVE NOW. 
          JUST WONDER, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? HOW MANY DICKEY'S BARBECUE YOU ALREADY HAVE? UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUSHING, UH, BETWEEN 600 AND 700 STORES WORLDWIDE AND, UM, UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN BOSTON DO A NEW CONCEPT, YES, SIR. 
          Y'ALL KNOW WHAT A BASIC MANUAL IS GONNA HAVE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT? YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN WE WENT, BUT HOW MANY ITEMS RELATED TO WINS ON YOUR MENU? I'M JUST CURIOUS SINCE I'M A RESTAURANT OWNER AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU KEEP BREAKING UP. 
          I'M ON MY PHONE, SO I CAN'T, HE CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THERE, LOUIS NELSON, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR THE,  ASKING, UM, WHAT ITEMS OR HOW MANY ITEMS WOULD BE, UH, UH, I GUESS, UM, RELATED TO THE WINGS, UH, PRODUCT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UH, YEAH, SO WE HAVE, UM, ON THE BACK, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE OUR WINGS, WE HAVE HANDCART FRIES AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIDES THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE, UH, SERVING AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO IT'S JUST NOT THAT JUST A, JUST A PURE WEEDING PLAY. 
          IT'S UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, OUR HAND-CUT FRIES AND OUR, UH, SCIENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
           MORE QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          I'VE GOT A QUICK POST GENTLEMEN. 
          THIS IS A HARLAN WILL LISTEN. 
          AND IF APPROVED, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN YOU MIGHT PLAN TO OPEN? UH, YES, WE ARE PLANNING ON OPENING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE GIVE OR TAKE A WEEK OR TWO . 
          THEY HAVE YOUR TABC PERMIT IN, AND ALSO THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ITCHING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          CONSTRUCTION. 
          READY? I HAVE A QUESTION CAN FOR YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST SENTENCE IN THE PARKING SEEMS TO BE A LAST FEW STEPS, CAUTIONARY, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN THIS AREA? SURE. 
          SO AS THE PARKING RATIOS ARE APPLIED BASED ON THE CURRENT USE MIX AND, AND TENANT OCCUPANCY, IF ALL THOSE SPACES WERE FULL, THE PARKING DEMAND WOULD EXCEED THE PARKING CAPACITY ON THIS SITE. 
          UM, THIS IS AN OLDER PROJECT. 
          UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE SOMETIMES FACE ON THE STAFF WITH OUR OLDER PROJECTS IS THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE RECORDS ARE, UM, CHALLENGING TO TRACK DOWN. 
          SO FINDING DOCUMENTATION BEYOND JUST THE BASE ZONING ORDINANCE, LIKE, SO FINDING THE INITIAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED TO DEVELOP 
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ADDISON PLAZA AND WHAT PARKING RATIOS WERE APPLIED AT THAT TIME, THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO FIND. 
          I CANNOT FIND IT FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          WHAT I CAN FIND IS THE PD ZONING THAT SOME WAY LISTS THE PARKING RATIOS. 
          SO IF YOU APPLY THOSE TO THE CURRENT USE MIX, WHICH CAN EVOLVE AND CHANGE SOME ONE DAY, IT MAY BE MORE OFFICE ONE DAY, MAYBE MORE RETAIL, ONE DAY, IT MAY BE MORE RESTAURANTS. 
          AND DEPENDING ON HOW THAT IS, WHEN ALL OF THE SPACES ARE FULL, THEY MAY RUN INTO CHALLENGES WITH THE CAPACITY THAT EXISTS ON SITE VERSUS WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THAT USE MIX. 
          SO THEN YOU WOULD ALERT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE GET CLOSE ON THESE PARTICULAR PARTICULAR NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS. 
          SO HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN HAVE, SORRY, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. 
          SO AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNER AND OR AS THEY, WE RECEIVE NEW REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN OCCUPANCY OR NEW BUILDING PERMITS. 
          EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO RUN INTO AN ISSUE BASED ON THE CURRENT MIX, BUT THIS, UM, I THINK IS AN ISSUE THAT IS ALSO RELEVANT TO OUR UDC DISCUSSIONS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PARKING RATIOS. 
          SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT MAY NOT ULTIMATELY BE AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR, UH, WITH THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT OVERTIME CIRCLE. 
          SO APPARENTLY, UH, THE CODE REQUIREMENT IS EVERY 70 SQUARE FEET FOR ONE PROJECT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SO FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT OVERALL, THE PD, UH, FOR OFFICE IT'S ONE FOR 300 RETAIL, ONE FOR 200 RESTAURANT, ONE PER 100, THAT RESTAURANT, UM, UH, REQUIREMENT IS, UM, UH, MORE, A LITTLE MORE PERMISSIVE THAN OUR BASE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE IN THE CODE, WHICH IS ONE PER 70. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON RESTAURANT, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY MAY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THEY NEED TO ADJUST THE MIX OF TENANTS. 
          AND THIS CENTER TO THE GOD, I HAVE A LITTLE MORE OFFICE TO ALLOW FOR THAT LOWER PARKING RATIO. 
          AND USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT CANDACE IS DESCRIBING HAPPENS WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING IN ANOTHER, UH, USE, RIGHT? SO THEY, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY STAFF COMING OUT AND SAY, HEY, HEADS UP, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE CLOSER TO YOUR PARKING RATIOS. 
          IT'S THEY COME IN AND SAY, WE GOT THIS GREAT IDEA. 
          WE WANT THIS TENANT TO GO IN HERE. 
          AND WE SAY, GAG, YOU REALLY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THE PARKING RATIOS DON'T WORK BASED ON THE TENANT MIX OR, YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT JUST MAKE SURE IF THERE WAS LIKE, IF YOU WERE CLOSE, YOU'D SAY, WE'D GIVE THEM A HEADS UP, HEY, YOU CAN FIT THIS ONE. 
          THIS, YOU SIT IN HERE FOR, FOR THIS TIME, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAXED OUT ON YOUR PARKING. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING WE'RE CONTEMPLATING SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT THEN FALLS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHO DO I WANT MY, MY CENTER? RIGHT? ANY MORE QUESTION? WELL, THE LADY, THE GENERAL BUDDY, THIS IS PROBABLY DOING ANY, WHY YOU PUBLISH NOT TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          I LEFT HIM BECAUSE THE POVERTY, ALL RIGHT. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION CONDITIONS? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. 
          AND AS PART OF THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE EXISTING SUP REGARDING THE DUNKIN DONUTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          KIND OF CODE YES, YES. 
          WITH THE TERM CONDITIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WOULD MOTION FROM PAUL AND SECOND FROM LOGAN. 
          YEAH. 
          ON YOUR FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, WHEN YOU SAY AYE, OPPOSED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, NELSON AND LOUIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I WANT TO START BY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 11 
          [11.  Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution Appointing Whitt Wyatt as the City Attorney for the Town of Addison.    ]
PRESENT DISCUSSED THE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION ON POINTY, WAIT, WHITE AS THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE TOM OF AZ MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, PURSUANT TO, UH, COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTION AT, UH, OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UH, AND AS A RESULT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UH, UH, W THE FIRMA WOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING, UH, THIS ITEM IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPOINTING  AS CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE TABLET. 
          AS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, 
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I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION THAT WAY. 
          DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WELCOME ON BOARD FIRST. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AND AS I SAID BEFORE, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE ALREADY WORKING WITH A WISE THING AND YOUR STAFF, AND IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS, AND IT'S REALLY JUST AN HONOR, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED TO WORK FOR YOU GUYS, DO THE BEST WE CAN DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY MORE QUESTIONS TO WHAT, AND THEN MOVE APPROVAL. 
          SO WE'LL MAKE MOTION. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO ADD SOMETHING WITH WE'RE. 
          WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. 
          YOU'RE HERE WITH US. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THINK, UH, UH, BRENDAN MCCONNELL, ANDY MESSER, JULIE FORD, AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT MAKE UP THEIR TEAM FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, THANKS. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO I YOU'LL MADE IT SECOND. 
          IT I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT. 
          YES. 
          SO I ADDED MOTION, TOM, SECOND PHONE LOG. 
          AND WHEN YOU FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL RIGHT. 
          POSE. 
          HOW MUCH RELATION DID 
          [12.  Present and Discuss the Operations and Financial Reconciliation for Taste Addison 2021.  ]
I ATTEND? NUMBER 12, PRESENT, DISCUSS THE OPERATION AND FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION FOR TASTE EDISON 2021, JASMINE ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S A LOT OF SEX. 
          VERY CANCEL JASMINE ME AT SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR. 
          IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO SHARE AN UPDATE AND A RECAP ON TASTE ADDISON IN 2021. 
          SO TO KICK THINGS OFF, WHAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR, UM, ASIDE FROM HAVING TO PLAY AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NEW WITH THE FESTIVAL. 
          AND SO ONE OF THOSE WAS THAT WE NO LONGER OPERATED ON SUNDAY. 
          WE OPERATED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY, AND I HAVE ADJUSTED OUR HOURS TO OPERATE FROM TWO TO MIDNIGHT. 
          ON SATURDAY. 
          ALSO, WE INTRODUCED THE TASTING ROOM, WHICH WAS A NEW FEATURE, ALLOWING LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO PARTICIPATE WITH A LOWER INVESTMENT BY BEING ABLE TO OFFER SAMPLES FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, RATHER THAN HAVING TO STAFF AND OPERATE FOR THE FULL FESTIVAL. 
          WE ALSO INTRODUCED MOBILE ORDERING, WHICH ALLOWED PEOPLE TO ORDER THROUGH AN APP ON THEIR PHONE OR THROUGH THEIR PHONE AND TO PAY RATHER THAN TO HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE. 
          WE ALSO OFFERED AN EXTREMELY LARGER AMOUNT OF SEATING THROUGHOUT THE VENUE. 
          WE HAD THE TABLES AND CHAIRS EVERYWHERE IN THAT PART, UM, WHICH WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED SOME NEW SPECIALTY AREAS FOR CHILDREN. 
          WE HAD THE DISCOVERY DEPO AND THE ADVENTURE GROUP, AND THEN FOR OUR 21 AND UP GUESTS, WE HAD THE CUPCAKE WINE GARDEN. 
          WE'VE HAD WINE SAMPLING IN THE PAST, BUT WE HADN'T BUILT OUT A FULL GARDEN AREA THE WAY WE DID THIS YEAR. 
          SO GOING OVER THE IMPACT BECAUSE A LARGE PART OF WHAT OUR FESTIVALS DO IS TO ENHANCE THE ADDISON BRAND, WHETHER YOU ATTEND OR NOT, THE ADVERTISING THAT WE DO HELPS PROMOTE THE TOWN. 
          SO OUR PAID ADVERTISING FOR THIS EVENT INCORPORATING THE VARIETY OF METHODS, OUTDOOR BILLBOARDS, RADIO, TELEVISION, DIGITAL, UM, ONLINE ADS, SOCIAL MEDIA ADS, OVERALL THAT DELIVERED 18 AND A HALF MILLION IMPRESSIONS THAT IS UNDER 1 CENT PER IMPRESSION. 
          JASMINE, CAN YOU REWIND TO SUPPORT A DELIBERATE IMPRESSIONISTS? SO AN IMPRESSION IS WHEN SOMEBODY SEES YOUR MESSAGING. 
          SO FOR AN OUTDOOR BILLBOARD, THAT'S CALCULATED BY TRAFFIC STUDIES OF HOW MANY VEHICLES DRIVE BY THAT BILLBOARD DURING THE TIME, YOUR MESSAGES UP ON TV, HOW MANY VIEWERS WERE WATCHING THE STATION AT THE TIME, YOUR COMMERCIAL PLATE. 
          AND SO THAT'S CALCULATED USING DIFFERENT METHODS DEPENDING ON THE 
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TYPE OF MEDIA THAT YOU'RE USING. 
          AND SO WE HAD 1820 5 MILLION EYES ON OUR MESSAGING THROUGH OUR PAID ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 
          AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY LESS, IT WAS ABOUT HALF A CENT PER IMPRESSION. 
          SO IT WAS LESS THAN WE PAID THEM 2019 PER IMPRESSION. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WORKED OUT TRADE DEALS WITH VARIOUS MEDIA. 
          SO WE WORK WITH TV STATIONS FOR THIS EVENT. 
          IT WAS CBS. 
          WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH IHEART RADIO AND THEN OUR PR FIRM SECURES, UM, MORE MEDIA COVERAGE THROUGH THE PR EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          SO THIS SHOWS THE COVERAGE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS 30.5 MILLION IMPRESSIONS THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR PR FIRM. 
          AND THAT HAD A VALUE OF ABOUT $1.5 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED THAT COVERAGE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COMING UP WITH THIS EVENT WAS THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON OUR LOCAL HOTELS. 
          OUR EVENTS OF COURSE, ARE FUNDED FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE EVENTS WILL BRING PEOPLE IN AND PUT HEADS IN BEDS AND TASTE. 
          ADDISON CERTAINLY DID THAT. 
          WE HAD A NEW PROCESS FOR OUR HOTEL PACKAGES. 
          IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD WORKED WITH HOTELS TO OFFER A SPECIAL GRADE OF EXCHANGE, TO BE A PART OF OUR PACKAGES. 
          THIS YEAR, WE CHANGED THAT SO THAT YOU COULD STAY AT ANY HOTEL IN ADDISON. 
          THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO OFFER A SPECIAL RATE. 
          THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING UNIQUE. 
          ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS BOOK A ROOM AT ANY ADDISON HOTEL. 
          ALL ADDISON MOTELS WERE GIVEN BOUCHERS THAT THEY COULD HAND TO PEOPLE THAT I LOOKED AT THIS PACKAGE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND REDEEM THAT OR TICKETS TO THE EVENT AT DISCOUNT AT THE ORANGE TENT AND THE CANVAS BAG. 
          WHILE THOSE THAT SUPPLY LASTED, WE SAW A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BOOKINGS ON SATURDAY, WANTS TO GET INTO CAPACITY BECAUSE ONCE WE HIT THAT DESIGNATED NUMBER, THE ONLY WAY IN WAS THROUGH A HOTEL PACKAGE. 
          SO WE SAW PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE THE GATE ON THEIR PHONE, LOOKING HOTEL ROOMS, SHOWING US THEIR CONFIRMATION SO THAT THEY COULD GET IT. 
          WE HAD SEVERAL HOTELS THAT REPORTED TO US THAT THEY SOLD OUT TO THE CAPACITY THAT THEY HAD IN PLACE. 
          UM, MANY OF THEM ARE OPERATING AT A LIMITED CAPACITY AND DUE TO LOW SAPPY NUMBERS, BUT MANY OF THEM SOLD OUT WHEN ALL THE AVAILABLE ROOMS THAT WEEKEND, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PACKAGES THAT WERE DEEMED WAS 259, WHICH WAS A 133% INCREASE OVER THE PACKAGES THAT WERE DEEMED FOR TASTE STATUS IN 2019. 
          HEY, JASMINE, UM, ON THE, WHAT WE DID WITH HOTELS THIS YEAR, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING NEXT YEAR OR GOING FORWARD? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE DID THAT. 
          YOU'LL ALL SHARE IT. 
          WE DID THIS ACTIVITY COMING DOWN AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN FOR OKTOBERFEST AND IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL. 
          IT'S ALLOWING ALL THE HOTELS TO BENEFIT. 
          UM, SOMETHING I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS THAT EVERY HOTEL IN ADDISON SAW BOOKINGS OR TASTE ADDISON. 
          WE ACTUALLY TRACK THAT WHEN PEOPLE RETURN THE VOUCHERS TO US AT THE FESTIVAL GATE, THEY TELL US WHERE WE STAYED. 
          AND SO WE SAW AN IMPACT ON EVERY SINGLE HOTEL NEAR AT NIGHT IS WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE HOTELIERS? WERE THEY DID, THEY, SOME OF THEM WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE IN THE PAST THEY HAD TO SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM. 
          SO THOSE THAT HADN'T WEREN'T EXPECTING AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. 
          NOT THAT IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED, STAFF DID COMMUNICATE IT, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET TO THE PEOPLE SITTING AT THE FRONT DESK. 
          SO SEVERAL OF THEM WERE SURPRISED BY THE SUDDEN INFLUX OF BOOKINGS THAT THEY WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, BUT THE FEEDBACK WAS VERY POSITIVE. 
          THEY APPRECIATED THE EFFORTS AND IT HONESTLY RAISED A LOT OF THEIR AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE AGAIN, TASTES AHEAD OF SOON WAS IMPACTED BY INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          WE DID HAVE STORMS COME BOTH ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. 
          FORTUNATELY ON FRIDAY, FRIDAY EVENING, IT WAS A SHORT-LIVED STORM. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO RESUME OPERATIONS. 
          ALL OF OUR PERFORMERS WERE ABLE TO PERFORM AND PEOPLE, HONESTLY, AS SOON AS THE RAIN STOPPED, POPPED RIGHT BACK OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THEIR UMBRELLAS AND TABLES. 
          AND THE LINES WERE EXTREMELY LONG, WITHIN FIVE SECONDS FLAT ON SATURDAY. 
          HOWEVER, THE STORMS THAT CAME IN, CAME OUT ABOUT 10, 15, AND THEY DID NOT END UNTIL THREE OR FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          THEY REALLY WENT ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO WHILE WE DID ASK PEOPLE TO SHELTER ON SITE, HOPING THAT THE STORM WAS WITH PASS, WATCHING THE RADAR CONSISTENTLY, UM, THE STORM JUST CONTINUED TO GROW. 
          AND AT A CERTAIN POINT, ONCE IT GOT TO MIDNIGHT, WE REALIZED THE STORM WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUR BAND TO PERFORM. 
          THEY DID, HOWEVER, UH, DO A BASEBALL HIGH-PERFORMANCE OR IN THEIR RV BACKSTAGE. 
          AND SO THEY WANTED TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE FANS, AND WE APPRECIATED THAT FOR THEM. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE HAD PURCHASED A RAIN INSURANCE 
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POLICY AND SO THAT POLICY, AND THAT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $10,000. 
          IT COVERED OUR EVENT AND DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THAT CAME IN, ONE OF THE, THE CLAIM WAS AWARDED FOR ONE OF THE NIGHTS OF THE FESTIVAL, WHICH ALLOWED US TO RECEIVE $150,000 PAY OFF ON THAT POLICY. 
          SO WE MADE CLAIMS FOR BOTH NIGHTS. 
          WE MADE CLAIMS FOR BOTH NIGHTS. 
          UM, THE RE THE BULK OF THE RAIN, UM, ON SATURDAY NIGHT OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THE HOURS OF OUR CLAIM. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HIT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT, EVEN THE SATURDAY DID HAVE MORE RAIN. 
          HOWEVER, FRIDAY NIGHT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO WE RECEIVED A PAYOUT FOR GRADING IS VERY SMART AND BRILLIANT ACTION. 
          SO WE WILL DO THE SAME FALL OCTOBER FEST, RIGHT? YES. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THE SAME POLICY FOR OKTOBERFEST. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT IT WON'T LIKE THAT'S, , LET'S DO THAT. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT DEPTH ABOUT THE HOURS RUNNING IN HAND TO HAPPEN. 
          HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SEE, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO OUR POLICY FOR TASTE COVERED OUR HOURS FROM SIX TO 11:00 PM ON FRIDAY, AND FROM FIVE TO 11:00 PM ON SATURDAY. 
          UM, THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IF RAIN WERE TO HAPPEN AFTER 11:00 PM, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THROUGH A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF THE HUMAN ALSO, BUT THE LARGER TIMEFRAME YOU ENSURE THE HIGHER THE EXPENSES. 
          SO, UM, BECAUSE THE RAINS ON SATURDAY STARTED AT 10, 15, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, THEY HAD TO HIT 25, I MEAN, A QUARTER OF AN INCH, UM, IN ORDER FOR OUR POLICIES PAY OUT. 
          AND THE ROOM FROM 10, 15 TO 11 DID NOT MEET THAT THRESHOLD, UM, BEYOND 11 MINUTES. 
          WHAT WAS THE, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE CONTRACT AMOUNT WAS FOR THE BAND THAT HEADLINE YOUR BAND THAT PLAYED ON SATURDAY NIGHT? I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND $135,000. 
          HMM. 
          SO ROCKY, WHEN THEY'RE REFLECTING ON THE TIME, OR THERE WERE, OKAY. 
          SO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DID YOU LEARN? UM, YES. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ENSURE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE BEST AND THEN HOPE THAT WE DON'T MEAN IT, BUT, BUT IF WE DO, UM, WE'RE OKTOBERFEST AND YOU HAVE EXTENDED THE HOURS OF COVERAGE. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE THAT LAST OCTOBER FAST WAS WHEN IT WAS REALLY MEAN RAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR BIG NIGHT, YOU STAY IN THE BOOZE. 
          NO, SIR. 
          AS FAR AS RESTAURANTS GO, OBVIOUSLY OUR, ONE OF OUR MAIN HIGHLIGHTS AND THE REASON THAT WE DO WHAT WE DO WITH, AS I SAID, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 23 RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER THE 22 THAT PARTICIPATED IN 2019, THAT'S 10 RESTAURANTS, AS WELL AS BITTER SISTERS TOOK PART IN THE TASTING ROOM. 
          SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD 16 RESTAURANTS THAT WERE OPERATING BOTH CONCESSIONS. 
          SOME RESTAURANTS DID BOTH, WHICH IS WHY THOSE DON'T ADD UP TO 23. 
          THE AVERAGE GROSS SALES PER RESTAURANT WAS JUST UNDER $16,000, WHICH IS A 33% INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE GROSS SALES OVER 2019. 
          NOW I DO ONLY HAVE REPORTING FROM 14 OF THE 16 RESTAURANTS THAT WERE THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT AVERAGE IS BASED ON THE 14 RESTAURANTS THAT REPORTED THEIR SALES. 
          THE AVERAGE GROSS SALES PER ATTENDEE WAS $18, WHICH WAS ALSO AN INCREASE OVER 2019. 
          SO WE HAD MORE PEOPLE THERE, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE WERE SPENDING MORE, AND THE RESTAURANTS WHO PARTICIPATED DID BETTER THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S AN ALL AROUND SUCCESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, NORMALLY AT THIS POINT I WOULD HAND THIS OVER TO ASHLEY, RIGHT? SHE USUALLY WILL STEP IN AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES HERE. 
          SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH IT. 
          AND I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO OUR REVENUE HERE, AS FAR AS OUR SALES AND COMMISSION REVENUE, UM, OUR ADMISSIONS REVENUE WAS JUST UNDER 204,000 ADVENTURE GROWTH, WHICH WAS THE CHILDREN'S AREA WITH THE RIDES AND GAMES, UM, BROUGHT IN ABOUT 5,400, OUR MERCHANDISE BOOTH SOLD JUST OVER 20, $2,500 IN ORCHARD NETS. 
          AND AMERICA'S FINEST BEVERAGE, WHICH WAS THE CONCESSIONAIRE WHO OPERATED OUR BEER AND THE WINE OR DEDICATED BEER AND WINE BOOTS AT THE FESTIVAL. 
          UM, WE MADE 20,969 ON THEM. 
          AND THAT WAS OUR 20% COMMISSION ON THEIR OVERALL SALES, 
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THE 20,000 YES, PROFIT. 
          AND SO FOR SALES AND COMMISSION REVENUE, THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 230, $2,893. 
          OUR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES INCLUDED SPONSORSHIPS, SPONSORSHIPS WERE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY BEING ONE OF THE FIRST FESTIVALS COMING OFF OF RESTRICTIONS COMING UP, A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS JUST WEREN'T QUITE READY YET TO GO BACK TO INVESTING IN FESTIVALS. 
          SO WE WERE AT JUST UNDER $27,000 THERE, OUR BOOTH RENTALS INCLUDED BOTH OF THESE FOR OUR MARKETPLACE VENDORS, AS WELL AS OUR RESTAURANT FEES, BECAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE A COMMISSION FROM OUR RESTAURANTS THIS YEAR. 
          THEY PAID A FLAT FEE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO THAT BOOTH RENTAL FEE REVENUE WAS 19,700. 
          SO VARIOUS MISCELLANEOUS, SUCH AS INCOME FROM THE ATM MACHINES WAS $585. 
          AND THEN THE INDEMNITY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR BRAIN INSURANCE WAS $150,000. 
          SO THAT WAS A TOTAL OF $197,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          SO THAT BROUGHT US TO A BRAND TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $430,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE NEIGHBOR TAKES THAT, THAT EXCEEDS THE BUDGETED REVENUE. 
          UM, THIS YEAR'S BUDGETED REVENUE WAS $333,000. 
          SO WE WERE 129% OVER BUDGET. 
          WELL, 129% OF THE BUDGET OF THE GROUND. 
          AND SO AS FAR AS OUR MISSION ADMISSION AND ATTENDANCE GO, UM, OUR ATTENDANCE WAS THAN IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWO PREVIOUS TASTES BADASSES WITH JUST UNDER 17,000 PEOPLE AND ATTENDANCE, EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT WAS REDUCED TO A TWO DAY EVENT THAT DID NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR OVERALL ATTENDANCE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATED FROM THE ADMISSION HAS ALSO, UM, WAS INCREASED OVER 2019 AND WAS SIMILAR TO OUR 2018 MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, WE DID NOT SEE A NEGATIVE IMPACT THERE FROM THE ELIMINATION OF THE SUNDAY QUESTION. 
          SO FOR OUR EXPENSES, OUR LARGEST PORTIONS OF THE EXPENSES FOR THIS FESTIVAL ARE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE OUR AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY, THE CLEANING SERVICES. 
          UM, NEXT STEP WAS OUR ENTERTAINMENT. 
          THEN OUR RENTALS, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE TICKETS TABLES, FURNISHINGS, DECOR, NEXT STEP WAS OUR PAYROLL. 
          AND THEN OUR CONTINGENCY, WHICH WAS WHAT, THE FUNDS THAT WERE USED TO PURCHASE THE INSURANCE POLICY AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY OUR OUTSIDE SECURITY, THE OFFICERS, WE SECURE IT FROM OTHER AGENCIES. 
          SO OUR TOTAL EXPENSES WERE JUST UNDER $687,000. 
          UM, AND THAT ALSO WAS UNDER THE BUDGETED EXPENSE, UH, WHICH WAS $814,000. 
          UM, OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES CAME OUT TO ONLY 84% OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED. 
          SO WE OVERACHIEVED ON THE REVENUE AND WE STAYED UNDER ON THE EXPENSES OR A NET LOSS OF $256,858. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, OUR OUTCOME WAS MUCH IMPROVED OVER THE LAST THREE TASTES BADASSES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND OUR LOSS OF THE 250, JUST ABOUT JUST UNDER 257,000 WAS ACTUALLY ONLY 53% OF THE BUDGETED LOSS OF 481,000. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE EXPENSES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021? YES. 
          WE USED TO USE TASTY BUCKS. 
          AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD GET REVENUE IN, UH, THROUGH THE TASTY BUCKS, BUT THEN WE'D HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND MAKE A, UH, UH, AN EXPENDITURE OUT TO THE RESTAURANTS FOR THEIR, THEIR PART, THEIR PORTION OF THAT REVENUE. 
          SO WE KEPT, FOR EXAMPLE, 20% OF THE REVENUES, THEY GET A PERCENT OF THAT. 
          AND SO FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, YOU HAVE TO BOTH BOOK THE REVENUE WHEN IT COMES IN, AND THEN IT AS AN EXPENSE WHEN YOU PAY IT OUT TO THE RESPECTIVE RESTAURANTS, THAT'S THE BAIT, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, THE, THE YEAR, THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU SEE NOW, WE WITH THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WENT TO THE, UH, UH, THE POINT OF SALES SERVICE ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE COULD, WE CAN BETTER TRACK AND MANAGE THAT WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD STILL, UM, BE W FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, WE STILL HAVE TO REFLECT BOTH A REVENUE IN AND AN EXPENDITURE OUT. 
          AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN 2016, WE STARTED TO SHOW THIS DIFFERENTLY. 
          WE S WE STARTED TO SHOW IT THIS WAY PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, WE WEREN'T SHOWING AN EXPENDITURE FOR THOSE PAYMENTS OUT TO THE RESTAURANTS. 
          AND SO VERY OFTEN, YOU, YOU, YOU SAW AN UNDERSTATING OF 
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EXPENDITURES, UH, WHEN IN REALITY FROM JUST PURE ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRUE COST OF REVENUE AND APP INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS, UH, RELATIVE TO WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NOTICED, UH, AND THAT JASMINE SAID THIS YEAR, THAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY IS THIS IS INSTEAD OF CHARGING A PERCENTAGE OF, OR COLLECTING A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE FOR A BOOTH SPACE, WE JUST CHARGED A FLAT FEE. 
          SO THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T COLLECT THE REVENUES FROM THOSE RESTAURANTS. 
          THEY WENT DIRECTLY INTO THEIR OWN ACCOUNTS, NO PERCENT THROUGH THERE. 
          NO, YEAH, THERE WAS NO PERCENTAGE, BUT WE NEVER RECEIVED THOSE REVENUE. 
          IT WAS JUST DIRECTLY TO THE RESTAURANTS. 
          THE ONLY THING WE COLLECTED FROM THE RESTAURANTS WERE THAT WAS THE BOOTH RENT FOR LEVEL OF QUESTION IS, UM, REMEMBER WE PAID 50% TO THE END, THE TENDERS. 
          SO DOES THAT INCLUDE IN THE CURRENT TOTAL 31, OR YOU CALCULATE IT TO 2020, BUT THAT DIDN'T SEE 2020, CORRECT. 
          THE 50% THAT WAS PAID OUT TO THE ENTERTAINERS IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT IN THIS BUDGET. 
          SO THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER REASON WHY FROM 2019, I TOLD YOU THAT YESTERDAY, BUT IT'D BE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION YESTERDAY. 
          SO, SO TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ABOUT $175,000 WORTH OF, UH, ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES THAT AREN'T REFLECTED IN 2014. 
          I DON'T GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THAT PAID IN 2020, RIGHT. 
          WE DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SAID IS SELL THAT ALONE. 
          APPARENTLY DIDN'T WE FLAT IN THE 2021 EXPENSES. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO DRILL DOWN INTO WHAT AMOUNT THAT IS. 
          THE TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSE WAS 178,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ABOUT THAT SAME AMOUNT, MAYBE A SLIGHTLY LESS, BECAUSE THIS ALSO INCLUDES THINGS THAT WE ENDED UP DOING, LIKE PAYING FOR MCS, OR IF WE HAD A FEW FANS THAT COULDN'T CARRY FORWARD, THEY DISBANDED, WE HAD TO HIRE A NEW BAND. 
          SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT IT WOULD BE SIMILAR PROBABLY AROUND ONE 60 OR SO FROM, FROM FISCAL YEAR 2018. 
          SO FROM GLEANING, I'M HEARING SORT OF A PRETTY AVERAGE YEAR. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU WERE TO ADD THAT INTO OUR EXPENSES, WE WOULD HAVE STILL COME IN WELL UNDER BUDGET BY ABOUT $90,000 TOTAL, OUR TOTAL LOSS WITH IT ENDED UP STILL ABOUT 90,000 UNDER BUDGET. 
          EVEN IF YOU ADDED THAT IN, YOU GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO OUR THOUGHTS AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR, AND WE HAVE NOT STARTED THE PLANNING PROCESS OR FISCAL YEAR 2022, JUST ON WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, UM, IS TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT WE DID THIS YEAR. 
          IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. 
          IT WORKED WELL. 
          I THINK IT WAS BETTER FOR OUR RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, BUT THE TWO DAY SCHEDULE THAT WE DID, UH, WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD'VE COME ON SUNDAY JUST CAME ON SATURDAY, WHICH HELPS US WITH ATTENDANCE WITH OUR REVENUE NUMBERS AS A TICKET A DAY, AND THEN ALLOWS THE RESTAURANTS TO JUST CONSOLIDATE THAT BUSINESS AND FEWER DAYS AND LESS TIME PERCENT. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO DESIGN AND MARKET THE EVENT TWO OR THREE TARGET GROUPS, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THOSE INTERESTED IN THE FOOD, THOSE INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC, AS WELL AS FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH THE RESTAURANTS TO IMPROVE THE TASTING EXPERIENCE. 
          IT WAS VERY POPULAR. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE RESTAURANTS ON HOW TO BEST EXECUTE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, AND WHAT I'M SURE WILL BE VERY POPULAR IS THAT WE BLEND TO REINSTATE THE VIP AREA AND THE OVERALL VIP EXPERIENCE FOR RJ STATUS. 
          AND NEXT YEAR, UH, HOW DO YOU FORESEE LEVERAGING LEAD SURPRISED FROM THE, UM, FROM THE HOTELS AS FAR AS THERE WAS PROBABLY SCATTER WHEN YOU WERE THERE THAT YOU WERE, UH, ACTUALLY OFFERING SPECIALISTS? WELL, THE GOOD THING IS ONCE THEY SAW THOSE WHO HADN'T REALLY BEEN PARTICIPATING ONCE THEY SAW HOW TASTELESS WENT, WE'RE THAT MUCH MORE PREPARED FOR, IT COULD BE ONE TOWN RAMPING UP THEIR STAFFING AND READY FOR WHAT BALLOON TITLE WOULD BRING. 
          AND, UM, I, I BELIEVE JUST FROM SPEAKING WITH ALICIA, THAT THEY'VE SEEN A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE AND THAT THE HOTEL 
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IS JUST SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGED AS THEY'RE SEEING THE BENEFITS. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S PROSPECT. 
          YEAH. 
          COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON ONE ON THE, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR IMPROVING ON THE EXECUTION ON THAT THE TASTING ROOM EXPERIENCE, I KNOW SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS WERE HAVE FOOD AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS LISTENING TO COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE, THE ATTENDEES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, HAD PREPARED THE RESTAURANTS FOR THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES AND SO ON. 
          AND FOR SOME REASON IT JUST DIDN'T CLICK THROUGH ON THE EXECUTION. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHY. 
          YES, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE IS THAT NOT ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS BROUGHT THE REQUESTED NUMBER OF SAMPLES. 
          AND SO SOME WERE ANNOUNCED SOONER THAN OTHERS. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANT TO WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT MAKES SENSE, WHAT WORKS FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO DO. 
          SO THE OTHER THING THAT'S LIKE A COMMENT ON THE VIP EXPERIENCE AND AREA, ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT ALL OF THE CHAIRS AND TABLES THAT WAS REALLY POPULAR AND EVERYONE HAD A PLACE TO SIT. 
          AND SO IN THINKING ABOUT THE VIP EXPERIENCE FROM BEFORE, A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS HAVING THE ABILITY TO, TO HAVE THE SEATING. 
          UM, I DUNNO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT MORE OF A VIP EXPERIENCE, BUT MAYBE SOMEHOW WE CAN COME UP WITH A CREATIVE WAY TO MAKE IT MORE OF A VIP EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF JUST, UM, THE DRINK TICKETS AND THE CHAIRS ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT THAT WE WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR AIMEE COMPANY AND EXPLORE THEM AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM WORK. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SORT OF BOUNCING AROUND, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DUG INTO IT TO EXPLORE USABILITY YET. 
          YEAH. 
          OR I THINK, OR THE RESTAURANT FOR THE REGULAR BOOTH. 
          GREAT. 
          IT SELLS ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM, INCLUDING MINE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD JOB AND ALSO FACING THE PANDEMIC WITH ALL THE TABLES AROUND AND PEOPLE, THEY VERY ENJOY IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL, EVEN THOUGH, IN THE RENT ON FRIDAY FOR 45 MINUTES, THEY HIDING THE BOOZE AND THE CHATTING, EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, AFTER TIM COULDN'T SEE THE, UH, THE HELL ON HER BUTT OR THE STILL BRIGHT, GOOD EVENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE RESTAURANT MAKE EVEN BETTER CELLS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS HIGH OR IT'S STILL RUNNING GOOD. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE AND THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS THE TASTING ROOM. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU MOST SITUATION BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY. 
          NORMALLY THEY DON'T, THEY DIDN'T MAKE SO MUCH FOOD, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. 
          SO, UH, I DUNNO HOW TO COME MEET HIM IN THE, WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU HAVE TO JUST 500 TASTES IS NOT ENOUGH, MAYBE AT LEAST A THOUSAND OR EVEN MORE, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE TERRIBLE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T KEEP ON, GO BACK, JUST ASK HIM HOW MANY PEOPLE GOING INTO THE TASTING ROOM. 
          SO IF EVERYBODY GO RUN TWICE, THEN IF THEY BRING 500 BYTES, YOU CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 250 PEOPLE. 
          BUT INDEED, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN EAT EVERYTHING TWICE. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S JUST ESTIMATED CONSERVATIVELY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD. 
          THEY NEED TO BRING WATER SAMPLES OF FOOD TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD THEM. 
          MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN BE DONE, WE JUST GATHER ALL THE WISDOM AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. 
          GIVE THEM SOME INCENTIVE TO BRING MORE FOOD. 
          JUST LIKE IF I HAVE A REGULAR BOOTH, IF I DON'T HAVE A FOOD I COULD HAVE SELL. 
          SO REGARDLESS I WILL PREPARE IT BETTER. 
          AND I HAVE MY CHEF WATER HOTTER MAKE AS MUCH FOOD AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? JUST LIKE MY NEXT DOOR PIZZA PLACE, THEY GET THAT. 
          THEY SET THE PIZZA. 
          I DIFFERENT STORES BECAUSE THE ONE STORE COULD HAVE PRODUCED MANY PIZZA. 
          SO THEY HAVE A FOUR STORES PRODUCE PIZZA AT DIFFERENT 
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TIME. 
          AND THIS SET OF GUIDES WILL DELIVER. 
          HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE SEEN THE EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR SAY ON HIM AND THEY, THEY TO LEARN SO THAT THEY WILL BE MORE BETTER PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE. 
          SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WITH JUST TASTING ROOM VENDORS. 
          RESTAURANTS EMPHASIZE HOW BUSY WE'LL WORK THIS YEAR. 
          SO THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MORE SAMPLES, MORE FOOD LAST CASE-BY-CASE. 
          IT SEEMED LIKE THE DESSERT PEOPLE WILL EXECUTE A BETTER. 
          SO BY THE TIME I WENT THROUGH THE LINE, I HAD A LOT OF DESSERT AND NOT A LOT OF THE, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO MAYBE EVEN HAVE A SEPARATE AREA FOR THE DESSERT OR SOMETHING SO, OR SOMETHING. 
          I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT EACH RESTAURANT WAS ASKED TO BRING 500 SAMPLES OF WHATEVER THEY WERE SERVING. 
          AND THEN WE SOLD 500 TICKETS AND EACH PERSON WALKED THROUGH IT, BUT ONLY STOP AT EACH LOCATION ONCE I SAID, SO IT SHOULD HAVE ADDED UP. 
          IT JUST DID IT, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY TALKING TO THEM AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DON'T WORK FOR THEM. 
          SO WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BETTER DESIGN IT'S YEAH. 
          MAYBE JUST BRINGING UP THE NUMBER AND THAT'S MY SUGGESTION, BECAUSE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH INCENTIVE, BUT IF, IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH INCENTIVE TO ONE, WHAT DID THE BUTTER OFF GET THAT DONE? YOU KNOW? WELL, JUST, JUST TO REMIND YOU ONE MORE, THIS LAST TIME, WE'LL SAY THIS, BUT WE, IF WE TOLD THEM TO BRING 10,000 AND THEY ONLY BROUGHT A THOUSAND, THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          HE SAID TO ME, I WANT TO, I WANT TO SAY IT A COUPLE OF THINGS AND IT'S, UH, I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY. 
          I WASN'T THERE FRIDAY, SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK MORE ON SATURDAY, BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY NICE WORK IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, TRYING TO GET RESTAURANTS OUT WITH THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AND SHORT-STAFFED, AND IT GOES ON AND ON. 
          SO IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAD THE EVENT. 
          IT WAS PRETTY GREAT WORK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT AN INSURANCE PERSON, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE INSURING THIS EVENT AFTER, AFTER THE RAIN, WE TYPICALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME OF YEAR DURING THE WHOLE, UM, UM, I LIKED, I DIDN'T THINK I'D SAY THIS IF I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, BUT I REALLY LIKED THAT IT'S JUST A TWO DAY EVENT. 
          I THINK IT JUST WORKS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A LITTLE BIT ARRESTED. 
          UH, THREE DAYS IS PRETTY, PRETTY HARD ON EVERYBODY THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN THAT EVENT. 
          SO I LIKE TWO DAYS, UM, THE WAY THAT I JUST DID IT. 
          UM, AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING. 
          IT WAS INTERESTING. 
          I WAS JUST WALKING AROUND, JUST OBSERVE SO MANY THINGS. 
          SATURDAY NIGHT, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY, YOU KNOW, GROWN ADULTS SO HAPPY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE ALMOST LIKE LITTLE KIDS IN DISNEYLAND. 
          I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN, TAKE IN TAKING THIS EVENT. 
          SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE WE WERE, WE WERE STRUGGLING. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE THE RESTAURANTS TO MEET THE BIG, BIG DEMAND. 
          SO, UM, I'M HOPING SOMEHOW WE CAN, WE, THE RESTAURANT, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE MAKING OUT A REAL WELL LONG, LONG LINE SATURDAY NIGHT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN MARK IT THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          LIKE, PLEASE, IF YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST YEAR, PLEASE JOIN US. 
          WE'LL BRING THE PEOPLE, YOU BRING THEM FOOD. 
          AND, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL BE MUCH BIGGER. 
          SO THANKFUL ANY ONE QUESTION FOR JESSALYN? THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A GREAT JOB. 
          ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE CONTINUES. 
          I HAVE 
          [13.  Present and Discuss the Operations and Financial Reconciliation for Addison Kaboom Town! 2021.  ]
NUMBER 13, PRESENT, DISCUSS THE OPERATION AND FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION FOR EDISON KABOOM 2021. 
           ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          JASMINE LEE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS, AND I AM PLEASED TO BRING YOU A RECAP OF OUR 20, 20  AND SO MUCH AS I JUST SHARED WITH TASTY ADDISON, WE WERE ONCE AGAIN, PLANNING THE FESTIVAL 
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OR THE MIDST OF UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR 2021 WAS THAT ATTENDEES WERE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FREE TICKETS IN ORDER TO ENTER THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS. 
          UM, THAT WAS DONE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. 
          UH, ONE BEING THAT WE WERE MANAGING OUR CAPACITY, UH, MORE TIGHTLY THAN WE HAVE. 
          WE ALWAYS HAVE A CAPACITY AND HIT IT. 
          THAT EDISON COULD BE WITH HIM. 
          WE WERE MANAGING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIGHTLY THIS YEAR, AND ALSO IN OUR EFFORT TO ASSIST WITH MINIMIZING UNNECESSARY CROWDING OFFERING THE TICKETS WAS GOING TO ALLOW US TO CUT DOWN ON THE MASS OF HUMANITY THAT EXPANDED OUTSIDE OF THE ADDISON COULD BRING DOWN GATES, TRYING TO GET IN BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET IN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RUSH TO GET IN THERE. 
          THE SECOND, THE GATES OPEN RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN EARLY ACCESS TO THOSE TICKETS AND WE HAD 2,900 AND OR RESIDENT TICKETS ISSUED, OR THE FESTIVAL. 
          WE ALSO HAD A NEW LAYOUT TO OUR FRONT GATES, WHICH INCLUDED HAVING LIVE MUSIC LIKE THE FRONT GATES, WHICH WE HEARD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE REALLY JUST IMPROVED THE BODY WHILE THEY'RE WAITING IN LINE TO ENTER THE FESTIVAL. 
          WE ALSO HAD A MUCH ENHANCED FIREWORKS DISPLAY. 
          WE HAD THIS ENHANCED FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST YEAR, BUT NO ONE HAD THE CHANCE TO ENJOY IT IN PERSON. 
          SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO BRING THIS TO OUR LIVE AUDIENCE THIS YEAR WITH 25% MORE PRODUCTS THAN 2019. 
          WE ALSO HAD THE FREEDOM FLY OVER THIS YEAR, WHICH TOOK THE PLACE OF THE ADDISON AIRPORT AIR SHOW JUST FOR 2021 THAT ALLOWED OUR CROWDS FROM ALL OVER ADDISON TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PLANES, WHICH NORMALLY CAN REALLY BEST BE SEEN FROM OVER ASSETS OF COPART AS THEY LEAVE DOWN BELTLINE THAT HAVE THE TOLLWAY OVER ALL AREAS OF ADDISON, TO TRY TO EXPAND THAT AS PEOPLE WERE STILL SOMEWHAT DISTANCING AND VIEWING FROM ALTERNATE LOCATIONS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE HAD VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS FOR 19. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THE LIMITED CAPACITY. 
          WE DID BOX MEALS INSTEAD OF IN A LITTLE BIT LIKE ANY IN THE VIP AREA. 
          AND SO WE JUST HAVE VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS LIKE THAT. 
          SO GOING INTO OUR ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, WE DO NOT SPEND NEARLY AS MUCH MONEY ON PAID ADVERTISING FOR ADDISON, FOR THE BOOMTOWN DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LARGE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE WE'RE TO OBTAIN FROM PRESS COVERAGE AND THROUGH OUR PR FIRM. 
          AND SO WE PAID OR APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AND THEN GIVE OUR INPUT AND TRADES WITH CW 33 IHEART RADIO AND OUR PR PERFORMANCE EFFORTS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ANOTHER 29.6 AND MISSING A NUM A NUMBER IN THERE ABOUT 29.6 MILLION IMPRESSIONS THROUGH OUR IN KIND VR WORK, WHICH IS A MILLION LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS. 
          OH, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR LAST YEARS PREVIOUS THAT, THAT WE LOOKED AT. 
          OH, AND . 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND ONE PART OF THAT IS IT'S A DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS ON THAT EVENT. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PIECE OF IT. 
          UM, SO FOR OUR HOTEL ROOMS, THIS WAS EVEN MORE EXCITING THAN WHAT HAPPENED WITH TASTE. 
          UM, WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS THAT I EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY WHERE PEOPLE COULD BOOK WITH ANY HOTEL AND ADDISON, UM, IN ORDER TO SECURE THE BENEFITS OF THE GUARANTEED ADMISSION AND THE BRAND AND BLANKET AND EVERY HOTEL IN ADDISON. 
          ONCE AGAIN HAD EVENT BOOKINGS, WE HAD MULTIPLE HOTELS THAT BOOKED TO CAPACITY AND THIS TIME IT WAS REALLY TRULY TO CAPACITY. 
          UM, THE HOTELS WERE PREPARED OR THE NORMAL LARGE CROWDS, AND WE'RE STAFFED UP AND JUST TRULY BUILD UP SEVERAL OF THEM BUILD UP THE WEEK PRIOR TO, AND NOT JUST ON THE DAY OF THE TOTAL PACKAGES THAT WE HAD REDEEMED AT THE FESTIVAL GATES WAS, UM, JUST OVER 1100 PACKAGES. 
          THAT'S A 119% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER OF PACKAGES THAT WERE REDEEMED IN 2019 AND MORE THAN DOUBLE ANY OTHER YEAR THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD. 
          AND SO, UM, IT'S A COMBINATION OF HAVING THAT LIMITED CAPACITY AND PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A GUARANTEED WAY INTO THE FESTIVAL AND THAT REALLY DID SUPPORT OUR HOTELS VERY HEAVILY AND SUDDENLY SAW A GREAT BENEFIT GETTING INTO OUR EXPENSES, OUR TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE EVENT. 
          THEY'LL JUST SHORT OF $100,000 THAT INCLUDED 70,500 AND SPONSORSHIP REVENUES, WHICH IS, SOUNDS SLIGHTLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT NOT TOO DRAMATICALLY. 
          THANKS TO, UM, SECURING A PRESENTING LEVEL SPONSORSHIP WITH GOCO AT A VERY HIGH VALUE. 
          UM, WE ALSO SECURED, UH, JUST OVER $28,000 
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IN INVOICE REVENUE. 
          INVOICE REVENUE IS THE COMMISSION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSIONAIRES ARE 20% THAT WE TAKE. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE THAT WILL INCLUDE SALES AT THE MARCH 10 REVENUE FROM THE ATM MACHINES AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. 
          UM, SO OUR REVENUE DID COME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER WHAT WAS BUDGETED. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO LOWER SPONSORSHIPS AS WELL AS REDUCED OVERALL FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE LOWER ATTENDANCE. 
          AND SO OUR REVENUE CAME IN AT ABOUT 86% OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED. 
          AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, OUR ATTENDANCE WAS VERY MUCH REDUCED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND SO THEREFORE OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE TOTAL SALES WAS ALSO REDUCED FROM PRIOR YEARS. 
          UM, THE REDUCTION WAS NOT IN KIND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE SPENDING ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED BY THE SAMPLE BOOMTOWN SPIN WHILE OUR ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN 59%, OUR SALES WERE ONLY DOWN 36%. 
          AND SO, UM, SO SOMETHING THAT WE SAW THERE WAS THAT OUR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OR AVERAGE SALES PER ATTENDEE WAS ALMOST $14 PER PERSON VERSUS, UM, JUST UNDER $9 PER PERSON IN 2019. 
          AS FOR OUR EXPENSES, THE LARGEST EXPENSE WAS OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE OUR AUDIO VISUAL FOR THE STAGE AND THE STAFFING. 
          THERE ARE CLEANING SERVICES. 
          THE NEXT WAS PAYROLL, UM, OR HAVING EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING OUT OF POLICE OFFICERS, THEN THE FIREWORKS COME UP SHORTLY AFTER THAT. 
          AND THEN RENTALS, WHICH INCLUDES TENTS, TABLES, CHAIRS, AND DECOR ARE OUTSIDE SECURITY. 
          THE OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES, THE EXPENSES DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE VIP AREA AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES AND OUR ENTERTAINMENT, OUR ENTERTAINMENT FEES CAME IN VERY LOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE BANDS THAT WE HAD WAS 50% PAID FOR IN 2020. 
          SO WE ONLY HAD TO PAY THE BALANCE AND THE OTHER BAND ACTUALLY PERFORMED AT NO COST. 
          UM, AND WHEN IT'S JUST ESSENTIALLY A DONATION AND SUCH MAN DOES THAT, THAT WAS MANHATTAN BANK. 
          AND THE FIRST BAND THAT PERFORMED, THEY ACTUALLY PERFORMED FOR DINNER. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND SO OUR TOTAL EXPENSES WERE, OR $107,653. 
          THAT WAS 78% UNDER THE BUDGETED EXPENSES OF $524,000. 
          SO 78, 70% OF THAT, SORRY, 78% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET DETERMINED THAT 78% UNDER IT. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT BEING TOLD OUR TOTAL LOSS WAS $308,000, WHICH WAS 75% OF THE BUDGETED LOSS BEFORE $108,000. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL NUMBERS FOR 2021, WE'RE IN KIND WITH OUR NUMBERS FOR 2019, AS WELL AS 2017 WITH 2018, HAVING BEEN A SLIGHTLY BETTER YEAR DUE LARGELY TO THE BACKS THAT WE HAD IN VERY HIGH VALUE SPONSORSHIP, UM, THAT YOU CAN'T WORK WITH STREAM AND WAS UNDER VERY HIGH VALUED SPONSORSHIP. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH OUR REVENUES WERE DOWN, WE, WE KEPT OUR EXPENSES DOWN, UM, IN PART BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE AFTER PARTY. 
          AND SO THAT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR STAFF FOR SECURITY, FOR SERVICES AND WHATNOT. 
          AND SO THAT IS A LARGE PART OF WHAT ALLOWED US TO KEEP OUR EXPENSES DOWN THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO OUR THOUGHTS FOR NEXT YEAR, WE PLAN TO EXPLORE WHETHER THE CONTINUED USE OF AGAIN, TICKETING WILL MAKE SENSE AND WOULD WORK FOR THE EVENT. 
          UM, WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO A HIGHER CAPACITY, UM, BUT JUST EXPLORING WHETHER THAT WILL MAKE SENSE TO ELIMINATE THE CRUSH AT THE FRONT GATES, THE NEED TO CLOSE GATES AND PEOPLE'S FACES AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE FESTIVAL AND RATHER SUPPORT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN, AND IF THEY'RE NOT PUSH THEM TOWARDS OUR WATCH PARTIES, PUSH THEM TOWARDS THE OTHER AREAS AND ADDISON, OR THEY CAN GO AND STILL ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, WHERE I SAY TO ENHANCE THE FREEDOM PLAN OVER. 
          CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING AT THE TIME I TAKE THIS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING DIFFERENT SOON, THE ADDISON AIRPORT, AIR SHAFT. 
          UM, AND SO I'M WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE HAD, PRIOR TO OUR PLANS FOR 2020 WERE TO INTRODUCE WATER ATTRACTIONS TO THE CARNIVAL FIELD, UM, INFLATABLE, WATER SLIDES, DRY AND SLIP IN THE SLIDES. 
          IT'S HOT OUT THERE. 
          SO GO AND DUANE HAVE FUN. 
          UM, AND SO OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO, TO LOOK INTO DOING THAT FOR 2022, 
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WE THINK THAT'LL BE VERY POPULAR. 
          THIS IS THE BEST EVENT I CAN TELL. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ATTRACTED THE MOST PEOPLE WITH THE LEAST LOSS, WHICH WE SPONSOR THIS, BUT I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. 
          I LIKE THE WAY YOU HELP PEOPLE BUY THE FREE TICKET ONLINE, BUT A HOT OUT LOSING INFORMATION YOU ASK. 
          SO ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT IT'S NOT JUST RESTRICT THE NUMBER, BUT ALSO FOR SECURITY REASONS. 
          SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE ASK AND THEN, UH, IN THE FUTURE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT YOU'VE DONE A SAFER, SAFER WAY. 
          THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, I THINK THE TRAFFIC IS MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED NUMBERS IN THE PARK, ESPECIALLY SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DRIVE A LAWN AND THEN I GET IT BACK BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, WOW, UH, I CAN TELL YOU VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT I JUST HOPE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF NEXT YEAR WE EXPAND THIS TO DOUBLE CAPACITY, I WOULD IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC WOULDN'T BE WORSE, BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, PULL IT IN THE SAFETY, SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THINGS INTO THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKED. 
          SO, UH, WHICH IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CAN ASK FOR THEM. 
          WE CAN'T MAKE IT ILLEGAL MAYOR. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW, JUST PUT PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR IT, YOU WILL ASK FOR SEVEN QUESTIONS, THE NAME. 
          SO WHEN THEY SIGN UP ONLINE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHAT ELSE INFORMATION YOU ASKED SINCE I DIDN'T GO ONLINE TO CHECK AND SO DOES IT GET A FREE TICKET? THERE'S NO LIKE PAYMENT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. 
          IT IS JUST YOUR NAME, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. 
          AND THAT IS THERE WERE CELL PHONE I'M ASKING YOU. 
          NO, NO. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE ASKING ANYONE FOR A PHONE NUMBER. 
          WE DIDN'T COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. 
          JUST THE EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          WE'LL JUST FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS IT RIGHT HERE, BUT HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THOSE INFORMATION, MAKING THE SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT EVENT? OF COURSE, IF SOME TERRORISTS WANT TO USE THE EVENT TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN, BUT THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT WE CAN CATCH THEM RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO THAT'S MY CONCEPT. 
          SO WHEN YOU EXPAND THE CAPACITY, THEN MORE SECURITY AND IT WOULD BE ALWAYS BETTER. 
          SO WE DID GATHER THE WISDOM, THINK ABOUT IT. 
          NO, I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT. 
          YOU KNOW, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE THAT? JASMINE, CAN YOU REMIND US, GIVE US TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN PREVIOUS EVENTS. 
          CAN YOU REMIND US ABOUT WHY THE AFTER PARTY WAS ADDED? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS ADDED BEFORE I WAS WITH THE TOWN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE AFTER PARTY WAS ADDED TO HELP WITH TRACK. 
          IT, GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS DAY. 
          SO SOME PEOPLE WILL LEAVE RIGHT AWAY, BUT SOME WOULD SAY ARE THE AFTER PARTY. 
          AND THAT HELPS SPREAD OUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE PARKING GARAGE IS AT ONE TIME, WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THE PEOPLE STAYING IN THE PARK INSTEAD OF LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO RELIEVE THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S THE MAIN CHARACTERS, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND BY DOING THAT, YOU WILL EXTEND THE HOURS FOR SECURITY STAFF, ADDITIONAL CONTRACT YOUR SERVICES. 
          AND ALSO THE, UH, I THINK, UH, EMERIL CITY HAS PERFORMED FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, THEIR PAYMENT. 
          SO, UM, GOOD OR BAD. 
          SO, BUT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE HALF OF THE ATTENDANCE, WE RESTRICT IT TO A HALF. 
          SO THE TRAFFIC IS SO GOOD. 
          THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE ANYWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IF WE CAN, EMERALD CITY IS SO ENGAGING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LOOK AT HAVING THEM BACK AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, WE HAD A TASTE ADDISON THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND 
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PART OF THE REASON WE HAD THEM A TASTE STATUS AND IT'S BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO PLAY FOR FREE. 
          SO THEY'VE OFFERED TO PLAY FOR YOU FOR FREE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO  COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO SPEND MONEY WHEN SOMEBODY IS OFFERING TO PLAY FOR FREE. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULDN'T, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND AGAINST IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN THE AFTER PARTY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT FEATURE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT, IT'S NOT JUST A PART OF THE WORKSHOP, IT'S AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, FROM FIVE 30 TO MIDNIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR ENGAGEMENT HERE. 
          SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          I THINK THE MAYOR MAKES A GOOD POINT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERING LIMITING THE ATTENDANCE IN THE PARK, AT LEAST DURING THE, AT LEAST UNTIL THE AFTER PARTY. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC WAS, WAS REALLY QUITE REMARKABLY BETTER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WHEN IT'S CROWDED, I THINK IT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF EXPERIENCE  YEAH. 
          AND SO YOU, YOU, YOU HEAR ME THERE'S MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME LOSE MY MIND. 
          MAYBE THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25,000, 10,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL SEE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ENGAGING MAN RIGHT THERE ON THIS, THAT THIS YEAR. 
          SO LATE  OCCURRING AFTER THE FIREWORKS WILL HELP WITH THIS PERSON, WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT, I THINK, OR SHE'S ALREADY FINISHED, BUT GO AHEAD, CIRCLE BACK. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT IF WE COULD GET THE ADS LIKE THE ADS AND CIRCLE RESTAURANTS TOGETHER TO ALL FOR THE SPILLOVER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM 10% OFF OR SO, I MEAN, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY THAT, BUT A FREE PIE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD GIVE PEOPLE VOUCHERS INSTEAD OF JUST TURNING THEM AWAY WITH NOTHING. 
          I MEAN, NOT VOUCHERS, BUT YOU KNOW, NO WAY WITH NOTHING. 
          WE JUST GAVE HIM THE BEST FIREWORKS SHOW. 
          NO, I MEAN, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET INTO THE, TO THE BAR, I'M SORRY, THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULDN'T GET IN. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, MY COMMENT IS ABOUT, ABOUT THE, UM, I LOVE THE TICKETS. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 
          PEOPLE WOULD GET TICKETS, WE CAPTURE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN LIMIT AND THEY KNOW, AND IT'S NOT THIS HUGE CRUSHING PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN AND ELBOW THEIR WAY IN TO GET TO THE SEATS. 
          I LIKE THAT. 
          I HAD GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT OX NEEDLES, WHICH WAS EVERYBODY LIKED THAT IT WAS JUST LIKE, YOU JUST WALK UP AND PICK WHAT YOU WANT HANDLED IT SO MUCH QUICKER. 
          SO I LIKED THAT AND IN THAT AREA, AND I'LL SAY IT, I WAS OKAY WHEN I HEARD MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MAN BEFORE THE THING WAS TOO LOUD. 
          SO IT WASN'T, I'D SAY THE FOOT, THAT BOX TOO IS REALLY GOOD, BUT THE PLUSH IS VERY SMALL. 
          SO NEXT YEAR, MAKE SURE THEY NEED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE INTO IT. 
          IT'S JUST A FEELING. 
          THE LIGHTS  TASTES GOOD. 
          I THOUGHT WE DID GREAT. 
          ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING, I MEAN, I LOVE KIND OF, KIND OF EVERYBODY LOVES GOOGLE, BUT THIS IS, TO ME, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. 
          I HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING UP AND THANKING ME, LIKE I'D DONE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL, A LINE ITEM IN A BUDGET. 
          BUT, UH, SO I THINK THOSE THINGS GO TO YOU ALL AND, AND EVERYBODY YOU'VE WORKED WORK THAT. 
          AND I TRIED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE FOLKS I WAS SPEAKING WITH. 
          SO, UM, GREAT WORK. 
          EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME. 
          UM, I, I UNDERSTAND, AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE CUTBACKS THAT WE MADE THERE WERE, THEY WERE NEEDED FOR THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN. 
          UM, BUT WHEN WE RAMP UP, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE AIR SHOW. 
          UM, AND, AND I, 
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I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK, UM, IN THAT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, PART OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT SEPARATES US. 
          I MEAN, MORE THAN SEPARATE PUTS US IN THE TOP FIVE. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S CRAZY. 
          WE'RE COMPETING TOTALLY WITH MYSELF. 
          NUMBER ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE COMPETING WITH NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, DC. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AWESOME WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT, BUT TO STAY UP THERE, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BRING BACK OR OUR FULL, UH, ADDISON AIRPORT ARRAY OF, OF STUCK PLAYING. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAD SOME QUESTION TO ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT PLANES FLEW WITH, HOW MUCH, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT FLEW AND THE PRICE THAT WE PAID FOR THAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT P 51 MUSTANG PLAY AROUND SOME MORE. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE THE UIE MORE THAN WHAT WE DID OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE, WE CAN DO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE THAT, THAT FLY OVER EXPERIENCE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I FORGOT. 
          ONE THING WE DID, WE ADDED THE MERCHANT. 
          DO WE HAVE MARGIN OR THE VENDORS AND I CAN BURN DOWN. 
          SO WE DON'T DO A CRAFTWORK IN PLACE, JUST THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR SOME REASON I WAS THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADD THAT TO YOUR HOMETOWN. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT WAS OVER, I WAS LIKE, OH, I FORGOT TO GO SEE IF THOSE WERE THERE. 
          SO WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, WE TRIED TO MAXIMIZE ROOM FOR PEOPLE. 
          SO WE REALLY MINIMIZED WHAT, HOW MANY TENTS AND WHAT ALL IS ON THE GROUNDS AND, AND REALLY KEEP IT AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO SPREAD OUT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT EVENT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IF WE DO NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY TO DOUBLE OR EVEN MORE, THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH PAUL, BRING BACK IN A NICE SPAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MRO CBD OR ANYBODY POPULAR. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LEAVE SOME TRAFFIC JAM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT. 
          AND THEN THE BOX MEAL IS CONVENIENT. 
          SO THE PUSH IS TOO SMALL. 
          SO, UH, I WAS READY SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, I'D MAKE SURE WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE FOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          COMPLETE LEADER. 
          THAT'S REALLY NOT. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM, NUMBER 
          [14.  Present and Discuss an Update on Addison Oktoberfest 2021.]
14. 
          PRESENT, DISCUSS UPDATE ON EDISON OKTOBERFEST, 2021, THE LAST ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JAZZ AND LEAD DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS HERE TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR THIRD AND FINAL MAJOR FESTIVAL FOR THE 2021 EVENTS NEEDS IN ADDISON OKTOBERFEST. 
          I, AN OCTOBER FEST WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, TO ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. 
          OUR EVENT HOURS WILL BE SIX TO 11, THURSDAY, SIX TO MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY, NOON TO MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY, AND NOON TO 5:00 PM ON SUNDAY. 
          OUR ADMISSION PRICES ARE THE SAME AS THEY WERE IN 2019 WITH GENERAL ADMISSION BEING $10 FOR THOSE AGES, 10 AND UP AND FREE FOR THOSE AGES NINE AND UNDER ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THEN FREE FOR ALL AGES ON THURSDAY AND SUNDAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL PACKAGES AND SPECIAL OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS, WE OFFER THE ADDISON OCTOBER FEST PACKET, WHICH INCLUDES ADMISSION IN THE EIGHTH STEIN TO PAUL AND OUR BEER VOUCHERS. 
          AND REMEMBER TO PIN AND A FESTIVAL SHIRT OF THE 
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PERSON'S CHOICE. 
          THEY JUST GO TO OUR MERGED IT AND SELECT WHICH SHIRT THEY LIKE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A KINDER PACKET, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SOUVENIR LIGHT-UP MUG FOR THE KIDS, A SOUVENIR BUTTON AND OCTOBER BEST HAT AND EIGHT CHILDREN'S SHIRT THAT THEY CAN GO TO OUR FESTIVAL MARCH TO SELECT. 
          WE'RE ALSO OFFERING GROUP RESERVATIONS AND THE PARTY HALL ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE PARTY HALL DECK AND ELEVATED SPACE WHERE THESE TABLES WILL BE LOCATED. 
          THAT INCLUDES ADMISSION FOR EIGHT ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY AND MILL ADMISSION AS NEEDED ON THURSDAY, AS WELL AS EIGHT SIGNS, EIGHT BEER VOUCHERS AND COMMEMORATIVE PENS. 
          AND THEY HAVE THAT RESERVED TABLE OR THE EVENING. 
          SO ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THAT IS THROUGH ALL OPERATIONAL HOURS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND THEN ON SATURDAY, THERE'S FROM SIX TO MIDNIGHT THAT THEY'LL HAVE THAT RESERVED SPACE. 
          UM, AND ON THURSDAY THAT IS CORPORATE NIGHT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SPONSORED BY SPECTRUM. 
          SO ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT IS LIMITED TO BUSINESSES AND IT'S BEING FACILITATED BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          WHEREAS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT'S SOCIAL NIGHT AND ANY GROUP CAN PURCHASE THOSE STATEMENTS. 
          WE'RE ALSO OFFERING A HOTEL PACKAGE, WE'LL BE EXECUTING THE SAME WAY YOU DID FOR TASTE ADUS AND KABOOM TOWN. 
          SO THE PACKAGE, IT COMES WITH ANY ADDISON HOTEL BOOKING AND WE'LL INCLUDE ADMISSION FOR TWO TO SOUVENIR PINS, TWO SIGNS, AND TWO BEER ROUTERS FOR THOSE GUESTS. 
          AS FAR AS ENTERTAINMENT, WE DO HAVE, UM, THREE PRIMARY OUTDOOR AREAS OF ENTERTAINMENT. 
          THE FIRST BEING THE PARTY HALL, YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A SKETCH DONE OF WHAT THE PARTY HALL WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TAKEN THE WALLS OFF OF THE CARDI DEPAUL AND KEEPING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY. 
          UM, HAVING FEWER INDOOR SPACES IS PREFERRED. 
          AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THE SIDEWALLS OFF. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE DIRECTION THAT THINGS WILL FACE. 
          THE TIP WILL BE IN THE SAME LOCATION. 
          HOWEVER, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE USING OUR BUILT-IN STAGE AS THE MAIN STAGE, OTHER THAN BUILDING THE STAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TENT AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          AND SO THIS JUST GIVES A BIT OF A VISUAL THAT WE'VE GOT IT UP ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UM, EVAPORATIVE COOLING FANS LOCATED ALL AROUND THE TENT TO KEEP THE AIR FLOW AND TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURES COMFORTABLE. 
          UM, SINCE IT'S OPEN AIR AND THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS WOULDN'T HAVE DONE US ANY GOOD. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE CBS 11 NEW SUCCESS, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE BOWL STAGE. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE SAME, UM, FOR 2019, IT FEATURES LIKE MUSIC, VARIOUS GAMES AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S GAMES. 
          SOME OF OUR BEER GAMES HAPPEN THERE AS WELL AS THE DUCKS AND RACES. 
          AND THEN IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE, WE'LL ACTUALLY THIS, ONE'S NOT IN THE CENTER RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER AS THE DRAG TASK BEER GARDEN. 
          AND SO IT'S AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WITH UMBRELLA TABLES, WE'LL HAVE A LARGE SCREEN THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHOVEL TO PULL THE BALL GAMES SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          AND THEN IF WE GET TO SAY LIKE THE COWBOYS ON SUNDAY CAN USE THAT SCREEN, THE WHOLE SCREEN TO SHOW THE GAME LARGER. 
          UM, AND SO IT WILL BE AN OUTDOOR AREA. 
          IT WILL NOT BE INSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER AS IT WAS IN 2019. 
          THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER WILL BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          BUT AS FAR AS OUR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES, WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF THEM TAKING PLACE AND THE POLLINATOR BEER GARDEN, WHICH IS LOCATED CENTRAL IN ART AS WELL AS AT THE CBS 11 MUSIC CELL. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THOSE INCLUDE CHILDREN'S GAMES. 
          UM, THE GAMES THAT WE INTRODUCED IN 2019, INCLUDING OUR BEER MATE AND STEIN CARING, WHICH IS VERY ENTERTAINING, OUR MOSQUE GROUPS, THEM IN WHICH IS THE SIGN WASTING COMPETITION AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE'RE INTRODUCING THE KINDERS LA, WHICH IS A NEW AREA. 
          IT IS THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE DISCOVERY DEPO THAT WE DID A TASTE ADDISON. 
          SO IT IS AN AREA THAT FEATURES FREE CRAFT ACTIVITIES. 
          THOSE CRAFT ACTIVITIES ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHILDREN, BUT ALSO TO CHILDREN AT HEART. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE MAKING CRAFTS THAT KIMBER KIDS WOULD ENJOY, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE SIGN DECORATING AND THINGS THAT ADULT WOULD ENJOY ADULTS WOULD ENJOY AS WELL. 
          THERE'S ALSO COMPLIMENTARY PAINTING AND BALLOON TWISTING IN THAT AREA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE KIDS' GAMES TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 
          THOSE GAMES ARE ACTUALLY PRESENTED BY CRAYOLA EXPERIENCE. 
          EVERYBODY, EVERY CHILD WHO PARTICIPATES IN A GAME WILL RECEIVE A FREE TICKET TO CRAYOLA EXPERIENCE JUST FOR PARTICIPATING. 
          AND THE WINNERS WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE AN ANNUAL PASS TO CRADLE AND EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SO THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER FOR US ON THIS. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING SUNDAY, WE HAVE TODAY HUNTER BEING THE AUDIENCE GERMAN. 
          AND SO WE ALL HAVE OUR DUCKS IN DASH THAT THE MUSIC IS OUT AND THEN WE'RE REPLACING WHAT USED TO BE OUR BACKS AND PARADE INSIDE OF THE PARTY HALL. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING A GERMAN DOG SHOWCASE. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE BREED CLUBS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL OWNERS, SO THAT WE CAN DO A BIT OF A SHOWCASE AT VARIOUS BRIEFS THAT ORIGINATED IN GERMANY AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM AND LEARN A FEW FUN FACTS AS JUST 
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SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE MARKET PLOTS, WHICH FEATURES A VARIETY OF VENDORS, SELLING ART, JEWELRY, CLOTHING, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE NEW THINGS WE'RE INTRODUCING IN ADDITION TO THE KINDERS HEALTH IS THE CLIENT HAWK, WHICH IS A NEW INDOOR DINING AREA. 
          THIS WILL BE INSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER. 
          WHAT MAKES THE CLIENT HALL UNIQUE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE IS THAT IT IS TABLE SERVICE. 
          SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME IN, HAVE A SEAT AND BE SERVED LIKE YOU WOULD AT A RESTAURANT. 
          WE'LL HAVE SERVERS THERE WE'LL HAVE A LIMITED MENU, AND THERE'S ALSO A BAR. 
          SO YOU CAN JUST WALK UP TO THE BAR AND GET YOUR OWN, WE'LL HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. 
          BUT THE GOAL OF THE VIBE OF THE CLIENT HALL IS A BIT OPPOSITE TO THE PARTY HALL. 
          SO THE PARTY HALL IT'S LOUD, IT'S CRAZY. 
          PEOPLE ARE DANCING, THEY CLIMB ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT IS SO LITTLE ARTISTS AND DO OWES. 
          IT IS MEANT TO BE MUSIC THAT YOU ENJOY, BUT CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION OVER AND YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH YOUR FRIEND, FAMILY, OR FRIENDS, ENJOY THE FOOD AND HAVE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO, BUT NOT HAVE TO SCREAM AND YELL AND JUMP UP AND GET WILD AND CRAZY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE CLIENT HALL IS THAT IT'LL FEATURE UNIQUE BEER AND WINE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN'T GET AT ANY OF THE OTHER BEER AND WINE BOOTHS IN THE PARK. 
          AND SO THERE'LL BE TWO SPECIAL PRODUCTS FROM FOLLOWING HER THAT WON'T BE AVAILABLE AT THE OTHER BEER TIPS, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL PRODUCT FROM CUPCAKE VINEYARDS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE OTHER BEER AND WINE TASTES. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. 
          PEOPLE TO ENJOY, NO RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED. 
          YOU JUST WALK IN, TAKE A SEAT AND YOU'LL BE SERVED. 
          AND WHERE IS THE CLIENTELE GOING TO BE IN THE COMPANY SIDE, THE CONFERENCE, UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NEW IS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE TO THE LAYOUT OF THE PARTY HALL. 
          WE NO LONGER WILL HAVE THE LARGE FOOD COURT ON ONE SIDE INSIDE OF THE PARTY HALL. 
          WE ARE DISTANCING THE TABLES IN THE PARTY HALL TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE A BIT MORE SPACE. 
          AND SO THERE'LL BE TABLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TENANT. 
          INSTEAD, WE'LL ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE TENT, HAVE A VARIETY OF SPECIALTY FOOD VENDORS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE ENJOYING THE PARTY HALL. 
          SO THERE'S A CHANGE THERE AND WE'LL ALSO BE OFFERING MOBILE ORDERING LIKE WE DID THAT TASTES THAT IT'S TENDINITIS AND CABOOLTURE. 
          AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER FEATURE WE'LL HAVE. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL NEW ADDITION I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IS THE PARTY HALL DEBT, WHICH IS WHERE THE RESERVED SEATING WILL BE OR CORPORATE AND SOCIAL GROUPS. 
          WE WILL HAVE OUR MARCH 10TH AT THIS EVENT. 
          IT'S THE MOST POPULAR EVENT FOR MARCH DIDN'T. 
          WE SOLD OUT OF MANY OF THE ITEMS IN 2019 THAT WE HAD IN STOCK. 
          THIS IS JUST EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE SELLING. 
          UM, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR BY DEMAND IS A 2020 STYLE. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT TO US IN 2020 WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THAT THE FESTIVAL WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          HE SAID, BUT CAN I STILL BUY A SIGN? I HAVE A SPOT ON MY MANTLE. 
          I HAVE A COLLECTION AND I NEED A SIGN. 
          SO WE TOLD THEM TO CHECK BACK WITH US THIS YEAR AND WE WOULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR THEM. 
          SO WE ORDERED A SMALL RUN OF SPECIALTY SIGNS THAT ACTUALLY SAY AS AN OCTOBER, BEST 2020, BUT MARTY, THAT NEVER HAPPENED. 
          NO, I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO PUT THAT 2020 IS THE WORST. 
          THAT'S REALLY COOL. 
          SO WE DO EXPECT TO SELL OUT OF THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THEM AND PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN THAT COLLECTION. 
          AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR COMMEMORATIVE 20, 21 SIGN AS WELL. 
          OUR, OUR, UM, OUR DESIGN, OUR CREATIVE FOR THIS YEAR IS THE COWBOY HAT WITH THE GERMAN OKTOBERFEST IN SACK. 
          AND SO WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR COMMEMORATIVE PINS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM CENTER THERE, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF APPAREL. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN HERE, JUST A PARTY HALL WITH 10 WHAT'S THE SIZE, IT'S THE SAME SIZE, SAME SIZE. 
          SO BEFORE YOU PULL IT STRAIGHT TO RESTAURANTS, MARIANNE FROM PLAZA OR THE CROWN PLAZA IS OUT OF BUSINESS ONLY MARRIOTT ONE SINGLE HOTEL, POTTY SPEEDING, CORRECT. 
          MARRIOTT WILL BE HANDLING ALL OF YOUR SALES WELL. 
          SO THEY USED VARY AT EACH RESTAURANT AND HAVE WITH THE BEER AND ONE HALF OF THE FOOD COURT IN THE PARTY HOME, UM, MARIANNE WILL BE TAKING OVER ALL OF THE BEER BOONS INSIDE OF THE PARK. 
          PROPER. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER VENDOR WHO HANDLES THE BEER SALES, UM, NORTH OF MADISON CIRCLE, WHICH IS HOW IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO MARRIOTT WILL DO ALL OF THE BEER SALES NOW, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE DOING ANY FOOD SALES. 
          IT WILL ALL BE SPECIALTY CONCESSIONAIRES DOING FOOD SALES, WHERE IT'S GOING TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BEER AND WINE SALES. 
          OH, SO MARRIOTT IS GOING TO JUST SELL BEER AND ALLOW THE OTHER CONCESSIONARY TO SELL THE FOOD. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO THE MANUAL WOULD BE THE SAME. 
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IT'S ALL CURL AND TEQUILA. 
          IT'S JEVON SAUSAGE WE'LL HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE SELLING THOSE ITEMS, BUT NOT ONE SINGLE LIKE BEFORE THE FOOD COURT, THE HOTELS, THEY HAD THEIR HAMBURGERS OR HOT DOGS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE GERMAN, IT'LL BE A SELECTION OF VARIOUS VENDORS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PARK. 
          SO THEN YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THOSE SPOONS THAT YOU COULD GET IN THAT BEAN COURT, BUT IT WON'T BE OFFERED BY MARYANNE. 
          IT WILL BE OFFERED BY OUR OTHER CONCESSIONS. 
          UM, SO WANTED TO SHARE IN CASE YOU RECEIVED ANY QUESTIONS, HERE'S MY PLUMBER WITH GLASSES  THERE WOULD BE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE. 
          UM, IN CASE YOU RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT THE TOWN IS DOING FOR US OKTOBERFEST, AS I PREVIOUSLY SHARED, THERE'LL BE NO WALLS ON THE PARTY HALL TENT. 
          IT WILL BE OPEN AIR, WE'LL HAVE FANS FACILITATING AIR FLOW AND ALL OF THE TABLES INSIDE OF THE PARTY HALL OR SPACE AT LEAST SIX FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER TO ALLOW GUESTS TO DISTANCE WHILE STILL HAVING A GOOD TIME. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PURCHASE THEIR TICKETS ONLINE, OR EVEN THOSE WHO WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE DAY OF TO PURCHASE TICKETS. 
          WE WILL HAVE SIGNAGE LEADING UP TO THE ENTRANCE WITH QR CODES, WHERE YOU CAN SCAN YOUR SKIN ON YOUR PHONE AND GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR PURCHASE AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT IN A LINE FOR THAT. 
          AND IT WILL EXPEDITE PEOPLE GETTING IN AND MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WAIT IN LINES A LOT WITH THE MOBILE ORDERING FEATURE, WHICH THERE'S A QR CODE IS APPROPRIATE WHEN IT'S LIKE YOU SCAN THAT CODE IN YOUR PROGRAM AND IT BRINGS YOU TO THE ONLINE ORDERING. 
          SO IT'S JUST FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO MINIMIZE LINE WEIGHTS. 
          ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO WANT TO PURCHASE THEIR TICKET ONSITE AT A BOOTH, WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          WE'LL HAVE HAND SANITIZER STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE VENUE, AS WELL AS ENHANCED CLEANING AT ALL HIGH TOUCH SURFACES. 
          AND WE CONTINUE AS WE HAVE FOR OUR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO RECOMMEND THAT THOSE NOT FULLY VACCINATED LEARNER MASK, WHEN THEY'RE IN A CROWDED ENVIRONMENT. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS SOUNDS GREAT. 
          I REALLY, REALLY LIKE YOU, ME JUST HAVING A BIG VARIETY OF SPECIALTY GERMAN TROOPS TO SCIENCE, JUST THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS STILL A GOOD SELECTION. 
          I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE HOME OPENING UP AND POSITIONING WITH TENANT WORKS. 
          THEN IT HAS REAL POTENTIAL. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH THE PAN COOLERS CAN MAKE IT RELATABLE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST VISUAL. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS REAL CHANGES TO STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS YOURSELF. 
          GOOD, GOOD, NICK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS ARE THE GERMAN SHEPHERDS GOING TO GET ALONG WITH THE DOXINS? WELL, IN THE GERMAN DOGS SHOWCASE, THEY WILL BE, THEY'RE GOING TO WISH THEIR OWNERS SEPARATE DIFFERENT LINES. 
           YOU DON'T WANT THE CASTLE OCTOBER FEST LAST YEAR. 
          THEY WERE CANCELED THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          SO, BUT WE ARE EDISON, EDISON, UNIQUE, TEXAS. 
          WELL, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LONG SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE THE MOST AUTHENTIC OKTOBERFEST OUTSIDE OF MUNICH. 
          SO FOR THIS ONE YEAR, WE MAY BE THE MOST AUTHENTIC OKTOBERFEST IN THE WORLD THAT THERE'S THAT ONE I NEEDED. 
          UM, SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO MENTION. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE THE PARTY HALL DECK, WHICH IS AN ELEVATED AREA WHERE WE'RE DOING THE RESERVATIONS, UM, THAT ORIGINALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LOCATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD CHAMBERLAINS BROW HOUSE. 
          UM, CHAMBERLAIN'S ELECTED NOT TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO I DID NOT MENTION THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THEY MADE THAT DECISION. 
          AND SO WE USED THE SPACE INSTEAD TO DO THE PARTY RESERVATION OPTIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK SUSPEND THEM, YOU KNOW, EVERY RESTAURANT IS SUFFERING TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, DOES DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU A HIGH DOMINO OR SO-SO ALL FAST FOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD HELP. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF IT, I DON'T BLAME THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE SINCE THAT'S HAS BEEN A TRADITION FOR THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          JASMINE, CAN YOU TURN 
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TO SLIDE FOUR? YEAH. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          GREAT PARTY. 
          PAUL LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, ONLY, ONLY CONCERNS, UM, MAYBE LATE NIGHT IN THE WAYS WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BECOME AN ISSUE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT CAN GET REALLY LOUD IN THERE. 
          ESPECIALLY LATER, LATER IN THE NIGHT. 
          MAYBE THAT'LL BE GOOD. 
          MAYBE IT'LL BE BAD. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          JUST, JUST A THOUGHT. 
          UM, WE, DID WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THIS, THIS TENT? UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'D GET STRONG WINDS, I MEAN, BEN'S JUST KIND OF NOT MESS WITH IT CAUSE IT GO THROUGH IT. 
          OR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS TENT IS RATED AT OVER 90 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. 
          SO IF WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY  OKAY. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UH, ON THE LAST BULLET ITEM FOR THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, FEATURE THE BALL, A GREAT, GREAT IDEA. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS TALKED OF WHO'S PLAYING AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT. 
          SO THE COWBOYS ARE PLAYING THAT SUNDAY. 
          THEY'VE GOT A THREE 30 KICKOFF. 
          AND SO OUR EVENT IS ENDING AT ABOUT HALFTIME, WHICH IF CALC WAS PLAY LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR  MAY I JUST HAVE A COMMENT? AND THIS IS JUST OVERALL, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TONIGHT HAVING PRESENTED TO RECAPS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE PLANS FOR AN UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
          I WANT TO TELL, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB STAFFING THESE EVENTS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, UH, REPRESENTING ADDISON AND DELIVERING THE DATA SOME WAY. 
          BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO JASMINE, SANDIA MONICA AND BETHANY FOR YOUR AMAZING EFFORTS TO NOT ONLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT TO BE FLEXIBLE, TO BE RESPONSIVE, TO MANAGE ALL OF THESE EVENTS IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. 
          WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOTEL FUND BEING IMPACTED THE WAY IT HAS BEEN, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE AWESOME WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. 
          JOE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
           ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JASMINE? NOT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, AND I 
          [15.  Present and Discuss the Finance Department Quarterly Financial Report of the Town of Addison for the Fiscal Year 2021 Third Quarter Ended June 30, 2021.  ]
LAST I, CAN I ITEM THE 15 PRESENT, DISCUSS A FINANCE DEPARTMENT, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE EDISON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 THIRD QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2021 FOR STEVEN. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, STEVEN LIPPMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
          AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE, UH, FOR YOU WITH YOU HAVE OUR THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS. 
          THIS IS 70 THROUGH 75% OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO STARTING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD WITH THE KEY REVENUE SOURCES FIRST WE HAVE AT THE WORM TAXES AND WE'VE ACTUALLY COLLECTED MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT KIND OF TIES INTO WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LAWSUITS BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          UH, I CHECKED TODAY, THEY'RE STILL ABOUT $970 MILLION IN LAWSUITS. 
          UM, SO THE IDEA THAT, UH, THAT WAS BEING SETTLED WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE DRAW OUR REVENUE DOWN CLOSER TO WHAT WAS BUDGETED. 
          UH, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE COLLECTED MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED DUE TO THAT, UH, NON-PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THIS IS SALES TAXES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES, UH, EXCEEDING THE BUDGET SO FAR. 
          SO PERFORMING VERY WELL, UH, HOTEL TAX, UH, IS, UH, THE LOW BUDGET AT A 34.6%. 
          THE GOOD NEWS WITH HOTEL TAX, UH, IS THAT THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS WERE VERY, VERY LOW. 
          UH, THE THIRD QUARTER EXCEEDED BOTH OF THOSE QUARTERS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO OVER HALF OF THAT REVENUE WAS GENERATED IN THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING SOME POSITIVE NEWS THERE, UH, FRANCHISE FEES IN THE GENERAL FUND, TRENDING IN LINE WITH BUDGET SERVICE, PERMITTING LICENSE, A GENERAL FUND, A LITTLE BIT BELOW BUDGET, BUT WITHIN, UM, HISTORICAL TRENDS, UH, RENTAL INCOME, 
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UH, ALL FUNDS. 
          THIS IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE AIRPORT TRENDING, UH, JUST ABOVE, UH, 76%, UH, THROUGH, UH, SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET YEAR. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR FINES AND PENALTIES, UH, ALL FUNDS. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY TWO COMPONENTS. 
          ONE IS RELATED TO A UTILITY BILLING, WHICH WE HAVE NOT CHARGED, UM, ANY, UH, PENALTIES RELATED TO LATE PAYMENTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGIN. 
          UH, THOSE JUST BEGAN, UH, MAIN REINSTATED WITH, UH, THE AUGUST OR THE JULY BILLS, WHICH WERE DUE, UM, OR, OR LATE IN AUGUST. 
          UH, SO, SO THOSE ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO IMPLEMENT IT AGAIN. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC FINES, UH, WHICH WERE DEPRESSED BECAUSE OF, UH, LESS TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS DUE TO COVID. 
          WE'VE SEEN THOSE UPTICK AS THERE HAS BEEN MORE TRAFFIC AND, UH, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, THE RESULTS OF THAT, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE. 
          UH, THIS IS DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE EVENTS AND YOU JUST GOT A GREAT OVERVIEW FROM JASMINE ON THOSE REVENUE SOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THUS FAR. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE FUEL FLOW, WHICH WE USE IN THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, GREATLY EXCEEDING THE BUDGET ALREADY THROUGH THREE QUARTERS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES IN THE UTILITY FUND. 
          UH, THOSE ARE IN LINE WITH HISTORICAL AVERAGES. 
          MOST OF THAT REVENUE OCCURS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          AND THEN ALSO THOSE BILLINGS OCCUR A MONTH AFTER THE USAGE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, ALL OF OUR FUNDS ARE PERFORMING A LOW BUDGET. 
          SO, SO POSITIVE VARIANCES THERE, GENERAL FUNDS THAT JUST OVER 67% OF THE BUDGET, UH, HOTEL FUND, UH, 48.6% OF THE BUDGET, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT 51.2% OF THE BUDGET, UH, AIRPORT 59.1% AND THEN UTILITY FUND AT 64 AND A HALF PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET. 
          SO I'LL, UH, FUNCTION, UH, PERSONNEL INFORMATION. 
          UH, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 12 SEPARATIONS IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND THERE WAS TWO IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ONE IN FINANCE OR IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THREE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND TWO MAIN STREETS. 
          AND THEN THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE, I'M SORRY, SIX, UH, TOTAL, UH, NEW HIRES WITHIN THE THIRD QUARTER. 
          UH, ONE OF THOSE AS A PART-TIME POSITION IN RECREATION, AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE FULL-TIME POSITIONS. 
          ONE OF THOSE IN PUBLIC WORKS, THREE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ONE IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY SWORN POSITIONS IN THE THIRD. 
          AND THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED WITH 95% OF THIS BUILDING, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND 96% OF THOSE FILLED WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC INDICATORS. 
          AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I STARTED HERE BACK IN MARCH THAT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE POINTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, SO, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES STARTING ON THE TOP LEFT, UH, THAT CONTINUES TO COME DOWN, YOU CAN SEE, UH, APRIL OF 2020, THAT'S THE, UH, KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF, OF WHAT WAS A, UH, THE ECONOMIC CLOSE DOWN RELATION TO COVID. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UH, THAT SHOOTS DOWN AND IT'S CONTINUED TO GO DOWN A FAIRLY GRADUALLY, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOTEL REVENUE AVAILABLE OR HOTEL REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM. 
          UH, APRIL OF 2020 WAS BY FAR OUR LOWEST MONTH. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THAT WENT UP IN THE SUBSEQUENT MONTHS AND KIND OF, KIND OF TAPERED OFF, UH, WITH THE FULL OPENING OF THE ECONOMY BACK IN, UH, FEBRUARY, MARCH. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT SHEETS UP AND WE'VE KIND OF, UH, ACHIEVED KIND OF A PLATEAU. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT, UH, MOVING BACK UPWARDS IN AN UPWARD TREND, AGAIN, UH, ADDISON HOTEL STATISTICS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, AND THIS, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BAR ROOM RATE, UH, OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE OUR ROOM RATE HAS SHOT A SHOT UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, WITH THAT, UH, DUE TO DEMAND RELATED TO OCCUPANCY. 
          AND THOSE TWO ITEMS COUPLED TOGETHER MEANS THAT THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, THE BLUE BAR SHOOTS UP CONSIDERABLY AS WELL. 
          OCCUPANCY INDICATORS, OUR OFFICE OCCUPANCY YEAR OVER YEAR IS THAT 0.3%. 
          OUR RETAIL IS UP ONE AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          AND THE, THE BIG CHANGES ARE RELATED TO THE HOTEL INDICATORS, OCCUPANCY, NOT AT 32 AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          AND THEN THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM IS UP 209.4% YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2019, AND OUR REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM TO GET BACK TO HISTORICAL NUMBERS. 
          WE NEED TO GO UP TO ABOUT $65. 
          UM, SO WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE ARE MAKING, UH, SOME, SOME GOOD PROGRESS. 
          UH, TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED EVALUATION. 
          A TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED ARE ON TRACK TO BE AT OR ABOVE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS. 
          A DOLLAR VALUE OF PERMITS 
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IS A, IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN, UH, BUT NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT QUARTERLY PERMIT ACTIVITY YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          UH, THE THIRD QUARTER THEY'RE A FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS A REALLY LOW MOUNTAIN THAT THAT'S REALLY DUE TO COVID-19, UH, AND THE SHUTDOWN OF THE ECONOMY BACK IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020, UH, THIRD QUARTER OF 2021, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOOKING AT FISCAL YEARS, 18, 19, UH, WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT IN MIND WITH A PERMIT ACTIVITY FOR THOSE TWO UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. 
          WE HAVE FOUR EXECUTED AGREEMENTS, 200, 5,000 IN INCENTIVES COMMITTED ZERO PAID IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO DATE. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR THIRD QUARTER SALES TAX COMPARISON YEAR OVER YEAR, A LARGE INCREASE, UH, 26%, UH, FOR ADDISON. 
          UH, OUR COMPARISON CITIES HERE CARROLLTON SAW A 22% INCREASE, UH, FARMERS BRANCH AT 12% INCREASE IN RICHARDSON, A 24 7 INCREASED THAT MONTHLY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          THERE'S THREE YEARS OF DATA HERE. 
          UM, FISCAL YEAR 2019 HAD A BIG, UH, AUDIT ADJUSTMENT. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LARGE BLUE BAR, UH, THE LARGE ANOMALY FOR WHAT WE RECEIVED IN JUNE. 
          UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS RELATED TO, UM, A TAXPAYER PAYNE, UH, LATE. 
          UH, SO IT WASN'T AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT. 
          IT WAS JUST, THEY HAD NOT REMITTED TAX, UH, TO ADDISON YET. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE REASON FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT THERE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE SALES TAXES LOOKING PRETTY POSITIVE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2020, HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT SALES TAX WISE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE HAD A 10.7% INCREASE AT 27.9% INCREASE, AND THEN 8 39 0.6% INCREASE, UH, FROM THIS WEIRD 2020 COLLECTIONS, OUR BREAKDOWN OF SALES TAX BY CATEGORY. 
          I LIKE THIS, THIS DEPICTION HERE BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS HOW DIVERSITY ECONOMY WITHIN ADDISON IS. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN BIG INCREASES OVER THIS QUARTER IN ACCOMMODATIONS AND FOOD SERVICE. 
          THEY'RE AT 15% RETAIL TRADE IS AT 20% OF OUR SALES TAX. 
          WE HAVE WHOLESALE TRADE AT 12%. 
          WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AT 10%. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, INFORMATION AT 10% AND THAT ONE'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DOWN, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO THE OFFICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, SO THOSE INFORMATION SERVICES THAT REALLY SHOT UP DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC HAVE KIND OF COME BACK WORK AT NORMAL LEVELS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE MANUFACTURING AT 6% IN CONSTRUCTION AT FOREST GENERAL FUND REVENUE. 
          THAT OVERALL REVENUE IS TRENDING AT 90.3% OF BUDGET. 
          UM, THE ONLY ITEMS HERE LISTED IN RED ARE, UH, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE LOWER, UH, THROUGH JUNE, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS FOR JULY, WE HAD ABOUT $200,000 IN BUILDING PERMITS THAT WERE COLLECTED JUST IN JULY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT, THAT NUMBER SHOULD SHOOT UP AND BE CLOSER TO BE IN LINE WITH BUDGET, UH, AND THEN INTEREST EARNINGS, WHICH ARE AT 35% OF BUDGET AND THAT'S DUE TO DECREASED INTEREST RATES. 
          AND, BUT OVERALL A GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS STRONG AT 90.3% OF BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, 67.1% OF BUDGET. 
          AND WITH THE ONLY NOTE IS WITH, UH, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, SLIGHTLY OVER THE BUDGET THERE, UH, AT ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          SO THAT'S THE NOTE THERE, EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IS TRENDING AT OR BELOW WHAT THEY SHOULD BE THROUGH THREE QUARTERS. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UH, AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO, SO WE PAY PRIOR TO THE QUARTER OCCURRING. 
          SO ALL OF THE PAYMENTS, UH, TO, UH, INTACT NORTH TEXAS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER. 
          AND THAT, THAT COVERS ALL FOUR. 
          UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR HOTEL FUND, AS WE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          AND SO DUE TO THAT, THE REVENUE IS AT 36.3% OVERALL BUDGET SO FAR. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, UH, NOTES THERE FOR ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR PERFORMING ARTS, ALL OF THOSE GRANTS HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER AND THEN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE THAT THOSE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF VISITS. 
          SO TOTAL EXPENDITURES 
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AT 48.6% OF A BUDGET, UH, PERFORMING PRETTY GOOD COMPARED TO BUDGET. 
          UH, THE REVENUE SIDE IS WHERE OUR ISSUE IS WITH HOTEL TAX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
          UH, 91.2% OF THE BUDGET ON THE REVENUE SIDE HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND ONLY 51.2% OF THE BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY. 
          SO PERFORMING WELL ON BOTH COUNTS, WE HAVE OUR AIRPORT FUND TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES OF 81%, UH, SO FAR, UH, AS WE MENTIONED, THE FUEL FLOW, WHICH FEEDS VERY EXCEEDED THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          SO REVENUES ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL. 
          AND THEN ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE, UH, 59.1% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR. 
          SO, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, PERFORMING A VETERAN BETTER THAN EXPECTED AND REVENUE PERFORMING BETTER THAN EXPECTED. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR UTILITY FUND. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE, THESE ARE BILLED, UM, UH, BASICALLY A MONTH AFTER, AFTER THE SERVICES OCCURRED. 
          SO THIS REPRESENTS, UH, EIGHT MONTHS OF, UH, OF SERVICE, UM, AND THEN MORE DEPENDENT ON THE SUMMER MONTHS AS WELL. 
          SO WE SEE MORE OF THAT REVENUE OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          UH, SO FAR 58.8% OF THE REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED THROUGH THREE QUARTERS. 
          AND THEN ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE, UH, 64.5% OF THE OPERATING EXPENSE, UH, HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR. 
          SO BOTH PERFORMING AS EXPECTED. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER UTILITY FUND, UH, SIMILAR TO THE UTILITY FUND. 
          THESE ARE BILLED A MONTH AFTER THE SERVICES OCCURRED. 
          SO THOSE REVENUES AT 67.6% OR OCCURRING, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OPERATING EXPENSES AT 68.5%. 
          SO THOSE ARE TRENDING IN LINE WITH WHAT WE BUDGETED ON THE OPERATING SIDE AS WELL. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS, UM, GOING UP. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD. 
          THERE'S NOT A HUGE DECREASE LIKE THERE WASN'T IN EVERY OTHER QUARTERLY DATA PRESENTATION THAT I'VE GIVEN. 
          UM, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT IT'S TRENDING UP. 
          WE WISH IT WOULD GO UP A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT'S EVEN EVEN BETTER, UH, WITH THIS CHART OF THE QUARTERLY DATA IS THAT YOU SEE OUR FULL SERVICE AND THEN OUR BUSINESS MODERATE, UH, HOTELS HAVE SEEN BIG JUMPS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER TO THE THIRD FLOOR. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, UM, POSITIVE INFORMATION AND THAT RELATED TO, UH, HOTEL, UH, THE RATES THEY'RE CHARGING THEIR OCCUPANCY. 
          SO WE SEE SOME, SOME GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND HOPEFULLY THAT CONTINUES AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INVESTMENT REPORT SUMMARY. 
          UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE, THE TOWN BROUGHT THE SERVICES IN-HOUSE AS PERFORMED BY TOWN STAFF STARTING IN APRIL. 
          UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A MANAGED PORTFOLIO. 
          SO OUR PORTFOLIO IS PERFORMING BETTER THAN IT WAS UNDER THE MANAGED PORTFOLIO. 
          SO OUR WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD TO MATURITY AT WHICH IS BASICALLY THE VALUE OF ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FOLKS AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, WENT UP, UH, 22 BASIS POINTS. 
          SO 81.7% FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. 
          AND SO THAT'S A POSITIVE SIDE THAT ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AND STATE LAW. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAKE. 
          YEAH. 
          HEY, STEVEN, ON, UH, ON OUR HOTELS, UM, ARE WE REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE MADE PAYMENTS? YES, WE ARE. 
          SO WE, WE ARE, AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE HAVE PAID AFTER, UM, IN A SUBSEQUENT MONTH. 
          AND RECENTLY I KNOW THAT AT LEAST THERE'S ONE ON HERE THAT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME PAYMENTS FROM IN AUGUST. 
          IT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS NOT IN THIS QUARTER, BUT, UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          SOME OF THEM WERE PAYING LATER THAN WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD HAVE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT. 
          WHEN DO WE KNOW THESE ONES THAT HAVEN'T SHOWS NO PIG? WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL OPERATING. 
          YEAH, WE GOT SOME AWKWARD RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME OF THOSE WERE, UM, BASICALLY NEW HOTELS THAT WEREN'T LISTED. 
          UM, I THINK THERE WERE SOME THAT RENAMED, UM, UH, IS IT, I THINK THERE'S TWO OF THOSE POPCORN SUITES IS ONE THAT WAS A, NOT AN EXISTING HOTEL AND 
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WAS A RENAME OF IT IS MOTEL SIX OPERATING RIGHT NOW. 
          I KNOW THEY HAD A FIRE. 
          UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE THE FIRE THAT I RECALL WAS JUST A ONE ROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY MORE QUESTION? I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN IS PEOPLE STILL PULL TESTS PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. 
          SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE NEW LAW, NEW ROLES, SO IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL. 
          AND WITH THAT, SO THEY'VE ALREADY PAID THEIR TAX, BUT THEN THEY SUE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AFTER THAT IN HOPES OF GETTING IT REDUCED AND A REFUND. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND CERTAINTY THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS A GOOD THING IS HOTEL IS DOING BETTER AND I HOPE THAT THE ALTA DON'T CONTINUE. 
          SO EVERYDAY YOU WILL RECEIVE THE  EVERY DAY IS 1000. 
          SOME PEOPLE IN FACT IS 2003 DAYS 3,500 SCARE A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY IT GOES AWAY. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT AND CAROLINE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST ECONOMY, LIFE AND BUSINESS, THIS, ANY MORE QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO, STEPHEN GOOD JOB. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE MORE MONEY  REPORT. 
          WE DID GET OUR FIRST TRAUNCH OF, UH, OF, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY YESTERDAY. 
          SO THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION DEPOSIT. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU. 
          AND THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
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