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[ Call Meeting to Order]
ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.[ EXECUTIVE SESSION Closed (Executive) Session of the Addison City Council pursuant to: Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City Council has received from a business prospect or business prospects that the City Council seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the Town of Addison and with which the City Council is conducting economic development negotiations, and/or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to such business prospect or business prospects: Discuss master developer proposals for the Town’s Transit Oriented Development Project]
SESSION OF THE EXITS CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.17 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT A CITY COUNCILOR HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO LOCATE STATE SPEND, OR THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIVER THE OFFER ON THE FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO SUCH BUSINESS PROSPECT.ALL BUSINESS PROSPECTS IS JUST MASTER DEVELOPER PROPOSALS FOR THE PILOTS.
FEDERAL, ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS 6:05 PM.
WE ARE ENTERING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU HAVE TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[ Reconvene in to Regular Session: In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council will reconvene into Regular Session to consider action, if any, on matters discussed in Executive Session.]
AND A WAY ON MESSAGING SESSION.DO I HAVE EMOTION WHERE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT MASTER DEVELOPER SELECTION PROCESS? SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM PAUL.
WHAT A SECOND LAWYER WAR AUDIO IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Life Saving Award Discussion of Meetings / Events]
US STARTED TO HONOR ALL THREE SALTY SERVICE, LIFESAVING AWARD, TWO CHIPS, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL, PAUL SPENCER, CHIEF OF POLICE.UH, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL, GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILS, UH, ALLOWED US TO DO THIS TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO HONOR ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, LARGE BIT FOR SOME HEROIC ACTIONS BACK IN NOVEMBER, 2021.
LAUREN CAME TO US FROM MANSFIELD ISD IN 2021.
SO SHE'S RELATIVELY NEW, BUT SHE'S HAD AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AND WE APPRECIATE HER PROFESSIONALISM AND WHAT SHE'S DONE TODAY, SHE'S JOINED HER BY HER FAMILY, HUSBAND AND HER THREE KIDS.
WE ALSO HAVE HER ENTIRE SHIFT, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT.
I KNOW SHE'LL PROBABLY ADMIT AND TELL YOU THIS WASN'T HER ACTIONS ALONE, BUT WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE HER TONIGHT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT HER.
WE HAVE LIEUTENANT ANDERSON, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR PATROL SUPERVISORS WHEN SERGEANT COLE, ELLIE, HER IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, VERIZON.
SO BACK ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2021, AROUND 10 30 AT NIGHT, OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING AT 1,425 MIDWAY ROAD, WHICH IS DJ STEAKHOUSE.
UH, OFFICER LAWRENCE SCHMIDT WAS THE FIRST OFFICER ON THE SCENE AND OBSERVED THE VICTIM LYING FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND WHERE THEY THREW IT THROUGH BULLET WOUND TO HIS CHEST.
AND AGAIN, THROW IT THROUGH THESE BULLET, WENT IN AND WENT RIGHT BACK OUT.
OFFICERS MAY REMEMBER TRAINING TOOK QUICK AND DECISIVE ACTION.
APPLYING CHESTY DEALS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE VICTIM'S CHEST.
WE DO THIS TO REDUCE, UH, THE TRAUMATIC EFFECT OF THE BULLET WOUNDS GOING IN THE LUNGS, BIG TO PLAY TO THAT KIND OF THING.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT WORKS VERY WELL.
THE QUICK AND RECOGNITION OF WHAT TO DO OR APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT AID IN THE SAVING OF THIS PATIENT'S LIFE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT LIKE TO THANK SERGEANT COLA LEVER FOR PUTTING OFFICERS MEDIUM FOR THIS AWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC AND, UH, ZACH LAVELLE AND DARYL JOHNSON FOR NOMINATING OFFICER SMITH FOR THIS AWARD AND ASSISTING IN OUR REVIEW TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, ON THIS, ON APPLYING THIS AWARD IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HUMAN LIFE IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR JOB AS PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OFFICER SCHMIDT AND ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK INCREDIBLY HARD EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VISITORS SAFE ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY.
WE WERE HONORING OFFICER ORANGE MITT WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S LIFE SAVING AWARD
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ALL RIGHT.LET'S CONTINUE ALL WORK SESSION AT THE NUMBER
[1. Present and Discuss an Update on the Town’s Citizen Engagement Platform, the Addison FixIT App.]
ONE, PRESENT, DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, THE EDISON IT, YEAH, GOOD EVENING.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE ADDISON FIX IT APP THROUGH THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM.
YOU ARE USING AN ADDISON, THE PRESENTATION HAS TWO PARTS TO IT.
THE FIRST PART IS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT REALLY YOU, THEIR APPS, HISTORY AND UTILIZATION.
THE SECOND PART IS THE LIVE BRIEF LIBRARY DEMONSTRATION OF, OF THE APP.
UM, BAD REVIEW IN CASE, UH, FUNCTIONALITY ON A FEATURE OF THAT APPLICATION ENTERED WAS WHEN WE DECIDED TO DO THESE KIND OF APPLICATIONS OR WIDE ADDED SOME RESIDENT AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH THE USER FRIENDLY, ALL HE WANTS IS ENGAGEMENT SOLUTION THAT ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT AND GIVE THE TOWN LEADERS, ALWAYS A GROUP OVERVIEW OF THEIR VALUABLE DATA TO USE FOR POOR WIDENING, MEANINGFUL, UM, EXPERIENCE.
AS FAR AS, AGAIN, THIS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY ROCK-SOLID IS THE VENDOR THAT WE ARE USING THEIR APPLICATION FOR.
YOU STARTED DOING THAT IN 2019.
UH, THEY HAVE 200 CUSTOMERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE 31, UH, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, I GET THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT I SHARE AND A NUMBER OF THE TEXAS, UH, CUSTOMER.
THEY WERE 19 AND LOOK AT, THEY HAD A PRETTY GOOD, UH, UH, RETAINING THE CUSTOMER AND ALSO ADDING A POP TO 80 TO 90% MORE CUSTOMERS AS IN, UH, TEXAS.
UH, WE HAD A SELF LAUNCH, UH, UH, DIS APPLICATION.
IN FACT, IN OCTOBER OF 2019, WE HAD A COURSE OF 30, UH, INTERNAL USER, SUPER USER THAT TESTED APPLICATION.
IT WENT THROUGH THE SIGN AGAIN, WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS WORKING PROPERLY.
AND IN DECEMBER OF 2022, 2019, UH, WE LAUNCHED, UM, AND, UH, I COULD NEED TO, UH, VEGAS, UH, DOWNLOAD THAT.
UH, I, UH, EXTRACTED FROM THE APPLICATION, UH, WE HAD IN 2020, WE HAD A 309, UH, USER, UH, APPLE USERS DOWNLOADED APPLICATION, AND WE HAD 77, UH, ROY AND TOTALLY JUST REGISTER, USE A WORD.
THEY COULD DO IT TO THE WEB OR TO THE APP.
UH, THE NUMBER OF THE APP DOWNLOAD WAS 2,115.
AND AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN, THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS AND DOWNLOAD FOR THIS APPLICATION.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE A BEGINNING OF 2021, UH, SINCE WE HAD THAT APPLICATION AND WE HAD A GREAT NEED USE OF IT, WE DECIDED TO INTEGRATE IT WITH ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO A POOR WHITE AUTOMATED PROCESS IN PLACE.
AS YOU SEE IN THIS DIAGRAM, THE GIS, WHICH SAYS AS A DATA REPOSITORY, WE STOPPING SEE ON
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THE TOP LAYER OF THAT APPLICATION.AND THEN WE HAVE A WORK ORDER, WHICH IS A CITY WORK ORDER.
AND, UH, THAT WORK ORDER EACH, UH, RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATION AND FIX IT IS ONE OF THEM.
UH, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO THE FACILITY, UH, ALSO, UH, FLEET APP, WHICH, UM, WE HAVE REGULAR EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR AND ALSO FUEL APPLICATION.
UM, UH, ANY REQUEST IS GENERATED, GOES THROUGH THE WORK ORDER AND FIX IT.
THE APP, UH, ALSO GENERATE A WORK ORDER THAT IN THE MORNING, AND WE REALLY COULD PRINT THOSE AND THEY GO, UH, TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES.
UH, I TRIED TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSON HERE THAT SHOWS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SERVICE REQUEST FOR, UH, 20, 20 AND 2021.
AND AS YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF REQUEST ALMOST DEAD AND, UH, 2021 AND, UM, THE TOP SERVICE REQUESTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR 2021 PARKS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE SCREENS, AUDIO, UH, TOPIC COURSES.
UM, AND USUALLY IN 2021, WE HAD 224 REQUESTS SUBMITTED ANONYMOUSLY THAT MAKES ME DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD OF WHO HAS SUBMITTED, BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO DO.
HOW MANY 30 APPS I'M ON? I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ANYTHING TO MARLIN HAS DOES MORE THAN I I'M GOING TO BE RESISTANT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT.
I, IT JUST EXACTLY YOU , UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE THAT ONLINE.
WE ARE AWARE BECAUSE WHERE DOES IT COMPLIMENT THIS OCCUPATION? UH, AT THIS POINT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING TO THE POWERPOINT, UH, DATA, I COULD GO TO THE LIVE DEMONSTRATION AND SHOW YOU HOW EASY TO USE.
I NEED TO JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.
I HAVE TO CHANGE THE DEVICE IN THERE.
I'M VERY SURPRISED WHY YOU DOING THAT? WE'RE HAVING ONLY 200 PEOPLE ACTUALLY USING AND PUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST, IT'S AMAZING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE WAY I LIVED IN EMILY OR ALLEGRO OR THOSE FAMILY, WHEN YOU USE THAT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR LIGHT, BOBBY'S OUT, YOU JUST PUT ON THE APP, FIX IT, THEY REPLACE IT EITHER ON THE SAME DAY OR NEXT DAY.
SO BASICALLY IT'S SO CONVENIENT AND YOU HAVE A WATER LEAK AND IT'S COME OUT RIGHT AWAY.
SO I'M SO SURPRISED THAT, I MEAN, WE, AS A CITY, WE DIDN'T HAVE SO MUCH PROBLEMS. SO A COMPLAINT, BUT B IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, USE THAT MORE.
IF THEY FIND SOMETHING A NON-NORMAL, UM, OKAY, THIS IS A ADDISON FIX IT APP.
UH, AS YOU SEE THAT SAID, UH, HOMEPAGE, ANYTIME YOU LOAD THE APPLICATION, THAT'S THE ONE PLACE THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
AND, UM, WHEN WE WENT TO THE DESIGNING THIS APPLICATION, WE DECIDED TO USE THIS APPLICATION TO COMMUNICATE, UH, IN ANY WAY THAT WE COULD BE THEIR CUSTOMER, THAT THEY CAN CAPITALIZE ON THIS APPLICATION.
AND YOU NOT ONLY, YOU BE ABLE TO, UH, REQUEST, UH, ANY SERVICE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK
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ACCOUNT AND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER SEARCH UNDER LOWER BANNER.YOU SEE THE HOME PAGE ICON, WHICH IS THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THE REQUEST IS, UH, IF YOU HAVE A REGISTERED USER, YOU CAN LOG IN HERE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN, UM, MANAGE AND SEE THE INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR REQUEST.
UH, GOING BACK TO THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION, THEY HAVE THIS APPLICATION, UM, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOGISTIC USER, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST USE IT, YOU ALMOST CREATED THE, YOU COULD CREATE, UM, ACCOUNT IS THE SAME THING THAT GIVE YOU THAT OPTION.
UM, MORE AREA, WE TRY TO USE THIS AREA TO WHITE, MORE SERVICES TO OUR, UH, TO OUR RESIDENT AND CONSTITUENCIES, UH, SERVICE REQUEST.
WE ALLOW YOU TO CREATE A REQUEST.
UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR REQUEST IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED USER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
UH, AND THEN YOUR REQUEST IS, IS KIND OF, UH, UH, GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION IF YOU ARE REQUESTING OR REPORTING A REQUEST, AND YOU WANT TO SEE SUCH A THINGS ALREADY BEING REPORTED, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT OPTION AND FIND THAT IF SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY REPORTED SIGNAL IS OUTDOOR LIGHTING SOUND OR ANYTHING ELSE, A SOCIAL MEDIA, THESE ARE THE AREA THAT, UM, MAY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, FOLLOW US AND COMMUNICATE WITH US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN, TWITTER, ETC.
AND THE TOWN OF MADISON, THE EAS, THE AREA THAT, UH, YOU CAN PAY YOUR BILLS.
YOU CAN GET THE CALENDAR AND EVENTS.
UH, YOU CAN GET FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION AND ALSO THEN USE THE APP INFORMATION.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE LATEST REVISION OF THAT APP, UH, OR WHAT, WHAT PLATFORM YOU'RE USING.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT THEY GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO LOOK AT IT.
AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY NICE FEATURE, WHICH YOU CAN REPORT BACK, WHICH I KNOW THAT THE CASTLE OR THEM BEING PRETTY INSTRUMENTAL TO PERFECT THEIR APPLICATION REPORTING IN ANY ERROR OR ANY WALK THAT, UM, HE'S SEEN.
UH, WE GET A COPY OF THE REPORT AS WELL AS THEM GIVE US SOME KIND OF, UH, UH, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON THE PROCESS TO SEE IF THEY FIXED THAT APPLICATION LAST, LIKE ON IS THAT, UM, UH, THAT YOU CAN CREATE A REQUEST, UM, SINCE, UH, I HAVEN'T USED THAT I CAN PUT ON, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE USER ACCOUNT, CAUSE I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW IT IS THAT YOU CAN AFFORD A NEW ISSUE OR REQUEST.
YOU CAN CREATE ANY REPORT ANONYMOUSLY.
LET'S SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THE FIRST OPTION IS, IS ASKED YOU TO DEFINE, UM, A PROBLEM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE CREATED DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT WE THINK, UH, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND WE ALWAYS ENHANCED THESE AS RECEIVING, UM, UH, REQUEST THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CATEGORY.
AND THE SYSTEM IS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU CHOOSE A CODING ENFORCEMENT THAT WOULD REROUTE THAT, UH, REQUEST TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE SERVICES FROM THE USER BECAUSE PRIME EXAMPLE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SOMETIME IN SOME CITIES IS MALLEABLE PUBLIC WORKS AND SOMETIMES MANAGED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, WHEN, UH, UH, HE HAD SOMEBODY, UH, DECREASED ANIMAL, UM, AS RELATED ISSUE, IF, UH, IF HE GOES TO THE WRONG DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO REROUTE IN IT, TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT, THAT THIS IS A PRETTY INTELLIGENT WORKFLOW THEY HAVE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT MANAGE THE FLOW OF THE REQUEST THAT LIGHT DEPARTMENT SHOULD GO TO.
BUT IF INDIVIDUALS, UH, REQUESTING THEIR, UM, UH, ISSUE GOALS BASED ON THEIR SELECTION GOES TO THE WRONG DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALLY, THAT DEPARTMENT COULD REROUTE IT TO INDIVIDUAL AND RIGHT.
UM, LET'S JUST PICK UP A CODING FORCEMENT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE AREA THAT YOU COULD, UM, GO ON.
IF YOU, YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE ARE WE HERE MIDWAY
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THROUGH THE GPS? AND IF THAT'S, UH, UH, ADDRESS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU ALSO COULD PUT THE ADDRESS THAT IS NOT YOUR LOCATION.WE DID RECOGNIZE THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY.
IF, IF THE ADDRESS IS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE ADDISON ISSUE, THEN, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT, UH, UNDER THAT CATEGORY FOR THE COURT, THE ENFORCEMENT FORCING FOR WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF THE ISSUE THEN? IS IT THE EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, HIGH GRASS WHEN YOU GOT THE SIGN OR ET CETERA, IF YOU CHOOSE ANY OF THOSE ISSUE, THEN WE GIVE YOU AN OPTION TO DESCRIBE, UH, WHAT IS THE UDS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN B SIGN, AND THEN, UH, THESE OPTIONS ALLOW YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE.
EITHER YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE FROM YOUR CAMERA, OR IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A PICTURE IN YOUR LIBRARY, YOU CAN ATTACH IT AND SEND IT THROUGH THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, IS, UH, UH, EQUALLY IS CONFIDENTIAL.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IF YOU HAVE AN OPTION HERE TO SAY YES OR NO, WE, UH, DISABLED THAT FUNCTION IN THE BACK AND BASED ON SOME OF THE DIRECTIVE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BECAUSE, UH, IF YOU MAKE THAT PUBLIC OTHER CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE REQUESTER AND, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MANAGING IT, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
OR THAT IS IN, YOU HAVE DISABLED THAT, UH, THIS ONE YOU JUST SUBMITTED.
AND AFTER YOU SUBMIT THAT REQUEST, UH, YOU WOULD RECEIVE, UH, AN EMAIL THAT IT WOULD TELL YOU IS THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT GIVE YOU THAT LEVEL OF COMFORT, THAT PEACE RECOURSE HAS BEEN SENT TO APPROPRIATE THE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE FOR A VARIETY OF REASON, WHETHER YOUR SIGNAL IS NOT RIGHT OR OTHER ISSUE THAT THAT REQUEST MIGHT NOT REACH THE DESTINATION.
THAT'S THE FIRST EMAIL YOU GET.
AND AFTER YOU GET ASSIGNED TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IN A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT, YOU GET OUT OF EMAIL.
AND THEN FROM THAT POINT FOR BOARD, ALL THE COMMUNICATION UPDATING YOU WITH REGARD TO THE REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE, UH, THEY DO THAT, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THAT COMMUNICATION UPDATE.
AND AT THE END, YOU GET A CLOSURE THAT THESE DISTRICT COURSE HAS BEEN CLOSED THAT'S APPLICATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FIVE CLICK, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT ANY REQUESTS, ANY ISSUE.
THEN WE WILL SEE TO THERE, TO THE SCENE THAT'S, UH, UH, UGLY, ENTERTAIN, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DEPARTMENTS HELP IN SHAPING THIS AND CHANGING IT, UPDATING IT, AND HAVING IT GET INVOLVED, YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE DEVELOPER.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS HOPING WE COULD, WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'VE GOT THE APP OPEN IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW OUR CITY BOUNDARIES AND WE KNOW VERY WELL, BUT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY WHO USES THE APP KNOWS OUR CITY BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND SO IF YOU TRY TO REPORT SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES, THE ERROR MESSAGE IS, IS A LITTLE BIT, COULD BE A LITTLE, IT IS VAGUE TO, TO, UH, NEWER USERS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY RUN INTO IT.
IT SAYS, UH, UNAVAILABLE AT THE TOP, SORRY, THE TYPE OF PROBLEMS, LIKE IT CANNOT BE REPORTED AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION.
AND, AND I'VE JUST, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CUSTOMER THAT, THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THEY'VE GOT CITIES.
IF, IF, IF THEY'RE CUSTOMERS OR MAYBE JUST ALL CITIES, I WONDER IF THEY COULD CHANGE THAT TO S TO REFLECT SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE NOT IN THE CITY, NOT IN THE CITY BOUNDARIES OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT WOULD, WOULD ALLOW THE USER TO REALIZE THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE REPORTING.
SO YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES AND IT GETS TRICKY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME STREETS ARE OURS AND THEN OTHERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THE TOWN WHERE, YEAH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, ONE THING I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER COULD, COULD JUST CHANGE THAT WORDING A LITTLE BIT, BUT, BUT IF POSSIBLE, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP, HELP, HELP A LOT OF USERS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME REQUESTS THAT WERE REPORTED TO THE DEVELOPER AND ACTUALLY DID THAT BIGGER REQUEST, THAT RANGE AND THE SCREEN
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DRIVER, IT WAS THE PRODUCT OF YOUR SUGGESTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE BIGGER AND WHAT THEY DO AS THEY HAVE 35 CUSTOMERS JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THEY HAVE 200 NATIONWIDE, THEY HAVE ONE PLATFORM THAT IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE THE SAME WAY, WHAT WE COULD DO AS WE DID BEFORE WE COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.AND THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT LOOK AT ALL THE REVIEWS THAT, OR REQUESTS THAT COMES FROM EVERY CITY.
AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER THEY SHOULD DO IT, THAT SERVE THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE USER, UH, GROUP, UM, EACH UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU BUY OFF THE SHELF APPLICATION AND YOU'RE NOT CUSTOMIZING IT, YOU GET A LOT OF, UH, FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND SUPPORT BENEFIT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU COULD NOT CUSTOMIZE IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT.
BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD SUGGEST THAT TOMORROW OR, OR THEIR CUSTOMERS, ALL CITIES, UH, MAJORITY OF OUR CITIES, YES, THEY DON'T, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THEY CAN SHARE WITH US BECAUSE WHEN WE CALL THEM TO SAY, GIVE US A LIST OF IT, THEY SAID, WELL, WE WILL, RATHER THAN NOT DOING THAT, THEY JUST GAVE US THE NUMBER, WHICH THERE ARE 35.
WELL, I I'VE SHARED THE IDEA WITH THEM, UM, OVER A YEAR AGO AND DATE AND NOTHING, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK THAT SAID, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS OR SOMETHING OTHER THAN, UH, IT, THEY SAID THAT BASICALLY THEY SAID THAT THEY PUT IT ON THEIR CONSIDERATION LIST FOR FUTURE.
UM, AND, BUT, BUT YEAH, I JUST, IF, IF ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE CITIES, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL, NOT ONLY FOR US OR OUR USERS, BUT ALL OF, ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, CUSTOMERS, USERS, WE COULD SUBMIT THAT REQUEST.
AND THAT FUN OFF WITH YOU JUST TO THOUGHT, I USED TO WORK FOR A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER THAT HAD AN APPLICATION THAT WAS, THAT WAS SIMILAR IN THAT IT WAS PRETTY DEVELOPED.
AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TAKING REQUESTS THAT NEVER MATERIALIZE BECAUSE OF XYZ IN A ROOM SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD CUSTOMIZE IT, DEVELOP YOUR OWN API, WHICH REQUIRED THAT YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPER IN HOUSE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME A WHOLE THING.
SO I, I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
AND I, AND THERE WERE SOME IDEAS AND A LOT OF MORE GOOD IDEAS AND THEY WILL REPEAT IT FROM DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS IMPLEMENT THEM FOR REASONS THAT, THAT ONLY THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPER ROOM KNEW.
AND I, AND I CAN ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE GIVEN ME A LOT OF INPUT.
I'VE TAKEN THAT INPUT AND SHARED THAT WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND THE DEVELOPER, AND THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES IN THEIR GRADE CHANGES.
REPORTING SOMETHING AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB IS, IS, UH, REMOVE SOME, SOME AND OPTIONS.
SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED AND, UM, UH, HAVE LAID OUT.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UM, ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE HAPPY.
THEY'RE THERE THEY GO BEYOND THE APP AND START TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT PARKS, PARKS CODE, AND HOW GREAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, TO FULFILL THE SERVICE REQUEST.
SO I'M GETTING GREAT, GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, I'M, COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASED WITH HOW QUICKLY, UM, YOU COULD SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST, LITERALLY IT, UM, I'M ADDING PICTURES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HELPFUL AND IT TAKES ME ON AVERAGE ABOUT A MINUTE, THAT'S IT? AND, UH, THE, THE REQUESTS GET FULFILLED REALLY, REALLY QUICK.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1795, WHICH IS TOTAL SERVICE REQUESTS? AND THEN IF YOU ADD UP THE END USERS, THAT'S 1250 THERE'S 545 DIFFERENCE.
IS THAT BECAUSE THE OTHERS ARE REQUESTS AND THEN AGAIN TODAY? OKAY.
WHAT PAGE I'M LOOKING AT? I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE SEVEN, RIGHT? COMPARED TO SLIDE.
AND IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY NOW MAY NOT BE, THERE WERE 1795
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REQUESTS, AND THEN DOWN THE NEXT PAGE, WE SHOW THE BREAKDOWN, THE TOP TWO COMPETITORS, JUST SAY IT DIDN'T LIST THE TOTAL ON THE NEXT PAGE.NOW THE DIFFERENCES IS THAT THE, JUST THE INDIVIDUALS AND THAT'S THE REST OF THEM TO ALL YOUR 24 REQUESTS SUBMITTED ANONYMOUSLY, JUST THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT IS OKAY.
THAT'S UNDERSTOOD FAMOUS WITH THIS APP, FOR SURE.
THIS IS A TOOL IN ONE DAY, ONE DAY.
AND I, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF, IF WE WEREN'T HAVING GREAT SUCCESS WITH IT, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD JUST QUIT ON IT IF IT WASN'T WORKING.
SO THIS, THIS IS A TESTAMENT, UH, IN MY OPINION, TO, TO HOW WELL THIS IS WORKING.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE INTEGRATION TO OUR, ALL OF OUR VARIOUS, UH, SYSTEMS, IT'S, IT'S VERY TRANSFORMATIONAL.
AND THEN HOW MANY TIMES THE WAY HAVE DONE THIS IS HUGE, OR THE CITIZENS HAVE THE CLASSES AND THE SLF WE HAVE, WE HAVE FEW CLASSES FOR COORDINATED TO THE AFTER.
I THINK MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN.
I THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE, THEY RELUCTANTLY TO USE IT.
AND ALSO MANY, WE HAVE A VIDEO OF, UH, HOW'D YOU USE THE APPLICATION, UH, ON THE WEBSITE.
WELL, MAY HAVE THE CLASS JUST TEACH THEM HOW TO DOWNLOAD THAT RIGHT IN THE CLASS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, MAKE SURE YOU INVITE MODELING AND PAUL AND CITIZENS, EXCEL YOURSELF.
YOU CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO DOWNLOAD IT.
THEY DOWNLOAD THE APP FIRST, THEN HOW TO MAKE A REQUEST.
I FEAR THAT IF MARLON AND I EARLIER WE'D GET NOTHING.
UM, NO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SECOND PLACE PERSPECTIVE HERE MENTIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS.
UH, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
MOST OF WHAT I SEEN WHEN I TURNED AROUND AT TOURNEY AND HAVE TO DO WITH MY MORNING ROUTINE EXERCISE WALK.
I MEAN, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUTES THAT I TAKE THAT TAKES ME ABOUT FOUR MILES OR SO.
AND IT'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN A DARK 30 IN THE MORNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY TIME ACTUALLY OUT OF THE DISTRICT.
SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS LIGHTS OUT ON THE TRAIL OR STREET LIGHTS OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND OR THEY, THE FOUNTAINS NOT RUNNING IT AND THEY LOCK SQUAD.
AND SO I REMEMBER ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE WALKING, IT WAS BY SUMMER, I THINK IS WHAT IT WAS.
AND WE RAN ACROSS, UH, THE FOUNTAIN WASN'T RUNNING FOR SOME REASON.
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN SITTING OUT THERE AND SHE MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT WE SAID SOME CASUAL CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
AND SHE SAID, YOU HADN'T BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE.
AND I SAID, WELL, HAVE YOU TURNED IT IN? AND SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME LIKE, I, I HAD AN ORANGE GOING OUT OF MY HEAD.
WELL, I KNOW, OH NO, I HAVEN'T TURNED TO THE HEAD.
YOU KNOW? AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S DISTRESSING, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHY DIDN'T YOU, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO DARK THING IN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SO EASY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO, THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN GO TO.
AND IT STUFF, STUFF GETS DONE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S AMAZING.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TAKE AWAY MORE ON MONICA PARTICIPATION, ISN'T IT? I THINK IT CUTS IT DOWN A LOT AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF OWNERSHIP HERE OF, OF EXPECTING THE LIGHTS TO BE ON WHEN WE SAY THE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ON AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE IN ORDER AND SUCH AS THAT, AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M OVERLY OBSERVANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'M JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET, THAT'S IT.
AND SO I SEE SOMETHING I'VE TURNED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, TURNING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GRASS UP IN SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
SO I, I, I WANT TO TRY TO WHAT
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IT BROUGHT.I'M NOT, I KNOW WE DO IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY HERE.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I ASKED AND MORON, I ASKED TO HAVE THIS, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE LEAVE OUR SEATS HERE, THAT THIS CONTINUES, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL REPORT, LIKE THE POLICING OR THE FARMING PORTION OF IT.
WE ALL, ONE OF OUR, SEVERAL PILLARS IS TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD OF, OF, UH, PROVIDING SERVICE AND, AND, AND TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THIS STUFF.
AND SO WHY WOULDN'T WE GET THIS REPORT EVERY YEAR? UM, JUST SO THAT IT'S, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, QUITE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THAT.
SO I HOPE THAT THAT, THAT LEGACY CARRIES ON PAST MY TIME HERE.
BUT, UM, THIS, THIS I THINK IS, IS, IS SO, SO EASY.
AND I THINK THE MESSAGING NEVER ENDS.
AND HOWEVER, THAT HAPPENS HAS TO HAPPEN.
I PROMISE YOU WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME TO DO SOMETHING, THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING.
I SAY I SENT STRAIGHT TO THE APP BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT NOW, MY ROLE TO ADMINISTRATOR THE CITY IT'S WATSON'S ROLE.
AND SO THIS GETS YOU STRAIGHT TO THE CORRECT ADMINISTRATOR TO DEAL WITH YOU.
AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT, OKAY, I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT YOU GO TO THE APP, THAT'S THE ACCESS POINT, THE ACCESS POINT.
AND SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S MY MESSAGING TO THAT UNIQUE CONSTITUENT THAT SPEAKS TO ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU GO THERE.
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF AND HAIR.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING I WOULD LIKE THIS TO CONTINUE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I WANT THE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE ON BEHALF OF STAFF AND HOPE IT'S THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUING ROLE TO, TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS.
I THINK IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF YS OUT THERE HELPING THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, HELPING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, HELPING EVERYBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO TO JUST TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF A POTENTIAL ISSUE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MAKES FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ALL WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
I KNOW I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF CAUSE YOU WERE MAKING SOME GOOD POINTS AND I UNDERSTAND HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE ABOUT THE VALUE OF THIS APP.
AND I AGREE, MY NAME WAS NOT ON THE BOARD, BUT I DID SUBMIT TWO FOR TWO DOWN FOR TWO, AND IT IS EXTREMELY EASY TO USE AND THE ISSUES GOT FIXED AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IS GETTING PEOPLE TO ADOPT TECHNOLOGY IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT, YOU NEVER ONE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT WALKING THE STREETS EVERY DAY? NO, NO.
AND DO THEY HAVE THEIR PHONES AND ARE THEY COMFORTABLE USING THE TECHNOLOGY? AND THAT'S THE, THE, THE, I AGREE IF EVERYBODY WOULD JUST USE THE APP, THEN IT WOULD BE SO EFFICIENT AND WE COULD SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A REST AND WE COULD EVEN ADD THE NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS TO GETTING PEOPLE, TO ADOPT THE TECHNOLOGY OTHER THAN SHARING IT WITH PEOPLE WE KNOW.
AND JUST TRYING TO, TO, UM, GET THEM TO DOWNLOAD IT, MAYBE WALK THROUGH IT WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO ORDER A PIG DOLLAR FOR SO MOST OTHERS, THEY DON'T USE THAT APP.
SO I, I ALWAYS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM, SO THE PHONE OVER THE PHONE TEACH THEM HOW TO USE IT.
WELL, I'M NOT SO BUSY, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WE JUST TAKE SOME TIME TO SET IT UP THE FIRST TIME, THEN LATER ON YOU CAN BE ORDERED THE FOOD IS THE SAME THING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT ON TIME.
SO, SO THAT'S THE REASON I WOULD SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY PRACTICALLY AND ADVERTISE THAT AND TEACH THE ELDERS AT ESNET AND CLUB, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE MODEL IN THE PAUL, FOR SURE.
SO THEY CAN HELP ASSIST, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONOR BECAUSE YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO USE THAT.
A SKILLFULLY TO TAKE A MEAL JUST ONE MINUTE.
IF EVERYBODY KNOWS, DOWNLOAD THE APP FIRST, THEN KNOWING WHAT YOU AREA
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NEED TO BE FIXED, YOU KNOW, JUST POINTED OUT.IT'S ACTUALLY SO EASY PROCESS, BUT THEY NEVER USE THAT.
SO THEY NEVER DOWNLOAD IT SO THEY WILL NEVER USE IT.
WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DOWNLOAD THEIR USER ONES.
AND THEN THEY WILL LOVE, THEY WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH IT, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, WE'RE LIVING UPON NO CHOICE, YOU KNOW, PLAY SOMETHING GONE WRONG.
SO THE APARTMENT TO COME OUT AND FIX IT.
IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GO TO AN OFFICE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN DOING PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT AN OPEN OFFICE, NOT OPEN.
SO YOU DON'T LIKE, WELL MASK, THEN YOU CAN PLAY ONE ON WALKING.
SO I'M SAYING JUST UTILIZE THIS, GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY, UH, ADVERTISE THEM AND THEN TEACH THEM AT THAT CLUB.
UH, I WOULDN'T SAY EVERY MONTH, MAYBE EVERY THREE MONTHS QUARTERLY.
SO I THINK THAT IT WILL BE HELPFUL.
UM, LET ME, CAN YOU OPEN THE PRESENTATION AGAIN AND GO TO PAGE FOUR, PLEASE? YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
SO, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS INFORMATION, I WAS LOOKING AT, AT THE SERVICE REQUEST SUBMITTED IN THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THE WAY I'M READING THIS, WE'VE GOT BETWEEN IOS AND ANDROID, WE'VE GOT 653 TOTAL DOWNLOADS.
AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? CORRECT.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE GETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND GO TO WHATEVER APP STORE THAT THEY USE AND DOWNLOAD THIS THING.
BUT, UH, ENGAGEMENT WISE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HOVERING AROUND 40, ON AVERAGE, 40 MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS A MONTH.
SO, UM, I WASN'T, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE NUMBERS LIKE THIS.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS EXCITING THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP AND ANYTHING WE CAN, WE CAN DO MARKETING WISE TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, UM, CLASSES ARE SOMETHING MARKETING WISE TOO, THAT WE CAN DRIVE ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS ALREADY HAVE IT, HAVE IT WITH THEM, I GUESS IN TURN THAT IF YOU COULD JUST PUT A MEDIUM DECIDE IF THERE ARE ANY AVENUE PEOPLE WITH THEIR FINANCIAL THAT YOU'VE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, TRIP OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW I'M GIVING AWAY PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR NO, I MEANT WATERWAY.
IF YOU MAKE, YOU MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
WHEN OUR REPORT WEST WAS KIND OF OFFENDED BECAUSE HIS NAME WASN'T ON TOP OF WHITE WINE, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOMEBODY WANT
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TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.SO, UH, IT DOESN'T NEED TO WAIT TO HEAR.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I DON'T REMEMBER ONE REGISTERED VERSUS NICOLA, UH, YOU WANT TO COME HERE STATING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND THEN TELL US WHY YOU WANT TO SAY, UH, TO MEETINGS.
AND TONIGHT I COME HERE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.
UH, MY NAME IS NICOLE AGE H OFF.
ONE OF MY ADDRESS IS 2 1 5 7 0 1 QUORUM, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS LIKE YOU'RE COMPARING ONE BAR.
THE SECOND ONE IS 5, 0, 0, 4 MORE.
IS THAT THE NEW, THE THIRD ONE IS 5 0, 0 6 MOTOR CITY.
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WE ALL DO A PROPER THIS UNITED SEVEN.AND WE, THE ONLY BUSINESS IN THE LAST 15 YEARS IN OURS, THE REASON I'M HERE IS YOU TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ASK TOGETHER AND I WAS KIND OF LAUGHING.
IT GOES, WHAT? I HATE THIS BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH.
I'M ACTUALLY DECIDED TO PROPER THIS.
I CARE FOR A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS.
AND, UM, DO I BE CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS TIME BESIDES ALSO THE 5 0, 0 6 MOST, UH, BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH ISSUE, I DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THE POLITICAL AND I WAS AMAZED WHEN I THOUGHT THEY TOLD ME AFTER I'M PAYING, I THINK 1.2 MILLION IS MY PROFIT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS MY TAXES AND MY BUSINESS, BUT FOR SURE THAT'S THE MONEY TO, I CAN BE ACCEPTED IN THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
AND THEN I ASKED HIM, CAN I PAY NO.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE WITH THE REGISTRATION UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF TAX PURPOSES.
I THINK SOME OF YOU LOST THAT PERSON AND, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT FAIR TO A BUSINESS OWNER.
I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 15 YEARS.
AND I DON'T THINK A BUSINESS OWNER IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHERE HE GOES EVERY DAY AND SPENDING LIKE YOU MAYBE 20 HOURS A DAY, MAN.
IT'S IT'S, TO ME, IT'S KIND OF, I FELT LIKE I GOT TO COME AND SHARE SOME KIND OF, YOU HAVE TO KILL THIS COMMUNITY TODAY.
WELL, PEOPLE ARE SURELY MAKING US BE ACCESSIBLE WITH NOT SOMEBODY ON VACATION, PULLING IN MY BUSINESS AND BE LOOPED WITH ME.
AND I'M LIKE, GIVE ME A BREAK.
WHY YOU DON'T ASK ME WAS LIKE, I'M ASKING THE BEST.
I THINK I PAUSED AND I WISH OVERVIEW WILL HELP ME WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.
I CAN GO BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH PROBLEMS USE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING NIKOLAY YOU CAN LEAVE THE JUDGMENT.
I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT AS A RESIDENT.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS NOT ONLY CHANGE YOUR DRIVER LICENSE TO THE ADDRESS, BUT ALSO, UH, PROVIDE A UTILITY BILLS, ALLOW WITH THAT.
IF YOU'RE LIVING APARTMENT, YOU NEED THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A GREEN SHEET ALONG WITH THE DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH THE CORRECT ADDRESS.
BLUE SHEET, YOU KNOW, I, I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER HE FITTING THIS OR NOT, SO, BUT, UH, WESTLAND FOLLOW UP WITH, YEAH.
[2. Present and Discuss the Airport Quarterly Report for the Fiscal Year 2022 First Quarter Ended December 31, 2021.]
I HAD NUMBER TWO, PRESENT, DISCUSS THE AIRPORT.IT'S ONE OF REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 FIRST QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
IT SAYS WE JUST DID A LAST QUARTER IN LAST MEETING.
SO THIS MUST BE A LITTLE FASTER OH, GOOD EVENING.
AND, UH, IF I CAN GET THIS TO OPEN, THERE WE GO.
UH, I LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER UPDATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 FOR THE AIRPORT.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SINCE WE'VE SEEN THIS FORMAT BEFORE, I'LL GO A LITTLE FASTER AND IF I SKIP OVER SOMETHING, HE NEEDED ME TO SLOW DOWN.
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I WILL DO THAT.UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO COVER IN THIS, UH, REPORT HERE IS, UH, THE STATISTICS FROM THE QUARTER, INCLUDING, UH, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, FUEL FLOWAGE, UH, REVENUE, REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, AND THEN SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON THOSE PROJECTS, UH, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 22, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT NOT QUITE AS ACTIVE AS THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 20.
UH, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT IS WORTH POINTING OUT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARK PART OF THE BLUE BAR THAT IS INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS, WHICH CORRELATES STRONGLY TO THE TURBINE TRAFFIC JET TRAFFIC, AND THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL THERE.
AND IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, IT'S UP 50% FROM THE PREVIOUS PERIOD LAST YEAR, AND ABOUT 30% FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 20.
SO TOTAL OPERATIONS ARE UP 14% FROM, UH, LAST, LAST YEAR, FIRST QUARTER DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF FYI 20.
BUT THE NUMBER THAT I THINK WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTAL, WHEN THE INSTRUMENT IFR AT 10 OR AN OPERATIONS OF, UH, 14,733, THAT'S A VERY, VERY STRONG NUMBER.
WE HAD TWO MONTHS OVER 5,000, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, UH, 3000 TO 3,500 IS A PRETTY GOOD BENCHMARK.
THAT'S WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
IF WE'RE BELOW THAT, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD MONTH.
AND IF WE'RE ABOVE THAT THROUGH PRETTY HEALTHY TERRITORY, UH, FIRST QUARTER, IT'S USUALLY ONE OF OUR STRONGER QUARTERS, UH, IT'S UH, THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER AND THE SLOWER TIMES.
SO FALL AND SPRING ARE THE SLIGHTLY BUSIER TIMES.
WE'RE NOT AS CYCLIC AS SOME AIRPORTS, BUT FALL AND SPRING ARE GENERAL NEAR VISITOR QUARTERS, BUT THOSE ARE VERY STRONG NUMBERS.
THEIR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, UH, LOOKS REALLY GOOD FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FYI 22.
WE'VE HAD REALLY STRONG INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
UM, THE GREEN PART OF THE BAR IS THE ARRIVALS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE FOCUS ON.
THAT'S THAT'S PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THE DEPARTURES, I THINK I'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE.
UH, THAT'S NOT A COMPLETE NUMBER BECAUSE WE ONLY GET THE DEPARTURES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO OUR CUSTOMS OFFICER AT THE AIRPORT.
SO, UH, ALL INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE TO FILE WITH THE CUSTOMS, BUT, UH, IF IT'S A PRIVATE, UH, PART 91 AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILE WITH OUR OFFICER AND WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS ARE UP MORE THAN 50% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE PRIOR TWO YEARS.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD, STRONG NUMBER.
UH, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ARE ALSO UP QUITE A BIT AS NOTED.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY THOSE, UH, WITH TOO MUCH, UH, SERIOUSNESS, BUT, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS ARE REALLY, UH, REALLY HAD A GOOD QUARTER AND REALLY STRONG START TO THE YEAR.
UM, I'LL POINT OUT THAT IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WE HAD, UH, OVER 60, WHICH IS ALMOST TWO A DAY.
SO THAT'S A REALLY A GOOD IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING PRIOR YEARS.
UH, WE'D AVERAGED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 400 A YEAR, SO SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ONE PER DAY.
UH, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING TWO PER DAY, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO, SO THAT'S GOOD IMPROVEMENT.
WE'RE HOPING TO SEE MORE OF THAT, UH, FUEL FLOWAGE.
THE BLACK PART OF THE BAR IS JET FUEL, WHICH IS OVER 90% OF OUR FIELD SALES AND THE, UH, MEDIUM BLUE IS, UH, AVIATION GASOLINE.
UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF FYI 22 IS A LOT BIGGER BAR THAN ANY OF THOSE OTHER BARS ON THE CHARTS.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, IN FACT, ALMOST TWO AND THREE QUARTER MILLION GALLONS IN ONE QUARTER, GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
UM, THAT'S UP 72% FROM FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 55% FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF .
UH, AVIATION GASOLINE IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S, UH, ONE OF OUR FLIGHT SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR, UH, WAS TRAINING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THAT, UH, TRAFFIC DROPPED OFF SOMEWHAT WITH THE PANDEMIC TIP BECAUSE THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COULDN'T COME HERE.
SO WE EXPECT THAT AS THE PANDEMIC EASES TO PICK BACK UP AND THAT FLIGHT TRAINING TO COME BACK UP, BUT TOTAL FUEL FLOW IS, IS UP MORE THAN 64% FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AND UP ALMOST 50% FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 20.
AND THAT NUMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL MONTHLY, UH, UH, VOLUMES ON THERE, 600,000 GALLONS, IT'S A PRETTY HEALTHY NUMBER.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE
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MONTHS OF A CALENDAR YEAR, 2021, THEY'RE 886,945 AND 917,000.I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT.
AND I'VE ADDED ONE SLIDE HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE.
THESE ARE THE TOP 10 HIGHEST MONTHS EVER RECORDED IT AS FUEL FLOWAGE.
AND WE'VE GOT THREE AT THE TOP FIVE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
WHY IS THAT? IT'S A LOT OF IT IS THE RUNWAY CLOSURE AT LOVE FIELD.
IT'S DRIVING A LOT OF BUSINESS TRAFFIC HERE, SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS PERMANENT AND WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP A PIECE OF THIS TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, UH, GOOD TIMES.
AND I THOUGHT WE LIKED TO SEE, SO I, I BELIEVE IT WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY PEOPLE SAY MORE TIME IN OTHER OPERATION LANDING? TAKEOFF IS I BELIEVE OUR FIELD EVEN COMPARED TO THE LOW FIELD, EVEN CHEAPER, IS THAT THE CASE? I HAVEN'T CHECKED THE FUEL PRICES LATELY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY COMPETITIVE.
AND I THINK WE'RE A LOT NICER.
THE OTHER THING IS GALAXIES NOT OPEN YET.
SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME INCREASE WHEN THEY OPEN UP.
SO OUR, OUR REVENUES AND YOU SEE THAT THE REAL ESTATE REVENUE IS THE BULK OF OUR REVENUE.
IT'S ABOUT 80% AND THAT'S A REAL ESTATE REVENUE.
THE CHANGE IN THAT IS LIKE STEERING A SUPER TANKER.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GO UP OR DOWN OR MAKE IT TURN TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
SO THAT'S FAIRLY STABLE, ALTHOUGH IT IS SLIGHTLY INCREASING AND IT ACTUALLY WILL INCREASE MORE WHEN GALAXY COMES ONLINE AND STARTS PAYING THE GROUND RENTAL, UH, THAT, THAT WILL INCREASE.
AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT WE EXPECT TO COME ONLINE, PROBABLY IN ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THESE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY WHERE THEY'RE PAYING THE RENT.
UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UH, THE FUEL FLOW OF ITS REVENUE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY UP, WHICH IS GOOD CORRELATION WITH THE, THAT YOU SELL MORE FUEL, YOU MAKE MORE FUEL FOR WHICH PIECE ON IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD CORRELATION THERE.
SO AGAIN, REAL ESTATE REVENUE, WE'RE INCREASING SLOWLY, WE'RE UP, UH, 4% OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND ALMOST 7% OVER LAST YEAR.
AND THE FUEL FLOW, HIS FEES ARE UP, UH, 62% FROM LAST YEAR AND 46% FROM THE PRIOR.
SO OUR TOTAL REVENUE WAS UP IN DOUBLE FIGURES THERE, UH, COMPARED TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF, UH, OH, AGAIN, MY MISTAKE THERE, ALLSTATE 21, 1 OF THOSE IS FYI AT THE BOTTOM, AND THIS IS THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO.
UM, THE BASIC MESSAGE OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE STILL A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED.
UH, THE FOUR VACANCIES THAT WE SHOW ON ON THE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE REALLY, UH, MOSTLY OFFICE SPACES IN, IN THAT, UH, WIDELY POSTED BUILDING THAT WE ON.
UM, AND THOSE KINDS OF COME AND GO.
UH, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS HANGERS WERE FULL, UM, ONE THING THAT CHANGED FROM THE LAST QUARTER WAS THAT THERE WERE THREE ROUND LEASES THAT EXPIRED AND REVERTED TO AIRPORT CONTROL.
SO INSTEAD OF 37 GROUND LEASES, WE'RE DOWN TO 34, UH, TWO OF THOSE EXPIRING GROUND LEASES.
WE, UH, WE'RE WE'RE COMMERCIAL HANGAR LEASES.
WE BASICALLY TOOK POSSESSION OF A HANGER AND TURNED AROUND AND STARTED RUNNING IT FOR COMMERCIAL RENT.
UM, AND THE THIRD ONE WAS FOR JUST A RAMP WHERE A, UH, THROUGH THE FENCE OPERATOR WAS LEASING THE RAMP.
THEY CEASED THEIR THROUGH THE FENCE OPERATIONS AND THE LEASE JUST EXPIRED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TOOK IT BACK.
SO NOTHING HAPPENING WITH THAT ONE, A GROUND LEASE AND FUEL FARM REVENUES WERE A LITTLE BIT BELOW BUDGET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, BECAUSE GALAXY WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN OPERATING BY NOW, AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR, UH, DIFFICULTIES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AS EVERYBODY WHO'S TRYING TO BUILD ANYTHING NOWADAYS HAS.
UH, SO THEY WERE PROJECTED TO COME ONLINE, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BELOW ON, ON THE EXPECTED REVENUE FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THE FUEL FARM.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE GROUND LEASE REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
UM, GALAXY WAS NOW WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO START IN APRIL AND, UH, PER THE TERMS OF, OF THEIR, THEIR GROUND LEASE WOULD START PAYING GROUND.
AT LEAST ONCE THEY GOT THE TEMPORARY CEO AT ONCE, THEY COULD OPEN UP, UH, BUT ALSO IN THE TERMS OF THE GROUND LEASE, IF THEY DON'T GET OPEN WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET THE TEMPORARY CEO, THERE IS A PROVISION FOR ADDITIONAL RENT, WHICH KICKED IN ON DECEMBER 1ST.
AND WE BUILD THAT IN THE REAR.
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IT'S ABOUT 90% OF THE GROUND LEASE REVENUE THAT THEY WOULD BE PAYING, UH, THAT WILL BE BUILT IN JANUARY INTERVIEWERS.SO DECEMBER'S ADDITIONAL RENT WILL BE BUILT IN JANUARY, AND THAT WILL SHOW UP ON THE NEXT QUARTER.
SO JUST TO REVIEW SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE OPENED FOR BUSINESS ON FEBRUARY 14TH, CLEAR OUR FIRST FLIGHT, LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER CLEARED OUR SECOND ONE IN THE, UH, EIGHT OR NINE DAYS.
WE'D BEEN OPEN TO BE CLEAR 27 FLIGHTS THERE.
A LOT OF THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S DAY, HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
WE CLEARED ABOUT A DOZEN FLIGHTS OVER THE WEEKEND ON A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, ONLY ONE ON SATURDAY, BUT SUNDAY, MONDAY, WE'RE VERY BUSY.
UH, THE REVIEWS FROM USERS HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
OUR CUSTOMS OFFICERS JUST ABOUT ECSTATIC WITH THIS NEW DIGS.
UH, MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT COME IN AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TURNED AROUND.
THEY'RE CLEARED THEY'RE THROUGH.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY SELL TO MARKET.
THIS , , UH, THE SAME UNIFORM HE'S ALWAYS WORN.
UM, THIS IS PICTURES FROM A TOUR WITH, WITH COUNCIL, UH, EARLIER, I THINK IN JANUARY.
UH, AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO HAVE A MONUMENT SIGN OUT THERE BY OUR DRIVEWAY OR WORKING WITH THE CUSTOMER SIGNS ON THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE MARCH WE'LL GET THAT MONUMENT SIGN IN PLACE, UH, KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
MAKE US A LITTLE EASIER TO FIND.
AND MAYBE BY NEXT YEAR, WE'LL GET THE ROAD FIXED.
WE'LL SEE, UH, GALAXY, AS I MENTIONED THERE, UH, UM, CONSTRUCTION STARTED, UH, DECEMBER, 2019 AND WE EXPECT THEM TO START OPERATING PROBABLY IN APRIL.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE ADDITIONAL RENT PAYMENTS ARE THERE, UH, GROUND LEASE COMMENCED DECEMBER OF 2021, BUT WE'RE BUILDING OUT IT IN THE REAR.
SO THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THIS FIRST QUARTER, THAT'LL SHOW UP IN THE SECOND QUARTER REVENUE.
AND YOU CAN SAY MOSTLY WHAT THEY'VE GOT LEFT IS INTERIOR FINISHES AND THE CONCRETE FOR THE RAMP.
SO A LOT OF CONCRETE WORK STILL TO GO.
THEY HAVEN'T POURING THAT, UH, ARRESTED THIS WEEK.
ISN'T GOING TO HELP THEM ON THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UH, THE INTERIOR FINISHES ARE REALLY, WHAT'S KIND OF SLOWING THINGS DOWN AT THIS POINT OF, UH, ATLANTIC AVIATION, UH, THERE, UM, REALLY NOT MUCH TO REPORT ON THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT, THEY ARE STILL PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THEY DO HAVE NEW OWNERSHIP AND, UH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO INCREASE THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO MAKE HERE AT ADDISON, UH, WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP IS QUITE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY REALLY WANT TO GROW THE BUSINESS.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALIZATION THAT WAS GALAXY OCCUPYING THE SOUTH END AND, AND WITH MILLIONAIRE THE NORTH END, THEY NEED TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AND HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF FACILITIES.
UM, THEY'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE THERE.
THEY'VE GOT A GREAT REPUTATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, BUT THEIR FACILITIES HERE HAVE NOT QUITE BEEN UP TO THE STANDARD THAT WE WOULD LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FIXING TO DO THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO RECTIFY THAT AND THAT I THINK WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE COMING YEARS, A LOT OF, UH, GOOD PROGRESS.
THEY'RE REVAMPING THOSE FACILITIES, UH, PENDING PROJECTS, UH, THE, UH, RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY ATTAINMENT PRESERVATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT IN APRIL RIGHT NOW.
UM, TENTATIVELY, IT JUST DEPENDED ON WHETHER, UH, STARTING THE SHUTDOWN ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 8TH AND WORKING CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL WE GET IT BACK OVER AND PROBABLY ON THE 12TH, UM, THE RUNWAY, UH, DESIGNATION, UM, THAT ACTUALLY, AS SOON AS I MADE THIS CHANGE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MARCH 24TH.
WHEN THE CHART PUBLICATION CYCLE WENT THROUGH FOR FAA, UH, FAA EMAILED ME AND SAID, WELL, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE THE MAY 19TH, IT'LL SLIP ONE CYCLE.
AND TWO DAYS LATER AFTER I'D MADE THIS CHANGE, I SAID, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE 24TH.
WE WILL CHANGE THE DESIGNATION ON THAT WEEKEND.
AND, UH, WE'LL INSTEAD OF HAVING BROADWAY ONE, FIVE AND THREE, THREE, WE'LL HAVE 1 63, 4, AND THAT'S JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGE IN MAGNETIC VARIATION, UM, ON THE TAXIWAY BRAVO EXTENSIONS, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.
IN FACT, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW MORNING AND FINALIZE SCORES.
WE GOT FIVE REALLY EXCELLENT PROPOSALS, UH, FROM FIVE TEAMS AND IT'S, UH, I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAMS AND THE QUALITY OF THESE PROPOSALS.
AND THEY CRAMMED US ALL INTO A TEXT DOC FORMAT THAT HAS THREE PAGES TO TELL EVERYTHING THEY WANT
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TO DO.AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR THESE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT HAVE PUT THESE PROPOSALS TOGETHER.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S EIGHTEENS ON THERE, AND IT'S REALLY A VERY TOUGH DECISION.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE SITTING DOWN TOMORROW MORNING AND GOING THROUGH THIS FINALIZING SCORES, IF THERE'S NOT A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON A WINNER, WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO INTERVIEWS AND TO TAKE THE TOP TWO AND INTERVIEW THE TEAMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO TURN OUT UNTIL EVERYBODY SITS DOWN AND GIVES THEIR SCORES AND WE TALLY THEM UP AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE ENGINEER THAT THE AIRPORT WILL USE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WITH THAT ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, WE ALSO USE THEM FOR, UH, OTHER ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT AREN'T GRANT FUNDED THAT WE DO OURSELVES.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE AN ON-CALL SERVICES PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE, UH, DO SOME REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS THAT AREN'T GOING, AREN'T REALLY ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING, OR THAT AREN'T BIG ENOUGH TO WAIT AROUND FOR GRANT FUNDING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL USE THIS, THIS, THIS ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO THAT.
AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WE GET SOMEBODY THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND HOW WE, HOW WE OPERATE AND KIND OF HAS THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOUR SELECTION COMMITTEE FROM THE ENTIRE, EXCUSE ME, UH, THREE OF US, OUR AIRPORT STAFF, AND TWO OF THE PUBLIC WORKS.
SO IT'S MYSELF, JOE BACCHANALIA AND HUNTER SX FROM THE AIRPORT, AND THEN, UH, SHANNON HICKS AND TODD WEINHEIMER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN, UH, IT IS AN GRANT, UH, ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS WORK WE EXPECT TO, UH, DESIGN.
UM, WHILE I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE THAN 30 WEEKS BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAXIMUM SCHEDULED WITH ANYBODY PROPOSED OUT OF OUR FIVE RESPONDENTS.
SO THAT WOULD PUT IT INTO MAYBE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'S REALLY PROBABLY GOING TO DEPEND ON WHEN WE GET THE FUNDING.
AND I WOULD EXPECT BY LATER THIS YEAR, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, ON THIS IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, TYPICALLY THE GRANTS ARE 90% DFA AND 10%, UH, LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT, THERE IS A SERVICE ROAD, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT THAT WE WISH TO CONSTRUCT FOR VEHICLES SO THEY CAN KEEP OFF THE TAXIWAY.
WE HAVE MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT REALLY IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AND THAT IT SHOULD BE AT THE 90 10, UH, TXDOT, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE FAA GRANT FUNDS HAD ONLY COMMITTED TO FUND THAT AT 50 50, WHICH IS WHY OUR MATCHING HERE IS 1.4 MILLION ON A, ON A, A SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, SINCE THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW PASSED, UH, ADDISON HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AND UNDER $763,000 IN THAILAND FUNDING.
AND WHEN I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO SPOT, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT SHOULD BE SAFETY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
AND I SAID, WELL, NOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER $760,000.
YOU GOT THE MONEY WE WANT 90 10.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIN THAT ARGUMENT, BUT WE'LL SEE, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO COUNT THOSE CHICKENS UNTIL THEY'RE HATCHED.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE IS AT LEAST AS A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL GET THE WHOLE PROJECT AT NIGHT 10.
AND THAT IS, UH, ALL I'VE GOT THERE.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.
UM, ON THE REAL ESTATE REVENUES, ARE THEY SLOW MOVING JUST BECAUSE OF THE LONGTERM LEASES? IS THAT KIND OF THE, YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, 34 ACTIVE GROUND LEASES RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THOSE STARTED OUT WITH A 40 YEAR TERM OF, SO, UM, THEY HAVE CPI ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT CPI ADJUSTMENTS HAD BEEN RUNNING A COUPLE OF PERCENT EVERY, EVERY TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE REALLY BIG CHANGES, BUT, UH, REALLY IT'S, IT'S JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE FULL.
THERE'S NOT REALLY THAT MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT UNTIL YOU TEAR SOMETHING DOWN AND THEN REDEVELOP.
SO MOST OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE TO PLAN TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT REVENUE STREAM, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO A REDEVELOPMENT, WE TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF REVENUE PRODUCTION FOR THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET IT RECONSTRUCTED.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SLOW GROWING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S, WE'VE EITHER GOT TO JUST BUILD ON WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND THEN A LOT OF IT IS THE LONG-TERM GROUND LEASES THAT DRIVE THAT, BUT IT WAS GET UP, SEE, PAY THE RENT ALWAYS SHOW IN THE NEXT WEEK FOR RIGHT.
SO THE ADDITIONAL RENT PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
IT A LITTLE BIT FALSE IN THAT NEXT QUARTER WHEN THEY'RE PAYING FULL RATE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY SEE IT IN THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT, BECAUSE IF THEY START PAYPAL OF 20, 22, THAT'S THE BE GETTING IT BEFORE AND THEY STARTED PUMPING
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GAS AT THAT POINT, BUT THAT WILL ALSO HAVE, OKAY.UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS ON SLIDE 12, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, OR, OH, WE'RE TOUCHING UPON THE OCCUPANCY RATES ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LIGHT OUT OF BACON AND APPROVED LAND, AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHY WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT IN THE VACANCY TOTALS, UM, THE UNIMPROVED LAND THAT WE HAVE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE PARTICULAR PARCELS ARE, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT IN PLACES THAT WE CAN DEVELOP THEM.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOUR ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT THAT IS REALLY UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO TAXIWAY AND RUNAWAY ACCESS OVER THERE.
SO WHEN WE CONSTRUCT THE TAXIWAY BRAVO EXTENSION, THERE'S FOUR ACRES, THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU, YOU THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THESE, ONE OF THESE 10, I GOT IT.
AND SOME OF THESE ARE OUR PARCELS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY IN NEGOTIATIONS, UH, FOR NEW GROUND LEASE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY WHAT'S THE VALUE OF IT RIGHT NOW? UH, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PIECE OF GROUND RIGHT NOW THAT HAS REVENUE POTENTIAL.
SO YEAH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NORMALLY A COUNT, COUNT THOSE IN OUR REAL ESTATE VACANCIES, BUT THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE, UH, ACTIVE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS ON GROUND LEASES GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN WE FINALIZE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, WE'LL BRING THOSE TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN WE'LL EXPECT TO START SEEING SOME CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE SITES.
UM, WHAT IS THE, IS THERE A PROCESS OF THE AIRPORT OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY STARTED THEIR ENGINES IN THE MORNING TO WARM THEM UP OR SOMETHING? I, I HEAR WHAT SOUNDS LIKE ENGINE STARTING, NOT EVERY MORNING, BUT SOME MORNINGS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED IS THAT ENGINES THAT ARE WARMING UP OR WHAT, WHAT IS THAT NOISE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING? THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COULD BE GOING ON WITH THAT, UH, THERE'S AIRCRAFT THAT HAVE STARTED THEIR ENGINES AND ARE WAITING TO DEPART.
AND THERE ARE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE THAT ARE, MAYBE ARE DOING ENGINE MAINTENANCE RUNS.
UM, THOSE HAPPENED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF TAXIWAY OFTEN, AND WHICH END OF THE TAXIWAY THEY'RE OUT DEPENDS LITERALLY ON WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING.
UH, TODAY THE WIND IS STRONGLY OUT OF THE NORTH.
SO AIRCRAFT THAT ARE GOING TO DEPART ARE GOING TO GO TO THE SOUTH END OF TAXIWAY OFA AND RUN THEIR ENGINES THERE.
UH, THEY MAY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF AIRPLANES IN MIND TO TAKE OFF.
THEY MAY BE WAITING FOR AIRCRAFT TO LAND BEFORE THEY TAKE OFF.
UH, LANDING TRAFFIC USUALLY GETS PRIORITY OVER THE TRAFFIC WAITING TO DEPART.
SO THE AIRCRAFT MAY BE SITTING THERE WITH THEIR ENGINES RUNNING ON THE GROUND.
UH, USUALLY THE LOUDER ONES THAT YOU HEAR ARE THE MAINTENANCE RUNS THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING THOSE UP TO HIGHER POWER ON THE GROUND, UH, JUST TO TEST THE ENGINES.
SO TODAY, IF THEY'RE DOING ENGINE MAINTENANCE RUNS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UP AT THE SOUTH, I'M SORRY, AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE WE'RE IN WHAT WE CALL NORTH FLOW EVERYBODY'S LANDING AND TAKING OFF TO THE NORTH.
SO SOME MORNINGS WHEN THE, WHEN THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH, THE AIRCRAFT BUILDING MAINTENANCE RUN-UPS ARE GOING TO BE DOWN AT THE SOUTH END.
THE PLAN HAS TO LAND AND THE LAND AND TAKE OFF AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
SO YOU CAN NOT FOLLOW THE WAY.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO UP AGAINST NORTH, TAKE OFF ON WALLS.
SOMETIMES THE SOUTH DEPENDS ON THE WIND BLOW.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM, CAUSE I LIVE OVER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE AIRPORT, IT IS SUCH A MASTERPIECE, THE WHOLE ENTIRE, THE GALAXY FBO EDITION AND IT JUST THE WHOLE AREA.
IT JUST SO AHEAD OF THE TIMES, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THE ADDISON IS PREPARED FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STILL GOT THIS BIG GROWTH THING GOING ON AND ON TEXAS AND DALLAS AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOW PREPARED TO HANDLE IT.
SO, UM, GREAT REFORMS, SO INTERESTING EVEN TO SEE THE TOP 10 PEOPLE.
THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS JUST BOGGLED AT THAT THE VOLUMES THAT WE'RE SEEING AND, UM, THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY HUGE VOLUMES.
AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S HARD KEEPING THE TANKS FOR, UM, A LOT OF, LOT OF TANKER TRUCK TRAFFIC ON ADDISON ROAD.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING YOUR AVERAGE TANKER TRUCK CARRIES ABOUT 8,000 GALLONS IN THE LOAD.
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AND WHEN YOUR FUEL VOLUME IS OVER 800,000, YOU'RE TALKING MORE THAN A HUNDRED TANKER TRUCK LOADS IN A MONTH COMING DOWN THE ROAD.SO I MENTIONED WE HAVE TO REBUILD THAT AS SOME ROAD.
SO LAURIE, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT GALAXY, THE ARBOR FOUNDATION IS POISED AND READY TO PUT UP A CARD THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN WAITING AND, UH, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THE SPOT THERE, IF YOU RECALL, AND IT'S KIND OF ALMOST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UM, AS A CERTAIN PARK AND KIND OF, WE'LL KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE WALKWAY UP THERE.
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S JUST ONE MORE PIECE OF BUMPER CARDS UNDER THE BEAUTIFUL ASPECT OF A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
AND SO JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
SO, UH, SO JOEL, ARE YOU COMMENTED ABOUT THE, THE, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL? I MEAN, IS THAT, DID YOU THINK, DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF, IS IT GO THAT WELL TO THAT QUICKLY OR EFFICIENTLY AT LOVE FIELD? I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOME, IF, IF, UM, A SERVICE LIKE THAT MIGHT HELP RETAIN SOME OF THAT, UH, UH, BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN A FIELD THAT WE OPEN AT CAPACITY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? OUR FACILITY IS A LOT NICER THAN THEIRS.
I MEAN, I W WE WENT DOWN THERE AND VISITED THEIR FACILITY AND FACILITIES AT SOME OTHER AIRPORTS BEFORE WE BUILT OURS.
AND ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS OF THE FACILITY THEY'RE OPERATING ON IS THEY USED EXISTING RANT, BUT IT'S OLDER RAMP AND IT'S KIND OF IN A TUCKED AWAY CORNER OF THE AIRPORT.
SO IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THROUGH IS AS FAR AS TAXING FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE CUSTOMS FACILITY, UM, OURS IT'S RIGHT AT MIDFIELD, YOU LAND, YOU TURN OFF.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEIR FACILITY WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
SO EITHER HAD TO TAKE AN ELEVATOR OR, UH, CLIMB STAIRS TO GET INTO THE CUSTOMS FACILITY.
SO THERE WAS A, YOU ENTERED ON, ON GROUND FLOOR FROM NOT SURE IF THAT WOMAN AVENUE OR WHATEVER THAT STREET IS OVER THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, IT'S, IT'S OVER ON THE SAME SIDE WHERE, UH, FRACTURES A FLIGHT IS.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND FROM THE STREET.
SO IT'S, I THINK AS FAR AS THE LOCATION, OURS IS, UH, CENTRALLY LOCATED.
I MEAN, THAT WAS EARLY SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL DID IS SO THEY PAID FOR A SITE SELECTION STUDY, AND WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO PUT THIS AS FAR AS UTILITY OF THE LAND AND, UH, UH, CONVENIENT LOCATION.
I THINK WE HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK ON THAT.
I THINK THE EASE OF THE IN AND OUT, JUST WHEN YOU LAND, YOU TURN OFF AND THERE YOU ARE, UH, ISRAELI SO OF BED, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST IT'S, IT'S GOT THE ROOM AND IT'S GOT THE EQUIPMENT AND IT'S GOT AN OFFICER WHO IS ACTUALLY, UH, VERY FRIENDLY AND, AND MEL, THERE'S A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEY ALL KNOW THE DRILL AND THAT HELPS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A COMBINATION, I THINK THEN, YEAH, I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE EASY TO MARKET, AND I CAN THINK THAT WE HAVE A BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVELY, UH, AS FAR AS JUST HAVING A MORE PLEASANT FACILITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE REALLY BEEN COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT IT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE GIRLS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE CITY MANAGER, ERIC COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS.
SO ONE OR TWO, UH, RELATED TO DARK ACTIVITIES, ACTUALLY, DORIS BI-ANNUAL VIRTUAL MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 24TH.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE SHARED BEFORE.
UH, IT WILL TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY 24TH, FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM.
AND AS A VIRTUAL MEDIA, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR EARLIER, EARLIER IN FEBRUARY, BUT HAD TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE REGION, UH, DART AND THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR ARCHER WESTERN HERZOG WILL BE ON HAND OUTLINE THE LATEST DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS OF DARKS SILVERLINE REGIONAL RAIL PROJECT, AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANYBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED IN THIS, UH, VIRTUAL MEETING CAN LOG ON OR FIND THE LOG ON INFORMATION, EXCUSE ME, ON DARTS WEBSITE@DARK.ORG TOWARDS SLASH SILVER.
AND THEN ANOTHER DART ACTIVITY HERE IS, UH, ARCHER WESTERN HERZOG, WHO AGAIN IS THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR IS HOSTING A CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, BREAKFAST OR COFFEE AT DUNN BROTHERS COFFEE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 28TH.
AND THAT'LL TAKE PLACE FROM NINE 30 TO 10:30 AM.
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UH, THAT, UH, EVENTS THEY WILL COVER CURRENT, THEY WILL COVER CURRENT AND UPCOMING DARK SILVER LINE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, UH, SPACES LIMITED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE VENUE RSVP IS REQUIRED AND RSVP IS REQUIRED.UH, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, EVENTS, THEY CAN FIND THE LINK ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET.
UM, ALSO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE AD IS AN ATHLETIC CLUB AND ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE TEAMED UP TO OFFER A CRIME PREVENTION WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY, MARCH THE FIRST FROM SEVEN 30 TO 8:30 PM.
AND THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SURVEYOR WATER TOWER CLASSROOM, UH, THAT SURVEYOR WATERTOWER CLASSROOM WAS LOCATED IN THE BASE OF THE WATER TIRE TOWER.
THERE THAT'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF SORT OF SURVEYOR BOULEVARD INTERACTABLE ROAD.
SO WE ENCOURAGE CARPOOLING AND APD DURING THAT PRESENTATION, WE'LL DISCUSS WAYS TO PROTECT, UH, FOR PEDIGREE, FOR RESIDENTS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST, UH, BURGLARIES OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
UH, AND, AND IDEAS WILL HELP SHARE IDEAS TO HELP, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SECURE.
SO THOSE, UH, FINALLY, UH, JUST AS AN FYI, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING ANOTHER COLD FRONT LATER THIS WEEK, UH, WE'VE UH, FILED A LIST OF WEATHER RELATED RESOURCES, LIKE HOW PEOPLE CAN LOCATE THEIR WATER MAIN SHUT OFF, OR HOW TO REPORT A WATER LEAK ONTO ONE PAGE ON OUR TOWN WEBSITE.
YOU CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET FOR SLASH WEATHER, AND WE'LL USE OUR, UH, VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO ALSO PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT AS WELL.
SO THAT THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
TURN THE TIME BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR.
[ 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.]
GO TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THREE AND FOUR.IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO? COOL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, NUMBER FOUR, TO APPROVE SOME EMOTION WAR ON IN FAVOR, APPROVE THIS TWO ITEMS, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[5. Present and Discuss the Addison Police Department's 2021 Annual Report.]
FIVE.DISCUSS THE EDISON POLICE DEPARTMENTS 2021 ANNUAL REPORT.
I JUST AGREED THAT IT'D BE A SIX PANEL SO WE CAN COME TO ANY NUMBER, ITEM, NUMBER SIX, PRESENT, DISCUSS CONSIDER ACTION TO ACCEPT THE EDISON POLICE DEPARTMENTS CHARGING 21 VISUAL PROFILING REPORT AND MOTOR VEHICLE CONTEXT SEARCH.
YEAH, CHIEF REAL QUICK BEFORE THE CHIEF SPEAKS MAYOR, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE FIRST ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS INFORMATION ONLY FORMATION.
THE SECOND ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL REQUIRE ACTION.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THANK YOU.
AMERICAN COUNCIL, PAUL SPENCER G PLACE A REPLACED TO PROVIDE OUR END REWARDS DISK REVIEW FOR COUNTER 2021.
BEFORE I PROCEED WITH MY PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR RECORD SUPERVISOR JESSICA MORGAN AND OUR CRIME ANALYST, CARROT WENCHES.
THEY'RE THE ONES DEVELOP OUR WORK.
AND IF THERE'S A QUESTION THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, THEN THEY'RE GONNA WHISPER MEYER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TONIGHT.
I I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME AND ASK THEM, UH, AGAIN, THE COUNCIL PROVIDED THE COMPLETE REPORT AS PART OF YOUR PACKET.
MY PRESENTATION IS, IS, IS MUCH MORE STREAMLINED.
UM, REALLY THE INTENT FOR DELI THIS REPORT, BUT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO EDUCATE THE FORUM, NOT ONLY YOU, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW AND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CRIME STATISTICS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TRANSITION THAT WE MADE 2019 FROM THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING, THE SUMMARY REPORT UCR TO THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM.
SO I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FOR THOSE.
WHO'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WHILE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE DATA LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BAD.
IT JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM, I USE THE EXAMPLE IT'S OF A GOOFY ONE, BUT IT'S THE CHICKEN, CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, RIGHT? UCR CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP.
AND I'M EXPLAINING CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP USING JAR CHICKEN, NOODLES AND SOUP.
UM, DIDN'T TELL YOU MUCH INFORMATION.
AND IVERS GIVES ALL THE INGREDIENTS DOWN TO THE, PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOLECULAR CONTENT BROTH, RIGHT? SO ALL THE HERBS AND SPICES, EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S MUCH MORE DETAIL.
AND WITHOUT BEING TOO OVERLY SIMPLISTIC, IT DOES OFFER US AGAIN, A DEEPER DIVE, A DEEPER VIEW DOWN INTO OUR STATISTICS BECAUSE IT'S THE GOAL OF BEING A DATA-DRIVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT HELPS ME MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
IT HELPS OUR STREET OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND THAT TARGET CRIME MITIGATE THINGS.
AND THEN IT GIVES THE CITY MANAGER.
IT GIVES OUR COUNCIL ALSO INFORMATION, THE DATA THAT YOU ALL CAN USE TO MAKE BETTER
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DECISIONS.SO THERE IS A METHOD TO THE MADNESS.
AND I HOPE AGAIN, IT'S CLEAR, BUT PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER IT WITH THAT AGAIN, A QUICK REVIEW OF THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING.
AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN USED FOR DECADES ALL ACROSS UNITED STATES.
THIS IS DRIVEN BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT AGENCIES JUST DREAM UP? UM, IT COLLECTS OFFENSES CATEGORIZED BY PART ONE MAJOR OFFENSES ARE TWO MINOR OFFENSES.
AND THE PART ONE OFFENSES, WE CALL THOSE OUR SET OF DEADLY SINS.
IT WAS BROAD CATEGORIES OF MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, PARSLEY, PHILIPS, AND VEHICLE DEATHS.
UM, THE DATA IS USEFUL, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY, AGAIN, VERY SHALLOW.
AND WE CAN SEE FROM, FROM THE NEXT SLIDE THAT NOT ONLY FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS, THIS LAB REPRESENTS, BUT REALLY SINCE 1980, WHEN EDISON FIRST STARTED SUBMITTING OUR UCR DATA, IT IS A, IT IS A CYCLICAL PATTERN THAT IS REPEATED EVERY 7, 7, 9 YEARS, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
YOU SEE IT ALL ACROSS THE NOT ONLY ADDISON, BUT ALSO DALLAS FORT WORTH.
IT'S VERY CYCLICAL AND VERY PREDICTABLE.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN THIS CHART THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE 20 19, 20, 20 AND 2021 AND A DIFFERENT COLOR AND PUT AN EXTRA THERE BECAUSE THOSE IN 2019, WE HAD A PARTIAL SUBMISSION OF OUR, OF OUR DATA TO THE STATE IN A NON-RISK FORMAT.
THAT STARTED, THAT WAS THE YEAR WE MADE THE TRANSITION.
IT WAS A FULL SUBMISSION IN 2020, AND ALSO A PULL SUBMISSION LAST YEAR, ONLY 20.
BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT LOOKS DIFFERENTLY, THEN YOU'LL SEE JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
AND IF YOU LOOKED AHEAD IN THE REPORT, WE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO RE RE RESTATE THAT MANY TIMES IT'S GOING TO LOOK MUCH DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION COLLECTED.
SO THIS GRAPH SHOWS YOU IN COMPARISON, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT STAYED, UH, THE DATA BEING SUBMITTED WITHIN THE SURVEY.
AGAIN, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS WASTED HOURS FORMAT SUBMISSION IN 2020, AGAIN, DIVERSE CAPTURES MUCH MORE TYPES OF CRIME AND MUCH MORE DETAILS THAN THAT INSTANCES.
IT CAPTURES NOT ONLY THE TYPES OF CRIME, MORE DETAILS, BUT ALSO EACH SEPARATE OFFENSE WITHIN THE SAME INCIDENT.
AGAIN, USING THE STUPID SOUP EXAMPLE, IT'S JUST GETTING DEEPER.
DIVE DOWN INTO THE INFORMATION.
NEIGHBORS IS SPLIT INTO TWO CATEGORIES.
THAT GROUP A INCLUDES ALL THE SEVEN CLASSIC UCR PART, ONE OFFENSES THAT I READ OFF EARLIER, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 45 OFFENSES, RIGHT? SO YOU SEE HOW MUCH MORE DATA WERE COLLECTED.
UM, AND THEN THOSE WERE SORTED INTO THREE SUB CATEGORIES.
YOU HAVE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS CRIMES, PROPERTY CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY, GROUP B, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF DIVERS IS MOSTLY ARE WRESTLE OFFENSES THAT ARE, ARE HAPPENING, WHERE OFFICERS SEE ON VIEW TYPE THINGS, PUBLIC PUBLIC DISORDER PROBLEMS, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO AGAIN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EDUCATE INFORM, WE WANTED TO COMPARE SHOW YOU SIDE BY SIDE NUMBERS VERSUS UCR.
HE DOES GET A SMALL COLUMN ON THE LEFT IS THE UCR DATA.
AND THE NEIGHBOR'S DATA IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE, THE, UH, GRAFT PART OR THE HASHMARKS PART, THE DARK GREEN HALF SMART PART OF UCR, EXCUSE ME, THE NEIGHBOR'S COLUMN.
THAT IS ALL THE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE IS, LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MUCH, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A LOT MORE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN THIS WAY, IT BREAKS OUT THE TRADITIONAL UCR COLLECTED INFORMATION.
PLUS THE NON UCR COLLECTED INFORMATION ON WHICH WE HOPE IS GOING TO, UH, EXPLAIN WHY THE DATA LOOKS DIFFERENTLY.
IF YOU WERE TRYING TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, IT'S EVERYTHING BELOW THAT HASH LIMBERING HASH MARK.
RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL BED, I WOULD BE ONE OF THE KIND OF, WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO READ THIS INFORMATION.
CAUSE IT'S, SO IT'S A NEW FORMAT.
SO THESE ARE GOING TO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FROM 2021 IN THE NON-RISK FORMAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR ACTIVITY CHANGES FROM PATROL ACTIVITY.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY GOING, OKAY, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN? SO THIS IS OUR GROUP A OFFENSES.
YOU'LL NOTICE IT LIST THE SUB SUB GROUPS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE WAY THEY, THE WAY WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS DATA.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF OFFICES? HOW MANY DO WE CLEARED OR HOW MANY WE SOLVE AND THEN THE PERCENTAGE AND THAT'S, SO THIS, THIS NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM, THE 77.4, THAT'S NOT A CRIME RATE INCREASE OR DECREASE.
THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CLEARED OFFENSES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT OF HOW WE SUBMIT THIS TO THE FBI.
HOW DO YOU CLARIFY? MORE THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WAS THAT OKAY? SO PREVIOUS YEAR, SO WE KNOW THE OFFENSE IS SOMETIMES TAKE MORE THAN ONE YEAR TO, TO, UH, SOLVE.
AND SO WE LOOK THOSE CLEARANCES INTO THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE CLEAR.
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OUR, AGAIN, PART OF OUR GROUP BY OFFENSE IS CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WE HAVE A MUCH LOWER CLEARANCE RATE WITH PROPERTY, AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY BRIEFLY, UM, WE REFERENCES TO THEM IN THE LARGE ANNUAL REPORT ON PAGE THREE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE FACT THAT OUR PROPERTY CRIMES TYPICALLY HAVE LESS EVIDENCE FOR US TO FOLLOW UP ON.
SO CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, A LOT MORE EVIDENCE THAT THE CLEARANCE RATES ARE SOLID.
TYPICALLY PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY'RE GETTING INVOLVED WITH OR WITH, BUT PROBABLY GRIMES, NOT SO MUCH.
SO VERY LOW CLEARANCE RATES, EVEN THOUGH WE TRY VERY HARD, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE THAT WAY, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES AGAIN.
ANOTHER THIRD TYPE OF GROUP, ALL BRANDS, GROUP OFFENSES ARE PROXY IN SOCIETY.
YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE VERY HIGH CLEARANCE RATE WITH THIS ONE.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF THE PSYCHOTIC RELATED WEAPONS, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GAMBLING STUFF.
SO THOSE ARE ZEROS, A LOT OF PROSTITUTION STUFF.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE GROUP B OFFENSES.
THESE ARE AGAIN, TYPICALLY ARE ON NEW TYPE THINGS, UH, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OR OFTEN DRUNKENNESS AGAIN, VERY HIGH CLEARANCE RATE BECAUSE THOSE ARE ON VIEW ARREST THAT THE OFFICERS ARE MAKING AT THE TIME THAT IT OCCURS.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE GONNA BE OUR PATROL DIVISION ACTIVITY AND ALSO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS.
AGAIN, THIS IS BETWEEN SHOWING YOU THE PROGRESSION FROM 19 20 21.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE, WE'RE PRETTY STEADY.
WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.
AND A LOT OF OUR ACTIVITY IS AGAIN COVID AND THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS ARE, HAVE BEEN LIFTED AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK TO WORK IN THE BACK IN TOWN, GOING TO THE RESTAURANTS AND BARS.
UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH, EIGHT MINUTES ASTROS ON THIS REPORT OUT A SELF-INITIATE ACTIVITY.
ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE, WE MANDATE A LOT OF SELFISH ACTIVITY.
IF YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING YOUR CALL FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED NON-DISCRETIONARY TIME.
BUT IN BETWEEN THAT, WE EXPECT YOU TO BE OUT AND DOING, DOING WORK.
AND NOT ONLY ENDO NOBODY GOING OUT AND FINDING BAD GUYS, AND IT'S ALSO BARK CHECKS AND THE VACATION WATCHES AND ALL THE THINGS ASSOCIATED FOOT PATROLS, GETTING OUT OF THE BUSINESSES CONTROLLERS.
AND SO THIS, THIS SHOWED A DECREASE, UM, ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING WE'RE CHANGING HOW WE DO BUSINESS, BUT IN 2020 SEVERAL COMMUNITY AT YOUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH ACTIVITY TYPES, THAT'S OUR CAD SYSTEM THAT OUR DISPATCH CENTER USES TO GIVE US INFORMATION AND DISPATCH OFFICERS, UH, WHAT'S COMBINED REMOVING THE LESSER QUALITY OPTIONS.
UH, THIS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LED TO SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY DECREASING IN 19 AND 20.
AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT CHANGE.
PLUS AN INCREASED LEVEL OF SERVICE CALLS FOR SERVICE OFFENSES ARRESTS OF COURSE, IS TO BELIEVE THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE CONTINUED DECREASE IN 2021.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM MY ORDERS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED MORE FROM AN ART, HOW WE DO BUSINESS IS MAINLY JUST, YOU KNOW, CALL IT AN ACCOUNTING CORRECTION, BUT IT'S HOW WE, HOW WE DO HOW WE DO THINGS IN THE CAD SYSTEM, COUPLED WITH AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY AND THE OTHER, OTHER PLACES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HOPEFULLY OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, LIKE WE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF VACANCIES, THOSE ARE NOT INTRODUCTIONS TO THE FTES.
THAT IS JUST, I HAVE TO FEEL PATROL FIRST.
AND SO, AS WE HAVE HAD VACANCIES, WE'VE HAD TO, UH, MAKE SURE PATROL HAS THE APPROPRIATE MANPOWER TO ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME VACANCIES IN SEATTLE.
WE HAVE A CLEAR ALLEVIATING THAT AS WE SPEAK.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR THIRD MOTORCYCLE OFFICER THAT IS BEING MOVED PROBABLY NEXT, NEXT WEEK, AS WE GOT MORE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF TRAINING, WE'VE HAD REAL GOOD SUCCESS WITH OUR HIRING.
UH, THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND I WANT TO JINX MYSELF, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THINGS I TOLD MR. PEARSON TODAY.
ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS MOTOR POSITION THAT'S BEEN OVER PROBABLY 10 YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO GOOD STUFF, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE OUR WORK PRODUCT, SEE HOW THESE WORK PRODUCT AND AIR ACTIVITY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED WITH PATROL'S ACTIVITY.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE THERE AS WELL.
SO GETTING INTO THE LPR AND OUR OPTICAL CAMERA PROGRAM, WE WANT IT TO HIGHLIGHT THE EFFORTS WE'RE USING NOW WITH OUR PHASE TWO PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL IS AS HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE AGAIN, TO, AS A REMINDER, IN 2018, WE INITIATED A PILOT PROJECT FOR OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION OR OPERA CAMPBELL PROGRAM STARTED OFF THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND THE TWO TRAILS, THESE MAIN TRAIL AS AN EAST WEST SIDE OF TOWN FOR OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS, UM, LPR IS MANATEE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
UH, WE, IT REALLY IS A VERY QUIET, UH, SUCCESS STORY FOR US HERE IN ADDISON.
WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE MORE ROBUST PROGRAMS INCLUDING WOULD BE INCLUDE OUR PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIZE.
WE'RE MITIGATING A LOT OF CRIME.
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FROM THE ALERTS THEY GET IN THE FIELD TO THE INVESTIGATORS AND OUR CRIME ANALYSTS USING IT TO HELP NOT ONLY TALK TO OTHER CITIES, BUT TARGET USING OUR DATA TO TARGET IN REAL TIME OR WHAT'S GOING ON IN TOWN, UH, IN 2021, THE COUNCIL APPROVED OUR PHASE TWO AND WE, WE HAVE REALLY, UH, I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETE WITH THAT WITH 22 STRATEGIC LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN.UH, THOSE USE THE DATA WE WE HAD FROM OUR CROSS STATISTICS TO START TARGETING THE HOTSPOTS ON COMMERCIAL CENTERS.
SO IN 2018, THE PILOT PROJECT THAT WAS FOCUSING ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WITH PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME AND PEOPLE'S FEELINGS OF SAFE SAFETY, UH, TO OFFSET THE FACT THAT WE'RE BUSY A LOT OF TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WANT US THERE IN THE MOST AMAZING PHASE TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE DATA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HOTSPOTS AND OFFERING US SOME FLEXIBLE OPTIONS FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS TO USE IN THE FIELD.
HOW MANY LPR POLICE HIS STORE? THREE, THREE, HOW ABOUT CAMERON WILL BE A PATIENT AND CAMERAS FINISHED YOU IN ALL THE CAMERA? SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A, WE HAD A RECENT, UH, ABANDONED TOWN THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN, BUT WE WERE, WE, WE HAD SOME CONCERN REGARDING THE EVENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY SOME FLEXIBLE OPTIONS TO HELP US WITH THAT.
UH, THAT IS REALLY THE HALLMARK OF PHASE TWO, AGAIN, TARGETING THE HOTSPOTS, USING OUR DATA AND THEN GIVING US FLEXIBLE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN MOVE AROUND TOWN AS NEEDED.
IT REALLY IS AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT.
SO CHIEF, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE OR THE, UH, THE, THE SUCCESS STORY OF USING TECHNOLOGY TO, TO SOLVE THESE CASES.
AND, AND JUST, AND I KNOW THESE ANSWERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO HER AGAIN, THE WAY THAT WE USE THIS LPRS AND THE CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT KIND OF SITUATION, ESTIMATE PROCESS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO CAN YOU KIND OF, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RECORD FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS TO, TO SHARE WITH, UH, ALL OF THIS, UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THINGS, LEARNING THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MATURED IN THE PROCESS OF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS USING THIS TECHNOLOGY, I'M GOING TO JUST APPRECIATION WELL AGAIN, AND KARA BEHIND ME MAY BUILD IT, WHISPERED SOMETHING OR GAVE ME SOME HELP.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS, THIS PROGRAM, NOT ESPECIALLY ON THE LPR SIDE, IS IT GIVES US, UH, IT'S, IT'S A FORCE.
WE'VE SAID THAT FOR AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE TOWN.
SO THERE'S TWO PARTS THAT THERE IS THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, CAUSE WE REALLY FLIPPED THE SCRIPT ON HOW YOU ROLL OUT AN LPR PROGRAM.
I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY THAT I KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN OUR OPERA, TEXAS DID WHAT WE DID WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT.
AND FOR THE REASONS WHY WE DID IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT PART IS TO HELP INCREASE SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS PERCEPTION OF SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO ACTUALLY TARGET TARGET ACTIVITY.
CAUSE PART OF THE, PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE IS RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE ALERTS IN THE FIELD IN REAL TIME.
IF SOMEBODY DRIVES THROUGH THERE THAT THEIR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE IS FLAGGED EITHER ON THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTERS, DATABASE, THE NCI, OR THE TEXAS VERSION OF THAT CALLED TCI, THAT INCLUDES STOLEN BAGELS, ONE PERSON'S MISSING IN OF KIDS, ALL THERE'S 23 DIFFERENT LISTS OF THINGS THAT ARE ON TCI.
SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE REAL-TIME ALERTS IN THE FIELD.
THE BACKEND, REALLY THE MORE ROBUST COMPONENT WHERE WHEN WE REALLY SEE A LOT OF THE HARD VALUE IS WHAT CARE'S DOING OR OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE DOING EVERY DAY TO USE THAT DATA TO GO OUT AND SOLVE CRIME.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE AGAIN WITH OUR DATA-DRIVEN PHILOSOPHY, WE'RE GOING TO COUPLE THAT WITH TARGETED APPROACH TO OUR HOTSPOTS AND TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING ALL ALONG.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE AVERAGING 2.1 STOLEN VEHICLES A MONTH WITH OFFICERS RECOVERING IN THE FIELD, WE'VE GOT BURGLARIES AND THEFTS AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CRIMES.
WE'RE USING THE LPR SOFTWARE TO ASSIST US WITH AND NOT JUST ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE COMMERCIAL DATA SIDE.
FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNSELING, YOU CAN REMEMBER ALMOST AN, EVEN MORE, A HELPFUL TOOL OR IMPORTANT TO THEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR THAT WE SELECTED IS THE, THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT'S OUT THERE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T SHARE OUR DATA WITH COMMERCIAL, BUT WE BENEFIT FROM THE COMMERCIAL DATA.
AND WHAT THAT IS IS THEY PAY PEOPLE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH KATY SCAMMERS AND GO TO PUBLIC PLACES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, STRIP CENTERS, PUBLIC STREETS, AND IT'S CONSTANTLY COLLECTING DATA.
AND SO KAREN, OUR INVESTIGATORS AND PUT IN, WE'RE NOT ONLY SEARCHING THAT COMMERCIAL DATA AND WE'RE USING OUR OWN SYSTEM TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY, BUT IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT DATA WITH ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE CARS ARE GOING ALL OVER THE METROPLEX.
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IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.AND, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S USED RESPONSIBLY AND FOR LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, I THINK IT'S, IT'S AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO US.
AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE INITIAL QUESTION AND MORE, AND THERE'S MORE TO COME AS, AS OUR PHASE TWO CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT.
AS WE LEARNED FROM THE LOCATIONS THAT WE SELECTED, WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THOSE.
WE GOT THE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS TO MOVE THAT CAMERA TO SOMEBODY, SOME OF THESE CAMERAS AROUND TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO I THINK WE'VE DONE IT THE RIGHT WAY FROM AN EFFICIENCY, FROM A COST SAVINGS PERSPECTIVE TO THE TOWNS.
SO HAVING TO COME BACK AND ASK YOU FOR A WHOLE BUNCH MORE CAMERA POSITIONS, JUST BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THOSE OPTIONS TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND, WE FEEL LIKE WE USE THEM IN APPROPRIATE AREAS IN TOWN BECAUSE THE DATA IS TELLING US THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.
SO A QUICK RUNDOWN OF OUR CRUNCH SUCKS.
THAT'S COME TO THE BEST OF SUMMARY.
THAT'S WHERE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
IF I COULD REFER YOU BACK TO MY ORIGINAL, A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW OUR, OUR CRIME IS CYCLICAL AND NOT ONLY ADDISON, BUT ACROSS DALLAS FORT WORTH, WE ARE, WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THAT STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPSWING, BUT IT'S FOLLOWING THE SAME TRENDS AND PATTERNS THAT WE'VE SEEN SUPPORT REALLY FOR THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS IN DALLAS FORT WORTH.
SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE.
YOU COULD LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD A 23.1% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
OUR CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, AGAIN, 23% SOUNDS PRETTY BAD.
AND SO YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE DATA ITSELF.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN A LOT OF THE, OF THESE ITEMS. A LOT OF IT IS SIX, SEVEN, AND MAYBE EIGHT OR 10.
A LOT OF THIS HAPPENS IN OUR COMMERCIAL SECTORS, RIGHT? HOTEL, RESTAURANT, UH, BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF OUR TRANSIT POPULATION, THE NIGHTLIFE POPULATION, AGAIN FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT LOOKS HORRENDOUS AND ANY ONE IS HORRENDOUS, BUT THOSE ARE RANDOM CRIMES AGAINST AVERAGE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE OR ONE YEAR IT'S TYPICALLY PEOPLE THAT KNOW EACH OTHER AT THE BARS AND HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
OUR CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY IS, UH, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA END UP THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE METROPLEX.
AND SCOBEY REALLY HIT US IN 20 19, 20 20 WAS A BIG INCREASE OF PROPERTY CRIMES.
YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY THAT HAD TO DO WITH A LOT OF THE INCARCERATION POLICIES THAT WE HAD TO DO FOR COVID, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE ARE BEING LET OUT OF JAIL.
THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, UM, A LOT OF RECENT DEATHS AND GARDEN UP, UH, DEATH OF PICKLES AND STUFF, BUT 7.5% NOT TERRIBLE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN HERE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN A FEW THINGS, BUT OVERALL DOESN'T NOTHING WE DIDN'T EXPECT.
AND FINALLY, OUR PROBLEMS AGAINST SOCIETY WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT IT PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR DECREASES IN OUR VISITORS BASED ON THE, ON COVID BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESS OF RESTAURANTS, BARS, HOTELS, MAYBE HAD LESS PEOPLE HERE AT TECH.
AND SO OVERALL WE SAW A 50% INCREASE BETWEEN 20 AND 21.
UM, THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO, OR FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A COMMUNITY CRIME RATE REALLY ARE NOT, UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A SHALLOW DISCUSSION AND INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS.
REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, OUR COUNTY AND STATE INCARCERATION POLICIES WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH AGAIN, BECAUSE OF COVID.
OUR HOUSING COSTS ARE APPOINTED ALL THESE, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALL KIND OF GOING UP IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AS MORE PEOPLE MOVE HERE, POPULATION INCREASES THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
HISTORICALLY THOUGH OUR UCR DATA SHOWS THAT OUR CRIME RATES ARE SEPARATE GOING A SEVEN TO NINE YEAR PERIOD, FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE AND FOLLOWED BY A SIMILARLY SPACED, UH, DECREASE.
AND SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A LOT OF THIS AND THERE IN THE MAIN REPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED, WE ATTACH SOME APPENDIX AT THE VERY END, GIVE YOU SOME LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IF YOU WISH TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT FOR ME TO YOU AND TO EVERYBODY LISTENING, YES, WE HAD AN INCREASE.
IT DOES NOT CONCERN US TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU TO WATCH IT.
UM, IF, IF IT CONTINUES PAST WHERE WE TYPICALLY SEE THE CYCLICAL DIP, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO START LOOKING AT IT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED.
WHEN DOES THAT CYCLICAL, TIFF, THE CYCLICAL BULLSHIT.
WE ANTICIPATE TWO MORE YEARS AND THEN WE SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN THE CYCLE, CONTINUES TO OPERATE WHERE IT HAS HISTORICALLY AGAIN, IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND FIGURE OUT WHY YOU'VE GOT RESOURCES TO DRIVE SOME OF THAT 20, 21 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
UH, WE PROJECTED TO COMPLETE OUR PHASE TWO ISOLATE RECOGNITION PROGRAM AND PROJECT ON TIME ON BUDGET.
OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED.
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WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WAS SELECTED, THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN 2022.THAT WAS JUST WAITING ON MATERIALS.
AGAIN, ANOTHER, ANOTHER CAST OF COVEN.
WE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW JOB POSITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND SENATE AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
BUT YOU ALREADY SERGEANT IT WAS A BIT OF VIABLE POSITIONS.
I CAN'T THINK CITY MANAGER, THE COUNCIL, AND FOR THAT, IT WAS A, IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
WE'VE SEEN IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO OUR OPERATIONS ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
VETERAN, FLEXIBLE AGILE WITH TOBY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
AND WE CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD, MAINTAIN TRUST WITH OUR CITIZENS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR I'VE GOT, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH OUR IN-CAR CAMERA PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO ASSIST OUR DISPATCH CENTER IN DEVELOPMENT AND HIS LETTER WOULD GO DOWN TO SELECTION.
BUT THE ROLLOUT OF OUR NEW COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM, THEY SELECTED A VENDOR LAST YEAR.
AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THAT.
I NEED TO RESOLVE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE SPACE AND OUR STORAGE SPACE DILEMMA BECAUSE MANAGER LOSS ON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH METRO CHRIS' SOCIAL SERVICES, OUR PARTNER CITIES TO ADDRESS OUR HOMELESS HEALTH MILL COMMUNITY, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
UH, RIGHT NOW OUR FARMS RANGE REALIZED PROJECT IS UNDERWAY AND IT'S, THEY'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT.
WE HOPE TO SEE THAT COMPLETED THE SUMMER.
AND THEN AGAIN, COMPLETE THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION.
OFF-CAMERA PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY REPORTED ON.
SO THAT ALL END ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED, I DON'T KNOW IF HAVE STATISTICS, THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT OUR WAR PETTY CRIMES, UH, SINCE PANDEMIC AND ESPECIALLY, UH, , UH, LAST MINUTE AND THE EVERYTHING UNDER ANY CHRONIC ON THE $750, HE'S NOT AS SECURE, UH, NOT PROSECUTING YET.
YOU KNOW, SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS? I WOULDN'T SAY GO AWAY, BUT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS SITUATION? LIKE THIS PEOPLE RUN AWAY THE TAB 11 IN MY RESTAURANT, AND IT TOOK AWAY SOME STUFF FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
THEY JUST WENT IN TO THE WHOLE BOX STUFF AND THE OUT RAN OUT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS KIND OF PETTY CRIMES.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CURRENT POLICY FROM DALLAS COUNTY, DA, IT DOESN'T HELP US MUCH, YOU KNOW, HOW I'LL PLACE, WHAT DEAL IS.
WELL, THERE'S TWO ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, CHIEF, IF YOU WANT TO JUST ADDRESS THE, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR APPROACH TO ENFORCEMENT AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO THE POLICY QUESTION.
SO FROM POLICE MARK'S PERSPECTIVE AND MY DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IF IT'S STATE LAW OR TOWN ORDINANCE IT'S MORAL AND ETHICAL AND THE RIGHT THING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MAKE ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE DA WILL PROSECUTOR TAKE ON THIS OUTRIGHT.
SO FROM THE MARIJUANA ISSUE TO THE CRIMINAL TRESPASS ISSUE, PETTY THEFT ISSUES, IF WE NEED TO MAKE AN ARREST, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DA WANTS US TO DO IT OR LIKES TO DO IT.
NOW, I SAY THAT WITH A CAVEAT OF WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH DA'S OFFICE ON EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN FRONT OF, IN THEIR COURT SYSTEM TO TRY TO PRESENT A GOOD CASE AND NEW LIEUTENANT BEACH BACK HERE AS HIS MAIN JOB.
AND HE'S RCID LIEUTENANT, WE HAVE WORKED WITH DAY'S OFFICE EVERY DAY TO, TO PROSECUTE CRIMINALS AND GET GOOD CASES ACCEPTED AND PROSECUTED.
WE PUT BAD GUYS IN JAIL, POLITICAL DECISIONS THAT THE DA DOES BECAUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON MY CONCERN, AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO NOT MAKE ARREST OR FORCE STATE LAW BECAUSE HE OR SHE, OR WHOEVER'S IN THAT SEAT DISAGREES WITH X, Y, OR Z.
SO YOU HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO THAT.
AND THEN THAT TOTAL WAS TWO YEARS.
THAT WOULD BE, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T CARE THAT THEN I'LL HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS, BUT THEN THEY STAY LONG.
AND IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SCORING AS A SET OF TEXTS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT IN PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, IT'S PEOPLE BEING AWARE OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PURSUED AND THEN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE ACCEPTABLE POLICIES.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT ENGAGING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO SELECT, UH, AND ELECT PEOPLE THAT REFLECT THE POLICY PREFERENCES OF THE VOTERS.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE POLICY COMMENT CHIEF AND I INVITE YOU TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE 2022 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THE SPECIFICALLY THE STORAGE SPACE DILEMMA.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT EVERYBODY
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KNOWS ANDREW JOEL IS UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.WE'VE GOT ONE SUPERVISOR TWO AND PATROL OFFICERS, ADDISON DOESN'T, WE, WE REALLY NEVER HAVE HAD OUR OWN ANIMAL SHELTERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT, CAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF RED TAPE TO STATE, BUT IT DOES OFFER SOME, SOME DILEMMAS FOR ME.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE SPACE OFFICE SPACE WITHIN OUR BUILDING BUILDING.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S, EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'VE GOT SOME SPACE LIMITATIONS, JUST PLAY SMART.
SO, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
I'M WORKING WITH CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ASK FOR THAT STUFF AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT ALMOST THEIR PERSPECTIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IT'S A GOAL AND IT'S, WE CAN STILL OPERATE.
IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT IDEALLY I'D LIKE TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM THAT THEY ANIMALS SURRENDERS AND ANIMAL, UH, UH, EXCHANGES, ADOPTION DEALS, THAT KIND OF BANK THAT HAVE A NEW SMART LOBBY.
THERE'S SOME INHERENT ISSUES WITH DOGS AND CATS IN THE LOBBY AND THINGS THEY LEAVE.
UH, JESSICA BEHIND ME IS, AGAIN, SHE'S OUR RECORDS SUPERVISOR SHE'S, SHE'S ADOPTED, UM, FROM AN OFFICE WASTE PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S LITTLE CROWDED.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A BUNCH OF THEIR PROCESS TO TRY TO GET THAT, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
AND THAT'S OUR DILEMMA IS THAT LEASE SPACE AND ADDISON THAT COMES AT A PREMIUM AND IT'S, THAT'S EXPENSIVE.
SO IS A BUTTERFLY HER POINT ON IT IS A STORAGE OF FILES OR FILES.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN, THAT CAN BE, UH, PUT INTO ELECTRONIC FORMAT OR IS THIS A PHYSICAL IT'S CAGES AND ALL THIS STUFF FOR ANIMALS? IT'S BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN SHELTERS.
SO WE USE OURSELVES, THE SALLY PORT, WHICH IS THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN THE FIREARMS DRAINAGE AND THE OLD JAIL, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME HEAT LAMPS AND FANS IN THERE AND USE SOME CAGES AND WE THAT'S OUR INTERMEDIATE SPACE THAT WE, WE KEEP ANIMALS UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM TO OUR PARTNERS, WHICH ARE A THIRD PARTY VENDORS THAT HELP US, I THINK, TWO BAKERS, UH, OPERATION KINDNESS.
AND WE HAVE A VETERINARY CLINIC AND INVOLVEMENTS BRANCH THAT HELPS US WITH SOME BORING.
BUT SO, UH, AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED IS BECAUSE IT'S AN ADULT CONTROL OFFICE AND STORAGE SPACE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EITHER SUPPORT OR SUPPORT RECORDS.
I HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO RESOLVE JAIL.
AND MORE QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF.
[6. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action to Accept the Addison Police Department's 2021 Racial Profiling Report and Motor Vehicle Contact Search Analysis.]
CAN CALL IT TO THE NEXT ONE.MAYOR COUNCIL, PAUL SMITH, CHIEF PLACE.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR 2021 RACIAL PROFILE REPORT AND MOTOR VEHICLE SELF ANALYSIS.
AGAIN, COUNSEL WAS SUBMITTED THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR CONSULTANTS.
AND I'LL, I'LL GO INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO, BY A STATE LAW, PRESENTED A REPORT AND HAD ACCEPTED BEFORE MARCH 1ST BY OUR TOWN COUNCIL.
SO THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WERE EXCITED.
EVERYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK, BUT THIS WILL BE A QUICK AND EASY ONE.
GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE DONE VERY WELL AND CONTINUE TO VERY WELL DISREGARDING.
BUT OUR TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAWS REALLY CENTER AROUND THREE OF THESE SELECT SELECTION IN 2021, EXCUSE ME.
IN 2001, SENATE BILL 10 74, UH, CREATED THE ORIGINAL TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAWS, UM, INTO 2009 AND HOUSE BILL 33 TONIGHT UPDATED THOSE REQUIREMENTS, GIVING US MORE, UH, ITEMS AND MANDATED ITEMS THAT WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH.
AND THE BIG ONE THAT HAPPENED IN 2017, WHICH THE SANDRA BLAND ACT MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR RATES, BLIND LAWS.
THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING TO HOW WE'RE OPERATING AND WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COLLECT.
UM, REALLY A SPECIFIC DATE ON ALL OF OUR VEHICLE STOPS THAT RESULT IN ARREST THAT TASTE OR WARNING.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE REPORT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COLLECT ARE RACE AND GENDER, UM, THAT WE KNOW THOSE TWO THINGS PRIOR TO THE STOP, THE REASON FOR THE STOP LOCATION TO STOP, DID WE DO A SEARCH? AND WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT SEARCH? DO WE FIND ANY CONTRABAND? AND THEN WE DID WHAT TYPE IT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS THE RESULTING STOP? AND WE ISSUE AN ARREST.
WE ARREST THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE, A CITATION THAT RELEASED, AND THEN WAS THERE ANY USE OF FORCE, UH, AND STOP OUR, OUR DATA IS ENTERED OUR BY OUR OFFICERS.
WE HAVE ELECTRONIC TICKET RIDERS.
IT'S ACTUALLY AN ANDROID SMARTPHONE THAT WE, THAT WE USE TO DO THIS WORK ON WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
THEY COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S, IT IS CHECKED AND ANALYZED FOR ACCURACY BY OUR RECORDS SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN WE CONTRACT WITH A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT BY THE NAME OF DR.
ALEX DEL CARMEN, CARMEN INDUSTRIES.
AND HE GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF CERTIFYING THAT WE NOT ONLY COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, BUT, UH, COUNSEL, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T COUNSEL, WHILE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, TOO, THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
ALLOWS US CAUSE HE IS PLUGGED INTO THE STATE.
HE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DEVELOPING THE, UH,
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PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR CORRECT FOR POSSIBLE ACTION THAT HE, HE TELLS US WHEN, LOOK, YOU NEED TO START DOING X, Y, AND Z BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY COMING THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.THAT IS NOT ONLY BEEN, UM, ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, BECAUSE ALWAYS WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THINGS.
I THINK IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, WE CAN BE PROACTIVE AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BEFORE THE STATE TELLS US TO DO IT.
SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH DR.
DEL CARMEN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE ACTUALLY GIVE HIM THIS INFORMATION.
SO WE GET REAL TIME CLOSE TO REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT AUDI THINGS WE ARE DOING IN THESE EFFORTS, UH, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WAITING UNTIL THEN A YEAR WHEN WE MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SURPRISES.
THE SANDRA, WHY THAT REQUIRES THAT THIS, THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THIS DATA.
AND THAT, AGAIN, AS PERFORMED IN OCTOBER, THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY, WHICH IS WE DO, UM, AS THE CUP OF RACIAL PROFILING AND ALSO A BIAS REDUCTION.
THERE HAS TO BE PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR, OUR, UH, GENERAL HALL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, PHYSICAL BROCHURES THAT EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE AND HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT OR A COMPLIMENT.
WE HAVE TRAINING FOR ALL WE'RE SWORN OFFICERS.
UH, THEY GET THE REQUIRED, UH, INFORMATION OR THE REQUIRED COURSES MAINLY THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY.
THAT'S THE STATE SAYS WHAT THE POLICE GOT IN THESE HAVE TO COVER.
AND THAT WAS THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING THAT WE DO FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CURRENT ON THAT.
AND ALSO WE HAVE, UH, QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF OUR RANDOM, EXCUSE ME, RANDOM SAMPLING OR ANYTHING DURING THE QUARTER REVIEWS FOR OUR SERGEANTS.
AND THEY LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S VIDEOS, FIVE PER FIVE STOPS FOR OFFICER ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT NOT ONLY OF THE RICH PROFILE, BUT ALSO OUR TEXTS, WHICH THE ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION REMEMBER QUICKLY.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE AGGREGATE DATA.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT BREAKS OUT BY REVISITING THE CONTACTS, THE CITATIONS, VERBAL WARNINGS, WRITTEN WARNINGS GIVES US, IT GIVES US ALL OF OUR DATA.
BILL CARPENTER USES TO GIVE US THE REPORT, A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTEXT AND HOUSEHOLDS.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU READ THE REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT MY DOCTORAL FARMING RECOMMENDS, AND IT'S BEEN THIS WAY SINCE WE'VE USED HIM, IS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY USE, UH, THE FEDS HAVE A COUPLE OF BEAR ROAD STANDARD DRESSES AND SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A MORE ACCURATE WAY TO, TO TRY THAT EQUATE THE DATA, BURT HIM TALK BEFORE, OR YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT, THE RACIAL PROFILING LAWS ARE WE COMPLY WITH THEM, BUT THEY DON'T.
THEY DON'T REALLY TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT IT'S STILL LACKING, BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF NOT ONLY BEST PRACTICES, BUT DR.
DEL HARMAN IS AN EXPERT OPINION ON HOW WE SHOULD MEASURE THESE THINGS.
AND SO HE USES THE HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE BEAGLE BEAGLE ACCESS PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, TO COMPARE AGAINST OUR CONTACT PERCENTAGE.
AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FLAWED METHODOLOGY TO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE USE AND THEN THE SEARCH DATA.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD OF UNINTENDED.
UH, AND AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE WHERE A LOT OF TIMES BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW IT, WE HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS, OUR POPULATION CHANGES AROUND ADDISON.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY CAN LOOK LIKE WE'RE OUT OF WHACK, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, IS, ARE WE USING SOUND TACTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT, TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND TRAINING TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT WE MADE THAT MAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE CONTRACTED THE VEHICLES LIKE A PRODUCTS OR WE'RE USING THOSE GOOD TECHNIQUES OR, OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICERS USING, UH, ILLEGAL ACTS, ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES, LIKE RACIAL PROFILING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
AND SO IF OUR PERCENTAGE OF SEARCHES AND OUR CONTRABAND FOUND IS, IS IN CHECK.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A, A, YOU KNOW, UNETHICAL POLICE OFFICER AND I'M, I'M STOPPING ALL WHITE DRIVERS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVE NARCOTICS AND I'M JUST GONNA STOP ALL WHITE, WHITE OFFICERS OR WHITE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S MY BELIEF.
THEN I HAVE A VERY LOW BAR SEARCH PERCENT OR A SUCCESS PERCENTAGE.
THAT'S WHERE WE START HAVING A PAUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT USING PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNIQUES, LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCE PRACTICES TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
YOU'RE USING ILLEGAL ONES LIKE MUSICAL RACISM AS A BREED SECTION, STOP DIVERSELY.
IF I'M STOPPING THE SAME GROUP AND I HAVE A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS FROM A DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE ALIGNED AND WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS
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FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AGAIN, OUR, OUR FULL REPORT ON RACIAL PROFILING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE STATE IT'S PUBLISHED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, YOU WANT TO SAY IT AND THEN ALMOST LOOK AT IT, I'VE INCLUDED THE LINK.
I WOULD NOT LIKE TO GO TO THAT.
AND INFORMATION IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND IT, ADDISON IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL DIRECTIVES AND LAWS GOVERNING RACIAL PROFILING DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, WE WORK WITH THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING PROACTIVE WITH OUR SUPERVISORS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
THAT'S PART OF IT FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS WANT TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
SO THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GREAT STRIDES FROM A SUPERVISORY PERSPECTIVE AND AN AUDITING PERSPECTIVE TRAINING PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
UM, SO THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I HAVE NO, I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS, I'VE NOTICED RECENTLY I SMELL MARIJUANA EVERYWHERE I GO.
I SEE THAT MY TOWN THAT I LIVE IN PLANO AND THE TIMES WE LIVE IN, RIGHT, IT'S MORE ACCEPTABLE FROM A STYLE STANDPOINT, IT'S STILL ILLEGAL.
BUT AGAIN, WE DO A LOT OF SIGNING AND RELEASING FOR MY MARIJUANA.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND ENFORCING STATE LAW, BUT THE COVID WORLD IS AS WE'VE TRIED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED A REASON FOR THAT.
AND WE DO A SITE AND OUR WASTE PROGRAM, OUR MUNICIPAL BOARD.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BY THE WAY, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS REPORT? WHAT EMOTION, EMOTION ALL THE WAY TOWARDS SECOND FOAM ON AND WHO ELSE DO YOU WANT TO SEE? JUST TO CLARIFY THE ACT, THE MOTION, AND IT SHOULD PROBABLY RE UH, TO ACCEPT THE EDISON DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE ASAM POLICE DEPARTMENTS 2021 RACIAL PROFILING OR MOTOR VEHICLE CONTACT SEARCH ANALYSIS.
ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[7. Present and Discuss the Finance Department Quarterly Financial Report of the Town of Addison for the Fiscal Year 2022 First Quarter Ended December 31, 2021.]
PRESENTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOP OF ADDISON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 FIRST QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER, 2021.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THIS IS A 40 OR A PLEASURE THIS EVENING, THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2022.
AND THIS REPORT COVERS FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
SO STARTING OUT WITH OUR KEY REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE QUARTER, UH, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF NOTE HERE, UH, NON-PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH, UH, UH, COMPRISE SALES TAX AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES.
THOSE ARE TURNING ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT ABOVE WHERE WE WERE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.
SO A VERY POSITIVE NEWS THERE.
UH, AND THEN HOTEL TAX, UH, ALTHOUGH, UH, SHADED YELLOW IN THIS SLIDE, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT'S BEEN SHADED YELLOW, UH, IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SHADED RED.
UH, SO, SO THIS IS IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, AT 19.2% FOR ONE QUARTER, ALTHOUGH LESS THAN LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE YEAR, THAT'S STILL PRETTY POSITIVE IMPROVEMENT THERE RELATED TO THAT FAST.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM OF NOTE, SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE FOR THE HOTEL FUND, UH, THAT SHADED YELLOW SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THOSE EVENTS, UH, OCCURS LATER IN HERE, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, EVERYTHING IS GREEN.
EVERYTHING IS TRENDING AT OR BELOW WHERE WE ANTICIPATED, UH, THE BUDGET SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, GENERAL FUND, UH, IS A 25% OF THEIR, UH, HOTEL FUND AT 14% OF THEIR BUDGET.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 15% OF THEIR BUDGET, UH, AIRPORT OPERATIONS, UH, JUST UNDER 16% OF THEIR BUDGET.
AND THEN THE UTILITY FUND IS AT 21% OF THEIR BUDGET.
UH, THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER,
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UH, PERSONNEL INFORMATION, THERE WERE SIX FULL-TIME SEPARATIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND 13 FULL-TIME NEW HIRES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CAME, UH, NEW HIRES, UH, OCCURRED IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.AND THEN AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY SWORN POSITIONS GO, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENDED THE QUARTER, UH, JUST SHORT, A ONE POSITION.
SO 98% FILLED AND ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THEIR SWORN POSITIONS WERE FILLED, UH, AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, OUR ECONOMIC INDICATORS STARTING AT THE TOP ON THE LEFT, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DFW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S COME DOWN AND CONTINUES TO GO DOWN.
UH, SO, UH, NOW, UH, THE LOW 4%, UH, FOR DFW, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, OUR HOTEL REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, THAT CAME UP ABOUT, UH, EARLY IN 2021, AND IT WAS KIND OF PLATEAUED.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE UP, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT OUR ADDISON HOTEL STATISTICS, AND THEN THE GREEN BAR, THERE IS OUR, UH, ROOM RATE.
UH, THE BLUE BAR IS THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.
AND THEN THE RED LINE IS THE OCCUPANCY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAST FEW, UH, SIX TO NINE MONTHS HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER THIS TIME A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN OUR OCCUPANCY INDICATORS OFFICE OCCUPANCY WAS, UH, 77.3% FOR THE QUARTER, A DECREASE OF ABOUT 1.3% YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT RETAIL OCCUPANCY 91.9% AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 0.8% YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THEN OUR BIG CHANGES HERE, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, 52.7%.
THAT'S A 21.4% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THEN OUR REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM AT $48 AND 53 CENTS.
THAT'S 117.4% INCREASE A YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO JUST SOME CONTEXT ON WHAT THAT REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, UH, WHERE KIND OF OUR GOAL IS, UH, 60 TO $65, UH, REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM IS WHERE WE'RE SHOOTING TO GET TO A PRE ENDEMIC LEVEL.
SO THAT WOULD GET US BACK TO REVENUE GENERATION, UH, UM, UH, PRE PANDEMIC BASIS, UH, BELOW A TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED AND BY VALUATION, UH, THIS IS A FULL FISCAL YEARS FOR, FOR 20 19 20 AND 21.
AND THEN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR, 2022, EVERYTHING TO BE TRENDING, UM, IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, UH, THIS FURTHER CONFIRMS THAT WITH A QUARTERLY PERMIT ACTIVITY YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT YOU CAN SEE VERY SIMILAR, UH, PERMITTING ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND WE HAVE SIX EXECUTED AGREEMENTS.
UH, NONE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PAID OUT, UH, SO FAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, A TOTAL INCENTIVES COMMITTED ARE JUST OVER $527,000.
UH, THEN A FIRST QUARTER SALES TAX COMPARISON, UH, WITH THE CITIES OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH IN RICHARDSON, UH, ALL OF THESE CITIES, INCLUDING ADDISON AT VERY LARGE INCREASES IN SALES TAX YEAR OVER YEAR ADDISON AT 20% INCREASE, UH, CARROLLTON, UH, 24% INCREASE, UH, FARMER'S BRANCH 27%.
AND RICHARDSON AT 20% INCREASE.
AND THEN THIS IS A MONTHLY VIEW OF SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO FULL FISCAL YEARS.
AND THEN, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2022, UH, THE PURPLE BARS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ARE, ARE TRENDING IN A VERY POSITIVE, UH, FASHION, UH, THE, UH, ONE MONTH THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, OUTSIDE OF THIS REPORT FOR JANUARY, AND THOSE ARE SALES THAT ARE OCCURRED IN DECEMBER.
AGAIN, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE A YEAR OVER A YEAR.
SO, SO EVERYTHING'S TRENDING, UH, SALES TAX WISE, THE WAY THAT WE WOULD, UH, YEAH, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T PAY THE SYLLABUS UNTIL THE 20TH OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO BASICALLY YOU SEE THAT YOU SAID, ACTUALLY NOVEMBER'S, SO STEVEN TALK ABOUT JANUARY WILL BE MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE IT'S 40 DECEMBER.
AND, AND, UH, HISTORICALLY JANUARY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SALES THAT OCCUR IN DECEMBER AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
THAT THAT IS GENERALLY THE HIGHEST SALES TAX MONTH OF THE YEAR.
AND NOT JUST FOR ADDISON, BUT GENERALLY STATEWIDE.
THIS IS A VIEW OF, UH, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, COMPARING, UH, UH, THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR TO LAST FISCAL YEAR, YOU CAN SEE OCTOBER, WE HAD JUST ABOUT A 3.6% INCREASE AND THEN MASSIVE INCREASES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UH, 24.4%.
SO OVERALL TRENDING ABOUT 4.7% ABOVE
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WHERE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TO BE, UH, THROUGH A QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF SALES TAX BY ECONOMIC CATEGORY.
NOW THAT SHOWS THE DIVERSITY OF THE ECONOMY HERE IN ADDISON.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, COMBINATIONS AND FOOD SERVICE MAKE UP 15% OF THAT PIE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, 7%, UH, INFORMATION SERVICES, 9% MANUFACTURING, 5%, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, 6% RETAIL TRADES, 20% WHOLESALE TRADE, 16%.
AND THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY MAKES UP 22%.
NONE OF THOSE, NONE OF, NONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES WITHIN THAT EXCEED 4%.
SO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AND IT REALLY AMAZES ME JUST HOW THAT BURSTY, UH, THE LOCAL ECONOMY HERE IN ADDISON'S, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE, EVERYTHING IS GREEN AND TRENDING, AS WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, OVERALL REVENUE, UH, ABOUT $11.3 MILLION OR ABOUT 27.7% OF THE BUDGET THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE ARE EXACTLY AT 25% OF THE BUDGET EXPENDED.
UH, SO EVERYTHING IS TRENDING AS WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, ON THE HOTEL FUND SIDE.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, ALTHOUGH LESS THAN 25% IS, UH, HAS MOVED INTO A, UH, A BETTER SITUATION THAN IT THAT IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, OVERALL REVENUE AT 12.4%, UH, IS LOW.
AND THAT'S REALLY DUE TO, UM, THE PROCEEDS FROM SPECIAL EVENTS NOT OCCURRING UNTIL THOSE EVENTS OCCURS.
UH, AND THEN THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, WE'VE EXPANDED 14.1% OF THE BUDGET SO FAR.
UH, SO EVERYTHING IS TRENDING, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR BUDGET AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND REVENUES AT 26.6%, UH, WHILE EXPENDITURES ARE ONLY 15.2% SO FAR.
SO AGAIN, EVERYTHING WITHIN THIS FUND IS TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE HAD PLANNED.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, OPERATING REVENUE, UH, 22%, UH, AS JOEL MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FUEL FLOW, WHICH FEES ARE AT 38%, UH, THROUGH ONE QUARTER.
SO WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE THERE, UH, IN FUEL FLOW HBS.
UH, AND SO, SO EVERYTHING IN THE AIRPORT IS REVENUE WISE, TRENDING GREAT, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, 15.7%.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE UTILITY FUND.
THESE REVENUES, UH, SHOWN REPRESENT TWO MONTHS OF COLLECTIONS SINCE THOSE ARE BUILT AFTER THE USAGE.
UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE 19.4% OF REVENUE COLLECTED SO FAR, AND AGAIN, THAT REPRESENTS TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THREE MONTHS OF EXPENSES SHOWN AT 21.3%, UH, ON OPERATING EXPENSES.
SO EVERYTHING TRENDING IN A POSITIVE FASHION IN THE UTILITY FUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STORM WATER UTILITY FUND AND THE SAME, UH, SCENARIO FOR THE REVENUE.
THIS REPRESENTS TWO MONTHS OF REVENUE COLLECTION, BECAUSE THESE ARE BUILT AFTER, AFTER THE FACT.
AND THEN WE HAVE OPERATING EXPENSES AT 9.5%.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, POSITIVE SURPLUSES IN THE STORM WATER UTILITY FUND SO FAR, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS.
AND, UM, AT SOME POINT THAT THAT HUGE MOUNTAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE IS IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF OF THIS CHART.
UM, BUT IT DOES GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE THINGS WENT AND HOW FAR TO CLIMB THAT, THAT HOTEL TAX HAS TO GET BACK TO WHERE IT WAS.
SO WE ARE SAYING AGAIN, POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT THAT GIVES YOU PERSPECTIVE ON JUST HOW FAR IT STILL HAS TO GO.
SO, SO THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME ROOM TO GROW, UM, OVERALL FOR THE QUARTER COLLECTIONS WORK, UH, JUST UNDER $800,000.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME HOTELS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TOO, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE HOTELS THAT HAVE HAD KIND OF, UM, SKELETON, SKELETON CREWS WORKING THESE HOTELS WITH ALL THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE LACK OF OCCUPANCY.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE HOTELS TO GET THEM MORE CURRENT ON THEIR, ON THEIR TAX PAYMENTS.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT IN OUR REAR.
SO, UM, SO WHEN WE GET THOSE COLLECTED, WE SHOULD SEE A BUMP THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF OUR INVESTMENT REPORT, UH, THE, UH, TWO COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT.
WE HAVE INTEREST REVENUE AND WE SAW ABOUT A 19% INCREASE, UH, QUARTER OVER QUARTER ON INTEREST REVENUE AND ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE IN OUR WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD TO MATURITY.
SO POSITIVE INCREASES WITH OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND, UH, INTEREST RATES, UH, REALLY AFTER THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, CONTINUING TO RISE.
AND WE'RE IN A, WE'RE IN A RISING ENVIRONMENT AS FAR
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AS INTEREST RATES GO.SO FOR OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATED FROM THAT.
AND OUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO, WE SHOULD CONSIDER, CONTINUE TO SEE, UH, THE, UH, AVERAGE YIELD OR PORTFOLIO CONTINUE TO GROW, UH, ITS INTEREST RATES GROWTH, UH, THIS, UH, ENTER, UH, THE INVESTMENT REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY, UH, AND THE OTHER FUNDS INVESTMENT HABITS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO DO THAT, WE WANTED TO GIVE, UH, AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL AWARDS THAT, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN AWARDED, UH, OVER THE LAST QUARTER OR SO.
UM, SO FOR THE 45TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, UH, THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND THAT IS FOR OUR, UM, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, WHICH THEY THEY'VE CHANGED THE NAMING CONVENTION OUT OF, UM, TO, UH, FROM, I GUESS, I CAN'T SAY IT SAY THE ONE WORD ANYMORE, BUT, UM, BUT BASICALLY I'LL JUST CALL THEM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE AWARD FOR OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE 34TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, I RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.
AND THEN FOR THE, AND THIS IS NEW TO, UH, THIS PRESENTATION WAS NOT IN THE PACKET.
AND WE WERE JUST NOTIFIED ON FRIDAY AFTER THE PACKAGE OF POSTS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED, UH, THE FIRST AWARD FOR THE, UH, AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND THAT'S A, A MORE USER-FRIENDLY, UM, FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE SENT OUT, UH, JUST LAST YEAR, UH, THE FIRST VERSION OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR FINANCE STAFF HERE.
THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE AWARDS.
UH, SO WE HAVE ASHLEY, BOATRIGHT OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER, UH, AMANDA TURNER TURNER, OUR CONTROLLER AND KRISTEN SOLARA IS OUR BUDGET MANAGER.
AND THEY'RE REALLY THE BRAINS BEHIND THE TOWN, REALLY, UH, CONTINUING THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, AND I FEEL AMAZED, YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY WENT UP TO EVERY JUDY SPEAKING IS ABOUT 50% OR VERY CLOSE, UH, PASSING BY HOME TWO SUITES.
THEN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THREE HIGHEST ENTREPRENEURS THAT HAS TO PAY PAYPAL.
THEN NUMBER TWO IS THE WAY THEY SOUND SO MUCH BIGGER, LARGER WITH 130 ROOMS, WHOLE HOME, TWO SUITES.
THEY PAY LAST QUARTER, ALMOST 70,000 AFTER THE RECIPIENTS.
IT'S NOT AN EASY PASSING BY A CUSTOMER IN THE PARKING LOT AND GO HOME.
I SEE ALL THE CARS PROJECT THEY KNOW THEY'RE DOING WELL.
YEAH, THEY DO THE WORLD AMAZING SERVICE I STAYED THERE AND THEY HAVE GREAT THINGS TO SAY, SOUND, THEY'RE REAPING THE BENEFITS.
I THINK THAT THEY CAN, UH, PEOPLE STAY THERE AND THEY CAN WALK TO SO MANY RESTAURANTS SO EASILY, SO CONVENIENT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON BESIDES THERE'S A PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE.
SO A LOT OF THE CALL, BIG TRUCK OVER THERE, THAT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DOING SO I'M VERY PLEASED.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU AND STEVEN YOU'LL HAVE SAVED A SERIES OF MUCH MONEY BY WAY OF FINANCING WE FUNDING THIS OR THAT.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, THANK YOU, SIR.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT, UH, ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, WHILE I MENTIONED INVESTMENT RATES ARE RISING FOR OUR INVESTMENTS, IT ALSO MEANS THAT SOME OF THOSE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE WE'VE GOT CAPTURED, MOST OF THOSE THAT WE CAN, A LOT OF THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AS ADVANTAGEOUS GOING FORWARD, UH, WITH, WITH THE RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT WE'LL SEE MORE RETURN ARE ON OUR INVESTMENTS.
IT KIND OF HURTS US ON THAT ISSUE ON THE FLIP SIDE WITH THE DENTIST UNC AND REFUNDING STUFF.
HEY, STEVEN, ON, ON, ON THE INVESTMENT REPORT, I'M USED TO SEE IN THE HILLTOP SECURITIES.
NOW WE'VE GOT WHAT STEVE WILL POKE AROUND SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, PAGE 11 OF 65 PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW.
IT IS THAT SHOWING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT OR IS THAT JUST A SUBSET OF SOME, BUT NOT ALL
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OF OUR INVESTMENTS, PAGE 11, THAT IS, UH, ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS.ALL OF IT, JUST THE HILLTOP REPORT WAS A LOT EASIER FOR ME TO READ, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT MARKET YIELD IS, IS THAT CORRECT? POINT SEVEN FOUR? IS THAT WHAT REALIZED, WHERE DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT ON THE TOP LEVEL OF THE, THAT IS RIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, OUR, THE BOOK YIELD IS CLOSER TO WHAT WE WERE REALIZING.
SO WHAT WE PUT IN THE, IN, IN THE, UH, UH, UH, PRESENTATION 0.5, 4%, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THEY, AND WHAT THEY SHOW THEM, WHAT WE ACTUALLY CALCULATE.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN, I THINK APRIL OF 20, 21, WE HAD HILLTOP AND THEY DID, THEY DID THIS HORSE FOR A FEE AND WE DECIDED TO BRING THIS IN-HOUSE RIGHT.
SO STEEPLE RUNS OUR REPORT FOR US FOR FREE.
THEY'RE JUST A BROKER THAT WE USE.
SO THIS IS JUST A RE AN ANALYSIS THAT THEY DO, UM, OF OUR PORTFOLIO, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THAT, OR WHAT THE TOWN IS PREPARING AS FAR AS THE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.
THAT'S, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS REPORT, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS AND JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.
I FLAT OUT DON'T WANT TO WASTE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? MAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STEVEN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, AND THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU.
UH, EXCELLENT WOMEN BACK HERE, DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, WITH, UH, ENSURE THAT, UH, THE WAY WE PRESENT STUFF IS, UH, RECOGNIZED AS BEST IN CLASS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR EXCELLENT WORK.
I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK ALL SELL TO DEATH, BUT, UH, WE ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH TO GET, SO GIVE EVERYBODY .