* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. [1. Pledge of Allegiance. United States and Texas Flags] IT IS 12 O'CLOCK AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24 BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS. AND TO TEST FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE, I PLEDGE TO TESTIFY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE VICTORY REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE, FRAUD ONLY, TEXAS FLAG UPLIFTING ENCY, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN INDIVISIBLE. VERY WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, WE GOT 90% OF THAT. I GOT THE ONE ITEM. WE HAVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING? WE'RE JUST JUMPING RIGHT IN. NOPE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ONE ITEM WE HAVE IS [a. Present, discuss, and consider action on the Proposed Annual Budget for the Town of Addison for Fiscal Year 2024 (Beginning October 1, 2023, and Ending September 30, 2024), including, but not limited to, the General Fund, Utility Fund, Stormwater Fund, Airport Fund, Hotel Fund, Economic Development Fund, Information Technology Fund, Capital Replacement Fund, Infrastructure Investment Fund, and Long-Term Planning.] THE, UH, PRESENT DISCUSSIONS INTERACTION ON THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, STORMWATER FUND, AIRPORT FUND, HOTEL FUND, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FUND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT FUND, AND LONG-TERM PLANNING. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. IT'S A LOT OF FUNDS. A FUN TIME. FUN TIME. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, CONTINUE ROLLING ON TODAY. UH, A COUPLE OF HOW, WELL, ONE HOUSEKEEPING THING. THE, UM, I THINK WE HAD SOME, A REALLY GOOD SOUND WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM YESTERDAY. IF I COULD ASK YOU, TRY TO AVOID CRUMBLING YOUR WATER BOTTLES. I THINK THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY LOUD IN THE SENSITIVE MICROPHONES AND ALL THE DIRECTORS OF STAFF, IF YOU, UH, HAVE TO SPEAK, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM. IT'S HARD TO HEAR FROM, FROM IN THE BACK. SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON. YOU'LL HAVE THE REST OF OUR DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL HAVE POLICE, FIRE AIRPORT, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AND TOUCH ON THOSE DECISION PACKAGES. FROM THERE, WE'LL GO TO, TO STEVEN WILL COME UP. IT'LL BE THE STEVEN SHOW, AND WE'LL HAVE THE FULL BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WILL, UM, BE A CHANCE TO SEE THE ENTIRE BUDGET COMPREHENSIVELY. THERE'LL BE A COUPLE OF OF POINTS IN THERE TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH, BUT CERTAINLY AT THE END OF THAT, UM, AND THERE'LL BE NATURAL STOPS, CERTAINLY AT THE END OF THAT. UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, WE DO HAVE THE WORK SESSIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER LEADING UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE STAFF KEEPING NOTES OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED. IF, IF THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERS TO THEM YET, YOU WILL GET THEM IN WRITING BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND AFTER EACH COUNCIL MEETING. SO, UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE ADDRESSED IF THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSED RIGHT IN THE MOMENT. WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO CHIEF SPITZER. THANKS SIR. AFTERNOON MAYOR, COUNSEL PAUL SPENCER, CHIEF OF POLICE. UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH OURS FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THEN WE'LL, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS. UM, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. UH, ONE OF THE BIG ONES WE DID, UH, UH, NORTH TEXAS EMERGENCY ATION CENTER, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER WITH THE METROCREST CITIES OF CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, UH, CAPEL AND ADDISON. UM, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE NOT ONLY SELECTED LAST YEAR, BUT THEN IMPLEMENTED A MOBILE AND A COMPUTER RATED DISPATCH SYSTEM. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HEAVIEST TECH TECHNOLOGY LIFTS THAT YOU CAN DO AS AN ORGANIZATION. BIGGER THAN RADIO, BIGGER THAN THE RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO. UM, ALL THE CITIES HAD A, HAD A HAND IN THAT, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH. IT'S A COUPLE BUGS, BUT OVER, WHILE IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL, ANOTHER BIG ONE FOR US WAS WE TRANSITIONED OUR JAIL SERVICES FROM CARROLLTON TO THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE. UM, GRAPEVINE WAS LOOKING FOR A PARTNER. CAPPEL ALSO TRANSITIONED FROM, UH, CARROLLTON TO GRAPEVINE. AND OTHER THAN THE TRAVEL TIME FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS, IT'S, IT'S BEEN BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE PRESENTED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR NEW ORDINANCE, WHICH CRIMINALIZED UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. AGAIN, THE REGION, NORTH TEXAS REGION, TEXAS. AND REALLY THE UNITED STATES IS STILL EXPERIENCING A HIGH, UH, THEFT RATE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT THIS ORDINANCE WITH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IS GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE MORE TOOLS AND TOOLBOX, SO TO SPEAK, TO DEAL WITH THAT OFFENSE. WE ALSO MOVED OUR ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, PERSONNEL TO A NEW LEASE SPACE OVER OFF KEL SPRINGS, UH, US AND I THINK, UH, STREET DEPARTMENT ALSO DID THAT. IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR. GIVES THEM THEIR OWN SPACE, UH, AND FREES UP SPACE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR OUR STAFF, UH, OTHER STAFF. WE ALSO RECEIVED OUR FIFTH RE-RECOGNITION OF TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. AS A REMINDER, IT IS, THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM IS SIMILAR TO OTHER ONES THAT ARE MORE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, BUT THIS IS A TEXAS SPECIFIC ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO DO THAT, WHICH WE WERE VERY PROUD OF. AND AGAIN, EVERY FOUR YEARS WE HAVE TO RE UH, BECOME RE-ACCREDITED. WE, WE DID THAT FOR THE FIFTH TIME. OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMING UP [00:05:01] FISCAL YEAR, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ASSIST INTECH WITH OUR, WITH OUR CAD SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. UH, LIKE ANY HEAVY TECHNOLOGICAL LIFT, THERE ARE SOME PUNCH LISTS AND SOME BUGS. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE VENDOR IS GOING TO, UH, HELP US, UH, ACHIEVE THROUGH, THROUGH SOME UPGRADES. AND WE'RE, WE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH METROCREST HARVEST AND OUR PARTNER CITIES TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH, MENTAL COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MAINLY OUR PATROL OFFICERS, UH, WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO TRY TO HELP MITIGATE THAT PROBLEM. UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR EMPLOYEES, AND YOU'LL SEE A DECISION PACKAGE HERE IN A SECOND. UH, ABOUT THAT. UH, WE'RE GONNA RENEW OUR FOCUS ON RE-ENGAGING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, AGAIN, TO INCREASE PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST A REMINDER, WE, WE GO THROUGH THESE, I THINK, CYCLICAL PERIODS WHERE PEOPLE START TO FEEL, YOU KNOW, LESS SAFE IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER IT'S A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR MAYBE MORE REGIONAL OR EVEN NATIONAL INCIDENTS CAUSE PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE CONCERN. UH, IN 2018. THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE STARTED THAT LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION PROGRAM, WHERE WE DID THE TWO MAIN AREA NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST, AGAIN, TO HELP US. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA PRIORITIZE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS. AGAIN, PRIOR TO COVID, WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD PROGRAMS. UM, COVID PUT A DENT IN THAT AND STOPPED A LOT OF THAT. WE WERE ALSO, WERE VICTIMS. OUR OWN, OUR OWN SUCCESS. IF YOU REMEMBER THE SANTA HEROES, UH, CARAVAN WE DID AROUND TOWN, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL. THE EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS AT THE APARTMENTS AND HOTELS REALLY GOT A LOT OUT OF IT. BUT WE STARTED SEEING A HUGE INCREASE OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ADDISON FOLLOWING US AROUND. AND SO THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF GETTING A TOY IN EVERY ADDISON KIDS' HANDS STARTED BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO ACHIEVE. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND PARTNER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SANTA HEROES. BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS WHERE WE REALLY FOCUS ON ADDISON RESIDENTS AND NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM OF, YOU KNOW, THE OUTSIDE FOLKS COMING IN TO, TO ENJOY IT AS WELL. SO OUR ONE, OUR REALLY OUR ONLY DECISION PACKAGE THIS YEAR AS OUR MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM. UM, I'VE GOT SOME, SOME NOTES HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I BECAME CHIEF IN 2016 WAS TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. UH, BEING A COP IS TOUGH, RIGHT? AND EVEN THOUGH ADDISON'S A GREAT PLACE AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE SOC SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT MAYBE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAVE, BEING A COP IS STILL TOUGH, RIGHT? WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD COVID WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD ON OUR, ON ALL OF OUR STAFF. UH, THE PROTEST ENVIRONMENT IN POST GEORGE GEORGE FLOYD ERA AND CONTINUING ON WAS EXTREMELY HARD ON OUR STAFF. UH, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS JOB DOES NOT, UH, THEY DON'T BECOME CASUALTIES TO THE JOB, NOR THEIR FAMILIES BECOME CASUALTIES TO THE JOB. UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A VERY HIGH DIVORCE RATE, HAS A VERY HIGH SUBSTANCE ABUSE RATE, HAS A VERY HIGH SUICIDE RATE THAT I DON'T WANNA, I, I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF, HONESTLY. UH, IF, IF WE ALLOWED ANY OF OUR FOLKS TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS AND BECOME A STATISTIC, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MONEY THIS YEAR. IT'S $30,000. IT'LL BE A REOCCURRING IN THE GENERAL FUND. UM, IT'LL PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. UM, RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HR FOR THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, WE, WE'VE KIND OF STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD ALREADY. WE, WE NOW HAVE A FIRST RESPONDER SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, E A P, WHERE BEFORE IT WAS KINDA A GENERIC E A P IT WAS STILL FINE, BUT THERE'S SPECIFIC ISSUES, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH TRAUMATIC, UH, EVENTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT REQUIRE SPECIALIZATION. SO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY. NOW, UH, WITH THIS DECISION PACKAGE, WE'RE GONNA INSTITUTE, UH, AN ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECK. WE DO IT RIGHT NOW FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS. WHY SHOULDN'T WE DO IT FOR THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE BODY, RIGHT? THE HEADS IN THE BRAIN. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. IT'LL BE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE, FOR MYSELF, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. IT ALSO IS GONNA PAY FOR RESILIENCY. WELL, IN THIS TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, WE'RE STARTING THAT NOW. OUR PATROL OFFICERS ARE GONNA ATTEND A A A A FIVE HOUR, FOUR HOUR SE SEMINAR, UH, UP IN FRISCO AT THE END OF AUGUST. YOU KNOW, IT'D BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RESILIENCY AND WELLNESS, UH, FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. WE'VE ALSO INSTITUTED A NEW PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM. UM, AND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE A NEW SERGEANT THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY OUR FIRST PERSON TO GO THROUGH THAT. IT'S A HARD LEAP IN A SMALL AGENCY TO GO FROM A PATROL OFFICER UP HERE TO A SUPERVISOR. 'CAUSE YOU'VE WORKED WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT LEVEL FOR A LONG TIME. WE'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU CAN MANEUVER AROUND AND, AND GO SUPERVISE PEOPLE YOU MAY NOT HAVE WORKED WITH THE NIGHT BEFORE. RIGHT? SO, UH, HELPING THEM WITH THE MENTAL, UH, THE STRESSFUL PART OF THAT, AGAIN, THE FAMILY ASPECTS TO THAT. GOING TO A NIGHT SHIFT, GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER STRESS LEVEL. 'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR MORE THAN JUST YOURSELF IS. AND WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. IT ALSO INCLUDES SUPERVISOR TRAINING. UM, WE ALSO ARE DOING CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFS. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING THIS. SO WE HAD, UM, WE LEARNED OUR LESSONS FROM WHEN WE HAD THE PLANE CRASH ON THE AIRPORT. UH, WE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH. I, I, I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH, UM, THE TRAUMATIC INCIDENT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAD TO DEAL WITH WHEN THEY SAW, UH, THE AFTERMATH OF THAT CRASH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, NOT TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. SO ANYTIME WE HAVE AN INCIDENT THAT RISES, [00:10:01] IT COULD BE, WE HAD A HOMICIDE, I THINK WE USED THE LAST, THIS RECENT MOST RECENT DEBRIEF ON THE COUNSELOR COMES IN, THEY GET THE WHOLE SHIFT. WHOEVER RESPONDED TO THAT CALL AND THEY DO A, THEY DO A CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEF ON IT FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES PUSHING FORWARD. THAT THEY, IF THEY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WHATEVER SUPPORT THEY NEED, THEY'RE GONNA GET. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA MAKE A, A BIG, UH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE THAT. UH, WE'VE ALSO HAVE PEER SUPPORT. AGAIN, WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WAS IT PRE PRE COVID KIND OF. SO PEER SUPPORT IS A, IS A KIND OF A GRASSROOTS EFFORTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BIG FOOTPRINT IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA FROM AGENCIES DOING IT. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T CIRCUMVENT E A P, IT DOESN'T SUP SUPPLEMENT OR IT DOESN'T, UH, REPLACE SUPERVISOR INVOLVEMENT IN, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE EITHER PERFORMANCE OR BEHAVIOR ISSUES. BUT WHAT IT DOES, IT GIVES, IT GIVES EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. IT GIVES AN OFFICER OR OTHER EMPLOYEE SOMEONE TO GO TO THAT'S AT A PEER LEVEL TO SAY, HEY, GIVE I NEED SOME RESOURCES. THE THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE THE PEER SUPPORT, UH, ON THAT TEAM, WE'RE ESPECIALLY TRAINED TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THIS STUFF. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL. IT DOESN'T RISE TO ADMINISTRATION LEVEL UNLESS IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL, RIGHT? SO IT'S A GOOD THING. I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT WELL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL PART OF THIS IS THE FAMILY SUPPORT ELEMENT. UH, AGAIN, LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKES A TOLL ON NOT ONLY THE OFFICER, BUT THE FAMILY. WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE SUPPORTED. UM, WE'RE DOING A, A, A, UH, COUPLES NOT A REALLY RETREAT, IT'S MORE OF A MEETING, BUT IT'S A FAMILY RESILIENCY IN COUPLES. WE'VE GOT 10 OFFICERS THAT ARE SPOUSES ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA GO, UH, IN FRISCO IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE'LL HAVE A DINNER AND, AND SOME DISCUSSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, THE SPOUSE AT HOME DEALING WITH THE AFTER EFFECTS OF ESPECIALLY AN OFFICER THAT'S BEEN AN OFFICER FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? AND THE BAGGAGE THAT COMES WITH THAT, THE, THE STRESS, STRESS, HOW WE BEHAVE ON AND OFF DUTY, IT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE FAMILY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOT TO HAVE THEM BECOME A STATISTIC. LET'S SEE. UM, BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO, I, I'M, I'M CONCLUDED AND I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE 'EM, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK FINANCE. UH, ESPECIALLY STEVEN. HE WORKED WITH US THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF DECISION PACKAGES 'CAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN A BASE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. UM, THAT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR US. OUR TRAINING AND TRAVEL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT UNIFORMS HAVE ALL, UH, WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN COST 'CAUSE OF INFLATION. UM, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THOSE JAIL CONTRACTS. PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME INCREASES WITH IT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO WITH, UH, WITH GRAPEVINE. UM, AND SO I HAVING APPRECIATIVE TO, TO FINANCE FOR THEIR, UH, COOPERATION AND THE FLEXIBILITY AND GIVING US THE TOOLS WE ALWAYS NEED TO, TO GET THE JOB DONE. SO THANK YOU. THEN , ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL P READERS CONTINUING TO BE HELPFUL? YES. AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WENT FROM PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO. AND THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AS OF I THINK 2020. UH, WE FOCUSED, PHASE ONE WAS FOCUSED ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS. BOTH, YOU KNOW, MIDWAY MEADOWS LOCKS AREA AND THE OAKS NORTH AND WYNWOOD BROOK AREA. UM, PHASE TWO WAS FOCUSED ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHERE WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF THE OFFENSES. SO WE TOOK A HEAT, WE GOT A HEAT MAP FROM A STATISTICAL STANDPOINT. WE LOOKED AT IT, WE TRIANGULATED THE HEAT MAPS WITH, WITH CAMERAS. AND THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. WE HAVE REMOTE OR OPTIONS THAT WE CAN MOVE AROUND WHEN WE HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. AND SO IT GIVES US, UH, SOME REAL TIME, UH, ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FLY. BUT OUR OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS USE IT EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. UH, CAN YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH, UH, METROCREST SERVICES ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS? SURE. SO CREST, AGAIN, REALLY DURING COVID, UH, BUT REALLY BEFORE COVID STARTED LOOKING AT WAYS, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A, AS A COMMUNITY OF THE, FOR METRO, METRO CREST CITIES TO, UM, COMBAT THE HOMELESSNESS THAT WE'RE SEEING, RIGHT? AND THEN, THEN THE INCREASES THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING AS THE DALLAS, WHAT WE'RE THERE BECOMES MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE. UM, THEY HIRED SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL. MELANIE MYRON, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW HER. UM, AND WE USED A GUY CALLED BOBBY PAGEANT, WHO USED TO BE WITH OUR CALLING OUT OF DA DALLAS. HE'S NOW HELPING, HE'S KIND OF AN INDEPENDENT . HE WENT, HE'S KIND OF A FREELANCER, BUT HE'S, HE'S WITH METRO CRET AS WELL. AND WE, WE HAVE CALLED THEM TO HELP US WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A HOMELESS PERSON OR SOMEBODY PANHANDLING TO TRY TO GET THEM SOME HELP, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW FROM A HOMELESS PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE'S THREE, KIND OF THREE MAIN PHASES. THERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE EDGE. THEY'RE USUALLY FAMILIES THAT MAYBE, UH, ARE IN BETWEEN JOBS OR THEY HAVE PROBLEMS. THEY USUALLY CAN GET HELP FAIRLY QUICKLY. METRO CREST IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT KEEPING THEM. UH, AND THEY MAY PUT 'EM IN A HOTEL UNTIL THEY GET PERMANENT HELP. UM, THE ONES THAT ARE A LOT OF IN OUR HOTELS RIGHT NOW, UM, ARE ALWAYS ON THE EDGE. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FROM, FROM POOR DECISIONS OR, OR JUST BAD SITUATIONS. UH, THEY KIND OF FLUCTUATE IN AND OUT OF IT. BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE CHRONIC ONES THAT ARE PANHANDLING. AND, AND THE ONES THAT REALLY, AND KNOW, AND [00:15:01] THE EXPERTS WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE KIND OF BEYOND HELP. UM, THE ONES THAT WERE CHRONIC HOMELESS, CHRONIC SUBSTANCE ABUSE, CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING A LOT OF OUR, OUR EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE PATROL SIDE. 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING CALLED FROM THE RESIDENTS, FROM, FROM OTHER TOWN STAFF ABOUT SLEEPING IN BREEZEWAYS OR, OR SLEEPING IN A PARK AND THAT KIND OF THING. WE WILL, WE'LL TRUST BOBBY OR, OR MELANIE, OR WE'LL COME OUT AND TRY TO ASSIST THEM BEST THEY CAN. THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SUCCESS. UH, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. IF NOT, WE JUST LOOK, YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON, GO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. UM, METRO CREST HAS INCREASED THAT TEAM, AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS MORE. I'M SORRY. NO, UM, STUCK UP ON ME. UH, METRO CREST HAS EXPANDED THAT OUTREACH TEAM, THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM TO THE 14 PEOPLE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THERE'S NO ADDISON PARTICIPATION ON THAT, UH, GROUP. IT WOULD BE NICE, AND I'LL USE THIS AS KIND OF A BENCHMARK OR A, A, A SOUNDING POST THAT WE NEED SOME COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. 'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY CITY NOT REPRESENTED, REPRESENTED. UM, BUT IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S CAN GO OUT BY THEMSELVES OR WITH SOMEBODY ELSE ONCE THEY'RE TRAINED AND, AND THEN INTERACT WITH THE HOMELESS FOLKS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, TO BE PROACTIVE TO, TO TRY TO MITIGATE IT. BUT IT'S, IT'S TOUGH. DO YOU, UH, DO YOU KNOW IF MR. PRESS SERVICES OR UM, OR THE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING HAS EVER BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OR WORKED WITH A GROUP CALLED HOUSING FOR WORK? IT'S A DALLAS COUNTY. UM, SO MOST OF OUR ISSUES ACTUALLY FALL ALMOST MORE SO MORE OF THE HOMELESSNESS THAT WE SEE THAT'S CHRONIC. IT'S ACTUALLY IN DALLAS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN ADDISON. SO WE HAVE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE LEVEL, BEEN WORKING WITH BOTH THE CITY OF DALLAS. UM, WE JUST HAD A MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH CARROLLTON AND US, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS TO HOPEFULLY DO SOME SORT OF, ALMOST LIKE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THAT. UM, CARROLLTON ISN'T SO MUCH DALLAS COUNTY AS MUCH AS FARMER'S BRANCH. AND, AND WE ARE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SHARED BORDERS, SO I KNOW THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES WORK WITH THEM. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CASES, LIKE UNDER THE WHITE ROCK BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING ISN'T NECESSARILY US, BUT OUR PEOPLE SEE IT, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO WORK WITH THEM. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THAT HOPEFULLY THROUGH SOME SORT OF MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT. MM-HMM. , I JUST WANT TO DOVETAIL ON THAT. WE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME SITUATIONS, UM, THAT WOULD FALL INTO WHAT NANCY'S TALKING ABOUT INSIDE OF ADDISON, RIGHT? YES, WE DO. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE EXPERIENCED IT. UH, THE OLD, UH, HUMBER DEANS BEFORE IT WAS TORN DOWN WAS REALLY BAD. UH, THEY WOULD GO STAY UP IN THOSE LITTLE ALCOVES AND STUFF, BUT YEAH. YEAH. THERE'S SOME HALF A DOZEN PLACES. YEAH, EXACTLY. KIND OF MATCHING THAT PROFILE, IF YOU WOULD. RIGHT. UM, SO IT IS A, IT IS AN ISSUE. AND, AND, UM, WELL, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH METROCREST AND CARROLLTON, CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED A, IT'S STILL IN THE BETA TESTING STAGE. IT'S A G I S, IT'S THROUGH ESRI. IT'S A, BASICALLY WE CAN USE OUR PHONES TO DROP PINS, UH, WHERE WE ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY THAT EITHER WAS LIVING OR IS PANHANDLING METROCREST SERVICES, GETS AN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION WHERE THERE'S SOME DATA WE CAN PUT IN THERE, AND THEN THEY'LL FOLLOW UP ON IT WITHOUT US HAVING TO CALL THEM. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY THE HIGHEST, UH, GROUP THAT CALLS METROCREST IN OUR, IN OUR CALLING BECAUSE IT'S, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, UH, THE, THE OUTFIT THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, GROUP CALLED METRO ELITE. YEAH. UM, AND I THINK THEY FOCUSED ON THE ONES THAT ARE TRULY RIGHT OUT ON THE STREETS. AND METRO CREST IS OUR, BASICALLY OUR, ALMOST LIKE OUR NINE ONE ONE CENTER. SO WE CALL METRO CREST, AND THEY WILL LOOK AT THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY OR PARTNER OR OTHER NGOS THAT THEY CAN CALL ON TO HELP US. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD THING ABOUT METRO PRESS. THEY HAVE DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK AND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT'S REALLY BEEN TREMENDOUS. OKAY. AND I, UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION, BUT FIRST ALL I WANT TO COMMENT, JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT FIFTH RECOGNITION THANK YOU. OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS, UH, BEST PRACTICES. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, UH, AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, IS, UM, ON THIS NEW, UH, LEASE SPACE ON KELLER SPRINGS, CAN YOU SHARE ANY IDEA HOW BIG THAT IS? HOW MANY PEOPLE? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR AND TWO PERMANENT EMPLOYEES. UH, ONE PER ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS ON THE CHIEF ON LIGHT DUTY. SHE'S HAVE ABOUT TO BE ON MATERNITY LEAVE. UH, BUT THEY, UM, THEY WILL, THAT'S THEIR MAIN SPACE. SO THEY WILL DO MEETINGS WITH, WITH RESIDENTS OR MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE THAT IF THEY NEED TO RECOVER A DOG OR A DOG BEING TURNED OVER OR ANIMAL, UM, IT'S REALLY IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WORKSPACE AND A MEETING SPACE. AND WE DON'T HOUSE ANIMALS THERE. IT'S NOT A SHELTER. THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE HAD TO, [00:20:01] YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH WITH THE LEASE LEASING, UH, LEASE MANAGERS. BUT IT, IT IS OFFICE SPACE AND, AND MEETING SPACE AND THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S, IT'S NOT A SHELTER. DID WE SHARE IT? DID YOU SAY SHARE IT WITH SOME PEOPLE? NO, WE, THE TOWN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF, SO SHANNON NEEDED SOME SPACE FOR SOME OF HIS FOLKS TOO. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO, BUT WE WOULD, IT HELPED US NEGOTIATE A, A BETTER RATE WITH THAT OWNER. 'CAUSE WE HAD TWO SPACES WE WERE GONNA LEASE. OKAY. SO WE JUST DID IT KIND OF CONCURRENTLY, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME SPACE. AND DO WE HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW BIG THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. DO WE HAVE, LIKE, HOW BIG IS THAT? 1800 SQUARE FEET. OKAY. 1800 SQUARE FEET. IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE. AND IT HAS A SMALL LITTLE WAREHOUSE IN THE BACK, WHICH WE NEEDED FOR STORAGE OF CRATES AND CAGES AND SUPPLIES AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN NICE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A LOT. . OKAY. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY DO GOOD WORK, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF MESSY STUFF. AND IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THIS, THIS GAVE US AN OP AND WE HAD A LOT OF PET ACCIDENTS IN THE PD LOBBY WITH DOING EXCHANGES OR RECOVERIES AND, UH, OR, OR, UM, UH, OTHER THINGS. AND INSIDE OUR OFFICE SPACES, IT JUST, IT WASN'T A REALLY GOOD ENVIRONMENT. WHEN THE TREE HOUSE WENT AWAY, THAT IS WHERE OUR BOND DEPARTMENT WAS THAT. SO OUR, UH, BOND PROGRAM MANAGER AND ALL OF HIS TEAM, AND WHEN THE TREE HOUSE WENT AWAY, WE UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO PUT THEM. AND SO THEY'RE IN THAT CENTER ALSO. UM, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE AT QUORUM AND KELLY SPRING SPRINGS. SPRINGS, YEAH. YEAH. IT FACES, THE FLORIST IS ON THE CORNER. I THINK WE'RE THE THIRD OR FOURTH ONE OVER. AND ANY, ANYTIME. IF YOU WANNA LIKE, COME BY, JUST LET US KNOW AND COME BY UP FRONT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS ADDISON? SO IT'S GOT THE ADDISON ANIMAL. WE WENT, THE ANIMAL, WE CHANGED, CHANGED IT TO ADDISON ANIMAL SERVICES IN PREPARATION FOR SOME NAME CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD. BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONFORMS WITH THAT, UM, LEASE SPACE STANDARDS ON SIGNAGE. SO IT'S, IT'S KINDA WHITE LETTERING ON THE SIDE. IT'S NOT REAL PROMINENT, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO. THANKS, CHIEF. YES, SIR. COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT WITH GRAPEVINE FOR USE OF THE JAIL? IS, DO WE PAY 'EM MONTHLY OR AN ANNUAL OR PER ROOM NIGHT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SURE. SO WHEN WE NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH GRAPEVINE, UH, WE, WE SET ON A FLAT RATE. WE AVERAGE AROUND 1800 REST A YEAR, WHICH IS DOWN FROM OUR PEAK IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS. WE USED TO ARREST QUITE A BIT MORE. UM, BUT IT'S $325,000 A YEAR FOR, FOR THE THAT CONTRACT. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME INCREASES IN THAT COST. THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO DO AN ADDENDUM AT SOME POINT TO COVER DALLAS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION. SO FOR CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, THE CITY TICKETS, CITY CHARGES, THAT'S EASILY DONE. OUR JUDGE ARRAIGN PEOPLE REMOTELY. UM, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GO TO DALLAS COUNTY JAIL FOR CLASS BS AND ABOVE MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES, THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF DALLAS COUNTY. AND, AND HONESTLY, DALLAS COUNTY'S NOT REAL GOOD ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE IN DALLAS COUNTY. WE HAD OUR OWN JAIL. IT WAS A CONSTANT PROBLEM GETTING DALLAS TO COME PICK 'EM UP. RIGHT. SO THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTING OUR PRISONERS DOWN TO DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LOS STATT. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S A FLAT RATE. UM, IT INCLUDES MEDICAL COSTS, IT INCLUDES OTHER SUPPLIES, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, IT'S BEEN GOOD. THE TRAVEL TIME IS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PATROL, UH, AND IT HAS CAUSED US SOME OPERATIONAL CONCERNS AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT, UM, IT WOULD COST US ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO RUN OUR OWN JAIL FOR CURRENT DOLLARS, ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO RUN OUR OWN JAIL AND CURRENT DOLLARS. SO IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. AGAIN, THERE'S OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED, LIKE TRAVEL TIME AND OFFICERS DOWN ON THE STREET AND THAT KIND OF THING. WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO TRANSPORT A PRISONER OVER THERE, HOW, HOW LONG ARE THEY GONE FROM ADDISON, JESSE, WHAT IS IT? 30, 45 MINUTES, 35 MINUTES, HOUR AND A HALF? JUST DEPENDS, DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF OFFENSE IT IS. DWIS OR IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO HOSPITAL, THAT ADDS A WHOLE NOTHER LAYER OF PROB, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM TO IT. YOU KNOW, A A QUICK, EASY IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW, ROUND TRIP, MAYBE HOUR AND A HALF, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE THREE HOURS. IF IT'S HOSPITAL CHECKOUT, THEN WE, WE TRANSFORM, TRANSPORTED 'EM TO DALLAS COUNTY ALSO, OR SOMEBODY ELSE DOES THAT. WE DON'T PERSONALLY, WE, IT'S ACTUALLY SOME OF OUR FORMER, UH, DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETENTION OFFICERS THAT USED TO WORK WITH US WHEN WE HAD OUR OWN JAIL, WHEN WE TRANSITIONED TO CARROLLTON BACK 2016. THAT WAS ONE OF, KIND OF, ONE OF MY, MY, UM, SELLING POINTS TO CARROLLTON WAS WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH STAFF THAT'LL HELP DO YOUR TRANSPORTS TO DALLAS COUNTY. UH, THAT THERE'S ABOUT THREE GUYS THAT ARE ON THAT ORIGINAL TEAM, THAT GRAPEVINE IS NOW PAYING TO DO TRANSPORTS. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TERM OF THAT CONTRACT? HOW LONG, HOW LONG DOES THAT GO? WELL, A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WAS THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO MAKE. SO THEY COULD RECOVER SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILD OUT. BUT IT'S A YEAR TO YEAR CONTRACT. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIKE CARROLLTON, DID THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KICK US OUT OR WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEAVE AT SOME POINT. BUT I'VE TOLD, I'VE TOLD, UH, MR. GAINES THAT, BUT NOW I PROMISED THE CHIEF OVER THERE, WE WOULDN'T JUST LEAVE THE YEAR AFTER BECAUSE WE FOUND SOMETHING BETTER. I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEM. UM, IT HELPS THEM TOO BECAUSE THEY BUILT A BRAND NEW FACILITY WITH A LARGE JAIL PRE COVID. EVERYBODY'S ARREST ARE DOWN. UM, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT THEY WERE VERY MUCH UNDER UTILIZING THEIR FACILITY AND WITH US AND CARROLLTON, OR EXCUSE ME, CAPELLE BEING THERE. IT HELPS THEM JUSTIFY THE STAFF AND [00:25:01] THE, THE FACILITY. SO IT'S A GOOD THING. I WISH IT WAS CLOSER. THIS WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER DEAL IF IT WAS CLOSER. YEAH, SURE. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, YOU AND THE STAFF AND YOUR STAFF PUT PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO MAKING THE TOWN SAFE, HELPING PROTECT US. I APPRECIATE THE, UH, RECOGNITION THAT YOU AND THE TOWN GIVE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, I, I WANT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THAT. THAT'S, UH, THAT MAKES US ALL, UH, UH, FEEL GOOD WHEN WE GET THAT, GIVE THAT RECOGNITION. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE N TECH, UH, SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE OBJECTIVES FOR 2024? OKAY. GIVE US A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THAT. SO AGAIN, A COMPUTER AID DISPATCH, UH, SYSTEM AND THE MOBILE SYSTEM, THEY'RE THE SAME THING. BUT THE COMPUTER AID DISPATCH SYSTEM IS WHAT THE DISPATCHERS USE TO DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE. THEY, UH, AND THEN THEY SEND 'EM OUT INTO THE FIELD. THE MOBILE SIDE IS WHERE THE OFFICERS RECEIVE, IT'S BASICALLY LAPTOPS AND SQUAD CARS. THEY RECEIVE THE CALL. UM, HOW, AND THE OFFICERS CAN DO A LOT OF WORK ON THAT MOBILE DATA TERMINAL, OR THEY CAN THE LAPTOP, UH, THROUGH THAT MOBILE SYSTEM. THEY CAN, THEY CAN RUN, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES RUN PERSONS. THEY CAN DO A LOT OF WORK ON THAT. UM, IT IS A HEAVY LIFT WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT BECAUSE FROM A, LIKE A G I S PERSPECTIVE, ALL THE STREETS, BLOCK NUMBERS HAVE TO BE VALIDATED. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A HUGE LIFT. UH, I KNOW IT, UH, KINGSLEY, OUR G I S DEPARTMENT WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT. UH, LIEUTENANT SPENCER WHO WAS HERE YESTERDAY, UH, HE'S BEEN OUR GO-TO POINT PERSON REPRESENTING ADDISON. THAT CAD SYSTEM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, THEY SELECTED MOTOROLA WENT THROUGH, OR SORRY, ANTECH WENT THROUGH A LONG PROCESS TO SELECT THE VENDOR. UH, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS WAS CHOSEN AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEM. BUT IT IS, IT IS THE BIGGEST, AND I DUNNO HOW MANY CAN, CAN REINFORCE THIS, IT IS THE BIGGEST LIFT THAT, THAT WE WILL DO FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE. UH, AND, AND IN PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S HUGE. ARE WE LEVERAGING THAT OR CONNECTING THAT WITH THE LICENSE PLATE READING COMPONENT? SO, YES. SO REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND OF SYSTEM, THE, THE OFFICERS HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT WE USE THROUGH THAT MOBILE DATA TERMINAL. THE LAPTOP, UH, OUR CURRENT VENDOR, VIGILANT SOLUTIONS, UH, SENDS AN ALERT TO OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. IF A STOLEN CAR, ANYBODY, IF IT'S IN THE TEXAS CRIMINAL INFORMATION CENTERS INDEX, THE T C I C INDEX, WE'LL GET AN ALERT IN THE FIELD. WE GET ALERTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT STOLEN CARS, YOU KNOW, WANTED PERSONS, THAT KIND OF THING. UH, WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THAT, WE FILTERED OUT A LOT OF THE LOWER LEVEL STUFF. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, AT THE TIME AND CITY MANAGER'S TIME DIDN'T WANT, OR I STILL DO AND DON'T WANT IT JUST CHASING ALL THE CHASING RABBITS ALL DAY LONG. RIGHT. IT'S, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME FOCUSED EFFORT ONTO THE THINGS. BUT IT IS, IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AND IT HELPS US A LOT. BUT WE DO EVERYTHING THROUGH THE MDCS, THE MOBILES, UM, I MEAN WE HAVE ELECTRONIC TICKET WRITING SYSTEM WE USE, A LOT OF IT IS PUSHING TOWARDS CELL PHONE STUFF. SO WE HAVE FIRSTNET, UH, CITY CELL PHONES AND ALL THE SQUAD CARS THAT CAN DO A LOT OF WORK ON THOSE ELECTRONIC TICKET RIDERS THAT, YOU KNOW, CITATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO STOP CARS. UM, WE HAVE OUR NEW R M S MARK 43 WE IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, HAS AN INTERFACE THAT CAN TAKE PICTURES. IT GOES, SO IT'S NOW IT'S ALL INTEGRATING. AND THE CAD MOBILE WAS THE LAST COMPONENT OF THAT. OUR NEW AXON FLEET THREE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED A YEAR OR SO AGO. AGAIN, IT ALL INTEGRATES AND IT GETS SEAMLESS AND WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS WITH THOSE TOOLS. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO WITH ALL THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT, DOES THAT PUT THE MOTORCYCLE PATROL AT, AT, AT A DISADVANTAGE 'CAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE? WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER ON THE, ON THE CAR. RIGHT? I'M SORRY. IN THE MOTORCYCLES, THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, VE UH, VEHICLE BASED BODY, UH, UH, CAMERA SYSTEMS ON THE BIKES. THEY USE THEIR BODY CAMERA FOR EVERYTHING. UH, THEY DO HAVE, DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE CELL PHONES RIGHT FOR THEM? YEAH. SO THE CELL PHONES ARE AN OPTION. AND THAT'S WHERE, FOR ME, LOOKING AHEAD, UH, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF THE LAPTOPS AND SQUAD CARS AND JUST RUN IT OFF A PHONE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE GOING. IF I CAN GET A MOBILES MOBILE 10 PLATFORM, UH, THAT'LL PLAY WITH IT. BUT, UM, THE MOTORCYCLES HAVE A LOT MORE CAPABILITY THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE THROUGH THE PHONE. IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND, AND, UH, CONTINUING ON WITH THE MOTORCYCLE PATROLS, ARE, ARE THEY MORE CHALLENGED NOW BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE TOWN? IS THAT A, IS THAT A CONCERN TO YOU? I MEAN, THEY DEAL WITH IT. I WAS ON BIKES FOR 10 YEARS. RIGHT. SO I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UH, YOU JUST DEAL WITH IT. IT IS, IT IS A CHALLENGE. WE, WE WORK PROBABLY MORE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE MORE WRECKS OVER THERE OR NOT, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY ADAPT. SORRY. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. SURE. I HAVE ONE MORE. YES MA'AM. THE, THE EAST SIDE OF ADDISON THAT HAS DALLAS ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF HAD A PROBLEM WHEN PEOPLE CALL AND THEY SAY, NO, YOU NEED TO CALL DALLAS COUNTY. IT'S LIKE, NO, NO. SO DO WE KIND OF HAVE THAT ALL WORKED OUT NOW? IS THAT BEEN SOLVED? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S REALLY AN EDUCATION PROCESS. [00:30:01] 'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THE, IT'S A CELL PHONE ISSUE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU HAVE AN OLD SCHOOL LANDLINE, THEN THAT IS EASILY CODED TO WHERE WHEN YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND OUR, OUR DISPATCH, IT'S GONNA GO TO N TECH, RIGHT? A LANDLINE CELL PHONE'S NOT THE SAME CELL PHONE. WHEN YOU ACTIVATE YOUR CELL PHONE TO TRY TO CALL, IT GOES TO THE CLOSEST, ESPECIALLY 9 1 1. IT'S GONNA GO TO THE CLOSEST TOWER AND THEN IT'S GONNA KNOW WHAT TOWER, WHAT CITY CONTROLS THAT TOWER FROM A 9 1 1 PERSPECTIVE. AND IT'S GONNA PUSH IT TO THAT, THAT DISPATCH CENTER. EVERYTHING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, PRETTY MUCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF, ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHOLE FOODS IS GONNA GO TO DALLAS, UH, DIS POLICE DEPARTMENTS 9 1 1 CENTER BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THOSE TOWERS. AND SO WE HAD TO, WE'VE CONTINUED TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS. I THINK INTECH EVEN PUT OUT SOME PAMPHLETS AND SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO TRY TO REINFORCE THAT. BUT EVERY CHANCE WE GET, WE TRY TO REMIND RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS, OAKS NORTH. BUT BELLBROOK WYNWOOD, IF YOU CALL 9 1 1, DON'T ASSUME YOU'RE GONNA GO TO INTECH. 'CAUSE IT MAY NOT BE. AND WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER THAT. YEAH. SO, AND, UH, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR, THE OBJECTIVE FOR, UM, RENEWING THE FOCUS ON REENGAGING WITH THE RESIDENTS RESIDENTIAL AREAS? SURE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE PEOPLE ASKING FOR? UM, I I, I DON'T WANNA MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, RIGHT? IS IT, DO THEY WANT MORE VISIBILITY JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVING AROUND? DO THEY WANT US TO DO MORE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES? YOU KNOW, UM, INTERIM CHIEF VINCENT WAS DOING A, A PROGRAM LAST NIGHT WHILE WE WERE IN BUDGET. UH, IT WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE CLASS AT THE ATHLETIC CENTER. SO WE, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT. WHAT DO THEY EXPECT FROM US? UH, WHAT DOES A C MANAGER EXPECT FROM ME ON CERTAIN THINGS. BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT JUST GETTING OURSELVES BACK OUT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE, GET LET 'EM KNOW US, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP. BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THE PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY, UH, ARE THERE. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OUR CRIME SETS ARE. IF YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE, YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE. RIGHT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, ESPECIALLY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL WHILE IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, THE NON-DISCRETIONARY 9 1 1 CALLS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 75 TO 85% OF OUR ACTIVITY. UH, AND THAT PUSHES US OUTTA THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME. AND WE TRY TO, AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOME GAPS IN THAT, WE GET A GET BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER BUSINESS AREAS AS BEST WE CAN. IT IS A BALANCE OF RESOURCES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. THERE'S, UM, HOW MUCH, WHAT'S OUR STAFFING LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT DAY, THAT HOUR WE COULD BE COMPLETELY DEAD ALL MORNING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, SEVERAL THINGS HAPPEN AND ALL YOUR RESOURCES ARE, ARE USED UP FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND TIMING THAT TO WHEN YOU MAY BE WALKING YOUR DOG OR, OR JOGGING AND THEY WANNA SEE US, BUT THAT'S OUR BUSIEST TIME. RIGHT? SO IT'S CONSTANT, CONSTANT, CONSTANT HAVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE THAT OUT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF DISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS, DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES? WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS ARE BEING MET? SO THAT'S GOOD. I'M REALLY GLAD. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I KIND OF, THAT DOES. I JUST WANTED BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OKAY. THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT. UM, NOW I'M MAKING ASSUMPTIONS AND ASKING MORE QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S REALLY A GOOD APPROACH, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT. UM, I, I KNOW THAT'S A GOTTA BE A BIG TAX ON YOU AS, UH, I I WROTE DOWN. IT'S, IT'S, UH, BEING A COP'S TOUGH. THAT'S A GOOD QUOTE. BEING A COP'S TOUGH. I AGREE. SO THE METRIC OF SERVICES, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED. CAN YOU TELL 'EM A LITTLE MORE MORE ABOUT THAT? NOW I SPECIFICALLY HEARD THAT THERE'S LIKE 12 PEOPLE IN THAT PROGRAM AND, AND NO, ADD SOME REPRESENTATION OR ADD SOME PARTICIPATION. DID I, DID I MISS THAT? RIGHT. SO SEVERAL YEARS, MELANIE, WHEN SHE CAME ON BOARD, WE HAD THESE ROUND TABLE. IN FACT, WE JUST HAD ONE LAST WEEK. UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOUR CITIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH METRO RE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA OF HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER, SO, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL ISSUES. UM, WE, WE DECIDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD WORK TOWARDS, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, AT THE TIME IT WAS JUST MELANIE OR OUR CALLING, OUR CALLING'S GOT AS AN APP OUR OFFICERS WERE USING TO TRY TO GET THEM UP HERE TO HELP US. UM, TRACY, YOU KNOW, THE C E O OF METRO PRESS WAS REALLY GOOD AT UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF, OF THE, THE CITIES THAT SERVE, THAT HE SERVES. AND SO HE, HE STARTED PUSHING THIS TEAM OUT. SO NOW THEY HAVE A TEAM. IT'S ACTUALLY 14 PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO HELP MELANIE AND HELP BOBBY GO OUT WHEN OUR COPS CALL OR A RESIDENT CALLS TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A LADY SLEEPING AT THE THUMB. YOU KNOW? AND SO INSTEAD OF JUST, AND WE HAVE ONE LADY, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PR YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS LOOP WITH HER. BUT IT ARRESTING THEM AND TAKING 'EM TO GRAPEVINE IS NOT SOLVING A, IT MAY SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR THAT SECOND, THAT MINUTE THAT DAY, BUT THEY'RE GONNA COME RIGHT BACK. THEY WANT TO BE IN ADDISON. 'CAUSE IT'S SAFE. RIGHT. THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS FROM LOOKING YES. AND THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS. YEAH. NOT THAT ADDISON ISN'T PARTICIPATING, BUT THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS. IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDISON PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TOO? YES. YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH MARY AND [00:35:01] GET SOME, BUT IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY CAN NOT ONLY WANNA DO IT, BUT CAN DO IT. RIGHT. SO. RIGHT, RIGHT. DEALING, DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS QUALIFIED TAKES, TAKES SOME PATIENCE. IT TAKES, UM, SOME AWARENESS AND, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE PARTICIPATION. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS, IT'S A RE IT'S IT'S RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS, MAYBE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN, IN THE CITIES. THEY'RE 14, BUT ADDISON DOESN'T HAVE A REPRESENTATION ON THAT. I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH TRACY RIGHT NOW, OR MELANIE TO COME UP WITH MAYBE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE THAT FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE IN THE SHORT TERM UNTIL WE GET MORE INVOLVEMENT. BUT WE'RE GONNA START PUTTING OUT SOME ADVERTISEMENT, UH, THROUGH MARY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME INVOLVEMENT. QUESTION CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THE TERM CRIME STATS, AND I THINK THERE WAS AN EMAIL THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO ABOUT THAT THERE WAS A SOFTWARE GLITCH. IS THERE ANY UPDATE IN TERMS OF SHARING THAT? SO, RIGHT, SO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE LEXINEXIS COMMUNITY CRIME MAPS, UH, THAT WE EXPORT OUR DATA TO EVERY, EVERY DAY. UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A RESIDENT CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT BACK IN JUNE. AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE RIGHT. IT WASN'T RIGHT. AND LEXINEXIS MUST HAVE DONE, THEY, WE THINK OF THERE WAS AN UPDATE DONE ON THEIR SIDE AND IT'S CAUSED A PROBLEM WITH THE DATA UPLOAD. I HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION TO THAT YET. OKAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A FREE SERVICE. IT DOESN'T REALLY, UM, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. WE, IT WAS THE BEST WE HAD AT THE TIME, BUT WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW INTERNALLY, IS THERE MAYBE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO THAT? FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROBLEM WITH COMMUNITY CRIME MAPS, IF YOU LOOK ON THERE AND THERE'S A, AN OFFENSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IT WAS, IT'S, IT WAS THAT POINT IN TIME WHERE THAT OFFENSE WAS WRITTEN OR THAT REPORT WAS WRITTEN, BUT THERE'S NO UPDATING TO THAT STUFF. RIGHT? SO IT COULD BE AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY SERIOUS AND THAT CAUSES YOU CONCERN. BUT WHAT, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS ONCE IT GOT TO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SECTION, THEY LOOKED AT IT, IT ENDED UP BEING EITHER COMPLETELY DISMISSED OR IT WAS DOWNGRADED TO, UM, A MUCH LOWER LEVEL OFFENSE AFTER WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP THE RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE BECAUSE ALL THEY SEE IS THE INITIAL 'CAUSE THE COPS HAVE TO WRITE WHATEVER YOU TELL ME. RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WRITE THE REPORT TO UNTIL THE INVESTIGATORS GET TO IT, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME TOOLS RIGHT NOW. CAN WE DO IT BETTER? RIGHT. WORKING WITH IT. I I WANNA COME UP WITH AN INTERNAL PROCESS TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT YOU AND A RESIDENTS CAN GO TO TO SEE STUFF IN REAL TIME, UH, AS IT HAPPENS. INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THESE, YOU KNOW, FREE SERVICES THAT REALLY HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO FIX THINGS. LEXINEXIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY INCENTIVE TO FIX THIS ANYTIME SOON. SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT. SO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMMENTING THAT OUR CRIME STATS ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY PER CAPITA, THOSE COMMENTS OBVIOUSLY AREN'T VALID. WELL THEY'RE ALSO BASED ON THINGS, THEY'RE SO I KNOW VALID, RIGHT? THE DIAL, YOU KNOW, THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE FOR DECADES, UH, OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER TRIED TO GET THEM TO CHANGE, PUT AN ASTERISK BY US THIS 'CAUSE THEY, THEY TAKE IT OUTTA CONTEXT. IF YOU, YOU LOOK AT OUR PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND COMPARE OUR CRIME STATS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT PROBLEM AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM. UM, AND SO YOU, BUT THE COMMUNITY CRIME MAP IS REALLY NOT INTENDED TO BE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TOOL. IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME TO SEE WHAT'S KIND OF GOING ON THAT DAY. AND SO IF YOU USE IT FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, IT'S, IT'S A MISTAKE. YOU KNOW, NEWSLETTER THAT WE DO WEEKLY, I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY, IT'S A WAY OF SHARING SOMETHING IN A POSITIVE VERSUS ONLY WAITING FOR THE NEGATIVE, THE, THE POSSIBILITY TO FORM TOWN RESIDENTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR, OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. YEAH. I MEAN SENSE WE COULD ALWAYS A MORE, A MORE FAIR APPROACH TO TRUE STATS. WELL, I THINK I, WE CAN TALK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HONESTLY, WE'LL DO WEEKLY, BUT YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY QUARTERLY SOMETHING YEAH. IN THE NEWSLETTER. YEAH. I THINK THE DASHBOARD IDEA WHERE WE CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK IN REAL TIME, WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD PUT OUR EFFORT. BUT WE CAN TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THAT. BUT, BUT THAT, THAT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THERE'S SOME PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, WITH MICROSOFT WAS A BI AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN USE NOW TO, FROM AN ANALYTICAL TOOL THAT CAN COME IN AND HELP US DO THAT. RIGHT. WE, EVERYTHING'S DATA DRIVEN. WE'RE DATA-DRIVEN. WE TRY TO BE DATA-DRIVEN. EVERYTHING WE DO, AND IT'S BEEN MY GOAL SINCE DAY ONE TO TRY TO HAVE A FORWARD FACING DASHBOARD. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. SO COUNCIL, CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD, WOULD HAVE ONE LOOK AND THEN MAYBE AN EXTERNAL PUBLIC LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT'S MORE HOT. YOU KNOW, JUST BROAD. BUT I THINK WE'LL GET THERE FAIRLY QUICKLY. THANK, THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M GONNA SNEAK IN ONE LAST QUESTION. SURE, SURE. HOW ARE WE, HOW, HOW ARE WE WITH EMPLOYMENT? SO STAFF STAFFING'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 63, OUTTA 66 SWORN. WE HAD A RESIGNATION, UH, RECENTLY AND WE'RE MAYBE ANOTHER ONE. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY PUSHING. AND WE HAVE, UM, I HAVE A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER WITH AN EMPLOYEE NEXT WEEK AND I HAVE A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER INTERVIEW WITH AN EMPLOYEE NEXT WEEK. SO WE'RE CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUSH WE, BUT IT'S STAFFING'S A STRUGGLE. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. [00:40:01] JUST WHEN I THINK WE'RE THERE, IT'S ADD TO THAT. UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS A MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT AND, AND WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE T O D ANALYSIS, WHICH TO SOME DEGREE WE'LL TALK ABOUT STAFFING. WE'LL MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT WOULD THE STAFFING NEEDS BE FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH TOWN WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCREASED DENSITY. I THINK THAT NATURALLY WILL LEAD US TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS A LONG-TERM STAFFING STRATEGY FOR OUR, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OF LOOKING AT WHAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS, WHAT ARE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE NEED AND HOW DO WE GET THERE. UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, AS YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN OUR, IN OUR SALARIES, IN OUR CON IN OUR TOTAL COMPENSATION. AND THEN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT CERTAINLY IT'S A, IT'S A PRIORITY GOING FORWARD. IF I, AND I, I JUST ADD ONE THING, UH, TO THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. UH, YOU SAW THE UPDATED METRO PRESS SERVICES REQUEST TO US. WHAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO CONTEXT AND KIND OF PUT A, PUT A POINT TO WHAT CHIEF WAS SAYING, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES BOTH INSIDE AROUND EV ALL OVER, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTIME SOON. THE MORE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH METRO CRET, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE. I DON'T THINK IT'S REALISTIC FOR US TO TRY TO STAFF UP OURSELF TO COMBAT THAT. PARTNERING WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM, UM, IS GONNA BE VITAL TO THAT. TRY TO GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN WITH METRIC REQUEST SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LATER. BUT I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS CHIEF IS SPEAKING. WELL, AND I'M NO EXPERT ON HOMELESSNESS, BUT FROM WHAT THEY TELL ME, IF YOU CAN ADDRESS IT EARLY, THEN YOU CAN HELP MITIGATE THAT GOING FORWARD. SO I THINK TRYING TO ADDRESS IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING IT OFF IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND METROCREST DOES THAT. THEY, THEY TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE, THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS TO BEGIN WITH. YEAH. AND THAT'S METRO CREST'S GOAL. METRO CREST'S GOAL, THE, THE STREET OUTREACH OR THERE'S CALLING OR SOME OF THESE OTHER NGOS. THEY'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT THAT POINT, HOMELESS METRO CREST REALLY WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO BE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS. AND SO THEY'RE, MELANIE AND HER TEAM ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY TRYING. BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A AMAZING JOB THAT'S, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT 'EM. I AGREE. CHIEF, THE AMOUNT OF INFOR OF HELP THAT THE TOWN GETS THROUGH METRO CREST, THE R O I, IS TREMENDOUS. AND KNOW WE WERE REALLY THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. CHIEF, ONE FINAL COMMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED ABOUT BEING, BEING A COP IS TOUGH AND WE KNOW IT IS. WE, WE, WE CAN'T KNOW EXCEPT FOR WHAT YOU'LL TELL US. BUT I, BUT I HOPE, AND I KNOW THAT IN A LOT OF PLACES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EVEN HARDER BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE OVER ON, OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT I HOPE THAT YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, UH, REALIZE AND, AND UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON LOVE AND RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THEM. 'CAUSE IF THAT'S ONE COMMON THING THAT I HEAR WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE IS THAT THEY'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU MIGHT GET COMMENTS, WELL, WE DON'T SEE 'EM ENOUGH, BUT, BUT, BUT THAT'S A COMMON THING THAT WE ALL HEAR SO MUCH. SO I HOPE YOU'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE, WITH ALL OF YOUR FOLKS. OKAY, SECOND, THAT'S IT ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COURT, COURT CHIEF DISPLAY, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR DRIVE RIGHT NOW FOR THAT. I ITEM ALL OF THE, UM, NON-PROFIT GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE OUT THERE. IT'S CALLED FINANCE HANDOUTS. SO SEE THAT ATTACHMENT? AND, AND I'LL DO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ONE I EMAILED YOU, THE UPDATED ONE FROM . JUST IN ADVANCE OF THAT IN THE CONVERSATION LATER TODAY. THANK YOU. READY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, DAVID JONES, FIRE CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF OUR BUDGET REQUESTS. UH, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. FIRST, FOR, UH, 23, WE REPLACED AN END OF LIFE AMBULANCE WITH A NEW ONE. AND WE IMPLEMENTED KINDA WHAT CHIEF SPENCER WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE DID IMPLEMENT RESILIENCY TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF. AND ALSO WE BEGAN, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS. SO WITH THIS, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL PHYSICALS. AND NOW AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL PHYSICAL, THEY SIT DOWN WITH A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE AND GO THROUGH, UH, THEY MADE THEIR BASELINE THIS YEAR. SO NEXT YEAR THEY'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES. BUT, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE RECEIVED REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR PERSONNEL FROM IT. UH, WE ALSO MAINTAINED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MET OUR CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS WITH A CONTINUED DEMAND AND INCREASE FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE. YOU'LL SEE IN A, IN A FEW SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE HOW OUR CALLS ARE GOING UP, BUT ALSO WE TRY TO TAKE ON MORE. WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO, UH, HELP WITH OUR [00:45:01] CUSTOMERS. WE DID, UH, MAINTAIN OUR ISO ONE AND TEXAS BEST PRACTICE STATUS. AND THEN FOR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ASKING TO ACQUIRE A FULL-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THIS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER. BUT, UH, BASICALLY TO BE MORE SELF-RELIANT AND PARTICIPATE REGIONALLY AND MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR, UH, SURROUNDING AREA. WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN A NEW TOWN WIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE. UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN ADDISON'S SPECIFIC PLAN, NOT JUST GOING OFF OF A DALLAS COUNTY PLAN. UH, WE'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN AND RECERTIFY THE TOWN'S ISO ONE RATING AND TEXAS BEST PRACTICE DESIGNATION. WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL OF OUR MATERIAL FOR TEXAS BEST PRACTICES FOR THE RENEWAL. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE, THE FEEDBACK. IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A BACKUP. BUT THE, UH, ISO ONE, WE WERE CONTACTED IN APRIL AND TOLD THAT WE WERE GONNA BE, UH, POSSIBLY REVIEWED IN JUNE BECAUSE IT'LL BE, THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR. WELL, WE WENT AHEAD AND CONTACTED A, A, A TEAM THAT CAME AND EVALUATED OUR MATERIAL JUST TO SEE WHERE WE WERE FROM A CONSULTANT STANDPOINT AND ADVISORY STANDPOINT. AND THEY SAID, WE DO HAVE A VERY STRONG SCORE. WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SELF-INITIATE, UH, AN I S O REVIEW, UH, SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM. ALSO, UH, CONTINUALLY SEEK INNOVATIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE LEVELS WHILE PREPARING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT. AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS T O D, JUST SOME INTERESTING STATS THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE. UH, THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT METRICS. YOU CAN SEE OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IS UNDER FOUR MINUTES, WHICH IS COMPARED TO OUR QUAD CITIES, IS VERY GOOD. ALSO, IF YOU TAKE OUR CALL VOLUME DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF STATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DELIVER SERVICE, WE ACTUALLY ARE A LITTLE BIT BUSIER THAN OUR SURROUNDING AREA. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY TIGHT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE, UH, A, A BUSY DEPARTMENT FOR AS SMALL OF AN AREA AS WE ARE. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR CALL VOLUME IS INCREASING OVER THE YEARS. AND THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY STANDARD. IT'S, IF YOU DO ALL THE MATH, IT'S ABOUT THREE OR 5%. OVER TIME, IT INCREASES. AND YOU CAN SEE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020 BEING C O V I D AND 2021, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN CALLS DUE TO ALL THE FREEZE, UH, IN THAT FEBRUARY. BUT IF YOU LOOK FROM 2019 TO 22, IT'S ABOUT 500 CALLS DIFFERENT. SO IT'S CONTINUING TO GO UP. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR DECISION PACKAGE. THIS IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. IT'S A BIG DECISION PACKAGE AND IT'S A BIG REQUEST. AND WE KNOW, UH, BUT WE'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. WE'RE ASKING TO CREATE A NEW FULL-TIME CIVILIAN POSITION THAT ACTS AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. IT'LL HELP, UH, ESTABLISH AN AVENUE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH ALL CITY LEADERS WITH DISASTER MANAGEMENT, MAXIMIZE OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN, AND ESTABLISH A REPUTATION AS A, AS A REGIONAL TEAM PLAYER. A FULL-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IS NOT JUST FOR DISASTERS. IT, IT'S INVOLVED IN BASIC EMERGENCY PLANNING, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT FROM STATE STATUTE, UH, TRAINING, EXERCISE FACILITATION, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR TOWN DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH ALSO INCLEMENT WEATHER MONITORING, WHICH WE DO AS A TEAM. BUT THIS WOULD BE A PERSON THAT WE COULD RELY ON FOR SOME CONSISTENT INFORMATION, COORDINATION AND RESPONSE, AND THEN REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDING. UM, ALSO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS ARE KNOWN FOR, UH, THEIR ABILITY WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION DRILL SUPPORT. AND THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, OUR, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND ACTUALLY INVOLVE ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGHOUT THAT AND BUILD CONFIDENCE SO THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WHEN TIMES GET UNCOMFORTABLE, WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE THINGS. SOME THINGS TO JUST CONSIDER, I JUST ASK YOU JUST TO THINK ABOUT FOR A SECOND IN ADDISON, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE VERY UNIQUE, BUT WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, THE MASS GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR AIRPORT THAT'S BUSY, OUR TUNNEL, THE SILVER LINE COMING THROUGH HERE, OUR HIGH RISE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO VERY LARGE, UH, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WE'RE HOME OF A REGIONAL SHELTER, WHICH WE'RE PART OF A COMMUNITY, OR WE'RE PART OF A SHELTERING GROUP. AND OF THE FOUR CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSON WHERE THEY DO. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE VERTICAL GROWTH COMING THROUGH WITH MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE T O D. AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF FUTURE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. WE HAVE A HOSPITAL IN TOWN ALSO. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE HIGH VOLUME, UH, HIGH DENSITY OR HIGH RISK AREAS THAT AN EMERGENCY MANAGER COULD HELP WITH PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR THINGS SHOULD THEY HAPPEN SO PEOPLE DON'T GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD. UH, ALSO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR A LOT OF COMMUTERS THAT COME IN AND OUT. [00:50:01] THE COMMUTERS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF TOWN, WE PROBABLY, IT'S COLLECTIVELY JUST GUESSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, A GOOD POSITION THAT TO INCORPORATE. AND IN MEETING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE DIRECTORS IN TOWN, IT'S ALL BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. THE DIRECTORS HAVE ALL BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF IT. NOBODY'S BEEN AGAINST THIS. WE THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A REQUEST FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THIS BENEFIT FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN AND FOR THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND FOR THE, THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE. SOME THINGS THAT, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS IN INTEGRATED INTO AND VERY INVOLVED WITH WHEN C O V I D HAPPENED, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING EMERGENCY MANAGERS HELP HANDLE. WE'VE SEEN LOCAL, UH, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL, UH, MASS SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPEN AND OCCUR. THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CRASH THAT WE HAD IN, UH, JUNE OF 2019, WE HAD TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS OUTSIDE OF ADDISON TO HELP US WITH THAT TORNADOES, ICE WIND EVENTS. ANY OF THOSE THINGS WOULD INCORPORATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, ALSO OUR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, OUR SIRENS. THEY'D BE MANAGING THAT SYSTEM AS WELL, FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A BENEFIT TO THE TOWN OF VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT WE DON'T HAVE. RIGHT NOW, THE COST IS 154,000 RECURRING AND 7,600, UH, ONE TIME FEE. SO SHE, HE SAID IT'S A CIVILIAN POSITION. IT WOULDN'T BE A FIREFIGHTER, IT WOULDN'T BE A SWORN, UH, FIREFIGHTER. IT DIDN'T, WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO FIRE ACADEMY OR POLICE ACADEMY OR ANY OF THAT. IT WOULD BE A POSITION THAT WOULD BE AN EXPERT IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. I MOVE ON. YES, SIR. JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THIS. AND, AND SO THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND READY AND, AND SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN AND THEY WOULD COORDINATE THE, UH, PLAN OF ATTACK TO, TO RESOLVE, UH, WHATEVER THE SITUATION. WELL, THE GOAL OF THE, THE, THE GOAL OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION WOULD BE TO PREPARE US AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND CAUGHT US OFF GUARD. BUT WE'RE BEING REACTED. THIS IS MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO GO IN AND PLAN FOR A DISASTER PLAN FOR WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WHEN THE TEMPERATURES HIT THIS DEGREE? ARE WE GONNA OPEN UP A COOLING STATION? ARE WE GONNA OPEN UP WARMING SHELTERS? BUT THERE'S, THEY HELP PLAN FOR THE EVENT AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE ALL THE DIRECTORS PREPARED. AND THEN IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, THEY WOULD MANAGE THE E O C, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND, AND HELP KEEP THINGS MOVING IN THERE. YES, SIR. DO YOU WANT SOMEONE WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION? Y YES, SIR. THAT'S THE GOAL. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY WITH AT LEAST FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE. I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE, BUT, UH, SOME EXPERIENCE IN A MUNICIPALITY THAT WOULD COMPARE WITH THIS AND COULD COME IN AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UH, SALINA JUST GOT ONE, THEY REQUIRED IT TO BE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND THEY WOUND UP GETTING ONE WITH, UH, FROM WACO. UH, SO THAT WAS ADD FOR CONTEXT. I KNOW ADDISON HAS NEVER HAD ONE, AND AS, AS YOU KIND OF HEAR AS CHIEF SPEAK OR WE'VE DONE IT, BUT, BUT ON OUR END, BUT NOT A FULL-TIME. YOU'VE YES, DONE IT. WE HAVE, BUT EV ALL, ALL OF OUR PEER CITIES HAVE ONE, UM, ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS RELIED ON THEM WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES AND WE RELY ON THE CARROLLTON EMERGENCY MANAGER OR ANOTHER EMERGENCY MANAGER. BUT WE, UM, NOW I, CHIEF AND THE STAFF DO A GREAT JOB OF DOING A LOT OF THESE FUNCTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE SOMEONE DEVOTED TO IT WHO BRINGS IN AND, AND AS HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE PLANNING WITH DIRECTORS, IT'S NOT JUST DIRECTORS, IT'S ALL OF THE REGIONAL FOLKS COMING IN, THE HOSPITALS AND THE COUNTY AND EVERYONE ELSE TO ENSURE WE'RE PREPARED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF HIGH RISK ASSETS THAT WE HAD, THIS TO ME IS THAT WHEN I, WHEN I GOT HERE, I HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF. IT WAS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND IT'S REMAINED MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU SEE IN THE BUDGET. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS POSITION COMES, YOU KNOW, AS WITH ANY POSITION, THERE ARE A LOT OF MEETINGS AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL GROUPS THAT, THAT THIS PERSON WOULD BE INVOLVED IN. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AS A TEAM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONSISTENT FACE IN THESE MEETINGS. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, KIND OF MAYBE MISSING SOME INFORMATION HERE AND THERE, WHERE IF WE HAVE THAT PERSON PRESENT IN THESE MEETINGS INVOLVED WITH THESE COMMITTEES, THEN WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE WHEN CARROLLTON HA HAD THEIR, UH, CYBER INCIDENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH CONNECTIONS FROM THOSE REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, THEY'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET SOME ASSETS AND GET SOME COMPUTERS TO HELP GET THEM OUTTA THAT. AND IT, IF YOU LOOK AT A TEXAS, WE'RE AN ISO ONE TEXAS BEST PRACTICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE CITY. OUR, OUR WATER DEPARTMENT AND INTECH IS IN INTEGRATED INTO ALL THE ISO SCORING. BUT OF ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE ISO ONE AND TEXAS BEST PRACTICES, WE COULD ONLY FIND ONE OTHER ONE THAT OPERATED WITH THE [00:55:01] MODEL WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH. AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TARGET HAZARDS THAT WE DO. SO IT'S A, IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST. WE FELT LIKE. SO CHIEF, IN CASE ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISO ONE MEANS, WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICES DO A UH, IT'S, IT'S A SCORE. IT'S CALLED A P P C. AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T, CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT STANDS FOR, BUT THE P P C SCORE, IT, IT EVALUATES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS 50% OF THE GRADE, AND THEY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. HOW MUCH, ALL, ALL THE TOOLS WE CARRY, STAFFING, PERSONNEL RESPONSE TIMES, THEY GET INTO ALL THE DATA FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THERE'S 40% OF THE SCORE IS THROUGH THE WATER DEPARTMENT. SO THEY HEAVILY, THEY, THEY EVALUATE HEAVILY OUR WATER SUPPLY, UH, HOW THE HYDRANTS ARE MAINTAINED. AND SHANNON DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING WITH THEM AND SENDING THEM INFORMATION. AND THEN 10% OF THE SCORE IS DISPATCH. AND THE, THE TIME THE CALL COMES IN, THE TIME THEY PICK UP THE PHONE UNTIL THE TIME THEY DISPATCH US, ALL THEIR STATS ARE EVALUATED CLOSELY. AND SO WITH ALL THAT, UH, THEY CALCULATE A SCORE. AND THE SCORE, THERE'S A FORMULA TO IT, BUT WE SCORED OVER A HUNDRED POINTS, WHICH IF YOU'RE ABOVE A 90, IT GIVES YOU A ONE. WHEN WE DID OUR EVALUATION FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WE'RE A 93 OR 94. BUT THE 1 0 1 WAS FROM A CONSULTANT'S VIEW THAT WASN'T PROVING EVERYTHING. THAT'S JUST GOING THROUGH AND SEEING WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR DATA WAS. BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EVALUATION NOW, ONE BENEFITS, UH, AT INSURANCE RATES. SO IS IT, IS IT A FAIRLY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT RATING? YES. YEAH. I COULDN'T GIVE YOU THE NUMBER. THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF QUIET ABOUT HOW MANY THEY HAVE. I THINK, UH, CHIEF ALEXANDER HAS AN IDEA. THERE'S LESS THAN 40, I ASSUME. YEAH, THE STATE OF TEXAS OVER 300 FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE STATE OF TEXAS. YEAH. SO, AND THEN THE NUMBER GETS SMALLER WHEN YOU PUT TEXAS BEST PRACTICES IN WITH THAT ALSO. SO I'M NOT SURPRISED, UH, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, EVALUATION OF OUR WATER SUPPLY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? WHERE, WHERE WE WERE, THE COURT FIGHTING THE CORTLAND FI CORTLAND FIRE, UH, FIRE, THE LARGEST FIRE WE'VE HAD IN, IN ADDISON, IT WAS, UH, AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE FOREST STORY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND SO WE DELIVERED WATER CONTINUOUSLY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE, WE, WE PUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER ON THAT FIRE. UH, THE COPPEL, I THINK THEIR ENGINE, THEIR TRUCK FLOWED ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER THAT DAY. UH, AND SHANNON WAS GREAT. THEY CONTACTED US AND WERE ASKING IF WE NEEDED TO BOOST PRESSURE. WE DID, WE DID VERY WELL WITH THAT. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WATER WE DELIVERED, THAT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED FIRE. SO, AND WASN'T THAT, DIDN'T THAT OCCUR WHEN THERE WAS SOME, UH, CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, OR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT AFFECTED THE WATER SUPPLY DURING TOWN. AND I, AND, BUT THAT'S MY POINT, THAT IT DID NOT, NO, IT DID NOT INTERRUPT OUR FLOW AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE PLAN THAT WE DID FOR YES, SIR. YES. HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, UH, FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT LIKE THEY DO WITH INTECH? HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED ANY CONVERSATIONS? IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A FEW YEARS AGO. WE BROUGHT IT UP AND, UH, IT, IT, IT ALL CITIES DIDN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AT THAT TIME. UH, BUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE MAYBE TO CONSIDER IF INTECH HAS THEIR, UH, THEIR NEW FACILITY AND HAS AN E O C, THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE AHEAD. OUR SECOND DECISION PACKAGE IS ANOTHER REQUEST, REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN IN ENTIRELY AND NOT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST SOLELY SOMETHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WOULD BENEFIT FROM, BUT THIS IS A, UH, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TO PURCHASE AND HAVE A COMPANY DO MONTHLY INSPECTIONS ON THE AEDS THAT THE TOWN OWNS RIGHT NOW. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ORDERS MAINTAINS AND, AND, AND, UH, INSPECTS THE AEDS THAT ARE IN THE TOWN FACILITIES EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE POLICE VEHICLES. THEY DO THEIR OWN THAT WAY. BUT, UH, THERE'S A SENATE BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN 2021 REQUIRING MONTHLY INSPECTIONS. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HIT THOSE EVERY SINGLE MONTH. WE, WE DO OUR BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE. IT IS A VERY TAXING FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT, WITH THEIR DAILY DUTIES ALSO, AND RESPONSES. SO CURRENTLY, WHENEVER THERE'S ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITH AN A E D, WHETHER IT'S THE BATTERIES THAT ARE OLD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, OR PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY'VE EXPIRED. A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS OR DON'T KNOW WHO TO PURCHASE THAT FROM OR GET THE BEST PRICE ON IT. SO THEY GO THROUGH US AND IT, WE DO IT, WE'LL CONTACT 'EM WE'LL, UH, WE'LL ORDER THE PARTS, GET EVERYTHING IN, AND THEN BILL IT BACK TO THEM. BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF RED TAPE. IT'S NOT AS EFFICIENT AS WE COULD BE. UM, ALSO, THE AEDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE EITHER AT OR VERY NEAR THEIR END OF LIFE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, A E D 1 23, WOULD REPLACE ALL OF OUR AEDS WITH THE MOST CURRENT MODELS, INCLUDING [01:00:01] ALL THE ONES IN THE POLICE VEHICLES. IT'S, UH, THE 37 OR 38, UH, AEDS, INSPECT THEM MONTHLY AND PERFORM ANY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN WHEN THEY, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEY REPLACE 'EM, KEEP, KEEP THINGS GOING. AND THEN THE ADDISON FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD MANAGE THIS PROGRAM AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH THIS COMPANY AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND BE THE TAKE, TRY TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS WHERE THEY COULD JUST DEAL DIRECTLY WITH US. THE COST IS 18,000 RECURRING, AND IT'S A ONE TIME $75,000 COST FOR REPLACING ALL OF THE AEDS. COULD YOU TELL US HOW MANY THAT WERE, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE, IT WAS AROUND 37 OR SO THAT I, IT MAY BE SEVEN TOTAL, 37 TOTAL. THAT'S COUNTING THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE POLICE VEHICLES ALSO. WHERE ARE THE OTHER ONES? THE TOWN. ALL THE TOWN BUILDINGS HAVE 'EM. YEAH. SOME OF 'EM HAVE MORE THAN ONE. SOME OF, AND THEN WE HAVE, YEAH, AT THE, AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SOME ALSO, WE HAVE A FEW, WE USE 'EM AT ALL OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. WE HAVE 'EM SET UP. HOW LONG DO THEY LAST? IT, IT VARIES PER MODEL, PER BRAND, BUT ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 10 YEARS IS ALSO THE, THE USE WERE STORE AT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS. SO IF ANYBODY COULDN'T HEAR THAT ON THE MICROPHONE, IT WAS EIGHT TO 10 YEARS, AND THEN $75,000 WOULD REPLACE ALL THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. IT WOULD REPLACE ALL THE AEDS. THEY WOULD, ALL OF THEM. THEY WOULD ALL BE REPLACED. BRANDING AND ONCE IN THE POLICE CARS OR, YES. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONGOING 18,000 IS MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT GOING FORWARD? YES, SIR. THAT, THAT IS, IF BATTERIES GO OUT, PADS GO OUT, UH, ANY, ANYTHING, ANY OF THE INSPECTIONS, ALL THAT'S DONE, IT WOULD PROVIDE A LEVEL, IT WOULD PROVIDE A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST DECISION PACKAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR TWO ADMINISTRATION VEHICLES, NAMELY, IF, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, THAT PERSON WILL NEED A VEHICLE TO BE IN ROUTINELY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE METROPLEX IN THESE MEETINGS. AND, UH, THINGS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO ATTEND. AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION, FOR SENDING PEOPLE TO TRAINING IN ALSO. AND THEN ALSO RESPONSE. YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE THIS, BUT DURING THE DAY, DAY OR NIGHT, IF WE HAVE, UH, A LARGE INCIDENT, UH, TWO ALARM INCIDENT OR, UH, OR MULTIPLE, UH, APPARATUS ARE NEEDED, WELL, CHIEF OFFICERS MAY RESPOND AND WE RESPOND IN OUR PERSONAL VEHICLES. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE RESPONDING FROM THE STATION. WE MIGHT BE IN MY JEEP OR IN A PICKUP TRUCK. WE'RE DELAYED GETTING THERE, AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO NAVIGATE TRAFFIC AND, AND FIND THE LOCATION. BUT WE'RE DELAYED GETTING THERE. AND THEN WE DO GET THERE. A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO PARK BLOCKS AWAY AND CARRY OUR GEAR TO THE SCENE IN ORDER TO BE ANY ASSISTANCE. TODAY'S THE COMMANDER. SO THIS JUST PROVIDES US ANOTHER ROUTE TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKLY. AND IT'S A MARKED VEHICLE. IT SHOWS OUR PRESENCE IN TOWN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. IT'S, UH, IT WOULD, THE COST IS $120,000 ONE TIME FOR TWO VEHICLES. HOW MANY VEHICLES DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CATEGORY? IN THIS CATEGORY, WE HAVE, UH, OUR, OUR FIRE MARSHAL HAS ONE THAT HE'S IN EVERY DAY. UH, OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF WHO'S OVER FIRE MARSHAL. AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR THAT USES ONE, AND THEY'RE IN THE FIELD MOST OF THE DAY. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR COMING IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN WE ALL GET THERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON EACH OTHER. WE CAN GET THERE AND TAKE A VEHICLE AND GO. SO THESE VEHICLES WILL BE DRIVEN EVERY DAY? USE EVERY DAY, YES. YES, SIR. AND WOULD THEY, AS YOU MENTIONED, WOULD THEY GO HOME WITH SOMEBODY? NO. NO. OKAY. WE DON'T, WE DON'T PRACTICE THAT RIGHT NOW. I'D SAY WE JUST LEAVE THE VEHICLES AT THE STATION. TAKE YOUR OWN VEHICLE HOME. AND THE, THE ONE THAT WE WOULD BE, UH, SHARING, I PUT THE ONE FOR FIRE ADMINISTRATION. IF AN EMERGENCY MANAGER HAD ONE, THE ONE FOR FIRE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE SHARED WITH US. AND THEN ALSO IF, IF WE HAVE STAFF, SAY WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO A CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, TAKE THAT. INSTEAD OF TAKING AIRFARE OR, OR CHARGING MILES. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CHIEF? THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DOING. GOOD DAY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YOU READY FOR THE NEXT ROUND? HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, HAPPY TO PRESENT THE, UH, AIRPORT BUDGET REQUEST FOR F Y 24. QUICKLY GOING OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR F Y 23, WE COMPLETED OUR GRANT FUNDED RUNWAY DESIGNATION CHANGE FOR [01:05:01] ITS ENTIRE EXISTENCE. THE RUNWAY WAS 1 5, 3 3. NOW IT'S 1 6 3 4. TAKES A LITTLE GETTING USED TO, UH, BUT THE NUMBERS THERE IN CASE YOU FORGET. UH, WE ALSO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT PROJECT, DID SOME PAVEMENT PRESERVATION WORK ON BOTH THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY ALPHA AND ALL THE ASPHALT TAXIWAYS OUT THERE. THAT WAS ALL ASPHALT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION WORK. WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED DESIGN FOR TAXIWAY BRAVO EXTENSION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. WE HAVE A PARTIAL PARALLEL TAXIWAY. WE'VE DONE THE DESIGN WORK PRELIMINARY FOR EXTENSION TO A FULL LENGTH PARALLEL TAXIWAY CONNECTING AT BOTH THE SOUTH END AND THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY. UH, WE ARE OUT FORBIDS RIGHT NOW FOR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL EXTEND TAXIWAY BRAVO FROM FOXTROT NORTH TO TAXIWAY HOTEL, UH, AND ALSO CONNECTED AT THE SOUTH END. AND INCIDENTALLY, UM, CONSTRUCT A VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH THERE IS NOT ONE RIGHT NOW. UM, IN, IN THOSE LINES, UH, THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM TDO WAS PROBABLY INADEQUATE TO GET THE FULL SCOPE DONE. UH, WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENTAL DISCRETIONARY A I P GRANT, 3 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WHICH GETS US TO ABOUT $10 MILLION TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF COST. SO IF WE GET GOOD BIDS, WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO DO THE FULL SCOPE. UM, ALSO VERY PROUD TO JUST LOOK ACROSS THE STREET. GALAXY F B O OPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, AND THEIR VERY FIRST WEEK WE HOSTED THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY TOUR AIRCRAFT. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT THAT. THAT'S JUST AMAZING. UM, WE WERE ONE OF THREE STOPS IN THE US AS A HOST COUNTRY, LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL, NEWARK AND ADDISON. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD COMPANY. GOTTA LIKE THAT. UM, SKY HARBOR, UH, WE ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THEIR GROUND LEASE FROM SIX ACRES TO 12 ACRES. THEY WILL BE CONSTRUCTING APPROXIMATELY 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXECUTIVE HANGAR SPACE. UH, THEY ARE GETTING READY TO BREAK GROUND THERE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF SELECTING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. WE EXPECT THEM TO START CONSTRUCTION, UH, NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER. AND WE ALSO DID THE ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE, UH, AND SOME PRELIMINARY WORK FOR BULK FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY EXPANSION. UH, JIMMY DOULA LITTLE DRIVE IS AT 90% DESIGN. AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO GET THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO RELOCATE, THEN GO OUT FOR BID AND PROBABLY START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. SO, OBJECTIVES FOR F Y 24. UH, WE HAVE A GRANT THAT, UH, YOU JUST APPROVED US TO ACCEPT FOR, UH, UPDATING THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN. THE LAST TIME WE DID WAS IN 2016, SO IT'S NEARLY 10 YEARS OLD. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WAY AHEAD OF THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT AREN'T, THERE'S NOT CLEAR GUIDANCE IN THE MASTER PLAN. THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR US. UH, WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON, ON LAND USE AND AIRPORT ZONING. WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ALL, ALL AROUND, UH, INVOLVE MORE OF THE TOWN AND, AND, UH, TOWN DIRECTORS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. UH, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE OUR NOISE EXPOSURE MAP, WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2007 ISH, UH, AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD LOTS OF SMALL, NOISY JETS. SO THOSE NOISE COUNTERS ARE GOING TO SHRINK, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BY HOW MUCH. UM, WE'LL ALSO ADDRESS, UH, URBAN AIR MOBILITY. THERE'S SOME STUDIES GOING ON WITH THE COG RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT, UH, ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING SYSTEMS AND WHERE THOSE ROOTS ARE AND WHERE THEY CAN GO. AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL ADDRESS IN THIS MASTER PLAN, HOW ADDISON CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, AN AIRPORT MAINTENANCE FACILITY. THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS IN A FACILITY THAT PROBABLY HAS LIMITED REMAINING LIFE, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING TO, UH, THAT'S GONNA REDEVELOP AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE GUYS TO GO. UM, WE PLAN TO CON COMPLETE TAXI BRAVO EXTENSION, PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL START, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE BEGINNING OF, OF NOVEMBER. UM, BIDS ARE OUT RIGHT NOW, AND, AND BIDS ARE DUE AUGUST 30TH. SO WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BIDS AND FUNDING FOR THAT. UH, WE PLAN TO CON COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE, WHICH IS THE DRIVE THAT SERVES OUR FACILITY. AND I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN OVER THERE AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. UM, PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE US CUSTOMS FACILITY WAS TO HAVE A UTILITY BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE TO HANDLE, UH, REGULATED GARBAGE THAT COMES OFF OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, UH, THAT WAS CUT FROM THE INITIAL PROJECT JUST FOR FUNDING REASONS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NOW HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO AND LIKE TO COME BACK AND, AND BUILD THAT. WE DO HAVE OUR OWN AUTOCLAVE. WE DO PROCESS OUR OWN GARBAGE. IT'S OVER AT THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, SO WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE TRANSPORT AUTHORIZATION TO DRIVE IT A MILE DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF THE AIRPORT AND COOK THE GARBAGE. THEN WE THROW IT AWAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING, AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN [01:10:01] THAT IS A PET RELIEF STATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS. YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE FLY INTERNATIONALLY WITH THEIR DOGS AND JUST THINK IT'D BE THAT NICE TOUCH OF CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ADDISON TO ADD THAT PIECE. WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH OF AN ADDITIONAL COST TO DO THAT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE COMING FORWARD ON THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE AIRPORT. UH, TAXI LANE SIERRA, WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED, UH, RESPONSES TO AN R F Q FOR THAT. WE HAVE TWO VERY GOOD RESPONSES THAT STAFF IS NOW CONSIDERING. UM, THEY'RE BOTH VERY STRONG AND, AND WE'RE PLANNING MEETINGS WITH BOTH, UH, PROPONENTS THERE TO DISCUSS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. THE, THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, UH, ON DULEY ROAD, UH, AT THE NORTH END OF DOOLEY ROAD, NORTH OF THE TOWER, UH, THAT WE HAVE AN AREA THAT, UH, WE ACQUIRED FROM N T T A. WHEN THE TOLL TUNNEL WENT THROUGH, IT'S BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE ACRES. IT HAS NEVER HAD RUNWAY TAXIWAY ACCESS. THAT WILL CHANGE WHEN TAXIWAY BRAVO EXTENSION IS, IS PUT THROUGH. AND SO WE'LL HAVE FOUR TO FIVE ACRES TO DEVELOP OVER THERE. WE'LL GO OUT FOR AN R F Q FOR THAT. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, TAXI LANE TANGO, UH, WHICH IS AN OLDER AREA OF THE AIRPORT THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD REDEVELOP ALL IN ONE BIG SHOT. SO THOSE, AGAIN, GOING OUT FOR RF QS, AND EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE OUT FOR AN R F Q, WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS INTEREST RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S WHEN THE INTEREST IS THERE, WE WANT TO PUSH THOSE THINGS FORWARD AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN. SO I, ALL THAT NOISE CONTOURS THAT YOU MENTIONED, JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE, WE ALREADY HAVE THE NOISE CONTOUR STUDY, WHICH I THINK MOST HAVE SEEN AT THIS POINT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU. WE DID GET CONFIRMATION THIS WEEK THAT WE CAN MAKE LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS BASED ON THE STUDY THAT WE HAVE. SO WHILE WE'LL BE UPDATED IN THE MASTER PLAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE TO MAKE OUR ZONING DECISIONS. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE STUDY IS, UH, ENOUGH THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE. LET ME ASK, SO THE MASTER PLAN THEN, I KNOW WE USE IT INTERNALLY, BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE F A A? UH, IT IS REQUIRED OF ANY AIRPORT THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN. AND DEVELOPMENT IS GENERALLY DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE PARTS THAT THE F A HAS TO APPROVE, AND ONE OF THEM IS YOUR, UH, ACTIVITY FORECAST. YOU CAN'T SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A THREE EIGHTY'S LANDING HERE. WE NEED A RUNWAY. THAT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT IT ANYWAY. YES. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ACTIVITY FORECAST THAT THEN JUSTIFIES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS THAT F A A. AND ACTUALLY IN, IN TEXAS FOR A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT, WE'RE IN A BLOCK GRANT. SO THAT'S GONNA BE FUNNELED THROUGH TEX AVIATION RATHER THAN DIRECTLY FROM F A A. THANK YOU. UH, JOEL, WILL WE UPDATE THIS MASTER PLAN? WHAT WILL THAT, HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE STRATEGIC PLAN? YOU SAID VERY HIGH. UH, GENERALLY THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS WHAT WE USED TO DRIVE THE MASTER PLAN LAST TIME. WE DID THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2013 PRIOR TO KICKING OFF OUR LAST MASTER PLAN UPDATE IN 2014 TO 16. AND IT REALLY WAS JUST AN AFFIRMATION THAT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE. WE'RE A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT FOCUSED ON BUSINESS AVIATION AND SOME OTHER THINGS. UH, UH, WE KNOW WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE AN AIR CARRIER AIRPORT. THERE'S NO DESIRE. I MEAN, I THINK THE CITIZENS MADE THAT CLEAR. IT'S THE CHARTER. UH, THERE'S NO SENSE TO THAT EITHER, SINCE WE'VE GOT LOVE FIELD AND D F W WITHIN EIGHT AND 12 MILES RESPECTIVELY. SO IT'S JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, OF, OF WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND HOW WE PLAN TO DO THAT. SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK, HAS HELD UP VERY WELL. I'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE DOING GREAT WITH THAT. WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXECUTING ON THIS. THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING THAT, THAT SOMETHING WE DID 10 YEARS AGO. AND WE HAD TWO CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM AND FAIRLY WELL, YEAH, . AND, UH, I, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY VALUABLE BECAUSE WE HAD THE COUNCIL BUY-IN FROM, FROM THAT FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WE'LL LOOK TO THAT WHEN WE DO THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. IT WON'T GO AWAY. IT WON'T GO AWAY. NO. IT WILL STILL INFORM A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AND A LOT OF WHAT OUR APPROACH IS. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON A, ON A NOISE EXPOSURE MAP, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD, WOULD BE CREATED FROM A NOISE CONTOUR STUDY? UH, WELL THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL THE MAP THAT, THAT MAP WITH THE NOISE CONTOURS. THAT'S, THAT IS THE NOISE EXPOSURE MAP. THAT'S JUST THE OFFICIAL F A A TERM FOR IT. OKAY. UH, AND WHEN YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, AS WAS NOTED, WE, WE'VE GENERATED AN INTERIM MAP JUST BASED ON SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR TRAFFIC MIX IS AND, AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND HOW MANY OPERATIONS WE GET AND WHAT KIND OF AIRPLANES AND HOW NOISY THEY ARE. UH, AND KIND OF WE'RE CONSERVATIVE IN, IN GENERATING A MAP THAT IS GOING TO OVERESTIMATE RATHER THAN UNDERESTIMATE WHERE THE NOISE CONTOURS MIGHT FALL. SO IT WOULD, IT'D BE WHEN WE DO THE OFFICIAL ONE, IT MIGHT SHRINK A LITTLE BIT [01:15:01] FROM WHAT WE HAVE AS THE INTERIM. UM, THAT WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THESE NOISIER AIRCRAFT ARE, ARE GOING AWAY. AND THEN ON, ON JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE, IS THAT CONCRETE OR ASPHALT? CONCRETE. CONCRETE GOOD. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. NOT GONNA UNDERGROUND THE UTILITIES THOUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE POLES WILL STILL BE THERE. THANK YOU. JOEL, CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG THE A, UH, SURVEY TAKES FOR TO CREATE THE CONTOUR MAPS? THAT PROCESS? WELL, IT'S A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, AND IT USUALLY, UH, LASTS ABOUT A YEAR. UH, BUT WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF THAT GAME BECAUSE IN, I GUESS RIGHT AT THE END OF MARCH, WE ACQUIRED A SYSTEM CALLED 1200 DOT ARROW, WHICH TRACKS ALL THE AIRCRAFT THAT COME IN AND OUT. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S COMING IN AND OUT, EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, WHEN IT LANDED, WHEN IT TOOK OFF. AND SO BY THE TIME THIS MASTER PLAN ROLLS AROUND, WE WILL HAVE A FULL YEAR OF VERY ACCURATE DATA. UH, IT USES A TECHNOLOGY CALLED A D S B, AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST, WHICH IS PART OF FA A'S NEXT GEN FA A'S NEXT GEN IS ACTUALLY, YOU'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE AND IT'S WORKING. BUT THIS IS A TRANSPONDER ON EVERY AIRCRAFT THAT HAS A UNIQUE ID TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THEIR RECEIVERS THAT YOU CAN PUT UP THAT WILL JUST TRACK THESE AIRPLANES AND YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHO IT IS. YOU CAN LOOK UP. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE, UH, DIGITAL ID FOR EACH AIRCRAFT, LIKE A LICENSE PLATE. SO EVEN FOREIGN AIRCRAFT ARE USING THIS. AND IN THE AREA WE ARE, ANY AIRCRAFT COMING INTO ADDISON HAS TO BE USING THIS SYSTEM. SO WE KNOW 100% WHAT'S COMING AND GOING. UH, LET ME JUMP TO YOUR REPORTS THAT YOU DELIVERED TO US. I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE REPORTS. THEY, UH, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT, PROBABLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THAT TO US FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. MAYBE THE QUARTERLY A YEAR. YEAH, ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOING ON TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. RIGHT. SO THAT, THAT WAS QUITE A CHANGE. IT, IT, IT REALLY HELPED TO, UH, HELP DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION. IS DO YOU SEE ANY CHANGES TO THAT REPORT? ADDITIONS ARE YOU CONSIDERING, WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU, YOU LIKE, WHAT WOULD BEST SERVE YOU? THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE, WHAT THE QUESTION IS, IS LIKE IF YOU'RE SEEING EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU NEED IN THOSE REPORTS, THEN, THEN I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH THAT REPORT. IF THERE'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL YOU'D LIKE TO SEE OR IF THERE'S JUST SOMETHING YOU'RE TIRED OF LOOKING AT, OH NO, IT'S LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGE. NO, I THINK THAT THAT REPORT IS FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, AND MAINLY FOR YOU TO HELP YOU, UH, UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT MAY NEED TO HAPPEN. UH, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN HELPFUL, UM, HAVING THAT REPORT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYTHING THAT YOU GIVE US ON CONTOUR INFORMATION ON THAT, THAT, AS THAT GOES ALONG, THAT, THAT, AS THAT STUDY GOES ALONG, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR HOW THAT'S GOING. YEAH, I I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A, A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD PART OF THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. UH, AND I THINK THAT ONE, UH, WOULD BE, I, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN GET THAT APPROVED BEFORE THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN GOES, BUT I THINK WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT ACCELERATING THAT PIECE OF IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY KEEP YOU UPDATED ON. THANK YOU. HEY, JOEL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SIERRA TANGO AND DULY ROAD, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST RE REDOING THE, THE TAXIWAYS AND, AND THE ROAD? OR IS IT ? NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW, NEW HANGAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE AREAS. UH, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE NO NEW LAND, NO GREEN SPACE REALLY TO REDEVELOP EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THAT END, THAT DOOLEY ROAD. IT'S NOT REALLY GREEN SPACE. THERE WAS A BUILDING THERE WE JUST KNOCKED DOWN, BUT IT'S, IT'S AS GREEN AS ANYTHING GETS IN ADD US AND IT'S A BROWNFIELD MAYBE, BUT, UH, THERE'S NOTHING THERE RIGHT NOW. UM, TAXI LANE, SIERRA AREA THAT WILL INCLUDE THAT, UH, UM, VACANT LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SKY AND BEE HANGAR AND THEN SOME NORTH OF RICKENBACKER THERE. BUT YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT REDEVELOPING OLDER FACILITIES. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEMAND HERE IS, IS REALLY VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW. AND WE'VE GOT SOME OLDER, LESS EFFICIENT FACILITIES THAT ARE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL ECONOMIC LIFE. AND SO REALLY WE'RE FOCUSED ON REDEVELOPMENT, TAKING DOWN SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SERVICE AS WELL AS IT MIGHT AND PUTTING UP SOMETHING NEW AND BETTER IN ITS PLACE. AND THEN WE'D BE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO A GROUND LEASE ON THOSE, POSSIBLY. YES. THAT, THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT. YOU WOULD, UH, THE TWO RESPONDENTS ARE BOTH INTERESTED IN LONG-TERM GROUND LEASES WITH, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BASICALLY. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT HERE IS DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS. AND THIS IS SOME, A TOOL THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN USING RECENTLY. WE USED IT ONCE, UH, LONG AGO WITH THE EXECUTIVE HANGAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF ADDISON, UH, E OA [01:20:01] OVER THERE ON, UH, ADDISON ROAD WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE DEVELOPER. THEY TORE DOWN SOME OLD JUNKIE HANGERS AND BUILT NICER, NEWER HANGERS. UH, AND WE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO RECONSTRUCT THE TAXI LANE THAT SERVES THOSE HANGERS ON THE NORTH SIDE TAXI LANE ROMEO. SO THE, THE LIMITATION ON THAT IS, UH, OUR PORTION IS ONLY 30% OF THE COST OF, AND IT CAN ONLY BE FLAT WORK. SO ONLY, ONLY PAVEMENT, ESSENTIALLY NORMALLY OFF THE AIRPORT. THIS WOULD GET USED WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND DOES LIKE A, A, A DEVELOPMENT, A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY MAY RECONSTRUCT THE STREET AND THE TOWN CAN PARTICIPATE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE USING THIS ON THE AIRPORT TO RECONSTRUCT PAVEMENTS THAT, UH, NEED RECONSTRUCTION. AND WE'RE MAINLY FOCUSING ON THE AIRPORT VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD, WHICH WAS BUILT I THINK 2002. UH, IT'S EIGHT INCH THICK CONCRETE. IT WAS BUILT WHEN ALL THE FUEL TRUCKS OUT HERE WERE 3000 GALLON TRUCKS AND NOW EVERYBODY'S GOT 5,000 GALLON TRUCKS. AND THAT ROAD DIED. I MEAN, IT JUST, 5,000 GALLON FUEL TRUCKS JUST KILLED THAT ROAD. THERE'S, THERE'S HOLES IN IT THAT'S BAD. SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON TRYING TO, TRYING TO REPAIR THAT ROAD SKY SQUARE. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED WORK ON THAT ONE. WE DID SOME WORK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, FURTHER SOUTH AND IN SUPPORT OF THE GALAXY F B O UH, PROJECT, WE RECONSTRUCTED THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF IT DOWN THERE IN FRONT OF GALAXY. WE RELOCATED IT AND RECONSTRUCTED IT IN CONCRETE. SO, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THAT EAST SIDE ROAD COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED. UH, THERE IS ONE OTHER, UH, PENDING, UH, THERE WITH, UH, TANGO WHISKEY, THAT'S TOM WDO FOR AMERISTAR JET CHARTERS, UH, LONG-TERM TENANT, GREAT BUSINESS HERE ON THE AIRPORT. AND UH, HE IS NOW AT THE EAST END OF TAXI LANE UNIFORM. THERE'S A RAMP THERE THAT, UH, IS A GROUND LEASE PROPERTY THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH THEM TO. HE'S GONNA RECONSTRUCT HIS RAMP AND ALSO A PIECE OF THE, THE RAMP AND, UH, ADJOINING THE TAXIWAY THAT'S IN COMMON AREA THAT BELONGS TO US. SO THAT WILL CLEAN UP SOME, SOME BAD PAVEMENT THERE AT THE EAST END OF TAXI LANE UNIFORM AND BENEFIT BOTH US AND TENANT THERE. SO THAT'S REALLY OUR, OUR PRACTICE THERE. SKY HARBOR, UH, THE REASON THAT NUMBER, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE RECONSTRUCTING THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD ALL THE WAY FROM TAXI LANE UNIFORM UP TO TAXI LANE VICTOR. BUT AS PART OF THEIR PHASE TWO GROUND LEASE DEAL, THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING A THOUSAND SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE, WHICH IS THE REASON THAT THAT NUMBER IS SO LOW FOR OUR PART. SO WE CAN DO A REALLY LONG STRETCH OF THAT SERVICE ROAD WITH THAT DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT. SO WE HAVE ONE DECISION PACKAGE AND THAT IS TO CONTRACT WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM THAT HAS THE EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY AND HELP US MANAGE OUR CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE COMPLIANCE. WE HAVE OVER 300 LEASES AND EACH OF THOSE LEASES HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR AN INSURANCE CERTIFICATE PROVING THAT THE TENANT HAS CERTAIN TYPES OF INSURANCE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TYPE OF INSURANCE TO UP TO SIX. SO HANGAR KEEPERS, LIABILITY, WORKERS' COMP, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. POLLUTION LIABILITY, KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES, MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN THE CORRECT FORM THAT THEY NAME THE TOWN AS ADDITIONAL INSURED. IT IS A NIGHTMARE. WE DON'T DO AN ADEQUATE JOB OF THAT. AND WE, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS REALLY STRUGGLED WITH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO TURN OVER TO SOMEBODY WHO DOES THIS SO WE'RE NOT RUNNING DOWN. AND THEN YOU GET AN ARGUMENT, IT'S LIKE, WELL, MY INSURANCE AGENT SAYS THIS IS FINE. IT'S LIKE, NO, THIS DOESN'T MEET OUR STANDARD AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE. 'CAUSE SOME OF OUR TENANTS ARE IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS AND THEY DO WANT TO TELL YOU HOW THAT WORKS. SO, UM, BUT WE HAVE A STANDARD THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO. AND I THINK CONTRACTING THIS OUT, IT'S A REALLY RELATIVELY MINOR COST TO GIVE US A LEVEL OF COMFORT AND PROTECTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. DOES THAT ALSO RELEASE US OF LIABILITY? PROBABLY NOT, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT INSURANCE OUT THERE THAT COVERS IT, AND, AND WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TENANTS HAVE THE PROPER COVERAGES. I'M, I'M SURPRISED. I THINK THAT'S A, LOOKS LIKE A VERY REASONABLE CRISIS. YES, IT DOES. YEAH. AND I, I THINK OUR, UH, REAL ESTATE STAFF HAS SPEARHEADED THAT EFFORT AND, AND WORKING WITH FINANCE AND, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT TO, TO ME THAT'S A SLAM DUNK. I HOPE IT IS. FOR YOU, . IT'S A IT'S A TEDIOUS JOB. YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT. 'CAUSE THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE DO THIS AND AND CHASING DOWN THOSE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES REALLY IS, IT'S, IT'S JUST A TIME SINK. IT'S NOT ALL THAT PRODUCTIVE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY. IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY THAT DOES IT EVERY DAY SHOULD BE DOING IT AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PART-TIME RESPONSIBILITY. YEAH. AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE [01:25:01] BEST, UH, ABOUT KEEPING UP THEIR INSURANCE CERTIFICATES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COPY ARE USUALLY THE ONES YOU'RE LEAST WORRIED ABOUT. IT'S THE ONES YOU HAVE TO CHASE THAT WORRY YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD FREE UP SOME OF THE STAFF'S TIME ALSO. YES. OH YEAH. YES, I THINK SO. FROM WORK THEY'D REALLY LOVE TO DO, RIGHT? ? YEAH. SO WE HAVE SOME CAPITAL INITIATIVES AND UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED ONE ALREADY, THE REGULATED GARBAGE UTILITY BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, SOME DESIGN WORK AND DRAWINGS DONE FROM WHEN WE DID THE CUSTOMS BUILDING ITSELF. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVISIT THAT. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MOVE IT SLIGHTLY. WE'RE GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING AND WE'RE GONNA ADD THE PET RELIEF STATION. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, SINCE WE'RE FINALLY MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE. NOW IS THE TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE FENCING. THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A SECTION OF FENCE THAT'S QUITE LONG THAT'S, UH, ON, ON AIRPORT PROPERTY BY ABOUT 10 FEET. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT BACK TO THE PROPERTY LINE. UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ENCROACH INTO THE AIRPORT, UH, WE OWN, UH, A BUILDING AT 43 0 8, 43 10 WILEY POST. IT'S A MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING. IT ALSO HOUSES OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITY. OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF IS ALL IN THERE. AND THAT'S JUST SOME INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, YOU KNOW, STUCCO, REPAIRS, PAINT, UH, THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO TO KEEP UP A BUILDING THAT'S AGED. AND UH, ALSO SOME INTERIOR RENOVATION, SOME A D A COMPLIANCE IN THERE AS WELL. UH, IT'S A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND THEN THE PARKING LOT FOR THAT BUILDING IS ASPHALT'S VERY OLD. IT'S FAILING. UH, IT'S, IF YOU GO OUT THERE, IT'S ALL ALLIGATOR AND BIRD BATHS AND STUFF. SO, UH, RECONSTRUCTING THAT PARKING LOT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. AND THEN THERE'S A SECTION OF THE AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE COVERED IN ANY DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS THAT GOES FROM IN FRONT OF THE CUSTOMS BUILDING, UH, ALL THE WAY IN FRONT OF ATLANTIC AVIATION UP TO TAXI LANE UNIFORM. SO DESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT TO MAKE IT A TWO-LANE ROAD CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING 5,000 GALLON FUEL TRUCKS AND THE OCCASIONAL AIRCRAFT THAT MAY CROSS IT. WE ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT $920,000. AND THAT'S ALL FROM AIRPORT FUNDS. UM, BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL THAT AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANKS JOEL. THANK YOU. NO MAYOR. THANK YOU, JOEL. THANK YOU. OKAY. I AM GONNA RUN THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REAL QUICK. SO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2023, AS YOU KNOW, WITH AM EMILY'S PROJECT COMING IN, WE HELPED RELOCATE THE SUPPORT OR HELP RELOCATION SUPPORT OF OFFICE AND THE PARK TENANTS HOPEFULLY TRIED TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE IN ADDISON. UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF THEM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP A LOT OF 'EM PROVIDED SUPPORT ON THE ADDISON T O D PROJECT AND REVISED INCENTIVE REQUEST. DEVELOPED A MARKETING PLAN FOR ADDISON, T O D OFFICE BUILDING WITH THE DEVELOPERS. WE TARGETED A LIST OF POTENTIAL PROSPECTS AND HOSTED TWO, UH, CORPORATE PROSPECTS. SO WE BROUGHT THEM OUT, HAD THEM LOOK, WE HAD ONE ACTUALLY STAY IN ADDISON, UNFORTUNATELY NOT WHERE THE NEW T O D IS GONNA BE. AND THEN WE LOST ONE TO A COMPETING COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS, INCLUDING OUR BUSINESS RETENTION EVENT. 10 OF THOSE. WE HAD NINE CORPORATE OFFICE MEET AND GREET EVENTS. AND TWO CO-WORKING DAY IN THE PARK EVENTS OBJECTIVES FOR 2024. UM, NOT LISTED ON HERE, BUT I THINK HIGH ON EVERYBODY'S LIST WOULD BE HIRING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE ME UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. UH, BUT THEN ALSO COMPLETING OUR T O D AGREEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND MARKETING THOSE EFFORTS FOR THAT OFFICE BUILDING. UH, PURSUING CORPORATE RELOCATIONS. WE WANT TO LAUNCH OUR RETAIL CENTER FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE ALSO NEED TO REVISIT THE, UH, INWOOD SPECIAL USE STUDY THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND THEN EVALUATE WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE. EVALUATE OUR FUTURE OF THE WORKFORCE, UM, AND THE IMPACT ON THE OFFICE, OFFICE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE. OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK INTO THE OFFICE, SOME ARE DOING A HYBRID. HOW CAN WE WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE TO EITHER KEEP THEM HERE, BRING NEW BUSINESS IN, AND THEN CONTINUE CONNECTING WITH OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND BE A AREA OF RESOURCE FOR THEM. UM, OUR DECISION PACKAGES, WE'VE GOT OUR ADDISON CIRCLE, T O D OFFICE MARKETING. SO THIS WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SPECIFICALLY PROMOTE THE T O D AREA AND HELP WITH, UM, PROMOTING THE STREAM OFFICE BUILDING AND GETTING IT LEASED. UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ATTRACT NEW TENANTS. [01:30:01] WE WANNA BRING NEW PEOPLE IN FROM ADDISON. SO THE COST IS 25,000 REOCCURRING $75,000 ONE TIME. AND WE'LL, OBVIOUSLY AS WE GET MORE INTO STREAM AND EVERYTHING, WE'LL START DEVELOPING THOSE MATERIALS AGAIN. HOPEFULLY ONCE A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR GETS HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? WE, AND WE DID PUT MONEY ASIDE. UM, I BELIEVE IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE PUT I THINK A HUNDRED THOUSAND ASIDE FOR THIS. UH, IT JUST TIMING DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO THIS IS MOVING SOME OF THE ONE-TIME MONEY FORWARD AND THEN HAVING SOME REOCCURRING. OKAY, SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT, UH, MARKETING OR ATTRACTING KEY SIMPLE DEVELOPERS FROM A HOUSING STANDPOINT SEEMS TO BE, UH, A POTENTIAL GAP. UM, IS THERE ANY, IS THAT INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE 24 INITIATIVES? SO IT'S NOT LISTED AS A BUDGET INITIATIVE. I WILL TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN WHEN WE HAVE TALKED TO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, WHEN WE DID INTERVIEWS THAT CAME UP, THAT THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY. UM, UNTIL WE GET SOMEBODY IN AND FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE DON'T WANNA SPECULATE. YOU COULD SEE SOMETHING COMING BACK AS FAR AS FUNDING, BUT IT WILL BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. COULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE THE INITIATIVES? UH, THE OBJECTIVES. OBJECTIVES? SURE. YEAH. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THAT SLIDE? OF COURSE. AND WE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND, AND KNOWING THESE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT THEY ARE GONNA CHANGE WITH A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE REVISITING THE ENTIRE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IN SOME WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, REINVIGORATING AND RE-ENERGIZING OUR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS RETENTION, ALSO OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. UM, SO I SEE THE OBJECTIVES NOT ONLY BEING, UM, WORKSHOPPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALSO ADDED TO TREMENDOUSLY. OKAY. SO AS ACTUALLY MENTIONED AS WE'RE HAVING OUR INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTOR MM-HMM. , IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS BROUGHT UP A LOT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SOMEWHAT ABNORMAL FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AREN'T DOING. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE TRYING TO BRING IN THESE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES. UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY FOR US. SO WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND SO IT WILL BE AN OBJECTIVE NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT JUST AN OBJECTIVE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS AND ZONING AS IT COMES FORWARD. DOC, CERTAINLY IN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL. SO IT'S REALLY ALL ENCOMPASSING. IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HEY, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE MARKETING FUNDS FOR THIS. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND COULD SUPPORT THAT. WE, IF, IF THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR YOU, I DON'T HAVE AN AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE RESTING COUNCIL WOULD, IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME. ASHLEY HAD MENTIONED THAT IT COULD BE, UH, ADDED IN LATER IN THE YEAR. MAYBE THE PAY THE TIME TO PUT IT IN. YEAH, THE FUND, THE FUND IS SUFFICIENT. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING AS WE GET THE DIRECTOR IN, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH REALLY A MARKETING PLAN AND BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE CONSIDERING OR THINKING THAT, UH, FILLING THAT POSITION, IT'S GONNA TAKE AS SOON AS WE FIND THE THE RIGHT PERSON. WE'VE NOT BEFORE INTERVIEWS HAVE INTERVIEWS HAVE GONE ON AND WE ARE WAITING TO FIND THE, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. YES, ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND WE'VE JUST GOTTA FIND THE EXACT RIGHT. WELL I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME ON THAT. YEAH. BUT SPEED UP . SO YOU MENTIONED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EARMARKED LAST YEAR. IS THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, THAT THE MONEY'S IN THE AVAILABLE IN THE FUND OR IT'S DIDN'T GET USED LAST YEAR? SO IT GOES WAY, IT DIDN'T GET USED LAST YEAR. SO I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST MOVED, BASICALLY MOVING $75,000 OVER. IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL. OKAY. THAT'S TO BE NOTED CONSIDERING HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE ON THE LINE. HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS . NICE. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE GET THE NEXT, SO OUR NEXT DECISION PACKAGE IS THE RETAIL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. BASICALLY, THIS IS THE KIND OF STARTUP FUNDS FOR US TO DEVELOP AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT WILL ENCOURAGE OUR AGING RETAIL BUILDING OWNERS TO UPDATE AND MODERNIZE THEIR PROPERTY WITHIN ADDISON. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ADDISON, BOTH RESIDENTIALLY AND COMMERCIALLY, ALL KIND OF GREW AT ONE TIME, ESPECIALLY ALONG BELT LINE. UM, THIS, AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER CITIES, REALLY DOES HELP GIVE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS [01:35:01] A INCENTIVE TO COME IN AND DO THINGS. THAT ADDING PAINT, REDOING AWNINGS, CHANGING THEIR SIGNAGE, THAT REALLY MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON NOT ONLY THE WAY IT LOOKS AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT ALSO ON IF THEY HAVE, UH, VACANT, UM, VACANT LOCATIONS, VACANT RETAIL SPOTS. IT REALLY HELPS SELL THOSE. AND SO IT PROMOTES BEAUTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS AND FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTS NEW TENANTS. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, UH, THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT STARTED ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS IN CARROLLTON. SO THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF JOSIE AND ROSEMEAD, I BELIEVE, OR I THINK IT'S ROSEMEAD. SO YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST PICTURE. THAT'S WHAT THAT BUILDING USED TO LOOK LIKE. THEY DID THE RETAIL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN A MATCH UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. AND AS YOU CAN TELL, I MEAN IT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE NEW BUILDING. SAME FOR, THIS IS THE CORNER OF JOSIE AND GEORGE BUSH, UH, THE SHIPLEY'S DONUTS, THEY HAD A VERY HIGH VACANCY RATE IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER AND AGAIN, CAME IN, DID THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND WITHIN SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE THEY WERE FULLY LEASED OUT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. UM, THIS WAS, I THINK THE OLD VALLEYS MAYBE OVER OFF OF OLD DENTON, SOUTH OF THE GEOR, SOUTH OF THE GEORGE BUSH. SO REALLY, AGAIN, PAINT SOME REALLY EASY THINGS, BUT DOING THIS INCENTIVE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A MATCHING GRANT, UM, UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THIS PROGRAM IS WE, WE NEED TO CREATE OUR PROGRAM. WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE INTEREST IS. UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS KIND OF A SEED FUNDING TO GET US STARTED, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO CREATE THE PROGRAM, PUT CRITERIA IN PLACE THAT WORKS FOR US, UM, AND START TO MARKET THIS PROGRAM. SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL REALLY SEE ANYBODY START TO GET, YOU KNOW, TAKE APPLICATIONS. I WOULD SAY FOR PROBABLY THREE TO SIX MONTHS. 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER. BUT THIS IS, UM, BASICALLY COUNCIL SAYING, YES, WE WANNA DO THIS AND WE WILL COMMIT SOME FUNDS TO THIS. SO THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS JUST LIKE A STARTUP COST? CORRECT. BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO SEE WHAT THE INTEREST IS. UM, OTHER CITIES, UH, I BELIEVE RICHARDSON, THEY USE THEIR C D B G FUNDING, WHICH IS A FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE DON'T GET, UH, CARROLLTON USES, UH, LIKE SOME DEDICATED FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO WE REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED. UH, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND IT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT IS PEOPLE'S INTEREST AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE CAN COME BACK WITH THEM. AND, AND WHEN YOU SAY SEE WHAT PEOPLE'S INTERESTS ARE, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF, OF TENANTS AND BUILDING OWNERS? BUILDING OWNERS? YES. YES. AND SO IT WOULD BE CREATING THIS PROGRAM AND THEN HAVING TARGETED OUTREACH TO THEM GOING, HEY, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, HERE'S, I'M SURE MOST OF 'EM KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I MEAN, MOST OF THEM HAVE BUSINESSES AND ALL. YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING THAT APPLICATION, UM, PROCESS TOGETHER IN OTHER CITIES? IT'S TYPICALLY A GROUP THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY THAT REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS. IN CARROLLTON, IT WAS THE, UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT FUNDING INTO AN OFF OR INTO A RETAIL CENTER THAT IN YOUR COMP PLAN IS INTENDED TO GO AWAY. AND SO YOU WANNA HAVE THOSE, YOU WANNA HAVE YOUR, UH, BUILDING DEPARTMENT INVOLVED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. SO WE WOULD CREATE THAT TEAM OF WHO WOULD REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR THE CRITERIA YES. OF WHAT WOULD QUALIFY. YES. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT NOW. WE DON'T KNOW FOR CRITERIA. WE DON'T KNOW NOPE. HOW IT'D BE ADMINISTERED ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, COUNSELS, YES, WE WANNA DO THIS, THEN WE'LL BRING SOMETHING AND WE'LL KEEP COUNCIL INVOLVED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH, THIS IS WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN I WOULD EXPECT YOU'LL SEE FUTURE FUNDING REQUESTS AS INTEREST KIND OF GROWS. WELL, WE WOULD HAVE A SOON INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'D HAVE A WORK SESSION WHERE WE WOULD JUST, WHAT IS THE PROGRAM? WHAT CRITERIA, PUT FORWARD CRITERIA BEFORE YOU PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. WE WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. UM, BUT I'LL SAY IT'S SOMETHING I THINK, UM, YOU REALLY SEE A BIG BENEFIT OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO, I THINK A LOT ABOUT BELTLINE AND ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WAY WE PUT IN BELTLINE TO MAKE BELTLINE LOOK BETTER. BUT THEN WE, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER THE PRIVATE SIDE. SO THIS GIVES US AN OP, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT OF BEAUTIFICATION AND OBVIOUSLY HELP THE, THE OWNERS AND TENANTS AS WELL. AND DAVID, WOULD THE, BESIDES JUST THE AESTHETICS IMPROVEMENT, IS IT ALSO [01:40:01] ASSUMED PROBABLY WE SEE AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE BECAUSE OF THAT OR NOT? THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA, RIGHT? I MEAN, PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS YOU INCREASE THE VALUES YEAH. OF EVERYTHING. SO WE GET AN R I ON THAT TOO. YEAH. YEAH. SO I'VE SEEN THE, I'VE SEEN THESE PROGRAMS, I'VE SEEN THE ONES OVER AT CARROLLTON TOO. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD, UM, STRATEGY. ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT OTHER CITIES ARE USING TO GET THE SAME OUTCOME ALTERNATIVES, SUCH AS THAT'S, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT'S AS FAR AS, SO YES. I MEAN, AS FAR AS FUNDING, YES. SO, LIKE I SAID, RICHARDSON, THEY USE THEIR, UH, THEIR BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THOSE. AND THEY'RE, EVEN IF WE DID, THEY'RE VERY HARD TO, UH, KEEP TRACK OF FINANCIALLY. AND SO OTHERS HAVE, UH, REINVESTMENT ZONES WHERE MONEY, THEY PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT INTO THOSE AREAS AND THEN THAT MONEY IS USED FOR THAT. UM, SO, BUT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM HAS REALLY GROWN. UM, AGAIN, CARROLLTON, RICHARDSON, PLANO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL STARTING TO USE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO IT'S BOTH THE CITY AND, AND THE TENANT THAT ARE PUTTING MONEY IN. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANOTHER MEANS TO GET THE SAME RESULT OF A, OF AN IMPROVED LOOKING SHOPPING CENTER, NOT JUST FUNDING SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE, I, I'VE CERTAINLY I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROFESSIONALS THAT DEAL WITH THIS, MAYBE, YEAH, THIS IS THE MOST COMMON ONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR OKAY, ASHLEY. I LIKE THAT. GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. OH, I'M SORRY. I DID HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE I DO LIKE TOO. IT GIVES US A GOOD PICTURE. WE JUMPED AHEAD A LITTLE. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. SO THESE WERE SOME THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED. AGAIN, THESE COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE COMP PLAN. AND, UH, SO DON'T WANNA SAY THAT THESE ARE SET IN STONE OR ANYTHING, BUT THESE ARE AREAS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE COULD TARGET. NOW I'M DONE. THANK YOU. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A, UH, NATURAL PLACE TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR 10 MINUTES, EIGHT MINUTES, SEVEN AND A HALF. CERTAINLY DONE. SEVEN AND A HALF, 6.5 MINUTES. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AND IT IS 1 58. UH, SO JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE, WE KIND OF, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS. WE, WE SAW ALL THE DECISION POINTS WE HAD THAT, THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION. SO NOW STEVEN'S JUST BASICALLY DIDNT GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE BUDGET. EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UP TO THIS POINT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK TO, UM, AS STEVEN GOES THROUGH EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL END IT TO STEVEN . THANKS, MAYOR COUNCIL. STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. AND AS I'M GOING THROUGH MY, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS BASICALLY GONNA GO IN ORDER OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED IN, IN ORDER OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, SO IT WON'T HIT EVERYTHING IN THERE, BUT IT IS GONNA GO IN BASICALLY THAT, THAT GENERAL ORDER. SO, UM, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL STAFFING SUMMARY THAT'S WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THERE ARE A PROPOSED 314.5, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE LAST, UH, OVER THE LAST FIVE, UH, FISCAL YEARS. UM, THERE'S SOME CHANGES HERE TO, TO NOTE. UH, BACK IN 2021, THE AIRPORT, UH, BECAME EMPLOYEES. SO THERE'S A, A JUMP THERE. UH, THAT SAME YEAR, UH, THE CONFERENCE CENTER CLOSED, UH, FROM BEING A CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH CHANGE AS FAR AS THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND, UH, OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. JUST ABOUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2 35 0.2, UH, TO A PROPOSED 2 37 0.2 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, THE CHANGES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ARE, UH, THE DECISION PACKAGE RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, UH, THE, UH, FACILITY ATTENDANCE FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN THERE IS A REALLOCATION OF ONE STREET MAINTENANCE WORKER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STORMWATER, UH, UTILITY FUND. UH, LOOKING AT THE HOTEL FUND, THERE'S A ONE F T E INCREASE, AND THAT IS A RESULT OF THE TOURISM MANAGER MOVING FROM, UH, BEING UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, UH, TO THE HOTEL FUND. SO YOU ALSO SEE A ONE F T E DECREASE THERE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. UH, THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, NO CHANGE THERE. UH, THE UTILITY FUND HAS HALF OF AN F T E AND THAT'S RELATED TO THAT G I S ANALYST POSITION THAT SHANNON SPOKE ABOUT YESTERDAY. UH, GOING FROM A CONTRACT POSITION TO, UH, AN IN-HOUSE POSITION, AND THAT POSITION IS SPLIT BETWEEN A UTILITY FUND AND STORMWATER FUND. AND THEN, UH, IN THE STORMWATER FUND, THREE AND A HALF. SO HALF OF THAT, UH, THE, THE HALF OF AN F T E IS RELATED TO THAT G I S POSITION. UH, THERE IS THE, UH, ONE STREET WORKER TO OPERATE THE, UM, UH, PROPOSED STREET SWEEPER. UH, THERE IS THE ONE THAT IS ALLOCATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT I MENTIONED. AND THEN A, UH, UH, UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT, [01:45:01] UH, POSITION THAT IS IN THERE AS WELL. AND THEN CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, NO, NO CHANGE THERE. SO IN TOTAL THAT, UH, CHANGE IS SIX AND A HALF FTES FISCAL YEAR 23 TO FISCAL YEAR 24. SO, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL IMPACT TO OUR AVERAGE HOMEOWNER HERE IN ADDISON, UH, PROPERTY TAX, UH, WATER AND SEWER, UH, BILLS, UH, THIS IS A MONTHLY VIEW OF, OF HOW THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, TAX RATE WATER RATES COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2024. SO WITH NO CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, PROPOSED VALUES GOING UP, THAT MONTHLY INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS ABOUT $22 AND 24 CENTS. UH, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, ACCORDING TO THE RATE MODEL, THERE IS A 5.5%, UH, UTILITY RATE INCREASE. UH, SO FOR, UH, OUR AVERAGE USER OF 5,000 GALLONS, THAT'S ABOUT A DOLLAR AND 49 CENTS, UH, ON THE WATER SIDE AND ABOUT $2 AND 4 CENTS A MONTH ON THE SEWER SIDE. SO IN TOTAL, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER COULD SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $25 AND 77 CENTS PER MONTH. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE IS SHOW THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WHERE WE STARTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, UH, THE MAJOR CHANGES, UH, THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET, AND HOW WE GET TO THAT TOTAL EXPENDITURE LEVEL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. UH, SO THE BUDGET, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WAS 44.17 MILLION. UH, IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT COUNSEL, UH, APPROVED A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, UH, POSITION, UH, THAT'S ABOUT $130,000. UH, THE 4% COMPENSATION POOL THAT IS PROPOSED, UH, THAT IS ABOUT, UH, $970,000. UH, THE 4% COST TO IMPLEMENT THAT, UH, COMPENSATION STUDY, UH, IS ANOTHER $970,000. UH, 8% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, UH, $320,000. UH, THE TOTAL OF ALL THOSE GENERAL FUND DECISION PACKAGES THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE DIRECTORS, UH, THAT TOTAL'S ABOUT $630,000. AND THEN BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS. AND THESE WOULD BE, UM, BASICALLY UTILITY INCREASES. UH, THERE, A PORTION HERE IS RELATED TO OUR PROPERTY AND, UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE, UH, THAT WENT UP. AND THEN A PORTION OF THIS IS ALSO, UH, WE EVALUATE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO OUR EQUIPMENT AND IT REPLACEMENT FUNDS, AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE THOSE PURCHASES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO IN TOTAL, THOSE CHANGES FROM FISCAL YEAR 20, UH, 23 ARE $3.59 MILLION. AND THAT TAKES US TO, UH, TOTAL, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET OF $47.76 MILLION. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. ON THAT COMPENSATION STUDY IMPLEMENTATION, IS THAT REALLY LIKE PAY RAISES BASED ON MERIT? IS THAT REALLY WHAT THAT IS? THE, THE COMPENSATION POOL IS, IS WHAT IS THE MERIT PORTION. UH, THAT COMPENSATION STUDY IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE MARKET INCREASES BASED ON WHATEVER COMES FROM THE COMPENSATION STUDY. GOT IT. YEAH. THE COMPENSATION STUDY, WE DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT YET, SO WE'RE JUST GOT IT ANTICIPATING WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. SO IF SOMEBODY'S ASKING THAT QUESTION, THEN I AM, UM, . SO IS THIS BECAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN. SURE. SO, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GIVING ALL THE EMPLOYEES AN 8% RAISE IT? IT IS AN 8% COMPENSATION POOL OVERALL. IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE. IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A 4% POOL FOR EMPLOYEE RAISES AND THEN A 4% POOL FOR WHATEVER COMES FROM THE MARKET STUFF. SO, SO THE 4%, THE INITIAL, AND THIS IS A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE WE, YOU'RE VERY CLEAR AND PASSIONATE COULD CERTAINLY JUMP IN AND CORRECT ME OR EXPLAIN BETTER. UM, SO THE 4% IS WHAT WE WERE DOING MOST YEAR IS THE MAYOR. MM-HMM. . SO, SO IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, WE HAVE RANGE OF, SO THE COMPENSATION, WE DO THE COMPENSATION STUDY, WE DID THIS DEEP DIVE IN EVERY POSITION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THIS WOULD MOVE THOSE RANGES TO HIT OUR COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY. WHEN YOU MOVE THE RANGE, TYPICALLY IF YOU HAVE THE FUNDING, YOU TRY TO SAY, IF YOU'RE IN THIS RANGE AND YOU'RE 20% OF THE RANGE, YOU STAY IN THAT SAME SPOT, THE RANGE MOVES, AND YOU GET THE INCREASE ACCORDINGLY, YOU STAY AT THAT SPOT. NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO THAT, MAYBE YOU MOVE IT AND YOU CAN'T TAKE EVERYONE ALONG WITH THE RANGE. SO THAT'S PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO REALLY IT IS JUST THAT IT IS THAT COMPREHENSIVE MARKET CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S MOVEMENT IN THE RATE THAT IS, THAT IF THAT'S HELPFUL. BUT IT'S NOT THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING FOR A STUDY. IT IS A STUDY THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW THAT FUNDING IS ALLOCATED. IS THAT A BETTER WAY TO, [01:50:01] DOES THAT HELP? THAT DID NOT . TRY IT AGAIN. I THOUGHT IT WAS GETTING BETTER THAN . OKAY. I'LL JUST BE QUIET. UM, I'LL GET THERE. YEAH. PART OF IT, LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE AND THEY MAY BE RIGHT NOW PAID AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE RANGE. RIGHT? BUT IF WE MOVE THE RANGE RIGHT, WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S PAID BELOW THE MINIMUM PAY. RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO MOVE. SO GENERALLY THE PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN THAT WE MOVE ALL, EVERYBODY WHO IS PART OF THAT MARKET AND REQUESTED FOR AN ADJUSTMENT OR, OR RECOMMENDED FOR AN ADJUSTMENT, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE COMES OUT OF THAT STUDY. SO THE STUDY IS ABOUT EVALUATING THE RANGES THAT WE HAVE AND ADJUSTING THOSE. IT PARTIALLY SHA OR PASSION. DO YOU WANT TO OH, PASSION COMES UP. YEAH. PARTIALLY, BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE PHYSICIAN AND SAYING, IS IT INAPPROPRIATE FOR WHAT RANGE SHOULD IT BE IN? RIGHT. PASSION CAN, IS IT WARM HERE OR IS IT JUST IT WAS COLD EARLIER NOW? I'M OKAY. I'M COLD. I THINK IT'S JUST YOUR THAT'S THE SUN IT'S USED. WE COULD CLOSE THAT DOOR. NO, YOU HAVE S I CAN'T SILHOUETTE. IT'S OKAY. PASSION HAYES, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SHARED IS CORRECTLY, IS CORRECT. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR MERIT INCREASES, AND THAT REWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES WHO'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OVER THIS PAST YEAR FOR MERIT INCREASES. AND THEN WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR, CAN WE GO BACK? YES. THE COMPENSATION STUDY IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL BE TAKING THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY IN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PAY RANGES ACROSS OUR COMPARISON CITIES. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE POSITIONS ON THOSE PAY RANGES. WE KNOW SOME POSITIONS ARE MOVING FASTER THAN OTHERS, SO NOT EVERYBODY WILL GET THE FULL 4% THAT'S ALLOCATED, BUT THIS WILL HELP MOVE THOSE POSITIONS THAT HAVE MOVED FAST TO CATCH UP WITH THE MARKET. SO MERIT FOR PAY FOR PERFORMANCE, AND THEN THE COMPENSATION STUDY IMPLEMENTATION IS BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET RESULTS WILL SHOW US WHEN WE GET THE STUDY IN SEPTEMBER. RESULTS OF THE STUDY IN SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL. SO AS A, AS AN EXAMPLE, WILL, IF AN EMPLOYEE WAS, SAY, IN THE THIRD TAX, 75% RANGE IN, IN THEIR POSITIONS, CURRENT RANGE, BUT THE NEW STUDY, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU INCREASE THEIR SALARIES OR THAT THEY WERE IN THAT 75 PERCENTILE AGAIN? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. BUT DAVID SAID, WE'LL MOVE THE PAY RANGES TO, UM, MIRROR THE MARKET AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THE PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T SUFFER BECAUSE THE RANGES HAVE MOVED. WE'RE PICKING THEM UP WHERE THEY WERE AND PUTTING THEM IN THE NEW, IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE NEW RANGE. OKAY. SO IS THERE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT? UH, THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC IN THE TOWN. OKAY. NO, IT'S NOT. WE USE OUR MERIT INCREASE TO ACTUALLY FUND THAT. NOW. WE HAVE OVER THE PAST, STEVEN, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, TWO YEARS, HAS GONE BACK AND LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, MARKET HAS DONE. UM, BUT THAT'S REALLY KEEPING UP WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY DO, UM, THEIR PAY SYSTEMS. IT'S NOT A TRUE COST OF LIVING, UH, ADJUSTMENT. WELL, THE MARKET STUDY KIND OF ACCOUNTS FOR THAT. IT DOES. THE MARKET STUDY WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE, UM, VARIOUS CITIES HAVE DONE, WHERE THEIR PAY RANGES HELP KEEP UP WITH THE COST, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE POSITIONS THEMSELVES. AND, AND CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT, JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY? SURE. BECAUSE THAT'S ALL, WHAT'S DRIVING THE STRIKE? YEAH, SURE. SO IN 2014, THE TOWN WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF PULLING, UM, TOGETHER ALL OF COUNCIL AT THAT TIME AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES FROM ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION TO, UH, COME UP WITH A COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY. AND SO IN 2014, A PHILOSOPHY WAS ADOPTED, AND THEN 2017, WE ADOPT, WE UPDATED THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT STATES THAT WE WILL PAY BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES. SO THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017, AND WE USED THAT AS THE BACKBONE OF ANY PAY ADJUSTMENTS OR STUDIES THAT WE DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SORRY. JUST, AND I THINK, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. THE 4% THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE IS OUR BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW. SURE. UM, BASED ON SOME KNOWLEDGE, I 4%, I'D SAY MOST LIKELY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO FULLY IMPLEMENT IT, BUT WE JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING WE KNOW PRECISELY HOW MUCH WE NEED FOR THAT STUDY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. P AND AND I'LL ADD TO THAT WITH THE, WITH THE COMPENSATION POOL THAT, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT, THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AN AVERAGE OF MERIT AND MARKET INCREASES FROM OUR COMPARISON CITIES AND ACTUALLY MOVE THE RANGES A LITTLE BIT. SO HOPEFULLY WHEN WE DO THE [01:55:01] FULL MARKET AND COMPENSATION STUDY THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A HUGE HIT, UM, EACH TIME. SO THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY KEEPING UP A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. UH, MOVING ON TO GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUE. UM, SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE, ALL THE REVENUE SOURCES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, ACTUAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2022, OUR BUDGET FOR 23, UH, CURRENT ESTIMATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN OUR BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. UH, SO AVALOR TAXES IS OUR MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE, UH, IN THIS FUND. UH, ABOUT A 2.4, UH, MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IS PROPOSED, UH, WITHIN THIS FUND. UH, AS FAR AS AVALOR TAXES, UH, NON-PROPERTY TAXES THAT CONSIST OF OUR SALES TAXES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES. UH, BUDGET TO BUDGET, THERE IS ABOUT A $675,000 PROPOSED INCREASE, UH, RELATED TO, TO, UH, SALES TAXES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES. THERE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 16,750 OR $16,750,000. UH, SO WE PERFORMED, UH, QUITE WELL COMPARED TO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE IS SOME, SOME, UH, SOME RULE CHANGES, UH, THAT THE COMPTROLLER IS POTENTIALLY, UH, MAY POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE TOWN, UH, THAT THE COMPTROLLER WAS, UH, PARTICI OR TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. UH, SOME CITIES HAVE, UH, SUED THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, UH, COPPEL, UH, ROUND ROCK. UH, SO THERE'S A CURRENT LAWSUIT THAT IS, UH, GONNA BE HEARD, UH, AS EARLY AS JANUARY, WHICH COULD AFFECT SOME SALES TAX, UH, ALLOCATION. BASICALLY, THE COMPTROLLER IS, UH, PROPOSING THAT, UH, WE MOVE TO MORE OF A DESTINATION BASED SOURCING, UH, ON SALES TAX. TEXAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ORIGIN BASED STATE WHERE, UH, WHEREVER THE SALE ORIGINATES, THAT'S WHERE THE SALES TAX GOES. UM, SO, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A BURDEN TO BUSINESSES SINCE TEXAS, BY FAR HAS THE MOST SALES TAX JURISDICTIONS, UH, OF ANY STATE. BY, BY FAR, UH, I THINK WE HAVE 1700 DIFFERENT SALES TAX JURISDICTIONS. SO IF YOU'RE A PAYER, IMAGINE TRYING TO PAY 1700 DIFFERENT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR SALES TAX. SO, UM, SO THAT MAY POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON FUTURE SALES TAX, UH, PROJECTIONS. BUT, UH, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD WITH WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UH, OTHER MAJOR SOURCES, UH, FRANCHISE FEES, AND YOU MAY, YOU MAY WONDER WHY WOULD THOSE GO DOWN? WILL PEOPLE CONTINUE TO, TO CUT THE CORD AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING ON, UM, CABLE. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT, UH, DECREASE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE EFFICIENCY WITH AS FAR AS ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY USAGE AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO YOU KIND OF SEE SOME OF THOSE FRANCHISE FEES, UH, START TO DECREASE AS THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT LARGER, DEVELOP LARGER DEVELOPMENTS. WE MAY SEE SOME, SOME REBOUND ON THOSE, ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, UTILITY TYPE FRANCHISE FEES. UH, SERVICE FEES, UH, THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE. SOME OF THAT'S RELATED TO, UH, FIRE AND E M S. UH, SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO THIS YEAR. WE, UH, STARTED ALLOCATING A PORTION OF GENERAL SERVICES COSTS TO OTHER FUNDS THAT USE THEIR SERVICES, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE, UH, IT DEPARTMENT. UH, SO, UH, WE BASICALLY ALLOCATE THAT COST BASED ON, UH, FLEET AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE, UH, THAT THOSE, UH, OTHER FUNDS USE, UH, RELATED TO GENERAL SERVICES. UH, AND THEN INTEREST AND OTHER INCOME, UH, INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP. SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, PRETTY BIG JUMP, UH, FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET TO FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET. SO IN TOTAL, $47.8 MILLION. UH, TOTAL REVENUE PROPOSED, UH, FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $3.6 MILLION. UH, OUR ACTUAL ESTIMATE, UH, FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, IS ABOUT 45.6. SO FROM OUR ESTIMATE, WE'RE AT ABOUT A 2.1, UH, MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE, AND THEN MO MOVING INTO EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS KIND OF HIT THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR ONES THAT, UH, SHOWED SOME KIND OF, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE. UH, AND YOU MAY LOOK AT THE CITY MANAGERS OFTEN AND SEE THAT ONE DECREASED. WELL, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR WAS MOVED TO GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THEN ALSO RETITLED. UH, SO THERE WAS, UH, ONE F T E THAT MOVED FROM THAT DEPARTMENT TO GENERAL SERVICES. UH, SO WHEN WE GET DOWN TO GENERAL SERVICES, YOU SEE THAT ONE GOES UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT'S PART OF THAT. UH, REMEMBER THAT THEY HAD 1.5, UH, UH, FTES, UH, REQUESTED FOR FACILITY ATTENDANCE. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, UH, IN THE BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, WHAT I DO IS, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, FUNDING GOING TOWARDS OUR CAPITAL IT FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUNDS, UH, TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED. UH, SO THERE WAS A BASELINE, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BASELINE ADJUSTMENT THERE, UH, FOR OUR FUTURE CAPITAL, UH, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT WENT DOWN AND THEY HAD SOME FOLKS THAT RETIRED AND SOME NEW FOLKS THAT HAVE HI HAVE BEEN HIRED. SO THAT'S A REASON, UH, FOR THAT DECREASE THERE. [02:00:01] UH, OTHER, UH, COMBINED SERVICES HAS A, HAS A PRETTY BIG DECREASE. UH, WE, THIS YEAR WE BUDGETED THE INCENTIVE TO THE VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY. UH, WE MOVED THAT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. SO THAT'S ABOUT $375,000 INCENTIVE, UH, THAT WE TOOK FROM HERE. AND WE MOVED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. UH, THEN WE GET DOWN TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, ABOUT A $2 MILLION INCREASE OVER ALL IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS PERSONNEL. BASICALLY ALL OF THAT IS GONNA BE PERSONNEL. UM, THERE IS ONLY ONE NEW POSITION, AND THAT'S, UH, THE ONE THAT CHIEF JONES SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE VERY HEAVY ON THE PERSONNEL. THEY DON'T HAVE A TON OF SERVICES, SUPPLIES, THAT KIND OF THING. UH, THEY HAVE PEOPLE, SO A LOT OF THAT COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT, UH, COMPENSATION STUDY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, A LOT OF THAT GOES INTO, UH, THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT'S, UH, THE MAJOR REASON FOR THAT $2 MILLION, UH, TOTAL INCREASE IN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, THERE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE. UH, THERE IS THE COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MANAGER POSITION, UH, THAT WAS ADDED IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO THAT COST IS REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET. UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES POSITION, UH, THAT IS PROPOSED. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A MANAGEMENT ANALYST POSITION THAT WAS BUDGETED, UH, TO BE A MID-YEAR HIGHER IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS REFLECTS THE FULL, UH, COST OF THAT, UH, POSITION BEING IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. UH, THEN GOING DOWN TO PARKS. UH, THE, THE MAJOR INCREASES FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ARE GONNA BE RELATED TO, UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, PRIMARILY UTILITIES. SO WATER, ELECTRICITY, THAT COST GOING UP, THEIR USAGE GOING UP, UH, THAT, THAT DRIVES SOME OF THEIR COST ALONG WITH THE PERSONNEL, UH, CHANGES. SO IN TOTAL, UH, THAT TAKES US TO OUR GENERAL FUND TOTAL AT 47, UH, MILLION $758,000. UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE STARTED THE YEAR, UH, A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT, UH, LET'S SEE, 20, UH, 0.66 MILLION. UH, WE'RE GONNA END, UH, PROPOSED ABOUT 20.72 MILLION. SO A SLIGHT INCREASE, UH, THAT KEEPS OUR FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE, UH, WELL ABOVE THE REQUIRED, UM, 25% PER THE POLICY. AND THEN, UH, WELL ABOVE THE 30% COUNCIL GOAL. UH, WE PROJECT 43.4% ENDING FUND BALANCE, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO IN ADDITION TO, OR WHAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROPOSED BUDGET ARE, UH, THE, UH, GRANT EXPENDITURES RELATED TO, UH, THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. AND THESE ARE PROPOSED AT WHAT THEY WERE, UH, APPROVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET. SO ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH ENTITY REQUESTED AND WHAT IS IN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. SO ADDISON ARBOR ARBOR FOUNDATION REQUESTED $65,000 AS A PRIMARY GRANT. UH, THE FISCAL YEAR, 2023 BUDGET HAS $50,000 AS A PRIMARY GRANT AND 15,000 AS A MATCHING GRANT. SO THAT'S WHAT IS PROPOSED IN 24 AS WELL. UH, DALLAS CAT LADY REQUESTED 5,000, UH, CURRENTLY IS RECEIVING 5,023. THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES THE SAME AMOUNT, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, UH, MH AND MH AND M M R METRO CARE SERVICES. UH, THEY REQUESTED 10,000. THEY'VE BEEN FUNDED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE, PROPOSED AT TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR. AND THEN METRO CREST SERVICES, UH, WAS FUNDED AT 82,650, UH, IN 23, AND ALSO IN 24 IN THE PROPOSED, UH, WE WANTED TO NOTE THAT THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST CONTAINED THAT AMOUNT, $82,650. UH, THEY DID PROVIDE A REVISED REQUEST, WHICH I SENT TO COUNSEL, UM, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY, WHICH INCLUDED, UH, AN AMOUNT OF 1 1 39 653 AS THEIR REVISED REQUEST. UH, SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 50 $57,000, UH, FROM, UH, THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST. UH, BUT WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS 82,650. UH, THEN WE HAVE WOVEN HEALTH CLINIC. UH, THEY REQUESTED 8,000. UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES WHAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE AWARDED IN 23, UH, AT 5,000. SO IN TOTAL, UH, THE ORIGINAL REQUESTS WE RECEIVED WERE A LITTLE BIT OVER 170,000. UH, WHAT'S IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS $160,150. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE ASK ABOUT THE GRANT? SURE. FUNDING RIGHT NOW? SO I'VE NOT LOOKED OVER METRIC OF SERVICES, A REVISED LETTER. IS ANYBODY ELSE GUILTY OF THAT TOO? NO, I RECORD. OKAY. WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S EXHIBIT C? WELL, BASICALLY [02:05:01] THEY SAID THAT OVER THE LAST, I THINK THOSE FIVE YEARS OR SIX YEARS THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR NO INCREASES, AND YET THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO PROVIDE AND ARE PROVIDING HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF COVID. AND SO THEY'RE COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING. AND I, FOR ONE, AM MAJOR IN FAVOR OF IT. SO YOU'RE NOT FACTORING IN THE, THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED VIA COVID AS AN ASK. THAT'S OKAY. THAT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. I THINK THERE WERE, I I ASSUME THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR RECURRING ASK ON THE . YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST DOESN'T MATCH THE THOUGHT. I THINK, I THINK THE OTHER POINTS THAT THEY MADE IN, IN THE LETTER WE, THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE AS COVID HAPPENED, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR NUMBER OF ADDISON FOLKS WHO HAD THEIR SERVICES AND THAT DIDN'T DRY. THAT HASN'T DROPPED OFF. THAT'S CONTINUED. AND I, AND I BELIEVE THEY DID REFERENCE THAT THEY'VE, THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING, THEY, THE INFLUX OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT THEY GOT OBVIOUSLY HAS GONE AWAY. SO THEY'RE MISSING THAT, UM, REVENUE THAT THEY DIDN'T REFERENCE ANYTHING THAT FLOW THROUGH US. FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO READ THAT. BUT IN THAT INFORMATION, DO WE HAVE THE PAYMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS? WE ALL, ALL WE DID WAS FORWARD THE EMAIL, THE LETTER FROM METRO BEST. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PROVIDE AS A FOLLOW-UP. I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL WHEN CONSIDERING THIS OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE TO FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THAT DURING COVID AMOUNTS GOT GOT REALLY HIGH. DID WE FUND MORE DURING COVID OH, OH. MUCH TO METRO SERVICES AND, AND, AND, BUT IT WAS WEIRD. IT WAS DIFFERENT. FOR SOME IT WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING CARES. MM-HMM. YEAH. CARES. SO I ACTUALLY, AS I REMEMBER, WHAT WE FUNDED WAS A ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE THEY WERE MEETING TO THE NEW FACILITY. THERE WAS A SEPARATE, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. CORRECT. UM, BUT THERE ALSO WAS SOME FUNDING ADDITIONAL RELATED TO ADDITIONAL MUCH THE CARESS ACT THAT WAS, UH, AWARDED TO THEM AS WELL FROM THE TOWN. UH, WE COULD GET ALL OF THAT DATA. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO YEP. IT, IT WOULD HELP BECAUSE MOST OF US WEREN'T HERE RIGHT. AT THAT MAYBE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN ADDISON RESIDENCE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE A HUNDRED. THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY INDICATED. AND THEY GIVE US THE NUMBERS. 2030. YEAH. I WANT SAY FIVE, I NEED TO PULL IT OUT. 500 TO A THOUSAND OR SO. I NEED TO GET THAT UP. SO IN THAT REPORT OF WHAT WE FUNDED, IF IT CAME FROM CARRIAGES OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT IT WAS MORE OF A PASS THROUGH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF THAT THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. IT DIDN'T COME FROM THE TOWN'S GENERAL FUND OPERATION. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, SO NOT BASICALLY FUNDED BY TAX PAYER. AND THAT'LL BE ON REPORT ON THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE THE FUNDING SOURCE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'LL HELP. YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAX RATE. SO I'M GONNA GIVE SOME, UH, OVERVIEW OF TAX RATE DEFINITIONS. SO YOU'LL HEAR TERMS M AND O RATE, UH, I N S RATE. SO M AND O RATE IS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY. THIS FUNDS OUR BASIC OPERATIONS, POLICE, FIRE STREETS, RECREATION PARKS, GENERAL GOVERNMENT. UM, IT ALSO A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE TO ADDISON IS THAT WE SET ASIDE A PORTION OF THIS FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT IS FUNDED BY A PORTION OF OUR M AND O RATE. THEN WE HAVE OUR I N SS RATE, AND THIS IS INTEREST IN SINKING RATE OR ALSO REFERRED TO AS DEBT RATE. THIS IS A PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE THAT WE BASICALLY ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT. THAT IS, UH, ALLOWS US TO MEET OUR GENERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT DEBT OBLIGATION. SO THOSE THAT ARE BACKED BY TAXES, UM, WE, THAT, THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS BASICALLY FIXED SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS. UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, UH, AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE ARE TWO FAIRLY NEW, UH, NEW UH, TERMS, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2020, UH, WHEN THEY CHANGED THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX CALCULATION LAWS. SO NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS BASICALLY THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE ON THE SAME PROPERTIES AS THE PRI AS THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. SO ANY NEW, ANY NEW VALUES ARE NOT INCORPORATED INTO THAT. NO NEW REVENUE, UH, TAX RATE. SO ANY, IT'S ONLY, UH, PROPERTIES THAT, THAT ARE APPEAR IN BOTH YEAR. UM, THEN WE HAVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AND, UH, THIS IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT COUNCIL COULD ADOPT WITHOUT AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY VOTERS. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY NOW WE HAVE THESE, UH, THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS SO EARLY. THESE USED TO BE CLOSER IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. UH, BECAUSE IF COUNCIL DID WISH TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ADOPT A [02:10:01] RATE THAT WOULD TRIGGER AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES. IF, IF, UH, IF, IF YOU SO CHOSE. SO, UH, THEN ANOTHER UNIQUE THING, UH, RELATED TO THAT SAME TAX LAWS IS SOMETHING CALLED A TAX RATE INCREMENT. SO, UH, THIS IS BASICALLY A DIFFERENCE, UH, BETWEEN THE ADOPTED TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO IF YOU ADOPT A TAX RATE THAT'S BELOW THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO RATES CAN BE APPLIED TO, UH, SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS FOR THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS. SO, UM, DUE TO C O V I D AND THEN THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT RELATED TO COVID AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO CERTIFY A TAX ROLL. UM, IN 2020, UH, THE TOWN HAD A TAX RATE INCREMENT, UH, THAT WAS EARNED, UH, FROM THAT FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT WILL EXPIRE WITH THIS NEXT BUDGET THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO ADOPT. SO THERE IS AN INCREMENT THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET USES SOME OF THAT INCREMENT, UM, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THAT INCREMENT WILL GO AWAY WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT? THE AMOUNT IS, IS A LITTLE OVER 5 CENTS. OKAY. SO, AND I, I'LL, I'LL GET INTO TO WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT IN A, IN A SUBSEQUENT, SUBSEQUENT SLIDE, UH, IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, WHAT? NO. OH, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, OUR TOTAL TAX RATES, SO THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE THAT'S LISTED, UH, 63, UH, 0.64 CENTS, UM, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABOUT 5 CENTS LOWER. UM, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS INCREMENT. SO THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, UH, WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. UM, SO THERE WOULDN'T BE THE ABILITY TO SAY FUND THE, SOME OF THE DECISION PACKAGES OR POTENTIALLY, UH, THE MARKET STUDY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, UH, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS GONNA DROP OFF AND THERE WON'T BE THE ABILITY, UM, TO, TO GENERATE THAT PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE. UH, IN THE FUTURE WE'LL BE KIND OF CAPPED AT, UH, A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE, UH, IN TAX, UH, GENERATION YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT'S WITHOUT A VOTE. THAT'S WITHOUT A VOTE. AND I WOULD JUST ADD, ADD TO THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IN, IN ADDITION TO WHAT STEVEN SAID, THEY'VE ALSO CHANGED THE, THEY'VE WHEN, SINCE THIS LAW WAS ENACTED A COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO, THEY'VE CHANGED THE CALCULATION INTERNALLY. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST WAY TO CALCULATE IT. AND AS THOSE ITERATIONS HAVE CHANGED, THEY HAVE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE FOR US WHEN, WHEN THE CALCULATION'S MADE. SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE INCREMENT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT INCREMENT. WE'RE ALSO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TONS OF NEW VALUE COMING IN, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ROOM TO WORK WITH AS SOME OTHER CITIES. WHEN YOU'RE IN A CITY LIKE THE CITY I WAS PREVIOUSLY IN, AND YOU HAVE TONS OF NEW VALUE COMING IN, YOU'RE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS THAT MUCH. 'CAUSE YOU CAN FOCUS ON THAT NEW VALUE. SO IT, IT'S A REALITY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL BE READY FOR, WE'LL PLAN FOR, WE'LL PREPARE FOR. UM, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PRIORITIZING TRYING TO DO THIS COMPENSATION STUDY RIGHT NOW FUNDED RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS IS THE, UH, THE EXTRA 5 CENTS THAT WE HAVE IS NOT A RESULT OF THE NO NEW REVENUE CALCULATION. IT'S, IT'S A RESULT OF THE VOTER APPROVAL. IT'S PART OF VOTER APPROVAL. RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT'S, IT'S A, AN ACTUAL LITERAL INCREASE OF THE TAX VERSUS THE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THE, THE NO NEW REVENUE AGAIN IS, IS RIGHT TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX ON THE SAME PROPERTIES AS LAST YEAR. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS BASICALLY A 3.5% INCREASE ON THAT. UM, AND THEN THE INCREMENT IS ADDED TO THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS PART OF THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NO NEW REVENUE, THE CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, ON THE FAR RIGHT, IT BARELY CHANGED AT ALL. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, THAT FIVE, BASICALLY A 5 CENT DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S REALLY THE DIFFERENCE, UH, THAT THAT INCREMENT, UH, SHOWING UP THERE. AND AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, AND ADOPTED RATES, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24, UH, NO, NO PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE TAX RATE OF 60.98 CENTS, UH, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO ADD THAT THE TOWN DOES OFFER A 20% GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THAT'S THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED, UH, BY LAW. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THERE'S A $50,000 EXEMPTION FOR OVER 65 AND A 60, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, EXEMPTION [02:15:01] FOR, UH, DISABLED PERSONS. HAS THAT CHANGED IN THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATURE? DIDN'T THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE EXEMPTIONS? SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES, UM, AND THESE MORE AFFECT AFFECT SCHOOLS. AND I, I HAVE A, A SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUR TOTAL TAX RATE, AND I WAS GONNA GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. SORRY. NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES THAT AFFECT REALLY THE HOMESTEAD FOR SCHOOLS. IT DOESN'T AFFECT OURS. OKAY. GOT IT. SO THAT'S A STATEWIDE HOMESTEAD THAT IS JUST FOR SCHOOLS. OKAY. THAT HASN'T BEEN VOTED UPON YET, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN VOTED UPON YET. SO I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE TAX OFFICES AND THE SCHOOL. SO I KNOW THEY SENT THEM TWO TAX ROLL ONE, ONE WITH THE CURRENT $40,000 HOMESTEAD AND ONE WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO I'M GLAD I DON'T WORK FOR, BUT YOU'VE GOT A BIG, BIG VOTE FOR THAT ON NOVEMBER 7TH? YES. OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW IF THAT INCLUDES, UH, DALLAS FOR US, BE DALLAS, DALLAS COLLEGE, OR IS IT JUST D I S D? IT IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT THE COLLEGES, IT'S JUST THE, JUST OKAY, GOT IT. JUST THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. CORRECT. STEVEN, WILL YOU ALSO BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, UH, 65 PLUS EXEMPTION THAT THE TOWN OFFERS? IS THAT PART OF THAT THE SAME? IT, IT'S NOT. I MEAN, WE COULD DISCUSS IT. DISCUSS IT HERE IF YOU'D LIKE. I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. CAN YOU GIVE US A, A LITTLE ON, ON THE BULLET WHEN IT SAYS THE, AN EXEMPTION FOR THE, UM, 50,000 EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR, IS THAT IN THE OVER 65? YEAH, THAT IS, THAT'S THE 65. THE 55. SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO ASK. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREND OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE INCREASING THIS EXEMPTION. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. AND I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME, AND I THINK, UH, FARMERS BRANCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS, HAS INCREASED THEIRS. UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN SENT THAT, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OTHERS I THINK MAYBE DALLAS HAS AS WELL. UM, BUT, AND, AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND RIGHT NOW, UH, I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WAS 720, UH, OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR. THERE ARE 783, UM, OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS. UM, SO THAT DOES STACK WITH THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL. SO YOU GET THAT 20% AND THEN ALSO 50% OR 50,000 ON TOP OF THAT. UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN, SEEN SOME CITIES DO, UH, DO AN INCREASE, UH, FOR THAT EXEMPTION. SO, UH, THE PROCESS REALLY FOR THAT IS TO MAKE A CHANGE AND, AND EVERY $10,000 IN CHANGE, UH, THAT THE TA IF THE TOWN DID ELECT TO MAKE A CHANGE, WOULD COST ABOUT $47,000 IN PROPERTY TAX. I'M SORRY, SAY THAT I'M NOT ABOUT 47,000 FOR EVERY $10,000. IF WE MADE IT 50,000 AND TOOK IT UP TO 60, THAT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF ABOUT $47,000 IN PROPERTY TAX. YEAH. WELL THAT IS A, A RELEVANT NUMBER TO KEEP IN MIND, BUT ASSUMING YOU TRY TO STILL FUND AT THE SAME LEVEL, REALLY IT'S JUST A SHIFT IN THE BURDEN IT IS OF WHO, WHO PAID THE TAXES. SO 720 PARTICIPATED, IS THAT 700 THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN 23 AND 24. THERE'S 7 83. 7 83 7 8 3. CORRECT. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, ANY DECISION THAT WE WOULD, IF WE DECIDED WE WANNA MAKE A CHANGE TO THIS, IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THIS BUDGET. WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE BEFORE JULY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR TO AFFECT THE F Y 25 BUDGET. YEAH. AND, AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU WANTED TO KEEP THINGS EQUAL, WOULD YOU JUST SHIFT IT WITH MORE OF A HOMESTEAD AND THEN INCREASE, UH, MAYBE THE TAX RATE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT? THE DECREASE IF YOU WANTED TO? CORRECT. YEAH. SO SAY WE WERE GOING INTO NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WE WERE GONNA DO THIS, WELL, WE WOULD START BY BRINGING YOU A BUDGET AT AN EXPENDITURE LEVEL. IF WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT EXPENDITURE LEVEL, IT WOULD SHIFT. AND YOU DO GET, WITH THE TAX RATE CALCULATION WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ABILITY IN THE TAX RATE WOULD GET IT, IT WOULD FACTOR IN THE TAX RATE TO ALLOW US TO INCREASE IT TO MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS REVENUE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD JUST HAVE A RETIRED TAX RATE THAT YOU'RE COMMERCIAL AND EV EVERYONE UNDER 65. RIGHT? RIGHT. THE REST OF THEM. SURE. YEAH. WITH THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD BEING CAPPED, IT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THAT. SO WE'RE AT THE MAXIMUM 20%. HOLD ON TOP. SO WITH THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD, WE'RE AT THE MAXIMUM, SO IF SOMEONE IS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IT, THE, THE SENIOR EXEMPTION INCREASING WOULD NOT, WOULD NOT AFFECT, LIKE WE CAN'T INCREASE THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ANY, ANY MORE THAN THERE IS 20%. 20 IT, YEAH. YES. SO JUST TO REVIEW THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GAVE US, YOU SAID ABOUT 183 ARE, ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT OVER 65? UH, 787 7? [02:20:01] YES. OKAY. AND THE IMPACT PER 10,000 THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAT EXEMPTION IS ABOUT 47 47 K. RIGHT. SO, AND LIKE DAVID MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY JUST A SHIFT IN THE RATE, YOUR RATE INCREASES TO ABOR TO GENERATE THAT OTHER 47,000 FROM ALL THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE NOT 65. GOT IT. SHIFT IN THE BURDEN. ALRIGHT. SO, SO IS THIS, DAVID, IS THIS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS? DO YOU NEED SOME DIRECTIVE FROM US ON THIS OR THIS? SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS TO DO, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THIS BUDGET. SURE. IF YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING SOMETHING BACK AT ONE OF THE FOLLOW UP WORK SESSIONS, WE COULD BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR A DISCUSSION DURING WORK SESSION. IF YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING SOMETHING BACK IN DECEMBER AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THEN IN ADVANCE OF, UM, OF NEXT YEAR, WE COULD DO SOMETHING AS SOON AS THAT, IF WE HAVE DIRECTION, SAY IN DECEMBER OR SOME TIMEFRAME LIKE THAT, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THE STEPS, UM, TO HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED. OR IF YOU DECIDED NOW TO GET TO, THEN WE COULD BRING THAT ACTION FORWARD. UM, SO REALLY IT'S IN YOUR COURT IF YOU WANTED. IT REALLY IS A POLICY DISCUSSION. SO IF YOU WANTED TO, TO BRING IT FORWARD, WE CAN, I'D, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THE INFORMATION'S IMPORTANT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN PER HOUSEHOLD, FOR EVERY $10,000, IT'S $60 A YEAR DIFFERENCE ON YOUR 783 AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR TAX. THEIR TAX BILL, YEAH. LOWER TAXES, UH, THAT'S CORRECT. ABOUT $60. AND, AND SO WE, ABOUT $61, WE WOULD BE SHIFTING MORE OF THE TAX BURDEN TO COMMERCIAL, UH, IT COMMERCIAL AND YOUNG PEOPLE. COMMERCIAL. I'M SORRY. AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE 88% DID. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH. AND, AND THE DEADLINE IS JULY 1ST TO, IF, IF THERE WAS, WAS A CHANGE THAT, THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE OR WANTED TO BE MADE, BUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SENDS OUT THEIR NOTICES, UM, AND I BELIEVE, UH, MAY, EARLY MAY. SO IF YOU ADD THIS CHANGE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BEFORE THEN, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND MARCH OR APRIL, UM, THEN THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THAT LETTER THAT EVERYBODY GETS THAT SAYS WHAT YOUR TAXES ARE, MAYBE, MAYBE. SO WHEN THEY SEND YOU THAT SCARY THING THAT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH YOUR PROPERTY WENT UP AND IT'S GOT LAST YEAR'S TAX RATES ON THERE, SO EVERYBODY THINKS THEIR TAXES ARE GONNA GO UP A LOT BEFORE EVERYBODY'S CHANGED THEIR RATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE INCORPORATED IN THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT BE AS SCARY TO SOME FOLKS. SO THERE IS A TIMING COMPONENT TO IT, BUT YEAH, AND I THINK VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THAT. I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT, TO HAVE THAT IN THAT LETTER. RIGHT. AND THEY GET THEIR, THEIR EVALUATION OF IT. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR TO BACK UP IF WE DECIDE TO GO FORWARD. WELL THE, THE HARD DEADLINE IS JULY 1ST, SO, BUT YEAH, TO GET THE BENEFIT SOONER OF THE ESTIMATED TAX TO THE, TO THE RESIDENT, WE NEED TO DO IT EARLIER. CORRECT. IF YOU WANT IT IN THAT, IN THAT ESTIMATE THAT THEY GET THEN TO THE TAXPAYER, WHICH, WHICH TAX ENTITY? THE RESIDENT, THE 65 D, THEY GET ONE FROM WHEN THEY GET THE, THEY GET THE ESTIMATE, THE NOTICE. WELL, IT'S, IT'S THE NOTICE FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT IT HAS ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES ON THERE. OKAY, OKAY. SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT HAS, IT HAS ALL THE THEM ON THERE, DALLAS, I, S D COUNTY, EVERYTHING ON THERE. AND ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE TALKING, UH, AS WE PROGRESSING THESE SLIDES ABOUT, UM, IF THE TAX RELIEF, WHATEVER THAT YES. OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA TALK. OKAY. THANKS. GREAT. AND, UH, MOVING ON. SO LET'S JUST , DO YOU ALL WANT TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS DURING THIS BUDGET TIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR DO YOU TO BRING IT BACK IN FEW MONTHS? A FEW MONTHS? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO CORRECT. I JUST, AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST WAIT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL SURE. DID YOU EVER MAKE A COMMENT THERE? NOPE. NOPE. THAT WAS IT. YOU ALL. OKAY. UH, OVERALL PROPERTY TAXPAYER DISTRIBUTION IN ADDISON, UH, 85% OF THE PROPERTY TAX COMES FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, AND 15% IS FROM, FROM RESIDENTIAL. AND AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL IS DEFINED AS SINGLE FAMILY TOWN, HOME AND CONDO. UH, AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX PORTION OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE. UH, SO OVERALL THAT 40 47 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR, UH, REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED, UM, FROM ALL ALL SOURCES, UH, 8% OF THAT TOTAL, UH, COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX. THE OTHER 92% COMES FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXES, UH, SALES TAX, MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES, OTHER FEES, FRANCHISE FEES, UH, THAT, THAT TYPE OF REVENUE. SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING UNLIKE YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE AT ANY OTHER, ANY [02:25:01] OTHER ORGANIZATION, I THINK. SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, 70% PLUS 15% IS 85%. CORRECT. UM, AND THEN IN THE NEXT SLIDE OF THAT, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M MISSING SOMETHING IN THE NEXT SLIDE. YEAH, WELL THIS IS JUST PROPERTY TAX. SO IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT JUST PROPERTY TAX, 15% COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL. BUT SINCE THE GENERAL FUND OVERALL IS NOT JUST PROPERTY TAX, THERE'S OTHER RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MOST, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER 50% PROPERTY TAX, BUT THAT'S WHY THAT GOES DOWN TO 8% H PERCENT. ON THIS SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, IT'S MARKETING. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS TYPICAL? YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, CITIES ARE SO DIFFERENT. SO, UM, NOT 8% , VERY DIFFERENT IN TO COMPAR CITIES. MY GUESS WOULD BE ABOUT 35% YEAH. OR SO THE RESIDENTIAL OKAY. CONTRIBUTES. OKAY. YEAH. LIKE A FARMER'S BRANCH OR A BRANCH. YEAH, FARMER'S BRANCH IS PROBABLY MORE SIMILAR TO, TO US BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE APARTMENTS WHICH SHOW UP AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. UH, BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I MEAN, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISPARITY THAT WE DO, BUT THEIRS IS STILL PROBABLY NOT 35%, THEY'RE PROBABLY T 20 OR SO. YEAH. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, 35 MAYBE THEIR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX. SO IT COULD BE LIKE 25. I'M JUST THROWING UP AROUND, STILL HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR COMMENT. YOU SAID FARMER'S BRANCH, WE DON'T REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT FARMER'S BRANCH HERE, BUT JUST C OUTTA CURIOSITY, FARMER'S BRANCH APARTMENTS SHOW UP AS RESIDENTIAL. COMMERCIAL, NO. COMMERCIAL. YEAH, THEY'RE COMMERCIAL. SAME AS OURS, JASON. CORRECT. PAY MORE TAXES. OKAY. AND THEN MOVING ON TO TOTAL TAX RATE. SO THIS IS A 10 YEAR VIEW OF WHAT THE TOTAL, UH, OVERALL TAX RATE THAT A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS IN ADDISON, UH, WOULD, WOULD PAY. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, BROKEN DOWN DALLAS, I S D DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, WHICH DOESN'T, DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE, IT'S 1 CENT. UM, AND IT'S BEEN 1 CENT FOR SOME TIME. AND THAT ORGANIZATION IS, IS BEING, UH, UH, DISBANDED, UH, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, DALLAS COUNTY, AND THEN ADDISON. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THAT PROPERTY TAX BILL IS GONNA BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS GENERALLY BEEN, UH, FAIRLY STABLE. UH, IN 2019, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RAISED THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE BY QUITE A BIT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX LAW THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, ADOPTED THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT THEY COULD THAT YEAR. UH, THEN THEY SAW DECREASES IN THEIR TAX RATE, UH, 2023 AND 2024. UH, THOSE ARE SHOWN AS THE SAME LEVEL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ENTITIES ARE PROPOSING YET. THEY'RE IN THE SAME BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE ARE. SO THOSE ARE IDENTICAL, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM 2022, THAT WAS A DECREASE IN THE OVERALL TAX RATE, UH, OF ABOUT 10 CENTS. UH, SO EVEN THOUGH VALUES, VALUES WENT UP OVERALL, UM, THE OVERALL TAX RATE WENT DOWN BY THAT MUCH. SO, UH, THAT HELPS MITIGATE SOME OF THE OVERALL, UH, TAX AND PAY IMPACT THAT A A A BUSINESS OR A RESIDENT MAY SEE. UH, THERE IS LEGISLATION AS, AS WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED, THAT, UH, IS GOING TO IMPACT POTENTIALLY THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE MAKE THAT FROM A $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO A $60,000 OR A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH IS A $60,000 DIFFERENCE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ON AVERAGE, UH, IF THIS LEGISLATION DOES GET APPROVED, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE ON AVERAGE, UH, ABOUT A 10.70 CENT REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO, UM, NOW THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE TOWN, BUT IT DOES AFFECT YOUR OVERALL TAX BASE. I MEAN, WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEY'RE OVERALL PAYING, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE STATE IS GONNA, UH, ABSORB A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT BURDEN INSTEAD OF PUSHING THAT ON THE PROPERTY TAXPAYER. SO, UH, ESPECIALLY A RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER, UH, THAT HAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UM, COULD SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THEIR SCHOOL TAXES, WHICH WOULD AFFECT THEIR OVERALL TAX BILL. AND THERE ARE SOME, SOME PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS IN THAT LEGISLATION AS WELL. SO THE OVERALL IMPACT TOTALLY IS, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, ALL THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND, UH, TAX OFFICES AND EVEN THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. SO, UH, BUT THERE IS GONNA BE A VOTE, UH, IN NOVEMBER THAT, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'LL APPLY TO THIS YEAR OR IF IT'LL APPLY TO NEXT YEAR. LIKE I SAID, THEY, THEY'RE PLANNING FOR BOTH. SO, UH, MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT OVERALL, IF THAT GETS APPROVED, IT SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL TAX BILL OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS AND ALL [02:30:01] OF OUR BUSINESSES. AND THEN GOING ONTO OUR GENERAL FUND FORECAST. SO EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET, WE KIND OF DO IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR OVERALL, UH, LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN. UM, SO FISCAL YEAR 2022, THAT'S SHOWN HERE. THOSE ARE OUR ACTUAL RESULTS. WE HAVE OUR FISCAL YEAR, 2023 ESTIMATES, UH, AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN SOME ASSUMPTIONS BEYOND THAT. SO WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT A 3.5% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. UH, 2% INCREASES IN SALES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES. UH, 3.5% INCREASES IN SALARIES WITH 5% INCREASES IN, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN A 1% INCREASE IN ALL OF OUR OTHER EXPENSES. SO THE REALLY INTERESTING THING TO NOTE, AND THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING I THINK IS, UH, THE HORIZONTAL LINE. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A RED DOTTED LINE THAT'S OUR REQUIRED FUND BALANCE BY OUR POLICY. UH, THAT BLACK DOTTED LINE IS THE COUNCIL GOAL OF 30% FUND BALANCE. AND THEN THE BLACK SOLID LINE IS OUR ACTUAL FUND BALANCE AND OUR ACTUAL PROJECTED FUND BALANCE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LONG TERM, WE HAVE SOME SU UH, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, WITH THIS MODEL, UH, WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO, UM, SO OVERALL LOOKING IN A PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR, UM, MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, UH, ON HERE. BUT, UH, AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THAT THAT TARGET, UH, OR THAT ACTUAL CASH POSITION, CASH POSITION GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT TARGET, WE'RE STILL PRETTY FAR ABOVE WHAT OUR REQUIRED AND, UH, REQUIRED FUND BALANCE AND COUNCIL GOAL FOR FUND BALANCES. AND THE FUND BALANCE IS 30. THE, THE BLACK DOTTED LINE IS 30. THAT'S THE PRESCRIBED, THAT'S THE GOAL, YES. OKAY. MOVING ON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE HOTEL FUND? I DON'T IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK THIS, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE, I KNOW YOU WILL , UM, IF WE LOWER THE RATE MM-HMM. AND THEN THERE'S SAY A DOWNTURN AND WE REALIZE WE NEED TO GO BACK THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS LATER AND RAISE IT, WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS FOR RAISING THE RATE? SO, SO THE THREE POINT A 5% INCREASE IS REVENUE. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE RATE, RIGHT? SO VALUES GO DOWN, RIGHT? SO WE CAN ALWAYS GENERATE THREE POINT A 5% MORE REVENUE WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS. UM, DOES, DOES THAT HELP? THAT ANSWERED GOOD. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. GOING ON TO THE HOTEL FUND. UH, SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS FUND IS PRIMARILY FUNDED WITH OUR 7%, UH, TAX ON, UH, OVERNIGHT STAYS AT OUR HOTELS. AND WE ALSO FUND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND GET, UH, SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL REVENUE FROM THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGH THIS FUND. UH, SO OVERALL, UH, PRETTY PLEASED WITH WHERE HOTEL, UH, OCCUPANCY TAXES HAVE BEEN, UM, SINCE KIND OF THE HEIGHT OF COVID. SO, UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA END ABOUT $300,000 BEYOND WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR. SO WE BUDGETED 4.8 MILLION. UH, WE THINK WE'LL END PROBABLY AT AT LEAST 5.1. AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE BUDGETING OR PROPOSING TO BUDGET, UH, 5,250,000, UH, WHICH IS, UH, GETTING CLOSER BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE COVID. UH, I THINK IF WE TOOK OUT THE CROWN PLAZA FROM PRE COVID NUMBERS THAT WE'D PROBABLY BE RIGHT ON TRACK WITH WHERE WE WERE. UM, AGAIN, OTHER MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES ARE THE PROCEEDS FROM SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, SOME SLIGHT, UH, REVENUE FROM RENTAL INCOME AND INTEREST EARNINGS AND, AND OTHER SOURCES, UH, GOING DOWN TO THE EXPENDITURE, UH, SIDE, UH, OVERALL TOURISM, UH, $644,000. SO I WANT TO NOTE THAT TOURISM WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. UH, THOSE WERE, UH, EXPENDITURES IN PERSON WERE MOVED TO, UH, THE HOTEL FUND. AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN, THERE'S A TRANSFER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT IS ALSO ELIMINATED. SO THAT WAS TO FUND TOURISM. SO THAT'S GONE AWAY. AND THE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO TOURISM ARE NOW PUT IN THE HOTEL FUND. SO, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CHANGE THERE. UH, OVERALL THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER, AND THIS IS THE PERFORMING ARTS, UM, GRANTS AND ALSO THE OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER CENTER, UH, 761,000. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A MISTAKE HERE. UM, THAT OVERALL BUDGET SHOULD BE $60,000 LESS. SO THE DECISION PACKAGE THAT WE HAD, UH, LISTED FOR THE THEATER STUDY, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GONNA COME FROM THE HOTEL FUND WAS MOVED TO THE GENERAL FUND. HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT FUNDING OUT. SO THERE'S, UH, $60,000 IN EXPENDITURE CUTS THAT WE'LL WE'LL SHOW ON THE, ON THE FINAL BUDGET. UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, UH, THEN WE HAVE THE CONFI 7 0 1, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND IN FAIRNESS TO STEVEN, WHEN YOU GO TWO SIDES LATER, THE NUMBERS CORRECT. SO , SO WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF PUTTING THE TOURISM INTO THIS HOTEL FOR? [02:35:01] WELL, IT'S REALLY, YEAH, SO, UH, IT JUST REFLECTS THE OPERATIONS. WE, WE REMOVED TOURISM FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO THERE'S NO LONGER A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM DEPARTMENT. THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TOURISM HAS MOVED UNDER PUBLIC BEARS, UNDER MARY. UM, SO THIS REFLECTS THE OPERATIONS. THERE'S NO NET CHANGE TO ANYTHING. TOURISM IS JUST UNDER HOTEL AND THE TRANSFERS MAKE UP FOR IT. THERE'S NO NET, UM, IMPACT. IT JUST REFLECTS, UH, WHERE THE DEPARTMENT IS TOTALLY OUR RELI THE FUND WITH THEIR PARTICULAR EXPENDITURES. CORRECT. WHEN THERE WAS VISIT ADDISON, THAT USED TO BE A HOTEL FUND DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT WAS ELIMINATED. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE TOURISM PERSON THAT WAS PLACED UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UM, SO IT WAS MOVED OVER THERE AND THEN, BUT IT IS STILL A HOTEL FUNCTION. IT IS A TOURISM FUNCTION, WHICH IS PRI ONE OF THE PRIMARY, UH, SO THE HOTEL FUND PAID FOR TOURISM PREVIOUSLY, THEY JUST PAID THROUGH IT WITH THE TRANSCRIPT NOW, RIGHT. SO IT STILL HAS THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME ALONG, THE EXPENDITURES AND TOURISM IS EXACTLY WHAT THE HOTEL FUNDS PAID. ALRIGHT, I, SPEAKING OF RESTRICTIONS, I'LL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WE GET DOWN AND YOU'LL SEE THE 700,000, NOT THE 7 61 OF, ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THE HOTEL FUND DOES HAVE, AND STEVEN CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE, IS YOU ARE LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT YOU CAN SPEND ON HEARTS. AND THAT LIMIT IS 15%, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, I JUST DID THE CALCULATE. IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT SEVEN 87,000, RIGHT? SO THAT IS THE LIMIT THAT WE CAN SPEND ON ARTS FROM THE HOTEL FUND. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND IF WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? IT'S 15%, 787,000 BASED ON THE 5.25 MILLION THAT WE BRING, RIGHT? AND THEN ARTS ARE BASICALLY DEFINED FOR US ARE THE PERFORMING ARTS GRANTS AND THEN THE OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER CENTER. SO THOSE TWO COMBINED, UH, ARE CONSIDERED PERFORMING ARTS FOR US. SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE'RE RESTRICTED TO NOT EXCEED THAT LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE, UH, OF 15%. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR CONFERENCE CENTER, UH, LISTED THERE. THERE'S A, A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE THERE. NOW WE DO HAVE, UH, AN INCREASE IN RENTAL INCOME, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER HERE. SO THEY WERE PAYING RENT AT THE TREE HOUSE. THEY'RE PAYING SOME RENT FOR THEIR PROPORTIONAL USE OF THIS FACILITY, UM, AS WELL. UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME INCREASES THERE SINCE THERE'S MORE, UH, MORE HAPPENING HERE THAN, THAN THERE'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OPERATING EXPENSE THERE. UH, WE HAVE GENERAL HOTEL OPERATION AND THAT'S REALLY, UH, THAT FALLS UNDER, UH, FINANCE. SO THAT'S OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT THAT WORKS ON THE HOTEL AUDITS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO, UH, SOME OF OUR INTERNAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. AND THEN, UM, UH, THE HELP WITH SPECIAL EVENTS THAT FINANCE PROVIDES. UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, MARKETING, UH, THEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, OPERATIONS. SPECIAL EVENTS ARE THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THE EVENTS AND THEN SPECIAL EVENTS OPERATIONS, THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT, UH, OF SPECIAL EVENTS. SO OVERALL ABOUT $6.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR WE DID REDUCE THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT $6.5 MILLION IN REVENUE, $6.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, THAT THERE'S STILL A GAP THERE. UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, WAS SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, UH, CREATE SOME SUSTAINABILITY HERE? UH, WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE CAPPED ON OUR REVENUE, SO IT'S REALLY GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY COME FROM THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, MAYBE BE SOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH COUNCIL. SO, AND I, I WOULD ADD AS WELL ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ABBEY'S CERTAINLY HERE TO, TO SPEAK TO IT, WE, WE KEPT OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES PRETTY MUCH STABLE FROM, FROM PREVIOUS YEAR FOR BUDGET PURPOSES. BUT ABBY IS ABOUT TO BE HEADING INTO HER THIRD EVENT SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE, AND IS CERTAINLY TAKING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO EACH OF THE EVENTS. SO AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT, AS WE START THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR AND HEAD INTO EVENT SEASON, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT, WHERE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE SIDE WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO I WOULD VIEW THE SPECIAL EVENTS PORTION SOMEWHAT AS A PLACEHOLDER, AS ABBY DOES HER THOROUGH REVIEW. AND THEN, SO OVERALL, OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE ABOUT $3.8 MILLION. SO, UH, WITHOUT SOME OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE RECEIVED $4 MILLION TOTAL. $3 MILLION OF THAT WENT INTO THIS FUND, UH, FOR LOSS REVENUE. SO WITHOUT THAT, WE'D BE NOT IN A GREAT SPOT. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE AS WE, AS WE TRADITIONALLY HAD, UH, FOR THE MOST PART. SO WE STILL HAVE A, A PRETTY STRONG FUND BALANCE AT 56% OF OUR OPERATING, UH, EXPENSES. SO IT GAVE, IT AT LEAST GIVES US SOME TIME TO, UH, GET THIS FUND, UH, IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE, UH, OR PATH GOING FORWARD. UH, AND THEN HOTEL FUND, NON-PROFIT GRANT. SO, UH, [02:40:01] WE HAVE TWO, UM, NONPROFITS REQUESTING, UH, FUNDS, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. UH, SO, UH, WATER TOWER THEATER HAS REQUESTED $450,000 AS A PRIMARY GRANT. UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES WHAT WAS APPROVED, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, AND THAT INCLUDES 226,589 AS A PRIMARY GRANT, AND THEN $150,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THERE IS IN-KIND FUNDING, UH, RELATED TO, UH, THEIR OFFICE RENT, WHICH IS $16,400, AND PRODUCTION RENT, WHICH IS $32,011. SO THAT TOTAL IS $425,000. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE OUTCRY THEATER, WHICH IS REQUESTED $10,000. AND THE PROPOSAL, UH, IS $2,500, WHICH IS WHAT THEY RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 AS WELL. SO OVERALL, THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS 460,000. UH, THE PROPOSED, UM, CASH INVESTMENT IS 379,000, UH, DOLLARS. UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S THOSE IN-KIND AMOUNTS. OKAY, I'M CONFUSED. . SO, SO THAT SAYS 3 79 0 8 9. GO TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND IT SAYS 701,000 541 30. GO TO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES AMOUNTS THIS ONE, THIS, THIS INCLUDES THE, UH, THE OPERATIONS OF THE WATER TOWER THEATER AS WELL. PERSONNEL SERVICE SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE OBJECTIONS. SO, SO THIS 3 79 0 89, THAT IS JUST THE GRANT PORTION. THIS ADDISON THEATER CENTER OVERALL, THIS IS THE GRANTS PLUS THE OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER CENTER. SO IT'S THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE TOTAL THEATER CENTER. DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THIS IS THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , THE OTHER THING IS NOT THIS TOWER, RIGHT? WELL, THIS IS INCLUDING THOSE GRANTS. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL, THIS IS THE OVERALL THEATER CENTER. THIS IS THE OPERATIONS PLUS THE GRANTS. THIS IS FOR US TO OPERATE OUR ASSETS. YES. PLUS THE GRANTS ARE SHOWN. PLUS THE GRANTS. PLUS THE GRANTS. YEAH. SO, AND THEN THIS IS JUST THE GRANTS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UNDER IT MAKES SENSE. IT JUST, I HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. SPENDING $700,000 FOR A THEATER. AS MUCH AS I LIKE WATER TOWER THEATER, ALL THEATER, JUST WATER TOWER THEATER. WELL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT. YEAH, THAT'S, SO WOULD THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER NEED TO BE THERE? IT DIDN'T HAVE WATER TOWER, THE THEATER. WHAT ELSE IS DONE THERE? WELL, THAT'S OUTCRY, OUTCRY AND, AND OUTCRY. WELL, SOME OTHER, TO STEP BACK JUST TO, THAT'S WHY I WANTED, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE STUDY TO GIVE US A POLICY CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THAT IS, THE ASSET THEATER CENTER IS AN ASSET THAT WE HAVE. WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE USE THAT ASSET? WHAT ARE OUR GOALS WITH THE ASSET? AND, UM, AS I, IT'S NOT TO, EVEN TO YOUR POINT, THIS, TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO SAY WATER TOWER IS PROVIDING THE SERVICE THERE. THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER IN TOGO. WHAT, WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? WHAT ARE OUR OBJECTIVES? CERTAINLY THERE'S GONNA BE PARTNERS WHO ARE PART OF IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE MISSING PIECE OF THIS CONVERSATION. YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT'S PART OF YOUR, WHICH I WOULD AGREE WITH EILEEN. I GOT DOWN. DID THAT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO WORKING OFF 3 79 0 89. I'M SORRY IF I'M SLOW ON THIS. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SHOW ME WHERE THAT 3 79 0 89, WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM ON THERE. YEAH, IT'S CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, BUT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS 4 4 6 1. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES TO OPERATE THE THEATER, LIKE UTILITIES AND INSURANCE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. OKAY. AND SO THE PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE ADDISON PERSONNEL TO MAINTAIN THAT'S CORRECT. MAINTAIN THE FACILITY'S WELL, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S ONE AND A HALF FTES THAT OPERATE THE THEATER. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PERSONNEL SERVICES. SO THOSE ARE ADDISON EMPLOYEES, NOT WATER TOWER? THAT'S CORRECT. HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT THERE. I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ALL THIS CLEAR IN MY HEAD. OKAY. CAN, NO, GO AHEAD. SORRY. SO WHEN THE ADD AND RESOURCE IS WORKING FOR WATER TOWER THEATER, HERE IS WATER TOWER THEATER PAYING THE EDISON RESOURCE. SO PART OF THAT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IN KIND. OKAY. UM, IN KIND GRANT. PART OF THAT IS THE, UH, PRODUCTION RENT. UM, SO THAT THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING AN ALLOWANCE FOR SOME OF THAT UP TO 32,000 [02:45:01] THEY ALLOWANCE OKAY. A GRANT FOR SOME OF IT. YEAH. IS THAT NEW? THIS HAS BEEN IN THERE, I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT IT'S BEEN IN THERE. MM-HMM. . AND PART OF THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM THIS, THIS GRANT, AND THEN THEY'RE TURNING AROUND AND PAYING US FOR THE RENT AND THE PRODUCTION RENT WHEN IF WE JUST NET THE TWO KIND OF TOGETHER IT, AND WE'RE, WE HAVE MONEY GOING ONE WAY, I GUESS THAT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THIS. WHY WOULD THEY PAY LESS RENT THIS COMING YEAR THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST? UH, WHERE DO YOU SEE THEY'RE PAYING LESS RENT THAN RENTAL INCOME? 50,020. 22. 23 AND 30,020 3 24. YEAH. THAT RENTAL INCOME IS NOT JUST FROM THEM. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S TOTAL RENTAL INCOME GENERATED BY THE THEATER. REALLY? MM-HMM. . SO WHAT DID THEY PAY US IN RENTAL INCOME? UH, I, WHAT DOES WATER CHILD PAY US IN RENT INCOME? I'D, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WHAT THE TOTAL IS, BUT SOME OF THIS WOULD BE WATER TOWER THEATER THAT WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF WHATEVER THAT GRANT AMOUNT IS THAT INKIND GRANT IN KIND. THE TWO IN KIND IS RIGHT? MM-HMM. 32 AND 16. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT GOES, WHAT THAT AMOUNT, WE'RE DOING A STUDY OF THE THEATERS TO FIND OUT OF THE FACILITY OF THE FACILITIES. I WANNA DO A, THE STUDY OF THE FACILITY, NOT JUST TO DO A STUDY OF THE FACILITY, BUT TO BRING IT UP THERE AND HAVE A, JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION. I HAVE THE OPERATIONAL POLICY CONVERSATION. YES. THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY THOUGHT TO HAVE A VERY DELIBERATE CONVERSATION. WE CAN GET DETAILS ON WHAT, WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES UP THAT, THAT REVENUE. MS. STEVEN, WHAT WAS THE GRANT AMOUNT IN FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR? UH, THE GRANT AMOUNT IS BASICALLY WHAT, IT'S THE EXACT SAME, THAT'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. UH, SO THEY, UH, 226,589 IS THE PRIMARY GRANT. UM, AND THEN 150,000 IN, IN MATCHING FUNDS. SO WE JUST, WE JUST DID DUPLICATED FROM THIS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR ALL, ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET? THEY'RE THE SAME. THAT WAS, THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET. GOTCHA. SO ON THE MATCHING FUNDS, DID WE MATCH THOSE LAST YEAR? UM, I'D HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT. YOU'RE ASKING IF THEY HIT THE TARGET? YES. THEY MISSED THE TARGET. YES, WE DID. YEAH. WHAT'D YOU SAY? THEY DID. THEY DID. WE DID. THEY DID. WE DID, MM-HMM. . I, I, UH, I DO LIKE THE WATER TOWER THEATER. I THINK IT'S A GOOD ASSET FOR THE, THE, THE WATER TOWER THEATER ORGANIZATION. IT'S, OR A THEATER ORGANIZATION'S A GOOD ASSET FOR US, AND, AND WE SHOULD CAPITALIZE ON IT AND THEN ACTIVATE IT TO, TO MAXWELL AS WELL AS THE SPACE INSTEAD OF IT BEING JUST USED 20% OF THE TIME, 80% OF THE TIME, GETTING OUR, OUR USE OUT OF THAT ASSET. SO, BUT I DO, I, I MEAN, I, LARGE ATTITUDE, I THINK'S A GOOD, GOOD ADDISON, AS LONG AS WE MAXIMIZE IT THERE. UM, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THAT AND MONETIZE, PERHAPS. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY STUDY, THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. YES. HOW DO YOU IT'S AN, I MEAN, I THINK THE SHIFT, THE SHIFT TO SOME DEGREE, AND I, THIS IS NOT TO SAY IT'S GONNA MAKE A PROFIT BECAUSE IT WON'T, BUT IT'S VIEWED AS AN ENTERPRISE OF THIS IS A, A FUNCTION, AND HOW DO WE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SUBSIDY LEVEL AND THERE'LL BE A SUBSIDY LEVEL. WHAT SUBSIDY LEVEL ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH? ONCE WE COME UP WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN TALK, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES TO GET THERE? HOW DO WE UTILIZE IT TO BRING IN THE REVENUES THAT WE NEED TO HIT THE SUBSIDY LEVEL? WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING DO WE WANT THERE? I THINK THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD. AND CERTAINLY WATER TOWER WILL BE A PART OF THAT, A PART OF THAT MIX WHEN YOU GET THERE. AND IT'S GONNA BE GOOD TIMING, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS ON COUNCIL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY NEED TO BE PARTICIPATING THAT, IN THAT, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS. AND DARREN, DARREN JUST MENTIONED A NUMBER, I THINK YOU SAID 20% UTILIZATION. I JUST THREW THAT OUT BASED ON NOTHING. SO WE DON'T, OKAY. NO. ALL GREAT. MOVING ALONG, MOVING ON. AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE TOTAL OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE GRANTS, INCLUDES THE OPERATIONS, UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE, UH, AND EXPENDITURE DIFFERENCE THERE. GOOD QUESTION. AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, OVERALL, UH, TENURE FORECAST FOR THE HOTEL FUND. UH, AGAIN, THE RED LINE, OR RED DOTTED LINE IS OUR, UH, REQUIRED FUND BALANCE LEVEL. UH, THE BLACK SOLID LINE IS OUR ACTUAL FUND BALANCE AND PROJECTED FUND BALANCE GOING FORWARD. SO YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE [02:50:01] WE, UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET HAS A SLIGHT DEFICIT THAT, THAT, UH, CARRIES FORWARD. UH, EVEN THOUGH WE PROJECT TO INCREASE, UH, HOTEL TAX AND, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE ABOUT 2% EACH YEAR. UH, THERE'S A THREE, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN SALARIES, 5% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN A 1% INCREASE IN OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. SO THERE STILL IS A DEFICIT THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, MODEL, WHICH AT THE END OF THE MODEL FUND BALANCE IS STILL ABOVE, UH, THE, THE, THE POLICY. UH, BUT IT'S GET GETS MUCH, MUCH CLOSER, UH, TO GOING, UH, BELOW THAT POLICY. SO, SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, SOME POTENTIAL POLICY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THIS ON, UH, ON A MORE, MORE POSITIVE, UM, FOOTING GOING FORWARD, UH, WOULD, UH, HELP THE SUSTAINABILITY GOING FORWARD. I REALLY LIKE THESE OBJECTIONS, AND THIS IS REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW USEFUL THEY ARE TO SEE THIS WAY OUT. IS THERE A WAY, I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY. CAN WE DO A POLL OF THE HOTELS IN TOWN TO FIND OUT HOW MANY BODIES ARE IN BEDS BECAUSE OF WATERTOWN THEATER? I THINK, I THINK WE SERIOUSLY, IF IT'S COMING OUTTA THE HOTEL FUND AND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE FUNDING IT, THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING TO THE THEATER AND STAYING AT THE HOTELS. YEAH. IT'S ALSO TOURISM, RIGHT? YEAH, CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY WE CAN, YEAH, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AND DO THE REACH OUT. THAT'S THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL. I, AND WE'LL, UM, YEAH, WE, WE'LL DO THAT. I THINK AS FAR AS IS IT APPROPRIATE AT THIS FUND, IT IS APPROPRIATE ON THE FUND FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SPEND 15% ON, ON ARTS. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT'S A POLICY CONVERSATION OF HOW YOU WANNA USE HOTEL. EXACTLY. YEAH. YEAH. WHAT WAS THAT COMMENT YOU MEAN ABOUT TOURISM? OH, YEAH. WHAT I WAS, I GUESS MY QUESTION, MY THOUGHT WAS, UM, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOURISM HERE, RIGHT? AND SO IF, IF PEOPLE COME INTO PLAY AND THEN THEY EAT AT OUR RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH, RIGHT? UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T WASTE OUR RESOURCES ON A, ANOTHER, A SURVEY TO THE HOTELS. BUT I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON ABSOLUTELY. EATING OUR RESTAURANTS AND YEAH. AND STIMULATING OUR ECONOMY FROM WHAT, AND NOT JUST A MEASUREMENT. WHAT'S AT THE HOTEL FROM THE HOTEL. WHAT'S THE DEFINITION USE FOR THE HOTEL FUND THOUGH? IS IT TOURISM OR IS IT REALLY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE HOTELS? UH, SO THIS, THIS, I'VE HAD THIS CON EVERY CITY I'VE BEEN IN, WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION A LOT. AND AT SOME POINT I'LL BE WITTED HERE NEXT TO ME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSING. I THINK THE TERM HEADS AND BEDS IS, THAT MAY EVEN BE IN THE STATUTE SOMEWHERE. THAT IS A TERM THAT'S USED FREQUENTLY TO TRY TO SAY THE OVERALL INTENT IS TO GET HEADS AND BEDS, BUT THERE IS TOURISM AS PART, SO THERE IT IS NOT, IT'S JUST, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES POLICY OF HOW STRICT DO YOU WANT TO STICK TO THE HEADS AND BEDS PIECE? AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD. BUT, UM, HEADS AND BEDS IS A, IS A, A CONCEPT THAT IS TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED JUST TO THAT YEAH, IT'S TOURISM AND THEN THERE'S ONE OF NINE OTHER CATEGORIES. YEAH. RIGHT. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AND THEN INTERESTINGLY THOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, TMLS ATTORNEY SPECIFICALLY SAYS, FIREWORK SHOWS DON'T QUALIFY EXCEPT OURS . SO WELL, UNLESS IT'S A NATIONAL, THERE'S QUESTION A NATIONAL FIREWORK SHOW. SO, SO THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY AREA WITH, WITH SOME OF THIS STUFF. UM, IT IS GRAY, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE YES IS APPROPRIATE. IT'S NOT THAT GRAY. HUH? THAT'S GOOD. WHAT WE'RE, OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE UTILITY FUND. SO AGAIN, THE UTILITY FUND, UH, IS OUR OPERATING, UH, FUND FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER UTILITY, UM, GENERATES ITS REVENUE FROM WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SALES. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT OP, UH, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE, OF THE, UH, SYSTEM. AND THEN WE HAVE UTILITY BILLING, WHICH FALLS UNDER FINANCE. AND, UH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLING AND COLLECTION OF THOSE, THOSE BILLS. UM, OUR LARGEST, UH, EXPENSE HERE IS OUR WHOLESALE COST RELATED TO, UH, PURCHASE OF WHOLESALE WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT. UM, SO OVERALL WITHIN THIS FUND, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, RATE STUDY THAT WAS ADOPTED, UH, LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE, UH, RATE RATE MODEL THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2018. UH, SO THIS RATE MODEL, UH, THAT [02:55:01] BEGAN IN 20, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, 2024, INCLUDED, UH, A 5.5%, UH, RATE INCREASE FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2024. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UH, WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION TO THAT. UH, SO OVERALL USING THAT 5.5% RATE INCREASE, UH, GENERATES ABOUT $16.3 MILLION TOTAL IN REVENUE. AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE UTILITY FUND IS, UNLIKE PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE GONNA BE, UH, THE UTILITY FUND IS, UH, VERY SEASONAL. SO DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO GENERATE ITS REVENUE. SO, UM, THESE MODELS ARE BASED ON AVERAGE WEATHER, UH, WHICH FOR TEXAS, THERE'S NOT REALLY IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. SO IT'S BASED ON AVERAGE RAINFALL. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. SO WHEN WE HAVE A REALLY WET SUMMER, UH, IT CAN IMPACT THESE REVENUES NEGATIVELY. BUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD VERY HOT AND DRY SUMMERS. SO WE'VE SEEN REVENUE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUALS FOR 2022, WATER REVENUE WAS $9.1 MILLION. UM, SO THAT'S THE MOST THAT'S EVER BEEN GENERATED. IT WAS VERY HOT AND DRY LAST SUMMER. SO, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE WAY THAT THESE MODELS ARE BUILT, UM, TO, TO PROJECT FUTURE REVENUE THAT OVER, OVER TIME, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE, IT SHOULD BE, UM, EQUITABLE TO WHAT THE WEATHER AND THE, THE RAINFALL AND THE, AND THE HEAT AND THE DRYNESS, UH, COME OUT TO BE. SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, OVERALL $16.3 MILLION IN, IN PROJECTED REVENUE, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, AND AGAIN, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE WHOLESALE WATER PURCHASES, WHOLESALE SEWER TREATMENT, UH, JUST OVER $16 MILLION. UH, THERE'S ONE TIME DECISION PACKAGES OF $175,000, AND THEN ABOUT $80,000, UH, FOR, UM, A CAPITAL PROJECT. SO TOTAL 16, UH, MILLION 271,000. SO A SLIGHT, UH, SURPLUS OVERALL, UH, ENDING FUND BALANCE PROJECTED TO BE JUST UNDER 45%. SO THIS IS THE UTILITY FUND FORECAST USING THE CURRENT RATE MODEL, UH, WHICH IS A, INCLUDING THE 5.5% INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. UM, AND THAT INCLU THAT TAKES THAT MODEL, WHICH, UH, EXTENDS THROUGH 2028, UH, AND THEN 4.5%, UH, INCREASES EACH YEAR AFTER THAT. SO THIS MODEL INCLUDES THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT INCREASES IN SALARIES AND 5% INCREASES IN HEALTH INSURANCE, UH, JUST LIKE THE OTHER, ALL THE OTHER FUNDS WE SHOW YOU. AND THEN 5% INCREASES IN WATER AND SEWER WHOLESALE COSTS PER YEAR. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE VARIABLE. SO, UH, WE THINK 5% IS PROBABLY THE MAX THAT WE'LL SEE. UH, SO IF THOSE COME IN LOWER THAN PROJECTED, THEN UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADOPT A RATE THAT WOULD BE LOWER. UH, 3% INCREASES IN OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES ARE, ARE PROJECTED EACH YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME BUILT IN ANTICIPATED DEBT DEBT ISSUANCES IN FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 2029 THAT ARE SHOWN IN THIS, UH, 10 YEAR, UH, PLAN. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, THAT, THAT RED, UH, DOTTED LINE AGAIN IS OUR 25%, UH, RESERVE REQUIREMENT. AND THEN THE BLACK SOLID LINE IS OUR ACTUAL, UM, UH, WORKING CAPITAL AND PROJECTED WORKING CAPITAL, AND THE HISTORICALLY INCREASE IN THE WATER AND SEWER COSTS PER YEAR. AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE RATES THAT WE'VE CHARGED OR ARE, OR ARE 5%, WOULD BE POTENTIALLY ON THE HIGH SIDE IT MM-HMM. , IT'S GENERALLY BEEN LESS. SO THIS YEAR IT'S BEEN AT FIVE, IT WAS BASICALLY JUST UNDER 5%. UH, SO THE CITY OF DALLAS WHERE WE GET OUR WHOLESALE WATER FROM, THEY DO A RATE STUDY EVERY YEAR. AND, UM, A COUPLE OF US IN FINANCE ARE ACTUALLY ON, WE ARE ON THE, THE, THE WATER RATE BOARD, AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLESALE SEWER BOARD. AND SO WE GO THROUGH THEIR RATE MODEL WITH THEM, WHICH IS VERY FUN. SO, UM, THEIR INCREASES THIS YEAR, SO THEY, THEY GOT 5% INCREASES THIS YEAR, BUT THEY SAW A 300% INCREASE IN CHEMICAL COSTS THIS YEAR. SO I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT WITH A LOT OF UTILITIES. UH, THE CHEMICAL COST HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. UM, THEY THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA NORMALIZE, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, THEY ONLY SAW A FIVE PER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ONLY PROJECTING A 5% INCREASE. SO, UM, GENERALLY THEIRS HAS BEEN PROBABLY, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE BETWEEN ONE AND 2%, UH, I COULD GO BACK AND CHECK, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN PRETTY LOW. ARE THEY FACED FOR THE SAME IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE ARE ON A DIFFERENT SCALE? I MEAN, SO THAT'S THOSE LARGER PERCENTAGE, WELL, THEY'RE MASSIVE. UH, YES. , YEAH. UM, ARE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INCREASING? THEY ARE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, I CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS A LOT, BUT THEY'RE , THEIR UTILITY PLANNING IS, IS FANTASTIC. SO, UM, THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS WATER PLANNING. WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS THAT AREN'T ON WATER RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW. I [03:00:01] MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW HOT AND DRY IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT ON WATER RESTRICTIONS. UM, AND YOU THINK ABOUT SOME PLACES AREN'T LETTING YOU WATER YOUR GRASS ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, AND IT, IT REALLY GOES TO THEIR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR, THEIR WATER SYSTEM. SO, SO OTHER WATER INCREASES, THERE'S 5% THIS YEAR, AND THEY HAVE INCREASES CHEMICAL COSTS AND SUCH THAT MM-HMM. MAY NORMALIZE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU SAID ONE OR 2% INCREASES. SO WE THINK IT MAY BE THREE OR 4%. YEAH. SO, SO I'VE ASKED THEM WHAT I SHOULD PLAN IN MY MODEL, AND THEY'VE SAID 5%. OKAY. SO SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION FIRST. YEAH. SO IF WE PLAN, SO IF WE'RE PLANNING 5% AND IT COMES IN, UM, AND WHEN WE, WHEN THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED THIS MODEL, I THINK I SAID THE SAME THING, THAT, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING 5%, BUT IF IT COMES IN LESS, WE'RE EVALUATING THIS EVERY YEAR, AND IF THERE'S SOME SAVINGS THERE, THAT BEING THE, BY FAR, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE COST FOR THIS FUND, THAT IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE RATES. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO NOT HAVE TO INCREASE BASED ON THE RATE MODEL IF THE EXPENSES AREN'T AS HIGH AS THE RATE MODEL PROJECTS. AND, AND STEVEN, ON THIS FIRST LINE ITEM, IS THAT, IS THAT TALKING ABOUT RATES THAT'S CORRECT. OR, OR THE VOLUME OF SALES? THAT, THAT IS THE RATES. THAT IS THE CUSTOMER RATES THE RATE. AND SO THE CURRENT MODEL, UH, THAT WAS ADOPTED 2024 TO 2028 HAD 5.5% INCREASES FOR 24, 25 AND 26, UH, I BELIEVE FOUR 4% INCREASE FOR, UH, 27, I THINK IT'S IN THE, IN THE BUDGET BOOK. SO HOPEFULLY I'M NOT SAYING WRONG. AND THEN THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, IN THE FINAL YEAR. AND SO OUR, OUR, OUR CASH POSITION WENT UP, UH, A LITTLE BIT FROM 2022 TO 2023, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF FLAT LINING. YEAH. SO AGAIN, IT, IT, IT WENT UP BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, $9.1 MILLION IN WATER SALES IN 2022. SO THAT, THAT INCREASE FROM 22 TO 23 IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE, THE WATER SALE INCREASE, UH, DUE TO THAT HOT DRY SUMMER WE HAD LAST YEAR. BUT THE MODEL, THE MODEL SAYS THE CASH POSITION IS FLATLINE THE 2032, EVEN WITH THE RATE INCREASES. CORRECT. BASICALLY, THE MODEL, THE MODEL IS BASICALLY TIED TO THOSE INCREASES IN WATER AND SEWER WHOLESALE COSTS. SO THOSE BEING BY FAR THE LARGEST EXPENSE, THOSE INCREASING ARE BASICALLY PROPORTIONALLY INCREASING THE RATES. SO, SO IT KEEPS IT FLAT LINE. SO, SO OUR, OUR OPERATING THRESHOLD IS WHAT THE 30%? UH, THIS ONE'S 25, THAT'S THE 25% POLICY. SO THEN THE, UH, CASH POSITION IS MODELING 45%, SOMEWHERE IN THERE. UH, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WHAT IT IS AT THE, AT THE END, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS STILL OVER 40% SOMEWHERE IN THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I THINK, SEE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE INCREASED REVENUE LAST YEAR FROM A HOT SUMMER, I THINK WE'RE ALSO EXPERIENCE A HOT SUMMER THIS YEAR, . UM, SO I THINK WE CAN ANTICIPATE THE SAME SITUATION THAT WAS ABOVE THE AVERAGE. SO, UH, PART OF THE, THE MODEL WAS TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO SAY, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES? SO, UH, AND THIS IS A NEW SLIDE THAT WAS ADDED FROM THE, THE FIRST ONE THAT WENT OUT. SO SEE IF WE CAN GO OVER A LITTLE BIT. UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD CERTAINLY DO EVERY YEAR. SO I'LL LET STEVEN TALK ABOUT THIS SCENARIO. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS, THERE'S A, A VERY SLIGHT CHANGE, UH, IN THE RATE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR 2024. SO IF WE, UH, AND WE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO DAVID, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THIS, IT'S SUSTAINABLE, UM, AND IT STILL KEEPS US IN A GOOD POSITION LONG TERM, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, WORKING CAPITAL ABOVE OUR POLICY REQUIREMENT. SO THIS WOULD REDUCE THE 5.5% INCREASE THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES THAT 1% TO 4.5%. SO THERE IS A SLIGHT DEFICIT IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 OVERALL, OR 2024 OVERALL. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF ONE-TIME ITEMS, CAPITAL ITEMS, UH, THE OPERATING, UH, REVENUES STILL EXCEED THE OPERATING EXPENSES SLIGHTLY. SO WE'RE STILL IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS IF THIS IS WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND WE THINK THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE AND IT STILL KEEPS US IN A GOOD POSITION. AND LIKE DAVID MENTIONED, UNLESS IT STARTS RAINING EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 45 DAYS, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA EXCEED OUR, OUR REVENUE, UH, PRETTY HEAVILY. SO, UM, AND IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, IT DID RAIN ALMOST EVERY DAY IN AUGUST AFTER FIVE JUNE IN JULY, AND WE STILL WERE IN THE REVENUE SPOT THAT WE WERE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT IN FORECAST, BUT I'D BE CHARACTER THIS SCENARIO. SURE. I DON'T SEE A DRUG. WHAT'D YOU SAY? IT'S SAME PRESENCE. ANY MONEY, DON'T SEE A DRAWBACK TO IT. NO. STILL SAY VERY CONSERVATIVE. THERE'S, I MEAN, REALLY [03:05:01] THE ONLY DRAWBACK IS, I MEAN, AGAIN, YOU, YOU HAVE A POLICY FOR REQUIRED RESERVES AND YOU'RE IN EXCESS OF THAT POLICY THROUGHOUT THIS, THROUGHOUT THIS MODEL. UM, IT'S SO HAVING MORE EXCESS RESERVES ABOVE YOUR POLICY, I MEAN, IT'S THERE, THERE'S NOT REALLY A DRAWBACK. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. SO, SO THIS SLIDE SAYS, GO BACK TO THE SCHEDULE NEXT YEAR. THIS ONE DOES, THIS ONLY CHANGES THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN, LIKE, LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE EVALUATE THIS EVERY YEAR. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE SAW NO INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER WHOLESALE RATES, THEN WE'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE RATES FAIRLY, FAIRLY STABLE, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , UM, BUT MM-HMM. , AGAIN, IF THEY GO UP GOOD 5%, THEN WE'D PROBABLY SAY, OKAY, WE DO NEED THE 5.5%, UH, INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER RATES. AND SO, AND IN THIS SCENARIO IS MORE, UH, THE THOUGHT IS MORE FLAT LINE AT FOUR POINT A 5%, IS THAT KIND OF THE THOUGHT? UH, THIS ONE, THIS ONE ONLY DOES THE FOUR POINT A HALF PERCENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. AND IT GOES BACK TO THE REST OF THE RATE MODEL WITH ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS BEING THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS MODEL. SO 5.5% IN 25, 26, THEN 4% IN 2027, 3%, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT IN 28, AND THEN FOUR POINT A HALF PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MODEL. OKAY. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY. SO IF THERE WAS THE 4%, UH, SALARY INCREASE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHY IS IT 3.5% HERE? YEAH, SO JUST BECAUSE OF TURNOVER. SO GENERALLY, YEAH. SO IF WE LOOK AT BUDGET TO BUDGET BECAUSE PEOPLE LEAVE, PEOPLE RETIRE, THAT A 4% MERIT POOL OR COMPENSATION POOL ISN'T GONNA ACTUALLY NET OUT TO THE 4%. I KNEW YOU HAD A GOOD REASON, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I ALSO TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT INTO THE MODEL. SO IF, IF IT HAS TO BE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, IT'S GONNA BE THREE AND HALF PERCENT, SO GOT IT. THIS WOULD, WHAT, WHAT IF IF WE HAD A CONSENSUS THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO GO WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE MODEL, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? YEAH, AT THE FOLLOW UP MEETING, UH, ONE OF EITHER EIGHTH OR 22ND, WE'LL BRING BACK AND WE'LL SEE IF AS YOU FUND SUMMARY, AND ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET, YOU'LL ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. SO, WE'LL, WHEN WE PRESENT THE BUDGET, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, IT'LL BE BASED ON ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHANGES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND MOVING ON TO THE STORMWATER FUND. SO THE STORMWATER FUND GETS A, UH, A FEE, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS BASED ON THEIR, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OF THEIR PROPERTY. UM, SO, UH, OVERALL, UH, THIS, UH, REVENUE SOURCE IS, UH, INCREASING SLIGHTLY, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE, TO THE TOWN. UH, THE RATE AND THE CHARGES FOR THOSE SERVICES ARE NOT PROPOSED TO INCREASE. UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, UH, AND THIS, THIS FUND HAS BEEN RUNNING A PRETTY GOOD SURPLUS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO, UM, AS SHANNON MENTIONED YESTERDAY, UH, THERE'S, UH, THREE, THREE AND A HALF POSITION, THREE AND A HALF, UH, FTES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED, UH, TO THIS FUND. UH, ONE OF THEM IS A REALLOCATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, OF, UH, OUR STREETS WORKERS THAT DO THE BULK AND THE BULK PICKUP. SO, UM, THEY SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME ON THAT. SO WE'RE REALLOCATING SOME OF THOSE COSTS TO THIS FUND. UM, ONE IS, UH, A STREETS MAINTENANCE WORKER TO OPERATE THE PROPOSED, UM, STREET SWEEPER. ONE IS HALF OF AN F T E RELATED TO THE G I S ANALYST POSITION, WHICH WAS A REDUCTION IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UH, AS IS THE STREET SWEEPING, UH, COMPANY THAT WE USE NOW. SO IF YOU LOOK AT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, YOU SEE A PRETTY BIG DECREASE THERE. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, UH, UTILITIES, UM, OR THE PUBLIC WORK SUPERINTENDENT, UH, POSITION, UH, WHICH IS FUNDED OUT OF THIS FUND AS WELL. UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, SHANNON MENTIONED THE $450,000 RECURRING COST, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE BASINS ON A, ON A, ON A ROTATING BASIS. UH, SO YOU SEE AN INCREASE THERE FOR MAINTENANCE. UM, AND THEN IF YOU GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UH, TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE, I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE STARTED, UH, UTILIZING SOME OF THIS FUND TO PAY THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE. SO WE TRANSFER SOME MONEY OVER THERE, UH, TO FUND A PORTION OF THAT. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS EVERY TIME WE DO A STREETS PROJECT THAT, UH, VOTERS HAVE VOTED ON AND APPROVED, UM, THAT IT CONTAINS SOME DRAINAGE COMPONENT. GENERALLY ABOUT 10 TO 15% OF EVERY PROJECT IS RELATED TO STORM DRAINAGE. SO IT'S APPROPRIATE [03:10:01] FOR THIS FUND TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE SERVICE OF THAT DEBT. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE TIME DECISION PACKAGES, UH, THAT INCLUDES THE STREET SWEEPER, $225,000. THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, ASPHALT TRAILER, $75,000. AND THEN THAT INCLUDES THE HUTTON, UH, BRANCH OUTFALL PROJECT, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS $755,000. UH, SO OVERALL, UH, REVENUES 2.7 MILLION EXPENDITURES OR EXPENSES 3.6 MILLION. AND OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THEIR FUND BALANCE WHERE THEIR WORKING CAPITAL AT ABOUT 8.1 MILLION, SO THAT DRAWS THEM DOWN TO ABOUT 7.2. SO THEY'RE STILL AT 340% OF THEIR, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES. SO IN A VERY STRONG POSITION. AND THEN THIS, THIS SLIDE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, AND THE REASON IS, IS THAT THEIR ACTUAL FUND BALANCE OR, OR WORKING CAPITAL, IS SO BEYOND THEIR EXPENSES AT THIS POINT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTTED LINE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN RESERVE. AND THEN THE BLACK SOLID LINE UP THERE, UH, AT EIGHT 9 MILLION, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT. UM, SO IN A GREAT POSITION, UH, TO NOT RAISE RATES, UM, FUND MAYBE SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND ALSO FUND THE MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT, UH, SHANNON HAD PRESENTED YESTERDAY. SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE PROPOSED IN STORMWATER FEES THROUGH 2028 IN THIS MODEL, AND THEN ABOUT A TWO POINT A HALF PERCENT INCREASE THEREAFTER. THIS ALSO INCLUDES A 3.5% INCREASE IN SALARIES, 5% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT A 4%, UH, INCREASE, UH, PROGRAMMED HERE FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS DRAWS DOWN THE FUND BALANCE A LITTLE BIT. THERE ARE SOME, UH, CAPITAL, UH, CASH FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS IN 2027, PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, UH, THAT DRAWS DOWN THE, UH, WORKING CAPITAL, UH, A LITTLE BIT. BUT OVERALL, THIS FUND IS, IS IN A GOOD POSITION GOING FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL, UM, PROJECT COMMITMENTS RELATED TO, UM, I THINK, UH, MARY KAY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IF THEY, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT. UH, SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A, A LARGE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE, UH, KEPT IN THIS FUND. SO IT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE TO KEEP IT, UH, PRETTY IN A, IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT. SO YOU'RE, GO AHEAD. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN THIS PYRAMID? WE'RE SEEING IN 2006, 2028? THAT IS, OR THOSE STREETS THAT NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, UM, THAT, THAT IS A DRAINAGE PROJECT. IT'S TWO, AND WE HAVE THAT IN THE FIVE YEAR C I P PLAN, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE PROGRAMMED. UM, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THOSE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. UM, BUT THOSE ARE TWO THAT SHANNON IS REVIEWING TO SEE IF WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THOSE. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT YESTERDAY, THAT SOME OF THESE, THAT WHY OUR IMPROVEMENTS OFF BELLBROOK AND MA COURT. SO THOSE ARE TWO THAT HE'S REVIEWING TO SEE IF WE ACTUALLY DO NEED TO DO THOSE, UM, PROJECTS. THEY'RE, I THINK, THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL MAIN COURT, UH, THE WHITE ROCK CREEK IMPROVEMENTS OFF MAIDEN COURT. THE FIRST ONE WAS BROOK, AND THEN, OH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT BROOK? YEAH, BROOK. OKAY. SO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WHY THAT FUND HAS SO MUCH MONEY IN IT, IT'S BECAUSE OF SOME POTENTIAL THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO, NOT NECESSARILY THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT, BUT EVEN THAT, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BARRY CASE EXPANSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT, BECAUSE I LOOK AT THAT ALSO. IT'S LIKE, YOU, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT FUND FOR A LONG TIME. DO WE WANT TO PAY IT TO WORK OR PAY DOWN SOME DEBT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. AND, AND HONESTLY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEBT IN, IN THIS FUND , SO, SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF SOME OF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THERE'S NOT THE NEED TO INCREASE RATES FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME. UM, SO A GOOD THING. YEAH. WHAT IS THEIR DEBT RIGHT NOW? YOU HAVE ON THAT SLIDE? UM, UH, THEIR DEBT SERVICE FOUR. WHAT IS THAT TOTAL BALANCE? UH, I BELIEVE THEIR DEBT IS PAID OFF IN 2033. UM, YEAH, SO I THINK RIGHT AFTER THIS MODEL FALLS OFF , THAT DEBT SERVICE, THAT, THAT LIGHT BLUE, LIGHT BLUE LINE RIGHT THERE MM-HMM. GOES OFF, THAT FALLS OFF. OKAY. SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THE MARY KAY PROJECT, IF, IF WE NEEDED TO FUND THAT, THAT IT COULD BE DONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A NEW ISSUANCE AS WELL. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE AIRPORT FUND. UH, OVERALL REVENUE PROJECTED, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, UH, 7,255,000, UH, ABOUT A THREE TO $400,000 INCREASE IN [03:15:01] RENTAL INCOME FROM SOME NEW LEASES THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE COME ONLINE. THERE, UM, INCREASES IN, UH, INTEREST EARNINGS FOR THEM AND, UH, SOME OF THEIR SERVICE FEES, UH, RELATED TO THE AIRPORT. UH, SO, AND THEN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, OPERATING EXPENSE, 6.1, UM, SOME INCREASE THERE IS RELATED TO PERSONNEL, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. UH, THEIR DEBT SERVICE, THEY'RE, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO SELL DEBT ON TUESDAY, $2.5 MILLION IS GONNA BE FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE AND THEIR EAST SIDE SERVICE ROAD. UM, SO THAT'S WHY THEY SEE AN INCREASE THERE IN THEIR DEBT SERVICE. UH, AND THEN THEY ALSO DO A TRANSFER TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO IN, UH, 2013, THERE WAS A, UH, A BOND ISSUANCE, UH, FROM THE 2020 FROM THE 2012, UH, BOND ELECTION THAT WAS RELATED TO AIRPORT LAND ACQUISITION, UH, WHICH THE, THE, UH, TAX RATE HAD BEEN PAYING UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, OR UP UNTIL THE CURRENT YEAR. AND BECAUSE THE AIRPORT'S DONE SO WELL, WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE THAT YOU GUYS PAY THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THAT, FOR THE REMAINDER. UH, SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL EXPIRE IN 2033 AS WELL. UM, SO YOU SEE THAT WENT FROM, UH, 509,000 DOWN TO 469,000. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY REFINANCED THAT, THAT DEBT, SO THAT'S WHY THAT WENT DOWN $40,000 A YEAR. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THEY HAVE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, UH, CASH FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ON THE C I P, UH, SO ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THAT TAKES THEIR TOTAL EXPENSE TO ABOUT ONE POINT OR 8.16 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEIR OVERALL REVENUE. SO A SLIGHT DRAW DOWN IN THEIR FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT, UH, $900,000. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM SPENDING $1.6 MILLION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, THEN OVERALL, THEY'RE STILL IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION. AND THIS IS THE AIRPORT FUND FORECAST. SO THE LEASE REVENUES BASED ON ESTIMATES THAT WE GET FROM AIRPORT STAFF, UH, AND ANTICIPATED REDEVELOPMENT, UH, THREE AND 5% INCREASE AGAIN IN SALARIES, 5% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE. UH, OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES ARE PROPOSED AT 2%, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS MODEL. AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THIS MODEL. UH, RIGHT NOW THE AIRPORT IS DOING A, UH, DESIGN OF A POTENTIAL, UH, FUEL FARM EXPANSION. SO THIS MODEL ALSO INCLUDES A POTENTIAL DEBT ISSUANCE RELATED TO, UH, FUNDING THAT ACTUAL EXPANSION OF THAT FUEL FARM. SO OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTTED LINE IS THEIR REQUIRED FUND BALANCE AND THE, UH, BLACK SOLID LINE IS THEIR ACTUAL FUND BALANCE. SO THEY'RE STILL IN GREAT SHAPE, UH, WITH THE ABILITY TO FUND CASH FUND FU, FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS OR OTHER ITEMS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AIRPORT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN? NO. OKAY. UH, SO GOING INTO THIS, AND THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS, UH, PULLED FROM THE JULY 25TH MEETING. SO, UM, STILL APPLIES TO ALL THIS. SO, UH, I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, OUR GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPRIETARY ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, THAT FUND THEIR OWN CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, UH, THE WAY WE KIND OF CLASSIFY PROJECTS IS WE HAVE VOTER AUTHORIZED PROJECTS, AND THESE WOULD BE, UH, ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE VOTED ON AND APPROVED. AND THESE ARE, UH, FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. SO ONCE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED THOSE, THE ISSUANCE OF THOSE BONDS, UM, COUNSEL AT THEIR DISCRETION CAN, CAN SELL THOSE BONDS AND FUND THOSE PROJECTS. UH, THEN WE HAVE COMMITTED PROJECTS, AND THESE WOULD GENERALLY BE, UH, RELATED TO AN AGREEMENT OR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. UH, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS VITRUVIAN PARK PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, SO WE HAVE A MASTER FACILITIES AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WHICH WE FUND, UH, $50 MILLION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, UM, ABOUT 37 MILLION TO DATE WITH $13 MILLION, UH, REMAINING. UH, THEN WE HAVE FUTURE UNFUNDED PROJECTS, AND THESE MAY BE, UH, POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, VOTED ON BY, BY FOLKS YET, OR HAVE NOT RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. SO THESE ARE MORE, UH, ITEMS THAT HAVE COME UP FROM, FROM STAFF OR MAYBE, UH, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE ARE, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UH, HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF FORMAL, UH, AUTHORIZATION YET. SO WE WANTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS THE 2012 AND 2019 BOND PROGRAMS. SO HOPEFULLY I'D NEVER HAVE TO SHOW ANY OF THE 2012 STUFF AGAIN. AND WE FINISH, FINISH THIS ONE UP PRETTY SOON. UM, SO MIDWAY ROAD IS, IS THE, IS THE REAL ONE, THE BIG ONE THAT'S STILL, UH, OUTSTANDING, AS WE ALL KNOW. THAT ONE'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT, UH, WAS FUNDED THROUGH A LITTLE OVER $17 MILLION IN, IN BONDS, UH, FROM THIS 2012, UH, BOND PROGRAM. UH, OTHER FUNDING, UH, 25 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WERE AUTHORIZED BY, [03:20:01] UH, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS, AND THEN ABOUT $2.7 MILLION FROM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY. SO THAT TAKES, UH, TAKES US UP TO THE, UH, TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF ABOUT 42 POINT, UH, $4 MILLION. UH, AND AGAIN, THAT ONE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY COMPLETE BY SPRING OF 2024. UH, THEN THERE WAS AN ADDISON ROAD REHAB PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED ALMOST A DEC DECADE AGO AT THIS POINT. SO JUST SHOWING THIS FOR TRANSPARENCY. UH, THEN WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT FOR VITRUVIAN PARK STREETS. UH, THE TOWN ACTUALLY COMPLETED THIS WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THIS WAS PART OF THE BOND ELECTION, BUT NEVER ISSUED THAT $10 MILLION. WE'RE NOT GONNA PROPOSE TO ISSUE THAT $10 MILLION. WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT AS PART OF, UH, THIS OVERALL PROPOSITION ONE FROM THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE THE BELT LINE ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE. I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT THE, THE SIGN IS OUT THERE AND THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE. UH, SO OVERALL, UH, THAT, THAT FIRST PROPOSITION WAS $29.5 MILLION. UH, THE OUTSTANDING PROJECT THERE IS MIDWAY ROAD, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED FAIRLY SOON. UH, THEN PROPOSITION TWO IS BELTLINE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. UH, SO THIS WAS $10 MILLION, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION, UM, ALSO, UH, FUNDED BY OVER $8 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. UH, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETE FOR SOME TIME. THEN, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS AIRPORT LAND ACQUISITION AS PART OF THAT BOND ELECTION. UH, THAT WAS, UH, THOSE BONDS WERE SOLD BACK IN 2013, AND, UH, THAT, THAT LAND PURCHASE SHORTLY AFTER THAT. SO, AS I NOTE, THE PROJECTS COMPLETE THE AIRPORT, UH, ALSO BEGAN SERVICING THAT DEBT THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSITION FOUR, WHICH WAS FOR A PARKING GARAGE IN THE CULTURAL AND ARTS DISTRICT, WHICH IS, UH, THE ADDISON CIRCLE AREA. SO AS WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PARKING GARAGE, I KNOW WE ARE, THERE'S A MEMORANDUM, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, WITH THE TOWN TO, UH, FUND $3.4 MILLION OF, OF A PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE. SO $3 MILLION IS PROPOSED TO BE, TO USE THAT GENERAL OBLIGATION, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION, AND THEN $400,000 IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. SO THIS IS IN THE 2024, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, HOPING, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION, SYSTEM PROPOSITION FIVE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, $2 MILLION, UH, BOND. AND THEN ALSO, UH, OTHER FUNDING CAME FROM THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND AND THE AIRPORT FUND. AND THAT PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. AND THEN THE FINAL PROPOSITION FROM 2012 WAS PROPOSITION SIX. THIS RELATES TO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. UH, SO THERE WAS A BELTWAY, PROTON, UH, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY PROJECT THAT WAS MOST OF THAT, UH, BOND PROGRAM. SO THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETE SOME TIME AGO. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE COTTON BELT, SILVER LINE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, UH, PROJECT. AND THIS IS NOT A TOWN MANAGED PROJECT. THIS IS, UM, UH, THROUGH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, AND DART. SO, UH, OUR PORTION OF THE PAYMENT IS $307,000. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THEM TO REQUEST OUR PORTION OF THE FUNDS, AND THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING THAT PROJECT. WE THINK THAT OUR FUNDS, THAT THEY'LL REQUEST THOSE, HOPEFULLY. UM, WE'VE HAD THIS ON HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO HOPEFULLY IN 23 OR 24 THIS TIME. SO, UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, QUORUM DRIVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. SO THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY COMBINED WITH THE PADE, UH, QUORUM DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS, UH, FROM THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE FUNDS, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. UH, SO OVERALL 2012 BOND PROGRAM, SO IT WAS AN AUTHORIZED 55 MILLION. UH, WE'VE ISSUED $42 MILLION TO DATE. UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE THAT $10 MILLION FOR VITRUVIAN PARK STREETS, WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH CERTIFICATES. AND THEN WE DO PLAN TO ISSUE THREE, $3 MILLION RELATED TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PARKING GARAGE, AND THEN OUR 2019 BOND PROGRAM. UH, SO PROPOSITION A WAS FOR RECONSTRUCTION AT KELLER SPRINGS ROAD IN AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, $22.3 MILLION. UH, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED, UH, KELLER SPRINGS HAS BEEN BID, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, SOME DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE, UH, IN AUGUST RELATED TO THE AWARD OF THAT CONTRACT FOR KELLER SPRINGS. UH, SO THERE IS, UH, $4 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING RELATED TO, UH, UH, COST, UH, SHARING, UH, PROGRAM WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR THAT PROJECT. UH, WE HAVE ISSUED ALL THE BONDS FOR THAT PROJECT, SO WE HAVE THOSE READY TO SPEND. UH, AND AIRPORT PARKWAY. WE'VE ISSUED, WE HAD ISSUED BONDS FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT, WHICH IS COMPLETE. AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE ISSUANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT, UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF KELLER SPRINGS, WHICH WE'D ANTICIPATE, UH, IN 20 24, 20 25. UH, THEN WE HAVE PROPOSITION B, QUORUM DRIVE, AND MONFORT DRIVE. UH, SO BOTH OF THESE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, HAVE JUST BEGUN DESIGN. UM, QUORUM DRIVE ALSO HAS [03:25:01] SOME OTHER FUNDING, AS I MENTIONED FROM THE PROPOSITION SIX, FROM THE 2012 BOND PROGRAM. UH, AND ALSO, UH, SOME CASH FUNDING FROM THE STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECT, UH, STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. UH, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN POSSIBLY IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, AND WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, BOND ISSUANCES OF 22.2, UH, TO BE IN 2025 AND 2026 TOTAL. UH, THEN WE HAVE MONTFORT DRIVE, AND THIS ONE WAS MOVED UP, UH, UH, ON THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. SO THIS ONE'S CURRENTLY UNDER ENGINEERING, UH, DESIGN AS WELL. AND WE'D ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN 2024, POTENTIALLY, UH, WITH THE $6.4 MILLION ISSUANCE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN 2024. AND THEN PROPOSITION C, UH, WAS ATHLETIC CLUB IMPROVEMENTS, LAY LOCKS, POND IMPROVEMENTS, AND REDDING TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BOTH ATHLETIC CLUB IMPROVEMENTS AT REDDING TRAIL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. AND THEN LAY LOCK'S, POND IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED. UM, AND WE'D ANTICIPATE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. UH, ALL OF THOSE BONDS, 6.7723 MILLION HAVE BEEN ISSUED, UH, AND FUNDING IS IN HAND. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE PROPOSITION D, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB, WHICH INCLUDES THE ROOF AND THE HVAC IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE. AGAIN, THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE. AND THEN WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF, UH, ROOF AND HVAC AND A D A IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL OF THE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, UH, ACROSS TOWN THAT THE TOWN OWNS. SO, UH, PHASE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. AND THEN PHASE TWO, UH, IS PARTIALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE BONDS FOR ALL OF PROPOSITION D HAVE BEEN SOLD TODAY. THEN WE HAVE PROPOSITION E, WHICH WAS AN ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, $600,000 THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE. AND THEN OVERALL, THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM WAS 70 THOU, 70 MILLION, $620,000. UM, BONDS ISSUED TO DATE, 28,748,000. UM, ON TUESDAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER 5 MILLION THAT'S BEING SOLD RELATED TO THAT FOR QUORUM DRIVE AND MONFORT DRIVE DESIGN. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS ON TUESDAY, WE'LL BE JUST ABOUT 50% OF, UH, THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM. UM, SO, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE IT SAYS ABOUT 41.872 MILLION LEFT TO LEFT TO SELL, AND WE SELL THAT 5 MILLION WILL BE AT ABOUT, UH, 36, 30 7 MILLION LEFT. SO RIGHT AT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. AND THEN OTHER COMMITTED PROJECTS. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE VI TRIVIAN PARK PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF $50 MILLION, 30 SEVEN'S BEEN, UH, INVESTED TO DATE. UH, WE DO HAVE $2 MILLION, UH, IN OUR BOND ISSUANCE ON TUESDAY RELATED TO THIS, UH, PROJECT, UH, WHICH WOULD REDUCE US DOWN TO $11 MILLION REMAINING. UH, WE HAVE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR $3 MILLION IN 2025 AND $4 MILLION IN 2026. AND THESE ARE ALL BASED ON THE DEVELOPER'S SCHEDULE. SO THEY BASICALLY GIVE US A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, AND WE PLAN THOSE PROJECTS, UH, TO BE, TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THEIR SCHEDULE. UH, THEN WE HAVE ADDISON GROVE. UH, THAT WAS A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. UH, THE TOWN HAS SET ASIDE HALF OF THAT COMMITMENT IN CASH. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE ADDISON GROVE ESCROW FUND, UH, WHICH HAS, UH, ABOUT HALF OF THAT FUNDING. UH, AND THE REMAINING FUNDING, UH, WAS, UH, PROPOSED TO BE FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THIS PROGRAMMED IN YOUR BUDGET. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THAT FUND THAT THERE IS, UH, AN EXPENDITURE PROPOSED TO COME OUT OF THAT ADD ADDISON GROVE ESCROW FUND, UH, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER MAY MEET THE TERMS, AT LEAST SOME OF THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT TO GET SOME OF THOSE INCENTIVES, UH, REIMBURSED TO THEM, UH, IN 2024 AND OR 2025. AND THEN OTHER POTENTIAL COMMITTED PROJECTS. SORRY, WAS THERE A QUESTION? OKAY. OTHER POTENTIAL COMMITTED PROJECTS. SO AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN M O U WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER FOR, UH, THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT THE TOWN WOULD FUND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED COST OF THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF BETWEEN SIX AND $10 MILLION. UM, SO IF THAT DEVELOPMENT DOES MOVE FORWARD, UH, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SOMEWHAT, BUT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO FUND, UH, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE, WE, WE ALWAYS WANNA SHOW, UH, WHAT VOTERS AND THE BOND COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL BACK IN 2019 WERE SHOWN AS FAR AS, UH, TAX RATE IMPLICATIONS. SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT, UH, THE BOND COMMITTEE AND, AND COUNCIL WAS SHOWN BACK, BACK IN 2019 RELATED TO, UH, THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. SO THEY WERE TOLD THAT BY 2026, OUR, UH, TAX RATE WOULD GET UP TO, AND THIS IS THE INTEREST IN SINKING PORTION OF THE TAX RATE THAT PAYS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE WOULD GET UP TO ABOUT 25.70 CENTS. [03:30:02] SO BECAUSE OF SOME POSITIVE, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO INTEREST RATES, VALUATION OF PROPERTY, UM, US REFINANCING SOME OF OUR DEBT, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD SOME OF OUR DEBT, UM, BURDEN TAKEN BY THE DRAINAGE FUND AND THE AIRPORT FUND IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE IS, UH, RATHER THAN IT BEING 25.70 CENTS, UH, IN 2026, WE NOW THINK IT'LL BE ABOUT 2020 1.80 CENTS. SO WE'RE ABOUT FOUR, 4 CENTS LOWER THAN WHAT VOTERS WERE TOLD, UH, BACK IN 2019. SO OVERALL, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE ABOUT A 10 CENT INCREASE, UH, IN THEIR, IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE RELATED TO THAT BOND PROGRAM. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING CLOSER TO A 6 CENT INCREASE FROM THAT BOND PROGRAM. AND THEN THIS IS OUR EXISTING DEBT SERVICE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY, UH, PROPERTY TAXES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, 2024 TO 2027 WE'RE BASICALLY FLAT. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEBT FALLING OFF. AND AS WE SELL MORE BONDS, WE'RE JUST ADDING MORE DEBT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GENERATE MORE FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO THE TAXES RATE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE OVER THAT TIME. WE DO SEE SOME THAT FALLS OFF IN 28 AND 29, AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW YEARS WHERE WE'RE FAIRLY FLAT AGAIN BEFORE WE GET TO 2033, AND WE START TO SEE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASES. UM, WHERE WE, WHERE WE WANT TO GET THIS TO IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE, WE WANT SOMETHING TO STAIR STEP DOWN, AND THAT WAY WE HAVE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY, UH, TO FUND PROJECTS WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE. BUT, UH, THIS IS KIND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, SO ANY POTENTIAL NEW BOND PROGRAM OR ANY, ANY OF THE BONDS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE, UH, IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE MODEL THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU. SO WHEN WE GET TO OUR OVERALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FUNDING, UM, I WANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THIS FUNDING IS ALREADY IN HAND EXCEPT FOR THE BOTTOM LINE FUTURE BOND ISSUANCE. SO YOU CAN SEE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAT WE, WE HAVE A PLAN TO ISSUE APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION, AND THAT REALLY RELATES TO QUORUM DRIVE, AIRPORT PARKWAY, MONTFORT DRIVE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE PROJECTS, UM, THAT MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THAT. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE THE, UM, THE PARKING GARAGE OVER HERE AND SOME VITRUVIAN ITEMS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GONNA BE FOR THOSE THREE, UH, ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS. UH, SO OVERALL, UH, THE BUDGET, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 IS PROPOSED. AND THIS IS OUR GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECT. SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOSTLY FUNDED BY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE, THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, UH, COMES TO ABOUT $41 MILLION. AND THEN THIS IS A LIST OF THE PROJECTS. AND THESE ARE ALL, AND THEY'RE DETAILS OF ALL THESE IN, IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE. SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE HAVE BEEN IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR SOME TIME. UH, THERE ARE SOME NEW ADDITIONS, UH, AND THREE OF THOSE ARE VITRUVIAN PARK PROJECTS. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THOSE ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE DEVELOPER. SO WHEN THEY GIVE US THEIR PLAN, UH, THEY PROVIDE US DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND WHICH BLOCKS AND PHASE OF VITRUVIAN PARK THEY'RE WORKING ON. UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THE BELTWAY DRIVE TRAIL, WHICH YOU RECEIVED SOME DETAILS ON THAT YESTERDAY FROM JANA. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PARKING GARAGE AT $3.4 MILLION. SO THOSE ARE NEW ADDITIONS TO THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, FROM PRIOR FISCAL YEARS. SO OVERALL, WE HAVE A, HAVE A FIVE YEAR, UH, PROJECT TOTAL, UM, OF ABOUT $140 MILLION. AND THEN SOME POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECTS. SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE FACILITY STUDY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT FACILITY STUDY. SO THERE IS A DECISION PACKAGE THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY FOR A PHASING AND SEQUENCING PLAN OF THAT FACILITY STUDY. UM, SO TO IMPLEMENT THAT FACILITY STUDY WOULD OBVIOUSLY REQUIRE, UH, SOME, SOME BOND FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT ANY NEW OR, OR, UH, UH, REFURBISHED, UH, FACILITIES. UM, SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECT. UH, THERE'S A DECISION PACKAGE FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN, WHICH YOU HEARD FROM JANA YESTERDAY AS WELL. UM, SO THAT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, UH, CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN. SO THIS PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2021. UH, PHASE ONE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION IS UNDERWAY, BUT IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED. UH, SO THERE'S, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO THAT PLAN. UH, FROM A, UH, FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE ON HERE. SO THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE GONNA BE SOME PROJECTS RELATED TO, UH, ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. UM, SO THOSE ARE BEING, UM, LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S A, A PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT THAT, UH, SHANNON AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING. SO THE RESULTS OF THAT WILL BE USED TO [03:35:01] CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS OR MAINTENANCE PLANS. UM, AND THEN ARE THERE ANY ATHLETIC CLUB POOL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, QUORUM PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKED AT, OR, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE N T T A TOLLWAY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, UH, THAT, THAT THE STUDY FOR THAT WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY AS A, UH, DECISION PACKAGE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, THAT, UM, COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER. AND THEN IF COUNCIL DOES WANT TO LOOK AT A POTENTIAL FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, UM, WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT, UH, AS EARLY AS, UH, 2025. SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S VARIOUS STUDIES. THERE'S THE FACILITY STUDY, UH, THERE'S THE CIRCLE PARK STUDY, UM, THERE'S THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING STUDY. SO 2024, THERE IS, IS KIND OF THE YEAR OF, UH, A YEAR OF, UH, STUDIES. SO, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE, UM, COULD COME, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025. SO IF THOSE STUDIES, FOR INSTANCE, WERE COMPLETED, UH, BY JUNE OF 2024 AND COUNCIL WANTED TO ACT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, A BOND COMMITTEE WOULD BE RECOMMENDED, UM, BY JULY OF 2024. UM, THAT COMMITTEE COULD HAVE FIVE TO SIX MONTHS TO LOOK OVER, UM, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDED BOND PROGRAM, UH, AS EARLY AS JANUARY OF 2025, UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF A BOND ELECTION IN MAY OF 2025. AND THEN WE, WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A ISSUANCE OF BONDS THE SUMMER OF, UH, 2025. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION THERE. THAT WAS A LOT. THERE WAS ONE. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS PART WAS NOT, UH, THAT, THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THE PORTION THAT WAS, UH, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 25TH THAT, UH, THAT WAS PULLED, UH, FROM, FROM THAT AGENDA. AND THEN GOING FORWARD, THIS IS JUST REALLY THE OTHER FUNDS THAT, THAT HAVE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO, UH, WE HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND. UH, JANA WENT OVER THE REDING TRAIL EXTENSION DOG PARK, UH, IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. UM, THAT PROJECT IS $550,000. THAT'S THE ONLY PROJECT CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED FOR THIS FUND RIGHT NOW, UH, OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND A D A IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE OVERALL THAT THAT FUND IS DOING FAIRLY HEALTHY AND, UH, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THERE FOR PROJECTS TO BE, UH, FUNDED OUT OF THERE. THEN WE HAVE OUR UTILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UH, EVERY, UH, ONE OF THESE PROJECTS EXCEPT THE SCADA AND KELWAY ELECTRICAL CONTROL PANEL UPGRADE PROJECT THAT'S LISTED AT THE VERY BOTTOM. THESE HAVE ALL BEEN IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, FOR LAST YEAR. SO THESE ARE JUST CARRYOVER PROJECTS. THEY'RE NOT NEW PROJECTS. UM, YOU CAN SEE, AS SHANNON MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THAT SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS SHOW AS FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 26, 27. UH, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HE'S WORKING ON VALIDATING TO SEE IF THESE ARE ACTUAL PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND KEEPING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO AS HE, AS HE GETS THAT INFORMATION, UH, IN FUTURE BUDGETS, WE WOULD REFLECT THAT ACCORDINGLY. THEN WE HAVE OUR STORM WATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, TWO PROJECTS, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, UH, THE RAWHIDE CREEK BASIN IMPROVEMENTS, THAT PROJECT HOPEFULLY GONNA BE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE WIND ROAD, UH, WINDWOOD ROAD BRIDGE, UH, ARMORING, AND THEN THAT ONE WAS, UH, COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, NO PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS AGAIN SHOWN OUT IN FISCAL YEAR 27. AND THOSE ARE ONES THAT SHANNON, AGAIN, IT'S VALIDATING TO SEE IF THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE, UH, AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THEN WE HAVE THE AIRPORT. SO THE AIRPORT, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, UH, YOU SAW JOEL'S PRESENTATION EARLIER, HAS A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, IN IT FOR, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, BRAVO GOLF, UH, TAXIWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ARE UNDERWAY. JIMMY, JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST SIDE AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, UH, AIRPORT REGULATED GARBAGE, UTILITY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, UH, SOME, UH, WEST PERIMETER FENCING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SOME WILEY POST BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND WILEY POST PARKING LOT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE. AND THOSE ARE, UH, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THEIR OPERATING, UH, BUDGET OTHER THAN, UH, JIMMY DEE LITTLE DRIVE AND THE EAST SIDE AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD. SO THOSE ARE, UH, FUNDED FROM, UH, BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON TUESDAY. AND THEN THAT IS THE END OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YOU CAN SEE OUR BUDGET ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THERE. [03:40:01] AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, AUGUST. WE'LL FOLLOW UP ANY OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT WE HAD OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, RATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE UTILITY. WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND BRING, UH, AN UPDATED FUND SUMMARY AND, AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT. UH, THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, BUDGET AND TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, JUST THAT ITEM. UH, THEN ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AS PART OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WILL HAVE EVERYTHING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ADOPTIONS OF THE BUDGET, UH, THE TAX RATE AND, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATES AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SURE. I'VE GOT ONE. GO AHEAD. GOING BACK TO YOUR, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE DEBT, UH, EXISTING DEBT SERVICE, AND THEN THE OUTLOOK FOR THAT. THAT'D BE ON YOUR 1 35. UM, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BONDS PROGRAM COMING UP. DO YOU SEE CAPACITY THERE? WELL, WELL, WE HAVE . YOU CAN ANSWER . OKAY. FIRST PART, BUT WE DO HAVE CAPACITY. IT'S MORE OF A POLITICAL WILL TO, BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE IS GOING TO, IN THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS, IT IS GOING TO COME WITH A TAX RATE INCREASE. SO THE, THE TAX CAPACITY, THE, THE ABILITY OF US TO TAX AND SERVICE OUR DEBT IS VERY HIGH, HIGHER THAN WE WOULD EVER WANT TO GO. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO SO. BUT IF WE CAPACITY, IT WILL. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. IT, THERE'S NO CAPACITY ISSUE WE HAVE. OKAY. ANY, ANY CAPACITY IS POLITICAL WILL, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE SOME CONCEPTION THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE DROP THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN. RIGHT, RIGHT. HOW IN THE CITY OPERATES? SURE. YOU, I MEAN WE, THIS IS CERTAINLY PARTLY THE CONVERSATION OF WHEN YOU HAVE A BOND ELECTION WHEN YOU ISSUE DEBT, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2034 NO. UNTIL WE'RE COMFORTABLE. RIGHT. THAT WOULDN'T BE HOW MOST CITIES WOULD , OF COURSE. YEAH. YEAH. IDEALLY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE VALUES INCREASING AS WELL. YEAH. WHICH MEANS THAT THE TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN. RIGHT. SO, UM, , BUT IT, I MEAN, I THINK CERTAINLY IT SHOWS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE BEING AGGRESSIVE ON THE 2019 PLAN THAT I THINK EVEN DOING, I THINK WE, WE PUT THAT OUT THERE AS THE SOONEST TO DO A BOND ELECTION. YEAH. I THINK CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE AGGRESSIVE AT THIS POINT. YES. UM, MIGHT BE THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC TO LOOK AT WHAT, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THIS WORK TO GET READY FOR IT, TO PLAN FOR IT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE NEEDS, UH, WE HAVE NEEDS, WE HAVE DESIRES AS WELL. I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE MIX OF THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED AT THE POLICE STATION, FOR EXAMPLE. I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS AND SOME OTHER ROADWAY NEEDS, NEEDS THAT ARE THERE. STEVEN, CAN YOU, UH, REMIND US HOW, UH, THE BALANCES IN THESE FUNDS AFFECT OUR BOND RATING? SURE. SO PRIMARILY IT'S GONNA BE YOUR GENERAL FUND. UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND. THAT'S WHERE OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX COME IN. BUT THE, THE GOOD, ONE OF THE STRONG THINGS THAT ADDISON HAS IS THAT WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND, WHICH IS FUNDED FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO OUR RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT THE BALANCES OF THAT FUND. THEY LOOK AT OUR SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND, WHICH IS BASICALLY SAVINGS FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE COULD TAP INTO IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A STRESS SITUATION. UM, SO OVERALL WHAT THEY, THEY WANT TO SEE AND WHAT THEY KIND OF COMPLAINED ABOUT WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE WAS THAT WE WERE, WE WERE BUDGETING LARGE TRANSFERS, AND I THINK WE STOPPED THAT TO THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR NOW, SO THAT WE SHOW THAT REVENUES ARE AT LEAST EQUAL TO TOTAL EXPENSES. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF A LEARNING CURVE, I THINK FOR YOU. WELL, YES. TO HEAR WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I I, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEIR CON I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEIR CONCERN WAS. SO IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A GETTING, GETTING SOME BUY-IN FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER TO, TO DO IT THE WAY I, I WANTED TO DO IT. SO, UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, WE'RE, I MEAN, THEY LOOK AT MOSTLY PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX. I MEAN, THEY LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY VALUES. UM, THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS THAT THEY LOOK AT AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, CREDIT WORTHINESS, PENSIONS, UM, OUR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, SO YOUR POINT IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE BALANCE ON THE PHONE, IT IS NOT, IT'S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS, BUT IT, SO IT'S EVEN, BUT IT IS WEIGHTED IN THERE. IT IS WEIGHTED IN THERE. AND THAT, THAT'S ONE WHERE WE FAR EXCEED, UM, KIND OF [03:45:01] THEIR RE WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDED LEVEL. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION, UM, ON THAT. AND THERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY MEET WHAT THEY WOULD CALL AAA. SO THERE'S A BALANCING ACT AND IT TAKES SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME HUMAN, UH, I GUESS THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THEM, UH, TO, TO GET TO HOW THEY, HOW THEY RATE AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY. SO, AND MUCH LIKE OUR I S O RATINGS, WE, WE ARE IN RAREFIED LEVEL PAIR WITH HAVING THE TWO AAA BOND RATINGS. YES. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? UH, WELL, THERE'S 11, WE'RE ONE OF 11 CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE AAA FROM BOTH S AND P AND MOODY'S. UM, I'M SURE YOU ALL HEARD, I MEAN THE, THE UNITED STATES WAS DOWNGRADED, UH, THIS WEEK BY FITCH. SO, UM, IT'S NOT, NOT GREAT, BUT IT'S NICE ON THOSE REPORTS WHEN IT SAYS THAT WE'RE RATED HIGHER THAN THE UNITED STATES . SO THEY ALWAYS PUT THAT BLURB IN THERE, WHY WE CAN BE RATED HIGHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. SO THAT'S, SO I ALL ASKED THIS GOOD. READ THESE PERCENTAGES, UH, WITH IN MIND WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME, UH, REDUCING THESE PERCENTAGES SOMEHOW COULD HELP, UH, US GO BACK AND PAY FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE, THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT OF THE, OF OUR, UH, ON PAGE 19, I THINK IT WAS, OF THIS REPORT. YEAH. SO I'LL NOTE THE PERCENTAGES ARE GOING DOWN. UM, THE OVERALL FUND BALANCE IS BASICALLY STAYING THE SAME OR INCREASING SLIGHTLY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN THAT I SHOWED, THE PERCENTAGE GOES DOWN BECAUSE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP. SO THAT FUND BALANCE IS A PORTION OF, AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE EXPENDITURES BECOMES SMALLER AS THE EXPENDITURE AS THE NOT DENOMINATOR IN IS INCREASING. UM, SO THERE I WOULD GO AHEAD. I WOULD JUST ADD TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, ALL FOR ONETIME COSTS. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS AND SELF-FUNDED, WE FUNDED JUST ABOUT ALL THE ONETIME PROJECTS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD THAT OBVIOUSLY WE SUPPORT THOSE ITEMS THAT WE DID PUT IN THE OPERATING BUDGET ARE RECURRING COSTS, ALL OF THEM. SO WHILE YOU, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DRAW DOWN FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR A RECURRING COST, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT IMPACT THE NEXT YEAR. SO YOU REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT RECURRING REVENUE TO GO ALONG WITH IT. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, YOU GOT IT. SO THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR 2324 IS RIGHT AT $41 MILLION, WHICH IS UP 20 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR, AND THEN IT DROPS OFF AGAIN TO 19 MILLION IN 20, 24, 25. DOES THAT GIVE YOU ANY HEARTBURN AT ALL? NO. AND, AND OVERALL, IF YOU INCLUDE THE OTHER FUNDS, IT'S 51 AND A HALF WITH THE AIRPORT, THE UTILITY. YEAH. UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THIS PROBABLY AT MOST CITIES THAT, THAT WE'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY BUDGETING THE BUDGET YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA UNDER APPROPRIATE FOR THAT YEAR. SO, UM, AND IN THE OUT YEARS THERE'S, THERE'S NOT QUITE AS MUCH KNOWN, UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND A LOT OF OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS WITH WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING, SOME OF THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T GET USED IN THAT YEAR BECAUSE OF PRO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TIMING DELAYS AND IT ENDS UP BEING IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR BUDGET. SO THAT 40 MILLION, 41 MILLION IS REALLY A, UM, YOU COULD SAY WORST CASE OR BEST CASE BECAUSE WE WANT THOSE PROJECTS TO GET DONE. RIGHT. SO WE EITHER, SO THAT'S REALLY THE MOST OUTLAY THAT WE, WE THINK WE WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE. RIGHT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT GAVE YOU CONCERN FROM OUR BOND RATING PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT. YEAH. SO FOR INSTANCE, THE 41 MILLION THAT WE BA, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN HAND. SO FOR THAT, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN HAND. SO WE'VE ALREADY SOLD THOSE BONDS. YEAH. IT'S REALLY IN THE FUTURE THAT YEAH, WE'RE GONNA SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, YEAH, AS YOU MENTIONED, 20 MILLION IN 2025, 20 MILLION IN 2026 AND THEN IT KIND OF DROP DROPS OFF. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE REALLY HAVE QUORUM DRIVE, UM, AIRPORT PARKWAY, UM, MONTFORT DRIVE, THOSE THREE PROJECTS REALLY DRIVING THAT. UM, SO IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR RATINGS AND THOSE CALLS AND INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUEST, WE GIVE THEM ALL THIS INFORMATION, I SAY, HEY, THIS IS MY PLAN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR BOOKS AND THE BOND SALES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THESE PROJECTS. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL THAT AND, UM, WE, WE PLAN PLAN FOR THAT. SO ANY OTHER [03:50:01] QUESTIONS? SO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAD, MAYBE NOT FOR STEVEN, BUT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAD, WE HAD THE OTHER, UH, POSITIONS THAT GQ REFERRED TO. WHAT DOCUMENT'S THAT IT WAS JUST A SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION WITHIN, IN THE BEGINNING? WELL, I'M IN THE BEGINNING I GUESS. OKAY. IT'S, IT WAS AFTER THE GENERAL FUND DECISION PACKAGES. OKAY. LIKE 19 PAGE 19, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS 19. YEAH, IT'S, UH, I MUST HAVE THE WRONG, I MUST HAVE SLIDE A DIFFERENT VERSION. I THINK I HAVE AN OLD VERSION. SO THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS BITE SHOWED ALL THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT WERE IN THE GENERAL PLAN OPERATING BUDGET, AND THESE WERE THE NEXT SET OF DECISION PACKAGES, UM, FROM THE PRIORITY LIST THAT, THAT, UM, THAT I RECOMMENDED THAT DIDN'T KIND OF MAKE THE CUT. AND I, THAT'S IT. EXPLANATIONS, I GAVE THE EXPLANATION ON EACH OF THOSE, BUT THOSE, THOSE WERE BOTH LIST, WAS THIS LIST LONGER AT ONE TIME? I SUSPECT MUCH LONGER . SO, UH, DID THEY DROP OFF? IF YOU WERE TO GET YOUR, YOUR WISHLIST NUMBER ONE WOULD DROP OFF PRIORITY RIGHT HERE? IS THAT IT? THE, THE FIRST, 'CAUSE IT, IF WE, IF WE SAID, UM, FOR SOME REASON WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 RIGHT THROUGH A TAX INCREASE OR SOMETHING ELSE, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO BE THE FIRST POSITION, I WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING INTO THE BUDGET. SO YOU HAVE THOSE IN PRIORITY ORDER THERE AND I GIVE IT ON THE OTHER LIST, I HAVE PRIORITY ORDERS. YEAH. WHILE WE HAVE THIS SLIDE UP HERE, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND JUST, UH, EXPLAINING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED IN NUMBER TWO, PRIORITY NUMBER TWO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROGRAM SEED FUNDING, WHAT IS THAT ANTICIPATING? YEAH, SO THIS IS, UH, AND, AND I MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHITE PAPER OR I DON'T KNOW LESLIE, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT OR IF WE NEED TO WAIT OR KEN TO GO TO DETAIL OR ACTUALLY KEN, THIS IS REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ON OUTREACH TO APARTMENTS LARGELY, BUT ALSO ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WITH THAT TOO IS ALSO HAVING AN APARTMENT INSPECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO AS WELL. SO IT'S KIND OF ALL TOGETHER WITH THAT. BUT ASKING IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE FUNDING ITSELF. YEAH. IT'S REALLY CREATING THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND ENHANCING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO IT WOULD BE CREATING A MULTI-FAMILY AND UM, POSSIBLY A HOTEL MOTEL INSPECTION PROGRAM. SO NOT ONLY IS IT DOING OUTREACH, WHICH WE NEED TO START DOING WITH HOTELS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT. AND SO, UM, IT INCLUDES THE, WE YOU DID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHICH WILL KIND OF START THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND HELP HAVE THAT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WHAT WE DO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT WE DO ON THE PLANNING AND BUILDING SIDE. AND THEN THIS WOULD ADD, UM, THE SEED FUNDING, A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIALIST. AND SO THE IDEA WAS WE WOULD START WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, START TO KIND OF BUILD THAT PROGRAM, GET DIRECTION FROM YOU, WHICH IS WHAT KEN WILL BRING IN HIS PRESENTATION OF WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A PROGRAM? HOW FAST DO YOU WANT IT? I MEAN, IF YOU WANT THIS PROGRAM STARTED AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THEN WE MAY NEED THESE POSITIONS FASTER. UM, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA PHASE IN, THEN OBVIOUSLY THOSE POSITIONS CAN PHASE IN ALSO. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I WOULD SAY THE FEE, THE SEED FUNDING'S KIND OF TIED TO THE OTHER POSITIONS. I THINK YOU WOULDN'T KICK OFF THE PROGRAM WITHOUT THE POSITIONS. RIGHT. UM, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING YOU BACK NEXT YEAR, MAYBE IN THE MID-YEAR IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND WE COULD START SOMETHING UP SOONER. I KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY. WE, WE HEAR IT'S A PRIORITY, IT'S A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US TO DO THAT APARTMENT PIECE. UM, IT'S JUST TRYING TO FIND THE TIMING TO GET THERE AND, AND ON IT. THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF UPFRONT WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO IT. YOU'VE GOTTA CREATE POLICIES AND ORDINANCES AND UM, REALLY AN ENTIRE PROGRAM FOR THAT INSPECTION PROCESS AND EVERYTHING. SO, AND ALSO THERE'S ALSO REVENUE ASSOCIATED, SO YOU'RE JUST SEEING IT THERE. YES. WE'RE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN PROJECT THE REVENUE, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION TOO. IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN INSPECTION PROGRAM, YOU'RE GONNA GET REVENUES ASSOCIATED. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING, LOOKING AT THIS AND WE'RE GONNA GET AT LEAST THAT ONE POSITION HERE AND START THAT PROCESS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS, THIS SEEMS TO BE GROWING FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? YES. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S KIND OF UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PUSH THIS BACK. ARE THERE OTHER THAT ASPECTS THAT WE'RE, THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE HEADED, UH, HEADING US IN THIS DIRECTION? WELL, WELL THE ASSISTANT, I MEAN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS FOR THIS. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE REALIZE WE NEED THE CAPACITY TO START THIS PROGRAM TO LEAD THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THIS POSITION WILL DO. IT'LL ALSO BE OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT. ALL THE OTHER CO CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT RECENTLY, UM, AND [03:55:01] OVER THE, THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT THAT POSITION IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET THERE. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THEIR PRI PRIMARY FOCUSES. I MEAN, WE'LL DEFINITELY START THE OUTREACH PROGRAM STARTING TO FORM A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THE MANAGERS. ALL OF THAT WILL HAPPEN. IT'S THE MORE, UM, IN-DEPTH, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTION TYPE PROGRAM THAT THAT WOULD NEED MORE. SO, BUT YES, WE WANT TO START BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT OUTREACH. BUT TO BE CLEAR, IF YOU ALL TELL US, WE WANT YOU TO GO FULL SCHEME AHEAD RIGHT AWAY, WE'LL DO IT AND WE'LL GET IT INSPIRED. ONE REASON I MADE A NOTE OF IT WAS, I GUESS IT WAS WHEN CHIEF SPENCER WAS TALKING AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT INTO THE RESIDENCE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT SORT OF THING, HAVING, MAYBE HAVING MORE OF A PRESENCE OR LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW, SPEAK TO THE SAFETY THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT. AND ANYWAY, IT JUST KIND OF, IT JUST KIND OF BROUGHT ME BACK TO THAT ITEM. I DIDN'T, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A LAP OVER OR ANYTHING THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE GOOD WORKING TOGETHER OR SOMETHING. YEAH, I I, I THINK THERE CERTAINLY IS, UH, WHAT WE DON'T WANT, WHAT WE'RE, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN SEE THE VERBIAGE WAS INTENTIONAL ON A LOT OF THESE. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE JUST ENFORCEMENT, JUST WE'RE GOING OUT TO GIVE CORRECT. DO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AT YOUR APARTMENT. WE WANT IT TO BE A POINT PERSON FOR, I SAY APARTMENTS A LOT BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, A POINT PERSON THAT CAN CONNECT THEM WITH CHIEF SPENCER OR ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON. SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS A GREAT CONNECTION. RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING IMPORTANT. SO, BUT YOU HAVE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ABOVE THAT AND PRIORITIES. SO CAN YOU WELL, 'CAUSE I, I KIND OF, I VIEW ALL THOSE AS ONE BIG GROUP TOGETHER. OKAY. AND THE TICKET TICKET FOR THAT IS, IS BIG AND SO THAT PLAYS A PART IN IT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE'D BE AN APPETITE TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO THAT, THE TAX RATE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT. RIGHT. AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF C I P PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THIS COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPING. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE, THE WAY OUR KIND OF SENIOR STAFF IS DIVERTED ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS RIGHT NOW, TO FREE THEM UP TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON THIS POSITION WOULD GO A LONG WAY. YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT BEING A PRIORITY IS WITH THE T O D TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND, AND GET THAT WHOLE THING RIGHT WHEN WE DO IT. SO I THINK ALL OF OUR C I P PROJECTS ARE REALLY, THAT'S WHERE JOE TAKING AN EXAMPLE IS SPENDING ALL OF HIS TIME DOING THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THIS SO, WELL WE HEAR MORE FROM KEN ON TUESDAY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PIECE OF THIS. YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT, MAYBE MORE OF THE PICTURE PAINTED. ABSOLUTELY. UM, I THOUGHT THAT WELL MAYBE I, I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS TILL TUESDAY, BUT WE LEARN MORE. I WAS GONNA SAY CODE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITION IS SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE, WE DO WANT TO ADD MORE CODE FOR. SO THAT SEEMS LIKE ONE THAT'S MORE SHOULD BE REALLY LOOKED AT TO FUND AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A ONE-TIME COST THAT THAT'S CORRECT. WHERE WE COULD PUT THAT INTO A REOCCURRING. SO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SIDE, I, MY MY INTENT IS THAT THESE ARE ALL LAID OUT SO WE CAN HAVE THIS EXACT POLICY CONVERSATION. IT'S ALL TRADE OFFS AND IT'S ALL, WE'RE WE'RE IT, I'M TRYING, I'M IT'S TRANSPARENT WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS AND WE CAN HAVE, AND I LIKE THESE, THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. I MEAN, I PUT THESE IN ORDER FOR THAT REASON. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH HERE TO KIND OF TRADE OFF WITH AND A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DEVOTING SO MUCH TO THE COMPENSATION STUDY. UM, AND THAT CERTAINLY IS A PRIORITY OF OURS. SO IT'S WEIGHING THOSE, UM, PRIORITY LEVELS AND OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER OPTION, UH, IS TO LOOK AT THE REVENUE SIDE. SO WE'RE OPEN TO ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SURE. , SO THE FACILITY STUDY PHASING PLAN IS SOMETHING I KNOW IS SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT HAVING JUST LOOKED AT WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE AS FAR AS FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I'M NOT SEEING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A, A BOND PROGRAM FOR CERTAINLY NOT NEXT YEAR. UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE PUSH OFF FOR A YEAR AND USE THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MAYBE FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE? BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND THEN WE WAIT A YEAR AND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA CHANGE AGAIN ANYWAY. SO JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, THE, THE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE, BUT MOREOVER THE LANDSCAPE MAY CHANGE THAT CHANGE COVID CHANGED OUR WORK HABIT LANDSCAPE THAT SOMETHING ELSE MADE KIND OF BE A TREND THAT HAPPENS PROBABLY NOT OVER TWO YEARS OR SO. SOMETHING THAT'LL AFFECT THE FACILITIES FACILITY STUDY. I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, IF WE DO A FACILITY STUDY [04:00:01] NEXT YEAR, THEN HOW IS THE SHELF LIFE OF THAT STUDY BEFORE SOMETHING CHANGES, BEFORE THE WORKFORCE WORK HAPPENS CHANGED? WELL, THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT. SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S NOT THE TIME TO DO IT, BUT MAYBE THE YEAR AFTER THAT SOMETHING. BUT AS LONG AS THESE THINGS TAKE, AND AS LONG AS BONDS PROGRAMS TAKE TO GET MOVING OFF THE GROUND, IT'S NOW MAYBE THE TIME BECAUSE THE, THE TIMING WOULD BE YEARS IN THE FUTURE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT. REMIND US HOW ON THE BOND INITIATIVE TAKES. SURE. UH, WELL, SO AS, AS STEVEN KIND OF MENTIONED, REALLY YOU WANT TO START THE PROCESS IN JULY. I SAY IF YOU HAVE AN ELECTION IN MAY, YOU REALLY WANT TO KIND OF AT LEAST START THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL IN JULY. UM, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO GET A BOND COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A DEADLINE TO CALL THE ELECTION. SO REALLY WHEN YOU HAVE, MAY YOU REALLY KIND OF WANT TO WRAP IT UP BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS KIND OF HIT. SO REALLY IT WOULD BE LIKE THE, THE SUMMER BEFORE, UH, THAT YOU GET REALLY THE FALL IN MOTION. SO FEASIBLY IT COULD ALL BE DONE IN 2024 OR 2025, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK WE, WE THREW OUT THE, THE EARLIEST OPTION BEING WE START NEXT SUMMER. CERTAINLY. YEP. AND I, I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE POINT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DEBT, OUR DEBT RIGHT NOW WHEN IT STARTS TO REALLY STA IT REALLY STABILIZES IN 25, 26. EXACTLY. FROM, FROM A TAX RATE STANDPOINT. YEP. AND WE CAN SEE WHERE ABS COME IN. I THINK AS MUCH I WOULD LOVE TO GET GOING AND, AND START IN 25, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND AND I, AND I SEE THE SAME THING THAT 26 MAY BE MORE REALISTIC. I KNOW IT'S NOT AS MUCH FUN, BUT , ANYTHING ELSE? GO BACK TO THE UNFUNDED SLIDE AGAIN. NO, I'M GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? SOMEBODY, WHITNEY, Y'ALL WANT TO HANG OUT FOR A WHILE LONGER? ALRIGHT, I, I, SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S FRIDAY AFTERNOON. UM, I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THE PA SYSTEM. DID WE, DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT OVER IN THE NEXT ROOM? NO, FOR THE, OH, FOR THE ATHLETIC, THE ATHLETIC CLUB. WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE, IT'S IN THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND, SO IT'S RIGHT. I, I SAW THE AMOUNT BUT I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT IT AT ALL. COME SPEAKING, WE DIDN'T GET A, A CHANCE TODAY MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JANET TWELL. UM, THE PA SYSTEM ITEM THAT WE INCLUDED AS A DECISION PACKAGE WAS TO REPLACE THE PA SYSTEM THAT WAS IN THE FACILITY. ORIGINALLY IT WAS TIED INTO THE DESK AND THE FITNESS WING THAT WE REMOVED THAT DESK THAT WAS NOT REALLY FUNCTIONAL. IT WASN'T GETTING USED TO OPEN UP THAT SPACE TO USE THAT FOR FITNESS SPACE. AND IN DOING SO, UM, WE, THE FITNESS, THE PA SYSTEM BECAME OBSOLETE WHERE THE WIRING COULDN'T BE RECONNECTED. UM, WE DID THIS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING US TO TURN THE MUSIC OFF BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT MUSIC IN THEIR EARBUDS, UM, AND EVERYBODY'S CARRYING THEIR OWN PERSONAL DEVICE ANYMORE. AND SO, UM, OUR, OUR FEEDBACK WE WERE RECEIVING INDICATED THAT NO ONE WAS REALLY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC ANYWAY. AND SO WE MADE A DECISION, UM, TO ELIMINATE THAT ITEM SINCE THE COSTS WERE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT TO REPLACE IT. UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS TO BRING THAT MUSIC BACK. WHAT IS BUDGETED UM, IN THERE IS NOT ONLY TO STREAM MUSIC INTO THE FACILITY THOUGH IT ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN THE FITNESS WING. THERE'S KIND OF A HUGE DISTANCE BETWEEN IF YOU'RE AT WORK IN THE FRONT DESK AND YOU'RE CLOSING THE FACILITY, UM, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'LL BE CLOSING IN A FEW MINUTES. SO WHAT'S INCLUDED WOULD ALSO ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO SPEAK IN THE GYM, UM, SPEAK ON THE TRACK AREA, SPEAK IN THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THE FITNESS WING. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY. UM, BUT IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR OPERATIONS. IS IT A COMPLETELY HARDWIRED SYSTEM? IT IS A HARDWIRED SYSTEM. I DID LOOK TO SEE IF WE COULD GO WITH A WIRELESS SYSTEM AND WHAT I'M COMING UP WITH FROM OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE TRIED THAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT QUITE THERE YET AND IT COMES WITH SOME BUGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UM, AND WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY HIGH EXPECTATIONS OUT OF OUR MEMBERS IN THE FACILITY. UM, YOU KNOW, IF OUR APPLE TVS ARE DOWN OR SOMETHING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, IT REALLY, UM, FRUSTRATES PEOPLE AND SO WE WENT WITH THE PATH THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE LEAST FRUSTRATING. THE DEMANDS. THE DEMANDS. [04:05:01] , WE JUST HIGH CUSTOMER SERVICE. HEY JANET, ON THE UH, PROJECT, THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS MM-HMM. , DOES THAT INCLUDE CEILING FAN? WHAT'S QUESTION? CEILING FANS. CEILING FANS. AND THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CEILING FANS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW. CAN RETIRE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. PASS. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 4 21. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY. WOW. THANK YOU MAYOR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.