* 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. WE DO [00:00:01] HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE. GOOD [1. Call to Order. ] EVENING. IT IS FIVE 30, AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. AND AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE'LL START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS. IF YOU PLEASE RISE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON, THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND YOU WOULD HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. UH, IRMA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS, MR. WE DO NOT. NO CARDS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND WE'LL MOVE TO [a. Hold a Public Hearing, present, and discuss the Town of Addison's proposed Property Tax Rate for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024.] ITEM FOUR A. PUBLIC HEARINGS FOUR A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. MR. GLICKMAN? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING OUR TAX RATE THIS EVENING. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS RELATED TO OUR BUDGET. UM, OH, THERE WE GO. DO I, DOES THIS WORK? OKAY. UM, SO BEGINNING, UH, JUST A REMINDER OF SOME, SOME KEY DATES. SO, UH, NOTICE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS, UH, WAS PUBLISHED, UH, BACK ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH. UH, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET. UH, NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET, AND THEN ALSO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR ADOPTION. UH, AND THEN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST WILL BEGIN FISCAL YEAR 2024. UM, SOME TAX RATE DEFINITIONS. UH, SO TAX RATES ARE COMPOSED OF TWO COMPONENTS. UH, THE M AND O TAX RATE, WHICH STANDS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. UH, THIS FUNDS THE TOWN'S GENERAL FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT FUND AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. AND THIS IS FOR THE BASIC SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD, UH, SEE A CITY PROVIDE, SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE IN YOUR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE INTEREST IN SINKING RATE, THE I N S RATE, UH, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE DEBT RATE. AND THIS WOULD BE THE RATE THAT SERVICES THE TOWN'S GENERAL OBLIGATION, UM, OR GENERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT DEBT SERVICE. THIS WOULD BE, UH, THINGS THAT VOTERS HAVE VOTED ON, UH, SUCH AS, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO PARK FACILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, THEN SOME OTHER DEFINITIONS. A NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO THIS WOULD BE THE RATE THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE, UM, ON THE SAME PROPERTIES AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IF PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THAT NO NEW REVENUE RATE GOES DOWN, UM, AND IF PROPERTY, PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN THAT NO NEW REVENUE RATE GOES UP. AND THEN WE HAVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO THIS IS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, UH, THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD APPROVE, UH, WITHOUT GOING TO VOTERS, UH, FOR FURTHER APPROVAL. UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES AND TAX RATE COMPARED, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024. UH, SO PROPERTY VALUES FOR 20 24, 6 0.16 BILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM 5.63 BILLION. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE. UH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE 60.98 CENTS, SO NO CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. AND THEN SOME FURTHER TAX RATE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. YOU CAN SEE JUST A VERY SLIGHT CHANGE IN THAT CALCULATION. UH, THIS YEAR, A SLIGHT, UH, DECREASE. UH, AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE ABOUT A 5 CENT DECREASE FROM THAT TAX RATE DOWN 68.90 CENTS DOWN TO ABOUT 63.60 CENTS. AND AGAIN, THE ADOPTED AND PROPOSED RATE, UH, NO CHANGE THERE AT 60.98 CENTS. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE TAX RATES, THE TOWN DOES OFFER A 20% GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND A $50,000 EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS AND $60,000 FOR DISABLED PERSONS. AND THEN A DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, IN ADDISON. UH, SO [00:05:01] OVERALL 85% COMES FROM COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND THEN 15% OF THE, THE PROPERTY TAX BASE COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND THEN OVERALL, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GENERAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX THAT, UH, SUPPORTS THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS 8%, AND THEN 92% OF THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMES FROM OTHER SOURCES, WHICH WOULD BE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, UH, OTHER FEES AND SERVICES OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN THIS IS A 10 YEAR VIEW OF OUR TOTAL TAX RATE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S GENERALLY BEEN AROUND, UH, $2 AND 50 CENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S COME DOWN, UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS $2 AND 37 CENTS IN TOTAL. AND THAT INCLUDES DALLAS, I S D, DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, DALLAS COUNTY, AND THEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24. THOSE NUMBERS ARE SHOWN AS THE SAME BECAUSE WE DON'T YET HAVE ALL THE DATA FOR 2024 YET. UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, UH, TAX RATE'S BEEN FAIRLY STABLE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND THEN WE ALSO LIKE TO SHOW THIS SLIDE, THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES WATER AND SEWER. WE WANTED TO, WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOTAL, UH, IMPACT TO, TO HOMEOWNERS FOR THE TOTAL BASKET OF SERVICES THAT THE TOWN PROVIDES. UH, SO PROPERTY TAXES, THE AVERAGE, UH, HOMEOWNER COULD, COULD EXPECT ABOUT A $25 AND 24 CENTS INCREASE PER MONTH, UM, ON WATER SERVICE, ABOUT A DOLLAR AND 22 CENTS A MONTH. SEWER SERVICE ABOUT A DOLLAR 67. SO THE TOTAL MONTHLY INCREASE THAT A, A AVERAGE HOMEOWNER COULD EXPECT IS ABOUT $28 AND 13 CENTS PER MONTH. GREAT. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TAX RATE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE ON THE BUDGET ITSELF. THIS IS ON THE PUBLIC, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANY THAT ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE [b. Hold a Public Hearing, present, and discuss the Town of Addison's Annual Budget for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024.] ON TO ITEM FOUR B, HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. STEPHEN. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET. UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I WENT OVER THE TIMELINE. UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THE, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TONIGHT, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, ALONG WITH BUDGET ADOPTION. UM, SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT'S ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, UM, INCLUDED, UH, SOME CHANGES, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF, UH, THE WORKSHOPS AND WORK SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. SO SOME NOTES ON THOSE CHANGES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UH, THERE WAS, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE INCREASED INVESTMENT REVENUE, UH, BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND SALES TAX. WE INCREASED THAT BY 200,000. UH, WE INCREASED THE PROPERTY TAX BY ABOUT 41,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND. WE REDUCED IT IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BY ABOUT 41,000, UH, WHICH IS IS WHY THE TAX RATE REMAINS THE SAME. UH, IN, UH, ADDED A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER POSITION, UH, ADDED A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION. UH, WE REMOVED A FACILITY STUDY PHASING PLAN FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, REMOVED, UH, ONE FACILITY ATTENDANT FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, REMOVED A THEATER CENTER STUDY FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, ADDED 1% TO THE COMPENSATION POOL, UH, WHICH CAME OUT TO $270,000. UH, PROPOSED SOME CHANGES TO THE T M R SS, UM, UH, COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, UM, RECURRING COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR RETIREES. THAT REDUCED, UH, OUR EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, ADDED A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION, AND THEN INCREASED METROCREST SERVICES, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS BY JUST OVER $57,000 AND WOVEN HEALTH BY, UH, $1,500. AND THEN THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. THERE WERE ONE-TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THOSE, UH, ITEMS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO, UH, WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, THERE'S 51,000 UH, DOLLARS THERE FOR THE, PRIMARILY FOR THE, THE VEHICLE FOR THAT POSITION. UH, SAME THING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION, ABOUT $50,000 FOR THEIR VEHICLE, UH, THEIR STARTUP FUNDING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROGRAM AT $60,000. AND THEN THE ONE-TIME COST, UH, WHICH IS ALSO PRIMARILY THE VEHICLE FOR THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION, UH, WITHIN THE HOTEL FUND. UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED THROUGH THE WORKSHOP, UH, THERE, THERE WAS A $60,000, UH, ERROR IN THAT FUND. SO WE CORRECTED THAT. SO REDUCED EXPENDITURES IN THE THEATER CENTER BY $60,000. UH, IN THE UTILITY FUND, UH, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET HAD A 5.5%, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASE. UH, THROUGH OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS, WE REDUCED THAT TO 4.5%. UH, [00:10:01] SO THAT REDUCED REVENUE, UH, IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, UH, BY $98,000 PER WATER AND ABOUT $88,000 PER SEWER, UH, IN THAT FUND. AND THEN IN THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND, WE REMOVED A, UH, PA SYSTEM, UH, FOR THE ATHLETIC CLUB, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, BECAUSE OUR BOND SALE THAT WE HAD ON AUGUST 8TH, UH, WENT BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, UH, BY $41,000 AND ALSO REDUCE THE INTEREST EXPENDITURES, UH, BY 41,000. STEVEN, I'LL JUST JUMP IN QUICKLY. WHEN YOU SAW THE CHANGES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAW WAS THAT WE TOOK OUT THE THEATER STUDY AND AS A REMINDER, WE'RE WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STUDY, JUST NOT IN THE F Y 24 BUDGET. GREAT. AND THEN STAFFING SUMMARY. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, YOU CAN SEE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 316 0.5 PROPOSED, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES. UH, 2 39 0.2 OF THOSE ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S A 4.5, UH, F T E INCREASE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR. UH, THE HOTEL FUND GOES UP ONE, AND THAT'S REALLY ONE THAT'S TRANSFERRING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. SO IF YOU SEE THAT, THAT ONE, UH, GOES DOWN FROM FOUR TO THREE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. UH, SO THAT'S A, A NO CHANGE RELATED TO THOSE TWO FUNDS. UH, THE AIRPORT FUND STAYS THE SAME. THE UTILITY FUND, UH, IS GOING UP HALF OF A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT. THE DRAINAGE FUND, STORMWATER FUND IS GOING UP 3.5, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. STEVEN, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE QUESTION, UH, THAT I, OH, SORRY, STEVEN, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I WANNA GO BACK ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE ON THE, UH, COMMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT, UH, THE $60,000 CHANGE IN THIS, BUT I, BUT I BELIEVE ON, AT THE THEATER CENTER, BUT I THINK THE, HIS COMMENT WAS ABOUT THE, UH, STUDY. CAN, CAN WE HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT COST THAT YOU'RE ESTIMATING? IS THERE A, DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF NUMBER ON THAT? AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE, ON THE SLIDE PREVIOUSLY IS WHERE IS WHERE THE STUDY, UM, IS SHOWN THAT IT WAS REMOVED. UH, RIGHT HERE ON THREE, UH, SLIDE TWO IS NOTES, THE REMOVAL OF THE THEATER STUDY. OKAY, SO THE, THE 60 K IS WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IT TO BE, OR IS IT, UH, MY HEAD HEARD THAT, UH, UH, IT MAY NOT BE THIS 60,000. SO THE 60,000 WAS WHAT WE INITIALLY PUT IN THE BUDGET AS A PLACEHOLDER. BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AT COUNCIL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT. UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATING THE PROJECT, THE, THE STUDY TO COST MORE THAN 60,000, CURRENTLY ROUGHLY ANTICIPATING A HUNDRED TO 120,000. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDS IN THE EXISTING BUDGET FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROJECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO GET. UM, GET THAT PUT ON THE RECORD THERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN DECISION PACKAGES. SO I'M JUST GONNA LIST, UH, THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. SO, UH, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, INSPECTION OF THEIR, UM, A E D 1, 2, 3 DEVICES, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE'S A, A LONGTIME, UH, PART-TIME EMPLOYEE WHO IS RETIRING, RETIRING FOR GOOD THIS TIME, UH, SO THAT, UH, THOSE SERVICES ARE GONNA BE REPLACED BY, UH, THIRD PARTY SERVICES. UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, INCREASE THERE FOR THAT. UH, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES POSITION, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER POSITION, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION, UH, A HALF, UH, OF AN F T E RELATED TO A FACILITY ATTENDANT POSITION. UH, THE ADDITION OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND THEN THE CONVERSION OF SPRO DOG PARK, UH, FROM NATURAL TURF TO ARTIFICIAL TURF. UH, SO IN TOTAL, UH, THERE'S RECURRING COST, UH, $865,000, WHICH ARE OFFSET BY SOME SAVINGS OF ABOUT $61,000. SO IN TOTAL, UH, THE NET COST IS ABOUT 804 THOU, $804,373, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE ONE-TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, THE PURCHASE OF THE A E D 1 2 3 DEVICES, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, TWO FIRE ADMINISTRATION VEHICLES, UH, ONE OF THOSE BEING FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION. UH, THEN THE ONE-TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES POSITION, AGAIN, THE VEHICLE, UH, FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, A VEHICLE FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT [00:15:01] OFFICER, UH, STARTUP FUNDING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROGRAM. UH, SOME PLANNED ASSET REPLACEMENT FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN, AND THEN SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. UH, THE ACTUAL, UH, INSTALLATION OF THE, UH, SCRU DOG PARK, ARTIFICIAL TURF, UM, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, UH, THE PLAN OF, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, AN N T T A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, UH, GATEWAY AND LANDSCAPE, UH, DESIGN, UH, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION, UH, THE ONE-TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY A VEHICLE, UH, A RECREATION VAN FOR THE ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ATHLETIC CLUB. AND THEN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OR RENOVATION TO THE OUTDOOR POOL AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB. SO IN TOTAL, FROM THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, $2,090,284. AND THEN FROM THE STREET SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, THERE'S TWO PROJECTS, THE PAVER REPLACEMENT ON ARAPAHOE, AND THEN BRICK P BRICK PAVER REPLACEMENT IN THE VITRUVIAN AREA, UH, THE TOTAL OF THOSE $405,000. AND THEN FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND AGAIN, OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE THE AIRPORT FUND, THE STORMWATER FUND, AND THE UTILITY FUND. UH, SO THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, HAS, HAS REQUESTED AN INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM. UH, THE STORMWATER FUND IS REQUESTING AN OUT, UH, AN ASPHALT TRAILER, UH, AS WELL AS A RECONSTRUCTION OF HUT AND BRANCH OUTFALL, UM, ANNUAL STORMWATER MAINTENANCE PLAN, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A RECURRING COST, AND THEN ALSO TO BRING THE, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UM, SERVICES IN-HOUSE, UH, BY PURCHASE OF, UH, STREETS, AN ACTUAL STREET SWEEPER, BUT ALSO, UH, HIRING A STREET MAINTENANCE WORKER TO, UM, MANAGE THAT, UH, PROGRAM. UH, THE BRINGING A G I S ANALYST POSITION IN HOUSE FROM A CONTRACT SERVICE, WHICH ACTUALLY GENERATES A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS, UH, AND THEN A PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT POSITION, UH, IN THE STORMWATER FUND. AND THEN IN THE UTILITY FUND THAT, THAT G I S UH, ANALYST POSITION IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE STORMWATER AND THE UTILITY FUND. SO THE OTHER HALF OF THAT IS SHOWN IN THE UTILITY FUND. UH, A NEW UTILITY BILLING CUSTOMER PORTAL. UH, ADDITIONAL CONTRACTED UTILITY REPAIRS ON A RECURRING BASIS, UH, AND THEN ONE TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, KELWAY WET, WELL STRUCTURAL INSPECTION AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF A 24 INCH WATER MAIN. SO IN TOTAL, FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RECURRING COST ABOUT 931,000, UH, ONE TIME COST 1,237,000, OFFSET BY ABOUT $205,000 IN SAVINGS. SO A TOTAL NET COST OF ABOUT $1,963,613. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND. SO OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS AT $48,164,101. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT REVENUE, 52% COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES. UH, AND THEN 34% OF THAT REVENUE TOTAL COMES FROM NON-PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH ARE SALES TAXES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES. UH, SO THAT MAKES UP 86% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE GENERATED, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND. UH, OTHER SOURCES ARE FRANCHISE FEES AT ABOUT 4%, UH, SERVICE FEES AT ABOUT 5%. UH, FINES AND FINES AND PENALTIES ARE, UH, ABOUT 1%. AND THEN WE HAVE 2%, WHICH IS LICENSES AND PERMIT. SO THE MAJORITY, UH, FROM SALES TAX, MIXED BEVERAGE TAX, PROPERTY TAX. THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, 48,155,864, UH, DOLLARS, UH, EXPENDITURE BUDGET, UH, BEING A SERVICE, UM, ORGANIZATION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS RELATED TO PERSONNEL. THAT'S OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICEMEN, THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR PARKS, OUR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THAT MAKES UP ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THAT OVERALL GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURE BUDGET. UM, OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, ABOUT 18% OF THAT BUDGET. THEN WE HAVE MAINTENANCE AT ABOUT 8%, SUPPLIES, 3%, AND THEN OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT AND LEASE PROGRAMS AT ABOUT 5%. AND THEN THIS IS THE DETAILS OF, OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO AS I MENTIONED, 48,164,000 IS THE REVENUE SIDE. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, 48,155,000, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO OVERALL REVENUES, UH, STILL EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY JUST OVER $8,000, UH, IN THE HOTEL FUND. UH, OVERALL, WE HAVE, UH, OPERATING REVENUE $6,522,000, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, $6,736,000. UH, SO A SLIGHT, UH, A SLIGHT, UH, DEFICIT THERE OF ABOUT $214,000. UH, BUT OVERALL, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE PERFORMED BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED RELATED TO REVENUE, UH, REVENUES, UH, EXCEEDING OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET BY, [00:20:01] UH, ALMOST $400,000 WHILE EXPENDITURES, UH, ARE COMING IN SLIGHTLY BELOW AS WELL. UH, SO THAT PUTS US IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER POSITION, UM, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE FUND BALANCE TO END AT ABOUT 57.8% OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UH, INTO THE UTILITY FUND. OPERATING REVENUE 16.1 MILLION, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES JUST OVER 16 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ONE-TIME DECISION PACKAGES, $175,000. UH, SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COST OF ABOUT $79,000. UH, BRINGS THE TOTAL EXPENSES TO $16,271,000. UH, SO JUST SLIGHTLY MORE, UH, THAN THE REVENUE. UH, BUT OVERALL, OUR OPERATING EXPENSES EXCEED OUR, OR OUR OPERATING REVENUE, EXCEEDS OUR OPERATING EXPENSES. UH, AND IN TOTAL, WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD SPOT WITH THE UTILITY FUND, WITH WORKING CAPITAL, LOOKING TO END AT ABOUT 43.7% OF OUR, UH, OPERATING, UH, EXPENSES. THEN THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, OVERALL, UH, REVENUE, $7,255,000, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, $6,130,000. UH, THEY DO SUPPORT SOME DEBT SERVICE, SO THEY TRANSFER SOME MONEY TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, ABOUT $469,000. AND THEN THEY HAVE A TON OF, UH, CAPITAL, UH, CASH FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR. UH, THEY HAVE SOME FENCING IMPROVEMENTS, SOME, UH, REGULATED GARBAGE UTILITY BUILDING, UH, SOME BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS AT WILEY POST. UH, SOME DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS, UH, RELATED TO ATLANTIC AVIATION, SKY HARBOR AND TANGO WHISKEY. UH, SO IN TOTAL, WITH ALL THOSE CASH FUNDED, UH, ITEMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT BRINGS THEIR TOTAL EXPENSES 8,161,000. UM, BUT THEY STILL REMAIN 92%, 91.9% FUND BALANCE OR WORKING CAPITAL, UM, RELATED TO THEIR EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THE STORMWATER FUND, OVERALL REVENUE, $2,725,000. UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, ABOUT $2,125,000. UH, THEY ALSO SUPPORT SOME, SOME DEBT SERVICE. UH, SO THEY, THEY SEND SOME MONEY TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, ABOUT $406,000, UH, 100, UH, ONE TIME DECISION PACKAGES, UH, $1,061,000, AND THEN ALSO CASH FUNDING A PORTION OF THE KELLER SPRINGS RECONSTRUCTION AT ABOUT $2.8 MILLION. SO IN TOTAL, THE EXPENSES, UH, COME OUT TO 6,392,000. SO THAT BRINGS OUR, OUR, UH, WORKING CAPITAL DOWN, UH, TO ABOUT $4,434,000. SO WE'RE STILL IN A REALLY STRONG POSITION, UH, WITH OVER 200% OF OUR OPERATING, UH, EXPENSES AND RESERVE. AND THEN THE OVERALL FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UH, SO FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2024, THAT INCLUDES $54,288,686. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT BEING RELATED TO, UH, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THAT'S GONNA BE OUR MIDWAY ROAD PROJECTS, QUORUM DRIVE, UM, KELLER SPRINGS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UH, THEN, THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE GONNA BE FROM OUR STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS. UM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND. UH, WE HAVE SOME BOND FUNDED PROJECTS FROM OUR UTILITY FUNDS AND ALSO CASH FUNDED FROM THE UTILITY FUND. UH, THE STORMWATER I JUST MENTIONED, UH, $2.8 MILLION, UH, RELATED TO KELLER SPRINGS AND THE AIRPORT FUND. THEY ALL, THEY HAVE A, A MIX OF, UH, BOND FUNDED PROJECTS, GRANT FUNDS, AND THEN, UH, USE OF SOME OF THEIR, UH, CASH RESERVES. SO IN TOTAL, THAT COMES OUT TO, AGAIN, 54, JUST UNDER $54.3 MILLION FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN THE BUDGET CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOWN'S WEBPAGE UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UH, YOU CAN, UH, SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET WHEN IT'S ADOPTED. WE'LL UPDATE THAT, UH, WITH THE FRESHLY ADOPTED BUDGET. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, AND THEN OUR TIMELINES AND, UH, ANY OF THE OTHER BUDGET INFORMATION RELATED TO, AND ALSO THE INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. GQ, I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON. OH, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. OH, . ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? NANCY, I JUST HAVE A, A BRIEF ONE. UM, IN REVIEWING, UM, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FROM LAST YEAR, UM, I SAW WHERE THERE WAS A COUNCIL PERSON THAT, UM, ASKED YOU A QUESTION ON YOUR COMFORT LEVEL OF THE FUND BALANCES, UM, AND THEIR PERCENTAGES. UM, AS THAT RELATES TO THE BOND RATING, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU FELT VERY COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH THAT FROM A BOND RATING, UH, STANDPOINT, BUT THAT THE, THE ONLY ONE THAT GAVE YOU ANY KIND OF CONCERN WAS THE HOTEL FUND. MM-HMM. . UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT IF WE DIDN'T [00:25:01] SEE A REBOUND THERE SOON, THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY WE BUDGET SOME OF THE EXPENSES AND, AND MAYBE EVEN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIND SOME EFFICIENCIES. AND I THINK IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU MIGHT'VE EVEN MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME, SOME POLICY, HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION. COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A, OR ME, UM, AN UPDATE THERE ON YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? AT THIS POINT? WE'LL GO BACK TO THE HOTEL FUND. SO, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, WE HAD BUDGETED UNDER $6 MILLION IN REVENUE. AND THEN OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE ABOUT 6.9. SO WE HAD ABOUT A $900,000 DELTA FOR, THAT'S BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. UM, THE ACTUAL RESULTS ARE GONNA BE QUITE A BIT BETTER. UM, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT, MAYBE THIS SAYS ABOUT 500,000, BUT HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY BETTER. WE STILL HAVE OCTOBER FEST TO GO, SO WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE RESULTS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, UM, THERE ARE INCREASES IN REVENUE BECAUSE THE HOTELS HAVE, FOR THE MOST PART, REBOUNDED, UM, THE WAY WE HAD HOPED. THEY, THEY WOULD. BUT WE DID ALSO FIND SOME EFFICIENCIES THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR INSTANCE, THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT, UM, WE WERE TRANSFERRING 760, 60 $8,000 TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND TO SUPPORT THAT TOURISM FUNCTION. UH, WELL, IF YOU LOOK HERE, WE'RE WE'RE BUDGETING 644,000. SO WE DID REDUCE THAT. UM, SO LOOKING AT IT BY ABOUT $125,000, UH, THE SAME THING FOR MARKETING. UH, WE REDUCED THAT BY SOME THINGS THAT JUST WEREN'T BEING FULLY SPENT OR FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON. UM, AND WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS PRETTY HARD TO, TO JUST MAKE SURE WE WERE BUDGETING APPROPRIATELY. AND THEN WITH A NEW, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, THOSE BUDGETS WERE KEPT THE SAME, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE PLAN TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THAT NEXT YEAR AND LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GONNA BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING, UH, ON THE BUDGET SIDE. UM, BECAUSE OUR REVENUE, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UM, SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. UH, WE DO THINK MAYBE WE'RE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THESE EXPENDITURES, UH, WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING SOMETHING FORWARD RELATED TO THAT, BUT, BUT HAVING A $200,000 DELTA THIS YEAR COMPARED TO $900,000 LAST YEAR MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT EXPLANATION BY STEVEN. MM-HMM. . WELL, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE NOW AND WE WEREN'T, WEREN'T, UH, TO THE FEAR LEVEL THAT STEVEN HAD LAST YEAR AS WE WERE HOPING FOR THE REBOUND. UM, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SUSTAINABLE TO CONTINUE A BUDGET THAT HAS YOUR EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING YOUR REVENUES. SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING, I MEAN, THE THEATER STUDY CERTAINLY PLAYS A PART IN THAT. AS ABBY GOES THROUGH HER FIRST YEAR WITH THE EVENTS, LOOKING AT EFFICIENCIES WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IN EACH OF THE BIG EVENTS. UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE OUT YEARS AND IN, IN THE INITIAL BUDGET PRESENTATION WE SHOWED THAT FORECAST OF THE OUT YEARS, THE FUND BALANCE, WHEN YOU HAVE EXPENSES OVER REVENUES DECREASES. SO IT IS SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT WE CERTAINLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? OKAY. YOU'VE SEEN NONE THERE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. I SEE ONE, I HAVE MY CARD , IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. THERE WE GO. UM, MIKE O'NEILL, UH, 50 21 MORRIS AVENUE AS PART OF THE, UH, DISTRICT A TOWN HOMES. UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, UH, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, UH, BELATEDLY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE, UM, PARKLAND FEE STUDY PROGRAM LAST MONTH. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING LAST WEEK. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THAT GROUP AND WE HOPE TO BRING THE COUNCIL SOME REALLY, UM, SOLID SUGGESTIONS OVER THAT. UM, SO JUST QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UH, KNOWING MY BACKGROUND, I'M GONNA BE EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, PARK BASED. THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE ON THAT IS, WILL THIS JUST BE FOR, UM, CITY RELATED PROJECTS OR WILL THEY BE, UM, INTERFACING WITH DEVELOPERS AS WELL? SO IF THEY'LL BE PART OF THE LIAISON WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING IN? UM, HAPPY TO SEE THE ADDISON PARK STUDY. UM, I'VE READ UP A LOT ON THE HISTORY OF ADDISON AND THE ADDISON PARK STUDY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS, UH, COMMITTEE. AND SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REAL BENCHMARK STUDY IN PARTICULAR WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRANSIT, UM, ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. AND I REALLY SEE THOSE TWO THINGS, [00:30:01] UM, KIND OF INTERMESHED. SO IN THAT CONTEXT, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE, UH, VERY GOOD FOR US. THE AIRPORT CAPITAL PROJECTS, THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR ITEMS ON THERE THAT DEALT WITH, UM, DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS AND I THINK THOSE WERE WITH FBOS. I COULDN'T QUITE, UH, TELL WHAT THOSE DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS, UH, WERE AND I'M A LITTLE BIT INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE SPROLE, ARTIFICIAL TURF. FULL DISCLOSURE, I DON'T OWN A DOG, BUT I HAVE TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS CAME TODAY AND THEY BOTH OWN DOGS AND THEY, UH, USE THAT PARK AND A LITTLE, A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS, THE ARTIFICIAL TURF AND SCHOOL PARK AND, UH, HOW THAT'LL BE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ADDRESSED OR IF, UH, WE CAN HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP ON THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE. DAVID, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT OR DO YOU WANNA GET WITH HIM SEPARATELY AT, AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE COULD HAVE STAFF RESPOND TO ANY FOLLOW UP ITEMS. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SEEING NO OTHERS? THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL MOVE [5. Items of Community Interest. The City Council will have this opportunity to address items of community interest, including: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the Town of Addison; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event that was or will be attended by an Addison City Council member or an official; and, announcements involving an eminent threat to public health and safety in Addison that has arisen since posting this agenda.] ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THERE IS NO VOTE ON THESE TWO ITEMS. THIS WAS JUST, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. DAVID, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS. UH, JANET COULD COME UP AND SPEAK TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, I BELIEVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. UM, THE QUESTION WAS RELATED TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION AND WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS I BELIEVE THAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WOULD BE WORKING ON. UM, THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON PARKS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO PROJECTS THAT TOUCHED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE WHERE STAFF IS REVIEWING PLANS SUBMITTED BY DEVELOPERS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, SUCH AS THE T O D PROJECT THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JANA. ALRIGHT. OH, NOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, JANA, COULD YOU, , COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE DOG PARK QUESTION AS WELL? PROMISE WE DIDN'T DO THAT ON PURPOSE. I JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO WEAR MY APPLE WATCH, SO I'M COUNTING ALL THE STEPS NEXT TIME. SO I DON'T MIND. UM, SPROLE DOG PARK, UM, THE REASON THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARTIFICIAL TURF IS EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOG PARK TO PUT NEW SOD DOWN. UM, THE DOG PARK THAT WE HAVE IN ADDISON IS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE. UM, BUT WE'RE VERY URBAN AND DENSE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE DOG PARK THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF PET OWNERS. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HEAVIEST USED DOG PARKS IN THE METROPLEX. AND BECAUSE OF THE USE WE GET COMBINED WITH THE SIZE, THE TURF GETS COMPACTED AND ONCE A YEAR WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOG PARK, PUT NEW TURF DOWN. WE ALSO CLOSE THE DOG PARK FOR MAINTENANCE ONCE A WEEK TO ALLOW THE GRASS TO KIND OF BOUNCE BACK. AND WE CLOSE THE DOG PARK ANYTIME AFTER IT RAINS. I THINK IT'S ON TOP OF THE WORST SOIL AND ALL OF ADDISON. AND SO WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOG PARK, UM, LET THE SOIL DRY UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE OPEN IT BACK. IF WE PUT IN ARTIFICIAL TURF, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOG PARK OPEN MORE OFTEN. SO IT'LL BE USED BY RESIDENTS MORE OFTEN. JAN, CAN YOU REMIND US ABOUT THE, UH, UH, UH, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA BE IN INCLUDED IN THIS DESIGN? MM-HMM. . SO THE DOG PARK HAS AN EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THAT SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN PLACE BECAUSE IT WILL HELP KIND OF FLUSH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GET DEPOSITED ON THE ARTIFICIAL TURF OUT OF THE SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE AN UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT UNDERNEATH THE TURF THAT WILL TAKE THE DRAINAGE AWAY. SO IS THIS, UH, THIS MATERIAL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE PLAN ON VACUUMING? IS THAT, HOW THAT GETS CLEANED IS THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL WASH THE MATERIAL OUT. IT HAS A POROUS BASE UNDERNEATH IT. UM, IT DOES HAVE AN INFILL PRODUCT THAT HELPS THE TURF STAND UP. UM, IT ALSO HELPS WITH SOME OF THE ODOR ISSUES THAT YOU SEE WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF AND PETS. UM, THAT INFILL MATERIAL DOES HAVE TO BE PERIODICALLY GROOMED AND WE DO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. MR. O'NEILL WAS, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? UH, SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. 'CAUSE THIS IS A CHANCE WE DON'T USUALLY GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ASK, UH, GO RIGHT TO THE TOP [00:35:01] INITIALLY. THANK YOU, JANA. THANK YOU JANA. ALRIGHT, WE'LL WAIT TILL SHE GETS TO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. OKAY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE COMMENTS ON, UH, THINGS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, ITEMS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCES, SPECIAL EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST ON THIS? WAS THAT YOU, MARLON, I'D LOVE TO GO FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY MANAGER DAVID GAINES BECAUSE I'VE, THIS IS MY FIFTH BUDGET PROCESS AND, UH, FOR ME IN MY YEARS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL TO, TO MAKE EDITS TO THE BUDGET SOMETHING, SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA DO CHARITY WISE TO NONPROFITS. SO THAT, THAT, UM, UM, WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. MARLON. WHO ELSE? ALENE? YES. UM, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THERE IS, THIS SOUNDS SO STRANGE, A NEED FOR PLASTIC BAGS AT METROCREST SERVICES. THEY ACTUALLY USE 5,000 PLASTIC LIKE GROCERY BAGS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND FORTUNATELY JANA AND HER TEAM HAVE SET UP A BOX OVER AT THE FITNESS CENTER AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR BAGS THERE AND WE WILL DELIVER THEM SO THAT METROCREST DOESN'T HAVE TO PURCHASE PLASTIC BAGS. THEY CAN USE THAT FOR FOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO RECYCLE OUR BAGS, RIGHT? YEAH. WHO ELSE? NOBODY ELSE. OKAY. WELL I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE THINGS. SPEAKING OF DOGS, I'M VERY EXCITED TO ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. THANKS TO JAN AND HER CREW OVER THERE WITH DOGGY SPLASH DAY. COCO DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT YET BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA GET HER TOO EXCITED YET, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, WE WENT TO IT, UH, HER FIRST YEAR THAT I HAD HER AND SHE ONLY DID THE WAITING POOL. UH, SHE WASN'T READY TO GO TO THE BIG, BIG POOL YET. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR. BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND THANKS JEN AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, FOR PUTTING THAT ON. THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY WHEN I, UH, WHEN I WENT BY TOWN HALL THAT IF, IF, IF SOMEBODY EVER NEEDS THE LITTLE PICK ME UP, ALL YOU NEED TO GO DO IS GO WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR OF TOWN HALL WHEN FELICIA CRAIGHEAD IS SITTING THERE. 'CAUSE YOU GET SUCH A NICE GREETING JUST WALKING IN THE FRONT DOOR. SHE'S SO FRIENDLY. SHE'S THE FACE OF ADDISON, THE FIRST PERSON THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE. AND SHE'S JUST A WELCOME SITE WHEN YOU WALK IN THAT DOOR. AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO IN WHEN SHE'S OUT TO LUNCH, THAT'S OKAY TOO BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AMAZING VOLUNTEERS FROM TOWN THAT ARE THERE FILLING IN FOR HER WHEN SHE'S GONE. AND THEY GIVE YOU A GREAT WELCOME AS WELL. BUT THEY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FELICIA DOES FOR US EVERY DAY. SO, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ARE WE GOOD TO GO? WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. WELL WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 6 0 9. THANKS EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. SO THE ONLY THING THAT MR. O'NEILL HAD LEFT YEAH. * 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.