* 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. [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] [00:00:07] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. IT IS SIX O'CLOCK AND IT, WE'LL CALL THE ORDER CALL, CALL THE, AT THE MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LISIO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM EVENING, DAN EVENING. AND WE WILL, UH, GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO, UH, COMMENT TO THE, UM, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. AND IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER [3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items.] CLARIFICATION, REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA? MARLON, MAYOR, I'VE GOT A FEW RELATED TO FOUR B, FOUR B. THANK YOU. GOOD. I'M JUST GONNA WAIT A SECOND AND LET JOE, JOE, COME UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, JOE PACK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS. HEY JOE. UM, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, I, I'VE HEARD THAT OUTDOOR AC UNIT, I KNOW IT'S PRETTY LOUD, UM, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE, WE, I DUNNO WHO HANDLES THAT, BUT IF WE REACHED OUT TO CARRIER OR WHOEVER DOES THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, A TYPICAL NOISE THAT, THAT, THAT IS ORIGINATING, IT JUST SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, UH, LIKE IT'S WHINING. LIKE IT'S LOUD, LIKE IT'S, UH, NOT NORMAL. I'M GONNA LET JANA HANDLE THAT SINCE SHE WAS HERE BEFORE. YEAH. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. UM, WHEN THE UNIT WAS INSTALLED, WE DID REACH OUT TO CARRIER. WE SHARED A CONCERN. THEY CAME OUT, MEASURED THE SOUND LEVELS AND COMPARED THEM TO WHAT WAS IN THE SPEC AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE OPERATING BELOW THE SPECIFIED SOUND LEVELS. SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE ALSO DONE A COUPLE OF MEASUREMENTS ON MY OWN TO VERIFY THAT WE'RE STILL OPERATING WITHIN THOSE LEVELS. UM, AND ADDITIONALLY I'VE GONE TO THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE NOISE AND THE DECIMALS ARE HIGHER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAN THEY ARE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB. SO SOUND IS BOUNCING OFF OF THE BRICK WALL INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THIS GREEN SCREEN, IS THAT PROPOSED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BRICK WALL? YES, SIR, IT IS. OKAY. AND, AND WILL THAT GO THE LENGTH OF THE, THE FITNESS WING? SO THERE ARE, IT, IT WILL BE THE LENGTH OF THE SOUTH END OF THE FITNESS WING. WE HAD ALTERNATIVES TO TURN THE CORNER AND GO TO THE WEST, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS OVER BUDGET. BUT, UH, MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE FILLED IN BETWEEN THE SLOT WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. SO, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE RIGHT THERE AND, AND THAT IS WHAT THE GREEN SCREEN WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE. OKAY. THAT, YEAH, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND IT IS ATTACHED AND, UH, IT IS A PROPRIETARY PRODUCT, UH, SPECIALIZED, UH, IN CALIFORNIA AND THESE ARE BECOMING VERY, VERY POPULAR ALL OVER THE WORLD. OKAY. AND, AND IT'S A NICE PROJECT, NICE PRODUCT. OKAY. AND SO WE RECEIVED SOME SAMPLE PICTURES WITH OUR, OUR COUNCIL QUESTION AND ANSWERS AND, AND, UM, BASICALLY WE'VE GOT SOME TYPE OF, UH, VINE GROWING ON THIS THING. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA YES, SIR. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PICTURES HERE. VALENCIA, YOU MAY NEED TO, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE IRRIGATION AND, AND, OKAY, I GOT IT. I GOT IT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF PULLING THAT ITEM AFTER HEARING THAT. ANYTHING ELSE, MARLON? NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE [4. Council Questions and Answers.] ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. THIS IS JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS THAT, UH, WE DO, THE COUNCIL REGULARLY SENDS QUESTIONS INTO STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEY DO RESPOND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL VIA EMAIL. AND THIS DOCUMENT IS UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE. SO BY THIS TIME WITH USUALLY WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF THE BEFORE, PRIOR TO THE MEETING STARTING, THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A LIVE LINK ON THE AGENDA ITSELF. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, DAVID? SURE. UH, BEGINNING WITH THIS MEETING, WE'VE ALSO PRINTED HARD COPIES OF THE COUNCIL [00:05:01] QUESTIONS BOTH FOR COUNCIL AND ALSO IN THE HALLWAY. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COPIES FOR ANYONE WHO ATTENDS THE MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG. EXCELLENT. YEAH, THAT'S JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, MIGHT BE WHAT THE COUNCIL THINKING AND, UH, THEIR MINDSET AND SO FORTH. SO WE JUST TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE AS WE CAN. [5. Closed Meeting. The Addison City Council will enter a Closed Meeting pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551-071 through 090 to discuss the following item(s): Section 551.071(1)(A). Consultations with Attorney to seek advice of attorney about pending or contemplated litigation. White Rock Chapel] OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A CLOSED MEETING. ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. SECTION 5 5 1 0.0711 A CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK ADVICE OF ATTORNEY ABOUT, ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. AND IT IS 6 0 6 AND WE'LL ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY. OKAY. IT IS 6 35 [6. Open Meeting. In accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 551, the Addison City Council will reconvene in an Open Meeting to consider action, if any, on the matters discussed in the Closed Meeting.] AND WE ARE COMING BACK INTO O OPEN SESSION AND THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION. AND WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE OPEN MEETING. [a. Present and discuss the format for the Town Meeting on October 30, 2023.] ACTUALLY, WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT INTO THE, UH, ITEM SEVEN, THE WORK SESSION REPORTS SEVEN A IS PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE FORMAT FOR THE TOWN MEETING ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2023. MARY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARY ROSELEE, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND TOURISM. UH, WE HAVE A TOWN MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER. AS WE TYPICALLY DO, I HAVE PROVIDED YOU ALL A FEW POSSIBLE, UM, TOPICS THAT WE COULD COVER AT THE MEETING, UM, FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL WORK WITH YOU ON PUTTING YOUR PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER AND SCRIPTING AND HELPING WITH, UM, THE IMAGES AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL HAVE TIME BEFORE I HAND TO PRACTICE. UM, SO I'M HERE AS A RESOURCE, UM, BUT I'LL LET YOU ALL DISCUSS THESE TOPICS AND IF THERE ARE OTHER ONES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CONSIDER, UM, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM. SO WE HAVE A A, THE WELCOME, UM, TYPICALLY THE MAYOR DOES THAT, UH, RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEERS AND HOW TO STAY INFORMED. UM, BUDGET, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. WE'LL HAVE A MIDWAY ROAD VIDEO, A NEW ONE FOR YOU BY THEN. UM, ADDISON AIRPORT PARKS AND RECREATION. WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON THERE, UM, BETWEEN ATHLETIC CLUB, UM, THE LE LOCKS POND, PROJECT BELTWAY AND, AND SOME OF THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON THERE. AND THE QUORUM ART WALK, UH, AND THEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. SO WHAT MARY, DO WE NEED TO DECIDE? WHO'S DOING WHAT TOPIC IS THAT? WHAT WE'RE WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT? MAYOR, I, I WOULD ADD YES, DECIDE WHICH TOPICS, WHICH TOPICS FIRST, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THESE TOPICS OR DO YOU WANT TO SWAP 'EM? AND THEN DECIDE WHO IS GONNA DO EACH. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THESE PARTICULAR TOPICS? ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE HERE? ANYTHING YOU'D WANT TO ADD? I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR. YES, SIR. UH, T O D TYPICALLY IS ON ONE OF THESE, WHETHER IT'S FALL OR SPRING. AND I WAS WONDERING, MARY, IF THERE WAS SOME, UH, WAS THAT INCOR? WERE YOU SEEING THIS INCORPORATED T O D INCORPORATED THIS OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO ADD TO THIS LIST IF WE, WE SAW IT AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND THEN FOR YOU, MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR GONNA BE YOUR FIRST TRIP. SAY AGAIN? THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR FIRST ONE. YES, SIR. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UH, ANY WORDS OF WISDOM FOR IT, ? WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, RULE NUMBER ONE IS ALWAYS NOBODY GETS HURT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE? CHI Q? UH, NO MA'AM. OKAY. NANCY. OH, I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ASKING FOR PREFERENCES FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? I, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY. MARLON HAS HIS GREEN LIGHT ON. I'M THINKING HE ALREADY HAS SOMETHING, BUT NANCY, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WELL, IF HAVE ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE NOW, I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO, UH, INDICATE AN INTEREST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. OKAY. AND MARLON, ANYTHING ELSE, NANCY? NO, THANK YOU. MARLON, WOULD YOU HAVE ON YOUR MIND SIR? NO, I, I HAD AN INTEREST IN THAT SAME ONE. OKAY. UM, BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHERS THAT I COULD DO THAT AREN'T ON THIS, ON THIS LIST THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER. AND WHAT, WHAT WERE THOSE? OH, UM, I'M GONNA GET THE WORDING A LITTLE OFF, BUT, UM, CONNECTING WITH A COMMUNITY. SAY AGAIN. HOW TO, UH, HOW BEST TO CONNECT, UH, WITH A COMMUNITY, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSLETTERS. UH, WELL, WE'VE, I'VE GOT THAT AS PART [00:10:01] IN PART OF THE WELCOME IS HOW TO STAY INFORMED. IS IS PART OF THAT, WAS THERE SOMETHING BEYOND THAT YOU WERE THINKING? SORRY, ONE MORE, ONE MORE TIME HERE ON THE VERY, THE, THE WELCOME LINE IN THE PARENTHESES, HOW TO STAY INFORMED. UM, YEAH, I DON'T SEE SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE THAT. YEAH. SO I MEAN, IF THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVER IN THAT WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT. MAKE SURE WE GET THAT COVERED. YEAH. OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT RIGHT, RIGHT THIS MINUTE. NO, I, I, I, I'VE JUST KIND OF SHARED MY THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, ANOTHER, A THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT. OKAY. WELL LET'S ALREADY, ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO HAVE IT EXACTLY ONE OF THESE BULLET POINTS? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. IT COULD BE THAT OR SOMETHING ELSE, UM, OF IMPORTANCE. WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ON WHICH TOPIC FOR THE MEETING. I UNDERSTAND. AND IS IT LIMITED TO JUST WHAT'S ON THIS PAGER? NO, THAT'S WHY I ASKED. DOES SOMEBODY HAVE OTHER TOPICS THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE US TO? YEAH, SO, SO I WOULD SAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF HOW TO, HOW TO CONNECT, HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO WE, WE HAVE, NANCY AND MARLON ARE, ARE INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE GOT HOW TO STAY INFORMED. THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE WELCOME THAT I'M DOING, UH, AS PART OF MY, AS PART OF MY SEGMENT. OKAY. AT THE START, WAS THERE ANY, ANY OTHERS? LEMME COME. LET ME COME BACK TO THAT. I WAS PLANNING ON DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT LET ME, LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS AS, AS EVERYBODY KIND OF TALKS THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE WANTING OKAY. WANTING TO DO, OKAY. SURE. EILEEN, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE AIRPORT. OKAY. AIRPORT FOR EILEEN. DARREN, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH DOING WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. ALL OF THE DUTIES IS ASSIGNED BY MANAGEMENT FOR DARREN. JUST ONE OF THEM. . NOW, DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF ON ANY OF THOSE? I'VE DONE THE, UH, PARKS AND REC AS, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT. SO I AM HAPPY TO DO ANY OF THE OTHER ONES. BUDGET, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I'LL, I'LL PICK WHATEVER'S LEFT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LEFTOVERS, MR. LISIO? I WOULD, UH, I'LL TAKE PARK AND REX SINCE I AM THE LIAISON FOR THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION. VERY GOOD. SO THE OPENINGS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE BUDGET, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. GCU, DID YOU GIVE A PREFERENCE? I DIDN'T. I DID NOT. MAYOR, I HAVEN'T, UH, DONE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN A FEW CYCLES, SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT AGAIN. OKAY. IF I MAY. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION. THEN WE HAVE BUDGET AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BETWEEN DARREN AND WHO ELSE? NATE. MARLON. MARLON. I, I WOULD LOVE TO DO ONE OFF THIS LIST. IS THAT, IS THAT GONNA BE, ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT? UM, WELL, WE, WE CAN. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO DO ADDISON AREA SCHOOLS. ADDISON AREA SCHOOLS? YES. OKAY. OKAY THEN DARREN, YOUR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S FINE WITH ME. NO. WHICH WE COULD DO A LITTLE PART OF BUDGET OR YOU COULD PUT BUDGET IN YOUR, UH, YOUR PART. YEAH. WHICHEVER ONE YOU DON'T WANT IS THE ONE I'M GONNA PICK UP. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PREFER TO DO THAT ONE. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THEN I CAN TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET F RIGHT AFTER THE WELCOME. OKAY. THAT WAS EASY ENOUGH. UH, WAIT A SECOND. SO MARLON, OKAY, NANCY'S GONNA DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MARLON'S GONNA DO ADDISON AREA SCHOOLS. MARY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE DATE OF THE TOWN MEETING? MONDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, SEVEN O'CLOCK HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER. OCTOBER 30TH. WHAT TIME WAS THAT? SEVEN. SEVEN O'CLOCK? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT LOCKED DOWN ON OUR COUNCIL CALENDAR. HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE OPTIONAL. LATER ZEN OR SOMETHING. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL FINISH UP OUR WORK SESSION WITH A REASONABLY LA [00:15:01] REASONABLY LONG BREAK UNTIL SEVEN 30. WE, WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE FOR OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. IT IS SEVEN 30 AND WE WILL COME BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT. AND AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH PLEDGES TO BOTH OF THE FLAGS. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD 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. GOOD TO SEE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM [a. City Manager's Announcements] WE HAVE IS ITEM TWO. WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND THE FIRST THING IS ITEM TWO A, WHICH IS CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. DAVID. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, TODAY STARTING WITH OUR MARSH LANE CLOSURE. UH, ARCH WESTERN HERZOG, A W H DART IS DART SILVER LINE CONTRACTOR. UH, THEY'RE PLANNING A FULL CLOSURE OF MARSH LANE AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING JUST NORTH OF ARAPAHOE ROAD FROM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 8:00 PM TO MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT 6:00 AM PLEASE CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES DURING THE CLOSURE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT WEEK. UH, ADDISON IS HOSTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT LAY LOCKS PARK. GRAB A LAWN CHAIR OR BLANKET AND COME ENJOY TIME IN THE PARK WITH NEIGHBORS. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT. IT, WE, IT IS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD ONE IN ADDISON AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UH, YOGA STOP BY ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON FOR FREE POP-UP YOGA, UH, HOSTED BY ADDISON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND FINALLY, HOW OE FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY OCTOBER. UM, ON ON SATURDAY IN OCTOBER, WE ARE HOSTING A HALLOWEEN DOG PARK CONTEST. GRAB YOUR DOG AND HEAD OUT TO SPUR PARK FOR GAMES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND PRIZES FOR THE BEST COSTUME. DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY THAT IS IN OCTOBER? ANYBODY? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY, WE CAN MOVE ON AND I'LL, I'LL COME BACK AND CLARIFY THAT DAY FOR EVERYONE. IT'S CERTAINLY ON THE WEBSITE. NEXT WE HAVE [b. Employee Recognition] EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTION. THIS IS, UH, A VERY TWO VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF, UH, ADDITIONS TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, TO DIRECTOR POSITIONS. UM, AND I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE HIM. IF I COULD ASK LETICIA TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM FIRST. YOU CAN GO TO THAT ONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU . BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE, UH, LETICIA DE SCHWAB, WHO WORKS IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AS A NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. LETICIA STARTED WITH THE TOWN ONLY YESTERDAY AND SHE IS EXCITED TO WORK WITH HER NEW TEAM AND TO MEET THE TOWN EMPLOYEES. LETICIA GREW UP IN EAST TEXAS WITH SOME TIME SPENT IN SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS AS WELL, WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. LETICIA IS VERY PROUD OF HER HAPPY, HEALTHY FAMILY THAT IS MADE UP OF HER TWO DAUGHTERS, JORDAN AND MY AS WELL AS THIS, UH, AS A STANDARD POODLE NAMED MURPHY WHO CAN COME OUT THE HALLOWEEN. HALLOWEEN. SOON THEY WEAR, UH, WHO, WHO WE HEAR IS THE SWEETEST AND LOVED BY ALL MURPHY. WHILE SHE CLAIMS SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY UNIQUE HOBBIES, SHE CAN BE FOUND LISTENING TO A PODCAST OR PLAYING UNO TO PASS THE TIME. SHE ALSO IS A TRUE TEXAS NATIVE, AS SHE SAYS SHE'LL FOR WHATEVER TEXAS TEAM IS WINNING, NO MATTER THE SPORT. ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS LETICIA FEELS PROUD OF IS BEING SELECTED FOR THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. THE TOWN'S EMPLOYEE-CENTRIC CULTURE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL ITS EXTRAORDINARY EMPLOYEES REALLY DREW HER, DREW HER HERE. ACCORDING TO HER, THE ADDISON WAY GOES BEYOND CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS. IT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF SERVICE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING LETICIA . THANK YOU, LETICIA. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. NEXT I'LL ASK WAYNE EMERSON TO COME UP AND AS HE'S WALKING, [00:20:01] I'LL I'LL START INTRODUCING HIM, A MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE WAYNE EMERSON, WHO WORKS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS A NEW DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WAYNE STARTED WITH THE TOWN THIS MONTH ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. UH, LAST MONDAY. UH, WAYNE GREW UP IN NORTH WISH HILLS JUST NORTH OF FORT WORTH. HE THEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOR HIS UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FOR HIS GRADUATE EDUCATION. HE HAS A WIFE, CANDACE AND TWO DAUGHTERS, EVERETT AND CECILIA, AND HE LOVES SUPPORTING AMERICA'S TEAM, THE DALLAS COWBOYS. BEFORE HIS CAREER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WAYNE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. HE TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY. HE ALSO WORKED AS A MILITARY JOURNALIST WHERE HE SERVED AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER IN IRAQ. OBTAINING HIS M B A DEGREE WAS BOTH, WAS WAS BOTH A PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR WAYNE. WHILE IT WAS A CHALLENGE, HE SAYS THAT IT ALLOWED HIM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT HE IS A PART OF. ONE WAY HE HAS EXHIBITED THIS SERVICE AND SOMETHING HE IS GREATLY PROUD OF WAS ESTABLISHING AN URGENT CARE CLINIC IN A REGION THAT HAD NO ACCESS TO ONE PREVIOUSLY. THE CLINIC GREATLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND HIS AND HIS EXAMPLE OF WHY HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE ADDISON WAY, HE SAYS IT RESONATES WELL WITH HIS PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND HIS APPROACH TO WORK. HE BELIEVES IN EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS BY NEVER LETTING THE MARKET DEFINE WHO WE ARE OR WHO WE SHOULD BE. HE ALSO BELIEVES IN BEING SOLUTION DRIVEN BY POSITIONING OURSELVES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MARKET, AS WELL AS BEING SERVICE-MINDED AND, AND KIND BY ANTICIPATING THE NEEDS OF BUSINESSES AND DELIVERING ON THOSE NEEDS IN A SUPERIOR MANNER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING WAYNE, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS WELL, WAYNE. AND TO CLARIFY ON HALLOW ON HALLOW, IT IS OCTOBER 7TH AND IT IS ON, UH, YOUR CALENDARS AND ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S ON THE AIR. GINGER. WILL GINGER BE THERE? . ALL RIGHT. GINGER AND MURPHY WILL BE AT HALLOWEEN. . THANK YOU DAVID AND LETICIA AND WAYNE. WELCOME. REALLY THRILLED TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE WITH IN ADDISON. [c. Recognize September as National Food Safety Awareness month and present the 2023 Addison Foodservice Safety and Sanitation Awards.] ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO INTO ITEM, UH, TWO C AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS. AND THE FIRST ONE, ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. SO IT'S, UH, ITEM TWO C IS RECOGNIZED AS SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH AND PRESENT THE 2023 ADDISON FOOD SERVICE, SAFETY AND SANITATION AWARDS. SO I'M GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION FIRST. AND THEN FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SANDRA LONG WHO'S GOING TO ASSIST ME, OR SHE'S GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO PRESENT SOME AWARDS TO THE WINNERS. SO THE PROCLAMATION GOES LIKE THIS, UH, BE A PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON. WHEREAS FOOD THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY OTHERS SHOULD MEET OR EXCEED ESTABLISHED STANDARDS OF SAFETY. AND WHEREAS IN ADDISON, MORE THAN 280 FACILITIES PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, MOBILE FOOD VENDORS. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY AND ADDISON. AND WHEREAS THE RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESSES EVER PRESENT IN THE LIVES OF ADDISON, CITIZENS AND VISITORS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF ADDISON IS WORKING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND THE NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN GOOD FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES FOR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I BRUCE, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023 AS FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK SANDRA LONG TO COME UP HERE AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. SO RECOGNITION OF, UH, NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. CAN YOU TURN THAT MIC ON, PLEASE? THERE WE GO. IS THAT BETTER? IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH, WE ARE RECOGNIZING THOSE FACILITIES IN ADDISON WHO HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS YEAR WITH FOOD SAFETY [00:25:01] AND SANITATION. SO WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT OUR AWARDS AS FOLLOWS, FULL SERVICE DINING. WE HAD A TIE THIS YEAR. WE'D LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OLIVE GARDEN COME UP AND ACCEPT THE AWARD AGAIN. I SAID IT WAS A TIE, FULL SERVICE DINING YARD HOUSE IN OUR FAST FOOD DIVISION. CHICK-FIL-A I LOVE CHICK-FIL-A. RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN IN RECOGNITION OF OUR SANDWICH DELI DUNN BROTHERS, NOT YOUR FIRST TIME, IS IT? NO, THANK YOU MAYOR. SENATOR. DID YOU, DID YOU TELL 'EM WHAT THEY GET IN ADDITION TO THE PLAQUES? I'M SORRY. UH, THEY ALSO GET THE, UH, MICROPHONE . THEY ALSO GET THEIR, UH, FOOD SERVICE RENEWAL FEES WAIVED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 250 AND $450 THAT, UH, DOES NOT HAVE TO COME OUT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. VERY GOOD. SO THAT IS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION WITH THE PLAQUE. THANK YOU, SANDRA. [d. Recognize October 5, 2023 as World Teachers' Day and show support for the #TeachersCan movement.] THE NEXT PROCLAMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ, UH, THEY'RE NOT HERE TO ACCEPT THIS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUPS THAT WE CAN GIVE A PROCLAMATION TO REGARDING WORLD TEACHER'S DAY BETWEEN FOOD AND TEACHERS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH EXTREMELY NECESSARY. SO THE, UH, PROCLAMATION GOES LIKE THIS, WHEREAS FOR, UH, ADDISON, TEXAS FUTURE STRENGTH DEPENDS ON PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS TEACHER QUALITY MATTERS MORE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL RELATED FACTOR. AND WHEREAS TEACHERS SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING LESSON PLANS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS, AND WHEREAS TEACHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED GREAT RESILIENCE, ADAPTABILITY, AND CREATIVITY DURING THE C OVID 19 CRISIS. AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS TEACHERS IN EDUCATING THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS HASHTAG TEACHERS CAN IS A STATEWIDE MOVEMENT SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 150 PARTNERING BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO ELEVATING THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND HONORING THE CRITICAL ROLE TEACHERS PLAY IN THE SUCCESS OF TEXAS. AND NOW THEREFORE BE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF ADDISON JOINS HASHTAG TEACHERS CAN AND IS PARTNERING ENTITIES ACROSS TEXAS IN CELEBRATING WORLD TEACHERS DAY AND PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 IS ADDISON TEACHER'S DAY BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT I, BRUCE ARFS AND MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, ALONG WITH THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS AND DISPLAY A LIGHT BLUE RIBBON OUTSIDE YOUR HOMES OR BUSINESSES THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH, AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR EDUCATORS. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT LIVE AND WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL, UH, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT GOING FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. GOING [3. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.] ON TO ITEM THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE, ARE ON THE AGENDA OR ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO DO SO. AND WE HAVE ONE CARD THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM IRMA, FROM SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, AND THAT IS JOEL FOWLER. SO [00:30:01] JOEL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, COME TO THE, UH, CENTER, LECTOR UP HERE, AND IF YOU WOULD, GIVE US YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. UH, HOW Y'ALL, UH, MY NAME IS JOEL FOWLER. I LIVE OVER, UH, IN THE CIRCLE OF 4 9 6 0 GOODMAN AVE. UM, AND I WANTED TO, UH, REPRESENT THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT MIGHT, UH, BE UNDERREPRESENTED HERE IN THE, UH, COUNCIL IS, UH, ONE OF THE YOUNGER PROFESSIONALS WHO GET TO LIVE IN THESE LOVELY APARTMENTS IN THE CIRCLE. UM, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK IN, UH, SUPPORT OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY AND, UH, HIGH DENSITY, UM, LIVING BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR DOWN PAYMENTS TO HAVE A NICE AREA TO LIVE IN RIGHT OUTTA COLLEGE. OH, A BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I GRADUATED FROM, UH, TEXAS A AND M WITH MY MASTER'S IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND RIGHT OUTTA SCHOOL, GOT A JOB OVER DOWN AT THE LINCOLN CENTER DESIGNING BRIDGES AND WITHOUT ANY SAVINGS AT ALL, WAS ABLE TO MOVE HERE AND, UH, ENJOY LIVING IN THE CIRCLE WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE WITH A DOWN PAYMENT OVER IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME PRESSURE SOMETIMES TO, UH, WANNA LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I SAW A PETITION, UM, ON SOME SIGNS DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER BY THE ATHLETIC CLUB WHERE I WAS PLAYING SOME PICKLEBALL, UM, SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD A DISSENTING OPINION THAT THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ENJOY LIVING THERE. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR CREATING THIS COMMUNITY. UM, IT REALLY IS A DREAM COME TRUE. AND I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING DOWN THE CIRCLE, HOW MUCH I LOVE THE TREES AND THE PEOPLE AND THE COFFEE HOUSES AND THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS ALL WITHIN THE, UH, AREA, WHICH I GET TO JUST WALK THERE. AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY 2 CENTS ON THE, UH, DISCUSSION. SO THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, JOEL. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP AND SPEAKING TO US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE ONLY CARD I HAVE. WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL SEEING NO OTHERS? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION [4. Consent Agenda. All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.] AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A CONSENT AGENDA. AND THAT IS ITEMS FOUR, A, B, AND C. IS THERE A MOTION? OBJECTION, APPROVE. SO GQ AND DARREN FIRST AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MARLON? NO. OKAY. YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. I THOUGHT YOU HAD SOMETHING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. [a. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance to amend the Town's annual budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.] MOVING ON TO ITEMS FIVE A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TOWN'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. STEVEN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. AND THIS EVENING FOR YOU, WE HAVE THE YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT. UH, THIS IS THE SECOND, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS. UH, SO REGULAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE. UH, IT MEANS THAT WE'RE, UH, ACTIVELY MONITORING AND MANAGING OUR FISCAL AFFAIRS. IT HELPS US MITIGATE IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEY'RE ALSO TRANSPARENT. UH, THE TOWN'S BUDGET AMENDMENT POLICY, WHICH IS, UH, IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, ALLOWS TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS WITHIN A DEPARTMENT, UH, TO BE APPROVED BY THE C F O MYSELF. UH, TRANSFERS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF LESS THAN 5% CHANGE, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS OR MORE THAN 5% CHANGE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THROUGH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS. UH, SO GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT. UH, SO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, A, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, TO INCREASE SALES TAX REVENUE OF $741,000. UH, AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, SOME MOVEMENT ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE, WHICH RESULTS IN, UH, NO OVERALL NET CHANGE, UH, OR REDUCTION IN THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND REDUCTION IN THE IT DEPARTMENT. UH, A $50,000 INCREASE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT, UH, ROW $150,000, UH, INCREASE IN THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO IN TOTAL $200,000, UH, GOING IN $200,000 GOING OUT. UH, SO NO NET CHANGE THERE. UH, WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A, UH, FIXTURES, UH, FOR $40,000, WHICH IS A BUS SHELTER, UH, THAT WAS DAMAGED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. UH, WE RECEIVED INSURANCE PROCEEDS FOR THAT, UH, BUS SHELTER IN, UH, 2022, UH, ORDERED THAT IN 2022. IT DIDN'T GET DELIVERED UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2023. SO WE'RE, UH, ASKING FOR APPROPRIATION FOR THAT. UH, WATER PURCHASES WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY SUMMER, UH, $200,000 FOR, UH, UH, WATER PURCHASES TO KEEP OUR PLANTS AND TURF ALIVE, UH, WITHIN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. UH, ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE, $115,000. AND THEN, UH, STREET LIGHTNING, UH, STREET LIGHTING POLES. UH, THOSE AGAIN WERE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, ENCUMBERED LAST YEAR, UH, DUE TO SOME SUPPLY [00:35:01] CHAIN ISSUES, WE DIDN'T GET THOSE DELIVERED UNTIL, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023. UH, SO $136,000 TO, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE. AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, AND WE'VE DONE THIS TRADITIONALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS THAT, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO WE CREATED A FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND, UM, WHICH WE DO TRANSFER MONEY IN THERE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT, UH, THIS IS PROPOSING TO SEND $250,000 OVER THERE, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO HELP THAT, UH, FUND AS IT'S PRETTY NEW. UH, ADDITIONALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSFER UNENDED APPROPRIATIONS AND EXCESS REVENUE, UH, FROM THE BUDGET TO THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UH, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, SO THAT THIS, UH, ENSURES THAT OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE DOESN'T, UH, SEE, SEE LARGES LARGE, UH, PEAKS AND VALLEYS, UH, BASICALLY ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR FUND BALANCE RELATIVELY, UH, FLAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. UH, SO, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET PROCESS, WE ANTICIPATED THAT THAT TRANSFER AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT $1.9 MILLION. UH, AS WE DO OUR CLOSED PROCESS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL KNOW THAT EXACT NUMBER AROUND, UH, THE MID TO, UH, END OF NOVEMBER OF 2023. UH, BUT, BUT WE STILL THINK $1.9 MILLION IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER. UH, THEN IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE APPROPRIATED, UH, MORE FUNDING, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND, AND DIDN'T GET QUITE AS MUCH, UH, WORK COMPLETED AS WE THOUGHT. SO WE WANT TO REAPPROPRIATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR 2023. UH, THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE RAWHI RAWHIDE, UH, CREEK BASIN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, THE VITRUVIAN, WEST STREET SCAPE AND BELLA LANE EXTENSION PROJECT, UH, MIDWAY, MIDWAY ROAD CONSTRUCTION, UH, RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, ATHLETIC CLUB IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, WHICH ARE, UH, MAINLY ROOF REPLACEMENTS AND HVAC REPLACEMENTS AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AGAIN, THESE AREN'T INCREASING THE BUDGETS OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, IT'S JUST MOVING MONEY FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022. ENROLLING THAT FORWARD TO FISCAL YEAR 2023. UH, THEN WITHIN THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, WE HAD, UH, AN AN ENCORE TRANSFORMER RELOCATION. AND THIS, AGAIN, WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS, UH, BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. AND DUE TO, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN AND, UH, JUST DEALING WITH ENCORE, IT WASN'T ABLE TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, WHEELER BRIDGE PAINTING, UH, $35,000. UH, THE VITRUVIAN PARK FITNESS COURT, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY THE COUNCIL, UH, EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL DESIGN, UH, AT BUSINESS IN BELTWAY OR, OR BELT LINE, I'M SORRY. UH, PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT. ASSESSMENT. UH, THIS WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL, UH, AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, UH, FIRE STATION, BAY DOOR GRILL GATES, AND A PURCHASE OF A FORKLIFT. UH, AND THEN WITHIN THE UTILITY FUND, UH, DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY SUMMER, UH, OUR SALES, UH, FOR WATER SERVICES WERE HIGHER, BUT ALSO OUR, UH, PURCHASE OF THOSE, UH, WHOLESALE WATER, UH, WAS ALSO HIGHER. SO WE HAVE, UH, $250,000, UH, INCREASE IN PROPOSED REVENUE AND THEN A $250,000 INCREASE IN PROPOSED EXPENSES. UH, SO IN TOTAL, UH, FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE HAVE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND, UH, $741,000 OF, UH, REVENUE, UH, OFFSET BY, UH, $741,000 IN EXPENDITURES. UH, THE $7.7 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, $694,500 IN THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. AND THEN THE UTILITY FUND, AGAIN, UH, SIMILAR TO THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUES EQUAL TO EXPENDITURES, UH, THOSE REVENUES OF $250,000 OFFSET BY, UH, $250,000 IN EXPENDITURES. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT QUESTIONS FOR, FOR, UH, STEVEN? NO. IS THERE A MOTION APPROVAL? THANK YOU, EILEEN. NANCY, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MARLON? OKAY. YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. OKAY, ON WHEN I'M READY TO VOTE. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. THANK YOU. AND THAT PASSES. [b. Present, discuss, and consider action on the first reading of an Ordinance extending the existing franchise between the Town and Atmos Energy Corporation. ] MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE B, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE EXISTING FRANCHISE BETWEEN THE TOWN AND ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION. STEVEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, AN EXTENSION OF A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ENCORE ENTER, OR, UH, NOT ENCORE ATMOS ENERGY . UM, UH, SO THE ORIGINAL, UH, FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, UH, WAS, UH, BEGAN IN 2003. UH, IT EXPIRES AT THE END OF 2023. UM, SO OUR CHARTER, UH, AUTHORIZES THESE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS TO EXIST [00:40:01] FOR 20 YEARS. UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE, UH, HEARD AT TWO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS. UH, EACH OF THOSE READINGS NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 30 DAYS APART. UM, AND THEN AFTER THE SECOND READING, WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, ADVERTISE THIS ORDINANCE IN THE PAPER, UH, FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. AND, UM, SO, SO QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS. BUT AGAIN, THIS ORDINANCE, UH, THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXISTING, UH, ATMOS FRANCHISE. THE, UH, RATE THAT, UH, ATMOS IS GOING TO PAY, UH, THE TOWN IS STILL 5%, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, UH, UM, RIGHT OF WAY FEE. UM, WE ALSO HAVE JAN RUG HERE, UH, THIS EVENING AND WITH ATMOS ENERGY, AND SHE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO REPRESENT ATMOS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE. SECOND. THANK YOU, MARLON. EILEEN, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THAT PASSES AS WELL. AND MOVING [c. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution for appointments to the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC). ] ON TO ITEM FIVE C, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. C P A C, CPAC . SHE WENT THAT AWAY. OKAY. JADE? YES. HELLO. SORRY FOR THAT DELAY. UH, JADE BROADNESS, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER. SO I'LL GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN LEAVE SOME TIME FOR THE DECISION RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. UM, BUT ON AUGUST 22ND, WE HAD THE ITEM, UH, TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH VIRGINITY, WHICH IS A DALLAS BASED CONSULTING FIRM TO GO AHEAD AND START THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, UM, OF WHICH THERE'S KEY POLICY, UM, ISSUES TO ADDRESS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE. UM, PART OF THIS PROJECT IS TO APPOINT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS A VERY ACTIVE ROLE ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE. UM, RELATED TO DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THOSE POLICY INITIATIVES THAT WERE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF 25 MEMBERS. UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SOLID REPRESENTATION BETWEEN BOTH RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, THEY WILL BE MEETING ABOUT ONCE A MONTH OVER THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. UM, PART OF THAT DIVISION OF THE APPOINTEES WILL BE ONE MEMBER FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS APPOINTED. DENISE FANSLER WAS CHOSEN AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. AND THEN EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE EXPECTED TO APPOINT OR RECOMMEND THREE MEMBERS, UM, OF EACH OF THOSE WHO WANNA LOOK TO HAVE ONE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ALONG WITH THREE LEGACY MEMBERS. SO, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIVED IN ADDISON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE HAD A PRETTY BROAD OUTREACH PROCESS TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS PREDOMINANTLY ONLINE OR FULLY ONLINE, ACTUALLY THROUGH THE WEBSITE, FACEBOOK, ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, TRADITIONAL SOURCES YOU CAN SEE THERE HAD PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE THERE WITH A LOT OF IMPRESSIONS AND CLICKS ON THE SURVEYMONKEY APPLICATION THAT WAS LIVE. UH, AND WE DID RECEIVE 55 APPLICANTS OVER ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF THAT, ABOUT TWO THIRDS WERE RESIDENTS AND ONE THIRD WAS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UH, WE HAD THE AGE DISTRIBUTION, DISTRIBU DISTRIBUTION, SKEWING TOWARDS THOSE [00:45:01] WHO WERE, UM, PROBABLY IN THE ACT OF OLDER ADULT CATEGORY OF 50 TO 65 AND OLDER. UM, THE RESIDENTIAL TENURE, SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO DID APPLY BUT ARE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON. UM, PRETTY EVEN SPLIT THERE BETWEEN NEW RESIDENTS AND LEGACY MEMBERS. SO ZERO TO FIVE OR 16 PLUS. AND IT IS SKEWING TOWARDS HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, OF THOSE WHO DO DO LIVE IN ADDISON. BUT WE ARE PRETTY PLEASED WITH, UM, GETTING SOME REPRESENTATION FROM THE RENTAL COMMUNITY AS WELL. AS FAR AS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOCATED. OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN ADDISON, MOST WERE COMING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE OLDER SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LAY LOCKS. UM, AND THEN FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE HAD GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM, UM, A LOT OF CENTRAL ADDISON, WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF BUSINESSES TYPICALLY ARE, TEND TO BE WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE HAD A PRETTY EVEN DISTRIBUTION AMONG INDUSTRY TYPES. THESE ARE NOT RELATED TO ANY TRADITIONAL CODE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE, LIKE AN N A I C S CODE. IT'S JUST KIND OF PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS. UM, BUT WE DID SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FROM BUSINESS LISTS THAT WERE READILY AVAILABLE. SO AIRPORT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, BUSINESS LIST, UM, HOSPITALITY, HOTEL, RESTAURANTS. SO SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN APPOINTING OR RECOMMENDING APPOINTEES TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. UM, OR SORRY, UH, THE, BEFORE I GET TO THAT, THE APPLICANTS WHEN THEY WERE ASKED TO RANK POLICY ISSUES ON THE SURVEYMONKEY LINK WERE GIVEN KIND OF GENERAL CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. SO, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'LL ADDRESS IN THE SCOPE THAT'S BEEN CONTRACTED WITH VIRGINITY, GOT TOPICS RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A BIG FOCUS FOR ADDISON IN THE COMING YEARS SINCE WE'RE LARGELY BUILT OUT. UM, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND STREETS. LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING TYPES, IT'S A BIG, UM, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION HERE WITH THE OWNER AND RENTAL SHIP, RENTAL MIX. UM, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND KIND OF BUILDING FORM AND SCALE. WHEN ASKED TO RANK THOSE, IT WAS A PRIORITY ORDER FROM ONE TO SEVEN. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND RESILIENCY WAS BY FAR THE, THE TOP CONCERN AMONG ALL APPLICANTS OF ALL 55 OF THEM. SO HAVE THE TOTAL THERE OUT OF, UM, 55, IT SHOULD BE 55 THERE, BUT THE MAJORITY IS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND RESILIENCY. UM, THE BOTTOM TWO WERE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY TIED WITH BUILDING FORM AND SCALE. UM, HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE TOP CONCERNS, REDEVELOPMENT, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DID HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF RESPONSES ACROSS ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR TOP TWO CONCERNS. HOUSING FELL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AMONG ALL APPLICANTS. SO WHEN CONSIDERING MAKING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CPAC, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION A DIVERSE GROUP, UM, THAT REPRESENTS THE TOWN OF ADDISON AT LARGE. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUSIVE OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND RENTERS, UM, OR LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH A VARIED EXPERIENCE, UM, PROFESSIONALLY, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OPEN TO, UM, MAYBE DISCOURSE OR DISSENTING OPINIONS AND CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE. AND ABOVE ALL OF THAT, JUST THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE. UM, IT IS A PRETTY ROBUST AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION SPECIFIC TO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE TOWN FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE CHOSEN TO SERVE ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, UM, TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ATTEND. WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND. FIRST BEING THE PROJECT WEBSITE LAUNCH. UH, THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE CONSULTANT WILL HAVE THE ADVANCE ADDISON WEBSITE UP. SO THAT WILL HAVE UPDATES AS THEY ARE PROVIDED. UM, PUBLIC MEETING DATES, JUST, IT WILL SERVE AS A HUB FOR ANYONE WITHIN THE TOWN TO REFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. UM, AND WITH THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT KICKOFF, SO TO HELP GET THE PUBLIC INTEGRATED TO WHAT THE NEXT 15 OR 16 MONTHS WILL LOOK LIKE. WE'RE PLANNING FOR AUGUST 17TH THROUGH 19TH WITH A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 18TH, SORRY, OCTOBER, UM, 17TH THROUGH [00:50:01] 19TH. IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. UM, BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THE 25 MEMBERS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR JADE. MAYOR. MAYOR, I, I, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION AT THIS TIME. I DO HAVE A COMMENT THOUGH. I WANT TO, UH, EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF FOR SETTING US UP FOR SUCCESS IN THIS PROCESS. UH, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PUT ON THE, UH, ON THE SURVEY, UH, APPLICATION WERE VERY HELPFUL AND, UH, ALSO APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE TOWN WEBSITE, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, NEXT NEXTDOOR, THE NEWSLETTER, BUSINESS NEWSLETTER, ALL TARGETED, UH, TO REACH, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDERS. UM, UH, AND WITH THOSE 8 8500 IMPRESSIONS, I'M, UH, THANKFUL FOR THEM, UH, SETTING THIS UP FOR US. THANK YOU, GQ. ANY OTHERS? SO, JAY, JUST TO CONFIRM, THESE WILL BE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ANYBODY COULD ATTEND, IS THAT RIGHT? FOR THE CPAC MEETINGS OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT C THE C A MEETINGS. THE C A MEETINGS ARE FOR YES, . THOSE BE VIDEO MEETINGS. THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION, IF THEY'LL BE VIDEOED. OH, SORRY, SORRY. WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T WORKED OUT THE DETAILS ON THAT YET. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JADE? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, CLARIFICATION. UH, WHAT, UH, DAVID SAID. SURE. DARREN, ARE THEY RECORDED? THEY HAVEN'T WORKED THAT OUT YET. WE HAVEN'T WORKED THAT OUT YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU JAY. WE'LL GO INTO OUR PROCESS HERE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED. THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT TO THE REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS WAS REALLY GREAT TO GET 55 APPLICATIONS FROM OUR RESIDENTS, I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND SOME GREAT QUALITY PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM. SO THAT WAS KIND OF CHALLENGING FOR US TO, TO PICK THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND THE THING THAT I KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, 55 PEOPLE, YOU GOT 25 GONNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE. THERE'S 30 PEOPLE AND MOST OF THOSE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT AND SAY, BOY, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A 50 PERSON COMMITTEE. WE'D PROBABLY NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE. BUT, BUT JUST WANT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE, THE, UH, THE TOWN IN THIS, ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND, UH, EVEN IF, EVEN IF YOU DON'T END UP ON THE COMMITTEE, JUST KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK. SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ANY OF US AT ANY TIME, AND WE'RE GLAD TO TALK TO YOU AND, AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE PROCESS ALONG. BUT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT DID APPLY. AND JUST ONE OTHER REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT ANYBODY THAT'S ON THIS COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE IT GOES FOR A LENGTH OF TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, OVER A YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION DURING THE COURSE OF THAT, OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND SO ANYBODY THAT'S ON THIS COMMITTEE, UM, IF THEY DECIDED IN JANUARY FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME TO FILE AS A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL, THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE REQUIRED TO RESIGN FROM THIS COMMITTEE. SO I KNOW I, I BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, AND THANK YOU KEN AND JADE FOR ALL, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND GREAT WORK ON THIS. SO THE PROCESS WILL BE LIKE THIS. SO JADE MENTIONED THE LEGACY MEMBERS THAT WILL SERVE ON THIS. AND THE LEGACY, HOW WE DEFINE THAT IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SERVED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY, UH, IN ADDISON. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE COULD CHOOSE FROM FOR THAT TOO. UH, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF FOLKS, BUT WE, UH, IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THE, THE LEGACY MEMBERS THAT WE'VE, UH, DECIDED TO APPOINT TO THIS, THIS, TO THIS COMMITTEE ARE AL ANGEL, JIM DUFFY, AND TOM BROWN. AND THEN NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, AND EACH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GIVE US THEIR THREE SELECTIONS, THE TWO RESIDENT AND ONE BUSINESS PERSON. AND IF YOU WOULD DO THEM SLOWLY ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THEM AS WE GO. MAYOR? YES, SIR. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE THREE LEGACY MEMBERS? IS THAT GONNA BE A VOTE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL? WE VOTE ON THIS ENTIRE PANEL ON, ON THE ENTIRE PANEL OF, OF THE APPOINTEES. OKAY. YEP. AND SO IN, IN NOMINATION WHERE THESE ARE NOMINATIONS, RIGHT? THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT NOMINATIONS, THEY'RE APPOINTMENTS. THEY'RE APPOINTMENTS. OKAY. SO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GIVE THEIR THREE APPOINTMENTS TO RESIDENTS AND ONE BUSINESS PERSON. AND AGAIN, UH, IF YOU WOULD JUST KEEP IT AT A PACE WHERE WE CAN KEEP TRACK, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE, WE NEED TO, UM, KEEP OUR LISTS UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH. [00:55:01] AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH MAYOR PRO TEM RENICK. MAYOR, UH, I WANT TO JUST AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD SUCH GREAT APPLICANTS, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, MY APPOINTMENTS WILL BE JOSEPH, ER, TYLER SUMMERS, AND TYLER BOWEN. OKAY. TAYLOR BOWEN. BOWEN. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, EILEEN. NEXT WILL BE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM QUINTANILLA, GQ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, MY APPOINTMENTS ARE AARON BENJAMIN IN TYLER WRIGHT. FINALLY, ABIGAIL STODDARD. ABIGAIL STODDARD. OKAY, MOVING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLISON MARLEY. UH, MY, MY APPOINTMENTS ARE GONNA BE, UH, DAVID COLLINS. OUCH. CHIOFFI. SO PLEASE, I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE NEXT ONE? AL CHIOFFI. OKAY. AND, UM, MARK GODFREY. OKAY, THANK YOU, MARLON. NEXT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER GARDNER. DARREN MAYOR. MY, UM, APPOINTMENTS WILL BE, UH, CATHERINE WHEELER, JIM DE CURE OVER PLEASE. JIM DERE. JIM DE AND PATRICK AZEN. PATRICK AZEN AZEN. CORRECT. PATRICK AZEN. AZEN FROM THRUST FLIGHT. MM-HMM. . VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CRAIG, NANCY? UH, YES. UM, SUE HALPERIN. CATHERINE ERICKSON. UM, SAY THAT AGAIN, AGAIN? WHAT WAS THE NAME ON THAT? CATHERINE ERICKSON. CATHERINE ERICKSON. BRIGHTON WELLS. BRIGHTON WELLS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CIO. DAN, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY, LOUD AND CLEAR, SIR. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. FIRST CHOICE. JIM PECK, SECOND CHOICE. CAROL ZEN. IT WAS CAROL RENISON. YES. THANK YOU. AND FOR BUSINESS, CHRIS HANNON. CHRIS WITH A K. CHRIS KHAN? YES. YES. VERY GOOD. [01:00:13] VERY GOOD. WELL, I STILL HAVE SOME SELECTIONS I CAN MAKE HERE. VERY NICE. SO I'LL BE THE LAST ONE. AND MY THREE WILL BE CONRAD ORNSTEIN. LIZ OLIPHANT, CHRIS BROWN. CHRIS WITH A K BROWN MAYOR. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR FIRST ONE? CONRAD. CONRAD ORNSTEIN. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO I WILL RE REVIEW JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THEM CORRECT ON LEGACY WE HAVE AL ANGEL, JIM, JIM DUFFY, OR JAMES DUFFY AND, AND TOM BROWN. FOR EILEEN RESNICK, WE HAVE JOSEPH HORCHER, TAYLOR BOWEN, AND TYLER SUMMERS. FOR GQ, WE HAVE AARON BENJAMIN, ABIGAIL STODDARD, AND TYLER WRIGHT. FOR MARLON WILLISON, WE HAVE ALFONSO XFI, IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME? MM-HMM. , ALFONSO AND DAVID COLLINS AND MARK GODFREY. FOR DARREN GARDNER, WE HAVE JAMES DEUR, CATHERINE WHEELER. PATRICK PATRICK ARNON. FOR NANCY CRAIG, WE HAVE BRIGHTON WELLS, CATHERINE ERICKSON, SUE HALPER. FOR DAN CIO, WE HAVE CAROL RENISON, JIM PECK, CHRIS HANNON, CHRIS WITH A K, HANNON. AND FOR MYSELF, CONRAD ORNSTEIN, LIZ OLA, CHRIS BROWN. DID I GET ALL THOSE CORRECT? HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY. THAT IS THE, UH, PRESENTED SLATE FOR THE COMMITTEE. IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE? SURE. YEAH. AND I KNOW SHE MENTIONED THAT IN THE PRESENTATION AND DID, AND, UH, THE P AND Z APPOINTMENT IS DENISE. DENISE FANSLER, F A N SS L E R. THANK. THANK YOU IRMA. AND WITH THAT, I'LL UH, ASK FOR A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, THAT WAS EILEEN AND I THINK NANCY GOT IN FIRST ON THE SECOND, OR WAS THAT GQ? THAT WAS GQ. OKAY. EILEEN AND GQ AND DISCUSSION. MARLON, UH, MAYOR, THE ONLY, ONLY, ONLY THOUGHT I'M GONNA SHARE GOING FORWARD IS THAT, THAT WHEN WE SELECT YOU SPEAK UP. I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MARLON, AS WE GO FORWARD, WHEN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THREE PEOPLE LEGACY SOMETHING OR ANOTHER LIKE THAT, I HOPE THAT WE WOULD DO THAT, UM, COLLECTIVELY, UM, AS A CITY COUNCIL RATHER THAN JUST THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM. IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT. UM, WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE OFF THE TABLE AND THEN YOU HAVE A, YOU DO APPOINTMENTS THERE. IT, IT JUST, TO ME, IT, IT'S, UM, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD DO THAT COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL. OKAY, THANK YOU EILEEN. OH, SORRY, SORRY I DIDN'T TURN. . ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND YOU OPPOSED? AYE. THANK YOU. AND IT DOES PASS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO WE'LL [6. 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.] GO TO ITEM SIX. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO BRING UP THINGS OF OF NOTE WITH, WITH, UH, FOLKS IN THE TOWN, FOLKS ON THE STAFF, SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP. PRETTY MUCH GENERAL COMMENTS ON, UH, THE GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN, WHO HAS SOMETHING? WELL, I DO HAVE SOMETHING AND, AND, UH, IT REALLY IS JUST ABOUT THIS LITTLE EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD. KABOOM, UH, NOT KABOOM TOWN. WHAT DO WE HAVE OCTOBER FEST? UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT A SUCCESS. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT. THE WEATHER COOPERATED VERY NICELY, SO THANK FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT DAVID, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS CITY MANAGER'S JOB [01:05:01] TO DO THAT. BUT, UH, EVERYTHING WAS REALLY WELL DONE, VERY PROFESSIONAL, AND THE FOLKS REALLY SEEMED TO BE HAVING A GREAT TIME. I KNOW I DID. I WAS THERE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT, DIDN'T GO SATURDAY. UH, AND, AND, UH, BUT I WENT THERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH MY DOG FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THAT WAS QUITE THE ADVENTURE. BUT, UM, AND I GOTTA SAY THAT EVERY TIME I WAS THERE I SAW GQ, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT HE EVER EVEN WENT HOME, BUT HE WAS, HE WAS A HARDCORE GUY, BUT, UH, REALLY JUST A GREAT JOB BY ALL THE STAFF TOO. I PUT THAT TOGETHER AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I SAW THE STAFF OUT THERE WORKING HARD BECAUSE I KNOW I SAW KEN AND ASHLEY WORKING THE, UH, THE JUG RACES, THE PITCHER RACES, AND, AND THEY WERE RUNNING, THEY WERE WORKING HARD OUT THERE AND IT WAS HOT. AND SO GREAT JOB, Y'ALL ON THAT. BUT, UH, BUT THROUGHOUT, MAN, JUST, JUST THE STAFF WAS, WAS WORKING HARD ALL OVER. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY DOING THAT. UH, IT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT ADDISON, YOU KNOW, IS WELL KNOWN IN THE, UH, IN THE REGION AND BEYOND. SO THROUGH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT ALL THE GREAT STAFF AND THE, AND THE MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY WITH THAT? IT IS 8 21 AND WE WILL ADJOURN FOR THE NIGHT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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