* 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. [00:00:01] ALRIGHT, [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] GOOD EVENING. IT IS SIX OH ONE AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. WE HAVE SIX IN THE ROOM, AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER GARDNER IS ON ZOOM JOINING US FROM SOMEWHERE. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. AND THE, UM, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER TWO AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, SO THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'LL, WE, WE WILL BE DOING THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR MEETING AT THE SEVEN 30 MEETING AND WHEN IT'S NOT AT THE, UH, NOT AT THE SIX O'CLOCK MEETING OR WHATEVER TIME THIS MEETING STARTS. SO ANYWAY, ITEM TWO IS CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT A, SORRY. OH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH COMMENTS ON THESE, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR COME FORWARD AND SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO [3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM THREE IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION REQUESTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING OR LEGAL FOR CLARIFICATION ON CONSENT ITEMS. MARLON? YES, SIR. I'VE GOT A QUESTION REGARDING FOUR B, FOUR B, POSSIBLY FOR SHANNON. HEY SHANNON. UM, MAYOR, COUNSEL. THANK YOU. ANY MAYOR, COUNSEL? YES, SIR. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SOME OF THESE, UH, WATER METERS WERE, WERE GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE 'EM TO WIRELESS. UM, SO ALL THE NEW METERS THAT WE PURCHASE HAVE THE WIRELESS OPTION BUILT IN AND THEY WILL BE READ, UH, READABLE BY OUR HANDHELDS. SO ALL OF THEM WE PURCHASE NOW WILL BE FUTURE, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH ANY AUTOMATIC METER READING SYSTEM THAT WE PLAN TO UPGRADE TO. PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. THANKS. THANK YOU, MARLON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED? ALRIGHT, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE. SURE. SO DO I HAVE VIDEO ON ZOOM HERE? YOU SHOULD HAVE, DOES SOMEBODY, CAN SOMEBODY TURN ON THE CAMERA FOR THE PRESENTATION? IT'S, IT'S WHENEVER BRUCE TALKS, IT COMES THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, ATTENDEE. ANYWAY, YOU CAN MOVE ON AND THEN WE CAN LET IT WORK ON THAT. THANKS BRUCE. OKAY, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. COUNCIL MEMBER GARDNER. THANK YOU, DARREN. VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON [4. Council Questions and Answers.] TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. THIS IS JUST AN EXPLANATION ONCE AGAIN THAT, UM, THE, WE TAKE THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL SENDS TO STAFF PRIOR TO THE MEETING. STAFF RESPONDS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND SENDS THEM TO ALL, UM, TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND WE'VE NOW, NOW FOR THE LAST LITTLE WHILE WE'VE BEEN INCLUDING THOSE AS PART OF THE AGENDA NOW. SO IF YOU GO TO THE ONLINE AGENDA, IT IS INCLUDED THERE AS A LINK SO THAT ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE QUESTIONS AND THE RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO THOSE JUST SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEE, GIVE THE OTHER THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT HAVING OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT. SO THAT IS ITEM FOUR. ITEM [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): 551.071(1)(A) Consultation with Attorney to seek advice on pending or contemplated litigation White Rock Chapel; 551.071(2): Consultation with Attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter; 551.087(1): Economic Development Negotiations to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; and Section 551.087(2): Economic Development Negotiations to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by Subdivision (1). Addison Circle Transit Oriented Development Project] FIVE IS A CLOSED, CLOSED MEETING. THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 5 5 1 0 7 1 1 A CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. AND THAT WILL BE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE 5 5 1 0 7 1 2 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. 5 5 1 0 8 7 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS SECTION 5 5 1 0.0872, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. AND THIS IS ADDISON CIRCLE, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AND IT IS 6 0 5 AND WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME. WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY. OKAY. IT IS SEVEN 30 [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 WERE COMING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION AND THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. SO WE WILL MOVE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE, UH, WORK SESSION REPORTS, ITEM SEVEN FROM THE FIRST PORTION OF THE AGENDA TO AFTER THE PUBLIC, UH, AFTER THE PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE AND PLEDGE TO THE FLAGS. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE [00:05:01] UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOING TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS [b. Employee Recognition] PRESENTATION. WE HAVE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. DAVID. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS TODAY. TO START I WILL ASK KEN TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE LESLIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO PR INTRODUCE LESLIE NPE, WHO WORKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW MANAGER. LESLIE HAS BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE MAY 16TH, 2022. LESLIE GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN, WATERVILLE, KANSAS, AND ATTENDED KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN. LESLIE HAS A HUSBAND, CHANDLER KNIGHT, AND THE TWO OF THEM PURCHASED THEIR FIRST HOME TOGETHER LAST YEAR. FACT ABOUT LESLIE THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT HER FIRST JOB WAS AS A FARM HAND WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD FROM CUTTING FIREWOOD TO BUILDING ELECTRIC FENCES. THOSE HOT DAYS ON THE FARM ARE WHAT SAYS, UH, SHE SAYS INFLUENCED HER WORK ETHIC. TODAY, I DO BELIEVE SHE SAYS PLANNING IS EVEN HARDER. SO THERE'S THAT AS A TRUE KANSAS NATIVE LESLIE. CHEERS FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND HER ALMA MATER, THE KANSAS STATE WILDCATS. ANOTHER TEAM YOU CAN SAY SHE'S A FAN OF IS THE TOWN OF ADDISON. UH, ONE OF HER, UH, LESLIE SAYS THAT BEING HIRED AS THE PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE TOWN IS ONE OF HER BIG PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'LL SAY I SHARE THAT IN THAT I HIRED HER AND THAT IS ONE OF MY PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL. UH, SHE'S PROUD TO SAY SHE WORKS FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND OUR REPUTATION OF BEING GREAT PLANNERS WHILE SUPPORTING PROGRESSIVE AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS MADE HER SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE TOWN AND CONTINUE THAT LEGACY. WHEN ASKED WHAT THE ADDISON WAY MEANS TO HER, LESLIE STATED THAT IT IS SIMPLY TREATING OTHERS HOW SHE WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING LESLIE LESLIE. THANK YOU, LESLIE EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, UH, RAFAEL SABALOS. HE WORKS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS A MAJOR CAPITAL, UM, PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR. UH, MOST NOTABLY, HE IS THE INSPECTOR ON OUR MIDWAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. HE'S BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE JULY 5TH, 2022. UH, HE GREW UP IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA AND GRADUATED FROM SIL HIGH SCHOOL. RAFAEL'S MARRIED TO HIS WIFE CAROLINA, WHO'S IN THE BACK TONIGHT. UH, AND THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN, MIGUEL, GABRIELLE, AND ALYSSA. HIS FAMILY IS SOMETHING HE'S GREATLY PROUD OF. RAFAEL'S A HUGE SPORTS FAN. UH, HE GREW UP WATCHING THE LAKERS BACK WHEN SHAQ AND KOBE WERE PLAYING, AND TODAY HE STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, ATLANTA BRAVES, AND LOS ANGELES DODGERS. AND WE ARE NOT REALLY HOLDING THAT AGAINST HIM. SO, , SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT RAFAEL IS THAT HE JUST STARTED HIS OWN HOMESTEAD ABOUT 85 MILES EAST OF HERE. HE'S PROUD, UH, OF THE LAND THAT HE OWNS, UH, COMPLETE WITH LIVESTOCK IN A GARDEN THAT, UH, HE NOT ONLY RETIRE TO ONE DAY, BUT LEAVES A LEGACY TO HIS CHILDREN. UH, HE ALSO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT HE ONCE OVERSAW A $50 MILLION STORM DRAIN EMBANKMENT REPAIR PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. HAVING A GREAT CAREER MEANS A LOT TO RAFAEL, UH, REGARDING HIS PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE FAMILY-ORIENTED WAY OF WORKING HERE AT ADDISON IS SOMETHING RAFAEL HAS FELT FROM DAY ONE. HE SAYS ADDISON WAY ALIGNS WITH HIS VALUES OF HARD WORK, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND FAMILY. TO HIM, HARD WORK IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL. IT'S ALSO REQUIRES ORGANIZATION COORDINATION AND DEDICATION. THE ADDISON WAY MEANS DOING THE HARD WORK AND WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR HU HOME AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS. THIS, ALONG WITH HIS DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE TOWN IS WHY HE CHOSE ADDISON AS THE PLACE TO GROW HIS CAREER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING RAPHAEL. THANKS SHANNON. SHAKER. RAPHAEL, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING ON MIDWAY OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHAT A PROJECT. THANK, THANK YOU RAPHAEL AND, AND LESLIE. JUST [a. City Manager's Announcements] A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, THE FIRST IS OUR NEXT CITY SIPS AND SCOOP. UH, THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND ONE. UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, INVITING FOLKS TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE TOWN. UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE RIGHT OUT THE DOOR HERE, UH, AT JAVA AND HOPS. IT'LL BE AT JAVA, THE HOPS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT EIGHT 30. THE WEATHER SHOULD BE NICE IN OCTOBER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE OUT THERE. SO STOP BY AND GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ADDISON HAPPENINGS NEXT, OUR COMPREHENSIVE [00:10:01] PLAN KICKOFF. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS WELL. WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US AT 6:30 PM ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, THE NEXT DAY HERE AT ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER FOR A CONS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KICKOFF MEETING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF AND THE, AND THE TOWNS PLANNING CONSULTANT, FOLLOWED BY INTERACTIVE STATIONS TO BEGIN THE DIALOGUE ADDRESSING GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, SOCIAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, SOCIAL AMENITIES, AND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT'S ALL FROM ME, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DAVID. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND YOU WOULD HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO DO SO. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY CARDS FILLED OUT IN ADVANCE. IS THAT RIGHT, IRMA? NO CARDS FILLED OUT IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO [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.] ITEM FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE CONSENT CONSISTS OF ITEM FOUR, A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G. HERE, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM FOUR A PULLING ITEM FOUR A IS COUNCIL MEMBER, NIA, ANY OTHER ITEMS NEEDED TO BE PULLED? OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEMS A THROUGH G WITHOUT ITEM? UH, FOUR A. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND FROM EILEEN AND GQ. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALRIGHT, THE PASSES AND, UH, GQ. THANK YOU MAYOR NICK. THANK YOU MAYOR. I PULLED ITEM [a. Consider Action on the Minutes from the September 26, 2023 City Council Meeting.] FOUR A, UH, THE MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER A, UH, A CHANGE I'D LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE HERE DURING THESE, DURING THE SEPTEMBER 26TH MEETING, UH, WE WERE DISCUSSING ITEM FOUR C, UH, RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 0 7 7, PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO THE LANGUAGE I'D LIKE TO PUT IN THERE, AND I'M GONNA, UH, REMIND WHAT THE MAYOR HAD SAID, AND THIS ISN'T VERBATIM, BUT THE MAYOR HAD HAD MENTIONED, UH, TO THE COUNCIL REMINDING US THAT THOSE WHO WOULD BE ON SELECTED OR APPOINTED, UH, TO THIS COMMITTEE WOULD, UH, IF THEY CHOSE TO, UH, BECOME A, UH, CANDIDATE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, GET OFF OF THAT, OFF OF THE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. SO I THINK IT, WHAT WHAT YOU SAID WAS IF THEY DECIDE TO FILE AS A CANDIDATE FOR COUNSEL, THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE REQUIRED TO RESIGN FROM THIS COM COMMITTEE. SO I'D LIKE THAT LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED. UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY, UM, ADDENDUM AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE MY ADDENDUM. MAYOR, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION OR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? MARLON? NO. OKAY. WHERE, WHERE I'M ON JUST ONE CLARIFICATION. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT NUMBER IS IT AGAIN? I WAS TRYING, UH, IT WAS ITEM FOUR C ON THE SEPTEMBER. TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS FOUR A, JUST ON THE MINUTES IT'S FOUR A. YES. IT'S JUST AMENDING THE MINUTES. I'M LOOKING AT THE FIVE OF SEVEN. OKAY. THE AUGUST. SO IT, YOU JUST, YOU JUST ADD IT TO THE, UH, THE TEXT THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT, THAT TIMESTAMP, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING BACK TO THAT VIDEO, UH, WAS AT 53 MINUTES OF THE ONE HOUR AND SIX SECOND VIDEO. NOT, BUT, OKAY. . OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN, CAN WE CLARIFY THE MOTION? YEAH. THE, THE MOTION IS TO ADD THE VERBIAGE FROM THE LAST, UH, MEETING REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE, THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE C P A C, UM, WITH A, UH, CLARIFICATION, UH, THAT I MADE TO THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, DECIDED TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR, UH, COUNCIL IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION, THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE REMOVED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE. AND SO, UM, WE'LL PUT THAT VERBIAGE IN THERE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DARREN? IT DOES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT CLARIFIED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. OKAY. AND THAT PASSES ITEM FOUR A PASSES. WE [a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for property located at 4980 Belt Line Road, Suite 200, that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance No. O01-002, to allow a restaurant with the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. Case 1888-SUP/4980 Belt Line Road, Suite 200 (The Alley).] WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM FIVE [00:15:01] A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SS U P FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 49 80 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE 200 THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 0 1 0 0 2 TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTIONS CASE 1888 DASH S U SLASH 49 80 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE 200, THE ALLEY, LESLIE? YES. GOOD EVENING, LESLIE KNIGHT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS, UH, LOCATED AT 49 80 BELTLINE ROAD. UM, THE SUITE IN QUESTION IS SUITE 200. THIS, UH, SPACE FORMERLY SERVED AS THE PETE'S DUELING PIANO, UH, BAR. AND SO THE REQUEST THIS EVENING IS FOR A RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL. UH, THIS PARTICULAR SITE WAS, UH, DEVELOPED IN THE EIGHTIES WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND SITE CONDITIONS. UH, IN 2001, THERE WAS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPROVED, WHICH, UH, IDENTIFIED BOTH PERMITTED USES AND SOME UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. UH, SPECIFICALLY PARKING, UH, RATIOS IS ONE OF THEM, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON IN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES. UM, SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR RESTAURANTS OR OTHER, UH, USES THAT ARE ONLY PERMITTED BY SS S U P AS WELL. UH, THE REQUEST THIS EVENING, UH, IS FOR THE ALLEY A, UH, NEW RESTAURANT CONCEPT, UH, THE FIRST, UH, OF THIS TYPE OF CONCEPT. AND THEY'RE WANTING TO OCCUPY THE APPROXIMATELY 5,700 SQUARE FOOT SUITE. UM, IT WOULD HAVE MINIMAL INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS THEY WERE PROPOSING TO, UM, RETAIN THE EXISTING STAGE. IT WAS USED BY THE FORMER TENANT AS WELL AS THE TWO BARS. UH, THEY WILL ADD INTERIOR SEATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 250, UH, CUSTOMERS ON THE INSIDE. UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE KIND OF A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT WITH, UH, VARIOUS UPSCALE LIKE BAR FOOD OFFERINGS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENTS AS WELL. UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING VARIOUS TYPES OF, UH, ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES ON SITE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE KARAOKE, UH, GAME NIGHTS OR THEME NIGHTS, TRIVIA NIGHTS, UM, MAYBE BEER, WINE TASTINGS. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS. THEIR PROPOSED, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION INITIALLY, UH, WOULD BE 4:00 PM TO 2:00 AM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY EVENTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND TO ALSO OFFER LUNCH. SO THAT WOULD MEAN OPENING AT 11:00 AM UH, WITH THE PARKING ON SITE. THESE DO HAVE UNIQUE PARKING RATIOS COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE, UH, VIA THE, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. SO, UH, THE PD DOES IDENTIFY RESTAURANTS AT A RATIO OF, UH, ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 160 SQUARE FEET. AND THE RESTAURANTS WITH VALET AT ONE SPACE WHERE EVERY 100 SQUARE FEET. SO USING THOSE RATIOS IN COMBINATION WITH OUR EXISTING, UM, PARKING RATIOS WITHIN THE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, UH, THE REQUIRED PARKING ON SITE WOULD BE 465. AND, UH, THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE 468, SO THEY ARE WITHIN THE REQUIRED PARKING ON SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPING OR EXTERIOR OF THE FACADE. STAFF DID NOTIFY, UH, THE PUBLIC, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDED 14 RECIPIENTS. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK, UH, AND AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST MONTH, UH, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY. A SIX TO ZERO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, UH, WITH ONE CONDITION THAT THE, UH, TERMS OR GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS RELATED TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT BE USED, UH, ON ANY EXTERIOR SIGNAGE. UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESENT. THANK YOU. LESLIE, ANY QUESTIONS? JUKU? NO, MAYOR MARLIN. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, LESLIE IS, IS IT TYPICAL FOR THE HOURS OF OPERATION? I NOTICED LIKE MONDAY THROUGH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MM-HMM. , I NOTICE THEY'RE OPEN UNTIL THEY PROPOSE TO BE OPEN UNTIL 2:00 AM IS THAT TYPICAL TO SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS? YES. I WOULD SAY THAT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS THAT, UH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED, UM, MAYBE EARLIER CLOSING HOURS DURING THE WEEK DUE TO, UH, SPECIFICALLY RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. UM, THIS, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A, IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, REALLY ANY CLOSE, UH, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY AND STAFF DOES NOT [00:20:01] HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, SOME POTENTIALLY EXCESS NOISE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAY BE, UH, A DISTURBANCE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. IS THE APPLICANT HERE THAT, DO THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO US? VERY GOOD. STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU ALL? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND BE SURE YOU TURN THAT MIC ON, IF YOU WOULD. OH, THERE WE ARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. UH, UH, THE CITY, CITY COUNCILMAN AND WOMEN, UH, WE ARE THE ALLEY. MY NAME IS SEAN COOPER. THIS IS FRANK HALLAM, AND THAT'S MY COUSIN BACK THERE, LAWRENCE WILSON. AND, UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, LEMME JUST SAY, WE, WE ARE EXCITED, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE FROM THE D F W AREA, BUT WE GREW UP HERE AND ADDISON HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THE PLACE TO COME TO WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, YOU DRESS UP AND YOU COME TO ADDISON. AND THAT'S BEEN THE FEELING EVER SINCE. YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE GRATEFUL. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. FRANK, FRANK AND MYSELF. WE'VE, UM, WE'VE OWNED A FRANCHISE CALLED WING ZONE. IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST, UH, WING ESTABLISHMENT TO WINGSTOP, UH, CURRENTLY CAPRIO'S, UH, THEY ACQUIRED WING ZONE. UH, OUR PARTICULAR WING ZONE WAS IN ATHENS, GEORGIA, WHERE THE UNI UNIVERSITY OF U G A IS. SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. FRANK, UH, FROM BEING FROM DALLAS WAS IN ATLANTA, HE FOUNDED, SO WE ACQUIRED IT AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME THERE. WE ALSO OWNED A BOWLING ALLEY IN ATLANTA. AND SO WE, WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME. UM, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST TIMES FOR US IS BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT IT IN 2019, COVID CAME IN 2020. AND, UH, I'M JUST REAL PROUD TO SAY THAT WE, WE DIDN'T CLOSE, WE STAYED OPEN. FRANK AND I, WE SLEPT IN OUR STORE TO, TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THAT CITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE'RE REALLY PROUD ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STAY OPEN DURING THAT TIME. UM, FRANK, UH, CAME, MOVED BACK HOME. HIS MOM IS, UH, UP IN AGE, SO HE DECIDED TO COME HOME. AND, UH, I GOT TIRED OF FLYING BACK AND FORTH TO GEORGIA , UH, 'CAUSE I WAS STILL LIVING HERE. AND, UH, SO HE'S HERE AND WE, UH, GOT BLESSED WITH THAT OLD PETE'S LOCATION. I WAS JUST RANDOMLY LOOKING FOR A LOCATION AND, UH, THE GUY SAID, MEET ME HERE. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS IS AVAILABLE, REALLY? AND, UH, FRANK AND I BEING A PART IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, WE'VE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY. AND SO BEING A PART OF THAT, THAT IMPROV, WE'VE, WE'VE MANAGED COMEDIANS AND DIFFERENT ARTISTS. CURRENTLY WE WORK WITH STEVE HARVEY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HIM FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. WE WORKED WITH HIM ON HIS COMEDY SIDE, HIS, HIS TALK SHOWS, AND ALSO ON HIS, UH, HIS NONPROFIT IS WHERE WE DO MOST OF OUR WORK WITH HIS NONPROFIT, WORKING WITH YOUNG MEN. UM, SO, UM, WE, WE'VE DONE THAT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE STAYING OPEN TO TWO, FRANK AND I, WE'VE TRAVELED A LOT AND WE'VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE STAYING OPEN TO 2:00 AM AND WHAT WE HAVE COME TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING IN. ADDISON IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSMEN AND BUSINESS WOMEN COME THROUGH HERE. AND WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT GOING IN THE CITY AND STAYING THERE TO FIND SOMEPLACE THAT'S OPEN, THAT YOU CAN GET SOME GOOD FOOD. WE, WE ALWAYS VALUE THAT. SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TOO AS WELL. NOT JUST TO BE OPEN TO TWO, BUT HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SERVICE SOME PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT ARE IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, OR EVEN RESIDENTIAL. RIGHT. AND SO, UH, WE ARE EXCITED. I'LL LET FRANK, UH, SPEAK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. WELL, HE SAID A WHOLE BUNCH THEN. UH, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, I'M GLAD TO BE HOME. UM, BORN AND RAISED HERE. I GREW UP, UH, I WENT TO HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, WENT TO PRAIRIE VIEW, ANUM UNIVERSITY. UH, NOW BACK HOME I WORK WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GREATER DALLAS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR THE, SO THE PHILANTHROPY WORK FOR ME IS TO ALWAYS ENTERTAIN FAMILIES. UH, GROWING UP WITH MY STEPFATHER OWNED A BARBECUE PLACE. MM-HMM. , SO I COOKED ALL THE TIME. I STILL COOK. I'M THE COOK IN THE FAMILY. SO HAVING GOOD FOOD IS JUST SOMETHING I'M ABOUT BEING FROM TEXAS, WE THE BEST BARBECUE . SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE HOME AND, AND, AND CONTINUE TO ENTERTAIN AND GIVE GOOD ENTERTAINMENT TO PEOPLE. I GREW UP COMING HERE IN ADDISON, WHERE I GREW UP HAVING A GOOD TIME AND ALWAYS LIKED THE AREA OF ADDISON. I MOVED UP TO PROSPER COMING BACK HOME AND FOR ME TO COME HOME AND SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUST DALLAS PERIOD, WHICH IS LIKE, WOW. AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE HOME AND I'M READY TO KIND OF GIVE THE LOVE THAT I LEARNED BEING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY OUT THERE TO BRING IT BACK HOME WHERE THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND, AND HOSPITALITY IS BLOWN OUT THE WINDOW. SO I'M GLAD TO BE HOME AND THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US. THANK Y'ALL. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED. WE ARE READY TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY. WE SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ON A WEEKLY, MONTHLY BASIS, ALL OF THE CITY EVENTS, AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE EXCITED. HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE WANNA BE A PART OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS TO HELP OUT THE CITY. VERY GOOD, THANK [00:25:01] YOU. NOW, WOULD YOU TWO BE THE ONSITE OPERATORS HERE THEN? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES. VERY GOOD. AND IS THERE QUITE A BIT OF RENOVATION WORK YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE YOU MOVE IN? NO, ACTUALLY NO. WE, UH, WE, WE CHANGED UP A COUPLE THINGS. WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE, THROW SOME PAINT HERE AND THERE, BUT NO, THE, THE FACILITY ITSELF WAS AESTHETICALLY STRUCTURED, STRUCTURED THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO BE. THE STAGE IS THERE. WE LOVE LIVE MUSIC, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE THERE. AND SO, UH, NO, NO, WE WON'T BE PUTTING UP ANY MORE WALLS OR TEARING DOWN ANYTHING. VERY GOOD. WELL, PIZZA, WE IMPLEMENT THE KITCHEN THOUGH, SO OF COURSE THE KITCHEN, IT WAS, IT WAS BUILT FOR ONE, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IN EVERYTHING THAT TAKES TO HAVE A GREAT KITCHEN. GOTCHA. WELL, PETE'S HAD A LONG HISTORY THERE, SO, UH, YES. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT. GOOD, GOOD. UH, GOOD REPUTATION. ONE BIG LIVING ROOM. WE WANT TO HAVE A FAMILY RIGHT THERE. SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE OUR NEIGHBORS COMFORTABLE, SO WE JUST HAVING ONE BIG SPACE TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. YEAH. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. UH, ONE, YEAH. ONE. WHEN MIGHT YOU OPEN? WE'RE PROJECTING DECEMBER. DECEMBER. WE'RE PROJECTING DECEMBER. SOFT OPENING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE EXCITED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING THERE. YOU GUYS CAN WELCOME TO HAVE A SEAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK, UH, THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING AND SO THIS, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR COME FORWARD AND SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I'D LIKE APPROVAL. MOVE. I'LL MOTION FROM EILEEN AND A SECOND FROM DAN. ANY DISCUSSION I'VE GOT? YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS MOTION. DO WE NEED TO ADD THE CONDITION? YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THE, WHAT THE CONDITION RECOMMENDED? YES. WITH CONDITION. WITH THE CONDITION RECOMMENDED BY, BY STAFF. OKAY. THAT, THAT ANSWERS IT. PERFECT. THANK YOU MARLON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALRIGHT, THEN THAT MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ALL OPEN IN, IN ADDISON. YOU'RE WELCOME. ITEM [b. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to rezone a 1.77± acre property located at 3790 Belt Line Road, from Planned Development (PD) to a new Planned Development (PD) zoning district with a Special Use Permit (SUP), to allow for the construction of a proposed restaurant with dine-in and drive-through facilities, through the approval of development plans. Case 1891-Z/3790 Belt Line Road (Chick-Fil-A).] FIVE B, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE A 1.77 ACRE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 37 90 BELTLINE ROAD FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD ZONING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S U P TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH DINE-IN AND DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS. CASE 1891 DASH Z SLASH 37 90 BELTLINE ROAD, CHICK-FIL-A. LESLIE, GOOD EVENING, LESLIE NIFE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE TOWN. I THINK I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CLICKER. THERE WE GO. UH, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UH, A CHICK-FIL-A. THIS WOULD BE A NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, 37 90 BELTLINE ROAD. UM, THIS, SORRY. THIS REQUEST WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, THE DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL. SO THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE ZONING HISTORY. THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY A PART OF THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS, THIS SITE, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE THE KROGER AND THE TARGET. UM, SO YOU'LL SEE IN BOTH THE EIGHTIES AND THE UM, NINETIES, THERE WAS SOME VARIOUS ZONING CHANGES IN HISTORY RELATED TO THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, IT WAS LATER, UM, IN, UH, 1998, UH, APPROVED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT. UH, THAT DID EXIST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT WAS THEN, UM, CONVERTED. THAT BUILDING WAS DEMOED AND IT WAS, UH, RECONSTRUCTED INTO A BANK IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS. UM, THIS BANK, UH, HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2020. AND SO, UH, WITH THE REQUEST TONIGHT, THIS WOULD REZONE THE PROPERTY, UM, ESSENTIALLY CREATING A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH, UH, DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES AS WELL. CHICK-FIL-A IS PROPOSING A APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, STRUCTURE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE DINE IN SEATING, AS WELL AS, UH, A MUCH MORE, UH, ROBUST DRIVE THROUGH THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ACROSS THE STREET. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN IN ADDISON SINCE 1994 AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, UH, CROSS BELTLINE TO THE NORTH, UH, OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EXPAND ON THEIR CURRENT SITE, HOWEVER, THEY ARE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO. UH, SO THIS, UM, SITE BECAME AVAILABLE AND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE MORE ROOM TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR DRIVE THROUGH, UH, WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO. UH, THIS SITE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CREATE APPROXIMATELY 500, 500 FEET OF ADDITIONAL STACKING, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ON THEIR SITE. [00:30:01] UH, THIS WOULD PROVIDE SEATING INDOORS FOR APPROXIMATELY 68 CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS A SMALL OUTDOOR PATIO FOR 12. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, THERE ALSO WILL BE CANOPIES OVER THE ORDERING STATION AREA, WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE. AND THE PICKUP WINDOW. UH, THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE PROPOSING TO REMAIN THE SAME AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE AT THEIR EXISTING LOCATION, WHICH IS 6:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UM, SIX DAYS A WEEK CLOSED ON SUNDAYS WITH THE PARKING ON SITE. UH, CHICK-FIL-A WAS ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 70 SQUARE FEET. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, 70 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, GROSS FLOOR AREA, INCLUDING THE PATIO THAT INCLUDED 77 PARKING SPACES, UH, FOR THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING. UH, THE SITE DID MEET ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT INCLUDES 20, UH, 20% OF THE GROSS SITE AREA TO BE OPEN SPACE OR LIVING MATERIAL, AS WELL AS, UH, INTERIOR, UH, LANDSCAPE IN THE PARKING LOT AND, UH, TREES AND SO FORTH. AND, UH, PARKING LOT SCREENING FROM ADJACENT RIGHTS OF WAY FOR TREE MITIGATION ON THIS SITE, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FULLY MITIGATE ON SITE. UH, SO THERE WERE, UH, 259 CALIBER INCHES REMOVED FROM THE EXISTING SITE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW SITE CHANGES. THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, MITIGATE ON SITE FOR 170 CALIBER INCHES. THE REMAINING 89 CALIBER INCHES WOULD BE MITIGATED THROUGH A $17,000, UM, PAYMENT INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. THE EXTERIOR FACADE WILL BE PRIMARILY BRICK VENEER. UH, IT DOES MEET THE TOWN REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, FACADE DESIGN WITH THIS PROJECT. THE TOWN DID, UH, ASK THAT THE APPLICANT COMPLETE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THIS SITE. UH, THIS SITE DOES SHOW A, UH, SLIGHT NET INCREASE FROM THEIR EXISTING SITE, APPROXIMATELY 248 TRIPS PER DAY. THOSE ARE, UM, SPLIT BETWEEN VARIOUS PEAK HOURS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE WERE, UH, NO PHYSICAL, UH, MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SLIGHT TIMING MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED AT, UH, THE ADJACENT SIGNALS DURING PEAK HOURS TO HELP FLOW THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, UH, NAVIGATE BOTH ON AND OFF THE SITE MORE QUICKLY. UH, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT FOR THIS, UH, T I A THEY DID, RATHER THAN USING THE TYPICAL, UM, INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TRIP GENERATION MANUAL, UH, THEY USED FIGURES FROM EXISTING CHICK-FIL-A'S EXISTING OF SIMILAR CONFIGURATION TO GET A MORE ACCURATE COUNT. STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE, UH, ANY IN OPPOSITION. WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR, WHICH WAS THE, UM, SALAD AND GO SITE, WHICH IS EX, UH, IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE ASBURY CIRCLE, H O A, DID NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, LESLIE, ANY QUESTIONS? I DO, MAYOR GQ, CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, AT THE MAP THAT'S ON SEE PLAN VIEW'S, THE, IT'S THE, UH, DRIVE DRIVING CONFIGURATION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE ENTRANCE TO THAT. CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT TO US? LESLIE, IS THERE, I KNOW IT'S TOUGH TO SEE ON THE SCREEN AT HOME. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON BUSINESS AVENUE? THAT'S CORRECT. I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN DOWN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN COMING IN AND OUT. IS THERE GONNA BE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THERE? YES. SO THERE ARE THE TWO, UM, EXISTING ACCESS POINTS WHICH ARE SHOWN, WHICH ARE BOTH IN THE, UH, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE SITE. THOSE ARE EXISTING TODAY AND THOSE ARE NOT PROPOSED TO CHANGE. UM, THE ONE MODIFICATION THAT STAFF HAS, UM, I GUESS ALERTED THE APPLICANT TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT THERE IS A MEDIAN ON BUSINESS AVENUE AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT A FIRETRUCK CAN ACT CAN MAKE THAT, UH, THAT TURN INTO THE SITE WITHOUT HAVING TO JUMP THE CURB. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT MEDIAN [00:35:01] MAY HAVE TO BE SHORTENED SLIGHTLY A FEW FEET JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT A FIRETRUCK CAN MAKE THAT THAT TURN RADIUS. UH, BUT AS FAR AS THE RADIUS FOR AN AVERAGE PASSENGER VEHICLE, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUE. UM, MANEUVERING, UH, A AUTO TURN EXHIBIT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ZOOM INTO THAT OR NOT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MEDIAN THERE WOULD CAUSE A CAR ON BUSINESS TO HAVE TO, UH, AS THEY TURN LEFT INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT, WOULD BE IN THE PATH OF A CAR COMING OUT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER SITE PLAN ON THERE. YEAH, SO I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT STAFF DID LOOK AT THAT, UH, 'CAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN AND WE CONFIRMED IT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES, BUT IT WOULD LIKELY BE A CONCERN OR AN ISSUE FOR, UH, A FIRETRUCK TURNING RADIUS. ANYTHING ELSE? CHIQUI? NO, MAYOR. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND LESLIE, IS THE APPLICANT HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? YES, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND WE ALSO HAVE A CHICK-FIL-A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, JOINING US VIA ZOOM AS WELL. VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING. YES. VERY GOOD. . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M PRIYA CHARYA WITH WEIR AND ASSOCIATES. WE ARE CIVIL ENGINEERS ON BEHALF OF CHICK-FIL-A AND MS. KEANA BASCOM IS ON THE LINE. SHE IS A SENIOR REAL ESTATE MANAGER WITH CHICK-FIL-A CORPORATE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. VERY GOOD. SHAQ, DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? DO YOU WANT YES, I DID. MARLON. YEAH, MAYOR, I'VE GOT A QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE FACADE. IT LOOKS LIKE A, A SOMETHING NEW. IS THAT A A NEW DESIGN OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, DONE BEFORE? SO THE FACADE, THE F FACADE YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS CHICK-FIL-A'S NEW PROTOTYPE. SO SOME OF THE NEWER LOCATIONS YOU MAY SEE IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA ARE FOLLOWING, UM, THIS FACADE IMPLEMENTATION. OKAY. BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE LATEST, GREATEST, UH, COLOR SCHEME AND SO FORTH, SIR. LOOKS, LOOKS GREAT. YES. THANKS. TO GET A FEEL FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. UH, WOULD THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS ONE BE SIMILAR TO THE CHICK-FIL-A THAT'S OVER ON MONTFORT OR ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE? CAN YOU GIVE ME LIKE THE CROSS STREETS MONTFORT BETWEEN, UH, ARAPAHO BELT LINE? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. SO THIS FOOTPRINT THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ADDISON, THIS WILL BE, UM, ONE OF THE NEWER LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE USING THIS PROTOTYPE ON. IT'S A LARGER BUILDING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED, BUT THIS ONE IS A LARGER SITE. OKAY. AND LARGER BUILDING. YEAH, BECAUSE THE ONE I'M, THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO IS, IS IT HAS A NICE LARGE LOT, SO IT GIVES MUCH MORE ROOM FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH WITHOUT BACKING UP ONTO THE STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT SEEMS TO WORK PRETTY WELL. SO I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AS A, AS A FOOTPRINT. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU GO AND HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM IS WELCOME TO DO SO. IF YOU WOULD JUST PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR COME FORWARD AND SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION FROM DARREN. SECOND. SECOND FROM EILEEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE DISCUSSION? OH, DARREN, DID YOU HAVE I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, I REALLY THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT MOVE FOR, UH, ADDISON, FOR CHICK-FIL-A, UH, AND FOR REPLACING THAT, THAT, UH, UNOCCUPIED BUILDING THERE. I THINK, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD PLAN AND I'M GLAD THAT THAT CHICK-FIL-A IS, IS INVESTING. THANK YOU DARREN. AND I'M SURE MY CHICK-FIL-A APP WILL CONTINUE TO GET WIDE USE OVER THERE. OKAY, SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR, YOUR MOVE. VERY LONG DISTANCE MOVE. OKAY. AND [a. Present and discuss Addison Kaboom Town!® recap.] SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE WORK SESSION ITEM, WHICH IS THE KABOOM TOWN RECAP. AND I SEE ABBY HEADING OUR WAY. [00:40:05] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER. UM, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE JULY 3RD HAPPENED. AND SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'M GOING TO CATAPULT US BACK TO JULY 3RD. YOU'RE UP KEN, CLICK ON THE RED. SO IN CASE YOU FORGOT HOW HOT IT FELT BACK THEN, 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE COOLER NOW, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE YOU BACK, UM, TO THAT TIME. UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY A NIGHT OF FLIGHTS SIGHT AND AMAZING NIGHT OF BOOM. UM, A COUPLE OF NUMBERS AT A GLANCE. YOU'LL SEE HERE WE ARE SUPER PROUD TO BE RATED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE FIREWORKS BY U S A TODAY. OUR OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE NUMBER WAS 11,000 WITH OVER 35,000 TICKETS THAT WERE ACTUALLY RELEASED. UM, OUR FIREWORKS SHOW WE'RE PROUD TO SAY, HAS 4,000 SHELLS WITH 1500 OF THOSE BEING IN THE FINALE ALONE. AND THEN WE ARE SUPER PROUD TO HAVE THE AIR SHOW COMPONENT AS A PART OF KABOOM TOWN. IT IS THE ONE THING THAT GIVES US THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE WITHOUT THE AIR SHOW. WE'RE SIMPLY ANOTHER TOWN THAT'S FIRING FIREWORKS, EVEN IF IT IS A INCREDIBLE FIREWORKS SHOW. UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER MEMBERS TO NOTE, UM, WHAT ATTRACTS YOU TO KABOOM TOWN. YOU'LL SEE THAT ATTENDEES COULD SELECT ALL OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT APPLY TO THEM. AND SO JUST OVERALL, JUST ALL OF IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, MONITOR HOW PEOPLE GET TO OUR EVENTS WITH SILVER LINE COMING THROUGH. UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WE'RE PRETTY, PRETTY WELL SPLIT WITH FIRST TIMERS AT KABOOM. 94% OF OUR ATTENDEES, UM, COME TO US FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON. AND THEN YOU SEE OUR, UM, STRONG NATIONAL RECOGNITION PLAYS, UM, A PART IN OUR MARKETING AS FAR AS HOW DO PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT US, UM, BY WORD OF MOUTH. UM, ATTENDANCE ALWAYS A BIG, UH, A BIG DEAL AND, AND WE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT ATTENDANCE AND AS I NAVIGATE THE WAY WE FIGURE THAT OUT, UM, COMING UP WITH THAT FORMULA, THESE WERE ACTUALLY A COMBINATION OF THE TICKETS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SCANNED AT THE GATE IN COMBINATION WITH TICKETS THAT WE PROVIDE AS THE, UM, PROCESS TO DO BUSINESS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE, UM, AS I DID MENTION, 35 TICKETS ARE ACTUALLY RELEASED AND YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT A 30% REDEMPTION RATE WE FIND ON THE TICKETS THAT ARE RELEASED. UM, THEY'RE RELEASED AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY'RE RELEASED ONLINE. SO YOU SECURE YOUR TICKET AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU ON JULY 3RD TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 35,000 THERE. WE ALSO WERE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE NEARLY TWO DOZEN TOWN WIDE PARTIES THAT WERE HOSTED ACROSS THE TOWN THIS YEAR. YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR ATTENDANCE HISTORY, UM, THE BREAKDOWN THERE, UM, FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS WELL. HOTELS WERE A BIG, A BIG DEAL, UM, WITH KABOOM TOWN. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD 72% TOWN WIDE OCCUPANCY. UM, ON THAT DAY WE HAD 15 PARTICIPATING HOTELS, 10 OF WHICH COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE HOTEL PACKAGES WERE REDEEMED WERE, UM, JUST UNDER 900, AND THAT INCLUDE GUARANTEED ADMISSION FOR UP TO SIX PEOPLE. UM, AND THEY ALSO RECEIVED A BRANDED NECK COOLING TOWEL AS A PART OF THEIR PACKAGE. UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO REPORT OUT THAT 30% OF OUR PARK ATTENDEES WERE ACTUALLY HOTEL, UM, HOTEL PACKAGE RECIPIENTS. YOU DON'T SEE A COMPARISON OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES LAST YEAR, ALL OF OUR HOTELS WERE LUMPED INTO OUR OCCUPANCY. UM, THIS YEAR, UH, YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY OPT IN TO BE A PARTICIPANT. AND SO THESE ARE ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT BOOKED IN RELATION TO KABOOM TOWN, OUR MARKETING EFFORTS. UM, THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION HELPS US TREMENDOUSLY. AND SO WHAT WE FOCUS ON HERE ARE OUR TOTAL IMPRESSIONS. YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE, UM, PLATFORMS THAT WE USE FOR OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, VERY LITTLE IF ANY MONEY IS SPENT IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE DO. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR TOTAL IMPRESSIONS IS PRETTY HIGH ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. [00:45:03] I LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROSS NUMBER, UM, THAT WE HAVE AROUND FOOD AND BEVERAGE WITH REGARDS TO THE EVENT. THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT COMES INTO, UM, THE EVENT AS WE DO DO A REV SHARE WITH BOTH OUR CONCESSIONAIRES AS WELL AS OUR BEVERAGE PARTNERS. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TOTAL GROSS SALES WAS OVER 136,000 WITH THE AVERAGE CONCESSIONAIRE, UM, BRINGING IN ABOUT $7,500. AND THEN BEVERAGE GROSS SALES, WHICH DID INCLUDE WATER THIS YEAR WAS AT $38,000. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR YEAR COMPARISON THERE. WHEN WE LOOK AT ACTUAL HARD NUMBERS WITH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, I'M GONNA LET ONE OF OUR EXPERT PARTNERS, UM, COME UP AND SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, ISMAIL ALTA, SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND LET'S TALK SOME NUMBERS I GUESS. UM, REVENUE TOTALED OUT TO 110,000, A MAJORITY BEING FROM SPONSORSHIPS, UH, TOTALING TO 79,000. UM, OUR SHARE OF THE REVENUE SHARE, 20% WOULD BE 29,000 AND VENDOR FEES AND ANYTHING MISCELLANEOUS WOULD BE RIGHT UNDER OR RIGHT ABOUT A THOUSAND EXPENDITURES TOTAL OUT OF 442,000 THIS YEAR. UM, THE BIG THREE WOULD BE THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, 92,000 RENTALS OF 85,000. AND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF KABOOM TOWN FIREWORKS. SO ONLY 5,000, UH, STAFF COMPENSATION, 56,000 THAT INCLUDES ANYTHING PAYROLL RELATED. UH, ENTERTAINMENT, 56,000 OUTSIDE SECURITY, 38, UH, REDEMPTION AND MISS ANYTHING MISCELLANEOUS WAS 36,000 AND CREDIT CARD FEES RIGHT UNDER 2000. UH, HERE WE SEE A FOUR YEAR COMPARISON. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE BEING THE REVENUE COMING IN EACH YEAR, THE RED BEING THE EXPENDITURES, AND THE GRAY BEING THE NET EXPENSE TO THE TOWN. UM, RIGHT BELOW 2023, YOU SEE A COUPLE NUMBERS. THE TOP NUMBER UNDER THE BLUE WOULD BE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, UH, FOR REV, UH, FOR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THE PERCENTAGE BEING THE AMOUNT USED, UH, PERCENTAGE WISE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? OKAY. I DO LIKE TO ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE EVENTS HAVE ON THE TOWN. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE THERE, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE TOWN AS A WHOLE. YOU'LL SEE THAT IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT WE SELL, THE TOTAL HOTEL STAYS, AS WELL AS SPEND, UM, AT THE EVENT ITSELF. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT COMES TO JUST OVER 1.1 MILLION. SO SUPER EXCITED TO REPORT THAT OUT. WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR. UM, LATE LAST WEEK, WE GOT OUR FIRST, UM, SUGGESTION FOR ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS, UM, OPTIONS FOR THE PLAYLIST FOR THE FIREWORKS. SO WE'RE, WELL OUR, WELL ON OUR WAY INTO PLANNING 2024. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR ABBY GQ? YES, MAYOR. UH, SLIDE SIX. ABBY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TOTAL IMPRESSIONS. HOW, UH, 57 MILLION. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT, HOW THAT'S TRENDING FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? IT'S ACTUALLY UP LAST YEAR WAS, UM, AT ABOUT 52 MILLION. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRENDING UP. AND WHAT ARE YOU ATTRIBUTING THAT TO? UM, I THINK IT'S JUST WORD OF MOUTH. WE DO HAVE THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE. UM, OUR RADIO PARTNER, UM, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE REALLY WORKED WITH MARKETING TO, UM, SOLIDIFY OUR SOCIAL CAMPAIGN AS WELL. WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS. THAT'S IT MAYOR FOR ME, ALI. YEAH. CAN YOU COMPARE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THIS YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS? WE HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT COMPARISON. WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN PROBABLY TAKE SOME OF THE RAW DATA THAT WE HAVE AND PULL THAT TOGETHER AND SHARE THAT. I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ABBY. UM, SO, SO 11,000 IN THE PARK. YES SIR. 35,000 TICKETS RELEASED. THAT SEEMED LIKE A LOW NUMBER TO ME, RIGHT? YEAH. WHAT DO YOU HAVE? THAT'S SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT, UM, AS FAR AS HOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS IS ACTUALLY HANDLED. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT DO THAT WE HAVE DONE [00:50:01] PREVIOUSLY IS ACTUALLY HAD TICKETS AVAILABLE ON SITE AT THE EVENT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE. UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TO KIND OF BALANCE WHAT THE CAPACITY OF THE PARK LOOKS LIKE. UM, AND SO WHEN YOU'RE RELEASING 35,000 TICKETS AND THE ACTUAL CAPACITY OF THE PARK ITSELF IS ABOUT 2020 5,000, UM, COMFORTABLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE. WE DID CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE ON SITE, BUT WE, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HADN'T SECURED A TICKET PRIOR TO THE EVENT, UM, THAT WERE THERE. UM, AND SO LOOKING AT OPTIONS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR TO BALANCE THAT AND SO THAT THE NUMBER ISN'T QUITE AS LOW. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE WE'VE REALLY GONE FROM WHERE WE USED BEFORE WE DID TICKETS WHEN IT WAS COME ONE COME ALL AND IT WAS JAM PACKED OUT THERE, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE. AND THEN WE WENT TO DOING THE TICKETS AND IT SEEMED LIKE WE FILLED UP THE PARK WITH THE 20 OR 22,000 OR WHATEVER IT WAS. AND THEN, AND THEN NOW WE'RE PUTTING THE TICKETS OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP. SO THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. SO I KNOW YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT SOME MORE AND, UH, AND MAYBE WE'LL HEAR SOME MORE REPORTS FROM YOU ON THAT. YES SIR. UH, WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THAT. UM, BUT I ASSUME THAT THAT DID, THAT THE 11,000 DIDN'T MEET YOUR EXPECTATION FOR WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GONNA SHOW UP. I MEAN, IT'S A, IT WAS A LITTLE SHY OF WHAT MAYBE WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS ARE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO PLAYING THE NUMBERS GAME WITH WHAT IS TRULY YOUR REDEMPTION RATE GOING TO BE. UM, JULY 3RD WAS ON A MONDAY, AND SO YOU'RE ALSO BALANCING, UM, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE KIND OF ON THE TAIL END OF THE WEEKEND AND THEN, UM, WHEN WERE PEOPLE HEADING BACK TO WORK. AND SO A LOT OF FACTORS KIND OF PLAYED INTO THAT. UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT GOING INTO 2024. YEAH. AND, AND WE USED TO GO, WE, WE WOULD KIND OF BRAG ABOUT THIS REALLY, REALLY BIG NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE AREA TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS SHOW. UH, AND, AND IT WAS ANYWHERE FROM 300, 400,000, 500,000, UH, WHICH ALWAYS SEEMED JUST LIKE A ALMOST RIDICULOUSLY HIGH NUMBER TO ME, BUT MAYBE IT WAS TRUE. I DON'T KNOW. DO WE STILL DO THAT? DO WE DO GET ANY KIND OF ESTIMATES ON THAT? AND, AND DO WE HAVE ANY DATA WE CAN PULL UP DATA FROM? UM, THIS PAST YEAR, UM, USING THE PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT PULLED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT AS WE, IT LOOKED TO INCREASE THE TOWN WIDE PARTIES IN PARTNERING WITH OUR ESTABLISHMENTS THIS YEAR WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WE'VE HAD WITH JUST UNDER TWO DOZEN. AND SO WHILE THAT NUMBER DOES SOUND A LITTLE UNREALISTIC, IT'S PROBABLY REALLY CLOSE TO BEING TRUE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PULL THAT FIGURE FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND UH, YEAH, AND I, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU WERE TAKING ALL THESE THROUGH YOUR FIRST YEAR HERE AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU, WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THE, ALL OF OUR EVENTS MOVING FORWARD. SO, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. UM, REGARDING THE AIR SHOW, I KNOW THIS YEAR I THINK WE, DIDN'T WE USE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE FOR MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT? WAS THAT, WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION? WAS WAS THE, THE AIRCRAFT THAT WERE USED FOR THE AIRSHOW WERE THE, WAS THAT FROM CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE? I THINK IT WAS A MIX. UM, OUR ADDISON AIRPORT SECURED THOSE, UM, SOLELY ON THEIR OWN. AND SO IT WAS KIND OF A MIX OF PRIVATE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, SORT OF A MIX OF THE TWO. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? DAN ABBY QUESTION, UM, IN RELATION TO YEAR OVER YEAR, DOES WEATHER PLAY A BIG PART OF IT, OF IT KNOWING IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE HOT IN JULY, WAS THIS AN EXCESSIVE HOTTER YEAR THAN PRIOR YEARS THAT COULD HAVE AFFECTED THE NUMBER? SO IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU ASKED THAT. SO WEATHER WAS KIND OF INTERESTING ON THAT DAY. THE ACTUAL DAYTIME WAS ACTUALLY HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT. AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT I THINK EVEN IN OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS. WE WORKED WITH MARKETING TO COME UP WITH THE FIVE WAYS TO STAY COOL OUT AT KABOOM TOWN. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THAT EVENING FIREWORKS WERE SET TO, UM, GO OFF AT 9 35 SO THAT WE CAN HIT THE 10 O'CLOCK NEWS AND THEY CAN DO THEIR LIVE FEED. UM, AT ABOUT NINE 18 THE WIND SHIFTED AND IT ACTUALLY TURNED COOL. AND SO I LIKE TO SAY THAT WHILE IT WAS A, IT WAS AT A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES, THOSE 23 MINUTES BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE WIND SHIFTED TO THE TIME THAT THE FIREWORKS ACTUALLY WENT OFF, UM, WERE PROBABLY THE MOST TENSE OF THAT ENTIRE DAY. UM, SO IT DOES PLAY A FACTOR. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, CITIES THAT WERE NORTH OF US THAT ACTUALLY HAD TO CANCEL THEIR SHOW. AND SO IT WAS JUST INTERESTING THAT WHETHER, WHETHER WITH ALL OF OUR OUTDOOR EVENTS WILL ALWAYS BE A FACTOR. UM, WE DO TAKE, UM, THE, THE SAFETY INTO CONSIDERATION. WE WORK WITH UM, FIRE AND AS WELL AS MARKETING TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, WE ADDED A MR TENT, WE HAD THE KABOOM LAGOON OUT THERE. SO CERTAINLY A FACTOR, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY AS WELL. SO BACK TO THE, YOU JUST HIT ON THE NEXT POINT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT. IS THE TENT, THE MISSING TENT, WAS THAT LIKE WE SEE AT OCTOBER FEST, THE TENT? IS THAT A POTENTIAL TO GO A LARGER MR TENT TO GET PROTECTION FROM THE SUN? YES, IT'S INTENTIONAL. UM, TOO, WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC SAFETY [00:55:01] AND WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAD ONE ON THE MAP AND THEN AS WE WERE MONITORING TEMPERATURES ADDED THE SECOND ONE CLOSER TO THANK YOU. IT WAS AWESOME. I LOVE THE EVENT. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? THANK YOU ABBY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER [7. 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.] SEVEN, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCES, ANY OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ANYBODY WITH, WITH THE REST OF US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WELL, I DO HAVE ONE THING. I ALWAYS HAVE ONE THING. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. SO SATURDAY MORNING, UH, I GUESS SATURDAY AT NOON ACTUALLY WAS OUR FIRST HOW HALLOWEEN UH, EVENT OVER AT THE UM, SPROLE PARK WHERE WE HAD UH, ABOUT 33 OR 34 DOGS. WELL AND ONE CAT THAT COMPETED IN THIS COSTUME CONTEST FOR HALLOWEEN. AND IT WAS GREAT FUN. THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING ON, OF COURSE WE HAD PARKS PEOPLE OUT THERE, WE HAD ANIMAL CONTROL OUT THERE AND UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL ELSE WAS THERE, BUT IT REALLY DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT. I WAS OUT THERE WITH MY DOG. WE DID NOT COMPETE 'CAUSE MY DOG WILL NOT PUT ON A COSTUME, BUT, UH, BUT IT WAS FUN FOR US BECAUSE ONE OF THE JUDGES WAS COCO'S VET, UH, DR. JOSH FROM EAST ISLAM. AND SO THAT WAS GREAT, BUT IT WAS A FUN EVENT AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE TOWN TO, TO SHOW OFF WHAT WE CAN DO. FIRST TIME TO DO THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SUCCESS AND UH, I EXPECT WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN GOING FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO TOWN STAFF FOR PUTTING ON ANOTHER NICE EVENT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8 22. HAVE A GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. * 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.