[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
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IT IS SIX OH ONE AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT AGENDA, YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND DO THAT NOW.
AND SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION.REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, EILEEN? JUST SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT, THEN.
SOUND LIKE IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY CLEAN.
[4. Council Questions and Answers.]
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.JUST A REMINDER THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS DO SEND, UH, QUESTIONS TO STAFF PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THOSE ARE RESPONDED TO BY THE STAFF AND SENT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THAT DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO OUR WEBSITE.
SO NOW ONCE YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, UH, USUALLY BY ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK OR SO ON THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA ITSELF AS A LINK.
SO IT'S DOWNLOADABLE BY THE PUBLIC.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IT DURING THE, UH, MEETINGS HERE.
MAYOR, I JUST, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE CLARITY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER REG, UH, THAT MAYOR PRO RESNICK HOLD OFFER ITEMS FOUR H AND FOR I, YES, SORRY, I FOUR H AND FOUR I.
[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 551.074 (a) (1) Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee - Annual City Manager Evaluation Section 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 - Addison Circle Transit Oriented Development Project.]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS CLOSED MEETING.THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODES SECTIONS 5 51 DASH SEVEN ONE THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. SECTION 5 51 0 7 4, PARAGRAPH A ONE PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, ANNUAL CITY MANAGER EVALUATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, PARAGRAPH ONE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT 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 THAT IS ADDISON'S CIRCLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AND IT IS 6 0 4 AND WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSIONS.
[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.]
EVENING.IT IS SEVEN 30 AND WE ARE COMING BACK IN, OUT OF CLOSED SESSION INTO OPEN SESSION.
AND THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE DID NOT COMPLETE IT.
WE WILL GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AFTER THIS WAS OVER, BUT WE KNEW YOU ALL WERE WAITING OUT HERE FOR US ANXIOUSLY, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, WASTE YOUR TIME.
[a. Present and discuss the operations and financial reconciliation for Addison Oktoberfest 2023.]
THE OPEN SESSION.SO WE ARE IN ITEM SEVEN, WORK SESSION REPORTS.
PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION FOR ADDISON.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO KIND OF TAKE US BACK TO OCTOBER FEST, WHICH HAPPENED, UM, SEPTEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH WHAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR.
THERE'S A PHOTO OF OUR KIDS' GARDEN, UM, THAT WAS A NEW LOCATION FOR US AND IT ALSO FEATURED, UM, A ROOT BEAR GARDEN FOR SOME OF THE LITTLES IN THE CROWD.
WE WERE EXCITED TO ACTIVATE A SPACE, UM, THAT HADN'T BEEN ACTIVATED BEFORE, UM, AND KIND OF BRING THAT TO LIFE.
AND ANOTHER NEW OPPORTUNITY WAS OUR SUNDAY HYUNDAI.
UM, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ONLY ALLOWED THOSE, UH, FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS THAT WERE COMPETING IN THE DOTSON DASH.
AND THIS YEAR WE OPENED SUNDAY TO ALL DOGS AND, UM, GOT TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF THAT.
THE PARTY PLOTS WAS A GREEN SPACE, UM, THAT FEATURED SILENT DISCO AND A RETRO ARCADE.
SO TAKING IT BACK A LITTLE BIT IN THAT ONE SPACE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AFTER COMING OFF OF A YEAR WHERE STEIN WAS MAYBE A BAD WORD,
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WE ACTUALLY HAD CUSTOM STEIN THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO FEATURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE.OUR OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE NUMBER WAS 38,000 HUMANS AND 300 PUPS.
OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THE FOUR DAYS.
WE WERE PRETTY FLAT, UM, FROM LAST YEAR, THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF SUNDAY HYUNDAI.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, WE DID SEE A 25% INCREASE IN OVERALL ATTENDANCE ON SUNDAY ONLY.
UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR ATTENDANCE HISTORY THERE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE HOVERED AROUND THAT 40,000, UM, NUMBER.
AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE GOES, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE KNOWS THAT POLLER IS OUR, UM, PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THAT EVENT.
AND THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE LAST YEAR OF THEIR THREE YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
SO WE REALLY TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE ON THE GROUND, UM, WHAT THEIR PARTNERSHIP MEANS TO US.
I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT DUE TO THE WORK OF THE TEAM AND ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE PUT INTO CREATING THAT GERMAN FLARE WITH TEXAS, UM, OR CREATING THE GERMAN FARE WITH TEXAS FLARE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THE RENEWAL CONVERSATION WITH POLLER RIGHT AROUND THANKSGIVING.
I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE RETURNING.
WE WILL SOLIDIFY WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, UM, IN JANUARY.
BUT EXCITED TO SAY THAT THAT RENEWAL, UM, IS IN THE WORKS.
ONE OF THE GREAT EXPERIENCES THAT WAS ON THE GROUNDS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WERE THE PARTY HALL DECK TABLES.
WE WERE SOLD OUT ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THIS WAS EXPANDED FROM LAST YEAR TO INCLUDE, UM, SUNDAY OFFERINGS AS WELL.
DIDN'T QUITE SELL OUT ON SUNDAY, BUT WE DID SEE THE SELLOUT, UM, ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER WHAT WAS INCLUDED AS A PART OF THAT PACKAGE.
UM, AS PART OF THE PROCESS WITH POLLER, WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM.
THE GAMES, THE GAMES WERE A BIG, UM, FACTOR IN THE EVENT THIS YEAR.
UM, AND REALLY LOOKING WAYS, LOOKING AT WAYS TO GROW, UM, AS WE LOOK AHEAD.
UM, AND THE GAMES IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE WEEKEND HERE AND SOME OF THE FUN THINGS THAT WE HAD HAPPENING AROUND ON THE GROUNDS.
UM, AND IT WAS GAMES FOR AS WELL THE ADULTS AS WELL AS THE LITTLES AS WELL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD MIN, UH, 90 MINI MOSS CREW COMPETITORS AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN THE KIDS' GARDEN.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE WERE, UM, THAT WAS FUN TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE THAT THE MOSS KRUG RECORD FOR THE SIGN HOLDING CONTEST WAS FOUR MINUTES AND 44 SECONDS.
WE HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN OVER SOCIAL MEDIA IN-HOUSE, AND WE UNDERSTAND FROM SOCIAL THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY PRACTICING FOR NEXT YEAR TO BEAT THIS RECORD.
HOTEL PACKETS, UM, WERE A THING WITH OCTOBER FEST AS WELL.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR AVERAGE OCCUPANCY OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND WAS 65%.
AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THOSE DAYS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 431 PACKAGES THAT WERE REDEEMED.
AND THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS A PART OF THOSE HOTEL PACKETS.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE THE COMPARISON YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, THIS WAS A YEAR WHERE WE HAD HOTELS OPT IN TO THE HOTEL PACKAGES, WHEREAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THEY WERE, ALL OF THE HOTELS WERE INCLUDED.
AND SO BECAUSE WE WEREN'T COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, I DON'T HAVE THAT COMPARISON LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
I, OUR MARKETING EFFORTS WERE A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE OUR PAID MARKETING, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ORANGE CREAM COLOR THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SECURED AS PART OF OUR IN KIND PARTNERSHIPS.
SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE SAW FROM OUR MARKETING EFFORTS WAS THAT WE HAD A 30% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR WITH PEOPLE ACTUALLY SELECTING THE PURCHASE TICKET BUTTON.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT VIDEO AS WELL AS AUDIO AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE ATTENTION SPAN OF MOST PEOPLE IS ABOUT THAT LONG.
AND SO WE REDUCED A LOT OF OUR VIDEO.
UM, TIME SLOTS WENT TO 30 SECONDS AND ALL OF OUR AUDIO CLIPS WENT TO 15 SECONDS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE 73 AND 93, UM, PERCENT COMPLETION RATES IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARKETING REALLY DID, UM, TO HELP US ALONG THIS YEAR WAS TO REALLY TELL OUR STORY.
WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC OCTOBER FEST, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WORKED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT TEXAS FLARE THAT WE ADD TO IT.
I TALKED ABOUT POLLER EARLIER, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEW YORK THAT WERE IN TOWN THAT SHARED WITH US DURING OUR RENEWAL PROCESS
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THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN ON HOW AN OCTOBER FEST COULD BE AUTHENTIC, IF YOU WILL, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF TEXAS.AND WHAT THEY SHARED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, UM, OF OUR MEETING WAS WE DO IT AND WE DO IT WELL.
AND, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT GROWTH AND WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE YEARS, WE WERE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH THEM HOW WE PLAN TO STAY AUTHENTIC, BUT ACTUALLY HOW WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING BY WAY OF THAT TEXAS FLARE FOOD AND BEER ARE BIG COMPONENTS OF THE EVENT.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE OUR GROSS SALES, UM, LISTED HERE, 1.25 MILLION TOTAL GROSS SALES WITH AN AVERAGE OF 24,500, WHICH COMES TO ABOUT $33 GROSS SALES PER PERSON.
UP IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE WHAT OUR HISTORY HAS BEEN AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE.
UM, EVEN SOME GROWTH FROM 2022.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF A FUN FACT IS OVER 630 KEGS OF BEER WE'RE ACTUALLY SERVED, WHICH IS THIS KIND OF A FUN NUMBER TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE TOTAL REVENUE.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
UM, NUMBERS OF NOTE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REVENUE SPONSORSHIP WAS 110,800.
THE IN KIND, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SECURE THAT ARE RELATED TO SPONSORSHIP ARE OVER 261,000.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN, UM, OF A LOT OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE, UM, INCUR WITH PUTTING ON AN EVENT SUCH AS THIS ONE SIDE NOTE AROUND ENTERTAINMENT, UM, 154,000.
THAT NUMBER THERE ACTUALLY INCLUDES STAGE PRODUCTION, WHICH ON THE FESTIVAL SIDE WE TYPICALLY PUT IN OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
WHEN WE WORK WITH FINANCE, THEY CATEGORIZE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UM, IN THIS SLIDE, HERE'S OUR FOUR YEAR COMPARISON.
WITH 2023 BEING THERE AT THE VERY TOP, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTE IS OUR EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO GO UP.
UM, CERTAINLY THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AFTER COVID AND WITH SUPPLY CHAIN, YOU SEE, UM, THE EXPENDITURES THAT GO THAT HAD GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY.
UM, THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS, GOING INTO THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD NINE CONTRACTS THAT WERE OUT FOR BID THAT INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM TENT, ELECTRICITY, FENCING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO HAVING THOSE CONTRACTS GO OUT TO BID, WE'RE ACTUALLY FIVE YEARS BEHIND.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT BIGGER HIT THAT WE TOOK WITH REGARDS TO EXPENDITURES.
UM, I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE DID GENERATE 6% MORE REVENUE THAN WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED.
AND THEN I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PROUD TO SAY IS THAT WHAT WE DO ON THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND EXTENDS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO DRIVE ADDISON AS A DESTINATION.
WE CERTAINLY DO THAT BY WAY OF THE EVENT ITSELF.
THE FIGURES THAT ARE IN THE BLUE ARE WHAT WE PLUG IN BASED ON THE FACTS AND FIGURES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE EVENT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD, THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES ARE HOTEL STAYS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY SPEND ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE, WHICH I SHARED THE DAILY SPENDING THAT COMES FROM JUST MERCH AND OTHER ITEMS ON THE GROUNDS.
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN WHITE COMES FROM A CALCULATION THAT WE PLUG IN FOR OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH ADMISSION SALES AS WELL AS HOTEL STAY, HOTEL STAYS.
WE HAVE OVER A $4 MILLION IMPACT TO OUR 4.4 SQUARE MILE TOWN.
AND FOR THE LAST TIME THIS YEAR, I SAY, PROS, Y'ALL, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ABBY? GQ? I'D LIKE TO START THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE ABBY ON SELECTING, UH, OR SECURING THE WONDERFUL WEATHER.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A FALSE, THAT'S ALL.
UH, THE, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE OUT THERE AND, UH, WHAT I HEARD FROM, FROM RESIDENTS, UH, THAT SOME OF THE, UH, CHANGES TO THE PARTY HALL DECK, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, VERY NICE.
UH, THE ATTENDANCE THERE, OUR STAFF WERE, WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL, KIND TO ALL OUR GUESTS.
AND, UH, I WANT TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT POLLINGER IS, UH, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH US.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS A, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A PLUS PEOPLE COME, UH, FROM, UH, MILES AROUND TO ENJOY THAT.
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THE, UH, PART, THE HOTEL PACKETS, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THE INCREASE ON THAT, IF YOU WOULD FROM LAST, THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT? AS FAR AS THE TOTAL OCCUPANCY INCREASE OR, AND THE NUMBER OF HOTELS, UH, STAYS THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, TOURISM HAS REALLY WORKED HARD WITH US ON IS IDENTIFYING THOSE, UM, HOTEL STAYS THAT ARE ACTUALLY TIED TO THE EVENT, NOT JUST HOTELS STAYS THAT ARE HAPPENING JUST BECAUSE YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AREA OR YOU'RE COMING OFF OF ANOTHER, UM, SOMETHING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD HOTELS ACTUALLY OPT IN TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF A SPECIAL RATE, AND WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM, UM, ON THE WEBSITE AND ALL OF OUR MARKETING EFFORTS.
AND SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY TRUE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY BOOKED THROUGH THE LINK AS A PART OF THE EVENT.
AND SO IT'S A TRUE NUMBER, UM, AS FAR AS PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY STAYING.
AND I THINK OUR MARKETING EFFORTS AROUND REDUCING WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE, UM, AS FAR AS AUDIO CLIPS AND VIDEO CLIPS SO THAT PEOPLE CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THAT AND HIT PURCHASE AND THEN GO ON TO STAY.
CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT, UH, WAS INCLUDED IN THOSE PACKAGES? YES.
SO THE HOTEL PACKET INCLUDED TWO DAY SINGLE, UM, TWO SINGLE DAY ADMISSION TICKETS.
AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHEN ADMISSION TICKETS, UM, WERE SOLD TO POLLEN OR BEERS, THE COMMEMORATIVE LAPEL PIN, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS THAT YOU COULD OBTAIN THE PIN AND THEN THE COMMEMORATIVE STEIN.
CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETING SLIDE? CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE RU UH, BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, IMPRESSIONS? IMPRESSIONS, YES.
SO ON THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE DELIVERED OR THAT, THAT IS OUR PAID ADVERTISING.
SO THE IMPRESSIONS THAT YOU SEE LISTED ARE ACTUAL DELIVERED IMPRESSIONS.
THESE ARE IMPRESSIONS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEIR ACTION WAS DRIVEN ON THOSE, THEY'RE HARD NUMBERS ON OUR, UM, IN KIND, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM PIECE OF THAT IN THE, UM, ORANGE, THE GROSS IMPRESSIONS, THOSE ARE JUST OVERALL IMPRESSIONS, NOT NECESSARILY HARD DRIVEN IMPRESSIONS, UM, THAT WERE MADE BY ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A FEWER ATTENDEES THAN LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE HIGHER FOOD AND BEER SALES THAN LAST YEAR.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PRICE INCREASE.
EVERYTHING JUST UP HAS GONE UP ACROSS THE BOARD, AND SO YOU'RE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE.
SO THAT OFFSETS SOME OF THE ATTENDANCE THAT YOU SAW AS FAR AS DROP OFF GOES.
UM, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE IN FACT SPENDING MONEY.
SO, UH, NOW LET ONE MORE QUESTION, COMMENT ON THE FOUR YEAR COMPARISON PAGE.
SO HERE WE'RE SEEING THAT, UH, 2023 HAS, UH, I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING INVESTMENTS EXPEND EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE EXPEND THE EXPENSES HERE.
THEY'VE, THEY'RE OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING UP AND FORTUNATELY WE HAD, UH, 6% MORE REVENUE THAN BUDGETED.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE COST INCREASES.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S INFLATION IN THAT, BUT, BUT CHANGES THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD WITH THE SETUP OF THE, OF THE, OF THE VENT ITSELF.
MAYBE SOME CHANGES THAT, UH, ARE DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.
YEAH, SO YOU SAW THE EXPANSION OF THE PARTY HALL TENT.
WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TABLES THAT WERE OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THERE'S A REVENUE SIDE THAT GOES WITH THAT.
UM, AND SO YOU, YOU SAW THE EXPANSION OF THAT, BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SELL MORE TABLES ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL DAYS AND THEN ADDED SUNDAY AS PART OF SELLING AS WELL.
SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE REVENUE BENEFITS THERE.
WE ALSO, UM, CREATED A DIFF A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AREA WITH THE KIDS GARDEN.
UM, WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE DONE IS WE'VE PAID FOR A LARGE TENT, WHICH TENTS WERE ONE OF THE NINE CONTRACTS THAT WENT OUT TO BID.
SO WE WERE ALREADY FIVE YEARS BEHIND ON EXPENSES ON THAT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT CAME IN THAT WE PROJECTED FROM 22 TO 23, THERE WAS ALREADY A PRICE INCREASE RELATED TO THAT.
HOW WE OFFSET THAT WAS WE DIDN'T USE THE TENT.
WE RELOCATED TO A PART OF THE GROUNDS THAT HADN'T TRADITIONALLY BEEN USED AND TOOK SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES THAT COME WITH THE TENT AND POURED THEM INTO THE KIDS' GARDEN.
UM, CERTAINLY STILL EXPENSES THAT ARE RELATED THERE, BUT TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, LOOKING AT IS THE EXPENSES ARE GOING TO GO UP, THE COST OF A
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TENT, THE COST OF SECURITY, THE COST OF FENCING, THE COST OF RESTROOMS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THE COST OF THOSE ARE GOING TO GO UP.AND THAT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND PUTTING ON AN EVENT WHERE REAL, WHERE WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE MISSING IN SOME CAPACITY, DRIVING ADDITIONAL REVENUE BY WAY OF SOME, BY SOME WAY OF EXPERIENCES, BUT A LOT OF IT THROUGH SPONSORSHIP.
UM, ON THE GROUNDS, I'LL, I'LL JUST JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT AND CERTAINLY ABBY, YOU CAN, UM, ADD ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF THESE EXPENSES JUST ARE GOING UP, AS ABBY MENTIONED, THE HARD COSTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF THAT WORK OUT THERE AND SALARIES INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, SO YOU HAVE EXPENSES THAT GO UP AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF WAYS TO, TO CONTROL THOSE EXPENSES.
ABBY'S REALLY FOCUSING ON HOW TO UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS MORE GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP, BUT I THINK ALSO WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR ADMISSIONS, RIGHT? AND LOOK AT THE REVENUE ON THE EMISSIONS SIDE.
THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE HAS GONE UP, BUT THAT'S JUST A, THAT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DRIVER AND I THINK, UM, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE EMISSIONS AND SEE DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE REVENUE THERE JUST TO, TO STAY WITH WHAT, WHERE OUR EXPENSES ARE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AS WELL.
THANKS CHIEF FOR ME, MAYOR, JUST, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
THAT'D BE GREAT JOB AGAIN, UM, ON A TOUR FEST, DO WE KNOW YEAR OVER YEAR DO WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE WHERE THE COWBOYS PLAYING IN TOWN WHERE IT MAY BE A PULL OR DRAW OF THE RANGERS, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, PROFESSIONAL FRANCHISES.
AND THEN DO WE KNOW OF ANY NEIGHBORING TOWNS THAT ARE NOW SUDDENLY POPPING UP AND DOING OCTOBER FEST THE SAME WEEKEND AS OURS? DO YOU KNOW? I DO.
SO WE DO FOLLOW THE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES CLOSELY.
UM, ONE OF OUR AREAS, UM, THE BEER, UM, BEER HOUSE, THE BROT HOUSE GARDEN, UM, IS HEAVILY FOCUSED AROUND THAT.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY RELOCATED ONE OF THE LARGE SCREENS AND OPENED UP SOME OF THE SEATING AREA TO FACILITATE THAT WATCHING TO SEE WHEN THAT GAME IS.
WE ACTUALLY LIKE WHEN THERE'S A COWBOYS GAME ON SO THAT WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
UM, SO WE DO WATCH THAT VERY CLOSELY.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, UM, IS WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T FIGHT THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BATTLE THAT.
UM, SO WE JUST EMBRACE IT AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THE EXPERIENCE.
AS FAR AS OTHER SURROUNDING TOWNS, LITERALLY EVERYWHERE YOU TURN THERE IS AN OCTOBER FEST.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE ON THE EXACT SAME WEEKEND.
THERE'S USUALLY ONE BEFORE ONE RIGHT AFTER ONE, A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AFTER.
UM, THE ONE COMPETING EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE ON THAT WEEKEND, UM, IS A WINE FESTIVAL.
SO NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME AUDIENCE THAT WE WOULD BE COMPETING WITH.
SO WHAT WAS THE EXPECTED UH, INVESTMENT? UM, THE EXPECTED INVESTMENT WAS UM, JUST A LITTLE UNDER 300.
SO IT'S UM, JUST A LITTLE OVER, UH, A LITTLE HIGHER, UH, INVESTMENT THAN WE'D EXPECTED.
SO ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHERE IS THE, UM, MARKETING? AND SO WE PAID FOR SOME MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.
IS THAT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE THERE? THAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE MARKETING BUDGET, SO IT DOESN'T GET NECESSARILY CHARGED BACK TO THE FESTIVAL SIDE.
YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TOO.
SO IN 2019 WE HAD 5,300 MORE PEOPLE AND I REALIZED IT WAS PRE COVID AND ALL THAT, BUT WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP? I THINK IT'S TIME FOR GROWTH OF THE EVENT.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING, UM, PROBABLY SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE AUTHENTIC PIECE OF IT IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE GERMAN BEER.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU AS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, COMING IN, I THINK I DID A A MANUAL COUNT AND I'M LIKE, WE HAVE SIX BEERS TOTAL.
AND THE ANSWER WAS ALWAYS YES.
AND SO WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLLER, IT'S TIME TO GROW.
THE, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S OCTOBER FEST EVERYWHERE.
WE ARE AUTHENTIC AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THAT AUTHENTIC PIECE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE BRAND THAT COMES DOWN AND TELLS YOU, WOW, YOU DO THE TEXAS FLARE WELL AND IT FITS AND IT WORKS.
THAT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CATAPULT INTO, UM, AS FAR AS GROWTH GOES AND BY WAY OF GROWTH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER BRANDS TO OFFER, HOW DO WE KEEP THAT AUTHENTIC PIECE? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS UNIQUE TO US IN THIS REGION.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT BRAND, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SIX THAT ARE IN MUNICH, HAS DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH US AND CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.
WE SAW A 25% INCREASE, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR ON SUNDAY.
SUNDAY IS ONE OF THE HARDEST JUST ACROSS THE
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BOARD TO PROGRAM WITH.WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, BY ADDING THE PUPS.
AND SO LOOKING AT WAYS TO GROW THAT AND DEVELOP THAT, WHICH WE GOT TO EXPERIMENT A LITTLE BIT WITH DURING OUR ADDISON AFTER DARK PINTS AND PUPS EVENT.
AND SO HOW DO WE GET THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP AND HOW DO WE GET OVER THIS 40,000 HUMP? IT'S BY GROWTH.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CHARGE SOMETHING FOR SUNDAY MAYBE AT A REDUCED PRICE? I WOULD SAY.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE OFFERING HAS VALUE AND IT'S TIME TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT.
WHERE DO WE MARKET OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX? OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX? WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO.
IT'S A LOT OF REGIONAL REACH THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST KIND OF, UM, THAT THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOW WE'VE DONE IT.
AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND AND AS WE LOOK TO GROW AND WE LOOK WITH WHAT OUR PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH ALMOST AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND LOOKS LIKE, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THAT.
I WOULD THINK THAT SINCE ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO FILL OUR HOTEL ROOMS, THAT MARKETING OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO USING MORE VOLUNTEERS.
THAT USED TO BE A BIG PART OF OUR EVENTS HERE IN TOWN.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING BACK AND, AND DOING THAT AGAIN.
I WILL, I'LL JUST, UM, ECHO PREVIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE EXCELLENT JOB, UH, SEEMED LIKE EVERY NIGHT WAS A, WAS A BIG PARTY AND EVERYBODY WAS ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
UM, ALSO, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, HOW WELL THE, UH, PARTY HALL DECK, UM, OPERATED.
PEOPLE SEEMED TO REALLY ENJOY IT.
I THINK YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE SOLD OUT.
WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT INCREASING THAT CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR OR A DIFFERENT IDEA THAT PLAYS HAND IN HAND WITH THAT OR, OR WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? THERE? A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR, THE SPACE IS FINITE, UM, IT'S SORT OF HOW DO WE REIMAGINE THAT SPACE? UM, DO WE MOVE THE STAGE AND RELOCATE THAT SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE? UM, DO WE MOVE THAT WHOLE DECK, UM, AND MAYBE RUN IT PARALLEL, UM, TO THE AREA THAT IT WAS SO THAT WE HAVE A LONGER SPACE.
SOME OF IT IS RE-IMAGINING THE SPACE AND LOOKING AT THE SPACE IN A WAY THAT WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT BEFORE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT.
AND SO IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
SO ABBY, KNOWING WHAT EILEEN JUST BROUGHT UP WITH HOTELS, LIKE TAKE THE BIGGER HOTELS THAT HOST ANNUAL CONFERENCES DO, WE ADVERTISE SORT OF TO THOSE CONFERENCE LEADERS, HEY, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN TOWN AND STAYING HERE FOR FOUR NIGHTS AND TIE INTO THAT.
AND A LOT OF TIME IT'S A BARGAINING TOOL TO GET CONFERENCES THAT ARE ON THE FENCE TO DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND BOOK WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY HAPPENING AND HERE'S WHAT WE CAN EXTEND, UM, TO YOUR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES.
AND UH, THAT'S, I LIKE THAT DAN.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, MAYBE EVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON THIS, SO I'M JUST THROWING SOMETHING OUT THERE, OTHER CONFERENCES THAT COME THAT ARE NOT DURING OCTOBERFEST, SOMEBODY COMES AND HAS A GREAT TIME ON ADDISON, THEY MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK.
MAYBE WE COULD PROMOTE IT DURING THOSE TIMES AS WELL.
UH, NOTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL OF OUR EVENTS TO MAKE THEM BETTER AND, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT ADDISON BRAND.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US INTO PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS, IP BELIEVE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[2. Proclamations / Presentations Presentation in recognition to Retiring Members of an Addison Commission or Board: Planning & Zoning Commission: Tom Souers Robert "Bob" Catalani Board of Zoning Adjustment Gary Krupin E.J. Copland]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION TO RETIRING MEMBERS OF AN ADDISON COMMISSION OR BOARD.THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GETS DONE AROUND TOWN AND IT'S DONE BY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON OUR DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
AND, UH, WE LIKE TO HONOR THOSE WHENEVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
I KNOW WE HAVE TOM SAUERS AND ED COPELAND.
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TOM SAUERS SERVED US IN A, IN A GREAT WAY ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND HE WAS THE CHAIR AND HE DID SOME AMAZING WORK.HE WAS A GREAT LEADER, UH, GREAT LISTENER AND WORKED WELL WITH EVERYBODY, STAFF AND HIS OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
AND, UH, HE HAS SINCE HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY MOVE OUT OF ADDISON, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
AND, AND, UH, WE MISS HAVING YOU AROUND HERE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO HAVE YOU COME BACK TONIGHT SO WE COULD HONOR YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE TOWN.
AND WE LIKE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE MEMENTO AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT IS.
WE ALSO HAD BOB ANI, WHO WAS, UH, EXPECTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND, UH, FOR, HE WAS ALSO RETIRING FROM PNZ.
SO THEY HAVE TERM LIMITS THE SAME AS THE COUNCIL DOES.
AND THE, UH, BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, UH, WHICH WAS WHERE ED CO KAPLAN WAS FROM, WAS SERVING AND ALSO GARY KUPIN, UH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE WILL GET THEM IN ADDITION TO, UH, ONE OR TWO OTHERS AT OUR, AT OUR JANUARY MEETING COMING UP.
AND WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU FOR SURE.
[a. City Manager's Announcements]
A CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN TWO B IS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.JUST, UH, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, AND WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, DECEMBER PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
IT HAS BEEN CANCELED, UH, DUE TO A LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED, SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13TH HAS BEEN CANCELED.
THEY'VE HAD A BUSY YEAR, SO I'M SURE THEY WILL APPRECIATE THE EARLY HOLIDAY.
UH, IN ADDITION, OUR SECOND DECEMBER CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AS, AS SCHEDULED IS CANCELED, UM, REALLY DUE TO THE HOLIDAY.
THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER IS ALSO SCHEDULED, UH, CANCELED AND KEEPING WITH A THEME I'LL OUR HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS, UH, ADDISON OFFICES, INCLUDING THE ATHLETIC CLUB, WILL BE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 25TH, 26TH AND JANUARY 1ST SINCE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S FALL ON MONDAYS TRASH COLLECTION BOTH WEEKS WILL SLIDE OVER ONE MONDAY PICKUP WILL SLIDE TO TUESDAY AND THURSDAY PICKUP WE WILL SLIDE TO FRIDAY.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.
SO THOSE ARE OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[b. Employee Recognition]
TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND I SEE CJ GETTING UP.THIS IS A REALLY, UM, EXCITING INTRODUCTION.
ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS AN EMERGENCY MANAGER.
AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS, FOR CJ INTRODUCE, UM, MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION AND EXCITED FOR HER TO GET STARTED.
MAYOR COUNCIL CJ ALEXANDER, YOUR ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.
I AM HERE TO PLEASE INTRODUCE, UM, JULIA WINKLER.
UH, SHE WORKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE FIRST FULL-TIME, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
JULIA STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO ON UH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH.
SHE'S ORIGINALLY FROM LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO.
JULIA PURSUED HER HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ, WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AFTER OBTAINING HER UNDERGRAD, JULIE ESTABLISHED, UH, HER NORTH TEXAS CONNECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
SHE ALSO OBTAINED HER PHD IN A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
SHE HOLDS THAT TO VERY HIGH ESTEEM TO GETTING THOSE TWO DEGREES HERE AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, JULIE HAS HIKED A MASSACHUSETTS PORTION OF THE APPALACHIAS TRAIL.
UH, SHE HOPES ONE DAY TO GO BACK AND FINISH THE WHOLE ENTIRE TRAIL.
THAT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT TO DO.
SHE ALSO HAS A TUXEDO CAT NAMED, UH, BAGIRA.
IN FACT, UH, SHE CURRENTLY IS WORKING ON A FAMILY RECIPE BOOK FOR HER AND HER FAMILY.
AND THE WORD ON THE STREET IS SHE HAS A FANTASTIC, UH, BLACK CHERRY, UH, CAKE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO HIT HER UP FOR SOME RECIPES, THAT'D BE SOMETHING REALLY, UH, INTERESTING TO DO.
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JULIE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF THE ADDISON TEAM WHEN SHE BEGAN HER SEARCH FOR THE METROPLEX CAREER.SHE KNEW SHE FOUND HOME WHEN SHE INTERVIEWED FOR THE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING VERY EXCITING TO, TO HAVE.
SHE BELIEVES IN THE ADDISON WAY AND FOCUSED ON BEING NEIGHBORLY AND CARING FOR FOLKS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER PROVIDE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER AND TELL HER WELCOME TO BEING HERE AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING JULIE.
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, JULIE.
NEXT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THE SPECIAL EVENTS THEME AND HAVE ABBY COME UP AND MAKE AN INTRODUCTION TO SOMEONE I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE YESENIA SALDOVAR WHO WORKS IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER DEPARTMENT AS A SPECIAL EVENTS SUPERVISOR.
YESENIA HAS BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE MARCH OF 2015.
SHE GREW UP THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY IN SAN SABA, TEXAS AND SHE GRADUATED FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AS A TRUE TEXAS TECH ALUM.
THE TEXAS TECH RAIDERS ARE ONE OF HER FAVORITE TEAMS, ALONG WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS.
SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YESENIA IS THAT SHE AND HER DAD ACTUALLY SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
SHE ALSO IS THE MOM TO TWO SWEET DOGS NAMED KAMAYA AND NOVA, WHO SHE LOVINGLY REFERS TO AS HER FUR BABIES.
WHEN YESENIA FIRST CAME TO WORK FOR ADDISON IN 2015, SHE WAS SIMPLY LOOKING TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT SHE WOULD JOIN THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM WITH NO PRIOR EVENT EXPERIENCE.
THIS DIDN'T STOP HER FROM WORKING HER WAY UP THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND SERVING SUCCESSFULLY IN EACH OF HER ROLES NEXT TO PURCHASING HER OWN HOME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YESENIA IS MOST PROUD OF.
ONE WAY THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL IN HER TENURE HERE HAS BEEN HER ABILITY TO EMBODY THE ADDISON WAY, WHICH SHE SAYS IS FINDING A WAY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR NOT JUST YOUR COWORKERS, BUT FOR ALL THE EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING YESENIA.
[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.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UH, FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
AND IF SO, YOU WOULD HAVE IT UP TO THREE MINUTES TO DO SO.
AND IF THERE, I HAVE TWO, HAVE ONE CARD AND, UH, THAT IS FROM CURTIS GREEN.
IS CURTIS HERE? 'CAUSE HE HAD SENT AN EMAIL AND WE WERE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AS WHETHER HE WOULD BE HERE, BUT WE, WE GOT, WE DID GET AN EMAIL AND CURTIS JUST KNOW THAT WE ALL RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL AND, AND, UH, HAVE READ YOUR, YOUR, UH, INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT ALREADY.
AND WE DID HAVE ONE AND AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING FORWARD, BUT I DO HAVE AN EMAIL THAT, UH, SOMEBODY SENT IN AND ASKED US TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
UH, AND, UH, I'LL, I'M GLAD TO DO SO TONIGHT.
DEAR MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY MANAGER, TOWN STAFF, AND ALL WHO SERVE ON ADDISON COMMITTEES.
I'M WRITING THIS LETTER TO HAVE IT READ INTO THE RECORD THAT ADDISON'S HISTORY MATTERS TO ITS CITIZENS.
I WANT TO THANK MR. ANDY EADS AND MR. RON WHITEHEAD FOR THE BOOK ADDISON, TEXAS, A PICTORIAL HISTORY.
THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 2001 AND TRULY AS A TREASURE OF INFORMATION THAT ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD OWN OR READ.
THE BOOK WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE USED BY STAFF IN A RECENT ZONING ISSUE, I WANTED TO ASK ON THE EDGE OF SOME BIG CHANGES IN OUR TOWN WITH MANY BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS GONE THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO ADDISON RESIDENTS PAST AND PRESENT THAT OUR LEADERSHIP AND APPOINTEES WILL CURATE AND PROTECT WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR HISTORICAL LANDMARKS.
WHEN THE LIGHT RAIL COMES THROUGH, SOME THINGS WILL BE REMOVED FROM OUR HISTORY.
EVERYONE MAY KNOW THE EDWARD BAUMAN BUILDING WILL BE TORN DOWN, WHICH MAKES ME VERY SAD.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND A HISTORIC STORM SHELTER OFF ADDISON ROAD BETWEEN BROADWAY AND FESTIVAL WAY FROM THE 19 HUNDREDS WILL BE REMOVED BY THE TODA SHELTER THAT LIKELY PROTECTED OUR CITIZENS OR OUR RESIDENTS.
DURING THE BIG TORNADO OF 1924 THAT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT.
THERE ARE THREE PAGES IN THE BOOK DEDICATED TO IT.
I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO IT.
THERE ARE TREES NEAR THE SHELTER THAT TREE FARMERS CAME FROM TWO HOURS SOUTH TO HARVEST SEEDS BECAUSE IT IS AN ORIGINAL TREE SPECIES LINE AND NOT MIXED WITH OTHER SPECIES LIKE OTHER TREES ARE.
TODAY, I HOPE WE CAN PRESERVE OR SAVE THEM FROM RE RENEW REMOVAL.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT ADDISON'S
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PRESENT AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL ALSO MAKE DECISIONS THAT RESPECT OUR PAST.I THANK YOU FOR ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AS IT IS NOT ALWAYS POPULAR TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ADDISON'S FUTURE.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAY SEASON AND KNOW HOW GRATEFUL THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ARE FOR YOUR DEDICATED HOURS OF SERVICE TO OUR TOWN.
THOUGH WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, WE CAN AGREE LIVING IN ADDISON, THERE'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AND I THANK YOU.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR AND OUR AMAZING TOWN STAFF FOR ALL YOU DO.
AND ONE MORE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND
[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.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR J.IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
AND A SECOND BY NANCY CRAIG, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend Special Use Permit (SUP), Ordinance No. 097-044, for property located at 3795 Belt Line Road, that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), to allow modifications to the development plan. Case 1902-SUP/3795 Belt Line Road (McDonald’s).]
ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.ITEM FIVE A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
PRESENT DISCUSSIONS, CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 9 7 DASH 0 4 4 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 37 95 BELTLINE ROAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD TO ALLOW MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CASE 1902 DASH U SLASH 37 95 BELTLINE ROAD, MCDONALD'S, LESLIE? YES, UH, GOOD EVENING LESLIE NEFE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE TOWN.
UH, THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE EXISTING MCDONALD'S, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 30 37 95 BELTLINE ROAD.
THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORIGINALLY ZONED, UH, IN 1992 AND LATER AMENDED IN 1997.
THERE WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE EXISTING MCDONALD'S, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED IN 1997 AS WELL.
AND THAT INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, WHICH ALLOWED THE EXISTING SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A SINGLE LANE DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS TO AMEND THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FROM THE 1997 SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS SPECIFICALLY TO MODIFY AND ADD A SECOND DRIVE-THROUGH LANE.
THE PROPOSED SITE MODIFICATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, INCLUDE EXPANDING THE EXISTING DRIVE-THROUGH FROM A SINGLE LANE TO A DOUBLE LANE.
UH, THIS SITE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME, UH, CONGESTION AND INEFFICIENCIES WITH ITS CURRENT DRIVE THROUGH CONFIGURATION.
IT'S ALSO CAUSING ISSUES TO THE CIRCULATION WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH, UH, WRAPPING AROUND THE SITE AND ALSO RESTRICTING THE EXIT FROM THE DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL.
UM, AS ALONG WITH THOSE CHANGES THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ADD A, LIKE A SLIP EXIT LANE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE OF THE SITE OR WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE REMOVING PARKING SPACES WITH THIS MODIFICATION AND KIND OF REORGANIZING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AND REMOVING ONE TREE.
SO WITH THIS, WITH THESE CHANGES, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE 17 PARKING SPACES, WHICH DOES CREATE A PARKING DEFICIT BASED UPON OUR PARKING RATIO OF ONE SPACE REACH 70 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO, UH, EXPAND OR MODIFY IS, UM, EXCUSE ME, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 5,700 SQUARE FEET, UM, EXCUSE ME, 5,800 SQUARE FEET.
AND WITH THAT, THE PARKING, THE REQUIRED PARKING ON SITE WOULD BE 78 PARKING SPACES WITH THE REMOVAL FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE, IT WOULD RESULT IN 64 SPACES LEFT, WHICH IS A RATIO OF APPROXIMATELY ONE SPACE REACH 85 PARKING SPACES.
UH, STAFF ASKED THAT THE APPLICANT COMPLETE A PARKING STUDY TO JUSTIFY THIS DEFICIT.
UH, THEY DID SO AND IT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE STAFF REPORT IN THE PACKET.
UH, BASED UPON PEAK TIMES THAT THIS RESTAURANT, THE MOST AMOUNT OF SPACES THAT WERE EVER USED WERE 52.
AND THAT IS BASED UPON THE RECEIPT SALES, UM, AT THE RESTAURANT TO DETERMINE THE BUSIEST TIMES.
UH, IT WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE STUDY THAT MANY OF THOSE SPACES WERE ACTUALLY USED AS, UM, SPACES FOR INDIVIDUALS WAITING ON THEIR FOOD FROM THE DRIVE-THROUGH NOT ACTUALLY DINING IN.
UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING THESE INEFFICIENCIES THAT ARE CREATED FROM THE DRIVE-THROUGH, UH, AFFECTING THE, THE CIRCULATION AND THE FUNCTION OF THE SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE REMOVAL
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OF ONE TREE ON SITE.THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE ONE 20 CALIBER INCH CEDAR ELM.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO FULLY MITIGATE ON SITE AND EXCEED MITIGATION, UH, BY REPLACING IT WITH SIX FIVE CALIPER INCH CEDAR ELMS. SO THEY'LL BE REPLACING WITH 30 CALIPER INCHES EXCEEDING THE REQUIRED MITIGATION BY 10.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY WILL CONTIN THE SITE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE 20% OPEN SPACE, THE, UH, PARKING LOT SCREENING AND SO FORTH.
THEY'RE WILL EVEN BE BRINGING SOME THINGS INTO COMPLIANCE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE DO HAVE A STANDARD THAT REQUIRES ALL PARKING SPACES TO BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF A TREE.
WELL, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, THAT IS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT AND THERE IS NO LANDSCAPING.
UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE EXIT LANE, THEY'RE ADDING PARKING ISLANDS AND TREES.
AND SO WITH THESE CHANGES, THE SITE SHOULD BE FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CURRENT LANDSCAPE STANDARDS.
AND, UH, LASTLY, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXTERIOR FACADE WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE THAT INCLUDED NINE RECIPIENTS AND WE DID NOT, UH, RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
AND AT THE NOVEMBER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY APPROVED THIS REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY SIX TO ZERO AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
WE DO NOT SEE, UH, THE PARKING DEFICIT AS A HINDRANCE IN THIS SCENARIO AS THEY ARE STILL PROVIDING A RATIO OF ONE FOR EVERY 85 SQUARE FEET AND IT WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THEIR SITE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TONIGHT.
QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? NO, VERY GOOD.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IS THAT RIGHT? AND THAT'S, UH, CLAY CHRISTIE, GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, CLAY CHRISTIE, 1903 DRIVE, TEXAS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF TAKING MY THUNDER.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL CLAY CHRISTIE, CLAY MOORE, ENGINEERING 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO HELP US OUT.
UM, SHE STOLE A LOT OF MY THUNDER AND TOOK MY WHOLE PRESENTATION AWAY, BUT I, I THINK WHAT SHE DID IS SHE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE A GOOD POINT IN THE FACT THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS THE DRIVE-THROUGH HAS BECOME, UH, JUST OVER THE PAST YEARS THROUGH THE ODDITY THAT IS COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE, TRANSFER OF HOW PEOPLE SHOP AND HOW THEY GO THROUGH HAS REALLY CAUSED AN ISSUE ON THIS SITE TO WHERE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THE PEAK HOUR, AND I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS OUT THERE COUNTING CARS DURING THE PARKING STUDY, THAT THE TRAFFIC REALLY DOES WRAP AROUND, UM, AND CAN CAUSE SOME ISSUES ON OUR SITE.
UM, AND SO WITH MCDONALD'S, THE, WHENEVER THEY GO THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH, THE LONGEST LEAD TIME THAT REALLY CAUSES THE CARS TO STAND UP OR BACK UP IS WHENEVER THEY'RE AT THE ORDER POINT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY WANT THEIR BURGER, CHICKEN, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THEN HAVING THE EMPLOYEE TAKE IT.
SO BY CREATING THE DOUBLE DRIVE-THROUGH THAT WE HAVE THERE, WHAT THAT DOES THAT ALLEVIATES, UM, JUST THAT ONE HINGE POINT AND LETS US DOUBLE IT UP INTO TWO.
SO IT REALLY INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH MCDONALD'S IS VERY TEDIOUS IN THEIR STUFF AND THEIR ANALYSIS OF IT WHERE THEY CAN INCREASE GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THERE BY ABOUT 75%, UH, BY OPENING THAT UP.
SO OUR GOAL THERE IS TO REALLY TRY TO HELP THIS TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, OR HAVE THE, HELP THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION THERE AND, AND ALLEVIATE THAT CONCERN.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE GONNA BE REMOVING PARKING.
UM, THE CHALLENGE IS THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKING THAT IS LOCATED WHERE WE'RE TAKING OUT ON THE DRIVE-THRU, IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE ANYWAYS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY GET BLOCKED IN, IF THEY PARK THERE, THEN THE DRIVE-THRU BACKS UP.
AND SO IT'S NOT REALLY USABLE.
IT'S KIND OF CREATING AN ISSUE FOR US THERE.
SO IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THAT, THEN I THINK THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY TRY TO FUNNEL THAT BACK THROUGH AND SOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MARLIN? UH, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST HAVE A STATEMENT, UH, TO FOLLOW UP.
I I LOVE THAT MCDONALD'S GO THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU AS FAR AS THOSE PARKING SPOTS GETTING JUST BLOCKED IN WITH, UH, PEOPLE IN LINE ORDERING FOOD.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, CLAY FOR ADDRESSING US.
I HAVE A QUESTION IF, IF IN FACT THIS DOES PASS, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING? SO, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GUYS TO, UM, CONSIDER OUR APPROVAL IF WE WERE TO OBTAIN APPROVAL.
MCDONALD'S HAS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO GO THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UM, THEY, THEY'RE IN THEIR BUSY SEASON RIGHT NOW, SO DURING, WHEN EVERYBODY'S OUT AND ABOUT DOING ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY, THEY DO KIND OF WANT TO GET EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP THERE, BUT THEY'D
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BE LOOKING TO PUSH THE CONSTRUCTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.SO NOW WE STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH ENGINEERING AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO APPROVE US.
WE DO HAVE CITY APPROVALS, BUT WE'LL GET OUR PERMITS.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THE MICROPHONE WASN'T ON.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON, ON THIS ITEM.
IF SO, COME FORWARD AND SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WAS THAT, WAS THAT MARLON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[b. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for property located at 14665 Midway Road, Suite 155, that is currently zoned Local Retail (LR), to allow an educational institution. Case 1899-SUP/14665 Midway Road, Suite 155 (Career Discovery Academy).]
FIVE B, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRE PRESENT, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1 4 6 6 5 MIDWAY ROAD, SUITE 1, 5 5 THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED LOCAL RETAIL LR TO ALLOW AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CASE 1899 DASH U SLASH 1 4 6 6 5 MIDWAY ROAD, SUITE 1, 5 5, CAREER DISCOVERY ACADEMY.LESLIE LESLIE KNIGHT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, REQUEST FOR AN EXIST, AN EXISTING SITE FOR AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
SPECIFICALLY, UH, CAREER DISCOVERY ACADEMY.
UH, THIS SITE WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE EXISTING MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING, UH, IN THE 1970S.
AND MOST OF THE EXISTING SITE IMPROVEMENTS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED IN THAT TIME AND SHORTLY FOLLOWING.
UM, AND THEN IN 1979 IT WAS REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL TO LOCAL RETAIL, UH, WHERE IT HAS, UH, REMAINED AS LOCAL RETAIL.
THE APPLICANT, UH, CAREER DISCOVERY ACADEMY IS PROPOSING TO OCCUPY A SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1800 SQUARE FEET.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE, UH, VARIOUS MEDICAL TRAINING AND AS WELL AS, UM, TESTING SERVICES BY APPOINTMENT.
THEIR MODEL ALLOWS CLASS SIZES IN PERSON, UP TO 12 INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BEYOND THAT, THEY, THEY MAY HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, PARTICIPATE, UH, VIRTUALLY, BUT THEY CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE UP TO 12 ON SITE.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY'VE HAD A VARIETY OF CLASS SIZES ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE TO 12, SO THAT WOULD VARY SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, BETWEEN THAT RANGE, THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE, UH, 9:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND DURING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, I MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER THEY ALSO OFFER TESTING AS WELL, AND THAT IS BY APPOINTMENT.
THOSE TESTING WINDOWS, UH, RANGE BASED UPON THE TESTS PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE TYPICALLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE PARKING PROVIDED ON SITE, AS I MENTIONED, WAS LARGELY WHAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE PROPERTY BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.
UH, WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE 139 SPACES PROVIDED ON SITE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 42 SPACES PROVIDED IN THE ADJACENT, UH, TEXAS UTILITY RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS, UM, TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, IT IS STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE USED, UH, FOR THIS SITE AND ARE NOT U UTILIZED FOR OTHER, UM, OTHER BUSINESSES OR OTHER PROPERTIES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE OPEN SPACE OR LANDSCAPING OR THE EXTERIOR FACADE.
WITH THIS REQUEST, STAFF NOTIFIED ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVE THIS UNANIMOUSLY AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESENT TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? GREAT.
DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A, A PRESENTATION OR JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE SHE'S JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, VERY GOOD.
ANNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR COMPANY? HELLO.
MY NAME IS ANNA MIRANDA, AND, UM, WE ARE MOST FOCUSED, UH, I'M SORRY, MY, MY ENGLISH IS NOT REALLY GOOD.
SO
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PHLEBOTOMY FOR, UH, DRAWING BLOOD FOR, UH, TEST, MEDICAL TEST.UH, WE MOVED, UH, TO ADD THIS ON IN AUGUST.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ONLINE WITH OUR STUDENTS LATELY, BUT WE WILL REALLY LIKE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME PRACTICE TOO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, TRAINING ONLINE.
IT'S NOT THE SAME THAN DOING IT IN SCHOOL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A TESTING SITE THAT WE, UH, JUST WERE APPROVED FOR CNA, UH, STUDENTS.
AND, UM, WE'RE, UH, ALSO, UH, TESTING FOR, UH, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
SO, UM, OUR SCHOOL IS OPEN FOR STUDENTS UP TO 18 YEARS TO, WE HAD HAD STUDENTS LIKE 65 YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE SO HAPPY TO ACHIEVE A GOAL THAT THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T, THEY COULDN'T DO BEFORE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.
SO, UM, WE ARE VERY HAPPY NOW TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF ADDISON AND WE'LL TRY TO DO OUR BEST.
I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO MORE, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION TO APPROVE YOU WOULD BE OKAY IF I DO A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
OH,
IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN TO MR. NIA.
UH, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE, EXCUSE ME, THIS SUP NUMBER 0 9 7 DASH 0 4 4.
SECOND AND A SECOND FROM EILEEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ITEM FIVE B IS APPROVED.
MAYOR, MAY I, I I THINK I RECITED THE IMPROPER CASE NUMBER.
YOUR MOTION WAS FOR ITEM FIVE B THOUGH, CORRECT? YES, FOR FIVE B.
SUP UH, AN 1899 DASH SUP FOR ADDISON MIDWAY ROAD.
AND WE HAD THE SECOND AND WE VOTED AND VERY GOOD.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE ITEM FOUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[a. Consider action on a Resolution appointing four (4) citizens to serve on the Planning & Zoning Commission for two-year terms commencing January 1, 2024, and providing an effective date.]
ITEM SIX A CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPOINTING FOR CITIZENS TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR TWO YEAR TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.SO WE DO HAVE FOUR PLANNING AND ZONING SEATS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED FIELD AND, UH, WE, THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE, UH, MAKING THOSE NOMINATIONS FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE, UH, NANCY CRAIG, MARLON WILLISTON, DAN LISIO, AND MYSELF.
AND I WILL TURN FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER CRAIG, FOR YOUR NOMINATION FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT TOM BROWN.
THAT'S YOUR, AND THAT'S IN THE FORM OF A MOTION AND WE WILL VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? YES, IT IS.
FROM DAN WAS IN FIRST ON THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
TOM BROWN IS GOOD TO GO THEN WE'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER WILLISON MARLON.
MY NOMINATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT, UH, CONSIDERATION IS, UH, JIMMY BARKER, CURRENT PNZ MEMBER JIMMY BARKER.
AND THAT'S YOUR IN A MO FORM OF MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WAS THAT A NOTE FROM YOU, EILEEN? YES.
SO GUILLERMO AND EILEEN WERE NO ON THAT FIVE TO TWO THAT WAS APPROVED FOR JIMMY BARKER AND MR. LISIO.
I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT CHRIS D FRANCISCO.
CHRIS D FRANCISCO, AND THAT'S THE FORM OF A MOTION.
CRAIG, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND CHRIS D FRANCISCO IS BACK IN AND TIME FOR ME.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE, UH, CHELSEA SMITH FOR P, P AND Z AND THAT'S MY MOTION.
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CHELSEA.IS THAT FROM NANCY? OKAY, THERE'S A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I'LL JUST GIVE DISC A BRIEF DISCUSSION.
UH, CHELSEA IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT, SO GIVE A LITTLE WAVE OF YOUR HAND AND I HOPE Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO, UH, MEET WITH HER.
UH, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S GONNA BE A GREAT MEMBER OF PNZ, SO I HOPE YOU GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND THEN CHELSEA SMITH IS APPROVED.
SO THOSE ARE OUR P AND Z APPOINTMENTS AND YOU ALL WILL BE HEARING FROM STAFF MOST QUICKLY, I'M SURE.
[b. Consider action on a Resolution appointing four (4) citizens to serve on the Board of Zoning Adjustment for two-year terms commencing January 1, 2024 and providing an effective date.]
WE HAVE THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS.WE HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS ON THAT.
SO, UH, UH, WE'LL DO THE SAME ORDER.
NANCY CRAIG, WHO'S YOUR NOMINATION FOR BZA? I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT JAMES PECK AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT HE'S WITH US TONIGHT HERE.
THERE, IS THERE A SECOND? THE FORM OF A MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
JAMES PECK IS IN ON BZA AND MR. WILLERSON.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, JEAN DUNLAP FOR ALL OF HER SERVICE AND HER WORK.
I'VE, I'VE SEEN, UH, NOT ALL, BUT, BUT SOME OF THE BZA VIDEOS AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT SHE'S PUT FORTH SHOWING UP AND, UH, WITH THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, UM, MY NOMINATION FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, TYLER SUMMERS AND TYLER'S WITH US TONIGHT.
IF TYLER, IF YOU, THERE YOU GO.
AND, AND I WOULD, UH, LOVE TO ADD HIM TO THE BCA IF APPROVED BY COUNSEL.
SECOND FROM WHO WAS, WHO GOT IN FIRST OVER THERE.
EILEEN, WE GOT THE SECOND ON THAT ONE.
AND FOR TYLER SUMMERS, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND MR. LISIO, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT JOHN EGLIN FOR, UH, BZA A IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR JOHN UND SECOND.
AND ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
JOHN EGLAND IS IN ON PZA AND FOR MY NOMINATION IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO NOMINATE SHEILA WOOLDRIDGE AND JUST, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SHEILA WAS NOT ON OUR LIST OF BZA APPLICANTS, BUT SHE HAD APPLIED FOR, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS BUREAU, BUT, UH, WE HAD, WE KNEW WE WERE A LITTLE SHORT ON BZA APPLICANTS, SO I REACHED OUT TO SHEILA AND SHE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING ON BZA AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE COUNCIL KNOWS SHEILA, AND, UH, SO I WAS GLAD TO PUT HER FORWARD AS A BZA NOMINATION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
YOU JUST DAN OR DARREN'S RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER FROM DARREN IS THE SECOND.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO SEPARATE THEM PLEASE.
IS ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND JOHN EGLIN IS IN, OR SHEILA WILDRIDGE IS IN.
SO THOSE ARE OUR PNZ AND BZA APPOINTMENTS.
AND THOSE WERE ITEMS, UH, SIX A AND SIX B.
WE COMBINE THOSE SORT OF, AND ITEM SIX C,
[c. Consider and take action to approve a Resolution to nominate a Suburban Cities' Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.]
UH, WE HAVE, UH, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO NOMINATE A SUBURBAN CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.AND THAT IS SOMETHING FOR ME TO DO.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THE, THIS IS A PERSON THAT SERVES, THAT REPRESENTS, UH, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE REGION ON THE DOLLAR CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND THERE WERE SIX, UH, CANDIDATES THIS YEAR FOR THAT.
AND, UH, UH, SO IT'S UP TO ME TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT POSITION.
WE'VE HAD THE SAME PERSON ON THERE, I BELIEVE, SINCE 2008.
IS THAT RIGHT? IRMA? YES, SIR.
UH, MR. MICHAEL HURT FROM THE, UH, AND HE WAS NOMINATED BY, UH, CITY OF SIEGEL AND THE CITY OF CARROLLTON.
AND, UH, AND, AND I WOULD BE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MICHAEL HERD UP AGAIN FOR, UH, ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO, TO THIS.
UM, AND THE REASONING THAT I REALLY AM GLAD TO HAVE HIM DO THAT SOME MORE.
AND I KNOW THAT HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO SERVE, UH, OF THE OTHERS.
ALL ALL, BUT ONE OF THE OTHERS ARE, UH, CURRENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND, UH, I REALLY DO LIKE HAVING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ELECTED OFFICE AND
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SOMEBODY THAT'S SERVING ON THE, UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.SO TO ME THAT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE SOMEBODY HAVE THAT SEPARATION THERE AND, UH, SOMEBODY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE ALREADY DOING IT AND WAS, IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO DO SO.
SO I WOULD PUT THAT IN FORM OF EMOTION TO, UH, REPOINT OR TO, TO HAVE HIS ARM NOMINATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, EILEEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM SEVEN,
[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.]
ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.THIS IS THE TIME THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN, UM, CAN GIVE EXPRESSION OF THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCE OR SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, VARIOUS THINGS THAT, UH, THAT ARE ON THEIR MIND.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING? MARLON YOUR LIGHT'S ON, MAYOR.
I'VE GOT A, A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, AT OUR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK EVENT, ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING EVENT.
THE WEATHER DID NOT HURT, UM, MAYBE THE BEST WEATHER EVER, BUT, BUT I'VE HEARD JUST A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF GREAT THINGS FROM THE RESIDENTS, UM, WHO WERE THERE AND THEN SOME WHO MISSED IT, UM, TELLING ME THEY'RE NOT GONNA MISS IT ANYMORE.
SO, UM, OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING WORK.
UM, FROM OUR, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS GROUP.
UM, ALSO, UH, WE HAD OUR VITRUVIAN LIGHTS EVENT AND, UH, AS ANYBODY WHO KNOWS WHO WAS THERE, SANTA MADE AN APPEARANCE IN, IN TOWN AND HE CAME IN FOR THE EVENT AND, UH, AND THE MAYOR, UH, MADE AN OUTSTANDING MOVE AND HE, HE INTRODUCED SANTA AND HAD, UH, HAD THE KIDS COME DOWN AND SANTA WAS THE ONE WHO FLIPPED THE SWITCH.
SO KUDOS, KUDOS TO YOU MAYOR FOR THAT, UH, THAT DECISION MAKING.
UM, AND THEN, UM, UH, I, I WOULD ALSO ADD AT THAT EVENT, ABBY WAS PRESENT AND THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE HER SEE HER THERE AND, AND SHE WITNESSED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, AND THEN I WANT TO ADD, UM, UM, KEN SMIT HAS JUST DONE, UH, AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UM, UNDER VERY TRYING CONDITIONS AND, AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW HE'S HANDLED IT WITH, WITH GRACE AND IN SUCH A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND, UM, GIVES ME SOMETHING TO LOOK UP TO, TO ASPIRE TO IN SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE TRAITS HE'S DISPLAYED.
UM, AND THIS IS OVER A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME, SO I WANT TO, UM, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO, TO KEN AND, AND HIS WORK, UH, SINCE DAY ONE OF BEING HERE.
AND UH, AND I DO TRY TO HAVE SELF-AWARENESS WHERE I KNOW WHEN I'M AT RANKED BY SANTA CLAUS.
SO, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE EASY DECISION, EILEEN.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS SOME OF YOU ALSO DID TO ATTEND THE SERVICES FOR JOHN MALKEY AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE REMEMBER HIM AND THE WORK THAT HE DID FOR THE TOWN.
SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT, THAT UP.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP AS WELL.
JOHN ICKY WAS OUR, UH, FORMER, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER AND, AND HE WAS SERVING ON THERE UP UNTIL JUST RECENTLY.
AND THEN HE, UH, UH, HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE WEEKS OR LAST WEEK AND, UH, HIS FUNERAL WAS YESTERDAY AND SEVERAL OF US FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF AND, UH, WERE ABLE TO ATTEND HIS FUNERAL, WHICH WAS A FULL HOUSE OVER IN CAPEL.
AND, UM, HE WAS A, HE, HE WAS A FINE, FINE MAN AND A GREAT CITIZEN AND HE LOVED SERVING ON THE PNZ AND HE EVEN HAD HIS LITTLE PNZ THE, UH, THE, UH, AWARD THAT WE GIVE THEM AFTER THEY RETIRE, AFTER THEY TERM OUT.
IT WAS ON THE TABLE AT THE FUNERAL BECAUSE HIS WIFE, ELISE SAID, UH, HE LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT SHE, SHE KNEW THAT HE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
SO IT'S A SAD TIME FOR, UH, FOR THAT AND, UM, THAT, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE WELL SERVED BY HAVING HIM AND OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO, UH, SO GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS, HIS FAMILY.
SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? I'VE HAD A QUICK COMMENT JUST, UH, FROM RECOGNIZING WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK WITH WOVEN HEALTHCARE CLINIC, UH, SUSIE OLIVER'S BIRTHDAY AND I KNOW HOW MUCH SHE PUTS INTO THE TOWN AND EVERY MEETING.
IT'S ALMOST ODD NOT TO SEE HER HERE TONIGHT, BUT JUST WANNA WISH HER BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
YES, SUSIE DOES SO MUCH FOR THE TALENT AND OTHER THINGS.
SHE'S INVOLVED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING SHE'S INVOLVED IN.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL WITH THAT WE'VE YES.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Y'ALL CAN GO HOME IF YOU WANT TO.
AND WE'RE, AND IT IS 8 37, WE'LL GO BACK INTO ROUND TWO OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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DAVID.IT IS 9 22 AND WE WERE COMING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND, UH, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9 22.