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IT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE GOOD.
[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
CALLING, CALLING THE, UH, MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER FROM THE MARCH 5TH, 2024.THEN WE HAVE COUNCILMAN GARDNER IS JOINING US VIA ZOOM.
ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM TWO CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THESE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED CLARIFICATION OR HAVE QUESTIONS ON? NO, MA'AM.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, LOOK AT THAT
[a. Council Questions and Answers ]
A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.AS USUAL, WE, THE, UH, THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL SENDS TO CITY, THE, UH, CITY, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ARE COMPILED UNDER A DOCUMENT THEY'RE SENT OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THEN THAT DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE TOWN WEBSITE, IF I PULL UP THE AGENDA, THERE'LL BE A LINK THERE THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT DOCUMENT AND SEE THE, UH, THE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AS WELL.
SO EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME INFORMATION.
[4. 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):]
FOUR IS A CLOSED MEETING.THE ABSENCE OF THE COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 DASH SEVEN ONE THROUGH NINE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM FOUR A IS SECTION 5 51 0 7 1.
CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR FOR MATTERS IN WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY OF THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS CODE.
AND THIS DISCUSSION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HARVEST MXD FOR THE TOD PROJECT.
AND THAT IS JUST ONE ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE IN CLOSED SESSION.
SO IT IS 6 0 2 AND WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[5. 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.]
IT IS 6 41.WE'RE COMING BACK IN FROM CLOSED SESSION INTO OPEN SESSION.
AND THERE ARE, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
[a. Present and discuss the format for the Town Meeting on April 17, 2024.]
NOW INTO AN OPEN MEETING WITH THE, UH, WORK SESSION REPORTS.ITEM SIX A SIX A PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE FORMAT FOR THE TOWN MEETING ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
MARY
WE CHANGED THE SCREEN MEETING, UM, SINCE WE PUT THIS INTO THE AGENDA, IT IS NOW SET BEFORE SECOND, UM, HERE, CONFERENCE CENTER.
AND, UM, TYPICALLY WE OUT THE COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT AREAS YOU'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON.
UM, THE SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE, UM, THE KEY FOCUS AREA IS FROM YOUR STRATEGIC POINT.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATIONS, MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, FINANCIAL HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VIBRANT COMMUNITY, THAT THERE ARE SEVEN TOPICS, SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE COULD DIVIDE 'EM UP AND INCLUDE IN THOSE, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND TOWN AS WELL AS, UM, THOSE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THAT WE'LL DISCUSS.
SO YOU'D LIKE US TO CHOOSE OUR AREAS? UH, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO AROUND THE TABLE.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS A STRONG PREFERENCE? MARLON, I SAW YOUR HAND FIRST.
UH, I WOULD LOVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
MY GQ ONCE, THIS IS HIS LAST TIME MEETING.
NO, I THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE.
SO PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ARE TAKEN.
WHO'S SPEAKING OF NEXT? LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION? IT'S STILL OPEN.
SO ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE GONE.
SO MOBILITY, FINANCIAL, HEALTH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VIBRANT AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
WHATEVER EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
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I'M TAKING THE FINAL LEFTOVER.FINANCIAL HEALTH FOR NANCY TAKES THAT BED IN VEGAS.
I'LL DO VIBRANT AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
DAN, THAT LEAVES ME WITH THE LAST ON THE BOARD PRACTICALLY.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
SO THAT'S, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS LEFT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO ON THIS, MARY? THAT'S IT.
I'LL PUT TOGETHER SOME IDEAS FOR YOU AND REACH OUT AND SEE SOME TOPICS THAT YOU WANNA ENGAGE FURTHER AROUND YOUR PRESENTATION.
WORLD'S FASTEST WORK SESSION ITEM.
[b. Present and discuss updates to the City Council Rules and Procedures. ]
SIX B, SIX SIX.SIX B, PRESENT AND DISCUSS UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IS ANYBODY KICKING THAT OFF? ARE WE? NO, SHE'S, SORRY.
UH, WE TOLD JOEL WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET TO HIS PRESENTATION TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.
HEY, MAYOR, COUNCIL TO GARCIA AND CITY SECRETARY.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT VAR CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES UPDATE AND NOT WORK.
OKAY, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
UH, OUR CURRENT COUNSEL RULES AND PROCEDURES WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2017.
UH, COUNSEL HAD REVIEWED IT IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST OF THAT YEAR, AND THEN APPROVED THE AMENDMENTS IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT YEAR.
UH, SO STAFF RECENTLY REVIEWED THE CURRENT DOCUMENT AS IS, UM, AND MADE SOME THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE UP OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
SO THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS SPLIT THE DOCUMENT INTO TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
ONE THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULE PROCEDURES AND THE OTHER THAT JUST ENCOMPASSES GENERAL COUNCIL RULE OF PROCEDURES.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT MEETINGS.
UH, SO SECTION ONE THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS, UM, JUST TALKS ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THEM ARE VERY, UH, SPECTACULAR.
WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR MEETING DATES, UH, JUST TO BE HELD, GENERALLY HELD ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY SO THAT WE COULD CHANGE AROUND IF MAYBE LIKE WE DID THIS MONTH.
UH, WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE LOCATION TO A POSTED LOCATION SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT SECOND ONE LOCATION, WE CAN USE WHATEVER LOCATION WE POST AT.
AND THEN WE MOVE THE START TIME FROM SEVEN 30 TO 7:00 PM SO FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS, UM, NO CHANGES THERE EXCEPT IN THE POSTED LOCATIONS THAT WHERE WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY ON THAT
UH, REAL QUICK, MAYOR, IF WE HAVE A THOUGHT OR A QUESTION OR A PROPOSED EDIT, DO YOU WANT US TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WE GO THROUGH? UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
JUST, JUST IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH EACH PAGE, WE'LL DO AS AS WE GO.
YEAH, I, I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A, A REALLY MORE OF A QUESTION, A THOUGHT.
I LIKE ME PERSONALLY LIKE THE 7:00 PM UH, MEETING.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED.
I GOT A LOT MORE FREE TIME THAN MOST, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IF, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WORKING A FULL-TIME, EIGHT TO FIVE, WHAT KIND OF JOB, WHAT KIND OF JOB AND, UH, THAT KIND OF JOB.
AND, AND, UM, AND I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT THE REGULAR, UH, MEETINGS STARTING AT SEVEN, SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT HEAVY, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, SPECIAL, UM, WORK SESSION MEETINGS BEFORE THAT.
SO WE COULD HAVE, UH, GOOD AMOUNT OF MEETINGS LIKE KICKING SOME, KICKING OFF AT MAYBE FIVE, 5:30 PM AND I WORRY THAT THAT MIGHT BE A HINDRANCE FOR SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE WORKING FULL TIME AND TRYING TO DO COUNSEL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF YOU THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THAT POSITION TO GET A FEEL FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU LIKE 7:00 PM DO YOU NOT LIKE 7:00 PM IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'LL TELL YOU THAT I LIKE 7:00 PM UM, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON A WORK SESSION, YOU CAN ALWAYS STOP THE WORK SESSION, GO INTO REGULAR SESSION AND GO BACK INTO WORK SESSION.
SO THERE'S OTHER WAYS AROUND IT.
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MY FOCUS IS, IS THIS NOT NOT LATE? IT'S, IT'S EARLY.SO, SO IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK AT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL FIVE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT STARTS AT FIVE OR FIVE 30 BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WORK SESSION ITEMS BEFORE, BEFORE THE SEVEN OR SEVEN 30 MEETING.
THAT, THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF MY CONCERN.
WELL, WELL, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SEVEN O'CLOCK START TIME AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE A REGULAR JOB AND THEY'RE DOING THIS AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE A, A, A COMPANY, A BOSS THAT'S THAT'S, UH, UM, ACCEPTING OF THIS SITUATION AND THEY GIVE THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY AND, AND THEY, THEY ALLOW THEM, THEY ALLOW 'EM TO DO A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY LIKE HAVING THEM AS PART OF THEIR COMPANY AND SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THEM.
I DON'T SEE IT AS A, AS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
I I THINK THAT MOST OF THEIR EMPLOYERS, THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED AS THIS, THAT, UH, THEY'RE EMPLOYED WITH COMPANIES THAT ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR EMPLOYEES BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT BRINGS SOMETHING BACK IN EXCHANGE TO THE WAY THEY HANDLE ISSUES AND MATTERS, THEIR VALUES, THAT SORT OF THING, THE COMPANY.
SO, I MEAN, I, FOR MYSELF HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS WHERE IT WOULD'VE EVER BEEN A PROBLEM.
SO I, UH, I STILL DO WORK FULL-TIME.
UM, I SAID A LOT OF MY SCHEDULE, SO IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES.
BUT AS A FULL-TIMER, IT'S, UH, IT DOES WORK FOR ME.
I, I, I WAS, UH, I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP FOR THE SEVEN O'CLOCK AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DO, OR I'D SAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T BECAUSE OF OTHER CONSTRAINTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A, A NORMAL THING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
IF SOMEBODY CAN'T SWING A SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING BECAUSE OF THEIR JOB, THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST COULDN'T DO.
BUT IN GENERAL, THE OTHER COMMENTS, UH, THAT OTHER FOLKS MADE EILEEN AND, AND SO ON, THAT THE WORK IS SUPPORTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, THAT'D HAVE TO BE A CONVERSATION.
AND, UM, I THINK SEVEN O'CLOCK IS A FAIRLY LATE TIME AFTER THE WORKDAY, AND IT'S TWICE A MONTH, UH, LESS THAN TWICE A MONTH SINCE IT'S, UH, SECOND AND FOURTH WEEKS IS MY COMMENT.
AND DARREN, I'M NOT REALLY, UH, REFERRING, I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT A A SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE, WHEN THE REGULAR SESSION WOULD START, MY CONCERN WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE TONIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE NOT STARTING AT, AT, UM, SEVEN 30, WE'RE STARTING AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THAT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, MARVIN, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT DIRECTLY.
YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
YES, I'M CERTAINLY COMFORTABLE.
I MIGHT BE THE LOOSE CANON IN THE SENSE THAT MY SCHEDULE IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST CONTINUES TO ALWAYS BE BAD MONTHS.
BUT AS LONG AS COUNSEL IN THERE IN TOWN STAFF ARE OKAY WITH ME ZOOMING IN FOR A MEETING.
AND THE ZOOM, YEAH, YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT.
IF THEY GET JAMMED UP, THEY CAN JOIN.
YOU CAN ALWAYS JOIN EARLY FROM THE CAR.
I I'LL JUST MAKE JUST ONE POINT JUST FROM THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, AND NICOLE, IF YOU HAVE OTHER EXPERIENCE, LET ME KNOW.
BUT I WOULD SAY SEVEN THIRTY'S THE LATEST I'VE SEEN OF ANY CITY I'VE WORKED WITH.
YEAH, I THINK YOU SEE SIX, YOU SEE SIX A LOT.
SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE STILL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC.
THEY HAVE GOT SMALL KIDS AND THEY'VE GOTTA PUT THEM TO BED.
AND IF A MEETING'S STARTING AT SEVEN 30, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO A MEETING.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUST WATCH IT FROM HOME AND NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
NEXT SESSION COVERS OUR AGENDA PROCESS.
UM, FOR THIS ONE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY CHANGES.
IN SECTION TWO A, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE CHANGED IT, UH, FROM THE MAYOR, WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO CITY MANAGER, WORKING WITH THE MAYOR TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT ITEMS WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE JUST CHANGED THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
B UH, SECTION THREE KEY, UH, YOU'LL SEE IT'S STRUCK OUT.
UH, THIS IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UH, WE REMOVED THIS 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS CURRENT POLICY, BUT WE ALSO ADDRESS IT IN, UH, POINT C, WHICH NOW BECOMES THE NEW B WITH THAT REMOVAL.
UH, SO AN ITEM WILL BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND THE REQUEST OF TWO OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN THE CITY
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MANAGER WILL PLACE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS AFTER.UH, WE ALSO NOTED THAT THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THESE ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD BE ROUTED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY CYBER AFFAIRS OFFICE.
UH, IT COVERS AGENDA ITEM PLACEMENT FOR STAFF.
WE REMOVED THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY PERTINENT TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND IT'S ALREADY POLICY ON THE STAFF SIDE, SO WE TOOK THAT ONE OUT.
UH, THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS, UH, REGARDING AGENDA PACKETS DOES GET DELIVERED ELECTRONICALLY ON THURSDAY PROCEEDING MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN THAT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEETING NOTICES COMPLYING WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
NOW WE GET TO THE BULK OF THE DOCUMENT HERE WITH COUNCIL MEETING PROCEDURES SECTION THREE.
UH, SO WE EDITED THE INTRO TEXT TO THE SECTION TWO, JUST KIND OF, UM, GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA OF WE'RE USING THESE PROCEDURES AS A GUIDE FOR PA PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, AND WE CAN ALSO CONSULT ROBERT'S RULES ORDER, UM, IF THERE'S INSTANCES THAT AREN'T ADDRESSED BY THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE GONNA FOLLOW UP.
SO SECTION THREE A, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDING OFFICER THAT IS THE MAYOR.
UH, IT ALSO DICTATES WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER IN ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UH, WE ALSO ADDED A SECTION AT THE END, UH, THAT JUST SAYS, HEY, WHEN WE USE THE TERM MAYOR REMAINING, ALSO PRESIDING OFFICER, WHENEVER THAT'S OUT.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF EDITS JUST AS TAKING OUT, UM, OR PRESIDING OFFICER.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, BECAUSE THE MAYOR WILL ALREADY HAVE IMPLIED THAT IT'S THE MAYOR, PRESIDING OFFICER.
UM, THE ONLY, I'VE GOT A THOUGHT ON ON JUST THAT, THAT FIRST PART, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WORDING DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN ANY WAY, AND I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S, UM, AS YOU READ THROUGH IT MORE AND MORE, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S TOO CUMBERSOME TO, TO READ.
SO I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I, I KIND OF LIKE, UH, I LIKE THE WORDING.
UH, TO ME IT'S EASIER TO READING.
IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR SOMEBODY, UM, AT A LATER DATE THAT'S NOT READING THE FULL DOCUMENT THAT MAY COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, READ IT A DIFFERENT PARAGRAPH.
SO I KINDA LIKE THAT, UM, THE WAY IT IS.
OTHER THOUGHTS, BUT LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, NOT JUST SILENCE.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME SHAKE MY HEAD AND THAT DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ANYWAY.
UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S ALL GOOD? YES.
GOOD AS VALENCIA, EVERYBODY ELSE.
I'M OKAY WITH THE CHANGES, MAYOR.
UH, AND THEN MOVING ON TO SECTION D, WHICH COVERS THE SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE REMOVED THE 10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT THAT WAS PLACED ON EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, IN THE RULES AND PROCEDURES.
UH, WE ALSO MOVED THIS TIME LIMIT TO BE IN COVERED IN ITEM E.
UH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE ITEM DISCUSSION IS OUTLINED.
UH, WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE REPLACED THE 10 MINUTE LIMIT WITH A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THIS IS GONNA BE BASED ON, THERE'S DISCRETION HERE.
I LIKE THAT IDEA, MAYOR, BECAUSE, UH, WE RELY ON THE MAYOR TO KEEP THE PACE GOING.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THE 10 MINUTE LIMIT, UH, NEEDS TO BE THERE.
WELL, AND I DON'T, I MEAN, HONESTLY, I SEE NO SCENARIO WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST LIKE SOMEBODY START TIMING THIS, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND THE WAY OUR, THE WAY OUR DISCUSSIONS GO IS YOU TALK FOR A MINUTE AND YOU TALK FOR TWO AND YOU TALK FOR THREE, AND THEN, SO, SO YOU HAVE TO DO CUMULATIVE OR TRY TO NO, I MEAN, WE CAN'T BE SITTING THERE WITH A TIMER STOP WATCHING.
YEAH, WE COULD, BUT LET'S NOT.
NO, I THINK THIS MAKES IT MUCH EASIER AND IT REALLY FITS WITH WHAT WE DO ANYWAY.
IT DOES LESS TECHNICAL, VERY ADDISON WAY.
SO FOR THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS F UH, THIS IS PREVIOUSLY D UH, IT'S DISCUSSION LIMITATION.
SO WHAT WE KIND OF DID HERE WAS JUST ADD SPECIFICATION TO ENSURE ORDER DURING THE MEETING.
SO JUST THE BASIC, UM, RESPECT DID, UM, DEMONSTRATE COURTESY TO EACH OTHER.
UM, AS DURING THE MEETINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE LAST SENTENCE.
I THINK THE SENTENCE PRIOR TO THAT COVERS IT FOR F UM, F YES.
SO WHERE IT SAYS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL DEMONSTRATE RESPECT AND COURTESY TO EACH OTHER TOWN, STAFF MEMBERS, AND CITIZENS APPEARING BEFORE COUNCIL.
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I WOULD STOP RIGHT THERE.I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL REFRAIN FROM RUDE AND DEROGATORY REMARKS, BECAUSE IF YOU DO THE FIRST, YOU DON'T NEED SECOND.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD WAS, UH, THERE'S A PART THAT SAYS, UH, NOT, NOT REFUSE TO OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE MAYOR.
AND, UM, JUST SITTING, SITTING THERE THINKING ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE, WHAT, HOW THAT'S DEFINED.
THAT'S KIND OF SCARY FOR ME WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU SAYING WE ENDED THAT? UH, EILEEN, UM, JUST REMOVE THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE LAST SENTENCE.
WHAT, WHAT IF, UM, DOES ANYBODY KIND OF FEEL THE WAY I DO THAT IF WE JUST HAD, UM, PUT THE SENTENCE BEFORE THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL NOT INTERRUPT OR DELAY PROCEEDINGS AND SHALL NOT REFUSE TO OBEY THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL AND JUST STRIKE THE, THE WORDING, THE ORDERS OF THE MAYOR, OR, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
SO, SO THE SECOND SENTENCE IN GOLD FD MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL NOT INTERRUPT OR DELAY PROCEEDINGS AND SHALL NOT REFUSE TO.
AND THEN STRIKE, OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR THAT JUST REFUSED TO OBEY, OBEY THE ORDERS, RULES OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL, OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL.
THANK, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SO IF HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE MEETING, OKAY.
AND SOMEBODY'S BEING DISRUPTIVE AND HE HAS TO GAVEL OR ASK THAT YOU BE QUIET AND YOU REFUSE, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF YOUR PROCEDURES.
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S INCLUDED.
AND SO, SO IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT HE RUNS THE MEETING AND YOU HAVE TO OBEY HIS AUTHORITY.
UM, AND, AND UNLESS, UNLESS FOUR OF YOU OVER.
YOU CAN ALWAYS OVERRIDE THAT IF YOU HAVE A MAJORITY WHO DISAGREES WITH MAYOR.
BUT DOES THE FIRST SENTENCE NOT ADDRESS THAT THE MAYOR SHALL PRESERVE ORDER? I MEAN, THAT'S PRESERVING ORDER.
THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR SHALL DO.
AND THEN THE NEXT SENTENCE IS WHAT YOU SHALL NOT DO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND WHO SH SHALL NOT REFUSE TO OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE MAYOR? SO THE FIRST SENTENCE, WHAT THE MAYOR DOES, THE SECOND SENTENCE RIGHT.
IS WHAT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN'T DO.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT PART.
IT'S, UM, YEAH, THE TWO ORDERS I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT.
IT JUST SEEMS WAY, WAY TOO PRESCRIPTIVE.
DO YOU NEED PART AFTER THE WORD MAYOR THEN? DO YOU NEED FOUR THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL? SHOULD IT JUST END WITH THE PERIOD AFTER THE WORD MAYOR? OBEY THE RULES, OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE MAYOR.
WELL, 'CAUSE THE RULE, THE COUNCIL GETS TO OVERRULE THE MAYOR.
SO THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THAT SITUATION.
I, I LIKE, I LIKE THE STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW, I COULD LOSE THE LAST SENTENCE.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL REFRAIN FROM ROOT OR DEROGATORY REMARKS, BUT IT STILL HAS A SHELL IN THERE, WHICH WE CAN USE AS, UH, LEVERAGE.
WITH THAT, REMOVING THAT LAST SENTENCE.
I THINK THE LAST SENTENCE IS UP TO YOU GUYS.
IT IS PRETTY OPEN-ENDED AND CAN LEAD TO SOME DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS.
I, I WOULD PREFER TO REMOVE THE LAST SENTENCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE OKAY WITH THAT PARAGRAPH AS IS.
UM, SO FOR THE NEXT SECTION, UH, WE REALLY E AND NOW G UH, THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT THE MAYOR, UH, CAN REASONABLY LIMIT, UM, THE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AS APPROPRIATE BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCES.
JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
DOES THAT ALSO APPLY TO, UM, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE? OR DOES THAT JUST APPLY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? I WOULD SAY IT APPLIES TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
UM, I'VE GOT A NOTE ON, UH, THE NEW G OLDIE.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT THAT, I'VE GOT THAT STRUCK.
IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE TO ME.
AND I'M, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS, I'M NOT, I'M THINKING DEEP INTO THE FUTURE.
SO I THINK THE FIRST PART OF IT
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IS THE FIRST SENTENCE BEFORE THE, UH, IS, UH, PRETTY BROAD AND, AND, UH, OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.BECAUSE TO YOU, A FULL, FULL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MIGHT BE 25 MINUTES.
AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IT'S NOT.
AND SO I THINK THE SECOND PART OF THE ADDITION ADDS SOME SPECIFICITY TO IT.
BUT, BUT TO COUNTER THAT, YOUR DEFINITION OF A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MIGHT BE TWO MINUTES OR ONE MINUTE OR SOMETHING LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
SO THAT'S, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT I BRUCE NO, I'M SAYING THE C YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE C.
UM, SO, BUT, BUT THAT IS THE ROLE OF YOU'RE SIDING OFFICER TO DO THAT.
WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S 10 MINUTES.
NO, WE JUST TOOK 10 MINUTES OUT.
WELL, IT WASN'T UNTIL WE TOOK THE 10 MINUTES OUT.
WE HAVEN'T APPROVED WE, BUT WE'VE NEVER JUST WORKING THROUGH IT TO WORK CENTER.
WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT A CLOCK TO SEE IF SOMEBODY'S TALKING MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
SO THAT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN PART OF OUR PRACTICE ANYWAY.
SO, WELL, I THINK BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, HOLD ON.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT I MIGHT THINK I'M NOT TALKING, OR WHOEVER MIGHT NOT BE THINKING THEY'RE TALKING LONG ENOUGH AND I GET THAT.
BUT, BUT WHOEVER'S IN THE MAYOR'S SEAT MAY, MAY CUT SOMEBODY SHORT, UM, AND USE THE OPPORTUNITY, HEY, THESE ARE THE RULES AND THE PROCEDURES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, IF THAT MAYOR IS OUTTA LINE IN DOING THAT, THEN FOUR YEAH.
THAT'S CAN SAY, YOU NEED TO LET THIS, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAK.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RUN ROUGH SHOT OVER THE COUNCIL, THEN YEAH.
THEN, THEN YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND, AND IF YOU'VE GOT A GROUP THAT'S, AND THE MAJORITY THAT, THAT COULD BE TROUBLESOME, VERY TROUBLESOME AS AS A POLITICAL BODY CAN BE.
BUT FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION.
WE'VE GOT THE MAJORITY AND YOU'VE GOT NO VOICE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CUT IT SHORT.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE POLITICAL WORLD.
I'M ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I WANTED A VOICE AND A VOTE.
I WANNA KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA KEEP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR ME AND FOR OTHERS.
WELL, I, I THINK IT, THAT, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON IT, I'D LOVE TO HEAR 'EM.
BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE GROUP.
I CAN SEE HOW THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.
IT COULD, IT COULD IN, IN, IN, IN ONE WORLD.
AND IF HE DOESN'T DO WELL, THEN IT'S UP TO US, THE REST OF US TOO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SET.
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN NECESSARILY PREVENT THAT, UM, HERE, BECAUSE ON THAT SAME LINE, MARLON, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, A COUNCIL MEMBER COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YET.
AND, AND THE MAYOR JUST SAYS, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING.
I, I THINK BECAUSE IT COULD BE ABUSED EITHER WAY.
I, I, IF SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY CHOSE TO, I THINK TYPICALLY THE COUNCIL IS A GROUP KIND OF SORTS THAT OUT.
BUT WE DON'T GET, BUT WE'RE NOT WRITING IT FOR THIS COUNCIL.
WE'RE WRITING THIS COUNCIL, ALL COUNCIL PRESENT AND FUTURE.
HISTORY PRESENTED ITSELF IN A NOT SO WELL, NOT SO GOOD LIGHT.
UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE MADE THE CHANGES IN 2017.
SO MOVING WISE, SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, WE WENT FROM 2017 TO 2024, WE'LL HAVE COUNCILS WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IF THE CHALLENGE COMES UP.
RIGHT? THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF TAKING CARE OF THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD POINT.
AND DAN, YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, BACK TO THE COUNCIL, FOUR COULD, FOUR OF US COULD SAY, WAIT A MINUTE.
AMIR'S OUTTA OF WORK, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M OKAY.
DARREN H ON TWO, THREE H THIS IS THE NEW SECTION.
UH, IT'S JUST SPECIFY VOTING PROCEDURE FOR YOU ALL.
UH, TO START IT OFF, WE SAID EVERY MEMBER, THE COUNCIL SHALL VOTE.
AND THIS MEANS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT THAT MEANS THERE.
UH, AND THEN IT'S JUST ALSO ALLOWING FOR AB EXTENS, UM, AND I, EXCUSE ME, PREVIOUSLY DID NOT HAVE THAT IN WRITING.
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THAT IS NOW HIGH.OH, CAN I, CAN WE GO BACK? YEAH.
NO, I HAVE OTHER QUESTION ON H JUST A CLARIFICATION.
PROBABLY, UM, NICOLE, FOR MY EDIFICATION ON, UM, ABSTAINING, IS THAT BASICALLY A RIGHT OR YOU KNOW, BY CHOICE OR A REQUIREMENT IN SOME INSTANCES? IT DEPENDS.
UH, THERE WILL BE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE A LEGAL CONFLICT AND A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN.
THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE IT MAY NOT BE SO BLACK AND WHITE, BUT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ABSTAIN BECAUSE OF HOW IT LOOKS.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO, BUT BEST PRACTICE YOU SHOULD.
AND, AND, AND, UM, DOES, DOES, UH, COUNSEL GIVE ADVICE UPON ONLY UPON REQUEST OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, MAYBE KNOWN OR ANTICIPATED THOUGHT OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MAKE SOMEONE THINK THAT THEY, THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, ABSTAIN BUT THE MATTER HASN'T COME UP? WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, UH, COUNSEL APPROACH THEM OR NOT? I WOULD JUST ALWAYS RECOMMEND IF YOU EVER HAVE AN ITEM THAT YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTION, JUST ASK US.
BUT WHAT IF I DON'T THINK, MAYBE, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS I HAVE AN ITEM, YOU KNOW, OR A REASON OR SOME CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I SHOULD, BUT IT'S EVIDENT THAT I'M NOT CONSIDERING IT.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN UP, I HAVEN'T ASKED COUNCIL, I HAVEN'T ASKED, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER ANYTHING.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COULD BE BOTH? RIGHT.
I WOULD SAY IN PRACTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I CERTAINLY WOULD TELL YOU, AND I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, JUST SAY, HEY, I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK TO NICOLE.
I THINK JUST SO TALKING TO NICOLE ON THIS ONE AND I HAVE NO, I MEAN, CERTAINLY I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY JOB TOO, INSTEAD TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
SO FROM MY ROLE, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT COULD POINT THOSE.
SO JUST TO CLEAR IT OUT THAT IT CAN BE A REQUIREMENT.
AND SOMEONE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND ARE YOU ASKING TOO, IF YOU ARE POLICING YOUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL, IF YOU THINK ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER POTENTIALLY HAS A CONFLICT, RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT IT WHEN WE CAN TALK TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AND FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER KNOW THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAN FIND OUT AFTER THE FACT THAT THERE ACTUALLY WAS MM-HMM.
AND I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE ONES THAT NEED A LOT OF CONVERSATION ARE THE, THE, NOT THE LEGAL BUCKET, BUT MORE THE APPEARANCE BUCKET.
I THINK THE LEGAL ONES, MOST PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW GOING INTO IT, BUT THE APPEARANCE ONES ARE COMPLICATED.
AND THERE'S NO, SOMETIMES IT'S GRAY.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH H THEN? GOOD WITH H THERE.
UM, AND DID THE UI THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MET, UH, JUST REFERS TO CONFLICT DURING MEETING.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SPECIFY THAT THIS IS ONLY IN REGARDS TO CONFLICT DURING A MEETING.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? ALRIGHT.
SO NOW FOR THE, UH, FORMER SECTION OF T WE WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THIS BECAUSE ONE, IT'S ALREADY IN THE CHARTER.
UM, AND TWO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES, IT'S JUST STATING THAT THE MAYOR IS THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, UH, AND THEN WHO IT'S HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN ITS ABSENCE, THAT WAS JUST BEEN REMOVED.
THE NEXT ONE IS H NOW IT'S J EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING PROCEDURES.
WE'RE CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
UH, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY PROCESS HERE.
UH, WE'RE JUST PUTTING IT INTO WRITING HERE.
I JUST, UH, YOU'RE NOT OKAY YET, ARE YOU? I WAS GOING, SORRY, BUT NO, I WAS READING AHEAD.
SO FOR THREE K, UM, THAT ONE IS A NEW ONE REGARDING REMOTE ATTENDANCE.
AND SO WE JUST ADDED IT TO SPECIFY SOME PROCEDURES FOR YOU ALL WHEN YOU WANT TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS REMOTELY.
UH, JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH IT, SECURITY POLICIES, YOU HAVE SECURE INTERNET, UH, THINGS TO THAT EFFECT.
SO JUST SPECIFYING THAT THERE, RECALL.
YEAH, I, I'M JUST REALLY GLAD THAT THAT'S ADDED IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
THAT HAS TO BE IN THERE AND IT HAS TO BE A GOOD CONNECTION BECAUSE, UH, THE ONE TIME THAT I DID IT REMOTELY, IT WASN'T, IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING.
AND, AND I KNOW I WASN'T AN EFFECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO ONE, ONE PIECE THAT'S IN THERE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, Y'ALL SEE, AND I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT RECENTLY.
ONE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT WE ARE MAKING SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IF YOU'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SURE YOU'RE IN A SECURE PLACE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT AT STARBUCKS HAVING A CONVERSATION OR, OR EVEN AT YOUR HOME AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS IN THE ROOM.
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A ROOM BY YOURSELF.AND TENFOLD PROBABLY BETTER, BUT NOT, BUT NOT REQUIRED TOWARDS, BUT UNLESS WE HAVE APPLICABLE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS TO SAY, SO, OKAY.
THEN, UH, SECTION THREE L, UM, JUST PROCEDURE ENFORCEMENT.
ALL WE IN HERE WAS REMOVE THAT PRESIDING OFFICER, UH, AND THEN CHANGE THE PRONOUNS IN THERE.
SECTION 3M UH, THIS IS JUST PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES OR CELL PHONES, TABLETS, ALL THAT KIND STUFF.
UH, WE'RE JUST STATING HERE THAT AGAIN, IF YOU TALK TO ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE MEETING ON YOUR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE MEETINGS ACT.
SO JUST WANNA PUT THAT REMINDER IN THERE.
UH, AND SO AS SUCH, WE REMOVED, UH, THE REFERENCE TO ACCESS AND RULES.
UM, AND, AND THE ONLY THING I CAN, I CAN THINK OF IS, UM, IS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER OR TWO MAYBE ON ZOOM AND, AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUE.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE VERY BRIEFLY TO THAT, TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE 'EM MUTE OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION.
UM, THEY'RE NOT CONDUCTING TOWN BUSINESS, BUT, BUT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD MAKE THAT COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY, THAT'S WHAT SHOULD, SHOULD HAPPEN GOING FORWARD.
WOULD BE, IT'D BE ANYBODY BUT US.
I THINK, I THINK THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALL NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF ALL THAT.
THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER VIA TEXT MESSAGE RIGHT.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YEP.
SECTION FOUR, THIS COVERS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS.
UM, SO THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY, UM, IN A DIFFERENT SECTION.
WE MOVED IT UP TO BE IN THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING RULES AND PROCEDURES.
UH, SO THAT WAY IT'S MORE RELEVANT TO ALL THE OTHER PROCEDURES.
UH, SO WE MOVED THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THIS POSITION TO THE GENERAL, UH, COUNCIL RULES, PROCEDURES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE.
SO FOR SECTION FOUR A, UH, WE JUST MOVED POINT A TO BE THE FIRST ONE.
SO JUST AS A GENERAL RULE, AUDIENCE IS NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS.
UH, WE JUST MOVED THAT TO BE THE FIRST POINT IN THIS SECTION.
UH, B COVERS OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST SPECIFYING OUR, UM, PROCESS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHAT WE ALLOW, UH, JUST OUTLINING IT'S NO CHANGE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
THEN A NEW ONE IS SECTION FOUR C, WHICH IS THE EMAIL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS.
UH, SO THOSE WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE MEETING, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
UM, AND THESE EMAIL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE MEETING MINUTES.
GO JUST TO, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ACTUALLY, CIA, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE MINUTES WERE PART OF PRACTICE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE IN THEIR PREVIOUS RULES, PROCEDURES SPELLED OUT WHERE THEY YEAH.
SO THE THREE MINUTES AND THE 10 MINUTES ARE, WE'RE JUST SPELLING THOSE OUT HERE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.
CAN I, CAN I, UH, ASK A CLARIFICATION ON C DO YOU WANNA, UM, CHANGE OR DO WE WANNA CONSIDER CHANGING? UH, EMAIL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE MEETING, BUT MAY NOT BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
'CAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS THEY ARE READ OR IT'S APPROPRIATE TO THOUGH IT MAY NOT.
SO, SO FOR ME, I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER SAY NO, I, I WANT US TO BE CONSISTENT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT ALL OR NOTHING.
WE CAN'T SAY, I'M GONNA READ THIS ONE.
THEY'RE A NICER PERSON AND THAT PERSON, WE GET INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE IF WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND I THINK ALSO IF, DO WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN C THAT'S, THAT'S SPECIFIED BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS AND WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY EXPECTING THOSE TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING MEETING.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA ASSUME THAT SOMEBODY WANTS THEIR EMAIL TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, SPECIFICALLY SAY SO SAY, SPECIFICALLY ASKED.
SO DOES THIS THEN PROHIBIT A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM READING A LETTER THAT THEY RECEIVED AND IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ASKED
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BY THE RESIDENT TO SAY, READ THIS INTO THE, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE HAVING DISCUSSION, I DON'T KNOW, GUESS IT PROHIBITS IT, RIGHT? WILL THE PUBLIC WHO'S SENDING Y'ALL'S EMAILS AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR A TEAMMATE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD? I THINK THEY KNOW THAT.NOW, SOME DO, SOME DO, SOME DO.
BECAUSE ONCE THEY SEE IT'S HAPPENING, THEN THEY, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO READ MINE.
I THINK A PROCESS KIND OF ORGANICALLY DID HAPPENED.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ON THE WEBSITE, KIND OF SAY, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, HERE'S THE PROCESS.
WE NEED TO PUT SOME CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON RIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE.
JUST SO REGARD, SORRY AARON, YOU DON'T GET THE MAY NOT RIGHT ONE WAY.
SO ARE WE GONNA CLARIFY THIS C TO ADDRESS? YEAH.
NICOLE'S GONNA COME UP WITH SOMETHING, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO
AND, UH, NICOLE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA TELL US ON, ON THAT NOW? OR YOU FEEL GOOD WITH WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DID YOU I WAS JUST GONNA PUT, SO EMAIL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE MEETING, YADA, YADA.
WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE MEETING.
SO WE NOT READ UNTIL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NOT READ THAT WE RECEIVED EMAILS, BUT NOT READ, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THIS ITEM AND THEY'LL BE PART OF THE, PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD MINUTES.
NOT, NOT READING WHO, WHO SENT IN AND NOT THEIR NAMES, EVENTS, OR ANYTHING.
SO DO WE NEED TO PUT, BUT WILL NOT BE READ INTO THE RECORD ON THERE NECESSARILY? IT'S IN HERE.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT ON THERE OR CAN IT BE NOT INCLUDED ON THERE? NO, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE DARREN, I, I UNDERSTAND.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS.
YOU CAN HAVE THE LATITUDE TO READ IT OR NOT.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT IS OR IT ISN'T.
IT'S, IT IS CLEAR TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT, BUT IT GIVES YOU, UH, NO, IT'S NO OTHER CHOICE.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL PROCEDURES.
SO IT MEANS DO NOT COVER MEETINGS, THESE ARE JUST THE GENERAL PROCEDURES.
UH, SO THIS NEXT SECTION IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY SECTION FOUR.
WE HAVE MOVED THIS DOWN TO SECTION FIVE.
UH, SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT WITH THE MEETING PROCEDURES BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO THAT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE FIVE A HAS BEEN, UH, REMOVED.
THAT IS ALREADY COVERED IN OUR MEETING PROCEDURES.
UM, IN SECTION THREE, UH, I KNOW IT'S IN SECTION FOUR UP HERE, BUT SECTION THREE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT.
AND SO, UH, BEING IN C THERE'S, UH, NOT TOO MANY CHANGES HERE.
UH, JUST AGAIN, REMOVING THE GENDER PRONOUNS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF, UH, SEEING LP, UH, JUST UPDATING THAT TO REFLECT STATE LAW, UH, WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, YOU REFRAIN FOR VOTING AND YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO THE ROOM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING THAT POINT THEN.
NOW FIVE C, UM, JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES TO, UH, THIS REFERRING TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR IS REFERENCE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS ONE.
UM, SAY ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE ENCOURAGED.
SO WHO IS THAT RIGHT? OTHER THAN MAYOR AND COUNCIL? THAT'S IT.
SO CAN WE JUST SAY, COUNCIL NEXT, IT SAYS IN THE EVENT THAT THE MAYOR, OUR COUNCIL, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANCE OF WHY WE'RE SAYING ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL INSTEAD OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WELL, THE MAYOR'S PART OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL, IT'S THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK I'VE GOT A VERY SIMILAR, I WAS JUST, WHEN I READ IT, I THOUGHT, WELL, WHO ARE THEY? WHO ALL, YEAH.
HERE ARE THEY HERE? THE FIRST SENTENCE THAT'S COMBINED, THE SECOND SENTENCE, THEY'RE SEPARATED.
SO YEAH, NICOLE, THAT WHEN I READ THIS, I THOUGHT THE SAME, SIMILAR THING YOU DID.
IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT, AS YOU READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, IT SAYS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD, AND THEN YOU GET TO THE LAST ONE RIGHT NOW AND IT CHANGES
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THE, LIKE, THE FORMAT OF THE WORDING CHANGES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THAT READ SMOOTHLY AND MAYBE ALL OF IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN THAT WAY, BUT, BUT WHATEVER THE CASE, IT'S, IT, TO ME IT SHOULD BE CONSISTENT.
SO, SO IS THIS THE ONLY TIME WHERE WE HAVE CHANGED IT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL? YES.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST CHANGE THAT BACK TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT CAUSED ME TO KIND OF LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.
LIKE, WHO ARE THEY TRYING TO INCLUDE HERE? RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT BACK TO THE MERIT COUNCIL.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PAGE? NOPE.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT SEC SECTION COVERS COUNCIL AND STAFF RELATIONS.
UH, THIS ONE WAS LARGELY UNCHANGED.
UH, SECTION SIX A AND SIX B WERE LEFT ALONE.
UM, JUST REFERS TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR ANSWERING.
UH, AND THEN THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL DESIGNATE THE APPROPRIATE TOWN STAFF TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS FOR COUNCIL.
UH, SO THERE WERE NO CHANGES THERE, UH, EXCEED THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION.
SO JUST MINOR CHANGES HERE, NO CHANGES TO THE CONTENT.
JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP SOME GRAMMAR AND REMOVE SOME PRONOUNS HERE.
UM, THE, THE LAST PART OF THAT, UH, SO THE CITY MANAGER IS, IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY INQUIRIES BY A SPECIFIC MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
SHOULD THE CITY MANAGER FIND STAFF'S TIME AS BEING DOMINATED BY A SINGLE MEMBER? THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD INFORM, UH, IT SAYS THE MAYOR OF THE CONCERN.
AND MY, MY THOUGHT WAS WHY WOULDN'T, WHY WOULDN'T THE CITY MANAGER, UH, INFORM ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL? YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT WAS JUST BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THERE IT WAS.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY ULTIMATELY WHAT Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.
UM, I WOULD SAY, I THINK THE REASON THAT WAS IN THERE, THE REASON IT'S WRITTEN THAT WAY IS THAT THE MAYOR IS ULTIMATELY IS THE HEAD OF THE COUNCIL.
SO IF I HAVE A CONCERN, GO TO THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR CAN ADDRESS IT WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR IF WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WE CAN HAVE ONE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A RATIONALE FOR IT.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A PROCESS.
IF, IF YOU, IF YOU GOT, IF YOU GOT TO THE POINT YOU WEREN'T GETTING COOPERATION AFTER THE MAYOR TALKS TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, ASSUMING THEN YOU COULD COUNCIL MEMBER NOT THE MAYOR, THEN YOU COULD HAVE THAT ASSUMES IT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT THE MAYOR.
AND I'M NOT, NO OFFENSE TO YOU, I'M JUST NO, I, NO, I GET YOUR POINT.
BUT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THERE'S NO NEED TO INVOLVE THE FULL COUNSEL IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT UNNECESSARILY.
I'M, I'M TROUBLED BY THAT PART, BUT BY THAT, BY THAT WORDING, WHAT TROUBLES YOU? UM, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN THEY HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION THERE? I THINK, I THINK, I THINK THE, I THINK THE STRUGGLE WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE AN UPDATE, KYLE, I THINK THE STRUGGLE WOULD BE SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, SAY I WAS GONNA SEND SOMETHING OUT TO EVERYBODY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, SAY IT WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A FRIDAY REPORT THAT WOULD BE KIND PUBLIC RECORD AT THAT.
IT WOULD JUST BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISPLAYED TO YOU.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, HEY, LET'S TALK TO THE MAYOR FIRST WITH THE HEAD AND SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE IT.
AND CERTAINLY, YEAH, BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD BE DOING IT AND NOT REALLY AWARE THAT THEY'RE REALLY BEING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH AND IT COULD BE AN EASY CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF BECOMING A BIG DEAL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IF, IF EVERYBODY'S INFORMED, WELL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DO WE HAVE A PROB PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, WELL, SOMEBODY REPLIES BACK TO THE MAYOR, SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T GOT THREE OR FOUR, FIVE OF US HAVING THIS BACK AND FORTH.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM AT THAT POINT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND IF, IF WE CAN'T RESOLVE IT AT THAT POINT, THEN, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE AND INVOLVE OTHER, OTHER, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT WORDING SHOWS DISCRETION VERSUS BEING A THING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A THING.
IT COULD BECOME A THING, BUT THERE MUST BE DISCRETION, MY OPINION.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT CREATES A THING NO MATTER WHAT.
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FOR SECTION SIX D, UH, THIS JUST COVERS LEGAL OPINIONS.SO IF YOU'RE SEEKING A WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION, IT MUST BE CONNECTED TO AN AGENDA ITEM.
UH, AND THEN THIS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL THE LEGAL OPINION THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL THE OTHER COUNSEL MEMBERS.
THAT ACTUALLY RAISES A, A SLIGHT QUESTION, AND THAT IS, THIS SPECIFICALLY SAYS A WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION.
WHAT ABOUT GETTING ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION.
WELL, YOU ARE, I MEAN, YOU ALL CAN, LIKE, AS IN THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU ALL CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT FOR THE CONVERSATION.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, I, I'M ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, THAT AND, AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO DO SOMETHING WRONG OR, SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, WE GET PHONE CALLS OR QUICK EMAILS.
HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? HEY, WHAT ABOUT THAT? JUST SOME BASIC LEGAL ADVICE, RIGHT? IF YOU ARE ASKING FOR A FORMAL LEGAL OPINION ON AN ISSUE, THAT'S WHAT THIS ADDRESSES.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT, WE FIND THE CASE LAW.
PROVIDE YOU A WRITTEN ANALYSIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS DOING AS QUESTION THERE, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
UNLESS YOU WANT A WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION ON EVERYTHING YOU ASK.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? DID YOU FINISH THIS PAGE? NOT, NOT YET.
UH, SO FOR SECTION SIX E CONFLICT RESOLUTION, THERE'S NO CHANGE.
UM, STAFF ETHICS, SIX F MINOR CHANGES JUST TO THE PRONOUNS.
UH, AND THEN NO CHANGES TO G AND H.
UH, JUST COUNCIL STAFF CITIZEN BEHAVIOR WILL SHOW RESPECT AND COURTESY TO ONE ANOTHER, TO STAFF, TO CITIZEN AT ALL FINES.
UM, AND THEN THAT WE WILL DO COUNCIL ORIENTATIONS FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ON F YOU HAVE THAT, HIS STAFF.
YEAH, WE'RE SEEING THAT HIS STAFF HIMSELF.
RIGHT? AND LASTLY, SECTION SEVEN, IT COVERS THE COUNCIL AND MEDIA RELATIONS.
SO THERE'S NOT TOO MANY CHANGES HERE.
UH, SECTION SEVEN A JUST, UH, TALKS ABOUT PROVISION OF AGENDA PACKETS TO INTERESTED NEWS MEDIA.
SO INSTEAD OF US SAYING WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE AGENDA PACKETS THEMSELVES TO THE INTERESTED NEWS MEDIA, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THEM A LINK TO THE AGENDA PACKETS INSTEAD.
AND THEN SEVEN B JUST TALKS ABOUT OFFICIAL MEDIA RESPONSES.
SO THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING THAT THESE ARE OFFICIAL RESPONSES TO THE MEDIA AND THEN WE'RE ADDING THE CITY MANAGER TO THESE DETERMINATIONS AS WELL.
ANY THOUGHT QUESTIONS ON, SO IN THESE CODES OF CONDUCT UNDER MEDIA RELATIONS, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, SO ABOUT TOWN.
SO THAT'S, WELL, WE ADDED THE WORD OFFICIAL THERE BECAUSE WE, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU IS IN THAT YOU CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE TOWN.
AND WE WOULD PROBABLY ADVISE YOU IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS NOT TO.
BUT WE CAN'T TELL YOU NOT TO TALK TO THE MEDIA.
I MEAN, Y'ALL, IT'S, Y'ALL HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND YOU, YOU CAN AS YOUR, AS YOUR OWN PERSON.
SO I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF, OF CHANGING IT THAT WAY, TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR.
UM, CERTAINLY THAT IS ADVICE THAT WE GIVE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MANAGE.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT, THAT IF APPROACH WE COULD, BUT, BUT THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE WOULD COME FROM THE YEAH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SPEAK AS THE TOWN.
SO JUST SOME NEXT STEPS, UH, JUST CONFIRMED ALL THE EDITS THAT WE HAVE FROM TONIGHT.
SO I'LL GO THROUGH AND MAKE THOSE, UH, AND THEN COUNSEL WILL FORMALLY ADOPT THESE BY RESOLUTION AT A FUTURE MEETING.
SO WILL WE PROBABLY ADOPT THAT NEXT MEETING? YES.
ANYTHING, ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? GOOD JOB.
THERE'S A LOT OF CLEANUP TO DO.
MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND LET'S JUST GO IN THE MEETING.
LET JOEL, LET'S HAVE JOEL DO THE WORK SESSION AT THE END.
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SO LET'S GO TO THE OTHER ROOM.WE'LL GO INTO THE REGULAR MEETING.
IT IS SEVEN THIRTY NINE AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL.
AND AS WE DO ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS.
THE UNITED STATES OF UNITED STATES AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION.
LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, THE TEXAS, TEXAS FLAG.
[a. City Manager's Announcements]
PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS TWO, A CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TWO B, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, MANY OF THEM INVOLVING BUNNIES AND EASTER.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, ADDISON OUTDOORS, POP-UP YOGA IS BACK IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BEGINNING ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH.
YOGA STARTS AT 10:00 AM AND GAMES ARE AVAILABLE FROM 10 TO 11:00 AM NEXT, WE ARE CHANGING UP THIS TIME FOR CITY SIMPSON SCOOPS.
INSTEAD OF THE MORNING, JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH AT LION AND CROWN IN ADDISON CIRCLE AT 6:00 PM TO HEAR AN UPDATE ABOUT ADDISON'S 2024 SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIRD, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT.
EGG EXTRAVAGANZA IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD FROM NINE 30 TO 11 AT LAY LOCKS PARK, BYOB.
THAT'S V BRING YOUR OWN BASKET AND ENJOY PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, LAWN GAMES AND INFLATABLES.
OF COURSE, THE EGG HUNT WILL BEGIN, WHICH BEGINS, UM, WILL BEGIN AT 10 O'CLOCK.
WE ARE ALSO OFFERING EASTER BUNNY PET PHOTOS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD.
THESE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 1130 TO 1230 AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK NEAR JAVA AND HOPS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS,
[b. Employee Recognition ]
AND I WILL NOW INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WAYNE EMERSON, FOR AN INTRODUCTION.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAREN COUNCIL.
I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE EMILIO MONTO.
HE WORKS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST.
UH, EMILIO WAS RECENTLY HIRED WITH A TOWN ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024.
ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, EXCUSE ME.
EMILIO COMPLETED HIS HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AT THE SWISS SCHOOL OF MEXICO.
HE PURSUED HIS UNDERGRADUATES STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS IN ECONOMICS WHERE HE OBTAINED HIS BACHELOR DEGREE BEFORE FURTHERING HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE HE EARNED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN ECONOMICS.
EMILIO'S FONDNESS FOR SPORTS SHINES THROUGH IN HIS SUPPORT FOR AMERICA'S TEAM, THE DALLAS COWBOYS, BUT HIS PASSION TRULY LIES IN GOLF.
AND IN 2019, EMILIO ACHI ACHIEVED A SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL MILESTONE BY WINNING THE SCAC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, I'M ASSUMING WHILE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS.
UH, EVEN AFTER COLLEGE, EMILIO CONTINUES TO PURSUE HIS LOVE FOR GOLF PROFESSIONALLY.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, EMILIO TAKES PRIDE IN HIS PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS, PARTICULARLY IN HIS ROLE AS A TEACHING FELLOW AT, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
EMILIO'S DECISION TO JOIN THE TOWN OF ADDISON WAS MOTIVATED BY THE POSITIVE REPUTATION OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE VIBRANT NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE ADDISON WAY UNDERSCORES HIS COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE IS, UH, POISED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE BROADER ADDISON COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING EMILIO AND VERY, VERY GLAD TO HAVE 'EM ON OUR TEAM.
WELL, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU THE OTHER DAY.
ALRIGHT, ITEM THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM THAT'S EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN PRESENTED TO ME.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
[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.]
SECTION AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B.[01:00:01]
A MOTION? MAYOR, I'D MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR A AND FOUR B SECOND.OKAY, BUT FROM, UH, SECOND FROM NANCY AND MARLON GAVE THE INITIAL, UH, MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.
[a. Present, discuss and consider action on an Ordinance canceling the May 4, 2024 General Election and declaring three unopposed candidates for City Council Member positions as elected. ]
ITEM FIVE FIVE A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CANCELING THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION AND DECLARING THREE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS AS ELECTED.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL AGAIN, VALENCIA GARCIA.
INTERIM CITY SECRETARY, UH, HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT AN ORDINANCE TO CANCEL OUR MAY, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION.
SO, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS, UH, WE ORDERED A GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY, 2024 AT OUR JANUARY 9TH MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN AN ELECTION FOR THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE HAD FOUR CANDIDATES THAT FILED FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT BY THE FILING DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 16TH, AND WE DID HAVE ONE WITHDRAWAL.
UM, SO THAT LEFT US WITH THREE CANDIDATES FOR THREE SPOTS.
UH, DEADLINE FOR THE WRITING CANDIDACY HAS ALSO PASSED AS OF FEBRUARY 20TH.
UM, SO NOW THE TEXAS ELECTIONS CODE AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE EACH UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE AS ELECTED TO OFFICE AND CANCELED THE ELECTION BY ORDINANCE.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, STAFF HAS PREPARED A CERTIFICATE OF UNOPPOSED STATUS, UH, THAT DOES THESE TWO THINGS, UH, FOR THE ORDINANCE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, IF THIS PASSES, THE NEWLY E ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL FORMALLY TAKE OFFICE IN MAY.
SO THEY WON'T TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.
THEY'LL TAKE OFFICE IN MAY AS THEY WOULD FOR A CONTESTED ELECTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? VERY GOOD.
VALENCIA, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
ALRIGHT, I LEANED WITH THE MOTION AND SECOND FROM MR. NIA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND THAT IS OUR ONLY AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAD.
UH, UNTIL WE GET TO THE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST,
[c. Present and discuss appointment criteria for the Addison Circle Park Vision Plan Advisory Committee.]
WE HAVE TWO WORK SESSION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE BACK TO.AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ITEM SIX C.
PRESENT AND DISCUSS APPOINTMENT CRITERIA FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
JANA TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN BEAT MARY ROSALIE'S TIME THAT SHE HAD EARLIER.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A GOOD RECORD.
UM, WHAT I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU, UM, FOR DISCUSSION IS THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, UM, I HAVE A HARD TIME READING THAT 'CAUSE OF THE, THAT ONE.
UM, AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, WE BROUGHT A CONTRACT, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR HIRING OJB LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TO CREATE A VISION PLAN FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
UM, A PRIMARY FOUNDATION PIECE OF THAT PLAN IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, UM, IN WHICH WE WILL BUILD, UM, THE, THE VISION FOR THE PARK BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO MEET THE BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENTS NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO ATTRACT VISITORS TO ADDISON.
SO TO HELP AND GUIDE, GUIDE AND INFORM THIS PROCESS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
UM, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT IT INCLUDES SEVEN ADDISON RESIDENTS AND SEVEN BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT AN IDEAL COMMITTEE COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, WE HAVE PROVIDED, BUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD OFFER VARYING DEGREES OF FIELDS OF EXPERTISE SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING, REAL ESTATE
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DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL AND OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND TOURISM OR SOME GOOD, UM, FIELDS OF EXPERTISE THAT WOULD REALLY HELP SUPPORT THE PROCESS.AND THEN POSSIBLE GROUPS COULD ALSO INCLUDE USERS OF OUR PARKS, ESPECIALLY IN ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
OUR TRAILS, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS DART AND, UM, GROUPS THAT ENJOY OUR PUBLIC ART IN ADDISON STAFF WILL IDENTIFY POTENTIAL APPLICANTS AND WORK TO GENERATE INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE FROM ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT A, UM, WE WILL PUT OUT AN APPLICATION THAT WE WILL SOLICIT APPLICANTS AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO REACH OUT.
WE HAVE SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE VESTED IN ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
AND SO WE WILL BE, BEGIN COMMUNICATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM.
UM, I, WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING ALIGNS WITH YOUR VISION FOR THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OVER THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL PUT OUT AN APPLICATION WHERE WE WILL GATHER A LIST OF APPLICANTS.
AND OUR INTENT IS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL BRING THOSE APPLICANTS TO YOU FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU WILL GET THE LIST OF NAMES IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WHEN YOU GET THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND THEN WE WOULD BE ASKING THAT COUNCIL APPOINT MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE MARCH 26TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, JUST AS AN INFORMATIONAL THING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THREE TO FIVE MEETINGS DURING A SEVEN MONTH PROCESS.
AND SO WITH THIS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED OR ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, EILEEN? YEAH.
SO KIND OF A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SO ARE YOU REQUESTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH ADDISON RESIDENT APPOINTMENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY APPOINTMENTS? ARE YOU JUST DOING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY APPOINTMENTS? WE ARE REQUESTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH.
UM, AND WE WILL, UM, BEGIN SOLICITING INFORMATION TO BOTH GROUPS TO LOOK FOR APPLICANTS.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE IF COUNCIL KNOWS MEMBERS THAT THEY THINK THAT WE'D BE I IDEAL OR BUSINESSES, UM, THAT BY ALL MEANS YOU'RE WELCOME TO INVITE THEM TO APPLY.
WE JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT STAFF WILL ALSO GO OUT AND DO A LOT OF THAT LEGWORK TOO.
SO, KIND OF AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PRETTY MAJOR PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AMLI OR POST OR WHATEVER, WHICH ARE CERTAINLY APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE YOU GUYS REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE SMALLER BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTED AS WELL, BECAUSE WHILE THEY'RE ALL IN THE CIRCLE, THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS, UM, AND INTERESTS.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL DO THAT.
YES, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR INTENTIONS, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING ALONG THE SAME WAY.
SO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY, I THINK JANNA ANSWERED THE QUESTION WELL, BUT IF, IF IT'S COUNCIL DESIRE, WHAT WE CERTAINLY COULD DO IS IF COUNCIL SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO JUST DO THE RESIDENTS AND WE'LL EACH PICK ONE RESIDENT AND YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO JUST KIND OF BRING YOU A LIST OF BUSINESSES AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT JUST TO HELP THE SOLICITATION.
UM, THAT'S JUST ONE OPTION, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS DISCUSSION, TO SEE WHAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VISION.
SO I DUNNO WHETHER HE WOULD EVEN BE WILLING TO SERVE OR NOT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RON WHITEHEAD ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THIS WHOLE AREA IS HIS BRAINCHILD AND I THINK HE CHECKS EVERY SINGLE BOX.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT HE WOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY EXPERT CATEGORY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT, SO I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT HE WILL BE ASKING THAT CATEGORY.
IF HE'S NOT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I WILL BE VISITING WITH HIM PERSONALLY.
WE DEFINITELY WILL REACH OUT TO HIM.
WELL, I GUESS JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, WE'RE, UM, WE'VE KIND OF DELINEATED COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
WE HAVEN'T CREATED A GROUP CALLED BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CREATE, WE CAN, BUT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT 'EM AS SEPARATE BUCKET.
SO I JUST WANNA, I, I COULD SEE IF WE LEAVE THIS MEETING HAVING THAT KIND OF GROUPED TOGETHER, WE COULD GET A LITTLE CONFUSED.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CLARIFY THAT.
BUT IT ACTUALLY SAYS SEVEN BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHERE THAT PARTICULAR ONE WOULD FALL.
'CAUSE HE'S KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.
I, I SEE, I SEE RON AS A RESIDENT, AND THOUGH HE OBVIOUSLY HAS, YOU
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KNOW, INCREDIBLE HISTORY HERE IN ADDISON, AS WE ALL KNOW.UH, BUT, UH, BUT HE IS NEVER RUN A BUSINESS EXCEPT FOR THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN, UH, HERE IN ADDISON.
BUT HE IS, BUT HE IS NOT A BUT HE IS NOT A CURRENT BUSINESS OWNER.
SO, UH, I THINK HE'D BE, HE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE, BE A GREAT, UH, CONTRIBUTOR, BUT I WOULD PO I WOULD, I WOULD PUT HIM INTO RESIDENT CATEGORY FOR MYSELF.
UM, NO, I LIKE, I LIKE THE, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS, IS C CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPOINT TWO MEMBERS, ONE RESIDENT MEMBER, AND THEN A COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND THEN ONE BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEMBER.
UM, THE, THE QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU, UH, IN LOOKING AT THIS IS HOW, HOW WOULD WE BE GETTING OUR APPLICANTS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT.
SO WE WOULD PULL TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO COMPILE, OUR STAFF WILL COMPILE AN APPLICATION THAT WE WILL SUBMIT.
UM, AND WHEN WE CLOSE THE DATE ON THE APPLICANTS, WE WILL PULL TOGETHER A SPREADSHEET THAT WILL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO COUNSEL.
UM, WE COULD DO THAT IN VARIOUS WAYS.
WE COULD DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WEEKLY REPORT IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS.
UM, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE KIND OF ON A FAST TIMELINE ON THIS ONE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS, IS, UM, LIKE EILEEN SAID, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AM LEE AND, AND, UH, AND POST, BUT UH, ALSO, UH, QIP CAME TO MIND AS, AS SOMEBODY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, APPLY.
UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF RESIDENTS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA REACH THOSE WITH OUR FRIDAY NEWSLETTER AND OUR CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THE MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD LIST OF, OF, UH, BUSINESS APPLICANTS IS GONNA BE THE KEY.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN SEVEN, BUT HOPEFULLY MORE THAN THAT TO WORK WITH.
SO JENNA, WAS THAT YOUR INTENTION WAS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, TO EACH CHOOSE ONE RESIDENT AND ONE BUSINESS OR, OR YOU ALL, OR YOU ALL THINKING TO COMPILE THE BUSINESS LIST? OR WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? IT WAS OUR INTENT TO, UM, THAT COUNCIL WOULD APPOINT ONE RESIDENT AND ONE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, WE HAD JUST SAID IN THERE THAT WE WOULD ALSO DO SOME OF THE LEGWORK IN, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS AWARE OF THE NEED AND THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE QUORUM ROAD PROJECT, UM, THAT ONE WAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAVY PUSH ON EVERYBODY'S SIDE TO GET ENOUGH APPLICANTS.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARED IN THIS INSTANCE TO START, YOU KNOW, SHOWING UP AT BUSINESSES AND WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION TO HAND OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
BECAUSE I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY FROM STAFF INSTEAD OF JUST, UH, CALLING IT A LIST, BUT, BUT RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE I THINK YOU ALL SEEING THE, THE NEED AND, AND THE, THE DIFFERENT KIND OF A MAKEUP THAT WE MIGHT WANNA HAVE ON THERE.
YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WE'RE THINKING, BUT, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A GOOD MAKEUP OF BUSINESS, UH, PARTICIPANTS, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS 'CAUSE, BECAUSE THAT, 'CAUSE WE COULD PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A HODGEPODGE, BUT YOU ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT ONE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, UM, HARMONIOUS AS FAR AS JUST, YOU KNOW, A GOOD GROUP THAT WORKS TOGETHER, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
NANCY, UM, JUST FOR, UH, CLARIFICATION, WERE YOU INTENDING ON GETTING THIS INFORMATION, UH, THESE APPLICATIONS AS THEY COME INTO US SO THAT WE HAVE 'EM HAVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT LONGER EXCEPT RIGHT BEFORE WE GET THE GET THE AGENDA OR, OR WHAT WOULD YOU BE THINKING? WHAT I WAS VISIONING IS WE WOULD GIVE YOU KIND OF A MIDPOINT UPDATE, UM, THROUGH THE COUNCIL, UM, REPORT THAT GOES OUT WEEKLY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE HAVE.
WE COULD SHARE THEIR, THE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIGHT TIMELINE, I DON'T WANNA CUT THE DEADLINE OFF IN TIME FOR THAT REPORT.
SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS AND THEN IN THE AGENDA REVIEW PROCESS, WE WOULD SEND YOU THE FINAL LIST AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S FIRST, DAN OR, OKAY.
I, I GO BACK TO THE POINTS THAT ARE ALL BEING MADE.
I, I THINK FROM THE EDUCATION STANDPOINT, I WOULD LIKE US TO REACH OUT TO TCA OR GREENHILL, MARY KAY.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LARGE, CALL IT DAILY OCCUPANCIES WITH THEIR STAFFS THAT DO NOT ATTEND THE PARK FOR ANY GIVEN REASON AND SORT OF PULL THAT AS A RESOURCE.
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MAYOR, I JUST IN SUPPORT OF YOUR IDEA, I, I THINK THE CONSULTANT AND STAFF WORKING TOGETHER COULD PROBABLY TARGET, UM, SOME GROUPS MM-HMM.'CAUSE I THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY THINK.
AND I WAS THINKING OF THE CLYDE WARREN PARK, AND YOU'VE GOT A SECTION FOR A PLAYGROUND.
YOU'VE GOT A SECTION FOR, UH, DOGS.
AND, AND SO IF YOU WERE TO DO, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO OR THINK ABOUT, WELL YOU BETTER HAVE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT, UM, HAS THAT INTEREST AND THAT FOCUS.
SO CAN I, UM, ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION?
UM, WE WILL REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND DO OUR BEST TO SOLICIT INTEREST IN THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WHEN WE BRING THIS ITEM TO COUNCIL, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH THE APPLICANTS, BUT STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT WILL LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I JUST A LITTLE, I THINK, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING IS TO CONSENSUS, AND IT WOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE DO THE APPLICATIONS, WE KEEP THEM INFORMED OF THE APPLICATIONS, AND WE CAN KEEP THEM INFORMED OF THE APPLICATIONS WE GET FROM BUSINESSES ALONG THE WAY TOO.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO BRING SEVEN BUSINESSES AS A RECOMMENDATION OKAY.
I THINK GETTING SEVEN BUSINESSES IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME WILL TAKE SOME LEGWORK TOO.
SO I THINK JUST GETTING UP TO THAT NUMBER WILL BE AN ACHIEVEMENT.
IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF KEEP IT LIKE IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED WHERE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS.
ONE FROM THE RESIDENT COMMUNITY, ONE FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND I LOVE YOUR IDEA AS FAR AS THERE'D BE RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT'S ALL THERE'D BE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY WOULDN'T BE, UH, APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO, SO WE WOULD GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND, UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF BUSINESS APPLICANTS.
BUT THERE'VE BEEN TIMES BEFORE WHERE WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH WHOEVER APPLIES.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE NUMBER.
I HOPE IT IS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HOPE THAT THAT COUNSEL WILL MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
THAT THAT CERTAINLY GRAYDEN, WE WOULDN'T BE APPOINTING AD HOC OURSELF ANYWAY.
SO YES, THAT'S EXACTLY, EXACTLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH, JENNA? OR VERY CLEAR.
SOMETIMES WE THINK WE ARE, BUT WE'RE NOT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY ON THIS? NO MA'AM.
WE'RE FINALLY GONNA GET HIM UP.
[d. Present and discuss the Airport Quarterly Report for the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 2024) First Quarter ended December 31, 2023.]
UH, FIVE B, UH, SIX D UH, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE AIRPORT QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 FY 2024.FIRST QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
JOEL, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JOEL JENKINSON, AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
AND I'M GOING TO COVER THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT FOR THE AIRPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND I'M GONNA GO OVER JUST SOME GENERAL STATISTICS, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, FUEL FLOWAGE, REVENUE, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
UH, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE WAS THAT, UH, FY 22 NUMBERS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT HERE, UH, ARE LOOKED VERY GOOD COMPARED TO, UH, PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
AND THAT WAS PARTLY DUE TO A RUNWAY CLOSURE AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD THAT SENT A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUR WAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING THROUGH.
UH, SO OPERATIONS, UH, FY 24 LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE FY 23 DID, AND WE'RE OFF TO A PRETTY GOOD START THERE.
UH, INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS WERE ALSO QUITE STRONG.
UH, I THINK THAT'S OUR HIGHEST FIRST QUARTER EVER FOR ARRIVALS.
SO DOING QUITE WELL WITH OUR CUSTOMS FACILITY.
UH, FUEL FLOWAGE, UH, AGAIN, FY 22 REALLY HIGH THERE.
UH, 23 AND 24 LOOK VERY SIMILAR, SO WE'RE DOING ABOUT AS WELL AS LAST YEAR.
A LITTLE BIT OF BAD WEATHER IMPACTED, UH, US IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT NOT TOO BAD.
UH, REVENUE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 24 SET AN ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE QUARTER, SO WE DID VERY WELL THERE AND IT'S UP SUBSTANTIALLY.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS, UH, CPI ADJUSTMENTS ON GROUND LEASES AND ALSO GALAXY FBOS LEASE COMING ONLINE THERE.
AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UH, SKY SQUARED, IT'S A HANGAR
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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.UH, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD AND CONCRETE RAMP IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR.
UH, THEY ARE DOING THE FLAT WORK FOR THE HANGAR, INCLUDING DRILLING PIERS THIS WEEK.
THE ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO REDEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN.
THEY HAVE STARTED THE INTERIOR RENOVATION OF THEIR TERMINAL FACILITY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE RAMP YET, BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT STARTING SOON AND THEY'RE GONNA RECONSTRUCT THE ENTIRE RAMP IN ASPHALT.
UH, AS AN ASIDE, THE AIRPORT IS PLANNING A SEPARATE PROJECT TO RECONSTRUCT THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF ATLANTIC'S RAMP.
UH, ALONG WITH THOSE THREE CONNECTORS TO THE TAXIWAY ALPHA AND TAXI LANE TANGO, UH, THOSE ARE ALL GONNA BE CONCRETE.
WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED DOING SOME OF THAT WORK IN COOPERATION WITH ATLANTIC, BUT SINCE THEY'RE DOING THE ASPHALT ON THE RAMP, WE PULLED OUT OF THAT AND ARE DOING THE CONCRETE ON THIS.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING AN ITEM FORWARD ON THAT LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, SKY HARBOR IS IN PHASE ONE.
UH, THEY HAVE HAD THEIR CIVIL PLANS APPROVED.
THEY ARE ALSO DOING FLAT WORK AND THEY WERE ALSO DRILLING PEERS RECENTLY.
AND WE HAVE, UH, WE WILL BRING FORWARD, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, A DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND SKY HARBOR TO RECONSTRUCT, UH, SECTION OF THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR RAMP.
AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TAXI LANE UNIFORM, UH, SKY HARBOR HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE A THOUSAND SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE AT THEIR EXPENSE TOWARDS THAT RECONSTRUCTION.
UH, PHASE TWO, THERE IS AN UPDATE ON THIS.
JUST THIS WEEK I RECEIVED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PLAN.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, THAT BIG HANGAR ON THE EAST END IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE REPLACED BY TWO SMALLER HANGERS.
UH, AND THE FOUR HANGERS IN A ROW ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE TWO LARGER HANGERS IN A ROW.
UH, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THEIR PLANS AND ADJUSTING ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY SEE IN DEMAND.
BUT THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING WELL AND PROCEEDING, UH, ON SCHEDULE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE TAXIWAY BRAVO, UH, EXTENSION.
MARIO SCOLA AND SONS WAS AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH THE BID PRICE JUST OVER 9 MILLION.
UH, WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO DO THE ENTIRE PROJECT, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE A RUNWAY WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT WILL TELL US IF WE HAVE ICE OR SNOW OR RAIN ON THE RUNWAY BE HELPFUL FOR THE ROADS.
WE INTEND TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS NEEDED.
UH, NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WAS ISSUED FEBRUARY 5TH.
CONTRACT TIME IS 270 DAYS AND WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE FOUR WEEKEND RUNWAY CLOSURES IN JUNE, UH, AND THAT WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR TRAFFIC.
UH, WHILE THAT GOES ON, WE WILL BE ADVISING THE TENANTS SHORTLY SO THEY CAN PLAN AROUND THIS.
AND, UH, ANOTHER CURRENT PROJECT WE HAVE IS AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
SO LOTS OF PLANNING GOING ON IN THE TOWN.
UH, THIS WILL UPDATE, UH, IT WILL INCLUDE THE UPDATED NOISE EXPOSURE MAP AND MAKE THAT OFFICIAL.
UH, AND WE WILL, UH, ALSO INCLUDE A DRAINAGE STUDY AND LOOK AT THE EMERGENCE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, UH, AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS, UH, ON THE AIRPORT AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.
UH, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
WE WILL KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT TYPICALLY THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF STAFF AND A STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL REP REPRESENTATIVES.
THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED THROUGH TXDOT FOR CONSULTANT SELECTION.
SUBMITTALS WERE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, AND SUMMARILY REJECTED BY TXDOT DUE TO FORMATTING ERRORS WITH A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SYSTEM.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO RE ADVERTISE PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.
WE DID RECEIVE FOUR SUBMISSIONS ON THAT.
I EXPECT THOSE SAME FOUR TEAMS WILL RESUBMIT.
AND, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY, UH, HAVE THAT, UM, RE RESUBMITTAL DUE AT THE END OF MARCH.
SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE IS WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A CONSULTANT SELECTED IN EARLY APRIL.
JIMMY DOOLITTLE RECONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT, UH, ENCORE HAS RELOCATED THE ELECTRICAL.
NTTA HAS RELOCATED THEIR FIBER.
UH, WE'RE WAITING ON ATLAS'S CONTRACTOR.
WE EXPECT THEM OUT EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT TO RELOCATE THE GAS LINES.
AND WE HAVE THE TELECOM UTILITIES, AND THEN WE WILL BE READY TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS, BE A VERY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT.
AND THE PROJECT WILL HAVE AN ADDISON AIRPORT MONUMENT SIGN INSTALLED NEAR THE EAST END OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE DRIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ON TAXI LANE SIERRA THAT INCLUDED THE TWO PARCELS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE LEFT HAND IMAGE.
UH, THE TWO RESPONSES RECEIVED, BOTH WANTED TO INCLUDE THE OPTION PARCEL, WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 2025.
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WE DID MAKE A SELECTION BASED ON THE TWO RESPONSES RECEIVED.THRUST FLIGHT, WHICH IS AN INCUMBENT FLIGHT SCHOOL BASED HERE AT ADDISON.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY AN ADDISON GROWN BUSINESS, WAS THE ONE SELECTED.
AND WE'VE NEGOTIATED A GROUND LEASE WITH THEM.
UH, WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE EXPECT TO BRING THAT FORWARD, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, MARLIN? YES, MAYOR.
UM, JOEL, CAN YOU JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT A, UH, WHAT A VERTA PORT IS AND, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON AIRPORT PROPERTY? WELL, A VERTA PORT, UH, IS ESSENTIALLY NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM A HALO PORT.
IT'S FOR VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING.
UH, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT.
IF YOU'RE TALKING FOR ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY TYPE APPLICATIONS, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT.
THERE WOULD BE SOME ADVANTAGES AND PERHAPS SOME DISADVANTAGES OF DOING SO.
AND THAT'D BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE UBER ELEVATE, JOBY, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? YES.
AND THEN, UM, EARLY, EARLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU, I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID, BUT BASICALLY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GALAXY COMING ONLINE.
WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT FROM FUEL FLOWAGE OR LEASING? UH, BOTH.
OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR JOEL.
SO JOEL, WITH THE FUTURE COMING BACK TO THAT, WOULD YOU REFER TO THAT HELIPAD? UH, WE CALL IT THAT, RIGHT? SO WITH THE FUTURE COMING WITH DRONES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN TERMS OF THAT EXPECTATION THAT'S COMING, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN AMAZON'S GONNA ASK FOR A, A LOCATION WITHIN THE ADDISON AIRPORT TO START DOING HELIPAD LIFT OR VERTICAL LIFTING FOR DRONE FOOT DRONE DELIVERY TYPE OF THINGS? I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AMAZON.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING LAST MILE DELIVERIES.
THAT'S WHAT WALMART HAS IN FRISCO AND LOUISVILLE.
AND WE'LL BE BRINGING TO 1.8 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE DFW IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE LAST MILE PIECE.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL SEE IS THE PEOPLE MOVER PART OF IT.
THE, THE AIR TAXI PART THAT'S COMING A LOT SOONER THAN I THINK MANY OF US ARE GOING TO BE READY FOR.
UH, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS JUST, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING PLANNING
THANK YOU JOEL, UH, ON THE TAXIWAY BRAVO, WHAT'S, REMIND US WHAT THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE THAT EXTENSION UP, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
WELL, THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL TAKE US UP TO TAXIWAY HOTEL, WHICH IS ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW, TAXI AWAY FOX TROTT.
UH, AND OUR PLAN IS WHAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO TEXDOT IS TO ASK FOR DESIGN, UH, FOR THIS YEAR IF WE CAN GET IT TO EXTEND TO THE NORTH END AND FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT YEAR.
NOW, THAT'S NOT CERTAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED.
TEXDOT WILL EVALUATE THAT, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF OTHER REQUESTS FROM OTHER AIRPORTS IN THE STATE AND EVALUATE THAT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS.
BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY REASONABLE TO EXPECT, WE SHOULD SEE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT DOES OPEN UP THAT NORTHWEST, UH, QUADRANT OF THE AIRPORT FOR SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT? YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LAND, THERE'S NOT A LOT.
WE, WE OWN A LITTLE TRIANGLE UP THERE OFF OF MIDWAY ROAD.
AND HE HAS BEEN COMING TO US PERIODICALLY ASKING WHEN IS THERE GONNA BE A TAXI WAY THERE SO HE CAN BUILD? RIGHT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD JUST, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, IS IT EMASS AT THE SOUTH END? YES.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN ON THAT AS FAR AS THAT'LL HAVE TO BE REDONE AT SOME POINT? RIGHT.
TYPICALLY 20 YEARS, IT WAS INSTALLED IN 2014.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF REPAIRS DONE TO IT.
UH, WE DO HAVE TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE.
IT HAS A, A SEAL TAPE THAT WE NEED TO STRIP OFF AND RETAPE IT.
THAT'S JUST PART OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND PERHAPS, UH, SEEING IF WE CAN BORROW SOME, A JANIS FOLKS ON OVERTIME AND HELP US WITH THAT PROJECT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, HOLDING UP WELL, IT, IT'S, OR AS YOU KNOW, SEEMS TO BE FINE.
WE'VE HAD IT INSPECTED A COUPLE TIMES AFTER WE'VE HAD AIRCRAFT, UH, INADVERTENTLY RUN INTO IT.
IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO STOP A JET.
AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SMALLER AIRCRAFT GO OUT THERE AND IT STOPS THEM TOO
UH, DARREN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT YOU? NO, I'M GOOD.
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OFF THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I KNOW IN THE PAST, UM, REGARDING THE, THE EMASS SYSTEM, WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING REPLACEMENT PRODUCT.IS THAT, DO WE HAVE, UH, AVAILABILITY FOR REPLACEMENT PRODUCT NOW? YES.
THEY'RE STILL A SOLE SOURCE COMPANY THAT IS COMMITTED TO, UH, PROVIDING THAT REPLACEMENT.
THEY'RE HIDEOUSLY EXPENSIVE AND UH, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT USUALLY THAT IS AN INSURANCE CLAIM AGAINST THE AIRCRAFT OWNER.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE TAXI EIGHT BRAVO EXTENSION, UM, ARE WE, ARE WE GETTING ANY INQUIRIES THAT, THAT, THAT WE KNOW OF? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A YES OR NO, UH, ANSWER AS FAR AS, UH, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AIRPORT RELATED.
UM, BECAUSE TWAY BRAVO EXTENSION MAY OPEN UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT AREN'T PRESENT RIGHT NOW.
WE OWN ABOUT FIVE ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, NORTH OF THE TOLL TUNNEL THAT HAS NEVER HAD, UH, RUNWAY TAXIWAY ACCESS.
OUR PLAN IS TO RELEASE AN RFQA LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SOLICIT, UH, PROPOSALS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE RFQ PROCESS TO GIVE PEOPLE A FAIR CHANCE AT COMPETING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY WE DID LAST YEAR HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INQUIRY ON THAT SPOT THOUGH AS WELL.
AND THAT TIME'S UP REAL WELL WITH, UM, WHEN WE EXPECT THIS MIGHT BE DONE, RIGHT? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE, EILEEN? CAN THAT EMASS WORK BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE RUNWAY CLOSURES ARE GONNA BE DONE? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
IT'S A LITTLE HOT FOR THE CREWS OUT THERE, BUT I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS WHETHER WE COULD GET OUT THERE AND NOT GET IN THE WAY OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR.
APPRECIATE YOUR THANK YOU PATIENCE IN, UH, DOING THIS FOR US.
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THING WE HAVE IS GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, SIX ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, OFFER SOME CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCE, UH, THANKS.ANYTHING, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? MAYOR? I, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS THIS, THIS WEEK AND, UH, ONE WAS WITH A JOINT MEETING WITH THE PNZ AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT GETTING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND HEAR WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND AND SHARE THOUGHTS.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A NICE OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
NANCY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? THAT WAS IT.
WELL THE ONE THING I HAVE IS, UH, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL Y'ALL.
IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE DRIVING AROUND TOWN THESE DAYS WITH ALL THE, UH, TULIPS IN BLOOM.
AND, UH, JUST ONE MORE, UH, KUDOS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO IN THE PLANNING.
'CAUSE THEY DO ALL THEIR WORK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE JUST SEE 'EM COME UP A FEW MONTHS LATER, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THEY PLANTED THOSE BULBS, UH, AT THE, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
SO THANKS TO, THANKS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING OUR TOWN MORE BEAUTIFUL.
SO IF THERE'S NANCY, HEY, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP THEN TO YOUR COMMENT AS, UM, AS TO HOW NICE OUR TOWN LOOKS.
AND, UH, LAST FEW DAYS I'VE TAKEN SOME TRIPS UP AND DOWN, UH, MIDWAY, WHICH I'M THERE REGULARLY OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT THERE.
BUT WITH THE INTENTION TO ACTUALLY LOOK AND PAY ATTENTION AND, UM, IT LOOKS GREAT.
IT'S GONNA LOOK WONDERFUL WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GETTING CLOSE, BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE HEARING ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS FROM OUR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AT LEAST.
I ALREADY SPOKE WITH JANA, UM, EARLIER THIS EVENING.
I LOVE THE CO CLADDING ON THE, ON THE, UM, RETAINING WALLS.
SHE GAVE ME SOME INSIGHT TO A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS PAID OFF.
SO, UM, THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, IT IS EIGHT 18 AND WE WILL ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING.