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          [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
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          YES. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          EVERY VERY NONCOM, IT'S FIVE OH ONE. 
          WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ABSENT CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR WORK SESSION. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL IN THE ROOM. 
          AND WE'LL GO STRAIGHT 
          [2. Citizen Comments on the Consent Agenda Items. This item allows citizens to speak on any item listed on the Consent Agenda prior to its consideration. 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 beginning of this item.]
TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD, HAS A COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THAT, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          SEEING NONE. 
          WE'LL 
          [3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items.  a. Council Questions and Answers]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION. 
          REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO. 
          DAVID, DO YOU ADD SOMETHING ON THIS? I, I HAVE JUST TWO POINTS TO MAKE. 
          ONE ON THE, UH, ON THE CODE AMENDMENTS WE'RE HAVE THE WORK SESSION ONE POINT THAT WE'LL MAKE DURING THAT YOU SAW IN THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON ON SURE. 
          IF WE ARE MAKING A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO CLAR TO CLARIFY THE TURF QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, JUST MAKE THE MOTION WITH AS AMENDED. 
          SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT DURING THE WORK SESSION. 
          FOR JUST, UM, A HEADS UP IN ADVANCE ON ITEM N ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN OF ER, WE ARE MAKING, WE HAVE AGREED AND TO MAKE ONE, ONE SLIGHT CHANGE TO THAT WAY OCCURRED. 
          THE READ IT COULD BE CONSTRUED THAT MEDIANS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE CHANGE. 
          WE ARE CONSIDERING MEDIAN CHANGES AS FAR AS THE WIDTH OF THE MEDIAN. 
          SO WE'VE, UH, WE'RE MAKING THAT CHANGE THAT WILL BE UPDATED ONLINE AND WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE DI WE'LL HAVE A PRINTED COPY SHOWING THE VERY, VERY SLIGHT REVISION IN A RED LINE. 
          SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT, I WOULD LIKE TWO MORE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. 
          ONE IS ON QUESTION THREE, UM, ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC ART, I WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE ART THAT'S IN THE, UM, A PLAN AGENCY THAT IS NOT ABOUT THE, THE Q AND A DOCUMENT ON THE Q AND A DOCUMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THAT IS NOT IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BUT IN FACT IN ADDISON PROPER, SO NOT, NOT IN THE THE STATION, BUT IN ADDISON CIRCLE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE TOD ITEM? YEAH, I THINK IT'D PROBABLY BETTER TO JUST ANSWER THAT QUE TO ASK THAT QUESTION DURING THE OKAY TO D WELL THIS, IT'S A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. 
          FINE. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR RETAIL SPACE IN THE NEW AMLI DEVELOPMENT. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'M WONDERING IS DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, GETTING RETAIL SPACE BILL, WHICH I MAYBE DID NOT. 
          UM, IS THAT A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? IT IS A INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, SO NO, I GUESS NOT. 
          I'LL WAIT. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          I'LL COME BACK TO THOSE. 
          SO Y'ALL BE PREPARED. 
          NICE PRACTICE THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          WAS WARNING HOW SO? ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED? ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN CAN, UH, PRE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT IN BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO STAFF HAVE BEEN, UH, ANSWERED AND PLACED INTO A DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE SO FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC CAN DOWNLOAD THAT IF THEY WOULD LIKE. 
          AND, UH, SEE THOSE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          [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):]
ITEM FOUR, CLOSED MEETING, THE ABSENCE OF THE COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 DASH SEVEN ONE THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING. 
          ITEM FOUR, A SECTION 5 51 0.087, PARAGRAPH ONE, 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 LOCATES THERE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          AND THE ITEM IS ADDISON CIRCLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND IT IS 5:05 PM 
          [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.]
OKAY, IT'S 5 26 AND WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION INTO OPEN SESSION AND THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION REPORTS. 
          [a.  Provide and discuss presentations from representatives of Housing Forward and Metrocrest Services regarding housing and homelessness.]
ITEM SIX A PROVIDED AND DISCUSSED PRESENTATION FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF HOUSING FORWARD AND METRO FOR SERVICES REGARDING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          HI SARAH. 
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OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          SARAH HECKLER, CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND TO INTRODUCE THIS WORK SESSION. 
          UM, SO THIS WORK SESSION IS INTENDED TO BE INFORMATIONAL FOR COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR KEY PARTNERS HERE TODAY. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE BRIEF UPDATES FOR YOU. 
          UM, THE FIRST PARTNER IS HOUSING FORWARD AND THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST INTRODUCTION TO CITY COUNCIL OF HOUSING FORWARD. 
          WE'VE INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION IN YOUR STAFF REPORTS BEFORE ABOUT WHO HOUSING FORWARD IS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED. 
          UH, RAY IS HERE TODAY, UM, TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY'RE VERY CRITICAL TO THE WORK OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE DALLAS AREA AND REGION. 
          UM, THEY SERVE AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR BOTH DALLAS AND CALEN COUNTIES. 
          SO THEY'RE LEADING THOSE SYSTEMWIDE STRATEGIES WITH ALL OF THE NON-PROFITS THROUGHOUT THE AREAS THAT ARE WORKING ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, SO WE RECENTLY, AS ATON OF ADDISON JOINED THE COALITION THAT HOUSING FORWARD LEADS, UM, TO COME UP WITH THESE SYSTEM WIDE STRATEGIES AND YOU'LL HEAR RAY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S OVER 140 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THAT COALITION. 
          UM, SO REALLY COOL WITH THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, WE'LL HEAR FROM METRO PRESS SERVICES. 
          THEY ARE ONE OF OUR VERY VALUABLE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES, UM, TO ADDISON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. 
          UM, BUT TODAY MELANIE IS HERE AND SHE'S GONNA FOCUS ON THEIR WORK IN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, UM, TO EITHER PROVIDE SERVICES OR CONNECTION TO RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES THAT ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND AS STAFF, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MELANIE AND HER TEAM, UM, AND THE TOWN ALSO PROVIDES A GRANT TO THE METRO TRUST SERVICES ORGANIZATION EACH YEAR. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST HAVE ONE SLIDE, I'LL WRAP IT UP WITH SOME UPDATES FROM STAFF ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO STRENGTHEN THE TOWN'S RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION I'LL INTRODUCE RAY CLAY. 
          UM, SHE'S WITH HOUSING BOARD AND SHE'S GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH A FEW SLIDES. 
          HI EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AS SHE SAID, MY NAME'S RAY PLAN. 
          I'M THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT HOUSING FORWARD. 
          UH, SARAH CON IS OUR CEO AND UM, WAS OUT OF POCKET TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS A VETERANS EVENT GOING ON, BUT SHE'S SUPER EXCITED TO UM, GET MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY OF MADISON. 
          UM, SARAH IS MOVING FROM ATLANTA BUT SHE'S BEEN HERE, UH, WORKING IN THE DALLAS AREA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND COMMUTING. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT HER FAMILY IS GONNA BE JOINING US SOON. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WHO IS HOUSING FORWARD? SHE KIND OF ALREADY GAVE THAT REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW ABOUT WHO WE ARE, BUT EVERYONE'S LIKE THE LEAD AGENCY, HOUSING FORWARD ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION. 
          LIKE HOW DOES THIS GO TOGETHER? SO THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION IS THIS UMBRELLA AS YOU SEE HERE AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SYSTEM SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE METRO CREST, UM, AND THAT ALSO IS LIKE OUR SHELTERS DOWNTOWN THAT YOU KNOW OF, UH, FAMILY GATEWAY, FAMILY PLACE, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF PLACES. 
          AND THEN ALSO CROSS SECTOR PARTNERS, UM, AND OUR GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CROSS SECTOR PARTNERS, THAT COULD BE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PEOPLE THAT COULD BE, UM, POLICE OFFICERS, THAT COULD BE, UM, REALLY ANY OTHER FIRMS THAT ARE DOING WORK THAT WILL HELP, UM, IMPACT HOMELESSNESS IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES. 
          SO WE ARE WHAT THEY CALL THE BACKBONE AGENCY OR THE LEAD AGENCY. 
          SO WE ARE NOT THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, BUT WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY WITHIN IT. 
          WE ARE A NONPROFIT OURSELVES. 
          UM, WHENEVER WE DO ANY KIND OF FUNDING REQUESTS TO HUD THAT COMES FROM HOUSING FORWARD AND WE TAKE, UM, INPUT FROM THE WHOLE ENTIRE COLLABORATIVE IN ORDER FOR US TO PUT IN THOSE APPLICATIONS TO GET MONEY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO IN 2021 WE STARTED A HUGE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE, UH, THREE GOALS THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THAT TIME THAT WE SET UP. 
          SO THAT WAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO THAT'S THE HOMELESSNESS THAT IS VISIBLE TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, EFFECTIVELY END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, WHICH JUST MEANS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN EVERY MONTH ARE ABLE TO COME OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'LL NEVER FIND A VETERAN THAT'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY HOUSE THEM WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS. 
          UM, ALSO OUR OTHER GOAL WAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE FAMILY AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT REDESIGN OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          UM, REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT WE HAVE, UH, OPENED UP OUR ACCESS SYSTEM, OUR COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM. 
          SO IT USED TO BE THAT ONLY A FEW SHELTERS WERE WHERE HE COULD GET ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM WHERE HE GET ON THE LIST FOR HOUSING, UM, AND SERVICES. 
          WE'VE COMPLETELY OPENED THAT UP NOW, UM, WHERE WE HAVE MOBILE 
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STARTING. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR DOWNTOWN SHELTERS THAT CAN DO, UM, ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM ALL THROUGHOUT BOTH DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED NAVIGATION. 
          AND NAVIGATION WAS NOT PART OF THE SYSTEM IN 2021. 
          SO INSTEAD OF CASE MANAGERS HAVING TO HELP THE PERSON FIND HOUSING, GET THEM CONNECTED TO SERVICES, CREATE STABILITY PLANS, WE'VE ADDED, UM, NAVIGATORS TO THE SYSTEM. 
          SO METRO RELIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT, THEY ALSO DO SOME OF THAT NAVIGATION, UM, WHERE THEY'RE JUST DOING WORK WITH LANDLORDS AND THE CLIENT TO HELP THEM GET INTO A PLACE THAT THEY CHOOSE. 
          THIS CLIENT CHOICE IS A BIG THING, UM, WITH THE SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN CONNECTING TO HOUSING, UH, WITH SUPPORTS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, SUPPORTS THAT COME OUT WITH TEAMS. SO WHEN WE'RE DOING RE UH, OUTREACH AT ENCAMPMENTS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE FROM PARKLAND OR UM, NIFA THAT GO OUT WITH THEM TO HELP ASSESS AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO LETS US START FINDING OUT WHAT THEY QUALIFY FOR AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES UM, THEY CAN HAVE AS THEY'RE STABILIZING IN, UM, THEIR HOUSING. 
          SO THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT, WE'VE ALSO, UM, BUILT A LARGER PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          WE HAVE MONITORING THAT GOES ON WITH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. UM, THEY ARE SCORED WHEN WE DO OUR YEARLY NOFA, WE HAVE TO SHOW THE SCORING FOR ALL OF THEM WHO WENT ON A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM, PROGRAMS THAT DECIDED TO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE USED IN A DIFFERENT WAY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, AMAZING, WE'RE GOING AGAINST ALL THE NATIONAL TRENDS. 
          SO IF YOU ACTUALLY HIT THE BOTTOM GRAPH, IT SHOWS NATIONALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION. 
          UM, AND WE KIND OF GROUND OURSELVES AROUND 2021. 
          WE HIT 2020 BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT'S WHEN, UM, COVID HIT. 
          BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT DOW AND COLLIN COUNTIES, RCOC HAS, UM, GONE DOWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING LIKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S THAT SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION WHERE WE PUT DOLLARS NOT INTO SHELTER, BUT WE PUT DOLLARS INTO REHOUSING. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IS GONNA KIND OF MAKE MORE SENSE OF LIKE WHY THAT WORKS. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TALK OUT THERE ABOUT OTHER NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN CITIES LIKE ATLANTA, UM, SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE, UH, INVESTING IN SHELTER. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE. 
          AND YET WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE REDUCTIONS IN HOMELESSNESS OVERALL. 
          UM, SO AS THIS KIND OF TALKS ABOUT 14% DECREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, UM, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I LOVE POINTING OUT IS THE 44% INCREASE IN HUD FUNDING. 
          WE, UM, BROUGHT TOGETHER $72 MILLION BETWEEN FEDERAL PHILANTHROPY AND, UM, PUBLIC AND LOCAL FUNDING IN 2021 TO START AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE. 
          UH, WE THEN, ONCE WE HIT OUR GOAL OF HOUSING 2,700 PEOPLE, WE EXPANDED IT TO THE REALTIME REHOUSING, TOOK DALLAS OFF THE NAME BECAUSE IT REALLY DID INCLUDE OTHER, UM, AREAS. 
          AND OUR GOAL WAS TO HOUSE OVER 6,000 PEOPLE IN THAT. 
          AND WE HIT THAT GOAL IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS STILL USING MAJORITY OF THAT $72 MILLION. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS ONE TIME ARPA FUNDING AND A LOT OF THAT FUNDING IS ENDING NOW. 
          SO WITH US GETTING INCREASES IN HUD FUNDING, WHICH IS SUSTAINABLE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO START, YOU KNOW, MOVING SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE OVER INTO THAT SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. 
          EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW WE GOT, WE'RE LIKE, MAN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WHEN ALL ARGO FUNDING ENDS TO KEEP UP THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE? UM, WE ARE ONE OF SIX OF THE C CS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR, UM, USAGE, WHICH IS, UM, THE ALL INSIDE INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE IN TOWN BECAUSE OF THE VETERANS INITIATIVE. 
          AND THEY, UM, DID SOME TOURS OF OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, IT'S CALLED A CHATEAU, WHERE WE HAVE SOME PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THEN ALSO THE PROVIDERS, UM, THAT HAD PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE HEAD NOFA. 
          UM, AND THEN AS I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE, WE DID REACH OUR 2,700 GOAL FOR DALLAS REAL TIME AND THEN WE REACHED OUR NEXT GOAL OF HOUSING 6,000 PEOPLE. 
          UM, WE DID THAT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO CONTINUING OUR PROGRESS AND THIS SLIDE I ALWAYS SAY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT JUST FINALLY MAKES SENSE FOR ME. 
          IT WAS THE THING THAT MADE SENSE. 
          SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE OUR FUNNEL AND EVERYONE'S INSTINCT IS TO JUST GROW THE FUNNEL, MAKE IT BIGGER SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO IT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU GROW THAT FUNNEL, PEOPLE STAY IN IT LONGER. 
          AND IF THERE'S NO REHOUSING EFFORTS AT THE BOTTOM TO HELP GET THEM OUT, THEN WE END UP WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T STAYING IN SHELTERS, UM, THAT MAYBE COULD HAVE COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, DIVERTED OUT OF THAT BEFORE THEY EVER GOT IN. 
          YOU GET PEOPLE STAYING LONGER. 
          SO WHEN THEY TELL US, LET'S BUILD HUGE SHELTERS AND TO GET EVERYONE OFF THE STREET, YOU'RE 
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NOT ACTUALLY HELPING HOMELESSNESS, YOU'RE BUILDING THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT LOOK GOOD. 
          SO THAT'S A, A BIG THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISPEL. 
          IT'S A MYTH THAT IF YOU BUILD SHELTERS, THEN THEY'LL GO. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SHELTER THAT WILL NEVER GO INTO SHELTERING, BUT THEY'LL DEFINITELY SAY YES TO HOUSING. 
          OKAY? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY INVERTING THAT FUND. 
          SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANNA DECREASE THE INFLOW AND THEN WE WANNA MAKE OUR HOUSING, UH, RESOURCES A LOT LARGER AT THE BOTTOM. 
          THAT'S THE REAL KEY TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE IT PRETTY LARGE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT EQUILIBRIUM, WE CAN SHRINK IT SO THAT IT'S AT THAT NORMAL LEVEL WHERE WE KNOW AS PEOPLE COME IN WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND 'EM RESOURCES TO GET OUT. 
          UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TARGETING FOR, UH, DECREASING INFLOW IS DIVERSION. 
          IT'S KIND OF NEW TO, UM, OUR COC, BUT WE HAD, UH, FAMILY GATEWAY DOING IT FOR FAMILIES. 
          WE DID GET, UM, MONEY FROM HUD THIS YEAR TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, DO, DO DIVERSION THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE, UM, COLLIN COUNTY HAS SOME PROVIDERS AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL GOING ON IN DALLAS, BUT DIVERSION MEANS THEY GET TO THE SHELTER AND SAY, I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 
          UM, WE OFFER UP TO THREE MONTHS OF, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THEM. 
          UH, A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN NEED IT. 
          WE START WHAT THEY CALL PROBLEM SOLVING CONVERSATIONS AND, UM, THEY FIND OUT THAT THERE'S A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WILL TAKE THEM FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR, UM, WE HAVE A HOTEL STAY THAT MIGHT BE FOR THREE DAYS WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THERE AND WE HELP 'EM WITH A DEPOSIT IF THEY'VE GOT MONEY, THEY'VE GOT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, NEED THAT LITTLE BIT OF HELP, UM, TO GET THEM, UM, OVER. 
          SO DIVERSION HAPPENS. 
          DIVERSION ALSO HAPPENS WITH SOME OF OUR UNSHELTERED PEOPLE. 
          THEY GET TO A STATE WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, CAN YOU CALL THIS PERSON AND ASK THEM FOR ME? CAN WE HAVE A PHONE CALL? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DIVERTED PEOPLE EVEN FROM INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS AND OUT ON THE STREETS. 
          IT DOESN'T HAPPEN QUITE AS OFTEN, OF COURSE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND THEN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE INCREASED OUR OUTFLOW IS THE $72 MILLION WAS ALL ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO, UM, GET OFFERED HOUSING NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE FROM. 
          SO IF THEY COULD BE IN AN ENCAMPMENT, THEY COULD ALSO BE IN A SHELTER. 
          AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM VOUCHERS, WHICH ARE PERMANENT, UM, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, AND RAPID REHOUSING, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UM, HOUSE A LOT MORE PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE 2,700 PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE THREE YEARS HAPPENED. 
          UM, AND LONG STAIRS ARE ELIMINATED, MEANING THAT WE HAVE SHELTER BEDS OPENED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE COMING IN AND WE HAVE A BIGGER RELEASE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SHELTER THEM. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE STATE OF THE HOMELESS ADDRESS ON, UH, TUESDAY THE 30TH. 
          IF YOU GUYS, UM, AREN'T ABLE TO, UH, REGISTER FOR IT, WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AFTER THAT THAT WILL GO OVER, UM, OUR PIT RESULTS AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          AND OUR NEW GOAL. 
          UM, SO THIS REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT I ALREADY DID AS FAR AS THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAD. 
          UM, DIVERSION, RAPID REHOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THEN COORDINATED OUTREACH, ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, UM, THE OUTREACH. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, OUR PARTNERS LIKE METRO PRESS DOING AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE DID THIS WHOLE COORDINATED OUTREACH WHERE NOW WE HAVE SECTORS WHERE ONE OUTREACH TEAM WILL BE IN THAT SECTOR EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THEY'LL START BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE PEOPLE. 
          AND PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ENGAGED BEFORE WILL START TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRUST. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 18 OF THOSE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S ALMOST 300 PEOPLE. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE CAME FROM AN OUTSIDE ENCAMPMENT AND WENT STRAIGHT TO A HOUSING RESOURCE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN A DAY. 
          THERE'S ACTUALLY A WHOLE PROCESS WITH, YOU KNOW, CITIES AND EVERYONE, UM, TAKING APART IN THAT AS WELL AS VOUCHER STRUCTURE FOR THEM. 
          UM, BUT THAT HAS, UH, STARTED AND IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES TO CONTINUE THIS YEAR AND REALLY GROW. 
          AND THEN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE WISE, I TELL RIGHT, I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, I JUST MOVED INTO PROGRAMS, SO THIS IS MORE OF THE STUFF THAT I WAS DEALING WITH BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM. 
          THEY USE, UM, A TECHNOLOGY WHERE CLIENTS CAN ACTUALLY GO ON THERE AND THEY KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE VOUCHERS. 
          THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE RAPID REHOUSING BECAUSE IN TEXAS WE KNOW YOU CAN SAY, OH, YOU'RE NOT PAYING, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR OWN. 
          AND THEY CAN JUST SAY, I'M NOT GONNA, UM, ACCEPT YOU HERE. 
          SO IT'S A WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          THEY WORK WITH PLAN BOARDS, WE GET OUT INCENTIVES, UM, TO THEM. 
          WE PAY PET DEPOSITS, WE PAY FOR THINGS THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WON'T PAY FOR. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR FLEX FUND, WHICH IS WHAT DOES A LOT OF THAT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE RAISE MONEY FOR AS FAR AS HOUSING FORWARD. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T STAY WITH US. 
          IT STAYS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, UM, FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          PEOPLE MAKE REQUESTS AND THEN WE HELP WITH SECURITY DEPOSITS, 
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UM, RENT FOR DIVERSION DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, BUT LOTS OF THINGS, UH, THAT THE GOVERNMENT WON'T PAY FOR, BUT IT'S NEEDED FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THEMSELVES HOME FURNITURE, WE SPEND A LOT ON FURNITURE BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN A PLACE AND HAVE NOWHERE TO SLEEP. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A COMMUNITY WIDE FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, ISSUES WITHIN EVEN OUR OWN BOARDS, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A COC BOARD, WHICH IS OVER THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOUSING BOARD BOARD. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. 
          AND THEN FOR OUR SYSTEM, UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY AND PEOPLE WANNA SAY, WELL, WHY ARE YOU ONLY TALKING ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY? WELL, BECAUSE IN DALLAS, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ABOUT 20% OF THE POPULATION, BUT THEY'RE 60% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHY IS THIS? AND THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMATIC THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST THAT HAVE CAUSED THIS. 
          SO FOR US, UH, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS GO THROUGH RACIAL EQUITY TO, UM, LOOK AT ARE THEY SERVING PEOPLE EQUITABLY? ARE WE LOOKING AT REASONS WHY THE BOARDS ARE, YOU KNOW, ONLY DOING CERTAIN, LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THE ONLY APPLICATIONS THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE ALL OF THESE. 
          SO WE KIND OF GO THROUGH, UM, THOSE THINGS WITH ALL OF OUR SECTORS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A RACIAL EQUITY WORK GROUP THAT WE CAN COME IN, TALK TO, UM, ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY GIVE IDEAS AND HELP US WITH MEASURING IF WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THAT AREA. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, HERE'S NOW MELANIE , LOOK AT YOU. 
          YOU'RE SO GOOD. 
          UM, I'M MELANIE MYRIE FROM METRO PRESS SERVICES. 
          AND SO I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND JUST TELL YOU HOW WE FIT INTO WHAT RAY'S TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE STARTED OUR, UM, HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM WAS STARTED A LITTLE OVER, WELL, A LITTLE UNDER THREE YEARS AGO. 
          AND WHEN I FIRST CAME IN AND WAS WORKING WITH TRACY, I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOTTA HELP FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING OUTSIDE. 
          SO I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TWO CHOICES. 
          WE CAN EITHER GET IN SYSTEM AND WORK WITH WHAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH, UM, FEDERAL FUNDS OR WE CAN JUST LOVE ON PEOPLE AND RESTORE COMMUNITY HELP. 
          AND THAT'S IT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 
          BUT IF WE REALLY WANNA MOVE PEOPLE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THAT SYSTEM. 
          AND YOU'VE GOT A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSON QUICKLY BY RACE IN THE SYSTEM MATERIAL WITH STUFF THAT YOU'RE LIKE, HOW DOES THAT FIT? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BUT UM, SO WE DUG IN AND STARTED SAYING, HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM? SO WE STARTED GOING TO ALL THE MEETINGS AT, AT HOUSING FORWARD AND HOW DO WE WORK AND HOW DO WE FIT IN, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S NO SHELTER SYSTEMS UP HERE, THERE'S NO WARMING STATIONS, THERE'S NO POOLING STATIONS. 
          SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE FINDING BETTER EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS? SO REALLY WE STARTED FOCUSING ON TWO AREAS. 
          ONE IS DIVERSION AND ONE IS STREET OUTREACH. 
          SO WHAT DOES STREET OUTREACH DO? IS IT WE'RE GOING OUT TO PEOPLE, WE'RE MEETING 'EM WHERE THEY ARE. 
          SO WE'RE AT THE PARK, WE'RE UNDERNEATH THE, UH, A BRIDGE, WE'RE IN A PARKING LOT IN KROGER TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO'S STAYING IN THEIR CAR. 
          AND WE HAVE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WALKING IN OUR OFFICES EVERY DAY. 
          UH, ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF OUR BUILDING WAS THAT WE'RE EASY, WE'RE EASIER TO SEE, AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'RE EASIER TO GET TO. 
          SO WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAD 35 PEOPLE WALK IN THE LAST WEEK THAT WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE. 
          AND SO ME AND MY SMALL TEAM, ONE OF THOSE IS AINSLEY SITTING HERE AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU KEEP UP AND WHY DO WE DO THAT? WELL, ONE IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ARE OKAY AND, UM, THAT THEY'RE DOING WELL. 
          AND THE OTHER IS, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU AND HOW CAN WE MOVE YOU FORWARD? THERE'S ONLY SO MANY SHELTER BEDS, UM, AND THERE'S SO MANY MORE PEOPLE. 
          THERE'S ABOUT DOUBLE THE PEOPLE OUT EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT THERE ARE SHELTER BEDS. 
          SO THAT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION TO GET THEM INTO SHELTER. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS DON'T WANNA GO FOR VARIOUS REASONS. 
          UM, SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE TALK TO 'EM ABOUT CAN WE MOVE YOU SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING? 'CAUSE HOUSING SEEMS LIKE A REALLY EASY THING. 
          LIKE, OH, LISTEN TO WHAT RAGE HAS SAID, HERE'S A SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          AND IT IS, THERE'S A VERY NICE SYSTEM. 
          HOUSING BOARD WORKS REALLY WELL WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT ARE IN THE ALL NEIGHBORS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO GET SOMEBODY HOUSED. 
          UM, I, MY, I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW MY THINKS. 
          SO PART OF WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANT TO SEE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET YOU HOUSED? YOU NEED IDS AND TO GET AN ID, YOU NEED TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 
          YOU NEED TO HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD TO GET A TEXAS STATE ISSUED ID. 
          SO YOU NEED AN ID TO GET INTO SHELTER, YOU NEED AN ID TO GET A JOB. 
          YOU NEED AN ID TO PUT YOUR NAME ON A LEASE FOR AN APARTMENT. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T, IF FOR YOU IT'S GETTING ON, 
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I'M IRRITATED 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO THE DMV, IT'S AUGUST BEFORE I CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT IN THERE. 
          BUT YOU ALSO MAY HAVE HAD YOUR CRITICAL DOCUMENTS TO GET TO THAT POINT, OR YOU HAVE A COMPUTER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT OR YOU HAVE GAS IN YOUR CAR OR A BUS TICKET TO GET TO THE APPOINTMENT THAT YOU MADE THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          SO THOSE BARRIERS START ADDING UP. 
          AND THINGS THAT ARE SEEMINGLY SIMPLE FOR US BECOME VERY COMPLICATED. 
          OUR JOB IS TO HELP DO THAT FOR FOLKS SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN PUT PEOPLE ON THE HOUSING LIST. 
          SO WHEN RAY'S TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A HOUSING LIST WITH COORDINATED ACCESS, WE'RE ONE OF THOSE PROVIDERS, THEY CAN, WE ALL THEIR INFORMATION PUT IT INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN AINSLEY WHO IS, UM, THE PERSON THAT REALLY WORKS WITH OUR COORDINATED ACCESS IN HMIS, WHICH IS THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR OUR CLIENTS EVERY WEEK. 
          AND SHE'S SAYING, WHAT ABOUT THIS PERSON? WHAT ABOUT THIS PERSON TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, THEY HAVE ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY NEED AND SAY WE'VE GOT THROUGH THESE BARRIERS AND THESE BARRIERS, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN GET THEM HOUSED? AND THEN THEY GET REFERRED TO A HOUSING AGENCY AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS GET HOUSED. 
          AND WHAT RAY WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THERE'S NAVIGATORS THERE WHO ARE WORKING WITH LANDLORDS TO GET THEM TO ACCEPT OUR FOLKS THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN ON THE HOUSING LIST. 
          SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY COMPLICATED PROCESS AND IT CAN BE LIKE THAT TOO. 
          BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS. 
          SO THERE WE, THERE'S ABOUT 40% OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT ACTUALLY ARE WORKING. 
          THEY LIVE IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING. 
          AND UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EMPLOYERS OUT THERE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA, UH, EMPLOY SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT STABILITY AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT HYGIENE ISSUES. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS PARTNER WITH STREETSIDE SHOWERS AND WE HAVE THEM COMING ON FRIDAYS TO PROVIDE SHOWERS, CLEAN CLOTHES, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE AGAIN TO RESTORE DIGNITY AND HOPE BECAUSE YOU GIVE PEOPLE HOPE AND YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET 'EM OFF THE STREET. 
          THOSE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER TO PEOPLE MORE THAN YOU WOULD EVER THINK. 
          BUT THEY NEED PEOPLE, THEY, WE CALL IT SOCIAL CAPITAL TO HELP MOVE THEM FORWARD. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT. 
          WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF 10 VOLUNTEERS. 
          PEOPLE STRIP THEIR HEAD OF ME AND THEY SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          AND I SAID, IT'S ME. 
          I GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE. 
          SO WE CAN'T DO THAT. 
          SO YES WE CAN. 
          AND WE HAVE FOLKS THAT GO OUT, UM, THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING. 
          THEY'RE MEETING PEOPLE ON THE STREET, WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW DO WE HELP YOU? UM, AND START DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          SO FINALLY WE START GETTING INFORMATION. 
          IT'S LIKE, LO AND BEHOLD YOU HAVE TWO SISTERS. 
          AND, AND WHAT THAT THIS WEEK IT WAS, UM, SOMEBODY THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          AND YOU FINALLY SAID, I HAVE TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER IN BRIAN, TEXAS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU TOLD ME YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAMILY. 
          WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE, BUT IT TOOK THAT LONG TO SAY. 
          I SAID, WHY DON'T WE GET YOU OUTTA HERE? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HE GOES, WELL, IT'S CLEAR DOWN. 
          AND BRIAN, I TRIED TO WALK THERE ONCE. 
          I SAID, THEN FLY THE BUS TICKET. 
          LET ME CALL THEM. 
          WHO IS THAT? LET'S CALL AND SEE IF YOU STAY. 
          HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY? THAT'S DIVERGENT. 
          BUT HE'S BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS FOUR YEARS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST FINALLY AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF SAID, I HAVE TWO BROTHERS AND SISTER AND RYAN WE'RE BUYING HIM A BUS TICKET. 
          WE DON'T NEED HIM HERE. 
          HE  THE POLICE KNOW HIM WELL AND IT, IT IS EXPENSIVE TO HAVE PEOPLE UNHOUSED, RIGHT? IT UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UM, AMOUNTS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT COSTS TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT ON THE STREET. 
          BUT IT'S BETWEEN 30 AND $50,000 A YEAR. 
          SO AN AVERAGE REALLY OF 40 TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUTSIDE AND BEING UNHOUSED BY THE TIME YOU PAY THE POLICE TIME, THE EMERGENCY ROOMS, ALL THE MEDICAL CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS TO GO DO A CLEANUP. 
          THEY START LOOKING AT ALL THOSE EXPENSES AND IT'S, THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. 
          AND I THINK, WOW, IF EVERY CITY WOULD GET $40,000 EACH ONE THEY'D HAVE LIVING UNHOUSED, WOULDN'T THAT BE AN AMAZING THING FOR US? OUR COUNTRY WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL ANYMORE. 
          THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          SO PEOPLE SAY, WELL WHAT DO YOU DO IN METROCREST? 'CAUSE YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREETS AND WE STILL SEE PEOPLE AND WE SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 
          AND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH SAY, WELL WE'RE COMING UP FROM DALLAS 'CAUSE IT'S SAFER HERE AND PEOPLE ARE NICER. 
          AND THERE ARE PROBABLY IS SOME TRUTH TO THAT. 
          BUT I THINK THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. 
          UM, YOU SAW THEM, IF IT'S SOMEBODY PUSHING THE CAR, 'CAUSE THOSE CHRONIC FOLKS LIKE THAT ARE REALLY EASY TO SPOT 'CAUSE THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR STUFF ON A CART AND THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK. 
          PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS, WHO ARE UNHOUSED ARE NOT EASY TO SEE. 
          UM, YOUTH ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CONCERN COUCH SURFING OR FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST GOING FROM ONE FAMILY TO ANOTHER, WHICH WE CALL COUCH SURFING ARE REALLY DIFFICULT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THEM OUT ON THE STREET. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH LIKE STREETSIDE SHOWER PARTNERSHIP AND WITH, UH, WORKING WITH CHURCHES AND WORKING WITH, UH, REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HERE IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO FIND PEOPLE THAT WE NEVER KNEW WERE OUT THERE. 
          THAT IS, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY HOMELESS, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IF YOU SAW THEM. 
          SO THAT THE PURPOSE IS TO FIND HIM AND TO SEE WHAT WHAT 
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CAN WE DO TO HELP. 
          UM, SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT, UH, HOMELESSNESS IS ALL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE, RIGHT? AND, AND HOMELESSNESS, REALLY ABOUT 30% OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE EXPERIENCE SEVERE AND CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH AND ABOUT 30% WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 
          AND THERE'S ABOUT 50% OF THAT BUCKET THAT HAVE A CO-OCCURRENCE, MEANING I'M GONNA USE SUBSTANCES 'CAUSE MY MENTAL HEALTH IS REALLY PUTTING THIS A STRAIN ON ME. 
          AND IF I USE, THEN I DON'T HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH STUFF, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY IT JUST WORKS HAND IN HAND AND DOESN'T SOLVE ITSELF VERY WELL. 
          THE REST OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE STREET ARE NOT THAT. 
          UM, AND EVEN A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH NOW THAT ARE, UH, HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ONCE THEY START, UM, DEALING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THEY'RE EMPLOYABLE. 
          UM, THEY CAN MAINTAIN A HOUSEHOLD. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR WAS MENTAL CARE SERVICES. 
          SO WE HAVE AN EASIER WAY TO GET FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE MINE TO COME IN AND UM, BE ASSESSED BY A PSYCHIATRIST VIRTUALLY AND GET ON MEDICATION. 
          BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET ON MEDICATION, YOU START STABILIZING, LIFE LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH AGENCIES WHO CAN HELP PEOPLE GET INTO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS. BECAUSE ONCE PEOPLE AREN'T DEALING WITH BATTLING OF ADDICTIONS ANYMORE, IT'S AMAZING THE KINDS OF CHOICES THAT CAN MAKE, THEY CAN MAKE AND THEY ARE EMPLOYABLE, UM, AND THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR STABILITY. 
          SO THE, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING OUT THERE. 
          AND I KNOW SOMETIMES LIKE, OH, METROCREST, YOU HAVE HOUSING, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE NEED PARTNERS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY UM, WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH HOUSING BOARD AND THE OTHER FOLKS WHO DO SPECIALIZED THINGS WITH, WITH UM, HOUSING AND WITH SHOWERS, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO HOUSING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE RAPID REHOUSING, WE DON'T HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          THOSE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT EVER APPLIED FOR. 
          UM, BUT WE WORK WITH THE PROGRAMS AND THE AGENCIES THAT DO. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT GETS HOUSED, THEY'LL GO TO ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND WE WORK WITH THAT AGENCY THEN TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND INTO HOUSING. 
          AND TRACY ALWAYS SAYS, IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD TRACY EVENTS TALK TO, THAT SAYS THE METRO PRESS WAY, WHICH KIND OF MAKES ME SHAKE MY HEAD. 
          BUT WE STAY WITH OUR FOLKS FOR A WHILE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING OKAY AND THAT THEY'RE STABILIZED 'CAUSE THEY'RE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE HOUSING HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY 40 AND 50 YEARS. 
          WE HAVE TWO GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY 40 YEARS AND THEY'RE BOTH UNHOUSED, NOT MENTALLY ILL, NOT HAVING ADDICTION, UH, ADDICTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. BUT WHAT PEOPLE OFTENTIMES DON'T REALIZE IS THAT PEOPLE FROM THAT ARE LIVING IN DAILY INSTABILITY HAVE AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'S HOW THEY BECOME HOMELESS. 
          THEY DIDN'T WAKE UP ONE DAY AND DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR, THEIR THEIR HOME OR THEY'RE GONNA QUIT WORKING. 
          BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE MYTH IS THAT PEOPLE JUST NEED TO GET A JOB OR, UM, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE CHOOSING TO BE OUTSIDE. 
          BUT IF YOU LIVE FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH YOUR CHILD, UM, OR YOU MISS SOME PAYCHECKS BECAUSE YOU WERE SICK YOURSELF, YOU END UP OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN'T GET YOURSELF BACK TO MAKING THE RENT. 
          AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW METRO CREST EXISTS OR THEY LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT HOMELESSNESS REALLY COMES FROM DAILY INSTABILITY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE SO MUCH SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVEN IN DALLAS, COLLIN COUNTY, THAT UM, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN CARS THAT WORK AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE RENT. 
          SO OUR WHOLE THING IS TO FIND 'EM WHERE THEY ARE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. 
          SO WHAT SHE WAS, WHAT, UM, RAY WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN RESPOND, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THE TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS DIVERSION AND OUTREACH. 
          AND SINCE UH, THE YEAR STARTED, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DIVERTED ABOUT 25 PEOPLE OUT OF HERE, WHICH IS A LOT FOR A LITTLE TINY AGENCY LIKE OURS. 
          BUT REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S OUR FIRST THING THAT WE GO TO. 
          DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND STAY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE BUT I GOT SOMEBODY IN MEMPHIS. 
          YOU MIGHT JUST SAY THAT, BUT IT, IT'S RELATIONSHIPS. 
          IT'S THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND THEN PRETTY SOON THEY START SHARING THINGS AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH WAIT A SECOND. 
          I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THIS. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET YOU THERE? SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO BEEF UP MORE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND MORE OF THAT WORK TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT OF HERE? BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY HOUSING UNITS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY SHELTER BEDS. 
          BUT IF WE GET, WE START PUTTING HUMANITY BACK IN, IN HOMELESSNESS AND WE GET COMMUNITIES INVOLVED AND WE GET, UM, MORE COMMUNITY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN STARTING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GET OUT A STATE OF HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THOSE SYSTEMS. 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT THAT'S THEIR ONLY OPTION. 
          THERE ARE NO PEOPLE, THERE IS NO WORKING YOUR WAY OUT OF IT. 
          THERE IS NO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          LET'S GET YOU AND YOU CAN BECOME 
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HOUSED. 
          WE, SO WE NEED THAT SYSTEM. 
          BUT FOR THOSE OTHER FOLKS, HOW CAN WE CREATIVELY COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO HELP THEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING NOW WITH, UM, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SET ON, UM, THE HOMELESS RESOURCES, UM, ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          'CAUSE WE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO ON OUR AREA. 
          AND HOUSING CORPS HAS BEEN REALLY KIND TO WORK WITH US AND SAY, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR AREA AND WE'LL KIND OF BUILD STUFF UP AROUND YOU. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE'VE, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WAS GONE TO THE MEETINGS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO OUTREACH ALL OVER THIS METROPLEX IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SAME PEOPLE, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          SO THIS IS MY TERRITORY, THIS IS YOUR TERRITORY AND WE ALL WORK ON THEM TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE AND BETTER COVERAGE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S IN DALLAS AND PALM COUNTIES. 
          UM, SO SARAH WANTED ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS IN PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT YOUR POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE NICEST, KINDEST POLICE FORCES THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          THEY'RE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE. 
          SOMETIMES THEY'RE TOO NICE . 
          AND, UM, MY VISIT IS TO SAY, OH GOOD PEOPLE IN MOTEL THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT CURSE. 
          BUT WHAT A NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHO'S OUT DOWN IN THE STREETS WHO ARE STRUGGLING. 
          AND THEY'LL TEXT. 
          SOMETIMES I'LL GET A TEXT AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S PROBABLY SOMEBODY FROM MADISON. 
          OH, IN THE MORNING. 
          BUT OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE RAN INTO THIS WOMAN AND HER TWO KIDS AND SHE'S  AND HER CAR DOESN'T WORK. 
          CAN YOU CHECK ON HER? YEP, WE'LL GO OUT. 
          AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE ALL GET IN, WE GO OUT AND CHECK ON 'EM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM. 
          AND, AND NOW THAT SARAH'S HERE, IT'S BEEN A REALLY NICE RELATIONSHIP TO SAY, SARAH, THIS IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM LOSING THAT COMMUNICATION LOOP ALL THE TIME. 
          SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE MAKE IT MORE OF A FORMALIZED THING. 
          'CAUSE REALLY IT'S BEEN, UH, MY FRIEND BOBBY PATCHETT WHO IS JUST A VOLUNTEER BUT WHO WORKED OUR CALLING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND, AND ME. 
          SO I THINK DIFFERENT OFFICERS HAVE DIFFERENT ONES OF OUR CELL PHONES. 
          SO BOBBY WILL SEND ME A MESSAGE AND IT'S NOT HIS VOLUNTEER DAY. 
          HE'LL SAY, COME OUT, I GOT THIS PERSON HERE. 
          I'M LIKE, OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          SO WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE FORMALIZE SOME OF THAT PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY JUST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STREETS HERE. 
          AND UM, THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO SERVE PEOPLE MORE WITH, UH, JUST THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND WE'RE DOING MORE EDUCATION WITH FOLKS BECAUSE AS YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, PEOPLE START QUESTIONING MORE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOMELESSNESS IS GOING OUT? 'CAUSE I'M SEEING ALL THESE PEOPLE LIKE, WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM AND HOW EASY OR NOT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING TO, TO UH, PUT THE EFFORT INTO THAT. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE DID A WHAT A SMALL LITTLE TRAINING WITH POLICE. 
          I THINK A LONG TIME. 
          WE WERE RIGHT AFTER I STARTED WITH PAUL. 
          UM, AND WE DID A, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR IN THE FALL WITH THE COMMUNITY IN ADD IN, UM, ADDISON. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN IN MAY. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WHOLE BIG COMPLICATED THING BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND? 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE ME GOING TO AN ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE, I WOULDN'T KNOW ONE THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONCEPT YOU HAVE IT ALL WORDS MEAN NOTHING. 
          UM, AND SO PEOPLE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT MORE BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT, THE LESS JUDGMENTAL THEY ARE AND SAY, JUST GET 'EM OUT OF HERE. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU JUST GET 'EM OUT OF HERE, GUESS WHAT? THEY JUST COME BACK. 
          PEOPLE ARE GONNA STAY WHERE THEY BECOME HOMELESS MANY, MANY TIMES AND PEOPLE THINK THAT, OH, THEY'RE GONNA GO BE A REALLY GOOD HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          WELL HOUSTON, TEXAS HAS ONE OF THE BEST HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY TOO. 
          AND NO ONE IS ASKING FOR BUS TICKETS TO GET THERE FOR HELP. 
          THEY JUST AREN'T. 
          BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE MEET THAT ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS ASTOUNDING. 
          AND I THINK WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE HOW TO HELP THEM. 
          UM, OR THEY'LL, THERE'S THE STAY AND THEY'LL JUST FIND NEW CREATIVE WAYS TO HIDE BECAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE US FAMILIAR. 
          UM, AND THAT TOO WAS A REALLY INTERESTING THING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOCAL OR THINK, OH, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN THAT DON'T BELONG HERE. 
          AND THERE'S A CONNECTION OFTENTIMES, SOMETIMES. 
          SO THAT'S MY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE VERY BRIEF 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ONLY HAVE LIKE SEVEN MINUTES . 
          SO I'M GONNA GIVE SARAH, AND I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP HERE QUICKLY AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MELANIE OR RAY. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO SHARE WHAT TO STAFF IS WORKING ON AND DOING THE STRENGTH IN OUR OVERALL RESPONSE. 
          UM, SO AS MENTIONED, WE'VE RECENTLY JOINED THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION. 
          SO WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT GIVES US SOME ACCESS, INSIGHT AND ALSO INPUT INTO THE LARGER STRATEGIES. 
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UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CITIES AND ENTITIES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE'VE STARTED TO FORM SOME CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEIR OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ALONG OUR SHARED BORDERS, WE CAN WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEIR STAFF. 
          UM, OR AS MELANIE MENTIONED, I'M GONNA BE IMPROVING OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING ON THAT IN TERMS OF STREET OUTREACH. 
          SO HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FOR COORDINATION WHEN OUR CITY PERSONNEL OR POLICE OFFICER MAY ENCOUNTER SOMEONE IN NEED. 
          HOW DO WE GIVE THAT TO THEM MOST EFFECTIVELY? UM, WE'VE ALSO FORMED AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM INTERNALLY TO IMPROVE SOME OF OUR INTERNAL COORDINATION, UM, FOLLOW THE DEPARTMENTS HERE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE IF WE HAD TO ADDRESS AN ENCAMPMENT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT IN PLACE NOW IN CASE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          AND REALLY WITH A FOCUS ON NOTIFICATION TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT CLEARLY SET UP THE TIMEFRAMES, WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING. 
          AND ALSO PAIRING THAT WITH MELANIE'S TEAM WITH STREET OUTREACH, UM, SO THAT THOSE, ANY INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONNECTED TO SHELTER, TO RESOURCES, TO DIVERSION, TO, UM, WHAT OTHER, UH, RESOURCES MAY EXIST FOR 'EM. 
          UM, SO WE'RE COMING UP WITH THAT NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, MELANIE HAS ALSO MENTIONED THIS, BUT INCREASING OUR COMMUNITY ED EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. 
          SO WE HAVE CREATED A PAGE ON OUR TOWN WEBSITE THAT'S LISTED THERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO SCHEDULED ANOTHER, UM, COMMUNITY EDUCATION SEMINAR ON HOMELESSNESS ON MONDAY, MAY 13TH AT 6:30 PM HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER. 
          UM, BOTH HOUSING FORWARD AND METRO PRESS SERVICES WILL BE THERE AND DOING A PRESENTATION. 
          THERE'LL BE Q AND A AT THE END FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SEND THAT. 
          THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND I KNOW MELANIE NEED AS WELL, I JUST HAVE ONE HOPEFULLY QUICK QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU PUT A NUMBER TO IT? I MEAN, IN, IN ADDISON HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM? I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER. 
          IT, IT'S HARD TO HAVE A NUMBER BECAUSE, UM, FOLKS EXPERIENCE ARE SO TRANSIENT. 
          SO IF I SAID, WELL, THERE ARE 75 PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T HEAR LIMITED ON THE STREET, BUT TOMORROW IT MIGHT BE 57, UM, AND THIS WEEKEND IT MIGHT BE NINE TWO BECAUSE THEY SHIFT AND MOVE SO MUCH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, IN CAMP LOOKS DIFFERENTLY AND THE PEOPLE DOUBLE UP IN MOTELS ARE ALSO LOOK DIFFERENT. 
          SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN MOTEL ROOMS AND AT IN ADDISON. 
          THAT'S AN EASY ONE BECAUSE WE GO TO THOSE MOTELS AND WE, AND WE ROUGHLY KNOW HOW MANY EACH ONE'S SERVING AND HOW LONG THEY LET THEM STAY. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF OUR WORKING FOR WHO LIVE IN THEIR CARS ARE STAYING IN THOSE MOTEL PARKING LOTS AND THEY'RE HARDER TO FIND, UM, THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH OR ON TOP OF NTTA PROPERTIES WE CAN'T TOUCH. 
          AND THAT'S THE, THE, UM, SOPS THAT SARAH, I, I'VE BEEN ON ALL THOSE CALLS WITH ALL THE CITIES TOO. 
          AND THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE NEED WITH OFFICE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, N NT TA TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FOLKS. 
          SO EVEN THAT MAKES THE NUMBER LOOK DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, WE PROBABLY GET THREE OR FOUR MAYBE CALLS AND MAYBE FROM PEOPLE IN SPECIFICALLY IN ADDISON, BUT OUR TEAM GOES OUT, UM, THREE TIMES A WEEK, JUST COME IN THE AREA AND VISITING PEOPLE. 
          SO IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT IT'S BEST TO GO. 
          IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          I CAN ADD, WE GOT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS A ONE DAY COUNT, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE, WE'LL BE GETTING THE RESULTS OF THOSE NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, BUT I CAN FIND OUT IF ON THAT SPECIFIC NIGHT, AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE USE IT FOR TRENDS. 
          WE DON'T USE IT, YOU KNOW, FOR JUST THAT PHONE NUMBER. 
          IF, UM, THERE WAS ANYONE COUNTED IN ADDISON AS, UM, WE, BUT I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU IT'S THE LEGAL HU DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO IF THEY'RE STAYING IN A HOTEL, THINGS LIKE THOSE PEOPLE DON'T GET COUNTED. 
          IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY IF THEY'RE IN ONE OF THE SHELTERS OR STAYING OUTSIDE. 
          SO, MARLON, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU, YOU COUNTED THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          SO HAVE YOU GUYS RUN ANYONE AS IN THAT COUNT? YEAH, WE DID. 
          UM, SO I'VE DONE IT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND OUTSIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THAT WE, YOU CAN SEE AND COUNT MAYBE SIX AND I'M GUESSING WE MISSED FOUR. 
          BUT THE BIG, THE BIG NUMBER LIKE SHE ALLUDED TO IS THE ONES THAT ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES AND, UM, HOTELS. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD AND THEN 
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JUST KIND OF ALLUDED TO BECAUSE OF OUR BORDERS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S IN ADDISON BORDERS AND WHAT'S JUST ACROSS THE STREET MM-HMM . 
          SO I THINK TAKING THIS REGIONAL APPROACH AND WORKING WITH THESE AGENCIES AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TAKING THIS IN, I WANT TO COMMEND SARAH AS SHE'S JUST JUMPED IN AND TAKEN THIS, TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS US TAKING THIS APPROACH ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT HITS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO COMING UP WITH THOSE PROCEDURES SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT, AND THEN WORKING EXTERNALLY CONVERSATIONS WITH DALLAS HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND HAVING THOSE SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING WE CAN REACT TO IT IN THE PROPER WAY. 
          AND THAT OUR STAFF ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION WHO DON'T DO THIS EVERY DAY, THEY KNOW HERE'S THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE, HAS BEEN A BIG STEP FORWARD AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. 
          WELL, I THINK YOU AND STAFF SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR LOOKING AT IT FROM A, A PERSPECTIVE OF LET'S TRY TO BE ACTIVE AND, AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AS OPPOSED TO, UH, WAITING TILL THERE'S AN ISSUE. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING PROACTIVE IN ALL THIS OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I, I KIND OF HAVE A BIG PICTURE QUESTION AND, AND MELANIE AND RAY, THANKS FOR THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          AMAZING. 
          THANKS FOR COMING HERE AND PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT. 
          THIS, AND, AND IT IS NICE TO SEE YOUR GRAPH WITH THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN. 
          ANECDOTALLY, I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE IT. 
          TO YOUR POINT, UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S UNSOLVABLE AND HOW, I GUESS PART OF IT IS HOW DO YOU HAVE HOPE DURING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND, AND IS THERE A SOLUTION? BECAUSE, 'CAUSE AS WE LEARNED THIS MORNING, $22 AN HOUR IS THE LIVING WAGE FOR SOMEBODY, FOR A SINGLE PERSON IN DALLAS COUNTY. 
          HOW DO YOU GET THAT? HOW DO YOU GET A PERSON AND ALL THESE PEOPLE, MANY OF THESE PEOPLE FROM LIVING IN THEIR CAR OR ON THE STREET TO WHERE THEY CAN EVEN GET A JOB, MUCH LESS A JOB THAT PAYS $22 AN HOUR OR MORE. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? I DON'T, MAYBE MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN A NATURAL QUESTION, BUT IT JUST, JUST WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHENEVER I SEE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING ON THIS AND IT'S GREAT WORK, UM, IT JUST SEEMS FORMIDABLE. 
          WELL, YOU BECOME A SOCIAL WORKER AND YOU GET GRAY HAIR BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          THAT'S THE START. 
          NO, I, SO IT, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS IN THEIR OWN UNIT, RIGHT? AND, AND SO YOU SEE THESE MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE THAT THERE'S REALLY INDESCRIBABLE. 
          UM, WHEN YOU PUT SOMEONE IN A HOUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN ONE 13 YEARS AND YOU GIVE A TRASH CAN THAT YOU GOT FROM WALMART AND THE NEXT FOUR TIMES YOU HAVE VISITED, HE GOES, I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 
          AND HE GOES OVER AND HE PUSHES, PUTS HIS FOOT DOWN ON THE PILL AND THE TRASH CAN COMES UP AND IT IS YOUR AGE. 
          IT ABOUT TAKES THE WINDOW DOWN YET AND YOU THINK, WHY IS THAT $8 TRASH CAN FROM WALMART'S SUCH A BIG THING, BUT IT'S BECAUSE HE'S NEVER, HE HASN'T HAD ONE IN 13 YEARS. 
          SO YOU TAKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE AND THAT'S A WIN. 
          SO THE NEXT PERSON THAT YOU SEE, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED AND HOW DO WE GET YOU THERE? AND I, YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR OWN VALUES OUT OF IT, RIGHT? I HAVE TO TAKE MY OWN VALUES OUT ABOUT WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NORM, WHAT, HOW IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN THEIR SHOES. 
          SO THE SMALLEST THINGS FOR THEM MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THEN YOU START SEEING THEM AS HUMANS AGAIN AND NOT, UM, AND, AND NOT ANIMALS WHO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THEM AND THEY'RE DIRTY AND THEY'RE DISHEVELED AND THEY'RE ANGRY AND THEY'RE DISTRAUGHT AND THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE AROUND. 
          THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THE MORE YOU SEE THAT AND YOU HAVE START HAVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, THE MORE HUMAN THEY COME LIKE, WAIT A SECOND. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING SYSTEM THAT'S BROKEN, A CRIMINAL, UM, JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT'S BROKEN. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMICS WITH JOBS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, NO UNITS. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS IT 40? NO, IT'S SEVEN. 
          IS IT 7 MILLION? WE'RE LACKING 7 MILLION FORMAL HOUSING UNITS IN THIS COUNTRY WITH 7 MILLION. 
          AND IT USED TO BE THAT IT USED TO BE 2200 IN DALLAS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE ANYMORE, BUT WE WERE LACKING, THAT WAS YEARS AGO. 
          UM, SO YOU SAID, WHAT AM I DOING? BECAUSE I CAN'T FIX ALL THOSE SYSTEMS. SO YOU GET REALLY CREATIVE AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE VIRGIN, THAT THAT IS THE CHEAPEST WAY YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY BACK TO HAVING HELP. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LIVING DAILY AND STABILITY YOUR UM, VALUES AND HOW YOU LIVE LOOKS REALLY DIFFERENT FROM LIFE. 
          'CAUSE I, BY THE GRACE OF GOD NEVER HAD TO LIVE LIKE THAT. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY, BUT WE HAD ALL THESE OTHER RESOURCES. 
          SO YOU NEED TO SIT UNDER RAPPORT SO IT'S PERSPECTIVE AND YOU TAKE EVERY 
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WING THAT YOU GOT, YOU GO, THIS IS AWESOME AND YOU HANG ON TO IT BECAUSE THE NEXT 10, BUT AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE WHAT I CAN MOVING FORWARD AND THEY SAID NO, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          IT IS I, BUT I HAVE A JOB TO DO AND THAT IS DO EVERY SINGLE THING I CAN AND THEN CONNECT WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS SKILLS BETTER THAN I DO TO GET THEM THERE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU SAY NO, THAT'S ON YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT ISN'T ABOUT PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S, IT IS VERY RELATIVE AND YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE AND UH, WE WENT TO THE METRO CREST KEY HOLDER BREAKFAST AND UH, WE, AND WE WERE IN THE TIME, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT A PARTICULAR EXTENDED STATE HOTEL THAT WE WEREN'T IN LOVE WITH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT SITUATION BECAUSE WE SAW IT AS VERY MUCH A NEGATIVE. 
          BUT THE, THE CLIENT THAT SPOKE TO THE CROWD THAT DAY WAS A LOVELY YOUNG LADY THAT, UH, UM, TOLD US HER STORY AND THAT SHE WAS LIVING IN AN EXTENDED STATE AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE BECAUSE SHE, THAT GOT HER OUT OF LIVING IN HER CAR. 
          THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THAT ROOM AS WE ALL IT HAD HUMANIZED HER SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY. 
          SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. 
          THANKS FOR COMING HERE AND THANK YOU SARAH. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? NO, THAT SIR. 
          THANK YOU ALLALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX 
          [b.  Present and discuss the proposed adoption of the 2024 edition of the International codes and the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code.]
B DON. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2024 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODES AND THE 2023 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. 
          HELLO, LESLIE. 
          HI, LESLIE KNIGHT, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          UM, SO THIS EVENING, UH, WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF OUR CORE GROUP OF, OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO WORKS WITH THEIR TEAMS TO ENFORCE THESE CODES EVERY DAY. 
          UM, THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU, WHICH IS THE, THE PROPOSED ADOPTION, UH, FROM THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODES, THE 2024. 
          UM, AND SO THEY, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM AS WELL TO, UH, REVIEW THE, THE CODES AND ADDRESS LOCAL AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, SO WITH ME HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, SHARE THESE, WE HAVE DALE JACKSON, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, AND AS WELL WE ALSO HAVE, UM, CRAIG CALHOUN, OUR ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FIRE MARSHALS, ALSO AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, OMAR RANDA, OUR CODE, UH, COMPLIANCE MANAGER AND OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, KEVIN MARTIN JOINING US AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, DALE, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO YOU. 
          LET ME KNOW IF I'M NOT TALKING LOUD ENOUGH. 
          UM, SOMETIMES I DON'T DO TOO GOOD. 
          . 
          SO BUILDING CODES, WHICH INCLUDE THE BUILDING, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FUEL, GAS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, AND FIRE CODES WERE CREATED TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF PERSONS WITHIN OR AROUND BUILDINGS. 
          ALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODES ARE WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, WHILE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE IS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. 
          THESE CODES ARE ADOPTED, UH, EVERY THREE YEARS AND ARE, AND HAVE BEEN ADOPTED VIRTUALLY BY EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          CODES ALLOW FOR NEWER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WHEN THESE NEWER CODES ARE BROUGHT OUT EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          AND IN THOSE, IN THOSE UPDATES, THOSE, UM, ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP REGARDING BUILDING SAFETY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS NEW CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. 
          LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CUBS ARE OFTEN ADOPTED BY CITIES TO ADDRESS UNIQUE ISSUES AND STANDARDS THAT EXIST IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          STAFF IS PROPOSING TO UPDATE ALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODES FROM THE 2018 EDITION TO THE 2024 EDITION AND UPDATE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE FROM THE 2017 EDITION TO THE 2023 EDITION. 
          THE 2023 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ADOPTION OF THIS CODE WILL ALLOW FOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN WHAT ADDISON HAS ADOPTED AND WHAT EXISTS TODAY WITH THE STATE. 
          THIS 
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PROPOSAL WILL BRING THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO THE MOST CURRENTLY PUBLISHED CODES AND ALLOW US TO OBTAIN FULL CREDIT FROM THE INSURANCE, ER, INSURANCE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OR ISO FOR THE CODES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED, ISO DOES REDUCE CREDITS WHENEVER YOU ARE MORE THAN TWO CODE CYCLES BEHIND OR MORE THAN ONE CODE CYCLE BEHIND YOU. 
          AND CURRENTLY WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE 24 CODES, WE'RE CURRENTLY TWO CODE CYCLES BEHIND YOU, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN OUR ISO RATING RECONSIDERED. 
          MANY OF OUR LOCAL AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE BLANK AREAS OF THE CODE THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE FILLED OUT BY INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS THE NAME OF THE CITY. 
          SOME SECTIONS ARE BLANK BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHIC OR ACTIVE NEEDS THAT SHOULD BE APPLIED TO THAT SPECIFIC CITY BASED ON CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY. 
          HOWEVER, ONE OF THE LONGER AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE INVOLVES OUR BOARD OF APPEALS, THAT THE AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS IS INCLUDED IN EACH OF THE CUBS AND IS MEANT TO COMPLY WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE ADDISON BOARD OF APPEALS STAFF HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND STICK WITH BASE CODE AS WRITTEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL C COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. 
          FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES AND INDICATE IF THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS AN EXISTING LOCAL AMENDMENT, REMOVAL OF A LOCAL AMENDMENT OR A PROPOSED. 
          THE FIRST CODE WE'LL GET INTO IS THE BUILDING CODE. 
          THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS WE MAINTAIN AN EXISTING AMENDMENT REGARDING PERMIT FEES AND . 
          NUMBER TWO, MAINTAIN EXISTING AMENDMENTS FOR FIRE SPRINKLER REGULATIONS. 
          THREE, WE REMOVED EXISTING LOCAL AMENDMENT THAT REDUCED THE DEFINITION OF A HIGH RISE BUILDING FROM 75 FEET TO 55. 
          MANY CITIES IN THE AREA DON'T HAVE ACTUAL LADDER TRUCKS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY TO REACH HIGHER BUILDINGS. 
          ADDISON DOESN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM, SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO DO AWAY WITH THE  AMENDMENT AND GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CODE REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD RESET THE DEFINITION OF HIGHRISE BUILDINGS TO 70 5G. 
          AND THEN FOUR, CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM STAFF IS PROPOSING TO REDUCE THOSE HOURS TO 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND WE WOULD ALSO PROPOSE AN EXCEPTION TO THAT REQUIREMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK WHERE IT DID NOT EXCEED 65 DECIBELS AND FOUND, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE HIGHRISE BUILDINGS WHERE WORK WAS BEING DONE TOTALLY WITHIN THE HIGHRISE BUILDING AND NO ONE WAS GOING TO HEAR THAT WORK ANYWAY. 
          IT WOULD BE EXEMPT. 
          THE NEXT, UH, CODE IS THE RESIDENTIAL CODE NUMBER ONE. 
          WE HAVE A FILL IN THE BLANK SECTION AND IT'S TABLE THREE ON 1.2, WHICH IS BASED ON CLIMACTIC AND GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS. 
          TWO, WE MAINTAIN THE EXISTING AMENDMENTS THAT REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT OCCUPANCY TO BE ISSUED FOR ONE TO TWO FAMILY  AND TOWNHOUSES. 
          THIS IS A, A LOCAL AMENDMENT THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY CITY HAS IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          THREE. 
          WE ADDED NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING GAS PIPING TESTING. 
          THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, AND THEY PROVIDE FOR BETTER TESTING PROCEDURES FOR GAS PIPING, OR WE MAINTAINED AN EXISTING AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES PERMANENT LADDERS, CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING 300 POUNDS WHEN WATER HEATERS AND HVAC EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN AN ATTIC. 
          AND THEN FIVE, THE ADDED A NEW AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE HABITABLE SPACES TO BE COOLED JUST AT LEAST 78 DEGREES. 
          BASE CODE ONLY REQUIRES HEATING AND NO COOLING, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO ENFORCE COOLING STANDARDS WHEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS REGARDING RENTAL PROPERTIES WHERE HVAC EQUIPS NOT FUNCTION. 
          THE NEXT SET OF CODES 
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THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT ARE THE AMENDMENTS TO MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, FUEL, GAS, AND SWIMMING POOL CODES. 
          AND JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO ABOUT IN THE RESIDENTIAL CODE, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO KEEP THE EXISTING AMENDMENTS IN THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND THE FUEL GAS CODES REQUIRING, UH, PERMANENT LADDERS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING 300 POUNDS WHERE A WATER HEATER OR HVAC EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN . 
          IN THE PLUMBING CODE STAFF IS PROPOSING TO KEEP AN EXISTING FILL IN THE BLANK AMENDMENT REGARDING MINIMUM DEPTH REQUIREMENTS FOR SEWER LINES, WHICH WOULD BE 12 INCHES. 
          AND THEN IN THE FUEL GAS CODE STAFF IS RECOMMENDED THE SAME AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED AND THE RESIDENTIAL CODE REGARDING TESTING PROCEDURES FOR GAS PIPE. 
          AND THE LAST THESE CODES IS THE SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE STAFF IS RECOMMENDED SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE SOLVE, CONFLICTS THAT EXIST BETWEEN THAT CODE AND THE STATE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. 
          NEXT CODE IS THE FIRE CODE, AND WITH THE FIRE CODE STAFF HAS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF LOCAL AMENDMENTS. 
          PREVIOUSLY, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 PAGES OF LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND STAFF IS PROPOSING THIS TO BE REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 14 PAGES. 
          THE BIGGEST AMENDMENT IS AN EXISTING LOCAL AMENDMENT REGARDING FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. 
          AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, ADDISON HAS HAD AN ORDINANCE FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. 
          IT REQUIRES AUTOMATIC FIRE, FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS TO BE LOCATED WITH VIRTUALLY ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN THE TOWN. 
          AND STAFF IS PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THIS. 
          AND AS WITH THE BUILDING CODE, STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE REMOVE THE LOCAL AMENDMENT THAT REDUCES THE DEFINITION OF A HIGHRISE BUILDING FROM 75 FEET TO 55 FEET. 
          AGAIN, THIS CHANGE WILL MEAN THAT THE BUILDING WILL BE FINE AS A HIGHRISE BUILDING ONLY EXCEED 75 FEET RIGHT AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. 
          THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE IS THE CODE THAT'S MAINLY USED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND STAFF, AS WELL AS LEGAL COUNSEL IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHANGE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF GRASS AND WEEDS FROM SIX INCHES TO 10 INCHES. 
          MOST OTHER AREA CITIES ALLOW FOR A 12 INCH GRASS HEIGHT, BUT WE WOULD STILL BE LESSER THAN WHAT MOST OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE. 
          JUST AS WITH THE RESIDENTIAL CODE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A NEW AMENDMENT REQUIRING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN HOMES, AIR CONDITIONING MUST BE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES. 
          AND ANOTHER, UH, PARALLEL WITH THE BUILDING CODE STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS TO BE REDUCED FROM SEVEN EIGHT 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM TO 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND ALLOWING FOR AN EXCEPTION WHEN WORK DOES NOT EXCEED SIX FIVE DECIBELS AND ALLOW THIS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE SOUND OF THE NORMAL CONVERSATION. 
          THE LAST AMENDMENT WOULD BE, UH, WOULD REQUIRE LAWN AREAS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% GROUND COVERAGE. 
          AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE ARTIFICIAL TERM FOR ASTRO TERM. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE 50% COVERAGE. 
          THE LAST CODE, UH, THE LAST CODE, SORRY, THE LAST CODE THAT WE'LL DISCUSS TONIGHT IS THE ENERGY CODE. 
          UH, THE ENERGY CODE IS THE ONE CODE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT DOES NOT RELATE TO BUILDING SAFETY. 
          IT ONLY EXISTS TO REDUCE ENERGY COSTS. 
          AND THE REASON THE ENERGY CODE WAS ADOPTED IS BECAUSE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MANDATED THAT CITIES ADOPT AND ENFORCE THE ENERGY CODE. 
          SO THE 2024 EDITION OF THE ENERGY CODE HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED, AND ONCE IT IS PUBLISHED, IT DOES HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY, WHICH IS A DIVISION OF A AND MA AND M HAS TO COMPLETE THEIR REVIEW, SUBMIT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE. 
          WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN ANYTIME BEFORE SEPTEMBER. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT ONCE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE DONE, THAT WE WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING AND THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. 
          NEXT STEPS ORDINANCES ADOPTED ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDED CODES AND THE PROPOSED LOCAL AMENDMENT AMENDMENTS ARE ON THIS EVENING'S CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOUR 
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CONSIDERATION. 
          AND AS WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR IN THE FUTURE, STAFF DOES INTEND TO BRING CODES TO THE COUNCIL SOON AFTER PUBLICATION. 
          THOSE CODES ARE PUBLISHED EVERY THREE YEARS, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. 
          SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING THIS APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE GOT TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ON PAGE FIVE OF YOUR SLIDE, YOU REFER TO BOARD OF APPEALS. 
          IS THAT THE SAME AS THAT BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT? YES, SIR. 
          UH, THE, THE WAY THAT OUR CODE IS WRITTEN IS THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALSO SERVE AS ONE IN THE SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WAS TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION HOURS AND IT WAS SEVEN 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM YES, SIR. 
          UH, IS THAT NOT, NOT ON SUNDAY, IS IT MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BUT NOT ON SUNDAY? OR IS IT EVERY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? WE DID NOT LIMIT IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. 
          SUNDAYS, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S NOT REALLY LISTED ANY DAYS. 
          RIGHT NOW IT'S 7:00 AM CAN MONDAY ROOF. 
          SO CONS, CONSTRUCTION CAN HAPPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK STARTING AT 7:00 AM IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? , YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UNTIL THIS CHANGE? YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF THIS CHANGE DOES OCCUR, THEN IT, THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO 8:00 PM OKAY. 
          WHICH WE FELT SOME MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN MIGHT APPRECIATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          , I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IS THERE A REASON WHY WE SKIPPED A CYCLE OF CODE LAST TIME? I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. 
          I, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          CURIOUS, QUICK QUESTION ON, UM, WHICH MADE ME LAUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRASS HEIGHT, SORT OF IN CONJUNCTION OTHER CITIES. 
          IS THERE ANY CODE WITH REGARDS TO TREES? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN ADDISON ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH TREES IN THE PASSED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T KEPT UP. 
          IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEARANCES ON THE ROADWAYS AND HEALTH, THE HEALTH OF A TREE. 
          OH, THE HEALTH OF A TREE. 
          SO, UM, FOR HEALTH OF TREES, SO ARE YOU SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR OTHER BUSINESSES? BUSINESSES, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UM, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE LIKE MULTIFAMILY OR TOWN HOMES. 
          UH, WE DO RELY ON OUR LANDSCAPE COORDINATE, SO THAT WOULD BE A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE. 
          UM, SO WE WOULD JUST FOLLOW A PROCESS, UH, IN TERMS OF ISSUING A NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT YOU WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH, WHETHER IT'S YOUR APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN OR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND ASK THAT THOSE BE BROUGHT INTO, UH, INTO CODE. 
          UM, IT HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY AND UM, SOMETIMES IT'S MORE CHALLENGING TO GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, UM, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE FREQUENTLY HANDLE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          KIND OF AS A FOLLOW UP, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO GETS THIS QUESTION. 
          UM, ON THE GRASS AND WEEDS, WE'RE GOING FROM SIX, SIX INCHES TO 10, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A STATE REGULATION, BUT CAN'T WE KEEP SIX? SO IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY, UH, OUR LEGAL TEAM THAT WE CHANGE IT SO WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW. 
          UM, TECHNICALLY IF IT WOULD BE, WE ARE I GUESS IN VIOLATION TO ENFORCE THE SIX INCH REQUIREMENT AS IT CURRENT LEASE EXISTS. 
          SO COULD HAVE POTENTIAL LITIGATION IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANT TO GET SERIOUS. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS YES. 
          AND THEY WILL OVER HIGH GRASS, SOMEONE WANTS TO SERVE. 
          YES, VERY MUCH. 
          THAT IS A VERY GRASS, NOBODY LIKES THOSE TICKETS, SO WOULDN'T WE STILL BE IN VIOLATION AT 10 INCHES? YEAH, SO, SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT LEFT 10 INCHES WOULD BE THE, THE VIOLATION, THE STANDARD STANDARD NOW, UM, WHICH IS GENERALLY HOW WE OPERATE JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT, IT IS A VIOLATION TO PURSUE, UM, AT SIX INCHES CURRENTLY. 
          BUT IF THE STATE'S 12 AND WE'RE 10, WE'RE STILL IN VIOLATION OF THE STATE, NO STATE, 10 TO 10 THE STATE. 
          THERE ARE PLACES THAT HAVE 12 SIX, MOST OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES UTILIZE 12 INCHES. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT AT 10, BUT 10 IS THE, I GUESS, MINIMUM THAT THE STATE ALLOWS US TO REGULATE. 
          THE LAST FOLLOW UP ON THAT TREE QUESTION IS IF A BUSINESS FAILS MM-HMM, , THERE'S AN EXAMPLE ON BELTWAY AND MIDWAY WHERE THE TREE MATURE TREES HAVE FAILED. 
          ARE WE HOLDING THAT LANDLORD ACCOUNTABLE TO REPLACE THOSE TREES? UH, YES, WE ARE. 
          SO THERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, THROUGH A VARIETY OF METHODS, UM, TO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE LONG-WINDED ANSWER. 
          SO WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S UPCOMING REDEVELOPMENT, UH, TYPICALLY WE TRY TO 
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WRAP IT INTO THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, BUT IF IT, ESPECIALLY IN, IN INSTANCES WHERE A LOT, A LOT HAS SAID VACANT OR UN UNINHABITED FOR A WHILE, UH, WE DO AND WE ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO ENFORCE NICHE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THAT SAME CONDITION. 
          I WOULD JUST, I MEAN, UP AND DOWN BELT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST YEAR ON BELTLINE, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THOSE AND OMAR'S BEEN VERY BUSY, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE. 
          AND SO WE'VE REALLY TAKEN A, TAKEN A CONCERTED EFFORT DOING ALL, EVERY, ALL THE STEPS THAT LESLIE'S TAKEN, THEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF NOTICES AND, AND GOING FORWARD ON THAT PATH. 
          AND THAT'S, WE HAVE SEEN COMPLIANCE IN ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          EVERYTHING LESLIE SAID, BUT ALSO I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE WRAPPING IT INTO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AS, AS A KEY COMPONENT. 
          WE THERE USA IT IT IS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 
          WE'RE CONSIDERING TREE MITIGATION AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I KNOW THAT PART. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU LESLIE. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          LESLIE, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, STAFF'S EFFORT TO, UH, GET US, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS AND TO GET THESE UP TO SPEED AND OF COURSE, UH, ADDITION OF NEW AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GONNA HELP US, UH, MAINTAIN OUR ISO RATING, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, UNDER THE FUEL GAS CODE. 
          CAN ANYONE SPEAK TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE? WHAT'S THE NEW COMPONENT TO THAT? OR, OR IT ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR TESTING OF GAS PIPING SYSTEMS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF, OF MAKING SURE THOSE, UH, TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STAFF? IS THAT SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE? NO, IT, IT WON'T REQUIRE ANY TOOLS ON OUR PART. 
          THE MAIN, THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THAT IN THE PAST 25 YEARS AGO, THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THAT EXISTED WERE MERCURY GAUGES, SPRING GAUGES. 
          SPRING GAUGES WERE VERY, VERY, UH, INACTIVE. 
          AND SO TECHNOLOGY CAME UP AND THEY PRODUCED A DIAPHRAGM GAUGE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY MORE ACCURATE THAN THE BERKELEY GAME. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT MOST OF THE LARGER CITIES IN TEXAS ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, DID A SWITCH AND BEGAN REQUIRING DATA FOR GAUGES TO BE USED, LOWERED THE GAS PRESSURE FROM 10 P INSIDE TO THREE DS I, BUT REQUIRED MUCH MORE ACCURATE GAUGE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT DOES, THAT'S REASONABLE AND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE, THAT'S AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS THAT WE JUST NEED TO, UH, UH, UH, AMEND MAKE AN AMENDMENT FOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE ATTIC LADDERS? YES. 
          YES. 
          THAT'RE RATED FOR 300 POUNDS, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MOST OF THE HOMES AROUND HERE DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          THEY PROBABLY HAVE THAT WOODEN LADDER THAT I THINK THEY'RE RATED FOR TWO 50. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IF YOU'RE TWO 20, I PROMISE YOU THAT DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING UP THERE, BUT SO, SO WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO REPLACE THEIR WATER HEATER OR HVAC IN THE ATTIC, IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT TO GET THE GREEN TAG? IF IT'S AN EXISTING LADDER, NO, BUT IF THE LADDER IS BROKEN OR IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, IT, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED WITH 300 . 
          AND, AND THE REASON, AS YOU SAID, A BIG PART OF THEIR REASON IS MANY TIMES A SERVICE TECHNICIAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LOT OF TIMES NOT SMALL PEOPLE. 
          AND WHEN THEY'RE CARRYING THEIR TOOLS OR THEY'RE CARRYING A PART OF THAT AC SYSTEM DOWN THE LADDER, THEY'RE CARRYING THEIR WEIGHT PLUS THE TOOLS, PLUS THE WEIGHT OF THE EQUIPMENT. 
          AND 300 POUNDS IS, IS SURE. 
          SO, SO, SO, SO SOMEBODY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THEIR LADDER IF THEY'RE REPLACING THAT EXISTING LADDER. 
          BE. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          I'LL QUICKLY ADD TO THAT. 
          WE'RE ALSO WOULD APPLY THAT TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY MOST FREQUENTLY WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THAT INTRODUCED. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          BRAVO. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [c.  Present and discuss an update on Taste Addison 2024.]
NEXT WE ITEM SIX C, PRESENTED, DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON TASTE ADDISON 2024 SLIDES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER. 
          UM, YES, A LITTLE COLORFUL. 
          UM, AS WE ENTER INTO THE FESTIVITIES, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT TASTE PROPER, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF PRE-EVENT THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF. 
          THIS FRIDAY, WE WILL OFFICIALLY KICK OFF TASTE ADDISON SEASON WITH TASTE IN THE TARMAC. 
          UM, SUPER EXCITED TO LAUNCH THIS EVENT TO KICK OFF TASTE SEASON. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS GO INTO THIS WITH TASTE ADDISON TAKING PLACE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          INCORPORATING THE YOUTH INTO THE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE, 
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BUT I THINK WE'VE COME UP A WAY, COME UP WITH A WAY TO SOLVE THAT. 
          AND THAT IS BY WAY OF OUR FREE EVENTS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, A HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY PROGRAM THAT WILL DO, WILL PARTICIPATE IN A COOKING CONTEST WHERE THEY WILL PROVIDE TASTE BITES. 
          UM, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT 50% OF THEIR INGREDIENTS MUST BE THOSE THAT COME FROM FOOD PANTRY BECAUSE THE BENEFACTOR OF THE EVENT IS OUR, UM, SAXON HUNGER PROGRAM WITH METRO PRESS SERVICES. 
          AND SO COMBINING BOTH OF THOSE, GALAXY, FBO IS SUPER EXCITED TO HOST THE ELEVATED TASTING EVENT. 
          AND SO CHAMBERLAINS IS ON BOARD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TASTE BITES AS WELL AS A PURE BEVERAGE FOR THAT EVENING. 
          AND SO AGAIN, OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF TASTING SEASON THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH AT GALAXY FBO. 
          UM, ANOTHER PRE-EVENT THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR FRIENDS AT PARKS AND REC TO ENHANCE AND SUPPORT THEIR OUTDOOR YOGA PROGRAM. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO SEE WITH TASTE ADDISON IS NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE EVENT TO SIGN UP FOR THEIR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR THE GYM. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WELLNESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE IN TOWN LIMITS THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT. 
          AND SO WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR ADDISON OUTDOORS PROGRAM, WE'RE DOING A TASTE ADDISON WELLNESS EDITION. 
          AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL WELLNESS ESTABLISHMENTS TO POP UP AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOCIAL CAMPAIGN AS A PART OF THE OUT AS AN OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO TASTE PROPER OFFICIALLY TAKES PLACE MAY 31ST THROUGH JUNE 2ND, WE ARE BRINGING SUNDAY BACK, AND WE'LL SEE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN GAIN ADMISSION. 
          GENERAL ADMISSION IS $10. 
          WE'RE OFFERING A GROUP SALES TICKET RATE OF $8, AND THAT'S FOR GROUPS OF 20 OR MORE. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A KIDS, SENIORS, VETERANS AS WELL AS ADDISON RESIDENT, UM, FEE, WHICH IS $5. 
          WE ARE SELLING THE IP THIS YEAR, UM, FOR EACH OF THE THREE DAYS THAT WE'RE HOSTING THE EVENT. 
          $45 PRESALE, $50 ON SITE SHOULD WE NOT SELL OUT FOR ANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR HOTEL STAYS. 
          OUR, WE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 13 HOTELS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE EVENT. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, TO GROW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT AND THOSE THAT, BUT, BUT THE HOTEL WITH US THAT WEEKEND RECEIVE FOUR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AS WELL AS TO CHILD CALL PASSES. 
          WE'RE ALSO OFFERING A NUMBER OF FUND PROMOS THAT ARE TIED TO ADMISSION. 
          OUR KIDS ARE IN FREE SUNDAY COMPLIMENTS OF DELTA DENTAL. 
          WE'RE OFFERING THE HALF PRICE RATE FOR VETERANS COMPLIMENTS OF STOIC REAL ESTATE PARTNERS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ARE, UM, PARTNERING WITH METRO PRESS SERVICES TO DO A CANNED FOOD DRIVE WITH THEM IN CONJUNCTION, UM, WITH ADMISSION. 
          AND SO BRING TWO CANNED GOODS AND YOU'LL RECEIVE $2 OFF ADMISSION, THE EAT WITH SO MANY RESTAURANTS IN TOWN. 
          UM, I CAN REMEMBER STANDING UP HERE LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS POSED BY COUNCIL WAS WE HAD ABOUT 25 OR SO ESTABLISHMENTS, IS THERE ROOM FOR MORE? AND I REMEMBER STANDING UP THERE SAYING, YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. 
          ALL OF THE PURPLE AREAS ARE WHERE YOU WILL FIND FOOD AND OR BEVERAGE. 
          UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LAYOUT IN AND AROUND THE PARK. 
          I'D LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WHEN WE STARTED TO RECRUIT OUR RESTAURANTS STEMMED AROUND, UM, GETTING AWAY FROM THE COOKIE CUTTER AS FAR AS YOU JUST COME OUT AND SELL YOUR FOOD. 
          SO WE CAME UP WITH FIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND YOU SEE THEM LISTED HERE, OUR WORLD EATS STREETS. 
          THE CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION ON WORLD EAT STREETS WAS THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE A MENU THAT HIGHLIGHTED CUISINE FROM A LOCAL REGION. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS THERE. 
          UM, OUR TASTING CUT WE'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE STRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          JOLIN HAWK SITS UNDER THE PERMANENT PAVILION. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS DRIVE THAT PAVILION AS A DESTINATION. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE THAT WANT TO PROVIDE FREE SAMPLES. 
          AND SO THE TASTING HUT WILL BE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          THE ONLY, UM, VENDOR THAT WE'LL BE SELLING UNDER THE PAVILION WILL IN FACT BE JOB CLOCKS. 
          SO THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          YOU'LL SEE OUR TASTY TRUCK STOP. 
          THIS WILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO, UM, FOOD TRUCKS ONLY. 
          UM, THAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT SPACE. 
          THE CHOW HALL IS, UM, OUR OUTDOOR DINING HALL, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, THEY, THE ESTABLISHMENTS HERE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL ONE SIGNATURE ITEM AS WELL AS A TASTE BITE OF THAT ITEM. 
          AND THE FUN, FUN STORY ABOUT CHOW HALL, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET A LOT IS WAS THAT NAMED AFTER FORMER MAYOR CHOW? AND SO I'LL SAY YES AND NO. 
          THE THE STORY BEHIND THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED WITH THE TOWN, MY BOT SON GRADUATED FROM, UM, BASIC TRAINING. 
          AND WHEN I WENT OUT TO VIRGINIA PRIOR TO STARTING WITH THE TOWN AND GOT THE LAY OF THE LAND AT FORT LEE, AND HE'S TOLD ME ABOUT THE CHOW HALL. 
          AND SO 
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IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT STUCK. 
          OF COURSE, UH, FORMER MAYOR CHOW HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS AND CERTAINLY A RESTAURANT SUPPORTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE NAMING RIGHTS WITH HIM AND MY DOG AS WELL. 
          . 
          AND THEN THE FINAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTAURANTS WAS TO POP UP. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE 1993, WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT TASTE STARTED. 
          AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT OUTSIDE OF THE STANDARD 10 BY 10 OR 10 BY 20, UM, FOOTPRINT. 
          AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF, A NUMBER OF THEM AGREE TO, UM, COME ON BOARD AND ACTUALLY CREATE AN EXPERIENCE FOR US. 
          AND SO THIS IS OUR TOTAL LINEUP BROKEN UP BY EACH OF THE FIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I SHARE. 
          UM, THIS IS 113% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT. 
          I COULD JUST JUMP IN FOR ONE MOMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, HAVING MENTIONED THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST YEAR, AND WE KNEW A GOAL WAS GONNA BE TO INCREASE THE RESTAURANTS AND SET AMBITIOUS GOALS AND HAVING BLUE LOADS OF GOALS OUTTA THE WATER. 
          SO I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT ABBY AND HER TEAM DID, AND THIS IS JUST GREAT SUCCESS FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT CHAMBERLAINS IS PARTICIPATING WITH US ON TASTE ON THE TARMAC. 
          UM, A FUN STORY ABOUT KENNY'S WOOD FIRE GRILL. 
          UM, FOR THOSE OF, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, HE IS AN ACTUAL ARTIST. 
          AND IF YOU GO TO KENNY'S WOOD FIRE GRILL, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE BAR UP ON THE WALL, HE HAS A NUMBER OF HIS PAINTINGS THAT ARE FOR SALE. 
          UM, HE STARTED PAINTING DURING COVID AND THAT WAS HIS CREATIVE OUTLET THAT HE USED ALL OF HIS PAINTINGS, UM, THAT GO, UM, UP IN HIS BAR AREA. 
          YOU SCAN THE QR CODE AND ALL OF HIS PROCEEDS GO TO THE CHARITY OF HIS CHOICE. 
          AND HE IS SUPPORTING US BY WAY OF HIS, UM, ARTISTIC ABILITIES AND NOT NECESSARILY HIS CULINARY ARTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE WINE AS WELL. 
          THESE, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL HEADLINERS AND AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE'LL GET TO THOSE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT ALL OF THE TEAL AREAS ARE WHERE YOU WILL FIND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT OF SOME SORT. 
          UM, OUR SPEAKEASY IS WHERE, UM, OUR SPIRITS WILL RESIDE. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SPIRITS ON THE GROUND. 
          WE'RE JUST CREATING A SPEAKEASY SPACE. 
          UM, AND PASSWORD IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY, UM, INTO THE AREA, BUT THERE WILL BE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN THERE AS WELL AS THE WINE GARDEN. 
          UM, THAT IS CALLED OUR COURTYARD. 
          YOU'LL SEE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN THERE ALL WEEKEND LONG. 
          OUR BLUE DO SPOT IS SORT OF THAT BUSKER TYPE ENTERTAINER. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT JUGGLERS, CRY WHEEL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU'LL SEE POPPING UP ON THE GROUNDS, UM, ALL WEEKEND LONG. 
          AND THEN OUR NATIONAL HEADLINERS FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE SUGAR RAY, SATURDAY NIGHT, THE TOBYS, AND THEN SUNDAY HUNTER HAYES IN ADDITION TO OUR MAIN STAGE. 
          UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE OTHER NATIONAL TALENT THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THAT STAGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. 
          WE'VE GOT CRASH ADAMS, WHO WILL OPEN, UM, FOR SUGAR RAY ON FRIDAY, ON SATURDAY. 
          A NUMBER OF NATIONAL HEADLINES THAT WILL OPEN UP FOR THE TO WITH HORIZON BEING IMMEDIATE, THE IMMEDIATE OPENER FOR THE TONY'S. 
          AND THEN SHEPHERD WILL OPEN FOR HUNTER HAYES ON SUNDAY TO SEE THE FULL LINEUP. 
          WE HAVE OUR WFAA MAIN STAGE WITH OUR NATIONAL HEADLINERS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE LOCAL ACTS THAT WILL OPEN BEFORE, UM, THE DAYS OF EACH OF THE FESTIVALS. 
          AND THEN OUR WORLD BEAT STAGE AND BALCONY. 
          WE'LL ACTUALLY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          THIS ENHANCES OUR INTERNATIONAL WORLD EAT STREET. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE DAYTIME FOR PROGRAMMING THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE TWO AREAS PLAY OFF OF EACH OTHER WHEN THE STAGE IS GOING. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE BALCONY OF THE THEATER, UM, AS A PERFORMANCE AREA, WHEN THE BALCONY IS GOING, THE STAGE WOULD BE SILENT. 
          WHEN THE STAGE IS GOING, THE BALCONY WOULD BE SILENT. 
          AND SO HEADLINERS FOR, UM, THE WORLD BEAT STAGE INCLUDE SQUEEZE BLOCK BANDITS ON FRIDAY, AND THEN THE SELENA TRIBUTE BAND BABY BANDA ON SATURDAY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED TO THE FESTIVAL, THIS IS SORT OF A FESTIVAL OF ALL THINGS AND EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY VIBE, IF YOU WILL. 
          WE REALLY HONED IN ON THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF IT AND SO ADDED THE ARTISTIC TREATS THIS YEAR. 
          EVERYWHERE YOU SEE PINK IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE SOME SORT OF ARTISTIC ELEMENT ON THE GROUNDS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A SIP AND STROLL ART WALK, AND SO UTILIZING THE PERGOLA AND ENHANCING THAT WITH ARTISANS THAT WILL BE SELLING THEIR, UM, ART THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. 
          INTEGRATED INTO THAT WILL A COUPLE OF WINE BARS SO YOU CAN PURCHASE A GLASS OF WINE AND SIP AS YOU STROLL. 
          THAT AREA ENDING IN THE ROUNDABOUT THAT IS HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, WILL BE A CHALK WALK. 
          WE HAVE FIVE ARTISTS THAT ARE CONFIRMED THAT WILL HAVE, UM, WILL DIVIDE UP THAT ROUND, THAT DRIVE ABOUT, AND UM, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ARTWORK ON THE GROUNDS. 
          AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE THERE. 
          SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE 'EM IN ACTION. 
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UM, KENNY'S, AS I MENTIONED, UM, WILL BE SUPPORTING US. 
          WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE HALL OF ART HERE INSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND YELLY BELLY IS POPPING UP WITH OUR NITROGEN AND ICE CREAM AS A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE INSIDE HERE. 
          WE'RE UTILIZING THE THEATER THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE AN IMMERSIVE ART, UM, EXPERIENCE THAT WE COMMISSIONED AN ARTIST FOR. 
          AND SO THE MAIN STAGE WILL ACTUALLY HOST THAT IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AND JUST, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK IN THERE AND EXPERIENCE THAT. 
          AND THEN IN THE BLACK BOX STUDIO INSIDE OF THE THEATER CENTER, WE'RE POPPING UP SILENT DISCO. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THERE ALL WEEKEND LONG. 
          THE STONE COTTAGE IS TURNING INTO AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL FIVE OF YOUR SENSES. 
          AND THEN OUR SHOPPERS ROW WILL CONTINUE TO HOST AND HIGHLIGHT OUR MARKETPLACE VENDORS. 
          UM, JUST A SIDE NOTE WITH OUR EXHIBITORS, UM, TO INCLUDE THOSE SPONSORS THAT POP UP A MARKETING BOOTH, WE HAVE 137% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OF EXHIBITORS. 
          ONCE EVERYONE IS UP AND SET UP ON THE GROUNDS. 
          WE'LL HAVE CLOSE TO 70 EXHIBITORS THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN FAMILY BUYS THE CARNIVAL IS COMING BACK. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO POP UP THE CARNIVAL IN THE CONFERENCE CENTER PARKING LOT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THE CARNIVAL SINCE BEFORE COVID. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT FEATURE COME BACK. 
          UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT STILL WANT SOMETHING FOR THE LITTLES THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CARNIVAL, WE HAVE A KIDS' AREA THAT WILL INCLUDE VARIOUS ARTS AND CRAFTS, UM, LOVINGLY TITLED THE BITE-SIZED BACKYARD. 
          WE'LL FIND BOTH OF THOSE LOCATED THERE. 
          AND THIS IS OUR TOTAL MAP. 
          A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH AND UTILIZING EVERY PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ON THE GROUNDS. 
          I THINK JUST LAST WEEK, AS WE ARE FINALIZING WHO'S ON THE GROUNDS AND WHO ISN'T, I THINK ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS SAID WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE, THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE. 
          ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE, THAT WE HEAR IS WHERE IS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PARK? UM, YOU SEE THE PARKING GARAGES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UTILIZED IN INCLUDING THE DART, UM, PARKING LOT THAT WILL BE THERE FOR A BA ACCESSIBLE PARKING AS WELL. 
          THE CARNI IS HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THE CONFERENCE CENTER PARKING LOT IS. 
          WE WILL UTILIZE, UM, FESTIVAL PARKING, WHICH IS, THERE'S A PARKING LOT NORTH OF MORRIS STREET THAT WILL, WILL REMAIN OPEN. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE PARKING, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE THEATER AS WELL. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR IS HOW THAT IMPACTS VERSUS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR THE CONFERENCE CENTER PARKING LOT WAS ACTUALLY SOLD AS VIP AND THERE WERE 82 SPACES THAT WERE SOLD. 
          AND SO REALLY THAT'S ALL THAT'S KIND OF DISPLACED BY WAY OF THE NEW LAYOUT AND CARNIVAL LAYING OUT IN THAT PARKING LOT. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW EXPERIENCES ON THE GROUNDS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED AND TOUCHED ON, AND I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE. 
          I TALKED ABOUT THE WINE GARDEN, WHICH WE ARE CALLING THE COURTYARD, UM, AS WELL AS OUR SPEAKEASY, WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT AND FOCUS ON OUR SPIRITS. 
          BOTH OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WILL HAVE A PUNCH CARD AND YOU GET THE SOUVENIR GLASSES AS A PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE. 
          THOSE WENT ON SALE, UM, APRIL 1ST AND THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLY WELL. 
          A COUPLE OF OTHER EXPERIENCES. 
          THE CHOW HALL PASS. 
          THE CHOW HALL WILL BE THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET A TASTE BITE. 
          THE CHOW HALL PASS ALLOWS YOU, UM, TO GET FIVE TASTE BITES FOR $10. 
          SO IT'S A HECK OF A DEAL TO BE ABLE TO TASTE A NUMBER OF BITES IN THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO COMMIT TO A FULL SIZE ENTREE. 
          UM, AND THEN TABLE 13, THEY ARE POPPING UP IN THE LOBBY OF THE THEATER ALL WEEKEND LONG. 
          AND THEN ON SUNDAY, THE SPEAKEASY AND THAT SPACE WILL TRANSITION AND WE'RE OFFERING A SUNDAY BRUNCH THAT WILL PAIR WITH THE SPIRIT THAT ARE IN THE SPEAKEASY AS WELL. 
          SOME OF THE MARKETING EFFORTS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS A NEW HOME AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OUR MARKETING PARTNERS THAT WE UTILIZE. 
          AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE FEEDER MARKETS THAT WE PLAY INTO AS WE FOCUS ON OUR MARKETING EFFORTS. 
          UM, TEXAS MONTHLY GUIDELINE CULTURE MAP. 
          SOCIAL HAS BEEN A BIG ONE FOR US. 
          WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH IHEARTRADIO, UM, SPECTRUM AND THIS YEAR OUR TV PARTNER IS, UM, WFAA. 
          UM, PARTNERSHIPS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN WHEN I'M LOOKING TO GROW THE EVENTS AND LOOKING TO CREATE THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH. 
          THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT IS BY WAY OF PARTNERSHIP. 
          I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIPS AS OF TODAY. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO FORGE ON PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH, UM, MAY 1ST. 
          AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AS OF RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THESE ARE PARTNERS THAT ARE JUST PROVIDING THE MARKETING BOOTH ONLY. 
          A LOT OF THEM ARE BY WAY OF ACTIVATION, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME FUN ACTIVATIONS ON THE GROUNDS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD BEFORE. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THOSE POP UP. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ABOUT, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT A 72% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IN SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUAL DOLLARS, 
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NOT NECESSARILY IN KIND. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT GROWTH AS WELL. 
          AND WITH THAT I ASK, WHAT'S YOUR BIKE? WOW, THAT'S A LOT. 
          THAT'S A LOT. 
          THAT'S ALREADY, THAT'S EXCITING. 
          IT'S, HEY ABBY. 
          A A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, RECENTLY I'VE HEARD YOU REFERENCE THE TASTE SEASON. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I LOVE THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE THAT CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAY FOR A WHOLE MONTH. 
          YOU SEE, LIKE WE SHOULD DO TASTE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          SO I LOVE IT. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT ALREADY. 
          WE TASTING ON  THIS WEEK, SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME SWAG FOR SALE AT THE, AT THE EVENT WE, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE DOWN, WE'RE DIPPING OUR TOES INTO SWAG. 
          UM, WE WILL HAVE, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR, OUR WATER QUALITY AND STORM WATER DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE OFFERING THE, UM, AUTOMATIC WATER FILLERS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, BY WAY OF SWAG, WE HAVE THE ALUMINUM WATER CONTAINERS. 
          WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS, AND THEN WE'RE DIPPING OUR TOES IN THE STICKER GAME. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S ALL THE RAGE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO WE WILL HAVE THOSE TWO ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR SALE. 
          ANY SHIRTS? NO, NO, NOT SHIRTS THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          YEAH. 
          THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, UH, DID YOU INTENTIONALLY COORDINATE YOUR OUTFIT TO GO TO PRESENTATION? I DIDN'T. 
          I, THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COLORS. 
          THAT'S BEEN GOOD TOO. 
          AS WE WORKED WITH THE CREATIVE AGENCY, UM, BACK IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THEY PROVIDED A COLOR PALETTE AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK. 
          REALLY GOOD. 
          WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ABBY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH OUR WORK SESSIONS AND THAT IS, UH, WE GOT TIME FOR A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL RECONNECT THE NEXT ROOM AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. 
          SEVEN O'CLOCK EVERYBODY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS SEVEN OH FIVE. 
          WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 23RD. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH, UH, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE ROOM. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGES TO BOTH FLAGS. 
          IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDERGRAD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. 
          FOR HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. 
          ONE STATE UNDERGRAD WON AN INDIVISIBLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS EVENING. 
          OUR FIRST ITEM 
          [2. Proclamations / Presentations a. City Manager's Announcements b. Employee Recognition]
TONIGHT WILL BE ITEMS ITEM TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE HAVE TWO A AND TWO B CITY MANAGERS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. 
          DAVID. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT AND THE FIRST IS ABOUT TOMORROW. 
          TOMORROW THE TOWN OF ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DISCUSSING VEHICLE PROTECTION AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM ON SATURDAY, APRIL, APRIL 27TH, WE WILL HAVE THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE ON FESTIVAL WAY FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THE SHRED AND RECYCLE ROUNDUP IN THE ADDISON ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER PARKING LOT FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON. 
          WE ARE WATCH, WE ARE WATCHING THE WEATHER CAREFULLY, AND WE'LL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FRIDAY IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE THESE EVENTS. 
          UH, THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT, I BELIEVE IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE, UH, ADVERTISING IT FREQUENTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 
          BUT PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET WITH OUR FINALISTS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF POSITION ON TUESDAY, MAY 7TH FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM 7:00 PM HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER. 
          YOUR INPUT IS IMPORTANT TO, AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU'LL CERTAINLY SEE IT IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS WE, UH, WANT AS MANY FOLKS FROM THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND MEET THOSE CANDIDATES. 
          AND FINALLY, WE ARE HOSTING OUR SECOND CITIZENS EDUCATION SEMINAR ON HOMELESSNESS ON MONDAY, MAY 13TH AT 6:30 PM AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HOUSING FORWARD AND METROCREST WHO WILL BE GIVING PRESENTA, UH, PRESENTATION AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. 
          AND I, AND I WOULD SAY IF, IF YOU DID NOT SEE THE WORK SESSION EARLIER TODAY, BOTH HOUSING FORWARD AND METROCREST PRESENTED, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO GO BACK AND WATCH THAT. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US ON MAY 13TH. 
          THAT'S IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SHIFT TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. 
          I'LL START BY INTRODUCING OUR INTERIM POLICE CHIEF MIKE VINCENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. 
          IT'S, UH, MIKE VINCENT, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF. 
          AND, UH, THIS EVENING I HAVE THE, UH, PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, SEAN ALLEN. 
          HE'S ONE OF THE, UH, LIEUTENANTS AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING, UH, OFFICERS WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, SEAN'S ROOTS EXTEND THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES, UH, INCLUDING PASCAGOULA, 
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MISSISSIPPI, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, UH, AND A LARGE CHUNK OF HIS YOUTH SPENT IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. 
          BUT WE DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM. 
          HE EARNED HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM OKLAHOMA STATE, GO POKES AND COMPLETED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP, UH, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON. 
          HIS THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE ALSO LED HIM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE HE, UH, OBTAINED A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN POLICE MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, BEYOND, BEYOND SEAN'S PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HIS GREATEST SOURCE OF PRIDE LIES IN HIS FAMILY. 
          SEAN AND HIS WIFE JESSICA, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS. 
          TOGETHER. 
          THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. 
          ADDISON AGE 17. 
          NO, NO, UH, , NOTHING THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TAYLOR, AGE 12. 
          UH, ONE OF SEAN'S HOBBIES IS DRUMMING. 
          I, I'VE KNOWN SEAN FOR 20 YEARS AND I LEARNED THAT HE IS A DRUMMER THIS WEEK. 
          IN DOING THIS, UH, THIS BACKGROUND, UH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          SEAN, UH, WHO WAS IN SEVERAL BANDS FOR OVER 18 YEARS, PLAYED AT THE OKLAHOMA OPRY VENUE AND SEVERAL HOMELESS SHELTERS. 
          UH, SINCE SPENDING MOST OF HIS YEARS IN OKLAHOMA, THE OSU POPS REMAINED HIS FAVORITE TEAM. 
          SEAN'S JOURNEY TO ADDISON BEGAN UNIQUELY AS A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, WHERE A CALL AT THE INTERSECTION OF DALLAS AND ADDISON INTRODUCED HIM TO A NOW FORMER ADDISON OFFICER. 
          THIS ENCOUNTER, COUPLED WITH THE WELCOMING CULTURE AND COM, UH, COMRADERY, HE WITNESSED CONVINCED HIM THAT ADDISON WAS HIS FUTURE HOME. 
          SINCE JOINING THE TEAM, SEAN HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION PROGRAM, AND LEADING OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT HAVE SPANNED OVER A YEAR, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          MULTIPLE, UH, FLEET DESIGNS ARE, ARE ABSOLUTELY, UH, SEAN'S, UH, HANDWORK, UH, OVER THE, OVER THE TIME HE'S HERE. 
          AND THAT IS NO EASY, UH, FEAT, UH, FOR SEAN. 
          THE ADDISON WAY IS NOT JUST A CONCEPT, BUT IT'S A PRACTICE OF EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND CONSIDERATION WITH ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING SEAN. 
          THANK YOU, SEAN. 
          NEXT I'LL INTRODUCE BILL HOLLY, OUR DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES TO INTRODUCE JOHN. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          BILL HAWLEY, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. 
          I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE, UH, JOHN MCCARTY. 
          JOHN IS THE TOWN'S NEWEST FACILITY SPECIALIST, UH, THAT IS FIXING EVERYTHING THAT GOES WRONG IN THE TOWN. 
          UM, JOHN JOINED OUR TEAM JUST, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO ON FEBRUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          JOHN IS A LOCAL, UM, HE GREW UP IN CARROLLTON BEFORE MOVING TO QUINLAND. 
          UH, DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED LINDSEY COOPER TRADE SCHOOL IN IRVING, WHERE HE ACHIEVED A CERTIFICATION IN AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING TECHNICIAN. 
          JOHN IS A COMMITTED FAMILY MAN. 
          UH, HE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE, JANET, AND HIS DAUGHTER CASSIDY, AND HE CHERISHES HIS TIME WITH HIS GRANDSON, LIAM JOHN'S FREE TIME. 
          UH, HE ENJOYS CHEERING ON THE TEXAS RANGERS AND HE SPENDS TIME, UH, CONTINUING HIS FAMILY'S FARM OUT IN EAST TEXAS. 
          JOHN HAS A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE MAKING REPAIRS. 
          GROWING UP, HIS GRANDFATHER HAD AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, SO HE, UH, HELPED ASSIST, UH, THERE, UH, DURING HIS CHILDHOOD, HIS FATHER OWNED, UM, AN HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING BUSINESS AND JOHN ASSISTED HIM THERE. 
          AND JOHN HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS AS A WELDING, AS A WELDER, UH, WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO HE'S QUITE THE ENTREPRENEUR. 
          SO JOHN IS A NATURAL AT THE ADDISON WAY. 
          UM, HE TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING KIND AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          SO PLEASE WELCOME OR JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JOHN TO THE TOWN AND THANKING HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID, JOHN, SEAN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE BRAND NEW ONE, THE ONE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [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.]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          AND IF YOU FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET, SO YOU CAN COME FORWARD, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME EMAILS THAT WERE SENT IN AND, UH, ANY EMAILS THAT ARE SENT IN TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING, REGARDING THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR ON ANY, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A SPECIFIC ITEM. 
          THOSE EMAILS WILL BE, UH, MAINTAINED AS PART OF THE RECORD. 
          AND, UH, THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE. 
          UH, WE DO NOT, UH, READ EMAILS IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT, UH, WE DO KEEP THOSE AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? ALL 
          [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.]
RIGHT, WE'LL, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THE CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FROM FOUR A ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOUR P. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT 
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THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS. 
          AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE TO ADD THE TERM ASTROTURF, UH, TO THE DEFINITION OF GROUND COVERING. 
          AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE KIMLEY-HORN CHANGE ORDER REGARDING THE MONFORT DRIVE TO EXCLUDE, UH, THE MEDIAN WIDTH. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THAT IS THE MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DARREN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          CONSENT PASSES. 
          ITEM 
          [a.  Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-8, for a 13.7± acre property generally located at the southeast corner of Addison Road and Festival Way and the northeast corner of Quorum Drive and Arapaho Road, to allow a transit-oriented mixed used development comprised of multifamily residential, office, parking, restaurant, retail, and entertainment uses, and associated public and private open space and common areas. Case 1910-Z/Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
          [b.  Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the development plans for Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-9, for a 2.0± acre property located at the southeast corner of Addison Road and Festival Way, to allow for the development of an office building with ground floor retail/restaurant uses, a parking structure, site access drives, and Addison Road and Festival Way streetscape improvements on and adjacent to the development site. Case 1894-Z/Office & Parking Structure, Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
          [c.  Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the development plans for Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-10, for a 2.3± acre property located at the southwest corner of Quorum Drive and Festival Way, to allow for the development of a multifamily residential tower with ground floor retail/restaurant uses, and Festival Way and Quorum Drive streetscape improvements on and adjacent to the development site. Case 1895-Z/Multifamily Tower, Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          FIRST ONE, FIVE A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD. 
          ORDINANCE NUMBER O 23 DASH EIGHT FOR A 13.7 ACRE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ADDISON ROAD AND FESTIVAL WAY, AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF QUORUM DRIVE AND ARAPAHOE ROAD TO ALLOW A TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF MULTI-FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE PARKING, RESTAURANT RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES, AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND COMMON AREAS. 
          CASE 19 10, 10 DASH Z ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT. 
          AND I KNOW, UH, ITEMS FIVE B AND FIVE C ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH FIVE A. 
          SHOULD WE GO AND READ THOSE AND DISCUSS AT THE SAME TIME? YES, PLEASE. 
          MAYOR. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ITEM FIVE B, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD. 
          ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 23 DASH NINE FOR A 2.0 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ADDISON ROAD AND FESTIVAL. 
          WAY TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL RESTAURANT USES A PARKING STRUCTURE SITE, ACCESS DRIVES, AND ADDISON ROAD AND FESTIVAL WAY STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON, ON AND ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE CASE 1894 DASH Z OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE. 
          ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT AND ITEM FIVE C HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD. 
          ORDINANCE NUMBER OH TWO THREE DASH 10 FOR A 2.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF QUORUM DRIVE AND FESTIVAL WAY TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SLASH RESTAURANT USES AND FEST AND FESTIVAL WAY AND QUORUM DRIVE, STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON AND ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE CASE 1895 DASH Z MULTIFAMILY TOWER, ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT, LESLIE. 
          THANK YOU LESLIE NE, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          AS SO THIS ITEM AS IT WAS READ WILL, OR EXCUSE ME, THESE THREE ITEMS WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER AS THEY WERE EXTREMELY INTERCONNECTED AND, UH, TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL ADDRESS EACH OF THESE ITEMS. . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE BIG MIC. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          HANG UP. 
          SITUATED. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THESE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THESE THREE ITEMS WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, UM, EACH INDI VISUAL ITEM AND IN KIND OF WHAT CASE IT BELONGS TO. 
          AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION, WE, UH, WILL BE REQUIRED TO HOLD THREE SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND MAKE SEE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS. SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR, UH, THESE REQUESTS IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRES, UH, LOCATED ADJACENT, UH, SURROUNDING THE DART RAIL LINE OR ADDISON CIRCLE STATION. 
          UM, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, ZONING, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, AS WELL AS, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT SPECIFIC TO THE PARKING 
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STRUCTURE AND OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER. 
          UH, AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS, STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ON. 
          THIS AREA HAS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY. 
          SO BACK IN THE 1990S, THE TOWN BEGAN, UH, ASSEMBLING THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE HOPES OF ONE DAY BEING A TRANSIT STOP. 
          AND WE ARE NOW HERE, UH, IN 2018, THE TOWN ENTERED INTO, UH, EXCUSE ME, ADOPTED THE ADDISON CIRCLE SPECIAL AREA STUDY, UH, WHICH ESTABLISHED A VISION FOR THE AREA. 
          AND THEN, UH, LATER WE ISSUED A RFP WITH CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD, UH, TO SEEK OUT A DEVELOPER FOR A MIXED USE, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON THIS LAND AND ADJACENT TO THE DART LINE. 
          THEN, UH, LATER IN 2022, THE TOWN ENTERED INTO AN MOU WITH CO-DEVELOPER TEAMS, AMLI RESIDENTIAL AND STREAM REALTY PARTNERS, AND, UH, EVENTUALLY GOT THE ORIGINAL ZONING APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, UH, WHICH ONCE AGAIN INCLUDED APPROVAL OF THE ZONING AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, UH, TODAY, UH, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW CO-DEVELOPER AS A PART OF THE TEAM, WHICH IS, UH, QUADRANT INVESTMENT PROPERTIES OR QIP TEAMING UP WITH AMLI IN THE TOWN. 
          UH, WE HAVE, THE PROJECT HAS EVOLVED SLIGHTLY AND WE ARE, UM, BRINGING BEFORE YOU APPROVAL FOR AMENDMENTS TO THAT ZONING THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR. 
          THERE ARE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS TO PHASE ONE OF THE TOD. 
          THE FIRST BEING, UH, STARTING ON THE LEFT OF THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE. 
          UH, THIS IS A IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO ADDISON ROAD, WHICH INCLUDES A SIX STORY OFFICE BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 165,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AS WELL. 
          WELL AS A FIVE STORY PARKING GARAGE IN THE CENTER OF THE, I GUESS CORE OF THE PROJECT IS THE RETAIL RESTAURANT ENTERTAINMENT NODE. 
          UH, THIS HAS EVOLVED SLIGHTLY AND WE WILL DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. 
          UM, BUT REALLY SPILLING OUT IN FRONT OF THE, UM, OFFICE BUILDING. 
          UH, HOWEVER, STILL PROVIDING TH 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE ACROSS THREE BUILDINGS. 
          AND THEN, UH, MOVING CLOSER TO QUORUM ROAD, WE HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER, UH, PROPOSING TO BE 15 STORIES AND 286 UNITS WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND A PARKING STRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN ON, UH, CROSSED QUORUM IS THE MID-RISE, MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE, UH, WAS FOR SEVEN STORIES AND 412 DWELLING UNITS, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY. 
          THE MID-RISE BUILDING IS NOT PROPOSED TO CHANGE WITH THIS REQUEST. 
          SO MOVING ON TO THE VERY SPECIFIC, UH, CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, TO THE OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE. 
          UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THE OFFICE BUILDING WAS REORIENTED, UH, TO REALLY ALLOW THE RETAIL NO TO SPILL OUT IN FRONT OF IT. 
          IT ALSO PROVIDES GREATER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY ACROSS FESTIVAL WAY AS WELL AS TO THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          THERE'S ALSO A SHIFT IN THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING TO A HYBRID MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, AT THE, UM, WITH THE COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THERE'S ALSO THE INTRODUCTION OF A 2000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, ROOFTOP AMENITY AREA. 
          IT'S THE INTENT AT THIS TIME THAT THAT AREA WOULD BE USED AS AN AMENITY FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING. 
          AND THERE IS ALSO A USE OF A LIVING SCREEN ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE, UH, TO PROVIDE IT, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE, BUT ALSO MAKE IT KNOWN SO IT'S FUNCTIONAL AND, UH, EFFICIENTLY USED BY USERS OF THE SITE. 
          FOR THE RETAIL NODE IN THE CENTER, WE DO SEE A SLIGHT SHIFT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, REALLY SPREADING OUT THE RETAIL NODE INTO THE OFFICE AREA AND HAVING BETTER ACTIVATION WITH FESTIVAL WAY AND ACROSS FESTIVAL WAY. 
          UH, THIS EXPANDED AREA ALLOWS FURTHER ACTIVATION OF THE FRONTAGE OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONT, EXCUSE ME, A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE FRONTAGE OF FESTIVAL WAY. 
          IT ALSO ELIMINATES, UM, THE PROPOSED JEWEL BOXES, WHICH ARE OR WERE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED WITHIN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. 
          UH, THERE IS ALSO NEW SURFACE PARKING PROPOSED OFF BROADWAY STREET, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          THE CHANGES TO THE MULTI-FAMILY TOWER INCLUDE A, UH, KIND OF A REDUCTION OF THE OVERALL BUILDING MASSING DUE TO A SHIFTING OF THE, THE BUILDING COMPONENTS, WHICH I'LL EXPAND ON IN A MOMENT. 
          AN INCREASE OF THE HEIGHT TO 15 STORIES WITHIN THE TOWER PORTION, UM, AND RESULTING IN THE INCREASE UNIT, UH, COUNT BY 16 TO A TOTAL OF 2 86. 
          IT ALSO, UH, UM, CONVERTED THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO A PRE 
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PRE-CAST WRAP, WHICH ALLOWED THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS TO EXPAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE SOME NATURAL SCREENING. 
          THERE WAS ALSO WITH THAT, YOU SEE, UM, NOT ONLY THE BETTER SCREENING FROM THE TRAIL AND RAIL LINE, BUT YOU ALSO SEE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NICE OUTDOOR AMENITY SPACE, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          THERE WAS ALSO THE CREATION OF AN INTERIOR SERVICE AND PARKING COURT, UH, WHICH REMOVES THIS OFF OF FESTIVAL WAY. 
          IN ADDITION TO, UM, HAVING SOME PARKING AND LOADING ZONE TRASH SERVICE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT ON THERE IN THAT AREA, WHICH WILL PROVIDE NATURAL SCREENING FROM ALL RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          SO SPECIFIC TO THE HEIGHT AND UNIT CHANGES. 
          AND THEN THE BUILDING MASSING. 
          SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THE TOWER PORTION IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE LEFT, EXCUSE ME, OF THE ELEVATION HERE. 
          UM, AND THAT BUILDING MASSING HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ELEVATION, WHICH WE'RE VIEWING AT THIS TIME. 
          AND IN REFERENCE TO THE OVERALL HEIGHT, THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 168 FEET OF BUILDING MASS. 
          AND THAT DID NOT INCREASE WITH THIS PROPOSAL. 
          HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE SITE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGE THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. 
          SO THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE TO WORK WITH. 
          SO THEY ADDED A SECOND FLOOR ON THE TOWER PORTION OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THE, I GUESS NEXT LEVEL, UH, CONNECTED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING. 
          UM, SO WHILE IT'S 15 FEET, OR EXCUSE ME, 15 STORIES OR 15 LEVELS, THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING DID NOT CHANGE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL OF 16 ADDITIONAL UNITS IN THE BUILDING. 
          ANOTHER CHANGE, UH, COMES FOR THE STREETSCAPE PROPOSED. 
          UH, SO AFTER FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THIS AS WELL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PREVIOUSLY, UH, PROPOSED TREES WHICH ARE SOUTH OF FESTIVAL WAY, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED TO BE TRANSPLANTED, UH, DUE TO THE SIZE AND UM, SPACING OF THOSE TREES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSPLANTING WAS NOT A C COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR THOSE TREES AND, UH, LIKELY, EXCUSE ME, NOT SURVIVE. 
          SO WITH THAT, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROPOSING IS TO PRESERVE TWO SCHU MART OAKS ADJACENT TO THE RETAIL, UH, NODE ALONG FESTIVAL WAY AND ALSO TRANSPLANTING FOUR TREES, UH, WHICH I WILL UH, NOTE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          THEY'RE ALSO CONVERTING, UH, THE LANDSCAPE PARKWAYS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH ADDISON CIRCLE. 
          SO AS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, THERE WERE LARGE, UM, KIND OF AREAS, CONTINUOUS AREAS OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER. 
          HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN ADDISON CIRCLE. 
          WE TYPICALLY SEE, UM, LARGER SIDEWALKS WITH TREE WELLS OR PLANTING BEDS WITHIN THOSE LARGER PAVED AREAS, UH, TO REALLY FORM PEDESTRIAN HARDSCAPE SPACES SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPING. 
          UH, SO THAT SHIFT WAS MADE TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO HERE'S A SERIES OF RENDERINGS, KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THESE CHANGES. 
          UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE REORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE UM, KIND OF SPILLAGE OF THE, UH, RETAIL NODE INTO AND ONTO FESTIVAL WAY CONNECTS BETTER TO ACRO ACROSS VO INTO THE PARK AND PROVIDES A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. 
          UH, YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE PROVIDES A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PATIOS AS WELL AS THE ROOFTOP, UM, AMENITY DECK FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING. 
          HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION THAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS RENDERING, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE OFFICE BUILDING ANOTHER BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE OFFICE BUILDING AT THE KIND OF THE GROUND FLOOR. 
          HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, OR EXCUSE ME, RENDERING OF THE PARKING GARAGE SHOWING THE BEFORE AND AFTER USING THE LIVING SCREEN, UH, CONDITION. 
          HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, EXAMPLE OF THE PROPOSED RETAIL NODE AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, UM, TRANSITIONING FROM THE BE BEFORE AND AFTER AND THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER. 
          UH, SO THIS IS A GOOD, UM, EXAMPLE OF THE CHANGE IN MASSING WITH THE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STEP DOWN FROM THE TOWER PORTION, WHICH IS LOCATED, UM, CLOSER TO QUORUM DRIVE. 
          AND HERE'S ANOTHER IMAGE SHOWING THE NEW SCREENING FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, UM, WITH THE WRAPPED RETAIL, EXCUSE ME, WRAPPED RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
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HERE'S SOME IMAGERY OF THE MULTIFAMILY MIDRISE PROJECT, WHICH HAS NOT PROPOSED TO BE MODIFIED WITH THIS REQUEST AND SOME ADDITIONAL IMAGERY OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THIS STREET SCAPES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          SO MOVING ON TO THE MASTER STREETSCAPE PLAN, UH, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAST YEAR, UH, MAINTAINING A APPROXIMATELY 40 FOOT, UM, SECTION THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL WAY. 
          THERE ARE SOME VARIATIONS WITH THAT 'CAUSE WE, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE, UM, ON STREET PARKING IS ALLOWED AND WHERE IT IS NOT ALLOWED. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME SLIGHT VARIATION. 
          THOSE ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED WITH, UH, THIS APPLICATION. 
          STAFF DID UTILIZE VARIOUS TOWN LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY BEING THE 2018 ADDISON CIRCLE SPECIAL AREA STUDY. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS ARE STILL CONSISTENT WITH THAT VISION, UH, REALLY CAPITALIZING ON THE ADJACENT USES AS WHILE STILL PROVIDING A DESTINATION TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. 
          ADDITIONALLY WITH THE ADDISON HOUSING POLICY, THIS PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OWNERSHIP FEE, SIMPLE OWNERSHIP HOUSING. 
          HOWEVER, NONE OF THE INITIAL RESPONDENTS, OR EXCUSE ME, RESPONDENTS OF THE RFP, UH, FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO INCLUDED OWNERSHIP HOUSING. 
          IT IS NOT A, UH, FEASIBLE LOCATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, MOVING ON SPECIFICALLY TO THE TREE MITIGATION OF THE SITE. 
          SO AS, UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS NOW PROPOSED A REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SCHU MAR OAKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FESTIVAL WAY AND ALL PROPO, ALL TREES WILL BE FULLY MITIGATED ON SITE. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY, UM, PROPOSING TO PRESERVE 20 EXISTING TREES AS A HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND THEN TRANSPLANTING FOUR TREES. 
          THOSE ARE SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN. 
          THERE'S TWO SHOE MART OAKS AND TWO PECAN TREES. 
          THOSE WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SPECTRUM. 
          AND IN TOTAL, UH, THE TREE PRESERVATION CALCULATIONS ARE PROVIDED BEFORE YOU. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, FULL MITIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED ON SITE AND, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED BY 105 CALIPER INCHES. 
          SO ACROSS 234 TREES ON SITE, UH, BETWEEN TRANSPLANTED PRESERVED AND NEW TREES, THERE WILL BE, UH, 1,394 CALIPER INCHES ON SITE. 
          AS FAR AS ADJACENT IMPACTS TO THE AREA. 
          UM, SO THIS ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, GREATER ADDISON CIRCLE AREA AS FAR AS RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH THE, EXCUSE ME, SORRY, MY SLIDES MIGHT BE OUTTA ORDER, AS I SAY WITH THE UM, ADDISON AIRPORT, UH, NOISE CONTOUR LINES CONFIRMING THAT THAT CONSISTENTLY IS STILL OUT OF THAT, UH, 65 DECIBEL NOISE CONTOUR. 
          AND THEN WITH THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SITE, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS TO ADDITIONALLY ADD A TURN LANE ON ADDISON ROAD IF IT'S DETERMINED IT'S NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ON AND SURROUNDING THE PROJECT AREA TO IMPROVE THAT CIRCULATION. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY REALIGNING SPECTRUM DRIVE AND ADDING A TURN LANE ON FESTIVAL WAY STAFF NOTICED THIS PROPERTY TO ALL SUBJECT, EXCUSE ME, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE, INCLUDING DALLAS, ISD, AND WE HAD NO RESPONDENTS WITHIN THE NOTICE BOUNDARY AREA. 
          UH, THIS ITEM INITIALLY WENT TO THE MARCH 19TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE IT WAS POSTPONED. 
          UH, FOR THE NOTICE OF THAT MEETING, WE RECEIVED FOUR STATEMENTS OF OPPOSITION, TWO OF THOSE COMING FROM ADDISON RESIDENCE AND TWO NON-RESIDENTS. 
          IT LATER WENT BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THE APRIL MEETING, UH, WHERE IT WAS, UM, APPROVED THE INITIAL ITEM, WHICH IS THE BASE REZONING OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, 1910 DASH Z WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL AS THE OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS A TYPO. 
          IT WAS APPROVED SIX TO ONE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. 
          UH, THESE SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIOUS 
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PLANS THAT WERE PRESENTED, AS WELL AS PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND VARIOUS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE REITERATED FROM THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS, UH, RELATED TO, UM, VARIOUS PHASING OF THE PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THE, THE, ALSO THE ADDITION OF THE, THE POSSIBLE ADDITION OF A TURN LANE ON ADDISON ROAD, IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IS NECESSARY. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH THE BASE REZONING, WHICH IS 1910. 
          UH, WITH THE OTHER TWO PROPOSALS, UH, STAFF'S ALSO RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THOSE, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE SIMILAR FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED, UH, INCLUDING THAT PHASING OF THE PROJECT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THE PROJECT IS EXECUTED IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE APPROVED PLANS, CONDITIONS, AND DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AS WELL. 
          QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION? I THINK THEY HAVE ONE PREPARED. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT. 
          YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE FULL PRESENTATION? I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST SEE AN OVERVIEW OF IT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAD CONCERN WITH THAT? NO, I'M JUST, OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN OVERVIEW. 
          I WOULD JUST, THEIR PRESENTATION'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THEY GAVE AT THE LAST ZONING CASE, SO I THINK THEY COULD GO DO AN OVERVIEW AND TOUCH ON ANY CHANGES. 
          MAY MAKE SOME SENSE. 
          THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          GIVE US, UH, ONE SECOND, BUT AS WE GET SET UP HERE, UH, JUST QUICKLY INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          I'M TAYLOR BOWEN WITH AM LEE RESIDENTIAL 50 57 LER SPRINGS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR OTHER CO-DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WITH QIP CHAD COOK. 
          HI, I'M CHAD COOK, UH, FOUNDER OF QUADRANT INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LIVE AT 46 0 5 BLUFF VIEW BOULEVARD. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR FULL AM, UH, TEAM HERE, UH, UH, WHO, YOU KNOW, JOE BRUCE, ROBERT LAP AND MADELINE MILLS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, FULL DESIGN CONSULTING TEAM, UH, PRESENT THIS EVENING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          UM, LESLIE, AS ALWAYS, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, GOING THROUGH ALL THIS. 
          THIS IS A LOT OF DETAIL AND A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND AS I'VE SAID PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE LAST SIX MOUS, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WAS GRANTED TO US TO BE ABLE TO FORMULATE THIS PLAN IN A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING MARKET. 
          NOW THAT SAID, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE PROBABLY EASIEST TO DO IS TO MAYBE SHOW THE, UH, OVERALL SITE PLAN, UH, THE COLOR RENDERING HERE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          AND I CAN USE THIS AS A STEPPING OFF POINT TO REALLY SAY, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH EITHER TREE MITIGATION OR MAYBE CHANGES TO OUR PLAN, BUT HOW I CAN BEST ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, GIVEN THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PUT TOGETHER. 
          SO PLEASE, UM, PLEASE FIRE AWAY. 
          SO TAYLOR, OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TREES. 
          CAN YOU KIND OF TELL US WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND, AND HOW THAT'S COME ABOUT AND, AND YEAH, MAYBE JUST KIND OF OVERVIEW ON THAT. 
          YEAH, WELL FIRST LET ME SAY THIS, AND I SAID IT LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, I HATE THIS AND I REALLY HATE THE FACT THAT, UM, THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION ABOUT INFORMATION WE WERE GIVEN ABOUT ORIGINALLY TRANSPLANTING THESE TREES AND THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE IN AND OUR ABILITY TO SAVE THESE TREES. 
          WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE TO SAVE EVERY ONE OF THESE TREES ON THIS SITE. 
          IT IS JUST NOT PRACTICAL. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THIS, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE UTILITY CONFLICTS TO THE SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEM, TO THE FACT THAT WHEN WE PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, WE WERE REALLY STRIVING TO CREATE THE BEST SITE PLAN THAT WE COULD. 
          AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THESE TREES ARE NOT IMPORTANT, THEY ARE, BUT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, IT ABSOLUTELY FORCED US TO MOVE THE BUILDING IN THE LOCATION, REDUCE THE WIDTH OF FESTIVAL WAY, CHANGE THE PARKING ORIENTATION FROM ITS EXISTING CONDITION. 
          AND ALL THAT IN EFFECT OF THAT IS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SAVE THE TREES. 
          AND WE REALLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE. 
          I THINK PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS 
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IN ADDISON AND WHERE WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL TREE SAFE, BUT WE JUST COULD NOT DO THAT IN THIS CASE. 
          AND AGAIN, THE FACT IS WE'RE OVER MITIGATING, SURE, WE'RE PUTTING IN MORE TREES, YES, WE HAVE MORE CALIPER INCHES, BUT LET'S NOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THESE ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN CARE ABOUT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE MAY PALE IN COMPARISON AS TO WHAT WE'RE TRANSPLANTING AND MOVING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING. 
          BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ANSWER, UH, THAT I WANNA ADDRESS REALLY HEAD ON WITH ALL OF YOU AND HOW WE ENDED UP IN THIS, THIS SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU, TAYLOR. 
          DARREN, IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? 'CAUSE WE REALLY SAW THE, I JUST, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, HAVE, UH, AM EMILY AND THEIR TEAM AND QIP TO, UH, BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR BE AVAILABLE. 
          SO YEAH, I LIKE THE PLAN. 
          IT LOOKS GOOD. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONSIDERATION ON THE TREES. 
          UH, I DON'T LIKE TO, UH, LOSE TREES EITHER, BUT, UH, THAT'S, NO, NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU GUILLERMO. 
          UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          UH, TAYLOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          CAN YOU, UH, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, OVERALL MASSING AND INCREASE OF THE HEIGHT? WHAT WAS THE DRIVER ON THAT, ON THE MULTIFAMILY? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          HERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND WHEN THE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, UH, MAYBE ROBERT, IF YOU CAN HIT THAT 65 NOISE CONTOUR. 
          ONE OF THE DRIVERS WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, CALL IT APPLICANTS WHEN THEY SUBMIT PRESENTATIONS FOR THE RFP, IS THAT WE HAD TO BE INCREDIBLY MINDFUL OF THE LIMITATIONS ON THE SITE IS TO WHERE RESIDENTIAL COULD BE PLACED VERSUS COMMERCIAL. 
          THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE AIRPORT, IT'S A FEDERAL GUIDELINE, THE 65 NOISE CONTOUR WILL ELIMINATE ANY RESIDENTIAL USE IN THAT AREA. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALL THE DEVELOPERS WERE OUT THERE CAREFULLY, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT WHERE THAT LINE WAS AND PUSHING THEIR BUILDINGS AS CLOSE TO IT AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD. 
          AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IS IT'S REFERENCED ON THE SITE EAST TO WEST, BUT THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A HEIGHT LIMITATION ON THERE AS WELL. 
          SO I GIVE REAL CREDIT TO CITY STAFF BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND THEY WENT BACK AND DID THEIR OWN STUDIES WITH THE FAA AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT ACTUALLY THAT 65 DB NOISE CONTRA COULD BE PUSHED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, TO THE WEST, WHICH ALLOWED A LITTLE BIT MORE AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE END RESULT OF THAT ALLOWED US TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER GARAGE TO SUPPORT OUR RETAIL TO BE ABLE TO SCREEN THE GARAGE, WHICH AS YOU SAW IN OUR ORIGINAL PRESENTATION, WE WERE SCREENING IT, BUT IT WASN'T WITH UNITS, IT WAS WITH, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL FASTENERS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF FACADE SCREENING, NOT ACTUALLY HAVING UNITS. 
          AND WE KNEW THAT WAS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GARAGE WASN'T AS AS VISIBLE. 
          SO, UH, AFTER WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE THAT MOVE AND INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SITE SLIGHTLY, IT ALSO ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND HORIZONTALLY AND THEN VERTICALLY, UH, LIKE LESLIE SAID, IT REALLY WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE GRADES ON THE SITE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE HAVING A, A MAGICAL FLOOR APPEAR. 
          IT REALLY WASN'T THAT WAY, IT WAS JUST THE HEIGHT THAT WAS AFFORDED TO US. 
          'CAUSE REMEMBER, ANOTHER KEY PART OF OUR DESIGN IS OUR GROUND FLOOR HAS A 15 FOOT MINIMUM HIGH CLEARANCE. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE REALLY HIGH QUALITY, GOOD LOOKING RETAIL. 
          THAT WAS, THAT WAS MAJOR IMPORTANCE 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THAT FOR THE FRONTAGE ON FESTIVAL WAY. 
          BUT IT DID ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO HAVE KIND OF A, ALMOST LIKE A SLIP FLOOR IN THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S 10 FOOT HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, FLOOR TO FLOOR. 
          AND, AND THE GRADING IN ESSENCE ALLOWED THAT TO WORK FOR A PORTION OF THE SITE. 
          UH, OTHER BENEFITS FOR US NOT TO BELABOR. 
          THIS ALSO ALLOWED THE PARKING LEVELS ON LEVELS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR TO ALIGN BETTER, UH, WITH THE UNITS THEMSELVES. 
          THE OTHER ITEM I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT IS THE, UH, UH, THE CONVERSION OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE FROM A PODIUM TO A PRECAST, UH, PRECAST WRAP STRUCTURE. 
          CAN YOU FIRST OF ALL DESCRIBE THAT FOR THE HOME AUDIENCE? YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, IT'S, IT'S BENEFITS FROM THAT, RIGHT? IT'S STILL A, IT'S STILL A CONCRETE, UH, GARAGE EITHER WAY. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH GREAT STRUCTURES. 
          WE USE BOTH ALL THE TIME. 
          IT'S JUST THE PODIUM CONFIGURATION PREVIOUSLY THAT WE SHOWED ALLOWS FOR MORE UNUSUAL ANGLES. 
          AND THE ANGLE THAT WE WERE FACED WITH HAD TO DO WITH THE, HOW WE WERE REALLY NOT PARALLEL TO THE TRAIN, BUT WE WERE KIND OF AT A ANGLE AND HOW THAT GARAGE WAS POSITIONED TO GET THE REQUIRED PARKING COUNT. 
          AGAIN, WHEN THE TOWN WAS ABLE TO KIND OF SETTLE ON WHAT THE 65 FOOT, UH, DV CONTRA WAS AND WE PUSHED OUR SITE, THE GARAGE WAS ABLE TO SQUARE UP LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS CONFIGURATION THAT PROVIDES MORE EFFICIENT PARKING, BETTER PARKING, MEANING MORE SPACES THAT 
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WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW, UH, AGAIN, TO SUPPORT THE RETAIL, UH, AND FOR US. 
          BUT A SIX LEVEL GARAGE, 475 SPACES, IT'S, THIS IS A MUCH PREFERRED SYSTEM. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU CATCHING THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR DESIGN TEAM WORKED HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE NEED TO HOLD THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UH, THANKS TAYLOR. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE A SEAT IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE'RE NEED TO HOLD THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          SO I'LL CALL THE FIRST ONE FIRST FOR ITEM FIVE A AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MS. MR. WHITEHEAD. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS. 
          OH, OH, SORRY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RON WHITEHEAD. 
          I LIVE AT 39 19. 
          BOB AND LANE IN ADDISON. 
          I COME TO BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT TREES. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT TREES, BUT I'VE KNOWN MOST OF THESE TREES LONGER THAN I'VE KNOWN MOST OF YOU, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE GQ 'CAUSE HE'S REALLY OLD. 
          AND THE TREES, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND THAT NO ONE EXPRESSED THAT THE STREET TREES WERE THAT IMPORTANT. 
          AND THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE, WE KEEP, UH, HAVING THE SITUATION IN TOWN WHERE WE ELIMINATE LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IN THIS INSTANCE, NOT ONLY ARE THEY STREET TREES, BUT THEY'RE TREES THAT BELONG TO YOU. 
          THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE CO-DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THAT DIDN'T GET EXPRESSED. 
          AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO, UM, TO BRING FORWARD THE IDEA THAT STREET TREES ARE IMPORTANT IN ADDISON. 
          UH, WE WENT THROUGH THIS ON MIDWAY ROAD, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ON OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN. 
          IT CONTINUES TO INCUR TO OCCUR. 
          AND FRANKLY, I I REALLY THINK IT'S TIME FOR A SOLUTION AND A, A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STREET TREES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT TREES HAVE TO BE ELIMINATED WHEN YOU BUILD THINGS ON PROPERTY, ON THE INTERIORS OF PROPERTY. 
          IT JUST HAPPENS. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO DODGE EVERYTHING. 
          I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT, UH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I WAS INVOLVED IN, UM, MOST OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, OF ACQUIRING THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          AND, UH, SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED IN THE BEGINNING. 
          UH, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE LET PEOPLE BUILD THINGS AND THEN THEY BUILD THAT ON THE PRO ON THE PROSPECT OF USING THE OTHER PUBLIC OPEN SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR PROJECTS. 
          AND WE DO THIS, UM, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, GIVING UP 140 TREES ON THIS SITE OR SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND THE HEAD END PARKING. 
          AND REALLY THE CONTROL OF FESTIVAL WAY CONCERNS ME. 
          WE BUILT THAT, UH, WE PLANTED THOSE TREES THERE TO BE A BUFFER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT. 
          AND WE WANTED IT TO, UH, BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A BUFFER, UH, IN CASE THERE WAS, UH, AN EXTREME DIFFERENCE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT IN COMPARISON TO THE REST OF ADDISON CIRCLE. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE, THAT'S WHY WE PLANTED THEM. 
          THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY WERE IMPORTANT. 
          I REALIZE YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SAVE THEM, BUT I DO HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, RON. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS FIVE A THE CASE 19 19 10 Z. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SHOULD WE HOLD ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN VOTE ON EACH ONE? OH, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE'LL DO ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          WE'LL GET THOSE OUTTA THE WAY. 
          SO WE'LL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM FIVE B, WHICH IS, UH, CASE 1894 DASH Z. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. 
          GO TO ITEM FIVE C, PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 
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1895 DASH Z. 
          ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE A. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU, MARLON. 
          AND ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONS THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE WITH THAT THERE? YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          YEAH. 
          WITH, WITH THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THE SECOND ONE WAS FROM NANCY? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, THE ONLY COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, I, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, NONE OF US WANT TO CUT DOWN A BUNCH OF TREES. 
          YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE COULD SAVE THEM, IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WHEN, WHEN WE DO DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT, IT'S, IT'S ALL A TRADE OFF. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TRADE ONE THING THAT YOU WANT FOR SOMETHING, UM, SOMETHING MAYBE NEGATIVE THAT'S GONNA COME FROM THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          AND, AND, UH, AND, AND I AGREE WITH, AGREE WITH RHONDA. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS MUCH EARLIER RATHER THAN ONCE THAT PROVERBIAL TRAIN IS LEFT THE STATION. 
          SO, UM, SO I GET THAT. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S PAINFUL TO SEE THEM GO, BUT, UH, BUT I DO ALSO REFLECT BACK ON, I WAS TALKING TO DAVID ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING WHERE I LIVE UP BY, UH, NORTH IN, BY NORTH ADDISON PARK QUITE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 10, 12, 15 YEARS AGO. 
          UH, THE TRAIL THAT RUNS OVER BY TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, WE, THE, THE TOWN PLANTED A NUMBER OF TREES, QUITE A NUMBER OF TREES, AND THEY WERE PRETTY SMALL. 
          AND I THOUGHT, OH, THAT'S CUTE. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST SMALL TREES. 
          BUT NOW, WHEN I WALKED DOWN THROUGH THERE, AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN A BIG PICTURE, IT HASN'T BEEN ALL THAT LONG. 
          THEY'RE REALLY BIG, NOT FULL SIZE, BEAUTIFUL TREES. 
          AND SO, I MEAN, WE, WE MIGHT THINK, YEAH, IT'S GONNA TAKE 30 OR 40 YEARS, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY'LL BE SUBSTANTIAL BEFORE WE'RE, BEFORE WE REALLY KNOW IT. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON IT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE AND SAD TO SEE THEM GO, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, NANCY. 
          YES. 
          UM, ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO, UM, ADDRESS OUR TREE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, AND THANK YOU RON AND, UM, THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE, OF THE TOWN FOR HAVING, UH, THE VISION AND THE FORESIGHT FOR MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES WERE ACQUIRED WHEN YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY. 
          MARLON, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          NO OTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          ITEM FIVE A IS APPROVED. 
          ITEM FIVE B, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED WITH A, WITH THE CONDITIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MARLON. 
          I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, DARREN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ITEM FIVE B IS APPROVED. 
          ITEM FIVE C I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          DARREN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          YOU'D LIKE TO TURN THAT MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE TO DO THAT. 
           MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE I, UH, FIVE FIVE Z CASE 1895 Z MM-HMM,  WITH THE RECOMMENDED, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. 
          OH, GO AHEAD EILEEN. 
          SORRY, SECOND. 
          WHO WANTS THAT? AND A SECOND. 
          FROM EILEEN. 
          THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING. 
          . 
          ANY OTHER, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ITEM FIVE C IS APPROVED. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS TO YOU ALL. 
          [d.  Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance approving 2024 Standards of Care for the Town's youth recreation programs.]
OKAY. 
          ITEM FIVE D, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING 2024 STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE TOWN'S YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS. THERE HE COMES, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL PAT WHITE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATION. 
          UM, WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCE CODE TO ANNUALLY GET COUNCIL APPROVAL AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS. UH, TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCE CODE PROVIDES MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION OPERATING OF YOUTH PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO OUR SUMMER CAMP. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE FOR ANY OTHER CAMP OR KIDS PROGRAMS WE OFFER. 
          UM, IT INCLUDES GUIDELINES FOR HIRING STAFF, CLEANING PROTOCOLS, DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES, PARTICIPANT SAFETY, AS WELL AS PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND MENTAL GROWTH. 
          BASICALLY, IT GIVES US THE OUTLINE TO OPERATE A SAFE 
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AND FRONT AND FUN YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MAYOR, I MAY FOR APPROVAL. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, EILEEN. 
          AND WAS THAT FROM MARLON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR AS A STANDARD THING RIGHT BEFORE THE SUMMER CAMPS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          YOU OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          ITEM FIVE D IS APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [a.  Consider action on a Resolution approving an unsubordinated ground lease between the Town of Addison and AMLI Residential Partners for development and operation of a mixed-use, residential building containing approximately 10,000 square feet of retail space and between 260-280 residential units in connection with the Addison Circle Area Transit Oriented Mixed-Use Development Project; authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date.  ]
MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          SIX A IS CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN SUBORDINATED GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND AMLE RESIDENTIAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE AND BETWEEN 260 AND 280 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDISON CIRCLE TRANSIT, ADDISON CIRCULAR AREA, TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          WAYNE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL WAYNE EMERSON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND ON THIS, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY, UH, HEARD ABOUT THIS EVENING. 
          BUT, UH, ON THIS, IN APRIL, 2022, THE TOWN ENTERED INTO AN MOU WITH AMWAY RESIDENTIAL AND STREAM REALTY PARTNERS AS CO-DEVELOPERS FOR THE TOD AROUND THE FUTURE. 
          ADDISON SILVERLINE STATION THAT MOU ADDRESSED INCENTIVES, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, GROUND LEASES, AND MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE PROJECT. 
          IN JANUARY, 2024, AFTER SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, UH, THE TOWN APPROVED THE SIXTH AND FINAL MOU ON THIS PROJECT, UM, PRIMARILY THAT MOU REPLACED STREAM RELEASE PARTNERS WITH, UH, THE NEW OFFICE DEVELOPER, UH, QUADRANT OR QIP. 
          AND THEN, UH, MOST RECENTLY ON APRIL 12TH, UH, PNZ APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE STATION. 
          ONCE AGAIN, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ARE AMLI AND QUADRANT OR QIP, UM, AND PHASE ONE OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE A CLASS, A OFFICE BUILDING A HIGH AND MID-RISE, MULTIFAMILY AND A RETAIL COMPONENT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED PARKING GARAGES WITH, UH, THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THERE REALLY ARE KIND OF FOUR COMPONENTS TO THIS, AND I'LL KIND OF SUPPLEMENT THIS WITH A VISUAL IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, BUT THE FIRST COMPONENT, YOU HAVE THE, UH, OFFICE GARAGE, I'M SORRY, THE OFFICE 160,000 SQUARE FEET WITH THE GARAGE OF 650 SPACES. 
          THEN YOU HAVE THE, WHAT WE CALL THE TOWER COMPONENT, UH, OF THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS, UH, UH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE RETAIL. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, UH, PODIUM COMPONENT OF THE, OF THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, THE 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL. 
          AND I'LL, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, UM, STARTING TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE 650 STALL GARAGE WITH THE GREEN COVERING. 
          UM, CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THAT IS THE 160,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, MASS TIMBER OFFICE BUILDING, AND THEN SORT OF NESTLED AROUND IT. 
          AND THE L SHAPE IS THE 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND WHITE, AND THEN THE TOWER COMPONENT DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE RETAIL. 
          AND THEN SORT OF BACK IN THE DISTANCE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE PODIUM PARCEL. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, UH, THIS EVENING IS THE GROUND LEASES, WHICH IS THE PODIUM IN THE BACK, THE TOWER, AND THE RETAIL COMPONENT. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE OFFICE OR THE GARAGE PARCEL, UH, THIS EVENING. 
          UM, BASICALLY WHAT I JUST SAID RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, TO, UH, TO FINALIZE THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, AND THEN THE, UH, PURCHASE AND CELL AGREEMENT WITH THE OFFICE PARCEL AND A PARKING AGREEMENT THAT WILL, UH, DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC USE AND OWNERSHIP OF THE OFFICE PARKING GARAGE. 
          SO THE GROUND LEASES, UM, THIS EVENING, THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THOSE, THEY ARE A 99 YEAR, UH, LEASE TERM. 
          UM, THERE IS AN INITIAL RENT FOR EACH COMPONENT, WHICH I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH. 
          UM, AND THERE'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS, TAXES, MAINTENANCE, 
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AND INSURANCE. 
          WITHIN THESE LEASES, WE HAVE PROHIBITED, UH, CERTAIN USES, SOBS, GAMBLING FACILITIES, THE USUAL SUSPECTS THERE, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLAN APPROVAL, UH, APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND, AND COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES. 
          UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR ASSIGNMENTS OF THE LEASE AND SUBLEASES, AND THEN A PRO, UH, PROHIBITION ON THE SUBORDINATION OF THE TOWN'S, UH, OWNERSHIP THROUGH A MORTGAGE OR A LIEN BY A LENDER. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, IF THE PROPERTIES ARE DAMAGED, THERE'S A REPAIR AND RESTORATION OR DESTRUCTION, THEY, UM, REQUIREMENTS TO REPAIR THOSE. 
          AND THEN A RIGHT, UH, A FIRST RIGHT OF OFFER SHOULD THE CITY EVER DECIDE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO ON THE TOWER COMPONENT, THE INITIAL ANNUAL RENT AMOUNT IS $200,000. 
          UM, AND THEN AS PART OF THIS PROVISION, AMLI WILL MAKE A $2 MILLION DEPOSIT AS PREPAID GROUND RENT, UH, FOR ALL OF THE SUBLEASES THAT'S, THAT SPREADS OUT ACROSS ALL OF THE SUB RE SUBLEASES, UH, THAT, UM, REFUND IS NON-REFUNDABLE, UM, EXCEPT WHEN THERE IS A REFUND PERIOD THAT OPENS ON APRIL 1ST AND ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          AND, UH, AM E HAS SUBMITTED INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS AND A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION. 
          SO GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. 
          I HAVE A TIMELINE THAT I HOPE WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, ONTO THE PODIUM GROUND LEASE, THAT INITIAL ANNUAL RENT AMOUNT IS 250,000. 
          AND THEN WITH THE RETAIL COMPONENT, UH, THE RENT IS SET AT 50,000 AND THEN AM EMILY MAY, UH, SUBLEASE OR TO A QUALIFIED RETAIL DEVELOPER WITH THE CAPACITY AND EXPERIENCE TO OPERATE, UM, UM, AN ASSET OF THAT TYPE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE, UM, THE TIMELINE THAT I SPOKE OF. 
          SO ASSUMING COUNSEL APPROVES THE, THE LEASE THIS EVENING, UH, THAT DEPOSIT BECOMES NON, NON-REFUNDABLE IN APRIL. 
          UH, AMLI MUST SUBMIT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, UH, BY THE DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 
          AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY MUST ALSO SUBMIT BUILDING PERMITS FOR, UH, THE TOWER AND THE PODIUM ON MARCH, 2025. 
          AT THAT POINT, THAT OPENS UP THE REFUND WINDOW ON APRIL 1ST. 
          UM, AND THEN DURING THIS PERIOD, EMILY WILL BE SEEKING THEIR INTERNAL INVESTOR APPROVAL TO DO THE PROJECT. 
          UM, AT THAT PERIOD, THEY CAN TERMINATE THIS LEASE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REFUND THAT, THAT, UH, $2 MILLION BACK. 
          UH, ONCE THAT, UH, REFUND WINDOW CLOSES AT THAT POINT AM EMILY WILL BE, UH, THAT REFUND BECOMES NON, OR I'M SORRY, THAT DEPOSIT BECOMES NON-REFUNDABLE AGAIN, AND THEN AM EMILY WILL NEED TO HIT THESE CONSTRUCTION, UH, START DEADLINES. 
          SO FOR THE TOWER, THAT'S NOVEMBER, 2025. 
          FOR THE PODIUM, IT'S DECEMBER, 2026. 
          AND THEN THE RETAIL, UH, HAS AN OUTSIDE, UH, DATE OF MARCH, 2027. 
          HOWEVER, THAT DEADLINE IS VERY CONTINGENT ON COMPLETION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND AVAILABILITY OF PARKING. 
          UM, SO IT, THAT'S BIT OF A SLIDING SCALE, BUT MARCH, 2027 IS THE OUTSIDE DATE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING THERE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? , JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL AND FIRST RIGHT OF OFFER. 
          YES. 
          SO IN A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, UM, THEY ESSENTIALLY THE, UM, THE BUYER HAS A CHANCE TO MATCH, WHEREAS A WRITE OF FIRST OFFER, UM, THEY, THEY GIVE US THEIR BEST OFFER OUT FRONT. 
          SO REALLY A WRITE OF FIRST OFFER IS, UH, BENEFICIAL TO THE TOWN AS A SELLER. 
          AND SO THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED IN THE SLIDE. 
          IS THAT WHAT I'M, THE SLIDE SHOWS FIRST, RIGHT? OH, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. 
          YES, THERE IS. 
          IN THIS ONE. 
          THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THAT AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          SO YOU MAY HAVE A, AN OLDER I DO, I DO. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          JUST WANTED TO SET THAT RECORD STRAIGHT. 
          THE QUESTIONS, WAYNE, I JUST HAD, UH, ONE QUESTION ON THE, UH, THE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE SUBLEASE. 
          YES. 
          UM, WHEN THAT, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO THAT, UH, DOES, DOES THE TOWN HAVE ANY PART OF THAT PROCESS WITH THE SUBLEASE? OR, OR DOES AM EMILY JUST DO THAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THERE'S A 10 YEAR WINDOW ON THAT. 
          AND, AND BOTH WINDOWS, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR A QUALIFIED DEVELOPER OR OPERATOR. 
          SO ON THE TOWER AND PODIUM COMPONENTS, UM, WITHIN THAT 10 YEARS, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE A DEVELOPER WITH AT LEAST $500 MILLION IN, IN ASSETS THAT THEY MANAGE. 
          UM, OR 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET CLASS A, UH, MULTIFAMILY. 
          AND THEN AFTER 10 YEARS, THAT QUALIFICATION ACTUALLY GOES UP TO A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND 
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THEN WITH THE RETAIL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LOWER REQUIREMENT. 
          WITHIN THAT 10 YEARS, IT'S, UH, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UH, UNDER ASSETS OF CLASS A RETAIL. 
          AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, AFTER THAT, UH, 10 YEAR PERIOD, IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THERE'S QUITE A, THERE'S A FEW MORE WAYS THEY CAN QUALIFY, BUT THAT'S, UM, KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL WAY. 
          THERE ARE SPECIFICS REGARDING SOMEBODY BEING QUALIFIED. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. 
          ANYBODY ELSE, NANCY, JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE THOSE, UM, CONDITIONS, UM, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR AN, UM, ASSIGNMENT? UH, YES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WHAT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MAYOR, I MAY FOR APPROVAL. 
          EILEEN SECOND. 
          GQ. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM SIX A IS APPROVED. 
          MOVING 
          [b.  Consider action on a Resolution approving an unsubordinated ground lease between the Town of Addison and AMLI Residential Partners for development and operation of a mixed-use, multifamily building containing retail space and approximately 400 residential units in connection with the Addison Circle Area Transit Oriented Mixed-Use Development Project; authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date.  ]
ON TO ITEM SIX B, CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN SUBORDINATED GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND AMORY RESIDENTIAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING CONTAINING RETAIL SPACE, AND APPROXIMATELY 400 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDISON CIRCLE AREA TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WAYNE? SO THE PRESENTATION WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE, THOSE ALL, ALL THREE OF THE, THE LEASES. 
          SO, UM, OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          NICE JOB ON THE SECOND ONE. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          WELL THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON, ON THIS ITEM? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN. 
          MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU EILEEN. 
          MOTION IS SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          ITEM SIX B IS APPROVED ITEM 
          [c.  Consider action on a Resolution approving an unsubordinated ground lease between the Town of Addison and AMLI Residential Partners for development of three (3) stand-alone buildings comprising approximately 18,000 square feet of retail space for operation of retail, restaurant and/or entertainment uses in connection with the Addison Circle Area Transit Oriented Mixed-Use Development Project; authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date.  ]
SIX C. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT AND LOOK FOR A MOTION. 
          CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN SUBORDINATED GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND AMWAY RESIDENTIAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THREE STANDALONE BUILDINGS COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY, APPROXIMATELY 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE FOR OPERATION OF RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND OR ENTERTAINMENT USES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDISON CIRCLE AREA TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE MA? SECOND. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU G CUBE. 
          WAS THAT MARLON FOR THE SECOND? THANK YOU. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ITEM SIX C IS APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU, WAYNE. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          ALL 
          [d.  Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution approving an amendment to the original professional services agreement with Westra Consultants for additional Professional Engineering Services for the Les Lacs Pond Improvements project, authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement for an amount not to exceed $96,800.]
RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX D, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WESTRA CONSULTANTS FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE LAC POND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 98 90 $6,800. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M JOE P, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS. 
          THE INTENT OF THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL REGARDING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION, WHO WAS DEEMED BEST VALUE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          AFTER CONCLUDE, AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR LAY LOCKS POND IMPROVEMENTS, I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME BRIEF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS A REVIEW OF EVENTS THAT HAD LED TO OUR PROPOSED PATH FORWARD FOR THIS PROJECT, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THIS CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO WESTER CONSULTANTS. 
          AND SO IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, YOU WILL SEE THE WORD BID WRITTEN SEVERAL TIMES. 
          THE WORD BID IS VERY SPECIFIC TO A PRICE THAT IS ATTACHED TO A TASK, BUT IT IS NOT THE PROCUREMENT METHOD THAT WE USED TO SELECT THIS CONTRACTOR. 
          THE PROCUREMENT METHOD WAS, UH, COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, WHICH IS BASED ON, UH, EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT IS PUBLISHED. 
          AND THEIR RESPONSE WILL, UH, RANK, RANK AND RATE THEM AND SELECT THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS THE BEST VALUE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          AND WITH THAT, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE FEE WITH THAT CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED, AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH WITH THAT. 
          SO, UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL BID WAS SEPTEMBER OF 2023. 
          WE HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION AT THE PRE-BID. 
          WE, UH, HAD NO PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTUAL BID, SO WE REISSUED BIDS IN JANUARY OF 2024. 
          AND TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION WAS THE ONLY BIDDER FOR THE PROJECT. 
          TEXAS, UH, STANDARD CONSTRUCTIONS BID WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE CONSULTANT'S OPINION OF COST, 
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PROBABLE OPINION OF COST. 
          AND, UH, JUST AS A RECAP OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE BOND FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF $2.5 MILLION INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS IS $430,000. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE AVAILABLE STORMWATER FUNDS OF $2.5 MILLION TO APPLY TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT FOR A TOTAL OF $5,000,430. 
          AND JUST AS A RECAP, BRIEF RECAP OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UH, YOU SEE HERE WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS AND BASE WORK AND LANDSCAPE ITEMS ARE A PART OF ALL THREE OF THESE OPTIONS. 
          AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BASE WORK IS THOSE TASKS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PERFORM ANY OF THE REST OF THE TASK OF THE PROJECT BASE WORK CAN, UH, INCLUDE THINGS LIKE MOBILIZATION, BONDING, UH, SITE SECURITY, UH, ROAD CLOSURES, THAT TYPE THING. 
          AND, UH, THEN THE LANDSCAPE ITEMS ARE STRICTLY THOSE THAT ARE TRULY LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION RELATED TO THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO OPTION NUMBER ONE, HAVING THE BASE AND LANDSCAPE ITEMS WAS, UH, FOR A, UH, HDPE LINER, WHICH IS A PLASTIC TYPE LINER. 
          AND, UH, THEN WE HAD AN OPTION NUMBER TWO, WHICH WAS EXCAVATION FOR A TWO FOOT TOLL CLAY LINER. 
          AND, UH, AND THEN THE THIRD WAS EXCAVATION OF ABOUT 25% OF THE POND FOR, UH, EIGHT FEET. 
          AND SO THAT EXCAVATION, UH, DEEPENING OF THE POND IN A CLAY LINER, UH, WAS THE THIRD OPTION. 
          AND THEN TOTAL ALTERNATES AND, UH, DO INCLUDE FOUNTAINS, TREE UP LIGHTING, RAIN GARDENS, AND A CRESCENT SHAPED WALL WAS ALSO INCLUDED. 
          SO, UH, AFTER TEXAS STANDARDS BIDS WERE OPEN, UH, THE, THE TOWN HOSTED A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION MEETING WITH TEXAS STANDARD WESTRA, WHO IS A CONSULTANT AND TBG PARTNERS, WHO IS THEIR CONSULTANT AS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 
          SO THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WERE OPEN AND HONEST, AND THEY LED ALL PARTIES TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS INDEED A CLEAR PATH FORWARD TO ACHIEVING, ACHIEVING COST REDUCTIONS FROM THE CONTRACTOR. 
          AND THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR WAS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN BEING ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          THE CONTRACTOR ASKED IF THE CURRENT PROJECT COULD BE SEPARATED INTO TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE POND WORK TO BE BID BY THEM, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A LANDSCAPE WORK TO BE BID BY ANOTHER CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTED BY OTHERS AFTER THE POND WORK IS COMPLETE. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAD EXPRESSED THAT A, A YEAR ON THE JOB WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE ON. 
          AND SO THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT IT INTO TWO PARTS, UH, AT ABOUT SIX MONTHS EACH, FOR EACH PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, THE TOWN CONTRACTOR AND CONSULTANTS ALL AGREED THAT THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE OPTION NOW AT THIS POINT WAS TO LOOK AT CLAY LINER ONLY OPTIONS, UH, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE, UH, THE CLAY LINERS WILL BE HERE IN PERPETUITY, AND HDPE LINER MIGHT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, A MORE SUSTAINABLE OPTION. 
          AND THEN AFTER PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, WESTRA STAFF ASKED FOR A SCOPE AMENDMENT PROPOSAL TO SEPARATE THE PROJECTS INTO TWO PROJECTS AND MAKE SOME EXTENSIVE CLARIFICATION ON POND RELATED DETAILS, WHICH WAS A STICKING POINT FOR THE CONTRACTOR. 
          THEY WANTED SIMPLIFICATION OF DETAILS, THEY WANTED, UH, THINGS IN MY MIND, THEIR MIND THAT WERE EASIER TO INSTALL AND MORE PRACTICAL IN THIS SITUATION. 
          AND SO IN CONCLUSION, THIS IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS EVENING. 
          SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR US TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR DREDGING AND SEDIMENT HAUL OFF FROM AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR. 
          PRICING BY TEXAS STANDARD WAS UNREASONABLY, UH, OUT OF OUR RANGE IN THIS CASE. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO ACTUALLY MANAGE THAT PART FROM AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR. 
          AND THEN THE CO THE CONSULTANT WILL DEVELOP TWO SETS OF PLANS FOR TWO PROJECTS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, BASICALLY JUST SEPARATING THEM OUT, UH, INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BID SET. 
          AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AND IT'S A LOT MORE WORK THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE TO TAKE A BIG SET OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO CON DO TWO SETS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, NEW OPINIONS OF COST, NEW EVERYTHING. 
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SO, UH, THAT IS THAT. 
          SO, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS PROJECT NUMBER ONE. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TWO PROJECTS. 
          THIS WOULD BE, UH, WORKING WITH TEXAS STANDARD NEGOTIATED SCOPE AND PRICE BASED ON THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL PROJECT WILL ONLY INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION ITEMS RELATED TO POND WORK. 
          THE PROJECT WILL ONLY INCLUDE CLAY LINERS WITH NO HDPE LINER OPTIONS AND MODIFIED POND DEEPENING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE POND WOULD BE INCLUDED. 
          IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND, UH, PROJECT ONE IS NOT CONSIDERED A BID, BUT IT IS A NEGOTIATED PRICE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED TO BE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON AS A RESULT OF COMPETITIVE SEAL, COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS. 
          AND THE SECOND PROJECT WOULD BE BID USING COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL AS A NEW CONTRACT WITH A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR. 
          THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ALL ITEMS IN THE LANDSCAPE SCOPE AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE COMPLETION OF PROJECT NUMBER ONE. 
          IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS, BUT WE'LL HAVE LIMITED ROAD AND SITE CLOSURES ONCE WE GET TO THIS POINT. 
          SO YOU STILL HAVE THE, THE YEAR LONG PROCESS, BUT YOU HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR INVOLVED IN PHASE ONE, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IN PHASE TWO. 
          SO THAT'S GOING TO, TO HELP WITH FATIGUE AMONG CON AMONG CONTRACTORS, WHICH, WHICH COULD HAPPEN WORKING IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME. 
          AND THE RESOLUTION WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS EVENING IS AN AMENDMENT TO WESTERN WESTER CONSULTANTS, LLC, TO THE ORIGINAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $96,800. 
          AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, JOE. 
          AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS JUST TO, TO REDO THE PLANS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          MAKE TWO OUT OF ONE, CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTIONS, GQ? YES, MAYOR, I WAS HOPING THAT JOE OR JANA, UH, COULD SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE AND THE REASONING, UH, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LINER. 
          UH, JUST SO THAT THIS AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE THAT THAT, THAT THIS, UH, PROJECT HAS. 
          SURE CAN. 
          UH, THE, THE LINER IS FAILING AND THAT HAS BEEN TESTED. 
          THERE IS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF ITS FAILURE IF YOU WALK AROUND THE POND, WE HAVE, UH, WALKED AROUND THE POND WITH A CONSULTANT. 
          WE HAVE WALKED AROUND THE POND WITH A POND SPECIALIST AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. 
          AND THEY HAVE INDEED SAID, YOU THIS LINER IS, IS FAILING. 
          AND IF LEFT UNTOUCHED, IT COULD LIKELY, UH, LET COMPLETELY GO AND THEN FLOAT TO THE SURFACE. 
          AND, UH, AS SUCH, UH, THE POND IS SHALLOW. 
          WE, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE MAY COULD GO WITH SOME DEEPENING, UM, SOME DEEPENING OPTIONS AND IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS ALSO VERY, VERY NECESSARY. 
          UH, WE WANT THE POND TO BE AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE, AND SO, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LINER AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO RE THANK YOU, AND WE'RE RELYING ON, UH, ON, UH, THE CAPACITY OF THAT POND FOR, UH, RETENTION. 
          ALSO, I SUSPECT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          IT, IT IS A RETENTION POND AND THE JUST, UM, AS, AS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, THE INFLOW FROM THE WATERSHED IS ACTUALLY ON THE SOUTH WEST, I'M SORRY, SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE POND. 
          AND THE WATER FLOWS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE POND, AND THEN THERE IS AN OUTFLOW OUTWARD INTO OUR STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE POND. 
          SO YES, THE, THE CAPACITY TO RETAIN WATER AFTER FLOODING IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I DO. 
          YEAH, JUST KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MAYOR, POINT OF CARE CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE ONLY REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT, NOT PROJECTS ONE AND TWO AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE THE CONTRACTOR SUCCESSFULLY BE ABLE TO GIVE US PRICING FOR EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          DAN. 
          JUST QUICK QUESTION, JOE, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE DREDGING THAT THE TOWN STAFF WOULD TAKE ON LIKE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR'S ROLE IN THAT, IS THERE AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF US DOING THAT VERSUS GIVING IT TO A GC? WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT UH, WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE, UH, CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS DUE TO ORIGINAL PRICING AND WHAT WE HAVE COMPARED WITH A COUPLE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, UH, VITRUVIAN IS ONE IN, IN CASE POINT THAT, UH, WE HAVE COMPARED THOSE PRICINGS 
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PER VOLUME AS COMPARED TO THE PRICING WE GOT PER VOLUME WITH, UH, TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE, WE DO ANTICIPATE CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS IF GOING THAT ROUTE, AND WE CERTAINLY ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          HAVING BEEN A PERSON WHO WALKS AROUND THAT POND, I MEAN PROBABLY 3, 4, 5 TIMES A WEEK, I WOULD ALSO ASSUME THAT THE LEAKING OF THE POND, NOT JUST THE LINER COMING UP, BUT WHERE THE WATER'S DISPERSING UNDERNEATH THE PEOPLE'S COULD POTENTIALLY BE GOING AT OUR HOMES. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET AHEAD OF THAT FROM HAPPENING. 
          WE, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T SPECULATE ON WHERE THE WATER IS GOING, BUT THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, WHERE IS THE WATER GOING? AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT, UH, WE, WE DO FEEL THAT IT IS IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A STABLE LINER THAT WE CAN, UH, KEEP IN PERPETUITY. 
          I CAN IMAGINE BE, IF I WERE A HOMEOWNER IN THAT, IN AND AROUND THAT AREA, I'D WANT THAT APPROVED BY OUR COUNCIL. 
          SO THANKS FOR PREPARING THIS. 
          THANKS JOEL. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU JOE AND JANA AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE CREATIVE APPROACH TO THIS. 
          UH, I KNOW IT CAME IN A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          WHEN WAS THE LINER INSTALLED TO BEGIN THE, THE CURRENT LINER? I WILL HAVE TO REFER TO SOMEONE WHO WAS HERE BEFORE. 
          I GOTCHA. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, YOU ALWAYS ASK A QUESTION THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED THAT UP. 
          UM, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. 
          UH, THE POND WAS INSTALLED AT THE TIME THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED, AND I DO HAVE THE EXACT YEAR AND OUR PLANS BACK AT THE OFFICE. 
          UM, BUT OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT WAS ROUGHLY LIKE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1990 WHEN THAT POND WAS BUILT. 
          OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          SO IT'S QUITE A, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO BREAK IT INTO TWO PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE, UM, TWO, IT'S, IT'S TWO CHUNKS. 
          WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE APPROVING THE PLANS, UH, TO, TO PAY FOR THE PLANS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TWO, TWO BLOCKS OF SIX MONTHS APPROXIMATELY EACH. 
          AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS GO, AT LEAST THE FIRST PART WOULD BE SIX MONTHS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THAT IS OUR ANTICIPATED TIMELINE. 
          AND LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPING MIGHT NOT TAKE SIX MONTHS. 
          UH, WE, WE HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T, UH, HAVING THE POND CONTRACTOR OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN THE NEXT CONTRACTOR STEPS IN, UH, WE HOPEFULLY WILL FACILITATE SOME TIME SAVINGS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY HELP WITH, UH, NEIGHBORS. 
          CONSTRUCTION FATIGUE ALSO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SOME OTHER DISRUPTIONS. 
          SO I, I NEVER REALLY CONTEMPLATED THAT UNTIL I TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR. 
          UH, IT WAS SAME CONTRACTOR THAT DID THE, UH, RAW HIDE BASIN AS WELL. 
          AND I, I THINK THEY WERE FRESH OFF OF SOME FATIGUE FROM THAT PROJECT AS WELL. 
          LIKELY. 
          I, I GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT PROJECT AS FAR AS HOW THEY HANDLED THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT RAW HIDE PROJECT, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          JUST SO FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR THOSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LAY LOCKS GENERAL AREA IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PENDING PROJECT THAT IT IS COMING, IT CAN'T STOP IT AND THE TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE, SO, SO THERE'S A REALISTIC EXPECTATION. 
          WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT, THAT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          IN OCTOBER, WE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AND HAD 97 PARTICIPANTS IN A SMALL ROOM AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB. 
          IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY. 
          UH, WE, UH, INVITED THE GUEST TO HOLD ALL QUESTIONS UNTIL WE DID A PRESENTATION AND WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS. 
          JANA, MYSELF AND THE CONSULTANTS DID A PRESENTATION AND WE HAD A GREAT AUDIENCE AND VERY, VERY RESPECTFUL APPROACH. 
          UH, LOTS OF GREAT QUESTIONS, LOTS OF GREAT COMMENTS. 
          AND SO FROM THAT, UH, WE REALLY FEEL CONNECTED WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE AND HAVE BEEN UPDATING INFORMATION ON OUR WEBPAGE REGULARLY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS PROCESS UNTIL TONIGHT. 
          AND THEN I'LL WRITE AN UPDATE, UH, TOMORROW AS A, UH, NOT TOMORROW, BUT, UH, EARLY NEXT WEEK IS APPROPRIATE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARLON. 
          YEAH, MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          SO JOE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. 
          SO IF, IF THIS GETS APPROVED TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE COMING BACK IN ABOUT ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD OR TO SEE THE TWO BIDS THAT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TWO MONTHS AND TWO WEEKS DURING APPROXIMATELY. 
          SO, UH, MEANS THAT THE LINER PROBABLY LASTED, UH, 34 YEARS, 30 YEARS OR SO AND IT'S FAILING BEFORE NOW. 
          UM, IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS IN 
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DOING THE LINER VERSUS THE, I I LIKE THE PERPETUITY PART. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT 30 YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR A LOT OF OTHER CHANGES AS WELL. 
          UM, IS THERE A MUCH COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE GOING WITH A CLAY, UH, CLAY LINER VERSUS THE HDPE LINER? IT, IT ALL GOES TO, UH, YOU, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. 
          AND WITH THE HDPE LINER, IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE LIKE A REGULAR LIGHT BULB AS COMPARED TO AN LED. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW, UH, JUST, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, MY MY PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL OPINION THAT, UH, HDPE LINER, UH, ALTHOUGH IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE, THERE ARE INHERENTLY A LOT MORE RISK WITH THAT. 
          AND THE RISK IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE FORMING THE OUTSIDE EDGES, THERE IS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT LINER TO BE DAMAGED. 
          WHEREAS CLAY LINER, YOU, YOU PUT THE CLAY IN AND YOU CAN STACK BOULDERS, YOU CAN DO MANIPULATIONS TO THE POND EDGE AND AND FORMULATE, UH, THE, THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE POND. 
          DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? I DID AND I ALSO, ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT DISCLOSE THE BIDS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN A NEGOTIATION PHASE, I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PRICE RANGES ON OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE COST WERE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDED US FOR THOSE OPTIONS BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM AN OPTION TO PROVIDE A LINER TO PROVIDE THE CLAY OPTION AND TO PROVIDE THE DEEPENING AND THERE WAS ABOUT $200,000 BETWEEN THOSE THREE ELEMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, WELL, JOE AND JANET, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT. 
          YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF TIME IN IT AND WITH, UH, THE REST OF YOUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. 
          UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR I'D TO MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM 60. 
          THAT WAS DARREN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION FROM DARREN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THE MOTION OF, ALTHOUGH MARLON ALREADY DID  AND A SECOND FROM, FROM DAN. 
          AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          ITEM SIX D IS APPROVED. 
          [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.]
OUR FINAL ITEM FOR THE NIGHT IS ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCE AND SO FORTH. 
          ANY INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, EILEEN? YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE METRO CREST SERVICES BREAKFAST THIS MORNING WAS SO WELL DONE AND THEY ARE SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AS ALWAYS. 
          AND WE HAD THE FULL COUNCIL WAS THERE, WE HAD A BUNCH OF CITY STAFF THERE, SO I LOVED SEEING ALL OF THE ADDISON SUPPORT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT FOR THIS AND FOR THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, NANCY? I WAS JUST GONNA DITO. 
          . 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UH, WELL, I DO HAVE ONE THING. 
          UH, THIS AFTERNOON I WENT OVER TO, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE, BROOKHAVEN CAMPUS FOR THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ON THEIR EARLY COLLEGE BUILDING FOR THEIR EARLY COLLEGE, UH, THEY CALL IT, UH, EAR EARLY COLLEGE CENTER. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR THE DUAL CREDIT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, YOU KNOW, BUT BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. 
          AND SO THEY BUILT A BRAND NEW, TWO BRAND NEW BUILDINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND SO THEY DID THE RIBBON CUTTING ON 'EM TODAY. 
          THEY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT, EVEN INCLUDING PROBABLY A HUNDRED OR SO STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OVER THERE TO SEE THEIR NEW BUILDING. 
          AND, UH, SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR, OUR, OUR LOCATION WHERE WE ARE IN IN DALLAS, ISD AND, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FAVORABLE AND NOT EVERYBODY LOVES IT, BUT MARLIN BROUGHT UP SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS RECENTLY AND, AND, AND THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT POSITIVELY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR, FOR THESE STUDENTS TO GET A GREAT HEAD START, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR COLLEGE YEARS AND, UH, AND GET A RUNNING START WITH THAT. 
          SO, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, A GREAT FACILITY, AND, AND MAYBE WE'LL ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE AT SOME POINT AND, AND CHECK IT ALL OUT. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT THE, UH, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SPOKE AND, AND HE'S JUST A, HE'S A PISTOL, SO WE'RE GLAD TO MEET HIM AND, AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT EVENT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? MAYOR? I'M, UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING. 
          UM, JUST TO ECHO YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUR, ON OUR AWESOME SCHOOL CHOICES. 
          UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A, A RIBBON CUTTING, UH, CEREMONY OVER AT CAREER INSTITUTE NORTH, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH, UH, DOWN MIDWAY FROM, FROM WHERE A LOT OF US LIVE. 
          UM, AND I WAS, I COULD NOT, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THIS PLACE BECAUSE, UM, BASICALLY, UM, IN INCRED, AND I HOPE WE'LL ALL GO OVER THERE WHEN YOU CAN TO CHECK IT OUT, BUT, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY, UM, VERY 
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SIMILAR TO LIKE A COLLEGE SITUATION, BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE EDUCATING, UH, CHILDREN TO OPERATE, UH, 3D PRINTERS, UH, WORK ON HVAC SYSTEMS, BASICALLY BE OWNERS. 
          SO, UM, MECHANICS, PILOTS, HANDS-ON, I MEAN, INCREDIBLY HANDS-ON WITH, WITH SERIOUS EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND IT JUST, UH, MADE ME KIND OF THINK THAT, UH, HOW EDUCATION IS CHANGING. 
          AND I SEE A LOT OF KIDS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SCHOOL AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GET OUTTA THAT SCHOOL AT ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD AND SOME OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE OWNERS OF, OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND DO, DO VERY, VERY WELL. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'LL, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU CAN, I HOPE, UH, ANY, ANY OF US WILL GO OVER THERE AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, CAREER INSTITUTE NORTH, WHICH IS THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OUR KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          UM, IF, IF THEY CAN, UH, IF THEY'D LIKE TO ENROLL. 
          THANK YOU, MARLON, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, 8 29 AND WE WILL ADJOURN FOR THE NIGHT. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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