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[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
EVENING EVERYBODY.IT IS FIVE OH ONE AND WE WILL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS MEETING THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S THE, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP, FIRST OF TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT IN THE ROOM HERE.
WE HAVE SIX OUT OF OUR SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS,
[a. Present and discuss the Proposed Annual Budget for the Town of Addison for Fiscal Year 2025 (Beginning October 1, 2024, and Ending September 30, 2025), including, but not limited to, the General Fund, Utility Fund, Stormwater Fund, Airport Fund, Hotel Fund, Economic Development Fund, Information Technology Fund, Capital Replacement Fund, Infrastructure Investment Fund, and Long-Term Planning.]
AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO OUR ITEM NUMBER TWO, WORK SESSION REPORTS.TWO A IS PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCLUDING BUT NOT IN LIMITED TO THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, STORM WATER FUND, AIRPORT FUND, HOTEL FUND, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FUND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT FUND, AND LONG TERM PLANNING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MORE FUNDS SO YOU HAVE A LONGER CAPITAL.
WE NEED, WE, WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANKS COUNCIL.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE GET HERE IN THE BUDGET, IT'S REALLY THE CULMIN CULMINATION OF A LONG PROCESS, UH, OF MULTIPLE MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO GET HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT AS STEVEN COMES UP AND PRESENTS, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS BANK.
UH, STEVEN, OUR ENTIRE BUDGET STAFF, KRISTEN, UM, FINANCE STAFF, AND CERTAINLY ALL, ALL, ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS.
THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT TAKES EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE ACCOUNT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND START THIS PROCESS.
UM, STEVEN WILL COME UP AND GIVE YOU A, A, AN OVERVIEW, BUT JUST QUICKLY TO NOT STEAL TOO MUCH OF HIS THUNDER, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
TODAY IT'S MOSTLY FOCUSED ON, UH, BOARD DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR BUDGETS.
WHAT WE, OUR INTENT WAS OVER THE PAST FEW WORK SESSIONS TO HAVE A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS PRESENT SO YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THEIR BUDGETS BEFORE YOU STARTED THE SAW, THE ENTIRE BUDGET ROLLED UP.
WE HAD, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A VERY, VERY BUSY WORK SESSION, UH, CALENDAR OVER THE PAST MONTH OR TWO.
SO WE DIDN'T GET TO A LOT OF THOSE.
I KNOW WAYNE GOT PUSHED A COUPLE TIMES WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS FOUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY, PARTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THEATER, FIRE POLICE.
YOU ALSO HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA THE PRESENTATIONS THAT DIDN'T GET PRESENTED FROM PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFICS OF CERTAINLY, UM, IF YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN A LOOK, WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS TODAY AT THE END OF THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS OR THOSE COULD CERTAINLY COME BACK TOMORROW AS WELL, OR ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE TODAY, STEVEN WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS.
TOMORROW IS REALLY WHEN WE PRESENT THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DECISION PACKAGES, UH, THE ENTIRE BUDGET, EACH OF THE FUNDS WHERE WE STAND ON THE FUNDS, THE FINANCIAL FORECAST, THE CIP, SO THAT'S OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE.
CERTAINLY THIS IS AN INFORMAL SETTING WHERE YOU'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO QUESTIONS COME UP ALONG THE WAY ON ANYTHING.
WE HAVE THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE, SO WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THIS AS EASY FOR YOU AS POSSIBLE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK STEVEN TO COME UP AND GET US STARTED.
YEAH, WE JUST ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBER, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONING OF THE ROOM AND WHERE THE SPEAKERS ARE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU CAN DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS INWARD TO THE TABLE.
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TURN AND, AND YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE SPEAKER, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU VERY WELL ON THIS END, AND THE FOLKS BEHIND US DEFINITELY CAN'T HEAR ANY OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO JUST PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
STEVEN LIP, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
UM, SO AS DAVID MENTIONED, UH, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR KIND OF AGENDA OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA KIND OF GET, GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THOSE, UH, FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS, UH, BUDGET THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS COME UP.
UH, WE HAVE PARKS AND PRACTICE.
DAVID MENTIONED SPECIAL EVENTS, THEATER, POLICE, AND FIRE, AND THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THIS DAY, AND IF WE COULD GET FURTHER, THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT NO PRESSURE.
UM, AND THEN TO, UH, TOMORROW WE HAVE, UH, THE DECISION PACKAGE SUMMARY AND THEN BASICALLY, UM, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT ALL FUNDS, UH, BUDGET SUMMARY FOR ALL OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
UH, SO AS DAVID KIND OF MENTIONED, THE BUDGET IS A YEAR LONG PROCESS, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF IT.
SO WE ACTUALLY START IN JANUARY.
I THINK WHEN WE DID THIS PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, WE SAID, THIS IS HOW WE'D LIKE THE BUDGET CALENDAR TO LOOK.
UM, AND THE TOWN HAD NEVER REALLY DONE THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
IT WAS KIND OF MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY DID THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING.
UH, THE COUNCIL SET THOSE KEY FOCUS AREAS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND I THINK AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT ALL
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THE DECISION PACKAGES AND EVERYTHING, THAT EVERYTHING REALLY TIES INTO THAT OPENING STEP, THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS TIED TO ONE OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS, ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE START WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE TAKE FROM THAT, UH, THEN THE FINANCE STEP BEGINS PREPARING, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, SOME OF IT THEN WE HAVE A BUDGET KICKOFF WHERE WE, WE GIVE THE DIRECTORS SOME DIRECTION AND SAY, HEY, START, GO GOING TO WORK ON YOUR BUDGETS.
UH, WE HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR THEM WITH THE FINANCE STAFF.
UH, WE ASK THE DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR BUDGETS TO FINANCE STAFF.
AND THEN IN MAY THEY MEET, UH, ALONG WITH FINANCE, UH, THEIR DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO GO OVER THEIR BUDGET, UH, PRESENTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT MAY AND JUNE, AND THEN REALLY BEGINNING, UH, TO FORMULATE THAT CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT JULY, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANS.
UH, WE'RE GETTING OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND WE GET THOSE WE'RE REQUIRED, UH, BY LAW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THOSE TO US BY JULY 25TH.
THEY CAN GET THEM TO US EARLIER, BUT NOT LATER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, JULY 31ST WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER TO SUBMIT THAT PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE'RE HERE IN AUGUST, UH, HERE AT OUR, UH, WORK SESSIONS FOR THE BUDGET.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.
AND THEN, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE AT THAT, UH, FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN AS WE GET INTO OCTOBER, THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE SUBMIT OUR BUDGET TO GOA 40 BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AUDIT, AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO IT REALLY IS A FULL YEAR PROCESS.
UH, SO, AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR APPROVAL PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS RELATED TO TAX RATE APPROVAL.
UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, WE GOT THE CERTIFIED VALUES, I THINK WE ACTUALLY GOT 'EM ON THE 24TH THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, UH, POST THE, THE TAX RATES, UH, ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AFTER THE BUDGET WORKSHOP TOMORROW, UM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD, WE'LL PUBLISH OUR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
UM, THE TOWN HAS ACTUALLY CONTINUED TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE TAX RATE.
UH, THE LAW NOW ONLY REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE ONE IF WE'RE ADOPTING A TAX RATE OVER A CERTAIN LEVEL.
UH, BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY, THE TOWNS CONTINUE TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET TAX RATE.
SO WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.
UM, TUESDAY, UH, THAT'LL BE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL HAVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH, WHICH IS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO THE BUDGET TAX RATE WILL BE UP FOR ADOPTION OF THAT MEETING.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, OCTOBER 1ST, UH, IS A TUESDAY.
IT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
SO AS I KIND OF MENTIONED THE KEY FOCUS AREAS, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A VIEW OF THE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS AND HOW THOSE REALLY TIE TO YOUR KEY FOCUS AREAS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE AT THE TOP THERE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, THOSE ARE THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THESE ITEMS HERE LISTED FOR 2025, WE'LL GET SOME DETAILED EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT THIS IS REALLY HOW ALL THOSE ITEMS FIT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLANS.
SO WHEN I SAID THAT WE REALLY BUILD THIS BUDGET UP FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT'S THE BASIS, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I MEAN, THAT WE'RE TYING THOSE INITIATIVES THAT COME FROM STAFFS, UM, UH, DEPARTMENTS, REALLY FROM THAT DIRECTION AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, SO OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, SO THERE'S A VISION FOR ADDISON'S FUTURE, UH, A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, UM, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON OUR COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTS.
AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE REALLY DID THIS YEAR, AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAME FROM THAT, UH, THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND KEY FOCUS AREAS, UH, WAS FOR US TO EXAMINE OPERATIONS AND ABILITIES FOR US TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES OR CREATE COST SAVINGS, UH, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BE MORE INNOVATIVE.
SO AS YOU'LL, AS YOU'LL SEE ON DAY TWO IS WHAT WE PLANNED, IS THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOMETHING CALLED A RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME, SOME AREAS THAT WE LOOKED FOR SAVINGS, SOME EFFICIENCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS BUDGET, BUT ALSO ONGOING ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT GROUP IS GONNA CONTINUE AT.
AND THEN OVERALL COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, BEING A CITY, WE'RE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION, MOST OF OUR COSTS ARE RELATED TO PERSONNEL.
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UM, SO THE BIGGEST CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE, UH, RELATED TO PERSONNEL.SO WE DO HAVE A 4% COMPENSATION POOL INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, IN ADDITION, THERE IS A MATRIX STAFFING STUDY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED FAIRLY SOON.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE BENEFITS.
OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE PROGRAM A 5% INCREASE, UH, FOR THOSE AS WE'RE ON A CALENDAR YEAR FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE HEALTH AND DENTAL BENEFITS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL NUMBER FOR THAT YET, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, HR IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, TO GET US, UH, TO A, A LOWER AMOUNT THAN WHAT WAS, UH, PERCEIVED IN THE PROPOSED GENERAL BE A NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, 5% IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN WHAT WE SAW, AND THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL, UM, ASSESSED VALUE INCREASES.
SO WE DID SEE ABOUT A 5.1% INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES THIS YEAR.
UH, ABOUT 4% OF THAT WAS RELATED TO EXISTING PROPERTIES, AND WE HAD ABOUT 70 MILLION IN PROPERTIES THAT WERE NEW ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL.
UH, SO ABOUT 1.1% OF THAT WAS RELATED TO NEW PROPERTIES.
UH, WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS A TAX RATE OF 60.98 CENTS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT YEAR'S TAX RATE.
UH, AND WOULD BE THE SAME TAX RATE AS WE'VE HAD BEFORE, PREVIOUS TO FISCAL YEARS ACTUALLY.
UM, SO THE PORTION THAT FUNDS, YOU KNOW, GENERAL, GENERAL FUND, UM, OR POLICE FIRE STREETS, PARKS, UH, FROM THAT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, UH, THAT IS PROPOSED TO DECREASE DOWN TO 43.98 CENTS.
SO THAT'S A DECREASE OF A LITTLE OVER ONE STEP.
UM, AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE IS PROPOSED AT 17 CENTS, AND THAT'S PROPOSED TO INCREASE FROM, UH, A LITTLE OVER 1 CENT.
UH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, WE HAVE SOME BOND ISSUANCES AND SOME STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LOANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY, UH, OVER APPROVED DEBT, UM, THAT ARE PROGRAM FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MILLION IN STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LOANS ANTICIPATED, UM, TO BE RECEIVED IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25.
AND THEN, UH, THE CERTIFICATE, UM, UM, THESE CERTIFICATES THAT ARE, UH, BEING SOLD, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, ABOUT FIVE WAIT, UH, 4 MILLION RELATED TO, UH, THAT IMS TAX RATE, UH, SALES TAX.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY TRENDING ABOUT 8.6% OVER BUDGET.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, HAS ABOUT A 6.3% INCREASE, UM, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, SO IT LEADS A LITTLE BIT, UH, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX A LITTLE BIT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT VOLATILE, SO IT LEAVES A LITTLE BIT IN THERE, UM, IN CASE WE DO POTENTIALLY SEE A DOWNTURN.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT, BUT, UH, JUST A MORE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
UM, AND THEN OUR FUND BALANCE ENDING FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE'LL STILL HAVE ABOUT 41.4%, UH, IN FUND BALANCE, UH, WHICH IS OVER, UH, THE POLICY OF 25% AND COUNCIL'S GOAL OF 30%.
UM, SO TOMORROW WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE LONG TERM PLANS FOR ALL THE FUNDS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT COMES DOWN, THAT PERCENTAGE SLOWLY COMES DOWN, UM, OVER TIME.
BUT THE FUND BALANCE GENERALLY IS PROJECTED TO STAY FLAT ON LONG TERM PLAN.
UH, THAT BECAUSE EXPENSIVE, THAT FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE ULTIMATELY, UM, GOES DOWN SLIGHTLY, UH, UTILITY RATE INCREASES, UH, WITH THE ADOPTED UTILITY RATE MODEL.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT EVALUATING THE FUND BALANCE, UH, SPECIFIC TO THAT.
SO I'LL GET IN MORE DETAIL OF THAT TOMORROW.
BUT, UM, BASICALLY WE HAD BIG WHOLESALE INCREASES ON WATER AND SEWER THIS YEAR.
I THINK 7.7% INCREASE IN WHOLESALE WATER AND I THINK 9.1% ON WHOLESALE SEWER TREATMENT.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME OTHER EFFICIENCIES AND, AND KEEP THAT WITHIN THE 5.5% PROJECTED INCREASE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN THIS, UH, RATE MODEL, UM, FOR 2025.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I'LL PASS IT ON TO JANA UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
JUST A, A REALLY BASIC QUESTION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AVAL ALARM AND THAT'S GONNA FUND AND THE KNOW AND DEBT SERVICE.
ARE WE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN USE SALES TAX FOR? FOR THE MOST PART, NO.
IT CAN BASICALLY BE USED FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN USE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO ANY SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT CAN BE USED FOR EVEN, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT WOULD BE
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IN THE GENERAL FUND.I MEAN, IT CAN REALLY BE USED FOR ANYTHING, BUT YOU COULD NOT SERVICE DEBT WITH IT.
UM, WELL, YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SERVICE DEBT WITH ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT, THE INS SIDE OF THE TAX RATE AND PAY YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
YOU CAN USE ANY SOURCE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND SERVICE YOUR DEBT.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? OKAY.
THERE UNDER SALES TAX, THE SECOND BULLET, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT ONE MORE TIME? WHERE DO YOU COME UP WITH, WITH, UM, YOUR PROPOSED, YOUR PROPOSAL PERCENTAGE THERE? SURE.
SO, UM, SO THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET, WE STARTED AT 15.2 MILLION IS WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE'RE TRENDING WHERE WE THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA END UP ABOUT AT 16.5 MILLION IS WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING.
UM, WE HAVE KIND OF A, WE USE A SOFTWARE THAT KIND OF MODELS THIS OUT FOR YOU, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES KIND OF ALL BUSINESSES AND IT'S CAN BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE.
UM, WE USE THE NOT AS CONSERVATIVE
UM, SO WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS IN AT 16 MILLION AND WE BUMPED IT UP TO ABOUT 16.15 JUST BASED ON STRONGER SALES TAX COLLECTION.
SO THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESTIMATING THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE 16.5, SO WE'RE PROJECTING NEXT YEAR 16.15, THREE $50,000 LESS.
UM, AND AS I SAID, WE JUST KIND OF, SALES TAX IS MORE VOLATILE, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE MONTH TO MONTH.
WE KIND OF KNOW, BUT WE DON'T A HUNDRED PERCENT KNOW LIKE, UH, WITH PROPERTY TAX.
SO, AND IT CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY.
OKAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JANET TIPCO, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, I'M GONNA KICK OFF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION BY GOING OVER OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR FY 24.
UM, AND WE HAVE DIVIDED THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INTO CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS MAINTENANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
WHEN WE DID OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE FIRST.
AND SO WE PUT THIS ON THE TOP OF OUR LIST AS MAINTAINING THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB OUTDOOR POOL CLUSTER TILE, UM, THE BGB DRAINS, WHICH ARE A SAFETY ASPECT AND THE POOL LIGHTS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT THIS WHOLE SEASON THAT THE OUTDOOR POOL'S BEEN OPEN.
SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY NICE ELEMENT.
UM, WE IMPLEMENTED URBAN FORESTRY SOFTWARE TO MANAGE DATA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TOWN'S TREE SURVEY AND USING THE SOFTWARE TO BETTER MANAGE ADDISON'S URBAN FORESTS.
SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A GOAL FOR OURSELVES, UM, TO TOUCH EVERY TREE IN TOWN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR A HEAVY PRUNING.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST RUNNING TREES UP OVER SIDEWALKS, BUT IT, IT'S GOING IN, FITTING OUT TREES, RECRUITING 'EM FOR TREE HELP.
UM, AND THIS SOFTWARE IS GOING TO HELP US TRACK THAT AND MANAGE THAT.
ALONG WITH TRACKING OUR TREE MITIGATION PLAN, WE ALSO PURCHASED EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN CONVERSION OF, UM, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. THE CENTRAL CONTROL AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASE WILL BE FOR FIRE STATION ONE, THE POLICE, THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THE STONE COTTAGE, PARKVIEW PARK, TOWN PARK, WYNWOOD PARK, AND ARAPAHOE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM WE STARTED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT'S 10 YEAR PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE US TO FULLY, UM, CONVERT OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM, BUT WE HAD AGING IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WE ARE REPLACING THEM WITH CONTROLLERS THAT HAVE SOME INTELLIGENCE THAT TELL US WHEN A ZONE GOES OUT OR REPAIRS NEEDED OR WE HAVE A WATER LINE THAT'S FIRST.
UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS IS HELPFUL FOR US IS ON RED AND TRAIL.
WE HAVE ABOUT 72 VALVES IN ONE AREA, UM, ON A CONTROL SYSTEM.
AND BEFORE WE HAD CENTRAL CONTROL, IF WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK, WE HAD TO GO WORK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE VALVES TO FIND WHERE THE LEAK WAS.
AND NOTORIOUSLY IT WAS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE WE CHECKED
AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IF REPAIR THEM FASTER.
IT ALSO SENDS US A TEXT MESSAGE THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE, UM, AND WE CAN ALSO SAVE PLANT MATERIAL.
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AND IT'S A SLOW PROCESS GETTING THE ENTIRE TOWN CONVERTED OVER.UM, WE ALSO DEVELOPED PLANTS AND RECITED THE LANDSCAPING AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE PARK PAVILIONS.
SO WE DID THE DESIGN OF THIS IN-HOUSE AND THE PLANTING IN-HOUSE WITH OUR OWN STAFF.
UM, WE ARE, UH, WE REPLACE AND INSTALLED ALL THE COAL LIGHTS AT TOWN PARK.
TOWN PARK IS OUR OLDEST PARK IN ADDISON.
AND WE NOTICED THAT THE FACES OF THE LIGHT HOLES WERE STARTING TO GROW AND BECOME A POINT WHERE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE POLES PURCHASED AND GET THEM INSTALLED.
WE ALSO HAVE ORDERED REPLACEMENT POLE LIGHTS FOR ARAPAHOE ROAD, BECKER PARK, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO GET THOSE INSTALLED AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE.
WE ARE REPAIRING THE STONE ON BOS PARK FOUNTAINS.
SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE, THE REALLY NICE FOUNTAIN THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MORTAR THAT'S CRACKING OUT.
IT'S JUST AGE AND BEING EXPOSED TO A WATER CONDITION.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ORDERED 50 CONCRETE TRASH RECEPTACLES FOR ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE REPLACING THE METAL RECEPTACLES WITH CONCRETE AND WE HAVE ORDERED REPLACEMENT BENCHES AND LIT RECEPTACLES FOR NORTH ADDISON PARK.
UM, WE PAINTED LIGHT POLES OUT THERE AT THE FARMHOUSE AND THEN THE
THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST IS STAFF TRAINING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
OUR DEPARTMENT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO INVESTING IN THOSE EMPLOYEES AND TRAINING THEM IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE SENT TWO PARKS EMPLOYEES TO NRPA MAINTENANCE PARK AND MAINTENANCE SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO THEY CAME BACK WITH A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION.
UM, SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WILL ACTUALLY HELP OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO GET CAPRA CERTIFIED.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS AND ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THIS TRAINING WILL HAPPEN WITH HELP WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE SENT, UM, ONE SUPERVISOR TO, UM, SUPERVISOR OR WE SENT ONE EMPLOYEE TO SUPERVISOR SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EXPANDED OUR SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, DOING SOME SAFETY NEXT WEEK THAT'S RELATED TO THIS.
ONE OF THE OTHER GOALS IS WE DEVELOPED A TEAM FITNESS ORIENTATION PROGRAM AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, IN THE PAST YOU HAD TO BE 15 YEARS OLD TO ACCESS THE WEIGHT EQUIPMENT ON THE UPPER LEVEL IN THE FITNESS SUITE.
YOU NOW CAN BE 13 IF YOU GO THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT WE FACILITATE YOU THAT TEACHES YOU HOW TO SAFELY WEIGHT IS THE EQUIPMENT AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US.
IT'S KIND OF CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE OUR TEAM PROGRAM, OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS ARE, AND WE'RE ENGAGING WITH TEENS BECAUSE THERE'S THAT, THAT 13 TO 15 YEAR AGE GROUP THAT IT'S HARD TO OFFER A LOT OF PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH.
WE ALSO HAVE EXPANDED ADDISON OUTDOOR EVENTS TO INCLUDE BARKS AND BEATS.
UM, WE HELD THIS YEAR AND MADE THE COURT BE WITH YOU AT THE FITNESS COURT AT VI TRIVIAN PARK, AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW ATTENDANCE AT POPUP YOGA, YOGA IN OUR FITNESS TRAINING IN THE PARKS.
AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE GROWTH WITH THAT PROGRAM THROUGH OUR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO, SOME OF OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE PUT UNDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS WITH OJV LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TO DEVELOP A VISION PLAN FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE DONE HELD TWO PUBLIC SURVEYS, TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO START TO BRING BACK SOME SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE ARE ALSO FINALIZING SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR CORN ROAD ACTIVATION AND THE NORTH TEXAS FULL AUTHORITY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OF BELTLINE.
WE'RE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF A PARK IMPACT FEE STUDY IN JULY.
WE BROUGHT A WORK SESSION TO COUNCIL.
WE'RE BRINGING A FOLLOW UP WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 13TH, AND THEN WE HOPE TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO BE ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING THAT IN OCTOBER.
WE ALSO ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE COTTON BELT BELT TRAIL, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN AN ADDITIONAL 3.6 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THE TRAIL.
UM, WE HAVE ONE SEGMENT OF THE TRAIL THAT IS CURRENTLY UNFUNDED NOW OUT OF THE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 20 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE ARE A FINALIST IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR THAT FUNDING, BUT WE HAVEN'T NOTIFIED THAT WE RECEIVED THAT FUNDING YET, BUT WE'RE VERY HELPFUL.
AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THE ADDISON FUND DEVELOPER TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE THREE PARK PROJECTS WITHIN THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO OUR OBJECTIVES FOR 2025, UM, WE'VE ALIGNED OUR OBJECTIVES WITH THE KEY
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FOCUS AREAS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY COUNCIL IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH.AND THE FIRST KFA IS MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AND THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FACILITATE BUILD OUT OF ADDISON AS A MAJOR NORTH DALLAS TRANSPORTATION PUB.
SO THE PROJECTS THE PARKS AND REC TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO SUPPORT THAT OBJECTIVE IS TO MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF BELTWAY BY PLAINS IN GREENSCAPE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE ABOUT READY TO PUT THAT PROJECT OUT TO BID AND BRING A CONTRACT TO COUNCIL AND START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.
AND SO FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WILL MANAGE THAT PROJECT, MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR CORN ROAD ACTIVATION PROJECTS.
SO WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL RECENTLY A SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN WITH SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN C TA SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR CORN ROAD BIKE LANES AND THE NTTA PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO PREPARE US WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY STRONG GRANT APPLICATION.
THAT GRANT APPLICATION OPENS IN OCTOBER AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BY DECEMBER.
ANOTHER KEY FOCUS AREA IS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE WAS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AND MAINTAIN OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, AND SO OUR GOALS FOR OUR OBJECTIVES FOR FY 25 IS TO MANAGE THE INSTRUCTION OF BLADELOCK POND LINER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A CONTRACTOR.
UM, WE ARE MEETING IN THE NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS REVISED PRICING AND WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME, UM, MORE FAVORABLE PRICES BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND SO WE WILL BE MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT IN FY 25.
UM, ADDRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF TRIVION PARK.
I THINK IT'S HARD FOR SOME OF US TO BELIEVE THAT TRIVION PARK IS GETTING TO THE AGE THAT SOME OF OUR ASSETS ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
UM, BUT WE HAVE BENCHES AND TRASH CANS AND SIGNAGE THAT ARE STARTING TO CAUSE SOME MAINTENANCE CONCERNS AND THEY'RE NEARING THAT AGE WHERE WE NEED TO REPLACE THOSE.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE DEPUTY ON WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
UM, ONE OF THE BRIDGES CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AGING STREETSCAPE AND ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PAVERS THAT ARE COMING UP FROM TREE ROOTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TREE WELLS, BUT THE EDGES OF THEM ARE STARTING TO POP UP FROM TREE ROOTS.
SO THERE'S SOME WORK THAT WE NEED TO COME IN TO DO TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF THE TREES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A SAFE WALKING SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, UPDATE RESTROOMS AND THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB OUTDOOR POOL, AND THEN SECURE THE PERIMETER OF THE OUTDOOR POOL FOR THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
THEN ANOTHER KEY FOCUS AREA IS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, EVALUATE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT STAY TRUE WITH THE ADDISON BRAND.
SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PRODUCE AN ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING FOR USE OF PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT, OUR DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEES.
UM, AND SO Y'ALL ARE, WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL BE HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON AUGUST 13TH ABOUT THIS ITEM.
AND THEN FINANCIAL HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP TOP TIER EMPLOYEES.
WE WILL PLAN FOR SUCCESSION IN SUSTAINABILITY BY ENROLLING FUTURE LEADERS IN NRPA MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE WILL DEVELOP A TRAINING SERIES FOR STAFF THAT ADDRESSES THEIR NEEDS AND CONCERNS AROUND CUSTOMER SERVICE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND CONFLICT DEESCALATION.
AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH DISC LEADERSHIP TRAINING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTING WITH OUR STAFF.
AND THEN KEY FOCUS AREAS OF MIGRANT ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EXTEND THE RESIDENT AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE BY ACTIVATING OUR COMMUNITY PARKS AND TALENT ASSETS.
AND SO OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK ON WRAPPING THAT PLAN UP NEAR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR FOCUS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE A FOCUS AROUND BRINGING BACK HOLIDAY LIVEING TO ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, THERE USED TO BE A TREE AT BECKFORD PARK THAT MAA SUPPORTED.
UM, AND WE WILL BRING, ACTUALLY WE BRING IN A COUNCIL ITEM ON THE 13TH COUNCIL TO DISCUSS BRINGING THAT HOLIDAY HOLIDAY TREE BACK TO THE DISTRICT ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PROGRAM ELEMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND
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PARK PROGRAMMING IN ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE A SENIOR SONGWRITER SERIES AND THEN SUPPORT THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION BY FACILITATING A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURVEY TO INFORM DECISIONS MADE BY THE ARBOR FOUNDATION REGARDING OR RELATED TO THE USE OF $65,000 IN FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE PARKS PARKS BUDGET.SO THIS PREVIOUSLY WAS ALLOCATED, UM, IN THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE PARKS BUDGET ALONG WITH I THINK THE WATER TOWER AIR IS FEATURED LIKE THAT TOO.
ANOTHER KEY FOCUS AREA UNDER VIBRANT, UM, ACTIVE COMMUNITY IS ENHANCED ADDISON GATEWAY'S VISUAL ADHERE FILL STREET STATE TO OPTIMIZE THE ADDISON BRAND.
AND UNDER THAT, WE HAVE BEGAN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAIL WAY FINDING AND 9 1 1 SAFETY MARKERS.
SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A CONSULTANT TO A SIGNAGE PACKAGE FOR US.
UM, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT WE WILL START IMPLEMENTING THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME IN-HOUSE DESIGN PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BEGIN THE 9 1 1 SAFETY MARKERS THIS NEXT YEAR AND THEN COMPLETE A CITYWIDE WAY FINDINGS, SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD SOME COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND SOME ONES THAT I WANNA SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON IS WE CREATED A POSITION FOR A CHEMICAL APPLICATOR, UM, IN HOUSE.
THE REASON THAT WE DID THAT IS THE COST OF LANDSCAPE CHEMICALS WAS ESCALATING, ALMOST DOUBLING.
UM, AND THIS WAS WORK THAT WAS BEING HANDLED BY OUR CONTRACTORS THAT WORKED FOR US.
AND SO THERE WAS A MARKUP IN ADDITION TO CHEMICALS GOING UP.
THERE WAS A MARKUP THAT WAS HAPPENING TO THOSE PRODUCTS.
ON TOP OF THAT, THE APPLICATION RATE AND THE TIMING OF WHEN YOU PUT THOSE CHEMICALS DOWN IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE.
AND WE DID NOT CONTROL THAT SCHEDULE TO THE DEGREE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTROL IT.
UM, AND YOUR SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT ON GETTING THAT SCHEDULE RIGHT.
AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN AN EMPLOYEE AND WE HAVE TRAINED 'EM AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR TBA CERTIFICATION AND WE HAVE BEGUN PURCHASING OUR OWN CHEMICALS, DOING OUR OWN WORK.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IMPROVED EFFICIENCY FROM THIS.
AS WE HAVE LESS WE AND LEADS IN OUR TURF AND LANDSCAPE BEDS, IT ALLOWS US TO PUT OUR EFFORTS AND FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THIS.
UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THAT WORK, UM, HAS SAVED US ABOUT 208 HOURS THIS YEAR WITH AN ESTIMATED COST SAVED OF $18,000.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE CREATED A POSITION FROM, UM, AN EXISTING EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB WHERE THEY ARE OUR RECREATION FACILITIES LIAISON.
WE CONFERRED CONVERTED A FULL-TIME ASSOCIATE POSITION TO A COORDINATOR POSITION AND CREATED ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES FOR THIS EMPLOYEE.
UM, THEY ARE OUR LIAISON TO GENERAL SERVICES REGARDING A C BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.
AND THIS STAFF STAFF MEMBER HAS BEEN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY FIRST AS A TRIAL RUN.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME HUGE WINS.
THEY HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND WHERE THEY WERE PERFORM THIS TYPE OF WORK AND TRAINED FOR THIS.
UM, THIS IS DUSTIN CAMP AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB IF YOU KNOW HIM.
AND SO WE SAW THAT HE COULD CLOSE THE GAP THAT GENERAL SERVICES AND PARKS AND RECS WAS STRUGGLING WITH IN RELATED TO MANAGING CONTRACTORS THAT ARE COMING IN THE BUILDING TO ADDRESS REPAIRS BECAUSE THERE NEEDED TO BE SOMEBODY ON SITE PROVIDING GOOD COMMUNICATION, KIND OF THE MIDDLE PERSON.
AND DUSTIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR US.
UM, THEY ALSO AT TIMES HAVE PERFORMED SOME LIGHT MAINTENANCE DUTY THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF US CALLING OUT A VENDOR TO DO WORK.
UM, AND SO THAT'S BEEN SOME COST SAVINGS FOR US.
UH, BILL GAVE ME A HIGHER NUMBER AND ESTIMATED WORK HOURS SAVED BILL HOLLY OF 104, BUT I WANTED TO BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE, LET US GET A WHOLE YEAR UNDER OUR BELT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT WE HAD A COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT $10,000, UM, AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR RESPONSE TIME ABOUT FOUR HOURS A WEEK TO THOSE TICKETS THAT WE GET.
UM, ANOTHER EFFICIENCY OF MEASURE IS WE'VE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF DOING IN-HOUSE DESIGN NOW THAT WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON STAFF CHANDLER KNIGHT.
HE, UM, HAS BEEN DOING IN-HOUSE DESIGN PROJECTS TO REDUCE OUR COST AND CONSULTANT FEES.
UM, HE JUST COMPLETED PLANS FOR THE MIDWAY TRAIL OR THE REDING TRAIL EXTENSION TO MIDWAY ROAD.
UM, THAT PROJECT JUST WENT OUT TO BID AND WE'LL BE BRINGING A CONTRACT TO YOU, UM, I BELIEVE AT THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, HE ALSO HELPED SUPPORT A CONSULTANT WITH OUR AIRPORT GATEWAY SIGNAGE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN HE, UM, DEVELOPED PLANS TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS
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AT SCHOOL DOG PARK AND IS CURRENTLY BEGINNING TO WORK ON A PLANNING PLAN FOR THE NO NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY.UM, THE FRONTAGE ROADS WE MAINTAIN AND WE LOST A LOT OF THAT PLANT MATERIAL DURING THE FREEZE, BACK TO BACK FREEZES THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO CHANDLER IS WORKING ON THOSE PLANS FOR US.
WE ESTIMATE THIS YEAR THE COST SAVINGS WAS ABOUT $125,000 AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER WILL BE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS YEAR ON THE PARK SIDE.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO SIDES, PARKS AND REC, BUT ON THE PARK SIDE IS ASSET MANAGEMENT NEEDS.
SO THAT LIST OF ASSET MANAGEMENT THAT WE KNOCKED OUT THIS YEAR, UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT SAME AMOUNT.
AND I'VE GOT A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
UM, AWAY FINDINGS, SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HOLD AHEAD OF THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THAT IS DISCUSSING OUR WAY FINDING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING A MASTER PLAN, UM, ELEMENT TO THAT FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN A LOCAL TRAIL CONNECTION IN PARK SCHEMATIC DESIGN UNDER MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
AND, AND THAT IS TO CREATE A TRAIL CORRIDOR FOR, FROM MONFORT ROAD ALL THE WAY OVER TO WHITE ROCKER WYNWOOD PARK AND THEN CONNECT INTO WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
SO FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT NEEDS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PROACTIVELY MANAGES, UM, OUR NEEDS RELATED TO SITE AMENITIES BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING OVER THE UPCOMING YEARS.
WE HAVE 4,200 ASSETS WITH PARK STREET SPACE RUNWAYS AND UNIFICATION AREAS.
UM, $2.6 MILLION IN PARK ASSETS OR IDENTIFIED IN THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN AS IN MEDIUM OR HIGH RISK.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN KIND OF CATEGORIZED EVERYTHING GREEN, YELLOW, RED.
UM, THERE'S 11 MILLION PARK ASSETS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE REPLACED OR REHABED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THEN IN 2025, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING THE REPLACEMENT OF SITE FURNISHINGS AT THE TRIBUNE PARK AND QUA PARK, UM, REPLACING THE UPPER LIGHTS AT BLUEPRINTS, REPAIRING PAVING AT VARIOUS PARK, AND THEN REPLACING THE BRIDGE DECKING AT WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL.
UM, THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AND MAINTAIN OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND THAT IS $196,000 IS OUR REQUEST.
UM, WE HAVE A LIST THAT GOES OUT ABOUT 10 YEARS OF WHAT OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT NEEDS ARE.
UM, THIS IS SHOWING YOU YEAR TWO OUT OF YEAR FIVE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR.
THE ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STREETSCAPE FOLLOWERS ON WHI PLACE.
THAT COMPANY THAT CREATED THOSE HAS GONE OUT OF THE BUSINESS AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY TO CUSTOM MAKE THAT EXACT BALLER FOR US THAT FITS IN THE SLEEVE THAT'S IN THE PAVING.
SO THAT ONE'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US.
THE OTHERS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS TRASH RECEPTACLES.
UM, AT THE TRU PARK, A LOT OF OUR TRASH RECEPTACLES GET A LOT OF ABUSE FROM DOGS AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO GIVE RID OUR TRASH RECEPTACLES TO CONCRETE THAT, UM, WILL HOLD UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER FROM THAT.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT REPLACING SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS THAT ARE AT THE TRIVION PARK AND THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
UM, THERE'S 38 UPLIGHTS AT BLUEPRINTS THAT, UM, FREQUENTLY GO OUT ON US AND THEY HAVE AGED TO THE POINT.
UM, THAT'S HARD FOR US TO FIND PARTS.
AND SO THOSE NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED THE PAPER REPAIR ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT, UM, THIS IS OUR MOST CRITICAL AREA.
UH, WE COULD SPEND $196,000 ALONE ON P REPAIR AT ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL SEE IN FUTURE YEARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE ALSO WILL REPLACE THE TRASH RECEPTACLES AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS AT CORUM PARK.
AND THEN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL BRIDGE DECK IS WHAT IS ON OUR LIST FOR FY 25.
WE, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING, I, I HAVE HERE $248,900 IN FUNDS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA LOWER THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE A WAY FINDING SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN.
SO THIS IS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT THAT WILL DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE SIGN DESIGN CONCEPTS, ASSIGNED TYPE ARRAY, SIGN SPECIFICATIONS SO WE CAN CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL THE SIGNS.
UM, WE TOOK OUT DESIGNING A GATEWAY MONUMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY NICE PROTOTYPE TO USE, UM, IN SOME
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LOCATIONS THAT WILL NOT FIT EVERY AREA AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT SHAPE, BUT WE WILL DO THAT ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.AND BY DOING THAT WE KNOCKED ABOUT 20 TO $25,000 OFF THE PRICE THAT'S LISTED DOWN HERE.
UM, BUT CONSULTANT WILL LOCATE THE SIGN LOCATIONS FOR US OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
UM, THEY WILL CREATE A MESSAGE SCHEDULE FOR THE SIGNAGE, UM, AND PROVIDE PLANNING LEVEL LOCATION PLAN, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THEN ALSO INCLUDE DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION AND SIGNAGE WHERE NEEDED.
AND JEN, IF I COULD JUST, UH, JUMP IN ON THE WAY FINDING SIGNS 'CAUSE.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT NUMBER IS GONNA COME DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA LEAN ON WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR MONUMENT SIGNS AND HAVE SOME COMPONENT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR MONUMENT SIGNS, BUT IT IS A LARGE AMOUNT AND WE THINK ABOUT WAY BUYING SIGNS IT, IT KIND OF CAN JUST RATIONALIZE WHY IT COSTS THAT IS YOU REALLY COME UP WITH THAT, THAT FEEL FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES DO, THEY'LL COME UP WITH MULTIPLE DESIGNS AND HAVE VARIOUS FORMS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT TO SAY WHAT IS THE DESIGN THAT WE WANT? SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO COMING UP WITH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO IT IS A PRETTY DETAILED PROCESS.
I'M SURE JANET COULD GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT DOES TAKE A LOT AND YOU DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU COME UP WITH WHAT THAT INSTEAD YOU WANT FOR THE TOWN IS, UM, AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, AND THEN OUR FINAL DECISION PACKAGE ON THE PARK SIDE IS LOCAL TRAIL CONNECTION AND PARK MATIC DESIGN.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE ENGAGE IN A
THIS WAS A UM, KEY PRIORITY TRAIL SEGMENT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN AS ONE OF OUR PHASE ONE TRAIL PROJECTS.
UM, AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD ALSO EXPLORE CONVERTING THE FINANCE PROPERTY OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY EITHER OR.
UM, IT'S, IT WILL FACILITATE THAT DISCUSSION TO A PARK TO GREEN SPACE.
UM, AND IT WILL INCLUDE UPDATES TO WINDWOOD PARK THAT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AND PASSIVE PARK USE.
NOW I WANNA STRESS THAT THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
UM, AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS I WAS ASKED, WHY AREN'T WE JUST DOING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND ALSO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AT ONE TIME? AND FOR VERY SIMPLE PROJECTS WE CAN DO THAT.
A CONSULTANT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD AND HOW MUCH TO CHARGE US FOR THE FEE FOR THE CDS.
BUT ON THIS PROJECT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE TRAIL'S GONNA GO.
WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS IN THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE TRAIL CORRIDORS THROUGH FOUR NATURAL AREAS.
AND WE'RE FOUR SQUARE MILES AND WE'RE VERY DENSE, WE'RE VERY BUILT OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL AREAS, BUT THERE IS A POND IN A CREEK CORRIDOR IN THIS AREA THAT PERHAPS WE UTILIZE A BOARDWALK SYSTEM IN SOME AREAS TO GIVE THAT EXPOSURE TO THAT NATURAL TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND SO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE ALIGNMENT WOULD GO AND IF WE ARE GOING TO UM, CONVERT PART OF THE FINANCE PROPERTY TO HOUSING MISALIGNMENT AND IF THERE'S A PART ELEMENT THERE.
UM, SO THIS STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR.
AND THEN THIS MOVES US TO THE RECREATION SIDE.
WE HAVE TWO DECISION PACKAGE REQUESTS.
ONE OF THEM IS TO INSTALL A PUBLIC ADDRESS AND MUSIC SYSTEM.
IF YOU REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR AS A DECISION PACKAGE ITEM.
WHEN WE DID THE RENOVATION FOR THE ADDISON ATHLETIC LOG IN THE FITNESS WING, THERE WAS A DESK ON THE UPPER LEVEL THAT HOUSED ALL OF THE SOUND EQUIPMENT AND WE WERE CONVERTING THAT SPACE TO FITNESS SPACE AND RELOCATE OR REMOVING THAT DESK.
AND IN DOING SO, WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SOUND EQUIPMENT WHICH HAD BECOME OBSOLETE AND WE DID NOT PUT IT BACK.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE ATHLETIC CLUB WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL DEVICE OF MUSIC, AUDIO BOOKS, SHOWS THAT SEEM TO BE THE NORM.
BUT WE HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SOME BACKGROUND NOISE COME BACK.
UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A DISCUSSION.
WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BOATS AND GETTING A VERY FIRM NUMBER.
I THINK WHAT WE ASKED FOR WAS LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE THIS YEAR TO WORK WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN ON HOW TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE A QUOTE OF $80,000 FROM A VENDOR.
WE WILL ALSO USE THIS AS A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
SO WE ARE CLOSING THE BUILDING.
UM, WE CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR IF THERE IS A WEATHER ALERT OUTSIDE AND WE NEED TO ASK OUR MEMBERS TO TAKE
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COVER, WE CAN SPEAK TO EVERYBODY INSTANTANEOUSLY.AND SO THERE'S SOME SAFETY ASPECTS OF THAT ALSO.
UM, AND THEN THIS LOOKS LIKE A SMALL INCREASED RECREATION PROGRAMMING OF A $2,700 COST.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REVENUE THAT'S GONNA OFFSET PART OF OUR ASK.
AND SO I'LL SHOW THAT WHEN WE GET ONTO THAT CLIENT.
AND SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THAT PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY COMMUNICATE TO THE FACILITY AND IT PROVIDES THE MUCH REQUESTED MUSIC THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE USING THE FACILITY.
WE PUT ANOTHER KEY FOCUS AREA OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS ISSUES.
AND THEN THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND CAPTURE REVENUE.
UM, WE ARE PAID FOR THE COLLECT TRIPS THAT WE SELL AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
WE, WE RECEIVE A FEE AND IT'S BEEN GOING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AND ALSO CORPORATE FIELD DAY.
UM, WE, WE TAKE MONEY IN FOR ENTRY FEES FOR CORPORATE BILL DAY AND SPONSORSHIPS, BUT WE'VE NEVER PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR BUDGET.
THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T DO THAT IS WE WANTED TO GET A TRACK RECORD OF WHAT A GOOD AVERAGE WOULD BE, WHAT WE'RE CO CONSISTENTLY DOING.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO USE THOSE FEES TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, PARKS AND REC IS GOING TO KIND OF BE THE LEAD ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, ALTHOUGH IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EVENT.
UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS HOW TO PROGRAM OUTDOOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, JUST KIND OF ORGANIZING IT.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE GOING TO FACILITATE A SENIOR SONGWRITER NIGHT AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THERE'S SOME SMALLER ELEMENTS IN HERE I DIDN'T LIST OFF.
UM, WE USED TO HAVE A POP PLOT LOOK AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB FOR OUR SENIOR THANKSGIVING AND NOW WE ACTUALLY FIGURED THAT I THINK THE PANDEMIC KIND OF CHANGED THAT PROCESS AND WE'VE NEVER PUT MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT COST.
BUT IT LIMITS US WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE BUILDING REPAIRS.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE THESE OTHER FINES THAT WE HAVE COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND PLAN FOR IN OUR BUDGET AND THEN ALLOW US TO DO THOSE.
AND THEN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL UM, I THINK IN JULY, UM, THE WEST ROAD AND QUORUM BICYCLE LANES AND AN AIRPORT VIEWING AREA.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED INITIALLY IN THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND THEN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REACHED OUT TO THE TOWN AND ASKED IF THEY COULD ALSO DO A STUDY TO LOOK AT GETTING BIKE LANES TO THAT FIRST MILE LAST MILE CONNECTION FOR THE TOD UM, AND THE SILVER LINE STATION.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DATA INFORMATION ON THE COST OF WHAT THAT PROJECT'S GOING TO BE NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED $2.1 MILLION.
THERE'S ALSO SOME GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL GET INTO UM, WHEN WE DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS.
AND THEN THE ADDISON, A RELAY CLUB, OUTDOOR POOL, RESTROOMS AND PERIMETER FENCING.
WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME FUNDS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
SO THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR THE BIKE LANES IS TO UM, ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ENGAGING IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO JUST DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, UM, TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY THE PROS PLAN AND THE CITYWIDE TRAIL'S MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN IT WAS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY STUDIES THAT COG HAS BEEN DOING.
SO FOR FY 25 WE ARE ASKING FOR $563,900 FOR THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROJECT TO BEGIN UP TO IMPLEMENT IT.
WE ALSO ARE APPLYING FOR A TA SET ASIDE GRANT, THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED.
UM, THAT OPENS IN OCTOBER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING TURNED IN BY DECEMBER.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING FUNDS FOR THAT IS APRIL MATCH.
AND SO THIS WOULD HELP WITH THAT.
AND THIS SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LOCAL MATCH AND THE GRANT FUND, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN THIS GIVES SOME CROSS SECTIONS OF WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE.
WE'VE TAKEN THIS OUT OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE TO COUNCIL EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UM, THAT SHOWS ON WEST GROVE.
WE WOULD HAVE A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK THAT WOULD BE ON THE AIRPORT SIDE, WEST GROVE.
UM, WHEN YOU CROSS ADDISON ROAD, THE CYCLE TRACK WOULD CROSS OVER TO THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO CONNECT INTO QUORUM.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER QUORUM WAS THE ONE THAT WE SHOWED THE BENCHMARK
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PROJECT AT THE INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL AND HOW THAT PROJECT LED TO A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THIS IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL CROSS SECTIONS OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, UM, THE OUTDOOR POOL, UM, RESTROOM IS IN NEED OF BEING REVAMPED.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE NEW FIXTURES, NEW LIGHTS, UM, NEW SURFACING THAT'S SLIP RESISTANT, UM, NEW STALLS PUT IN.
UM, AND SO THIS INCLUDES FUNDS TO DO THE DESIGN FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE PERIMETER FENCE OF THE OUTDOOR POOL.
UM, ANNUALLY, UH, WE GET SOME TEENAGERS THAT JUMP OVER INTO THE POOL BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AREAS ALONG THE READY TRAIL AND BACK BY THE FIRE STATION WHERE IT'S NOT A BIG REACH
UM, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A HARMLESS, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MINOR, UM, BISM TO THAT AREA.
AND FOR BOTH OF THOSE REGIONS WE NEED TO PUT A STILL PIVOT ON TOP OF THAT MAC FENCE AND BETTER SECURE IT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND FY 25 WOULD JUST BE TO DO THE DESIGN, THE INSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THAT FENCING AND FOR THE RESTROOM RENOVATIONS, UM, THAT'S $60,000.
AND THEN IN FY 26 WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR FUNDS, UM, TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND DO INSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT.
AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF THOSE RESTROOMS AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN A VISITOR OF THE OUTDOOR POOL.
UM, THEY REALLY ARE IN NEED OF BEING REPAIRED.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE ALSO REDID THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE INDOOR INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE MADE THIS LOOK, UM, TO OUR USERS EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN AGE REALLY QUICKLY HAVING THAT NEW RENOVATION PROJECT DONE.
AND THEN THIS SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'RE HAVING UM, WITH IT AREAS.
UM, THIS ONE LIKE LITTLE LOW CONCRETE WALLS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH.
AND THEN THE
UM, WITH THAT
THOSE QUESTIONS FOR JENNA? I'VE GOT A COUPLE.
CAN YOU GO BACK ON THAT LAST ONE? I WAS CONFUSED ON THE WALL.
UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOME METAL FENCING ON TOP OF THAT? SURE.
SO WE DO WANNA REPLACE THIS METAL FENCING WITH A LITTLE MORE UPDATED, BUT WE WOULD TAKE A SIMILAR PRODUCT THAT IS ABOUT 24 TO 36 INCHES TALL AND PUT IT ON TOP OF THE MACE RAIN FENCE THAT'S THERE.
AND UM, ON THE, ON THE WAVE FINDING MASTER PLAN, UM, WOULD WE BE USING THAT? CAN YOU SEE US USING THAT UH, OVER TIME TO UPDATE OUR VARIOUS OLD YES.
OLDER TOWN OF ADDISON MONUMENT SIGNS THAT ARE ALL OVER ALL OVER TOWN? YES.
UM, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT UPDATING THE BRAKE SIGNS TO MORE ALIGN WITH THE NEW SIGN THAT WE INSTALLED, THE DEVELOP LINE 1.5 PROJECT.
BUT OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS THE DISTRICT SIGNAGE THAT WE USE IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE COULD BE AN INSPIRATION FOR WHAT WE WANNA START DOING.
SO I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DID REALLY WELL.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THINGS LIKE WATER TOWER THEATER THAT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY CREDIT, UM, FOR BEING OUR THEATER.
AND SO THIS WILL PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NOMENCLATURE THAT WE'RE USING ON THAT SIGNAGE AND WHAT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND ON THIS UH, WEST GROVE AND FORUM BICYCLE LANES, YOU'VE GOT THIS, UH, AIRPORT VIEWING AREA.
DO WE, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT MIGHT BE? SO ORIGINALLY WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH THE AIRPORT.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PLANS CALLED OUT FOR IT TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SERVICE CENTER.
UM, IF YOU EVER DRIVE DOWN AN AIRPORT OR WEST GROVE, YOU'LL SEE QUITE FREQUENTLY THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WITH CAMERAS THAT ARE PARKED SOMEWHERE ALONG WEST GROVE THAT ARE TRYING TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE AIRPLANES.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE AREA THERE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT COULD BE A PULL OFF FROM THE BIKE LANES THAT WOULD BE THAT HUMANE STATION.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE AIRPORT'S STRUGGLING THROUGH WHERE THE LOCATED YOUTH FUEL FARM AND THAT IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THAT COULD GO.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE PARTS OF THIS PROCESS IS TO
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FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT VIEWING STATION COULD BE.COULD IT BE AT ARAPAHOE PARK? IT COULD BE AT ARAPAHOE PARK.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET AS UP CLOSE WITH THE AIRPLANES AS YOU COULD OVER HERE.
UM, BUT ARAPAHOE PARK, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING KIND OF SIMILAR TO DFW AIRPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THEIR VIEWING STATION WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE RADIO CONTROL TOWER SPEAKING.
SO THEY'VE GOT SPEAKERS, UM, THEY HAVE BINOCULARS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PLANES AND THEY'VE GOT SOME SHADE AND SOME SEATING.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE AROUND THE PARK THAT WE COULD DO.
IT JUST IS GONNA REQUIRE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF VIEWING FOR THE AIRPLANES.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AS CLOSE TO OUR MISSION, BUT AT WEST GROVE.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE ELEMENTS ALREADY.
IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU KNOW, WHICH WAY THEY'RE TAKING OFF, WHICH WAY THEY'RE LANDING, BUT UM, THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT VIEWING AREA WE BUILT IN SEATING AND SO FORTH.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME.
UM, ON THE UH, CHEMICAL APPLICATOR POSITION SLIDE YES.
SO THE COST SAVINGS OF $18,000 IN THAT, THAT MANY HOURS, IS THAT A TOTAL OFFSET INCLUDING THE PHYSICIAN AND UM, THE CONTRACTOR COSTS THE PRODUCT ALL THAT TOGETHER? OR IS THAT JUST A SA OR WAS THAT A SAVINGS OF THE WORK FOR NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS, UH, WEEDS AND SUCH? THAT IS THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING FROM NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THE WEEDS.
WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS UNDER OUR BELT OF DISPOSITION AND SO WE WOULD NEXT YEAR DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THIS IN LOOKING AT WHAT WAS OUR CHEMICAL SAVINGS COST.
'CAUSE WE ALSO KNOW WE'RE GONNA BUY A LITTLE MORE CHEMICAL NOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY ROUTINELY DOING IT AND IT'S NOT A SET AMOUNT IN CONTRACT.
UM, AND SO WE WANT ANOTHER YEAR UNDER OUR BELT TO COME BACK WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF WHAT OUR SAVINGS IS.
SO ON THE POSITION THAT WAS CREATED AND ALL, ALL IN ASIDE FROM THE 208 HOURS, IS THERE A COST SAVINGS BY ADDING THAT POSITION AND ELIMINATING THE CONTRACTOR COST? THERE IS A COST SAVINGS FROM THAT BECAUSE WE EXCLUDED THE CHEMICALS FROM OUR CONTRACT THAT WE BID, BUT IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A NUMBER AND SEE BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE REBID THAT CONTRACT AND BECAUSE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE WENT UP SO HIGH, WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN THAT.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS IT WOULD'VE BEEN EVEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IF WE HADN'T PULLED THE CHEMICALS OUT OF THAT CONTRACT.
SO THIS WAS PART OF THAT LANDSCAPER CHANGE ALSO? YES.
DO YOU, SO THERE, THERE WOULD BE A, A COST SAVINGS BY INSOURCING THAT? YES.
THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SAID IT'S 564,000 FOR DESIGN, THE DESIGN OF THE BIKE LANES.
HAVEN'T WE ALREADY DESIGNED THEM? IS THAT NOT ALREADY DONE OR? SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE BIKE LANES IS ON THE CORN ROAD PROJECT THAT IS SOUTH OF, OR ACTUALLY FROM THE DART STATION SOUTH.
WE HAVE DESIGNED THAT AND THAT IS IN THE BOND FUNDS THAT WE'RE BUILDING, BUT FROM THE DART STATION NORTH ALL THE WAY TO WEST GROVE AND THEN THE WEST GROVE BIKE LANES, WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED THOSE.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT COG, UM, AT THEIR, ON THEIR OWN DIME DID SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR US ON THOSE PROJECTS.
THE REASON THAT THEY DID THAT IS TO SET US UP IN A VERY GOOD WAY TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING.
UM, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A STRONG ALIGNMENT.
WE HAVE SOME STRONG PLANS AND GOOD COST ESTIMATES TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT DESIGNED, UM, IT'S, SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE FUNDS FOR.
AND IT'S, IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT.
I DUNNO, IT INVOLVES, UM, TO SURVEYS.
IT INVOLVES GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYS.
IT INVOLVES HAVING AN ENGINEER, UM, MULTIPLE ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WORKING ON A SET OF PLANS THAT ARE VERY DETAILED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING INTO A VERY DENSE, BUILT OUT URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE ARE IMPACTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF WE DON'T MAKE PLANS FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPACT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL END UP PAYING MORE MONEY IN THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF IT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTIGATION, UM, AND A LOT OF ADDRESSING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THIS PLANS.
SO DO WE, IS THE 5 64 PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM OR WHERE
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DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM.UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN PROJECT, WHICH THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN WAS DONE AFTER THE BOND PROGRAM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, IT WAS WRAPPING UP ABOUT THAT TIME, SO IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? WE ARE PLANNING ON TAKING THE SUPPORT THAT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS GAVE US AND CREATING SCHEMATIC DESIGN IN THE COST ESTIMATES AND LEVERAGING THAT TO APPLY FOR A TA SET ASIDE GRANT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WILL NOT REFUND US FROM MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON DESIGN WORK UP FRONT, BUT IT WILL BUILD THE, THE PROJECT FOR US.
AND SO WE DO, WE WILL SPEND SOME MONEY IN HOPES OF GETTING GRANT FUNDS THAT WILL CONSTRUCT A PROJECT.
SO WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON THE DESIGN AND THE GRANT MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
HOWARD, WERE YOU DONE? YEAH, THAT WAS IT.
DID ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE DARREN GOES AGAIN.
UM, JUST YOUR PLAN FOR THE PERIMETER FENCING, UM, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? THERE'S 60,000 FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 25 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN 26.
SO THAT 60,000, WILL THAT GET US THE PERIMETER FENCING THIS YEAR OR ARE YOU PROPOSING WAITING UNTIL 26? SO THAT 60,000 GETS US THE DESIGN, UM, WHICH IS MOSTLY FOR THE RESTROOMS REDESIGNING THE RESTROOMS. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN WORK FOR DEVELOPING THAT DETAIL OF WHAT GOES ON TOP OF THE FENCE AND HOW IT CONNECTS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT DESIGN IS FOR THE RESTROOMS. AND SO IT WILL HAPPEN THE NEXT YEAR.
AND ARE WE OKAY WAITING? I MEAN, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE OR A VANDALISM ISSUE, I MEAN, SHOULD WE TRY TO FIT IT IN THIS YEAR? THE FENCING WE COULD PROVIDE, UM, THAT INFORMATION.
IN FACT, I COULD TRY TO GET SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER, UM, BY TOMORROW.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE THING FOR US TO COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE FOR.
SO WE COULD PROVIDE THAT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE COULD DO THAT AS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
I MEAN, ONLY IF YOU THINK IT'S NECESSARY, BUT YOU SORT OF OF GOT MY ATTENTION WHEN YOU SAID THERE WERE PEOPLE HOPPING THE FENCE.
THAT'S WHAT I, IT, IT CONCERNS US WHEN YOU, UM, PUT CHILDREN IN A POOL WITHOUT LIFEGUARDS AFTER HOURS.
UM, THERE IS SOME RISK THERE AND THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENED MORE THAN ONE TIME.
UM, AND SO THE MOST CAUTIOUS THING WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FENCING FOR THAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBER IS AND IF, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIT IT IN THIS YEAR, I'LL PULL THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON, ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? DO, DO WE SEE THAT ON VIDEO? IS THAT HOW WE KNOW THAT? MM-HMM.
I I'M ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.
SO JUST SIMPLE TA UM, LIKE TA SET ASIDE.
WHAT DOES TA STAND FOR? TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
IT'S A FUNDING MECHANISM THROUGH, UM, TEXT FUNDS.
HEY, JENNY, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR ABOUT THE, THE GRANTS FUNDING FOR THE TOTTEN BELT TRIAL.
WHERE DID THAT GRANT COME FROM? SO WE HAVE TWO GRANTS.
ONE WAS LIKE 16 POINT, AND I, IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.
SO LET ME MAKE SURE I DON'T MIX THESE UP.
ONE OF 'EM WAS FOR LIKE $16.2 MILLION THAT CAME FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR 3.8 MILLION OR THE 3.6 THAT CAME FROM, I BELIEVE, UM, TECH SPOT.
BUT IT WAS APPLIED ON BEHALF OF CO ON OUR BEHALF.
SO WE PROVIDED THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, BUT THEY SUBMITTED THAT ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER REGIONAL TRAIL PROJECTS ON THE COTTON BELT BECAUSE IT WAS A STRONGER, STRONGER APPLICATION BY SUBMITTING IT COMBINED WITH THE OTHER CITY.
SO, SO THE COTTON BELT TRAIL ARE, ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA BE SPENDING MUCH OF OUR OWN MONEY ON THAT OR IS IT MOSTLY OUTSIDE FUNDS? SO THE TRAIL ITSELF, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE TRAIL SYSTEM COMPLETELY FUNDED.
IF WE GET THIS LAST GRAND REQUEST FUNDED, UM, THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF THE TRAIL IN THE BRIDGE WILL BE FUNDED.
WHAT IS NOT FUNDED IS THE PART OF THE TRAIL THAT MAKES IT ADDISON.
SO THE TREES, THE LANDSCAPING, THE LIGHTING, THE SEATING, THE SIGNAGE, THE PUBLIC ART, NONE OF THAT'S FUNDED.
NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED.
UM, AND SO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING A PROJECT AT SOME POINT, UM, TO DO THAT DESIGN WORK AND ALSO FUND THAT.
UH, THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TRY TO GET FUNDS FOR THAT.
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I, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE AGENCIES THAT ARE FUNDING THIS, GETTING THAT, UM, CORRIDOR.SO THE CONCRETE PATH BUILT IS THEIR FIRST PRIORITY.
THE AMENITIES ARE NOT, UM, THERE ARE ALSO, IF WE IMPLEMENT OUR PARK, UH, DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEE PROGRAM, WE MAY HAVE SOME FUNDS THROUGH THAT TO BE ABLE TO ADD THESE AMENITIES IN.
AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING, UM, FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, PERHAPS DALLAS COUNTY CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US ON THAT.
THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO WANT, LIKE, LIKE WE DO ALL OF ADDISON, WE WANNA MAKE IT A VERY APPARENT WHEN YOU'VE GOTTEN TO THE ADDISON PORTION OF THAT, OF THAT TRAIL, RIGHT? YES.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, LIGHTING AND THE LIGHTS, THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE CIRCLE DISTRICT HERE AND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AND, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GREAT TIME IN THE PAST.
SO DO WE INTEND TO ACTIVATE THE BECKER PARK AREA ANYMORE? WE DON'T REALLY.
WE USED TO DO A FAIR AMOUNT OVER THERE, BUT NOT TOO MUCH ANYMORE.
WHAT? SO ONE OF OUR STRUGGLES WITH BECKER PARK, UM, IS THE FACT THAT IT'S KIND OF A DOG PARK FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THERE.
AND WE HAVE TRIED TO ACTIVATE IT FOR LIKE OUTDOOR YOGA.
UM, BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR PETS TO USE THAT LAWN, WE START TO HAVE SOME CONFLICTS OVER THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW WHERE OUR FOCUS IS, IS ON THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AND ACTIVATING THAT.
BUT WE DID HEAR SOME THINGS THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS PEOPLE LOVED THE MOVIE NIGHT THAT THEY USED TO DO AT BECKER PARK, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE SMALLER EVENTS THAT HAD THAT COMMUNITY FEEL TO IT.
AND SO THOSE WILL BE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS THE MOVIE NIGHTS AND THEN FOR A WHILE WE DID CONCERTS IN THAT PARK OVER THERE AND ON, ON SATURDAY NIGHTS THAT REALLY FELT VERY SMALL TOWN WHERE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING THEIR COOLERS AND THEIR BLANKETS.
AND IT JUST REALLY FELT LIKE ADDISON TO ME.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS AND OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THEY WANNA BRING BACK THAT CHARM, UM, THAT WE USED TO HAVE TO THE DISTRICT.
UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE BECK PARK, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES THERE WITH IT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ACTIVATED AND MOVING FORWARD AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT BRANCHING OUT THROUGH THE DISTRICT.
UM, YOU, MARY, YOU MADE ME THINK OF A QUESTION ON THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT? THE COTTON BELT TRAIL? YES.
UM, DID ON THE FUNDING, YOU THINK THAT INCLUDES, UH, UNDERGROUNDING OF THE POWER LINES, OR IS THAT WE NOT SURE ABOUT THAT YET.
SO I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM WITH, UM, I THINK I HAD SENT SOME COMMUNICATION FROM CO AND DART THAT THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ENCORE RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO UNDERGROUND THAT.
SO IT'S JUST THE AREA WHERE THE BRIDGE IS, IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THE PLAN IS, IS TO FUND THAT.
NOW, SOMETIMES WHEN THEY FINALLY GET THAT LAST NUMBER, IT COSTS MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAD BUDGETED, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT.
AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE NEED THAT FOR THE, FOR US TO HAVE THAT SPACE FOR THE BRIDGE.
RIGHT? IT HAS TO HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH SEPARATION BETWEEN THOSE OVERHEAD LINES AND THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT.
WHO'S THAT NEXT? ABBY? GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.
ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS SIDE, UM, AND WE'LL LOOK AT OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OBJECTIVES FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 24 AND YOU LOOKING 25.
UM, WE REFRESHED AND EXPANDED OUR ADDISON FESTIVALS BY WAY OF INNOVATION AND PROGRAMMING, AND YOU ATTENDED HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSFORMATION THAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU WERE ABLE TO BE OUT AT TASTE, UM, WE EXPANDED THE ACTION FESTIVAL OUTSIDE OF JUST THAT WEEKEND, UM, AS WELL AS THE COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PARK ON THE GROUNDS AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE ENHANCED THE BRANDING IMPACT OF OUR ADDISON EVENTS BY ADDING A LOT OF THOSE EXPERIENCES, WHICH ALLOWED US TO EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE SECTOR.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, WORKED WITH MARKETING TO CREATE OUR STANDALONE SOCIAL PLATFORMS FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO 25, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO DRIVE ADDISON AS A DESTINATION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH OF OUR EVENTS BY CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE.
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OUR EVENTS BEYOND JUST THAT FESTIVAL WEEKEND WITH BOTH PRE EVENTS AND POST EVENTS THAT WILL TIE IN UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THOSE SIGNATURE EVENTS.AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DEVELOP A TRUE FUL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WHEN WE LOOK AT RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION, UM, WE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.
THESE ARE OUR PARKS AND REC, UM, SEASONAL EMPLOYEES THAT INCLUDE OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP STAFF AS WELL AS OUR LIFEGUARDS.
UM, HOW THAT IMPACTS, UM, OUR BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THEY COME AT A LOWER PAY RATE, UM, AND THEN SOME OF OUR STAFFS THAT WE PAY, UM, AS FAR AS OVERTIME GOES, WE ALSO HAVE, ARE, HAVE INCREASED OUR VOLUNTEER AND CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IMPACTS, UM, OUR OVERTIME.
UM, AS WELL AS ALLOWS US TO GROW THE EVENTS, UM, IN A WAY THAT, UM, ALSO ALLOWS US TO CREATE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.
UM, THE ACTUAL SAVINGS WILL BE, UH, TO BE DETERMINED AFTER THIS COMPLETE FULL EVENT CYCLE, WE TRANSITIONED OUR DIRECT PAYMENTS OF OUR INTERNAL FEES ON THE BACKEND.
UM, FOR OUR SPONSORS THAT PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT HAVE ANY KIND OF FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A HEALTH PERMIT AND THEY DO PAY FOR THE HEALTH HEALTH PERMIT AS PART OF YOUR SPONSORSHIP PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
THE TOWN ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THAT HEALTH PERMIT.
AND SO JUST ON THE BACK END, WE WORK WITH FINANCE TO NOT DIRECTLY PAY THOSE, BUT JUST HAVE THE TRANSITION OF THE FUNDS ON THE BACK END.
WHEN WE LOOK AT EVENT EXPENDITURES, UM, EACH OF OUR, OUR BIG TICKET ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S ELECTRIC TENT, FENCING, UM, RESTROOMS, ALL OF THOSE GO TO BID AND GET APPROVED, UM, THROUGH COUNCIL.
AND WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH ALL OF 'EM THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO US.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, JUST THE COST OF LIVING HAS GONE UP JUST TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
EVENTS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.
SO ALL OF OUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP AS WELL.
WHILE WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH A LOT OF THESE CONTRACTORS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS WITH REGARDS TO CAB TOWN.
WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR THAT GOT THE BID FOR ELECTRIC.
THEY PROVIDE ALL OF THE TEMPORARY ELECTRIC THAT'S OUT IN SITE WHEN WE'RE PRODUCING AN EVENT FOR KAO TOWN.
THAT CONTRACT INCLUDES LIGHT TOWERS.
WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THAT INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEM FOR THOSE LIGHT TOWERS AND LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT, I'M GONNA SAY $10,000.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO ANOTHER VENDOR AND SOURCE JUST THE LIGHT TOWERS, NOT THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF WORK, JUST THAT ONE LINE ITEM.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $7,000.
NOW WHILE THAT IS A SAVINGS, WHAT WE DID WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU SAW, IT COULD TOWN, THERE WAS A BRAND NEW STAGE.
WELL, THE STAGE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY BANNERS OR SIGNAGE BECAUSE THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY BUDGETED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT SAVINGS AND REINVESTED IT INTO KABOOM TOWN AND PAID FOR THE BANNER PACKAGE THAT YOU SAW ON THE STAGE.
SO STILL A COST SAVINGS BUT NOT A COST SAVINGS WHERE WE SAVED THE MONEY AND, AND STOCKPILING, WE'RE REINVESTING IT SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE AN INCREASE EXPENDITURE ITEM ON THAT LINE ITEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR ALL OF THE EVENT EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT REDUCING THE TOWN INVESTMENT BY WAY OF REVENUE GENERATION.
AND SO WHILE WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE, WE'RE REALLY, WE REALLY HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
UM, SEVENTH YEAR, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
YOU'LL SEE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURES, UM, AN INCREASE IN THAT WITH THE TRANSITION THAT WE DID TO BOTH THE FOOTPRINT, THE EVENT EXPERIENCES THAT YOU SAW ON THE GROUNDS.
UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE REVENUE AS WELL.
OUR SPONSORSHIPS, UM, DOLLARS WILL INCREASE AS WE CREATE ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES.
UM, AND THEN A LOT OF THE PAID EXPERIENCES THAT WE ADDED ON THE GROUND, UM, EVEN WITH MOTHER NATURE THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT OUR FINANCIAL LEVEL WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ENHANCED EXPERIENCES THAT WE ADDED.
WHEN WE LOOK AT
IT IS A SIX HOUR EVENT FOR US, AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHER COST ITEMS THAT THE MULTI-DAY EVENTS TAB.
UM, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE REVENUE THAT WE ARE GENERATING WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE LOOK AT WAYS TO, UM, ENHANCE THIS EVENT.
UM, BY CHARGING FOR ADMISSION TICKETS THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR, OUR TICKET REDEMPTION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS OF CHALLENGE.
WE HAD ALL OF THESE TICKETS THAT WERE SENT OUT, BUT OUR REDEMPTION RATE WAS ABOUT 30%.
BY CHARGING A NOMINAL FEE FOR ADMISSION, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE, UH, ABOUT A 73% TICKET REDEMPTION RATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACT WITH
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AND THEN OCTOBERFEST IS TO CHROME, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT THIS YEAR.WE WILL CHANGE AND MODIFY, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIVATIONS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE.
THERE WILL BE A BIG PUSH, UM, AROUND OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS AND WHAT WE DO WITH THEM.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT IN EACH OF THESE.
UM, YOU SEE THAT THE, THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR THE TOWN CONTINUES TO GO DOWN, WHICH IS
JUST MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ABBY STARTED GETTING THROUGH THE BUDGET YEAR LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT THAT I GAVE HER WAS TO LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LINE ON EACH OF THE, OF THE BIG THREE EVENTS.
AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE, THE BOTTOM LINE, THAT INVESTMENT HAS DECREASED FROM WHAT WAS ON TELEPHONE THAT'S ON THE TOWN.
AND I THINK I PERSONALLY THINK SHE'S DONE THAT WHILE MAKING TWO DAY EVENTS BETTER.
SO I THINK THAT'S A CREDIT TO ABBY AND UM, CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT AND TALKING ABOUT IT AND UM, SURE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING ON THAT.
WE LOOK AT OUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY, SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE TO BE A NUMBER ONE AREA OF FOCUS FOR US.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CORPORATE ENTITIES THAT WANT TO GIVE BACK AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE GREAT EVENTS TO BUILD UPON, UM, EACH OF THOSE.
AND WHILE THOSE LEAD TO FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, SOMETIMES COMPANIES AREN'T NECESSARILY READY TO WRITE A CHECK NECESSARILY, AND IT KIND OF LEADS INTO OUR SECOND OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS VOLUNTEERS.
AND THE TWO OF THESE WORK HAND IN HAND.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE TALKING TO A COMPANY AND THEY'RE READY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FORCE THAT WANTS TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THE EVENT AND GIVE BACK, AND THEN THAT ULTIMATELY TURNS INTO A FINANCIAL IMPACT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.
SO THERE ARE TWO, THOSE ARE TWO AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR TEAM IS LOOKING AT.
UM, AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OFFERINGS THAT WE PROVIDE THAT SPEAK TO ALL TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY ONE.
WE'RE OFFERING THINGS THAT SPAN THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE HOURS THAT WE'RE OPEN.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE SPACE IN INNOVATIVE WAYS.
UM, THE MAP OF TASTE IS ONE OF THE PROUDER THINGS THAT I HAVE, UM, IN MY SHORT TIME HERE IN THAT WE DOUBLE THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT FESTIVAL, UM, JUST BY YOU CROSSING THE STREET AND UTILIZING THE NORTH CAMPUS THAT'S HERE ON THE GROUNDS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON BEING INTENTIONAL AROUND OUR PROGRAMMING TO, TO US WITH DRIVING REVENUE, UM, AND THEN CREATING THOSE EXPERIENCES, NOT JUST PROVIDING THESE THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC, FOOD AND FUN, BUT ACTUALLY CREATING EXPERIENCES THAT SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND OFFERING DIVERSE OFFERING.
JUST ONE QUICK ONE ON KABOOM TOWN.
WAS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE SOLD TICKETS FOR THE FOR ADMISSION FARM? YES SIR.
SO IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED JUST REVENUE NUMBER THAT THAT HASN'T SHOWN UP? OR IS THAT, WAS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK THE NUMBER'S GONNA BE? UM, THAT IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON, A LITTLE BIT, BASED ON WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE IDEAS ON HOW TO MAXIMIZE ATTENDANCE, BUT JUST BASED ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBER AND JUST BARE CODES, THAT IS AN ESTIMATE THAT, ARE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP THAT AT THE SAME SAME TICKET PRICE THOUGH? YES, SIR.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN KEEP IT JUST IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, UM, IT JUST KIND OF MAKES SENSE FOR OUR OVERALL BRAND.
YOU HAVE SOME DARREN, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE EVENTS, UH, LIKE MARLIN HAD POINTED OUT AS FAR AS OUR, OUR INVESTMENT, UH, BOTTOM LINE INVESTMENT DECREASING, UH, I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE TOP LINE REVENUE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO, UH, MAKE THOSE EVENTS.
WE'RE STILL MAKING THE INVESTMENT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, UH, IT'S LESS OF, UH, OF THE IMPACT.
IS THERE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN ATTEND LIKE KABOOM TOWN? YES, SIR.
SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ON FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE WITH REGARDS TO NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE ON THE GROUNDS TO SAFETY MANAGE.
SO WHEN WE SELL TICKETS, ARE WE WE CONTROLLING THE NUMBER THAT CAN ATTEND? IS THAT YES.
THAT IS MANDATED TO ME BY PUBLIC SAFETY.
IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE NOTE ON YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT ESTIMATE.
THIS ESTIMATE NUMBER ISN'T, THIS IS, SINCE IT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET, THE REVENUE WE'RE STILL SHOWING THAT 70,000.
WE BROUGHT IN MORE THAN A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
I, I JUST, I WAS TRYING TO DO THE MENTAL MATH.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT I HEARD AT SOME POINT WE SOLD 10,000 TICKETS YEAH.
SO I FIGURED ALL THAT WOULD WORK OUT AND WE'D EVENTUALLY
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SEE THAT NUMBER REFLECTED.UM, ABBY, ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WILL WE STILL BE USING SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO, TO ASSIST WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SORT OF THE SIGNATURE PIECE TO THE EVENTS THAT WE OFFER.
UM, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE OUR STAFF, UM, BE A PART OF.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN OR EVEN JUST SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WHAT WE DID JUST AT TASTE, WE WILL NEED AN EXPANDED POOL.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE VOLUNTEER PIECE COMES IN.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST TO COMMENT, UH, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE EVENTS, IT'S JUST AMAZING AND I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR, YOUR TASTE TO IT.
AND SPEAKING OF TASTE, AND YOU JUST SAID THE WORDS THAT WE DOUBLED THE FOOTPRINT, THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO ME.
I MEAN, IT JUST FELT LIKE SUCH A MASSIVE EVENT THAT REALLY YOU HAVE TO COME FOR TWO DAYS TO, TO DO THE WHOLE THING.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST, THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY HOW, HOW WE USED IT AND, AND SO THOUGHTFULLY TOO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE COURTYARD WAS AND EVERYTHING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SO GREAT.
AND SO, UH, JUST KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
Y'ALL ARE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK, SO THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR ABBY? THANK YOU, ABBY.
SHE GETS TO STAY HERE FOR ABBY.
UM, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE THEATER SIDE AND WE'LL LOOK AT OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OBJECTIVES.
UH, BEFORE THE THEATER, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO SECURE ODYSSEY ASSOCIATES TO COMPLETE THE OPERATION STUDY ON THE USE OF THE FACILITY THIS PAST YEAR.
WE ALSO, WHILE DURING THE STUDY AND THINGS WERE A TINY BIT ON PAUSE, WE INTEGRATED THE THEATER TEAM INTO THE SPECIAL EVENTS SIDE AND REALLY HONED IN ON THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE.
YOU SAW THAT AS PART OF SILENT DISCO AND SOME OF THE OTHER AAV COMPONENTS THAT WERE PART OF TASTE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE REALLY WORKED ON STREAMLINING PROCESSES OVER ON THE THEATER SIDE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT OUR INVENTORY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE OPERATIONS STUDIES, AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE A COMPUTER MANAGER AND REALLY CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN THAT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THE ACTIVATION BY WAY OF LIT NIGHTS OVER AT THE THEATER.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING THE FACILITY AND IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THOSE FINDINGS THAT CAME FROM THE ODYSSEY ASSOCIATES STUDY.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT BRANDING THE FACILITY AND HIGHLIGHTING AND SHOWCASING THAT, UM, AND THEN PRIORITIZING SOME OF THOSE FACILITY REPAIRS AS WE PREPARE FOR INCREASED ACTIVITY IN SPACE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DECISION PACKAGES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO.
THE FIRST ONE BEING A THEATER MANAGER.
THIS IS A POSITION THAT WE FOCUS SOLELY ON THE PROGRAMMING OF THAT SPACE TO ALLOW US TO INCREASE ACTIVATION.
UM, IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE KEY FOCUS AREA OF THE VIBRANT ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THE RECURRING COSTS AS WELL AS THE ONE TIME COST THAT WOULD BE ONBOARDING THE STAFF MEMBER.
AND THEN OUR SECOND DECISION PACKAGE, UM, IS THE CAPITAL FUNDING.
THIS IS A RECURRING 30,000 THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BUDGET, UM, SINCE COVID.
AND THIS WAS, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS AS WE START TO SEE INCREASED ACTIVITY.
UM, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE CAN, UM, IMPACT AS FAR AS AV WHINING, AS WELL AS FURNISHING FURNISHINGS IN THE FACILITY AS WELL.
WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE THEATER CENTER HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, UM, THE BUDGET IS PRETTY FLAT WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT YOU SEE THE INCREASE FOR THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE IT UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET.
UM, THIS UPCOMING THIS YEAR COMING OFF OF THE STUDY, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS PRETTY SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DID THIS PAST YEAR.
FISCAL YEAR 26, YOU'LL SEE A MORE FLUSHED OUT BUDGET THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OTHER DETAILS THAT COME, UM, FROM IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE FOUND FROM THE STUDY.
SOME AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE THEATER.
UM, PROGRAMMING WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN AREA THAT WE FOCUS ON FROM THE STUDY.
WE LEARNED THAT 150 LIT NIGHTS IS PRETTY STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY AND THERE WILL BE THREE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THAT AREA.
OUR TOWN TEAM WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE TOWN CURATED PERFORMANCES AND THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'LL LOOK TO DO.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SIGNATURE EVENT THAT WHEN WE SAY THIS EVENT NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE SAY CAMBO TOWN.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDISON, TEXAS.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME UP WITH ONE OR TWO EVENTS LIKE AFTER THE THEATER THAT WHEN WE INSERT THAT EVENT, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR THEATER HERE IN ADDISON, TEXAS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR WRAPAROUND EVENTS WITH REGARDS TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
YOU SAW THE USE OF THE FACILITY WITH TASTE TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE THAT SPACE.
WE'LL LOOK, AS WE CONTINUE ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS SIDE TO BUILD OUT OUTSIDE OF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FESTIVAL FOR PRE AND POST EVENTS TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY IN SOME CAPACITY, WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFER, UH, PRESENTED PERFORMANCES.
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YEAR TO KIND OF, UM, THROW SOME DARTS AT THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TRY COMEDY, MUSIC AND DANCE AND MAKE A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE, WE'LL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT, UM, IN ANY, UM, PROGRAMS THAT MAKE SENSE TO POSSIBLY HOST IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARK AS WELL AS THE SWORN CAMPUS.UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING AN INCUBATOR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE REGULAR USERS OF THE FACILITY AND INCUBATING THEM TO GET THEM READY TO BE IN THE MAIN STAGE SO THAT WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVATED SPACE.
THE OTHER TWO COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR ACTIVATION INCLUDE WATER TOWER THEATER AS WELL AS OUR ADDITIONAL RESIDENT, UM, COMPANIES AND RENTERS.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING, UM, AT ESTABLISHING THAT BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL GIVE US SOME SOLID CRITERIA TO ALLOW US TO GIVE SOME PARTNER FUNDING.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AS WELL AS THEIR COMMUNITY IMPACT IS SO THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY ACTIVATE THE SPACE WITH REGARDS TO ALL OF THIS CRITERIA, BUT ALSO SUPPORT THE ARTS IN AN IMPACTING WAY AS WELL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT BRANDING, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MARKETING, UM, AND SOME IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT COULD HELP DRIVE REVENUE WITH THE FACILITY.
WE COULD OFFER SPONSOR EVENT SPONSORED EVENTS.
THERE'S FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES, MERCH, TICKETING PLATFORMS, NAMING RIGHTS SEAT SPONSORS.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE IN THE FACILITY AS WELL.
THESE ARE JUST IDEA THOUGHT STARTERS TO KNOW THAT, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE, UM, STARTING THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
AND IN OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR PARTNER FUNDING, WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
OUTCRY THEATER, UM, IS A REGULAR USER OF THE FACILITY AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HAS RECEIVED.
WATER TOWER THEATER IS A PHENOMENAL PARTNER AND WE, WE LOOK TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN MID WAYS, A PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN THE FUNDING THERE.
AND THEN THAT LAST BIT OF PIECE IS AS WE START TO CURATE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AND OFFER DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO KIND OF COME OUR WAY, KIND OF FLUSH OUT THE AGENDA.
AND SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BRING FORWARD AS FAR AS FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS OR EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND LICENSE FACILITIES FOR THIS.
I COULD JUST MAKE ONE OH, WHICH, UH, ABBY MENTIONED, BUT WE REALLY VIEW THIS AS A TRANSITIONAL YEAR.
WE HAVE THE STUDY WE HAVE WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND HAVE WE LAID OUT A LOT OF THOSE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO GET TO TARGET.
THE THEATER MANAGER IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT.
SOMEBODY WHO CAN LEAD THAT EFFORT.
EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR, IT REALLY IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE ON.
WE DON'T WANNA SEE A DROP IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS THAT TRANSITION YEAR WHERE WE CAN KIND OF LOOK TO THE NEXT YEAR AND LOOK THAT PLAN FORWARD.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE BACKDROP OF EVERYTHING THAT
AND THAT'LL TAKE THE QUESTION.
DAVID, WHO IS, WHO'S PERFORMING THAT, THAT FUNCTION RIGHT NOW? AS FAR AS THE THEATER MANAGER? ABBY, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
UM, SO JANICE DID SOMETHING EARLIER AND, AND I'M, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT ON, ON WATER TOWER THEATER, WE MOVING THAT TO LIKE A SERVICE AGREEMENT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME WITHOUT
SO ANYBODY THAT, ANY OF THE ARTS GROUPS THAT IS LOOKING FOR ANY POTENTIAL POTENTIAL FUNDING THE BUSINESS PLAN THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY WHAT OUR CRITERIA LOOKS LIKE WOULD BE TIED TO THE FUNDING.
SO WE COULD NOT ONLY ACTIVATE THE SPACE, BUT ALSO SUPPORT OUR ARTS GROUPS AS WELL.
AND TOWN CURATED PROGRAMS? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU JUST KIND OF TOUCH UPON THAT? YEAH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING EVERYTHING FROM CONCERTS, MUSIC PERFORMANCES, COMEDY SHOWS, JUST A COMBINATION OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DRIVE ACTIVITY ON THAT MAIN STAGE.
UM, SOME OF THEM WILL BE INTERNAL AS FAR AS US WORKING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION TO HOST SOMETHING AND SOME OF 'EM WILL BE COMPLETELY EXTERNAL.
WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT HOLIDAY AT THE, AT THE ACCIDENT THEATER WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
AND SO AS JANICE STARTS TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY DOING THE TREE LIGHTING, HOW DO WE COMPLIMENT THAT? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DRIVING AS AN, AS A DESTINATION AS PART OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE TRIVION AS WELL, SO THAT WE'RE OFFERING A WELL BALANCED OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS AND THAT MONEY'S SET ASIDE FOR THOSE, THOSE PARTIES TO DO JUST THAT.
AND WE MAY NOT SPEND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL NEED SOME FUNDING.
AND SO, AND DO WE KNOW, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE, WHEN THE COMPLETION OF THE THEATER STUDY MIGHT OCCUR? IT'S, IT'S COMPLETE.
AND SO WE ARE, WE HAVE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
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FROM THAT.SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT AND ACTUALLY DEVISING IN, UH, A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE CAN FOLLOW.
SO DID WE GIVE A GRANT OF 4 25 LAST YEAR FOR OUR GALLERY THEATER? YES, SIR.
AND SO THAT DID INCLUDE IN KIND MATCHING, SO THE IN KIND PORTION WAS ABOUT 48, 40 9,000.
AND THAT WAS AN IN KIND FOR USE OF THE ACTUAL OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND SO THAT 48,000 IS INCLUDED IN THAT FOR $25 AMOUNT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS A MATCHING COMPONENT.
SO THEY COULD GET UP TO $150,000 IN MATCHING WHEN THEY PROVIDED, UH, DOCUMENTATION FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DO NOT TRADITIONALLY, AND STEVE, YOU CAN KEEP HONEST, THEY HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY MET 150,000.
HAVE WE TOLD 'EM WE'RE REDUCED? YES, SIR.
HOW WAS THEIR RESPONSE? YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY THEY WANT THE THEATER TO BE ACTIVATED AS WELL.
THEY WANT IT TO BE AN ACTIVATED SPACE TO HELP DRAW VISITORS TO ADDISON.
UH, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY GO AWAY.
THEY'RE ONE THIRD OF WHAT THE ACTIVATION OF THAT SPACE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WE WILL STILL CONTINUE FUNDING THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN ALONG WITH US ON THE ENTIRE JOURNEY FROM THE START OF THE STUDY UP UNTIL NOW.
AND SO THEY SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT? YES.
MY QUESTION WAS FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE 4 25.
SO I, I LOVE THE COMMON THEMES THAT WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, GROW REVENUE, MANAGE EXPENSES.
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION WE NEED HEAD, UH, CONCERNING THE THEATER.
I THINK THE IDEA OF TRYING TO GET TO THAT 150 NIGHTS IS, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT GOAL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, SO AS WE'VE ENTERED INTO THIS AND WE HIRE A THEATER MANAGER, I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT CAN WE BRING IN ENTERTAINMENT AND MAYBE DO SOME SORT OF REVENUE SHARE OR WE COLLECT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF TICKET SALES AND WATCH REVENUE MAYBE GO UP EVEN MORE.
ARE YOU ASKING AT WHAT POINT DO WE DO THAT? IS THAT THE GOAL? ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WHAT, BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY, AND I THINK IT CAN BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
I THINK THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
I THINK JUST LIKE WE LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMMING THAT COULD ACTUALLY WORK IN THAT SPACE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, UM, COULD START NOW AND THAT WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROGRAMMING LOOKS LIKE FOR THE HOLIDAY, IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY A CONCERT THAT WE WOULD DRIVE AND WE WOULD PROMOTE AND WE WOULD MARKET AS PART OF OUR LIST OF ACTIVITIES, BUT WE WOULD CHARGE TICKETS.
AND SO WE WOULD GET 100% OF THAT, RIGHT.
AND, AND THAT'S MY POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I HOPE, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IS, IS, IS TO, IF WE'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEONE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MANAGE THIS GO OUT AND WITH SOME ASSISTANCE, I'M SURE, BUT TRY TO FIND ACTS THAT WE THINK WE CAN BRING HERE THAT WILL ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN SEATS THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP THE THEATER BECOME, YOU KNOW, EVEN NOT PROFITABLE, BUT ALLOW US TO SEE MORE REVENUE.
SO, UM, IF I CAN ASK, BESIDES THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS, UH, FUNDING, WHAT IS THE MAJOR CHANGE TO THE WATER TOWER GROUP THAT THEY WILL EXPERIENCE? IS IT BASICALLY THAT THEY WON'T HAVE AS MUCH OFFICE SPACE AND WORK SPACE AND THAT SORT OF THING HERE IS THAT, IT'LL BE TWO THINGS.
IT'LL BE THE OFFICE SPACE AND THEN IT WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION TIME, UM, IN THE ACTUAL MAIN STAGE SPACE.
AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT AMOUNT OF TIME IN MAIN STATE WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE TO ALLOW US TO PUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE.
AND YOU TALKING AMOUNT OF TIME, SOME OF THAT'S JUST, UH, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER FOR A PRODUCTION, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SO OUR SCENE SHOP THAT IS ADJACENT TO OUR MAIN STAGE, IT'S NOT QUITE LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE THE FULL CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE IN THERE FOR YOU TO THEN SLIDE OVER INTO THE MAIN STAGE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR REHEARSAL.
AND SO A LOT OF THAT BILL HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INSIDE OF THE MAIN STAGE.
SO AS SOON AS THAT BEGINS, THEN THE MAIN STAGE GOES DARK, IT'S OFF FENCE UNTIL IT'S ACTUAL PERFORMANCE TIME.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO CUT THAT TIME IN HALF.
SO WHERE DOES THAT BILL TAKE PLACE ON THOSE LARGER PRODUCTIONS? IT WILL TAKE PLACE OFFSITE AT ANOTHER FACILITY, WHICH IS VERY COMMON.
AND THAT, THAT'S UP TO THE THEATER COMPANY TO DO THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN, IN THE SAME
HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMPENSATION FOR THE USE OF THAT SPACE? WAS THAT PART OF THE IN KIND OR WAS IT JUST THE OFFICE SPACE?
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IT WAS THE, THE IN KIND WAS ONLY THE OFFICE SPACE.UM, THEY DID GET A REDUCED RATE AS FAR AS THERE WAS AN IN KIND PIECE, UM, FOR THE RENTAL OF THE DIFFERENT SPACES.
SO THERE'S FLOOR ROOM THAT THEY USED FOR REHEARSAL SPACE, THE MAIN SPACE.
THOSE WERE ALSO, AND THOSE, THOSE WERE GIVEN TO THEM AT A REDUCED RATE.
SO, UM, JUST A QUESTION ON THE 23 NUMBERS OF THE 4 25.
SO ABOUT 50, WAS THAT IN KIND? SO IT'S DOWN TO 3 75.
AND THEN WHAT WAS THE MATCHING PART UP TO ONE 50.
SO, AND THEY DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY UP TO ONE 50, DID THEY GET ANY OF IT? I'M SORRY? THEY DIDN'T GET ANY OF THE ONE 50 THEY REQUIRED.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE GOTTEN, AND THAT'S FOR THIS LIST YEAR? LET ME CHECK.
I I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN THE FULL ONE 50 SO FAR, UH, FOR THIS LIST.
SO IT WAS 3 75 MINUS ONE 50 WAS THE MATCHING PART.
SO LIKE 2 25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE ACTUAL CASH PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WAS 2 59.
SO ABBY, THE, FROM THE STUDY THERE, THEY PUT A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WILL YOU BE IMPLEMENTING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS? ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU WON'T BE DOING OR WHAT, WHERE ARE YOU WITH THAT? I THINK IT SERVES AS A REALLY GOOD GUIDELINE FOR US, UM, WITHOUT CERTAINLY MAKING IT, UM, FIT WITH OUR BRAND AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ULTIMATELY WITH THIS SPACE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, EVERY PIECE THAT WAS TOUCHED ON, UM, THE STUDY IS BEING LOOKED AT, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IMPLEMENTED AS FOUND RUN THE STUDY SPECIFICALLY.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHENEVER THEY GAVE THEIR PRESENTATION THAT THEY, THEY RECOMMENDED HAVING A FIXED SEATING ELEMENT.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S HISTORICALLY AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN THERE, THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE, WHAT PEOPLE LOOK AT AS A REAL POSITIVE PART OF THAT THEATER SPACE IS THE FLEXIBILITY OF IT.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND YOUR PLANS? YOU KNOW, AS WE START TO FLUSH OUT WHAT THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE IN ESTABLISHING SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAVE DONE EXPLORATORY MEETINGS WITH OUTSIDE GROUPS AND SOME INTERNAL GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN REGULAR USERS.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM FEEL LIKE A FIXED SPACE WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE SPACE AND WHAT THAT OFFERS ARTISTICALLY, REALLY THAT IS DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONAL TYPE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO FLIP THE SPACE.
BECAUSE THEN WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS WHAT, WHO INCURS THE COST OF FLIPPING THE SPACE BACK TO WHAT WOULD BE A TRADITIONAL PHASE FOR ANY USER TO USE? THERE'S ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IT IS A BLACK BOX THEATER AND SO THERE IS AN ERASE PLATFORM THAT IF WE LOOKED AT A, A FIXED, UM, CONFIGURATION OF THE SPACE, DO WE ADD A PLATFORM SO THAT IT IS A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, AS FAR AS ARRANGEMENT GOES.
SO THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF ME CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF DO WHAT DO WHAT IT IS YOU WANT TO DO TO BE ABLE TO DO A THEATER AND AROUND TO BE ABLE TO DO, UM, A THRUST, UM, TYPE OF CONFIGURATION.
UM, THE BUSINESS SIDE OF ME SAYS IT COULD PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE AND WE COULD FLIP MORE GROUPS AND GET THEM IN AND OUT IF WE HAVE A STANDARD CONFIGURATION.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO JUST TRY TO FIND ANOTHER WATER TOWER THEATER? WE KEEP WATER TOWER 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ONE THIRD OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
ONE THIRD OF GETTING US TO THE ONE 50, WHAT IT MAY SENSE TO TRY TO GO OUT AND FIND ANOTHER WATER TOWER THEATER.
AND THEN THE OTHER THIRD WOULD BE JUST THE, UM, TOWN CURATED PROGRAMS RATHER THAN WORRY ABOUT FLIPPING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO I THINK IT COULD, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT COULD BE A STRATEGY THAT COULD WORK.
I THINK WHAT YOU UM, WHAT THEN I THINK THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMMING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, DOES THAT HINDER TO US IN ANY WAY? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WATER TOWER, THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY DOING THEATER.
ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE HAD GOING THROUGH THE BUSINESS PLAN IS DO WE FIND AN ART RESIDENT GROUP? DO WE FIND A DANCE RESIDENT GROUP? DO WE FIND ALL OF THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT COULDN'T ACTUALLY DIVERSIFY THE PROGRAM OFFERINGS THAT WE'RE DOING? IF WE FIND ANOTHER WATER TOWER, BE IT A THEATER, DANCE ART GROUP, THEN WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMING AND THAT'S IT.
THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY TAKEAWAY ON THAT.
AND THEN THE IDEA OF TELLING A GROUP THAT THEY'VE GOTTA BUILD THEIR SET OFFSITE AND THEN BRING IT ON.
DO YOU KNOW HOW COMMON THAT IS? BECAUSE I REMEMBER ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO SOMEHOW EXPAND OR FIND SPACE HERE TO ALLOW THEATER GROUPS TO CONSTRUCT HERE.
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IT'S ACTUALLY MORE COMMON THAN NOT.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STUDY FOUND WAS WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY FACILITIES THAT WAS OFFERING THAT.
AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT THAT PROVIDES WHEN YOU TAKE THAT SPACE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT ALL YOU HAVE FOR US? I THINK SO.
YOU DON'T WANNA DO THE NEXT SECTION? I COULD.
YOU WANNA TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK? 10 MINUTES.
SORRY, I TURNED IT UP BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL CHRIS, FREE CHIEF OF POLICE.
UH, FIRST START THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OUR BIGGER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OBJECTIVE.
UH, LOOKING BACK AT MARCH 24, UH, WE LAUNCHED THE AS POLICE REPORTING ONLINE.
THIS IS THE ONLINE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS OUR CITIZENS TO DIRECTLY REPORT AN OFFENSE.
UM, AND WE REPORT, UH, SOMETHING WE KNOW.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF YOU STILL HAVE AN OFFICER RESPOND TO YOU, SO YOU WANT TO HAVE OFFICER MATT STILL HAVE THAT OPTION.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPTION YOU HAVE.
AND GO ONLINE, TAKE THE INFORMATION AND GENERATE THAT REPORT.
IT STILL GOES THROUGH THE NORMAL CHAINS, SO IT REQUIRES A DETECTIVE TO LOOK INTO IT.
THEY STILL GET THAT INFORMATION, IT'S STILL INVESTIGATED, WHICH JUST ALLOWS AN OPTION FOR ASSISTANCE TO KIND OF GET THAT INSTANT FEEDBACK AND GET THAT REPORT.
DON DEVELOP A RESPONSE TO ADDRESS AN INCREASE IN, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE TESTS.
UH, WORKED OUR WITH OUR CRIME ANALYSIS, JUST LOOKED AT DATA OPTION, KNOW DATA POINTS OF, HEY, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST TIME TODAY DAYS OF LEASE WE BEEN GETTING HIT AND WE ALLOCATED RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO THAT.
WE SAW PRETTY DECREASE IN THOSE SPECIFIC PROPERTY CRIMES AND THOSE MOTOR VEHICLE TESTS.
WE ON, UH, WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECK IN FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF TO GO ABLE AND SPEAK WITH THE PROVIDER AND JUST HAVE THAT TIME TO JUST CHECK IN ON THEIR, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, AND IF ANY FOLLOW UP SERVICES WERE NEEDED PROGRAM, UM, OUR FIRST, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH METRO CRE SERVICES AND INTERNAL, UH, STAFF TEAMS TO ADDRESS
UH, THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING AND IT'S WHAT WE DID.
WE LOOKED AT MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH, UM, WORKING WITH OTHER INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE UPTAKE IN OUR HOMELESS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THAT ENFORCEMENT ASPECT, UM, BUT HOW CAN WE, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE WAYS WE RESPOND? WE CAN GET RESOURCES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND JUST LOOK AT IT AS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH INSTEAD OF JUST A ONE DIRECT APPROACH.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT.
UH, CONTINUE TRAINING CURRICULUMS AS POLICE OFFICERS BETTER EXCEEDING ALL NATIONALS AND STATE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND THEN CONTINUE OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND TRAINING RE FLOOD CITIES.
AND WHAT, UM, I THINK THE ISSUE OBVIOUS SEEN IN THE PAST IS THAT WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO PARTNER A COLLABORATIVE
UM, THEY JUST, UM, STOOD UP THEIR MOTORCYCLE.
AND SO SOME OF OUR PROGRAM GUYS, THEY ALONG OUR SHARED ORDERS, KIND SHOVEL THE ROPES, BROUGHT SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING, HOW WE LIKE TO DO THINGS.
SO JUST CONTINUE WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SOME OBJECTIVES GOING FORWARD WHEN ENHANCE RECRUITING EFFORTS REMAIN COMPETITIVE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES.
WE CONTINUE MORE JOB CAREERS GOING INTO POLICE IES WHERE OFFICERS MIGHT TO CERTIFIED GETTING IN FRONT OF THEM BEFORE THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO CALL HOME.
KIND OF PINCH OUR DEPARTMENT KIND SHOW THEM OUR GOAL TRUTH KIND, BRING THEM WORK, TRY TO FOCUS ON CERTIFIED OFFICERS, UH, KEEN TO BUILD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM EMPLOYEES.
CONTINUE ON THE WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE, INCLUDING TRAINING FROM FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS, BEEN RECENTLY PROMOTED, HAVING BEEN GO SPEAK PROVIDER AND JUST TALK ABOUT HEY, STRESS TECHNIQUES, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MAKE THAT JUMP FROM OFFICER TO FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR.
HOW DO YOU NEED MITIGATE CERTAIN THINGS? JUST GIVE 'EM SOME TOOLS FOR SUCCESS.
UM, UH, ENHANCED QUALITY TRAINING.
MY, UH, BEST CONDITIONAL RESOURCE AND SHARP DEVELOPMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
SO WE ALWAYS WANNA STAY RISK OF THAT.
MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UM, TRAINING OFFICERS HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL TRAINING, MAKING SURE THEY'RE, UM, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
THAT WAY THEY CAN COME BACK AND BRING THAT TRAINING TO OUR OFFICERS.
THINK THE LEFT SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE PROCESS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT FOR TRAINING, INTERNAL AFFAIRS FORCE REPORTING.
THIS IS JUST AN ONLINE PORTAL.
WE CAN COME IN, HAVE A ONE STOP FOR ALL OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND DOCUMENTATION, UH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO JUST EVERYTHING BEING SO SILO AND SEGMENT, EXCEL SPREADSHEETS, JUST LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, HOW TO GETTING UP TO DATE, UM, WHERE WE KIND OF LIKED IN THE PAST.
UH, IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION FROM A PUBLIC STAFFING, STAFFING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING ASSESSMENT WITH MATRIX CONSULTING.
UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT TIME ON REPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PROJECTED STAFFING, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PLAN SAYING, HEY,
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THIS IS WHERE WE SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO INSTEAD, UH, COMPLETE BUILD OUT DEPLOYMENT WITH OUR NEW PATROL FLEET.UH, WE JUST GOT DAY TO DAY LAST FIVE UNITS HAVE BEEN, UH, DELIVERED TO OUR CONSIDER.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON A FEW MORE COMPONENTS TO START THE BUILD PROCESS.
WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING THOSE COMING WHOLE TIME.
UH, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. BUILD SHARP RELATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY STATE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE CITY MAKING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT A FOCUS ON IS, IS REALLY STRENGTHENING THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, GETTING, UH, MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS, REACHING OUT TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, UH, AND JUST BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, OUR, UH, THEN CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY CULTURE OF SAFETY EFFICIENCY.
UH, THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT OUR LPR CAMERAS.
TRY TO ENHANCE THAT NETWORK, LOOK AT A FLOCK, UM, SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE WHERE WE CAN MAXIMIZE DRIVE OUR RESOURCES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN BE EVERYWHERE ONCE, HOW CAN WE LOOK AT, UM, TECHNOLOGY, LEVERAGE THAT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
LOOKING AT OUR RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION, UM, GOING BACK TO THE ACCIDENT, FISH REPORTING ONLINE.
UM, SO WE'RE BEGINNING UTILIZING THIS LOT CITIZENS TO SELF REPORT CERTAIN CRIMES AND CAN REPORT FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES RIGHT AWAY.
UM, WE GET ABOUT 35 REPORTS EACH MONTH SITTING ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF CONTROLS TIME.
AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE, UH, ESTIMATE OF $28,000 WE SAVED.
WE BASE THAT OFF OF JUST ENTRY LEVEL OFFICERS HOURLY RATE.
UH, IF THEY WERE GONNA TAKE THAT REPORT, SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF, HOW WOULD THAT COME OUT TO ME? SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THIS IN OCTOBER 20, UH, 23, WE'VE TAKEN 511 ONLINE REPORTS.
SO THOSE ARE POWERS NOW THAT OUR OFFICERS CAN BE ON THE STREET RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BEING PROACTIVE IN THEIR APPROACH.
UM,
FIRST ONES ARE OFFICER IN CHARGE, PAYER OIC PAY.
UH, THIS FUNDING WOULD SERVE TO INCREASE THE PAY, BUT OFFICERS IN CHARGE, UH, THIS AMOUNT HASN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2016.
UH, OIC SERVED AS THE FIELD AND SUPERVISORS AND SERGEANTS ARE NOT PRESENT DURING VACATION TRAINING AND VACATION.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, OICS ARE SENIOR OFFICERS THAT ASSIST IN, UH, STARTING TRAINING 20 OFFICERS, PUTTING IN THE KEY FOCUS HERE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN RECRUITMENT TRAINING QUALITY EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, THIS IS A RECURRING, UM, EXPENDITURE OF 14,000, UH, $400.
BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR MONTHLY SNIP FOR OUR OAS FOR $300.
UM, THEY FILL IN ON THE SUPERVISOR E BUT THEY'RE ALSO MORE SENIOR OFFICERS.
AND SO OUR YOUNG OFFICERS GO TO THEM GOING DIRECTLY WITH THE SERGEANT.
THEY'RE ON THE SHIFT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE STREET.
WE LIKE TO, THEY, THEY'RE THOSE OFFICERS THAT WE SEE KIND OF LIKE A LEADERSHIP ACT LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF THIS.
FIRST LINE SUPERVIS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE
UH, THIS FUNDING WOULD SERVED AN INCREASE.
THE PAPER FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, THIS IS TIME'S NOT AN INCREASE SINCE 2009.
UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS CONDUCT ON JOB TRAINING FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE THEY WERE RELEASED TO WORK ON THEIR OWN.
UM, FTOS ARE FORMER LEADERS, HEAVILY INFLUENCE THE CULTURE.
THE ORGANIZATION, AGAIN, LOOKING AT A KEY FOCUS HERE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THIS IS FROM RECURRING COSTS OF $10,000 RIGHT NOW.
UH, OUR FTOS GET $2 AN HOUR OF ADDITIONAL.
WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT TO $4 NOW WHILE THEIR TRAINING.
AND THAT'S JUST AGAIN, REWARDING THOSE OFFICERS AND WHO SHOWN LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES, ASKING THEM DO MORE THAN THOSE UNIFORM LEADERS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCREASE IN.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO, AGAIN, JUST REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND TO OUR, UH, FINALLY LOOKING COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UH, SO THIS FUNDING WOULD CERTAINLY ESTABLISH A BUDGET FOR POLICE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UH, THIS SOLIDIFY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY TO RESOURCE PLAN AGAINST OR POLICE TO ENGAGE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, KEY FOCUS AREAS IS GONNA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT OUR GOLDEN PD TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY
UM, ONE THING ESPECIALLY, WE WANT TO GET MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
THIS IS JUST DISTINCT FOR THAT.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GET WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, START DOING PROPER MENTION TIPS AND NOT TO CREATE A WHOLE ANOTHER POSITION WHERE OFFICER, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DEDICATING TO DO.
GOING OUT THERE, BEING ONE, UM, TALKING WITH HOA ASSOCIATIONS, TALKING WITH BUSINESSES, JUST GOING OUT AND JUST BUILDING THAT BRIDGE
UH, SO AGAIN, COMING OUT GENERAL FUND BE ME TO PREPARE CONS 10,000 PROVIDE, I KNOW THAT WAS BRIEF, BUT THAT'LL TAKE ALL THE QUESTION, THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE, THE FTO INCREASE IN THE OIC, SO THAT'S JUST WHEN, THAT'S JUST AN INCREASE
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WHEN THEY'RE PERFORMING THOSE ADDITIONAL DUTIES, IS THAT YEAH, SO THE FTO GETS AN INCREASE WHEN THEY'RE TRAINING SOME MONEY OICS.THAT'S THEIR ADDITIONAL, THEY'RE ALWAYS AN OFFICER IN CHARGE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A RECURRING
AND THE MDOS IS ONLY WHEN THEY'RE TRAINING.
BUT THAT 14,400 IS MONTHLY, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, THAT'S FOR THE YEAR.
UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE, THE REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AS FAR AS THE POLICE, UH, STATISTICS AND, UH, METRICS AND SUCH? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? UH, REPORTING, PUBLIC REPORTING FOR, UH, WHAT, UH, THE POLICE ACTIVITY, METRICS, CRIMES AND SO ON.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT AS FAR AS LIKE ONLINE MAPPING SYSTEMS? UH, IT, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS, UH, AN EFFORT TO MAKE THAT MORE VISIBLE AND I JUST WAS LOOKING FORWARD WHEN I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CRIME? THE CRIME MAPPING? SO SOMETHING COMMUNITY CRIME MAPS NOT ACCURATE, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S IT'S DIFFERENT DEAL.
OTHERS YOU WANT TO GO? YEAH, WELL WE GOT THE MAP BACK.
WE HAVE THE MAP UP AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE MAP WAS UP THAT'S UP.
BUT YOUR QUESTION, WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION OR MAY APPROACH IT QUESTION IS, UM, SAYING WE WERE, WE WERE, WE WERE DISCUSSING TRYING TO HELP WITH A NEW WAIT IF REPORT THAT, THAT WE'RE HAVING THE STAFF WORK ON.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SPEAK TO THAT OR IF THAT'S JUST AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD IN TWO, THREE YEARS.
YEAH, SO I, FROM WHAT RECALL, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DATA COMING OVER TO OUR ONLINE, UH, CRIME MAPPING APPLICATION THAT WE HAD THAT HAS BEEN FIXED.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, GI IS SOFTWARE WHERE WE CAN DIRECTLY TAKE IT FROM OUR CAD SYSTEM SO IT'S MORE UP TO DATE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND I GET THAT WITH YOU.
BIT OF THAT, THAT COMMUNITY CRIME MAP JUST TELLS REALLY SMALL, SKEWED PART OF THE STORY, RIGHT? AS CHIEF SPENCER HAD TOLD US, EDUCATED US ON, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS COULD GET IF WE PROVIDED, IF POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? I KNOW THAT COSTS MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, BUT I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF HAVING MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO, UH, PUBLIC.
I MEAN, YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S GOOD TO TELL THE STORY TOO.
I THINK I CAN CHIME IN ON THAT.
SO THE, WHAT CHIEF SAID IS CORRECT, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO OUR CURRENT GI IS SOFTWARE, UM, CAN INTEGRATE, UH, AND DO BETTER THAN WHAT COMMUNITY CRIME APPS IS DOING.
HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT CARROLLTON DOES, THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM.
UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT.
WE WERE FINDING THINGS THAT IS NOT AS EASY AS WE THOUGHT.
AND SO OUR TEAM JUST SPOKE WITH KARA, OUR PRIME ANALYST, UH, LAST WEEK.
SHE'S WORKING ON THIS KIND BACKGROUND AMONGST SOME OTHER THINGS, AND SHE'S SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE S SOFTWARE TO MAKE IT A BETTER VERSION OF COMMUNITY CRIME APPS.
THE HOPE IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER.
UM, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO A BUNCH OF WORK TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
IT'S JUST NOT AS EASY AS WE ANTICIPATING OR HOPES.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT, HOW RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN AND RETENTION HAS BEEN? YES.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW IN THE CULTURE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I, I THINK I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S BEEN AS GOOD AS IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, SO WE'RE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND RETENTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SERVE.
I THINK WAY WE STARTED AS THE CULTURE, RIGHT? THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT WE HAVE WORKED HEAVILY ON.
AND JUST BUILDING THAT CULTURE.
UM, RECRUITMENT, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS LATELY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON PAPER NOW THAT IS NOT MEETING MISCONTRUED WITH OPERATIONALLY WHAT WE'RE DOWN, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OFFICERS IN TRAINING AND THE ACADEMY OFFICERS NOT ON LEAVE, BUT JUST THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HIRED TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, SO THE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING UP.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT, RIGHT? AND, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE, UH, JOB TRAINING FAIRS IN THE PAST.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT AND ALSO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OTHER SOURCES WE HAVEN'T REALLY GONE TO IN THE PAST THAT'S GOING TO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES, GO TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SPEAKING TO THEM, UH, AND THEN REALLY LEANING INTO THE POLICE ACADEMIES WHERE PEOPLE SELF PUT THEMSELVES.
I KNOW THEY, THEY PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH THEMSELVES AND THEN WE CAN GO THERE AND TALK 'EM THROUGH ALREADY CERTIFIED.
WE BRING THEM ON HERE AS A CERTIFIED OFFICER.
SO THERE'S A FEW, UH, POLICE COLLEGES AROUND THIS AREA, LIKE CEDAR VALLEY, THAT, THAT DO THAT.
AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVEN'T REALLY TAPPED INTO THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING THAT HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, HOW, HOW HAS THAT BEEN? I MEAN, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HIRING PEOPLE.
ARE WE ABLE TO KEEP THE ONES WE WANT TO KEEP? UH, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? UH, THAT'S ALL DRIVEN MY CULTURE.
UH, ONE THING I'VE SPOKEN TO SENIOR MANAGER, I DID, I CAME IN, I SPOKE WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON, ONE-ON-ONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION TO KINDA GET A VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD.
AND ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THE CULTURE'S GOOD, BUT IT'S BETTER NOT US AND THE COMMAND STAFF TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER THAT.
UM, WE LOOK AT RETAINING OUR EMPLOYEES BY DOING WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN THIS, UM, PRESERVATION
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OF GETTING OUR OFFICERS THE PAY THAT THEY NEED, GETTING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, UM, JUST BEING THERE, BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR 'EM.SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE RELIED HEAVILY ON THAT WE'LL CONTINUE DOING.
SO RIGHT NOW, RETENTION, I HAVEN'T HEARD PEOPLE LOOKING INTO LEAVING RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S AN EVERYDAY THING THAT WE WORK ON DAILY, AND THAT'S JUST BUILDING THAT CULTURE AND KEEPING THAT MINDSET.
I, IF I UNDERSTAND AND CERTAINLY, UH, CHIEF OR CHIEF JUST JUMP IN, I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HEAR.
I MEAN, WE ARE HEARING GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CULTURE, AND I THINK THAT'S PARAMOUNT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ISSUES THAT COME UP WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFICERS, I THINK THE FACILITY OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S COME UP CERTAINLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS BUDGET TALK ABOUT IT MORE TOMORROW HELPS US TO POSSIBLY HAVE A PATH FORWARD ON THAT.
THE OTHER IS THEIR PACE STRUCTURE, THEIR PAID PLAN, KIND OF HAVING SOME KIND OF PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN THE FALL IS A WORK SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SOME POSSIBILITIES TO GIVE, UM, SOME MORE ASSURANCES, OR NOT QUITE ASSURANCES, BUT AT LEAST A PATH FORWARD FOR WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE WHEN OFFICERS COME ON BOARD, WHICH IS, WOULD BE SOMEWHAT MORE IN LINE WHAT ALMOST EVERY OTHER CITY DOES.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN THE FALL.
BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CERTAINLY RESPONSIVE TO THEM AND IT CERTAINLY GOES TO RETENTION BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, COMPETITIVE WITH OUR, WITH OUR PEER CITIES? AND THAT'S FOR BOTH FIRE POLICE.
SO THIS IS MORE JUST A PRELUDE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FALL THAT WE'LL FLESH THAT OUT MORE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO.
SO CHIEF, YOU WOULD'VE DONE THE A PRO PROGRAM FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? FOR THE, AS ADDISON POLICE REPORTING ONLINE? UH, I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS.
UH, I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND GET THAT INSTANT, UH, REPORT.
UH, ONE THING THAT WE JUST WANNA PUT OUT IS THAT STILL, IF YOU STILL WANT THE OPTION AN OFFICER TO COME TO YOU, YOU STILL HAVE THAT OPTION.
UM, AND JUST BECAUSE YOU REPORT ONLINE, IT DOESN'T GO TO THIS SILO.
SAME LOOKED AT IT STILL GOES TO THE DETECTIVE.
THEY STILL PUT EYES ON IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP.
UM, ALL THIS IS IS JUST ALLOWING OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY JUST WANNA COME ONLINE AND HAVE THAT REPORT IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE, OKAY.
I'M, I'M GLAD IT'S WORKING OUT.
SEEMS IT CERTAINLY MAKES, UH, PUT SOME EFFICIENCIES IN PLACE.
AND, UH, AND, AND I'LL JUST COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR ANNUAL HOA MEETING SLASH CARNIVAL SLASH TURNED INTO, BUT, BUT WE HAD OAC C MATT DAVIS CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE GROUP, VERY INFORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT, AND ACTUALLY QUESTIONS SHE FREEZE WAS THERE.
AND I, AND I CAN TELL YOU MY NEIGHBORS WERE VERY IMPRESSED, ONE THAT THE CHIEF SHOWED UP.
UH, AND, AND JUST TO HAVE MATT THERE, BECAUSE MATT'S REALLY GOOD AT THOSE DOING THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND, AND VERY HELPFUL.
SO, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANNA CREATE THAT, THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE, UH, IT IS THAT SMALL TOWN FAIR WHERE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESIDENTS KNOW, KNOW THE OFFICERS, THEY KNOW THE CHIEF, AND, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, EASILY ENOUGH.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? ALRIGHT, WELL LET Y'ALL LET Y'ALL EASY THANK.
WHO'S THAT NEXT FIRE, CHIEF JONES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, DAVID JONES, FIRE CHIEF AND IT'S MY PLEASURE.
TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WE'VE HAD, AND THE OBJECTIVES FOR FY 25.
IF YOU KNOW OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, JULIE WINKLER, IF WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR APPROVING HER, HER POSITION, IT HAS BEEN, UH, AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO THE TOWN.
UH, SHE'S REALLY, SHE'S GONNA PRESENT TO YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.
I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DONE SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE.
BUT, UH, SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING.
WE'VE REALLY STRENGTHENED OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION WITH THIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION, UH, WITH THE ENTIRE REGION.
WE'VE CONSOLIDATED AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY WITH AN A D PROGRAM.
SO NOW WE OVERSEE, WE HAVE A, UH, COMPANY THAT OVERSEES ALL OF MAINTENANCE OF ABOUT 40 AEDS ACROSS THE TOWN.
AND SO THAT'S OUR, UH, AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS USE OUR CPR.
WE'VE COORDINATED ONGOING RESILIENCY TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF MORE OF THIS IN OUR DECISION PACKAGES, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
WE'VE ABSORBED THE PAY FOR THAT AND BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO, UH, SEE SOME, UH, BASICALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE A, UH, A GROUND ASSESSMENT OF EVERY FIREFIGHTER AND WHERE THEY ARE MENTALLY AND HOW THEY RESPOND EACH YEAR TO THE INCIDENTS THAT THEY'VE GONE ON.
THE CRITICAL INCIDENTS WE'VE ACHIEVED A RENEWAL ISO RATING.
IT'S THE HIGHEST RATING, ATTAINABLE FOR RATING SUPERIOR PROPERTY FIRE PROTECTION.
THIS IS DONE, 50% OF THAT GRADE IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, 40% IS THE WATER DEPARTMENT, AND 10% IS OUR DISPATCH.
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A ONE, AND THE LAST TIME THAT WAS DONE WAS 2018 WHEN WE WENT FROM TWO TO OH ONE.THEN WE'VE ENHANCED OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVENTS LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND OTHER EVENTS.
UH, TOO MANY A LIST, BUT WE DO A LOT OF, UH, SPUR OF THE MOMENT STATION TOURS OR VISITS AND GO OVER TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WITH, WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE.
WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM METRO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY FOR $40,000 TO PURCHASE TWO REPLACEMENT LUCAS THREE DEVICES FOR CPRA.
LUCAS DEVICE IS USED TO GIVE CONTINUAL COMPRESSIONS DURING A CPR.
YOU CAN IMAGINE DOING COMPRESSIONS ON SOMEBODY AND HAVING TO MOVE DOWN A HALLWAY OR A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
THIS CON CONTINUES THOSE COMPRESSIONS AND IT MAKES FOR MORE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES.
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HELPED US TO FUND THOSE, TO REPLACE SOME THAT WE HAD.
UH, LAST YEAR WE PROVIDED EIGHT DOCUMENTED CPR SAVES.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT WE'VE HAD IN A YEAR.
SO WE'RE SEEING A REAL TURNAROUND WITH OUR EMS TRAINING.
WE'VE VERY AGGRESSIVE EMS TRAINING.
WE USE A SIMULATION MANNEQUIN.
UH, WE HAVE VERY HIGH PERFORMING PARAMEDICS AND WE PURCHASED QC STAFF VEHICLES.
UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON DELIVERY OF THOSE.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS A LITTLE COMPARISON OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE QUAD CITIES, AND IT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT, BUT IF YOU, ON THE CHART, ON THE FAR LEFT, IF YOU TOOK THE ENTIRE CALL VOLUME, THIS IS JUST AN AVERAGE, BUT IF YOU TOOK THE ENTIRE CALL VOLUME AND AVERAGE IT BY THE NUMBER OF STATIONS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BUSY, UH, COMPARED TO THE OTHER CITIES.
AND ACTUALLY
SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN FOR THEM.
BUT WE ARE A PRETTY BUSY LITTLE DEPARTMENT AND OUR DISPATCH ON SCENE TIME, SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, WE GET OUTTA THE HOUSE QUICKLY AND WE GET TO THE, THE SCENE QUICKLY.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE TREND THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT ON PAR WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO THAT'S THE ONE TIME WE CAN CONTROL IS, IS GETTING EN ROUTE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET OUT IN THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, ALL BETS ARE OFF.
BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE TIME AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
OUR OBJECTIVES FOR 25, UH, CREATE RELIABLE FUNDING TOWARDS ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR STAFF.
AND WHAT THAT IS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH EARLIER AND IN OUR DECISION PACKAGE WE'RE ASKED, ASKING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, THE EXACT SAME REQUEST THAT PD ASKED FOR LAST YEAR, UH, TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
WE WERE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB SOME OF IT, BUT SOME OF THE COUNSELING AND SOME OF THE CRITICAL POINTS OF DISTRESS DEBRIEFING AND THESE THINGS, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A CONTRACT TO DO WORK THROUGH THAT INCORPORATED TECHNOLOGY INTO USING DASH AND HELMET CAMERAS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF, UH, IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO TO INTEGRATE SOME TECHNOLOGY IN WHAT WE DO.
MUCH LIKE YOU SEE THE POLICE, THEY HAVE THEIR BODY CAMS ON AND BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THINGS ON SCENE.
WELL, DASH CAMS CAN HELP US FOR EVIDENCE DURING AN ACCIDENT AND, UH, AND SHOW SOME OF THE RESPONSE.
BUT ALSO THE HELMET CAMS ARE WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE WHAT FIREFIGHTER IS SEEING ON AN INCIDENT.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND USE THAT FOR TRAINING AND MAKING US BETTER CONTINUE TO PRO, PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY TRAINING FOR OUR PEOPLE, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WAYS TO MEET THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS AND WELLNESS AND CANCER AWARENESS PREVENTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL ALWAYS BE ON THERE.
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND REPLACE AN END OF LIFE AMBULANCE WITH A NEW ONE.
IT'S JUST A REPLACEMENT FOR RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION.
THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE TRY TO JUST DO INTERNALLY TO, TO HELP OUT.
WE PURCHASED A, WE PURCHASED AN SCBA, WHICH IS A SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS.
THAT'S THE BOTTLE THAT WE WEAR ON OUR BACK.
A MASK AND BOTTLE FIT TEST MACHINE, ELIMINATING THIRD PARTY NEEDS.
THIS SAVES AROUND $3,000 A YEAR.
BUT THOSE, WE HAVE TO DO A FIT TEST ANNUALLY.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO ONE BY THE STATE, BUT ALSO ANYTIME WE BRING SOMEBODY IN AS A NEW HIRE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY COME OUT AND DO A FIT TEST ON THEM AND RUN THROUGH THAT GAMUT.
WE HAVE OUR, WE'VE TRAINED OUR PEOPLE TO DO IT, SO WE JUST HIRED SOME NEW PEOPLE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COME IN ON THEIR FIRST WEEK OF ORIENTATION AND WE CAN KNOCK THAT OUT.
WE STREAMLINED, STREAMLINED OUR UNIFORM ORDERING PROCESS, PROVIDING A COST SAVINGS.
WE WERE WEARING A BDU STYLE OF UNIFORM EVERY DAY AND HAD PATCHES SEWN ON AND THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE TOMORROW AND POLO.
AND THEN NOT SHORTLY AFTER, UH, MOVING TO APOLLO, WE WERE ABLE TO ORDER 'EM IN BULK ON AMAZON, GET 'EM AND TURN AROUND AND GO GET THE, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND GET THE, UH, EMBROIDERY DONE AND GET 'EM ON PEOPLE QUICKLY AND PERSONALIZED.
AND IT SAVES ABOUT $50 A PERSON ON, ON OUR FIRST ORDER.
WE WERE AGAIN AWARDED THAT $40,000 GRANT FROM METRO TRUST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY SAVED US MONEY FOR HAVING TO REPLACE TWO LUCAS DEVICES.
WE MODIFIED OUR OVERTIME POLICY TO PROVIDE SOME COST SAVINGS.
UH, ALL OF THIS DID REALLY WAS JUST LINE OUT IN PAPER THAT WHEN YOU, THE POSITION YOU'RE IN, YOU DON'T WORK A POSITION BENEATH
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YOU.SO IF YOU'RE AN OFFICER, YOU'RE NOT GONNA RIDE BACKWARDS AS A FIREFIGHTER AND BE PAID OFFICER PAY OVERTIME RATE, SO YOU RIDE YOUR POSITION OR ONE HIRE TO, UH, TO WORK OVERTIME.
AND THAT US SOME COST ELIMINATED.
OUR CABLE PROVIDER, WHICH WENT TO A STREAMING SERVICE AT THE STATION, SOUNDS SMALL, BUT IT WAS ABOUT $1,200 IN SAVINGS FOR THE STATIONS.
SO WE CHANGED OUR OXYGEN PROVIDER FOR A COST SAVINGS.
AND THEN ALSO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR EMS SUPPLIERS TO REDUCE COST.
THAT MEANS SOMETIMES WE DON'T BUY BRAND NAME.
WE TEST SOMETHING OUT, MAKE SURE THAT IT OPERATES THE SAME AND WE'LL USE IT.
SO WE JUST DO THINGS WHERE WE CAN TO CUT COSTS OUR DECISION PACKAGES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING FOR OUR MEMBERS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS, THIS SET OF SCREENING, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SCREENING BECAUSE WHAT THIS MONEY WOULD BE, THIS $30,000 RECURRING FUND WOULD BE USED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT POLICE REQUESTED LAST YEAR.
IT IS, UM, NOT ONLY FOR RESILIENCY TRAINING FOR OUR PEOPLE, IT GIVES 'EM AVAILABILITY FOR COUNSELORS.
IF WE HAVE A CRI CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT OCCURS, THEY'RE ABLE TO BE DEBRIEFED RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE ABLE TO CALL PEOPLE IN AND START WORKING ON THE, UH, THE PROCESS TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES US AN ABILITY FOR NEW OFFICERS.
WE CAN SEE, UH, SUPERVISORS, THEY CAN BE SENT TO, UH, LEARN HOW TO HANDLE SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UH, DEALING WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND, AND, AND OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT, THAT THEY TEACH US TO TEACH SOME STRESS.
STRESS AND THAT STRESS ME STRESS COPING MECHANISMS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE SERVICE IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY AS WELL.
IT, THEY HELP THEM SO IT ENHANCES PERFORMANCE, IMPROVES RESILIENCE, REDUCE STIGMA, WHICH THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A STIGMA IN PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT ASKING FOR HELP.
I THINK BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO HELP.
AND THEY KNOW, UH, THAT SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT OKAY AND IT'S OKAY TO ASK FOR SOME HELP.
OUR KEY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY WAS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE WAS RETAIN, RECRUIT AND TRAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES IN ADDISON WAY AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE RESOURCES, WHICH IS THIS CONSTRUCTION DEGREE, FACILITIES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.
THE VEHICLE MOUNTED HELMET, UH, AND HELMET CAMERAS ENHANCED SAFETY AND PROTECTION PROVIDES VIDEO EVIDENCE AND TRAINING.
UH, WOULD, IT WOULD PREVENT INCIDENTS WITH IN CAB ALERTS AND HELMET MOUNTED CAMERAS WOULD BE USED TO BETTER PREPARE AND TRAIN RESPONDERS FOR FUTURE EMERGENCIES.
WE COULD ALSO USE SOME OF THESE VIDEO CLIPS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IF APPROPRIATE AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND, UH, WE REQUESTED SUPPORT, UH, FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THEY SUPPORTED THIS ALSO.
THIS, THIS, THE DASH CAMS STORE.
EVERYTHING IN THE CLOUD, THE HELMET CAMS ARE ON SIM CARD.
SO WHEN THEY'RE USED, WE CAN JUST SAVE THOSE CARDS, KEEP FOCUS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS ISSUES.
AND IT'S, UH, $23,000 ONE TIME FEE AND THEN $2,000 RECURRING FOR US TO DO THIS.
AND THEN, UH, VACIA, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT ONE ON THE, THE SCROLL MOUSE TO THE BOTTOM LEFT? YEAH.
SO THIS SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO WHERE THIS PERSON PULLED OUT IN FRONT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT BACK UP AND SHOW THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER VIDEO IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A TRAINING EVOLUTION.
AND THIS IS A TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S NOT ACTUAL FIRE, IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE IN AN ACTUAL FIRE, BUT, UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE VIEW WOULD BE AND IT SHOWS A ROLLOVER DOWN OUR HALLWAY.
AND THIS IS A GOOD TOOL FOR US TO USE TO, UH, TRAIN OUR PEOPLE WITH.
AND THEN THE NEXT UH, DECISION PACKAGE WE HAVE IS USING, UH, WE HAVE A GRANT FUND SET UP, BASICALLY IT'S CALLED TASK, WHICH IS THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM.
AND THOSE FUNDS, UH, THEY'RE USED TO REIMBURSE EMS AGENCIES THAT TREAT PATIENTS THAT HAVE, UH, SOME FINANCIAL, UH, MEETS SOME FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AS LONG AS THAT MONEY IS THERE AND IN THERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REACH IN AND GRAB $15,000 ANNUAL TO USE TOWARDS OUR EMS TRAINING.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE, GET IN THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO GET PERMISSION THESE TIME, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE, UH, CASH FUNDS FOR TRAINING WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN FY 23 ON A ONE-TIME BASIS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO JUST USE IT WHAT WE NEEDED.
THE KEY FOCUS AREA, AGAIN IS PUBLIC SAFETY TO RETAIN, RECRUIT AND TRAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES ADDISON WAY AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE RESOURCES WITH 15,000 RECURRING.
UH, LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING THE STAFFING STUDY WITH MATRIX AND IMPLEMENTING ANY APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE.
AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY, WE'RE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PROPOSALS ARE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SO WE CAN SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE GONNA BE DOWN THE LINE AS THINGS GROW.
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VERTICAL CHALLENGES HERE THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST.SO, UH, REPLACEMENT OF RESCUE 1 0 1 AND FFY 26 AND THEN CONTINUE TO PLAN AND ADDRESS FOR FIRE STATION FACILITY NEEDS.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THIS IS JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING, YOU DID SAY THAT THAT IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO FAMILY MEMBERS? CORRECT.
THE SCREENING IS NOT THE ACCOUNT, THE COUNSELING TO A COUNSELOR AND BE ABLE TO GET HELP.
THE SCREENING ACTUALLY, THEY COME IN AS PART OF OUR, WE DO OUR ANNUAL PHYSICALS.
WE DO A MEDICAL PHYSICAL, AND IT'S REQUIRED BY AN FPA, UH, THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
AND WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THIS MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING.
SO A PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST, COUNSELOR LICENSE COMES IN AND SITS DOWN AND GETS A BASELINE THE FIRST YEAR FOR SOMEBODY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE IF ARE, ARE THEY BEING, IS THEY'RE SLEEPING OR AFFECTS IF IT'S HAPPENING AT HOME.
AND SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST AVAILABLE FOR A FIREFIGHTER.
AND THE FAMILY IS COUNSELING FOR THE COUNSELING.
ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT, HELMET CAMERAS, ONE OF 'EM SAID PREVENT INCIDENTS WITH INCA ALERTS.
WHAT'S AN, WHAT'S AN INCA ALERT? SO IT'S A LITTLE INDICATOR ON THE CAMERA.
IT'LL KIND OF INDICATE KINDA LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING A CAR, YOU HAVE YOUR, UH, MIRROR WILL INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE A VEHICLE NEXT TO YOU.
IT, IT IS SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR WITH THE CAMERA IN THERE.
IT'LL GET, HAVE THE VEHICLE NEXT TO YOU THAT I SEE.
WOULD IT, WOULD IT, THAT 23,000 PAY FOR A CAMERA ON EVERY HELMET? NO, NO, SIR.
THAT WOULD PUT A CAMERA ON THE OFFICER'S HELMET.
JUST ON THE SUPERVISOR'S HELMET.
SO HOW MANY IS THAT? THAT WOULD BE FOUR.
AND THEN THE 2000 IS TO MAINTAIN THAT, THE 2000 IS TO MAINTAIN, UH, TO, UH, KEEP THE SERVICE THAT KEEPS IT IN THE CLOUD FOR US.
AND WE CAN JUST GRAB THAT WHENEVER WE NEED, WHENEVER WE NEED THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE OTHER O THE OTHER FIREARM THEN WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T GET DONE.
AND IF WE WANTED, IF, IF THIS PROGRAM WORKS OUT WELL, WE'D LIKE TO BUMP THAT UP AND GET MORE FIREFIGHTERS, WE COULD DO THAT TOO.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO PUT ONE CAMERA ON EACH OFFICER'S HOME.
WELL, AND THEN THE DASH CAMS ALSO IS PART OF THAT, THAT DASH CAM IS IN THAT PRICE.
SO IS THAT ONE IN EACH FIRE TRUCK, THE DASH CAM? YES.
AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? THAT WOULD BE THREE.
AND WE WOULD, UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PUT ONE BATALION EVERY VEHICLE.
I WAS THINKING ENGINES, WE'LL PUT 'EM ON THE AMBULANCE.
SO ALL THE VEHICLES AND THE EVERY YES, SIR.
AND THEY, UH, BUT THE HELMET CAMS ARE NOT SUPER EXPENSIVE, SO WE CAN ABSORB THAT, EXCITE MORE IN.
BUT THAT WOULD GET US STARTED.
WELL, I'M GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED CHRIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, UM, HOW IS THAT GOING? YEAH, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT SPOT WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE, UH, THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HIRED EIGHT FIREFIGHTERS.
WE HAD ONE LEAVE TO GO TO, HE MOVED, HE WENT TO SEATTLE.
UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY.
THEY WANTED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY WERE DRIVING IN A LONG WAYS.
AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE FOR THAT STEP.
OR THE, THE, THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT DAVID MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY'VE HAD MORE OF, UH, THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GO IN WITH LESS YEARS AND MAKE MORE MONEY THAN WHERE THEY WERE.
SO THAT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, WE'VE HIRED SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
UM, AND WE ARE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN A SPOT WHERE IT'S EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE.
WE'RE, THERE'S SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE ALL HIRING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND SOME ARE HIRING A GREAT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS AT 0.5.
SO IT IS, THERE'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE, WE JUST RAN A PROCESS AND WE'RE, WE'LL PROBABLY RUN ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER MONTH.
AND I MEAN, ARE ARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO, TO DO YOUR JOB WELL AND, AND, AND KEEP FIREFIGHTERS WITH THIS ONE VACANCY? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL? I MEAN, I GUESS WE'RE ONLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE FALL.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE DRIVING BEFORE.
AND I, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ADD TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN FALL, WHICH IS A DRIVING FORCE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, BUT OBVIOUSLY BOTH CHIEFS HAVE MENTIONED THE MATRIX STAFFING STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING.
MATRIX IS THE FIRM THAT WE'RE USING, THOSE RESULTS SHOULD BE GREAT IN THE FALL.
SO WE'LL PRESENT THOSE TO YOU AS WELL.
AND THAT'LL GIVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
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OR DO WE HAVE ANY SHORTAGES? WHERE SHOULD WE, WHERE COULD WE NEED RESOURCES? BUT ALSO TO START PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE MORE DENSITY AND MORE NEEDS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? SO THOSE WILL BE TWO BIG DISCUSSIONS IN THE FALL AS WELL.THAT'S REALLY WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT QUESTION, SO THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, CHIEF ON THIS, UH, TASK, THESE TASK FUNDS, UM, ARE WE GETTING SOME TYPE OF MATCH ON THAT? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS OR WHAT'S GETTING SUPPLEMENTED? WE'RE GETTING PAID BACK.
BASICALLY MEDICARE, THE, SORRY, MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, THE SUPPLEMENT IS COMING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IT'S FEDERAL MONEY THAT WORKS ITS WAY DOWN THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE SHOW THEM HOW MUCH SERVICES WE APPLY FOR.
AND THEN WITH OUR BILLING AGENCY THAT WE USE, UH, HOW MUCH WE DON'T GET REIMBURSED THROUGH, UH, INSURANCE AND UNDERINSURED OR UNINSURED, THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO US.
IT'S NOT A MATCHING PROGRAM, IT'S JUST WE SHOWED THE STATE THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE DID NOT RECEIVE UNDERINSURED OR UNINSURED.
AND THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO US.
AND SO, UM, AND, AND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETING 15,000 IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THESE FUNDS? THAT MONEY, THE MONEY GOES INTO A GRANT FUND.
SO IT JUST SITS IN THAT ACCOUNT.
WE'RE JUST ASKING TO USE THAT MONEY OUTTA THE ACCOUNT THAT MONEY'S ALREADY SAVED.
OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST TO FOLLOW ON THE SAME LINE CHIEF, UH, AS FAR AS GETTING PAYMENT FOR THE PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE SERVICES THAT WE DO, UH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.
HOW DO, HOW DO WE DO ON THAT? ARE WE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL OR, OR DO WE, IS THERE MORE THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING? OR WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? TALKING ABOUT THE CASH FUNDS OR? NO, JUST, JUST IF, IF SOMEBODY THAT'S MAYBE NOT AN ADDISON RESIDENT NEEDS AMBULANCE TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL, DO WE GET, DO WE GET PAYMENT FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THAT? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, SO THAT GOES THROUGH
SO YOU'RE IN AS IMMIGR GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE NON BALANCE BILLING ORGANIZATION.
SO WHAT WE DO, ANY ADDISON CITIZEN, UH, THAT LIVES HERE, WE WILL BILL OR INSURANCE, ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER IS NOT BILLED TO THE ACTUAL ADDISON RESIDENT.
SO I KNOW THE INSURANCE, UH, SO ANYTHING LEFT OVER DOES THE CITY, BUT ANYTHING THAT IS A NON-RESIDENT, THEY GET THE FULL BILL.
SO WE BILL THEIR INSURANCE, IF ANYTHING LEFTOVER, OBVIOUSLY THEIR COPAY OR THEIR DEDUCTIBLE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE WILL RECO AND ME FUND IS A REALLY GOOD JOB ABOUT, UH, RECOVERING THOSE
UM, SO THAT, THAT LUCAS THREE DEVICE, I WAS REALLY GLAD WHEN Y'ALL GOT THAT EARLIER.
WAS THAT THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR? UH, THIS YEAR.
WE GOT TWO OPEN THEM THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, METROCREST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY BEHIND THAT.
SO DO, DID WE HAVE MUCH OTHER INTERACTION WITH MHA BESIDES THAT? UH, THEY, THEY MEET WITH US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT WE TRY TO, UH, KEEP THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING'S GONNA BE AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL APPLY AND WHAT, WHAT YOU IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC NEED THAT YOU HAVE, AND THEN THEY'LL DECIDE IF THEY HAVE A BOARD AND THEN THEY'LL DECIDE IF THEY CAN FUND THAT OR NOT.
YEAH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
BECAUSE THEY'RE, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
AND UH, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THEIR HOSPITALS IN ADDISON THAT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE, MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, MORE THAN WE CAN DO WITH THEM, THE BETTER, I THINK.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.
AND I, AND I LIKED YOUR COMMENTS, WHO MADE YOU MADE COMMENTS, BUT JULIE WINKLER.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU, CHIEF.
UM, BUT I AM GONNA DO SOMEWHAT OF AN AUDIBLE ON OUR PLAN.
WE HAVE 30 MINUTES TILL EIGHT, AND I SAID, SO I'M GONNA TAKE OUR 30 MINUTES AND WE'RE GONNA USE 'EM.
UM, SO I'M GONNA ASK, SO AS WE MENTIONED, THERE WERE THREE MORE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO YOUR DATA THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN TO GO THROUGH.
BUT, UH, SINCE WE HAVE THIS TIME, I AM GONNA ASK WAYNE AND LESLIE TO COME UP AND PRESENT THEIRS WILL MS. SHANNON THIS TIME, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT SHANNON WILL HAVE ALL OF SHANNON'S ITEMS WILL COME UP TOMORROW IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT I'M GONNA ASK WAYNE AND LESLIE TO JUST SKIP OVER THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THEY HAD MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
PLEASE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE'RE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD ITEMS IN HERE TO DISCUSS.
SO WITH THAT AND TWAIN, SIR DAVE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL WAYNE EMERSON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IN OUR PACKET? YES, YES.
THEY, THEY'RE ON THE, IT WAS A SEPARATE PRESENTATION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
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THANK YOU.UM, SO FOR, UH, RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THE, UH, ELIMINATION OF THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION PROGRAM AND REPLACING THAT AND INTRODUCING A BUSINESS SURVEY PROGRAM.
SO, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, I THINK THE REAL BENEFIT TO DOING THIS, IT'S IN THE, UH, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IT REMOVES, UH, ADDITIONAL FEES AND REGULATORY BURDENS AND THEN, UM, KIND OF ENHANCING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 ESTIMATED, UH, BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE ONLY TIME THEY MAY HEAR FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL FEE AND, AND SORT OF HAVE THIS, UH, REGULATORY BURDEN COME ON 'EM, UM, IT'S GONNA PRODUCE MORE VALUABLE AND UPDATED DATA.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY THE, UH, THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM ONLY ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO UPDATE THAT DATA ON A ONE TIME.
AND THAT'S WHEN ARE YOU GUYS, Y'ALL WANT HOLD UP.
NO, UM, I DIDN'T WANNA, I FELT LIKE I WAS LOSING YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM,
UM, AND THEN EVEN THEN IT'S, IT'S VERY MINIMAL.
SO IT'S, IT, WE LOOK AT BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION 1 0 1.
IT'S MAINLY JUST FOUR DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, AND WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING THAT AT THAT INITIAL TIME WHEN THEY REGISTER.
UM, AND SO THE IDEA OF GOING BEHIND THE SURVEY IS IT'S A LOT MORE, UH, ADAPTABLE, NIMBLE, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THAT TO THEM VIRTUALLY.
WE CAN DO SOME, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UH, ALPHA BETA TESTING WHERE WE CAN KIND OF, UH, CUSTOMIZE THAT SURVEY.
WE CAN SEE THE DATA COMING IN, WE CAN ADJUST.
UM, AND SO REALLY JUST, JUST KIND OF MAKING THAT MORE VALUABLE.
UM, AND THEN WITH, WITH THAT STAFF TIME, THE WAY THE PROCESS IS CURRENTLY SET UP IS HONESTLY, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST TROUBLESHOOTING.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, I'M A BUSINESS.
THE, THE SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING FOR ME.
CAN YOU HELP ME THROUGH THIS? AND IN FACT, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM WITHOUT A STAFF MEMBER HAND PUTTING IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IF THE GOAL WAS 3000 BUSINESSES, THAT MEANS TO DO THIS CORRECTLY, THAT'S 3000 TIMES, UH, STAFF MEMBERS GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO INSTEAD THIS SHIFTS THAT, THAT, UH, WORKLOAD TO MORE DATA ANALYSIS, WHICH IS REALLY GONNA KIND OF GUIDE OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC GUIDANCE.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF THAT DATA, RIGHT? IS, UH, IS HOW DO WE, UH, GUIDE OUR STRATEGY.
AND THEN ON THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT SIDE, UH, SIDE, THIS IS KIND OF GOING THROUGH MUNIS.
UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY UNI IS BAD.
I THINK IT WORKS WELL FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, ONCE AGAIN, IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE END USER TO, TO COME IN AND, AND, AND CHANGE THAT ON THEIR OWN, RIGHT? SO IF, IF, IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, UH, OUR STAFF MEMBER HAS TO COME IN AND DO THAT, UM, IN ADDITION, THERE'S ONE AND THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL AT THAT BUSINESS LEVEL THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA TAKE THAT.
SO, UM, MOVING OVER TO WAYNE DISRUPT THIS, MUNICH IS OUR FINANCE E SYSTEM.
OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T, I, I, YEAH.
UM, AND SO WITHIN THAT SYSTEM, UH, THERE'S A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND IT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM.
WELL, IF THAT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE LEAVES, THEN THAT BUSINESS REALLY HAS NO, UH, METHOD TO, TO REGISTER EACH YEAR.
UM, AND SO THIS, THIS WOULD KIND OF JUST MOVE AWAY FROM THAT SYSTEM AND TO, TO SURVEYMONKEY, WHICH IS VERY SIMPLE, VERY EASY, AND IT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES INTO OUR CRM UH, PLATFORM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS HUBSPOT.
UM, AND FROM THERE, IT, THAT DATA WILL GO STRAIGHT FROM THERE INTO OUR CCRM SYSTEM.
UH, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR STAFF TO COME BACK IN AND REENTER THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY KIND OF THE, THE SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE.
SO WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT WOULD SAVE ABOUT 200 AND, UH, 50 HOURS.
AND THEN I'LL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT BUSINESS SURVEY PROGRAM CAN, CAN FLOW INTO OUR DECISION PACKAGE.
AND SO THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER THING TO KIND OF LOOK AT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN 2013, THIS THING? YEP.
SO THIS, THIS LAUNCHED IN 2013, AND I THINK AT ITS BEST, IT WAS RIGHT AT
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A LITTLE UNDER 50% OF WHAT WE ESTIMATE WOULD BE THE BUSINESSES.AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S REALLY TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THAT.
THE, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS AWARENESS.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER THING I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER IS THAT, UH, FAR AS THE, ALL THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE, WE ARE THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY THAT REQUIRES BUSINESS REGISTRATION.
SO A LOT OF BUSINESSES JUST AREN'T AWARE OF THAT.
UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT ON A, UH, MUNICIPALITY LEVEL, THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
SO MOST ARE JUST NOT EVEN AWARE.
SO UNLESS SOMEONE IS REACHING OUT TO THEM MARKETING THIS PROGRAM, THEY ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE ON THIS.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT, UH, RETENTION, UH, PIECE IS THAT IF ANYTIME THERE'S A EMPLOYEE THAT LEADS OR, UH, A, A BUSINESS LEADS OR NEW ONES COME IN, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING THAT, UH, REDUCTION THERE.
SO ONTO THE DECISION PACKAGE HERE.
UM, WAYNE, I JUST TO TIE THAT OUT ON THAT, JUST TO TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE THAT FEE ANYMORE AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE SURVEY, UM, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WAYNE LAID OUT, JUST TO BE KIND OF CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR CAPITAL IS AND WHEN WILL THAT BE SHUT DOWN GOING INTO THIS YEAR? THIS, THAT WOULD BE PLAN.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE LAST, THE ONE THAT WE DID IN 24, WILL YOUR LAST ONE THAT WE DO IN THAT MANNER.
UM, SO IN, IN LIEU OF THAT, WE ARE KIND OF ASKING, UH, FOR COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROGRAM.
THIS IS A, UH, VERY INNOVATIVE, NEVER, NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
SO THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE MEAL VOUCHERS.
UH, THE GENESIS FROM THIS IS KIND OF GETTING OUT THERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT RETURN TO OFFICE.
UM, AND JUST SOME OF THE, THE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH, WITH UNDERSTANDING, UM, HOW OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS WORK.
SO TRADITIONALLY THEY'VE BEEN A JOBS BASED INCENTIVES, AND IT'S, UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING A JOB BASED INCENTIVE, THE, THE IDEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN, HEY, THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA COME INTO TOWN, THEY'RE GONNA SPEND THEIR MONEY IN TOWN.
AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET AN ROI OFF THAT INCENTIVE.
BUT IN TODAY'S WORLD, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN TELL WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS ANYMORE.
SO, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AS WE'RE TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES AND SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO BRING THE FOLKS BACK IN THE OFFICE? WELL, IT'S MAKING THE OFFICE MORE, UH, INVITING.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THING WE HEARD OVER AND OVER, HEY, WE'RE BUYING A LUNCH WHEN THEY COME.
IF YOU COME IN ON THIS DAY, WE'RE GONNA BUY YOU LUNCH.
SO I THINK THAT IS A BENEFIT THAT, THAT WE LOOKED AT AS LIKE, HEY, THE TOWN OF ADDISON CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT TOO IS THAT IT IS, THE OTHER OLD WAY IS MORE OF A TOP DOWN.
THIS IS MORE OF A BOTTOM UP AND IT GETS RIGHT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FEELING THAT, THAT LOVE FROM ADDISON AS WELL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE COMPANY LINE THERE.
UM, AND FOR US AS WELL, THIS IS A, A NEW BRE TOUCHPOINT THAT WHEN WE REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS NEW PROGRAM.
WE WANNA OFFER A NEW BENEFIT TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE STRUGGLING GETTING THEM INTO THE OFFICE, CAN YOU SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH US? UM, AND THEN ALSO, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS SURVEY.
SO TO BE HELPFUL FOR THIS, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO FILL OUT THIS SURVEY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, INCENTIVIZES, UH, OUR BUSINESS RESIDENTS TO, TO WORK FROM THE OFFICE.
AND THEN, THIS IS THE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS, IS THAT IT IS ACCESS A DOUBLE INCENTIVE, RIGHT? SO IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO OUR, OUR COMPANIES 'CAUSE WE'RE GIVING A BENEFIT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S ALSO A, A BENEFIT TO OUR GREATEST AMENITY.
AND THAT IS OUR GREAT ADDISON RESTAURANTS.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING THOSE DOLLARS, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SPENT IN OUR ECONOMY AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BENEFIT OUR RESTAURANTS JUST IN A, A MEETING TODAY.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THE SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS ARE, IS THEY'RE GONNA FILL UP AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, A RESTAURANT'S GONNA HAVE THAT, BUT WHERE THEY REALLY MAKE THEIR MONEY IS THE LUNCHTIME CROWD.
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATES THE, THE, THE RESTAURANTS THAT STAY IN BUSINESS AND THE ONES THAT GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
UM, SO THIS, THIS KIND OF GOES INTO THOSE KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT, UH, COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT, PURSUE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO RE REISE DECLINING AREAS AND EXPLORE, UH, NEW TOOLS OR GRANT PROGRAMS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO ADAPT BUILDINGS TO THE, THE MODERN WORKFORCE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A, A ONE TIME AS AS A PILOT PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS, AND I'LL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF GATHER SOME DATA, UNDERSTAND IT, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY USE THIS AS A BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND A BUSINESS RETENTION INCENTIVE TOOLS, UH, MOVING IN THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS CALLED THE OPEN REWARDS.
UH, OPEN REWARDS IS THE APP AND IT'S KIND OF APTLY, UH, NAMED
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THAT THE, THE PARENT COMPANY IS CALLED BLUE DOT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT.AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING CALLING THIS A BLUE DOT PROGRAM.
IT GOES RIGHT IN WITH, WITH THE ADDISON LOGO.
UM, SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THAT THEY TOUT? IT DIRECTLY STIMULATES YOUR ECONOMY.
IT KEEPS THE LOCAL DOLLARS LOCAL AND, YOU KNOW, CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES LOVE IT, AND BUSINESSES GROW, UH, THE GREAT.
AND SO REALLY, THIS, THIS WHOLE PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE UPDATE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND IT'S REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES THIS WORK.
SO THERE'S NO ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THE RESTAURANTS.
THIS, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW.
WE'LL LET THEM KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE COMING IN THERE AND USING THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THIS, UH, THIS WORKS IS ONCE THEY MAKE A PURCHASE, THEY TAKE THEIR RECEIPT, THEY UPLOAD IT IN THE APP, UH, THE APP USES SOME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO KIND OF READ THAT RECEIPT, MATCHES IT, UH, BASED ON A GEOFENCING LOCATION WITHIN THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
AND THEN WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO THEN IS, UM, WE, WE WILL LOAD A WALLET.
UH, SO WE CAN, UH, EACH OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WALLET.
WE LOAD THE FUNDS INTO THAT WALLET, AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE SHOWN, UH, PROOF OF PURCHASE, THEN THEY CAN SUBMIT FOR, UM, A PAYMENT VIA VENMO SELL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.
SO, UH, HOW EXACTLY WOULD THIS WORK? UH, OUR PRIMARY TARGET WOULD BE PRIMARY EMPLOYEES, UH, OR EMPLOYERS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE RESTAURANTS OURSELVES, RIGHT? SO A PRIMARY EMPLOYER IS SOMEONE THAT DOES BUSINESS PRIMARILY OUTSIDE OF THE REGION BEING ADDISON.
UM, SO YOUR YOUR RE YOUR RETAIL STORES, YOUR SERVICE STATIONS, YOUR HAIRCUT, PLACES THOSE UP WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TARGETING HERE.
UM, UM, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT THOSE COMPANIES THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THEY TAKE, THEY TAKE THE BUSINESS SURVEY AND WE ESTIMATE OF THOSE PRIMARY EMPLOYEES, THERE'S ABOUT 68,000 IN IN TOWN.
UH, EACH EMPLOYEE WOULD GET A SINGLE $10 VOUCHER.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE ANTICIPATE THE WAY THAT THIS BUDGET OF $200,000 IS ABOUT A 30% PARTICIPATION RATE OF THOSE 68,000 EMPLOYEES PRIMARY, UH, EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN AS I STATED EARLIER, THE, THE GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY USE THIS DATA TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, FUTURE USE OF VOUCHERS AS PART OF OUR INCENTIVE STRATEGY.
UM, YOU WANT ME TO STOP THERE? YEP.
SO FAR, DO THE VOUCHERS EXPIRE? UH, OR, UH, THEY, IT IS, THEY CAN, SO, AND, AND WE DEFINITELY, I THINK WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE WORKED OUT ALL THE DETAILS.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE, BUT BEFORE WE KIND OF WENT TO BUILD OUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WE KIND OF WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE TRICK YOU WANT TO GO.
BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY YOU DO WANT TO PUT AN EXPIRATION IN THEM BECAUSE THE, THERE'S REALLY TWO WALLETS.
SO WHEN WE PUT THE FUNDS, WE'RE GONNA PUT A FUND INTO A COMPANY WALLET, AND THEN WITHIN THAT COMPANY WALLET, THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL HAVE THE, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE MULTIPLE, MORE THAN TWO WALLETS, BUT THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE EMPLOYEE WALLETS.
AND SO LET'S JUST SAY THREE MONTHS, RIGHT? WE'LL SAY, HEY, YOU'VE GOT THREE MONTHS TO USE THESE FUNDS.
AT, AT THE END OF THAT THREE MONTHS, THEN THAT, THEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD, WOULD COME OUT OF THAT COMPANY WALLET AND GO BACK INTO OUR ACCOUNT FUND.
AND THEN, UM, ONE PLACE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, UH, HERE, YOU SAID NEW BRE TOUCHPOINT, AND I CAN'T COME UP WITH WHAT, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANDS.
SO JUST THE, UH, RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT BUSINESSES.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO, AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO IT HERE IN YOUR OBJECTIVES ON BULLET FORM FIVE, SO THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO AN ACTIVE BUSINESS SURVEY.
SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH MOVING TO THE MONKEY SURVEY.
AND THEN LEVERAGING EXISTING AND NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO HOST BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THERE? SO THAT'S, UH, SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS THAT KIND OF DO THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, B SO LIKE BIZ NOW, LIKE WE HAVE A, A BIZ ELEMENT THAT'S COMING IN OCTOBER, UH, TO SPECTRUM CENTER.
AND SO THEY HAVE A, A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE OF REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO LEAN INTO THAT.
SO, SO WHEN WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE TALENT EVENTS IS LEVERAGING OTHER, UH, GROUPS, NETWORKS, UH, METRO PRESS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, WE'RE, IT TALKS WITH THEM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE CREATING AN, UM, AN INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE.
AND THEN, SO KIND OF CREATING THESE, THESE QUARTERLY ROUND TABLES AND THEN, SO SUPPORTING THEM ON THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN, UH, WITH THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER
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OF COMMERCE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON HOW CAN WE ALSO DO SOME SIMILAR EVENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE SOME MORE TECH FOCUSED TYPE LUNCH AND LEARNS AND WE KIND OF SPONSOR THOSE, THOSE EVENTS AND BRING THOSE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND REALLY KIND OF LEVERAGING THEIR NETWORK, BRINGING SOME BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, EITHER DOING BUSINESS OR HAVE THEIR OPERATIONS HERE IN TOWN.LET 'EM SEE THE TOWN OF ADDISON SHOW OFF SOME OF OUR SPACES, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE CAN LEARN A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, AND, AND HAVE SOME BUSINESS SHARE INFORMATION.
HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE, ON THE BLUE DOT, THE OPEN REWARDS, UM, IF WE FUND THAT TO THE 200,000 AND THE VOUCHERS EXPIRE, THEY DON'T GET USED.
DOES THAT COME BACK TO US OR DOES IT STAY THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE USED IN THAT PROGRAM? UM, IT COULD, IT COULD STAY IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, WE, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WOULD JUST COME BACK INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BALANCE IN THE END.
SO IF WE FELT IT WAS SUCCESS AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS AND WE COULD CONTINUE ON WITH IT OR WE COULD USE IT.
DID YOU SAY THAT THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THESE FUNDS TO ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN ADDISON TO ATTRACT THEM TO COME TO ADDISON? UM, NO.
SO, SO FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM, THESE WOULD BE CURRENT, UH, ADDISON BUSINESSES.
UM, THE DATA THAT WE KIND OF COLLECT FROM THIS AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL IT'S GONNA BE.
SO IF IT IS A SUCCESS, WE WOULD MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF OUR INCENTIVE STRATEGY TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO THE TOWN OF MADISON.
BUT THE, DOES THE VOUCHERS HAVE TO BE USED AT ADDISON BUSINESS? YES.
IF, IF WE HAVE A, SO, UH, WITHIN THE APP, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT SO THEY HAVE, UM, GEOLOCATION AND SO THEY CAN PUT A-A-G-I-S, UH, SHAPE FILE OVER THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND IF, AND THEN WITHIN THAT, THE, THE RECEIPT WILL HAVE AN ADDRESS, HOW IT'S USED, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, WE CAN AUDIT IT AND SEE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT IS ONLY USED AT ADDISON RESTAURANTS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
IT
THE 17,000 THAT WE'D BE GIVING UP, ARE WE CHARGING ANYTHING FOR THESE SURVEYS OR THOSE ARE NO, SO, WELL, I MEAN, REALLY THIS IS AN INCENTIVE TO TAKE THE SURVEY AS WELL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE THIS NEW SURVEY PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE THIS NEW EMPLOYEE MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EMPLOYEE MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, AND WHAT IS THE SURVEY GONNA TELL? SO THE SURVEY TELLS US, UH, JUST EVERY TELLS US ABOUT WHAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE DOING.
SO BASIC FACTS, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE, UH, DO YOU OWN? DO YOU LEASE? WHEN IS YOUR LEASE? UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT KIND OF GIVES US SOME MARKET INSIGHTS.
UH, DO YOU PLAN ON HIRING? DO YOU PLAN ON DOWNSIZING? ARE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR, YOUR CURRENT, YOU KNOW, UH, FACILITIES? DO YOU HAVE PLANS ON EXPANDING? UM, DO YOU PLAN, DO YOU HAVE PLANS ON LEAVING? YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST THOSE, THOSE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ADAPT.
AND IT REALLY JUST HELPS US GET A PULSE ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE ECONOMY.
UM, AND THEN REALLY ONCE, LIKE, AS WE KIND OF SET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS UP, SOME OF THAT DATA MIGHT COME IN AND LIKE, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT DOING LIKE SORT OF ALPHA AND BETA TESTING IS LIKE, OH, IF, IF WE ASK THIS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET A RESPONSE HERE? OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OUR, THEY, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO THAT IF WE, WE GET THIS INFORMATION.
SO REALLY KIND OF BEING ADAPTABLE AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR, OUR BUSINESS NEEDS ARE.
AND, AND JUST OFTENTIMES JUST ASKING THEM LIKE, HEY, WHAT, WHAT CAN THE TOWN OF ADDISON DO TO MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL? AND JUST GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE TO US AND FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT THEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA SPEND $200,000 TO HEAR THEIR COMPLAINTS KIND OF, I MEAN, HEAR WHAT THEY NEED OR WANT, WHICH WILL TAKE OFF THIS MORNING.
UM, I'M KIND OF, I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GONNA GAIN FROM.
SO I, SO I, IT ALSO IS, SO GOING BACK TO THE BRE TOUCH POINT, IT'S, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO ADD VALUE BACK TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE.
UM, AND AND TO SO APPRECIATION TO THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING INTO THE OFFICE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO SUPPORT AND KIND OF PARTNER WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.
SAY, HEY, ADDISON IS HERE WITH YOU.
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YOUR EMPLOYEES COMING INTO TOWN.AND THEN YEAH, IF, IF THEY'RE UNHAPPY, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE, WE DO WANNA KNOW ABOUT.
HOW DO WE FIX IT? WE, WE WANT YOU HERE.
AND, AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT, THAT WE COULD RESOLVE.
SO IS THERE GONNA BE A COST? POSSIBLY, BUT IT, IT, IT MAY NOT, IT MAY JUST BE A SIMPLE REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WITH, HEY, WE, WE'VE HAD SOME TROUBLE IN THE PARKING LOT.
CAN WE GET PD TO COME OUT? AND, YOU KNOW, THEN PD CAN COME BACK OUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND THERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE TYPE OF INFORMATION WE WOULDN'T KNOW UNLESS WE, SOMEONE'S KIND OF TOLD US.
UM, AND SO HAVING THOSE FACE-TO-FACE IS GREAT, BUT THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO, UH, SCALE AND KIND OF GET MORE OF THAT FEEDBACK.
I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE SURVEY, JUST EVEN JUST, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE JUST WANNA GET THE NAMES OF THE, OF THE CONTACT PEOPLE AND THE BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE HAVING SUCH LOW RESPONSE TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION THAT IF WE SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO GO DO A VISIT WITH THIS COMPANY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TO CONTACT WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY THAT WE GET FROM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM TO SAY, DO WE USE IT AS INCENTIVES TO, TO TALK ABOUT DEBT FOR BUSINESSES TO COME HERE? AND WE LOOK AT THAT, THAT TOOLKIT THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, I THINK ALL THOSE BENEFITS PLAY INTO WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS.
DO WE NOT GET THAT FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY APPLICATIONS? YEP.
WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT CHANGES.
SO YOU HAVE THE PERSON WHO DID IT WHEN THEY DID THE CO AND THEN IT'S OUTDATED, AND THEN I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAYNE'S RIGHT INTO RIGHT.
AND HOW, UH, WAYNE, HOW DIFFICULT OR HOW EASY IS IT FOR YOU TO JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL, UH, AN ADDISON BUSINESS AND, AND, UH, GET TO COMMUNICATE WITH 'EM? UM, GETTING TO THAT'S EASY.
GETTING SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE PHONE, BUT GETTING TO THE RIGHT PERSON, RIGHT? WHO'S THE DECISION MAKER? WHO, WHO HAS ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS CAN BE DIFFICULT.
UM, AND THIS, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S GETTING THERE USING THIS TO KIND OF SET THAT UP TO GET THAT FACE TO FACE TO KIND OF GET THAT INTERACTION.
'CAUSE MOST BUSINESSES DON'T, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH THE CITY OR THE GOVERNMENT, IT'S USUALLY THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HOW DO WE BE PROACTIVE? HOW DO WE GET OUT THERE AND HOW DO WE, UH, TALK TO 'EM BEFORE THERE'S A PROBLEM? AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, MAA TODAY.
THEY, THEY WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES AND SAID, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME RESPONSE BACK SAID, HEY, I'M, I'M SORRY THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT I MOVING FORWARD, LOOP ME IN AND I'M THE CONTACT.
AND I, AND PROBABLY WHAT IT IS, IS THEY MAY NOT BE CONTACTING THE RIGHT PERSON.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN FILTER THAT TO YOU.
SO IF THAT RELATIONSHIP JUST ISN'T THERE, UM, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE IDEA HERE IS GETTING, GETTING MORE OF THOSE BRA TOUCHPOINT GIVING, UH, MORE OF THAT VALUE PROPOSITION AS WE TALK TO THEM.
HEY, UH, IF I CALL 'EM CAN I HELP YOU? WELL, I, I'VE GOT A VALUE PROPOSITION FOR YOU.
I WANNA, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEE MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
SO, SO, SO THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TARGETING HERE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THESE ARE PRIMARY EMPLOYERS.
UM, I KNOW, UM, I HAVE IT HERE.
SO A PRIMARY EMPLOYER IS SOMEONE THAT THEIR, THEIR SERVICES, THEIR, UH, THEIR REVENUES COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE REGION, SO THAT MEANS THAT WHATEVER THEIR ACTIVITIES THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE BRINGING REVENUES INTO THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
UM, SO MANUFACTURING, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY JUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT DOES LIKE OFFICE TYPE IS THERE, WHAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ARE THE RESTAURANTS THEMSELVES, BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS IMPROPER, BUT THAT, THAT THE, THAT BUSINESS IS HAPPENING HERE.
WHEREAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A GOOGLE, RIGHT, THEIR, THEIR REACH IS GOING, YOU KNOW, NATIONALLY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PRIMARY EMPLOYER PRIMARY.
AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, LIKE EMPLOYEE NUMBER COUNT, LIKE, UM, 68,000 IS WHAT WE ESTIMATE WOULD BE THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF, OF PRIMARY EMPLOYEES IN TOWN.
SO WE HAVE A, A DATABASE CALLED JOB ZQ AND BASED ON, AND THAT GETS, UH, DATA FROM THE BBL S CENSUS.
AND THAT'S THE NUMBER PART, PART OF THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY TOO IS ONCE WE START COLLECTING THIS DATA, WE CAN DO OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND WE CAN MAYBE HONE IN ON WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR EMPLOYEE ACCOUNT.
SO, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU, YOU'RE SAYING, UH, A PRIMARY EMPLOYER IS ONE THAT HAS 50 TO A HUNDRED
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EMPLOYEES.AND THEN, OKAY, SO YOU SAID ABOUT A 30% PARTICIPATION, SO IT'S ROUGHLY $20,010 A VOUCHER.
IS THAT 2 0 4? WHAT? I THINK IT'S 204,000.
IF IT WAS $10 A PIECE FOR 20,000 PEOPLE, ISN'T THAT 200,000? SO IS IT A ONE TIME, IS IT ONE TIME LUNCH ONE TIME, YEP.
AND YOU'RE DOING IT TO HOPEFULLY GET THE SURVEYS BACK SO WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT.
SO WE'RE SPENDING 200,000 AND, AND TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT CONTACT WITH, WITH THOSE EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? REACHING OUT, HAVING THAT CONTACT AND, AND DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR, FOR FUTURE.
SO THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT WAS WE KNEW INDUSTRIES, WE KNEW WHO HAD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WE KNEW EMPLOYEE COUNTS.
IT ONLY WORKS IF PEOPLE DO IT RIGHT? AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE BUSINESS SURVEY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GIVE THESE VOUCHERS TO SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES, BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO GET A, A BETTER PARTICIPATION RATE WITH THE BUSINESS SURVEY? UM, BECAUSE I, I, I THINK IT'S USELESS IF, IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO GET MORE INVOLVEMENT.
UH, I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET A 30% PART PARTICIPATION RATE AND BUILD UPON THAT.
BUT, UM, AT THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION WAS, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE DOWN BELOW, I THINK'S ABOUT 20% WITH THE PAST ONES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS, IS TO, IS TO GROW IT, RIGHT? SO IF WE START OUT AT 30%, WE KEEP COMING BACK ANNUALLY.
WE CAN, WHEN WE TARGET, WE CAN BE, UH, TARGET, UH, GEO GEOGRAPHICALLY.
WE CAN TARGET SPECIFIC BUILDINGS, WE CAN TARGET BY INDUSTRIES.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THAT DATA KIND OF COMES BACK AND WE CAN KIND OF SEE, HEY, WE, WE SAW SOMETHING IN, UH, INTERESTING IN THIS INDUSTRY.
WE SAW SOMETHING INTERESTING IN THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING.
AND THEN THAT CAN REALLY KIND OF FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.
CAN WE GET 'EM TO DO THAT WHEN THEY APPLY FOR A CO YEAH, WE COULD INTEGRATE, UH, PART OF THAT, UH, INTO THE CO PROCESS.
BUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S THE, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S LIKE IT'S THE ANNUAL, RIGHT? AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE, UM, FAILING POINT IN THE BUSINESS.
REGISTRATION IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION IN AT CO.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE SURVEY IS IT'S AN ANNUAL THING AND IT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY AS OPPOSED TO OKAY.
THE ONE TIME WHEN THEY COME IN.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE MEAL VOUCHERS, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE WEED OF THIS, BUT IN THE WEEDS, BUT HOW, WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DO WE HAVE WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS? 'CAUSE IT, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE'RE TARGETING THE BUSINESSES, WHICH I GET IT.
BUT IF I'M THE OWNER OF THESE BUILDINGS AND THE TOWN THAT I'M IN IS FEEDING MY TENANTS, I'M PRETTY EXCITED.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA STAY HAPPY AND THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PAY RENT.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT I I, I FEEL LIKE A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS, THE BUILDING OWNERS, UM, AND, AND TRY TO MARKET THAT WAY.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE CONTACT PERSON IS AT EACH INDIVIDUAL TENANT.
UM, I MEAN TO, FOR A NUMBER, FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE VACANCY IS IN THAT BUILDING, AND WE'LL KNOW IF WE NEED TO HELP SOMEHOW FOCUS ON THAT BUILDING.
UM, I, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
UM, I'M OKAY WITH TRYING TO DO IT AS A PILOT PROGRAM.
200,000 IS A LOT, 200,000 IS A BIG PART OF YOUR BUDGET.
AND I HOPE THERE'S ENOUGH IN YOUR BUDGET TO, TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO BROKERS AND ACTIVELY SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS MANY OFFICE TOWERS IN ADDISON.
UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHY YOUR, YOUR TENANTS SHOULD BE COMING.
YOUR CLIENT SHOULD BE COMING TO ADDISON.
SO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT, BECAUSE WHERE I FEEL LIKE HOWARD WAS GOING WITH HIS COMMENTS IS, WE'RE REWARDING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE.
WE NEED TO ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE.
AND I THINK IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO, UM, GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, INSIDE SALES, CUSTOMER RETENTION, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S, IT'S THE, THE OTHER KIND OF IDEA.
WELL, LEMME, THIS MIGHT BE ONE COMMENT AS YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP, WAYNE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS TOO IS WHAT WE, THESE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS AND GREAT QUESTIONS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO, WE'RE IN THIS KIND OF
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IN DIFFERENT PARADIGM AS WELL.YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, WHEN WE FOCUS ON THESE GRANTS AND SAY THEY'RE JOB BASED, HOW DO WE ENSURE THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE, RIGHT? WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY JOBS NOW, HOW DO WE ENSURE THE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY HERE? SO COULD THIS PILOT PROGRAM BE A SMALL, IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST PIECE, BUT BE SOME PIECE TO THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION I THINK WAYNE WAS TRYING TO, TO GET TO.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE, THAT IS THE FOCUS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK WAYNE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS TO SAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE AMENITIES YOU NEED FOR THE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY WANT TO BE HERE? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY NOT WORK FROM HOME.
THEY, THEY WANT TO BE THERE AND THE BUSINESSES WANT THEIR FOLKS TO COME IN.
SO I THINK IT'S ALL TIED TOGETHER.
CHRIS, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A BOTH ENDS.
WHERE YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU TARGET THE, THE BUILDING OWNER AND THE BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THAT'S AS THE, THE R OF THE BRE EFFORTS OF THE RETENTION.
JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE EMPLOYEES, IT'S COST A LOT MORE TO GO OUT AND GET NEW EMPLOYEES THAN IT DOES TO PERTAIN TO ONES YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
SAME THING WITH BUSINESSES, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, YOU KNOW, WHERE BECAUSE OF OUR SMALL SIZE, WE, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MOST CITIES CAN'T DO.
SO WE CAN OFFER SOME SERVICES AND HAVE BIZNOW EVENTS OR WHATEVER EVENTS THAT, THAT YOU CAN CREATE THIS COMMUNITY OF, OF BUSINESSES THAT, 'CAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, THEY, THEY ALL COME IN, THEY DO THEIR THING, AND THEY THEN THEY GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, BUT, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT EACH OTHER EXISTS.
AND SO HOW, SO HOW CAN WE CREATE THESE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANNA ENGAGE WITH THE, WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN ADDISON AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T JUST GO GET DOWN THE ROAD SOMEWHERE.
IF THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY'RE ON AN ISLAND AGAIN.
SO CAN WE CREATE SOMETHING THAT, THAT CREATES AN ENERGY THAT THEY WANNA BE PART OF? THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU $200,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, DO OTHER INCENTIVES AND THINGS IN THE BIG PICTURE, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT NOT BE IF THEY WERE TO LEAVE AND THEN YOU GOT VACANT SPACE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, I GET YOUR POINT.
IT'S, IT'S NEW AND IT'S DIFFERENT AND, AND, UH, WILL IT WORK? HOPEFULLY, AND IT MIGHT NOT, BUT YOU GOTTA BE WILLING TO RISK FAILURE.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WHAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, THAT IT'S A, IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR.
IT IS A BOTH, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO TOUCH AND BE IN TOUCH WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO GET REAL EXCITED THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF HIS TENANTS EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE, THEY'LL LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW? SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY A, A, A COMBINATION.
AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING AFRAID THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET FROM THE SURVEYS, THERE'S JUST GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, JUST AN EARFUL OF PROBLEMS. THAT'S OKAY TOO.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DON'T WANNA FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT TENANT HAD OR THAT BUILDING OWNER HAD AS A PROBLEM WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING TOWN.
SO, SO, I'M SORRY, I, I'M JUST HAVING TROUBLE WRAPPING MY HANDS AROUND THIS.
IF, OR ARMS, IF A $10 VOUCHER FOR LUNCH ONE TIME IS NOT MUCH
SO I, I'M WONDERING, LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT ONE TIME TO GET A SURVEY, BUT YOU WANT THE SURVEYS TO BE ANNUAL, SO THEN EVERY YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A $10 LUNCH TO GET A I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA WORK, IS WHAT I'M GUESS I'M SAYING.
AND I DO, UH, CHRIS WAS RIGHT, HE, HE, HE DID CATCH ON TO WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I MEAN, I WANNA ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES TO TOWN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO RETAIN, SAME THING WITH THE POLICE AND THE FIRE.
BUT I JUST DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GETTING THIS PRO, I MEAN, I'VE APPLAUD YOU FOR TRYING SOMETHING NEW TOO.
I'M, I JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE SOLUTION.
HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING, I MEAN, YOU SAID 68,000 EMPLOYEES.
WELL, YEAH, SO IT'S, THAT'S DIFFICULT.
WE, WE WERE ABLE TO WELL'S 3000 WHEN WE HAVE THAT DATA, 3000 BUSINESSES, 68,000 EMPLOYEES.
SO, AND YOUR PRIMARY EMPLOYERS ARE GONNA BE YOUR, TO MARLON'S POINT, THEY TYPICALLY ARE YOUR LARGER EMPLOYER.
SO IT WOULD, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE ON THE LOWER END, PROBABLY ABOUT A THOUSAND.