* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] [00:00:03] OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS FIVE 30 AND, UH, ON OCTOBER 22ND, I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING. [2. Citizen Comments on the Consent Agenda Items. This item allows citizens to speak on any item listed on the Consent Agenda prior to its consideration. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the beginning of this item.] WE MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING, OH, HERE WE HAVE ONE. NO, GOOD. COME ON UP. AND IF YOU WOULD JUST, UH, GRAB A SPOT AT THE, UH, AND GIVE, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. OKAY. YEAH. UH, MY NAME IS AT THE, AT THE ELECTRIC, PLEASE. OH MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, , UM, MY NAME IS JOLENE WIL, AND YOU GUYS PROBABLY, UH, KNOW ME FROM PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT A DOG, UH, INCIDENT THAT I EXPERIENCED A COUPLE TIMES. NOW IT'S ACTUALLY THREE TIMES. UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR PAYING SOME ATTENTION TO THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING IT. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS. I, I DON'T, I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK. UH, DAVID DID, DID SEND ME, UM, AN EMAIL EARLY ON TO SAY THAT IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT WAS MAY AND IT'S OCTOBER AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING, AND IT'S UPSETTING TO ME. UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE THIS IN OUR PARK. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, SO MY ADDRESS IS, UM, 1 5 7 2 9 SEABOLD PLACE. YOU MIGHT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ADDRESS FROM OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HAVING OVER IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS. UM, THE TOWN HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. UM, WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR, A REALLY, REALLY BAD, BAD NEIGHBOR, UM, WHO IS, UH, CAUSING A LOT OF GRIEF FOR NEIGHBORS. UM, AND WE JUST, WE JUST WANT THIS TOWN TO BE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS MM-HMM, AND TO NOT ALLOW SUCH TRANSGRESSIONS TO CONTINUE. AND AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, I JUST DROVE UP FROM, UH, FROM CHILDREN'S. I WORK AT CHILDREN'S AND I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN VARIOUS PLACES, AND I HAVE HAD, UH, ASKED THEM TO, UH, LISTEN TO WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND AS FAR AS THEY KNOW, THIS DOESN'T, THIS ISN'T ALLOWED IN THEIR TOWNS. I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN SMOKE POT ON THEIR BALCONIES AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT IN THEIR TOWNS. I DON'T THINK THAT DOG FIGHTING IS, IS ALLOWED IN THEIR TOWNS. UM, AND I, I JUST, JUST DON'T THINK THAT SOME OF THE, THE STUFF THAT WE'VE SEEN, LIKE THE, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THE DOG THING IS MY BIG ISSUE. AND I, I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ADDRESSING IT AND FOR PLEASE PASSING THIS ORDINANCE. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE THIS. I, IT, IT, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT DOES TO ME TO SEE IT HAPPEN. AND, AND IF YOU WITNESS IT YOURSELF, YOU'D BE APPALLED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOLENE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, TO COUNSEL CONSENT ITEMS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM OUT AND MOVE [3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ] ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION. REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO COUNCIL NEEDS CLARIFICATION OR QUESTIONS? MARLON? YES, MA'AM. UH, KAY. AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING ON THE ORDINANCE. MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR LEGAL, BUT SECTION FOUR REFERS TO, UH, UH, UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE SET IN OR, UH, SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER ONE, SECTION ONE THROUGH SEVEN OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT AMOUNTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR FINE? YEAH, SO THIS WOULD BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PENALTIES THAT CAN BE, UH, APPLIED. IT'S EITHER ZERO TO $500 OR 2000 IF WE CONSIDER IT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. OKAY. AND THEN SAME, SAME ORDINANCE SECTION SEVEN. UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHEN IT BE, WHEN IT, WHEN WILL IT BECOME EFFECTIVE? AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS. IS THAT GONNA BE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT A FEW DAYS? WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, SO UNDER YOUR CHARTER, ACTUALLY, SECTION 2.12 IS THE PROCEDURE. SINCE THIS HAS A PENALTY PROVISION, WE DO HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUBLISH THIS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF PASSING. AND THEN IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE 10 DAYS AFTER WE GET THE AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION BACK. OKAY. AND DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY, UM, ASSUMING THIS GETS APPROVED? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. GREAT. NOW THAT, THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARTIN. ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UM, NUMBERS B AND C. THERE MIGHT, THERE MIGHT BE [00:05:01] MORE, BUT THESE, UH, TRAFFIC COUNT AND, AND, UM, THE FLASHING LIGHT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR TRAFFIC, I SEE WE'RE SPENDING 60,070 3000. I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THROUGH THAT QUESTION, SO TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. SO I'LL START WITH B AND IF YOU WANT, WANT TO COME UP. UM, SO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS. THIS IS A CITYWIDE TRAFFIC ACCOUNT STUDY. SO AS WAS IN OUR BUDGET AND IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH A MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN TOWN. SO THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST STEP TO THAT TO SAY WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION WE HAVE WITH TRAFFIC ACCOUNTS. SO THAT'S HOW IT'LL BE USED AS WE GO INTO THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN. BUT I'LL LET BECKY TAKE IT FROM THERE. SURE. SO ON THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC COUNT, UM, AS DAVID MENTIONED, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, THAT WENT THROUGH COUNCIL. THE COUNTS, UM, THAT WE WANT TO DO ARE IN ADVANCE TO PREPARE US FOR THE, UH, MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, UM, THAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL. UM, WE ANTICIPATE IN NOVEMBER. UM, SO THE GOAL IS TO COLLECT ALL THAT DATA IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN SEE WHERE THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HELP US BETTER DETERMINE, UM, I'M GONNA EVALUATE THROUGH THAT THOROUGHFARE PLAN PROCESS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND REPEATING YOUR SECOND QUESTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT ALSO. WELL, I MEAN, I WAS READING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND I, THEY RAN TOGETHER FOR ME, SO I, OKAY, I RAN INTO THE NEXT ONE. I'M LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS 60,000. IT'S 73,000. SO IT'S THIS, WELL, EVERYTHING IS CODES, YOU KNOW, RRFB, WHATEVER. I JUST WONDERED, WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THIS INFORMATION AND ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE INFORMATION? HOW'S, HOW'S IT GONNA HELP US MAKE DECISIONS? THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M, SO, UM, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT WILL BE HIRED TO REVIEW AND DO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WE'LL TAKE THE COUNT DATA TO LOOK AT DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS, WHETHER IT BE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, CALMING, OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THE, UM, RFPS OR THE PHBS. THEY'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAKE DECISIONS AND DETERMINATIONS THAT WILL HELP US THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO GO AHEAD, DAVID. I WOULD JUST, I THINK WE'RE CUSTOMER. WE'RE MIXING. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT, SO B WE'VE BEEN ANSWERING SO FAR ON THE TRAFFIC COUNTS. C IS AN ACTUAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH. SO IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE SPEED RIGHT NOW ON THE SURE, SURE. ABSOLUTELY. SO C SPECIFICALLY IS A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE WORKED WITH TEXT ON, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLESH FLASHING BEACON DESIGN. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON DESIGN. SO THOSE ARE ACTUAL PROJECTS WITH ACTUAL LOCATIONS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH TXDOT THROUGH THE DESIGN. THE $73,000 IS THE AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THOSE PROJECTS WITH OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY TXDOT BIDS THOSE PROJECTS. THEY PUT THEM TOGETHER WITH OTHER CITIES AND WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BID THOSE. AND THEN THEY WILL, UM, COME TO FLOURISHION AS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO THE 73 IS JUST THE STUDY? IT'S NOT, IT IS ACTUALLY THE EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTORE. IT'S NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A STUDY. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST THE DESIGN. THE DESIGN IF YOU WANT ACTUALLY JUST AS A DESIGN. RIGHT. AND THE, UM, GOING BACK TO B. OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS. SORRY THEY RAN TOGETHER FOR ME. THAT'S OKAY. I'M NEW AND I, I DON'T THINK I WAS HERE WHEN THIS STUFF WENT THROUGH, SO IT'S, WELL, I DEFINITELY WASN'T, SO I'M GONNA DO THE BEST I CAN. . SO, SO WHEN WE, THIS IS WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM FOR ME. WHEN WE APPROVE A PROJECT, LIKE TO PUT APARTMENTS IN AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC AND WE'RE DOING THIS STUDY AND I'M WONDERING WHAT, HOW DO WE SOLVE THAT? AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE QUESTION IS FOR. SO I'M, BEFORE WE SPEND $60,000 TO GO GET A STUDY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING WITH IT THAT'S BENEFICIAL. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I'M ASKING. SO THE MASTER THOROUGH PLAN, WHICH, WHICH BECKY MENTIONED, UM, IS A, A, A REALLY IMPORTANT STUDY FOR US AS WHY I WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WAS IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED TO SAY WHAT IS THE CURRENT REALITY THROUGHOUT TOWN WITHOUT THE FAIR PLAN AND HOW DO WE PROJECT THAT OUT FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS? SO HOW ARE WE GONNA PLAN FOR ANY OF THE, UM, THE ROADWAY AND ANY KINDA MOBILITY THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN? SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE DIRECTLY USED FOR THAT STUDY AND IT'LL INFORM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, OUR FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO WOULD IT BE LIKE, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO QUORUM DRIVE AND ADDISON ROAD. WHAT, WHAT IS ADDISON ROAD OR KEL SPRING. SPRING OR A BIG ONE? SO RUTH, THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THOSE PROJECTS ON THOSE ROADS OR THE WIDE NUMBER CHAINS? I MEAN, YOU WANNA IMPACT THOSE PROJECTS? 'CAUSE THEY ARE, THEY WERE ALREADY IN A PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAM. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE [00:10:01] PROJECTS WE'RE DESIGN, BUT FOR FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ROADS THAT WE'D BE CONSIDERING THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT JUST GONNA SAY, YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC HERE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WELL WITH, BUT WITHOUT DOING THE STUDIES, THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE SAYING. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IT ACTUALLY GIVES US DATA INSTEAD OF ANECDOTAL INFORMATION WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND PLANNING AND SO FORTH. SO YEAH, JUST TO HAVE THE HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS LOOK LIKE FOR A PARTICULAR TIME. RIGHT. 'CAUSE IT SAID WE HAD IT DONE IN 2016 OR 2018. IT'S, IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. I JUST MM-HMM. , I'M NEW AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC. ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING WITH THE DATA TO FIX THAT? I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. I JUST WANTED, I DON'T THINK YOU FIXED TRAFFIC. FIXED IT. TRAFFIC IS TRAFFIC. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING MY CONCERNS. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO, UH, THESE SLIDES, UH, ARE AT, UH, PROTON AND REDDING TRAIL ALREADY. UH, THE ARE THE R RAPIDLY FLASHING BEACON LIGHTS R MY NAME'S JUAN GUTIERREZ, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THE, UM, PROJECT THAT THIS ONE'S TALKING ABOUT IS AN ADDITIONAL RIGHT, ADDING DIFFERENT ONES, NOT THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE ALREADY, BUT IT IS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, THE SAME PACKAGE, CORRECT. THAT'S ALREADY THERE. CORRECT. WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THAT? UM, AND SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE IT'S AT THERE ON, ON PROTON AND THEN ARE THESE FUNDS, UH, DO WE HAVE TO MATCH ANY PART OF THESE FUNDS OR ARE THEY JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDER THIS PARTICULAR GRANT? THE WORK, UH, APPLYING FOR A GRANT THROUGH, UH, TECH STOCK AND UNDER THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, UH, THEY'RE, I BELIEVE THEY'RE, UH, FUNDING IT A HUNDRED PERCENT. OKAY. I ALSO PRETTY TYPICAL PATTERN WHERE THEY PAY, WE PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND THEY PAY FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S THE INSTALLATION. OR IF NOT, IT'S A SMALL PORTION. SOMETIMES IT'S 10%, SOMETIMES IT'S 20% OF THE PROJECT. THAT'LL ALL BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH. I USE THOSE, UH, FLASHING LINES A LOT TO CROSS THAT PATHS CROSS ROAD. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY MUCH A, VERY MUCH A SUPPORTER OF THOSE. GLAD TO SEE THOSE. MM-HMM. . SO I ALSO HAVE, UH, COMMENTS ON FOUR C. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS BE BROUGHT FORWARD. UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD FOR THE, AT LEAST TWO YEARS I SERVE THAT WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER, UM, ON CROSSWALKS. UM, THESE, THESE ARE GOOD. UM, BUT THEY NEED TO BE LIT FIRST OF ALL. SO IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS SOME SORT OF LIGHT? AND THE REASON I ASK IS THE ONES WE HAVE NOW ON BELTWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, BELTWAY IS A CUT CODE TO MARSH. PEOPLE COME IN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE WHERE PEOPLE COMING AROUND THE CURB, IT'S, IT'S MAYBE DUSK OR DARK AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S APPROACHING. IF THEY'RE ON THE BIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THAT SENSOR THAT FLIPS THE, THE FLASHING LIGHTS ON, IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM TO STOP. SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER. I WISH THIS WASN'T JUST ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'VE ALREADY HAD IT, WE NEED TO HAVE A MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BIGGER CONVERSATION ON CROSSWALKS. WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING THIS, UM, TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING ACROSS STREETS AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT DOWN. UM, PROTON DOESN'T WORK AS WELL AS I THINK IT SHOULD. UM, THESE NEED TO BE LIT. UM, THE, THE ONES AROUND THE CIRCLE, SAME THING. HIGH RATE OF SPEED. UM, I'M NOT SURE, ARE THESE LIT, THE ONES ON PROTON, ARE THEY BLINKING AND, AND LIT? SO, UM, MR. SAN FRANCISCO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. UM, THE ONES ON PROTON ARE NOT CURRENTLY LIT. WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HAVE THEM LIT. UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CAVEAT BECAUSE THERE'S OVERHEAD POWER LINES AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE COULD DO WITH HEIGHT. UM, SO THAT IS A HARD AREA FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING LIT. WE CAN'T USE THE EXISTING POLE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD RESPECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYBE JUST IF SOMEONE WAS STANDING DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH, YOU'D GO TO SEE THEM. WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UH, WE'VE ORDERED SOME MATERIAL, WE'RE GONNA TRY IT AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. UM, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER ONES, UM, TEXTILE ONLY ALLOWS US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. IF WE WANNA ADD IT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN ADD IT. THEY WON'T LET US DO IT DURING THE PROJECT. SO EVEN LIKE THE SENSORS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT, AT THE CROSSING AT UM, PROTON, WE CAN'T ADD THOSE WITH THE PROJECTS, BUT WE COULD ADD 'EM AFTER THE FACT. LET, LET THEM FUND IT AND THEN WE COME BACK. CORRECT. CORRECT. AND THEN WE'LL DO IT OUR OURSELVES. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT TO THIS IS, [00:15:01] YOU KNOW, AT THOSE CROSSINGS, I I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MAYBE WE APPROACH IT THE SAME WAY. WE TAKE THE FUNDING, WE DO THE PROJECT AND THEN COME BACK AND ENHANCE IT SOMEHOW. BUT THE THING IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE FOR CROSSWALKS. I'M SURE SOMEONE OUT THERE DOES, I'D LIKE TO GET 'EM IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK Y'ALL. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THREE A, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, COUNCIL SENDS INTO TO STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS IS CONSOLIDATED INTO A DOCUMENT. AND THAT DOC, THAT DOCUMENT IS, UH, PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL AND IT'S ALSO UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE. SO IF YOU GO TO THE, UH, TOWN WEBSITE AND PULL UP THE AGENDA, THERE WILL BE A HYPERLINK IN THERE. SO ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD THE, UH, THE SAME DOCUMENT THAT THE COUNCIL SEES. SO THAT WAY YOU ALL ARE GETTING THE, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL. SO, UH, I NOW WE'LL [4. Closed Meeting. The Addison City Council will enter a Closed Meeting pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551-071 through 090 to discuss the following item(s):] MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. UH, THE FOR ENCLO MEETING. THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT PROTECTION GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM A IS SECTION 5 51 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE PERTAINING TO MUNICIPAL COURT PRESIDING AND ALTERNATE JUDGES. THEN THE SECOND ITEM, A B IS SECTION 5 51 0.071. PARAGRAPH TWO, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS COAST. AND THAT ITEM IS DISCUSS THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENT WITH WATER TOWER THEATER FOR THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER. AND IT IS 5 47 AND WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU HAMID. ALRIGHT, IT IS SIX [5. Open Meeting. In accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 551, the Addison City Council will reconvene in an Open Meeting to consider action, if any, on the matters discussed in the Closed Meeting.] 14 AND WE ARE COMING INTO AN OPEN SESSION AT A CLOSED SESSION AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND IT'S SIX 14. OKAY, THANKS. NOW [a. Present and discuss expanding Addison Athletic Club Membership to include immediate family members of Town of Addison employees.] WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION REPORTS. ITEM SIX A PRESENT AND DISCUSS EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP TO INCLUDE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON EMPLOYEES. AND I'LL BE JANA'S GONNA DO THIS, SHE'S ON HER WAY, BUT AS SHE'S COMING IN I CAN JUST GIVE SOME INTRODUCTION, MAYBE GET THE ITEM GOING QUICKER WHEN SHE GETS UP THERE. UM, THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, DIRECTION WAS GIVEN FROM COUNCIL TO BRING THIS BACK AS A WORK SESSION. SO HERE WE ARE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. HERE WE ARE. TWO OPTIONS, BOTH. HELLO JIM. HELLO MAYOR. AND COUNCIL. JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. UM, THE WORK SESSION ITEM THAT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS TO DISCUSS THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB MEMBERSHIP OFFERING IT AS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. SO DURING, THE REASON THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU IS DURING THE FY 24 25 BUDGET PROCESS, COUNSEL REQUESTED THAT STAFF BRING FORWARD A WORK SESSION ITEM TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THE TOWN'S EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAM TO ALLOW IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, EMPLOYEES, TOWN EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS AT THE . DURING THAT DISCUSSION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WASN'T REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAD A FINANCIAL IMPACT AND SO IT WASN'T THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE BUDGET SEASON, BUT STAFF WAS REQUESTED TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE. UM, JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF OUR MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB BECAUSE IT'S VERY UNIQUE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. UM, OUR ORDINANCE IS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 58. UM, [00:20:01] AND THEN THERE'S ARTICLE THREE, ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, AN OVERVIEW OF THAT, KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL ITS USE OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB IS RESTRICTED TO CURRENT MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED TO CURRENT TOWN OF ADDISON RESIDENTS, THEIR DEPENDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN. ONE-TIME MEMBERSHIP ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, UM, TO BECOME A MEMBER IS $10 AND THAT'S A LIFETIME COST. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT DO REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL FEES, BUT TO ACCESS THE BUILDING AND USE THE FACILITIES IN THE BUILDING, IT'S A ONE-TIME FEE OF $10 AND MEMBERS CAN BRING A GUEST FOR A FEE RANGING FROM TWO TO $8 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE USE IS AND WHAT THE AGE OF THE GUEST IS. UM, AND THEN JUST FOR A LITTLE INFORMATION. SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE EMPLOYEE COUNT, UM, FOR ADDISON. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU. ADDISON CURRENTLY HAS 301 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND 7.5 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. OKAY. UM, SO MY OTHER MEMBERSHIP OR INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS WE'VE GOT 3,729 MEMBERS THAT ARE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, 203 MEMBERS THAT ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON. AND SO THEIR TOTAL VISITS FOR LAST YEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS WAS 127,880, AND THEN THEIR EMPLOYEES WAS 1,922. AND THEN TO ZOOM IN EVEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, UM, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE REPEAT FACILITY USERS, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE FACILITY QUITE OFTEN, WE DEFINE THAT BY 10 PLUS VISITS A YEAR. SO THEY'RE KIND OF COMING INTO THE BUILDING AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. UM, OUT OF OUR RESIDENCE THAT'S 2,229 OF OUR MEMBERS. AND THEN OUT OF OUR EMPLOYEES IT'S 38. SO OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, WILL COME AND ATTEND A PROGRAM MOST OFTEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT YOUR REPEAT COMING IN, WORKING OUT DURING THEIR LUNCH HOUR OR AFTER WORK ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS OF TOWN EMPLOYEES COULD, IT COULD HELP FOSTER AND SUPPORT A HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFESTYLE AMONG ADDISON'S EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. UM, IT COULD BE USED AS AN EMPLOYEE HIRING AND RETENTION INCENTIVE. IT COULD HELP GROW SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR US TO FIND AN INSTRUCTOR THAT WILL OFFER A PARTICULAR PROGRAM. SO ONE IDEA WAS PADDLEBOARD YOGA. ONE YEAR WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A REQUEST IF WE COULD OFFER THAT AS A SERVICE. AND WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE A CLASS FOR US TO EVER SUPPORT THAT INSTRUCTOR AND TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR TIME. SO WE ALLOW FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME THAT MIGHT HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS. UM, AND IT COULD HELP INCREASE SEASONAL CAMP ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION TO TWO AGE GROUPS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS YEAR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE KIND OF DISPARITY IN THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE YOUNGER KIDS AND THE OLDER KIDS WANNA DO. UM, AND SO IT COULD KIND OF HELP FILL IN, UM, 'CAUSE THE BIGGER CAMP CLASS YOU HAVE, THE MORE EXCITING AND, AND MORE FUN IT IS. AND SO THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT. I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING, BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL AT SOME POINT, JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE TO, UM, CAMP FEES BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER UPDATED THOSE, UM, SINCE THEY WERE ESTABLISHED TO MY KNOWLEDGE. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE IF WE DO OPEN IT UP TO EMPLOYEE FAMILY MEMBERS, I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT TRIGGERED US COMING BACK AND SAYING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CAMP FEES THAT JUST NEEDED TO HAPPEN ANYWAY. UM, AND THEN WE DID GATHER SOME FEEDBACK AT THE RECENT EMPLOYEE HEALTH FAIR THAT WAS SPONSORED BY HR. WE WEREN'T ASKING EMPLOYEES QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAD HEARD OF THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND EMPLOYEES DID APPROACH THE A A C STAFF THAT HAD A BOOTH THAT THAT HEALTH FAIR AND VOTED AND VOICED SOME SUPPORT FOR THE CONSIDERATION. UM, SO TONIGHT STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL PERTAINING TO ONE OF THREE OPTIONS. UM, SHOULD WE KEEP THE CURRENT A A C MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS, SHOULD THEY REMAIN IN PLACE IS AN OPTION, UM, OR SHOULD WE EXTEND THE BENEFIT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB MEMBERSHIP TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF IN EMPLOYEES? OR SHOULD WE EXTEND THE BENEFIT TO ALLOW FAMILY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS SUCH AS SUMMER CAMP BUT NOT FULL USE OF THE FACILITY. UM, IF THE BENEFIT IS EXTENDED TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPLYING OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. SO THE ONE TIME $10 FEE THE RELATED PROGRAM FEES WOULD APPLY, UM, APPLIES TO THE EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE AND LEGAL DEPENDENTS. SO THAT'S VERY WELL DEFINED IN OUR ORDINANCE. AND THE DEPENDENTS MUST BE AGES THREE MONTHS TO 18 YEARS. UM, EXCEPT UNLESS THEY'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT THAT'S ENROLLED IN FULL-TIME. AND THEN THAT APPLIES IF YOU'RE 18 TO 23, THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A DEPENDENT. [00:25:01] UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU TO HEAR YOUR DISCUSSION, UM, AND GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE THREE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USAGE. YOU'VE GOT, UH, THE SECOND GROUPING, YOU'VE GOT 38 EMPLOYEES THAT USED IT MORE THAN 10. UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY 15 OF OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE HERE IN ADDISON. DO WE KNOW, UM, THE NUMBERS ON, ON THE ONES WHO ARE CITIZENS, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TRACK, UM, IN OUR SOFTWARE OF HOW WE ENTER OUR MEMBERSHIP. THERE'S NOT A WAY THAT TIES THAT IT'S A EMPLOYEE THAT LIVES HERE. SO WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TRACK THAT DATA. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW IF WE GET A DISCOUNT ON OUR HEALTH INSURANCE BY OPENING IT UP TO AND THEIR FAMILY? I'D LOVE TO KNOW. SORRY YOU A LOT OF NOISE ON ME. IT WAS JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IF WE'VE TALKED TO OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A DISCOUNT FOR OPENING UP, SPECIFICALLY OPENING THIS UP, WE, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE DISCUSS. I'M JUST CURIOUS AND ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT RESIDENCY. SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES DO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ALL UPDATE THEIR ADDRESSES, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU. UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, WELL FIRST OF ALL SAY ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THE USAGE IS VERY LOW COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES HERE. UM, I GUESS MAYBE AND, AND THE, UH, RESIDENTS, IT'S MUCH HIGHER USAGE, SO IT'S A SMALL NUMBER FRACTION. MM-HMM. THEN ON SLIDE FIVE, SO EXTENDING SO CERTAIN PROGRAMS, SO BULLET NUMBER THREE IS, UH, LESSER BENEFITS THAN BULLET NUMBER TWO. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO NUMBER TWO IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME MEMBERSHIP IN ALL THE PROGRAMS. MM-HMM, . OKAY. IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE. EITHER. ANY OPTIONS IS GREAT FOR THE EMPLOYEES. UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO, I THINK THE BIGGEST BENEFIT FOR THE EMPLOYEES IS GONNA BE THE SUMMER BEING ABLE TO DO THE SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. YOU'RE ABLE TO COME IN OVER SUMMER AND HAVE YOUR KIDS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING, MEAN MOST OF OUR FOLKS LIVE FAR ENOUGH AWAY BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT COME IN TO USE THE FACILITY FREQUENTLY, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW MUCH SUBSIDY, UH, OF THE SUMMER PROGRAMS, WHO DOES THE TOWN PAY VERSUS WHAT THE ENROLLMENT TEAM PAYS? SIGNIFICANTLY. OKAY. WE HAVE VERY CLOSE. SO IT'S LIKE MAYBE 90% AND 10%. WELL I WAS GONNA SAY, I I THINK DARREN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE USAGE. 3,700 PEOPLE OUT OF 17,000. IS THAT 17,000 RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE USING, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT 21% OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ADDISON AND IT'S TWO THIRDS OF THE STAFF. SO REALLY THE STAFF IS UTILIZING IT QUITE A BIT MORE PERCENTAGE. I'M TALKING ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS. MEMBERSHIPS TO USAGE OF EACH OF THOSE GROUPS. YEAH, BECAUSE THE, THE FACILITY USERS, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S PROBABLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. 38 EMPLOYEES. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE RESIDENTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE. YEAH. I MEAN IT VERY LITTLE. RIGHT. AND WHAT IF SOMEBODY QUITS OR GETS TERMINATED? DOES THEIR MEMBERSHIP END THAT DAY? YES. OR DOES IT END AT THE END OF THE, THAT DAY? NO, IT ENDS THAT DAY. YOU HAVE TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN. AND SO WHEN THEY'RE TERMINATED, UM, WE WOULD TERMINATE THEIR MEMBERSHIP UNLESS THEY LIVED IN ADDISON AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE CONVERTED TO A RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP. SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, WHEN YOU GOT THE FEEDBACK DURING THE, UH, THE HR THING, THE THE HEALTH THING. MM-HMM. , UM, WAS THAT, WOULD THERE, WAS THERE INTEREST IN DOING IN THIS, IN IN THIS, IN THIS CONSIDERING THIS? WAS THAT IN THE MEMBERSHIP, REGULAR MEMBERSHIP OR THE PROGRAMS MORE? OR WAS THERE, DID YOU SO AT THE TIME OUR STAFF WAS, UM, FACILITATING KIND OF A PROGRAM AND SO THEY DIDN'T STOP AND ASK VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UM, IN TALKING TO THEM, THE, THE WAY THEY INTERPRETED IT, IT WAS JUST USE OF THE FACILITY IN GENERAL THAT THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR THAT. UM, I WILL TELL YOU INTERNALLY WHEN WE TALK TO STAFF MEMBERS, SUMMER CAMP DOES SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, IS SEEING THAT AS A BIG HELP AND BENEFIT THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY GO SWING BY DURING LUNCH AND, YOU KNOW, LAY EYES ON THEIR KID, UM, AND HAVE 'EM IN THE SAME TOWN. THERE'S SOME BENEFIT TO THAT. UM, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD KIDS [00:30:01] SUMMER CAMP AGE, BUT I WILL ALSO OFFER, YOU KIND OF WANNA MIX IT UP FOR YOUR KIDS IN THE SUMMER AND YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE THAN ONE OR TWO CAMP OPTIONS. SO WE WOULD DO GREENHILL HAD A GREAT SUMMER CAMP, AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE ONE IN OUR TOWN AND WE KIND OF ROTATE AROUND AND SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE THEM SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS TO ADD ANOTHER CAMP INTO THAT. YEAH. AND I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT ASPECT OF IT. IT'S, IT'S OPENING UP TO THE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAMS TO THEM. MM-HMM. , UH, FOR, FOR JUST THE REASONS YOU TALKED ABOUT GIVING, GIVING THEM SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO, BUT ALSO BRING 'EM TO WORK WITH THEM AND THEN TAKE 'EM HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY. UM, BUT YEAH, SO I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN THAT THAN OPENING UP TO THE MEMBERSHIP. 'CAUSE I THINK JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO FEW EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT, UH, LIVE IN ADDISON AND MOST OF THEM THAT DON'T PROBABLY LIVE A PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE AWAY THAT YOU FOR MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA GO MORE THAN A COUPLE, 3, 4, 5, MAYBE FIVE MILES YOU GO TO THE GYM BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER CLOSER OPTIONS. SO I DON'T THINK SOMEBODY'S GONNA DRIVE, YOU KNOW, A HALF HOUR TO COME TO GO TO THE GYM FOR THE MOST PART. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M, I I LIKE THAT SECOND OPTION OR THE THIRD. THE THIRD, LET'S SEE, I, I AGREE. I THINK USAGE WOULD BE LOW, BUT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF JUST, UH, EXTENDING ALL THE BENEFITS TO THEM. UM, IT WOULD BE LOOK, LOOKS GREAT ON A EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE AND IT IS AN OPTION IF THEY DO USE IT AND IT'S INCLUSIVE OF PROGRAMS. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING. I, I'M KIND OF FEELING THE SAME, SAME WAY JUST OFF OF THE WHOLE PACKAGE. I THINK IT SENDS A, A STRONG COMPLETE MESSAGE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST CARVING OUT ONE PIECE OF IT. THEY MAY NOT REALIZE THAT WE'RE JUST CARVING OUT ONE PIECE, BUT I I DON'T THINK THAT THAT NUMBER OF POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL, UM, ATTENDEES IS GOING TO MAKE, UH, THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY. SO I I WAS KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS THE WHOLE PACKAGE BEING OFFERED. I, I AGREE WITH NANCY. UM, ONE OF MY MAJOR THOUGHTS IS, UM, WE HAVE GOT TO ADD MORE HIRING AND RETENTION THINGS OTHER THAN JUST MONEY. MM-HMM. . UM, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD MAYBE 10 THINGS LIKE THIS. AND YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY HOLIDAYS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE 10, THE 10 THINGS WHERE, WHERE WE CAN OFFER THIS, BUT CARROLLTON AND OUR FARMER'S BRANCH AND ALL THE, ALL OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES CAN. SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO THAT OUR COMPARATOR CITIES CAN'T MATCH WHERE IT DOESN'T HURT US? AND IF THEY START USING THE ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, MORE THAN THE LITTLE THAT THEY'RE USING IT NOW, EVEN BETTER BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT, THEY WANT TO USE IT. IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IT'S STICKY, IT WANTS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT. UM, AND I JUST, I THINK WE'VE GOT, NOT A LOT, BUT I, I SUSPECT WE'VE GOT SOME OF THEM THAT WOULD LIKE TO JUST BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR, BRING THEIR DAUGHTER, BRING THEIR SON TO THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND ENJOY THAT. WHETHER THAT'S INSIDE THE CLUB OR MAYBE THAT'S OUTSIDE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL OR ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS. UM, WHAT, WHAT, UH, THE OPTION. YEAH. SECOND OPTION WHERE THEY CAN DO SUMMER CAMPS AND THEIR, THEIR ENTIRE THING. SO I GUESS SO, AND I, I LIKE WHERE Y'ALL, WHERE Y'ALL ARE GOING WITH THIS, BUT WHAT SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID STRUCK ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU SAID PICKLEBALL BECAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR, FOLKS WOULD DRIVE A HALF HOUR TO GO PLAY PICKLEBALL. IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENT PICKLEBALL PLAYERS WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DON'T HAVE AS EASY ACCESS TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, IS THAT GONNA BE AN ISSUE? MY GUESSING THERE WOULD BE THE WAY THAT WORKS. THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD POINT. SO THE WAY THAT WORKS IS, IS BASICALLY YOU MAKE A RESERVATION. MM-HMM. . SO AN EMPLOYEE RIGHT NOW COULD, ASSUMING THEY'RE A MEMBER, ATHLETICAL MEMBER, THEY WOULD MAKE A RESERVATION AND THEN THEY, THEY WOULD BRING WHOMEVER THEY'RE GONNA PLAY WITH AND THEN THEY WOULD PLAY ON THAT COURT. YEAH. SO THEY CAN, THEY'RE DOING THAT. NO, BUT THAT'S MY POINT. THEY'RE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE HAVE, THEY'RE DOING THAT. YOU HAVE LESS AVAILABILITY AND IS THAT GOING TO BECOME A SOURCE SUBJECT FOR RESIDENTS WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DON'T HAVE QUITE AS EASY ACCESS TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS? I WOULD SAY, UM, JUST TO OFFER SOME INSIGHT ON THAT, IS ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE METROPLEX RIGHT NOW IS OFFERING PICKLEBALL FACILITIES. UM, AND THEY'RE, I I'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF THEM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN THAT WE CAN GO TO. I THINK IT'S EASY TO HAVE ACCESS TO PICKLEBALL WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AS FAR. I THINK THE ONE ADVANTAGE IS WE'VE GOT A NICE SHADED COURT, WHICH NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE [00:35:01] AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR WHEN WE HIT CAPACITY TO LOOK AT WAYS AND MAYBE USE SOME PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES OR THINGS TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL COURTS WHEN WE HIT THAT CAPACITY. BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY. HONESTLY, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY THERE. THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS BEEN PRETTY FULL. I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT IS YOU MIGHT WANNA BE PREPARED FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT GET. YES, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S I'M GOOD. I'M ALL IN. I THINK THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE OPENED UP TO LET, TO LET THEM HAVE FULL, FULL CAR LUNCH. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. NOT PIECEMEALING IT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK IT'S OTHER, OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF THINGS, TENNIS COURTS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE COULD BE OVERUSED. BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT, UM, THAT CHANCE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IF IT IS, YOU CANNOT DO IT. YEAH. I'D RATHER SEE THE COURTS PEOPLE FULL AND THE GYM FULL WORK FAST. IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A HEAVY USAGE PROBLEM. I THINK WE ALREADY DO. I THINK WE HAVE A ROBOTIC BATTERY. I KNOW WE ALL THE SUPPORT I KNOW WILL HAVE THAT. WELL SUPPORT OPTION TWO AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PACKAGE. UM, I THINK IT SAYS THE RIGHT MESSAGE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES 11 UP THE FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE, TO THE CAMPS LIKE THE SUMMER. UM, I DO THINK ABOUT THAT. UM, PICKLEBALL COURTS, I THINK ABOUT CERTAIN PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT GET USED A LOT. UM, WHAT THAT'LL DO. BUT, UM, IIII CAN SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. SO DO, DO WE NEED TO, DOES THIS NEED TO COME BACK FOR A VOTE LATER ON? OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO WITH THIS? YEAH, WE'LL BRING IN, WE'LL YEAH, WE'LL NEED TO UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE AND BRING AN UPDATE THAT MODIFIES OUR ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THIS. AND SO WE'LL DO THAT AT A FUTURE DATE. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU JUDGE. OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX. YOU PRESENTED DISCUSS PROGRESS ON THE N-N-T-T-A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON BELTLINE ROAD FEASIBILITY STUDY. JOE, IF YOU WANT TO, SO, UH, JUST UNDERSTAND THE TIME. YES. WE COULD PUSH THIS ONE NOW THAT WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER MEETING, WE COULD PUSH THIS ONE TO A FUTURE MEETING OR WE CAN TRY TO POWER THROUGH IT. COULD WE DO IT AFTER? WE CAN DO IT AFTER THE MEETING AS WELL. YEAH. AND WHAT ABOUT THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN THING? IF WE WANNA DO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN QUICKLY? JOE, GONNA TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE LAST SLIDE AND WE CAN MAKE THAT ONE, GET THAT ONE DONE. OKAY. UM, JOE, DO YOU MIND HANGING OUT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING TO DO THIS TO THE END OF THIS MEETING OR THAT MEETING? THAT MEETING? THIS MEETING. I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER I NEED TO. THANK YOU, JOE. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PLAN. SO WE WILL, UH, GO AT THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO SIX [c. Present and discuss the Airport Master Plan update and opportunities for public participation.] C. SIX C IS PRESENTED AND DISCUSS THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. JOEL, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, JOEL JENKINS AND AIRPORT DIRECTOR. AND I'M GONNA WHIZ ON THROUGH ALL OF THIS. AWESOME. A LOT OF VERY GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU SAID. I READ IT ALL EARLIER. JOEL, I I'M ASSUMING Y'ALL DID YES, THREE TIMES. YEAH, THIS IS A SLIDE I WANT. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT SOME MEMBERS TO THE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN. UH, AND INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE SOLICITED THROUGH THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. THAT'LL BE UP TOMORROW. YOUR APPROVAL, UH, AND ADDISON, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES MAY APPLY TO SERVE AND WE SUGGEST NOT REQUIRE THAT ONE BUSINESS AND ONE RESIDENT. UH, IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE MORE RESIDENTS THAN BUSINESSES, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT TWO RESIDENTS, UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA INCLUDE ON THE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE, EIGHT TO 10 REPRESENTATIVE AIRPORT BUSINESSES AND A COUPLE OF INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES LIKE NCAA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, UH, THIS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING, UH, PRIOR TO THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE NAMES THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND, AND MAKE SOME SELECTIONS. UH, AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF ALL THIS PROJECT, UH, WE, WE BRING BACK THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE MASTER PLAN FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THAT'S PROBABLY 18 TO 24 MONTHS OUT. SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR, FOR, UH, SOLICITATION OF INTEREST FOR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE AND BRING THAT BACK IN DECEMBER. SO JUST TO BE, JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, UM, WE'RE ASKING IF Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE FOR, AS FAR AS FORMING THE COMMITTEE, IF EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAD ONE RESIDENT, ONE BUSINESS TOTALING 14 SEPARATE FROM THAT STAFF WOULD GO OUT AND TRY TO GET EIGHT TO 10 REPRESENTATIVES FROM AIRPORT BUSINESSES THAT OBVIOUSLY JOEL HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT ARE NEARBY THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST. UM, SO WE WOULD BRING THOSE BACK AND ASK Y'ALL IF YOU WOULD WANNA POINT TO EACH, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE. [00:40:01] YEAH, I LIKE THAT. REAL QUICK, Y'ALL GOOD? ONE QUICK QUESTION. IF YOU DIDN'T, IF YOU ALREADY HAD SOMEONE IN MIND, DO WE SEND THEM TO THE WEBSITE TO SIGN UP OR CAN WE JUST SHOW UP WITH THE NAME? UH, I WOULD JUST SAY SEND 'EM TO THE WEBSITE. WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONNAIRES FOR, FOR SCREENING. JUST PLEASE SEND 'EM TO THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL KEEP Y'ALL UP TO DATE. AS WE GET APPLICATIONS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE THAT COMES FORWARD. SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL START TOMORROW. IT'LL BE AVAILABLE, YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE AIRPORT OR JUST NO. NORMAL PEOPLE. ORDINARY PEOPLE. OKAY. OR EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. EXTRAORDINARY AS THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THAT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO DON'T, HAVEN'T, HAVE NEVER THROWN ON A PLANE AT THE AIRPORT BUT ARE INTERESTED IN IT. SO I WOULD THINK FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IT ASK 'EM TO GO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR 'EM TO LEARN ABOUT THE AIRPORT TOO. AND WE NEED TO GET INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PART OF THE GROUP. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO, TO GO OUT AND PLAY ROPE IN SOME NEIGHBORS. EXTRAORDINARY NEIGHBOR. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? ALRIGHT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM US? YES MA'AM. ALRIGHT, JOEL. THANK YOU. THAT WAS LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES . VERY GOOD. SO FOR THAT, WE'LL GO INTO RECESS AT THIS POINT, IT IS, UH, 6 38 AND THEN SEVEN O'CLOCK WE'LL START BACK UP IN THE, UH, IN THE OTHER ROOM WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING. AND IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU WOULD GO AND, UH, SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH OUR CITIZEN ACADEMY GRADUATES IN THE ROOM BEFORE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. IT IS SEVEN O'CLOCK AND WE WILL COME BACK INTO SESSION FOR THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. AND WE STILL DO HAVE A QUORUM, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. AND AS ALWAYS, WE WOULD LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGES TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS. SO IF YOU ARE, PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE. I PLEDGE ALLE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF UNITED STATES AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS NATION ONE NATION UNDERGRAD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, ALL HONOR TEXAS. FLAG A TO BE TEXAS ONE STATE, ONE STATE UNDER IN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE A NICE CROWD HERE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP WITH US TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY, LIKE RIGHT NOW. [a. Recognize residents who participated in the 2024 Citizens Academy.] AND THAT'S ITEM TWO. ITEM TWO IS PROCLAMATIONS. IN PRESENTATIONS TWO A IS RECOGNIZED RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2024 CITIZEN ACADEMY. SO TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE 14 PARTICIPANTS THAT ATTENDED THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND THE ACADEMY OFFERS ADDISON RESIDENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO THEIR TOWN'S GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF SESSIONS SPANNING FOUR WEEKS, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS, FACILITATED BY TOURS, ACTIVITIES, AND DIRECT INTERACTION WITH TOWN LEADERS AND STAFF. AT THESE SESSIONS, PARTICIPATION PARTICIPANTS WERE ALSO ABLE TO APPLY THEIR EDUCATION IN A MOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING, TOWN TRIVIA GAME, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIMULATION AND FIREHOSE WORK. THANK YOU TO THIS GREAT GROUP OF CITIZENS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LEARN AND CONNECT WITH THE TOWN. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THIS AS A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL COME FORWARD TO PRESENT YOUR CERTIFICATES AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD. AND OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER'S READY TO GO. MARY. HELLO. FIRST WE HAVE MARY MEG ACKERMAN SOMETHING HANDY, DOESN'T IT? YES. YES. ARE YOU GONNA OPEN IT UP AND SHOW IT OFF? I WILL, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEG. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE JENNY ERTI. IS THAT CLOSE? OH, HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SNELL. OPEN THAT UP FOR THE ALL RIGHT. THANKS JOE. [00:45:03] CHRIS BOW, CHRIS BONEY TO BE CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR . THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE GILHAUSEN. EXACTLY. CONGRATULATIONS CURTIS GREEN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ALAN GARINO. THANK. CONGRATULATIONS. Y'ALL ARE GONNA CLAP. YOU GOTTA CLAP. NONE OF THAT GOLF CLAP. AND SCOTT HUNT. CONGRATULATIONS. MARLON SAYS YOU CHARGED $10 A PITCHER. YES, . THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SHARON O'NEILL. RIGHT, ROBERT? POOR WIND. POOR Y'ALL. YEAH, PRETTY GOOD. I GET THAT. CONGRATULATIONS RHONDA SELLERS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I HAVE ANDREW THRESHER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK. ALL RIGHT. CAN STAY UP HERE. IF I COULD GET EVERYBODY TO COME UP FOR GROUP PHOTO, PLEASE. HOW DO WE WANT, DO, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO? LET'S COME, LET'S COME THIS WAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? TRYING TO AVOID THE, THERE I'M IN THE, YOU CAN GET US ALL IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT. SCHNELL, WHERE'S FELICIA AT? OH, SHE'S IN THE HALLWAY. . SHE'S RIGHT THERE. WELL, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR AND MR. CITY MANAGER, WE JUST WANTED TO REALLY EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND JUST NUMBER ONE, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO FELICIA. FELICIA, YOU WERE SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND THIS PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL PARTICIPATING IN. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO NOT ONLY RAISE OUR SLEEVES UP AND GET TO WORK AND HELP THIS TOWN SUCCEED TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO THANK [00:50:01] YOU. WE HAVE A CARD FOR YOU. OH, YOU ARE WELCOME. THANKS FELICIA. YEAH, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE, UH, CITIZEN ACADEMY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. AND I BELIEVE THIS GROUP WILL ALSO DO THE SAME. AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND IT'S BETTER THAN WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT IN 2008. SO, VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN ADDISON ACTIVITIES. ALL RIGHT, ITEM [b. City Manager's Announcements] TWO B AND TWO C. WE HAVE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. DAVID GAINES. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, WE HAVE A PET ADOPTION DAY OUT AT LAZY DOG AT VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, PARTNERING WITH THEM ON A PET ADOPTION DAY. THAT'S SATURDAY, THE SATURDAY COMING UP OCTOBER 26TH FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK. SO HEAD ON OUT TO LAZY DOG AND, UM, AND HELP SOME, SOME DOGS OUT. UH, NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH AT 7:00 PM HERE AT TA. HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, WE HAVE OUR NEXT TOWN HALL, UH, MEMBERS OF OF CITY COUNCIL. AND THE MAYOR WILL BE PRESENTING ON OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS IN THE TOWN TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN TOWN AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. SO PLEASE, COMING OUT TO OUR NEXT TOWN HALL, UH, IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY KNOW, EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN HERE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION. IT BEGAN YESTERDAY HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AS IN RESIDENTS CAN VOTE EARLY, UH, THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER AT OR AT ANY DALLAS COUNTY EARLY VOTING LOCATION. AND FINALLY, JOIN US FOR ADDISON'S TOWN WIDE CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGE, WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR PARK BEAUTIFUL. CHOOSE FROM LAY LOCKS, WYNWOOD VITRUVIAN, OR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AS YOUR CLEANUP LOCATION. AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO RSVP FOR ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. [c. Employee Recognition] NOW WE HAVE A, A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. OUR NEW, UH, WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE OUR NEW DI DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASHLEY SCHROER WILL INTRODUCE HER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE BECKY DIY, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE ADDISON FAMILY. BECKY JOINED US ON OCTOBER 9TH AS OUR DI NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. SHE GREW UP IN HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TEXAS. IN A GRADUATE OF FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL, BECKY EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, FOLLOWED BY A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. BECKY IS A DEDICATED WIFE TO HER HUSBAND, JUSTIN. AND THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, JULIE 22, WHO'S A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BOOMER. AND NOW TEACHERS NOW TEACHES SECOND GRADE IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. JC 21 ATTENDS TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY. ENGAGE 18 IS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. BECKY PROUDLY SUPPORTS ALL THREE SCHOOLS, OU, TEXAS A AND M AND ARKANSAS. AND SHE CONTINUES TO CHEER FOR THE CHROME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WHERE ALL HER CHILDREN GRADUATED. FROM. A PERSONAL ACCO ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR BECKY IS ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN GRADUATED IN THE TOP 10% OF THEIR CLASS AND ONE GRADUATED AS SALUTATORIAN. BECKY BRINGS A WEALTH OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING BEING THE FIRST EVER RECIPIENT OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD. THAT SHOULD BE AN AWARD IN AND OF ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO SAY ALL THAT . UH, AND THAT IS A GLOBAL RECOGNITION. SHE FEELS HONORED TO BE CHOSEN AS THE INAUGURAL AWARDEE, BECKY WAS DRAWN TO ADDISON'S UNIQUE CHARACTER FROM ITS VIBRANT RESTAURANTS TO ITS LIVELY COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS. SHE SEES IT AS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. SHE'S ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED BY ADDISON'S INNOVATIVE MULTIMODAL PROJECTS AND THE WARM, WELCOMING, WELCOMING STAFF THAT MAKE BEING PART OF THE TEAM SO APPEALING OUTSIDE OF WORK, BECKY HAS A PASSION FOR DANCING. A FUN FACT IS THAT SHE PERFORMED IN THE HALFTIME SHOW OF THE FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL DURING HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER UNIQUE TIDBIT. SHE'S A BIG FAN OF MINIATURE DONKEYS. ME TOO , AND LOOKS FORWARD TO OWNING SOME WHEN SHE RETIRES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ADDISON WAY, BECKY SAID IT MEANS PROVIDING TOP TIER SERVICE AND INNOVATION IN PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, ENSURING ADDISON RESIDENTS FEEL FORTUNATE TO LIVE HERE AND MAKING VISITORS WANT TO RETURN DAILY. PLEASE WELCOME ME IN. UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING BECKY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WARM WELCOME. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. UM, IT'S BEEN A FAST THREE WEEKS AND I'M DOING MY BEST ALERT AS QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLY CAN, BUT IT'S [00:55:01] AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL FOR ME, MAYOR. THANK YOU DAVID. WELCOME, BECKY. ALL RIGHT. [3. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.] WE WILL NOW GO ONTO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. AND I DO HAVE TWO COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, THAT WERE SUBMITTED ONLINE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT. I HAVE PETER SPINA AND I HAVE TRICIA STEWART. OKAY. SO I'M NOT SEEING EITHER ONE IN THE ROOM. SO THEY DID LEAVE BRIEF REMARKS IN HERE. THEY SAID IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, YOU MAY PROVIDE, UH, COMMENTS HERE. SO I'LL READ, UH, PETER SPINA, UH, COMMENTS. UH, DOG TRAINING IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THERE ARE CHILDREN, OTHER DOGS, AND IT'S A DISRUPTION TO THE PIECE THAT WE FEEL LIVING IN. ADDISON. I CANNOT, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, UNDERSTAND WHY CANINE ATTACK TRAINING WOULD BE ALLOWED IN A PUBLIC SPACE. AND THE CITY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS HORRIFIC DISRUPTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. TRICIA STEWART'S COMMENTS WERE, UH, PRE POLICE PROHIBIT AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING AS ANIMAL ABUSERS BY COMING TO OUR PARKS AND PROTECTED AND PROTECTED TO DANGER ENDANGER PEOPLE WHILE ABUSING ANIMALS. I HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE AN UPDATED CHAPTER 54.5 ARTICLE ONE, NOT ALLOWING THIS IN ADDISON. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THAT DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD? SURE. AND IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD UP TO THREE MINUTES PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS CURTIS GREEN. I LIVE AT 1 5 8 0 0 SPECTRUM DRIVE. UM, IN THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER IN THE WORK SESSION OR IT'S IN THIS MEETING, THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING THE RECTANGULAR, UH, FLASHING PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT. UM, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE FUNDS MIGHT BE BETTER USED FOR MAKING THE, THE BEST BIKE LANE POSSIBLE ON QUORUM DRIVE. 'CAUSE I THINK REMOVING THE LANES, SWAPPING THE PARKING TO THE INNER SIDE AND THEN PUTTING, UH, A SOLID, UH, CURB OR PROTECTED BIKE LANE WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF FUNDS. IF WE CAN DO BOTH, THAT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK IF, UH, IF THERE'S A FUNDING DECISION THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MORE BY, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE CROSSING DISTANCE, UH, RATHER THAN THE LIGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CURTIS. VERY GOOD. AND ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE SEEING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION [4. Consent Agenda. All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.] AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR R. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE PULLED? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 4K. WHICH ONE? 4K. FOUR A, A K. UH, VERY GOOD. ITEM 4K. WE'LL PULL, PULL FOR DISCUSSION AND SO WE'LL PULL THAT. WE'LL DO DISCUSSION. DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION ON THE OTHER ITEMS FIRST? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVING ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR ARE EXCLUDING K, CORRECT? YES. I SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND FROM MARLON. AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. YOU OPPOSED? AYE. VERY GOOD. UH, [k. Consider action on an Ordinance amending Chapter 54 of the Town's Municipal Code to prohibit aggressive dog training on Town property. ] ITEM 4K IS THE CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 54 OF THE TOWNS MUNICIPAL COURT TO, TO PROHIBIT AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING ON TOWN PROPERTY. AND UH, NANCY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE ON THIS OR YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TAKE THAT OR, UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I IT. OKAY. YEAH. UH, AND I, AND IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, I ASKED NANCY IF SHE WOULD PULL THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. IT'S, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THIS HAS, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE LAST, UH, WEEK OR SO, AND, UH, I FELT IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS THIS. THIS WAS SOMETHING CAME TO OUR ATTENTION, I BELIEVE BACK IN MAY, UH, WHEN WE STARTED SEEING SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. AND, UH, AND A LOT OF FOLKS FELT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE AS, UH, AS I BELIEVE PROBABLY MOST OF US DO. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE LET FOLKS KNOW THAT WE ARE, WE ARE LISTENING WHENEVER THINGS GET BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS WE MIGHT LIKE THEM TO, PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME THAT HAPPENS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO GET, TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. BUT, BUT I THINK WE'VE COME TO A GOOD PLACE ON THIS AND, AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF ANY, IF COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. DARREN, UH, I HAVE A COMMENT. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS THAT DID OFFER THE INPUT AND REPORTING OF THIS, UM, THE PERSISTENCE OF THAT AS WELL. IT IS TERRIBLE AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK CAME FROM THE CITIZENS. UM, IT WAS EVALUATED, UH, THE POLICE, UH, CHIEF AND, AND HIS STAFF WENT THROUGH [01:00:01] AND PROVIDED, UH, THE, THE RIGHT ORDINANCE FOR THIS, UH, DISCUSSED IT AND WE WILL PASS IT TONIGHT. REALLY GOOD, UM, EXAMPLE OF HOW, UH, THE LAW AND GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK. THANK YOU, DARREN. ANY OTHERS? CHRIS? I JUST WANNA THANK YEAH, LIKE DARREN SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS, CITIZENS THAT BROUGHT IT FORWARD, BUT THEN ALSO OUR STAFF, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, THE, UM, OUR POLICE CHIEF FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD SO QUICKLY. UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AGREED UPON AND WE'RE READY TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, NANCY. I WAS WONDERING, UM, IF, UM, CHIEF, UH, FREEZE COULD GIVE US A BIT OF INSIGHT TO WHEN WE ARE ALERTED AND ONE OF THESE INSTANCES ARE, IS REPORTED. WHAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. CHRIS FREEZE, CHIEF OF POLICE. UM, BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION WAS, WHAT'S THE PROCESS ONCE WE'RE ALERTED OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS TAKING PLACE? UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS AGAINST AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS YOU, CALL 9 1 1. OUR OFFICERS WILL GO OUT, INVESTIGATE IT. IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THE ORDINANCE, WE WILL CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS. WE'LL IDENTIFY 'EM, WE'LL ISSUE A CITATION IF WE ON VIEW IT. IF NOT, WE'LL GATHER STATEMENTS, WE'LL PUT IT THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS AND WE'LL PROCEED THAT WAY. IS THIS AN, OR IS THIS AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, SEEN IN OTHER, UM, SURROUNDING TOWNS REGULARLY? UM, SO WHEN WE DRAFTED THE ORDINANCE, WE DID REACH OUT TO SEE WHAT OTHER, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS HAD ORDINANCES. IF THEY DIRECTLY PROHIBITED AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING. UM, WE DIDN'T FIND THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAD THAT, UM, THAT REALLY CARVED OUT AND DEFINED EXACTLY WHAT AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING WAS. UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEFINE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CODIFIED THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU, CHRIS. SO, CERTAINLY FOR THE PUBLIC WHO'S WATCHING THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I KNOW THAT TRICIA STEWART HAD REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY A FEW TIMES. UM, I KNOW SOME OF HER FRUSTRATION INITIALLY WAS, IS THE TOWN LISTENING? YOU KNOW, DO PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT DOG TRAINING AND ABUSE OF ANIMALS? SO CERTAINLY WE'RE SEEING THIS THROUGH ITS FRUITION AND CERTAINLY WANT THE TOWN STAFF, SORRY, CERTAINLY WANT THE TOWN TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FEEL THERE'S, YOU'RE AT AN EXHAUSTED POINT, YOU MAY FEEL LIKE THE POLICE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING. THEY CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 'CAUSE WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN AS WELL. SO, JUST WANNA THANK TRISHA STEWART FOR DOING SO. THANK YOU. DAN MARLIN. YEAH, MAYOR. UM, I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE WHAT WE, WHAT WE LEARNED IN WORK SESSION TO, TO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING NOW THAT MAY HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN WATCHING EARLIER. UM, AND, AND BASICALLY THE PROCESS IS THIS IS ONCE, ONCE THIS GETS ADOPTED, UM, WE NEED TO PUBLISH THIS IN THE, IN THE NEWSPAPER. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS PUBLISHED, THEN THERE'S A 10 DAY WAITING PROCESS. SO, AS MUCH AS WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THIS, UH, IN PLACE TONIGHT, UM, REALISTICALLY WE'RE, WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT 12 DAYS FROM NOW. THANK YOU, MARLON. THANK YOU. THAT IS PRETTY QUICK THOUGH. STILL ALL THINGS. IT'S CONSIDERED DARREN. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LONGER THAN 12 DAYS. I THINK IT'S LIKE 10 DAYS AND THEN 10 MORE DAYS. SO 20 OR A MONTH OR SO. BUT THAT'S FINE. UH, I, THE PROCESS, UM, WE'VE KIND OF OBSERVED, I, I OBSERVED OR, OR KIND OF GOT THE INDICATION THAT, UH, SINCE CITIZENS WERE INTERVENING, UH, ON THIS VERSUS IMMEDIATELY CALLING, UM, AND YOUR ADVICE IS TO DON'T INTERVENE, DON'T APPROACH, JUST CALL 9 1 1. ABSOLUTELY. YES. UM, OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS. UM, A LOT OF TIMES, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY WELL INTENDED, WHENEVER CITIZENS TRY TO TAKE MEASURE IN THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEY GO AND CONFRONT INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL ESCALATE A SITUATION. SO, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL. LET US RESPOND. WE'LL HANDLE THE SITUATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, DARREN. THAT, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT THAT I, I JUST WANNA REMIND, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CITIZENS, THAT THAT IS THE JOB OF THE POLICE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE VERY WELL TRAINED TO HANDLE THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING AND WE MIGHT, OUR EMOTIONS MIGHT GET THE BEST OF US AND SAY, I WANT TO, I WANNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW, AND I WANNA CONFRONT THIS, THIS PERSON. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE OTHER END OF THAT CONFRONTATION. SO MOST OF US ARE NOT PREPARED OR EQUIPPED OR TRAINED TO HANDLE THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS. SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THOSE ON YOURSELF AND LET THE, LET THE PROFESSIONALS HANDLE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PHONE CALL AWAY. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF ALWAYS TELLS US, YOU KNOW, CALL US ANYTIME. THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE FOR US, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE NOT FAR FROM YOU, FROM YOU. SO, SO PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND DON'T, UH, DON'T RISK YOURSELF, UH, FOR THAT. SO, BUT I THINK IN A TOWN THAT LOVES ANIMALS AS MUCH AS THEY DO, WE DO HERE IN ADDISON, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT, UH, THING THAT WE'VE GOT THIS, WE GET THIS ORDINANCE PASSED TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, [01:05:01] A MOTION TO PROVE ITEM 4K, SECOND THAT A SECOND FROM DAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 4K IS APPROVED. VERY GOOD. [a. Present, discuss and consider action on an Ordinance of the Town of Addison providing for developer-funded recreational areas in the form of parks and trails; providing for applicability; providing for requirements and guidelines for parkland dedication fees; providing for park development fees; providing for private park credit; providing for regular review; providing for penalty for the violation hereof; and providing an effective date.] NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC HEARINGS FIVE A IS PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPER FUNDED RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE FORM OF PARKS AND TRAIL. PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR PARKLAND, DEDICATION FEES, PROVIDING FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES, PROVIDING FOR PRIVATE PARK CREDIT, PROVIDING FOR REGULAR REVIEW AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. JANA MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. UM, WE WERE TRYING TO WIN THE AWARD FOR THE LONGEST RESOLUTION TITLE FOR THE YEAR . SO, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER TO PUT US DOWN FOR THAT, WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT. UM, AN ABRIDGE VERSION OF THE ITEM THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT IS THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO LOOK AT PARKLEY AND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS, UM, ALLOWING A FEE IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION IN SOME INSTANCES, AND THEN, UM, REQUIRING A PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE. OKAY. TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ORIGINATED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WHEN OUR PARKS OPEN SPACE AND MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED. IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE OF PARKLAND PER RESIDENCE, WHICH WE OFFER SEVEN ACRES OF PARKLAND PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN ADDISON. AND SO THIS IS A TOOL FOR US TO USE AS ADDISON'S POPULATION GROWS. OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND QUALITY OF OUR PARK AMENITIES THAT WE OFFER, UM, STAYS CONSISTENTLY THE SAME. UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IT'S DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS TO UPDATE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS TO MORE ALIGN THEM WITH WHAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE OTHER IS TO FORMALIZE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. SO SOMETIMES, UM, IT'S NOT ALWAYS PREFERABLE TO HAVE LAND, ESPECIALLY ON SMALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT MAYBE THE LAND'S VERY SMALL AND THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE COULD DO WITH IT, BUT THE, UH, MONEY IN LIEU OF THAT LAND, WE ACTUALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH THAT. SO THIS ALLOWS THAT OPTION. AND THEN THE CREATION OF A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE, WHICH IS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FOR NEW AND REDEVELOPMENT, PROPER REDEVELOPED PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED TO ENHANCE OR CREATE NEW PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. THE KEY COMPONENTS, UM, OF THE STUDY THAT WE JUST DID, UM, AND I WANNA KIND OF PAUSE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU THIS EVENING. UM, AND WE HAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF EIGHT MEMBERS THAT WAS FORMED AND WAS VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. UH, THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT IT'S INTEGRATED INTO OUR FUTURE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE. UM, SO THOSE ELEMENTS THAT I JUST SPOKE OF, SO WE'LL HAVE AN ORDINANCE, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING WHEN WE ADOPT THE UDC, IT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THAT. UM, IT APPLIES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND IT ALSO APPLIES TO REDEVELOPMENT THAT CHANGES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR THE DWELLING UNITS OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN IT HAS A PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE THAT'S DETERMINED WHAT THAT FEE SHOULD BE. AND THEN IT CLARIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT OPERATIONAL PRACTICES. AND THEN IT ALSO ESTABLISHES TWO DISTINCT FUNDS FOR FEE COLLECTION REPORTING AND USE. UM, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF TAKING EITHER LAND OR MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH LAND. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TAKING MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH PARK DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S WHY THERE WOULD BE TWO FEES ESTABLISHED. UM, SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE REALLY HAD TO LOOK AT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORDINANCE IS ADDISON'S VERY UNIQUE. IT WAS HARD TO LOOK AT OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, UM, AND COME UP WITH WHAT THE SOLUTION SHOULD BE BASED ON OUR COMPARATOR CITIES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE COST OF LAND IS VERY HIGH IN ADDISON. IT'S ESTIMATED IN THE COMP PLAN TO BE ABOUT $536,000 PER ACRE. UM, THERE'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF A DEVELOPABLE LAND, OPEN LAND AVAILABLE IN ADDISON. IT'S 4.78%, UM, OF OUR SIZE. UM, AND WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE REDEVELOPMENT, REUSE, AND INFILL, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE CLEAN CONSTRUCTION SLATE. UM, AND THEN WE DETERMINED THAT THE LEVEL OF PARK LANDS THAT WE PARK LAND THAT WE DO CREATE, BECAUSE WE CREATE VERY HIGH-END PARKS, UM, IS ABOUT $400,000 IN ACRE TO DEVELOP THOSE PARKS. UM, AND THERE'S A HIGH QUALITY EXPECTATION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR OUR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN TOWN. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DAYTIME POPULATION INCREASE THAT ALSO UTILIZES OUR PARKS. SO THOSE WERE [01:10:01] ALL THINGS THAT WERE VERY UNIQUE TO ADDISON THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION IN DEVELOPING THIS ORDINANCE. UM, SOME OTHER KEY CONSIDERATIONS IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES IN ADDISON. UM, I MENTIONED THAT CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE OF THE 7.2 ACRES PER A THOUSAND RESIDENTS, AS WE GROW, UM, WE DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER OF ACRES PER RESIDENT TO GO DOWN. WE WANT IT TO EITHER STAY THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY GO UP. UM, WE WANT THIS TO BE A ONE-TIME FEE. UM, WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS FROM AUTOMATICALLY PAYING A REDUCED FEE. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE DON'T WANNA, WE WANNA DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS FROM AUTOMATICALLY JUST PAYING A FEE, UM, INSTEAD OF MAKING AN EFFORT TO DEDICATE THE APPROPRIATE PARK LAND OR TRAIL CORRIDOR. AND SO WE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE IN THE ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. AND WE WANNA REMAIN DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY AND ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS. AND WE DID INTERVIEW REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THEM IS MAKE IT EASY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR FEES ARE UPFRONT AS WE ARE COMING UP WITH PROJECTS. WE KNOW WHAT OUR COST IS GOING TO BE, MAKE IT WHERE IT DOESN'T SLOW US DOWN, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE CHARGING IN THE METROPLEX. SO DON'T BE THE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THE HIGHEST FEES IN THE AREA. AND SO WE WERE VERY MINDFUL IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE LOOKING AT THAT FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED. UM, AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED, STAFF MADE A PRESENTATION ON AUGUST 13TH TO COUNCIL, UM, AND COUNCIL SHOWED SUPPORT FOR AN ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDED THIS INFORMATION. SO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OR REDEVELOPMENTS THAT INCREASED DWELLING UNITS. THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND DEDICATED PER A HUNDRED DWELLING UNITS. AND THE LAND CRITERIA THAT WAS CREATED IS THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT LAND THAT WAS A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE OR MORE, UM, UNLESS IT COMPLIED WITH SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE'VE LISTED BELOW. IF IT'S LAND THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO A LARGER TRACT OF EXISTING OPEN SPACE, OR IT WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE TR PROS PLAN OR TRAILS MASTER PLAN AS AN IDENTIFIED NEED, OR IT PROVIDES PARK SPACE TO AN AREA THAT IS LACKING A PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE AT THE SITE. AND SO IN THOSE INSTANCES, IF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN AN ACRE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER ACCEPTING. UM, LAND ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN MUST MEET CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, I WANNA GET TO THIS PAGE SO I CAN GIVE YOU THIS SECTION NUMBER. UM, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS, SO THAT'D BE SECTION 58, UM, 1 23 ITEM C. IT REALLY DEFINES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT LAND THAT'S NOT IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR PREDOMINANTLY IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THAT'S NOT TOO STEEP TO DEVELOP ON. SO THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN LAND THAT'S DONATED TO US. SO IT'S LAND THAT'S VIABLE THAT WE CAN TURN INTO A U USABLE PARK. UM, AND WE WOULD REQUIRE THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THAT LAND WOULD BE DEDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE. OKAY. AND THEN IF LAND WASN'T DEDICATED, IF STAFF DETERMINED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, UM, THAT THE LAND WAS TOO SMALL OR IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS FEASIBLE TO TURN, CONVERT INTO A PARK, UM, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT A FEE IN LIEU OF THAT LAND WOULD BE PAID. AND SO THIS ONCE AGAIN WOULD APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT INCREASED DWELLING UNITS. UM, THERE WOULD BE A FEE STRUCTURE. SO IT'S BASED ON THE AVERAGE COST OF LAND IN ADDISON, WHICH IS FIXED $560,000 PER ACRE. UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S A 30% DISCOUNT APPLIED, UM, AND THAT THERE'S A FEE PAID THAT'S 5,000. SO THAT EQUATES TO A FEE OF 5,360 PER DWELLING UNIT WITH THAT 30% DISCOUNT APPLIED. UM, THE REASON THAT WE'RE BASING OUR RECOMMENDATION OFF OF THIS COST, AVERAGE COST OF AN ACRE OF LAND IS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOESN'T SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN FOR THE DEVELOPERS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO GET AN APPRAISAL AND WE DON'T HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. WE'VE JUST GOTTA PREDETERMINED VALUE. UM, AND SO THAT SHOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS. SO THE FEES FOR THE FEE IN LIEU OF WOULD BE PUT IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT, AND THEY WOULD BE PRIMARILY USED TO FUND ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE. AND THEN THE FUND MANAGEMENT, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT WOULD BE PLACED IN A DEDICATED FUND AND THE FUNDS MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO THE ISSUE AND OF A BUILDING PERMIT. AND THEN KIND OF THE THIRD LEG ON THIS STOOL, UM, OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD IS PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES. AND SO THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AS THEY WOULD APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS OR COMMERCIAL [01:15:01] SQUARE FOOTAGE. UM, AND THE FEE STRUCTURE WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE $2,549 PER DWELLING UNIT WITH A 30% DISCOUNT APPLIED. AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL FEES BASED ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES COMING IN, WOULD RANGE FROM 58 CENTS TO A DOLLAR 34 PER SQUARE FOOT. UM, AND THAT'S BROKEN DOWN IN YOUR APPENDIX OF THE ORDINANCE TO MORE DETAIL. UM, WITH THE 30% DISCOUNT, ONCE AGAIN APPLIED, THE UTILIZATION OF THIS IS THE FEES FOR, FOR THE PARK DEVELOPMENT WILL PRIMARILY FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE. SO THE THE ONE ASPECT IS PROVIDING THE LAND TO CREATE THE PARKS AND TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE. AND THEN THIS ASPECT IS PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE AMENITIES, UM, THAT CREATE THOSE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WE WOULD COLLECT THESE FUNDS AND WE WOULD PLACE THEM IN A DEDICATED FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE. UH, AND FUNDS, ONCE AGAIN, WOULD BE PAID PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT. OKAY. WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS CONCEPT TO COUNCIL, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, SUPPORT TO BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, COUNCIL DID HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHO HAS APPROVAL AUTHORITY? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? CAN A DEVELOPER CONSTRUCT PARK LAND AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAYING A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE? UM, AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTIAL CREDIT BEING APPLIED FOR DEVELOPING PUBLIC PARK SPACE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, THE TOWN REIMBURSING ITSELF FOR LAND PURCHASED PRIOR TO FUNDS BEING COLLECTED. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE GENERAL GUIDELINES? AND SO THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD. BUT I'VE CREATED SOME SLIDES TO KIND OF BRING OUT, UM, THOSE ASPECTS AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAD. UM, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHO HAS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF LAND? UM, THE FEE IN LIEU OF AND HOW PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE REQUIRES ARE MET. AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR ADMINISTERING THE ORDINANCE? SO THIS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE, UM, BUT IT WOULD WORK JUST LIKE OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS HAPPENS WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT GOES THROUGH THE TOWN. IT, IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE IT IS VETTED BY STAFF. IT IS VETTED BY P AND Z TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET. AND THEN AFTER THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE DEEMED TO BE MET, THEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HOW LAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. UM, WHETHER A FEE IN LIEU OF LAND WILL BE CONTRIBUTED IF THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEW DETERMINES LAND DEDICATION DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN HOW PARK DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. OKAY. AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, CAN A DEVELOPER CONSTRUCT PARK LAND AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAYING A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE? UM, I THINK THE, THE CONVERSATION FRAMED AROUND SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER FOR A DEVELOPER TO GET THEIR FINANCING IN PLACE, UM, BY USING THIS MECHANISM. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH LIKE THE AMLI TREE HOUSE PROJECT. UM, SO WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. WE'RE JUST DEFINING BETTER IN WRITING. SO WE'RE CONSISTENTLY APPLYING IT TO DEVELOPMENTS TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. UM, SO THIS WOULD APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UM, LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER. AND THEN THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, IS IT MUST BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, SO IT'LL BE VETTED AND RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, AND THEN STAFF WOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE FINAL APPROVAL. UM, THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WILL OFFSET THE REQUIRED PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR. UM, SO IF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE IS A MILLION DOLLARS, WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT 990,000, YOU KNOW, OF DEVELOPMENT. IT NEEDS TO BE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR OR THEY WOULD PAY THAT DIFFERENCE. UM, IT MUST MEET GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARK IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE PARK THAT'S CONSTRUCTED MUST MEET OUR CITY STANDARDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. UM, THEY MUST PROVIDE A MAINTENANCE BOND AND WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE TYPICAL OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND THEN IT MUST MEET INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. AND I WANNA LOOK AT THIS PAGE JUST TO KIND OF HELP YOU OUT. SO ALL OF THAT ISN'T DEFINED IN SECTION 58 DASH 1 51 OF THE ORDINANCE. UM, THERE'S ALSO A ME MECHANISM TO PROVIDE, UM, CREDIT FOR PRIVATE PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES. UM, AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT. UM, THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME PARK AMENITIES WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY WANNA KEEP THAT LAND FOR THEMSELVES, BUT THEY WANNA CREATE LIKE A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT TO DEDICATE THE LAND FOR PUBLIC USE. UM, IN THAT INSTANCE, THEY WOULD GET A 50% CREDIT FOR THAT PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE, SO THEY WOULDN'T GET [01:20:01] A HUNDRED PERCENT CREDIT. UM, AND THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED AND DEFINED WITH THAT THE MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE, ADEQUATELY PROVIDED FOR, UM, AND IDENTIFIED IN A RECORDED AGREEMENT. THE PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC PARK SPACES RESTRICTED FOR PARK AND RECREATION PURPOSES BY RECORDED COVENANT, WHICH RUNS WITH THE LAND. UM, IT MUST BE SIMILAR OR COMPARABLE TO REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARK STANDARDS. SO IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT TO THE CITY STANDARDS. IT ALSO NEEDS TO FOLLOW OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PARKLAND. UM, IT MUST BE OWNED BY THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER OWNER OR INCORPORATED NON-PROFIT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING AND MAINTAINING IT. UM, AND DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT MUST MEET THOSE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. UM, THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PROOF OF PAYMENT FOR THAT PRIVATE PARK CONSTRUCTION SO WE CAN VERIFY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVITS, AFFIDAVITS STATING THAT COST OF PRIVATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS MEET OR EXCEED, UM, THE REQUIREMENT. UM, THERE'S ALSO JUST SOME MORE DETAILS, AND I KIND OF CALL IT HOUSE CLEANING IN THE ORDINANCE. SO ONE OF 'EM IS, IS IF THE TOWN WAS TO ACQUIRE LAND. UM, SO WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROPERTY THAT BECAME AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A STRATEGIC PIECE OF LAND FOR A TRAIL SECTION OR A PARK. UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDS TO BUY THAT LAND YET IN OUR, IN LIEU OF FEE KIND OF DEDICATED THIS, UM, PROVISION ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND BUY THAT LAND AND THEN PAY US BACK WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THAT LAND. UM, THERE'S ALSO AN APPEAL PROCESS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE. SO IF STAFF DETERMINED THAT WE DIDN'T WANT A, ONE EXAMPLE COULD BE WE DIDN'T WANNA ACCEPT THE LAND THAT A DEVELOPER WAS DEDICATING BECAUSE WE DETERMINED IT DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. UM, THAT DEVELOPER MAY APPEAL TO COUNCIL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE STAFF DECISION. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COME TO COUNCIL AND LAY OUT WHY THEY THINK THE LAND'S APPROPRIATE AND FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO PROVISIONS FOR REVIEWING AND INDEXING A FEE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE FEES PERIODICALLY, UM, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE COSTS THAT WE SEE IN THE METROPLEX AND IN OUR TOWN. UM, AND THEN THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE SHOULD BE UPDATED ANNUALLY IN THE INTERIM OF THAT, UM, FIVE YEAR PERIOD. BUT THAT'S JUST DOING A, A COST OF, IN A COST INDEX ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, THERE IS A PROVISION IN HERE THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO REFUND. SO, UM, AS WE RECEIVE DOLLARS, THE FIRST DOLLARS IN WILL BE THE FIRST DOLLARS OUT THAT WE SPEND. UM, BUT IF A DEVELOPER EVER FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH IS WITHIN 15 YEARS, UM, THEY CAN REQUEST A REFUND, UM, IN WRITING. AND THE OWNERS OF THE, UM, THEY HAVE ONE YEAR WITHIN A ENTITLEMENT TO REQUEST THAT REFUND. UM, AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE THAT MONEY BACK AT A PRORATED SHARE. SO IF THEY GAVE US A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE SPENT 750,000 OF IT IN 15 YEARS, IT WOULD JUST BE THAT 250,000 THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE BACK. UH, THE OTHER THING IN THIS IS IF, UM, ANY PROVISION IS FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UH, OR INVALID IN COURT, IT DOESN'T MAKE THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE INVALID. IT JUST AFFECTS THAT ONE PROVISION THAT IS DETERMINED TO BE INVALID. UM, THERE ARE IDENTIFICATION OF PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS, UM, IN THE ORDINANCE. SO IT'S UNLAWFUL TO BEGIN WORK ON ANY LAND UNTIL THE REQUIRED CONVEYANCE OF PARK LAND OR PAYMENT IS MADE. UM, NO BUILDING PERMITS SHOULD BE ISSUED AND NOT PERMANENT UTILITY SERVICES PROVIDED TO ANY LAND WITHIN ANY END OF DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE REQUIRED CONVEYANCE AND PARK LAND OR PAYMENT OF MONEY IS MADE. AND THEN IF THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS OR SQUARE SQUARE FOOTAGE EXCEEDS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY, UM, COUNSEL OR REVISED ZONING PROPOSAL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL, WHICH IS STANDARD. UM, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ANYWAY. AND THEN THERE ARE PENALTIES. SO ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS UPON CONVICTION WILL BE FINE TO SUM NOT TO EXCEED $500 FOR EACH DAY OF THE VIOLATION. AND THEN THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION, UM, THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE ADOPTED UPON ITS FIRST READING AND BECOME EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST. AND THAT WAS A LOT TO GO THROUGH. UM, I THINK I ANSWERED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD AT THE WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 13TH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING I DIDN'T COVER, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, JAN. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU, Y'ALL [01:25:01] HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND WE HAD TWO MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER OVER THIS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. AND UH, CHRIS, YOU HAVE COMMENTED QUESTION. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND THE WORK SESSIONS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ANSWERED A TON OF QUESTIONS, BUT O ONE JUST POPPED UP, UH, THIS EVENING FOR ME. SO THE FEE IN LIE AND THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE, UM, THE FEE IN LIEU IS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR PARKS, AND THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE IS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, TRAILS OR OPEN SPACE. MM-HMM. , CAN WE USE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING PARKS? SO THE WAY, UM, THAT TEXAS LAW LOOKS AT THIS, THERE IS THE ABILITY, UM, TO USE THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR SOME MAINTENANCE. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS FEE TO BECOME, TO SUB TO BECOME MAINTENANCE FOR THE TOWN. THEY FELT LIKE THE TOWN WAS REQUIRED, UM, TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THIS REALLY SHOULD GO INTO KEEPING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THAT QUALITY UP. UM, BUT ONE THING THAT IT COULD DO IS IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING PARK THAT WE ALL OF A SUDDEN DETERMINE THAT WE NEED A PLAYGROUND IN THAT PARK, WE COULD GO ADD THAT AMENITY INTO THAT EXISTING PART. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IF WE WANTED TO ADD PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURT SOMEWHERE IN TOWN, WE COULD USE THESE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT? AND WE COULD DO IT IN A, IN PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY OWN, THAT'S A FUNCTIONING PARK. WE COULD GO IN AND AND BUILD THAT AMENITY WITH THOSE DOLLARS. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. UH, THANK YOU. I THANK YOU JANA. QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THAT WORD MAINTENANCE, 'CAUSE THAT THAT'S BEEN A SORT OF A HOT TOPIC ABOUT DOG WASTE IN OUR PARKS AND TOWN'S RESOURCES. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAIL IN TERMS ON SLIDE 11, I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT IF THEY DECIDE TO BUILD A PARK. SO IF A DEVELOPER DECIDES TO BUILD A PARK, WILL THAT BE SOMEHOW TIED TO THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SUBJECT DOG WASTE AS AN EXAMPLE? YES, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD DEVELOP IN US ACCEPTING, ACCEPTING THOSE PROVISIONS FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE. AND THEY WERE REQUIRED FOR MAINTAINING IT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE COVENANTS DEFINED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT WOULD IDENTIFY WHAT ALL OF THEIR MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. AND IN THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD STATE THAT IF YOU AREN'T MEETING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE GIVE YOU NOTICE AND YOU AREN'T FULFILLING, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN AND PROVIDE THAT MAINTENANCE AND PROVIDE YOU A BILL FOR PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. WILL THAT LEAD TO SOME, MAYBE SOME LAWYER ON THEIR SIDE SAYING THIS IS ISN'T ISN'T ILLEGAL STANDING THAT WE CAN MAKE THEM PICK UP THEIR WASTE AS AN EXAMPLE? UM, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION WELL, MEANING IF, IF, IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DO SEND FINES FINE AFTER FINE, LIKE AN HOA FINE BASICALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GROWING YOUR GRASS. BUT IN THIS CASE, IF YOU DOG WASTE, ARE THEY REALLY GONNA PAY THE FINE AS OUR LEGAL CAN WE THEY BE LEGALLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE LIKE A LIEN PUT ON THE BUSINESS? WELL, I THINK THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. SO ARE YOU ASKING IF CAN WE ENFORCE CITY ORDINANCES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? YES. OKAY. UM, YES WE CAN. 'CAUSE YOU'RE STILL WITHIN THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES. UH, BUT THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS CAN WE ENFORCE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LACK OF MAINTENANCE? I WOULD SAY YES. AGAIN, I, I WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF HER POINTS IS YOU HAVE TO MEET GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, YOU HAVE TO ALSO COMPLY WITH ALL THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, STATE LAW, FEDERAL LAW AS WELL. SO THERE COULD BE TWO LEVELS ENFORCEMENT THAT WE COULD GO DOWN BOTH, WE COULD WRITE A VIOLATION TO THE PERSON WHOSE DOG WASTE IT IS, AND WE COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY GO AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR VIOLATION OF THEIR AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DEFINED, HEAVILY DEFINED SINCE IT'S BECOME SUCH A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. SO THANK YOU JENNA. THANK YOU DARREN. A QUESTION ON SLIDE NUMBER 12. SO THE, UM, CREDIT FOR PRIVATE PARKS IS THAT, UH, A PARK THAT, UH, A NORMAL, UH, NON-RESIDENT IN THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, UH, CANNOT USE? OR IS IT FOR THOSE RESIDENTS ONLY OR IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT IS A PUBLIC SPACE. IT HAS TO BE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE BY TO THE PUBLIC AND INVITING TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE JPI PROJECT, THE ARROW JEFFERSON THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY. THEY PROVIDED AN ACCESS EASEMENT TO A PUBLIC PLAZA SPACE THAT HAS A PIECE OF ART AND IT HAS SOME SEATING AND LANDSCAPE AMENITIES. SO IN THAT SITUATION, THIS WOULD APPLY WHERE THEY WOULD GET 50% OF THE CREDIT OF PROVIDING THAT PARK [01:30:01] DEVELOPMENT FEE BECAUSE THEY CREATED THIS AMENITY, UM, WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY. AND THEN IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE REASON THAT I LIKE THIS PATH, UM, IS I THINK ADDISON GROVE IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE. THERE'S ONE REALLY LARGE PARK AT ADDISON GROVE THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT IT WOULD BE A CITY OWNED AND MAINTAINED PARK. UM, BUT SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES THAT ARE COVERED BY RESIDENTIAL ON THREE SIDES AND OPEN TO THE STREET ON ONE BECOMES QUITE CUMBERSOME FOR THE TOWN TO MAINTAIN EXPECTATIONS IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER LIVING NEXT TO THERE. SO YOU'VE GOT SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT PEOPLE DI SURE WALKS, UM, THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHTS, UM, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO IN OUR OTHER PARKS BECAUSE OUR OTHER PARKS ARE, OUR LIGHTS COME ON AT 5:00 AM THEY GO OFF WHEN IT GETS LIGHT AND THEN THEY COME BACK ON AT SIX OR SEVEN DEPENDING ON THE TIME, AND THEY GO OFF AT 11, UM, AND THEY CLOSE AT 11. AND IN THAT INSTANCE, WE CAN'T REALLY CLOSE THAT FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S THE WALKING PATH FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THEIR HOMES AND, AND FOR THEM TO INVITE THEIR NEIGHBORS OVER. SO I THINK THAT ALTERNATIVE IS A GREAT APPROACH, THAT THERE'S AN HOA OR A PROPERTY GROUP THAT'S MANAGING THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THEY HAVE, UM, FINANCIAL GAIN, SO THEY HAVE MORE TO BENEFIT FROM GIVING THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY EXPECT. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO ALLOW THOSE SMALL LITTLE PASSIVE GREEN SPACES THAT ARE PART OF THE CHARACTER OF ADDISON AND PART OF THE CHARM OF WHO WE ARE. UM, BUT IT TAKES THAT MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF THE TOWN WHEN IT BECOMES VERY CUMBERSOME BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS AROUND THE PROPERTY. SO IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. I THINK THE ADDISON GROVE EXAMPLE IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT HELPS POSITION IT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU DARREN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MATH. I I, I UNDERSTOOD IT BEFORE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TONIGHT IS NOT MAKING SENSE. I PROBABLY SLEPT SINCE THEN. ON SLIDE SIX, YOU SAID ONE ACRE PER HUNDRED DWELLING UNITS, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. AND YOU SAID AN ACRE'S WORTH APPROXIMATELY $560,000? MM-HMM, . SO ON SLIDE SEVEN, IF, IF YOU DIVIDED FIVE 60 BY A HUNDRED, IT'D BE 5,600, BUT THEN THE 30% OFF DROPS IT DOWN TO LIKE 3,920. I'M, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M MISSING SOMETHING ON YOU'RE, IT SHOULD, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. I'M JUST MISSING SOME. EVEN THE NEXT ONE COMES TO 25 49. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE ORDINANCE IS ACCURATE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THE 30 PERCENT'S BEING APPLIED. SO THERE'S A TYPO AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO THE COST OF LAND IS 536,000 AN ACRE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE. SO IT'S, IT'S, THE MISTAKE IS IN THIS PRESENTATION AND I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. UM, SO THEN THAT EQUATES TO THE $5,360 PER UNIT AND THEN WE TAKE 30% OFF OF THAT? CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST COULDN'T GET THE MATH TO WORK SO IT, BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG , SO SORRY. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, HOWARD? UH, WELL THE NEXT SLIDE SAYS 25 49 WITH A 30% DISCOUNT FOR RESIDENTIAL. SO IS THAT STILL BECAUSE THE MATH IS OFF? I, NO, SO THAT'S THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE. SO THAT IS BASED ON THE $400,000 THAT IT COSTS. OKAY. I GOT IT TO DEVELOP AN ACRE, SO IT'S DIFFERENT. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST COULDN'T MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. PLEASE COME FORWARD. HIT THAT LITTLE BUTTON TO GET THAT GREEN LIGHT ON AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SCOTT HUNT. 1 5 8 7 5 SPECTRUM DRIVE, 41 0 6 UNIT EDISON. SO THE ONLY QUESTION THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN WATCHING THAT, UH, PRESENTATION, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, IS, IS THERE ANY ACCOUNT YOU'RE GONNA ADD ACREAGE TO PARKS IN EDISON? SO WHAT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PART OF IT? WHERE IS THAT FUNDING GONNA COME FROM AND HOW'S THAT PLAY INTO IT? I I WANT A CLARIFICATION. I CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. SURE. GO AHEAD JENNA. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, AND SO WHEN WE DEVELOP A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE PUT TOGETHER A MAINTENANCE BUDGET. SO WE DON'T DEVELOP A PROJECT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE COST OF MAINTENANCE IS. AND WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE FUNDS COST TO MAINTAIN THE PARK. UM, AND I KNOW YOUR QUESTION WAS, IS WHERE'S THAT MONEY GONNA COME FROM? WELL, WE JUST INCREASED OUR TAX BASE, UM, BY ADDING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND SO OUR, THE TAXES THAT WE RECOUP THE TOWN DOES WILL GO UP AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE PARKS WOULD COME FROM. VERY GOOD. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS [01:35:01] THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALL MOTION TO APPROVE. MAYOR. SECOND. THANK YOU DAN, AND THANK YOU NANCY FOR THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT ITEM FIVE A IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, JANA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. WELL, YOU HAVE ONE ITEM COMING UP [a. Consider action on a Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (“ILA”) with Metrocrest Hospital Authority, the City of Farmers Branch, the City of Coppell, and the City of Carrollton regarding the purchase of real property for the New North Texas Emergency Communications Center, Inc. (“NTECC”) consolidated public safety communications center; authorizing the city manager to take any additional acts to carry out the city’s obligations under the ILA, including any subsequent purchase and sales agreement; authorizing the Town’s percentage share of project funding, which shall not to exceed 16.8070% of the total closing price for the property; authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date. ] ON THE, UH, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THAT'S ITEM SIX A CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ILA WITH METROCREST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF FARMER'S BRANCH, THE CITY OF CAPELLE, THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE NEW NORTH TEXAS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, INC. NEC CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION CENTER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTS TO CARRY OUT THE CITY'S OBLIGATION UNDER THE ILA, INCLUDING ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN'S PERCENTAGE SHARE OF PROJECT FUNDING, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED 16.807% OF THE TOTAL CLOSING COSTS FOR THE PROPERTY, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, EX MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ASHLEY? THANK YOU. ASHLEY SCHROER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, INTACCT WAS FORMED IN 2014 TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND TO BETTER COORDINATE OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, WE BEGAN, UH, PROVIDING PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS IN APRIL OF 2016. AND INTECH SERVES ADDISON CARROLLTON, PEL AND FARMERS BRANCH. AND JUST AS A NOTE, FIRST 9 1 1 CENTER IN THE STATE TO UTILIZE THE AT AND T-A-E-S-I NET WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT UPTIME, WHICH IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ANY 9 1 1 CENTER. CURRENTLY INTECH LEASES SPACE IN CARROLLTON IN A DATA CENTER, IT'S JUST UNDER 12,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S A AS IS LANDLORD LEASE. SO IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING. THE ORIGINAL LEASE THAT WAS SIGNED WAS FOR 15 YEARS, AND IT TERMINATES IN APRIL OF 2029. THE INTECH BOARD, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE CITY MANAGERS OF THE FOUR CITIES, REQUESTED FROM STAFF A SPACE PLANNING STUDY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE AND EXAMINE, UH, VARIOUS OPTIONS. SO DO WE EXPAND AT THE CURRENT LOCATION? DO WE RELOCATE, REMODEL AN EXISTING SPACE OR CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY? THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY CAME BACK AND DETERMINED THAT RETROFITTING AND EXISTING FACILITY, UH, WAS COST PROHIBITIVE. THE ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT A 30 YEAR COST OF LEASING WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT 57,616,000 WHILE CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY WOULD COST 32,770,000, A DIFFERENCE OF ALMOST $25 MILLION. TOWN STAFF PRESENTED MORE INFORMATION AND DETAIL ON THIS ANALYSIS TO COUNCIL IN A WORK SESSION ON JANUARY 23RD, AND THE INTECH BOARD APPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACILITY AT THEIR MEETING. SO NOW THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING, STAFF WAS ABLE TO FIND LAND IN CARROLLTON. IT'S ABOUT 4.1 ACRES. IT'S ALREADY A NON-TAXABLE LAND, SO IT WAS NOT ON THE TAX ROLLS, WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE TAX ROLLS IN CARROLLTON AND HAPPENED TO BE OWNED BY THE METRO CREST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY. SO THE, UM, I'LL SHOW YOU KIND OF A LOCATION MAP WHERE IT IS, BUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS IN, IN CARROLLTON, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT OFF OF JOSIE AND HEON. IT'S GREAT PIECE OF LAND FLAT, MULTIPLE UTILITY ACCESS. IT ALSO IS ALREADY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, RADIO SYSTEM NETWORK, SO DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THAT. THE SALE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY IS 3.2 MILLION, INCLUDING CLOSING COST. AND OUR OBLIGATION IS THE 16.807%, WHICH IS ABOUT $537,000 IF YOU'RE A MEMBER. COUNCIL APPROVED SELLING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND. AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE $3.4 MILLION. UM, IN SEPTEMBER, HERE'S THE PROPOSED PROPERTY. YOU'LL SEE JOSIE LANE AT THE TOP MEDICAL PARKWAY. AND SO IT'S KIND OF TUCKED BACK A LITTLE BIT OFF OF JOSIE. UM, I BELIEVE METROCREST ACTUALLY OWNS THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, OWNS THE BLANK PIECE OF LAND THAT'S, UM, RIGHT THERE ALONG JOSIE LANE. SO IT'S A PERFECT PROPERTY, IT'S STILL IN A GOOD LOCATION AND UH, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. SO WHAT'S NEXT IS THE INTERLOCAL [01:40:01] AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. THE OTHER THREE CITIES APPROVED THIS ILA TONIGHT ALREADY. UH, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON THE ARCHITECT, THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SELECTED. WE ARE FINALIZING PLANS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND THE INTECH BOARD WILL APPROVE THOSE FINAL COSTS AT THE APRIL, 2025 MEETING, ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER OF 2025 AND MOVING INTO THE FACILITY IN OCTOBER OF 2028. THAT GIVES US TIME TO VACATE THE CURRENT FACILITY BY APRIL OF 2029. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR ASHLEY? ANYBODY? MARLON? THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, YEAH, ASHLEY, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE, ON OUR PERCENTAGE IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN PRETTY STATIC OVER THE YEARS? IT, SO IT HAS INCREASED, UH, A LITTLE. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT, HOW MUCH IT HAS INCREASED. NOT MUCH. IT'S BASED ON OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND SO IT HAS GONE UP A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT I CAN GO BACK AND FIND OUT THAT THAT'S OKAY. I JUST ALMOST, I ALMOST THOUGHT IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT OTHER WAY, BUT UM, I BELIEVE IT WENT UP. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR IT WENT UP SLIGHTLY. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT PREVIOUS YEARS IT COULD HAVE GONE DOWN. THANKS. YEAH. SO THE, UH, THE CALCULATIONS FOR THE COST AND THE SAVINGS INCLUDES THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, UH, IT DOES WITHIN THOSE 30 YEARS AS WELL. YEAH. SO, UM, IF YOU ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO BACK, UH, OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE DID BACK IN JANUARY, THERE'S ACTUALLY A, UH, 30 YEAR COST AND THAT 30 YEAR COST, WHAT CAME OUT BETWEEN RENTING AND BUILDING WAS A COST DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $4 MILLION. AND SO, AND THAT INCLUDED IN THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT, RIGHT. I KNOW IT IS STILL SIGNIFICANT OVER THAT TIME. IT'S, IT IS, UH, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND ALL OF THE, THE ANTECH BOARD AND, AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THIS IS REALLY A GOOD PLAN. IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. AND, UH, THE TIMELINE, I MEAN, THIS IS 2029, THAT'S A LONG WAY OFF. AND SO THANK GOODNESS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND, AND PLANNING FOR IT. SO THANK YOU ASH AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL. THE, THE LAND FROM METRO METROCREST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, WHICH, WHICH BY THE WAY IS KIND OF A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN TOO FOR US. IT IS. UM, WAS THAT WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THE LAND OR WAS IT A BETTER DEAL OR? SURE. SO WE DIDN'T, I MEAN, WE KIND OF HAD A BUDGET FOR LAND. WE WEREN'T SURE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE, BUT YES, IT ENDED UP BEING RIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY OWNED THAT LAND I THINK FOREVER AND WANTED, HAVE NOT SOLD IT AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD COME TO 'EM. THEY REALLY WANTED IT TO BE THE RIGHT THING. AND SO WHEN WE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT INTECH, THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE. THAT'S GREAT. GREAT PROJECT. WELL DONE. HOWARD. I GO WITH THE NUMBERS AGAIN, SORRY. UM, THE TOTAL NEW BUILDING IS 32 MILLION ROUGHLY, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, THAT'S THE, UM, THAT'S THE THIRD. SO THE TOTAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING SHOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. UM, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL COST YET BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT AS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. ON SLIDE FOUR, IT SAYS, WHILE CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY COSTS 32,000,770. IS THAT, THAT IS OVER, LET ME LOOK AT WHAT I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, ASHLEY WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER. WE HAD A COST OUT COST ANALYSIS OVER 30 YEARS, OVER 30 YEARS. MAINTENANCE COST AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE NEW FACILITY OVER THE 30 YEARS. OKAY, WELL I WAS JUST LOOKING AT OUR PERCENTAGE OF 16.807 OF 32 MILLION AND I GET FIVE AND A HALF MILLION, BUT WE'RE JUST THE LAND, RIGHT? YEAH. THE 32 MILLION IS DOING A, A FULL COST. HEY, HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA COST US TO BE HERE FOR 30 YEARS, NOT JUST THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. THE PERCENTAGE IS REALLY JUST APPLIED TO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. SO THE 3.4 MILLION WILL GET IT CONSTRUCTED, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE COST THAN OTHER $2.1 MILLION OVER THE 30 YEARS. WE, AND WE ALREADY DO THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE AN ANNUAL COST THAT WE PAY. SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE PART OF THAT ANNUAL COST. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE MATH AND I WAS YEAH. SO WE ALREADY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT THEY'RE IN. AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR, THAT'LL CONTINUE WITH THE EXACTLY. AND, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY MAYBE GO DOWN BECAUSE IT'S OUR BUILDING, WE CAN MAINTAIN IT. SO YEAH. BUT THAT'S A COST THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. WELL, JUST TO ADD, I MEAN, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT LONG TERM, IT WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEASING AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA OWN THIS AND WE WON'T HAVE DEBT TO PAY AT SOME POINT. SO WE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE LONG TERM, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE SAVINGS COMES FROM. OKAY. I I JUST THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO PAY 16.8 MILLION. 16.8% OF 32 MILLION. THAT'S NOT THE [01:45:01] CASE. NO. OKAY. OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT RIGHT NOW IS THE 3.4 IS NOT TO EXCEED AND THAT'S WHAT WE SOLD THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS FOR. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE IN FOR NOW IS, IS ON SLIDE FIVE. RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S THE 3.2 MILLION 16% OF THAT, WHICH IS 537,000 FOR THE LAND. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN FOR NOW. YES. AND AS WE BECOME, WE DO CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S GONNA BE 16% OF ALL OF THAT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY APRIL AND THAT'LL COME IN IN THE PHASES AS WE'RE MM-HMM. DISPERSING. OKAY. HOWEVER YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A. THANK YOU DARREN. I'LL SECOND AND FROM DAN FOR THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. ITEM SIX A IS APPROVED. ALRIGHT, [7. Items of Community Interest. The City Council will have this opportunity to address items of community interest, including: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the Town of Addison; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event that was or will be attended by an Addison City Council member or an official; and, announcements involving an eminent threat to public health and safety in Addison that has arisen since posting this agenda.] LAST ITEM IS ITEM SEVEN ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. AND THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL TO, UM, SPEAK ABOUT THINGS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. OH NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DONE. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO IT. YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE WORK SESSION ITEM. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, THINGS ABOUT CON CONGRAT, THINGS OF CONGRATULATIONS, THANKS, CONDOLENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? DAN JUST TOOK PART, TOOK IN IT LAST NIGHT WITH NANCY, UH, THE CLOSING AND MOVING OF THE MID, THE, WAS IT MIDWAY POINT SPORTS BAR? SUSIE AND JOHN OLIVER ORGANIZED A LITTLE GATHERING OF NEIGHBORS AND IT WAS KIND OF NEAT TO GET TOGETHER ON A SOCIAL EVENT. SO JUST WANNA THANK SUSIE AND JOHN OLIVER FOR, UH, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THANK YOU DAN. I THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THAT TOO. GREAT. DARREN? I HAD A RESIDENT, UH, GIVE ME SOME INPUT. THAT'S A, A POSITIVE, UH, SHOUT OUT FOR THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, TALKING ABOUT, THEY HAD SOME FOLKS PARKING ON THE STREET. UH, THEY'RE OVER BY WYNWOOD PARK ON CELESTIAL. AND SO THAT'S A FREQUENT FLYER PLACE TO PARK TO GO TO THE PARK OR, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING. UM, AND THERE, THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH, UH, THE EXECUTION OF CALLING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMING IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. UM, BUT THIS WENT FLAWLESSLY. UH, THE RESIDENT, UH, GAVE ME THAT FEEDBACK. EVERYTHING WAS, UH, HANDLED, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY FROM THE DISPATCH, THE CALL AND THE DISPATCH AND, UH, THE EXECUTION OF THE OFFICER COMING BY AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE, TALKING TO THE PEOPLE THERE, HANDLING WITH DIGNITY AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE PROPER PRIVACY AND THE FOLKS MOVED, MOVED ALONG. SO THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD SHOUT OUT. UM, DUNNO WHO THE OFFICER WAS. DOESN'T MATTER. JUST SAY ALL OF ADDISON POLICE DID A GREAT JOB. AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND ONE IS, UM, YOUR LIGHTS ARE REALLY BRIGHT ON YOUR CRUISERS AS THEY GO AHEAD. ANYBODY SEEN THE, THE CRUISERS GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH. YOU, YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T MISS THEM. SO I SAW ONE THIS MORNING BEFORE, UH, DAWN AND, UH, YOU EVEN TURN THE BRIGHT WHITE, WHITE LIGHTS ON, OR THEY WERE ON THAT ONE. SO IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO, TO SEE THE POLICE AND SEE IT VERY VISIBLE LIKE THAT. AND PLUS I LIKE THEIR, THE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS ARE REALLY PRETTY. SO , I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, BUT I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? I DO. WE'LL, GO AHEAD. WHILE YOU ON ML HUH? IT'S ON TML. GO AHEAD. SO WE, UH, AFTER, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, THE NEXT MORNING WE'RE UP ON, UH, UH, THE RED EYE TO, UH, HOUSTON TO GO TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S, UH, EXPOSITION AND CONFERENCE. AND IT HAD, IT WAS HELD IN HOUSTON THIS YEAR. IT'S WHERE ALL OF THE, UH, MANY, UH, CITY OFFICIALS AND, UH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION FOLKS, UH, UH, CONVENE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TO THREE OR 4,000 PEOPLE, MAYBE MORE. UM, AND WE, WE, UH, GO TO DIFFERENT SESSIONS WHERE WE, UH, THE TOPICS ARE PRESENTED OF, UH, EVERYTHING FROM PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TO THINGS THAT AFFECT SMALL TOWNS, TO THINGS THAT AFFECT BIG TOWNS. AND WE GET TO SPEAK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, IN, UH, ALL DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND TOWNS, UH, FROM VERY SMALL TO VERY LARGE WHERE THINGS MATTER TO THEM AND THEY MAY NOT MATTER TO US. IT'S A REALLY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND IT REALLY IS, UM, MAKES YOU REALLY PROUD TO BE, UH, TO BE IN TEXAS AND TO, TO HAVE THE KIND OF DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY STRONG, UH, DIVERSE, CAPABLE STATE. AND TO SEE ALL THOSE LITTLE AND BIG TOWNS IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT AND ENJOYED GOING WITH FELLOW COUNCIL AND WITH THE, THE CITY FOLKS AND THE STAFF AS WELL. SO JUST WANT TO THANK THE TAXPAYERS FOR, UH, ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. 'CAUSE YOU DID PAY FOR IT, SO THANK YOU. UH, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A REALLY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND FRANKLY, TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR STAFF. THANK YOU DARREN. I, AND I'LL AGREE WITH THAT. THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT EVENT AND, UH, DEFINITELY TIME, TIME WELL SPENT, NANCY? YES. UM, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO REMARK ON ALSO. UH, THE, UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GO AND ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AT TML. UH, WE HAD A NICE GROUP THERE. UH, ALSO ENJOYED SPENDING THE TIME WITH FELLOW COUNCILMEN AND CITY MANAGER. AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A, A, [01:50:01] A PARTICULAR SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UH, VALENCIA AND FELICIA FOR ORGANIZING IT FOR US AND MAKING, UM, MAKING THE, THE, THE TRIP EASY. WE HAD ALL OF THE MATERIALS, ALL THE REFERENCE MATERIALS, ALL THE RESERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED. SO THAT WAS QUITE HELPFUL AND WE APPRECIATED IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT. THEY WERE HERDING CATS THE WHOLE TIME, RIGHT? MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. CHRIS. MM-HMM. . UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, HOW ABOUT THAT CITIZENS ACADEMY? UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. I KNOW IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH ABOUT OUR TOWN TO TAKE PART IN IT. DAVID, I DO, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THE SAME THING? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING A PART OF IT AND, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION AND REALLY TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND, AND, AND BEING THERE EVERY WEEKEND. AND, AND IT REALLY MEANS SO MUCH TO US TO SEE THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING FELICIA. I ALSO, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE FELICIA AND, UH, VALENCIA AND SARAH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON COORDINATING, COORDINATING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS WHO TOOK A PART OF IT. UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL GO THROUGH IT. SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. YEAH, THANK YOU DAVID. AND, AND, UH, JUST A SLIGHT PIGGYBACK BECAUSE Y'ALL STOLE ALL MY THUNDER, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL GOING THROUGH THE, UH, CITIZEN ACADEMY. I KNOW IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND, UH, UH, I, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THE STAFF PUTS IN AND, UH, ON A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOUR FOUR SATURDAYS. THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT LEADS UP TO THAT. IT'S NOT JUST A SATURDAY. AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. DURING THE RECEPTION THAT WE HAD EARLIER, UH, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE, THE GENUINE SENSE OF PRIDE THEY FELT FROM EACH OF THE TOWN STAFF THAT THAT WAS THERE AND, AND PARTICIPATED IN THEM IN THE, UH, IN THE PROGRAM. AND, UH, AND THAT SAYS SO MUCH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, WE'RE ALL UP HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SAME SENSE OF PRIDE AND AFFECTION FOR, FOR THIS TOWN OF ADDISON THAT I ALWAYS REFER TO AS MY FAVORITE TOWN. AND IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT THE, THAT THE, UH, THE PARTICIPANTS SEE THE SAME THING FROM OUR STAFF. AND SO THAT MEANS SO MUCH AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO MAKE THIS TOWN MORE AND MORE SPECIAL AND AND CLOSE TO MY HEART. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL NOT ADJOURN BECAUSE WE HAVE A WORK SESSION ITEM AND, UH, WHICH SHOULD NOT TAKE TOO TERRIBLY LONG. JOE, I GUESS I SHOULD READ THAT ITEM, SHOULDN'T I? THE BREAK. DO WE NEED, DO Y'ALL NEED A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? I'M OKAY. ALRIGHT. I THINK THEY WANNA GO HOME. ALRIGHT, LEMME GO AHEAD AND READ THAT ITEM IN THERE, JOE. UH, ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S [b. Present and discuss progress on the NTTA Pedestrian Crossing on Belt Line Road Feasibility Study. ] ITEM SIX B SIX B ON THE WORK SESSION. PRESENT AND DISCUSS PROGRESS ON THE NTTA PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON BELTLINE ROAD FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO, EXCUSE ME. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JOE P, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS. THIS IS REALLY A, A FUN PROJECT AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING ON IT AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING THIS PROJECT. SO THE PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO INFORM COUNCIL OF THE RESULTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PREPARED BY OUR CONSULTANT, UH, KIMLEY ASSOCIATES. THE SCOPE INSIST, UH, CONSISTS OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG BELTLINE ROAD OVER THE TOLLWAY. THE CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED ON MAY 25TH, 21, AND THE PLAN SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTLINE ROAD. THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR $156,000 COVERS THE COST OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND ON JANUARY 9TH, 2024, COUNSEL APPROVED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN ASSOCIATES TO PERFORM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THESE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. AND THIS PROJECT, I WILL MENTION IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES UNDER THE KEY FOCUS AREA OF MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO SOME SUPPORTING FACTORS, UH, FROM THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THEY SUGGESTED THAT, UH, WE ADDRESS THE BARRIER CAUSED BY DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY TO CREATE A SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS BETWEEN WEST AND EAST ADDISON. UH, THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY WAS MENTIONED AS BEING THE NUMBER ONE DETERRENT TO CONNECTIVITY FROM EAST TO WEST. UH, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED USING BELTLINE ROAD OVERPASS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS SHARED AS A SHARED USE PATH. AND, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. OTHER FACTORS THAT SUPPORT THIS IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY USING THE EXISTING [01:55:01] CROSSING FACILITY. AND OUR PEDESTRIAN, UH, OUR PEDESTRIAN COUNTS THAT WERE TAKEN RECENTLY VERIFY THIS WEST AND EAST ADDISON ARE BOTH EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT. SO THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER IN A COMFORTABLE MANNER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THAT TRIP, UH, TO CREATE A LANDMARK THAT IDENTIFIES ADDISON FROM THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY. AND WHEN WE SEE SOME OF THE 3D RENDERINGS, IT'LL BE EASY TO SEE HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED AND TO PREVIOUS STUDIES THAT WERE FORMED THAT WERE PERFORMED FOR THIS CROSSING. UH, THIS IS KIND OF A, A LATER STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND WE BELIEVE THE FEASIBILITY IS HERE FOR US, US TO MOVE FORWARD. AND, UH, SO THE SERVICES PERFORMED BY KIMLEY HOR AND ASSOCIATES, THEY HELPED US TO COORDINATE WITH THE NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY IN ADVANCE OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CONCEPTS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING FOR US TO REACH AUTHORITIES AT NTTA AND, UH, SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY GAVE ME A TIP ON SOMEBODY THAT I COULD CALL AT NTTA AND HE ANSWERED THE PHONE ON THE FIRST CALL. WE HAD A MEETING TWO DAYS LATER, AND SO IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW, I GUESS, WITH NTTA. AND, UH, THEY ALSO PREPARED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CROSSING FEASIBILITY STUDY, INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COUNTS FOR THAT CROSSING. THEY PERFORMED A PILOT CLOSING, AND THIS WAS RECENTLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF THE DALLAS PARKWAY, NORTHBOUND U-TURN. UH, THEY TOOK ADDITIONAL COUNTS AT THAT TIME. THEY DOCUMENTED OBSERVATIONS, UH, PRIOR TO CLOSING THE U-TURN. AND THEN AFTER CLOSING THE U-TURN AND FORMED A REPORT ON THAT, THEY PERFORMED STRUCTURAL AND ROADWAY ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE. THEY DEVELOPED PRELIMINARY AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN CONCEPT WITH COST OPINIONS, AND THEY PREPARED 3D RENDERINGS AND THREE PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS. AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, I'M SORRY. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SAW, UH, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS IS BEFORE WE STARTED CONTEMPLATING THE CLOSURE OF THAT U-TURN, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE THOUGHT OF EXTENDING THE BRIDGE SOUTHWARD. AND IN DOING SO IN THAT EXTENSION, IT JUST BECAME COST PROHIBITIVE TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT. AND SO THEREFORE, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT U-TURN AND THERE ARE OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES THAT HAD TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL AS A PART OF THIS. SO SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WERE TO ACTUALLY CONVERT THE EXISTING U-TURN LANE INTO A PEDESTRIAN FACILITY, UH, IN TTA COORDINATION PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT. APPROACH AND IDENTIFIED THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE BUY-IN FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND WE HAVE BEGUN THAT PROCESS, UH, RECENTLY AND PRIOR TO THIS AS WELL, ENGINEERS, UH, PERFORMED A U-TURN, I'M SORRY, A U-TURN CLOSURE, UH, WHICH I MENTIONED. BUT THEY TOOK PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE COUNTS AND RECOMMENDED SIGNAL MONITORING AND TIMING COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH IS HUGE. THAT IS WHERE WE THINK, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK BY ACTUALLY CLOSING THE U-TURN. AND SO, UH, BEFORE WE FORMED OUR CONCEPT, WE LOOK AT A, UH, BOARD, WHICH IS CALLED A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OR IMAGE BOARD. AND A LOT OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE HAD. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IMAGES YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST ROW. AND IN THE THIRD ROW YOU CAN SEE SOME INTEGRAL COLORED CONCRETE. IT'S GRAY AND WHITE. THAT IS AN INSPIRATION FOR THIS DESIGN. YOU SEE SOME SHADOWING ON THE UPPER ROW, UH, BY OBJECTS, WHICH IS INTEGRATED INTO THE DESIGN. AND THEN YOU SEE IN THE IMAGE BOARD A LOT OF ARCHES, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARCHES THAT SPAN, UH, EXISTING, EXISTING ROADWAYS SUCH AS THIS. AND THIS WAS ALL INSPIRED BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, WHICH IS BARBARA UTIS. AND SO THE, UH, IMAGINATION TEAM WITH KIMLEY HORNE GOT TOGETHER AND IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER SECTION, YOU CAN SEE THERE. AND THIS IS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, UH, RENDITION OF WHAT THAT ART MIGHT LOOK LIKE. IT'S NOT AN ARTIST RENDITION. AND, AND WE WILL HAVE AN ARTIST IN LATER STAGES TO FULFILL THEIR VISION TO WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND THIS WOULD BE THE PART, UH, THAT WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN LANES GOING NORTHBOUND ON THE TOLLWAY. AND THEN JUST BELOW THAT YOU HAVE A SECTION WHICH IS ACROSS BELTLINE ROAD. UH, IT'S CALLED A FLOATING RIBBON. AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF, UH, CLOSE BY EXAMPLES ON THE SECOND ROW TO THE RIGHT. THE ONE TO THE VERY FAR RIGHT ON THE SECOND ROW IS IN FORT WORTH. AND, UH, IT'S A NICE EXAMPLE ON, UH, I BELIEVE IT IS SEVENTH OR EIGHTH STREET. AND THEN ANOTHER [02:00:01] EXAMPLE JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT, UH, WHAT A FLOATING RIBBON WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THIS IMAGE BOARD IS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE ACTUAL CONCEPT ITSELF. SO JUST FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES, YOU HAVE, UH, NORTH IS UP THE PAGE. YOU HAVE TO THE RIGHT ON BELTLINE IS EAST ADDISON. TO THE WEST IS, UH, WEST ADDISON, OR TO THE LEFT IS WEST ADDISON. AND YOU CAN SEE THE U-TURN ITSELF, UH, IN A CLOSED FASHION IN WHICH WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND BICYCLE, UH, CONNECTIVITY AS WELL ACROSS THIS BRIDGE, UH, WITH THESE ELEMENTS OVERHEAD THAT WERE CONCEPTUALIZED BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND WILL BE FULFILLED BY AN ARTIST. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T JUST TREAT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS INTERSECTION WITH THESE EMBELLISHMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE CROSSWALKS. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS INTERSECTION, SO IT LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETE UNIT OF THOUGHT INSTEAD OF SOMETHING THAT'S JUST ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AND THEN LASTLY, ON THIS CONCEPT, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE GOING WESTBOUND, UH, BASICALLY INTO ADDISON ON BELTLINE ROAD. RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER IS THAT FLOATING OBJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THIS CONCEPT. AND SO WE HAVE, UH, A RENDERING HERE. THIS IS A KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW, 3D RENDERING LOOKING NORTHBOUND. IT'S KIND OF ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF THE SERVICE ROAD. AND LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE MAIN LANES, YOU CAN SEE THE ARTWORK THAT HAS BEEN ENVISIONED HERE ACROSS THAT CROSSWALK WOULD EASILY BE SEEN FROM, UH, THE TOLLWAY GOING NORTHBOUND AND IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR, WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT ART IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR, BUT, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTHBOUND, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THAT AS WELL. AND SO LOOKING AT, UH, A DIFFERENT LOCATION, THIS IS ON, UH, GROUND LEVEL, BASICALLY LOOKING WEST, ENTERING THAT AREA. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, UH, RENDITION OF PUBLIC ART. AND THEN KIND OF TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS A FENCE, WHICH WAS INSPIRED FROM THAT IMAGE BOARD THAT HAS, UH, REMINISCENCE OF THE ART THAT IS CONCEIVED THERE. AND, UH, YOU GET A KIND OF A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS IN THEY ENVISION FOR THIS. UH, WE, WE HOPE THAT, UH, ONCE AN ARTIST IS ENGAGED IN THIS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE SHADOWING PATTERNS TO GIVE MORE THAN JUST OCCASIONAL SHADE IN THE TEXAS SUMMER. BUT, UH, A LITTLE MORE FLUENT SHADE. AND THEN IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT FLOATING RIBBON. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE EAST ON BELTLINE ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, HOW WELL ILLUMINATED THIS PARTICULAR CROSSING WOULD BE AT NIGHTTIME. IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE, IT'S VERY WELCOMING. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEEDING WITH A LOW PLANTER WALL THAT YOU SEE THERE. AND, UH, LOTS OF, UH, NICE PLANT MATERIAL TO, TO MAKE IT PARK-LIKE. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN, UH, DWELL THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES, UH, ON THEIR WAY TO EASTER WEST ADDISON. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, PARDON ME, YOU SEE THE FLOATING RIBBON, UH, THAT IS RIGHT ABOVE BELTLINE. AND THEN, SO, UH, THIS LEADS TO OUR NEXT STEPS. WE ARE IDENTIFYING FUNDING MECHANISMS NOW TO INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CALL FOR TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, PROJECTS FOR THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AND T DOT, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT CALL WILL START NEXT WEEK AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND BE DUE IN JANUARY. AND THEN THE TECH STOCK CALL WILL, UH, BEGIN IN JANUARY AND THEN BE DUE IN JUNE OF 2025. AND, UH, I AM IN THE PROCESS ALONG WITH CHANDLER I TO RESEARCH THESE TWO OPPORTUNITIES. UH, VERY RECENT CALL. WE HAVEN'T HAD, UM, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH THESE, BUT WE'RE GONNA RESEARCH THEM THOROUGHLY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN ENGAGE SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY DO NOT FUND NON PEDESTRIAN COMPONENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, BUT THEY WOULD, UH, UH, FUND THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO THE CROSSING. UH, DALLAS MAINTAINS PARTIAL OWNERSHIP OF THE U-TURNS, BUT THEY, UH, MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF MOST OF THE CROSSWALKS, WHICH PRESENTS A CHALLENGE. AND SO WE ARE WORKING NOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AGREEMENTS WITH DALLAS TO ALLOW OWNERSHIP OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BY ADDISON, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR BEST CASE SOLUTION. WE DO NOT BELIEVE FROM PAST EFFORTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS WILLING TO GIVE US RIGHT OF WAY. [02:05:01] I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A DONE DEAL, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE FEELING I GOT. BUT, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR PROPERTY, SUCH AS WE ARE MAINTAINING SOME LANDSCAPE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO WE'LL HOPE, UH, THAT WILL WORK. AND WE, WE ALSO NEED THEIR BUY-IN, UH, DALLAS'S. BUY-IN IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF NECESSARY SIGNAL MODIFICATION EFFORTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE AND, UH, ISSUE A CALL FOR ARTIST AND THEN DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR BIDDING THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL PROCESS. AND THEN LASTLY, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT BUDGET. SO, UH, THE FLOATING RIBBON IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR. UH, IT IS, UH, WORTH ABOUT, UH, 1.5 MILLION, 1.548 MILLION. AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'VE KIND OF CONTEMPLATED THE COST WITHOUT THE FLOATING RIBBON PRIMARILY FIRST, UH, WHICH IS 6 MILLION 365, 5 95, AND THEN A CONTINGENCY OF 20%, WHICH IS 1 2 7 4 5 0 5 FOR A TOTAL COST WITHOUT THE FLOATING RIBBON RIBBON OF 7,640,000. AND SO YOU ADD THAT FLOATING RIBBON TO THE PROJECT AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, IT WOULD BE 9 MILLION 186 7 1 4. AND IF WE WERE TO DO THIS AS A SECOND PHASE WITH A FLOATING RIBBON, THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE COST OF HAVING TO, PARDON ME, UH, INSTALL NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE RATED FOR, UH, A LOAD. AND SO, UH, THAT ALONG WITH THE COST OF THE ACTUAL RIBBON ITSELF, UH, WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE DID THIS SEPARATELY. AND SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? CHRIS? JOE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. SO WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IF WE MAKE THE INVESTMENT? UM, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY CHALLENGES YOU COULD SEE IN THE FUTURE? DID, DID THE STUDY GO INTO DETAIL WITH WHAT THE CONDITION IS RIGHT NOW OF WHAT'S THERE? THE, THE STUDY DID GO INTO THE CONDITIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT IS THERE NOW. THEY, UH, ACTUALLY A TEAM OF ENGINEERS THROUGH DRONES AND OTHER, UH, CONSULTANTS WERE ABLE TO, UH, STUDY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND IN, UH, PEAK HOURS, WHICH I MENTIONED IN MY MEMORANDUM, THE PEAK HOURS IN THE MORNING, THE PEAK HOURS IN LUNCHTIME, MIDDAY, AND THEN THE PEAK HOURS AT, UH, COMMUTE TIME, UH, BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY THREE AND SIX O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. AND WHAT THEY SAW AS FAR AS EXISTING CONDITIONS NOW IS IN MOST OF THE PEAK HOURS, THERE ARE CHALLENGING, UH, TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS OF CLOSING, AM AM I NOT AN ANSWERING THE QUESTION? I, I WAS MORE GETTING TO THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE BUILD ON TOP OF WHAT'S THERE? SORRY. UH, NO, THAT'S OKAY. DID, DID, DOES THE STUDY GO INTO THAT? SO IT DOES, UH, THEY DID AN EVALUATION OF THE BRIDGE AND, UH, ENGINEERS TOOK A LOOK AT THIS EXTENSIVELY AND THEY HAVE DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO DO WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE SEVEN? I THINK IT IS. SO WHEN I HEARD THIS WAS COMING, I WAS EXCITED. I WAS HOPING THAT WE WERE GOING COMPLETELY OVER. UM, BUT, BUT I GET IT. THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. UM, HOW DETAILED DO THEY GET TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS? BECAUSE AS GREAT AS THIS IS, IT, IT STILL DOESN'T SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, UM, UNLESS THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR STOPPING TRAFFIC. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IF YOU STARTED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, YOU'VE GOTTA GET ACROSS THAT TURNING LANE AND THEN GET TO THAT PROTECTED AREA. AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTA GET ACROSS THE, THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, WHICH IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TRAFFIC, WHETHER IT'S HEADING SOUTH OR ONE OF THE TURN LANES. YOU, YOU GET OVER THE TOLLWAY AND THEN IT'S THE SAME THING. YOU'VE GOTTA GET ACROSS THE NORTHBOUND LANE, GET TO THE PROTECTED AREA, AND THEN YOU GOTTA GET THROUGH THE TURNING LANE. SO DID THEY DISCUSS HOW THEY WOULD STOP TRAFFIC TO MAKE ALL THAT HAPPEN? SO, SO ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED SINCE IT IS A PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN FACILITY. AND SO THERE WOULD BE, UH, SIGNALIZATION FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THEY WOULD BE ADVANCED FROM WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE. UH, WE DID NOT GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT WE CERTAINLY MADE CONSIDERATION OF HOW PEDESTRIANS WOULD ACTUALLY USE THIS AND HOW THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED WHEN THEY DO USE IT. SO THERE IS [02:10:01] CONSIDERATION, AND THAT WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED ONCE WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE GATHERED THROUGH THESE STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS AND, AND THROUGH THE, UH, DRONE OBSERVATIONS AS WELL. AND, UH, THE, UM, THE CONSULTANT IS, UH, VERY, UH, VERY ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC HERE AND THAT PEDESTRIAN AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. IF, IF I COULD, I'LL JUST JUMP IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSIONS FOLLOW THIS DISCUSSION TO THIS POINT AS WELL. UM, I THINK EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A SAFE BRIDGE THAT WOULD GO ACROSS. I MEAN, THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A GREAT SITUATION. UM, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THERE ARE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAD LINES THAT GO UP AND DOWN THE TOLLWAY THAT MAKE DOING ANYTHING LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO UNDERGROUND THOSE. AND TO DO THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY COST PROHIBITIVE. UH, ONE THING WE HAVEN'T SAID EXPLICITLY, BUT IF, IF, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THE WHOLE WHOLE TIME, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE, ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE, EXCEPT FOR MOST OF THE U-TURN AND AS YOU GO TOWARD, UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF BELTLINE IS THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER BELTLINE ALL THE WAY TOWARD, UM, TOWARD THE OTHER DIRECTION. MM-HMM. . SO THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN'T MAKE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WOULD, WE WOULD MAYBE MAKE ON BELTLINE TO GET MORE ACCESS, TO HAVE MORE RIGHT OF WAY TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A BRIDGE. SO IT JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO ALL THE POINTS THAT YOU MAKE ARE, ARE, ARE VALID. AND I THINK JOE MADE UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE SITUATION NOW. UM, IT'S JUST, IT IS NOT A SAFE CROSSING RIGHT NOW. AND TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, JUST BRINGING ATTENTION TO IT, HAVING MORE LIGHTS THERE AND HAVING, HAVING FOLKS GO TO THAT INTERSECTION AND LOOK FOR PEDESTRIANS MORE THAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW IS SUCH A VAST IMPROVEMENT ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES AND, AND GREAT THINGS WE GET OUT OF A, A COOL DESIGN LIKE THIS. SO, UM, AND I KNOW I, WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANY NEWS TO ANYONE UP HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE POINT THOSE THINGS OUT OF SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. BUT WHAT, GOING INTO THIS PROJECT, WHAT WE DID NOT WANT TO DO IS JUST SAY, WELL, THERE'S SO MANY RESTRAINTS, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. WE KEPT PUSHING, JUST TRYING TO FIND WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION WE HAVE TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND I, AND I AGREE WITH ALL THAT. UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK, YOU KNOW, MORE EAST AND WEST. UM, I JUST, THE, THE CROSSWALKS CREATE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY SOMETIMES AND I JUST HOPE WE'RE READY TO DEAL WITH THAT AND MAYBE FIND WAYS TO EVEN STOP SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ON THE TURNING LANES FOR A WHILE JUST TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET ACROSS SAFELY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. A COUPLE, COUPLE QUICK POINTS FOR YOU, MAYOR, AND REALLY DAVID, UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE FIGHTING, NOT REALLY FIGHTING, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE COOPERATION, LET'S SAY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEIR COUNCIL. 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE THIS STARTS. WHAT JOEL IS TRYING TO GET AT IS CAN WE GET THE BUSINESSES AND THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL AND THE HOTELIERS TO SORT OF SIGN A PETITION TO SORT OF SHOW THE INTEREST THAT THE BUSINESSES NEED THIS TO BE DONE? WELL, LET'S, WE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH DALLAS CLOSELY. UM, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN GET DALLAS TO SUPPORT THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO, TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THIS PETITIONING THE NEGATIVE APPROACH WITH DALLAS. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH DALLAS TO GET SOLUTIONS. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVER, WE'VE IMPROVED OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DALLAS OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO TALK ABOUT BELTLINE, TALK ABOUT MONTFORT, A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS. SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD HEADWAY WITH THEM. AND, AND THEY DO, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON PEDESTRIAN, UM, IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA LEAN INTO THAT. I THINK THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE PUTTING FORWARD THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT LIKE WE ARE. 'CAUSE THIS MATTERS A LOT MORE TO US. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE ARE HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, SO I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO GET LOST IN THE DISCUSSION. YEAH. THEN THE NEXT QUESTION, JOEL, IS, IS WHEN THE STUDY WAS DONE, AND IN SOME OF THE, I THINK THE ARTISTS RENDERING ON SLIDE FIVE TO HIS POINT WITH CHRIS, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE CROSSWALKS, AM I SEEING IT CORRECTLY, THERE'S A LITTLE SLIDE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON FIVE WHERE IT'S LIKE TEXTURED CONCRETE. WOULD THAT BE A CONSIDERATION IN THOSE CROSSWALK AREAS AND SI AND SIGNAGE LEADING EAST AND WESTBOUND, LIKE, HEY FOLKS, I, I'M SORRY, WHICH SLIDE ARE YOU ON? I'M, IT'S ON SLIDE FIVE IN THE, IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER. IT'S GOT LIKE A LITTLE RED CAR PARKED THERE. THIS ONE HERE. YEP. IS THAT TEXTURED CONCRETE? IS THAT A CONCEPT THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY BE USED IN THESE CROSSWALKS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER BY THE RED CAR? MM-HMM. THAT'S ACTUALLY A PEDESTRIAN DETERRENT BLOCK. OKAY. UH, THAT, UH, OUR, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE FOUND AND WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT INTERSECTION AND WE LOOK FORWARD. YEAH. SOMETHING THAT GIVES IT A, A YES, [02:15:01] A TEXTURED DRIVE OVER AS YOU, AS A, AS A PERSON IN A VEHICLE, ONE, KNOWING WE'RE GOING TO, I WOULD THINK KIMLEY STUDIED THIS 150 YARDS, 350 YARDS LEADING EAST OR WESTBOUND ON BELTLINE, KNOWING THIS IS HAPPENING OR THIS IS COMING THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT JUST DRIVING UP UPON A THE MINUTE YOU ARRIVE. CORRECT. THEY, THEY NEED TO LOOK EAST AND WEST. EXACTLY. OKAY. THANKS JOEL. MM-HMM. , NANCY? UH, YES. UM, DAVID, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS ABOUT, UM, TRANSMISSION LINES. MM-HMM. AND I KNOW, UH, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, THAT THEY WERE A CONCERN, BUT IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS, THIS DESIGN AND THIS CONCEPT, UM, DOESN'T NEED TO DEAL WITH TRANSMISSION LINES. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COST IN THESE NUMBERS DEALING WITH UTILITIES? IS THAT CORRECT OR THAT YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT THERE. TRANSMISSION LINE ONE, ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT HAS, WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT IN ADDISON FOR MANY YEARS WOULD BE TO DO A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER, AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRANSMISSION LINES COME INTO, INTO EFFECT. BUT THIS HAS, THIS HAS NO IMPACT WITH TRANSMISSION LINES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THERE. UM, ON SLIDES FOUR AND FIVE, UM, WE RECEIVE THE REPORT THAT, UH, HAS A TRAFFIC COUNT. I, I DIDN'T SEE THAT WE, UH, I JUST RECEIVED THAT THIS MORNING, THE SEALED VERSION OF THAT THIS MORNING. AND SO UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TODAY TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION. WE WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT, UH, WORKING WITH DAVID TO DO THAT. OKAY, GOOD. I WAS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I'M CURIOUS. YES, SIR. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE U-TURN, UH, CLOSED VERSUS WITH IT OPEN AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS NOW. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE FROGGER ON STEROIDS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THERE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRAZY. UM, SO ON ON WORKING WITH CITY OF DALLAS, THERE'S BEEN PREVIOUS TALK IN THE TOWN AS FAR AS, UH, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S DALLAS. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T WORK WITH DALLAS. SO, UH, I APPLAUD DAVID AND THE ADMINISTRATION, YOUR ADMINISTRATION ON SAYING, YES, WE CAN, UH, THE ANSWER'S YES, LET'S GO WORK WITH DALLAS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. SOME ILA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT THROUGH. AND THAT GOES KIND OF TO DAN'S COMMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONVERSATION IS, IS THE FIRST THING. SO I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM, IT'S WILL, WILL THIS INCLUDE, UM, THE, THE, UH, CAR, UM, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTING, UH, ASPECT OF, UM, LIKE FLASHING LIGHTS FOR PEDESTRIANS CROSSING? DOES THE PROBABLE CAUSE CO COVER THAT, THAT HASN'T BEEN FLUSHED OUT IN THE CONCEPT PLAN? SO THAT'LL BE A LATER ITERATION OF DEVELOPMENT AS WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION. IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE RIGHT NOW TO KNOW SOME OF THE, THE INTRICACIES OF SOME OF THE DETAILS LIKE PEDESTRIAN FLASHING BEACONS, ET CETERA. IT LIKELY WOULD COVER IT THOUGH THE PROBABLE COST. CERTAINLY. I CERTAINLY, YES, I WOULD CERTAINLY PREDICT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AND, UM, I'M KIND OF A NUTS AND BOLTS KIND OF GUY, UH, BUT I DO GO BACK TO UNDERSTANDING THIS IS ADDISON AND, AND ONE OF THE KEY PURPOSES HERE IS TO ALLOW, UM, OUR GUESTS THAT COME AND SPEND MONEY IN ADDISON THAT MAKE ADDISON GREEN, UM, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO TRAVERSE EAST AND WEST OF, OF THE TOLLWAY TO GET TO FROM THE HOTELS OVER TO THE SHOPPING, OVER TO THE, THE RESTAURANTS AND MAKING, HAVING THIS, THIS FACILITY OR, OR THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND INVITING, UH, PATHWAY REALLY DOES KIND OF SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN SOME AND IT DOES MAKE PEOPLE, UM, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WALKING ACROSS THERE. SO IT'S, YES, SIR. I, I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO REALLY CONSIDER, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M UP FOR $10 MILLION, BUT, UM, I, I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN, UM, IN THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS HERE IN ADDISON. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. I'M, I'M EXCITED. I'D LIKE A BRIDGE TOO, BUT I GUESS PROBABLY 50, 60 MILLION WOULD BE REALLY TOO, TOO MUCH FOR THAT, BUT, WELL THIS WOULD, UH, DAVID, THIS IS KIND OF TO YOURS. I KNOW I'M KIND OF GOING LONG. SORRY. WOULD THIS BE A BOND? WOULD WE CONSIDER THIS LIKE A BOND ELECTION? NO. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. I, I FEEL REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS. I THINK THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS EXACTLY WHAT A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE FOR. I THINK ESPECIALLY IF WE WORK WITH, WHEN WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHEN WE GO FOR THESE GRANTS WITH TWO CITIES PARTNERING ON A PROJECT, I THINK WE HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD TO GET GRANTS. SO NO, I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG FOR. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VERY GOOD GRANTS WE CAN GO FOR THAT'S ALREADY, THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY ON AS WELL AS DALLAS COUNTY TOO. ABSOLUTELY, YES. DALLAS COUNTY IS ALSO A GOOD RESOURCE. AND I DID WANT TO, [02:20:01] UH, ADD ONE COMMENT IF I COULD TO, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, I'M ENCOURAGED BY ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS DISCOVERED YESTERDAY, AND THAT IS, I SPOKE WITH DAVID HALLEN WITH KIMLEY HORN, WHO IS ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS HERE IN ADDISON ON ROADWAY FEASIBILITY PROJECTS. AND, UH, HE ALSO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HE SAID ONE OF THE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THIS PLAN AND, UH, WANTS TO SEE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND SO THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION AT THE END OF THE REPORT IS THAT, UH, THERE IS A, A GREAT NEED FOR US IF WE CLOSE THIS U-TURN TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS TO MONITOR THE SIGNALIZATION VERY CLOSELY AND VERY CAREFULLY AND, UH, WITH THAT TO BE WILLING TO MAKE, UH, CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS UPON THE PROCESS TO FINE TUNE WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN EVERYTHING IS FINE TUNED AND MONITORED. AND, UH, SO THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT, UH, WORKS FOR US THAT KNOWS SOMEBODY FROM DALLAS WHO'S EXCITED TO SEE THE REPORT. AND I THINK THAT'S ENCOURAGING. THAT IS, THAT IS GOOD NEWS. AND THIS IS ALSO, UH, A GATEWAY TO ADDISON. SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING INTO ADDISON. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER. MORNING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 10 PLEASE, JOE? AND ON THIS SLIDE WE DON'T, SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POWER LINES. WE'VE GOT TRANSMISSION LINES THAT ARE UP HIGH RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE TOLLWAY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT DISTRIBUTION LINES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT SHOWN IN THIS CONCEPT VIDEO THAT WOULD BE RUNNING RIGHT OVER OR TO THE RIGHT OF THIS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT UNDERGROUNDING, THOSE DISTRIBUTION, THOSE, UH, DISTRIBUTION LINES? SO THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAIRLY PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS INSTEAD OF AN UNDERGROUNDING, THERE MIGHT BE POTENTIAL TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION LINES IN A CONDUIT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DONE IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS AND MOUNTED TO THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE. THIS IS NOT, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF THOUGHT AT THIS TIME, BUT IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, WITH THE CONSULTANT AS A POSSIBILITY. SO WE, AND JUST, JUST WE'LL BE CONSIDERING AND LOOKING INTO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU. UM, I'M THINKING DISTRIBUTION, YOU SAID TRANSMISSION LINES, I'M THINKING DISTRIBUTION LINES LETTER ROUGHLY LIKE, UH, 20, 15, 20 FEET HIGH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? IT, IT WOULD NOT, IT'D BE THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION THAT RUNS PARALLEL OR THE, THE BELT LINE LOCAL TRANS YEAH. TRANSMISSION THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH BELT LINE AND IT WOULD NOT BE THE ONES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH AT AN ANGLE. CORRECT. GOT ONE WITH YOU. OKAY. ALL YEAH. AND, AND SO, UM, HAVE WE SPOKEN ENCORE ABOUT, ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT? WE HAVE NOT. OKAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS DISCUSSION AS OF YET. WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, UH, PRELIMINARY NOW AND, UH, IF WE ARE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE, GO AHEAD FROM YOU TONIGHT, THEN THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH FRANCHISE UTILITIES. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE, WE LOOK AT THE COST ESTIMATE, IS THAT, UM, CAN YOU SAY IF, IF, IF THAT'S FACTORED IN OR IT'S NOT? IT IS NOT NECESSARILY, UH, FACTORED IN, BUT THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR ELECTRICAL WORK UTILITY ALLOWANCE, UH, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ENCORE. IT, IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT WOULD BE UPCOMING STEPS THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO PROGRESS WITH THIS PLAN IN, IN FROM FEASIBILITY TO ACTUALLY DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, HOWARD. OKAY. IN THE SPIRIT OF JUST WASTING TIME AND SAYING SOMETHING THAT NOBODY'S GONNA AGREE TO, HAS ANYBODY CONSIDERED ZIP LINES ACROSS THIS? I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD BRIDGES, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE COOL, IT'D BE LIKE A RIDE IN ADDISON. PEOPLE COULD, YEAH. WE ACTUALLY CLIMB UP AND ZIPLINE ACROSS AND ZIP BACK THE OTHER WAY AND WE'D JUST BE ABOVE ALL THAT AND PROBABLY STILL BE BELOW ALL THOSE POWER LINES. WELL THERE WAS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A, THERE WAS A UM, A COG GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WENT OUT LAST YEAR FOR A LOT OF DFW CITIES. SO WE DID LOOK AT THAT. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A SKI LIFT, LIKE A GONDOLA THAT WOULD GO ACROSS. UM, SO WE CONSIDERED IT, BUT THE POWER LINES WERE THE, THE ISSUE THEY, WE RAISE THE [02:25:01] POWER AS OPPOSED TO GOING UNDERGROUND. MAYBE IT'S CHEAPER TO GO UP WITH, I DUNNO, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE. ALRIGHT. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I'M LOOKING AT THIS, ALL THESE CROSSWALKS AND TRYING TO GET ACROSS ALL THESE STREETS AND LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC. YEAH, IT'D JUST BE NICE TO JUST FLY ACROSS THE TOP OF, OH WELL GEORGE JETSON. THANK YOU AARON. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, SO ANY OTHERS? UH, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH, UH, CITY OF DALLAS WITH THE, UH, STAFF AND WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THIS AREA. AND I'M ENCOURAGED BY THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS, I THINK THERE IS CON CONCERNED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS WE ARE. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE. 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT AND, AND, UH, AND I, I KNOW, YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ELEVATE IT AND GET EVERYBODY WHERE THEY'RE COMPLETELY SAFE. AND I DON'T, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S, UH, DOABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT, UM, BUT I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS IS JUST TO CREATE AN ELEMENT THAT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE, TO THE DRIVERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WALKING AROUND AND, AND THE DRIVERS AREN'T EVEN SEEING 'EM. THEY'RE JUST TOTALLY FOCUSED. BUT IF YOU HAVE THESE, THESE, THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING AND I, I REALLY LIKE IT A LOT. AND THEN YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE ENHANCING THE, THE CROSSWALKS THEMSELVES AND MAKING THEM MORE VISIBLE. AND MAYBE THERE'S A LIGHTING ELEMENT TO THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA WALK ACROSS THE STREET IN A, IN A BUSY CITY KNOWS THAT YOU JUST DON'T GO ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE YOU GOT, 'CAUSE YOU GOT THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY PRETTY CAUTIOUS, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT'S WAY BETTER THAN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE, ALL THE HARD WORK Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS JOE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS TONIGHT, JOE? UH, WE JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL, UH, BASICALLY TO BE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEXT STEPS. OKAY. WELL I'M, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. UH, THEN I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE IT BECAUSE IT'S AN AFFORDABLE OPTION. YEAH, YEAH, I AGREE. READY? DO WE HAVE FUNDING FOR NEXT STEPS? THAT'S ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IS TO DETERMINE FUNDING. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THIS TIME. WE'LL LIKELY BRING BACK JUST THE PLAN ITSELF FOR ADOPTION, JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE FORMAL, WE APPROVE THIS PLAN AND THEN IT'LL BE PART OF THE NEXT PROCESS OF, OF FINE TUNING THE COSTS, WORKING WITH DALLAS, WORKING WITH ENCORE, WORKING WITH THE OTHER, UM, PARTNERS. AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH FUNDING STRATEGIES. SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING UP PRETTY SOON. SO THAT WAS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION NOW SO WE CAN START PURSUING SOME OF THOSE. SO, UM, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE KEEPING COUNCIL UP TO DATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I'M ON BOARD. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MARLA? YEAH, THE ONLY COMMENT I'M GONNA SHARE IS I, I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF PEOPLE DRIVING NORTH AND SOUTH UP THE TOLLWAY AND SEEING SOMETHING AND, AND, AND WHETHER THEY SAY IT TO THEMSELVES, THINK IT, UM, THIS IS ADDISON. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE A LITTLE SIGN ON THE FREE ON THE BRIDGE. RIGHT? UM, SO I'M, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE DAY. UM, BUT, BUT FOR THIS WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTION LINES AND SO FORTH, UM, THAT, AND WE'VE ALSO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT FAR FROM CONCLUDING THE PEDESTRIAN, THE, UH, COTTON BELT TRAIL, UH, ARAPAHOE IN THE TOLLWAY JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE. SO FOR ME, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO TAKE A PAUSE AND, AND LET THAT CONCLUDE AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, UM, BEFORE WE HEAD DOWN THIS PARTICULAR PATH. OKAY. WELL, I I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF PAUSING IT FOR THAT BECAUSE TO ME THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF FOLKS THAT ARE USING THAT TRAIL. 'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING THE TRAIL BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE ON THE TRAIL. THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING HERE ARE GOING EITHER TO THE, TO THE RESTAURANTS OR TO THE HOTELS OR SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POPULATIONS. AND SO I'M NOT, I WOULD NOT BE, UH, IN SUPPORTIVE OF, OF DOING ANY KIND OF PAUSE ON THIS. I'D RATHER KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I, I AGREE. I MEAN, I, I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, BUT I, I THINK IF YOU'RE ON THAT, THAT UH, DART TRAIL, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN TRYING TO GET FROM THE HOTEL TO FIND LUNCH OR DINNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I AGREE. SAME, SAME CONCEPT. GOOD POINT. BUT I THINK IT IS SEPARATE ENOUGH AND THE, THE UM, GET THIS MOVING FOR THE GRANTS. YEAH. BECAUSE I JUST DON'T SEE ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE AT BELTLINE TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO ARAPAHOE IN THAT AREA TO GO ACROSS AND IT WOULD TAKE THE CONVENIENCE AWAY. UM, SO, [02:30:01] AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING EVERYBODY WOULD DO THAT, BUT SOME WOULD. OKAY. YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED, Y'ALL. YES SIR. DAVID, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT. WELL WITH THAT, THAT'S OUR FINAL ITEM. THANKS Y'ALL FOR HANGING WITH US THROUGH THE NIGHT AND UH, IT IS 8 48 8 49 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.