* 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. [00:00:02] OKAY. GOOD [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS FIVE THIRTY ONE AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE, THIS MEETING OF THE ASK CITY COUNCIL. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE ROOM. AND, UM, WE HAVE ONE, ONE STILL COMING. I THINK DARREN'S JOINING US VIA ZOOM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE YET. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT AT THIS TIME, SO WE'LL PROCEED. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT SEGMENT OUT AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION REQUESTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED BY COUNSEL ON CONSENTS? NO, MA'AM. VERY GOOD. AND THEN THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. UM, SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THE COUNCIL SENDS, UH, QUESTIONS TO STAFF REGARDING ANY, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE PREPARED AND PUT INTO A DOCUMENT, THAT DOCUMENT IS SENT OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE SAME DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO OUR WEBSITE. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FIND IT IN PUBLIC, THEY CAN, UH, GO TO THE AGENDA ONLINE ON THE, UH, ADDISON WEBSITE. AND, UH, THERE'LL BE A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THAT DOCUMENT IN THE, WITHIN THE AGENDA. ALRIGHT, [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): a. Section 551.071 - Legal Consultation with the City Attorney regarding items on the agenda or for matters in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Code: Addison Car Wash] ITEM HAVE NUMBER FOUR, CLOSED MEETING FOUR A SECTION 5 51 0 7 1. LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR FOR MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BOARD OF TEXAS. CLEARLY, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS CODE. AND THE ITEM IS ADDISON CAR WASH, AND IT IS 5 33. SO WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME. OKAY, IT [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.] IS 5 39 AND WE ARE RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION INTO OPEN SESSION, AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM. SO [a. Present and discuss an update on the Addison Conference Centre Remodel Project.] WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE WORK SESSION REPORTS. AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, SIX A PRESENT AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER REMODEL PROJECT. GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BILL HAWLEY, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. UH, HAMID WAS GONNA JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT HE'S NOT FEELING WELL, BUT WE HAVE CHAD HANCOCK FROM IT FILLING IN IF WE HAVE ANY TECHNICAL KIND OF IT QUESTIONS, BUT JUST, UH, AS WE KICK IT OFF, UH, YOU DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF TECHNICAL IT KIND OF DETAIL IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY DOWN THE ROAD. THE MAIN THING WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE ROOM LAYOUTS, BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE POINT IN THE DESIGN WHERE IF WE ARE GONNA, UH, PUT, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE FLOOR OR IN CERTAIN WALLS, WE NEED, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT NOW. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR LOOKING FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND INPUT. AND THE, THE OTHER DETAILS ABOUT SPECIFIC PRODUCTS AND THINGS WILL, WILL COME LATER IN THE PROCESS. ALRIGHT, SO JUST AS A, A REVIEW FOR, FOR ANYBODY OR IF ANYBODY IN THE ROOM IS A, A FIRST TIME, UH, LEARNER ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN NOW. IT HAS BEEN THE ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER SINCE IT WAS BUILT, BUT, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE MOVED SOME TOWN OFFICES INTO THIS SPACE. WE'VE MOVED THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS INTO THIS SPACE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S REALLY TIME TO, TO BRING THE FACILITY UP TO SPEED, UH, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY MOVED, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE BUILDING AND, UH, MAKE IT JUST A MUCH MORE, UH, FUNCTIONAL, UH, SPACE FOR ALL CONCERNED. AND THAT INCLUDES UPDATING THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE WORK SESSION, AND THEN, UM, ADDING ACCESS CONTROL, WHICH WOULD BE ELECTRONIC WAYS TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, UH, FOR GUESTS TO GET IN THE BUILDING, STAFF TO GET INTO THE BUILDING. AND THEN THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE PICK FOR THIS BUILDING WILL BECOME THE BASIS FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. SO THEY'LL ALL BE ON THE SAME SYSTEM. UM, PROJECT DESIGN TEAM AND THE TSK ARCHITECTS THAT YOU APPROVED BACK IN AUGUST GLIDE INDUSTRIES WERE APPROVED AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND THEN TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY NEARLY DONE WITH THE DESIGN PHASE OF, OF THE PROJECT. AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICALLY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM, UH, THE PLAN LAYOUTS, UM, FOR THOSE ROOMS. AND WE WILL DISCUSS, UM, OR LOOK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE FUTURE NAME OF THIS BUILDING SINCE ITS PURPOSE HAS CHANGED. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME THIS FACILITY? BECAUSE WE NEED [00:05:01] TO START THINKING ABOUT THE SIGNAGE AND THE LOCATIONS OF SIGNAGE AND THINGS, UM, AS PART OF THE DESIGN, UH, PROCESS. AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME TIME FOR THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, 5,300 BELTLINE WILL, UH, STILL BE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HALL BUILDING. SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT BU BUILDING BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE REGARDING THAT AS WELL. AND WE'RE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK. SO SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING, UM, TONIGHT JUST ABOUT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY AND LAYOUT OF THESE TWO ROOMS. UH, AND THAT IS THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND BY DESIGN, IT'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS FAIRLY OPTIMIZED ON THE LAYOUT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO IN THAT ROOM AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY GOES. IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED VALENCIA DURING ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS AND ALL THE, ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT SHE DOES. SO SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH WITH PRESENTATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY AND VOTING AND TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING, THERE ARE SOME ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU, THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, UH, FOR INCLUSION IN THAT ROOM TO MAKE THE, THE MEETING, UH, PROCESS, UH, A LITTLE CLEANER AND SMOOTHER, BUT STILL GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR INDIVIDUAL DEVICES THAT YOU CAN SCROLL, SCROLL THROUGH, AND LOOK AHEAD AND, AND FOCUS ON THINGS. BUT, UM, MAYBE THE, UH, MAYBE YOU VOTE THROUGH THOSE DEVICES, MAYBE THE PRESENTATIONS ARE THERE SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO LOOK UP AT A SCREEN. MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THESE ROOMS, THE ABILITY, THE DATA AND THE POWER, UH, NEEDED TO, TO PULL THOSE THINGS IN AT A, AT A LATER POINT IF WE NEED IT. OR AT THE VERY LEAST, JUST FUTURE PROOF IT SO THAT TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IF THE DECISIONS ARE MADE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, WE HAVE THOSE. AND IN PARTICULAR, IF WE'RE HANGING, UH, ITEMS FROM THE CEILING OR ON THE WALLS, UM, WE NEED TO PUT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE AND, AND THINGS IN THOSE PLACES WHERE THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL ULTIMATELY BE. AND IT'S MUCH EASIER, BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER TO DO IT NOW IN THE PLANNING PHASE THAN AFTER THE FACT. AND ALSO LOOK CLEANER. 'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE HERE, THIS ROOM'S NEVER INTENDED FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE TRIPPING OVER POWER CABLES, DATA CABLES, IT'S TAPED TO THE FLOOR. IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT THE ADDISON WAY WE WANT TO DO THINGS. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE INTENTIONAL AND THINK THESE THROUGH AND, AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. UH, AND THEN THE WORK SESSION ROOM. SO THAT IS THIS ROOM, BUT IT WON'T BE IN THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE OFFICES WILL BE LAID OUT. IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY THE, THE, THE SPACE NEXT TO US AND TO THE NORTH. IT WILL BE ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LAYOUT. AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU EXPERIENCE IN THIS ROOM WHERE IT'S HARD FOR THE AUDIENCE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER OR ASKING SOMEBODY TO COME UP, UM, WHERE THE SPEAKERS ARE, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS ACCESS IN AND OUTTA THE ROOM. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THAT THAT WORK ROOM MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL, UM, FOR EVERYBODY WHO USES IT. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT'S ON THE A DAIS, UH, FOR A COUNCIL DAIS. AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE, THESE ARE, UH, JUST DESKTOP, UH, DISPLAYS, UH, THAT ARE PERMANENTLY MOUNTED ABOVE THE TABLES, BUT THEY HAVE SOME THAT ACTUALLY RECESS INTO THE TABLE OR AS YOU SEE ON, ON YOUR TABLE, YOU HAVE POWER CABLES THAT COME OUT THAT ARE INTEGRATED INTO IT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IN THE ROOM, BUT AGAIN, TO, TO GET THESE THINGS INTO PLACE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT, THE POWER AND DATA THROUGH THE FLOOR OR THROUGH A WALL AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES SO THAT IF WE DECIDE TO DO THOSE, THAT IT'S, IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE AND WE AVOID THESE, THESE DIFFICULTIES. SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU COULD STILL RETAIN YOUR, YOUR PORTABLE DEVICE LIKE YOU HAVE NOW. BUT A, A DEVICE ON THE DAIS WOULD BE POSSIBLY THE SCREEN BY WHICH YOU SEE THE PRESENTATIONS. UM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH TOUCHSCREEN TO VOTE. UM, WHEN THE VOTING COMES UP, YOU CAN SEE OTHER THINGS I'VE SEEN WHERE, UH, UH, UM, IN ALLEN WHEN I WORKED THERE AS THE FIRE CHIEF, THEY HAD A, A CAMERA THAT POINTED DOWN AT A BIG TABLE. SO IF A CITIZEN CAME UP AND HAD A, A DOCUMENT OR A, A PLAN OR A PLAT OR A PICTURE, A CAMERA COULD ZOOM IN ON THAT. WHILE IT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAND YOU ALL COPIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, YOU COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU COULD MANIPULATE IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER AND, AND MOVE IT AROUND AND LOOK AT IT. SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. IF WE HAD SOMETHING AT THE DAAS, UM, THAT WAS CONNECTED AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO MAKE, AGAIN, VALENCIA'S PROCESS EASIER TO MAKE SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC, EASIER TO MAKE YOUR PROCESS OF WHERE, WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS, BUT STILL GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO SCROLL THROUGH YOUR PACKET AND, AND DO THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO SO WELL DURING, DURING A MEETING. SO, UM, SO OUR, I GUESS OUR ASK ALONG THOSE LINES IS, IS, UH, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROOM [00:10:01] LAYOUT AND THESE FEATURES TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING THESE THINGS INTO, INTO THE ROOMS FOR YOU. UM, UM, LET'S SEE. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSIGHT INTO, UM, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS GETTING SOME, UH, NEW AGENDA SOFTWARE. AND THIS, UH, THIS IS A SHORT SNIPPET OF THEIR PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, WHICH WE HOPE WILL RUN. AND IT'LL, IT'LL SHOW YOU FROM A A USER'S PERSPECTIVE. SO YOU'RE GONNA GO FIND, TRY AND SEE WHAT'S HOW ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, TAKE ROLL CALL, UM, DO VARIOUS THINGS. AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO AN ITEM HERE, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO START, UH, THE PROCESS OF TAKING ACTION AND VOTING. NOW, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN ALLOW YOUR MEMBERS TO DIGITAL VOTE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UH, BUT I HAVE JUST SELECTED THIS ORDINANCE AND MADE IT ACTIVE. AND WE HAVE OUR QUICK MOTIONS HERE. YOU'RE GONNA IDENTIFY THE MOTIONS THAT HAPPEN MOST FREQUENTLY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE VERBIAGE, RIGHT? WHETHER YOU USE APPROVE OR AMEND OR AMENDED, ALL OF THESE WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOR YOU TO QUICKLY GRAB AS NECESSARY. SO IF I'M JUST GOING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, I WOULD SELECT THE ACTION OF APPROVE. THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO PROMPT ME RIGHT INTO START THE VOTING BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT MOTION WE'RE MAKING. AND THEN AS A CLERK, USING OUR DIGITAL VOTING, YOU CAN DO PAUL MOVERS THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS SCREEN TO ALL OF YOUR VOTING MEMBERS. FIRST ONE TO CLICK ON MOVE IS GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED AS THE MOVER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN REAL TIME. IT COMES BACK TO THE CLERK'S SCREEN. NOW, UM, IF NO ONE WAS ABLE TO BE THE SECONDER, YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT S HERE. SO I CAN SELECT A SECONDER. SO AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR MOVER AND SECONDER, YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN THE VOTE. THE SCREEN THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOUR, UH, VOTING MEMBERS WOULD BE ALL OF YOUR VOTE TYPES. SO THIS VERBIAGE CAN CHANGE FROM INSTALLATION. INSTALLATION. WE SET THIS UP DURING IMPLEMENTATION. THE VOTER CAN CHANGE THEIR VOTE UP UNTIL THE TIME THE CLERK CLOSES THE VOTE. SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO VOTE YES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO I CAN DO IT BY ONE CLICK. IF SOMEBODY DID VOTE NO, I COULD INDICATE A NO HERE. ONCE I'M DONE, I COULD CLOSE THE VOTE. AND THEN WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GONNA DISPLAY THE VOTE TALLY. THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS FOR YOUR MEMBERS. SO EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW EVERYBODY VOTED. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU. IT'S DISPLAYED TO THEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTE IS CLOSED. SO THAT'S WHAT YOUR MEMBERS SEE WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY, THE SAME ELEMENTS, YOU CAN SEE HOW EVERYONE VOTED, THE TITLE OF THE ITEM, WHO IS THE MOVER AND THE SECONDARY AND THE ACTION. AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT SOFTWARE THE TOWN IS. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THAT MODULE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT IT IN AT YOUR DICE MEDIA EXIT AT THE TOP. YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF, SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES WE, WE COULD SOLVE WITH, WITH, UH, WITH TECHNOLOGY, UH, TO MAKE THAT PROCESS A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER. SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT, UM, WE'RE, UM, EXACTLY A, A CERTAIN O YOU KNOW, PROCESS OR OBJECT, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WILL WORK, THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN SO THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF, OF DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS? AND YOU WANNA HEAR FROM US ON THAT TONIGHT, RIGHT, BILL? UH, YES, SIR. AND, AND MY THOUGHT IS I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR AT ANY POINT, AND DAVID CHIME IN AT ANY TIME, PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE ROOM LAYOUTS GO TOGETHER, BUT IT, THIS MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR DIETS AND THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, OR THINGS THAT YOU SAW THAT YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE. SO WE CAN, WE COULD MAKE THOSE NOTES DOWN AND THEN AT THE NEXT PHASE WE CAN FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ROOM AND THE LAYOUT AND THINGS WE WANT TO DO. I WAS JUST SAY, I THINK IT ALL RELATES TOGETHER. UM, OBVIOUSLY IF, IF WE WALK OUT HERE AND SAID, HEY, WE REALLY WANNA HAVE A SCREEN AT EACH, AT EACH SEAT, IT HELPS US, OR IT CHANGES OUR CONSIDERATIONS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, WE TRY TO HAVE SCREENS POSITIONED SO AT LEAST YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AS, AS BEST YOU CAN, THOSE TVS AS THEY'RE FACING THE DAIS, IF WE HAVE THE SCREENS AT YOUR DESK, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AS MUCH. WE CAN JUST REALLY FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET THOSE TO THE AUDIENCE. UM, [00:15:01] SO THAT'S WHERE, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IT MAKES IT EASIER IN THAT SENSE AND IT WOULD CHANGE THE LAYOUT. BUT WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY, ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON MAP. WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER FEATURE THAT SHOWS UP. EXCUSE ME, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NOPE. ANOTHER FEATURE THAT SHOWS UP IN THIS PICTURE, AND THAT IS THE, THE STYLE OF THE DICE THAT IT HAS TWO LEVELS MM-HMM . YEAH. AND I KIND OF LIKE THAT. YEAH. MM-HMM . SO WHETHER, WHETHER WE GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE COMPUTER AT EACH, EACH PLACE OR NOT. I, I KIND OF LIKE THAT FEELING WHERE YOU DON'T SEE THE BACK OF THE MONITOR. YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE BACK OF THE MONITOR. YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW YEAH. STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LAID THERE, JUST, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . THAT'S A, IT'S A CLEANER. IT LOOKS CLEANER, YEAH. MM-HMM . ANYWAY. THAT'S GREAT. AND WITH THE MONITOR AT EACH STATION, THEN, WOULD THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEING DONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT SOFTWARE, SO HER SOFTWARE, UH, RELATED TO THE VOTING. SO THERE'S SOME TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE WORK THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THOSE TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH. UH, THEN WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES, WHAT, UH, WHAT AND HOW THAT'S, UH, CAPTURED BY THE BROADCAST, UH, FOLKS WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER ISSUES RELATE THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE CAMERAS, UH, MICROPHONES IN, UM, UH, SOUND, AND THEN YOU CAN'T HAVE SPEAKERS TOO CLOSE TO MICROPHONES AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO AGAIN, A A A CONCEPT OF, OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, WHAT, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS TO OPERATE WILL HELP US REFINE THAT DOWN. BUT AGAIN, FIRST STEP, WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE FLOORS AND INTO THE WALLS AND A LOT OF THOSE OTHER DETAILS ABOUT HOW DOES THIS SPECIFICALLY, THE YES, YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION, YES, YOU CAN VOTE ON THAT SCREEN, HOW WE, HOW WE TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH. AND WHEN THAT TOGGLES BACK AND FORTH, UM, YOU HAVING YOUR OWN D DEVICE THERE, UM, BY RESEARCH INTO THE SOFTWARE THAT, THAT THE HOUND HAS, YOU CAN EVEN USE YOUR OWN DEVICE. UH, IF YOU'RE LOGGED IN AND SIGNED IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO IT. IT JUST OPENS UP A LOT OF, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIKE TO WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS. PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE IT DIFFERENT WAYS, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE ON THEIR PHONE AND OTHERS WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM AND, AND TOUCH IT. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FUTURE PROOF THAT, THAT WE PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN SO THAT WE CAN, UH, EVOLVE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGING NEEDS OR DESIRES OF COUNCIL OR CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A SPECIFIC NEED AND THEY NEED A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MONITOR, A BIGGER MONITOR, OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVICE. AND WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO, TO MANAGE AND HANDLE. AND BILL, JUST FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO, UH, SLIDE FOUR, THE, UH, THE DIVIDER BETWEEN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE WORK SESSION ROOM? IS THAT WHERE THAT FIRST MOVABLE WALL IS NOW? ROUGHLY? YES, SIR. SO THAT THE, THE MOVABLE WALL, THE, THE CHAMBERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS, SO, UH, UP IS NORTH AND TO THE LEFT AS I'M STANDING IS, UM, WEST. SO THAT WEST WALL IS CURRENTLY MOVABLE. THE OTHER THREE WALLS ARE, ARE FIXED AND WILL REMAIN FIXED, BUT THE MOVABLE WALL WILL BECOME A PERMANENT WALL. IT WILL HAVE, UM, A ACOUSTICAL DEADENING INSIDE IT. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS ON ALL OF THE WALLS, BECAUSE SOUND, SOUND IN THAT ROOM IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH. IT'S HARD SURFACES. IT WOULD, UH, CMU BLOCK. SO, UM, THAT WALL, SAME, SAME LOCATION FOR THE WALL, DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WALL. OKAY. AND ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT IN AND ON THE WALL. AND THEN THAT DOORWAY THAT YOU SEE, UH, MARKED THAT GOES INTO THE WORK SESSION ROOM, THAT IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE, THE ROLLING TV YEP. IS NOW. OKAY. AND THEN ARE YOU, ARE WE THINKING TO DO SOME ACOUSTICAL STUFF IN THE CEILING ALSO? SO THE, THE, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING TOLD NOW IT'S, YOU'VE HAD THE TH THEORETICAL AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE PRACTICE, RIGHT? SO WHAT THEY HAVE DESIGNED FOR THE WALLS, UM, WE HOPE IS SUFFICIENT, IF NOT THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN SOME GYMS, IT'S JUST LIKE A, A PIECE OF FABRIC THAT KIND OF HANGS FROM THE CEILING. BUT OUR HOPE IS TO KEEP THE ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY AND LOOK WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THOSE IN THERE. AND IF THE ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT ON THE WALLS IS SUFFICIENT, WE WON'T HAVE TO GO UP THERE. BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ROOM, HAVE THE CAMERAS, HAVE THE MICROPHONES AND TEST IT, TEST IT, TEST IT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL FINE TUNE IT. AND THAT, THAT MAY BECOME A NEED. UH, WE HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T, BUT THAT [00:20:01] IS, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY NO, WE WON'T, OR YES, WE WILL, BUT OUR, OUR HOPE IS WE WON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT ACOUSTICS IN THE ROOM, THAT'S WHAT WILL BE DONE. AND ARE YOU THINKING THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, AUDIO COMING FROM THE DICE, FROM, FROM THIS MONITOR AREAS? WE, WE CAN HEAR FROM THERE INSTEAD OF THE OVERHEAD SPEAKERS. SO CHAD, LET'S LET CHAD SPEAK TO THE PROXIMITY OF MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. CHAD HANCOCK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IT. UM, SO CURRENTLY YOU HAVE THE SPEAKERS IN YOUR MICROPHONES NOW, SO THOSE MICROPHONES WILL STAY. SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE, THE SOUND COME OUT OF EACH MICROPHONE AS YOU DO NOW. OKAY. BECAUSE, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW. NOTICE THERE'S AUDIO COMING OUTTA THOSE MICROPHONES. ARE YOU ON? NO, I DON'T. SO MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING, LOOK AT THAT TONIGHT WHEN WE WONDER. YEAH. SO ONCE WE GET THE ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS IN THE ROOM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO BUMP THAT VOLUME UP A LITTLE BIT TO HELP YOU HEAR THAT BETTER. OKAY. SO IS THE VOLUME JUST TURNED DOWN ON THOSE YOU THINK? YES. OKAY. TO PREVENT FEEDBACK. AND THAT'S THE MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE, THE BRICK WALLS AND THE HARD, HARD SURFACES. OKAY. AND THEN, WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WORK SESSION IN, IN A MINUTE. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING SO FAR? Y'ALL? UH, THE ONLY ONLY THOUGHTS I'D SHARE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT FOR ME, UM, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I'M, I'M GOING THROUGH THE SAME PRESENTATION ON MY IPAD. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. SO I, I DON'T REALLY NEED ANOTHER SCREEN AT THE DAAS. UM, AND I DEFINITELY, UM, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE, THE VOTING SOFTWARE. UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE MOVING PRETTY QUICK AND, AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING VERY WELL. UM, AND I COULD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF VALENCIA WANTS TO USE IT, GREAT. BUT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS DOING THAT VOTING STUFF, UH, ON THE SOFTWARE WHILE WE'RE TALKING, IT'S JUST, JUST ADDING MORE, ADDING MORE, UH, THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH. I WOULD ALMOST THINK IT TAKES AWAY THAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKING INTO AN EYE OR LOOKING AT, INTO AN EXPRESSION. WHEREAS YOU'RE IN SCREEN TIME AGAIN, WE'RE ALREADY IN THE SCREENS ENOUGH. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THOUGH. I MEAN, I DON'T CAROLTON DOES THAT, DO OTHER CITIES, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD THAT DO THAT BILL? I, I, WITHOUT DOING A SURVEY, I WOULD SAY MOST CITIES HAVE GONE TO SOME FORM OF TECH TECHNOLOGY FOR VOTING. YEAH. ARE PEOPLE VOTING BEFORE THEY'RE ASKED TO VOTE? ARE PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEIR MIND, YOU SAY SECRETARY WOULD BE RUNNING, SO YOU WOULD, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WOULD JUST, IT WOULD POP UP AND SAY YES OR NO. RIGHT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY ALL YOU WOULD SEE. SO I'M NOT SEEING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. I'M ONLY SEEING MY OWN. CORRECT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. IF I COULD SEE EVERYBODY MEAN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I THOUGHT, WELL, YEAH, WELL, NO, I DON'T WANT TO YOU NOT. SO ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY, ALL THESE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES WITH SCREENS, THAT WAS ALREADY PART OF THE, THE BUDGET WE APPROVED, OR WOULD THIS BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO GET MORE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE NEW ? WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION IN THE PROJECT FOR TECHNOLOGY, STEP ENY. SO IT WOULD BE WE, THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO. SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK SESSION? YES, SIR. AS FAR AS THE, THE CONFIGURATION OF THAT? OKAY. AND, AND THIS WAS JUST A, A QUICK, UH, I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW IF YOU, YOU COME TO ALL KINDS OF EVENTS IN THE TOWN, THE ROOM, THE CHAMBERS IS PRIMARILY SET UP AS, UH, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BUT IF, IF ANYBODY'S NOT AWARE, THESE ARE, THIS ROOM HAS BEEN IN THREE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS IN TWO DAYS, THAT THAT ROOM CAN BE IN ANY NUMBER OF CONFIGURATIONS. SO ALSO PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION IS, UM, COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY TOP PRIORITY AND, AND IMPORTANCE, BUT UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN HERE A COUPLE HOURS EVERY OTHER WEEK, BUT THIS ROOM GETS USED, UH, ALL DAY, MOST DAYS, AND FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. SO WE'RE ALSO HAVING TO THINK ABOUT AND, AND, UH, PLAN AND PROTECT THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR Y'ALL SO THAT IT, IT FUNCTIONS. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE MOVE EVERYTHING BUT THESE HUGE TABLES, EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS MOVABLE AND COULD BE IN ANY NUMBER OF CONFIGURATIONS. AND THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF UPCOMING CHANGES IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN LIKE THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO. SO IT'S, UH, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THE CHAMBER LAYOUT AS, AS IT IS NOW. AND AGAIN, WE, WE DID NOT PLAN ANY, ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THAT, THAT LAYOUT OR THE LOCATION OF THINGS, BUT MAINLY ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING AT, AT THE DAIS. AND I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER THERE IS WE'LL PUT IN POWER AND DATA CAPABILITIES, AND THEN THOSE DETAILS AND THINGS WILL COME, WILL COME LATER. AND THEN I DID NOTE ONE, UH, THE CURRENT DIOCESE IS FLAT, WHERE MANY ARE, ARE KIND [00:25:01] OF TWO LEVELS. AND, UH, THAT DOES HELP HIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE, THE CLUTTER. AND IT ALSO MAKES A NICE PLACE FOR YOUR, YOUR NAME TAG IN, IN FRONT. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO MODIFY THAT, TO, TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. YEAH. BECAUSE, BECAUSE MY CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THIS ROOM AND WHAT WE DO IN HERE IS, UM, IS THE AUDIO. IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS THE AUDIO, RIGHT? AND SO, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING. AND SO, UH, THE PROBLEM IS THAT EVERYTHING'S FOCUSED IN THE FRONT. NOT, NOT THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE THE FURTHEST AWAY, CLOSEST TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, AND THEY'RE HAVING DISCUSSION. SO AT THIS TABLE, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID BECAUSE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE 10 FEET AWAY FROM YOU, SO THEY'RE TALKING TO YOU LIKE IT'S, THEY'RE 10 FEET AWAY FROM YOU. WELL, I'M 15 FEET AWAY FROM THEM. THE FOLKS BEHIND US IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING ARE 30, 40 FEET AWAY FROM US. AND IF I, IF I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING, I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HEAR AT ALL, AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ROOM. AND THAT'S A OPPORTUNITY TO GET AWAY FROM THESE OMNI MICS AND GET, UH, GOOD SNAP LIKE WE HAVE IN THE DAAS, BUT ALSO HAVE THE SPEAKERS. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THOSE, WE CAN PUT SPEAKERS IN THE CEILING FOR THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. TO BE ABLE TO AMPLIFY THE AUDIO IN THIS ROOM AND FOR THIS MEETING, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND SO AS YOU'LL GET THE WORK SESSION LAYOUT THAT'S HERE FOR DISCUSSION, I THINK IT WAS TRY TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU LAID OUT. SO REALLY, WE'VE KIND OF GONE TO ALMOST A D CONFIGURATION, JUST SO IT'LL BE MORE INFORMAL WITH TABLES WHERE YOU'RE FACING TOWARD THE AUDIENCE AND THEY CAN HEAR AND SEE YOU, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER WHILE STILL SEEING WHOEVER'S PRESENTING. SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD, THE INTENTION WAS REALLY TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU RAISED. WE WANT FEEDBACK ON THAT, ON, ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE OPTION HERE IS. OKAY. TO TRY TO FIX THOSE. AND THEN I THINK THAT'S, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE SAYING FOR I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE A SPEAKER, WE'RE TRYING TO SPEAK TO THE SPEAKER AND OUR VOICES GET DIRECTED TOWARDS THE SPEAKER AND NOT, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE ELSE. SO I THINK JUST THE CONFIGURATION MM-HMM . WITH SPEAKER IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK WILL HELP. I THINK THAT'S BETTER. I ALWAYS GET IN TROUBLE TALKING THIS WAY, AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT, I DUNNO, MUCH FOR THE FACE. SO THAT IS BETTER. SO FOR, SO WHY WE TRY TO INCORPORATE LINE OF SIGHT AND, AND SOUND. AND THEN ALSO, UH, VISUALS WHERE, UH, THE, THE ROOM IS ROUGHLY THIS SIZE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS LONG. IT, IT, IT'S NOT QUITE SQUARE. UH, AND WE PROPOSED TWO ORIENTATIONS, WHICH ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT TO, TO MOST IT, IT, IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE ON THIS AXIS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NORTH, SOUTH. UM, BECAUSE THE OTHER WAY WE LOSE ABOUT 10 SEATS AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF HAVE SOME WASTED SPACE ON THE, ON THE ENDS THAT THIS KIND OF DEAD SPACE. AND THEN FROM A FLOW, THIS, THIS WORKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THE PUBLIC COMES IN THIS WAY. UH, THE ONE DOWNSIDE IS, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY COUNCIL ENTERS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME THROUGH THE BACK, YOU KINDA HAVE TO WALK AROUND AND BESIDE, BUT WHEN YOU TRANSITION FROM THIS ROOM TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE. OR YOU GO BACK OUT INTO THE HALLWAY AND THEN YOU COME OUT THROUGH A NEW DOOR, UH, BY THE DIOCESE THERE. SO THAT NONE ARE PERFECT, BUT THAT'S THE REALLY, THE ONLY THAT DOWNSIDE WE SEE HERE. YES, SIR. SO WHERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED, WOULD THEY HAVE SCREENS? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THIS SCREEN. SO IF THIS SCREEN WAS BEHIND US SO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CAN SEE IT, YEAH, WE WOULD NEED A SCREEN LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, OR, YES. SO, UM, TWO, WE, WE COULD DO, UM, UH, DEPENDING ON YOUR, YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE, UH, OR A DEVICE AT THAT DESK. BUT THIS, UH, THIS BLUE BAR IS, UH, A LARGE CEILING MOUNTED TV ONE FACING YOUR YOU, UH, LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE, IN THE CHAMBERS. AND THEN, SO IT'S KIND OF SET UP IN V ONE IS ONE IS UP WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPEAKER AND JUST RIGHT UP OVER THE HEAD THERE, THERE IT IS. UH, AND THEN FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, IF THEY WANNA, YOU KNOW, LOOK UP OR IF THEY WANNA LOOK THROUGH, THEY CAN SEE THE LARGE ONE ON THE BACK WALL. THEY CAN SEE ONE HIGHER, THEY CAN LOOK LEFT, THEY CAN LOOK RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SITTING HERE, YOU CAN SEE IT THAT WAY. THAT JUST, JUST TRY TO GIVE EVERYBODY MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO, TO SEE, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT IS GOING ON. AND THEN HAVING THE SPEAKER IN THAT CENTER LOCATION. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GONNA FACE, UH, THAT PERSON AGAIN, THE ACOUSTICAL WILL BE BETTER, THE LINE OF SIGHT IS BETTER. AND THEN, UH, VISUALLY I THINK IT GIVES US THE, THE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE SCREENS, THE PRESENTATIONS, AND WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SEEING. AND THEN FROM A A, THE SECONDARY POINT OF VIEW, [00:30:01] THIS ROOM IS VERY EASILY RECONFIGURABLE. IF WE WANTED, IF, IF WE KNEW WE HAD A, A MEETING THAT WAS GONNA BE WELL ATTENDED BY THE PUBLIC, THE, THE STAFF TABLES GO AWAY AND ADDITIONAL PUBLIC CHAIRS GO OUT. THE OTHER NICE THING IS, OKAY, THE CHAMBERS IS JUST THROUGH THOSE DOORS. AND NOW A HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE COULD SIT OUT THERE AND SEE ALL THE SCREENS AND, AND VICE VERSA. YOU HAVE A PACKED COUNCIL MEETING AND OKAY, YOU, YOU JUST POP IN HERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE 10 FEET AWAY, YOU HAVE ALL THE SCREENS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN STILL, WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO COME UP TO SPEAK IT, IT IS JUST A MUCH BETTER CONNECTION TO HAVE, HAVE THESE TOGETHER. SO WE GET, WE GET A LOT MORE CAPACITY, UM, OUT OF THESE TWO ROOMS. BUT YOU ALSO STILL HAVE A SEPARATION OF PRIVACY WHEN THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED. SO YOU HAVE A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THOSE DOORS SHUT, EVERYBODY MOVES AWAY. IT'S ALL ACOUSTICALLY, UH, PROTECTED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT OUTSIDE IN A BUSY HALLWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, SO WE, WE'VE TRIED TO THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS THROUGH, BUT AGAIN, THE, NOT NONE, NONE ARE PERFECT. BUT WITH THIS IS THE, THE BEST WE FOUND. BUT WITH YOUR INPUT, WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. YES, SIR. SO THIS WALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE DOOR'S OPEN INTO THE YES SIR HERE AND THAT WALL FOLD AND OPEN UP SO WE CAN HAVE A MUCH BIGGER AUDIENCE. UH, NO. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THOSE, THOSE, UH, MOVABLE WALLS. 'CAUSE PART OF IT, UH, HERE WILL BE FIXED OFFICE SPACE. UM, AND THEN THE, THE ACOUSTICS WITH THOSE WALLS, AND THEN WHERE THOSE WALLS ACTUALLY FOLD UP AND GO OUT INTO THAT SERVICE HALLWAY AND PART OF THE SUPPORT SPACE FOR THE MEETING ROOMS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A PLACE FOR, UH, UH, CITY SECRETARY AND PLANNING AND ZONING. UH, ALL, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE USED IN A ROOM HAVE TO GO AND, AND LIVE SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO NOW THERE'LL BE SECURE SPACE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ROOM FOR THEM. UH, WE WON'T HAVE A COPIER THAT THAT COPIER WILL BE BUILT INTO THAT HALLWAY. THE, UM, THE MINI FRIDGE AND, AND ALL THE SUPPORT SPACES ARE GONNA BE RIGHT OUTSIDE IN THAT HALLWAY WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE BY. UH, BUT CURRENTLY IF THE MOVABLE WALLS FOLD UP AND GO OUT AND TAKE UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPACE IN THAT. SO THERE'S, UM, ACOUSTICAL ISSUES WITH, WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE. THERE'S THE MOVEMENT, THERE'S THE FACT THAT IT'LL BE PARTIALLY OFFICE AND WE NEED THAT TO BE FIXED AND, AND SEPARATED BECAUSE OF, UH, JUST HARD SECURITY. 'CAUSE THE, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THEN A SECURE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO WE NEED THOSE WALLS TO BE SOLID, SECURE AND, AND NOT MOVABLE. AND, UM, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE WALL WITH THE DOOR, MAYBE IF THEY THIS. SO LEAVE A PORTION OF THAT AS A MOVABLE WALL. WELL, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE SOMETIMES IN A HOME YOU SEE LIKE A GLASS WALL AND THEY JUST SLIDE OPEN. AND SO THAT WALL, THAT WALL, UM, SO IT'S BE PERMANENT REALLY ALLOWED THE SOUND ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE UP BY THE DAAS. SO YOU WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE OVERFLOW FOLKS THERE ANYWAY. UM, IT WOULDN'T BE AT THE BACK OF THE ROAD. AND THEN IT'S ALSO 28 FEET HIGH. UM, WHICH I, I'VE, I'VE SEEN THOSE, THOSE BEAUTIFUL WEST COAST HOMES WHERE THE WHOLE WALLS JUST, JUST FOLD UP AND GO AWAY IT OPEN 'EM AND THEY DON'T TAKE IT ANY ROOMS. THEY JUST OPEN. YEAH. UH, QUESTION ON, UM, TO ME JUST LOOKING AT IT ON THIS OPTION, ONE LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. BUT IF YOU PUT OPTION TWO UP THERE, WAS THERE, WAS THERE, UM, WAS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT, UH, YOU WERE SEEING WITH THE OPTION TWO LAYOUT THAT WAS A PLUS OR YOU WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THERE? SO, UM, WELL NO, WE JUST, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO ORIENT THE ROOM. OKAY. AND THE, I THINK THE ONE BENEFIT HERE FOR COUNCIL, COMING IN FROM THE HALLWAY, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER FLOW, RIGHT? UM, BUT YOU LOSE, UH, YOU LOSE A LOT OF SEATING. YOU ADD SOME DEAD SPACE ON THE END. AND THEN, UM, FOLKS THAT COME IN, UH, THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND COME DOWN AND GO OVER AND THEN BACK, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT IS JUST NOT AS EFFICIENT, UH, USE OF THE SPACE AND A TRAFFIC PATTERN. AND THEN IT ALSO GRAVITATE FROM FORMER, FORMER FIRE GUY HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING ARE, ARE THE CITIZENS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THOSE CHAIRS. AND NOW THEY HAVE TO COME OUT, GO DOWN AN AISLE, TURN, TURN, TURN TO, TO KNOW HOW TO LEAVE THE ROOM, UH, VERSUS JUST IT, THE OTHER ONE JUST NATURALLY FLOWS YOU OUT THE DOOR AND OUT TO THE EAST WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO BE SAFE IF SOMETHING WERE, WERE TO GO WRONG. UM, IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM WHERE THE COUNCIL IS, UM, SITTING IN THE, IN THE HORSESHOE, IS THAT PERMANENT OR IS THAT MOVABLE? SO THOSE ARE, UH, THOSE ARE MOVABLE, UH, BECAUSE EVEN JUST THINKING LIKE, OKAY, YOUR, YOUR BUDGET MEETING, YOU MIGHT WANT A LITTLE DIFFERENT FORMAT THAN YOUR TYPICAL COUNCIL MEETING. [00:35:01] THEN AGAIN, UH, EVERY MONDAY THE ALL THE DIRECTORS GET TOGETHER AND WE ESSENTIALLY TURN THAT HORSESHOE. WE JUST, WE JUST ADD MORE TABLES AND THAT'S PERFECT SEATING FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 FOLKS TO SIT AROUND AND HAVE THE DIRECTORS MEETING. AND THEN IT'S A REAL QUICK TURNAROUND TO PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT RIGHT BACK. UH, IT CAN BE SET UP AS A CLASSROOM. THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE TABLES. SO WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS REALLY, IF WE KNOW THE LAYOUT, THEN WE CAN HAVE, UH, POWER AND DATA AND THINGS IN THE FLOOR SO THAT WE CAN DISCONNECT AND MOVE. UH, WE CAN RECONFIGURE AND MOVE, WE CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND UH, AND STILL USE THAT ROOM, BUT QUICKLY TURN IT RIGHT BACK AROUND AND HAVE IT BE THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, AND ENJOY IT. AND THEN ALSO IF WE, IF WE DIDN'T DIAL IT IN QUITE RIGHT, WE WANNA SHIFT A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING, WE, WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT WAY. EVEN YOUR DAIS NOW IS, IS ON WHEELS, AND WE, WE MOVE THAT AROUND AND CAN SHIFT IT FORWARD AND BACK OR OUT FOR A TOWN MEETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BILL, UM, THE, THE CONFIGURATION OF THE, UH, THE COUNCIL TABLES THERE, UM, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON JUST COUNCIL ALONG THE BACK ROW THERE, THE LONG ROW OR THE SIDES OR? SO, UH, THAT IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE SET UP WAS WHAT YOU HAVE NOW, AND YOU KIND OF HAVE INTERSPERSED SOME, SOME STAFF, STAFF AND COUNSEL. SO THIS GIVES US THAT, IT GIVES YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY IF YOU HAVE THE ATTORNEY AT THE TABLE AND YOU WANT THE ATTORNEY TO SIT IN A CERTAIN LOCATION FOR A CERTAIN TIME, OR THE MANAGER OR THE CITY SECRETARY. SO IT, IT, IT JUST LETS YOU DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. OR IF YOU'RE WORKING IN A, IN A GROUP, PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, FOLKS IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND WE CAN EVEN MOVE, MOVE THOSE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UM, DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THE ASSIGNED SEATING. WE LOOKED AT, AT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW DO WE SOLVE THE SOUND AND, AND LINE OF SIGHT ISSUES AND LEAD FLEXIBILITY AND THIS, THIS ALLOWED US TO DO THAT. SO WITH THE YOU, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE AT LEAST A COUNCIL MEMBER OR TWO ON THE SIDE. YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO HEAR FROM. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE 'EM ALL STRAIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER. SO IT'S TRYING TO, IT'S TRYING TO MAKE THE DAAS IN A TABLE FORM. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS IS THAT IT MAY NOT BE AS SPECIAL. AND I, AND I DO LIKE HAVING, BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME ON THE, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE SIDES. SO YOU'RE NOT, SO THAT LINE OF SIDE IS, IS WITH THIS CONFIGURATION, WE, WE HAVE A, SEE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE, WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN THOSE AT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANGLE, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU WON'T HAVE THE ANGLE, THIS PERSON'S TRYING TO LOOK DOWN AND TALK TO THE, THE ONE, IF YOU JUST HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF CURVE. BUT IF WE TRY TO CONSTRUCT A PERFECTLY CURVED TABLE THAT WE COULDN'T BREAK UP AND MOVE AND DO OTHER THINGS WITH, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOCKING OURSELVES IN. BUT WITH THIS, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT. THESE ARE JUST KIND OF HARD LINES. DOES IT FIT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BUT IF, IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO EXPLORE, WHERE WE CAN TURN THOSE TABLES A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU, YOU GET THAT CURVE AND EVERYBODY CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE EVERYBODY, AND THEN IT'S A LITTLE LESS, WELL, WHO'S, WHO'S AROUND THE CORNER. YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE ALL MORE PART OF AN, AN ARC. BUT, UH, WE EVEN LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL TABLES OF THREE FOOT FOR EACH PERSON. UH, BUT THEN IT GOT WAY MORE COMPLICATED ABOUT TYING POWER AND DATA, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THEM AND TO THEM AND GUESSING THE EXACT RIGHT SPOTS FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. DO WE PUT IT IN, IN THE, THE PERFECT SPOT? SO THIS, UH, THIS GIVES US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. THIS GIVES, YEAH, IT GIVES US GOOD FLEXIBILITY. AND THEN THOSE ARE, UH, MONITORS ON EITHER END, RIGHT? ON THE, ON THE SIDE. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO, AND A HUGE ONE BEHIND WHICH FOR, FOR, FOR YOU WOULDN'T REALLY PLAY INTO IT. UH, THE OTHER THING IS THIS, LIKE THIS ROOM, WHEN THERE'S A, A MAJOR SPECIAL EVENT, IT'S THE COMMAND POST. SO THEY'VE GOT WEATHER RADAR OR THEY'VE GOT JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING UP ON ALL THESE SCREENS. SO WE'RE ALSO THINKING, IS IT A, IS HR DOING A TRAINING CLASS AND THEY'RE USING THAT ROOM? AND, UH, JUST, JUST A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT, WANT TO BUILD IN AND MAKE HAPPEN. BUT KEY IS WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? HOW DO WE GET YOU, UH, AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE, UH, AND BUILT IN AND STILL GIVE US THAT ABILITY TO, TO UH, USE THAT SPACE THE REST OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK? YES, SIR. WELL, BRUCE DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT I'M THINKING, SHOULDN'T A MAYOR BE IN THE CENTER AND WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT IN THE CENTER WITH THIS DIAGRAM? I'M SORRY, I'M TALKING THE WRONG WAY RIGHT NOW. ON THE DI AREN'T YOU RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE? NOT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT IN THE CENTER. YOU'RE NOT RIGHT, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY MAYBE THREE HIM AND DAVID THAT ARE SITTING THERE THAT ARE FAIRLY SET. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S IN THE CENTER. OKAY. I JUST THOUGHT THE MAYOR, I, I WOULDN'T GET TOO TIGHT. I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN GET TABLES AND FIGURE IT OUT. SO I JUST WOULDN'T GET TOO TIGHT TO EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS WITH THE SEAT THERE. I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD POINT. BUT WE CAN FIGURE SOME OF THAT OUT WHEN WE GET TO, I THINK TILTING THOSE CORNER TABLES, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE HALF YOU ON THE CORNERS, NOT 90 DEGREE. BUT YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN THE LINE AND SEE WHOEVER'S AT THAT CORNER. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANGLE WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. A HUGE DIFFERENCE. HUGE. SO YOU'RE [00:40:01] NOT DOING THIS. YES, GO AHEAD. I WAS GONNA SAY, SO WHAT IF EACH TABLE'S CURVED? OR DID YOU KIND OF SAY THAT BEFORE WE, UM, WE, AND IT MAKES, UM, OR JUST STILL TWO, TWO PEOPLE TABLES? YEAH. NOT, NOT AN ARCHITECT. I JUST GRABBED KIND OF STANDARD SIX, UH, STANDARD SIX FOOT TABLES. WE'RE, WE'RE USED TO THAT. WE KNOW THEY WORK. THEY'RE, UH, WHEN YOU, BASED ON THE WIDTHS AND THE LENGTHS YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH 'EM. WHEN YOU START GETTING UNIQUE ONE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A CUSTOM, UH, ITEM, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO. UH, BUT THE, THE CURVED, UH, A A FIXED ONE LARGE CURVE OR TRYING TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT PERFECT NUMBER IN A CURVE AND KNOW THAT THAT CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE NEED AND THINGS. THE, THE RECTANGLE WAS JUST A, A KIND OF A MORE STANDARD UNIT THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH. UH, BUT CERTAINLY A, A ONE PERSON OR A THREE PERSON TABLE THAT HELPS, YOU KNOW, BALANCE THINGS A LITTLE BIT. UH, AS FAR AS WHO'S CLEARLY IN THE, IN THE CENTER THAT IT, THAT IS VERY DOABLE. BUT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO STAY WITH STANDARD, UH, STANDARD MEASUREMENTS AND UNITS, MUCH LIKE A BRICK, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL, THEY ALL BUILD AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER. YOU CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH 'EM. THE MORE CUSTOMIZED YOU GET THEN YOU, YOU, YOU LIMIT SOME OTHER FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ROOM. BILL ON SLIDE SEVEN, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, ARE YOU JUST SHOWING US TWO SEPARATE? UH, YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF EXAMPLES OF OTHER THINGS. AND, AND THE KIND OF, THE REASON THERE WAS WE, UM, ONE STILL RETAINS THE DUS IN THE ROOM. SOMETIMES THE DUS GOES AWAY, BUT TYPICALLY WE'LL ORIENT THIS ON SCREENS THAT ARE IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS. AND IT JUST GIVES US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, UH, WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THERE NOW IN THE WAY IT'S SET UP. WE CAN FACE EAST, WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN DO ROUND TABLES, WE CAN DO ROWS, WE DO TABLES. YES SIR. THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL THAT WAS. THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. I THINK IT LOOKS, I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD OVERALL. AND I THINK I PREFER THAT OPTION ONE FOR SOME OF THOSE REASONS YOU MENTIONED. YES, HONOR. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I FEEL THE SAME WAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THIS IS, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL KNOW THE SITE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WAY FINDING THAT WE NEED TO TWEAK. 'CAUSE THE, THE ADDISON, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO, WE NEED TO UPDATE SOME SIGNAGE THERE. UH, WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS HERE AS THIS BUILDING'S COMING ONLINE. SO, UH, WE JUST HAVE SOME PICTURES OF, WE HAVE THINGS ON WALLS, WE HAVE THINGS ON ROCKS, WE HAVE THINGS ON WINDOWS. UM, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR OUT BY A STREET. AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR THOUGHTS OR IDEAS OF, OF SIGNAGE AND, AND NAMING. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TONIGHT. I JUST WANTING TO TALK THAT DIRECTION. YEAH, I KIND OF, THIS IS THE BEGINNING CONVERSATION. UM, JUST SO THE ONE THING, I MEAN, I THINK THE OB THE OBVIOUS OPTION FOR THIS BUILDING WOULD BE TO CALL IT TOWN HALL. WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL IT TOWN HALL. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD JUST BE THE EASIEST WHEN WE'RE TELLING FOLKS WHAT BUILDING THIS IS. THIS HAS COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN OUR OFFICES HERE. UM, BUT OPEN TO FEEDBACK ON THAT FOR THE OTHER BUILDING, THE CURRENT TOWN HALL. UM, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GIVE US AN, AN ANSWER TODAY, BUT ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON IT, WE WANT IT TO BE HISTORICAL. WE WANT IT TO BE X, Y, OR Z. WE COULD COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT. SO REALLY JUST KICKING THAT DISCUSSION OFF ON EITHER ONE OF 'EM, UM, PROVIDED TO DISCUSS. OKAY. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT OUT OF THE GATE? UM, I, I'VE GOT A LOT, UM, ON, ON THIS FACILITY. UM, I CAME UP WITH WITH SEVERAL NAMES, BUT ADDISON, UH, CIVIC CENTER WAS THE ONE THAT, THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT TO ME AS, AS, UH, MY FAVORITE. DAVID, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA OFFICE? HERE. HERE. AND THEN WHAT, WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR WHAT IS NOW TOWN HALL? SO THE FINANCE STAFF, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE CURRENT TOWN HALL. OKAY. AND SO IN THIS BUILDING, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, HR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY SECRETARY. I'M MISSING SOMETHING I'M SURE. UH, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S MARKETING ANYTHING THAT'S AT TOWN HALL. NOW WE'LL MOVE OVER HERE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MY ONLY THOUGHT OF CALLING THIS TOWN HALL IS WE, WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH WHAT WE'RE CALLING TOWN HALL NOW AND TRADITION WITH THAT BEING TOWN HALL. BUT WE CAN'T KEEP CALLING THE TOWN HALL 'CAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL GO OVER THERE FOR US. WELL I FEEL LIKE WE COULD CALL THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE THAT COME HERE FOR WHATEVER SERVICES ARE BEING PERFORMED AT HALL, AT TOWN HALL AND NOT USE THE WORD TOWN HALL ANYWHERE. UM, I THINK I'D JUST STILL LIKE TO CALL WHAT'S TOWN HALL? TOWN HALL. BUT YOU CAN'T THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OVER THERE LOOKING FOR US AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE AND NOT IF WE, IF WE CALL THIS [00:45:01] MUNICIPAL CENTER. BUT IF THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN A BELT LINE, THEY SEE TOWN HALL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO TOWN HALL. YEAH. AND IF THEY LOOK ON GOOGLE AND DECEASED TOWN HALL, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO. AND NOT THE CIVIC CENTER BECAUSE, AND WHEN I THINK CIVIC CENTER, I THINK I GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THERE WAS A CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL. SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF CIVIC CENTER. I, I MEAN I, I THINK IT'S JUST AN EDUCATION OF, OF WHERE STAFF IS. UM, IF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING TOWN HALL NOW TOWN HALL, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND IF WE CALL THIS THE CIVIC CENTER OR MUNICIPAL CENTER, UM, CITY HALL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. BUT NO, WE CAN'T GO TO CITY HALL. WE'LL BE IN TROUBLE FOR THAT. IT'S TOO CLOSE. I GET THAT. BUT IT'S ALL IN A NAME AND EDUCATING PEOPLE. OTHER THOUGHTS? WHY WOULD WE BE IN TROUBLE FOR CITY HALL? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE TOWN OF ADD TOWN OF, SO WE DON'T WANNA BE THE CITY. OF COURSE WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL AND SO THAT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA YEAH. BEING TRADITIONAL. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS PLACE ADDISON TOWN HALL. YOU ARE CLOSING THAT TO MOVE THE STAFF. I, I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE CONFUSION TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL NAME OF US BEING A TOWN. THIS IS ADDISON TOWN HALL. IT'LL GROW ON PEOPLE. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT, DAN. I THINK I KIND OF MAYBE, MAYBE NAIVELY KINDA ASSUMED, YOU KNOW, THAT THE NAME WOULD COME BASICALLY WITH THE PEOPLE, UH, AND THE OFFICES. UM, BUT I, AS FAR AS THE OTHER BUILDING I HAD, I THINK IT DOES NEED SOMETHING. UM, I HISTORICAL OR YOU KNOW, THAT IT, IT NEEDS A SPECIAL NAME. SO WHAT WAS THE NAME OF IT? WHENEVER THEY FIRST BUILT THAT HOUSE BACK THEN, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS STONE GATE HALL. WHAT WAS IT? STONE GATE HALL. STONE GATE HALL, YES, SIR. NAMED AFTER THE STONE GATE THAT NO LONGER THERE. OH YEAH. AND SO MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THE, THE BIG MONUMENT THAT'S OUTSIDE THAT SAYS TOWN HALL, IS THAT GONNA GET LIFTED UP AND PUT IT RIGHT OUT HERE AND JUST WELL THAT'S, AND THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT, THAT SHOPPING CENTER'S CALLED TOWN HALL CENTER, ISN'T IT TOWN HALL CENTER SQUARE SQUARE. IT IS. YEAH. WE'LL TALK, WE'LL TALK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. YEAH, WE JUST THINK WE MOVE OUR SQUARE. WE PAID FOR IT AND PUT IT OVER HERE AS A MARQUEE OUT FRONT. RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AS AS ONE EXAMPLE. SO IT DOESN'T SAY TOWN HALL WITH THE ADDISON BLUE DOT EVER AGAIN OVER THERE. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA CONFUSE PEOPLE. TOWN HALL IS TOWN HALL. AND WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY TOWN HALL, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO BUSINESS HERE THAT THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TOWN HALL. AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA BE SAYING, IS THAT THE NEW TOWN HALL OR THE OLD TOWN HALL? NO, IF YOU CALL THAT TOWN HALL, THEY'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. RIGHT. AND WHATEVER WE CALL THIS, IT'LL GET 'EM HERE IF, BUT THEY'RE USED TO GOING TO TOWN HALL AND SO THEY GO TO TOWN HALL, WHEREVER. THAT'S MY POINT. EXACTLY. NO, THEY GO TO TOWN HALL, WHATEVER BUILDING IS CALLED TOWN HALL, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. IF WE, IF WE CALL THIS TOWN HALL, THE, THAT'S THE EDUCATION THAT TAKES FIVE MINUTES THAT THEY'LL FIGURE OUT THIS IS WHERE TOWN HALL IS NOW. SO YOU THINK WE'D LEAVE THAT MARQUEE, THAT MONUMENT OVER THERE THE WHOLE TIME? ONCE, IF THE STAFF MOVES HERE, WOULD WE LEAVE THAT MONUMENT IN YOUR OPINION OVER THERE? IF WE CONTINUE TO CALL IT TOWN HALL, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? THAT'S JUST CONFUSING TO ME, KEN. WELL, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. RIGHT? SO IF WE CALL THIS TOWN CENTER OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO CALL THIS, IF IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES TO EDUCATE SOMEONE, THEN THAT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. BUT THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT'S COMING HERE THAT THEY WANNA GO VISIT TOWN HALL AND THEY GO, THEY'RE GONNA GO OVER THERE LOOKING FOR THE TOWN OFFICES THAT ARE NOT THERE. I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG THE CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TOWN HALL. RIGHT. FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN A, FOR SOMEONE WHO, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT FOR, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE AND YOU SAID TOWN HALL, NOW THERE'S SOMETHING GONNA GO AWAY. IS IS IT THE NEW TOWN HALL OR THE OLD TOWN HALL? THAT BUILDING OVER THERE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE TOWN HALL FOLKS. IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TOWN HALL AND ME. OKAY. SO CAN WE TALK, I, I NEED SOME OTHER INPUT THERE BECAUSE CAN I, CAN I JUST SHARE SOME THOUGHTS REAL QUICK THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. SAY I'M JUST GONNA SHARE SOME THOUGHTS, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. UM, SO WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THAT TEAM, UH, IN, INTO WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING TOWN HALL. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO IN TALKING WITH DAVID EARLIER, UM, HE, HE SHARED THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE GOING OVER THERE TO GET SOME HELP WITH THEIR UTILITY BILLS, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE GENERAL [00:50:01] SERVICES BUILDING. SO REALLY IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, JUST CLOSED AND ONLY OPEN TO OUR FINANCE TEAM, CORRECT? MM-HMM . OKAY. DURING, DURING NORMAL WORKING HOURS. WE'LL, CERTAINLY NORMAL, BUT NOT THE PUBLIC. YEAH. RIGHT. WHERE THEY GO IF THEY WANNA PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL PERSONNEL, WE'RE MOVING INTO THE SERVICE, SERVICE STAFF PIECE OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND SO, UM, YEAH. IF, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRANSFORM THAT BUILDING INTO, THEN, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO RENAME IT. RIGHT. AND, AND SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, COVERS ALL OUR BASES. AND SO, UM, I'VE, I'VE COME UP WITH, WITH, WITH SCATTERED NAMES, BUT I, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE GOT A STREET NAME THAT, THAT NO PROPERTY ADDRESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH. IT'S, UH, WHAT IS IT? UH, TOWN HALL DRIVE. MM-HMM . AND WE CAN EASILY JUST REMOVE THAT IF WE DECIDE TO RENAME THE, THE, THE, THE BUILDING. CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S NOT A REAL STREET, IT'S JUST A RIGHT. SO WE CAN JUST REMOVE THE STREET NAME. THAT'S AN EASY FIX TO IF WE DECIDE TO RENAME THAT. OKAY. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK INTO THE HISTORY WE GOT, WE GOT STONEGATE HALL BUT WAS NAMED AFTER THE STONEGATE THAT NO LONGER LIVES THERE. THE MCINTYRE FAMILY, THEY WERE THE OWNERS. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HIRED THE ARCHITECT. SEE MCINTYRE, MAYBE SOMETHING, UM, YOU KNOW, I STARTED TO GO INTO ADDISON MANOR. SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING MORE DIFFERENT THAN TOWN HALL. BUT JUST SOMETHING, UM, ANY REASON WE WOULDN'T JUST CALL IT THE FINANCE BUILDING. WE COULD CALL IT THE FINANCE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHAT IT IS THEN BECAUSE THAT, AND THAT WOULD HELP, THAT WOULD HELP OUR PUBLIC THAT'S NOT GONNA BE GOING THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE A CREATIVE NAME. IS THAT RIGHT THEN THAT JUST ADDS MORE CONFUSION. OKAY. BUT, BUT WE COULD, WE COULD CALL IT THAT. YEAH. IT PROBABLY ISN'T NOT ANY GOOD EITHER. BUT TOWN HALL FINANCE BUILDING AND NAME THIS TOWN HALL MUNICIPAL BUILDING. THEY GET BOTH THE TOWN HALL OR IS THAT TOO CONFUSING? SINCE THEY BOTH HAVE TOWN HALL ON THAT? CHRIS WILL BE HAPPY IT'S STILL TOWN HALL AND EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY. THIS IS TOWN HALL. I, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO KEEP TOWN HALL ON THAT IF IT'S NO LONGER TOWN. 'CAUSE TOWN HALL HAS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. I AGREE. IN A, IN A COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S TOWN HALL IS, TOWN HALL IS A BUILDING THAT THE PUBLIC GOES TO. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING TO THAT BUILDING 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A SECURE BUILDING ANYWAY. YEAH. YOU REMOVED THE STREET SIGN AND YOU REMOVE THAT MON MONUMENT. YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT EXISTED. YOU'D DRIVE RIGHT ON BY. CORRECT. AND YOU'D FIND ON GOOGLE MAPS ONCE THIS GETS UPDATED, GP PS WISE, YOU'RE COMING HERE PERIOD. MM-HMM . SO DISAGREE WITH, WITH ANYTHING YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. I'M JUST, I GUESS I LIKE THE HONOR TRADITION AND THE HISTORY THAT WE'VE HAD HERE. IT'S ALWAYS HAD THAT NAME. UM, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH ALONG WITH WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA THINK. I'M JUST SHARING MY OPINION. NO, I GET IT. I MEAN, I, I I VALUE THE HISTORY TOO, BUT IT BUT IT, IT ALWAYS HASN'T HAD THAT NAME CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S BEEN STONEGATE HALL. STONEGATE HALL. AND THEN FROM THERE IT BECAME TOWN HALL UNTIL STONEGATE FINANCE CENTER. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. CHRIS. MORE CONFUSION. EXACTLY. WELL, DID YOU SAY WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT RENAMING THE SHOPPING CENTER? WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S DECISION, WHAT HE WANTS, BUT THEY WANT TO NAME THE SHOPPING CENTER. WE WOULD CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THE SIGN. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT HAS OUR DO ON IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WELL, I GUESS WHATEVER NAME THEY LIKE, WE MIGHT LIKE THAT FOR THE FINANCE BUILDING MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE CENTER COME UP, WHATEVER NAME THEY COME UP WITH THE CENTER. WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL TOWN HALL CENTER. TOWN HALL. I MEAN, THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO STONEGATE. I DON'T KNOW. DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, THE SCHEME. OH, AND SO WHERE ARE YOU? BECAUSE I THINK OF THAT, THE NAME OF THAT CENTER TOWN IS THE TOWN HALL CENTER THAT WE CALLED TOWN HALL. TOWN, YES. TOWN HALL SQUARE. RIGHT. SQUARE SQUARE. SQUARE IS SQUARE. YEAH. I THINK IF, IF MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF ANY OF THOSE RESTAURANTS BEING IN TOWN HALL SQUARE, IT'S JUST BRENTWOOD AND CHAMBERLAINS AND HOT HACHI. I REALLY HAVEN'T NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. I, I SEE THAT SIGN AND THINK IT'S JUST THERE FOR TOWN HALL. BECAUSE IT'S TOWN HALL. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, SOME NAMES, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW ADDISON WALK AND VOP AND THOSE THINGS. NOBODY THINKS OF THAT. I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN, THEY COULD CALL IT ANYTHING AND, BUT I LEAN TOWARDS THIS BUILDING WHERE [00:55:01] OUR TOWN HALL PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM ANYWAY. MM-HMM . UM, I, I, I THINK OF THIS BUILDING THEN BEING OUR TOWN HALL AND UH, YEAH, SOMEBODY MAY GO OVER TO THE OTHER ONE, BUT I BET THEY DON'T DO IT TWICE. YOU KNOW, . UM, SO, AND AS FAR AS THE OTHER NAME, I, I, I LIKE TRADITION, BUT I HAVE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BEING CLEAR. THAT'S THE FINANCE BUILDING. YEAH. I'D JUST LIKE TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION THAT WE CAN. THAT'S FINE. BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SOME CONFUSION, YOU KNOW, FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU KNOW, WHILE PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT. I WOULD LIKE THE TOWN STAFF, THE DIRECTORS TO SORT OF HAVE A, CALL IT A QUIET BOAT OFF IN THE DISTANCE. AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD DEEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IF YOU GET 'EM OPTION A OR OPTION B GONNA CALL THEIR FAMILY AND SAY, I'M GOING TO WORK AT WAIT FOR IT. I'M SURE WE MARK AND AREA AND MARKETING WOULD TELL US THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THEY WORK FOR ADDISON, THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING. THEY DON'T FOR A BUILDING THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING. YEAH. COME MEET ME. THEY DON'T WORK FOR THE SERVICE CENTER. RIGHT. DID WE HELP AT ALL? BILL WAS JUST TERRIBLE. WELL, I ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS ON THE NAME OF THIS BUILDING. UM, I, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW FOR THE OTHER BUILDING, IS THERE CONSENSUS ON THE FINANCE BUILDING? DO YOU WANT TO BRING BACK OPTIONS WITH STONEGATE? I MEAN, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TWO OPTIONS. UM, I THINK FINANCE BUILDING IS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF TOWN STAFF HAS SOME OTHER IDEA AND WE COULD, I THINK WE COULD PRETTY FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY QUICKLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS OF Y'ALL THROWN AROUND AT ALL? DAVID? IT WOULD BE THE HISTORICAL ONES THAT WERE MENTIONED. EITHER, UH, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, STONEGATE SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE TO BE MM-HMM . I, I THINK THOSE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY. MM-HMM. WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. IT IS. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THERE. MM-HMM . I DO ENVISION US USING THE BUILDING FROM TIME TO TIME. I MEAN, THE BUILDING CAN STILL BE USED. LIKE WE USE IT NOW FOR DIFFERENT RECEPTIONS AND THINGS. MM-HMM . UM, SO IT'S NOT DURING WORKING HOURS. IT WOULD BE A CLOSED BUILDING FOR FINANCE, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA. UH, I STILL THINK WE CAN HAVE SOME EVENTS THERE TO GO FOR. WHEN YOU SAY THE FINANCE BUILDING, ARE WE SAYING ADDISON FINANCE BUILDING OR JUST THE FINANCE BUILDING? CURRENT, WE JUST CALL, YEAH. I WOULD, I WOULD SAY ADDISON FINANCE BUILDING IF WE'RE GONNA, YEAH. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ADDISON. AS PART OF THE NAME. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE SIGNAGE HAS OVER THERE. NOW. I THINK IT'S FINANCE AND FINANCE. FINANCE BUILDING FINANCE, BUILDING FINANCE. THAT TO BRING IT BACK. FOR ANOTHER ONE. ARE WE GOOD WITH ADDISON? FINANCE BUILDING? THAT'S . I'M ADDISON FINANCE BUILDING. SO IT, IT'S ADDISON FINANCE BUILDING AND THEN WE REMOVE THE, THE STREET. THE STREET SIGN MM-HMM . IS THAT? YEAH. OKAY. AND WE FIGURE OUT THE MONUMENT SIGN. YES. LATER. BUT WHATEVER THEY, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE, DECIDE IF THEY WANNA KEEP THAT NAME FOR THAT CENTER. THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT WE JUST TAKE OUR BLUE.OFF. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S VERY CONFUSING. IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IT SAYS ADDISON TOWN HALL, ADDISON SPOT LOGO TOWN HALL, AND THEN IT SAYS ADDISON. YEAH. SO YOU GOTTA TAKE THE SPOT. YEAH. I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA TAKE THE TOWN HALL STUFF OFF. TAKE MONUMENT OUT, TAKE TAKE TOWN HALL. WELL THAT'S, WE DON'T OWN THAT. WE DON'T OWN, WE DON'T OWN THE WHOLE SITE. WE DON'T OWN THE WHOLE MONUMENT. THE AND THE WORDS TOWN HALL OFF. YEAH. WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT PART OFF IF THEY'LL ALLOW US. WE DON'T. YEAH. BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE, YEAH, WE DON'T, BUT WE DON'T OWN THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE NAME OF IT IS. SO WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE OUR BRANDING OFF OF IT. MAYBE WE SHOULD START THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM. WELL, WE'LL, YEAH. WE'LL THAT'D BE HELPFUL. BE CONDITIONED APPROVAL SAYING NO. DON'T THEY GET TO DECIDE OUR LOGO? I DON'T. WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT. THEY CANNOT WHAT? THINK WE CAN, WE WILL DISCUSS IT WITH 'EM. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT, UH, ADDISON SCIENCE BUILDING AT TOWN HALL? CHRIS, I'M GOOD. WE'LL LEAVE YOU STONE AND WE CAN BUILD A STONE. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT THEN. UM, GLIDDEN, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IS DEVELOPING THE, UH, WHETHER THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS, WE HAD A NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTORS WALK THROUGH LAST WEEK. THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR BIDS. OUR, UM, NEXT STEP IS TO GET THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THEM. OUR, OUR PLAN SCHEDULE IS TO BRING THAT TO YOU ON THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN, UH, IF, IF THAT ALL GOES WELL AND PASSES AND WE GET IT SCHEDULED AND MOVING. AND HOW MANY? SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? HE SAID HE TOLD ME FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. [01:00:01] GOOD. THE, UH, THREE MONTHS FOR DESIGN AND SIX MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND WE'RE ON SCHEDULE, SO. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO MORE QUESTIONS. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US, BILL? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL BE HAVING MEETINGS IN THE AS AND FINANCE BUILDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS VERY SOON. , I'M GONNA BE SO CONFUSED. WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THE CALL UP. ALRIGHT [b. Present and discuss the development of the Addison Circle Park Vision Plan Operations section.] THEN. SO NOW WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX B, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK VISION PLAN OPERATIONS SECTION. JANET MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS EVENING IS PART TWO OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE BEGAN IN DECEMBER WITH COUNSEL. THAT IS TO PREPARE, PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH INFORMATION ON WORK THAT WAS DONE BY STAFF IN OJB LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TO DEVELOP A NEW VISION FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. UM, THIS EVENING I HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OJB, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, TARA GREEN AND KATIE MARTIN. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE REFRESHER OF THE VISION THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS EVENING IS TO DISCUSS OPERATIONS, UM, MOVING FORWARD FOR THE VISION OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. AND SO THAT WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE VISION, VISION PLAN, UM, WE DO INVITE THOSE QUESTIONS TOO. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TARA. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AS JANICE SAID, I WILL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE REMINDER OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN MEETING ONE. WE'VE ALL HAD A HOLIDAY SINCE THEN. SO WHAT IS THE VISION PLAN? WHAT WERE WE TASKED WITH DOING? HELPING CREATE A GUIDE THAT WOULD INSPIRE TO CREATE A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK? WE CAME UP WITH A STATEMENT, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH STAFF, AND WE FOCUSED ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AROUND FREE KEY PRINCIPLES, CREATING COMMUNITY, BUILDING ON THE INNOVATION THAT MADE THE PARK SO SPECIAL IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND EMBRACING, ENHANCING, AND CELEBRATING NATURE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE CREATED THE STATEMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. THE DESIGN IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS VISION PLAN STATEMENT. ULTIMATELY TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, EMBRACE INNOVATION AND CELEBRATE NATURE. AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE SET UP SOME GOALS FOR WHAT THE VISION PLAN IS TO ACCOMPLISH SOME KEY OBJECTIVES FOR FREE YEAR ROUND ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN THE PARK, ENHANCING THE TREE CANOPY, COMPLIMENTING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, VENUES EXISTING AND FUTURE. PROVIDE LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK. AND THEN ESTABLISH THAT SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL PLAN. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA FOCUS OUR EFFORTS TONIGHT. BECAUSE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE METRICS OF SUCCESS, YOU REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE TEAM ENHANCING YOUR AMAZING PARKS DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES. SO AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE DESIGN COULD LOOK LIKE, NOTHING IS DESIGNED. THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE WHAT COULD BE TAKEN, UH, HOW TO ADVANCE THE PARK FOR FUTURE USE, HOW TO CONNECT IT WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, HOW TO COMPLIMENT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS ALREADY TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE WERE, WE WERE TASKED WITH THREE KEY ITEMS, LOOKING AT, FROM AN OPERATIONS LENS, LOOKING AT ACTIVATION STRATEGIES AND LOOKING AT REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE THREE TASKS WERE SPELLED OUT IN THE ORIGINAL R-F-Q-R-F-P. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MEETING WITH STAFF. WE DID MULTIPLE WALKS WITH STAFF IN THE PARK. WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THE FACILITIES POINT OF VIEW. WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE POINT OF VIEW. WE LOOKED AT IT FROM AN OPERATIONS AND AN ACTIVATION POINT OF VIEW. WE ALSO WENT AND TOURED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. SO WE TRIED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, WHAT ARE THE SUCCESSES? THIS IS A SUMMARY IN YOUR PACKET. YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION. BUT THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST KIND OF DISTILL IT DOWN TO ITS MOST KEY POINTS. WE KNOW WE HAVE THE ONGOING WATER FEATURE MAINTENANCE ISSUES, WE HAVE TURF, WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE MORE, USE THE GRASS PICNIC ON THE LAWN, GET GRASS GROWING UNDER THE TREES, NARROW SIDEWALKS OPERATIONALLY THAT MEANS MAKING 90 DEGREE TURNS, WHICH ARE VERY HARD FOR EVENT VEHICLES. WE CUT THE CORNERS, WE'RE DRIVING OVER THE GRASS. WE'RE CHALLENGING THE GRASS TO BE HEALTHY AND THRIVING. LACK OF ONSITE STORAGE. WE HEARD THAT TIME [01:05:01] AND AGAIN. AND THE STORAGE, WE DO HAVE FLOODS FROM TIME TO TIME. SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT, WHICH IS WHY IN THE DESIGN WE SHOWED A PARK BUILDING THAT COULD BE A DOCENT BUILDING, IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH PARK STORAGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PRESENT IN THE DESIGN THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED. AND WE LOOKED AT GRADING. THIS IS NOT A NEW WATER FEATURE. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE, THE GRADING CHALLENGES WE HAVE OUT THERE. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHEN WE WANT TO INVEST IN A SIGNATURE PARK LIKE CIRCLE PARK, ACTIVE PLACES NEED TO BE ACTIVELY MANAGED. IT'S ENHANCING WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW WITH DEDICATED TEAM WHO ARE OUT THERE ACCOMPLISHING THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE SET OUT FOR THE PARK. SO REALLY WE THOUGHT, OKAY, HOW DO WE DO THAT? ENHANCING THE EXISTING PARK STAFF TO DEDICATED FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO COMPLIMENT THE REST OF THE SPECIALISTS THAT ARE DEPLOYED, SERVING ALL OF THE PARKS. THEY WOULD BE EYES ON THE PARK. THEY'RE ALSO AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SECURITY. THEY ARE CREATING THAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN. THE SECURITY, THIS IS A KEY ELEMENT TO CREATING A SAFE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, IS UNARMED PRIVATE SECURITY THAT WORKS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PARK, BUT IN TANDEM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY ARE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, REPORT IT. THEY ARE A WELCOMING AMBASSADOR IN THE PARK, BUT THEY ARE A VISIBLE PRESENCE. A SIGNAL THAT THIS IS A SAFE SPACE, THAT IS ACTIVE, THAT IS WELCOMING FOR ALL. AND THEN THEY ARE 24 7. IT IS AT LEAST FOR THAT FIRST YEAR, WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SET THE BRAND STANDARDS OF THE NEWLY DESIGNED PARK IN ITS FIRST YEAR. YOU MAY FIND THAT YOU CAN DIAL THAT BACK TO YOUR CRITICAL NEED PERIODS, WHETHER THAT BE WEEKENDS, NIGHTS, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT THERE MAY BE ISSUES. BUT FOR YOUR FIRST YEAR, WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMMIT TO A 24 7 PRESENCE OUT THERE THAT'S VISIBLE. IT'S THE ROAMING. THERE ARE ALSO GONNA BE SECURITY CAMERAS OUT THERE, THERE ARE WELCOMING PRESENCE. IT'S WELCOME TO ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. IT'S NOT THE NO PARK. IT'S HOW YOU APPROACH PEOPLE THAT MATTERS. TO SET THAT TONE, THAT INTENTIONALITY. IT'S PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE. IT'S NOT WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO GO WRONG. IT'S WALKING UP TO A GROUP. PLEASE KNOW THERE IS NO SMOKING IN THIS PARK. PLEASE KNOW, WE ASK THAT YOU DISMOUNT FROM YOUR SCOOTER AND WALK THROUGH THE PARK, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THOSE MIGHT NOT BE THE EXACT EXAMPLES, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. THE SECOND APPROACH IS NOT, IT'S MORE AUTHORITATIVE. THEY ARE AMBASSADORS AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING WHAT'S GOING ON FROM AN ACTIVATION STANDPOINT. SO FROM AN OPERATIONS RECOMMENDATION STRATEGIES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE TEAM MEMBERS, THE PRIVATE SECURITY, THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST IN THAT SIGNATURE SPACE, INVESTING IN THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THE LANDSCAPE PERFORMS THE WAY YOU ENVISION THE ACTIVATION HAPPENS THE WAY YOU ENVISION. AND YOU'RE SENDING A DIRECT SIGNAL TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS OUR SIGNATURE SPACE. UM, THE NEED FOR ROUGHLY A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, FRONTING THE PARK AND STORAGE SPACE. THESE COULD ALSO BECOME MULTIFUNCTION SPACE OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER DURING A BIG EVENT. IT COULD BE FOR VOLUNTEER CHECK-IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARKS COULD CO-MINGLE AND USE THOSE SPACES. AND SO THEN WE ROLL INTO THE ACTIVATION PLAN. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO INTENTIONALLY CREATE A CURATED CALENDAR OF EVENTS OF DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY ACTIVITIES? YOU'RE DOING THAT TOP OF THE PYRAMID. WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. YOU'RE DOING THE SIGNATURE EVENTS, BUT BUILDING FREE THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DO TO COME INTO THE PARK FOR, FOR A SET TIME OR TO HAVE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT WHEN THEY'RE HERE AND DIDN'T REALIZE THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING. AND THEN WE WERE TASKED TO LOOK AT RECOMMENDING MODIFICATIONS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS. BUT ALSO WHAT COULD A YEAR-ROUND ACTIVATION CALENDAR LOOK LIKE? WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES? AND ALL OF THIS IS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN, WHICH CALLED FOR THE YEAR-ROUND ACTIVATED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. AND YOUR LEVEL OF ACTIVATION SHOULD BE UNIQUE TO ADDISON. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING GOING ON 365 DAYS A YEAR. IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CADENCE AND IN THE RHYTHM THAT BEST SUITS THIS [01:10:01] COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? YOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS? WE'RE DOING SOME YOGA CLASSES IN THE PARK. WE HAVE OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. WE HAVE ADDISON AFTER DARK. SO WE HAVE THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID. WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE MIDDLE. WE COULD DO MORE OF THOSE. BUT REALLY IT'S HAPPENING AT THAT SMALLER SCALE TO PROVIDE A TAI CHI IN THE AFTERNOON ON A FRIDAY OR A MEDITATION CLASS OR A STRETCH AND FLOW. OR IT MIGHT BE A ZUMBA OR A SALSA LESSON. IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF SMALL ACTIVITIES THAT JUST KIND OF CREATE THAT ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT IN THE PARK WHEN WE NEED IT. AND SO WHY WOULD YOU WANNA ACTIVATE REALLY AT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU WANT TO GENERATE REVENUE TO HELP OFFSET YOUR OPERATING COST, YOU NEED AN ACTIVE SPACE. WE LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU CAN ACTIVATE THROUGH ART, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FAMILY PROGRAMMING, MUSIC, FOOD AND BEVERAGE. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG BUCKETS THAT ACTIVATION HAPPENS IN. ACTIVATION ALSO HAPPENS WITH GREAT DESIGN, MOVABLE FURNITURE, TABLES AND CHAIRS OUT THERE. SHADE. ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE DESIGN THAT WE SHOWED YOU WAS CONSIDERING HOW PEOPLE COULD JUST COME AND ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC PARK. NOTHING'S SCHEDULED, BUT I CAN SIT AND I WANNA BRING MY FAMILY HERE. I WANNA MEET MY COWORKERS AFTER WORK BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE ME TO USE IT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. AND IF THERE IS TAI CHI GOING ON IN ONE AREA, I HAVE ANOTHER AREA THAT'S QUIET. YOU HAVE A LOT OF REAL ESTATE WHERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS CAN BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING YOU DO MORE 20,000 PERSON EVENTS. WE THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD YOUR REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD YOUR AUTHENTICITY WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS BEING TRULY THE PARK FOR EVERYONE, IS TO FOCUS ON THESE SMALLER THINGS THAT START TO BUILD AUDIENCE AND BUILD BRAND AWARENESS. AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? FREE PLAY, PUTTING IMAGINATION, PLAYGROUND OUT, PUTTING ART CARTS OUT, PUTTING BOARD GAMES OUT, HAVING CHESS TOURNAMENTS, HAVING POWER OUTLETS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE WORKING. THE TECH PODS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THEY COULD BE ON A TIMER. SO THEY'RE TURNED OFF. THEY'RE, YOU CANNOT CHARGE YOUR DEVICES AFTER HOURS. THERE'S A LOT OF OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS THAT WE CAN EMPLOY TO MAKE SURE THE SPACES ARE USED THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ENVISIONED. WEEKLY, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. WE COULD BUILD A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES FOR A TWO OR THREE HOUR PERIOD OF TIME FOR FAMILIES TO COME INTO THE PARK AND HAVE FREE ACTIVITIES. THEY HAD THE SPLASH PAD AND WE COULD DO A STORY TIME AND WE COULD DO A MOMMY AND ME YOGA CLASS OR DAD AND ME YOGA CLASS. THERE COULD BE A SERIES OF THINGS THAT MAKE IT WORTH THE EFFORT TO GET THE KIDS IN THE CAR AND COME TO THE PARK AND SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS. AND THEN WHAT WOULD THAT MONTHLY LOOK LIKE? WE COULD, WE COULD PARTNER WITH THE THEATER. THERE COULD BE FREE EVENTS IN THE PARK THAT HOPEFULLY TIE BACK TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE THEATER, DRIVING PEOPLE TO GET TICKETS, TO COME INTO THE, TO SEE EVENTS HERE. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIES, CREATING YOUR CALENDAR, STACKING PROGRAMS TOGETHER. IT'S ONE THING TO PUT A FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE IT SUCCESSFUL UNLESS YOU STACK IT WITH THINGS AROUND IT. YOU'RE COMING TO A YOGA CLASS AND YOU CAN GET SOMETHING AT THE FOOD TRUCK OR A COFFEE CART OR JAVA AND HOPS. YOU'RE COMING TO A CONCERT IN THE PARK AND THERE'S FOOD AND BEVERAGE THAT YOU COULD PURCHASE TO ENJOY OUT THERE. YOU'RE STACKING THINGS TOGETHER. IT'S NOT A SERIES OF ONE OFF THINGS. YOU'RE CREATING SHADE. YOU'VE GOT FANTASTIC TREE CANOPY. WE COVERED THAT IN THE DESIGN. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SHADE IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE SO THAT YOU CAN BE HERE ENJOYING THIS PARK. YEAR ROUND GAMES, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE, CREATING PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS. THAT'S HOW WE REDUCE COST. WE BUILD MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS TO PARTNER, TO HOST THINGS TOGETHER IN THE PARK. AND THEN WE SUPPORT IT ALL WITH MARKETING. NONE OF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL IF WE'RE NOT TELLING THE STORY. WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY MARKETING THE OPPORTUNITY. SO THE ACTIVATION STRATEGIES, UH, WE, WE RECOMMEND HIRING A SUPERVISOR. AND THEN AS TIME EVOLVES, AS YOU DO MORE AND MORE THINGS, THAT PERSON COULD BE SUPPORTED WITH ONE TO TWO COORDINATOR LEVEL TO DO THE STUFF. NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, IT STARTS TO BECOME A LOT AS YOUR CALENDAR EVOLVES. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE CATEGORIES [01:15:01] THAT WE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M STAYING ON TIME, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M RUSHING THROUGH IT. THE LAST THING WAS REVENUE GENERATION STRATEGIES. HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT REVENUE GENERATION? WHAT IS ALLOWED? WHAT COULD WE EXPLORE? AND WE REALLY NEED TO COME TO ONE DECISION IN THE FUTURE. DO WE WANT THIS PART TO PAY FOR ITSELF OR DO WE WANT REVENUE TO HELP OFFSETTING THE ANNUAL COST? AND THAT'S AN INFLECTION POINT. THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER TO THAT. IT'S WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR ADDISON. BUT WE, IF WE WANT TO DRIVE REVENUE, WE WANNA THINK ABOUT THE SPACES THAT COULD DO THAT THROUGH RENTALS, TICKETED EVENTS, SPONSORSHIPS. YOU COULD PACKAGE YOUR PROGRAMMING AND, UH, ACTIVITIES CALENDAR TO SELL AS A SPONSORSHIP, FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE ARE REALLY YOUR PRIMARY WAYS TO GENERATE INCOME THROUGH A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS CREATE THAT BALANCED ACTIVATION CALENDAR. IT'S, IT'S ACTIVE AND PASSIVE. IT SHOULD NEVER FEEL OVERLY PROGRAMMED FOR ANYONE IN ENJOYMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE. AND THEN WE WANNA UNDERSTAND THE PERMISSIBLE REVENUE STREAMS AND HIRE THE TEAM TO DO IT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GENERATE REVENUE IF YOU'RE NOT PROACTIVE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WAIT ON THE PHONE TO RING AND HOPE TO GENERATE INCOME. YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL OUTWARD FACING. AND I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS WHO ARE ALREADY SELLING SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE BIG EVENTS THAT COULD HAVE YEAR ROUND ENHANCEMENTS, YEAR ROUND ACTIVATION INTO THE PARK. AND THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE DIAGRAM THAT SAYS ACTIVATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF REVENUE GENERATION. IF YOU AGREE THAT THAT IS OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU, THEN WHAT FOLLOWS IS CREATING THE ACTIVATION CALENDARS TO SUPPORT THE LEVEL OF REVENUE THAT YOU WANT TO GENERATE. YOUR PRIMARY REVENUE WILL COME FROM YOUR NAMING RIGHTS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS YOUR CAPITAL. IT ALSO CAN HELP TOWARDS YOUR ANNUAL OPERATING COST, YOUR SPONSORSHIP INCOME, FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN YOU COULD PERHAPS CONSIDER A REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT. A P MIGHT BE A FUNDING MECHANISM. YOUR NAMING RIGHTS THIRD PARTY EVENT RENTALS. THAT IS A PROACTIVE REVENUE STREAM THAT IF YOU WANTED TO ALLOW THAT TO TAKE PLACE IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, YOU COULD GENERATE INCOME. PEOPLE PAY FOR CORPORATE EVENTS, THERE'D BE WEDDINGS, PRODUCT LAUNCHES, BRAND ACTIVATIONS, MOVIE PREMIERS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE HERE. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING AGENCIES AND PR FIRMS THAT WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD AND BEVERAGE. IF THERE WAS A FOOD HALL, A PERMANENT RESTAURANT, PERHAPS THERE'S FOOD TRUCKS, CARTS, KIOSKS, CONCESSIONS, CATERING, YOUR PROGRAM PARTNERS OR A VALUE IN KIND OFFSETTING YOUR EXPENSES. AND THEN A NONPROFIT, MAYBE ONE DAY THERE'S A FRIEND'S ORGANIZATION, A FOUNDATION, A CONSERVANCY, A 5 0 1 C3 THAT COULD HELP GENERATE FUNDS FOR THE PARK. AND WE ALSO TALKED WITH JANA A LOT ABOUT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. WHAT DO WE DO IF WE WANTED TO CREATE PRIVATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAPITAL STACK TO BUILD THE PARK? SO WE SHARED LESSONS LEARNED, WE SHARED ABOUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WHAT DOES THAT TIMING LOOK LIKE? UM, WHAT ARE THE KEY STRATEGIES ABOUT CREATING DONOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK? AND THEN WHAT COULD THOSE CAPITAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE? A TIF DISTRICT, THE PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE, UH, A NEW MECHANISM THAT YOU HAVE RECENTLY EMPLOYED. ADDISON, JANA HAS EXPLORED THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE AROUND THAT. AND THEN CREATING THAT, THAT NONPROFIT, THAT P THREE OPPORTUNITY, GETTING YOUR CORPORATE SUPPORT, YOUR INDIVIDUAL FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, ET CETERA. THE NAMING OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY NAMING GIFT THAT YOU COULD SELL, WE WOULD RECOMMEND A SET ASIDE A PORTION OF THAT, PERHAPS 5% UP TO 20% OF THAT GIFT GOES INTO YOUR ANNUAL OPERATING RESERVE. SO EVERY CAPITAL GIFT COULD ALSO HELP POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LONG TERM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK. SO REVENUE GENERATION STRATEGIES. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY REVENUE IS A TEAM SPORT. IT'S EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER THINKING ABOUT IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT'S A LONG GAME. IT COULD START AS EARLY AS WHEN WE GET INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. YOU START THINKING ABOUT YOUR ANNUAL REVENUE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS A MATH EQUATION. WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO BITE-SIZED [01:20:01] PIECES, BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS, A HUNDRED PERCENT PAY FOR ITSELF OR CONTRIBUTE OR SOME VARIATION IN BETWEEN. AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, ULTIMATELY WHAT IS ALL THIS ROLL UP TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE ORG CHART LOOK? SO WE HAVE THE TOWN, WE HAVE THE PARK DIRECTOR, THE NEW RECREATION MANAGER, THAT ONE PERSON THAT JANA CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK AT ALL TIMES THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ACTIVATION STRATEGIES, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE TAKE. THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT VENUE THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC PARK IF YOU WANT IT TO BE HIGHLY ACTIVE YEAR ROUND. AND THEN THE, THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT THE CONTRACT SERVICES. SO YOU'RE OUTSOURCING, SECURITY QUARTER SERVICE, THE ONES IN BLACK ARE THINGS YOU'RE DOING ALREADY. AND THEN REVENUE GENERATION, IF THAT'S AN OBJECTIVE, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD THAT PERSON BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? AND THEN YOUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, YOUR KEY, YOUR KEY IN ALL OF THIS IS YOUR RECREATION MANAGER, YOUR OPS TEAM, AND YOUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR. THOSE ARE THE THREE FOLKS THAT YOU WANT TO, THREE TO FOUR FOLKS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO. THAT TEAM BEING OUR PRIME TEAM FOR THE PARK DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T HELP IN OTHER WAYS, IN OTHER PLACES, IN OTHER AREAS AS NEEDED, BUT THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARK IS SAFE, CLEAN AND ACTIVE. SO HOW AM I DOING ON TIME? YOU'RE . UH, NEXT STEPS WE WANNA TALK. DO YOU WANT TO OH, NO, YOU'RE FINE. OKAY. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY IN JANUARY. WE WANNA CONSIDER AT SOME POINT YOUR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE VISION PLAN, UH, COMING BACK IN MARCH WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS STAFF SUBMITTING REQUESTS FOR THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE TO CONTINUE THE WORK TOGETHER, START TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PLAN, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHAT COULD THOSE P THREE OPPORTUNITIES ENTAIL? APPROVING OUR BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER, SCHEMATIC DESIGN BEGINNING IN OCTOBER, AND THEN WORKING THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY. ULTIMATELY BRINGING YOU AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AT THAT TIME. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO REALLY GIVE YOU SOME MEAT ON THE BONE FOR WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT COULD COST. THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I COULD. I'LL TAKE A A COUPLE COMMENTS BEFORE WE WE GO. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, I, THIS IS NOT AN ITEM WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR POSITIONS TODAY. UM, THESE ARE JUST SAYING IF WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IF WE DO ALL THESE OPERATIONS AT SOME POINT WE'LL NEED SOME ADDITIONAL STAFFING. THAT WOULD BE A DECISION MADE IN THE FUTURE AS WE CAME THROUGH BUDGET PROCESSES. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK, WE'RE SITTING HERE SAYING WE NEED THE POSITIONS THAT WERE LISTED TODAY. IT WOULD, THESE POSITIONS ADDED AS PROGRAMMING AND THE PARK ROW, SO IT'S NOT ALL IN ONE YEAR. RIGHT. UM, THIS WAS LOOKING AT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME I SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THIS WAS, THESE RESPONSES WERE, UH, DIRECT ANSWER TO WHAT WAS ASKED IN THE RFP AT BUILD OUT WHEN IT'S FULLY ACTIVE. SO YES. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. UH, AND THEN I WOULD JUST, I MEAN, BILL, WE WANNA HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS. I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY JUST TRYING TO THROW EVERYTHING UP. HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO TO AN EXTREME ONE ACTIVATION IN THE PLAN. AND HERE'S DIFFERENT BUCKETS WE CAN THINK OF OF HOW WE FUND THAT. SO, UM, JUST TO HELP KIND OF CONTEXTUALIZE SOME OF THAT BEFORE WE KICK IT OFF WITH QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO DIG DOWN INTO WEEDS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YOU'RE WELCOME TED ASK MANY QUESTIONS, . SURE. YOU'RE NOT A POLITICIAN. I HAVE A QUICK, I HAVE A QUICK ONE. SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ADDITIONAL SECURITY MM-HMM . WOULD THOSE, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT THOSE ARE CONTRACT SECURITY OR, OR DO YOU YES. THE PLAN WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD BE CONTRACTED, UM, MUCH LIKE THE SECURITY THAT COMES AND HELPS US SUPPORT, HELPS, SUPPORTS US DURING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION THAT WE ALSO HAVE HAD IS WHEN THE TOD DEVELOPMENT COMES ONLINE, UM, THERE ARE PUBLIC SPACES IN THAT AREA AND WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE PARK SECURITY HAVE A BOUNDARY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ENCOMPASSING THAN JUST THE PARK WHERE THEY COULD COME UP TO THE, THE TOD CONNECTION, THE RAIL CONNECTION, AND THEN CIRCLE BACK INTO THE PARK. SO WE'VE ALWAYS GOT EYES KIND OF IN THE AREA. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT. SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE LIGHT RAIL COMING THROUGH. WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW [01:25:01] ON THE, AT THE STORE FRONT, THE POLICE STORE FRONT RIGHT HERE? DO WE PAY, DO WE PAY RENT ON THAT SPACE? ARE WE USING IT? HOW DO WE USE IT? DO YOU WANNA THE STORE FRONT GARAGE HERE AT THE CIRCLE? SO YOU CAN USE THE STOREFRONT HERE AT THE CIRCLE. MAYOR COUNSEL, CHRIS FREEZE, CHIEF OF POLICE, UM, YES, THE STOREFRONT, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE PAY, UH, WE HAVE USE IT FOR STORAGE. UM, SOME OFFICERS WILL GO THERE TO WRITE REPORTS TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENCE HERE AT THE PARK. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKS WITH, UH, MARKETING, UH, MAYBE LETTING THEM USE THAT SPACE AS WELL. OKAY. 'CAUSE MY THOUGHT WAS IF IF THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, MAYBE WE JUST TRY TO MOVE THAT A PRESENCE INSIDE THE PARK. BUT IF WE DON'T, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED I THINK THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, BUT I'LL WE'LL CORRECT THAT IF THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WHAT I RECALL TOO. YEAH. MY TWO THOUGHTS ON IT WOULD BE, THANK YOU CHRIS. PRIORITIES WOULD BE BE JUST THAT SECURITY, ENGAGING THE LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT BRINGING NEW, NEW REVENUE, NEW RESTAURANTS, TRUCKS. WHAT ABOUT THE EXISTING BUSINESS THAT'S RIGHT HERE THAT'S STRUGGLING? SO HOW DO WE SORT OF SEMI STEER THE ACTION TO THEM TO PROSPER FROM THIS NEW PARK RENOVATION? BE THE FIRST THOUGHT. THE SECOND IS OBJ, YOU'VE DONE PARKS IN OMAHA AND THESE OTHER GREAT CITIES. FAST FORWARD A YEAR, 18 MONTHS LATER, IF YOU'VE GOT A CRYSTAL BALL AND SAY, GOSH, IF ONLY WE HAD, WHAT WOULD THOSE WOULD HAVES BEEN? IS IT SECURITY RELATED THAT RELATED? WHAT WILL THOSE LOOK LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, A YEAR LATER? STORAGE . SO I'LL START WITH THAT AND HAND THIS OFF TO YOU. BUT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEPT HEARING FROM THE CONSULTANT AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE WE KEPT HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS IN ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT, WERE, HOW DO WE HELP OUR STRUGGLING RESTAURANTS? HOW DO WE HAVE MORE THAT WANNA COME INTO THE AREA THAT COULD CREATE MORE OF THAT WALKABLE CHARM? AND THERE'S AMENITIES OUTSIDE OF YOUR DOOR. SO WE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING IN THE DISTRICT OF HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THAT? UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CONSULTANT IS ACTIVE PARKS THAT HAVE GOOD EDGES WITH ACTIVATION AROUND THEM HAVE THAT DYNAMIC THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE TO WANNA GO SPEND TIME THERE. SO WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO BRING SOMEBODY TO THE PARK, THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A YOGA CLASS AND THEY'RE GONNA DO A, A STORY TIME IN THE PARK. WE WANT THEM TO GO TO OUR RESTAURANTS. WE WANT THEM TO START TO BUY THINGS. SO STORES WANNA OPEN UP IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT WE STRENGTHEN OUR BASE IN ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT. AND I THINK, ALTHOUGH CLYDE WARREN PROBABLY ISN'T THE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT LEVEL OF ACTIVATION FOR ADDISON, BUT IT'S A GOOD MODEL OF THAT. I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT AT MILLENNIUM PARK, WHICH IS A LARGER PARK. AND THEN CARRIE, WHICH WAS A SMALLER, MORE THE SIZE OF OUR PARK, WHERE WHEN THEY START TO BUILD THESE GREAT PARKS AND PEOPLE ARE COMING AND SPENDING MORE TIME IN THEM, THE REAL ESTATE AROUND IT THEN STARTS TO SPUR AND DEVELOP. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HELP OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MORE AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING HERE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT. THE DESIGN TO INFUSE ENERGY, TO SUPPORT WHAT IS HERE. AND THEN AS TIME EVOLVES, IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL NEED THAT COULD BE FILLED BY ADDING SOMETHING IN THE PARK THAT'S RETAIL FOCUSED, THAT MAY BE A CONSIDERATION. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, SUPPORT WHAT'S HERE. AND THE ACTIVATION, I I USE THAT WORD TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I KNOW PEOPLE GET SICK OF HEARING IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S TWO, IT'S TWO THINGS. IT'S GREAT DESIGN MAR MARRIED WITH THAT CALENDAR, BUT CALENDAR CAN BE A SCARY TERM. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT HAVING KABOOM TOWN FIVE TIMES, EIGHT TIMES A YEAR. IT'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO PULL YOU IN. AND WHAT I'M HERE, WHAT CREATES, WHAT MAKES ME WANT TO LINGER LONGER, WHAT CREATES THAT STICKINESS? AND THAT GOES BACK TO GREAT DESIGN. SO IT'S THIS SELF PERPETUATING, IT'S, IT'S FEEDING, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT JUST PUTTING MORE MOVABLE, SIGHT FURNISHING AND APART WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY LONGER. AND WE SAW A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WHEN WE DID THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. WE MOVED WHEN WE BROUGHT IN SOME MOVABLE CHAIRS, ADIRONDACK CHAIRS. AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHILE WE'RE SETTING UP FOR AN EVENT, PEOPLE WOULD COME AND SIT DOWN AND NEXT THING WE KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE WOULD JOIN 'EM. AND THEY SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME THERE. SO THERE'S SOME VERY SIMPLE THINGS IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO ACTIVATE AND YET HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN THE PARK THAT ARE VERY PASSIVE. YEAH. AND PART OF THE ACTIVATION CALENDAR IS WHAT SUPPORTS THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS TO COME HERE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EAT AT THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME YOU COME. AND SO IT REALLY HELPS SUPPORT THAT BROADER [01:30:01] DISTRICT, UM, BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY HAVING A STRONG CALENDAR OF EVENTS. PEOPLE HAVE REASONS TO COME BACK AND EVERY TIME THEY COME BACK, THEY'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING NEW. DID ANY OF THOSE OTHER COMMUNITY PARKS, UM, BACK TO POLICING AND, AND ARE THEY CONTRACT OR NOT? UM, BACK IN THE DAY, USED TO HAVE COMMUNITY PATROL MM-HMM . IS THAT SOMETHING WE CONSIDERED OR HAD PART OF THE CPA WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT VISION CIRCLE PARK? YEAH. SO WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS A SUPPORT, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. OR MAYBE WE COULD PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT AND USE THAT TO SUPPORT. SO I'D LIKE TO DIVE INTO THAT WITH PD AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS. UM, ONE THING ON THE PATROLLING AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WE WENT TO A PARK. WE WERE DOING A PARK TOUR AND, UM, THERE WERE, THEY WERE IN A GOLF CART AND THEY WERE THERE PATROL THAT WERE IN THE PARK FOR THE DAY. AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? DO Y'ALL NEED ANY HELP? HERE'S SOME BOTTLE OF WATER. AND WE ALL KIND OF JOKED THAT THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR ADDISON, BUT THEY KNEW THE ADDISON WAY. UM, THAT'S OUR GOAL THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK, THEY'RE GREETED WITH THAT ADDISON WAY. YEAH, I THINK SO. THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATIONS, IT'S VERY THOROUGH, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ASK THAT I ASK IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SET THOSE, UM, ACTIVITIES UP, LET'S SAY AT THAT STAGING SIDE OF THE PARK SO THAT IT DOES ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES MM-HMM . INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK. THAT'S ALL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, ONE QUESTION. UM, WHEN JANA, WHEN MIGHT WE, WE SEE, UH, IN OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD, SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEE, UM, BRINGING ON SOME OF THESE NEW EMPLOYEES? SURE. I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THIS BECAUSE ASHLEY ALSO WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE ARE BRINGING SOMETHING FOR THE BUDGET ON THIS CALENDAR, UM, THAT'S JUST FOR, FOR US TO DO A DEEPER DIVE IN DESIGN. SO THIS WAS CREATING A VISION, UM, BUT WE NEED TO DIVE INTO CONCEPTUAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO START GENERATING THOSE COSTS FOR THE ASSOCIATED AREAS. UM, THE EMPLOYEES, I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE STARTED TO ALREADY PROGRAM CIRCLE PARKS. SO THE ADDISON OUTDOOR, LIKE THE YOGA IN THE PARK THAT YOU'RE SEEING AND THE SMALL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE LIKE PARKS AND BEATS. UM, WE BROUGHT HALLOWEEN OVER HERE THIS YEAR. WE ARE ABOUT MAXED OUT ON WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE PARK WITH THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT WE'VE OFFERED IN THE PARK, WE'VE DONE IT WITH STAFF THAT WAS HIRED TO RUN THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND RECREATION WAS ALL IN THE PARK. WE'VE ALSO STARTED DOING PICKLEBALL OUTSIDE. UM, SO AS WE START TO DEVELOP THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER ADDING ANOTHER RECREATION COORDINATOR THAT CAN HELP US CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE SMALL AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID THINGS, UM, EITHER THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IS WHEN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PARK MANAGER PERSON INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH POWER WE HAVE TO WHAT PLACES AND WHAT ALL THOSE DETAILED NEEDS ARE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. AND WE REALLY NEED TO ENGAGE THAT PERSON, UM, IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE. AND THEN ONCE THE PARK IS OPEN, WOULD WHERE YOU WOULD START TO SEE THOSE OTHER EMPLOYEES? I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DATE ON WHEN WE WOULD OPEN THE PARK BECAUSE ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WE DO A CAPITAL GIVING CAMPAIGN AND WE ALSO USE PARKLAND DEDICATION OR DEVELOPMENT FEES TO MAKE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT HAPPEN. AND THAT MAY BE IN PHASES, UM, OR IT MAY BE ONE SWOOP AND SOME OF IT'S DEPENDING ON YOUR DIRECTION AND SOME OF IT IS ALSO DEPENDENT ON HOW SUCCESSFUL WE ARE WITH PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CAPITAL GIVING CAMPAIGNS. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THE UPCOMING BUDGET, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE ONE RECREATION, ONE RECREATION COORDINATOR. THAT'S OKAY. GOT IT. THANKS. I, I HAD A QUESTION. I THINK YOU SORT OF ANSWERED IT, BUT IT MADE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO I WAS HEARING YOU SAYING ALL OF THESE FREE EVENTS AND THEN I WAS HEARING YOU SAY GENERATING INCOME MM-HMM . AND SO I WAS THE DISCONNECT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HAVING A FREE EVENT RIGHT. AND GENERATE INCOME FROM IT. AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT NAMING RIGHTS MM-HMM . SO, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DONATIONS FOR THE PARKLAND. SO I SEE WHERE SOME OF THIS MONEY'S COMING FROM. I DON'T, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A NUMBER YET FOR US ANYWAY OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA COST, BUT I WAS ALSO SEEING SECURITY PERSONNEL AND DIFFERENT PERSONNEL. SO I'M THINKING FOUR AND FIVE MORE PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL FREE EVENTS. RIGHT. AND GENERATING INCOME. BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA, I'M ALWAYS WANTING HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT. MM-HMM . YEP. SO, UM, NAMING RIGHTS. ARE THERE CORPORATIONS THAT WANT TO NAME A FREE EVENT? IS, I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GETTING THESE, NAMING THESE [01:35:01] PEOPLE? GREAT QUESTION. A NAMING RIGHT IN MY WORLD IS GENERALLY THE NAME OF AN ASSET. SO IT COULD BE THE JANET TIDWELL GREAT LAWN, OR THE KATIE MARTIN PAVILION. YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG DESIGN MOVES COULD BE NAMED. YOU ALSO CAN SELL A SPONSORSHIP. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE YOU DO FOR KABOOM TOWN OR, UM, ANY OF THE, THE SIGNATURE EVENTS, THEY'RE SELLING SPONSORSHIPS NOW TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE. YOU CAN SELL SPONSORSHIPS FOR YOUR CURATED CALENDAR OF EVENTS. YOU CAN PACKAGE UP ALL OF YOUR ARTS AND CULTURE FREE ACTIVITIES AND SELL THEM TO A CORPORATION TO SPONSOR. THEY GET A LITTLE BIT OF ATTRIBUTION ON SITE. YOU CAN SELL THE SPONSORSHIP OF A SMALL CONCERT IN THE PARK. SO SPONSORSHIPS ARE ONGOING. ANNUAL REVENUE NAMING RIGHTS ARE USUALLY TOWARDS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET IT AS PART OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, THINK OF THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER WHERE THE MAVERICKS AND STARS PLAY. AMERICAN AIRLINES PAID 20 YEARS FOR THE NAME OF, ON THAT BUILDING. YOU COULD DO A SMALL THREE YEAR TERM FOR A CORPORATION TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE DOG PARK, THE CHILDREN'S PARK, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM. AND THEN IT COULD BE JUST SOMEONE ELSE. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AROUND NAMING RIGHTS. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF SEPARATE FROM SPONSORSHIPS IS WE CURRENTLY, BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT VISIT THE PARK, WE ACTUALLY PAY. SO WHEN WE DO FREE YOGA IN THE PARK, WE'RE PAYING THE YOGA INSTRUCTOR, UM, TO OFFER THAT FREE SERVICE. AND IT'S NOT A LOT. UM, BUT IF WE WERE GONNA DO A FEW MORE CLASSES LIKE THAT, IT STARTS TO ADD UP MM-HMM . UM, ONCE YOU HAVE A, AN ACTIVATED PARK WITH FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR BASIS, THOSE VENDORS A LOT OF TIMES WILL START TO TREAT THAT AS THEIR ADVERTISING FOR THEIR BUSINESS. AND THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PROVIDE A FREE YOGA CLASS IN YOUR PARK ON A ROUTINE BASIS. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FREE ACTIVATION IN THE PARK. IT'S CALLED A PROGRAM PARTNER. SO YOU WOULD PARTNER WITH THE YOGA STUDIO AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS WOULD LEAD CLASSES AND RETURN SUNSTONE YOGA EVENTS. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. SO THE QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE THIS IS UHHUH. ? MM-HMM . THAT'S AN OMAHA. COULD THAT BE PULLED UP HERE? SO THE COUNCIL THAT'S NOT IN THE SHORT VERSION, THAT'S IN YOUR FULL OKAY. PACKET. YES. WE, WE JUST PULLED SLIDES. WE HAVE LEFT THIS AT THE END. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. DID WE? YEAH, I LEFT IT AT THE END JUST IN CASE WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF IT. MAYBE WHAT PAGE THAT, SO IT'S THIS ON OUR PRESENTATIONS, IT'S THE WALL NEBRASKA. I'M SORRY, I DID NOT HAVE IT. YEAH. SO IF YOU LOOK, LOOK AT, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET THOSE NAMES OR THOSE CONGRA AND THOSE, THOSE FOUNDATIONAL PEOPLE, DID THAT TAKE 10 YEARS, FIVE YEARS, THREE YEARS TO GET, 'CAUSE THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. IT IS. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT'S THE OMAHA, THAT'S THE RIVERFRONT PROJECT. THAT IS THE PUBLIC STORY OF HOW THE PARK WAS FUNDED. SO THERE'S, THE MAYOR IS ON THERE, THE CITY COUNCIL IS ON THERE. OMAHA IS THE MOST UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORK AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY GOT, THEY HAD FOUR $50 MILLION GIFTS AS A RESULT OF ONE PARTY. ONE RECEPTION GENERATED $200 MILLION FROM FOUR DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS. SO THAT'S NOT THE NORM. UM, BUT THE REST OF THEIR MONEY CAME IN THROUGH A SERIES AND IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT WASN'T A TERRIBLY LONG PROCESS. THE CLYDE WARREN PARK, THEY RAISED 55 MILLION IN PRIVATE DOLLARS AND IT TOOK PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AND THEY BROKE GROUND AND WERE STILL RAISING MONEY. KELSEY WARREN'S GIFT TO NAME THE PARK KLEIN WARREN PARK CAME IN WHILE CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON. SO THERE WAS A BASELINE OF DESIGN THAT IMPROVED, WAS MODIFIED AS DONORS CAME IN AND WANTED TO FUND ADDITIONAL ASSETS ELEVATING THE WHAT YOU TO WHAT YOU SEE NOW. YEAH. BECAUSE IT, 'CAUSE THAT TO ME IS, IS IS IMPRESSIVE AS ANYTHING. AND THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT YOU CAN HIRE YES. TO GO DO THAT LEVEL OF CAPITAL GIVING CAMPAIGN. UM, AND THEY WILL TAKE A PORTION, A PRE, UH, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATED PORTION OUT OF THEIR SUCCESS, SUCCESS FOR FUNDRAISING. UM, BUT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, CARROT, THAT THE MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO EARN ALSO WITH THEIR TIME. YEAH. THOUGHT THAT WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE AND HIGHLY, AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING AT THE RIVERFRONT, IT'S 72 ACRES. IT'S THREE DIFFERENT PARKS. THOSE DONORS MADE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. THE CITY INVESTED MONEY AS WELL, BUT PREDOMINANTLY IT WAS PRIVATELY FUNDED AND THERE WERE NO NAMES [01:40:01] ON ANYTHING. SO IT'S THE CASCADES WATER FEATURE IT DOES IN, IN TEXAS. THE NORM IS FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT GAVE TO THE WATER FEATURE, PUT THEIR NAME ON IT. I MEAN, THAT GOES BACK TO JUST LIKE SAYING MARY KAY OR EXACTLY MILLIONAIRE, IS IT, IS IT MAY DRAGON? IS IT WHAT IT COULD BE ON A WALL LIKE THAT THAT HELPS DRIVE THE REVENUE TO HIS POINT, IT'S THE LASTING LEGACY, THE LASTING IMPACT TO ADDISON MAYOR BRUCE. I COULD EASILY SEE THAT ON THERE TOO. THERE. SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. MY COMMENT IS, I REALLY LIKE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE TONIGHT AND, AND THE IDEA OF THE, THE EXTRA SECURITY, OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT AND HAVING THAT ASPECT OF IT 'CAUSE ME OF THE LAST TIME I WAS, UH, WENT TO THE MEMORIAL IN, UH, OKLAHOMA CITY. MM-HMM . AT THE MURRA BUILDING. AND, UH, I TOOK, I TOOK A FRIEND WHO HAD NEVER BEEN THERE AND, UH, WE WERE GREETED BY A, BECAUSE IT'S A NATIONAL MONUMENT, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, IT WAS A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSON THAT WAS DOES SECURITY THERE. AND THIS GENTLEMAN, HE MADE THAT VISIT SO SPECIAL FOR US BECAUSE HE KNEW EVERYTHING. HE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE KNOWLEDGE. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMEBODY'S A SECURITY THERE, THEY'RE AN ASSET AND THEY ADD TO THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR US. UH, MY QUESTION IS ONCE WE GET, WHEN WE GET TO THE REVENUE SIDE OF IT, REVENUE GENERATION, WHO MANAGES THAT? DOES OJB DO THAT OR DO WE DO THAT OR THAT WOULD BE A PARKS EMPLOYEE. UM, AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS AS WE START GETTING INTO CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IS WHAT IS OUR GOAL? UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE DESIGN TEAM FOR A LOT OF LIKE ATHLETIC CENTERS OR, OR ACTIVATED AREAS. AND ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS IS, ARE WE TRYING TO COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR COSTS? UM, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING THE HOTEL FUND TO FUND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK. DO WE WANNA KEEP THAT? AND THEN WHAT WE ADD ON IN COST, WE'RE TRYING TO COVER A PORTION OR ALL OF IT. THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT OUR TARGET IS, UM, SO WE CAN HIT IT. SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE START HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT . THAT'S, THAT'S TYPICALLY MY MINDSET. . ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE ON SHOW, ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US, SHANNON? I THINK JUST CONFIRMATION THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH A REQUEST, UM, TO START SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. THERE'S STILL SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MASSAGE SOME THINGS IN THE DESIGN AND GATHER SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. SO I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NAILED IN STONE YET, BUT THERE'S A POINT WHERE WE START GETTING INTO THAT LEVEL OF DESIGN THAT WE'LL NEED TO FIRM IT UP. UM, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AS WE GET CLOSER TO GETTING THAT BUDGET AND THAT NUMBER, I HOPE IT'S DELIVERED IN THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, I MEAN, I, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE IDEA AND THE PROJECT, BUT I MEAN, IF THERE, IF THE NUMBER GETS TO BE TOO MUCH THAT WE CAN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LINE THROUGH A COUPLE THINGS AND IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK LATER ON AND IMPLEMENT 'EM, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. YEAH. WELL I REALLY LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING WITH IT, SO I'M, I'M ON BOARD WITH IT. THANK YOU. WILL THE PARK BE SHUT DOWN, COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME? SO THAT'S BASED ON ARE WE GOING TO FACE THE PROJECT OR ARE WE GOING TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE? TARA'S RECOMMENDATION BASED ON PROJECTS THAT SHE'S, UM, BEEN INVOLVED IN IS SHE FEELS LIKE IT'S LESS PAINFUL EVERY FOR EVERYBODY AND IT MAKES A BIGGER FIRST IMPRESSION IF YOU TRY TO MAKE A BIG MOVE COMING OUT OF THE GATE. UM, ONE THING TO ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS WE'RE DOING SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ADDING SOME PARK SPACE. THE QUORUM ACTIVATION PROJECT IS ONE OF 'EM THAT PERHAPS WE COULD MOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PARK TEMPORARILY, UM, TO THAT LOCATION. BUT THOSE WILL BE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE BASED ON FUNDING ALONE, WE MAY HAVE TO PHASE THE PARK AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, A PORTION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S OUR ONE BIG MOVE TO START WITH AND WHAT DO WE DO LATER? THE ANSWER IS I . YEAH. DESIGN AND MONEY WILL, WILL DIRECT US TO THAT ANSWER. WELL, WE'VE ALL DECIDED, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY SUPPORTS THAT. WE WOULDN'T TOUCH THE PLAZA AND THE FOUNTAINS AND WE WOULD LEAVE J AND HOPS IN ALL OF THAT INTACT. SO THAT WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE NEXT STEP IS FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE WE BUILDING WITH OUR FIRST PROJECT? AND THEN THAT WOULD DECIDE WHETHER THE PARK GOES OFFLINE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. I MEAN, IT COULD AFFECT NOT HAVING A ROOM TOWN OR A TASTE OR, OR RELOCATING 'EM TEMPORARILY. MM-HMM . WHICH WE HAD TO DO IN OMAHA WITH THEIR BIG FESTIVALS. YES. BUT YOU WANNA MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS. SO FIGURING OUT THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, FIGURING OUT TRAFFIC FLOWS AROUND IT, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I DID HAVE THIS [01:45:01] CONVERSATION WITH ABBY AND I REALLY FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T GONNA BE FRIENDS ANYMORE. . UM, BUT KNOWING ABBY'S PERSONALITY, SHE WAS ALREADY, SHE WAS SOLUTIONS ORIENTED AND ALREADY FIGURING OUT WHAT OTHER IDEAS WERE IT, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE KNOWS THAT THE TEMPORARY PAIN IS GONNA GET HER A PART THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE. THIS PLAYS EVEN WITH CONSTRUCTION FOR AGGIE PARK, WE HAD A HARD DATE OF THE FIRST FOOTBALL GAME. WE HAD TO OPEN AGGIE PARK. WE HAD DIDN'T HAVE THE ENTIRE PARK COMPLETE. SO WE WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THEIR LOGISTICS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARTS WE NEEDED TO HAVE UP AND RUNNING FOR GAME DAY WERE UP AND RUNNING. AND THERE WERE OTHER AREAS THAT WERE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T PHASE EVERYTHING, YOU CAN STILL PHASE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND WORK WITH THE TEAMS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT. I SAW SEVEN MONTHS, MISS MATT FROM TIME STAFF STARTS TO MM-HMM . OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME WE STILL HAVE ITEM SIX C FOR THE WORK SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO, UH, POSTPONE IT TO THE END OF OUR BRIEF MEETING THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE. AND SO WE'LL GO, UH, TAKE 10 MINUTES BREAK AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE IN THE NEXT ROOM FOR OUR REGULAR SESSION. IT'S 10 23 NOW, SO 10 MINUTES PLUS THAT AT SEVEN 30 . OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS SEVEN THIRTY THREE AND WE WILL CALL BACK TO ORDER THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. AND WE DO STILL HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH SIX OF OUR SEVEN MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. AND AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAGS. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE. I PLEDGE THE ELANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE, SAY UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. [a. City Manager's Announcements] ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. AND UH, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND, UH, ITEM TWO A AND TWO B, WE HAVE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. DAVID. THANKS MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. DIGITAL PACKETS TO FILE FOR THE MAY, 2025 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE@ADDISONTX.GOV SLASH ELECTIONS AND PAPER PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT TOWN HALL. THE DEADLINE TO FILE IS IS 5:00 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH. NEXT, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE DART SILVER LINE BIANNUAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AT 6:30 PM AT THE RADISON HOTEL DALLAS NORTH ADDISON, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE HAVE. AND NOW WE'LL GO TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS AND I'LL ASK BILL HOLLY, GENERAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO COME UP. THERE WE GO. THANKS. UM, GOOD [b. Employee Recognition] EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BILL HOLLY GENERAL SERVICES AND IT'S MY HONOR TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE KURT STILES. HE'S OUR NEWEST, UH, GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE. HE WAS EMPLOYED ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 AS A FACILITY SPECIALIST AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE ADDISON TEAM. KURT GREW UP IN NORTH DALLAS IN FARMER'S BRANCH, AND AS YOU'LL SOON LEARN, ADDISON HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN KURT'S PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE. AFTER GRADUATING FROM WT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, KURT BEGAN HIS HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER AT TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS AIRCRAFT MECHANICS LICENSE AND HIS FIRST JOB WAS WORKING ON PLANES AT ADDISON AIRPORT. UM, HE LATER EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. UH, IN ANOTHER ADDISON CONNECTION, HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL THEATER EXPERIENCE WAS AT THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER, UM, WHERE HE WAS, UH, A PART OF THE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT RIGHT, BUT IT WAS SANDY DUNCAN AND SHE WAS IN, UH, FREE FALL, SO HE WAS A PART OF THAT PRODUCTION AND HE LATER WORKED AS A TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, PERFORMANCE HALL. SO HE'S GOT A GOOD A THEATER BACKGROUND, DEVELOPING SETS AND ALL THE TECHNICAL THINGS THAT GO ON, UH, TO MAKE THOSE PERFORMANCES HAPPEN. SO ANOTHER GREAT CONNECTION WITH THE TOWN. UH, HE'S A REAL RENAISSANCE MAN WITH MANY [01:50:01] INTERESTS AND ABILITIES. HE OWNED HIS OWN HANDYMAN BUSINESS WHERE HE WORKED ON HOMES IN ADDISON AND UH, HE LATER WORKED FOR CBRE, WHICH OWNS A LOT OF PROPERTY IN ADDISON AND HE GAINED A LOT OF HIS, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY EXPERIENCE THERE. KURT'S A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN AND HE'S HAPPILY MARRIED TO HIS WIFE NATALIE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND YET ANOTHER ADDISON CONNECTION, THEY MET AT THE LONDONER IN ADDISON . UH, UH, NATALIE'S A FORMER FILMMAKER AND IS NOW, UH, BUILDING A BUSINESS WHERE SHE, UH, CREATES ARTS AND CRAFTS SET UP FOR EVENTS AND PARTIES. UH, TOGETHER THEY HAVE A 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NAMED CLAIRE. UH, KURT'S ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO ADDISON FOR A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY. UH, FOR HIM IT'S ABOUT PAYING IT FORWARD AND GIVING BACK TO A PLACE THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE HIS LIFE. SO KURT WAS A PERFECT MATCH FOR A HIRING PROFILE. WE NEEDED SOMEBODY WITH A LOT OF GOOD COMMERCIAL FACILITY MAINTENANCE EXPERIENCE. WE NEEDED SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST A STRONG PROBLEM SOLVER AND ALSO SOMEONE WHO'S JUST GENERALLY A NICE PERSON. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE KURT ON THE TEAM, SO THANKS KURT. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. THANKS SO MUCH, [c. AFD Heart Safe Community Designation] MAYOR. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, TO SEE, AND I'LL ASK CHIEF JONES TO COME UP FOR HEART SAFE COMMUNITY DESIGNATION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING SUCH A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HOLD SOME PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATIONS AND ONE OF 'EM WE'RE ISO CLASS ONE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S LESS THAN A HUNDRED DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THAT. WE'RE A TEXAS BEST PRACTICES DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S ONLY 36 DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THAT. WE'RE A MISSION LIFELINE GOLD, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH OUR HEART CARE THAT WE DO FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE ONE OF JUST 51 DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THAT TONIGHT. IT'S MY PLEASURE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MELISSA KRISTIN, SHE'S A REGISTERED NURSE, EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS EDUCATION AND TRAINING MANAGER AT NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TRAUMA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL CALLED IRAQ. AND BEFORE SHE TALKS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, CAPTAIN, UH, CAMERON RUSSY AND OUR ADMIN BATTALION CHIEF JOHN LOGIE BECAUSE THEY DID ALL THE WORK FOR THIS DESIGNATION AS SHE'S DOING TONIGHT. SO I JUST WANNA PRESENT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MELISSA KRISTIN, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TRAUMA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, AKA NICK NRA, AS, AS WE'RE CALLED, UH, NRA IS ONE OF 22 TRAUMA SERVICE AREAS LEGISLATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BY LOWERING MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ACROSS OUR 19 COUNTY REGION IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ONE OF NRAS INITIATIVES IS CALLED HEART SAFE COMMUNITY. UH, THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM DEVELOPED WITH A SET OF CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HEART DISEASE AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST EMERGENCIES BY FOCUSING ON SIX DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS THAT NUMBER ONE AREA IS ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CARE. NUMBER TWO IS EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH. NUMBER THREE IS A ED ACCESS AND FIRST RESPONSE. NUMBER FOUR, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. FIVE EDUCATION COMMUNITY AWARENESS ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REDUCE CARDIAC EVENTS. AND NUMBER SIX IS DATA COLLECTION AND REVIEW. A CITY THAT DESIRES TO BECOME A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY MUST APPLY TO THE PROGRAM SUBMITTING EVIDENCE OF THEIR EFFORTS IN EACH OF THOSE MENTIONED PROGRAMS AND CATEGORIES. THEY'RE, UM, THEY MUST BE EVALUATED, SCORED ACCORDINGLY, AND FINALLY BE ENDORSED BY THE NICK TRACK BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UH, THE PROGRAM REQUIRES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO ACHIEVING THIS RECOGNITION IS NO EASY TASK. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF YOUR CITIZENS. UH, IT IS TRULY OUR PRIVILEGE TO GO CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE THE TOWN OF ADDISON AS A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS, AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT. [01:55:49] OKAY, THANKS FOR THAT. THAT'S AMAZING. ALWAYS SO PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, ITEM, [d. Recognition of Outgoing Board & Commission Members] UH, 2D IS RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. ALWAYS A GREAT THING WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES SO, SO WELL AND SO PROUDLY. AND WE, UH, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THEM AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR THEM WHENEVER THEY, UH, WHENEVER THEY FINISH THAT SERVICE BEFORE THEY START THEIR NEXT ONE. SO, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, TWO OUT, TWO OUTGOING MEMBERS FROM OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE MR. LARRY BROWN, WHO'S OUTGOING FROM THE, UH, BOARD OF ZONING AND ADJUSTMENTS, AND MS. DIANE CHAVEZ, WHO'S OUTGO FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO HAVE A FEW, UH, WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THEM. UH, TODAY WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTGOING MEMBERS FROM THE TOWN'S BOARDING COMMISSIONS. SO WE HAVE LARRY BROWN, WHO SERVED THREE YEAR, THREE TERMS ON OUR BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT FROM 2019 THROUGH 2024. MR. BROWN HAS BEEN AN ADDISON RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS TOWN COMMITTEES AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE 2019 CITIZEN BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE TOWN'S CITIZEN ACADEMY. AS MR. BROWN DEPARTS OUR BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR HIS GREAT SERVICE TO OUR TOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARRY. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DIANE CHAVEZ, WHO SERVED ONE TERM ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FROM 2023 THROUGH 2024. MS. CHAVEZ SERVED AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING HER TERM. MS. CHAVEZ HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF ADDISON FOR 18 YEARS AND UTILIZE HER EXTENSIVE, UH, BACKGROUND IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN SERVICE TO THE TOWN. AS MS. CHAVEZ DEPARTS OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE WOULD GREATLY LIKE TO THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE TO OUR TOWN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BOTH OF THEM TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE A LITTLE MEMENTO. LARRY HAS A FEW WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. DIANE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ALSO . I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT I WAS, I LIVED IN ADDISON FOR 31 YEARS, AND I MOVED FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS TO ADDISON. AND I MUST SAY MY EXPERIENCE HERE WAS AMAZING. I FELT THAT I HAD SOMEHOW ALIGHTED IN ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT WAS THE KIND OF SERVICE I SAW. AND OVER 31 YEARS, I KNEW ALL THE MAYORS AND ALL OF THE CITY MANAGERS AND MOST OF THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, AND WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND I HATED TO LEAVE IT, BUT AGE CALLED ME . AND I NOW AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN A PLACE CALLED HIGHLAND SPRINGS, WHICH IS 89 ACRES, 1600 PEOPLE, SEVEN RESTAURANTS, AND ALL KINDS OF AMENITIES. AND I MUST SAY, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN LUCKY AGAIN, I'VE LANDED IN ONE OF THE BEST SENIOR RESIDENCIES IN THE COUNTRY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE QUALITY OF SERVICES THIS TOWN PROVIDES, THIS RESIDENCE. IT'S AMAZING. AND I'LL NEVER [02:00:01] FORGET IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LARRY. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE MISS YOU ROUND ADDISON. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARRY. THANK YOU, DIANE. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOUR NEXT, UH, NEXT BIT OF SERVICE MIGHT BE FOR US. NO PRESSURE . VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY APPEARANCE CARDS BEFORE ME, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO [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.] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A, FOUR B, AND FOUR C. IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR C, SECOND SECOND FROM DAN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR FINAL ITEM [5. 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.] FOR THIS PART OF OUR MEETING IS THE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, REGULAR, UH, ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FOLK, THAT'S I OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT, UH, THAT THEY WANNA SHARE. EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONDOLENCES, CONGRATULATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE, NANCY? WELL, I'LL JUST, UH, KIND OF REEMPHASIZE HOW, UM, EXCITING AND HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO HAVE THREE WONDERFUL, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED. OUR NEW EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, OUR, UM, HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY DESIGNATION, WHICH WAS HUGE, UH, AND ALSO THE, UH, RECOGNITION OF, UM, UH, OUR OUTGOING BOARD AND, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS. UH, UH, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT LARRY HAD TO SAY, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE AND IT IS, UM, A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS WELL AS LIVE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NANCY. ANYBODY ELSE? MARLON? YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THAT WAS BRUTAL. UM, BUT, BUT WHEN IT GOT, UH, TO BE THE WORST, UM, I SAW SOME OF THE BEST COME OUT. AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I SAW WAS BILL HOLLY AND HIS TEAM. UM, THEY WERE OVER AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS INSIDE. THEY WERE SHOVELING SNOW AND, AND GETTING THAT OFF THE SIDEWALK SO THAT IT WOULDN'T FREEZE AND IT'D BE READY TO GO FOR THE NEXT DAY. THEY WERE ALSO, UH, UP ON THE, THE ROOF OF THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB. I'M, I'M SURE THEY WERE IN A LOT OF PLACES, BUT THOSE, THAT WAS THE ONE PLACE THAT I SAW THEM AND IT WAS, UM, REALLY APPRECIATED. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU, MARLON. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHERS? UH, WELL, I JUST WANNA SHARE ONE, UH, FROM LAST WEEK, WE HAD OUR CITY SIP AND SCOOP OVER AT BITTER SISTERS, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT, AND IT'S SUCH A FUN PLACE FOR US TO GATHER AND, AND, UH, IT'S FUN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM. AND WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAD, UH, UH, CHIEF JONES, AND THEN WE HAD ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, CJ ALEXANDER. AND, UH, AND THOSE TWO, IF WHEN YOU HEAR THEM PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TALK ABOUT THE TOWN, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU WEREN'T PROUD ALREADY TO BE IN ADDISON, IT JUST, IT JUST ELEVATES IT SO MUCH MORE. AND CJ SAID SUCH SUCH GREAT THINGS ABOUT ADDISON, AND, AND HE WAS BRAGGING ON ADDISON, BUT IT WAS, BUT WELL, LIKE THEY SAID, IT'S NOT BRAGGING IF IT'S TRUE. RIGHT? AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT, THAT ADDISON, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ELITE WAS THE WORD HE USED. AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE. AND, UH, SO I APPRECIATE THEM AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO, JUST TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TONIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL [c. Present and discuss Pedestrian Mobility, including design options, existing locations, future projects and resources used in education and design of these elements.] ADJOURN THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK INTO OUR LAST WORK SESSION ITEM, WHICH WAS ITEM SIX C. PRESENT AND DISCUSS PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, INCLUDING DESIGN OPTIONS, EXISTING LOCATIONS, FUTURE PROJECTS AND RESOURCES USED IN EDUCATION AND DESIGN OF THESE ELEMENTS. BECKY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BECKY DIVINITY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN ENGINEERING. HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA COVER A STRATEGIC PLAN, PLAN AND TOWN INITIATIVES, DESIGN STANDARDS, AND, UH, REGULATIONS THAT ARE USED. UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, UM, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE IN OUR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY TOOLBOX. TALK ABOUT SOME EXISTING LOCATIONS WHERE SOME OF THESE ALREADY EXIST [02:05:01] TO DATE. GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME IMPROVEMENT LOCATIONS WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE WORKS. UM, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION PORTIONS. SO I KNOW YOU'RE ALL WONDERING WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? UM, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I JOINED THE TOWN, ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETINGS I ATTENDED, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. AND THEN AS I FURTHER DID RESEARCH, IT BECAME VERY APPARENT AND VERY OBVIOUS THAT NOT ONLY IS THE TOWN VERY INTERESTED, BUT ALSO THE DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND TOWN INITIATIVES. PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY IS ONE OF OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS, AND IT IS OUR GOAL, NOT ONLY OF YOURS, BUT ALSO OF THE TOWN AND THE TOWN EMPLOYEES TO BECOME A MULTIMODAL, SAFE, AND WALKABLE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE USED IN REGULATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, ARE A LOT OF ENGINEERING, UH, MANUALS AND DOCUMENTS, UM, AND GUIDELINES THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR DESIGNS. UM, I WILL HIGHLIGHT AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE LAST THREE, UM, ARE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING OR HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND I'M GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AS YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU BEFORE, UM, THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE HAD THAT KICKOFF MEETING. AND THE GOAL WITH THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS TO INCLUDE THAT MULTIMODAL APPROACH. THAT'S A VERY STRONG BUZZWORD RIGHT NOW THAT'S USED NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE, UM, COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY. UM, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY VEHICULAR, BUT ALSO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS IN THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS OUR TEAM, UM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT WORKED ON WITH A CONSULTANT IS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SCOPE FOR A TOOLBOX. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES THERE ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN FROM AMARILLO AND ALSO LUBBOCK. THE GOAL WITH THIS TOOLBOX IS TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH THE ABILITY, UM, TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE DESIGN, SPEED AND LOCATION TO GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEDESTRIAN TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED, HENCE THE WORD TOOLBOX. IT ALSO WILL HELP PROVIDE A LIST OF FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR FUTURE SUBMISSIONS TO OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE KICKED THIS OFF IN DECEMBER, UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THIS, UH, AROUND THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME. LET'S GO INTO THE TOOLBOX A LITTLE BIT. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY, AND YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THESE ARE CONSIDERED TOOLBOX ITEMS, SIDEWALKS THAT YOU WALK ON, MAYBE THEY'RE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME OR A TRAIL THROUGH THE PARK, MARKED CROSSWALKS, UM, OR THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UM, WHERE YOU SEE, UH, CHILDREN CROSSING MAYBE WHEN THEY'RE HEADED TO SCHOOL, OR, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CROSSING IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS, MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS, UM, THAT'S A TERM USED WHERE YOU'RE NOT AT A SIGNALED INTERSECTION. UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. CERTAIN AREAS LIKE DENVER, THE EXAMPLE YOU SEE HERE ACTUALLY HAS A PEDESTRIAN ONLY STREET WHERE VEHICLES AND, UH, BICYCLES ARE NOT ALLOWED. IT'S ONLY FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS WALKING CURB RAMPS ARE SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE ARE A PART OF THE TOOLBOX. UM, THOSE ARE TO PROVIDE A DA COMPLIANCE AND HAVE, UM, AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN LIGHTING. YOU MAY NOT THINK ABOUT LIGHTING AS AN ACTUAL TOOLBOX FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WHEN IT'S DARK OUTSIDE AND YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WALK. A FEW MORE EXAMPLES, UM, THE CURB EXTENSION BULL BELT, UM, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE IT'S OFTEN USED AS A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE, UM, OR PROVIDE THAT SAFE HARBOR BETWEEN VEHICLES, UH, THAT ARE PARKING AND ACTUALLY PEDESTRIANS MOVING. I KNOW YOU'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF SIGNAGE AS YOU SEE IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UH, BUFFER TREATMENTS AND ENHANCED STREETSCAPE ARE USED, UM, IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE PLANTERS, UM, WHERE THE BICYCLE IS. UM, ALONG WITH, UH, IN MANY CASES THERE'S ALSO SIDEWALKS THERE. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON SOME OF THE DESIGNS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF TRAFFIC CALMING RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN TOWN AT ADDISON CIRCLE, UM, AT QUORUM DRIVE. UM, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE THAT'S USED FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, WHICH ALLOWS CARS TO ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN IN THAT AREA AND PROVIDE FOR SAFE HARBOR SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS. UM, YOU'RE VERY AWARE OF THESE TWO. UM, MOST SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS NOT ONLY HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN [02:10:01] WALKWAY THAT'S PAINTED ON THE GROUND, IT ALSO HAS PEDESTRIAN POLES THAT CAN BE PRESSED. UM, AND MANY OF THEM ARE AUDIBLE SO THAT ALSO THERE IS A NOISE, UM, FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SEE. UM, SHARED USE PATH, SIDE PATH TRAIL, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS AND TERMINOLOGY THAT ARE USED. UM, SOME OF THOSE YOU WILL SEE IN THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO THESE ARE TERMINOLOGIES THAT ARE USED WHERE A BICYCLE AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WALKING, UH, CAN BE IN THE SAME LOCATION. MOST OF THESE ARE EIGHT TO 10, 12 FEET WIDE IN CERTAIN AREAS, DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN STANDARD AT THE TIME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. AND THEN A CROSSING ISLAND THAT MAY LOOK INTERESTING TO YOU, IT'S SIMILAR TO A MIDBLOCK CROSSING. UM, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANGLE TO THAT LOCATION. UM, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE IN MANY CASES THERE MAY BE, UM, TRAFFIC AREAS WHERE THE LANES ARE TOO WIDE OR, UM, THERE ARE SPEEDS THAT ARE HIGHER, UH, IN DESIGN. SO YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL, WHAT WE CALL A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE OR SAFE HARBOR FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE STREET. SO I WANTED TO MAKE REFERENCE TO A COUPLE OF EXISTING LOCATIONS WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND TO THE OTHER, UH, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY TOOLBOX ITEMS. ONE IS CALLED A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON, RRFB FOR SHORT. UM, ONE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED IS AT PROTON ROAD AND REDDING TRAIL. I'M GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS AS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS, UH, AREA AND SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANNA REFERENCE IS THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON. UM, AND ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE THIS AROUND TOWN IS AT BELTLINE ROAD AND REDDING TRAIL. SO THIS IS A VERY BUSY MAP AND A VERY BUSY LIST, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON, UM, AROUND TOWN, WHETHER THEY ARE SPECIFIC CROSSWALKS THAT ARE BEING IMPROVED, SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPROVED, OR PHBS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED, OR RFPS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED. THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. THIS MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, THE DIFFERENT LARGE BOND PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT TOWN. UH, AS WE'RE AWARE OF MIDWAY ROAD IS, UH, BEGINNING OR ENDING COMPLETION. UM, KELLER SPRINGS DRIVE WILL BE BEGINNING VERY SOON. UM, AIRPORT PARKWAY AND QUORUM DRIVE AND MONTFORD DRIVE ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF DESIGN. AND SO THOSE ARE NOT REPRESENTED ON THIS MAP, BUT THE GOAL IS, IS TO USE THAT PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY TOOLBOX AND THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO PROVIDE SAFE HARBORS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. ALSO IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED LIST THAT GIVES NOT ONLY THE DESIGN, UM, STANCE AND WHERE IT IS IN THE PHASE, IT ALSO HAS SOME FUNDING INFORMATION AND A LITTLE BIT OF MORE DETAILED INFORMATION THAN IS INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE. SO AS FAR AS AN IMPROVEMENT LOCATION, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS SO YOU COULD SEE, UM, AN EXISTING CONDITION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY. UM, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE THROUGHOUT TOWN WHERE WE HAVE A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING QUE. IT'S AT PROTON ROAD AND REDDING TRAIL. UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO, AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA. WHAT I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND THIS IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING DOWN ON IT, UM, IS THAT IN, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2021, UM, SENATE BILL 10 55 AMENDED THE TRANSPORTATION CODE AND REVISED FOR THE ACTUAL LOCATION, UM, OF THIS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. YOU MAY BE AWARE, IN MANY LOCATIONS YOU SEE THE SIGN THAT SAYS YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS, UM, SENATE BILL 10 55 ACTUALLY CHANGED THAT. AND NOW WE HAVE NEW SIGNAGE THAT ACTUALLY IS SUPPOSED TO SAY STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS. THIS INTERSECTION, UM, DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT. AND SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IN THIS LOCATION YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPHIC, WOULD ACTUALLY BE THESE SIGNS THAT SAY STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO WHEN AN IN INDIVIDUAL IS IN THIS LOCATION AND THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, SIGNAGE IS BLINKING AND THEY ACTUALLY PRESS THE BUTTON, UM, THEN INDIVIDUALS ALSO WILL BE REQUIRED TO STOP AT THIS LOCATION INSTEAD OF YIELD FOR ALLOWED FOR THE SAFE HARBOR OF INDIVIDUALS TO CROSS THE ROADWAY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, IMPROVING THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND THEN OF COURSE ADDING THOSE STOP BARS. SO INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE TO STOP AS PEDESTRIANS ARE IN THIS AREA. ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT LOCATION THAT IS AN EXISTING CONDITION IS A MIDBLOCK CROSSING AT SOJOURN AND WEST GROVE DRIVE. [02:15:01] SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S UM, THERE'S ALREADY SOME PAINTING ON THE GROUND, UM, AND A CURB RAMP IN THIS LOCATION, UM, WITH SOME FLEXIBLE POLES THAT ARE IN THAT LOCATION. UM, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS IMPROVE THIS LOCATION TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THOSE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS, UM, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE LIGHTING IN THAT AREA. IT'LL INCLUDE A PUSH BUTTON FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE SOLAR PANELS IN THAT AREA. THAT WILL HELP WITH THE LIGHTING. WE WILL ADD THE STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGNS AT BOTH SIDES OF THIS MIDBLOCK CROSSING. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE SOME NEW PAVEMENT MARKINGS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXISTING CONDITION RIGHT NOW REQUIRES YOU TO YIELD IN THAT AREA. AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE ARE GOING TO BE TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO ACTUALLY STOP ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT LOCATION IS AT BELTWAY DRIVE AND ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU TO ADD THOSE STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGNS. UM, THOSE RF BS AS WE CALL THEM, UM, WITH THE SOLAR PANEL, UM, THE LIGHTING UNDERNEATH THE RECTANGULAR SIGN, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL RAMPS FOR THAT, UM, MEDIAN CROSSING AT BELTWAY DRIVE, AND THEN OF COURSE THOSE PAVEMENT MARKINGS. UM, SO THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SAFELY GO FROM ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB OVER TO THE PARK. UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE CAME UP, UM, IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN THIS AREA. UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT INSTALLING A MIDBLOCK CROSSING AT LAGRAND AND ADDISON RESERVE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BELTWAY IMPROVEMENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE EXISTING TODAY, THERE ARE STOP SIGNS IN THIS LOCATION WITH STOP BARS AND UM, SOME WORDS THAT ARE WRITTEN ON THE GROUND SAYING STOP. AND THIS IS AT LA GRANDE, UM, LOCATION. SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, IS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT INSTALLING A MID-BLOCK CROSSING. SO THIS IS A VERY BUSY GRAPHIC, SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BELTWAY DRIVE, UM, TRAIL BIKE LANE AND GREENSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS ALL GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS PROJECT AS WE WORK FORWARD THROUGH THAT DESIGN. UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, UM, THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED TO DATE, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AND I'M GONNA START FROM RIGHT AND MOVE LEFT, UM, ADDISON RESERVE AND THEN ALEY TREE HOUSE PHASE ONE AND TWO. THAT GREEN LINE YOU SEE IS TO CONNECT THROUGH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE REDDING TRAIL. WE ARE PROPOSING PUTTING A MIDBLOCK CROSSING AT THAT LOCATION SO INDIVIDUALS CAN COME UP THAT TRAIL AND THEN CROSS, UM, TO BELTWAY DRIVE. ALSO INSTALLING A CONNECTIVE PIECE, UM, THAT WILL RUN A LONG BELTWAY DRIVE AND TIE INTO THE TURQUOISE LINE YOU SEE AT TOWN LAKE CIRCLE. AND THEN AS YOU MOVE ACROSS TOWN LAKE CIRCLE, YOU CAN SEE EXISTING TURQUOISE, UM, THAT IS EXISTING SIDEWALK TODAY, AND THEN IT DEAD ENDS AT SOME TRANSFORMERS. SO WHAT WE WOULD PLAN TO DO IS LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE BELTWAY PROJECT TO COORDINATE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD THEN CONNECT OVER TO LAGRAND AND THEN HAVE THAT MID-BLOCK CROSSING IN THAT LOCATION. SO THESE ARE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD PLAN, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL WOULD TO BE TO INSTALL TWO DIFFERENT MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS AND PROVIDE A SAFE WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET THROUGH THE BELTWAY PROJECT, BUT THEN ALSO TO THE, UH, TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THE ADDISON RIVER RESERVE AND THE ALEY TREE HOUSE. AND MORE DETAILS WILL COME AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT DESIGN. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH, COMMUNICATION, AND EDUCATION. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, INVOLVING, UH, FIRE AND PD. I MENTIONED THAT TO TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY, I'VE ALREADY COORDINATED WITH CHIEF FREEZE ON ADDING ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT IN THESE AREAS. AS WE GET THESE PROJECTS INSTALLED, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND AND THE INDIVIDUALS USING THESE ROADWAYS KNOW THAT THE STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN IS TRULY TO OBEY THAT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION LAW. SO CHIEF FREEZE AND I HAVE COORDINATED THOSE EFFORTS AND WILL CONTINUE AS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION THROUGH THAT MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROCESS. WE WANNA RECEIVE FEEDBACK WITH THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN AND, UH, THE ROADWAY, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN. UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE AT TOWN EVENTS, UM, [02:20:01] IF AT, IF THOSE COME UP THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, HAND OUT FLYERS, UH, DO PROJECT VIDEOS. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MAIN GOAL WITH THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE THIS REALLY COOL TOOLBOX THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT ALSO TO HELP US DEVELOP OUR OVERALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL THEN GIVE US INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, WHETHER THEY BE ROADWAY WITH THE ELEMENTS OF ALSO BICYCLE AND, UM, PEDESTRIAN OR SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP FILL IN THE GAPS OR MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS THAT WE MAY NOT CURRENTLY BE LOOKING AT, UM, AS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I'VE SHOWED YOU TODAY. AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I ALSO HAVE JUAN GUTIERREZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO ANSWER THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT YOU GIVE ME AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, BECKY. QUESTIONS, MARLON? UH, YES SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR COLOR OF YOUR GLASSES. THOSE ARE AWESOME. OH, THANK YOU. THEY'RE MAGNETIC. I CHANGE 'EM. EVERY OUTFIT I HAVE ON I'M LOVING IT. UM, , SO NOT GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SIGNAGE AND, AND SO FORTH. AND, UM, I LIKE THAT. UM, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD, I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE, WE BE MINDFUL OF, UM, THE UNIFORMITY AND SIGNAGE AND, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. SO A LOT OF THESE, THESE, UH, PEDESTRIAN SIGNS ARE LIKE WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS NEON YELLOW. OKAY. AND SO, SO THEN WE, WE INSTALL THEM RIGHT NEXT TO SOME PREVIOUS SIGNS THAT ARE JUST A, I WOULD SAY A DARKER SHADE OF YELLOW. AND THEN SO WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THOSE AREAS, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A MISMATCH AND, AND WASN'T VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WITH OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT LOOKS AND FEELS WITH SIGNAGE AND POLES, THAT WE COULD KIND OF MANEUVER THESE SIGNS WHERE, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. SO THAT THAT WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD, UH, NOT LOSE A UNIFORM LOOK IN A, IN A PART OF TOWN AND IN DISTRICT. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT. UM, COLORS OF SIGNS DO CHANGE, UM, THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL SIGN, UH, PRODUCTION ALSO, UM, SOME OF THE SIGNS DO TEND TO, UH, CHANGE COLOR WITH ADDITIONAL, UH, SUNLIGHT DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE. UM, BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE COGNIZANT OF AND EVALUATE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. IF, IF, SO, IF YOU GO OVER ON BELTWAY DRIVE OR ON PRO PROTON DRIVE, YOU KNOW, NEAR NEAR THE ATHLETIC CLUB, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME NEW SIGNAGE, UM, AND THEY DON'T MATCH. SO, SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, UH, SHORE THAT UP AND, AND BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE INSTALL ALL THESE, ALL THESE NEW SITES. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, CHRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE IT. I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF, OF EXPANDING OUR TRAIL NETWORK AND TRYING TO INCREASE CONNECTIVITY AND THE MISSING PIECE HAS BEEN THESE CROSSWALKS. SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT ON THIS, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE, UM, ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION PIECE OF THAT. I THINK THAT'S, UM, A HUGE PART OF IT. SO THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT MUCH DETAIL INTO IT. UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF REAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. SURE. UM, ON, ON THE, UH, PROTON CROSSING THE RRFB, SO, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED NEW PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT I'LL JUST BE, UH, PAINT THAT OUTLINES THAT CROSSWALK. AND THEN I THINK YOU ALSO SAID MAYBE IN AN AREA THAT WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE DRIVERS TO STOP BEFORE THE CROSSWALK, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. SO, UM, AS WE WORK ON THE INSTALLATION OF THAT PROJECT, ADDITIONAL, UM, MARKINGS IF NEEDED OR NEEDED TO BE REFRESHED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CROSSWALK ITSELF, THE BRICK PAVEMENT WILL BE IMPROVED AND THEN IT'LL BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE SIGN WILL SAY STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A STOP BAR AT THOSE LOCATIONS. THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN THE PRESENTATION SAID ADDITIONAL LIGHTING? CORRECT. IS THAT GONNA BE, UM, ON THE, ON THE, UM, THE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS ITSELF? THAT IS THE GOAL. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CONNECTIVE UH, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES THERE WITH THE POWER LINES ABOVE US. SO WE WILL BE WORKING TO, UM, LOOK AT DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED. THE GOAL IS TO INSTALL LIGHTING ON TOP OF THAT ACTUAL RFP. OKAY. BECAUSE, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AT THAT INTERSECTION. AND THEN ALSO, UM, AT THE REDDING TRAIL AS IT CROSSES OVER BELTWAY, UM, IN, IN FRONT OF THE ATHLETIC CENTER, THE ROAD STARTS TO CURVE. AND, UM, THE TIMING ON THESE, ON THESE BEACONS, IF SOMEONE'S RUNNING OR RIDING A BIKE, UM, IF IT'S AT NIGHT, YOU HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME SEEING THEM AND SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT [02:25:01] TO LIGHT THOSE AREAS AS WALKERS OR, UM, BIKERS APPROACH THOSE CROSSWALKS. SO I HOPE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, THE MID-BLOCK CROSSING AT LA GRANDE, WHAT IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? IS THAT ALSO GONNA BE THE, THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON OR IS THAT JUST GONNA BE UM, PAINT IN THE SIDEWALK OR THE, SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT DESIGN. WE WANNA LOOK AND COORDINATE WITH, UH, THE BELTWAY PROJECT. UM, BUT IT COULD BE JUST PAINT AND MARKING OR IT COULD BE AN RRFB. SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT DESIGN, THOSE WILL BE THINGS WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, BUT A CROSSWALK SPECIFICALLY AT THAT LOCATION, UM, IS, IS WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. BEN. HI. THANKS FOR THANKS REBECCA. UP. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 15 FOR ME? I'LL DO MY BEST. ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED. PERFECT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THAT'S PERFECT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. SO IF WE COULD ZOOM IN, AND I DON'T IF WE CAN OR NOT BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT THERE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WESTBOUND TRAFFIC OR THE EASTBOUND SIDE BASED ON TIME OF DAY, 'CAUSE THAT'S MORE MIDDAY OVERHEAD, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LIGHT IS IN YOUR EYES. SO YOU'RE, WHETHER YOU DO MIDRISE BLOCKING WITHOUT BEACON FLASHING IS THE PART OF THE DESIGN. I'M GONNA HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DO THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE BASED ON TIME OF DAY MORNING COMING THE EAST, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THOSE STOP SIGNS AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE STOP SIGN IN THE TREES COMING EASTBOUND ON THE CURVE. YOU'RE MISSING IT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH VEGETATION IN THE SPRING THAT BUILDS UP. YOU BARELY CATCH THAT STOP SIGN. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OR, OR OBVIOUSLY I, I HEAR THE SIRENS CHIRPING EVERY FIVE MINUTES. SO RAISING SOME BLOCK, THROWING A LITTLE, THE, THE STOP PAINT THERE. 'CAUSE I WALK A LOT TO THE RESTAURANTS. UM, IT MAY AS WELL NOT BE THERE BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE TRAFFIC CALMINGS COMING. BUT IN TERMS OF THE VISUAL LIGHTING, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE, THE RAPID FLASHING BLOCKS. NO, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I EXPRESS AS A PART OF THE DESIGN IS DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVEN WITH PICTURES THAT WE TOOK TO PUT AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, YOU SEE SHADOWS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE OR LIGHT THAT YOU DON'T. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE DESIGN THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH, AND I MEAN EVEN THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT MIDDAY PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE BRANDON. IT'S SMALL AND WE'RE FAR AWAY, BUT EVEN THE MIDDAY, IT'S SO SHADOWED, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CATCH THAT STOP SIGN AS IS WITH THE RED, UM, TAPING GOING DOWN. YOU'RE JUST NOT GETTING ANY REFLECTIVE LIGHT. NO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT, NANCY. OH, I'M SORRY CHRIS ACTUALLY COVERED MINE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON ON BELTLINE AND REDDING TRAIL, AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE DOING TO THAT OR WOULD WOULD YOU WERE JUST ILLUSTRATING THAT AS PART OF THE TOOLBOX? NO SIR. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED IN THAT LOCATION. I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THESE ARE THE TWO TYPICAL TYPES THAT ARE NOW USED FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THROUGHOUT THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD. SO I'M WANTING YOU TO VISUALIZE AND UNDERSTAND, SO AS YOU HAVE IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, OR THINGS THAT WE MAY BRING TOWARDS, UH, YOU FOR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES. OKAY. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S USED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THERE ALL THAT MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I'VE SEEN IT USED WHEN I WAS, WHEN I'VE SEEN PEDESTRIANS USE IT, UM, THE TRAFFIC DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU KNOW, THEY SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND THEY DON'T SEE ANYBODY BECAUSE THAT PERSON'S ALREADY COME AND GONE AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND THEN IF THEY PULL UP TO THE STOP LINE THAT'S PAINTED ON THE ROAD, IT'S, THEY'RE TOO CLOSE, THEN THEY CAN'T SEE IF THE LIGHT'S STILL FLASHING RED OR WHAT IT IS. IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING AND IT SEEMED LIKE I'M, I THINK MAYBE IT WAS GRAPEVINE, MAYBE ON MAIN STREET AND GRAPEVINE THAT THEY HAVE THE, THE, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SIGN THAT SAYS AFTER YOU STOP AND IF IT'S CLEAR THEN YOU CAN GO. BUT I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THERE AND IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING. SOME PEOPLE GO, SOME PEOPLE JUST WAIT UNTIL THIS THING STOPS FLASHING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT, TO GET TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AT THAT INTERSECTION? I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. UM, JUAN SAID WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, UM, IN THAT AREA. SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVALUATE. UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE STOP SIGN OR THE STOP BAR IS NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER PART OF THE EDUCATION THROUGH THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS WE BUILD THE TOOLBOX, IS ALSO GONNA BE EDUCATION TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THE SIGNAGE IN THAT AREA TOO, UM, IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER FOR SURE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. BRINGING YOU, BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH. GREAT. REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. ANYBODY ELSE? [02:30:01] ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US? UH, NO SIR. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU BECKY. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT WITH THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA, SO WE WILL, UH, ADJOURN AND IT IS EIGHT 16. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. SEE YOU NEXT TIME. * 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.