* 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 EVENING [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] EVERYBODY. IT IS SIX OH ONE AND WE CALL THE MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025. AND WE DO HAVE A FORM OF THE COUNCIL IN, UH, IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING WITH SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. AND WE'LL MOVE RIGHT [a. Present and discuss a preview of Addison Oktoberfest 2025.] INTO THE WORK SESSION REPORTS. ITEM NUMBER TWO, TWO A IS PRESENT AND DISCUSS A PREVIEW OF ADDISON OCTOBER 20, 20, 25, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ADDED. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER. THIS EVENING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDISON OCTOBERFEST. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S GERMAN FAIR WITH THE SIDE OF TEXAS FLAIR. OUR DATES THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 18TH THROUGH THE 21ST AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. WE'LL START OFF WITH A LITTLE FUN FACT UNI OCTOBER OCTOBERFEST, UM, ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH OCTOBER 5TH THIS YEAR, AND THEIR EVENT ACTUALLY WILL HOST MORE THAN 7 MILLION INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL VISITORS. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET THE MOST WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VERY OWN ASK IN OCTOBERFEST IS, WHY DO YOU HOST THE EVENT IN SEPTEMBER? WELL, THE REASON THAT WE DO IS WE, UM, PAY ON, ON TO UNI OCTOBER FEST, AND IT'S THE AUTHENTICITY OF THAT EVENT THAT WE BRING TO ADDISON. THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA. SO AT UNI OCTOBER FEST, THERE ARE ONLY SIX BEERS THAT ARE SERVED. HOW ARE THOSE SELECTED? OOH. OH, YOU'RE ASKING US? OH, YES, SIR. HMM. WOW. GREAT QUESTION. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY LIKE. WOW, THAT'S A GREAT, I GUILTY. YES. THE TOP ONE FROM EACH BREW, TOP ONE FROM EACH BREWERY. IT'S ACTUALLY WALK LAW. ONLY BEERS THAT ARE BREWED IN MUNICH MAY BE OFFERED AT THEIR OCTOBER FEST, AND THOSE ARE THE SIX BREWERIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THEIR CITY LIMITS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SELECTED. HERE AT ADDISON OCTOBER FEST, WE ACTUALLY SERVE TWO OF THE SIX THAT ARE SERVED IN GERMANY. SO WE LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S WHERE ARIA MEETS TEXAS, BECAUSE WE ALSO OFFER TEXAS CRAFT BREWS. UM, AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THERE. IS ONE OF THE SIX THAT WE OFFER HERE AT OCTOBERFEST. UM, THAT'S THE YOUNGEST OF THE SIX THAT ARE SERVED IN MUNICH. AND THEN LAST YEAR WE STARTED OFFERING HACKER SHORE, SO WE OFFER TWO OF THE BIG SIX. WE ALSO INTRODUCED TEXAS CRAFT BEER TO ADDISON OCTOBER FEST, AND THE TWO CRITERIA FOR SELECTION INCLUDE YOUR BEER MUST BE BREWED HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS TO BE YOUR OCTOBER FEST BLEND. THE G BLOCKAGE SHIELD IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO ADDISON OCTOBER FEST. WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE THE ONLY TEXAS OCTOBER FEST THAT HAS A LIVE BLOCKAGE SHIELD. OUR BLOCKAGE SHIELD IS HOME TO OUR TEXAS CRAFT BREW. THE TOP OF THE BLOCK AND SHIELD ACTUALLY HOSTS LIFE SKITS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, AND THEN UNDERNEATH IS WHERE OUR TEXAS BREWS ARE ACTUALLY SERVED. THE FOOD IS BOTH AUTHENTIC AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL FOOD THAT YOU'LL FIND SO THAT WE TOUCH A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYONE. WE ALSO OFFER A FREE HYDRATION STATION FOR FREE WATER REFILLS ALL WEEKEND LONG. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENTERTAINMENT, WE ALSO STAY AUTHENTIC TO GERMANY, WHERE WE HOST, UM, A NUMBER OF POLKA UMMA BANDS, UM, TRADITIONAL GERMAN FOLK BANDS AS WELL. AND THEN WE INFUSE A LITTLE BIT OF TEXAS, UM, OUT AT THE TEXAS PRO STAGE. SO WE HAVE TEJANO, WE HAVE ACCORDION BASED, UM, BAND. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY AND PARTY MUSIC AS WELL. WE LOOK AT OUR FESTIVAL HOURS AND TICKETS. WE ARE A FOUR DAY EVENT. UM, WE DO RUN THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GENERAL ADMISSION, UM, WILL RUN YOU $15. UM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THURSDAY ADMISSION IS FREE. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, WE ACTUALLY HOST SUNDAY HYUNDAI, WHICH IS THE ONE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL THAT YOUR DOGS, UM, ARE PERMITTED TO JOIN US OUT OF THE EVENT. WE HAVE AN ADDISON RESIDENT TICKET. ALL OF OUR ADDISON RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE HALF OFF ADMISSION BY PURCHASING THEIR TICKETS AT THE ATH, UM, ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB. AND THEN THE HOTEL TICKET IS ANOTHER, UM, OFFERING THAT WE HAVE. ANYBODY THAT BOOKS THEIR HOTEL STAY, UM, AT ONE OF OUR PARTICIPATING HOTELS RECEIVES TWO SINGLE DAY ADMISSION TICKETS, THE COMMEMORATIVE LAPEL PIN, AS WELL AS THE COMMEMORATIVE SIGN THURSDAY NIGHT. IT IS FREE ADMISSION. WE ALSO HOST OUR HOST AND POST CORPORATE NIGHT THIS YEAR. IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY METROCREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UM, IT TAKES PLACE UNDERNEATH OUR PARTY CALL AND ALSO INCLUDES THE OFFICIAL KIT TAPPING CEREMONY. UM, AND THIS YEAR, MAYOR RU ARSON WILL BE TAPPING OUR CEREMONIAL KEG TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVITIES. AND WE DO HAVE, UH, DIGNITARIES FROM THE GERMAN CONSULATE IN DALLAS THAT [00:05:01] WILL BE JOINING HIM AS WELL. OUR ADDISON OCTOBERFEST PACKET INCLUDES A COMMEMORATIVE SIGN, THE LAPEL PIN, AND THEN ONE PO WATER BEER FOR THAT SIGN. UM, THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE WHILE SUPPLIES GLASS. WE TYPICALLY DO SELL OUT OF THIS PACKET, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO, UM, PROMOTE AND OFFER. UM, THESE ARE THE SIGNS FOR THIS YEAR. SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT THE SIGN. IT IS A CUSTOM MOLD THAT'S CREATED FOR US. WE WORK WITH THE PIANA TEAM TO CREATE THOSE. UM, AND THEN THE COLOR IS ACTUALLY SELECTED BY A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER. UM, THE COLOR OF YEAR, THE COLOR OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY MOCA MOOSE, WHICH WAS WITH, WHICH WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS YEAR'S, UM, MUG. WHEN WE LOOK OUT AT THE LAYOUT OF THE FESTIVAL, IT IS DEFINITELY WHERE A LITTLE BIT OF GERMANY MEETS TEXAS RIGHT OUT. UM, AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK. WE'LL START ON THE NORTH CAMPUS AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THERE. WE DO HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONING HALL, 'CAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARM IN TEXAS AND EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF AIR CONDITIONING. WE ALSO BUILD OUT THE ENTIRE, WE ACTUALLY ACTIVATE THE INSIDE OF THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. SO WE POP UP OF ARCADIA, UM, WHICH ARE RETRO ARCADE GAMES. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER SILENT DISCO, UM, IN OUR STUDIO. BLOCK AND SHIELD CLOCK, TAKE SHAPE OUTSIDE, UM, WITH THE BALCONY AREA. AND AGAIN, IT DOES HOST OUR TEXAS CRAFT BREW. UM, AND THEN THE SPACE THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BLOCK AND SHIELD IS OUR LEADER HOSE AND LOUNGE, WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR GARDEN BINGO, UM, AS WELL AS KARAOKE. THIS YEAR. THE STONE COTTAGE HOSTS CAFE AND COEN. THESE WOULD LOVE COOKING HEARTS, THE GINGERBREAD HEARTS THAT ARE COMMON, UM, IN GERMANY, UM, THE TEXAS PRO STAGE IS WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF TEXAS AND A LITTLE BIT OF POLKA. AND THEN THE DRAFT HOUSE BEER GARDEN, UM, HOSTS A FOOTBALL SCREEN, UH, OR SCREEN WHERE FOOTBALL WILL BE WATCHED. ALL WE GET ALONG AS WE MOVE SOUTH, UM, WE ARE FAMOUS PARTY HALL TENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE OUT OF THE PARK NOW, UM, HOST A DECK AND AS WELL AS A PATIO. UM, WE, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE, UM, SOLD OUT ON SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE INSIDE TABLES, UM, THAT WE OFFER, UM, THAT EVENING. THE PARTY HALL IS ALSO HOME TO MOSS CREW, OUR STEIN HOISTING COMPETITION, AS WELL AS THE DAWSON DASH ON SUNDAY AS WE MOVE EAST, THE NORTHERN PART, UM, OF THE EAST SIDE, OUR MARK, UM, IS OUR MARKET PLOT PLOTS AREA. THIS IS WHERE OUR VENDORS SELL, UM, A LOT OF TRADITIONAL GERMAN, UM, ARTS AND CRAFTS. AND THEN THERE'S REGULAR FESTIVAL ARTS AND CRAFTS AS WELL AS WE MOVE SOUTH. THE PARTY ZELT IS OUR SMALLER PARTY HALL TENT, IF YOU WILL. UM, AND THAT HAS A LOT OF, UM, THE SAME THINGS THAT THE PARTY HALL DOES, JUST IN A SMALLER CONFIGURATION, WHAT MOSQUE COMPETITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THAT HALL AS WELL. AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT IS OUR BEER SCALE STADIUM, AND THIS IS A STADIUM THAT HOSTS OUR BEER GAMES ALL WEEKEND LONG. CENTRAL TO THE AREA IS OUR POWAN BEER GARDEN. THIS IS AN OPEN AIR BEER GARDEN, WHICH IS NEW THIS YEAR. IT WILL HOST A TV SCREEN FOR FOOTBALL WATCHING ALL, ALL WEEKEND LONG, UM, IN THE OPEN AIR SETTING. UM, AND THEN OUR HOFF PLAY AREA, UM, HOSTS OUR YARD GAMES. UM, AND THEN TO THE EAST OF THAT IS OUR KIDS' GARDEN, WHICH FEATURES OUR FAMOUS ROOT BEER GARDEN AS WELL. THE CAROUSEL WILL BE BACK ON THE PLAZA AS YOU ENTER THE MAIN GATE. UM, AND THEN OUR SIGN STATION, WHICH IS WHERE FOLKS WHO, UM, HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE SIGN FOR PICKUP OR AS PART OF OUR HOTEL PACKET, WILL OBTAIN THEIR SIGN. AGAIN, WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS TO A LITTLE PIECE OF WHERE BAVARIA MEETS TEXAS RIGHT HERE IN ADDISON, TEXAS. AND WITH THAT, I SAY APPROACH Y'ALL, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. NO QUESTIONS. I MEAN, JUST A COMMENT. I MEAN, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. UM, SO CREATIVE, I LOVE SOME OF THE SUBTLE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THE, THE AC IS THAT NEW FOR THIS YEAR? I KNOW WE'VE TRIED IT IN THE PAST. I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING BEING AIR CONDITIONED LAST YEAR. IT WAS, IT POPPED UP. IT'S ALWAYS POPPED UP IN OUR PREVIOUS CONFERENCE CENTER INSIDE WHAT HAS TRANSFORMED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WHEN THAT BUILDING WENT OFFLINE, WE ACTUALLY MOVED IT OVER TO THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND SO IT TAKES PLACE, UM, IN OUR MAIN STAGE, UH, THEATER. BUT THERE WILL NOT BE AN AIR CONDITION TENT OUT. NO, NO, SIR. NOT AN AIR CONDITION TENT. OKAY. JUST THE, THE INSIDE COVID. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . LOVE THE FOOTBALL TOO. THAT WAS SO, THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN LAST YEAR UNDER TEXAS LOVE FOOTBALL UNDER THAT COVERED THE 10 AND THE FOOTBALL. THAT WAS GREAT, ESPECIALLY THAT LATE NIGHT GAME, SO THAT'S GREAT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, ABBY. AND SO I'M, I'M GLAD WE DO THE HYDRATION STATIONS AND THE FOOT AND THE FOOTBALL. I THINK THOSE ARE BOTH REALLY GREAT THINGS TO, UH, TO HAVE PART OF IT. DO WE DO [00:10:01] A GOOD ENOUGH JOB PROMOTING THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE? BECAUSE I WANT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T WANT DRINK BEER THEY DON'T WANT, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD COMMENTS BEFORE A WHILE BACK, YOU KNOW, WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S NO PLACE TO GET WATER. I GOTTA PAY FOR EVERYTHING. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, BRING YOUR WHATEVER THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR WATER IN? YES, SIR. WE WILL WORK ON OUR MARKETING TO INCLUDE THAT. YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO GO UP YOUR SIGN WITH BEER. YOU CAN BLOW IT UP WITH FREE WATER ALL WEEKEND LONG. UM, AND THEN AROUND THE FOOTBALL, WE'RE ACTUALLY STOCKING SOME OF THE SCHEDULES SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE FAN BASES AND THEN HAVE SIGNAGE UP AND AROUND THAT. SO WE'RE PROMOTING THAT THOSE GAMES ARE HAPPENING AS WELL. ARE THEY ABLE TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE CONTAINER LIKE WHAT DARREN HAS HERE? YES, SIR. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BRING IN EMPTY CONTAINER AS LONG AS IT'S EMPTY. EMPTY, RIGHT, MM-HMM . I UNDERSTAND. AND THEN SAME THING FOR THE FOOTBALL. WE'RE GONNA PROMOTE THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. 'CAUSE UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET SOME, SOME FOLKS OUT THERE TO WANNA WATCH SOME, SOME FOOTBALL. YEAH. ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL SEASON. GREAT. UM, ON THE HOSTING POST, UM, I MEAN, I HOPE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. DO YOU HAVE, COULD WE GET COPIES OF THAT DIGITAL FLYER THAT MAYBE WE COULD SEND OUT TO PROMOTE? BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED TO THE GROUP AT THE METRO CRE CHAMBER AND THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEND IT OUT AND GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO, UH, SEND IT TO THROUGH THEIR MAILING LIST. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YES, SIR. WE NEED THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, SO THE ENTRANCE IS A USUAL PLACE, RIGHT? THE NORTHEAST CORNER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND I KNOW AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS, WE, WE SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT COME DOWN ADDISON ROAD AND TRY TO GET IN ON THAT ON THE WEST SIDE. AND THEY WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEN, THEN THEY FIGURE OUT, OH, I CAN'T GET IN OVER HERE. THEN THEY GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. DO WE HAVE ANY DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO, TO FIND THAT ENTRANCE WITHOUT THE EXTRA, EXTRA WALK? YES, SIR. WE WILL ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, DIRECTIONALS ON ADDISON ROAD, AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY CREATE AN ENTRANCE THAT'S OFF OF MORRIS, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW 'EM TO ROUND THAT CORNER AND COME IN THROUGH THERE. THEY WILL BE ENTERING THROUGH, UM, THE CARNIVAL. OH, PERFECT. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE THEY GET STUCK. MM-HMM . YEAH. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. GOOD POINT. YEAH, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE A FEW. SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT ALL ARE THE CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED? UM, SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE BIG CHANGES OKAY. THAT WE'VE MADE AROUND THE, UM, THE ACTUAL SITE. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE WOULD BE THE HOMEOWNER BILL, BEER GARDEN THAT WILL BE THERE, UM, IN THE OPEN AIR CENTRAL AREA. THE PARTY ZEL WAS IN THAT SPACE, AND SO IT'S MOVING OVER ONE SLOT. WILL THAT BE SET UP KINDA LIKE CHOW HALL WAS? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE FOR, UM, SOME OF YOUR PROJECTIONS ON NUMBERS PARTICIPATION SO FAR? YES. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AHEAD ON TICKET SALES WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO PROJECTIONS ARE LOOKING GOOD. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE, THE DAYS THAT HAVE SEEN THE LIGHTER ATTENDANCE IN THE PAST. SO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH OUR HOST AND PRO PROGRAMMING. UM, AND THEN SUNDAY REALLY, UM, EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE DOGS, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY POPULAR DAY WITH THAT COMPONENT. OKAY. WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT ARE BRINGING AUTHENTIC FOODS? I KNOW THAT SORT OF FLUCTUATED, WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? IT'S PROBABLY 50 50. UM, AS FAR AS VENDORS THAT ARE OFFERING THE FOOD PIECE OF IT, THEY'RE OFFERING THAT AUTHENTIC FOOD. UM, AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE OFFERING REGULAR FESTIVAL FOOD, AS WE SEE THE INCREASED NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING, IT'S HARD FOR LITTLES TO, UM, ENJOY SOME OF THE AUTHENTIC FEED OFFERINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND SO HAVING THAT MIX THAT'S THERE, WE HAVE A VERY, UM, LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR VENDORS THAT HAVE PROVIDED THE AUTHENTIC BASED. AND SO THE BUY-IN, UM, IS THERE AND THE EXCITEMENT IS THERE. UM, AS WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, THE, THE VENDOR PIECE OF IT EXTENDS BEYOND THE FOOD TO OUR MARKETPLACE AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE LOST OUR JOURNAL AND LEADER HOSE IN VENDOR, UM, DUE TO ANOTHER EVENT. SOME OF THEM AGE OUT, SOME OF 'EM HAVE JUST STOPPED DOING IT. AND SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THAT HASN'T DONE IT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, BUT IS LOOKING TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT AND IS EXCITED TO BE BACK IN ADDISON. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . GOD, I AHEAD THE LEADER HOSE . SO, UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR COMPARISON ON THE NUMBERS. DO WE HAVE THOSE, UH, PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR? I DON'T RECALL WHAT THEY WERE, UH, FOR THIS YEAR. I DO. I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. WE DO HAVE THAT. OKAY. UM, THAT WAS, UM, SUBMITTED WHEN WE DID, UH, BUDGET. OKAY. I JUST NEED ADD THAT IN FRONT OF ME, ABBY, ON THE CORPORATE THURSDAY NIGHT, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU START REACHING OUT TO LOCAL, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION YEAR IN ADVANCE? SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO THIS YEAR WE STARTED IN JULY, RIGHT AFTER KA TOWN. OKAY. DO THEY REGISTER? [00:15:01] DO THEY SIGN OUT? THEY JUST REGISTER. THEY PURCHASE THE TABLE AND BRING OUT THEIR, THEIR FOLKS. AND SO SOME OF 'EM DO IT TO, UM, BOARD THEIR EMPLOYEES. SOME OF 'EM DO IT TO HOST THEIR CLIENTS, SO DO IT FOR BOTH. UM, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH ZURICH WHO WAS WITH US FOR A LONG TIME BACK WHEN WE HAD THE ENCLOSED AIR CONDITIONED TENT. AND SO, UM, SO IT'S, IT IS YEAR ROUND, BUT THE VERY CONCENTRATED EFFORT STARTED RIGHT AFTER COVID. OKAY. ANY, ANY FLUCTUATION MORE PEOPLE, LIKE MORE INTO IT OR LESS INTO IT, OR ANY ADVICE IN TERMS OF WANTING MORE THAN ONE TABLE? OR IS IT, DO WE EVER COME SHORT ON TABLES FOR CORPORATE? NO, THIS IS ONLY OUR SECOND YEAR TO ACTUALLY HOST THE EVENING. UM, AND SO IF ANYTHING, IT IS MORE AWARENESS ABOUT IT. UM, LAST YEAR WHEN WE OFFERED IT, WE WERE A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY, UM, BUT HAD A GREAT EVENING, UM, NONETHELESS. AND SO THIS YEAR WITH, WITH PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR FROM LAST YEAR, UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE AWARENESS AROUND THAT. AND THEN WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO PRESS, UM, CHAMBER, THAT'S HELPED TREMENDOUSLY AS WELL. WONDERFUL. THAT'S GREAT. AND THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF THOSE TABLES FOR THAT HOST PRO. HOW MANY? 200. 200? MM-HMM . OKAY. 200 SEATS OR 200 TABLES. 200 TABLES. OH WOW. SO, UM, IT LOOKS GREAT, BY THE WAY. I MEAN, IT'S VERY, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG SUCCESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. UM, WHERE IS THE VENDORS? WHERE'S THE VENDORS TENTS AT? UM, SO THE VENDOR TENTS WILL BE, UM, RIGHT ON ADDISON CIRCLE, UM, WHERE IT SAYS MARKET PLOTS. I DIDN'T TAKE YOU TO THAT. OKAY, I SAW IT. DID YOU SEE IT? YEAH, IT DOES. ON THERE AT THE TOP. VERY TOP. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE OPERATION SNAP THAT IS BELOW THAT. UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LINER BEER GARDEN. YOU'LL SEE SOME ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARTY BELT, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME ALONG THE PERLA AS WELL. SO THE CAROUSEL WAS FREE LAST YEAR? YES. IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND IT WAS REALLY FAST. IT WAS FAST. IT FAST, BUT I, UH, I HAD SEVERAL, UH, PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE, UM, EVENT THAT HAD COMMENTED ON THAT. I WAS STANDING THERE AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT, IT'S FREE, THEY CAN JUST RIDE THE CAROUSEL. THEIR KIDS LOVE IT. SO IT WAS, THAT WAS A REALLY BIG, IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT WHEN YOU COME IN THERE TOO. YEAH. YEAH. REALLY BIG DRAWING. HAVE TO KICK DAVID OFF OF IT. RIDE TOO MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ALL GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO DAVID GAINES IS GONNA BRING US SOME GOOD WEATHER FOR THAT WEEKEND. I'M WORKING ON IT. THE UROLOGIST. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. WE'LL [b. Present and discuss the Town of Addison FY 2025 Third Quarter Financial Report.] MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO B. PRESENTED, DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON FY 2025 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. STEVEN, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEVEN LITMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND BEFORE WE HAVE OUR THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. UH, THIS COVERS THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, UH, THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR 75% OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO LOOKING AT, UH, OUR DASHBOARD HERE, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM NOTED ON HOTEL TAX, RETURNING A LITTLE BIT BELOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH, AS FAR PERCENTAGE WISE, UM, REALLY WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE TP. WE ANTICIPATED THAT GETTING KICKED OFF A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO, UH, WE'RE STILL CLOSE TO 70%, BUT JUST, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UM, BELOW WHERE WE HAD ANTICIPATED BEING, UH, THROUGH THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR. UH, ALL THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES ARE TRENDING WHERE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE. UM, YOU CAN SEE OUR NON-PROPERTY TAXES, THEY'RE ALMOST 80% THAT SALES AND BEVERAGE TAXES. UM, EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, IS TRENDING. SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE IS NOTED BECAUSE, UM, THOSE FINAL TWO EVENTS DON'T OCCUR UNTIL THE, UH, FOURTH QUARTER. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S COMMON FOR THAT TO BE AT 36% AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, ALL OF OUR MAJOR, UH, FUNDS ARE, ARE TRENDING, UM, AT OR BELOW THEIR ANTICIPATED BUDGET, UH, THROUGH THREE QUARTERS. AND OUR ECONOMIC INDICATORS, UH, SERVING AT THE TOP LEFT, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, REMAINS VERY LOW. IT'S BEEN AT OR BELOW 4% FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN THE FDFW. SO, UH, NOT MUCH CHANGE THERE. UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, OUR HOTEL REVENUE FOR AVAILABLE ROOM, UH, SITTING AT ABOUT $75 PER AVAILABLE ROOM, THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER FOR ADDISON. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME CONSISTENCY THERE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. UM, RIGHT BELOW THAT, OUR OVERALL, UH, HOTEL STATISTICS, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY ROOM RATE IS THE DARK BLUE, UM, DARK BLUE, [00:20:01] UH, COLUMN, UH, REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, WHICH WE, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S THE LIGHT BLUE COLUMN. AND THEN THE OCCUPANCY RATE IS, IS THE LINE. SO, UH, WE'RE SITTING PRETTY CLOSE TO 70% OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS, IS ALSO NOT BAD FOR ADDISON. SO, UH, SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. I THINK THE INDICATORS ARE THERE. UH, JUST THE, THE REVENUE HASN'T BEEN WHAT WE EXPECTED AS FAR AS THE OVERALL HOTEL TAX SO FAR. UM, OCCUPANCY INDICATORS ON THE TOP RIGHT OFFICE OCCUPANCY DOWN ABOUT HALF A PERCENT FROM THE, FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, WE SAW OCCUPANCY, UH, DOWN ABOUT, UH, FOUR TENTHS OF A PERCENT. 95, STILL AT 95.5% THOUGH ON RETAIL OCCUPANCY, VERY HIGH. UH, HOTEL INDICATORS, AS I SAID, WE'RE CLOSE TO 70% ON OCCUPANCY. WE WERE 66.4%, UH, FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. UH, ONLY ABOUT A 1% DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. UH, THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM WAS $76, UH, WHICH WAS ABOUT 1.4% LESS THAN, UH, WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO. AND THEN LOOKING AT SALES TAX, UH, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITY. SO WE SAW ABOUT A 4% INCREASE IN SALES TAX FROM THIS QUARTER. UH, THE SAME QUARTER IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. LIKE CARROLLTON SAW ABOUT A 10% INCREASE IN THIS QUARTER. UH, FARMERS' RANCH WAS UP ABOUT 6%, AND THEN RICHARDSON WAS UP ABOUT 1%. SO, UH, ALTHOUGH WE CAME IN THIRD THIS TIME, WE'VE BEEN IN FIRST FOR A WHILE, I THINK I'LL TAKE 4%. UH, GOING FORWARD, WE CAN KEEP IT AT 4%, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR WILL BE WE'LL BE IN GREAT SHAPE. UH, PERMITS ISSUED IN VALUATION, SO WE WE'RE THREE, THREE QUARTERS. UH, THE OTHER, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS THERE ARE LISTED FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEARS. SO WE'RE TRAINING IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE AT THIS POINT. UH, ALMOST A THOUSAND PERMITS ISSUED, UH, THREE, THREE QUARTERS. AND, UH, THE VALUE OF THOSE PERMITS IS, UH, IS ABOUT $65 MILLION, UH, SO FAR. SO, UH, BELOW THAT QUARTERLY PERMIT ACTIVITY YEAR OVER YEAR. SO, UH, THIS, UH, THIS LAST QUARTER, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE PERMITS AND, UM, ISSUED, UH, IN THAT QUARTER THAN THE PREVIOUS THREE FISCAL YEARS. SO A VERY STRONG PERMITTING ACTIVITY. OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. SO THERE'S SEVEN, UH, EXECUTED AGREEMENTS. UH, WE PAID OUT, UH, ABOUT 400 WILL OVER 440,000. MOST OF THAT IS VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY. UM, AND, UH, TOTAL INCENTIVES THERE, 537, UH, ALMOST 538,000. AGAIN, MOST ADVANTAGE IS VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY THAT THAT'S COMMITTED. UH, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, THREE YEARS OF SALES TAX COLLECTIONS HERE. UH, THE DARK BLUE COLUMN IS, UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE, UM, DONE PRETTY WELL THIS YEAR. SO MOST OF THOSE, UH, BLUE COLUMNS ARE THE HIGHEST, UM, THERE ARE FOR, FOR THOSE THREE YEARS. SO A PRETTY GOOD INDICATOR. WE HAVE, UH, THREE MONTHS IN THE FISCAL YEAR. UH, I WILL NOTE LAST AUGUST, WE HAD A VERY LARGE, UH, REALLOCATION TO IT. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET OVER 2.2 GRAND DOLLARS IN AUGUST THIS YEAR UNLESS SOMETHING, SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS. BUT, UM, SO, BUT OVERALL GOING FORWARD, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE MONTH THAT, UH, HAS BROUGHT IN LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, 10 MAYBE. WE'VE HAD 8%, TWO AT 10%, ONE TO 20% OVER, UH, THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. SO, UH, PERFORMING VERY WELL. WE'RE OVER 80% OF OUR BUDGET COLLECTED ON SALES TAX. UH, 13, UH, 0.2 MILLION SO FAR. UM, SO WE ARE TRENDING, UH, IN A WAY THAT WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, WE COULD MEET OR EXCEED WHAT WE BROUGHT IN, UH, IN 2024. UM, AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, OUR, UH, SALES BY SALES TAX BY ECONOMIC CATEGORY, UM, OUR LARGEST CATEGORY IS THAT ACCOMMODATIONS IN FOOD SERVICE. THAT'S OUR RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS. UH, 18.1%, UH, ACTUALLY NOT PROVIDED IS COMING IN AT SECOND, AT 17.1%. SO, UM, AND THEN 16.1%, WE HAVE RETAIL. UM, THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY CALLED OTHER, AND THAT ACTUALLY IS 11 SMALLER CATEGORIES THAT MAKE UP 15.7%. SO THIS KIND OF, I, I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY TIME, BUT JUST GOES TO THE DIVERSITY OF ADDISON'S, UH, SALES TAX BASE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE. TWO OF THE, TWO OF THE FOUR LARGEST CATEGORIES ARE ONES THAT, UM, ARE NOT JUST SINGULAR. UM, UH, WHOLESALE TRADE, JUST UNDER 10% INFORMATION, JUST UNDER 7% CONSTRUCTION AT 6%, UH, MANUFACTURING AND THEN PROFESSIONAL, UH, TECHNICAL SERVICES, BOTH ABOUT 5%. SO AGAIN, UM, LOTS OF DIVERSITY, UH, IN THAT SALES TAX BASE THAT IS EVIDENCED BY, UH, BREAKDOWN THEN GETTING INTO THE OVERALL FUND VIEW. SO GENERAL FUND [00:25:01] OVERALL REVENUE, WE'RE AT 90.7%. UM, ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES COME IN. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS, UH, FEES AND SALES TAX WILL COME IN OVER THE LAST QUARTER, UM, UH, TO BRING US, UH, WE SHOULD EXCEED, UH, LEAST WERE TRENDING TO EXCEED, UH, THAT, UM, THAT BUDGET OF 50.6 MILLION IN REVENUE. SO LOOKING GOOD ON THE REVENUE SIDE. AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'RE, WE'RE AT 72.3% OVERALL. SO AGAIN, TRENDING, YOU KNOW, 70, 75% THROUGH THE YEAR WE'RE TRENDING. UH, A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THAT. UM, SO TRENDING WELL ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR REVENUES AT THE END OF THE YEAR ARE GONNA EXCEED OUR EXPENDITURES. AND THEN GOING INTO THE HOTEL FUND, AS I NOTED, UH, EARLIER, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT ARE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BELOW, UH, WHERE WE ANTICIPATED, UM, OVERALL REVENUE IS TRENDING, UM, IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR THOUGH, UH, AT 61.4%. AGAIN, AS I NOTED, THE SPECIAL EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE LAST QUARTER, UM, SKEW THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY REVENUE FROM THE, FROM THE FINAL TWO EVENTS YET. UM, AND THEN ON THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME SCORE BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE ALSO NOT SPENT, UH, A LOT OF MONEY FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE MONEY SO FAR ON SPECIAL EVENTS BECAUSE THOSE TWO EVENTS, AGAIN, ARE OCCURRING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. UH, SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 54.6% ON OVERALL EXPENDITURES SO FAR. THREE, THREE QUARTERS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BEING PROPERTY TAX BASIS COLLECTED MORE THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ITS REVENUE SO FAR. UM, AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THEY'RE RIGHT AT 75% ON THE EXPENDITURES OF THE AIRPORT FUND. UM, I'LL NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE THAT OPERATING GRANT UP THERE, THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THAT YET. BUT, UM, SO THAT'S SKEWED THE PERCENTAGE A LITTLE BIT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES ON THE REVENUE SIDE, SERVICE FEES, FUEL, FLOWAGE, RENTAL, AND THEN THE INTEREST IN OTHER INCOME, ALL OF THOSE REAL OPERATING CATEGORIES ARE ALL TRENDING ABOVE 75%. UM, SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, UH, IN THE AIRPORT FRONT. ON THE REVENUE SIDE, EVEN THOUGH THAT TOOL IS, IS SHOWING A 58%, BUT ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE, UH, WE'RE AT 72.4%, SO TRENDING AGAIN BELOW 75%, UH, ON THE OPERATING, UH, EXPENSE SIDE. THEN UTILITY FUND WE'RE AT 70.9% IN REVENUE, UH, 68.1% IN WATER, 72.8% IN SEWER. UH, I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE WATER SALES UP UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO. IT GOT REALLY COLD AND A LITTLE RAINY. SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE BILLING IS, IT'S GONNA COME OUT ON THE 20TH. BUT, UM, THE ONE THAT WE DID FOR OCTOBER, OR NOT OCTOBER FOR, UH, THAT WE SENT OUT IN AUGUST, THAT WAS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NEXT ONE OR THE NEXT ONE, BUT, UH, YOU'RE ALWAYS KIND OF WAITING AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR TO SEE HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE GONNA SETTLE IN IN THREE MAIN MONTHS. SO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE. BUT 68.1% THROUGH THREE QUARTERS IS GENERALLY A VERY GOOD NUMBER BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING THREE VERY HOT, UH, THREE VERY HOT, UH, MONTHS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TURNED ON AND USE, USE WATER. SO, UM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. BUT THROUGH THREE QUARTERS, UH, FEELING PRETTY GOOD, NOT FEELING AS GOOD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT'S BEEN, UH, ABOUT 80 DEGREES. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE, UH, WE'RE AT 69.1% OVERALL. SIMILARLY, IF PEOPLE AREN'T USING A LOT OF WATER, OUR WATER PURCHASES, UH, THERE SHOULD BE BELOW WHAT WE BUDGETED. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT COMES IN AS WELL. UM, OVERALL, THE, UH, UTILITY FUND IS IN GOOD POSITION. UH, STORMWATER FUND, WE'RE JUST UNDER 2.2% IN REVENUE. UH, OPERATING EXPENSES ARE JUST UNDER 2 MILLION, SO, UH, TRENDING AS WE WOULD ANTICIPATE. AND THEN, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS. THESE ARE, UH, THE COLLECTIONS FOR THE QUARTER BY, UH, HOTEL. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TO, TO GET COLLECTION FROM. UM, SO THAT'S NOTED ON THERE. BUT, UH, WE BROUGHT IN JUST OVER $1.2 MILLION FOR THE QUARTER. IT IS A DECREASE FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE, IN THIS SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SEEING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AS FAR AS HOTEL TAX, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING IT ON, UM, THE OCCUPANCY OR, OR ROOF RATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS JUST, UM, FOR SOME REASON, UH, LESS, LESS OVERALL TAX, UH, IT'S BEING GENERATED. SO, UM, AND THEN OUR INVESTMENT REPORT SUMMARY. SO WE BROUGHT IN A JUST UNDER $1.4 MILLION [00:30:01] IN INTEREST REVENUE THIS QUARTER, 1,375,000, UH, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, 1,447,000. UH, BUT OUR, UH, WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD TO MATURITY, UH, STAYED STEADY AT 3.69%. UH, THE REASON THAT WE EARNED LESS INTEREST REVENUE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK VALUE AND THE MARKET VALUE OF THE TOWN'S, UH, PORTFOLIO, WE COLLECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN THE SECOND QUARTER. UM, SO WE GET ALL THOSE TAXES AND THEN, UM, AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH THE LAST TWO QUARTERS, THAT PROPERTY TAX MONEY IS BEING SPENT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE GENERALLY SEE A, A DECREASE IN OUR AVAILABLE CASH FOR INVESTING. SO, UH, THE OVERALL AMOUNT THAT WE, OR THE PERCENTAGE WE WERE BRINGING IN WAS THE EXACT SAME, AND WE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT LESS MONEY TO INVEST OVER THE LAST QUARTER. UH, ALL THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S POLICIES AND, UH, THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THE FEDERAL. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THOSE QUESTIONS, CHRIS, UH, ON SLIDE EIGHT, PLEASE. UH, SO I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT, UM, BUDGETED AND ACTUAL MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE WERE BUDGETED 24 25 TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE AT , ROUGHLY 21 MILLION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON PACE TO GET TO A LITTLE OVER 30 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO AS WE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT JUST WHAT WE DID IN, IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WE DREW DOWN THAT FUND BALANCE BY OVER FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. UM, THIS NEXT QUARTER WE'LL SPEND A LOT MORE THAN WE'LL BRING IN BECAUSE ONE, WE GOT THE PROPERTY TAXES IN JANUARY AND WE'RE SPENDING THEM, SO IT WILL COME DOWN TO CLOSER TO AROUND 21. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT QUESTION, IS WHERE YOU THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA END UP. 'CAUSE LIKE, I LOOKED AT THAT AND I THOUGHT, WOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NICE LITTLE SURPLUS THIS YEAR. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET AS WE, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE, UM, WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD BE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN REVENUE OVER EXPENSE IN OUR END OF YEAR ESTIMATE. UM, SO IF YOU TOOK 20 POINT 21 MILLION, WE'D ANTICIPATE THAT WE ENDED ABOUT 22 AND A HALF MILLION. BUT OUR ESTIMATE WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA TRANSFER SOME OF THAT MONEY, ONE TO ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN, UH, SOME OF IT TO THE CELL FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS. BUT STILL BETTER THAN BUDGET. STILL BETTER THAN BUDGET, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. YES. THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN ON SIDE ON SLIDE 14, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS TO DEATH, BUT, UM, I JUST WONDER IF, IF WE'VE GIVEN, IF, IF WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HOTELS TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY THIS IS, I MEAN, I, I, I READ THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 1% DOWN ON OCCUPANCY, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, 15% DOWN ON REVENUE. AND THE CONCERNING THING TO ME IS WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TWO HOTELS THAT MAKE UP, YOU KNOW, OVER 30% OF THAT REVENUE. AND ONE OF THE, OF OUR LARGER ONES IS DOWN THAT THEY WERE DOWN A LOT ON, UH, ON THIS, THIS ONE, AND I THINK LAST YEAR. AND THEY, YEAH, APRIL PARTIALLY, THEY HAD A VERY LARGE GROUP IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, SO THAT SKEWS THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE GROUP THIS YEAR. UM, SO, SO THAT PARTIALLY ANSWERED SOME OF THAT. IT WAS JUST ODD TO ME THAT OCCUPANCY WAS ONLY DOWN BY 1%, BUT WE'RE ALL ALSO FAR ON REVENUE. AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D RUN THAT QUESTION BY CP. YEAH. UM, I, I COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEM SPECIFICALLY. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEIR ROOM RATES WENT UP OKAY. RELATED TO THAT, THAT LARGE THEY HAD IN APRIL AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE, WOULDN'T AFFECT THE OCCUPANCY AS MUCH, BUT IT WOULD ON THE IC SIDE. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE THAT TELLS US THAT, YOU KNOW, A HOTEL OCCUPANCY IS GONNA START TO TREND DOWNWARD. WELL, IF, EVEN IF ASKED THE HOTELS IN AUGUST, AND THIS IS THEIR WORST PLAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FULL YEAR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? OUR NEXT BUDGET YEAR. NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE BUDGETING THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, WITH THE TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO EXPAND. UM, OKAY. THE OVERALL OCCUPANCY, OVERALL TAX BEING GENERATED. UH, I THINK WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED, THE, UM, HOTEL ASSOCIATION ATTORNEY SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'VE SEEN AT LEAST 5% IN ALL OF THE CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS. UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE SOMETHING. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST ADD MARY AND AMBER, OUR TOUR TEAM, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO MARRIOTT AND ANY OTHER GROUPS AND GIVE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND TOUCH BASE WITH 'EM AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT FUND'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED [00:35:01] ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT. WE HAVE ONE HOTEL THAT, UH, AND I, I HAVE THEM NOTED ON THERE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE NOT PAID FOR FOR THE QUARTER YET. A NEW, UH, NEW PERSON IS RUNNING THEIR HOTEL AND, UH, THE OWNER HAS NOW GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH US, PAID SOME OF THIS TO US. SO IT'S JUST NOT REFLECTED IN THIS REPORT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT EXCUSE SOME OF THIS AS WELL, IF WE HAD THAT BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSE THE GAP A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT GONNA CLOSE AT 15%, BUT, UH, THAT WOULD OKAY. GENERATE A LITTLE BIT. THAT ALL MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. QUESTION MORE FOR DAVID AND WAYNE. UH, THE OLD CROWN PLAZA LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER. DO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE ONLINE AS A HOTEL IN 26 OR 27? 26? I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO BE READY AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, AND THEY WANT TO BE READY FOR THE WORLD CUP. THAT'S THEIR, THAT'S THEIR GOAL. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME AMBITIOUS GOALS, BUT WE, WE ARE AMBITIOUS, SO WE WANT THEM TO BE THERE. SO THEY WANNA BE UP AND GOING BEFORE THE WORLD CUP. AND WILL THEY BE DEEMED AS A FULL SERVICE OR WOULD WE KNOW YET? THEY WOULD BE FULL SERVICE. OKAY. CROWN PLAZA WAS FULL SERVICE. YEAH. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS COMING IN. RIGHT. S IN THE DOOR. UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH CHRIS. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH OUR, THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT. EVERYTHING LOOKED AS EXPECTED. AND THEN I, I GET PAGE 14 HERE AND IT JUST, THERE SEEMS TO BE A, UH, DISCOUNT. UM, THAT'D BE GREAT IF IS IF WE CAN CHECK IN WITH MARRIOTT, UM, MARRIOTT FOR HIM. AND THEN IS RADISON ADDISON, THAT'S THE TONGUE TWISTER. IS THAT A NOW, UH, DID THEY CHANGE YOUR NAME? I BELIEVE SO, YES. YES. THAT AND THAT ONE. SO THIS ONE WAS CLOSED FOR A WHILE, SO THEY'RE IMPACTED ON THIS REPORT AS WELL. OKAY. SO, SO WE HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THEM, WHICH ARE 73%, THIS ONE THAT DID PAY AND IT'S NOW GETTING CAUGHT UP AND THEN MARRIOTT. SO I WOULD ADD TO AMERICA'S BEST VALUE IN, UM, TO THAT LIST. YEAH. THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME, THAT THIS IS 15% DROP, DROP OFF IN, IN HOT TAXES. YEAH. IS A PROBLEM. CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS ON, ON THAT ALSO. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH 23, UH, NOT JUST THE END OF 24 OR JUNE 24, IT WAS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AS WELL. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS DROPPED DOWN ALL QUARTERS THIS YEAR. UH, EVEN WITH THE TRENDS AND NORMAL TREND OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPORT BACK FROM TOURISM TO, TO SEE IF, UM, THERE'S MORE INTEL ON THAT, ON DATA, GET THAT WORD BACK RATHER THAN JUST CHECK IN WITH THEM. AND THE 5% THAT YOU MENTIONED ON THE INCREASE FROM THE TPI, UM, UH, CONVERSATION, IS THAT OUR REVENUE OR IS THAT HOTEL, UH, OCCUPANCY? BOTH. THAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE GETTING MORE OCCUPANCY THAT TRANSLATES INTO MORE REVENUE. RIGHT, OKAY. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. IT'S MORE ONLY THEM TO WIN WHEN THE HOTELS TO WIN ALSO. YES. HOPEFULLY THEY GET MORE OCCUPANCY. THEY'RE ABLE TO CHARGE MORE FOR ROOMS. YES. MORE REVENUE FOR THEM. MORE REVENUE FOR DOWN. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. DOES CODE COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH UH, ENFORCEMENT, HAS THAT AFFECTED ANY OF THE HOTELS AT ANY SERVICE LEVEL IN TERMS OF YOUR HOTEL, YOUR ELEVATORS AREN'T WORKING AND WE'RE ON THEM ABOUT THAT? IS THAT AFFECTING ANYTHING AT ALL THAT YOU GUYS CAN TELL? THERE IS NO REGISTRATION PROGRAM. MM-HMM . UH, AND I'LL LET LESLIE SPEAK TO ANY, ANY KIND OF BROAD, UM, FEEDBACK TO THAT. BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN COMPLYING, I THINK THE INSPECTIONS LARGELY HAVE GONE VERY WELL. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. UM, I THINK THEY'VE WORKED THROUGH THE ISSUES THEY'VE HAD, BUT LESLIE MORE MOSTLY INVOLVED IN SERVICES. UM, SO FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR, SO TECHNICALLY THE REGISTRATION FOR ALL HOTELS AND RENTAL PROPERTIES WAS DUE MARCH 1ST OF, UM, THIS YEAR. SO, UH, WE'RE, WELL OUR WAY, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL, HAVE HAD ALL THE HOTEL OR LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS REGISTER WITH US, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH ALL THE INSPECTIONS. UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN, UM, HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN OTHERS. UM, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TACKLE SOME OF THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS MUCH MORE QUICKLY, UM, AS WE MAYBE WERE, LANDSCAPING WAS A PRETTY, UM, BIG ITEM FOR ALMOST ALL PROPERTIES. AND WE DID ALLOW 'EM KIND OF A WALL DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S VERY HOT AND WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REPLANT. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT EITHER GOT DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR OR HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS FALL, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP [00:40:01] WITH THEM. UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A FULL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT LATER THIS YEAR AFTER WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR METRICS FOR LIKE, UH, THE MOST COMMON VIOLATIONS, WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON LIKE SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND SO FORTH. UM, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UM, CITATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT AROUND THIS JANUARY TIMEFRAME. THANK YOU. IT'S HELPFUL. WHEN, WHEN DO THE, THE HOTELS AND THE APARTMENTS PAY THE FEES FOR THAT? DO THEY JUST DO IT ONCE A YEAR OR DO THEY DO IT ROUGHLY YEAR? UM, IT'S IN THIS MEETING MOMENT. IT'S ONCE A YEAR AND IT'S DUE MARCH 1ST WITH, IT'S TECHNICALLY DUE WITH THEIR REGISTRATION ON MARCH 1ST. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME THAT DON'T PAY BY MARCH 1ST OR DIDN'T PAY, EXCUSE ME, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR. UM, AND SO THAT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THEM. WE NOTIFIED THEM THAT THEY WERE IN VIOLATION THROUGH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION PROCESS. AND THEN SOME OF THEM PAID, SOME OF DIDN'T. WE DID HAVE ONE, UM, HOTEL, UM, CA PAYMENT PLAN, AND THEY PAID INTO INSTALLMENTS. UM, IT'S, IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT AN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN, IT'S NOT THE NUMBER, SORRY, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST HOTEL TAX. IT IS IN THAT, THAT GOES ACTUALLY TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT IS, UH, LET'S SEE, IT IS UNDER STREETS AND SANITATION. YOU CAN SEE WE BROUGHT IN $341,000 IN THIS QUARTER, WHICH IS MOSTLY FROM THAT. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY THAT'S OVER, OVER BUDGET. 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T, THAT REVENUE WASN'T BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. AND THAT OFFSETS OUR, OUR COST TO RUN THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS CLOSE TO OFFSETTING. THE GOAL IS TO OFFSET IT, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. THE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEVEN. THANK YOU, STEVEN. OKAY. IT IS 6 43 AND THAT'S OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE WORK SESSION. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK. TAKE RECESS UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK AND RECONVENE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS SEVEN OH ONE AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, THE, UH, ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT THIS EVENING, UH, STILL. AND AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE OF BOTH OF OUR FLAGS. IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISES. I PUT ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. A PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO [2. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.] ITEM NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY APPEARANCE CARDS BEFORE ME. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND IF YOU WOULD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HELLO? YES, I'M CHANEL BLANTON, AND I LIVE AT 1 7 0 7 2 KNOTT LANDING IN ADDISON. SO I JUST WANTED TO MR. MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE METRO CREST, UH, CLASS OF 35 THAT I ACTUALLY STARTED LAST WEEK, BUT THIS WEEK WILL BE OUR FIRST, UH, MEETING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THAT'S ALL. . THANK YOU, SCHNELL, GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT LEADERSHIP CLASS. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. ALL THAT EASY, RIGHT? RIGHT. . ALRIGHT, ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TO COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, WITH [a. Hold a public hearing, present, and discuss the Town of Addison's Annual Budget for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026.] THAT, WE'LL, UH, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT THAT ARE SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT. SO WE'LL, UH, DO THEM ONE AT A TIME. ITEM THREE A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. STEVEN GLICKMAN. GREAT. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. UH, SO THIS IS OUR FIRST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. UM, SO, UM, WANTED TO GO OVER SOME CHANGES THAT WE HAVE THAT FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, ON [00:45:01] JULY 31ST. UH, CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BUDGET, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS WE'VE MET, UH, OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO. SO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, WAS REDUCED, UH, DOWN TO 60.81 CENTS, UH, AND DECREASED, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND, UH, BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, THE HOTEL FUND, UH, INCREASED TASTE OF ADD TASTE ADDISON REVENUE BY 165,000, UH, INCLUDED ALL THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET RATHER THAN A THREE YEAR PHASED APPROACH. UH, AND THEN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN REMOVED THE WEST GROVE AND QUORUM BICYCLE LANES PROJECT. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO MEN MENTION OUR RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION EFFORTS, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IN 2025, UM, THE BUDGET INCLUDED $470,000 IN RECURRING OPERATING SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES. UH, AND THEN THIS YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET INCLUDES ABOUT $430,000 IN RECURRING OPERATING SAVINGS. UM, SO WHEN YOU TOTAL THOSE TWO YEARS TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $900,000 IN OVERALL OPERATING SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REALIZED OVER THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS AS A RESULT OF, UH, THAT RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION EFFORT, UH, THAT THE TOWN HAS DONE. SO, DECISION PACKAGES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE PRIMARY, UM, ITEMS HERE ARE THE STEP PLAN, UH, AND THE THE STEP PLAN MARKET, UH, FULL IMPLEMENTATION, UH, FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT MAKES UP, UH, BASICALLY, UM, ALL OF THAT, UM, FOR THE GENERAL FUND. UH, THE OTHER ITEMS, PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL WELLNESS EXAMS, UH, FTO PAY, UH, ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED, AND THEN COTTON BELT TRAIL MAINTENANCE. UH, SO GETTING OVER INTO THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND, OVERALL REVENUE IS AT 52,000,347, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU CAN SEE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN THE GENERAL FUND. UH, JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE, UH, OVERALL. UM, SO OVERALL, UH, REVENUE 52,347,000, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT. UH, THESE ARE OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. A TOTAL OF, UH, ABOUT 11,222,000, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS LISTED THERE. UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, 27 MILLION, UH, 181,000. SO THAT MAKES UP, UH, OVER 50% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, JUST UNDER 3.5 MILLION. UH, STREETS 2,353,000, AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION AT 8.1 MILLION. SO THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL, UH, OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 52,000,347, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT $145 IN REVENUE EXCEEDING OUR EXPENDITURES, UH, WHICH LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 21 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, OR 40.2%, UH, OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN RESERVE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, HOW DOES THE GENERAL FUND SPEND, UH, ITS MONEY. MOST OF THAT IS PERSONNEL SERVICES. AS I MENTIONED, PUBLIC SAFETY MAKES UP, UH, LITTLE OVER 50% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. UH, THAT'S MOSTLY PERSONNEL RELATED. UH, SO PERSONNEL IS 65% OF THAT TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THEN WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, AND THESE ARE, UH, MAINTENANCE OF STREETS, OUR UTILITIES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UH, COMES IN AT 18%, UH, MAINTENANCE, 8%, UH, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT, 5%, SUPPLIES 3%, AND THEN CAPITAL OUTLAY, UH, ROUNDS OUT THE BUDGET AT 1% IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO GOING ON TO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, UH, THESE ARE THE, THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT ARE, ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, FROM THOSE FUNDS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, UH, HAS, UH, HAS ONE NEW POSITION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, UH, WHICH IS THE ONLY POSITION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, RECURRING MARKETING BUDGET INCREASE. UH, THEN THERE'S, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THERE FOR THE HOTEL FUND, UH, WORLD CUP SERIES. UH, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADDISON UH, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE THERE. UH, SO, SO MOSTLY ONE-TIME EXPENSES WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOTEL FUNDS, UH, LISTED THERE. SO GETTING INTO THE HOTEL FUND BY DEPARTMENT, UH, OVERALL REVENUE IS PROJECTED AT $7.7 MILLION. UM, OPERATING EXPENSES, UH, JUST UNDER $7.6 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE ONE-TIME DECISION PACKAGES, AND MOST OF THAT CONSISTS OF, UH, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, UH, FUNDING FOR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT FOR WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, UH, IN THERE AS WELL. UH, SO THAT LEAVES US WITH TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 8.6 MILLION, UH, ABOUT $4.9 MILLION IN ENDING FUND BALANCE, UH, STILL ABOVE OUR POLICY GOAL AT 64.3%. SO [00:50:01] STILL IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION ON, UH, FUND BALANCE, UH, WITHIN THE FUND. AND THEN GOING INTO ENTERPRISE, UH, FUNDS. SO ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE OUR AIRPORT UTILITY AND STORMWATER FUNDS THAT OPERATE MORE LIKE A, MORE LIKE A BUSINESS WOULD OPERATE. UH, SO THE AIRPORT HAS ONE, UH, DECISION PACKAGE FOR GIS CONTRACTOR. UH, THE UTILITY FUND HAS, UH, HAS A FEW ONE-TIME PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE LISTED THERE. UH, SO IN TOTAL FOR THOSE TWO FUNDS, A LITTLE UNDER 852,000, UH, ALL IN ONE TIME. UM, DECISION PACKAGES ARE IN, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO LOOKING OVERALL AT THE AIRPORT FUND, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT JUST OVER $8 MILLION IN REVENUE, UH, WHICH IS EXCEEDING OUR OPERATING EXPENSES, UH, OF 7,255,000. UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, TRANSFERRED TO DEBT SERVICE AND SOME ONE-TIME DECISION PACKAGES, AS I MENTIONED. AND THEN THE AIRPORT HAS A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON, SO, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO CASH FUND A LOT OF THOSE. THESE ARE ALL CASH FUNDING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE AIRPORT. UH, SO THAT LEAVES THEM WITH, UH, $8.8 MILLION IN OVERALL EXPENSES, UH, WHICH WILL LEAVE THEM WITH ABOUT SEVEN 7,262,000, UM, IN ENDING WORKING CAPITAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OR JUST OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR, UM, OPERATING EXPENSES IN RESERVE. AND THEN OVER TO OUR UTILITY FUND. SO THE UTILITY FUND, AS WE'VE WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, NO PROPOSED INCREASE IN WATER RATES. UH, ONLY A 1% INCREASE IS PROPOSED IN SEWER RATES, UH, DESPITE, UH, LARGE INCREASES FROM OUR SEWER, UM, PROVIDER AT TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. SO WE'RE ABLE TO ABSORB MOST OF THE, THAT COST INCREASE. UH, SO OVERALL OUR EXPENSES ON THE OPERATING SIDE OR OVERALL OUR REVENUE ON THE OPERATING SIDE IS, UH, JUST UNDER 17.8 MILLION. UH, AND AS ARE OUR EXPENSES, UH, JUST UNDER 17.8 MILLION AS WELL. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ONE-TIME DECISION PACKAGES THAT I LISTED PREVIOUSLY. AND THEN ALSO THE WATER, UH, THE UTILITY FUND IS ABLE TO CASH FUND SOME OF THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, WHICH LEAVES US, UH, AT ABOUT 19 POINT, UH, ALMOST 19.7 MILLION IN, IN OVERALL EXPENSES, UH, BUT STILL LEAVES US WITH OVER $7.7 MILLION IN RESERVE, UM, OR 43.4%, UH, OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSES. UH, SO STILL IN A GOOD POSITION, UH, RELATIVE TO OUR POLICY, UH, ON FUND BALANCE, AND THEN OUR STORM WATER FUND. UH, SO THIS FUND DOESN'T HAVE ANY DECISION PACKAGES OR ANYTHING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, OVERALL REVENUE, AGAIN, ALSO NO INCREASES IN, IN THE STORMWATER RATES ARE PROPOSED. UH, REVENUE, 2,851,000, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, 2,842,000. UH, THEY'RE ALSO PAYING, UH, $832,000 IN DEBT SERVICE AS WELL. UH, SO OVERALL EXPENSES JUST UNDER 3.7 MILLION, UM, BRINGING DOWN THEIR FUND BALANCE TO 7,719,000, THEY'VE STILL GOT OVER 271% IN RESERVE. AND THEN HERE'S OUR STAFFING SUMMARY. ALL FUNDS, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ONLY ONE PROPOSED, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET THAT'S IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. UM, SO GOING FROM 324.6, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS TO 325.6, UM, DECISION PACKAGES NOW, THESE ARE IN THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, $1.4 MILLION, UH, IN TOTAL ONE TIME, UM, PROJECTS LISTED. THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, THAT, THAT ARE OF THE LARGER ONES. UH, ONE IS THE, UH, ASSET MANAGEMENT SITE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, 427,000. THAT'S, UH, THE RESULTS OF, UH, USING THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN. UH, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, 160,000, UH, ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, UH, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DESIGN AND MATERIALS, UH, 196,000, UH, ARE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF, UH, OF THOSE DECISION PACKAGES. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND, UH, FOR PROJECTS LISTED HERE. UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL ITEMS OVER AT THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT PAVER REPLACEMENT TREE, WELL REFURBISHMENT, REHAB AND BEAUTIFICATION ASSESSMENT OVER THERE. AND THEN ALSO RESIDENTIAL STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM. THOSE ITEMS MAKE UP THAT $850,000 PROPOSED BUDGET IN THAT FUND. AND THEN CAPITAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE PROPOSED. SO THESE ARE NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE, UH, ARE IN PARKS AND STREETS, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL IN THE AIRPORT AS WELL. UM, UH, MAJOR ONES, UH, AT THE AIRPORT, UH, ARE ARE PRIMARILY GRANT FUNDED, SUCH AS TAXIWAY [00:55:01] BRAVO EXTENSION, PHASE TWO. UH, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY GRANT FUNDED AS WELL AS, UH, SOME GRANTS RECEIVED FOR, UH, THE TAXI LANE, UNIFORM STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. SO A LOT OF THOSE, UH, PROJECTS OVER AT THE AIRPORT WILL BE FUNDED BY GRANTS. UH, AND THEN A LOT OF THE, UH, ONES THAT ARE LISTED FOR THE PARKS THAT, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ARE, UH, CASH FUNDED. SO, UH, ALL OF THESE ARE EITHER CASH FUNDED BY, UH, THOSE FUNDS, THE AIRPORT FUND OR GRANT FUNDED. AND THEN HERE'S AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE TOWN'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO, UH, I THINK I'VE SAID THIS EVERY YEAR. I'M, I'VE BEEN HERE A VERY AGGRESSIVE PLAN, 165, UH, MILLION DOLLAR, FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS IS INCLUDING ALL OF THE TOWNS FUND. SO THIS IS INCLUDING, UH, OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDED PROJECTS, UM, OUR UTILITY FUND, OUR STORM WATER FUND, OUR AIRPORT FUND. UH, ALL OF THOSE, UH, FUNDS ARE REPRESENTED HERE. THIS IS THE OVERALL, UH, PLAN. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE, UH, THE BUDGET INCLUDES $35,000,319, UH, OVERALL IN, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOESN'T REALLY GO DOWN FROM THERE IN THE OUT YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET TO 2027 AND WE HAVE QUORUM, UH, QUORUM DRIVE AND THOSE TYPES OF, UH, LARGER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING, UH, WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES ON THOSE. BUT AGAIN, A VERY, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THEN, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBPAGE. UH, YOU SEE THE BUDGET AT THAT, THAT WEBPAGE ON THE, UM, ADDISON WEBSITE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THIS. AND, UM, THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, AND THE, THE TAX RATE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. PLENTY ON THE HOMEPAGE, PLENTY ON THE FINANCE PAGE, UH, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED. THAT IS A LINK THERE TO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS, STEVEN. WHO HAS QUESTIONS? MORNING MAYOR. I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A THOUGHT. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE TWO IF YOU COULD. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS THROWING ME OFF IN THE HOTEL FUND, IT SAYS WE INCREASED TASTE ADDISON REVENUE BY 165,000. AND I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IN MY MIND IT, IT, WE DECREASED THE BUDGET FOR THAT EVENT BY 165,000 IS ANOTHER WAY OF, OF PUTTING IT, IS IT NOT? WELL, WE DECREASED THE SUBSIDY, BASICALLY WE DECREASED THE SUBSIDY BY 165,000. SO WE DIDN'T INCREASE EXPENSES AND WE, WE SAID WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN ALL OUT EFFORT TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE. YEAH. AND YOU SAY THE SUBSIDY, HELP ME WITH THAT. WOULD THAT MEAN MEANING THAT IF, IF WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON EXPENSES DURING THE EVENT, THEN WE'RE BRINGING IN, IN REVENUE. SO THAT AMOUNT THAT, THAT WE ARE EXCEEDING THE, THE REVENUES BY IS, IS THE AMOUNT THAT THE HOTEL FUND IS SUBSIDIZING FOR THE EVENT. OKAY. I, I THINK THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT IS CORRECT. YEAH. WHEN I, WHEN I, YEAH. WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND THEN WHERE WE LANDED, THE, THE BURDEN IS LESS BY 165,000. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, SO YEAH. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET THAT OUT. YES. TO SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONFUSED, UH, AS FAR AS TASTE ADDISON, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU. W WAS IT THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS A $630,000 LOSS AND NOW'S CORRECT. IT'S A $465,000 LOSS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE LOSS IS 165,000 BETTER. YES. LESS CORRECT. LESS OF A LOSS. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON, I THINK SLIDE 15, JUST MISSED THIS ON THE SHOOT, MIC ON, MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME, UH, ON THE WATER METERS. UM, SO THE BUDGET'S IN 24 25 AND THERE'S NO ESTIMATED IN 24, 25. YEAH. YEAH. WE'VE REBUDGETED THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T GET TO IT. WE HAD A TURNOVER AT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION. SO, UM, SO BECKY, IF, IF YOU MAY WANNA SPEAK TO THIS, I'LL, BUT I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL JUST, YEAH, GO AHEAD. I'LL JUMP. I MEAN, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT AND BECKY HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH IT, SO SHE'S ABLE TO JUMP IN AND JUST REEVALUATE IT SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD PLAN MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT'S ABOUT A 3 MILLION OVERALL. SO THIS IS IN THIRD, SO WE'LL SEE MORE OF IT IN THE PRE NEXT YEAR. NO, SO PART OF THIS, UH, IS, IS BOND FUNDED. SO WE'D ALREADY SOLD THESE BONDS. OKAY. UH, 2023, I BELIEVE. UM, JUST FOR GENERAL UTILITY PROJECTS. UM, SO WE DO HAVE $2.2 MILLION IN, UH, BOND FUNDING. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE $950,000 IN CASH FUNDING. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THE, UH, [01:00:01] ATHLETIC CENTER RESTROOMS ON THERE, WHICH, WHERE IS THAT? NO, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S IN THIS YEAR. SO THOSE WERE BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO, SO THAT'S JUST THE CARRY FORWARD BUDGET. OKAY. SO THAT WAS A PROJECT BUDGETED IN 25. THE FENCE DESIGN WAS DONE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WAS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND IS JUST ROLLING OVER TO THE 26TH BUDGET. OKAY. AND I, I SAW THE ANSWERS TO THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS THAT I PUT IN AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES ON THAT AS WE GET IT. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 18 OR 19. UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CIRCLE PARKS, I THINK NINETEEN'S REALLY MY QUESTION. 'CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE HAVING BUDGET MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, WE WERE THROWN OUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS FOR THIS AND FOR THAT, THE 300,000 ON PAGE 19, IS THAT A CONSULT CONSULTATION FEE FOR THE, THE, UH, RENOVATION TO THE LANDSCAPING? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? AND ARE THE TWO, 200 THOUSANDS, ARE THEY ALSO CONSULTATION FEES? NO. SO ONE, THE, THE FIRST 200,000 PAVER REPLACEMENT, THAT'S TO DO SOME IMMEDIATE REPAIRS TO THE MOST PROBLEM AREAS OF, OF PAVERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STICKING UP OR, UM, THAT, THAT ARE CREATING A LITTLE HAZARD OVER THERE. NOW, UH, THE TREE WELL REFURBISHMENT IS, IS TO BASICALLY REFURBISH THOSE TREE WELLS AS THEY ARE NOW. UM, IT'S NOT CONSULTANT WORK. UH, THE, THE DISTRICT PAVER REHAB AND BEAUTIFICATION ASSESSMENT IS TO HAVE A, UH, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DO AN OVERARCHING VIEW AND REPORT ON, UH, THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO THE WAY THAT WE WOULD NEED IT TO GET TO OVERALL. SO THAT'S THE CONSULTATION FEE THAT IS, THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING? CORRECT. AND THEN I THINK DAVID SAID 15 MILLION AND ANOTHER 10% FOR A FEE FOR, FOR, UM, CONSULTATION ON THAT IS THAT, WELL, THERE WOULD BE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. THAT'S GENERALLY 10 TO 15% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST. SO THIS IS JUST TO, AND BECKY, YOU CAN STEP IN IF YOU WANT, BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO THE $300,000 DOESN'T ONLY INCLUDE HAVING A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL COME IN AND EVALUATE THE ENTIRE AREA. IT ALSO INCLUDES SERVING, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION OF TO WHERE, WHEREAS THE TOWN PROPERTY END, WHEREAS MA RESPONSIBLE, IT'LL GO IN AND LOOK AT THE AREAS OF WHERE THERE ALREADY IS A SLEEPER SLAB, WHERE A SLEEPER SLAB NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED, IS THERE IRRIGATION THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT? SO THEY'RE GONNA TAKE KIND OF A HOLISTIC OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CONDITION IS TODAY, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SEEING ALONG WITH THE SURVEYING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US MAKE A BETTER PRODUCTION PROJECTION. AND THEN LOOK AT HOW THE PROJECT COULD BE PHASED SO THAT IT COULD BE TACKLED IN BIKE SIZED CHUNKS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ASSUMPTION IS WITH THE OVERALL ESTIMATE IS THAT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE AS YOU GO OUT AND LOOK, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED OR SOME AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE SLEEPER SLAB. AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OVERVIEW TO BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE AS, UH, AS FAR AS THAT OVERALL ASSESSMENT. IS THIS JUST ON THE TREES AND THE TREE WELLS? OR IS IT, IT'S EVERY TOTAL, EVERYTHING IN ADDISON'S CIRCLE. YES, SIR. IT WOULD BE EVERYTHING IN ADDISON CIRCLE. IF YOU REMEMBER THE MAP THAT WE HAD, KIND OF THE RED AND THE BLUE AND THE PINK OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. IT'S THE ENTIRE, UM, ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT, NOT THE PART THAT ABUTS THE ACTUAL PART BECAUSE THAT WILL BE DONE AT A LATER TIME. BUT EVERYTHING WITHIN THE CIRCLE DISTRICT. AND HAS SOMEBODY ALREADY GIVEN US THE ESTIMATE OF 300,000 OR IS THIS JUST A NO, SIR. THAT'S AN ESTIMATE THAT, UM, I PUT TOGETHER, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, UM, WE WILL GO OUT AND DO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UM, EVALUATION AND COST CANNOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING REALM, CO COST. SO A PART OF THE, BEING A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, YOU CAN'T BID COST. SO YOU LOOK FOR A SCOPE AND A PROPOSAL, AND YOU RECEIVE THAT, AND THEN YOU RECEIVE A COST AT THE, UH, LATER TIME THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PRICE. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THIS PRICE COULD COME, COULD COME IN AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT COULD COME IN HIGHER OR LOWER? YES, SIR. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, WE'RE APPROVING 300,000, AND IF IT'S HIGHER, WHAT DO WE DO? OR IF IT'S LOWER, I MEAN, IF IT'S LOWER, WE JUST SAVE THE MONEY, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST APPROVING A BUDGET. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO APPROVE A CON COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT THAT COMES FORWARD. IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED, IF IT'S OVER 300,000, WE WOULD COME AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD. IF IT'S UNDER THAT AND COUNCIL APPROVES THE CONTRACT AND THAT MONEY JUST GOES INTO EXCESS, [01:05:01] IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO, I MEAN, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, AND IT IS A LOT OF AREA, BUT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THOSE TREE WELLS AND LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPING AND, AND SO JUST BE, THIS IS REALLY NOT RELATED TO THE TREE WELLS. THIS IS THE PAVERS, NOT THE TREE WELLS. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT THE LANDSCAPING TO FIX. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS. SO THAT PART'S, THAT'S, WELL, THAT'S GONNA, IT'LL BE A PART OF THE, AS THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE A SURVEY OF WHAT IS ON THE GROUND TODAY. IT'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT IS ON THE GROUND TODAY. IS THERE LIGHTING YOU, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL PICTURE, YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITION IS SO THAT YOU CAN THEN MAKE A BETTER ASSESSMENT AS TO WHAT HAP WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS TO LOOK AT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN ON THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAVERS DUE TO THE A DA COMPLIANCE OR ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE PAVERS. SO DO WE NOT HAVE PERSONNEL THAT CAN GO LOOK TO SEE, IS THERE, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING, THAT'S NOT THE TREE WELLS OR THAT IS THE TREE. WELL, SO THOSE THINGS WILL CONNECT INTO THOSE AREAS, AND IF YOU START MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE PAVERS IN A FUTURE PROJECT, THOSE THINGS WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS. IF YOU START DIGGING IN ONE AREA, IT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS TO THE LIGHTING OR THE TREE. WELL, SPECIFICALLY, UM, AS FAR AS IN REGARDS TO INDIVIDUALS ON STAFF, UM, IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE PROJECT. UM, AND AN ENGINEERING FIRM WILL HAVE OTHERS IN THEIR, UM, OVERALL PORTFOLIO, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, UM, EVEN A WATER WASTEWATER PROFESSIONAL, UM, AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT FULL FORWARD ALL IN A, A PACKAGE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US THAT BENEFIT THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ON STAFF. AND TYPICALLY TOWNS DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ENGINEERS ON STAFF. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. YES, SIR. SO THAT, THAT IS A, A GOOD QUESTION THAT I HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE. WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET AN INTERN TO DO IT? WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, I, I MEAN, OKAY, THIS, THIS IS A MAP I DREW AND I WENT AND MADE MY OWN LITTLE, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AND WHERE ARE THEY? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, I COULD LOOK AND SEE IF IT HAS A SPRINKLER, IF IT HAS A WIRE, IT HAS A LIGHT. I JUST THINK SOMEBODY COULD GO AND JUST DO SOME OF THIS LEGWORK SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS $300,000 DOWN. WE SPEND A LOT OF CON CONSULTANT FEES. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE ONE, BUT I I, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE THAT WE NEED TO FIX THAT. SO, SO, AND I'M, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST QUESTIONING IT. I'M JUST SURE. CURIOUS. NO, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. UM, I WOULD EXPRESS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT BE DONE JUST BY AN INDIVIDUAL THAT THE TOWN HIRES. IT IS GOING TO TAKE TOWN STAFF BETWEEN JANA'S DEPARTMENT, LESLIE'S DEPARTMENT, MY DEPARTMENT, TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ASSESS WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITION IS, WHETHER WE'RE PULLING PLATS TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF WHERE BUILDING LINES IN, WHETHER WE LOOK AT LANDSCAPING PLANS THAT WE HAVE OF THE AREAS. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DATA AND RESEARCH THAT COMES TOGETHER TO PRODUCE THAT ENTIRE PACKAGE. AND AS FAR AS DOING AN ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, ANYONE COULD GO OUT AND KIND OF LOOK AND DO AN ASSESSMENT, BUT THE ASSESSMENT THAT'S NEEDED IS SOMETHING FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN LOOK AT IT AS A BIGGER PICTURE, PROVIDE THAT HIGH LEVEL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECT OVERVIEW, AND THEN ALSO PUT THAT IN A PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADDRESSED IN BITE-SIZED CHUNKS AND PHASES. IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN JUST TO YES, SIR. GO BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONVERSATION OF HOW WE GOT HERE WAS, WE KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE PAVERS. THE TREE WALLS, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PAVERS ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT ARE DRIVING THE COST. AND IF WE DON'T STEP BACK AND DO A TRUE ASSESSMENT, IT'LL BE KIND OF PIECEMEALING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO TRY TO FIX THIS SECTION OF PAVERS. AND WE KNOW IF WE DON'T GO INTO A DEEP ON SOME OF THE AREAS, WE DON'T DO THE, THE SLAB UNDERNEATH AND DO A LONG-TERM FIX IN FOUR YEARS, IN THREE YEARS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE PAVERS AGAIN. SO THE CONVERSATION WAS, DO WE INVEST MONEY NOW SO WE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IF WE WANNA MAKE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS AS WE GO FORWARD? IF WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP, CERTAINLY WE CAN TAKE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES, BUT JUST KIND OF AS A, TO RECALL THE CONVERSATION THAT LED US TO THIS POINT. THAT WAS WHAT LED US HERE. SO WE, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE PAVERS OFF, PUT A SLAB UNDER IT, AND PUT THE PAVERS BACK. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WOULD, SO THAT THEY'LL STAY FLAT. I'LL LET, I'LL LET BECKY CORRECT ME WHERE I'M WRONG WITH THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE PERMANENT SOLUTION, RIGHT? WE, IF WE COULD CERTAINLY GO OUT RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE DONE IT, OR WE JUST PICK UP THE, THE BRICKS THAT ARE IN BAD SHAPE, PUT NEW ONES DOWN, BUT IN A SHORT TIME THEY GET BAD BACK UP. BUT CERTAINLY JUMP IN BACK HERE. SURE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES IN THE AREA, OR FORTUNATELY I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. UM, BUT TREES ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ROOTS. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A FEW OF THE FRIDAY REPORTS WE'VE SUBMITTED IN THE SPOTS THAT WE'VE DONE SIMILAR [01:10:01] TO LIKE WHAT WE'LL SPEND THE $200,000 FOR, THERE ARE TREE ROOTS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE REMOVED IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE NOT IMPACTING THE HEALTH OF THE TREE. SO AS THOSE TREE ROOTS CONTINUE TO GROW, DIFFERENT BRICKS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO POP. AND SO REALLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THE OVERALL APPROACH AND OUR CONSULTANT MAY COME UP WITH SOMETHING EVEN DIFFERENT, IS TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION OR A BASE FOR THOSE PAVERS TO BE ON TOP OF SO THAT THEY MOVE AS A UNIT INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALIZED, WHICH ALSO HELPS WITH TRIP HAZARDS, A DA COMPLIANCE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, AND I, AND WE DO NEED TO FIX IT. I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T, I JUST, THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE A BIG EXPENSE FOR JUST CONSULTING WORK. I, I UNDERSTAND. AND BECKY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YES. PART OF THAT IS LIKE YOU, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S REVIEWING PLATS, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S DOING AN ACTUAL MEETS AND BOUND SURVEY OR, OR SOME TYPE OF SURVEYS SURVEY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND M MAA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR MORE THAN WE REALLY SHOULD WHEN IT COMES TO REPLACEMENT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT WOULD ALSO HELP US KIND OF PUT THAT DEMARCATION LINE. SOME AREAS THERE MAY BE MORE, SOME AREAS THERE MAY BE LESS, BUT IT'LL HELP WITH THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THAT TIME. SO HAPPENS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT IF COUNSEL SO TO CHOOSES TO RIGHT. MAKING SURE MMA THE APARTMENT MANAGER PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE. THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO GO AHEAD. UM, SO THE SCOPE OF THIS, UH, WORK, UM, YOU, YOU GET, UH, A, UM, A PROPOSAL BACK THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE COST. THAT'S RIGHT. DOES IT INCLUDE HOURS? IS THAT HOW THEY COST THINGS OUT AND IS IN HOURS? SO A TYPICAL SCOPE AND FEE PROPOSAL WILL GIVE US AN OVERVIEW. WE'LL SET, WE'LL WRITE THE SCOPE OF SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN WE WILL PUT THAT OUT INTO THE WORLD FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING ON THAT. THEY WILL SEND US BACK A PROPOSAL THAT WILL GIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CERTAIN LICENSES, QUALIFICATIONS SIMILAR TYPE PROJECTS, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, HOW THEY WOULD TACKLE THE PROJECT. AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. ONCE WE GO THROUGH WITH A SELECTION COMMITTEE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO SAY, OKAY, WE NOW WANT A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR SCOPE THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED TO US. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THEY GENERALLY BASE THAT OFF OF, UH, COST PER HOUR, PER THAT IS CORRECT. PER RESOURCE. DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESOURCE COST MORE. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. AND THEY WILL SUBMIT THAT DURING THEIR FEE PROPOSAL, BUT WE WILL NOT SEE THAT SURE. IN MOST CASES IN ADVANCE UNTIL WE GET THE FEE. OKAY. I THINK A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT THIS MEANS, UH, THE SCOPE OF THIS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WOULD HELP, UM, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY, ANYBODY THAT WOULD SAY I COULD DO WITH AN INTERN FROM COLLEGE. UH, AND THAT WOULD HELP ME ALSO. SO IF I COULD GET SOME KIND OF JUST WR UH, HIGH LEVEL SCOPE OF WHAT THAT IS, UM, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE ME MORE COMFORTABLE. I'M NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA HOLD ME UP FROM VOTING. I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, UM, UM, NECESSARY PROJECT. SO WE GET A LOT OF DATA BACK FROM THIS TON OF DATA AND IT'S ASSETS THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? ARE WE, ARE WE CAPTURING THAT? YES, SIR. SO AS OUR TEAM RECEIVES DATA, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH, UM, GPS OR THROUGH DIFFERENT DATA COLLECTION SOURCES, WE IMMEDIATELY WORK WITH, UM, THE IT DEPARTMENT TO PUT THAT IN OUR GIS SYSTEM. UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION'S THERE, NOT ONLY FROM THE CONDITION OF THE ASSET, BUT ALSO WHERE THE ASSET'S LOCATED, SO THAT, THAT HELPS US MAKE, UH, BETTER DETERMINATIONS WHEN IT COMES FROM AN OVERALL CAPITAL PLAN. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW OR LATER, UH, OR PART OF IT NOW, PART OF IT LATER. AND I GUESS IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEND LESS MONEY, WE CAN DO LESS OF THE WORK. UH, IF WE WANNA HAVE A SMALLER SCOPE, A THIRD OF ADDISON, A CIRCLE, $400,000 MAYBE, I DON'T SUGGEST THAT. UH, DO WE GET A PROBABLE COST FROM THE ENGINEER FIRM TOO? UM, THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT AS A PART OF THE SCOPE. UM, OUR TEAM DID PUT THAT TOGETHER VERY PRELIMINARILY, BUT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT AS A PART OF THE OVERALL SCOPE IS HOW THEY WOULD PACKAGE UP THE PROJECT AND PLAN TO, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, ATTACK THE PROJECT FROM THE MOST COST BENEFICIAL, BUT ALSO, UM, REALLY A CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW FROM A SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE LESS IMPACTFUL. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION. IT, IT HELPS ME BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER AND WE'LL GO BACK. ABSOLUTELY, BEN. THANK YOU. THANKS BECKY. UM, SO FOR CLARIFICATION, AND JENNY, YOU WERE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. ONE OF THE PRIOR COUNCIL MEETINGS WE HAD DISCUSSED, UM, PET UH, PETS AND HOW THEY'RE SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE BASIS OF THE TREES AND SHRUBS AND JUST THE PARLAYING EFFECT OF WHAT ANIMALS, LOVING ANIMALS DO TO OUR, UM, OUR TREE WELLS. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT USES OF DIFFERENT VEGETATIONS, AND YOU HAD HAD SOME PREPARED LISTS. MM-HMM . I GUESS IT GOES FOR BECKY AND YOU IS WE GET THIS INFORMATION AND, AND THIS PREPAREDNESS COMING BACK. WELL, [01:15:01] WE HAVE OP OPTIONS TO LOOK AT OPTION A, OPTION B, OPTION C, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE RAW DOLLARS TO POTENTIALLY BE SPENT. YES. SO, UM, THERE'S KIND OF TWO THINGS HAPPENING. SO TO, UM, REFURBISH THE TREE WELLS, OUR STAFF IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO IN AND DO KIND OF A FIRST LEVEL OF REFURBISHMENT ON OUR OWN. WE'RE GONNA DO THE DESIGN IN-HOUSE AND WE WILL CONTRACT OUT THE WORK. UM, AND SO THAT'S THAT FIRST $200,000, BUT THE ASSESSMENT WILL ALLOW US TO LOOK AT COMING IN WITH MORE DETAILED THINGS THAT COULD HELP PROTECT THE PLANTS FROM, UM, THE PETS. LIKE PUTTING IN A RAISED CONCRETE CURB WITH A RAISED PLANTER FENCE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THE PLANTER TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, PETS FROM HAVING THAT IMMEDIATE ACCESS AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PREPARE, UM, ONE, WE'LL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF, WE'RE GONNA TRY SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS WITH THIS FIRST PHASE, RIGHT? SO THAT WILL INFORM THAT, THAT NEXT STEP. BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COUNSEL THOSE NUMBERS THAT IF WE WANNA REALLY KEEP PETS OFF OF EACH TREE, WELL, THE BENEFIT IS THE PLANTS LAST LONGER, BUT THE COST IS THIS, IS THAT WORTH IT? SO IT ALLOWS, UM, COUNCIL TO HAVE A LOT OF DECISION MAKING TOOLS TO DECIDE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. AND THAT, THAT CLARIFIES IT. THAT GOES BACK TO IF WE'RE SITTING IN FRONT OF, LET'S SAY A BUSINESS IS AND, AND IS DIFFERENT THAN SITTING IN FRONT OF A A 185 TOWN HOMES MM-HMM . IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY HITS A WELL IS GONNA TAKE, WHICH WE CAN THEN, I GUESS AS A COUNCIL EVALUATE WITH STAFF, OF COURSE, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE, THIS SERIES OF THIS AREA OR THIS QUARTER OF A STREET OR THIS 500 YARD STRETCH SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE TOUCHED. IT SHOULD ONLY LOOK LIKE DECOMPOSED GRAIN. LIKE WE WERE LAUGHING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ANIMALS CAN'T HARM. OKAY. SO THAT GIVES ME A BETTER SCOPE THAT WE'LL GET COSTING AS WE MOVE THROUGH BOTH PROCESSES THROUGH HARDSCAPE AND SOFTSCAPE. CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. HOW DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? JUST A FOLLOW UP FOR BECKY? UM, I'M, I'M JUST HUNG UP ON THE COST OF THIS. I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT PART OF THE SCOPE IS HAVING, UH, SOMEONE SURVEY, HOW MUCH IS ADDISON AND HOW MUCH IS MAA CAN MAA SHARE IN THE COST OF THIS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO GO TALK TO THEM AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA HIRE THIS CONSULTANT AND THIS IS GONNA HELP BOTH OF US, OR IT'S GONNA POINT THE DIRECTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WOULD YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED IN THIS COST? I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO FIX THEIR PART TOO, AND WE HAVE CODES AND THEIR PART DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT OR IT'S NOT SAFE. SO CAN THEY SHARE IN THAT COST AND HELP? SO WE CURRENTLY COORDINATE WITH MAA ON A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION THAT IMPACTS THEM. UM, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S SOMETHING DAVID MAY HAVE BETTER INFORMATION ON. YEAH. AND, AND WE CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS AND WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS, WE DO THIS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THEM WITH SOMETHING TANGIBLE AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE HAVE THE DATA, AND WE CAN GO FOR IT. I THINK APPROACH, AND WE CERTAINLY COULD TRY IT, I THINK APPROACHING THEM WITH MORE OF JUST, HEY, WE HAVE THIS LARGE ISSUE PARTNER WITH US AND TRYING TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND IT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN BEING GOING TO THEM WITH CONCRETE INFORMATION AND SAYING, HERE'S EXACTLY WHERE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS AND HERE'S OURS, AND HERE'S COST ASSOCIATED. THAT CONVERSATION'S EASIER. AND I THINK ONE THAT WE, I THINK COULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE GO THAT WAY. UM, BUT IF COUNSEL WANTED US TO PURSUE, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR IT RIGHT NOW, WE CERTAINLY COULD. I JUST, I'M TRYING TO LOWER THAT COST. I, I, THAT WAS JUST AN IDEA. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO. OKAY. SO, UM, AND THIS IS FOR STEVEN, UM, THE WEST GROVE QUORUM BIKE LANES. SO HELP ME WITH THAT. THAT WAS A TOTAL OF $9 MILLION, UH, APPROXIMATELY. YES. AND THEN OUR PART WAS 1,000,005, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION. UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, WE, WE HAD ALREADY SPENT SOME OF THE MONEY, SO I THINK FIVE WAS WHAT WAS LEFT. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW IS IN ONE OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS, IS THAT RIGHT? IT WAS, UM, I THINK WHEN I, IT WAS REALLY SPREAD ACROSS THESE TWO YEARS. SO I THINK WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 800,020 26 AND ALL OF THE REST WAS IN 2027. UM, SO THE CASH FUNDING PORTION OF THAT WAS FROM, UH, THE STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. SO IT SIMPLY GOES AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S STILL A MIL, THERE'LL BE STILL IN, STILL 1,000,005 THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE GENERAL FUND. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE, WE'VE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, WELL THAT ONE IS NOT [01:20:01] REALLY GENERAL FUND. IT'S MORE, UH, IF WE HAVE COST SHARING AGREEMENTS ON PROJECTS, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE GENERAL FUND. WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WHAT COULD WE USE THAT MILLION FIVE FOR NOW? YEAH, IT'S GENERALLY BEEN USED FOR, UH, KIND OF AS WE, AS WE WENT OVER THESE THINGS, SIMILAR PROJECTS AS, AS WHAT ARE LISTED THERE. I THINK WE DID, UM, UH, THE BELTWAY DRIVE TRAIL PROJECT, UH, OUT OF THERE REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN A TRAIL OR STREET RELATED. WE'VE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, UM, CRACK CEILING, UM, STREET CRACK CEILING THROUGHOUT, UH, TOWN, UH, WE'VE DONE PANEL REPLACEMENT OUT OF THERE. IT'S REALLY BEEN ANYTHING THAT TOUCHES, I THINK WE'VE DONE, UM, SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, SO ANYTHING THAT'S A STREET OR A TRAIL RELATED ITEM HAS REALLY BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THIS STREET SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND. OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS QUESTION IS FOR, BUT, SO THERE'S A SEVEN, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. WE ESSENTIALLY WERE LEAVING ON THE TABLE FROM COG, RIGHT? THAT WE WERE GONNA USE CORRECT. TO BUILD BIKE LANES THROUGH OUR TOWN. I KNOW SOME OF THE PUSHBACK WAS RELATED TO QUORUM, UH, AND WE HAD DISCUSSED POSSIBLY AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT. UM, ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? AND THEN HOW LONG IS THAT COG MONEY GONNA BE OUT THERE BEFORE THEY SAY, SORRY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE AND GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? SO I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT AND CERTAINLY BECKY OR DAN CAN CORRECT ME. BUT I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, WE WENT TO COG AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE, SHES, WE MADE THE AL THE ALTERNATION OF THE, THE CHANGES TO THE CORUM PROJECT AND THEY WERE ACCEPTABLE TO THAT. THEY SAID, OKAY, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, BUT MOVING TO A DIFFERENT ROAD OR DOING SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL WOULD NOT, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE OUT OF THIS ROUND OF FUNDING. THEY HAVE A LONG LIST. WE WERE NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? AND THEY HAD A LONG LIST. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROUND OF FUNDING. OBVIOUSLY WE COULD TRY TO APPLY FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE COULD TAKE THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE HERE AND MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT PROJECT. HOW OFTEN DOES THAT FUNDING COME AROUND? EVERY TWO YEARS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS CHRIS. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IT'S OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE 26 25, 26, UH, ANNUAL BUDGET. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE. OH, OH, GO AHEAD Y'ALL. I'M SORRY IT POPPED UP. NO WORRIES. AND PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOE PEDROZA. MY ADDRESS IS 15 7 87 SPECTRUM, AND I'M ONLY GONNA SPEAK TO ONE LINE ITEM OF THE BUDGET. YOU KNOW, I SPENT SEVEN HOURS READING, IT WAS NOT A PAGE TURNER FOR ME, BUT I WOULD NEED ANOTHER SEVEN HOURS WITH STAFF TO UNDERSTAND IT. BUT I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME READING ON READING THIS THING, SO, BUT I DO HAVE JUST A COMMENT ON ONE LINE ITEM. I WANT TO COMMENT, UH, COMMEND THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THE STEP PAY PROGRAM FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE TO RE TO, UH, RETAIN OUR BEST TALENT. FOR ME AND MY GUESTS, FOR MOST RESIDENTS, POLICE AND FIRE ARE THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THEM YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THOSE 1980S BUILDING INTO A MORE STATE-OF-THE-ART BUILDING. SOME POINT SOONER THAN LATER. I SEE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE EVEN BUILT INTO THE TWO THOUSANDS, AND THOSE ARE OLD OURS IN 1980S. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOE. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT. [b. Hold a public hearing, present, and discuss the Town of Addison's proposed Property Tax Rate for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026.] SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. STEVEN. GREAT. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHEN BLAKEMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, TAX RATE. UH, SO I THINK WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, THE, THIS, UH, DATE, UH, LIST HERE WAS VERY LONG. AND WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING HERE TO THE LAST FEW DATES. SO, UH, WE'RE HERE, UH, TONIGHT HAVING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE, THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET. UH, WE'LL COME BACK NEXT TUESDAY AT YOUR REGULAR MEETING, HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON BOTH THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET. AND THEN ALSO AT THAT MEETING, UH, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. UM, SO IF APPROVED, UM, THEN WE'LL, UH, WELL, I GUESS WHETHER APPROVED OR NOT, WE'LL BEGIN THE FISCAL YEAR ON OCTOBER 1ST. SO, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WE JUST HAVE, UH, TODAY AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTED. UH, SO GETTING INTO THE TAX RATE AND KIND OF SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, AND SOME THAT YOU'LL SEE IN [01:25:01] THE NOTICES THAT, THAT ARE PUBLISHED, UH, ON OUR, UH, WEBSITE AND ON, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, UH, TV CHANNEL. UM, THERE, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS OF THE TAX RATE, THE M AND O RATE, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. UH, THIS IS FUNDING, UH, GENERAL FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT FUND, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. THESE ARE REALLY OUR CORE SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, YOUR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR INS RATE. SO THIS STANDS FOR INTEREST IN SINKING RATE OR THE DEBT RATE. SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, THE PORTION THAT IS SET ASIDE JUST TO PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE. AND MOST OF THAT IS DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS AT A, IN A PREVIOUS, UH, ELECTION. UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR THINGS, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES ON THE SAME TIES AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IF PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THAT RATE GOES DOWN. IF PROPERTY VALUES WENT DOWN, THAT RATE WOULD GO UP. SO YOU WOULD NEED A HIGHER RATE TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES. UH, VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO THIS IS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS FOR A VOTE. SO, UM, THERE'S THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS NO NEW REVENUE, AND THERE'S THE VOTER VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM THAT THE COUNCIL CAN GO TO WITHOUT GETTING VOTER APPROVAL. SO LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL CERTIFIED VALUE HISTORY, WE HAVE 10 YEARS OF DATA HERE, UH, FAIRLY CONSISTENT AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGES BREAKDOWN, UH, GOES. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE ENDING, UH, ABOUT SIX POINT, UH, $6.6 MILLION, UH, IN OVERALL PROPERTY VALUE. 17% OF THAT IS RESIDENTIAL, 14% IS BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND THEN 69% OF THAT IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HERE'S, UH, THOSE CALCULATED RATES. SO THIS YEAR ARE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 60.61 CENTS. UH, THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT YOU COULD ADOPT, UM, BEFORE GOING TO VOTERS, IS 65.36 CENTS. AND THEN WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 60.81 CENTS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND COMPARE THAT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A RATE THAT'S JUST ABOVE THAT, NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO BASICALLY YOU'RE GENERATING THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON THE TAX ROLL, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. SO OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RATE, UH, WHICH, UH, WE WENT OVER THAT DEFINITION IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE, UH, COM COMBINES THE GENERAL FUND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND. AND THAT'S OUR TOTAL O AND M, UH, TAX RATE. SO IN 2026, UH, THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THAT RIGHT NOW IS PROPOSED AT 40, UH, 0.19 CENTS. SO THAT'S ABOUT AN A 0.80 CENT REDUCTION FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. UM, COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION PREVIOUSLY TO BUMP THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND TAX RATE UP TO TWO AND A HALF CENTS. SO THAT'S REFLECTED HERE. UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, UH, FUND TAX RATE IS PROPOSED, UM, AS IT'S BEEN IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS. SO IN TOTAL THAT THAT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE RATE, 43.31 CENTS, UH, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF ALMOST SEVEN TENTHS OF A CENT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, AS NOTED, NOTED AT THE BOTTOM THERE, THAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RATE HAS BEEN DECREASED BY ABOUT 1.70 CENTS OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. SO THE TOWN HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROPOSE A TAX RATE THAT'S BEEN EITHER FLAT OR THIS YEAR, A REDUCTION, UH, OVERALL, UM, DESPITE, YOU KNOW, VOTER APPROVED DEBT COMING ON BOARD. UM, SO HAVING AN INCREASE IN, UH, WHAT WE'RE PAYING IN DEBT SERVICE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO OFFSET THAT TOTAL TAX RATE BY REDUCING THE OPERATING TAX RATE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TOTAL, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUCKET AND HOW MUCH OF THAT COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX, UH, AS I WENT OVER IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, UH, OVER A $52 MILLION, UH, REVENUE, UH, BUCKET IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, ONLY 8% OF THAT IS FUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX, WHICH I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER CITY PROBABLY IN THE STATE THAT THAT CAN SHOW A SIMILAR, UH, CHART TO THAT. AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAX RATE IN ADDISON, UH, BACK IN, UH, 20 19, 20 20, UH, SOME OF THAT, THAT SCHOOL, UH, TAX RATE LEGISLATION, UH, CAUSED SOME, CAUSED SOME DECREASES THAT YOU SEE HERE FROM, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, MOST OF THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, UH, YOU CAN SEE HAVE STAYED FAIRLY, UH, FAIRLY FLAT OVER, OVER THAT TIME. BUT, UH, REALLY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THAT SCHOOL LEGISLATION, THE OVERALL TAX RATE IN ADDISON HAS COME DOWN. I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT $2 AND 15 CENTS IN TOTAL RIGHT NOW. UM, I DON'T HAVE DALLAS ISD OR PARKLAND HOSPITAL TAX INFORMATION [01:30:01] YET FOR 2026, SO I'M USING THEIR CURRENT TAX RATES. BUT THE OTHER ENTITIES, WE, WE HAVE THEIR UPDATED INFORMATION IN THERE. UM, DALLAS COUNTY IS PROPOSING A SLIGHT TAX INCREASE. UM, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ALSO A SLIGHT TAX TAX RATE INCREASE. UM, SO NOT, NOT A BIG CHANGE, BUT A SLIGHT TAX INCREASE FROM THOSE TWO ENTITIES. UH, AND THEN WHERE DO WE IMPACT OR HOW DO WE IMPACT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER? SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY INCLUSIVE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE PROPERTY TAX BILL, BUT OUR, YOUR UTILITY BILL AS WELL. SO, AVERAGE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER RIGHT NOW IS, IS PAYING, UH, ABOUT $239 IN PROPERTY TAXES PER MONTH. UM, UNDER, UH, THIS NEW, UH, BUDGET, THEY WOULD PAY ABOUT $254, ABOUT $15 MORE PER MONTH. UH, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, NO INCREASE IN WATER RATES, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEWER RATES, UH, WHICH STILL LEAVES THEM LESS THAN $16, UH, OVERALL INCREASE PER MONTH FOR YOUR AVERAGE HOMEOWNER. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, STEVEN. QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL FINISH UP ITEM THREE B. ALRIGHT, AND OUR FINAL ITEM [4. 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 TONIGHT IS ITEM FOUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. THIS IS THAT TIME THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN, UH, UH, SPEAK ON, UH, GIVE EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCES, ET CETERA. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING TO SHARE? CHRIS, UH, JUST A BRIEF SHOUT OUT TO JANA. UM, THE BELTWAY PARK IS COMING ALONG. UH, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW, I'VE DRIVEN BY THAT PARK FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND I THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT JUST WITH GRASS AND THE TREE CANOPY, BUT, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS DID IS FANTASTIC. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DID. SO THANK YOU. GREAT, DARREN, I'LL, UH, SECOND THAT BELTWAY PARK. THAT IS REALLY NICE OVER THERE. YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GOT A NICE PARK ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. UM, ALSO, UH, THIS SATURDAY WE HAD THE, THE WATER TOWER THEATER, UH, COMPANY MEET AND GREET AT THE ADDISON, UH, THEATER CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THE ADDISON, I'LL JUST CALL IT THE ADDISON. UM, I, UH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE FROM WATER TOWER COMPANY. UM, AND, AND IT WAS, UM, SO A, ABBY WAS THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. NICOLE, THE, UH, UH, THEATER MANAGER WAS THERE, UH, REALLY A GOOD FEEL, ESPECIALLY ON HOW WATER TOWER, UH, COMPANY FITS INTO THE, UH, THE, THE ARTS AND THE PERFORMANCES AT THE, UH, THE THEATER CENTER. SO IT'S, UM, IT'S EXCITING. IT'S, IT'S A HIGH QUALITY WATER TOWER'S A HIGH QUALITY COMPANY, AND THEY, THEY FIT WELL INTO THE PUZZLE THAT WE HAVE. AND, UM, AND THE, JUST THE THEATER CENTER AND THE, JUST THE ENERGY OVER THERE AND NICOLE'S ENERGY, IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T TALKED TO NICOLE, SHE'LL GIVE YOU SOME ENERGY REALLY, AND LOTS OF TALENT WITH HER AS WELL. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, GOOD CATCH WITH HER. UM, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THE, THE WHOLE, UH, THEATER STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU, DARREN. YEAH, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT ALSO, UH, I, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT AND I WAS GLAD THAT HOWARD WAS THERE AND, AND DARREN WERE THERE. WAS THERE, UH, IT WAS A NICE EVENT, A NICE INTIMATE GATHERING, JUST KIND OF A TOWER TALK THEY CALLED IT. RIGHT? UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE EVENT. WELL DONE. HELPS FOLKS GET A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE, UH, WITH THE WATER TOWER THEATER GROUP. UH, THE SECOND THING THAT I HAD WAS OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WAS A, UH, A PRETTY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY FOR SOMEBODY, UM, THAT, UH, SITS AMONG US. UM, DAN CIO HAD A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A MILESTONE OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT WAS A MILESTONE, UH, FOR DAN. 'CAUSE HE'S HAD A PRETTY TOUGH YEAR. AND SO FOR HIM TO CELEBRATE THIS BIRTHDAY WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND HE GOT TO THAT FAMILY WITH HIM. SO, UH, REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR YOUR, UH, CON CONTINUED RECOVERY. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, ANYTHING FROM YOU? YOU'VE BEEN VERY QUIET. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. WELL, WITH THAT, WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA, SO WE'LL ADJOURN AT, UH, 7 53. HAVE A GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.