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OKAY.[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
EVERYBODY.IT IS FIVE THIRTY TWO, FIVE THIRTY THREE, AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 14TH, 2026 FOR OUR, UH, WORK SESSION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
UH, GOING INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[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.]
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 MINUTES UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSS ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARD, AND, UH, SO I WILL CALL, UH, UH, JC SCHUSTER AND JC IF YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES AND YEAH, YOU'LL GO OFF BEHIND YOU.
I WORK AT 1 5 6 5 0 ADDISON ROAD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY.
IF I HAVEN'T MET YOU AGAIN, I'M JC SCHUSTER.
I'M THE ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT WATER TOWER THEATER AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE ARE YOUR RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY.
TODAY, I'M HERE TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY CLOSURE DATES.
I THINK, UH, WATER TOWER THEATER IS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT THOSE DATES ARE.
I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING.
UH, WE PUT IN FOR SOME DATES WE WANTED TO PERFORM ON FRIDAY THE 27TH, SATURDAY THE 28TH, AND SUNDAY THE 29TH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE WERE DENIED.
NOW WE DID RECEIVE THE DATES THAT SAID THURSDAY THE 26TH, FRIDAY THE 27TH.
AND WE UNDERSTAND AND WE WANTED TO RESPECT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DISAGREE WITH IT, WE CIRCLED BACK AND ASKED FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS YOUR RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 20 YEARS, LA CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY ON BROADWAY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE BEST TICKETING SELLING TIMES EVER IS THE HOLIDAYS.
NOW, WE HAD, PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE THEATER FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
WE DID GET TO, UH, PROGRAM AROUND CHRISTMAS AND THE SHOW WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY SOLD OUT FOR THE WHOLE TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THOSE DATES NOW, BUT TODAY I'M JUST HERE TO SP SPECIFICALLY TALK ON JUST CLARITY OF THOSE DATES.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO GET THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THESE PATRONS, OUR COMMUNITY IN THESE SEATS HERE.
SO WE JUST ASK THAT, UM, YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID HAVE TO GO WHEN THOSE DATES WERE DENIED.
WE DID HAVE TO FIND A ANOTHER LOCATION AND WE WENT TO PLANO COURTYARD THEATER, WHICH GAVE US FRIDAY THE 27TH, SATURDAY THE 28TH AND THE 29TH.
BUT I PROMISE YOU, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AS YOUR RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY.
WE WANT TO BE IN OUR HOME, THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE HAVE LOCAL ACTORS, LOCAL CONTRACT WORKERS, AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING WITH Y'ALL NEXT YEAR.
JC, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARD I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
NUMBER THREE.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION REQUESTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED ON THE CONSENT ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, SCENE NONE.
THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL SENDS INTO STAFF REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND PLACED INTO A SINGLE DOCUMENT AND, AND PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL.
THAT SAME DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED, UH, ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THROUGH THE AGENDA.
SO IF, UH, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANTS TO, TO SEE THAT Q AND A DOCUMENT, THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE, FIND THE AGENDA, AND THERE WILL BE A LINK WITHIN THAT AGENDA THAT THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THAT SAME Q AND A DOCUMENT.
[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):]
FOUR, UH, CLOSED MEETING FOUR A PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 8 7, SECTION ONE AND TWO DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO SUCH BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS.[00:05:01]
PROJECT RADIANCE AND THEN ITEM FIVE B FOUR B, SORRY, FOUR B IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.08, SEVEN SECTIONS ONE AND TWO DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEK.CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE THROUGH SUCH BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND THIS IS ITEM, UH, PROJECT RED RIVER.
WE'LL GO INTO CLOSE SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[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 SEVEN 20 AND WE ARE COMING BACK INTO A OPEN SESSION FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION.AND THERE IS NO ACTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE TAKE FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THERE ARE TWO WORK SESSION ITEMS, ITEM SIX A AND SIX B.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE THOSE TO THE END OF OUR, UH, AFTER OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[ COUNCIL MEETING The Addison City Council will convene for a Council Meeting beginning at 7:00 PM in the Town Hall Council Chambers.]
MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK COUNCIL MEETING.AND AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO PLEDGE BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU'D PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE.
I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 FRAUD.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
UH, WE'LL LOOK, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT THIS EVENING WITH ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE, UH, ON SITE THIS EVENING.
[2. Proclamations / Presentations]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TWO A IS CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TWO B EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, ADDISON IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY ON SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
PARTICIPANTS CAN CHOOSE TO HELP AT LAY LOCKS, WYNWOOD VITRUVIAN OR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AFTER THE CLEANUP.
SWING BY THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB PARKING LOT FOR A WELL-EARNED TREAT.
AND A THANK YOU, PLEASE REGI, PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE@ADDISONTX.GOV SLASH SPRING PICKUP SO WE KNOW HOW MANY HELPERS TO EXPECT.
NEXT, THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO TOUR THE ADDISON POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH, FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM VISITORS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND THE ADDISON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CORDIALLY INVITE THE COMMUNITY INTO THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF FIRE CHIEF CJ ALEXANDER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND AT FIRE STATION ONE FROM THREE 30 TO 4:30 PM PLEASE COME OUT.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE CLEAR THE CLUTTER DRIVE THROUGH EVENT ON SATURDAY APRIL 25TH FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON AT THE ADDISON SERVICE CENTER.
WE'LL BE OFFERING FREE SHREDDING AS WELL AS COLLECTING RECYCLING, ELECTRONICS, CLOTHING, TOYS AND MORE.
THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT HOUSEHOLD, HOUSEHOLD HAZARD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO ADDISON RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS EVENT ON THE WEBSITE@ADDISONTX.GOV.
THAT IS IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
PASSION IS GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE WHO CAME BACK FOR DAY THREE OR DAY TWO, SORRY,
UM, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE AND, AND PASSION WILL MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU DAVID MAYOR AND COUNCIL PASSION HAYES, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
THIS EVENING I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE BRIAN CHAPIN, WHO JOINED THE TOWN YESTERDAY AS OUR NEW RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT.
BRIAN BRINGS A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND A STRONG BACKGROUND IN PARKS AND RECREATION TO THIS ROLE.
ORIGINALLY FROM ARLINGTON, BRIAN GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT WORTH AND THEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM.
HIS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OPENING THE EPIC IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY HIRED, TRAINED, AND LED A NEWLY ESTABLISHED TEAM TO LAUNCH THE FACILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
BRIAN WAS DRAWN TO ADDISON DUE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOCUSED APPROACH TO RECREATION, AND HE AND HIS WIFE KRISTEN, HAVE ATTENDED MANY OF ADDISON'S SPECIAL EVENTS OVER THE YEARS.
KRISTEN WORKS FOR THE CARROLLTON FORMERS BRANCH SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAKING
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ADDISON A NATURAL FIT FOR THEIR FAMILY.SPEAKING OF HIS FAMILY, BRIAN AND KRISTEN ARE PROUD PARENTS OF A NEWBORN SON PRESTON, AND THEY SHARE THEIR HOME WITH TWO DOGS, LUCY AND CHAMP.
OUTSIDE OF WORK, BRIAN ENJOYS ATTENDING LIVE MUSIC CONCERTS AND CHEERING ON THE DALLAS MAVERICKS.
TO BRIAN, THE ADDISON WAY MEANS SERVING THE COMMUNITY BY PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER AND STAFF EXPERIENCE WHILE EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR ADDISON.
BRIAN IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE TOWN.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING BRIAN.
THANK YOU PASSION, AND UH, BRIAN, WELCOME TO ADDISON.
WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, THAT ALL YOU HAVE ON THIS STATEMENT.
ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM TWO C, RECOGNIZE JUDGE LARRY DWIGHT FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
AND I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I'M GOING TO READ AND THEN I'LL INVITE JUDGE DWIGHT TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WHEREAS THE HONORABLE LARRY, UH, LARRY B DWIGHT HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE TOWN OF ADDISON SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN 1986, DEMONSTRATING STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE FAIR AND EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
AND WHEREAS ON APRIL 6TH, 2026, JUDGE DWIGHT PROUDLY CELEBRATED 40 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON, DURING WHICH TIME HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM AND ENHANCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMISSION OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
AND WHEREAS AS, UH, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE ATTI ADDISON MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD, JUDGE DWIGHT HAS OVERSEEN NUMEROUS COURT FUNCTIONS, CONDUCTED BENCH AND JURY TRIALS, AND SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE FOR DALLAS COUNTY, ENSURING DUE PROCESS AND THE CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THE LAW.
AND WHEREAS JUDGE DWIGHT HAS DEMONSTRATED FORWARD THINKING LEADERSHIP BY CHAMPIONING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC CITATION SYSTEMS, CONVENIENT PAYMENT OPTIONS, AND VIRTUAL HEARING TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY IN COURT OPERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS FOR FOUR DECADES, JUDGE D WHITE HAS EXEMPLIFIED INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND PUBLIC SERVICE LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY ON THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND, AND SETTING A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BRUCE ARFS AND MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATED FOR THE HONORABLE LARRY B DWIGHT FOR HIS 40 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HIS ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER 40 THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THE THANK YOU SERVICE SIR.
SIR, TAKE THE THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, JUDGE, THAT IS A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JUDGE WHITE.
[3. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.]
TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, 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
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STARTS.CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE LI LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW, THE COUNCIL IS NOT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSS ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I DO HAVE THREE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS, SO I'LL GIVE THOSE A CALL FIRST.
AND SO FIRST I'LL CALL UP ADAM BED ARCHIC.
CAN I GET THAT CLOSE, ADAM? YES.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND JUST IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ADAM TREK.
I LIVED IN ADDISON, UH, 14 YEARS.
AND, UH, I GO TO ADDISON ATHLETIC CENTER ALMOST EVERY DAY.
WHY DO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT OPEN DURING HOLIDAYS? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THERE ON HOLIDAYS AS WELL, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER A BIG MEAL.
UH, NUMBER TWO, UM, REASON I TALK, UH, TO MY NEIGHBORS AND MY FRIENDS IN ADDISON, AND I HEAR A LOT OF THEM COMPLAINING THAT ADDISON, UH, ATHLETIC CENTER IS CLOSED, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, AND THE LAST REASON, UH, IS WHEN I HAVE FAMILY OUT OF TOWN, MY SON, MY GRANDKIDS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM TO THE ATHLETIC CENTER AND I WOULD LIKE THEM TO MEET ALL THE FRIENDS I HAVE OVER THERE.
AND AS OF COURSE, PAYING GUESTS.
UH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE KIND OF BROADENING OR LEARNING ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT I SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH FOR ME.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MR. GAINES.
UH, MY NAME IS CHANEL BLANTON AND I LIVE AT 1 7 0 7 2 KNOTS LANDING.
UM, NUMBER ONE, JUST WANT TO WELCOME BRIAN TO ADDISON.
UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UH, THE TWO FIRE DEPARTMENT PURCHASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UM, WHEN I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ON 'EM, THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THEY BOTH COME DOWN TO THE SAME THING, WHICH TO ME IS COMMON SENSE.
RIGHT NOW, IF THERE'S A BAD CAR WRECK OR SOMEONE GETS STUCK IN LIKE AN ELEVATOR, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTER WAS TAUGHT TO SHOW UP WEARING 30 POUNDS OF HEAVY GEAR.
SO DOING HEAVY LIFTING, UH, IN A THICK FAR SUIT DURING THIS TEXAS HEAT WHEN NOTHING IS ACTUALLY ON FIRE, IS A QUICK WAY FOR THEM TO EITHER PASS OUT OR IT JUST DECREASES THEIR MOBILITY.
SO TO ME, SPENDING $67,000 TO GET THEM LIGHTER, COOLER GEAR SO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND EASILY IS A NO-BRAINER.
IT'S JUST REALLY BUYING THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE RIGHT JOB.
SO ABOUT THE AIRPORT RESCUE TRUCKS, UH, I'M GONNA BE, UH, VERY HONEST.
WHEN I SAW THE PRICE TAG, I THOUGHT THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND MOST OF US TAXPAYERS WOULD HEAR THAT IMMEDIATELY, PROBABLY THINK A THING OR TWO.
BUT WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE FACTS, IT REALLY MAKES SENSE.
WE AREN'T JUST BUYING US SHINY NEW TRUCKS FOR FUN.
WE'RE ACTUALLY DODGING WORKERS' COMP, UH, CLAIMS AND LAWSUITS.
THE OLD TRUCK IS FULL OF TOXIC FOREVER CHEMICALS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON.
PEOPLE MIGHT ASK, WHY NOT JUST WASH OUT THE OLD TRUCK? IT'S NOT THAT EASY.
UM, BUT IT REALLY IS TOO RISKY.
IF WE TRY TO CLEAN THOSE TRUCKS, UH, THE CHEMICALS COULD STILL LEAK INTO OUR SOIL, UH, AND WATER DURING AN EMERGENCY.
UM, AND THE TOWN COULD FACE A CLEANUP LAWSUIT THAT COSTS WAY MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, I JUST FEEL BUYING THE BULLET RIGHT NOW IS JUST SMART MONEY MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE USING DEDICATED, UM, AIRPORT FUNDS AND WE'RE GETTING $435,000 BY TRADING IN THE OLD TRUCK BEFORE IT BECOMES COMPLETELY WORKLESS ONE PURCHASE PROTECTS OUR FIRE FIREFIGHTERS FROM HEAT.
THE OTHER PROTECTS THE TOWN FROM HUGE LAWSUITS.
THEY ARE BOTH SMART INVESTMENTS AND I HOPE YOU WILL, UH, VOTE YES.
NEXT UP WE HAVE TRISH STEWART.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER TRICIA STEWART, 1 5 7 5 OH SEA BOLT.
UM, I RECENTLY ATTENDED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPER MEETING PROPOSING ANOTHER APARTMENT PROJECT IN ADDISON, AND I APPRECIATED THE INVITATION
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AND ANYONE WHO TAKES AN INTEREST IN OUR TOWN.BUT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BRING ROUGHLY AROUND 400 MORE APARTMENTS TO A TOWN WHERE WE'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE NEED BALANCE.
ADDISON'S ALREADY MORE THAN 80% APARTMENTS, AND OUR PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN CLEARLY.
I HEARD A LOT ABOUT ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BURDENS THAT THESE DECISIONS PLACE ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
AND WHAT CONCERNED ME MOST WAS HEARING THE PRESENTER SAY THAT THIS KIND OF IMBALANCE WORKS.
MAYBE THAT WAS TRUE FOR THE ADDISON OF THE EIGHTIES AND ADDISON THAT WAS YOUNGER WITH ALCOHOL TAX REVENUE AND NOT DEALING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND THE ECONOMIC NEEDS THAT WE FACE TODAY.
TODAY WE'RE DEALING WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWING CONGESTION, AND TOO MANY NEEDS THAT KEEP BEING PUSHED OFF AND PAID FOR THROUGH BONDS.
WE HAVE INCREASING PRESSURE ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AS YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, THEY HAVE INCREASING NEEDS.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT A PLAN FOR A STABLE LASTING COMMUNITY.
I I REALLY WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THIS IS THE HEART OF THE ISSUE.
ADDISON DOESN'T NEED MORE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE FOR A MOMENT AND LEAVE.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO STAY AND WHO BUILD A LIFE HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR DECISIONS NEED TO REFLECT.
ADDISON HAS A LOT OF NEEDS AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE'VE SPENT 40 YEARS BUILDING IT AND WE CAN PROUDLY CONNECT TO WHAT WE BUILD NOW.
WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP BUILDING REGIONAL TRANSIT.
THERE ARE 3 BILLION IN DEBT AND AUSTIN NEEDS TO SORT ALL OF THAT OUT, STARTING WITH PROBABLY THE REGIONAL, UH, TRANSIT AUTHORITY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH WILL TAKE AWAY THE HEAVY RAIL, INCLUDING THE SILVER LINE.
SO WE'LL BE LOCKED IN SIX MORE YEARS FOR OVERPRICED BUSES.
AND MEANWHILE, OUR COMMUNITY'S GOING TO HAVE NEEDS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE ASK YOU, BECAUSE MANY RESIDENTS ARE, ARE REALLY TIRED OF ADDISON BEING A GOOD TIME GIRL.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY HERE AND AND HAVE A COMMITMENT.
WE WANT YOU TO PUT A RING ON IT.
WE WANT, UH, A COMMITMENT TO ADDISON FIRST.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, UH, TONIGHT, IS PLEASE CONSIDER ADDISON'S RESIDENCE AND OUR NEEDS AND THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND
[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.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, THEIR CONSENT AGENDA.CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR, A, B, AND C.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR A THROUGH C.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[a. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance of the Town of Addison, Texas amending Chapter 2 (Administration), Section 2-351 (Master Fee Ordinance) of the Code of Ordinances of the Town by adding Section 2-351(j) providing for Addison Orbit transit fees.]
MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS.AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION, SECTION TWO DASH 3 51, MASTER FEE ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN BY ADDING SECTION TWO DASH 3 51 SECTION J PROVIDING FOR ADDISON ORBIT TRANSIT FEES.
ASHLEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ASHLEY SCHROER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UH, AT THE APRIL 7TH CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
STAFF PRESENTED INFORMATION ON FAIRES FOR ADDISON ORBIT AND REVIEWED FAIR MODELS COMPARING WITH OTHER REGIONAL SYSTEMS. UM, WHEN STAFF AND COUNCIL, UM, EVALUATED THE FAIRES, WE LOOKED AT DART ARLINGTON'S ON DEMAND SERVICE, THE DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE TRINITY METRO STAFF.
DUR COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF WAS TO BRING BACK THE, BASICALLY THE SAME SYSTEM WHICH DART USES EXCEPT MAKING THE CHANGE THAT IF YOU'RE CONNECTING THROUGH A RALLY POINT, SO YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID A FAIR THROUGH DART, THEN WE WOULD NOT CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL FAIR.
SO THOSE FAIRES HAVE, UH, COME IN AT $3 FOR AN ADULT FAIR, ONE WAY, A DOLLAR 50 FOR SENIOR THREE 50 FOR PARATRANSIT.
WE LEFT IN DART OFFERS A MONTHLY PASS.
SO THERE'S A MONTHLY PASS FOR ADULTS AND FOR SENIORS, UH, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 WILL BE FREE SENIORS OR ANYBODY OVER 65 AND OLDER.
AND AGAIN, TRAVEL TO OR FROM A RALLY POINT WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE.
SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? CHRIS? SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, BUT WE'RE SURE THAT DART SOFTWARE, THE GO PASS, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL WORK WITH VIA, SO THERE WON'T BE THAT SECOND FEE ANYONE TRANSFERRING FROM DART TO VIA?
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YES, I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THEM THAT ANYBODY CONNECTING THROUGH A A TRANSFER POINT, ONE OF OUR RALLY POINTS AND THAT HAS PAID WOULD NOT BE CHARGED.AND THAT DOES GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOO, GOING OUT OF ADDISON? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY MOTION SO IT MAKES SENSE.
AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE GAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT SAID, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DOUBLE CHARGE PEOPLE.
AND SO ALL OF THIS, THIS ORDINANCE IS WHERE I'M FOCUSED.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE, UH, IS DIRECT WITH OUR GUIDANCE OTHER THAN ONE THING ON SECTION, UM, ONE, TWO, IT SAYS THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR LOCAL TRIP SEGMENTS DIRECTLY TO OR FROM A RALLY POINT FOR A CONNECTION TO DART.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHORE THAT UP TO OUR GUIDANCE FROM LAST MEETING AND, AND MINOR EDIT TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR A TRIP SEGMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PAID DART TRIP.
SO BASICALLY JUST, JUST ALIGN IT WITH OUR GUIDANCE FROM, UH, FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH, WITH THAT MINOR EDIT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT MOTION? CAN WE GOT A SECOND FROM DAN? SO MORE DISCUSSION, NOT TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
READY? SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU'RE GOING, IF I'M TAKING A TRIP ON THE SILVER LINE, I CALL ORBIT TO MY HOUSE, I'VE GOT A TICKET ON THE SILVER LINE, NO CHARGE FROM MY HOUSE ON ORBIT TO THE SILVER LINE, BUT I DO PAY FOR THE SILVER LINE.
YOUR AMENDMENT OR EDIT WOULD SIMPLY BE TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM GOING TO ADDISON TO THE CARROLLTON STATION TO GO EAT AT ONE OF THEIR RESTAURANTS AND THEN COME BACK.
THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EXTREME SITUATION.
THEY THEY MUST BE TAKING A DARK CONNECTION, NOT JUST YOU HAVE TO PAY GOING TO THAT RALLY POINT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EAT AT A RESTAURANT THAT'S CLOSE TO THAT RALLY POINT.
I I I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, I'M JUST, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT DART AND VIA, UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS.
OTHER, OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALRIGHT, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
[b. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution approving the purchase of one (1) E-One 6x6 Titan Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) apparatus and one (1) ARFF Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist, Inc., through Sourcewell contract #113021-RVG-1 and HGAC contract #FS12-23 in an amount not to exceed $1,471,791.00; authorizing the City Manager to execute the purchase order; and providing an effective date.]
FIVE B PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF ONE E ONE SIX BY SIX TITAN AIRPORT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING, A F APPARATUS AND ONE A F RAPID INTERVENTION INTERVENTION VEHICLE RIV FROM METRO FIRE APPARATUS SPECIALIST INC.WELL CONTRACT NUMBER 1 1 3 0 21 DASH RVG DASH ONE AND HGAC CONTRACT, UH, NUMBER FS 12 DASH 23 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,471,791, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE PURCHASE ORDER AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU CJ ALEXANDER, YOUR FIRE CHIEF.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL THAT YOU HAD TO READ.
SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE'RE UH, PROPOSING TODAY IS TO REPLACE SQUAD 1 0 1, WHICH IS OUR SECONDARY, UH, RF UNIT THAT WE HAVE.
IT WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN 2018 AND IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR 27 BUDGET RESCUE 1 0 1.
OUR MAIN ARF UNIT FOR THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE AIRPORT, UH, WAS PUT IN SERVICE IN 2020.
AND THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'RE WANTING TO REPLACE BOTH OF THESE UNITS NOW IS TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE A F FOAM INTO F THREE FOAM.
UH, WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET OF $1.5 MILLION TRANSITION TO F THREE FOAM.
UH, SO WHY THE IMPORTANCY FOR REPLACING THE BOTH OF THESE UNITS AT THE SAME TIME IS BECAUSE A FF FOAM DOES HAVE FOREVER CHEMICALS.
THE P FBS IN THEM, THEY DO NOT BREAK DOWN IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY ACCUMULATE, UH, ACCUMULATE IN WATER SOIL INTO THE HUMAN BODIES.
THEY HAVE LINKS TO ADVERSE EFFECTS, UM, ARE INCREASINGLY RE UH, RESTRICTED BY THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND STATE AGENCIES.
ENVIRONMENTALS F THREE FOAM HAS NO PFAS WITHIN THEM PROVIDE EFFECTIVE FIRE SUPPRESSION AND THEY, UH, ELIMINATE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL AND HAZARDOUS, UH, THAT A FF HAS.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, THEY ARE BEST PRACTICES FOR, UH, F-A-A-N-F-P-A AND EPA.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A NEW SQUAD 1 0 1.
THIS IS ACTUAL AHAN R CAP CURRENT CAPABILITIES.
UH, THE RF VEHICLE IS A MULTI-TOOL VEHICLE.
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ARF UNIT FOR THE AIRPORT.IT ALSO CAN, UH, TAKE ON SMALL GRASS FIRES AND WITH, UH, GARAGE FIRES WITH, WE HAVE CARS, UH, CATCH ON FIRE IN THE GARAGE WITH A LOW PROFILE.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND ATTACK THOSE FIRES WITHIN THOSE GARAGES.
THE NEW RESCUE 1 0 1 IS A E ONE SIX BY SIX TITAN.
OUR VEHICLE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN OUR OLD VEHICLE.
IT DOES HOLD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WATER.
UH, WE WON'T GO IN FROM 1500, UH, GALLONS OF WATER TO 3,200 GALLONS OF WATER IN THAT TANK.
UH, IT ALSO HAS A FOAM CAPACITY OF ABOUT 450 GALLONS, AND THEN A DRY CHEMICAL CAPACITY OF 500 POUNDS.
OUR OLD SQUAD 1 0 1 DOES NOT HAVE A DRY CHEMICAL OPTION TO IT.
OUR NEW SQUAD 1 0 1 WILL HAVE A DRY CHEMICAL OPTION.
SO WITH BOTH OF THESE UNITS, WE'RE DOUBLING OUR CAPACITY FOR EVERYTHING.
ONE THING WE DID LEARN WITHIN THE 2019, UH, AIRPLANE, AIRPLANE CRASH THAT WE HAD, WE CONSTANTLY HAD TO REFILL.
THIS WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THAT.
UH, IN JUNE 17TH, 2024, UH, THE TOWN WAS PRESENTED A LETTER OF INTENT AND COUNSEL APPROVED THE TWO VEHICLES THROUGH A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT.
WHY DID WE START THIS PROCESS IN JUNE OF 2024? BECAUSE IT, THE LEAD TIMES FOR THESE VEHICLES TAKE ABOUT 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO GET THEM DONE, TO DESIGN AND TO BUILD THEIR PRETTY COMPLICATED, UH, APPARATUSES.
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROCESS WE DID WITH ENGINE 1 0 1 AND QUT 1 0 2, UH, WHICH WE JUST PUT IN SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR.
QUENT 1 0 2, UH, THE SOURCEFUL CONTRACT KIND OF GUARANTEES THE CITY, UH, GUARANTEES THE CITY A A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS AND IT GIVES US THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE THROUGH THERE.
UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES USE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, THE PURCHASE PRICE, UH, IS THE PURCHASE IS IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, AND A BOND PLAN THAT WAS COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN JANUARY.
UH, WE DID GET A GOOD TRADE-IN VALUE FOR THESE VEHICLES.
WE GOT A LITTLE OVER $400,000 OF TRADE-IN VALUE FOR THESE.
UM, AND WHY NOT CLEAN OR DECONTAMINATE THESE? IT IS VERY COSTLY TO CANDIDATE THESE, AND THESE ARE, LIKE I SAID, UH, THE PFAS ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS, SO THEY STAY WITHIN THAT APPARATUS.
UM, THEY REALLY CAN'T BE CLEANED.
SO EVEN IF WE WASH 'EM AND RINSE 'EM OUT, IF WE FILLED THEM UP WITH NEW FOAM, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME PROCESS.
UM, DOCUMENTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WHATNOT IF WE USED IT AGAIN.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE PLENTY OF RESERVED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, SO WHEN WE TRADE IN THESE, IT WON'T AFFECT ANYTHING ONCE WE GET THE NEW ONES IN.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND TO PURCHASE TWO NEW VEHICLES, UH, IF APPROVED.
UH, THE NEW SQUAD 1 0 1 WILL ARRIVE, UH, AS EARLY AS MAY, AND THE NEW RESCUE 1 0 1 WILL ARRIVE, UH, IN THIS SUMMER.
QUESTIONS? THANK YOU CHIEF MARLON.
I SEE YOUR LIGHT DOWN THERE, SIR.
CHIEF, UM, HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT EACH ONE OF THESE TWO? UH, NEW SQUAD 1 0 1 AND NEW RESCUE 1 0 1 2 LAST.
SO THE NEW RESCUE, SO THE NEW RESCUE 1 0 1, WE HAVE A LIFESPAN FOR THAT ABOUT 12 TO 15 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE OVERALL USE AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 12 YEARS FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE SQUAD 1 0 1, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
UH, YOU SAY 12 TO 15 YEARS? YES, SIR.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT 2020 IS WHEN THIS WAS PUT INTO SERVICE.
IT WAS IN 2020, BUT, UH, IT HAS THOSE THAT AF FOAM AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT AF CORRECT.
HAD THE NEGATIVE CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
IS THERE, UH, IS THERE ANY RECOURSE AGAINST THE COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING, THAT ARE MAKING THIS AF THAT THEY NO LONGER CAN USE ANYMORE? SO THEY STOP MAKING AF RIGHT, AND THEY STOP PUTTING IT FOR SALE? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING AGAINST THOSE COMPANIES, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE TRADING THESE VEHICLES IN ARE TAKING ALL OF OUR OLD A PHONE.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF THIS, RIGHT.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
THE COMPANIES ACTUALLY THAT'S, UH, WE'RE, UH, TRADING IN THE VEHICLES TO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING ALL OF OUR PHONE WITH US.
IT JUST SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS VEHICLE OF NO FAULT OF OUR OWN HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S PRODUCT.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CONTAMINATED VEHICLE AND SOME KIND OF RECOURSE AGAINST THAT COMPANY.
THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON ANYWHERE AGAINST THIS COMPANY.
I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY TYPE OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE, THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR PHONE, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AF FOAM.
SO, UH, THIS WAS A NATIONWIDE PHONE THAT WAS USED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
HAS IT BEEN BANNED OR IS IT STILL ACCEPTABLE TO BE USED? IT DEPENDS ON THE STATE.
SO NATIONALLY IT HAS BEEN BANNED BOTH IN TEXAS.
YEAH, IN TEXAS WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TRAIN WITH IT.
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IF THERE'S A MAJOR EMERGENCY, WE CAN STILL USE IT, BUT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANUP AFTERWARDS.SO IF THERE WAS A MAJOR EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW, UH, AT THE AIRPORT, WE WOULD USE OUR AF FOAM, BUT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANUP AFTERWARDS AND THEN WE WOULD SUBROGATE BACK AGAINST THAT AIRCRAFT OWNER AND THAT INSURANCE COMPANY THAT WOULD PAY FOR THAT.
I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH NICOLE.
SO IS THIS VEHICLE GOING AWAY BEFORE THE NEW ONE GETS HERE? NO.
SO PART OF THE, PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT ONCE THE NEW VEHICLE GETS HERE, ALL PERSONNEL WILL BE TRAINED ON THE VEHICLE.
UH, ONCE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW VEHICLE, THEN THE OLD VEHICLE WILL LEAVE.
SO THERE AGAIN, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF THIS WAS SUCH A DANGER TO OUR, OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CITIZENS AND TO THE LIABILITY OF THE TOWN, THAT WE'D LOCK THE DOOR AND NOT DRIVE IT ANYMORE.
NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WANT THAT AIRPORT TO BE PROTECTED.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING SIX YEARS FOR A MILLION DOLLAR VEHICLE IS THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME KIND OF RECOURSE GOING BACK AGAINST THIS.
SO WE FOLLOWED THE SAME MODEL AS DFW AIRPORT.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH DFW AIRPORT.
UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE AROUND EIGHT TO 10 OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.
THEY ARE ROLLING OVER THEIR ENTIRE FLEET, BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS SOMEONE THAT IS DECONTAMINATING THESE TRUCKS WHERE IT WOULDN'T HAVE $435,000 WORTH OF VALUE.
IT AMAZES ME THAT WE GOT THAT MUCH TRADE IN ON IT.
IT'S A NEWER, YOU DID GOOD THERE.
IT'S A NEWER, IT'S A NEWER UNIT.
AND SO THAT, THAT HELPED US QUITE A BIT WITH BEING A BRAND NEW UNIT.
UH, AND SO WHAT, HOW THEY DISPOSE OF THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S THAT COMPANY'S, WHAT DID WE PAY FOR THAT VEHICLE AT THE TIME? IN 2020? I THINK IT WAS UPWARDS OF AROUND SIX TO $800,000.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WANNA SAY, WELL, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO A 50% TRADE IN ON WHAT WE GAVE FOR THAT VEHICLE, CORRECT? A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S TWO VEHICLES THOUGH.
SO THEY'RE GETTING SQUAD 1 0 1 AND RE CURRENT RESCUE 1 0 1.
THEY'RE GETTING TWO VEHICLES WITH A TRADE-IN.
THE OTHER ONE'S JUST BASICALLY A PICKUP TRUCK THOUGH.
SO I MEAN IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE.
SO ON UH, THE RESCUE 1 0 1, THAT'S A 12 TO 15 YEAR, UH, EXPECTED USAGE OF IT? YES SIR.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REPLACING THE RF THAT WE HAVE, IS THAT I'VE GOT THE RIGHT, CORRECT, YES SIR.
RESCUE 1 0 1 AND THE NEW RESCUE 1 0 1 ARE BOTH THE RFU, THE MAIN R VEHICLES THAT WE WERE REPLACING.
SO WE HAD BOUGHT THAT IN 2020 AND IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED NEXT YEAR.
SO JUST A SEVEN YEAR, UH, USAGE OF THAT.
SO SQUAD 1 0 1 WAS REPLACED, WAS GONNA BE SCHEDULED TO REPLACE NEXT YEAR? YES, SIR.
WHEN WAS, WERE WE LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF USAGE? WE, SO IT, THE CURRENT RESCUE 1 0 1 HAS A SIX YEAR IN-SERVICE LIFE AND DOUBLE THAT UP.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE P FBS AND THIS FOAM THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WE HAD TO ESCALATE THE, UH, THE TURNOVER.
WHAT WAS THE SPLIT ON THE TRADE IN? JUST, JUST FOR, UM, THEY DID A LUMP SUM.
I WOULD WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LOI TO BE, TO GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IT WAS 435,000 TOTAL.
SO WHEN YOU SAY A USEFUL LIFE OF 12 TO 15 YEARS AND EIGHT TO 10 YEARS, IS THAT HALF OF THAT SAME SERVICE AND THEN HALF OF THAT AS A BACKUP? IS THAT WHAT YOU ALLUDED TO? GENERALLY, YES.
BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT THE CONDITION AND THE ENTIRE THING OF THE EQUIPMENT.
HOW, HOW, HOW, EXCUSE ME, HOW WELL HAS IT BEEN SERVICED? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CALLS HAS IT BEEN ON? HOW MANY HOURS ARE ON THE ENGINE, HOW MANY MILES DOES IT HAVE? ALL THAT COMES INTO PLAY.
SO TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT TIMEFRAME IS, IS KIND OF HARD, BUT YES, GENERALLY IN SERVICE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LIFESPAN.
AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS, UH, IS GOING TO BE RESERVE STATUS.
SO OUT OF 12 YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET 10 YEARS FRONTLINE, TWO YEARS BACK.
TEN TWO LOOKING AT, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
HOWARD, WHEN WE BOUGHT SOME FIRE ENGINES BEFORE, AND I THINK IT WAS CALLED A TILLER, UM, WE HAD TO HAVE FIREMEN TRAINED TO DRIVE THAT VEHICLE.
YOU JUST MENTIONED TRAINING FOR THESE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH INCREASES IN PAY? I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THIS THE TOTAL COST OR WILL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THESE DAYS? SO OUR, OUR TILLER VEHICLE THAT WE SIGNED THE LOI FOR, UH, IN SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT IN, UM, IN A COUPLE YEARS.
UH, ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT IN, AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR THAT, THAT IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIALTY TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE BACK OF THAT TILLER TO SWING AROUND.
AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR TRAINING.
THIS VEHICLE, WE HAVE IT ROLLED IN, THEY WILL
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SEND A VEN THEIR VENDOR OUT WITH IT.AND THAT'S KIND OF INCLUDED IN THEIR PRICE, BUT IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL, IT'S KIND OF INCLUDED IN THEIR PRICE.
THEY'LL TEACH US, THEY'LL GIVE US A IN-SERVICE, UH, EACH SHIFT.
WE'LL HAVE A EIGHT HOUR IN-SERVICE DAY ON THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THEN WE'LL START TRAINING ON IT ON OUR OWN.
IT WON'T, IT WON'T INVOLVE HAVING TO HAVE A HIGHER SALARY TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES LIKE THAT TO NO, SIR.
SO OUR, OUR PERSONNEL ALREADY TRAINED TO DRIVE THE CURRENT, OUR VEHICLE.
SO WE'RE JUST ADDING AN AXLE TO IT.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PAY THAT IS REQUIRED.
UH, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SPECIALTY TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED THAT'S GONNA COST US CERTIFICATION.
ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL ALREADY GET CERTIFICATION, UH, TRAINING ON THIS.
THEY GET DRIVER OPERATOR TRAINING, AERIAL OPERATOR TRAINING.
AND THEN WE ALSO SEND ALL OF OUR STAFF TO THE DFW AIRPORT TO GET A BASIC A F TRAINING, UH, WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR-ISH OF THEIR, UH, TENURE HERE AT THE, AS SOME FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF IT'S GONNA COST NO, NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR PAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR CERTIFICATION PAY WITH THIS, WITH THESE UNITS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I DID ONE MORE.
I, I THOUGHT THE, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, UH, BY THE WAY, WELCOME TO THE HOT SEAT.
I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING YOUR MEN, YOU'RE DOING YOUR MEN PROUD.
WHERE'S THE FUNDING COMING FROM FOR THIS? THE AIRPORT FUND? SO IT WAS, UH, THROUGH BONDS, UM, AND THE, THE CAPITAL AIRPORT FUNDS.
SO, UH, IN 2026, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WAS, BUDGET WAS FOR FINANCE OR ISSUED THROUGH BONDS, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AIRPORT FUNDED.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
NO, THERE IS NO SCENARIO TO WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE TAKEN OFF AIRPORT.
THERE'S A RARE SCENARIO WHERE IT COULD BE TAKEN OFF AIRPORT TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN AIRPORT.
SO, SO THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
YOU GOT THE ANSWER, I GOT THE ANSWER THAT I WANTED.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION TO SECOND AND THAT WAS DAN ON THE SECOND.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM FIVE B IS APPROVED.
[c. Present, discuss, and consider action on the adoption of the Pedestrian Toolbox and Crossing Treatment Guidelines.]
ALRIGHT.ITEM FIVE C, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX AND CROSSING TREATMENT GUIDELINES.
BECKY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BECKY DIVINITY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX AND CROSSING TREATMENT GUIDELINES, ADOPTION.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW FROM OUR WORK SESSION LAST WEEK.
UM, REMO REMEMBER THIS IS A REMINDER.
THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM AS WE LOOK AT MAKING IMPLEMENTATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS LIKE PEDESTRIAN, HYBRID BEACONS, LIGHTING SIDEWALKS, RFPS, UM, AND OF COURSE IMPROVED SLIP LANES.
THESE ARE ALL A PART OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OVERALL DOCUMENT.
WE DID MAKE ONE MODIFICATION FROM THE WORK SESSION LAST WEEK FOR AN ERROR THAT WE FOUND ON THE MAP.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FREE.
UM, NOW ITEM NUMBER 16 IS GREEN, WHICH IS A PROPOSED NEW CROSSING LOCATED JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ROADWAY HERE AT, UH, ADDISON ROAD AND, UH, ADDISON CIRCLE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I SHOWED YOU A GLANCE OF THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, THIS IS OUR OVERALL PEDESTRIAN DASHBOARD OF WHICH WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL THE PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY'RE A PART OF THE PROPOSED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS OR WHETHER THEY'RE A PART OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH, UM, THROUGH FIX IT REQUEST, UM, OR OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR BOND PROJECTS OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR OTHER SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SEE THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS DASHBOARD TO TRACK THE PROJECTS.
UM, NEXT STEPS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE AND MONITOR FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU AND FROM THE RESIDENTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD LAST WEEK AS A COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
I'M HERE TONIGHT, UM, FOR YOU TO MAKE AN ADOPTION OF THIS OVERALL GUIDE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL WORK TO CONTINUE TO EXECUTE PROJECTS USING THE EXISTING FUNDING.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY BUDGETED FUNDING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PUTTING, UM, AS A PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, USING THOSE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH TDOT AND ALSO THOSE BOND PROJECTS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR YOU, MAYOR.
AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT OUR WORK SESSION LAST TIME, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, MOVE THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
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QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? UH, DAN OR CHRIS? SORRY, UH, EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THIS AT YOUR DISPOSAL.I WANT TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND HOPEFULLY EVEN MAYBE GET YOU SOME MORE MONEY DURING THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WE TALKED ABOUT BELTWAY AND MIDWAY AS A POSSIBLE AREA THAT MIGHT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT STAR MAKE THE MAP.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT? SO THE OVERALL MAP OR THE PRO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CONSULTANT CAME UP WITH AS A PART OF OUR OVERALL EVALUATION OF TOWN, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE WORK SESSION AND PUT THOSE INTO OUR OVERALL DASHBOARD, UM, AND LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS, UH, AS AN OVERVIEW FROM EITHER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT OR PROJECTS THAT WE THINK NEED TO BE DONE IN A MORE RECENT TIMEFRAME.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE, UM, AS WE HEARD FROM NOT ONLY YOURSELVES BUT OTHERS, UM, OF THAT AREA OF BELTWAY AND MIDWAY WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, NOT ONLY FROM AN EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM THE ABILITY TO GET FROM ONE SIDE OF, UH, THE TOWN TO THE OTHER AS THEY CROSS ACROSS MIDWAY.
SO DEFINITELY, UH, LOTS OF COMMENTS WE RECEIVED LAST WORK SESSION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING, UH, THOSE AS A PART OF THE OVERALL DASHBOARD.
A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE C SECOND, AND CHRIS FOR THE SECOND.
REALLY QUICK ON THE DRAW AT THAT TIME IS NICE WORK.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[d. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution revising and approving the City Council's Rules and Procedures and providing an effective date.]
D PRESENT DISCUSSING, CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION, REVISING AND APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES AND PROCEDURES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.ALRIGHT, EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL VALENCIA GARCIA, CITY SECRETARY, HERE TO DISCUSS CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, SO JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
IT STANDARDIZES OUR PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES REGARDING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AGENDAS, UM, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS, CODES OF CONDUCT, AND MEETING AND STAFF RELATIONS WITH COUNCIL.
UM, SO THE MOST RECENT UPDATES OCCURRED IN 2017 AND 2024.
UM, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE BRING IT FORWARD TO A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THEM AGAIN.
UM, SO WE DID THAT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, COUNCIL PROVIDED FEEDBACK FOR THE UPDATES DURING A WORK SESSION, AND THEN WE HAVE THEM HERE FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
UH, SO MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL DO THIS LIKE WE DID THE WORK SESSION AND STEP THROUGH EACH SECTION OF, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT, LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED, AND THEN GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK AS WE GO.
OKAY, SO THE FIRST SECTION, IT COVERS OUR MEETINGS, UM, OUR DIFFERENT TYPES WHEN THEY OCCUR, HOW THEY ARE CALLED.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY CHANGES MADE TO SECTION ONE FOR MEETINGS, UM, AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE HERE UNLESS COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
SO OUR AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS AND MEETING AGENDA DEVELOPMENT, UH, PACKET POSTING AND DISTRIBUTION TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO ONE THING WE DID ADD HERE, UH, IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THE WORK SESSION IS THAT OUR AGENDA ITEMS WILL NOW INDICATE THE SPONSORS OF THE ITEMS. SO ITEMS SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL INCLUDE THAT INDICATION IN THE CAPTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
UM, ALL CITY MANAGERS ITEM WILL BE NOTED IN THE AGENDA MEMO, AND WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK.
SO HERE WE HAVE, UM, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR COUNCIL SPONSORED ITEMS. SO IN THE AGENDA CAPTIONS, IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE SPONSORS OF THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, WE ALREADY DO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE PRESENTATION FOR THE ITEMS. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING HERE IS WE'RE ADDING THIS TO THE CAPTION, SO IT WILL SHOW UP ON THE AGENDA FOR CITY MANAGER ITEMS. UM, THE ONE THING WE CHANGED HERE IS THAT WE'RE ADDING THAT THIS IS FROM THE CITY MANAGER, SO THAT'LL APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA MEMO.
SO THIS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE CAPTION.
UH, FOR THIS, IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR FEEDBACK ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO SECTIONS? OKAY.
SO SECTION THREE COVERS OUR COUNCIL MEETING PROCEDURES.
UM, SO IT JUST DISCUSSES THE MAYOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PRESIDING OFFICER.
UM, AGENDA ITEM PRESENTATIONS, HOW WE MOVE THROUGH COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, HOW WE DO MOTIONS AND VOTING, UH, CLOSED SESSION PROCEDURES, AND THEN REMOTE ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO, UH, FROM THIS, FROM THE WORK SESSION IN JANUARY, WE HAD NO CHANGES FOR SECTION THREE.
SO SECTION FOUR COVERS OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS.
UH, SO THIS IS REALLY OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, HOW WE HANDLE IN-PERSON COMMENTS AND THEN WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE INCORPORATED THE ALREADY EXISTING PUBLIC COMMENT GUIDELINES THAT THE TOWN USES AND DISPLAYS, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE ARE JUST ADDING THINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST INTO OUR COUNCIL, UH, RULES AND PROCEDURES, DOCUMENTS.
SO THIS JUST REALLY DISCUSSES, UM, HOW CITIZENS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT,
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WHAT COUNCIL CAN DO AND ANY KIND OF ANY ESCALATION, UM, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.AND THEN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ON THIS SECTION? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, SECTION FIVE IS OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
UM, SO IT JUST SAYS THAT MARION COUNCIL WILL ABIDE BY THE TOWN'S CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH IS ALSO IN THE TOWN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AND THEN ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, UM, TALKS ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST AFFIDAVITS AND PROCEDURES FOR VOTES WHERE THERE'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS SECTION DURING THE WORK SESSION IN JANUARY.
SECTION SIX COVERS COUNCIL AND STAFF RELATIONS.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF DISCUSSES OUR PROCEDURES FOR AGENDA QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN GENERAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UM, AND ESTABLISHES THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR, UH, TOWN STAFF AND INTERACTIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SECTION SEVEN IS COUNCIL MEDIA RELATIONS.
SO JUST NOTING THAT OUR AGENDAS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND PROVIDED TO INTERESTED MEDIA IN ADVANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THEN DESIGNATES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICIAL RESPONSES TO, UH, MEDIA INQUIRIES.
UH, WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO SECTION SIX OR SEVEN OF THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AS A REQUEST WE DID, UH, ADD AN APPENDIX THAT COVERS MOTION TYPES, DEFINITIONS AND USES.
SO, UM, IT'LL JUST BE HANDY WITH THAT DOCUMENT.
UM, JUST COVERS ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOTIONS AND HOW THOSE WORK.
OKAY WITH THAT, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? THANK YOU.
MARLON, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU, WE'VE ADDED THESE MOTIONS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
I MEAN, WE ALL CAN GO TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, BUT THAT WAS NICE, NICE AND QUICK AND BRIEF AND, AND, UH, THE MOST, UH, USED MOTIONS AND VERY HELPFUL.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO.
UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION FOR, FOR VALENCIA, BUT JUST COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
JUST, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON ON MY MIND A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF OBSERVATIONS FROM, FROM WHERE I SIT AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE SAME THING.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO TO RUN IT PAST YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST FOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO FROM WHERE I SIT, FROM WHERE I'M SITTING, SEEMS TO ME LIKE SOME OF OUR MEETINGS RUN UNNECESSARILY LONG AND I THINK THAT COULD BE ALLEVIATED IF, IF, IF SOMETIMES WE THINK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING.
'CAUSE FOR ME, THE WAY, THE WAY I LOOK AT THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION IS I WANT TO GET INFORMATION, ASK QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP ME MAKE A DECISION.
ONCE I HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO HELP ME MAKE A DECISION.
I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO ELABORATE, UM, MUCH MORE THAN THAT OR ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE SOMETIMES MAYBE JUST CURIOSITY QUESTIONS.
MAYBE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT MAYBE I CAN STILL FIND OUT AT, AT A LATER TIME, BUT MAYBE DOESN'T INVOLVE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE AND ALL THE STAFF.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE IN THESE MEETINGS, IS, IS THE NEXT QUESTION OR COMMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE? IS IT, DOES IT ADD TO TO MY DECISION MAKING ABILITY? UM, OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT? AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UH, CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, I I I TRY TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE, THE PUBLIC THAT COME TO OUR MEETINGS, THAT, THAT SOMETIMES THEY MAY, MAYBE THEY THINK THEY'RE SITTING TOO LONG AT THE MEETINGS AND IT SHOULD MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER.
UH, I ALSO THINK ABOUT STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW SOME OF OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, SHOWED UP AT SIX O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND SO THEY'RE ON, YOU KNOW, WORKING INTO THEIR DOUBLE DOUBLE SHIFT OF THE DAY.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT, OKAY, I'M NOT CALLING ANYBODY OUT OR, OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S, THAT'S WEIGHED ON MY MIND THAT, THAT I'VE OBSERVED, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE, THE PEOPLE THAT SOMETIMES WILL LOOK AT THESE RECORDINGS OF THESE, OF THESE MEETINGS, WHICH IT'S NOT A VERY BIG NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WATCH THESE, THESE VIDEOS IS AS YOU ALL LIKELY KNOW, UH, BUT SOME PEOPLE THAT I THINK WILL WATCH THEM FROM TIME TO TIME WILL BE, UM, A DEVELOPER THAT'S CONSIDERING COMING TO ADDISON.
THEY SEE KIND OF HOW THE COUNCIL WORKS, HOW THEY'RE, WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR MINDSET IS LIKE, AND KIND OF HOW THEY'RE POSITIONED.
UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT HELPS 'EM TO MAKE A DECISION.
IS THAT A A AN ENVIRONMENT, A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THAT'S GOING TO WORK WELL FOR ME AS A DEVELOPER COMING IN TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING IN ADDISON AND INVEST A LOT OF MONEY HERE.
OR IS IT, OR IS IT AN UNFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT OR EVEN HOSTILE THAT THAT WOULD MAKE THEM CONSIDER LIKE OTHERWISE? SO THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S, THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT DEFINITELY IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE, UH,
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AT THOSE VIDEOS.AND I BELIEVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WILL LOOK AT THEM ARE POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT BE COMING, LOOKING FOR A DIRECTOR'S JOB OR A MANAGER JOB OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, I THINK FOR THE SAME REASON TO SEE WHAT'S THAT, WHAT'S THAT WORK ENVIRONMENT GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN I GET, WHEN I GET TO, TO ADDISON, IF I GET, IF I GET HIRED AND THAT THAT COULD AFFECT THEIR DECISION AS WELL IS DUE, IS IT IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE FOR THEM, COULD WE BE BE MISSING OUT ON SOMEBODY ON THAT END? THAT COULD, WOULD REALLY BE A GREAT, UH, ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
SO, UM, I'M JUST THINKING 'CAUSE I, BECAUSE I HAVE, I'VE SEEN THINGS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT REALLY HAVE, AT TIMES MADE ME FEEL LIKE THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS TO STAFF, EVEN COMMENTS TO, UM, UM, A APPLICANTS, UH, COMMENTS EVEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNCIL SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GET, WE GET A LITTLE, HE A LITTLE HEATED WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I, I'M, I'M, I'M PROBABLY JUST AS MUCH A BLAME, BUT, AND, AND I TRY TO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH MY MY TONE AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE ALL KEEP THAT DECORUM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, TO, TO KEEP THE, KEEP THE PROFESSION PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE OF OUR COUNCIL AND OUR TOWN BECAUSE WE DO IT IT WITH EVERY WORD WE, WE MAKE UP HERE.
WE SAY WE ARE REPRESENTING THE TOWN.
SO, UH, I WOULD JUST ASK Y'ALL TO, TO, TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND CONSIDER IT AND, AND BE MINDFUL AS WE GO FORWARD.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M CONSTANTLY WORKING TO TRY TO TRY TO BE BETTER, UH, AT MY ROLE HERE.
STILL KNOW, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE SOME OBSERVATIONS AND, AND ALSO SOME INTERNAL THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE SERVING OVER SEVEN YEARS AND, AND ALSO, UH, WATCHING, OBSERVING FOR A FEW YEARS BEFORE AND, AND ONE YEAR OFF.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA SUGGEST TO ALL OF US IS, IS, UH, IN ANY FUTURE COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS, UM, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO READ THE AGENDA.
NOT EVERYTHING'S ON THE AGENDA.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GONNA LEAD YOU TO GO OUT TO A PROPERTY OR TALK TO SOME PEOPLE TO FIND OUT MORE.
BUT THE, THE MORE WE CAN, WE CAN ALL ABSORB THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET HERE, THE BETTER.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND WE, WE JUST CAN'T, UM, HOLD THOSE TO ESPECIALLY COMPLEX QUESTIONS.
WE CAN'T HOLD THOSE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
UM, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE, ALL WE DON'T WANNA DO IS ASK STAFF A QUESTION THAT THEY'RE UNPREPARED FOR AND THEY UNFORTUNATELY SAY, I DON'T, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER MEMORIZED IN MY HEAD.
AND SO, UM, IF WE CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, LIKE WE'RE CAPABLE OF, UM, WITH OUR PROCESS, EMAIL THOSE INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, GET THOSE ANSWERS, THOSE ARE INCREDIBLY VALUE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU GET THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SEE THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND SEE THOSE ANSWERS.
AND THAT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY POWERFUL IN OUR, UM, IN OUR INFORMATIONAL GATHERING PROCESS.
UM, THE OTHER, THE, THE, THE SECOND THING I'M GONNA SAY IS, UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, IT'S TAKEN ME A LITTLE WHILE TO LEARN, UM, BECAUSE I MADE THIS MISTAKE IS, UM, I VIEW THIS AS WE'RE WE'RE DOING BUSINESS HERE ON THE DAIS.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, IS, UM, UM, NOT HERE TO REALLY ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE AND LIKE WIN THE CROWD OVER HERE.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I, I DON'T FEEL THE NEED THAT I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING BACK TO, TO, TO THE CROWD FROM SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S NOT DOING BUSINESS.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT HERE WITHIN THE DIE.
SO THAT'S JUST, JUST JUST THE WAY I THINK.
AND, UM, AND, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF US SHARING THOUGHTS AND, AND IF WE TRY TO INTERJECT AND INTERRUPT, AND SOMETIMES WE ALL WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE SOMETHING'S, SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T LIKE OR RUBBED US THE WRONG WAY OR WE DON'T BELIEVE IT, OR I JUST, I THINK, UM, WE JUST NE NEED TO LET PEOPLE TALK AND WE LISTEN TO THEM WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THAT OR ALL IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE INTERRUPTING AND INTERJECTING, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB LISTENING.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, UM, UM, MY THOUGHTS.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER IDEA RELATED TO SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE MAYOR, MAYOR'S, UH, THOUGHTS ON HOW DO WE, UH, HAVE MORE PRODUCTIVE, UM, MEETINGS.
AND, AND WE'VE GOT, THE OTHER THING I'M GONNA ADD IS, UM, IN SEVEN YEARS OF COUNCIL WORK, I, I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A GROUP WHERE EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS THE AGENDA.
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IS AWESOME.AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
IT'S, IT'S NOT THIS, THIS, THIS, HOWARD AND I ARE ALWAYS DOING THE SAME THING, OR DARREN AND I ARE VOTING OR DOING ALL THE SAME THING.
IT'S, UM, THAT THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
AND SO, UM, BUT, BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, IT CONTRIBUTES TO, TO MORE AGENDA ITEMS. AND I SEE US WORKING THROUGH THOSE, AND I THINK, I HOPE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF CATCHING UP TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT BACKLOGGED SO MUCH.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD ON HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HAVE MORE PRODUCTIVE, UM, MEETINGS.
THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS, MARLON.
AND, AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT IS THAT IT, IT IS A GOOD COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS AND, UM, IT, IT HAS CERTAINLY ADDED TO, UM, OUR WORKLOAD AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD ON THE SCHEDULE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAY UP AND, AND GET ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS WE THAT WE'VE GOT ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING BUSINESS FROM THE DAIS.
WE'RE DOING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS HERE.
UH, ME, FOR ONE, HAVE, HAVE TRULY ENJOYED THE ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THE TIME WE'VE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THERE'S BEEN SOME TIMES WHEN IT'S GOTTEN LATE AT NIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'VE GOTTEN TIRED AND IRRITABLE AND, AND SNAPPED.
BUT THE ROBUST CONVERSATION IS ONE THING THAT I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED.
AND I, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR, UM, REALLY NOT TRYING TO CUT OFF THE ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I THINK YOU DO A, A VERY GOOD JOB OF US BEING ABLE TO GET THIS OUT.
UH, WE ARE MAKING MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DECISIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S MONEY FROM HERE.
WE ARE, UH, TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT OUR TOWN FOR DECADES TO COME.
UH, AND I THINK IF IT TAKES 15 MINUTES OR AN HOUR LONGER, I'M HERE.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SAY THE MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN AND I'LL BE HOME BY EIGHT 30.
UM, WE DO HAVE PRETTY PACKED AGENDAS AND IF, IF THE MEETINGS ARE TRYING TO GO TOO LONG, MAYBE WE LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE TO NOT HAVING SO MANY AGENDA ITEMS AND MAYBE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING ALONG THE WAY SOMEWHERE.
BUT, UM, TO, TO CUT SHORT ANY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON ANY OF THIS AND NOT GET EVERYONE'S IDEAS OUT AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE TRULY TRYING TO DIG DOWN TO THE ROOT OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY WISELY.
UM, I I, I HAVE HAD NO HEARTBURN ABOUT THE LENGTH OF ANY OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, SO FAR.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT HAVEN'T BEEN LONG.
BUT, UH, I APPLAUD YOU FOR, FOR, UH, ALLOWING AND ENCOURAGING, UH, CONVERSATION ALONG THE WAY AND DIGGING THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYONE ON THIS DIET FOR THE WAY THEY ASK QUESTIONS, THE WAY THEY RESEARCH THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS COMING IN UNPREPARED.
AND THE, BECAUSE WE ARE PREPARED IS THE REASON WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, I THINK, UH, TO, TO DRILL DOWN AND TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, UH, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, I, I ENJOY THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION AND, UH, WE'VE REALLY NOT HAD DEBATES.
IT'S QUESTION AND ANSWER, BUT I THINK THE STAFF DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS, BEING PREPARED AND ANTICIPATING MOST OF OUR QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, I LOVE THE WAY WE DO IT.
THANK YOU, RANDY, WITH THAT, MAYOR WITH THAT ALL MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE D.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION AND A SECOND FROM DARREN AND DISCUSSION.
YES, MAYOR, I'VE GOT, UH, SOME DISCUSSION I WANNA SHARE.
I, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE, THE WORK WE PUT IN THIS TO GET IT THIS FAR.
I DO HAVE ONE, ONE THOUGHT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH A GROUP THAT I WOULD LOVE TO ADD TO THIS IF THE GROUP CARES TO DO THAT, IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ITEMS. WE'VE HAD TO MOVE SOME ITEMS AND, AND, UM, UH, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
BUT, BUT SOMETIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST GONE LONG, LONG INTO THE NIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE HUMIRA ABOUT HUMIRA IS YOU AT ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF HOURS WHERE WE GET MENTALLY FRIED.
YOU, YOU, YOU'RE GOOD ABOUT SHUTTING IT DOWN.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE MAKING DECISION MAKING WHEN WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
BUT, BUT THAT HAS CALLED, CAUSED US TO, TO, TO PUSH SOME ITEMS INTO ANOTHER MEETING.
AND THEN, AND EVEN THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, WE PULLED SOME, SOME ITEMS FOR, FOR VARIOUS INTERNAL REASONS THAT MADE SENSE.
UM, THE THOUGHT IS THIS IS WHEN WE GET
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INTO THAT SITUATION RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN, UM, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER SAYING, HEY, I'M GONNA PULL WHATEVER THE ITEM, UH, MY THOUGHT IS WHAT, WHAT IF WE JUST, UM, ADDRESS THAT ITEM WITH SOMETHING LIKE THE MAYOR SAYING, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE OUT OF TIME, AND I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM.OR, OR EVEN THE MAYOR, UH, MAKING THE MOTION, HEY, I, I WOULD, UH, LIKE US TO CON, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL INDEFINITELY OR UNTIL A SCHEDULED MEETING DATE.
AND THEN WE COULD JUST SIMPLY, UH, SECOND DISCUSS AND JUST POSTPONE THAT ITEM IF WE VOTE TO DO THAT, AND THEN REFLECT THAT IN THE MINUTES.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING RATHER THAN, UM, ANY ONE PERSON JUST PULLING AN ITEM, IF YOU WILL, PUSHING AN ITEM I SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC.
UM, THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT, IT IS KIND OF A MISSING GAP BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS MADE, UM, IN, IN ALL GOOD INTENT.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE TRANSPARENCY IF WE DO, UM, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF WE SHOULD POSTPONE THESE THINGS.
EVEN THE MAYOR SAYING, UH, I, MY MOTION, WE POSTPONE THESE THINGS FOR THIS REASON, UM, HOPEFULLY TO A DESIGNATED MEETING.
AND THEN THE, THE, WE COULD HAVE THE DUE PROCESS AS NORMAL.
SO THEN YOU MADE A, A MOTION AS ARE YOU, UH, YEAH, I JUST, I'LL GIVE MY 2 CENTS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, Y'ALL HAVE THAT ABILITY.
SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE CURRENT RULES TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
I THINK IT'S JUST MORE, AS LONG AS THE MAYOR UNDERSTANDS THAT'S DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL, UM, THEN WE CAN PROCEED THAT WAY, NOT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE AN ACTUAL FORMAL CHANGE TO THE RULES.
AND THE SAME FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
WHENEVER, WHENEVER THERE'S SOMETHING HE WOULD, HE, LIKE HE DOES, HE ADVISES US.
AND SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE JUST SAY, OKAY, UH, UNDER ADVISEMENT, UM, UH, DAVID SAYS SOMETHING, WHATEVER, I, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UM, WHATEVER THAT MOTION IS, CORRECT.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
UH, IF, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT A CONSENSUS THAT WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT PROCESS? I AM, I AM.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, NICOLE.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL DO OUR ITEM SIX.
AND THEN WE HAVE, IS THAT ALL WE HAVE WORK SESSION? WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS, YES.
SO WE'LL WRAP UP OUR REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS.
[6. 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.]
SO ITEM SIX, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO, UH, SHARE EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCE INFORMATION, ET CETERA.
UH, AND MARLON, I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON DOWN THERE.
UH, YEAH, TOMORROW MORNING AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
IT'S A COME AND GO MEET AND GREET FOR OUR NEW REC, ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT, UH, BRIAN, BRIAN CHAPIN.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A, A BIG TURNOUT THERE.
AND, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR, OUR, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THIS, UH, KNOWS THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BE AT THE A ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB TOGETHER, UH, TOMORROW MORNING.
ANYBODY ELSE? IT'S ON THURSDAY, NOT TOMORROW.
UH, YEAH, I JUST WANNA SHARE, UH, THIS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO, UH, SOME, DO A WELCOME TO A GROUP THAT'S OVER AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL IN ADDISON.
AND IT'S THE, THE AMERICA SERVICE COMMISSIONS.
AND IT'S A, IT'S A GROUP OF, UH, THERE WAS ABOUT 850 PEOPLE IN TOWN FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS CONFERENCE FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND THEY WORK FOR VARIOUS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AMERICORPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND, UH, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME, UH, A GREETING AND WELCOME TO ADDISON.
AND PRIOR TO MY DOING THAT, I WAS TALKING TO, UH, TO ONE OF THE GUYS IN CHARGE OF THE GROUP.
AND, AND HE, UH, I I WAS ASKED HIM, DO THEY, WHERE DO YOU, DO YOU HOLD IT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS EVERY YEAR? IN, EVERY YEAR WE DO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND, UH, LA LAST YEAR THEY WERE IN ATLANTA AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER LAST YEAR HERE IN ADDISON, UH, SUJI RAO, OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, SHE WON THAT VOLUN THAT GOVERNOR'S AWARD.
UH, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT THAT AWARD WAS, BUT IT WAS ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE.
AND SHE WENT TO AUSTIN AND I THINK SHE MET THE FIRST LADY OF, UH, TEXAS TO DOWN THERE FOR THAT.
AND, AND SO THESE, THESE FOLKS ARE VERY WELL CONNECTED WITH
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THAT AND VERY WELL, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASED OUT OF AUSTIN, THE TEXAS GROUP IS, AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT COMING TO ADDISON, HE SAID, HE SAID, BECAUSE SHE WON THAT AWARD LAST YEAR, THAT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THEM DECIDING TO COME HERE TO ADDISON THIS YEAR.SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, THAT SUSHI'S GREAT WORK THAT SHE DOES EVERY DAY PAID OFF.
AND WE GOT THIS 850 ROOM, 800, 850, UH, PERSON GROUP, UH, THEY STARTED TODAY AND THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL FINISH UP, UH, MIDDAY ON THURSDAY, SO THEY'LL BE HERE SPENDING SOME TIME AND MONEY IN ADDISON.
SO I APPLAUD SUJI FOR HER HARD WORK IN ADDISON.
SO, UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, ONE QUICK THING, JUST BECAUSE I, I'VE ALWAYS SEE IT AND I NEVER REALLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT.
I'D LIKE TO SORT OF THANK, UM, CADENCE HOMES AND AMIE JUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ON MIDWAY ROAD, AT TREE HOUSE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG AND SHAPING UP NICELY.
YEAH, THE PARK PROPERTY LOOKS INCREDIBLE BACK THERE.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING HERE? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'LL ADJOURN OUR REGULAR MEETING AND WE WILL MOVE IT BACK INTO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. DOES, ARE EVERYBODY OKAY TO KEEP PROCEEDING FORWARD? MM-HMM
[a. Present and discuss the festivals and events to be produced before October 1, 2026.]
UH, ITEM SIX, A PRESENTED, DISCUSSED THE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TO BE PRODUCED BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER.
UM, THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME, UM, THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, AT THE FEBRUARY 24TH WORK SESSION, WE PROVIDED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF CONCEPTS TO SUPPORT OUR RESTAURANTS YEAR ROUND.
WE DID RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING BACK CONCEPTS AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
BUT TONIGHT WE'LL FOCUS ON THOSE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE PRODUCED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE PRESENTED THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW CONCEPTS, WE BROKE THE YEAR UP INTO DIFFERENT QUARTERS.
I'LL ACTUALLY START WITH Q2, WHICH COVERS APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
UM, WE JUST HOSTED TASTE ON THE TARMAC, KICK IT IN.
ADDISON IS COMING, AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME THINGS AROUND AMERICA.
TASTE ON THE TARMAC WAS HOSTED ON APRIL 2ND.
UM, SUPER EXCITED TO BE HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL OF THAT EVENT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR WHY AND WHY WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS EVENT, PART OF OUR BRAND IDENTITY IS THAT WE DO HAVE OVER 200 RESTAURANTS IN OUR 4.4 SQUARE MILE TOWN IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT OUR FUTURE CULINARY LEADERS.
UM, TASTE ON THE TARMAC DOES EXACTLY THAT.
IT FOCUSES ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY STUDENTS, UM, THAT WERE THIS YEAR PART OF CARROLLTON FARMER'S BRANCH, ISD, DALLAS, ISD, AND PLANO, ISD.
IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MENTORED UNDER SOME OF OUR CELEBRITIES IN TOWN.
OUR VERY OWN, UM, RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, AS WELL AS YLI MARSHALL.
HE WAS OUR ONLY C CHOCOLATIER IN TOWN.
WERE PART OF THE EVENT TO REALLY GIVE THESE KIDS SORT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GET IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING.
IT ALSO GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN A MAJOR WAY.
FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE RAISED BY THE SALE OF THE TICKETS ACTUALLY GO BACK TO OUR METROCREST SERVICES PANTRY.
AND THE EVENT ISN'T OVER THIS THURSDAY.
WE DO OUR CHECK PRESENTATION AND THE WINNING TEAM ACTUALLY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A GIVE BACK DAY AT THE PANTRY.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE THERE ON THURSDAY HOSTING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT COSTCO WHEN YOU'VE GOT SAMPLES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
UM, THE WINNING TEAM WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE SAMPLES TO THE GUESTS THAT ARE SHOPPING IN THE PANTRY.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED, UM, TO HOST THAT EVENT AND WE'LL WRAP THAT UP THIS THURSDAY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT JUNE, I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THE WORLD WILL BE WELCOMING FIFA.
UM, ADDISON IS WELCOMING THE WORLD WITH THE CONCEPT OF KICK IT IN ADDISON.
THE IDEA, UM, IS AROUND OFF, UH, FIFA AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THE A FEW CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE THROWING AROUND IS THAT WE WOULD HOST, UM, A 17 DAY WATCH PARTY, IF YOU WILL.
WE'LL HAVE A LARGE VIDEO SCREEN, UM, ON THE, UH, IN THE ELLIPSE AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND THEN WE HAVE, OF THE 17 DAYS, WE HAVE SEVEN THAT WILL HAVE ENHANCED ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN THE OTHER 10 DAYS WE'LL JUST HAVE A SCREEN OUT IN THE PARK.
UM, AND WE WILL MARKET AND PROMOTE FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND WORK AND PLAY THROUGHOUT, UM, THE COURSE OF JUNE 11TH THROUGH JUNE 27TH, YOU'LL SEE THAT INITIAL CONCEPTS HAVE THE OPENING WEEKEND WHERE WE HAVE JUNE 11TH THROUGH THE 14TH.
THAT WILL BE THEMED OUT, UM, THURSDAY, MEXICO KICKS OFF THE TOURNAMENT.
UM, AND SO THE THEME OF OUR DAY WILL BE GLOSSO, UH, FRIDAY, THE USA ACTUALLY PLAYS, AND SO THAT WILL BE THEMED AROUND AMERICA TWO 50 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE JUST FULL OF GAMES BOTH DAYS.
AND SO SOCCER SATURDAY AND FOOTBALL SUNDAY WILL ROUND OUT THAT OPENING WEEKEND.
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THE FOLLOWING DAYS THAT WE WILL ACTIVATE, WE'RE CHOOSING TO DO THURSDAY ALL DAY FOOTBALL, THE THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH AND JUNE 25TH.GAMES, UM, WILL BE, UH, USA GAMES.
AND THEN FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, THE USA PLAYS AT 2:00 PM SO WE'LL PROMOTE THAT AS A WORK PLAY FRIDAY KIND OF DAY.
UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT THE PLANS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE HOST, UM, IS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE'RE REAL, REAL CLOSE TO FINALIZING THAT, BUT WANTED YOU TO SEE SORT OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WERE COMING, UM, TO FRUITION AROUND THAT EVENT.
ALSO IN JUNE, YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THE WORLD CUP AMERICA IS CELEBRATING ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ACTIVATIONS THAT WILL BE OUT ON THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS AS WELL.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY ACTIVATIONS BY WAY OF AN ACTUAL FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED, UM, A TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT WE DID THROUGH THE AMERICA TWO 50, UM, ORGANIZATION.
AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY SPECIFIC TO TEXAS.
THAT EXHIBIT WILL POP UP HERE AT TOWN HALL IN THE LOBBY SPACE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL POP UP AGAIN OUT AT KABOOM TOWN PROPER FOR OUR GUESTS TO SEE IT THERE.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE AMER, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
WE HAVE SECURED ALL 50 OF OUR US FLAGS TO INCLUDE THE US TERRITORIES.
THE CONCEPT IS AROUND OUR PATRIOTIC PERGOLA, WHERE WE WILL HANG THE, THE FLAGS OF ALL OF OUR 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY JOIN THE US.
AND SO THE ART INSTALLATION, IF YOU WILL, WILL TELL A STORY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF, UM, A PERIOD OF TIME TO BE DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S LOANING US THE FLAGS.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO POPPING UP, UM, ANOTHER EXHIBIT TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE OUR VERY OWN HOMETOWN HEROES.
THESE ARE OUR ADDISON VETERANS.
WE'VE ALSO SECURED THE FLAGS FROM ALL OF THE MILITARY BRANCHES.
AND SO PORTRAITS OF OUR OWN, OWN HOMETOWN HEROES WILL BE ON DISPLAY THROUGH CO BOON TOWN AS WELL.
THAT TAKES US INTO Q3, WHICH COVERS THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND SEPTEMBER.
UM, KABOOM TOWN, ONE OF OUR, UM, BIGGER NATIONALLY RANKED EVENTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ADDISON OCTOBER FEST IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, ADDISON CO OCTOBER, OR I'M SORRY, ADDISON KABOOM TOWN, UM, IS ALSO BEING HOSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMERICA TWO 50.
SO A LOT OF THE CONCEPTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT WILL STILL BE UP AND ON DISPLAY FOR THE JULY 3RD CELEBRATION.
UM, WE HAVE THE AIR SHOW THAT'S BEING PLANNED AND IN THE WORKS, THE FIREWORKS ARE READY TO LAUNCH AS WELL.
UM, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT VOTING FOR, WE WERE NOMINATED ONCE AGAIN BY USA TODAY FOR THEIR TOP 10 LIST AND VOTING ACTUALLY BEGAN YESTERDAY.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE HOSTING ADDISON OCTOBER FEST, SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 20TH THIS YEAR.
UM, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE, THE FESTIVAL ITSELF WAS SELECTED.
IT'S ONE OF 27 FESTIVALS THAT'LL BE FEATURED AT THE STATE MUSEUM IN AUSTIN.
WE ARE HONORED TO BE FEATURED THERE.
THE EXHIBIT ACTUALLY OPENS APRIL 25TH AND WILL BE UP THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27TH.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE FEATURED THERE.
A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND OCTOBER FEST RIGHT NOW IS, UM, A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND RESEARCHING SECURING OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
UM, WHEN WE WERE SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THE EXHIBIT IN AUSTIN, WE ASKED THEM WHY ADDISON OCTOBER FEST WAS SELECTED.
AND THEY SAID IT WAS FOR THREE REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, WE'RE THE ONLY TEXAS OCTOBER FEST THAT HAS A LIVE GLOCK AND SPIEL.
WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY OCTOBER FEST THAT BUILDS A STADIUM FOR OUR BEER GAMES.
AND WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY OCTOBER FEST THAT HOSTS TEXAS CRAFT BEER.
SO A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND PROMOTING THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THIS YEAR'S EVENTS WILL REALLY LEAN INTO THAT TEXAS FLARE TO INCLUDE, UM, SOME COMPONENTS OF A RODEO.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE'RE WILLING TO SHARE AT THIS POINT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR WORLD CUP AND I'VE KNOWN THAT I'VE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANTS AND BARS THAT ARE ALSO DOING SOME CERTAIN THINGS.
SO JUST FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT WANT TO COME OUT AND HANG OUT OUTSIDE, ARE WE GONNA, DO WE HAVE A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THAT THAT'S GOING ON IN ADDISON SO WE CAN AT LEAST MAYBE CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN A DIFFERENT WAY? YES, SIR.
UM, MARKETING IS WORKING ON A LANDING PAGE WHERE KICK IT AND ADDISON, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS, UM, AND FACILITIES IN TOWN WILL BE HOSTING SOME SORT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUTSIDERS TO ENGAGE IN.
UM, ON MY TOWN, MY TIME ON COUNCIL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE FESTIVALS AND FAIR, UH, FEES AND POSSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, REVENUE RETURN ON THESE.
WHO, WHO IS THE ACTUAL SPONSOR
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OF TASTE ON THE TARMAC? TASTE ON THE TARMAC THIS YEAR ON ENCORE WAS A SPONSOR.THEY CAME IN LATE, UM, WITH THE DISCONTINUATION OF TASTE ADDISON.
WE WERE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THE DELIVERABLES ON THEIR SPONSORSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THEY DID COME IN THE DAY BEFORE, UM, AS A FINANCIAL SPONSOR FOR THAT EVENT.
BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD, OR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE ADMITTANCE FEES LOW OR WE WON'T HAVE ANYBODY COME.
I I SEE A $75 ADMITTANCE FEE FOR TASTE ON THE TARMAC.
WE, UH, A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS ACTUALLY GO TO THE BENEFICIARY OF THE EVENT.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST STRICTLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE EVENT.
A PORTION OF OUR TICKET SALES DO GO BACK TO METROCREST SERVICES.
SO FOR ALL OF OUR FESTIVALS, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING SOMETHING MORE THAN A $15 FEE FOR A CONCERT AND EVERYTHING? AND EVEN IF SOME OF IT GOES TO A CHARITY, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
BUT, BUT HAVING SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, A $75 TICKET IS FAIRLY STOUT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, SO I APPLAUD YOU OR FOR WHOEVER DID THAT TO, TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO GET SOME FUNDING IN ON THAT.
SO, UH, HOMETOWN HEROES, YOU MENTIONED PICTURES THAT WILL BE AROUND OF OUR LOCAL VETERANS.
OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, ARE VETERANS, UM, WILL HAVE PORTRAITS THAT ARE A PART OF AN EXHIBIT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR BRANCH OF SERVICE.
UM, AND WE'LL PUT THAT UP FOR THE, UM, FOR DESIGNATED DURATION ON ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES.
WHY DO WE NOT EXTEND THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER, UM, DISCUSSED WHEN WE, UH, THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT I'VE WANTED TO BRING UP ON THIS COUNCIL SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HONOR OUR LOCAL VETERANS FAR MORE THAN WE DO.
UH, SO FAR AS THAT, EVEN IN OUR ARTWORK, UH, AROUND TOWN, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MONUMENTS TO OUR SERVICE BRANCHES.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED THAT LIVE IN ADDISON, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE LEFT US, BLESS THEIR HEART, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EXTENDED TO RESIDENT VETERANS.
UH, MAYBE A WIDOW HAS A PICTURE OF HER HUSBAND SERVING THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HONORED.
AND I THINK, UH, DURING OUR KABOOM TOWN AND THIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY, I THINK WE OWE THAT TO OUR VETERANS.
SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US EXTEND, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, AND PASS THE WORD TO TRY TO GET SOME PICTURES FROM, FROM RESIDENTS IN ON THIS.
WE WILL DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENT? UH, DARREN, UH, SO, UH, I, I, I KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS THAT ALSO OUR RESIDENCE AS WELL.
WHAT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT HOMETOWN, HOMETOWN HEROES EXHIBIT LOOK LIKE? IS IT, UM, IT, IS IT IN THE, THE, UH, FOYER OUT HERE, OR, OR WHERE IS IT? THE, THE CONCEPT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD CURATE SOMEONE TO DO PORTRAITS, SO NOT JUST PICTURES FROM HOME.
THEY WOULD BE CURATED PORTRAITS THAT WE HAD, UM, A LOCAL ARTIST DEVELOP FOR US OR THAT WE WOULD HAVE PRINTED.
THERE WOULD BE A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT, UM, INITIALLY IN THE LOBBY, UM, OF TOWN HALL, UM, FOR A SET DURATION, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING, UM, IN THE AREA.
AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE THE PORTRAITS TO THE VETERANS AS A THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE EXPLORED FOR THE, UM, THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT ABOUT THE VETERANS.
UH, RANDY KIND OF GOT TO IT FIRST, BUT ON THE TASTE TARMAC TASTE ON THE TARMAC, SO ENCORE SPONSORED, WAS THERE A COST TO THE TOWN FOR THAT EVENT? YES, SIR.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT COST WAS? TOTAL BUDGET WAS $20,000.
SO, AND DOES THE $75 FEE OFFSET THAT AT ALL? OR IT OFFSETS IT? SOME, SOME SPONSORSHIP OFFSETS THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT, AND SOME GOES TO THE DONATION OF METROCREST, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
DOES GALAXY FBO JUST ALLOW US THEIR SPACE OR DO THEY SPONSOR IN SOME WAY TOO? THEIR SPONSORSHIP IS THE USE OF THE SPACE.
[b. Present and discuss the Town-observed holidays and the operational status of Town facilities in observance of these dates, including any proposed modifications to facility closures, with associated fiscal impact.]
SIX B, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAYS AND THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF TOWN FACILITIES AND OBSERVANCE OF THESE DATES, INCLUDING ANY PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITY CLOSURES WITH ASSOCIATED FISCAL IMPACT.ASHLEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ASHLEY WAKE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
SO TONIGHT'S TOPIC WAS ACTUALLY A COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEMS SPECIFICALLY BY MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TIM MARLON WILSON, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD, FREE TO DISCUSS THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF SOME OF OUR TOWN FACILITIES DURING SPECIFIC
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HOLIDAYS.SO SPECIFICALLY THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HALL.
WE'LL JUST LET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHY THEY WANTED THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO YEAH, THE REASON, UH, I CO-SPONSORED THIS IS, UH, I LOVE OUR ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
I'M ALMOST THERE EVERY DAY AND OVER THE YEARS I HEAR A LOT OF IDEAS AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHANNELED INTO, INTO THIS ITEM AS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, I'M ALSO, UH, THE LIAISON FOR THE WATER TOWER THEATER.
UM, AND THEY HAVE SHARED, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS ON, ON, UH, THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR THAT DAY, THAT NIGHT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE FOLLOWING DAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THAT KIND OF GO, GO WITH THEIR PROGRAMMING.
SO THAT, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS THE REASON THAT I CO-SPONSORED THIS.
AND, AND BASICALLY THE SAME FOR ME.
WE, WE HAD HAD, UH, CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THESE BUILDINGS BEING CLOSED AFTER THE HOLIDAYS OR DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT OR MAYBE MAKE A CHANGE.
THE SPECIFIC HOLIDAYS THAT WE'RE REFERENCING ARE INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHERE THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB WOULD BE OPEN IN THE MORNING FOR A HALF DAY LABOR DAY, WHERE THE A A C WOULD BE OPEN ALL DAY AS WELL AS VETERANS DAY.
THE A A C WOULD BE OPEN ALL DAY THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, BOTH THE ADDISON AND THE A A C WOULD BE OPEN ALL DAY, AND THEN ON CHRISTMAS EVE, A A C WOULD BE AGAIN, OPEN IN THE MORNING FOR A HALF DAY.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF OUR 13 COMPARATOR CITIES.
MOST CITIES RECREATION CENTERS ARE OPEN ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
DAY, LABOR DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY AND OR MEMORIAL DAY ONLY A FEW RECREATION CENTERS WERE OPEN THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
AND OF THE FEW CITIES WHO DO HAVE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS, MOST OF THEM WERE CLOSED SPECIFICALLY ON ALL CITY OR TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAYS, CURRENT PRACTICE.
SO BOTH THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND THE ADDISON ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED ON THESE HOLIDAYS, OF COURSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE OUTDOOR POOL, WHICH OPENS THE SATURDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND CLOSES FOR THE SEASON AFTER LABOR DAY.
AGAIN, THE CONSIDERATION IS TO OPEN A FEW PARTIAL DAYS IN THE MORNING AND THEN FULL DAYS AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, THE ONLY FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS TO STAFF THE FACILITIES.
THE ASSOCIATED COST ON THE SCREEN IS GONNA BE YOUR NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL.
SO THIS IS POTENTIAL OVERTIME COSTS AND BENEFITS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB FOR A MINIMUM STAFFING, BUT AGAIN, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BRIAN AND I WILL WORK TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THE STAFFING LEVEL NEEDED IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW FOR THE, AT ADDISON, WE'RE LOOKING AT REGULAR STAFFING LEVELS.
SO THIS IS THE COST ASSOCIATED IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD, AND I'LL LET ABBY COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TO THE ADDISON.
THANKSGIVING WEEK DOES PROVIDE, UM, OUR STAFF A BREAK AHEAD OF OUR DECEMBER AT THE ADDISON PROGRAMMING.
UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO BE OPEN FOR 51 OUT OF THE 52 WEEKS OUT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UM, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT WE DO AS BEST PRACTICES FOR THE FACILITY.
ONE STAFF MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO BE IN THE BUILDING AT ANY TIME WHEN WE HAVE A GROUP IN THERE THAT IS FOR SAFETY AND LIABILITY PURPOSES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STAFF MAKEUP, WE DO HAVE A THEATER MANAGER.
WE HAVE TWO TECH POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
ONE TECH POSITION IS VACANT AND CURRENTLY FROZEN AT THE TIME.
SO WE, UM, OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR SAT SUN SAT SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 11:00 PM FOR 51 WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE, THAT'S 84 TOTAL HOURS IN ONE WEEK.
WE HAVE TWO FULLTIME STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE FOUR HOURS TO SUPPLEMENT AND HELP WITH PROVIDING COVERAGE.
OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM IS FILLING IN, UM, FOR SOME OF THOSE GAPS TO ALLOW, UM, OUR, THE ADDISON TEAM TO TAKE A WEEKEND OR A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF.
IT ALLOWS, IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE, UM, VACATION OR BE SICK WHEN THEY ARE SICK.
UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT IS THERE ARE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE A STAFF MEMBER THERE.
I COVERED THE FACILITY LAST NIGHT.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WITH ME IS I AM NOT THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN SOUND AND AUDIO.
AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE WEEK.
THANKSGIVING WEEK ALLOWS US TO TAKE A BREAK AHEAD OF DECEMBER.
DECEMBER, IF YOU RECALL, WE JUST, UM, WE STARTED DOING DECEMBER WITH ADDISON PROGRAMMING, UM, TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.
UM, OUT OF THE 31 DAYS, WE ACTUALLY LIGHT UP ABOUT 23 OF THOSE 31 DAYS, AND THAT IS TOWN CURATED.
AND SO OUR STAFF IS WORKING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
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SO THE, THE THANKSGIVING WEEK, IF YOU WILL, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE A BREAK PRIOR TO DECEMBER.AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT LISTED THERE.
SO STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REQUESTED CHANGE TO THE FACILITY OPERATIONS ON THESE OBSERVED HOLIDAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
DAVID, DO YOU WANNA GO? YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE COMMENTS.
THEY'LL TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION ON, ON THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO LOOK AT THOSE DAYS AND I THINK THEY'RE, OBVIOUSLY, THE DATES THAT ARE THROWN OUT ARE, COULD LEAD TO A GOOD DISCUSSION.
I DO THINK I ASK YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE, UM, STAFF FROM THE THEATER AND THE, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, YOU KNOW, OVER 80 HOURS A WEEK.
WE JUST HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS COVERING THAT MEANS ABBY, NICOLE, AND THEN THE REST OF THE STAFF, WHICH IS JUST A FEW MORE FOLKS ARE THERE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
IT'S A, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT GOING INTO THIS, IT'S JUST A LOT OF TIME THAT THEY ARE THERE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO COVER JUST A FEW FOLKS AND AN ADDITIONAL NIGHT.
IT'S JUST ONE DAY, BUT IT DOES MEAN A LOT TO THEM AS THEY GO INTO DECEMBER.
WELL, ON THAT THOUGHT, AND I'M SORRY IF I, IF YOU KNOW, I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WW ARE, IS THERE STAFF IN THE THEATER WHEN THERE'S NOT A SHOW GOING ON WHENEVER THEY HAVE A SHOW OR A, A, UM, PRACTICE OR REHEARSAL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OKAY.
BUT IF, BUT THERE, IF THERE'S NOT A SHOW, IT'S NOT STAFFED IF IT'S, THERE'S NO SHOW OR REHEARSAL.
I, YOU CORRECT ME IF I ANYTHING? NOPE, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN, SO FOR MARLON AND HOWARD, WHY THESE DAYS? LIKE WHY, WHY OPEN ON LABOR DAY BUT NOT MEMORIAL DAY? UM, WHY, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THOSE DAYS? UH, I, I, THOSE WERE THE DAYS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
UM, WATER TOWER THEATER WAS REQUESTING THE FRIDAY AFTER, AFTER THANKSGIVING.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD THESE REQUESTS FROM, FROM, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, AS FAR AS THE HALF DAYS.
UM, THAT WAS JUST AN IDEA I CAME UP WITH, UM, UH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRIDAY, UH, JULY THE THIRD.
THAT'S NOT INDEPENDENCE DAY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE RECOGNIZING IT AS INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM AN EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT, UM, BECAUSE, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY FALLS ON A WEEKEND.
SO, BUT TO ANSWER MY QUESTION, LABOR DAY VERSUS MEMORIAL DAY, ONLY BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHO SAY, HEY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE LABOR DAY.
I, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY AND THEN CHRISTMAS EVE AND, AND JULY 3RD.
I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY TWO DAYS OF THE YEAR WHERE IT'D BE CLOSED TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? DID I GET THAT RIGHT? UH, NO, NO.
UM, I THINK I KNOW A A LOT OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY THAT USES THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB WOULD WORK, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT, UH, THE MORNING OF THE 24TH.
AND I THOUGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A HALF DAY WOULD BE, UH, NOT REASONABLE.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THOUGHT, UH, THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS, IS SOMETHING I'M HEARING FROM SOME OF OUR STAFF.
I'M NOT POLLING EVERY STAFF MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR FROM OUR, OUR STAFF, AND WE HEAR IT DURING THE BUDGET TIME A LOT IS, IS, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION TO WORK.
IT WOULDN'T BE A MANDATE, IT WOULD BE AN OPTION.
AND ESPECIALLY, UH, IF IT, IF IT WAS TIME AND A HALF PAY.
AND SO THEY, UH, IN GENERAL, I THINK IF YOU ASKED THEM THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION TO WORK? IT'D BE YOUR CHOICE.
AND IF SO, ON A TOWN, HOLLI TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GET PAID TIME AND A HALF.
UM, THEY, THEY LO THEY LOVE THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY THEY MISS THAT WITH THINGS LIKE TASTE ADDISON, UM, GOING AWAY.
SO YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT CAME INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO IS, UH, IS THE POOL CLOSED ON JULY 3RD? IT IS THIS YEAR.
AND I SEE THAT, UH, ON LABOR DAY, THE OUTDOOR POOL'S OPEN, BUT THE INDOOR FACILITY'S CLOSED.
WE DO, WE OPEN THE POOL ON JULY 3RD.
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS, UM, IF WE DID OPEN ON THE THIRD, AND THIS IS, I I GUESS YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, WHAT'S THE DEMAND LIKE ON STAFF FOR THE THIRD, IF EVERYONE REALLY DOES WANNA WORK? WOULD THEY RATHER WORK A SPECIAL EVENT ON THE THIRD RATHER THAN COMING INTO THE ATHLETIC CENTER? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT? I'M
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NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH ONE THAT THEY WOULD PREFER, BUT I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE PRIORITIZING OUR STAFF THAT WE HAVE.WELL, MAYBE A BETTER WAY OF ASKING THAT IS DO WE NEED IT? DO WE, DO WE NEED STAFF OR, OR IS IT ALL HANDS ON DECK? AND DO WE NEED THOSE FOLKS? I THINK ABBY CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE PRODUCE OUT OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND SO, UM, THERE IS A NEED OUT AT KABOOM TOWN.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THE CITY MANAGER'S ADVICE AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NOT OPEN THE THEATER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU THINK WE CAN SWING IT ON THE THIRD, I'M OKAY WITH EVERYTHING HERE.
HOWARD? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT HERE.
WE HAVE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE PROBABLY OFF WORK ON ALL THOSE DAYS.
AND SO, UH, UH, FOR THE A A C AND, UM, WOULD LIKE TO EITHER BE ABLE TO WORK OUT OR GO TO THE POOL.
SO FOR THEM, A RESIDENT STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THEY'RE OFF, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE FACILITY OPEN.
AND FROM THE STAFF STANDPOINT, IT MAY BE THEY NEED THE DAY OFF.
SO I JUST THINK IT WAS WORTH BRINGING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION TO FIND OUT.
AND LIKE MARLON SAID, IF THE STAFF IS EAGER TO WORK AND WANTS THE EXTRA MONEY, I MEAN THE COST, IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE, THE RESIDENTS.
UM, I WANT IT TO BE A BENEFIT TO BOTH.
AND WE HEARD JC TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THEY MOVE THEIR PRODUCTION TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY.
ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID? THAT THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE OPEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT THE FRIDAY NIGHTS AND SATURDAY NIGHTS ARE GOOD NIGHTS FOR THEATER.
AND SO SINCE THE REQUEST WAS THERE, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT, SHOULDN'T SAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
I JUST REALLY WANTED IT TO BE DISCUSSED AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE REACH A CONSENSUS THAT WORKS BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE STAFF, THE TOWN, WHATEVER THAT IS.
SO I JUST, I THINK IT WAS WORTHWHILE DISCUSSING IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, HOWARD, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON WHERE YOU STAND ON THOSE? 'CAUSE YOU KINDA LEFT IT FOR US TO W WELL, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE REQUESTED THE APPROVED, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE STAFF.
SO I THINK FROM THE RESIDENT STANDPOINT, IT'S ALL BENEFICIAL.
AND SO IF THE STAFF CAN HANDLE IT, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
IF THE STAFF CAN'T, THEN, THEN WE CAN'T DO IT.
BUT AT LEAST WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO DISCUSS IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UP TO ABBY OR DAVID, BUT YOUR FEEDBACK IS HELPFUL.
I MEAN, I, I THINK, I THINK THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ATHLETIC CLUB ARE TRUE.
LIKE THE FOLKS, IF THEY CAN GET TIME AND A HALF, I, I DON'T THINK ESPECIALLY THE DATES THAT ARE LISTED, LISTED NOW OF JULY 3RD, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT HAS ANY IMPACT ON KABOOM TOWN.
BUT, UM, YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A LOT OF, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS, AND I WAS JUST ONE DAY, IT WAS THE THEATER THAT IS THE ONE THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT.
SO IF, IF THE SUPPORT'S NOT THERE FOR THE THEATER AND WE WANT TO TAKE THE THEATER OUT, IS THAT, I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M FLEXIBLE.
I'M OKAY WITH WHATEVER THE CONSENSUS IS.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHWHILE BRINGING IT FORWARD AND, AND MARLON AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
ARE WE CLOSED ON JULY 4TH AT THE A C? YES.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA STAY CLOSED ON THE FOURTH.
BUT WITH KABOOM TOWN ON THE THIRD, I SEE THE PROBLEM WITH STAFFING THE THIRD WHEN STAFF NEEDS TO BE HANDLING KABOOM TOWN.
SO THAT ONE MAYBE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THE FOURTH, BUT I DON'T, I'M AFRAID TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY I MADE IT A HALF, HALF DAY.
UM, DAVID, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR A STAFF QUESTION.
IF I, IF I COULD FOR, UM, THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AT THE THEATER, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM WATER TOWERS, JUST THAT NIGHT AND, AND THE WAY THEY FRAMED IT IS LIKE, WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND LOCK AND LOCK BACK UP.
BUT IS IT MORE, I, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT ALL IS INVOLVED.
SO CAN, CAN YOU ALL KIND OF ENLIGHTEN, ENLIGHTEN US WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE FROM A STAFF, A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE? WE ARE REQUIRED, THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN THERE.
THE FACILITY HAS, UM, SOME NEEDS AROUND MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY ON THE INSIDE.
AND FOR LIABILITY AND SAFETY REASONS, WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE A TOWN STAFF PERSON PRESENT.
UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT AS WE'VE GONE IN AND STARTED TO UTILIZE THE ASSET TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL, WE DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS WHY WE DO MANDATE THAT WE HAVE A TOWN STAFF PERSON IN THE BUILDING.
ANYTIME ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING IN THE FACILITY, LIKE, WELL, REALISTICALLY ON A, UH, FRIDAY, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS, AND AND I WANT YOU TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS, IF, IF THIS IS CORRECT OR NOT.
SO THE DAY AFTER THAN THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, WE'RE CLOSED.
IT'S TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAY RIGHT NOW AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
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WE ALSO CLOSED THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR THAT WEEKEND.WE TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REQUEST FOR, UM, ANY FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK, UM, FOR ANY OF OUR RENTAL GROUPS.
UM, THIS WAS, THIS WOULD MAYBE BE THE SECOND YEAR.
DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT, WHERE WATER TOWER HAS REQUESTED THAT.
UM, THEY, I THINK THAT THEY USED TO HOLD A, ONE OF THEIR PERFORMANCES THAT BLED OVER.
UM, AND THEN WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE HAD A GROUP THAT WILL LOAD IN THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, HOWEVER, LOAD IN IS COMPLETED BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF THAT WEEK, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK IS FREE AND VOID OF ANY PERFORMANCES.
WHEN YOU GO INTO CONTRACT AND YOU RENT THE SPACE AND ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN HAVE ANY OF OUR TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAYS AS A PART OF YOUR RENTAL CONTRACT.
BUT WE DO ASK THAT THE DAY THAT THERE IS A TOWN OBSERVED HOLIDAY, THAT, THAT DAY BE WHAT'S CALLED A DARK DAY.
UM, MEANING THAT THERE'S NO ACTIVITY THERE, BUT IT IS STILL PART OF YOUR RENTAL AGREEMENT.
UH, SO HERE, HERE'S THE THOUGHT I'M GONNA SHARE IS, IS, UM, IS I, I'M NOT TRYING TO TO, TO FORCE YOU ALL TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT NOT ON BOARD WITH.
UM, WATER TOWER DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANY OTHER THEATER PRODUCTION COMPANY IS APPROACHING US ABOUT THAT WEEKEND.
WATER TOWER THEATER IS, IS PRODUCING, THEY'RE DOING IT IN PLANO, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, MAYBE ALL DAY SATURDAY AND MATINEE ON SUNDAY.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THAT IN PLANO.
UM, THEY'RE DOING THAT IN PLANO THIS YEAR.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE WANT TO RECRUIT THAT OR GET THAT, UM, I THINK THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR US.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA STAY OUT OF THIS FROM THE MADISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND, AND JUST LEAVE IT AS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, AND THEN YOU CAN, IF YOU THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL BRING IT FORWARD TO US AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT I, I'M ON, I AM, UM, IN SUPPORT OF, OF WHAT WE'VE PUT FORTH HERE, UH, AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
AND I WANNA, UH, AFTER HEARING THE STAFFING ISSUES AND, AND, UM, AND WHAT STAFFING IS TELLING, I'M GONNA, UH, WITHDRAW THE PART ABOUT, UH, THE ADDISON.
UH, ANYONE THAT WORKS IN THE SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EXPECTS TO WORK ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
THAT'S JUST WHEN PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR ENTERTAINMENT AND SERVICE.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE CLOSE AS OFTEN AS WE DO ON HOLIDAYS WHEN WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ADVENT ATHLETIC CENTER AND THE ADDISON IS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.
AND WHEN THEY MOST LIKELY WANT TO ENJOY THAT IS WHEN THEY'RE OFF AND AFTER, AFTER A HOLIDAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN ME AND MY WIFE GO TO PLAYS AND THINGS.
SO, UH, I AM A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT OPEN AFTER THANKSGIVING AT THE ADDISON.
AND I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT MARLON SAID HE WANTED TO TAKE THAT OUT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IN.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE HOLIDAY ON THIS DAY DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GIVE HIM TIME OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND I'M, I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S 84 HOURS.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COVERING THAT.
BUT IF WE CAN GIVE THEM TIME OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE, THE ATHLETIC CENTER AND THE ADDISON WHEN THEY'RE OFF AND WANTING TO BE ENTERTAINED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER, A BETTER WORD.
AND IF WE HAVE SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT'S WANTING TO ENTERTAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE US WORK THAT OUT.
DARREN, UH, DOES WATER TOWER, I MEAN, FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH WATER TOWER.
DO THEY PAY BACK TO, TO USE THE FACILITY IF THEY HAVE, UM, A FUND BALANCE IN THE IN-LINE PORTION THAT WE PROVIDE? THEY DO USE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
ONE, IF YOU HAVE SUCH A SMALL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, TO STAFF LARGE LONG HOURS.
UM, DO, DO YOU USE ANY PART-TIME TECHNICIANS? ANY 10 90 NINES? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE, AGAIN, IT'S JUST DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU HAVE TWO, TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE JOB.
UM, SO ON IS, IS THE, IS THE VOLUME AND REVENUE OF THE THEATER CENTER INCREASING REVENUE WITH THE TOWN CURATED EVENTS THAT WE DO? UM, THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS WITH DECEMBER AT THE ADDISON, WHICH THE TOWN CURATED THAT WHERE WE ACTIVATED THE FACILITY WITH EVENTS THAT WE, UM, PROGRAMMED OUT AND THEN WE CHARGED, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I KNOW THAT WE SPENT ABOUT 12,000
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AND SOME CHANGE ON THE ACTS AND THE PERFORMANCES AND THE ACTIVATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE FACILITY MM-HMMAND WE GENERATED 16,000 OFF OF THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS OPENING UP YES, SIR.
AND UP, AND IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT MORE ACT ACTIVATED, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COST US MONEY, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE AN OFFSETTING REVENUE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S CURIOUS TO ME.
UM, I DO THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, THE LABOR ASIDE, THE PEOPLE ASIDE AND I MEAN, I, I DO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
I WANT 'EM, WE NEED TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT WORKING ALL THE TIME AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LIFE.
UM, THAT ASIDE, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF, OF IT BEING OPEN AND BEING AVAILABLE, I THINK IS, IS IS IMPORTANT, UM, FOR THE ADDISON AS WELL.
UM, AND ON THE, UH, ATHLETIC CLUB, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD AMEND THE, UH, IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TO RUN IT AS A PILOT FOR FI FOR THIS COMING UP YEAR MM-HMM
AND THAT WE, UM, WE TRACK ATTENDANCE BY HOUR AND WE, UM, WE HAVE KIND OF A COST PER USER ANALYSIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE CUT, BECAUSE I HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, WE WANT TO CUT TAXES, WE WANNA CUT EXPENSES, AND HERE WE ARE ADDING MORE, MORE COSTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OFFSET.
THIS ONE'S DIRECTLY A BENEFIT TO THIS RE RESIDENCE, WHICH IS VERY, MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT DIFF UH, DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, A REPORT OF WHAT THAT USAGE IS.
SO I'D MAKE IT A ONE TIME AND NOT A CONTINUATION TO GO FORWARD.
ABBY, IF WE HAD A SECOND TECH AT THE THEATER, THAT VACANT POSITION, WOULD THAT TAKE THE HUGE BURDEN OFF OF THE TWO OF YOU THAT WOULD ASSIST, THAT WOULD ASSIST THE TWO, UM, FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE? UM, THE OTHER THING IS A TECH WOULD HAVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY.
AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS, UM, SCHEDULING GOES.
SO WE'VE JUST HAD TROUBLE FILLING THAT POSITION.
I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT WITH THE CONSENSUS.
I'M, I'M NOT HERE TO PUSH BACK ON THESE, UM, THESE DATES IN TERMS OF THE THEATER.
I MARLON AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK THE THEATER SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE RESIDENCE.
UM, SO IF YOU'VE RESCINDED THE, THE MOTION THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
BUT, UM, THE ATHLETIC CENTER, I'M STARTING TO BECOME A BIGGER USER OF IT TOO.
SO I KIND OF FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY I'M OFF.
IT'S ALMOST CLOSED ON CERTAIN TIMES WHEN I'VE GONE, I'VE LOOKED AND GONE, OH, IT'S CLOSED.
SO I'M GONNA PUSH TO GO ADD THOSE DAYS.
WE'RE IN A WORK SESSION ITEM WITH THIS.
WE'RE JUST PROVIDING GUIDANCE.
RANDY, RANDY, THANK YOU, UH, TO WHAT DARREN WAS REFERRING TO AND, AND WHAT ABBY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE REQUIRING AN EMPLOYEE TO BE IN THERE.
WE DIDN'T USED TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO BE THERE PRIOR TO 2024.
THERE WAS ONE FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER THAT OPERATED THE VENUE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND THERE WASN'T THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HOSTING NOW, UM, IN THE BUDGET YEAR OF 2024, GOING INTO THAT BUDGET YEAR, THE POSITION WAS APPROVED FOR A THEATER MANAGER POSITION.
AND SO WE HIRED THAT POSITION INTENTIONALLY TO ACTUALLY ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
AND SO WITH ONE PERSON WITH AN 84 HOURS OF OPERATIONAL TIME, IT WAS UNREALISTIC TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, UM, IN THE SPACE.
UM, AND SO NO SIR, WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THAT BEFORE.
SO WE ARE ACTIVATING THE SPACE TO USE YOUR WORDS MORE, WHICH WAS WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ACTIVATING THE SPACE MORE, WE WANT TO CLOSE IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T MANAGE THE ONLY WEEK THAT WE'RE CLOSED.
WE'RE CLOSED ONE WEEK OUT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND SO NOT LOOKING TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE FACILITY OR REDUCE ANY OF THE TIME, UM, EVEN DURING THE TOWN HOLIDAYS, THAT DOESN'T TAKE OFF THE ENTIRE WEEK FOR US TO NOT RENT OUT TO A USER.
AND SO, NO SIR, NOT LOOKING TO CLOSE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THAT ONE WEEK IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN OPEN.
UM, AND SO NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO NOT BE OPEN 51, 51 OUTTA 52 WEEKS.
MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WEEK TO BE CLOSED THAN THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING.
IS, IS ALL I'M SAYING, IF THAT'S A DEMAND FOR, FOR PLAYS, IT HASN'T BEEN IN DEMAND IN THE, IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN NO REQUEST.
WHEN I, IN 2023 WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, AND THIS WAS PRIOR TO US ACTUALLY ACTIVATING THE SPACE, WE WEREN'T ACTIVATING ON ANY HOLIDAYS.
AND SO THE TOWN TOOK A LOOK AT THAT AND THROUGH, UM, THE CONSULT, THE CONSULTING FIRM THAT CAME THROUGH, WE IDENTIFIED POCKETS OF SPACES THAT WE COULD ACTIVATE NOT TO IMPACT THE RESIDENT COMPANY THAT WAS IN PLACE.
AND DECEMBER WAS ONE OF THOSE, UM, SORT OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, IF YOU WILL.
UM, IN OUR INDUSTRY, WE DO WORK SO THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN PLAY.
AND WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT.
AND SO DECEMBER WAS AN ENTIRE MONTH THAT WAS NOT BEING SOUGHT AFTER.
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WAS THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT OUR FACILITY WAS AVAILABLE FOR RENT OR FOR USE.AND AFTER 2024 WITH THE ADOPTION OF THAT POSITION, NICOLE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF CREATING AWARENESS AROUND THE FACILITY AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
WELL, AND I AGREE WITH YOUR LAST STATEMENT.
SHE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB THERE.
AND I WOULD EXTEND THAT TO YOU.
IF WE ARE ACTIVATING THAT SPACE, MORE WAS OUR GOAL, BUT NOW WE'VE COME INTO THIS DILEMMA THAT WE'VE ACTIVATED IT TOO MUCH APPARENTLY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DEACTIVATE IT ANY, I WANT TO GO FORWARD AND DO IT MORE.
UH, AND TO DARREN'S POINT AND TO THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE EARLIER, IS THERE, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY OTHER THAN A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WE CAN TRAIN UP DEPUTIZE, UH, DO SOMETHING TO A VOLUNTEER THAT WE CAN TRAIN, THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AT THE THEATER, TO OPEN IT AND, AND STILL HAVE THE LEVEL OF LIABILITY PROTECTION, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT, THAT WE NEED.
I DON'T WANNA DEACTIVATE THE THEATER.
I I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE NIGHTS OUT OF THAT THEATER FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING THERE.
SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO MAKING EVERYBODY HAPPY HERE? I LEAN ON YOU FOR THAT.
PARDON ME? I LEAN ON YOU FOR THAT.
WELL, I WOULD, I I MEAN, I THINK IT IS, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND THE THEATER TEAM FOR THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVATION THAT'S GOING ON.
DECEMBER IS PACKED BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT AND YOU ALL SAYING THAT.
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, LISTEN, AT LEAST GET THROUGH THIS YEAR WITH THANKSGIVING IS THE, THE WEEK WE HAVE PLANNED OFF OVER HOLIDAY, LET'S GET THROUGH THIS YEAR.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PLANS.
IF THERE'S A BETTER WEEK TO TAKE OFF, WE'LL TAKE A BETTER WEEK OFF IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I JUST WOULDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING RASH IN 2026 AND MAKE A CHANGE.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE DAY THEY, THE WEEK THEY HAVE OFF RIGHT NOW.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AND SAY, IS IT BETTER TO TAKE A DIFFERENT WEEK OFF? AND, AND THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD USE THE VOLUNTEERS AND I'M, I, I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT GREAT JOB ACTIVATING ONCE AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'VE CREATED A MONSTER OR PROBLEM THAT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD SOLVE.
I, I TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND I, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS WHEN THEY WANT TO UTILIZE IT.
DA DAVID, I WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, WATER TOWER THEATER IN THIS, THEY'RE BOOKED, UH, IN PLANOS, SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING THIS IN ADDISON 2026.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT IS AN OPTION.
BUT, BUT I LOVE THE THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET TO NEXT YEAR AND, AND WE'VE GOT SOMETHING MAYBE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY GUIDANCE, I THINK WE'VE GOT IT ON THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT ON THE ADDISON, MAYBE LOOK AT, LOOK FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT, UH, MAYOR, I'D LOVE TO LOVE TO HEAR WHATEVER YOU THINK.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THE FACT THAT, UH, THAT THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING HAS NEVER BEEN A BIG ISSUE, UH, FOR A WATER TOWER THEATER GROUP, UM, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S A BIG DEAL AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN BEFORE.
SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S INTERESTING.
UM, HOWEVER, I I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DEFER TO STAFF ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL DO, BUT I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HAVE THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS, I, I'M JUST SPEAK THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF, OF ADDISON.
AND I THINK IF YOU ASKED A LOT OF THEM, THEY'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY GIVE THEM THAT DAY OFF.
AND, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK YOU WOULD HEAR A LOT OF THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE FOLKS SAY, I WANNA BE THERE.
'CAUSE I I, I HAVE TO BE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB EVERY DAY.
BUT, BUT IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION THAT ACTUALLY USES THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
SO IF YOU WOULD TALK TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO ALSO ARE PAYING TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, THIS, UH, FACILITY, UM, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WOULD SAY, LET LET 'EM HAVE THE EXTRA TIME OFF.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S A NICE, IT'S A NICE THING TO DO.
AND WE KNOW ADDISON'S FULL OF A LOT OF NICE FOLKS.
I THINK ONE WAY THAT WE GOT HERE ON THE THEATER WAS, WE'RE MISSING, THIS IS WATER TOWER THEATER WAS OFFICED IN THERE.
THE, THE COMPANY WAS, THEY, THEY LIVED THERE.
I MEAN THEY, THAT, THAT'S WHERE THEIR OFFICES WERE.
SO THEREFORE THEY DIDN'T REALLY NEED THE EXTRA STAFFING BECAUSE THEY KIND OF WERE THE STAFFING AT THAT TIME.
I THINK WE KIND OF MISSED THAT.
NOW THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE PERMANENTLY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE KEYS, YOU KNOW, TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND, AND RUN THE WHOLE THING THEMSELVES.
I THINK THAT MAY BE WHAT WE'RE MISSING.
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SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM NOW AND IT WASN'T IN THE PAST.
DAVID, DO, DO YOU HAVE THE GUIDANCE YOU NEED? OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM Y'ALL? YOU'RE GOOD.
WITH THAT, UH, IT IS NINE 10 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE NIGHT EVERYBODY.