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[Call to Order]
EVENING EVERYBODY.IT IS FIVE 30 ON AUGUST 11TH, 2020 SIXTH, AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR OUR WORK SESSION.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT THIS EVENING WITH SIX ATTENDING, UH, IN PERSON AND PERSON JOINING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LISIO WILL, SHE'LL BE JOINING US VIA ZOOM SHORTLY.
UM, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
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 THIS SPECIFIC HEARING STARTS.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
COUNSEL 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 DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[Council Member Clarification on Consent Agenda Items]
COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED FROM COUNCIL ON CONSENT? AGENDA ITEMS? MAYOR, I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, FOUR C QUESTION ON FOUR C.MARLON, THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT CAN ANSWER THAT.
I DON'T SEE BILL HAWLEY, BUT, UM, HEY, HEY BILL, I'VE GOT A, I THINK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT FOUR C UM, UH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUYING SOME HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MAYBE SOME CAMERAS AND, AND SOME OTHER STUFF TO AT TWO, AT TWO LOCATIONS.
IS THAT THE FUELING THE FUELING SYSTEM? YES.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT ALLOW WHEN PEOPLE COME UP, UM, TO FUEL TOWN VEHICLES THAT ESSENTIALLY TALKS, UH, THIS IS AN AUTHORIZED VEHICLE, THIS IS THE RIGHT TYPE OF FUEL, IT TRACKS THE TYPE OF FUEL THAT'S DISPENSED, THAT HELPS US WITH REPORTING TO THE STATE AND BUDGETING, ET CETERA.
IS THIS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE OR IS IT A ONE TIME THERE? THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A PURCHASE AND THERE'S A $5,200 ANNUAL ONGOING OKAY.
UM, AND DO WE, DO WE HAVE A, AN IDEA OF LIKE HOW LONG THIS MIGHT LAST? JUST AN ESTIMATE? UH, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, THERE MAY BE SOME SOFTWARE UPDATES OR SOME TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS THAT MAKES IT SOMEWHAT OBSOLETE.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S A, A SAFE BET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED ON CONSENT ITEMS? ALRIGHT.
THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL SENDS TO STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ARE RESPONDED TO BY STAFF.
THEY'RE PLACED INTO ONE DOCUMENT.
THAT DOCUMENT IS SENT OUT TO COUNCIL AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT SAME DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO DOWNLOAD BY GOING TO THE TOWN WEBSITE, PULLING UP THE AGENDA.
AND THERE'LL BE A LINK WITHIN THE AGENDA.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD ANY THIS TIME.
[Closed Session]
FOUR, CLOSED SESSION.THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FOR A PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1, SECTION TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH REGULATING ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
IT IS 5 34 AND WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[Open Meeting]
6 25 AND WE'RE COMING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION.THERE'S NO ACTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
[a. Present and discuss potential amendments to the Unified Development Code (UDC).]
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ITEMS FIVE A PRESENT AND DISCUSS POLITICAL, UH, POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UDC.I'M DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THIS EVENING WE'RE PRESENTING SOME OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED THAT HAVE, UM, SOME OF THEM BROUGHT FORTH BY STAFF, SOME OF THEM, UM, BASED UPON COUNCIL, UM, FEEDBACK, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THE CODE OVER THE LAST APPROXIMATELY YEAR.
UM, SO THIS, A RED LINE WAS PROVIDED, UM, LAST WEEK TO COUNCIL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH IT, WE'LL SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CHANGES.
A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY MINOR IN TERMS OF ADDING A WORD, PROVIDE SOME CLARITY.
AND SO THIS PRESENTATION GOES THROUGH EACH, UM, CHANGE AND PROVIDES SOME OF THE BACKGROUND FOR WHY THE CHANGE WAS MADE.
SO, UM, JUST QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE UDC.
SO THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE MARCH, 2025.
UM, AND IT BECAME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF PAST YEAR.
UM, WE, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE SOME MINOR CLARIFICATIONS TO THE CODE AS WELL AS, UM, ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IS THE ADDITION OF THE PERS OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE CIRCULATED THE DOCUMENT FOR, UH, FOR REVIEW.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE CHANGES WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE FIRST IN TERMS OF PROCESS.
UM, SO WE WERE BEFORE YOU, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS TONIGHT, WE'RE PROVIDING YOU THE RED LINE, WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, THE RED LINE.
WE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK ON THE 18TH.
UM, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE RED LINE AND THEY'RE REVIEWING, AND THEN WE INTEND TO PROVIDE NOTICE.
UM, SO PUBLIC NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN ADDISON.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH TWO PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THE SAME AS THE ZONING PROCESS, THE FIRST AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE SECOND AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, DEPENDING UPON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED, WE'RE AIMING FOR, UM, HOPEFULLY SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER TIMEFRAME.
UM, BUT THAT COULD MAY SHIFT, UM, A MEETING, UM, OR SO.
SO THIS EVENING, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND WE'RE JUST SEEKING, UM, FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THESE, UM, WHETHER IT'S HERE THIS EVENING, UM, OR VIA EMAIL OR, UM, INPUT INTO THE RED LINE DOCUMENT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL.
SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THE PARK ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT.
I KNOW THIS WAS, UM, PRESENTED IN APRIL, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW TO REMIND US WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT MANY MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WOULD PROVIDE AN OVERLAY FOR ALL PUBLIC PARKS.
IT WOULD HAVE A UNIQUE REPRESENTATION ON OUR MAP, UM, UNIQUE SYMBOLOGY.
AND IT WOULD APPLY TO ALL, WELL, WE, THE, THE TOWN WOULD APPLY IT TO ALL PARKS, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE DEDICATED, UM, BY A PRIVATE ENTITY OR ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN, UM, USING THE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE, UM, ADOPTED, UM, PROS, PLAN OR PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
UM, THE, ONCE AGAIN, THIS FRAMEWORK WAS PRESENTED AT THE APRIL 7TH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE WANTED TO UTILIZE THE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE PROS PLAN, UM, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN APPROXIMATELY 2021 AS THEY ALREADY EXIST AND PROVIDE DEFINITION.
SO WE WANNA USE THAT FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY THE PARK FUNCTION AND CLASSIFICATION AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENT CLASSIFICATION.
SO WE'RE PULLING THOSE, UM, CONCEPTS INTO THIS OVERLAY, UM, TO DISTINGUISH, UM, THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF PARKS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY SNIP DIRECTLY FROM THE 2021, UM, MASTER PLAN, THE PROS PLAN.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE WAS A, A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THIS MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY OUTDATED.
THE ANSWER IS POSSIBLY, UM, IN THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S UPDATED, BUT ONCE, I MEAN, THIS IS A SNIPPET DIRECTLY FROM THAT 2021 PLAN TO GIVE YOU AN
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IDEA OF WHAT, OF WHAT THE, UM, THE CONCEPT OF THE FRAMEWORK IS.SO UNDER THIS, UM, FRAMEWORK, WE WOULD UTILIZE THE EXISTING, UM, CONDITIONS OF OUR PARKS WITH THE FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS THE AMENITIES.
AND THEN WE WOULD ESTABLISH THESE CRITERIA TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A MINOR PARK MODIFICATION AND A MAJOR PARK MODIFICATION.
UM, SO THE KEY, UH, INTENT OF THIS MINOR PARK MODIFICATION IS THAT THIS WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AT A STAFF LEVEL.
WE REALLY WANTED TO UTILIZE THIS FOR, UM, MAINTENANCE FOR EMERGENCY, UM, REPAIRS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IMMEDIATELY AND NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND THAT ARE REGULARLY BUDGETED MAINTENANCE, UM, ITEMS AND THAT DO NOT, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER A PARK.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THERE'S A RUSTED OUT PARK BENCH THAT MAYBE SOMEONE COULD FALL THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SIT DOWN, WE WANT TO REPLACE THAT.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNSEL, UM, AND WAIT THAT 90 DAYS AND SOMEONE COULD GET HURT IN THAT TIME.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER PARK BENCH.
BUT LET'S SAY THERE ARE NO PARK BENCHES AND WE WANNA ADD FIVE PARK BENCHES, THAT WOULD BE A NEW AMENITY ADDED TO THE PARK THAT WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
I'M OBVIOUSLY SIMPLIFYING IT FOR THE CONVERSATION, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE INTENT.
THE MAJOR PARK MODIFICATION WOULD BE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO ANY NEW AMENITY OFFERED IN A PARK, ANY NEW, UM, ADDITION TO A PARK, ANYTHING THAT IS A FUNDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO ANYTHING, UM, THAT'S A MAJOR, UM, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OR IS BOND FUNDED OR FUNDED VIA THIRD PARTY GRANT.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SPLITS THESE TWO, UM, CATEGORIES.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR PARK QUANTIFICATION WOULD REQUIRE ACTION, UM, ULTIMATELY BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND IT WOULD ALSO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, COMMISSION AS WELL FOR CONSIDERATION.
DOES A DOLLAR FIGURE TRIGGER THAT? UM, THERE ARE NOT, I MEAN, DOESN'T IT HAVE TO BE 50,000 BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE US OR IS THAT FOR, NOT NECESSARILY.
SO IF IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED TO BE.
SO, SORRY, LEMME BACK UP A MOMENT.
SO ANYTHING, ANY CONTRACT THAT'S OVER $50,000 WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY, UM, THAT BUDGET ITEM WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED.
UM, AND GENERALLY BASED UPON HOW THIS FRAMEWORK YES, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE THAT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
UM, BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A, A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UH, SO TYPICALLY EVERY YEAR THERE'S A MAINTENANCE FUND WITH PARKS.
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA, FOR THE SAKE OF THE CONVERSATION SAY'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT, MAYBE WE INVEST $60,000 IN NEW PLANT MATERIAL OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
THAT IN ITSELF WOULDN'T COME BACK, BUT IT WOULD BE A CONTRACT.
MY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DOLLAR FIGURE, INDICATE MINOR, NOT EXPLICITLY.
THAT ACTUALLY LIVES WITHIN THE FI THE FINANCE STUFF.
SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP THE MAJOR AND MINOR.
I WANTED TO GO OVER THAT 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M GONNA NOTE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, ANYTHING THAT'S A, UM, A MINOR LIKE CARE CLERICAL UPDATE, UM, OR FOR THESE, UM, AND I'LL MOVE PRETTY QUICK, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO STOP ME, GO AHEAD.
SO BACK ON THE MINOR, UM MM-HMM
I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN HERE SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
UM, SO MINOR, UM, I KNOW YOU GAVE ME EXAMPLE OF A BENCH, BUT HOW BIG WOULD THAT GO BEFORE IT BECOMES MAJOR? BECAUSE IT DOES SAY NO MORE THAN 50% MM-HMM
SO WE WERE, UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING THROUGH EXAMPLES OF HOW WE WERE WOULD TO REPLY THIS.
AND I RECALL SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS THE, UM, THE EXISTING KIND OF PERGOLA AT WYNWOOD PARK.
AND SO LET'S SAY WE IDENTIFIED AT ONE POINT THAT WE HAD COVERED, THERE WAS SOME ROTTING WOOD.
AND SO DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT, IF IT'S OVER 50%, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO IT WOULD BE OF THAT ITEM MAYBE STRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE, HOW WE'RE REFERRING TO THESE IS THE IMPROVEMENT OR THE AMENITY.
SO IT WOULD BE BASED UPON THAT IMPROVEMENT OR AMENITY.
UM, SO ONCE WE COULD GET VERY TECHNICAL OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S 10 BENCHES TODAY AND WE WANNA ADD FIVE MORE, THAT'S 50%, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GET OUTSIDE OF IT.
'CAUSE THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND MM-HMM
UH, I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN YOU WITH COUNSEL HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT I, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU REPLACE THE WHOLE GAZEBO, GAZEBO
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WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN AND WELL, WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT.YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT IS NOT THE INTENT.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO REPLACE A FEW BOARDS BECAUSE THAT, THAT AREA IS, I ISOLATED, WE CAN REPAIR IT, BUT IF IT'S OVER 50%, WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK SO LONG AS IT'S COVERED.
UH, I, I'VE NOT, I DID NOT READ THE RED LINE ON THIS SECTION, UM, BUT WITHIN THE BUILDABLE AREA, I KNOW MORE THAN 50% IS KIND OF WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLARIFIED.
MAYBE TO TIE ONE POINT TO WHAT RANDY SAID TOO, THERE, THERE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA BE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE OVER 50,000 THAT ARE GONNA COME TO COUNCIL REGARDLESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A ZONING CHA, A UDC AMENDMENT, I MEAN A ZONING PROCESS AND PUBLIC HEARING.
SO COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE OVERSIGHT IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.
THOSE, YEAH, I THINK AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION OF BUDGET PACKAGE ABOUT RESING, A PART OF A PARK THAT WASN'T CHANGING ANON AMENITY, IT WAS ALREADY SO, BUT IT WAS TALKING ABOUT ENHANCEMENT.
SO THAT THAT IS, UM, EXACTLY WHAT DAVID WAS JUST MENTIONING OF IT WAS BUDGET CONSIDERATION, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE A CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE, UM, MAJOR MODIFICATION UNDER THIS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, I THOUGHT ALSO IS, IS THAT WOULD BE AN AREA NOT MORE THAN 50% GRASS WOULD BE THE AREA, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN $50,000 AND IT WOULDN'T BE AT OUR RADAR, IT WOULD BE ON YOUR RADAR.
SO THOSE ONES WOULD BE JUST JUDGMENT CALLS OF, OF WHAT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL AS LONG AS IT'S, IT'S ON, ON THE RADAR AND DEFINED WELL ENOUGH.
AND LESLIE, THAT THAT SAME LINE ITEM WAS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE I HAD IN QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF.
AND, UM, SO JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, I WAS THINKING 50% OF, OF EVERYTHING GOING ON IN, IN THE PARK, IS THAT NOT TRUE? NO.
GARIN GAREN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE SO, UM, SPEAKING TO LIKE ITEM THREE ON THIS MINOR MODIFICATION.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, THE, THE EXAMPLE OF IF THERE WAS SOME ROTTING WOOD WE WOULD WANNA REPAIR THAT GENERALLY, LIKE FOR, LIKE, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT, UM, AS LONG AS WE DIDN'T EXPAND IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PERGOLA IS THE, HOW THE PERGOLA IS TODAY, WE'RE GONNA REPAIR IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT TWICE THE SIZE THAT WOULD THEN REQUIRE COUNSEL ACTION.
UM, THE INTENT OF FOUR AND FIVE WOULD BE, ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE WE'RE WANTING TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, OF ANOTHER, UH, APPLICABLE EXAMPLE.
ONCE AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT 50% THRESHOLD OF WE MIGHT WANT AN AMENITY, WE MIGHT WANNA EXPAND AN AMENITY SPECIFICALLY, NOT NECESSARILY AREA OF A STRUCTURE.
AND I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE OTHER NUMBERS.
THE, THE ONLY ONLY THING THAT, UH, CONCERNED ME WAS, WAS LINE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND THEN THE 50%, UM, JUST, JUST SEEMED REALLY, UM, HIGH.
AND I WAS TRYING TO, AND I, AGAIN, MY, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT WAS, UH, YOU'VE GOT THIS WORD IMPROVEMENT, SO I WAS THINKING LIKE EVERY ITEM IN THE PARK, YOU'VE GOT A PARK BENCH AND A TRASH RECEPTACLE MM-HMM
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT EVERY, SO CAN YOU HELP US, HELP ME KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER, 50% OF WHAT YEAH.
50% OF WHAT IS EXISTING AT THAT TIME.
SO REALLY THE, LIKE, THE INTENT IS, LET'S SAY WE, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UM, LIKE BECKER PARK OVER HERE, UM, LET'S SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, LET'S SAY THERE'S FOUR TRASH RECEPTACLES ON IN BECKER PARK, AND WE KEEP GETTING FIX AT REQUESTS THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TRASH ON THE GROUND AND OR MAYBE THERE'S DOG WASTE AND WE NEED MORE TRASH CANS.
AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVELY TO ADD TWO MORE, UH, WASTE RECEPTACLES WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO COUNCIL.
I, I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE WORDING.
UM, AND SO THE, IT WOULD HELP ME IF, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, OF A CERTAIN ITEM OR SOMETHING, I'M THINKING 50, TO ME IT SEEMS A LITTLE VAGUE.
LIKE 50% OF EVERY, EVERY ITEM, UH, YEAH.
IN A PARK IS THE WAY I WAS READING THAT.
AND, AND SO THAT DIDN'T SOUND MINOR TO ME AT ALL.
SO IF, IF, IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS WHAT IS MEANT, UM, IT WOULD SURE MAKE ME FEEL MORE AT EASE IF IT WAS SAY, HEY, 50% OF, OF A PARTICULAR, UH, ASSET MM-HMM
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST YEAH.
AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, YEAH.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO, THE PARK IMPROVEMENT IS KIND OF, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE CALLING IT PARK IMPROVEMENT, WHAT
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YOU'RE CALLING LIKE AN ASSET OR, OR AN AMENITY WITHIN THE PARK.UM, SO I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, BUT WE MAY, WE MAYBE NEED TO UPDATE OUR LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS I'M SAYING EV LET'S JUST CALL IT IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M THINKING OF EVERY IMPROVEMENT IN THE PARK.
AND WHEN I, WHEN I HEAR YOU DESCRIBING IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIKE SPECIFIC TO SPECIFIC, A SPECIFIC TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT, LIKE CORRECT.
AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT I'M, I'M LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S LOOKING AT EACH IMPROVEMENT IN ISOLATION.
AND I DON'T READ THAT IN THAT.
IN THAT, AND MAYBE THAT'S IN THE RED LINE, BUT, UM, LIKE, LIKE DARREN, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THE RED LINE.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD IN QUESTION.
YEAH, NO, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE SOME, SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE BUILDABLE AREA IS REALLY THE, THE REFERENCE TO THAT IS WITHIN THE PARK.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING OUT OF THE PARK.
IT'S WITHIN THE, THE BOUNDS OF THE PARK.
AND YOU, YOU'RE NOT ON FIVE, YOU'RE ON FOUR, THREE POINT, NO ON FIVE.
IT SAYS EXPAND, ALTER, MODIFY THE QUANTITY OF THE APPROVED PARK IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDABLE AREA BUILDING.
WE KNOW WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
AND, AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A DAVID QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE, BUT FOR ME, READING THIS AND SEEING ALL THAT THAT'S INVOLVED NOW, TO ME IT SEEMED LIKE WE'VE REALLY CREATED A WHOLE VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOREVER ON A DAILY BASIS WITHOUT DOING THIS.
AM AM I, AM I SEEING THAT WRONG? YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, WE LAID OUT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT COUNSEL HAD DIRECTED US, DIRECTED US TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT COUNSEL'S DIRECTION IS TO GO FORWARD.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT I RECALL AS WELL.
AND, AND NOW IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN AS WE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND TALKING ABOUT THESE PARK OVERLAYS.
IT JUST CREATES THIS ADMINISTRATIVE, JUST A BOG DOWN OF PROCESS AND SLOWS DOWN THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO AND BE FAIRLY NIMBLE AND QUICK AND BY GETTING THINGS DONE, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LOT.
AND, AND IF, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECALL BACK THEN, BUT I WASN'T, WASN'T THAT IN FAVOR OF DOING THE PARK OVERLAYS ANYWAY, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST A COMMENT I GUESS, BUT YEAH, THE, THE ONLY THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT, AND I REMEMBER YOU BRINGING THAT UP MM-HMM
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE WE MADE ALL THESE CHANGES.
THE, THE BIG, THE BIG, I THINK THE BIG THOUGHT, UM, FOR ME AND THEN SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IS, IS WE'VE GOT THIS CERTAIN, THIS PARK AND IT'S, UH, WHATEVER DESIGNATION TYPE OF PARK IT IS.
UM, BUT WHEN WE GO TO, TO CHANGE THAT, ALTER THAT, AND, UM, MAYBE IT'S ACTIVATING, I'M GONNA USE, JUST USE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AS THE EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, UH, IF, IF WE, IF WE COMPLETE AND IMPLEMENT THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, PARK VISIONARY STUDY, UM, WELL THAT'LL, THAT COULD TRANSFORM THAT PARK.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE IN A BAD WAY, IT WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT, UH, FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, THEY WANT TO HAVE HAVE A SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THEIR FAVORITE PARK OR THE PARK THAT THEY LIVE BY IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DRASTICALLY CHANGED.
I MEAN CHANGED IN A MAJOR, IN A MAJOR, I GUESS MAJOR IS BETTER WORDING.
AND I GUESS JUST HISTORICALLY, I HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T SEEN US DO THOSE THINGS WITHOUT GETTING A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT, WHAT FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN AND TO, TO DO, TO HAVE THAT PROTECTION AGAINST THAT, WHICH IS VERY RARE, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE KIND OF MAJOR CHANGES TO PUT ALL THIS.
AND JUST, TO ME, THIS REALLY AFFECTS THE EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE OF, OF THE PARKS.
AND I JUST REALLY SEE IT BOGGING DOWN, UH, THE PROCESS OF IT.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER RED LINES.
AND THIS IS, UM, FOR, TO FOLLOW THROUGH, UM, THIS FOLLOWS, EXCLUDING THE PARKS OVERLAYS.
UM, THIS FOLLOWS, UM, FROM ARTICLE ONE THROUGH SIX.
SO IT'S SEQUENTIAL FROM THIS POINT ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IF FOR ANY REASON YOU WANNA, UM, REFERENCE THIS WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RED LINE.
UM, SO THERE'S, UM, ONLY ONE CHANGE WITHIN ARTICLE ONE, AND THAT IS A CLARIFICATION TO ADD STRUCTURAL ADDITIONS TO THE NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES THAT THOSE QUALIFY AS.
UM, UNDER THAT SECTION AS WELL, IT SAYS ADDITIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT SPECIFY.
SO WE'RE ADDING STRUCTURAL ADDITIONS.
UM, LOOKING AT ARTICLE TWO, THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE CHANGES.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT MANY OF THESE ARE CLERICAL AND SEVERAL OF THESE, UM, ARE TO, UM, ALIGN WITH STATE LAW.
SO THE FIRST, UM, ONE IS APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME APPLICATIONS THAT TEND TO
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LAG BETWEEN P AND Z AND COUNCIL AND FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY AND TO GET THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR NUMEROUS REASONS.UM, STAFF SUGGESTING ADDING A REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, PROVIDES A 60 DAY TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION TO, IT SAYS APPROVAL, BUT IT WOULD BE ANY ACTION, UM, TAKEN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 60 DAYS, UM, OR DEEMED WITHDRAWN.
THE, UH, NEXT UH, BULLET POINT IS TO UPDATE FOR PUBLIC NOTICING TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, WHICH IS, UH, CLEAR SAYS 72 HOURS CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE UPDATING THAT TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE NEXT UM, TWO ARE UPDATES TO REFLECT CHANGES TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, UM, WE, THERE ARE SOME, YOU'LL SEE IN THE CHART IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE, THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME ERRORS IN THE CHART THAT, UM, IDENTIFIED WHEN PUBLIC NOTICE WAS REQUIRED.
UM, AND WE ARE JUST CORRECTING THAT ERROR.
THERE ARE, UM, FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PLATS, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND THAT IS, UM, NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.
CONTINUING THROUGH ARTICLE TWO, UM, WHICH I'LL NOTE THAT ARTICLE TWO IS ALL ABOUT, UM, PROCESS AND PROCEDURES.
UM, THERE ARE, SO FOR ARTICLE, UH, EXCUSE ME, SECTION 2.6 0.2 C, UM, UPDATING SOME TEXT FOR MINOR SITE PLAN, ONCE AGAIN TO ALIGN WITH THE MINOR DEVELOPMENT TEXT.
UM, SO THIS ADDS SOME CLARITY TO TRIGGERING CHANGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS.
UM, SO WE ADD VARIOUS, THE OLD CODE HAD A LANDSCAPE THRESHOLD AND THE NEW CODE DID NOT, SO THAT WAS NOT ADDED BACK IN, UM, FOR THE TREE PERMIT.
UH, WE DID ADD A LABOR IN THERE, UH, FOR A TREE THAT WAS HAZARDOUS TREE THAT WAS DEEMED HAZARDOUS BY A LICENSED AORIST.
UM, WE UPDATED THE REFL PROCEDURE.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CONFLICT IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
ONE CONFLICT OR ONE SECTION SAID THAT A PUBLIC REFERRED TO AS A PUBLIC MEETING AND ONE REFERRED TO AS PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH UNDER STATE LAW AS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE, UM, UPDATED THAT, UH, DISCREPANCY, UM, ALLOWED.
SO FOR THE, UM, LAST BULLET POINT, THERE ARE, UH, GLASS TRANSPARENCY, UH, REQUIREMENTS ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A CASE WHERE THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE.
I WANNA SAY THERE WERE FOUR SQUARE FEET OF MEETING THAT, AND WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO MAKE THEM GO THROUGH A VARIANCE PROCESS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE 97% OF THE WAY THERE.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY, UM, FOR STAFF TO, TO RIGHTSIZE THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ADDITION IS.
MOVING ON TO ARTICLE THREE, UM, THERE WAS, UM, SOME LACK OF CLARITY ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE REQUIREMENT, UM, THAT IT IS.
AND THIS CAME UP WITH THE COBALT PROJECT AT ADDISON ROAD, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AIRPORT PARKWAY AND QUORUM.
SO ADDISON CLARITY NEAR THAT, IT WOULD BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR A LOT, UM, FOR THE PARK OVERLAY, WE'VE ALREADY WENT OVER THAT.
THIS IS THE SECTION WHERE IT WOULD BE INTRODUCED IS, UH, SECTION 3.8 0.2.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME CONTENT WE WENT OVER EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS, UM, FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON CLARIFICATION, THE CONTRADICTING ITEMS IN THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, WHICH I REFERENCED IN THE FIRST BULLET APPOINTMENT.
UM, SO THERE ARE, IN TERMS OF THE ABBREVIATION, SO THERE ARE, UM, THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION ADDED ABOUT THE USES WITHIN THE CHART THAT LIVE WITHIN THE TABLE OF LOUD USES, WHICH IS FOLLOWING WITHIN THAT SECTION.
AND THIS IS WHERE BOTH OF THE CHANGES ARE OCCURRING.
IT IS WITHIN THE TABLE OF LOUD USES.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF COVER THESE QUICKLY AND, AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
SO FOR THE FIRST ONE, UM, WE WANTED TO, FOR HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS ALLOW AMBULATORY SERVICES AT THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
UH, WE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT IDENTIFY, UM, A COUPLE OF, UM, AERONAUTICAL USES THAT ACTUALLY, UM, PRIVATE AMBULATORY SERVICES THAT THEY HELICOPTER PATIENTS IN AND TAKE THEM FROM THERE.
AND THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT AN ALLOWED USE.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NEW USE FOR RETAIL PET CARE FACILITIES.
SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE A GROOMING FACILITY, NOT, NOT BOARDING, NOT, UM, VETERINARY CARE.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE FACILITY THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER GROOMING.
SO, UH, WE WANTED TO ADD THAT USE, UM, ALLOW KENNELS BY S AND P IN ALL MIXED
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USE DISTRICTS THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALLOWED IN THE PRIOR CODE AND DID NOT GET CARRIED FORWARD.AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CARRY THAT FORWARD.
UM, AND ADDING A PRETTY AND NEW USE FOR CI BAR LOUNGE, UM, WHICH IS DISTINCT FROM SMOKING FACILITIES, UM, SUCH AS HOOKAH BARS IN THE, UM, BULLET POINT BELOW.
UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME SPECIAL USE STANDARDS, BUT THIS WOULD DISTINGUISH IN OUR EXISTING, UM, CIGAR LOUNGES, UM, PROHIBIT HOOKAH BARS, UM, OR SMOKING FACILITIES AS REFERENCED ABOVE IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, NEXT BULLET POINT WE WOULD ADD RETAIL SMOKING FACILITIES.
THIS WOULD BE DISTINCT FROM ONSITE SMOKING FACILITIES AS THOSE TWO USES COULD NOT BE JOINED TOGETHER, FOR EXAMPLE, AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD SOME UPDATES AND USE PERMISSIONS FOR LOW IMPACT MANUFACTURING IN THE AS AIRPORT.
UH, WHERE THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK, UH, I WANNA SAY IT WAS YELLY BELLY CHOCOLATE WAS ONE OF THEM THAT FELL INTO THAT AS AN EXISTING USE, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY BECAME NON-CONFORMING WITH THE UDC BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF I OF NO DEFINITIONS ON HOW THEY WERE REWARDED.
SO MAKING AN UPDATE TO THAT CARRIED FORWARD, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSED DURING THE CARRY FORWARD THAT WILL GO TO THE UDC.
UM, A, UM, CHANGE TO THE, OR, UM, A CLARIFICATION TO WHERE THAT WAREHOUSING IS ALLOWED.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFICE WAREHOUSE FACILITIES IN OUR COMMERCIAL ONE, COMMERCIAL TWO PRIMARILY DISTRICTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY DON'T, IT PROHIBITS WAREHOUSING.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM, ESPECIALLY CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE AND THEN A SMALL STORAGE AROUND THE BACK FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT AND UNDER THE CODE IT DOESN'T EXPRESSLY ALLOW THAT.
SO WE WANNA ADD A PROVISION, UH, WHICH MAKES THOSE CONFORMING.
UM, WE ADDED A CLARIFICATION THAT EVENT SPACE IS ACCESSORY ONLY, IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE TABLE TODAY.
WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE INTENT OF THAT AT ALL.
AND THEN WE DID, UM, ADD NEW DEFINITIONS FOR KITCHEN, KITCHEN, A KITCHEN A, EXCUSE ME, SPECIFIC TO, UH, HOW THEY APPLY TO LODGING FACILITIES.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON ADDED RETAIL SMOKING FACILITY USE MM-HMM
WHAT IS THAT? SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T, THAT WOULD BE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A VAPE SHOP OR A SMOKE SHOP.
WE CURRENTLY IN THE OLD CODE AND IN THE CURRENT UDC THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR, DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT AS A USE.
SO THAT USE WAS NEVER A DISTINGUISHED USE.
SO NOW IT'S A DISTINGUISHED USE AND HAS MUCH MORE STRICT, UM, PERMISSIONS, ZONING ALLOWANCES.
SO THESE ARE CONTINUATIONS WITHIN THE SAME, UM, SECTION, WHICH IS ARTICLE FOUR, WHICH IS THE USE STANDARDS.
UH, SO UNDER MEDICAL CLINIC, UM, THERE ARE, UM, A CONSOLIDATION AND EXPANSION IN SOME AREAS, UH, FOR MEDICAL CLINICS.
SO WE ADDED SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL USE STANDARDS TO ALLOW VARYING INTENSITIES DEPENDING UPON IF YOU WERE IN A MIXED USE DISTRICT OR A NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T, UM, WE WOULDN'T WANT LARGE FREESTANDING MEDICAL USES WITHIN OUR MIXED USE DISTRICT LIKE
UM, THAT'S NOT ADDING THAT AS A, AS A USE BY RIGHT.
A MEDICAL FACILITY IF YOU'RE PUTTING THIS IN HERE.
SO THESE ARE SPECIAL USE STANDARDS.
SO WE ACTUALLY MODIFIED SOME OF THE MEDICAL CLINIC STANDARDS.
THEY WERE, UH, A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO, THE DEFINITIONS WERE A BIT CONFUSING, SO WE ACTUALLY MODIFIED THE DEFINITIONS AND ADDED SOME CLARITY AND ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIAL USE STANDARDS FOR WHERE THE INTENSITY OF THOSE THINGS ARE APPROPRIATE.
SO HYPOTHETICALLY, SOMEONE BUYS AN OLD HOME MM-HMM
THEY HAVE AN INTENTION OF TURNING INTO A MEDICAL CLINIC MM-HMM
IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT'S NOT GIVING THEM THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
THIS IS, THIS IS SAYING REALISTICALLY, THIS IS SAYING WE DON'T WANT A A, LIKE A URGENT CARE 24 HOUR URGENT CARE FREESTANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF ADDISON CIRCLE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THAT WAS, IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED TODAY AND THAT'S NOT PROPOSED TO BE ALLOWED AND IT WASN'T ALLOWED TODAY.
YEAH, THAT I WAS CLARIFYING THAT THAT'S NOT BEING ADDED TO A USE.
NO, MOST OF THESE ARE LIKE MINOR TWEAKS TO DEFINITIONS TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHT SIZING SOME STUFF.
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AGAIN, PET CARE FACILITY, THIS IS THIS, WE ADDED THIS BACK, UH, WE MODIFIED THIS, UM, TO ALLOW IT IN SOME OF OUR MIXED USE DISTRICTS, BUT, UH, PROVIDED, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIAL USE STANDARDS TO THOSE.UM, WE DID PROVIDE A RESTRICTION, UH, FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE THAT ALLOWS A MAXIMUM OF THREE CHICKENS AT EACH PROPERTY.
UM, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT, SO WE'RE ADDING SOME, SOME LIMITS TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, ROOSTERS ARE PROHIBITED IN ADDISON, UM, WITH THE CIGAR LOUNGE.
SO I MENTIONED THAT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE BE ACCESSORY ONLY TO A PRIMARY USE.
UM, THEY CAN'T BE A STANDALONE USE BY THEMSELVES AND THERE'S A LIMITATION ON THE GROSS FLOOR AREA.
AND THEN, UH, FOR WHO CARS WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, THE INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR CONTINUATION OF USE.
IS YOUR CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL USE STANDARDS FOR WAREHOUSING? ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER CLARIFICATION OF ALLOWING SOME WAREHOUSING, UH, WITHIN OUR OFFICE WAREHOUSE SCENARIO.
AND THEN THE TWO DEFINITIONS FOR, UM, KITCHEN AND KITCHENETTE.
UM, THE LIMITED KITCHENS ARE ONLY AS ACCESSORY IN RESIDENCE HOTELS, SO THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON THAT.
UM, RESIDENCE HOTEL IS, UM, MEANS EXTENDED STAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE DEFINITION IS FOR REFERENCE, SO WE PROVIDED SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT.
UM, AND THE SAME FOR KITCHENETTE IN RELATION TO LIMITED AND FULL SERVICE HOTEL.
UM, WE'RE NOT TEAM
UM, SO A LOT OF THESE ONCE AGAIN ARE REALLY CLARIFICATION.
UM, THERE IS ONE, UM, MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, WHICH I'LL POINT OUT.
UM, ADDING SOME CLARIFICATION FOR THE MINOR REDEVELOPMENT FOR A MINOR SITE PLAN.
PRIMARILY LANDSCAPING RELATED, UM, CLARIFIED HOW PARKING AREAS ARE CALCULATED.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, JUST NOT CHANGING THE INTENT, BUT MAKING SURE THE WORDS ON THE PAPER MEET THE INTENT, UM, UM, FOR THE MAXIMUM OFF STREET VEHICLE PARKING, UM, CLARIFIED THAT THE MAXIMUM PARKING APPLIES TO ALL FACILITIES, NOT JUST NON-RESIDENTIAL, THE PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS ONE.
THIS WAS, UM, SOMEWHAT LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ACTUALLY AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDES A, UH, RE UH, OPTIONAL REDUCTION TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IF YOU'RE IN PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT.
UH, WE DID PROVIDE A BUFFER AT THE TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS HALF A MILE.
UM, AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THAT TO A MILE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND THAT A, A FLAT BUFFER DOESN'T REALLY MEET THE INTENT OF WHAT THAT WALKABILITY IS.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE, UM, ADDISON CIRCLE AREA AND THE TRANSIT STOP.
SO REALLY RIGHT SIZING WHERE THAT BUFFER IS, WHICH IS GENERALLY THE ADDISON CIRCLE BOUNDARY, WHICH IS DNT TO ADDISON ROAD.
UM, AND THEN FROM THE SOUTH BELTLINE TO, UM, THE AIRPORT PARKWAY.
SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT WALKABILITY AND NOT JUST A FLAT BE, UM, THE CONVERSATION IS MAYBE WE DON'T WANNA ALLOW A REDUCTION AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THAT WOULD BE INHERENTLY WITHIN THE BUFFER, BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THE INTENT OF WHAT THIS SECTION IS TRYING TO DO.
SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER CHANGE THAT I WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT.
SO, SO LESLIE ON THAT, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE UDC AMENDMENTS, WHICH YOU JUST DESCRIBED? YES.
SO A, A NUMBER OF TIMES YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE INTENT MM-HMM
GOING FORWARD, YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CREW.
HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT OUR INTENT WAS? WELL, UM, INTERNAL TO STAFF, WHAT WE DO AS KIND OF A BACK BEST PRACTICE THAT I'VE, UM, USED IN THE PAST IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTERNAL CODE DOCUMENT THAT WHEN INTERPRETATIONS ARE MADE OR THERE'S INTENT OR UNDERSTANDING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WE TAKE NOTES IN AND THAT SHARED WITHIN STAFF TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE KNIT BY THIS
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING INTERNALLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ON MY TEAM THAT ARE HERE NOW, WERE A PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR MANY YEARS, NOT THE WHOLE EIGHT YEARS, BUT FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WERE HERE AND HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE PLANNING AND LEARNING COMMISSION.
SO AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THIS INTENT PRETTY WELL.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT DOCUMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD, YEAH, SORRY, I, I WOULD JUST ALSO, I THINK THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE
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GOING THROUGH IS ALSO TRYING TO GET TO INTENT.YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAID WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE FACT THAT LESLIE AND HER TEAM CAME UP WITH SUCH AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF YEAH, HEY, WE, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THE ANTENNA'S INTENT WAS, MAYBE IT WASN'T AS CLEAR, SO WE WANTED 'EM CLARIFY IT.
HOPEFULLY THIS PROCESS HELPS SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE CLEAR LANGUAGE.
SO, SO, BUT THERE IS KIND OF A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT THAT SOMEBODY CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE, WHAT Y'ALL WERE THINKING AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A VERY DETAILED SPREADSHEET ABOUT WHY EACH OF THESE CAME UP.
WHAT WAS THE NEXUS OF, OF WHY THE CONVERSATION GOT BROUGHT UP, WHO BROUGHT IT UP, WHAT THE SCENARIO WAS, WHAT WE, IDEAS WE THINK WHERE IT'S AT IN THE CODE, SO FORTH.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE CREATED THIS LIST OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS OR SO AS WE KEPT ADDING TO A SPREADSHEET.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I WANTED AN OVERLAY OR A PARKS ZONING SO MUCH IS 50 YEARS FROM NOW, IF THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, LET'S ZONE, IT'S ZONED APARTMENTS.
LET'S JUST PUT AN APARTMENT THERE.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA KNOW GOING FORWARD THAT THE INTENT 50 YEARS AGO WAS, OH, WE'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING WITH OUR PARKS.
SO IT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR ANYBODY THAT'S HERE NOW OR NEXT WEEK.
SO I HAVE PLENTY MORE TO SAY ON THAT, BUT GO AHEAD, LESLIE.
UM, THE LAST ITEM ON THE SLIDE, UM, IS, UH, ALLOWING DIRECTOR APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF PERMEABLE PAVERS.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY A COMMON PRACTICE IN ADDISON, BUT DOESN'T EXPLICITLY CALL IT OUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPTION, UM, TO USE.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, ONCE AGAIN, STILL IN ARTICLE FIVE, THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR THAT, UM, ACTUALLY LISTED IMPORT TWICE, AND SO WE ELIMINATED ONE OF THEM.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM, WE CONSOLIDATED A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UM, IDENTIFIED THE MINIMUM TREE STANDARDS ABOUT HOW THE BEST PRACTICES FOR HOW THOSE TREES ARE, ARE, UM, MEASURED.
UH, WE DID, UM, LOOK, AND THIS GOES BACK TO ACTUALLY A COMMENT I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE TREE MITIGATION, IDENTIFYING IF A TREE IS HAZARDOUS, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREE IS REMOVED, UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, IT IS DANGER TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC OR THE WEALTH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND SO THAT IS WHAT THAT FIRST, UM, SENTENCE IN, IN IS INTENDED TO MEAN.
IF YOU RECALL A HERITAGE TREE AS ANYTHING 30 CALIBER INCHES OR ABOVE, THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL TO REMOVE.
UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE ADDED IN THAT IF THERE IS A TREE THAT'S DEEMED AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
IT DOES REQUIRE THAT A LICENSE ARBORIST MUST APPROVE, MUST, UM, CERTIFY THAT IT'S HAZARDOUS.
AND THE TOWN'S ARBORIST WOULD ALSO ALSO REVIEW THAT.
UM, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN OUTSIDE ARBORIST OR THIS, WHATEVER, THE HOUSE ARBORIST COUNT FOR THAT.
SO THIS WOULD BE A TREE THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET AN ARBORIST, AND THEN OUR ARBORIST WOULD CERTIFY THEIR WORK.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE, THE LAST BULLET POINT IS, IS THE SAME CONCEPT, UM, ALLOWING THE, THE TREE, UH, PERMIT WAIVER FOR THAT HAZARDOUS TREE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.
UH, MOVING FORWARD TO, UH, ARTICLE FIVE, UM, SOME CLARIFICATION ON FENCE MATERIALS.
IT'S IDENTIFIED AS CHAIN AND IT INTENDED TO BE CHAIN LINK.
UM, UM, THERE'S SOME CHANGES REMOVING SOME, UM, UNNECESSARY REFERENCES FOR MINOR MODIFICATION FOR PARKING STRUCTURE DESIGN.
UM, THE NEXT BULLET POINT, BULLET 0.3 IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WITH CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT WAS FOR REAL ESTATE SIGNS CURRENTLY LISTED AS UNDEVELOPED REAL ESTATE SIGNS.
AND WE REMOVED THE TERM UNDEVELOPED, SO IT'S ALL REAL ESTATE SIGNS.
IF YOU, UH, MAY REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST FALL ABOUT LEASING SIGNS ON EXISTING BUILDINGS.
SO WE CODIFIED WHAT, UM, THE, THE INTENT WAS WITH THAT.
SO NO, NO CHANGES BEYOND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST FALL WITH THAT.
UM, AND ALSO THERE WAS SOME ALLOWANCES FOR PULL DOWN TO BANNERS, BUT THERE WAS ACTUALLY NO, UM, CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHERE THOSE WERE ALLOWED.
SO WE ADDED SOME CLARIFICATION, UM, THAT THEY COULD NOT, THEY'RE PROHIBITED ON PUBLIC UTILITY POLES, UM, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED ON SPECIFIC PRIVATE UTILITY POLES WITH, UM, SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
HEY, LINDA, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNS FOR A SECOND, UM, I KNOW IT WAS MONTHS AGO WHEN WE MADE THE CHANGE ABOUT THE, UH, OFFSITE SIGNAGE FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS MM-HMM
UM, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT THIS WEEKEND WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT, AND I COULDN'T QUITE FIND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IS, IS, IS EVERYTHING STILL IN PLACE WITH THAT? CAN YOU REMIND
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ME WHAT THAT WAS? SO WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS THAT, THAT WERE JUST SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON WEEKENDS.SO IT'S STILL BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR IT AND I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT.
WHERE, SO THOSE, THOSE SIGNS ARE, UM, NOT ALLOWED.
AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED WITH THESE ANYWHERE WERE OFFSITE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ANYWHERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
STILL THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR IT COULD BE ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH PERMISSION.
SO THE, THE GENERAL ALLOWANCES OF THE FRAMEWORK IS ANYTHING IN A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IS PROHIBITED WITH VERY, VERY NARROW EXCEPTIONS.
BASICALLY ONLY ALLOWED FOR TOWN SIGNAGE AND GOVERNMENTAL SIGNAGE.
UM, THE OTHER ALLOWANCES ARE THAT THEY MAY BE ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THAT EACH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CAN ONLY HAVE UP TO THREE SIGNS, AND THERE IS, THERE'S SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS FOR WHAT THOSE CAN BE IN TERMS OF SIZE, UM, AND YOU, THEY MUST HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER PERMISSION.
UM, SO MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME SIGNS, UM, DETACHED SIGNS, UH, THEY'RE ADDING, MODIFYING SOME VISIBILITY TR TRIANGLE MEASUREMENTS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ADMINISTER.
WE DID REFERENCE ASH TOE, WHICH HAS, UM, VERY COMPLEX, UM, STANDARDS FOR MEASURING VISIBILITY TRIANGLES.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO ACTUALLY MOVE BACK TO A, UH, STANDARD, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A 15 BY 15 FOOT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, UM, FOR THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES.
UM, WE WANNA ADD SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION TO REFLECT THE, UM, COUNCIL'S DESIRE FROM TWO YEARS AGO THAT THE 30% REDUCTION, UM, APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE FEE ORDINANCE.
UM, THEN RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL USES THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SECTIONS WITHIN THIS, AND IT'S CALLED, UH, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MIXED USE.
UM, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR DEVELOPERS, SO WE WANTED TO ADD SOME FURTHER DEFINITION TO WHAT THOSE, UM, ARE INTENDED TO BE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MEDICAL CLINIC USES AND, AND THE VARYING INTENSITY CHANGES AND, UM, ADDING DEFINITIONS TO THE VARIOUS NEW, UH, COMMERCIAL DEFINITIONS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL PET CARE, UM, CIGAR LOUNGE AND UH, HOOPA BAR AS WELL.
CONTINUATION OF THAT, WE ALSO ADDED, UM, DEFINITIONS FOR, UM, RETAIL SALES AND SMOKING FACILITIES SPECIFIC.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH, UM, SMOKER VAPE SHOPS AND ONSITE SMOKING FACILITIES.
UM, CONTINUING WITHIN THE DEFINITION.
SO EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT 10 SLIDES AGO WITH THE NEW TABLE OF PERMITTED USES GOT ADDED TO THE DEFINITION SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL CLARITY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, CONTRACTOR'S, OFFICE CARETAKERS, UM, ORDERS WAS ACTUALLY RELOCATED, NOT CHANGED, ADDED DEFINITIONS FOR KITCHENETTE AND KITCHEN.
AND THEN, UM, I MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE AIRPORT, UH, DEFINITIONS FOR, UM, FIXING SOME CLERICAL, CLERICAL ERRORS FOR THE AIRPORT SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE CHANGES.
UM, ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THAT'S GOOD, LESLIE, THANKS FOR TAKING US THROUGH THAT.
RANDY, DID YOU CALL ON ME, SIR?
LESLIE, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS.
THIS TO ME JUST PROVES THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE, UH, ADJUSTED AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS AND ISSUES, WE ARE RESPONSIVE ENOUGH TO COME BACK AND, UH, DO THIS.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SEVERAL OF THE THINGS IN HERE, UH, TO INCLUDE THE, THE OVERLAY OF THE PARK.
I KNOW THAT WAS, UH, A TOUGH DEAL.
NOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN WE DID THIS OVERLAY OF THE PARKS, DID THAT TAKE OUT THE, UM, M FOURS OR R ONES AND R TWOS OUT OF IT AND JUST MAKE IT A PARK? OR IS THERE STILL A, IS THERE STILL A, UH, ZONING ATTACHMENT TO THAT? YES AND NO.
UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN, UM, TO ANSWER, BUT THE BASE DISTRICT IS STILL THERE.
SO THE, IT'S AN OVERLAY, SO IT'S ON TOP OF THE BASE DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS ADDISON SCHOOL PARK ON THE SCREEN.
SO THERE'S STILL A BASE DISTRICT OF M FOUR WITH THE PARK OVERLAY OVER IT.
HOWEVER, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WITHIN THE PARK U STANDARDS, WE WOULD ONLY ALLOW, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE WITHIN THIS CLASSIFICATION, IF THAT
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MAKES ANY SENSE.WHAT CLASSIFICATION, THE, THE PROS PLAN CLASSIFICATION OF THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.
SO M FOUR, IF THAT, IF THAT PART WAS ZONED TO M FOUR, WE WOULD ONLY ALLOW AN M FOUR BUILDING TO COME IN.
SO IT WOULD BASE, SO I'M GONNA SIMPLIFY IT FURTHER, BUT WITH THE OVERLAY, IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW ACTIVE AND PASSIVE OPEN SPACE OR A USE THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOWED ON THAT PARK.
SO FOR, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE, LIKE STONE COTTAGE EARMARKED AS A PARK OVERLAY AREA.
SO THE STONE COTTAGE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE YOU, IT MAY, SOMEONE MAY NOT DEFINE THAT AS A PARK, IT'S MORE OF A RECREATION FACILITY AND EXTENSION OF THE THEATER.
THERE IS JAVA HOPS INSIDE OF A YES.
SO I MEAN, SO THAT WOULD BE ALLOWING THAT MM-HMM
SO, SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY DEFINED.
SO IT'S SAYING WITHIN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS TODAY WITHIN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ISN'T ALLOWED USE, BUT ANYTHING ELSE IS NOT AN ALLOWED USE.
I, I'M, I'M GONNA BE HAPPY WITH THIS AND I'M, I'M GONNA LET THIS DOG LIE
'CAUSE IT WAS, IT'S AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, SO IT HAS TO HAVE A BASE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON, ON SEVERAL THINGS ON MAYBE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THIS MAY HAVE DONE.
CREATING MORE WORK FOR YOU CAN'T PUT TWO MORE TRASH CANS IN A PARK.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, TO SAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THESE OVERLAYS.
I DON'T WANT IT TO CREATE ALL OF THIS MINOR STUFF, THE TROUBLES TO COME BACK THAT YOU CAN'T PUT AN EXTRA TRASH CAN IN A PARK, BUT I WANT OUR PARKS PROTECTED.
AND I, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND, I'M GONNA LET IT LIE.
I STILL JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T TAKE THAT R ONE, R TWO, M FOUR MM-HMM
OFF OF THAT AND CALL IT A PARK.
UH, SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS? UM, SO THE, UH, THE ONEDRIVE FILES THAT WERE SENT OUT TO ALL OF YOU, YOU CAN ADD TO THAT AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE OR REACH OUT TO ANY OF US DIRECTLY.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO P AND Z NEXT WEEK TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THEN DEPENDING UPON THE FEEDBACK, HOW MUCH MORE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WE'LL GET.
I THINK TENTATIVELY WE'LL BE BACK IN THIS POTENTIALLY A SEPTEMBER, UH, P AND Z AND LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
AND, AND TO RANDY'S POINT, ONCE THIS IS, ONCE THIS IS COMPLETE AND WE'VE FINISHED, WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED ON, IT'LL HAPPEN ONE DAY.
I'M SURE WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND IF THERE'S, WE SEE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, COUNSEL CAN CHANGE IT.
SO WE ACTUALLY, FROM A STAFF LEVEL, SO YOU ALL CAN TELL US AT ANY TIME, UM, BUT FROM A STAFF LEVEL IT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA GET ON IN EVERY OTHER YEAR.
CYCLE OF KEEPING THAT, THAT SPREADSHEET I TALKED ABOUT A RUNNING LIST, UM, OF, OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANNA REVISIT.
AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT UPDATING.
UM, THIS CODE IS ACTUALLY, IS OBVIOUSLY VERY LARGE AND TAKES A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME COLLABORATING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND SEEING WHAT BEST FITS FOR EVERYONE.
UM, 'CAUSE WE COLLABORATE A LOT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
YEAH, NO, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THAT AS PART OF YOUR PLAN.
AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE ON THIS.
ALRIGHT, UH, WITH THAT, SO ITEM FIVE BEYOND OUR WORK SESSION, SINCE WE'RE PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT.
SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, A 10 MINUTE RECESS RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE'LL UH, MEET UP IN THE, UH, NEXT ROOM FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.
IT IS SEVEN TWENTY SIX AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026.
AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH SIX MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
IN PERSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER LISIO IS JOINING US VIA ZOOM AND, UH, NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.
AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE OF BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU'LL 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.
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HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG OF PLEDGE ALLE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDERGRAD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.[Proclamations / Presentations]
GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TO A CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TO B EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.UH, JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
ADDISON OCTOBERFEST IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
ADDISON RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE DISCOUNTED GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS FOR $5 AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, BEGINNING ON AUGUST 17TH.
GET ALL DETAILS ON THIS YEAR'S EVENT@ADDISONOKTOBERFEST.COM.
AND THE ADDISON FIRE DEPARTMENT INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO A SPECIAL PUSH-IN CEREMONY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND AT 9:00 AM AT FIRE STATION ONE.
TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF ITS NEW RESCUE 1 0 1, THE NEW ARF VEHICLE QUA AND SQUAD 1 0 1 FIRE STATION ONE IS LOCATED AT 4 7 9 8 AIRPORT PARKWAY.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND I'LL ASK ASHLEY WAKE TO COME UP FOR OUR INTRODUCTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE ALI MURRAY.
SHE'S OUR NEW HR COORDINATOR IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WHOSE DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO OTHERS AND POSITIVE SPIRIT MAKE HER A VALUED MEMBER OF THE ADDISON TEAM.
ORIGINALLY FROM HEME CALIFORNIA, ALLY GRADUATED FROM WEATHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, WHERE SHE EARNED A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN HR MANAGEMENT WITH A PASSION FOR SERVING OTHERS.
ALLIE KNEW THAT WORKING FOR A MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE A GREAT FIT.
AFTER INTERNING WITH THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, SHE WAS DRAWN TO ADDISON BECAUSE OF THE TOWN'S DEDICATION TO ITS EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONALLY, ALLIE IS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF EARNING HER S-H-R-M-C-P CERTIFICATION.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CERTIFICATION.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATING THIS PAST MAY, HER EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IN HR HAVE HELPED SHAPE HER COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES AND CONTRIBUTING TO A POSITIVE WORKPLACE OUTSIDE OF WORK.
ALLY RECENTLY MOVED TO DALLAS AND HAS JOINED THIS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER.
SHE IS ALSO A PROUD PET PARENT TO HENRY, A BELOVED TABBY CAT.
AND WHEN SHE ISN'T WORKING, YOU CAN OFTEN FIND ALLY WITH A GOOD BOOK.
SHE READ OVER 60 BOOKS LAST YEAR.
SHE ALSO LOVES EXPLORING DALLAS AND TRYING NEW RESTAURANTS, ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HER NEXT FAVORITE SPOT.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE ADDISON WAY MEANS TO HER, ALLIE SHARED THAT IT MEANS DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES EVERY DAY.
THAT SPIRIT OF SERVICE IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT ALLIE BRINGS TO THE ADDISON TEAM.
PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING ALLIE.
[Public Comment]
NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.UH, CITY COUNCIL INVITE 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 CITY, UH, COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSS IN THE ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM AND MOVE
[Consent Agenda]
ON TO ITEM FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A, B, AND C.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR I, I MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR A THROUGH C? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU MARLON AND CHRIS FOR THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the permitted use and development standards for Planned Development, Ordinance Nos. 092-037 and 098-049, for a 3.62± acre property generally located north of Belt Line Road and east of Marsh Lane, and addressed as 3711 Belt Line Road. Case 1955-Z/Remington Addison Plaza PD Amendment.]
FIVE A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE PERMITTED USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.NUMBERS OH NINE TWO DASH 0 3 7 AND OH NINE EIGHT DASH 0 4 9 FOR A 3.62 ACRE PROPERTY.
GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF BELTLINE ROAD AND EAST OF MARSH LANE AND ADDRESS ADDRESSED AS 37 11 BELTLINE ROAD CASE 1955 DASH Z REMINGTON, ADDISON PLAZA, PD AMENDMENT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR COREY BECK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
TONIGHT I HAVE A REQUEST TO AMEND THE PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR, UM, PARKING AT THE REMINGTON ADDISON PLAZA, LOCATED AT 37 1 BELTLINE
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ROAD.THE ZONING HISTORY FOR IT SHOWS THAT IN NINE BEFORE 1992 WAS ACTUALLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL, UM, WHICH ALLOWED JUST TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL USES.
THEN IN 1992, UH, IT WAS REZONED TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT ESTABLISHED THE USES AND UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT YOU SEE TODAY.
IN 1998, UM, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE SITE AS IT WAS BUILT TODAY AS WELL.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT FOR THE EXISTING PD TO ADD MEDICAL USES TO THE PERMITTED USES, ALIGN RESTAURANTS AND PARKING RATIOS WITH THE UNI, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THE CURRENT PERMITTED USES INCLUDE USES LIKE BARBERSHOP, PET SHOPS, DRUG STORES, FILM AND DEVELOPMENT, FILM DEVELOPMENT AND PRINTING, FLORIST, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES FOR ARCHITECTS, ATTORNEYS, ENGINEERS IN REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL RETAIL.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO ADD MEDICAL CLINIC AS DEFINED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO THE PERMITTED USES.
THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE A, UH, DENTIST HAD APPLIED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR ONE OF THE TENANT SPACES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT THE SUITE FOR WHAT HE NEEDED IT FOR.
UM, UPON THAT, UH, APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED, WE REALIZED THAT MEDICAL CLINICS ARE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWED IN THIS PD.
SO, UM, WE TALKED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND UH, THAT IS WHY THE REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHILE WE WERE REVIEWING FOR THEIR ACTUAL REQUEST, WE SAW THAT STAFF SAW THAT THE RESTAURANTS, UM, ACTUALLY REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REGARDLESS OF THEIR TIME, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION, LIKE OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TODAY.
AND THEY, THE PD AT STILL HAS RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
WHEN WE ADOPTED THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, AS LONG AS THE RESTAURANTS ARE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE CLOSING BY 11 AND AMPLIFIED SOUND IS OFF BY 11 AS WELL.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO MODIFY RESTAURANT IN GENERAL TO FALL IN LINE WITH THE UNI, THE UDC, AND TO REMOVE ALTOGETHER THE RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL FORCE, UH, WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED AS AN ACCESSORY USE IN ALL RESTAURANTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WHILE STAFF WAS REVIEWING THE REQUEST, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PARKING RATIOS FOR THE EXISTING PD.
SO IN THE EXISTING PD IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, UH, BASICALLY THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING IS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT OUR UDC REQUIRES TODAY.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID AGREE THAT LOWERING THE, OR ALIGNING THE PARKING RATIOS WITH THE EXISTING ONES IN THE UDC WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE LESS PARKING
THEY WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE VALET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON SITE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY IT LOWERS IT IN ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES.
UM, THE BOLD WORDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THEIR EXISTING PD TODAY, WHEREAS THE ONES THAT ARE IN ITALICS ARE WHAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, CLASSIFIES IT AS.
AND THE BIGGEST ONE THAT PROBABLY CHANGES IS FOR RESTAURANT.
UH, THE PD CURRENTLY REQUIRES RESTAURANTS FOR ONE TO 70, WHEREAS THE, UH, UDC REQUIRES ONE TO A HUNDRED.
I WANNA RE, I DO WANNA ITERATE THAT THERE ARE NO PROPOSED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS ZONE, OR IS, UH, HAS A PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION OF URBAN VILLAGE AND IS IN WITHIN THE ENHANCED SPECTRUM OF CHANGE.
BOTH OF THESE, UM, HAVE A, UH, UPDATING THE PERMITTED USES FALLS IN LINE WITH BOTH OF THESE, UH, DESIGNATIONS.
IT IS ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE HOTEL, COMMERCIAL AND, UH, LARGER COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET STAFF DID NOTIFY THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE RECEIVED NO FEEDBACK FROM, UH, ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, THIS IS THIS PROPOSED, UM, AMENDMENT IS IN LINE WITH OTHER USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY WRIGHT IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND IT DOES, UM, IT IS, UH, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE TOWN'S POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.
UH, I DO NOT BELIEVE MY APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT,
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BUT, UH, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.UH, QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? OH, READY? I CAN SEE YOU.
BUT WHEN WE GIVE A BROAD MEDICAL APPROVAL, THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG AND THAT OPENS IT UP FOR WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO IN THE FUTURE.
I'M, I'M NOT TOO MUCH FOR GIVING THESE BROAD MEDICAL, UM, CHANGES IN THE UDC.
I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE A TARGETED, WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO COME IN TO APPROVE A DENTIST OFFICE OR TO APPROVE, UH, WHATEVER ELSE, BUT ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP OUT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS THAT NOT AN OPTION HERE.
IF YOU, UH, WANT, LIKE, TO MAKE A MOTION TO, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING GO BACK TO THE, UH, INSTEAD OF, UH, ADDING MEDICAL CLINIC, IF, IF YOU MADE THE MOTION, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY TO ADD, UM, DENTISTS OFFICE, UH, THEN, UH, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WAS TO USE TERMS THAT ARE, THAT ALIGN WITH OUR UDC, SO THAT ACROSS THE BOARD THINGS ARE EASIER TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION ESTABLISHED IN THE UDC FOR DENTIST OFFICE.
IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD DEFINITION,
UM, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION FOR YOU FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, AND WE COULD DO THAT EACH TIME.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME IN WITH A DIFFERENT MEDICAL FACILITY OF, OR WHATEVER OCCUPANCY, A DIFFERENT MEDICAL OCCUPANCY, AND WE COULD APPROVE OR DENY BASED ON THAT.
BUT IF WE GO WITH THIS BLANKET MEDICAL, IT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER THEY WANNA BRING IN BY, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF OUR MEDICAL CLINIC.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ANYTHING WITH, UM, AMBUL AMBULATORY SERVICES WOULD NOT FALL UNDER MEDICAL CLINIC.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I'M REFERRING TO EITHER.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ERS OR I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, UM, THAT, BUT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO APPROVE.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO, TO, UH, HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT RATHER THAN JUST GIVE 'EM A BY RIGHT.
MEDICAL THAT JUST MEETS, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN AMBULANCE COMING UP TO THE DOOR.
DO DO WE KNOW THE DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CLINIC? IS THAT AVAILABLE TO US? YES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST PULLING UP.
UM, SO A MEDICAL CLINIC IS A HE HEALTHCARE FACILITY WHERE PATIENTS ARE ADMITTED FOR EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT OF AN OUT ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS BY ONE OR MORE PHYSICIANS, DENTIST OR OTHER LICENSED HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS.
PSYCHO, UH, PSYCHOS PSYCHIATRIST OR SOCIAL WORKERS THERAPY PRACTICE, AESTHETIC TREATMENTS.
AND WHERE PATIENTS ARE NOT LODGED OVERNIGHT, FACILITIES MAY NOT OPERATE ON A CONTINUOUS 24 HOUR BASIS.
DEFINITION INCLUDES EMERGENCY AND URGENT CARE FACILITIES WITHOUT AMBULANCE SERVICE AND OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTERS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES IN, UM, INDEPENDENT AND RETAIL PHARMACIES.
ACCESSORY USES WOULD BE LABORATORIES AND RETAIL SALES OF PRODUCTS.
MARLON, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? OH, I'M SORRY.
NO, RANDY, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT, UM, DRUG REHAB WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
DRUG COUNSELING WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
UH, I, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN TO AN ENTIRE LIST OF, OF UNDESIRABLE, UM, USES.
SO I, I, I STAND ON MY ISSUE OF I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A DENTIST AND, UH, HAVE THAT ABILITY ON EACH ONE OF THESE THAT COME IN.
UM, MEDICAL IS JUST ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE USES THAT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN.
UM, LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
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JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION.UM, BASED UPON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WE, SO MEDICAL CLINIC IS VERY SPECIFIC AS THE DEFINITION.
COREY JUST, UM, ALLUDED TO, UM, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT SUPPORTIVE CARE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED I THINK ALCOHOL ANONYMOUS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDER A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DEFINITION.
IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER MEDICAL CLINIC.
OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMEONE NEEDED IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL ATTENTION OR WAS MAYBE GOING TO THERAPY THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING.
DIALYSIS, UM, DEPENDING UPON POTENTIALLY, I'M JUST SAYING.
SO, BUT WHAT YOU, UH, SE SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS YOU LISTED WOULD ACTUALLY FALL UNDER SUPPORTIVE CARE, UH, AND THEY WOULD MEET THAT DEFINITION.
SO THERE'S JUST WANTED TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S, UM, IT'S NOT SO BROAD.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT MORE EASILY FIT WITHIN GOTCHA.
BUT WE ALSO GET INTO THE REPRODUCTIVE TYPE CLINICS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BANNED, BUT COULD MAKE A COMEBACK.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOU HAD TO GET UP AND, AND TRY TO GO THROUGH THAT WOULD MEET THE, I, I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE A BROAD MEDICAL, UH, DESIGNATION.
AND I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN DO THIS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
IS THERE A DOWNSIDE AT ALL TO THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER WITH DOING WHAT RANDY IS SUGGESTING? UH, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THEIR LETTER OF INTENT, THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, LEASE OUT SPACES THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LEASE OUT.
UM, SO IT WOULD ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY IF WE DID A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GENERAL, INSTEAD OF JUST DENTIST.
UM, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO, UH, ADD DENTISTS AND CHIROPRACTOR AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANTED TO LIST ALL THOSE OUT, UM, COOL.
BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO GIVE THEIR, UM, INPUT ON WHAT OTHER TYPES OF, UH, MEDICAL USES THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
I ONLY KNOW THE DENTIST BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I GOT, I I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT, AND I HAD SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT NOW THAT I'VE HEARD, THE DEFINITION IS A HEALTHCARE FACILITY WHERE PATIENTS ARE ADMITTED FOR EXAMINATIONS AND TREATMENT ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS BY ONE OR MORE PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, OTHER LICENSED HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, I, THAT, THAT COVERS A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT I'M COMFORTABLE THOUGH THOSE, THEY CAN'T BE LODGED OVERNIGHT.
I'M, I'M OKAY WITH HOW, HOW WE'RE DEFINING A MEDICAL CLINIC THAT STILL, I, I I, I, I STILL AM NOT, SO I WOULD RESPECTFUL DISAGREEMENT.
NO, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU BROUGHT ON THAT.
AND IT'S JUST, IT JUST, IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK WITH A CHIROPRACTOR, THEN, THEN IT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT AN, IT'S JUST NOT A BIG DEAL TO APPROVE IT.
AND IT'S EASIER TO, IF WE SIT HERE AND TRY TO MAKE AN ENTIRE LIST OF WHAT WE WANT OR DON'T WANT, THAT'S HARDER THAN WHEN THEY COME TO US AND SAY, I WANT A DENTIST.
AND THE ONLY POINT I WANT TO SHARE IS I, I'VE BEEN ON A COUNCIL WHERE WE'VE APPROVED, UM, UM, LAND USE FOR, FOR MEDICAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES, I BELIEVE WAS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
AND, AND, UM, AND WE COME TO FIND OUT ABOUT A YEAR LATER, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WHAT PLAYED OUT IS RAN, I THINK RANDY'S FEAR.
SO, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND, AND, UM, IT PLAYED OUT WITH ME AND, AND THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS I, I SERVED WITH.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, UM, THAT WASN'T A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ANY OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ASK US, DID YOU, DID YOU APPROVE THAT? AND, AND ALL WE COULD SAY IS YES, BUT WE DIDN'T.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE.
WE WERE, WE, WE WERE THOUGHT, WE WERE TOLD IT MIGHT BE AN ORTHODONTIST, IT MIGHT BE A DENTIST OFFICE.
UM, AND SO THAT HAS PLAYED OUT DEAR.
SO MARLIN ACTUALLY ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THIS TYPE OF REQUEST? WHAT'S THE, WHATS THE STANDARD, THE POLICY? UH, IS IS JUST TO GRANT THE MEDICAL USE OR ARE WE DOING MORE SPECIFICS? LIKE WE'RE BEING, UH, LIKE RANDY'S SUGGESTING? UH, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, A PD AMENDMENT, UM, I THINK TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.
UM, FOR THE, FOR ANOTHER PD THAT ADDED MEDICAL CLINIC AS WELL.
UH, THEY HAD VERY SPECIFIC TENANTS THAT, UH, THEY WERE TRYING TO ATTRACT THEIR LOCATION.
UM, THIS, THIS, UH, PD AND LOCATION AS WELL DOES HAVE THE DENTIST THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IN.
UM, 'CAUSE HE'S SPENT A LOT OF MONEY RENOVATING THE SPACE PRIOR TO KNOWING THAT HE WASN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO IN THERE WITH ZONING.
UM, SO I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT
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CERTAIN USES.UM, I JUST DUNNO, BEYOND THE CL THE, UM, THE DENTIST AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UM, CONTROLLING WHAT WE GET.
I DON'T LIKE OI DO LIKE OVERREGULATION SOMETIMES, AND, UH, THE EXTRA ADMINISTRATION, UM, NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT, BUT I, I DO SEE SOME UNINTENDED OUTCOMES SINCE MEDICAL CAN BE VERY BROAD.
YOU KNOW, I PICKED UP ON IT BEING A MEDICALLY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LICENSES OUT THERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE DONE WITH LICENSES ON DIFFERENT CLINICS.
SO I'M, I'M LEANING TOWARDS BEING SPECIFIC ON THE USE SUCH AS DENTAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM FIVE A, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WOULD MAKE A, A, A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WHAT IS THE NUMBER HERE? DO I EVER GIVE YOU THE NUMBER TO PUBLIC HEARING? FIVE A FIVE A TO APPROVE A DENTIST OFFICE AT THIS LOCATION AT THIS TIME.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ITEMS? THE OTHER ITEMS. ITEMS. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ITEMS REGARDING THE RESTAURANT PARKING AND SO FORTH? I, I WOULD APPROVE THAT AS, AS WRITTEN AT THAT POINT.
IT'S JUST THE MEDICAL AS SUBMITTED, BUT CHANGING ADD MEDICAL CLINIC TO ADD DENTAL OFFICE? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL OTHER ITEMS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
ALL OTHER ITEMS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
AND, AND TO ALLOW ADEN DENTAL OFFICE AT THIS LOCATION RATHER THAN MEDICAL.
SO THIS IS APPROVING A DENTIST ANYWHERE IN THAT FACIL IN, IN THAT LOCATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NOT PD, NOT THAT SPECIFIC, UM, SUITE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO IS THERE MARKETING THAT SITE? WHAT IF, WHAT IF IT'S NOT A DENTIST AND IT'S A CHIROPRACTOR, THEN THEY GOTTA BRING IT BACK AGAIN AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA BE SURE WE WOULD APPROVE THAT.
UH, IF THIS WERE TO COME BACK AND WE COULD, UH, FIRM UP, UM, SOME DEFINITION OR, OR EXAMPLES, UM, I JUST, I THINK IT'D BE CRAZY FOR US TO TRY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD, WE COULD COME UP WITH A BETTER WELL, I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE REDEFINING IT ON THE FLY.
I THINK YOU ARE, BECAUSE I'M NOT.
I MEAN, IF I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL, IF WE HAVEN'T DEFINED WHAT MEDICAL IS, WHY DO WE HAVE TO SAY IT HAS TO BE A DENTAL OFFICE? LIKE CHRIS SAID, WHAT IF, YOU KNOW, THEY COME BACK FOR A CHIROPRACTOR? WHAT IF THEY COME BACK FOR PEDIATRIC CARE? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CHOICE ON THAT.
WHAT IF, BUT NOW THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THIS UDC THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PROVE, RIGHT? SO NOW EVERY MEDICAL USE IS GOING TO BE FACED WITH THIS.
DOESN'T DOESN'T SEEM VERY EFFICIENT.
AND IF I, IF I OWNED THE PROPERTY AND I'M OUT THERE MARKETING, I DON'T KNOW HOW I MARKET THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA APPROVE.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO GET PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS LEASED UP AND NOT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT.
I I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THAT STATEMENT AND I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM GET THIS IN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GET IN WHAT THE PUBLIC, WHAT OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND THE, THE TOWN CAN WITHSTAND AND WE CAN, WE CAN ALSO MODIFY THAT DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CLINIC, UM, WITHIN THE UDC.
AND WE CAN COME BACK FROM A, FROM A UNIVERSAL AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH THIS AND, AND WELL, I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA HOLD IT UP FOR THE CANDIDATE, FOR THE APPLICANT.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S A, A DENTIST THAT HE'S GOT WAITING THAT'S READY TO SIGN THE LEASE.
OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SO THE, JUST TO, UH, CLARIFY THE MOTION, UH, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, APPROVE AS SUBMITTED, BUT TO CHANGE ADD MEDICAL CLINIC, TO CHANGE THAT, TO ADD DENTAL OFFICE.
AND THE OTHER TWO ITEMS WOULD BE THE AS SUBMITTED.
UH, ANY, EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
WAS DAN A YAY OR A NAY? I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
[b. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to rezone a 0.56-acre property, located at 3810 Belt Line Road, from Planned Development (PD), Ordinance No. O22-27 to Commercial Limited (CL) zoning district. Case 1961-Z/Roadrunners Coffee Rezoning.]
ITEM FIVE B PRESENT, DISCUSS AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE AT
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0.56 ACRE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 38 10 BELTLINE ROAD FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD.ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 22 DASH 27 TO COMMERCIAL LIMITED CL ZONING, DISTRICT CASE 1961 DASH Z ROADRUNNERS COFFEE REZONING.
UH, COREY BACK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD A REZONING REQUEST FOR 38 10 BELTLINE ROAD, WHICH IS THE OLD SALAD AND GO LOCATION.
UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO A, UH, BASE DISTRICT OF JUST COMMERCIAL LIMITED.
THIS PROPERTY HAS A VERY LONG ZONING HISTORY.
I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE ALL OF IT TO YOU
UH, SO BASICALLY BEFORE 1980, THE ORIGINAL ZONING, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WAS LOCAL RETAIL AND APARTMENT.
THIS ALLOWED REGULAR GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY AND SOME OTHER, UM, HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES.
THEN FROM 1980 UNTIL 2022, UH, THERE WERE SEVEN PD CREATIONS AND AMENDMENTS, UM, BETWEEN, UM, THE ENTIRE, UH, TARGET TOWN CENTER SITE AND THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IN 2022, A REZONE APPLICATION CAME THROUGH, UM, AND ULTIMATELY WAS APPROVED FOR A NEW, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE DISTRICT OF LOCAL RETAIL.
AND IF YOU RECALL, 2025 UDC LOCAL RETAIL NOW IS COMMERCIAL LIMITED.
UM, THE NEW PD AT THAT TIME MODIFIED SOME OF THE LOCAL RETAIL STANDARDS, UM, FOR THIS PROPERTY.
BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, IT WAS FOLLOWING THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
THEN TONIGHT WE HAVE THE REZONE FROM THE PD TO THE COMMERCIAL LIMITED.
UH, THIS REQUEST CAME ABOUT TO LOWER THE PARKING REQUIREMENT RATHER THAN AMENDING THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, THEY WANTED TO REZONE TO A COMPLETELY NEW DESIGNATION.
UH, SO THE MEET THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW IS ONE SPACE PER 70.
THAT WAS PRETTY STANDARD FOR RESTAURANTS ACROSS ADDISON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
NOW WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, OUR, OUR MINIMUM RATIO IS ACTUALLY ONE TO A HUNDRED.
SO IT REQUIRES LESS PARKING FOR RESTAURANTS.
UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, IF THEY CONTINUED WITH THE PARKING RATIO IN THE CURRENT PD, THEY WOULD REQUIRED 13 SPACES, WHEREAS THE COMMERCIAL LIMITED DISTRICT REQUIRES NINE.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, SORRY, UH, THEY ARE LOOKING, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS LOOKING TO ADD A COMPLETE SECOND DRIVE THROUGH LANE, WHICH DOES REMOVE SOME OF THE PARKING ON SITE.
UH, SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR PARKING STANDARDS.
THE REZONE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN VILLAGE, AS WELL AS IN THE ENHANCED SPECTRUM OF CHANGE.
IT'S ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
BELTLINE ROAD IS DESIGNATED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL AND ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR.
UM, THIS PROPERTY, UH, ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE, THOSE DESIGNATIONS ARE ALREADY BUILT OUT.
IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH OUR PARKS OF RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
UM, THERE IS NO PARKS ENVISIONED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH IT.
UM, AND MOST OF THE, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSED ON BELTLINE ENHANCEMENTS, AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED FOR THIS SITE.
SAME FOR THE MASTER OR THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
UM, IN THIS PLAN, BELTLINE IS DESIGNATED AS A WIDE SIDEWALK WITH BUFFER.
UM, THE ALL, AGAIN, ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE USE OF A COFFEE SHOP, UH, DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP IS COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER SURROUNDING, UM, LAND USES WITH HAVING COMMERCIAL ALL AROUND AS WELL AS HOTEL.
AND WE HAVE SOME TOWNHOUSES, SO HOPEFULLY THEY LIKE COFFEE AND ARE WANTING TO GO THERE.
AND IF YOU RECALL, WE ACTUALLY HAD A PROPERTY TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THIS ONE, UH, REZONED AS COMMERCIAL LIMITED AS WELL, UM, FOR OFFICE.
UH, SO IT IS REZONING THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING LAND OR, UH, ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
STAFF DID NOTICE, UM, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL, SEVEN TO ZERO STAFF'S REVIEWED AND IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, TOWN POLICIES AND ADOPTED MASTER PLANS.AND I DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
RANDY, REAL QUICK ONES, UH, COMMENT.
FIRST, VERY NICE JOB ON YOUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS A PRETTY MUCH A, A DRIVE THROUGH, RIGHT? SO IS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, IS, IS THAT A VARIANCE WE'RE GIVEN THIS BUSINESS OR IS THAT GOING TO BE IN OUR UDC GOING FORWARD AS A, AS A STANDARD, UH, NUMBER? YEAH.
SO FOR RESTAURANTS, UM, EVEN WITH DRIVE THROUGHS, THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS ZONING OR FOR THAT USE IN GENERAL IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, IS ONE TO A HUNDRED.
UM, AND FOR, UH, BUT FOR THE PD THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED, IT STATES THAT IT IS ONE TO 70.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE.
IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE ZONING CHANGE? CAN THEY NOT DO WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING? WHAT, UM, I WILL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER IF THERE IS MORE TO THE, THE REASONING FOR GOING FROM, UH, PD INSTEAD OF DOING A PD AMENDMENT, UM, OR VARIANCE OPTION, UM, VERSUS GOING TO THE COMMERCIAL LIMITED.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT RESPOND.
I I WOULD, I APPRECIATE HIM BEING HERE TO, TO SPEAK, BUT I I DON'T NEED THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS A STANDARD WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE UDC.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE AT A PD RIGHT NOW.
JUST TO FIX THIS PROPERTY ZONING, RIGHT? YEP.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SHARE THAT I LIKE COFFEE AND I'M READY TO GO TO THIS PLACE,
SO I'M, I'M READY FOR THEM TO OPEN UP.
UM, UM, ON PAGE THREE, I DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT THE DRIVE THROUGH, YOU'RE MODIFYING THE DRIVE THROUGH FROM WHAT IT WAS? YES.
SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PART OF THE ZONING COMPONENT, UM, FOR THIS REQUEST, BUT IT WAS INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE REASONING FOR THE, UM, THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
RIGHT NOW, THE PROPERTY HAS TWO ORDERING LANES THAT THEN MERGE INTO ONE AS YOU TURN THE BUILDING, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR COFFEE.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, UM, IS TO HAVE TWO COMPLETE DRIVE-THROUGH LANES.
SO, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT CHICK-FIL-A DOES WITH HAVING TO ORDER PLACES AND TO PICKUP LANES.
YEAH, I'M, I'M, I WAS HELPFUL TO KEEP SALAD TO GO IN BUSINESS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, WHAT THEY HAD.
SO THAT, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS TRIGGERING, UM, UH, SPEED, UH, DELIVERY FOR THE CUSTOMER.
AND THAT, THAT IS, IS THAT ALSO POSSIBLY PART OF THE, UH, THE SITUATION THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE PARKING SOMEWHAT? YEAH, THEY, UM, SO WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THE SECOND DRIVE THROUGH LANE, UM, FOR PICKING UP, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY PART, UH, PARALLEL PARKING SPACES THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE, UM, THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND.
AND THAT ARE A PART OF THEIR, THAT IS A PART OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IN ORDER TO FIT THAT SECOND DRIVE THROUGH LANE, THOSE PARALLEL PARKING SPACES WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
UM, AND I'VE GOT JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
CHRIS, MAYBE YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION WITH, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE TRUE DRIVE THROUGH LANES, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CARS CAN Q IN EACH ONE GOOD TIME TO CALL THE APPLICANT UP TO ANSWER A COUPLE QUESTIONS? YEAH,
ARE WE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S GONNA WORK? I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANNA HAVE ANOTHER STARBUCKS, I WANT THESE GUYS TO BE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING EVERYTHING THROUGH.
YEAH, THE STANDARD IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS, UH, SIX PARKING SPACES, UH, FROM THE POINT OF ORDER, UM, IS THEIR QUEUING.
UM, SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE OBVIOUSLY FROM THE PICKUP WINDOW THROUGH, UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, WHAT THE, THE REQUIREMENT IS.
AND WHILE AS WE EVALUATE THEIR PROJECT, UH, WE WOULD VERIFY THAT THEY ARE OKAY IN COMPLIANCE.
MARLON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, YES.
UM, YOU WANNA COME ON IN AND IF YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, AARON HAWKINS, 4,500 MERCANTILE PLAZA DRIVE IN FORT WORTH.
UM, SO WHAT I, I THINK WHAT I'M SEEING IS ON THIS DRIVE THROUGH, THIS SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE NEW CONCEPT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL, UM, DRIVE THROUGH ESTABLISHMENTS.
IS THAT, IS THAT, UM, WE SEE IT AT DUTCH BROS AND, AND, UM, UM, CHICK-FIL-A RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
I MEAN, THEY MOVED ACROSS THE STREET SO THAT THEY COULD DO THIS AND SOME OTHER UPGRADES.
SO, UM, WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO YOU FORESEE, ASSUMING YOU GET TO APPROVAL THE NIGHT, WHICH I HOPE YOU DO, WHEN DO YOU SEE THIS, YOUR, YOUR THIS LOCATION OPENING UP? WELL, SO FOLLOWING THIS, WE DO HAVE
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TO GO THROUGH, UH, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.UM, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH CIVIL AND BUILDING.
UM, WITH THE RELATIVELY MINOR MODIFICATION HERE, I DON'T EXPECT TO GET A LOT OF SITE PLAN AND CIVIL REVIEWS, BUT, UH, WHEN ARE YOU? FEBRUARY.
UH, I LIKED, I LOVE THAT NAME.
SO AARON, JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE THE, UH, PE YES.
YOU'RE NOT THE OPERATOR OWNER? YES.
IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
THANK YOU FOR OPENING A BUSINESS HERE.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GONNA GIVE THAT ONE TO DAN BECAUSE HE
I SECOND THAT AND A SECOND FROM MARLON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
AND YES, UH, MARLIN SAID, WELCOME TO ADDISON.
[a. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution authorizing the Town of Addison to serve as its own agent to apply for, accept, receive, and disburse financial assistance in the form of one or more grants from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the design and construction of the Taxiway Bravo Phase II Extension project and related improvements at Addison Airport, with the Town committing to fund 100% of project costs from the Airport Enterprise Fund and seeking reimbursement of at least 90% of eligible costs, subject to the terms and conditions of the state grants.]
SIX SIX A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO SERVE AS ITS OWN AGENT TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, RECEIVE, AND DISPERSE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF ONE OR MORE GRANTS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TDOT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAXIWAY BRAVO PHASE TWO EXTENSION PROJECT AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AT ADD AIRPORT WITH THE TOWN COMMITTING TO FUND 100% OF PROJECT COST FROM THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND AND SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF AT LEAST 90% OF ELIGIBLE COSTS, SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE STATE GRANTS.JAMIE? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
SO AS PART OF THIS, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS COUNCIL FOR US THE TOWN, UM, VIS-A-VIS THE AIRPORT TO ACT AS ITS OWN AGENT, UH, FOR TEXT GRANTS RELATED TO TAX WEIGHT BRAVO PHASE TWO EXTENSION.
UH, THIS APPROACH ENHANCES CONTROL OVER THE PROJECT EXECUTION, UH, INSURANCE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
THE TOWN WILL FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COSTS UPFRONT FROM THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND.
OUR REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE OF AT LEAST 90% OF ELIGIBLE COSTS, WHICH WE WILL SEEK BACK THROUGH A TEXT DOT, UH, DOT GRANT.
AND THIS RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THE TOWN'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY TO TDOT.
WE, WE WOULD BE TRANSITIONING TO SPONSOR ACTING AS AN AGENT.
THE TOWN HAS HISTORICALLY USED TEXT.AS THIS GRANT ADMINISTRATION AGENT, UH, WHICH MEANS IT MANAGES THE PROJECT DELIVERY AND COMPLIANCE WHILE THE TOWN PROVIDED, UH, LOCAL MATCH, WHICH HAS BEEN BETWEEN FIVE AND 10%.
UH, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD RESOLUTION 21 0 3 8, WHICH APPOINTED TXDOT TO OVERSEE $8 MILLION GRANT FOR THE TAX RATE BRAVO EXTENSION PHASE ONE PROJECT.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THE TOWN WILL ACT AS ITS OWN AGENT UNDER TEXT DOT SPONSOR ACTING AS AGENT PROCESS.
AND THIS ALLOWS DIRECT MANAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT SELECTION AND REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS.
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO ACT AS OUR AGENT? THE TOWN WOULD ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT AND COMPLIANCE.
THE COMPLETION OF COMPREHENSIVE TEXT DOT CHECKLIST OF PRE GRANT AND POST-GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
WE WOULD EXECUTE, UH, THE EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATE OF UNDERSTANDING, AFFIRMING COMPLIANCE AND SUBJECT.
AND WE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TEXT DOT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE RELATED TO TECHWAY BRAVO EXTENSION.
IMPORTANCE OF IT OPERATIONALLY, IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL PRIORITY IN BOTH THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND T AVIATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS OPERATIONAL NEEDS SUPPORT AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A SAFETY ENHANCEMENT, UH, PROJECT AS IT WILL ENHANCE SAFETY BY PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS AND CIRCULATION FOR BOTH AIRCRAFT AND GROUND VEHICLES WITH UPGRADED LIGHTING AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
IN SHORT, IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF CROSSINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE OF THE RUNWAY.
AND THEN STRATEGIC CON CONTINUITY, THE PHASE BUILDS UPON A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE, UH, INCLUDING A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND PRIOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE COMPLETED PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE BLUE SECTION, WHICH EXTENDS FROM BRAVO FIVE TAXIWAY TO BRAVO SEVEN, UH, TAXIWAY.
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AND THEN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, WOULD EXTEND FURTHER NORTH FROM BRAVO SEVEN TO THE VERY APPROACH END AT THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY ONE SIX.UM, AND WE WOULD HAVE ALSO NEW CROSS TAXIWAYS, BRAVO EIGHT AND BRAVO NINE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS, UH, PHASE, WE WOULD HAVE A FUTURE PHASE THREE, WHICH WOULD RECONSTRUCT THE EXISTING SECTION OF TAXIWAY BRAVO FROM BRAVO ONE, UH, TO BRAVO FIVE.
UM, AND WHY WE'RE DOING BRAVO.
ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE DOING, UM, TAXIWAY BRAVO PHASE TWO IS OF COURSE TO, UH, ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH AIRCRAFT DESIGN GROUP THREE AIRCRAFT, UH, THAT ARE USING THE RUNWAY.
WE WOULD EXTEND PARALLEL VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD, UH, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE USE OF TAXI LANE BRAVO FOR VEHICLE ACCESS.
UH, WE WOULD CONSTRUCT TWO NEW CROSS TAXI LANES, BRAVO EIGHT AND BRAVO NINE.
TO IMPROVE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AND OPERATIONS, WE WOULD UPGRADE TAXIWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS. WE WOULD LOOK TO RELOCATE AND UPGRADE FA NAVIGATIONAL AGE, UH, NECESSITATED BY TAX RATE BRAVO EXTENSION, AND IN OTHER NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES LIKE, UH, DRAINAGE.
WHAT'S THE FISCAL IMPACT? THE TOTAL ESTIMATED OBLIGATION IS $10,156,200.
ALL EXPENDITURES WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND.
THE TOWN IS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR GRANT PROCEEDS AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE PAYING EVERYTHING ALL $10 MILLION UPFRONT.
WE WILL PAY AS WE GO AS THE PROJECT GOES, AND WE WILL ALSO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT, UH, VIA THE GRANT AS THE PROJECT GOES.
SO OUR ESTIMATED LOCAL MATCH IN THE END WOULD BE $1,015,620.
THERE WOULD BE NO PROJECTED IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND OR THE TOWN'S DEBT SERVICE.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT COMMENCE UNTIL GRANT FUNDS ARE COMMISSIONED.
THE PROJECT WILL NOT COMMENCE UNTIL GRANT FUNDS ARE COMMISSIONED.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THIS IS, UH, FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE TOWN TO SERVE AS ITS OWN AGENT FOR TECH GRANT ADMINISTRATION ENABLE APPLICATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AND DISBURSEMENT OF APPROPRIATED STATE GRANTS.
FORMALIZE THE TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COSTS FROM THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND, AND THEN POSITION THE PROJECT FOR TIMELY EXECUTION UPON GRANT FINALIZATION.
WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THANK YOU JAMIE.
QUESTIONS? UM, CHANEL? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA MOVE, GO AHEAD.
YOU GOT A QUESTION? NO QUESTIONS.
YOU, YOU ANSWERED MY BIGGEST QUESTION WHEN YOU REPEATED WHAT YOU SAID THERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND $10 MILLION AND IN HOPES OF GETTING THIS GRANT MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED BEFORE WE EVER START SPENDING.
UH, NUMBER TWO, YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED NAV AIDS A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH, WITH, UH, BRAVO EXTENSION.
WHAT NAV AIDS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? SO PAR PARTICULARLY THE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, UH, RELATED TO THE ILS AT BOTH ENDS AT THE ONE SIX AND, AND THE THREE FOUR.
AND SO THE LOCALIZER UH, BUILDINGS, UH, THAT HOUSE THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE LOCALIZER RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TAXIWAY THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RUNWAY? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RUNWAY.
HOWEVER THAT EQUIPMENT IS IN THAT EQUIPMENT IS IN A LOCATION WHERE TAXIWAY BRAVO AND FUTURE PHASE THREE TAXIWAY BRAVO WOULD, UM, IMPACT THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THOSE FACILITIES.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE RELOCATED SLIGHTLY, SO TO BE OUT OF THE TAXIWAY OBJECT FREE AREA AND TAXIWAY SAFETY AREAS.
BUT WE'RE NOT SHOOTING AN ILS DOWN TAXIWAY BRAVO? NO, THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHERE IT'S TAKEN ME.
THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE CONFUSION I HAD ON THAT.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHERE WILL TAXIWAY BRAVO TERMINATE RIGHT NOW? IT WOULD TERMINATE AT THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY ONE SIX.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, USED TO BE PROPOSED 1000 FOOT EXTENSION.
SO THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS IS TO SERVE THE CURRENT RUNWAY THAT WE HAVE, CORRECT? YES, YES, CORRECT.
AND WITH, UH, NO PLANS HAVE TAKEN IT ON DOWN THE THOUSAND FEET, HAS THAT BEEN TAKEN OUTTA THE PLAN? SO I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, RIGHT.
AND UM, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED
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PHASE THREE, WHICH BROUGHT ME INTO THAT QUESTION THERE.SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE 1000 FOOT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF RUNWAY ONE SIX TO THE NORTH END HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.
TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, PHASE THREE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON THE SOUTH END OF TAX TAXIWAY.
BRAVO NOT ASSOCIATED AGAIN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF AIRPORT.
WE HAVE NO PLANS PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE TO EXTEND BRAVO A THOUSAND FEET, CORRECT.
I SAW RANDY LANDING ON THE IS LIST ONE SIX ON TAXI WEAR.
UM, SO WHAT IS THE FUND BALANCE, AIRPORT FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW? THE AIRPORT FUND BALANCE THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY? YES.
I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO SEE IF HE KNOWS THIS.
AARON, WHERE'S YOUR BUDGET? COME ON.
RIGHT? 7,000,600 SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR HEAD.
IT'S OVER UNDER MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE APPROXIMATELY, UH, SOMEWHERE IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EIGHT TO 9 MILLION.
BUT AGAIN, UH, THIS WOULD BE REIMBURSED AS WE GO.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND THE 10 MILLION AND BE OUT 10 MILLION BEFORE WE START TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS.
WHAT'S THE PROJECTED MINIMUM BALANCE THAT WE WOULD BE GOING DOWN IN THE, UH, AIRPORT FUND AS WE GO ALONG THIS, AS WE GO ALONG THIS WE GO ALONG, WELL, WE, WE PLAN ON, UM, PROBABLY WHAT IS THE TIMELINE OF THIS PROJECT? IT'S, UH, 12 TO 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA SEE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS GO OUT AT ONE TIME.
UM, SO THEN WE'LL IMMEDIATELY SEEK REIMBURSEMENT ONCE WE, UH, AND THE GRANT REIMBURSEMENT'S PRETTY QUICK ALSO IN THE INCREMENTS CAN BE, THE STATE'S GENERALLY PRETTY GOOD.
THEY JUST DON'T TELL YOU WHEN THEY'RE SENDING THE MONEY, BUT THEY DO SEND IT, IT JUST SHOWS UP.
AND YOU ANSWER MY SECOND QUESTION.
ABOUT HOW LONG WAS THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT? 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
UH, WHEN, WHEN WOULD THAT START? UH, APPROXIMATELY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE, THIS PROJECT WOULD START WITH A DESIGN PHASE IN THE FISCAL YEAR, NEXT, THE FISCAL YEAR 27 POTENTIALLY IF TIMING WAS RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26.
BUT MOST PROBABLY FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR DESIGN, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION FISCAL YEAR 28.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND JAMIE ON THE REASON FOR US ACTING AS THE AGENT, UM, YOU'VE GOT ENHANCES CONTROL.
UM, CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE ON THAT? YES, THERE HAS BEEN A, UM, A PUSH, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT WE ARE A BLOCK GRANT STATE.
SO ANYTHING FROM FA GRANT WISE, THE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO TEXT DOT AND TEXT TDOT DISTRIBUTES THE FUNDS.
THIS IS UNLIKE OTH THE MAJORITY OF STATES WHERE THE FA DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTES THE FUNDS TO THE AIRPORTS.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS FALLS RIGHT NOW ON TDOT AND IT HAS BEEN AS OF LATE A, UH, A CHALLENGE, UH, FOR THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING AIRPORTS LIKE ADDISON THAT THEY FEEL ARE LARGER, HAVE, UH, BETTER CAPABILITIES, UH, TO ADMINISTER THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS TO, UM, ACT AS THEIR OWN AGENT.
AND THEY WOULD BE FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PROJECTS AT SMALLER AIRPORTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT PERHAPS WE DO.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE WOULD GET FROM ADMINISTERING OR ACTING AS OUR OWN AGENT IS ACCOUNTABILITY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, WITH TECH STOP, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS STAYING ON SCHEDULE.
UH, PROJECTS SOMETIMES HAVE GONE LONG, UH, PAST WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AND, UH, THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, TO THAT.
UH, ANOTHER PART IS, UH, SOMETIMES RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF THE WORK, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, INSPECTIONS AS THE WORK HAPPENS.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 SUBMITTAL BUDGET WISE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S EXACTLY GOING TO ACT IN CERTAIN CAPACITIES AS PART OF, UH, BEING OUR OWN AGENT.
AND THE ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD 'CAUSE IT IS A, IT IS A GREAT STEP.
IT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR QUITE A WHILE AT MY PREVIOUS STOP, WE DESPERATELY WANTED THIS, IT, IT WOULD'VE BENEFITED ADDISON QUITE A BIT.
SO, UM, THIS COULD, IT, IT'S GONNA HELP US MANAGE THESE PROJECTS QUITE A BIT BETTER.
AND AND THE MONEY FLOW THAT'D BE COMING FROM THE FAA RATHER THAN LIKE THE FAA THROUGH TDOT TO US, IS THAT NO, THE MONEY WOULD STILL BE COMING FROM TXDOT
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FROM TDOT.AND DO YOU, UH, DO YOU, THIS IS FOR TECHWAY BRAVO, DO YOU SEE OTHER, DO YOU SEE US ACTING IN THIS SAME AGENT WAY WITH OTHER, THE FUTURE, UH, WHATEVER THE NEXT YES, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE DO GO TO PHASE THREE FOR TAX WAY BRAVO, WE WOULD ACT AS OUR OWN AGENT IN THAT CASE AND IN OTHER FUTURE PROJECTS.
HOW LONG IS THIS DESIGN PROCESS GONNA TAKE? IT, IT, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH DESIGN AND NOT START TILL 28.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT
UH, JUST WALK ME THROUGH WHY IT TAKES SO LONG TO DRAW UP A STRAIGHT ROAD THAT'S GONNA CONNECT TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT.
THE REASON WHY WE ARE, UM, TIMING THE PROJECT THIS WAY IS STREET RELATED TO THE COMMISSIONING OF THE FUNDS, WHEN THE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE.
SO AS PART OF THE DESIGN, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THE FUNDS WILL BE AVAIL MADE AVAILABLE.
ACTUALLY THIS MONTH, UH, IS WHEN THE COMMISSIONING FOR THAT, UH, PART COMES, BUT THE REST OF THE MONEY WON'T BE COMMISSIONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A FUNDING ISSUE RATHER THAN HAVING TO PAY A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY TO DRAW A STRAIGHT ROAD DOWN THE STREET.
QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE FOUR, THE FIRST BULLET POINT TOWN ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT, AND COMPLIANCE.
SAFE TO SAY THAT WITHIN THAT SCOPE, IF THERE'S A PROCUREMENT NUMBER THAT IS GREATER THAN THIS GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL? YES.
UM, THIS IS FOR US TO ACT AS, UH, OUR OWN AGENT.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACT RELATED TO DESIGN AND THEN LATER WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR THE CONTRACT RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND LAST ONE YOU MENTIONED, I THINK RANDY, YOU TOUCHED ON IT, YOU MENTIONED, WAS IT TYPE THREE OR PRODUCT THREE? SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE USAGE OF THAT EXTENSION AIR AIRCRAFT DESIGN GROUP THREE.
CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT THAT IS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO'S NOT A PILOT? YES.
UH, AIRCRAFT DESIGN GROUP THREE INCLUDES THE LARGEST OF THE CORPORATE JETS UP TO AND INCLUDING A 7 37 AND AN AIRBUS THREE 20, WHICH ARE THE TYPE OF AIR, THE LARGEST OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT USE THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY.
SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPANDING THAT, THAT ALLOTMENT OF THOSE USES.
IT'S JUST MORE GETTING, GETTING BETTER USE OUT OF THE LAND.
AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? IT'S UM, ACTUALLY MAKING THE AIRPORT STANDARD FOR, UH, THAT TYPE OF AIRCRAFT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE AIRPORT.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION HERE.
THANK YOU MARLON AND CHANEL FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[b. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution approving an Engagement Letter with Forvis Mazars, LLP for audit services for an initial term of Fiscal Years 2026 through 2028, authorizing the City Manager to execute the engagement letter with all related documents on behalf of the Town, and also authorizing the City Manager to administer the resulting agreement and to execute optional annual extensions thereof, subject to the City Council’s appropriation of funding in the applicable budget year.]
SIX B PRESENT DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH FOUR OF US MAZARS, LLP FOR AUDIT SERVICES FOR THE INITIAL TERM OF FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2028.AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN.
AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTER THE RESULTING AGREEMENT AND TO EXECUTE OPTIONAL ANNUAL EXTENSIONS THEREOF, SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING IN THE APPLICABLE BUDGET YEAR.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AMANDA PERRO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
SO TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM, THE TOWN TROTTER REQUIRES AN ANNUAL EXTERNAL AUDIT BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM OF QUALIFIED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
THIS IS ALSO CONSIDERED A FINANCIAL BEST PRACTICE, AND THE TOWN ALSO GENERALLY PREPARES A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO ENSURE WE'RE RECEIVING QUALITY AUDIT SERVICES.
IN ADDITION, THE TOWN REQUESTS AN AUDIT PARTNER ROTATION EVERY FIVE YEARS WHEN WORKING WITH THE SAME AUDIT FIRM JUST TO ENSURE, UM, A FRESH SET OF EYES EVEN IF WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE SAME AUDIT FIRM IN IN EXCESS OF FIVE YEARS.
SO GOING INTO THE RFQ PROCESS, UM, OUR RFQ WAS RELEASED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND IT CLOSED IN MAY.
SIX FIRMS RESPONDED, UH, TWO FINALISTS WERE SELECTED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY OUR REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDED THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND MYSELF.
UH, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS FOR VISTA MAZARS AS THE MOST QUALIFIED PROVIDER OF EXTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES.
SO THE AGREEMENT WITH FOR, FOR VISTA MAZARS
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IS TO PERFORM AUDITS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 20 26, 20 27, AND 2028 WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2029 AND 2030 FOR ADDITIONAL FEES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $276,000 700 270 $6,750.SO THE FEES FOR FY 26 WOULD BE $85,000 FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND $5,000 FOR A SINGLE AUDIT WHICH COMES INTO PLAY WHEN THERE'S FEDERAL OR STATE GRANTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING FOR A TOTAL FEE OF $90,000 FY 27, THE FEES WOULD BE $87,000 FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.
AND $5,250 FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT FOR A TOTAL OF $92,250.
FOR FY 28, OUR FEES WOULD BE $89,000 FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND 5,500 FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT FOR A TOTAL OF 94,500.
AND, UM, JUST AS A NOTE, ANNUAL AUDIT FEES ARE ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND, HOTEL FUND, AIRPORT FUND, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, UH, STORMWATER AND UTILITY FUNDS.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION.
WE, UH, JUST SOME ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPROVAL.
UM, OUR PRIOR YEAR AUDIT FEES TOTALED $110,000, $110,500.
THE PROPOSED AUDIT FEES FOR FY 26 ARE $90,000.
THIS NEW AGREEMENT RESULTS IN A ONE YEAR, ONE SAVINGS OF $20,500.
SO THAT'S SAVINGS IN JUST ONE YEAR ALONE.
UH, FORS MAZARS HAS BEEN THE TOWN'S AUDITOR SINCE 2016.
THEY HAVE, UH, A PROVEN RECORD OF PROVIDING QUALITY AUDIT SERVICES TO THE TOWN.
UH, THEY'RE A NATIONAL CPA FIRM, AN ADVISORY FIRM.
THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES.
THEY SERVE APPROXIMATELY 250 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN TEXAS, UH, 40 OF WHICH ARE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THINGS OR DO THINGS, THEY HAVE A, A BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE WITH DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT THEY CAN RELY ON BACK ON THEIR EXPERIENCE TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH CERTAIN ISSUES.
AND ALSO THEIR LOCAL OFFICE IS BASICALLY IN ADDISON, IT'S JUST RIGHT DOWN THE NORTH TOLLWAY.
SO, UM, SCHEDULING THE AUDIT AND ANY IN-PERSON MEETINGS IS VERY CONVENIENT.
SO, AND WITH THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THE FIRM, WE ARE ROTATING THE PARTNER.
UH, AND WE'RE GETTING A PRICE REDUCTION.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? WE DO, YES.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE BANKER
IT'S, UH, UH, MY QUESTION WAS BASICALLY ONE OF THEM.
IF, IF WE'VE HAD THE SAME AUDITOR SINCE 2016, DO THEY JUST KEEP WINNING THE RFP OR IS IS, HOW IS THIS AWARDED? UM, WELL, WE'VE GONE OUT FOR RFQ SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TWICE, SO THE LAST FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THEN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO YES, THEY DID WIN THESE FEW TIMES.
AND THE PROCESS IS EVERY FIRM SUBMITS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 200 PAGE DOCUMENT LISTING THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCE, THEIR AFFILIATIONS WITH DIFFERENT, UH, STANDARD SETTING BOARDS, UM, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY PROVIDE JUST A VARIETY OF THEIR, UH, PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE, UH, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE LOOKS THROUGH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, CONSIDERING IN THIS CLIMATE OF OUR STANDARD SETTING BOARD FOR ACCOUNTING HAS BEEN MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES.
AND SO ONE THING WE LOOK FOR IS A FIRM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US IN TRAINING AND HELPING US WITH THESE IMPLEMENTATIONS BECAUSE IT CAN BE QUITE COMPLEX AND IF THEY HAVE SIMILAR CLIENTELE TO US.
SO, UM, IF THEY HAVE AN AIRPORT OR IF THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, AUDITED A LOT OF AIRPORTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WILL HELP THEM GUIDE US IN OUR IMPLEMENTATIONS AND CHANGES AND IF WE IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT NEW FUNDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICANTS THAT WERE QUALIFIED FOR THIS? YES.
LIKE THERE YES, YES IS A GOOD ANSWER.
SO, SO, SO IT CAME IN AND IT'LL BE PAID THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE FUNDS.
IS THAT, IS THAT HOW WE GET THAT OR DO WE JUST DIVVY THAT UP AMONGST THE FUNDS TO, TO PAY FOR IT? THE AUDIT IS COVERING ALL FUNDS.
SO, SO EVERYONE PAYS THEIR SHARE BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR KITTY IS BEING LOOKED AT.
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IS THERE, DAN? THANK YOU MAYOR.SO WHEN, TO RANDY'S POINT, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, AND WE SOMETIMES USE THE TERM, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPARATOR CITIES, SO IS THIS 92 OR $94,000 WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS THIS COMPARATIVE TO FARMER'S BRANCH OR COMPARATOR CITIES? DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR THEIR AUDITS ANNUALLY? UM, I DO NOT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE ARE PAYING FOR THEIR AUDITS.
UM, I FEEL BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE THAT THESE RATES ARE COMPETITIVE, BUT I, WE COULD LOOK AND ASK OTHER CITIES, I IF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, I'M NOT SURE IF, YEAH, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO JUST TO HAVE ON HAND, JUST FOR SIMPLE MEASURE.
AND BEING THAT WE HAVE AN AIRPORT, LET'S SAY FARMER'S BRANCH DOES NOT, I COULD UNDERSTAND WIRES MIGHT BE A TAD HIGHER, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED.
I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW AUDITS WORK.
THAT'S NOT MY WORLD, BUT MY GUESS IS THAT EVERY CITY, DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE AND NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOT WOULD BE APPLES AND APPLES WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO DO.
AND ALSO TURNOVER AND STAFF, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CAN AFFECT HOW EASY THE AUDIT IS ON THE AUDITORS AND THAT ALSO CAN AFFECT YOUR, YOUR FEE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY USER FRIENDLY STAFF HERE.
WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE FROM AUDITORS.
SO I, I'M JUST KINDA WONDERING THAT WITH THE $20,000 REDUCTION, WHAT, HOW DID WE, HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THE $20,000 REDUCTION? SO A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR BACKGROUND WITH THE FIRM.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, PROVIDING, UM, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROPOSED OR PAST AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF PROVIDING ACCURATE DOCUMENTATION, MEETING YOUR DEADLINES WITH YOUR AUDITORS, UM, NOT MUCH MANAGEMENT TURNOVER, IT MAKES THE PROCESS VERY EFFICIENT.
WE DO HAVE GREAT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LET THEM, UH, HAVE YOU ONLY ACCESS TO CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE A DEADLINE TRACKING SYSTEM.
UM, THEY HAVE VIEW ONLY ACCESS TO WHERE WE PREPARE, PREPARE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THESE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE THEY CAN JUST GO IN AND LOOK AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF GO THROUGH AND ASK SOMEBODY AND THEN WE PROVIDE IT SO IT CUTS OUT A LOT OF STEPS.
SO THESE TYPES OF THINGS MAKES THE AUDIT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MANY BILLABLE HOURS WITH A CLIENT LIKE US.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS THEM TO REDUCE OUR FEES.
AND I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS ARE ANYTHING, IS THERE A MOTION HERE? I MOVE TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU MARLON AND DAN FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? AYE THE ITEM IS APPROVED.
[Items of Community Interest]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SHARE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT CONGRATULATIONS, THANKS, CONDOLENCE, ET CETERA.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? RANDY, THANK YOU.
UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS, UH, TO STAFF, UH, TO MANY RESIDENTS THAT REACHED OUT ABOUT MY WIFE TO, TO CHECK AND, UH, SHOWED CONCERN FOR THAT, I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT, UH, I ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR RESPECTING THE PRIVACY AND, UM, AND, AND, AND FINDING OUT OTHER WAYS.
AND, UH, SHE'S DOING MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
BUT DO WANNA REACH OUT AND, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE STAFF AND AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS FOR KEEPING US IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ON THAT.
IT WAS VERY NICE OF YOU TO DO THAT.
REALLY GLAD TO HEAR SHE'S DOING BETTER, RANDY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS? UH, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, CONTINUE THE BUDGET, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO THE BUDGET AND, UH, BEING SO PATIENT WITH US AND EXPLAINING SOME OF THESE, UH, COMPLICATED ITEMS. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS.
UM, SO LAST SATURDAY WAS THE SECOND WEEK OF THE, UH, VI OF VITRUVIAN SALSA FEST.
AND IF ANYBODY'S, UH, NOT BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING OUT THERE.
IT'S A HIGH ENERGY GROUP, GREAT FAMILY, UH, ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, AND IT IS A REGIONAL EVENT.
IT IS NOT JUST A LOCAL, I TALKED TO A GUY, I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY AND CHANEL WAS OUT THERE, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE.
I HAD TALKED TO A GUY WHO COMES UP FROM SAN ANTONIO FOR THAT EVENT, AND THE DJ SAID, A FRIEND OF HIS COMES FROM HOUSTON, JESSICA TALKED TO SOMEBODY COMES FROM OKLAHOMA FOR THIS EVENT.
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AND SO IT'S, IT'S A BIG DRAW AND IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND JUST, JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE.AND FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION.
THEY'VE BEEN COMING FOR 7, 8, 9 YEARS, GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AND THE KIDS ARE ALL THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY SO MUCH FUN.
SO THEY HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS COMING UP, UH, THE NEXT TWO SATURDAYS.
SO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO GO OUT THERE.
UH, THE OTHER THING I HAD THIS MORNING AFTER THE METROPLEX MAYORS MEETING, ON THE WAY BACK IN, I STOPPED OFF AT, UH, UH, MCLOUGHLIN STRICKLAND ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS A-C-F-B-I-S-D SCHOOL, WHICH, UH, SERVICES, UH, A FEW OF OUR ADDISON RESIDENTS OVER IN THE VITRUVIAN PARK AREA.
UH, THEY INVITED ME TO COME BY FOR A TOUR.
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, SO I STOPPED BY, UH, AT NINE O'CLOCK FOR A TOUR.
AND THE PRINCIPAL, BETH CHAMBERLAIN, SHE GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL.
AND IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE THE KIDS THERE ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FROM PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
AND, UH, THERE, THERE, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST REALLY THE CUTEST PART, PART OF MY MORNING JUST TO SEE THAT.
AND I ENJOYED BEING PART OF THAT.
AND, UH, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS GET, UH, BROUGHT IN INCLUDED IN C-F-B-I-S-D, UH, THINGS GOING ON.
SO I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF, UH, HER GIVING ME THAT TOUR OVER THERE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND WE HAVE ONE WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM TO COMPLETE.
SO AT 8 33, WE'LL ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING, BUT WE WILL RECONVENE IN FIVE MINUTES FOR THE WORK SESSION.
OKAY, EVERYBODY, IT IS 8 39 AND WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE THE COUNCIL, ADD IT BACK INTO, UH, TO COMPLETE OUR WORK SESSION ITEM.
[b. Present and discuss the Proposed Annual Budget for the Town of Addison for Fiscal Year 2027 (Beginning October 1, 2026, and Ending September 30, 2027), including, but not limited to, the General Fund, Utility Fund, Stormwater Fund, Airport Fund, Hotel Fund, Economic Development Fund, Information Technology Fund, Capital Replacement Fund, Infrastructure Investment Fund, and Long-Term Planning.]
AND THAT ITEM WILL BE FIVE B ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA.DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, STORMWATER FUND, AIRPORT FUND, HOTEL FUND, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT FUND, AND LONG-TERM PLANNING FUND.
STEVEN, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
SO WE ARE PICKING THIS PRESENTATION UP, UH, FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON SATURDAY.
UH, SO WE STOPPED, WE, UH, PAUSED ON ONE TIME PROJECTS AND OTHER FUNDS.
UH, SO THESE ARE DECISION PACKAGES FOR THOSE FUNDS.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND.
SO SOME OF THESE, UH, DECISION PACKAGES YOU SAW, UH, THAT HAD RECURRING COSTS, THOSE WERE PART OF THE GENERAL FUND PRESENTATION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES FOR THE ONE-TIME COST.
THEY, THOSE KIND OF WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE SOME, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT.
UH, A UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS WOOD PANEL EXTENSION PROJECT, UH, TWO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL, UH, TRAINING AND A NOX HOME BOX PROGRAM.
AND THEN TWO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AMMUNITION AND A PATROL VEHICLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A MIDWAY ROAD AT BELTWAY DRIVE, A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ENHANCEMENT, WHICH WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL PEDESTRIAN, UH, PROJECTS IN TOWN.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO LESLIE, AND SHE'S GONNA START WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT.
LESLIE NIFE, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THIS, UH, ONE TIME REQUEST IS FOR FUNDING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT OR NVG PROGRAM.
UH, THIS PROGRAM, UM, BEGAN APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO AND IS USED TO AS A FUNDING PROGRAM OR FUNDING FOR A GRANT PROGRAM, UH, TO SUPPORT THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OUR AGING, UH, RESIDENTIAL PERIMETER SCREENING WALLS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE INTENDED TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE WELL-MAINTAINED AND, UM, CONSISTENT CHARACTER, UH, ATTRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS DOES NOT, UM, ELIGIBLE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO NOTE.
SO, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FUND THIS PROGRAM.
UM, THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE FUNDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, TO, UM, JUST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO USE APPROXIMATELY $55,000, UM, OF THE FUND BALANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO FAR, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, PENDING FUNDING OPENED AUGUST 1ST, AND WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS SO FAR FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE MORE COMING FORWARD.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DID A PROACTIVE SWEEP OF OUR RESIDENTIAL
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WALLS AND WE IDENTIFIED 15 RE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WOULD BE NEEDING SOME MAINTENANCE AND THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM DIRECTLY, UM, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM AND POTENTIALLY UTILIZE THE PROGRAM.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? A QUESTION? SO YOU, THE 55,000 YOU SAID IS USED IS GOING TO BE USED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR FY 26? CORRECT.
DOES THE REST OF IT ROLL OVER OR JUST NOT USED? UM, IT'S JUST, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT USED 'CAUSE IT'S IN OUR, UM, THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECT FUND.
SO WHAT'S THE PROJECTION FOR ALL OF THE ONES? UH, FOR 27 SO FAR WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT, UM, NUMBER YET BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED QUOTES.
UM, THE FOUR THAT YOU HAVE, THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE, UM, THEY'RE RELATIVELY MINOR.
I BELIEVE ALL FOUR ARE LESS THAN $10,000 IN TOTAL.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT I WAS, UH, I WILL SAY NONE OF THE, THOSE 15 ARE COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE SEEN THE PAST TWO YEARS, UM, WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT THIS DOES INCLUDE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER, PER WALL.
UM, AND SO IT, AND WE ANTICIPATE IT, IT MAY ADD UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, DARREN ANSWERED, UH, ASKED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS, SO THAT'S HELPFUL.
UM, SO IS THE CEILING A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR IS IT A HUNDRED AND UH, AND THE CARRYOVER FROM, FROM LAST YEAR, JUST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, WE PUT ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS PER PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND THE MAX PER PROPERTY IS $25,000.
I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE FUNDING AS WELL.
YOU SAID THE 55,000 CARRYOVER, SO I'M IN THE SAME BOAT.
IS ARE YOU ASKING FOR ANOTHER A HUNDRED THIS YEAR TO BE ADDED TO THE LEFTOVER 55 FROM LAST YEAR? NO, SORRY.
UM, I INTENDED TO SAY THAT THE, FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE UTILIZED, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS BUDGETED AND WE ANTICIPATE UTILIZING 55,000 OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THE EXCESS.
SO THE OTHER 45,000 WOULD NOT ROLL OVER OR WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO USE THAT 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY GRANT REQUEST.
SO GOING FORWARD, IF YOU DON'T USE THE A HUNDRED, IT COMES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN YOU JUST REQUEST IT, THAT IT, IT'S NOT GONNA ACCUMULATE OVER THE CORRECT.
OVER THE YEARS TO WHERE THIS YEAR WE GOT 2 25 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LEFTOVER MONEY IN THE PAST.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S A SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND, NOT THE GENERAL FUND, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, I APOLOGIZE.
YEAH, I MISSPOKE THERE, SO, OKAY.
AND AM I ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE SEARCHING THESE PEOPLE OUT NOW RATHER THAN THEM COMING TO THE TOWN AND ASKING FOR THE GRANT? WELL, SO WHEN, WHEN WE, I HAVE IDENTIFIED MM-HMM
X NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, ARE WE GOING AND SAYING WE HAVE GRANT MONEY TO FIX YOUR WALL, HOW IS THAT WORKING? YEAH.
SO KIND OF A COMBINATION OF, OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO IT, THEY ARE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
SO, UM, WE, OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS HAVE HAVE DISTRICTS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THEY BOTH DO A COMBINATION OF BOTH PROACTIVE BUT ALSO REACTIVE WHEN WE GET A FIX IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
REQUEST AS A, UH, IN ADDITION TO DOING THE, THE RENTAL AND LODGING PROGRAM.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TASKS, BUT PART OF THEIR TASK IS TO PATROL THEIR, THEIR DISTRICT AREA AND IDENTIFY CODE ISSUES AND WORK TOWARDS A COMPLIANCE, UM, PROCESS.
UM, SO ANOTHER, UH, STRATEGY, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IS WE DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL WALLS THAT ARE STARTING TO SEE AGE.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE RELATIVELY MINOR REPAIR.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, ADD A SUPPORT BEAM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORTAR REPAIR TO, TO KEEP THEM IN GOOD CONDITION AS OPPOSED TO LETTING THEM CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.
AND THEN IN THREE YEARS WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A MUCH LARGER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND, UM, IF THE RESIDENTS ASK ABOUT RESOURCES, WE DO OFFER UP THE, THE GRANT PROGRAM AS A RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE IF YOU CATCH IT EARLY MM-HMM
IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN, THAN LETTING IT DETERIORATE.
SO, UM, AND I'M ASSUMING WE DO THE SAME THING WITH CITY OWNED WALLS.
THAT WAS A PART OF THE, THE PROCESS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THAT A CITY OWNED WALL WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THIS FUND? CORRECT.
THIS IS ONLY FOR CEL LIKE CELESTIAL PARK WALL THAT THE ROCKS ARE FALLING OUT OF.
AND THE KIDS GO OUT THERE AND PICK THE ROCK OUT OF THE WALL AND THROW IT IN THE CRI.
SO NO, THIS IS JUST PRIVATE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND PERIMETER WALLS TOO, NOT INTERIOR WALLS.
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OKAY.I'D LIKE TO SAY I REALLY LIKE THIS PROGRAM.
UM, SO I, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT IS FUNDING EVERY YEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING OVER AND IT IS BEING USED AS WE INTENDED.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, BILL HAWLEY GENERAL SERVICES.
SO THE, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY THE WOOD PANELING BEHIND YOU.
WHEN WE REMODELED THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A PROBLEM TO SOLVE THAT WAS TO HIDE A DOOR THAT USED TO BE THERE.
AND, UM, THIS WAS ACTUALLY CHEAPER TO DO THAN IT WAS TO TRY TO BRICK THAT UP AND, AND MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT.
SO WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THAT SOLUTION, IT, IT SOLVED THE DOOR ISSUE.
IT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S A, A SOUND DAMPENING, UH, MATERIAL.
IT GAVE US A NICE PLACE TO HANG THE SEAL, BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE WAS WE, WE STOPPED IT THERE JUST FOR SYMMETRY.
BUT IF YOU WATCH ON, UH, CAMERA, YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE THE WIDE PAN, IT, IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE NICE WOOD, THEN YOU GO TO A WHITE WALL, OR WHEN THEY COME AT CERTAIN ANGLES TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT LOOK BEHIND DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE WERE ASKED WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE EXTENDED THAT, UH, TO FROM THE POINT WHERE IT SAYS MEETING ROOM, UH, ON THIS WALL TO, TO WRAP ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THEN TO STOP ABOUT WHERE THE ON AIR SIGN IS ON THE OTHER WALL, JUST TO GIVE IT A CONSISTENT LOOK SO THAT, UH, IT JUST SOLVES THOSE ISSUES.
SO, AND THAT WOULD BE A $50,000 PROJECT TO DO THAT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AVAILABILITY COST AND SEE IF THERE WAS INTEREST IN DOING THAT PROJECT.
SO, BILL, WHO? PODIUM? BILL, SORRY.
BILL, WE HAVING, ARE WE, ARE WE CONTRACTING SOMEONE AN RFP FOR THIS AT, AT THE ESTIMATED 50 K? OR IS THIS GONNA BE STAFF? UM, OUR INTERNAL STAFF DOING THIS? WE, WE'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS COME TO, UH, ARRIVE AT THOSE PRICES.
WHILE WE'VE GOT SOME TALENTED FOLKS ON STAFF, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW CHALLENGES THAT WE PREFER TO HAVE A, A CONTRACTOR TAKE ON THE, THE LIABILITY.
UH, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE THERE'S A, THAT LONG SLIT OVER THERE IS AN AIR VENT.
UH, THERE'S SOME, UM, THERE'S SOME SUPPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE WALL TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE IT LOOK JUST RIGHT.
AND IT'S ALSO, UH, THOSE MATERIALS ARE, ARE LONG SHEETS AND YOU NEED SOME SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO, TO RAISE 'EM AND HOLD 'EM IN PLACE AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE WANT IT TO LOOK.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION AND, AND THAT DETAIL WORK.
IT JUST, UM, IN MY OPINION, AGAIN, BEING IT'S DECORATIVE, UM, AND I'M OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE VIEWING IN FROM AFAR, AND I CAN SORT OF SEE WHAT THESE DISCUSSIONS LOOK LIKE WHEN IT GOES TO A WHITE WALL BEHIND A COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, YEAH, I JUST, I'M NOT, I'M NOT IN AGREEANCE WITH, UM, SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A DECORATIVE THANK YOU BILL.
RANDY, I'LL ECHO DAN, UM, THIS WALL LOOKS LIKE THAT WALL, AND IF WE DO THIS WALL, IT'S GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THAT WALL.
AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT WALL LOOK LIKE THIS WALL.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT I, I THINK THAT'S A $50,000 SAVINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN SAVE.
UH, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT A WHITE WALL BEING BEHIND SOMEBODY AND A BROWN WALL BEING BEHIND THE OTHER.
IT'S, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT IN TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
UH, NOTHING DIRECTED AT YOU ON THAT.
I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN DIRECT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND I GET, MAYBE FROM A CAMERA PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT, UH, UH, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
AND, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING, I'D LOVE TO JUST, UH, SEE US NOT, NOT DO THIS WELL.
NO, I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN.
I THINK YOU KNOW IT, IT'S JUST A VANITY PROJECT AND I, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THOSE FUNDS GOING TO EITHER HAPPEN SOME OF THE NONPROFITS OR BACK JUST INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
WELL, I GUESS I WAS GONNA TELL YOU THAT I, I DON'T LIKE THIS PROJECT, BUT I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I LIKE THE PROJECT.
CHIEF MAYOR, COUNCIL CG ALEXANDER, YOUR FIRE CHIEF, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE TRUCK TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL APPARATUS, TDA, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REQUESTING $30,000 FOR A ONE TIME, UH, TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO COME IN
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AND PROVIDE US SOME NEEDED TRAINING FOR OUR NEW TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL APPARATUS.THIS IS A SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT NO ONE CURRENTLY ON STAFF HAS EVER OPERATED THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT BEFORE.
SO WE NEED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN SO THAT WAY WHEN WE DO, UH, GET OUR TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL APPARATUS, WE ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND ABLE TO PUT IT IN SERVICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT DOES ARRIVE.
UH, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IS ENHANCES OUR CAPABILITY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDES A, UH, QUICKER RESPONSE, UH, TO RESIDENTS QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY COME ON SITE AND TRAIN? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT RETRAINING NEW PEOPLE? SO ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY TRAINED IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HAVE A KIND OF A CADRE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT TRAINING THROUGHOUT.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A ONE TIME THING, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY INTERNALLY THAT CAN PROVIDE THIS TRAINING, WE'RE GONNA GET A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TRAINED ON STAFF AND THEN JUST CONTINUE THAT OVER, OVER THE YEARS.
SO, UH, I, I AGREE WITH THE IN-PERSON TRAINING AND THE FIRST GENERATION ON THE TRAINING.
UH, DO THEY HAVE LIKE ONLINE TRAINING ALSO FOR THE RETRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT? THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT OF HANDS-ON TRAINING.
UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, ONLINE TRAINING.
YOU CAN DO THIS WITH LIKE PUMPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEORIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT AERIAL APPARATUS, THE, THE BACK END OF IT, UH, IT'S A LOT OF HANDS-ON TRAINING.
RANDY, WHAT DO, DO WE PAY FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT? WE'RE GONNA PAY, UH, $2.7 MILLION FOR THAT PIECE, $2.7 MILLION, AND THE MANUFACTURER WON'T TRAIN OUR PEOPLE ON THAT.
SO THE MANUFACTURER DOES PROVIDE A, UH, KIND OF AN ORIENTATION ON THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT, UH, APPARATUS DELIVERED TO US, THEY WILL PROVIDE AN ORIENTATION OF THE APPARATUS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT DOES ARRIVE, UH, WE ARE CAPABLE OF DRIVING IT.
UH, SO THE APPARATUS THAT THEY PROVIDE OR THE TRAINING THAT THEY PROVIDE IS MORE LIKE A WEEK LONG TRAINING, A FAMILIARIZATION OF THE APPARATUS, NOT ACTUALLY HOW TO DRIVE THE APPARATUS.
AND THIS TRAINING WILL PROVIDE HOW TO DRIVE THE APPARATUS.
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO COME DO THAT TRAINING FOR HOT DOGS AND DR.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, SO YOU SAID THAT ONCE YOU ALL GO THROUGH THE TRAINING, WILL THERE HAVE TO BE ANY LIKE RECERTIFICATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS IT JUST THAT NOW WILL HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON STAFF THAT WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO TRAIN A NEW HIRE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND WILL THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND TO SEND SOMEONE OFF TO GET A NEW RECERTIFICATION? THIS IS A ONE TIME $30,000 THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF TRAINING AGAIN, IT'LL ALL BE IN-HOUSE.
AND SO IT'LL BE CERTIFICATION.
WE'LL HAVE THAT INITIAL CADRE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INTERNALLY CERTIFY EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE WILL BE NO RE-CERTIFICATION.
AND HOW LONG, YOU SAID, UH, THE GENTLEMAN ASKED, YOU SAID IT WAS A WEEK THAT THE MANUFACTURER GAVE US, SO HOW LONG IS THIS $30,000 TRAINING? THIS IS GONNA PROBABLY TAKE OVER FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT.
AND SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY BRING IT IN THE APPARATUS.
THEY'LL HAVE AN INITIAL KIND OF CLASS OVER IT, THEN THEY'LL INTRODUCE THE APPARATUS AND THEN THEY'LL START DRIVING THE APPARATUS.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET IT NARROWED DOWN TO THE, THESE SIX, THESE 15 PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF DRIVING MM-HMM
THEN WE'LL FOCUS THAT TRAINING ON THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS.
YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHIEF, SIR.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, RESIDENTIAL KNOX BOX PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE'RE REQUESTING $15,000 ONE TIME PURCHASE TO START A NEW PROGRAM WITHIN THE, UH, THE TOWN.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
SO A NOX BOX IS, UH, PRETTY FAMILIAR THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
ALL BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE NOX BOXES, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA REQUIRE ANY RESIDENTS TO HAVE A KNX BOX, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER TO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HANDICAPPED, UH, ELDERLY, UH, MAYBE HAVE FREQUENT EMS CALLS.
SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY DO CALL 9 1 1, WE'RE UNABLE TO GET INTO THEIR, UH, THEIR RESIDENCE.
WE HAVE THIS KNOCK BOX THERE AND WE CAN UNLOCK THE DOOR WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE, WITHOUT BREAKING A WINDOW, WITHOUT, UH, FORCING A DOOR.
SO WE'RE LIMITING, UH, ANY DAMAGE TO THEIR RESIDENT IF THEY DO THIS.
AND THERE WILL BE AN APPLICATION, UH, THAT THE, UM, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PUT OUT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL GIVE TO THEM.
UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT MODELS YOU CAN HAVE.
THERE'S A COUPLE DOOR HANGERS OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIX IT TO THEM.
AND, UH, EVERY APPARATUS IN THE TOWN OF, UH, ADDISON HAS A KEY TO THIS.
AND SO THERE WAS JUST ONE KEY, IT'S THE KEY TO THE CITY, ESSENTIALLY.
SO IT'S A ONE TIME $15,000 PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA OFFER TO THE CITIZENS.
CHIEF, HOW MANY DOES THAT BUY? IT'S GONNA, UH, PURCHASE, UH, 16 OR 60, I'M SORRY, UNITS.
WAS THAT BASICALLY TWO 50 TIMES $6,250 A PIECE TIME? 60.
SO IF WE GOT 120, IT'D BE 30,000 Y
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YES, SIR.WHAT DO OTHER CITIES DO? DO THEY PROVIDE THESE FOR FREE? THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN KICKING AROUND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT JUST HASN'T REALLY GOT TO THE POINT.
WE'RE UP IN THE BUDGET DECISION PROCESSES AND THIS YEAR WE'VE, WE FOUND IT A KIND OF A GOOD POINT TO PUT IT IN THERE.
PROGRAM THAT WE WANTED TO OFFER EVERYBODY.
WE THINK IT'LL BE, UH, SOMETHING NICE TO OFFER TO THE CITIZENS.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE.
SO I MIGHT COME BACK NEXT YEAR IF WE GIVE OUT ALL 60 IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.
UH, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I COME BACK, UH, NEXT YEAR AND MAKE IT A, MAYBE A RECURRING THING THAT WE PUT 120 OUT THERE.
UH, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GET A TEST FEEL OF WHAT EXACTLY, UH, THE CITIZENS ARE WANTING.
SO WE THOUGHT 60 WAS A GOOD NUMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS TO RESIDENTS THAT WE GO TO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE FELT THAT WAS A GOOD, COMFORTABLE NUMBER.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA PUT OUR FUNDS.
I'M JUST, UM, JUST KIND OF THINKING OF, IT'S, IT'S NEW TO ME OTHER THAN THE FIRST BRANCH ON THIS, UH, BUDGET.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF OF, OF HAVING THEM AVAILABLE.
UH, YEAH, I THINK 60 PROBABLY WILL GO PRETTY FAST, I WOULD THINK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KINDA WHERE MY CONCERN IS A LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT REALLY, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE YOUR FREQUENT FLYERS, PAYING 250 BUCKS IS, IS GONNA BE HARD FOR A LOT OF THEM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY, SOME FOLKS THAT, UH, TO GET ONE OF THESE FOR FREE, PAYING 250 BUCKS IS NOTHING.
I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD DO A NEEDS BASED.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION ON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEED OF, OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT CALLS TO THAT RESIDENCE.
WE'LL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU OVER 65? ARE YOU, UH, ARE YOU IMPAIRED IN ANY WAY? UH, DO YOU HAVE SEIZURES? DO YOU HAVE MEDICAL PAST HISTORY? SO WE'LL REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS YEAH.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GIVE IT TO AS MUCH PEOPLE THAT WE CAN.
SO, BECAUSE $250 FOR THIS, BUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO A DOOR THAT WE HAVE TO FORCE OPEN OR BREAK A WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO LIMIT THE COST.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT BE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
UH, ARE WE, WE SAYING WE'RE GONNA CHARGE 2 50 0 0 COST? WELL, YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT'S THE COST TO BUY THE PRODUCT.
IS IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, CORRECT, YES, SIR.
SHOULD WE, UM, AND SO WE, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF DEMAND.
JUST LOOKING AT CALL VOLUME AND JUST LOOKING AT THE, SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE HAVE CAUSED, UM, TO HOMEOWNERS TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEM.
UH, 'CAUSE THE THIRD PARTY CALLED OR THEY HAVE FALLEN AND THEY CAN'T GET UP.
UH, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
JUST LOOKING AT THE ROUGH NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE KIND OF WHAT WE ESTIMATE, UH, WOULD BE ASSUMING PEOPLE WANT THIS, ASSUMING PEOPLE THIS ARE, ARE, ARE, KNOW ABOUT IT AND DO IT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH.
WE'LL, WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST ABOUT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS OR CPR PROGRAMS. UH, ONE OF THE LAST, UH, A-E-D-C-P-R PROGRAM THAT WE DID THAT WE PARTNERED WITH METRO, UH, HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
WE BOUGHT 30, UH, AEDS WITH, UH, FUNDS FROM METRO QUEST.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE BUSINESSES CPR CLASSES AND GIVE THEM AN A ED AS WELL THAT WAS WIDELY, WIDELY SUCCESSFUL.
AND, AND SO LET'S SAY I WANTED ONE OF THESE AT MY, MY HOME.
WHO'S ARE, IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTALLING THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT INSTALL THESE? WILL NOT.
SO WHO'S GONNA INSTALL THIS? AND IS THAT, IS THAT PART OF THE COST? SO WE WILL RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE A HANDYMAN.
SO THE DOOR OH HANGERS, NO INSTALL IS NEEDED.
YOU JUST HANG IT OVER THE DOOR AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
BUT IF YOU WANT A WALL MOUNTING ONE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY OR DO IT YOURSELF.
SO, UM, SO THIS IS REALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS YES MA'AM.
I 100%, UM, REALLY SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE WE ARE, WE DO HAVE AN AGING POPULATION HERE IN ADDISON.
AND I, I JUST AM SO FOR THIS, SO THANK YOU.
CHRIS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I WOULD LOVE FOR MY PARENTS TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT? SO, UM, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS HAS THE NEED.
THEY TAKE IT, DO WE OWN IT? SO IN THE FUTURE, IF IT'S NOT A NEED, DO WE GET IT BACK AND GIVE, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE? SO IT'LL BE ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY.
SO DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL THEY GET, THEY WOULD BE ATTACHED WITH PARTIES.
SO IT WOULD BE THE ADDRESSES THE OWNER OF THE ADDRESS OF THAT.
SO IF THEY MOVE TO DALLAS, THIS BOX WOULD BE NO GOOD TO THEM.
IF THEY MOVE TO FARMER'S BRANCH, THIS BOX WOULD BE NO GOOD TO THEM.
'CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY KEY TO US IS TECHNOLOGY.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY KEY TO US SO THAT IT WOULD KIND OF BE PERMANENTLY TO THAT ADDRESS.
THEY COULD RETURN IT TO US AND THEN WE COULD REUSE IT.
BUT IF THEY HARD WALL MOUNTED IT TO THAT ADDRESS, IT'S THERE.
WELL, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
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I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'D BE, UH, A NEED GREATER THAN 60.AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET SOME SORT OF REVENUE OUT OF IT, UH, I'D LIKE THE IDEA OF A NEEDS BASE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D PROVE THAT UP, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE PURSUE THAT.
RANDY, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHO'S GONNA RETAIN OWNERSHIP? AND, UM, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE THESE THINGS THE WAY WE NEED TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP, AND, UH, I HAVE A REAL ISSUE WITH, WITH THE FREE PART.
UH, BECAUSE IF IT'S FREE, WE'RE GONNA NEED 20,000 OF THEM IN THE CITY OF ADDISON.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE KIND OF THE STANDARDS, THE, THE CRITERIA TO GIVE THESE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED OF THESE.
COME UP WITH THE CRITERIA FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO US AND SAY, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA QUALIFY FOR THESE.
SO, UH, ANY ELIGIBLE INCLUDES SENIORS, INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A CRITERIA KINDA SET FORTH INTERNALLY AS WE'RE, UH, THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM THAT WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTIES COMING UP WITH THE 250 TO COVER THIS, ARE THE EXACT SAME PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA HAVE DIFFICULTY MOUNTING THIS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY TO PUT THESE UP OR WHATEVER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FREE BATTERIES FOR A SMOKE DETECTOR IS ONE THING, $250 FOR A, FOR A KEY THAT YOU STILL, IT DOESN'T SOLVE A PROBLEM.
YOU STILL HAVE TO KNOW SOMEONE IN THE RESIDENCE NEEDS HELP FOR THAT TO WORK.
AND IF THEY DON'T CALL AND IF THEY'RE UNRESPONSIVE IN THE, IN THE RESIDENCE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW TO COME IN AND USE YOUR NOX KEY TO COME IN.
WE RUN ABOUT 60 CALLS A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TO FORCE OUR WAY INTO A RESIDENCE BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS CALLED IN INSIDE, OR A THIRD PARTY HAS CALLED AND WE'VE HAD TO GO IN THERE AND PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF AN ASSISTANCE.
SO THOSE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO HELP TO PREVENT THOSE DAMAGE TO THEIR, TO THEIR FENCES, TO THEIR WINDOWS, TO THEIR DOORS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, IF WE WANNA GO INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ON THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN GIVING THESE AWAY A A, A COMPLIMENTARY, UM, PRODUCT LIKE THIS AT 250 IS EXORBITANT.
IF, IF YOU GIVE 60 OUT, THERE'S GONNA BE THE NEXT 60 HANDS THAT GO UP.
SAY, I WANT THIS FOR FREE TOO.
LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
UM, WOULDN'T BE, I I I'M, I'M NOT LIKING THIS.
I AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY COMING UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET A, YOU CAN GET A LOCKBOX PUT ON YOUR FRONT PORCH THAT YOU CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TELL 'EM WHAT THE COMBINATION OF THAT IS TO GET A KEY OUTTA THE HOUSE TOO.
AND IT, I I, I LIKE IT FOR THE FACT OF PEOPLE WITH KNOWN ISSUES, BUT THERE AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THAT.
AND WHEN THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER IN NEED OF THAT, THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US.
WE CAN DEFINITELY BUILD THAT INTO OUR AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE INDIVIDUALS SIGN AN AGREEMENT.
I I, I THINK THIS, I DON'T THINK THE CAKE IS FULLY BAKED ON THIS, THIS PROGRAM YET.
SO COME BACK TO ME WHEN, WHEN WE'RE PUTTING ICING ON IT AND I'LL BE MORE IN FAVOR OF IT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE KEY GET GETS COMPROMISED? SO KNOCK ON WOOD, UH, WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE SO THE KEYS DON'T GET LOCKED.
EVERY KEY IN AN ADDISON IS LOCKED ON AN APPARATUS AND THOSE THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL PINS TO GET THOSE KEYS OUT.
SO THE KEYS ARE NOT FREE AT ALL.
THEY ARE LOCKED INTO OUR APPARATUS UNDER, UNDER CODE SECURITY.
UM, SO ABOUT 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN LOST A NOX KEY.
IT WAS ABOUT $250,000 TO START THE INITIAL PROCESS TO RE-KEY THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO WE, WE KEEP OUR NOX KEYS UNDER LOCK AND SECURE AT ALL TIMES.
THEY, UH, THEY ARE NOT PASSED OUT.
THEY ARE SECURED BECAUSE LOSING ONE OF THOSE KEYS WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REKEY THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THESE ON ALL BUSINESSES.
THESE KEYS ARE, THESE BOXES ARE ALREADY ON ALL BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN.
I, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF FUNDING THIS SINCE IT COMES FROM SELF-FUNDED, BUT I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF FREE, UM, ASSISTANCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE ASSISTANCE MECHANISMS TO WHERE IT GOES THROUGH METRO SERVICES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A NEEDS-BASED ASSISTANCE, BUT WHENEVER YOU GIVE AWAY THINGS FOR FREE PEOPLE VALUE THEM LESS.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, I THINK IT'S A BAD POLICY.
I LIKE, WHAT'S IT, UH, TRY BEFORE YOU PRIOR WHAT YOU SAID AND YEAH.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD AT IT, BUT, UH, WE TRY TO MAKE IT TOWARDS, UH, SO I I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT I DO NOT WANT IT FREE.
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YEAH.MY, MY THOUGHTS ARE ALONG THE SAME LINE IS, UM, UM, WHAT IF WE HAD A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT THAT WE CHARGED, I HAVE TO PAY SOMETHING 10, $15 AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN INSTALLATION.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SAY FREE PEOPLE JUST SAY, OH, WELL I WANT IT 'CAUSE IT'S FREE.
I DON'T EVEN NEED IT AND GIMME FIVE OF THEM.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S JUST A MINIMAL OF, OF COST SOMETIME, AND, AND, AND I THINK IT WAS RANDY, SOMEBODY SAID IT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA WANT THIS ARE ALSO GONNA NEED, NEED HELP INSTALLING IT.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD SOMEHOW TIE THAT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, JUST SOLVE THAT.
LIKE, YOU JUST PAY A MINIMAL AMOUNT, 10 50 AND THEN YOU GET THE THING AND YOU SIGN A P YOU, YOU SIGN YOUR AGREEMENT AND, UH, AND, BUT YOU ALSO GET IT INSTALLED.
WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
AND INTERNALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECOMMENDING THE DOOR HANGERS OVER ANYTHING.
'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE TO INSTALL IT.
IT'S JUST YOU, YOU PLOP IT OVER A DOOR AND IT'S IN IT'S INSTALLED, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE THAT DO WANT IT HARD MOUNTED.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT OPTION TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE.
UH, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA WANT IT ATTACHED TO THE DOOR AND, AND YOU WANT TO INSTALL IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST HAVE WHOMEVER JUST SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
I JUST, I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT YOU COULD JUST SCREW IT INTO THE STUCCO AND IT WOULD JUST WORK.
AND, UM, SO LIKE I, THAT'S WHAT WE SEE OVER AT THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE WITH ETHOS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO, SO I'M STILL, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT YEAH, I'M STILL, UH, AND EVEN FOR ME, IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF THE MEDICAL NEED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE MEDICAL NEEDS THAT DON'T HAVE A FINANCIAL NEED.
I'D BE, I'D BE OKAY WITH GIVING THEM A FREE ONE, PAYING TO HAVE IT INSTALLED FOR SOMEBODY THAT JUST FLAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.
BUT WE KNOW OVERWHELMING THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN ADDISON CAN AFFORD TO BUY IT AND INSTALL IT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M WITH IT.
UH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SH WE CAN, WE CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY.
RANDY, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE DARREN A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE HERE.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WHEN THE KNOX PROGRAM FIRST STARTED YEARS AGO, BUSINESSES DID NOT WANNA DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY ISSUE.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS KNOX SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE MOST SECURE THINGS THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY HAVE.
THERE IS NO DANGER IN SOMEONE GETTING THIS KEY.
UH, WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST STARTED, OUR CAPTAINS USED TO WEAR 'EM AROUND THEIR NECKS ON A SHOESTRING AND THEY'D HAND IT TO THE CAPTAIN AT THE NEXT SHIFT.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU GOT KEYS LOST.
NOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE DO, BUT EACH APPARATUS HAS A LOCK, A NOX KEY IN IT THAT IS IN A LOCKED BOX THAT THE APPARATUS CAN'T EVEN OPEN THEMSELVES.
IS THAT THE WAY OUR PROGRAM, HOW, HOW, HOW DOES THE, HOW DOES THE APPARATUS GET THEIR KEY NOX DEVELOPED A BOX NOW THAT YOU STICK YOUR KEY IN JUST LIKE A, JUST LIKE ONE OF THESE, YOU STICK IT IN THERE AND YOU LOCK IT RIGHT.
ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED IN THERE UNTIL YOU PUT YOUR OWN CODE IN THERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT YOUR CODE IN THERE, THEN IT UNLOCKS.
SO THE, AND THEN IT FLASHES AT YOU WHEN THAT KEY'S NOT IN THERE.
IT JUST CONSTANTLY FLASHES AT YOU TO REMIND YOU PUT THE KEY BACK, PUT THE KEY SO EACH OFFICER CAN O CAN GET THE KEY OUT.
SEE, OUR SYSTEM, THE DISPATCH HAD TO SEND AN ELECTRONIC TONE OVER THE RADIO TO UNLOCK THAT KEY.
SO IT WAS A MULTI KEY PROCESS.
BUT YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FORGET TO PUT THAT KEY BACK IN THERE BECAUSE IT RAISES HOLY CANE.
SO THE, THE SECURITY, I HAVE ZERO ISSUE WITH THIS.
IT'S, IT'S THE, THE COST AND NOT COMPLETELY BEING BAKED IN.
I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THE ONES OVER THE DOORS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAN WALK OFF WITH THOSE.
YOU JUST WANNA PROVIDE OPTIONS AND I DON'T WANT SOMETHING HANGING ON MY DOOR THAT CAN SCRATCH MY PAINT.
UH, CHIEF FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN THIS PRESENTATION.
DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE, THE APPLICANT'S ADDRESSES.
SO IF I'M AN APPLICANT AND I'M AT ONE OF OUR HOTELIERS, UM, ARE THEY CONSIDERED A CANDIDATE FOR THIS PRODUCT? THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL.
THESE WOULD BE ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY BEING AT A HOTEL MOTEL.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, HAVE WE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THINGS GET FUNDED THROUGH GOFUNDME OR, OR IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF QUEUING IN ON THIS AHEAD OF TIME SCHEDULING FOR PEOPLE? MAYBE PEOPLE WANNA SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM, MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERWRITE THIS PROGRAM.
IS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
I, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE ADD THAT COMPONENT
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THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND FELT AS THOUGH THEIR NEIGHBOR COULDN'T AFFORD IT, THAT THEY MAY STEP IN AHEAD OF TIME FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.LASTLY, THE LAST POINT I WANT TO GET AT, TO BRUCE'S POINT, UM, AND, AND RAINEY'S POINT, I CAN'T IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING THIS THING HANGING ON THEIR DOOR.
I GO TO HANG A CHRISTMAS WREATH ON MY DOOR, MY WIFE COMES UNHINGED BECAUSE OF THE, UM, CONSTANT RATTLING.
SO MAYBE PUT A STIPULATION THAT IF THE CANDIDATE IS LOOKING TO HAVE THIS THING HARD HARDWIRED OR HARD INSTALLED ON A, ON A NEARBY WALL, THEY'RE GONNA CONTRIBUTE A COST.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME COST ASSOCIATED.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S LIKE MARLIN SAID 10, 15, 25 BUCKS.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A BUY-IN AND A COMMITMENT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT INSTALLED, WHERE WE'RE NOT NOT GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE.
BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND SCRATCH YOUR DOOR, LISTEN TO THE DOOR RATTLE, YOU CAN HAVE A, I WOULD UNDERSTAND HAVING A FREE LOCKBOX, BUT I DO LIKE A QUALIFYING, UM, PROCESS TO THIS.
I'M, I'M ALL IN ON THIS PROGRAM.
UM, WHEN CHANEL BROUGHT THIS UP A WHILE BACK, I JUST THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, BUT I JUST THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE REFINEMENT.
UH, JUST MY LAST COMMENT, UH, UH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
IF WE CAN GET SOME FORM OF PAYMENT, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
OR GIVE YOU SOME LATITUDE WHERE IF IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, FREQUENT CALLS, IF IT MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER, YOUR RESPONSE TIMES QUICKER THAN I'D BE OKAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE.
SO AGAIN, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THIS AND UM, ALONG WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAID, MAYBE A SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 30, $50 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I'M DEFINITELY IN, WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE HAVE MAJORITY THAT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
CHRIS FREEZE, CHIEF OF POLICE.
UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST, UH, REQUEST FOR, UM, THE, UM, ONE TIME PURCHASE OF AMMUNITION TO PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF TRAINING.
UH, WE'RE DOING THIS IN PREPARATION FOR AMMO, COST INCREASE AND ALSO POTENTIAL, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS.
UH, WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S GLOBAL CONFLICTS THAT AMMO, UM, ORDERS CAN TAKE UPWARDS OF 18 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS FOR US TO GET THOSE IN.
UM, SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO, UH, PURCHASE A YEAR IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL AMMO PURCHASE TO HAVE THAT ON HAND.
UM, IN THE CASE THAT WE RUN INTO ISSUES, UM, GETTING OUR, UM, PRODUCT, UH, THIS IS JUST HOW WE COME UP WITH THE NUMBER.
WE ROUGHLY SHOOT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF AMO A YEAR.
UM, MOST OF THAT IS JUST WITH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
ANYTIME WE HIRE A NEW OFFICER, THEY'VE GOTTA GO TO THE ACADEMY.
THEY'VE HAD TO SHOOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ROUNDS.
UM, THEY, THEY CARRY A RIFLE THAT GOES INTO IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS EVERY YEAR THAT EVERY OFFICER HAS TO SHOOT.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THE MINIMUM.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT OUR SHIFTS DO, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A RANGE THAT'S NOT COUNTING IF AN OFFICER HAS ANY DEFICIENCIES, THEY NEED REMEDIAL TRAINING.
UM, SO THIS REQUEST IS JUST TO TRY TO LOOK AHEAD AND GET AHEAD OF ANY POTENTIAL, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION SO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON HAND SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE TRAINING THAT WE DO NOW, UM, WE DON'T, UM, OFFER A LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE BEFORE I GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? SO HOW MUCH, UM, SUPPLY DO YOU HAVE NOW? WE HAVE ROUGHLY JUST RIGHT AT A YEAR'S WORTH.
OKAY, SO YOU WOULD BE BUYING ANOTHER YEAR, ALWAYS A YEAR IN ADVANCE? YES.
THAT'S, YEAH, SO, SO THIS WOULD BE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE ONE TIME RIGHT NOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT YEAR ON HAND.
FOR, LET'S SAY IN TWO FISCAL YEARS, WE'VE PLACED THE ORDER AND FOR WHATEVER REASON OUR DISTRIBUTOR SAYS, HEY, IT'S 24 MONTHS OUT, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME IN STOCK.
I, I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE YOU HAVE A MONTH'S SUPPLY AND THEN YOU BUY A YEAR AND THEN A YEAR LATER YOU HAVE ONE MONTH SUPPLY AGAIN.
SO HAVING THE YEAR BUFFER, OKAY.
RANDY, THE, UH, WHAT TYPE OF AMMUNITION IS THIS? UH, DIFFERENT KIND.
SO 5, 5, 6 FOR RIFLE, NINE MILL FOR HAND GUNS.
IS IT, IS IT RANGE AMMUNITION OR IS IT DUTY AMMUNITION? BOTH.
SO WE PRACTICE WITH, UH, RANGE AMMUNITION AND THEN WHAT WE CARRY IS A HIGHER CALIBER.
BUT WE, WE TRAIN WITH THE, THE RANGE AMMUNITION.
YOU, SO THE TRAINING IS WITH RANGE, RANGE AMMUNITION.
SO DO, DO YOU QUALIFY WITH DUTY AMMUNITION? YES.
SO THERE IS SOME TRAINING WITH DUTY AMMUNITION RATHER THAN RANGE.
SO ONLY WITH THE QUALIFICATION THAT'S JUST THE 50 ROUND QUAL.
IF I WANT TO GO TO THE RANGE TOMORROW AND SHOOT 500 ROUNDS, IT'S NOT 500 DUTY ROUNDS.
IT'S THE TRAINING, IT'S THE TRAINING ROUNDS THAT ARE A LESS EXPENSIVE ROUND.
CHANEL, WHERE DOES THIS AMMUNITION COME FROM? IS IT FROM UNITED STATES? YES.
DO WE USE ONE SUPPLIER? DO WE USE SEVERAL SUPPLIERS? WE'LL GO OUT, UH, AND SEE WHO HAS THE BEST PRICES.
UM, GT DISTRIBUTORS, UM, WEGS, WHICH IS LOCAL.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'LL GET IT FROM DIFFERENT ONES.
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WHO HAS IT ON HAND WHO CAN GET IT TO US THE QUICKEST.WHEN WE HAVE, LET'S CALL IT SECRET SERVICE COMES TO USE OUR CURRENT GUN RANGE, WOULD THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PRACTICE AMMUNITION OR WOULD THEY BE, IS THIS A PART OF THE QUALIFYING NUMBER FOR THE A HUNDRED K? NO, SIR.
THEY, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES AND USES OUR RANGE, UH, THEY BRING THEIR OWN AMMUNITION.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION WOULD BE WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR STAFF, CALL IT, THOSE ARE GONNA BE USING THE RANGE.
DO THEY HAVE AN ALLOTMENT PER, UM, TENURED EMPLOYEE IN TERMS OF, OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE RANGE HIMSELF? I GET, I GET 30% OF THE USAGE AND, AND RANDY GETS 15% 'CAUSE HE'S MORE VETERAN THAN I.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, WE DON'T BASE OFF SENIORITY.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR SWAT MEMBERS, THEY SHOOT A LOT MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT ON THE SWAT TEAM.
UM, NEW HIRES, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH INITIAL TRAINING, SO THEY MIGHT GET MORE RANGE TIME THAN OTHER OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, QUARTERLY FIREARMS TRAINING.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, YEARLY TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH EVERYBODY AS WELL.
SO, SO IN THE SENSE IF I'M A, LET'S JUST SAY I'M, I'M ON A GAMING MENTALITY AND I'M A GUN TOTING HAPPY GUY AND I WANT TO GET MORE PRACTICE IN THAN, THAN RANDY OR, OR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE SOME CUTOFF WHERE I CAN'T BECOME EXCESSIVE ON THE RANGE ITSELF? YEAH, IT, UH, EBBS AND FLOWS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN STOCK AND FORECASTING HOW MUCH TRAINING WE CAN DO AND THAT GOES INTO THOSE DECISIONS.
EVERYBODY GOOD? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, THIS IS A ONE-TIME PURCHASE OF A PATROL VEHICLE TO ADD TO OUR CURRENT FLEET.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 20 MARK SQUADS FOR PATROL AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
UM, THESE CARS ARE DRIVEN 24 HOURS A DAY.
PEOPLE RUN INTO THINGS, CITIZENS RUN INTO US.
UM, THIS IS OUR PATROL OFFICER'S OFFICE.
SO THIS IS JUST, UM, PURCHASING AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE ROTATION.
THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR SQUADS ON THE STREET.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE FOR, UH, WE'RE MOVING TO THE FORD EXPLORER PLATFORM FROM THE CURRENT DODGE DURANGOS BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
QUESTIONS, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UH, AGE OF OUR POLICE VEHICLES? UH, SO RIGHT NOW THE DURANGOS CAME IN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, SO THEY GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS ON THE STREET.
UM, AND SO WHAT IN THE PAST, WHAT THE TOWN HAS DONE, THEY'VE PURCHASED ALL AT ONE TIME MM-HMM
UM, WHAT WE STARTED TO DO IS MOVE TO PURCHASING, YOU KNOW, SIX TO SEVEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO WE KEEP KIND OF A YOUNGER FLEET.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A, A PATROL VEHICLE ON THE STREETS FOR THREE YEARS, THEY MIGHT HAVE 30,000 MILES, BUT THAT IS A HARD 30,000 MILES.
'CAUSE THESE VEHICLES ARE RUN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, SO IT'S NOT REALLY THE MILEAGE, IT'S THE ENGINE HOURS AND THEN JUST THE HEAVY USE.
RANDY, SO THIS, THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THE FLEET FROM WHAT WE GOT ON NUMBERS TO ADD A NUMBER RATHER THAN A REPLACEMENT OF A VEHICLE DIRECT? YES.
IT'S TO ADD, YES, IT'S TO ADD TWO.
IS THE $80,000 A TURNKEY FULLY EQUIPPED SQUADRON OR IS THIS JUST THE VEHICLE? NO, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT THE SIREN, OUR LIGHTS.
YEAH, FULLY UPFITTED READY TO GO.
THAT I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT FOR A FULLY TURNKEY VEHICLE.
SO, SO IF YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE A THIRD OF THE FLEET, UM, OR SOME OF THE FLEET EVERY YEAR, WHEN IS THAT COMING? WHEN IS THAT, UH, THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR? WE'LL, LOOK, WE'RE STARTING TO DO THAT JUST IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF ORDERING FY 28 OR, OR IS THAT IN THE REPLACEMENT BUDGET? IT, IT GOES THROUGH THE, THE REPLACEMENT.
IT'S NOT THROUGH ANY OF THIS PROCESS.
HEY MERRICK, I GOT A REAL QUICK QUESTION FOR DAVID IF I COULD.
UM, SO DAVID, I'M TRACKING THIS ON THE SLIDES AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, UH, ARE WE GONNA GO TO THE END OF THE SLIDES? SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 39 40 MORE, 40 MORE SLIDES.
SO, UH, I THINK I, SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE DECISION PACKAGES OF THESE ONETIME DECISION PACKAGES, SPECIAL FUNDS, ONCE WE GET TO THAT CIP SLIDE THAT YOU SEE IN A FEW, REALLY EVERYTHING AFTER, THAT'S JUST A RECAP.
SO I THINK WE COULD PUSH THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
SO LET'S JUST GET DOWN TO WHERE YOU SEE THAT CIP BREAKER.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME.
THAT HELPS, THAT HELPS CALIBRATE KIND OF.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, WAYNE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT, UH, TEAM TEXAS MEMBERSHIP AND THEN CHIEF FRIES WILL COME UP AGAIN AND TALK ABOUT A DRONE PROGRAM FROM THE CHILD SAFETY FUND.
WAYNE EMERSON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT, UH, TO THE, UH, MEMBERSHIP HERE, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU IN
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LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE AS A ONE-TIME, UM, UH, DECISION PACKAGE.IT HAS BEEN PUT INTO A RECURRING HERE, UH, THIS YEAR FOR US WAS REALLY ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THAT IS REALLY A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
IT'S SORT OF, UM, THE PRIVATE SECTOR VERSION, UH, THE TEXAS EDC.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN THAT MEMBERSHIP IS YOU HAVE, UH, A LOT OF PRIVATE COMPANIES.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC, UH, MUNICIPALITIES, EDCS, AND THEY'RE BOTH INVESTORS IN THIS.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NETWORKING THERE, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS, UH, THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO ATTACH ITSELF TO THAT TEXAS NAME BRAND SO THAT WHEN WE'RE AT A CONFERENCE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TEXAS BOOTH.
WE ARE ABLE TO BE IN THAT, IN THAT TEXAS BOOTH, UH, OF SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND DURING THOSE INQUIRIES THEY MAY SAY, HEY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE DFW MARKET.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS ADDISON TO BE FRONT AND CENTER AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING A, A BOOTH TO OURSELVES.
SO REALLY LEVERAGING THE TEXAS NAME BRAND AND SO THAT WE ARE ADDISON, TEXAS AND NOT JUST THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
SO, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR 26, THIS WAS REALLY A BENCHMARK YEAR FOR US.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE AT THE BUDGET, UH, SEASON, BUT REALLY WE ARE ONLY THREE MONTHS INTO THIS PROGRAM.
SO WHEN WE GOT, UH, WITH THE, THE TEXAS EDC FOLKS AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT CALENDAR, UH, BASED ON OUR BUDGET, WE HAD BUDGETED THREE TRIPS TO GO WITH THEM.
THAT FIRST WAS IN MAY, AND THEN WE WENT ONE IN JUNE, AND THEN WE JUST WENT TO THE LAST, AN INTERNATIONAL TRIP IN JULY.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHENEVER WE DO ONE OF THESE TRIPS IS WE, UH, MAKE OUR CONTACTS.
WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP EMAIL, UH, USUALLY WITH A MARKETING FLYER THAT WE DEVELOPED, UM, TO GO TO, TO TAKE WITH US THERE.
AND THEN WE EMBARK ON A EMAIL, UH, CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY ONLY DONE AN EMAIL CAMPAIGN PROGRAM FOR SELECT USA, UH, WE HAD PRETTY GOOD RESULTS FROM THAT.
WE HAD ABOUT A 48% OPEN RATE, 9% CLICK THROUGH RATE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA EMBARK ON OUR NEXT CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS PART OF THAT SITE SELECTORS.
AND WE HAVE A, UH, A VIDEO THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, AN EXTENSION OF OUR MARKETING PIECE FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO THAT'LL BE PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT.
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NICE.AND, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS THAT IT'S LONG, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT UP AND IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S DIFFERENT SORT OF SEGMENTS.
SO WE HAVE SORT OF AN OFFICE PIECE THAT WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON.
WE'LL HAVE A RETAIL, WE'LL HAVE A, A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BREAK THAT UP AND THEN EVEN BUILD UPON THIS VIDEO.
SO THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL MOST OF THE HARD WORK'S, UH, BEEN DONE UP FRONT NOW.
AND THEN IN CONTINUING YEARS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE WANT TO TARGET, WE CAN JUST, UH, SHOOT A LITTLE BIT EXTRA B ROLL AND THEN MAKE SOME OF THOSE GRAPHIC ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR CAMPAIGN, UH, COMING OUT HERE.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, ONCE WE KIND OF GATHER THESE BENCHMARKS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GATHERING THAT DATA.
THE GOAL HERE IN FISCAL 27 IS TO KIND OF INCREASE, UH, ALL OF THESE METRICS BY 10%.
SO, AND THAT IS, THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS YEAR IN 2027.
THE QUESTIONS, DARREN, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT TEAM TEXAS ESSENTIALLY WAS ONLY, UH, AFFECTED THREE MONTHS FOR FY 26, UH, FOR, FOR US, RIGHT.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE VISITED WITH TEAM TEXAS, UH, WE LOOKED AT THEIR CALENDAR AND WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, EVENTS THAT WE WANTED TO ATTEND OR WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD EVENTS.
AND REALLY MOST OF THOSE HAPPENED IN THE SPRING.
UH, SO STARTING IN MAY WE DID, WE DID THOSE THREE.
AND THEN I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT.
I THINK THERE ARE ONE EVENT I THINK WAS REALLY GOOD TO ATTEND ONCE, UH, WE'LL WE, WE MAY ROTATE THAT OUT IN FUTURE YEARS, EVERY OTHER YEAR, MAYBE EVERY THREE YEARS.
UH, ONE EVENT WAS FANTASTIC AS FAR AS DIRECT BUSINESS LEAD, WHICH WAS THE SELECT USA, UH, ONE, AND THEN THE INTERNATIONAL TRIP, UM, PROBABLY WOULD DEFINITELY NOT DO THAT PARTICULAR EVENT AGAIN, JUST, JUST, AND I HAVEN'T DUG THROUGH AND WE HAVEN'T PULLED ALL THE DATA, BUT JUST ON, ON THAT EVENT ALONE, UM, I THINK WE COULD GET MORE ROI BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC TRIP OR FINDING ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL ONE.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN THAT LOOKING AT THE EVENT SEASON, THERE'S A, THERE'S REALLY IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL, AND SO THERE, THERE COULD BE A COUPLE MORE NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THAT, UH, THAT MEMBERSHIP THAT WE MIGHT AT LEAST TEND ONE, UH, HERE IN THE FALL IN EITHER OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
SO DID WE PAY FOR THE FULL YEAR MEMBERSHIP OF THAT? CORRECT.
SO IT, IT ACTUALLY ROLLS FROM JANUARY.
SO, SO REALLY THIS MEMBERSHIP IS GOOD ALL THE WAY UNTIL IT'S BASED ON A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO TECHNICALLY THIS MEMBERSHIP, UH, WOULD RUN CALENDAR YEAR 27.
THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR AND WE WERE SKEPTICAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF EXPENSIVE AND, UM, AND WE WERE JUST KIND OF NING UP OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT.
SO, UM, I AM, UM, I KNOW THIS IS AN INVESTMENT.
UH, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO US.
UM, I DID LOOK THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION, BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT Y'ALL DID.
SO THERE'S SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT IT.
UH, AND IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT YET, IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS IN IT.
AND YOUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT, UH, ON ALL OF YOU.
WELL, JUST, IT JUST TAKES ONE BIG PROJECT TO PULL IT IN.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN INVESTMENT, BUT I DO, I DO WANT TO SEE MORE REPORTS ON KIND OF WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE.
UH, MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ALONG WITH WHAT DARREN'S SAYING WOULD BE, WOULD BE APPRECIATED ON THIS TYPE THING.
AND WHY IS THIS JUST NOT COMING OUTTA YOUR BUDGET? WHAT, WHY DO WE HAVE A ONE TIME FUNDING ON THIS? WHAT DON'T YOU HAVE A BUDGET THAT'S GROWING WITH, DIDN'T WE GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF OF MONEY LAST YEAR THAT YOUR BUDGET CONTINUES TO GROW WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SO THIS IS A RECURRING REQUEST.
LAST YEAR WAS ONE TIME, RIGHT? TRIAL.
SO NOW WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, DO WE WANNA PUT THIS IN? AND IT'S COMING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
THIS WILL BE A RECURRING ITEM IN THE BUDGET, BUT LAST YEAR WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO IT ONE TIME AS A TRIAL.
SO THIS IS JUST A DECISION WE WANNA MAKE THIS RECURRING.
WAS THE TRIAL THAT SUCCESSFUL THAT WE WANTED
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TO, TO GO BACK WITH IT? I MEAN, A ONE TIME TYPICALLY MEANS ONE TIME NOT, AND, AND WELL, AND THE, THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO DO THE ONE TIME IS TO SEE HOW MUCH LEGS WE HAD.SO JUST TAKING ONE PROJECT FOR INSTANCE, UH, WE MADE CON A CONNECTION WITH THE SITE SELECTOR AT THE SITE.
SELECTORS GUILD MADE THAT FIRST RELATIONSHIP, THAT CONTACT.
THEN WE THEN AT, AT THE SELECT USA CONFERENCE, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER SITE SELECTOR GOT INTRODUCED, UH, TO THAT SAME, UH, GROUP.
NOT THE SAME PERSON, BUT THE SAME COMPANY.
AND THAT IS NOW AN ACTIVE PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, UH, CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, IT WASN'T A, A PROJECT THAT WAS BEING PITCHED AT THAT CONFERENCE, BUT THOSE SORT OF CONNECTIONS, THOSE HAPPENINGS WHERE THOSE BUSINESS DEALS OR, UM, PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING IS JUST BEING IN THE ROOM.
THAT CONNECTIVITY, ADDISON BEING PRESENT.
UM, JUST ANOTHER THING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT, UM, FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CONFERENCES, THERE WAS AT LEAST A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, IF NOT TWICE FROM IRVING, FRISCO, PLANO, UM, DALLAS.
SO REALLY JUST, AND MCKINNEY JUST REALLY PUTTING, UH, ADDISON IN THE ROOM AND, AND MAKING OURSELVES VISIBLE AND AWARENESS AT THESE EVENTS.
I I CERTAINLY SEE THIS MORE AS AN INVESTMENT THAN OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE CALLED INVESTMENTS THAT JUST COST US MONEY.
SO THI THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF, OF BRINGING SOMETHING IN.
UH, I'M JUST NOT, I'M STILL NOT GRASPING WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AS A RECURRING WHEN IT, WE SHOULD JUST GIVE YOU A BUDGET.
AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA SPEND YOUR BUDGET MONEY ON, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU SPEND YOUR BUDGET MONEY ON.
I AM, I DID NOT CATCH THAT IT WAS RECURRING.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COME BACK AGAIN, UH, ONE, ONE TIME FOR THIS YEAR AGAIN.
AND BEFORE WE PUT IT ONTO RECURRING.
AND I THINK IT'S A HEALTHY THING FOR US TO EVALUATE IT EVERY YEAR.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION.
I'M, I'M SORRY TO JUMP IN, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE LEVERAGING IT REALLY WELL.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTEXT.
I JUST WOULD LIKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR.
I'M ON THE SAME BOAT THAT CHRIS AND DARREN AND A K DARREN SAID, UM, I, I, YEAH, I JUST, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GUYS WENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GET NONE THAT WE NEED PLAY BY PLAYS ON THESE THINGS.
BUT USUALLY WHEN THERE'S GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADS, USUALLY WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS THROUGH OUR, UH, THROUGH OUR LUNCH MEETINGS WITH DAVID GAINES AND OR WITH YOURSELF AND DAVID CHAVEZ.
SO JUST LOOK FOR A LITTLE MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHARED INFORMATION.
AND THEN I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE RECURRING.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE IT BE ANOTHER ONE TIME AS CHRIS JUST SAID.
YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED ON THIS, DAVID? YEP.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
CHRIS, FREE CHIEF OF POLICE BACK AGAIN.
UM, THIS REQUEST IS TO PURCHASE, UH, TWO DRONES THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED OUT IN THE FIELD.
UH, IT'D BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CHILD SAFETY FUND.
UM, WE COULD USE THESE TO HELP LOCATE LOST CHILDREN, UM, HELP WITH ANY TACTICAL RESPONSE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO PUT A DRONE UP DURING KABOOM TOWN.
UM, AND IT WAS INVALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EYES ON THE SITE, ESPECIALLY AS TRAFFIC WAS EGRESSING OUTTA THE AREA.
UM, WE COULD KEEP EYES ON THE PARKING GARAGE, UM, SEE WHERE WE NEED TO DEPLOY RESOURCES.
HAVING THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH OUR OFFICERS TRULY IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY.
SO THIS REQUEST, UH, AGAIN, PAID FOR OUTTA THE CHILD SAFETY FUND IS TO PURCHASE TWO DRONES.
UM, THEY WOULD BE, UH, PUT IN THE BACK OF PATROL VEHICLES.
WE WOULD HAVE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY TRAINED AS DRONE OPERATORS, AND THEY COULD DEPLOY THOSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
UM, IF A CERTAIN CALL COMES OUT, IF WE'RE SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE, THEY CAN PULL OVER, DEPLOY THE DRONE, AND WE CAN GET EYES ON, UH, THE SITUATION, QUESTIONS, SNOW.
AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY DRONES NOW? NO, MA'AM.
I'M FULL IN SUPPORT WITH THIS DARREN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.
UM, CHIEF, SO, UM, THIS IS LIKE AT EVENTS, A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE WE'D USE THESE AT EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, I'M JUST THINKING OF SOME OF OUR, UH, BIG EVENTS AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
ARE WE TAPPING INTO THOSE CAMERAS IS HIGH? LIKE CAN WE HAVE HIGH DEF CAMERAS? OH, YES.
WE'RE, UH, OUR COMMAND POST, WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE TOWN CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE THOSE UP.
THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL TOOL THAT WE COULD USE AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S ONE, IT'S A ONE TIME OF 27,000, AND THEN A RECURRING OF OVER 21,000? YES.
THE ONE TIME IS THE ACTUAL DRONE ITSELF.
THE HARDWARE, THE RECURRING IS THE SOFTWARE COST TO OPERATE IT AND ONE OR TWO DRONES.
AND, AND, AND HELP ME ON THESE DRONES.
I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE.
SO WHAT, WHAT HAS HELPED ME? WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF,
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WHAT'S THE, WHO, WHERE ARE WE GETTING THESE THINGS? THAT, THAT JUST SEEMS VERY EXPENSIVE.YEAH, SO, UH, THE TYPES OF DRONES THAT WE USE, THEY'RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE DRONE THAT YOU WOULD GO BY LIKE OFF AMAZON.
UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LARGER BECAUSE THEY DO FLY OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.
UH, THEY HAVE USUALLY ABOUT A 25, 30 MINUTE FLIGHT TIME, DEPENDING ON WIND CONDITIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IT'S LINE OF SIGHT.
SO IMAGINE THEY'RE ROUGHLY PROBABLY 12 POUNDS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RATHER LARGE.
THEY, UM, ARE CARRIED IN THE BACK OF THE PATROL VEHICLE.
UM, SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, OR WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CALL AND OFFICER CAN DEPLOY THO THAT PUT IT UP AND WE IMMEDIATELY GET EYES OVER A, A SCENE.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE A LITTLE, UH, DRONE THAT YOU MIGHT USE FOR, FOR PERSONAL USE AND MAINLY LIKE, UH, FOR POLICE FOR EVENTS.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT? YEAH, SO IT COULD BE USED FOR EVENTS.
IT COULD BE USED, UM, FOR IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CALL, UM, AND WE NEED TO GET EYES ON SOMETHING.
IF WE HAVE A FOOT PURSUIT AND WE HAVE A SUSPECT THAT'S BEDED DOWN SOMEWHERE, UM, WE CAN PUT THE DRONE UP AND WE HAVE ACCESS, UH, OVER THE, THE ENTIRE SITE.
AGAIN, LOVE SUPPORTING ALL THINGS A PD.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WILL THERE, THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE DESIGNATED TO BE THE FLIGHT PILOTS, WILL THERE BE ANY SORT OF SPECIAL INSURANCE THAT IT COMES ALONG WITH THIS? YES.
UH, SO IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE DRONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, I THINK IT'S PART 1 0 7.
UM, DON'T GET ME ON THE QUOTED ON THE SPECIFICS.
UM, BUT WE, YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE LICENSE, YOU HAVE TO BE LICENSED, AND IF YOU'RE GONNA FLY IT OVER CROWDS, UH, THAT COMES WITH, UH, INSURANCE AS WELL.
SO, SO WE WILL SEND OFFICERS TO GET A, A 1 0 7? YES.
WHAT, WHAT MANUFACTURER ARE WE LOOKING AT? UH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE'RE, UM, WHICH ONES WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE.
UH, FIRST WE NEED TO GET THE FUNDING AND WE'LL GO OUT AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
BUT, UH, IT'S, WE HAVE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO.
UM, SO AMERICAN MADE NOTHING FROM OVERSEAS.
UM, SO IF THAT WAS THE CONCERN, HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU NEED IF YOU HADN'T PRICED THEM OUT? NOT, NOT KNOWING WHAT, WHAT WE'RE BUYING.
SO WE HAVE, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE MANUFACTURERS IN FRONT OF ME.
SO WE, I MEAN, WE HAVE PRICED THESE DAYS.
DO WE HAVE PRICE THEN? YES, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU, UH, THE WRONG MANUFACTURER TALKING ABOUT.
I'M AND I, THAT WASN'T A GOT YOU QUESTION.
CHRIS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR STEVEN.
SO ON THE, ON THE CHILD, AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO FOR THE, ON THE CHILD SAFETY FUND, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE SEE TOTAL REVENUE ABOUT 27,000.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 250,000 IN IT.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO USING THOSE FUNDS TO FUND ONE, MAYBE TWO OF OUR NONPROFITS.
UH, THERE, THERE IS ONE, UH, TRAFFIC, NINE ONE, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, UH, COMMITTEE WAS $5,000 FOR 2027.
SO, UM, THOSE FINES AND PENALTIES, LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT, IS THAT SOURCE OF REVENUE GONNA BE CONSISTENT OR ARE WE JUST GONNA, 'CAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS A REOCCURRING $21,000, JUST BRING THAT FUND DOWN TO ZERO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A CONSISTENT SOURCE.
SO A PORTION OF THAT, IF YOU, IF SOMEONE GETS A FINE AND, UM, A SCHOOL ZONE.
SO IF SOMEONE, WE, WE MAY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE TODAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
SO THERE'S A $25 FEE ATTACHED TO EVERY FINE.
IF SOMEONE, UH, GETS, YOU KNOW, A MOVING VIOLATION WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE, SO THAT, THAT GOES TO THIS FUND.
UH, THE COUNTY, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, THERE'S A REGISTRATION, UH, ADDITIONAL CHARGE, I THINK IT'S A DOLLAR 50 ON EVERY VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN THE COUNTY.
THEY, I GUESS THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD SAFETY MONEY, SO THEY SEND IT OUT TO THE CITIES.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE MONEY COMES FROM, IS FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE MOVING VIOLATIONS.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU OKAY WITH ALL THIS LIKE 21,000? IT IS.
AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF USES FOR IT.
SO IF WE CAN SPEND THIS MONEY, UM, I WOULD, UH, BE, BE HAPPY IF WE CAN, WE CAN USE THIS FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS FAIRLY RESTRICTED.
YEAH, I, I JUST LOOKED AT, I, I JUST NOTICED THE REOCCURRING IS FOR SOFTWARE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
YEAH, I'M, I, UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF, OF THIS ITEM.
GENERALLY IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BE.
WELL, WE'D BE GETTING MORE DETAIL WHENEVER WE ACTUALLY DO THE SELECTION OF THE EQUIPMENT OR, UM, BECAUSE I MEAN, TO, TO MARLIN'S POINT, IT'S, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE RECURRING COST ALSO IS LIKE HARDWARE WARRANTY AND, AND HARDWARE SUBSCRIPTION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
MORE THAN I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON RATHER THAN JUST A BLANK CHECK.
BUT FOR, I MEAN, THE CONCEPT OF IT, I'M IN FAVOR OF YES SIR.
UH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND, UH, CALL IT TONIGHT.
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AND, UH, WE'LL WRAP THIS UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING IF EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT, IT IS, UH, 9 43 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR THE NIGHT, EVERYBODY.