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YEAH, SURE.[1. Call Meeting to Order]
LET'S START THE MEETING.SO LET ME CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THEN.
[ Pledge of Allegiance]
ALLEGIANCE.WE DO STILL ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S A DELAY FOR THREE SECONDS ISH.
I, UH, JULIE REALLY PUT THE FLAG OF AMERICA ON THE
ALRIGHT, THAT'S GET US STARTED SINCE I TALK WITH THE IRMA.
[2. Administer the Oath of Office to Three (3) Council Members Following the Originally Scheduled May 2, 2020 Election Date in Accordance With State Law and Ordinance No. O20-05 (Adopted by the City Council on February 25, 2020) Which Declared the Councilmembers Unopposed and Therefore Elected. ]
ITEM TWO, UH, GATHER ALL THE NEW, UH, OR THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SWORN LAST.YOU LOST MINE? YEAH, YOU'RE BACK.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOLLOWING THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED MAY 2ND, 2020 ELECTION DATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO TWO ZERO FIVE AND ZERO FIVE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2020 ONCE YOU DECLARED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OPPOSED AND THERE FOR ELECTED SECRETARY OR MY PARKER.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE DO THE SWELLING CEREMONY? UH, YES SIR.
UM, THE, THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, DECLARED, DECLARED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UNOPPOSED AND, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND UH, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CANCEL THE SELECTION.
SO WE FOLLOWED STATE LAW AND THEY NOW HAVE, UH, TAKEN THEIR SEGMENT.
THEY HAVE DONE THEIR STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER AND THEY'RE READY TO BE, UH, UH, GIVEN THE OATH OF OFFICE AND SWORN IN TO THEIR POSITION.
SO, UH, FOR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTING FROM PAUL WARREN
MAYOR, ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO AT THE SAME TIME OR ONE AT A TIME? WAIT, DO THE SAME TIME.
SO I WILL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND THEN REPEAT WITH THE MAIN APPLE STAND.
DOES IT DELAY FOR THREE SECONDS? JUST WAIT.
SO WHILE I SAY STAY YOUR NAME, MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE YOUR OWN NAME.
ALL RIGHT, SO EVERYBODY'S READY.
I SAY I LONGER CALL WALDEN ON THE WEST SIDE.
MARLIN WILL GO TO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT IOWA FACE FULLY AS SECURED AND THE DUTY THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF A COUNCIL MEMBER? OH, THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
I'VE COUNSELED A MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON FROM THE NUMBER OF ADDISON TAXES, THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THE WHAT? TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY, PLEASE SERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL THIS STATE AND STATE THAT THEY, SO HOW ME GOD.
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AWESOME.HOW MUCH RELATIONS? CONGRATULATIONS.
WORKING WITH EVERYBODY FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
I THINK WE ARE, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM HERE AND, AND UH, HAVE, UH, VIABLE DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS.
AND, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE NOW GOING, UH, THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A MODEL COUNCIL AND, UH, THESE LAST YEARS AND, UM, AND, AND VERY PROUD TO SERVE WITH EVERYBODY AND TO BE ABLE TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE INPUT AND WISDOM THAT EVERYBODY BRINGS TO THE TABLE.
AND, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, UH, RESPECT AND, AND, UH, PATIENTS THAT YOU ALL SHARE WITH ME FOR MY OPINIONS AND MY THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING TOO.
AND, AND I THINK WE DO A REMARKABLE JOB AT, UH, UH, HAMMERING OUT ISSUES, SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES.
AND, UM, IN SPITE OF, UH, DISAGREEMENTS, WE, UM, WE REMAINED FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WHICH ABOVE, UH, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT'S ALL WE ARE IN YOUR LIFE.
SO I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE SERVING THEOLOGY.
GQL YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? SOMETHING? YES.
UH, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT PAUL JUST SAID.
WE CERTAINLY ARE, ARE, ARE DOING WELL TOGETHER.
WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXPECTED.
HOWEVER, WE DO COME TO AGREEMENT AND WE ALL ARE AND WE ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS.
AND OF COURSE, ADDISON, UH, I'M HONORED TO BE, UH, AGAIN ON THE COUNCIL.
I THINK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND ACTUALLY THE MENTORING THAT I'M GETTING FROM, FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND FROM PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL.
IT TAKES, IT TAKES A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND LEARNING JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I JUST SIGNED MY OATH OF OFFICE AFTER WE, UM, TOOK THE PLEDGE AND, AND I WANT TO SAY, UH, UH, MUCH THE SAME.
UM, THESE LAST, LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, CITY MANAGER, CITY CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, WE'VE GOT A GREAT, UH, A GREAT GROUP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND A LOT OF PATIENTS, FOLKS.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT PATIENTS, UH, TRYING TO GET ME UP TO SPEED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THOUGHT I'M GOING TO REITERATE, UM, FROM LAST YEAR, CAUSE I THINK IT'S SUCH A HUGE THING IS, UH, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT, I WROTE DOWN ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE TENURE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, I, I'VE GOT IT TOLD IT UP AS 43 YEARS OF CITY COUNCIL SERVICE AND UH, FOR, FOR OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE TERM LIMITS, I CAN'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM HAVING THE TYPE OF TENURE THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST PICKED UP SIX MORE YEARS OF TENURE.
UM, SO I JUST, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
UM, UH, I DO HAVE, UM, ONE THOUGHT I'LL SHARE WITH A GROUP.
I REALLY LOVE OUR COUNCIL PICTURE.
MAYBE WE'LL, MAYBE WE'LL JUST KEEP IT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, I, I LOVE OUR, OUR COUNCIL PICTURE THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE'VE GOT IN PLACE.
UM, UM, SO WITH THAT JUST, IT'S GREAT TO SERVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEEDED TO RETAKE THE PICTURE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I AGREE WITH.
[3. Present Certificates of Election to the Three (3) Council Members Following the Originally Scheduled May 2, 2020 General Election Date.]
THREE PRESENTS CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION TO THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOLLOWING THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED THE MAY 2ND, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION DAY, SO I UNDERSTAND ARMA YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UNDERSTAND YOUR DELIVER THOSE? YES SIR.THIS AGENDA ITEM FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE UNOPPOSED AND THEREFORE DECLARED ELECTED AT THE MAY 25TH, 2020 CITY COUNCIL.
YOU DO THE CURRENT GOVERNOR'S ORDER REGARDING COATED 19 STAFF STAFF HAND DELIVER THE CERTIFICATES TO EACH OF THE NEW ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY.
CAN YOU SHOW THAT A CERTIFICATE
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IN YOUR NEW FRONT OF YOUR SCREEN? DON'T MAKE IT CALL.MINE WAS RIGHTFULLY DELIVERED TO MY HOME.
UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT THERE, SO I HAVE MINE.
[4. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on Nominations and Appointments of the Mayor Pro-Tempore and Deputy Mayor Pro-Tempore.]
NUMBER FOUR PRESENT.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON NOMINATIONS AND OINTMENTS OF THE MAYOR, PROTEST AND DEPUTY MAYOR PODIUM.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT LAURIE WARD TO BE THE MAYOR, POET AND DEPUTY MAYOR POTE IN IS GUILLERMO
SO HE HAS THE STORY THEN AT THE MALL.
SO, UH, WELL TIME GOES BY REAL FAST.
SO NEXT TIME AROUND IS GOING TO ROTATE UP.
SO, UM, SO DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS APPOINTMENT? I MADE A MOTION PAUL, ONE SECOND DAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? EITHER WAY YOU GET IN IT.
ALRIGHT, SO I'VE BEEN SECOND DEAD.
SO ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS.
MAYOR PROTEAN GMO IS A TEMPORARY MAYOR PODIUM.
I MADE SURE I MADE SURE I'M RIGHT, BUT WHAT I LIKE TO SEE OR HAVE SOME PRACTICE NO, TO BE IN CERTAIN ROLES.
[5. Present and Discuss Any Action Necessary or New Information Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic.]
SIDE.SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENT AND DISCUSS ANY ACTION NECESSARY OR NEW INFO REGARDING THE KOBE 19 PANDEMIC.
AND, UH, BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY CONGRATULATIONS TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, WALDEN COUNCIL MEMBER KEITH NDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON OR REELECTION.
UM, ON TUESDAY MAY 5TH, UH, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDERS TA 21 THAT REPLACES HIS PREVIOUS SPORT THAT THAT SUPPLEMENTS HIS PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDER GA 80.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS GAT AND GA 21 ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ACTUALLY CONTINUE THROUGH MAY THE 19TH.
UM, THE GA, UH, GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE ORDER G 18 ORIGINALLY EXTENDED TO MAY THE 15TH, BUT SHE EIGHT 21 ACTUALLY EXTENDED THAT DATE TO MAKE 19.
AND THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY EXTENSIONS BASED ON THE STATUS OF THE COBIT 19 SITUATION IN TEXAS.
AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR'S STRIKE FORCE TO OPEN TAXES.
THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS KEEP STATE, STAY AT HOME OR WORK AT HOME ORDERS OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES IN PLACE EXCEPT FOR THE, UH, ACCESS OF ESSENTIAL OR REOPENING SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT THAT REQUIRES CERTAIN GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO REOPEN THIS.
THESE ORDERS CONTINUE THE ORDER THAT THE RETAIL SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED TO PICK UP DELIVERY BY MAIL OR DELIVERY TO THE CUSTOMER'S DOORSTEP, BUT ALSO EXPANDS AS A MAY.
FIRST I BELIEVE WAS UH, THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN A STORE OR IN A RESTAURANT, UH, CONTINGENT ON FOLLOWING CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR CAPACITY AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES OR SOCIAL DISTANCE, ET CETERA.
UH, THE ORDERS CONTINUE TO STATE THAT EVERY PERSON IN TEXAS SHALL, EXCEPT WHERE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE OR A TEAM ESSENTIAL SERVICES OR REOPENED SERVICES, MINIMIZE SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND MINIMIZE IN PERSON CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.
IT ALSO STATES THAT PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
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TO MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD WHO HAD BEEN OUT OF THE RESIDENCE IN THE PREVIOUS 14 DAYS.AND IF LEAVING THE HOME TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TO PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION, IN ADDITION TO REOPENING BUSINESSES LIKE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE SET, MOVIE THEATERS, ET CETERA, AS OUTLINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER GAT.
AND THAT WAS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S PHASE ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO REOPEN TEXAS EXECUTIVE ORDER, GA 21 OPENS UP THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S NOT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S A SUMMARY ONE WEDDING VENUES AND THE SERVICES REQUIRED TO CONDUCT WEDDINGS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO, UM, IF THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE HELD IN DOORS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE MEAN OR THEY HAVE TO BE PROVIDED AT ONLY 25% OF THE CAPACITY OF THE FACILITY, WEDDING RECEPTION SERVICES, UH, AS LONG AS THOSE FACILITIES THAT OPERATE, UH, DO SO AT THE 25% CAPACITY.
AND HOW, UH, AND ALSO THE OPERA OCCUPANCY LIMITS ARE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY ARE, DO NOT APPLY.
TWO OUT THERE WERE AREAS OF A WEDDING RECEPTION OR TWO OUTDOOR WEDDING EXCEPTIONS THEMSELVES.
UM, STARTING ON FRIDAY, MAY THE EIGHTH COSMETOLOGY SALONS, HAIR SALONS, BARBERSHOPS, NAIL SALON SHOPS, AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE LIES LICENSED COSMETOLOGISTS FOR BARBARA'S PRACTICE.
THEIR TRADE ARE, ARE OPEN, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE, UM, UH, THE APPROPRIATE SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR, UH, BETWEEN OPERATING STATIONS.
AND IT'S ENCOURAGED THAT THE, UH, THOSE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS HAVE FACE COVERINGS, UH, AS WELL.
UH, TANNING SALONS ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN, PROVIDE IT OUT, BUT ALSO SALONS, UH, ENSURE THAT AT LEAST SIX FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCE, UH, UH, THAT OCCURS BETWEEN THEIR WORKSTATIONS AS WELL.
SWIMMING POOLS ARE ALLOWED TO REOPEN, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT IF IT'S AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, BUT THEY OPERATE AT 25% OF THE LISTED, THE TOTAL LISTED CAPACITY, UH, OF THE POOL FACILITY, OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS MAY OPERATE UP TO 25% OF NORMAL OPERATING LIMITS DETERMINED BY THE POOL OPERATOR.
AND THEN LOCAL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS MEAN OPERATE MAY OPERATE ONLY AS PERMITTED BY THE LOCAL.
ALSO, STARTING A MONDAY, MAY 18TH, UH, SERVICES BY OFFICE WORKERS, UH, CAN, CAN RESUME, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN THRESHOLDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THEY CAN OPERATE IN AN OFFICE BUILDING WHERE AN OFFICE SPACE CAN OPERATE UP TO THE GREATER OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS OR 25% OF THE TOTAL OFFICE WORKSPACE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE INDIVIDUALS MAY MAINTAIN SOCIAL APPROPRIATE SOCIAL DISTANCES.
SO IF, IF, IF YOU ARE IN A SPACE THAT, UM, YOU CAN'T, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCE APPROPRIATELY AT 25%, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE, THE LOWER NUMBER THERE OF CLIENTS, UH, MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR FACILITIES, UH, UH, THEY ALSO HAVE TO MEET THE 25% OF THE TOTAL LIST OF OCCUPANCY OF THAT FACILITY.
AND THEN GYMS AND EXERCISE, EXERCISE FACILITIES AND CLASSES THAT OPERATE UP TO 25% OF THE TOTAL OCCUPANCY OF THE GM WHERE EXERCISE FACILITY MAY OPEN.
UH, HOWEVER THE LOCKER ROOMS AND SHOWER FACILITIES MUST REMAIN CLOSED, UH, BUT RESTROOMS MAY OPEN.
SO THESE ARE, UH, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE CONDITIONS RELATED TO THOSE, UH, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, EXPANDED, UH, BUSINESSES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE UH, GA 18 GA 21 REITERATE THAT RELIGIOUS SERVICES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT GUIDANCE THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AND THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FOR BARS AND THEIR PATRONS.
UH, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT BARS, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AT TWO STUDIOS, PEARSON STUDIOS, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES OR INTERACTIVE AMUSEMENT VENUES.
SUCH AS BOWLING ALLEYS, VIDEO ARCADES, PARKS, WATER PARKS, OR SPLASH PADS.
UNLESS THESE ESTABLISHMENTS OR VENUES ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDED AS A REOPENED SERVICE BY THE PRODUCT, BY APPROXIMATE PROCLAMATION OR FUTURE EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE GOVERNOR.
UM, UH, HOWEVER, IF YOU'VE GOT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BOWLING OUT US OR FOOD, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SERVE FOOD ON A PICKUP OR DRIVE FROM BASIS, UM, UNDER THE SAME GUIDELINES THAT EXIST FOR OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SORT OF FOOD SERVICE.
UH, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING ANY ESSENTIAL OR REOPENED SERVICES OR ENGAGING IN ESSENTIAL DAILY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR GAS STATION, UM, GOING TO GO INTO PARKS OR HUNTING OR FINISHED FISHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OR DOING ANY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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LIKE JOGGING OR BICYCLE, UH, OR OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS AS LONG AS NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS ARE MAINTAINED TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF THE CODE IN 19, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES FROM THE PRESIDENT, UH, AND THAT WERE REFERENCED BY THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND PRESIDENT AND THE CDC.UH, THERE WAS A LIMITATION ON VISITING NURSING HOMES OR LIVING CENTERS OR OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE ALSO WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE CDC SCHOOLS ARE TO REMAIN TEMPORARY AND CLOSED IN THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCED THAT AND THIS, UH, THERE'S NOTHING, NO CHANGE, UH, RELATED TO THAT, UH, STATUS IN THE LATEST THAT ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AND THEN, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER FOR REOPENED OR PLAN AND THE ORDER INSTRUCTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CRITICAL HEALTH GUIDELINES.
AND THAT MEANS TO STAY AT HOME, STAY AT HOME.
IF YOU CAN WASH HANDS OFTEN IN FOR 20 SECONDS AND USING HAND SANITIZER WITH AT LEAST A 60% ALCOHOL OF SOAP AND WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE.
YOU TREAT YOUR COVERING COUGHS AND SNEEZES WITH A TISSUE.
AND THEN IF YOU USE TISSUE, MAKE SURE YOU THROW THAT AWAY.
AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE, MOUTH AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
I JUST DID A DISINFECT SURFACES, BUTTONS, HANDLES, DOOR KNOBS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE CUT OFF AND, AND AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
YOU NEED TO CONTINUE AS ORDERED AND RECKONING IN, IN UH, IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING, AVOID CROWDS AND LIMO LIMIT PHYSICAL CONTACT.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE ITEMS FOR REOPENING THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE GIVEN FOR REOPEN THE TEXAS IS PERMISSION BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT TO REOPEN ANY TEXTING AND STAY HOME.
SO DESIRE OR FEAR FOR THEM SAY, SO AS THIS PERTAINS TO TOWN FACILITIES, AS YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY OUR TOWN FACILITIES, UH, FOLLOWED THE GA TEAM EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR AND WE WERE MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST MAY THE 15TH.
WE ARE PREPARING TO, UM, GIVEN THE LATE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING TOWN FACILITIES TO REOPEN PUBLIC AT A REDUCED LEVEL.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE WERE, WE ARE LOOKING AT OPENING TOWN, A TOWN OFFICES.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE WE'RE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES VIRTUALLY OR HAVE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME, UH, SO THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BALANCING THE PROVISION OF SERVICE BUT ALSO THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND, UH, OR YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT IF, IF PEOPLE COME TO THE TOWN FACILITIES THAT THEY, UH, THEY PUT ON A FACE COVERING OF SOME SORT WHEN THEY VISIT FACILITIES.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION MAY BE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
UH, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, UH, THE ATHLETIC CLUB, WE ARE PREPARING TO REOPEN THAT.
UH, WE, I THINK WE CAN BE PREPARED TO OPEN THAT UP AS EARLY AS, UH, 18 MAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
UM, UH, BUT I, AND I'LL, I'LL GO OVER KIND OF WHAT THE SERVICES WILL LOOK LIKE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB DURING THAT, UH, THAT INITIAL OPENING.
BUT AFTER THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD WELCOME COUNCIL COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS ON, ON, ON OUR PLAN, UH, THERE.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN AFTER I TALKED ABOUT THE ATHLETIC LEVEL, I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT, UH, DOG PARKS AS WELL.
SO REAL QUICK, UH, WE ANTED, WE PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING AS A CONTACTLESS CHECK-IN, UH, PROCESS OR PROCEDURE FOR THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, AND, AND THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL INCLUDE HAVING A STAFF PERSON AT THE ENTRANCE TO, UH, WHEN PEOPLE COME IN INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TAKE AND PASS THE CARDS BACK AND FORTH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE AN IPAD TO VERIFY WHO THEY ARE AND CHECK THEM IN AND OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THAT, WITHOUT HAVING TO EXCHANGE ANYTHING BY HAND OR, UH, VIOLATE ANY SOCIAL, SOCIAL BUSINESSES, NEW ONES.
UM, WELL WE RECOMMEND THAT THERE ARE NO CLASSES AT THIS TIME, UM, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY.
SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A CLASS VIRTUALLY, WE'LL STILL PROVIDE THAT, BUT IN PERSON CLASSES, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING TO DO ANY OF THOSE.
WE'RE ALSO NOT RECOMMENDING TO START ANY SENIOR PROGRAMS ONSITE AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE VIRTUALLY AS WELL.
UM, AND WE WILL NOT HAVING CHILDCARE AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTY AND WE'RE WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE ON HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
BUT THERE'S, UH, UH, OUR, OUR, WE'RE NOT PREPARING TO, TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE SERVICES AT THIS TIME.
WE WOULD OPEN INITIALLY, UH, FOR A, UH, A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
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STARTING A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND WE WOULD OPEN UP AT 7:00 AM IN POLAND CELL 7:00 PM AND UH, HAVE SOME TIME, UH, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO AT THE MID DAY TO TO CLOSE IT DOWN AND THEN DISINFECT THINGS ON A BROADER SCALE.WE'LL STILL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE DURING THE OPEN HOURS WE'LL HAVE STAFF, UH, ROAMING THE FACILITY AND CLEANING DOWN THE EQUIPMENT IN HIGH TOUCH AREAS, ET CETERA.
BUT, UM, WILL WE THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO AT THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TO HAVE THAT DEEPER CLEAN CLEANING EFFORT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THEN ON SATURDAYS, UH, WE WOULD HOPE B O B WE WOULD BE OPEN EIGHT, 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AGAIN WITH THE MID DAY CLOSING PERIOD FOR CLEANING AND THEN WE WOULD REMAIN CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
WE WOULD NOT OPEN THE INDOOR POOL.
UH, THE REASON FOR THAT, UM, IS THAT LOCKER ROOMS, IN ORDER TO GET TO THE, THE INDOOR POOL, YOU HAVE TO ACCESS LOCKER ROOMS AND SHOWERS.
AND BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE INDOOR POOL CLOSED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPEN THE OUTDOOR POOL AT THIS TIME EITHER.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S MORE OF A STAFFING ISSUE AND WE HAVE NOT, WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING OPEN THESE, OPENING THESE, UH, AT THIS TIME AND WE'VE NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING ANY LIFEGUARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP OR WE CAN RAMP THAT UP AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO DO SO.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR GYMS, PEOPLE WHO'VE COME IN TO THE FACILITY TO USE THE EQUIPMENT WE'LL HAVE TO USE, WE'LL HAVE TO WEAR GLOVES, UH, FULL HAND GLOVES.
SO NO, NO GLOVES WHERE THE FINGERS ARE CUT.
UH, SO YOUR FINGERS, YOU HAVE TO WEAR FULL GLOVES AND WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR OWN, UM, UH, AFTER WE'LL WEAR MASKS.
UM, IT WAS, UH, FOR, FOR THE FOLKS THAT COME IN, THEY CAN SEE IF THEY WILL SEE THAT THE STAFF IS WEARING MASKS, WHETHER OR NOT, UH, PEOPLE WEAR MASKS.
AND FROM A, UH, A PATRON STANDPOINT, THAT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK AT THEIR DISCRETION, NO WALKING AROUND THE, THE TRACK AT THE, UH, AT THE, UH, THE ABOVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS, I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY PRETTY EASILY DEAL WITH THE MASCOT, BUT IF YOU'RE RUNNING ON A TREADMILL OR A STEER TIRE, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, TO MAKE THAT DECISION, UM, BUT ENCOURAGE THEM TO WEAR THEM IF A, IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO.
UM, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING ALL THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND CHECKLISTS.
SO WE WILL STILL OPERATE IT ONLY 25% OF OUR CAPACITY.
UM, AND, UH, AND THAT'S BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, UH, THERE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
LET ME JUST MENTION REAL QUICK DOG PARKS AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT I'VE MENTIONED.
WE'RE PLANNING ON OPENING ON THE 80, UH, TWO OF OUR DOG PARKS.
UH, THE REDDING TRAIL DOG ART AND THE ONE THAT'S UH, ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP THIS RULE DOG PARK CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
WE ACTUALLY DID SOME SODDING AND SEEDING EFFORTS IN THAT AREA AND WATTS AND DID THAT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
WE THINK IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS TO FULLY TAKE SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AREA APPROPRIATELY SODDED.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP A SMALL DOG PARK POSE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS TIME FOR TOWN FACILITIES.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SORT OF FIRST COME FIRST SERVE AT THE ATHLETIC CENTER OR THEY'LL JUST STOP IT AT A CERTAIN, WHEN YOU GET THE 25% OCCUPANCY.
WE KNOW WHAT THE OCCUPANCY IS AT THE EDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
UM, WE, IF YOU BEAR WITH ME HERE, I WILL PULL THAT UP.
IF YOU KNEW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
IT'S, IT'S, BUT WHEN I, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I MEAN, UM, YES, WE KNOW, WE DO KNOW WHEN IT'S, HEY WEST.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, SOME OF OUR OUTDOOR, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, THE COURTS, THE OUTDOOR WATER FOUNTAINS AND SO FORTH.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE S LIKE THE, THE, THE FOUNTAINS AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK THAT THOSE CAN'T BE TREATED LIKE A, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL PLAY IN THOSE AND, AND DO THAT.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TURN THOSE ON FOR THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND HE SAYS SPLASH PADS ARE NOT, NOT AN OPTION FOR
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UH, FOR OPENING AT THIS TIME.BUT OUR OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THE F UH, EXCUSE ME, THE VOLLEYBALL, VOLLEYBALL COURTS OVER ACROSS FROM THE ATHLETIC CLUB, THE BASKETBALL COURT AS WELL AS THE TENNIS COURTS.
WE WILL OPEN UP THE ISSUE THERE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO UM, UH, TO REGULATE IS THAT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN HAVE IT FOLKS FROM THE NON THAT ARE NOT IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD ARE LIMITED TO FOUR OR FIVE AS FAR AS DOING SOME KIND OF AN ACTIVITY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED TO TWO ON TWO BASKETBALL.
PEOPLE ARE PLAYING IN 10 ON 10, FIVE ON FIVE AND THEN THEY VIOLATING THE ORDER.
AND SO WE'D HAVE TO, UM, ON A COMPLAINT BASIS RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO DISPERSE AND FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
AS FAR AS TENNIS, UH, THAT'S LESS OF AN ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS VOLLEYBALL GOES, IT REALLY DEPENDS.
UH, AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY PLAY WITH SOME OF THIS APPROPRIATE SOCIAL DISTANCING THREE AND THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE WHAT THE GOVERNOR ORDERED.
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER SAYS SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS.
SEE, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THOSE.
BUT YES, THOSE, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT THOSE, THE, THOSE, THOSE, THE BASKETBALL COURT, VOLLEYBALL COURT AND THE TENNIS COURT, WE PLAN ON OPENING.
UM, DO WE, HAVE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, BOTH THE OUTDOOR DRINKING, DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND ALSO, UH, LIKE WITHIN THE, I GUESS WITHIN OUR, ANY FACILITIES THAT ARE OPEN, THOSE DRINKERS WE THOUGHT IF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TURNED BACK ON.
AS FAR AS THE OUTDOOR DRINKING FOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME, I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE STILL KEEP THOSE CLOTHES YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP, WE CAN'T CLEAN THEM FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY OPENING ONE AND THEN THE OTHER FROM THE INDOOR FACILITIES AS WELL.
I ACTUALLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A STAFF AND UM, ADDRESS THE INDOOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN, MACHINE WEST.
IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOES TO ADDISON, SO THAT CLUB, SO, UH, IS THERE ANY BETTER WAY THEY CAN SIGN YANG? THE TIME WHEN THEY SWIPE THE CARD CHECKING SO THEY CAN STAY FOR LIKE ONE HOUR OR TWO HOURS, THEN THEY HAVE TO LEAVE A LOT.
SO, UM, HOW YOU CONTROL THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
WHEN WE MEET OUR LIMIT, WE WON'T ALLOW ANYBODY ELSE IN THE BUILDING.
AND AS PEOPLE LEAVE, WE'LL, WE'LL ALLOW ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN.
UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ONLY ALLOWING THEM TO BE THERE FOR AN HOUR, UM, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WE'LL, WE'LL BE COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ENTER AND EXIT AND KNOW BASED ON WHO'S COMING, WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS AND THE LET THEM IN OR DENY THEM ENTRANCE ACCORDINGLY.
SO, SO THE ATTENDANT OR COUNTER, THEY HAVE TO KEEP TRACK WITH THE CITY.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM? WES, DO YOU ANTICIPATE PROBLEM MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT 25% RULE? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE I SEE IS THAT I'M THINKING OFTEN IT WOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 25%.
I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF AN UNCHARTED TERRITORY, SO I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO, HEY, SOMEBODY'S UNHAPPY.
UM, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
BUT I HOPE WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY ISSUES FROM AN OCCUPANCY STANDPOINT.
IF WE DO, THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US EXPLAINING IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THE LIMITATIONS WERE AWKWARD.
THIS IS NOT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE KOBE 19 SITUATION IS DRIVING THIS AND ALSO WE'RE RESPONDING TO THESE, THIS ISSUE UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
SO, UH, WEST, I WANT TO RAISE THIS QUESTION.
YOU REMEMBER WE WROTE A LETTER TO, UH, US HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE KENNY MARGIN AND US SENATOR TED CRUZ AND JOHN CORNY ABOUT TWO YEARS.
WHY IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE CARES ACT ONLY GIVE TO THE COUNTY OR CITY EXCEEDING HAVE ME DOWN IN POPULATION, UH, SUBSIDIES AND GRANT.
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CITY LESS THAN 500,000 IN POPULATION DON'T RECEIVE THAT.SO, UH, WE WROTE A LETTER TO REQUEST IN A, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED A SUBSIDIARY SUBSIDIZE, YOU KNOW, CITY LIKE ALL SIDES.
NUMBER TWO IS WITH THE 25% OPEN LOT OF BUSINESS, THE OTHER RESTAURANT CANNOT OPEN BECAUSE THE WORKERS RECEIVE $600 FROM FEDERAL CARES ACT.
AND THEN ALSO THEY WENT TO CLEM TWO CS.
SO BASICALLY THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THEN THEY ACTUALLY WORK WITH A 25% OF OPENING.
SO BASED ON WHAT I KNOW IS I WAS APPROACHED BY MANY OWNERS, SO THEY HAVE PROBABLY LIKE A TABLE OF 13.
THEY STILL DON'T OPEN FOR DINING BECAUSE IT COULDN'T GET THE WAITERS BACK AND THEN AUTHOR'S LOSS OF FIELD.
THEN MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, MR SUSHI, LOST QUITE A FEW BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE MONEY BY NOT WORKING.
SO, UH, WE DRAW THE LETTER, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
SO, UH, IT'S INDEED, YOU KNOW, THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT TRY TO EXPRESS THEIR CARE, BUT YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO DO THIS TO THE WHITE PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
I MEAN, THOSE LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, I SAW AN UPDATE TODAY THAT THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE THE PROPOSAL TO UM, UH, FUND ADDITIONAL STIMULUS PACKAGES AND PART OF THAT WOULD RESOLVE PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE ABOUT GOVERNMENTS LESS THAN 500,000 IN POPULATION.
WE'VE SEEN FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, THAT PROPOSAL HAS NOT YET BEEN SENT TO, UH, TO THIS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY BEEN, BEEN ANY ACTION ON THAT IN THE HOUSE YET.
THEY'RE DISCUSSING IT, BUT IT HASN'T CERTAINLY, UH, BEEN SENT TO THE SENATE WHERE IT IS FROM THE SENATE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT LEGISLATION.
SO IF IT DOES GET PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND IT'S, THEY MAY HAVE SINCE I CHECKED PASS, BUT IF IT DOES GET SENT PAST THE HOUSE, THEN THERE'LL BE SOME NEGOTIATION.
NEGOTIATION WILL BE REQUIRED IF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO GET ANY LEGISLATION THAT CAN BE PASSED BY BOTH BODIES AND FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR THE SIGNATURE.
UM, AS FAR AS DOLLARS, WHILE WE DON'T GET DOLLARS, POPULATION, CITY OF 500 OR LESS OF POPULATIONS, LESS THAN 500,000, DON'T GET MONEY DIRECTLY.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PLAN, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE PART OF THE MONEY THAT THE STATE WILL RECEIVE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON A SMALLER, SMALLER, SMALLER POPULATIONS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE SOMETHING DONE ON A PER CAPITA BASIS.
UH, BUT THOSE, THAT'S NOT BEEN SETTLED YET.
THAT'S IN THE PROCESS BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS, UM, UH, ADDRESSING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF, UH, LEGISLATION THAT'S PASSED.
AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE ISSUE THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS, RIGHT? WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING, IT'S HELPFUL.
UM, WHAT ARE THE DOWNSIDES TO IT IN THE CERTAINTY PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO COME BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE MONEY ON, UH, EARNING UNEMPLOYMENT THAN THEY WOULD IN OPERATING IN THE SCALE-DOWN BUSINESSES? CERTAIN SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT WAS PROBABLY AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF REGISTRATION.
IS THAT THE ONE, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING $55 PER CAPITA THAT BASED ON OUR POPULATION, ABOUT 60,000.
SO IF THAT PASSED, WE OUGHT TO BE DISTRIBUTED LIKE ALMOST 900,000.
I HAVE NOT HEARD A NUMBER YET MANNER, BUT UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY PAYING ATTENTION.
UH, AND IF IT IS WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WOULD BE UH, YEAH, I'M NOT HURTING THE NUMBERS.
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM RICK STOUFFER, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF METRO PROXIMITY OR ASSOCIATION.
YEAH, HE SENT A LETTER SO I JUST READ IT BEFORE THE MEETING.
THAT'S A BASED ON THAT AS THE DRAFTED $55 PER PER CAPITA, WHICH IS BASED ON THE POPULATION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
[6. Present and Discuss the Renewal of the Contract for Residential Waste and Recycling Removal Services Between the Town of Addison and Community Waste Disposal. ]
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THANKS.PRESENT DISCUSSED THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR RESIDENTIAL WASTE AND RECYCLING REMOVAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND C W D COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.
I'M DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING SERVICES.
AND YOU GET MY SCREEN SHARE HERE.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE OPTIONS.
RENEW THE EXISTING WASTE HAULING CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL WHERE SHE DOESN'T BE JOINING ME TONIGHT.
TODD WEINHEIMER, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SEAN CHAIRS, OUR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT.
ALSO JOINING US ON THE CALL ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CWD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SHANNON, YOU'RE DAN AND YOU MUTED YOURSELF.
HOW ABOUT NOW? WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START OVER PLEASE.
THE, UH, IN NOVEMBER OF 2015, THE TOWN BEGAN, UH, THE WASTE HAULING SERVICES WITH CWD.
THIS INCLUDED A TRASH AND BUTTON ONE, THE BRUSH RECYCLING AND ALSO HAZARDOUS WASTE.
THE INITIAL RATE FOR THIS SERVICE WAS $11 AND 67 CENTS PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD.
AND THE CURRENT OF THE CONTRACT ALLOWED FOR AN ANNUAL INCREASE BASED ON THE CPI.
OUR CURRENT RATE IS $12 AND 51 CENTS PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD.
AND SINCE THIS CONTRACT DID ALLOW FOR A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL, STAFF HAS BEEN IN TALKS WITH CWD TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FOR A RENEWAL.
THE A $12 AND 51 CENT RATE IS COMPRISED OF THREE COMPONENTS.
THAT'S THE TRASH AND BONO BRUSH IS $8 AND 48 CENTS.
RECYCLING IS $3 AND 30 CENTS AND THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE IS 73 CENTS PER MONTH.
SINCE WE BEGAN SERVICES WITH CWD IN 2015 THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MAJOR CHANGES IN THE AREA.
THE FIRST IS THAT THE LANDFILL THAT CWD WAS UTILIZING CLOSED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND THIS COST CWD TO PERFORM AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT MOST ECONOMICAL LOCATION FOR DISPOSAL WOULD BE WOULD BE.
THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE SKYLINE LANDFILL JUST OUTSIDE OF PARIS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF DALLAS.
THIS RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THEIR DISPOSAL FEES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY INCREASE THE ROUNDTRIP DISTANCE OF 41 MILES VERSUS THE LANDFILL AND LEWIS
ADDITIONALLY, IN 2018 CHINA, CHINA ENACTED ITS NATIONAL SWORD POLICY WHEREBY THEY STRICTLY LIMITED THE IMPORTATION OF RECYCLABLE RAW MATERIALS.
PRIOR TO THIS, A LOT OF THE FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, WOULD, WOULD PACKAGE THEIR RAW RECYCLED MATERIALS SO ON THE COMPANIES AND HAVE THEM TRANSPORTED TO CHINA FOR, UH, FOR RECYCLING CHINA CLOSING THEIR BORDERS TO THIS MATERIAL DRASTICALLY REDUCED THE VOLUME OF THE VALUE OF THESE RAW MATERIALS AND THEREFORE INCREASE THE OVERALL COSTS OF RECYCLING SIGNIFICANTLY.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS CONTRACT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AS CWD COLLECTING ALL OF THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS THAT THE RESIDENT WOULD CALL CWD AND CWT WOULD THEN SEND THEM AN APPROPRIATE CONTAINER DEPENDING ON WHAT AND WHAT AND HOW MUCH OF THE QUANTITY THE HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS FOR THEM TO DISPOSE OF.
THEN THE RESIDENT WOULD, WOULD PLACE THAT ITEM OUT ON THEIR FRONT DOORSTEP ON THE ONE DAY OF THE MONTH THAT THE HOUSEHOLD, THIS WASTE WILL BE COLLECTED.
IN A WAY, IT'S REALLY WORKED IN PRACTICE IS THAT THE RESIDENTS TEND TO WANT THESE ITEMS TO BE COLLECTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIMELY OR MANNER, SO THEY ENDED UP CALLING TOWN STAFF TO COLLECT.
THIS MATERIAL IS SO MUCH SO THAT SINCE 2016 TOWN STAFF HAS COLLECTED 94% OF ALL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT'S BEEN DISPOSED.
AND THIS REALLY DOES NOT TAKE MUCH STELLAR STAFF TIME.
SO IF WE, IF WE DO DECIDE TO RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH CWD, A
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STAFF WOULD NOT RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO SERVICE UNDER THEIR CONTRACT.WE'D RECOMMEND JUST LETTING OUR TOWN STAFF TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE.
SO THE PROPOSED RATE, UM, THAT WAS, WAS SENT TO, UM, STAFF BY CWD, UM, WAS $10 AND 62 CENTS FOR THE BOTTOM OF BRUSH OF TRASH TRASHING VOLVO BRUSH AND $4 AND 17 CENTS FOR THE RECYCLING WITH A TOTAL RATE OF $14 AND 79 CENTS COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT RATE OF $12 AND 51 CENTS.
KIND OF BREAKING THAT DOWN AS, AS HOW MUCH IT'S CHANGED OUR RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND BUNDLED BRUSH.
IF WE RENEW, THE CONTRACT WOULD INCREASE BY $2 AND 14 CENTS OR 25% INCREASE.
PRESIDENTIAL RECYCLING WOULD INCREASED BY 87 CENTS PER MONTH OR A 26% INCREASE.
WE'D RECOMMEND NOT INCLUDING THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGE OF 73 CENTS, NOT HAVING ANY PART OF THE CONTRACT.
UH, WITH ALL THAT TOGETHER, THE TOTAL INCREASE WOULD BE $2 AND 28 CENTS PER MONTH OR 18%.
NOW, LOOKING AT WHERE THIS WOULD PUT US AT OUR COMPARABLE CITIES, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPOSED BREAK WOULD BE $14 AND 79 CENTS.
WE'RE STILL COMPARABLE TO OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AND BELOW THE AVERAGE OF $17 AND 60 CENTS.
UM, ONE NOTE IS FARMER'S BRANCH IS NOT ON HERE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR TRASH AND WEBSITE.
SO THEIR PERFORMANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, CWD IS DOING VERY WELL.
WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ON THEM, BUT THEY'RE THE TYPICAL COMPLAINTS THAT EXPECT THEY'RE MINOR.
UH, SOMEBODY'S TRASH GETS MISSED OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CUT A CORNER A LITTLE TOO SHORT, THE ARRESTING SOMEONE YARDS IN SOMEONE'S YARD, BUT THEY'VE BEEN RELATIVELY QUICK TO RESPOND TO THE MUSICIANS.
UH, THEY ALSO PERFORM WELL IN OUR UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE VERY TIGHT ALLEYWAY ENTRANCES AND TRASHED DOORS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW TO ME WHEN I MOVED TO THIS AREA.
SO IN OUR, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH CWD, UH, TWO OPTIONAL SERVICES WERE BROUGHT UP FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, UNBUNDLED BRUSH AND TRASH COLLECTION.
CURRENTLY BOTH OF THESE SERVICES ARE HANDLED BY OUR STREET CREWS SPEND APPROXIMATELY 25 HOURS A WEEK AND A FOUR MAN CREW.
IT'S A HUNDRED MAN HOURS PER WEEK.
THIS EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY $172 IN LABOR AND EQUIPMENT COSTS ANNUALLY.
AND THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM PROGRAM BUDGETING EXERCISE THAT WAS PERFORMED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UH, THE STREET MAINTENANCE CREW SPENDS ABOUT 60% OF THEIR TIME COLLECTING THE BULK TRASH AND THE UNBUNDLED BRUSH.
THE SERVICE THE CWD WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IF WE RENEWED THEIR CONTRACT.
AND WE WANTED TO ADD THESE SERVICES, UH, WOULD WOULD COMPARE SOMEWHAT.
YOU ARE AVAILABLE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, LIMITED.
SO CURRENTLY IF A RESIDENT CALLS, WE WERE USUALLY UP THERE, UNBUNDLED BRUSH, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
BUT USUALLY NO MORE THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS.
CWD WAS PERFORMED THE SERVICE ONCE A WEEK ON A SAME DAY.
IT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY CONTRACT AND THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SIDE LIMITATIONS.
AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T ENFORCE LENDS THAT NEED TO BE UNDER 10 FEET IN LENGTH AND SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER.
AND THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OVER 15 OUNCE AND THE ENTIRE AMOUNT COULDN'T DO UNDER 60 CUBIC YARDS.
OUR CREWS SPEND ABOUT 40% OF THAT HUNDRED MAN HOURS WEEKLY PERFORMING THESE TASKS RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ESTIMATE THOSE THOUGHTS ABOUT $69,000 ANNUALLY.
CWD COULD PROVIDE A SIMILAR SERVICE, BUT THIS HAS 63 CENTS PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD WASTE, ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
BUT WE WOULD STILL NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR CREWS BECAUSE OF THEIR, THEIR SERVICES WOULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THOSE EDGE CASES WHERE THE LIMBS ARE PARKED WITHIN 10 FEET OR IS HEAVIER THAN THE A.
THESE TOWN CREWS WOULD STILL GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE.
SO THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS WITH TOWN THROUGH SUPPLEMENTING THE CWD SERVICE WOULD BE JUST OVER $28,000 A YEAR.
UM, OUR STAFF ARE, WE DON'T HAVE MANY RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T HAVE FREON AND THAT WERE PRETTY MUCH PICKED IT UP.
AND WE DO THAT WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS.
UM, AND THEN THE ITEMS COULDN'T EXCEED FOUR FEET BY 40 FEET BY EIGHT FEET.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SO A STANDARD THREE FOOT, UH, PRE CEDAR SOFAS, A THREE BY THREE BY SEVEN AND A WASHER AND DRYER, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD RESTRICTION.
NO, I DIDN'T, CAN BE ABLE TO GET THE COWS AND THEY WERE LIMITED TO COURT YARDS PER PICK UP.
OUR STAFF CURRENTLY SPENDS ABOUT 60% OF THAT 100 MAN HOURS, UM, PICKING UP TRASH AND THEN ESTIMATED THE ANNUAL COST OF ABOUT
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$103,000.A CWD COULD OFFER THIS 95 CENTS PER MONTH PER RESIDENCE, UM, OR, OR EQUAL $22,000 A YEAR IF WE SUPPLEMENTED THAT FOR THOSE EDUCATIONS.
THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THE RESTRICTIONS FOR PROPOSED BY CWP.
WE ESTIMATE ABOUT QUOTE MAN HOURS A WEEK TO DO THAT.
AND THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST BE ABOUT $43,000 BETWEEN THE CWD CHARGES, OUR LABOR COST.
WE SPEND, UM, OUR STAFF, THE STREET MAINTENANCE SPENDS A HUNDRED MAN HOURS APPROXIMATELY PERFORMING SERVICES, UH, CDVC THAT WE NEED AND CAN PROVIDE A SIMILAR SERVICE, WASN'T MORE RESTRICTED FOR ABOUT $38,000.
WITH OUR SUPPLEMENTING, UH, ABOUT 20 MAN HOURS A WEEK.
OUR TOTAL ESTIMATED COST IF WE WERE TO ADD THIS TO CPD CONTRACT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $72,000.
AS WE WERE ANALYZING THESE OPTIONS, WE CAME UP WITH REALLY THREE, THREE OPTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF YOU DECIDE TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH CWD, WE CAN MAINTAIN THE SERVICE HAS IS WITH OUR STREET MAINTENANCE CREW PROVIDING THE BRUSH AND BULK TRASH COLLECTION.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE.
WE ARE VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRIC AND GO OUT AND PICK IT UP WHENEVER AND WHEREVER IT IS.
BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF TOWN RESOURCES.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT'S OUR STREET MAINTENANCE CREW OUT THERE THAT'S, THAT'S PICKING THESE UP.
INSTEAD OF BEING OUT FIXING SIDEWALKS AND POTHOLES AND STRIKING STREETS.
THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO ASK CWD TO PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE BRUSH AND BULK TRASH COLLECTION AND PASS THE COST ON THE RESIDENTS.
THEY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTED LEVEL OF SERVICE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ONCE A WEEK SERVICE.
UH, IT WOULD INCREASE THE BILLS BY TOTAL OF A DOLLAR 58 PER MONTH MONTH, BUT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT USE OF TOWN RESOURCES WHERE THE STREET MAINTENANCE CREW WOULD ONLY BE UTILIZED TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE PICKUPS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITATIONS, THE CAPABILITIES TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS AND OPTION THREE IS THE SAME AS OPTION TWO, BUT WITHOUT THE PASSING ALONG OF THE COST TO THE RESIDENTS.
UM, THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS OPTION IS IT WOULD INCREASE THE COST TO THE TOWN, THE BOTTOM LINE BY $38,000.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR DISCUSS THE, THESE OPTIONS NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND CIRCLE BACK TO THOSE THE OLD WAY AND TO FINISH THE PLACE APPLICATION.
THE, UM, THE OTHER TERMS THAT WE'LL PROPOSE BY CWD, UH, WOULD BE EITHER A FIVE OR SEVEN YEAR TERM.
UM, IT WOULD BE OPEN TO OUR DISCRETION, WHICH MORE WE WOULD CHOOSE.
UM, THEY WOULD OFFER A FIXED RATE FOR THE INITIAL 24 MONTHS.
UM, BUT ONE OTHER CHANGE THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS, IS A CHANGE FROM JUST UTILIZING THE CPI FOR THE ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT.
THEY, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE A FORMULA THAT INCORPORATES THE, THE HENRY HUB NATURAL GAS SPOT AND PRICE THE CPI AS WELL AS THE CHANGE OF THE DISPOSAL COSTS AT THE LANDFILL.
THEY ARE, THEIR TRUCKS ARE ALL COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.
SO THE HENRY HUB, NATURAL GAS SPOT PRICE IS A WAY FOR THEM TO, UM, TO, TO HAVE THEIR UNCONTROLLABLE COSTS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE, UH, IN THE RINK.
UH, WE DID AN ANALYSIS ON THIS TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE IF WE WERE TO THEN USE THIS.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, USING THE CPI, WE WENT FROM THE ORIGINAL RATE OF $11 AND 67 CENTS PER MONTH TO $12 AND 51 CENTS.
CURRENTLY UTILIZING THE METHOD THAT WAS PROPOSED.
IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THAT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, OUR RATE WOULD HAVE GONE FROM $11 AND 67 CENTS TO $14 AND 28 CENTS TODAY.
SO RECOMMENDATION, IF, IF WE CHOOSE TO RENEW THIS CONTRACT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE CONTRACT TERM OF FIVE YEARS AND NOT INCLUDE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AS PART OF THE RATE ONLY INCLUDED IN THE BANKS, THE TRASH AND RECYCLE.
UM, THE FIXED RATE FOR THE INITIAL TWO YEAR PERIOD WOULD BE, UH, $14 AND 79 CENTS COMPARED TO THE 1251 WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.
AND CWC WOULDN'T WANT TO ALLOW FOR THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT BASED ON THE CPI, NATURAL GAS SPOT PRICE.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE VERSION OF THE BULK UNBUNDLED BRUSH OPTION, WHICHEVER DIRECTION IS CHOSEN BY COUNCIL AND ALL THE OTHER TERMS OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, REMAIN THE CHALLENGE.
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PRESENTATION.I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM CWD ON THE CALL.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, YOUR THINKING ON PUTTING THIS OUT OR NOT PUTTING IT OUT TO THIS.
SO THE EXISTING CONTRACT HAS SEEING ALLOWANCE FOR EIGHT AND A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION.
SO WE HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER EXTENDING THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR WE CAN GO THEM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT.
MAY I, UH, PIGGYBACK ON SHANNON'S POINT? UM, THE, THE, THE F WE STAFF IS OPEN TO DOING WHATEVER, UH, IS BEST FOR THE TOWN.
AND, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE, THE ITEMS THAT, UH, SHANNON SHOWED WERE, UH, FROM, FROM A DEAL POINT STAND POINT.
IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE FROM, UH, THESE, THE ACTUALLY GO BACK ONE MORE.
I'M SORRY, THE PROPOSAL STUFF, THESE ARE REQUESTS BY CWD.
AND, AND IN MY OPINION, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST REQUESTS NOW.
UM, AND I THINK THE NECK, THE, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, SLIDE 17, I THINK SHOWS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALLOW FOR AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT BASED ON CPI, NATURAL GAS PRICE AND TIPPING FEES.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THAT.
I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU SHOULD USE THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THAT IN.
IF THAT WERE A DEAL POINT, THAT WOOD WAS NOT NEGOTIABLE, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE, THE OPTION OF BIDDING THIS OUT SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT WE, YOU GET FROM, FROM THE MARKET.
UM, I, I, IF, IF WE GET THE RIGHT, UH, TERMS, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO CWD AND I THINK A MUST BY CITY ATTORNEY TELLS ME SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK WE CAN REASONABLY RESTATE THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT, UH, HAVING, HAVING TO BID IT OUT FOR AND PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DO GO OUT FORBID, THEN, UH, WE, WE DO THAT AND WE SEE WHAT THE MARKET, UH, PROVIDES US.
AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'D HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE FROM A STAFF THING.
HEY, WEST, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING THE ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT, IS THAT A STANDARD OF SORTS? YEAH, I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SHANNON, DO YOU HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR ME? SO WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AND UH, AND CWD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT 90% OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, UH, UTILIZED THIS, UH, RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE, I TALKED TO ONE OTHER WASTE HAULER AND THEY DO NOT UTILIZE IT.
UH, WE DO KNOW THAT THE TWO TOWNS IN THIS AREA UTILIZE IT.
AND THAT'S THAT A LITTLE ALLEY CORRECT.
THE TWO THAT WERE PROVIDED AS EXAMPLE.
I, I THINK, UH, UM, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN WHAT, YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS UNCERTAIN AND WE'VE GOT THE GAS, UH, SPOT PRICES.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PRICING WE WOULD GET IT.
AND WHEN THAT IS, I'M, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UM, OF GOING OUT TO BID, UM, CONSIDERING, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S PRUDENT TO BE AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS WE CAN BE.
AND, UM, IF WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE OPTION, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SAY THAT'S THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK W, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SERVICE AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH OUR SERVICE.
SO, UM, I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO JUST SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE.
HEY, CAN I SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IS THERE A REASON? UM, IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING? IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T GO OUT? YEAH.
UH, SEE, UH, PEOPLE, IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS IN, UH, UH, OF THE, THE CONVERSATION BY THE COUNCIL AND THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO GO WITH CWD BACK
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IN 2015.YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF APPREHENSION ON MAKING ANY KIND OF A CHANGE.
BUT PREVIOUS, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER WAS WASTE MANAGEMENT.
UM, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF ANGST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A NEW PROVIDER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, CWD ULTIMATELY WON THE BID AND I THINK THEY'VE SHOWN THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT, UH, THAT IS REQUIRED TO NASS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF CWD CAME BACK AND SAID TO US, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO JUST STAND THE EXACT, THE CURRENT CONTRACT AS IT IS FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, I, I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING, CAUSE THAT IS AN OPTION UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT, I'D HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING THAT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA.
SINCE WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A GOOD VENDOR.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER PROPOSALS, HERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.
AND AS A, AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, IF YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS HOW DO WE RIGHT SIZE ESSENTIALLY THE UTILIZATION OF OUR RESOURCES AND HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR, OUR RATE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S SOME OF, UH, THE, UH, SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVEN HOWEVER, EVEN THE FIXED BRAIN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A CWD PERSPECTIVE, BUT JUST ASK TO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGED FROM THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WHAT THEY WERE PROVIDING US BEFORE WAS THEY WERE UTILIZING A LANDFILL THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DOING BUSINESS WITH THE NEW, UH, LANDFILL IS JUST GREATER.
AND JUST FROM A COST CUT COST STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT THERE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR THAT.
BECAUSE WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA WE WANT GOOD SERVICE, BUT WE WANT ALSO DON'T WANT TO BANKRUPT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE FOR US.
UH, SO SOME KIND OF A REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, IS PROBABLY PRUDENT.
BUT, UH, SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS LIKE THIS, THIS NATURAL GAS SPOT PRICE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, UH, I, I'M NOT HAPPY.
I'M NOT, I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE, THEIR PROPOSAL, UH, WITHOUT SOME PRETTY SERIOUS NEGOTIATION.
AND IF IT DIDN'T GET TO A POINT WHERE I WAS COMFORTABLE, I WOULD COME BACK WITH THE COUNCIL AND SAY, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT THIS OUT.
BUT MAINLY THAT, THAT IDEA OF CHANGING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, TRASH SERVICES ARE A BIG DEAL IN COMMUNITIES AND IF YOU GET A SERVICE PROVIDER THAT DOESN'T MEET THE EXPECTATIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY HARD TO DO.
WELL, I ASKED, I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT PUTTING IT OUT TO BID FOR JUST THAT REASON BECAUSE I'VE BASICALLY HAD THE SAME FEELING AS LAURIE THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS PUT IT OUT TO BID.
BUT I DO REMEMBER THE ISSUES THAT CAME ABOUT IN 2015 AND THERE WERE REALLY QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT HAPPY TO HAVE A CHANGE AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET ALL OF THOSE ISSUES SORTED OUT.
SO I DON'T WANT IT, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERPLAY THAT CONSIDERATION.
IF YOU DON'T, DON'T PAY IT SO YOU'LL HAVE NOTHING TO ALL THE WAY.
AND LAST DATE IS THE WEDDING TO THE PICKERS AND REPEAL THE PRICES AND THE KNOCK DOWN SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T SAY, GEE, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A MORE RISK SMALL CHICKEN ON THE SIZES AND WAIT FOR THE COKE PICKUP OR THE BRUSHES PICKUP.
BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, GET ONE, CREATE CONFUSION.
IF THAT'S A BIGGER OR LARGE A HALF, THEY DON'T PICK UP THE NEIGHBORS PUT OUT ON THE SIDEWALK, THEY DON'T PICK UP, THEN THEY STILL NEED TO CALL THE CITY.
SO I WOULDN'T SUGGEST YOU WITH A RICH DISCUSSION WITH YOUR USE THEM.
THEN YOU'RE NEEDED TO CAUSE STAFF TO PICK UP THE REST.
JUST LIKE A HAZARDOUS WASTE AND A WAIT BASICALLY 84% IN THE PAST.
SO THEY TOOK
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OF THE RESIDENCES.SO THE MONEY THEY CHARGED US CHARGES MADE FACE LILIES, THEY COULDN'T DO MUCH.
SO, UH, I THINK YOU GUYS IN THE BOAT, YOU KNOW, NEED TO RENEGOTIATE THAT CANNOT BE MORE FAVORABLE, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT TO US.
AND I WOULD ALSO ADD IF, IF THEY WEREN'T TIMELY PICKING UP THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, WHY DO WE THINK THEY'D BE TIMELY? BACON CUPS, BUNDLED BRUSH AND, AND UH, PICK UP ITEMS. I RECEIVED SO MANY COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE TONGUE SUCKS.
IT'S JUST LIKE PEOPLE USE JUST PAY $10 FOR A MEMBER.
THAT'S THE FIRST WITH PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, OH, I JUST CALLED THE CITY.
OH, THEY JUST IMMEDIATELY COME MOVE THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A WEEK.
SO I THINK YOU'D VOTE, WE NEED TO ACHIEVE THIS BY DOING A HOUSE.
I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE FIVE, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO UH, THE RECYCLING MARKET AND HOW THAT'S BEING PROJECTED NOW AS FAR AS LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN CAUSE IT IS A TREND AND IF YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PROVIDERS OF THE SERVICE, UH, IF IN FACT SOME CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE ACTUALLY DONE AWAY WITH THEIR RECYCLING FOR COST EFFICIENCY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND TALK WITH ASHLEY AND I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER TOWNS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ELIMINATING THE RECYCLING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THEM THAT HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT THE COST OF RECYCLING GOING DOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I SEE IT JUST GOING UP AS WE GO.
AND, AND IS THAT, UH, THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN YOUR EVALUATION? I SUSPECT? WELL, PART OF IT THAT WAS IN THE COST PROPOSAL THAT WAS, UH, PROVIDED BY CWD.
UM, IT WAS THAT, AND THAT WAS A BIG INCREASE WAS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE RECYCLING.
THE RECYCLING COST GOES UP 26% FROM WHAT WE'RE PAYING TODAY TO WHAT THEIR PROPOSED RATE WAS.
AND I THINK THAT'S LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COST OF RECYCLING BILL.
AND SO IF, IF WE WERE TO DO AWAY WITH RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE TRASH, THE YOGURT COST BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE, MORE TRASH, THE SAME NUMBER.
WOULD IT DO THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, WOULDN'T CHANGE THE CALCULATION.
UH, SEAN CHEERS IS THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT'S BEEN DEALING DIRECTLY WITH CWD OVER THESE PAST MONTHS TALKING WITH THEM.
AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED THOUGH.
IF WE DID DECIDE TO REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING, THE UH, THE TRASH RATE WOULD NOT CHANGE.
IT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED RATE OF $10 50 CENTS.
SO IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THERE THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT AS THE TALENT WOULD SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO CONSIDER DOING AWAY WITH THE RECYCLING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE COST THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED YET RIGHT NOW IS ELIMINATING THE RECYCLING.
WOULD YOU SHARE SHAME OR WEST SHANNON ABOUT A DISCUSSION AROUND INCREASING RECYCLING FOR MULTIFAMILY? SINCE THAT'S A QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP AS PART OF THIS FROM RESIDENTS ASKING, WOULD IT BE INCREASED? I'M HEARING THE COST GOES UP, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE THE PAST EXPERIENCES WITH THAT AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, SHANNON, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
I'LL, AS PART OF THIS EXERCISE, WE DID NOT LOOK AT THE MULTIFAMILY.
WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE RESIDENTIAL TRASH SERVICES, BUT, UH, WEST, I WAS GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THEIR IDEA WAS DONE, NOT A PROBLEM.
SO EACH MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY IN ADDISON IS ALLOWED TO SELECT THEIR OWN TRASH HAULER.
AND THEY PROVIDE, THEY, THEY BASICALLY CONTACT
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WITH THAT HOLLER AND GET THE SERVICE THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE.BACK IN 20, IN FISCAL YEAR 2016, THE TOWN CREATED A PILOT PROGRAM AS PART OF A PROPOSED SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT WILL BEING DISCUSSED AT THE TIME, THE, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM.
AS PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, A STAFF INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY OPERATORS IN ADDISON TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
UM, ULTIMATELY WE ONLY HAD ONE, UH, MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY INTERESTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PILOT.
AND THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS THAT YOU MADE, UH, YOU PROVIDED SPACE FOR AN ENCLOSURE FOR THE RECYCLING, UM, UH, UH, CONTAINER.
AND THEN IF THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE CHARGE PROVIDED TO THE, UM, UH, THE, THE CHARGE THE SERVICE OR THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, OPERATOR AND THE TOWN ALSO COVERED THAT COST FOR A YEAR.
SO LET'S SAY I'M PRO, I'M PAYING WITH DOLLAR MY CONTRAST SERVICE, THEY CHARGE ME $2 TO BE TRASH AND RECYCLING THE TOWN COVERED THE $1 ADDITIONAL RELATED SIDE RECYCLING AND THE MULTIFAMILY OPERATOR CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR SAME TRASH.
UM, THAT, THAT, THAT PILOT FRAUD FRAUD PROGRAM LASTED A YEAR.
ONCE IT ENDED, IT WAS NOT SOME RENEWED, UH, THAT IS A COMBINATION OF THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL NEVER ADOPTED, ULTIMATELY NEVER ADOPTED THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR THE TOWN.
AND OTHER MULTIFAMILY OPERATORS REALLY EXPRESSED.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY WEREN'T OPPOSED TO RECYCLING, UH, BUT THEY DIDN'T, UH, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INCUR THE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE REQUIRED ENCLOSURE THAT WAS, UH, AS PUT FORWARD.
SO, UH, ULTIMATELY MULTIFAMILY RECYCLING, UH, IS NOT BEEN REGULATED BY THE TOWN.
UH, BASED ON THAT HISTORICAL INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, UH, LET ME ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE I STARTED THIS RESEARCH BACK TO 2009 OR 10, 11.
IT TOOK US A LOT OF TIME, DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR HIGHWAY QUARTER COMMERCIAL CYCLING.
THEN, UM, THE MAIN PURPOSE YOU WANT TO DO THIS IS YOU.
YOU REALIZE ALL THE CARTER THAT IS CAN, IS PLASTIC.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY RECYCLE THOSE THINGS.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN EARN SOME OUT OF THE RECYCLING BUT END UP ALL THE RESTAURANTS OR THE HOTELS, ALL THE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS OR THE OFFICES THEY ARE AGAINST BY USING JUST ONE HAULER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MONOPOLIZED.
AND THEN IF YOU USE MODE HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT, THEN IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
THE REASON IS ALL THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS GOING TO DAMAGE THE OTHER ROADS.
AND THE PARKING LOTS WITH, JUST LIKE IN MY SHOPPING CENTER, WE HAVE NINE BUSINESSES AND EVERYBODY HAS ONE DOWNSTAIRS.
EVERYBODY, MAYBE THEY USE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANY TO DO THIS.
THEN ALL THE TRUCKS COMES IN AND OUT EVERY DAY, THE WEAR OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THAT ROAD.
SO THEY FEED THE PURPOSES ALSO THEY NEED TO CHARGE US INSTEAD OF WHEN WE DO RECYCLING, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL RECEIVE OTHER PRODUCT, IT CAN BE USABLE.
AND THEN, UH, JUST LIKE RDA, THEY SAID IS SOLD TO CHINA, BUT NOW THEY DON'T RECEIVE THIS.
SO BASICALLY YOU NEED TO PAY THEM A BIG BOX FOR RECYCLING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNION PAY MONEY FOR THEM TO RECYCLE MIDDLE OF THE BUSINESS, WAITING TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THIS PROGRAM WAS A HOTLINE FOR AWHILE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T START OUT THE PROGRAM FIRE AWAY.
I BELIEVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT A, HOW MANY BUSINESS WANT TO PAY FOR MORE TO DO RECYCLE AND THEN IT DOES JUST DOESN'T PENCIL OUT.
THAT'S THE REASON THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT A CONTINUE.
WELL WHERE SOMEONE JUMP IN HERE AND, UH, OFFER TO, UH, UH, MY, MY OPINION IS TO BACKTRACK.
WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE MARKETPLACE
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IS OFFERING OUT THERE.UM, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TO DO.
UH, UH, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH WHAT CWD WAS DOING.
I THINK, UM, AND MAYBE I CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE CAUSE HE WAS STILL ON, HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL IN 2015, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PROVED THEMSELVES, THEY WORTHY, UH, VENDOR AND, UH, WHEN THE SPECULATION, UH, OF THAT COUNCIL WAS THAT, UH, THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT ANOTHER WORTHY VENDOR COULD POTENTIALLY BE OUT THERE.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO CERTAINLY SEE WHAT THE MARKETPLACE IS, UH, IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW AND, UM, UM, AND KIND OF HELP THAT, UH, GUIDE US WHERE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE PROPOSITION OF WHAT, UH, CWD S, UH, IS OFF OF THIS.
HE WAS THE ONE WHAT IT WAS THE CHANGE.
IT WAS THE CHANGE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
PEOPLE COMMENTED ON, AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, MY GUT INSTINCT IS TO DO IS TO GO OUT AND TEST THE MARKET.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS SOME PAIN WITH THE CHANGE IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT.
WELL, I, AGAIN, BY GOING OUT AND TESTING THE MARKET, IT CERTAINLY GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF THE VALUE PROPOSITION OF WHAT CWD IS ASKING FOR HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, THEN, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT WE FIND WHEN WE DID THAT INVESTIGATION, UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL SUPPORT OR, UH, NOT SUPPORT, UH, MAKING ANY CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE TO, UH, TO TESTING THE MARKET.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S A THING TO DO A WEST I HAVE QUESTION.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE MAY BE SOME CWD REPRESENTATIVES HERE, BUT I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION OF YOU AND PERHAPS YOU ASK IT OF THEM, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT THIS QUESTION I'M ABOUT TO ASK.
MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED OR THERE'S ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED THIS RECYCLED, I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL OFFICE BUILDINGS WHERE THERE IS RECYCLING SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING.
ACTUALLY RECYCLING HAPPENS ON THE FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH LEVEL.
UH, BUT THEN THE GARBAGE ALL GETS DUMPED IN ONE SPOT.
NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE, THAT, HOW, HOW MUCH THAT HAPPENS, BUT I KNOW IT DOES.
HOW DOES ADDISON, HOW DOES IT ADDISON, THE RESIDENTS FROM ADDISON WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS RECYCLING, DOING THEIR PART, PAYING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT? HOW DO WE KNOW, HOW ARE WE ASSURED THAT OUR, OUR RECYCLING IS ACTUALLY BEING USED AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST A, UH, AN EXERCISE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
SHANNON, DO YOU HAVE A, AN ANSWER FOR THAT OR IS SOMEBODY FROM CWD? I KNOW GREG FROM CWD IS ON.
THIS IS GREG RAYMER, PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.
AND YES, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, AND, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY HEARD IT BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST ON THAT OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S A BUILDING THAT WE'RE SERVICING, UM, WE WOULD SURE LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, BECAUSE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WE DO RECYCLE HAVE A RECYCLED CONTAINER AND A TRASH DUMPSTER.
UM, SO THERE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE, UH, FROM OUR END AS TO WHY SOMEONE WOULD COLLECT RECYCLABLES AND DUMP THEM INTO THE TRASH CONTAINER.
AS FOR RESIDENTIAL GOES, UM, WE WELCOME A VISIT FROM ANYONE IN THE CITY, UH, FROM STAFF TO CONSOLE.
AND, AND I DO BELIEVE SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR FACILITY, BUT WE OWN AND OPERATE ABOUT A 50,000, AND THAT'S, THAT'S CLOSER TO 75,000 SQUARE FOOT RECYCLING CENTER, UH, WITH ABOUT 55 PEOPLE IN IT, UH, OPERATING, UH, TWO SHIPS.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE PROCESS ALL OF THE CURBSIDE RECYCLING FOR YOUR CITY, 27
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OTHERS.UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE ALL OF OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD COME DOWN AND VISIT.
UH, WE, WE CLEARLY HAVE RECEIPTS, ALTHOUGH WE CONSIDER WHO WE SELL OUR MATERIAL TO, UH, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.
UM, BUT ON A VERY SELECTIVE BASIS, WE WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHERE WE HAD ACTUALLY SOLD THE TONNAGE COMING IN THE DOOR AND THE TONNAGE COMING IN THE DOOR MATCHES ALL OF OUR REPORTS FROM THE TONNAGE THAT WE COLLECT FROM ALL 28 CITIES, UH, ON A CURBSIDE BASIS AS WELL AS OUR COMMERCIAL.
BUT I DO RESPECT THE QUESTION.
UH, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU WE COULD EASILY, UH, SATISFY ANYONE'S CURIOSITY.
IT'S WILLING TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE TIME AND LOOK, UH, AND ASK AND CHECK.
AND SO THAT BEING SAID, AND I, I CERTAINLY, I DIDN'T SAY WHAT OFFICE, AND I'VE SEEN IT IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS, NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT OTHER, OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS BE PART OF THE REPORT, WHATEVER, WHOEVER IT IS THAT WE UTILIZE THAT LIBERAL PART OF IT.
PART OF OUR, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE MAKE IS THAT THAT'S THE REPORT THAT WE GET SO THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY TELL OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE NOT IN VAIN AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING EXTRA FOR A, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I WAS, I WAS SEEING WATCH EVERYONE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS STAFF NEED TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE WHETHER YOU WANT TO REBATE OUT OR WHETHER YOU THINK, GIVE THE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO RENEGOTIATE IT.
SO THEY NEEDED SOME GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS JUST A WORK SESSION, BUT AT LEAST THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
MR MAYOR, I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT CONSENSUS.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM TOM YET, BUT WE'VE GOT THE CONSENSUS.
OH, I WOULD AGREE TOO, BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE SORT OF, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY IF THERE WAS, IF THEY WERE STICKING WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT DEAL, WHICH IS ONLY AND INCREASING IT, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT SINCE THEY'RE, SINCE THEY'RE KIND OF WANTING TO RENEGOTIATE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY SHOULD GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE MARKET.
I WOULD KIND OF CONCUR WITH IT EVERY ONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
SO EVERYBODY THINKS WE NEED TO REBID OUT TO HAVE SOME, UH, IDEA AND UH, ALL THE MARKET IS DOING PLUS BETTER PRICE.
YEAH, WELL, IT, IT'S, IF PRICE IS A COMPONENT OF IT FOR SURE, BUT IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE PROPOSITION HERE AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT SOME NUMBERS AND IN KIND OF A VACUUM AND, AND I JUST FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, AND WITH UNDERSTANDING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
I'M IMPRESSED BY WHAT, YOU KNOW, MR ROSENBERG SAID ON, UH, HIS RECYCLING, YOU KNOW, UH, IS THAT UNIQUE TO CWD? IS IT FAIRLY TYPICAL ON THE MARKET? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WATCHED, I SHARE GQ CONCERN THAT UM, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING REALLY MEANS RECYCLING AND I WANT TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT'S A PROPER THING TO DO.
BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THE, SO, UM, I JUST DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE TO, TO SEEING WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE.
MAYOR, MAY I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS PLEASE? SURE.
UM, OKAY, SO FIRST LET ME ASK THIS CLARIFICATION.
I HEAR THAT THAT IF THE COUNCIL, IF, IF CWT WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, YOU WANT TO GO OUT TO SEE WHAT'S
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AVAILABLE.IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACT UNCHANGED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WOULD CONSIDER THIS AT THIS POINT CAUSE IT MAY NOT BE A VIABLE, UM, CONTRACT FOR THEM IF THEY WERE TO WANT TO CONTINUE UNDER THE EXISTING TERMS OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
BUT THE COUNCIL WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT CONTRACT.
COULD WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE PAYING THAT CHART FOR A MINUTE? I'M SURE AT OUR CURRENT RATE IS 1271, I THINK 1251 51.
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE 73 CENTS WILL BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARD.
THE WASTE THEN I DON'T ACTUALLY USE IT SAYS 94% WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED BY ALL STAFF MAYOR.
IF WE WERE GOING TO RE IF WE WERE GOING GONNA MAINTAIN THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND THAT WOULD STAY IN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION TO KEEP IT IN THERE.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S NOT A LOT, LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHY YOU WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T EVEN USE.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IS THE QUESTION THAT'S BEING ASKED IS IF WE CONTINUE THE EXISTING CONTRACT AS IT IS, BUT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO WITH THE COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE STAY WITH THAT OR STILL GO OUT TO BID.
IF, IF I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR US TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW US TO TRY TO RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, BUT WE WANT TO RENEGOTIATE I YES, WAY TAKE OUT THE HOUSEHOLD AS A WASTE AND THEN BASED ON THE ANNUAL CPI INCREASE WITH A CURRENT CONTRACT, I CAN LIVE WITH IT.
THEN YOU CAN SAVE A BIDDING PROCESS.
WAS, IS IT 43 CENTS? HOW MUCH WAS THE UH, SEVENTIES 73 73 CENTS.
THEN ADD THE CPI INQUIRIES THEN BASED ON THE CONTRACT, THEN I CAN ACCEPT THAT.
YEAH, BUT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GET INTO A RENEGOTIATE IN THE EXERCISE FROM THE DIETS RESPECTFULLY.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS DIRECTION.
IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE EXISTING SERVICE WITH THE, UNDER THE TERM TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND GIVE US THAT DIRECTION.
IF YOU WANT HIM TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, THEN GIVE US THAT DIRECTION.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AND YOU WANT TO GO OUT TO BID, PLEASE GIVE US THAT DIRECTION.
HEY WEST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO OUT TO BED, BUT, BUT UM, WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO, UH, LOOK INTO SOME OF THESE UNBUNDLED SERVICES THAT, THAT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT STAFF WANTS TO LOOK INTO.
IS THERE AN INTERMEDIATE WEST WHERE YOU NEGOTIATE WITH CWD AND COMEBACK AND SEE WHAT THAT IS AND PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL AND SAY, OKAY, BASED ON THIS, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF, IF WAIT STAFF CAN GO NEGOTIATED WITH CWD THEN WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.
BRENDA, IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, WITH THE STATE PER SHEET, UH, PROCUREMENT LAWS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO.
THEY CONTRACT, UM, UH, I BELIEVE HAS A RENEWAL CLAUSE, AN EXTENSION, RIGHT.
SO IT WAS BID WITH THAT PROVISION IN PLACE AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THAT.
BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO RENEGOTIATE THAT, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
UM, I, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHANGE, BUT UNLESS IT, YOU KNOW, IS 25% OF THE SERVICES, THEN UM, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND BID.
IT WOULD BE MORE OF A, A CHANGE ORDER IF YOU WILL.
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YEAH, I, I, I MEAN THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE FOR CHANGE ORDERS.UM, THE, DOES IT APPLY TO CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS? THAT MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WITH ALL YOU ALL ARE SAYING IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT PLACED HAULING SERVICES ON STATE OF TEXAS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE PROCUREMENT LAWS SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINE AND MANY COMMUNITIES DO IT, BUT I WANT TO FIND YOU THE STATUTORY PROVISION THAT WILL, UM, GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT LEVEL.
SO WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON'S COMMENT ABOUT THOSE ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY CWD BUT ARE FULLY PROVIDED BY THE TOWN, UM, DO WE HAVE TH WAS THE COUNCIL HAVE A CONSENSUS ON WHAT TO DO OR NOT TO DO IN THAT REGARD? I THINK MAYOR YOU EARLIER TO DO THAT? NO, I THINK THIS IS THE PERS THE BEST BENEFIT A CITIZEN CAN RECEIVE IF WAY TAKE IT OUT AND IF I SIT A BILL D THEY HAVE MORE STRICT RESTRICTIONS.
SO IN THIS CASE THEY WON'T RECEIVE THE SAME STUFF BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER ON THE LIGHTS WHEN YOU WAIT WHAT PICKED UP? I SEE THE DAY THAT THEY LEFT THE BIG ONE AND THEN STILL IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
THEN THEY STILL NEED TO CALL THE CITY.
IT WILL BE AMBIGUOUS AND THEN CONFUSING AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
WE THINK THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS WOULD APPLY TO ALL THE OTHER PURPOSE.
YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AS PART OF OUR BIDDING PROCESS IS WHAT WOULD BE THEIR RESTRICTIONS AND THAT IF WE DID GO OUT FOR BID, WE COULD OFFER THOSE AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND WHAT, AND ASK THEM TO TELL US WHAT THEIR RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE SO THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DECISION PROCESS.
I MEAN THIS IS TELLING US WHAT THE MARKET IS OUT THERE AND WHAT THE VALUE PROPOSITION OF THIS PROPOSAL IS.
YEAH, I THINK HE'LL BE, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO, I, I, I'M WITH YOU PAUL.
WE, WE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I THINK THAT THE INCUMBENT IS, IS WELL POSITIONED, BETTER POSITION THAN ANY OTHER POTENTIAL SUITORS BECAUSE OF THEIR TRACK RECORD OF EXCELLENT SERVICE.
AND THAT I BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN.
AND UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE ADDISON WAY.
AND SO THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A PRICE HUNT.
I THINK IT'S LOOKING FOR WHAT THE MARKET IS AND WHAT THE VEST, THE BEST VALUE IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS NEXT, UH, THIS NEXT PHASE.
I, I, I SAY THAT WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE DIRECTION OF GOING OUT TO BID AND MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR THE TOWN OF MADISON.
REAL QUICK, THE COUNCILS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, THERE'S NOT CLEAR DIRECTION.
ARE WE, ARE WE, ARE WE WANTING TO GO OUT AND RE RE REBID NO MATTER WHAT OR ARE WE WANTING TO TRY TO RENEGOTIATE WITH CWD MY POSITION IS TO GO OUT AND BID.
JUST GO OUT OF BED, YOU KNOW, SO I HAVE THAT IDEA.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A CONSENSUS WEST.
THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A CONSENSUS NOW AS FAR AND THEN THEN WE CAN, AS FAR AS THOSE OTHER SERVICES, IT WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM A PROPOSAL STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE OUR INTERNAL SERVICES AFFECTED RIGHT.
UM, OUR SUITE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF STREETS AND IF THEY SPEND A LOT OF, UH, CLOSE TO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME PICKING UP PEOPLE'S TRASH OR OTHER THINGS, THEN THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF STREETS.
SO WHEN, IF WE WANT TO HAVE, IF WE WANT, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, THAT'S FINE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER HOW WE, WE, WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL TAKING CARE
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OF OUR, OUR STREETS.AND I'M HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE ON THE STREETS.
UH, MAINTENANCE CREWS, UH, FROM, FROM TAKING ME SO THAT THEY CAN SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME TAKING CARE OF OUR STREETS AS OPPOSED TO PICKING UP, UH, TRASH ON A, ON AN ON CALL BASIS.
HEY WEST, WHEN WE GO OUT TO BED, CAN WE GET ALTERNATES ON SOME OF THESE, UH, UNBUNDLED SERVICES YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YEAH.
SO IF WE WANT IT FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN WE COULD ASK THEM, WE COULD ASK PEOPLE TO PRICE OUT WHAT IT COSTS TO DO THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, AS LIKE AN ALTERNATE.
UM, BUT UM, YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH STAFF DOING THE JOB AND PAYING A VENDOR WHO DOES IT A FEW DAYS OR ONCE A WEEK OR WHATEVER THE PATTERN IS.
THAT WOULD BE THE WORST OF ALL WORLDS.
I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT ALL THE OPTIONS.
HI, I, I'M LOOKING THROUGH A SMALL WINDOW RIGHT NOW AND I WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE HORIZON.
WELL, I HEARD THAT THE, THAT THE ALTERNATES ARE PART OF THAT VISION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
APP'S HAPPY TO FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THAT.
LET ME DO, I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING THOUGH.
UM, I, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE, THE DISCUSSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGES FROM THE PAST.
SO THAT WAS I THINK OCTOBER OF 2015.
UM, AND IF I KNOW, I'LL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THE LINKS TO THOSE VIDEOS AS THIS IS NOT, THIS TYPE OF CHANGE IS NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO SCARE ANYBODY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE WELL-INFORMED AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO THIS IS THAT, UM, UH, THE COMPETITION TO PROVIDE SOLID WASTE SERVICES IN CITIES.
YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BUSINESS.
WE WILL, WE'LL, WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAR, UM, EXPECTATIONS AND RULES THAT THOSE VENDORS STAY WITHIN PROPER PARAMETERS.
NOT BECAUSE I THINK ANY, ANY FROM ANY COUNCIL, IT CAN BE, UM, CAN BE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY CO COUNCIL MEMBER BEING PERSUADED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT TO ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE THE AMOUNTS OF POTENTIAL CONTACT THAT PEOPLE WILL TRY TO MAKE TO TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO MAKE A CERTAIN DECISION.
IT'S, IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE GAME UNFORTUNATELY IN, IN, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT AND WILL, AS PART OF OUR BID DOCUMENTS, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CON COUNSEL CONTACT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE STRICTLY LIMITED.
AND, UH, I WANT TO, GARY'S ON THE LINE HERE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, GARY, THAT, UH, GREG, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT GREG.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, LAURIE, LAURIE LAURIE SPOKE TO THIS VERY WELL.
I THINK THIS IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUR VENDOR UNTIL YOU'RE NOT, AND YOU KNOW, IS IT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE A, A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL TO HAVE TO UNDO YOU.
UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE AND THE GOOD QUALITY SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
I JUST THINK IT'S A PRUDENT THING TO DO.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT A BAD REFLECTION ON CWD AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, UH, GREG, PLEASE DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T TAKE ANY, UH, ANY BAD FEELINGS AWAY FROM THIS DISCUSSION.
I'VE GOT THE DIRECTION I THINK I NEED FROM THE COUNCIL.
SO THERE'S MAYOR, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M, I'M SATISFIED.
WAIT, ALSO INCLUDE ALL THOSE AUTO DATES.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE WES, YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME,
[ Announcements and Acknowledgements regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Events/Meetings]
UH, LAST MONTH, UH, JUST, UH, REALLY THE, YES.[01:40:05]
UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE COMPARING FOR THE, UH, PHASE REOPENING OF A CITY SERVICE OR CITY OFFICES.SO WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UH, OUR PLANS ON THAT.
UH, UM, ON THAT FRONT, UM, THAT INCLUDES THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUBS.
SO WE'LL BE DOING OUR BEST TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THAT HERE VERY SOON.
UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS EXPECTED AND THE TIMEFRAME FOR THOSE THINGS.
UH, ALSO JUST AS A, AS A ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EVERYBODY, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'VE CONSIDERED ALTERNATIVE DATES FOR TASTE ADUS IN THIS YEAR DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE SCALE OF GATHERINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, MADE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO CANCEL THIS YEAR'S CASE STATUS AND INVESTMENT.
THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARD AN AGREEMENT WITH BOTH NATIONAL MUSIC MUSICAL ACTS TO RESCHEDULE THOSE PERFORMANCES FOR NEXT YEAR AS OF MAY.
AND IT'S THAT AS IN 2021 IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TO RUN, UH, TO START ON JUNE 4TH, 2020.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
UH, WELL IRMA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CALLING ONE OR TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT? MMM, MAYOR.
NO, NO ONE SENT AN EMAIL AND ANY KIND OF CORRESPONDENCE AT ALL FOR HER TONIGHT.
[ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
LET'S GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM IS SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED BY THE COUNCIL? EVERYBODY SATISFIED WITH ALL THE ANSWERS STEP SENDS TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO IF SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ANNE? THE SECOND TO APPROVE THIS? THREE ITEMS I REMEMBER APPROVAL ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE AS SUBMITTED.
SO I HAVE A UMBRA MADE A MOTION, LAURIE WARD SECONDARY AND THE AUDIENCE FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS.
[10. Present, Discuss and Consider Action on Providing Additional Funding to Metrocrest Services, Inc in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.]
TO ITEM 10.DISCUSS ACTION ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO METRO CREST SERVICES INC IN RESPONSE TO THE KOBE 19 PANDEMIC BUS.
MAYOR, UH, WE HAVE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
CASEY YOOBI BANKS, UH, CEO OF METRO CUSTOMER SERVICES.
UH, UH, OUR, OUR ACCOUNT PARTNER, UH, I'VE ASKED TRACY TO TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THEIR REQUEST TO UH, FOR ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY FUNDING AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO HIM TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION IN THE ML ANSWER, BUT I OPEN IT UP.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY? GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME.
I HAD A TECHNICAL BREAKDOWN JUST NOW.
NOW YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ME.
I, MY, MY COMPUTER FELL OVER AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, SO, OH NO, THE FOUR, SEVEN.
FORTUNATELY FOR YOU, YOU WON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, UH, TONIGHT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT WE PRESENTED YOU, UM, AND JUST KIND OF GO BACK TO MID MARCH OR SO.
WHEN WE STARTED TRACKING THE COBIT IMPACT, UH, THE WEEK OF MARCH 16TH WHEN WE STARTED SEEING A LOT OF NEED BY THE COMMUNITY AT THE TIME, I THINK THAT FIRST WEEK OUR FOOD, UH, VISITS WENT UP 82%, AND WE THOUGHT, WOW, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
HOW ARE WE GONNA KEEP DOING 82% OF COURSE SINCE THEN HAS GONE UP DRAMATICALLY.
WE MADE A COUPLE COMMITMENTS EARLY ON, ONE OF WHICH WAS, WE KNEW WE'D VERY BUSY AND SO WE HAVE NOT FURLOUGHED OR LAID OFF OR CUT WAGES OR CUT HOURS.
IN FACT, WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF POSITIONS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE TAKEN CARE OF, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO STUDENT HOUSING.
WE HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS, MADE THOSE PRETTY EARLY ON.
SO BY APRIL 1ST WE HAD MOVED TO, UH, ON THE PHONE, UM, SOCIAL WORK.
AND SO WE NO LONGER INTERACTED FACE TO FACE JUST TO REDUCE CONTACT, UH, WITH OUR CLIENTS.
BUT IT ALL IS DONE ON THE PHONE.
WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TO THAT AND WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.
WE ALSO MOVE, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR PANTRY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY WHERE YOU CAN SHOP.
WE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AND FORTUNATELY WE LOVE PROVIDING CHOICE, BUT CURRENTLY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VOLUME.
AND SO WE MOVED TO A, UM, TO A PARKING LOT, DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR FOOD CLIENTS AND AS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
SO IN THE LETTER THAT I SENT YOU, UH, KIND OF OUTLINED SOME STATISTICS AS OF MAY 1ST AT THAT POINT WE KINDA GOT THE END OF APRIL STATISTICS AND YOU
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SEE, AND I'LL COVER A COUPLE OF THEM AND THEN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAY.UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE IN THERE FOR APRIL, WE WERE UP 292% OVER THE PREVIOUS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, THE PREVIOUS 2019.
AND FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE'RE PROVIDING ABOUT 74 7,500 MEALS EVERY DAY TO OUR CLIENTS.
AND WHEN A CLIENT COMES TO US, WE, WE PROVIDE ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE FAMILY FOR A WEEK.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT LAST WEEK, UH, WE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 10,400 MEALS EVERY DAY.
SO IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE SIDE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF FOLKS WHO CAME TO US IN APRIL.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TOWARD THE END OF MARCH FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
THOSE THAT IMMEDIATELY LOST JOB AND MID-MARCH, UH, LOWER INCOME WORKERS WHO DID NOT HAVE SAVINGS.
AND, UH, THE MONTH OF MARCH AND APRIL, WE SERVE 273 FAMILIES WITH RENT, SOME FORM OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE VERSUS 73.
YOU SEE THAT IN YOUR NOTES THERE.
I THINK WE HAD FEWER FOLKS COME IN INITIALLY BECAUSE ONE, THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET A JOB BACK QUICKLY.
A LOT OF EMPLOYERS THAT I'M SURE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE CAN BRING YOU BACK.
SO SOME FOLKS DID NOT APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND DESTROYED.
A LOT OF FOLKS WENT THROUGH THEIR SAVINGS.
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE FROM A PLACE LIKE METRO CREST HAS REALIZED THAT THEY WOULD AND THEY KIND OF BLEW THEIR SAVINGS AWAY A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG TO COME TO THE NO EVICTION RULE THAT'S IN PLACE CURRENTLY HAS HELPED A BIT.
BUT WE BELIEVE OBVIOUSLY MAT ENDS THAT THERE WILL BE A GREATER DEMAND FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO IN, IN THE UH, THE LETTER WE KIND OF OUTLINE WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR ADDISON RESIDENCE THUS FAR.
UH, WE PROJECT THOSE COSTS TO BE THROUGH JULY AND CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED WHAT NEXT MONTH, THE NEXT MONTH, THE NEXT MONTH LOOK LIKE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT.
UH, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE ATTEMPTING TO PROJECT THROUGH JULY CURRENTLY AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN HERE, THE PROPOSAL WHERE WE BELIEVE WE'LL SPEND ABOUT $256,000 ON ADDISON RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, APRIL THROUGH JULY.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE REQUESTING ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT, UH, UH, AS EMERGENCY ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHILE I DID THIS ON MAY 1ST WHEN I SENT HER A LETTER, UH, WE ARE BUSIER IN MAY THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY PROJECTING, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FOOD AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAN WE INITIALLY THOUGHT.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUR RENT AS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO US HAVE TOTALLY EXHAUSTED ALL THEIR FUNDS.
AND SO INSTEAD OF HELPING WITH MAYBE A $400 GAP, $500 GAP, THAT GAP IS LIKE 800, $900 RIGHT NOW.
AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT CERTAINLY IN JUNE AND PROBABLY FOR A FEW MONTHS BEYOND THAT.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THE OVERVIEW.
YOU CAN, IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER HERE, UH, THE SIERRA ROGER, YOU'LL SEE LINES OF CARS TYPICALLY EVERY DAY FOR FOLKS LOOKING FOR FOOD.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A WEEK'S WORTH OF FOOD SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FOR SOME OF THEM.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE YOU'D LIKE AND THEN PROVIDE, CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE OTHER STATISTICS FOR YOU.
CERTAINLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD SOURCING.
WE'RE RUNNING FOOD AT A FAST PACE, UH, HARD TO FIND FOOD, LIKE YOU'RE SEEING THE GROCERY STORES ARE STRUGGLING.
AND THEN HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, TRACY, I WAS THERE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PRE-PACK LAUNCHES AND THEN YOU'RE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE KIDS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ADDISON FARMER'S BRANCH, CARROLLTON CABREO AND PART OF THE NORTH SCHOLARS.
AND YOU CONTINUE, UH, DOING THOSE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS FEEL VERY TOUCHED AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
ANY COMMENT? I SHARE YOUR APPRECIATION MAYOR FOR WHAT TRACY DOES AND STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
ANDY MATIS HEY, I'M SORRY I WAS ON MUTE WHEREAS I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
HAVE WE, HAVE WE PAID, UM, THE INITIAL GRANT FUNDING? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S LIKE TWO, I THINK TWO PAYMENTS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF BOTH PAYMENTS HAD BEEN EIGHT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TO METRO COST SERVICES, METRO CHRIS SERVICES, THE INITIAL GRANT FUNDING REQUEST OF I BELIEVE ONLY IT'S BEEN MADE TO DATE.
I SAID I BELIEVE THAT ONLY ONE PAYMENT HAS BEEN
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MADE TO DATE TO METRO CREST SERVICES.UM, SHOULD, SHOULD THE SECOND PAYMENT BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION OR CAN THAT NOT BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION? I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT, I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM THAT, BUT THE QUESTION THAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL IS WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT AN ADDITIONAL $85,000.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY THE SECOND PAYMENT ALONG WITH THE 85,000? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT WEST? I DIDN'T GET IT.
I THINK THE MAYOR WAS, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T THE MAYOR SAY THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS, UM, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO NOT HOLD THAT SECOND PAYMENT MANY LONGER SINCE THERE'S A, A MAJOR NEED? I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT PAYMENT.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY SCHEDULED THE GP MAY THIS MONTH ANYWAYS.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE, I MEAN, I JUST, THE THOUGHT IS, IS IF WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, WHICH I BELIEVE WE SHOULD, UM, WE SHOULD ALSO RELEASE THE OTHER $33,000 PAYMENT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE I GUESS IS ALREADY PART OF OUR PLAN FOR THIS MONTH ANYWAY.
ARE YOU THERE TRACY? YES, SIR.
UM, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK US THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS? UM, UH, I HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH, UM, W WITH, WITH WHAT THAT IS.
BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO KIND OF, UH, FLESH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAD IT EARLIER.
THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT, UM, NOT GETTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THE BENEFITS ARE SO GENEROUS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISINCENTIVIZED TO COME BACK TO WORK.
I MEAN, HE WAS CITING EXAMPLES OF THAT AND THAT MAY BE PARTICULAR TO THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, WALK ME THROUGH, UH, HOW, HOW, HOW SOMEBODY IS QUALIFIED FOR THIS AND, AND, AND DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, STIPENDS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN NOW AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT COMES INTO PLAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LOTS.
WE'VE GOT, THAT'S A SOCIAL, THAT'S A SAFETY NET AND YOU'RE A SAFETY NET.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE SAFETY NETS ARE WORKING HERE.
SO, UM, TYPICALLY, AND THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NOW, BUT TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE CALLS US AND IT'S A CRISIS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO, IT'S A SENIOR THAT CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
THEY MEET FACE TO FACE TYPICALLY WITH A CASE MANAGER, A SOCIAL WORKER, AND THEY'RE BRINGING THINGS LIKE PAY STUBS AND BANK STATEMENTS, UH, PROOF OF WHERE THEY LIVE, LIKE A COPY OF A LEASE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SERVE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON CAPPELL, CARROLLTON PROMISE BRANCH AND A PORTION OF DALLAS.
AND SO THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT FIRST TO RECEIVE, ESPECIALLY ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SUCH AS RENT OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
UH, THERE'S THE CASE MANAGER MIGHT SPEND AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF WITH A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.
NOT ONLY DO THEY IDENTIFY THE CRISIS AND HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE, THEY ALSO DO BUDGETING AND SPENDING PLANS WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
IF IT IS A WAGE ISSUE ISSUE, THEN WE CERTAINLY, WE HAVE WORKFORCE DIVISION AND WE SET THEM UP TO MEET WITH OUR WORKFORCE COUNSELORS.
AND SO WE'RE SIMPLY DOING THE SAME THING NOW MINUS THE FACE TO FACE.
AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THERE'S SOME, SOME DATA THAT WE'RE NOT COLLECTING NOW THAT WE DID BEFORE JUST BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF MEETING AND CONDENSE IT INTO 30 TO 40 MINUTES.
UH, BUT EVERYBODY IS CERTAINLY, UH, INCOME VERIFIED, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY VERIFIED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
AND, UH, WE, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ON EMPLOYMENT AND EVEN STIMULUS CHECK FOR INSTANCE, UP UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK, NONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH HAVE SEEN THOSE CHECKS COME IN.
JUST THIS LAST WEEK HE STARTED HAD FAMILIES WHO'VE SAID THEY GOT APPROVAL AND THEY GOT THEIR FIRST CHECK COMING.
UH, BUT BEFORE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT JUST HAD NOT BEEN GETTING, IT HAD NOT APPLIED YET.
WE WERE TOLD NOT TO APPLIED WEIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING MORE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE'RE SEEING MILLIONS OFFICE 10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, UM, DON'T THINK CAMP SET UP FOR TAX RETURNS.
AND SO THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN THEIR STIMULUS CHECK.
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LIKE THE REST OF US HAVE MAYBE THAT HAVE OUR BANK ACCOUNTS SET UP WITH THAT, CONNECTED TO THAT.UM, OUR WORKFORCE DIVISION ALSO WORKING FROM HOME, THEY FRANKLY TALK TO MORE CLIENTS AND PROVIDED MORE SERVICES, MEETING, HELPING WITH RESUMES, JOB LEADS THAN WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE.
I MEAN, THE NUMBERS BACK IN MARCH, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEBODY A JOB.
UH, WE EVEN HAD CLIENTS WHO WERE JUST AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN FOLKS REGARDLESS OF YOUR INCOME STATUS OR ARE KIND OF AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
AND SO WE HAD FOLKS WITHOUT JOBS AFRAID TO GO GET JOBS.
IN APRIL WE SERVED, WE, WE PROVIDED OR FOUND 15 JOBS FOR OUR CLIENTS.
SO WE STARTED SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT ON THAT AND WE'LL SEE MORE MOVEMENT THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF EMPLOYERS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE HIRING OR SAY THEY'RE HIRING SOME FORM OF PART TIME OR FULL TIME POSITION.
UM, WE DO CHECK INCOME, WE DO TALK TO THE, UH, LANDLORD, WHETHER THAT BE A HOME OR AN APARTMENT OR EVEN A MOTEL.
AND WE DO GET VERIFICATION FROM THE LANDLORD THAT UH, MONEY IS OWED AND THEY, THERE'S A TENANT FORM THAT WE HAVE THEM FILL OUT AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY THEY HAVE FAX THAT OR EMAIL IT.
MAYBE THEY'RE EVEN TAKING A PICTURE OF WITH THEIR PHONE.
WE DO GET DOCUMENTS CAUSE SOME OF OUR FUNDERS DO REQUIRE SOME OF THE FEDERAL MONEY WE GET, WHICH IS VERY LITTLE DO REQUIRE COPIES OF ALL OF THAT.
THE ONLY ONLY VARIATION I WOULD SAY WHERE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT TO THE FULL DEGREE WOULD BE ON FOOD.
WE NEVER TURN ANYBODY AWAY FOR FOOD.
SO YOU KNOW, IN OUR FOOD AREA WE, BECAUSE OF JUST HAVING TO GET SO MANY CARS THROUGH, THEY FILL OUT A BASIC FORM THING.
I'M A NEW CLIENT TO METRO CREST OR I'M AN EXISTING CLIENT AND THEN THEY GET FOOD.
WE ENTER THAT DATA AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PROCESSING PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING STUDIES OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FROM EACH CITY, HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT'VE COME FROM OUT OF AREA, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON STRATEGIES TO REDIRECT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF AREA TO THE FOOD PANTRY IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA.
BUT DO YOU, YOU CHECK A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOU SEE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN, I'M GOING TO SHOW US ID.
SO IT MIGHT BE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, IT COULD BE A PASSPORT, COULD BE SOME OTHER WORK VISA, SOMETHING WITH A PICTURE ON IT.
EVERYBODY THAT WE SEE HAS ID AND WE, WHENEVER WE DO HELP WITH RENT, LET'S SAY WE'RE HELPING WITH HER PART OF APARTMENT IN ADDISON, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY, THE RENT CHECK IS WRITTEN TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, OBVIOUSLY NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
TRACY, ANY MORE QUESTION FOR TRACY? QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR EFFORT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT QUESTION TRACY.
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY YOU ASK.
SO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IN MID, MID MARCH, THE BULK OF OUR REGULAR EVERYDAY VOLUNTEERS WERE OVER THE AGE OF 65 AND LOST A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
IMMEDIATELY, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PICK UP ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS HERE WHERE THERE'S ABOUT SIX VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE PERFORMING THE TASK.
AND SO ON EVERYDAY BASIS WE PROBABLY UTILIZE WENTY THE 25 VOLUNTEERS.
UH, SOME DAYS WE ARE QUITE SHORT.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP PEOPLE PUT FOOD IN THEIR CAR, YOU KNOW, WHO DRIVE THROUGH.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE SORTING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STATION AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ASSEMBLING FOOD BOXES.
THE METRO CREST FOOD BOX AS WE CALL IT.
I HAD AN EDITOR IN A DIFFERENT AREA.
AND SO WE, UH, WE DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY DAY.
AND UH, SOME DAYS WE ARE RUNNING PRETTY SHORT.
UH, OTHER DAYS WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE, WE'D HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
SO THEY HAVE TUTORS, THEY ALWAYS NEED FOLKS.
AND THIS WEEK WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
TRACY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A, OR ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON THE, UH, ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY DIRECTIONS THERE THAT ARE UPDATED AND OF COURSE THERE'S INFORMATION THERE FOR VOLUNTEERING.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BITING THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE I SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE EMAILS I SEND YOU GUYS, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP, MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE, DISTINCTLY AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK AS THIS CRISIS, LINKEDIN'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE COST OF US SERVING OUR RESIDENTS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE VERY HIGH FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.
IT'S HARD TO PREDICT, BUT WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN A CRISIS, AND THE MAYOR REMEMBER THIS DURING KATRINA, EVEN
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OVER TIME A CRISIS GETS KIND OF STALE AND PEOPLE FORGET TO GO BACK TO WORK AND GO BACK TO THEIR LIVES AND THEY GET WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.AND SO WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO, UM, CREATE MORE INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, VIA MORE EMAIL COMMUNICATION.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE PICKED UP PROBABLY 800 NEW DONORS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS OF CORTEZ INDIVIDUALS COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE KNEW ABOUT US BUT HAD NEVER DONATED.
AND SOME OF THE DONATIONS ARE LARGE, SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL, BUT WE MADE NEW CONNECTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE.
WE AS YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT LIKE TO BE RELIANT ON ANY ONE FUNDER.
DID YOU APPLY FOR ANY CARES AT, YOU KNOW, GRANTS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? UH, WE DID.
WE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY THAT THE PPP LOAN, UH, WAS OPEN, UH, WE GOT ON TOP OF THAT.
WE ESSENTIALLY THAT FRIDAY IT OPENED ON TUESDAY, WE APPLIED ON SATURDAY, WE GOT APPROVED.
SO WE DID DO THAT AND WE DID GET THE $10,000 SBA LOAN.
AND, UM, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AN SBA LOAN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A LOAN, BUT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW FOR ELIGIBLE BASED ON JUST THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE.
SO YOUR DATA RECEIVED 10,005 SBA LAW? YES, MA'AM.
WE DID TWO MONTHS OF PAYROLL, UM, UH, FOR THE, YEAH, FOR THE PPP, WHICH IS FORGIVABLE AND RIGHT.
MARLIN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS? UM, WHAT IS OCCURRED RECENTLY WITH THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON.
THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR RECENT DONATIONS? UH, YES.
UH, SO ON, IN APRIL, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER MAYBE THE 2020 FIRST, UH, BOTH OF THOSE CITY COUNCILS HAD, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT EVENING AND BOTH WERE REVIEWING, UH, FUNDING OPTIONS FOR METRO CREST SERVICES.
UH, THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH FUNDED US 150,000.
UH, THE CITY OF CARROLLTON FUNDED US 200,000.
UH, BOTH CITIES HAVE DISCUSSED AND THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING WE ACTUALLY PRESSED OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DISCUSSED REVIEWING IT AGAIN IN THE SUMMER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, IF THAT MEANS MAYBE END OF JUNE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THAT POINT.
UH, BUT THEY, THEY DID, THEY DIDN'T FIND US IN, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, MY, UH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, NICOLE BINKLEY WAS ON THE CALL WITH THE CITY OF POPEL AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING FUNDING AS WELL.
MORE QUESTIONS? DISCUSSIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
SO THEN TO APPROVE THIS IN A SECOND, BUT MOVE APPROVAL BACK HERE REAL QUICK.
THE, THE AGENDA CAPTION DOES NOT DISCUSS AN AMOUNT.
SO WITH THE MOTION IS IT, CAN WE PLEASE ADD THE AMOUNTS INTO THAT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT ON RECORD.
WE APPROVE $85,000 AS REQUESTED BY METROCREST SERVICES.
SO TOM, YOU'RE SECOND THE SAME THING, SO THAT CAN ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST ITEM.
[11. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance to Amend the Town’s Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2020 to Provide Funding for the Addison Circle Park Fountains, 2019 Bond Program Projects, Basin I Sewer Reroute Project, Customs Facility Project, Capital Equipment, Repairs, and Transfers.]
RIGHT.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON YOUR ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TOWN'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL PARKS.
SINCE 2019 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS DON'T WORK WITHOUT PROPER CAPITAL, EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND TRANSFERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY MEAN, EVEN GLICKMAN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AND THIS EVENING I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TO BE FISCAL YEAR 2020 MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
BEAR WITH ME WHILE I SHARE MY SCREEN AND CAN, CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN? YES.
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GREAT.SO, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, SO, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE A REGULARLY ACCEPTED PRACTICE AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY MONITORING AND MAINTENANCING OUR FISCAL AFFAIRS THAT WE ARE MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY'RE TRANSPARENT.
THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT POLICY IS THAT, UH, TRANSFERS BETWEEN AN ACCOUNT WITHIN A DEPARTMENT CAN BE APPROVED BY MYSELF.
THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, TRANSFERS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF LESS THAN 5%, UH, CAN BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS OR THAT ARE MORE THAN 5%, UH, REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SO WITHIN THE HOTEL FUND, UH, WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATION REQUEST OF $16,845 FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK FOUNTAIN REPAIR.
AND THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS INITIATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2019.
UH, THE FUNDS W FULLY EXHAUSTED IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THE PROJECT WAS NOT COMPLETED.
SO THE $16,845 REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE 2020 GEO BOND FUND.
AND THIS IS A FUND THAT WAS OR IS NEW.
SO THIS FUND WOULD BE TO FUND THE, UH, 2019 BOND PROGRAM.
UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER, 2019 AND FUND ITEMS THAT HAVE, UH, BEGAN PROCESS OR ARE IN PROCESS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE KELLER SPRINGS AND AIRPORT PARKWAY, UM, COUNCIL IS AWARDED A ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO JAKE JACOBS.
ENGINEERING FOR THAT, UH, COUNCIL, UM, AUTHORIZED A, UH, A BOILER REPLACEMENT AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND THE $50,000, UH, AND DID A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION TO BE REIMBURSED BY EIGHTH, UH, 2020 GEO BONDS.
UM, AND IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE YOU WILL HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, DESIGN OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB IN $150,000, AND THEN A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000.
SO THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST, UH, FOR THE 2020 GEO BOND FUND WOULD BE 2 MILLION, $563,000.
AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING FORWARD AND THEN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS, UH, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT ON PROGRAM OF APPLIED AND THEN, UH, ULTIMATELY ISSUING THOSE FUNDS LATER IN THE SUMMER.
UH, THE 2014 UTILITY BOND FOAM.
UH, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY PROGRAMMING FOR THIS AND WE HAVE SOME RESIDUAL PROCEEDS.
UH, WE INITIALLY WITHIN THE 2020 BUDGET, UH, BUDGETED FOR THE BASIN ICE SEWER REROUTE PROJECT, UH, FOR $810,000 OF THAT PROJECT TO COME OUT OF, UH, THE UTILITY FUNDS, UH, OPERATING, UH, UH, A BUDGET, UM, WITH THESE RESIDUAL BOND FUNDS.
UH, WE WOULD PROPOSE UTILIZING THESE ON FUNDS RATHER THAN THE UTILITY FUNDS OPERATING FUNDS.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY WAS THAT WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE DETAILS OF THE ORDINANCE, WE SHOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A, AT THE BEGINNING BALANCE WAS 803,000 FOR THIS FUND AND THAT WE'RE REQUESTING AN APPROPRIATION OF 810,000.
UH, AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE REQUESTING MORE THAN WHAT THE, WHAT WE BEGAN WITH IS BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S INTEREST EARNINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE HAVE MORE THAN THE 810,000 TO COLOR TO, UH, TO COVER THAT APPROPRIATION.
UH, IN THE SELF FUNDED PROJECTS FUND, THERE WAS A POLICE PROPERTY ROOM VENTILATION REPAIR, UH, THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE BOMBED.
UH, THAT REQUEST IS A $20,000 APPROPRIATION IN THE AIRPORT FUND.
WE ARE INCLUDING TWO ITEMS OF REVENUE.
ONE IS A LAND REIMBURSEMENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION, $310,000.
THE OTHER IS A TRANSFER IN FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND.
AND THIS WAS, UH, A INTERFUND LOAN THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN, UH, 2019 TO, UH, TO LOAN MONEY FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND TO THE AIRPORT FUND TO PAY FOR A, UH, A FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS OR THE AIRPORT FUND.
UM, SO THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL REVENUE HERE IS 2,010,000 ON THE EXPENDITURE
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SIDE.UH, WITH THE HELP OF MR. PEARSON, HE WAS ABLE TO, TO, UH, DETERMINE THAT WITHIN THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
UH, COUNCIL HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY APPROPRIATED FOR THAT FIRE APPARATUS.
UH, IT WAS, IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET, UH, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL DOES WANT TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE WOULD ASK TO DO SO, UH, AND EXCLUDE THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIRE APPARATUS, UH, BECAUSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED.
BUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO WANT TO APPROPRIATE FOR IS THAT TRANSFER FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND AND THEN FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE THE, A PORTION OF THE CUSTOMS FACILITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THIS PORTION, WAS PLANNED TO BE FUNDED BY OPERATING FUNDS.
AND WE ARE INCLUDING THAT IN THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST NOW THAT THE LAND REIMBURSEMENT GRANT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, AND THEN IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND, UH, WE ARE, UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS TIES TO THE AIRPORT FUND ARE REQUESTING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE TRANSFER OUT TO THE AIRPORT FUND WHO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING AGAIN FOR THAT, UH, UM, FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS AND THEN GRAND TOTAL.
SO THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION REQUESTS FOR THE HOTEL FUND, AGAIN, THAT'S $16,845 FROM THE NEWLY CREATED A 2020 GEO BOND FUND, A $2,563,000 FROM THE 2014 UTILITY CEO BOND FUND.
UH, THAT WOULD BE $810,000 FROM SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS, $20,000 FROM THE AIRPORT FUND.
AGAIN, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT, UH, THAT YOU EXCLUDE THAT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF 700,000 WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED.
SO THAT APPROPRIATION AMOUNT, THAT WOULD BE $911,417 AND THEN FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND, AN APPROPRIATION OF $700,000.
WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED.
THAT LOAN FROM THE IMF FUND DOES IN FACT BARE INTEREST AT A RATE OF, I THINK IT'S 2% YOU SAID STEVEN, CORRECT.
SO NOT A, NOT A BAD INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTION, DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? SO MOVE MAYOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, PAUL WANTED MADE A MOTION AND A
SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER WALDEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU WANT TO MO MO MOVE TO APPROVE AS, AS, AS EXPLAINED BY STAFF WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE $700,000 APPROPRIATION AND OR BRAND.
IF YOU HAD BETTER LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WELL, MAYOR ALLEN WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED, WHICH INCLUDES THE DISCUSSION OF THE DELETION $700,000 WHICH HAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
PAUL MADE THE MOTION AND THE CHICO SECOND.
ALRIGHT, NOTHING ELSE MEETING THE JOURN.