* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. [1. Call Meeting to Order] BYE. NOW. 30 PM STOP THE MEETING. FIRST OF ALL, I MAY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND DO THE PLAQUE. GO FOR WORK SESSION. I REMEMBER ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. ALRIGHT. THE FIRST [2. Present and Discuss Any Action Necessary or New Information Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic. ] ITEM, NUMBER TWO, PRESENT. DISCUSS ANY NEW INFORMATION REGARDING A KOBE. I TAKE MR. PEARSON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO MEET VIRTUALLY. UM, JUST AN UPDATE SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MANY MAY BE AWARE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT TEXAS IS MOVING INTO PHASE TWO OF THE PLAN, THE REOPEN TEXAS. UH, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE MAY THE 18TH GYMS, EXERCISE FACILITIES, ET CETERA. WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALONG WITH HAIR SALONS, BARBER SHOPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, OTHER TYPES OF, UM, UH, MASSAGE AND PERSONAL CARE BUSINESSES. ADDITIONALLY, CHILD CENTERED CARE CENTERS WERE ALLOWED TO OPEN AS WELL AS YOUTH CLUBS SUCH AS, UH, BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS AND UH, YMCA, ET CETERA. UH, THAT WAS EFFECTIVE THE 18TH OF MAY. THE FACT THAT THE 22ND OF MAY RESTAURANTS WERE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY FROM 25% TO 55 50% BARS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE BARS WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP 25% CAPACITY, BOWLING ALLEYS, BINGO HALLS, SKATING RINKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WORLD. WHEN I'M ABLE TO OPEN AT 25% CAPACITY AS LONG AS WELL AS RODEOS AND SIMILAR TYPES OF EVENTS AS WELL AS AQUARIUMS AND OTHER TYPES OF UH, CENTERS AS WELL. UM, ON THE 29TH OF MAY OUTDOORS USE, WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN A 25 SECOND CAPACITY. AND AS OF MAY 31ST, UH, COMING HERE, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, GOLF, TENNIS, FOOTBALL AND CAR RACING EVENTS, IN-PERSON SPECTATORS CAN RESUME AND ALSO DAY AND OVERNIGHT THE YOUTH CAMPS ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS, UH, YOUTH SPORTS. IN JUNE 1ST AS A JUNE 1ST SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN HOLD SUMMER SCHOOL, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, WITHIN SIMILARLY, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO TOWN FACILITIES. UM, WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR WORK FROM HOME IF POSSIBLE. UM, A PROCESS, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AND MEETING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES VIRTUALLY. IF THERE ARE, SIR, UH, IF A RESIDENT FOR A CUSTOMER OF THE TOWN NEEDS THAT MEET IN PERSON, WE CAN MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT. WE JUST ASK THAT THEY DO SO BY APPOINTMENT. AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT. WE ARE WORKING, UH, TOWARDS AS FAR AS THE ATHLETIC CLUB GOES, ARE WE IN OUR FIRST WEEK OF BEING OPEN AND EVERYTHING WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY, RELATIVELY SPEAKING. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND, UH, THE OPENING. SO FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'LL EXPAND THE HOURS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO IF MY STAFF IS LISTENING, IF YOU COULD SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE TO REMIND ME OF THE DATE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE EFFECT. BUT ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WE WILL, UH, HAVE THE, UH, THE ATHLETIC CLUB OPEN AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING, UM, AND THEN CLOSE AT THE SAME TIME. AND WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAFFING THE FACILITY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN, WE CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF BEING OPEN, UM, FROM A CLEANING PERSPECTIVE, ET CETERA, UH, THAT ARE REQUIRED AS OF, UM, UH, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS. UH, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS ARE CHANGING FREQUENTLY. IN FACT, TODAY ISSUED AN AMENDED, UH, EXECUTIVE ORDER, GA 23. THAT FURTHER OPENS, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, PHASES OR PHASE TWO ITEMS. UM, AND, UH, SO WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP THE BEST WE CAN AND UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S, UH, DESIRE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE'S STILL LOTS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OURSELVES [00:05:01] AND OTHERS SAFE. UM, FORTUNATELY THERE ARE POSITIVES. UH, THE WHILE TESTING IS INCREASING AND THERE IS STILL, UH, POSITIVE CASES THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED, BUT THE RATE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IS GOING DOWN AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THAT'S A BLESSING AND CERTAINLY VERY WELCOME. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE, WE, WE CAN STOP DOING CERTAIN THINGS. SO WE STILL NEED TO, IF WE'RE SICK, STAY HOME, WE STILL NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS. UM, AND THEN USE HAND SANITIZER. WE NEED TO HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCE. AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU CAN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE, IT'S STILL A HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, UM, THAT PEOPLE WEAR MASKS. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO WORK THROUGH THIS. UM, IT HAS BEEN, UM, UNIQUE FOR EVERYBODY AND IT CERTAINLY UNPRECEDENTED IN MANY WAYS. UH, THE TOWN IS DOING WELL, UH, RESPONDING TO IT. IN MY OPINION. WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE A COUPLE OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THE MOST RECENT ONE IS IF FOLKS HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO READ OUR TOWN NEWSLETTER FROM THIS LAST FRIDAY, BUT WE ANNOUNCED THAT, UH, UH, WE HAD, UH, TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO CLOSE THE ADDISON ATHLETIC SEASON CONFERENCE CENTER, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THE, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2020, AT LEAST. AND THAT LED, THAT RESULTED IN THE FURLOUGH OF EIGHT STAFF, EIGHT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR HOTEL FUND. UM, WE HAVE CERTAINLY THE HOTEL FUND WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES HAS BEEN HUGELY IMPACTED. AND, UH, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUND IS VIABLE, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THIS YEAR BUT ALSO INTO THE FUTURE WAS TO MAKE THAT DIFFICULT DECISION. SO, UH, FOR A LOW RATE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. AND TO OUR FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES. WE THINK EACH OF THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATIONS WE'RE CURRENTLY FACING. THERE ARE NO CURRENT PLAN, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO ADDITION TO THE FURLOUGH, ANY ADDITIONAL TOWN EMPLOYEES WHERE WE'RE IN A GOOD FINANCIAL SITUATION OTHERWISE. UH, BUT WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE ONGOING SITUATION AND WE WILL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS AS, AS NECESSARY. SO, UM, THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED UPDATE EVERYBODY ON. I DID WANT TO BRING UP ONE ITEM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, UM, AS PART OF, UH, THEIR EFFORTS. WELL, THE CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT ARE LARGER AND POPULATIONS IN 500,000 PEOPLE GET FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A COVEN, UH, 19 RELATED, UH, EXPENSES. THOSE, SO CITIES LIKE ADDISON DON'T GET MONIES DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, THE STATE HAS MADE AVAILABLE FUNDING THROUGH THE COUNTIES TO UH, VOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE, UH, ADDISON AND WE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY PER RESIDENT. UM, AND, AND WE GET TO USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES UNDER THE CARES THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE. UH, BILL HOLLY, UM, SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES GIVING US A BRIEF SUMMARY OF, UH, THESE FUNDS AND WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR. AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING TO TRY TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER. BILL, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. TAKE IT AWAY. YES SIR. THANK YOU BILL HOLLY, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL LIKE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE CARES ACT AND THE CORONA RELIEF BOND CORONA VIRUS RELIEF FUND. SO THE STATE OF TEXAS SET ASIDE 1.8 $5 BILLION TO DISTRIBUTE TO CITIES AS A CITY MANAGER. PEARSON, JUST DESCRIBE THAT APPROXIMATES OUT TO $55 PER CAPITA. SO ADDISON IS ELIGIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY $900,000 IN REIMBURSEMENTS. THESE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE FOR EXPENSES THAT ARE MADE IN ACCORDANCE TO GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, WHICH A CITY MANAGER, PEARSON HAS EXPLAINED HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE KEY POINTS ON THAT. SO YOU GET A FEEL OR A FLAVOR OF WHAT'S, UH, WHAT EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE. WE'D LIKE SOME DIRECTION AND INPUT, UH, FROM Y'ALL AS WELL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE SHOULD BE RESEARCHING FOR, UH, THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDING THAT THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY KIND OF ALLOCATED. SO, UM, THE THREE MAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH REGARDING THIS FUNDING IS THAT IT'S A NECESSARY EXPENDITURE. NOW, THEY DON'T EXACTLY DESCRIBE NECESSARY. IT'S COMMON. COMMON SENSE APPLIES, RIGHT? IF IT'S, UH, IF IT'S RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GOING TO DEEM IT NECESSARY AND WE'RE OKAY. IF WE GET VERY CREATIVE, IT MIGHT BE DENIED. UH, SO WE JUST REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. [00:10:01] THEY HAVE TO BE FUNDS THAT WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR MOST RECENTLY APPROVED BUDGET. IT CAN'T BE USED TO SUPPLANT MONEY THAT WE ALREADY INTENDED TO EXPAND IN IT ALLOCATED IN OUR BUDGET. UM, THEN THESE EXPENSES MUST BE INCURRED BETWEEN THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1ST, 2020 IN DECEMBER 30TH, 2020. SO WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME FOR WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIX MAJOR CATEGORIES OF EXPENSES ARE, AND I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE VARIOUS SPECIFICS, BUT BROADLY, UM, PROVIDING, UH, MEDICAL EXPENSES. SO THE TOWN DOESN'T OPERATE A HOSPITAL OR A CLINIC OR TELEMEDICINE. SO A LOT OF THAT CATEGORY DOESN'T APPLY TO US, BUT WE DID PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THE EXPENSES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDING, UH, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SPECIFICALLY RELATED PANDEMIC CATEGORY TWO RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES. SO COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC, UH, ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE ORDERS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED, WHAT'S EXPECTED, UH, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, THOSE TYPES OF EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE. THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, THE HAND SANITIZERS, THE MASK, THE GLOVES, THOSE TYPE THINGS FOR OUR STAFF, UH, IN ANY COMMUNITY TYPE PROJECTS IS THAT THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENT. THE DISINFECTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH THE TOWN IS EXPANDED APPROXIMATELY $16,000 A DAY, MAKING SURE OUR FACILITIES ARE CLEAN AND DISINFECTED FOR THE SAFETY FOR WORKERS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO OUR FACILITIES. AND THEN THANKFULLY WE HAVEN'T HAD THE QUARANTINE INDIVIDUAL, BUT IF THERE ARE EXPENSES RELATED TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THAT CATEGORY, THE NEXT CATEGORY MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL. ONE RELATES TO PAYROLL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER FOLKS DIRECTLY RELATED TO A SUBSTANTIALLY DEDICATED THE MEDICAID, THE COBA 19 PANDEMIC. SO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS. ONE THAT JUST CAME OUT, UH, FIVE OH SIX THIS AFTERNOON SLIGHTLY CHANGED THE DEFINITIONS. SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE BROAD. SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO WE WANT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS IN THERE AND JUST THINK BACK TO THAT SUPPLANTING. IF WE ALREADY HAD A PARAMEDIC ON DUTY DOING SOMETHING AND THEY'RE JUST DEDICATED TO DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO TO, TO UH, PAY THAT EXPENSE OR IT MAY BE BETTER SINCE THAT WAS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET TO APPLY THIS MONEY. THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST CLEARLY ELIGIBLE AND NOT KIND OF IN THE GRAY WITH A CONTINUALLY CHANGING AND EVOLVING, UH, DEFINITIONS OF WHAT'S ELIGIBLE TELEWORK CAPABILITY. SO THE TOWN HAS, UH, EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF LAPTOPS AND THINGS RELATED SO EMPLOYEES CAN STAY AT HOME AND SOCIAL DISTANCE AND BE SAFE AND STILL GET WORK DONE. THOSE, THOSE EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND PAID SICK LEAVE AND OTHER MEDICAL BENEFITS PROVIDED THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT INTO EFFECT THAT THE TOWN HAS INCURRED SOME EXPENSES RELATED TO THAT. THERE ARE PROGRAMS RELATED TO JAILS AND HOMELESS POPULATIONS, WHICH DON'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO US, UM, CURRENT PROGRAMS. BUT, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER, UH, AS, AS AN OPTION. THE NEXT MAJOR CATEGORY OR, UH, EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVISION OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN CONNECTION TO COBRA, 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES. SO THESE COULD BE GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES, THESE COULD BE EXPENDITURES FOR A LOCAL PAYROLL SUPPORT TYPE PROGRAM AND IT COULD BE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TYPE PROGRAMS ARE OUR CRACK TEAM OVER AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS LOOKING AT THESE, RESEARCHING, SEEING WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, SEEING, MAKING SURE WHAT'S ELIGIBLE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT A FUTURE MEETING IN GREATER DETAIL ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE OPTIONS MIGHT BE. BUT AGAIN, IN THEORY, SET UP SOME LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU WERE SO INCLINED TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY ECONOMICALLY, UM, WITH, UH, WITH A PORTION OF HIS FUNDING. AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS KIND OF CATCHALL, WHICH IS ANYTHING THAT'S DEEMED NECESSARY. AND AGAIN, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FAIRLY BROAD IN THAT, UH, INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD NECESSARY. BUT I THINK IT'S AGAIN, INCUMBENT UPON US TO BE RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, AND, AND, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION SO THAT WE DON'T EXPEND THE MONEY ONLY TO FIND OUT NINE MONTHS FROM NOW AFTER THE PERIOD IS CLOSED, THAT WAS DEEMED INELIGIBLE BY SOMEBODY FURTHER UP THE CHAIN, UH, IN, IN THE PROCESS. SO WE JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS THERE. SO TODAY THE TOWN HAS EXPANDED APPROXIMATELY $177,000. THAT INCLUDES THE $85,000 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT TO METROCREST SERVICES. SO [00:15:01] THAT LEAVES APPROXIMATELY $700,000 THAT THE TOWN WILL BE LOOKING FOR, UM, PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES TO APPLY, UH, IN THE THOUGHTS ALONG THOSE LINES FROM STAFF WERE TO, TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO DISINFECT THE FACILITIES, PPE, ET CETERA, THE ASSOCIATED OVERTIME RELATED WITH PROVIDING, UH, THE SERVICES. UM, IF, IF, UH, UM, METROCREST SERVICES, I THINK WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD LIKELY COME BACK TO THE TOWN TO REQUEST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THAT THEY HAVE A HIGH DEMAND. UM, THEY HAD ANTICIPATED COSTS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. THIS GOES THROUGH DECEMBER. COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALLOCATING OR SETTING ASIDE A THOUGHT OR FUNDING FOR, UH, REQUEST FROM THEM. AND THEN THE THIRD CATEGORY BROADLY, AGAIN, IS SOME KIND OF, UH, ADDISON, UH, BUSINESS RELATED ECONOMIC, UH, UH, PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS TO ASSIST LOCAL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THIS PANDEMIC. UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO C DEMANDS MANAGER PEARSON. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BILL. UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER UH, DETAILS I'D LIKE TO SHARE AND THEN I'D HAPPILY OPEN IT. THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS. THE WAY THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY IS THROUGH AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ALICE COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY, UH, AT THEIR LAST, UH, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. UM, I MAY APPROVE AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT THAT IS, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT THAT INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AT THEIR NEXT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT'S MEETING COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON JUNE, I THINK JUNE THE SECOND. THE HOW, HOW THE MONEY WILL GET TO THE TOWN AFTER THAT. I HAVE, IT'S A LOCAL AGREEMENT IS SIGNED IS THAT WE WILL GET 20% OF THE MONEY UPFRONT AND THEN WE WILL UM, SUBMIT OR ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REMAINING DOLLARS OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE HAVE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS, AND I GOT CLARIFICATION ON A MEETING THAT MAYOR CHALLAH AND I ATTENDED LAST FRIDAY WAS WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT AS A TOWN MAKE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE SUBJECT TO COUNTY APPROVAL WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS DIRECTION OR GUIDANCE BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO RECOUP MONEY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS WAS ELIGIBLE. AND WHAT THEY COMMUNICATED TO US IS THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A WAY TO TRY TO CONTROL HOW WE SPEND. THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN FROM A SPENDING STANDPOINT IS THAT ANY PERSON OR BUSINESS THAT GETS HELD ISN'T DOUBLE-DIPPING. SO YOU DON'T GO HAVE SOMEBODY GOING TO DALLAS COUNTY PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND THEN COMING TO ADDISON AND GETTING HELP FROM SIMILAR PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT, AS LONG AS IT IS IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL INTENT OF THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, THEY ARE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY APPROVE THOSE. SO I THINK WE CAN REASONABLY SHOW THAT THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DO WILL BE WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES AND SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE ABOUT OR AWARE OF. EXCUSE ME. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE CAMPS YOU'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED. WOULD YOU SHARE AND REMIND EVERYONE WORKS THE OUTSIDE POOL, I'M SORRY, WHERE WILL IT STAND WITH OPENING THE OUTSIDE POOL? WHATEVER PLAN. CERTAINLY STAFF IS CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT OPENING THE OUTSIDE POOL, UM, AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB. CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL PLAN IN PLACE. UH, BUT PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS ONE, UM, HOW CAN WE, WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HIRE THE STAFF NECESSARY TO LIFEGUARDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE ON BOARD. UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE IS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOME DELAY OR THAT WILL BE SOME THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME TIME TO GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED. AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, UH, ITEM RELATED TO THAT IS SLIPPING MY MIND. SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR NOT REMEMBERING THAT PART OF IT. GIVE ME A SECOND. I CAN GET THAT. WELL, NOT RELATED TO THE STAFF. WELL THAT WAS THE ONE. OKAY. TOWN'S ABILITY TO HIRE LIFEGUARDS. UM, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN ISSUE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER, BUT IT [00:20:01] WAS, IT'S JUST OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD IN A TIMELY FASHION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED SO WE CAN OPEN AN OPERATE ON A NORMAL YEAR ONE. WHAT DO THEY GO OUT FOR? START HIRING OR START INTERVIEWING FOR LIVE PARTS OR WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR DO THEY DO GENERALLY? APRIL, I BELIEVE. SO WE'RE SORT OF A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF BEHIND. THAT'S CORRECT. BYE. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY HARD TO FIND. FIND THOSE, THOSE LIFEGUARDS, ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO DO THAT OR? WELL, IT DEPENDS, RIGHT? IT, IT, UH, I MEAN SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S, I THINK LIFEGUARDS ARE GENERALLY KIND OF, UH, A HIGH CHURN, UH, POSITION. SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GOOD. I THINK ANY, ANY 60 YEAR OLD KID CAN GO OUT THERE AND SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LIFEGUARD. BUT IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, STARING AT BUTTERFLIES ALL DAY AND NOT WATCHING THE KIDS IN THE POOL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBLEM. RIGHT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. WELL, NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE CONTACT ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOW WITH EVERYBODY'S SITTING AT HOME NEEDING THINGS TO DO WITH FAMILIES AND STUFF. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET THAT THING OPEN. IF WE CAN, AND I KNOW TWO PEOPLE, I KNOW TWO LIFEGUARDS THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE WELL SUITED THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IT. SO IF, IF, IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANY LIFEGUARDS, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY. WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO THEM. AND, AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, THAT IS UNKNOWN AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN THE MARKET YET TO FIND THEM IS, IS HOW MANY, HOW MANY PARENTS ARE GONNA WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE LIFEGUARDS. RIGHT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL, I HOPE IT'S NOT, THAT'S KIND OF THE THING TOO. I SAW THIS AND I THINK THE WALL STREET JOURNAL RECENTLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST GROUPS OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE RIGHT NOW DUE TO THIS WHOLE A COVEN 19 SITUATION IS, IS YOUNG PEOPLE THAT USUALLY HAVE HOURLY JOBS. AND SO IF WE CAN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HALF AN HOUR OF A JOB, THAT'S GREAT. BUT NOT HAVING TESTED THE MARKET YET, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING ALSO TO SEE IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME AND, AND DO THAT KIND OF WORK. SO I, I W WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING AND I KNOW THAT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER, UH, AREAS, CITY MANAGERS, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EARLIEST I'M HEARING IT, A POOL WILL BE OPEN OPENING IS MID JUNE AND IT'S MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE 1ST OF JULY BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE A WHILE TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD. AND SO THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY, SO, SO SERIOUSLY THOSE, IF SOME PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS AND THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ALIVE CARD, WHO DO THEY ACTUALLY CONTACT YOU CALL? JUST CALLED COUNT HALL OR THEY CAN CALL IT TOWN HALL. WE'LL PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE IN HR WHO'S AT TOWN HALL. IF THEY WANT TO CALL OR EMAIL ME OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAN DO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST FOR THAT TO ME. AND WE'LL GET IT TO HR OBVIOUSLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN DO THAT. THEY CAN ALSO GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND THERE'S, I, THERE'S ON OUR, UNDER OUR HR PAGE, THERE SHOULD BE, UM, INFORMATION THERE. AND IF THERE'S NOT, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT UP THERE VERY SOON. UH, SO THAT ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED CAN CERTAINLY EXPRESS THAT. HEY, ALL HOW LATE WE KEEP OUR OUTDOOR POOL OPEN. IT IS OPEN IN MID AUGUST AS FAR AS OH YEAH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, GOSH, I THOUGHT WE HAD LIKE A DOGGY, I THINK WE HAVE A DOGGY EVENT RIGHT THERE JUST BEFORE LABOR DAY. WE DO IT AFTER LABOR DAY, WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY EVERY YEAR. SO THE WEEKEND AFTER ADDING MORE QUESTION FOR WHAT HAS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. IF I MAY, JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S PATIENT IN DEALING OR PATIENTLY BEARING WITH US AS WE ALL DEAL WITH THIS WHOLE SITUATION. IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S NO FUN FOR ANYBODY, BUT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR FOR PEOPLE'S PATIENTS. AND UH, I GOT COMMENTS FROM STAFF AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, ABOUT HOW UNDERSTANDING, UH, OUR, OUR PATIENTS HAD BEEN AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND KINDNESS THROUGH THIS WHOLE ALL SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, WES. ALL RIGHT. I CAN PRESENT [3. Present and Discuss the Findings of the Addison Police Department's License Plate Recognition System and Optical Camera Pilot Project. ] THE COST OF THE FINDINGS OF THE EDISON PARTIES LICENSE PLATES, CAMERA PILOT PROJECT. [00:25:04] THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. PAUL SPENCER, CHIEF OF POLICE, HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN BRIEFLY AND WE WILL GET STARTED THAT MATURED SO YOU AUTOMATICALLY KNOW. ALL RIGHT, SO HOPE EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT. HELLO. SO PRIOR TO GOING LIVE WITH OUR PILOT PROJECT IN APRIL, 2019 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN SOME CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS AND PART OF THAT WAS ONCE WE INSTALL THE SYSTEM, WE WERE GOING TO RUN THE FIRE PILOT PROJECT FOR A YEAR. SO APRIL OF 2020 IS THE, IS THE END OF OUR PILOT PROJECT. AT THE END OF THAT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR FINDINGS ON USING THE SYSTEM AND LIVING WITH IT FOR A YEAR AND COME BACK AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A BRIEFLY GIVE A LITTLE QUICK OVERVIEW. JUST EVERYBODY'S MEMORY IS REFRESHED. UM, AND AND TO GIVE YOU JUST SOME INSIGHTS ON HOW WE'RE USING IT. SO THE FIRST PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD. SORRY. THE FIRST PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, BASED ON OUR COUNCIL'S DIRECTION BACK THEN TO EXPLORE SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE SELECTED TWO PROGRAMS AND THAT WAS THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION OR LPR AND ALSO AN OPTICAL CAMERA COMPONENT FOR OUR, SOME OF OUR TRAILS. WE SELECTED A VENDOR NAME CALLED VIGILANT SOLUTIONS TO OFFER US A COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF SOFTWARE DEALING WITH THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION COMPONENT MAINLY, BUT ALSO HAVING SOME FACIAL RECOGNITION CAPABILITIES, GIVING US ALERTS IN THE FIELD AND ALSO ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL DATA, WHICH IS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. AGAIN, JUST THE REVERSE TO THE COUNCIL'S MEMORY. FOR THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT, WE INSTALLED EIGHT LOCATIONS. WE'VE HAVE FOUR AND MIDWAY METALS, A LOX AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE ON OUR MAP THIS ACCURATELY REPRESENTS THE LOCATIONS. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP IS THE W A OAK NORTH IN WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AGAIN, EIGHT LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION, UH, UH, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN TOTAL. YEAH. OR THE OPTICAL CAMERAS. WELL, THE TOWN INSTALLED SEVEN, UH, OPTICAL CAMERA, OUTDOOR CAMERA, EXCUSE ME, ALONG OUR LINEAR READING AND WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAILS. AGAIN, THIS, THIS MAP ACCURATELY REPRESENTS EACH LOCATION. LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE. THERE'S TWO CAMERAS AT THE TRAILHEADS OF WHITE ROCK CREEK OVERALL WYNNEWOOD ROAD AND COUNCIL REMEMBERS THEIR CALL. IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE AT THE TIME TO PULL ELECTRICITY AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE DOWN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THAT TRAIL. SO WE JUST DID THE TWO CAMERAS EACH AND AS PART OF OUR PILOT PROJECT. LOOKING AT THE LEFT SIDE, WE'VE GOT FIVE CAMERAS THAT ARE ALL ALONG THE LINEAR READING TRAIL SECTIONS. ONE IS IN OUR DOG PARK, ONE IS UP BY FIRE STATION TWO AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN CLOSER TOWARDS LOWE'S FIELD AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THE WEST SIDE OF THAT TRAIL EXITING ON A MORSE LANE. AGAIN, OUR INVESTIGATORS AND TOWN STAFF ARE ABLE TO PULL THAT FOOTAGE IF THERE IS A LIVE FEED AVAILABLE AND IT RECORDS, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN DAYS TOTAL AND IT OVERWRITES ITSELF. WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE LIVE FEEDS AND OUR AND OUR SQUAD CARS. OKAY. A COMPONENT OF OUR, OF THE SOFTWARE, UH, THAT VIGILANT PROVIDES US IS A PHACO FACIAL RECOGNITION CAPABILITY. AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR. WE DO NOT ACTIVELY USE FACIAL RECOGNITION LIKE WE USE OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. THE FACIAL RECOGNITION IS, IS MERELY SOFTWARE THAT OUR INVESTIGATORS CAN USE TO INVESTIGATE A WHOLE MYRIAD OF, OF OFFENSES. AND REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS US TO TAKE VIDEO CLIPS OR STILL PHOTOS FROM ANY, ANY SOURCE AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO MUGSHOT DATABASES ACROSS, ACROSS TEXAS, REALLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. BUT LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE SUSPECTS AND MATCHES FROM KNOWN CRIMINAL ELEMENTS. UM, IT HAS BEEN, OR IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS OF THIS POWER PROJECT FOR US. UH, IT'S HELPING US REALLY MORE OF A, UM, AN EASY WAY FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS TO REALLY DO A LOT OF COMPARISON, A LOT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND THAT'S REALLY THE, THE CRUX STUFF IS WE'VE SOLVED EIGHT DIRECT CASES WHERE, WHERE WE USE THE FACIAL RECOGNITION TO HELP US IDENTIFY CRIMINALS, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES TO THE FRAUD AND CREDIT CARD ABUSE. WE'VE INCLUDED SOME PAY STUDIES AND BLUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. UH, WHEN YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO READ THOSE. REALLY WHAT IT, WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS SHOWING THAT WE ARE USING THIS, UH, WITH FREQUENCY TO HELP US IDENTIFY SUSPECTS AND MAKE CASES AND BE ABLE TO FILE CASES WITH CERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON. WHAT'D YOU NEVER SEE? OKAY. [00:30:01] ONE OF THE BIG BONUSES WITH OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION PROGRAM IS HOW IT AFFECTS OUR, OUR PATROL ELEMENTS IN A REAL TIME BASIS. UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S LPR SYSTEM HAS AN ALERT FIELD THAT ALLOWS THEM, THE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET TO GET ALERTS. AND WE'VE SHOWN YOU THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN THE ORANGE BORDERS OF WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO IF A STOLEN CAR DRIVES THROUGH ANY OUR LPR CAMERAS, IT HITS ON IT, IT'S GOING TO ALERT OUR OFFICE SERVERS WITHIN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THAT VEHICLE JUST CAME THROUGH THAT CERTAIN LOCATION. UM, AGAIN FROM THE STATE, UH, LICENSE PLATES TAGGED BY STATE OF TEXAS, A STOLEN THAT COULD BE WANTED PERSONS, UH, CRITICAL MISSING ENDANGERED PEOPLE. ALL A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE GET ALERTS EVEN FROM OUR OWN INTERNAL ALERTING SYSTEM IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. IT REALLY HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD TOOL. AGAIN, WE HAVE A CASE STUDY JUST LISTED WHERE WE HAD A ROBBERY SUSPECT THAT WAS SCANNED IN ONE OF OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND WE RAN WITH IT. THEY'RE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE, LOOK FOR THEM. WE'VE RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH THIS TOOL AND IT'S UM, IT'S PROVEN VERY USEFUL. IS THAT LOOKING MORE INTO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SIDE? UH, THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM HAS, HAS REALLY AND TRULY BEEN, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST BENEFITS HAVE BEEN IN OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. UH, I TALKED TO OUR SUPERVISORS AND OUR INVESTIGATORS. THEY USE IT ON A DAILY BASIS WITH ALMOST EVERY CASE THAT THEY HAVE. AND AGAIN, NOT JUST FROM ADDISON'S CAMERAS, BUT FROM THE COMMERCIAL DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE ACROSS THE LARGER METROPLEX. IT JUST GIVES US ACCESS TO SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IT REALLY IS EXTREMELY USEFUL. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CAN SEARCH, THEY CAN SEARCH FOR COMMERCIAL DATA, THEY CAN SEARCH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCANS, THEY CAN FILTER IT BY DATES AND TIMES, LOCATIONS. THEY CAN USE SPECIFIC TYPES OF UNIQUE MARKERS ON A VEHICLE LIKE CAR, CAR DAMAGE OR A CERTAIN WHEEL TYPE OR A COLOR OF A VEHICLE. AND THAT JUST HELPS THEM. AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE FACIAL RECOGNITION WITH OUR MUGSHOTS, THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS CAN GO THROUGH A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION QUICKLY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY DEVELOP LEADS IN CASES WHERE THEY CAN PULL BAD GUYS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING, DOING CRIMES. AND ADDISON, AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES THAT AGGRAVATE ASSAULT, MULTIPLE LEGAL BIRDS, MULTIPLE VEHICLE BURGLARY, EXCUSE ME. AND OUR RECENT HOME INVASION HOME INVASION ON LOCKING BAR OR OUR INVESTIGATOR BE ABLE TO USE, UH, THE LPR DATA AND SCANS FROM UP FROM NOT ONLY MADISON BUT ALSO OUTSIDE OF ADDISON TO HELP US MAKE A GOOD CASE AND GET AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THE BURDEN. ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT DID THAT, AGAIN, KIND OF A FUNNY CASE STUDY AT THE BOTTOM HERE, HAD A GUY HAD STOLEN SOME CREDIT CARDS. HE WAS, HE WAS AT, UH, I GUESS, UH, I THINK THE GALLERIA MALL BUYING SOME STUFF WITH THE ELITE OVER THIS WITH THE STOLEN CREDIT CARDS STARTED BRAGGING ABOUT HIS MUSICAL CAREER AND ABOUT HIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. AND THE CLERK GAVE US ALL THAT INFORMATION. WE USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. WE BOTH FACIAL RECOGNITION, EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE FOR HIS ARREST. SO THE, THE, UH, HE REGRETS THAT I'M SURE, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING. OKAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES WITH LPR. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS COUNCIL WANTED TO HEAR BACK FROM US. UH, ONCE OUR PILOT PROJECT WAS OVER, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD EQUIPMENT'S BUT OPERATING AS EXPECTED, IT HAS NOT BEEN PERFECT. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ISSUES, BUT WE SEEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. I ALWAYS, CATHERINE METAL LICENSE PLATES AT ABOUT THE 90% ACCURACY OVER THE PILOT PROJECT TIME PERIOD. AND OUR AUDITS HAVE PROVEN THAT TO BE TRUE. WE HAVE YET HAD ANY MAJOR FAILURES OR ADJUSTMENTS OR EQUIPMENT REPAIR. BUT I IMAGINE AFTER THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME PROBABLY SOME READJUSTMENTS AND MAINTENANCE AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT OUR BUYERS TAGS ARE BEING SCANNED EVEN THOUGH THE VENDOR REALLY SAID THAT WAS AN UNEXPECTED FEATURE, SO IT'S BEEN HELPFUL. THEY ALSO HAVE PUSHED A NEW UPDATE CALLED MISSING PLATE. UM, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS SAY THE VEHICLE GOES BY AND HAS A OBSCURE PLATE. I'M MISSING THE PLATES, LET'S WAS TAKEN OFF THE VEHICLE OR THE, OR THE SYSTEM JUST SIMPLY CAN'T READ THE PLATE. NOW IT'S PUTTING IT INTO A FILE THAT WE CAN SEARCH QUICKLY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING. AGAIN, THE LOCK AND BAR CASE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE IT DID NOT READ THE PAPER PLATE INITIALLY, BUT WITH THIS SPEECH AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND GET THE DATA THAT HELPS US LINK THIS LINK, THE BAD GUYS TO THE VEHICLE INVOLVED ABOUT A YEAR. SO I WANT TO DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR PILOT PROJECT GOALS JUST TO REFRESH COUNCIL'S MEMORY AGAIN, THE OPTICAL CAMERA SYSTEM AND OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION REALLY WAS TO ASSIST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS ACROSS ACROSS THE TOWN. [00:35:01] IT WAS GOING TO LEARN OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND THE CRIMINAL ENTERS AN AREA PROTECTED BY THE SYSTEM. IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE BIBLE FORENSIC EVIDENCE IF A CRIME DID OCCUR AND IT'S GOING TO ACT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND WE EXPERIENCED HIGHER CALL LOADS IN OUR BUSINESS SECTORS, FORCE MULTIPLIERS, HOPEFULLY GOING TO OFFER THE SOME PEACE OF MIND TO THE RESIDENTS AND INCREASE OUR PERCEPTION OF SAFETY WHEN WE CAN'T BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME. FOOD WALKS IN IT. SO OUR FINDINGS IN REGARDS TO THOSE GOALS AND IN REGARDS TO THE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS LAST YEAR, AGAIN, THE ONE TIME OR EXCUSE THE ONE YEAR PERIOD OF OUR PILOT PROJECT CONCLUDED THIS PAST APRIL OF 2020 THE LPR SYSTEM AND AN OPERA CAMERAS ARE PROVIDING A DIRECT AND TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO OUR EFFORT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS, OUR PATROL OFFICER AND DETECTIVE USE THE SYSTEM DAILY. UH, YOU, YOU READ THE, THE LARGER REPORT THAT WE ATTACHED TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM AND IT TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PATROL OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS IN PATROL ARE USING IT IN REAL TIME AS THINGS ARE HAPPENING. UM, THAT THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLE AND IT'S OFFERED SUCH A BENEFIT TO OUR EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY SYSTEMS ARE DIRECT RESPONSIBLE FOR SOLVING OVER TWO DOZEN CRIMES AND PROBABLY A LOT MORE, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE CONSERVATIVE NUMBER THAT, THAT UH, THE CRIME ANALYSTS BUT INFORMING AND OUR FACE RECOGNITION AND COMMERCIAL DATA IS EXTREMELY USEFUL AS THAT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE'RE USING ON A DAILY BASIS, ESPECIALLY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDING A FORCE MULTIPLYING RESULT AS WE ANTICIPATED. AGAIN, IT'S OUR LEARNING, OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. WHEN A CRIMINAL ENTERS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAS LED TO VIABLE CONTACTS AND ARREST. AGAIN, PROVIDING THAT VIABLE FORENSIC EVIDENCE AFTER CRIME DOES OCCUR AS EVIDENCE IN MOST RECENT EVENTS IN OAK NORTH. AND IT'S WHERE YOU HAVING REAL TIME FOOTAGE AND THE APO CAMERA SYSTEM IS SUCCESSFUL ON OUR DESKTOPS AND OUR OFFICES AND ALSO OUR SQUAD CARS, WHICH HAS BEEN, WHICH HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL. THE ONE, THE ONE PART OF OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON IS HOW THE SYSTEM IS AFFECTING THE PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA TALK TO MR PARIS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE JUST, WE HAVEN'T MEASURED YET AND THEN SEE KIND OF WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE FALLING IN AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR FEELINGS OF SAFETY. LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR PHASE TWO AGAIN, PLANS FOR BEYOND OUR PILOT PROJECT, AGAIN FOR THE, FOR THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT, UM, IDENTIFYING OVER TWO DOZEN SUSPECTS, RECOVERING COVERING MULTIPLE VEHICLES HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LPR SYSTEM WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. UM, DESPITE ONLY HAVING EIGHT LOCATIONS. CURRENTLY WE'VE SCANNED ABOUT 3.3 MILLION LICENSED PLATES. I KNOW ALSO FROM, FROM THE OFFICER LEARNING STANDPOINT, GOT CONFIRMATION TODAY THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT 1500 HITS WERE PUSHED OUT TO OUR, OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. SO THE ALERTS GOING OUT TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS FROM THE CAMERAS TO ABOUT 1500, THAT'S ABOUT 29 A WEEK. NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS FROM STOLEN CARS TO OTHER THINGS, NOT SO SEVERE. UM, BUT THE PROOF OF CONCEPT DESIGN HAS DEMONSTRATED, I THINK THE ABILITY FOR IT TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FORCE IN ASSISTING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS. SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND FROM MY, MY SUPERVISORS AND OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, THEY'D LIKE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY AND HITTING SOME HOTSPOTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS. SO LOOKING AT SOME SOLAR PORTABLE UNITS THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND BASED ON ACTIVITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER A FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. ALSO REGARDING SOME OF THE VIGILANT SOFTWARE, THEY'VE GOT A CELLULAR APPLICATION THAT IS EXTREMELY PROMISING. IT PUTS A, BASICALLY IT TURNS ANY CELL PHONE INTO A LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT OFFICERS CAN USE IN REAL TIME IN THE FIELD. IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY LOW COST CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF IT IT TAKES TO PUT FIXES IN OUR CITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AND FIND THAT OPTIMAL CAMERA UPDATE WORKING WITH. UH, IT AS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A DOZEN CAMERAS ACROSS A LOT OF PARKING LOTS AND TOWN BUILDINGS. THE CAMERAS ARE ON SEVEN DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE OLD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND SO RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE ALL THE OPTICAL CAMERAS INTO ONE FUNCTIONING SYSTEM THAT'S ON ONE PLATFORM AND THE HIGHEST DEFINITION THEN THERE'S HIGHS RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN, WE CAN AFFORD. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. SO FINALLY, MY LAST SLIDE, AGAIN, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF OUR PILOT PROJECT, WE WERE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT EXPANSION. UM, ARE THERE ANY, IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS PRIOR TO THAT. AND I WILL, I WILL STOP TALKING AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YEAH. CHIEF SPENCER, THIS IS MILAN. WILLISON. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR. CHIEF HEAR ME? YES SIR. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I JUST, UM, UH, ONE [00:40:01] OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD IS, IS I READ THE REPORT AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT INTEGRATION IN NEW, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, CAMERAS. UH, I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SHARE ANY PATIENT AS FAR AS ANYTIME INTEGRATION THAT WE HAVE OR NOT WITH MULTIFAMILY. SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION WAS THE, THE INTEGRATION OR THE USE OF OUR COMMERCIAL DATA? AND THEN YOU SAID ABOUT PUSHING THAT, PUSHING IT INTO OUR MULTIFAMILY AREAS. WELL, I WAS READING INTO THE REPORT AS WE WERE, WE'RE TAPPING INTO VARIOUS COMMERCIAL CAMERAS AND, AND SO KNOWING THAT, MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE TAPPING ANY MULTIFAMILY CAMERAS? SO RIGHT NOW, THE, BUT WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING TOO IS WE'RE USING COMMERCIAL DATA FROM MANY SOURCES. AGAIN, JUST TO REFRESH COUNCIL'S MEMORY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO, TO BE ABLE TO USE THE COMMERCIAL DATA, BUT WE DON'T SHARE ANY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAMERAS OR EXCUSE ME, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LPR EQUIPMENT. WE DO NOT SHARE OUR DATA WITH ANYONE ELSE, INCLUDING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET. SO WE'RE USING THING THAT COMMERCIAL DATA FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES. UH, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN MULTIFAMILY IS, UH, PRIVATE BUSINESSES LIKE TOW TRUCKS AND SOME OTHER, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE MOUNTED FOR COMMERCIAL COLLECTION, VISUAL AIDS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO DO THAT FOR THEM. AND THEY MAY DRIVE TO A APARTMENT COMPLEX, A HOTEL LOT OR A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. AND THERE'S CONSTANTLY COLLECTING DATA ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. SO AGAIN, THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE USE THEIR SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY INTEGRATED WITH THEM. IT'S MORE OF A, SORRY, PAUL, YOU FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON IT. NO, SORRY, GO AHEAD. I'M GOOD. BUT BASICALLY THE MULTIFAMILY, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY TOWN THAT HAS A LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION, UH, EQUIPMENT WHERE UNIT THAT IT COULD SHARE ITS DATA WITH US ON THOSE, THOSE TOW TRUCKS OR OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL ENTITIES THAT DO HAVE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION. WE DO, WE GET ACCESS TO THAT DATA. SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY MOBILE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM OR UNITS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED BY THOSE, THOSE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. UH, BUT THAT'S NOT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES THAT HAVE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAP INTO. BUT, BUT THOSE COMMERCIALS IS TOW TRUCKS AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL UNIT USES CAN AND SOMETIMES DO GO THROUGH A PARKING LOT OR MULTIFAMILY PARKING LOTS. AND THEY COULD BE, IF THEY'VE SCANNED SOMETHING BY WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A MULTIFAMILY PARKING LOT, THEN WE COULD GET ACCESS TO THAT ADDICT. OKAY. OKAY. AND I REALLY WASN'T, UM, LIMITING MY, MY QUESTION TO JUST LPRS. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US OR NOT TO TAP INTO MULTIFAMILY. THE CAMERA'S IN VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF MY THOUGHTS. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD IS, UM, I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO, TO, UH, TO HEAR MORE WHEN FIND OUT IF, UM, UH, IF DEAF LPRS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, AVAILABLE. I'M SORRY IT WASN'T WILSON. I MISSED THAT LAST PART. YOU CUT OUT ON MY SPEAKER. CAN YOU REPEAT PLEASE? OH YEAH. THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THE REPORT. REVERS WE'RE LOOKING INTO HIGH DEPTH, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS AND, AND I'M, I'M HERE TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS, UH, TO THAT IF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN WE GET THOSE RESULTS. YES, SIR. OH, PAUL, THIS IS IVAN. COULD I OFFER A COMMENT AND A QUESTION? YES, SIR. THE, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COUNCIL DIRECTION QUESTION THAT'S ON TOP, DOES COUNCIL FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS EXPANSION? MY POSITION IS YES, AND THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH ADDISON THAT I KNOW IS PARTICULARLY, HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CLEAR AND VOICING A DESIRE TO HAVE A SYSTEM PUT IN. BUT THAT'S THE TOP OF THE SECOND QUESTION. UM, THE, THAT I GET ABOUT THE LPRS IS, ARE WE GOING TO PUT UP SIGNS? OH, THE BAD GUYS, TO USE YOUR TERM, UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR LICENSE PLATE IS GOING TO BE VIEWED AS A DETERRENT. COULD YOU HEAR MY QUESTION? YES SIR. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PAUSE. I'M JUST, I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT ANYONE. SO RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE WE, WE SHARED OUR, OUR, UH, ON THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS RESPONSE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE [00:45:01] TALKED ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AND WE, WE MADE A DECISION NOT TO, TO ADVERTISE AND BEST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THE BAD GUYS TO NOT COUNTERMEASURES TO KEEP FROM BEING, UH, THEIR LICENSE PLATES BEING RED, LIKE EXAMPLE, TAKING THE LICENSE PLATES OFF, OBSCURING THEM WITH TAPE OR SOME OTHER, UH, THINGS. SO THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO EXPLORE THAT. WE CERTAINLY CAN, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T DO THAT. I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT. I JUST PUT IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A COMMON QUESTION. YES SIR. OKAY. THIS IS FALL OFF FOR WES. YOU KNOW, UH, I REMEMBER AFTER WE LOST THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND IT THEN PEOPLE LIVE AT ADDISON PLAY, YOU KNOW, REQUEST HOPEFULLY ONE WAY TO EXPANSION OTHER THAN EDISON AREA NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO LEG BORROWERS UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THEY MADE NUMEROUS REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR. SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, CERTAINLY, UM, WE, WE ARE PREPARED IF, IF THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM, WE WERE PREPARED TO GO AND, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS AND THEN BRING THOSE BACK TO COUNCIL. I THINK ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS WOULD EASILY BE, UH, THE ADDISON PLACE AREA. UH, WE'D BE KNOW THAT THE INTEREST THERE AND WE, WE THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK PRETTY EASILY. AS FAR AS LIKE FOREST, I KNOW I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO ME THEIR, THEIR DESIRE TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. THE CHALLENGE IS, IS IT IS A PRIVATE STREET. AND SO THERE IS A WAY FOR UM, UH, US AND WE'VE, I'VE COMMUNICATED THIS TO AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT OVER THERE, UH, THAT THEY AS A GROUP COULD PURCHASE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LPR EQUIPMENT. AND THEN ESSENTIALLY DONATED, DONATE IT TO THE TOWN AND THEN WE WOULD SEND, WE WOULD MONITOR IT ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WE, WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO AND, AND, AND, UH, DISCUSSING WITH THEM FURTHER, UH, WE'VE DONE THE RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE AND WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS OVER IN THAT AREA. UH, SO THAT IS, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO THIS POINT ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR CHIEF WACO, DOUBLE CHECKING EACH LPI LEADERS. SO IN CASE SOMEBODY HAS PAPER TAPE IT AS YOUR MEASURE, YOU KNOW, THEN HOW SOON YOU WOULD KNOW THEM. W WE DO QUARTERLY AUDITS ON THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT HASN'T BEEN TAMPERED WITH. UM, AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. AGAIN, WE DO OUR AUDITS AND IT SEEMED TO BE RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE. SO, UH, PART OF THAT IS, IS MY REPORTING TO THE COUNCIL AT AT YEAR'S END, WHICH I DID DURING THE LAST ANNUAL REPORT. AND SO OUR AUDITS ARE ALL PART OF THAT. WELL, WE DO CHECK IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, MAYOR? I WANT TO COMMENT THAT, UM, I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED WITH THIS REPORT. UM, UM, UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN. IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND PARTICULARLY IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE WE NEED IT. AND I COULD NOT BE MORE HAPPY WITH, UH, WITH WHAT, UH, UH, CHEAPEST TELLING US TONIGHT. SO, UM, UM, UM, ALL FOUR I HEARTEDLY SUPPORT EXPANSION OF THIS. UM, I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ADDISON PLACE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, UH, EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AS TO THE EXPANSION. IT'S NOT, AND I'M GOING TO CERTAINLY HAVE SOME REAL QUESTIONS AS TO WHY YOU WOULDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE THE NEXT PLACE OR ONE OF THE NEXT PLACES THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND THIS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT FOR SOME EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE OR REASON THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT TO BE PART OF THE, UM, THE NEXT EXPANSION. SO, UM, GREAT JOB CHEEKS. UH, UH, I'M THRILLED WITH THE RESULTS OF THIS. UM, I, I ALSO RESIST THE IDEA OF ADVERTISING THE, UM, THE USE OF THE LPRS. UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE, UM, THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS GOING TO GET THE WORD OUT ANYWAY, AND WE DON'T NEED [00:50:01] TO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE, THEY DON'T ATTRACT TON OF ATTENTION. UM, I SUPPOSE IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTED TO GO LOOK AND FIND THEM, THEY COULD OR RESEARCH THAT. BUT, UH, AGAIN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, CRIMINALS ARE NOT THAT SMART AND THEY'RE NOT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY LAZY, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF THE COMMUNITY TO, TO WANT TO DO THAT. UM, I DON'T SUGGEST THAT WE FOLLOW DOWN THAT PATH AT ALL ACTUALLY. SO LET'S BE, LET'S BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. BUT, UH, UH, UH, UM, I'M INTERESTED IN, AND, AND MANY OF THE THINGS YOU GOT MY IMAGINATION FLOWING HERE, CHIEF WITH, WITH SOME OF THE UPGRADES AND OTHER, UH, SOFTWARE THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND, AND UH, I, I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW THOSE, UH, SOFTWARE ADDITIONS AND UPGRADES ARE, ARE, UM, UH, INCORPORATED INTO YOUR, UH, EXPANSION RECOMMENDATIONS AND AS WELL AS THE LOCATION, ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATIONS OF THE, OF THE LPR. SO THAT'S MY FEEDBACK TIME FOR CHIEF. BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, THIS LPR, RAIDERS AND CAMERA IS A DETERRENT. IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE TO PREVENT ANY CRIMES FROM HAPPENING. SO ESPECIALLY IF WHEN SOMEBODY VISITS YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW, FIX SOMETHING, YOU'LL MAKE SURE TO PUT YOUR SERVER IN A HIDDEN PLACE. THEY'LL WANT TO SHOW OFF YOUR STUFF THOUGH, EXPOSE YOUR MONEY. SO JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS ALWAYS LEAVE YOUR CAR LOT AND THE GARAGE CLOSED. SO THE LPR, RAIDERS AND CAMERA IS JUST HELPING US, YOU KNOW, TO RESOLVE ANY CRIMES IF POSSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY IS COURAGE THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? SO YOU YOURSELF NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND DO YOUR PART. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO THANK CHIEF FOR THE REPORT. IT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SIX MONTHS FOR AN, IT SEEMS TO GO BY PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, AS, AS, UM, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, UH, I DO, I AGREE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS, UH, EXPANSION OF THE SYSTEM. UH, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT I'D LIKE TO, OR QUESTIONS THAT I LIKE FURTHER QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO BE ANSWERED AND PERHAPS WE COULD PUT A MONETARY VALUE ON, ON WHAT WE'RE SAVING HERE, UH, TIME, UH, EFFORTS SPENT, UH, THAT MAY, THAT MAY MAKE, UH, MAKE IT, UH, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE CHIEF, THE RESIDENTS. BUT I CERTAINLY BELIEVE WE SHOULD, UH, WE SHOULD GO EXPAND, EXPAND THE SYSTEM AND, UH, MAKE USE OF LIKE THE USE OF NERVE MULTIPLYING FORCE WITH THIS SYSTEM. AND MORE COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THEY'RE, THE ONLY COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THESE RESULTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, UH, SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION ON, ON WHAT, UH, WHAT THE POLICE FORCE RECOMMENDS FOR EXPANSION. UM, I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD HELP US. I THINK IT'D BE WHO, WHETHER HD, UM, LPRS PREVAIL OR NOT. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP. UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE, UH, I LOVE WHAT I WAS FEEDING INTO THIS ABOUT INTEGRATION INTO OTHER THINGS, NOT JUST LPR. UM, AND ANY, ANY MORE OF THAT INTEGRATION WE CAN DO STUPID HELPFUL WITH THAT COME FROM MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL CAMERAS, OPTICAL CAMERAS, WHAT HAVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS POSSIBLE AFTER, AFTER READING YOUR REPORT. SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS GOING FORWARD. SO WEST, DO WE NEED ANY KIND OF A CONSENSUS, THE HANDY WAY TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS WHEN THEY WILL PUT AN EXPENSE PROGRAM OR NOT? MAYOR? I THINK I'VE GOT, UH, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, I THINK THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXPANSION. SO THE NEXT STEP THAT WE WILL DO IS, IS GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE WE WOULD, WE WOULD, WOULD PUT [00:55:01] ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS OR UNITS AND UH, AND THEN TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE SOLUTIONS THERE. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THAT AND UH, AND, AND THAT'LL BE HERE IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST ONE MINUTE AT THIS SPACE AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. ANY MORE COMMENTS? IF NOT, UH, ARMA IS THERE ANYBODY CALLING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO SIR. NO ONE'S CALLED IN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOUR MOM. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA. [ 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.] I, I'M A FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE. IS THERE ANY TO BE PULLED MIRROR, WHICH I, TIMMY LIKES MARLIN FOR EIGHT BY EIGHT. OKAY. SO NUMBER NINE GQ NEPAL. I'M A NIGHT. SO WHY HAVE MOTION TO OUR FOODS NUMBER ITEM FOUR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN. OH SHIT BY TOM. ANY SECOND? I'VE BEEN SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE? ALRIGHT, I TIM NOW. BYE. [8. Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve a Contract Between the Town of Addison and Ricoh U.S.A., Inc., for the Purchase of Fourteen (14) all in one Copier-Printer-Scanner, Print Services, Related Services, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $84,040.16.] YES SIR. THANK YOU. MA'AM. THE REASON I, NUMBER EIGHT IS JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME COMPLICATIONS OR CLARIFICATION ON THE AGENDA. ACTION. UM, AND I SPOKE WITH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER EARLIER TODAY, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THIS IS A ONE TIME, UH, W FIRST YEAR EXPENSE OF CLOSING $40 AND 16 AND THE NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING, UH, FOR VARIOUS, UH, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE EQUIPMENT. AGAIN, WE'RE PAYING FOR COPY COSTS AND OTHER COSTS THAT MAY, MAY EQUATE TO 10 TO 15 TO $40,000 A YEAR. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION THAT FROM YOU WES AND, AND BEFORE, UM, BEFORE. SURE. SURE. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM IS, IS THE ONE TIME PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SOME SERVICES TO PROVIDE THAT EQUIPMENT. THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THIS, WE WILL HAVE AN ONGOING SERVICE AGREEMENT AND ESSENTIALLY WE PAY THE SERVICE SUITE SERVICES. WE PAY FOR OUR, UH, MAINTENANCE, UM, THE, THE, THE DELIVERY, UH, UTILIZATION OF TONER AND UH, HE CAN ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH RUNNING THE TOP YEARS. CAUSE THESE ARE MULTIFUNCTION MACHINES, RIGHT? THEY'RE A COPIER, PRINTER, A SCANNER, EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT. SO EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO MAINTAINING THOSE MACHINES AND KEEPING THEM OPERABLE IS WHAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THEM. AND WE'LL PAY FOR THAT ON A PER COPY BASIS. UM, GOING FORWARD, WE WERE BUDGETING BETWEEN 10 AND $15,000 ANNUALLY GOING FORWARD, UH, FOR THESE, FOR THE MAINTENANCE ESSENTIALLY OF THESE, THIS EQUIPMENT. SO THAT IS, UH, THAT IS, I HOPE THAT'S CLARIFIED THAT. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT OUR PLAN IS. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I NEED YOU HAD, I MOVED TO AS SUBMITTED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE MOTION FROM MARLIN AND THE SECOND FRONT. TOM OR YOU FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SAY AYE. OPPOSE. ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER NINE. [9. Consider Action to Approve a Bid Award to McMahon Contracting, LP (for the Base Bid plus Bid Alternate 1) for the Reconstruction of George Haddaway Drive and Associated Pavements at Addison Airport and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount not to Exceed $652,824.90. ] MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, I WANT TO DO, JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER NINE. UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING. UH, THE EFFORT, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, JOEL AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, UH, FOR, UH, THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT IN BECAUSE THE TIMING OF THIS WAS A, YOU KNOW, A BIT CHALLENGING. UH, THE BID PRE-BID WAS ACTUALLY DONE ONLINE OR, UH, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS NOT DONE IN PERSON AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, IF IT HAD, IF THEY HAD, UH, EXCUSE ME, IF IT WAS THE FIRST OF THOSE THAT HAVE HAD, UH, UM, HAPPENED IN THE CITY DURING THE SAME TIME. UH, BUT, UH, FORTUNATELY FOR US, THE TOWN, UH, WE HAD NINE BIDDERS AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE THAT CAME UNDER THE, UH, THE ESTIMATES FROM THE ENGINEER. [01:00:01] SO, UM, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PAST GETTING ENOUGH BITTERS AND, UH, UH, I KNOW THE GROUP HERE LIKES TO GET MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR AND, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS TURNED OUT VERY COMPETITIVE AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER NINE AS PRESENTED. SO I EMOTION FROM AND ALSO I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 10, HOLD A [10. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Establishing Minimum Standards of Care for Youth Recreation Programs Conducted by the Town for Elementary Age Children Ages 5 Through 13; Providing for Compliance with Section 42.041(b)(14) of the Texas Human Resources Code. ] PROPERTY HEARING. PRESENT. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY THE TOP FOR ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN, AGE FIVE THROUGH 13, PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 42 DASH ZERO FOUR ONE 14 OF THE TEST AS A HUMAN RACE POSES. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST RANDY ROGERS. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATION. UM, THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE REQUIRES US TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU EVERY YEAR, UH, TO BE APPROVED BY ORDINANCE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THE STANDARDS OF CARE IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS MAINLY INCLUDES OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AS WELL AS OTHER CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LIKE OUR SPRING BREAK CAMP. THE DOCUMENT HAS REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, FACILITY STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, FIRE DRILLS, PROGRAMMING STAFF TRAINING, AND MUCH MORE. PRETTY MUCH COVERS EVERYTHING. WE DO, TOP RATE AT CAMP. UM, AND THEN WE PROVIDE A COPY TO EACH PARENT. AND THEN THE DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. UH, THIS HAS BEEN A UNIQUE YEAR FOR EVERYBODY OF COURSE. UH, DUE TO COVERT 19, THE PLANS FOR SUMMER CAMP, WE'RE ON HOLD. UH, TYPICALLY AT THIS TIME WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIRING SUMMER CAMP STAFF AND TRAINING AND WE WOULD HAVE STARTED CAMP, UH, THE WEEK OF JUNE 1ST. UM, OUR FOCUS AS A STAFF HAS BEEN GETTING THE CLUB BACK OPEN WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES WHERE WE'RE FOLLOWING AND THEN GRADUALLY INCREASING OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. UH, AS STATED BEFORE THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT CAMPS COULD BE OPEN, UH, MAY 31ST. SO STAFF IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN SO WE CAN DO A SAFE AND SUSTAIN SUSTAINABLE SUMMER CAMP. UM, IF WE DO HOLD CAMP THIS YEAR, WE'RE CONSIDERING DELAYING THE CAMP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE OF OUR ROOM SPACE IS SMALL. AND OF COURSE THERE ARE NEW GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE AND CDC TO HAVE A SUMMER CAMP. UM, AND LIKE THE LIFEGUARDS TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY HIRED THE STAFF AND GOT THAT GOING. SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PLAN TO USE OUR EXISTING STAFF. WE HAVE A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND SOME OUR CHILDREN'S CENTER STAFF THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND. BUT AT THIS TIME STAFF IS MEETING INTERNALLY. WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND THEN WE HOPE TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT VERY SOON. SO WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER? ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE A DOPE QUESTION. I WILL OPEN UP THIS FOR POVERTY HEARING. ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS ITEM IS LISTED AT THE POVERTY HEARING. IF ANYONE IN PUBLIC LACK TO COLEEN, YOU CAN DO SO. IRMA, DO I HAVE ANYBODY CALLING? NO SIR. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING AND I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. I DON'T BELIEVE HAMID HAS RECEIVED ANYTHING EITHER. ALL RIGHT. NOBODY CALLED WHY? IT SAYS NO. WHY IN PUBLIC WHICH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I HEAR BY CLOSE THE POVERTY HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? SO MOVE MAYOR. SO A PAUL WATERMAN MOTION. DID I HEAR A MARLIN SECOND DEATH GQ CHICO SECOND YET. ALL YOU FAVOR SAY AYE PLEASE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED ITEM [01:05:01] 11, PRESENT, [11. Present, Discuss, Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve Re-Appointing Gary Slagel to a Two-Year Term on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors.] DISCUSS. CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE RAY APPOINTING AIRY SLAGLE TO A TWO YEAR TERM ON THE DOLLAR SIERRA DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WES. YEAH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE TOWNS OF ADDISON AND HIGHLAND PARK IN THE CITIES OF CITY UNIVERSITY PARK. SEIZING RICHARDSON, SHARE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DALLAS AREA, RAPID TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, GARY SLAGLE, HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING IN THIS ROLE AND HE HAS BEEN SERVING, UH, FOR SOME TIME AND WE BELIEVE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, HIS CURRENT TERM IS EXPIRING ON JUNE THE 30TH 2020. ALL 4 MILLION PALSIES HAVE CONCURRED, UH, THAT THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO REAPPOINT MR SLAGLE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM THAT WOULD EXPIRE JULY, EXCUSE ME, JUNE 30TH OF 2020 A TWO OR THE AGENDA MEMO IS INCORRECT. SO, UM, UH, WE, UH, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, AND PUT FORWARD THE SITE AND FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST MAKE A COMMENT. ALL REPRESENTATIVE, GARY SOLEGO IS A FORMER MAYOR OF RICHARDSON, I BELIEVE FOR 13 YEARS AND HE HAS LOTS OF CONTACT AND KNOWLEDGE. HE REPRESENTED US AND HE ALWAYS LET US KNOW IN THE MYSELF, UH, NOTIFY US SOME RELATION INVOLVED IN AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE FATHER AND UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU'RE A PATIENT. I AM. YEAH. YEAH, I AGREE. JOE, HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR ALL THE CITIES THAT HE REPRESENTS AND IT'S, HIS KNOWLEDGE IS INVALUABLE, YOU KNOW, AS IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DARK AND MMM. I THINK WE SHOULD REAPPOINT THE AREA. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. SORRY, FINISH. COME. I'M SORRY. NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT HIM FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM. OKAY. IVAN, SO I HAD A MOTION TO SECOND, YOU KNOW, UH, IVAN YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I WAS GOING TO SHARE, I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT TOM AND WESA BOTH SAID. I THINK THAT GARY HAS DONE AN ADMIRABLE JOB AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HAD HIM AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE THERE. GREAT. DIED EMOTION FROM TOM BRON SECOND FOUND LORI WARD ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE. WE ARE POINTING GARY'S LEGO TO THE PORT DIRECTOR OF DAWN. THEY, I OPPOSE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 12, PRESENT [12. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve a Software License and Services Agreement Between the Town of Addison and Paradigm Traffic Systems, Inc., for the Evaluation, Consultation, Implementation, Customization and Configuration of an Advanced Traffic Management System and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $598,600.00. ] HIS COUSIN CONSTITUTE OR ACTION ON A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A SOFTWARE LICENSE AND SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON PARADON TRAFFIC SYSTEMS FOR THE EVALUATION, CONSULTATION, IMPLEMENTATION, CUSTOMIZATION AND CONFIGURATION OF AN ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND A MONTH NOT TO EXCEED $598,600. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL CALLIGRAPHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL HAPPY AND SAFE AND HEALTHY. IF YOU ALLOW ME, I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU ALL AND UH, . OKAY. YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION? YEAH. OKAY. UM, BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT IS A SOFTWARE LICENSED PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEM. WHAT EVALUATION, CONSULTATION AND CONFIGURATION OF ADVANCED TRAFFIC COMMAND. THE PRESENTATION IS A COMPROMISE OR BACKGROUND INFORMATION SYSTEM SELECTION, CREATURE OR ANY OF MUSIC FOR A NON TRAFFIC [01:10:01] MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ALSO CLOUD BASED SYSTEM WHICH IS GLANCE AND PANIC. WE'LL KEEP YOU A LITTLE BIT BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND INFORMATION YOU NEED. FOLLOW UP. 2018 THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL FIRST DISCUSSED THE NEED TO IDENTIFY AND DEFINE IMPORTANT PROJECT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE LATE 2018 BASED ON ONGOING DISCUSSION, HOW TO BE DRIVEN BY THE INSTITUTION OF THE STRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT PROCESS RESULTED IN THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOOKS AND TO RECOMMEND ACTION TO THE PAYER AND COUNCIL IN 2019 AS FOLLOWS, THE COMMITTEE STAFF MADE PRESENTATIONS AND ALL THE AREA OF THE TOWN HAVING BOND LEGIBLE AND THE FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF IDENTIFY SYSTEM WAS ONE ON JUNE 11 2019 BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTED AND AS A RESULT OF A BAD RECOMMENDATION, HE COUNCIL DECIDED TO HOLD ELECTION FIVE SEPARATE PROBABLY ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2000 ALL PROPOSITIONS TO BE PASSED PROPOSITION. THAT LAST TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT OF 600,000 WAS ONE OF THE BOND PROJECT BY THE ADIS. FOLLOWING THAT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS JANUARY, 1320 13 AS A PREFER THE PROPOSED SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO UPGRADE THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE UNITS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS HEREDITARY TO CHOOSE THE SYSTEMS THAT OFFER CLOUD BASED PREEMPTION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK TECHNOLOGY. AS THAT WAS MANDATORY BECAUSE CLOUD OR THE LINE OF SIGHT FAIL, WE WERE REQUIRING THAT SYSTEMS OFFER OVER THE AIR AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE UPGRADING AT APPROXIMATELY 37 LOCATION INTERCEPT, UPDATING ALL OF THOSE, TOUCHING THEM ONE ON ONE PRETTY MUCH IN BOSTON AND WE ALSO WERE LOOKING FOR A TOOL THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION, ALSO GIVING US MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT GOING FORWARD. 80 OF THE USERS YOU TRANSPORTATION FOR MASS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GOES TO FOUR AREAS. THE OTHER ONE IS CHRONIC CONTROLLER PREEMPTION AND THE APPS CONNECTED SCHOOL BEACON SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW US OR MONITORS AND CONTROL, WE CAN CHANGE THE SCAG REMOTE AND THE SYSTEM IS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO CHECK AND SEND US THE 50 AND IT CHECK THE BATTERY. THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC WAS THE SECOND AREA WHICH WE COULD MA WIRELESSLY MONITOR A MAJOR, ALL TRAFFIC AND THERE'S SOME SUPPORT COUNTS. VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK, ADAMANT BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS ET CETERA. THEIR SYSTEM IS IN LINE WITH YOUR PAST AND SINCE WE COULD PRETTY MUCH MANAGING OUR SYSTEM AND THEY'RE OFFERING PAY TO LEARN NETWORK CONNECTION, WHICH [01:15:01] WE DID NOT WANT TO DO. THE CONSTRUCTION FIBER TO THE LOOP. AND WE ARE UH, TO THE POINT THAT THE POWER, UH, THE THIRD AREA IS EMOTIONS PREEMPTION SYSTEM, WHICH SUPPORTS SIMULTANEOUS CLOUD AND LINE OF SIGHT SUPPORT, CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY, WHICH I'M GOING TO SUPPORT 900 MEGAHERTZ RADIO SUPPORT, PREEMPTIVE GREAT DEPICTION OF PUBLIC CLOUDS POCKET AS YOU SEE FROM THE TIME THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEN, UH, IT COMMUNICATES THE CLOUD CLOUD SOME WHICH AND ADAPT THEIR FOURTH AREA I THEIR SOLUTION CONNECT TRAVEL SAFETY. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THAT CITIZEN TO THE SMART. WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE REVOLUTIONIZE RANDOM. THESE ARE THE AREAS THE APP COULD HELP US AND OUR RESIDENT AS A DRIVER TO GO TO THE, THIS IS A SMALL VIDEO THAT, UH, AFTER THAT WE COULD OPEN UP FOR YOU MIGHT HAVE ON, UH, ALSO ABOUT A SITE THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOUR OTHER PEOPLE ON CALL RYAN MURRAY. THEY ARE WITH UH, UH, PANADEINE, THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED AND I'M NOT A MANAGER FOR THIS SYSTEM. THAT HELPS YOU GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING SAFELY. TRAVEL SAFELY WORKS IF YOU'RE DRIVING, WALKING, BIKING, WHEELING OR SKATING, YOU'RE REALTIME AUDIO NOTIFICATIONS. SO YOU CAN FOCUS ON YOUR SURROUNDINGS, GET NOTIFIED WHEN YOU'RE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT OR WHEN IT'S TIME TO GET READY FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY VEHICLES. HELPING THEM RESPOND TO CALLS FASTER. GET NOTIFIED WHEN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLES APPROACH OR WHEN YOU SHARE THE ROAD WITH YOUR TELLS YOU WHEN YOU'RE PASSING US. AND IF YOU NEED TO SLOW IT DOWN, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS CROSSING EVERY TIME YOU OPEN TRAVEL SAFELY, YOU'RE HELPING MAKE A BETTER COMMUTING EXPERIENCE. WE'LL DO THE TRAVEL SAFELY AND TODAY WINNER COMMUNITY VISA IS COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR ROADS SAFE. AH, THAT'S A END OF THE PRESENTATION AND UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SURE. WHEN DO YOU SEE THIS BEING GOOD? WE ARE BECAUSE OF NATURE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, WE ARE OUTSIDE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WOULD HAPPEN FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. WE GO LIVE STARTING WHEN UH, AFTER UH, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT TOMORROW, WE COULD JUST START IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY SPEAKER DOWN BECAUSE I GOT A MASTER'S IN THAT WAS TOO LOUD. NOT GOOD THEN HERE YOU ARE. SO I MEAN I'M INTERESTED ABOUT THE APP. SO IS THAT, [01:20:02] IS THAT APP PROVIDING ANY DATA TO, TO THE SYSTEM AT ALL? IS IT STRICTLY JUST THE USER RECEIVING WARNINGS? I MEAN, UM, UM, OR IS THERE, IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN JUST THAT? THAT'S FANTASTIC. JEFF, I TO ASK JEFF, YOU'RE ON MUTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAROL SMITH. YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST PART REALLY ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT ALLOWS EACH OF THE DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS OR ANYBODY THAT'S MOVING IN AND AROUND THE CITY TO GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS. WE HAVE SOME OTHER TOOLS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SHARE THAT VEHICLES ARE APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS. SO IT WOULD SERVE SOMEWHAT AS A DETECTION APPLICATION. SO AS, AS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOWARDS INTERSECTIONS IN DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT IT COULD ANNOUNCE THE PRESENCE OF AN ARRIVING VEHICLE. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE APPLICATION COULD BE UTILIZED AS A PART OF THE SYSTEM. SO I'M A, I'M A USER OF WAYS. AND SO HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THAT OR CONFLICT WITH IT? YOU KNOW, I, I PLUGGED THAT IN AND, AND YOU KNOW, PLUG IT INTO MY, UH, UH, PHONE AND IT DISPLAYS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAP AND EVERYTHING ON THE UH, ON THE CAR AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO, WE ASKED ME A FEW TRAFFIC AND GENERALLY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB, UM, OF THAT. UH, SO DOES WHAT, WHERE DOES THIS APP COME INTO PLAY WITH, WITH USING WAYS AS AN EXAMPLE? I THINK THE BEST PART IS IT SERVES AS A COMPLIMENT TO WHAT WAYS IS DOING WAYS, AS MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS A CROWDSOURCED STYLE APP USER APPLICATION WHERE THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT. SO AS USERS ARE BEING DIRECTED BY WAYS, OUR APP WORKS ALONGSIDE WAYS AND IS INTENDED TO AUDIBLY ANNOUNCE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AS THE DRIVER IS DRIVING. WE DON'T EVER INTEND FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE THE APP RUNNING AND LOOKING AT IT AS A DISTRACTION. WE JUST WANT IT TO BE AN AUDIBLE MESSAGE TO EACH OF THE DRIVERS. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND WHILE THEY'RE FOLLOWING WAYS OR THEIR MATTER MAP SYSTEM OF CHOICE AND THEY'RE GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON FROM THE SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS AROUND ADDISON. OKAY. SO, AND OBVIOUSLY A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS IS A PREEMPTION PIECE OF THIS FOR, FOR UM, W I I TYPICALLY THINK OF THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT, BUT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A PART OF THIS AS WELL? UM, AND, AND CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW? CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE STROBE LIGHT TYPE SITUATION AND THAT GIVES US SOME PREEMPTION, BUT CAN YOU, UH, MANAGE OUR, OUR, OUR EXPECTATIONS AS TO HOW THIS IS IMPROVING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THAT AND, AND, AND ALSO USING UTIL UTILIZING FOR THE DEPARTMENT IF, IF THAT, IF IN FACT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I PRESUME THAT QUESTION IS FOR ME, FOR ANYBODY. SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THE ANSWER. HOW ABOUT THAT? I, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE DISCUSSION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, WE DID NOT INCLUDE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN PREVENTION PROCESS AS OF NOW. BUT, WELL, IF, IF THAT'S A POLICY PROCESS IS THAT WAY WE COULD INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE TO JUST ADD THEM TO THE SYSTEM. OKAY. IS THERE A REASON WE DON'T HAVE THE POLICE INVOLVED IN THIS? I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, PUTTING THE OPTIC ON SYSTEM ON ALL THOSE VEHICLES IS EXPENSIVE. SO, AND IF I MIGHT ADD AS WELL, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A SECOND PART TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT LICENSED, UH, LIGHT-BASED SYSTEM. UM, I, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO WITH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM AND THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THAT WERE UTILIZING CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN MOVING VEHICLES AND STATIONARY INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. SO THE OLD SYSTEM WAS STRICTLY LINE OF SIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE BEHIND BUILDINGS, AROUND CORNERS, BEHIND VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT OBSTRUCTS THAT, UM, THAT LIGHT BEAM BETWEEN THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE INTERSECTION WHERE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WE'RE USING CELLULAR AND WE'RE TALKING THE INTERSECTIONS MILES AWAY IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR APPROACH BASED ON THE SPEED OF THOSE VEHICLES TO GO INTO PREVENTION. OKAY. SO, UM, WES IS, IS, IS IT JUST AS EXPENSIVE BUT WE'D STILL HAVE THAT EXPENSE HURDLES WITH THE CLOUD BASED SYSTEM AS WE DID WITH THE APP, WITH THE OPTICAL, [01:25:01] UH, THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND WE STILL, WE'RE STILL UP AGAINST THAT. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I KNOW THE OPTICOM SYSTEM IS, IS, IS A COST, BUT UH, SO WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NUMBER ONE IF THAT, IF COST IS STILL AN ISSUE AND A NUMBER TWO, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT, WE WOULD WANT TO DO FROM A POLICE VEHICLE PERSPECTIVE. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO TOO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OR, OR, OR IS IT CHIEF TELLING YOU WE DON'T REALLY NEED THIS OR THAT? HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF ABOUT IT. SO IT WAS, I GOT THE FA, WHETHER OR NOT WE, WE, WE, WE, WE INCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS NOT BEEN A POINT OF DISCUSSION. SO, UM, IF IT, IF IT, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, WE WILL APPROPRIATE TIME AND IT IS NOT DISCUSSED YET. THAT DOESN'T COST MUCH MONEY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, DOES IT? NO. OKAY. I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. RIGHT. IT MAY BE A SHORT DISCUSSION THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, IT OCCURS TO ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOOD WE'RE GETTING WITH, WITH THESE LEAPS AND TECHNOLOGIES IS DRIVING DOWN THE COST SO MUCH AND BEING ABLE TO SPREADS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE BENEFITS OF, OF THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO HAVING THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT WAS, THOSE, THOSE HAVEN'T RUN RED LIGHTS AND STUFF. IT'S A DANGEROUS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND UM, BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND, AND, AND, AND INVOLVE THEM IF IT MAKES ANY SENSE. THANK YOU. AMIT, THIS IS GQ. CAN YOU TELL ME IF WE SHOULDN'T SEE ANY INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS? THE SYSTEM? NO, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY INTERRUPTION AT ALL. OH THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I KNOW THERE'S A, THE OLD SYSTEM WAS 12 YEARS OLD. IT WAS A ITEM, UH, PROPOSITION E ON THE BOND WHICH DID PASS AND I THINK WEST COULD PROBABLY REMIND US WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IT PASSED BY. UH, BUT UH, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE UM, HELPING TO CUT, CUT DOWN A CRITICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH IS YOU CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING WE DO. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS NEW SOFTWARE APPLIED TO OUR SYSTEM IN CERTAIN INTERSECTION. SOMETIME YOU WAIT FOR MANY, MANY MINUTES. IT DOESN'T CHANGE. SO I DROVE AROUND TOWN, I KNOW WHICH CORNER AND THE CORNER INTERSECTION SO FAR AND I HOPE IT CAN RESOLVE ALL THE ISSUES, NUMBER ONE. AND THE EASIER TO FOR YOU INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TIME PEOPLE DO BULLY. AND THE OTHER THING IS AS FAR AS YOU MUST GO THROUGH INTERSECTION WITH THE CHANGE OF LIFE, IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS. I BELIEVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT BY ENGINE HAS A FACILITY, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ALL POLICE CAR EQUIPPED WITH IT. BUT IT'S DANGEROUS TO A REGULAR TRAFFIC. ALL THE STUDIES YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH OFTEN, OFTEN CREATE EVEN MORE ACCIDENT EVEN THOUGH YOUR INTENTION KIND OF SAFE COMBINED. BUT SOMETIME YOU STOP URGENT, URGENT, BIG. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THAT YOU GET TO WORK BY EIGHT AND OTHER EXIT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS. DO WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE MOTION? OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. I HAVE MOTION FROM IVAN HUGHES. THAT GUN FROM PAUL. WARDEN, ALL YOU IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 13 [13. Present and Discuss the Finance Department Quarterly Financial Report of the Town of Addison for the Fiscal Year 2020 Second Quarter Ended March 31, 2020. ] PRESENT. DISCUSS THE FINANCE [01:30:01] DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 ON THE SECOND QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31ST GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HERE WITH ME AS I SHARE MY SCREEN. YOU'RE ON. CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN? NOT YET. IT'S GETTING THERE. OH, I SEE YOU'RE BOTH GREAT AT. WELL, ONCE AGAIN, STEVEN GLICKMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. WHAT ELSE? UM, OUR EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD, THESE ARE OUR FINANCIAL INDICATORS. UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THAT ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL INDICATORS THROUGH MARCH 31ST ARE GREEN. UH, THE BAD NEWS IS THAT MOST OF THESE NUMBERS DO NOT CONTAIN ANY IMPACT YET FROM THE COBIT 19 PANDEMIC. UM, SO AS WE PROCEED THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL START TO SEE SOME OF THESE, UH, SOURCES OF REVENUE, UH, TURN INTO A YELLOW OR A RED SITUATION, POTENTIALLY STARTING WITH THE ADD THE ALUM, UH, PROPERTY TAXES. UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE RIGHT AT RIGHT AT BELOW 100% OF OUR BUDGET. SO TRENDING VERY POSITIVELY THERE. UH, NON-PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH ARE SALES TAXES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES. SO FAR, 55, ONE 7% OF THE BUDGET HAS BEEN COLLECTED, SO POSITIVE IN THAT ASPECT. AGAIN, THOSE ARE NOT CONTAINING MONTHS YET THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY MEDIA PANDEMIC, A HOTEL TAX THAT WAS COLLECTED ONE MONTH IN A YEAR. WE'RE TRENDING RIGHT ONLINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AS FAR AS BUDGET GOES. A FRANCHISE FEE. WE'RE TRENDING VERY POSITIVELY AS FAR AS THE BUDGET. ALSO ALONG WITH THE PERMITTING AND LICENSE FEES, TRENDING VERY POSITIVELY. BUILDING PERMITS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR FISCAL YEAR 20, 20 BUDGET. MY RENTAL INCOME, THIS IS PRIMARILY AIRPORT RELATED, UH, TRENDING RIGHT ALONG WITH BUDGET. AGAIN, THIS IS A PRE AFFECTS OF THE COBIT 19 FINES AND PENALTIES TRENDING ALMOST HALFWAY, UH, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES. AND THEN SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE, THIS IS INLINE WITH WHEN THOSE EVENTS OCCUR. SO NOT OUTSIDE OF WARM AS WE RELATE TO WHERE WE'RE AT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WATER AND SEWER CHARGES, THOSE REVENUES ARE COLLECTED A MONTH AND A YEAR'S. UH, SO WE ARE TRENDING POSITIVELY IN THAT RESPECT. UH, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THE YEAR. OUR, OUR, OUR, UM, MO, UH, QUARTERS THAT ARE LEAST EFFECTED BY THE WINTER. UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE GENERAL FOAM WHERE 44% OF OUR BUDGET, UH, THROUGH THROUGH HALF OF ME OR SOMETHING TRENDING VERY POSITIVELY THERE. UH, THE HOTEL FORMS, UH, JUST UNDER 32% OF THE BUDGET OF THE PENN EXPENDED, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, JUST OVER 38% OF THE BUDGET HAS BEEN EXPENDED. AND THEN WE'RE PORT OPERATIONS AND FACILITY OPERATIONS ARE JUST OVER THAT 50% THRESHOLD. NOTHING TO BE ALARMED BY IT YET. SO WE ARE MONITORING THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, THOSE AREAS WILL COME WITHIN THEIR APPROPRIATION. UH, FINANCIAL AND STAFFING INDICATORS. WITHIN THE QUARTER. WE HAD, UH, FOUR SEPARATIONS, UH, AND 13, UH, NEW HIRES, UH, 11 NEW HIRES WERE FULL TIME POSITIONS AND THEN TWO WERE PART TIME POSITIONS. UH, FULL TIME POSITIONS WERE WITHIN CONFERENCE CENTER, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, FINANCE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORK, UH, AND THEN ONE EACH IN PARKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THERE. FIVE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS, ZERO HAS BEEN PAID OUT ON THOSE AGREEMENTS. WE DID JUST CONFIRM, UH, UH, ONE FOR VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, UH, WHICH, WHICH SHOULD PAY TO THIRD QUARTER. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING, COMING THROUGH IN THE NEXT, UM, UH, FINANCIAL UPDATE. AND THEN OUR SECOND QUARTER SALES TAX COMPARISON. UH, INTERESTING NOTE ON THIS ONE IS THAT, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, WE HAD A VERY LARGE AUDIT PAYMENT OF ABOUT $517,000 IN THAT FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2019. SO THAT'S WHY, UH, WHEN WE COMPARE THE RAW DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE SHOW A 10% DECREASE FOR THIS QUARTER, IF YOU REMOVE THAT VERY [01:35:01] LARGE AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT WE RECEIVED, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE TRENDING ABOUT 2.7% ABOVE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO IN, IN RAW DOLLARS, YES, WE ARE TRENDING, UH, BEHIND WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AS FAR AS THIS QUARTER GOES. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, SO TO SPEAK, WE ARE TRENDING ABOUT 2.7% ABOVE WHERE WE WERE LAST, UH, ECONOMIC INDICATORS. SO SOME, SOME REALLY INTERESTING, UH, NOTES ON HERE. UM, ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS STEADY FOR, UH, THE 14 MONTHS LEADING UP TO MARCH. AND THEN MARCH YOU START TO SEE A, A VERY SHARP UPWARD TICK, UH, THAT IS RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE COBIT 19 PANDEMIC, UM, HOTEL REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO HERE, UM, IN MARCH OF 2020, A VERY LARGE DECREASE AS FAR AS REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM. AND AS YOU MOVE ON TO THE HOTEL STATISTICS, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, VERY SHARP DECREASE, UH, THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO THAT OCCUPANCY WHICH, WHICH WENT FROM ABOUT 70% IN FEBRUARY DOWN TO BELOW 40% IN MARCH. AND THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOTELS BEING, UH, FOR THE MOST PART CLOSED FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH. UM, OCCUPANCY INDICATORS, OFFICE OCCUPANCY IS DOWN 5.6%, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WHILE RETAIL OCCUPANCY IS UP 2.2%. UH, AND AGAIN, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, TRENDED DOWN 11.3%. AND THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM TRENDED DOWN 17.1%, AND THAT IS GREATLY EFFECTED BY THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH. THERE'S A TOTAL PERMIT AND VALUATION, UH, TO DATE 742 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THE VALUATION OF THOSE IS APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER A $80 MILLION. AND THEN OUR QUARTERLY PERMIT ACTIVITY YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, 2017, THERE WERE, UH, VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF ROOF PERMITS, WHICH WOULD BE IN THAT, IN THAT GREEN BOX THERE. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE AGAIN, A LOT OF ROOF PERMITS, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL PERMITS, WHICH MAKE UP THAT GREEN BOX WHERE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE COME FROM ORANGE BOXES WITH BUILDING. THEN OUR MONTHLY SALES TAX COLLECTION. UM, THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018, 2019 AND 20, 20 THROUGH MARCH. AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE, UH, VERY LARGE AUDIT PAYMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED. EVERYTHING ELSE IS RELATIVELY, UH, RELATIVELY PREDICTABLE. JANUARY OF 2019 VERY LARGE AUDIT PAYMENT. THAT IS, UH, UH, ABOUT $17,000 MARCH OF 2018 AND MAY OF 2018. AGAIN, TWO VERY LARGE AUDIT PAYMENTS. UM, AND THEN, UH, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS REMARKED. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YEAR TO DATE, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, UH, WE HAVE BEEN TRENDING POSITIVELY EXCEPT IN THOSE MONTHS WE HAD AN AUDIT . AND WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. SINCE THERE ARE LESS THAN THAT, ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN WEEKS AFFECTED BY, I THINK IN MARCH. SO MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS TYPICALLY PRETTY GOOD AT THE END OF THE SECOND, BUT THE THIRD QUARTER GOING TO BE KIND OF AWFUL, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, SEE THAT EVEN YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT. THE AREA WHERE WE WILL BE MOST, UM, AFFECTED WILL BE OTOC UNC TAX. UM, AND AGAIN, WE COLLECT THAT A MONTH IN ARREARS. SO WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED TO DATE HAS BEEN THROUGH, UH, APRIL, UM, OCCUPANCY AND TRENDING, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY IT IS GETTING BETTER. SO WE, WE GET A REPORT EVERY WEEK AND THE OCCUPANCY IS TAKING UP STILL SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN IT HAS BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS. UM, AS FAR AS SALES TAX GOES, UM, WE ARE SEEING A DOWN TICK IN THAT FOR THE ONE MONTH THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. UH, HOW FAR AND HOW DEEP THAT GOES IS STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED. UH, WE GET THAT DATA, UH, THE SECOND WEEK OF EACH MONTH AND THAT IS BASICALLY, UM, FOR TWO MONTHS PRIOR. SO [01:40:01] WHAT WE GET IN, UH, THE MIDDLE OF JUNE THAT WILL BE FOR ACTUALLY APRIL SALES TAX COLLECTED. SO THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST REAL MONTH OF FULL, UH, FULL SALES TAX DATA THAT WE WOULD GET. AND WE'LL GET THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. UH, MIXED BEVERAGE TAX. UH, THE PAYMENT THAT WE GOT, UH, FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WAS LARGELY UNAFFECTED, UH, BY, UH, ANY, UH, ANYTHING WITH THE PANDEMIC AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL. UH, HOWEVER THE NEXT QUARTER WILL BE SEVERELY HIT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, FROM OUR PROJECTIONS, BASICALLY $0 MILLION FROM YOUR AVERAGE TAX GOING FORWARD. SO ANYTHING THAT WE GET FROM THAT WILL, WILL BE CONSIDERED, UH, UH, WITHIN ANTICIPATED. UM, SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HIT, HIT THE HARDEST AS FAR AS WATER AND SEWER REVENUE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING TO SUGGEST SO FAR THAT THERE WILL BE ANY TYPE OF DECREASE OR INCREASE, UH, REALLY RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE PANDEMIC. UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY SEE AS FAR AS WEATHER RELATED USAGE. SO, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 19, UH, THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF YEAR, UH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE'RE VERY WET. UH, THIS YEAR THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT DRYER. UH, BUT THIS YEAR, UM, APRIL, UM, OR LAST YEAR, APRIL WAS VERY WET AND THIS APRIL WAS MUCH DRIER. SO WE'VE SEEN THAT THE WEATHER PATTERNS HAVE, HAVE DRIVEN THE REVENUE, UH, MUCH MORE THAN THE EFFECT THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM A COBIT 19. AS FAR AS THAT FUNDING, UH, THE AIRPORT FUND, UH, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A, A BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED AS FAR AS SOME OF THE FLOWAGE FEES. UM, STILL OUR PROJECTIONS WERE BARELY COMPARABLE ON THAT GOING FORWARD. SO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GETTING IS BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO PRIME YOU FOR WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN THE QUARTER AND GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. STEVEN. ANY COMMENTS? CONCERT MEMBERS? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE COMING. WE CAME INTO THIS AT 19. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ON BUDGET. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE HAVE AN AWESOME CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AND A CONSERVATIVE WITH ALL OUR RAINY DAY FUND REGARDLESS OF THE COLBY NIGHT KING HAVE 51%, UH, RESERVED GENERAL. SO OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO USE ANY CON AND, BUT THE REASON WE ARE SO PROUD THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE WAR, YOU KNOW. UM, BUT I BELIEVE WITH ALL THE RE OPENED UP BUSINESSES AND IT WILL COME BACK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER BUT POSITIVE. ANY MORE COMMENTS, MAYOR? I THINK WE DO HAVE A COMMENT FROM STEVEN IF YOU'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE THE INVESTMENT REPORT WITH THAT OR JUST YOU CAN JUST TALK TO IT GENERALLY, UNLESS THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE THE PDF THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE AGENDA ITEM. WELL THEN I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SPEAK TO IT. IF NOBODY OBJECTS. UM, MUCH LIKE, UH, THE SALES TAX AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES THAT WE ANTICIPATE BEING BEING FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY HIT. UM, INVESTMENT RATES, UH, HAVE ALSO DROPPED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. UH, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, UH, CUT INTEREST RATES, UH, THEIR OVERNIGHT RATE BY 50 BASIS POINTS IN EARLY MARCH, AND THEN THEY CAME BACK, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER AND CUT IT BY A HUNDRED BASIS POINTS. SO THEY BASICALLY REDUCED INTEREST RATES ON, UH, OVERNIGHT SECURITIES BY ONE AND A HALF PERCENT AND BASICALLY TWO WEEKS, UH, THAT'S DRIVEN [01:45:01] MANY OF, OF OUR INVESTMENTS MUCH LOWER, UH, GOING FORWARD. SO, UM, OVERALL TOWN'S STILL IN A GREAT POSITION. UM, THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP AND BE CALLED ARE MOST COULD BE CALLED REINVESTED AT A LOWER INVESTMENT RATES. UM, AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THIS OCCURRING AND GOING FORWARD FOR MULTIPLE, UM, AT LEAST QUARTER, IF NOT YEARS. UM, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THE ECONOMY. WHEN THE ECONOMY STARTS TO RECOVER, WE'LL START TO SEE OUR INTEREST RATES JUMPED BACK UP AND WITH HUBBLE AS WELL. UM, BUT AGAIN, THE TOWN IS BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY FOR THOSE INVESTMENT FUNDS. AND, UH, TODAY WE'VE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET ON THOSE INVESTMENT EARNINGS VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE. UM, AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT, A COMMENT, AND THEN MAYBE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WE ALWAYS ASK YOU TO GO ON RECORD THAT ONE REPORTS IN LINE WITH OUR POLICY AND STATE LAW. AND THEN SECONDLY, MAYBE THE SAME AS OUR MAYOR HAS SORT OF A FORWARD LOOK AT YOUR EXPENSES AND REVENUES. HOW ABOUT THE BOND MARKETS? WE WILL BE FLOATING BONDS, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT IS ALL THAT WILL BE IN OUR FAVOR. UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS FIXED, FIXED INVESTMENTS GO DOWN NOTE AS THE INTEREST AT WHICH WE CAN ISSUE FIXED RATE INVESTMENTS. SO THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO REACT AND UM, TREASURY NOTES OR TREASURY BILLS. UH, BUT IT IS SLOWLY LOWERING AND WE'VE SEEN FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT A 20 BASIS POINT REDUCTION PER WEEK AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A AAA CITY WHAT WE WOULD GET ON THE OPEN MARKET, UM, FOR 20 YEAR BOND ISSUANCE. SO THAT THAT HAS GONE DOWN ABOUT 20 BASIS POINTS A WEEK FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT CONTINUES TO, TO GO LOWER. SO THAT, THAT IS A GOOD, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR WHEN WE DECIDE TO SELL BONDS. HEY, STEVEN MARLIN, LISTEN, CAN YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWER HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAD IN OUR, UM, INVESTMENT REPORT, UH, WHEN WE CLOSED THE QUARTER, SIR? SO WE HAD A, UM, A COST BASIS OF JUST UNDER $111 MILLION AND A MARKET VALUE OF 11, 111 MILLION, $356,000. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. STEVEN, THIS IS GQ. WELL, ON THE HILLTOP, ON THE LAST LINE OF HILLTOP SECURITIES MARKET RECAP, IT SAYS ZERO RATE ENVIRONMENT IS A NEW NORM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF HOW A MUNICIPALITY BENEFITS OR SUFFERS FROM THAT? WELL, THE WAY WE BENEFIT IS THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE WANT TO SELL OUR DEBT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT AT A LOWER RATE. UH, WHERE IT IS A DETERRENT FOR US OR A NEGATIVE FOR US ISN'T OUR INVESTMENTS NOW ARE GOING TO GENERATE MUCH LOWER YIELD THAN WHAT THEY DID JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS AS BATS, UH, OUR INTEREST EARNINGS ARE VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY PAYING ON OUR DEBT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DEPTH THAN WE HAVE, UH, INVESTMENTS SO TO SPEAK. UM, SO AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY A POSITIVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO PAY AS LITTLE AS WE CAN HAVE THE MOUNT THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT. UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN FACT, I REMEMBER BACK IN I THINK 2007 WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT THE FIRST TIME, UH, BACK THEN THE POOL, THE, THE UH, POOL AND TECHSTAR, THE INVESTMENT POOLS, THEY PAID AROUND 5% INTEREST. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT AGAIN. SO MY FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND GETTING MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EVERYBODY WAS MAKING 5% ON THEIR, THEIR SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS AND THAT IS NOT COME BACK FROM THE, UH, 13 YEARS SINCE THEN. SO, UM, IT'S JUST ONE THING THAT I THINK THE CITY HAS GOTTEN USED TO [01:50:01] NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ON OUR INVESTMENT, BUT THE BETTER NEWS IS, IS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE POTS THAT WE'RE PAYING OUT ON THE INTEREST ON OUR DEBT IS GOING TO BE MINIMIZED. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEVEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT, BUT BEFORE YOU ADJOURN THE MEETING, I [ Announcements and Acknowledgements regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Events/Meetings] DO HAVE TWO, UH, TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE BEGINNING. I BELIEVE. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION WHILE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. THE TOWN IS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND WE WANT EVERYBODY'S INPUT. SO IF YOU LIVE WORK OR JUST VISIT ADDISON'S TRAILS AND PARKS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO DOES THAT TO FILL OUT OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN SURVEY THAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET. UH, WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THEM. ONE LUCKY PERSON WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARDS TO THE ADDISON RESTAURANT OF THEIR CHOICE. SO IF YOU WANT TO EAT AT AN ADDISON RESTAURANT FOR FREE, PLEASE, UH, OR DO YOU WANT THE CHANCE TO DO THAT, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK. THEN FINALLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HOST PAY STATUS IN THIS COMING WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE WEEKEND, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HELL NORMAL. UH, WE STILL WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE FOOD AND MUSIC THAT MAKES THIS EVENT A FAVORITE ACROSS OUR REGION. AND SO, UH, IF, IF YOU GO TO THE VISIT ADDISON OR YOU FOLLOW VISIT ADDISON ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING PLAYLISTS FROM THE BANDS THAT WOULD HAVE PLAYED AT STATUS OF THIS YEAR. UH, WE ARE, UH, ALSO HAVING VIDEOS FROM SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS MAKING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FAVORITE TASTE ADUS AND DISH AND, UH, AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE RESTAURANTS AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND STILL HAVE A FLAVOR OF WHAT IT WOULD BE, WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO HAVE TASTE STATUS AND THIS, UH, THIS YEAR. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CREATIVE WAY FOR OUR STAFF TO KEEP PEOPLE, KEEP THAT IN PEOPLE'S MINDS. UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, TO FOLLOWING THAT STUFF ON FACEBOOK, UH, WE WILL BE MAKING SOME SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT MUSICAL ACTS FOR TASTE. ADDISON 2021. SO WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THAT AND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. I MEAN, FOR EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW A VISIT ADDISON ON FACEBOOK. YES SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN MOST OF YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET IT AS YOU CAN ALWAYS STOP BY. WE'LL GET ALWAYS TOGETHER. ALRIGHT GUYS, MEETING IN THE JOURNEY. BYE. THANK YOU MAYOR. CAN I? HI. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.