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I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
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WE ARE SILENT DUTIES, DISAPPOINT OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR IMPORTANT PRETENDING TO CIVIL COURT PRESIDING JUDGES.
ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE OTHER ROOM, BUT I WAS TOLD TODAY, AND EVEN THOUGH FINISH, IS THAT OBSESSION COME BACK FOR ONE SESSION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEVEN 30 TO RECONVENE SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH ALL RIGHT.
THIS MOVE RIGHT NOW IS 5:47 PM.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:16 PM.
[1. Present and Discuss Any Action Necessary or New Information Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic.]
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PRESENT.DISCUSS ANY ACTION NECESSARY WHEN DOING INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AS A REMINDER ON OCTOBER 7TH OF THIS YEAR, GOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR BARS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS TO OPEN UP, TO OPEN UP AT 50% CAPACITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS.
THE ORDER ALLOWS COUNTY JUDGES TO THAT.
UH, THEY'RE COUNTING INTO OPENING BARS BEGINNING OCTOBER, THE 14TH PROVIDED THEY ASSIST IN AND IN ENFORCING HEALTH PROTOCOLS.
HOWEVER, UH, DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE CLAY JENKINS HAS SAID THAT HE WILL NOT FILE TO OPEN THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IN DALLAS COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
AND SO ANY, UM, ANY OF THE BARS OR ANYTHING, UM, FOR, UM, UH, FOR, UH, IN ADDISON ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ALSO INCREASES THE OCCUPANCY LEVELS OF ALL BUSINESSES ESTABLISHMENTS OVER OTHER THAN BARS TO 75% OF CAPACITY, INCLUDING MOVIE THEATERS, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT REITERATED THAT WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OTHER CDC RECOMMENDED SANITATION PROTOCOLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STATE'S DOWNWARD TRENDS IN HOSPITALIZATION AND POSITIVITY RATES AND ENCOURAGE TEXANS TO CONTINUE TO USE THESE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO CURB.
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 KEPT DOWN FACILITIES ARE STILL OPERATING UNDER MINIMUM HEALTH STANDARD PROTOCOLS OUTLINED BY STATE OFFICIALS IN AN EFFORT TO SAFELY SERVE OUR RESIDENTS SERVICES ARE STILL BEING OFFERED VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.
AND IF A DIFFERENT RESIDENT NEEDS ASSISTANCE IN PERSON, THEN THEY CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WOULD BE GLAD TO ASSIST THEM JUST AS AN FYI AS WELL.
UM, TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE POSTED OUR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO ALLOW FOR THE MEETING TO TRANSITION FROM ONE PORTION OF THE MEETING TO ANOTHER, WITHOUT ANY DELAYS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE GO STRAIGHT INTO WORK SESSION.
AND THEN, UM, THE WAY IT'S POSTED TODAY IS INSTEAD OF WAITING, FOR EXAMPLE, ITSELF 7:30 PM TO START THE REGULAR, WE'RE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING AFTER THE WORK SESSION IS COMPLETED.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THAT.
THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CHARTER.
THE CHARTER TYPICALLY SAYS THAT WE START OUR MEETINGS AT SEVEN 30, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ALBERT CONDUCTING OUR MEETINGS, UM, UH, WE, WE MADE THIS ADJUSTMENT, WHICH
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HAS ALSO ALLOWED, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THAT.UM, AND SO THOSE ARE MY COVID RELATED UPDATES.
I WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF A COUPLE OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WE START OUR REGULAR.
ANY QUESTION FOR THE UPDATE? ALRIGHT.
[2. Present and Discuss Recognition Options for Former Addison Police Officer Ronnie Cox.]
IS PRESENTED DISCUSS RECOGNITION OPTIONS FOR FULBRIGHT EDISON POLICE OFFICER RONNIE CHIEF.MAYOR COUNCIL, PAUL SPENCER, CHIEF POLICE LEAD PRESENTATION, THIS AGENDA ITEMS AND ITEMS FOR WORKSTATION.
IT WAS A PLACER AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WILSON WALDEN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME, SOME OF STAFF'S, UH, THOUGHTS THAT AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THE QUESTION I INCLUDED CHIEF JONES, OUR HEART MARK MARTIN.
ALSO, WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT TO WELLMARK PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP OF WORK THROUGH IT.
SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR HELPING ME PRODUCE THIS PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST SLIDE IS JUST A REMINDER OF A CURRENT POLICY.
I KNOW JANA WAS MORE OF AN EXPERT ON THIS.
SO DON'T ASK ME TO MAKE THESE QUESTIONS UP AND LOOK IT UP, BUT JUST A QUICK RECAP, COORDINATING A RECOGNITION POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED ON AUGUST 25TH OF 2020 AS RESOLUTION OUR 20 DASH OH FIVE SEVEN.
AND IT GIVES THE OUTLINE, UH, ALSO ON HOW YOU GO ABOUT NAMING RECOGNITION.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL MEMORIAL FOR ANY OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED A LOT OF DUTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS KILLED RONNIE COX.
UH, HE DIED DECEMBER 15TH, 1986, SERVING A WARRANT IN DALLAS.
AND IT IS OUR ONLY A LOT OF DUTY DEATH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ONE AS WELL, LATE SEVENTIES, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE HIS PICTURE IN A SMALL RED FRAME.
THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT OF HIS PICTURE IS AT THE AUSTIN MEMORIAL WHERE OUR OFFICERS WENT DOWN THERE, EDGED HIS NAME ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
WE KEPT ONE, WE FORMED, WE HAD ONE OF HIS FAMILY AND THEN SOME PICTURES OF THAT.
HIS NAME ADDED TO THAT ON OUR SIDE, THEY'VE GOT TO EXAMPLES OF RECOGNITION.
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PLAQUE, MOST COUNCILS ARE AWARE AND THAT WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT, IT WAS, IT WAS POST THE FIREFIGHTERS DEATH.
AND SO THEY, THEY RECOGNIZED HIS LOT OF DEATH ON THE BUILDING WHERE THEY, THEY BUILT FIRE STATION EARLY EIGHTIES, AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME STAFF LIVE RECOGNITION OF OTHER THINGS.
THE WORKERS THAT HAVE DIED EITHER WANT TO DO YOU'RE PASSED AWAY FROM OTHER CAUSES.
AND THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THEIR LIBERTYVILLE PLAZA IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION ONE, AGAIN, THAT WAS OUR STAFF WITH OUR COUNCIL.
SO WE LOOKED AROUND NORTH TEXAS.
WE SAW WHAT, THERE'S LOTS OF EXAMPLES.
EVERYBODY'S GOT THEM SOME SORT OF MEMORIAL OR RECOGNITION COMPONENT.
WE, WE LOOKED AT THREE SEPARATE, UH, THREE DIFFERENT TIRES.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM RICHARDSON OF A PIECE OF ARTWORK THAT WAS INSTALLED WHEN THEY DEDICATED THEIR NEW BUILDING AND RECENTLY BUILT A NEW POLICE FACILITY.
AND THEN THEY CALLED HER HIS RADIANT SHIELD AND IT WAS, IT WAS DEDICATED TO, OR THEY HAVE ONE OFFICER WAS KILLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S MORE OF A MEMORIAL, HOPEFULLY NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS.
BUT EVENT A GRANDPARENT WANTED TO HAVE A ROUTE.
THEY PUT A STONE MONUMENT ON THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY TO COMMEMORATE AND MORALIZED VALON UPON A NEW THEY'VE THEY'VE EXPERIENCED.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PATH ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROBLEM.
UH, GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A MEMORIAL ON THEIR PLACE.
IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A GENERAL MEMORIAL.
AND SO THEY, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LEFT, THEY'VE GOT SOME DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL THE RIGHT THEY'VE GOT THEIR OFFICERS LISTED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY SAID THREE SINCE THE DEPARTMENT'S BENEFIT.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS.
WE'VE GOT, WE CAN INSTALL SOME ARTWORK LIKE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SHE THOUGHT DARWIN FOUNDATION WOULD BE A DEPARTMENT, OR IF WE WENT THAT ROUTE, ESPECIALLY IF WE GOT THE ARTIST, ERIC MCGARY TO COME UP WITH SOME FOREST SCULPTURE CONCEPT, WHEN YOU DO THAT ON DEPARTMENTAL PROPERTY, PARTS OF TOWN, SECOND OPTION COULD BE BEING A CREATIVE BELIEFS OR EVEN A PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL ON TOP PROPERTY.
UM, JIM JONES AND I TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO REPLACE ANYTHING THEY'VE ALREADY DONE, BUT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO COME UP WITH A POLICE OF GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WOULDN'T, WE WILL NEVER HAVE
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ANOTHER LINE OF DEATH ON EITHER SIDE, BUT IF IT DID OCCUR, WE WOULD HAVE SPACE TO DO THAT.INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO NAME AFTER THOSE INDIVIDUALS, OR THIRDLY JUST INSTALLED PLAQUE OR SOME SORT OF MONITOR LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, WITHIN OUR EXISTING POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING OR OUR PROPERTY, THIS PICTURE I INCLUDED, WE THIS HALF MOON SHAPED PIECE OF GRASS OUT THE FRONT OF THE POLICE FOR REBUILDING.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR EITHER OUR WORKPLACES OR THE STONE MEMORIAL.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AGAIN, TO, UH, TO DISCUSS WHAT COUNCIL WOULD PREFER.
WE COULD MOVE WITH COUNSEL PER ACKNOWLEDGED, PUBLIC POLICE OFFICE IN THE SAME FASHION AS THE PHONE BOX FIDO WAS, WAS RECOGNIZED.
SO WOULD YOU WANT TO DEDICATE THAT TO OUR CURRENT POLICE BUILDING OR MORE WAIT UNTIL SOLELY UTILIZATION STUFF IS, HAS CONCLUDED AND THE DIRECTIONS FINALIZED COUNSEL REFERRED ON OR ALSO WITH A DIFFERENT GESTURE? AND IF SO, WOULD THIS INCLUDE THE FIREFIGHTER OR WOULD WE DO IT SEPARATELY? WOULD WE USE EXISTING PARKS OR PLAZAS EXISTING POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY OR BEGIN ANY NEW, NEW BUILDING, LIKE A PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THE FACILITIES UTILIZATION STUFF? HOW HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ANY DISCUSSION MAY HAVE, OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MIGHT HAVE AGAIN, OUR STAFF WILL, WE'RE FAIRLY NONCOMMITTAL TO EVEN GET ANY, ANY OF THE PLANS, EITHER THREE OPTIONS OR IDEAS.
I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'D LIKE TO SEE NUMBER ONE, THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S RESPECTFUL.
IT TASTES PROPER YOUR HONOR TO TORONTO.
SECONDLY, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? OUR CURRENT, YEAH, OUR BUILDING.
SO FOR ME, UNTIL WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, MELVILLE MAPPING CHIEF, UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THAT YOU HAVE SOME RECOGNITION WITHIN, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WHERE YOU'RE HONORING LONGTERM OFFICERS, MAYBE, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT, BUT IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE BY ITS WEIGHT, I DON'T THINK MOST OF US KNOW THAT.
SO WITHIN OUR POLICE BUILDING, WE HAVE A, WE STARTED DOING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
ONCE YOU HIT 20 YEAR MARK, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE, YOU HAVE THE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY AGE OR TIMEOUT TIME OF SERVICE, WE DO A SMALL FLAG WITH THE PERSON'S PICTURE AND JUST SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF WORDING TO SAYING THAT THEY BASICALLY SERVE THE ADDISON COMMUNITY FOR, FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SMALL THINGS LIKE DEPARTMENT DOES TO RECOGNIZE IT HELPS HIM TO SAY, I, I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T, I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE A MORE PUBLIC THING.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT, LIKE AN ARTWORK THING WHERE IT HAD BEEN FOR ALL PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, NOT EVERYBODY FREQUENTS THE POLICE STATION, RIGHT.
SO IT'S LIKE, WE REALLY WANT TO HONOR THESE FIRST RESPONDERS.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING MORE LIKE IN A PLACE AT A PARK AND I'D BE LIKE, THAT NEED OF DOING A CONJUNCTION.
I KIND OF LIKE RICHARDSON'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT, THEIR PIECE.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE, AND IT CAN WORK GREAT WITH ARBOR FOUNDATION HELP HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND I, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU CHEAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, AND I DON'T THINK, TELL ME KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH FACILITIES.
IT WOULD, IF WE WERE GOING TO, IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT AT FACILITY, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, LET'S, DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE APPOINTMENT, DOING AN ACT POLICE STATION OR AT THE FIRE STATION, ALONG WITH ALL THE SPIKES IN SENSE, IT WAS EXACTLY WHERE MY HEAD WAS.
I, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA TO, OF THE, THE BLUE AND MAYBE THE BLUE IN THE RUDD WITH THE POLICE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO, IT SEEMS SO MORBID TO THINK ABOUT MAKING SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD ADD MORE NAMES.
YOU ALMOST JUST DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE AND THINK ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT THE ARBOR FOUNDATION CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY COOL THAT I LOVE WHAT RICHARDSON HAS DONE.
UM, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO DO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN INTERPRETATION, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE A SCALE AFTER WE DO THIS, THE UTILIZATION STUDY.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY THOUGHT WAS.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO THE POLICE STATION OR THE FIRE STATION TO LOOK AROUND.
SO, BUT MUCH LESS GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
LET ME, LET ME, UH, LET ME JUST SHARE A COUPLE THOUGHTS THAT I KNOW PAUL AND I HAD.
AND I THINK, I THINK EVEN TOM HAD SIMILAR THOUGHTS ALSO, BUT, UM, WE HAD, WE CALL HIM, SPOKE ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON
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YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA.WHAT IS IT? IT WASN'T JUST FIXATED ON OFFICER COX.
OBVIOUSLY HE WOULD PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN THIS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE.
I DON'T LIKE THE THOUGHT OF YOU HAS TO FALL IN THE LINE OF DUTY TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, AND, AND WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THE STREET TO A CENTRAL FIRE STATION, NUMBER ONE, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DONE A HECK OF A JOB WITH RECOGNITION ELEMENTS.
AND I, I LOOK AT THE LIBERTY BELL WHERE WE'RE RECOGNIZING FOLKS IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT ON BRICK, PAVERS IS ONE FOR, FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE OR LONG TENURE.
IF, IF SOMEBODY FALLS IN LINE OF DUTY, OBVIOUSLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'D RATHER THAT NOT HAPPEN.
BUT, UM, AND SO I THINK, I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT MAYBE NOT, NOT CONCENTRATED, UM, IN A PUBLIC PLACE LIKE DELIVERY.
SO, SO THAT WAS, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE GENERAL, GENERAL THOUGHTS THAT I HAD.
AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM PAUL, BUT THOSE WERE THE GENERAL THOUGHTS.
WHEN WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA ITEM, IT WAS MORE OF, UM, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY A MEMORIAL WHERE YOU HAD TO FALL INTO THE LINE OF DUTY BEFORE.
WELL, I'LL PREFACE SOME COMMENTS WITH THIS WHOLE, SOME PERSONAL MEANING FOR ME, I FOUND RODNEY'S DAD THAT WAS ACTUALLY SERVING WITH HIS BROTHER DISKOX AS AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND MY BROTHER ALSO WAS SERVING WITH RONNIE AS A POLICE OFFICER.
AND SO I KNEW RONNIE FROM, UH, BEING INVOLVED WITH KARATE AND DENNIS BEING OBVIOUSLY COLONY.
SO, UM, IT'S, UM, IT HOLDS A SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME.
UM, MARLIN AND I DID TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.
I WANT TO FOCUS FIRST ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE MEMORIAL FOR FORMULA OFFICERS, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
UM, I LIKED TOM AND LORI AND EXPRESS ALSO SUPPORT MORE PUBLIC TYPE OF, UH, SPACE TO, TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THERE IN YOUR DAILY LIFE, OF COURSE, OF ENJOYING THE OUTDOOR SPACES AND BE HAPPIER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND READ AND PAUSE AND REFLECT AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE SACRIFICES.
AND SO I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT MORE THEN THAN THAT.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET INTO WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE AT ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF BRAIN POWER IN STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TOO, BUT FOLLOWING UP ON MARLIN'S, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS, UM, I THINK WE, WE, WE WANT THEM TO ACCURATELY RECALL WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
I, I GOT TO BE THINKING SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FOREIGN PEOPLE IT'S DONE IS, UM, IT'S A GOOD THING.
ALSO, THOSE ARE PEOPLE DEDICATED THEIR WORKING LIVES, UM, AND THEN RETIRED OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A PHONE.
MY DUTY, I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE, UM, MEMORIAL IS MORALIZATION AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT PERHAPS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD, AND THEY'RE DOING IT ANYWAY.
SHE WAS A DISTRICT TO PERHAPS MORE OF A OUT FRONT TYPE OF THING AGAIN, BECAUSE OKAY, MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T WANT IT, WE'LL BE GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.
OR HAVING A COORDINATOR OF THE COURTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, UM, BUT THAT COULD BE IN THE SEMI CIRCLE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT FROM THE BUILDINGS AS AN EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY VISITED DURING THE OPEN HOUSE, JUST LIKE THE LIBERTY BELL.
AND IT IS IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WHEN HAVE YOU JOINED OPEN HOUSE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME IDEAS LIKE THAT AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THIS KIND OF IDEAS.
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FACILITATE AND BRING THEM FOR THE COUNCIL TO, UM, TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, OUR DESIRES, OUR, OUR, OUR FEELINGS, THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED COUNSEL ATTENTION AND DIRECTION, UM, TO, TO FURTHER PUT SOME MEAT ON THE BONES, IF YOU WILL, AND STEW, HOW MIGHT WE BEST ACCOMPLISH WHAT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TO DO.AND IN BOTH THE FALL, THE LINE OF DUTY IN A NON FORMAL DUTY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY 2 CENTS IN THIS OUT.
COMMENT ON, I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF SOMETHING PUBLISHED YOU.
I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF SOMETHING PUBLIC.
I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA THAT THERE WAS A LOUD, LONG SERVICE FOR OTHER OTHER ITEMS. IS THERE A RECOGNITION TO BE INCLUDED IS OUR DEPARTMENT DOES.
AND I THINK SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR SOMEONE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
SO I'M IN LINE WITH THE DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE WHO'S MORE ARTISTIC THAN I FINDING A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ESPECIALLY NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CULTURE IS GOING THROUGH AND THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING, IF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MEANING OF HAVING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS BEING THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GONE BE AT RETIRED OR UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF, I THINK OF LIKE A REFLECTING POND AND I'M GOING TOO FAR INTO THIS WITH MY THOUGHTS, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO WOULD BE A PLACE FOR THOSE THAT VISIT OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT ARE SEEING THE ART AND IT'S COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME TO REFLECT AND KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK AFTER US.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THE ARBOR FOUNDATION WOULD DO VERY WELL WITH THIS.
SO I THINK THAT ABRA FOUNDATION CAN TAKE THIS TASK AND THEN COME UP WITH SOME GOOD AUTO WORK TOO, JUST LIKE MODERN.
YOU SAID THAT THE, UH, YOUR SON AND I SAID RICHARDSON, HE WAS THIS ROOM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A TAKE AWAY OFF THEME COLOR, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND I THINK OTHER FUNDERS, YOU CAN DO IT, YOU HAVE THE CONSENSUS, THEN DOESN'T NEED TO ALWAYS PUT THE, UH, UH, NON-MAORI LAW THAT CAN BE PART OF EDISON AND THING.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THINK RON'S FAMILY FOR LETTING HIM BE PART OF ANISSA.
THEN IT'S GOING TO LIVE FOREVER IN MEMORIES, SACRIFICES THAT MANY OF US WILL NEVER HAVE TO MAKE.
IT'S IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN COMING.
SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO HIS FAMILY.
WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THE UTILIZATION FACILITY UTILIZATION SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A SPACE THAT, THAT CAN INCORPORATE BOTH HONORARIUMS. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I BELIEVE TO DO I HAVE NO SPACE FOR ELIMINATING NET SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GO TO THAT SPOT.
IT COULD BE PUBLIC SPOT, SPECIALTY SPOT, ARBOR, FOUNDATION, ADDISON, SPECIAL PEN PLACE THAT, THAT, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE HAD AND OFF THE GYM OF MADISON AND HAPPENED.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THAT TOO, TO INCORPORATE THE ARTWORK, OF COURSE, A SPECIAL LOCATION
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WITH THE FACILITY UTILIZATION, RIGHT.IT MAYBE SLOWING THE PROCESS DOWN A BIT.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME DISCUSSING IT LIKE A SPECIAL SPOT DESIGNED FACILITIES.
I'M INTERESTED IN DOING THIS RIDE FOR SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL BALLS IN THE AIR HERE.
THE FEAR I HAVE IS GETTING INTO THE PARALYSIS OF ANALYSIS.
AND I, AND THE OTHER FEAR I HAVE IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.
THERE WILL BE OTHER COUNSELORS THAT COME AFTER US AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE INTERESTING.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, UH, THE WISE THING TO DO HERE, IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, NOW I'M SENSING AND IT'S TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DIRECTING THE MANAGER, TO, UM, START A PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS, UH, MUCH LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER PROJECT.
AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE NORMAL FLOW OF WORK, WHICH WILL BE IN THE NORMAL FLOW OF WORK.
AND THAT NEVER IS A QUICK THING.
SO IT'S NOT IN AND OF ITSELF GOING TO BE SOMETHING A QUICK TURNAROUND, MAYBE CIRCUMSTANCE.
UM, BUT THIS WORK NEEDS TO BE B B COMMITS ON THIS.
UM, UH, I'VE WORKED PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE PRODUCED WITH A REPORT FROM STAFF AS TO OPTIONS AS TO WHAT WOULD THE ARBOR FOUNDATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO THIS IS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL BUDGETS FOR ALL OF THIS ARE.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE, WE NEED TO START TAKING A LOOK AT THAT INITIAL PROPOSALS AT, UH, UH, POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, UH, THE, THE, THE PROS AND CONS OF LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SOONER OR AS GQ IS SUGGESTING UTILIZATION STUDY.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A ILLEGITIMATE COMMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN HAVING A FULL DISCRETION ON BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS, BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS AND ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS AND, AND START THAT PROCESS IS WHEN THE MANAGER CAN ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO, UH, TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS I'M IN THE SAME POSITION.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND START THIS PROCESS.
NOW, YEARS LATER, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON COUNCIL.
I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
I LOVE THE OPTION OF THE LITTLE SEMICIRCLE IN FRONT OF HER AS SOME POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT MIRRORS UP PERFECTLY.
UM, YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET IN LIBERTYVILLE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A STAFF LOOK INTO SOME, BRING BACK SOME, MAYBE SOME CONCEPTS OR SOME IDEAS ON WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT, WHICH IS A REFLECTION POND OF HER.
UM, ONE THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING ON THE STONEWORK FLAME, LIKE SOME INTERNAL FLAME.
I THINK THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE REFLECTION UPON THOUGHT.
AND THEN I EVEN HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR PAST OFFICERS, HE THOUGHT HE BROUGHT UP A GREAT IDEA WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK AT THE BADGE AND YOU MIGHT COME UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS, UM, FROM OUR BADGE.
I WON'T COMMENT ON ARTWORK, NOT THE BEST THAT I DON'T LIKE, THE IDEA OF WAITING.
I THINK WHENEVER THE FACILITY STUDY IS DONE, IF THERE IS A NEW BUILDING, IT'LL BE A NATURAL TIME TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE MOVE AT LIGHTNING SPEED, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY BUILDING SENATOR IT'S QUITE A FEW YEARS.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME, AND I WILL, AS MUCH AS I LIKE THE HABIT AT THE
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POLICE STATION, YOU WERE OLD OR FIRE STATION.I KIND OF WANT IT TO BE MORE PUBLIC SOMEPLACE, LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER VISITORS IN TOWN, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S LIKE SHOWS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TREASURE IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN.
IT'S IT SPEAKS TO THE OUTSIDERS AS WELL, WHICH KIND OF LENDS THEM BACK TO LIKE, MAYBE IT'S SOMEPLACE AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE, I MEAN, NOBODY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, BEFORE ANY OF THAT STUFF GETS DONE AND THAT'S ALL, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I SAY, WAIT, NOT WAITING TO PROCEED FOR A LOCATION, THAT, OF COURSE I'M THINKING OF A SPECIAL LOCATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY PUBLIC AND GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE INTENTION THAT SO DESERVES A, ALSO A LOCATION THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST RESPONDERS RIGHT NOW, SEE THAT, SEE THAT LOCATION EVERYDAY.
AND I'M SURE IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THEY'RE OF COURSE, VERY PROUD OF BOTHER, UH, THEIR MOTHER, UH, BOTH WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PAPERS AND ESPECIALLY AT THE LIBERTY LOCATION.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT IDEA TO, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GET THAT, THAT ALL ROLLING.
NOW, SPEAKING TO THE YARD, A LOT OF TIMES ARTISTS WANTS TO KNOW THAT LOCATION TO GET A SENSE FROM THAT.
I'M NOT AN ARTIST, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT COMPONENT, BUT, OR AT LEAST SOMEBODY ELSE RECOGNIZING THAT THE USE OF A LOCATION, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S ABOUT WHEN I SAY, WAIT, IT'S WAIT TO FIND THEM THE LOCATION AND NOT TO ACTUALLY START THE PROCESS OF COMING UP WITH PERHAPS A PIECE THERE OR SOMETHING, THEN WE CAN START CONSIDERING, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE A, ANOTHER COUNCIL THAT IS AS ALIGNED AS WE ARE ON THIS.
AND IT CAN, AND THEN YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US, THE QUESTION WOULD WE PREFER TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FALLEN POLICE OFFICER IN THE SAME FASHION AS THE FALLEN FIREFIGHTER WE'VE DURING OUR DISCUSSION, WE'VE KIND OF, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE AND FALLEN HEROES AND TENURE, AND WE'VE KIND OF COVERED THE GAMUT.
ARE WE, UH, IS THE CONSENSUS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO PAUL, ARE YOU REFERRING TO CONSENSUS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT AND WE WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO START REVIEWING IT NOW? YEAH, SURE.
THE DEVIL IS GOING TO BE IN THE DETAILS.
I MEAN, MY INCLINATION ON QUESTION NUMBER ONE WOULD BE TO HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, MEMORIAL AND COMBINE BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY INCLINATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DESIGNED, I GUESS, ARTISTIC TYPE OF SITUATION.
BUT I THINK THAT THE, THE CURRENT MEMORIALS FOR TRIGGER THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE TAKEN ON THEMSELVES TO DO IS APPROPRIATE.
AND, AND, UH, AND SOME OF WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, I'M JUST KIND OF PLAYING OFF MORE THAN I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT.
NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY DO THAT IF, IF WE'RE ALL OKAY WITH HAVING A MEMORIAL, WE NEED TO DO, THAT'D BE, THAT'S THE CONSENSUS.
LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE FOR YOURSELF.
YOU'LL WANT TO WAIT IN DIGITALIZATION STUFF.
IVAN SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T WAIT, NO, WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND THEN ALSO THE LOCATION, NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT NOW, YOUR TOP QUALITY FOR THE PUBLIC FIRST RESPONDENT.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT ALL THE SAME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT WITH HIM, DO SOMETHING RIGHT IN THE FRONT FOR THE PLATES IN POLICE STATION IN THE FRONT, THERE WAS SOMETHING RIGHT.
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THINKING YOU CAN FIND IT.ANOTHER BETTER PLACE CAN PUT A, BOTH, YOU KNOW, FLAT WAY, THE FIREFIGHTERS IN EDISON, POLICE AND THE DIET ON DUTY.
SO IT CAN BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE CAN DO THAT IN THE LATER LATER DAY, BUT CURRENTLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING, RIGHT.
WE FOUND OUT IT'S A PRESENTATION.
SO I THINK THE ONLY VALUABLE OFFERS RESPONDED AND SAYS FIVE DEPARTMENT, NO ONE DOES REALLY WELL.
SO IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY DID IT THEMSELVES ON THE UCR ASSOCIATION FEES WITH THE OWN LABOR, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS DIFFERENT BETWEEN POLICE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN INCIDENT THIS DAY.
THEY CAN DO SOME WORK, BUT A PLACE ON PATROL.
SO, NO, I, YOU KNOW, YOU FLIP THE TIME BEING, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING GREAT.
RATHER JUST FLIP THE POLICE IN THE FRONT.
SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME, SEE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, IT CAN'T BE STILL DONE BY OPERA FOUNDATION, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU WANT TO DO BIG PROJECTS SO WE CAN SURVIVE.
AND AS SIMPLE PARK, IT CAN BE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS.
CHIEF, YOU CAN LET ME ANSWER THIS.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY CONTROL, A CHALLENGE? DO POLICE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED? YEAH.
SLEEP, GET UP AND GIVE AND GIVE.
SO THERE'S A REASON WHY WE PUT THE 20 YEAR RECOGNITION INSIDE THE NON-PUBLIC AREAS, RIGHT? COPS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE TO THEIR FACES AND NAMES OUT IN PUBLIC, RIGHT.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS GIVEN THEM AN OPTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGES WE'LL DO PROMOTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE ALWAYS GET PERMISSION FOR THEM TO POST THAT.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THEM IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO JUST GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT OPTIONAL, ANY CHALLENGES WITH RELOCATING A MEMORIAL.
IF WE WERE TO PUT ONE MORE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A SENSITIVITY THERE.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU WERE PUTTING IT AT SOME PLACE WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED OR WHERE SOMEBODY WAS BURIED, RIGHT.
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE MORE SENSITIVE IF IT'S A GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION OF SOME SORT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY SENSE OF BEING MARRIED TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION.
SO IF YOU PUT IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STATION TODAY IN 15 YEARS FROM NOW, IF YOU BUILT A NEW POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND YOU RELOCATED IT TO THAT NEW PLACE, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC, VICE VERSA.
IF YOU PUT IT IN AS IN CIRCLE PARK OR ONE OF OUR OTHER PARKS ALONG, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUMMER IN SAN JOSE, I THINK THERE'S THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, IF DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU PUT THERE, HAVE IT BE MOBILE AND YOU CAN BE LOCATED IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S THAT, UM, I THINK, UM, TO THE QUESTIONS HERE, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY FOR RECOGNITION OF FALLEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, POLICE OFFICERS, I THINK THE EASY THING TO DO FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO MIMIC WHAT AT THE POLICE STATION, WHAT WAS DONE AT FIRE STATION, NUMBER ONE WITH THAT PLAQUE, RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST.
UM, THEN, THEN IF YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON A BIGGER, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION ITEM AND HAVE STAFF WORK WITH THE ARBOR FOUNDATION TO FIND A LOCATION THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.
AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, LET'S SAY, WE FOUND A PLACE AND IT WAS PERFECT.
AND WE GOT THIS DONE IN A YEAR, KEEPING IN MIND, UH, THAT IF WE GIVE DIRECTION TO AN ARTIST AND SAY, HEY, AT SOME POINT, THIS COULD BE RELOCATED, THEN WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT ACCORDINGLY.
AND THEN JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND I, AND I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, NOT THAT FIREFIGHTERS LIKE TO PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK AND SAY, HEY, LOOK AT ME.
UH, CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT ANYBODY'S SAYING, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE POLICE OFFICERS BEHIND THE BACK.
BUT, UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO RESPECT THE WISHES.
AND THERE IS A REASON WHY THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT
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DONE.THE VISA FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT IS NOT DONE PUBLICLY.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND RESPECT THAT, UH, THAT DESIRE.
UM, SO TO THAT POINT, I THINK, UM, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ECHOING WHAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE UNIT, THE FACILITY UTILIZATION STUDY THAT'LL BE AWHILE.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA WAIT TO, TO, TO DECIDE ON A LOCATION AND SO THAT'S COMPLETE, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FAR, WE HAVE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.
VERY, VERY PREMATURE QUESTION FOR CHIEF SPENCER AS CHIEFS.
I'M LOOKING AT YOUR BADGE AND DO YOU, I CAN'T TELL FROM HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SEPARATE BADGE NUMBER? SO IS EVERY, EVERY, EVERY I HAVE ONE, I, I, AS A CHIEF, I CHOOSE NOT TO WEAR THE BADGE NUMBER OR TYPICALLY THIS ONE THAT THEY WEAR THE CHIEFS THAT SHE USED TO WEAR.
EVERYBODY HAS THREE DIGIT BADGE.
IF AN OFFICER DIDN'T WANT THEIR NAME RECOGNIZED ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON A MEMORIAL OF SOME SHORTS, UM, WOULD THEY, MIGHT THEY WANT YOUR BADGE NUMBER RATHER THAN THEIR DAY, OR WOULD THAT ALLOW SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO IT? I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S AGAIN, LEAVE IT OPTIONAL.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE QUESTION ON THE, IS THIS THE ONE STEP TWO STEP? I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING.
I NOTICED THE BAREST SUGGESTED SOMETHING NOW, AND THEN MAYBE SOMETHING WERE SIGNIFICANT, BUT I'M NOT AGAINST YOU EVER FOUNDATION COMING IN TWO CHOICES.
THEY'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT, OR SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO FAIRLY QUICKLY OR JUST ELISE.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU MIGHT BE THE VERY FIRST DISCUSSION OF SOMETHING LARGER MEANING PUBLIC SPACE COULD BE BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS GOING.
YES, MY THING IS, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT.
I WOULDN'T WANT THIS TO GO 10 YEARS ALMOST LOCATION.
IF IT'S SHORT TERM, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO THE STATION.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S A BIGGER THAN I THINK WE CHOOSE THE LOCATION TO BE PROMINENT AND IT MADE ME MAD, I WOULDN'T ENCOURAGE THE DIRECTION TO BE MORE ON A PUBLIC SPACE.
UM, IN MORE OF AN ART TYPE SITUATION, ALMOST LIKE YOU WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING SHORTER.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THE OTHER ONE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I THINK MY VISION I'VE BEEN KNOW A PARKS DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH THE ARGO FOUNDATION.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, UH, LOCATING THE SITE.
IT IS NOT AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG PROCESS.
IDENTIFYING A PART OF THIS IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY LONG PROCESS, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING, THE, UH, THE ARTWORK TAKES SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS STUFF.
SO THESE THINGS ALL ADD UP, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IT MAY BE 18 MONTHS, WHICH IS NOT EXTRAORDINARY.
I'M NOT AGAINST IF WE WANT TO PUT A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE SHORT TERM.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST THAT.
BUT I THINK THE END GAME HERE OUGHT TO BE MORE, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, WHAT WOULD BE A KID TO WHAT WE HAVE A FOUNDATION TO WORK.
AND WE, WE KIND OF SEE WHAT THE TIMEFRAME WITH THAT IS.
AND SO, UM, SORRY, I WAS JUST, I'D SAY SO, BUT THAT STILL REMAINS THAT, THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? ONE IS, DO WE DO SOMETHING FOR FALLEN OFFICERS AND, OR DO WE DO SOMETHING THAT RECOGNIZES PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL AND HAVE THE, THE, THE BIGGER PICTURE OR THE BIGGER UMBRELLA ITEM COVER EVERYTHING? UM, IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE LATTER THEN, OKAY.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE CAN GO AND WORK WITH THE, THE, THE ARBOR FOUNDATION AND THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU WANT TO DO BOTH, THEN GIVE US THAT DIRECTION.
SAY WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING, UH, TO RECOGNIZE FALLEN OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, RONNIE COX, UM, UH, AND, UH, AND WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT CAN THEN FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THE
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BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY OR POLICE IN GENERAL OR WHATEVER.SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING THAT STILL UNSETTLED IS THAT WE'VE GOT, DO WE WANT TO DO BOTH? AND IF WE DO BOTH, IS THE, THE, THE LONGER TERM ITEM SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SAFETY, IS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL, OR IS IT THE POLICE OFFICE OF, EXCUSE ME, POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND NOW THAT OUR COLLEAGUES CHIME IN IS IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS.
I THINK CERTAINLY IF, IF YOU WILL, THE COUNCIL IS TO RECOGNIZE RONNIE IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY IN A SHORTER TERM WAY.
THAT'S PERFECTLY, PERFECTLY FINE.
IF NOT, UM, I I'D BE FINE WITH THAT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AWAY DOING THIS.
AND SO I, I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BY JUST DOING THE PUBLIC ART TYPE OF SITUATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION I WOULD SUGGEST OR I'M AT, IS I'M FOCUSED ON JUST RONNIE, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVING SOMETHING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT, NOT DOING SOMETHING FOR ALL, UM, ALL OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'D LOVE TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED NOW, KNOWING THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK PROCESS.
UM, AND I, I SUSPECT THAT, UM, THE DECISION MAKING PER, AFTER THE FACILITY UTILIZATION STUDY IS DONE IS, IS DECISION MAKING FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL IS STILL NOT A CLEAR, SO I'LL PLAY THAT YOU'LL WANT TO WAIT.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? IT'S SO DIFFERENT.
I SAYS, THE TITLE FOR THIS IS WE'RE BOTH PAUL AND
THEN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THAT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT A QUICK.
AND THEN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, WE CAN DO SOMETHING BIGGER.
SO WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THE OTHER UTILIZATION STUDY DONE, BUT IT WILL BE MANY YEARS FROM NOW.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON DOING IT.
AND ON THE TITLE, THE TITLE IS NOT WHAT WE SUBMITTED.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION MISUNDERSTANDING OF THAT, BUT IT WASN'T AS PRESENTED, BUT ALRIGHT, SO HE HAD CONSENSUS TO DO SOMETHING IN, HOW DOES I WANT TO, I WANT TO SAY I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH PAUL.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT ONE TIME, DO IT RIGHT.
I THINK WE SHOULD GET, I LIKED IT.
I LOVED THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS THING.
I THINK THAT OUR FOUNDATION IS A PERFECT VEHICLE TO HELP WITH THIS HELP WITH THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY, IF WE WANT TO DO A PLAQUE, LIKE HE SAID, I GUESS THAT'S FINE, BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE THE NEED BECAUSE I THINK THIS CAN BE DONE WITHIN 16 MONTHS TIME.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS AT THE BEGINNING, KNOWING THAT WHATEVER, THIS IS POSSIBLE, THAT WE MIGHT MOVE IT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PICK A SPOT RIGHT NOW, THEY PUT IT IN WHATEVER THE BEST SPOT IS, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE, WE MIGHT MOVE IT DOWN IN THE FUTURE ONLY SCULPTURAL TIME.
SO I'D RATHER, I'D RATHER DO IT.
LIKE, LET'S PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT INSTEAD OF JUST A QUICK, LET'S JUST GET IT DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER, I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
AND I AGREE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOREVER THE WAY TO DO IT, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE THOUGHT THAT WE GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE OF CONCERN OVER RECOGNIZING RUNNING BACKS.
AND I THINK THERE SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING SHORT TERM THAT WE NOW LIKE, WHETHER IT'S WITH A PLAQUE OR IT'S SOMEONE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING SHORT TERM RELEASE RELEASE.
AND THEN I CAN ALSO BUY INTO THAT.
THAT IS WHAT LED US TO THIS DISCUSSION, THINKING LIKE A FEW THINGS, LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ALSO MEMORIAL OF SORTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE.
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AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS, I THINK THAT'D BE A MORE APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION BEFORE MAYBE THE POLICE TO COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT FEELS GOOD TO US.AND THEN I CAN BUY INTO THE BIGGER
THEN ALSO CONTACT UPPER FOUNDATION TO DO THE ONE FOR FIRST RESPONDER.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MANY, MANY YEARS.
IF EVERYBODY SAYS, WHY DON'T WE GIVE THE DIRECTION, YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD HEART TO GET THIS STARTED.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S ALL GOOD.
SO WHAT I'VE GOT, PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING, IS THAT, UH, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE.
HERE IS THE CREATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION THAT RECOGNIZES BOTH POLICE AND FIRE GENTLEMEN.
AND THE IDEA ABOUT THERE IS THAT STAFF LOOK AT SOMETHING ARTISTIC AND WE WORK WITH THE ARBOR FOUNDATION AND THAT ULTIMATELY THAT, UH, WHATEVER IS DEVELOPED COULD BE MOVEABLE SO THAT IF IN THE FUTURE IT NEEDED TO MOVE FROM A LOCATION THAT WAS SELECTED, THAT WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'LL FOCUS ON IN THE NEAR TERM RELATED TO THAT IS A PUBLIC SPIRIT SPORT.
IT IS VISIBLE THAT LARGER ITEMS. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT, UH, HAVING SOMETHING DONE SPECIFICALLY TO RECOGNIZE RONNIE COX, UM, AND, UH, CAN, WE CAN BRING THEM OUT AND BRING BACK SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I CAPTURED SO FAR.
DOES IT MEAN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECREATION? RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A WALK WITH THE ABRA FOUNDATION.
YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOREVER.
SO WE FIGURED OUT THE LOCATION.
[3. Present and Discuss Amending the Fee Schedule Related to the Provision of Ambulance Services.]
DISCUSS, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO THE PROVISION OR AMBULANCE SERVICES.THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, CAN YOU PUT SECOND, I PULL UP THIS PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS CJ ALEXANDER, DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF HERE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE PROPOSED ESV SCHEDULE.
UM, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES IN HOW WE BUILD.
IT'S PURELY JUST CHANGING THAT FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD.
AND, UH, SO STILL HAVE A ZERO BALANCE BILLING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, FOR OUR TOWN CITIZENS HERE, WE WILL NOT, UH, CHANGE OUR FEES.
DRUG FEE STRUCTURE WILL CHANGE, BUT NOT HOW WE BUILD THE, HOW WE BILL IS STILL THE SAME.
THEY STILL NOT RECEIVE A BILL AT ALL.
UH, WE'LL BUILD THEIR INSURANCE AND THEN WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER THE CITIZEN DOES NOT GET A BILL FOR THEIR INSURANCE PROCESS REMAINS THE SAME.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO PROCESS THAT THEIR INSURANCE WILL RECEIVE A BILL.
UH, THIS NEW PIECE SCHEDULE ALIGN US WITH SOME OF THE, UH, PAIRS IN CITIES AROUND THE AREA.
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ALIGN US A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THEM, AND IT IS MORE OF A REASONABLE CUSTOMARY FEE SCHEDULE.UH, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A LITTLE OUTDATED.
THE LAST TIME WE TOUCHED IT WAS IN 2017 AND IT WAS TIME TO LOOK AT A NEW FEE SCHEDULE AND MAKE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MARKET.
AND, UH, WE HAVE 63% OF OUR TRANSPORTS IN THE EMS IS NON-RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A 37% TRANSPORT OF RESIDENTS.
AND THEN OUR, OUR PAYER MIX, PRIVATE INSURANCE ABOUT 37%.
AND THEN OUR PRIVATE PAY IS 34, 35%.
UH, SO WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD PAYER MIX.
UH, WE HAVE A HIGH PAY RATE, UM, COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES.
UH, THIS IS SOME OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES THAT WE HAVE ON WANTING TO PUT UP HERE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE LOWER, LOWER FEE SCHEDULES WE HAVE FARMER'S BRANCH CARROLLTON AND FLOWER MOUNTAIN.
UM, FLOWER MOUNTAIN IS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE WAY THEY DO THEIR FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, FLOWER MOUND DOES HAVE A ZERO BILLING FOR THE RESIDENTS, JUST LIKE WE DO FARMER'S RENT AND CARROLLTON DO NOT.
THEIR RESIDENTS DO RECEIVE A BILL.
SO THAT'S WHY THEIR RATES A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
YOU SAID FLOWER MOUNTAINS IS CHANGING.
ARE THEY CHANGING THE STRUCTURE? JUST THE NUMBERS.
UM, CAPPELL, WHO'S BACK IN 2017 WHO WE'VE MIRRORED OUR, UH, FEE SCHEDULE AND THE PROCESS OF HOW WE COPIED THEM.
UH, THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED TO THIS EXACT SAME FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE TO.
UH, YOU CAN SEE GRAPEVINE IS ALSO ZERO BALANCE BILLING.
THEY HAVE A HIGHER FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, LEWISVILLE IS ACTUALLY A NON BALANCED BILLING, SO THEIR RESIDENTS DO RECEIVE A BILL.
UM, BUT THEY DO HAVE A, A HIGHER FEE SCHEDULE DEPARTMENT.
GOT A QUESTION ON LET'S JUST LOOK AT CAPELL RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT THE RESIDENT COLUMN AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A DOLLAR NOW.
UM, THE DOLLAR MOUNTAIN REPRESENTED COST.
SO THE AIM OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, HERE AT, UH, ALS IS $1,600 ALS UH, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT.
SO IF CAPPELL RUNS A CALL WHERE THEY START AN IVY AND DO AN EKG ON INDIVIDUAL, THE BILL WOULD BE A FLAT RATE OF $1,600 THAT WOULD BUILD THEIR INSURANCE.
AND, UH, WHAT'S EVER LEFT OVER AFTER INSURANCE WOULD NOT BE CJ.
SO WHEN RESIDENTS CALLED SOMEBODY CALLED IT FOR THE RESIDENTS, SEVEN TO EMS CENTER, THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN WE DO NOT FEEL ALWAYS THE WAY YOU FEEL.
IF THEY HAVE INSURANCE, THEY WOULD FEEL THAT INSURANCE.
BUT IF IT IS A BALANCE, LIKE A COPAY OR DEDUCTIBLE, WE DON'T COLLECT FROM THE RESIDENT.
SO KARA, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T WANT TO USE YOU.
IF YOU SAID THE SENTENCE WILL HOSPITAL, SO YOU WANT NOT TO PAY THE PENNY, SO YOU WILL PAY FOR FUEL YOUR INSURANCE COVERAGE.
SO NORMALLY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESIDENT IS PAYING FOR IT THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE, BUT NOT HIMSELF, NOT HERSELF.
SO IF THEY ARE CHARGING FOR 1600 AND INSURANCE PAY A THOUSAND FOR 600, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I GUESS MY POINT I'M MAKING, SOMEBODY'S PAYING FOR THIS.
YOU PAY THROUGH YOUR PREMIUMS, RYAN'S CORRECT.
UM, WE ARE, THERE ARE HIGHER NUMBERS OUT THERE AND THEN THERE'S LOWER NUMBERS OUT THERE.
UM, THIS IS A GOOD REASONABLE CUSTOMER, NUMBER FOUR FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT EMS VS WHICH MATCHED CARROLLTON DEPARTMENT BRANCH, AND THEN ACTUALLY THESE MATCHED COCKTAILS BACK IN 2017 AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED MSBS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY CAUGHT BELL'S, UH, BMSB SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE JUST READJUSTING THEM.
WELL, THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT WITH EMERGE CON WHO IS OUR THIRD PARTY BILLING AGENCY.
WHO'S WE WORK WITH THAT, TO DO ALL OF OUR BILLING FOR US TO DO ALL OF OUR COLLECTIONS.
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AND WE WORK WITH THEM AND THEY WORK WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND HOSPITALS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE REASONABLE CUSTOMARY FEE SCHEDULE.AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS NEW FEE SCHEDULE, ANYWHERE FROM 23 TO $39,000, ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN A YEAR IS WHAT THE TALENT BRING HERE.
CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD IT BE EFFECTIVE? UH, IT WOULD GO EFFECTIVE.
SO ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS SIGNED AND IT GOES IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND IT'S SIGNED, WE CAN GO TO ONE TONIGHT.
IT'D BE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING PEACE AROUND TONIGHT.
IF WE APPROVE TODAY, SHOULDN'T BE EFFECTED.
THIS IS JUST A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS RATE.
THESE RATE INCREASES BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE IN LINE WITH A FEW OF THE OTHER COMPARATIVE CITIES, OR ARE WE LOSING MONEY ON THIS ONE? WE'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE.
WE ARE LEAVING MONEY CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SUBSIDIZING THE INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT WE'RE NOT CHARGING.
WHAT IS REASONABLE ABOUT THERE? WHAT SHOULD WE BE CHARGING THE QUESTIONS? SO IS HE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 63% TRANSPORTS NON-RESIDENTS SO LET ME 37% RESIDENTS DON'T PAY THEMSELVES IF I'M THAT OLD POCKET, WHATEVER YOU TRUST.
SO 77% PAINTED BY HAVING INSURANCE.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE INSURANCE, SO BEFORE 8% PAID BY THEMSELVES, BUT SO IT HAS NO BEARING WITH RESONANCE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE POLITICAL CONSENT.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, AND THIS ALSO, IT ALSO HELPS EATS INTO, OR THERE THEIR COPAYS TOO.
IF YOU HAVE A $3,000 COPAY AND WE THEN BILL YOU $1,500 TO YOUR INSURANCE INSURANCE AND APPLIES THAT TO THEIR, TO THEIR COPAY, WE JUST KNOCKED YOUR COPAY IN HALF WITHOUT THE RESIDENCY AND A BILL ALL AND AFTER ALL RESIDENTS SUPPORT THE SERVICE TO JACKSON'S SO CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY WANT TO USE THE RESTROOM? IF YOU DO, WHICH IS A START AT SEVEN 30, ONLY SEVEN MINUTES LEFT.
EVERYTHING IS ON THIS MEETING.
[ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Meetings / Events]
OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER, LES PEARSON.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS TONIGHT.
UH, FIRST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT EARLY VOTING BEGAN ON, UH, YES, OCTOBER 13TH AND RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH FOR THE FIRST TIME LOWE'S FIELD HOUSE AT 38, 15 SPRING VALLEY ROAD IS BEING USED AS A BOAT CENTER.
AND THAT IS WHERE ADDISON VOTERS MAY VOTE.
UM, UH, FOR EARLY VOTING IN ADDISON.
UH, AS A REMINDER, ALSO ADDISON VOTERS MAY VOTE, UH, AT ANY THAT WAS COUNTY, EARLY VOTING LOCATION.
UH, SO THAT'S, SO YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE PHOTOS.
YOU CAN FIND A COMPLETE LIST OF VOTE CENTERS ALONG WITH THE APPROXIMATE WAIT TIMES FOR EACH LOCATION@WWWDOTDALLASCOUNTYVOTES.ORG.
AS PART OF THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION ADDISON VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER 26 AMENDMENTS TO ADDISON'S CHARTER RESIDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING AND THEY'VE BEEN SENT OUT.
THEY HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ALREADY VOTERS INFORMATION GUIDE, BUT YOU CAN FIND THAT GUIDE.
UM, ALSO ANY SAMPLE PALETTE AND A SAMPLE BALLOT, AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET FORWARD SLASH CHARTER 2020.
AND THEN, UH, MY OWN, THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT ADDISON IS HOSTING A SUSTAINABILITY DAY ON OCTOBER THE 24TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE ADDISON SERVICE CENTER.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CLEAN OUT THE CLOSETS AND MARK THEIR CALENDARS FOR THIS CONTACTLESS RECYCLING EVENT.
THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE A FREE TEE SHIRT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO ONSITE SHREDDING SERVICES, UH, STAFF WILL BE COLLECTING NON-PERISHABLE AND CANNED FOOD ITEMS FOR DONATION TO THE METRO COAST SERVICES FOOD BANK.
AND YOU CAN FIND A COMPLETE LIST OF ITEMS BEING ACCEPTED
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FOR RECYCLING ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET.THAT IS THE EXTENT OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, ARMAND, DO I HAVE ANY PERSON OR PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE.
[ 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.]
GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.I CAN'T DO ENOUGH OF FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN EIGHT, NINE, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 CONSENT AGENDA.
ANYBODY WANT TO PULL? WHERE DOES HE SELL
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THE WORK SESSION IN A WAY AUDIT, DISCUSS THAT FRAUD FOUR OR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT SECOND MOTION MOTION? AND THAT CHICO SECOND THAT ON FAVOR RESALE I AYE.
[9. Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve a Grant Funding Agreement Between the Town of Addison and Dallas County Mental Health & Retardation d/b/a Metrocare Services and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Grant Funding Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $5,000.]
YES, SIR.UM, THE REASON I PULLED NUMBER NINE IS WEST.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE EMAIL TODAY, BUT, UM, THIS IS REGARDING, UM, METRO CARE SERVICES AND PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT GRANT FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR WAS TO, THEY WERE GOING TO USE THE $5,000 THAT WE PROVIDED THEM, UM, TO DO TWO THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WAS PROVIDE, UH, SUPPORT FOR BUILDOUT FURNISHING OF THE CLINICS, NEW COMMUNITY ROOM.
AND I GUESS MY ONE QUESTION AND A THOUGHT TO THE QUESTION IS, IS DO WE, DO WE, WE HEARD FROM METRO CAREER SERVICES TO ELABORATE ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE DID RECEIVE, UH, AN EMAIL UPDATE.
UM, I FORWARDED THE COUNCIL AN EMAIL, UH, EARLIER TODAY THAT STATED, HEY, THEY WERE NOT COMPLETED, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SUBSEQUENTLY WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING EMAIL FROM THE FOLKS AT METRO CREST SERVICE.
IT'S METRO METRO CARE SERVICES.
THANK YOU SAYS WITH REGARD TO THE STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM, AS WE NOTED IN THE GRANT PRESENTATION, THE BUILD OUT OF THE ROOM WAS TO PUT ON FOLD DUE TO COVID AND NEARLY DOUBLED BEING AND BEING NEARLY 100% VIRTUAL AT THE CLINIC.
WE HAVE REQUESTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY ROOM READY BY SPRING 2021.
AND WE ARE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM AN ACRONYM CVN.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS SINCE THEY ARE PAYING HALF.
WE ANTICIPATE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE SPEAK WHEN WE RECEIVE IT.
SO THAT WAS THE ONE THING I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT.
UM, AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND ONE IS JUST MORE OF A THOUGHT AND IN LINE WITH THIS IN A VERY BROAD OR GLOBAL THOUGHT OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IS, DO WE KNOW WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON ALL OF THESE AGREEMENT FOR GRANT FUNDING AGREEMENTS, WITH ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHO'VE GOT THIS, UH, PARAGRAPH NUMBER TWO GRANT USE, WHERE IT GOES INTO WHAT EACH, EACH NONPROFIT IS GOING TO DO FOR THE MONEY.
AND BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S, UM, BENEFITING THE ADDISON COMMUNITY OF SOME SORTS, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THE, THEIR NONPROFIT DOES.
AND SO, UM, MY THOUGHT IS WE, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS BUREAU, DO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE, THAT THESE, UH, GRANT USE TERMS ARE, ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, NO, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT I WANTED TO SHARE.
SO THE LESS USA STAFF WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THIS STAFF, WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE GRANT FUNDING IS DONE.
THE, THE, THE DECISION TO ISSUE A GRANT IS, IS NOT CONTINGENT UPON PERFORMANCE OF ANYTHING, RIGHT? THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE SAID.
WE SAY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOU X NUMBER OF DOLLARS.
AND, UH, AND YOU'VE, YOU SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR.
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UH, BUT IF THEY DON'T USE IT FOR THAT, THEN, UM, THAT THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS ESSENTIALLY FOR, WE DON'T CLAW THAT MONEY BACK.UM, WE DO THAT IN A SERVICES AGREEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, SO FORTH, UH, WITH, UH, UH, THE METRO CREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, UH, OR THE AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND, AND THE, THE, UH, THE WATERTOWN THEATER HAS A SPECIAL TYPE OF AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SHOWS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THEY'VE GOT, THEY HAVE, UM, UH, THE MATCHING FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AS WELL.
SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T SAY, ALL RIGHT, UH, UH, METROCARE SERVICES, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS MONEY BACK.
THE COUNCIL CAN SAY, KIND OF, OKAY, WELL, LAST YEAR WE GAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, $5,000, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS, AND YOU DID DO THAT.
SO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT FOR GRANT FUNDINGS AND UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO OF GRANT NUISANCES, THE ORGANIZATION SHALL COMPLETE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS WITH THE ASSISTANCE WITH GRANT FUNDING RECEIVED BY THE CITY.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE NONPROFIT, IT'LL GO INTO VARIOUS WHATEVER THOSE PROGRAMS ARE.
AND THEN PARAGRAPH THREE, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT FUNDING.
THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS IF THE ORGANIZATION FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, IDENTIFIED YOUR END TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CITY WITHIN THE TERM, THEN THE ORGANIZATION SHALL RETURN ANY AND ALL EXPENDED FUNDING TO THE CITY IMMEDIATELY UPON REQUEST.
AND YOUR ORGANIZATION MEASURE INELIGIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDING OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN AGREEMENT, IT'S GOT SOME IT'S GOT THIS CLEARLY HAS SOME TEETH TO IT.
GRANTED, YOU, YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS IS, IS WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT WE UTILIZE THE, THE, THE, THE GRANT, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE GRANT SECTION TWO, THE GRANT USE ALSO STATES THAT DISAGREEMENT DOES NOT BIND THE ORGANIZATION TO COMPLETE ANY SPECIFIC PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH DETAIL BELOW.
HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION SHALL IN GOOD FAITH, COMPLETE OUR PROGRAMS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SO AGAIN, I DO THIS, IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FULFILL THE SETTING, WE CAN'T HOLD THIS GIVEN TO THEM.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT, OR WE CAN CALL IT CEDAR IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE RECOURSES THAT WE CAN TAKE IT'S AS IF THAT'S FELT IT WAS MERITORIOUS WOULD BE TO NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT FUND THEM IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE FELT THAT WE SHOULDN'T BASED ON WHATEVER HAPPENED,
SO OTHER CHALLENGES AS, AS, AS, AS EVERYONE ELSE.
SO, SO WITH REGARD TO NUMBER NINE, THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT IN THE GRANT SAYS THAT, UM, THEY WILL IN GOOD FAITH, COMPLETE ALL PROGRAMS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
AND IF THEY CAN'T COMPLETE A PROGRAM, THEY WILL NOTIFY THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN IT SAYS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE FUNDING, IF THE ORGANIZATION FAILS TO COMPLETE ANY PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION WILL IMMEDIATELY INFORM THE CITY.
SO IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, THOSE THAT MANDATORY LANGUAGE IS NOT A PART OF THIS GRANT.
SAY THAT AGAIN, THEY, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE CITY IMMEDIATELY, BUT NOT RETURN THE FUND.
AND WESTERN DINO'S, THEY NOTIFY US.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY NOTIFY THIS.
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BUT I ALSO DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT.WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THEIR, I CAN PULL UP THEIR LAST YEAR'S AGREEMENT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, I GUESS, ON THE ONE CONCERN HERE THAT WE IN GOOD FAITH AGREED TO FUND THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THEY SAID, THEY'D DO THIS.
AND THEY DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT IT.
AND, BUT FOR MARLIN DIGGING INTO THIS, WE STILL WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT? NOT SO NOBODY DISAGREES.
AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE THEN.
SO, SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND PERHAPS AN ANSWER, OR IT IS TO DO SOMETHING WITH A GRANT FUNDING AGREEMENTS TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE LIKE SERVICE AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE I'M, UM, I'M FRUSTRATED HERE, UM, UH, WITH, WITH METROCARE THAT THEY TOOK OUR MONEY REAL QUICK AND THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR MONEY'S.
CERTAINLY THEY DID IT LAST TIME.
I TOOK IT LAST YEAR AND THEY DIDN'T BUILD IT.
THE, UH, THE, THE COMMON FRACTURE, RIGHT.
WAS THAT A PART OF THE AGREEMENT FOR LAST YEAR OR WAS THAT JUST PART OF THEIR FUNDING, THEIR, THEIR PRESENTATION FOR GRANT FUNDING THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM THIS YEAR IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO, THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE WE CAN JUST SAY, WE'RE NOT, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT MAY DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME BETTER CONTROLS HERE AND, AND, AND HAVE SOME CLAWBACK OR SOME REPERCUSSIONS FOR, UM, FOR FAILING TO DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU DO, AND FAILING PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON, THE TAXPAYERS THROUGH US DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S CONFLICT WITH WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO HERE AND WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THEY WOULD FINISH ANYTHING BY A SPECIFIC DATE.
IT JUST SAYS, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE BUILD OUT AND THE FINISHING OF THE CLINICS, THE COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORT MARKETING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CERTIFICATES FOR LECTURE SERIES AND NETWORKING EVENTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY VETERANS SERVICES, NOT LAST YEARS, LAST TWO YEARS.
BUT IF, BUT IF THIS IS AN ISSUE, THEN DON'T GIVE THEM THE GRANT MONEY.
WERE THEY MADE AWARE OF THIS QUESTION WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM? YES.
WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE, SARAH, THAT EARLIER TODAY, THAT EMAIL THAT I FORWARD, AS WELL AS WHAT I JUST READ THE RECORD.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CHOICES YOU CAN BE PLAY IS TABLE.
THIS, DON'T GIVE THEM THE GRANT FUNDING FOR NOW UNTIL THE NEW FINISHED RENOVATION OR THE OTHER THING IS JUST APPROVING IT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GIVE THEM SOME GRANT MONEY.
UM, AND I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THIS IS I WOULD, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU GRANT THEM $2,500 FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO YOU'LL WANT TO GIVE THEM A HALF OF THE MONEY WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UH, SO TO TAKE CARE OF THIS STEEL.
I CAN POINT OUT OTHER EXAMPLES, BUT I THINK WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS SECOND? OKAY.
SO AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHY WE WOULD DO IS FROM 5,000 TO 2,500.
SO THE FUTURE, THEY DON'T KEEP US NOTIFIED.
YOU MAY GET MORE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND THEY GOT THEM ALL.
ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE MOTION FROM HOLLAND WILSON TO GRANDAD 2,500 INSTEAD OF 5002ND PHONE CALL ONE
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FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.VCI CAN, SO WE HAVE ONE A POST.
OH, YOU'RE IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE EVERYBODY, MAN.
I THOUGHT SHE DID THE DAY I DID TOO.
[14. Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve a Contract with The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth for Consulting Services and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $60,000.]
ITEM 14 RELATES TO THE CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, DALLAS FORT WORTH.AND I HAD TWO REASONS OF PULLING IT.
ONE IS TO RECOGNIZE JIM PAUL, WHO IS WITH US ON THE ZOOM CALL.
WE CAN SEE JIM RECOGNIZE WHAT JIM DOES AND ALSO, AND ALSO THAT OLSEN, I THINK IS PROBABLY ON SOME OF THE CALLS, THE BEST THEY'RE THERE.
SO FIRST THE VOICE AND APPRECIATION FOR THEM.
AND THEN SECONDLY, TO COMMENT ON THE CONTRACT AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE HAD IT IN THERE EACH YEAR IS THAT THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AGREES TO HOST AN EVENT IN ADDISON.
AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JIM ABOUT THAT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT I THINK WILL NEED TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MAY BE AN EVENT VIRTUALLY BECAUSE BY THE TIME THIS ENDS, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.
IN FACT, TO HAVE AN EVENT WITH PEOPLE PRESENT IN ADDISON, ADDISON FOCUSED THAT PERHAPS ON A VIRTUAL BASIS.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO MODIFY THE AGREEMENT, THEN MY MOTION WOULD BE, WE ADJUST THE WORDING TO RECOGNIZE THE TIMING.
IT MAY NEED TO BE VIRTUAL AS OPPOSED TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, BUT PHYSICALLY PRESENT IF POSSIBLE DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO APPROVE THIS WITH THAT ADDITIONAL WORDING.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM LAURIE TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT AMENDMENT CHANGED AMENDED WORDING, OR DID YOU RECOGNIZE THE VIRTUE? SO, BUT IT WOULD BE ADDISON FOCUSED.
SO I WATCHED THAT IN THE SECOND ONE FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT.
[18. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action to Approve an Ordinance Changing the Zoning on Property Located at the Southwest Corner of Dallas Parkway and Excel Parkway, Which Property is Currently Zoned PD, Planned Development, Through Ordinance 008-054, to a New PD District in Order to Allow a Senior Living Development and Future Office Development. Case 1816-Z/Addison Senior Living.]
NUMBER 18.YOU WANTED TO ALLOW THE SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
NUMBER ONE, A ONE SIX Z AS A SENIOR LIVING.
I'M A LITTLE MARY CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE INTERIM, UM, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UM, SO THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS FOR A NEW PD DISTRICTS ON AN 11.6 ACRE SITE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF DALLAS PARKWAY AND XCEL PARKWAY.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST AND ONE OF THE LAST UNDEVELOPED SITES ALONG THE TOLLWAY, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR, UH, TO ALLOW TWO NEW MEDICAL OFFICES.
UH, THE ZONING CHANGE OCCURRED WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE METHODIST HOSPITAL WOULD EXPAND TO THE AREA PRIOR TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.
THE PROPERTY WAS DONE FOR HIGH DENSITY OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPERS, THAT THE ONE HANOVER BUILDING TO DEVELOP TWO NEW SITES ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
SORRY, TWO NEW BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY SOLD TO KALI PARTNERS WITH, UH, WITH THE INTENT TO DEVELOP HEIGHTENS THE OFFICE BUILDINGS.
BUT SINCE THE NORTHERN FOUR ACRES OF THE SITE WERE SOLD TO PRTG, A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPER PEER DGA IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT DAY 200 AND ABOUT 295,000 SQUARE FOOT SENIOR LIVING FACILITY THEY'LL RANGE FROM TWO TO 11 STORIES EQUIPPED WITH 217 LIVING UNITS AND THE ABILITY TO EXPAND TO 248 UNITS.
UM, AND IT WILL ALL BE WRAPPED AROUND A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS, IS, UM, IS A FULL CONTINUING CARE FACILITY WITH 148 UNITS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING, 48 UNITS OF ASSISTED LIVING AND 21 UNITS OF MEMORY CARE.
THE REMAINING SOUTH PORTION OF THE SITE, ABOUT 7.1 ACRES, UM, WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH, UH, OR PARDON ME, WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO, UH, TO HAVE A SIX STORY, 550,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING THIS.
YOU MEAN FACILITY AS AN URBAN STYLE BUILDING WITH MINIMAL SETBACKS AND A NEW EAST WEST STREET, UM, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE FACILITY, BISECTING THE PROPERTY EAST TO WEST,
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UH, THE STREET WOULD FOLLOW THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLANS, URBAN STANDARD COMPLETE WITH ON STREET PARKING STREET, TREES AND LANDSCAPING ALONG THE SIDEWALK ON THE RIGHT, UH, ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG ADDISON ROAD.THE DEVELOPERS ARE DEDICATING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY SPACE TO COMPLY WITH ADDISON'S LONGTERM PLAN FOR THE ROAD.
UM, AND AS WELL AS ADDING A MEDIAN, UH, THE DEVELOPERS, PARDON ME, THE DEVELOPERS WILL NOT BE ADDING A MEDIAN, BUT THAT WILL COMPLY WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE RIVER TO ADD A MEDIUM.
UH, THE DEVELOPERS ARE ALSO PROPOSING A SIDE PATH ALONG AN ADDISON ROAD, WHICH MEETS THE CRITERIA, LAID OUT BY THE TOWN'S MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG THE LENGTH OF ADDISON ROAD.
AS A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY IS CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE DO HAVE AN OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT LAID OUT BY ARTICLE 25 OF THE ZONING CODE.
UH, THIS REQUIRES TWO ACRES FOR EVERY THOUSAND SQUARE OR SORRY, EVERY THOUSAND RESIDENTS, ASSUMING THERE ARE 1.5 RESIDENTS PER DWELLING UNIT.
THIS RATIO HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED AND REVISED IN RECOGNITION WITH THE FACT THAT AS ONE MOVES UP IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THE SENIOR LIVING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO USE THE OPEN SPACE AS YOU WOULD IN A TYPICAL RESIDENCE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.
THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT IS STILL THE RATIO IS STILL THE SAME AT TWO ACRES PER 1000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THIS WOULD BE REACHED ASSISTED LIVING.
WE MODIFY THE RATIO TO A ONE THIRD OF THE NORMAL RATE AS WE GO TO MEMORY CARE.
UH, THERE WOULD NOT BE A REQUIREMENT FOR DEDICATION OF OPEN SPACE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE UNIT COUNTS OF THE DEDICATION IS ABOUT 0.48 ACRES.
UM, GIVEN THE SMALL SIZE OF THAT OPEN SPACE, UH, WE ARE INSTEAD MORE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THE EXISTING PARK SPACE THROUGHOUT TOWN FOR THIS WE'RE CONSIDERING A FEE IN LIEU OF THE DEDICATION OF THE OPEN SPACE.
UM, SO INSTEAD OF DEDICATING THE LAND ON THEIR SITE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO GIVE US MONEY TO PURCHASE PARK SPACE THROUGHOUT TOWN OR EXPAND, UM, EXISTING PARK SPACE.
UM, THE, AND LOU WOULD, UH, WOULD TAKE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE 0.4 ACRES AND ADD A MARKET VALUE TO EACH SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH WOULD IN TURN BE GIVEN TO ADDISON FOR PARK SPACE TO ENSURE ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ESTABLISH USE REGULATIONS TO ALLOW SENIOR HOUSING AND SECONDARY USES THAT GO ALONG WITH SENIOR HOUSING IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS SITE, WHICH PERVERT THE PRESERVING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARDON ME, WHICH PRESERVING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS SITE AS OFFICE USE A STIPULATED IN THE 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TOLLWAY HAS TO BE HIGH DENSITY OFFICE WHILE A PORTION OF THIS TRACKS, UM, IS BEING PROPOSED FOR SENIOR LIVING.
THE MAJORITY WOULD STILL BE, UH, REQUIRED AND RESERVED FOR OFFICE SPACE AS WELL AS A 70% STRUCTURED PARKING IN THE AREA OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF A MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THE NORTHERN OR IN THIS SITE ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOLLWAY USING METHODIST HOSPITAL AS AN ANCHOR STEP STEP FOUND THAT A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED FOR IN THE COMP PLAN WOULD BE A COMPLIMENTARY USE IN, UH, IN A MEDICAL DISTRICT.
GIVEN THESE ATTRIBUTES STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, CREATING A NEW PD ON THE SITE WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND I WILL PULL UP A PRESENTATION THAT I FORGOT TO PULL UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS THAT WILL SHOW THE, THE SITE PLAN.
BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS, THIS 11.6 ACRES, REMEMBER YEARS BACK, YOU KNOW, TO SOLVE THE NIGHT.
AND THEN THE MESSAGE IS HOSPITAL TRIED TO CHOOSE THIS LOT TO BUILD A HOSPITAL.
SO WE RESOLVED, BUT I ENDED UP AND THEN THEY CHOSE, WHAT DID THEY HAVE NOT.
SO LEAVE THE ZONING STILL LIKE A MEDICAL HOSPITAL.
IF WE APPROVE THIS ZONING CASES THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US, WHICH WAY THEY GO TO DO SOONER WITH ASSESSMENT.
SO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING SPECIFIC FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS.
AND THEN I'VE GOT TO PUSH FOR WILSON, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE RED, WHICH MEANS AFTER TODAY, IT WILL NOT COME BACK TO COUNCIL UNLESS THEY REQUEST AN EXCEPTION.
AND, AND THE S THE REMAINING LOT DOES REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THAT LOT, JUST LIKE YOU DO ON THIS ONE.
BUT, UH, PARDON ME, IT IS A, IT IS, UM, A, UH, WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION FROM CALLING PARTNERS TO, UM, RESERVE THAT SITE
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AND THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE, UH, AT LEAST A SIX STORY, 550,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT SITE.THAT, THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION.
THAT MEANS THAT HOPEFULLY KALI PARTNERS WILL BRING SOMETHING OF THAT SIZE OR LARGER TO US IN THE FUTURE.
AND HOW, HOW IS THAT ATTACHED TO, TO THIS ITEM? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THERE ARE NOTES.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY NOTES ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE'S THE, IT SAYS THERE'S TWO REQUIREMENTS INSIDE THAT BOX ON THE EIGHT
I READ IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE FINE PRINT.
UM, DO WE KNOW IF, IF, UM, IS IT, IS IT HIDDEN SPRINGS OF MCKINNEY? IS THAT THEIR NAME OR IS IT SENIOR LIMIT? YES.
THEY ARE ON OUR ZOOM CALL RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR NAMES FOR REZONING.
THEY HAVE ALSO DESIGNED OTHER PROJECTS.
ONE OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS IS IN SPRINGS, IN MCKINNEY.
SO THEY ARE, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THAT.
I'VE GOT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT.
SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE ASK YOU WANT ME TO GO FORWARD? I WANTED TO FURTHER ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE OFFICE BUILDING SECTION FOUR OF THE ORDINANCE SAYS WHEN THAT LOT S SUB DISTRICT B THAT VACANT LOT DEVELOPS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THE USE IS, BUT HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THE STANDARDS FOR APPROVAL DOCUMENT.
CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT REAL QUICK? CAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS ANYWAYS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT WHEN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT TO BE DONE AS FAR AS REZONING, THE SITE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. COLLEY RELATED TO THIS.
WELL, LET ME SAY, SAY THIS PRIOR TO THE REZONING, THAT IS, THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT ALLOWED FOR THE HOSPITAL.
IT REQUIRED VERY DENSE OFFICE BUILDING 12 STORY BUILDINGS.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS STAFF WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE OF ITS, UM, PRIME SPOT ON THE TOLL WAY, WAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONTINUED DENSITY IN THAT AREA.
SO WHEN CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. COLLEY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID IS THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN HERE, WE WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM AMOUNTS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR OFFICE, UH, FOR FRAUD, FOR OFFICE SPACE.
UM, THAT WAS 550,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM HEIGHT, UH, AND THAT WAS THE SIX STORIES.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO HIGHER, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE WAS NOT GOBBLED UP BY SURFACE PARKING.
AND SO WE REQUIRED, WE SAID WE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A REQUIRED, UH, UH, UH, 73 REQUIREMENT OF 70% OF THE PARKING HAD TO BE STRUCTURED.
AND THAT IS ALSO, UH, CAPTURED IN THAT SECOND, UH, PIECE OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE SAID, AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS AS, AS THEY COME BACK, UM, IS THAT WE WANTED, BECAUSE AGAIN, OF THE, UM, THE LOCATION OF THIS ON THE TOLL WAY, WE WANTED THE BUILDING TO HAVE AN APPEARANCE THAT WAS, UH, UH, REMARKABLE, SOMETHING THAT WAS NO FOR THEM, SO THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T DRIVE AROUND THE CORNER AND SEE SOMETHING KIND OF BORING.
WE WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE SOMETHING.
AND SO WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT TO MR. COLLEY, UH, IS AS A REQUIREMENT, WE WILL EXPECT THAT AS HE BRINGS FORWARD THE, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE, ANY PROJECTS ON THAT SOUTHERN PAR PART OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAID THAT ON THE RECORD SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE COMMUNICATED TO HIM IN PRIVATE, EVERYBODY, YOU ALSO, UH, PUBLICLY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, NUDGING ME TOWARDS THAT COMMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, KNOW, I GUESS THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD MAYBE FOR PRG, IF YOU READ, I'M SORRY.
P P R P G D D R D G, PARDON ME? UM, IS THEY CAN SPEAK TO THIS IF THEY HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SIZE AND WHAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS MIGHT BE.
AND IF THEY COULD ALSO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT THE FACADE.
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SO IF SOMEONE COULD REPEAT THE QUESTION, I'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS, UH, DOES THE, UM, OWNER OF THE FUTURE OWNER OF THE BUILDING HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, UM, OF THIS SIZE AND SCALE, AND THEN, UM, I GUESS, UH, I'D LOVE TO HEAR JUST WHATEVER COLOR YOU COULD SHARE REGARDING THE, THE, UH, THE EXTERIOR, UH, EXTERIOR, UH, ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING.
UH, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE AND IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO YOUR PDF, THE SLIDES IN THE PDF THAT'S SPECIFICALLY, UM, THAT THE GUIDANCE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE INCLUDED A TOWER ELEMENT IN THEIR DESIGN AND 11 POWER FOR A PORTION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE SEVENTH, IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO THIS SITE.
THE EXTERIOR INCLUDES A VARIETY OF BEVERLY MASSING AND HEIGHT
WE BOUGHT SHAPES AND SIZES INCORPORATED, BALCONIES EXPRESS, THE RESIDENTIAL CARE, THE PROJECT, AND ON THE ROOF, IT WAS A SPECIAL LOUNGE AREA.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL ABUSE ACROSS ADDISON AND DALLAS.
AND TO ADDRESS THE OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS, WE PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE STATE COURTYARD FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE, UM, MULTIPLE STATE, ROUTE TERRACES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND THE SYSTEM WITH THE OF, AND, UM, THAT'S LIKE ABOUT 20 DEFINED SEVERAL TALLER STRUCTURES IN OTHER CITIES, SEATTLE, CHICAGO, HOUSTON.
WE HAVE A, WASN'T A NINETEENS FOR, UH, SENIOR LIVING CONTRACT, THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY, AND ALL THAT PETER FALLS FROM MADISON MARQUETTE, THE TRUST PORTFOLIO SENIOR, REALLY? YEAH.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED PREVIOUS, UM, UM, UH, OF STORY
THEN WE CAN MODEL TO THE EXTENT THE
ARE YOU WILLING TO SHOW THAT THEIR SLIDES, UM, I WILL BRING UP THE PDF? YES.
ONLY BECAUSE FROM A COUPLE OF CALLS
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THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM FOLKS, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS AND I THINK SHOWING SOME SHOTS OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FOLKS THAT DIDN'T PULL UP THE AGENDA PACKET WOULD BE APPRECIATED.I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN, SHARE THE SCREEN ONE MORE TIME.
SO, JEFF, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YEAH.
YOU WANT ME TO, IS HE HAD THIS JOY IS THE FINAL JOY, JUST A LIMIT OF MR. GILMORE.
DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION WAS, YEAH.
THE QUESTION WAS, IS THE GIANT DRAWING OF A SUBMITTED IN THE PACKET IN THE, UH, THE, THE PLANNING PACKET? IS THAT A FINAL RENDERING OR IS THAT A PRELIMINARY, A PRELIMINARY RENDERING? I THINK WE CONSIDER THIS A PRELIMINARY, WE HAVEN'T STARTED OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS YET, BUT TRUE WITH PD OR WERE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AND DESIGNING A BUILDING THAT MATCHES THESE IMAGES.
THAT'D BE AN 11 STORY TOWER AND WE'LL HAVE A COMBINATION OF A
WE HAD TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC MATERIALS MANUFACTURERS AND TYPES OF MATERIALS.
THE ONLY REASON THAT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE THROUGH WORKING WITH A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO MIGHT, UM, OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE THAT WAS FED THOSE MATERIALS THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE STRONG.
THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO EXTEND, EXPAND THIS TO 240 UNITS INSTEAD OF TWO 17.
SO IF YOU'RE ALREADY SURE, IF THIS IS FUN, THOUGH, YOU WOULD EXPEND IT.
SO BASICALLY A SUBGROUP IS JOY JUST FOR US TO DO THE REZONING AND THE CHIN, THE PD.
SO THE DETAILS ARE STILL COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THE MORE DETAILED DRAWINGS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR AN PERMIT AND THEY WILL REFER BACK TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO SEE HOW, HOW CLOSELY WE COMPLY WITH WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY.
WOULD STAFF COMMENT ON? I NOTICED IN THERE THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY BRICK DESIGNATIONS, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPECIFICS THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, HOW BINDING ARE THOSE? I'M GUESSING I'M JUST ASKING FOR A COMMENT TO GET IT ON THE RECORD.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL LOOK INTO ON HOW BINDING THOSE ARE.
UM, I HEARD THAT THERE CAN BE MINOR DEVIATIONS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT MAJOR DEVIATIONS.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE I CAN'T TELL THEM MY PERCENTAGE, A LOT OF GLASS, RICK, ALL OF US TACO, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT.
GO DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ALL STUCK OUT.
SO I MIGHT CHANGE THE COLORS OF THE BRICKS AND STUFF, MOVE IT AROUND.
I THINK THE PERCENTAGES NEED TO HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE FOR WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THESE DRAWINGS.
AND THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANT GLASS, PARTICULARLY IN THIS ADDITIONAL PICTURE.
THAT'S NOW FLASHED GIVES QUITE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE THAT'S FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND THIS I THINK IS FROM THE SOUTHEAST LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST, EXCUSE ME, NORTH.
THIS IS FROM THE SOUTHWEST LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST.
UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR WILSON OR ANY, ANY OF OUR STAFF FOR THAT MATTER.
UM, ON XCEL PARKWAY, I NOTICED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT WITHOUT THE ON STREET PARKING.
AND IF YOU COULD SHARE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT YOU HAVE.
SO, UM, AND REALLY WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS WHY, WHY NOT HAVE THE OPTIONS
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ASK FOR THE ANSWER YOU'RE PARKING THAT, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEED TO DIG INTO, BUT WE ARE UPDATING THE, THE BUFFERING TOWARDS, UH, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL UPDATE THE STREETSCAPE, UM, ALONG XCEL PARKWAY TO MATCH OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SUCH AS, UM, STREET TREES, AS WELL AS, UM, THE WIDER SIDEWALKS TO MAKE IT A VERY WALKABLE AREA IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T, NO, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE ON PARTNER WITH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL LOOK INTO FOR YOU.
JEFF IS ON THE PHONE, JUST ASK JEFF, JEFF, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ON STREET PARKING ALONG XCEL PARKWAY.
SO I NOTICE ADD SCENARIO AND THEN YOU YIELD 18 FEET FOR THE, UH, RIGHT AWAY TO ADDISON.
AND SO WE'D BE ABLE TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALK BASED ON ALL THE MESSAGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT, UM, XCEL AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF FUTURE STREET IN THE OFFICE.
SO LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THOSE TWO STREETS.
I ACTUALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, MAYBE NOT THE ONE THAT YOU ASKED TO JEFF SPECIFICALLY, MAYOR, AND I'LL LET JEFF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
JEFF, DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH, I CAN HEAR A PART THROUGH THAT.
I HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE RENT, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE INCLUDE THE ON STREET PARKING OR PROPOSED URBAN FOR THAT'S TRUE IN COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR, BUT, UH, IT WASN'T INCLUDED ON EXCEL PARKWAY.
UM, AND I THINK MAYBE THE QUESTION WAS WHY WOULD THAT INDICATE? YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE CREATING THAT EATS WET THAT NEW ISA COLLECTOR AND DEDICATING ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT.
SO WE HAD THE ABILITY TO KIND OF INCORPORATE, UM, THE KIND OF, UM, SECTION, IF YOU WILL, INCLUDING THE ADJACENT SIDEWALKS, ANCESTRY, AND WALKWAYS AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, UH, AS WELL AS THE ON STREET PARKING, I, UH, IT REALLY WASN'T A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING THAT ON EXCEL PART THOUGH.
THEY WOULD WANT TO BE GIVEN A SIMILAR KIND OF FEE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE, UM, ON, UH, ON THE LANDSCAPE PLANS THAT WE SUBMITTED, WE INCLUDED THOSE DETAILED PAPERS AND STREET TREE, UM, TO GIVE IT THAT SIMILAR PO.
BUT, UM, I, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY EXACTLY I REQUESTED THAT OR MAYBE JUST THAT THERE'S A GREATER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON A BALLOT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN WITH THE ADDING, UM, UH, THAT PARKING ALONG THE STREET, THE PARALLEL PARKING.
I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, EXCEL, EXCEL PARKWAYS AS A MINOR ARTERIAL, AND, BUT, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO MIMIC THE ADDISON CIRCLE, STREETSCAPE AND PAVING REQUIREMENTS, STAFF ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR WITH URBAN PEDESTRIAN STANDARDS, UM, OF AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK AND SIX FOOT PARKWAY BUFFER WITHOUT THE ON STREET PARKING.
SO IT WAS TRYING TO MIMIC THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE URBAN DISTRICT FOR ADDISON CIRCLE.
IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE.
IT'S ALSO, IT'LL BE, IT'S GOING TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR AND FOLLOW THE BOURBON PEDESTRIAN STANDARDS AS WELL ELSE.
I'M GOING TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
SO PARKWAY, I THINK THAT MAY HELP.
I MAY HAVE JUST ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS.
HERE'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH OR XCEL PARKWAY IN ADDISON, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY STREET PARKING, SO IT JUST MIRRORS WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
RIGHT? WELL, BUT IT'S ALSO, IT'S ALSO TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT WE'VE GOT IN ADDISON CIRCLE AS WELL.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT IF I CAN GET THIS ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THAT THE NEW EAST WEST CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT IS A PRIVATE DRIVE THAT THEY WILL MAINTAIN OR ARE THEY DEDICATED TO US BUILDING IT? AND THEN IT BECOMES OUR STREETS.
IF, IF, IF THEY DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT TO OUR STANDARDS.
THERE'S OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, BUT I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S A ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY OWN IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE TOWN THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THEY'LL BUILD IT PART OF IT, CORRECT.
SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE TO BUILD A PRIVATE ROAD BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE IT LESS, THEY CAN BUILD IT TO A LESSER STANDARD.
UM, AND THEN THEY WANT TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITY LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.
SO WE TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT A SUBSTANDARD ROAD.
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UM, AND SO IF THEY WANT TO DO IT, IT'S IN THEIR INTEREST TO DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND GIVE IT TO US SO THAT WE, WE TAKE CARE OF IT.BUT WE'RE GETTING A BRAND NEW ROAD THAT IS BUILT TO OUR STANDARDS.
WELL, I THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD TO HAVE THE, SOMEONE ON THE PHONE SIDE COMMENT ABOUT THE ENVISION QUALITY AND THE GRADES THAT WOULD BE CHARGED.
AND JUST TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT THIS AND WHY WE SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN ADDISON.
SO THE FINISH OUTS AND THE KINDS OF RATES THAT WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE FACILITY.
MADISON MARQUETTE AND I GO TO MAINLAND CHINA A BIT IN THE PRIMARY, AND IF I MISSED ANYTHING, UM, IT'S BEEN A RELATIVELY HIGH AND MID ANYTHING BACK THAT I THINK, UM, THE
UM, THAT'S 200 PAGES OF THIS MARKET AND I'M EXPECTING A SET OF DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE SPRING ABOUT IT, THE MOC WITH RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT MANY HIGH END CLIENTELE.
UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF UNITS, UH, INDEPENDENT LIVING, A ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE BEDROOM, TWO THERE, AND THEN MIMIC OUR STUDIO, WHICH IS BIT OF A MEMORY TEST, THE ASPECT, UM, RANGE OF THE ONE BEDROOM, 800
I'M GOING TO GIVE ME THE AVERAGE ASSISTANT IS THE FACE OF 700 FOR THE 800 RANGE.
UM, THE, UM,
UM,
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY'LL HAVE MILK, HOUSEKEEPING, CARPENTERS, UM, UH, SECURITY ON THE SIDE, UM, BASICALLY FULL OF MEN.
UM, UH, BASICALLY MANY BACK ON THE, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AROUND INDEPENDENT LIVING.
THEY'LL HAVE AN OUTDOOR POTENTIALLY GO AROUND THE FINISHED DESIGN BUILD ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE A HEATED SALUTE.
WE'LL HAVE A, UH, UH, FITNESS ORGANIZED CLASSES, UM, THE LAWN ON SITE.
UM, THAT'S USUALLY
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SET THEIR DINING IN, UM, THEY'RE MENTIONED ON THE 11TH FLOOR, WE HAVE A LOUNGE SLASH
AND THEN IN THE COMMON, UM,
UM, THE, WE GET PRETTY CREATIVE AND, AND, UH, FILTER WITHOUT DESIGN.
UM, THE DOWNSIDE
AND OBVIOUSLY AS THAT EVOLVED BY THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE, WE MAYBE INCORPORATE ANYTHING YOU READY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT YET.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO SEE NOT A GOD, BUT SO WE DID TAKE A BEHIND THE PERSONA.
I'VE GOT, UM,
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THAT.AND SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY, WOULD YOU COMMENT TO OTHER, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A BUY IN, THIS WILL BE 100% RENTAL, CORRECT.
AND, UM, I LEFT, SO WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT MODELS, THE LIFE CARE MODEL, WHICH USUALLY REQUIRES A OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM.
UM, MY MUM, USUALLY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UP TO HALF A MILLION, DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU STILL PAY A MONTHLY RENTAL, UH, AS WELL, UH, AND HOW LONG WE WERE INVESTED IN THEIR FOREBRAIN MODEL.
UM, THEY SENT THEM ON AND WE BELIEVE IN, AND THAT'S THE MODEL ASSUMING THE PROFIT.
AND DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CLASS MIGHT BE? I WILL LIMIT THAT WE WILL BE IN THE, A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE FIVE HIGH FIVE UP TO THE HIGH SEVEN, BUT, UH, PLAY THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE UNIT KIND OF BASICALLY, RIGHT.
THE
UM,
NOW THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LINKED TO THE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIRED BY THE RESIDENTS IN BERRY.
UM, IN SPAIN WE HAVE, OR WHATEVER WE CAN, UM, RANGING FROM HER, CAN MISS THESE RATES AT LEAST 700 UP TO 1500, DEPENDING ON WHETHER NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND THEN THEY CAN, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN POUNDS A MONTH FRAMES.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S A TURKEY.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT KID, SO THAT'S THE RIGHT
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES INITIALLY A LOT OF MONEY SPOT WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE COSTS AND YOU REALIZE, UM, YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY THE MOST TALENTED, UM,
AGAIN, I DID, I WANTED TO JUST PERSONALLY SEE THIS, I WENT UP TO VISIT HIDDEN SPRINGS AND I WALKED AWAY WITH AN IMPRESSION THAT IT'S WELL, OUTFITTED APPEARS TO HAVE SOLID EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT ON QUESTIONS OF JUST MULTIPLE THINGS WALKING THROUGH.
UM, IT IS VERY, IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THIS PROPOSAL IN THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S ABOUT IT'S ON NINE ACRES INSTEAD OF FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.
AND SO IT'S HALF AS HIGH AND IT'S SPREAD OUT, BUT THE QUALITY WAS VERY GOOD.
QUALITY IS A TRICKY ONE TO COMMENT ON BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STANDARDS, BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
I'D ALSO NOTE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A TIMING IS ALWAYS EVERYTHING AND THEY OPENED ON MARCH 16.
AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT MARCH 13TH WAS OF COURSE THE DAY THAT EVERYTHING.
NO, ACTUALLY, UH, WHAT I WAS TOLD TODAY, I CAUGHT IT ACCURATELY WAS THAT SINCE THAT TIME THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE HAD 68 PEOPLE MOVE IN.
AND SO THEY CONSIDER THAT DURING THIS PARTICULAR TIME REALLY A COOP.
SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
ANYWAY, I WALKED AWAY WITH A POSITIVE VIEW OF THE OPERATOR.
NO, THEY'VE NOT CHOSEN THE OPERATOR, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'VE NOT CHOSEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS TO BE FILLED IN, BUT I FELT GOOD AFTER VISITING IN SPRINGS AND ALSO HAVING THE CHANCE, YOU KNOW, YOU'D ASKED EARLIER ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER, LISTEN TO THAT OTHER BUILDINGS, OTHER THINGS THEY'D DONE, AND MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE PETER SOME OF THE COMMENTS ELSEWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE BUILT THAT THEY SHARED WITH ME TODAY.
OH,
AND NOT ONE OF THE SMALLEST COMMUNITY.
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UM, AND I WOULD THINK THAT BY THE MARKETING OF THE SEVENTIES SUBPOENA FOR MEMORY, UH, IT'S A LITTLE, NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING INDEPENDENT LIVINGAND WE HAD A SLIGHTLY BACK, A LITTLE DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, ON THAT ONE, IT DIDN'T PASS AWAY.
UM, THE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A BILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, THE FIRST ONE IS ON EXPANDING, UH, THEIR SITES.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS I WORK ON THAT EXPANSION, UM, UH, PLANTING CENTRAL, NOT HOW IT'S GOING.
UM, UM, JUST PREPARING A LITTLE BIT, LIKE I SAID, I SUSPECT IT WILL BE SOUTH OF LOCKET.
UH, HI, IN
WE DID MAKE SOME, UM, DESIGNED TO ON THE LANE TO
UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE IN THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN A VERY CAUTIOUS MANNER, KNOCK ON WOOD.
WE HAVE MANAGED TO AVOID, UM, ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I COULDN'T SAY THAT MANAGEMENT AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD LUCK, TOO.
UM, PRETTY STRAIGHT WITH A BIT OF, UM, YEAH, THE
AND I THINK THAT'S TESTAMENT TO THE OPERATIONS AND SECONDLY DESIGN.
UM, IT'S REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE OBVIOUSLY, UM, UM, BY THE, UH, BY THE RESIDENTS AND, UM,
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK IT, OR WE NEED TO GO OKAY.
I'M SEEING THAT THERE'S A, ON ONE OF THE TABLES, UH, HAVING TROUBLE DEAN THAT MIGHT HAVE PICKED IT UP TODAY.
SO ONE OF THE DRAWINGS SHOWS 217 UNITS, AND THAT'S THE 31 LESS THAN THE, THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE UNITS, UH, DRAWING SHE A DASH ONE ZERO ONE.
THIS IS SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS AS TWO 17.
AND THEN IT HAS A FUTURE EXPANSION.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE THAT EXPANSION HAPPENS AND WHAT
AND WE DESIGNED THE TOWN TO REFLECT THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO DISCOVER MUCH STARTED WITH THE AMENDMENT AND THEN THE PAIN AND
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COMMUNITY IN, UM, IN HOPPING OUT OF THE CITY AND WITHIN THE RADIUS.BUT THE DEMAND IS SO STRONG ENOUGH RELIEVER THAT SUPPLY IS TIED TO THE PAIN.
SO OUTSIDE WITH INITIALLY REALLY BUSY ON THE ISLAND SIDE, AND THEN PEOPLE AGING IN PLACE AND TRANSITIONS
SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE COMPARISON AND OUTCOME
UM, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO JUST, UM, DOES
SO IN THE BOOM TIMES, THAT WOULD JUST BE GREAT.
AND, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MARKET DOES, WE STARTED, WE BASICALLY DID THAT ADD ON THAT
THE 294,000 SQUARE FEET, ROUGHLY IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 248 UNITS, OR IS THAT THE TWO 17? THAT'S A GREAT TIME OF DAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? ONE, BUT YEAH, THAT WAS THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT DEPOSIT IN THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE OR FOOTAGE INCLUDES THE PARKING STRIP.
WE KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
DO WE KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING? YEAH, ANDY ONE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN AS IN RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT 224,000.
SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 70,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
THEY DIDN'T GENTLEMEN, THIS ITEM IS LISTED IN THE POVERTY HEARING.
IF ANYONE IN PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE DO SO.
THIS IS THE ONE IN PUBLIC, WHICH TO SPEAK ON THIS IDEA AT NIGHT HERE BY SO CONSOLE QUESTION, OTHER QUESTIONS, ANOTHER A QUESTION, BUT JUST MAYBE I'LL DIRECT IT TO STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF LAND.
AND I KNOW WE ENVISION THIS AS A HIGH DENSITY OFFICE, BUT GIVEN THIS IS 11 STORIES AND GIVEN THE LONG STANDING STRONG DESIRE, EXPLICITLY STATED DESIRE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SENIOR LIVING, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MEETS THAT TEST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? YES, THAT'S THAT'S WE BELIEVE THIS FOLLOWS, UH, THE COMP PLAN TO THE T AND ALSO I'M IN THE COMP PLAN ACTUALLY CALLS FOR THE 550,000.
THAT'S MY PO BOX TO COVER THAT WHOLE SPACE.
AND WE'VE MOVED THAT TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION TO, TO INCREASE DENSITY IN THIS AREA.
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING 550,000 SQUARE FEET, WE'RE GETTING A ALMOST 800,000 SQUARE FEET OF A LITTLE OVER.
SO FROM A DENSITY STANDPOINT, IT'S TEXTBOOK CALLIE.
PARKER'S, UH, THAT PROJECT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT, WITHOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT YOU HAVE A THOUGHT, I I'M SURE BILL CALLIE WOULD MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.
UH, BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY SELLING THIS LAND TO GET MONEY, TO DO ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING.
AND IT COULD BE THAT HE'S DOING THIS TO, TO, TO FACILITATE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO I, IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THIS CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES COLLEGE MR. COLLINS, UH, UH, ABILITY TO DO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS MORE, UH, MORE, UH, POSSIBLE.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND IT'S REALLY FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT'S LISTENING THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS.
MAYBE SOMEONE ON THE PHONE COULD COMMENT ON IF THIS IS APPROVED, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT? IF YOU'RE THE QUESTION I GET THE TIMELINE.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S APPROVED, WHEN WOULD THIS WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? WHEN WOULD IT START, ET CETERA.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK I ALWAYS TRY TO TIGHTEN IT UP TO NINE, SEVEN TO NINE.
AND THEN, UM, OUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS, UH, BELIEVED WHEN HE PLAYED
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TWO MONTHS.NOW, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO OVERLAP, UH, SOME OF THE DESIGN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TIME, WE WILL, UM, I BELIEVE I HEARD SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UM, THEY'RE NOT YET SELECTED A CONTRACT AND THAT'S TRUE, BUT WE TOLD THEM TO THREE QUALIFYING GROUPS THAT AS WE STATE AND OUR GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO NAIL THAT DOWN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND MORE THAN LIKELY MOVE FORWARD IN THE DESIGN ASSIST APPROACH WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
AND THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND SO THEY HAD TO SEVEN TO NINE AND THE NINE AND THE 22 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION WITH SOMEBODY THE LAST TWO TIMES, AT LEAST AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
ANY MORE QUESTION? NO QUESTION.
DO I HAVE MOTION? AND THE SECOND MOTION FROM IRELAND, SECOND PHONE LAURIE, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[19. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on Change Order #3 to the Contract with JC Commercial, Inc. for Costs Related to Unforeseen Issues and Conditions for the United States Customs and Border Protection Facility at Addison Airport and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Change Order in an Amount Not to Exceed $17,275.41.]
PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH JESSE COMMERCIAL, INC FOR COSTS RELATED TO AND FORESEEN ISSUES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS, AND BORDER PROTECTION FACILITY AS A WHOLE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK YOU TO CHANGE YOUR ORDER, NOT TO EXCEED $17,275 41 CENTS.JOEL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS AIRPORT DIRECTOR, JOEL
DO YOU HAVE THAT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE? YES.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THE THIRD CHANGE ORDER OR PACING CAUTIOUS CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADDISON AIRPORT, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FACILITY, UH, CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS. MOST OF THEM RELATIVELY SMALL, UH, AND INCLUDE CREDITS OR CHANGES AS WELL.
UM, THE ITEMS HERE ARE SUMMARIZED AND WE'LL BILL FOR EACH ONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
I HOPE, UH, I WILL NOTE THAT THREE OF THE ITEMS, UH, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DAYS TO THE CAP, TO THE CALENDAR DAYS TO BE A CONTRACT TIME, A TOTAL OF 27 ADDITIONAL DAYS.
AND, UH, START THROUGH THE FIRST ITEM IS AN ADJUSTMENT FOR A DRIVE ALONG TO ACCOMMODATE PLUMBING.
A ADDITIONAL SPACE WAS NEEDED TO, UH, SEE WHAT WILL BE PLUMBING FOR A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS AND THE RESTROOMS. SO THEY JUST HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, THAT WAS $2,943 AND ADDED FIVE CALENDAR DAYS, THE CONTRACT, UH, THE ARE THESE VARIOUS AS BEFORE WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, THIS WOULD BE A FIRST OF ALL PROCESS SCENARIO AND A CUSTOM SPACE THAT BACK WALL, THOSE, UH, ACTUALLY MOVED OURS JUST A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE SOME WARMING IN THERE, NOT, UH, GOING TO FIT WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
THERE'S ALSO SOME, UM, FERMENTATION.
IT WAS IN THE BATHROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, IN THE U S CUSTOMS SPACE.
UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO NARROW, SO THEY HAD A MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT WIDER.
THIS IS ALL PART OF THAT FIRST ITEM, OKAY.
WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF RESTROOMS, UH, IN THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATING SPACES, UH, THE PLUMBING CASE STUFF WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO NARROW AND, UH, THEY NEEDED TO EXPAND THAT.
AND THAT'S THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN THERE CHANGE ONCE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION CHANGES.
UH, WE MADE SOME REVISIONS TO INCLUDE MORE SHADE, TOLERANT PLANTS THAT WERE SUITABLE FOR THE BREEZEWAY
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AREA.UH, AND THE IRRIGATION DESIGNS WERE UPDATED TO MATCH THOSE REVISIONS FOR THE PLANTINGS.
UH, AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, JANET TIDWELL COME OUT ON SITE AND REVIEW THOSE AND, UH, MADE SURE THAT, UH, THESE CHANGES ARE COMPLIANT WITH ADDISON STANDARDS.
SO WHEN WE DID GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, AND THIS CHANGE AMOUNT IS $2,723, IT'S ABOUT FOUR OR THEY'RE OUT OF THE BREEZEWAY AREA.
AND YOU COULD SEE THERE WAS QUITE A BIT MMM, EVERYTHING FROM CHANGE OR SOME MORE SHADE THERE THAN I THINK WAS ORIGINALLY IN IT'S DISSIPATED DESIGN.
NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST, THE RESULT OF SOME WORK EQUIPMENT RENTAL EXTENSIONS THAT WERE NEEDED TO KEEP REQUIRED EQUIPMENT ON SITE, BEYOND THE INITIAL WORK OF DURATION REVISIONS THAT WERE ISSUED FORMALLY IN NOVEMBER.
AND THESE WERE RELATED TO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PERIMETER SLAB, EDGES CONSTRUCT FOR WRONGS.
UM, THESE, THESE ADJUSTMENTS WERE, UM, RELATED TO THE CHANGE IN THE DESIGN OF VALUE ENGINEERING FOR THE OUTER SKIN OF THE BUILDING.
THERE WAS SOME LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCES THERE, BUT A WORK DOWN IN VALUE DURING, UH, THE CAGES WEREN'T ALL CARRIED THROUGH.
AND, UH, THAT WAS A FAIRLY EXPENSIVE, UH, ISTATION ON THE RENTALS, $7,183 FOR THAT ITEM.
THERE'S CHANGES IN THESE COVERS AND DOWNSPOUTS FOR GRANTED FROM THE ROOF.
UH, THIS WAS A CHANGE OF $3,478.
UM, THE OPENINGS CIRCLE WALL FROM THE TOP OF THE ROOM FOR AN ENLARGED AND A SECONDARY LOWER FLOW WAS ADDED ON BOTH SIDES AND THAT'S HIDDEN DOWN DOWNTOWN WAS SHIFTED AND THAT DRAIN IS GOING TO BE EXPOSED ON THE EXTERIOR BUILDING.
AND THAT WAS PICKED UP IN A TOWN'S REVIEW OF THE CHANGE.
THIS ITEM WAS ISSUED AS A CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVE WHERE THESE ITEMS WERE ISSUED WAS CONSTRUCTED CHANGED FOR THE CONTRACTOR, UM, FOR REASONS OF COST AND SCHEDULE HAD THEY BEEN DELAYED, IT WOULD'VE COST A GREATER INCREASES IN COSTS AND MORE DELAY IN THE SCHEDULE AND THIS YEAR THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE, BUT ADD 12 DAYS TO THE CONTRACT TIME.
THIS IS SOME ELEVATIONS SHOWING WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARTS NEAR THE TOP OF THE BUILDING, UH, AT THE BASE OF THE PARAPET WALL SINCE THEN FOR THE ROOF.
AND HERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OVAL CIRCLE AND GRABBED THERE SHOWS WHERE THAT CHANGE IS IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE, UH, ONE SCUPPER DRAIN AND THEN THE HIGHER TO THE RIGHT CAUSE THE OVERFLOW NEXT ITEM WAS SOME, UH, DRYWALL SUBSET LABOR, FAIRLY SMALL CHANGE IN $1,078 DRYWALL FRAMING WAS INSTALLED FOR THE WALL BETWEEN THE PREPROCESSING AND POST-PROCESSING ROOMS THAT HAVE GLASS AND ALUMINUM THAT TAKE UP THE TOP HALF OF THE WALL, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE FRAMING TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE FLOOR TO THE DECK ABOVE ELEMENTS WERE INSTALLED BY LANDER WINDOWS.
AND THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL LABOR TO, UH, MAKE THAT INSTALLATION.
AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHERE THAT AREA IS BETWEEN THE PRE AND POST PROCESSING, UH, THE PRE PROCESSING.
THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, UH, PEOPLE COME IN OFF OF AN AIRCRAFT AND WAIT TO BE PROCESSED BY CUSTOMS AS PROCESSING COURSES WHEN THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND CLEARED CUSTOMS WHEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE REST OF THEIR PARTY.
BUT THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOWS THE AREA IN QUESTION OR ADDITIONS BEFORE IT WAS ADDED.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS SOME BORE HARDWARE AND FINISHES COLOR CHANGE.
UH, MOST OF THE EXTERIOR DOOR HINGES ARE CONTINUOUS GEARED STYLES.
SO THEY RUN THE HEIGHT OF THE, WHEN THEY'RE WERE ON BLACK FRAMES OVER THE LONG LINE OF SILVER.
UH, THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT RAN AROUND THE BUILDING, WHERE THERE WAS SOME BLACK FINISH AND BLADE AND, UH, OVER FINISHED SHOWS.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A, AN EFFORT TO GO IN AND MAKE THOSE FINISHES ALL MATCH A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE CHANGE WAS.
SO IT WAS JUST CHANGING THE HARDWARE, UH, IN, UH, DISSEMINATE THAT, UH, LONG SILVER LINE
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OF THE HINGES AND SOME OF STRUCTURAL.UM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS $2,677 CHANGE FOR THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM WAS A CREDIT FOR REMOVAL OF THE NORTHWEST SECURITY PANEL, UH, CAMERA POLE, UH, THAT WAS IN A LOCATION THAT WILL CONFLICT WITH THE AIR CONSTRUCTION.
THAT IS ABOUT TO START, UH, THAT'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONCRETE RAMP FOR AIRCRAFT PARKING, UH, THAT CON CONCRETE FOUNDATION, AND ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS CONTRACT.
AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE POLE WILL BE PERFORMED AS PART OF THE AIRSIDE CONTRACT JC, COMMERCIAL'S GONNA PROVIDE A LIGHT POLE, UH, AND THEY'LL STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINE AND THE FIXTURE ON, UP ON THE LIGHT POLE THAT THE AIR SIGN CONTRACT HOLD THE INSTALLATION ABOUT TWO CREDIT OF $1,612.
AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SCHEMATIC SHOWS WHERE THAT IS ON THE NORTH, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE NEXT CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVE NUMBER FOUR WAS TO ADD SOME DOOR HARDWARE TO THE EXIT DOOR ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE BEDROOM.
THIS WAS A BEAR THAT STAFF HAD ANTICIPATED USING FOR ACCESS TO THE AIR SIDE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO ON THAT SIDE, I INSIDE THE FENCE AND, UM, GOING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING INTO THE VEHICLES ONTO THE AIR SIDE, WE HAD STATED USING THAT DOOR FOR REENTRY, UH, THE ARCHITECTS THAT ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IT AS JUST A FIRE EXIT DOOR WITH NO HARDWARE TO ALLOW REENTRY SERVICE CHANGE $886 WAS JUST TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE USEFUL FOR REENTRY FOR STAFF.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS A CREDIT OF $2,100.
THERE WAS SOME LOCKERS, JUST SMALL STORAGE LOCKERS THAT, UH, HAD BEEN, IT WAS SCOPED TO A PLACE IN THE RESTROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, STAFF WITH THAT AND DECIDED THAT WE WROTE AN AVENUE TO THOSE LOCKERS AND MATH THAT THEY BE REMOVED, AND WE GET THAT CREDIT FOR THE COST SAVINGS ON THAT.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING AFTER WE HAD THE, UH, THE TOUR ON THE 25TH.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THE ELECTRIC EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION.
UM, MR. HICKS WAS THERE, UH, PAIGE PAIGE WAS REPRESENTED AS WAS GARVER, AND, UH, THEY DID, UH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.
UH, SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR OTHER COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS CHANGE, LIKE THE SECOND NET, BUT I THOUGHT TO ALSO HAD THE, UH, UM, WE HAD EXTENSIVE MEETING, VERY GREAT BEING VERY, UM, VERY DETAILED MEETING.
LIKE WE WENT AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE HOURS JUST IN THE MEETING, MEETING PART, NOT THE TOUR PART.
AND, UH, AND, UM, I WOULD SAY I WOULD ECHO WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES SAID, BUT I WOULD ALSO ADD THE COUNCIL MEMBER CAME TO ME AND ADDED GREAT VALUE.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AS A ADDISON ADDISON AIRPORT LIAISON, WORKING WITH YOUR MOM, KNOWING THAT HE'S GOT THAT, THAT KNOWLEDGE CENTER ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE, AND HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT STAFF HAS THAT, OR OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS HAVE THAT, BUT IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT.
THANK YOU SECOND, THAT WASN'T TOM THERE AND TOM WAS THERE TOO FOR THE
I THINK WE WERE RIGHT THAT DIVERSE, DIVERSIFIED, UH, CONSOLE, AND THEN EVERYBODY IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.
SO, UH
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.SO I HAD A MOTION FROM
OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL ITEM NUMBER 20% DISCUSS
[20. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution to Adopt the Town of Addison Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. ]
CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE PART OF ALICE'S INVESTMENT POLICY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 20 TO 2021.UH, ONE SECOND WHILE I SHARE MY SCREEN HERE AND CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN? YES, YES.
WELL, ONCE AGAIN, STEPHEN RITALIN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THAT EVENING
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING OF A POLICY UNIT, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 2020 BACK IN OCTOBER, THE DEAN AND THE GOVERNING BODY SHOULD ADOPT A WRITTEN STORY THAT DIDN'T HAVE REVIEWED THE POLICY IN THE FORM OF BATHROOMS, THE RESOLUTION, UH, THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY AS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE POLICY DIABETICS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM TO MYSELF, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, OUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
AND THESE ARE UNCHANGED, UH,
AND NUMBER TWO, WITH UNDERSTANDING THE TWO LIBERAL INVESTMENT, UH, TO THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TOWN.
NUMBER THREE, WITH
NUMBER FIVE IS DIVERSIFICATION OF THE PORTFOLIO AND NUMBER SIX, 14, 15 OR 21 INVESTMENT POLICY AND INFECTION THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE SECTION STRATEGY.
AND THIS STRATEGY BASICALLY BOND REPRESENTED A NEW INVESTMENT, THREE TYPES OF DONE OPERATING FROM DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, AND THEN CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THESE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES TO ENSURING BASICALLY THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TRAINING AND CASH WANTS TO BE AN OPERATING NEED TO MAKE OUR PAYMENTS, WHICH ARE THE 15TH AND AUGUST 15TH OF EACH YEAR.
AND THEN THREE OF THEM ARE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND WE HAVE BOND FUNDS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INVEST THE FUNDS THAT HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
WHEN PAYMENTS THE WAR, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COMES TO THE NEXT SECTION SECTION UNDER DELEGATION 40.
WE HAD OUR OWN PROVISION SECTION LEADING TO BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR INVESTMENT OFFICERS, AND WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT TO HELP ME FIRE MYSELF AND THE CONTROLLER AND THE TURNER, UH, TO HAVE A FIDELITY BOND.
UH, THE REASON IS, IS THAT
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER DIMENSIONS WHICH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BETTER CODE TO GUARD FOR INVESTMENT, UH, BUT, UH, BONDING, UH, FIVE IS ABOUT $2,500 PER INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE MITIGATING CONTROLS THEIR INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHICH, UH, HAVE SEPARATION OF DUTY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THERE'S REALLY LOW RISK.
SO THAT'S, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON IN INVESTMENT POLICY.
SO
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MADE SOME CHANGES, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE AUTHORIZED SECURITY INVESTMENT, UH, PHOTOGRAPH DEALER TO CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT.UH, WE PROPOSE TO CHANGE THE MAXIMUM MATURITY AFTER LEAVING INVESTMENT FROM THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS, A THROWBACK TO COMMERCIAL PAPER, THE PAPER, UH, SHORT TERM, UH, UNSECURED OBSERVATION, UM, A BETTER, I ALREADY HAS A MAXIMUM OF 270 DAYS, OUR POLICY ABOUT 180.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT TO THE ACCENT ON A COMMERCIAL BROKER, WHICH IS A 272 OTHER OPTIMIZATION, EITHER OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD BE BACKED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES.
UH, HE, WE WOULD PROPOSE, UH, ALLOWING THE MAXIMUM MATURITY OF FIVE YEARS RATHER THAN THE PREVIOUS POLICY OF TWO YEARS AND, UH, FIND THEM, WE ADDED COBRA AND ELVIN, THE MUNICIPAL BOND PREVIOUSLY, THE POLICY OWNER ALLOWED THE LAWN TO BE BOXED, UM, INSIDE OF TEXAS.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE ANY BOMBED ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT ALLOW, UH, THE PURCHASE, UH, NO BOND, I NEED ANY STATE OR HIGHER.
UM, SO THE CHANGE HERE IS THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE BONDS FOR LEASE, RIGHT.
UM, RATHER THAN JUST TEXT THAT PREMIUM FOR THE POLICY WOULD HAVE THE PROVISION OF, UM, THE INVESTMENT RATING OR HIGHER SOME THAT CHANGE.
UH, THE MATURITY, UH, PREVIOUSLY WAS TWO YEARS RATHER THAN FIVE YEARS FOR FIVE YEARS, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, DATE OF BIRTH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GUIDELINE THAT WE HAD A
UM, WHENEVER THE NEW INVESTMENT THAT COMES OUT AND, YOU KNOW, THE NEW ACQUISITION, SOMETHING,
AND WE WENT AT MY CHURCH, WE GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN OPEN A NEW RESTAURANT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRICE.
SO GOING OUT AND GETTING ADDITIONAL COMPETITIVE, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE THE SAME PRICE, BUT IT'S JUST THAT BUSY DOING THAT.
AND, AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT REQUIRED BY THE ACT ITSELF.
SO SECURITY AT
WOULDN'T TAKE ALL MEASURES OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT, UH, ONLINE, UH, AS AN INVESTMENT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, UH, BECAME NO LONGER AN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT.
UH, UM, CHANGING THAT TO GIVE US SOME MONEY AND ABILITY TO PUT VALUE INTO INVESTMENT AT THE CODE AND MAKE A DECISION BASED ON MANY FACTORS, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF INVESTMENT, UH, THE
WE WERE TRYING TO REDEEM SECTION NINE, WHATEVER THE TWO PROPOSE TO THE MOVING AVERAGE ATTORNEY THAT THE OVERALL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF INVESTMENT THROUGH
UH
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ON MUNICIPAL BOND, ADAM, A MAXIMUM RATHER THAN LESS THAN 50% OF THE TOTAL IN THE CURRENT POLICY ON THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF INVESTMENT IN MUNICIPAL BOND, THAT'S BASICALLY 50% LIMITATION.AND THEN WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FOLLOW UP, WE HAVE TO FIND THEM ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO THE QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THE BIRTH AND, UM, WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INVESTMENT IN DIVERSITY? SO, UM,
AND I CLARIFIED THAT WITH OUR STAFF, AND THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC PROVISION IN THE PREMIUM POLICY
THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS, FOR INSTANCE,
SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INVESTMENT POLICY, EVEN DIVERSIFICATION WITHIN THOSE POLICIES.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT NOTION FROM OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION WITH THAT KIND OF A TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
HEY, STEVEN, THIS IS MARLIN AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
WE HAD A YESTERDAY AT OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION AFTER HEARING, HEARING THOSE ANSWERS AT THE END IS, UM, IN YOUR OPINION, DO YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE A MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT? NO.
I SEE THAT I DID SOME THE LANGUAGE, UM, UM, UH, ANOTHER INVESTMENT POLICY AND A BAD INVESTMENT POLICY SAID THAT THAT STUDY WOULD NOT HAVE THAT 35% WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL ISSUE AND EXEMPT INVESTMENT AND INVEST IN GOVERNMENT OBSERVATION, WHICH WOULD BE TREASURY AGENCY, BUT IN THE BACK THAT WERE BACKED BY THE UNITED STATES.
UM, SO I WOULD TELL YOU, UM, THAT THE TOWN IS
SO YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED, BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARY, SO IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT APP.
UM, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, SOME STUDIES DO HAVE THAT AND SOME DO NOT.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BEST PRACTICE.
UM, THE DEFENDANT COMMENT BACK THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY STRIPPED DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, OR THAT'S INCLUDED OR NOT.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO ONE WITH 35% WOULD BE THE NUMBER.
I MEAN, WE'VE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, THE MOST THAT WE HAVE, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN IN INVESTMENT, UH, IS ABOUT 17%.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY 35%, THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER 5% OF THE, UM, PERCENTAGE JUST, I WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN A POLICY AND JUST TO, JUST TO PUT IT THERE, I THINK 75%
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OF THE MOVEMENT.SO STEVE, STEVE, AND THIS IS, THIS IS WEST, SO IS 25% YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK COUNCIL'S ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION, NOT YEAH.
TO ADD THAT TO THE FOLLOWUP OUT OF 75%, THAT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME.
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
WE HAD, WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL YESTERDAY, COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL FOLLOWUP.
HEY, HEY, STEVEN, THIS IS MARLON AGAIN.
CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US, UH, JUST TO WHERE OUR TOTALS ARE FOR OUR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS RIGHT NOW? JUST A BALLPARK OF WHERE WE'RE AT? YEAH.
SO LET ME, UM, LET ME STOP SHARING.
I HAVE THAT INSIGHT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE JUST GOT OUR, UH, PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THAT WE HAD A PHOTO VALUE, A BOOK ABOUT JUST OVER $111 MILLION, UM, OUT THAT, UM, WE HAD,
SO, SO IF WE ADDED A, A CAP WITH 25% RIGHT NOW THAT THAT COULD BE A FEW, A 26, 27 MILLION IN A SINGLE, UH, INVESTMENT.
AND WE HAVE
UM, SO THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE OF ASSIMILATION THERE, AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TELL YOU WHAT THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT I HAD FROM ANOTHER POLICY, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE U S GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENCY AND THEN INVESTMENTS.
SO, UM, I WOULD PROPOSE BEING EXEMPTED BECAUSE, UH, US GOVERNMENT SECURITY, BUT I CAN THINK OF THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, BACKED BY THE INCREDIBLE U S GOVERNMENT.
UM, AND THAT INVESTMENT, UH, UH, ALL OF THOSE MAKE NOTE, UM, THAT THE METHOD THAT WE HAVE, AND THERE ALSO, UH, SO THOSE ARE USUALLY NOT, UM, ARE STRICT LIMITS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT COULD BE INVESTED, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THOSE ISSUES.
SO IT WOULD BE A 25% LIMIT ON AN INVEST ON ANY INDIVIDUAL ISSUER, EXEMPTING, U S GOVERNMENT, SECURITIES, AND AGENCIES AND INVESTMENT POOLS.
IS THAT ACCURATE WORDING? THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY EXACTLY WHAT THE WORDING WOULD SAY, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA.
IT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR EMOTION.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'LL SECOND.
BASICALLY THIS CHANGES, YOU JUST ADD INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND A DAD, WE GAVE AMANDA, YOU AUTHORIZE THOSE THINGS.
IT'S DEAD THE INVESTMENT YEARS AT A TIME.
BASICALLY MOST OF THOSE ARE LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL FITTING ALL MOST PRO THAT FINANCIAL POLICY.
IS THAT THE CASE, STEVEN, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED TO REMOVE THEM.
UM, OH, THAT WOULD BE MAXIMUM MATURITY WITH THAT CERTAIN BATHTUB.
AND THEN THE STATES WITH WHICH WE'VE BEEN PURCHASED.
UM,
SO, DAVID, WOULD YOU ALSO COMMENT JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE ON THE WORDING? I DON'T HAVE THE MEMO IN FRONT OF ME FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES ABOUT THIS POLICY.
UM, BASICALLY WE HAVE THE POLICY,
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THEY'RE PROSECUTING WITH REGARDS TO THE POLICY THAT'S PRESENTED TONIGHT, UH, IN THEIR POLICY BEST IN RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT.
WE APPROVE ITEM 28 AMENDED TO REFLECT THE 25% AND THE LIMIT ON ANY ONE ISSUE.
WE'RE EXEMPTING U S GOVERNMENT, SECURITIES AND AGENCIES AND INVESTMENT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS, READ A MOTION TO ADOPT THE TOM MADISON INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR I'VE BEEN ACCUSED.
AND ALSO I HAVE SAID THEM ON LORI WARD, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS SIDE, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE, AYE, TITLE ONE, PRESENT,
[21. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve Texas Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System (Texas CLASS) as an Authorized Investment. ]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION RESOLUTION TO TEXAS LIQUID AS A SECURITY SYSTEM, US PLUS AS AN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS, STEVEN AGAIN, STEVENS, LIPPMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERTHE ACCOUNT CURRENT USES THROUGH INVESTMENT.
THEN WE HAVE TEXTS AND TEXTS, WHICH ARE GOVERNMENT HOME ROOM, UH, UH, INVESTMENT THIRD, MEANING THE FAMILY OF US TREASURY AGENCY AND OTHER INVESTMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A VANTIV INVESTMENT, WHICH PURCHASES EVERYTHING THAT THE OTHER TWO DO IN ADDITION TO A COMMERCIAL, UH, WHICH IS A SHORT TERM AUTHORIZATION OF A TEXAS CLASS.
UH, SO THE REASON BEHIND IT, THE REASON I WANTED TO BE COMPETITIVE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR OUR BUSINESS.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOVERNMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO IN THE COMMERCIAL, UM, AND BASICALLY WHICHEVER THEY WANT TO GO TO THE PROGRAM, PERFORMING THE BEST AND THE ONE THAT WOULD MOVE OUR BUSINESS.
UH, SO TEXAS CLASS WAS PROMOTED PROOF FOR THE USE OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND SEEKS TO PROVIDE CONVENIENCE AND COMPETITIVE RATES OF RETURN THAT THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TEXAS PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTORS IN 13 SECURITY PERMITS.
THE ONE THAT HAS SENT STATUTE, THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THE BABY FOR INVESTMENT BY TEXAS COUNTY COLLEGE AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY,
UM, AND IT PROVIDES SOME FEMININE RETURNS.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1996.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TAKING CLASS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, THAT WE SOUGHT OUT, OR HOW DID WE, HOW DID WE LEARN ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT CLASS AND WHAT I MEAN, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? YEAH.
UM, SO, SO I HAD BEEN AT TWO PREVIOUS STUDIES, BUT UTILIZE THAT SINCE CLASS.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO WATCH IT, AND WHEN I, WHEN I CAME OVER GROUNDED, CONTACTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE AND, AND YOU KNOW, ME AND MY WENT THROUGH, UH, THE PRESENTATION
IF WE'VE GOT NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A SECOND.
YEAH, I LIKED, I LIKED THIS COMPETITION.
WE COULDN'T TEXT TALK TO US POOL OF COMPETITORS.
THEN YOU'VE GOT A LOGIC AND ALSO THE NEW CLASS IS IN OTHER COMPETITIVE COMPETITORS.
SO ANYTHING, WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPANY GET A VENDOR, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT STEVEN HAS USED THEM IN
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THE PAST AND HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT'S REASSURANCE.ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND MODERATE, UH, MOTION AND PAUSE.
SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.