* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ON MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2025 [00:00:02] AT 6:30 PM [CALL TO ORDER] AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL FOR THE FOLLOWING. AGENDA ITEMS? CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL JACOB. PLEA HERE. HARRY KEATON. HERE. BEVERLY SHORT. HERE. LYDIA MOON PRESENT. SHERRY BRYANT. HERE. SCOTT. ARTHUR. AND SCOTT'S ON VACATION. HE LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND HE WAS, HE LET US KNOW A MONTH AGO HE WAS GONNA BE OUT. YEP, HE DID. CAPTAIN THOMAS, THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE IN VACATION. MR. MARTY VEGO. WOULD YOU LEAVE US PLACE, SIR? SURE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TONIGHT AND TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. LORD, I PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR STEPS, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WISDOM AS THEY LOOK AT THE ITEMS BEFORE THEM ON, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I PRAY TO GOD THAT YOU'VE GUIDE THEIR STEPS. YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD THAT IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM TO ASK YOU WHO IS FREELY. AND SO GOD, WE JUST LAY AT YOUR FEET AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BUSINESS AT HAND AND THAT AGAIN, THAT YOU'VE GOT OUR STEPS. WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, UPRIGHT IN AMEN. AMEN. MS. MOON, WILL YOU LEAD US INTO THE PLEASE? I PLEDGE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WISHES STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR IN TEXAS. WAY I PLEDGE MEANS, EXCUSE ME, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN INDIVISIBLE, ALMOST ALMOST THE TECHNICAL STEP. AH, OUR MAN MAN'S WRESTLING AGAIN. . SOMEBODY GOT THAT? THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION [CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC INPUT] AND PUBLIC INPUT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE CONVENIENCE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS MEETING. ON ANY MATTER, THE PROCEEDING OFFICER MAY ASK FOR THE CITIZEN TO HOLD HIS OR HER COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM UNTIL THAT AGENDA ITEM IS REACHED. ANY RESPONSE FROM A MEMBER OF THE CONVENIENCE CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS RELATED ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA IS LIMITED TO A STATEMENT OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION, A RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY OR DIRECT STAFF TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING, CITIZENS MAY OBTAIN INFORMED DISPUTE BY REQUESTING IT FROM THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY, MARSHALL, PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, WE GOT TWO SIGNED UP FOR TODAY. MS. MARTHA DEAN. OH, GOOD. WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE? THANK YOU. UM, I'M MARTHA DEAN AND I'M REPRESENTING, UM, JOHNSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS, THE TRI-COUNTY , RIO BRAVO, MASTER NATURALIST, AND THE ALVARADO GARDEN CLUB. . OKAY, ARE MY THREE MINUTES UP. . I COME TO SAY THANK YOU THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS PLUS, UM, CLEVELAND STATE PARK AND FIVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELD ON SATURDAY IN PARKWAY PARK, A WONDERFUL MONARCH EVENT. WE HAD, UM, 67 ATTENDEES. WE HAD ABOUT 25 PEOPLE HELPING THESE ATTENDEES AND HAD ARTS AND CRAFTS AND LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT HELPING SAVE THE MONARCHS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY WANTING TO HAVE HAPPEN. SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WANNA, UH, HAND OUT SOME SEEDS, IF THAT'S OKAY FOR YOU. SURE. UM, BECAUSE WE NEED NECTAR PLANTS AND WE NEED MILKWEED AND WELL, WE DON'T NEED IT. THE MONARCHS DO AND THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE 84% DOWN IN NUMBERS NOW. OUR EASTERN MONARCHS THAT COME FROM THE SOUTH IN MEXICO UP AND THEY FILL UP TO CANADA, THEY COME THROUGH ALVARADO TWICE. THEY'RE COMING UP FROM MEXICO RIGHT NOW. THEY NEED NECTAR PLANTS AND THEY NEED MILKWEED. THEY'RE PICKY, PICKY MOTHERS , I MEAN, REALLY. MOTHERS . THEY, THEY WILL ONLY LAY THEIR EGGS ON MILKWEED. THEIR KIDS WILL ONLY EAT MILKWEED, BUT THEY WILL GET NECTAR FROM ANY WILDFLOWER THAT YOU WANT. SO I'VE GOT WILDFLOWERS IN HERE IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ONE. IT ALSO HAS A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THE JOHNSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS PLANT SALE COMING UP. YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP YOU. IS THAT OKAY? PLEASE PASS IT DOWN AND KILL. IT COMES . UM, ALSO WE WANNA THANK ALVARADO FOR HAVING THE EVENT, FOR, FOR HELPING US HAVE THE EVENT. IT WAS NOT SPONSORED BY ALVARADO, BUT YOU LET US COME TO PARKWAY PARK. WE LOVED IT. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS PERFECT FOR OUR EVENT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WINDY. THE SECOND THING THAT WE WANNA WORK ON WITH THE MONARCHS IS A WAY STATION. AND THAT IS WHERE WE PLANT THE PLANTS [00:05:01] THAT MONARCHS NEED AND TAKE CARE OF 'EM. AND I'M SO SORRY I DON'T HAVE A DEAL ON THIS, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE PLANTERS THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF, SORT OF FAIR FOR A LONG TIME. AND WE'RE HOPING TO PLANT, UH, TO PAINT THEM WITH SOME VERY SIMPLE MOTIF AND THEN, UH, HAVE THE MASTER GARDENERS USE THEIR EXPERTISE AND THE MASTER NATURALIST AND ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS. SO Y'ALL CAN BE THE MONARCH CITY OF TEXAS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. JAMIE JONES. I'M A SHORT PERSON. . UM, YES, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. I WENT UP TO THE BUTTERFLY THING ON SATURDAY AND I DON'T, THESE, THESE, THESE PEOPLE UP THERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE STEADFAST AND HOLDING AND STRONG 'CAUSE THEY WERE ALL HOLDING THEIR CANOPIES WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT THE BUTTERFLIES DO. BUT IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND I GOT SEEDS TOO. OKAY, . ALL RIGHT. UH, GET YOUR PENS OUT 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE GOTTA COVER REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES AND MY TIME CLOCK'S STANDING OVER HERE. OKAY. OKAY. MARCH THE 19TH AT THE LIBRARY. THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE DOING A FREE SPA PARTY. COME MAKE YOUR SCRUB AND LIP GLOSS. IT'S FROM SIX TO SEVEN AT THE LIBRARY IN THE BACK ROOM. AND, UM, COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE GIRL SCOUTS WHILE THEY HAVE SOME FUN. AND, UM, LET'S SUPPORT ALL THESE KIDS. 'CAUSE BLESS OUR HEARTS. AND THEN ON MARCH THE 20TH, WE ALL NEED TO GANG UP AT DQ 'CAUSE IT'S FREE ICE CREAM DAY. WOO. YES, I KNEW THAT WOULD WORK. , IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY BINGO BINGO'S AT TWO O'CLOCK AT THE LIBRARY ON FRIDAY. AND THEN ON MARCH THE 29TH, WE HAVE THE TRIBE NATION TRUCK AND CAR SHOW. AND THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE COOKING BARBECUE, UM, THAT IS FOR THE, UH, BOOSTER, ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB. SO Y'ALL BE SURE AND, AND, UM, COME UP ON THE SQUARE ON MARCH THE 29TH. THAT'S A SATURDAY. UM, APRIL THE SECOND, UH, THE METHODIST CHURCH IS DOING THEIR FREE DINNER WITH THE EASTER BUNNY. SO GET UP THERE AND, AND GET YOUR, GET YOUR DINNER AND GET YOUR EASTER BUNNY. I HEARD, OH, SCROOGE OVER THERE LIKES EASTER BUNNY MARCH. THE, UH, APRIL THE FIFTH IS THE IRISH FESTIVAL THAT'S HOSTED BY THE CITY DOWN AT, UH, ORCHARD PARK PECAN ORCHARD. I'LL GET IT RIGHT IN A MINUTE. UM, LOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD. GET YOUR, GET YOUR SHOES ON AND, AND GO LISTEN TO SOME IRISH MUSIC. GO ST. PATTY'S DAY. UM, ON THE 12TH, SATURDAY, APRIL THE 12TH, THE EDC SPONSORED ARTISAN, UM, MARKET WILL OPEN UP AT PECAN ORCHARD. UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS FROM 10 TILL TWO, 10 TILL TWO. UM, AND EASTER BUNNY WILL BE THERE. EASTER BUNNY WILL BE THERE. OH MY GOODNESS. Y'ALL BETTER TAKE SOME CARROTS. UM, AND THEN, UM, TRIBE NATION WILL BE DOING A FEED THE FOOD TABLE, UM, ON THE 13TH AND THEY'LL BE UP AT MASSES SERVING FREE FOOD. AND IT'S FOR THEIR EASTER, UM, EVENT AS WELL. AND THAT'LL BE UP INSIDE THE PAVILION AT MASSES. THEY JUST DID ONE SUNDAY AND DID THEIR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SUNDAY. AND HOT DOGS. YES, HOT DOGS. AND THEN, UM, APRIL THE 18TH AND 19TH IS ANTIQUE ALLEYS. SO EVERYBODY BE READY TO, TO DODGE THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND LOOKING FOR DEALS. UM, APRIL THE 25TH IS THE SAFETY DAY ON THE SQUARE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE BECAUSE WE PACKED THE SQUARE AND IT'S GONNA BE IN THE EVENING, SO IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT COOLER. THANK YOU. THAT GIRL. SWEAT BAD. AND THEN, UM, , UH, ON APRIL THE 26TH, APEC WILL HOST THEIR, UH, TRIVIA NIGHT. WE'VE GOT IT SET FOR FOUR TO SIX, BUT WE MAY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT, UM, COME ON OUT. IT WILL BE AT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH AT VILLE IN 67 ON THE 26TH. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE ALL KINDS OF FLYERS AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY. YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR LIST, UH, THE MORNING OF APRIL THE FIFTH AT, UH, CROSSROADS CAFE. IT IS. COME HAVE BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY. OH, SO DO WE GET TO FEED THE BUNNY TOO NOW? OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, Y'ALL KNOW WHAT TIME, JUST BREAKFAST. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM LIKE EIGHT TO 10 OR SO. OKAY. [00:10:01] Y'ALL HEARD THAT FROM THE RABBIT'S MOUTH? . WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAMIE. UH, COUNCIL COMMONS, [COUNCIL COMMENTS] PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 4 1 5, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY MAKE A REPORT ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST DURING A MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY WITHOUT HAVING GIVEN NOTICE OF THE REPORT. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR AGENDA THERE. SO WE HAD QUITE A LIST OF THINGS THAT GOING ON. Y'ALL GOT OTHER STUFF THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT THERE? APRIL WOULD BE VERY BUSY. MONTH IS STARTING TO DRY OUT IN WARM UP, THANK GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. [INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES] UH, INTRODUCTION TO NEW EMPLOYEES. YOU HAVE A COUPLE? LET'S GO FIRST. I'LL GO FIRST. YOU NEW? NO, I'M NOT NEW , BUT I DO HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE. UH, ONE OF THEM IS OUR COURT CLERK, SAMANTHA RAMIREZ. YEAH, SHE JOINS US FROM, UH, TARRANT COUNTY AND WE ARE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER. AND SHE'S FROM THE AREA. AND THEN OUR OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO ACTUALLY HASN'T EVEN STARTED EMPLOYMENT YET, HE STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, IS OUR NEW FINANCE MANAGER, RYAN EDGAR. AND HE, TOO HAS, IS FROM THE AREA AND BRINGS, UM, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, KNOWLEDGE, WHICH TRANSFERS VERY EASILY OVER TO THE CITY. SO WE'RE, UM, READY FOR HIM TO START AND, AND, UH, AND HELP US OUT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND SURE. AND THERE IS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, PREPARED FOR THAT. ALRIGHT, WHERE'S HE AT? OH, THERE HE IS. WE GOT MARIO TOBIAS, HE'S OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. STREET SUPERINTENDENT. SUPER STREET SUPERINTENDENT. SORRY, WE NOW HAVE A FULL-TIME STREETS PERSON. OKAY, WELL WELCOME ABOARD GUYS. AND THEN RECOGNITION 2024, [RECOGNITION] EMPLOYEE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. FOURTH QUARTER SUDDENLY TOOK ME TO MARCH TO GET THE FOURTH QUARTER PERSON HERE, BUT HEY, BETTER LATE THAN EVER. SO YOU ALL KNOW STACEY WYMAN. UM, STACEY JUST CELEBRATED HER FIRST ANNIVERSARY WITH US NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND SHE IS OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PAYROLL COORDINATOR. SO, UM, EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT SHE IS, BUT HER NOMINATION, UM, THE PERSON THAT NOMINATED HER SAID SHE IS EXCELLENT IN SAVING THE DAY. AND SHE DOES IT ALL WITH A SMILE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. AND HER OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS ARE DILIGENCE, TIMELINESS, AND ATTENTIVENESS. SO MISS STACEY, YOU SAY THANK YOU. THERE IS YOUR CUP WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL PICTURE ON IT, . AND, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHILE I'M STANDING UP HERE WITH STACEY, UM, WE, I HAD TOLD YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE BANQUET ON THE 9TH OF APRIL, AND THAT WAS BEFORE I REALIZED THE IRISH FESTIVAL AND SAFETY DAY WERE ALL COMING UP. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON THE 30TH OF APRIL TO GIVE US ALL A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT BE A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING IT BE AN EVENT. UM, IT'LL BE AT NOON AT THE, UM, ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. YOU'LL GET A, YOU'LL GET AN INVITATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. STACY. THANK, ALL RIGHT. UM, SO [CONSENT AGENDA] NOW WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF YOUR FOOT. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ITEM PASSES. DID YOU GUYS SHOW UP? BETH? AWESOME. NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION [NEW BUSINESS] BY DENTON NAVERO RODRIGUEZ, ANTE AND SEC REGARDING WARD REDISTRICTING AND MAPPING OF THE CITY, OFDO, TEXAS. MS. BETH, DO THE HONOR. OKAY, SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, WE BROUGHT YOU THE RESULTS OF, UH, AN RFQ THAT WE HAD PUT OUT FOR REDISTRICTING, UH, SERVICES. AND, UM, THIS IS DAN SANTO AND HE'S ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THE, THE ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, IS GONNA DO THAT FOR US. IT'S A WHOLE LONG NAME. IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF INITIALS. I NOTICED THERE WAS BS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. [00:15:01] BUT, UM, AT ANY RATE, UH, HE'S GONNA JUST GO THROUGH WITH YOU TONIGHT ALL ABOUT REDISTRICTING, WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. SO TAKE IT AWAY. THANKS. EVENING, COUNSEL. YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN ADVANCE YOUR SLIDES, YOU PRESUME MUCH, BUT I WILL TRY . HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T TURN OFF AGAIN OR THIS IS GONNA BE REAL BORING. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING ME OUT HERE THIS EVENING. UM, AND, UH, AS, AS BETH STATED, MY NAME'S DAN SANTEE AND I'M A SHAREHOLDER IN DENTON, NAVARRO RODRIGUEZ. BERNAL SANT. AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE, WE LED QUITE A FEW CITIES THROUGH AFTER THE, AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS. UM, WE HAVE ALVARE GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF MASON, ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, THE 10 YEAR TERM. AND LOOKING AT YOUR, UH, POPULATION GROWTH THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ARE MOST LIKELY WHEN YOU HIT 2030, YOU MAY BE AT 10,000, PAST 10,000. AND THAT'S GONNA TRIGGER A WHOLE NEW SET OF THINGS THAT I'M SURE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN, CAN GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON. THERE'S ABOUT 20 TO 23 THINGS THAT CITIES, ONCE THEY HIT, POPULATION 10,000, SOME OF THEM ARE OPTIONAL, SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT OPTIONAL, AND SOME OF THEM TRIGGER RE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FROM THE COUNTY AROUND YOU WHEN THEY DRAW THEIR AS WELL. SO YOU HAVE THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS WELL. UH, TONIGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WE'D DO, WE'RE JUST KIND OF KICKING THIS PROCESS OFF. AND, UM, I WILL, I, I DON'T KNOW, ON THE COUNT AMONG THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOW MANY OF YOU BEEN, HAVE BEEN THROUGH A REDISTRICTING PROCESS BEFORE? SO THIS IS GONNA BE A, A, AN OVERVIEW. UM, NEVER DONE. OH, THIS WILL BE SO EXCITING. OKAY, . WELL, SO IT, YOU'RE NOT, IT'S, IT SHOULDN'T BE OVERLY COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THREE WARDS. SO, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT THAT, THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE GOING FORWARD, MAYBE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, IS IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN IT AT THREE OR BECAUSE OF YOUR RAPID GROWTH, IS IT TIME TO CONSIDER, UH, ADDITIONAL WARDS? ONE OF THE COMPLICATING FACTORS THAT YOU'LL HAVE WITH THAT IS THERE IS WHAT WE CAN DO IN THIS PROCESS, BUT THEN YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'RE CITIZENS HAVE PUT UPON YOU WITH YOUR CITY CHARTER. SO, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S FOUR REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR CITY CHARTER YOU'RE PROBABLY, UH, FAMILIAR WITH AS FAR AS THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH. UM, IT REQUIRES THAT, NOW IT DOES HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, ATTORNEY LIKE LANGUAGE IN YOUR CHARTER THAT ALLOWS SOME WIGGLE ROOM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY WITH STRAIGHT LINES. UM, YOU DON'T HAVE STRAIGHT LINES FOR, FOR YOUR WARDS NOW, BUT, BUT THEY'RE SOMEWHAT STRAIGHT. UH, THE SAME NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN EACH WARD. A THREEQUARTER VOTE OF COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IS REQUIRED. SO EVEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE THOSE LINES AT ALL, IT WILL REQUIRE A THREEQUARTER VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE THAT DOES THE REDISTRICTING. AND, UM, IT SAYS AT LEAST MORE THAN SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE NEXT GENERAL CITY ELECTION, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PROCESS COMPLETE. NOW, YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THAT STATE LAW THREE MONTHS, BUT YOUR CHARTER SAYS SIX MONTHS, SO WE'RE GONNA ADHERE TO THE CHARTER. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT, UH, THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT IT'S TOTAL POPULATION AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, PORTIONING POPULATION AMONG WARDS. AND SO WHAT WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS WE GO THROUGH THE DEMOGRAPHICS, IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE'S ANY IF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS AS I LEAD YOU AND THE STAFF, AND IF YOU APPOINT A COMMITTEE THROUGH THIS, WE'RE GOING ON TOTAL POPULATION WITHIN THESE WARDS BECAUSE REGISTERED VOTERS IS NOT A CENSUS DEMOGRAPHIC THAT, THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD LOOK AT WHEN WE REDISTRICT, BUT WE WILL LOOK AT IT BECAUSE YOUR CHARTER HAS IT HERE. THAT FINAL DETERMINATION WILL BE FROM THE COUNCIL THOUGH, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN FRONT OF YOU WILL BE LINES BASED ON TOTAL POPULATION, BUT WE WILL MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT THE REGISTERED VOTERS, THE REASON WHY THAT'S NOT A FAVORED ME, UH, METHODOLOGY IS BECAUSE IT'S TOO VOLATILE. UH, THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN EVERY WARD CAN CHANGE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS ALMOST. AND SO TOTAL POPULATION IS WHAT THE SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZES. WHOA, WRONG DIRECTION, LET'S GO THIS WAY. OKAY, SO LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE LEGAL STANDARDS AND, AND, AND WHY WE, THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. THIS IS UNDER FEDERAL LAW, RIGHT? THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS WHAT REQUIRES US TO DO THIS. AND I GET, THE QUESTION I OFTEN GET IS UNDER THE MANDATORY CRITERIA, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, AND THAT COMES FROM A 1964 [00:20:01] US SUPREME COURT CASE. BUT WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT IS THE WEIGHT AND WORTH OF A CITIZEN'S VOTE IS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE MUST BE THE SAME. SO IT, IT'S, IT, IT SEEMS VERY SIMPLE, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. BUT IT MEANS THAT AS WE DRAW LINES, BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, EVERY PERSON'S VOTE NEEDS TO HAVE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE SAME WEIGHT AND POWER. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE EQUAL POPULATION, UH, AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS NEED TO MAKE SENSE AS YOU GO THROUGH IT. UM, THE OTHER PURPOSE IN, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT REDISTRICTING AND, AND THE CASE LAW, THIS IS PROTECTION OF RACIAL MINORITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, THE, THE, I GUESS THE MOST OF THE CASES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO REDISTRICTING, HAVE TO DO WITH PROTECTION OF MINORITY VOTERS, WHATEVER THE MINORITY IS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THAT, THAT 1964 CASE IS IT RULED THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, DRAW THE FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WITH ROUGHLY EQUAL REPRESENTATIVE POPULATIONS. AND SO THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT HAS COME DOWN TO OUR LEVEL OVER, UH, THROUGH THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND THROUGH CASE LAW. SO EVERY 10 YEARS. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER CENSUS COME OUT IN 2030, AND YOU'LL PROBABLY BE DOING THIS AGAIN THEREAFTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HIT 10,000. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'D WAIT AS LONG MAYBE AS WE DID THIS TIME. THERE'S ALSO DISCRETIONARY CRITERIA THAT CAN BE APPLIED, COMPACTNESS AND CONTINUITY FOLLOWING LINES OF POLITICAL UNITS THAT APPLIES MORE TO OTHER ENTITIES FOLLOWING YOUR LINES, FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES, CONTINUITY, AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. NOW, JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT THAT MEANS ON SOME OF THESE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE RELYING ON, ON YOU AND YOUR STAFF, AND IF YOU APPOINT A COMMITTEE, IS TO MAKE US AWARE, PARTICULARLY OF NUMBER FIVE, COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE, I I OVERSAW PROBABLY ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AFTER THE LAST CENSUS. AND IN EACH ONE, ALMOST INEVITABLY, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST THAT HAD STAYED LARGELY INTACT, MEANING THAT GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES HAD STAYED WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE THREE, FOUR GENERATIONS OF FOLKS WHO HAD LIVED IN THE SAME FEW BLOCK RADIUS. IT WAS A, IT WAS AN INTACT COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO, AND, AND WITH THREE WARDS, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE THIS YEAR, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DRAW A LINE THAT'S GOING TO DIVIDE ANY COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. IT'S, AND THAT'S A DISCRETIONARY, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A DISCRETIONARY CRITERIA. WE CAN KEEP THOSE INTACT WHENEVER POSSIBLE AS THERE'S THE, THE OTHER ONE THAT'S NOT UP HERE THAT OFTEN COMES UP ARE, ARE, UH, CITIES WHERE YOU HAVE A CREEK OR A RIVER OR SOME GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY THAT MAKES SENSE AS A LINE. UH, WE TRY TO HONOR THAT AS WELL. SO YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN A DISTRICT THAT ARE ACTUALLY JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOME NATURAL BARRIER OR DIVIDE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO REMEMBER WHICH VOTING DISTRICT THEY'RE IN WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING SUCH AS THAT. THE ONE THING ON THIS SLIDE I WANNA TOUCH ON IS THE 10% DEVIATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN A 10% DEVIATION. NOW, WHAT YOUR, YOUR CHARTER DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW, IT SAYS, IT LITERALLY SAYS SAME NUMBER, BUT DOES HAVE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM. BUT THE FEDERAL STANDARD IS A 10% DEVIATION IS ALLOWED, MEANING THAT YOUR YOUR LARGEST AND YOUR SMALLEST IN YOUR SITUATION, WARDS CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN A 10% DIFFERENCE IN THAT TOTAL POPULATION BETWEEN THEM. EVERYBODY TRACKING ON THAT. NOW, WHAT, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO HERE IN ALARA IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE, AND A LOT OF RECENT ANNEXATIONS, THOSE ARE GONNA BE AS FAST AS YOU'RE GROWING. THOSE ARE GOING TO BUILD OUT. AND SO AGAIN, IN WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AND YOUR STAFF, WE ARE GOING TO, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME PROJECTIONS ON, ON THE BUILD OUT. AND WHEN THAT'S ANTICIPATED, BASED ON THE, THE RATE OF YOUR PERMITS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED, WHEN WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND WE'LL WORK WITH KLEIN FELDER TO COME UP WITH A GOOD EXTRAPOLATION OF THAT DATA, WE CAN CH WE CAN GO BEYOND THAT 10%. IF WE KNOW, LOOK WARD, AND I'M JUST THROWING ONE AT, YOU KNOW, WARD TWO IS GONNA HAVE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OR WARD, WHICHEVER WARD IT IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. SO EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE THE SMALLEST RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, [00:25:01] BY THE TIME THE NEXT CENSUS HITS, IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THE LARGEST. WE'LL PRESENT THAT DATA TO THE COUNCIL. ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON THAT. YOU HAVE THE FINAL DECISION. THE GUIDELINE IS 10% DEVIATION, BUT THERE IS ALSO, UH, YOU CAN HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ALLOW US TO GO BEYOND THAT. THE LAST ROUND OF THESE I DID, I HAD ONE CITY WHERE WE WERE RIGHT ON THE 10% DEVIATION FOR THAT VERY REASON. UH, THEY WERE REALLY IN, UH, SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN A VERY SPECIFIC PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS NOT, UH, WHICH WAS THEIR, AT THE TIME, THE NEXT TO SMALLEST DISTRICT. BUT WE WERE PROJECTING IT WAS GONNA BE THE LARGEST DISTRICT BY THE NEXT, UH, CENSUS. AND IT IS STAYING ON TRACK TO BECOME THAT BECAUSE OF THE PERMITS ARE JUST BLOWING AND GOING FOR THAT AREA. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HERE. AND TALKING WITH BETH, WE'VE, SHE'S GIVEN US ALL YOUR DEVELOP, THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. UH, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH MORE CASE LAW, BUT , BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. NOW ONE, THE ONE I WILL POINT OUT THOUGH IS THE EWELL VERSUS ABBOTT CASE, WHICH IS A TEXAS CASE. WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT IN 2016, AND THAT'S WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT SUPREME COURT SAYS YOU USE TOTAL POPULATION, UH, OVER VOTER POPULATION. AND SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT YOUR CHARTER SAYS. AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU BOTH NUMBERS TO THE, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. UM, VOTER RECORDS ARE NOT AS ACCURATE AS I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO BE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU BOTH. AND THE GAFFNEY CASE IS THE CASE THAT GIVES US THAT DIFFERENCE IN SIZE, UH, CAN ONLY BE, UH, HAS TO BE LESS THAN 10%. OH, SORRY. UM, AGAIN, POPULATION DEVIATIONS ARE ALLOWED IF THERE'S, BASED ON JUSTIFIABLE, LEGITIMATE REASONS THAT AFFECT GOOD POLICY IN OUR SITUATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND WHERE THAT GROWTH'S PROJECTED TO HAPPEN. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. UH, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR NUMBERS, OKAY? THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS MIGHT LOOK. AND THIS IS, UH, ONE THAT WE DID THAT WITH FOUR DISTRICTS, BUT THIS IS HOW WE GET THAT, WHAT IS THE DEVIATION? AND THIS AN 8% DEVIATION, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FORMULA AT THE BOTTOM. UM, BETH CAN GIVE YOU ALL, ALL OF THIS IF YOU WANNA PLAY WITH THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE THOUGH WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER WE DO OUR INITIAL REVIEW OF THE DATA, WHICH WE HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT YET, HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THAT WITH YOUR, UH, WITH, WITH KLEINFELD OR WHO'S GONNA DO ALL THE GIS FOR US. UM, WE WILL START, WE'LL DO AN INITIAL ANALYSIS, AND IF WE LOOK AT THOSE INITIAL NUMBERS AND YOU HAVE A LESS THAN 10% DEVIATION RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING DONE, THEN THE SECOND THING WE'LL DO IS THEN PULL IN THE, THE DATA ON THE DEVELOP ON YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO SEE WHAT THE EXPECTED POPULATION IS AND SEE IF THAT WILL CHANGE THAT. IF NONE OF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING, THIS WILL BE THE EASIEST REDISTRICTING PROCESS EVER BECAUSE WE WON'T BE CHANGING ANY LINES. WE'LL TELL YOU, LOOK, YOU HAVE LESS THAN A 10% DEVIATION. WE COULD MAKE IT CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THROUGHOUT WHAT YOUR CHARTER SUGGESTS, BUT YOU KNOW, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE DOING IT AGAIN AS WELL IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO, UH, THAT'LL BE YOUR DECISION. BUT THIS WILL BE THE, THIS WILL, YOU WILL GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS BASED ON YOUR THREE WARDS. IT'LL HAVE THE POPULATION OF EACH ONE, THE TOTAL POPULATION OF EACH ONE, AND WE'LL TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN EACH ONE IN PARENTES, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOUR CALCULATION IS. SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, PROTECTING RACIAL MINORITIES AND HOW THAT, UH, THERE'S LOTS OF CASE LAW ON THIS, AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DISCRIMINATION, UH, THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, UH, BASED ON EITHER WHAT THEY CALL PACKING OR CRACKING WITH DISTRICTS. AGAIN, WITH THREE WARDS, IT IS LESS LIKELY TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK. SO WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO, WE DON'T WANNA PACK DISTRICTS WHERE WE PUSH MINORITY VOTERS INTO SUPER CONCENTRATED DISTRICTS. WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO CRACK A MINORITY VOTERS APART WHERE WE PUT THEM IN MUL. WE SPREAD THEM OUT AMONGST THE DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY STAY A MINORITY WITHIN DISTRICTS. DOES THAT ALL MAKE SENSE? THERE'S SOME GREAT, THERE'S SOME GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS HERE THAT, THAT WILL BRING THIS HOME. SO IN THIS INSTANCE, SO IN THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES, THE NUMBER OF MINORITY VOTERS NEVER CHANGES, BUT WHERE THE LINES ARE IS GOING TO DETERMINE HOW MANY MINORITY, WHAT PERCENTAGES THEY MAKE UP IN EACH DISTRICT. SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, THIS IS WHAT A PACKING A DISTRICT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE 90% OF A DISTRICT IN THIS INSTANCE IS MADE UP OF MINORITY VOTERS, AND THEY ONLY MAKE UP 10% OF TWO OTHER DISTRICTS. SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE DRAWN THE LINES TO CONCENTRATE [00:30:01] MINORITY VOTERS IN ONE DISTRICT THAT DILUTES THE VOTE. AND YOU'LL SEE HOW HERE IN JUST A SECOND, IN THIS EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE CRACKED THE MINORITY VOTERS INTO THREE DISTRICTS BY DRAWING THE LINES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY DON'T COMPRISE A MAJORITY IN ANY OF THE THREE. OKAY, IT'S 40. THEY MAKE UP 40% IN EACH ONE. THIS WOULD BE THE PREFERRED OUTCOME, ACTUALLY USING THE SAME NUMBER OF MINORITY VOTERS. WE CAN DRAW THE DISTRICT LINE SO THAT YOU, THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY IN TWO OF THE THREE DISTRICTS, 60% IN ONE, 60% IN IN A SECOND, ONE IN ZERO IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THAT WOULD BE THE COURT'S PREFERRED OUTCOME BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF VOTERS DIDN'T CHANGE. BUT BY DRAWING THE LINES, IT MANIPULATES WHERE THE HIGHER PERCENTAGES ARE AND WHAT, WHO, WHO MAKES UP A MAJORITY IN EACH DISTRICT. YOU CANNOT USE RACE AS A PREDOMINANT FACTOR WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DRAWING LINES AND WHEN YOU'RE REDISTRICTING, AND THERE'S A TEST THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, IF THAT IS EVEN A FACTOR, WE WON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FACTOR UNTIL WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOOK AT YOUR TOTAL POPULATION. UM, BUT THERE'S A THREE PART TEST. UH, IS THE MINORITY GROUP SUFFICIENTLY, NUMEROUS IN COMPACT TO BE ABLE TO FORM A MAJORITY? DOES THE GROUP TEND TO VOTE SIMILARLY? AND DOES THE MAJORITY VOTE DIFFERENTLY FROM THE MINORITY USUALLY TO DEFEAT THE MINORITY'S CANDIDATE? HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS IN, IN, IN, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. SO IS IT SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS IN COMPACT TO BE? SO IF YOU HAVE AN, YOU KNOW, I HAD OF CIRCUMSTANCE IN A WEST TEXAS COMMUNITY WHERE WHEN I WAS GOING INTO THE REDISTRICTING, I THOUGHT, WOW, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER MAJORITY, UH, HISPANIC DISTRICT BECAUSE THE, THE POP, THE DEMOGRAPHICS JUST LOOKED LIKE IT. BUT IT WASN'T TO BE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE DIS HOW THE POPULATION WAS DISTRIBUTED, IT WAS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE WAS NO, UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A COURT'S PREFERRED OUTCOME, THEY WEREN'T COMPACT ENOUGH WHERE THAT WAS POSSIBLE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THERE, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST EVENLY, I I MEAN, EVERY, EVERY RACE IN THAT COMMUNITY WAS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT IN, IN, BUT IT WAS THE, BUT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET AN ADDITIONAL MAJORITY DISTRICT, BUT IT JUST WASN'T TO BE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT GONNA GERRYMANDER LINES, BECAUSE THAT'S USING RACE AS A PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN DRAWING THE LINES, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. THE SECOND THING IT REFERS TO IS, DOES THE, DOES THE GROUP TEND TO VOTE SIMILARLY? AND THAT'S MORE HARD TO DETERMINE. WE'RE GONNA RELY ON THE COMMUNITY TO TELL US THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT JUST BY LOOKING AT CENSUS, UH, DATA, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU ESTABLISH COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER THAT IS. IS THIS A, IS THIS A MINORITY GROUP THAT VOTES AS A BLOCK? AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD FACTOR'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. UH, ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING, UH, TEXAS WAS, UH, THIS, UH, ABBOTT V PEREZ IN 2018. NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS A WHOLE LOT. THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH ON, ON, ON THE REDISTRICT, AND THIS WAS JUST APPEARED ACTUALLY IN FORT WORTH, UH, IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. UM, AND THIS WENT BOUNCED UP AND DOWN IN THE COURTS. LONG STORY SHORT, UH, TEXAS DID NOT, SIR, UH, DID NOT CARRY ITS BURDEN TO PROVE THAT, UH, THE ACTION WAS NARROWLY TAILORED WHEN WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY, THEY WERE TRYING, THEY, THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE GOING TO CREATE, UH, HAD ENOUGH LATINO POPULATION TO CREATE A SECOND LATINO DISTRICT. BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY MOVED A PREDOMINANTLY TRADITIONAL INTACT COMMUNITY THAT WAS A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY OUT OF THAT DISTRICT. AND, AND, AND THAT IS WHY THEY GOT SUED, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. YOU DON'T TEND TO DO THAT. YOU DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT AN INTACT DI UH, MINORITY COMMUNITY BY MOVING IT OUT OF ONE DISTRICT. SO EVEN THOUGH THEIR INTENTION WAS TO, TO CREATE A SECOND LATINO DISTRICT, THE COURT SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO DO WHAT YOU DID TO THIS OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITY IN MOVING THEM. AND SO, UH, RACE WAS A PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN THAT SITUATION. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TWO MINORITY GROUPS, UH, TEXAS DID NOT PROVE, PROVE UP THAT IT WAS PERMISSIBLE. SO WHAT CONSTITUTES CONTIGUITY, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS REQUIRED BY YOUR, UM, BY YOUR CHARTER, A DISTRICT IS CONTIGUOUS IF ALL THE LINES THAT CREATED ARE CONNECTED. THIS JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PART OF WARD ONE OVER HERE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS LITTLE ISLAND OFF TO THE SIDE. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. IT NEEDS TO ALL BE CONTIGUOUS, UH, COMPACTNESS, GEOGRAPHIC SHAPE OF THE DISTRICT. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE DISCRETIONARY, [00:35:01] BUT WE, YOUR CHARTER REQUIRES IT. WE LIKE TO SEE 'EM ALSO, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LONG SKINNY DISTRICT THAT COMES DOWN AND WRAPS AROUND THIS WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE THEY DO IT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AND, AND, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT. BUT THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S NOT WHAT, UH, WE'RE CALLED TO DO. WE WANNA KEEP IT AS COMPACT AS POSSIBLE. CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT MAKES SENSE. AND YOUR CHARTER SAYS STRAIGHT LINES. SO TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP STRAIGHT LINES. HERE'S THE PROCESS. UM, AND THIS IS ALL, THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS UP TO YOU. THIS IS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, YOU CAN EITHER THE COUNCIL CAN DRIVE THIS ENTIRELY WITH, WITH STAFF. STAFF CAN WORK WITH US, AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL. Y'ALL DRIVE THE WHOLE PROCESS. YOU CAN APPOINT A COMMITTEE. UM, YOU DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN WITHIN EACH WARD. IF YOU DO GO WITH A COMMITTEE APPROACH AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET UP PLENTY OF NOTICE ANYTIME WE'RE HAVING THESE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS AND, AND SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT ON HOW THESE BOUNDARIES, UH, WILL BE CHANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA BE CHANGED. WE WANT CITIZEN INPUT BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT, UH, WE, WE HEAR FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN, PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT STAYING WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR WARD THAT THEY ARE IN. AND, UM, I HAVE LEARNED THAT. AND SOMETIMES IT'S UNAVOIDABLE AND YOU DO HAVE TO MOVE A LINE. AND, AND I HAVE HEARD SO MANY SIT-INS THAT ARE TRULY UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S PER IT'S PERSONAL IN SOME WAY OR, OR OR FASHION THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M PICKING ON THEIR STREET. AND THE CITY OF GONZALES, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH GONZALEZ, BIRTHPLACE OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. AND, AND, AND THEY ARE VERY INDEPENDENT MINDED TO THIS DAY. AND I HAD TO MOVE A LINE ONE STREET OVER BY DO OF ALL AFTER WE DID THE ENTIRE REVIEW AMONG ALL THE DISTRICTS, IF WE JUST MOVED ONE LINE, ONE STREET, IT WAS PERFECT. IT WAS ALMOST EVEN THROUGHOUT EACH DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS INTENSE TO MOVE THAT ONE LINE OR ONE STREET. 'CAUSE IT WAS A FULLY BUILT OUT STREET, AND IT WAS A LONG STREET. MIND YOU, IT WASN'T JUST ONE BLOCK. IT, IT WENT FOR A WHILE. BUT BY MOVING THAT ONE LINE, NOBODY ELSE HAD TO BE DISRUPTED. IT MADE THE POPULATION PERFECT, ULTIMATELY IT WAS APPROVED, BUT, UH, FOLKS WERE UPSET, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. SO WE DO WANT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. AND, AND IN THAT INSTANCE, WE, AS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU PUBLISH STUFF, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS YOU TRY TO HAVE, UH, IT'S WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY GONNA VOTE ON IT, IS WHEN THEY SOMETIMES FOLKS SHOW UP AND, AND VOICE OPINIONS. BUT WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC, EVEN IF IT'S COUNCIL DRIVEN. WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO, TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC. UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'VE DONE IT, DEPENDING ON IF, IF OUR INITIAL REVIEW SAYS, HEY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE SOME LINES, THAT'S WHEN YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A, WHETHER IT'S A TOWN HALL OR INFORMAL SETTING, OR IF YOU WANT TO, UH, HOST SOMETHING WHERE THE FOLKS COME AND, AND, AND LET THEM FULLY PARTICIPATE IN WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THEY THINK THAT SHOULD BE. THAT'S THE KIND OF INPUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, BUT IF WE HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL SAVE A REALLY, REALLY LONG COUNCIL MEETING DOWN THE ROAD. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? AS I'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA BEHIND THE CURRENT MAPS OF THE CURRENT WARDS. COUNSEL CAN DECIDE, AND YOU'RE NOT DECIDING TONIGHT, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT THAT PROCESS TO LOOK, HOW MUCH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN WAIT ON THAT DECISION UNTIL THAT INITIAL REVIEW IS DONE. AND WE CAN SAY, YOU'RE GONNA WANT SOME INPUT ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE SOME THINGS. UM, THE NEW PRELIMINARY MAPS WILL BE PRESENTED. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE THOSE CHANGES. I HAD A VERY, VERY INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF ROCKPORT WHERE WE HAD A PACKED HOUSE AND WE HAD MAPS UP AND WE WERE MOVING LINES IN REAL TIME. AND IT WAS CHANGING THE DATA AS IT WAS HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES THAT ARE, THAT ARE IF YOU DO THIS VERSUS THAT. UM, AND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, RIGHT? UH, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER CITY. BUT THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE CITIES LIKE YOU THAT HAD EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND THEY PASSED THAT 10,000 POPULATION, UH, LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO, AND, AND IT WAS REALLY, UH, CHANGING THE, THE WHOLE, WHERE THE CONCENTRATIONS WERE OF THEIR POPULATION. SO, UH, YOU WILL ADOPT THE NEW WARDS BY ORDINANCE. AND AGAIN, THIS LAST BULLET, THIS IS STATE LAW, YOUR CHARTER SAYS SIX MONTHS. SO WE'RE GONNA WRAP THIS PROCESS UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CHARTER, NOT, NOT THE ELECTION CODE, [00:40:01] WHICH ONLY REQUIRES THREE MONTHS. THIS IS WHAT YOUR, YOUR CURRENT MAP LOOKS LIKE. UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE A FEW CHANGES PER PERHAPS, BUT WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT SAYS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE YOU, IT'S, UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME HOLES THAT ARE GONNA BE FILLED IN BY THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OVER TIME AS THEY ARE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. SO IT WILL BE EVENTUALLY CONTIGUOUS, BUT IT ISN'T AS OF TODAY. SO, UH, AND THIS IS JUST THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON. UH, MYSELF AND JOHN JAMES. UM, JOHN IS OUT OF OUR, HE WORKS OUT OF OUR SAN ANTONIO OFFICE. HE LIVES JUST UP THE ROAD HERE IN FORT WORTH, THOUGH. HE'S OUR, HE'S OUR GIS SPECIALIST AND A, AND A CERTIFIED PR. HE'S A PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH OUR LAW FIRM. UH, AND THEN KLEIN FELDER, JOHN BERNARD, AND SPENCER PAGET SPENCER'S, THE GIS ANALYST THAT I WORK WITH MOST THROUGH KLEIN FELDER. SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. A LOT OF INFORMATION. LOT OF INFORMATION. YEAH. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOU AGAIN. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING, VERY INTERESTING. IT, IT WILL BE. AND AGAIN, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE BIG QUESTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER AS A COMMUNITY IS IF YOU'RE GONNA STICK WITH THREE WARDS OR HOW LONG YOU'LL STAY WITH THREE WARDS. 'CAUSE HONESTLY, AS YOU GROW UP TO THAT 10,000, UH, POPULATION, YOU, YOU ARE PROBABLY GONNA WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING THOSE THREE INTO SIX, UH, AS A GOOD, GOOD POSSIBILITY. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH THANK NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACT, INCLUDING CONTRACT RENEWAL, BID ACCEPTANCE, OR REISSUANCE OF AN RFP, MS. HILLARY. THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ME, MY NAME IS HILLARY KROMER, I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, BUT TONIGHT I AM PUTTING MY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAT TO THE SIDE. AND I'M GONNA TALK SOME TRASH , YOU KNOW, HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SAY THAT IT'S MY FIRST CHANCE. THANK YOU, . OKAY. I KNOW ALL THE TRASH CONTRACTORS ARE LIKE, WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, . OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON. WE HAVE A, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE THE NINETIES, I BELIEVE 96 TO BE EXACT. AND HERE'S OUR PRICING THAT WE HAVE. CURRENTLY, THIS CONTRACT IS COMING TO AN END. UM, SO THERE ARE SOME CHOICES THAT NEED TO BE MADE MOVING FORWARD. AND WE'VE PUT OUT A RFP, SO A REQUEST, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CITIZENS. UM, AND LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA. SO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL RATE FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING IS $15 AND 16 CENTS PER MONTH. OUR COMMERCIAL RATE IS $38 AND 5 CENTS A MONTH, AND THAT INCLUDES TRASH AND RECYCLING WEEKLY. UM, IT'S DONE IN DIFFERENT ZONES. SO SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE THEIR TRASH AND RECYCLING TAKEN ON MONDAY, ANOTHER PERSON ON TUESDAY, AND IT GOES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BULK AND BRUSH THE FIRST OR SECOND FRIDAY, DEPENDING ON THE ZONE THAT YOU'RE IN. WE RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS. WE RECEIVED ONE FROM OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR, REPUBLIC SERVICE, RESER SERVICES. WE RECEIVED ONE FROM FRONTIER WASTE SOLUTIONS, SUNDANCE DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY, WASTE DISPOSAL AND WASTE CONNECTIONS OF TEXAS. THIS IS WHAT WE ASKED FOR IN THE RFP. UH, OUR CITY MANAGER REACHED OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT YOU MIGHT LIKE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM CITIZENS ONE CHANGE THAT WE, UH, I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE WE HEARD FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WAS TO, FOR TEMPORARY ROLL OFFS. SO IF YOU'RE CLEANING YOUR HOUSE OUT AND YOU NEED A ROLL OFF CONTAINER AT YOUR HOUSE, WHAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED WAS THAT WE, THEY HAVE A CHOICE. SO WE HAVE OPEN MARKET FOR THAT, WHETHER IT BE COMMERCIAL, IF IT'S TEMPORARY ROLL OFF, IF IT'S A ROLL OFF THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE GROCERY STORE ALL THE TIME, THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE CONTRACT TO GIVE US REDUCED PRICES. BUT FOR THE TEMPORARY, UM, THAT WILL BE OPEN MARKET. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'LL BE VERY SIMILAR. SO WEEKLY TRASH AND RECYCLING WITH THE CARTS PROVIDED MONTHLY BULK AND BRUSH PICKUP UP TO THREE, THREE CUBIC YARDS. UH, SPECIAL BACKDOOR SERVICE FOR OUR DISABLED [00:45:01] RESIDENTS, WHICH MUST BE DONE BY APPLICATION. UH, WE REQUIRED THAT IN OUR RFP, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. REPUBLIC HAS BEEN DOING THAT. UM, FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLECTION, WE ARE JUST REQUIRING THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES FOR THEM. UM, MAYBE THEY ONLY NEED IT PICKED UP EVERY TWO WEEKS. THEY HAVE THEY DUMPSTERS AND THE ROLL OFFS WILL BE PROVIDED NEXT. AS FAR AS SPECIAL WASTE SERVICES, UM, WE REQUIRE, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THIS WITH, WITH REPUBLIC, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING WITH ANYONE WHO FILLED OUT THE RFP, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LANDFILL THEMSELVES FOUR TIMES A YEAR FOR FREE, UP TO FOUR CUBIC YARDS. AND THEN WHAT'S NOT ON HERE IS AFTER THAT WE REQUIRE A DISCOUNT BE OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS. WE ALSO RE REQUIRED THAT THEY SUBMIT, UM, UH, OPTIONS FOR STORM DEBRIS CLEANUP AND THAT THEY HAVE TWO CITY CLEANUP EVENTS. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY COME OUT. THEY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, ROLL OFFS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE CAN COME AND DUMP SOME STUFF IN THERE. WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT THEY ASSIST WITH SPONSORSHIPS EACH YEAR. SO WE WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BE OUT AT OUR EVENTS. THAT WAY THEY'RE CONSTANTLY EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT IS TRASH, WHAT IS RECYCLING. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR $5,000 A YEAR FROM ANYONE WHO ENDS UP BEING OUR CONTRACTOR. AND AS FAR AS EV EVENT HALLS, SO WE WANT, WE REQUIRE UP TO UP TO 80 A YEAR. WE MIGHT NOT NEED THAT MANY, BUT WE HAVE OUR IRISH FESTIVAL, LET'S SAY IT'S HUGE THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S A BIG HIT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. WE MIGHT NEED A, A ROLL OFF THERE AT THE EVENT. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE THIS CURRENTLY, BUT AS FAR AS OUR CITY FACILITIES COLLECTION, WE REQUIRE THAT OUR, UM, THAT IT'S FREE. IT'S FREE AS PART OF THE CONTRACT. SO HERE AT CITY HALL, ANY OF OUR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING, UM, BINS ARE PART, ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT FOR FREE. HERE IS, UM, WHAT OUR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND HOW LONG THE, THE TERM WOULD BE FOR THE CONTRACT. SO IT WOULD BE FIVE YEARS, JULY 1ST, BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S WHEN OUR NEW CONTRACT WOULD START JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2030, WITH THREE OPTIONAL FIVE YEAR RENEWALS. WE, UH, REQUIRE A FRAN THAT THE CITY, UM, UH, RECEIVE 15% OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND THEN 10% OF INDUSTRIAL. WE REQUIRE A PERFORMANCE BOND OF $300,000. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY CANNOT FINISH THEIR TERM, THEIR CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD BE AWFUL, WE DO NOT WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO END UP WITHOUT TRASH. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IF FOR SOME REASON THAT HAPPENED, THE BOND WOULD PAY OUT THIS AMOUNT OR PAY FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, TAKE OVER THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITHOUT SERVICE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME. AND THEN AS FAR AS CUSTOMER SERVICE IS CONCERNED, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAD A MISSED COLLECTION IS IT'S RESOLVED IN 24 HOURS OR LESS. AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANT MONTHLY SERVICE REPORTS. OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT WE DID ON THE STAFF SIDE. WE HAD, WE, UM, SCORED THE BIDS AND THIS REALLY, WE SCORED 'EM BASED ON FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, PRICING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE WITH RFP. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO HAVE ONE WITH A LOWER SCORE. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE WITH MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES. UM, SO THAT DID CHANGE THEIR SCORE. AND THEN OF COURSE, PRICING HAS A BIG PART OF WHAT'S GOING TO, UM, CAUSE THE SCORE TO BE HIGH OR LOW. SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. HERE'S OUR PRICING COMPARISON. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS IN RED. WHAT THAT I HAVE THEM IN RED BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND THESE OUT. DID I KNOCK YOURS OVER? OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY, I'LL FIX IT IN A MOMENT. OKAY, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, LET ME GO AHEAD AND PULL UP MY NOTES HERE. AS FAR AS THE BEST PRICE, THE LOWEST PRICE FOR RESIDENTIAL IN TOTAL. SO THAT'S TRASH AND RECYCLING, THAT'S $13 AND 93 CENTS. WASTE CONNECTIONS CAME AT THE BEST PRICING. THEY HAVE THE BEST PRICING. UM, THEY ALSO [00:50:01] OFFER THE BEST PRICING FOR COMMERCIAL, FOR COMMERCIAL AT $20 AND 75 CENTS. UH, FOR AN EIGHT CUBIC YARD DUMPSTER, WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON. THAT COMMERCIAL REQUESTS SUNDANCE DISPOSAL CAME IN AT THE, THE, UM, LEAST EXPENSIVE AT $161 PER WEEK. AND THEN FOR THE 30 OFF 30, UH, CUBIC YARD ROLL OFF, WOW, THAT WAS HARD TO SAY. UM, BASED ON FOUR TONS, THE LOWEST PRICE IS SUNDANCE DISPOSAL AT $489 AND 50 CENTS. UM, THE TOP ONE AS YOU CAN SEE IS REPUBLIC SERVICES. SO THAT'S WHO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH. THEY, UH, BID A PRICE FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AT $16 AND 39 CENTS. THAT'S A DOLLAR AND 23. THAT'S A DOLLAR AND 23 INCREASE FROM WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND AN 8% INCREASE. OKAY, SO NOW IT'S, UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND WHAT COUNCIL IN COUNCIL ACTION. SO, UH, IN A MOMENT I'M GONNA HAVE EACH BIDDER GIVE A THREE TO FIVE MINUTE SUMMARY. I WILL PUT A TIMER ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE DECISIONS TO MAKE, TO MAKE. SO ONE OPTION, ONE IS AUTORENEW CURRENT CONTRACT FOR FIVE, UH, FIVE YEARS. THE DEC, THE DECISION DEADLINE. WE MUST MAKE THAT DECISION BY APRIL 3RD. AND THEN AFTER THE, UM, DECISION TO AUTORENEW IS MADE, WE WOULD WORK WITH REPUBLIC TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS AND PRICING. NUMBER TWO, WE DECLINE AUTO RENEWAL AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE THIRD, WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO AUTORENEW OR NOT, IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO AUTORENEW WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER OPTIONS. WE AWARD A NEW CONTRACT TO ONE, UH, TO ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT BID AND THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT OR TWO, WE REJECT ALL THE BIDS AND WE REISSUE ANOTHER RFP. OKAY, SO I WILL START WITH SUNDANCE. WILL YOU PULL UP, UM, THEIR POWERPOINT? THANK YOU. I INCLUDED IN MY RFPA LETTER I HAD WRITTEN TO EACH OF YOU. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU SAW IT. AND I HAVE A LITTLE, UH, STICKY NOTE THERE IF YOU NEED TO TAKE NOTES. THANK YOU. I PUSH THE UP ARROW. YES, THOSE ARE OUR TRUCKS. SUNDANCE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS RUN RESIDENTIAL ROUTES FOUR DAYS A WEEK. AND WE'VE NOT RUN ROUTES ON MONDAY WITH THE SOLE INTENT PURPOSE OF ONBOARDING OUR FIRST MUNICIPAL CITY CONTRACT. AND SO WE HAVE A DEDICATED FLEET OF TRUCKS THAT AREN'T BEING USED ON MONDAYS. WE COULD PICK UP THE ENTIRE CITY IN A SINGLE DAY IF WE WANTED TO INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THE DIFFERENT ZONES. AND THEY ALWAYS LOOK THAT PRETTY, AT LEAST ON FRIDAYS WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THE PRESSURE WASHER AND WE HAVE TO CLEAN THEM. AND THAT'S OUR YARD OF COURSE. AND, UH, THESE ALSO LOOK A LITTLE DUSTY AND SCRATCH, BUT THAT'S, WE HAVE PLENTY OF CARTS, AN ABUNDANCE OF CARTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE OUR COLORS HERE AND THEY GOT TRASH AND RECYCLING RIGHT ON THE TOP. REAL EASY. UNDERSTAND. OUR YARD HERE IS IN, UH, GODLY TEXAS. AND OF ALL THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THIS BID, WE'RE CLEARLY THE CLOSEST, UH, IT'S 21 MILES OR 29 MINUTES DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC OR HOW FAST YOU DRIVE. THAT'S OUR OFFICE. WE JUST MOVED IN THERE IN NOVEMBER. WE'RE A GROWING COMPANY, JUST LIKE THE CITY. THAT'S MY OFFICE. JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE BIG DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE BOARDROOM AND THAT WAS TAKEN AT OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY MOST RECENTLY IN DECEMBER. IT'S MY FAMILY. THIS IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO. WE HAVE ALL THE SOFTWARE, WE CAN RUN ALL THE REPORTS. WE ADOPTED THE SOFTWARE BEFORE IT WAS MAINSTREAM. UH, NOW OTHER COMPANIES ARE USING IT, BUT WE WERE USING IT FIRST AND WE'VE USED IT FOR SIX YEARS. WE GOT A SAFETY, UH, OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM OUR INSURANCE FOR LAST YEAR FOR OUR SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT WITH OUR CREW. WE'RE THE LOWEST PRICED IN TWO OF THE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES IN THE BID. WE'RE THE CLOSEST PROVIDER. WE HAVE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING CAMERAS [00:55:01] IN THE, IN THE CABS OF THE TRUCKS THAT USE AI TO NOTIFY WHEN OUR DRIVERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES AND NOTIFY US AND TRACK ALL THE SPEED LIMIT. I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 20 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS COMPANY FOR 12 YEARS AND ALVA ALVARADO DESERVES A WASTE PARTNER THAT IS GONNA BE FAST, FLEXIBLE, AND COMMITTED BEING OUR ONLY MUNICIPAL CONTRACT. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE CASE. AND WITH WHATEVER REMAINING TIME, I DID CREATE A COUPLE NOTES HERE, UM, BASED ON AFTER SEEING THE RESULTS OF THE BIDS, SUNDANCE IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN TWO OF THE THREE CATEGORIES BY A LONG SHOT. BUSINESS OWNERS, CONTRACTORS AND HOMEOWNERS WOULD USE DUMPSTERS. UH, WE'LL SEE A MEANINGFUL SAVINGS. NOW WHY IS SUNDANCE THE HIGHEST WHEN IT CAME TO THE RESIDENTIAL BID? WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE OTHER BIDS WERE FAKE . AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY FAKE. IF THE CITY OF ALVARADO WERE TO AWARD THE LOWEST BIDDER OF THE RESIDENTIAL, JUST THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, THEY WOULD LIKELY DECLINE BECAUSE IT'S, UH, AND THEN SUNDANCE WOULD HAPPILY ACCEPT JUST THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, IT'S JUST NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE TO PICK IT UP AT THOSE RATES. UM, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT SHAPED OUR PRICING AND THAT'S RECYCLING. SUNDANCE CARES ABOUT RECYCLING. WE STARTED AS RECYCLING ONLY COMPANY AND KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW, WE WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER MAKING RECYCLING AN OPT-IN PROGRAM. IF RECYCLING IS MANDATORY, THEN MANY PEOPLE WILL USE THE SECOND BIN FOR A SECONDARY TRASH BIN. AND IF YOU WANT RECYCLING DONE RIGHT, THERE NEEDS TO BE BUY-IN LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. SO IF HOMEOWNERS DO NOT WANNA RECYCLE, THAT'S FINE. THEIR MONTHLY RATE WILL STAY THE SAME $15 A MONTH. BUT IF THEY DO WANNA RECYCLE, THEY WOULD PAY $7 A MONTH. SUNDANCE HAS APPLIED THIS PRACTICE TO OUR 4,000 PLUS CUSTOMERS IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE'VE, WE'RE THE FIRST AND ARE STILL THE ONLY PROVIDER OFFERING RECYCLING IN THE COUNTY. OUR RECYCLE LOADS ARE 80 TO 90% CLEANER THAN MOST. THAT'S DOUBLE OF, OF THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR RECYCLING LOADS AS MOST MUNICIPALITIES. I'M ALMOST DONE, I HAVE LIKE 30 SECONDS. SO AS I SAID EARLIER, IF YOU WERE TO OFFER JUST THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES ONLY, I'M PRETTY SURE MOST OF THESE COMPANIES WOULD DECLINE. ALVARADO IS GONNA SEE A LOT OF FUTURE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PRICING BE FAIR AND BE SUSTAINABLE, NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE BUT FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE. AND SUNDANCE'S PRICING ACCOMPLISHES THAT. UH, THE ROLL OFF. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST TWO LITTLE POINTS. UM, I THINK A HAUL PLUS TONNAGE IS, IS BETTER FOR THE CONSUMER AND INSTEAD OF MONTHLY RENTAL, IT SHOULD BE DAILY RENTAL. AND INSTEAD OF A FRANCHISE FEE THAT'S A 10%, WHICH IS HARD TO IMPLEMENT IN AN OPEN MARKET, I THINK A FLAT FEE WOULD HELP THE CITY GET A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE WITH EASIER IMPLEMENTATION. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I CARE AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH WORKING WITH SUNDANCE IS WORKING WITH A COMPANY THAT CARES. THANK YOU. CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? EACH ONE THEY COME UP. OKAY. I'M RIGHT READING RIGHT HERE. IT SAYS WE FILL A FOUR TIMES A YEAR LANDFILL ACCESS IS NOT WARRANTED DUE TO THE CURBSIDE BULK COLLECTION SERVICES ALREADY BEING OFFERED AND TWICE A YEAR CLEANUP EVENTS, GETTING, SEEING SOME OF THE TRASH THAT GOES OUT IN ALBERTA, IT'S ONE VERY MUCH SO WELL SEEING AS THOUGH SENTENCE DOESN'T OWN A LANDFILL, WE COULD AS WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT BY PROVIDING A DROP OFF SESSION OR ADDITIONAL DROP OFF EVENTS. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT THE LANDFILL ACCESS, BUT WE CAN BRING OUR TRUCKS THERE ANY DAY, ANYTIME. , I MEAN, DID YOU, DID YOU USE THE LANDFILL SERVICE PERSONALLY, UH, IN THE YEARS PAST ALL THE TIME. YEAH, CERTAINLY. I I ABUSE THE BOAT. YEAH, YOU YOU GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. THAT'S GREAT. I DO AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. I MEAN, I SEE SO MUCH TRASH PILED UP ON BULK DAY. IT'S WAY MORE THAN AND WHAT IS THIS, UH, SUNDANCE WOULD LIKE TO, THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER LATE FEES FOR INVOICES NOT PAID ON THE 15TH. SO I WILL JUST ADD THE CAVEAT AND LYDIA, ANYTHING CAN BE DISCUSSED I'M SURE AFTERWARDS. SO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TIME. BUT, UM, THIS WAS, THIS WAS MY FIRST RFP PROBABLY TOOK ABOUT 20 HOURS AND 50 PAGES AND THERE WAS A PART THERE THAT SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO? AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I MEAN, I'M GONNA PUT IT HERE IF THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. BUT, UM, I WAS JUST DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S. UM, WE'RE EAGER TO PLEASE. WE REALLY ARE. AND [01:00:01] WHATEVER THE CITY NEEDS, I THINK WE WOULD JUMP THROUGH WHATEVER HOOPS WE COULD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BECAUSE I MEAN, THE CITY ALREADY CHARGES, ISN'T IT, ON THE 15TH? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PRICE. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PRICE. SURE. WE ALREADY CHARGE A LATE FEE. SO YOU'RE WANTING TO CHARGE A LATE FEE ALSO ON THE TRACK? UH, NO, I WAS, I, I THINK, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE COULD DISCUSS THIS AT A LATER DATE. I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE THE QUESTION, BUT SIMPLY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T PAY THEIR INVOICES AFTER 30 DAYS AND WE ARE DOING THE BILLING, WE, WE CHARGE A LATE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. AND I THINK I READ SOMETHING IN THE BID THAT MAYBE SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE THAT WASN'T THE CASE. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, HEY, IF PEOPLE DON'T PAY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE A LATE FEE, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO SNEAK ANY FEES HERE, UH, OR, OR SURPRISE ANYONE BY ANY MEANS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OH YEAH, GO AHEAD. SORRY GUYS. OKAY. UM, WHERE YOU SAY MANUAL PICKUP, IT'S ON? YES, MA'AM. SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE ARM THAT REACHES DOWN AND PICKS UP THE TRASH? IS THAT, WHAT ARE THE GUYS ARE GETTING OUT AND, YEAH, SO EACH TRUCK HAS A HELPER AND, AND WE MIGHT BE THE ONLY TRUCK THAT HAS THE HELPERS ON THE BACK. UM, BEING IN THE COUNTY, WE GET A LOT OF BULK AND A LOT OF EXTRA TRASH. AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT IS EASIER TO FACILITATE. A LOT OF THE COMPANIES WITH THE AUTOMATED ARMS MIGHT HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE LIDS BEING OPEN AND THE CONTAINERS BEING TWOFOLD BECAUSE IT MAKES IT HARD TO DUMP. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME RESTRICTIONS. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CWD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WANDA SMITH. I'M WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL AND I ONLY HAVE A FEW SLIDES. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, OH, I'M SORRY. AGAIN, WANDA SMITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, AND WE STARTED OUR COMPANY BACK IN 1984. I SAY WE, I WASN'T AROUND BACK THEN, BUT THE COMPANY WAS, WAS FOUNDED IN 19 80, 84. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 41ST YEAR THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. AND, AND NOW IN 2025, WE ARE KNOWN AS THE LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED TRASH AND SO WELL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING IN NORTH TEXAS. SO WE'VE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND, AND ALL WE COVER IS NORTH TEXAS AND COMMUNITY FOCUS IS A VERY STRONG PASSION, NOT ONLY OF OF ME, THIS IS WHERE I ENTER INTO THE, INTO THE NETWORK OF THE COMPANY, BUT ALSO WITH THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. UH, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO GO OUT TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES, WHETHER IT BE A, UH, EXTREME GREEN EVENT OR ANY TYPE OF TRASH EVENT. WE WILL BE THERE WITH, UM, FAMILY, KIDS, GRANDKIDS, AND, UM, AND THE LIKE SUPPORTING ALL OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE CITY AND ALSO AT THE CHAMBER. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME AND I WILL JOT DOWN QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE TO, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN. YOU HAD THE COMMUNITY FOCUSED SLIDE. YES. UM, AND I KNOW IN THE RFP IT SAID THAT Y'ALL HAD TO, UH, HELP SPONSOR RADO EVENTS WITH 5,000 BUCKS. YES. OKAY. WELL, CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THAT, UH, REPUBLIC SPONSORS AND DONATES TO THAT ARE NOT CD EVENTS, BUT THEY ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS. OKAY. UH, THEY ARE A BIG SUPPORTER OF HELPING HANDS FOR JESUS. OH, WONDERFUL. FOOD BANK. THEY'RE A BIG SUPPORTER OF, UH, ANOTHER FOOD BANK THAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER WHERE THEY SUPPLY TURKEYS THAT WE CAN HAND OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS. ARE Y'ALL WILLING TO, COULD SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY OR JUST WITH THE $5,000 FOR, UM, ON, ON CITYWIDE EVENTS? RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THE $5,000 REALLY GOES TOWARD, UM, IF YOU'RE HAVING AN EXTREME GREEN EVENT WHERE THERE ARE RECYCLING CONTAINERS THAT ARE NEEDED OR A BIG BULK PICKUP, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT, THAT HAS ITS OWN VALUE IN THAT 5,000. WE GO OVER AND BEYOND WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY EVENTS BECAUSE WE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. THEY'RE LIKE, UM, WE SUPPORT, UM, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS EASTER PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN OUR CITIES THAT ARE [01:05:01] OVER AND BEYOND THAT, THAT BUDGET REQUIREMENT. OKAY. CAN YOU, UH, HOW, HOW DID CWD GET SUED BY THE CITY OF FRISCO? WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? THAT I DO NOT KNOW. UM, , DID Y'ALL THE CITY LOSE A CONTACT EARLIER OR SOMETHING? I AM NOT SURE. UM, I CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A NOTE HERE AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. THAT'S A LITTLE BEFORE MY TIME. I SHOULD HAVE PREFACED IT, UM, TWO YEARS OLD WITH THE COMPANY ONE YEAR IN THE MUNI MUNICIPAL SIDE. SO, UM, FRISCO PREDATES ME A BIT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT MS. LYDIA AND GET BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD ON MY NOTES FOR Y'ALL. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? LOOKING AT YOUR PACKET? YES. UH, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE OR WAS IT ONE OF THE OTHERS? I LOOKED AT A LOT, BUT YOU HAVE THE SMALL BINS ALSO AS AN OPTION FOR RECYCLE. WE DO THE SMALL, UM, HANDHELD OPEN TOP BINS. WE DO FIRST, UH, HOUSEHOLD COULD DECIDE WHICH ONE THEY WANT. LIKE IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTRACT AND WHAT WE AGREE TO. WE ABSOLUTELY DO PROVIDE THAT OPTION. UM, THE OPEN BINS, THE RES, THE ROLL CARTS, THE WHATEVER IT IS YOU CHOOSE. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION IN THE AUTOMATIC SIDE LOAD VERSUS THE REAR LOAD WITH HELPER ON THE BACK. SO IT'S ABOUT THE YEAH, THE BAGS. WHAT ABOUT THAT? THE BAGS? THE BAGS, THE BAGS. WERE YOU THE ONE THAT HAD THE BAGS AVAILABLE FOR IF YOU HAD SOMETHING RECENT? UH, HAZARDOUS. OH, THE HOUSEHOLD. OH YES. THE DOORSIDE COLLECTION. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. YES. I LOOKED AT SO MANY. OH YES, I, SORRY. I UNDERSTAND. NO, NO WORRIES. YES, WE DO OFFER THAT AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE A, WE, WE ARE REALLY FLEXIBLE WITH WHATEVER A CITY EXPECTS AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE USED TO. UH, CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT. SO, UH, IF THERE IS A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT THAT YOU WANT US TO MEET, WE, WE DO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THE CITY, BUT, BUT WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THAT. SO ANYTHING THE CITY REQUESTS AND TWO, IT SAID IF, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A LARGE APPLIANCE THAT JUST CALL AND Y'ALL WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK THAT UP, WE CAN. WE ALSO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT WE AGREED TO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE THESE, UM, EXTREME GREEN EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN BRING LARGER APPLIANCES, YOU CAN BRING BULK, EXCUSE ME, YOU CAN BRING BULK AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING AS WELL. SO I'M OVER MY TIME. SORRY, . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF I MAY? THE PRICING, THE PRICING THAT'S ON THIS, UM, MAYBE IT'S OKAY, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. OKAY. SO THE PRICING THAT'S ON THIS PRICE COMPARISON? YES. IS THIS A BASE PRICE OR DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CITY AND AND YOUR COMPANY COULD COME TO TERMS OR WHAT WE'RE WANTING. IS THAT THE SAME PRICE? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASE PRICE FOR THOSE BASE S SO THINGS COULD CHANGE, PRICE COULD GO UP, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU NEED AND HOW YOU WANNA CATER THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, JOHN, WITH FRONTIER, WILL YOU GET THE FRONTIER? ALRIGHT. AND BEFORE WE, UH, CONTINUE ON WITH JOHN FROM FRONTIER, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT. SO THE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS WE ASK FOR, UM, THOSE, THAT WAY YOU CAN COMPARE EACH PRICE APPLES TO APPLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. UH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND AND STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU AFTER THE RFP. UH, FRONTIER WASTE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR, UH, A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS. IN THOSE SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE GROWN TO OVER 60. I THINK WE JUST HIT 65 CITY CONTRACTS IN THE SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS. WE HAVE OVER 20 IN NORTH TEXAS. UH, AND, UH, WE HOPE TO, UH, UH, JOIN YOU AS A PARTNERSHIP AND HAVE YOU JOIN THE FRONTIER FAMILY. UH, MYSELF, I'D BE YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER. I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS, MAY BE 30 YEARS FOR ME, UH, STARTED OUT IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WORKED, WORKED MY WAY UP. AND YOU EITHER HATE THIS BUSINESS OR LOVE IT, AND I GUESS I LOVE IT. SO TAKE YOU THROUGH HERE REAL QUICK. UH, LET'S SEE, UH, DOWN, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY FRONTIER WASTE SOLUTIONS? UH, THE SERVICE IS MOST, MOST IMPORTANT. AS I SAID, I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS A LONG TIME AND I SEE WE HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY [01:10:01] IN OPERATIONS. I CAN STAND UP HERE AND SAY THIS AND KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE JOB TAKEN CARE OF. WE MAKE MISTAKES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT RECOVERY AND KNOWING THAT YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE OR YOU CAN SEND THAT EMAIL AND IT'S GONNA GET ADDRESSED AND IT'S GONNA GET TAKEN CARE OF. UM, COMMUNICATION, AGAIN, TIES BACK INTO THE SERVICE. THERE'S MANY TYPES OF COMMUNICATION REPORTING, WHICH IS CRITICAL THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WILL GET INTO THAT. UH, NEW CARTS AND DUMPSTERS. I DIDN'T SEE IT SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT, BUT IF YOU DO BUSINESS WITH FRONTIER WASTE SOLUTIONS, YOU WILL GET, ALL YOUR RESIDENTS WILL GET NEW RECYCLE, UH, CARTS AND TRASH CARTS, AND ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES WILL GET BRAND NEW, UH, CONTAINERS AS WELL. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY PUT THAT INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR BUDGETS AND INTO THEIR PRICES OR NOT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S IN, THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT. AND THEN PRICING. WERE COMPETITIVE. WE WEREN'T THE LOWEST. WE WEREN'T THE HIGHEST, BUT WE WERE COMPETITIVE. UH, PAST AND CURRENT, UH, PERFORMANCE AND EXPERIENCE, AS I'VE SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN GROWING LIKE CRAZY. UH, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. UH, PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE US, THEY ENJOY US. THE THE SERVICE GETS, IT GETS TAKEN CARE OF AND IT GETS DONE. UH, UH, OUR COMPANY HAS MADE UP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. WE'VE WORKED FOR SOME OF THE OTHER COMPANIES AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH ANY, ANY OF THE BAD. AND WE'VE TRIED TO DEVELOP AND, AND HAVE THE GOOD AND IT SHOWS IN OUR PERFORMANCE AND THE NUMBER OF CITIES THAT ARE CONVERTING OVER TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE FRONTIER. UM, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I TALKED ABOUT HERE. I'M NOT GONNA GO SPECIFICALLY AND READ EVERYTHING THERE. UH, LIKE I SAID, 60 PLUS, I THINK I COUNTED 65 THIS MORNING. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RUN OUR BUSINESS AS LOCAL. YOU'RE GONNA KNOW YOUR DISPATCHERS, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW YOUR SUPERVISORS, UH, HENRY AND BRIAN ARE GONNA BE, WOULD BE YOUR SUPERVISORS. TAMMY'S GONNA BE YOUR DISPATCHER. SUE'S GONNA BE YOUR BILLING, BILLING, UH, REP. UH, I'M GONNA BE YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER SO YOU'LL KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THEY'RE LOCAL AND, UH, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LARGE ENOUGH. WE'VE GOT FACILITIES IN HOUSTON THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE. UH, HOUSTON, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS, WACO, CORPUS CHRISTI, ALL ACROSS TEXAS, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE FROM TEXAS, UH, FROM, UH, OKLAHOMA TO SOUTH. UH, OUR PROPOSED PLAN FOR SERVICE DELIVERY, UH, OUR OPERATIONS PEOPLE, AS I SAID, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT GET WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. THEY GET THE TRASH PICKED UP. Y'ALL WANT THE TRASH FAIR TO COME IN, PICK UP THE TRASH AND GET OUT. AND HOPEFULLY NO PHONE CALLS, NO PROBLEMS, UH, CITIES THAT, THAT ARE THERE. WHITESBORO, WATAUGA, HOW WHITE SETTLEMENT, MANSFIELD, MCKINNEY, KENDALE, PEARLAND DOWN IN THE HOUSTON AREA. AND WHEN I DON'T STAND UP HERE AND LISTEN TO ME, WHAT I, WHAT I CHALLENGE YOU TO IS CALL ANY OF THOSE CITIES ON OUR LIST THAT RAN THE RFP AND YOU ASK THEM AND ASK THEM WHY THEY CAME TO FRONTIER. UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN STAND UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG, BUT LISTEN TO THE CUSTOMER. UH, HERE WE'VE GOT A DETAILED PLAN OF, YOU KNOW, THE TRUCKS WHEN THEY'LL RUN. RFP HAD US COMING IN AND SERVICE 'EM ONE DAY A WEEK. TRASH HANDLING CYCLE. WE CAN DO THAT. LIKE I SAID, ALL NEW CONTAINERS, UH, UH, WE CAN MAKE THE, THE FOUR FREE, UH, UH, SERVICES A YEAR. NOT A PROBLEM. UH, EITHER AT OUR FACILITY, OUR TRANSFER STATION, OR HERE LOCALLY IN THE CITY. IF WE, IF WE, YOU CHOSE TO HAVE A PLACE COMMUNICATION, YOU'LL HAVE A DEDICATED PHONE NUMBER, UH, TRACK EASY AS AS OUR REPORTING PROGRAM. EVERYTHING GETS KEYED IN THERE AND YOU CAN PRINT OUT, WE CAN GET REPORTS FOR YOU MONTHLY. YOU CAN SEE HOW WHEN THE, WHEN THE, UH, REQUEST GOES IN AND HOW FAST IT TOOK US TO RESPOND. SO YOU'LL HAVE A AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES ON SERVICES AND BROKEN DOWN BY THE TYPES OF SERVICES IS REQUESTS THAT ARE THERE. UH, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, THE DEDICATED BILLING AND SUPERVISORS, ACCOUNT MANAGER, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, THAT WAS FAST. . YEAH, SOCIAL MEDIA. ALRIGHT, BROCHURES. SORRY JOHN. THAT'S OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SAY I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK, UH, REPORTING AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE TRACK EASY PROGRAM. UH, I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT. IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S EASY. PEOPLE LOVE IT. UH, UH, AS FAR AS, AND SAME THING ON THE APPS. SUPERVISOR CAN TAKE, TAKE HIS PHONE AND GO LIKE THIS AND HE CAN SEE THE STREETS AND WHERE THE TRUCK'S RUNNING AT ALL THE TIME. HE CAN ZOOM IN ON IT AND SEE WHICH CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP AND WHICH ONES HAVING, SO HE CAN GET ON THE PHONE AND SAY, HEY, YOU MISSED, UH, YOU MISSED IT. LEASE BACK HERE. WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND IF NEEDED. SO IT, IT'S THAT DETAILED. CAMERAS ON THE TRUCKS, LIKE YOU SAID, A GPS. WE KNOW WHETHER WE'VE BEEN THERE, WHETHER WE HADN'T BEEN THERE. UH, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE PICTURES IF THE CONTAINER [01:15:01] WAS BLOCKED, UH, YOU CAN DO IT. I CAN DO IT. THE CUSTOMER CAN DO IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY NICE. UH, I ALREADY WENT THROUGH THAT. TALKED ABOUT THE CARTS. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? YEAH, WHAT LANDFILL DO Y'ALL USE, MA'AM? WHAT LANDFILL DOES REPUBLIC, OR NOT REPUBLIC, EXCUSE ME, FRONTIER. FRONTIER FRONTIER. WELL, THIS ONE BE I BELIEVE TURKEY CREEK, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE THE SAME ONE THAT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW. UM, THE, UH, OR ITASCA, UH, WE, WE HAVE, UH, RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE LANDFILLS. WE HAVE ONE LANDFILL THAT WE OWN IN MCKINNEY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE. UH, BUT OUR VOLUME WITH ALL THE CITIES THAT WE HAVE, WE GET, WE GET THE VOLUME, UM, AND OUR PRICING IS COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE A TRANSFER STATION IN GLENROSE. GLENROSE IS ONE OF OUR CITIES AS WELL. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VOICE CONNECTIONS. VOICE CONNECTIONS. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS ABEL MORENO. I'M DISTRICT MANAGER FOR WASTE CONNECTIONS. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR 160 EMPLOYEES OUT OF OUR HALTON CITY DISTRICT. UH, THERE WE SERVICE 14 CITIES OUT OF THAT DISTRICT, AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT A HUNDRED ROUTES DAILY. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WASTE CONNECTIONS. WE ARE AN INTEGRATED, SOLID WASTE SERVICE COMPANY WITH OVER 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OPERATING IN 46 STATES AND SIX CANADIAN PROVINCES. WE SERVICE ABOUT 9 MILLION RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS IN TEXAS. WE MANAGE WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSFER DISPOSAL, AND RECYCLING FOR NUMEROUS COMMUNITIES. TO INCLUDE THOSE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. TURKEY CREEK LANDFILL IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR OPERATIONS IN THE FORT WORTH AREA, PROVIDING SAFE, COMPLIANT DISPOSAL. JUST MINUTES FROM THE CITY CENTER, WHICH IT'S ABOUT FOUR, FOUR MILES. PROXIMITY ENSURES EFFICIENCY, REDUCES TRANSPORTATION COSTS, KEEPS SERVICES, RESPONSE, KEEP SERVICES RESPONSIVE TO YOUR NEEDS. HERE'S A LITTLE FOOT FOOTPRINT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE UNITED STATES. SOME COMMERCIAL SERVICES WE PROVIDE, RECYCLING, COMMERCIAL ORGANIC FOOD WASTE. UM, MAINLY OUT IN THE WEST COAST. SHREDDING COMPACTORS, INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING. FOR RESIDENTIAL, OF COURSE, WE DO GARBAGE PICKUP, RESIDENTIAL YARD WASTE, RES RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING, PORTABLE TOILETS, BULK PICKUP, AND DUMPSTER RENTAL. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR ALVARADO? OUR PROPOSAL IS BUILT ON THREE PILLARS, RELIABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUNITY FOCUS. FOR RELIABILITY. WE PROPOSE ONE-TIME WEEKLY RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS WITH AUTOMATED TRUCKS ASLS TO ENSURE TIMELY, CONSISTENT SERVICE FOR ALL HOUSEHOLDS. COMMERCIAL CLIENTS HAVE THE FLEXIBLE FRONT LOAD AND ROLL OFF OPTIONS WITH SCHEDULED SCHEDULES TO CUSTOMIZE TO THEIR OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A LOCAL TEAM BACKED BY A FLEET MAINTAINED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, WHICH GUARANTEES MINIMAL DISRUPTIONS. WE HAVE A WASTE CONNECT MOBILE APP, WHICH CAN BE, UH, DOWNLOADED ON YOUR APPLE OR YOUR, UM, WHATEVER. YEAH, WHATEVER ANDROID, , ANDROID, EITHER OR. BUT, UH, WHAT IT, WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IF YOU PREFER IT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S OPTIONAL. IF YOU PREFER TO DOWNLOAD THE APP, IT'LL HELP KEEP TRACK OF WHAT DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IS RECYCLING, WHEN IT'S TRASH. UH, BUT IT ALSO, IT DOES A SEARCH. YOU CAN PUT ANY PRODUCT IN THERE AND IT'LL TELL YOU HOW TO PROPERLY DISPOSE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR ASLS. THIS IS TAKING THE CITY OF BURLESON. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME GPS, UH, CAMERAS IN ALL OUR TRUCKS. 360 DEGREES AROUND THE TRUCK. UH, WE CAN PULL UP ON OUR PHONE AS WELL, WHERE THE TRUCK IS, WHERE IT'S BEEN SERVICED, AND WHERE IT'S HEADED TO. NEXT. SUSTAINABILITY, WE HAVE A RECYCLING PROGRAM WITH WEEKLY CURBSIDE PICKUP. NO CHANGE TO YOUR CURRENT SERVICE. PAPER, PLASTICS, METALS, AND GLASS. AT TURKEY CREEK, WE ARE EXPLORING WASTE TO ENERGY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE LANDFILL RELIANCE. ALIGNING WITH TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS. HERE'S OUR 2024 SUSTAINABILITY [01:20:01] REPORT. IF YOU'D LIKE DETAILS ON THIS, WE'VE GOT A LINK PROVIDED RIGHT THERE. COMMUNITY FOCUS, UNDERSTAND ALVARADO'S, SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND RAPID GROWTH. OUR PLAN INCLUDES BULKY WASTE AND GREEN WASTE COLLECTIONS TO KEEP YARDS AND STREETS CLEAN. UH, WE PLAN ON COMPLYING WITH YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENSURING ALL CONTAINERS MEET CITY STANDARDS. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT, AT OUR YARD IN HALTON CITY DURING OUR BIKE BUILD. EVERY YEAR WE BUILD 120 TO 150 BICYCLES FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH ORGANIZATIONS. UH, THIS IS A BIG EVENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE GET TOGETHER, WE, UH, PULL MONEY TOGETHER. WE HAVE OUR VENDORS GIVE US MONEY, UH, AND WE BUILD BIKES FOR, FOR THOSE KIDS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A, A GOOD CHRISTMAS. WHY CHOOSE WASTE CONNECTIONS, PROXIMITY AND EXPERIENCE CHEROKEE CREEK LANDFILL ALREADY IN ALVARADO, NOT, NOT JUST A VENDOR. WE'RE A NEIGHBOR. COMPETITIVE PRICING, TRANSPARENT. BILLING, A TRACK RECORD OF NEARBY CITIES, HAPPY RESIDENTS AND CLEAN STREETS. WE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SCHOLARSHIPS, LOCAL EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE EXAMPLE OF THAT. HERE IS A SATISFACTION SURVEY FROM THE CITY OF BURLESON. WE WERE RATED THE HIGHEST CITY SERVICE IN THE CITY, AND THAT'S, THAT INCLUDES POLICE AND FIRE. UH, WE WERE A 91% OVERALL, VERY SATISFIED AND SATISFIED WITHIN THE CITY OF BURLESON. AND I, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BURLESON, 'CAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE CITY. IT'S PROBABLY THE CLOSEST, UH, CITY THAT WE SERVICE RESIDENTIAL FOR IN THIS AREA. NEXT STEPS, WASTE CONNECTIONS IS READY TO PARTNER WITH ALVARADO, WORK CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO FINALIZE SCHEDULES, EDUCATE, EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON RECYCLING. AND ALSO, UH, THE TRASH CHANGE AND DAYS THAT WE PLAN ON SERVICING THE SEAMLESS TRANSITION AND OUR COMMITMENT. SAFE, SUSTAINABLE SERVICE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONS, THEY, THEY HAPPEN. AND I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE I SET THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY STAFF AT EASE IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE WASTE CONNECTIONS. UM, YOU SAID BURLESON. Y'ALL DO BURLESON. DO YOU REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR TRASH IN THOSE BINS? BECAUSE DRIVING THROUGH BURLESON, A LOT OF TIMES I SEE JUST THE TRASH BAGS OUT. THEY, THEY HAVE ONE OF THE HARDEST SERVICES, WHICH IS TAKE ALL YOU, THEY REQUIRE RECYCLING TO BE IN THE BINS. RIGHT. BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TAKE ALL, SO WHATEVER THEY PUT ON THE CURVE, WE HAVE TO COLLECT. IT IS THE HARDEST SERVICE IN OUR INDUSTRY. IT'S IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH THEM? IT'S IN THE CONTRACT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED, AND AT THAT, WE ARE AT A 91% SERVICE, THE HIGHEST IN THE CITY OF BURLINGTON FOR CITY SERVICES. WOW. OKAY. YOU SAID SHREDS. YOU HAVE SHREDS, WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY. SHREDS. OH, WE, WE CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, TWICE A YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE CAN SET UP WITH THE CITY THAT'S IN OUR RFP. OKAY. UH, WILL THE TRASH AND RECYCLING BOTH BE ON THE SAME DAY? LIKE IT IS? WILL YOU KEEP OUR SCHEDULE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE USED TO? NO. WE WILL MOVE, UH, THE WHOLE CITY. WE WILL PICK UP THE WHOLE CITY ON WEDNESDAY. WILL OUR EQUIPMENT BE BRAND NEW OR WILL IT BE FROM ANOTHER CITY? OUR TRASH BINS AND STUFF. THE TRASH BINS WILL BE BRAND NEW? YES. AND RECYCLING, IS IT THE SAME SIZE OF THE, AS OUR, AS THE TRASH BIN, OR IS IT THE LITTLE, WE WILL GET THE SAME SIZE AS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. AND, UH, ARE THE RESIDENTS GONNA GET FOUR FREE DUMPS AT TURKEY CREEK? YES, MA'AM. HOW OFTEN DO Y'ALL PUT PEOPLE OUT ON THE SERVICE ROAD AND UP AND DOWN? 35 RIGHT THERE WHERE ALL THE TRASH BLOWS OUT OF TURKEY CREEK TO PICK UP. I USED TO LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TURKEY CREEK. MY KID'S SATURDAY MORNING CHORE WAS PICK UP ALL THE TRASH THAT BLOWS OUT OF TURKEY CREEK INTO OUR FRONT YARD. HOW OFTEN DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT CLEANING THAT UP? WE, WE DO IT DAILY. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, REALLY HEAVY ON THE COMPLIANCE. UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS NEW LEADERSHIP AND, UH, WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT. WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF TURKEY CREEK? HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT HAVE LEFT? UM, DO YOU KNOW? IT'S LIKE 10 TO 12 YEARS. WE HAVE A GREENFIELD, CAN'T GET THAT MOUNTAIN TOO MUCH HIGHER, SO NO, THEY CAN'T GET THE MOUNTAIN TOO MUCH HIGHER. SO WE, WE GOT A 10 TO 12 YEAR LIFESPAN. WE ARE IN THE WORKS OF, UH, BUYING MORE PROPERTY FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, TO, TO GET SOME MORE AIR SPACE. AND ON THE, UH, EXHIBIT G HERE IN YOUR RFP, YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, [01:25:02] A SPECIFIC PERSON FOR US TO CALL. IF IT'S DURING BUSINESS HOURS, YOU CALL ONE NUMBER. IF IT'S AFTER HOURS, YOU CALL TWO OTHER NUMBERS. DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT PERSON? OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY. UM, THAT WILL BE ME. I CURRENTLY AM THE DISTRICT MANAGER. UH, MY MY PHONE RINGS 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. UH, I'M CURRENTLY, UH, ON WITH THE SENIOR SITTER AT NUMEROUS CITIES. UH, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE SENIORS. UH, I'VE GOT, I'VE, MY PHONE GETS RING, UH, CALLED AT ALL HOURS. I'M ALSO THE INCOMING CHAIRMAN FOR THE NORTH TARRANT, UH, CHAMBER, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UM, WE, WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE, WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER. UH, WE DON'T JUST WANT BE YOUR TRASH PROVIDER. UM, I I, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A GOOD THING GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH REPUBLIC. DOING A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF. WE'LL DO THE SAME. OKAY. UM, COUPLE WEEKS AGO, LAST MONTH, UM, SOME OF THE TRASH COULDN'T BE PICKED UP FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. AND WITH OUR NEW ROAD SUPERINTENDENT, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING MORE ROAD CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT FRONTIER'S GONNA GET DOWN THE STREETS WHEN THE STREETS ARE BLOCKED BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION? HOW ARE Y'ALL GONNA GET DOWN 'EM TO PICK UP THE TRASH? UH, SO WASTE CONNECTIONS WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I I, I WAS TONGUE IN CHEEK WITH SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I, I'M ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE, BUT I'VE GOT A TEAM OF SUPERVISORS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR ALLOCATED TO THE CITY, AND THAT PERSON WILL BE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WORKING WITH THE CITY. SHOULD YOU HAVE, UM, CONSTRUCTION ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT, THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? UH, WE'LL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THE TRASH KIT'S PICKED UP. SO THERE COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A TRASH TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A PICKUP TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD TO MAKE SURE YOUR TRASH KIT'S PICKED UP. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN, UH, THE MOST RECENTLY. THE CITY OF FOREST HILL. YOU SEE ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON I 20. UH, WE'VE HAD TO SERVICE NUMEROUS HOUSES WITH, UH, PICKUPS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BUT THE TRASH SCHEDULE WILL NOT BE THE SAME. UH, THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. IT'LL BE ON WEDNESDAY. WE'LL PICK UP THE WHOLE CITY ON, UH, HOLIDAYS. IT'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT DAY. AND FOR CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING, AND NEW YEAR'S, WE'LL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO PUT FOUR TO SIX BAGS OUTSIDE THE CART. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COUPLE IT PUBLIC. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF. I'M GONNA GET UP HERE AND TALK REAL QUICK BEFORE SHE GETS IT GOING BECAUSE I'M SURE I'M GONNA BE LONG . OH, HOLD ON. CAN WE START THAT TIME? SO, UM, ROBIN MODA, I'VE BEEN WITH REPUBLIC FOR 27 YEARS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WITH REPUBLIC ALLIED FAMILY FOR 29, SO WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE AND, BUT I'M STILL GONNA GO IN THE BACKGROUND AND GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES JUST TO BE ALONGSIDE OF MY, UM, FELLOW INDUSTRY BROTHERS OVER HERE. UM, THIS PICTURE IS A STONEGATE MAYOR, UH, MAYOR STONEGATE MANOR. A RESIDENT THAT WAS EAGER TO GET OUT AND TAKE PICTURES WITH OUR, UH, DRIVER BEN THAT MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE GET LOTS OF ACCOLADES AND COMPLIMENTS ON HIM AND HIS, UM, JUST CUSTOMER DRIVEN EXCELLENCE, UH, TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. UH, WE HAVE 15 EMPLOYEES THAT WORK ON THIS CONTRACT IN A GIVEN WEEK, AND ABOUT 14 OF OUR ITASCA EMPLOYEES LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. UM, JUST TO GO A LITTLE BIT ON OUR PARTNERSHIP, I CAN FIND A, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN HERE, UM, AS I SAID, ABOUT 29 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE, UH, GIVE MANY HOURS, UM, NOT JUST ON MY LEVEL, BUT ON DRIVERS AND HELPERS. ALL OF OUR MANAGEMENT COMES OUT AND HELPS. UH, WE LOVE THE CITY OF ALVARADO. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR, UH, 2024. I DID NOT GET PICTURES OF THE TURKEYS THIS YEAR, BUT IMAGINE IT UP THERE. UH, BUT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WORK ALONGSIDE ON THE GOOD DAYS AND THE BAD DAYS. THESE ARE FUN DAYS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY TO SEE A CLEAN TRASH TRUCK AND TO COME TAKE PICTURES. UH, BUT ALSO ON THE STORM DAYS, THE HEAVY, [01:30:01] UM, DEBRIS. AND THOSE OTHER DAYS WERE ALSO, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THE TRENCHES PICKING UP. UM, I I, I WAS GONNA SAY WE HAD A INSTANCE OF A, UM, ELDERLY, UM, HOMEOWNER THAT CAME OUTSIDE AND WAVED EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, CAME DOWN AND WAVED. AND IF SHE WAS GOING OUTTA TOWN, SHE WOULD TELL THE DRIVERS AHEAD OF TIME, SHE'S GONNA BE OUT. AND ONE WEEK SHE DIDN'T COME TO THE WINDOW. 'CAUSE IN THE WINTER SHE'LL COME TO THE WINDOW. SHE DIDN'T COME TO THE WINDOW. AND SO THE DRIVER SAID, SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE. HE'S DOWN THAT STREET WEEKLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN CONSISTENTLY THAN ANY OTHER, UH, VENDOR OR COMPANY. AND HE CALLED THE CITY AND JUST SAID, HEY, I ALWAYS SAY, MRS. SMITH IS MY GENERIC, BUT SHE DIDN'T COME TO THE WINDOW. YOU MAY WANNA CHECK. AND WE DID A UM, THEY DID A WALL CHECK AND SHE HAD FALLEN AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE. SO OUR GUYS ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST SOMETIMES WE'RE THE, THE GHOSTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE A FACE. IT'S JUST COLLECTED. BUT WE ARE PROUD AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES BE PART OF THAT AND TO BE HELPING THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, UM, MENTALITY. UM, THESE ARE THE, THE DFW FACILITIES. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT ALL THE BLUE ARE, UH, REPUBLIC OWNED LANDFILLS, HAULING OR RECYCLE CENTERS. UM, THE GREEN AND THE TOP NEXT TO FORT WORTH IS WHERE WE TAKE YOUR RECYCLED MATERIALS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG PURPLE STAR FOR ALVARADO AND OUR HAULING AND OUR, UM, LANDFILL IS 21 MILES, UH, DOWN TO ITASCA. UM, AND MANY RESIDENTS HAVE NO PROBLEM FINDING US FOR THE LANDFILL TONNAGE TO BRING THAT TO US, UH, IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS EVERY YEAR. UM, THE NEXT ONE I'M GONNA SKIP OVER PRETTY QUICKLY 'CAUSE Y'ALL KNOW YOUR SERVICE. Y'ALL HAVE HEARD EVERYONE TALK ABOUT IT. UM, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME STATUS QUO, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT OFTEN IS THE QUARTERLY LANDFILL, UM, MONTHS THAT THEY HAVE. SO FOUR MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR, RESIDENTS CAN COME DOWN AND DROP OFF FOUR LOADS OR FOUR LOADS, GOODNESS, FOUR CUBIC YARDS, WHICH IS USUALLY A TRUCK BED. OR ACTUALLY THEY'RE ALLOWED A TRUCK BED AND A TRAILER. UM, SO THIS YEAR THAT SAVINGS IS ABOUT 11 GRAND. UM, OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR MONTHS, WE HAD 446 LOADS. SO THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF TONS. THAT'S 684 TONS. UM, AT 57, JUST ALMOST $58,000. SO IN THOSE SAVINGS, BECAUSE WHAT WAS CHARGED FOR THE DISCOUNTED LOADS WAS ABOUT 49 GRAND. SO TOTAL SAVINGS WITH THE FREE MONTH IS $60,000. GOING BACK TO ALVARADO RESIDENTS, THEY'VE GOT THAT WATER BILL, THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW US THAT THEY LIVE IN ALVARADO AND THEY EITHER RECEIVE THE FREE OR THE DISCOUNTED TONS. UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, OH, I'M SORRY. UM, THE BOTTOM DOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT IS LOCAL LANDFILLS. THE TOP FOUR IN BOLD ARE THE ONES THAT WE OWN. AND I FORGOT, UH, ENNIS, I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT. UH, THE BOTTOM FOUR, THIS IS FROM TCEQ THAT THIS WAS PULLED, UM, THIS WEEK. SO IN ITASCA WE'VE GOT ALMOST 70,000. IS THAT TIME ? GOODNESS GRACIOUS. I'M GONNA KEEP GOING, BUT I KNOW, UM, I ASK YOU LOTS OF QUESTIONS. IF Y'ALL ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS GETS, I WILL RESPECT THE TIME. I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT NO, , YOU'RE GOOD. AND Y'ALL ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR SAME DAYS. SAME. YES. SO I'M NOT PRESENTING HILLARY, BUT , THIS IS, IF IT'S NOT FIXED OR IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT. EVERYTHING IS SAYING STATUS QUO. UH, SERVICE DAYS, YOU KNOW, WE DID A REROUTE TO, UM, ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE GROWTH, UH, THAT WAS EFFECTIVE LAST YEAR. AND SO WE, WE, UH, GOT WITH STAFF AND TALKED ABOUT ANTICIPATED GROWTH AND, AND WE ARE BUILT FOR THAT. SO WE'RE HERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. IF FOR SOME REASON SOMEONE DOESN'T SET IT OUT IN TIME OR HAS A CALL TO SAY IT WAS MISSED, DON'T WORRY, WE'RE HERE THE NEXT DAY. WE'RE GONNA SWING BACK BY AND GRABBED THAT. OKAY. GOT A QUESTION? YES MA'AM. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THE BOLT WASN'T PICKED UP FRIDAY? BOLT WAS PICKED UP FRIDAY, NOT IN MY AREA. IT WASN'T, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. I KNOW WHERE I LIVED. IT WAS . I ACTUALLY, YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A CALL ABOUT BOLT BEING LATE THAT DAY. SO WE, I GOT IN WITH OPS AND PICK IT UP ON THE WAY HOME. WE HAD , MS. CHERRY, I'LL LET ANDREW PICK IT UP AND HE CAN COME PAY ME [01:35:01] TO DISPOSE OF IT. BUT WE DID DO, BECAUSE WE HAD A WORRY CALL. UM, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT BULK ON FRIDAY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAD COMPLETION. SO IF NOT, YOU HAVE MY NUMBER, PLEASE CALL ME. I'M, Y'ALL SEE ME ALL THE TIME, I'M AVAILABLE. THAT WHOLE SPEED, IT WASN'T PICKED UP. GOOD TO KNOW. OKAY. SO THE, THE, UH, THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE YES MA'AM. THAT IS GONNA STAY THE SAME FOR FIVE YEARS YEARS. SO NO, WE HAVE IT BUILT IN JUST LIKE WE DO NOW. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, IT'S A.GOV INDEX. UM, THAT JUST COVERS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. TO BE HONEST, I CAN'T TELL YOU ANY SERVICE INCLUDING WATER OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HASN'T MOVED, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID. UM, THOSE RATES WERE QUOTED PRIOR TO COVID IN 19. THAT CONTRACT WAS SIGNED RIGHT BEFORE DECEMBER, UH, I'M SORRY, BEFORE JANUARY OF 2020. AND THOSE ADD, UM, STREETS, GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THE UM, HOUSE COUNT WAS BUILT OFF OF ABOUT 1,038, 1,050 HOUSES AT THAT POINT. AND THAT NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS GREW 93%. SO IN ONE YEAR ALONE THAT WE DO ABOUT SIX TO 800 HOMES ON ONE ROUTE. SO IN ONE YEAR YOU GREW AN ENORMOUSLY AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR WE'VE BEEN TO ADAPT TO. WE GOT THE WATER SEWER TRASH INDEX EACH YEAR, THAT INCREASE. BUT THE COST, OUR COST, UM, THERE WAS A GAP IN BETWEEN COST VERSUS PRICE. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE NOW ON THAT DOLLAR 23 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL IS JUST TO GET THIS CONTRACT WHOLE. DOES THAT HELP? AND ALSO, CAN YOU TALK TO THE DRIVERS AND PLEASE ASK THEM NOT TO PUT OUR TRASH BINS IN FRONT OF OUR DRIVEWAYS OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHEN I GET THROUGH YEAH. OF THE STREET. LOTS OF TIMES. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL FOCUS ON AND, AND MY OPS MANAGER'S IN THE BACK LISTENING. SO I WILL, BRAD WILL DEFINITELY GET ON IT. UM, AND BEN IS VERY ATTENTIVE. I GET PROBABLY MORE COMPLIMENTS FROM BEN AND ALVARADO RESIDENTS THAN QUA QUANTITY-WISE OF OTHER, UM, DRIVERS BECAUSE HE DOES, WHEN CONSTRUCTION, WE DIDN'T KNOW CONSTRUCTION WAS COMING UNTIL THAT MORNING. HE WAS ALREADY HAD ALREADY GONE BY THAT AREA, BUT HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND DRUG CARTS DOWN TO THE END OF THE BLOCK ALL WEEK LONG. YOU KNOW. UM, SO HE IS USUALLY VERY ATTENTIVE. THE WIND HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. I'M NOT GONNA SAY ALL OF IT. 'CAUSE I, I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE HE DRAGS MY CART BEFORE, YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL MOVING RIGHT WHEN HE IS SETTING IT DOWN. AND IT'S OFF OFTEN IN FRONT OF A HOME NEXT DOOR, SO I UNDERSTAND. BUT IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT, UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT. UH, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE VISIT PRETTY OFTEN WITH OUR CREWS. THANK YOU THOUGH ON FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH. THE TRASH CANS ARE ALL AND THEY DROP 'EM. THEY DROP 'EM AND LEAVE THEM. WELL I, WE WILL TAKE THAT NOTE. UM, AS A TAKEAWAY BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT I, TALKING TO DONNA AND THE GIRLS, WE HAD 24 CALLS IN 2024 THAT WERE NOT INQUIRY. WE CALL 'EM WORRY CALLS OF, ARE Y'ALL RUNNING TOMORROW WITH A HOLIDAY OR WHEN IS MY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE? THE ACTUAL CONCERN OR SCHEDULE FOR RESIDENTIAL 24 CALLS OUT OF, UM, THE TOTAL WAS ABOUT 149. SO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SMALL, WHEN YOU THINK OF 24 VERSUS THE 2100 HOMES THAT WE'RE SERVICING EACH WEEK, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. UM, NOT TO SAY THAT DONNA AND THE GIRLS HERE, DONNA, PAULA AND THE GIRLS HERE DON'T RECEIVE SOME CALLS. BUT, UM, WE HAVE THAT OPEN, CLEAR LINE OF COMMUNICATION NOT ONLY TO DANIEL, THE SUPERVISOR THAT'S HERE, UM, DAILY, BUT MYSELF AND DISPATCH, LOCAL DISPATCH, UM, TO, TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE. SO IF WE KNOW ABOUT 'EM, MS. SHORT, WE LOVE, WE WILL HANDLE 'EM AND WE'LL TAKE IT AWAY. I GUESS IT MUST BE MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, . NO, IT'S MINE TOO. UH, WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY LEFT OF Y'ALL'S? WAS THAT, I MEAN YOU GAVE HOW MUCH IN THAT ONE PICTURE? IN THAT ONE SLIDE? UM, WE HAVE 66 YEARS IS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW FOR ITASCA. FOR ITASCA. 66 YEARS. MM-HMM . ANY. AND IS THAT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OUR GROWTH THAT'S COMING? IT IS. OKAY. AND, UM, I ASSUME THAT Y'ALL WILL STILL CONTINUE WITH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT Y'ALL DO? WE WILL HELPING HANDS AND EVERYTHING. WE WILL. WE, UM, DID OF COURSE PER THE RFP ADD IN THE OFFICIAL $5,000 FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, BUT WE ALSO [01:40:01] LEFT IN, UH, THE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MONIES ALLOTTED TO C SO THAT WE'RE STILL PART OF HELPING HANDS THE TURKEYS, ALL OF THOSE OTHER EXTRAS. AND I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND Y Y'ALL HAVE THE TRASH CAN PROBLEM, BUT THE DRIVER FOR US A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HE LITERALLY WALKED UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND DOWN THE BLOCK HAULING THE TRASH WHEN HE COULDN'T GET TO US ON SPARKS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. WELL, AND I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TOO. IT'S THE SAME DRIVER FOR YOUR TRASH AND RECYCLING EVERY DAY. SO IN THE MORNING SINCE THE REROUTE, HE COMES AND GETS A PORTION OF THE CITY, TAKES IT TO THE RECYCLE CENTER, COMES BACK, COLLECTS PART OF THE CITY, SAME ROUTE, SAME DAY, AND TAKES IT BACK HOME TO OUR LANDFILL IN THE AFTERNOON. SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE INS AND OUTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES IT SEEMS EASY TO KNOW WHERE EVERYONE WANTS THEIR TRASH CART PLACED, BUT EVERYBODY, ME INCLUDED, WE ALL DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM, AND SO IF HE KNOWS, IF HE HAS FEEDBACK THAT I'VE BEEN, I WANT IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY DRIVEWAY OR IN THE YARD IN THE COVID OR YOU KNOW, THEN HE DOES ADHERE TO IT. HE'S, HE IS REALLY GREAT , I'M SORRY THAT Y'ALL ARE HEARING OR YOU KNOW, JUST NOW LETTING ME KNOW. 'CAUSE IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT AND UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT CHARIOT HAPPENS AT MY PLACE TOO. . GREAT. SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO HILLARY, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT, YES, LET'S GET BACK. PUT OUR DECISION ITEMS IN FRONT OF US FOR TONIGHT. CAN YOU BRING UP THAT SLIDE? YOU HAD IT UP? OH, I, I SUPPOSE I COULD TRY. LET'S SEE. SO IF YOU'LL GO TO MY SECOND. SO I, WHILE SHE'S FINDING THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE DECISION OPTIONS, UM, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHILE THEY WERE ALL TALKING, I WAS THINKING THERE'S BENEFITS TO BOTH THEM BEING HERE ALL WEEK LONG AND BENEFITS TO THEM GETTING IT DONE ALL IN ONE DAY. ALL IN ONE DAY THEY SWOOP THROUGH AND ALL THE TRASH AND RECYCLING'S GONE AND IT LOOKS NICE AND NEAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PLUS. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE DOING IT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEK, IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSED FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE ALREADY OUT HERE TO COME PICK THAT UP. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD TO TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD BE BETTER. YEAH. BUT OUR RESIDENTS ARE USED TO, YES, THE LORD KNOWS. IT'S JUST NOW TAKING ME TO REMEMBER TO PUT MY TRASH OUT ON MONDAY. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WEDNESDAY, UH, WEDNESDAY WON'T AFFECT ME BECAUSE IT'S YOUR TRASH. I I LIKE THE, THE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I REALLY DO. YEAH. UH, I LIKE THE RECYCLING BEING ON THE SAME DAY AS THE TRASH AND IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT'S, YEAH, PREFERENCE. I KNOW IT'S, THEY'RE BOTH GOOD. SO HERE ARE THE OPTIONS. THEY'VE GIVEN THEIR PRESENTATIONS NOW WE HAVE DECISION OPTIONS. WE HAVE TWO MAJOR OPTIONS, AUTORENEW WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACT OR DON'T AUTORENEW. SO THAT'S THE FIRST DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE IN AN ACTION BY APRIL 3RD. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO ONE OF THE PRESENTERS OR REJECT ALL OF THEM AND REISSUE ANOTHER RFP. SO WHEN DO WE, DO WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR YOU, YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR WE CAN SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE APRIL 3RD FOR YOU TO, UH, MAKE THE DECISION TO RENEW OR NOT AUTO-RENEW. SO THAT'S THE BIG ONE THAT HAS TO BE DONE PER OUR CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC BY APRIL 3RD. UM, YEP. SO QUESTION. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, SO TIMELINE IS JUST, WE WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO GIVE REPUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR RENEW OR DECLINE. CORRECT. WE'RE CONTRACTED FOR SERVICE THROUGH JUNE 30TH. AND SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME 'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT FROM SOME DIFFERENT VENDORS ON DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE A WINDOW BY WHICH YOU COULD NEGOTIATE A FINAL CONTRACT TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HAVING TO AWARD A FINAL CONTRACT TONIGHT BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THESE GUYS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN, THEN YOUR MOTION COULD BE THE, UH, DECLINE AUTO RENEWAL AND INDIRECT STAFF TO, UH, NEGOTIATE [01:45:01] CONTRACT AND BRING BACK TO Y'ALL. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU DECLINE AUTO RENEWAL, THIS ONE RUNS THROUGH THE 30TH OF JUNE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU BE ANY ONE OF THE FIVE THAT WOULD TURN AROUND YOUR, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR SERVICE JULY 1ST. AND WE WANT TO GIVE THE CONTRACTOR IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT ONE TIME FOR THE TRANSITION. BECAUSE THE TRANSITION IS, IT, IT'S, IT TAKES SOME TIME. ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE ONE OF YOU, JOHN, MAYBE YOU TOLD ME YOU GOT ONE DONE IN 12 DAYS. OUR LAST TWO YEAH, YOU'RE WANTING TO DO THAT AGAIN RIGHT. IN 12 DAYS AND KENDALE, WE JUST DID EIGHT BUSINESS DAYS, BUT IDEALLY WE DON'T DO THAT 3000 CARS. SO THAT'S KIND OF RARE. YOU WANNA GIVE THEM TIME SO THAT IF, IF YOU CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT PROVIDER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVING THE RESIDENTS TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. HOW ARE RESIDENTS HAD ANY, I MEAN WE'VE HAD WHAT, 24? IS THAT WHAT WAS SAID 24 ROBIN COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS? CONCERNS OVER THE LAST, HOW, WHAT PERIOD OF TIME IS THAT? THAT WAS FOR ALL OF 2024. THAT WAS FOR ALL OF 2024 IN CASE PEOPLE COULDN'T HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH REPUBLIC 20. WE DO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD SAY WE MAKE A MOTION TO AUTORENEW. WELL IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTO RENEWING THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND THEN NEGOTIATING A NEW CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC. GREAT QUESTION. SO IF WE, I BELIEVE REPUBLIC WOULD MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE FOR US TO, OF COURSE AUTORENEW AND THEN NEGOTIATE THE TERMS AND PRICING A AFTER THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IF WE AUTORENEW THE CURRENT CONTRACT AS IT IS WITH THE CURRENT PRICING, WELL, I RAN IT BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND HER READING OF IT IS THAT WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW AT THE PRICE. IT IS UNTIL THE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE AGREEMENT TYPE CALLED CCPI. THE CPI, UM, ADJUSTMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ATTORNEY LOOK AT THAT AND, AND HER UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE COULD JUST AUTO RENEW IT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. NOW I'M NOT SURE IF REPUBLIC WOULD WANT THAT. IS THERE A CHANCE THAT REPUBLIC COULD CUT 'EM DOWN ANY ON THEIR, I MEAN, FEW CENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES. YOU KNOW, THE NICE PART ABOUT NEGOTIATION AND NOT AN RFP IS THAT YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH AND NEGOTIATING SOME OF THESE PIECES. UH, WHEN YOU PROVIDE A QUOTE FOR AN RFP, IT'S VERY BLACK AND WHITE. UH, WE WANT THE $5,000 IN, UM, SPONSORSHIPS. WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CLEANING CARTS. WE WANT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE OTHER, UH, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE DOING TWO HALLS A YEAR FOR YOUR CLEANUP, WHICH WE NEVER HAVE TRASH IN THE GROUND AROUND IT. THAT'S ONE AT EACH ONE. BUT NOW THERE'S EIGHT. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT DOES PLAY INTO PRICING. IF WE WENT BACK IN AND DID AN AUTORENEW AT CURRENT LANGUAGE, WHICH ALSO DOES INCLUDE ALL THE TEMP WORK ON INDUSTRIAL, THEN, THEN I, I DON'T HAVE PRICING FOR THAT. 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T AS THOUGHT TO NEGOTIATE OUR AUTORENEW. HOWEVER, IF, IF WE PULLED SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE NEGOTIATING, WE WOULD JUST AUTORENEW UH, THAT PRICE. TECHNICALLY WE, I'D HAVE TO ASK MY ATTORNEYS. UH, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HONOR THAT PRICE. UM, I THINK AS A PARTNER OVER FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HELD PRICING PRETTY DARN TIGHT. UH, AS COVID HAS IMPACTED EVERY BUSINESS, NOT JUST OURS. UM, THAT THE, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE TO UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE UM, NEED TO PUSH PRICE TO COVER OUR COSTS SO THAT WE CAN DO THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE CAN, UH, DO SPONSORSHIPS. UM, BUT I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH ATTORNEYS ON IF IT WERE TO JUST AUTORENEW EXACTLY AS IS NOW. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. I, AGAIN, NEGOTIATION WISE OR RFP, WE DID ADD IN ADDITIONAL COSTS, ADDITIONAL SERVICES, UM, PULLING OUT THE INDUSTRIAL LINE ALSO THAT HELPS OFFSET THAT COMMERCIAL, NOT COMMERCIAL, THAT RESIDENTIAL RATE. UM, SO I'M SURE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ROOM THERE IF WE WERE TO AUTO RENEW EXACTLY AS IS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. OKAY, SO I STAND BY MY MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AUTORENEW WITH REPUBLIC. [01:50:02] DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SO MOTION WILL DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND, UH, RESUME. PI SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? THE SECONDED. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, DECLINE AUTO RENEWAL NUMBER TWO AND THEN REJECT ALL THE BIDS AND REISSUE THE RFP. AND IS THAT BASED OFF OF SO STAFF UNDERSTANDS AND COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHAT, UH, DIDN'T LIKE ANY OF THE FIVE OR, BUT I LIKED THEM NOT, I WANT TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TO DIGEST OR LOOK OVER IT AND MAKE SURE DECISION. CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE? LET'S MAKE A, I WOULD, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO, SO LEMME TAKE A STEP BACK. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. WE GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND FOR DECLINE AUTO RENEW AND REJECT ALL BIDS AND REISSUE THE RFP. AND SO THAT WOULD START THE PROCESS BACK OVER. OKAY. OKAY. SO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT AND A SECOND FOR THAT. WE HAVE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. SO GOT THREE FOR THAT. AND ANY UP OPPOSED? AND WE GOT TWO UP OPPOSED. SO THE MOTION PASSES TO DECLINE AUTO RENEWAL REJECT ALL BIDS AND REISSUE THE RFP. OKAY, SO THIS IS ALL NEW BIDS COMING BACK IN AGAIN. ALL NEW CORRECT. STARTING OVER. SO IT'S A, IT'S NONE OF THESE BIDS MATTER ANYMORE. IT'S ALL STARTING BACK OVER FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. OR DID Y'ALL JUST WANT, BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU JUST WANTED MORE TIME TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING, SO, SO IS THAT THE, THAT'S WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WHAT IS THAT TABLE ON THAT? 'CAUSE I LIKE THE BIDS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I WANT TO SURE. MAKE THE RIGHT UH, ONE SO YOU WANT, YOU WANNA DECLINE THE AUTO RENEWALS THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION COME BACK TO YOU. YEAH. SO NOT NECESSARILY REISSUE THE R FT NO. BUT REJECT ALL BIDS REISSUED AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK, BRING BACK THE, TO RENEGOTIATE SOME OF THE CROPS. IF I MAY. I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO DO IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISUNDERSTANDING. NO, YOU'RE DECLINE THE AUTO DECLINE. THE AUTO RENEWAL, BUT HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER ALL OF YOUR CURRENT BIDS. RIGHT. SO THEN WHAT THE MOTION WOULD BE TO DECLINE THE AUTO RENEWAL AND TABLE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A BID PENDING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. SO WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A VOTE TO DIS WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO OVERDO TO OVERTURN THE REJECTING OF ALL THE BIDS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE OTHER MOTION TO DO WHAT WHAT YOU YOU'D LIKE TO DO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REJECT THE PREVIOUS MOTION FOR RE FOR REISSUING THE RFP. I'LL SECOND THE OVERTURN. MOTION TO OVERTURN. AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. AND THAT'LL PASS. WHO SECONDED THAT? UH, LYDIA, THEN CARRIE. AND THEN THAT PASS FIVE TO ZERO. AND THEN, AND SO NOW A PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR MOTION COULD BE, SO NOW WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO DECLINE THE AUTO RENEWAL OF REPUBLIC'S CONTRACT, BUT TABLE THE AWARD OF A NEW CONTRACT. I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO DECLINE THE AUTO RENEWAL OF OF REPUBLIC'S CONTRACT OF REPUBLIC'S CONTRACT AND TABLE. THE AWARD OF THE NEW CON CONTRACT AND TABLE. THE, THE AWARD. OH, WHAT'D YOU SAY? AWARD OF THE NEW CONTRACT. AWARDED THE NEW CONTRACT. PERFECT. WE, I SECOND? I KNOW, UH, I DON'T, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, SO THAT ONE PASSES FIVE. SO CAN WE TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? I WAS FULLY PLANNING, I WAS FULLY PLANNING ON I WAS, I'M AHEAD OF YOU ON THAT ONE. SO, ALRIGHT, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? YOU GOOD? YOU GOOD? YOU GOOD? IS THE ATTORNEY MOVING HEAD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? THAT'S BEFORE. SO NOW THAT'S THE MOST, SO NOW WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, UH, THE AUTO RENEWAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BEFORE APRIL 3RD. SO YAY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT DECISION HAS TO BE MADE BEFORE APRIL 3RD. AND I WILL, AND Y'ALL WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. I'LL BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR MAYBE A SPECIAL MEETING. YEAH. AT, AT THE VERY LATEST YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IF [01:55:01] YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR ANY ONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. AND THEN IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUT HILLARY, PLEASE ADDRESS THOSE TWO AS YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY. YES. SO THIS WILL BE A CHANCE TO READ, NEGOTIATE A LITTLE ON SOME OF THE THING ON SOME OF THE PRICING. THIS WILL NOT BE RENEGOTIATING. WHAT THIS WILL BE IS SO LOOKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT BIDS AND SELECTING WHICH ONE TO GO GO THROUGH. 'CAUSE THE UNDER GENERAL UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE BIDS BUT IT FEELS RUSHED. YES. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? MM-HMM IT IT FOR CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY? MM-HMM . YES. ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY? TODAY? YES. OKAY. WE'VE GOT THAT. WE'VE GOT EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER ALSO. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, ANYTHING YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED FOR DIRECTION STAFF? I DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS AND RESUME IN 10 MINUTES. IT'LL BE 8 35 YEAR FOR THIS EVENT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND THIS EVENING, DAVID, HER IS HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU DAVID. ALRIGHT. APOLOGIZE FOR THE ALLERGIES. SO I'LL BE WIPING MY FACE A LITTLE BIT. . YEAH. NOT BY YOURSELF. GOOD EVENING. UH, I'M HAVING TO READ OFF MY PHONE HERE TODAY 'CAUSE MY PRINTER DIDN'T WORK ON THE LAP ON MY , BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY GOOD DAY TO CITIZENS, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY EMPLOYEES OF VAL. AS YOU HEARD, MY NAME IS DAVID HEARN JR. UH, PRESIDENT OF JOHNSON COUNTY PIONEERS AND OLD SETTLERS REUNION ASSOCIATION. AND I WISH TO CONVEY THE ASSOCIATION'S GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY'S PREVIOUS YEARS OF SPONSORSHIP OF THE THIRD OLDEST COUNTY FAIR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR THE CITY SPONSORSHIP OF THE HUNDRED 33RD JOHNSON COUNTY FAIR THROUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX APPLICATION. THIS TIME HONORED TRADITION INITIALLY STARTED IN 1832 AS A TRAVELING EVENT HOSTED BY THE DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY. ABOUT 130, 30 YEARS AGO, OUR ORGANIZATION FOUND A PERMANENT HOME AT ONE 11 REUNION DRIVE. AND THAT WAS HERE IN, IN RETA, TEXAS RIGHT UP ON COLLEGE HILL. THE FOUNDERS CREATED THIS EVENT, AN EFFORT TO BRING PEOPLE'S OF JOHNSON COUNTY TOGETHER TO ENJOY RECONNECTING WITH OLD FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TO SHOW OFF NEW ADDITIONS AND TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS. IT'S A TIME WHEN PEOPLE PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND JUST ENJOY TIME OF RELAXATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE REUNION WILL START ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2025, WITH A PROPOSED OLD FASHIONED PARADE THAT STARTS IN OUTRAGEOUS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND ENDS AT THE REUNION GROUNDS. THEREAFTER, WE HAVE THE AWARDING OF PRIZES AND TROPHIES TO THE PARADE WINNERS. WE'LL HAVE AN OPENING PRAYER, THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS, OPENING SPEECH, AS WELL AS WE REQUEST A WELCOMING SPEECH FROM OUR HOST CITY'S, UH, MAYOR JACOB WHEAT, AFTER, WHICH WILL BE THE QUEEN'S CONTEST WHERE WE, UH, THE YOUNG LADIES COMPETE FOR THE TITLE AND A SCHOLARSHIP TO BE APPLIED TO A COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE MIDWAY OPENS EACH EVENING AT 5:00 PM FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY CARNIVAL RIDES, GAMES, FOOD, WHICH IS OPERATED BY MORS. GREATER SHOWS. THERE WILL ALSO BE VENDOR SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESSES TO SELL THEIR WARES. THEN ON THURSDAY WE HAVE THE LIVELY BABY CONTEST. WE ASK FOR ALL PARENTS TO BRING THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN TO COMPETE. AGES ARE FROM WALKING THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF AGE. THIS MEANS THE CHILD HAS NOT TURNED SIX YEARS OF AGE BY THE DATE OF COMPETITION. IT ALWAYS BRINGS A LOT OF SMARTLY DRESSED CHILDREN AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. ON FRIDAY WE HAVE THE FIDDLERS CONTEST, WHICH IS FACILITATED BY THE TEXAS OLD TIME FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY LOST ONE OF THE BEST FIDDLERS OF THE AREA. UH, JESSE MES. WE PLAN TO HAVE A, UH, HAVE A MEMORIAL AND HAVE THEM RECOGNIZE JESSE'S LEGACY. LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD COMPETITION AND I ENJOYED THOSE. NOT A LOT OF SCREECHING, BUT A WHOLE LOT OF FIDDLING. IN CONCLUSION, ON SATURDAY WILL FEATURE OUR SIX ANNUAL FORCE [02:00:01] RESPONDERS AWARD IN WHICH WE GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE PARTICIPATING CITIES AND ENTITIES, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, STANDOUTS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND AFTER WHICH WE'LL BE LIVE MUSIC. AND WE STILL HAVE NOT, UH, DETERMINED WHO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT THIS MOMENT. THE ASSOCIATION WISHES TO EXTEND A FORMAL INVITATION TO THE CITY OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THIS WONDERFUL TRADITION AND COUNTY FAIR. AND AGAIN, THE ASSOCIATION WISHES TO THANK THE CITY OF ALVARADO AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PAST SPONSORSHIP AND REQUEST THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THIS GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE STATE. WE APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL CONSIDERATIONS TO OUR BUDGET REQUEST AND I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO SPEND THE $25,000 ON? YOU PROVIDED US A LIST LAST YEAR. IT'S WITHIN THE HOTEL APPLICATION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. UM, I TURNED IT INTO THE CITY. I CAN PULL IT UP. I DO HAVE ONE THOUGH, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE . OKAY, HERE IT IS. DAVID. HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE LIST. HERE. I, I NEED THIS. THERE HE'S GO. I CAN GO MAKE COPIES FOR EVERYBODY. MM-HMM . THANK YOU MA'AM. SURE, YOUR HONOR. WELL SHE'S DOING THAT. UM, WHAT, WHAT OTHER PARTICIPATING CITIES ARE GIVING MONEY? SPONSORING? UH, WE GO TO EVERY CITY AND REQUEST MONEY EVERY YEAR AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM ANY OF THEM. NOW THERE'S NOT A HO NOW THAT WE DON'T PUT HOTEL HEADS AND BEDS, SO WE CAN'T APPLY FOR THAT. BUT WE DO REQUEST DONATIONS FROM THE CITY ITSELF. AND DO THEY DONATE? NO. WHAT ABOUT, SINCE THIS IS IN THE COUNTY, DO DOES THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DOES HE DONATE? DO THEY DONATE? YEAH. DO THEY DON NO. THEY HAVE, THEY THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED IT THIS TIME. Y'ALL ASK THEM? YES. AND HOW MANY HE OKAY, THIS, 'CAUSE THIS COMES FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL. HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY COME TO A VERRADO AND STAY THE NIGHT IN THE MOTELS TO GO TO THE REUNION? AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN ASCERTAIN, WE CALLED AND ASKED THEM FOR SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT WE COULDN'T GET THE HOTELS TO GIVE US SPECIFIC NUMBERS. THEY GAVE US AN OH, THANK YOU MA'AM. THEY GAVE US AN OCCUPANCY RATE OF ABOUT 78.5% DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. BUT ARE THOSE PEOPLE COMING ACTUALLY TO SEE THE REUNION OR ARE THEY JUST STAYING IN RETO FOR THAT? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T TELL US THAT. NOW I CAN MAKE IT. I CAN, ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING IS MAKING MORE OF A, LIKE A FORMAL SURVEY TO TRY TO FACILITATE MORE INFORMATION. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, ON YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, YOUR TROPHIES. OKAY, LET ME REPHRASE. SO ON YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, YOU'RE GIVEN AWARDS TROPHIES. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL LEADERS OR CHIEFS AND ASKING FOR THEIR NOMINATION. CORRECT. WE GO TO, WE DO A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF EVERY CITY COUNCIL. AND AT THAT, WITHIN OUR PACKET IS OUR, UH, REQUEST TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP WITH A DIRECT CALL TO THOSE HEADS, THOSE CHIEF OF POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS. BUT THEY DON'T GIVE ANY MONEY? NO. NOW WE DO, LIKE I SAID, WE DO ASK FOR SPONSORSHIPS. HOW MUCH MONEY DO Y'ALL HAVE IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW? UH, LET ME SEE HERE. NANCY, DO YOU HAVE THAT ACCURATE? I DO. IN OUR GENERAL OPERATING ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $24,900. THAT WAS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. I JUST RECONCILED THE, UH, FINANCIALS TODAY. AND WE HAVE, UH, 12,000 THAT YEAR MARKED FOR ROOF REMEDIATION AND SOME INTERIOR WORK FROM THE [02:05:01] ROOF LEAKS. SO THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE EARMARKED FOR ROOF LEAKS AND THE ROOF MEDIATION, IS IT PART OF THAT 24,000 OR IS IT SEPARATE? YES. YES. NO, THAT'S PART OF IT. EXCUSE ME. SO, UH, 6,000 FOR ADVERTISING. CAN YOU TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU DO TO ADVERTISE UH, WE USE, UH, HANK FM AND, UH, THE RANCH RADIO STATIONS. AND THEY RUN, UH, USUALLY RUN TWO CONSECUTIVE, UH, ADS FOR US. ONE SAYING THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF ALVARADO AND ONE ABOUT PROMOTING HOTEL STAYS. WE ALSO USE SOME DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS, UH, WITHIN THE STATE. WE DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS, UH, FACEBOOK, SOME INSTAGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO DO THE BILLBOARD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? THE BROCHURES? YEAH. YEAH. WE PUT BROCHURES OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTY WITH THE SCHEDULE, THE CONTACT INFORMATION. INSURANCE RIDER. WHAT IS THAT? ADDING TO Y'ALL'S IN, UH, ADDED TO THE INSURANCE. YES. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL TO MAKE SURE IT COVERS ANY, UH, THERE THERE'S A LITTLE AMBIGUITY WITHIN OUR, UH, INSURANCE POLICY AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THAT. AND, UH, THAT, THAT JUST ADDS A COUPLE EXTRA MILLION IN LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR THE ONE TIME EVENT. SHOULDN'T, THAT SHOULD BE ON Y'ALL'S RESPONSIBILITY, NOT OURS. I MEAN, THAT SHOULD COME OUT OF Y'ALL'S MONEY IN THE BANK INSTEAD OF OURS. WELL, THAT'S FINE. YEAH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE, WE ONLY, WE, OUR BUDGET'S 35,000. WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR 25. YEAH. WHAT HE DID WAS BROKE OUT. RIGHT. IT WAS EVENT BUDGET. RIGHT. I, I'LL SEE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, AND, AND Y'ALL CAN EARMARK WHATEVER IT IS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO EARMARK. DIDN'T, UH, LAST YEAR, DID WE GET Y'ALL LAST YEAR? YES, SIR. HELPED HIM EVERY YEAR. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE REUNION BECAUSE IT'S BRINGING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO OPERATE FOR FUN EVENT. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I WENT TO THAT. I ENJOYED IT. SO I THINK IT WAS GOOD, YOU KNOW, BE CONSIDERING HELP THEM OUT. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH HELPING THEM OUT. I'M DISAGREEING WITH US HAVING TO PROVIDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF IT IN NO COUNTY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY YEAH, BECAUSE NO ONE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING, YOU'RE JUST PROVIDING 25 OUT OF, UH, THE 35. RIGHT. BUT I WISH WE COULD, YOU COULD GET YES. OTHER CITIES TO NO, I TOTALLY AGREE. YES. I TOTALLY AGREE. MM-HMM . I, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. MORE SPONSORSHIPS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M TRYING TO WORK ON. SO WHAT ABOUT THE VENDOR FEES? I MEAN, Y'ALL CHARGE FOR THE VENDORS. TEST THAT UP AND I MEAN, WE DO, DOES THAT HELP Y'ALL CHARGE FOR PARKING? WE, WE DON'T CHARGE FOR PARKING. WE DO A GATE ENTRY. OKAY. A DOLLAR A PERSON. OKAY. 10 AND UNDER OR FREE. UH, CAN I ADD SOMETHING WHEN THEY WERE SURE. ASKING YOU, DAVID, ABOUT THE HOTEL MOTEL ROOM. YES. WE HAVE SEVERAL BIG EVENTS. THIS PEOPLE MAY NOT COME AND SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE HOTEL MOTELS DURING THIS EVENT, BUT KEEPING OUR FACILITY NICE. WE HAVE A HUGE, UH, REVIVAL IN JANUARY THAT I THINK I, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE HOTEL ROOMS FILLED UP FROM THAT REVIVAL? SO IF, IF YOU WERE TO BREAK DOWN HO UH, THE REVIVAL WE HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT'S 720 NIGHTS THIS YEAR. THEY SPENT $67,000 AT THE HOTELS. IT'S HOW MANY NIGHTS? SIX NIGHTS. OKAY. 120 ROOMS. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND SO THEY SPENT 67,000, WELL, AND 120,000 IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY. NORMALLY, I'LL LET LET YOU TALK, BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REUNION, YEAH. WE'LL NEED TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE, THE ITEMS. SO MM-HMM . YOU DO HAVE OTHER EVENTS THAT DO GENERATE OTHER REVENUE, BUT SINCE THE REQUEST IS FOR THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, WE'LL NEED TO, WE NEED TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A HOTEL EXPENSE FOR, FOR THIS EVENT. I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I, I APPRECIATE. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, MARK. YEAH. AND, AND MAYOR, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. I RESPECT THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE WERE INSTRUCTED INITIALLY. BUT FROM NOW ON, I'LL MAKE SURE I ADJUST THAT. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO USE THE HOTEL TAX, WE HAVE TO PUT, WE HAD TO PUT HEADS AND BEDS. THIS EVENT, WE DON'T KNOW, ACTUALLY PUT HEADS AND [02:10:01] BEDS. I MEAN, LEGALLY, THAT'S OUR FIRST QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS ASK. IS THIS GONNA PUT HEADS IN BEDS? RIGHT. SO I'M NOT DISPUTING HELPING YOU, I'M JUST DISPUTING THE 25,000 BECAUSE I VOLUNTEERED AT ONE OF THE, UM, REUNIONS AND YOU'VE GOT STAGE DECOR AT $584. THERE'S NO WAY THERE WAS $584 WORTH OF DECORATIONS ON THAT STAGE. NO, THAT'S FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY. I THINK WE HAD IT AT 200. IS THAT CORRECT? 250. OH, NO. FIRST YEAR YOU'RE, YOU'RE, I WASN'T HERE, I WASN'T IN THIS, UM, POSITION LAST YEAR. NO, I UNDERSTAND. YOU UNDERSTAND. SO, I DON'T KNOW. I, I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE, WE, THE THEME IS HAWAIIAN LUAU, SO I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD GET PALM TREES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PROFESSIONAL LIKE IT OKAY. UM, I, I DON'T ALWAYS LIKE THE DECOR, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UPGRADE EVERY YEAR AND MAKE IT MORE PREMIUM, MORE PREMIER AS WE GO. I THINK I'LL ASK FOR LAST YEAR, 35,000. Y'ALL ASKED FOR 35,000 AND YOU DIDN'T USE THE WHOLE 35,000, CORRECT? NO, MA'AM. WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. HOW MUCH DID Y'ALL NOT USE? DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, WASN'T IT LIKE 9,000 OR SOMETHING? NO, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS CLOSER TO ABOUT 3,200. UNLESS THERE WAS SOME, UNLESS THERE WAS SOME, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WERE NOT GIVEN. I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY, EXCUSE ME, EXPENSE HERE. WHAT BANDER IS IT GOING TO BE THIS YEAR? UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR RESPONSES FOR THE TOURS. THEY'RE SETTING THEIR DATES NOW FOR THE HOOD. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY REQUEST? N NO. I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM BOOKED. AND HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S $4,100? UH, USUALLY WE CAN FIND 'EM WITHIN THAT PRICE RANGE. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PROVIDE US WITH AN ITEMIZED BUDGET? SURE. LINE AN ITEM? YEAH, JUST, UH, I WOULD REQUEST, UH, AN EXAMPLE THOUGH, SO THAT I CAN KNOW. I'LL MAKE SURE I FIT, YOU KNOW, I FIT IN WITH WHAT YOU'RE WANTING. I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU PAID FOR. LIKE YEAH, AN AFTER AN AFTER EVENT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK, JUST PUT IT IN THE LINE. THIS IS HOW MUCH WE PAID FOR THE BAND. THIS IS HOW MUCH WE PAID FOR THE DECORATIONS. THIS IS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. NO, I, I I'M WITH YOU. I GOT YOU LAST YEAR. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. I DO TOO. Y'ALL GOOD? ? I THINK Y'ALL GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DAVID? NO. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WHAT IS THE DEAL? I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PAYMENT OF $25,000 FOR 2025 JOHNSON COUNTY, PIONEER AND O SETTLERS REUNION. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? IF WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES IS THREE TO TWO. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. NUMBER SEVEN, SECOND PUBLIC READING CONSIDERATION ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 0 25 DASH 0 0 8, APPROVING THE RADO FOOD TRUCK INCUBATOR PROGRAM AND GUIDELINES, INCLUDING CREDIT AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WOULD WE READ IT BEFORE OR AFTER A MOTION? BEFORE? IT WOULD BE BEFORE, YES. YOU HAVE TO READ IT FIRST. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, I JUST GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO Y'ALL ON THURSDAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IT AGAIN AND OR OKAY. THAT'S A NO. . . I KNOW THAT'S RUDE. I THINK THEY AGREE THAT I'M LONG-WINDED. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO WE'LL JUST, WE'LL, YEP. I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN, BUT, UH, SO NOW WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE READING. DO YOU WANT BETH TO DO THE READING? THE SECOND READING ROCKSTAR? GO FOR IT. OKAY. RESOLUTION NUMBER R 20 25 0 0 0 8 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS APPROVING THE ALVARADO FOOD TRUCK [02:15:01] INCUBATOR PROGRAM AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALVARADO IS A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY OPERATING UNDER ITS CHARTER, ADOPTED BY THE ELECTORATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11, SECTION FIVE OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND CHAPTER NINE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AND WHEREAS THE ALVARADO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ADOPTED THE ALVARADO FOOD TRUCK INCUBATOR PROGRAM, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION, THE PROGRAM DATED JANUARY 27TH, 2025, ATTACHED HEREIN TWO AS EXHIBIT A AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE TO SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS AND ASPIRING FOOD TRUCK OWNERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THEIR MENUS WITHOUT THE INITIAL COST OF PURCHASING A FOOD TRUCK AND RELATED EXPENSES WITH THE AIM OF BUILDING A LOCAL FOOD TRUCK COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS UPON FULL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE PROGRAM IN ALL MATTERS ATTENDED AND RELATED THERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE APPROVED NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS. THAT'S SECTION ONE, THE ALVARADO FOOD TRUCK INCUBATOR PROGRAM, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION DATED JANUARY 27TH, 2025. ATTACHED HERE TWO IS EXHIBIT A IS FOUND TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO AND ITS CITIZENS, AND IS APPROVED SECTION TWO. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. GOOD JOB. . LET'S CUT YOU RED. FAST NUMBER ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE PERSON. ALRIGHT, SO NUMBER SEVEN, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I COULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 8, APPROVING THE OUTRATED FOOD TRUCK INCUBATOR PROGRAM AND GUIDELINES, INCLUDING A CREDIT AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ADAM PASSES. NUMBER EIGHT, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ELTO ART CONTEST. ALL ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN. SO ALL I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, IS THE ART CONTEST THAT'S GOING ON. SO I WANNA MAKE EVERYONE AWARE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, CARRIE AND CHERRY, UM, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT THE BOARD HAS DECIDED UPON TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED IN HELPING BRING INSPIRATION TO THE MURAL THAT'LL GO IN THE FIRST MURAL DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S ALL, IT'S JUST ABOUT GETTING THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. UM, THE SUBMISSION DAY IS THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH. UM, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, WE HAVE SOME FLYERS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS OVER NEAR THE EXIT. SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING A PIECE, IT'S ANY TYPE OF ART, WHETHER IT BE PAINT, WATERCOLORS, IT'S JUST TO BRING INSPIRATION TO THE PROJECT. WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE THE, THE, UH, FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD PLACE. UM, WE MIGHT USE JUST ELEMENTS OF IT THAT'LL GO INTO THE FINAL PIECE, OR MAYBE ONE COMES IN THAT'S PERFECT FOR THE MURAL AND THAT WE'LL END UP HIRING A MURALIST TO PUT IT UP ON THE WALL. IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. UM, OUR, OUR, OTHER THAN OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER WILL GET $200, OUR SECOND PLACE $100 AND A THIRD PLACE $50. SO INFORM ALL THE ARTISTS IN YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU. DO THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN ALVARADO? THEY DO NOT. THEY, THEY DO NOT. THEY DO NOT. SO THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY PAINTING IT ON THE WALL, THEY'RE JUST, AND YOU ARE CONSIDERING TAKING LIKE, CLIPS OF THIS AND CLIPS OF THAT AND . YES. SO THE BOARD, UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL REVIEW ALL OF THE ARTWORK AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, SO FIRST THEY'LL PICK THE WINNERS AND THEY'LL ALSO SAY, THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WE THINK WILL BE GOOD FOR THE MURAL. THEN WE WILL PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A MURALIST, A PROFESSIONAL MURALIST, AND THEY WILL SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE THE PIECES THAT WE THINK SPEAK HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ALVARADO MAKE US SOMETHING. AND THEY'LL PUT, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY WILL PAINT IT ON THE WALL. DO WE HAVE ANY ENTRIES YET? NO. I HAVE IDEAS, BUT I CAN'T PAINT OR DRAW. SO WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST WANTING INSPIRATION BE SO YES, YOU CAN INSPIRE THEM. YOU CAN MAKE A COLLAGE. YEAH, WHAT YOU COULD SURE. CUT THINGS OUT. PUT IT ON A PIECE, CO PIECE PAPER AND I CAN SEND IT IN. DO THAT, DO PHOTO COLLAGE. [02:20:01] OKAY. I'LL GET SOME FLYERS AND I'LL GET SNOOPY PROMOTED. THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IN THIS OR JUST, YOU'RE JUST PRESENTING IT? NO. WAS IT WAS PRESENTATION. YEAH. PROMOTE ART CONTEST. UH, SHE'S GONNA BE YOUR FIRST ENTRY. I GOT YOU. ONE, UH, NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION. TO APPROVE THE REALLOCATION FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR THE PECAN ORCHARD FESTIVAL. AN AMOUNT OF $9,000 TOWARDS FUTURE COMMUNITY EVENTS. I IT'S ME ALSO, IF ANYONE IS JUST A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND NEEDS TO GO HOME, YOU HAVE FORMAL PERMISSION TO DO IT FOR ME. I WON'T BE OFFENDED. UM, SO, HI. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY. UH, SPECIFICALLY REALLOCATING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, UH, TO THOSE EVENTS. WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED, BUT IT'S JUST IN THE OTHER EVENTS, SO IT'S JUST REALLOCATING SO THAT WE CAN SMARTLY FUND WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP. OKAY, SO I'VE GOT SOME NICE PICTURES. ALL OF THESE PICTURES ARE FROM OUR EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FUTURE ONES. UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FOR 2025 EVENTS TO BETTER SUPPORT THE IRISH FEST, THE PECAN ORCHARD SUMMER MOVIE SERIES AND THE FALL FESTIVAL AND WEENIE DOG RACE. OKAY, . SO AN OVERVIEW. WHEN WE APPROVED THE MONEY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR'S EVENTS, UH, IT WAS LAST FISCAL YEAR AND SINCE THEN WE'VE CLARIFIED, UH, OUR DIFFERENT EVENT NEEDS. SO THIS ONE, OOH, MAYBE WE NEED A COUPLE MORE DOLLARS, OR MAYBE WE NEED A COUPLE LESS DOLLARS FOR THIS ONE. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO REALLOCATE FUNDING FROM PREVIOUS 25 EVENTS, UH, TO PROPERLY FUND THREE KEY COMMUNITY EVENTS. FIRST, THE IRISH FEST, WHICH IS COMING UP NEXT MONTH ON APRIL 5TH. SECOND, A SERIES OF, UH, SUMMER MOVIES, UH, IN PECAN ORCHARD. WE DID A SIMILAR ONE IN NOVEMBER. UH, BUT THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY OUR OWN SUPPLIES SO THAT WE'RE NOT DRAGGING MARE WHEAT OUT EVERY SINGLE WEEK. . UM, AND THEN THE REPEAT, THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE FALL FESTIVAL AND WEENIE DOG RACE LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SINCE LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE WEENIE DOG RACE, COMMUNITY INTEREST AND EVENTS HAS GONE FROM HERE TO HERE. SO IT HAS ABSOLUTELY SKYROCKETED. UM, AND THAT INCREASE IN INTEREST MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BEEF UP CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF EVENTS. SO FOR THE UPCOMING IRISH FEST, UH, THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE SECURITY, PARKING AND ELECTRICITY THAT'S AVAILABLE AT PECAN ORCHARD. UM, LAST YEAR'S WE NEED DOG RACE. IT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST EVENT THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN ALVARADO'S HISTORY SO FAR ON FACEBOOK. WE'VE HAD DOUBLE THEIR RESPONSE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S PASSED FOR THIS UPCOMING IRISH FEST. THAT TO US IS INDICATING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE'VE EXPERIENCED AT A PECAN ORCHARD EVENT EVER. UM, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PD, UH, I THINK TEDDY'S BEEN HERE SOMEWHERE, BUT I'VE MOSTLY BEEN TALKING WITH BEN , UM, ABOUT HIRING ADDITIONAL SECURITY GUARDS, UM, ALSO GETTING A COUPLE OF GOLF CARTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PARKING GOES SUPER SMOOTHLY AND GETTING, UH, SOME ELECTRICITY OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO OPERATE OFF OF ON. UM, THEN FOR THE WEENIE DOG RACE, WE NEED TO SECURE SOME OF THOSE DEPOSITS IN ADVANCE, SO A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING TOWARDS THAT. UH, AND BY REALLOCATING MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 EVENTS, WE CAN COVER THESE COSTS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ASKS. IT'S JUST RESTRUCTURING. SO HERE'S WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN LOOKS LIKE. FOR THE IRISH FEST, WE'D LIKE TO REALLOCATE $3,500, UH, FOR SECURITY, SIX HIRED SECURITY GUARDS, UH, PARKING, THEY WOULD BE DOING PARKING MANAGEMENT, WE'D BE DOING STRIPING IN CERTAIN LOTS AND WE'D HAVE SHUTTLES IN BETWEEN THEM WITH GOLF CARTS AND, AND THEN, UH, QUIET GENERATOR THAT CAN PRODUCE POWER THAT WE NEED DESPERATELY AT PECAN ORCHARD. UM, FOR THE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES, WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST $1,500 SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR OWN AV EQUIPMENT AND STOP, LIKE I SAID, DRAGON MAYOR WHEAT OUT FOR THE NOVEMBER ONE. HE REALLY, REALLY KINDLY CAME OUT WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE, UH, AND HELPED US WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE SETTING UP PROJECTORS AND SCREENS. AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT IN-HOUSE SO THAT IF YOU COME, YOU CAN SIT BACK AND WATCH THE MOVIE AND WILL NOT BE WORKING IT AS AN UNPAID EMPLOYEE. UM, SO WE'D LIKE 1500 FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL 4,000, AND THAT'S TO PREPAY THOSE DEPOSITS BEFORE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BEGINS. UM, FUNDING SOURCE, WE WOULD BE REALLOCATING THIS MONEY FROM WHAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED. SO IT'S JUST MOVING FROM COLUMN A TO COLUMN B. AND THIS WILL HELP US ENSURE A SMOOTH AND SUCCESSFUL 2025 EVENT CALENDAR. IT WILL SUPPORT ADVANCED PLANNING CAPACITY IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASED COMMUNITY DEMANDS AND INTEREST THAT WE'VE SEEN, AND IT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR IMMERSIVE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY [02:25:01] OFFERINGS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP BUILDING ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST YEAR. DO I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE? GOOD JOB, JULES. OH, THANKS. I'M ALWAYS NERVOUS TO COME UP HERE. THIS IS JUST A SHOW OF WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT WE'RE GONNA BE NEEDING TO PAY FOR FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO REALLY, I JUST PUT IT IN TO SAY WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON, SO BEING ABLE TO REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS WOULD REALLY HELP US WITH THAT. WHERE ARE THE FUNDS GONNA COME FROM? FROM WHAT OTHER EVENTS? SO THE FUNDS ARE GONNA COME FROM WHAT WE ALLOCATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 AS PECAN ORCHARD FESTIVAL GENERAL. SO LAST YEAR WE HAD A PECAN ORCHARD FESTIVAL AS OUR SPRING FESTIVAL. THIS YEAR OUR SPRING FESTIVAL IS GONNA BE THE IRISH FEST, BUT WE PUT IT IN A FUND THAT HAD THAT TITLE. SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING THE IRISH FEST, THE THREE PECAN ORCHARD SUMMER MOVIE SERIES, AND THEN THE WEENIE DOG RACE. SO IT WOULD JUST BE COMING FROM THAT. OKAY. UM, ON THE START HERE, IN THE, IN THE PACKET IT SAYS, UM, THAT YOU WANT, UH, $3,500 TO ENHANCE THE EVENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A, UM, EXCUSE ME, INDUSTRIAL BATTERY POWER GENERATOR. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT WOULD, IT WOULD RUN OFF OF A BATTERY AND NOT OFF A GAS WHERE IT'S LOUD. SORRY. ALLERGIES. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT, UM, WOULD BE SO THAT WE CAN POWER, UH, SIX DIFFERENT FOOD PROVIDERS WITHOUT HAVING LOUD GENERATORS, TAKING AWAY FROM THE MUSIC ELEMENTS OF THE EVENT. DID YOU OFFER TO THE ONE VENDOR THAT WAS TURNED DOWN THAT THEY COULD USE A BATTERY POWERED GENERATOR? SO THAT VENDOR WAS ACTUALLY IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CALLED ME THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WAS A BIT DISGRUNTLED. UM, SHE'S FROM A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. SHE'S NOT A FOOD VENDOR. SHE'S A MERCHANDISE VENDOR. SHE'S, YOU KNOW, BUT THE ISSUE WITH HER WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL SPACE FOR HER, SO SHE'S A DIFFERENT OKAY. IT'S NOT, I'M SO SORRY. OF COURSE I COME UP HERE AND THEN I'M COUGHING, BUT YES, MA'AM. OTHER QUESTIONS? THEY'RE 'EM AT ME. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, Y'ALL PUMMELED ME, SO I'M READY. , THIS IS THAT, UM, OH GOD. GENERATOR RENTED OR BOUGHT? RENTED THE RENTAL. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, WELL, 'CAUSE I SAW TWO, I SAW TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WELL, I, I AGREE WITH THE NEW, WITH NEW SECURITY GUARDS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING ALCOHOL. YES, MA'AM. YEAH, WE NEED MORE. YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GOT ALCOHOL . AS LONG, AS, LONG AS I'M NOT THE ONE THAT ENDS UP IN HANDCUFFS, WE'RE, UH, GOD, LOOK WHO JUST COME IN THE DOOR. MY HUSBAND'S FOR RENT IF YOU NEED HIM. OH, THANK YOU. GEEZ, LOUIS. UM, SO YOU ALSO SAID YOU CAN BE THAT DAY. UH, HANG ON, MAYBE I'M REREADING THIS. I, SO WE'RE DOING THE MOVIES ONCE A MONTH INSTEAD OF OKAY. INSTEAD OF ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, GOOD. I'M GOOD. I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION AFTER REREADING. FAIR ENOUGH. , ANY OTHER ONES? SO IN THE FUTURE, COULD YOU NOT JUST SAY, WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET FESTIVALS, AND NOT, OF COURSE, YOU DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK. JUST I LIKE A ITEMIZED. YEAH. SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON EACH. UM, I AGREE. PLUS YOU GUYS GET TO SEE MY LOVELY FACE MORRIS IN THE BUDGET MEETING, BUT ONE GENERAL JUST FESTIVALS AND THIS AMOUNT AND THIS AMOUNT, THIS AMOUNT AND LINE ITEM BUDGET. YEAH. WITH X MANY DOLLARS FOR FESTIVALS AND COMES OUT OF THERE. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, UH, FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IT'S KIND OF ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. OH MY GOSH. EVERYONE'S BRINGING ME STUFF FOR MY DANG COUGH. . . THANK YOU HILLARY. YEAH, THANK YOU. BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, UM, THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M SURE Y'ALL LOVE SEEING ME COME HERE EVERY THREE MONTHS, BUT I CAN STAY OUTTA YOU GUYS' HAIR. SO I I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING BUT THAT QUESTION I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER HERE. I THINK IT WOULD JUST HELP IF IT WAS ITEMIZED. IT WILL HELP YOU, UM, BUDGET OR STAY WITHIN BUDGET. MM-HMM . AND WITH ALL OF THE EVENTS SO FAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR, WE'VE COME IN RIGHT UNDER BUDGET. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING REAL HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT WE DO, WE'RE NOT GOING OVER. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THE REALLOCATION. SO THAT WITH THE IRISH AND THE MOVIE AND THE FALL FESTIVAL, WE CAN DO THE SAME WHERE WE'RE COMING IN UNDER EVERY TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WHAT [02:30:01] NUMBER WAS THAT? OH, NUMBER NINE. 9 9 9. THIS IS THE TITLE FOR YOUR MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, THAT'S THE TITLE OF YOUR MOTION RE THAT WE REQUEST TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FOR 25 20 25 EVENTS OF THE FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR PECAN ORCHARD FESTIVALS IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000 TOWARDS FUTURE COMMUNITY EVENTS. IS THAT GOOD? I'LL SECOND. SO THAT'S $9,000, NOT 9,001. THAT'S $9,000. . IF I NEED MORE, I'LL COME HARASS YOU. THAT'S FINE. BECOMES A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECOMES AMENDMENT. THIS IS REALLOCATING. SO, UH, NO EXTRA MONEY JUST FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ADAM PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DIDN'T GET THE SECOND, UH, LYDIA MOTION. CARRIE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SCREAMING. THANK YOU CARRIE. THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. NUMBER'LL BE YELLING AT ME FOR SCREAMING AT YOU. , THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION ACTION. APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 25 DASH EIGHT APPROVING AND ADOPTING A REVISED BUDGET FOR THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 2024. PROVIDING THAT EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR SHOULD BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID BUDGET AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MS. LAURA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNSEL, UH, FOR THOSE WHO I HAVE NOT MET, I'M LAURA COX, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SO, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS IN PREPARATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 AUDIT, UM, WHICH IS UNDERWAY IN DISCUSSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24 FINANCIALS. UM, SO THIS REVISED BUDGET IS PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UM, IT INCLUDES TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BOTH FOR PURCHASES OF, UH, PARCELS OF PROPERTY. UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 6 0 9 NORTH PARKWAY, AND THAT WAS APPROVED AT YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 20TH, 2024. AND WE, UM, THE FUNDING WAS TO COME FROM THE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO IF I CAN REFER YOU TO THE MONITOR, UH, DOES ANYBODY NEED A HARD COPY OF THE REVISED BUDGET? YES. SO WE ALREADY VOTED AND APPROVED THIS 382,000, CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU, YOU APPROVE THE ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AGREEMENT AND RIGHT? YES. SO WHEN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 9.7 MILLION WITH A PLANNED UTILIZATION OF FUND BALANCE OF $59,407. SO WITH THIS CHANGE, UM, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN, UH, ON THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL LINE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY, IT BRINGS OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES TO $10,107,000. UH, $107,692. SO OUR PLAN UTILIZATION CHANGES FROM 59,000 TO 441,000, UH, DOLLARS. HOWEVER, THAT STILL LEAVES EVEN AFTER THIS AMENDMENT LEAVES $8 MILLION PLANNED, UM, IN OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. SO IF WE ALREADY APPROVED THIS, HAS THE PROPERTY BEEN PURCHASED YET FOR THIS AMOUNT? YES. IT HAS BEEN. WE, WE DON'T SEE TOO MANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS OR MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE 'EM YES. THERE'S KIND OF A GLOBAL DISCUSSION OF WHY WE HAVE OH, BUDGET AMENDMENT. BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY VOTED AND SPENT IT. YES. SO THE ITEM THAT WENT BEFORE YOU IN MAY WAS TO APPROVE, UH, THE NEGOTIATION AND THE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. AND DURING THAT MEETING, WE DID PROPOSE THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME. TEXAS LAW REQUIRES BUDGET AMENDMENTS BE, UM, APPROVED THROUGH ORDINANCES. SO WE NEED TO OFFICIALLY CHANGE OUR ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET WITH AN ORDINANCE. SO THIS IS MAKING IT OFFICIAL. IT'S, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE THAT FOLLOWS UP ON THE ACTION SO THAT THE NUMBERS MATCH. 'CAUSE WHEN WE APPROVE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IN 23, THAT WASN'T ON THERE. SO IT WASN'T APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA HAVE IT MATCHED BY THE TIME YOU GET TO AUDIT AND STUFF. SO, SO MORE [02:35:01] PROCEDURAL ON THIS IS SHOWING WHAT YOU DID. AND WHAT IS THE 179,000 FOR? YES, MA'AM. SO THAT IS IN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY FUND, AND THAT IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT THREE 10 WEST ASHLEY, WHICH IS USED, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO, UH, PECAN ORCHARD. OKAY. AND AGAIN, WE WERE USING HOTEL OCCUPANCY FUND FUND BALANCE FOR THAT PURCHASE. AND SO WE HAD AN ORIGINAL PLAN OF 94,360 TO DRAW THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN. THIS AMENDMENT INCREASES IT TO $273,486, UM, LEAVING IN A BUDGETED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24 OF $852,000. AND THAT'S PARKING FOR OUR NEW SPACE? YES, SIR. . AND THEN, AS I STATED BEFORE, TH THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS, AGAIN, PROCEDURAL, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING A COMPARISON TO THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES TO YOU AT A LEADER MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NUMBER 10, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT APPROVING AND ADOPTING A REVISED BUDGET FOR THE CITY FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2024. 2025, PROVIDING THAT THE EXPENDITURES FOR SAID PHYSICAL YEAR SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID BUDGET AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COUNCILMAN RAMON? UM, WAS THIS FOR 2023? 2024? YEAH. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE, IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN WRONG ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S 2023. 2024 NOW. 2024. 2025. OKAY, SO CAN I JUST CHANGE THE YEAR YOU YOUR MOTION? OKAY. I'M IND MY MOTION TO BE FOR 2023. 2024. ONE SECOND. BEVERLY SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NUMBER 11, DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY POSSIBLE VENUES FOR THE COMMUNITY FORM OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM GRANT PROJECT. MR. JUSTIN TUCKER SHOW. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UH, WE HAD THIS ON LAST WEEK'S AGENDA AND UH, THE CITY OFFERED UP THE, UH, FIRE STATION BAYS AS A POSSIBLE VENUE THAT IS A CITY FACILITY. UH, I THINK THERE WAS SOMEONE COUNCIL THAT HAD SOME OTHER IDEAS AND, UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, WE DID RUN BY THE, UM, IDEAS, UH, BY LJA, OUR, OUR, UH, PLANNING CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT AND THEIR EXPERIENCE, UH, THEY FEEL CHURCHES MAY DETER SOME PEOPLE, UM, BUT THEY HAVE DONE WORK AT CHURCHES HELD SIMILAR EVENTS AT CHURCHES. UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THEY ALSO, UH, SUGGESTED, UM, UH, ISD PROPERTIES TO, TO OFF TO BE A, A GOOD FACILITY. AND IT WAS FOR SATURDAY, THE 26TH FROM 10 TO TWO? YES. IN APRIL? CORRECT. SO, UH, I DID CHECK AND FVC IS AVAILABLE, SO IF WE WANT TO DO IT THERE, WE COULD DO IT THERE. SHEPHERDS VALLEY IS AVAILABLE ALSO. NEW LIFE IS AVAILABLE. DID NOT TALK TO ANY SCHOOLS. SO , I WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM. APRIL THE 26TH? YES. MM-HMM . 10 TO TWO. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE GOING THAT DAY? WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT WE DO NEED TO GIVE A DIRECTION PRETTY QUICK. SO CORRECT. WE ARE APPROACHING A DEADLINE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE THE LOCATION TO LJA SO THEY CAN, UH, PROVIDE US THE INSERTS FOR UTILITY BILLS THAT ARE DUE, UH, FOLDED TO UTILITY BILLINGS THIS FRIDAY. UH, LJ IS ALSO GOING TO USE THE LOCATIONS ADDRESS, UH, TO CREATE SIGNS FOR US TO POST ON THE SQUARE AND AT THE PARKS OF RETO WHO DO NOT RECEIVE, UH, UTILITY BILLS FROM US. UH, THEY RECEIVE IT FROM JS UD AND THEN ALSO, UH, THEY'LL BE PLACING THE, UM, UH, NOTICES ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND OTHER ADVERTISEMENTS. MM-HMM . IF IT HELPS. SHEPHERD'S VALLEYS DOESN. IT LOOK LIKE A CHURCH. , IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARENA. IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARENA. I WOULD SAY SHEPHERD'S VALLEY. AND THEN [02:40:01] NOBODY, YOU KNOW, ANY PREFERENCES HAVE WE HELD SIMILAR VENUES AT, AT SHEPHERDS VALLEY VALLEY? IS IT, I WOULDN'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE. I JUST CURIOUS ABOUT AUDIO. UM, SET UP TABLES, CHAIRS, UM, THEY HAVE A BUNCH. OKAY. DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU PLAN TO HAVE. THE SANCTUARY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SANCTUARY, BUT THERE'S AUDIO TVS, UM, A STAGE IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN A SANCTUARY. UM, THEY HAVE A ROOM THAT IS PROBABLY THREE TIMES THIS SIZE THAT HAS TABLES, CHAIRS, LITTLE KITCHENETTE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK IT HAS AUDIO IN IT. LJ OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, SUGGESTED IN THEIR EXPERIENCE TO EXPECT, UH, UP TO 50 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THAT 10 TO TWO COME AND GO EVENT. OKAY. SO JUST GET WITH THE PASTOR JOHNNY WMU. OKAY. AND, UM, OR CALL THE CHURCH AND TELL THEM WHAT DAY YOU NEED IT AND THEY'LL PROVIDE WHAT YOU NEED. AND JOHNNY'S ON YOUR STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE TOO. OKAY. EXCELLENT. YEAH, SO THE PASTOR FOR SHEPHERDS VALLEY IS ON STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROCESS. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL GOOD WITH THAT IN GENERAL? YES. AHEAD. MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MM-HMM . SO WE GOT AHEAD, MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OH, I ALMOST COUNT 12. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THE AGENDA OR ON, IT'S JUST DISCUSSING IDENTIFY POSSIBLE. SO THIS DIRECTION OF STAFF, I THINK, I THINK HE'S GOOD. UH, NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION ACTION. TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF SOLAR LIGHTING ON THE PARKWAY PARK PICKLEBALL COURT. MR. TUCKER. HELLO. YOU HAVE MY SLATES. OKAY. SO WE GOT A FEW THINGS TO COVER FOR PARKS HERE. UH, A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN LAST, UH, BUDGET, BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW CHANGES TO SOME OF IT. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE, UH, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF SOLAR LIGHTING AT PARKWAY PARK PICKLEBALL COURTS. UM, SO WE DID GO WITH SOLAR LIGHTING THAT WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT, UH, AS FAR AS TRYING TO TRENCH AND PUT CONDUITS IN AND THINGS LIKE THIS. IT'LL BE A TURNKEY INSTALLATION. UH, ONCE IT'S ORDERED AND IT'S IN AND THEY GO TO INSTALL IT, IT WILL, IT, IT WILL BE WORKING THE SAME NIGHT ONE ONCE THEY'VE GOT IT PUT UP. UH, IT'S GOT A 10 YEAR MAINTENANCE FREE EIGHT YEAR NON PRORATED WARRANTY. SO ONCE IT'S UP, IT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO TOUCH IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. IF ANYTHING BREAKS, THE COMPANY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR UP TO EIGHT YEARS. THAT'S ON THE PARTS AND LABOR. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, FOR COUNCIL'S INPUT. SO WE'VE GOT THE ESSENTIAL, WHICH IS THE PICTURE TOP RIGHT CORNER. UM, IT'S MORE DESIGNED TOWARDS THE ATHLETICS APPROACH. AND, UH, THEY COME STANDARD IN A BLACK POLE. YOU CAN GET OTHER COLORS IF COUNCIL WISHES, UH, COST AN EXTRA $200 PER POLE TO DO SO. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN PARKWAY PARK IS ALREADY BLACK AS FAR AS THE FENCE, THE OTHER LIGHT POLES, THE ELECTRICAL FIXTURES. SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE WENT WITH IT. UM, AGAIN, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO Y'ALL IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING THERE. AND THEN THE SECOND OPTION IS THE NEW ART. IT'S A LITTLE MORE MODERNIZED, BUT IT WASN'T DESIGNED WITH ATHLETICS COURTS IN MIND. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S GOT THE CHROME ARMS THAT STICK OUT THERE. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TO BE IN A, IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ANY KIND OF IMPACT FROM, YOU KNOW, SPORTS COURTS IN GENERAL. UM, OH, THERE WE GO. SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY BUDGETED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS AT APPROXIMATELY 17,000. I DID GO OUT FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL FROM OTHER COMPANIES AND THEY JUST COULDN'T MEASURE UP. UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS A COUPLE THOUSAND LESS, BUT THEY ONLY HAD A THREE YEAR WARRANTY. IT WASN'T NEAR WORTH THE VALUE. UM, BUT YEAH, THE ONLY THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THIS IS APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND THE DESIGN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM AS BEST I CAN. AND HOW MANY LIGHTS ARE WE PUTTING IN? UH, IT'S TWO LIGHT POLES. EACH LIGHT POLE HAS TWO FIXTURES AT THE TOP. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR PARKS BOARD [02:45:02] CURRENTLY? I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR. OKAY. I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE TWO SHOWED UP. YES. OKAY. YES MA'AM. SO THE TWO THAT SHOWED UP, THIS IS THE ONE THAT THEY PICKED THE SMART LIGHT SYSTEM. I GUESS IT WASN'T A MEETING THOUGH, SO IT WAS CORRECT. NOW YOU SAID THE, THE SMART LIGHT SYSTEM HAS TWO LIGHTS COMING OFF OF IT. YES. IS IT ONE STEM WITH TWO LIGHTS ON ON IT OR IS IT YES, E EACH, UH, EACH FIXTURE EACH POLE HAS TWO FIXTURES COMING OFF THE TOP, SO THEY'RE KIND OF OH, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE STEM THAT ACTUALLY COMES OFF THE SIDE OF THE POLE. YES. YEAH. 'CAUSE I'M SEEING ONLY ONE. YES. SO JUST THE ONE STEM COMING OUT AND THEN TWO FIXTURES ON EITHER SIDE. OKAY. SO THAT YOU'VE GOT THE FOUR CORNERS BASICALLY. AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO LIGHT THE PICKLE BALL COURTS? YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE, UH, PHONE RUSH WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INCLUDE WITHIN THAT PACKET AN ACTUAL, UH, UH, KEY, THE LITTLE PICTURE HERE, BUT MM-HMM . PICKLE BALL COURTS AREN'T REAL BIG. I'M SORRY. THEY'RE NOT REAL BIG . NO, NO. OH, AND WITH THAT SAID TOO, SO IN THE BOTTOM PICTURES THERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A NIGHTTIME, UH, VIEW OF ONE THAT WAS SET UP IN BURLESON, I WANNA SAY LAST NOVEMBER, POSSIBLY DECEMBER. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS IN ONE WITH THE SAME KIND OF A SETUP, ONE POLE ON EITHER END. IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT UNIT, UH, SLIGHTLY BRIGHTER LIGHTS, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE FIXTURE AT THE TOP OF EACH OF THOSE, AND THAT'S THE RESULT THERE. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL, UH, NUMBER 12 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I MAKE THE MOTION TO CITY COUNCIL ACCRUE ITEM 12. I'LL SECOND AS PRESENTED AS PRESENTED. MISSED THAT PART. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, THE BLACK POLLS AND, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. OKAY. I WOULDN'T, MY HEAD WASN'T SWIVELING FAST ENOUGH ON THAT ONE. SO, UH, ITEM PASSES NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION ACTION TO APPROVE PARKWAY PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DESIGN, COLOR SCHEME, AND EXPENDITURES. OKAY. SO, UH, THE NEW PLAYGROUND, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH READY. WE'VE GOT, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT THE COST GREATLY. SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE, WELL FIRST LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE, THE LAYOUT. SO WE'VE GOT A TWO BASE SWING SET. SO THAT INCLUDES FOUR SWINGS. UM, THIS PARTICULAR ONE WILL INCLUDE, UM, UM, AND IT A FULLY INCLUSIVE SWING. SO IT'S ONE OF YOUR SEAT STYLE THAT HAS LIKE A FIVE POINT HARNESS THAT COMES OVER. SO IT'S ENTIRELY INCLUSIVE, UH, A DA SWING SET. AND THEN THE, THE ACTUAL PLAY STRUCTURE ITSELF. I HAVE THE ACTUAL PLAY STRUCTURE THERE ITSELF IS ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TIMES WHAT'S CURRENTLY AT PARKWAY PARK. SO THAT'LL KIND OF HELP GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY ON. UM, WE DIDN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH ON IT OUTSIDE OF THAT. UM, BUT THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT, OH, IT WILL INCLUDE A LARGER FOOTPRINT AND IT DOES INCLUDE A SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THE PLAY STRUCTURE ITSELF. AND THAT'S JUST TO HELP REDUCE HEAT HAZARDS AND IT'LL ALSO HELP KIND OF PROLONG THE LIFESPAN OF THE SWING ITSELF, UH, REDUCING ITS UV EXPOSURE. UM, DEPICTED HERE WE HAVE JUST A RENDERING THAT THE, UH, THE PLAYGROUND BOSS COMPANY PROVIDED ME, AND IT'S WITH, UH, PORTED IN PLACE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE BIG CHANGES ON COSTS ARE GONNA COME FROM IS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF, UM, UH, IMPACT ATTENUATION FALL ATTENUATION. SO THE FIRST ONE IS WITH LOOSE FILL. SO THAT'S THE WOOD FIBER THAT WE'RE PRETTY USED TO SEEING. UM, THAT ONE COMES IN AT 90, UH, APPROXIMATELY $99,000. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SAYS TOTAL ON THERE. NO, I PUT IT THERE. UM, THEY ARE LESS EXPENSIVE ON THE FRONT SIDE, BUT THEY COST A LOT MORE IN THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE BECAUSE YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REFILL THAT WOOD FIBER EVERY YEAR TO GET IT BACK TO ITS ITS DEPTH. AND SO WHATEVER THE COST IS THAT YOU SEE ON THE, THE QUOTE FOR THAT, EXPECT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD. UM, AND ASIDE FROM THAT, IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING, RAKING IT AND FLUFFING IT BACK UP UNDER SWINGS AS THEY GET KICKED OUT AND COMPACTED REPEATEDLY. UM, SO THAT'S OPTION [02:50:01] ONE. OPTION TWO, THIS IS A PORTED IN PLACE AND WOOD FIBER HYBRID. SO THE PORTED IN PLACE WOULD ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY UP UNDERNEATH THAT FULLY INCLUSIVE SWING, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE BAY. UH, JUST MAKES IT EASIER ACCESSIBLE, UH, FOR LIKE WHEELCHAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. EVEN THOUGH WOOD FIBER IS ULTIMATELY A DA COMPLIANT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE THE EASIEST THING TO MANEUVER AROUND, UM, WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES. UM, THAT DOES BRING THE COST UP TO A HUNDRED FIFTY, ONE EIGHTY FOUR, UH, THAT IS THE COST. UH, WE ALREADY HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND RECHECK IT. UM, OTHERWISE THE STRUCTURE OF THE SWING SET, EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. UH, THIRD OPTION IS COMPLETELY DOING POURED IN PLACE. THAT'S THE RUBBER ATTENUATION. SO THAT'S THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FOOTPRINT, THE ENTIRE SPACE, UM, THEREFORE THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION AS WELL. UM, AND THEN IT'S, UH, THE LAST ONE IS A WOOD FIBER AND ARTIFICIAL TURF HYBRID. SO ARTIFICIAL TURF IS ALSO NOW BEING UTILIZED QUITE A BIT. IT'S GOT A PADDING UNDERNEATH IT THAT ALLOWS IT TO DRAIN OUT, UH, EASILY. AND THEN WITH THE WOOD FIBER AT JUST THE ONE END UNDERNEATH THE SWING SETS, UH, THAT ONE COMES IN AT A JUST UNDER 142,000. UM, THAT'LL JUST GIVE YOU A, A BREAKDOWN. SO EVEN FOR THE ONES THAT GO OVER THE ALLOCATED, IT WAS INITIALLY ALLOCATED $150,000, BUT WITH THE SAVINGS FROM THE PICKLEBALL COURT LIGHTING, I WAS HOPING THAT COUNSEL COULD APPROVE THAT WE USE SOME OF THAT IF IT'S CHOSEN TO GO WITH ONE OF THESE THAT IS JUST A TOUCH OVER THE, THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATED FUNDS. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S P GRAVEL UP THERE, ISN'T THERE? MM. THIS ONE ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A, A WOOD MULCH. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER. IT IS A MULCH. VERY SIMILAR TO IT THOUGH, BUT THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY ACCEPTABLE COMPLIANCE WISE NOW. SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WOOD MULCH. YES. EVEN OVER AT THE SWINGS. YES. UH, THE ONLY ONE UP AT FRIENDSHIP PARK. THAT ONE IS THE PORT IN PLACE, BUT THE, THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, THE PARK IS JUST A WOOD FIBER. SO OUR 2025 BUDGET HAS $150,000 FOR THIS PROJECT ALREADY BUDGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR IT? YES, SPECIFICALLY. SO IF IT, IF IT'S SO DESIRED TO GO WITH ONE OF THE, EITHER THE HYBRID WOOD FIBER OR THE, UH, PIP THROUGHOUT, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE ON THE PICKLEBALL COURT LIGHTING. WHICH ONE DID YOU SAY WOULD BE BETTER FOR LIKE A WHEELCHAIR TO GO ACROSS? SO EITHER THE HYBRID AND THE PIP BECAUSE THE, THE DESIGN IN MIND WAS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT, THAT FULLY INCLUSIVE SWING SET. THEY'RE ACTUALLY A HARDER SURFACE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IMPACT ATTENUATING, BUT THEY'RE SMOOTH FOR A, A WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GO ACROSS. SO AT YOUR PARKS MEETING, UM, OR DISCUSSION MM-HMM . YOU SHOULD SAY, UM, WHICH ONE WAS IT THAT YOU SAID WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED BECAUSE OF THE CANDY OR OH, CORRECT, YES. THE, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF. THAT ONE. UH, SO GOING INTO MAINTENANCE WISE, UM, THE ARTIFICIAL TURF NEEDS TO BE CLEANED REGULARLY JUST FOR CANDY OR THINGS GETTING STUCK INTO THE FIBERS THEMSELVES. UM, AND THEN ONCE A YEAR IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A COMPANY COME IN AND DO A FULL SANITIZING OF IT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DEEP CLEAN VACUUM AND, AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE IT'S A STEAM CLEAN. I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER SEEN THE PROCESS DONE, BUT I KNOW OF SEVERAL CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DO THAT. AND THE PIP DOESN'T IT HAVE TO BE CLEANED OR SOMETHING, SANDY? YES. IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED, UH, REGULARLY. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROCESS CALLED REBINDING. SO BASICALLY THE PIP IS A SEVERAL LITTLE RUBBER PELLETS THAT ARE ALL BOUND TOGETHER. EVERY YEAR. IT'S SUPPOSED TO GET REBOUND. THAT'S ABOUT FOUR TO $500, UH, WHEN THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THE CLEANING OF IT, HOW MUCH IS THAT? UH, CLEAN, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO, WE COULD DO THAT IN-HOUSE. IT'S MORE OF A SPRAY AND JUST CLEAN IT OFF KIND OF THING. SO WHEN I WAS FIVE, MY GOAL WAS TO SEE HOW FAR I COULD JUMP OFF OF THE SWING , WHAT, WHAT SURFACE IS BEST, I MEAN, OR THAT, THAT'S FINE. I WAS FINE WITH THE WOOD, BUT , WE HAD DIRT, WE LANDED ON HARD GROUND, , A LOT OF THINGS. THE BEST, BEST AMOUNT OF INJURIES. MM-HMM . WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING FOR THE SWINGS? UH, PERSONALLY I LIKE THE WOOD FIBER AND TURF MORE FOR THE BUDGET. BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE IS DESIGNED WITH THAT FALL IMPACT IN MINE. THE NO ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER AS FAR AS HOW WELL IT ATTENUATES. THEY ARE ALL DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT. DO YOU HAVE SAMPLES OF THEM? WHAT WAS THE ONE THAT I WISH I DID ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. THAT'S [02:55:01] OKAY. I INTERRUPTED HER. UM, WHAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD WHERE THE WATER WOULD RUN THROUGH? UH, THEY ALL DO AS WELL. OKAY. ACTUALLY I TAKE THAT BACK. THE PIP DOES ALLOW SOME, IS SOMEWHAT POROUS FOR THE MOST PART. THE WATER TIP TYPICALLY SHEETS OFF OF IT. UH, THE TURF RUNS THROUGH. THE WOOD RUNS THROUGH. OKAY. BEFORE I PICK, I'D LIKE TO SEE A SAMPLE OF IT. I CAN GET WHAT THE CONTRACT IS. IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, I CAN GET WHAT THE CONTRACTOR AND A SAMPLE OF THE PIP? WELL, NO, I MEAN I, I KNOW WHAT THE PIP IS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE THAT ALREADY AT THE FRIENDSHIP PARK. YEAH. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HYBRID WOOD FIBER AND PIP AND THE HYBRID WOOD FIBER AND TURF. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, I DON'T EVEN SEE A PICTURE OF THOSE TO, TO BE ABLE TO EVEN SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. OKAY. SO CAN THIS BE REPRESENTED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH SAMPLES SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? I'LL GET WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND SEE IF HE CAN GET ME SOME SAMPLES TO WORK WITH. YES MA'AM. MAYBE SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THIS IS ALREADY INSTALLED. YEAH, THEY CAN'T BRING A SAMPLE MAYBE. YEAH. IS THIS IN BURLESON? YEAH, I CAN PROVIDE, UH, THERE'S TWO, TWO PARKS ACTUALLY. MEADOW CREST PARK AND, UM, CEDAR, CEDAR RIDGE PARK AND BURLESON BOTH HAVE IT. SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT? 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT PIP AND WE'VE GOT WOOD FIBER, SO WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT THE TURF SIDE OF IT. YEAH, THE HYBRID WOOD FIBER AND THE HYBRID WOOD FIBER AND TURF. I MEAN, TO ME TURF IS GRASS. ARTIFICIAL GRASS, YES. MM-HMM . THIS IS, YEAH, I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT OVER THERE AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THAT'S ARTIFICIAL TURF. YEAH. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT HAS, RIGHT. AND IT HAS AN ADDITIONAL PADDING UNDERNEATH IT, UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT, LIKE YOU SAID, AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL SAMPLE. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SAMPLES HERE IN TOWN OF PORT IN PLACE, FIBER AND TURF. SO I MEAN, IF WE HAD JUST SOMETHING IN HERE TO, TO SEE WHAT IT IS. WELL, , I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN TO, YOU'VE BEEN TO ALL OF THEM, SO YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. YEAH. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EITHER APPROVE ONE OF 'EM OR WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE INCLINED TO DO. AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T EVEN, I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER IT. SO, COLOR SCHEME IS ALSO UP FOR DEBATE. SO THIS DOES COME IN THE TYPICAL PRIMARY COLORS, RED, YELLOW, UH, BLUE, UH, THAT'S THE CLASSIC COLORS OF ANY PLAYGROUND. BUT THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO BE IN THE EARTH. TONES, GREENS, AND BEIGE. UH, A LITTLE MORE MODERNIZED, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. IT'S MORE A MATTER OF PREFERENCE. THANK YOU ANTHONY. MM-HMM . ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR ANYTHING? OKAY. , I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE TABLE THIS FOR NOW. I'LL SECOND SO WE CAN SEE SAMPLES. ALRIGHT, BEV. MOTION CARRY A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? YOUR WOULD RAISE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. AND ANY OF OPPOSED? ALL ADAM PASSES TO TABLE FOUR TO ONE. UM, 14. PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, CONSIDERATION ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE INSTALLATION PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT THE PARKS OF ALVARADO. HEY, YOU'RE STILL HERE? STILL ME. STILL YOU. OKAY. SO IN MARCH OF 2024, ALMOST A YEAR AGO TOMORROW, UM, IT WAS DECIDED TO ENTER INTO A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS OF ALVARADO. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AN HOA OR POA, UM, WHERE WE WILL BE INSTALLING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PARKS OF ALVARADO AND THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. UM, THAT IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW LAST PIECES OF PAPERWORK FROM THEM, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AGAIN, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE LEFT OVER FROM THE SAVINGS ON THE PICKLEBALL COURT LIGHTING PROJECT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO USE, UH, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO INSTALL THIS EQUIPMENT PROFESSIONALLY OVER AT THE PARKS OF ALVARADO. UM, PUBLIC [03:00:01] WORKS WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SAVE US SOME OF THE MONEY ON THAT BY GETTING THE PREP WORK, THE EXCAVATION, UH, DONE AND THE SAME COMPANY THAT SELLS THE EQUIPMENT. OH, UM, THERE WE GO. THE SAME COMPANY THAT SELL SOLD US THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE ON HAND IN STOCK, UM, IS WILLING TO PUT IT IN AT THIS POINT FOR ROUGHLY $33,000. I BELIEVE IT CAME IN ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S PUTTING IN A FULL CURB, UM, CURB AND BORDER WITH LOOSE FILL ATTENUATION AND PUTTING IT IN PROFESSIONALLY. SO THAT WILL GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION A GOOD FIRM FOUNDATION TO START THEIR MAINTENANCE, UH, AND MAKE SURE THE CITY IS CLEAR OF ANY LIABILITY. IT WAS INSTALLED CORRECTLY, PROFESSIONALLY, RIGHT UP FRONT. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THE ITEM? UH, THIS ONE DID NOT HAVE A BUDGET. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. I WASN'T HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WITH THAT WAS GONNA BE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DID IT CORRECTLY AND HAD IT PROF PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THEN IF Y'ALL RECALL, THE REASON WHY WE'RE TARGETING DOING THE INSTALLATION AND TURNING OVER TO HOA IS BECAUSE WITH OUR HORAL CHARTER WHERE WE ADOPTED OUR SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE, UH, THEY CAN'T MOVE INTO A LOCATION AND WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WHERE CHILDREN COMMONLY GATHER. AND IF YOU MEET THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF A PARK THAT, UH, WE TARGETED SOME ZONES AND PARTS OF ALVARADO THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT. I DUNNO IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY THAT OR NOT, BUT I SAID IT. SO. AND THESE ARE THE THREE PIECES EQUIPMENT THAT IS GOING IN THE SWING? YES. UH, SO TIRE AND THE, A SEESAW, A FREESTANDING SLIDE AND A ONE, ONE AND A HALF BAY SWING SET. THEN YOU GET 300 HOMES WORTH OF RESIDENCE AND GO WOW. THE CITY PUT THAT IN AND THANK YOU. THIS IS GOING IN EACH OF THE TWO PARK LOCATIONS? ALL THREE OF THESE? YES. E EACH ONE GETS THREE. SO THE, UM, THE $33,000 FOR INSTALLATION, IS THAT FOR BOTH OF THE LITTLE PARKS? YES. OR IS THAT PER PARK? UH, YES MA'AM. THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, THE PLAYGROUND BOSS THAT WAS WILLING TO DO THAT WAS ALSO WILLING TO CUT US A PRETTY GOOD BREAK AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, TRYING TO GO FORWARD WITH INSTALLING THE PLAYGROUND AT PARKS OF ALVARADO. AND THAT WAS A HUGE DISCOUNT AS WELL, I BELIEVE 20%. I I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S ON THE, UH, ACTUALLY A LINE ITEM ON YOUR, YOUR QUOTE THERE. BUT YES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US A, AN EXTRA DISCOUNT FOR DOING ALL THOSE. SO THAT COVERS BOTH PARTS? YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, 9 45. ITEM NUMBER 14 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW ANTHONY THE PARKS DIRECTOR TO USE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS, LEFTOVER FUNDS TO HAVE THE PARK EQUIPMENT INSTALLED PERFECT AT PARKS OF ALVARADO A SECOND. THAT ALL, ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. ADAM PASSES. NUMBER 15, UPDATE CONSIDER AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE CHANGES TO CARVER PARK. ME AGAIN. OKAY, SO A COUPLE, UH, ONE LITTLE UPDATE FOR STARTERS. UM, THERE'S A SIDEWALK THAT DID ONCE UPON A TIME GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FOOTPRINT OF CARVER PARK PLAYGROUND. UM, THAT WAS WELL WITHIN THE USE ZONE. UM, THE LOWER RIGHT HAND GIVES A DEPICTION OF THAT. SO A SWING SET HAS A SPECIFIC USE ZONE THAT NOTHING CAN BE OBSTRUCTING, THAT IF SOMEBODY SHOULD FALL OFF, THEY WOULDN'T HIT IT OR LAND ON IT AND HARM THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S THAT. UH, SIDEWALK WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. SO THAT WAS REMOVED TO AVOID A PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY CONCERN. UM, THAT WAS, LIKE I SAID, JUST AN UPDATE FOR COUNSEL THAT THAT WAS DONE. WE DID NOT SEEK APPROVAL. IT BECAUSE IT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN. UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER PENDING FUTURE PLANS FOR CARVER PARK. UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET SOME NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY COST ASSOCIATED. THIS IS MORE OF JUST KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD THINGS WE MAY BE ASKING FOR LATER [03:05:01] ON. UM, ONE ITEM, UH, ANOTHER ITEM WOULD BE THE, UH, BASKETBALL COURTS. GETTING 'EM RESURFACED, HAVING AN ACTUAL PAINT JOB PUT ON 'EM AND PUT THE ATHLETICS FENCE AROUND THEM. THAT AGAIN, KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, HELP LESSEN THE CHANCE THAT THE BASKETBALL GETS FREE WHILE SOMEBODY'S ON THE PLAYGROUND AND GETS CLOCKED OVER THE HEAD OR IT GOES OUT AND THROUGH SOMEBODY'S WINDSHIELD. UM, TO THAT END WITH THE WINDSHIELDS, WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY REMOVING THE, WAS IT ME? UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT REMOVING THE PARKING LOT FROM INSIDE THE PLAY, UH, PARK AREA TO KIND OF OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN SPACE. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH CONCRETE INSIDE THAT, THAT ACTUAL PARK ITSELF. THERE'S NO VERSATILE SPACE WITHIN THERE. UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD, REMOVING THE PARKING LOT FROM WITHIN AND CREATING, UH, OFF STREET PARKING HERE ALONG THE FENCE LINE. UH, ALONG WALL STREET STREET'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH. IS IT, THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL EDGE OF THE STREET AND THE FENCE AS IT SITS THAT IT COULD BE DONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, LOOK AT MOVING THAT FENCE CLOSER. ANYWAY, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE. UH, CURRENTLY STAFF USES THAT LITTLE ADDITIONAL, UH, AREA BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE FENCE TO PARK THE VAN WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, OFFLOAD THEIR EQUIPMENT TO MOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE IS CURRENTLY ENOUGH SPACE, BUT I'M SURE WE WOULD PROBABLY STILL NEED TO GET WITH ENGINEERING AND, UH, SORT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT OUT. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FUTURE PLANS. HAVE THE BENCH OR THE PICNIC TABLES BEEN REPLACED THAT WERE BROKE AND TAKEN OUT? UH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I, I KNOW I HAVE SOME AT THE SHOP, UH, IF THAT WAS NECESSARY. THAT ACTUALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT PARKS BOARD AS WELL, WAS LOOK AT HAVING THE SPACE UNDERNEATH THE PAVILION, ACTUALLY A HARD SURFACE INSTEAD OF THE, THE PEA GRAVEL AND PUTTING SOME BENCHES BACK IN THERE AS WELL. DO. WE SAW CAMERAS UP THERE, THEY'RE THERE, THEY DON'T FUNCTION TOO WELL. THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT'S ON MY PURVIEW TO GET FIXED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CORPORATE REPORT? THANK YOU JUSTIN. OR SORRY, ANTHONY . WE'RE SO USED TO JUSTIN BEING UP HERE. DAMN, IT'S ALMOST 10 O'CLOCK. YEAH. UH, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 16 PRESENTATION CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTS REGARDING MONARCH WASTE STATION AT PARKWAY PARK TO BE A SOLD AND MAINTAINED BY THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST. ALMOST. OKAY, SO YOU'RE TALKING IT . SO, UH, I DID CALL THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST, I APOLOGIZE. UM, AS, AS GENE POINTED OUT EARLIER, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A CONGLOMERATE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS COMBINED ON THIS. UM, SO, SO THEIR SUGGESTION, ORIGINALLY WHEN, UH, WHEN I WAS APPROACHED, THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO CREATE A MONARCH WASTE STATION, UH, REPLACING THE PLANTS THAT THEY WERE, UH, THAT SHE DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS, THIS EVENING. UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING MONARCHS AND ALLOWING THEM TO REPRODUCE AND THINGS IN THE PLANNERS THAT ARE BETWEEN THE PAVILION AND THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE AT, UH, AT PARKWAY PARK, AND THEN UTILIZING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL SPACE IN BETWEEN. IS IT A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET THAT YOU NEED? NO. OKAY. IT ROUGHLY A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. SO THAT'S WHY THE USE BETWEEN THE PLANTERS AS WELL. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITH IT BEING ON THE GROUND, WE FIGURED MOST LIKELY IT'LL GET TRAMPLED AND STOMPED AND, AND REMOVED. AND THE PLANTERS ALONE AREN'T ENOUGH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, ATTRACTING POLLINATORS, EVEN BUTTERFLIES, IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT OTHER POLLINATORS AS WELL WITH STINGERS. SO WE DIDN'T REALLY WANT THAT BEING BETWEEN THE TWO BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS OF PARKWAY PARK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SUGGESTING MOVING THOSE PLANTERS THAT HAVE, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES BEEN ABANDONED. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UH, FARTHER UP, CLOSER TO THE PICKLEBALL COURT, DOWN TO THE LOWER SECTION CLOSEST TO PARKWAY PARK, LINING 'EM UP WITH THE OTHER FIVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND UTILIZING THAT AREA, UM, TO PUT IN MONARCH WAY STATIONS BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND PUTS ON BACK THAT WE'VE TAKEN AWAY AND PAVED OVER. UM, THE ONLY PARK THAT THE CITY, UH, PARKS WOULD REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS AT THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IS GETTING WATER DOWN TO THAT SECTION OF THE PARK. WE DO HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN PLACE AT PARKWAY THAT DOES FUNCTION. IT NEEDS A FEW REPAIRS, BUT WE COULD TETHER OFF OF THAT TO PROVIDE THE WATER, UH, AT THE LOWER SECTION, BE VERY MINIMAL COSTS. UH, PARKS BOARD DOES GENERALLY RECOMMEND GOING WITH THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION. IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION. [03:10:02] WELL, IT SAYS IMPOSSIBLE ACTION, SO THERE'S NO ACTION. THEN THE PARKS BOARD, OH, EXCUSE ME, NOT NECESSARILY ACTION MORE IS, IS COUNSEL OKAY WITH US MOVING THOSE PLANTERS AROUND AND REARRANGING THE PARK? ? SEE, I CAUGHT THAT BOX. CULVERT, BUT , THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THAT ISN'T ME. , WE, SO YOU GOT, IT'S, IT'S FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES PLAN, IT IS MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, AND NUMBER 17, COULD CONSIDERATION AND UPDATE REGARDING LIONS CLUB VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE AT FRIENDSHIP PARK? YEAH. UH, ONCE AGAIN, NO REAL ACTION NEEDED. THIS IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LIONS CLUB, UH, HEADED UP BY CHRIS MCGEE IS INTERESTED IN DOING A VOLUNTEER PROJECT OF CLEANING, UH, FRIENDSHIP PARK. THEY DON'T HAVE A, A DATE SET YET. HIS POINT WAS WHEN IT GETS WARMER, UH, THE ONLY PART THAT THE PARKS WILL TAKE PART IN IS PROVIDING THEM WATER AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE SPIGOTS AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE. SO THAT WAS MORE OF JUST AN UPDATE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. WE'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP. THANK YOU. AND THEN WHAT WE GOT ONE MORE ON THERE. 18 UPDATE ON RESTORATION OF HISTORIC BENCHES AT PARKWAY PARK. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN BUSY, SO I KNOW THIS, I'VE BEEN TRYING. UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. UM, SO THE PREPARATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THERE'S A PICNIC TABLE WITH THE TWO BENCHES THAT IS ABOUT A FOOT UNDER THE DIRT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THAT PICTURE. THE, THE SLOPE BEHIND IT IS JUST SLIDING DOWN AND IT'S SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEARING IT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO REMEDY THAT WITHOUT INSTALLING ANOTHER, UM, UH, ANOTHER RETAINING WALL. IT JUST IN GENERAL IN PARKS RETAINING WALL IS A SPOT WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUMP OFF OF AND RUN THE RISK OF HURTING THEMSELVES. UH, SO IF WE CAN, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE'RE ENTERTAINING TRYING TO SORT THAT OUT WITHOUT BUILDING A RETAINER WALL IF WE CAN HELP IT. UH, SO THAT'S ONE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME. THERE'S NO POINT IN TRYING TO RESTORE IT IF IT'S JUST GONNA GET BURIED AGAIN. UH, THE OTHER IS THE PAINTER. THAT ONE PAINTER, THE INITIAL CONTRACTOR THAT CAME TO YOU GUYS LAST YEAR, UM, WITH AN INTENT OF PAINTING THE ROCK, UH, EVEN TO LOOK MORE LIKE A NATURAL STONE, IT WAS TOLD REPEATEDLY TO ME, IT'S STILL GONNA BE A PAINTED WALL. IT'S STILL GONNA BE A PAINTED BENCH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPTION OF ACTUALLY HAVING IT RESTORED WITHOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS ADVISED NOT TO SANDBLAST IT. THAT MIGHT DAMAGE THE STONE UNDERNEATH. AND THE HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC MARKER NEEDS TO STAY INTACT AS BEST WE CAN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE, I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO A RESTORATION COMPANY. THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT NOW. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN QUOTES YET, BUT HAVING IT ACTUALLY RESTORED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STONE, THE CONCRETE TOPS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE PAINTED AND RESURFACED BECAUSE THEY ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS. SEVERAL PIECES HAVE BROKEN OFF AND, UH, WELL SOME OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED AND NOW THEY JUST DON'T MATCH. SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY PAINTING THOSE TO BE A CONCRETE COLOR AND TEXTURE. AND SO GOING FORWARD THAT IS STILL UNDERWAY. WE JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOW PROGRESS WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON, ON CONTRACTORS AND, AND EXPERTS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT SORT OF THING. GOOD. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION [EXECUTIVE SESSION] PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 5 5 1. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS. 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. WE GONNA REVISIT NUMBER OH FIVE WAS, UH, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACT, AND THEN 5 5 1 0 8 7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, PROJECT ORANGE, CO ONE, AND PROJECT RED CO ONE. IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE BACK, PLEASE. UH, 19, NO [RECONVENE REGULAR SESSION] ACTION. 20 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT ORANGE C ZERO ONE. BASED ON TERMS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACT ON, OR THAT WE APPROVE OR WE APPROVE FOR CITY MANAGER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. YEAH, YEAH. WE DONE GONE NOW. AND 21. [03:15:01] NO. ACTION. AND WE'RE ADJOURNED. YES, I CODE. YELLOW, ORANGE, ORANGE, ORANGE. CO ONE. GOOD. WE GOOD WORDS? ARE WE GOOD? WE GOOD? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.