* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] WELL, LET'S GET THE MEETING STARTED. I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER TO CITY MANAGER, STEVE. GUY'S GOT A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTIONS? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE OUR NEW ENCORE REP, SEAN REDDY. SEAN, IF YOU'D STAND UP. SO YOU ALL SHOULD. OKAY. WELL, WE WON'T REMEMBER. FORGET YOUR LAST NAME. . YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION IN AN EMAIL, BUT IF YOU NEED IT, JUST LET ME KNOW. WE WILL HAVE, UH, CONTACT WITH HIM 24 7 AS NEEDED. BUT SEAN, WELCOME TO GRAND PRAIRIE. WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE, I JUST SLID OVER TO MANAGING GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, I'VE BEEN MANAGING CITIES. SO IN OUR COMPANY THEY WANT YOU TO KIND OF MANAGE THE CITIES THAT YOU LIVE IN. SO THIS IS HOW I WENT FROM THE CITIES THAT I HAD TO THE CITIES THAT I NOW HAVE. SO, UM, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN ENGINEERING, SO CALL ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD TO MEET YOU. SHINE TO THE ROOF, . AND, AND THEN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE USED TO HAVE A CITY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND WE BROUGHT THAT POSITION BACK. SO I'M GONNA CALL ON CHIP TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CITY, UH, VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR. SURE. THANK YOU STEVE. APPRECIATE THAT. UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO ALINA HARRIS. SHE'S BEEN WITH US ABOUT A MONTH NOW. SHE'S OUR NEW VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR. SHE, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN HERE SOONER, BUT SHE HAD THE BIG EVENT TO HELP WITH AND SO, UH, HER FIRST MONTH, WHICH WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. YEP. YES. VERY SUCCESSFUL. OR MORE, UH, VOLUNTEERS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD. UH, SO HER FIRST MONTH WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BAPTISM BY FIRE. UH, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. SHE'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH CAMERON AND I ON THE DOWNTOWN TEAM AND, UH, WE'LL BE HELPING HER OUT WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEER NEEDS. THANK Y'ALL. GOOD TO HAVE YOU. ALRIGHT. INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN. WHO'S GOT THAT UP FIRST? NOREEN, WALTER AND TAL WILL HANDLE THIS COURSE. MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO FIRST I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS JUST A NOREEN, I'M SORRY, LEMME INTERRUPT YOU. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, COUNSEL, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADWAYS, AND, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF A STATUS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. YOU ALL SEE THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UH, BUT I KNOW THAT THE BIL OPPORTUNITIES ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS. SO THIS WILL KIND OF SET THE STAGE AND THEN WE WILL END WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. AND I'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS WHEN WE GET TO THE GRANT SECTION. SO, NOREEN, THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. UM, FOR THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS, THEY'RE STORMWATER STREET WASTEWATER OR WATER OR SOME COMBINATION OF THESE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS DAVIS ROAD. THIS IS A NEW ALIGNMENT. WE'RE DOING THIS IN THREE PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE, UM, WE'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME LATE THIS SUMMER. UH, SECOND PHASE WE'LL DO ALONG WHAT YOU CALL AN OLD DAVIS ROAD. AND THEN THIS, THIS THIRD PHASE, UH, WILL BE IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPER DRIVEN, OR WHENEVER THERE'S THE NEED COMES, UH, SHADY GROVE ROAD, UH, IS GONNA GO FROM BELTLINE, UM, FOR, OR THIS WILL BE FOR A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY, UH, WITH DRAINAGE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED. UH, TART ROAD AT ARBOR CREEK. THIS IS TO RAISE THE ROAD THAT CURRENTLY OVER TOPS IN STORM EVENTS AND ADD NEEDED SIDEWALKS TO CONTINUALLY, UH, CONNECT THE RESIDENTS THROUGH. AND THEN, UH, DUN AND PERRY, UH, THIS WILL ALIGN, REALIGN THE ROADWAY TO TAKE OUT THE CURB, RAISE IT SO IT PASSES THE HUNDRED YEAR. AND ALSO, UM, UH, REPLACE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER AND ADD SIDEWALKS AND CARRIER. LAST ONE. UH, SO THIS IS TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE, UM, IS GOING TO BE TO DO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED. UH, THERE, IT'S CURRENTLY THERE, IT'S BASICALLY A TOTAL RECONSTRUCT. UM, AND THEN THE THIRD PHASE IS GONNA GO FROM A FOUR LANE TO A SIX LANE. UM, ALSO TO RECONSTRUCT ON THAT. ALRIGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE KIND OF TAG TEAM MINUTES TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION WAS WORKING ON. JUST KINDA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW. WE HAVE 161, UH, ARTERIAL MILES IN THE CITY, 50 COLLECTOR STREETS, RESIDENTIAL. WE GOT A LOT OF ROADS HERE IN THE CITY. IF WE TRY TO RE UH, RECONSTRUCT EVERYONE, WE'D BE LOOKING AT OVER A $860 MILLION TO DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE DO THINGS. THAT'S JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW. UM, ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH DALLAS COUNTY IS WILDLIFE PARKWAY FROM BELTLINE TO 1 61. THIS INCLUDES A LARGE BRIDGE SECTION, INCLUDING THIS PROJECT. KIND OF SEPARATE IS A TRAIL SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE COMING AT KINDA ON THE TAIL END. ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION'S DONE. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A TRAIL, WHICH IS GONNA GO UP UNDER THE NEW BRIDGE, WHICH WILL ALLOW, UH, RESIDENTS TO [00:05:01] EITHER GO STAY AT GREAT OR GO UP UNDER THE BRIDGE TO HAVE A CHOICE TURN BACK PROJECT. SOMETHING KIND OF DEEP NEAR AND DEAR ALL OF OUR HEARTS. UM, THIS CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS, THE ROUNDABOUT ON THE EAST END, THE ROAD REDUCTION FROM BELTLINE TO 1 61 AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF JEFFERSON STREET ROUND. THE TURNBACK ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A FOURTH PROJECT, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, GETTING STARTED ON ALSO, WHICH IS, UH, WHEN, WHEN JEFFERSON, UH, NEXT BACK DOWN, UH, FROM SIX LANES DOWN THE FLOOR. WE'RE GONNA WIDEN THAT OUT KIND OF ON OUR WESTERN BORDER TO TIE INTO M STREET. SO WE HAVE SIX LANES ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON JEFFERSON STREET. UH, ANOTHER BIG PROJECT KIND OF NEAR AND GEARED TOWARDS THAT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAKE BRIDGES. UH, IT'S $30 MILLION PRO PROJECT. AND THIS, WHAT THIS WOULD DO BE TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN HIKE AND BIKE, UH, ACROSS, UH, TO GET THE CYCLISTS OFF THE ROADWAY ITSELF. NOW THAT IS NOT EVEN A TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF RCIP. RCIP HAS A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS OVER 150 JESSICA MINE, NOREEN AND I, NOT TO MENTION IN OTHER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT WITH, WITHIN OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE OVER $1.4 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS ESTIMATED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. CAME FORTH, PAY FOR ALL OF IT OURSELVES. THAT'S WHERE WE WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TARRANT COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO LOOK AT GRANTS CAN GET Y'ALL IN ON THAT TOWN EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WHEN THE INFRA, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WAS ANNOUNCED OVER A YEAR AGO, THE, THE CITY TOOK A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND WE BEGAN MEETING REGULARLY TO GO OVER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE. UM, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS WE DIDN'T HAVE A FORMALIZED INTERNAL PROCESS. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, STEVE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON, ON GRANTS FROM HIS PREVIOUS TENURE AS POLICE CHIEF. WHO'S THAT? STEVE WHO? STEVE WHO? STEVE. I, UM, OVER HERE, SIR. YEAH. BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WRITING AND APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC VERBIAGE, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED. SO AS PART OF WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS, WE LOOKED, WE WENT OUTSIDE, WE, UH, WENT FOR AN RFP TO TRY TO FIND AN EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY GRANT WRITER. UH, WE RECEIVED THREE SUBMISSIONS. UH, TWO OF 'EM. THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC, NOT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. AND THE THIRD ONE, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS REALLY WEREN'T UP TO STANDARD. SO WE, WE LOOKED AT THE PROCESS, UH, WE BROUGHT IN INTERNAL FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REVIEWING A LOT OF THE AVAILABLE GRANTS. UM, AS OF LAST MONTH, WE'VE LOOKED OVER 164, UH, GRANTS. AND AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, YOU CAN SEE TWO OF THE BIG ONES THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR. UM, ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR. UM, AND THAT'S FROM GRAY SOUTHWEST PARKWAY TO, TO BELTLINE. UM, ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS IS ABOUT $10 MILLION AND WE'VE REQUESTED 1.75 MILLION, UH, AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANT FUNDING. UH, THE SECOND ONE WAS, UH, THE PROJECT THAT, UH, WALTER HAD BROUGHT UP THE LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY BRIDGE. UM, THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION AND WE'VE REQUESTED PARTICIPATION IN ALL WERE PARKED. UH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. UM, THAT'S ON OUR RADAR. SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE UNDER DEPARTMENT REVIEW. SO CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS, UM, WE WILL LOOK AT ONES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY VIABLE AND THEN THE PROCESS GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF VET WHICH ONES THEY FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE BEST, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO GO AFTER. AND SO THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE 164 THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. UM, SO LIKE I SAID, UH, WE HAVE A NEW PROCESS IN PLACE. WE'RE STILL LOOKING POTENTIALLY TO GET A FEDERAL, UH, GRANT WRITER JUST BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY NICHE AND SPECIFIC, UH, SKILLSET. ESPECIALLY WHEN A LOT OF TIMES THE FEDERAL GRANTS ARE, ARE TAILORED TOWARD A SPECIFIC, UH, REQUEST. UH, SO THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WE ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT. AND MAYOR, OUR CONTINGENT THAT WENT TO NLC LAST WEEK, THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME LEADS, MAYBE ON SOME POSSIBLE, UH, FEDERAL GRANT WRITERS. SO GERALD IS FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE NOW. I'M HOPING WE CAN IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO FROM THOSE CONGRESS, UH, MEN IN CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICES TO HELP. SO I JUST WANNA ADD THAT WHEN WE WERE AT THE LAST WEEK, NOW YOU GUYS PRESENTING THAT IS GONNA BE ROUGHLY $30 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGE, RIGHT? YES. I BELIEVE THAT WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED $22 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGES. BUT ACTUALLY CONGRESSWOMAN MCC CROCKETT'S OFFICE PUT THE BRIDGES WERE HER 15 PRIORITIES [00:10:01] AND SHE GOTTA PRIORITIZE IT ONLY FOR AROUND 10 MILLION. SO JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE AT ON THAT. OKAY? YES SIR. AND WE UNDERSTAND WE MAY NOT ALL ALWAYS GET 'EM FULLY FUNDED THAT THEY LIKE DOING, THEY LIKE HELP US, BUT NOT PAYING FOR THE WHOLE THING, SPREADING THE WEALTH. SO WE THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT NOW, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THAT'S PROBABLY A $26 MILLION PROJECT, BUT BY THE TIME WE ARE ABLE TO START IT, IT COULD BE 30. AND IF WE CAN JUST GET SOME HELP, THAT'LL MAKE IT MUCH MORE TOLERABLE IN OUR CIP TO FUND THE REST. AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM THIS PAST WEEK, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SHARED WITH ME IS THEY PUT IT FOR 10 MILLION. I SAID, WELL WE NEED ABOUT 22 TO 24 MILLION. AND I SAID, CAN YOU, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK, COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THAT. I SAID, OKAY, WE'RE OKAY. AND, AND, UH, I I'M SORRY SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE BRIDGES, I DID MEET WITH ELISA SIMMONS, SO I'M TRYING TO GET TARRANT COUNTY A PARTICIPATION. AND THEN WALTER'S ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO TDOT ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME T PARTICIPATION. I JUST FIND THAT'D BE NICE IF WE BUILD A $30 MILLION BIKE LANE. DOES TEXAS LAW THEN ALLOW US TO SAY NO BICYCLES ALLOWED ON THAT BRIDGE? UM, HELL NO. N NO. I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE SPENT 30 MILLION A A CYCLIST BY LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS THE RIGHT TO ANY LANE THAT A MOTOR VEHICLE HAS BE TRUE UNLESS IT'S EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. LIKE IT COULD BE LIKE AN OFF RAMP OF A MAJOR FREEWAY ON 360 BEYOND A FREEWAY. RIGHT. BUT ON A SURFACE ROADWAY CHIEF, I, I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. YES. YEAH. SO I'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND A BIKE LANE WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA, BUT IF IT DOESN'T KEEP THE BOX OFF OF IT, WELL YOU, IT WOULD SURE HELP KEEP 'EM OFF OF IT. 'CAUSE WHO WOULD WANT TO RIDE ELSEWHERE? I DON'T KNOW WHY I WANNA RIDE ON IT NOW. BUT YOU WILL NEVER RIDE A BIKE. I A BIKE NEIGHBORHOOD. COME ON. JOIN ME OUT THERE. MY NEXT BACKGROUND. I'LL SEND YOU AN IN INVITE BACKGROUND. DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE. YEAH, JUST ON, I WANT TO SAY IF YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE GRANTS WITH BRIDGES , UM, CONGRESSMAN BC I THINK HE MENTIONED THAT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE BRIDGES TOO. SO HE MIGHT HAVE IT ON HIS RADAR. UM, AND ALSO I THINK WE SHARED IT WITH CONGRESSMAN JAKE HILLS. GOOD. SO, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HIS DISTRICT. SOME OF IT'S HIS DISTRICT. AND AS WE LOOK AT WORKING WITH THE COUNTIES MM-HMM . REMEMBER THE SECOND BRIDGE IS IN DALLAS COUNTY, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT IN CHERRY COUNTY. SO WE MIGHT WANT TO , HEY, LET'S GET, LET'S GET HELP FROM BOTH OF 'EM. YEAH. JUST PUT IT, PUT IT ON THE RADAR. IT MIGHT BE SOME OF DALLAS COUNTY. YEAH. SO GERALD, WE ACTUALLY DID SUBMIT THE BRIDGE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR TO BOTH OFFICES. YEAH. OKAY. SO BOTH WERE PRE WERE SUBMITTED TO BOTH. YEAH. HIS STAFF MEMBERSHIP THAT HE SUBMITTED THE BRIDGE APPLICATION. THAT MAY HELP US ON BEHALF. WE MIGHT GET SOME OF SOME MONEY THROUGH BC'S OFFICE. YES. AND FROM EACH COUNTY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO. AND THEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH JEFF RIDE A BIKE ACROSS THE BRIDGE. MM-HMM . THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL JUMP OFF. UH, AT ONE POINT WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENAME WILDLIFE PARKWAY. IS THAT STILL, WE JUST NEVER COULD COME UP WITH A COOL NAME. WELL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL AS ENTERTAINMENT, WAY TO MAKE IT A PLACE MAKING OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A YEAR OFF ONE. YOU, YOU ALL DO THE RIBBON CUTTING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU, WE WILL HAVE GIVEN YOU A YEAR BEFORE THEN TO DO THE STREET NAMING. DR. GARCIA DID NOT WANT TO DO IT NOW. 'CAUSE ALL OF THE COUNTY PAPERWORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, IT'S STILL IN PROCESS. OKAY. IT'S ALL UNDER WILDLIFE PARKWAY. AND IT WOULD COMPLICATE IT. YEAH. WE, WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE, AND WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT TO YOU ALL. UH, HOPE WE NAME IT CASINO AND THEN RE REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UNLESS YOU ALL CHANGE YOUR MIND, WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT. SO LOWER TART WILL GO AWAY. SO THE EAST WEST WILL BE RENAMED TO WHATEVER YOU ALL DECIDE. AND THEN THAT NORTH SOUTH LEG, WE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THAT BE LYDON KING DRIVE BECAUSE THERE IS NO STREET NAMED AFTER LYNDON. AND WE, THAT GOES TO OUR POLICE FIREARMS RANGE. SO WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A FITTING, UH, TO HONOR HIM. AND, AND THAT'S, UH, THE, THE PLAN FOR THE NORTH SOUTH STRETCH. I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR MEETINGS DOWN IN WASHINGTON. STEVE, WHOEVER BOOK ABOUT THIS, ALTHOUGH CROCKETT'S OFFICE HAS ACCEPTED THE BRIDGE IS ONE OF THEIR 15 MINORITIES HAS TO GO TO THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. MM-HMM . AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT. UH, SO ALTHOUGH ONE OF THAT 15 DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET THE MONEY THIS YEAR. UM, CROCKETTS ONE OF HER STAFF MEMBERS TOLD US TO REACH OUT TO KAY GRANGER. MM-HMM . WHO'S THE CHAIR. SHE'S, UH, OUT OF FORWARD THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. SO I THINK WE'RE WORKING WITH HER, TRYING TO GET HER SUPPORT ON THAT. YEAH. WE'RE [00:15:01] ACTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH HER STAFFER. I KNOW HER. I GOT TO KNOW HER WHEN SHE CALLED ME AFTER AJ GOT KILLED. SO, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE QUEUE. UH, AND I HOPE TO MEET WITH HER SOON. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LEAD THAT DEFINITELY BRIEF YOU ON THE CONVERSATION WITH HER ONCE IT'S HAD. OKAY. UM, ON THE PROJECTS YOU'RE, YOU'RE ADDRESSING, LEMME GO TO THE NEXT FIVE. THAT ONE, UM, I THINK IT'S JUSTICE 40. THERE'S A NEW INITIATIVE THAT'S BEING PUSHED OUT FOR UNDER SERVING COMMUNITIES. AND WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT BROADBAND, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. YOU WANT TO JUST PUT THAT IN SCOPE, ESPECIALLY WITH EACH OF THESE STATIONS. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE, UM, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT. IF DURING NLC LOT, THE CONFERENCE TALKED ABOUT CHARGING STATION, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT JUSTICE 40 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THOSE ARE THE DUE PROGRAMS. DO TALKING WITH THAT'S COMING OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE BILLS ARE, LIKE THE NUMBERS, IT'D BE GOOD TO SHARE THAT WITH US. BECAUSE WE, WE RUN INDIRECTLY WITH, WITH, UM, WITH STAFFERS AND CONGRESSIONAL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE IN DISTRICT. AND IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THOSE HOUSE NUMBERS SO THAT WAY WE CAN JUST SHARE, SAY WE GOT THIS HOUSE NUMBER THOUGH. WHENEVER YOU CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. UM, DEPUTY AM MAYOR PRO TIM, I, I DON'T SEE HIM. JASON RAMIREZ IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE BRINGING BACK, UH, A, A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING MASTER PLAN. SO WE STARTED THAT BALL IN MOTION A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE ARE GONNA GET $220,000, UM, THAT YOU ALL ACTUALLY PROVED ON YOUR LAST CONSENT WHEN THAT MONEY ACTUALLY BECOMES AVAILABLE. WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL FOR A DECISION. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE MAY RECOMMEND IS LOOKING AT EV STATIONS WITH THAT MONEY. SO THAT'S GONNA BE 220,000 THAT'S APPROPRIATED TO OUR CITY. AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UH, WORK ON THE BROADBAND ANALYSIS AND THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. BUT CHERYL, ANY MORE SPECIFICS ON BROADBAND THAT, THAT YOU CAN SHARE? AT THIS POINT? S BEEN WORKING, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING ON A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHERE, WHERE, WHAT I, WHAT I'M CALLING, THEY'RE NOT . WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE COVERAGE. MM-HMM . SO WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN WITH ALL OF THE, THERE'S A MAP BY THE FCC THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT MAP IS ACTUALLY THE TRUE. SO WE'RE GONNA WORK FOR A CONSULTANT. THEY ACTUALLY DO THE SAME WORK AT ING. SO ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OUR DONUT HOLES AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE HOW WE PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DISCOVERING TOO, IS SOMETIMES THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. THERE ARE SOME PLACES, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT ON AFFORDABILITY WORK WITH THESE, UM, UH, THE CABLE VENDORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO HAVE PROGRAMS OUT THERE. SO AMY AND HER TEAM ARE STARTING TO REALLY PROMOTE THOSE PROGRAMS TO TRY TO GET, GET ACCESS TO THEM. WE HAVE ACCESS THROUGH OUR LIBRARY FOR FOLKS THAT DO NEED ACCESS. AND THEN ALSO THEY GET ACCESS THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, IT'S THE MAP THAT YOU FORWARDED TO US. WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH. SHE BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT COVERAGE AREA IN OUR CITY, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PLACES THAT AREN'T COVERED. IT THEN BECOMES AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE. NOT A COVERAGE ISSUE. SO I, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH IS WHY PETER AND HIS TEAM ARE OFFERING THOSE PORTABLE, UH, HOTSPOTS. BUT I GUESS WE'RE STILL VETTING THAT MAP. I, I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A LABORIOUS PROCESS THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT. AND, AND TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT CHERYL SAID, WITHIN THE, UM, LEAVES A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON YOUR INCOME LEVEL FOR A CELL PHONE COMPANY. WELL, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZES IT AND THEY GIVE YOU A, A DEAL. SO LET'S SAY YOUR INTERNET AND PHONE, LIKE YOUR PHONE BILL IS LIKE $60. MM-HMM . THEY CAN CUT IT IN HALF TO WHERE YOU'RE PAYING 30. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THIS ALREADY EXISTS. SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY OR AS, UH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT INFORMATION MORE SO PEOPLE GET THE WORD OUT. ONE THING I WANNA BRING UP FROM A LC, UH, YOU KNOW, I SENT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL BECAUSE I COULDN'T, UH, GET THE, UH, INFORMATION. THEY WERE GONNA EMAIL US FOR THE SESSIONS THAT WE SENT. UH, ONE THAT JOHN AND I SET IN, UH, THE MAYOR UP IN WASHINGTON STATE. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS THEY PUT IN. THEY WROTE A GRANT FOR A LOT OF STUFF. THE DOWNTOWN FLOODS EVERY YEAR THEY PUT IN A GRANT FOR THAT. BUT THEY ALSO PUT IN FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE EV STATION. THEY HAVE SEVEN, FIVE EV STATIONS AT THAT LOCATION. I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON HOW MANY EV STATIONS WE'RE PUTTING IN. RIGHT NOW YOU SEE ONESIES AND TWOSIES, BUT AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO CONSIDER PUTTING IN A LOT MORE, MORE THAN THAT. YES, SIR. SO THAT STUDY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TELL US, HOPEFULLY [00:20:01] IS DEMAND LEVEL AND, UH, RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS OR OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCATIONS. SO I THINK THAT'LL COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THAT'LL GIVE US A LOT OF GUIDANCE ONCE WE GET THAT COMPLETED. SO, STEVE, WHEN WE WERE AT IN WASHINGTON, I EMAILED YOU ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON TODAY SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. BUT IT WASN'T TO TALK ABOUT A HIGH LEVEL, IT WAS JUST TO SET A DATE. SO WE CAN DIG DEEP INTO THIS. TALKING ABOUT IS A HIGH LEVEL, THAT'S GREAT. BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT GONNA GET MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT. WE NEED TO GET A CALENDAR DATE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND DIG DEEP INTO THIS OF WHAT EVERY PART OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS MASTER PLAN CONSISTS OF. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TONIGHT. WE DON'T, I MEAN, HONESTLY, WE DON'T. BUT WHAT IS THE DATE THAT WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS? WE'LL HAVE STAFF SET, SET SOMETHING UP. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY I WANTED THIS ON THERE WAS JUST TO SAY, HEY LOOK, WE REALLY, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY A YEAR BEHIND. THERE'S OTHER CITIES OUT THERE THAT WE'VE MET WITH THAT ALREADY HALFWAY DOWN WITH THE MASTER PLAN. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE STAFF SET UP AN DATE. OKAY. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. I, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE A YEAR BEHIND, BUT STEVE, YOU'RE WRONG. UNDERSTAND. I'M TELLING IT. REALLY. WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. YEAH. WE'LL GET A DATE. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT WE GOTTA GET ON THIS WHEN WE SEND THIS, UH, OUT TO YOU ALL PLEASE TO MAKE OUR TIME MOST EFFICIENT. I NEED YOU ALL TO TELL ME INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUGE TOPIC. IT IS. THAT'S, I NEED YOU ALL TO SPECIFICALLY TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. THAT WAY I CAN MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THE SOUNDS I DIDN'T WANT HEAR MAINLY ABOUT THE, IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. IT'S WHAT WE, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE PART OF THIS. RIGHT. I'M NOT LEAVING IT UP TO Y'ALL TO DO THIS. I'M GONNA BE PART OF IT. WE'RE ALL GONNA BE PART OF IT. IT'S MAINLY, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AS THE GRANT STUFF, NOT OUR CIP INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHAT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANT RIDERS, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTS. TRANSPORTATION, FIBER OPTICS, ATTAINABLE HOUSING, STUFF LIKE THAT. ENTERTAINMENT, THE , YOU KNOW, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS OUT THERE THAT WON'T HAVE TO COST US ANYTHING. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTA START PLANNING. IT'S, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND Y'ALL TELL US WE WANNA BE PART OF THE ATION SURE. SET A DATE. YEAH. BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT NO. IS NOT MAINLY THE CIP IT'S THE GRANT STUFF THAT'S MONEY OUT. IT'S, IT'S THE 1.2 TRILLION THAT'S, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY, WE'LL SEARCH SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THAT STUFF, COME IN HERE AND HELP US WITH A PRESENTATION. BUT MAYOR, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DRILL DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY BROAD TOPIC AT EVERY GRANT. I'M SORRY. EVERY BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE HAVE A ROADWAY, WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN. MM-HMM . YOU'RE BRIEFED ON IT EVERY YEAR AT YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. THAT'S, THAT'S IN PLACE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR, FOR YEARS. IT'LL, IT'S UPDATED EVERY YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY MAINLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIL OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. AND THAT'S WHAT ABOUT, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO GET SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS ABOUT THAT. HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE KEY, WHAT ARE THE KEY POINTS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO AFTER A GRANT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? I KNOW ONE OF 'EM IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTAINABLE, OTHERS ARE, ARE SAFE CITIES. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET A MEETING SET UP. WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME PEOPLE IN HERE THAT KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ON AVAILABILITY OF STUFF LIKE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE GRANT WRITER AND I WAS SURPRISED BY THE SMALL APPLICANT POOL WE RECEIVED. IS THAT SOMETHING IN THE JOB LISTING THAT WE WERE ASKING, UH, THOSE APPLICANTS OR WHOEVER SELECTED TO COME INTO CITY HALL? OR WAS THAT OFFERED AS A REMOTE POSITION? UH, WHAT, WHAT WERE THE PARAMETERS OF THAT POSITION? IT WOULD'VE BEEN A CONTRACT POSITION. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT YOU FIND WITH A STAFF GRANT WRITER, USUALLY MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN OUTSOURCING IS MOST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF GRANT STATE OR FEDERAL OR COUNTY, AND THE SPECIFICS FOR THAT GRANT, I'VE ACTUALLY GRADED GRANTS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR KEYWORDS. SO THE OUTSOURCING IS USUALLY WHAT WE PREFER. WE, WE FOUND NO ONE OUT THERE THAT, THAT WAS QUALIFIED TO SUBMIT WHAT WE WANTED, WHICH ARE THESE FEDERAL GRANTS. UH, THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE LEADS BECAUSE OF THE RFP RENDERED NOTHING. SO THAT WE'LL GET, WE WILL TRACK THOSE LEADS DOWN. AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE LEADS, I THINK THROUGH CONGRESSMAN BEY, THAT'S AND EL ELSIE. SO I'M CURIOUS WITH THAT LEADS, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF GONNA BE A ONE OFF AND WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED TO WELL, IT MIGHT BE. SO, SO, YEAH, LET ME AGAIN, WE, WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT BEFORE THESE GRANTS EVER CAME OUT, WE STARTED HAVING INTERNAL MEETINGS. I'VE GOT STAFF EXPERTS. YOUR GRANT WRITERS CAN HELP YOU IDENTIFY KEY WORDS FOR SUBMISSION. I'VE GOT THE EXPERTS ON STAFF. SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN SUBMITTING THESE GRANTS. THERE HAS BEEN NONE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT [00:25:01] THAT WE JUST DIDN'T SUBMIT FOR. AND NOT EVERY GRANT IS APPLICABLE TO YOUR CITY. YOU DON'T WANT TO SUBMIT FOR A GRANT FOR $5 MILLION ON A $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT YOU DON'T REALLY NEED IN YOUR PRIORITY COUNCIL PRIORITY. RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO BET ALL THAT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY COMPLEX. UH, WE DID NOT GET CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED. YOU ALL MAY WANT US TO DO MORE AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO SERVE YOU ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT. UH, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN, LIKE THE EV ANALYSIS, THE BROADBAND, WE STARTED WORKING ON THOSE ALREADY. SO I'LL GET THE DATES SET. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THAT DATE. I CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE LEADS THAT YOU BROUGHT US. I'LL BRING THOSE PEOPLE IN. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE WANT TO GET THE MOST MONEY WE CAN GET FOR OUR CITY, BUT I CAN JUST PROMISE YOU THE EFFORT HAS BEEN THERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE. WE'LL GET A DATE. I THINK WE ALSO CONSIDER, LIKE WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE FOUND OUT THERE BUZZ WORDS THAT THE CURRENT PARTY THAT'S IN CHARGE DON'T WANT TO HEAR. AND WE BROUGHT, HEY, WE WANT, HE SAID NO, THAT, THAT WOULD NEVER FLY. BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN WORDS, THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO IF THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY'RE AWOKE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PASS IT. SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, REPRESENT THE CITY, WE NEED TO ENSURE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING UP THERE. DC THEY GOTTA KNOW WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT WORDS, WHAT THE HOT BIRDS ARE. YES, EXACTLY. YES, SIR. WE'LL GET A DATE. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YOU GONNA MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION? I, I WILL. MAYOR GIL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM THAT WENT UP THERE. I'VE NOT SEEN A TEAM FROM THE CITY GOLF FELLOW UP. WHAT'S THAT? JUNIOR? I'VE JUST NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE FROM THIS COUNCIL BEFORE. AND I, I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED TO SEE EVERYBODY UP THERE REPRESENTING US AND, AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND BRINGING UP THEIR CITY. SO THANK YOU GUYS. I, I THINK NLC DOES A GREAT JOB OF, UH, SETTING THESE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THE CITIES. I'VE BEEN GOOD BEFORE. I THINK IT'S COMING UP ON OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. UM, NLC DOES IT EVERY YEAR IN MARCH. AND, UH, WE'VE SENT SOMEBODY EVERY YEAR. OKAY. UH, NEVER SENT THIS MANY, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS SENT TWO OR THREE AND, UH, HAVE EVEN HAD PEOPLE ON COMMITTEES BEFORE. AND JOHN'S ON THE COMMITTEE NOW. I THINK HE'S THE THIRD PERSON WE'VE HAD ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE NLC. SO THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THORN WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRIGO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK YOU DID. GETTING IN FRONT OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IS KEY. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FORWARD AS WE GO AND LEARN MORE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND WANNA GIVE A PRESENTATION. THAT'D BE GREAT. WE CAN SHARE WITH EVERYONE. YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME. ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THE OF THE, UH, WHEN Y'ALL ATTEND SOMETHING ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, MAYBE THAT WE ALL COULD FIND INTEREST. WE'LL LET Y'ALL DECIDE WHAT THOSE ARE. SO THAT'S GOOD. YES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE GROUP THAT WENT, WE ACTUALLY DID THE SCHEDULE A RECAP FOR ME. UH, COUNSELING LOPEZ ASKED FOR IT TO BE IN, IN A COUPLE WEEKS. HE'S GOT SOME, WE'RE GONNA DO A RECAP OF EVERYTHING. I'VE GOT NOTES FOR THAT. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL. ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE RECAPPING THE THESE THAT WE ATTENDED. HOWEVER YOU WOULD, I'LL LET Y'ALL DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. A RECAP OF Y'S TRIPS IS WHAT IT IS. OH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE RESTAURANT. YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME RECAPPING THAT IF YOU WANT. I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS. CAN WE MOVE ON? GO AHEAD. SO, UH, REAL, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MEGAN IN A MINUTE, BUT YOU KNOW, REAL PROUD TO HAVE OUR A EG TEAM HERE TONIGHT. MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW JEFF AND ROBIN, BUT MATT ANSIL IS ALSO HERE WITH A EG. HE WAS ACTUALLY HERE WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH A EG. YOU'VE HEARD US SAY IT BEFORE. THEY'RE OUTSTANDING PARTNERS. THEY, THEY CARE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. SO WE JUST THOUGHT IT A GOOD TIME TO, TO BRING, UH, JEFF AND ROBIN UP, BUT ALSO TO KIND OF INTRODUCE MATT FOR THE, THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT DO NOT, WE FLEW DOWN HERE FROM COLORADO. HE'S HERE FROM COLORADO. WE'VE ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE, THE NINE YEAR AUTO EXTENSION. BUT WE'RE CONCURRENTLY RENEGOTIATING ANOTHER AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH YOUR COMMITTEES. AND YOU ALL, MEGAN AND I ARE SO MATT, UH, ROBIN AND JEFF. MEGAN, ALL YOURS. THANK YOU GUYS. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. YEAH, A PLEASURE. JUST, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR US? YES, SIR. THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. TRY THAT. SO, UM, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO, I, I THINK MEET YOU AND TALK WITH YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER A LONG TIME AND YEARS JUST SEEM TO ROLL BY AND IT SAYS YEARS ROLL BY THINGS CHANGE. UM, PEOPLE CHANGE. [00:30:02] UM, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS GROWN AND PROSPERED AND CHANGED, AND AG E HAS DONE THE EXACT SAME THING. SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND, AND I GUESS IN TALKING ABOUT IT, WE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO REINTRODUCE OURSELVES. WE'RE PARTNERS WORKING TOGETHER DAY TO DAY. AND, UH, WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, UH, I GUESS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW US, THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T. EXCELLENT. OH, WHAT THE NEXT SLIDE? NOPE, THAT'S IT. THAT'S PERFECT. SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS MATT KEL. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE CHUS CORPORATION, AND I'M, UH, INTRODUCING OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. THAT'S ROBIN PHILLIPS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION AND AG PRESENTS. ROBIN RUNS A BIG REGION, INCLUDING OUR OPERATION HERE. AND THEN THE MAN WHO RUNS THE THEATER ITSELF, JEFF K OKAY. SO WE'LL START AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE E INSURANCE CORPORATION WORK. OKAY. GOT IT. THERE WE GO. SO THE CHUS CORPORATION IS A PRIVATELY OWNED HOLDING COMPANY BASED OUT OF DENVER. AND, UH, WE BASICALLY HAVE A ONE BOX, AND HIS NAME IS PHILLIP ANSCHUTZ. HE'S, UH, AN INVESTOR, A BUSINESS BUILDER, AND A PHILANTHROPIST. AND HE'S, HE'S JUST A REALLY INTERESTING PERSON TO WORK FOR. UM, HE'S A HARD DRIVING BUSINESSMAN. BUSINESSES, HIS PASSION. HE'S THE ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE INTO THE OFFICE. HE'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. BUT HIS PERSONALITY AND WHO HE IS GOES WAY BEYOND THAT. UM, HE LOVES, HE LOVES BEING ON THE FRONT LINES. THERE HE IS WITH THE KINGS. WHEN THEY, WHEN THE STANLEY CUP, HE AS A YOUNG CHILD, HE HAD ALWAYS SAID, SOMEDAY I'M GONNA OWN THE BROAD WAR. AND WELL, HE DID IT. AND SO THAT'S THE BUSINESS SIDE OF PHIL. THIS I THINK IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF KIND OF PHIL, WHICH IS HIS PHILANTHROPIC SIDE, HIS VALUE SIDE. THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PANEL WAS FORMED AROUND THE THEME OF KINDNESS AND JUST THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF TRYING TO PROMOTE KINDNESS IN THE WORLD. SO THERE'S LADY GAGA, THE DALAI LAMA, AND PHIL, WHICH WAS, WOW, THAT'S, SO WHY IS PHIL THERE? WELL, OVER 15 YEARS AGO, HE FOUNDED A FOUNDATION, UH, CALLED RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS. AND IT WAS, ITS MISSION WAS TO DO EXACTLY THAT, JUST TALKING TO THE WORLD AND PROMOTE THE CONCEPT THAT WE'VE GOTTA BE KINDER TO EACH OTHER. UM, BEYOND THAT, I THINK PHIL IS QUITE A, A PHILANTHROPIST IN A LOT OF OTHER WAYS. WE WON'T GET INTO THAT. UM, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE LOVE WORKING FOR, UM, SO THE COMPANIES, OUR FAMILY OF COMPANIES ARE, UH, KIND OF A DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF COMPANIES. IN I, WE BROKE IT DOWN AND SAID MAYBE IN FOUR SECTORS, ENTERTAINMENT, A EG, YOU CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. WALDEN MEDIA PRODUCES FAMILY FRIENDLY FILM AND VIDEO CONTENT, UM, THINGS LIKE THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA AND EVEREST. AND MOST RECENTLY DID WORKING WITH NETFLIX ON THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB, WHICH HAS BECOME QUITE POPULAR. EXCUSE ME, HOSPITALITY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VERY DIFFERENT HOLDINGS IN HOSPITALITY. WE HAVE TWO FIVE STAR RESORTS, THE BROAD HORN SEA ISLAND. UH, WE HAVE A SMALL SHIP CRUISE LINE CALLED WIND STAR CRUISES. WE HAVE A RESORT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF DEATH VALLEY. IF ANY OF YOU THINK THE TEXAS HEAT JUST ISN'T ENOUGH, COME ON DOWN. STAY AT THE OASIS. UM, XTERRA TRAVEL COLLECTION, THIS IS A COMPANY THAT MANAGES, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS AND HOSPITALITY IN THE NATIONAL PARKS ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. SO IF YOU GO TO THE GRAND CANYON OR YELLOWSTONE, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD YOU'RE STAYING AT HISTER OPERATION. WE HAVE A TOURING COMPANY, HOLIDAY VACATIONS. AND LASTLY, WE OWN, UH, TWO HOTEL PROPERTIES AT LA LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. THE JW MARRIOTT AND RITZ CAR ENERGY IS WHERE MR. CHUS GOT HIS START. AND SO IN ENERGY, WE STILL HAVE THE [00:35:01] CHUS EXPLORATION CORPORATION THAT'S FOCUSED, UH, PRIMARILY ON, UH, BUILDING NATURAL AND GAS RESOURCES. WE'RE ALSO NOW INVOLVED IN, UH, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POWER COMPANY. WYOMING TRANS WEST, UH, ARE BUILDING WHAT WILL BE THE LARGEST WIND FARM IN THE UNITED STATES IN WYOMING. AND TRANS WEST EXPRESS WILL THEN BUILD THE TRANSMISSION LINES. THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST TRANSMISSION PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, UH, AN ASSORTMENT OF MEDIA, UH, PROPERTIES, THE EXAMINER IN WASHINGTON, COLORADO SPRINGS, AND THEN THE DENVER GAZETTE. UH, I PUT THE GUARDIAN CENTERS IN HERE. THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING ONE. THIS IS A HOLLYWOOD LIKE SET. UH, IT PROVIDES TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. UH, AND THAT CAN BE A WHOLE RANGE OF, UH, AGENCIES THAT COME AND, AND TRAIN THEIR PEOPLE HERE IN WHAT WE THINK IS A REAL LIFE SETTING. SO WE HAVE SWAT TEAMS, SPECIAL FORCES, WE HAVE FIRE, WE HAVE, UH, UH, ANY, ANY OF THE NUMBER OF FIRST RESPONDERS THAT'S, THAT'S BECOME KIND OF AN INTERESTING BUSINESS THAT'S LOCATED IN GEORGIA. AND LASTLY, WE STILL HAVE TWO WORKING, UH, CATTLE RANCHES. HMM. OKAY. CAMERA'S ON. SO JEFF, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AG G I'M GONNA STEP TO THIS SIDE. BIGGER GUY OVER THERE TO SEE. SO, A EG WAS FOUNDED IN 1996, UH, WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE LA KING'S HOCKEY TEAM. UM, IN 1999, MR. ANSCHUTZ MOVED THE TEAM FROM THE FORUM IN ENGLEWOOD C**K CALIFORNIA TO WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE STAPLES CENTER IN DOWNTOWN LA. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SURE. TODAY, A EG IS THE LARGEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS COMPANY IN THE WORLD WITH OVER 25,000 EVENTS. AND WE DO THAT ON FIVE CONTINENTS, UH, EVERY YEAR. SOME OF OUR FLAGSHIP PROPERTIES THAT YOU MAY BE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH WOULD BE LA LIVE, WHICH IS A $4 MILLION OR $4 BILLION. UH, DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM NOW, THE CRYPTO.COM ARENA, WHICH WAS FORMERLY STAPLE CENTER, UH, T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, UH, THE OH TWO IN LONDON, AND THEN THE MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA IN GERMANY. UH, WE ALSO OWN, UH, SPORTS FRANCHISES, NINE TO BE EXACT FIVE HERE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. FOUR IN EUROPE. I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT. AS WELL AS WE OWN AND OPERATE OVER 25 MUSIC FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, GLOBALLY. AGAIN, IN SOME OF THOSE BIGGER ONES YOU MAY ALL BE, UH, KNOW OF AS COACHELLA, WHICH IS HAS A LARGE, LARGE PRESENCE IN THE FESTIVAL MARKET, ALONG WITH STAGECOACH, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE COUNTRY VERSION OF COACHELLA THAT HAPPENS THE THIRD WEEK AFTER THE THIRD WEEK, AS WELL AS THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FESTIVAL. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROMOTE AND PRODUCE OUR 16,000 CONCERTS WORLDWIDE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND, UM, TO COMPETE WITH TICKETMASTER, WE DECIDED A FEW YEARS BACK THAT WE WANTED OUR OWN TICKETING COMPANY. AND SO WE, UH, FORMED WHAT IS NOW CALLED A ACCESS.COM AND WE SELL OVER 300,000 OR 30,000, UH, TICKETS TO EVENTS GLOBALLY. UM, HERE WE ARE, UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT GIVES US THE COMPETITIVE EDGE OVER OUR COMPETITORS IS THE FACT THAT WE WORK ON A BASIS OF CONTROLLED STRUCTURE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. FOUR, I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SIDE SLIDES, BUT I DID WANT TO TOUCH BA UH, QUICKLY ON THREE OF THE OTHER ONES. FIRST ONE BEING OUR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP. THEY OVERSEE BASICALLY THE SALES AND ACTIVATION OF ALL OF OUR, OF ALL OF OUR VENUES GLOBALLY. UM, AND THEY WERE VITAL IN THE NAMING RIGHTS OF THE TEXAS TRUST CU THEATER HERE JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WE KNOW THAT BUSINESS TODAY IS, UH, ALL ABOUT DIGITAL FOOTPRINT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER THAT DATA, UM, AND, AND INTERPRET IT. AND SO THROUGH OUR, UH, A EG MULTIPLY DIVISION, WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION, USE THAT TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS THAT HOPEFULLY GIVE THE CONSUMER BETTER OPPORTUNITIES, BETTER, UH, YOU KNOW, A BETTER ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE. AND THEN FINALLY, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, IS MR. CHU'S, UH, COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO, UH, THE PLANET. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TO EACH OTHER. UH, WE LIKE TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE THROUGH, UH, PHILANTHROPY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND DIVERSITY AS WELL. SO IT'S A BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE. NEXT SLIDE. SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD A DIVISION CALLED A EG FACILITIES AND WE, UH, MERGED WITH A COMPANY CALLED SMG. IT WAS IN THE NATIONAL NEWS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUC [00:40:01] AND THE BIG CONGLOMERATE AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. WE MERGED WITH SMG, WHO WAS ALSO PROBABLY THE SECOND LARGEST VENUE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME TO BECOME A SM GLOBAL. TODAY WE HAVE OVER 300 PROPERTIES ON A GLOBAL BASIS AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BOTTOM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE THERE. WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S SUPER BOWL, THE WORLD CUP, WINTER OLYMPICS. UH, IN THE BOTTOM THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE OPERATE SEVEN IN THE TOP 10 ARENAS WITH CAPACITY BETWEEN 10 AND 15,000. NOW THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE, UH, WITH A A EG, WE ALSO HAVE FOUR OF THE TOP 10 ARENAS WITH CAPACITIES OF 15,000. NEXT SLIDE? YES. OKAY. FOUR OF THE FOUR OF THE TOP 10 WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ARENAS IN THE TOP 15,000 CAPACITY AND OVER. SO THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, ANYBODY MIGHT KNOW WHO THE NUMBER ONE IS. ANY GUESS TEXAS TRUST? NO. . GOOD ANSWER. IT'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S KIND OF THE ICONIC THING. BUT I DO HAVE A, A TIDBIT I DID WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT I FOUND OUT TODAY, UM, IN 2022, BILLBOARD MAGAZINE RANKED TEXAS TRUST AS NUMBER NINE IN THE, IN THE WORLD BASICALLY FOR, UH, VENUES WITH THE CAPACITY OF 5,000 TO 10,000. WOW. AND WE'RE IN THE SAME, UM, SAME STRATOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE LIKES OF THE RED ROCKS IN COLORADO WITH RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, UH, WITH MICROSOFT THEATER IN LA AND ALSO, UM, WITH AUDITORIUM AT NATIONAL NOW IN MEXICO CITY. SO RIGHT HERE IN THE LITTLE GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, UH, WE ARE NUMBER NINE IN, IN, IN. AND BELIEVE ME, WE WE'RE MAKING A PROUD PRESENCE FELT. SO GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL. SO IT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU FOLKS HAVE WITH US AT THE, AT THE THEATER THAT, UH, I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF TO BE A PART OF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SLIDE. UM, YEAH, NEXT SLIDE. SO I BROUGHT THIS BACK UP JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, A WALK. ROBIN AND I REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MUSIC AND THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS. SPORTS REMAINS A BIG FOUNDATION PIECE TO WHO A EG IS. AND WE REPRESENT NINE DIFFERENT TEAMS. LIKE I MENTIONED, MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF 'EM, ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR LEAGUE, WHETHER IT'S IN HOCKEY, SOCCER, RUGBY, AND NOW EVEN ESPORTS SEEMS TO BE TAKEN OFF HERE, AS WE ALL KNOW. SO A EG IS PART OF ALL THAT AND CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO GROW, UM, UH, THIS DIVISION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN FINALLY, FOR MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE MUCH MORE THAN ALL THAT WE DO LOTS OF SPECIAL EVENTS. WE FOCUS ON, ON, ON FOOD, ON FASHION, ART, CULTURE, UM, MUSIC, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL A 30,000 FOOT APPROACH OF WHAT A G IS. GREAT. JEFF, WHAT WAS THE SOURCE ON THAT? NUMBER NINE RANK BILLBOARD MAGAZINE? UM, I'M NOT AS GOOD OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER AS THESE TWO GUYS, BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST HERE. BUT, UM, AS THEY SAID, WELL, I'VE BEEN WITH A EG FOR 16 YEARS. I'VE BEEN BOOKING THE THEATER FOR THE ALL 16 OF THOSE YEARS. I WOULD SAY I DO 70% OF THE SHOWS AT THE THEATER. I, I STILL BOOK SHOWS, BUT I OVERSEE ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES. BUT, UM, WE'RE THE SECOND, WE'RE THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST CONCERT PROMOTER BEHIND LIVE NATION. I THINK WE'RE BETTER. BUT, UM, WE DO A LOT OF MUSIC FESTIVALS, WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE AND TOURS AND CLUBS AND THEATERS. BUT THE PRESENT SIDE KIND OF FOCUSES ON, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC SIDE OF IT. AND WE HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T REALLY HIGHLIGHT IT HERE, BUT WE HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT, UM, MARKETING TEAM WHERE ALL OF OUR, I'M SURE OF ANY OF YOU, BUT ON INSTAGRAM YOU CAN SEE LIKE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, MOVIES WE MAKE FOR THE NEW, UM, POWER TRIP CONCERT THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY GOES ABOUT THIS. THAT'S ALL THESE HEAVY METAL BANDS THAT WE DID DESERT TRIP, WHICH WAS LIKE PAUL MCCARTNEY AND BOB DYLAN. AND NOW WE'RE DOING POWER TRIP, WHICH IS LIKE A BUNCH OF HEAVY METAL BANDS AND THEY DID ALL THIS DIGITAL CONTENT'S ALL IN HOUSE AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, MATT. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT, BUT I BROUGHT IT UP 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY GREAT 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK FLAG NATION CAN RIVAL OUR MARKETING DEPART. BUT, UM, NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST, UM, THIS IS OUR FESTIVAL NETWORK. JEFF ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED ON COACHELLA AND STAGE COACH IN THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND HERITAGE FEST. UM, I DID WANT, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE FESTIVALS, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT RESET IS ONE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH IS A THREE DAY, UM, IT'S A THREE DAY CONCERT THAT KIND OF, UM, KIND OF ROTATES THE HEADLINERS BETWEEN, UM, THREE DIFFERENT CITIES. SO THE GRAND PRAIRIE ONE, THE HEADLINERS ARE ROTATING BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND ATLANTA, SO THEY SWITCH OUT EVERY NIGHT. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A COOL CONCEPT. AND, UM, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE, WE'VE SOLD ABOUT, UH, I THINK WE'RE AT LIKE 10,000 TICKETS SOLD OVER [00:45:01] THREE DAYS. AND I THINK, UH, THE, THE, OUR SHOW IS IN JUNE AND IT'S IN THE SOON TO BE CRICKET FUEL, UM, SPACE ACROSS FROM THE THEATER. BUT, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE OVER THREE DAYS. UM, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CARE, BUT THE FIRST HEADLINER IS LLCD SOUND SYSTEM. THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, BOY GENIUS, AND THE THIRD ONE IS STEVE LACEY. UM, IT'S KIND OF MORE, I THINK IT SKEWS YOUNGER, PROBABLY ABOUT AGES 17 TO 50. BUT, UM, WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE 15,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY FOR THAT. WHY DOES IT SAY 350,000 IN DIFFERENT CITIES TOO? THAT'S IT FOR ALL THE CITIES. OKAY. 'CAUSE THERE'S, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE NATION JUST TOTAL FOR THE PROJECT. UM, WE ALSO, WE, UH, A EG WAS BEHIND THE, UM, CELINE DION NEW DAY RESIDENCY. WE WERE KIND OF, UH, THE FIRST TO COME UP WITH THAT CONCEPT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE CONTINUED IT ON WITH OTHER ARTISTS AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH RESORTS, RESORTS WORLD. AND WE ALSO, THE, OUR VEGAS OFFICE OFFICE ALSO HAS THE VIRGIN THEATER. ARE Y'ALL THE ONE THAT BROUGHT USHER AS WELL? NO. . THAT WAS LIKE, THAT WAS LIKE NATION, BUT YOU SURE COLONEL TOM PARKER WASN'T THE FIRST TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT, I LOOKED THAT UP AND IT WASN'T CONSIDERED A RESIDENCY. OKAY. IT WAS JUST A SERIES OF A FEW CONCERTS. UM, BUT, SO HERE ARE THE TOUR, UM, HERE ARE THE TOURS THAT WE'VE DONE. UM, I WAS JUST TALKING TO MAYOR JEN ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT. WE DID THE TAYLOR, WE, WE DO THE TAYLOR SWIFT TOUR AND I THINK YOUR DAUGHTER'S, UM, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND UM, BIG SHOW. YEAH. ON TRACK , I KNOW. BUT, UM, EL AND JOHN, ROLLING STONES, KENNY CHENEY, JUST TO NAME A FEW WE'RE OUR TOURING DEPARTMENT'S GROWING AND GROWING. WE DO CLUB TOURS, WE DO STADIUM TOURS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. UM, FIVE NATION, OUR COMPETITOR KIND OF HAS OWNED THIS SPACE FOR A WHILE NOW AND I THINK WE ARE NOW GIVING THEM A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO WE HAVE A CLUB AND THEATERS NETWORK. GRAND PRAIRIE OBVIOUSLY IS PART OF THAT. WE HAVE ABOUT 55 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, SO IT MAKES IT REALLY EASY FOR US TO BOOK. WE CALL IT BLOCK BLOCK BOOK, BUT IT MAKES IT EASY FOR US TO BOOK, SAY, YOU KNOW, RED ROCKS WITH GRAND PRAIRIE OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. SO IT'S EASY FOR US TO BOOK SHOWS AROUND OUR CLUB NETWORK SO WE CAN KIND OF NOT DO A TOUR, BUT GET AS MANY SHOWS AS WE CAN. UH, JUST IN OUR REGION. UH, LIKE THE REGION THAT WE'RE IN, UH, WE DO ABOUT 600 SHOWS A YEAR. ACCESS TICKETING. I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, DOUG KIND OF WENT OVER IT, BUT IT'S A, WE HAVE A GREAT APP AND IT'S IT NOW IN, IN THE DFW AREA. I THINK BILLY BOB USES ACCESS. UM, FC DALLAS USES ACCESS. WE USE ACCESS, UM, I'M SURE I'M MISSING SOME, BUT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF ON THE UP AND UP. UH, REPLACING TICKETMASTER. I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD OF, UH, ZACH BRYAN. WE HAVE THE ZACH BRYAN TOUR AND HE WILL NOT PLAY ANY BUILDINGS THAT ARE TICKETMASTER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO UH, REALLY PUSH ACCESS THROUGH THAT. BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT TICKETING COMPANY AND WE LOVE IT. BUT, UH, CHEAPER FEES. WE DO HAVE CHEAPER FEES AND WE'RE NOT IN THE NEWS AS MUCH. . YEAH. BUT YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR BEAUTIFUL THEATER. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES. JUST ONE COMMENT. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN GRAND PRAIRIE. YOU HAVE HELPED PUT GRAND PRAIRIE ON THE MAP. USED TO THE PERFORMERS WOULD COME IN AND SAY HELLO DALLAS, BUT NOW SOME OF 'EM ACTUALLY SAY HI GRAND PRAIRIE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND BRINGING SUCH A HIGH QUALITY, UH, ORGANIZATION TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK STEVE FOR BRINGING US THIS PRESENTATION. GREG PARTNERS FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS READ UP AND WILL AND WE HADN'T HAD THIS PRESENTATION. THANK, IF POSSIBLE I WOULD LOVE A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION. COPY OF PRESENTATION. SEND IT TO ALL OF US, PLEASE. I GOT IT. GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, WELL IT'S JUST A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. IT'S TIME FLIES ON ALL OF US AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERS FOR NOW OVER TWO DECADES, WHICH I KEEP LOOKING AT NUMBER AND I, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, IF YOU WANT TO JUST GO BACK TWO SLIDES. SURE. AMY, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF A REMINDER. I WOULD SAY THAT FOR THE CITY AND, AND, AND WE FEEL THIS WAY, WE HOPE YOU DO TOO. WE THINK THAT IN THAT 20 YEARS IT HAS BEEN MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE [00:50:01] COMMENTS. I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO REINFORCE GRAND PER GRAND PRAIRIE'S POSITION ON THE MAP. AND YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY AT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD JUST SOME INCREDIBLE PERFORMERS, YOU KNOW, JAMES BROWN AND AREHA, THE EAGLES BLUE MAN GROUP, STEVIE WONDER, HARRY CONNICK, AND THEN, YOU KNOW THAT VERY FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE, HERE WERE THE ROCKETS AND THAT WAS JUST KIND OF MAGICAL. WE HAD BOTH STEVIE'S WONDER AND NICK . WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AN SHOOTS EMPIRE, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS A EG OF THAT TOTAL REVENUE POINT? 10% 0.1. I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT PERCENTAGE, BUT I WILL SAY A EG IS BY FAR OUR BIGGEST HOLDING. OKAY. IT IS THE ONE, UH, I THINK AS JEFF HAD MENTIONED, IT STARTED OFF WITH THE KINGS AND THEN WE HAD TO BUILD AN ARENA TO, FOR THE KINGS TO PLAN GRAND PRAIRIE, I GUESS IN OUR TRAJECTORY GRAND PRAIRIE, BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY SAY THAT WAS LIKE PIECE NUMBER THREE. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AT THE TIME THAT WE ALL CAME TOGETHER WITH YOU. SO, UH, BUT AG G IS OUR BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT POINT I'D SAY. AND SIR, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT, MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT TIME. SO NOW THAT WE SIGNED UP, Y'ALL SIGNED UP FOR ANOTHER NINE YEARS. THE LAST NINE YEARS, WHAT DO Y'ALL PROJECT AFTER THAT ON THAT 10TH YEAR? BECAUSE NINE YEARS IS GONNA GO BY. IT'S WHERE Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL STARTED ANTICIPATING HAVING CONVERSATIONS? IT'S, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING. GOOD. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THE NINE YEARS WAS A CONTRACTUAL KIND OF EXECUTION, IF YOU WILL. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF SMART PLANNING TO SAY, NOT ONLY HOW DO WE KEEP KEEP THE PARTY GOING, HOW DO WE EXTEND, BUT HOW, HOW DO WE STAY COMPETITIVE AND WIN? RIGHT. YOU KNOW? RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY CERTAINLY THE DALLAS FORT MARKET HAS BECOME QUITE COMPETITIVE. QUITE COMPETITIVE. YES. HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. YEAH, NO, NO. AND FEEL FREE TO TALK TO NO, IT'S COME OUT DALLAS FOR WORTH IS THE NUMBER ONE RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH, IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE FOR SURE. MATT, IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON WHY YOU ENJOY HAVING SUCH A PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAND PRAIRIE AS A LEASE LEASEHOLD TENANT TYPE OF SITUATION FIRST, THAT'S EASY. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS EASY AND THE, THE RELATIONSHIP I THINK WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS, IS SO UNIQUE BECAUSE WE OPERATE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES AND IN, IN SOME OF THOSE CITIES IT'S SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE HERE. WHAT'S OUR DEAL? IT'S CONTRACTUAL. AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE WHATSOEVER WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I CAN SAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. WE'VE, WE'VE WEATHERED SOME PRETTY CRAZY THINGS. I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS, OUR BUSINESS IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. HERE COMES THE PANDEMIC, WE'RE SHUT DOWN. MM-HMM THE CITY WORKED WITH US TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS? THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE ICE STORM WHERE OUR FACILITY SUFFERED DAMAGE. AND WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S GET UP OFF THE DECK AND KEEP GOING. SO, UH, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FEELING TOWARDS THE CITY OF GREEN PRAIRIE IS WE FEEL LIKE YOU'RE OUR PARTNERS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU FEEL THE SAME ABOUT US. WELL, JEFF HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, HE CAN TELL YOU WHEN HIM AND I FIRST MET, IT WASN'T THE BEST. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. HE HASN'T, UNFORTUNATELY, HE GOT A LOT OF LASHES FROM ME FROM THE PRIOR AND SO, BUT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND, AND, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT TWO COMMENTS FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM THAT DON'T KNOW. THIS WAS BUILT OVER 20 YEARS AGO. THE CITY PUT IN WHAT, 20 MILLION. THE BUILDER PUT IN 60 SOMETHING MILLION OF HIS OWN. UM, IT WHAT AND UH, THEY WERE GONNA RUN IT, IT WAS CALLED NICK STAGE. THEY WERE FROM ARKANSAS OR MISSOURI. AND THEY, THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. HE HAD AN LLC AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CLAIMS AGAINST HIM. AND HE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THAT WAS, I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL WHEN IT OPENED. I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. AND I REMEMBER BEING IN THIS ROOM MUCH SMALLER WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO AND WE WERE JOKING THE NINE OF US, WELL, I'LL BE THE TICKET TAKER. I'LL DO THIS, I'LL DO THAT. 'CAUSE THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE FACILITY. IT'S NOT A WAREHOUSE THAT YOU CAN GET LOTS TO THINGS. THIS SPECIFIC USE FACILITY. THE JUDGE GAVE THE CITY THE RIGHTS TO IT [00:55:01] BECAUSE OF OUR BOND PAYMENTS THAT WE HAD TO IT. HE GAVE US THE RIGHTS TO ALL FOR THAT, LET'S SAY 20 MILLION. AND SO, BUT THEN YOU HAD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO OPERATE IT AND THEN STEPS A EG. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL 'CAUSE THAT, UH, YEAH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, IT'S A COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE AND UM, WE COULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TRYING TO RUN IT OURSELVES. THE SECOND ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UH, ON, ON TAG TEAM WITH MIKE STAFF. WE DON'T SEE ROBIN. I WORK WITH HER A LOT. LOVE YOU ROBIN. BUT JEFF'S YOUR POINT. JEFF'S YOUR POINT MA'AM. YES HE IS. LARRY, I KNEW, BUT LARRY NEVER WENT TO ANYTHING. KEITH, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, KEITH WAS FILLING THE SPACE FOR A TIME. JEFF HAS STEPPED IN, COMES TO THE EVENTS, HAS BEEN INVOLVED TAKING CARE OF ALL OF US, WHICH ISN'T EASY, , IT'S NOT EASY STARTING WITH YOU , HE WOULD AMEN THAT. YEAH. SO, UH, UH, I JUST WANT TO TELL Y'ALL, JEFF IS THE BEST. JEFF'S GREAT. WE LOVE HIM. HE'S NOT EVER MOVING BACK TO MINNESOTA. I HEARD THAT. YEAH. I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. I USED TO HAVE A SUITE THERE AND I WAS SO FED UP WITH THIS SERVICE BEFORE THAT. I SAID, I'M GIVING IT UP. MAYOR TOOK IT AND THEN AFTER WE STARTED BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP, I SAID, HEY, I WANT IT BACK, MAYOR SAID, HELL NO. YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT BACK, MR. ROUGH. YEAH. YEAH. AND I HAVE TWO SUITES OUT THERE. YEAH. AND, AND I LOVE IT. AND, AND THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M ABLE TO DO WITH, FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS TIME FOR US TO GET ON WITH OUR AGENDA. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I TURN IT. HE WANTS ONE A MINUTE. YOU THREE MINUTES. OH, GO AHEAD. THREE MINUTES. WE, WE JUST THOUGHT WE CLOSED. WE JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, UH, I THINK ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES IS WE TRY TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU. YOU CAN PASS AROUND. THIS IS JUST OUR, SOME OF OUR STORIES AROUND SUSTAINABILITY. WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND SOME OF THAT INTERESTING. SURE. AND THEN LASTLY, WE JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN INTERESTING THING TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE A G TEAM. GOOD. THREE MINUTES AND THANK YOU. MY HEART BEATS A LITTLE FASTER EVERY TIME I SET THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES ON THE PLANET. I GET TO BOOK MY FAVORITE BANDS AT THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC VENUES. I'M MAKE SURE OUR VENUE IS READY FOR OVER 18,000 FANS. EACH STARTED A FIELD MOSQUITO PAN DINING. I NEVER BELIEVED I'D BE MANAGING HR FOR THE FIVE TIME CHAMPION OF LAKE GALAXY. EACH YEAR A EG HOSTS OVER 15,000 CONCERTS AND 25,000 EVENTS ENTERTAINING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF FANS. WE DELIVER UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES TO PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE. THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, THE GREATEST TEAMS IN SPORTS, IN THE BEST FACILITIES ON THE PLANET. FOR BEST, I'M PROUD TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT INCORPORATES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN EVERY DECISION IT MAKES OUR BLEND OF MUSIC, FESTIVALS, SPORTS, AND VENUES GIVES A EG THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO REACH FANS THE WORLD OVER. WE OWN AND OPERATE THE MOST FAN FRIENDLY VENUES AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS IN THE WORLD. OUR COMMITMENT EXTENDS INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE PLACES WE CALL HOME. A G'S CO-COACHING IS TO DREAM BIG, BRING THOSE DREAMS TO REALITY WOMEN. A EG IS COMPRISED OF SOME OF THE GREATEST ASSETS ON THE PLANET, BUT OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET IS OUR EMPLOYEES. I'M DAN BECKERMAN, PRESIDENT AND C-E-O-A-E-G IS ABOUT INNOVATION, ABOUT CREATIVITY, ABOUT TAKING DREAMS AND MAKING THEM A REALITY. AND IT'S ABOUT SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT WHILE SETTING STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT CAN'T BE MATCHED. IT'S WHO WE ARE AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE LIKE US. OUR WORK IS CHALLENGING, BUT ALWAYS REWARDING. AND OUR COMPANY OFFERS ENDLESS OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO EXCELLENCE. I GIVE THE WORLD REASON TO CHEER. I GIVE THE WORLD [01:00:01] REASON TO CHEER. I GIVE THE WORLD REASON TO CHEER. I GIVE THE WORLD REASON TO CHEER. OKAY, SUGGEST SH I GIVE THE WORLD REASON TO CHEER. WE ALL GIVE THE WORLD REASON TO CHEER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM COLE HUMPS MAYOR AGENDA REVIEW. THANKS MAYOR AGENDA TONIGHT. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY COUNCILMAN NOKI. HE PLANS TO TABLE ITEM 12 AND THEN UM, ITEM 11, MAYOR WILL DO HIMSELF. ANYTHING BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU PRETTY QUICK ON ITEM 12 AND MAYOR WILL NOT START READING THIS SPECIFIC THOUGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1, SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE BTCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TONIGHT. ITEM TWO, DELIBERATE. UH, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.07. TWO DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY. ITEM FOUR, SECTION 5, 5, 1 20 0. 8 7 8 7 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. * 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.