[CC Briefings 04182023]
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INTRODUCE, I'LL LET STEVE TAKE IT.
HE'S GOT SOMEBODY TO INTRODUCE.
SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, DWAYNE IS RETIRING AND WE'RE DOING A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR OUR NEW PARKS DIRECTOR.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE, UH, HAVE AN INTERIM THAT'S GONNA KIND OF HELP US HOLD DOWN THE FORT UNTIL WE GET THAT NEW PERSON IN PLACE.
HE COMES WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
CHERYL, YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE RAY AND TELL EVERYBODY A LITTLE ABOUT IT? RAY, YOU GONNA COME UP HERE? SURE.
SO I WANT INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO RAY SERTA AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU ABOUT THIS GUY.
THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS, UM, A LOT OF PARKS EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THE INTERIM IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO HAS, UH, A LOT OF PARKS DEATH.
HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF FARMS EXPERIENCE.
HIS LAST POSITION WAS IN 2018.
HE WAS ACTUALLY THE PARKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF IRVING.
SO HE'S GONNA BE JOINING OUR TEAM UNTIL WE FIND OUR REPLACEMENT FOR DWAYNE AND HELPING US KIND OF LEAD, LEAD THE PARKS DEPARTMENT UNTIL, UNTIL WE FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.
SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE RAY AND RAY.
AND YOU WANNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? SURE, SURE.
SO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, THIS IS WHERE I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER IN 1990.
I, UH, RAN CHARLIE TAYLOR, RICK CENTER, OH, RIGHT FROM 90 TO 95.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN FROM 95 TO 2018, I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF IRVING, ACTUALLY, UH, WORKED MY WAY UP AND, UH, RAN THE DEPARTMENT FOR EIGHT YEARS AS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAD OVER A $20 MILLION BUDGET.
UH, WE DID MANY, MANY PROJECTS.
UH, WE EVEN PARTNERED WITH YOU GUYS, UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CAMPION TRAILS TO THE CONNECTION THAT WE DID WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, SO THAT, THAT WAS A VERY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WE DID.
SO NOW YOU CAN GET ON THE TR UH, THE TRAIL HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND CATCH ON INTO IRVING.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, WENT ON AND RETIRED IN 2018.
I WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE LIFE I DIDN'T EXPECT, FACING ADVERSITY AND WINNING.
IT'S ON AMAZON, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ IT, FEEL FREE TO GO DOWN ON TO AMAZON.
AND ALSO, UH, LATE TO 2022, I STARTED A PODCAST, UH, IT'S CALLED ROLLING WITH RAY.
UH, I INTERVIEW INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND ARE WINNING.
SO, UH, I'M MAX ANXIOUS AND EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR HOPEFULLY THE NEXT 190 TO 120 DAYS UNTIL Y'ALL FIND A PARTIAL RECREATION DIRECTION.
AND THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING? YES, SIR.
I SAW, I SAW MARY LIV YESTERDAY, THE FORMER MAYOR OF, UH, SHE WAS AT RAY AT, UH, RICK'S MEMORIAL.
I SAID, WE JUST KEEP TRADING PEOPLE, PEOPLE.
IN FRONT OF YOU, WE GOT THE BOX OF GOODIES, THE, UH, THE MAIN STREET
SO I SEE YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED SWAPPING BADGE, SO YOU GOT THAT FIGURED OUT.
BUT, UM, UH, YOU GOT, YOU GOT THE STUFF WHERE FOR ALL THREE DAYS, UH, SOME THINGS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, UH, I GOT A T-SHIRT AND THEN A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN YOUR BAGS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CALL ME STEVE OR CHERYL.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT WEATHER.
UM, ALSO WE, WE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU IS JUST A CHALLENGE POINT.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST, UH, WE'RE JUST CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A TWO TIME GOLD MEDAL, BUT WE ALSO WERE CAPITAL RE-ACCREDITED AND THAT THAT'S BIG FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THOSE CHALLENGE COINS IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, THIS IS A, A TOTAL FROM YOUR PARK.
AND PLEASE TRY TO JOIN US FOR DWAYNE'S RETIREMENT CEREMONY IF YOU'RE ABLE.
SO, UH, MAIN STREET, THIS WILL BE A VERY, VERY, VERY FAST, UM, PRESENTATION.
THE, THE FIRST THING I WANNA GO OVER IS, IS THE MAP.
MAP DIDN'T CHANGE A LOT FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, WHAT WE DID ADD THOUGH WAS THE, THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AREA RIGHT HERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF AN OPEN AREA BECAUSE WE LEFT THIS OPEN, UH, LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS DID ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAD SOME EXTRA ROOM FOR ARCH AND CRAFTS 'CAUSE ON, ON, ON THIS SIDE.
WE, WE DID GET REDUCED ABOUT BY HALF FROM, FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, THE PREVIOUS TIME.
SO NOW WE HAVE TWO PARTS FOR, UH, ARCH AND CRAFTS.
THE CARNIVAL, UH, WE, WE'LL START HERE ON SECOND.
THE ICONIC, UH, UH, FERRIS WHEEL WILL BE RIGHT HERE BY THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THE KIDS ZONE CARNIVAL COMES UP, WRAPS AROUND JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, BE A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, OF THE CARNIVAL UP IN THESE PARKING, PARKING AREAS.
THIS ROAD WILL STILL STAY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
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IS WHERE IT WAS.THE VIP UH, TENT, WE SLID OVER A LITTLE BIT TO, TO, TO GET OUT OF THE, THE WAY OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE ELECTRICAL BOX AND THE FRONT OF HOUSE, UH, TENT.
AND THEN THE MAIN STREET, UH, STAGE AREA IS, IS RIGHT WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE VIP PARKING.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE, UH, YOU'LL HAVE SOME VIP PASSES.
AND THEN HERE, HERE'S THE STAFF.
AND, AND REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE, THE, THE TRAILER RESTROOM, UH, THAT WILL BE OVER HERE.
SO IT, IT, IT'S, UH, IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, IT SHOULD BE A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC EVENT.
UH, WE'VE GOT THAT, WE'VE BEEN PUBLICIZED THERE ON ALL THE RADIO STATIONS THAT WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACTS WITH.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, TO HAVE, UH, THE TALENT COMING IN.
AND THEN HE, HERE'S OUR, OUR, OUR OPENERS AND OUR HEADLINERS, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, THE EVENT, UM, FOLLOWED BY THE MEAL.
WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL JOIN US FOR NOT ONLY LUNCH, BUT ALSO FOR THE DINNER VERSION OF THE, THE MEALS IN THE VIP.
UH, THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT THE, THE, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD HAD, HAD VOTED ON.
SO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE REAL BRAVO, UH, IN THE, IN THE 10TH SATURDAY, JASON'S DE FOR ABOUT A LUNCH, UH, SATURDAY NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE DICKY'S BARBECUE STARTING AT SIX O'CLOCK, UH, JERSEY MIKES WILL HAVE LUNCH AT 11 ON SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY MIXED UP BURGERS AT FIVE TO SEVEN ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
UH, AND AS ALWAYS, THERE'LL BE DRINKS AND SNACKS AVAILABLE INSIDE THE 10.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAIN STREET BEST AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INPUT.
UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM HUMPHREYS, COUNCIL MEMBERS JOHNSON NOBOS.
I THINK I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, HOW MUCH WERE WE UNDER BUDGET? WE COME IN UNDER BUDGET.
UH, WE HADN'T GOT ALL THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER YET.
I HADN'T GOT ALL THOSE NUMBERS.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID, ESPECIALLY, UH, FROM TOM HART, UH, THE MAIN STREET FEST WAS RICK'S VISION.
IT STARTED OUT WITH HIM RUNNING ARBOR DAYS OVER ELI, WHICH GREW TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAD 10,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING.
UH, FIRST TIME I WENT TO IT, UH, RANDY BYERS THAT WORKED AND RETIRED HERE, RETIRED OVER THERE.
HE FIRST TIME I'D EVER HAD A DEEP FRIED TWINE.
AND HE, HE WAS SET UP IN THE TENT OVER AT A DAYS IN THE DEEP FRIED TWINK.
THE HARBOR DAYS WAS HELD OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY HAD AT ONE TIME THE BEACH BOYS PLAYING AT A LEAGUES AND, UH, A BIG RAIN EVENT.
BUT THE RAIN ALL WEEKEND LONG, JUST, NO.
BUT THAT WAS WHAT RICK WANTED TO BRING HERE.
SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT NOT ON HIS BIGGEST SCALE.
'CAUSE HIS SCALE WAS OUT IN A FIELD THAT JUST, SO THIS WAS HIS VISION AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.
I'VE ENJOYED IT EVERY YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT THIS WEEKEND.
UH, UPDATE WHO'S, WHO'S GOT THIS ONE? BRETT? UH, WALTER, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE BRETT? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW BRETT.
BRETT IS OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.
HE HAS OUR ATION, UH, WITH A LOT OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENTS WORKING WITH.
UH, COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE T DOT 2023 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS.
JUST, JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR APPLICATION STATUS.
UH, WHAT I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY ABOUT IS THE GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS.
UH, GO WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY THE PROCESS AND WHERE STAFF IS IN THAT PROCESS, AND THEN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR.
SO, UH, BASICALLY THE TA SET ASIDE PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND OR MICRO MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE OR NON INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED PROJECTS.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAM, COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE STATE, THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
NOW, FOR THIS YEAR, SET ASIDE, THERE'S $250 MILLION, UH, THROUGH FY 25 THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THAT IS BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, DISTINCT CATEGORIES.
FIRST IS NON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS YOUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THESE ARE YOUR SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE PROJECTS.
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SHARED USE PAST BIKE LANES.YOU ALSO HAVE LARGE SCALE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
NOW, THESE ARE YOUR MORE CITYWIDE INNER CITY PROJECTS.
UH, KATY TRAIL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF ONE OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, MORE IN THE FIVE TO $25 MILLION RANGE.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU HAVE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.
NOW, WHAT THESE ARE, ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
SO CROSSWALKS, SIGNAL, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IS, IS STRICTLY THE PLANNING DOCUMENT SIDE OF THINGS.
AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AS TO WHY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS, UH, SPECIFIC CATEGORY WITHIN THIS CATEGORY.
ANY POPULATION AREA IN THE STATE IS ELIGIBLE, AND AS I SAID, IT'S COMPETITIVE.
SO WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE WHO'S WANTING TO SUBMIT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
THERE'S ABOUT THREE TO $5 MILLION AVAILABLE STATEWIDE.
UM, AND EACH PROJECT HAS TO BE AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, PROJECT THERE IS A 20% LOCAL MATCH ACQUIRED.
NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROCESS ENTAILS.
IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS WITH THE STATE.
THE FIRST IS A PRELIMINARY APPLICATION.
THAT'S US GOING OUT TO TDOT AND LETTING THEM KNOW THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO DO.
ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, TO COMES TO US AND TALKS ABOUT IT TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY.
UM, ONCE THEY FIND THAT A PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE, WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND STEP, WHICH IS GIVING THEM EVERY DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO.
AND THAT PUTS OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
UM, AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT AT THE MOMENT.
WE ARE, TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WE STARTED BACK IN JUNE OF 2022, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED.
UM, WE WENT TO SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATIONALS ABOUT THIS FUNDING PROGRAM IN DECEMBER.
THIS CALL FOR PROJECTS OPENED.
UH, WE SUBMITTED THAT PRELIMINARY APPLICATION DURING THIS TIME, UM, AFTER JANUARY, TXDOT REVIEWED THOSE THINGS.
THEY CONTACTED CITY STAFF, WE MET WITH THEM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
AND AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THIS PROJECT WE WANTING TO DO WAS ELIGIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.
SO FOR THE ERRORS ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROJECT.
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT APPLICATION.
UM, AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS WE'RE WANTING TO DEVELOP A MASTER BICYCLE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX.
UH, WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE TYPES OF ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THAT MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION.
WE WANT TO DEVELOP THE CITYWIDE MAP TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONNECT THE CITY THROUGH BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEE WHERE WE HAVE THAT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHERE THERE'S GAPS AND WHERE WE CAN FILL THAT IN WITH NEW PROJECTS.
AND SO, BASED ON THOSE, ON THAT ANALYSIS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A LIST.
WE WANNA HAVE A FEASIBLE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM AND IN THE LONG TERM.
SO CIRCLING BACK TO THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES, WE WANT TO TAKE THESE PROJECTS AND COME UP WITH A LIST AND GET THEM SHELF READY SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL CALL FOR PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS READY TO GO TO SUBMIT FOR THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO GET, UM, OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS WITH BICYCLING.
AND SO PUTTING MAYBE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY COME THROUGH SO WE CAN START GETTING BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, UH, WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THE NEXT STEP, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO, AND THIS WOULD BE IN THE NEXT, UH, MEETING OR TWO FOR, FOR ALL, IS TO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT APPLICATION, UM, TO, TO, UM, HAVE A, UM, THE PUBLIC ENTITY BACKING THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE ALSO, WE WANT TO GO THROUGH, I'M GONNA FINALIZE OUR SCOPE, BUDGET, AND TIMELINE FOR THIS APPLICATION.
UH, WE'LL SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN WE'LL WAIT FOR THE TEXTILE AWARD NOTIFICATION SOMETIME IN THE FALL.
SO THAT IS OUR OUTLINE OF NEXT STEPS.
UH, GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
I'LL BE FREE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT ME TO GOT.
ANYTHING I HAVE QUICK QUESTION.
YES, THAT'S, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A NEED, A NEED FOR BIKE RIDING AND I THINK PEOPLE ASK ABOUT INCLUDING THAT.
I THINK THERE'S ADDITIONALLY FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT COME WITH THAT.
UM, IS THERE A DISTINCT CONSIDERATION BETWEEN THE EXERCISE ENTHUSIAST VERSUS SOME FOLKS WHO JUST WANNA
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RIDE THE BIKE TO DOWNTOWN OR, SO THE WAY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS SET UP IS IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION RELATED ACTIVITIES.BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO TIE IT IN WITH OUR EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK TO SEE IF WE CAN REALLY ACCOMPLISH BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO MAKE AN INTERCONNECTED CITY, FIND THOSE GAPS IN THE EXISTING BICYCLE NETWORK, FILL THEM IN.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE RECREATIONAL LAND, UH, TRANSPORTATION RELATED BICYCLE IN THE CITY.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE CREATED A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY, REASONABLY, DEPENDING ON FUNDING, IT MIGHT BE CASES, SO WE MIGHT SAY JOHN HOPPER.
SO WE MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, SAGE, IT MIGHT BE PHASE.
SO OVERALL IT MIGHT TAKE TIME, IT MIGHT PUSH COSTS IN BUDGET.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR IDEAS LIKE HOW DO WE START THAT CONVERSATION? BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THIS PLAN IN PLACE, WOULD IT BE PLANNING, WOULD IT BE OUR TEAM THAT STARTS SHARING, HEY, THIS AREA WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BIKE SHOW.
IS THAT HOW YOU ENVISIONING THAT PROCESS TO WORK MORE OR LESS? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO GET A LOT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK DURING THIS PROCESS TO IDENTIFY, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY WITH SHORT AND LONG TERM PROJECTS.
SO WHEN WE HAVE AREAS THAT HAVE, ARE EXPERIENCING NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE COME IN AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THOSE LARGE SCALE, UH, PROJECTS SHOULD BE AND THEN HOW TO TIE THAT IN WITH THE EXISTING NETWORK AND PLAN PROJECTS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO DEPUTY AMERIPRO, TIM, A COUPLE OF ADD-ONS.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A PLAN LIKE WE DO WITH OUR MASTER TRAIL PLAN THAT WE CAN KNOCK THESE OFF REGULARLY, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AND KIND OF KEEP BUILDING ON IT.
AND THEN LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PROVIDENT AND HUB LINES DOWN IN SOUTH GATE, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING TO THEM BEFORE THEY EVER BUILD THE STREETS ABOUT MAKING THEM BICYCLE FRIENDLY.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, LET'S TRY TO GET THAT ON THE FRONT END AND LET'S LET THAT BE A DEVELOPER COST.
HUH? MAYOR HUMPHREY, COLE HUMPHREY.
A LOT OF CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEMS AND A FEW REGULAR ITEMS, LIKE ONE OR TWO OF EACH.
NOW, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM 22 REGARDING THE STREET SWEEP SERVICE BID 22.
MY QUESTION JUST STEPS FOR THIS, LIKE WHENEVER WE DECIDE TO GRANT A CONTRACT, ARE, IS THIS FOR LIKE THE ENTIRE CITY OR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND STREETS? GOOD QUESTION.
SOMEBODY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? YES.
THAT'S FOR THE, UH, FREEZER THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY AND THE CITY HALL AREA.
IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THE PARKS, PARKING LOTS AND
LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST THAT WE TAKE ITEM 29 OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND VOTE ON THE DEPUTY, THE STAFF NEED TO PREPARE ANYTHING OR ASK ANYTHING IN ADDITIONALLY? NO.
AND THEN MAYOR STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT WE TABLE ITEM 49.
UH, WE STILL, UH, NEED SOME INFORMATION ON THAT PROJECT.
YEAH, I HAVEN'T EVEN THE SECOND TIME.
EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T REACHED OUT THAT RIGHT? YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
SO, SO YOU READY? YEAH, YOU CAN I JUST DENY BE DONE? UH, OR DO WE GIVE ANOTHER FAIR SHOT? I MEAN, YOU, I MEAN WE, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO TONIGHT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO GIVE THEM, JUST SO WE KNOW, TO BE FAIR.
BUT WE COULD VOTE IT UP OR DOWN TONIGHT.
MIKE RASHAD AND, UH, RASHAD, HAVE THEY REQUESTED A TABLE? NO.
WE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME REVISED PLANS FROM THEM AS OF TO DATE, REVISED PLANS, REVISED PLANS, TRYING TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA REMOVE THE DRIVE, DRIVE THROUGH FROM THE APPLICATION, FROM THE REQUEST.
SO THAT'S GONNA CHANGE SOME THINGS.
WE WANNA LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK.
ALRIGHT, SO BECAUSE WE JUST RECEIVED IT TODAY, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE TO TABLE, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MIKE.
I MEAN, BUT SINCE THEY MADE SOME CHANGES WITH BRIAN, SO WE'LL TABLE IT TONIGHT.
MIKE, DO YOU WANT A TABLE OR YOU WANT YEAH.
YOU, YOU, YOU CAN, I'LL LOOK FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WERE, ARE AWARE THAT THE EDELMAN'S FAMILY IS NOT GOING TO BE DOING ANY MORE CATERING OR SUCH,
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BUT THEY, SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME CONTRIBUTOR AND FAMILY, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE? YES.UH, WE ARE AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
WE'VE ASKED, UH, JOHNNY AND JOE, UH, DO THEY HAVE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN A COUNCIL RECOGNITION OR SOMETHING AT THEIR RESTAURANT? WE'VE ASKED KELLY.
KELLY, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR US YET? BRISKET, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU YET.
MAINLY THE ANSWER IS WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.
CHERYL, STEVE, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS, UM, WE ARE DIFFERENT FROM KELLY.
I'M SPEAKING FOR YOU BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS.
WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THEY, I THINK THEY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THROUGH COUNSEL.
AND THEN WE, WE ALSO DISCUSSED MAYBE DOING SOMETHING AT, UH, PRAIRIE, PRAIRIE LAKES SURE.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE DETAILS.
SO KELLY WAS GONNA ASK THEM ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
WE'LL DO IT AFTER, AFTER, AFTER THE MONTH.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER THE LAST DAY WHEN THEY LEAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRANSITION PLAN AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT.
UH, WHEN MY DADDY PASTORED EIGHTH STREET, WE'D WALK TO BOB'S BURGER AND SHAKE AND YOU KNOW, ED WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR THERE.
WE'D, HE'D ALWAYS GET STUFF FOR THANKSGIVING THERE.
AND, UH, BEFORE THEY MOVED A NUMBER OF TIMES I PUT A PICTURE ON FACEBOOK TODAY THAT THEY WERE MAKING THEIR LAST BATCH OF JALAPENO FROM IN CHEESE.
THEY, UH, HE SAID FOREVER QUESTION MARK, THOUGH.
WELL, THEY PROBABLY MAKE SOME FOR SOME OF US SPECIAL ONES ON THE SIDE, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
THE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE FOR BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1, SUB CHAPTER D OF GOVERNOR CODE BPC TO DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM.
TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING ITEM THREE, SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074.
THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT AND STAFF, UH, THE NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES TO START OUT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.