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MEETING CALLS ORDER EIGHT 40.UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, CHERYL.
I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF SO WE GET TO THE GOOD STUFF.
THE DOWNTOWN UPDATE THAT CHIP HAS GOING ON.
NO, WE NEED TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE GOT A STARS GAME TONIGHT AND LAKERS GAME AND A LAKERS GAME AND A GOLDEN STATE GAME.
UH, REAL QUICK, JUST A REMINDER HOW WE GOT HERE.
UH, AUGUST 30TH, WE DID THE LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP BY FOCUS, ADVOCACY AND THE STAFF.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER, UH, WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THAT PARTY LIST THAT WE WENT OVER WITH OUR LOBBYISTS NEAR, WE HAD THE CMO REVIEW, THE PRIORITY LIST, AND THEN NOVEMBER 1ST, THOSE ITEMS WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR INPUT AND APPROVAL.
AND THEN FIFTH, IN NOVEMBER 15TH, UH, THAT DRAFT WAS REVIEWED WITH OUR LOBBYIST ONCE AGAIN, AND THEN IT WAS VOTED ON BY COUNCIL.
SO JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE OF HOW OUR PROCESS GOT US HERE.
UH, HERE ARE THOSE PRIORITY ITEMS, 8 3 7 18, WHICH THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S LIMITING PAPER TAGS.
UH, THAT CHIEF SAYS THEY MA JUST GREAT CHAMPION OF THAT PARTICULAR BILL.
THAT'S THE EXOTIC ANIMAL BILL THAT IS NOW OUT OF THE HOUSE, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR CRICKET BILL HAS BEEN VOTED ON.
UH, IT'S NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE ACTUALLY.
AND THEN HB 40 63 HASN'T BEEN MOVED, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN PUSH IT ON THE SENATE SIDE.
AND AS TEXAS ENTERTAINS, UH, GAMBLING AND YOUR FRONT RUNNERS ARE GONNA BE HB SEVEN 18 AND, UH, 8 74.
SO HERE YOU HAVE THE INSIDE SCOOP.
UH, THIS ONGOING PROCESS THAT WE DO, MAYBE WE'VE GOT THOSE EMAILS.
UH, WE'RE MONITORING 146 BILLS.
A LOT OF THOSE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ARE GONNA HELP US WHEN WE REVISIT THE LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOPS NEXT, NEXT SESSION.
SO IT'S GONNA GIVE US A LOT MORE FRUITFUL CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME, ONGOING, MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DIALOGUE WITH OUR DELEGATION.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD HOW WE WENT TO NLC, WE VISITED WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN AND, UH, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
WE'RE ALSO STILL IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR FIELD REPS, SHARON, WITH CONGRESSMAN EY, UH, MELISSA, UH, KYLER WITH CONGRESSMAN ELZ.
WE EVEN HAD RECENTLY THE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH SENATOR ROYCE WEST AND THE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH CHRIS TURNER AS WELL AS WE DO THE MEETING PROJECTS WITH HIM AS WELL.
IN THE INTERIM, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, TEXAS, MISBELIEF, NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AND FOCUS ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES ALERT US.
WE ARE PROBABLY ON, UH, TWO OR THREE ZOOMS A WEEK TALKING WITH, UH, TML, TALKING WITH NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AND WITH OUR LOBBYISTS ALMOST ON A DAILY CONVERSATION.
AND OF COURSE, INPUT FROM OUR STAFF AND COUNCIL.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF IN THE WORLD.
WE ALL KNOW THIS, AND SO I GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM THEM.
AND SO AS THE LEGISLATION MOVES ON, IT'S MOVING SO RAPIDLY AND FAST.
I'LL SEND EMAILS OF BILLS SPECIFICALLY TO THE, TO, UH, STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ANSWERING IN A TIMELY MANNER AND GIVING ME THAT FEEDBACK, UH, INPUT ON PARTICULAR BILLS.
AND, AND FROM THAT, WE GET OPPOSITION LETTERS THAT WE SEND TO CERTAIN CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEES, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STAFF TESTIMONY.
SO STEVE HAS TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF, UH, CHRIS TURNERSVILLE 41 17 AND 41 18, WHICH BRINGS TRANSPARENCY AND, UH, PUTS A LITTLE BITE TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATMOS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR MAYOR TESTIFIED ON SB 1 7 5, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FURTHER ON, WHICH DEALS WITH TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING.
HERE IS GOVERNOR AVENUE'S PRIORITY EMERGENCY ITEMS, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE APPROACH IT DIFFERENTLY.
AND THEN ENDING COVID RESTRICTIONS, SCHOOL OF CHOICE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, UH, TO SEE OUR, THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, THERE, WE SAW WHERE YOUNG MAN IS GONNA BE MAKING 90,000, UH, COMING OUT, BEING AN ELECTRICIAN, OF COURSE, OUR G-P-I-S-D ALSO HAS THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL TO CHOOSE, CHOOSE G-P-I-S-D.
SO THAT WAS JUST A SHAMELESS PUB IN THERE.
SCHOOL SAFETY, BE REFORM, BORDER SECURITY, AND OF COURSE, THE PROSECUTION OF FENTANYL DEATHS.
SB THREE, THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000 TO 70,000.
UH, BASICALLY ON THE SENATE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE IT DO MORE WITH THE EXEMPTION.
UH, SB FOUR IS GONNA DO WITH THE COMPRESSION RATE FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX.
AND THEN SB FIVE, THEY'RE INCREASING THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA
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INCREASE FROM 2,500 TO 25,000.UH, SO ORIGINALLY HAD A 76 MILLION FISCAL NOTE TO CITIES.
SB 28 IS JUST GONNA HELP FUND THE FUTURE WATER DEEDS.
AND THEN SB 29, THEY'RE BANNING LOCAL COVID MANDATES.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM NATIONALLY, UH, COVID IS NO LONGER IN A STABLE OF EMERGENCY.
SO WHAT IT MEANS IS YOUR VACCINES MAY NOT BE, MAY NOT BE DIFFERENT IN COST OF YOUR VACCINES, BUT IT MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN COST IN TERMS OF TREATMENT, JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.
SPEAKER FAILING PRIORITIES, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, THAT'S WHERE THE APPRAISAL TAX IS GONNA BE CAPPED AT 5%.
AND THAT INCLUDES BUSINESS PROPERTIES, UH, SCHOOLS SAFETY THAT BILL PROPOSES THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ARMED EITHER SECURITY GUARD OR POLICE OFFICER ON EACH AND EVERY CAMPUS OF SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THE TEXAS BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, CURRENTLY, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IN TEXAS WE HAVE 2.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE NOT RECEIVING BROADBAND.
AND THEN HB 100 IS STILL WITH SCHOOL FUNDING.
AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THAT IS THAT SCHOOL FUNDING WILL NOW BE BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND NOT A-D-A-A-D-A IS YOUR ANNUAL DAILY ALLOWANCE, MEANING THAT IT'S BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE OF EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.
PEOPLE FOR THIS SAY, IT IS GOOD THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NOT PENALIZED FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T SHOW UP TO SCHOOL.
THOSE AGAINST IT SAY, WELL, HOW ARE YOU GONNA HOLD SCHOOL RESPONSIBLE FOR ABSENCE? UH, H THREE 300 GIVE SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR ESSENTIAL BABY ITEMS AND FEMININE HYGIENE PROJECTS.
AND THEN TML PRIORITIES, THE STREET MAINTENANCE SALES TAX.
AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, DELEGATIONS, SENATOR NATHAN JOHNSON.
UH, IT'S GONNA ALLOW, UH, SALES TAX TO BE USED FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, I BELIEVE UP TO 2%.
AND THEN ONLINE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO POST OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND THIS IS ALWAYS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU DO IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
WELL, THE FIRST TWO ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THAT REQUIREMENT AND BE ABLE TO DO IT ONLINE.
THE LAST TWO ARE SAYING, OKAY, FINE, LET'S KEEP THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT ALSO REQUIRE THAT NEWSPAPERS POST THOSE MEETINGS ON THE WEBSITE AS PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT AUTOMATICALLY.
SUPER PREEMPTION, UH, HB 2127, AND, UH, IT'S COMPANION HB SB EIGHT 14.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE BROAD PREEMPTION FIELD PREEMPTION, LABOR, AGRICULTURAL FINANCE.
AND SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S GENERAL LAW CITIES THAT CAN ONLY DO WHAT THE STATE ALLOWS YOU TO DO.
AND THEN THERE'S HOME RULE CITIES THAT CAN DO, UH, WHATEVER THE STATE DOES NOT PROHIBIT, AS LONG AS YOUR CHA CHARTER ALLOWS THAT, AND THAT ALLOWS CITIES TO UNIQUELY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THEIR CONSTITUENCY.
NOW, WITH SUPER PREEMPTION, THEY'RE CHANGING ALMOST ALL CITIES INTO GENERAL LAW, UH, CITIES, WHICH KIND OF TAKES AWAY A LOT OF THE FREEDOMS THAT CITIES HAVE TO SERVE A CONSTITUENCY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A TEXAS THING, THIS IS A NATIONAL THING.
WE WENT TO, UH, NOC, WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY UNIQUE TO US, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NOTICE, UH, NOT OF THESE ARE DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT THE STATE FEELS THAT MANY OF THESE CITIES HAVE OVERREACHED.
THEIR, UH, BASICALLY CITIES HAVE MADE SOME OVERREACH.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A SHOTGUN BLAST, BUT WE'LL TAKE ALL THE RIGHTS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CAMPAIGN TO GET ALL YOUR RIGHTS BACK ONE BY ONE.
SO, SO FAR IT'S BEEN HEMMED UP.
UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT OF LEGISLATION WHERE YOU'RE KEEPING HOSTAGE.
UH, YOU LET YOU LET THAT BILL GO IN A HOSTAGE.
WE'LL LET THAT BILL WAS A HOSTAGE.
SO, SO FAR IT'S HELD UP, UH, AND IT HAS NOT GOTTA ANY MOMENTUM SINCE THEN.
UH, JUST TO KNOW REAL ONE REAL QUICK.
THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY CONSIDER AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND, UH, THIS PARTICULAR BILL WAS BECAUSE A FARMER, BRANCH FARMER, UH, DROVE HIS TRACTOR ALL THE WAY TO AUSTIN AND APPEALED TO THE, UH, APPEALED TO THE CAPITAL.
AND SO NOW WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS ALLOW, INCLUDING LIVESTOCK, UH, ALLOWS LIVESTOCK WITHIN YOUR CITY LIMITS.
THE ONLY THING THAT PROHIBITS THIS IS IF YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN PROVE THAT SOMEHOW IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND ALSO HOW HIGH THE VEGETATION GETS AND HOW CLOSE IT IS TO OTHER HOUSES.
THE IRONIC THING ABOUT THIS IS ONLY 4% OF THE LAND WITHIN THE CITY IS FARMING.
UH, THERE'S 96% OTHER PERCENT OF THE LAND THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FARM ON IS ACTUALLY OUT, IS UNINCORPORATED.
HB 2266, ONCE AGAIN, IS JUST A STATE LICENSE.
THE THING THAT REALLY IS CONCERNING IS HB 2127.
AND, AND SOME OF THESE IS ALLOWS A LAWSUIT.
SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREEMPTED, YOU CAN COME AND YOU CAN SUE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, GOVERNMENT BODY.
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GERALD, COULD YOU GO BACK ONE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON SENATE BILL 1 49, WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S AT IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW? SEND BILL 1 49.THAT ONE I DON'T THINK IS, IS GAINING TRACTION BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, UH, BEING COVERED BY THE HB 2127, BUT I'LL CHECK WITH HIM.
COMMUNITY CENSORSHIP, THIS IS THE BILL THAT BASICALLY DEALS WITH TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING.
AND THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS CITIES ARE THE STATE'S CONSCIOUS AND PRIVATE ENTITIES ARE THE CONTRIBUTORS.
THE CITIES CAN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CAMPAIGN, BUT PRIVATE ENTITIES CAN.
AND SO OFTEN THE CITIES LIKE PUBLIC DEFENDERS USING OUR KNOWLEDGE ON THE DEFENSE MARKET CONSTITUENTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DECADES OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLANNING, ENGINEERING, UH, FINANCE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO FORECAST THOSE IMPACTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, THIS RIGHT HERE WILL REMOVE OUR ABILITY TO USE OUTSIDE LOBBYISTS.
THEY DID CARVE OUT, IT DID ALLOW US TO KEEP TML, BUT WE STILL WON'T BE ABLE TO USE OUTSIDE LOBBYISTS, ALTHOUGH PRIVATE ENTITIES STILL WILL BE ABLE TO LOBBY.
THIS BILL CURRENTLY IS NOT GETTING ANY MOMENTUM.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT TIME KILLS BILL, NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE.
SO YOU HAVE 8,000 BILLS THAT YOU START WITH AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL TIME OUT AND GO AWAY AS WE HOLD.
THIS LIMITS THE EXTENT OF THE CITY'S ETJ FROM FIVE MILES TO A HALF A MILE.
AND, UH, CURRENTLY HASN'T MOVED.
IT'S BEEN FILED, BUT IT HASN'T GAINED A HEARING.
AND THEN BETON COURT, HE'S THE CHAIR OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND SO THIS ONE HAS HAD SOME MOVEMENT.
AND THEN WE GO DOWN TO, UM, HB 39 21 AND 1787, WHERE BASICALLY WE SAY THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES OVER 3000 POPULATION CANNOT REQUIRE LOT SIZES AND IT ONLY ALLOWS OR FEWER THAN 31 HOMES.
SPEAKING WITH THE AUTHOR OF THIS BUILDING, THIS OFFICE, THIS IS BASICALLY TO ENCOURAGE TOWN HOMES.
SO LOOKING AT AUSTIN HOMES ARE $600,000.
I PROPOSED THAT TOWN ARE STILL THIS EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN PAYING A $600, UH, NOTE.
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.
IN TERMS OF ENTITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE BILL, THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR DE RESTRICTIONS, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND ZONING.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER REMEDI THERE.
UH, ADUS BASICALLY THAT'S ACCELERATED DWELLING UNITS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITE OR WE GET TIRED OF THE KIDS AND PUT 'EM IN THE BACKYARD.
UH, THOSE, THIS BILL WILL ALLOW THOSE TO BE DONE, BUT WE STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL HOW THEY'RE BUILT, STILL HAVE LAWS AND WE CAN'T NECESSARILY REGULATE THAT THE A TU, THE ADUS THAT WE ADD PARKING.
BUT IF THE BUILDING WAS A U REMOVES PARKING, WE CAN REGULATE THAT.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE CURRENT PARKING OF THAT RESIDENCE INTACT.
PROPERTY AND SALES TAX, OF COURSE, WE WENT OVER, UH, SB FIVE AND WE WENT OVER, UH, 300, UH, SB 90, UH, 9 7 6.
IT BASICALLY REDUCES, UH, THE JURISDICTION TO A UNIFORM 3.5%, UH, TAX.
AND THEN ALSO IT GETS RID OF THE DI MINIMIS UH, RATE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MINIMUM RATE IS, ACCORDING TO GOOGLE'S, THE SUM OF THE TAXING UNITS WITH NO NEW REVENUE IN AND O AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU CAN CHECK WITH KATHY OR LEWIS, BUT SB 9 7 7, BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS NOW IT'S GONNA REDUCE THE RATE TO 8% TO 3.5 UH PERCENT.
AND THEN CITY FINANCE AND DEBT, ALL DEBT ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD IN IN NOVEMBER.
THOSE THAT ARE FOR THIS BILL SAID IT BRINGS TRANSPARENCY.
IT SAID IT IS GOING TO BRING MORE OF PARTISAN POLITICS INTO, UH, INTO THOSE ELECTIONS INTO LOCAL POLITICS.
AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PERSONNEL.
SB 2, 2 4 INCREASES THE PEN PENALTIES FOR CATALY CONVERTER, WHICH THE ENTIRE STATE HAS SUFFERED FROM, UH, THE STATE JAIL FELONY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO 30,000, THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 OF ATE CONVERTERS THAT YOU HAVE IS A FELONY.
AND THEN WE GET TO $300,000, IT THEN BECOMES A FELONY ONE.
AND THREE MORE MONDAYS TO THE END OF THE SESSION WITH
COUPLE QUESTIONS, GERALD, DEAR SUBJECT, UH, GREAT STORY TODAY ON THE NEWS WITH THE PAPER TAGS GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? HOW IT'S GONNA BE THE CEILING? THAT ONE I'M NOT EXPECTING.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY HANGUPS WITH IT.
THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE SENATE IS I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE YOU DON'T OUR THIS LEGISLATION IN GENERAL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLIGATORS GONNA GO BIG ENOUGH AND FIGHT YOUR ARM ON
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WHICH ONES ARE JUST GONNA BE FLUSHED OUT IN THE TOILET ON THAT.WHAT WE'RE NOT HEARING ANY BARRIERS SO FAR.
UH, THE CAR DEALERSHIPS THAT HAVE THE ONLINE MODEL, THEY WERE SOME RESISTANCE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE WORKING IT OUT AND I THINK IT HAS ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO MAKE IT TO THE SENATOR.
SENATOR WEST IS CARRYING THAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE COMPROMISES, INSTEAD OF EFFECTIVE IN 2024, MAYBE ALLOWING HIM TO 2025 TO GET IT THROUGH AND THEN, UH, ON THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR AN ARMED OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT, AT THE STATE LEVEL OF WHO PAYS FOR THAT? I THINK THEY ARE GONNA USE SOME OF THAT SURPLUS TO FUND THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A BIG QUESTION, BUT I'LL GO TO CHECK ON THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT PART OF THE GOAL OF THIS IS WHEN YOU SEE THESE HIGH PRIORITIES IS WHAT ALSO ARE WE GONNA DESIGNATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR? I MEAN THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE GOT A GREAT PERSON MONITORING ALL OF THIS, BUT IF SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE DECISION THAT CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE OFFICERS, BUT IF WE'VE GOTTA HIRE 50 MORE OR 50 DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT'S A HUGE, IT'S A PROBLEM.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE FUNDED, THEY HAVEN'T TALKED.
I'M ALSO ON THE TC MA PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE.
WE MEET EVERY WEEK ON DURING THE SESSION.
SO THERE'S BEEN NO TALK OF PUSHING THAT COST TO THE LOCAL LEVEL CITY AT THIS POINT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF AT THE STATE.
MAYBE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT NO CITY.
DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS OR WERE THEY GONNA BE STATE OFFICERS? THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN US AND GRAND PRAIRIE.
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE NOT OUR REQUIREMENT TO PUT THE OFFICER THERE.
IT WOULD BE GPS D'S REQUIREMENT AND THEN THE STATE LAW MANDATES THEM.
BUT WHO THEY WOULDN'T MANDATE IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A-P-G-P-P POLICE OFFICER.
HE SAID THAT COULD BE THEM R AN ARMED GUARD.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CERTIFIED.
BUT THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE QUESTION.
WHAT THAT MAY FORCE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO IS HAVE THEIR OWN FORCE, WHICH WE WOULD PREFER KEEP IT ADDRESSED.
BUT THAT MAY FORCE THEM TO, BECAUSE OF FUNDING.
BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO BE A A LICENSE PIECE OFFICER.
I THINK IT GOES BACK TO JEFF OR I ASKED CHIEF ABOUT EARLIER WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION FOR A FRIEND.
THAT'S SOMETHING POPOFF CAN DO LATER.
YOU GOT A GUN, BE SCHOOL DOING THAT.
AND A FORMER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GTS D OH, WE DO.
AND THIS, UH, DEPENDS ON WHAT THIS BILL SAYS.
HOW HAVE, WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT THERE IS A FINANCIAL COMPONENT OF THE BILL BEING DISCUSSED.
AND I WOULD THINK WITH THEIR, WHY WOULD THEY CUT, TRY TO CUT THE TAXES BUT THEN MAKE YOU PAY MORE.
I MEAN IT, IT, I THINK REASONABILITY LIST WOULD COME IN.
OKAY, WELL HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND THIS? INTERESTING ENOUGH JUST ON TAXES.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS, UH, ROYCE WEST TRIED TO GET THE SALES TAX.
THE ONE THING THAT THE STATE DOES HAVE CONTROL IT, IT DIED.
AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
THE DATA SHOWS, BUT PEOPLE AREN'T COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE THEY'D RATHER PAY THAT HALF A PENNY THAN ON THE LOBBYING.
ON THE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ON SPECIAL, SPECIAL, THE SCHOOL FINANCING AND ALL.
ARE YOU HEARING THE SAME THING LIKE 26 DAYS? YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD IT.
THERE IS PRESSURE AS YOU'VE SEEN THE TWEETS FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
HEY, HE'S SAYING, HEY, THE SENATE, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING.
AND SO HE'S TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE HOUSE TO MOVE.
SO, SO FAR NO TALK TO THE SPECIAL SESSION.
I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE HOUSE CAN OUTPUT.
IF IT HADN'T GONE OUT, GOTTEN OUT OF THE COMMITTEE BY A CERTAIN DATE, IT DIES.
AND THAT'S COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.
IT IS, UH, CHRIS WALLACE, THE CEO OF NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION WAS THE SPEAKER AT ROTARY FRIDAY.
HE BELIEVES THE LOBBYING GOAL'S GONNA DIE IN THE HOUSE UNLESS, UM, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SITS ON BILLS.
YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I DO.
AND THEN STARTS HORSE TRADING AT THE END.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING'S DEAD.
'CAUSE IT MAY STAY DEAD UNTIL THE HOUSE REALLY WANTS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT DAN PATRICK DOESN'T CARE ABOUT.
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SO HE'S SITTING ON A LOT OF BILLS THAT WE HOPE WILL DIE.THIS IS ANYTIME WE GO THROUGH THIS, THIS IS WHY WE ARE GLAD WE ONLY MEET.
THEY ONLY MEET EVERY OTHER YEAR.
I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR HOSTAGE FOR MY HOSTAGE HONOR.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALLED UP THE, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
BUILD THE, UH, THANK YOU GERALD.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO GERALD FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING US UPDATED.
AND SPEAKING OF ROTARY, OUR PROGRAM DIDN'T SHOW UP THE OTHER DAY.
AND, UH, JUST ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT, GERALD GOT UP AND GAVE THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.
SO YOU WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIM.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.
WE'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES, UH, FOR YOU GUYS.
WE WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.
WE'VE HAD A FEW CHANGES, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN GROUP AND HAVE BEEN CAMERON AND I AS A TWO PERSON TEAM FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
UH, BUT WE'VE ADDED TWO NEW MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM.
WE INTRODUCED YOU TO ALINA HARRIS, OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR LAST MONTH.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, RAY COZY, OUR FARMER'S MARKET MANAGER, HAS BEEN MOVED OVER.
HE'S, HE'S NOT MOVED TO THE ORGANIZATION, BUT HE'S NOW PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PROGRAM.
SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT.
WE'VE GOT TWO NEW PROGRAMS THAT ALINA'S GONNA BE ADMINISTERING.
UH, IT'S OUR BLOCK PARTY TRAILER AND OUR TOOL LENDING TRAILER.
AND WE'VE KIND OF MIRRORED THESE AFTER THE CITY OF ARLINGTON'S PROGRAMS. THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER IS JUST WHAT IT SAYS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON A BLOCK TO RENT OUT A TRAILER THAT COULD BASICALLY FULLY EQUIPPED FOR THEM TO HAVE A BLOCK PARTY.
THE TOOL LENDING TRAILER IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO YARD TOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THEIR HOUSE TO CHECK OUT UP TO FOUR TOOLS AT A TIME FROM THE CITY, UH, FREE OF CHARGE AND USE THOSE FOR THE WEEKEND AT THEIR HOME TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THEIR HOUSE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CODE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON CURRENTLY ADMINISTERS.
AND IT'S BASICALLY ANOTHER TOOL IN THEIR TOOL BELT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE, GETTING COMPLIANCE WITHOUT THE CITIZENS HAVING TO EXPERIENCE A, A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS WE INTEND TO ROLL OUT LATER ON DURING THE SUMMER.
THE TOOL LENDING TRAILER, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ARLINGTON.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE'RE GONNA ROTATE ON A SIX WEEK BASIS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE TO COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, AND START BACK OVER EVERY SIX WEEKS AND BE IN A CERTAIN AREA WHERE FOLKS COULD COME AND CHECK THOSE OUT.
NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA LIMIT THE PEOPLE WHO CAN RENT TOOLS OR BORROW TOOLS FROM US TO THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT EQUAL EACH WEEK.
IF WE HAPPEN TO BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND SOMEONE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX WANTS TO COME CHECK OUT A TOOL, THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE TO WHERE WE HAPPEN TO BE THAT WEEK.
BUT WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO START THIS SUMMER IS CALLED MARKET ON THE MOVE.
IT, IT'S, IT'S RAY HAS MOVED OVER UNDERNEATH THE DOWNTOWN OFFICES.
WE WANT TO TAKE THE FARMER'S MARKET OUT TO THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, THE FARMER'S MARKET LIVES AND BREATHES RIGHT HERE ON MAIN STREET AND IS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN CORE.
BUT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THE FARMER'S MARKET TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND WE ALSO WANNA GIVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER WHAT THE FARMER'S MARKET HAS TO OFFER IN THE HOPES THAT THEY'LL COME DOWN TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA START ONE SUNDAY, A MONTH BEGINNING THIS MONTH, AND WE'RE GONNA VISIT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS IS A LOCATION, PREFERABLY THAT'S ALREADY CITY OWNED, A PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE NEED PARKING AND WE NEED RESTROOMS AVAILABLE.
WE'RE GONNA BE OPEN FROM NOON, EXCUSE ME, FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL NOON ON THESE SPECIFIC SUNDAYS.
AND RAY IS RECRUITED A TON OF VENDORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT OUR FARMER'S MARKET, AND WE ARE OPEN TO OTHER VENDORS WHO MAYBE DON'T VISIT OUR, OUR NORMAL FARMER'S MARKET.
THERE'LL BE NO CHARGE FOR VENDORS TO SET UP AT THIS.
THE ONLY, OR THE ONLY LIMITATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS THE SIZE OF THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FIRST MARKET ON THE MOVE IS GONNA BE ON MAY 21ST.
IT'S GONNA BE IN DISTRICT SIX.
I'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON ABOUT THE, UH, LOCATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CITY, I'LL BE CONTACTING EACH OF YOU GUYS ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPACES, BUT ALSO OPEN TO SOME OTHER IDEAS.
YOU MAY KNOW OF A PLACE THAT'S A GREAT FIT OR, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A CITY OWNED FACILITY.
IF YOU COULD HELP US GET PERMISSION FROM A PRIVATE LANDOWNER OR A PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNER TO SET IT UP IN THEIR LOCATION, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.
WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS CITY OWNED FACILITIES JUST BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT PERMISSION TO USE THOSE.
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WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO THE WHOLE CITY AND WE HOPE THAT IT IS A BENEFIT TO THE DOWNTOWN MARKET AND ALSO TO YOUR DISTRICTS AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING, MUSIC ON MAIN.
THIS IS NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
THIS THURSDAY IS OUR SECOND CONCERT OF THE, UH, SERIES.
IT'S GONNA BE THE LOT OF LATIN BAND.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR KICKOFF FOR, UH, SECO DE MAYO WEEKEND.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THESE GROUPS COMING OUT.
WE, WE DO OUR BEST TO BE AS DIVERSE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THIS BAND IS GONNA BE VERY EXCITING.
THEY ARE SALSA GUE, UH, THEY GET PEOPLE UP AND DANCE AND IT IS A BIG BAND WITH, WITH HORNS.
I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, EIGHT PEOPLE DEEP.
SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE US THIS THURSDAY AT SIX 30.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST REQUESTED BY SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS TO BRING A PRICE FOR SYNTHETIC ICE RINK.
UH, WE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE COST OF THE REDOING THE ICE RINK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UH, COUNCIL FELT LIKE THAT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR ON THE COST AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'VE GONE BACK TO OUR VENDOR AND WE'VE GOTTEN A PRICE TO DO A SYNTHETIC ICE RINK.
IT'S $40,000 FOR THE COMPLETE SETUP OF THE, OF THE RINK FOR THE THREE DAY OPENING WEEKEND RUN.
THIS WOULD COVER THE NIGHT OF THE TREE LIGHTING THE FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UH, DECEMBER THE FIRST.
AND THEN ALSO STAY UP FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
WE WOULD HAVE EXTENDED HOURS OVER WHAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR FROM OUR ICE RINK SINCE WE COULD ONLY BE OPEN FOR THREE DAYS.
UH, THE VENDOR FELT LIKE THE SYNTHETIC ICE MIGHT LOSE A LITTLE MOMENTUM IF WE DID IT FOR THE FULL RUN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN THE, THAN THE REAL REALIZE.
BUT HE DID FEEL LIKE THAT DOING IT FOR A SPECIAL WEEKEND.
AND WE'VE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT DOING AN, AN OPENING WEEKEND, A THREE DAY EVENT, BASICALLY STARTING WITH THE TREE LIGHTING ON THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, DOING SOMETHING ON SATURDAY, DOING SOMETHING ON SUNDAY.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT FOR A COST OF $40,000.
AND I THINK STEVE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT BRINGING THAT.
JUST AS YOU ALL RECALL, THE, THE ICE WAS ABOUT THREE TIMES THAT MUCH, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA BRING, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BROUGHT YOU THIS OPTION.
SO WE JUST NEED SOME DIRECTION BECAUSE NOW IS WHEN WE HAVE TO RESERVE THESE FACILITIES ONE WAY.
THE OTHER, AND THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU THIS EVENING.
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL PRICE FOR THE ICE FROM THE ENTIRE MONTH THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR WE WERE $175,000 IN FOR THE ICE.
UH, THE PROPOSALS THAT WE BROUGHT TO Y'ALL EARLIER ON ALSO INCLUDED EXPANDING THE ICE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING A, UH, A TENT OVER THAT ICE.
I THINK THOSE NUMBERS CAME IN CLOSER TO $250,000.
UH, THIS OBVIOUSLY WOULD COME IN WELL BELOW.
NOT ONLY THAT PROPOSAL, BUT OF COURSE WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR.
THIS IS ABOUT A QUARTER OR A LITTLE BIT LESS.
THIS ISN'T A FAIR COMPARISON BECAUSE THIS IS THREE DAYS.
SO WHAT WOULD THE DIFFERENCE TO, TO DO SYNTHETIC ICE OVER THE FULL RUN IS ABOUT DOUBLE THIS.
SO IT'S ABOUT $80,000 AND THAT'S MAINLY CAUGHT UP IN THE, IN THE COST OF, UH, LABOR.
IT WOULD BE 8,000 FOR A WHOLE MONTH IF WE DID THE WHOLE MONTH.
AND THAT WOULD BE, IF WE COULD SECURE THESE GUYS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.
WE'RE A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME AGAIN, JUST LIKE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
WE DID GET LUCKY LAST YEAR AND BEING ABLE TO SECURE THEM TO COME IN.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS VENDOR.
IF, IF COUNCIL DECIDED THEY WANTED US TO GO FOR THE FULL MONTH, I, I LIKE TRYING THIS.
I, I THINK THAT WEEKEND, THOSE OF US THAT SHOWED UP THAT WEEKEND, IT WAS KIND OF BUZZY.
WE HAD SOME CHOIRS FROM THE SCHOOL SING.
AND I COULD GO EITHER THE WAY FULL, BUT THIS IS A NICE WAY TO TRY IT.
AND ONCE WE GET MAIN STREET SHUT DOWN, WE COULD KNOW, BOY, IT DID SO WELL, WE CAN EXPAND IT.
BUT 40,000 FOR THREE DAYS VERSUS 80,000.
IF THOSE WAS ARE ALL IN COST, IS THAT THE ALL IN COST? EIGHT? NO, THAT 80,000 WOULD BE THE COST OF THE RINK TO OPERATE THE RINK.
PLUS WE WOULD HAVE OTHER LABOR FI FIGURES COMING IN.
THAT IS NOT ALL IN THAT'S THE COST OF THE RING.
BUT IT WOULD STILL BE A LOT CHEAPER.
THEY'D GET IT FROM $80 A PERSON.
AND I WILL SAY AGAIN THAT WE MIGHT LOSE SOME MOMENTUM GOING TO SYNTHETIC ICE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS OVER, PARTICULARLY FOR THE LONG RUN, THE NOVELTY FOR THE WEEKEND.
WE SHOULD KEEP THE BUZZ GOING.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WE SHOULDN'T TRY IT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE VENDOR CAUTIONED US AGAINST.
I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING 40 FOR THREE DAYS.
I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
SO YEAH, BUT YOU'D RATHER, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, 80 FOR THE WHOLE TIME IS MUCH MORE REASONABLE AND IT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN THE QUARTER MILLION.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO DOWNTOWN? WE'RE WE'RE FIXING THE, WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO GET PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
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LOSE TOO MUCH MOMENTUM BY USING THE SYNTHETIC.UH, WHO KNOWS IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE FINISH DOWNTOWN, WE CAN DO THE SYNTHETIC AND THE ACTUAL ICE BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
SOMEBODY WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATE? WARM COULD DO THE SYNTHETIC AND GET COLD.
I'M OKAY WITH THE 80 IF HE CAN GET IT.
THE 80,000 IS JUST FOR THE ICE CREAM.
NOW YOU'RE TALKING NO SYNTHETIC LABOR.
THE FROM THREE DAYS TO 30 DAYS.
WHAT'S THE LABOR? UH, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOK AT ALL IN CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VERSUS A QUARTER MILLION FOR THE ICE.
I'M STILL OKAY WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO, DOES THIS NEED TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM? IT, IT'LL COME BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE NEED DIRECTION IF WE COULD DENY IT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO DO, IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 16, WE'RE TAKING, UM, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION THEY ALL WANNA GIVE, YOU CAN DO IT AS A MOTION AT THE, DURING AN ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TONIGHT? A MOTION AT TONIGHT AT SIX 30.
LET ME, LET ME FURTHER EXPLAIN THAT, MEGAN.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A NEW THING FOR US.
WELL, WE COULD DO A MOTION TODAY.
WELL WE, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ON THE SAME NIGHT, YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
IF IT FEELS RUSHED, WE CAN BRING IT BACK IT THE NEXT DAY.
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? Y'ALL WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA MATTER? LET 'EM MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET IT FOR A MONTH.
PUT IT ON AGENDA THE 16TH, MAKE SURE WE CAN GET IT FOR A MONTH.
GO TO ITEM 16TH FOR THE WHOLE MONTH AND THEN GET THE ALL IN.
IS THAT OKAY WITH IT? MOST EVERYBODY, LET'S DO THANKS.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
WE ALREADY MOVED PEOPLE ALONG.
WELL, BACK TO THE, UH, MARKET ON THE MOVE.
UH, YOU SAID EIGHT TO ONE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.
IS THERE ANY EIGHT TO NO EIGHT? IS THERE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN THAT SINCE WE HOPE SOME PEOPLE WILL BE AT CHURCH BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12? WELL, THE, THE, THE TIME IS PICKED BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, QUITE FRANKLY.
AND NOT BEING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET WHERE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE SHADE COVER AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE SUN, WE'RE GONNA BE REMOTE AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE.
I THE BIGGEST CONCERN THOUGH IS FOR OUR VENDORS WHO ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE, PRESUMABLY FROM ABOUT 7:00 AM UNTIL ABOUT 1230 OR ONE BREAKING DOWN AND WITHOUT, WITHOUT THE GUARANTEE OF SHADE AND, AND THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT.
SO THOSE DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CITY BUILDING WITH
SO THAT'S WHERE I, WHERE I, WHERE I HOPE THAT, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN HELP ME LOCATE A SUITABLE FACILITY.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, I I'VE LOOKED AT YOUR DISTRICT ALREADY BECAUSE IT IS SECOND ON THE LIST.
UH, I'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS THAT ARE CITY PARKS AND IF WE HAVE TO, WE'LL BRING IN PORTABLES FOR THE, FOR THE RESTROOMS. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT OPTIMAL, BUT WE DO HAVE FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND IF THEY, THAT'S SOMETHING, EVEN HOME DEPOT'S GOT A LARGE PARKING LOT GRASSY AREA OVER ON THE SIDE.
I THINK THEY WOULD PARTNER WITH US.
THE ONLY PICK UP A, I MEAN, I WISH, I WISH WE HAD LIKE A SATURDAY SOMEWHERE TIED INTO THIS.
BUT I'M THINKING THE, OUR EFFORTS OF KEEPING GRAND PRAIRIE CLEAN AND WE GO TO EACH DISTRICT TO DO TRASH HAZARD, HAVING BOTH OF THESE TIED IN TOGETHER IS PROBABLY GONNA DRAW MORE, MORE PEOPLE IN S**T.
WELL, THE, THE FARMER'S MARKET OPERATES EVERY SATURDAY AND IT'S, AND IT'S NORMAL LOCATION.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR US TOO.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE SAME VENDORS DOING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY? YES, SIR.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE RECRUITED A LOT OF THE VENDORS FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANY NEW VENDORS THAT, THAT MAY BE DISTRICT SPECIFIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT.
IF YOU'VE GOT VENDORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT THAT HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THE FARMER'S MARKET, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THEM.
BUT IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE VENDORS, RAY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF RECRUITING.
RAY, YOU'VE GOT, TELL ME THE NUMBER AGAIN.
I WELL I, WE'RE RIGHT AT ALMOST 30 FOOD VENDORS AND ARE RIGHT AT, WELL WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED OF, OF CRAFT VENDORS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED, INDICATED INTEREST.
CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF THOSE VENDORS WILL BE AT EACH ONE.
WE HAVE TO LIMIT IT DUE TO SIZE.
BUT THAT, THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT RAY'S BUILT WITH THE VENDORS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT AND HOW EXCITED THEY ARE TO GET OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND WANT TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
LET'S BE INTERESTED, SEE HOW IT GOES THROUGH.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T EXPAND UPON IT IN YEARS TO THE FUTURE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT WE FIND THAT THIS IS A GREAT DEAL AND, AND ONE SATURDAY A MONTH WE DON'T OPEN IN THE NORMAL FARMER'S MARKETPLACE.
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WE TAKE THIS OFF.I THINK WE ALWAYS GOTTA, YEAH, I I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GO, YOU NEVER GO TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS FARMER'S MARKET TO BE CLOSED.
SO WE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND UPON THIS AND LOOK AT, LOOK AT DIFFERENT TWEAKS.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME RUN AT IT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, WHAT, WHAT WILL, WHAT WILL BE THE MOTION ON ITEM 16? WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ONE TONIGHT.
TO MAKE SURE WE RESERVE ITEM 16.
YEAH, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA THE ABILITY TO PUT A STAFF
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO GIVE HIM TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT TONIGHT.
WE DID, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE MOTION ON THE 16TH ONCE HE KNOWS HE CAN GET IT.
IS THAT WHAT WE DECIDED? YES, SIR.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO.
I WANT TO NOTE OF THAT ON ITEM 12, UM, IT WAS NOT REVIEWED BY PLANS AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
MEGAN HAS A PROBABLY A BETTER EXPLANATION, BUT WE DID NOT REVIEW ITEM 12.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, UM, PRO HOLDINGS IS GONNA PAY US FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING AS PART OF OUR PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING, IT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
IT WAS JUST A TYPO THAT IT HAS IT, UH, THAT IT WAS REVIEWED BY F AND G.
MIKE, IS YOURS BACK ON HERE TONIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND I THINK THEY REMOVED THE, UH, DRIVE THROUGH.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER ONE DELIBERATION REGARDING PROPERTY.