[CC Briefings 006062023]
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GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING ORDER, UH, STAFF PRESENTATIONS.CITY MANAGER, YOU GOT CHERYL, CAN YOU GET UP THERE AND UH, RUN THE SLIDES FOR ME, MR. PLEASE, MA'AM.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE, SHOULD HAVE A, YOU MAY NEVER, MAY NOT HAVE A HARD COPY.
WE'RE GONNA GO, SO JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT, SHE'S PULLING THAT UP AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR SLIDES.
YEAH, SO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE, CHERYL.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS WHAT WE COVERED LAST TIME AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.
SO AS A REMINDER COLUMN TO YOUR LEFT IS WHAT WE HAD ALREADY SPENT, UH, IN TRYING ONE EQUALED ABOUT 14 MILLION.
WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS THAT RIGHT COLUMN OF 21 8, WHICH FULLY EXPENDED OUR 36.7 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS.
SO LOWER LEFT, IF YOU'LL RECALL THAT LEFT, UH, A BUDGET OF ABOUT $18 MILLION FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA NOW CALL COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
SO FORMALLY ARPA, BUT BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS EXPENDED, THESE ARE NOT COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE INFORMAL BUDGET, UH, WOULD BE AT, AT 17.8 MILLION.
OKAY, CHERYL? UH, I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE MOVE, GO BACK PLEASE MA'AM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT? OKAY, SO NOW WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UH, THIS WAS FORMALLY CALLED TRANCHE TWO OF YOUR ARPA FUNDING.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL HAD KIND OF NARROWED IT DOWN TO IN YOUR SECOND TRANCHE.
THE ASTERISKS BY FISH CREEK AND HILL STREET PARKS, THAT THOSE TRANCHE TWO WAS THREE 50 EACH, BUT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED 500 EACH IN TRANCHE ONE.
SO YOUR BUDGET NOW BECOMES $19 MILLION BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO DOUBLE COUNT THAT MONEY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER SPENT OUT OF TRANCHE ONE.
WE MOVED IT FORWARD FOR BOTH PARKS BECAUSE YOU HAD 500 IN TRANCHE, 1 3 50 IN TRANCHE TWO FOR BOTH PARKS.
SO YOU'VE STILL GOT EIGHT 50, UH, ON YOUR LIST AND YOUR, AGAIN, YOUR BUDGET WOULD BECOME ABOUT 19 MILLION 'CAUSE WE WILL ADD THAT MILLION BACK IN.
SO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED ARE THESE TWO PARKS, UH, THE INFORMATIONAL SIGN PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THOSE STATIC DECORATIVE SIGNS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS WHERE CA YOU KNOW, COUNCIL TOWN HALLS, IMPORTANT EVENTS WE CAN PUT UP BEHIND GLASS IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL SETTING.
SOUTHLAKE HAS SOME THAT LOOK REALLY NICE.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT STARTING OUT WITH A FEW OF THOSE AT 300,000.
AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ARE STILL UP FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE VETERANS PARK STAR CANOPY, WHICH IS THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND THE RENOVATIONS.
AND, UM, THE, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THE MUSIC PAVILION, CULTURAL ARTS.
UH, WE HAD THE ADDITIONAL, UH, RECREATIONAL CRICKET PITCH ON EAST MAINE.
SO THIS WAS TO MOVE THE RUGBY FIELD ACROSS THE STREET ON EAST MAIN AND TO ADD A SECOND CRICKET PITCH TO HAVE TWO RECREATIONAL CRICKET PITCHES.
YOU ALL HAD TALKED ABOUT 2 MILLION, UH, FOR THE, UH, ADDITION OF FOUR, UH, MULTI-PURPOSE PRACTICE FIELDS, UH, AROUND THE CITY.
SO THAT TOTAL, AND I'M GONNA JUST, LET'S PUT A PAUSE ON THE MUSIC VISION AND CULTURAL ARTS 'CAUSE I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THAT TOTAL RIGHT THERE IS 8.7.
SO YOU'VE STILL GOT ABOUT 10 MILLION THAT YOU HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED, UM, ON HOW TO SPEND THAT.
SO THESE ARE ROUGH ESTIMATES ON SOME OF YOUR PENDING PROJECTS.
AND, AND, AND THE MOST ACCURATE ESTIMATE IS GONNA BE THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE MINOR LEAGUE CRICKET, THE CULTURAL ARTS AND THE MUSIC PAVILION.
VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY, UH, DEFINED SCOPE YET.
I CAN TELL YOU ON THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER, BASED ON WHAT YOU ALL THAT, THAT SMALL WORKING GROUP OF, OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS JOHNSON AND ZA HAVE COME UP WITH RIGHT NOW, THAT PROPOSED SCOPE WOULD BE THAT 18.5 TO 21 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALL MAY CHOOSE TO KEEP THAT SCOPE OR, OR, OR REDUCE IT DOWN.
JUST AS A REMINDER ON THAT PROJECT, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT SURVEYS AFTER THE SUMMER TO THE CITIZENS.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE CITIZENS FOR INPUT AND THAT ALSO MIGHT AFFECT YOUR SCOPE.
UM, LET ME QUICKLY KIND OF JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, TELL YOU ALL, UH, WHAT WE, WE
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WOULD DO ON BOND ISSUANCE.SO WE GOT WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL.
WE CAN DO THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH MEANS THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN GETTING THEIR INPUT FOR THE, THE, THE PROGRAMMING.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS ON THAT, ON THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND THE MUSIC PAVILION.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF WE PUT THAT UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEN WE CAN LIKELY USE COS FOR THOSE AS WELL.
IF WE DON'T PUT THOSE UNDER, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND GO TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL.
BUT THERE IS A PATH ON THOSE OTHER TWO PROJECTS TO LIKELY DO THOSE WITH COS AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAILS TO THAT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR GUIDELINE.
SO YOU CAN DO ALL THREE OF THOSE ON COS IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT BASED ON HOW WE WOULD FORMAT THAT.
UM, THE MINOR LEAGUE CRICKET FACILITY, YOU KNOW, TO ME, I, I THINK WE HOLD ON THAT DESIGNATION OF FUNDS.
AND HERE'S WHY I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE IT OFF OF THIS LIST.
AND HERE'S WHY I'M REALLY GONNA PUSH MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET AND THE TEXAS FRANCHISE TO HELP US WITH THAT.
WE, WE, WE BOUGHT THE LAND UP THERE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE GETTING READY TO CLOSE ON IT IF WE HADN'T ALREADY.
I THINK WE TAKE THAT ONE OFF AND LET'S WORK WITH THEM AS A PARTNER, TRY TO GET THEIR MONEY TO BUILD IT.
AND IF WE DON'T, WE CAN ALWAYS PUT IT IN THE CIP.
RIGHT? SO TO ME ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
NOW HERE'S WHAT STAFF, HERE'S, HERE'S A POSSIBLE OPTION THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR YOU.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ONE OPTION AND THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER.
YOUR LAKE ROOTS COMMUNITY CENTER IS, IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST TO BEING READY TO GO AHEAD AND DO RIGHT.
WE, WE'VE GOT A, A PRETTY GOOD PLAN IN ACTION.
WE, WE'VE HAD GREAT MEETINGS, SO WE COULD JUST KEEP THAT ONE MOVING.
NOW, THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT THE NEXT MEETING ON SITE SELECTION, WE'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN.
SO I THINK WE COULD CONTINUE ON SITE SELECTION BECAUSE SITE SELECTION WILL REALLY DICTATE COST.
IF WE PUT IT ON CITY ON LAND, IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH DIFFERENT COST THAN IF WE HAVE TO BUY LAND.
SO I THINK YOU STILL, WE STILL KIND OF MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH SITE SELECTION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ONE IN DALLAS, I THINK IS 27,000 SQUARE FEET.
THEN WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT BASED ON THE LAND YOU CHOOSE, WHAT TYPE OF SCOPE AND AND SIZE.
SO I THINK WE COULD KEEP THAT ONE MOVING.
AND THEN, UH, AND I'VE TALKED TO MAYOR PRO TIM HUMPHREYS ABOUT THIS, A SUGGESTION WE HAVE ON THE MUSIC PAVILION.
UM, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE'RE DEVELOPING, UM, CALVARY BAPTIST, WE COULD, UH, SHUT DOWN THIS FOUNTAIN OUT FRONT.
WE COULD CREATE A MUSIC STAGE RIGHT HERE IN OUR GREEN SPACE.
AND THEN AS TURN BACK PROGRESSES AND WE GET SYNERGY, I THINK THERE STILL WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THE, IF THE DEMAND IS THERE TO DO A MUSIC PAVILION AT BOSE.
BUT YOU COULD DO KIND OF A CRAWL, WALK, RUN.
WE COULD MAYBE DO SOMETHING PRETTY QUICK RIGHT NOW IN THIS, UH, UH, FOUNTAIN AREA.
AND THEN LONG TERM, WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT BOSE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE DON'T OWN THAT LAND.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT A PHASING APPROACH, THEN, THEN WE WOULD RANK LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER READY TO GO, UH, WITH NOW PROBABLY THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER READY TO GO TO, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND SITE SELECTION FOR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A CONSTRUCTION A YEAR LATER, GIVE OR TAKE.
AND THEN THE MUSIC PAVILION, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT NOW IN THE FOUNTAIN AREA.
AND THAT FOUNTAIN IS PROBLEMATIC FOR US ANYWAY.
UH, WE COULD DO THAT NOW IN THE FOUNTAIN AREA.
AND THEN WE, BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION, COULD CREATE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AND A MUSIC PAVILION AT, AT BOWS.
SO THE FINAL THING, I'LL, I'LL SAY BEFORE, UH, WE ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I START TAKING NOTES, UNLESS Y'ALL TELL ME I'M NOT PLANNING TO BRING THIS BACK UNTIL THE AUGUST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU GUYS PLENTY OF TIME TO DISCUSS, LET US LET US MAKE NOTES ON YOUR FEEDBACK.
IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT BACK TO A STAFF PRESENTATION BEFORE THE AUGUST BUDGET WORKSHOP, BE HAPPY TO, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW IF NOT AT THE AUGUST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO DESIGNATE THAT 19 MILLION BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BUDGET THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS.
RIGHT? SO I I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET US TO PUT A BOW ON IT.
NOW, YOU ALL CAN SPEND MORE THAN 19 MILLION AND YOU CAN SPEND LESS, RIGHT? THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS FROM THE ARPA ARPA CREDIT, YOU HAVE 19 MILLION THERE.
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BUT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTION.IF YOU SAY, HEY STEVE, WE WE'RE ONLY GONNA SPEND 15 MILLION.
WE'LL, OKAY, WE WILL DIVERT THAT FUNDING TO SOMETHING ELSE.
OR, HEY, WE WANNA SPEND 30 MILLION.
AND THEN I'LL GO, OKAY, THEN HELP ME REPRIORITIZE THE OTHER THINGS IN YOUR BUDGET.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS VERY FITTING FOR A BUDGET WORKSHOP DISCUSSION AT THE END OF THE NORMAL BUDGET WORK, KNOWING THAT YOU ALL HAVE A CREDIT OF AT LEAST 19 MILLION.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL'S DECISION ON HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT BUDGET.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION
MULTI HUH? THE MULTICULTURAL CENTER.
YEAH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE GIVE IT AS, CAN WE CHANGE IT BACK TO MULTICULTURAL? 'CAUSE THAT CAN BE VERY, THAT CAN BE VERY DIS UH, MISREPRESENTED.
ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO GO TO VOTERS.
CHERYL WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS, BUT, BUT WE CHANGE WHETHER WE GO TO THE VOTERS OR NOT.
THAT'S YOUR ANY OTHER FEEDBACK? I HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR HAW FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY TO SPEND THE FUNDS, WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS WERE NOT CALLED BACK.
WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE CALLED.
SO WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THOSE FUNDS.
SO WHAT, SO WHEN YOU SAY ARPA FUNDS, IS IT REALLY ARPA FUNDS? NO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING IT COUNTY.
THE ARCA FUNDS IS, THEY'RE GONE.
BUT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT AND IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.
WE'RE STILL BEING TOLD THAT IT'S PART OF THE CLAWBACK, BUT WHETHER IT IS OR NOT, IT'S IRRELEVANT.
SO THAT 36 MILLION IS GONE RIGHT HERE.
WE HAD ALREADY SPENT, WE'D ALREADY SPENT MM-HMM
SO WE'D ALREADY SPENT, UH, 20 17 MILLION.
BUT THE NINETEEN'S BEEN SPENT TOO.
I KNOW, BUT I, THAT'S NOT WHAT HIS QUESTION IS.
THERE ARE NO ARPA FUNDS AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.
THAT'S WHY I WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU THERE'S NO MORE OPERA FUNDS LEFT.
SO WHERE'S THIS 19 MILLION COMING FROM? BECAUSE THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE SPENT ARPA ON WE'RE GOING TO BE BUDGETED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO NOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO BUDGET FUNDS FOR THOSE.
WE CAN TAKE THAT 19 MILLION TO SPEND ON YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECT.
DID THE, UH, 12 ACRES AT JOE FULL LAKE, ARE THOSE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR THE MULTICULTURE CENTER? YES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE BASICALLY IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO FIRST? DO WE AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER'S FURTHER ALONG AND SPEND IT ON THAT FIRST? I THINK I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WELL, WELL, MAYOR ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT EVEN SPEND THE ENTIRE 19 ON THAT.
AND DECIDE HOW TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING ON THE OTHER, MAYBE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CIP FLOW TO BOND OR WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW I WOULD LIKE US TO PRIORITIZE IT.
I WOULD GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE WOULD BE, WOULD BE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THE MULTI WHATEVER, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? MULTICULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL, CULTURAL.
I THINK WE'RE ALL INTO DOING THAT.
THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO DO A MUSIC PAVILION AT THE FOUNTAIN OR NOT.
WE, I DON'T WANT TO THINK, I WANT TO DECIDE THAT TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T MIND DECIDING THE FIRST, FIRST TWO PRIORITIES.
AND I SURE DON'T MIND SAYING WE DON'T WANNA DO THE CROOK CROOK BILL RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, AND COUNCIL, MAYOR, THIS SLIDE IS IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER THESE ITEMS, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE ALSO ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD WANTED TO DO THAT YOU STILL MAY WANT TO DO OUT A, OUT A PART OF THAT 19 MILLION ON THE THREE BIG PROJECTS.
WE DO HAVE DEBT CAPACITY TO DO ALL OF THEM.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW.
IS THIS PART OF THE IT'S PART OF THE 19TH.
WELL THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION TOO, RIGHT? WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THESE PROJECTS? DO WE WANT TO DO 'EM ALL OR SAVE TO GO TOWARDS THE TOP? THE OTHER TWO.
'CAUSE I WANT TO, Y'ALL MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAVE COMPLETE CLARITY.
THE OTHER THREE PROJECTS ARE BIG PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO TO DO ALL THREE OF THOSE.
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IT WILL HELP US TO STAGGER THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.NOW WHEN YOU SAY THE CAPACITY, THAT'S CAUSE YOU'RE THINKING WE MAY BOND THEM.
SO WE CAN'T, WE HAVE THE BONDING CAPACITY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE, SO MAYBE WE TAKE IT IN IN LAYERS.
I THINK LAYER ONE DIRECTION FOR STAFF IS THIS SLIDE LAYER ONE.
TELL US ON THIS SLIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO KEEP.
AND THEN LAYER TWO WE CAN, WHAT DO WE NOT WANT TO KEEP ON THAT? SO YOU MENTIONED THE CRICKETS THAT WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER.
I THINK SO MY CAN WE ADD THE ADDITIONAL REC RECREATIONAL CRICKET AND THE PROPOSAL FOR THE MULTIFAMILY.
CAN WE PUT THOSE ON THE BACK BURNER ALSO? WE CAN PUT ANY OF THAT ON THE BACK BURNER.
I MEAN THEY'RE BOTH, THEY'RE RELATED.
HAVE, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THE FOUR FIELDS WE'RE UPGRADED? WE HAVE HAS PARKS, HAVE Y'ALL IDENTIFIED PRACTICE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS UPGRADES? YES.
I THINK THAT PERMANENT, WHY IS IT THAT COMING OUT OF Y'ALL'S QUARTER ASCENT THAT WOULD THAT, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THESE WERE ARPA FUNDS AND WE'RE GONNA USE THEM ARPA.
CAN, BUT THERE IS NO ARPA FUNDS.
CAN THAT COME OUTTA Y'ALL'S QUARTER ASCENT THAT? YES.
THIS ANY, AGAIN, JUST MY OPINION, HOW ABOUT HOW MANY PARKS PEOPLE WE GOT IN HERE? WE GIVE PARKS A TON OF MONEY.
I WOULD PREFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PARK COME OUT OF THEIR QUARTER CENTER.
UH, BUT MY PREFERENCE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE, BUT I, BEFORE I WOULD TAKE MONEY OUT OF GENERAL FUND OR CIP TO DO PRACTICE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS UPGRADE, I'D WANT TO KNOW WHY I CAN'T COME OUT OF THE QUARTER CENT.
MAKE SENSE? SO I WOULD SAY WE KICK SOME OF THESE THINGS BACK TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ANALYZE HOW MUCH Y'ALL CAN DO OUTTA YOUR QUARTER CENT.
BECAUSE OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS EXCEEDING BUDGET.
AND THERE SHOULD BE EXCESS FUNDS FOR BONDING CAPACITY IN THAT QUARTER CENT.
SO I WOULD KICK THIS WHOLE SLIDE BACK TO THEM RIGHT NOW AND HAVE THEM COME BACK TO US.
COUNSEL, HERE'S WHAT WE COULD BUDGET OUT OF THE QUARTER.
ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THE HILL STREET RENOVATIONS ON THAT TOO? IS IT PART OF A, IS IT PART OF THE PARKS? THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE PARKS BASICALLY.
THE ONLY, UM, ALL OF THESE COULD BE CONSIDERED PARKS EXCEPT FOR THE, FOR THE INFORMATION.
THE INFORMATIONAL SIGN PROGRAM.
I I KICKED THAT WHOLE SLIDE EXCEPT FOR THE INFORMATIONAL SIGNS BACK TO THEM.
STEVE, THE INFORMATIONAL SIGN, EXCEPT THE ONE YOU SENT WHERE IT'S LIKE AN ARM, IT GOES UP.
SO, SO THAT IS A TRAFFIC INGRESS RES.
I DID SEND IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
I, I'LL I'LL SEND Y'ALL PHOTOS AGAIN SO YOU CAN, AND WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANNA DO THAT OR NOT.
OR JUST DO WHAT WE DO NOW WITH THE INFORMATIONAL SIGNS WE HAVE SPREAD AROUND THE CITY.
I, I WAS THINKING WE NEED MORE.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE OVERHEAD.
BUT NOW WE PROBABLY, WHAT I'LL DO IS I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER GO WRONG WITH, NOT HAVE, WITH HAVING MORE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
UM, I PUT SOME EFFORT INTO GETTING, UH, RENOVATIONS FOR HILL STREET PARK.
UM, WE, WE DID APPROVE, UH, TRANCHE ONE.
AND, AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO TRANCHE TWO.
I, I, I, I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE JUST SAYING LET PARKS FIGURE IT OUT.
'CAUSE PARKS TOLD ME MANY TIMES, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
I THINK PARKS HAS THE MONEY AND HERE'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.
I THINK THEY HAVE THE MONEY IF THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEY DON'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE HAVE IN PARKS WHAT HAPPENS IS IN 2026, I BELIEVE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEBT THAT'S ROLLING OFF.
SO THAT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
BUT UNTIL THAT TIME IT'S A LITTLE BIT TIGHT.
BUT I, I THINK THERE'S ADDITIONAL CAPACITY NOW DUE TO THE INCREASED SALES TAX AND THAT FINE.
AND SO COLE, I DON'T WANT, BUT I JUST GOTTA SPEAK UP BEFORE I JUST SAY, OH, IT'S GONE.
RIGHT? I DON'T MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS.
I WOULD, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER HAPPEN.
WHERE ARE WE AT? LOOK, IF Y'ALL GET THE SALES TAX REPORTS, I GET WE DON'T, WE GET IT EVERY MONTH.
Y'ALL GET THE SAME ONE EVERY MONTH.
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YEAH.UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, EVERY FUND IS OVER BUDGET.
I MEAN, GETTING MORE THAN WE THOUGHT.
SO I'M JUST SAYING LET'S LET THEM SEE HOW MUCH OF THIS CAN BE $8 MILLION.
I BET WE GOT A SALES TAX OVERAGE THAT WOULD BOND THAT TOMORROW.
BUT CALL TO YOUR POINT, IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY, MAYOR, WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THESE, THIS ONE DROPS OFF.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THE HILL STREET OR THE, UH, OVER IN MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK.
WE'VE BEEN PROMISING PEOPLE TO UPGRADE THAT TO.
I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULDN'T DO 'EM.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, I JUST THINK FOR FUNDING, SINCE WE MAY HAVE TO GO BOND THE OTHER STUFF, LET'S LET THEM BOND IT ON THEIR OWN.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, WAS THAT OKAY? NOW COLE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.
AND, AND MAYOR, UH, I'M SORRY SIR.
MAYOR, WE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON JUNE 20TH, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, WE'LL COME BACK AT THE NEXT ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH AN UPDATE AND THEN THE LAKE RIDGE DEAL.
WE ALL THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
IS THAT OKAY? THAT WAS A KIND OF A SLOW HEAD MOUNT, JEFF, BUT I TAKE IT HEAD.
WELL MOVE IT UP TO YOUR LOCATION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED ON MY YET.
I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A LADY THAT WOULDN'T, YEAH, WE HAVE KURT AND I STILL GET EMAILS DISTRICT.
SHE HAS NOW STARTED, SHE HAS NOW STARTED.
CINDY, KURT AND I, EVERY IN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS ON THE NEXT DOOR IN CASE THEY DON'T CALL THE POLICE ON IT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF EMAILS.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING, I MEAN WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A PASSION FOR EACH ONE I THINK PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE.
UM, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING FIGURE OUT WHAT ALL RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE, BECAUSE THE THING I DO WANT TO US NOT TO DISTRACT, EVEN IF THE MUSIC OR THE CULTURE CENTER SAYS, OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE TWO, THREE YEARS OUT.
I MEAN, NOT THINK FOR ME
AND THEN FISH CREEK LEADING PARK.
I KNOW DURING THE SESSION THERE WAS A, A BILL THAT WAS TRYING TO GET PUSHED THROUGH SESSION TO HELP FUNDING IN THAT PART.
JUST WHEN THEY WERE STAFFING THE TEXAS LEGISLATION.
YEAH, I THINK REPRESENTATIVE TURNER WAS TRYING TO SUBMIT A BILL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR COURT.
I DIDN'T EVER HEAR WHETHER IT WENT THROUGH OR NOT.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER NOT WENT THROUGH.
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT AIN'T GONNA BE ON THE SPECIAL SESSION, IS IT? WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET WE'LL BACK, GET BACK TO, YOU KNOW, LATER THAN JULY 11TH.
SO ARE WE CLEAR ON WHAT THE DIRECTION IS FOR TONIGHT? UH, KIND OF DELAYING THE CRICKET? YES.
THEY'LL GET BACK WITH US PRETTY QUICK.
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW TO FUND AND LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE, UH, AGAIN, I, UH, IT, I AGREE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WE WANT TO MOVE ALONG ON THOSE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY DECIDE TO PHASE 'EM FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR BONDING CAPACITY.
UH, I, IN SPEAKING OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE THOUGH US TO, ON OUR OWN GO TOUR, THE ONE IN DALLAS.
THEY'RE MULTI-CULTURAL EVENT CENTER.
IT'S EASY TO GO DIFFERENT BE WHAT JOHN? THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO.
WHICH DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE THAT WOULD, THAT STRIKES YOUR FANCY, WHAT YOU HAD KIND OF WOULD WORK HERE.
ANY PARTICULAR ONE? THERE'S ONE IN SOUTH DALLAS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE LATINO CULTURE CENTER OVER THERE IN, UM, EAST DALLAS.
ANDY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ALL COUNCIL THE ONES THAT YOU LOOKED AT FOR US, A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW THERE.
WELL, WE, THE, THE PRICING AND, AND BASICALLY THE, THE, THE SITE DIAGRAMS THAT YOU'LL SEE ONCE, UH, STEVE AND THE OTHERS ARE READY TO, TO SHOW THEM TO Y'ALL, IS BASED ON THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER AND, UH, JUST, JUST NORTH OF DEEP ALLEN IN DOWNTOWN.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY DONE BY, WHAT SIZE IS IT ANDY? IT'S 24,000 SQUARE.
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IT'S DONE BY AN INCREDIBLY SO P DOOR AND WORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECT ACTUALLY.ARE WE GOOD WITH THE DIRECTION NOW? THANK YOU ANDY.
YOU ALL, UM, GAVE ME SOME FEEDBACK.
THE FIRST PIECE OF FEEDBACK I GOT ON THE, THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS VIA DETO IS NOT, UH, UH, A NON-PROFIT EVENTS, A CITY EVENT.
SO THAT WAS TAKEN OFF OF YOUR LIST.
UH, AND THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER FEEDBACK I GOT, UH, AND I'LL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU WAS A, A REQUEST TO INCREASE, UM, THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND AND THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.
THOSE WERE THE TWO, UH, FEEDBACKS THAT I GOT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL, UH, DEFER TO YOU AND THEN ONCE THAT DISCUSSION IS DONE, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU MAYBE WHAT KIND OF STAFF WAS THINKING TO DO MOVING FORWARD ON THE PROCESSES.
UM, I RECOMMEND TO STEVE FOR THE JUNETEENTH PARADE, THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND BANQUET, TO INCREASE THE SPONSORSHIP FOR BOTH BY $5,000, BRINGING THE NAACP'S SPONSORSHIP TO 10,000, THE JUNETEENTH ONE TO 7 2 50, AND ALSO RECOMMEND, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY USE THESE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENTS GO WELL.
AND ALSO POSSIBLY TO USE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL.
I KNOW WE CAN'T DESIGNATE IT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, BUT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I THINK THE JUNETEENTH AS A NATIONAL IS GOING TO GAIN PROMINENCE IN OUR CITY OVER TIME.
AND THE PARADE SHOULD GAIN TRACTION.
THE NAACP ALWAYS SAYS MARTIN LUTHER KING, THEY PARADE TOO.
UH, THE JUNETEENTH, THEY ARE TRYING TO GROW THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND GEORGE AND I, SOME OF US ATTEND THE FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT THAT THEY ALWAYS HAD.
AND IT STARTED OUT VERY SMALL ON THIS GAME, TRACTION BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL DEAL.
THERE'S NOT A CHARITY AND A AND SOME OF THESE AREN'T CHARITIES, THEY'RE JUST EVENTS.
UH, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY'RE A CHARITY BECAUSE, BUT ASIA TIMES SQUARE, THE THINGS WE HELP ISN'T A CHARITY.
IT'S AN EVENT THAT HELPS PROMOTE OUR CITY MULTICULTURAL EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE COULD, WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ALONG THIS WHOLE LIST.
AND I AND AND WHERE, WHERE COULD YOU GO WRONG? I MEAN, LIKE I'VE SAID, WE ARE ALL ATTENDING A BIG LUNCHEON.
REBECCA'S GIVING FOOD OUT AT ONE TODAY, ALL 'EM CAN TAKE MONEY.
AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON MENTIONED IT NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU.
SO LET'S ASK ON THIS LIST FOR THIS, THE OFFICIAL LIST OF FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE AMOUNTS, AND I THINK, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THAT'S WHAT IF WE ALL GOT IT A WHOLE LONG TIME AHEAD OF TIME.
SO I I THINK THAT'S, THIS IS THE LIST.
SO HAWAIIAN, RIGHT? SANTA COP, BLUE HAWAIIAN LIVE WATCHING GET $80.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A NEW EVENT.
SO LET'S, THE POLICE EVENT, LET ME DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.
WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA EVER BRING TO YOU GUYS IS FORCE 'EM TO PLAY GOLF TABLES TO GO ATTEND AN EVENT.
Y'ALL DON'T NEED TO BE DOWN IN THOSE WEEDS.
CONTINUE TO FUND SOME OF THOSE.
YOU, IF YOU WANNA PLAY GOLF SOMEWHERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
BUT THE BLACK CONTRACTORS MAKE 19 ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENTS ON HERE.
SO LET ME, SO SO WHAT WE DID, NOBODY EVER REALLY COMPILED THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
SO YOU GUYS GOT THAT VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY.
WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IS SHOW IS SHOWING YOU EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS SPONSORING OR CONTRIBUTED.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU ALL TO PROVIDE US DIRECTION ON.
YOU SAW THIS IN YOUR EMAIL FOR ALL, UH, NEW REQUESTS OR INCREASES.
WE'VE CREATED A VERY SIMPLE FORM THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PLAN TO PUT IT, UH, AS A LINK AND FILLABLE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, WE, WE GOT, CAME UP WITH THIS PAPER FORM BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A FOOD BANK ASKING.
SO WE DID THAT, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND, AND JUST SOME IDEAS HERE TONIGHT IS BASICALLY TELLING US IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS LIST.
AND THEN ONE THOUGHT WOULD BE, AND THIS IS FOR MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY,
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I'M DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE ALL OF THESE FOLKS SIGN A VERY SIMPLE AGREEMENT THAT THEIR SPONSORSHIP GOES TOWARDS THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT.IT COULD BE INCREASED TOURISM, IT COULD BE SCHOLARSHIP, IT COULD TAKE A LOT OF FORMS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE IDENTIFY THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OF THEM SIGN A VERY SIMPLE AGREEMENT THAT CITY SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS WILL GO TO COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
THEY'LL ALL BE HAPPY TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ALL ARE THAT WAY.
IF YOU ALL ARE GOOD ON THIS LIST, THEN ONE IDEA THAT WE HAD AS A STAFF IS IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR A MONETARY INCREASE OF OVER $500 OR OVER, WE BRING IT TO YOU.
OR IF IT'S A NEW NONPROFIT ASKING FOR A MONETARY DONATION, WE WOULD BRING YOU THOSE ALSO.
RIGHT NOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT STANDS AS IS MAYBE AN IDEA FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IT.
UH, HISTORICALLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, STAT HAS HANDLED THESE.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE MORE FORMALIZE WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO WHOM.
AND THEN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPERLY ACHIEVING COUNSEL'S DIRECTION.
WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON AN AGENDA ITEM TO VOTE.
WE JUST MAINLY WANTED TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF AS TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
UH, OF COURSE I KNOW WHAT THE, THE NAACP BANQUET IS, UH, APPEAR, THE 34TH ANNUAL.
UH, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE NAACP UPLIFT AND CELEBRATING OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY? WE HAVE A, IT'S CALLED XCEL.
IS THAT A, AN EVENT THAT'S FOR THE YOUTH, MAYBE GOING TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION AND COMPETING WITH ALL THE CHAPTERS NATIONWIDE.
CAN'T REMEMBER THE ACRONYM WHERE IT STANDS FOR ACTO.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THAT'S FOR.
SO IT'S NOT A, NOT AN EVENT AS SUCH.
I'M CURIOUS, I JUST CURIOUS, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT GLORIA BECAUSE THESE GO THROUGH THE
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WHAT I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND, UH, MS. UH, COUNCILMAN, I DON'T RECOMMEND FOR THE NAACP IN THE FREEDOM FARM BANK, 10,000.
I WAS LOOKING AT MORE TWO 5,000 BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN AMERICA.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1,986, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AT GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD A BRANCH HERE AND THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORICALLY, THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED THEM HAS BEEN VERY LOW BASED ON CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH, UH, STAFF, UH, AS REASONS WHY THEY, THEY GIVE ONE ORGANIZATIONS MORE THAN ANOTHER IS BECAUSE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THE CITY.
SOME HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS LESS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECEIVING MORE.
SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NAACP.
YOU CAN COMBINE THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
UH, IF, IF WE GO WITH JUNIOR COUNCILMAN ANO 10,000 PLUS THIS FIVE THOUSAND'S, 15,000, BUT WE JUST GO OVER 25,000 FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING COMBINED WHAT THE 34TH ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND AND THE UPLIFT, THE JUNETEENTH PARADE, THE UPLIFT AND CELEBRATING? NO, THE JUNETEENTH IS SEPARATE FROM THE NAACP THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH.
BUT IT IS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE.
SO WHICH ONES ARE YOU WANTING TO COMBINE? WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT IS THAT ANY ORGANIZATION THAT DOES WANT AN INCREASE IN FUNDS, IF THEY REQUEST THOSE FUNDS AND THEY BRING IT TO THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, THAT'S, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
JUST LIKE THIS SHEET OF PAPER.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY, UH, THE NAACP RECEIVED $500.
I HAVE A CHANGE IN THIS HISTORY.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITY AS WE ARE NOW.
BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THERE, WAS THERE JUSTIFICATION TO GIVE THEM 500 BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN THE CITY DOING WORK FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT KIND OF MONEY.
THE AGE IN TIMES SQUARE IS 40,000 BUCKS.
THAT'S FOR THEY, BUT IT CAN'T, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME THOUGH.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY DO FOUR EVENTS AND WE DON'T, WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO GIVE 'EM 40,000.
UH, WE GIVE 'EM 10,000 PER EVENT.
UH, AND THAT MAY BE WRONG, JUST JUST TO COMMENT, MAYOR, THAT MEANS, BUT IT'S NOT 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE ONE OF THE SHORTEST ONE.
SO AS A JUSTIFICATION, UH, WELL, NO, ON THE AGE OF TIMES SQUARE, THAT'S PAID OUT OF A HOT TAX.
THEY'RE ESTIMATED BY 200,000 VISITORS BY THOSE FOUR BITS.
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AGAIN, IT'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS LONG AS IT'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT.THE, THE PUBLIC IS NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT POT OF MONEY'S COMING OUT.
THEY'RE GONNA SAY THEY DON'T CARE.
IT COULD BE THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE 40,000 EVERY YEAR.
ALL I THINK TONIGHT A GOOD DEAL WOULD BE AT LEAST AS A STARTING POINT TO GO WITH WHAT JUNIOR RECOMMENDED.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL AND LATER ES IS JUST TO KIND OF GET US GOING, UH, WOULD INCREASE BOTH OF 'EM TO UP TO 5,000, UH, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHAT THE BENEFIT OF 'EM IS, IS, IS A, IS A TOUGH DEAL.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE ALL ARE ON CHARITIES.
WE ALL THINK THEY'RE THE BEST CHARITY.
UM, I I I I'M TRYING TO BE SERIOUS.
I MEAN THERE ARE BENEFITS TO EVERY ONE OF THESE THAT EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAVE BENEFIT AND MM-HMM
I, I I'M READY TO GO WITH WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED.
I'M NOT READY TO INCREASE IT TO 25,000 TONIGHT.
JUST SAYING I'M NOT EVEN READY TO INCREASE ANY OF THE 25,000 TONIGHT.
I THINK I WOULD, I THINK I WOULD VOTE FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, THE STAFF THAT I TRUST SUGGESTED THAT ANY INCREASE OVER $500 COME TO US FOR A VOTE FOR LATER.
SO WE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA JUST GO DOWN THIS LIST AND SAY WE SHOULD GIVE 10,000 EXTRA TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
LET'S GO AHEAD BEFORE WE GET DONE.
LET'S DO 5,000 OF THIS ORGANIZATION BEFORE WE GET DONE.
LET'S, LET'S DO THIS ORGANIZATION.
WE CAN
WHEN JUNETEENTH, UM, FORGIVE ME, JUNIOR, WHAT ORGANIZATION WERE YOU REFERENCING? JUNETEENTH AND THE JUNETEENTH AND THE NAACP HAVE 'EM FILL OUT A FORM BRING TO, SO WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR EVENT, THEY WILL COME TO US.
AND I CAN SAY NOW THAT THEY HAVE MY SUPPORT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN THEY, SOME ORGANIZATIONS MAY HAVE PUNCTURE THE CITY, ASK FOR A, A LARGER OR AN INCREASED AMOUNT, THEY STILL GET $500.
SO WHO MAKES THAT DECISION AT THE TIME? $500.
HE'S GOTTA COME RIGHT BACK HERE.
I THINK AT THIS POINT HERE, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION TO INCREASE A DECREASE RIGHT NOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND LET THEM COME BACK AND TOUCH.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT EITHER.
AND THAT'S WHY TONIGHT I'M OKAY WITH JUNIOR'S RECOMMENDATION THE DEAL AND JUST MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD AND LET 'EM GO, COME BACK TO US WITH OTHERWISE.
BUT WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO, IF WE FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION, IS IT GOING TO APPLY FOR THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH EVENT OR NEXT GOING, STARTING NEXT YEAR? I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WOO.
DO THEY, FOR THEM TO KEEP GETTING THESE FUNDS ANNUALLY, DO THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT SHEET OR IS THAT NO, SIR.
WE'RE TRYING TO ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE IN THE 10TH.
BUT IF THEY HAVE A REASONABLE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CBDG FUNDING.
THEY'VE GOTTA COME IN AND JUSTIFY AND JUSTIFY.
I I I GUARANTEE YOU FOLKS, IF IF YOU INTERVIEWED SOMEBODY THAT IS TAKING CARE OF THAT BABY AT THE ISAIAH'S HOUSE, WE'D BE IN TEARS AND WANT TO GIVE 'EM MORE MONEY.
UH, I, AND SEE TO KURT'S POINT, UH, THERE'S ONE SIDE THAT, OKAY, THE BENEFITS THAT ASIA TIMES SQUARE BRINGS IS TOURISTY THE BENEFIT THAT, THAT ISAIAH'S HOUSE IS REALLY LIFE CHANGING.
THE BENEFIT TO THE HISTORICAL PARADE, SINGLE DE MILE, JUNETEENTH PARADE, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ARE HISTORICAL, BUT YOU HAVE TO, THEY'RE ALL SERVING A PURPOSE.
THEY'RE ALL SERVING A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
SO TO SAY ONE IS MORE PURPOSEFUL THAN THE OTHER IS NOT EASY.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD AS A, AS A MIDDLE GROUND TO GO FOR TINNITUS.
LET'S START WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN GOING FORWARD WE GET THE PAPERWORK, LIKE COLE WAS SAYING, WHAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED.
CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR RECOMMENDATION AGAIN? YEAH.
MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO INCREASE THE NAACP'S FREEDOM FUND SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT BY $5,000 AND ALSO INCREASE THE JUNETEENTH PARADES, UH, SPONSORSHIP BY 5,000, BRINGING THE FREEDOM FUND ONE TO $10,000 IN JUNETEENTH.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE MEXICANS ARE GETTING.
UM, I HAD A THOUGHT ABOUT THE 500 INCREASE.
I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE SHOULD HANG
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ON JUST A SECOND.MIKE, WERE YOU FINISHED? YES, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON, I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD INCREASE THAT TO A THOUSAND.
'CAUSE 500 SEEMS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER FOR US TO BE.
DON'T COME BACK TO US FOR A 500 PHONE.
I, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH A THOUSAND INSTEAD OF 500.
UM, AND MY SECOND THOUGHT, I'M CURIOUS, ARE WE GOING TO, I KNOW THAT WE'LL PUT THE LINK, MAKE THE LINK AVAILABLE, BUT BEYOND THAT, ARE WE GONNA BE PROMOTING THIS MARKETING THAT WE ARE OFFERING THIS? BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE CITY.
BECAUSE THEY'LL COME UP WITH WOOD A LOT THAT DON'T WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SHY ABOUT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S HISTORICALLY HAPPENED, WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR PRICES HAVE GONE UP.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SHY AND NEW ONES HAVEN'T BEEN SHY ABOUT ASKING.
SO THAT I THINK THEY, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO US.
AND, AND BACK TO MIKE'S, UH, QUESTION.
I'M ASSUMING THE SIMPLE DE DENIAL PARADE IS COMING OUT.
OH, IS IT? WHERE IS IT? SECOND THOUSAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION DOING GREAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S WORTH YOUR OFFICE.
SO AS FAR AS MY DIRECTION TONIGHT, I'M JUST ABSTAINING FROM THE DIRECTION.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF, JUST IT'S HARD PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
TRYING TO GIVE ANY DIRECTION SINCE I'M INVOLVED WITH THESE COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUALIFICATIONS ON ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS? DO THEY HAVE TO BE 4 0 1 CS? NO, THEY DO NOT.
SOME OF 'EM ARE MUTUAL BENEFIT.
THE HOT TAX, LIKE ASIA TIMES SQUARE, WE'RE NOT GIVING IT TO A 5 0 1 C3.
SEE, IT, IT, IT'S, HERE'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A COMMUNITY PURPOSE OR BENEFIT.
SO IT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS, INCREASED TOURISM.
THERE'S GOTTA, WHAT THEY DO HAVE TO EXPLAIN IS WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THAT.
COULD YOU POINT OUT CLARIFICATION? IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE ETHICS VIOLATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SERVES ON WE DID.
AND WE'RE OKAY AS LONG AS WE DON'T GET THE BENEFIT FROM IT PERSONALLY.
LIKE IF I WAS A HIRED EMPLOYEE OF GRANDEY UNITED CHARITIES, OR IF REBECCA WAS GETTING PAID TO BE THERE TWICE A WEEK TO GIVE OUT THE MILLS, ARE ANY OF THESE, THOSE WHO YOU SERVE ON BOARDS? IT'S NOT A CONFLICT.
LIKE A PAID TO BOARD MEMBER, A COMPENSATED BOARD MEMBER, A COMPENSATED BOARD MEMBER, YES, WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY BE NOT ALLOWABLE WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU FROM HISTORY, THIS IS WHY IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS LET STAFF DO THESE.
BUT I ALSO AGREE IT NEEDS TO BE RE-LOOKED AT.
AND I WOULD LIKE US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT GOING FORWARD AND LET STAFF HANDLE MOST OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE YOUR IDEA.
THAT'S DON'T PUT THE THRESHOLD OF $500, LET'S PUT IT A THOUSAND AND GOING FORWARD, WE JUST DON'T.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE.
SO IN EVENT, UM, I KNOW EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU GET THE LAST MINUTE REQUEST.
UM, SO NOW THAT WE'RE ADDING IN THIS PROCEDURE, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET PRIOR TO THEM WANTING THE FUNDING, WHAT IS OUR, UH, PROTOCOL? WELL, THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU, WE, WE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AS A PROTOCOL
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE, EXCEPT FOR WE DO GET SOME LAST MINUTE REQUEST TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT.
WE DON'T, THE NEW ONES ARE GOOD ABOUT JUST GETTING IT WHEN THEY GET IT OR, YOU KNOW, BUT THE EXISTING ONES, WE HAVE HAD THAT LAST MINUTE REQUEST WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A PROCEDURE AND A POLICY THAT YOU CAN POINT TO, THEY MAY NOT LOVE IT, BUT THEY'LL UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE IT'S OBJECTIFIED.
AND LET'S REMEMBER IF THEY'RE RELYING ON THESE FUNDS TO SURVIVE, THEY GOT ISSUES.
AND I WOULD EVEN GO AS FAR AS TO SAY WE'RE A SUPPLEMENTAL.
AND ALSO SAYING, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, COME
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ON.THESE BUDGETS ON SOME OF THESE ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF SAYING, OKAY, I MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN CHILDREN'S FIRST, BUT I SURE LIKE WHAT CHILDREN'S FIRST DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I, I LIKE THE DENISE GABRIEL.
I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS FOR JUNETEENTH AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE STEAD PAST START AND WE'RE SAYING YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND NOW THAT IT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, WE, YOU KNOW, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? SO WE'RE ALSO KIND OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SEAL OF APPROVAL, WHICH IS KIND OF TOUGH.
IT'S HARD, BUT WE'RE TRYING, THAT'S WHY WE GOT RYAN LIST.
AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE, WE HAD A CHECK GET LOST.
IT WAS WELL AFTER THE EVENT, BUT THEY'D ALREADY PAID THEIR EXPENSES.
SO WE JUST REISSUED THE CHECK SO THAT HE'S RIGHT.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY DEPENDENT ON THIS JUST TO HAVE THE EVENT.
SO IF IT COMES AFTER THE FACT, IT'LL STILL GO TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, YOU KNOW.
MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT A, UM, IN THIS ORANGE BOX HERE, SOMETHING ABOUT REQUESTS AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW, THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND WE INCREASE IT 5,000 BECAUSE MY THOUGHT IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOME INCREASES TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, MAYBE GIVING THEM THE $5,000 TO THEIR FOUNDATION INSTEAD OF THE GOLF TERM THAT ARE HIGHER.
DO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THE GUNS AND HOSES DOES? YES.
IT IS A, IT IS A VERY NECESSARY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS CHIEF FIKE BROUGHT HERE WHEN HE CAME HERE AND HIS, HIS WIFE TAMMY HELPED START IT.
AND TO FIND, FIND DISPLACED PLACES, UH, FOR DISPLACED THAT OVER THAT.
THERE AGAIN, HOW COULD YOU SAY, WELL, THEY CAN'T USE THE MONEY OR IT DOESN'T GO TO A GOOD CAUSE, YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT EITHER.
SO WHAT, WHAT GUNS AND HOS IS, NORTH TEXAS ALSO DOES THE, THE DAY AFTER THE, A POLICE OFFICER FIREFIGHTERS KILLED, THEY SHOW UP WITH A CHECK FOR $10,000.
'CAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET MONEY FROM THE STATE.
DAVE VY IS THERE THE NEXT MORNING WITH THE CHECK FOR 10,000.
IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
SO TALK ABOUT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WHAT'S UP? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY, I GET THAT AND THAT MAKES SENSE WITH ME.
AND SO SPONSORING THINGS WITH THE ISD THAT'S CERTAINLY BENEFITING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I HAVE HEARTBURN THAT ONE TAXING AUTHORITY IS GIVING MONEY TO ANOTHER TAXING AUTHORITY.
AND IT'S ABOUT $15,000 A YEAR.
AND MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE ISD RECIPROCATE BACK $15,000 TO CITY COSTS? HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT, THIS ISN'T GOING TO A-G-P-I-S-D, IT GOES TO THEIR FOUNDATION.
I HOPE THIS DOESN'T GO TO GPD.
THIS IS THEIR EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHICH IS USED TO SPEND MONEY TO HELP TEACHERS BUY THINGS.
NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I SPENT EVERY ONE OF THESE, THE GOPHER WARRIOR BOWL THAT IS HOT TAX MONEY SPENT, UH, FOR ADVERTISING ON THE VIDEO BOARD AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
THAT DOESN'T GO TOWARDS WHAT THE MAYOR'S SAYING.
WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, JEFF, I WOULD BET YOU MONEY THEY DO NOT.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, QUITE FRANKLY, THE FLEXIBILITY OF FUNDS THAT A CITY DOES.
YOU GO TO ANY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, THEY JUST DON'T, THEY DO ATTEND SOME FUNCTIONS, BUT THEY NEVER WRITE US A CHECK.
MEGAN MAYOR, UM, MOST OF THESE BESIDE FOR GREGORY ISD BESIDES THE DIGITAL SCOREBOARD, ARE JUST PAYING FOR TICKETS TO EVENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ATTEND.
IT'S NOT JUST WRITING 'EM A CHECK.
IT'S, IT'S, AND, AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
WE HAVE TO REP, WE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T RECIPROCATE.
WE HAVE SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECIPROCATION WHATSOEVER.
I GUARANTEE YOU THEY DON'T GIVE ANY MONEY TO CHARITIES.
THEY DON'T HAVE A BOARD THAT SITS AROUND AND SAID, HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO GIVE TO CHARITIES? THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IG IDS DON'T, THEY'RE GOOD ABOUT ATTENDING OUR CITY EVENTS, BUT THAT'S IT REPRESENTED.
BUT THEY JUST DO NOT, THEY DON'T.
AND MAYOR, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE SEVEN 50 FOR THE GPIC BOOTS SCOOTING, THAT IS FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
AND IT DOES GO BACK TO GRANTS FOR THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
WHICH IS, THAT'S A VERY LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AND, AND I I'VE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT WE CAN'T DIRECT THOSE TO SCHOLARSHIP, BUT YOU MENTIONED SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO WITH THE GPID AT THEIR CTE SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON, WHY ARE WE AT 4 55 WHEN WE SHOULD
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BE AT $5,000 ON THAT? GOOD QUESTION.THE, UH, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE AT 5,000.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT $5,000 TO THE NAACP SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF $5,000 TO THE HAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND VIA, THOSE ARE KIDS THAT NEED IT.
AND THESE ARE KIDS THAT NEED IT.
THESE ARE KIDS GOING THROUGH DUBISKI THAT ARE, THAT ARE TAKING THE, THE TECHNICAL TRACK AS OPPOSED TO THE COLLEGE TRACK.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THAT A 5,000 DONATION THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON IT BEFORE WE DECIDE THAT THIS SAYS TICKETS.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE BREAK, THE SECOND PAGE, THIS IS TICKETS FOR THE EVENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT A LOT SOME OF THESE ARE.
BUT HE, HE, HE, IT IS IRRELEVANT, SIR.
SINCE HE'S GOING TO SCHOLARSHIPS, HE'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM MORE MONEY.
UH, IF WE'RE TALKING SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, BUT THERE AGAIN, GOOD, GOOD GRACIOUS.
WE COULD, WE COULD ADD 5,000 EVERY ONE OF THE PROPERTY.
TAKE 2000 AWAY FROM IT'S HARD.
THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH.
I, I SERVE ON THE LONE STAR PARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION BOARD.
WE DON'T USE ANY OF THAT MONEY OURSELVES.
WE GIVE OUT MONEY TO EVERYBODY.
I'M ON THE BOARD THAT HAS TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY TO GIVE TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND, UH, SO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WANTS IN THE FUTURE TO BE THE ONES MAKING THESE SPECIFIC DECISIONS.
EVERY TIME IT COMES BACK, I, I KNOW WE'RE DOING IT TODAY.
EVERY YEAR WHEN SOMEONE WANTS A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE ORGANIZATION, BOY, I TELL YOU, ARE WE GONNA BE COMFORTABLE TELLING SOMEBODY NO.
THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO VOTE FOR US, VOTE AGAINST US.
MY, MY GIG IS, THAT'S WHAT GOT US TO THIS PHASE RIGHT HERE IS PREVIOUS CITY MANAGEMENT JUST TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO IT.
AND THEN THIS BODY QUESTIONED THAT.
AND NOW THIS BODY IS CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO THAT.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT THAT'S ROUND OR WRONG.
I'M JUST NO, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SYNOPSIS.
I MEAN, I WANT TO TELL YOU, GO DOWN THIS LIST.
WHO WOULD YOU NOT IF I SAID, WELL, MY GOODNESS, I'D LOVE FOR THAT ONE TO GET 5,000 BUCKS.
WHO WOULD SAY NO? RIGHT? I'D RATHER BLAME IT ON STEVE DIE
I WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE THE BLAME UNTIL WE NEED TO GET THROUGH TO THAT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THIS.
WE CAN AGREE, BUT MAYOR, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT THE FUTURE.
LET'S DO THIS NIGHT IN THE FUTURE, WE BLAMING ON STEVE.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, LET IT COME.
LET, LET'S DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT'S AN ISSUE AND NOT HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER ISSUE FOR OURSELVES.
NOW, JEFF, TO YOUR POINT, I COULD ALMOST SAY, YEAH, THE, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION SHOULD BE MORE ROBUST AND COULD RAISE MORE FUNDS TO DO THE CT E THEMSELVES.
BUT THEN SOMEBODY SAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD HERE, I SAID THAT AND SAID, WELL MAYOR, YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF ME.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY THAT ABOUT LIFELINE.
WE CAN SAY THAT ABOUT ALL OF 'EM.
WE THINK YOU SHOULD MANAGE YOUR FUNDS BETTER.
AND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING.
THAT'S BE THE, IT'S EXTREMELY HARD.
IF I WAS MAKING THESE DECISIONS ON MY OWN, IT WOULD BE HARD.
SO, UH, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN IS ON, YOU SAID, 'CAUSE I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO DEFINE IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE AGAIN.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS TIME, BY THE TIME IT BECAME AN ISSUE, IT WAS QUITE AN ISSUE AND QUITE AN IRRITANT.
SO I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS THAT WE HAVE TO EITHER DO ONE OR THE OTHER.
EITHER, EITHER WE'RE GOING BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR WE'RE GONNA WASH OUR HANDS OF IT.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
I KIND OF LIKE THE THOUSAND DOLLAR THRESHOLD COMING BACK TO US JUST FOR A, AND WE MAY GET TIRED OF IT.
NO, WE MAY GET TIRED OF IT AND WE COULD CHANGE OUR DIRECTIONAL LATER.
ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO REVIEW IT EVERY THREE YEARS, JUST TO REVIEW IT AS A GROUP.
EVERY REVIEW, COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO 10, THE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS EVERY YEAR, ONCE THESE ORGANIZATIONS KNOW, THEY'LL ASK FOR $900, THEY WILL ASK FOR $1,000 AND WE'LL HAVE AN ANNUAL VOTE.
THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA INCREASE EVERY ORGANIZATION BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY NO AT SOME POINT.
AND THEN THEY'RE THE BAD PERSON.
AND SO JUST AS WE, ONCE WE SET SOMETHING, LET'S JUST THROW THIS AWAY AND START OVER AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF NO
ONCE WE SET THAT PRECEDENT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT, COLE.
SO LET ME ASK, BASED ON WHAT JUNIOR HAD SAID EARLIER, BEFORE JUNETEENTH,
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UH, IT WOULD BE, THEY'LL RECEIVE THE FUNDS NEXT YEAR.SO IF THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THE EVENT, LIKE THE, IF YOU INCREASE NA C TO $10,000, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THE EVENT.
SO WOULD THEY GET THE MONEY NEXT YEAR? THIS IS THIS, I'M ASKING YOU TO BLESS THIS AS OUR MASTER LIST AND THEN DECIDE HOW YOU WANT ME TO HANDLE IT MOVING FORWARD.
IF IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, THEY WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY 'EM BACK.
SO WHY DON'T WE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FISCAL YEAR 2024.
MAKE IT FISCAL YEAR 2024 MAKES IT CLEANER.
THAT GIVES US, TAKES A LITTLE PRESSURE OFF OURSELVES.
UH, LET'S, UH, HAVE WE REACHED A KIND OF A CONSENSUS? I'M GOOD WITH WHAT JEFF SAID ABOUT THE G STATE.
THE HISTORY REPORT SAID ABOUT THE DOZEN.
AND ALONG WITH JUNIOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE GOOD? ARE WE GOOD? SO THAT'S WHAT, 20,000? NOT QUITE.
NO, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE WE'RE JUST IN YEAH, 17 FIVE WE'RE INCREASING.
NO, 20 WE INCREASED, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT.
5,000 FOR JUNETEENTH, 5,000 FOR NAACP FREEDOM FUND, 5,000 FOR GUNS AND HOSES AND 5,000 FOR T-P-I-C-C-T-E SCHOLARSHIPS.
IS THAT CORRECT? 5,000 EXCEPT LIKE ON FROM A WORDING STANDPOINT, JUNIOR WANTS AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 ON TOP OF WHAT THEY HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M 5,455 FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
YOU STATES THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5,000.
HE'S NOT ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4,500 FOR THE CT SCHOLARSHIP.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE.
AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN IN THREE YEARS.
SO, SO I WANT TO SEE, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ WHAT YOUR RAISED EYEBROWS IS, A YES OR A NO.
I'M CLEAR ON THE DIRECTION THUS FAR.
I WANT, I NEED FURTHER DIRECTION.
DO YOU WANT US TO HAVE THEM FILL THIS OUT IF THEY WANT MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE? AND YOU WANT ME TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU, CORRECT? YEP.
AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE FILLING IT OUT REGARDLESS, AND IT WAS JUST POINT ONLY GONNA COME TO US IF IT WAS OVER A THOUSAND.
WELL, WHAT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE TONIGHT.
YEARS AGO THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T FELL OUT.
NO, NO, THEY NEVER, THIS IS BRAND NEW.
SO TONIGHT THIS IS MY MASTER LIST.
AND THEN ANY NEW OR OVER A THOUSAND, WE WILL FILL THIS OUT.
AND THEN THOUSAND ONE THOUGH, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT IS FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFIT 'CAUSE THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.
AND YOU GOT A QUESTION, WHICH IS EASY.
THE ONLY THING WITH ME, I WOULD THINK EVERYBODY WOULD'VE TO DO IT TO BEGIN WITH.
NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DENIED JUST TO HAVE IT ON FILE BECAUSE THEY WERE, WE'RE PROTECTING DUE DILIGENCE.
NOW I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE TO IF WE'RE JUST BUYING TICKETS TO THE EVENT.
IF, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT, UH, DON'T HAVE TO THE LONE STAR PARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION EVENT'S COMING UP THE 21ST, BUT IF Y'ALL WANNA ATTEND, IS A GOLD SPONSOR IF THEY'RE A GOLD TABLE OR WHATEVER SPONSOR.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST BUYING TICKETS, THAT'S ONE.
SO IN THE, IN THE APPLICATION THAT JOHN'S RECOMMENDED, THEY FILL OUT, IS THAT WHERE THEY PROVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT? CORRECT.
THAT WOULD BE THIS FORM RIGHT HERE.
IS THERE, DO THEY HAVE 12 MONTHS TO THEN SHOW US THAT THEY DID THAT? WE RANDOMLY AUDIT.
WHEN WE SAY RANDOMLY, WE'RE NOT GONNA AUDIT EVERY ONE OF 'EM EVERY YEAR.
BUT, 'CAUSE SOME OF 'EM, YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO.
WHAT HAPPENS, STEVE, IF SOMEBODY ASK FOR $500, THAT'S YOUR DECISION.
WE'LL DO THAT AS A, AT THE STAFF LEVEL? YES SIR.
NOW I'LL TELL YOU, I JUST GOT ONE AND THIS IS WHY I STARTED AND THEY TOLD 'EM NO, THEY WANTED, THEY WANTED $200 MORE BECAUSE COST HAD GONE UP.
SO IT WENT LIKE FROM 1500 TO 1700.
THAT, THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME TO YOU ALL.
YEAH, THAT MAKE SENSE GANG? MEGAN HAS IT.
I JUST WANT JUST A PLAN OF CLARIFICATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CORAN.
SO WHAT WE'RE AUDITING, WHAT THEY'RE PROVING IS THAT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO PROVIDES COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
WHAT WE'RE AUDITING IS THAT WHATEVER THEY DO WITH THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE DON'T AUDIT THEIR EVERYTHING.
WE JUST AUDIT OUR DONATION, OUR SPONSORSHIP.
WHY, WHY, WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD THAT BURDEN OF PROOF NOT BE UPON THEM BEFORE GETTING NEXT YEAR'S CHECK TO SEND, HERE'S WHAT WE DID WITH IT.
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SEND US A REPORT SAYING, HEY, WE WANT OUR 5,000 AGAIN, HERE'S WHAT WE DID WITH LAST YEAR'S 5,000.AND THEN THAT'S RANDOMLY SPOT ON AT THAT.
WE COULD BUT, BUT WIDEN THE BURDEN OF PROOF UPON THEM TO SHOW THIS IS WHERE YOUR MONEY WENT AS PART OF THE DONATION.
WELL, WHO'S, SO LEMME MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU RIGHT.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING US TO VERIFY THAT YEARLY? BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF TIME.
LET'S GOING THIS RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE FAMILIAR.
MOST OF US ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND WE KNOW WHAT SO DID THEY, DID THEY SEND YOU A, HOW DO THEY SEND YOU SAYING WE WANT OUR MONEY AGAIN? OR IS IT WE JUST AUTOMATICALLY
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? WE USUALLY, IF IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE, LEMME TELL YOU HOW WE BILL IT.
NO, JUST THEY JUST WANT THEIR EXACT SAME MONEY.
THEN WE'VE APPROVED IT BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW THEY SENT A REQUEST IN FOR THAT, UH, VIA EMAIL.
IF THEY, IF THEY'VE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE, THEN THE FOUR OF US, UNLESS ROUND TABLE.
WELL Y'ALL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LAST YEAR.
THE REASON, THE REASON WE ROUND TABLE INCREASE REQUEST IS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN SOME PARITIES.
Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX.
I LIKE FOR THE MOST PART HANDLING IT.
I THINK THAT'S ADVANTAGE FOR YOU ALL.
DEF UH, MAYOR PRO TIM HUMP SCHOOL OF THE AGENDA REVIEW.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SHORT AGENDA THIS EVENING ITEM.
WELL PERHAPS ITEM 10 WE WON'T BE DOING ANYTHING ON.
AND UH, AND WE, WE DO NOT HAVE TO TABLE IT, BUT ITEM 14 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SO WE WILL NOT, WE GET PAST, WE JUST SKIP PAST 14 CORRECT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ITEM 13 THAT APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO TABLE.
OH, SO WE'RE TABLING 13 AGAIN? YES.
WORKING ON SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES.
TABLE 13 AND WELL, WE'RE NOT TABLE BROUGHT UP AT PLAIN ZONING MONTHS IN THE SPAN.
SO YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF TABLE IN 13TH, MAYOR APRIL.
TIM, WE'RE NOT DOING NOTHING WITH I 10, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE HAD, WE HAD THAT, WE STARTED ADDING CASE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION FROM SOMETHING.
NOW, UH, ABOUT ITEM 11 FOR ANY OF Y'ALL THAT ARE NEW, UH, EVERY OFFICE OF OFFICE POSITION IN THE SPORTS CORP IS FILLED AND VOTED ON BY THE SPORTS CORP EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT.
UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE MAYOR, BUT IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE MAYOR AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT CONTRACTUALLY SO, BUT ALL THE, ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS WE APPROVE, LIKE COUNCIL, SHOULD MIKE AND I MAKE THAT MOTION OR SHOULD MIKE AND I DEFINITELY NOT MAKE THOSE MOTIONS? OH, Y'ALL CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
I USUALLY HAD YOU MOTION IT ALL.
SAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON'S CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT.
OH, I FORGOT ABOUT MR. YEAH, SO SHE WOULD DO IT.
AND SO, BUT THOSE ARE VOTED ON INDEPENDENTLY BY THE SPORTS TO NAME THE SECRETARY AND ALL THAT.
THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT'S WHY THIS COMES UP.
AND, UH, RESPECTFULLY WITH UM, UM, MR. FREEMAN, HIS PASSING MM-HMM
WAS THERE GONNA BEANO A NEW APPOINTING? YES, SIR.
I, I AND THE RE COUNT, UH, EDDIE FREEMAN BILL'S DEAR FRIEND SENT ME A LETTER OF RESIGNATION SHORTLY BEFORE HIS PASSING, BUT I DECIDED TO SETTLE ON IT 'CAUSE HE WAS UP FOR RE RENEWAL.
THAT POSITION WAS UP FOR RENEWAL IN JUNE ANYWAY, OR IN JULY HIS APPOINT.
AND SO JUST WAITING, WE'LL FILL IT AT THAT TIME.
UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A POST SESSION PURSUANT TO FIVE ONE SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNOR CODE B TCA TO DISCUSS ANY FOLLOWING.
ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 51 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, NOT FAKE PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY.