* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CC Briefings 08012023] [00:00:07] THE MEETING STARTED. I'LL KICK IT OFF BY CALLING ON WALTER, YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO US. GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER STREETS. SO MR. CLARK DAVIS SOLD FOR POTHOLE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, I THAT THIS FOR A LONG TIME KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE, SO HE WILL BE GETTING IT DONE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO, WHERE YOU FROM? BEDFORD. GOOD WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WALTER, I, I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BIG OLD THING LETTER IN OUR DESK WITH THIS PHONE NUMBER NAME POTHOLE AFTER. ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH? YEAH. UH, STEVE, GO OVER THIS STAFF PRESENTATION FOR US PLEASE, SIR. YES, SIR. SO, UH, I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR. ISAIAH ONE 17 HOUSE JUST BUILT THEIR DALLAS COUNTY LOCATION IN OUR CITY. AND WHAT THEY DO IS, UH, IT'S USUALLY THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHEN CHILDREN ARE TAKEN OUT OF A HOME, IT TAKES A FEW DAYS TO FIND THEM FOSTER CARE. SO ISAIAH ONE 17 FILLS THAT GAP. THEY PROVIDE THAT PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND HOUSING FOR THE CHILDREN UNTIL THEY CAN BE PLACED IN TEMPORARY FOSTER CARE. LAST YEAR, UH, WE DID, UH, $615 TOWARDS THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT. THEY'VE REQUESTED THIS YEAR THAT WE BECOME THE TITLE SPONSOR. AND, UH, I'M BRINGING TO YOU ALL FOR DIRECTION BECAUSE IT IS AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, THE TITLE SPONSORSHIP WOULD BE A $5,000 REQUEST. SO I NEEDED DIRECTION ON THAT AND THEN I NEEDED, UH, ONE OTHER THING AFTER I GET DIRECTION ON THAT MAYOR. SURE. WHAT DO Y'ALL STUDENTS, THIS IS LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT AND I VISITED WITH A, UH, MEMBER LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS. UM, SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GONNA SUBMIT ONE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ABOUT A, A GOLF TOURNAMENT. UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HARD TIME FILLING JUST ONE TEAM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THREE, FOUR TEAMS. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED TO FILL THE TEAM ABOUT THE MONEY. RIGHT. AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S MORE OF THE MONEY THAN THE TOURNAMENT. SO IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING, SAY, YEAH, WE'D STILL BE PART OF THE GOLF FIRM IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING, UH, YEAR ROUND INSTEAD OF JUST A ONE TIME DEAL. SO, SO ARE YOU, YOU WANT DO THE TITLE SPONSORSHIP AND ADDITIONAL, OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? MY THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT A TITLE SPONSORSHIP, BUT MAYBE DO SOMETHING THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S IRRELEVANT, BUT DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY AS FAR AS, UM, A DONATION TO ISAIAH. SO WE THIS WAY, HOW MUCH WOULD WE WANT TO DONATE TO A YEAR? WOULD WE WANT TO SET IT AT $5,000 A YEAR OR, AND DO IT OVER TWO OR THREE DEALS OR WHAT? THAT'S FINE. A LOT OF TIMES ON THE SPONSORSHIPS, I DON'T LIKE TO PLAY THE GOLF BUT SPONSOR AND THEY MAKE MORE MONEY WHEN I TELL 'EM I'M NOT GONNA PLAY GOLF. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. I DON'T WANT . RIGHT. UH, THE MAIN QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO GO FROM ONE TO FIVE? NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT IS, JUST DO WE WANT TO HOP IT UP FROM ONE TO FIVE? YEAH. PERSONALLY, I AM SO PLEASED TO HAVE THIS IN OUR CITY AND IT FILL A HUGE NEED AND, UM, THEY USE THE MONEY WISELY. I BELIEVE, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF IT. AND WHETHER IT'S IN THE FORM OF A SPONSORSHIP, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE $5,000 AND PUT IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE KIDS. SO I WOULD, I'M ALL FOR GIVING THEM 5,000. HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO USE THAT WITHIN THEIR, UM, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY, THE ONLY THING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE BEING GOLF SPONSORS? WELL, OR WE JUST DO IT, YOU KNOW, IF A DONATE, I CONSIDER IT MORE OF A DONATION RATHER THAN A GOLF SPONSORSHIP. BUT WE DO GET SOME KIND OF CREDIT. BUT IF YOU THINK IT'S GONNA CAUSE, UH, PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU DIDN'T DO A 5,000 FOR OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT. UM, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? GO? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN WORKING IN THE CITY? 20 YEARS. NO, THEY JUST OPENED UP THIS JUST A BRAND NEW ONE THIS, THIS SUMMER. SO THEY JUST STARTED WORKING LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE AND WE'RE GOING FROM $600 TO $5,000 RIGHT. ON THEIR FIRST REQUEST. AND I'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAD DISCUSSION WITH STAFF WHERE THEY WERE GIVEN AN ORGANIZATION $500 THAT'S BEEN HERE 40 YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN. YEAH. AND THEY DO THINGS WITHIN THE [00:05:01] CITY AS WELL. SO WE HAVE TO BE EQUITABLE ON OUR, HOW WE MOVE BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE JUMP IN MY OPINION, 605. SO I DON'T FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY MOVE FROM THERE. BUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE BEEN HERE 40 PLUS YEARS AND THE ONLY HAS GOT AN INCREASE THIS YEAR. THAT'S, I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT FOR YOU GUYS DISCUSSED. AND THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS WE'VE TRIED TO LEVEL BETTER UP TO A MORE, UH, COMMENSURATE TO YOUR POINT. SO Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME CORRECTION THERE. I, AND IT IS NOT, I DON'T WANT 'EM TO WAIT 30 YEARS BEFORE THEY GET $5,000. THIS IS A, UH, A VERY NEEDY, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND IS WE'RE PROBABLY HOPPING A LOT OF PEOPLE UP TO 5,000 OVER TIME. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M AT THE WILL OF THE, THE COUNCIL. CAN YOU JUST SAY, UM, A SPONSORSHIP IS A MUCH EASIER THING LEGALLY TO PROVE UP THAN A DONATION BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO, THERE'S A CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT IT'S GOING TOWARDS . IT'S EASIER TO SPONSOR A GOLF TOURNAMENT THAN DO A DONATION. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THE DONATED AMOUNT, WE WOULD LIKE ALL OF THAT TO GO TO THE CHARITABLE SUPPORT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANT ANY OF OUR FUNDS TO GO TO FUNDING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT ITSELF. CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, RIGHT? YEAH, JUDGE TO ISAIAH HOUSE. YEAH. I CAN MAKE MAKE THAT CLEAR IF WE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, MEGAN, IT'S PROBABLY TO YOU AS WELL, BUT IF WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO A $2,500 SPONSORSHIP AND IF THE MONEY'S GONNA GO WHEREVER AND WE WOULDN'T BE THE TITLE SPONSOR, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE EASIER, IT'S IRRELEVANT WHETHER WE'RE THE TITLE SPONSOR OR NOT. WHAT WE NEED SIZE, HOW MUCH MONEY WE WANT TO GIVE 'EM YES TO. QUITE RIGHT. SO, UH, WE'RE AN OPEN SESSION. WE CAN DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE OPENLY IN HERE THAN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT, SO WHAT'S THE WILL? WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO? I'M, I'M OKAY WITH 33,000 THIS YEAR. I MEAN, KIND OF COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE ONE AND THE FIVE. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP 'EM AT A THOUSAND. THEY'RE GOOD. UH, I, 'CAUSE I, I THINK FOR YEARS WE WEREN'T AS BENEVOLENT AS WE ARE NOW. WE JUST TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BENEVOLENT NOW 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE NEEDS. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. WHAT DO Y'ALL WANNA DO? I I'M GOOD WITH THE FIVE. I'M GOOD WITH THREE. I'M GOOD WITH SUPPORTING. HOWEVER Y'ALL WANNA GO. OKAY. YEAH, I'M, I'M I'M OPEN AS WELL. UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TOOK LOOK AT THE WEBSITE. UM, THEY'RE FABULOUS AND IT DOESN'T SAY HOW MANY CHILDREN, UH, I GUESS THAT DEPENDS, BUT I COULD SEE HOW THIS ADDS UP 'CAUSE THEY'RE BUYING CLOTHING. UM, AND THEN THE FOOD FOR EACH GROUP OF KIDS THAT COME THROUGH AND I GUESS IT CHANGES A LOT. SO I BET IF WE DID THE FIVE THEY'D FLY THROUGH THAT. YOU KNOW, SO IT'D PROBABLY VERY HELPFUL. I'M SURE WOULD. THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND UH, BUT I'M ALMOST HEARING EVERYBODY'S MORE OKAY WITH THE FIVE. RIGHT. I AM AS WELL. UM, BUT 5,000, YOU JUST NEED TO SET THAT UP STANDARD. YEAH. AND SO, UM, 5,000 DOESN'T GO FAR THESE DAYS. IT DOESN'T, TRYING TO MEET THESE TYPES AND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE UH, TO KURT'S POINT MORE EQUITABLE GOING FORWARD. WE'VE SHOWN THAT. AND UH, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? YES. THE FIVE. OKAY. AND THEN MAYOR, ONE OTHER THING. SO THE PREVIOUS DIRECTION YOU GUYS HAD GIVEN ME WAS ANY NEW REQUEST OR ANY REQUEST OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE, I'M TO COME TO YOU FOR STAFF PRESENTATION DIRECTION. WE ENCOUNTERED A SITUATION THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS JUST, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MUCH, BUT IT WASN'T THAT MUCH. I DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN KIND. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO DO IS MODIFY YOUR DIRECTION TO ME, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE A ONE-OFF REQUEST TO THE CMO FOR $500 OR LESS, YOU NEED TO TRUST MY DISCRETION IN JUST ALLOWING THAT WE HAD A BALLOON REQUEST, IT WAS A NEW REQUEST FOR A NEW EVENT AND, AND I WAS HAMSTRUNG BY YOUR DIRECTION. IT WOULD'VE BEEN EASIER. JUST GO, YEAH, GO BY THE BALLOON. SO I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE A $500 AUTHORITY ON A NEW REQUEST. 'CAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW ANY NEW REQUEST HAS TO COME TO YOU ALL. SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE A NEW REQUEST OVER 500 STILL COMES TO YOU GUYS. BUT ANYTHING OTHER 500, UH, IT JUST 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING BETWEEN THAT EVENT AND, AND THE REQUEST. SO I NEED SOME DIRECTION ON THAT. AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO GIVE CMO THAT $500 AUTHORITY. 'CAUSE YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT. THAT'S WHAT QUESTION? I ASSUME THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTIONS YOU HAD IS $500 THE LESS THAT YOU DID. OH YEAH, WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT 'CAUSE HE AND I DISCUSSED IT. SO I THINK 500 OR LESS IS EASY. LET'S JUST DO THAT. I AGREE. MAKE IT A LOT EASIER ON US THAT OKAY. ALRIGHT. NOW I GUESS THE THING JUST TO LOOK AT AFTER A YEAR FROM NOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO GREAT WORK IN OUR, IN OUR [00:10:01] COMMUNITY AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE TRACK IT YEAR BY YEAR, ESPECIALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT MM-HMM . BECAUSE TO ME, UM, SAY IF I WAS AN ORGANIZATION, I CAME TO YOU AND I HAD DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR MM-HMM . AS THE GOAL THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULD REACH MULTIPLE LEVELS ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO GET TO 3000. IF YOU DO $400 AT A TIME. YEAH. FOUR OR I MEAN THERE, THERE COULD BE, NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE USED THAT WAY, BUT IT TRANSPARENT. ESPECIALLY IF WE TELL ONE ORGANIZATION, HEY WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU 500. BUT THEN THEY HEAR SOMEONE ELSE, WELL YOU JUST GOT 5,000 SOMEONE ELSE AND I DID A GOLF PROGRAM TOO, SO WHY DID Y'ALL DO 5,000? I ONLY GOT 500. YOU KNOW, SO, SO I WOULD JUST SAY, LET'S JUST LOOK OUT. I KNOW IT'S WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH. A YEAR FROM NOW. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'LL LOOK AT A YEAR FROM NOW, MONA, LISA, YOU KNOW WE'RE ALREADY TRACKING THOSE BUT THIS RECENT ONE THAT WAS JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT IN THE TRACKING AS WELL. YOU TALKING I AGREE WITH YOU. CUMULATIVE. MAYBE WE BRING IT BACK AND SAY WELL THEY KEPT CAME TO US CMOS OFFICE THREE TIMES FOR $300. LET'S JUST PUT IT. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT, WE'LL PUT THOSE ON THE LIST AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO THERE, THERE'S NOT AN AGGREGATE EFFECT THAT SUPERSEDES THE INTENDED POLICY. THE SHAME OF ALL THIS IS THERE'S TOO MANY NEEDS OUT THERE. OH YEAH. THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS. I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. BUT THEY DO. AND YOU THINK, WELL THERE'S A NEW ONE AND WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEIR MISSION IS AND YOU CAN SAY, WOW, I CAN SEE WHY THEY STARTED IT. YEAH. I MEAN FOR EXAMPLE, THE BACK SCHOOL BACKPACK GETAWAY. OH MY GOODNESS. WE GOT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS DOING EVERY DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'RE OVERLAPPING. NOT TO SAY , WE COME FORWARD, BUT I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE RIGHT. HOW DO YOU BALANCE IT OUT? AND THEN HOW DO YOU, I HOPE WE CAN TRY TO TAKE CARE OF BORDER IS ALL I'M GONNA SAY. IT GETS TOUGH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PROBE. TIM. AGENDA REVIEW. MAYOR . NO. UM, SO COUNSEL, UM, ON THE FIRST SET OF ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THERE'S ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR UM, ANY INPUT ON THAT QUESTION. NUMBER 10, SINCE THE UM, HOSPITAL'S GOING THROUGH SOME LEGAL ISSUES AGAIN YEAH. TO SAY THE LEAST. ARE WE STILL MOVING FORWARD? SO THIS IS TO UH, AMEND IT, TO STILL MOVE FORWARD AND REDO ALL THE STREETS AROUND IT? OR ARE WE GONNA HOLD BACK ON IT UNTIL WE FIGURE THE WAY IT'S PROPOSED TO USE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? UH, WE DO FEEL LIKE EVENTUALLY THE HOSPITAL WILL GET BACK ON TRACK, BUT ALSO THE STREETS ARE IN NEED. HERE'S, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE HOSPITAL FOR A MOMENT. IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THERE, UM, THAT'S AMAZING. WE DO HAVE SOME A GRAND CREEK, THEY'RE IN AN ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I'VE GONE TO THAT SCHOOL GOING DOWN OSLER, WHETHER THE HOSPITAL EVER OPENS OR NOT. SO REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS, I'M GONE TO DROP OFF FEDEX OVER THERE. MM-HMM . YES IT IS JUST LIKE, HANG ON TO YOUR SEATS. I UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE I CHECKED ON THE HOSPITAL AGAIN, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TIE IT TO THE HOSPITAL. CORRECT. UH, IT IS JUST THOSE CITIZENS OVER THERE CAN USE IT. OKAY. AND THE VETERANS CLINIC OVER THERE AS WELL. THERE'LL BE TODAY AND I NOTICED THE ROAD, I SAID, WOW, IT'S REALLY NICE. YES. BUT FOLKS AT THE VA WAS WONDERING IF THEY'RE GONNA OPEN BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GO THROW THAT OUT. AND PART OF THIS IS, I WISH THEY WOULD, PART OF THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT, UH, TO THE CIP FROM THE TURS. WE'RE ABLE TO USE TURS DOLLARS. SO THAT HELPS OUR CIP THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN FOCUS HERE. YES. UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION. SO TODAY THE TIP BOARD MET AND APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL 420 2008 81 ORIG. THE ORIGINAL TIP APPROVAL WAS FOR $1 MILLION AND THE TIP FOUR TODAY CAME BACK AND APPROVED THE EXTRA 400,000. SO THAT'S WHY THAT 4 22 8 81 IS THERE. YES. CORRECT. YES. THAT'S FROM Y'ALL'S TURS. CORRECT. AND WHAT THE MOVING MONEY FROM THE TURS INTO THE STREET CIP TO REIMBURSEMENT, THAT PROJECT AND THAT WAS A QUESTION WE HAD GOTTEN IN BETWEEN. AND THEN ALSO, UM, ITEM, WELL IT'S FOR INDIVIDUAL, BUT WANTED TO MAKE, I HAD A REQUEST TO NOTE ON ITEM 16 THAT THE TIP QUOTE NUMBER ONE BOARD REVIEWED THE TIP ALLOCATION BUT NOT THE FULL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS. JUST THE TIP COMPONENT TO THAT, TO THAT ITEM. THANK MAKE THAT NOTE. AND THEY ALSO REVIEWED, UH, ITEM 19 AS WELL WHEN WE'RE TALK OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. NO, I WAS, I WAS GONNA GO TO MEETING TODAY AND THEN IT JUST MAKES SENSE ALSO, IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT TODAY'S AUGUST VERSUS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT MIGHT BE A BETTER DEAL. WE JUST DO THE ADJUSTMENT TODAY. THANKS. [00:15:02] UH, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, THANK YOU. ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, WALTER ON THAT, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT INTERSTATE 1 61 AND LOWER TARRANT FOR 8 7 1 3 5 5 7 5, UH, AND WHERE WE REQUESTED A UM, A LIGHT DOWN THERE, NOT ONLY TRAFFIC BUT LIGHTING DOWN THERE BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK, THE TRAFFIC IS THIS A REALLY SMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL? ARE ALL OF 'EM NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS NOW FOR NOT, THEY'RE ALL GOING UP SUBSTANTIALLY. THIS ONE IS, IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE IT COVERS BOTH SIDES OF THE FREEWAY. IT'S A LARGER PLACE. SO YOUR NORMAL FOUR-WAY WON'T BE QUITE THE SUSPENSEFUL TRAFFIC SIGNAL YOU HAVE GOING UP. DRAMATIC. AND THIS IS A GREAT INDICATION OF IT. SO THIS, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL US NOW FOR THIS TYPE OF INNOCENCE. AND THEN TEXDOT IS STILL YES MA'AM. LOOKING AT GIVING US SOME MORE LIGHTING. IT'S VERY DARK DOWN. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. YEAH. BUT THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A ING THING YOU WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, SO WE WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO GET THIS ONE DONE. YES SIR. THANK YOU. SO EXCITED. YEAH, A BILLION DOLLARS. EXCITED MAYOR . OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? NO SIR. I'VE GOT ONE. I WE NEED TO NAME THE CONVENTION CENTER TONIGHT. WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME WE KIND OF KICKED AROUND? IT WAS THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE WHAT HERE I'VE GOT A COPY PACKET. THESE WERE THE FOUR THINGS THAT HAD COME DOWN DURING OUR LAST CONVERSATION. CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SO THESE WERE THE, THESE WERE THE NAMES THAT, UH, WE'VE KIND OF NARROWED IT DOWN TO AND UH, AS A PLACEHOLDER RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST CALLING IT THE EPIC CENTRAL EVENTS AND CONVENTION CENTER GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR WEBSITE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS VERY GENERIC. THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE. THAT'S TOTALLY GREAT. BUT THESE WERE THE OTHER OPTIONS. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS. I THINK WE ALL WANTED GRAND PRAIRIE AND CONVENTION IN IT. I DON'T HAVE A BIG DEAL WHETHER WE HAVE EPICA IN IT OR NOT. EPIC CENTRAL EVENTS AND CONVENTION CENTER, GRAND PRAIRIE. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOU RECOMMEND GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, THE EPICA EVENTS AND CONVENTION CENTER. I I WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE THE FACT WE DON'T NEED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. ONE WAY TO DO IT IS LET THEM DECIDE, BUT THEN Y'ALL BE ANGRY AT THEIR DECISION. . BUT I JUST WANNA GET FIVE VOTES. I UM, HAD TALKED TO KURT ABOUT THIS THAT I GOOGLED EPICA AND IT UH, A BAND COMES UP AND THE WHOLE LIST OF THINGS UNDER IT, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BAND AND THEIR TOUR AND EVERYTHING. AND UM, I THINK KURT IS THE ONE WHO MENTIONED WHEN SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE WANT TO GO TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND YOU WANNA HAVE EITHER A CONVENTION OR EVENT, YOU WANT HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE I AGREE. CONVENTION OR EVENT. AND I THINK THE SIMPLER WE MAKE IT NOW AND THEN IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO NAME ONE OF THE ROOMS INSIDE, WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE SIMPLER GRAND CONVENTION CENTER. JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE. CAN I ASK ONE THING THOUGH? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. OF COURSE YOU CAN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT WE PUT THE WORD EVENTS IN THERE. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST NOT FOR CONVENTIONS, IT'S ALSO EVENTS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE, HOTELS IN THERE. I LIKE GRAND EVENTS CONVENTION CENTER. THAT'S FINE. THAT GOOD? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT ON THE, THOSE WELL WE, WE JUST, NO, I'M JOKING. . WE'RE JUST READY TO MOVE ON, AREN'T WE? THANK YOU. YEAH. WHICH ONE? THEY'RE DOWN OUR COUNCIL MEETING. NO WAY. YEAH, YEAH WAY. MAYOR. UM, AS YOU SEE, COLE NOT HERE. HE WENT HOME FROM THE TOUR MEETING, NOT FEELING WELL. HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET BACK SIX 30 MEETING OR JOIN US THE NEXT SESSION. SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, TONIGHT EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KEPT UP WITH CRICKET WAS A BLAST. YEAH, I GOT COMMENTS FROM FRIENDS OF MINE IN, IN LONDON SEND ME MESSAGES. YEAH. THE LIGHT SHOW 30,000 PEOPLE SINCE JUNE 22ND. UH, I, I'VE STOPPED DAILY FROM SOMEBODY, OFFICER OUT AND ABOUT MAYOR, UH, JUST [00:20:01] THINGS, THE NEWS, MEDIA ALL AND UDIA HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC THE LAST TWO WEEKS. UM, SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A POST SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1, SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE DT CA, DISCUSSING THIS OFFICE TONIGHT. ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. TWO DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY NUMBER THREE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.074. PERSONNEL MATTERS. CITY MANAGERS CONTRACT 4 5 5 1 0.87 DELIBERATION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. MAYOR, YES, I KNOW YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S HISTORICAL FOR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.