[CC Briefings 08152023]
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CALL LEADING ORDER.UH, WHO'S GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR TARRANT COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE? MONA LISA.
UM, SO AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL, UH, WE ASKED AND INVITED OUR TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT TO COME IN AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON VOTE CENTERS, UM, AND HOW THOSE VOTE CENTERS WERE SELECTED.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY GO THROUGH TO INSPECT THOSE, UH, VOTE CENTERS.
SO THAT CAN HAVE TROY ARD AND, AND CLIFF COME ON IN.
UH, I'VE ALREADY HAD TO PRESENT COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY, SO THIS IS ROUND TWO DIFFERENT TOPIC.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE, WE KICKED OFF.
I AM THE, I'D SAY BRAND NEW ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN TARRANT COUNTY.
TODAY IS MY 13TH WORKING DAY IN THE OFFICE.
UM, BUT I, I DID, UH, IT'S KIND OF TEXAN, SIR.
WE GOT, WE GOT THE WEST PART OF IT.
UM, AND SO JOINED THE MARINE CORPS SERVED 20 YEARS, AND I RETIRED HERE IN THE DFW AREA IN 2017, BUT I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 2013, SO I'M GOING ON 10 YEARS IN THE AREA NOW.
I'VE TRIED TO WEAR OUT THE GEORGE BUSH TOLL PIPE RIGHT HERE GOING THROUGH GRAND PRAIRIE WHEN I WAS COMMUTING TO RICHARDSON.
SO AFTER THAT, I'VE DECIDED, HEY, I'M NOT DONE SERVING.
AND I BECAME THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY CLERK.
SO I SERVED AS HER NUMBER TWO, HELPING HER RUN THAT ORGANIZATION FOR THE LAST LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS.
THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR TARRANT COUNTY CAME OPEN AND I THOUGHT, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA RUN IT.
WHY NOT A MARINE
THEY DO GREAT THINGS AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ELECTIONS TO 1.2 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, FOLKS.
SO IT IS QUITE AN ORGANIZATION AND QUITE AN OPERATION, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE THE, THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA DO ALL THE SPEAKING IS PART OF THAT STAFF RIGHT THERE.
TROY HOWARD, HE IS THE ASSISTANT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.
HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2018, I BELIEVE.
SO WE GOT DOUBLE THE TROUBLE GOING,
BUT I'M GONNA TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO HIM SO HE CAN EXPLAIN EXACTLY THE EARLY VOTING PROCESS, HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE, WHAT OCCURRED IN YOUR LAST ELECTIONS, AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER AS BEST WE CAN, THE THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IT WAS NICE MEETING EVERYBODY.
UH, AS CLINT SAID, MY NAME IS TROY HAVET.
I'M THE ASSISTANT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.
I DID A LITTLE OVER 28 YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS BEFORE I RETIRED.
SO, UH, WHEN CLINT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE POSITION OF ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, UM, HE ASKED ME WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE AND I SAID, WELL, LET'S MARINE THIS THING.
I MEAN, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? YOU HAVE TWO MARINES IN CHARGE, RIGHT? AND MY FAVORITE FLAVOR OF CRAYOLA IS PURPLE.
HIS IS GREEN, WE GOT IT COVERED,
UM, SO I'M GONNA, I HAVE A SLIDESHOW THAT I WANT TO, THAT I WANT TO PUT UP HERE, BUT I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF MAPS UP HERE.
THE MAPS ARE ALSO IN THE SLIDESHOW, BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE A LITTLE EASIER FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THAN WHAT'S ON THE SLIDESHOW.
IT'S KIND OF S TRUMPED DOWN SOME, UM, THE FIRST ONE, AND I'LL, AND I'LL LEAVE THESE MAPS UP HERE.
Y'ALL CAN KEEP 'EM, BURN 'EM AND EFFIGY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH 'EM.
BUT, UH, THESE, THE FIRST MAP UP HERE IS THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS THAT ARE, UH, WITHIN AND, AND CLOSE TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE HAS ELECTION DAY.
UH, LET'S CURL UP TO THE BOTTOM.
I DON'T ROLL IT UP NOW, BUT YOU FEEL FREE TO, TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THESE.
LET ME START UP THE SLIDESHOW REAL QUICK, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS, OKAY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, AS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, I, I HOPE YOU KNOW THIS, THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS NOT 100% WITHIN TARRANT
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COUNTY.AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE'RE STANDING IN ENEMY TERRITORY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN DALLAS COUNTY, BUT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE ARE FOUR DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE REPRESENTED IN TARRANT COUNTY, AND THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN TARRANT COUNTY.
THERE'S JUST ALMOST 37,000 REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN THE TARRANT COUNTY.
UH, INSIDE THAT ARE GRAND PRAIRIE VOTERS.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT I WAS TELLING YOU HERE.
AND SO I POINTED OUT UP HERE, UH, THERE WE GO.
LZ ODO, ASIA TIMES SQUARE, AND TCC SOUTHEAST.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S INSIDE THE, UH, BOUNDARIES OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS ASIA TIMES SQUARE.
THE OTHER TWO ARE IN ARLINGTON.
ARLINGTON CITY LIMITS, WHEN WE HAVE AN ELECTION, IF THE PART OF WHAT WE USE FOR DETERMINING WHAT AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION IS, IS WHERE OR WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THAT ELECTION.
SO IN THE MAY 21 ELECTION, AND, AND I JUST WENT BACK TO MAY 21, IN THE MAY 21 ELECTION, GRAND PRAIRIE HAD SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT IN THE MAY 23 ELECTION.
IN THE MAY 22 ELECTION, THERE WAS NOTHING IN GRAND PRAIRIE ON THE BALLOT.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO 22 DATES UP HERE FOR THE MAY ELECTION.
THEN MAY 23, THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE JUNE RUNOFF, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
NOW, I WAS GONNA SAY IN MAY OF 2022, WE HAD A MAYOR RACE ON THE VALLEY IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THERE WAS NOT A RACE IN MAY OF 22.
MY, WAS IT IN, IT WAS, I WAS UP FOR, WAS IT? I I APOLOGIZE THEN.
THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME ON THAT.
I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO MY STAFF.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PULLED THE NUMBERS FOR ME.
UH, THE STAFF THAT CLINT WAS JUST PRAI
I, I'LL TAKE THE GUARD, STICK BACK, WHACK SOMEBODY ON THE, ON THE WRIST.
SIR, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE MARINE CHARGE THAT EXACTLY.
EITHER WAY, THE METHODOLOGY IS THE SAME.
SO WHAT WE USE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE REMAINS THE SAME.
IF AN ENTITY IS HAVING AN ELECTION, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO HAVE AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION, AT LEAST IN THE PROXIMITY OF THAT ENTITY.
WE HAVE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS, ONE OF OUR GOALS IN EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS IS TO HAVE THE SAME LOCATIONS EVERY ELECTION.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE GET USED TO GOING TO A LOCATION AND THEY, THEY'RE USED TO SHOWING UP THERE VOTE.
SO ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT VOTERS ARE USED TO GOING TO.
THEY, THEY LIKE TO GO TO THAT LOCATION.
IF WE CHANGE IT ON 'EM, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS THEY, THEY COMPLAINT, WELL, YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP US FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE YOU MOVE THE LOCATION.
WELL, THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE SOMETIMES LOCATIONS ARE ALSO NOT AVAILABLE FOR OTHER REASONS, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS INSIDE, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE'S CITY LIMITS.
SO IF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, THAT LOCATION IS GONNA BE USED AS A POLLING LOCATION.
NOT ONLY IS IT AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION, BUT IT WAS ALSO AN ELECTION DAY LOCATION.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ELECTION DAY AGAIN HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE TURNOUT IS FOR EACH ONE OF THE LAST ELECTIONS THAT I HAVE UP HERE.
AND AGAIN, REMEMBER YOU'VE GOT ALMOST 37,000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN TARRANT COUNTY THAT RESIDE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I'M JUST SHOWING YOU JUST FOR REFERENCE, SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY VOTERS ARE SHOWING UP TO VOTE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.
ASIA TIMES SQUARE OBVIOUSLY IS THE BIGGEST LOCATION.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED LOCATION FOR GRAND PRAIRIE VOTERS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE LZ ODOM, WHICH IS UP HERE IN THE NORTH PARK, BUT IT'S AGAIN INSIDE THE, UH, ARLINGTON CITY LIMITS.
SO IF ARLINGTON IS NOT HAVING ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE JUNE RUNOFF, THAT'S WHY ELTO AND TCC SOUTHEAST WERE NOT EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS BECAUSE ARLINGTON WAS NOT HAVING ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, AND, AND AGAIN, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN MORE DETAIL HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT ENTITIES THAT ARE HAVING AN ELECTION AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS, BECAUSE THERE, THEY THINK THERE'S NOT ENOUGH IN THEIR JURISDICTION ARE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AGAIN, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN IN JUST A MINUTE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ON THIS? YES, SIR.
ASIAN TIMES SQUARE, THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES ARE COMING SOUTH OF 20.
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SO THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.A LOT OF THE VOTERS, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS WHY ALL THE WAY UP THERE? ISN'T THERE ANOTHER PLACE SOUTH OF 20 THAT'S CLOSER AGAIN FOR EARLY VOTING? NOW, THIS IS ONLY EARLY VOTING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'LL GET TO THE ELECTION DAY IN JUST A MOMENT.
THIS THIS SLIDE IS JUST TALKING ABOUT EARLY VOTING, CORRECT? FOR EARLY VOTING.
AGAIN, IF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON OR ARLINGTON ISD HAS SOMETHING IN ON THAT BALLOT, THEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE TCC SOUTHEAST TO BE USED AS A, AS AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION ONLY IF ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON, ISD OR ARLINGTON ARE THE, LET ME, LET ME BE A LITTLE MORE PRECISE.
ANY ENTITY THAT THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
OKAY? SO THAT WOULD BE TCC, THE COLLEGE DISTRICT, THAT'S COUNTYWIDE.
AND IF IT'S A COUNTYWIDE ELECTION, WE'RE GONNA USE BASICALLY THE SAME LOCATIONS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 45 LOCATIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY USE EVERY COUNTYWIDE ELECTION.
THEY'RE THE SAME ONES USED EVERY TIME.
AGAIN, THAT DEPENDS ON WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTION.
IF T-C-T-C-C SOUTHEAST IS GONNA BE USED, IF ANYONE WHO HAS THAT WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY LINES IS ON THE BALLOT.
SO THAT MEANS TCC, THE DISTRICT, THE COLLEGE DISTRICT, THAT MEANS ARLINGTON, THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON, ISD, AND I, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS.
T-R-W-D-I THINK IS INCLUDED IN THAT, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
I, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, AND ADMITTEDLY JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DO HAVE CRSI CAN'T REMEMBER SQUAT, UH, BUT THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF BEING A MARINE AND IS WHAT IT IS.
UH, SO WHAT THE NUMBERS THAT I'M, THAT I'M GIVING TO YOU IN THE LO THE DISTRICTS THAT I'M GIVING YOU TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, OKAY? AND I CAN PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT TO Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I JUST NEED TO GO BACK AND DO SOME RESEARCH AGAIN.
I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SIR, YOU'RE SAYING THAT FOR THOSE ENTITIES, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE WERE OPEN TCC, BUT THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL ELECTION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IF WE REQUESTED THAT LOCATION, WOULD YOU OPEN IT? YOU, BECAUSE IT'S IN ARLINGTON CITY LIMITS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.
DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO IT, IT JUST WOULD REQUIRE SOME COORDINATION.
WHAT THE ENTITIES TYPICALLY DO IS THEY WOULD FIND SOMETHING INSIDE THEIR, THEIR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
SO YOUR CITY LIMITS FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO A LOCATION THAT WE COULD USE THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT CONSIDERATIONS HERE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
UM, A LOT OF GRAND PRAIRIE VOTERS THAT VOTED IN MY ELECTION BACK IN MAY OF 2021 VOTED AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MANSFIELD, THE SUB COURTHOUSE, AS WELL AS THE VERNON NEWSOM STADIUM.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON HERE, BUT THOSE ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT LOCATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TO POINT OUT IS THAT WHEN YOU CIRCLE THAT AREA NEAR TCC SOUTHEAST IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, NELSON STA STARE ELEMENTARY, THAT'S RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR 60.
AND IF YOU GO JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH, YOU HAVE FAR ELEMENTARY THAT COULD BE USED TO SUBSTITUTE, UH, WITH ASIA TIMES SQUARE.
COULD WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF VOTERS, UH, THAT IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO TRY TO GO VOTE AT ASIA TIMES SQUARE, THAT THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT THEIR CHILDREN GO TO MAY BE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR AN EARLY VOTING SITE.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ADDRESS SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY AND ANOTHER COUPLE OF SLIDES.
UM, SO DON'T LET, DON'T LET ME FORGET THAT, PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? UH, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD DRIVE IT TOO IS
UM, BECAUSE
AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, OKAY? THESE ARE JUST THE THREE CLOSEST LOCATIONS TO GRAND PRAIRIE'S, CITY LIMITS.
THAT'S THE REASON I PUT THOSE UP THERE.
I KNOW THAT MANSFIELD AND, UH, MANSFIELD SUB COURT HOUSE AND ARLINGTON SUB COURTHOUSE, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
AND REMEMBER TOO, ON EARLY VOTING, ANYBODY, AND ON ELECTION DAY, BECAUSE WE'RE VOTE CENTERS, ANYBODY CAN GO ANYWHERE WITHIN THE COUNTY AND VOTE.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND YOU WORK IN CITY OF FORT WORTH, YOU CAN VOTE IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AT WHATEVER LOCATION IS CLOSEST TO YOU.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE ALSO WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, OR AT LEAST IN THE VICINITY.
THAT'S WHY THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT THEY FREQUENT.
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HERE, BUT WHAT I WILL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THOSE PEOPLE THAT VOTE OUTSIDE OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY LIMITS, THIS IS ELECTION DAY.SO FOR ELECTION DAY, THERE ARE A LOT MORE LOCATIONS.
THAT'S ALL THE GREEN DOTS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SECOND MAP IS UNDER HERE.
THIS IS ALL THE ELECTION DAY LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN THE VICINITY OF GRAND, OF CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS IN 21, THE MAY 23 ELECTION.
AND THE RUNOFF, I, I MISSED THE TOTAL NUMBER UP THERE, BUT YOU ADD ALL THOSE UP, I THINK IT ENDS UP TO BE AROUND 680 VOTERS.
SO I, I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE THAT THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT RUNOFF ELECTION SINCE MANSFIELD NOR ARLINGTON HAD ANYTHING.
WE ONLY HAD ASIA TIMES SQUARE.
SO ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS NOT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BUT LET'S JUST SET THAT ASIDE FOR MINUTE.
LET'S SAY YOU HAD ANOTHER LOCATION CLOSE TO ASIA TIMES SQUARE, WHICH WAS NOT AS HARD TO GET TO.
'CAUSE ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS IN THE CENTER.
WE HAD 6,000 VOTERS UP IN THE NORTHEAST WEST AND 8,000 VOTERS DOWN IN THE SOUTH THAT KIND OF FELT DISENFRANCHISED BECAUSE HE HAD TO DRIVE SO FAR.
I GOT COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH ENDS OF THE CITY.
SO I THINK OUR HEARING YOU SAY, AND LET ME MAKE SURE I DID, TARRANT COUNTY MAY NOT STAND UP ANOTHER VOTING PLACE AT Y'ALL'S EXPENSE, BUT WE COULD AT OUR EXPENSE.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I I I KNOW THE RULES.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN THIS COMING YEAR, YOU WOULD STAND UP ONE VOTING LOCATION IN TARRANT COUNTY FOR A RUNOFF IF ARLINGTON AND MAN, IF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY, SAME, SAME CRITERIA FOR THE ELECTION.
AND REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY LOCATION IN I UNDERSTAND THIS.
IS JOHN THE ONLY ONE HERE IN THE VICINITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? SO ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT, BUT WE COULD FIND, I'M SORRY, UNLESS, UH, WE COULD FIND A LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WE AGREED TO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
CHARGE TO GET CUT A SECOND OR THIRD.
WE WOULD BEAR THE EXPENSE, BUT YOU WOULDN'T CHARGE US BECAUSE IT'S IN GRAND PRAIRIE, LIKE STA OR BARREL.
I'M GONNA CHARGE YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR NORMAL LOCATIONS.
WE WOULD NOT ORDINARILY HAVE IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST IT, AND I WOULD TALK ABOUT IT ON THE FUTURE SLIDE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE COST IS RULE OF THUMB.
WHAT WE USE FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES IS $10,000 FOR AN EARLY VOTING SITE FOR ELECTION.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO WHY DOES GRANDBURY, TARRANT COUNTY VOTERS THAT ARE ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, 30,000, 36,000 REGISTERED VOTERS ONLY WARRANT ONE EARLY VOTING SITE IN TARRAN COUNTY OR 36,000? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND REMEMBER WE ARE TALKING EARLY VOTING.
AND EARLY VOTING IS BY DEFINITION, IT COVERS MORE TERRITORY WITH FEWER LOCATIONS.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN GET FOR.
AND AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE FIRST OF ALL, AND, AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA COME AROUND TO IT, GIMME A SECOND.
UH, WE TRY TO GET THE SAME SITES EVERY LOCATION.
AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, CONSISTENCY, VOTERS LIKE CONSISTENCY, THEY LIKE GOING TO THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME IN VOTING, IF THEY'VE ALWAYS VOTED AT A COURTHOUSE, THEY WANNA GO TO THAT COURTHOUSE AND VOTE EVERY TIME.
HOWEVER, SOMETIMES THERE ARE REASONS WE CAN'T DO THAT IF IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER THING THAT BIGGEST FACTORS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS IS A DA COMPLIANCE.
THE LOCATION MUST BE A DA COMPLIANT.
WE HAVE TWO LADIES IN THE OFFICE WHOSE JOB IT IS.
THEY ARE DEDICATED TO CHECKING A DA COMPLIANCE ON LOCATIONS.
THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GO BY PERIODICALLY AND EVALUATE LOCATIONS.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS YEAR THERE ARE OVER 80 LOCATIONS THAT THEY MUST EVALUATE.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE SOME BECAUSE SOME ARE NOT A DA COMPLIANT.
AND WHY ARE THEY NOT A DA COMPLIANT? WELL, NUMBER OF REASONS.
EITHER IT COSTS MONEY TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET OR IT COSTS MONEY TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY THAT MONEY TO GET IT FIXED.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN TWO REASONS THAT, THAT ENTITIES DO NOT BRING THEIR BUILDINGS UP TO COMPLIANCE FOR A DA.
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BUILDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE A DA COMPLIANT AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT.HOWEVER, ME, THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO FORCE ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR BUILDINGS, EXCEPT THAT ON ELECTION DAY, THAT CAN FORCE A PUBLIC BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR ELECTIONS.
NOW GRANTED WE WOULDN'T, 'CAUSE WE'RE STANDING IN DALLAS COUNTY, BUT DALLAS COUNTY HAS THE SAME AUTHORITY.
BUT YOU HAVE, AS THE OWNER OF THIS BUILDING, THE AUTHORITY TO TELL US WHERE IN THE BUILDING WE CAN BE LOCATED.
MOST OF THE TIMES, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHOOLS, THESE ARE OUR BIGGEST OFFENDERS ON THIS.
THEY WANT TO STICK US IN A BROOM CLOSET.
AND I'M NOT EVEN JOKING, THEY WILL PUT US IN A ROOM THAT IS ABOUT A FOURTH OF THIS SIZE AND EXPECT US TO HOLD ELECTIONS HERE.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EXCEPT TRY TO, TO POLITIC AND TRY TO TALK TO THEM, CAJOLE THEM, BEG THEM, PLEAD WITH THEM TO GIVE US A BETTER ROOM.
I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S YOUR BUILDING.
IT'S A PUBLIC BUILDING, BUT YOU'VE OWNED THE BUILDING AND YOU CAN TELL US WHERE WE CAN BE.
I CAN'T MAKE YOU GIVE ME THIS ROOM 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE IT SET UP FOR.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE USING IT IN HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND OR AT LEAST FOR THE BRIEFING.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE SCHEDULED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE GET A LOT OF TIMES.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PRIME EXAMPLE.
ON ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS, ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS TOLD US THAT WE CANNOT HAVE OUR ELECTION DURING ELECTION DAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HOME GAME THAT NIGHT.
THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE VOTING IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HOME BASKETBALL GAME THAT NIGHT.
WHAT AM I GONNA TELL THEM? ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
I I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL.
SO I DON'T WANT TO POINT SOMEBODY AND POKE 'EM IN THE EYE WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHO IT IS.
I JUST KNOW ONE SCHOOL TOLD US THAT FOR THIS ELECTION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? THE FIRST MAP, THE EARLY VOTING MAP.
SO SOUTH OF TCC IS AN BUS SCHOOL.
SO TELL ME WHY THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR EARLY VOTING.
BECAUSE GRAND PRAIRIE IS DRAWING SOUTHWARD.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
I WORK AT SCHOOL, WE DON'T THERE TO COST OF ELECTION AS WELL.
SO THAT COST IS, SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S THE COST THAT WE PAY.
SO TELL ME AGAIN WHY THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
SO THAT WAS MY ELECTION BY THE WAY.
BUT ESPECIALLY IN JUNE WHEN SCHOOL ISN'T EVEN, MOST SCHOOLS AREN'T EVEN OPEN BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WILL NOT LET US HAVE THE LOCATION FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME.
THEY'VE GOT SOME REASON WHY IF THEY'RE CLOSED, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SAY WE'RE CLOSED, IT'S NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
REMEMBER THAT WE, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT BEFORE.
BUT NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, IF THE SCHOOL OR WHATEVER PUBLIC BUILDING IS NOT OPEN DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE HAVING THE ELECTION, THEY CAN CHARGE US OR SOMETIMES THEY CAN SAY NO.
WELL, BUT HERE'S LET, LET ME FINISH TO YOUR POINT BECAUSE THIS ANSWERS TWO QUESTIONS.
SCHOOLS ARE NOT A GOOD, UH, LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING LOAD SITES BECAUSE TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS OF TWO CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS DO NOT WANT STRANGERS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT WE SEE, MA'AM, I MAY SAY ONE SCHOOL MAY NOT BE THAT CASE, BUT BY AND LARGE I CAN PROMISE YOU SCHOOLS DO NOT WANT US IN THERE.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT STRANGERS IN THERE WHEN THEY HAVE SECURITY CONCERNS AND THEY ARE ALREADY HAVING TO PUT UH, A LICENSED PEACE OFFICER ON EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS.
AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
THEY DON'T WANT ELECTIONS GOING FOR TWO WEEKS WHEN THEY HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL.
NOW, JUNE, I GRANT YOU, THERE WAS PROBABLY NO SCHOOL GOING ON, BUT WE, WE DO NOT TYPICALLY USE SCHOOLS AS EARLY VOTING SITES.
NOW FOR IF YOU, IF THE CITY WANTS TO ADD A SCHOOL DURING A SUMMARY ELECTION OR IF THEY NEED ONE, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL TO WHAT THIS JUNE RUNOFF WAS, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT AND ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE FACT WHEN I SAID THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE SCHOOL IS OUT IN MAY, NOT TO DISPARATE, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THE SCHOOL IS OUT IN MAY AND MOST SCHOOLS, CENTRAL STAFF STILL ARE ON SITE.
NOW IN THE MAY ELECTION REMEMBERS THE FIRST
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SATURDAY IN MAY.SO SCHOOLS ARE TYPICALLY STILL IN SESSION FOR THE FIRST ELECTION.
FAR AS THE JUNE RUNOFF, THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN JUNE 10TH, I PROBABLY, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME STAFF THERE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT BACK TO YOUR RULE THAT I HEARD YOU ON THE RUNOFF, IF JUST US YOU'RE GONNA ONLY OPEN ONE, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE ONE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE OPEN.
SEE THAT, THAT, LET'S, LET'S FOCUS ON THAT A MINUTE.
THAT MEANS WE MAY BE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO PICK THE OTHER TWO.
THAT'S, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST PICK ONE UP NORTH OR CAN'T JUST PICK ONE DOWN SOUTH.
IF WE'RE GOING TO PICK ONE UP DOWN SOUTH, WE PICK ONE UP NORTH AND VICE VERSA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING ADDING TWO, UNLESS WE GO TO THE COUNTY AND GET THEM TO COME UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT IF I UNDERSTAND HIM CORRECTLY, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA OPEN UP ONE AND ONE WON'T DO IT.
IN THE EARLY VOTING FOR DALLAS COUNTY, WE HAD TWO.
NOW DALLAS COUNTY HAS TWICE AS MANY VOTERS.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT TARRANT COUNTY SHOULDN'T HAVE TWO, BUT I DON'T KNOW, THEY SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE THREE.
MAYBE THEY HAVE TWO IN TARRANT COUNTY.
WE GET THE MONEY THAT THEY SPEND ON.
I JUST KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE HAVE TO TELL YOU WHEN WE WANT, IF WE WANT TO COME UP AGAIN, I'M TAKING YOUR MARINA, I'M TAKING YOU AT YOUR WORD.
IF THE RUNOFF IS IN JUNE AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONES YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP WINE, HOW MUCH IT COST? WE NEED TO GO, HOW MUCH IT COST US TO OPEN UP ANOTHER ONE.
AND WHEN WE GOTTA, GOTTA LET YOU KNOW.
HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY TO THAT.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING AT LEAST HAVING THOSE OPTIONS.
WE CONSIDERING HAVING MORE THAT WE DON'T LIKE THAT ELECTION DAY ONLY EVERYBODY IN TARRANT COUNTY, NOT ELECTION DAY DURING EARLY VOTING, IT HAPPENED TO GO TO ONLY ONE IN TARRANT COUNTY.
AND THEN, AND I UNDERSTAND AND WE'VE GOT 40 SO OVER.
SO ANSWER THAT ALL THE GIVE GIVE US A SOLUTION.
SO THE THE SOLUTION IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
YOU ALL PICK TO SITES YOU WANT, YOU PICK THE SITES YOU WANT.
IF YOU CAN GET THEM AGREE FOR US TO BE THERE, WE CAN DO THAT.
THEN WE WILL GO DO THE A DA INSPECTION.
IF THEY PASS THE A DA INSPECTION AND THEY AGREE, THEN WE CAN DO THAT SITE AND HE WOULD ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THAT VOTING LOCATION TO FUND THOSE TWO SITES.
AND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ABOUT 10,000 A SITE.
IF YOU TELL US WHAT, IF YOU WANT START LOOKING NOW TO, WE WANT FRONT OF THAT, THEN GET IN FRONT OF IT, GET US THE LOCATIONS, WE'LL START, WE CAN DO THE INSPECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE USABLE SITES.
WE'LL START LOOKING THEN WHEN THE SITUATION OCCURS, YOU JUST HAVE TO NOTIFY US.
WE WANT TO USE THESE TWO EXTRA AND THAT WHAT WE WANNA DO, COUNSEL? YES.
START LOOKING AND THEN BRING IT TO US SO WE WE DON'T STOP WORKING.
WHEN DO WE HAVE TO GIVE I MEAN FOR HERE'S, I'M SORRY.
HERE'S, HERE'S, I THINK I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU PRETTY EASILY BECAUSE I, IT DEPENDS.
AND I, AND I KNOW THAT MAY SOUND A LITTLE LESS LET WELL, LET'S SAY I NEED IT FOR THIS COMING JUNE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT UNTIL I KNOW WHICH ENTITIES ARE GONNA ARE GONNA BE IN THE MAY ELECTION AND WHETHER THEY ARE GONNA HAVE A RUNOFF.
I COULD NOT HAVE TOLD YOU AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR I THAT THE CITY OF I AGREE.
'CAUSE IF THERE'S A RUNOFF, YOU'RE GONNA STAND THEM UP.
WE WOULD ONLY GET I THIS IS UNDER THE, WE NEED IT READY IN CASE THERE'S RUNOFF AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA OPEN UP THREE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S VERY HARD TO PREDICT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A RUNOFF.
NOT EVERYTHING, BUT WE'VE GOTTA START THE BALL ROLLING NOW 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
YOU'VE GOTTA START THE BALL ROLLING NOW.
WE'LL START ROLLING THOSE LOCATIONS BECAUSE THE LOCATIONS ARE DIFFICULT.
WE WON'T HAVE TO OBLIG IF WE OBLIGATE THE FUNDS TO YOU, YOU WON'T HAVE TO SUSPEND THEM.
IF WE, WE WON'T, WE WILL NOT CONTRACTS.
WE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND REQUEST IT EARLY AND SAY YEP.
IF JUST IN CASE AND THERE WE GO.
IF NOT, SO WE CAN DO OUR WORK RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DETERMINE YOUR LOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO A THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO KNOW TO VALUE THE LAST WE KNEW OUR PROBLEM.
WE WANTED TO KNOW SOLUTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER
I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY.
FOR ELECTION DAY, WE CAN MANDATE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OPEN UP, BUT FOR EARLY VOTING IS AT THEIR DISCRETION.
WE CAN'T REQUIRE THEM FOR EARLY VOTING.
SO WE NEED TO LET KNOW THAT WE, WE NEED TO PICK PLACES THAT WE FEEL LIKE, AND, AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER, WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE, WE, WE VOTED, UH, WE VOTED, UH, AT OUR LAKE PARKS AT FIRST AND THEN OF COURSE, NO, YOU'RE NOT VOTING AT CORE PROPERTY.
SO WE, I I I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE GOTTA DO.
SO LIKE A FIRE STATION BY JOE POOL.
YEAH, BUT THE COURT SAID KNOW, BUT THAT'S FOR US TO FIGURE OUT.
I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH ANSWERS.
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GOT TO THE BOTTOM LINE.AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL HELP YOU BUILD IT.
WE JUST NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING US SOME LOCATIONS.
AND WE KNOW WE'LL MAKE IT, WE WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN ON OUR END AND, AND GET YOU WHAT WE DON'T NEED THE DATA.
WE, THIS IS WHY WE HAD YOU HERE.
THEN I JUST WANT TO END WITH A PLUG.
THERE'S SOME NEW LEGISLATION THAT WAS JUST PASSED BY A TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
SB 9 24 REQUIRES US TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF UH, VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS AS WE HAVE NON-ZERO VOTING PRECINCTS.
RIGHT NOW, TARRANT COUNTY HAS 822 NON-ZERO VOTING PRECINCTS.
I'M SORRY, THEY HAVE 822 VOTING PRECINCTS.
WE'RE ADDING 22 MORE NON-ZERO VOTING PRECINCTS IN JANUARY.
THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT.
AND SO, BUT WE NEED LOCATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
WHAT I'M GETTING AT, SO THOSE LOCATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM SCHOOLS, YES.
AND IDEALLY, I KNOW RIGHT NOW TARRAN COUNTY AND GRAND PRAIRIE HAD ONE PRIMARY LOCATION.
I KNOW WE DID A STUDY PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FOLDING CENTERS WERE GONNA BE.
AND DEPENDING ON PARTICIPATION LEVELS, SAY THIS SCHOOL WAS HIGHER THAN SOME OTHER SCHOOL THAT WAS JUST LESS THAN A MILE AWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ONE BECAME A PERMANENT LOCATION TRY PERMANENT LOCATION.
UM, BUT THE PRIMARY LOCATION WENT TO THE CITY CAN BE LOOKED AT IN THE FUTURE AND SAY ASIA TIMES SQUARE WITHIN THE PRIMARY LOCATION AND ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY, JUST AS LONG AS IT GOES TO THE COMMISSARY COURT PROCESS, THEN THAT LOCATION CAN BE ADJUSTED TO THEN.
AND THEN OTHER CITIES COULD HELP US TAKE, AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THE LOCATION HAS TO AGREE TO HAVE US THERE FOR TWO WEEKS SOLID.
AND THAT'S SEVEN TO SEVEN ON THE SECOND, SECOND WEEK SOLID.
WHY IS IT THAT TCC IS ALWAYS OPEN DURING EARLY VOTING BUT NOT ELECTION DAY? AND THAT'S IN EVERY ELECTION IS ALWAYS EARTH TCC IS SOUTHEAST.
THE TC SOUTHEAST IS NOT AN ELECTION DAY LOCATION.
WHY NOT? IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T CHOSEN AS ELECTION DAY LOCATION.
THEY LET US IN THERE FOR THOSE TWO WEEKS.
AND I, PART OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH LOCATIONS, IF YOU LOOK AGAIN, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH COVERAGE.
AND I CAN PUT UP THERE THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOCATION HERE, WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE THAT COVER THAT SAME AREA.
AND TCC SOUTHEAST MAY NOT WANT US THERE ON ELECTION DAY.
WE TRY TO GET ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING LOCATIONS.
AND PART OF IT HAS TO DO NOT, NOT IN THIS CASE, BUT PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE BUILDING ON TIME, BE THERE, STAY LATE IS REMEMBER POLL CLOSE AT 7:00 PM ON ELECTION DAY AND THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING CLOSE AT 7:00 PM DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN LINE.
IF YOU'RE IN LINE AT 7:00 PM YOU GET VOTE.
SO THEY HAVE TO HOLD THAT LOCATION OPEN UNTIL THE LAST PERSON IN LINE GETS IN THERE AND VOTES AFTER THAT.
THEN THEY HAVE TO CLOSE THE LOCATION DOWN AND THEN THAT EQUIPMENT DOESN'T COME BACK HOME WITH THEM THAT NIGHT.
JUST A FEW KEY PIECES OF IT COME BACK TO OUR OFFICE.
THE REMAINDER OF IT STAYS THERE UNTIL WE CAN SEND PEOPLE TO GO PICK IT UP.
THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HEARTBURN WITH.
I MEAN THEY, A LOT OF THESE LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS, THEY'RE PRIVATE LOCATIONS LIKE CHURCHES, CHURCH, LIKE I GOTTA HAVE CHURCH.
I GOTTA HAVE MY PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND SIT DOWN AND GO TO CHURCH OR I HAVE PRAYER MEETINGS OR I HAVE OTHER MEETINGS.
I, YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT IN HERE.
AND WE MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, BUT I HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A LIMITED NUMBER OF, UH, TRUCKS AND ABILITY TO PUT THINGS IN THERE.
THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS THAT DON'T WANT US TO PUT OUR VOTING EQUIPMENT IN THE LOCATION UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK ELECTION DAY IN THE MORNING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THERE A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
WHAT YOU CAN'T PUT IT IN THERE A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE BATTLE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN HAVING SOMEBODY SHOW UP AND OPEN THE BUILDING ON TIME, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE AND THEN SOMEBODY TO COME LOCK IT UP WHEN WE GET READY TO LEAVE.
WE KNOW WHAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE KNOW WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS.
APPRECIATE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM THREE.
NEXT BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR VOLUNTARY MEMBERS.
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WHO? MEGAN? WE'RE GONNA GO TO MEGAN, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THREE.UM, QUICK CONTEXT AND THEN MON LISA MAY HAVE AN ADD-ON AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE US DIRECTION.
SO LAST YEAR WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT CALLS TO CITY HALL FROM CITIZENS REGARDING A BOARD OR A COMMISSION MEMBER, UH, BOTH IN BOSTON.
SO AT THAT TIME, UH, I FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE NOT DOING ANY TYPE OF PERIPHERAL BACKGROUND ON ANY BOARD COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO AS I DUG INTO IT, YOU ALL DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHO YOU'RE APPOINTING.
USUALLY YOU DO, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT'S FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION AND YOU APPOINT THEM.
SO I LOOKED AT WHAT WE DO FOR OUR CITY VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS A VERY BASIC, UH, VOLUNTEER, UH, EXCUSE ME, BACKGROUND CHECK.
AND THEN WHAT WE STARTED DOING IS THAT IS NOT A DECISION POINT.
MONA LISA WOULD JUST GIVE YOU ALL THE APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT INFORMATION.
RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, FOR EGREGIOUS, UH, OFFENSES OR WARRANTS.
I THOUGHT I HAD SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU ALL LETTING YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I CANNOT FIND THAT EMAIL.
SO I PROBABLY DIDN'T SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
SO WHEN IT CAME UP, UH, RECENTLY, I'LL PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA BECAUSE WE DID A SURVEY OF YOUR COMPARISON CITIES.
I KNEW Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA MON LISA, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, MA'AM, THAT I DIDN'T COVER? UH, NO SIR.
UM, PRETTY MUCH I THINK WE FOUND ONE CITY WHO HAS IT, UM, HAS IT IN THEIR, UM, CODE OF ORDINANCES, BUT MOST JUST DECIDE ON THEIR OWN.
UH, SOME DO CHECKS IN HOUSE, SOME HIRE THIRD PARTY SERVICES TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
UM, SOME CHECK ON UTILITIES, WHETHER THEY OWE THE CITY UTILITY FEES, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE WARNING COMMISSION MEMBERS DO NOT OWE THE CITY ANY KIND OF FEES BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SERVE.
SO IT'S REALLY, YOU HAVE TO PAY UP BEFORE YOU GET TO SERVE LEVERAGE.
SO WE, SO AND THAT AGAIN, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
I WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO? I DON'T LIKE IT JUST, IT WAS SHOCK SHOCKED ME WHEN WE DID IT.
BUT IS IT REQUIRED BY LAW? NO, NO.
NOT NOT REQUIRED FOR EVERYBODY BE DOING ANYTHING.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL OR NONE.
NOT JUST NEW PEOPLE COMING ON BOARD.
OH, I I I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT BACKGROUND.
Y'ALL WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT.
I THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS A POSITION THAT WE ARE CHOSEN AND WE'RE NOT APPLYING FOR IT.
WE'RE NOT, WE CHOOSE THE PEOPLE CHOOSE US.
AND SO, UM, AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT A FELON OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT? WELL, A FELON MAYBE I DO WANT A FELONY.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMPLETELY AGAINST THAT.
THERE MAY BE ONE WORKING FOR ME NOW.
SEE, SO I'M NOT EVEN THAT FAR OFF.
I MEAN, THEY MAY 'CAUSE I DON'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE IF I APPOINT SOMEONE THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT LIKE, THAT SHOULD BE REFLECT IN MY, WHEN NEXT TIME I RUN.
AND IS IT OKAY FOR US TO TELL 'EM QUIT DOING IT? I'LL SAY QUIT DOING IT.
GREAT RECREATIONAL PITCHES, MEGAN, QUICKLY.
GOT CHRIS KOLSKY, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO'S GONNA BE PRESENTING ON THIS.
HEY, THERE'S NO REASON DISCUSSING IF WE DON'T WANNA DO IT.
ARE HEARING DATA ABOUT DAN'S PRESIDENTIAL THAT DOES THAT WORK, CHRIS? SORRY.
MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. DI PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
WE DISCUSS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT PERRY PARK.
THIS IS IN THE OLD CLEAR ZONE.
UH, IT'S GOT BAGHDAD ON THE, UH, WEST OVER HERE.
AND THEN MAIN STREET IS JUST ON THE SOUTH.
UH, THE CIRCULAR IN THE LIGHT GREEN, THAT IS THE EXISTING CRICKET PITCH.
JUST BELOW THAT IN THE KIND OF SLATE GRAY IS THE, UH, RUGBY FIELD.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS Y'ALL KNOW, CRICKET HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR WAYS TO EXPAND THAT.
I WANTED TO REVIEW THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE 14 SETS OF BLEACHERS OUT THERE, SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO.
UH, YOU'LL SEE ALSO ON THE SLIDE THE RED DOTS.
IF YOU REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT IT BEING IN THE CLEAR ZONE.
THOSE ARE THE OLD RUNWAY LIGHTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING TO TAKE OUT FOR PART OF THIS EXPANSION.
UH, PARKING WAY EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
UH, UH, CREEK COMES IN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE.
PARKS AND GRASS AREAS AND RUGBY PARKS ON EAST SIDE OF THE RUG FIELD.
AS FAR AS RESTROOMS ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE TWO PORT CANS THAT SERVE BOTH OPERATIONS.
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JUST STAFF GOING OUT HERE RECENTLY.THE GOAL POSTS THAT YOU SEE OVER THE LEFT, THAT'S USED BY RUGBY, THESE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWING THE GATES AND THE BLEACHERS.
TYPICALLY THE TURF PRACTICES BOAT ONCE A WEEK IRRIGATED ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN TURF.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE, UH, MAINTAINED AT THE SAME LEVELS THAT WE DO AT ALL OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES FOR SOFTBALL AND FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL.
THE PRAIRIE CRICKET EXPANSION.
BEFORE I START HERE, I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR BUDGET FOR THIS WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY WILL RUN RIGHT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE ALREADY AT $2 MILLION FOR JUST THE CRICKET.
BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPTION THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE INTERESTING.
UH, WHAT THAT IS GONNA ADD IS RUGBY WOULD MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF MAIN STREET.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF OUR OPTIONS.
AND THEN CRICKET WOULD BE ABSENT.
THE UH, RUNWAY LIGHTS EXPANDED IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE'VE GOT 140,000 FOR DEMOLITION OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, EARTHWORK AND IRRIGATION, ADDING 60 CONCRETE SPOTS FROM NUMBER WE WERE JUST GRABBING UP ON THE GRASS.
SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
RESTROOMS, SPECTATOR, UH, AND PLAYER BENCH SHAPE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING CURRENTLY.
UH, SO ALL EVERYBODY ATTENDING WOULD BE COVERED.
FENCING, LANDSCAPING, THE IRRIGATION PARK, SIGNS AND AMENITIES AND PARKING LOT LIGHTING.
UH, WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY IN THERE.
UH, WE ALSO TO THE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO ADD LIGHTING TO FISHING BECAUSE PITCHES, BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY JUST HAVE TO PLAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, $550,000 PER FIELD.
AND THAT IS FOR, UH, TAKING THE RUGBY FIELD OUT AND ADDING A
UH, AT MOUNTAIN CREEK SOCCER COMPLEX, WE HAVE A FIELD THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK WITH RUGBY.
THEY ARE AMIABLE TO RELOCATING THERE.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO WIPE THE FIELD.
THE FIELD ITSELF IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN A SOFT FIELD.
OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMPLEX.
ALL FOUR OF THOSE FIELDS ARE AT THE SAME SIZE.
UH, AND LOOKING AT THEM AND WORKING WITH STAFF, WE ESTIMATE WE'RE GONNA NEED ABOUT $50,000 TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FUEL AND IRRIGATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
RUGBY OPTION B, THAT IS MOVING SOUTH ON MAIN SOUTH OF MAIN STREET FROM THE EXISTING PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS ALSO KIND OF IN THE CLEAR ZONE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE BAGHDAD OFF THE RIGHT AND UH, SOUTHEAST 26TH STREET.
THIS IS BASICALLY AN UNENHANCED AREA, SO THAT'S WHY YOU MIGHT SEE THIS COST BEING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COSTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
JUST FOR CRICKETING, UH, 40 CONCRETE SPOTS, RESTROOMS AND UTILITIES, SPECTATOR AND PLAYER BENCH SHADE, AGAIN, FENCING, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, UH, LIGHTS, PARKING LOT.
WE, WE DID NOT DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM.
IF THEY GO TO MOUNT CREEK, THEY WILL HAVE, SO THEY CAN PLAY IN EVENING.
UH, THREE MONTHS FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION PROCESS.
SEVEN MONTHS IN DESIGN PHASE BID PHASE TWO MONTHS, CONSTRUCTION PHASE EIGHT MONTHS, TURF GROW IN.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TURF IS WELL ESTABLISHED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE IRRIGATION IN NEW FIELDS BEFORE WE GET OUT IN PLACE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 24 MONTHS AT BOTH AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WHERE'S THIS ON THE HIERARCHY OF THINGS THAT THE PARK HAS PLANNED FOR US, THIS DOESN'T TAKE ANY FUNDING AWAY FROM TYREE PARK OR, UH, ARE WE FAMILIAR? ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
THERE, THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
ALL THREE OF THOSE WERE FUNDED BY OUTSIDE GRANTS.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY FUNDING AWAY FROM NO, NO SIR.
SO ARE THERE OTHER THINGS IN THE PARK THAT I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE DID WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE PARK SYSTEM THAT WE WANTED AHEAD OF THIS BESIDES UM, THE RECREATIONAL CENTER DOWN SOUTH? SO AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL THE VARIOUS OPTIONS OF WHAT WE WANTED TO PUT IN THERE.
THIS IS PROGRAMMED IN, AND IT CAN BE ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THE PARKS.
BUDGET CAN BE FUNDED BY PARKS, INCLUDING THIS.
DO DO WE HAVE ANY INITIAL FEEDBACK ON THE RUGBY FIELD GOING ACROSS MAIN OR DOWN THE MOUNTAIN? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, HOW MANY PLAYERS ON A CRICKET TEAM? 11.
SO THERE'S 22 ON THE FIELD? NO, THERE'S 11 ON THE, THERE'S 13.
BUT YOU GONNA NEED 11 WHEN YOU CHANGE THOSE.
SO IT'S 25 PLUS YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BENCH WARMERS AND WE HAVE 60 PARKING SPOTS.
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BY THE TIME YOUR TEAMS FILL UP, YOU WANT MORE PARKING? I I NEED MORE.OF COURSE I WANT HAVE MORE PARKING.
BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU FAMILIES, WHEN FAMILIES COME, THEY'RE NOT ALL RIDING TOGETHER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DO.
WHY DO WE GET TWO? WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DO TWO CRICKET FIELDS INSTEAD OF ONE? BECAUSE THEY DO ONE.
YOU SAID MILITARY, BUT I SEE IT.
BUT DO WE NEED TO ONE, I THINK THEY COULD UTILIZE TWO.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE IN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S PRETTY WELL UTILIZED.
SO THIS IS ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
THEY GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE, WHICH THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY GROUP REALLY WOULD LET TO MAYOR PRO TIM WILL LOPEZ.
WELL I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROUP THAT'S THERE NOW.
'CAUSE I KNOW I DO HAVE RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT DOES CRICKET ON SUNDAYS AT ON AND DALTON ELEMENTARY AND THEY PLAY IN THE OPEN FIELD OUT.
AND ANYTIME THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO THESE FIELDS, THERE'S SO MANY RESTRICTIONS.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DWAYNE SINCE LAST YEAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S YOUR SCHEDULE SO WE CAN KNOW WHEN OPEN PLAY IS CAN BE ESTABLISHED.
UNTIL THIS DAY I STILL, STILL WAITING FOR IT.
CRICKET IS NOT AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE THINGS WE'D HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE NOT SPEND ANY MONEY UNTIL WE GET IT.
WE, WE, BECAUSE I MEAN WE WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THE SPORT HERE AND IT COULD BE ELEMENTARY KIDS THAT WANT TO LEARN THE SPORT, LITTLE TOURNAMENTS.
AND IF WE EVEN KNOW, AND I KNOW BOTH TEAMS ON BOTH SIDES USE IT ON SUNDAY AND MAYOR TIM, THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO HAVE TWO.
BUT THAT'S WHY IF WE DO THIS, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME STIPULATIONS.
YEAH, WE DID TELL THAT EXISTING GROUP THAT IF YOU ALL APPROVE A SECOND CRICKET PITCH THERE WOULD GO TO FORMALIZED SCHEDULE AND THEY CAN'T JUST CONTROL BOTH PITCHES.
AND I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HIGHLY CONSIDER THE, THE LIGHTING ON THE FIELDS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
SO THEY, THEY CAN PLAY LATER ON THE EVENING AND THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS.
ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ISN'T THAT BIG A DEAL.
IT WOULD BE A MILLION FOR 1.1 AND WE WOULD MIGHT DO ONE, JUST ONE FOR AN EVENING.
BUT THAT, THAT MONEY AND TIME AND COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY, UH, THE TEAMS THAT, UM, THE TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING OUT THERE 20 YEARS, I, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD, IN MY OPINION, IF WE DO TWO FIELDS SHOULD GET SOME CONSIDERATION ON THEIR SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THEY'VE BEEN HAVING GAMES.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY GET OTHER TEAMS IN HERE, BUT IT'S STILL LIKE WE DO SOCCER.
WE ALLOW SOCCER TO BE OPEN FOR PRACTICE, BUT THAT SOCCER ASSOCIATION GETS THE PRIME TIMES ON SATURDAY AND WE'VE NEVER TAKEN THAT AWAY FROM 'EM.
BUT THE POINT IS WE NEED MORE OPEN TRANSPARENCY, MORE OPEN PLAY.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY OPEN PLAY.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WORK OUT LATER AND MAY GET THE PARK BOARD INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT THE BIG BIG THING IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THIS.
MAYOR, UM, I LOVE THAT THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING SPENDING $3 MILLION ON UH, A PARK IN MY DISTRICT.
UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SEE IF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT DISTRICT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT AS WELL? CRICKET, UM, IS SOMETHING I I THINK WE COULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO WANT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE OUT THERE AND SO, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS YEAH.
I MEAN, I TELL YOU, I THINK WE NEED TO I HEAR YOU, BUT WE NEED TO EXPAND CRICKET.
UH, THE UH, IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO EXPAND IT AND GET SOME OPEN PLAY OUT THERE FOR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, CRICKET FIELDS, WE, WE BEG FOR, WE BEG FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MONEY OVER THERE.
AND YOU DO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY OVER THERE IS GONNA USE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT IS A CONCERN.
UH, BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA PLAY CRICKET.
WELL, WELL I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO AND I MAYBE WE CAN
THIS WAS EASY 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PLAYING CRICKET.
WELL IT'S EASY BECAUSE WE'VE SAID NO TO THIS PROPERTY FOR SO LONG.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE ACCESSING THIS PROPERTY, YOU FORGOT WE ASKED FOR ME AND MY PREDECESSOR OF ASKING.
SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT, HOPEFULLY WE, IT IS A WIN-WIN.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO GET SOMETHING THERE TOO THAT THEY WOULD UTILIZE IF NOTHING.
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PRACTICE FOR THE KIDS AND BASEBALL PRACTICE, BA FOOTBALL PRACTICE.IT'S THE PRIMAL, IT'S PRIME LAND.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF A NAVY JET CRASH AND, UH, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
THE LAST COMMENT IS, I KNOW THAT IN LOOKING AT THE MINISTRY FIELD PROJECT THAT DALLAS HAS, I DUNNO IF BAGHDAD IS A COMPONENT, IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR
SO I WOULD JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS MAIN STREET.
JUST UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE ON YOUR SIDE ALSO TO, TO WALKING THROUGH THE ZOOM.
Y'ALL MAY HAVE READ IN THE NEWS THAT CITY OF DALLAS IS SUED.
MAYBE LIKE THAT'S GONNA WORK, BUT MAYBE IT'S GONNA GET SOME HELP TO TRY TO GET SOME MOVEMENT ON HENSLEY.
UH, THANK YOU CHRIS FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
AND UH, UH, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING MAINLY ABOUT CRICKET NOW, BUT MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE RUGBY AGAIN? YES.
UH, SO OUR OPTIONS THERE ARE MOVING IT, UH, NEXT TO THIS.
I MEAN, DEVELOPING SOMETHING NEXT TO THIS OR, OR MOVING IT OUT.
THE ONE THAT'S CHEAP IST IS MOVING THEM TO THE SOCCER TEAM.
THERE'S ALREADY, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD GIVE KURT, UH, COLE MORE AREA TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH SOMETHING FOR HIS CITIZENS.
'CAUSE RUGBY FIELD TAKES A LOT OF SPACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, SEVERAL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT PARKING AND SO FORTH THAT KIND OF SOLVES RUGBY ISSUE.
IT COMES WITH LIGHTS, COMES WITH PARKING, COMES WITH RESTROOM.
I WOULD, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UH, WE COULD IN INCORPORATE SOMETHING.
THAT GIVES US A SPACE TO ATE SOMETHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY MAY NOT WANT A PLAYGROUND, BUT THEY MEANT A PLAYGROUND.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? WELL MAYOR, WE NEED SOME DIRECT.
DO Y'ALL WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND HOLE? WHAT? I THOUGHT IT'S GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA.
SO YEAH, THIS IS MAINLY JUST INFORMATIONAL.
THAT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN DETAIL.
WE'LL NEED A DECISION TOMORROW.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYMORE.
UM, AS Y'ALL HAVE BEFORE Y DRAFT THE ITEMS, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTION? ALRIGHT, NO QUESTIONS.
WE MAY NOT GET TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I'M GONNA READ 'EM ALL.
IF WE DON'T GET TO ALL OF THEM AND WE WANT TO COME IN BACK AFTER THE SESSION, WE CAN, BUT SOME OF THESE ARE NOT TIME SENSITIVE AND CAN BE KICKED DOWN THE ROAD.
WILL DO THE ONES WE HAVE TO DO BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE LATER.
UH, STEVE, SOME OF THESE CAN BE TO DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED A DECISION TONIGHT.
THE SEE THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A COLD SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE FIVE.
SUB CHAPTER D OF GOVERNOR CODE DTT.
DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWS, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS ALL FIVE OF THEM, MAYBE FIVE.
ONE CONSIDERATION WITH ATTORNEY CONCERNING SHORT TERM RENTALS.
LOT OF MOVEMENT ON SHORT TERM RENTALS.
NOW YOU CAN WATCH THE NEWS SECTION 5 5 1 0.072.
DELIBERATION REGARDING THE REAL PROPERTY, NOT FAKE PROPERTY, BUT REAL PROPERTY SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTER.
CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT SECTION 5 5 1 0.076.
DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY SERVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES FOR THE 20 23 20 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
Y'ALL ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SCHOOLS HAVING TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, WE GONNA GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION LEADERS.