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WELL, THIS IS KINDA[CC Briefings 03192024]
ODD.I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
UM, THAT'S CALLED MEETING ORDER, UH, STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
LET'S GO ICE SKATING MAYBE, HOPEFULLY.
HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US OUT.
UH, AS PROMISED, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE WERE GONNA BRING BACK A, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THIS YEAR'S ICE RINK THAT, OR EXCUSE ME, FOR 2020 THREE'S ICE RINK THAT WE HAD.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOTTEN BUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE SPENT FOR 2023.
UM, IT'S KIND OF BROKEN DOWN HERE BY, BY, UH, LINE ITEM.
UH, THE, THE COST OF THE RINK, WHICH WAS THE SAME SIZE AS THE RINK THAT WE HAD DONE IN 2022, UH, WAS 1 54, 900.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS IN 2023 ABOUT BRINGING THE RINK BACK, THE COST WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS.
UH, BUT WE, WE HESITATED AND WE WAITED A LITTLE BIT TO COMMIT, AND THAT DID CAUSE OUR COST FOR THE RINK TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE DID STILL COME IN RIGHT AROUND THE SAME BUDGET THAT WE HAD PLANNED AT 200,000.
UH, WE RECEIVED SOME SAVINGS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE CITY'S OWNED, UH, GENERATORS, UH, THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO RENT A GENERATOR.
SO THAT REALLY HELPED US MAKE UP A LOT OF THAT GAP.
AGAIN, WE RECEIVED GREAT HELP FROM FLEET SERVICES, FROM SOLID WASTE ON HELPING US NOT ONLY MAN, BUT TO FUEL THOSE GENERATORS.
UH, WE DID USE AN OUTSIDE STAFFING COMPANY TO HELP, UM, SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE STAFFING THAT WE NEEDED FOR THE ICE RINK THIS YEAR.
AND WE DID BRING IN A FEW EXTRA BLEACHERS SO THAT WE HAD MORE SEATING.
BUT ALL IN ALL, WE CAME IN RIGHT AT 201,000.
I THINK THE 2022 NUMBER WAS 1 97.
SO WE, WE KEPT IT PRETTY, PRETTY STATIC FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UH, IN STICKING WITH THAT BUDGET.
UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR 2024.
AND WE THINK IF WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IN THE NEXT, UH, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR EARLY APRIL, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE ICE RINK, UH, THIS YEAR BY ALMOST ONE THIRD.
UH, WE WILL GO FROM A, UH, 30 BY 60 RINK TO A 40 BY 60 RINK.
UH, BUT IT DOES EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE CAPACITY.
IT DOESN'T JUST MEAN A THIRD MORE CAPACITY.
UH, BY HAVING MORE SPACE ON THE ICE, WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET THIS CAPACITY UP CLOSER TO 55 TO 60 SKATERS AT A TIME.
WHEREAS THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE CAPPED OUT AT ABOUT 35.
UH, AND IT KIND OF, WOULD THAT GET IT ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS DESOTOS? A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN DETO, STILL A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN DETO.
THEIRS IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
DESOTOS AND GRAPEVINES, BOTH, UH, THIS WOULD BE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY UP.
AND BY COMMITTING, IF WE ARE ABLE TO COMMIT HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH, UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS ICE RINK AT FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE COST THAT WE ENDED UP PAYING FOR THE SMALLER ICE RINK LAST YEAR.
THIS ONE WOULD COME IN RIGHT AROUND ONE 60 TO 1 65.
SO NOT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COST.
UH, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CAPACITY.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS YEAR WE SKATED AT NEARLY 90% CAPACITY ON OUR RINK.
SO WE WERE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT, AND PRETTY MUCH, WELL, I SAY SOLD OUT.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER SINCE WE DIDN'T CHARGE, BUT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH CAPPED OUT AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE COULD GET.
WE HAD ALMOST 8,000 SKATERS, NEARLY 12,000 VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN THIS YEAR, WHICH BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT WE HAD HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2022.
SO WE'RE BUILDING MOMENTUM WITH THIS ICE RINK.
IT'S BECOMING A TRADITION FOR FAMILIES AND, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAD NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF OUR VISITORS WERE GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT A THIRD OF OUR VISITORS CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO DISCOVER WHAT DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE HAS TO OFFER.
AND WE THINK THAT BY BUILDING THIS MOMENTUM HEADING INTO OUR PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN, UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON AND KEEP MAKING A, UH, A HABIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO DOWNTOWN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIP? YES.
UH, OUTSIDE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE SIZE, IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS RIGHT NOW, DAVE, IF WE STICK WITH THE SAME FOOTPRINT? NO, SIR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, EVERYTHING ELSE STILL STAYS THE SAME.
EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT CHANGE IS IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING PERMANENT, UH, ELECTRICITY, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A CAPITAL EXPENSE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BRING TO YOU SEPARATELY.
UH, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY REDUCE, AND THAT'S NO MATTER WHAT SIZE.
THAT WOULD, AND, AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY WOULD REDUCE THE FUEL
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COST.UH, FUEL COSTS DID GO UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY UP THERE IS AWARE BY GOING TO THE PUMP THEMSELVES.
SO WHAT'S THE COST TO, UH, INSTALL THE OUTLET FOR THE ICE RINK? UH, WE HAD A QUOTE GOING INTO 2023, UH, OF ABOUT $80,000 FOR THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS A QUOTE GOING IN ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
WE WOULD NEED TO RE-QUOTE THAT TO GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE NUMBER, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOTAL.
AND HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON FUEL IN FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS? LET ME BACK UP.
AND THE RENTAL OF THE FEE IN FUEL? YEAH.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DID NOT HAVE TO RENT THE GENERATOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DO NOW OWN GENERATORS.
UH, BUT FUEL, THIS LAST YEAR SIGNED UP FOR THAT FREE RENT WAS, WHERE IS THE FUEL? ALMOST 15,000.
ALMOST 15,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THE PAYBACK ON THAT WOULD BE SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS, MM-HMM
UH, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, POWER WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT FOR MAIN STREET FEST.
MAIN STREET FEST THIS YEAR IS GOING TO HAVE TO USE OUR GENERATORS, BECAUSE THE POWER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS NOT GONNA BE AMPLE TO SUPPORT, UH, WHAT THE BANDS ARE NOW REQUIRING.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT MIGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE
BUT THIS AND, AND THIS POWER, UM, INSTALLATION, AGAIN, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE FULL REVIEW, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE SOME OF, I'M GONNA BRING IT BACK TO US.
I'M NOT SAYING SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT MY GOODNESS, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'D BE A GREAT INVESTMENT.
UH, CITY MANAGER, BILL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, JOHNSON MAYOR, WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE AREA OUTSIDE IN SO FAR AS MAKING US CAPABLE OF DOING SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THIS POWER ADDITION WOULD BE PART OF THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE PART OF THE STATE.
WE GET A LOT OF USE OUT IT, WE WOULD GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF IT TO, SO WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS A FULL PACKAGE FOR ALL OF THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE WOULD DO FOR CINCO DE MAYO, FOR ELECTRICITY, FOR THAT ELECTRICITY, FOR ALL OF THE OTHER EVENTS.
SO IT WOULD NOT JUST BE FOR THIS GATE RINK, BUT THE SKATE RINK WOULDN'T PAY FOR IT PRETTY QUICK.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE THERE? THIS FIRST ONE? UH, ONE, I KNOW THE OTHER ONE, SORRY.
THAT'S, THAT'S DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I MEAN, THE, SO WHEN I, WHEN I GLANCED AT THAT, I THOUGHT YOU PUT A, A RANDOM PHOTO IN THERE.
NOW I THINK THE WHITE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF ADDS TO THE, THE SNOW, IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A, A COVER, BUT, BUT STILL, UM, AMAZING PHOTO AND, AND YOU GUYS CREATED THAT.
SO, UM, PERSONALLY I THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I THINK THE CLEAR WALLS MADE A HUMONGOUS DIFFERENCE.
UM, I, I HOPE THAT THAT IS PART OF, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, I, I WANT TO SUPPORT Y'ALL'S COMMENTS ON THE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU SAID, UH, 90% ABOUT, ABOUT 90% CAPACITY WAS AT 89 POINT SOMETHING.
SO I, I TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY AND ROUNDED IT UP.
WELL, I JUST LOVE SEEING HOW, UM, YOU'VE TAKEN A PROJECT AND EVOLVED IT TO A STEP FROM THE FIRST YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR, AND LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY TO GO, UM, FOR THAT THIRD YEAR.
SO, I, I, I HOPE COUNSEL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
I THINK, UM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS, THIS FITS RIGHT IN.
AND, UH, I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO, UH, FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE SIZE.
UM, SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I GUESS WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT IN THE ITEM THAT ALLOWS US TO THERE.
I'LL LET BILL ADDRESS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MR. WISE ON HERE TONIGHT.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IT, IT, WE BEGAN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER IN PUTTING TOGETHER DIFFERENT, THE SPONSORSHIP REQUEST.
THIS IS A SPONSORSHIP REQUEST THAT WE FOUND LATER, FRANKLY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU CONTINUED TO ASK US ABOUT IT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK THROUGH OUR RECORDS AND WE DID INDEED FIND IT.
AND IN, IN FINDING IT, UH, CHERYL WILL BE PRESENTING IT NOW.
SO, IN FACT, IT CAME IN IN TIME.
IT CAME IN IN NOVEMBER, ACTUALLY.
IT CAME IN ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE
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ANTICIPATED.WE JUST MISSED, Y'ALL JUST MISSED IT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE RECTIFY THAT NOW.
WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS DAVE'S LEGACY IS ASKING FOR $20,000, UM, UH, IN THEIR AMOUNT.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, BASICALLY, UM, ONE OF HER THINGS IS REALLY TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF THE FOLKS AT DALWORTH THAT DALWORTH CHILDREN, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE FEED THEM, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SHE'S REQUESTING FOR, UH, THESE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR, BASICALLY IT'S FOUR TIMES FOR FOUR TIMES A WEEK, FOUR TIMES A A MONTH FOR THESE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR.
AND STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE PAINLESSLY WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT SINCE IT WAS TURNED IN, IN TIME AND WE JUST OVERLOOKED IT, I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON IT TONIGHT.
WE KNOW WE CAPPED IT AT 10,000 AND WE KIND OF DID IT IN THREE TR, UH, THREE ROC EITHER TWO, FIVE, OR 10.
AND SO, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS IT NOW.
AND IT'S, MEL JUST CORRECTED ME.
WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON THE ICE RINK TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS 'CAUSE IT IS ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS TONIGHT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
UH, HOW LONG HAS DAVE'S, I DON'T KNOW, GAVE HER A QUICK BRIEF.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN GRAND PRAIRIE? UH, LET ME SEE IF THIS SAYS THAT.
IF NOT, I KNOW MS. DAVE IS HERE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN EXISTENCE, ALEX? UH, 2016.
AND AND THEY, DO THEY FEED THE CHILDREN? WELL, WE HAVE THREE.
THEY FEED THE CHILDREN AND, UH, THEIR WORK.
AND DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE, DO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY FEED THE CHILDREN AS WELL? THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACROSS THE WAY FEEDS THEM.
UH, THE, THE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT FEED KIDS ON ALL AROUND THE CITY.
SO THAT'S, UM, SO HAVE, HAVE THEY, HAVE, WE LOOKED AT US TRYING TO PULL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO ENSURE THERE'S NO OVERLAP, UH, FEEDING OR WE JUST HAVE THESE DISPLACED KIDS AND DAD WORK THAT'S NOT BEING FED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT.
I DON'T THINK WE, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT.
I HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.
THIS WAS JUST A REQUEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, OKAY.
WE CAN, I, I'M, I'LL ALLOW IT.
UM, SO CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT TIME TO SEE, UH, WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE FEEDING THE, THE CHILDREN IN THEIR WORTH? BECAUSE THE THING IS, I KEEP HEARING THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP OF ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE SAME THING, AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T PULL THEM TOGETHER IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR RESOURCES FROM THE CITY TO ENSURE WE WE'RE MAXIMIZING THESE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TABLE THAT TONIGHT.
WE CAN DO THAT OUT AND AT, AT THAT TIME OUT THERE.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT SAYING YES, SIR.
UH, SO WE CAN, AND, AND, AND I DON'T MIND YOU SPEAKING, IT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE ORDINARY DURING BRIEFING, BUT YES.
IT'S A MULTIFACETED NONPROFIT, SO IT'S JUST NOT THE FEEDING PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS.
ALSO, WE, UH, GIVE JOBS TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN HELP OUT AND MAKE GRANT DOW
WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD, IF WE DO TABLE IT TO THAT, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE R CHERYL AND GIVE YOU, GIVE 'EM ALL THAT DATA.
AND CHERYL, IF WE TABLE IT, I CAN'T WHAT, WHAT AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
YEAH, BECAUSE LET, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, WHAT I'M HEARING THAT THE 20,000 FOR THE KIDS WHERE IT'S A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM, HOW MUCH IS GOING TO THE KIDS, AND HOW WILL WE TRACK $20,000 THAT'S GOING TO THE KIDS ONLY, UH, WILL WE TRACK THAT? SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT TRYING, FORGOT.
WE THE CAPTAIN 10, I KNOW, WHATEVER, TWO, FIVE OR 10, BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE'S ASKING FOR 20.
I THINK CHERYL KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, I, UM, LET'S SEE.
AND THANK YOU CHERYL, FOR BRINGING THIS REQUEST.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW, UH, IT COMPARES WITH THE OTHERS THAT HAVE PRESENTED WITH A SIMILAR, WITH A SIMILAR REQUEST, OR THAT HAS A SIMILAR MISSION.
UM, UH, JOE, UH, THE INFORMATION I HAVE, AND I'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FOLKS AND WE GIVE 'EM ABOUT A $2,500 GRANT.
AND THEY DO FEEDING FOR CHILDREN AS WELL.
THEY ALSO, THEY ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS TO FEED CHILDREN AND OTHER MM-HMM
I WAS GONNA ASK, WHAT IS THE LOWEST AMOUNT THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS? UM, ACTUALLY I HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
I BROUGHT COPIES FOR EVERYBODY, SO I'M GONNA PASS THESE OUT AS WELL.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
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THAT WE GAVE WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE, UH, BONDAGE BREAKING CHURCH MINISTRIES.UM, AND WE, AND I'LL JUST PASS THIS AROUND.
WE ALSO GAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE, UH, JOE POOL LAKE, UH, GP, UH, METRO ROTARY.
SO YOU CAN, I'LL PASS THIS OUT SO YOU CAN SEE TO EXPANDED HORIZONS, THAT NONPROFIT.
HOW MUCH DID WE GIVE THEM? UH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK HERE.
UM, MY QUESTION, SOMEONE JUST, MAYBE I WAS, SOMEBODY JUST ASKED, MAYBE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CLEMSON.
I, I JUST WASN'T WONDERING WHAT WE GAVE TO COMPARABLE PROGRAMS, WHICH YOU STATED 2,500.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'LL BE A MOTION TO TABLE, BUT IT, IT SEEMS DEFINITELY WORTH FUNDING.
UH, I KNOW OUR DISCUSSION WHEN WE WENT OVER THE ARREST, I DON'T THINK WE GAVE 10,000 TO ANY FIRST TIME, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
SO THAT WAS A PRECEDENT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IMPORTANT WORK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN DALWORTH.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE RESEARCH.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THE CONSENSUS SOUND, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT LET'S, LET'S KIND OF GET AN UPDATE ON THE OTHER PROGRAMS, OR WE'LL TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
SINCE THIS PROGRAM IS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED ALREADY, I THINK SOME OF US ARE COMFORTABLE MAKING A VOTE UP OR DOWN TONIGHT AND MOVING ON.
I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT NOT AT 20,000.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE DO THE 2,500.
LIKE WE'VE DONE SIMILAR PROGRAMS, BUT, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW THE MOTION GOES AND THE VOTE GOES AT, AT, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA.
THE, UM, THE COUNSELING ONE, UM, COUNT, UH, MIKE, PLEASE.
WELL, WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER THIS COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A SUBMISSION FOR A, UM, THAT WAS A COUNSELING, UM, THAT WAS THE, HER NAME COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE, BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALSO A NEW ORGANIZATION.
NOT NECESSARILY NEW TO EVERYTHING.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE AHEAD OF YOU.
GO AHEAD AND PUNCH A BUTTON SO I'LL SEE YOU.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A DECISION TONIGHT BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH SET THE GROUNDWORK WITH, WE DID OTHER APPLICANTS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, GIVE HER FIVE SINCE SHE'S BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST HER FIRST REQUEST.
AND I THINK WE HAD SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HOW THE VOTE GOES.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE EXACT SAME THING THAT I THINK 5,000.
I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE DID TO A COMPARABLE PROGRAM, BUT THEY DO HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. AND CAN SHE SPEAK ABOUT THE OTHER NON FEEDING PROGRAM? CAN WE HEAR ABOUT THAT TONIGHT? I'LL LET HER SPEAK WHEN WE GET OUT THERE.
'CAUSE IT'LL BE, IT IS ON THE AGENDA.
SHE CAN FILL OUT A CARD, BE SURE AND FILL OUT A CARD.
UM, BUT I, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHATEVER ITEM IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 22.
WELL, IT APPEARS I'M THE, THE BAD GUY HERE WHO WANTS TO TABLE.
IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE THE BAD GUY AT ALL.
UH, WE'RE JUST HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
LET'S DISCUSSION ON, ON THIS LIST HERE.
ALL I SEE IS NAMES OF ORGANIZATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ALL DO.
NOW, WHEN YOU PRESENTED THIS, IT WAS FOR, TO FEED THE CHILDREN INOW WORTH.
NOW WE GONNA FEED THE CHILDREN, WE'RE GONNA GET THE HOMELESS OFF THE STREET.
WE'RE GONNA, UH, DO TRANSPORTATION.
SO WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE ON 5,000, 10,000, 2,500.
OR WE GIVE 'EM $2,500 FOR EACH THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
COUNCIL MAYOR JOHNSON, LET ME ADDRESS THAT.
UM, ANY OF THESE CHARITIES THAT WE GIVE MONEY TO, I DON'T THINK WE EARMARKED THEM FOR ANY SPECIFIC THING.
SO, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE ON HERE TO SHOW WHY WE GAVE THEM THE MONEY, UH, THE, THE RESOURCES TO DO WHAT THEY'RE STATING THEIR PURPOSE FOR HAVING THEIR 5 0 1 C3 MM-HMM
AND WE GONNA SEE THAT HERE SO WE CAN CATEGORIZE THEM AND, OKAY.
WE, WE FEED 30,000 KIDS A YEAR OFF THE FUNDING BASED ON THESE FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING FOR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE WE GIVE OUT.
ONE SAY WE GIVE OUR SCHOLARSHIPS.
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SO HOW MANY OF THESE DO WE GET OUT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS? SO AT THIS POINT, ALMOST EVERY CHILD IN GPSD SHOULD GET A SCHOLARSHIP.SO I'M JUST, JUST THROWING THIS TO HOW DO WE BREAK, CATEGORIZE THESE DOWN? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IT TOOK US SO LONG TO GO THROUGH THIS LIST IS BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL OF 'EM, WHAT THEY DO.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WHEN WE GIVE A SOME MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T EARMARKED IT JUST FOR ANY PARTICULAR THING.
SO I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR IT WHEN SHE SPEAKS TO US.
ANY MONEY WE GIVE TO HER WILL GO TOWARDS.
BUT WHEN THEY ARE PRESENTING NO MORE THAN CD NO DIFFERENT THAN CDBG FUNDS, THEY SAY WHAT THEY'RE COMING THERE TO GET THIS FUNDS FOR, FOR, I UNDERSTAND.
IT SHOULD BE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS HERE.
AND WHERE DOES THE COUNCIL DECIDE WHERE WE'VE GIVEN OUT $40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING? DO WE WANT TO GIVE OUT ANOTHER 20,000 TO MAKE IT 60,000? SO WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINES TO HELP ALL THE NONPROFITS OUT THERE THAT MAKE, CAN SERVE A NICHE IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN SERVING? BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSED ON ALL THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING MONEY, OR WE'RE FEEDING ALL THE KIDS IN WHICH THERE IS A HUGE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT.
YOU SEE 'EM ON THE STREETS, YOU SEE 'EM IN THE WOODS.
SO WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE ON WHERE THE BULK OF THE FUNDING.
'CAUSE WE CAN DO A POD CHART AT THAT POINT TO SAY 40% OR 50% GOES TOWARDS FEEDING THE CHILDREN OR SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING OUTTA THIS $152,000.
WHERE, WHERE DO WE CLAIM AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED ON THIS 150.
BUT WE CAN STILL LOOK AT WHERE DID IT GO AND IF TONIGHT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DECIDE ON THIS BECAUSE THEY GOT IT IN, IN TIME AND WE OVERLOOKED IT, STAFF OVERLOOKED IT.
AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH NEXT TIME.
WE BASICALLY TOLD Y'ALL TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION NEXT TIME, KIND OF LOOK AT IT LIKE IT WAS A-C-D-B-G MM-HMM
AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HEDON, I SEE YOUR LIGHT BACK ON.
UM, NOW DURING OUR, UH, MEETING OR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, IT DID HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT WIDE SPREADSHEET.
SO THAT'S WHY SHE DIDN'T BRING THAT TONIGHT.
'CAUSE WE, THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO GIVE THOSE FUNDING THEN.
UH, BUT WE DID NOT CATEGORIZE HOW MUCH TOWARDS CERTAIN TYPES OF SERVICES, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
BUT I WOULDN'T WANT, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECT TO APPLICANTS.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW THAT YEAR.
MAYBE THERE IS MORE OF ONE THING THAN THE OTHER.
MAYBE THE OTHER CATEGORY'S JUST NOT PRESENT IN THE APPLICATION.
THEN WE'VE ALREADY CUT OFF OTHER CATEGORIES.
UM, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, WITH THIS VOTE AND MOVING FORWARD, DO THEY SUBMIT RECEIPTS OR WHAT'S THE, UH, FOLLOW UP? UH, WE ACTUALLY A ASK FOR AN INVOICE FROM THEM.
AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE THE INVOICE, NO RECEIPT, NO RECEIPTS.
WE DON'T ASK FOR INVOICE DOESN'T TELL US ANYTHING.
THE INVOICE TELLS US WE OWE MONEY.
SO ONCE THEY GET THE MONEY, THERE'S NO, UM, REPORTING BACK TO US.
AND THAT'S WHY WE LIMITED IT TO 5 0 1 C3 BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND LET ME REMIND THIS COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE EVER DONE THIS.
THE HISTORY WAS REAL BRIEF YEARS AGO.
I WAS TOLD WE COULDN'T EVEN DO THIS.
THEN MEGAN DID SOME MORE RESEARCH.
'CAUSE I SAW OTHER CITIES DOING IT.
SHE SAID, WELL, AFTER REVIEWING WE CAN, WELL THAT OPENED UP
NOW WE CAN, HOW DO WE DO IT? AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS WOW.
WE, WE BELABORED OVER THAT FIRST.
SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE'VE GIVEN STAFF ADEQUATE INSTRUCTIONS TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, THESE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, JUST ONE QUICK REMINDER.
UM, WHEN WE DID MEET, UM, KIRK, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THERE, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION.
WE HAD THE SPREADSHEET AND UM, CHERYL ALSO HAD THE APPLICATIONS WITH HER.
SO IF WE WANTED TO DO A DEEPER DIVE, WE COULD HAVE, BUT I THOUGHT WE DID GREAT.
JUST TRYING TO THINK WAS A GREAT FIRST CUT STANDARDS FROM JUST RATION, JUST GOING THROUGH WHAT WE KNEW BECAUSE IT WAS NEW.
SO I DO AGREE WE NEED TO PROBABLY DO A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE.
BUT MEGAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
IF WE REQUEST, WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A GRANT.
'CAUSE IF WE MAKE IT APPEAR TO HAVE GRANT STANDARDS, THEN THAT TAKES US INTO ANOTHER SITUATION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KEEPING 'EM AS DONATIONS.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
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WE DO DONATIONS WHEN IT'S A 5 0 1 C3, THAT'S NOT, WE DO GRANTS WHEN IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.ONE IS A, ONE IS A SPONSORSHIP, LIKE A TABLE OR AN EVENT SPONSORSHIP.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE YOU DON'T NEED A CONTRACT.
THE OTHER ONE IS A GRANT WHERE IT'S, IT'S FUNDING FOR SERVICES.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD DO A CONTRACT.
YOU'D GO THROUGH A MORE FORMAL PROCESS.
WE, WE ACTUALLY DO NOT DO DONATIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WORD THAT WE, WE DON'T WANNA USE.
WELL, LET'S DON'T USE THAT ANYMORE.
WE'RE GIVING 'EM MONEY SOMEHOW.
AND IF YOU RECALL AS COUNCILMAN BEER ADAMS, AT ONE POINT THAT NIGHT, BILL SAID, WELL, LET ME JUST US TAKE IT BACK AND BRING IT BACK.
WE SAID, NO, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
LET'S JUST GO THROUGH AND GO THROUGH IT.
AND I WANNA SUGGEST THIS TO STAFF.
UM, IN THE FUTURE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT APPLIED THIS YEAR RECEIVE FUNDS AND ANYONE THAT APPLIES NEXT YEAR TO, TO RECEIVE FUNDS, THEY BRING US PRACTICAL AND TANGIBLE DATA SHOWING HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE SERVED, WHO WAS SERVED, WHERE WERE THEY SERVED, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THESE FUNDS.
AND ALSO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM ARE NOT TO JUST FUND A PROGRAM, BUT TO SUPPLEMENT THE EFFORTS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
WE SHOULDN'T BE THE ONES THAT ARE CREATING THIS PROGRAM.
OR SOMEONE ELSE MAY ASK, HEY, GIMME MONEY SO I CAN RUN MY OWN PROGRAM.
I THINK IN THE FUTURE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY PARTICULAR AND CAREFUL ABOUT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, WE DO HAVE A SPONSORSHIP REQUEST FORM.
THAT FORM ACTUALLY DOES ASK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO WE DID HAVE THAT, A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION ALREADY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T ASK THOUGH, WHICH WE CAN CLEARLY ADD, IS THE FINANCIAL COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS NOT THE PRIMARY FUNDING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND I THINK WE, WE WOULD ALL BE, SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE ADD THAT.
TIM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN HIT ON WHAT MY CONCERN WAS HERE AS WELL AS, SO YOU'RE DONE.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR, BUT YOU'RE DONE.
UM, THIS, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY IS, I THINK IS A VERY BIG ISSUE HERE.
AND, AND I KNOW IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, BUT WE'RE LEARNING AND WE CAN, UM, HAVE THAT, AND IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO REFER TO THAT WHEN WE ARE CONSIDERING IT AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR, HOW THEY USE THE FUNDS MM-HMM
AND, AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER.
AND ALSO, UH, CDBG, SPEAKING OF, SINCE THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP RECEIPTS, THEY HAVE TO DO NITPICKY UH, REPORTING FOR, FOR, TO GET THAT MONEY AND TO USE THOSE FUNDS.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON HOW WE USE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, WHO WE GIVE IT TO, AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THANK MAYOR.
THE ONE THING I JUST WANNA BE, BE SURE OF IS THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY TREATING THIS APPLICATION LIKE WE DID THE OTHER ONES, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE UNDER THE SIDE, THE SAME GUIDELINES THAT WE USE FOR THE OTHER ONES.
ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN, NOTHING, NOTHING DIFFERENT IN, IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD FOR NEXT YEAR.
I JUST WISH WE HAD SEEN IT, BUT WE DIDN'T.
SO, BUT WE NEED TO TREAT IT JUST LIKE, 'CAUSE UH, IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T SEE THESE UNLESS STAFF HAS ANOTHER HIDDEN ONE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD.
BILL TAKES CARE OF IT UP TO $500 AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS TOLD TO BRING IT TO US NEXT YEAR.
UM, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES RECAP, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DELBOSQUE TO DISCUSS AMONGST YOURSELVES, UH, THOSE THAT HAD ATTENDED THE COUNT, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, HOW THAT WENT, AND THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL WERE ENGAGED IN.
SO, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR AND GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FIRST SINCE HE PUNCHED HIS BUTTON FIRST.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND, UH, LAST YEAR I WENT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT WE ARE EITHER IN THE OFFICE OR IN THE HALLWAY.
I ALMOST SAID PASSAGEWAY IN THE HALLWAY, SPEAKING TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WHEN WE'RE IN THE HALLWAY SPEAKING TO, UH, CONGRESSMAN ELSIE, PEOPLE WERE WALKING BACK AND FORTH.
I CAN TELL HE WAS REALLY NOT INTO IT BECAUSE HE WAS COMING OUT OF A MEETING.
SO WHEN WE WALKED AWAY, I SAID, WE WALKED AWAY WITH EMPTY HANDED.
WHAT WERE, WHERE WERE OUR TAKEAWAYS? SO, SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED, UH, OF BEING A STAFFER IN THE MILITARY, WORKING FOR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANT INFORMATION JUST LIKE THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE ALL DAY TO LISTEN TO A STORY.
SO I SAID, WE NEED TO DO A ONE PAGER, A ONE PAGER WITH ALL OUR PRIORITIES ON THERE.
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ENDED UP DOING THAT FOR US.UH, I PRESENTED TO CONGRESSMAN ELSIE, AND HE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE ONE PAGER.
HE SAID, HEY, THIS IS, WOW, THIS IS NICE.
I'M A RETIRED NAVY SUPPLY CORPS OFFICER.
SO, OF COURSE, UH, STEVE, UH, REP WANTED ME TO PRESENT TO HIM BECAUSE WE CONNECTED.
SO WE'RE USING STRATEGIES TO TRY TO BETTER OUR POSITION ON THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
SO, UH, CON CONGRESSMAN ELSIE SAID HE LIKED WHAT MY PICTURES, HE SAID, I LIKED THE PICTURES AND WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
WE TOLD HIM, UH, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO POPUPS, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD TO IT.
SO, AND HE DID, AND HE LAUGHED.
SO HE WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, I, I THINK WE, WE MET THE MAYOR AND, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM TERRELL.
HE HEARD ABOUT A ONE PAGER THEY WANTED.
AND THEIR OTHER FOLKS IN DESOTO, THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT THE ONE PAGER.
AND THEY'VE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME, CAN I GET A COPY OF THAT? BECAUSE THEY WANNA DO THE SAME THING, BECAUSE THEIR TIME IS PRECIOUS.
AND WE'RE DONE WITH SEVEN, EIGHT MINUTES WITH JAKE, UH, CONGRESSMAN ELZY, AND WE'RE DONE.
BUT I, WITH THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING WE HAD TO SAY, AND THEN WE TOOK A TOUR OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.
BUT, UH, WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT IS THAT, HEY, WE ARE SPOT ON ON OUR, UH, APPROACH.
AND IT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE.
THE ONE PAGER PROGRAM HAS TO GO TO OUR STATE REPS AND OUR STATE SENATORS AND, UH, OUR COUNTY REPS, BECAUSE FUNDING IS GONNA COME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROCURE SECURE FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.
SO, UH, I JUST LIKE TO SAY FOR MYSELF EVEN, UH, CONGRESSMAN, UH, ELZER WAS, HE SMILED.
HE WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED TO SEE THE ONE PAGER IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE IT GAVE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE NEEDED, WHERE WE NEEDED IT, AND HOW MUCH WE NEEDED WE NEEDED TO FUND.
SO THAT WAS MY, UH, TAKEAWAY AND PRESENTATION AND ANYONE LIKE TO ADD TO IT.
FIRST, I, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING STAFF.
THANK YOU'ALL FOR WORKING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH CCDC.
THANK YOU FOR GATHERING OUR THOUGHTS.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW ON AS WE GO BACK NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER, UH, MEETING WITH, UM, CONGRESSMAN VC, HE ALSO LIKED THE FACT THAT HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS HAND.
UH, BUT THAT WAS JUST A ONE PAGER.
THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS GIVING IT TO HIS STAFF.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHO WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE WEEDS WITH, WITH STAFF.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP AND I, WE MET WITH CONGRESSMAN QUAY.
HE'S ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE VISITED WITH HIM BRIEFLY.
HE INFORMED US THAT TEXAS HAS ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED OVER $30 BILLION.
UM, SO THE KEY WORD THAT WE TOOK AWAY THAT HE TOLD US IS EARMARKED.
MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE SAME INFORMATION WITH OUR STATE REPS AND TELL HIM THAT WE WANT TO EARMARK THIS PROJECT AND EARMARK THIS.
WE GAVE HIM A COPY ALSO, AND HE SAID IT'S THE FIRST, WE'RE THE FIRST CITY TO ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING IN THE CONGRESS MEMBER'S HANDS THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US.
UH, AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER IDEAS THAT WE NEED TO, TO BRING UP AND, AND SHARE WITH THAT.
BUT OVERALL, IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE, UH, TRIP.
UM, TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS WHAT, NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT TEXAS HAS, UM, NOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR STATE REPS LOCALLY.
UM, JUST TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE STATE REPS AND OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS.
THE OTHER PART ALSO THAT WE WERE INFORMED, UH, THAT FROM THE STAFF, FROM CONGRESSMAN, UH, QUAR, WAS THAT THERE IS TONS OF MONEY AND RECLAIMING LAND.
WE SHOWED HIM AS FAR AS THE GIRT ON OUR ONE PAGER.
AND HE SAID, AND THE STAFF MEMBER, HE CAME UP TO US AND SAID, LOOK, NOBODY IS TOUCHING THIS YET, AND THERE'S BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE CAN USE FOR OUR GIRT.
I SAID, WELL, IS THERE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION? AND HE, HE LAUGHED.
HE SAID, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU FILL OUT THAT PAPERWORK.
AND I'M GLAD WE MET STEVEN LAST YEAR AT TML.
UH, THE CONGRESSMAN ALSO, UH, ALL THE CONGRESS MEMBERS, THEY KNOW HIM.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH HIM AND HE KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND THE CAPITOL.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST, IF NOT THE FIRST, TO SET THE PACE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE ALONG WITH OUR STATE REPS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OH, THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THEY HAD A THREE HOUR MEETING AND THERE ARE SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY MAY
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BE INTERESTED IN.ONE, UM, BILL, ME, LINDA GATES FOUNDATION IS FUNDING, UM, THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO NLC, THEY'RE CALLING IT THE RAPID GRANT PROGRAM FOR ADVANCING ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
UM, THEY DID A PRESENTATION, WHEN THEY SAY ECONOMIC MOBILITY, IT KIND OF GETS INTO THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF JOB TRAINING.
AND THEY HAD A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON HOW JOB TRAINING AND THESE KIND OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, HOW THAT STATISTICALLY IMPROVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE THOSE PEOPLE MAYBE CAN THEN BE ABLE TO GET HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE ECONOMICALLY STABLE.
WHICH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAS AN IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN PERHAPS THEN OPEN BUSINESSES.
SO 15, NO, EXCUSE ME, EIGHT CITIES WILL BE SELECTED.
THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT GRANT.
I DON'T HAVE THE DEADLINE ON THIS ONE.
BUT EIGHT CITIES WILL BE SELECTED.
IT'S AN, I KNOW IT'S IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU CAN GET $15,000 AND WE WOULD NEED TO PRESENT HOW WE COULD KIND OF BOLSTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT OPENING SMALL BUSINESSES OR ATTRACTING BUSINESS, IT'S MORE ON THE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ASPECT.
NOW, ON THE OTHER END OF THAT, FOR HOUSING, THERE WAS ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON HOUSING.
UM, AND PEOPLE GETTING HOME OWNERSHIP IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A COMMUNITY.
AND THERE IS A JUNE 5TH DEADLINE FOR A PROGRAM, UH, TO DEVELOP.
YOU CAN REQUEST BETWEEN 5,000,070 $5 MILLION FROM MANUFACTURED HOMES ONLY.
AND THEY CLARIFIED IT COULD BE TO BUILD NEW MANUFACTURED HOMES OR TO RENOVATE IF, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING NEW, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING RUN DOWN THAT NEEDS TO BE RENOVATED.
SO THIS, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD MATCH FOR BUILDING NEW MANUFACTURED HOMES.
I CAN GET YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION UP TO $75 MILLION.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF FUNDING.
UM, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE'S ANY MATCHING.
SO THAT'S JUST FREE MONEY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN GET THAT.
SO FOR THIS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THEIR CITIES AND I TOOK NOTES ON THEIR QUESTIONS FOR THIS ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUNDING UP TO 15,000.
THEY SAID THAT INCUBATORS COULD FIT INTO THAT.
SO THAT IS KIND OF SMALL BUSINESS ORIENTED BECAUSE THAT'S ALLOWING PEOPLE, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A TRADING ASPECT, NOT JUST GIVING THEM A SPACE, BUT IF WE DID SOME KIND OF TRAINING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR MAYBE WITH CHIP DOWNTOWN, THAT 15,000 CAN GO TOWARDS THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE NITPICKY STUFF I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO PRESENT.
SO, BUT I THINK THOSE HIGHLIGHTS AS FAR AS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE KEY.
UM, ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU AND I WENT TO SENATOR CORMAN'S BRIEFING AND WE CAUGHT THE END OF SENATOR CRUZ'S BRIEFING, BUT THEY ALMOST DIDN'T WANT TO LET US IN.
WE STOOD THE WHOLE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET IN THERE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT IMMIGRATION, NOTHING THAT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT WE WERE THERE FOR THAT.
AND THERE IS AN UPDATE ON VIA FROM OUR INFORMATION OR, OR I WANTED YOU TO PRESENT ON THAT, UH, WITH OUR MEETING WITH SENATOR CORNYN'S STAFFER, AND THAT WAS JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU AND I WENT TO THAT.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE CLEMSON.
UH, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO ATTEND THIS CONVENTION AND, UM, NOBODY'S MENTIONED THIS, BUT JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD SAY, I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE A US PRESIDENT IN PERSON AS HE MADE ONE OF THE, UH, CONFERENCE SPEECHES.
AND OTHER THAN GEORGE BUSH, MAYBE BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT.
BUT, UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS TO ME, AND I THOUGHT HELPFUL WAS, UH, WHEN WE WENT TO REPRESENTATIVE VCS, UH, MEETING AND, UM, ACTUALLY WHEN THE HANDOUT WAS GIVEN, AND WE WENT OVER THEM INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEM, UM, HIS STAFFER HAD SOME VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR US ON CERTAIN ONES KEY WORDS TO USE WHEN WE'RE APPLYING OR KEY WORDS NOT TO USE WHEN WE'RE APPLYING.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL AND, UH, AND I APPRECIATED THAT VERY
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MUCH.AND, UH, SECOND OF ALL, I WOULD, UH, OF COURSE I WENT TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, OTHER WORKSHOPS AS WELL.
BUT, UM, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, THE HANDOUT WAS VERY NICE AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO THEM.
AND IN, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE COMMITTEE WORKED ON THAT.
AND IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THE WHOLE COUNCIL WILL HAVE, HAVE INPUT INTO THAT AND HELP GET IT, UH, IN PRIORITY ORDER.
AND I KNOW I WAS EXCITED ABOUT MENTIONING, UM, THE SHADY GROVE AREA AND THE DRAINAGE ISSUES WE HAVE THERE IN DISTRICT ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NEEDED A LONG TIME AND THEY GAVE US SOME GOOD INSIGHT ON THAT AS WELL, ON HOW TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. OH, I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. YES, I TOO ENJOYED THE CONFERENCE.
I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE PRE-CONFERENCE COURSES, AND SO THAT GAVE ME MORE INSIGHT ON WHAT, UH, MY ROLE IS ON THIS COUNCIL, AS WELL AS COMPARE WHAT WE ARE COMING UP WITH AS FAR AS SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT OTHER CITIES, UH, COME UP WITH AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO GOING TO THE CONFERENCE, WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING THE WHOLE COURSES OR YOU'RE TAKING THE DEEP DIVES, IS YOU ALWAYS COME AWAY WITH SOMETHING OR YOU COME AWAY WITH A CONTACT.
SO I BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF, UH, BUSINESS CARDS BECAUSE I MET MY FELLOW, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF OTHER CITIES HAVING GREAT IDEAS.
AND FOR ONE WAS, UM, I HAVE TWO CARDS, ONE FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND ONE FROM LOVEJOY, COLORADO.
AND THEY HAVE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS, UH, THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING WITH THEIR YOUTH, UH, IN THE CITY.
I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I ACTUALLY EMAILED THE MAYOR AND WAS LIKE, OKAY, CAN I BORROW YOUR MAIL? YOUR MAYOR, YOUR MAYOR, TEEN COUNCIL? YOU DID.
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME REALLY GREAT INNOVATIVE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING TO THE POINT THAT THEY APPOINT, UM, THEIR HIGH SCHOOLERS TO THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE VOTING RIGHTS.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA, THAT'S A LITTLE DEEP.
THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY DIFFERENT.
BUT IT GIVES THE YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO BE EXPOSED TO THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING, IMPACTING THEM IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE BUILD OUR PIPELINE SO THAT OUR YOUTH CAN GET INVOLVED AND SEE WHAT THE CITY, UH, PROVIDES AND WHAT THEY CAN TAP INTO TO BE A PART OF THAT FUTURE WITH US.
SO MY OPPORTUNITY WAS WITH, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT.
UM, SHE DID, YOU KNOW, HER, HER, UH, STAFFER TOOK OUR, OUR HANDOUT AND TALKED TO MR. LOPEZ.
HE WAS, HE'S NOT HERE TODAY ABOUT EVEN SECURING FIVE THOU, $5 MILLION FOR A FIRE STATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BUILT.
AND SO THEY ACTUALLY SAID, IF WE GET THIS MONEY, THEN IT'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST OFFSET WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ON A FIRE STATION.
SO $5 MILLION MAYBE COMING OUR WAY THROUGH JUST A CONVERSATION, UM, WITH COUNCIL, WITH UM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING THAT WASN'T ON PAPER WAS, UH, SHE ASKED ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ALSO ABOUT, UM, SHE SERVES ON THE COMMITTEE, THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.
SO I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT, UM, STAFF IS WORKING ON WITH ME WITH THE MORE THAN FOOD PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, UH, STARTING AT LUCKETT GARDENS, BUT IT'S GONNA EXPAND TO NOT JUST COMMUNITY GARDEN GARDENING, BUT HOW TO DO URBAN GARDENING, BUT HYDROPONICS, ALL KIND OF HYDROPONICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S NEW AND EXCITING IN, UM, IN AGRICULTURE TO THE POINT.
UM, AND I KNOW STAFF IS TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT BONTON FARMS, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT GO ON A FIELD TRIP THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH IN THE DALWORTH AREA BECAUSE IT'S DETERMINED TO BE A, A FOOD DESERT.
AND SO THERE ARE FEW FOOD INSECURITIES IN THAT AREA, BUT THIS CAN BE THE PILOT FOR OTHER, UM, ACTIVITIES OR, OR, UH, PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST HAVING THE INPUT AND FACE TO FACE WITH THE, UH, PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY STREAMS, BECAUSE SHE ALSO HAS WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS HER PITY CASH FUND THAT WE CAN EASILY GET $350,000 JUST TO GET THAT PROGRAM STARTED.
AND IT'S A SIMPLE APPLICATION.
AND SHE ALSO, UH, HER CHIEF OF STAFF ALSO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH ANOTHER STAFFER THAT DOES NOTHING BUT AG, UH, GRANTS.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH US TO GET SOME MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ALTHOUGH IT'S, IT WASN'T ON PAPER, BUT, UH, GEORGIA, THIS WILL BE IN YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AND I'VE BEEN KEEPING, UM, GEORGIA'S UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE COMPONENT WILL HAVE, NOT JUST, JUST GARDENING, IT'LL BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT WITH CAREER PATHS THAT CAN LEAD TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
IT ALSO HAS NUTRITION BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE, UH, FOOD INSECURITIES IN THE AREA.
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UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME WRAPAROUND PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EVEN FINANCIAL, UH, WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.AND SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY A, A VIBRANT COMPONENT INSIDE OF A COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ESTABLISHED ORGAN EXACT ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN COME ALONG AND PARTNER WITH THIS INITIATIVE.
I EVEN, WE, IT WAS THEIR 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, SO, UH, MOST OF US LEFT BEFORE THEY HANDED OUT THE SCARFS.
SO I HAVE SCARVES FOR MY FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. AND TALKING ABOUT THE TEENS, UH, I THINK I SAW IN THE PICTURES TOO OF MY TEEN COUNCIL WERE THERE.
THEY WERE NOMINATED TO GO AND THEY WERE IN SOME OF YOUR PICTURES.
IT WAS GOOD TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
UM, I MISSED THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE DUE TO MY FLIGHT GETTING CANCELED.
SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND MY COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE COVERED MANY THINGS LOOKING AT TRYING TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND, AND IN OUR SPECIFIC MUNICIPALITIES, FINDING NEW ENERGY SOURCES.
AND SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC AGENDA THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
IF YOU TURN AROUND TO PA UH, THE SECOND PAGE, ITEM FIVE, WE'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR AN EN A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES AND POLLUTION WITH, UH, NORTH TEXAS COG.
AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETINGS, TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SU, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE.
UM, BUT WHEN I GOT THERE TO DC WE MET WITH CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT.
AND FIRST THING I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT IS JUST TO COMMEND OUR COUNCIL FOR COMING TO THIS CONFERENCE.
WE HAD SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO JUST BE A, A LARGE PRESENCE IN DC AND TO REPRESENT OUR CITY VERY HONORABLY.
BUT WE SPLIT UP INTO, UH, SECTIONS TO ATTEND THESE DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
KURT AND MIKE ATTENDED A MEETING WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN ELSIE.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN ESE AND CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT AT THE SAME TIME, SO WE HAD TO SPLIT UP IN FIVES TO GO TO, WELL SPLIT UP IN FOURS TO GO TO THAT.
OUR MEETING WITH CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, RECEIVING DOLLARS FROM THAT AND WAYS TO GO ABOUT GETTING THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND GETTING ADVICE FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN AS TO HOW TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
LATER ON THAT DAY, MYSELF AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON ATTENDED A MEETING WITH SENATOR JOHN CORNYN STAFF, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SENATOR CORNYN IS, HE'S BEEN SERVING AS OUR SENIOR SENATOR SINCE I THINK 2005, 2006.
AND HE'S A HIGH RANKING, UH, REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
AND WITH MITCH MCCONNELL STEPPING DOWN, HE MAY END UP BECOMING THE MAJOR, THE MINORITY LEADER FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IF, UM, IF HE'S SELECTED BY HIS PEERS.
SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD AND ROBUST MEETING WITH HIS STAFFER WHERE WE SPOKE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, OF COURSE, UH, WITH THE BIG BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO, LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, OUR MICRO TRANSIT VIA SYSTEM HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND ASKING THEM FOR SUPPORT AND MORE DOLLARS TO, UH, EXPAND THIS PROGRAM.
MAKE THIS PROGRAM MORE ROBUST.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT VIA, IT TAKES YOU ANYWHERE IN THE CITY FOR $3 A RIDE, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO NEARBY HOSPITALS IN ARLINGTON AND MANSFIELD AND TO NEARBY COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE DOLLARS TO MAKE IT MORE ROBUST.
WE AVERAGE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTE WAIT TIMES, BUT WITH MORE DOLLARS, WE CAN HIRE MORE FOLKS AND HAVE MORE VANS ON THE ROAD TO, UM, TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT ZIP CODES.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE ARE EXPANDING, THIS CITY IS GETTING MUCH LARGER, NOT JUST IN POPULATION SIZE, BUT ALSO IN GEOGRAPHIC SIZE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND IN JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
AND WE SPOKE, UH, TO SENATOR CORNYN'S, UH, STAFFER ABOUT GETTING THEIR ASSISTANCE, UM, GETTING ZIP CODES THAT ARE GRAND PRAIRIE ZIP CODES.
SO A LOT OF FOLKS THAT LIVE DOWN THERE ON THAT SOUTHERN SECTOR HAVE MIDLOTHIAN ZIP CODES.
AND, AND AS A RESULT, MISS IAN ADDRESSES.
SO THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE MAIL CARRIER WHEN IT GETS TO DELIVERING THEIR MAIL THERE.
SO GETTING THEIR ASSISTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING UP A POST OFFICE OR WHATEVER TO HAVE A GRAND PRAIRIE ZIP CODE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY, THAT MADE UP THE MAJORITY OF MY TRIP THERE IN DC JUST THOSE REALLY GOOD MEETINGS WITH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND JUST APPRECIATING STAFF.
WALTER AND GERALD WERE THERE WITH US, HELPING KEEP US IN LINE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE FOCUSED DURING THOSE MEETINGS.
I THOUGHT Y'ALL WERE THERE TO KEEP THEM IN LINE.
BUT OVERALL A GREAT TRIP, NOT SO GREAT INPUT.
UM, FOR THOSE YOU OUT THERE, THIS IS HELD ONCE A YEAR, HUGE CONVERGENCE ON WASHINGTON DC WE HAVE THREE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON NATIONAL COMMITTEES.
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REPEAT WHICH ONE YOU'RE ON AGAIN.UM, I'M ON TWO, THE, UH, FEDERAL ADVISORY BOARD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE YOUTH EDUCATION AND FAMILIES, WHICH I SERVE ON THAT ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. OKAY, I THANK YOU.
SO YOU'RE ON THAT WITH HER? GO AHEAD.
YES, I'M ON THE YOUTH EDUCATION AND COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL, AS WELL AS BEING APPOINTED TO THE ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
WELL, EVERYTHING THAT JUST, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ON YOU, YOU'RE WITH THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE ON.
YEAH, I SERVE ON TWO COMMITTEES, THE RACE EQUITY AND LEADERSHIP COM COUNCIL, AND THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, I KNOW, UH, THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, Y'ALL HAVE THIS MEETING AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER MEETINGS THROUGH THE YEAR THAT Y'ALL WILL BE ATTENDING.
SO IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO AGENDA REVIEW.
MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ SHOULD BE HERE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU START US OFF WITH THE AGENDA REVIEW AND MEL HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
LET LET MEL TELL YOU WHICH ONE IT IS.
20, WHAT WAS IT? IT'S, UM, ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 16.
UM, BUT WE WOULD ASK, UM, THAT, THAT BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO COMPLETE THE DUE DILIGENCE.
ALL WE NEED TO ADD IS NOTES THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND SHE'LL YEAH, AND YOU CAN PASS THAT ALONG TO MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ IF HE'S HERE.
IF NOT, YOU'LL BE DOING IT SUBJECT TO, YOU'LL GET WE ENVIRONMENTAL AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
BACK TO YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM.
THAT I KNEW SHE HAD THAT TO ADD, SO THANK YOU MAYOR.
COUNCIL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, PUT YOUR MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS YOU A BIT BETTER.
AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR THROUGH, UM, 21.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITEM 16 THAT WE HAVE A CORRECTION TO ADDITION? OBJECT, YOU, MAYOR PROTO WELL, 21 BE INCLUDED IN THAT REVIEW.
ARE WE VOTE SEPARATELY ON THAT? RIGHT NOW? IT'S PART OF THE CONSENT, UNLESS YOU WANNA PULL IT.
YOU DID SAY I'M, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT 22.
SO 2022 WILL BE INDIVIDUAL AS IS.
22 WILL BE TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THAT'S MORE QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM 20.
WHAT ARE THE, I KNOW THAT WAS REVIEWED BY FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE ADDITIONAL MARKETING FOR EPIC? UH, CHERYL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA LET OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TALK ABOUT THAT.
GREAT, CLAUDIA, IT'S GONNA BE SOME EXCITING STUFF, FOLKS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO BROADCAST DOING SOME COMMERCIALS AND SOME STREAMING TV AS WELL.
AND PART OF THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES OUR REVAMP, OUR, OUR CURRENT COMMERCIAL WITH NEW PRODUCTION, ADDING THE NEW DESTINATIONS ALREADY THAT ARE HAVE OPENED.
WHAT STREAMING SERVICES WILL WE HAVE COMMERCIALS ON? SO THAT IS ACCORDING TO, IT'S BASED ON AUDIENCE PREFERENCE.
SO WE COULD HAVE THE, THE, UM, THE, THE DIFFERENT, UH, APPS THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR, NOT CABLE, BUT YOUR STREAMING SERVICES SUCH AS, UH, UH, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE ROKU, THE CVS DIRECT TV, HGTV.
YOU KNOW, THE A THE YOUTUBE THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR STREAMING SERVICES.
SO WE WILL HAVE ADS BASICALLY ON SEVERAL OF THESE STREAMING PLATFORMS. RIGHT? WOW.
UM, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE THE, UM, COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA USE FOR THAT? HAVE YOU ALREADY OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE VARIOUS OR WILL IT BE BRAND MOORE? OKAY, SO WE'LL BE, UM, USING UM, AN AMARI, UH, OUR AGENCY OF RECORD FOR THE EPIC CENTRAL.
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WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, COMMERCIALS.SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT EITHER IN THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON OR IN THE EVENING, RIGHT? SO THOSE COMMERCIALS WILL BE IN THE MORNING, UH, EARLY MORNING MEDIA BUYS FROM MONDAY, BETWEEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 6:00 AM TO 10:00 AM YEAH.
IT'S GONNA BE NEXT TO JAKE'S PLUMBING AND THE HARDWARE FOR GARAGE DOORS.
I'M JUST JOKING MIKE, ME WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF THOSE THAT SCHEDULE ONCE WE NEGOTIATE UM, ALL THE SPECIFICS SO YOU WON'T MISS IT.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT USE NEED PLUMBING SERVICES NEED TO COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD DINNER.
BACK TO YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM.
AND UM, THAT GETS US THROUGH ITEM NUMBER 21.
AND THEN, UH, MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, TO GO OVER THE ITEMS TO BE TABLED OR IS THAT NECESSARY? YOU ARE.
SO YOU OR MAYOR PROTE WILL TABLE THOSE FOR US? YES SIR.
UH, WE'RE FIXING TO GO ON EXEC SESSION WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EPIC CENTRAL.
IT WAS CRAZY THIS PAST WEEK AND I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO KNOW SOMETHING.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO THE MANAGER THAT'S OVER THE FINCH AND VDOA AND WE'LL BE OVER THE TWO NEW RESTAURANTS THAT THEY'RE OPENING.
OUR FINCH IS OUTPERFORMING THE FINCH IN DALLAS ON MOCKINGBIRD IN 75.
OUR VDOA IS OUTPERFORMING THE VDOA IN DEEP A.
THEY ARE SO HAPPY AND LUKE NINE HAS TURNED THE CORNER AND EVERY WEEK THEIR CELLS HAS GONE UP AND THEY HAD A GREAT WEEK LAST WEEK.
CAN'T WAIT TILL RODI OPENS UP.
TIFFANY DEAR, WAS AT OUR STATE OF THE CITY.
SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT COMING AND SO, UM, GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE.
THE DINOSAURS WERE GREAT ADDITION, MY GOODNESS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUBCHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE V-C-C-V-T-C-A TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TONIGHT.
ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY.
ITEM FOUR, SECTION 5 5 1 0.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS IN ENCLOSED MEETING.
ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK, GO IN TO HAVE OUR SUPPER AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL SEE Y'ALL BACK OUT HERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR.