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[CC Briefings 08202024]
STARTED.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, RAY SERTA PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
TODAY, KELLY AND EMILY WILL BE PRESENTING THE POWERPOINT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED DATES FOR 2025 OF MAIN STREET, NEVADA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY ALREADY LOOKING AT MAIN STREET VEST.
IT'S GOING BY, BUT IT, IT IS TIME TO DETERMINE THE DATES FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, HOW Y'ALL SAW IN AN EMAIL FROM MEGAN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO BRING, UH, TO YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, SO TRADITIONALLY THE DATES THAT THE 2025 EVENT WOULD FALL WOULD BE APRIL 25TH, 26TH TO 27TH.
UH, THAT'S THE WEEKEND WE, UH, TYPICALLY DO THE EVENT, BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF THE TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER FESTIVAL, UM, THAT THEY HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS, WHY THEY NEED TO PLACE THEIR EVENT, AND, UH, THE EXACT DATE, NOT SET, BUT WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE AN APRIL.
SO BE COULD, COULD BE, COULD BE.
SO THAT, UH, CAUSED US TO START, UM, TALKING INTERNALLY.
AND WE'VE ALSO, EVEN BEFORE THAT, HAD HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM YOU ALL ON, YOU KNOW, PERCENT WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HAVE WE EVER LOOKED THE OTHER DATE? SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, IF WE DID WANT TO MOVE IT, OUR DATE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE OCTOBER 24TH, 25TH, 26TH, UH, TO ALIGN AFTER, UM, THE STATE FAIR, WHICH THERE'S SOME, SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHY WE DON'T WANNA BE DURING THE STATE FAIR.
UM, DON'T WANT TO GET TOO LATE EITHER.
DON'T WANT TO BE EARLIER THAN STATE FAIR.
SO, SEVERAL REASONS WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF STARTED TO LOOK AT THESE DATES.
UM, WITH THAT, THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, AND APRIL, AS I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE WEATHER, ALWAYS HAVE SOME THREAT OF WEATHER, UM, WITH THE TCR FEST BEING IN THE SAME SPOT, VERY, IT'S A DIFFERENT EVENT, BUT A VERY SIMILAR EVENT AS WELL.
DO WE WANT TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER? DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE DEMAND LOGISTICALLY ON THE CITY HALL CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, THAT CLOSE TOGETHER? UM, IN OCTOBER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE STATE FAIR DATES, UH, HEARD SOME CONCERNS WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES AND OTHER, UH, EVENTS SUCH AS BETOS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE CONCERN WITH, OR WE NEED TO LOOK AT, WHICH IS THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR VARIOUS CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS THAT
UM, WE DID START TO LOOK AT HISTORICAL WEATHER DATA WITH THE FOURTH WEEK OF APRIL, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL, UH, TIMEFRAME FOR THE EVENT, AS WELL AS, UM, THE FOURTH WEEK OF OCTOBER DATE.
SO THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES, THE WIND, AND THE AVERAGE FALL.
AND I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL MAY WANNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND DEBATE THAT, BUT, UM, WELL, AND MY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS WEATHER, BUT THE WEATHER DOESN HOWEVER SURPRISING THE KEY.
THE KEY IS, UH, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT BEFORE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, REPORT AND, UH, I DON'T NOW, NOW THAT WE, I JUST DIDN'T THINK STAFF SHOULD THINK THAT DECISION.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID ABOUT THERE.
AND THEN EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER DOES LOOK SIMILAR ON THE CHART, IT FEELS TO ME LIKE IT DOES DIFFERENT.
I KNOW, UM, IN APRIL, THAT MAY BE MORE SEVERE IN APRIL, WE MAY STILL GET THE SAME RAIN, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM AS SEVERE POSSIBLY TO ME IN OCTOBER.
UH, THE, THE, UH, DA LA WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST ABOUT THAT? SURE.
UM, SO WE, AND JUST NOT IN THE ROOM, BUT, UH, WE'VE TALKED WITH HIM AS HE GOT ON ON THAT EVENT.
UM, THEY MOVED IT TO THE LAST SATURDAY, THE LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, LAST SATURDAY.
BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO, WE TALKED ABOUT AC ACTUALLY JUST THIS MORNING WE TALKED WITH THE, THE COMMITTEE.
THEY WERE, SO THIS YEAR THEY'RE HOLDING IT ON OCTOBER 26TH.
UM, AND THEY HAD DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE GONNA CONTINUE HOLDING LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER.
WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP TO THEM, THE DISCUSSION WAS, WELL, MAYBE NEXT YEAR THEY WOULD HOLD IT ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS HOLIDAY, AND IT FALLS ON A SATURDAY NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO BE FLEXIBLE AND OPEN.
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FLEXIBLE.WELL, YEAH, EVERYBODY WE UNDERSTAND THERE OCTOBER 31ST THAT YOU FALL THAT WEEKEND, RIGHT? THIS WHERE? OCTOBER 31ST.
WE'LL, I'M GLAD DISCUSS IT THIS MORNING AND THE NEXT TIME THAT HALLOWEEN WOULD FALL ON THAT WEEK, IT'LL BE 20 30, 20 33
I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DATA PRESENT TO US.
UH, AND IF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SOLVE BRIEF ON IT.
THUMBS UP BEFORE, JUST AUTOMATICALLY YES.
UM, WHAT THE MONTH OF MAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WHERE WE, WHAT ARE TITLE? YEAH.
SO THE MAJOR CONCERNS WITH MAY WILL ACTUALLY BE THE LATIN PERFORMANCES.
UM, SO WITH VO DE MAYO AND FIESTA HAPPENING, TRADITIONALLY WE WILL SEE A LOT HIGHER PRICES AND LOWER AVAILABILITY FOR LATIN ARTISTS.
SO THAT WAS WHY AFTER WE WERE EVALUATING DATE, WE RECOMMENDED AVOIDING MAY AS WELL AS TO NOT CONFLICT MAY INT WORTH, UM, AND AVOID GETTING A LOT GOING ON IN OCTOBER.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN MAY.
MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I, YEAH, ALL CONCERN ABOUT OCTOBER IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE FOOTBALL.
I DON'T WATCH THE L SO PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE GAME DEPEND ON IF THEY'RE PLAYING.
I WATCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL L YEAH, THE SATURDAY GAME.
THOSE ARE USUALLY DAYTIME, JAMES, THEY'LL HAVE A, THEY'LL HAVE A HIGH PROFILE ON CHANNEL EIGHT THAT EVENING.
AND WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET A TV OF THE 10
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOOTBALL, SO, UM, COLLEGE FOOTBALL WOULD FALL ON AROUND WEEK NINE OR 10 OF THE SEASON.
AND NFL WOULD BE ON ABOUT WEEK NINE AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS REALLY LEANING INTO THE FOOTBALL AND, UM, POTENTIALLY BRINGING OUT A BLOW UP SCREEN AND SHOWING GAMES AND DOING FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES TO TRY AND GET THOSE FOLKS TO, AND IF THERE'S A HIGH COLLEGE, COLLEGE GAME, YOU KNOW, A TEXAS WON'T BE, UH, WHO KNOWS
UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON FRIDAY, RIGHT? FOOTBALL.
I WISH ENOUGH PEOPLE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A GAME THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, WHETHER IT'S BE AT HOME.
SO THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR BOTH.
ARE THEY EACH OTHER? UH, MAY 10, THURSDAY NIGHT.
SO I DID WANNA SAY ABOUT THE SOUTH AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE GAME.
SO TRADITIONALLY THEY HAVE NOT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS PLAYED EACH OTHER ON THIS WEEK OR AROUND THIS WEEK.
IT'S BEEN EARLIER MONTH, OCTOBER.
LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL DID DUE DILIGENCE, Y'ALL THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S FOR SURE IT 2025, RIGHT? YEAH, HOPEFULLY.
UH, I WOULD, MY WAY OF THINKING IF WE'RE LOSING IT, MY OPINION, EVEN IF THE GOES AWAY, I THINK ONCE WE PICK A NEW, FOR WHATEVER REASON WE'RE IT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE BOUNCING BACK.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO ANNOUNCE IT.
I DON'T LIKE WHEN IT'S BEEN JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A ROUTINE FOR US.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE MATH AND LOGISTICS, AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WHEN WE'VE HAD TO RUN EVERYBODY OFF OF IT TWICE BECAUSE OF THE STORM.
UH, HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER.
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JUST DON'T THINK THE WIND HAS BEEN SEVERE AS SEVERE.BUT I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CONSENSUS.
FOR THE STATE FAIR, SO, UM, IT'S EARLIER IN OCTOBER, THESE DATES WERE CHOSEN TO BE AFTER THE STATE FAIR.
SO THE STATE ENDING AROUND OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
SO WE, THESE DATES BE AFTER, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR VENDORS, CONTRACTORS WILL BE INVOLVED.
SO IF TEXAS OU WAS PLAYING STILL, IT WOULD BE AFTER THAT.
HE KNOWS BECAUSE THE SECOND IN OCTOBER UNTIL THEY THIS YEAR GONNA BE 20TH, IT, IT'S USUALLY THE WEEK BEFORE, VERY FIRST WEEK OF PREPARED OPENING.
DEPUTY MAYOR, WHAT'S THE CONCERN? UM, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE OTHER CONFLICT? SO ON THE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, MARCH, WE'RE OKAY WITH, UM, WHERE WE GET INTO DIFFICULTY EARLIER IN THE YEAR IS WITH OUR CONTRACTORS.
SO, UM, OTHER LONGER ESTABLISHED SPRING EVENTS THAT MAY HAVE LONG STANDING CONTRACTS WITH OUR, UM, CARNIVALS OR GOOD VENDORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
GOING EARLIER INTO THE SPRING ON KIND OF THIS LATE OF A TIMEFRAME, IT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE.
DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T GO OUT AND GET NEW FOLKS, BUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WE DO HAVE MARK MAYOR, I DON'T OR ANYTHING.
UH, IT'D BE NICE IF WE HAD CONTINUITY, BUT I LIKE THE FACT OF HAVING TWO GREAT EVENTS, UH, WITHIN SIX OR WHATEVER.
IT'S, AND THAT, I THINK IT'S GOING BE HARD.
WELL, I'M GOOD AT SCHOOL AND IT'S NOT WHEN I DIDN'T GO TO THAT GOES YOU WANNA BACK APRIL FOUR YEARS, BILL, ARE WE OKAY WITH GIVING HIM DIRECTION TO MOVE IN? YES.
UH, START, START GETTING THE WORD OUT, SIR.
NOT THAT ANYBODY'S PLAINTIFF A VACATION.
ALRIGHT, UM, LISA NORRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT'S OFFICE WE HAVE TODAY, UM, STEVE HOFFMAN WITH LONESTAR CONSULTING, HE'S GONNA INTRODUCE HIMSELF, BUT ESSENTIALLY HE IS OUR GRANT WRITER AND WORKS FOR FEDERAL ADVOCACY IN, UH, IN DC ON OUR BEHALF TO GET GRAHAM PRAIRIE'S NAME CONTINUALLY OUT THERE, UH, HOPEFULLY FINDING FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR US THAT ARE CREATIVE AND AVAILABLE.
AND HE'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN AN UPDATE OF WHAT HE'S DONE IN HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS OF HIS CONTRACT AND, UH, WHAT HE'S WORKING ON FOR.
IT'S STEVEN HOFFMAN, OUR CONSULTING
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BASED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND WE'LL TRADE INTO, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING.THE, WE DO THE GRANT WRITING, WE FIND GRANTS, WE ALL ENTITIES HERE, CITY, AND WE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING MECHANISMS, GRANT WRITING, WHETHER RELATIONSHIPS MAY OR NOT, RELATIONSHIPS, STATE LEVEL AND STATUS.
AND I MENTIONED WE DO GRANTS UP, PROPER GRANTS BASED ON THE DEADLINES, BASED ON ABILITY.
WE DRAFT THE GRANTS AND WE WORK WITH THE, THE CITY AND THEIR STAFF AND THEIR, TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
MANY OTHER CITIES, AGENCIES AND COMMITTEES, THE WHITEHOUSE PUSH THE ISSUE AND THAT STRENGTHENS OUR HAVING A LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE WITH INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION? WE'RE ALL FORMER STATE, STATE STAFF.
WE ALSO HAVE A REGULAR TO MAKE SURE SLIDE FOUR.
AND IT'S ALL BASED ON WHEN GRANTS ARE.
MOST OF THESE, AS YOU CAN, GRANTS THAT TEXAS HAS.
SO GRANTS EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE GRANT, WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? WE'RE FINDING IS THAT 20 FINDING ONE THAT SUCCEED.
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WE DO HAVE A DIVISION, WE TALKING TO THE WANTS MANY BACK ON STREET DOWN THERE.WE CAN HAVE ALL STUFF TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY ACTUALLY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
SO THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE FIRST BE SUBMITTED.
THIS ONE HERE BE WE ALSO HAVE THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, VERY POSITIONS ALSO HAZARD MITIGATION.
A LOT OF THIS CAN DRAINAGE ISSUES.
WE, THIS WOULD NOT BE FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE CHARGING GOVERNMENT.
THERE'S UPCOMING GRANT THAT DEALS WITH BANK, UH, CHARGING STATION RESIDENTS.
WE DID GET CHARGING COMMUNITY FUNDING, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
UH, WE TRIED TO OURSELVES TO GET FUNDING TO SUMMARIZE HOW CONGRESS OUT THEIR MONEY, THIRD OF MONEY FOR ANOTHER THIRD GOES, THESE ARE THE EIGHT CONGRESS YOU CAN PARTS, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT HE SAID THE, THAT NUMBER THREE WAS TOO BIG PICK.
THEY DID PICK WATER ON DAVIS, NUMBER SIX ON NORTH SIDE, INITIALLY ACCEPTED REQUEST, BUT THEN HE CANCELED ALL OF HIS FUNDING REQUESTS SAYING HE'S NO LONGER IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY EVERY, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, LIFT ON, UH, SHE PICKED THAT UP FOR US.
UM, THERE ARE BETWEEN NINE AND 11 FUNDING BILLS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, EPA, ALL THESE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING BILLS.
ONLY A COUPLE HAVE BEEN PASSED.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE FUNDING BILL THAT HAS ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE WITH LEGISLATION INCLUDED.
IT'S GONNA SENATE VERY STRONG.
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DID THAT, WHO GAVE, WHO GAVE THE LIST? WELL, IT'S, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE BASICALLY.UM,
HERE'S THE CRITERIA, WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE.
SO WE WOULD WORK THROUGH WHAT, WHAT HE THINKS BE WE, WE WOULD WORK ON THE PROJECT THAT WE ALREADY KIND OF HAD ALREADY.
PROBABLY WERE ON THE CIP LIST, RIGHT? WE ALREADY KNOW WE EVEN FUNDED.
DO YOU EVER CONNECT WITH LC? LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SO YOU DO WORK WITH THEM AND WHAT KNOW ABOUT THE YEAH, IT'S NOT BEEN, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE THE SEPTEMBER.
AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE IS THAT WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON IS C PROJECT, NOT NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
TWO DIFFERENT TRUCTURE INFORMATION.
UM,
LET'S JUST BE, WE DO KNOW TO BE, TO BE REAL, UNLESS NOT AS MUCH AS THEY COULD OR NOT AS MUCH THEY NEED.
SO, UM, ONE, UM, ALL OF ON THE TABLE, WE VERY AGREED WITH ADDITIONAL.
ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BE JUST CONTINUE SHARING WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, WHETHER THAT BE EVERY OTHER MONTH OR SOMETHING.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
YOU COULD ADVOCATE ON OUR SIDE AS WELL.
UM, SO WHATEVER WE HAVE ON PIPELINE, PLEASE SHARING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO SERVE ON PRESENTATION, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
UM, ONE THING I, I DO WANT HIGHLIGHT THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY DIFFERENT AVENUES AND GETTING THE INFORMATION AND, AND MAKING SURE YOU DIGEST IT, MAKE, MAKE SENSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS OF RE WORKING ON THAT IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY DRAFT WHAT THAT BILL REPRESENTS.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME, UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE A WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, ABSOLUTELY GET ONTO CALL INDIVIDUALLY.
CON DISSEMINATE OPPOSED PEOPLE.
I JUST WANTED TO, OUR, OUR CONVERSATION, UM, IS DOING THIS WITH STAFF TODAY.
THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR IDEAS AND DO AGAIN, YEAH, EARLIER TODAY AT CCC DC, WE DISCUSSED THIS WHENEVER THIS PRESENTATION WITH STEVEN, UM, ALSO, UM, HAD HIM AND ALSO LISA, DUE DILIGENCE, THE FIBER OPTICS, AFFORDABILITY
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WE ALL HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISTRICTS.OUR DISTRICTS BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND ALSO
NOT TO REHASH ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST MEETING, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, MY REQUEST REGARDING YOUR UPCOMING EPA MEETING, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANT.
UM, INITIALLY THERE WAS THOUGHT REGARDING DISTRICT SIX AND THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UH, HOW THIS APPLY TO IT.
BUT STEPHEN'S GONNA GET BACK WITH OUR COMMITTEE AND I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE THIS REALLY BROAD IDEAS FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TO, I WROTE DOWN SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID, WATER PIPING, GREENERY DESERTS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT COME UP.
SO, AND IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH BROADER THAN THIS.
HE'S GONNA US MORE INFORMATION TO SUGGEST DISTRICT BY DISTRICT WHAT MAY BE A MATCH FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SHOULD MANAGER APPEAL MAYOR, JUST ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL IN CONTACTING MR. HOFFMAN, THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRACK EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT THE WORK IS DONE.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT.
IF YOU'LL TRY TO CHANNEL IT THROUGH LISA, THAT WOULD WORK.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE WOULD DO THAT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO QUANTITATE WHAT'S GOING SO WE CAN I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I, AND THAT'S IF WE SEND THEM THROUGH STAFF, WE CAN, WE CAN ALSO DOUBLE CHECK SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT, THAT MAY COME, YOU CAN CHECK ON SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S PROGRESS.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TO AUSTIN WITH TEAM DOWN THERE.
VERY, I'M, OH, IT'S TIME FOR THE RESULTS OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
WE'VE GOT BRIAN AND DURWIN WITH KAI, HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS.
I'M BRIAN GRAHAM WITH KAI, UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, BACK IN JUNE BEFORE YOU, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS FACILITY, WE CAME BEFORE YOU WITH A PRETTY ROBUST, UH, SURVEY THAT HAD A NUMBER OF PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS THAT WITH FITNESS, RECREATION, UH, LIBRARY SERVICES.
AND AT THAT TIME YOU ASKED US TO KIND OF PAUSE AND TAKE A STEP BACK TO REALLY CONVINCE THE SURVEY, UH, TO REACH OUT TO THE CITIZEN, READ TO UNDERSTAND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE EVEN WANT THE FACILITY AND WHERE MIGHT IT BE.
UH, AT THAT TIME WE TALKED ABOUT ONE LOCATION AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER,
UH, BUT WE WERE THEN, UH, THEN GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SITE AVAILABLE, UH, NORTH OF PENINSULA, UH, EXCUSE ALSO ON LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE PUT OUT A SURVEY OF FIVE QUESTIONS.
UH, LOOKING AT THESE TWO SITES, UH, ONE AT THE CORNER OF NORTHWEST PARK, EXCUSE ME, NORTHWEST, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ENGLAND PARKWAY AND LAKE RIDGE, AND THEN ONE AT 55, UH, 23 AND 55 31 LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, WHICH IS NORTH CITY.
UH, THIS SURVEY INCLUDED FIVE QUESTIONS, THIS QUESTION BEING NUMBER ONE, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME FOLLOW UP DEMOGRAPHIC
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INFORMATION JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHO'S, UH, WHO WAS COMPLETING THE SURVEY.UH, AND UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR, THEIR HOUSEHOLD MAKEUP, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE SURVEY WAS OPEN FOR A MONTH, FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
UH, AND WITH THAT, WE RECEIVED, UH, EXCUSE ME, 19,959 SURVEYS WERE MAILED, UH, TO TARGETED ZIP CODES, UH, SOUTH, UH, SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'S 7 5 0 5 2 7 5 0 5 4 IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH.
UH, WITH THAT WE RECEIVED 2,314, UH, SURVEY RESPONSES.
AND SO THAT WAS AN 11.6% RESPONSE RATE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, SURVEYS, SURVEY RESPONSE RATES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 30% AND THAT'S CONSIDERED A GOOD RESPONSE RATE.
UH, SO WE'RE COMING ALMOST IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RANGE.
UH, OUT THOSE 2,314 RESPONSES, THERE WERE 2,505 SELECTIONS MADE.
AND THAT NUMBER IS 'CAUSE UH, ON THE FIRST QUESTION ON THE TWO SITES, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SELECTED BOTH SITES AS A PREFERRED, SOME SELECTED BOTH SITES AND NEITHER.
AND SO WHEN, WHEN NEITHER WAS SELECTED IN ANY RESPONSE, THAT RESPONSE WAS COUNTED AS A NEITHER.
UH, WITH THAT, THE OVERALL RESPONSE IS WE RECEIVED 66%, UH, YES, UH, TO A FACILITY.
SO WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT A TWO, TWO TO ONE ORATION THERE.
SO THE SURVEY RESPONSES INCLUDED, UH, COVERAGE FROM 12 ZIP CODES.
UH, 58% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDERS HAD ONE OR MORE CHILDREN.
95% OF THE RESPONDERS WERE OVER THE AGE OF 26.
AND THEN 84% OF THE RESPONDERS HAVE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL NUMBERS, UH, BREAKDOWNS FROM YES RESPONSES TO EITHER SITE, BOTH OR NEITHER, UH, YOU SEE AGAIN THE 66% TO 34%, UH, TWO TO ONE RATIO.
BUT THEN YOU START TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR, UH, RESPONSES THAT THE PREFERRED SITE WAS THE SITE NORTH OF PENINSULA AT 55, 23 AND 55, 31 LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.
AGAIN, THE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ENGLAND PARKWAY AND LAKERIDGE PARKWAY BEING THE SECOND, UH, MOST, UH, RECEIVED SITE.
AND THEN THERE WERE 170 RESPONSES THAT SELECTED BOTH SITES AS A PREFERRED.
SO WE BROKE THAT DOWN TO FOUR BUCKETS OF INFORMATION.
UH, NORTH ZIP CODES REPRESENT AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF 7 5 0 2.
AND THEN THE SOUTH ZIP CODES REPRESENT, UH, ZIP CODES THAT ARE GENERALLY SOUTH OF 7 5 0 5 4.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 1% OF THE RESPONSES CAME FROM NORTH.
ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF TO 5% CAME FROM SOUTH.
BUT THE MAJORITY, ABOUT 95% OF OUR RESPONSES CAME FROM THOSE TARGETED ZIP CODES OF 7 5 0 5 2 AND 0 5 4, WHERE THESE TWO SITES ARE LOCATED.
SO AGAIN, UH, ABOUT 1% OF THE RESPONSES CAME FROM THE AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY TO THE NORTH.
UH, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS GENERALLY, UH, THESE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED NEITHER, UH, SITE.
AND AGAIN, UH, THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE NORTH OF THE TWO TARGETED SITES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 7 5 0 5 2, UH, GENERALLY THAT WAS ABOUT NEARLY 75% OF THE RESPONDENTS, UH, REPLIED YES, THAT THEY WERE LIKE A MULTI, UH, MULTIUSE FACILITY, UH, WITH THE PREFERENCE BEING IN, UH, IN THE 7 5 0 5 2 ZIP CODE, UH, AT THE 55 23 OR 55 AND 55 31, UH, ADDRESS.
UH, AND THEN FOR SECONDARILY, UH, THE ADDRESS AT, UH, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ENGLAND PARKWAY AND LAKEBRIDGE.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, 8% OF THE RESPONDENTS SELECTED BOTH SITES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 7 5 0 5 4, AGAIN, YOU HAVE ABOUT 39% OF THE RESPONDENTS WHO SELECTED BELIEVE THEIR SITES.
SO WE HAD ABOUT 61% OF THE RESPONDENTS WHO SELECTED YES.
UH, THE MOST PREFERRED SITE WAS IN THAT ZIP CODE AT NORTHWEST CORNER OF ENGLAND PARKWAY AND LAKERIDGE, SECONDARILY AT THE UH, SITE IN THE 7 5 0 5 4 ZIP CODE.
AND THEN FOLLOWED ON BY BOTH SITES AS A RESPONSE.
UH, THOSE ZIP CODES GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH, UH, AGAIN, WE HAD, UH, NEARLY A 75% RESPONSE RATE OF YES, UH, WITH THE PREFERRED SITE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST NORTH OF THEIR ZIP CODES IN THE 7 5 0 5 2, UH, AREA.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I LIKE THAT WE CONDENSED ANY QUESTION.
SO IT WAS CONFUSING WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA, I DIDN'T KNOW, I KNOW WHAT I FEEL LIKE IT SAID TO ME, BUT MAY FEEL DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN TELL YOU
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DATA, YEAH.UH, AND RIGHT NOW WE, THE DATA NO.
SAYS THAT GENERALLY IT'S YES BY TWO TO ONE RATIO, DON'T KNOW WHERE.
GENERALLY THEY WANT IT IN THE NORTHERN SIDE.
THAT'S THE WAY I GLEANED FROM THE DATA.
AND GENERALLY, YES, UH, THAT'S A TOUGH DECISION WHEN 66% IS TWO TO ONE, BUT, UH, IT UH, GIVES US SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A REAL, WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE RIGHT NOW FOR IT ANYWAY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE, WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND AS IF YOU RECALL STAFF POST, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FROM THE PARK UNTIL 2028.
DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR FUNDING FROM THE PARK? NO, I FEEL LIKE THE FUND FUNDING A LOT OF BOND ACTIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED, SO IF WE DO CHOOSE TO WAIT FOR FUNDING FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IT UNTIL, UH, THAT'S, WE'VE NEED TO BUILD DECISION BECAUSE WE NEED DO SOMETHING WITH THE LAND.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE LAND.
UH, ANYTIME WE'RE HURRY TO SELL, IT CAME IN IT.
I THINK WE WOULD, HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF THE LAND, WOULD WE WANT TO SELL IT AT CURRENT ZONING? WOULD WE WANNA CHANGE THE ZONING BEFORE CHANGE? SO WE, SO
WE MAY NEED TO DECIDE PRETTY SOON ON WHICH LOCATION WE HANG ON AND CHANGE THE ZONING BOTH AT THAT TIME.
WE, WE WANNA HANG ONTO FOR OUR PURPOSE, THE ONE WE WANNA SELL FOR SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT AT THAT LOCATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND SO, UH, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT I RECEIVED CALLS EVEN FROM THE A COMMITTEE, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE A MAKE DECISION.
ALTHOUGH THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM THE A HOC COMMITTEE AND THIS BODY VOTED ON THOSE FIVE QUESTIONS.
I REMINDED THEM THAT, UH, I'VE HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW THE RESULTS GO, BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING DOWN THERE, A PARK OR A RED CENTER.
BUT THEY, THEY WON'T PUT THE HAT ON EITHER ONE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, STONE THAT HE HAS HIS FIRST, HE'S THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING.
PUT THIS DATA OUT HIS TOWN HALL MEETING THAT ALL OF US PUT THIS OUT.
SO WE PUT THIS INFORMATION OUT AND GET SOME FEEDBACK, GET SOME FEEDBACK, AND THEN THE LEAST WE CAN DO AFTER THAT IS WE, WE JUST GOT INVITED TO MAYOR AUTOS FOR A MEETING.
AND YOU DISCUSSION JUST, JUST UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS TO BED ON WHICH SIDE WE GOING, WHICH SITE WE'RE GONNA, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE, WE SURE DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 2028.
SO I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND SUGGESTION IF YOU HAVE A TOWN HALL, LET'S GET TOGETHER WITH STAFF ON THAT.
OUR MESSAGING WILL BE SAYING AT THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ABOUT THESE RESULTS BECAUSE THEY LARGE NUMBERS, THEY GOTTA COVER THAT AREA.
AND THEN JACQUELINE, YOU HAVE ONE JOHN, EVERYBODY.
NOT EVERYBODY FILLED UP MY CALENDAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR MOVING YOUR
SO IF, JUST FOR, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT YOUR TOWN HALL? GET, YOU DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON JUST GETTING INFORMATION BACK SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'RE YOU MAIN LIBRARY? UM, SOMETHING I WHERE YOU HAVE 45% OF THE PEOPLE,
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ABOUT 70% CENTER CENTER, 70, 60% ONLY 31%.I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE IS A VERY DRASTIC DISPAR BETWEEN THE TWO ZIP WHERE PEOPLE WANT S COMMUNITY.
WHAT, AND THIS CAME UP IN A DISCUSSION.
THEY TWO TO ONE STRONGLY AGAINST IT IN 60 60 DON'T WANT 31% WANT.
IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO REPEAT BREACH.
I'M HUNDRED PERCENT TO, TO MOVE THAT.
HOWEVER, THE A COMMITTEE SAYING, HOLD ON, DON'T MOVE TOO FAST BECAUSE I TOLD THEM IF THE DALLAS SUPPORT COULD BE GONE, I'M, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL I WHAT COMMITTEE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WE HAD A, UH, SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS DOWN THERE.
FROM THE COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.
SO I THINK YOUR POINT WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, WE, WE MAY OR MAY NOT WAIT UNTIL JANUARY, BUT LET, LET'S, I THINK IT'S GOING FLESH STUFF OUT COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT BACK TO, OKAY, SO THAT, THAT IS SAYING 66% YES.
THAT REGARDLESS OF THE ZIP CODE LOCATION, REGARDLESS THE LOCATION, CORRECT.
REGARDLESS OF THE ZIP CODE OR LOCATION YES.
THEY DON'T WANT EITHER LOCATION, IS THAT I'M SAYING THAT CORRECT.
SO OVERALL, 34% VOTE THE WINNING VOTE IF THEY DON'T WANT IT EITHER, YEAH, 780 WON THE VOTE IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
BUT IF YOU COMBINE THE OTHER TWO, YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO TO ONE TO THAT ONE, THEN THEY WANT ONE.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE SAYING 66 71 1, JUST THEY'RE NOT SPLIT 50 50 WHERE IT'S PRETTY DRASTIC.
THEY WANT IT NORTH OF THE AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE, IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY WANNA IGNORE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING TO ME.
SO WHY, SO IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE THAN WHAT WE GONNA DO? YEAH.
SO IS IT A FINAL DECISION THAT IT WILL NOT BE A REC CENTER? NO.
BUT I MEAN FOR JUST LOOKING AT THE DATA, I CAN'T SAY I, WE GOTTA VOTE, BUT JUST COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS, I CAN'T SAY IT'S A FINAL DECISION, RIGHT? I DON'T, SO LEMME THAT NOT A FINAL DECISION, BUT LOOKING AT THE DATA BUT SAYING TO ME THE DATA IS SAYING THEY DON'T WANT IT AT ENGLAND PARKWAY.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT IT'S SAYING TO YOU.
WELL, DATA IS DATA SO IT SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THE SAME THING.
I'M TELLING YOU, SOME PEOPLE GONNA LOOK, I, WE CAN ALL FIGURE OUT THE DATA OURSELVES, BUT I SAY IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT.
ATWOOD PARKWAY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP COUNSELOR LOPEZ? WELL, I JUST, JUST REALLY JUST HERE.
WE DON'T DOLLAR, WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAM YET.
PREVIOUSLY WE CAME SURVEY WITH SOME PROGRAMMATIC PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
WAIT, WAIT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? DOLLAR ABOUT LIKE WHAT DO WE THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR DECISION? WE WOULDN'T BE, I TELL YOU IF WE COMMUNITY IS, WE DECIDE WE AND WHAT WE SEE THAT WORKS IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
UH, AND AND THAT WILL BE A DECISION THAT WE AS A BODY
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MAKE ALONG WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT.SEE THE DATA, THE USAGE AT THE PARTS, AT THE REC WE 20, THERE'S AVENUES AND I SAID THAT THERE'S OTHER AVENUES WITH COUNTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE COULD PROBABLY GET FUNDING OFFSET.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST CURIOUS THAT QUESTION.
THE QUESTION THERE IS TO BE BLUNT, WE WANT FEDERAL MONEY TO GO THERE TO OR TO THE CULTURAL CENTER.
SEE, WELL ISN'T THAT WHERE WE BOUGHT THE LAND FOR, FOR THE CULTURAL CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE? WE BOUGHT ONE OF THE BUT THAT'S WHERE THIS SITE MAY GO.
YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER SITE.
HOWEVER, EVERYTHING WE CHOOSE IS LIKE BUILDING A FIRE STATION.
WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD FIRE STATION, BUT CAN WE STAFF IT? WE HAVE THIS HAS TO BE TIMED OUT WHERE FINDING THE FUNDING PART IS, IS REALLY KIND OF THE SIMPLE PART.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO STAFF? IT REC CENTERS COST MONEY.
SAME THING WITH THE CULTURAL CENTER.
WHICH ONE DO WE WANT TO GO FIRST? WE WANT GO BOTH SAME SITE, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
THIS WILL HAVE PROBABLY TOOK THEM ALL FOUR IN IT.
UM, I THINK THIS ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY WANTED TO SEE.
SO NOW THAT, NOW WE HAVE TO GO THE NEXT STEP.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I WANT COUNCIL NUMBER ADAMS FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SOUTH SIDE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAYING THAT THEY WERE NOT CLEAR ON THE FIVE QUESTIONS.
THEY WANT SOMETHING BUT THEY CAN'T DEFINE WHAT THEY WANT.
I SAID WHATEVER I'VE TOLD THEM, WHATEVER THE DATA SUPPORT THAT WHAT I'M GOING SUPPORT IF YOU WANT, IT'S GONNA GO.
IT'S NOT, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO DELAY THE PROCESS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FORCE TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND LET THE FOLKS HEAR ABOUT THE RESULTS AND THERE'S ANY CHANGES AND THEM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ADVOCATING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANOTHER SURVEY.
WE, I THINK THE SURVEY, THE RESULT OF THE SURVEY, Y'ALL ARE GONNA JUST OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION IN YOUR TOWN HALLS.
WE WILL NEED TO MAKE A DECISION BACK TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED A WHILE AGO.
AND I'LL BE STATED, DO PIECES OF PROPERTY, DO WE SELL ONE, DO WE CHANGE ZONING BEFORE WE SELL IT? DO EVEN WANT TO BUILD IT IF WE WANT BUILD IT WIN IN COMBINATION WITH THE OTHER THINGS WE'D WANNA BUILD, WHETHER THAT BE A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX, A CULTURAL CENTER, THEY'RE ALL $30 MILLION EACH.
AND IS THAT A GOOD PRICE TAG IN 2020 $8? PROBABLY FOUR.
WELL, THE, I HAD PRICED THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY WITH ALL THE PROGRAMMING PROGRAM, PROGRAMMATIC.
I SHOW THAT THE, UH, ONE PARTICULAR GATHERING THAT WE HAD DOWN SOUTH THAT WOULD, THAT CAME OUT AT 21.
SO 30 MILLION OUGHT TAKE CARE OF US SOUTH OF 30 MILLION.
SO, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO GO LONG ON SIDE SO PEOPLE WILL BE OKAY, IT'S NOT GONNA GO HERE.
AND SO WE, WE, THIS WAS THE FIRST STEP AND UH, YES.
I JUST, I MEAN THE, OR SOMETHING LIKE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT GROUP.
SOMETHING ONLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND KEEP ASKING TO ME.
THEY HAD TO BITE AT THE, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS, MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE THANK THIS COUNSELING FOR HAVING THE SURVEY BECAUSE WE HELD THEM WELL, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO FOR TODAY AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DO A SURVEY THAT PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN 2028 BRINGING THIS BACK UP THEN AND MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOING IN THE CITY.
NOW HALF GONNA BE HAPPENING, OTHER HALF GONNA BE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT 19,000 SURVEYS WENT OUT, THAT'S 40 TO 60,000 VOTERS.
AND WE ALLOW EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER TO VOTE ON THAT.
BUT WE ONLY GOT VERY LIMITED, VERY LIMITED.
SO, AND I TOLD THEM I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESPONSES, HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST IN CASE THE SURVEY NOT THE RESULT BECAUSE WE GOTTA GO WHEREVER THE DATA SAYS.
AND THEY, AND THEY KNOW THAT AND THEY'RE LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
I'M SAYING WHAT I SAID AND I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
I THINK THE, THEY SHOWS FOLKS,
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IF YOU'RE LISTENING, WE'RE NOT BUILDING PARK, BUT GOTTA WAIT.UH, AND TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE NOT LONG, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DECIDE ABOUT THAT SITE.
IF WE KEEP THE CURTAIN ZONING, PEOPLE WILL BE UPSET THEY SELLING IT BECAUSE IT BE SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT.
I'LL SHOW THEY, THEY DON'T WANT RETAIL, THEY DON'T WANT RESTAURANTS.
THEY LIKE IF THEY CAN LAND, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.
UH, WE, IT WOULD BE THE, IT WOULD BE THE LOWEST.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'D WANT A DOG PARK.
BUT ISSUE LIVE, THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A HOUSE THERE THAN A DOG THAN PPI.
THAT'S WHY SINGLE WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
IT MAY WHERE WE HEAD OR UPSCALE TOWN HOMES FOR SALE.
WE'LL, THEY'RE NOT SELLING I THINK.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THE SURVEYS? THE SURVEYS, THE SURVEY.
IF YOU WANT A QUESTION, CALL ME.
UH, JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR COMMITTEE? SURE.
AND THEN LISA, WE WILL GO OVER THE RESULTS.
SO, UM, OUR COMMITTEE MET EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, I WAS APPOINTED CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE ALSO WE, GEORGIA COUNCIL MEMBER, REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE JOHNSON AND REPRESENTATIVE Y'ALL BUDDY.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO GO OVER, HE JUST MENTIONED THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT.
UH, THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS ASSIGNED WAS TO, UM, SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY, CITY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS.
UH, AND THE NEED FOR PARAMETERS TO IDENTIFY HOW OR IF INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT SPONSOR AN EVENT, UH, THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED.
THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE WAS TO DISCUSS, EVALUATE, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THOSE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE ASSIGNED AS AD HOC WOULD CONCLUDE ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE PROVIDED AND THAT'S BEING DONE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS KIND OF FELL IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
THERE WAS EVENT NAMING THEY, UH, HOW THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO NAME THE EVENT AND UM, THEY, IT REMAINS THE SAME ON CITY WEBSITES AND PERSONAL, PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA OF COUNCIL.
THEY WANTED CONSISTENCY THERE AND THAT IF THE EVENT IS HOSTED BY YOU ALL, THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT, UM, IN THEY HAVE YOUR NAME AND THE TITLE, BUT TO BE HOSTED BY LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
UH, AND THAT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROTOCOL AS THEY DO WITH THE MEDIA'S MEDIA SHOWS WHERE IT MENTIONS THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT ON THE EVENT HOSTING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE WHERE THAT THE EVENT IS AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT AND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS PRESENT AT THE EVENT AND ACTIVELY, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BRINGING THE EVENT TO FRUITION.
AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, FROM THE NOTES AROUND THIS, IT, IT, UM, TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STAFF TIME, THE COMMITMENT OF STAFF TIME TO HELP POST THESE EVENTS AND PUT 'EM TOGETHER.
AND THE COMMITTEE WAS TRYING TO BE, UH, AWARE AND THOUGHTFUL OF THAT BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF STAFF TIME AT TIMES.
SO THEY WANT THE COUNCIL MEMBER ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BRINGING THESE EVENTS TO FRUITION.
UM, THEY DID WANT THE, THEY CALLED IT A THREE P CHECKLIST, UM, THAT THE EVENTS MUST GO THROUGH THAT THERE MUST BE PUBLIC INTEREST.
IT MUST SERVE A PUBLIC INTEREST AS YOU SEE THERE, THAT IT CANNOT BE POLITICAL IN NATURE.
AND THAT THE, THE EVENT, UM, CAN THIS EVENT PARTNER WITH ANOTHER PRE-EXISTING EVENT.
SO THERE'S NOT REDUNDANCY IN THE HOSTING OF THESE EVENTS.
UM, THE EVENT COST AND FREQUENCY, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THIS AND THESE WERE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, A MAXIMUM OF TWO EVENTS PER COUNCIL MEMBER PER YEAR, WHICH WOULD NOT INCLUDE YOUR TOWN HALL.
UM, THEY SUGGESTED AT THE TIME.
NOW THESE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, IF I RECALL, UM, CAME AROUND FEBRUARY OF 2024.
THIS IS BEFORE OF COURSE WE HAD BUDGET.
SO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION NOW THAN THEY HAD BEEN SUGGESTED.
A MAXIMUM 10,000 TOTAL PER COUNCIL MEMBER PER YEAR
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PENDING THE BUDGET AVAILABILITY, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, AFFORD AND WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.BUT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION AT THE TIME.