[CC Briefings 01212024]
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HELLO.I WOULD RATHER SWEAT AND SHUT.
NEITHER ONE OF US GET TO CHOOSE.
LOOK, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE SIDE, ME AND STAFF AND SOME OTHER.
WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE GRANT SPONSORSHIP APPLICATIONS.
SOME CONFUSION EXISTED ON HOW, WHO WAS ASKED ABOUT THINGS AND WHO SOME APPLIED DIDN'T APPLY.
AND I, AFTER TALKING TO BILL THIS AFTERNOON, UH, AND A COUNCIL MEMBER OR TWO THAT GOT SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR US TO DELAY THAT FOR RIGHT DOWN.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THE MONEY'S GONNA GO AWAY.
WE CAN ONLY IN FACT IT WE'LL HAVE A, UH, WE'LL GET SOME ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
WE JUST NOW GOT THIS LIST, UM, THIS MONDAY OR WHATEVER.
SO I CAN'T, UH, IT IS, CAN I GET A CONSENSUS AT A CERTAIN THAT WE'LL JUST TABLE IT TONIGHT WHEN WE GET OUT THERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT TONIGHT.
IS THAT OKAY WITH A CONSENSUS OF THIS? I THINK IT'S FINE.
SO RATHER TO PLOW THROUGH THIS NECK, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION OUT THERE TO TABLE IT.
WE'LL PICK UP A TIME, UH, IN FEBRUARY TO GO GOOD.
SO, UH, THAT GETS US DOWN TO AGENDA REVIEW.
CAN WE MOVE UP THE VOTE? ALL THE I'LL RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO CLEMON FOR AGENDA REVIEW.
COUNSEL, WHEN, UH, LOOK AT YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
DID SHE TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD HER? I BELIEVE SO.
UM, I DIDN'T WANNA SURPRISE YOU.
UM, THIS IS FOR SOME MOBILE AUTOMOTIVE CHARGING STATIONS AND IT'S GRANT MONEY YES.
IT, IT'S TWO CHARGING STATIONS THAT WERE CHARGED UP FOUR CARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THE GRANT MON THE GRANT MONEY.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL GRANT MONEY.
OUR TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT WAS $220,600.
SO THE REMAINDER OF THAT WILL GO TO PURCHASE AN EV EV VEHICLE.
BUT THAT IS A SEPARATE, THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE VEHICLE.
THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE DEAL, YES.
BUT THE REST OF IT'S GOING TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR.
AND THAT WOULD BRING US UP TO LIKE 20 CARS.
UM, YES, I BELIEVE, I THINK CINDY TOLD ME WE WERE 19TH.
UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT STILL THE DIRECTION THE CITY WANTS TO GO GETTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES? UH, PERSONALLY I THINK IT IS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT WE BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND IT COULD BE SPENT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT DID THE SAME KIND OF THING, IT COULD DO, IT COULD BE SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP GOING THAT WAY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE I'D HEARD SOME COMMENTS AROUND THAT MAYBE ELECTRIC VEHICLE DID THE WAY IT GOES AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THAT WE WERE STILL IN THAT VEHICLE.
SO I THINK THE, THE THING IS WHEN AN ELECTRIC OR THE, THE KIND OF DIRECTION WE'VE HAD IS WHEN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKES SENSE, WE CAN HAVE IT AND IT'S AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT PROBABLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT READY FOR YET.
BUT WHEN WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AS THEY COME AVAILABLE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, THAT OUR, OUR, UH, FLEET TEAM DOES RIGHT NOW.
WHENEVER THEY COME UP FOR RENEWAL, WE LOOK AT THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS STILL ABSOLUTELY.
COUNCIL IS STILL, I'VE HEARD NO DIFFERENCE.
THE COUNCIL STILL BEHIND THAT.
THE USE FOR PUBLIC USE MM-HMM
DO WE, UH, GET RENUMERATED FOR THAT?
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SO, UH, THIS GRANT IS FOR FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR HIRE POLICE.
WHAT ABOUT THE, THE CHARGING STATIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST THAT THE PUBLIC CAN USE? CAN WE GET RENUMERATION FOR THAT? OR PEOPLE GET TO CHARGE THEIR CARS FOR FREE? OBJECTION,
SO THE CHARGERS AT CITY HALL, WE DO CHARGE THE PUBLIC FOR USE AS WELL AS EPIC CENTRAL.
SO THEY USE A QR CODE OR YEAH.
A QR CODE AND THEY PAY FOR USE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
WELL, I, I JUST DID, I HAD HEARD SOME THINGS GOING AROUND THAT MAYBE COUNCIL WASN'T STILL IN FAVOR OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND I WANTED BEFORE WE INVESTIG, WAS IT FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER? I'M NOT GONNA GO THAT FAR.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THIS, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T WANT US TO PROCEED, THEY JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON A DECHEN ITEM.
UNTIL THAT TIME THAT WE VOTED UP.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME POLICY.
YOUR HONOR, CAN WE INVEST THIS MONEY IN? YEAH.
JOHN, DID YOU WANT ANY KIND OF MOTION? WAS MY REPLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU? NO, I THINK THERE PROBABLY, AND THEN THIS IS, I MEAN, GRANT MONEY, SO IT'S FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING FREE.
TRY AND GET, MAKE SURE WE USE IT WHEN WE CAN USE IT.
UH, ITEM SIX FOR THE JEFFERS STREET ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.
UM, WHO ARE WE REJECTING THOSE? ARE WE GOING TO BE DELAYED? AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ALSO TONIGHT COMMUNITY MAP SO WE CAN REINVENT IT REALLY QUICKLY.
IT WAS, UH, THAT TECH DOT WAS CONSIDERING A NO BID BECAUSE NONE OF THE BIDDERS FILLED OUT THE FEDERAL FORMS AND WE TRIED TO GO BACK AFTER THE FACT ACROSS THE BOARD.
EVERYBODY FILL 'EM OUT THAT THEY FELT LIKE IF IT WAS EVER, UH, AUDITED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO TEXT DOT KIND OF REQUIRED IT AND IT'S CALLING
SO WE'RE PUTTING IT THROUGH TO THAT.
BOTH OF THEM ARE READY TO REBID IT BACK OUT.
WE PUT ALL THE FORMS IN THE PACKET FOR THEM TO FILL OUT, BUT NONE OF THEM FILLED IT OUT.
NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT TO THE TOP OF THE PACKET SO THAT THEY DON'T OVERLOOK THEM AGAIN.
COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS NUMBER FIVE.
THIS IS REGARDING THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
SHARON WANNA SPEAK, RIGHT? SO WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT AND WHAT WE DO WITH THEM IS WE PAY THEM OUT OF OUR HOTEL, HOTEL FUND REDUCE, UH, X NUMBER OF EVENTS AND THERE'S A LISTING IN THE CONTRACT THEY PRODUCE ON OUR BEHALF.
SO THIS AN ADDITION TO FUNDING ALREADY ALLOTTED.
THIS IS THE ONLY FUNDING THAT THEY, THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT THEY GET.
IT IS, THIS IS THE ONLY FUNDING.
THEY DON'T ASK FOR THE OTHER SPONSORSHIP.
ANYONE ELSE? THERE WE GO, MAYOR.
UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT IS IN ATTENDANCE HERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 18, WE WILL BE TABLING IT TONIGHT.
SO YOU GO HOME OR YOU CAN STAY.
WHEN ARE WE GONNA PUT IT BACK? UH, JOHN, YOUR, YOUR INTENTION TO JUST DELAY ONE MORE MEETING, CORRECT? YES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BLESSING GATE AND WHERE YOU'VE GOT A SITE TOUR COMING UP THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT TAKES PLACE FIRST.
WE DO NOT STARBUCKS AROUND THE CORNER.
WHAT ARE WE HAVING FOR EAT TO EAT LIMITED? WHAT ARE WE HAVING TO EAT? FIREHOUSE SUBSTANCE.
OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO, UH, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE RECESSED TILL SIX 30 FOLKS GO, GO HAVE SUPPER, YOU CAN LEAVE, COME BACK BECAUSE I CAN'T.