* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CC Briefings 03042024] [00:00:07] EVENING CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO START ON? WELL, MAYOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE FED, THE 2025 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES. UH, THESE WERE REVIEWED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND ON BY THE FNG AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE GOT A PRETTY LENGTH PRESENTATION. UH, LISA? YES. RIGHT HERE. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND STAFF, UH, WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR DRAFT INFOGRAPHICS. OUR GOAL TODAY, UH, IS TO BE VERY EFFICIENT, NOT ONLY FOR YOU, BUT SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED. UM, WE P CREATED THE FOLLOWING PIECES FOR YOU. ON TOP YOU HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PAGE, WHICH IS ALL CITY PROJECTS. THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CITY PROJECTS PAGE. NOW THESE ARE JUST REQUESTED PIECES WITH A PAPERCLIP. YOU HAVE THEM BY CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS. SO YOU CAN SEPARATE IF YOU UNDER YOUR STACK, THERE'S A PAPERCLIP BUNCH AND THAT WILL BECOME IMPORTANT HERE IN A MINUTE. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PAPER CLIP BUNCH, THAT IS BY CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND THEIR DISTRICT AND PROJECTS ONLY IN THEIR DISTRICT. THEN YOU HAVE A MULTI PAGER THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, THAT HAS ONE PAGE PER PROJECT OF ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'VE REQUESTED TO BE ADDED. YES SIR. AND THEN WE HAVE A HENSLEY FIELD PIECE THAT IS A DALLAS PROJECT TO THE WE REPORT THAT YOU REQUESTED. AND ON THE BACK OF THAT IT HAS ANA'S CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND ME, ELIA PARK PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM. SO THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT WERE ASKED FOR AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE, AS WE'VE TALKED WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND THESE CHALLENGES, I BELIEVE WE SPOKE TO YOU ALL EACH, UH, AND KIND OF SHARED THESE WITH YOU TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE TODAY SO THAT YOU MIGHT GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS. BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE TWO DAYS TO FINALIZE. SO FROM NOW UNTIL FRIDAY, I NEED TO HAVE THIS FINALIZED WITH MARKETING, WHICH TAKES TIME AND EFFORT FOR THEM TO GET THESE READY FOR YOU ON ALL THE PIECES THAT WE NEED, UH, TO PRINT THEM AND GET THEM IN YOUR PACKET BEFORE YOU FLY OUT FOR YOUR NLC TRIP. SO WE ARE LIMITED ON TIME. YOU ALL HAD MANY GREAT IDEAS AS WE WERE PRESENTING THEM INDIVIDUALLY. IT'S LIKE, CAN WE DO THIS? CAN YOU ADD THIS? WHAT ABOUT IF WE DID IT THIS WAY? BUT WE DO NEED TO REACH CONSENSUS 'CAUSE I WANT THESE TO WORK FOR YOU. IN WASHINGTON DC THE PROJECTS WE MENTIONED ARE COMPETING. WE'VE ADDED SO MANY PROJECTS. WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS GET THEM DILUTED. WHEN YOU GET TO, TO WASHINGTON DC THERE'S TOO MANY TO THINK ABOUT AND IT LOSES FOCUS OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN A FEW MINUTES THAT YOU DO HAVE. UM, REMEMBER ALL OF OUR CITY PROJECTS ARE NOT ON THIS LIST. THESE ARE KEY PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THAT YOU WANTED TO BE INCLUDED. AND THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHY DO WE WANT THEM ON THERE AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. WHEN YOU'RE IN NL UH, IN WASHINGTON DC AT NLC, ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS WE SHOULD REMOVE? AND REMEMBER, YOU HAVE AN ELEVATOR PITCH THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY MINUTES TO GET THIS DONE. SO WITH ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS, EVERYTHING YOU SHARED, I HAVE A SUGGESTION, BUT I'M CERTAINLY OPEN. UH, AND, AND MANY OF YOU PRESENTED IT IN SIMILAR WAYS, BUT WE ARE SUGGESTING TO GET TO THAT ELEVATOR PITCH. WE ARE SUGGESTING POSSIBLY PROVIDING YOU THE CONG CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS ONE PAGER WITH JUST THEIR PROJECTS, THE ONE PAGE PER PROJECT THAT GOES WITH THOSE THAT HAS MORE DETAIL. AND THOSE WOULD BE, WE'D HAVE A ONE PAGER FOR YOU TO GIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND HIT ON THE HOT TOPICS. AND WE'D HAVE A LITTLE LIKE REPORT BINDER YOU CAN GIVE TO THE STAFFER THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE AND THEY'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO READ IT. UM, WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IF YOU WANT MORE OF ALL THESE PIECES. BUT WE'RE THINKING WHEN YOU'RE HITTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER, THEY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IN CROCKETT'S DISTRICT WHAT BC'S DOING. AND THAT'S HOW THE CITY PROJECT LIST SHOWS. I THINK IT SHOWS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS WHAT THEY, I'VE NOT BEEN UP THERE WITH YOU, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD WANNA FOCUS ON JUST WHAT ARE THEIR PROJECTS IN THEIR DISTRICT. THAT IS MY THOUGHT. AND THEN VNA HAD A GREAT SUGGESTION THAT SHE CAN FOLLOW UP WHEN WE GET BACK FROM NLC AND POST NLC, TRY TO GET MORE TIME AND TALK WITH THEM AND GO OVER WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND HIT IT HERE WITH THEM POTENTIALLY AS FOLLOW UP ON YOUR BEHALF. SO THAT'S JUST SUGGESTIONS FROM EVERYTHING WE HEARD WRAPPED UP INTO THREE MINUTES OR LESS. AND [00:05:01] I CERTAINLY WANNA TAKE FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, AS YOU REVIEW THESE OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU DO HAVE, DO HAVE. BUT REMEMBER THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE PAPER FLIP SET ARE THE ONES BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. WELL, AFTER LAST YEAR'S MEETING, SOME OF THE UH, RESPONSES I HEARD WAS FOR MANY OF THE ITEMS WE GAVE THEM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FED. THEY WERE STATE. SO WHEN THE TWO COMMITTEES REVIEWED THESE, DID Y'ALL KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AND REMOVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING BE STATE FUNDED, NOT FED? AND REMEMBER THAT WAS A COMPLAINT Y'ALL HAD. YES. YES AND NO. I THINK THE ONE PAGER THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL CITY PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE FOR OUR STATE REPS, WHICH WE COVERED. JOHN AND I COVERED A LOT OF THESE WHEN WE WERE . YEAH. SO DON'T TAKE THEM TO MLC, RIGHT? YEAH, I AGREE. JUST STICK IT WITH THE ONE PAGER FOR EACH. UH, SO LET'S JUST FOCUS ON WHAT WE, WHAT Y'ALL NEED AND WANT TO TAKE THE ML C'S, RIGHT? NEXT WEEK'S. YES. WHERE'S THE ONE PAGE FOR THE NLC? SO WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S OPTIONS 'CAUSE WE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT COUNCIL. WE HAVE THE ONE PAGER INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND ALL CITY PROJECTS THAT IS THIS ONE. I'M SORRY, NOT ALL CITY PROJECTS, ALL INFRASTRUCTURE, MY APOLOGIES. AND ON THE BACK IT HAS THE COST BROKEN DOWN. THAT WOULD BE A ONE PAGER. BUT IT DOES HAVE ALL THE COMBINED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ON THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN IN BLUE, PINK AND GREEN, IT SHOWS ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO YOU CAN HIT THE ONES WITH EACH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE A ONE PAGER. CAN WE JUST TAKE THE ONE PAGER FOR EACH CONGRESS MEMBER AND THAT'S IT. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE GIVE WHERE AS WE DIVIDE UP TO GO MEET WITH THEM. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU JUST HAVE ONE FOR ELSIE? YEAH. HERE. SO WE'RE WE'RE TAKING THREE ONE PAGERS. YEAH. WHEN WE MEET, I THINK THINK THAT'S THE WAY OUGHT DO WHEN YOU GO IN THERE ROOM. HERE'S HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING FOR IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND THEN WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO IS GIVE THEIR STAFF THE PACKET THAT HAS THE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT GO WITH THAT. OKAY, WELL JUST THE PACKET. THE PACKET WITH, WITH EVERYTHING THE PACKET HAS THE INDIVIDUAL ONE PAGES ON EACH PROJECT. YEP. BUT THE STAFF MEMBERS AGREED WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S NOT GONNA LOOK AT IT. I'M GONNA LOOK AT IT AND VANA CAN FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW THAT. SO THERE'S NONE ON THE PAGE. ARE WE LOOKING AT THE CORRECT PAGE? NO, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S UM, THAT'S UH, BY CONGRESS. OKAY. BUT I'M LOOKING AT OVERALL THERE'S NOT ON THE PAGE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THERE'S LIKE THREE AT EACH. AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PULL ALL THE LZS OFF FOR LZS ALREADY SEPARATED. GO NOT EXACTLY, NOT EXACTLY THIS CEDAR PROJECTS THIS GO UP THERE BECAUSE THESE THAT MIKE AND JOHN ARE THE STATE REPS. IF WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF ITEMS ON THE ONE FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPS, WE NEED TO PULL THOSE OFF AS WELL. THEY SHOULD BE FOCUSED PRIMARILY INDIVIDUAL. UH, CONGRESSIONAL REP REPRESENTATIVE WAS HERE AND NOTHING ELSE. AND SO FOR WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS YOU WANT JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY EACH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND NOT OTHER CITY PROJECTS BROKEN OUT AT THE BOTTOM. CORRECT? YEAH. SO HERE ALREADY I DON'T, I WOULD RATHER HAVE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE INPUT. I DO AGREE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST EXPENSIVE. BUT WE'VE ALREADY SHOWN THEM THAT LAST YEAR. AND SO TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WILL, IT WILL REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. AND NOT JUST, I DON'T, I DISAGREE BECAUSE IS THIS ADDITIONAL THAT'S STATE REPS THAT'S MORE LOW? NOT NECESSARILY. IT IS. IT IS. YOU WEREN'T. IF YOU WERE THERE LAST THURSDAY WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EARMARK UH UH, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT FOR A PART. THEY'RE GONNA SAY WORK WITH YOUR STATE TO DO THAT. SHE'S MORE, SHE'S GONNA SAY WORK WITH YOUR STATE REP FOR THAT. JUST NOT, THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT. YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. WELL I'VE BEEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES, MIKE. I DIDN'T HAVE, HEY, HEY COME ON. THIS IS WHAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT TOO MUCH ON IT. EXACTLY. YOU PUT TOO MUCH. THEY'RE GONNA SAY WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, THEY'RE GONNA COME WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM. BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME WITH THEM. YOU KNOW THAT. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEY WE WANNA DO FIBER OPTICS, BUT THEN WE WANT TO DO A PICK REPORT, BUT HEY, WE WANNA DO BRIDGES. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT BE TALKING TO THE FEDS ABOUT PICKLEBALL COURT IN MY OPINION. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHAT LOOK, ARE ARE ANYTHING ON THE ADDITIONAL CITY'S PROJECTS? WE IT SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED. NO. ONLY THE WAY I LOOK AT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS OR BIG PROJECTS THAT WE TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN USE THE STATE AND THE COUNTY FOR THE OTHERS BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS HELPED OUT WITH OUR PARKS. AND SO [00:10:01] WE USE, SO I DON'T MIND TAKING ME, ME FOR ME FAMILIAR PARK DEVELOPMENT OFF. I THOUGHT THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED. IT'S NOT OFF. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS BE FOCUSED ON THE STATE BUT THAT'S ON THAT OTHER, WE DON'T WANT TAKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ONLY UP TO THE CONGRESS THIS WEEK ON THAT. BUT DID WE DID WE MIGHT TAKE THESE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS UP THERE LAST YEAR AND IT IS GOOD. WE NEED TO REMIND, WE STILL HAVE THEY OFFENDED. SO WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK IN BETWEEN THEN AND MATT, THE PERSON WHO WOULDN'T HAVE THAT IS NOT HERE ANYMORE. SO IF THEY DIDN'T PASS IT ON TO VNA, WE HAVE NO IDEA. BUT VNA IS HERE AND WE HAVE A BETTER GAME PLAN WITH VNA GOING TO THE SPEAK OUR CONGRESS. HEY, LET'S, LET'S JUST START YOU THE LG ONE PUT, PUT THE ELZ ONE UP THERE, L'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. EL. LET ME SEE. UM, DISTRICT GOING OFF. I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I PICKED IT. YEAH. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET TO MY DRIVE. NO, ALL GOT AT OUR TABLE. SO CONGRESSMAN L'S ON TOP. ELZ WE'VE GOT SIX. ADAM ADAMS IS I, AM I ON THE RIGHT ONE? YES YOU ARE CORRECT. INFRASTRUCTURE BEING THE TOP. ARE YOU WILLING TO ADD SOMETHING TO ELSIE'S? NO. IF I LOOK AT ELSIE, THE ONLY THING THAT UM, IS IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE. AND THAT IS A NATIONAL SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SIX FOR ELSIE? I'M OKAY WITH THE TOP THREE ARE ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SIX FOR ELSIE LZ PICKLE. THANK YOU. I'M NOT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA ADD OR REMOVE? REMOVE ALL THE C PROJECTS. WHERE'S IT AT? IT IS THE PICKLEBALL COURSE. THE MENTAL HEALTH AND, WELL I DON'T, I REALLY PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE ASKING LZ FOR PICKLEBALL COURT STUFF. WE GOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN WE NEED FROM THE FEDS THAN COVER ON THE PICKLE ON THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY. YES. WELL I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WE SAW, YOU KNOW, KNOW HENSLEY FIELD AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THE HENSLEY FIELD PAGE WITH HIM IS BECAUSE HE'S HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHIEF POLICE. I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT ALL THE CONTAMINATION AT HENSLEY FIELD. HENSLEY FIELD CONNECTS TO MY DISTRICT. HE FIELD BE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. EXACTLY. SO WHAT IS CAN DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL? WE'RE ASKING FOR A BILLION DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M WHY ASK FOR THE OTHER THING? SO WE ONLY HAVE HAVE SO MUCH TIME SO LET'S GO. NO, I AGREE WITH YOU MIKE. YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET US THE CONSENSUS SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS TONIGHT. I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO IN THE ELEVATOR START EXITING 'EM OFF YOURSELF IF WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US ARE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IS YOU CAN HAVE ALL SIX ON HERE, BUT ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE TWO YOU WANNA HIGHLIGHT. COME ON, LET'S DON'T ARGUE ABOUT TOO MANY THINGS 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE US ANYTHING ANYWAY. WE'RE STILL GETTING PACKETS. SO MAY I THAT MEAN COME ON, LET'S ARGUE ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY AIN'T GONNA GET IT TO US HAVE THREE ANYWAY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET. THAT'S, YES. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I DON'T OPPOSE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SURE. THOSE ARE BIG DOLLAR PROJECTS. WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR. BUT THE OTHER PROJECTS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. AND IT'S MORE THAN $150,000. THAT IS THE COMPONENT THAT ACCOMPLISHES CODE AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE TO EXPAND. SO BACK MY QUESTION. YOU LIKE ALL SIX OF THESE, YOU'RE GONNA FOCUS ON NUMBER FIVE? YES. WHY AREN'T YOU OKAY WITH ALL SIX OF THESE? OH, BECAUSE, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ONE YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THREE. WE COULD DO IN HOUSE OR LIKE I SAY COUNTY OR STATE. YEAH. WITH 10. SO WHY WASTE OUR TIME SPEAKING OF SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NEVER GONNA GET DOWN OTHER SENIOR PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THEM. BUT HERE'S, HERE'S THE REASON YOU MAY WANT TO, KIRK, FROM TIME TO TIME THE FED COMES UP WITH MONEY THAT IS SPECIFIC TO SPECIFIC TO. AND LET'S SAY THAT THEY COME UP WITH ONE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO BILL HELP. I, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN IT DOWN AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA SAY I'M GIVING THIS MONEY, BUT BECAUSE I'M GIVING YOU THIS, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS. 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE SO I I I DON'T THINK, BUT THAT'S WHEN OUR STAFF GETS WITH THEIR STAFF TO FOLLOW UP. YEAH. YEAH. SO AGAIN, NORMALLY MAYOR THAT KIND OF MONEY IS, IS GRANT FUNDING NOT YOUR MARKS THAT ARE GONNA BE UNDER. AND TO ME, I DON'T CARE. YEAH, IF MONEY WERE ASKING FOR, UH, IT MIGHT HAVE BECAME AVAILABLE IF, UH, STEVE, UH, REP UP THERE HOFFMAN. YEAH. AND, AND VNA, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW IF THERE'S MONEY. SO THEY CAN ASK THE COUNCIL THAT TIME. DO WE WANT TO GO? JUST NO DIFFERENCE THAN THE ITEM NUMBER THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE, UH, THAT WAS ON FG NINE EIGHT ABOUT, UH, RIGHT NOW DOESN'T MATTER. BUT YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT AND YOU, YOU GIVEN THE ROOM WITH HIM, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT. BECAUSE HERE TO YOU, JUST LIKE THIS IS, WELL THE OTHER GOOD THING, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TIME. JUST LIKE LAST YEAR I SPOKE TO [00:15:01] UH, CONGRESSMAN ELISON BECAUSE HE'S A RETIRED NAVY GUY. SO WE USED STRATEGIES AND POOR STRATEGIES TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. WE GOOD RELATIONSHIP. ARE YOU GONNA TELL HIM YOU'RE RETIRED NOW THAT MIGHT HURT. NO, HE MIGHT HAVE QUIT THEN , BECAUSE WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION. BUT I, I CAN'T SEE IF I'M SPEAKING TO CONGRESSMAN ELZA AGAIN, GET DOWN TO UH, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. I DON'T THINK HE WOULD. IT IS GONNA BE THERE AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD OR BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHY NOT HAVE IT ON THIS SHEET? I I'M NOT GONNA DIE. I'M NOT GONNA BE SLEEP OVER BEFORE YES. FOR A COMPROMISE. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE'RE GONNA FOCUS, LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU AND I SAID BOTTOM THE OTHER DAY, WE FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURES. THAT'S OUR FOCUS. WE CAN LEAVE THE OTHER CITY PROJECTS ON THE SHEET. SHOULD WE SHOULD TIME PERMIT, SPEAK TO OTHER CITY PROJECTS. AND IF YOU GET A WILLING EAR ABOUT ONE OF THESE OTHER ONES, TAKE ADVANTAGE. AND THE BEAUTY OF IT TOO IS THE PACKET THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE TO THE STAFF AS ALL WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING ON IT. CAN WE HAVE A CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT ON THIS HERE? OTHER CITY PROJECTS WILL BE CONSISTENT AMONGST ALL THREE PICKLEBALL. COURTS CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. YOU'RE RIGHT. JUST LEAVE IT ON THERE FOR ALL THREE WOULD BE WHATEVER THREE YOU DECIDE FOR CITY PROJECTS, THEY'LL BE CONSISTENT WITH EACH CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE INSTEAD OF THERE'S FIVE ON THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIST THINGS I THINK. WELL AND THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR DISTRICT SEAT L SEE I PICKED ON ELSIE 'CAUSE HE'S AS THE BIGGEST DISTRICT AND HE'S ON APPROPRIATION AND HE'S ONE OF THE, I MEAN CROCKETT IS VERY OUTSPOKEN, DOES A GREAT JOB, BUT HE HAS LITTLE MORE SENIORITY. SO, AND WE GOTTA LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. YEAH. WE GOTTA LOOK AT IT THIS WAY ALSO WITH WHO HAS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE INSTEAD OF ALL THAT. WE'VE ALREADY LEARNED THAT IF WE GO THROUGH DEMOCRAT, WE'RE GONNA GET LESS MONEY. WE MAY GET A THIRD IF WE GO THROUGH REPUBLICAN, WHICH HE IS, WE'LL GET MORE THAN LIKELY TWO THIRDS IF NOT MORE. YEAH. SO WE GOTTA PLAY THE GAME. ALSO NONPARTISAN HERE. WE GOTTA PLAY AT THEIR LEVEL. SAME THING DOWN IN AUSTIN. YEAH, SAME THING. CAN I TRY BY THE WAY? YES. OH YES SIR. YES. MAYOR. I THROW OUT A ANOTHER COMPROMISE. I LIKE YOURS THOUGH. ON THE OTHER CITY PROJECTS FOLKS, YOU'VE GOT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BOTH, WHICH BOTH ARE QUASI NATIONAL ISLANDS. THEY'RE BOTH TALKED ABOUT THE LOT NATIONAL. THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PICKLEBALL COURTS AND TURNER PARK AND THEY ARE FISH CREEK TRAIL LIGHTING. THEY'RE NOT, I SUGGEST CAN WE LEAVE THOSE TWO AND PUT 'EM ON ALL OF THEM? MM-HMM . BECAUSE THOSE ARE QUASI NATIONAL. AND JUST LEAVE THOSE TWO AND PUT THEM ON ALL THREE OF THEM AND GO DOWN VERY MUCH. I I MEAN FOLKS, WE'RE NOT GONNA LIMIT Y'ALL WHO YOU TALK TO. WE'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW YOU. AND I GUARANTEE IF MEGAN'S IN THE ROOM WITH YOU, SHE'S NOT GONNA SAY BESTY, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THAT . Y'ALL ARE, WE WANT Y'ALL IN YOUR HEART TO COME OUT OF THESE MEETINGS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR STITCH. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO LET'S TALK, LET'S GET FORMAL'S BLACK MARKER AND MARK TOO MANY THINGS UP. I LIKE TONY'S IDEA. AFFORD HOUSING PART BILL IS A, WE WE'RE GOING GIVE YOU ON THE DOD RIGHT ACROSS THE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA. I WILL, I WILL SUGGEST SOMETHING. NO, I'M NOT GONNA SUGGEST, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A POINT. IN FACT, WE MAY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WHAT'S THE HFCS ARE DOING TO US? AND I SAID NEED, UH, WHY ARE WE GOING TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND ASK FOR THEIR HELP GETTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN HFCS HAVE BOUGHT 10 OF OUR APARTMENTS AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY ARE TURNING PART OF THOSE INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNBEKNOWNST TO US. ARE Y'ALL AWARE OF THAT? YES. YOU KNOW, HAROLD, HAROLD LIKES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT'S THE PAYMENT AT LIEU OF TAXES AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM IF WE WEREN'T DOING IT, THERE WOULDN'T BE EVEN A PAYMENT. WE DON'T GET NOTHING. SO I THINK I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT DALLAS COURT. REBECCA AND I DROVE BY TODAY. I LOVE THAT. I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IN WASHINGTON UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT AUSTIN'S GOING TO DO TO US ABOUT THAT HOUSING FINANCE COURT. THAT'S JUST 10 APARTMENT COMPLEXES. GIVE OFF THE TAX ROLLS AND THEY HAVE TO AND THAT'S 20% OF 'EM HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 20. YEAH, THAT'S 600 UNITS RIGHT THERE. BAM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. STILL NOT AT HOME THOUGH, BY THE WAY. GO AHEAD. UH, VNA, UH, [00:20:01] SAY REP, UH, ISHA DAVIS. CALL AISHA DAVIS CALLED, WE SPOKE YESTERDAY, FRIDAY'S THE DEADLINE TO PUT WHAT WE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL AND TELL HER SHE PUT IN, UH, IN HER BUDGET. SO IF YOU FOLLOW UP THAT, DID Y'ALL LIKE TONY'S SUGGESTION? YEAH, THAT'S FINE. SO WOULD BE SITTING HERE AND TAKE OFF BEFORE TONY BE NEEDED, JUST TO LEAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PER DISTRICT, LIKE THEY SAY, AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, JUST LEAVE THE OTHER TWO IS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON ALL THREE PIECES AND REMOVE EVERYTHING ELSE YES. FROM OTHER CITY PROJECTS. CAN WE GO WITH THAT? YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL HAVE ONE PAGER FOR YOU TO HAND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PACKET FOR THEIR STAFFER THAT HAS EACH OF THOSE REMAINING, THE, THE PROJECTS LISTED ON THEIR SHEET TO HAND TO THE STAFFER. AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. IS THAT OKAY GANG? OKAY. AND NONE OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU WANT HENSLEY PARK IN THERE, BUT NONE OF THESE OTHER SHEETS FOR NLC WE'LL SAVE IT FOR LATER, CORRECT? SAY THAT AGAIN. SO NONE OF THE, LIKE ALL THE OTHER PIECES YOU HAVE TO EVERY CITY PROJECT THAT WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER. WE'RE NOT GONNA INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PACKET. GOING TO NLC, JUST THESE THREE AND THE PACKETS THAT GO WITH THESE THREE. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WHO'S GOING TO MLC RAISE? EVERYBODY. OKAY. UM, ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE YOU, Y'ALL DECIDE SEE DIVIDED? YEAH. LAST YEAR BECAUSE I WAS IN THE NAVY. YEAH. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL ROTATE. SEE SOME OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK JUNIOR, YOU'LL GO TO C STAFF WHO'S GOING FROM SAM? CHERYL, NO. AND VNA. WALTER VNA AND CHERYL AND WALTER. BLESS Y'ALL. BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. THAT WAS COX AND IT WAS KAREN AND THOMAS COX JOB FOR YEARS. YO INTERJECT. YOU CAN, ONE THING I WAS GONNA SUGGEST IS BECAUSE WE'RE CUTTING THOSE TO THREE, WE CAN ALSO, BECAUSE HENSLEY FIELD WE KNOW IS DEFINITELY A FED BILL. WE PUT THIS ON EVERYBODY'S SHEET AS WELL. IT'S A BIG DEAL. BOY, I TELL YOU THIS, UH, AND IT'LL BE PROMINENT IN THE PACKET. AND OF COURSE THOSE OF US THAT KNOW ABOUT IT, THIS LAWSUIT MAY SLOW THINGS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT, I'M NO DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEY DID. SOMETHING HAD TO GET IT MOVING, BUT CONGRESS MAY NOT BE WILLING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT NOW CAUSE OF THAT THEY MAY LEAVE IT UP TO THE, THE COURT. OKAY. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? ALRIGHT, GOOD. GREAT JOB STAFF. THANK YOU. YES, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU. GREAT JOB DON. BATTLE VEST. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M PETER SIGN THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. AND WE HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SPRING BREAK IN GRAND PRAIRIE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SPRING BREAK IS GOING TO KICK OFF ON MARCH 15TH WITH OUR SECOND DINO FEST. AS PROMISED, IT WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SIX ANIMATRONIC DINOSAURS AS OPPOSED TO TWO, INCLUDING A FULL-SIZED T-REX, WHICH IS 40 FEET LONG AND STAND 16 FEET TALL. UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO PHOTO OP DINOSAURS INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, WE'VE GOT STORY TIMES FOSSIL DIG, AN INFLATABLE DNO SLIDE. WE HAVE OUR FACTS TRAIL AND MUCH, MUCH MORE COMING AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLICK. AND THIS IS OUR SITE MAP. WHAT WE'VE PLANNED OUT IS LIKE A DINO TRAIL THAT WILL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WATER. THIS SPREADS OUT THE ACTIVITIES. SO WE HAVE NOT AS MUCH OF A BIG CROWD AND ONE TENT. THERE'S SEVERAL PROGRAM TENTS AROUND THE WATER AND THE DINOSAURS ARE SPACE OUT AS WELL. THIS GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE EVENT, LASTS FROM NOON TO FOUR ISH AND EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES. WE WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, THE LIBRARY'S DOING THIS, BUT OUR PARTNERS AND PARKS, ARTS AND REC AND EPIC CENTRAL HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE. IT IS TRULY A COLLABORATIVE CITY EVENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAVING A GREAT TIME. AND SPEAKING OF OUR PARTNERS IN PARKS, NOW I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO CHRIS WITH EPIC TO TALK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND. THANK YOU PETE. THANK YOU, COUNSEL CHRISTIAN OUT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE EPIC. AS [00:25:01] YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR, ACTUALLY OUR THIRD ANNUAL DINO DASH, UH, RELAY FUND RUN IN 5K. WE ACTUALLY PROCEEDED THE DINO FEST LAST YEAR. SO WE STARTED WITH A GRASSROOTS PROGRAM THAT WAS AIMED AT THE EPIC MEMBERS. IT STARTED WITH ABOUT 75 PEOPLE THE FIRST YEAR, A HUNDRED TO SECOND YEAR. UM, BUT I'M, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TOSS IT HERE TO, UH, NADIA HANNAH, SHE'S OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT THE EPIC, AND SHE WAS THE VISIONARY AND FOUNDER OF THIS EVENT. YES, NADIA. HI EVERYBODY. UH, SO I AM OUR FITNESS COORDINATOR OVER AT THE EPIC. UM, AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE FITNESS, UH, I REALLY HATE RUNNING. UM, I DON'T LIKE FIVE KS I DON'T LIKE, I'LL DO THEM, BUT I DON'T ENJOY THEM. SO I WANTED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE EXCITING. UH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIVE KS OUT THERE. YOU CAN LOOK EVERY WEEKEND AND FIND SEVERAL FIVE KS, BUT WHERE CAN YOU SIGN UP TO WEAR AN INFLATABLE DINOSAUR COSTUME AND RUN A RELAY RACE WITH XRAY? WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED, . SO THIS, THIS IDEA WAS BORN OUT OF A RANDOM CONVERSATION I HAD WITH A COWORKER, UM, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST DO IT. AND, UH, I HAVE A REALLY GREAT, UH, TEAM THAT I GET TO WORK WITH. I, I LOVE MY JOB AT THE EPIC BECAUSE WE GET TO COME UP WITH THESE GREAT IDEAS AND SEE IF THEY WORK. AND, UH, THEY HAVE WORKED AND THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR. AND I NEVER WANTED THIS TO BE A GIANT EVENT. UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET EVERYBODY SUITED UP IN AN INFLATABLE COSTUME. SO WE'VE PAIRED IT UP WITH A 5K AS OF LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ARE, UH, PARTNERING WITH AN ACTUAL, UH, RUN COMPANY. AND SO THE, THERE WILL BE TIP TIMERS. UM, THIS WILL BE AN OFFICIAL 5K UH, EACH YEAR WE HAVE HAD AN OFFICIAL MEDAL. SO WE HAVE THIS REALLY AMAZING 3D DYNO MEDAL AND THEN ALSO A T-SHIRT. SO THIS IS THIS YEAR'S T-SHIRT THAT YOU GET AND THEN ALSO A LITTLE SWAG BAG, FULL COUPONS AND OTHER COOL THINGS. UM, SO THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE I'VE WANTED TO GROW KIND OF, UM, ORGANICALLY, WE DID HAVE ABOUT 75 THE FIRST YEAR, ABOUT A HUNDRED LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'RE ALREADY AT ONE 19 AND WE'VE STILL GOT A FEW WEEKS TO GO AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THE MAXIMUM PEOPLE SIGNING UP LAST MINUTE. UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA CUT THIS ONE OFF AT 200 JUST TO SEE HOW IT GOES. UH, BUT THAT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NEXT YEAR AND YEARS TO COME, UH, FOR EXPANDING THIS INTO A MUCH BIGGER, UH, EVENT. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT OUT. AND, UH, EVEN IF YOU DON'T PLAN TO RUN, IT IS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR EVERYONE TO AT LEAST WATCH THE RELAY RACE. I MUST TELL YOU PERSONALLY, THE DONALD FEST LAST YEAR EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. I WAS SKEPTICAL AND MY GOSH, I CAN SEE ZANE NEXT YEAR DOING THE MASS SINGER . SEE, NOW YOU STARTED IT. OH MY, NOW WE'RE ALL THINKING WE'RE ALL GONNA ONE OF US TO GO SING AND WIN IT. , WHO'S BEHIND THAT MASK? NO, IT WAS GREAT LAST YEAR. SO ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS THIS YEAR AT EPIC CENTRAL IS THAT THE WAY DFW IS DOING THEIR SPRING BREAK, THEY ARE SPLITTING THEIR SPRING BREAK. UM, EVEN MICHIGAN WAS ON SPRING BREAK LAST WEEK. AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN STAYING AT THE HOTEL. SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO PROGRAMMING THAT, UH, HITS OUR PEOPLE AT NIGHT THAT IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR OUR HOTEL GUESTS AND TO BRING PEOPLE OUT. UH, WE JUST GOT OUR RECENT NUMBERS FROM 2024, 71% OF OUR GUESTS TO EPIC CENTRAL ARE NOT FROM THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS GIVE PEOPLE A REASON THAT THEY WANT TO COME OUT. SO EVERY NIGHT AT 7 30, 6 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAYS, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BANDS THAT ARE POPPING UP. UM, I SENT THIS OUT TO YOU IN AN EMAIL. YOU GOT AN EMAIL AS WELL. THEY'RE, UH, REALLY EXCITING THINGS. YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THESE BANDS BEFORE ON MARCH 17TH, ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A SERIES OF MUSIC STARTING AT NOON GOING ALL THE WAY UNTIL EIGHT 30. BUT THE REAL, THE REAL EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE FOUR NEW UV SHOWS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING FOUR NEW PROJECTION SHOWS. UH, THOSE ARE TESTING ON FRIDAY. THEY ARE LAUNCHING OFFICIALLY TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN MEDIA INQUIRIES. WE BELIEVE THAT'S JUST GOING TO BUILD ON THE EXCITEMENT FOR SUMMER. SO THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS TO GET FROM THIS IS OUR HOTEL IS OVER 90% CAPACITY BOOKED FOR SPRING BREAK FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS. EPIC WATERS IS ALMOST SOLD OUT OF TICKETS. BOULDER IS SELLING VERY WELL AND ANDRETTI'S AND BASS PRO AND ALL OF THE OTHER PLACES ARE GOING TO GET THE SPILLOVERS. SO, UH, HOPE YOU GUYS CAN COME OUT. IT'S 17 DIFFERENT SHOWS. UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL ALL THERE ON THE UP TILL THE 23RD. YES MA'AM. JUST TO COMMENT. UM, AS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, THE 22ND IS ALSO THE DAY OF THE BIG EVENT [00:30:01] AND I APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE WORKED THAT AROUND OUR KICKOFF OVER AT THE GATE. YES MA'AM. AND, UM, AFTER WE FINISHED THE BIG EVENT, WE COULD JUST COME BY AND SEE THE DINOSAUR. THAT'S THE BEAU THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE DINOSAURS. THEY ARRIVED TOMORROW. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON SITE TODAY, BUT THE RAIN PUSHED US AWAY. BUT THEY WILL BE ON SITE FROM MARCH 10TH THROUGH THE 23RD SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT. AND OUR GOAL ONCE AGAIN IS TO GET THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE TO STAY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. YES. YES SIR. Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I WANT HIS COMMENT ON THAT. LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THE 5K RUN. OKAY. THIS YEAR I CAN'T BECAUSE I, BECAUSE BIG FOR SOME REASON I WASN'T DOING IT . WELL, AND I WANT, AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, TO EPIC BECAUSE THEY MOVED THEIR EVENT BECAUSE OF THIS. BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA HAVE ALL OF THESE DINOSAURS AND ON SITE. AND SO ABSOLUTELY WE WILL. SO IN THE PAST YEARS, IT HAS BEEN IN APRIL, BUT WE DID MOVE THIS YEAR JUST TO COINCIDE THE OTHER BIG DINOSAUR EVENT. WE CAN STILL GET YOU THE INFLATABLES. OH, ABSOLUTELY. NEXT I SEE. OH NO, NEXT TIME I SEE IT. EPIC. EPIC. I'LL BRING THEM OUT. ZANE. YES SIR. WHAT TIME IS THE PERFORMANCE CHARGING EACH TIME? SEVEN 30, UH, SEVEN, SEVEN O'CLOCK EVERY NIGHT. SIX O'CLOCK ON SUNDAYS. SO, AND THEN SEVEN TO EIGHT 30. AND THEN THE WATER SHOWS WILL BEGIN AT EIGHT 30. AND IT'S JUST, WE, WE ARE EXPECTING LARGE CROWDS, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING LIKE SUMMER CROWDS OF THREE OR 4,000 PEOPLE AN HOUR, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE AN HOUR BASED OFF OF PROJECTIONS. BUT THAT WILL, THAT'S NOT COUNTING OUR RESTAURANTS, THAT'S JUST PEOPLE OUTSIDE. SO OUR GOAL IS, IS THAT EVERY RESTAURANT, RIGHT, AND THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS WE'RE NOT EVEN FULLY OPEN AT EPIC CENTRAL. MM-HMM . WE'VE STILL GOT RIDI THAT'S GETTING READY TO OPEN VERY, VERY SOON. AND THEN, UH, APRIL, APRIL, APRIL AND THEN WHATEVER Y'ALL FOLKS DECIDE OF LUKE NINE OF WHAT GOES IN THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO. SO WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE TO COME. , I GONNA EXTEND THE WATER GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S STATE. I'M GONNA TURN THE SITE GREEN FOR, FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. WE ACTUALLY ARE DYED THE WATER BLUE AS A WAY TO TRY TO CONTROL ALGAE. AND WE HAVE PUT IN FOR A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE GRANT TO GET NON REPRODUCING CARP IN THERE. SO, BUT I, I'M TURNING THE SITE FOR YOU FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. WE WANT PART, I DEFINITELY WANT THE PART. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. GREAT JOB. THANK, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB. OKAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MAYOR PRO QUIN AGENDA REVIEW. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, COUNCIL, LOOK AT ITEMS YOUR ITEMS. NINE. UM, I HAVE ALREADY INFORMATION THAT, UH, NUMBER 11 WILL BE TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 12TH 29TH? UH, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT THAT ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY, CCDC, WE REVIEWED ITEMS 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, AND 21. SPOKE ABOUT AND APPROVED THOSE. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, ANY QUESTIONS ? WOW. THANK YOU. THERE GO. IT'S BACK TUESDAY. WE'RE GONNA BE UP OUTSIDE. WELL, YEAH, I'VE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNOR PRO BPC EIGHT, DISCUSSING THE FOLLOW TONIGHT. ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY. ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 8 7 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. LET'S GO GET DINNER AND THEN MEET IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM. WE ARE RECESS UNTIL SIX 30. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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