[CC Briefings 03182025]
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AS YOU CAN SEE, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADING IS OUT.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND COMM ARE HAVING A SERIOUS ISSUE AND SOME SERIOUS DECISIONS TONIGHT ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER.
SO LET'S BEING PRAYER FOR THEM AS THEY GO FORWARD AND TRY TO MAKE THE WISE DECISION FOR HIM AND THEIR BEING, UH, STAND PRESENTATIONS.
MS. PAUL, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER TO CAROL AND SHE'LL BE INTRODUCING OUR ON CAR REPRESENTATIVE.
YES, IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHO THIS IS, IT USED TO BE BUDDY, I'M SURE YOU
UM, I'M CAROL DERAY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
I WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, SEAN REDDY, WHO'S OUR AREA MANAGER FOR GRAND PRAIRIE IS ONE OF THE CITIES OF THE AREAS THAT HE SERVES.
I WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE WHO HE WAS AND KNOW WHO HE IS AND HE CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT HIS ROLE WITH ENCORE.
UH, LIKE CHERYL SAID, MY NAME IS SEAN REDDY.
I MANAGE 14 CITIES WITHIN THE ENCORE TERRITORY WITH GRAND PRAIRIE BEING ONE OF THOSE CITIES.
MOST OF MY CITIES ARE, UH, SOUTHEAST TARRANT AND NORTH JOHNSON COUNTY CITIES.
UM, MY SPECIFIC ROLE IS TO BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITIES AND ENCORE TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GET THROUGH ANY, UH, KIND OF SITUATIONS THAT, UH, SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE ME INSTEAD OF CALLING A ONE 800 NUMBER OR, OR I CAN HANDLE DIRECTLY.
UM, I TRY MY BEST TO HANDLE EACH SITUATION EXPEDITIOUSLY.
UM, BUT I AM ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT HOW WE OPERATE OR THINGS THAT MAY BE ON ANYONE'S MIND, JUST THE WITNESS TO TONIGHT CASE.
HAROLD HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
CHOKING YOU, YOU'RE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WITH HAROLD QUITE OFTEN, MANY TIMES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DELIVERY THAT Y'ALL DO.
IT'S TO TREAT THE PRODUCTION OF IT.
WE EXPLAIN TO HIM YOU DON'T PRODUCE IT, YOU DELIVER.
SO, TO, TO KIND OF, A LOT OF THE, THE BIGGEST MISNOMER IS LIKE, DOES ENCORE SELL POWER BY ENCORE? DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL POWER? WE ARE A TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, AND I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE JUST FEDEX.
WE PICK UP THE PACKAGE, WE DROP IT TO THE HOUSE, AND ENCORE, TEXAS IS ONE OF TWO STATES THAT IS A DEREGULATED STATE, UM, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY OWN THE LINES OF POLES, THE METERS, WE DON'T GENERATE POWER.
WE NORMALLY GET PAID BY A DELIVERY CHARGE TO EACH CUSTOMER WE DELIVER TO.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL.
ANYBODY GETTING QUESTION OR COMES IT WAS DE WHAT, 20 YEARS AGO? UH, 20, 30 YEARS AGO? YEAH, AROUND THAT TIME.
UH, COUNCIL
UM, OUR CITY'S GOING RAPIDLY AS WELL AS OTHER DANGEROUS CITIES NEXT TO US, UH, WITH THIS GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF POWER DEMAND AT TIMES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE WITH OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE BIG PROJECTS COMING IN AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULLY AWARE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE DATA CENTER OR WHETHER IT BE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN PART 2 87, 360 AREA.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE BECAUSE, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, I MEAN, JUST, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER ROLE ENCORE COULD PLAY ON SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS WERE LIVING WORK IN THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH ME.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
YEAH, SO I'M ALSO THE AREA MANAGER OF MANSFIELD, AND I DO KNOW HOW THE TWO CITIES, UH, KIND OF INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UM, I'VE, I'M QUITE AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF BEEN, UH, TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND OTHER KIND OF EDIFICATION, REV REVITALIZATION PROJECTS.
SO I TRY TO STAY AWARE WITH MY STAFF AND MY TEAM TO, UH, TO STAY AWARE OF THESE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO ON WITHOUT A HITCH.
I TRY TO LET THE EVERYONE DO THEIR, DO THEIR JOB.
UM, BUT IF THERE IS A HICCUP IN THAT JOB, THAT'S WHERE I TRY TO COME IN AND TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS IRONED OUT.
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SO I, I WOULD MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.UM, WE DO, UH, TRY OUR BEST TO ASK, UM, OUR CITIES TO PARTNER WITH US VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A, A SERIOUS CONTENDER, BECAUSE SOME OF THE LEAD TIME ON OUR EQUIPMENT IS 40 WEEKS.
SO TO JUST GET A, A CERTAIN SWITCH GEAR, IT MAY BE 40 WEEKS.
AND, AND THAT IS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE THAT WE GET IN ON THE BACK END.
AND THEN WE CAN'T MEET TIMEFRAMES BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND, AND I DO, I KNOW WE, ALL OF US, WE, WE MONITOR FACEBOOK AND NEXT DOOR AND WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY START REACHING OUT TO OTHERS AND WHAT CAN WE DO ON THE POWER AND ALL THAT? AND SOMETIMES, UM, THEY MIGHT SEE A TRUCK ON THEIR STREET AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE FIXING DIFFERENT POLES ARE DIFFERENT NOW.
SO, I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO JUST REACH OUT WHEN POSSIBLE AND JUST DOUBLE CHECKING AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
AND COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON HOW WE OPERATE DURING THE STORM.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, DURING THE STORM, WE, WE OPERATE ON THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FIRST THAT WILL TURN ON THE MOST PEOPLE.
SO IT IS NOT A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE REALIZE THAT THIS FIXING THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TURNS ON 2000 PEOPLE, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE, ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THAT, IF IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT ONLY AFFECTS ONE PERSON, THEY MAY BE TOWARDS THE END OF THAT LIST.
AND, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, MAY HAVE A LOT MORE GRIEF OR, BUT IT IS TRYING TO GET A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE ON AT A GIVEN TIME.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LAST STORM THAT WE JUST HAD WAS OVER 300,000.
WE HAD PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE AFFECTING 2,500 PEOPLE.
WE'RE FIXING THOSE THINGS FIRST.
UM, SO JUST, JUST, IT IS, IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ALIENATE ANYONE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO RESTORE POWER AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENCY TO THE MASSES AS, AS, AS SAFELY AS WE CAN.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCILMAN KY, MS. CLEMSON AND I LIVE IN, UH, OLDER BUILT OUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE TREES AND THOSE CAUSE TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. ONE IS GETTING HUNG UP IN THE LINES, AND TWO IS, UH, WE FRY A LOT OF SQUIRRELS AND FUS AND I KNOW HOW, HOW IT WORKS.
THE LANDMAN COME OUT AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
THEN HE WOULD CALL IN AND TELL SOMEBODY WHAT IT IS TO COME OUT TO FIX IT.
AND IF IT'S SPR SQUIRREL, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF THERE WAS SOME METHOD WHENEVER IT GETS REPORTED TO THE CHIEF AND SAY, HEY, I SAW THIS HAPPENING.
SO WE COULD MAYBE ELIMINATE A LITTLE BIT OR HULE WITH LAUGHING UP A LITTLE BIT SOMEHOW, BECAUSE WE, EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, RATHER THAN HAVE TO WASTE THE LAND COME UP, CALL IN SOMEBODY ELSE FROM SOME OTHER PART OF TOWN.
AND WHEN WE HAVE TREES THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN LINES, CAN WE CONTACT SOMEBODY AND TELL 'EM, HEY, YOU MIGHT WANNA COME OUT HERE AND SEND SOMEBODY OUT HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BECAUSE THESE COULD BE A EASILY POTENTIAL PROBLEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO YOUR METER, IF YOU, UM, YOUR METER TELLS US BEFORE YOU PROBABLY EVEN KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT.
WE HAVE SMART METERS THAT SAY, HEY, MR. SHOTWELL IS OUT.
UM, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED, WE CAN HAVE AN EDUCATED GUESS THAT IT MAY BE THIS PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, UM, SPEAKING OF, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS WHERE VEGETATION, WE HAVE A, A HUGE BUDGET TO TRY TO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CLEAR OUT VEGETATION, BUT WE ALSO ASK OUR CITIZENS AS WELL TO TRY TO TRIM THE TREE BEFORE IT GOES UP.
UM, SO WE, WE, WE, WE TRY TO, BEFORE IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC, WE ASK CITIZENS IF THEY CAN TRIM THEIR TREES BEFORE IT GOES IN, IN THOSE LINES TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
YOUR SECOND QUESTION IS, YES, WE HAVE THREE LEVELS OF TREE TRIMMING.
UM, AND I THINK THE LEVEL THAT MAY
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KIND OF PERSIST IN INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS IS A, WHAT WE CALL A MAKE READY TREE TRIMMING, WHICH MEANS IS IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S, UM, HEAVY VEGETATION IN THE LINES, WE WILL TRIM THE TREE.AND I JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRIMMING FOR CLEARANCE, NOT AESTHETICS.
SO, SO, SO I'M JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WE'RE WE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRIMMING FOR CLEARANCE TO MAKE IT SAFE.
UM, SO, BUT IN A MAKE READY ENCORE WILL DO A TREE TRIMMING, BUT THE, THE RESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBRIS REMOVAL.
SEAN, THERE'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
IF I SEE IT AND I HEAR WHERE I THINK YOU NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED THROUGH OUR CALL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL.
AND LIKE I SAID, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A LOT OF TREES, UH, HAVE A LOT OF SQUIRRELS.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE, THAT'S NOT A STORM SITUATION.
THE SQUIRRELS ARE OUR WORST NIGHTMARE.
OUR POWER GOING OUT OVER WHERE I'M IN ANYWAY, BECAUSE JUST LOOK AROUND WATCHING AND SAY, EH, FIXING
WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE CRINKLE, WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CALLED A TRIP SAVER, WHICH IS BASICALLY A DIGITAL FUSE.
SO IF, IF, IF THE SQUIRREL DOES DECIDE THAT HE WANTS TO TAKE HIS OR HER OWN LIFE, UH, WHAT THE TRIP SAVER WOULD DO, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A SINGLE FUSE, IT WILL BLOW, IT WILL TRY TO CLEAR THE, IT WOULD TRY TO CLEAR THE, UM, THE OUTAGE AND IF IT SEES IT THAT IT'S CLEAR, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY REENGAGE ANOTHER FUSE UP TO THREE TIMES.
SO, SO THAT WE CAN, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ROLL A TRUCK.
SO ARE THOSE THREE SQUIRRELS, ARE THOSE, THOSE SAME THINGS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE OR YEAH, THOSE ARE SOME IN PLACE IN CERTAIN, IN CERTAIN PLACES.
WELL, YOU HAVE THINK ABOUT IN PLACE IN PLACES, YES.
AND MY LAST THING IS, WE HAVE A SYSTEM THROUGH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP, THAT WE KNOW WHERE AT RISK PEOPLE ARE FOR PROBLEMS. AND I KNOW YOU SAID WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE, AS MANY AS WE CAN FIRST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE, THE COROLLARY TO THAT IS THAT ONE GUY IN YOUR ROOM, GUY THAT'S GOT, THEY HAVE ELECTRICALLY OR HIS OXYGEN OR SOMETHING.
SO DO YOU DO ANY COORDINATION WITH THOSE GUYS, WITH ALL FOLKS TO DO THAT? TO I RATHER POWER MANAGE SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY, VERY HIGHLY AT RISK.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHERE THE RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, ENCORE, WE, ENCORE HAS A SYSTEM WHERE CITIZENS CAN REPORT DIRECTLY TO US AS BEING CRITICAL LOAD OR, OR, OR CRITICAL AWARENESS IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY HAS AS CRITICAL AWARENESS.
UH, BUT Y'ALL HAVE A SITE WE CAN DIRECT CITIZENS TO, TO SIGN UP ON YOUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SIGN UP ON ANOTHER SYSTEM.
I WE THAT BECAUSE THAT BETTER THAN US COME LOOKING.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE ONCE POWER'S OUT FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS, WE HAVE TO GO CHECK ON THEM.
IN THE PAST, ENCORE HAS BEEN THE ONLY POWER PROVIDER DISTRIBUTOR THAT HAS REFUSED TO GIVE US THOSE ADDRESSES.
WE, IF I SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE 30 ADDRESSES OR THE POWER OUT IN ANY OF THESE, YOUR AGENCY REFUSE TO GIVE THAT TO US BECAUSE OF PRIETARY REASON.
AND THAT IS CRAP TO SAY THE LEAST.
SUMMER DOWN WE HAVE, YEAH, LAST STORM.
I PERSONALLY WORK WITH AMBER AT THE EOC.
AND SHE HAD, UH, GIVEN ME A LIST AND I PERSONALLY WENT DOWN A LIST AND JUST TOLD HER POWER ON OFF POWER.
THAT'S THE, BUT THAT'S THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ANYBODY ELSE? MAYOR, THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE YOU IS VIA EMAIL.
UM, UM, I THINK CHERYL HAS PASSED OUT MY CARD.
YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEND MY EMAIL AND THEN,
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BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY ASK ME MAY NOT BE IN MY PERSONAL WHEELHOUSE, AND I'LL JUST MAKE SURE I CONNECT THE, THE PROBLEM TO THE RIGHT PERSON OR THE CONCERN.BETH, WHAT'S NEXT? UH, AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO, I BELIEVE, UH, PRESENT TO YOU ON THE ETHICS WATERS MASTER PLAN AND RELATED EXPANSION PROJECTS.
AND YES, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, EXCITED TO BE HERE.
AND, UH, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I INTRODUCE, UH, RICK COLEMAN AND JUSTIN BROWN WITH AMERICAN RESORT MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE, UH, KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN US TONIGHT ALSO.
UM, AND I THINK RICK HAD JUST SOME TRAVEL, SO THANK YOU RICK.
UM, AMERICAN RESORT MANAGEMENT, AS I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW, THEY'VE, UH, BEEN OUR THIRD PARTY OPERATOR SINCE DAY ONE AT EPIC WATERS.
AND, UM, THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD PULSE ON THE MARKET.
THEY, THEY KEEP VERY, UH, CLOSE EYE ON OUR COMPETITION.
AND SO LAST, UH, LATE LAST SUMMER, THEY STARTED, UH, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY LEADERSHIP ABOUT, UM, SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR SURROUNDING CONTEXT AND, AND THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE PLANNING SOME EXPANSIONS OR POTENTIALLY SOME BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, Y'ALL MAY HAVE HEARD THAT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, KALAHARI ANNOUNCED A, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 950 AND $975 MILLION HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER WATERPARK UP IN, UH, ALLEN.
AND SO, UH, AS RICK CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO BETTER THAN ME, THE, THE COMPETITION IS DEFINITELY INCREASING.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO GET EPIC WATERS TO ALSO, UH, KIND OF COME ALONG WITH THE TIMES AND MAKE SOME, UH, EXCITING CHANGES.
SO WE GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND WITH THEIR APPROVAL, THEY, THEY, UH, HAD US COME HERE TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GONNA GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, PRIOR TO COVID, UM, WE ACTUALLY DID AN RFQ, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH AMERICAN RESORT MANAGEMENT, AND IN JANUARY OF 2020, AN RFQ WAS ISSUED FOR EPIC WATERS IN TERMS OF CREATING SOME MASTER PLAN OPPORTUNITIES ON WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN ON THE SITE.
UH, TO THAT RFQ, WE RECEIVED SEVEN SUBMISSIONS AND, UH, MARTIN AQUATIC DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WAS SELECTED AS THE MOST QUALIFIED TEAM BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
SO IN JULY OF 2021 IS WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR MASTER PLAN DESIGN SERVICES.
THEN IN JUNE OF 2022, THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS CONCLUDED, UH, THERE WERE, UH, MULTIPLE EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED.
UH, THEY CAME UP WITH A VERY NICE PHASED APPROACH TO HOW IT COULD BE APPROACHED OR HOW IT, THE, THE PROJECT COULD KIND OF TAKE ON ITS LIFE OVER TIME AS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WERE THERE.
AND SO, UH, THE DISCUSSIONS REALLY GOT SERIOUS LAST, LIKE I SAY, LATE LAST SUMMER, UH, ON THE SCREEN, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THE MILES.
SO, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE, THE MAJOR PHASE, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT IS OUR EXISTING OUTDOOR WAVE POOL.
WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ACTUALLY ENCLOSE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT FACILITY TO, UH, TO, TO MAKE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THAT, UM, OF THAT WAVE POOL.
AND I'LL GO INTO SOME DETAIL ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT BEYOND THAT, THEN THERE WAS ALSO A NEW OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITY HERE, UH, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE A VERY NICE KIND OF GROUP CHECK-IN AREA.
UH, AGAIN, AS, AS RICK AND JUSTIN CAN SPEAK TO BETTER THAN ME, THE, THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE, THE ENTRY.
AND WHEN THEY HAVE A LARGE GROUP THAT COMES IN, THE CONGESTION THAT THAT CREATES.
AND SO IF YOU COULD SPLIT THAT APART FROM KIND OF THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE FACILITY, IT COULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF HELPING EFFICIENCY.
SO AS I SAID, WE GAVE THIS PRESENTATION ON MARCH 4TH, THE F AND G WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UM, DIVING INTO KIND OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE ACTUAL PHASE THAT WE'RE BRINGING, UH, BEFORE YOU, THE C, THE LETTER A, THERE IS OUR EXISTING WAVE POOL, UH, B AND C REPRESENT SOME NEW IN INDOOR SLASH OUTDOOR SLIDE TOWERS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE EXISTING FACILITY JUST TO THE EDGE OF THE PAGE HERE.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD CONSIST OF ACTUALLY, UH, TWO SLIDE TOWERS AND THREE KITTY SLIDES.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUILDING.
WE WOULD BE UPGRADING THE RESTROOMS. WE'D ALSO BE CREATING SOME PARTY ROOMS. AND ALSO THE, THE VERY IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT BELOW THESE PARTICULAR STRUCTURES, THERE WOULD BE A BASEMENT THAT WOULD BE PLANNED FOR THE MECHANICAL
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ELECTRICAL PLUMBING FOR THE FUTURE OUTDOOR PHASES ALSO.SO WE WANT TO BE THINKING PROACTIVELY ABOUT THOSE FUTURE PHASES SO THAT WE DON'T PAINT OURSELVES INTO A CORNER.
UH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A, A HUGE PART OF EVERYTHING.
UH, JUST GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
I THINK, UH,
UH, I WAS OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES JUST CHECKING OUT A FEW THINGS, A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I NOTICED OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT KIND OF A QUEUING LINE OF IN AND OUT.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A WAIT TIME RIGHT NOW AND WITH THIS ENCLOSED, EVEN IF IT'S A COOLER, UH, WEATHER SITUATION, WE WOULD HAVE THIS ABILITY TO, TO OBVIOUSLY BRING MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR, OBVIOUSLY MORE REVENUE IN RETURN.
SO IN, IN SPECIFICS HERE, UH, A, THE, THE GREEN BOXES, THOSE ARE TWO STORY CABANAS, AND I HAVE SOME RENDERINGS THAT'LL COME UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE IMAGES WHERE I CAN SHOW YOU SOME DETAILS ON THAT.
BUT THESE ARE A VERY COOL, UH, DESIGN FEATURE THAT, UH, MARTIN AQUATIC HAS COME UP WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARM.
AND, UM, BEYOND THAT THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY JUST, UH, YOUR STANDARD KIND OF FOUR PERSON TABLES WITH CHAIRS, AND THEN THERE'S THE LOUNGE SEATING, THE LOUNGE KINDA LAYOUT CHAIRS.
AND SO A TOTAL SEATING CAPACITY OF 665 SEATS PER THIS CURRENT PLAN.
HERE'S THE RENDERINGS THAT I WAS MENTIONING, UM, IN, IN THE INTERIOR RENDERING HERE, HERE ARE THOSE TWO STORY CABANAS HERE, KINDA THE WOOD STRUCTURES THERE AND ALSO BACK HERE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOUR SLIDE TOWER, YOUR TWO SLIDE, UH, UH, WATER SLIDES THEMSELVES.
AND THE, AND THE KITTY SLIDES WOULD BE KIND OF BACK HERE IN THE CORNER.
YOU CAN KINDA SEE THOSE RIGHT IN THIS AREA.
WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE CURRENT DESIGN OR THE PROPOSED DESIGN IS THAT THE END WALL CAN LITERALLY COME OFF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WE CAN REUSE IT ON THE NEW END WALL.
AND SO THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES HERE WITH THAT PARTICULAR, UH, CONCEPT, WHICH IS I THINK GOING TO BE A BE A BIG HELP.
UM, HERE'S SOME, UH, SPECIFICS ON THE, UH, ACTUAL SIZING.
SO THE 42,000, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, WHAT I CALL THE FIRST FLOOR, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BASEMENT MEP SPACE IN TOTAL.
WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 45 AND UH, 50,000 SQUARE FEET TOTAL.
SO BUDGET NUMBER WISE, UM, THE REASON THAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL IN ADVANCE IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT TO BRING BACK ON APRIL 1ST AND THEN APRIL 15TH, THE DESIGN FEE PROPOSAL FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS PARTICULAR PHASE, UH, THAT RANGE THERE OF 1.9 MILLION TO 2.1 MILLION.
WE ACTUALLY KNOW THE NUMBER NOW IS IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, 1 MILLION 9 89 IS WHERE WE STAND FOR THE, UH, THE FEE PROPOSAL.
SO AGAIN, WITH YOUR BLESSING, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK ON THE FIRST AND THE 15TH.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE, UH, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE COULD GET TO THIS, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THE 18.25 TO THE 21.75 IS THE LOGICAL OR, OR LIKELY, UH, RANGE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION COST.
SO AGAIN, PENDING, UH, Y'ALL'S BLESSING TONIGHT, THE FUTURE SCHEDULE WOULD BE THAT APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 15TH DATE, WE WOULD GO TO THE DESIGN PROCESS.
THEN RIGHT AWAY AFTER THE 15TH, UH, THAT DESIGN PROCESS IS LIKELY EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS.
UH, WE WOULD CONCLUDE THAT GO RIGHT INTO, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 2026.
THAT IS PROBABLY 10 TO 14 MONTHS OF TIME.
AND SO THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A SUMMER OF 2027 OPENING.
UM, AND SPEAKING WITH RICK AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEALLY HITTING SPRING BREAK.
AND SO WE WOULD REALLY PUSH HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE AND DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO, TO MAKE THAT SPRING BREAK OF 2027 DATE.
SO WITH THAT, I AM COMPLETED AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
CIP TAX RATE, PROPERTY TAX RATE BECAUSE IT'S ALL WITHIN EPIC, THE QUARTER PERCENT AND R WE FEEL LIKE THE REVENUE THIS BRINGS IN WOULD PAY ITSELF BACK.
HOW, WHAT'S THE MATH PROJECTED? IT PAY ITSELF BACK THE MATH, IT'S UNDER 10 YEARS.
IT PAYS BACK, PAYS ITSELF, PAYS BACK.
IT JUST KEEPS US UP ON THE TIME, GETS MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
UH, DURING THE SUMMER WE'RE OUT IN THE WAKE POOL AND IT SHUT DOWN ON IT.
YOU SO COUNCIL DEPUTY MAY YEAH.
DURING FG, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE SAID THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH FUNDING EPIC, UH, QUARTER SALES TAX FOR THIS.
WE MAY DOING SOME S FOR I THINK ANSWER SALES.
CHERYL COMMENTED ON THAT IN F AND G.
AND I THINK, YEAH, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE THAT CONSTRUCTION COST RANGE COMES IN VERSUS WHAT WE KIND OF HAVE IN THE POOL OF MONEY.
CURRENTLY OUR GOAL IS, OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY CASH FUNDS IF WE CAN.
SO WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH, WE MAY HAVE TO LEVERAGE FUNDS, LEVERAGE, USE OF ISSUE BONDS IF WE NEEDED TO.
BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING WITH WE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE IT, SINCE THE MARKET OPEN,
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WE'VE BEEN ALL THAT RUNNING AWAY.CASE THAT WE'VE BEEN SAVING THAT WE'VE BEEN SAVING IT.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, AND YES, CAN I APPROACH TIM? YES.
ANDY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL PARKING MUCH DO, YEAH.
TWO THING, TWO THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
UH, COUNCILMAN CLEMSON IS, UH, RIGHT NOW I KNOW THAT, UH, BETWEEN PARKS AND UH, UH, FACILITY SERVICES, THEY ARE WORKING ON A DESIGN FOR EXPANDING WHERE THAT, WHAT, WHERE IT'S ORIGINALLY THE VIP PARKING AREA, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DESIGN PROCESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THAT, UH, AN INCREASED, UH, FOOTPRINT OF PARKING.
SO THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
AND THEN THIS, THIS PARKING THAT YOU SEE HERE, KIND OF TO THE VERY LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE OUTDOOR DEVELOPMENT, THE REASON WHY THAT IS SO PERFECT FOR PARKING IS THAT THERE'S AN ENCORE EASEMENT THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE 'CAUSE OF THE POWER LINES OVERHEAD.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING YOU CAN USE THAT LAND FOR.
AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY PARKING'S BEING PROPOSED THERE.
ALSO, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES? WELL, WE, NOT THE EASEMENT, WE, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT FAR, SORRY.
AND AT EPIC CENTRAL, IF YOU RECALL, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE UM, ABOUT 300 SPACES.
THAT'S GONNA BE CURRENTLY WHERE THAT SITE IS, THAT FIVE ACRES, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME TEMPORARY PARKING THERE.
ABOUT THE HARD CORNER WARRIOR, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DO PARK THERE, ONCE THEY GO, I WATCH WILD, THEY ALL WENT TO STRIP.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE ON THE DIRT, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WERE STRIPED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO HOW MUCH DOWNTIME WILL THE EXPANSION CAUSE NO, I HOPE NOT.
WELL, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD MISS ONE SEASON OF THE, THE OUTDOOR WAVE POOL WOULD BE YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY ONE SUMMER SEASON.
THEY'RE PUTTING THAT COVER DURING THE SUMMER, THE WAVE POOL DURING THE SUMMER.
SO WE GOTTA GET SOME FROM REPEAT.
WE'RE MISSING ONE BIG WAVE POOL SUMMER.
UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BEING ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE IN THAT ONE YEAR DURATION, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE A SEASON OF SOME KIND.
THE, THE LONG-TERM CAPACITY INCREASE THOUGH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
SO THE, THAT, THAT ONE YEAR IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 YEAR ROI WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE REVENUE LOSS TO THAT ONE YEAR? IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, YEAH.
THE IMPACT WOULD BE ROUGHLY THAT YEAR THAT WE'RE DOWN THAT SUMMER.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR HITS OF REVENUE FOR THE, THE 70 DAYS THAT IT'S REALLY POPULAR OUT THERE.
THAT'S PART OF THE 10 YEAR ROI CALCULATIONS.
AND THE, UH, REMODEL WHY YOU'RE DONE ALL THIS.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTRIES THAT IF YOU TRYING TO, WERE YOU TRYING TO SEPARATE THOSE, WHETHER OR NOT DOOR TO DOOR? THE FRONT DOOR TO FRONT DOOR.
SO COUNCILMAN SHAW MILL, THAT WOULD BE, SO RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE ENTRY IS OVER HERE ON THE KIND OF THE, I'LL CALL IT THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE, THE NEW ENTRY, THE NEW KIND OF GROUP PAVILION ENTRY POTENTIAL IS, WOULD BE A FUTURE PHASE.
UH, NOT THAT, AGAIN, RICK PROBABLY COULDN'T CREATE SOME KIND OF, I MEAN WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AS, AS IF THERE'S KIND OF MORE OF A BACK ENTRY.
BUT I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET FOLKS THROUGH YOUR, YOUR FRONT COUNTER TO GET FOLKS THROUGH THAT ARCADE TO GET FOLKS THROUGH KIND OF THOSE, UH, ENTICING, UH, AREAS WITHIN THAT, THAT FRONT OF HOUSE.
SO THAT SECOND ENTRANCE ISN'T PART OF THIS? NO.
AND IF YOU'RE THERE THIS WEEK, A SECOND ENTRANCE WOULDN'T HELP.
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ANY MORE IN THAT'S CORRECT.
NEXT THEY'RE LINED UP WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO LEAVE.
THAT'S WHERE THAT BLOCKS OFF SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ENTRANCE GOING INTO THE THOUGH, MORE LIKE THAT AND JUST GOTTA, YEAH, THEY'VE GOT IT SET UP.
YEAH, THEY'VE GOT IT SET UP PRETTY NICELY RIGHT NOW.
I THINK SATURDAY WITH THE DINO FEST THAT WAS GOING ON, IT GOT A LITTLE CRAZY.
BUT THE REST OF THE WEEK WE'VE GOT A REALLY WELL MANAGED LINE.
THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD AVENUE TO STILL GET THROUGH THERE.
SATURDAY WENT THE
THAT WAS REALLY JUST A COROLLARY TO THAT IS, UH, AND I MENTIONED IT ALREADY, UH,
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THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE WHERE THE DOORS ARE.I, I DROVE OUT THERE DAY AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE, WHERE THE FRONT ENTRANCE WAS.
THERE'S NO SIGNAGE HERE BETWEEN HERE, THERE'S NOTHING.
SO PLEASE, WE, WE CAN HANDLE THAT SIGNAGE.
LASTLY, I DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW.
ANDY HAS REALLY SOFT PANTS
WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD CLEAR, WE SHOULD CLARIFY THE STORY.
UH,
CAN YOU GO BACK TO ALL OF THE ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE? SO YOU SAID EXTENDED WAVE POOL? YES.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE, UH, SO YOU CAN, YEAH, YOU ALL CAN SEE THE, SO THIS WOULD BE THE ENCLOSURE OF THE OUTDOOR WAVE POOL.
THIS WOULD BE THE OUTDOOR NEW OUTDOOR WATER PARK FEATURES WITH SLIDES AND UH, ALSO A KATY AREA.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE NEW PARKING THAT WE TOOK.
AND THAT'S PART OF THIS THING.
YOU'RE FIXING TO START THE ONLY PHASE THAT WE'RE TALKING IN HERE.
THIS IS THE ONLY PHASE THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN IF IT TAKES OFF, WE'LL DO THE OTHER ONES AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND COUNSEL, WE ARE, UH, PLEASED TO UH, BRING YOU TODAY THE DISPARITY STUDY UPDATE OF KATRINA VNA HIGGINS WILL BE PRESENTING THAT FOR YOU AND UH, WALKING YOU THROUGH IT AND GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AS LISA SAID, I'M KATRINA BONNET HIGGINS AND I'M THE BUSINESS DIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
AND JUST A BRIEF UPDATE WHERE WE ARE.
SO THE DISPARITY STUDY, JUST A GENERAL RECAP.
UH, THIS IS THE LEGALLY SOUND METHOD TO ASSESS BASICALLY IF THERE ARE ANY BARRIERS TO WORKING WITH MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE IN WORKING WITH OUR SUB, UH, WITH OUR CONSULTANT MGT, WE'RE ALSO ASSESSING, UM, A SPEND.
THE SPEND IS OVER $700 MILLION BETWEEN THE TIMEFRAME OF 2009, 2019 AND 20 23 5 YEAR, UH, ASSESSMENT WE'RE DOING.
AND THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE CONSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERING AS WELL AS GOODS AND SERVICES.
AND A VALID STUDY WILL UH, BASICALLY RE RECONSTRUCT 50% OR MORE OF THE CITY SPAN.
AND SO WE HAVE REACHED A ESTIMATED OF 56%.
AND SO THE METHODOLOGY THAT MGT UTILIZES, THE THREE-PRONG EFFECT IS LOOKING AT THE QUANTITATIVE DATA AS WELL AS THE QUALITATIVE DATA AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO IN THE QUANTITATIVE DATA, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THE UTILIZATION.
HOW DOES THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AS UH, LOOK AT THEIR SPEND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS? I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THAT.
THIS NOW INCLUDES THE UTILIZATION OF SUBCONTRACTOR DATA, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT TRACK.
UM, ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AVAILABILITY OF MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESSES IN OUR BUYING AREA.
SO WE HAVE A-R-G-M-A, WHICH IS THE RELEVANT GEOGRAPHICAL, UH, MARKET AREA.
SO AT THAT POINT WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE DISPARITY.
THEY WILL GIVE US A COMPARISON OF THE DOLLAR SPENT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FIRMS IN THAT, UH, BUYING REGION AND AREA.
IN THE QUALITATIVE DATA, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW BUSINESSES EXPERIENCE.
SO THEY HAVE DONE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS.
THEY'VE ALSO DONE SURVEYS TO WITH OUR UH, BUSINESS OWNERS AND OVER 500 FIRMS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT, IN THIS ONGOING EXPERIENCE.
AND SO WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THE TELEPHONE
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CALLS AS WELL AS WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF THE ONLINE SURVEY.AND SO THEY'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE CENSUS TO UNDERSTAND HOW FIRMS FEAR WITHIN THE GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, RELEVANT MARKET.
FINALLY, UH, THE STUDY RESULTS IN NEXT STEP.
IT'S EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY, WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
AND THE DATA WILL PROVIDE AN INDICATOR OF IF THERE ARE DISPARITIES IN THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT I ALLUDED TO.
THE WAS CONSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ARCHITECT ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS GOODS AND SERVICES.
AND THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION TO CITY STAFF AND THEN TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN GOALS WILL BE SET BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION MADE FROM MGT, WITH CITY COUNCIL AND UH, CITY STAFF.
AND THEN I WILL CONTINUE DOING WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, WHICH IS CHAMPIONING EDUCATION INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO TRULY HELP UH, WITH ANY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY HAVE REGARDING THE UH, DISPARITY.
AND THEN FINALLY CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS, THAT'S OUR GOAL.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF US AT THE TABLE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES SIR.
IS THERE ANY DATA OR INDICATORS UH, OR EVEN THE 500 CALLS THAT ON THE MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, THE WOMEN OWN, WERE MARRIED TO THE PRIME CONTRACTORS TO GIVE EVEN MORE CONTRACTS? OH, UM, I CAN CHECK WITH MGT ON THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION CURRENTLY.
WHO ELSE GONNA FINAL PRESENTATION? IT WILL BE MGTI BE AT THE UH, TABLE AS WELL.
AND LISA, SO THEY JUST GAVE YOU SOME THIS, I DON'T KNOW, SOME BULLETS TO PRESENT US WHERE AS AN UPDATE? YES SIR.
COULD YOU JUST PULL BACK A COUPLE SCREENS PLEASE? YES SIR.
UM, THE BUYIN AREA FOR GRAND PRAIRIE'S RELEVANT MARKET.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO THAT'S, UH, YOU LOOKING AT AND ASSESSING FOUR OF THE INITIAL COUNTIES THAT WE TOUCH.
CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TOUCHES FOUR COUNTIES, BUT THEN WE'VE EXPANDED IT TO 11 OF THE RESPECTIVE, UM, COUNTIES SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND SO CONTIGUOUS
AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR MONIES WERE SPENT OUTSIDE OF.
IT'S MOSTLY THE NORTH TEXAS AREA OUTSIDE THE FOUR COUNTIES OF TEXAS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SEVEN, THAT'S WHAT THE INFORMATION IS REFLECTING AT THIS POINT.
SO IF WE HAVE THE, WHAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RELEVANT GPS RELEVANT MARKET AND BUY AND REGIONS, ARE THEY THE SAME? THEY'RE THE SAME, YES SIR.
ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE QUESTIONS, OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO I GUESS THIS IS, WELL LET ME JUST START AGAIN.
WHERE WE ARE NOW, AT WHAT POINT WILL WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS AND AFTER WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS AND YOU SAID GONNA BE PRESENTED BY MGT? YES.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN? SO WE GET FINAL NUMBERS AND THEN WE GOTTA WAIT, WE GET A PLAN TOGETHER AND THEN WE GOTTA COME BACK AND DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE PLAN OR WILL WE SEE EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME? SO TO ANSWER IT, SO IT'S MULTI-TIERED, RIGHT? SO WE WILL GET THE INITIAL DATA AT THE END OF THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN, UM, AND WE BEING THE CITY STAFF.
AND THEN WE WILL, UM, MEET WITH MGT AND THEN AT THAT POINT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, UH, AT THAT NEXT STAGE TO BRING YOU INTO THE LOOP TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING A VIABLE PROGRAM TOGETHER.
AND AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN THE DUST SETTLE, THE NUMBERS ARE FINAL.
SO DO WE HAVE NOW, OR WILL WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE AN ERP PLATFORM THAT WILL CAPTURE THIS TYPE OF DATA DOWN TO THE DETAIL OF THE SUB SUBCONTRACTORS? YES.
SO CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ERP THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH.
THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OUR B TWO G NOW SYSTEM, WHICH ACTUALLY IS CREATED AND WAS CREATED TO TRACK, UH, DIVERSITY SPEND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10 TIERS.
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TWO G, NOW IT'S THE ONLY SOFTWARE IN THE NATION THAT IS BEING UTILIZED.SO IT'S ALSO UTILIZED BY THE CERTIFICATION AGENCY SUCH AS THE STATE OF TEXAS HUB, HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AS WELL AS N-C-T-R-C-E, WHICH IS ANOTHER CERTIFYING AGENCIES, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL CERTIFICATION AGENCIES.
SO SOME OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE PULL DATA FROM AUTOMATICALLY DUMP INTO THAT BASED UPON THEIR CERTIFICATION.
SO THAT SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK AND RE MONITOR AND REPORT CONTRACTS BASED UPON THE
AND THAT SYSTEM WORKS WELL WITH THE NEW EIP THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING.
WE'RE GONNA BE EXPLORING THAT.
COUNCILMAN, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, THERE'S A PIECE CALLED STRATEGIC SOURCING.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING THE IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION ON AND WE DEMOED, UH, AND IT IS PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE'RE JUST MAKING THAT UP TO DO IT SOONER VERSUS LATER.
UM, SO WE WILL EXPLORE, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS 'CAUSE I'VE NOT DONE IT MYSELF BEFORE, BUT WE KNOW KATRINA'S GOT EXPERTISE ON THE B TWO G NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE TO TRACK THIS MUCH BETTER THAN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM DOES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TRACKING CAPABILITY FOR THE SUBS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN I THINK LAST MONTH, UM, ANDY HAD MENTIONED THERE'S A, A COMPONENT THAT YOU USE THAT TRACKED WHETHER OR NOT THE CONTRACTORS ARE PAYING THE SUBCONTRACTORS.
IS THAT, IS ALL OF THAT A PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ITS ENTIRETY? YEAH.
AND IT SHOULD BE, WELL WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT WITH HIM.
I, I HEARD HIM AS WELL MAKE THAT PRESENTATION.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T UNDER, I DON'T KNOW YET HOW THAT'S GONNA CORRELATE OR IF THEY WILL OVERLAP OR NOT OVERLAP OR THERE'S ANY KIND OF INTEGRATION.
WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT WITH ANDY AND SEE, UM, HOW THOSE, ONCE WE GET IT UP AND RUNNING, THERE'S SO MANY PIECES.
I HATE TO SAY IT WILL OR WON'T.
UM, BECAUSE WE JUST ARE ALL EXPLORING THAT NEWLY AS A TEAM AND I, I JUST DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE INTRICATE DETAILS YET.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE IT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT EFFICIENT.
AND SO YOU MENTIONED, SO ONCE THE DATA IS FINALIZED AND WHAT DATE WILL THAT BE BROUGHT BACK TO US? DON'T HAVE DATE.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOTTA SIT DOWN WITH ONCE THEY GET THE DATA AND ONCE WE GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THEN WE HAVE TO DEFINE THE PLAN WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF ARE WE GOING TO EACH COMMITTEE OR A COMMITTEE? ALL COMMITTEES COUNCIL.
AND OF COURSE THOSE HAVE DEADLINES FOR US TO ENTERED.
BUT I'D SAY IN THE NEXT, OUR CONTRACT IS GONNA BE BRINGING TO US THE FINAL, FINAL NUMBERS TOWARDS THE END OF MONTH.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACT DATE, BUT WE WILL UH, WE WILL ADVISE A COUNCIL AS WHEN WE RECEIVE IT.
WHEN COMES I UNDERSTAND YOU DUNNO YET YOU, OUR FIRST MEETING IN APRIL IS APRIL 1ST.
YOU HAVE THE DATA BY THE TO READY TO BRING IT TO THAT'S THE ONLY FIRM DATE WE HEARD TONIGHT.
REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S THE ONLY FIRM DATE WE HEARD TONIGHT.
SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS APRIL 1ST.
SO WHEN, WHEN STAFF, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ROLE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING.
WE'RE GONNA BE POLICY MAKERS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, FOR ME LOOKING AT IT LIKE OKAY, HERE'S THE MEETING.
HOW YOU GONNA CREATE POLICY THAT'S MOVING A LITTLE TOO FAST FOR ME AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH TIME.
SO HOW DO WE AS THE POLICY MAKERS, PARTNER WITH CITY STAFF ALONG THE WAY? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE GET A PRESENTATION, OKAY, THIS IS THE RESULTS, HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THROUGH, OKAY, IS THIS THE RIGHT ONE? IS THIS THE BEST ONE IN A MATTER OF AN HOUR? WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD BE BRINGING IT THROUGH COMMITTEE.
SO WHICH COMMITTEE WOULD NOT STRAIGHT STRENGTH, I MEAN TO THE COUNCIL WE CAN BRING IT THROUGH ALL THE COMMITTEES.
WE WILL DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
SO ALL COMMITTEES WILL NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN ORDER TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT A PLAN THAT WILL BE A GOOD PLAN FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND IF ANY COMMITTEE ISN'T PREPARED TO SIGN OFF ON IT, THAT THEY KICK IT TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY WE HADN'T RUSHED IT FOR SURE.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE IT TOOK US AS LONG AS
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MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.AND I DO REMEMBER, MAYOR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT IS GONNA BE AND I'M OKAY WITH WHATEVER THAT NUMBER LANDS ON.
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLAN TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T HERE, AND I THINK PERSONALLY TEXAS, AUSTIN MAY GET INVOLVED IN THESE IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS CRACKED DOWN WHERE WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN WHICH WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THIS BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE FEDS SAID YOU COULDN'T DO THE, AND WE KNOW THE POLITICAL CLIMATE NOW I WOULDN'T BE ADVERTISING A WHOLE LOT OF THIS STUFF.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO DO THIS AND WE'RE KIND OF FOLLOWING ARLINGTON'S TEMPLATE 'CAUSE THEY GOT A HEAD START ON US.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE STARTED.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DID BEST AND SO WE DON'T WANNA RUSH IT, BUT WE WANT TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A BALLPARK TIME BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
NOT GOOD, NOT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MOVEMENT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHEN DO WE GET TO THE END OF THE MOVEMENT AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE.
YEAH, YOU'RE BOTH GONNA GET IN.
UM, WHENEVER WE SET THIS PLAN OR PROGRAM, IS IT GONNA BE BASED ON RAW DOLLARS OR NUMBER OF CONTRACTS? SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT'S, IT'S THE DOLLAR SPENT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONTRACTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I FOLLOWING WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, LISA, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU MAYBE IF SOMEBODY FROM YOU FROM HERE, UH, HELP YOU WITH YOUR GROUP? Y'ALL GOT INVOLVED WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO FORMULATE TO TYPE TWO? YEAH.
AND THAT'S BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
I WANT LISA, LET THEM, THAT'S BILL CALL, NOT LISA'S FAULT.
BILL,
I, UH, WELL, COUNCIL MEMBERS USUALLY DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE DETAILS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I, THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
SO LET'S, I'LL TELL YOU WHY I SAY THAT.
BECAUSE IF, WHEN YOU LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO ANY KIND OF DECENT TIMELINE, IT COULD COME TO ONE COMMITTEE AND IT COULD KICK IT BACK FOR A MONTH AND HAVE THAT COMMITTEE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AND KICK IT BACK.
THEN THE OTHER ONE GETS IT AND THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AND KICKS IT BACK.
THIS COULD GO ON FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT.
WELL IF BILL CHOSE TO ALLOW THREE ON IT, WHAT'S TO SAY THOSE THREE WOULD THE SIX WOULD AGREE.
I MEAN WE NEED, WE NEED EVERYBODY SEEING IT.
OH, I DIDN'T SAY I'D GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY LOOK AT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK I WANT FORMULATION IF BILL'S CONSISTENT, BUT I DON'T THINK I WANT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THEIR MEETINGS AND NOBODY SIT, EVERY COUNSEL.
AND IF LIMIT TO A FEW, IF YOU LIMIT TO A FEW, LET'S LET BILL HANDLE THAT SITUATION.
I, I THINK THE COMMITTEE BRING IT BEFORE EACH COMMITTEE AND THEN WE CAN ALL DECIDE IF WE VOTE ON IT TOGETHER, BRING IT TO A BRIEFING AFTER WE EACH COMMITTEE BRIEF.
EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WE'RE HAVING A BRIEF, WE JUST CREATE A, A SEPARATE MEETING AS IF YOU SEE A LOT DISCONNECTS.
I, I'D BE RATHER DO THAT THAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN MAYOR.
WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, LET'S TACKLE IT.
WHAT'S THE POINT IN SENDING IT? ALL THREE COMMITTEES.
ALL OF US KICKING IT AROUND ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR WHATEVER.
IF YOU WANT TO EXPEDITE IT, THAT'S BEST.
AND YOU'RE ALL ABOUT, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, YOU'RE ALL ABOUT EXPEDITING AND, AND WE'RE ALL FAR THAT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION TO HELP I THINK THOROUGH DARL AND THIS IS ALL EYES ON.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
IN THINGS IN THE CITY TOO, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHO
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YOU ARE AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO TIM FOR THE AGENDA REVIEW.
AND BEFORE YOU DO THE AGENDA, YOU OUTRE DATE, UH, COMMENT AND QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER TED HAS INFORMED BILL AND I THAT SHE'S OKAY NOW WITH A SITE PLAN NUMBER 16, THE MDA THERE FULLY FULL COMPLIANT AND SHE IS OKAY WITH IT PASSING TONIGHT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR HER.
SO IF Y'ALL, ANY ONE OF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT SAME THING SINCE THEY'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE TO YOU THAT WOULD, UH, ASK FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION TONIGHT.
OKAY, I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
MIKE? YES, HONOR, THANK MAYOR.
YOU, UH, YOU ARE CONSENT AGENDA REVIEW.
WE'LL EXPEDITE OUR CONSENT FOR REVIEW.
I LIKE THOROUGH FOUR THROUGH 14.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NUMBER FIVE.
UH, NUMBER FIVE IS HAVE WE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS? UH, LET'S SEE, DESIGNATED LOCATIONS FOR ELECTION DAY AND EARLY VOTING.
CURRENTLY THE CONTRACTS ARE GOING THROUGH, SO WE DON'T CONFIRM LIST, BUT WE HAVE A DRAFT LIST WHICH I CAN PROVIDE TO YOU IF YOU LIKE.
PROVIDE US THE DRAFT LIST AND TELL US WHAT IS CONFIRMED.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE DRAFT LIST HAS ALREADY BEEN, UH, IS BEING MAPPED OUT ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, CLAUDIA'S TEAM IS MAPPING THAT OUT ON THE ELECTIONS PAGE.
IS THE CITY HALL ON THERE ON THAT DESK? NO SIR.
CAN WE ADD A VOTE CENTER? WE CAN'T ADD CITY HALL, UH, AT THIS POINT.
UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ELECTION DAY OR EARLY VOTING OR YEAH, EARLY VOTE OR NO ELECTION DAY.
THINK THEY REVIEWED DALLAS COUNTY REVIEWED IT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CITY FACILITY AT CHARLIE TAYLOR, UM, THAT IS OPEN ACROSS THE TRACKS AND THEN YOU HAVE CROSSWINDS AND SO WE KIND OF SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
UM, SO ALTHOUGH I DID ASK THEM TO LOOK AT THE COURT HILL FRONT NEXT DOOR TO US IF THEY IN FACT NEEDED TO ADD ANOTHER ONE.
SO THEIR RESPONSE TO ME WAS, WE HAVE THE TWO THAT ARE THERE WITHIN A CERTAIN VICINITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSIDER AGENDA? NO.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE FIVE.
ONE SUB CHAPTER HERE, THE GOVERNMENT CODE BPCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
TONIGHT WE'RE ONLY ON THE EVERYTHING UNDER SECTION ITEM ONE, SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 7 1.
47 0 2 EAST MAIN STREET, CODE OF HARDENS CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE TWO THREE, WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.
UH, WILL RECESS, UH, WE'LL EAT AS WE DO OUR EXEC SESSION.