* 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 04012025] [00:00:08] THANK YOU'ALL, LIKE TO CALL MEETING ORDER THIS NAME OF FOOL'S DAY 2025. STRAIGHT OVER TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY. JOHN IS HUNG UP AT WORK. WILL BE HERE FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, BUT PROBABLY WILL NOT MAKE ANY OF THE DECISION. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO RAY SERTA, OUR DIRECTOR, PARKS ARTS, AND THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO ENHANCE ADAPTIVE GOLF PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLES WITH DISABILITIES. BRINGING ADAPTIVE GOLF PROGRAMS TO GRAND PRAIRIES IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE GAME. IT'S ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, CONNECTION, AND COMMUNITY. THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO SHOWCASE HOW OUR FACILITIES CAN SERVE ALL GOLFERS, WHILE INSPIRING OTHERS TO EMBRACE THE SPORT IN THE NEW AND MEANINGFUL WAYS. WE'RE THRILLED TO BE PART OF SOMETHING NEW, AND AS WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, WE'RE GRAND PRAIRIE PROUD. AS PART OF OUR SUPPORT, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SPACE AT PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE FOR THE TGA TO STATE'S COMPLIMENTARY ADAPTIVE GOLF CLINICS IN MAY AND OCTOBER. THESE INCLUSIVE SESSIONS ARE OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR LEARNING DISABILITY NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE ARE, OR GOLFING EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO THE CLINICS. AND WHAT I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE IS THAT PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE WILL SERVE AS THE HOST VENUE FOR THE 2025 TEXAS ADAPTIVE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM OCTOBER 20TH, THE 22ND, ESTABLISHED BY THE FORT WORTH BASE, TEXAS ADAPTIVE GOLF ASSOCIATION IN 2022. THE TEXAS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS IS ONE OF THE PREMIER COMPETITIVE ADAPTIVE EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT ATTRACTS SOME OF THE BEST GOLFERS WITH DISABILITIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. I BELIEVE THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR ADAPTIVE GOLF IN OUR COMMUNITY. BY HOSTING THESE CLINICS AND THE 2025 TEXAS ADAPTIVE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE, WE'RE NOT ONLY CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADAPTIVE GOLFERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO FOSTERING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING GOLFING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO KELLY KILGO, WHO IS THE MAN DIRECTOR OF TGA GOLF FOUNDATION AND OUTREACH, WHO WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT THE TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION AND EXPAND MORE ON THESE EXCITING NEWS TODAY. THANKS, RAY. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? MY NAME'S KELLY AND I DO. I WORK FOR TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION. I RUN THE OUTREACH AND FOUNDATION, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND TALK ABOUT OUR ADAPTIVE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. SO, UM, AS RAY SAID, I'M WITH THE TGA AND THE TGA IS THE ARM OF THE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WE HAVE NEARLY 600 MEMBER CLUBS AND MORE THAN 200,000 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, AND WE RUN AMATEUR GOLF IN TEXAS. SO WE DO MAJOR STATE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, MID AM WE DO MORE FUN LEVEL, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENTS, WE DO CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE DO IT ALL. SO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE'D DECIDED THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE ADAPTIVE GOLF ASSOCIATION IN TEXAS AND HELP THEM WITH AN EVENT TO, UH, TO HOST HERE IN TEXAS. SO WE STARTED JUST TO HELP 'EM AND WE DID SOME RULES AND, AND SCORING FOR 'EM. AND THEN, UH, LAST YEAR WE TOOK THE EVENT COMPLETELY OVER AND WE RAN IT FROM A TO Z FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT FIVE NEW ADAPTIVE EVENTS. WE'VE GOT TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS, UH, USGA QUALIFIER AND TWO CLINICS ALL AROUND THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP IS IN KANSAS, BUT IT'S BEEN A HUGE HIT AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GREAT THING TO SEE. UM, AND WE'VE HAD ADAPTIVE GOLFERS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PLAY IN THIS TEXAS ADAPTIVE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. [00:05:01] AS RAY MENTIONED, IT IS AT OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH 22ND AT PRAIRIE LAKES. UM, AGAIN, WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 40 TO 60 ADAPTIVE PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO RUN IT FROM A TO Z AND WE DID IT AT INDIAN CREEKS IN CARROLLTON. THE WINNER HAD ACTUALLY GOT MENINGITIS YEARS AGO, AND HE LOST BOTH PARTIAL HANDS AND BOTH LEGS. HE SHOT AT 83 73 TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT. YEAH, IT, IT WAS AWESOME. HE HIT AND HE HIT THE BALL AND I'M NOT, AND I MEAN IT WAS AT LEAST 290 YARD DRIVES. VERY COOL TO WATCH. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A FEMALE WINNER AND THAT WINTER WAS BAILEY BI. UH, SHE GOT A, A WEIRD IMMUNE DISORDER WHEN SHE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL KID AND SHE WAS A BASKETBALL STAR AND SHE LOST USE OF HER LEGS AND SHE SHOT AT 83 79 TO WIN THE, THE WOMEN'S DIVISION. SO AGAIN, THEY COME FROM ALL OVER. BAILEY'S FROM MINNESOTA ISA WHO WON THE MEN'S IS FROM ITALY. UM, IMPAIRMENTS RANGE FROM AMPUTEES. WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS THAT PLAY. UH, THEY HAVE SOME LEG AMPUTEES AND ARM AMPUTEES. UH, THERE'S SOME BLIND GOLFERS, UM, SOME SHORT STATURE GOLFERS, UH, SEATED GOLFERS. THEY'RE PARALYZED FROM WAIST BELOW. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A COGNITIVE FLIGHT. UM, THEY ALL PLAY WITHIN THEIR FLIGHTS AND PLAY FOR WORLD RAKING POINTS. THEY GET THESE POINTS AND GO TO SCOTLAND AND NEW YORK AND ALL OVER THE, THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD TO PLAY IN BIGGER AND, AND, AND MORE ADAPTIVE EVENTS. UH, IT IS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS THAT TGA DOES, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND, AND HAVE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND PRAIRIE LAKES TO, UH, SUPPORT US. UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD A CITY COME OUT LIKE THIS AND THIS IS REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE AND JUST GETTING INVITED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN, UH, AWESOME. UM, SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GONNA, I VISITED WITH THE HILTON GARDEN INN AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE PLAYERS CENTRAL AT THE EPIC CENTRAL AREA. THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT AREA. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE PLAYERS. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AS RAY TALKED ABOUT THE ADAPTIVE CLINICS WE HAVE WON. UH, THESE ARE FREE CLINICS FOR ANY ADAPTIVE GOLFERS. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PLAY IN CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY COULD BE BEGINNERS. UH, OUR FIRST ONE IS MAY 12TH AND WE'RE DOING A MEDIA RELEASE BEHIND THAT, HOPING TO GET MORE MEDIA ATTENTION. UM, THAT WILL BE AT PRAIRIE LAKE GOLF CLUB TOO. IT IS FREE TO THE PLAYER AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, SOME PGA HOPE, UH, PROFESSIONALS THERE TO GIVE LESSONS. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOLO RIDERS, WHICH ARE THE, THE ADAPTIVE CARTS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARALYZED FROM WAIST BELOW. SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY COOL. UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OCTOBER 9TH, RIGHT BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AGAIN, IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY, BUT WE HOPE TO GET SOME CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS THERE TO BE A PART OF THE CLINIC. OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I TALKED ABOUT WE DO THE FIVE EVENTS AND, AND WE KIND OF JUST DO EVENTS ALL OVER. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR, OR CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HOST AN EVENT LIKE WE'RE DOING AS AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL QUALIFY FOR A NATIONAL LEVEL AND WE'LL BRING THAT TOURNAMENT HERE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. ANYBODY ELSE? YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU'VE EVER GONE OUT TO POINT GRAND ADVENTURES ON THE WEEKEND, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING A, UH, AUTISM AWARENESS EVENT, OR THE LAST ONE I WENT TO WAS A DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS. DAVE, YOU SEE THEY'RE BEING USED AS WE INTENDED. PLAYGROUND ADVENTURES IS ONE OF THE, THE BEST THINGS WE'VE EVER DONE. AND UH, RAY, THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT TELLING THIS FITS RIGHT IN WITH OUR MISSION AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT NIPS. ALRIGHT, YOU READY? ALRIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M EXCITED TO PRINT PRESENT YOUR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A VERSION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER INNOVATION, CONNECTIVITY, AND COMMUNITY GROWTH ROW AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE HONOR THE RICH HISTORY THAT HAS SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY WHILE EMBRACING MODERN PROGRESS. AS REQUESTED [00:10:01] BY COUNCIL, THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN BALANCES INNOVATION WITH PRESERVATION, ENSURING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VITALITY WITHOUT LOSING THE CHARACTER THAT MAKES GRAND PRIX UNIQUE. THE MUSIC VENUE AND THE LIBERTY BELL AREA SERVE AS A TRIBUTE TO OUR HERITAGE, REMINDING US OF OUR PAST, WHILE CREATING A VIBRANT, WALKABLE, AND CONNECTED DOWNTOWN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BY BLENDING HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH FORWARD THINKING DESIGN, WE'RE BUILDING A DOWNTOWN THAT REFLECTS BOTH WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. THE SITE PLAN SHOWCASE CASES, A GROCERY STORE AT 9,500 SQUARE FEET, A LARGE RETAIL SPACE POSITIONED CENTRALLY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY, A BUSINESS INCUBATOR, A DEDICATED SPACE FOR BUSINESS STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS. AT 8,500 SQUARE FEET, A BREW PUB AT 7,500 SQUARE FEET, A SOCIAL HUB WITH A KITCHEN AND BREWING TANKS SUPPORTING LOCAL CRAFT BREWING AND DINING, AND ADDITIONAL LEVEL TWO BREW PUB, WHICH YOU'LL SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS 3,500 SQUARE FEET. IT'S ALSO NOTED AND IT IS PROVIDING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE MUSIC VENUE AND STAGE A SMALL FAT CAFE ADJACENT TO THE GROCERY STORE. A MONUMENT AND PUBLIC PLAZA INCORPORATED ALONG WITH THE LIBERTY BELL AREA AS A HISTORIC SYMBOL ENHANCING THE PUBLIC PLAZA. WE HAVE MANY PARKING AND PUBLIC WALKWAYS ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS OUR NORTH SOUTH WALKWAY VIEW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THIS DESIGN EMPHASIZES PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY PATHWAYS THAT CONNECT KEY AREAS OF DOWNTOWN WIDE SIDEWALKS. GREEN SPACES AND MODERN LIGHTING WILL ENSURE A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE SIGNAGE USED WILL INCORPORATE THE GREEN MARBLE FROM THE ANNEX. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE GREEN MARBLE. THE GREEN MARBLE WASN'T MARBLE AT ALL. IT WAS ACTUALLY STYROFOAM PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE MARBLE, BUT WE'LL BE USING THE REAL DEAL ON THE ANNEX. MOVING ON THE NORTH SOUTH CENTRAL VIEW, WE SEE HOW THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN INTEGRATES BOTH HISTORICAL ELEMENTS AND MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE. AS YOU SEE IT IS NAMED THERE. THE MARKET AT THE ANNEX TO MAINTAIN THAT NAME THAT HAS BEEN SO SYNONYMOUS WITH GRAND PRAIRIE. THIS CENTRAL CORRIDOR WILL SERVE AS THE HUB TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THIS SPACE IS THE INCUBATOR VIEW IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WHETHER IT'S A STARTUP LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GROW OR A CREATIVE WORKSPACE FOR COLLABORATION, THE INCUBATOR WILL BE A DYNAMIC CENTER FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. IN CLOSING COUNSEL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE DESIGN CONCEPTS REFLECTED REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO THE THRIVING DOWNTOWN. ONE THAT BALANCES URBAN PROGRESS WITH COMMUNITY SPIRIT BY ENHANCING WALKABILITY, CREATING A VIBRANT CENTRAL HUB, AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS INNOVATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT. THAT LOOKS GREAT. YES, MA'AM. IS THAT A WATER FEATURE IN THAT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK. LAST SLIDE. THAT, THAT BRING THAT BACK UP. THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY A CRYSTAL FEATURE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S FOR CRYSTAL, IT'S FOUR CRYSTAL LOOKS LIKE WATER. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WATER. IT WILL HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE AND GRAVED ON IT AND IT WILL HAVE LIGHT THAT SHONE UP FROM THE BOTTOM THROUGH IT TO ENHANCE THE WAY IT WAS. IT'S PRETTY, I KEEP GETTING ASKED AND I KEEP FORGETTING. WALTER, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START THE TURNAROUNDS? THE, WE'RE GONNA LET THE, THE BIG ONE DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE. WE'RE GONNA LET THAT CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. [00:15:01] END OF THE YEAR. YEAH. THIS IS, IS IT'S RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO UNDER THE TRAIN. THE YES THAT I TOOK REBECCA DOWN THE OTHER DAY. Y'ALL OUGHT TO DRIVE DOWN THERE IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DOWN THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE TONIGHT ON YOU. YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T COME BACK YELLOW BELLY, UH, AND COMING BACK FROM YELLOW BELLY, IT'S WHERE IT SPLITS OFF OF ONE AND YOU GO DEEP UNDER THE TRESTLE, THE METAL TRESTLE TRAIN TRESTLE. IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE BEFORE ON THE EAST SIDE OF IT. ON THE EAST SIDE, YES. YES. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE TO SPLIT IT OFF TO GET PEOPLE UP. IF THE TRUCKERS OFF ON THE JEFFERS, IT IS WHERE ILE WHILE THE AND AND MAIN COME TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. YES. YES. YEAH. HOW THE WILD IS THE LITTLE SPUR THAT'S COMING UP FROM JEFFERSON TO BE GO UPHILL. WE TRY TO GET THERE. IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERESTING DRIVE. IT GETS DOWN THERE TO AN OLD AREA OF OUR TOWN THAT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE METROPOLITAN GOING, WE'VE HAD YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CALLED THE JUNKYARDS, BUT BY GOD'S SO, UH, ORGANIZED NOW THE INDEXED AND ORGANIZED IS NOT THE SAME AS YEARS AGO. SO WE, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY. THANK YOU. IT'S GONNA LAST BY THE END OF THE YEAR. YEP. AND YOU KNOW THAT LITTLE WE MARKET ON THE THOUSAND THEY WERE RUNNING THE OTHER DAY. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. YEAH. UH, ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PROTE CLEMSON FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 33 ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? I WOULD LIKE TO START, UH, I HAVE, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DID SEE MY QUESTIONS TO STAFF. STAFF SAID THEY'RE GONNA BUR THE ANSWERS TODAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS SURE. AS I WAS READING IT. SO I MYSELF THERE BEFORE, BECAUSE WE WERE OFF YESTERDAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO I WASN'T, THEY WERE OFF . NO, I WAS I CALIFORNIA. I, SO THEY COULD . UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, FOR CLARITY, I WOULD LIKE FOR TO PUT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT WHERE IT SAYS, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK THAT BRINGS IN CLARITY AS FAR AS WHEN, BECAUSE SOME FUTURE MAYOR WHO MAY SAY, WELL IT DOESN'T MENTION THE MAYOR'S NAME. NO, I NEED TO BE PART OF IT. SO IT SHOULD BE, I'M, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. OKAY. UH, LAST THING ON THAT ITEM, UH, ONE A IT TALKS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF SERVICE IS THAT FOR COUNCIL HAVE TO DO 25 YEARS, THAT IS FOR STAFF, BUT CAN WE REWORD THAT ALSO TO, TO SHOW IT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS JUST FOR STAFF. YEAH, IT SAYS EMPLOYEE ON THERE. OH, WELL, SO MIGHT THINK WE ARE EMPLOYEES TOO BECAUSE WE GET HEY, HEY, I'M FOR ANYTHING Y'ALL WANT FOR CLARITY. I KNOW IT, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO COUNSEL. OKAY. BUT, UH, OKAY, WE, WE MOVE ON TO NUMBER 13. UH, THE QUESTION I HAVE THERE IS, UH, WHY ARE THE, WHY ARE WE USING BOTH COMPANIES? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONE BECAUSE YES, SIR. RYAN, HERE YOU GO. YES, SIR. THIS ONE IS, UH, TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT COMMONLY USES AND IT GIVES, UH, OUR STAFF A CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO SO THAT THE FIRST COMPANY ON THERE, ANGEL ARMOR IS THE PRIMARY COMPANY THAT MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENT USES. THE OTHER COMPANY ON THERE, WHICH IS IMPACT IS A, A DEALER FOR A BRAND CALLED POINT BLANK THAT MOST OF OUR FEMALE OFFICERS USE. OH, OKAY. NOW THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO IMPACT IS FOR FEMALE OFFICERS PRIMARILY? YES. YEAH. OKAY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE IT, BUT THEY PRIMARILY LIKE TO USE, WHEN YOU LOOK THE SCORECARD, I THE SCORE, THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WEEK NOW. SO WHY WOULD WE JUST GO WITH THIS ONE COMPANY AND STUFF BOTH SINCE HE POINT, POINT BLANK MAKES THE VEST THAT'S SPECIFICALLY, UH, CUT DIFFERENTLY, THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR OUR FEMALE OFFICERS. OKAY, GOOD. MAKES SENSE. UH, 15 NOREEN. 15 NOREEN? YES, MS. THE QUESTION NUMBER, UH, IF WE CAN GET TO THE QUESTION. UH, I SAID, UH, UH, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH, I, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH OUR EVALUATION SYSTEM ON HOW WE EVALUATE CONTRACTS. UH, THIS ONE HERE WE ONLY HAVE FOUR FACTORS THAT WE USE. MAJORITY OF TIMES WE HAVE THE MINIMUM STANDARD OF FIVE [00:20:01] THINGS THAT WE USE TO LOOK AT. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE MORE CONSISTENT ON HOW WE VALUING THE CONTRACTS AND, AND GET AWAY FROM FIVE QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE BASE VALUE FOR THE DOLLAR BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS WE COULD ASK. SO THAT WAS NUMBER 15. WHY DID WE JUST USE THE FOUR FACTORS, UH, TO DETERMINE THE BEST VALUE OF THE DOLLAR? WELL WE USED THE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE USED PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND UM, COMPARE PROPOSAL. IS THERE ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE? WHAT ARE THE FIVE, WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE FIVE AND THE FOUR? WHICH ONE DID WE LEAVE OUT, DO YOU KNOW? NO, WE, UM, THE COST, WE GENERALLY ONE WOULD GENERALLY BE INTERVIEWS. SO, OKAY, SEE ON THIS ONE HERE, FOR THE ONE THAT RYAN HAS DONE, THEY USE COST EXTENSION, WHICH THE GOODS MEET, UH, THE MUNICIPALITY'S NEEDS, WARRANTY, LOCALITY AND REFERENCES. HERE WE USE COST, QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES. WHAT DID WE DROP OUT? INTERVIEW. IT COULD BE EITHER ONE FROM LOCALITY OR WARRANTY. SO IT IS NEVER CONSISTENT ON WHAT WE ARE USING FOR CRITERIA TO EVALUATE CONTRACTS. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE, WHO THINKS OF THE CRITERIA THAT THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO RATE THE BEST VALUE RATHER THAN HAVING A CONSISTENT CRITERIA? COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. SOME OF IT HAS TO DIRECTLY DO WITH THE TYPE OF COMMODITY THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHAT WE'RE UTILIZING IS A COMPANY THAT COMES OUT WHEN WE, WHEN FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE BREAK AN IRRIGATION LINE, THEY COME IN AND THEY FIX THAT IRRIGATION LINE FORCE. THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY WE'RE ONLY USING FOUR VERSUS FIVE. RIGHT. WHAT HIS QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE USE FOUR SOMETIMES AND FIVE OTHER TIMES DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COMMODITY IS AS TO WHAT WE EVALUATE WITH AND CASE SCENARIO. CORRECT. AND THEN YOU ALL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHY YOU WOULD STILL NEED TO GO FROM FOUR TO FIVE DEPENDING ON THAT, BUT THAT'S SO PRETTY ALL I THINK WHAT OCCURS TO GETTING AT IS TRY TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS, AND THE FIFTH ONE MAY BE DEPENDING ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY, UH, YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE REFERENCES ON THOSE, BUT YOU USED REFERENCES ON THE OTHER ONES. MM-HMM . REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT HE'S NOT ASKING BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT'S JUST WHY ARE WE USING FIVE OR FOUR VERSUS FIVE OR FOUR, RIGHT. IT MAY, THE OFFICER GOES FOR EACH COMMITTEE, BUT EACH COMMITTEE APPROVES CONTRACTS AND WE'RE NOT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO STABILIZE AND LET'S JUST TASK THE STAFF WOULD COMING UP WITH, OKAY, WELL LET'S DO FOUR ALL THE TIME OR FIVE ALL THE TIME. AND THE FIFTH ONE MAY BE DEPENDENT, IT MAY BE INTERCHANGEABLE. UH, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT DOES THAT, IS THAT A GOOD PLAN? YES. LEAVE IT ON FOR TONIGHT TO GET STAFF AND GIVE US A BRIEFING. WE'LL FIX IT AND IF Y'ALL GO UP TO 18 TO SIX, HERE'S UH, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SAY DON'T ASK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, SO DON'T, DON'T MAKE IT TOO LONG. . THERE YOU GO. OKAY, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, UH, 16 TO 17, UH, UH, I WAS ASKING WHO'S THE TITLE COMPANY? I WAS HOPING THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE IN THE PACKET AND IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE TITLE COMPANY IS AT THIS TIME, HOW DO WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHO IS THE TITLE COMPANY? UM, ITEM 16, THE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT. IS THAT YOU? 16 OR SOMETHING? OKAY. THAT, THAT'S FOR UH, THE PURCHASE OF A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT IN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR A WASTEWATER PROJECT. BUT NO, HE, HE, WHO'S THE TITLE COMPANY? UM, I SAID WE DON'T KNOW THE TITLE COMPANY. HOW DO WE SELECT THE TITLE COMPANY? WE DON'T NEED LIST. IT'S A ROTATING LIST. IT'S A ROTATING LIST. YES, BUT YOU WANT TO ADD IT TO COUNCIL COMMUNICATION NOW TO THE TITLE COMPANY IT SOUNDS LIKE. I THINK IT'S TRANSPARENCY. SO EVERYBODY KNOW. YES. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE. NO, IF SINCE IT'S A LIST THAT Y'ALL ROTATE YOU AND WE, WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE FOR THOSE TWO ACCOUNT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. BUT FINE ENOUGH FOR HIM RIGHT NOW IS NOT WHAT HE WANTS. WHAT HE WANTS IS IT'S IN THE PACKET AND WE WILL INCLUDE IT IN THE PACKET. THANK. OKAY. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? COUNCILOR JOHNSON? YES. CHRIS MAYOR. I AGREE WITH ONE. OKAY. YES. UH, ITEM 21, SHOULD WE HAVE A FIRM INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT VERSUS LESS THAN 7%, LESS THAN 6.99% OR WE LOCKED IN CAN INCREASE. IS THIS CUSTOMARY [00:25:01] FOR THIS ITEM? DID WE NEGOTIATE A LOWER RATE? I SEE AN INCREASE EACH YEAR. IN THE SUMMARY, HOW DID THEY DETERMINE THE INCREASE? THAT'S ITEM 21. THAT'S THE WAY IT TAGS DIRECTLY FROM THIS VENDOR. UH, THIS VENDOR IS A, A SOLE SOURCE, SO THEY CAN KIND OF HAVE A SPECIFIC WAY OF DOING THINGS ON THEIR PRICING, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCK US IN ON A, A MINOR INCREASE, WE HAVE THE AMOUNTS DESIGNATED ALREADY. THERE'S NO FLUCTUATION LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE OTHER ONES. THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND LOCK IN THAT PRICING FOR FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THEY DID FIRM IN THE BEGINNING. SO IT'S YEAH, THE, THE AMOUNT IS ALREADY, THE 7% IS ALREADY IN THERE EACH YEAR, CORRECT? YEAH. IT'S, IT'S 7% IS APPROXIMATION. IT'S 7% OR LOWER. BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN INFORMATION ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS SAID NO, THAT WAS ON THE OTHER. BUT SHE JUST SAID WHAT I I KNOW I THEY'RE NOT ALL EXACTLY SAY THEM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT SAYS SEVEN UNDER IT'S UM, JUST HAD A DISCUSSION. . YES. 19. YOU TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. WE ABOUT, OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, 22. UH, IT SAYS THIS IS LATE. COME TO THE COUNCIL. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU VOTE NO, THE WRITE UP STATE 14 MARK IN THE SUMMARY OF PAGE 1 0 1. MM-HMM. REQUEST 13 MONTHS. NEXT. IF YOU COUNT APRIL, 2025 AND MAY 22 6 IT COUNT TO 14 MONTHS FOR BE CONSISTENT TO PAGE 1 0 1. REFLECT 13 MONTHS. WE NEED TO GET YOU ANOTHER PART-TIME JOB. . THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. HE'S RETIRED SO JUST GIVE Y'ALL A HEADS UP. HE'S RETIRED SO HE AND HAROLD, BUT HE STILL ASK HIM OUT THERE. BUT THOROUGHNESS. KURT, GO AHEAD. SHE SAID TYPO. IT MIGHT BE A TYPO. MIGHT BE A TYPO BUT THAT DOESN'T SAY IT'S A TYPO. I'M SAYING IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT ALIGNED WITH THEIR CONTRACT FOR FIVE BOARD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK IN HERE AND SAY I NEED TWO MORE MONTHS, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. BUT IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE 14, BUT BECAUSE TODAY'S THE FIRST PERHAPS THAT IT SHOULD BE 14. SAY 14. ALRIGHT, 27. 27 7. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. I JUST ASK FOR LOWER THE NUMBERS BEFORE. IS THIS AN INCREASE FOR 27 27? THIS, THIS SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS IT JUST FUNDS ONE POSITION AND SO WE PROJECT THE SALARY EXPENSE AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE GRANT. OKAY. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IT FROM THE CONSENT TENDER FROM, IS THAT ONE REQUEST ON 30? UM, I I DON'T THINK YOU WANNA HAVE TO ANSWER THIS. I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY BANKS ARE OVER THE BOTTOM MILE LOCATION, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT A DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE FROM THE DRIVE THROUGH BANK THERE AND UH, PERSONALLY WHAT I'M HEARING, BANKS ARE NOT DOING SO GREAT SO IT WON'T, IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS AND FOR US WANNA PUT A BANK THERE, BUT IT JUST MIGHT BE AN EMPTY BUILDING FOR A INCUBATED SPACE IN THE FUTURE. I'M JUST LOOK AT CONS. IT'S GOING TO BE EMPTY. WE DON'T HAVE A BIG LIFE. JOANNE'S DON'T, I MEAN WE, KOHL'S IS EMPTY SO THE BANK MAY LAST LONGER. I HOPE THERE'S A BUNCH OF BA I'M SORRY, SAY DON'T SAY THAT. THAT WAS ONLY QUESTION THAT I WANT YOU TO ANSWER ON THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND. THAT'S ALL. I HAD A QUESTION. GOING BACK TO NUMBER SIX, UH, FACILITY MANAGEMENT POLICY, UM, UNDER ON THE POLICY FOR FORM THREE DAY, CAN A COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE CITY COUNCIL SUBMIT A REQUEST OR SOLELY RESIDENT? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW LIKE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COULD REQUEST TO UM, RENAME A OR NAME A BUILDING TO MEMORIZE A FORMER, UH, COUNCIL. I THINK ANYBODY CAN SUBMIT ANYTHING. WILL TAKE ACTION ON IT. UM, I, I'VE HAD UM, THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, FARMER COUNCIL MEMBERS FAMILIES HAVE ASKED US TO DO THINGS, BUT WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE HISTORY AND IT JUST DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT, YOU KNOW. DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON THAT STAFF? I MEAN, I THINK THE ANSWER YES, ANYBODY CAN COME TO US AND ASK YES, THAT'S THE ANSWER. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN. THAT'S WAY WRITTEN. ITEM 10 10 ITEM 10. NO, I YOU GET YOURS FIRST. MINE'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE CURTIS. IS THIS THE REAL JACKSONS LIKE TITO JERMAINE. THIS IS UH, JACKIE AND MARLON. REALLY? THAT'S AWESOME. YES. THAT'S GOOD. I WAS TRYING TO YOUTUBE AND THAT'S ALL I KEEP TALKING. THEY'RE ON A WORLD TOUR RIGHT NOW, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN EUROPE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT THEY'LL BE TEXAS FOR OF OCTOBER. IT IS IN OCTOBER. YES SIR. THAT IS GREAT FOR Y'ALL THAT [00:30:01] GET DING ON FACEBOOK ASKING, ARE WE HAVING THE EVENT DOWNTOWN THIS YEAR? DON'T JUST SAY YES, DON'T SAY NO. EXPLAIN. WE'RE DOING TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER FESTIVAL APRIL 26TH AND BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT, WE MOVED OUR MAIN STREET PAST OCTOBER AND YOU CAN GIVE 'EM THE DATES IN OCTOBER. I THINK IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. SO DON'T JUST SAY NO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE SET? YES. YES. NUMBER 11, POPCORN. WASN'T THIS THE VENDOR THAT HAD SOME SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT CONCERNS LAST TIME WE SAW THIS CRUNCHY, CRUNCHY POPCORN SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT ISSUES. ARE THEY A VALID VENDOR? THEY'RE A VALID VENDOR. VENDOR. ALL ISSUES AL YES. EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE PRAIRIE LAKE THIS YEAR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. MINE'S COUNTY ON ITEM NUMBER 15 THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE LENE. YES. UH, I, I HOPE I'M RIGHT WITH THIS, BUT I THINK I HAVE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING GOING WITH , I NOTICED THAT THEY GOT ZERO POINTS FOR REFERENCES AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU TELL ME WHETHER IT IS FIRST, IF YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK I KNOW IF THEY HAVE ZERO POINTS THEY DIDN'T, UM, SUBMIT 'EM. OKAY. ALSO SOMETIMES THEY CAN GET ZERO POINTS IF THE REFERENCES DON'T PICK UP OR DON'T RESPOND. YEAH, WELL, AND, AND, AND IN THESE PEOPLE'S CASE TOO, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF THEM. SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GOOD FOR THEM AND WE'RE GOING WITH SOMEBODY, GET SOMEBODY NEW INTO THE LOOP OF DOING THINGS FOR US AND, AND THEY HAVE DONE WORK WITH US BEFORE OR YEAH. SO WE'RE REFERENCED. YEAH, THAT DOES BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S REFERENCE. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR MEL HAS PAPERWORK FOR ME TO SIGN. I'LL HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM 34. THAT BARNES CARPO GAS WELL PIPES ON PIPE, UH, PAD SITES ON, UH, OUR PROPERTY AND OUR, UM, REBECCA'S SISTER AND HUSBAND'S PROPERTY. SO I WOULDN'T BE RECUSING MYSELF ON ITEM 34. IF THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF GOVERNOR TCA TO DISCUSS ANY FOLLOW SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY CONCERNING 47 0 2 EAST MAIN STREET, ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 20 0 7 2 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY. UM, HOW LONG IS, IS THAT GOING TO BE? PROBABLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES NOW. UH, DO, DO WE WANT TO GET HER MEAL GO IN EXACTLY WHEN WE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE? THAT'S THE EASIEST UNTIL THE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO EAT IN THE CABINETRY? YES. WHEN YOU'RE GETTING IN, LET'S RECESS. WE'LL GO GET OUR MEAL, GO TO OUR BUNK ROOM, HAVE OUR EXEC SESSION, MAY HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME. * 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.