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OKAY.UH, STATE OF, WE KIND OF PICK UP WHERE WE WERE DISCUSSING LAST TIME.
COMMENTS, OPEN MEETINGS, UH, STAFF HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN I'VE GOT A COMMENT TO MAKE PROPOSAL FOR ALL THE
YEAH, SO WE JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL MILITIA, MCGINNIS, CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, JULIE IS HANDING YOU, UH, THE ITEM THAT'S IN THE COUNCIL PACKET.
UM, SO YOU HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU, ON OCTOBER 14TH, STAFF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTIONS TWO 30 AND 2 32 TO COUNCIL.
AND THAT ITEM WAS TABLED BY THE COUNCIL AFTER DISCUSSION REQUESTING THAT STAFF MAKE CHANGES AND BRING THAT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THESE ITEMS BACK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR CHANGES TO THIS SECTION.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM THAT, UH, WE MODIFIED WAS THE DEADLINE FOR CITIZENS TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
WE PRIOR TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, STARTING AT SIX 30 AND THE CHANGE THERE WAS THAT THEY EITHER SIGN UP IN PERSON OR ONLINE BY 3:00 PM UM, THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY.
AND THAT IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT COMMUNICATIONS IS WORKING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO CREATE THE SECOND CHANGE AGENDA.
ITEMS, SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AS OPPOSED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S THREE MINUTES PER ITEM AS OPPOSED TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS A COL.
UM, THE COLLECTIVE OF FIVE MINUTES.
SO THAT WOULD BE THREE MINUTES PER AGENDA ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ZONING, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL, UM, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO OR IF COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN ALL OTHER SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, FOR ZONING ITEMS WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO WE WOULD SEPARATE IT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE SPEAKER.
THEN NON ZONING ITEMS WOULD BE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER PER HEARING.
SUSAN COMMENTS, THE SUGGESTION IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND THEN THE MAYOR WOULD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION OR REFER THE CITIZENS TO POLICY OR TO STAFF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE RULES OF DECORUM, WE MADE THE CHANGE THAT WAS REQUESTED FOR THE RULES OF DECORUM.
AND JUST, UH, JUST TO POINT OUT THE RULES OF DECORUM, THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS FOR RULES OF DECORUM IN THE CODE.
THERE'S ONE SPECIFIC TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ONE SPECIFIC TO NON COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING ALL CITIZENS.
SO THE ONE FOR NON COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE MODIFY THE LANGUAGE THAT ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES OF DECORUM AND EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT AND KEEP THEIR REMARKS RELEVANT TO THE AGENDA.
AND A PART OF THE REQUEST WAS TO HAVE THOSE SAME RULES APPLY TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH THE CODE ALREADY HAS RULES OF DECORUM FOR COUNCIL.
SO ALL WE DID WAS ADD THAT LANGUAGE, UM, FOR COUNSEL, SHALL EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT THE SAME, UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR CITIZENS.
AND THEN THE CHANGES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
JANUARY 1ST, 2026 IS WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION, UM, BY COUNSEL.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, AS I DO SOMETIMES WHEN WE'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR PROTE AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR COMES AND WHOEVER'S ACTING ME AT THAT TIME AND THAT PREVENTS ME FROM REACHING THE QUORUM 'CAUSE I'M JUST TALKING WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, UH, MAYOR PROTE IS ON YOU AND DEPUTY MAYOR KURT JOHNSON.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER AND, UH, JUNIOR HAS WRITTEN THEM DOWN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JUNIOR SO WE CAN READ THIS AS A SUGGESTION.
AND SEE, LET, LET SEE WHAT THEY THINK.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, GUYS, UM, IT'S MOVING THE SIGN UP DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC, FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS, UM, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
WE DON'T WANNA SAY SIX 30 BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT, WE HAVE MEETINGS AT START FIVE 30.
SO FOR ANY SPEAKERS THAT WANT US TO, UH, SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP BY THE BEGINNING BEFORE WE GET BEFORE MAIL.
FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE EASIEST WAY.
AND THAT, THAT IS HOW THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY DRAFTED.
PROPOSED IS JUST PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, PRIOR TO CALL ORDER OF THE MEETING.
SO IT WOULD APPLY TO EACH MEETING.
RIGHT NOW THAT TAKES ANOTHER HOLD, BUT RIGHT.
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CONTINUE.ANOTHER ONE IS TO MOVE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOLLOWING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE SAME AGENDA AND HAVE A CITIZEN COMMENTS HAPPEN WITH THEM, UM, THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT IS IF WE'RE GONNA FORCE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS, HAVE A CITIZEN COMMENTS HAPPEN KIND OF CONCURRENTLY, LIKE RIGHT AFTER.
SO THEY'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE VERY END.
UM, ANOTHER ONE WAS FIVE MINUTES TOTAL FROM ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR ANY AND ALL.
SO IT'S NOT FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM.
IT'S FIVE MINUTES TO TOTAL FOR ALL CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, THREE MINUTES FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. WE DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS WHAT FACILITY JUDGE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THEY GET THREE MINUTES EACH SPEECH FOR THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY HE SAYS THE COMMENTS, THREE MINUTES.
HE SAYS THE COMMENTS PER SPEAKER.
UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES TOUGH WHEN THEY CAN WAIT THE WHOLE MEETING AND THEN SPEAK OFF.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
SO, UH, THIS IS A, A SHOT AT IT.
UM, AND AS WE VOTED LEGS DOWN, WE'RE MORE LIBERAL THAN MOST I HAVE.
PEOPLE COME, CITIZENS COME AND MAKE COMMENTS TO ME AFTERWARDS THAT UM, WOW, Y'ALL ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT MET.
I'LL LEAVE IT BLANK DON, FILL THE BLANK.
I HAVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FORMER PEOPLE WHO WORKED HERE SAY, OH MY GOODNESS.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.
AND THIS IS MY SUGGESTION ALONG WITH MAYOR PROM.
ZA, I THINK BOTH THE MAYOR PROM ZANU AND DEPUTY MAYOR GOOD WITH THIS FORMAT.
AND UH, BUT IT TAKES A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, IF WE HAPPEN TO AGREE ON WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND WE TRY IT FOR, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE MUCH.
WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND ADJUST.
MAKE IT, WE CAN ALWAYS MODIFY JUROR FIVE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ALL CONSENT.
FOR THREE MINUTES FOR EACH I INDIVIDUAL.
AND THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS THREE MINUTES.
AND THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THE CONSENT.
INSTEAD AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IF Y'ALL BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA, THERE'S BEEN CITIZEN MEL AND I WILL LOOK AT THE ARGUMENT.
LET'S SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET THEM COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
NOW LET'S JUST PUT 'EM UP OUT AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, I KNOW SOMEONE LEFT THE OTHER NIGHT 'CAUSE THE THE MEETING WENT TOO LONG.
AND, UH, I HATE 'EM HAVING TO LEAVE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT FOR A CITIZEN TIME.
I, I, I STILL, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT FIVE MINUTES, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT THREE MINUTES WOULD BE A LITTLE AND UH, BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOMETIMES FIVE MINUTES A LITTLE BIT TOUGH IF THE APPLICANT, WELL HERE'S THE THING I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TONY, WE CAN EXTEND IT FROM ANYBODY THAT'S SPEAKING ON, ON COMMENTS.
'CAUSE ONCE WE ENGAGE WITH THEM, I, I, I DON'T, I DO EXTRA TIME BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING TO THEM.
WE HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS WHEN WE BRING THEM FORWARD.
AND IT'S SOMETIMES YOU ACT, THERE'S WE GET
AND YOU KNOW, I'M GONE OVER THE FIVE MINUTES ON NOTES.
THANK SO WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT IF WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EXTENDING AND THINGS ARE, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE A LITTLE HARD TO EXPLAIN.
YOU, I, HE'S PROBABLY ALREADY SUBPOENAED THE STAFF TWO OR THREE TIMES.
SEAN WILL, I'LL DO THAT AS MUCH AS THREE MINUTES OR AT FIVE MINUTES, WHICHEVER IT IS.
IF WE NEED TO EXTEND IT WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I I I'M
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WHAT MY INTENT IS, UM, TO LET THEM ASK THE QUESTIONS AND MANY TIMES WE WILL REFER 'EM TO AFTERWARDS.UH, FOR SOMEONE TO NEED TO KNOW WHY WE CHOSE A CERTAIN COUNTY WHERE WE BUY CARS.
I'M NOT GONNA EXTEND IT TO THAT.
I THINK, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DISCRETION ON THE MODERATOR'S PART OR WIN OR WHEN NOT TO EXTEND IT.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO EXTEND IT WHEN THEY WANT TO GO ON A TIRADE ABOUT THINGS ARE GOING IN THE WASHINGTON, BUT IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION THAT EVERYONE AT THE TABLE FEELS LIKE NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED, I'LL EXTEND IT SOMEWHAT.
BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE MODERATOR.
AND I THINK Y'ALL WILL ALL AGREE THAT WE'VE BEEN RAISED THERE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S, IF IT IS ABOUT WHY WE'VE CHOSEN SPECIFIC COUNTY THAT I DO NOT COVER YET WHO THE JUDGE IS OR NOT, IT IS IRRELEVANT.
SO WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU ALL ARE, UM, REQUESTING, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE OVERALL PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE FROM STAFF? 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMPONENTS WE'RE JUST GONNA OVERRIDE.
IF WE ARE REASON WITH WHAT YOU ALL ARE SUGGESTING, THIS WOULD BE THE MOTION AND IF IT PASSES, THIS WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD GO BY NOT WHAT STAFF PRISON.
SO ALL OF THE, BECAUSE I I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE, UM, PRE-REGISTRATION.
WE ARE NOT PRE-REGISTRATION, WE'RE NOT.
WELL IF YOU ARE IN PERSON YES.
AND AS FAR AS THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THE FORUM IS THAT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TACKLE THAT TONIGHT.
I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS HURDLE.
UH, WELL, MAYOR, THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT WE DO NEED TO MODIFY IN THERE.
UM, THAT TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, WHICH IS THE CHANGE TO THE POSTING REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS IN THAT SECTION.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO SECTION TWO.
I JUST HAVEN'T, I'M OKAY WITH WHAT SHE WROTE ON SECTION TWO.
IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL JUST MAKE IT PART OF THE MOTION.
WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ON, ON VOTE.
THE ONLY THING I COULD, THE COURT, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SUGGEST, OR TWO THINGS THAT I IS, UH, WHERE WE HAVE ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES OF REQUIRE AND EXHIBIT ORDER AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT.
I WOULD THROW IN AFTER THE WORD DECLINE AS THE CITY COUNCIL REVERSE BACK.
AND THEN IT'S, HE, HE, HE DIDN EATING WELL, DRINKING INSIDE.
THAT THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE.
WE DO IT AND I'M NOT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
YEAH, SOME, WELL, ALL I'M SAYING IS SOMEBODY CAN BRING IN A BOTTLE OF WATER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KICK THE BOAT OUT.
I THINK THE CHAIR HAS DISCRETION THERE.
SHE SAID BRING IN, IF THEY BRING IN A BUCKET OF CHICKEN AS THE POLICE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN THINGS YOU'D LIKE.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT PART OF THE MOTION TONIGHT TOO.
SO IT'S ONLY ONE FOR COURT SECTION THE QUO AN EXHIBIT RESPECTFUL AND WORKING ON AS ALL SPEAKERS SHOW THE RULES OF THE FORM AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND EXHIBIT.
SO THAT REFERS TO BACK ONE COUNCIL.
WE, THEY WOULD NEED THE SAME RULES WE HAVE.
WELL, IT'S NOT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY THE SAME RULES AS THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S SPLIT BECAUSE IT'S, IT SECTION A IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, THEN SECTION B IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS NON-MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO YOU HAVE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO STATE IT 'CAUSE IT'S INCLUDED, BUT IF WE WANNA STATE IT, IT'S, IT, IT DOESN'T HURT ANYTHING.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS PREDETERMINED RESPECTFUL
SO I THINK, UM, IF THEY GO ON A TANGENT ABOUT OTHER THINGS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LET IT RIDE AND GO.
BUT IF THEY START CURSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT OR START THROWING SOMETHING, I THINK
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND GATHER, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL GONNA KNOW, AGAIN, YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, BUT THAT'S THAT Y'ALL ARE ALL GONNA BE PUT TO PLACE SOMETHING THAT ON YOU'RE THINKING.DO WE GAVEL THAT OR DO WE NOT? IT'S NOT EASY.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, I DON'T HAVE A REAL GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU EXCEPT TO KNOW WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE MEETING.
I THINK WE'LL KNOW AT THE TIME.
I LOOKED AT THE, THE LUMP OF THE CORN RULES THAT
IRVING, CEDAR HILL, DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND ONE MORE.
CAROLYN AND ALL OF THEM HAD THE SHELLY FRAME AND PERSONAL THING.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
BUT I THINK IF IT, I THINK THAT DOWN LINE SOMETHING AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CAUSE TO TRY TO DIRECT THEM TO ME.
NOT BE DIRECT THEM TO THE CHAIRS WITH PROPER RESPONSE AND ANYTHING GETS DOWN LINE THAT WOULD BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICKIE JURY.
I FEEL THAT IF A RESIDENT WANTS TO COME AND ADDRESS THE COUNSELING RULE, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE COUNSELING.
WHAT DOES IT SAY NOW? HER SUGGESTION? I IT'S TAKEN OUT.
LEAVE IT AS SHE HAS PRESENTED RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MY WIFE OR MY FAMILY, I'M GONNA COME OFF COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ QUESTION IT.
AND THEN WE COULD, I KNOW THAT ONLINE THERE'S AN OPTION FOR P AND D FOR RESIDENTS TO GIVE INPUT ONLINE.
THEY CAN GIVE INPUT BUT THEY CAN'T SIGN TO SPEAKER IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS WE LOOK AT THIS GOING FORWARD, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING CONSIDERED AS WELL.
I THINK IT COULD BE HER INTENT BECAUSE I WAS JUST ALLOW THEM TO REGISTER LINE NOT TO GIVE IN INPUT.
IT'S JUST THE REGISTERS ARE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE BEFORE SIX 30.
WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHOW UP.
WE'RE NOT ABOUT, IN MY OPINION, UNLESS THE COUNCIL CHOSE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LET PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS READ INTO THE RECORD THAT AREN'T HERE.
SO IN MY OPINION, SINCE THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP AT THE START OF THE MEETING TO BE HERE TO SPEAK, LET'S LET THEM HAVE TO SIGN UP IN PERSON INSTEAD OF ONLINE.
WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE, EVERY NOW AND THEN, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S HAPPENED QUITE A BIT.
THE APPLICANT FOR ONE MISSED AT SIX 30 DEADLINE.
WE HAVE HAD APPLICANTS THAT DON'T FILL OUT CARDS.
AND Y'ALL, WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTING A CASE IN YOUR AREA, YOU WILL SAY, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? AND THAT WE REQUEST THEM TO COME THERE.
THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, UH, PAID OFF.
IT'S APPROPRIATE WHEN THEY APPLICANT, MANY TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW THEY NEED THIS SIGN UP.
THEY'RE JUST HERE, THEY'RE THERE FOR QUESTIONS AND IF MANY TIMES WE DON'T NEED THEM.
SO YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HAW WILL, WILL USE THAT SAME PROTOCOL.
IF Y'ALL HAVE A QUESTION FROM SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, WE'LL CALL THEM FORWARD.
CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM? ARE WE GOOD? I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT.
I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE GOOD WITH PRESENTING THIS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A EMAIL FROM ME REGARDING THIS ITEM, WHICH IS A PROPOSED MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2026.
UH, THE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THIS, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 26 MEETINGS A YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WOULD BE 12 REGULAR MEETINGS.
WE WOULD HAVE FIVE WORK SESSIONS WITH THE ONE RETREAT THAT WOULD BE IN AUGUST FOUR HOUR BUDGET WORK, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 18 MEETINGS.
THE CITY CHARTER CURRENTLY CALLS FOR.
YEAH, THE CITY CHARTER CURRENTLY CALLS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD ONE REGULAR MEETING ON A TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
WHICH MEETING SHALL BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY.
OTHER MEETINGS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HOLD OTHER REGULAR MEETING ON TUESDAY.
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THE CODE OF ORDINANCES? THAT'S THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.THAT IS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THAT IS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES UNDER B.
THE OTHER MEETINGS THE CITY COUNCIL CAN HOLD OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS ON TUESDAYS IS SUCH TIME AND PLACE MAY BE PERIODICALLY ESTABLISHED.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WORK SESSIONS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ISSUES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO PULL OFF OF THE AGENDA THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS OVER IN ANY MORE DEPTH.
AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DISCUSS OR TO BRING YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN DEPTH SIMPLY AT A BRIEFING WHICH HAS US AT A POINT WHERE STAFF IS TRYING TO PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL ALL OF YOU OR EITHER CALL THOSE THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS, THEN COMING BACK TO A PUBLIC FORUM IN OUR, IN OUR BRIEFINGS AND HAVING TO ANSWER THOSE SAME QUESTIONS AGAIN FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL IN TURN HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WOULD HAVE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOR WE COULD ANSWER AND WE COULD HAVE MORE IN DEPTH AND EFFECTIVE DISCUSSION BY HAVING A WORK SESSION WHERE THERE IS NO COUNCIL MEETING ASSOCIATED, NO COUNCIL ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE WORK SESSIONS APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE HOURS LONG.
WE WOULD START AT THE TIME, TIME, WE WOULD STILL START HERE AT FOUR 30.
WE WOULD BE THROUGH BY SIX 30 OR SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AND IT WOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL WHEN IT CAME TIME TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AT OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
NOW WHERE DOES THAT HELP YOU? IT HELPS YOU TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ALLOW STAFF TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DESIRE TO HAVE ABOUT AN ISSUE RATHER THAN THE INFORMATION WE THINK YOU WANT.
IT ALSO PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHEN WE GET TO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT WE COULD HAVE AGREEMENT.
IF WE HAVE AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL DURING THE WORK SESSION.
THOSE ITEMS CAN BE PUT ON A CONSENT AGENDA FOR CONSENT ACTION.
THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED MORE TIME OR WHERE THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE OPEN DISCUSSION, THEY COULD BE PUT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA AND HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
UM, THE OTHER FACTOR THAT IS INVOLVED HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED OUR POSTING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MEANS OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT THREE DAYS PRIOR TO, BUT THREE BUSINESS DAYS, WHICH HAS REQUIRED MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS, NOT JUST TO OUR COUNCIL SCHEDULES IN SO FAR AS GETTING AGENDAS OUT TO YOU AND GETTING INFORMATION TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR INCLUSION ON THE AGENDA.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE BY STAFF.
AND BY DOING THIS, IT PUTS EVERYTHING ON ONE MEETING FOR ACTION.
BUT ALL THE DISCUSSION COULD BE HELD DURING THE MEETINGS THAT ARE OUR WORK SESSIONS.
AT NO TIME IN THIS SCHEDULE IS, DOES IT, DOES IT SHOW WHERE YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN TWO MEETINGS ON VERY FEW OCCASIONS WHERE YOU WILL NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION TO ADDRESS ISSUES PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UM, WE FEEL, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF ENSURING THAT THE COUNCIL IS MAKING QUALITY DECISIONS AND THAT STAFF IS PROVIDING YOU QUA QUALITY INFORMATION, UM, WITH THAT.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN THIS YEAR FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE MONTHS AND IT IS SHOWN TO, TO WORK THAT.
BUT THERE ARE THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED FURTHER DISCUSSING DURING THESE THREE MONTH PERIODS THAT THE WORK SESSION WOULD PROVIDE FOR.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM, BUT THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
IF, UH, SO IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE AREA APPROVED FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.
UM, I CAN GO EITHER WAY ON IT.
I'M, I'M NOT GONNA LOBBY EITHER WAY.
I COULD TRY TO YEAR SEE HOW WE LIKE IT.
UM, THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR WE, AS BILL SAID, WE DON'T NEED FOUR, FOUR OF THE SIX MEETINGS IN THE SECOND HALF.
WE ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH, JULY, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
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UH, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE DO MEET TWICE A MONTH.IT'S JUST, I KNOW STAFF PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT INTO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, AND THIS, I THINK WE PUT THEM, IF IF SOMEBODY, IF WE PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE, IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES, IF IT DOESN'T OR DOESN'T AND THEN WE GO ON DOWN THE ROAD, LET'S JUST GET THROUGH IT.
I, UM, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND HERE, UH, BILL, HOW, HOW THE NEW SCHEDULE IMPACT STAFF ABILITY TO GIVE THE WORK DONE.
OR WOULD IT BE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT? THAT'S REALLY
WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE TO THE WORK SESSION, BRING IT TO YOU.
YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU ASK YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, YOU ASK US TO GO BACK AND DO MORE RESEARCH.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS YOU'RE ASKING US MORE OFTEN NOW TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOMETHING AGAIN AND BRING MORE INFORMATION FORWARD.
THIS ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THAT WITHOUT HAVING THE COUNSEL TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND COME OUT, COME OUT INTO THE TABLE.
WELL, LET'S TABLE THIS BECAUSE WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION.
LET'S TABLE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IT ALLOWS US TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A QUALITY DECISION ON BEHALF OF THE SYSTEMS OF GREATER PRISON.
PLUS THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE FOUR TIMES TO DO IT.
MY CAREER HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT CHANGE.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A NEW LEADER, SO WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO CHANGE.
UH, ALSO I BELIEVE, UH, HAVING A SCHEDULE LIKE THE CITY GOES, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S COMING UP.
UH, SO I, I'M, I'M FULL TIME TO CHANGE.
PLUS WE'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE THE, UM, THE, WE JUST DISCUSS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, HOW LONG PEOPLE GET TO TALK.
WE, YOU KNOW, SO LET'S, I THINK GOING TO NEW YEAR, LET'S LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES AND TRY IT FOR A YEAR.
THAT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TRYING SOMETHING.
WE ALREADY SIT IN THE MILITARY.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU CAN ALWAYS WAY WE'RE DOING IT AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT WOULD PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DIDN'T WORK TO MAKE IT BETTER TO, SO WE ARE HERE AS POLICYMAKERS FOR THE CITY AND THE STAFF.
LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO GET, UH, THEIR JOB DONE AS WELL.
UM, BILL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT.
UM, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A BIT.
I PERSONALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT WE DO IT RIGHT NOW.
TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, UM, THIS YEAR, LIKE PROBABLY THE ONLY YEAR THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING TWICE IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE NC CONFERENCE.
WE NORMALLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT SOME NOT ONE, YOU KNOW, BY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THINK ABOUT IS THAT AS WE'RE CHANGING THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, HOW WE CONDUCT THE, THE, UH, PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK TO ALSO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF REGULAR MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
IT DOES HAVE A PER, YOU KNOW, A PERSPECTIVE IF WE'RE LOOKING FROM THE, THE VIEW OF THE CONSTITUENT OR THE RESIDENT, YOUR LIMITS, HOW LONG YOU SLEEP, BUT ALSO HOW OFTEN YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY OFFICE.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
I PERSONALLY, UM, IF THIS IS BROUGHT UP FOR A MOTION TODAY, I'LL BE AGAINST IT.
BUT I RESPECT THE DECISIONS THAT THE COUNCIL, IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF OTHERS, IF IT PASSES, IF I RESPECT THAT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
SO THINK ABOUT HOW IT MAY SEEM TO A RESIDENT, I AGREE WITH YOU AS THE PERCEPTION OF LEARNING THE TIME FOR SPEED AND OF, BUT IT ALSO FREES UP THEIR TIME TOO.
THEY SPEND MORE TIME LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.
THEY GET THEIR ANSWERS BEFORE THEY COME.
MAYOR, AS I MENTIONED TO COUNT TO MAYOR PRO, TIM Z THAT WE TALKED BEFORE, THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO COME TO WORK SESSIONS AND THERE WILL BE A CITIZEN'S COMMENT PORTION OF THE WORK SESSION.
WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME COMMENT, CITIZEN COMMENTS, CARDS, COMMENTS, COMMENTS AVAILABLE IN EVERY WORK SESSION.
SO IF THEY WOULD WANT TO COME TO THE WORK SESSION AND SPEAK, IT DOESN'T MIMIC THEM FROM COMING TO THE WORK SESSION.
AND SPEAKING AS WELL, I SUGGEST WE PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
DEPUTY MAYOR POT TIMM, SINCE YOU SAID YOUR FAR, I'D SUGGEST YOU PUT IT ON THE TABLE.
I GOT A, I GOT A QUESTION, I GUESS SAVANNAH.
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LIKE THIS WOULD, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO YOUR, UH, P AND Z DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE? WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR SCHEDULE AND OUR PROCESSES.YEAH, IT'S IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LUCKY RIGHT NOW AND YOU CATCH THE DATE JUST RIGHT, IT'S EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS.
AND IF YOU MISS THIS FROM TWO WEEKS MORE ON SOME, HOW OFTEN THIS BE TWICE A MONTH.
THEY MAY EVEN LOOK AT MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH TO MAKE SURE IT GETS ON OUR AGENDA, BUT HUH.
HOSPITAL REGULATIONS REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE TO MEET TWO TALK THAT DO P AND Z.
SO WE HAVE TO GET CERTAIN THINGS ON THE AGENDA WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND, UH, I THINK WE PUT A, THE DATE IF YEAH, IF YOU MISS IT, YOU'D BE TWO WEEKS OF LABOR.
SO YOU'D GO FROM, I ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE EIGHT TO 10 TO BE LOOSE OIL BUT NOT MAKE IT 10 TO 12.
SO THEN IN GETTING INTO DALLAS AND FORT WORTH DEVELOPMENT, NO, NOT DOUBT.
THOSE SIX MONTHS AFTER THREE MONTHS, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, I, I I'M DEFINITELY FOR CHANGE IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANY OTHER FELLOW COUNSELING BECAUSE I DO LIKE GOING INTO THE DEEP DIVE AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION.
SO I CAN'T MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MY QUESTION IS, SAY FOR INSTANCE THE WORK SESSION JANUARY 27TH, UM, WE CAN'T GET A RESOLUTION OR WE CAN'T GET TO BEFORE.
IT WILL SKIP FEBRUARY 17TH, END OF MARCH 17TH BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT AGAIN.
WE, WE JUST PUT IT ON THE DISCUSSION, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WILL THIS BE, HOW WILL THIS BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC? 'CAUSE I AGREE WITH WHAT, UM, UM, THE CLIENT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS, IT IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE.
WE ALSO GET SOME FLYER OUT, WILL PUT IT IN THE, UH, WATER BILL, ALL OF THAT ALL OUT.
DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE IN THAT COMMUNICATION NOW BECAUSE THIS WAS BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
ANYBODY ELSE? LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.
WE'VE GOT A, SOMETHING REALLY TO DISCUSS IN THE SECOND STATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, RAY SERTA, DIRECTOR OF PARK ARTS AND RECREATION.
UH, I'LL BE TALKING WHILE THERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO GOING ON.
TODAY WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE 25 20 25 PRAIRIE LIGHT SEASON, OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS SET TO KICKOFF 30 SEASON.
AS YOU KNOW, PRAIRIE LIGHTS HAS GROWN FROM A LOCAL HOLIDAY ATTRACTION INTO ONE ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED SEASONAL EXPERIENCES IN NORTH TEXAS.
LAST YEAR WE WELCOMED GUESTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACHIEVED THE MOST PROFITABLE SEASON TODAY, ENSURING A STRONG AND HEALTHY PRAIRIE LIGHTS ENTERPRISE FUND.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC TO GRAND PRAIRIE 20 YEARS WITHOUT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM TO INTRODUCE WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE UPDATES FOR THIS SEASON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EMILY
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EZ, SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER.SO, VERY QUICKLY JUST WANNA RUN THROUGH OUR 20TH YEAR OF PRAIRIE LIFE.
HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE CELEBRATING THE BIG TWENTIES, BUT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
SO, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME KEY DATES FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE TOOK ALL YOUR SCHEDULES IN DIVINE WHEN PLANNING THIS YEAR'S VIP NIGHT.
SO, UM, IT'LL BE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AND YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR EMAIL ABOUT DETAILS FOR THAT EVENING.
COMING HERE SOON, THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, UM, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR MEDIA NIGHT AND CLAUDIA'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR PR EFFORTS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE INVITE THE NEW STATIONS AND THE INFLUENCERS AND IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR, FOR US IN GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING BACK OUR SNEAKER PEAK RUN AND WALK FIVE KS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND AND THIRD.
AND WE'RE ALMOST AT CAPACITY FOR THOSE REGISTRATIONS, WHICH IS ALWAYS REALLY EXCITING FOR US TO SEE.
WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, AND THAT'S WHEN OUR BICYCLE RIDERS WILL GET TO COME THROUGH THE PARK.
THIS YEAR WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW EVENT CALLED REINDEER RUMBLE MOTORCYCLE RIDE.
AND I'LL LET CHIEF S BRIEFLY MENTION
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, THIS YEAR BENEFITING SANTA CO.
UH, THE MAYOR AND I ARE GONNA BE RIDING MOTORCYCLES WITH UP TO 80 OTHER, UH, MOTORCYCLE RIDERS STARTING IN CEDAR HILL, COMING ACROSS THE LAKE AND GETTING A SNEAK PEEKED OF A PRAIRIE LIGHTS.
SO WE WILL BE FREEZING OUR TUSHIES OFF STREET BIKES ALLOWED ARRIVING HERE.
NO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HARLEY.
I JUST GET THERE IN FRONT OF THE LINE.
WAIT FOR Y'ALL TO GET TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WEARING YOUR HELMET WITH THE GREEN.
YOU'VE SEEN AROUND RIDE SLOWLY.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN RIDE SLOW AND OUR REGULAR SEASON KICKS OFF ONCE AGAIN ON THANKSGIVING AND RUNS THROUGH NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 35 FULL DAYS IN OUR SEASON.
LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS WE INTRODUCED WERE A FEW SPECIALTY NIGHTS.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER TO HOPEFULLY CLEAR THINGS UP ON THE LATER OF THE MONTH AND OFFER SOME ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES.
SO MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, WE'RE DOING HOT CHOCOLATE DAY WHERE HOT CHOCOLATE WILL BE $2 INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL $5 PRICE.
ON TUESDAY, WE'RE HOSTING A GIVEAWAY DAY WHERE THE FIRST 150 GUESTS AT PRAIRIE LIGHTS WILL RECEIVE COMMEMORATIVE 20 YEAR MUGS AS THEY ENTER THE PARK.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD IS, UH, ONE WE HAD LAST NIGHT, WHICH IS DOG NIGHT.
UM, AND OR LAST YEAR WE HAD DOG NIGHT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING THAT BACK.
AND WE WORK WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND IT'S THE ONLY NIGHT OF THE YEAR WHERE DOGS GET TO COME INTO HOLIDAY VILLAGE, GET THEIR PHOTOS OF SANTA WALK THROUGH THE WALKTHROUGH.
IT'S REALLY FUN AND NORMALLY DOGS AREN'T ALLOWED OUTSIDE THEIR VEHICLES, SO THIS IS A NICE ONE.
UM, AND THEN THURSDAY THAT WEEK WE'RE CALLING IT MISS CHIP AND MISSILE TOE TO AVOID ANY SORT OF COPYRIGHT.
BUT OUR FRIEND, THE GRINCH IS GOING TO COME AND, UH, BE AT HOLIDAY VILLAGE AND TAKE PHOTOS WITH OUR GUESTS.
WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT COUPONS THIS YEAR.
I GUESS WE ALREADY HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK.
SO THESE ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
YOU'VE GOT A FEW AT YOUR PLACE THERE.
UM, THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE FACILITIES REC CENTERS.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THEM TO THE DOWNTOWN TREE LIGHTING AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER DECEMBER ACTIVATIONS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN AND DISTRIBUTING THEM TO GPIC SCHOOLS.
UM, WE DID REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEY DECLINED PARTICIPATION, BUT, UM, WE ARE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO GPIC AND THEN THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTLET.
SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
SO EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE BROUGHT TO YOU SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE, WE WERE MAKING.
AND SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
UM, IT'S A BRAND NEW DESIGN FEATURING SNOW GLOBES AND ALL NEW SOUND SYSTEMS. SO IT'S MUCH LOUDER WHEN YOU HEAR THE SONGS.
UM, OUR SIGNATURE LIGHT TUNNEL IS COMING BACK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BULBS.
WE'VE GOT A FEW NEW FEATURES LIKE OUR WINTER FOREST, WHICH HAS, UH, 3D PRINTED ANIMALS THAT ARE LIKE TALLER THAN ME.
I MEAN, I'M NOT VERY TALL, BUT MASSIVE
UM, ALL THE REST OF THE LANDS HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE THEMED, LIKE SEASONS OF JOY AND CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SEA ARE BRAND NEW.
UM, LOPED, UH, RERO, LED LIGHTING.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE PINK BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE.
SO I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND LAST YEAR OUR BIG SIGNATURE ITEM, THE LED TUNNEL, UM, WE WERE BREEDING BACK AND ACTUALLY DOUBLING IN SIZE.
SO THE TUNNEL THAT YOU KNOW AND LOVE LAST YEAR IS EVEN BIGGER AND HAS MORE ADVANCED PROGRAMMING AND IT IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR Y'ALL TO SEE IT.
HOLIDAY VILLAGE ONCE AGAIN WILL BE ACTIVATED WITH PHOTOS OF SANTA.
WE'VE GOT SOME SHOPPING VENDORS FOR ANYONE PICKING UP CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
WE'VE ADDED A FEW UPDATES ON OUR CONCESSION MENUS, UM, INCLUDING CHICKEN TENDERS AND FRENCH FRIES FOR THE KIDS.
WE'LL HAVE OUR CARGO RIDES AND CONCESSIONS OUTSIDE.
ONCE AGAIN, OUR WALKTHROUGH HAS ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, THERE'S SOME 3D MOOSE THAT ARE LIKE 15 FEET TALL THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, AND WE'VE UPGRADED ALL OF OUR DECOR AND HOLIDAY VILLAGE,
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SO WE'VE ADDED SOME COLORED LIGHTING AND ADDITIONAL ORNAMENTS.AND NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CLAUDIA AND TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CLAUDIA GARBE, MARKETING DIRECTOR.
SO OUR ADVERTISING MARKETING STRATEGY IS A BALANCED STRATEGY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OUR CITY.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, UH, WITH MAIN STREET FED, WHICH WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
OUR DIGITAL OUT OF HOME, WHICH IS, UM, GRAPHICS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT VENUES ACROSS THE DFW AREA WHERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN GAS STATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE THE SCREENS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE, UM, ADVERTISEMENTS ROLL THROUGH, WHETHER IT IS, UH, A GRAPHIC, A STILL GRAPHIC OR A MOTION GRAPHIC.
SO WE'RE HITTING SHOPPING MALLS, GAS STATIONS, RETAIL STORES, AND THAT LIST THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SLIDE, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A HEAVY RADIO, UM, UH, UH, TACTIC THIS YEAR.
UH, IT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE PAST FOR THIS SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN.
UH, WE ARE INCORPORATING A DIVERSE GENRE OF, UH, OUR URBAN COUNTRY LATIN, TO REACH A A WIDE AUDIENCE.
AND OF COURSE, UH, OUR INFLUENCERS HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE PROPOSING THE D 2 1 4, UH, WITH, UH, DALLAS SITES 1 0 1 AND FORT WORTH FOR FORT WORTHON 1 0 1.
WHY DO WE HAVE DALLAS AND FORT WORTH AND NOT LOCAL? WELL, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A VERY, WE HAVE BEEN VERY, DOING VERY WELL WITH OUR LOCAL FOLLOWING THANKS TO OUR, UH, TEAM AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALISTS HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW, REBECCA.
AND SO WE WANT TO REACH THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA, WHICH IS AT FORT WORTH AND THE DALLAS.
UH, SO WE CAN GROW OUR FOLLOWERS EVEN MORE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE FOR OUR MAIN STREET FEST.
THAT POST THAT WE DID THROUGH DALLAS SITES 1 0 1, UH, HAD ABOUT 3000 VIEWS AND WE RECEIVED 600 NEW FOLLOWERS ON JUST THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE ALONE.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE, UM, TACTICS, WHICH IS THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE IS HAPPENING IN GP, UH, ORGANIC SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH, UH, WE DO IN HOUSE.
AND, UM, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR WILL BE, UH, AS WE USUALLY DO FOR PRAIRIE LIGHTS, WE, UH, SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND THEN BRING IN SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, INFLUENCERS AS, UH, KELLY, UM, KELLY AND EMILY, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, FOR THE MEDIA NIGHT, UH, WE BRING THOSE OUT AND UH, GET SOME COVERAGE THAT WAY.
WE ALSO SEND THAT A PRESS RELEASE TO GET SOME MEDIA COVERAGE, SOME RADIO, SOME PRINTS AND SOME DIGITAL, UM, ARTICLES COVERAGE AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
WE WILL BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS MONTHLY AND, UH, WE ARE HAVE BEEN, UH, PROMOTING PRAIRIE LIGHTS WITH THEM ALREADY.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN PUSHING OUT.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION ABOUT, UM, THE INFLUENCERS.
I LOOKED UP THE, THE DUDE 2 1 4 AND THEY HAVE A DECENT FOLLOWING AND DECENT ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I WOULD REALLY, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER ALSO, I KNOW YOU SAID WE'RE GOOD ON THE LOCAL, BUT EXPLORE THE PRAIRIE, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
THEY HAVE LIKE 7,000 MORE FOLLOWERS, BUT I, THE FOLLOWERS NOT EVEN WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE 'CAUSE THE ENGAGEMENT, THEY'RE DOING LIKE 10, 15,000 LIKES ON POSTS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND REVIEWS.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH THEIR INSTAGRAM PAGE, AT LEAST THEY'RE HAPPENING TO NOT JUST LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT THEY'RE HITTING PEOPLE IN ARLINGTON AND PEOPLE IN DENTON, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE DMW AND THEY'RE GOING VIRAL IN THE DMW SPACE.
SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY I REALLY ENCOURAGE SINCE THEY'RE LOCAL AND THEY LIVE IN GP.
AND I'M CONFIDENT SHE'S ON OUR LIST FOR THE MEDIA NIGHT.
I BELIEVE THESE ARE PAID PLACEMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
THESE ARE PLA PAID AND THE, UH, PR SIDE OF THINGS WILL BE, UH, BY INVITATION WITH NO PAY.
BUT I MEAN, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WE'LL LOOK AT, I THINK SHE'S, THEY SHOULD TO CONSIDER ABSOLUTELY BE BLUNT, GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
THEY WANT YOU TO LOOK AT PAID AND IT'S BECAUSE THEIR ENGAGEMENT, THE FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TELLING YOU JUST ENGAGEMENT AND ASKING YOU TO LOOK AND THEY'RE NOT RUNNING ADS ON THEIR POSTS.
IT'S JUST NATURAL ENGAGEMENT THAT WE NEED BENEFIT FROM AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE IS THE ENGAGEMENT SO PEOPLE CAN START SHARING COMMENTING AND THAT WAY THEY CAN SPREAD OUT TO OTHER, TO THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FRIEND FRIENDS.
AND THEN ASK ABOUT THE FREE OH YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE NORMALLY GET LIKE 10, 10 CONSTITUENT GIVEAWAY, UM, PASSIVE THAT ARE FREE AND NOT JUST $10 GIFT CARD.
WE, WE DIDN'T BRING IT FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THOSE TO YOU ALL.
NO, IT'S NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR, YEAH, THE GENERAL ADMISSION.
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I DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT EXPLORE FOR FREDDY.IS THAT THE ONE YOU WERE REFERRING TO? OKAY, GOT IT NOTED.
ANYBODY ELSE? LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA REVIEW.
UM, AND I'LL GET THIS ONE OFF BACK.
SO YOU'LL NEED TO RUN THE MEETING WHILE I'M OUT FOR ITEM 10.
UH, COUNSEL, WE HAVE ITEMS FIVE TO 23 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND Y'ALL HEARD ITEM 10 WILL BE PULLED INTO VISUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER ITEMS? YES MA'AM.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? I JUST WANT GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DESIGNATION.
I GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT DESIGNATION THAT WILL HELP THEM, BUT JUST, UH, THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX FOR COME ON UP, BUT WE CAN'T, SOME OF US CAN'T HEAR YOU.
THE ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM YOU HAVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL THAT, IT'S THE OLD FASHIONED THREE 80.
SO THIS IS A, UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS GRANTS EVERY CITY SIX DESIGNATIONS PER YEAR TO USE AT THEIR DISCRETION FOR QUALIFIED PROJECTS.
SO WHAT THIS IS, IS A REBATE ON QUALIFIED PURCHASES, UM, FOR STATE SALES AND USE TAX.
AND SO WE'RE, UM, NOMINATING THEM BY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE LAST, THE LAST NOMINATION THIS BODY HAS APPROVED WAS BACK IN 2023 WITH LEAR AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE SINCE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK TO DOING IT AND THE STATE ONLY ALLOWED SIX, WE GOT SIX PER YEAR.
SIX DESIGNATIONS TO USE AT OUR DISCRETION.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, THAT THE ONLY, DID THEY EVEN ALLOWED US UP TO SIX? 20 OUT 20? I'M TRYING TO GET TO IT.
BASICALLY IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS REVIEWED BY FGI HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHY I PUT YOU ON FGI KNOW.
SO, AND, AND THEY'RE JUST, YOU'RE COMING OFF.
I I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I LEAVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GONNA ANSWER SOME MORE.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND JUST TO, AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION, I WANTED TO GO TO WHAT WAS LISTED AS, UM, HIGH RISK AREAS IN THE PLAN AND THE AUDIT COVERAGE.
AND SO I JUST NOTICED, UM, WE HAVE FOUR HIGH RISK AREAS.
UM, NOT TO GO INTO DETAIL WITH EACH ONE OF 'EM.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REOCCURRING OR IS THAT A SO WE, WE DO A, IT'S, IT'S A CITYWIDE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO ANNUALLY AND WE BASE IT ON FINANCIAL RISK, OPERATIONAL RISK, UH, AND THEN DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE RISK FACTORS THAT WE COME UP WITH WHAT WE CONSIDER HIGH RISK.
GENERALLY ANYTHING DEALING WITH FINANCE MONEY, UH, IS CONSIDERED JUST A HIGHER LEVEL OF RISK.
'CAUSE I ALSO NOTICED A NUMBER OF ESTIMATED AUDIT HOURS AND ONE THAT STUCK OUT TO ME 320 HOURS FOR OUR IT.
SO CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHY SO MANY HOURS? SO GENERALLY WITH THOSE, WE HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.
UH, WE LOOK AT OPERATIONAL CONTROLS, UH, THE UH, SECURITY LEVEL, RISK, UH, DIFFERENT KINDS OF, UH, EXTERNAL RISK, UH, FOR THOSE KIND OF SECURITY CONTROLS.
AND IT'S A SCADA SO THAT ONE RUNS A LOT OF OUR OPERATIONAL PUMPS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A HIGH RISK AREA JUST BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH UTILITIES.
AND ALSO BECAUSE IS IT JUST UTILITIES OR JUST CYBERSECURITY? ANYTHING THAT COULD BE AN IMPACT TO OUR IT? NO, THAT ONE FOR THAT ONE IS JUST SCADA.
SO THAT ONE IS ONLY FOR OUR, UM, WATER DEPARTMENT.
AND JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY AGAIN, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU NEED TO PRESENT TO US WHEN IT COME TO UM, PETTY CASH? I WAS SURPRISED TO SAY PETTY CASH.
DO WE HAVE A LOT OF PETTY CASH? WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF PETTY CASH.
WE'VE ACTUALLY NOW WITH THE P CARD PROGRAM, WE'VE DECREASED PETTY CASH.
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A COUPLE DEPARTMENTS WITH PETTY CASH THAT ONCE AGAIN, UH, THAT'S PART OF OUR CHANGE FUND AUDIT.SO IT'S A VERY STANDARD AUDIT THAT WE ALWAYS CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT.
OKAY, SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IMMATERIAL.
AND I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT GIFT CARD REVIEW.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TALK WITH COMMITTEE ABOUT THE GIFT CARD, UM, PROCESS AND HOW DO WE ADMINISTER GIFT CARDS THAT
SO WE GO THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT POLICIES AND WE JUST, UM, IT'S ON OUR, OUR LIST THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY COUPLE YEARS.
IT'S JUST, AND WHAT IS OUR POLICY FOR UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE USED TO GIVE OUT A LOT MORE GIFT CARDS, EMPLOYEE BANQUETS, AND SO THAT'S BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.
SO WE'RE REVIEWING IT RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF IT'S STILL, UH, APPLICABLE.
SO WE UH, USED TO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE ISSUE GIFT CARDS AS PART OF OUR WELLNESS BENEFITS.
UH, SOMETIMES WE WOULD DO IT FOR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO IT'S JUST MORE OF AN INTERNAL CONTROL REVIEW THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY COUPLE YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? ANY OF THE ITEMS? ALRIGHT, MAYOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1, SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE DPCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087.
DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER.
THEY'LL STILL GET SEPARATE MEET IN THEIR ROOM.