[CC Briefings 12162025]
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WELL, MEETING ORDER.THANK Y'ALL FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, RAY AND OUR PARK ARE FROM RECREATION CREW FOR THE MAIN STREET FEST.
LOOKS LIKE MR. REMAN IS TAKING RISK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL
TODAY WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH A RECAP OF THIS YEAR'S MAIN STREET FEST.
FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S AWARD WINNING FESTIVAL RECOGNIZED BY DOW'S OBSERVER, WE MADE THE MOVE TO A FALL EVENT THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO EXPANDED THE EVENT FOOTPRINT AND MADE SEVERAL ENHANCEMENTS TO THE FESTIVAL LAYOUT, INCLUDING ACTIVATION ALONG MAIN STREET.
OVERALL, THESE CHANGES PROVIDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ALLOW US TO DELIVER A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR ATTENDEES, VENDORS, AND STAFF.
AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW US TO KEEP IMPROVING THIS EVENT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KELLY EDLIN, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER, WHO WILL GIVE US A BRIEF RECAP OF THE EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS, AND KEEP TAKEAWAYS ALONG WHERE THEY LOOK TO MAIN STREET OF FEST 2026.
AND JONATHAN, JONATHAN THOMPSON, OUR MARKETING SUPERVISOR, WILL REPORT ON THIS YEAR'S MARKETING PLAN AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THIS PICTURE ON THE SCREEN THAT'S, UM, UH, A PHOTO THAT WE KIND OF RECREATED.
Y'ALL REMEMBER THE ONE, MAYBE FROM, FROM LAST YEAR, THAT GREAT ROOFTOP PHOTO THAT WE GOT, THANKS TO BILL'S HELP THAT NIGHT, GETTING US UP THERE ON, ON THE ROOF.
UH, THEY RECREATED AT THE, THIS YEAR WITH THEIR DRONE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SUNDAY NIGHT, UH, WITH, UH, OUR HEADLINER CROWD THAT NIGHT.
JUST A GREAT SHOT THAT SHOWS JUST A PART OF THE EVENT, THE, THE LAYOUT AND THE GREAT CROWD THAT WE HAD THAT NIGHT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE WANTED TO START OUT JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
UH, AN EVENT LIKE THIS DOES, DOES NOT GO ON WITHOUT THE HELP OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE, MANY DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIKE RAY SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, OUR GRAND PRIX INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, PARTNERS, THEY DID THE FOOD IN THE VIP TENT.
UM, THEY PROVIDE SHUTTLE SERVICE, UM, TO AND FROM GRAND PRIX HIGH SCHOOL, UM, GREAT PARTNERS THERE, THE GRAND PRI ARTS COUNCIL WHO PROGRAMS OUR COMMUNITY STAGE OVER AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, FIRE OEM AND POLICE WHO HELPED US WITH THE PLANNING OF THE EVENT, HELP KEEP THE EVENT, UH, VERY SAFE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PERIMETER SECURING THE PERIMETER.
AND THEN, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME WEATHER EVENTS THAT CAME THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THERE WAS JUST A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS, TEXT, UH, MEETINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THROUGHOUT, UH, THE EVENT AND LEADING UP TO THE EVENT TO DETERMINE, UH, BEST WAYS TO KEEP OUR GUESTS SAFE AND KEEP THE EVENT GOING.
UM, AND, UH, WE DID HAVE TO ACTIVATE THOSE THINGS OVER THE WEEKEND.
SO ALL THE PLANNING CERTAINLY PAID OFF, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, AND THEN MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY ALMOST TOUCHES THIS EVENT SOMEHOW.
SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S, UM, UH, HELP TO, TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
UH, SOME OF THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN OVERALL ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 25 TO 30,000 PEOPLE.
UM, AND THIS YEAR INCLUDED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL CHANGES.
OF COURSE, LIKE RAY MENTIONED, WE MOVED THE EVENT FROM THE SPRING TO THE FALL, UH, WHICH PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, WE EXPANDED, ENHANCED THE, UH, FESTIVAL LAYOUT, WHICH INCLUDED THE CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET.
UH, WE MOVED THE KID ZONE FROM WHERE IT WAS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET OVER TO THE LAWN WHERE THE FAB AND THE ANNEX USED TO BE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THAT.
AND THEN WE USED THE FARMER'S MARKET AREA INSTEAD AS A, UH, KIND OF A, UM, UH, AN EXPANDED BAR AREA INSIDE THE FARMER'S MARKET, ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAGE THAT WAS OUT ON THE LINE.
UH, WE HAD SIX DESIGNATED ENTRY GATES AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, AND CARNIVAL RIDES, UH, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND UPON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET.
THIS YEAR WE HAD 96 TOTAL VENDORS, WHICH WAS UP FROM 73 LAST YEAR.
AND AS YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE DID HAVE SOME WEATHER IMPACTS THAT IMPACTED US, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
BUT WE HAD A GREAT SUNDAY WITH GREAT WEATHER, AND THAT ALL LED TO SOME GREAT HIGHLIGHTS AND GUEST FEEDBACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND JONATHAN WILL COVER MORE OF THAT IN HIS SECTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.
BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE LAYOUT ABOUT THE ARTISTS, JUST KIND OF ALL AROUND REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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THE CARNIVAL, AS YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF A, A FOCAL POINT OF THE EVENT.UM, WE DID HAVE A NEW PROVIDER THIS YEAR DUE TO THE DATE CHANGE.
WE, UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE USING OUR PREVIOUS PROVIDER.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NEW VENDOR.
UH, THEY PROVIDED, UH, A FRESH VARIETY OF, UH, RIDES.
WE HAD MORE BIG KIT OPTIONS, WE CALL IT.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING TO ENHANCE OUR OFFERINGS.
IN 2026 OR NEXT YEAR, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING THE RESIDENT COUPON OFFER.
WE HAD 1300 OF THEM REDEEMED, WHICH WAS 61% OF THE TOTAL WRISTBANDS THAT WERE SOLD.
AND THAT WAS UP FROM LAST YEAR WITH ONLY 55% OF THOSE WRISTBANDS SOLD BEING, UH, THE RESIDENT COUPON.
WE'LL CONTINUE BUILDING UPON THAT.
AND WE ALSO GOT VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR NEW OPERATOR.
SOME OF THE OTHER NEW ATTRACTIONS THIS YEAR WERE THE, UH, KID ZONE LAWN THAT I SPOKE ABOUT THAT INCLUDED, UH, A BMX SHOW, WHICH IF YOU WERE AROUND, IF YOU CAME TO THE FIRST YEAR OF MAIN STREET FEST, WE HAD, UH, OUR SKATE PARK, UH, DO A, UH, A SETUP IN THE STREET.
AND SO IT WAS KIND OF COOL TO BRING THAT BACK.
AND IT WAS A VERY POPULAR AREA.
WE ALSO INCLUDED A NINJA WARRIOR COURSE, AND THEN WE INCLUDED, UH, A NUMBER OF INFLATABLES ON THE LINE.
AND WE ALSO GOT SOME VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES THAT HAD VERY YOUNG CHILDREN THAT COULDN'T RIDE THE RIDES.
THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO RUN, JUMP, AND PLAY ON THE LAWN.
AND THAT WAS AT NO COST TO THEM.
THERE AGAIN, WE ALSO TURNED THE MARKET SQUARE INTO THE NEW BAR AREA.
INSIDE WE HAD A LARGE SCREEN WHERE WE PLAYED, UM, VARIOUS, UH, SPORTING EVENTS THAT WERE GOING ON THOSE DAYS.
UM, AND THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR GOOD PARTNERS ACROSS THE STREET HERE, MAMA'S MEDICINE AT FIREHOUSE GASTRO PARK.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE, UH, THE MAIN STREET CLOSURE WHERE WE ADDED, UM, QUITE A FEW NEW VENDORS.
AND THAT WAS A VERY, UM, CROWDED AREA OF THE EVENT.
UH, THE DATES THAT WE ARE SETTING FOR THAT IS OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW LAYOUT.
IT'S GONNA CHANGE ONCE AGAIN WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, THE NEW STAGE AND THE EVENT LAWN, UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THAT MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL, UH, PERFORMANCE AREAS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE STAGES.
UM, WE LOVED THE STREET CLOSURE.
IT PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THAT, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT WE OFFER ON THE STREET, BUT MAKE THAT CLOSURE AND THE LOGISTICS BEHIND ALL THAT RUN MORE SMOOTHLY.
AND AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE, UH, THAT PART OF IT HAPPEN.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE ACTIVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SITE TO KIND OF FILL SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT NEED SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FILL THE SPACE AND JUST TO ADD MORE OPTIONS FOR THINGS, UH, OF THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
UH, LOOKING TO EXPAND THE KID ZONE, UM, AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, OF COURSE, TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, UH, TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN TO TALK ABOUT THE MARKETING PLAN.
UH, SO FOR THIS YEAR, FOR OUR MARKETING PLAN, UM, WE ON THE PR SIDE, JUST TO KICK THINGS OFF, WE DID GET SOME, A GOOD AMOUNT OF FREE PUBLICITY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WFAA, WE GOT A, A NICE SPOT ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
UM, WE GOT A NICE KIND OF HIT THAT DAY OF JUST KIND OF TELLING PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND COME VISIT MAIN STREET FEST.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE GOT FEATURES ON CW 33 AND DALLAS MORNING NEWS ON THEIR EDITOR'S CHOICE OF EVENTS, AS WELL AS ON CULTURE MAP, DALLAS
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE, WE GOT A HUGE RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAD 143 POSTS THAT WE CREATED IN-HOUSE, UM, WITH OVER ONE POINT WITH 1.9 MILLION ACCOUNTS THAT WE REACHED.
AND OVER THREE AND A HALF, OH, ALMOST, AND OVER 3.3 MILLION, UH, IMPRESSIONS THAT WE GOT ON THOSE, ON THOSE POSTS THAT WE CREATED.
AND IN ADDITION TO IN-HOUSE, WE DID GET, WE DID DO A PARTNERSHIP FOR PAID SOCIAL WITH DALLAS SITES 1 0 1.
UM, AND THEIR POST, THEIR FEATURE THAT THEY PUT ON, UM, HAD 318,000 VIEWS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, AS LONG AS THOUSANDS OF LIKES AND SHARES AS WELL.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE JUST GOT, UM, ORGANIC SOCIAL COVERAGE FROM OUR LOCAL, UM, INFLUENCER, EXPLORE THE PRAIRIES.
SHE CAME OUT AND DID A COUPLE, TWO DIFFERENT REELS ON OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AS WELL.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO DID A PAID MEDIA PUSH AS WELL.
UM, AND ON THE PAID MEDIA SIDE, WE DID RUN AD SPOTS, TRAFFIC RADIO SPOTS ON 14 DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS ACROSS DFW.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID DIGITAL OUT OF HOME ADVERTISING, WHICH IS ON DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, RETAIL SCREENS, OFFICE SCREENS, CASUAL DINING SCREENS ACROSS THE DFW AR METROPLEX AREA.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID EXECUTE ON OUR TRADITIONAL, UH, ADVERTISING HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR, UH, BILLBOARDS ON I 20 AND ON I 30.
AND ON MAIN STREET WE ADVERTISED THROUGH UTILIZING THE TEXAS MONTHLY PARTNERSHIP, BOTH IN PRINT AND DIGITAL.
WE SENT OUT RESIDENT COUPONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS, THE G-P-I-S-D, AS WELL AS FEATURING IT IN THE LIFE IS GRAND AND THE PIPELINE AS WELL.
SO WE HAD A FAR REACHING, UH, MEDIA PUSH FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS?
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YES, SIR.UM, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR MAIN STREET EVENTS BECAUSE EACH YEAR YOU'VE MADE IT BIGGER AND BETTER AND I LIKE THE, THE WAY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CREATIVE AND LIKE YOU TO CONTINUE FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS I TO LOOK AT.
ME, ONE, SO I MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS, BUT THE TECH IS FAIR.
THIS YEAR YOU HEARD THE ATTENDANCE ARE DOWN BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH.
SO WE MARKET A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TEXAS FAIR AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE GOING INSTEAD GOING TO THE TEXAS FAIR, YOU CAN COME OVER HERE AND KIDDOS WHO RIDE FOR $25, FOUR KIDS, THAT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UH, WHEN I TAKE MY GRANDKIDS, I'M SPENDING A TON OF MONEY JUST FOR FOOD AND RIDES.
SO A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE DOOR
SO CONSIDERING THE MARKETING MM-HMM
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TEXAS AFA, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE.
NUMBER TWO, UH, SINCE YOU GUYS GOING
'CAUSE I'M, I KNOW I'M GONNA BE SATISFIED.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? DO I HAVE A SUGGESTION TO WE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WE'RE WORKING
YEAH, I THINK EVERYTHING Y'ALL DID WAS, WAS GREAT.
AND, AND I ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE SENTIMENTS.
ONE THING WE, WE DO WANT TO DO, WORKING WITH THIS NEW CARVILLE VENDOR, LET'S JUST LOOK AT WHEN WE DO OUR TICKET SALES FOR THE WRISTBANDS, ANOTHER SUNDAY NIGHT, WE WERE WITHIN AN HOUR OF WRAPPING UP.
THEY WERE STILL SELLING WRISTBANDS.
THEY WERE STILL SELLING TICKETS, THE LINES TO GET ON THE RIDES OR AT LEAST 15, 20 MINUTE RATES.
THERE'S PEOPLE ARGUING BACK AT THEM AND SAY, LOOK, I JUST BOUGHT A HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF COUPONS, A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN WRISTBANDS, AND YOU'RE ABOUT SHUT DOWN IN AN HOUR.
AND TO ME, WE SHOULD HAVE IN THERE THAT ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE CLOSING FOR THAT NIGHT THAT THEY PROBABLY STOPPED DOING TICKET SALES.
I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE AN HOUR AND A HALF, BUT SOMETHING CONSIDERED, THE LAST THING I WANT IS, HEY, THE CITY'S TRYING TO MAKE ALL THIS MONEY 25 AND IT WAS SUNDAY NIGHT, SO THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN COME BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
SO IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE VENDOR JUST TO THINK OF.
AND I, I KNOW I'M TALKING WITH SOME OF THE VENDORS, THE, THE CARNIVAL OPERATORS, THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE ASKING, SEE IF WE CAN EXTEND THE RIOTS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH BAD WEATHER.
LIKE, WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THE WEEKEND
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING CONSIDERED, I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE FAMILIES UPSET.
AND THEY SAID, NO, WE REFUNDS IT SAYS IT CORRECTLY ON THERE.
IT'S JUST, I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BAD APPETITE, BUT THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TOO.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WITH OUR OPERATOR AND MAKE SURE THAT RUNS MORE SMOOTHLY NEXT YEAR.
ANYBODY ELSE? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB OF MAKING IT BIGGER, BETTER, AND EVERY YEAR.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WOULD YOU REMIND US OF THE COST, TOTAL COST OF MAIN STREET FENCE? SURE.
UM, THE TOTAL COST WAS, UM, OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 655 THIS YEAR.
UM, THE NET COST THIS YEAR WAS 4 41.
WE AVERAGED THAT OUT TO $14 AND 70 CENTS PER PERSON THAT CAME.
UM, AS CLAUDIA JUST WALK UP, UM, JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHERYL DELION, I'M THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND I AM GRAND PRAIRIE PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR AWARD-WINNING ME AWARD-WINNING MARKETING TEAM.
UM, AND WHEN I SAY IT'S, THAT IS A REAL EMMY.
SO LAST MONTH, FEEL FREE TO CLAP AGAIN.
SO, LAST, LAST MONTH, OUR MARKETING TEAM WAS ELECTED AS, THIS IS CALLED THE LONE STAR EMMY AWARD WINNER.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE UP AGAINST SOME VERY STIFF COMPETITION.
THE COMPETITION THEY WERE UP AGAINST WAS ALL THE BIG NETWORKS, ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE VERY, VERY LARGE BUDGETS.
OUR CITY TEAM, THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE WENT AND WON THE EMMY AGAINST ALL THE OTHER FOLKS.
SO THE SPECIFIC AWARD THAT THEY WON
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WAS FOR OUR MORE, A MORE GP HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.IF YOU, UH, SAW THERE WERE SEVERAL VIDEOS ON THAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM, PLEASE GO AND WATCH 'EM.
SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO CLAUDIA.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SO, WE ARE SO BIG DEAL.
PROUD, BIG, BIG DEAL OF YOU GUYS.
CLAUDIA GARBE, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND SO REALLY QUICKLY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
THEY'RE THE GUYS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THAT, BUT THAT MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN.
TERRY HAD TO COME BACK OVER HERE FROM THE, THE CONTROL ROOM AND LEAVE A WIDE SHOT SO HE CAN, WE CAN INTRODUCE HIM.
WE'VE GOT JONATHAN VERA, WE'VE GOT, UH, REBECCA BIE, DEMAR JUAREZ.
WE'VE GOT JORDAN CHANG, YI GOMEZ, KAMI MCCULLOUGH, MICHELLE HILL, DIANA HERNANDEZ, AND, UH, THIS GUY NAMED ERIC ALVAREZ
AND OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD FROM JONATHAN THOMPSON.
SO I LIKE TO START BRIEFLY WITH SOME OF THE, UH, INITIATIVES WE'VE HAD, UH, THIS YEAR.
UH, THE, IT'S IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS YEAR.
WE'VE, I'VE GROWN AS A TEAM, BUT THE MAIN THING WAS THAT WE INTEGRATED OUR TEAM.
WE ALL, WE HAD PIOS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UM, CHERYL, UH, DEION HAD THE GREAT IDEA OF INTEGRATING OUR TEAM WHEN WE CAME ON BOARD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE'RE ALL UNDER ONE ROOF AND WE'RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, SHARE IDEAS.
UH, THESE ARE CREATIVE PEOPLE SO THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO FEED OFF EACH OTHER AND CREATE EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR STUFF.
SO WE'VE ALSO, UH, PUSHED OUR INNOVATION, BROUGHT IN, UH, NEW EQUIPMENT.
WE, UH, BROUGHT ON A NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO TRACK ALL PROJECTS.
WE'RE, UM, MORE THAN EVER BETTER PREPARED, UH, WITH CRISIS.
UM, ANSWERING TO ANY CRISIS THAT COMES ON BOARD.
WE'VE, UH, CREATED A CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WITH THE BUY-IN OF OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, A LOT OF TRAINING.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE FAR MORE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS THAN EVER.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE, OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT THERE MAKING, UH, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES, TELLING THOSE REALLY FEEL GOOD STORIES.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALSO BRINGING THAT INTERNALLY AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THEY SERVE AS OUR STORY, AN EXTENSION OF OUR STORYTELLERS.
SO, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO PLUG THEM IN.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE CONTINUE TO LEARN.
WE TRACK, WE EVALUATE, AND WE ADJUST AS NEEDED.
'CAUSE IT'S A CONTINUOUS LEARNING.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE TE UH, THE EMMY THAT CHERYL, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER, I LIKE TO ALSO, I'M PLAYING THIS VIDEO THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE, UH, VIDEO FROM, UH, SOME OF THE WINNERS AND, UM, LEMME START OVER 'CAUSE WE'RE MISSING THIS PART.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE EMMY, WE HAVE MORE, WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, FOUR TE TOA AWARDS.
THIS IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS.
AGAIN, THE FIRST PLACE WAS IT FOR THE MORE GP HISPANIC HERITAGE PROMO.
AND WE RECEIVED THREE SECOND PLACE AWARDS.
ONE OF THEM, UH, RE IN RELATION TO THE CDL TRAINING, WHICH RESULTED IN, UH, A, A BIGGER COMPLETION RATE FOR LICENSES HERE INTERNALLY AS WE, UH, PREPARE OUR INCOMING EMPLOYEES AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO A, UH, SECOND PLACE FOR GP PROD PODCAST WITH THE T TIFFANY DAIRY, UM, INTERVIEW THAT WE, UM, SHARED.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ONE MORE SECOND PLACE FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE FLEET SERVICES.
UH, THIS IS AGAIN, UH, IN COOPERATION WITH OUR FLEET SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE PUT TOGETHER THIS A WONDERFUL, UM, FLEET SERVICES VIDEO THAT WON THE AWARD.
SO THAT IS FOUR AWARDS FOR TE TOA.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED A TAMMY O AWARD.
THIS IS THE TEXAS, UM, ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS IS AN EXTENSION OF TML.
AND WE RECEIVE A FIRST PLACE FOR UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES OUT OUTREACH CAMPAIGN FOR A MORE GPN.
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ FOR HIS VISION FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT CAMPAIGN.
UH, WE BROUGHT BACK A FEW AWARDS BECAUSE OF IT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNSEL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALWAYS TRUSTING US TO JUST, UM, TAKE ON AND GET, MOVE ON WITH THESE CREATIVE IDEAS.
SO, AND OF COURSE, OUR, UH, DIRECTORS AND OUR, UH, LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
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OKAY.THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER CITY IN TEXAS WIN THIS.
UH, BUT THAT WAS ARLINGTON, UH, AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB THAT YEAR.
IT WAS ON THEIR BUDGET, IT WAS OUT OF THE BOX AND GOT A LOT OF, UH, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH BUDGET.
THEY'LL NEED ENDED UP DOING SOMETHING KIND OF OUT THE BOX, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS OUT THE BOX FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL.
AND WIN EMMY IS JUST FABULOUS.
MAYOR, MAY I GET A PHOTO AGAIN? SURE.
IF THEY, IF THEY WANT YOU TO, WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY WE, UH, WE WILL BE MOVING THE BRIEFING INTO THE CHAMBERS AND LOOK AROUND.
YOU'LL KNOW WHY, UH, WE ARE NOT ACCOMMODATING AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ATTEND.
AND WE'RE PACKED AND HAVE PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY.
SO NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE HAVING THE BRIEFING INTO CHAMBERS.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN TODAY.
THE FOLLOW UP ON OUR DECEMBER 2ND SESSION, THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT WITH US DOING THAT, AND THE FEEDBACK YOU PROVIDED US WITH THAT NIGHT.
THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION TO REVIEW THE UPDATED IS CONFIRM THE, THE DIRECTIONS THAT YOU GAVE US AND BE READY TO CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION.
AS A REMINDER, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE INCLUDES THREE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THIS AND IT GOES ARE ON 1 6 26, 1 20 26 AND 2 3 5, 2 6.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO WALK US THROUGH THE UPDATED LIST AND THE NEXT STEPS.
EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
I HAVE WITH ME, UH, LAIA COLEMAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE 2026 GO BOND PROGRAM.
WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE DRAFT LIST FOR THE MAY ELECTION, CONFIRMING PROJECTS ACROSS STREETS, SAFETY AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
LAIA IS PASSING OUT, UM, THE SLIDES THEMSELVES AND SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FROM OUR DECEMBER 2ND, UM, SESSION.
UM, SO THERE, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT LAST WEEK, BUT WE WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, UH, IF YOU DID NOT BRING IT WITH YOU, JUST QUICKLY, THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE GO BOND CALENDAR AGAIN.
AND THEN WE WILL HEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS BY CATEGORY.
UH, WE'VE CATEGORIZED THEM AS STREETS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE NEXT STEPS AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS.
JUST A, A RECAP OF THE BOND CALENDAR.
THESE ARE THE MAJOR MILESTONES, UH, AS TAL BO SAID THAT WE DID, UH, MEET ON THE SECOND.
AND FROM THAT INFORMATION, YOUR FEEDBACK, WE HAVE SOME REVISIONS TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON JANUARY 6TH, UM, FOLLOWED BY, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVING THE ADOPTION OF THE LIST ON JANUARY 20TH.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, A TIME FOR OUTREACH AFTER YOU GUYS DECIDE ON THE LIST.
AND WE WILL HAVE THE FEBRUARY 3RD CALL, THE ELECTION THAT IS A STATUTORY DATE FROM THE STATE.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE, UM, THE ELECTION, UH, ON MAY 2ND.
SO THIS NEXT SECTION WILL BE GOING, UH, BY THE CATEGORIES.
UH, JUST A QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UH, THE THREE CATEGORIES ONCE AGAIN ARE STREETS AT ABOUT $210 MILLION.
PUBLIC SAFETY AT $87 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS AT $39 MILLION.
THE TOTAL BOND PACKAGE CURRENTLY, UH, IS $335 MILLION.
SO INDIVIDUALLY, UH, FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, THIS WILL IMPACT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
FOR STREETS IT'S 2.50 CENTS PER EVERY $100 OF VALUE.
FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CATEGORY, IT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER 1 CENT AND COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS, IT'S A LITTLE UNDER HALF A CENT FOR A TOTAL OF UNDER 4 CENTS FOR THE IMPACT PER EVERY $100 OF PROPERTY TAX VALUATION IN THIS CATEGORY IS THE STREET AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UM, AS CHARLES SAID THAT WE HAVE THE TOTAL OF $209 MILLION WITH
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A 2.50 CENT IMPACT.AND I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE BOND PROGRAM IS OVER 10 YEAR, UM, PROJECT.
AND SO THAT TAX IMPLICATION IS, UH, GONNA BE OVER THE 10 YEAR SPAN.
SO THE FIRST, UH, STREETS PROJECT IS LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY BRIDGE IN PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
AND THE THAT WILL IMPACT THE, UM, IN DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX IN A TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT OF 66 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT FOR THAT PROJECT OF ABOUT 79.01 CENTS.
PROJECT TWO IS WEST AND EAST SHADY GROVE ROAD BETWEEN NORTH BELTLINE ROAD TO ROY OR BOULEVARD.
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS 25.8 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS WEST JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN SOUTH GRADE SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST 14TH STREET.
THIS PROJECT IS ROADWAY REPAIR AND CONCRETE REPLACEMENT.
DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE $26 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATED COST WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
STREETS PROJECT FOUR IS NORTH AND NORTHWEST CARRIER PARKWAY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 1 61 SERVICE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 360 SERVICE ROAD.
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS APPROXIMATELY $19 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
PROJECT FIVE IS RO OR BOULEVARD BETWEEN NORTHWEST CARRIER PARKWAY TO IRVING CITY LIMITS.
AND THAT IS IN DISTRICT ONE WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF $17 MILLION AND A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0.0020 STREET'S.
PROJECT NUMBER SIX IS WEST WESTCHESTER PARKWAY BETWEEN SOUTH CARRIER PARKWAY TO ROBINSON ROAD.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS STREET.
PROJECT NUMBER SEVEN IS SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET BETWEEN WEST PHILLIPS COURT TO WEST MAIN STREET DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE WITH A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 7.2 MILLION.
TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS STREET'S.
PROJECT NUMBER EIGHT IS SOUTH CARRIER PARKWAY BETWEEN WEST JEFFERSON STREET TO DICKEY ROAD.
THIS IS IN DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS STREET.
PROJECT NUMBER NINE IS WEST AND EAST ROBERT STREET SOUTH BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 14TH STREET TO SOUTH GRAY, SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
AND THE TAX, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 6.8 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
PROJECT NUMBER 10 IS WEST AND EAST TARRANT ROAD BETWEEN DUNCAN PERRY ROAD TO NORTHEAST 15TH STREET.
THIS IS IN DISTRICTS ONE IN FIVE.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS STREET.
PROJECT NUMBER 11 IS NORTH CARRIER PARKWAY.
BETWEEN DOWNWARD STREET TO HILL STREET, THE DISTRICT IS UH, THE FIFTH DISTRICT TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF 2.2 MILLION.
THE TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS STREET'S PROJECT 12 IS WEST AND EAST MARSHALL DRIVE BETWEEN SOUTHEAST 14TH STREET TO ARLINGTON CITY LIMITS.
THIS IS IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY 16.5 MILLION WITH THE TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
THE NEXT CATEGORY OF PROJECTS ARE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS.
AGAIN, THERE'S THREE PROJECTS TOTAL WITH A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 86.5 MILLION FOR ALL THREE PROJECTS.
THE TAX RATE IMPACT FOR THE CATEGORY IS 1.03 CENTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS AFFECTS ALL DISTRICTS IN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF $12.5 MILLION AND THE TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
THE SECOND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY SOUTHERN SUBSTATION AND RESOURCE CENTER.
THIS IS A MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY CONCEPT, FIRE AND POLICE
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PRESENCE PLUS CITY RESOURCE CENTER.TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $32 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
AND THE FINAL PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT IS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION NETWORK.
IT AFFECTS ALL DISTRICTS TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF 42 MILLION AND THE TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0.005, APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF CENTS.
THE FINAL CATEGORY IS THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.
THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS CATEGORY IS 39 MILLION WITH, UH, THE, THE TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0.46 CENTS.
THE FIRST, UM, COMMUNITY BASED PROJECT IS THE PERFORMING ART CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.
THE DISTRICT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY 29 MILLION WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
THE COMMUNITY PROJECT NUMBER TWO IS A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX.
THE DISTRICT IS TO BE DETERMINED TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF 10 MILLION AND A TAX RATE IMPACT OF 0 CENTS.
SO THAT COMPLETES, UH, ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IN THIS NEXT SECTION WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS.
SO, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE GO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I WANT CLARIFICATION ON C ONE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT COMBINING THE BOTANICAL GARDEN WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THAT WAS NOT THE DIRECTION I ASKED.
OH, WE WILL UPDATE THAT TO HAVE IT.
SO THE DIRECTION YOU ASKED, IS IT TO HAVE THE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS? YES.
SO WOULD THERE BE A SEPARATE ITEM, C ONE, C TWO, C3? YES.
I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED TO COMBINE THE BOTANICAL GARDEN WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS.
THAT WAS NOT THE VISION THAT I HAD.
BUT IT STILL BE, UH, ARE THEY GOING TO SETTLE THE VOTE? LET'S ASK THAT.
DO YOU WANT IT AS A SEPARATE VOTE? NO, I WANTED IT SEPARATE.
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER, RATHER ON THE SAME VOTE COMMUNITY.
HOW WERE Y'ALL GROUPING THE VOTE FOR THESE ITEMS? SO CURRENTLY IT'S BY CATEGORY, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO DISTINGUISH BY INDIVIDUAL RIGHT WORDING ON THE PROJECTS.
SO YOU, I MEAN MORE BLUNT, WILL SOMEBODY BE ABLE TO VOTE YES FOR THE CULTURE OF ARTS OR NO.
FOR THE BOTANICAL? I DON'T THINK SO.
NO, I I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL LISTED SEPARATE.
SEPARATE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE SITTING.
SO SOMEBODY WON'T ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
WHICH MEANS IT STILL COULD BE ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
WHAT THE WAY I READ CASE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENT IS IT'S SEPARATE.
IF THE COUNCIL SEPARATE, DECIDE LATER WHETHER WE MERGE IT OR NOT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THE VOTE OF PROPERTY.
WE'LL MAKE A NOTE TO SPLIT THE TWO.
SO ONCE AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING UM, AFTER NEXT COUNSEL ON JANUARY 6TH FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE FINAL APPROVED LIST, UH, VIA RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH.
UH, THERE'S THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO CALL THE ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
THERE'LL BE OUTREACH EDUCATION AND CAMPAIGN, UM, BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MAY AND THE ELECTION FOR THE GO BOND ELECTION.
THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES WILL BE ON MAY 2ND, 2026.
SO GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE AGAIN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
THE CITIZENS WOULD VOTE ON THREE ITEMS, CORRECT? YES SIR.
STREETS WOULD BE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE.
PUBLIC SAFETY UP OR DOWN VOTE COMMUNITY BASED UP OR DOWN VOTE.
SO WHERE WOULD THEY GO TO FIND OUT WHAT DOES STREETS MEAN? WHAT STREETS IT? THE VERBIAGE WALL.
ALL HAS TO BE CONTAINED BY THE WORD DOES NOW ALL HAVE TO BE CONTAINED IN WHAT IT ALL ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE TO PUT THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT THEY WE'RE GONNA DO THE WORK AND THAT WILL BE READY TO POST AND GET OUT TO PEOPLE.
ONCE WE VOTE TO HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT, WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY STUFF.
WE CANNOT PROMOTE IT, BUT WE WILL ABLE TO PUT, SO WE'LL HAVE IT LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE AND HOPEFULLY SPEAKERS AT, AT CLUBS AND THINGS LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE ON BOND ELECTIONS SO WE CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE ON MONEY WHO'S INVOLVED.
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ABSOLUTELY.COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, UH, KYLE? YES SIR.
THE, THE TAX RATE IMPLICATIONS, UH, THAT'S WE'RE WORKING WITH ASSUMPTIONS FOR 10 YEARS.
SO THAT'S OVER THE 10 YEARS IT WOULDN'T BE $335 MILLION IF YOU'RE ONE.
IT'S SPREAD OUT BETWEEN THE 10 YEARS AND THE UH, AND THE TAX GRADE IMPLICATIONS ARE CONSIDERING OUR ASSUMPTIONS.
THE TAX RATE IMPLICATIONS ARE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
SO EVERYTHING GETS DONE AND THAT, THAT FORM SENSE WOULD NOT BE UNTIL EVERYTHING GOT SPENT.
SO AS EACH COMPONENT HAS A INDIVIDUAL TAX RATE, SO AS WE ISSUE DEBT FOR THAT ONE, FOR THAT ONE, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THE 4 CENTS YOU IT'S KIND OF A YEAH, BUT THAT, BUT THAT WOULD STILL BE OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
SO EDUCATION WOULD BE, THERE IS A POSSIBLE 4% TAX INCREASE OVER THE ENTIRE 10 YEAR PERIOD.
SO AT THE END OF THE 10 YEARS IT MIGHT BE FOUR AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO PROJECT IT CLOSER.
HEY, A PENNY WILL GO UP THE FIRST ONE EVERY YEAR.
'CAUSE WE GOTTA DO THIS MUCH WORK.
SO, SO, SO JUST SAYING 4 CENTS, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE 4 CENTS RIGHT NOW.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A A GIVE AND HAVE TO AND THAT'S JUST THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
THINGS PICK UP AND EVERYTHING, NEW STUFF WORTH OUT REALLY WELL THEN THAT MIGHT NOT EITHER MIGHT BE A HALF ABSENT TAX DEGREE TO WHO THE HELL KNOWS.
WHAT WE GET TO ANNOUNCE, THAT'S OUR FRIENDS DOWN IN AUSTIN THAT MAKE YOU PUT THAT ON A PALLET EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HELL GONNA HAPPEN IN TOWN HERE.
UH, THE SECOND THING I HAD WAS THE, UH, FIVE YEAR CIP HISTORY THAT YOU SENT.
UH, I GUESS IT'S CAROL'S AROUND, UH, SHE'S WAY BACK THERE.
THERE'S BEEN 2.2 MILLS SPENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON CARRIER PARKWAY BETWEEN ROWING ORDER AND 360.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN IS, I JUST WONDER WHAT THE HECK'S WRONG WITH CARRIER PARKWAY IS SO BAD THAT IT, IT SPENT 2 MILLION AND, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW CARRIED ALL UP AND SPEND 19 MILLION TO COMPLETELY REPLACE IT SOUNDS LIKE 2 MILLION DOWN A DRAIN TO ME.
A LOT OF THESE ARE SEGMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T REACHED YET AND SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING UP FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS.
SO IT'S BEEN SO JUMPING AROUND.
SOME OF IT'S, UH, MILLING OFF.
ASPHALT IS OVER CONCRETE TO GET THESE SO ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE NOT DOING SOME OF THEM TWICE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.
ARE WE TEARING UP SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY DONE TELLING US YOU'RE DOING MILLING DOESN'T ANSWER QUESTION.
IT IT, IT IS REALLY BAD AND IT NEEDED THE 19 HERE PLUS THE TWO IS ALREADY SPENT.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ANSWER I WANT DO COUNCILMAN ADAMS? I'M GONNA TAKE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, TONY.
UM, IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT THEN THERE'S NO INCREASE.
BUT HAVE Y'ALL FACTORED IN INFLATION BECAUSE A PENNY TODAY IS NOT GONNA BE THE SAME PENNY IN 10 YEARS.
AND THERE HAD TO BE ASSUMPTIONS.
SO I MEAN WE, WE HAVE TO PROJECT OUT WHATEVER THE TAX RATE IS RIGHT NOW AND AS THE TAX, YOU KNOW, THE TAX BASE GROWS, IT ACTUALLY WILL SHIFT ALSO.
SO, OKAY, SO YOU ARE ANTICIPATING A GROWTH IN TAX BASE.
SO THIS HAS TO BE WITH HOW WE HAVE TO CALCULATE IT.
IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME WITH ASSUMPTIONS.
SO THERE THEY, IT IS BASED OFF OF CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO CALCULATE THAT AMOUNT.
WHAT, WHAT ASSUMPTIONS DID YOU 3%.
ABOUT A FOUR AND HALF PERCENT INTEREST RATE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO Y'ALL BUILT THAT INTO YOUR YES, YES.
REMEMBER EACH BUDGET YEAR WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE THE COUNCIL HAVE INPUT ON HOW MUCH OF THAT 4 CENTS BECAUSE YOU GUYS WILL CHOOSE THE, HELP US CHOOSE THE TIMING OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE AND LET YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE TAX IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE X, Y, Z.
DO WE WANNA GO FORWARD WITH IT? SO COUNCIL WILL STILL HAVE INPUT ON HOW MUCH WE DO AND HOW MUCH WE, UM, GO UP ON THE TAX RATE BASED ON THE SCENARIOS AT THAT YEAR.
SO IT'S A 10 YEAR PROGRAM BASED ON WHERE OUR VALUES ARE BASED ON, UM, THE PROGRAMMING OF THE, OF THE BONDS
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WILL HAVE SOME INPUT, A LOT OF ASSUMPTION.SO RIGHT NOW WE QUOTED 29 MILLION.
LET'S JUST USE THE PERFORMING ARTS IN THE SEPARATE BOTANICALS ART.
SO IF WE GET TO THAT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'RE STILL, YOU HAVE FACTORED IN THAT IT'S STILL GONNA BE 29 MILLION TO BUILD.
SO WHAT WE WILL ASK FOR IS AUTHORIZATION FOR $29 MILLION.
WELL, I'M, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT AUTHORIZATION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OFFSET IN FIVE YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND THE OFFSET OF MORE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN GET A BILL FOR 25 MILLION MAYBE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK TO IT.
SHE WAS JUST WANTING TO KNOW HOW THE FORMULA WAS BUILT TO COME UP WITH THESE PROJECTIONS.
DID YOU HAVE NOT ONLY ESTIMATED GROWTH IN OUR TAX BASE BUT ESTIMATED INFLATION RATE KNOWING THAT THEY COULD GO THROUGH THE ROOF? ANYBODY ELSE WITH FEEDBACK ON 'EM? COUNCIL JUNIOR, UM, SHORT TIME MAYOR PROAM JR.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, REGARDING THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, LET'S SAY WE GOT CLOSE TO IT THIS YEAR AND NOW IF WE, THIS PASSES BEFORE THE VOTERS, IF WE GO OVER IT, EVEN IF THE VOTERS APPROVED THESE PROJECTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO INCREASE TAXES AGAIN, TAX 5% THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
WE, WE ALMOST, WE WENT ALMOST TO THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
BUT IN THE FUTURE YOU HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO GO OVER BECAUSE OF THESE BONDS.
AS LONG AS WE TAKE IT ON THE DEBT SIDE, CAN'T GO OVER AND THIS RIGHT ON THE DEBT SIDE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THE STATE OF AUSTIN MAY BE TOUGH SOMETIMES, BUT AS LONG AS YOU GET VOTER APPROVAL, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
SO, UH, THIS RAISES THAT DEAL.
UH, ONE, ONE THING I WANTED TO, THE COUNCIL HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION IN THE PREVIOUS SESSION AS TO HOW, HOW LONG AGO IT WAS THAT WE ACTUALLY, WE DID A DEAL BOND ON THE STREETS AND THE LAST DEAL BOND FROM STREETS WAS DONE IN 1990.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME.
THESE REMEMBER FROM OUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY, THESE AREN'T NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
THE ONLY THING I HAD WAS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, REGARDING THE, THE CIVIC CENTER OR THE CULTURE CENTER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I KNOW WE KEPT ON PLAYING AROUND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE INSIDE OF IT.
WOULD THAT IMPACT THE ESTIMATE? LIKE DO Y'ALL NEED MORE DIRECTION OR DO WE NEED TO SAY, I KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU TOLD US WAS GOING TO BE IN IT.
DO YOU REMEMBER? I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD EXPLANATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT WE DID WAS WE USED THE COST OF BUILDING THE BUILDING AND WE INFLATED IT A LITTLE BIT JUST IN EACH TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.
NOW WHAT'S GONNA GO IN THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING WILL BE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE MENTIONED YOU WANTED IN THE BUILDING.
SO YOU BIG BUILDING, WE LOOKING AT BIG BUILDING RIGHT.
WITH THE RULES AND WHATEVER, WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO BUILD A BUILDING, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
YOU OKAY? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF, OF SHELL BUT NOT NOTHING THAT GOES I THEY DID MORE THAN THE COST OF THE SHELL.
THE COST OF THE SHELL, YOU KNOW, LACK FITNESS CENTER.
THEY NOT GOING TO JUST, YEAH, WELL THAT'S YOU, YOU, YOU KIND OF ASSUME THE STAGE OR SUB SUCCEEDING AS HIRING BASED UPON WHAT, WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS.
WE PUT ALL OF THAT IN THERE AT MARY FLAG.
AND HELPED WHAT Y'ALL WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION AND IT WOULDN'T BE A WAREHOUSE SHOW.
ONE REASON WHY BILL SAID THAT THAT KIND OF BOTHERED ME A LITTLE BIT WAS WE, WHEN WE BUILT THE REC SCENARIO, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DIDN'T CONSIDER ALL OF THAT.
WE LEFT SOME OF, WE MISSED SOME OF THAT AND IT DIDN'T COME TIME TO DO IT ANYMORE.
WHERE'S MONEY? YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD POINT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE TITLE OF THAT FACILITY AND IS DID YOU DISCOVER THAT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS
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MORE POLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS THAN CALLING OR SOMETHING ELSE? DID ANYBODY OR DID AMY INVESTIGATE THAT? THAT WAS, WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE, THE NAMING, UM, THE PERFORMANCE ARTS IT'S RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE TO GET THAT NAILED DOWN BEFORE WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT MY MIND, EVERYBODY UH, I'LL GET TO ALRIGHT, GIRLS NOT IN HERE, BUT NEXT MONTH WHEN WE START OUR NEW COUNCIL MEETING SAYS COMMENTS AND
I THINK I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THE CARDS THAT THEY'LL COME UP WITH 'CAUSE IT'S GOING BE, HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAVE NOW FOR SIGN UP STARTING IN JANUARY AND ALSO STARTING IN JANUARY, WE WILL DO, SET SOME COMMENTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SENTENCE.
AND SO, UH, I I'M GOING TO TRY, I CAN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HAROLD TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, UH, ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS.
HE NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THE AS TIME ON CONSENT AGENDA, BUT AS CONSENT MAYOR CODE 10.
YOU'VE GOT IT FOR AGENDA REVIEW.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, SO WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 4, 6 39 FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS GONNA BE TABLED TO THE JANUARY 6TH, ONE SIXTH COUNCIL MEETING BE MADE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS? YES MA'AM.
ITEM NUMBER 11, WESTCHESTER CONTRACTOR.
ANYBODY FROM STAFF CAN HELP US WITH THIS ONE? I'LL JUMP IN.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS GONNA BE MORE TOWARD LEGAL.
UM, WAS THERE A FINALIZATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GONNA BE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, LIABILITY WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT BUILT, UM, PATIOS AND PLANTED TREES IN THE EASEMENT? THIS IS A RELATED MATTER.
THIS IS THE MATTER THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN.
UM, IS THIS A DIFFERENT WALL? THIS IS A DIFFERENT, THIS IS A DIFFERENT MATTER CAN DO VERIFY THAT WITH UH, STAFF.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME, SAME ISSUE.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ISSUE.
YOU GIMME THE LOCATION OF WHERE THIS WALL IS GONNA BE.
I, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD, THIS IS JUST FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, SO WHENEVER THEY HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP, THEY CAN COME OUT AND QUICKLY ADDRESS IT.
IT'S NOT FOR OVERALL WALL REPLACEMENT OR THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
IT'S WHEN THERE'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST NEED TO DO.
KIND OF LIKE YOU HAVE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS FOR WALL MAINTENANCE AND FIXING THAT.
PACKET TO PACKET? NO, IT'S JUST A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET ITEM 26 AND 28.
DID THEY GO OUT TO BIDS? 26 AND 28.
UH, ITEM 26 DID GO OUT TO BID, UH, WAS POSTED IN FORT WORTH, STAR TELEGRAM AND PLAN BIDS.
IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 23 HUBS AND DIRECTED MULTIPLE GRAM PER BIDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TONY? ON ITEM 34 ON THE BATTERY CHANGE THING, UM, I GUESS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT 200 FOOT STRIP OF IRVING THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF BELL LINE THAT KIND OF SCREWED EVERYBODY UP THERE, CORRECT? YES.
THE FROM SHADY GROVE DOWN TO HUNTER FARRELL.
THE, UH, CURRENT BOUNDARY BISECT SOME OF THE, ALL THE PROPERTIES DOWN THERE.
SO THEY'RE BOTH IN URBAN AND IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT WILL PUT ALL THE PROPERTIES IN GRAND PRAIRIE URBAN BASED ON LIKE IF CAN MOVE THE LINE NORTH OF OAKDALE, UH, TO THE, UM, BELTLINE ROADWAY RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN SOUTH OF OAKDALE CROSSES OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FOLLOWS THE ROADWAY RIGHT AWAY IS LINE AS WELL UNTIL THEY MEASURE REPAIR.
UH, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE'VE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND LET THE ROAD THAT JUST UBSTANCE
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MORE GOING UP THE ROAD.AND THEN, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THAT'S KIND OF GOING SCREW UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WATER, WASTE WATER PEOPLE.
THE ILA, UM, AND THAT ONE, AND WE WERE CLARIFYING SOME OF THE ITEMS. SO, UM, IF, IF YOU HAVE THAT, THE MAP, THE NORTHERN, UH, WASTEWATER ONLY THAT IS A CURRENT, UM, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, URBAN SERVES THAT AREA.
WE'RE JUST, UH, MODIFYING THE BOUNDARIES TO REFLECT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING SERVED.
THERE'S A FEW HOUSES ON THERE THAT SERVE BY GRAND PERIOD.
AND THERE IN THE I A, UM, FOR URBAN TO SERVE, UM, WE ADDED THE WASTEWATER ONLY THAT'S SOUTH OF SHADY GROVE, THAT IS A NEW AREA WITH THE WAREHOUSES.
AND SO IRVING WILL ALSO SERVE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LINE CLOSER THAT GOES INTO TA AFTERWARDS.
UM, AND THEN ON HUNTER CARROLL, UM, IT WAS LISTED AS WATER, HAND WASTE WATER.
SO IT'S JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED, UH, RIGHT NOW.
AND BACK ON THE, ON THE LAND SWAP BILL, THERE IS A, I GUESS IT IS, IT, IT MUST BE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
A BELT LINE MAKES IT WIDE, IT WIDER, CLOSE TO, UH, SHADY GROVE.
SO, UM, YOU SAID WHAT? FOLLOW THE RIGHT OF WAY BELL LINE.
BELL LINE SOUTH OF, UH, SHADY GROVE, NORTH OF SHADY GROVE.
THE CITY LIMIT BOUNDARY SAYING SAME.
THERE'S A BIG, SO WE WERE TRYING TO ALSO CAPTURE, UM, YES.
SO THEY HAD, UM, BUSINESSES ALREADY IN THERE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR TESTS.
SO THAT'S A FOLLOW IN WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY, UM, TO KEEP WITH BUSINESS CAN GO IN AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE HAVING TO DO WITH THIS IS TO KEEP THE INTERSECTIONS WITH THE CITY THAT ALREADY MAINTAINS THEM.
SO, UH, SHADY GROVE AND OAKDALE AND PROTECTIONS WILL STAY WITH IRVING AND THEN HUNTER FARRELL WILL STAY WITH GRAHAM PRAIRIE WITH RESPONSIBILITIES.
WELL, UP, UP IN SHADY GROVE, UH, ON THE, ON OUR SIDE THERE'S A WILLIE I KNOW THE GUY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY THERE ON THE CORNER AND HE IS IN IRVING NOW AND TOLD ENFORCEMENT AND IRVING NEEDS TO GO BACK, KIND OF TALK TO, TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO INHERIT THAT LITTLE PIECE.
SO I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO GET OUR YES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DUR PIECE WITH THE CHANNEL ON THE BACK SIDE.
LITTLE JOHNS JD LITTLE JOHNSON.
AND THEN THE CROSS IN, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXISTING, WE ALSO CAPTURE THE ENTIRE BRIDGE.
VIRGINIA GROVE IN GROVE PRAIRIE.
WELL THAT DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE IS REALLY NASTY.
SO THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE DRAINAGE THAT, THAT WOULD BE, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ALREADY.
SO THAT'S JUST TO, TO THINK OF ALL, ALL THAT 200 FOOT PIECE THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE WAY UP TO ROCK ISLAND.
DOESN'T, ISN'T IT? UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LEAVING THE BOUNDARY AS IS FROM SHADY GROVE TO ROCK ISLAND.
UM, BECAUSE DOWN HERE CURRENTLY KIND OF GOES A LITTLE BIT NOW WE STILL HAVE THAT.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE LEAVING THE BOUNDARY AS IT IS UP TO ROCK ISLAND IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE ONE OF THE NEGOTIATING POINTS THAT IRVING HAD.
THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE THEY GOT TAX BASE THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT PAYING IT.
IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT BUSINESSES THERE.
THEY WANT TO REPAY THAT TAX BASE RATHER THAN GOING ON TO ROCK ISLAND.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STOPPED WHERE WE DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MAYOR, BACK TO YOU.
UM, AS OF WARNING, WHAT ITEMS ARE YOU READING THAT ALL 40, 30.
WHEN, WHEN WE GET TO IT, THERE'S SOME SOMETHING HE'S GOTTA READ A LENGTHY 41, 42 0.3.
THERE'S A LENGTHY AMOUNT OF STUFF INTO THE RECORD, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT.
YOU'LL READ IT THEN WE'LL TAKE, ACTUALLY YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT IS ONCE HE STARTS READING IT BECAUSE IT'S TWO PAGES LONG.
DOES HE HAVE TO READ ON EVERY CASE? YEAH, THREE OF THEM.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 SUB
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CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNOR CODE DTCA DISCUSSED TO DISCUSS UPON TIME YOU WERE JUST DISCUSSING FIVE ONE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY CONCERNING THE DAVID NICHOLAS ORGAN DONOR AWARENESS FOUNDATION, INC.DY VERSUS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AL NUMBER DC DASH 25 DASH 2 6 9 6 90 FIFTH.
JUDE HAW, DISTRICT COURT, DALLAS COUNTY BAB COURT 200 LTD VERSUS THE CITY OF GREEN PRAIRIE, ET ALL NUMBER ZERO SIX DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 6 DASH CV.
COURT OF APPEALS SIX APPELLATE DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
LET'S GET OUR FOOD AND INTERRUPT WHERE WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.