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LET'S CALL THIS MEETING DOOR ORDER STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS INFORMATION ON THE CO'S OBLIGATIONS TOWN.
WHEN ARE WE VOTING AND HAVE THIS OVER WITH? PLEASE TELL ME.
WIN OR LOSE, IT'LL BE OVER, UP OR DOWN.
I DON'T WANNA SAY WIN OR LOSE 'CAUSE WE ARE NEUTRAL.
EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL TWELL, MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND WITH LATIA COLEMAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WHICH GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE VIDEO, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, WHAT'S THE VOLUME? THOSE THAT OF US THAT HAVE, WE CAN CLOSE OUR EYES.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT A GEO BOND PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING MAY 2ND CITY ELECTION, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU? WHERE'S HERE TO EXPLAIN A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR BIG PROJECTS OVER TIME.
INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, KIND OF LIKE FINANCING A MAJOR PURCHASE, IT SPREADS THE COST OUT OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR EVERYTHING UPFRONT THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THREE SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS ON A BALLOT, AND YOU CAN VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
PROPOSITION A ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON 209 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS GRAND PRAIRIE.
PROPOSITION B ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON 78 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND UPGRADE EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY ASSETS IN THE CITY.
AND PROPOSITION C ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON $39 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, LIKE A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, A PICKLEBALL, COMPLEX PUBLIC ARTWORK, AND A BOTANICAL GARDEN.
IF THE PROPOSITIONS ARE APPROVED, THE CITY WILL ISSUE BONDS OVER TIME TO FUND THE PROJECTS.
IF THEY ARE NOT APPROVED, SOME PROJECTS MAY BE DELAYED, SCALED BACK, OR REPRIORITIZE BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE ON EACH PROPOSITION INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE THEY COVER DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS AND HAVE DIFFERENT TAX IMPACTS.
THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS REPRESENT THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL TAX IMPACT ON A HOME WITH AN APPRAISED VALUE OF $100,000, $24 AND 99 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION A, WHICH COVERS STREET PROJECTS $9 AND 36 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION B, WHICH COVERS PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND $4 AND 65 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION C, WHICH COVERS PARK AND RECREATION PROJECTS.
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT GPTX.ORG/BOND ELECTION 2026 OR ATTEND AN UPCOMING PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, WWW.GPTX.ORG.
OKAY, SO THAT WAS OUR WONDERFUL VIDEO.
AND DO WANNA MENTION THAT THAT VIDEO IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE IN SPANISH, AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER, UH, REFERENCE MATERIALS ONLINE, INCLUDING A TAX RATE, UH, CALCULATOR, UH, JUST TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION OF OUR BOND CALENDAR WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF OUR OUTREACH, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 2ND WHEN THE ELECTION HAPPENS.
OUR NEXT BIG MAJOR EVENT WILL BE THE PUBLISHED NOTICE OF ELECTION THAT WILL BE IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM ON APRIL 8TH AND 15TH.
REGARDING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO FAR, WE'VE COMPLETED 25, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, EVENTS THUS FAR WITH 20 COMMUNITY EVENTS IN FIVE CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE UPCOMING NOW IS NINE REMAINING, AND OF THOSE SIX ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THREE ARE THE, UH, CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.
AND OVERALL, WE'VE HAD, UM, ALSO, UH, AN ONLINE, ONLINE EFFORTS AND PRINTED EFFORTS.
ACTUALLY TODAY, IN, ACTUALLY YESTERDAY, UH, 79,000 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED OUR MAILER NUMBER ONE, AND THERE WILL BE A POSTCARD.
THERE'LL BE OUR MAILER NUMBER TWO THAT WILL BE GOING TO ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE.
UM, WE HAVE THE EARLY VOTING, SO THAT'S ALL THE EFFORTS WE HAVE.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE EFFORTS, BUT WE WILL, UM, GIVE YOU JUST A OVERVIEW OF THESE TODAY.
AGAIN, WE'VE UH, REACHED OUT TO ABOUT 88, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND, UM, 593 ATTENDEES OUT OF THOSE EVENTS.
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UH, THUS FAR, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATION TACTICS.UM, WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU GUYS ABOUT 5,151 VIEWS ON ALL OF THE BOND RELATED PAGES ON THE WEBSITE.
LOTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES, UH, TEXT MY GOV.
BASICALLY, OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT HAS KIND OF PULLED OUT ALL OF THEIR, THEIR STOPS AND DOING ALL KIND OF MARKETING.
UM, ALSO, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE MAILERS THAT WILL BE GOING TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THESE ARE OUR LAST THREE REMAINING CITY SPONSORED EVENT, WHICH THE NEXT ONE WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN DW WORTH RECREATIONAL CENTER ON APRIL 9TH, UM, THE BETTY MACK ON, ON A SATURDAY.
SO WE ARE, WE'VE DONE NIGHTS, WE'VE DONE DAYS, WE'VE DONE EVENINGS, WE'VE DONE SATURDAYS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE AT THE FAR SOUTH, UH, SIDE ON FIRE STATION NUMBER 11 AS OUR LAST, UM, INFORMATION SESSION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ITEM TWO, SARAH TOURISM AND MARKETING UPDATE.
IS FIFA COMING,
SO I'M SARAH DELIC, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, AND TODAY I AM JUST GIVING YOU A BRIEF, UM, HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON TOURISM, ON OUR MARKETING AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS TO SHOW HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, HOW WE, UM, INTRODUCE GREEN PRAIRIE TO A POTENTIAL AUDIENCE, HOW WE GET THEM ENGAGED WITH US IN SOME WAY.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY HOW WE GET THEM TO COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED OFF OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO, UM, GETTING PEOPLE TO COME AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS, UM, IS ALWAYS OUR NORTH STAR.
UM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY TEAM.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS, MEGAN GODFREY AND SCOTT POLAND.
UM, WE DO REALLY HAVE THE BEST TEAM AND LIKE, UM, TO STEAL A QUOTE FROM THE MAYOR, I'M GONNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DATA, NOT TOO MUCH, BECAUSE WITHOUT DATA, IT'S JUST AN OPINION.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE VISITOR JOURNEY THAT WE WANT OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE, OR EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW THEY WANNA COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WE WANT THEM TO DO THIS FUNNEL.
SO WE WANT THEM TO DISCOVER GRAND PRAIRIE, WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM IN SOME WAY, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WANT THEM TO CONVERGE IN THE END AND COME AND STAY WITH US.
SO TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE, THE FUNNEL IS FUNNELING.
UM, IN FISCAL 25, WE HAD 671,000 WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS, 5.4 MILLION ON FACEBOOK AND 4.3 MILLION ON INSTAGRAM, WHICH IS A 260% INCREASE.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE, UM, THE ADS, DIGITAL SOCIAL WEBSITES, UM, OUR COMMERCIAL OF HOW WE BASICALLY THROW A BUNCH OF ADVERTISING AND MARKETING IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO AN AUDIENCE FOR BRAND AWARENESS AND TO GET THEM TO DISCOVER GRAND PRAIRIE.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY METHOD THAT WE USE IS OUR VISITOR GUIDE.
UH, WE DISTRIBUTE A HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES OF THESE EVERY YEAR TO, UM, ALL OVER THE STATE AND BEYOND.
YOU'LL FIND THEM IF YOU VACATION IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES AND THE BROCHURE DISPLAYS, AAA OFFICES, THE AIRPORTS, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST, ALL THE CVB OFFICES, THE TEXAS TRAVEL ENTRY CENTERS.
WHEN YOU STOP AND AND TAKE A LOOK, YOU'LL FIND OUR VISITOR GUIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO A, A MUCH SMALLER SCALE, BUT WE DO FOUR SEASONAL GUIDES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, AND, UM, THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, UM, SO YOU'LL NOTICE OUR SPRING 26, OUR SUMMER 26 IS COMING OUT, AND THEN FALL AND CHRISTMAS, WE'LL UH, GET TO THOSE LATER IN THE YEAR.
THOSE, THE SEASONAL GUIDES THEN GO TO A DEDICATED PAGE ON OUR SITE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE SEASONAL EVENTS.
AND THEN WE DRIVE ADVERTISING TO GOOGLE ADS AND EVERYTHING TO THAT, UM, PAGE AS WELL.
UM, ABOUT A YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE CREATED A POSITION AT VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THIS WAS DEDICATED SOLELY TO MEETING SPACES AND REALLY GETTING INTO A NEW MARKET FOR US.
FOR THE, FOR 25 PLUS YEARS WE'VE BEEN FAMILY FIN FRIENDLY AND REALLY, UM, SEEKING OUT TO ATTRACT THOSE FAMILIES TO COME TO OUR ATTRACTIONS.
NOW WITH THE, THE TWO EPIC HOTELS AND THE EVENT CENTER THERE, WE, UM, ALONG WITH RUTHIE JACKSON CENTER AND SOME OF OUR HOTELS THAT OFFER AND ATTRACTIONS THAT OFFER HO UM, MEETING SPACE, WE'RE REALLY DIVING INTO THE MEETING AUDIENCE.
AND SO WE BROUGHT SCOTT POLAND ON, UM, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
HE'S GOT 20 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE.
WE BORROWED HIM FROM ANOTHER CVB
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THAT IS, UM, VERY WIDELY KNOWN IN THE METROPLEX.SO HE, UM, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU, UM, SOME OF OUR MEETING ADVERTISINGS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON GOOGLE TO, UM, BRING PEOPLE HERE TO OUR MEETING SPACES.
SO THEN WE GET INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PART.
THIS IS WHERE WE WANT VISITORS.
WE'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SEEN OUR BRAND, THEY'VE BECOME AWARE, THEY, UM, HAVE SEEN GRAND PRAIRIE ON THINGS, AND NOW THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR SITE.
SO SEARCH IS OUR NUMBER ONE TRAFFIC DRIVER.
UM, WE HAD, UM, OVER 660,000 NEW USERS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TO OUR SITE BEFORE TELLING US THAT WE'RE REACHING A NEW AUDIENCE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED TO DISCOVER GREEN PRAIRIE, BUT NOW THEY ARE.
AND ABOUT 69% OF THOSE ARE ENGAGING IN OUR SITE IN SOME WAY.
IN FACT, UM, THEY'RE MAKING ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT ACTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NOT JUST POPPING INTO OUR SITE AND THEN JUMPING OFF AND, AND GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE AND GETTING INFORMATION.
UH, THE PEAKS ON OUR WEBSITE ON THAT IMAGE THERE IS JUST SHOWING THAT OUR, OUR FOUR SEASONAL GUIDES ARE DRIVING AN AUDIENCE TO, UM, TO THOSE PAGES.
THIS IS OUR, UH, CAMPAIGN METRICS, UM, BECAUSE SEARCH IS OUR NUMBER ONE, UM, WAY THAT WE GET PEOPLE TO OUR WEBSITE.
WE DO A LOT ON SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR THINGS TO DO IN THE METROPLEX OR WHERE TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY ON VACATION, UM, SOME OF THOSE ADS YOU'LL SEE POP UP.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S US TRACKING, UH, CELL PHONES, Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT.
AND THEN, UM, NOVEMBER DECEMBER WE INTRODUCED, UM, HULU AND, UH, ESPN AND, UM, EXPEDIA TO REALLY CAPTURE THAT HOLIDAY VISITOR ALSO PREPARING FOR THE GRAND PRIX THAT WE HAD.
UM, THE THING TO REALLY NOTE HERE IS ON EXPEDIA, UM, WE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $16,000 IN ADVERTISING WITH EXPEDIA THAT YIELDED $152,000 WORTH OF GROWTH SPENDING BACK INTO, UM, OUR HOTELS.
SO, UM, THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS REALLY GREAT.
THE OTHER PART ON THIS SLIDE IS OUR INDUSTRY BENCHMARK.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS KIND OF OUR SCORECARD ON HOW WE'RE DOING IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND WE ARE, UM, WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS.
SO THEN WE GET INTO THE CONVERSION PIECE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISCOVERY AND THE ENGAGEMENT.
ARE THEY ACTUALLY COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE? AND SO THIS IS OUR PLACER DATA.
THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN VISIT NIGHTS BY 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE, GAME AND STATE AND GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THE AVERAGE MONTHLY, UM, VISITORS, Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY NEVER GUESS.
WE GET ABOUT 98,000 PEOPLE EVERY MONTH COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ARE WORKING IN THAT WAY.
SO WHERE ARE THESE OUTTA MARKET VISITORS COMING FROM AND HOW LONG ARE THEY STAYING? SO THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF A HEAT MAP, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY REALLY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
OUR THREE TOP MARKETS, OF COURSE, IS HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN.
UM, OVER 55% OF OUR OUT OF TOWN VISITORS CAME FROM OUTTA STATE, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS OVER FOUR NIGHTS.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING MORE THAN 50 MILES.
SO IT TRULY IS AN OUTTA MARKET, UM, OVERNIGHT VISITOR AND MORE GOOD NEWS, UM, FROM JULY TO THROUGH DECEMBER.
UM, AND THIS NUMBER KEEPS GOING UP OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, A LITTLE OVER $99,000 WORTH OF EARNED MEDIA.
UM, THERE WAS A REALLY NICE WRITE UP ABOUT EPIC WATERS, UH, LUNAR NEW YEAR MENTIONED ASIA TIMES SQUARE.
WE ALSO HAD ONE DURING THE HOLIDAYS FOR CHICKEN AND PICKLE.
AND THEN JUST, UM, THE END OF MARCH WE RECEIVED A REALLY NICE ARTICLE, FIFA THAT MENTIONED GRAND PRAIRIE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, AND, UM, DIDN'T MENTION ANY OTHER HOST CITIES.
UM, BACK IN OCTOBER, I DID A PRESENTATION ON THE DAY TRIPPER, WHERE BASICALLY I SAID, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE CHECK GARNER AND THE DAY TRIPPER IS COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS IS ALL THE, THE MEDIA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO PROMOTE OUR CITY.
AND LATER I'LL COME BACK WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, TO LET Y'ALL KNOW IF WE WERE TO BUY EVERYTHING THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US, WHAT THAT PRICE TAG WOULD BE.
AND SO IT'S, UM, ALMOST $139,000 THAT WE GOT FOR FREE AND UM, A TV SHOW IN OUR CITY.
AND SO EVERY TIME THEY PROMOTE THAT EPISODE, SHOW THE EPISODE, PROMOTE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, E-BLAST, YOUTUBE, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO UP.
AND LASTLY, UM, WE JUST WERE, UH, NOTIFIED, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE WON A COUPLE OF AWARDS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, GOING OUT TO EL PASO NEXT WEEK TO, UM, TO CLAIM.
THIS IS FROM THE TEXAS TRAVEL ALLIANCE, WHICH IS OUR, UM, STATE ORGANIZATION FOR TOURISM.
UM, WE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY TOUR BACK IN OCTOBER, UM, WITH TXDOT TRAVEL COUNSELORS.
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VISITED SIX DIFFERENT CITIES, UM, OVER A, UM, WEEK AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO WEEK TIMELINE.AND WE GOT TO HOST THEM FOR TWO DAYS.
UM, WITH THAT THEY STAYED IN A LOT OF HOTELS, THEY HAD A LOT OF STEP ON GUIDES.
THEY ATE AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND THEY SAW A LOT OF ATTRACTIONS.
BUT WITH ALL OF THAT, WE WON, UH, BEST STEP ON GUIDE AND UM, HOMEWOOD SUITES GOT BEST HOTEL FOR THEIR STAY.
UM, THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS IS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THESE STUDY TOURS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE INVITED TO DO IT AND WE, UH, CAME AWAY WITH A COUPLE OF AWARDS.
SO THERE AGAIN, I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF, OF VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE, OUR TEAM AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING TO PROMOTE GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'S IT FOR BILL, HIS MOM, I'M GONNA VISIT HIS FAMILY
TALKED ABOUT DAY TRIP OR ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GIVING HIM BACK? WE'RE NEVER GIVING HIM BACK.
UH, OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM UPDATE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT PULLED UP.
WHAT DO Y'ALL CONSIDER A BRIEF UPDATE?
YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT BRIEF, I JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOU'VE MEANT.
WELL, PEOPLE KNOW ME, I CAN TALK, SO I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO, IF YOU RECALL, CHERYL CAME TO YOU ALL AND GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WITH THE WORKDAY IMPLEMENTATION, ET CETERA.
PROMISED WE'D BE BACK IN APRIL FOR ADOPTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HOPE TO DO TODAY AND TONIGHT, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, IT'S ITEM 26 ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA IS HOPEFULLY ADOPTING THE, UH, ADDING CHAPTER 32 TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH WILL ESTABLISH OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM AND KIND OF GET US UNDERWAY OF AGREEING ON WHAT THAT MEANS TO US AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO WE CAN ADEQUATELY, UH, PROMOTE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR AGENCIES AND PARTNER AGENCIES.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING ONE, SO THEY KNOW THAT.
BUT WE ARE HOPING TO MOVE ON IT TONIGHT.
UH, ONGOING, UH, IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND, WE HAVE OUR TEAMS HARDWORKING ON THE SBE PROGRAM, UPDATING OUR PROCESSES, WORKING ON MATERIALS, WHICH NOT ONLY WE NEED FOR NOW, BUT WE NEED TO GET INTO WORKDAY MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN ASSESSING OUTREACH METHODS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND WE HAVE MET, THE PURCHASING TEAM DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY REACHED OUT TO FORT WORTH AND DALLAS COUNTY ON THEIR SBE PROGRAM.
SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE SHIFTED.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, LATIA COLEMAN, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW AND RESPECT, UH, SHE WAS VERY WILLING TO SERVE ON OUR N-C-T-R-C-A BOARD, WHICH IS BIG, UM, TO KEEP US ON THAT COMMITTEE ENGAGED AND INFORMED.
AND I KNOW SHE'LL BRING GREAT IDEAS.
SHE'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OF AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER REPRESENTING US ON THAT BOARD.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S IN THE, THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AS OUR BASIC PROGRAM DRAFT, WE HAVE 30% CITYWIDE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS ON THE CITY CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE TARGETED.
A LOT OF OUTREACH WE BELIEVE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT OVER TIME.
UM, IT'S A HEFTY GOAL AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE SCORING INCENTIVES THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL, UM, ON AN RFX IS LIKE AN RFP, AN RFP, IT'S A TYPE OF PROPOSAL OR DOCUMENT THAT HITS THE STREETS AND THEY HAVE TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF A CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OR DOCUMENTED USE OF ONE.
THEIR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE IN GP CITY LIMITS OR WITHIN OUR 11 COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC MARKET AREA.
UM, AND WE GIVE THEM MORE POINTS IF THEY'RE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND FEWER POINTS IF THEY'RE IN OUR 11 COUNTIES.
BUT STILL, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY INDICATED WAS OUR MARKET.
SO WE STILL WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, LASTLY, TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE OVER 100 K AND CONTRACTS THAT ARE 10 K TO A HUNDRED K.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SCORING OVER A HUNDRED K.
WE PLAN TO GIVE THEM 10 POINTS IN THEIR SCORING MATRIX.
SO LIKE ON BEST VALUE, YOU'VE SEEN MANY OF THOSE.
IF THEIR PRINCIPLE PLACE OF BUSINESS IN GP, THEY WOULD GET A HIGHER POINT AT 10.
AND IF THEY'RE IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC
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MARKET AREA, WHICH IS THE 11 COUNTIES, THEY WOULD STILL GET POINTS, BUT FIVE, IF THEY'RE NEITHER, THEY WOULD GET ZERO.UM, ON CONTRACTS, 10 K TO A HUNDRED K, IT'S A PRICING BY PERCENTAGE REDUCTION.
SO ON THOSE, WE PLAN TO JUST GIVE A 5% PRICING REDUCTION FOR SCORING PURPOSES ONLY ON THEIR PRICE POINT.
SO IF THEY WERE AT A HUNDRED K, IT'S A 5% REDUCTION ON THAT IF THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, SO IT'D BE 95,000 IN THE SCORING.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE 3% IF THERE OUR MARKETPLACE FOR THOSE SMALLER CONTRACTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DON'T SEEN ANY LIGHTS.
THE LAST SLIDE BASICALLY BEFORE QUESTIONS IS JUST REITERATING WHAT, UH, OH, I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN FASTER.
SO ARE WE GONNA JUST TRACK IT YEAR BY YEAR? I MEAN, DOES IT START, WHEN DOES IT START? IS JANUARY, IS IT OCTOBER? DO WE SEE THAT IS A GREAT YEAR TO YEAR, OR DO WE JUST, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, SO OUR GOAL, AND THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE ACTUALLY FOR THIS SLIDE 'CAUSE THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS IT.
BASICALLY, IF WE ADOPT IT TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET EVERYTHING WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DRAFTING, BUT WE, THIS WOULD BE FORMAL APPROVER WHERE WE CAN MOVE ON EVERYTHING AND GET THE DOCUMENTS CREATED FOR WORKDAY, WE'RE GETTING ALL THE TEMPLATES CREATED, THE CONTRACTS WITH THE LANGUAGE IN THERE, START THE COUNT, THE COUNTDOWN.
WELL, WE SHOULD START TRACKING IN OCTOBER WHEN WE GO LIVE WITH WORKDAY.
AND WE'LL GIVE UPDATES ANNUALLY OCTOBER TO OCTOBER.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, ONCE WE CREATE THE DOCUMENTS, WE HOPE TO START OUR INREACH AND OUTREACH.
INREACH IS SIMPLY TRAINING OF DIRECTORS, DIVISION MANAGERS, AND THE FOLKS OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND HOW IT'S GONNA WORK AND HOW THEY UTILIZE IT WITH PURCHASING AND LEGAL.
AND THEN OUTREACH, OF COURSE IS GOING OUT TO THE AGENCIES AND OUR PARTNERS.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE TEAM, UH, BILL, CHERYL, LISA, Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AND, AND PUT SOME THOUGHTS OUT THERE AND YOU ALL TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU PUT A GOOD PACKAGE TOGETHER SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN GRAND PRIX, GET SOME TYPE OF LEVERAGE SO THAT WE CAN START USING THEM FOR OUR BUSINESS AS WELL AS THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER ED, THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, TURN YOUR MIC ON.
OH, IT IS, PULL IT DOWN FOR THANK YOU.
SO, UM, THE, THE EXTRA 10 POINTS FOR THE GRAND PRIX BUSINESS, I LIKE THAT.
THE FIVE POINTS FOR THE, THE MARKET AREA SURROUNDING.
UM, THE ONLY THING I I'M NOT LOVING IS THE 3% FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE WE ALREADY, I THINK, ARE GETTING MORE OF THOSE FOLKS THAN THE GRAND PRAIRIE FOLKS.
THEY MAY NOT NEED THE BUMP AS MUCH.
I LIKE THE 5% FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO ALSO ON TOP OF THE EXTRA POINTS DUE TO 3% FOR THE COUNTIES, UH, SURROUNDING US THE GEOGRAPHIC, UH, AREA THAT IDENTIFIED.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHERS THINK, BUT THIS IS LOOKING GREAT AND IT SHOWS HOW WE'RE PIVOTING.
WE'RE KEEPING, UM, THE VALUES THAT WE PLACED ON THIS IN PLACE WHILE MAKING IT LEGAL.
I THINK WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON 3% FROM THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA OPEN IT UP AND START NOW BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS AN AWFUL LOT.
THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO ADD? OKAY, IT'S A TIME FOR THE AGENDA REVIEW.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, BEFORE I GIVE IT TO YOU.
UH, WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TONIGHT.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM WILL DO THAT.
WE'RE NOT DOING, WE'RE JUST NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, UM, ON THE ITEMS AT THE END OF THE PAGE 35 AND 36, AT SOME POINT MAYBE RIGHT AFTER CITIZEN COMMENTS, I'LL ANNOUNCE TO THE CROWD THAT WE WILL BE TABLING THOSE TWO ITEMS. WE ARE NOT GONNA READ ANYTHING TO THE RECORD.
WE'RE TABLING THEM TONIGHT AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER.
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THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE FOR YOU.TIM, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
UM, ITEMS 23, UH, STAFF IS GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I'LL OPEN UP TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE PULLING ITEM 23? TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY? THERE ISN'T JUST AN UPDATED, UM, ITEM 23 ON THERE.
WE JUST HAD TO MAKE A SMALL CHANGE TO THE JUDGE.
DO WE NEED TO, DO YOU JUST NEED TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED TO YOU DURING, AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION SO WE CAN KEEP IT ON CONSENT AGENDA? YES SIR.
AND HE'LL JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT? YES SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE? YES.
UM, I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ITEM.
CHIEF WHOEVER THERE IS IN THE WRITEUP THAT IT WOULD, THAT IF WE GET THIS, IT WOULD PAY HALF OF A POSITION.
WELL, WHAT IF WE DON'T GET IT? WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN IT.
OKAY, SO IT, THE WRITEUP BLACK, WHAT'S THE RATIFICATION? THE OTHER FOR 26 WE'VE GOTTEN, BUT WITH THE SHUTDOWN IT'S DELAYED.
IT PARTIALLY FUNDS DEMARA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WELL THEN THIS NEW WRITEUP WE GOT DIDN'T, DIDN'T EXACTLY SAY THAT.
SECTION TWO SAYS THE, THE CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT, REJECT, ALTER, OR TERMINATE THE GRANT.
SO I, BY SAYING THAT THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT IT, THAT THE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT IT HADN'T BEEN ACCEPTED YET.
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 2025 OR THE 2026, IS THIS ITEM 23 OR 24? ITEM 23.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS THAT'S JUST THE WORDING, TIFFANY, IS THAT, YEAH, IF I MAY, UM, THERE IS SPECIFIC WORDING THAT THEY REQUIRE US TO PUT IN OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR THE GRANTS.
AND THAT IS THE REQUIRED WORDING.
THAT'S JUST THAT THEY OFTEN WILL, IF WE'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR IT, WHICH IN THIS CASE WE HAD TO, BECAUSE THE TIME SENSITIVITY, THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING THAT GRANT.
BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE IT, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A PROPER RESOLUTION WITH THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE AND THE RESOLUTION.
IT SAYS WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST THE WORDING BILL? YES, IT IS THE WORDING THAT THEY REQUIRE.
WELL I'D WORRIED ABOUT THE PART-TIME JOB IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? UH, MS. CLEMSON? THANK YOU SIR.
ON ITEM NUMBER 20, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OUTTA CURIOSITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT IS, UH, MIKE LEWIS PARK KAYAK LAUNCH.
SO THAT WOULD BE PARKS, UH, YOU WOULD THINK? YES.
SO THAT'S OUR
SO WE NEVER, BUT IS IT MIKE LEWIS PARK AT ONE TIME WAS GONNA BE AT 1382.
BUT WE DIDN'T OWN THAT PROPERTY AND THIS WAS A BETTER FIT FOR IT.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT NOW I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
BUT WE'LL SHOW 'EM THAT IT'S GONNA BE AT A NEW LOCATION.
AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A KAYAK LAUNCH THERE PREVIOUSLY.
NO, MA FIRST, THIS IS TOTALLY NEW.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE, THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACT.
AND WILL THEY BE LI UH, IN CHARGE OF THE LIABILITY AS WELL SINCE THEY REQUESTED IT? OR IS THE CITY, DOES THE CITY HAVE LIABILITY HERE? I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE TO THE CITY.
UM, THEY DID GIVE US SOME FUNDING TO BUILD IT AND ASKED US TO DO THIS, UH, IN THE AREA.
THEY NEEDED ONE IN THE METROPLEX AND WE WOULD'VE REQUESTED, JUST CURIOUS.
AND DO WE HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE, UH, IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING? THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET FUNDING TO DO IT AFTER WE DESIGN IT? WE'VE HAD, UH, FRONT END LOADING ON THAT ACTUALLY ON A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
UH, ON 21 ON OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SIGNALS.
UM, AND I JUST REMEMBER, RECALL SOME OF THE LATEST ONES THAT WE HAVE ON, UM, JEFFERSON AND WHATEVER, UM, 180 AND 1 61.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL THE COLOR OF THE LIGHTS.
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SETTING MY GOODNESS.AND I WONDER IS, IS THERE ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE ONES THAT WE'LL BE GETTING IN THE FUTURE? HMM, GOOD QUESTION.
UM, AND THOSE PARTICULAR ONES AT THE, WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JEFFERSON AND 180 AT ESPECIALLY AT 1 61, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO A-F-H-W-A PROJECT THERE KIND OF A PILOT PROJECT.
UM, SO WE CAN'T DO A LOT OF CHANGES JUST YET.
WE'RE TRYING, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS SO THEY'RE SO BAFFLED.
THE SECOND LIGHT IS BAFFLED TO WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH THE FIRST LIGHT.
BUT THEY DO THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE RUN THE FIRST LIGHT WHEN THEY SEE THE SECOND LIGHT GREEN.
SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THE SECOND LIGHT THAT'S GOT IT.
I GO THAT ROUTE EVERY TWICE A DAY TO COME TO CITY HALL FROM MY OFFICE AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU GOTTA SLOW DOWN AND LOOK UNDER THE HILL AND SEE THE MAPLES
IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED SO YOU DON'T SEE IT TILL YOU'RE HALFWAY ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY, LIKE HE SAID, IF THEY SEE THE SECOND ONE AND THEY GO AND THE FIRST ONE IS RED, IT ACTUALLY IS TO, TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS.
WE'VE DONE A COMBINATION OF ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT THINGS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING A PILOT STUDY NOW WITH THE FHWA AND WE'RE WAITING ON THEIR APPROVAL TO START THAT PROJECT AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION TO SEE IF WE CAN FURTHER REDUCE ACCIDENTS.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT.
I CAN'T SEE THE RED LIGHT THERE.
OH, ON THE WAY TO WORK IN THE MORNINGS.
I CAN SEE THE GREEN LIGHT, BUT I CAN'T SEE THE RED.
I CERTAINLY WILL PUT A BRIGHTER BULB IN IT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL DEAN, THAT'S ALL THE LIGHTS I HAVE.
DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IS BACK.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT.
MAYOR, YOU GOT A LAWYER STAND.
I HAVE ONE MORE THAT'S ON IN CON, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION NUMBER 30.
AND UH, MEGAN'S GONNA HAND YOU A REVISED COMMUNICATION TO GO WITH IT.
THIS IS A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY, BUT THEY MADE SOME CHANGES AT THE LAST MOMENT.
SO THE ONLY THING CHANGING IS THE COMMUNICATION ITSELF AND MEGAN IS HANDING THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN WE DO ITEM 30, I'LL JUST NEED YOU TO APPROVE BASED ON HOW IT'S PRESENTED IN THE NEW, UM, COMMUNICATION, THE AGREEMENT ITSELF DID NOT CHANGE.
CAN YOU HANDLE THAT? DEPUTY MAY APPROACH HIM.
THAT ALL MEGAN, I'LL TAKE IT BACK.
WE CAN, CAN'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE ONE TONIGHT.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE VTCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DO 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.
COUNSEL, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I'LL MEET YOU IN THE ROOM WITH MY LUNCH, MY DINNER.