[CC Briefings 05052026]
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THANK YOU.CALLED MEETING TO ORDER STAFF.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KEEP UP WITH LOCAL NEWS.
WALTER AND CAROL, DID YOU SEE WHAT THE JUDGE DID TODAY? YES, WE DID.
DID WHAT HE WAS, SHOULD HAVE DONE.
SARAH DELEK, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, AND AS MAYOR SAID, YES, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR NINTH SUCCESSFUL BIG EVENT.
SO THIS RECAP IS GONNA BE BRIEF, BUT I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO ALINA HARRIS, WHO IS OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO, UM, SHARE A RECAP OF THE BIG EVENT 2026, UM, AND THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT IT HAD, UM, ON OUR COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
WE HAD, UM, WE SAW, UM, AN AMAZING SUPPORT, UH, FROM OUR RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND PARTNERS.
AND THE BIG EVENT CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO SERVE.
UM, SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH, VOLUNTEERS JOIN US AT EPIC CENTRAL FOR THE KICKOFF.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT, SOCIALIZE, AND BUILD EXCITEMENT.
WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK JB FROM TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER FOR, UH, TAKING TIME TO CELEBRATE WITH US AND FOR HELPING, UM, LIFT THE SPIRIT OF THE MORNING.
IT REALLY HAD AN AMAZING, UM, SPECIAL, UM, KICKOFF.
UM, AND LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE DRUM LINE FROM SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, UM, THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
OR WE EXCEEDED LIKE ALWAYS OUR EXPECTATION BY HAVING OVER 1300 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING AND COLLECTING 20 TO 20 TONS OF TRASH AND ALL THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, LOCAL ORGANIZATION, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THIS EVENT IS SOLELY BASED ON SPONSORSHIP.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SIX YEAR THING TO OUR SPONSORS.
UM, THEIR GENEROUS, UH, SUPPORT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN MAKING THE EVENT POSSIBLE, UM, EVERY YEAR, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, OUR SPONSORS, BUT WE THANK THEM.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, OF COURSE, WE WANNA THANK OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ASSISTED WITH GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS IN HELPING PLAN THIS EVENT, THEIR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT, UM, MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS EVERY YEAR.
OUR GOALS FOR 2027 ARE TO EXCEED A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS, UM, REACH A HUNDRED, UM, JOBS, AND OF COURSE COLLECTED AS MANY TONS OF TRASH AS WE CAN SO WE CAN KEEP OUR CITY, UH, CLEAN.
SO PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR, UH, APRIL 10TH, 2027.
UH, AND I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
YOU GUYS ARE THERE FOR THE BIG EVENT AND WE THANK YOU.
GOT ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER? CLEMSON, THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT WAS A FABULOUS REPORT AND I LOVE IT.
AND THE TAKE NOTE THAT APRIL 10TH WILL BE OUR 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
I JUST THINK THAT'S AMAZING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THE MAYORS ARE HAVING A GIANT CONTEST ON TRASH PICKUP.
WILL THIS GO TOWARD THE MAYOR? OUR MAYOR'S, UH, CONTEST.
WELL, HOW CAN WE GET BEAT? THERE YOU GO, MAYOR.
YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB AND I COULD SPEND FIVE MORE MINUTES, BUT WE'RE MOVING ON.
AH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
PETER SIMON, LIBRARY DIRECTOR HERE.
SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT DYNO FEST, DNO DASH AND EPIC CENTRAL SPRING BREAK.
FIRST OFF, WITH DYNO FEST IS A LIBRARIES PROGRAM I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THAT.
SO IN ORDER TO NOT KEEP YOU ALL IN SUSPENSE THIS YEAR, WE HAD 14,100
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ATTENDEES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FOR ONE DAY THAT BROKE OUR PREVIOUS RECORD OF 11,000 BY 3,100 ATTENDEES.WE HAD MORE DINOSAURS, MORE PROGRAMS, AND MORE ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING OUR FIRST EVER DINOSAUR COLORING CONTEST.
IT WAS WON BY ALI WISE, AGE SEVEN.
SHE CHOSE A DESIGN FOR THE IGUANA DAWN.
HERE SHE IS WITH MAYOR JENSEN ON THE DAY WHEN IT WAS COLD,
UH, A LEE WON A 3D MODEL OF THE DINOSAURS SHE DESIGNED THAT SHE GOT TO TAKE WITH HER.
AND THESE WERE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD AT THIS TIME.
JUST WANNA TAKE TIME TO THANK CERTAINLY ALL OF YOU.
WE DON'T DO THIS EVENT WITHOUT A SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL THAT WANTS US TO THINK BIG AND DO BIG THINGS.
WE DO NOT DO THIS AT THE LIBRARY WITHOUT OUR PARTNER, ZANE KING AND WITH RAY AND CHRIS FROM PARKS FOR PRIMARILY FUNDING THIS EVENT FOR US.
KBY FRANZ AND THE FLEET TEAM WHO CAME OUT EVERY MORNING TO FUEL UP THE DIESEL COMPRESSOR THAT POWERED HALF OF OUR DINOSAURS.
CHRIS SCHAPP AND DANIEL COUGHLIN OF THE EPIC WHO SUPPLIED STAFF PARKING FOR US AND A BREAK ROOM FOR OUR STAFF, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WHO ALSO FUNDED THIS PROGRAM, AND THE BEST LIBRARY STAFF IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
95% OF OUR STAFF WORKED THIS EVENT, THE ONLY ONES THAT DIDN'T.
WERE RUNNING THE TWO BUILDINGS WE HAVE OPEN ON SATURDAY, AND I HAVE SOME OF THE SPECIAL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF HERE.
STAFF, IF YOU WILL STAND AS I INTRODUCE YOU FIRST, ASHLEY WEISS, THIS IS HER VISION, LITERACY, FUN, AND LEARNING FOR EVERYONE.
THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT HER CREATIVE VISION ALL THE WAY FROM THE VERY START TO THE END.
AND HER RIGHT HAND PERSON, VICTORIA GURA, REBECCA ROBLE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR ZONE LEADERS, JULIE VALDEZ, WHO IS ONE OF OUR OTHER ZONE LEADERS, AND CHRIS DAHL AND HIS PARTNER MIKE BROUSSARD, WHO ARE NOT HERE, WHO WE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED THE DINO BROTHERS, WHO TOOK OVER EVERYTHING FROM STANCHIONS TO CORD COVERS AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF.
THANK YOU'ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND INSTEAD OF US TELLING YOU HOW GREAT THE EVENT WENT, WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS VIDEO THAT WAS POSTED BY ONE OF OUR ATTENDEES.
AND NOW WE'LL TURN OVER TO CHRISTIAN APP TO TALK ABOUT DINO DASH.
UH, THIS WAS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL DINO DASH.
OUR FIRST ONE ACTUALLY PROCEEDED THE DINOSAURS BEING ON SITE.
UH, OUR FIRST ONE HAD 75 ATTENDEES.
WE WERE UP TO 285 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS A 41% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
WE HAD THE DINO DASH RELAY, WHICH IS ALSO A BIG HIT.
YOU SEE THE FOLKS IN THE COSTUMES THERE PASSING THE BONES OFF.
UM, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY, UH, ADDED A NEW, NEW KIDS RUN THIS YEAR.
WE HAD OVER 30 KIDS PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING AN ANNUAL EVENT.
I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THAT WAS BY FAR MY FAVORITE EVENT, WATCHING THOSE FOLKS RUN AROUND.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON,
SPRING BREAK, ONCE AGAIN, WAS EXCELLENT AT EPIC CENTRAL 212,000 OR 212,500 VISITS, COUNTLESS
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MEMORIES.UM, WE PROJECTED ABOUT 89,000 CAME ON SITE FOR THE DINOS.
UH, THAT WAS THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE THERE.
AND THE NEW SHINING SUCCESS WAS THE SHAMROCK SOCIAL THAT, UH, TERRELL PUT ON.
UH, THAT WAS AN EVENT THAT ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATED IN.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER GOTTEN EVERY SINGLE SITE PARTNER, INCLUDING THE HOTEL TO PARTNER.
AND WE BROUGHT, UH, 6,400 PEOPLE.
WE ACTUALLY MADE MONEY ON THIS EVENT, UH, WHICH IS SHOCKING FOR US.
UH, BUT IT WAS, IT, WE, WE LISTENED TO WHAT MEGAN AND, UH, AND, UH, CHERYL ASKED US TO DO.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, EPIC CENTRAL HAS PROVEN THAT IT IS ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATIONS IN DFW AND THE SPRING BREAK PROVED THAT ONCE AGAIN.
AND IT'S LARGE PART DUE TO WHAT THESE FOLKS DO.
SO, JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST A BRIEF SNAPSHOT ON THE MARKETING FOR SPRING BREAK AT EPIC CENTRAL.
UM, REALLY WE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAD A REALLY LARGE FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH OVER A MILLION AND A HALF VIEWS FROM OUR POSTS THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT, THROUGH SPRING BREAK, COVERING DYNO FEST, SHAMROCK SOCIAL, JUST ALL THE EVENTS HAPPENING AT SPRING BREAK, UH, AT EPIC CENTRAL.
UM, WE REACHED OVER 300,000 PEOPLE ON SOCIAL AS WELL AS WE UTILIZED OUR TEXAS MONTHLY PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE PRINT ADS WITHIN THE MAGAZINE AS WELL AS DIGITAL ADS THROUGH THEIR PLATFORMS. UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO UTILIZED THE DIG CITY'S DIGITAL SIGNS, UM, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, POSTING DYNO FEST AND JUST VARIOUS, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AS WELL AS UTILIZING DIGITAL BILLBOARDS AS WELL.
UM, WHETHER, AND THAT'S INCLUDES A PAY DUE BILLBOARD ON 1 61 AND I 20, AND THEN AS WELL AS THROUGH THEIR PSA PROGRAM, ALLOWING BE ABLE TO BE FEATURED ON MULTIPLE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOOTPRINT.
UM, IN ADDITION, IT ALSO WAS FEATURED WITHIN THE PIPELINE NEWSLETTER.
UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THROUGH ALL THESE EFFORTS, UM, AND, AND THE, AND THE RESULT OF A GREAT EVENT, WE GOT FREE TV NEWS COVERAGE THROUGH FOX FOUR GOOD DAY ON MARCH 9TH, AND THEN AS WELL AS ON MARCH 13TH WITH TELEMUNDO ON THEIR 4:00 PM NEWSCAST.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS LIKE A $6,100 EARNED MEDIA VALUE ON THAT.
AND IN ADDITION, WE GOT MULTIPLE DIGITAL NEWS FEATURES AS WELL THAT WERE FEATURED THAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT AS WELL.
FROM DALLAS MORNING NEWS, DFW CHILD DALLAS, SITES 1 0 1, AND DALLAS CULTURE MAP.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL THIS TOGETHER WAS OVER $11,000 IN VALUE THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, THROUGH ALL THE EFFORTS OF EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UH, IS THAT THE MOST POPULAR EVENT WE HAVE AT EPIC CENTRAL? AS FAR AS NUMBER OF PEOPLE? YES, SIR.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT COMES CLOSE TO IT IS MAYBE MONARCH ON A GOOD DAY IF MONARCH MONARCH'S PRETTY ABOUT 11 TO 12,000.
SO WE'VE SEEN AT MONARCH AT ONE TIME, BUT YEAH, DINO FEST PROBABLY, DINO PROBABLY BLEW IT OUT THOUGH.
WHO THE THOUGHT
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THERE WERE PICNIC TABLES UNDER THOSE SHADED TREES, BUT THAT'S A PLACE THAT THEY COULD GO.
AND IT WAS REALLY NEXT NICE, VERY NICE ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM THE LIBRARY.
AS WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE, WE NOTICED THE MAIN LIBRARY HAD A HUNDRED PEOPLE LINED UP TO GET IN.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR.
NONE OF US HAD IT ON OUR CALENDARS, BUT BEING NOSY, WE WALKED OVER TO BLUE, WE WALKED IN.
I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH BLUEY
I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE LIBRARY.
THE DYNO FEST IS A GREAT EVENT, BUT IT'S NOT IN A LIBRARY.
WE YOU GET CREDIT CARD, BUT IT'S NOT IN A LIBRARY.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY KIDS HAVING SO MUCH FUN THAT I DID THAT DAY IN THE MAIN LIBRARY DOING EVENTS ALL OVER THE LIBRARY FOR BLUE.
WELL, YEAH, AND YOU, YOU'RE REAL SWEET.
YOU TOOK SOME, I I SAY A LOT OF THINGS.
I SAID ONE DAY, I, I JUST CAME TO ME WHEN I WAS AT AN EVENT AND I SAID, WHO KNEW YOU COULD HAVE SO MUCH FUN AT A LIBRARY AND YOU WALK INTO THE MAIN LIBRARY AND THAT IS ON THE WALL.
AND WHAT A PERFECT DAY FOR THOSE, FOR ME TO SEE THAT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THERE WAS HAVING FUN.
I REMEMBER GOING TO THE LIBRARY AND LOOKING AT
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THOSE CARDS.WHAT WAS IT CALLED? THE CARD? YES.
ITEM THREE, STREET MAINTENANCE POLICY.
A LITTLE, A LITTLE LESS THRILLING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M CAROL DERAY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
UH, TODAY I'M PRESENTING THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE POLICY.
THIS IS INTENDED TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR, CONSISTENT, AND DEFENSIBLE WAY TO MANAGE ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE FINALIZING, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE CCDC COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INPUT, WHICH HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT POLICY ALREADY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE WANT A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO HOW WE MAINTAIN STREETS GROUNDED IN DATA RATHER THAN PERCEPTION.
WE WANNA EXTEND THE LIFE OF OUR PAVEMENT, REDUCE LONG-TERM COSTS, AND ENSURE THAT INVESTMENTS ARE EQUITABLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST DRIVEN BY LOCATION OR REQUESTS.
STREETS ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THE CITY MAKES.
HISTORICALLY, CITIES THAT RELY ON REACTIVE REPAIRS END UP PAYING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OVER TIME.
THIS POLICIES ABOUT SHIFTING AWAY FROM THAT MODEL TOWARD A PROACTIVE SYSTEM, WHICH IS A STANDARD USED BY MANY SYSTEMS, MANY CITIES.
IT ALSO CREATES TRANSPARENCY SO RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL UNDERSTAND HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHY AT THE CORE, THIS POLICY IS BUILT ON A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PHILOSOPHY.
FIXING STREETS EARLIER IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN WAITING UNTIL THEY FAIL.
DECISIONS ARE BASED ON CONDITION DATA, NOT COMPLAINTS OR GEOGRAPHIC ROTATION.
AND WHILE INVESTMENT MAY VARY YEAR TO YEAR, THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE EQUITY OVER TIME ACROSS THE ENTIRE NETWORK.
WE USE A STANDARDIZED METHOD CALLED THE MAY PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, OR PCI.
EVERY RESIDENTIAL STREET IS EVALUATED ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
IN BETWEEN CYCLES, STAFF MONITORS AREAS THAT MAY BE DETERIORATING FASTER AND UPDATES THOSE CONDITIONS AS NEEDED.
WE ALSO VERIFY THAT ALL ASSESSMENT DATA, UH, ENSURE TO ENSURE IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE FIELD.
OUR STRATEGY IS BASED ON MANAGING THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF THE PAVEMENT.
IF A STREET'S IN GOOD CONDITION, WE PRESERVE IT THROUGH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
IF IT'S STARTING TO DECLINE, WE, WE REHABILITATE IT.
IF IT'S FAILED, WE CONSTRUCT IT, RECONSTRUCT IT.
THE GOAL IS TO KEEP AS MANY STREETS AS POSSIBLE IN GOOD CONDITION AND REDUCE THE NUMBER THAT FALL INTO COSTLY RECONSTRUCTION.
PROJECT SELECTION FOLLOWS A STRUCTURED PROCESS.
ALL STREETS ARE SCORED AND RANKED CITYWIDE.
WE THEN ASSIGN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT BASED ON CONDITION.
FROM THERE, PROJECTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THREE FACTORS.
PRIORITY, NEED, READINESS, AND PROJECT.
COST ON READINESS COVERS THINGS SUCH AS WHETHER UTILITIES ARE COMPLETE OR COORDINATED.
DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED, DESIGN IS FINALIZED RIGHT AWAY IS CLEAR, AND THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY.
THIS ENSURES WE'RE NOT ONLY PICKING THE RIGHT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO DELIVERING THEM EFFICIENTLY.
WE'VE ALSO BUILT IN ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE ARE LIMITED SITUATIONS WHERE EXCEPTIONS MAY OCCUR SUCH AS SAFETY ISSUES OR EMERGENCIES, BUT THOSE MUST BE DOCUMENTED.
EACH YEAR WE WILL PROVIDE A REPORT TO COUNCIL SHOWING PERFORMANCE, CONDITION, TRENDS, AND ANY EXCEPTIONS DURING THE YEAR.
AND THE ANNUAL PROGRAM WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
AS USUAL, TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE POLICY.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WANT TO CONFIRM ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR PRIORITIES AND HEAR ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY, OR IMPLEMENTATION.
AND YOUR INPUT HELPS FINALIZE THE POLICY BEFORE WE BRING FORWARD THE FIRST PROGRAM UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT, I'D BE GLAD TO.
WILL WE BE VOTING ON THIS AT ANY TIME? NO, NO, NO ACTION TONIGHT.
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AND ANY, ANY ACTION ANYTIME.BUT TONIGHT WE'RE JUST, IT JUST BE NO.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T GIVE YOU FEEDBACK TONIGHT, WE'LL, WE CAN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK.
ANYBODY WANNA GIVE FEEDBACK NOW? THAT DIDN'T, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON CCBC PUNCHING THEIR BUTTON.
UH, WELL, AND ALL I WAS GONNA SAY IS THAT, THAT I THINK, UH, CAROLYN AND HER GROUP DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THIS.
AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE THAT COMMENT.
SHE, SHE ADDED IN A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO LET THE REST OF THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT, UM, THE, THE, UH, MONEY THAT WE SPENT FOR THE STUDY, THE STUDY IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT PRETTY SOON, CORRECT? MM-HMM
AND THAT WILL BE THE DATA THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT'S GOING TO GET DONE, WHEN AND WHERE AND WHY.
GOOD AS TILL WE GET THAT DATA AND BEING DATA DRIVEN AS, UH, H WAYNE USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GOT SO, UH, TRUE.
WE GET THE DATA, THEN SHE'LL PUT TOGETHER THE LIST.
BUT SHE NEEDED THE PRO, THE, THE POLICY, THE POLICY IN PLACE FIRST BEFORE SHE COULD PUT THE PRIORITY LIST TOGETHER.
AND, UH, FIXING THE WORST STREETS FIRST IS, IN MY CASE, IN MY BRAIN, JUST A NO BRAINER.
FINALLY, MAYBE GET BACK TO THAT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON MAYOR.
UM, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, WHEN WE'RE FINISHED DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER THREE, GO BACK TO ONE FOR ONE MORE COMMENT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WONDER HOW MUCH WE GET IN THE QUARTER CENTS EVERY YEAR IT'S APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION, WHICH DOESN'T KEEP UP, BUT JUST THINK, HAD WE NOT BEEN GETTING THAT MONEY OVER THE YEARS AND IF WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET IT EVERY YEAR.
SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT ON ITEM ONE.
UM, MAYOR, I JUST AS I WAS LOOKING AT, UH, THESE LADIES AND THE STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS FOR THE BIG EVENT, UH, YOU HEARD FROM ALINA, YOU HEARD FROM SARAH.
AND OF COURSE WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, HER STAFF HERE AS WELL.
AND I NOTICED AMY SPRINKLES WAS STANDING IN THE BACK AS WELL.
BUT THIS, A BIG EVENT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THESE, UM, PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME, INCLUDING PATRICIA REDFERN IS A BIG PLAYER IN THIS BECAUSE SHE KNOWS ALL THE TRASH PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW SHE WAS AT THE PSYCH THAT, UH, TONY WAS AT AND RODNEY WENT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT YES, PATRICIA WAS THERE WORKING AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WENT BY THERE, RIGHT? AND, UH, THAT WAS THE GARDENS Y'ALL BUILT.
AND CHAD, UH, AND HIS TEAM ARE BIG PLAYERS.
LADIES, CAN YOU THINK OF SOMEONE ELSE THAT I'VE, OF COURSE.
DID YOU SAY CINDY? CINDY AND CITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A HEARTFELT THANK YOU.
AND WE DIDN'T GET TO HEAR THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HELPED THAT ARE JUST, UH, BEYOND WORDS, UH, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME CAP THAT OFF.
ALRIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR THE LENGTHY AGENDA REVIEW.
COME OVER TO MY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, KURT JOHNSON.
I GOT MONEY NO FIVE TONIGHT, MAYOR.
ME SAYING THE TITLE DOESN'T CHANGE, NOTHING.
WITH THAT SAID, UH, ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 19.
UH, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, UH, 19.
WE HAVE THE, UH, CHANGE THE EXHIBIT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 19TH? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH 19? ARE YOU JUST GOING TO MENTION THE, GONNA KEEP IT ON THE CONSENT AND JUST MENTION THE CHANGE? YES.
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YEP.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
CARRIE SOLENS, HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, BEFORE YOU, IS OUR EXHIBIT A.
WE HAVE UPDATED THAT AND WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT WITH APPROVAL FROM Y'ALL.
SO THAT YOU'LL JUST MENTION THAT.
MAYOR, NO COMMENTS FROM ANYONE.
BACK TO YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR
UH, UM, RUMOR IS THEY MAY NOT BRING IT BACK, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
I LIKE, YEAH, BUT TONIGHT WE'RE TABLING IT INDEFINITELY.
UM, WE'RE GOING INTO EXEC SESSION.
TONY, YOU'RE NOT TABLE IN YOUR TWO ITEMS, YOUR ITEM, ARE YOU? NO.
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 CLIENT.
ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.07.
TWO DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ WILL BE HERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS.
HE'S JUST RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.
WE WILL GO GET OUR FOOD AND MEET IN THE BUNKER.