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EVENING.[CC Briefings 05192026]
CAN'T HEAR IT RAINING IN HERE, BUT I BET IT STILL IS.WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, BILL IS ITT.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
UH, I THINK THE EDUCATION PROCESS THAT Y'ALL DID, UH, HELPED A LOT BECAUSE I THINK ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IT AND WE DIDN'T HIDE ANYTHING, IT'S, IT IS A TAX INCREASE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BUT PEOPLE KNEW IT WAS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND THEY VOTED FOR IT.
SO, TAO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT.
STAFF IS GONNA GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FI FISCAL YEAR 27 CIP.
YOU RECEIVED THE FULL 95 PROJECT PACKET LAST WEEK, SO WE WILL NOT BE GOING OVER PROJECT BY PROJECT TONIGHT.
IT'S, IT IS, IT DOES NOT APPROVE SPENDING OR AWARD OF CONTRACTS.
TAL WILL COVER THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE, AND CRYSTAL WILL BE COVERING THE FEW PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE CIP.
AND AGAIN, I, WE SOMETIMES COUNSEL, WE THINK WE DO A LOT OF MEETINGS AND, AND WE DO, BUT YOU DO THE MEETINGS WITH US AND THEN Y'ALL DID 159 MORE, MAYBE NOT THAT MANY, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE IT CAN'T HEAR YOU.
T THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE NEXT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET.
FIX THE SOUND SYSTEM IN THE CHAMBERS.
CAN YOU HEAR? TEST, TEST, TEST.
I COULD HEAR, BUT THAT'S 'CAUSE I WAS JUST SITTING HERE CLOSE.
TEST, TEST, TEST OR WHATEVER THE OTHER ONE WAS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS ME TESTING
WELL GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION OVER THERE.
COUNCIL TAVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WITH CRYSTAL CRUMP, UH, BUDGET MANAGER.
SO ONCE AGAIN, TONIGHT WE WILL BE GOING OVER THE FY 27 CIP PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, WE PRESENTED THE OVERALL 95 PROJECTS, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, IT WAS SENT TO YOU LAST WEEK.
UH, OVERALL, THE PROJECT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UM, THIS IS NOT, UM, ADOPTING ANYTHING TODAY.
UH, JUNE 2ND, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THIS IS NOT SPENDING AUTHORITY, UH, ONCE AGAIN AS, UH, CITY MANAGER.
BILL SAID WE ARE ONLY UTILIZING THIS AS A PLANNING TOOL, UH, TO ALLOW OUR BOND COUNCIL, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO START THE, THE BOND PROCESS, UH, IN ORDER TO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1ST AS THE NEW
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BOND CYCLE.UH, OVERALL, THE ACCEPTANCE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
ANY FUNDS DOES NOT AWARD ANY CONTRACTS, DOES NOT REPLACE ANY FUTURE COUNCIL OF ACTION.
ALL THOSE ITEMS FOR THIS WILL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS COUNCIL BEFORE.
SO FOR ANY PROJECTS, ANY VENDORS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL COME BACK FOR A FINAL APPROVAL.
WE ARE SHOWING THE TWO PIECES OF THE RESOLUTION.
NEXT WEEK WILL BE EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS THE DEBT FUNDED PORTION.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE GOING TO OUR BOND COUNCIL, UH, FOR REVIEW, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO HELP WITH THE FUTURE BOND SALE.
AND THEN EXHIBIT B IS ALL THE NON DEBT FUNDED CIP PLANNING.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, FY 27 CIP PROJECTS.
THERE'S 95 PROJECTS ACROSS ALL OF SIX DISTRICTS, APPROXIMATELY $81 MILLION.
EXHIBIT A CO BONDS, APPROXIMATELY 37 AND A HALF MILLION WATER, UH, WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS OF 10 MILLION.
AND THEN NON DEBT FUNDED OF 33 MILLION.
WE RECENTLY, AS THE MAYOR HAD NOTED, UH, PASSED A $327 MILLION GEO BOND.
JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS. GOOD, THANK YOU.
THIS IS OUR STANDARD ANNUAL CIP PROCESS.
UH, THIS IS UTILIZING CO BONDS AND, UH, WATER WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS.
UH, TWO SEPARATE AUTHORIZATIONS.
UM, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS. THE TIMING FOR THE, THE BOND PROGRAM, SINCE THAT WAS JUST APPROVED, NOW THAT THE NEXT STEP WILL BE AS PART OF THE NEXT YEAR CIP PROCESS.
SO EACH ONE HAS ITS DISTINCT FUNDING, UH, TIMELINE AUTHORIZATION.
TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP, AS YOU CAN SEE IS MAY 19TH.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UM, JUST THE, THE BUDGET, CIP BUDGET WORKSHOP HIGH LEVEL.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK, EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT B PROJECT FOR A RESOLUTION ON THE JUNE 2ND PRESENTATION.
AND THEN CRYSTAL CRUMP WILL GO OVER A COUPLE OF THE, THE MAJOR PROJECTS.
SO PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO MODERNIZATION IS A PHASE INVESTMENT.
THE FIRST YEAR IS $2.1 MILLION.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 11.2.
THIS IS YEAR ONE OF A SEVEN YEAR PHASED INVESTMENT AND THE ANNUAL $1.6 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND THIS IS SEPARATE FROM ANY OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
NEXT UP YOU HAVE CITY BRIDGES, WHICH EQUALS $4.1 MILLION.
THIS COMPRISES THE FOUR PROJECTS.
MATTHEW ROAD FROM TRAIL ROAD BRANCH ROY, OR
UM, SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET AT COTTONWOOD CREEK.
AND THEN PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TO START THE NEXT DESIGN FOR THE NEXT BRIDGES IN THE ROTATION.
NEXT UP WE HAVE PARKS AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE TURNER PARK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO THIS WILL BE REHABBING THE PARKS ROADS IN TURNER PARK OF 1.5 MILLION.
WE HAVE LYNN CREEK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN DISTRICT SIX FOR 450,000.
SO THIS IS, UM, REPLACING THE AGING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND BRINGING IT UP TO TODAY'S STANDARDS.
FRIENDSHIP PARK PLAYGROUND AND PARKING IN DISTRICT TWO FOR 407,000, REPLACING THE AGING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVING THE PARKING AREAS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND SURFACE.
UM, SO IT WAS RECENTLY, UM, CLEAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THE RESURFACING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND, UM, REHAB THE WHOLE ENTIRE UR NEXT STEP IS DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET.
BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE PLAYGROUND.
DOES THAT COME OUT OF THE QUARTER CENT? THIS COMES OUT OF EPIC CENTRAL.
OKAY, NEXT UP YOU HAVE DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET.
SO WE HAVE A $7.5 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE FOUR COMPONENTS TO THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE THE STREET COMPONENT, THE STORM DRAINAGE, WATER, AND THE, UM, WAYFINDING BACK DOOR.
SO THIS WILL BE ASSISTING WITH, UM, THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET, BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR, UM, CUSTOMERS TO THEIR BUSINESSES.
SO EACH ONE OF THESE WILL BE FUNDED IN A SEPARATE WAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE BOND IS FUNDING STREETS, STORM DRAIN AND WATER AND BACKDOOR ARE ALL GONNA BE CASH FUNDED.
AND THEN WE HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO LAKERIDGE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS, DISTRICT FOUR, THIS IS $4 MILLION.
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THE REVENUES REPLACING THE AGING COMPONENTS AND THE PUMPING EQUIPMENT AT THE LAKE RIDGE LIFT STATION.WE HAVE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE WATER MAINS, UM, ARE AT THE PAR.
THIS WOULD BE CASH FUNDED, ONE OH NINTH IN TRADER'S ELEVATED STORAGE TANK REHAB IS DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE REHABBING THE EXISTING STORAGE TANK BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE FOR $2 MILLION.
AND THEN JUST LIKE ON THE WATER SIDE, WE DO A WASTEWATER MAIN REPLACEMENT EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER MEANS STAYING PROPERLY MAINTAINED OF $2 MILLION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED THE FULL PACKET LAST WEEK.
IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT, YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO STAFF AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
UH, AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, THIS PROCESS STARTED IN JANUARY.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL CONCLUDE, UH, TOWARD THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE NORMAL CYCLE THAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE CIP UH, BRINGING BACK THE RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL ON JUNE 2ND.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, JUST JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS ONLY A PLANNING STEP.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR PROJECT, UH, FUNDING, UH, APPROVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS, UH, STRICTLY FOR PLANNING OF THE EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT B TO HELP US WITH OUR CIP.
YOU'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO THE, UH, THE MIDDLE ONE, THE, UH, 10 MILLION, THAT'S ALL OUTTA WATER WASTEWATER FUNDS.
PART OF THE OTHERS ARE FROM PARKS FUND.
SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE FROM THE QUARTER CENT.
SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE DEBT THAT WE DO IN OUR GENERAL 66 CENT BUDGET.
SO, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA KNOW THAT TONIGHT, BUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I'D KIND OF LIKE THE BREAKDOWN.
OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE 81 MILLION, 10 MILLIONS COMING OUTTA WATER WASTEWATER, 2.3 MILLION OUTTA THE QUARTER CENT SIX.
I, 'CAUSE WE TRY TO STAY IN THAT SPLIT OF THE 66 CENTS.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BONDS THAT WERE JUST APPROVED WOULD BE ON NEXT YEAR.
CIPI HOPE WE DON'T WAIT A YEAR.
SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PLANNING.
UH, THE TIMING NORMALLY WOULD LINE UP DEPENDING ON THE PROJECTS.
UH, SO WHEN WILL Y'ALL BE GETTING A TIMING? WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT A YEAR TILL WE HAVE THAT PRESENTATION.
SO WE'LL BE, NOW THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN CANVASED, IT STARTS THE NEXT STEP OF SO YOU'LL BE BRIEFING US SOON ON YES SIR.
THOSE, IT'S SEPARATE THAN THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T WAIT A YEAR.
TO BUILD A ROAD AND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHEN, RIGHT NOW Y'ALL WILL GET US.
THE, THE TIMING OF THE, UH, BOND PACKAGE THAT WAS PASSED WILL BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE STRAIGHT CIP.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THERE'LL BE SOME THAT WILL COURSE, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHEN AND WE'LL PROBABLY BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT 30, 60 DAYS.
I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BRING IT TO US.
WITH WHAT YOU WANNA START ON FIRST.
I WOULD SAY SINCE IT ALL PASSED, SOME OF THE BIG ONE CAN, SOME OF THE A CAN BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO 'EM ONE AT A TIME.
UM, THE BRIDGE DOWN OVER LAKERIDGE HAS NOTHING, IS A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR THAN THE ROAD THAT'S GOING TO TEAR UP AND DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW.
WE DON'T, THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND LET'S DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT ONE A YEAR.
ANY ANYBODY? COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS FIRST, THEN SHOTWELL.
UM, OUTSIDE OF PARKS QUARTER CENT, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THAT FUNDING? IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET? IS ANY OF IT GONNA IMPACT FUND BALANCE? SO SOME OF IT IS COMING FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS HOTEL, MOTEL, UH, OTHER QUARTER CENTS, UH, AIRPORT FUNDS ITSELF, UH, STORM
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DRAIN FUNDS ITSELF.SO SOME OF THESE ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT, THAT THEY SELF FUND, THEY PAY AS THEY GO.
AND THAT'S WHERE PAY MILL COMES FROM.
SO NOTHING WILL, SO BASICALLY THOSE ALLOCATIONS, NOTHING IS COMING OUT OF LIKE GENERAL FUND.
I BET SOMETHING DOES, I THINK INTERESTING.
NOTHING, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH IN THE GENERAL FUND TO DO THAT PROBABLY.
SO SOME OF IT, LIKE WATER, THEY'LL, THEY'LL DO USUALLY A TRANSFER FROM THE OPERATING DEPENDING ON THE EXCESS.
SO IT GOES OVER THERE IS YOU CAN POTENTIALLY USE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCES FROM THE DIFFERENT FUNDS.
UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR FY 27, THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND.
OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS FOR THAT QUESTION.
UH, HOW THIS HAS GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT AND WE GOT THE BOOKS LAST WEEK AND IN JUNE, DO YOU WANT TO DO A RESOLUTION TO DO WHAT, WHAT'S THE RESOLUTION GONNA DO? SO THE RESOLUTION IS NEEDED FOR THE, THE BOND PLANNING FOR BOND COUNCIL, UH, TO START PLANNING, UH, WHAT PROJECTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOND SALE GENERALLY WE'LL START, UM, DOING ALL THE BOND DOCUMENTATION AND BRINGING IT BACK.
SO WE NEED JUST A, A RESOLUTION TO DO WHAT
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I, WITH THIS MUCH STUFF, I THINK THAT, UH, FIRST THING IS, IS ALL THIS JUNK, ALL THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THIS.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
HERE'S WHAT'S IN OUR CIP THAT WE'RE VOTING ON ON JUNE 2ND.
AND THEN IT'S REALLY NOT FINALIZED UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UNTIL IT COMES UP, UH, AROUND BUDGET TIME BECAUSE WE DO A CIP AT BUDGET TIME TOO.
SO THE CIP IN OPERATING IS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER 15TH.
SO THE, WE CAN IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE, NEED TO COME UP AND SOME THAT NEED TO GO DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN DO THAT IN THAT TIMEFRAME THERE.
AND YOU GOT, YOU JUST GOT POKE ON THE SHOULDER
THOSE ACTUALLY GET, AS SOON AS THE RESOLUTION'S APPROVED, THOSE WOULD GET BOND COUNCIL APPROVAL TO ISSUE THE DEBT.
SO ONCE THE BOND COUNCIL AND THE AG SIGN OFF ON THOSE PROJECTS AND WE START ISSUING THE DEBT, WE CAN'T ALTER THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE THE APPROVAL.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME TIME THAT IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS TO PROJECTS THAT WANNA BE MADE, WE DO HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL FIND WHAT THAT ACTUAL DEADLINE IS, FIND WHAT THAT TIME IS.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT SO THAT I KNOW THIS IS A LOT TO GO THROUGH, BUT THIS FIRST INITIAL LIST IS THE LIST.
IF THINGS NEED TO CHANGE, GET US CAN TAKE THE DEADLINE FOR WHEN WE CAN CHANGE.
THE ONES THAT ARE HEY, AS YOU GO, COMING OUT OF THE BILL CODE, UH, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THEM.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GET A LITTLE TRANSPARENCY WITH IT.
FIND THAT IF WE CAN CHANGE IT, BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE LOT TO DO.
WE CAN'T, WE HAVE UNTIL NOON TOMORROW.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM, KURT JOHNSON.
FRESH OFF THE PLANE FROM MEXICO.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROCESS, UH, IF WE WANNA MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND NOON AND TOMORROW.
IS IT A PHONE CALL TO YOU OR EMAIL? THEN YOU BRING IT ALL BACK TO THE COUNCIL? I THINK ANYTHING NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US.
'CAUSE NOT ANY ONE OF US SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE PRIORITY ON OUR OWN.
SO GET THEM THE DEALS AND THEY'LL BRING IT TO US.
UH, MAKE SURE YOU, I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T CALL YOU AND SAY I WANNA DO THIS ONE FIRST.
I CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT.
YOU NEED TO COLLECT ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND SAY HERE'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IT AND HERE'S THE INPUT WE'VE GOT.
WHAT DO Y'ALL WANNA DO? IS THAT OKAY? DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM? ANYBODY? I DON'T, UH, CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS HAS HIS SPEAKER LIGHT ON
MAYOR, WHAT WE WILL DO IS THE PROCESS WOULD BE IF THE COUNCIL HAS A RECORD REQUEST OR RECOMMENDATION FOR A CHANGE IN THE CIP, WE WILL COMBINE, WE WILL COMBINE ALL OF THOSE
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INTO A DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW.BUT WE WILL HAVE THE VOTE ON IT.
BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING'S GONNA REMAIN AS, AS WE HAVE PRESENTED IT OR WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
IT WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL'S VOTE.
AND THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THE TIME THAT CHERYL'S GONNA GET US.
COUNCILMAN ADAMS, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING, WE HAVE I GUESS THE TEMPLATE.
HOW DOES THIS ALIGN? I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR SCORES, IDENTIFYING THE ALLOCATIONS, WHAT BUCKET OF MONIES EACH PROJECT WILL COME OUT OF.
HOW IS IT GONNA BE TIED TO OUR COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET? AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED THAT BEFORE, BUT AS FAR AS, UM, HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT THIS CIP ALIGNS WITH COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IN OUR CIP PROCESS, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES RIGHT NEXT TO WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
OKAY? WE HAVE NOT MARRIED THEM YET BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL BLUSH THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT WE WILL TAKE THOSE THAT ARE, THEY DO HAVE PRIORITY OVER THE OTHERS.
SO WE WILL TAKE THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE FULL COMPARISON.
WE LOOK FOR IT BEING PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY'VE GOT GRASS AT DALLAS STADIUM, REAL GRASS FOR 26 DAYS TILL ANYTHING.
I'M DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE AND I'VE GOT MY FRIENDS UP HERE WITH ME, UM, THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, ZANE KING WITH EVENTS AND EXPERIENCE.
WHERE ARE MY FRIEND? I MEAN, YOU GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS, BUT I DON'T SEE, ONLY SEE ONE UP THERE WITH YOU.
THERE'S ONLY ONE, TWO FRIENDS.
OKAY, WELL I'LL LET HER DO SOME SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT.
YOU HAVE YOUR FRIENDS IN THE ROOM WITH YOU, I HOPE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED.
THANKING WITH, UH, EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES, CARRE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES AND, UH, RYAN SIMPSON AND ASSISTANT CHIEF.
UM, SLIVA WAS THE ARY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO EARLY MARCH WE DID A FIFA PRESENTATION TO KIND OF TALK TO YOU THROUGH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF STAGES OF WHAT FIFA, WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR FIFA, HOW WE WERE HELPING OUR BUSINESSES GET INVOLVED, HOW WE WERE EDUCATING OUR TOURISM PARTNERS, ATTRACTIONS, HOTELS, HOW WE WERE GONNA MANAGE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THAT.
THE MEDIA PLAN THAT WE DID, UM, THAT STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER AND IS CONTINUING.
UM, IT'LL WRAP UP, UM, EARLY JUNE, BUT THIS MEETING IS JUST A FOLLOW UP NOW THAT WE ARE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF FIFA AND, UM, THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING TO NORTH TEXAS.
SO Y'ALL CAN SEE HOW WE'RE PREPARED AND HOW, UM, IT'S IT'S ALL GOOD.
AND SO YOU'LL BE, UH, SO YOU'LL BE AWARE OF WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE MATCH SCHEDULE WE SHOWED YOU THIS LAST TIME.
THE ONLY CHANGES IS NOW WE KNOW THAT SWEDEN IS, UH, WILL BE PLAYING JAPAN ON JUNE 25TH AND, UM, THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME.
UM, ALL THE INDICATORS STILL ANTICIPATE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, TWO NORTH TEXAS EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE, WE'RE READY FOR HIM.
WITH THAT, I'LL SWAP OVER TO
SO SARAH HAS DONE MOST ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS IN DEALING WITH FIFA, GOING BACK AND FORTH, DEALING WITH OUR MEDIA CONTRACTS.
BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE IN PLACE.
AND WE ARE NOW AN OFFICIAL WATCH PARTY SITE FOR FIFA AT EPIC CENTRAL.
SO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH CRICKET.
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW EVERY GAME, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT FOUR, THAT HAVE A LATE START TIME AT ABOUT 10 30.
UM, ALL OF OUR MEXICO MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED IN SPANISH.
AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH TELEMUNDO THAT IF THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, EVENT LIKE
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IF SPAIN IS PLAYING OR IF ONE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IS PLAYING, THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPTION FOR THEM TO ACTIVATE AND FOR US TO PUT IT IN SPANISH.THERE WILL ALSO BE A ALTERNATE LANGUAGE ON THE PORTAL.
SO IF IT'S IN ENGLISH, IT'LL BE IN SPANISH ON THE PORTAL OR VICE VERSA.
UM, THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THESE MATCHES, SOME OF THEM START EARLY IN THE MORNING, SOME OF THEM START AT 10:00 AM AND SOME OF THEM GO UNTIL SOME OF THEM HAVE A 9:00 PM UH, START TIME.
THE GOAL IS, IS THAT WE WILL BE SHOWING THESE MATCHES IN THE EVENING ON ELUVIA ARE ON THE FOUNTAIN, UH, IN LIEU OF ELUVIA.
AND SO THAT IS, I BELIEVE WILL GET US NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.
UM, NOBODY ELSE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR GAMES ON A 60 FOOT WALL OF WATER.
AND, UH, SO FAR THE MEDIA COVERAGE HAS BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THE TWO WEBSITES THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, WHICH HAS ALL OF OUR FIFA INFORMATION.
IT HAS PROCUREMENT INFORMATION, IT HAS LODGING INFORMATION, IT HAS ALL OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE GET FROM VIFA.
IF ANY LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER OR ANY LOCAL CITIZEN IS WANTING TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH FIFA, SEND THEM TO VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE.
EPIC CENTRAL.COM HAS THE FULL LISTING OF ALL OF THE GAMES THAT WILL BE SHOWN, UH, AT EPIC CENTRAL.
SO, UH, BUSINESS ORIENTED STUFF AND VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE AND THEN WATCH TIMES JUST@EPICCENTRAL.COM.
UH, REAL QUICK, JUST A REAL, UH, QUICK PLUG WHILE I'M DOING THIS.
UM, THE EPIC REMEMBRANCE IS GOING ON.
OVER 700 FLAGS ARE OUT ON THE LAWN RIGHT NOW.
EACH ONE WITH A, UH, SERVICE MEMBER THAT HAS PASSED.
SO YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT TO EPIC CENTRAL THIS WEEK.
UM, I, I WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC PLAN AND OUR OPERATIONAL READINESS FOR THE PEOPLE RELATED ACTIVITIES IS DONE.
THE LATEST REGIONAL PLAN RELEASES, UM, FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THE AREA AROUND THE STADIUM, WHICH INCLUDES ROUNDING TRANSIT BUSES TO THE NORTH TRE LINE.
AND THAT CONNECTS TO TRANSIT SYSTEMS ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN.
AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC TRAFFIC PLANS TO REDUCE OR CLOSE ANY ROADS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT OUR APPROACH WILL BE TO MANAGE OPERATIONS LIKE AN INCIDENT RESPONSE FROM MID-JUNE THROUGH MID-JULY.
STAFF WILL ACTIVELY MONITOR ALL THE SCHEDULED WATCH PARTIES, MAJOR TRAFFIC CORRIDORS AND POTENTIAL CONGESTION HOTSPOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN REAL TIME.
IF TRAFFIC IMPACTS OR INCIDENTS OCCUR ON KEY THOROUGHFARES, OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM CAN RESPOND IMMEDIATELY THROUGH REMOTE SIGNAL TIME AND ADJUSTMENTS AND ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO HELP KEEP TRACK ON THE TRANSIT SIDE.
WE SECURED AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL FEE OF FUNDING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL INCREASE VIA RIDERSHIP DURING THE TOURNAMENT WINDOW.
THESE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BETWEEN JUNE 1ST AND JULY 30, APPRO TWO MONTHS TO COVER ADDITIONAL VIA HOURS SO OUR CITY'S NOT HAVING TO USE OUR NORMAL FUNDS FOR THESE RIGHTS.
AND FINALLY, YOU'VE HEARD THE BUS DEPOT FIFA SELECTED HENSLEY FIELD FOR THE OFFICIAL LOCATION.
THIS FACILITY FUNCTIONS THE STAGING AND HOLDING HEARING FOR BUSES WHEN THEY'RE NOT TRANSPORTING TEAMS BETWEEN HOTELS, TRAINING FACILITIES AND STADIUM.
ALTHOUGH THE SITE CARRIES A DALLAS ADDRESS, WE RECOGNIZE ITS PROXIMITY TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING DIRECTLY WITH THESE OPERATIONS REGARDING THEIR ROUTING PLANS.
WHILE THE PRIMARY WRITINGS EXPECTED TO USE LOOP 12 TO I 30, ANY BUSES THAT MAY TRAVEL WEST FROM THE DEPOT WOULD BE OPERATING WITHOUT PASSENGERS AND WOULD BE SIMPLY IN TRANSIT BEFORE OR AFTER THAT.
THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION WITH SOME PEOPLE THINKING THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND GET A RIDE.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT GET A RIDE AT HENSLEY FIELD.
IT'S ONLY FOR STORING AND DISBURSEMENT OF BUSES FOR FIFA AND IT IS FENCED, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND GET A RIDE.
IT'S NOT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT FENCED, YOU CANNOT GET GO OUT THERE AND GET A RIDE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE DRAW FOR THEM.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOUR OBJECTION? THANK YOU.
SO WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE COMING TO NORTH TEXAS AND HOPEFULLY ENJOYING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN RAMPING UP JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT SAME HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY AND THE, THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT EVERYONE HERE ENJOYS.
WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH INCREASING OUR STAFFING, UM, THAT HAS OCCURRED BY HAVING THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADJUST THEIR LIFE SCHEDULE.
SO UNLESS THEY HAVE A MAJOR LIFE EVENT GOING ON, OUR ENTIRE STAFF IS GONNA BE THERE THROUGHOUT THE JUNE AND JULY TIME PERIOD FOR WORLD CUP.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO
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DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME OUT.AND THINK THE, THINK THE DEPARTMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE VERY DATA DRIVEN.
THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE THROUGHOUT WORLD CUP WITH STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT AROUND THOSE AREAS THAT NEED IT MOST.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND OUR RETAIL OR ENTERTAINMENT, OUR HOTELS, MOTELS, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS WE WANT STAY AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM.
SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR HOTELS, MOTELS, AND ONE THING WE'VE BEEN POINTING OUT TO THEM IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE ADDITIONAL POLICE CARS AROUND YOUR BUSINESSES, AROUND YOUR HOTELS, MOTELS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN SOMETHING'S WRONG, THAT MEANS WE'RE JUST STAYING AHEAD AND OUR OFFICERS ARE JUST STAYING ON POINT AS FAR AS WHAT IS OCCURRING.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO WORLD CUP, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS GOING ON.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY STAFFING UP FOR 91 EVENTS OVER THE 43 DAY PERIOD.
THAT IS PART OF WHY WE'RE RAMPING THAT STAFFING UP, HAVING ALL OF OUR MEN, MEN AND WOMEN HERE.
UM, AND ONE BIG THING THAT WE NEED TO POINT OUT IS WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH MANSFIELD FOR THE BASE CAMP THAT THEY HAVE DOWN THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM WITH SOME ESCORT SECURITY.
WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER IN DALLAS.
SO BY HAVING A SEAT AT THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER IN DALLAS, WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR ANY RESOURCES, PERSONNEL THAT WE MAY NEED, WHETHER IT'S FROM A REGIONAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LEVEL.
THAT ALSO ALLOWS US AS INTELLIGENCE COMES IN THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
WE'RE NOT WAIT, WAITING FOR IT TO GET PASSED THROUGH A PIPELINE.
WE'RE GONNA BE THERE FRONT AND CENTER, GET THAT INFORMATION GOOD.
AND BE ABLE TO REACT TO IT IN REAL TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YEAH.
UH, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS ALREADY QUEUED UP, BUT LIKE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AT DUBINSKY AND FOR BIG WATCH PARTIES AND STUFF AND THEN THE RESTAURANTS WE DO HAVE THERE.
ARE WE JUST GOING TO LIKE, ARE WE GONNA TRY TO BE MINDFUL WITH PARKING SPACES AND STUFF? JUST SO ZANE? YES SIR.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH DUBINSKY.
QUITE HONESTLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ATTENDANCE IS GOING TO BE.
OUR FIRST EVENT, OUR FIRST PUBLIC EVENT IS JUNE'S WEALTH AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WATCHING THE FIFA WATCH PARTIES.
THAT'LL GIVE US, I THINK, THE BEST INDICATION.
'CAUSE ON THE EVENINGS, ON A FRIDAY OR A SATURDAY, WE DO EXPECT OUR NORMAL CROWDS.
SO THERE WE WILL HAVE SHOVELS IN PLACE.
WE WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UM, WE HAVE FULLY OPENED UP THE EPIC WATERS AND THE EPIC PARKING, SO I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.
UM, WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO DUBISKI BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE BUSES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO UNLESS WE SEE THAT NEED COMING, BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN YOU'LL SEND 'EM OVER TO EPIC.
YEAH, OVER TO EPIC AND EPIC WATERS.
AND THEN HAVE THE CARDS TAKING THEM DOWN TO THE BRIDGES.
IS THE GAME ONLY GONNA BE ON THE FOUNTAIN? NO, IT'LL BE, THANK YOU.
WE'RE INSTALLING THE LED WALL.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK VERY MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME JUST TO SEE IT.
NO, ON THE FOUNTAIN WE HAVE A TWO FOOT BY 10 FOOT WALL.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO LIMIT ATTENDANCE.
GREAT JOB, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR AGENDA REVIEW.
Y'ALL DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN RYAN AND I HAVE TALKED THIS WEEK ABOUT CATS, ABOUT FEEDING SQUIRRELS WORLDS.
WHAT ELSE, RYAN? WE CAN'T GO THERE.
AND YOU KNOW WHY? I APPRECIATE IT.
Y'ALL DON'T KNOW AND AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU, BUT IT IS JUST BEEN, IT IS JUST BEEN THAT TIME.
WHO'S AFTER YOU? I DON'T WANT TO GO.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL JUST TALK QUICKLY ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO, UH, SOME PERMITTED MEASURES IS IDENTIFYING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PERMITTED, THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL OF OUR REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT SCOURS THE COMMON LOOKING SITES TO IDENTIFY THESE AND LET US KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, CRAIGSLIST, GOOGLE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO TRY TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL.
UH, WE KNOW OUR METHODS ARE WORKING.
WE WERE HOVERING AROUND, UH, 240 TO 260 SHORT TERM RENTALS.
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL PROBABLY BE AT 400.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD QUITE AN INFLUX COMING IN, BUT THEY'RE ALL GETTING PERMITTED.
THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UM,
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PROPERTIES AS THEY'RE OPERATING.SO WE'RE GONNA LET OUR ORDINANCES WORK FOR US.
WE HAVE STRONG ORDINANCES THAT HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE PROPERTIES.
UH, TWO OF THE BIG, UH, KIND OF PREVENTERS OF PARTIES ARE THE OCCUPANCY LIMITATIONS.
SO THE, THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY IS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE HOME, BUT IN NO CASE, UH, CAN THERE BE MORE THAN 12 OCCUPANTS? UH, THE, PROBABLY THE, THE BEST ONE, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP WHEN WE WERE DRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE A FEW YEARS AGO, WAS THE PROHIBITION OF STREET PARKING.
SO THAT'S GONNA SEVERELY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT CAN BE THERE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE CARS ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
THEY'RE ONLY LIMITED TO PARKING IN THE, UH, IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THEY CAMP OFF THE SIDEWALK.
UH, WE HAVE OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPLY TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY.
LIKE, UH, AGAIN, NOT BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK NOISE, UH, RESTRICTIONS, LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS AND SO FORTH.
WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE IN AN STR.
UH, SO WE SEND A PATROL SUPERVISOR TO EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE THAT'S AT AN STR.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT THAT'S GENERATED EVERY DAY.
THAT CODE GETS, UH, FOR ANY CALL FOR SERVICE RELATED TO A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
SO WE CAN HAVE THE PROPER FOLLOW UP AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
UH, USUALLY A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION.
POLICE OFFICER GOES OUT THERE, BREAKS UP THE PARTY, SENDS THE EXTRA PEOPLE HOME, AND THAT'S IT.
UM, IF WE NEED TO ISSUE CITATIONS, WE WILL, BUT USUALLY A CONVERSATION TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S, WE TRY NOT TO BE HEAVY HANDED WITH THE, WITH THE TICKETS, BUT, UH, WE USE 'EM IF WE NEED TO.
ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING FOR RYAN BEFORE I GO BACK TO SARAH? JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION? THE CAT DID GET BACK TO ITS RIFLE OWNER,
THERE'S A BIG STORY BEHIND IT, BUT THANK YOU
SO IN ADDITION, THE SQUIRREL'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
IS THIS COMING FOR SOME PEOPLE? NO, IT WAS REAL.
THESE WERE REAL PROBLEMS. THE CAT AND SQUIRRELS.
OH, MY WORD SOUNDS LIKE A SQUIRREL.
I'LL SHARE SOME EMAILS WITH YOU SOMEDAY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, AS YOU KNOW, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE HAS 37 HOTELS AND MOTELS, SO A LITTLE OVER 3,300 ROOMS. NOW THAT WE ARE WITHIN THAT 30 DAY BOOKING WINDOW, WE DO EXPECT TO SEE MORE BOOKINGS AT OUR HOTELS.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING OUR OCCUPANCY AMONG OUR PROPERTIES.
AND IT, FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GOOD GENERAL SUMMER TRAVEL, UM, OCCUPANCY.
SO, UM, JUNE AND JULY ARE ALWAYS REALLY GREAT MONTHS FOR US.
WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 14 AND 17% YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, SUMMER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS, AND WE DON'T SEE THAT THIS, UM, TWO MONTHS ARE GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
UM, BACK IN MARCH I MENTIONED THE MEDIA TACTICS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME AND STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND PLAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS.
AND REALLY, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE STADIUM AND THE FAN FESTIVAL ARE GOING TO, UM, HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO ARE POSITIONED RIGHT IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO, UM, ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, UM, MENUS WILL RECEIVE THAT COMPRESSION.
UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, THIS IS WHO WE WERE GOING AFTER AS FAR AS OUR, UM, PERSONA ON WHO OUR TARGET AUDIENCE WAS.
IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LOVE GOING TO PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENTS, EVENTS, UM, SOCCER BEING, UM, A BIG, UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, UM, GAME THAT THEY LOVE TO SEE AND ALL OF THEIR STREAMING SITES AND THEIR SOCIAL, UM, CHANNELS THAT THEY, THAT THEY FREQUENT.
UM, SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE DOING SO FAR.
LIKE I SAID, THIS CAMPAIGN WON'T WRAP UP UNTIL JUNE AND THEN, UH, WE WILL THEN START RETARGETING, UM, ADS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN OUR MARKET.
BUT SO FAR WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 3 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AND ALMOST 200,000 OF THOSE PEOPLE, UM, CLICK THROUGH TO OUR WEBSITE AND DID SOME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT THERE, WHICH IS REALLY STRONG.
UM, EXPEDIA ALONE GENERATED, UM, MORE THAN $240,000 IN BOOKING REVENUE, UM, FROM THE END OF JANUARY THROUGH THE END OF APRIL.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S STILL, UM, STILL GOING ON.
SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT, UH, RETURN ON AD SPEND.
ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SIDE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN REACHING THESE NATIONAL JOURNALISTS AND, UH, MEDIA ON, UH, MENTIONING GRAND PRAIRIE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT FIFA AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
UM, THIS PUBLICATION SPORTS TRAVEL IS A NATIONAL, UM, PUBLICATION AND WE WERE THRILLED THAT GRAND PRAIRIE WAS MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT OUR CLOSE, UM, PROXIMITY TO UM, DALLAS STADIUM OR AT T STADIUM.
AND THEN ALSO THEY PICKED UP A, UM, QUOTE FROM DONNA REYNOLDS AT OUR EPIC HOTELS, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE PREPARING FOR, UM, THE FIFA CROWDS AS WELL.
UM, THIS PUBLICATION JUST CAME OUT THIS MONTH AND, UM, I PUT ALL THESE SCREENSHOTS UP THERE, NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU
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TO BE ABLE TO READ 'EM, BUT JUST TO SHOW THAT THE ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT, IT, IT TALKED ABOUT VISIT DA VISIT DALLAS OF COURSE, BUT VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE WAS MENTIONED SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS PUBLICATION.SO WE WERE REALLY THRILLED, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY REACHING OUT TO THOSE SPORTS LOVERS.
WE ARE PUSHING ONE STAR PARK, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND CHECK OUT THAT, UH, VENUE WHILE THEY'RE IN TOWN AND ALSO, UH, MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TWO THINGS.
IN ADDITION TO OUR WATCH PARTIES AT EPIC CENTRAL THAT WE'RE REALLY, UH, PUSHING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE WERE HERE AND RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION, UM, FROM YOU ALL FOR NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK.
UM, I GAVE YOU THIS CARD AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST USE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SCREEN TIME HERE TO, UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE TOURISM AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THESE NUMBERS, UM, MORE THAN 3,100 JOBS ARE HAD BY, UM, PEOPLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN THE TOURISM WORLD.
UM, AND TRAVELERS THAT COME HERE SPEND, UM, THIS IS 2025, SPENT OVER $364 MILLION AND GENERATED 62 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE.
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 15 MILLION VISITS IN 2025.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT THAT LAST ARTICLE PICKED UP.
IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS SIMPLE.
UM, WHEN VISITORS COME FOR FIFA OR FILL IN THE BLANK, WHEN THEY COME FOR LYNN STAR PARK, WHEN THEY COME FOR MAIN STREET FEST, WHATEVER IT IS, WE WANT THEM, UH, WE WANNA LEAVE THEM WITH A LASTING IMPRESSION OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND A REASON TO RETURN.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC WE GET FROM FIFA, I ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE A LOT.
ALL THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING US IT'S GONNA BE A LOT.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL, BUT REGARDLESS, UM, WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT, UH, JUNE AND JULY SUMMER, UM, WITH PEOPLE COMING TO GREEN PRAIRIE.
UH, SARAH, UH, CRICKET IS TYPICALLY BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY.
HAVE WE? DO WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE? WE DO HAVE THE SCHEDULE SO THEY CAN PEOPLE, 'CAUSE A LOT OF SOCCER FANS ARE, ARE CRICKET FANS TOO, SO YEAH.
UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S UM, COMING TO A, A CRICKET MATCH AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROACTIVE WITH ALL OF OUR MESSAGING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT TO CATCH A CRICKET MATCH WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET HAS ALSO, UM, BEEN DOING THAT SAME TARGETING.
UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY OVERLAPPING, UH, FIFA MATCHES HERE.
THE NINE THAT ARE HERE DON'T OVERLAP WITH ANY OF OUR CRICKET MATCHES.
SO IT REALLY WILL BE, WE'VE BEEN POSITIONING OURSELVES AS, HEY, WELL IT'S AN OFF DAY.
COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND ATTEND A CRICKET MATCH.
WHEN, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CRICKET.
WHEN'S THE FIRST CRICKET MATCH? OH MAN, DON'T TELL US TODAY.
UH, Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON HOW TO GET THE SCHEDULE OUT AND EVERYTHING, SO WE'LL ALL BE RECEIVING SOMETHING PRETTY SOON.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR SARAH? SO SPEAKING OF GETTING THE WORD OUT, I DID A, UH, A FAKE GRAND OPENING FOR ROSES, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY.
UH, CAME OUT THE DOOR, SAID UM, HEY, I'M AT ROSES.
WELL, THEY CAN, IT, THEY DON'T EVEN TELL ME WHEN THEY'RE GONNA USE IT.
THEY DO IT THE MORNING, THEY OPEN.
HOWEVER, I'M TALKING TO THE CONSTRUCTION CREW THAT ARE THERE THAT COME IN AND DO ALL THE ROSES AND THEY SAID, OH MY GOSH, MAYOR, Y'ALL ARE A SCAPE.
THEY HAD NEVER BEEN HERE, THEY'D NEVER BEEN ON 1 61 AND SAID, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE Y'ALL BESIDES SCAPE IN THE DFW AREA.
SO, UH, WE OUGHT TO GET HIM TO MAKE THAT A QUOTE
SO, UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW AND Y'ALL, HERE'S WHAT ROSAS DOES.
THE MORNING THEY OPEN, THEY BLAST IT THAT MORNING, NOT THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT MORNING.
HE SAID IT GIVES US FOUR HOURS OF KIND OF A SOFT OPENING BEFORE THE BUSLOADS SHOW UP.
SO Y'ALL WATCH SOME MORNING SOON? I'D SAY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS.
WE'VE HAD, YOU GUYS HAD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL? YES, SIR.
UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, UH, ANY
IS FINE FOR YOU TO DESIGNATE SOMEBODY TO ACCEPT THOSE.
UH, BUT THE MONEY THAT'S ACCEPTED, UH, WHO DECIDES HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY GOES, THAT MONEY GOES TO WHERE DOES IT GO? IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR.
SO THAT, UH, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING, UH, FUNDS ONE FULL-TIME POSITION IN
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OUR CRISIS SUPPORT UNIT.THERE ARE LIMITED USES OF WHAT THE FUNDS CAN BE, BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY DRY UP, RIGHT? IT IT WILL EVENTUALLY.
I I THINK FUNDING A POSITION WAS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT THE MONEY'S GOING TO DRY UP SOMEDAY.
BUT SO FAR, UH, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT HALF THE MONEY WE'VE TAKEN IN AND I BELIEVE THE PAYMENTS ARE SPREAD OUT OVER 10 YEARS.
UH, THIS MAY EXTEND IT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE DO, WE DO PLAN TO KEEP THE POSITION WHEN THE FUNDING DRIES OUT, BUT WE'RE SPENDING IT SLOWER THAN WE'RE BRINGING IT IN FRIDAY.
AND THAT, THAT POSITION DOES WHAT THEY WORK IN OUR CRISIS SUPPORT UNIT.
SO THEY, THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING WITH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THEY ALSO DO SOME WORK, UH, INTERNAL FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
WELL, THERE IS STILL AN OPIOID CRISIS.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S NOT MAKE OURSELVES THINK THAT THIS IS GOING AWAY.
UH, DOES ANY OF THIS MONEY HELP FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING TO, UH, DEPENDENT HEALTH ADDICTS TO GET OFF OF THAT STUFF? SO WE, IT HELPS 'EM GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
SO THIS, THIS POSITION IS NOT YOUR, YOUR POSITION HELPS THEM FIND YES.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SOMETHING.
OH, MARTIN, ONE QUICK ADDENDUM TO THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 12TH MEETING.
UM, I ADDED THE RESOLUTION NUMBERS TO THE MINUTES THAT ARE BEFORE YOUAS.
MEL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ABOUT THAT? IT CAN BE APPROVED AS A PART OF THE REGULAR MOTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 51, SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE VTCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 51 0.072 DELIBERATIONS, DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
LET'S, WE'RE GONNA RECESS, GO HAVE SUPPER WHILE WE'RE HAVING OUR EXEC MEETING.
MEETING WILL START HOPEFULLY PROMPTLY AT SIX 30.