Aug 18, 2025 City Council Special Meeting

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISM.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER.

COUNCIL MEMBER KIM WATERS.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD.

SENIOR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA HUGHES HERE.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

[a. Recognition of Miriam Gray and Kofile Technologies for their contributions to the preservation of Nance Farm historical documents ]

RECOGNITION OF MIRIAM GRAY AND COLD FILE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESERVATION OF FARM HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? OH, WAIT, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M IN THE RIGHT CITY.

HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY CALL UP MISS ROLANDO BRIGHAM TO KIND OF GET OUR PRESENTATION KICKED OFF. THEN I'M GOING TO DO MY PART. LET'S PUT IT.

CLAP IT OUT FOR HER. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET SOME WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NANCE FARM PROJECT, AND WE HAD A LOT OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PICK THEM UP AND THEY KIND OF DISINTEGRATE.

AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME GO TO COAL FILE.

AND I MET MISS MIRIAM GRAY, AND SHE SAID, PLEASE COME OUT.

LET ME GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.

AND I WENT TO THE FACILITY OF LEMON, AND THIS WONDERFUL MAN GAVE ME A TWO HOUR TOUR OF THIS AMAZING FACILITY.

I TOOK ALL OF OUR PAPERWORK.

WELL, I CHECKED WITH LEADERSHIP.

I TOOK ALL OF OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS TO THEM AND PUT THEM IN THEIR MOST CAPABLE HANDS. AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

THEY ARCHIVED EVERYTHING FROM START TO FINISH.

AND WE ARE JUST SO WONDERFUL.

WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THEM.

AND THEN TO PUT ICING ON THE CAKE.

THEY DID IT PRO BONO. SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR COLE FILE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE COLE FILE TECHNOLOGIES TEAM.

FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO PRESERVING DE SOTO'S HISTORY.

AND THROUGH THEIR PRO BONO WORK ON THE FARM ARCHIVES, THEY HAVE SAFEGUARDED A VITAL PART OF OUR HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND I WANT TO READ THIS MAYORAL COMMENDATION THAT WILL BE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU ALL TODAY. AND THEY ALL READ THE SAME, BUT EACH OF YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INDIVIDUAL ONE. AND IT SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF DE SOTO, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL PRO BONO EFFORTS IN PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS OF NANCY FOR YOUR TEAM'S DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE, HAVE PROTECTED A VITAL CHAPTER OF OUR CITY'S HERITAGE AND ENSURED ITS ACCESSIBILITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE COMMEND YOUR PARTICULAR CRAFTSMANSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO HISTORICAL INTEGRITY THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS. NANCE FARM REMAINS NOT ONLY PRESERVED, BUT BROUGHT TO LIFE FOR EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS AND RESIDENTS WHO SEEK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY'S ROOTS.

YOUR WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND REMINDS US OF THE ESSENTIAL ROLE PRESERVATION PLAYS IN HONORING THE PAST WHILE INSPIRING THE FUTURE.

ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, AUGUST 18TH, CI MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PROCTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS CERTAINLY OUR PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO DO THIS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND WE CERTAINLY ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO BRING THE PERSON UP.

LINDA HOLSTON, WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON YOUR PROJECT TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HI, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO TAKE THE TIME TO WORK ON THE NANCE FARM RECORDS.

WE ENGAGE WITH A LOT OF VITAL RECORDS.

REAL PROPERTY RECORDS. BUT IT'S NOT AS COMMON FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE, LIKE, LOCAL COMMUNITY HISTORIES. SO IT WAS A PLEASURE TO TAKE A BREAK FROM KIND OF THE

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SO THANK YOU. I THINK THEY WANT TO GET A PHOTO.

THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY. NOT THAT I DIDN'T GET.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY WE HERE AT THE CITY OF DESOTO.

LIKE MAYOR PROCTOR SAID, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

WILL LIVE LONG PAST MY LIFETIME AND MANY OF OUR LIFETIMES HERE.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM.

AND WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR FLYING ALL THE WAY IN FROM CHICAGO FOR THIS EVENING.

CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR MISS MARION? SHE FLEW ALL THE WAY IN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT NANCE FARMS AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US OUR NEXT

[b. Presentation of Financial Report July 2025]

NEXT, WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL REPORT JULY 2025 FROM INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR NIKITA SUTTON.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OKAY. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JULY 2025.

AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ABOUT 83% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE ARE TEN MONTHS IN. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

YOU CAN SEE OUR VARIOUS REVENUE SOURCES LISTED HERE.

OF COURSE, OUR PROPERTY TAX.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT FINISHED COLLECTING THOSE FOR THE YEAR ALREADY AT 97.2%.

OUR SALES TAX IS TRACKING SOMEWHAT BEHIND WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF SEEING THAT TREND A LITTLE BIT DOWN THIS YEAR, BUT CURRENTLY AT 66.8%.

PERCENT. ALSO, KEEPING IN MIND THESE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS IN, SO WE STILL HAVE A FEW MONTHS MORE TO COLLECT THERE.

WHILE THE OTHER SOURCES ARE AT ABOUT TEN MONTHS IN.

SAME THING WITH MIXED DRINKS.

A DRINK TAX IS TRACKING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN OUR SALES TAX.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER VARIOUS REVENUE SOURCES LISTED HERE.

OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL WHICH IS HOUSES OUR SRO REVENUE, OUR FUNDS AND FORFEITURES INTEREST REVENUE.

WE'RE AT 113%, WHICH WE KNEW WE WOULD TRACK VERY WELL THIS YEAR.

DUE TO INTEREST RATES, THEY ARE TRENDING DOWN VERSUS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT STILL, WE'VE BROUGHT IN JUST OVER $1 MILLION IN INTEREST REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR OUR BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND TOTAL 64.3 MILLION AND WE BROUGHT IN 58.3 MILLION.

AND THAT PUTS US AT 90.7% COMPARED TO 94% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

IN OUR GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR DEPARTMENTS LISTED WITH THEIR BUDGETS LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE. YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE PERCENTAGES ON THE END.

EACH DEPARTMENT IS TRACKING PRETTY WELL AGAINST BUDGET.

WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT WENT JUST A BIT OVER AS OF THIS TIME IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

OUR ECONOMIC INCENTIVE.

WE NORMALLY BUDGET THAT RIGHT ON TIME.

THERE WAS ONE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE THAT WAS A 383, 80 AGREEMENT THAT I THINK WE OWED THE ENTITY ABOUT 10,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.

AND THAT PUT US OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE ARE DONE PAYING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR THE YEAR.

OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS TRACKING JUST A BIT OVER AS WELL, AT 105.8%. ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THERE IS FINAL PAY FOR EMPLOYEES, AND WE'VE HAD SOME DEPARTING EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR THAT KIND OF PUT US OVER WHERE WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE SOME UNEXPECTED DEPARTURES.

ALSO, JUST ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE LISTED HERE.

SO OVERALL, WE BUDGETED TO SPEND 63.9 AND WE'VE SPENT $51 MILLION SO FAR THIS FISCAL

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IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, OUR BUDGET IS 30.4 MILLION, WITH OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES BEING OUR METERED WATER SALES AND SEWER SALES.

FOR WATER SALES, WE HAVE COLLECTED 10.5 MILLION FOR SEWER.

OUT OF THE 16.1 BUDGETED, WE'VE COLLECTED 13.4 MILLION.

WE'VE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF 26.1 MILLION SO FAR.

AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND THAT PUTS US AT 85% VERSUS 81.7% THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ALSO OUR EXPENSE EXPENSES BY CATEGORY ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

WE ARE AT 87.1% FOR OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND EXPENSES, VERSUS 86% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

IN OUR SANITATION FUND, WE HAVE OUR REVENUE SOURCES LISTED.

OUR MAIN ONE IS, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE OUR SANITATION FEES THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE CUSTOMERS.

66.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE BUDGETED.

WE HAVE COLLECTED 5.2 MILLION, PUTTING US AT 83% OF BUDGET.

OVERALL, WE ARE AT 85.9% OF BUDGET VERSUS 87% LAST YEAR.

AND OUR EXPENSES, WE ARE AT 71.4% IN SANITATION VERSUS 70.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

IN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS.

X, YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION REPORT FROM DALLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS A HUB REPORT THROUGH JULY 2025.

OUR HUB REPORT HAS ASSESSED 17.3% FOR YEAR TO DATE THROUGH JULY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON.

I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR INCLUDING THE SRO REVENUE ON THE TOP SHEET.

WE DIDN'T GET THE OVERTIME, THOUGH, TO BALANCE IT AGAINST IT, BUT I GET IT. I GET I'M GONNA SAVE THIS SHEET FOR NEXT TIME WE MEET.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OVERTIME WHEN THAT ONE IS QUARTERLY.

SO I WAS JUST ABOUT THAT.

YES. YES, THAT ONE IS QUARTERLY.

SO. OKAY, SO YOU GET YOUR FUNDING QUARTERLY.

BECAUSE SOMETHING I LEARNED IS THAT THE ISD'S BUDGET IS DONE IN JUNE, SO YOU ALREADY KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALLYING IN, ARE YOU? YOU'RE BRINGING IN WHAT YOU'RE THEY'RE ALREADY PROPOSING FOR BUDGET FOR SROS AT ALL. WE ARE. YES, BECAUSE THEY START ON JULY 1ST AND WE START OCTOBER 1ST.

SO OKAY. YES. BECAUSE WE NEVER SEE IT ITEMIZED OUT.

SO THAT WOULD BE NICE.

I KNOW I THINK WE'VE SEEN IT TOO.

OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL FEES.

I DO SEE THE DIRECTORS HERE TOO.

YES, I, I SAW THAT BEFORE I CAME AND I LOOKED THAT UP AND MY FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE DID BUDGET 508,000.

WE ARE NOT AT 212,000.

WE ARE AT 478,000. SO I CHECKED THAT BEFORE I LEFT.

SO THAT DID BUMP, BUMP US ALL THE WAY UP.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE AS FAR AS WHAT WE BUDGETED.

SO YEAH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT ONE THEN UPDATE. BUT YES, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH RECREATION FEES.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN BURKE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE DDC MEETING, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SALES TAX IS A LAGGING.

IS A LAG LAGGING REVENUE STREAMS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEHIND? NORMALLY, BUT BUT YOU MAY MENTIONED DURING THE DDC MEETING THAT SALES TAX IS LAGGING BEHIND THIS YEAR IN GENERAL.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT LAGGING FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT IT'S LAGGING FOR THE REGION AS WELL.

WOULD YOU UPDATE US ON ON WHY THAT IS IN THE PERSPECTIVE ON WHY THE SALES TAX IS LAGGING.

A CITIZEN ACTUALLY SENT ME A NOTE OVER THE WEEKEND ASKING, WHY IS CEDAR HILL THIS, THIS, AND DESOTO IS THAT SO? MAYBE IT'LL BRING SOME CLARITY NOT ONLY TO HIM, BUT TO TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

SURE. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT.

SO TO BE AT 66.8% AND WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE CLOSER TO 80% THIS TIME OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR SISTER CITIES AS WELL AS JUST CITIES IN THE REGION.

AND EVEN THE CITIES WITH BIGGER ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.

AS I WAS EXPLAINING IN THE DDC MEETING, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEHIND AS WELL.

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WE WE'RE BUDGETED AT 11.6 MILLION BY THE TIME WE ACCOUNT FOR THE 60 DAYS AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSES. WE DO BELIEVE WE'LL GET CLOSE TO OUR TO OUR TARGET.

WE'RE JUST SEEING JUST AROUND THE REGION.

THEY'RE JUST GENERALLY TRACKING BEHIND THIS YEAR AND JUST A COMMENT.

WE UNDERSTOOD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SALES TAX IS OBVIOUSLY DRIVEN BY SALES AND AND SOMETIMES THE, THE TARIFFS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON IS HAPPENING IS AFFECTING US REGIONALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AND IN MANY CASES ARE JUST HOLDING ON TO MONEY THAT THEY MIGHT SPEND.

THEY ARE THEY ARE THE TARIFFS.

YOU KNOW, ANYTIME PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THAT, IT'S JUST THAT WHEN THAT'S BLOWING AROUND IN THE AIR, IT MAKES ALL OF US JUST WATCH THINGS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST JUDGE THIS TYPE OF THING.

ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE COST OF EGGS NOW IN THE COST OF MILK NOW VERSUS WHAT IT USED TO BE? WHEN YOU USUALLY GO IN AND YOU WOULD BUY A GALLON, YOU MAY BE BUYING A HALF A GALLON.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF PINCHING JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING.

ALSO. WE KNOW THAT WHENEVER THE FEDS ARE GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE INTEREST RATES, RIGHT. WE'RE HEARING THAT IN THE AIR, AND I'M ALMOST WILLING TO BET BY THE TIME WE ARE AT THE END OF OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER AT LEAST 0.25 DECREASE IN OUR INTEREST RATES.

SO YOU MAY BE SEEING SOME EMAILS FROM YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PREPARING YOU FOR ANOTHER DECREASE THERE.

SO IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.

AND WITH THE WITH THE IDEA OF SB TWO, A PIVOT, IF YOU WOULD, FROM PROPERTY TAXES TO SALES TAXES, THAT IS EVEN MORE SO. WHY DESOTO SHOULD BE POSITIONING OURSELVES TO DIVERSIFY REVENUE STREAMS TO GET AWAY SO MUCH FROM SALES TAX.

I MEAN, FROM PROPERTY TAX TO A DIVERSITY TO A DIVERSIFIED SALES TAX.

ABSOLUTELY. INVESTING IN INSTITUTIONS THAT WILL BRING SALES REVENUE NOT ONLY FROM WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF DESOTO.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO DRIVE OUR REVENUE SOURCES.

YOU KNOW, THESE PAST FEW YEARS, WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RELY SO HEAVILY ON PROPERTY TAX.

IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE OUR MAIN SOURCE, BUT WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO BRING REVENUE INTO THE CITY OF DESOTO.

THANK YOU. MISS. COUNCILWOMAN PARKER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL EARLIER OR SEND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WILL WAIT FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO.

BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT.

IF YOU'LL GO BACK, I THINK TWO PAGES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S TWO PAGES RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AND THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL.

I REMEMBER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND BEING IT BEING BROKEN DOWN FOR US AND PROVIDED AT EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE.

AND I THINK THERE WAS MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE IT.

SO CAN WE GET THAT PROVIDED TO US? THE BREAKDOWN OF THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S SITTING AT 105 AND WE'RE JUST, WHAT, ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS OUT FROM THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.

SO IT'S ABOUT 5% OVER OVER BUDGET.

AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVE IS AT 4% OVER.

AND SO THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY THAT ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PIECE IS WHAT THAT ALL ENTAILS.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS THERE AND WHY IT'S 4% OVER.

BUT THOSE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU, AND I THINK I ASKED IN THE EMAILS AS WELL ABOUT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, I KNOW IT'S ONLY ABOUT 3% OVER WHERE WE ARE AS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUDGET BEING AT 83%, IT'S ONLY 3% OVER. BUT WHAT ALL IS AS FAR AS THE ECONOMIC, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS THAT FOR JUST UPGRADES OR I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING NEW HAPPENING THAT CAUSED THAT TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT OR POINT ME TO IS IT? WHICH ONE? INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE GENERAL FUND.

YEAH. ON THIS PAGE, IT'S ON THIS PAGE.

AND IT'S NUMBER 55. I'M SORRY.

OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I LET LET ME.

YEAH. LET ME TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO THAT.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A MAJOR ONE.

THAT WAS KIND OF OFF, BUT.

YEAH, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE, AND I'LL. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE.

THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO OCCUR WITH INFORMATION, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE.

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SO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM I KNOW WOULD BE ONE THAT'S OVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS FAR AS THE UPGRADES, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MORE CAPITAL ITEMS. SO REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE IT BUDGET, BUT THOSE INITIAL PURCHASES WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE CAPITAL BUDGETS.

OKAY. AND SO THE ONLY THING FOR MY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS YOU WERE GOING TO PROVIDE THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL AS TO WHY WE'RE 5% OVER, AND THEN WHATEVER THAT ECONOMIC INCENTIVE IS, IF YOU'LL GIVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN MY LAST ITEM ON THIS IS THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HUB.

THAT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THAT WORK IS COMING FROM THE AQUATIC CENTER.

THAT'S DRIVING THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY THAT'S HELPING TO DRIVE THAT NUMBER? TO BE AS HIGH AS IT IS AND AS GOOD? NOT AT THIS TIME. WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT IS WHERE IT IS, WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I, I'M GOING TO SAY THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE HUBS AT THE ARC.

OKAY. WELL, I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN ONCE THE ARC GETS ARGUES THAT TO THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN DRIVE IT TO DO THE SAME THING. I SURE HOPE SO.

OKAY, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. MISS SUTTON, I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

NEXT WE HAVE MAKING A PRESENTATION IS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ISOM CAMERON.

[c. Presentation of update on proposed changes to bulk and brush collection ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

JUST AT THE JULY 25TH, I THINK BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING, WE HAD A TWO DAY MEETING, BUT BUT ON THE 25TH WE DISCUSSED SANITATION AS ONE OF THE TOPICS. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS.

AND THEN WE GOT SOME INPUT FROM COUNCIL.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS JUST WE WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.

AND SO SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE.

WE ARE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WITH TRASH AS IT RELATES TO BULK AND BRUSH.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO HELP US MITIGATE THOSE CHALLENGES ARE WE TALKED ABOUT DISCONTINUING THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR CALLING IN FOR BRUSH AND BULK PICKUP. AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TRANSITION TO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL IN FOR MONTHLY BRUSH AND BULK. WE WANT A TRANSITION TO A QUADRANT BASED FORMAT, WHERE THE CITY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR SECTIONS, FOUR MAJOR SECTIONS, AND THEN EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS WILL HAVE A WEEK DESIGNATED WEEK OF EACH MONTH FOR BRUSH AND BULK PICKUP.

AND SO THAT IS UNLESS THERE IS A REQUESTED SECOND PICKUP IN THE MONTH, THEN, THEN THAT PARTICULAR SECOND PICKUP, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WOULD HAVE TO BE SCHEDULED TO BE PICKED UP, AND THERE MAY BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL. AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES.

IT HELPS ELIMINATE YOU KNOW, SPORADIC PICKUPS IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO MY MY, MY MY BRUSH GETS PICKED UP ON MY NEIGHBOR'S DOESN'T BECAUSE ONE OF US DIDN'T CALL IN BUT THE OTHER ONE DID.

SO EVERYTHING GETS PICKED UP NOW IN THAT AREA.

WE ALSO IT ALSO ALLOWS REPUBLICANS TO KNOW WHERE TO GO TO PICK UP THE BRUSH NOW ONE DESIGNATED AREA. AND THEN IF I'M A RESIDENT, I KNOW WHEN TO PLACE MY BRUSH OUT OR BULK OUT AS WELL. NOW, WE DID TALK ABOUT BASED ON COUNCIL SUGGESTION THAT WE KEEP AN ON CALL OPTION WITH A FEE AND THAT'S FOR THAT WOULD BE FOR MOVE OUTS AND OR UNSCHEDULED SET OUTS.

SAY, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M A PROPERTY OWNER OR A RESIDENT IN A PROPERTY AND I DECIDED TO MOVE OUT AND IT'S NOT DURING MY WEEK TO PLACE MY BULK OUT, THEN I CAN PLACE IT OUT, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CALL IT IN OR REPORT IT AND THEN GET IT SCHEDULED TO BE PICKED UP.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER UNSCHEDULED TIMES, YOU KNOW, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, A TREE BRANCH OF LEMON FALLS AND IT'S ENDANGERING THE HOUSE OR PROPERTY OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. YOU WANT TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY.

YOU CAN'T WAIT. MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WAIT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO ALLOW FOR SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ADDITIONAL COST OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY BILL.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT DESIGNATING MAY AND MAY THROUGH JULY AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS HIGH VOLUME MONTHS FOR BRUSH.

AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO THERE IS AGAIN, BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THAT. AND WE DID WE DID LOOK, WE DID TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE

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AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY PLACE A LINK TO THE REPUBLIC APP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO LOOK DIG A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE ANY TYPE OF API INTERFACE TO THAT, BUT WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE A LINK TO REPUBLIC'S PAGE ON OUR SITE, SO WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOLID A SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR POSITION, YOU KNOW, AND THIS PERSON THERE, THEY WILL BE THE SOLE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACT WITH REPUBLIC, WITH THE RESIDENTS, WITH THE OTHER OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEVOTING THE ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO, TO DEVOTE TO, TO, TO SANITATION AND THEN THE SECOND STREET SWEEPER POSITION, SECOND STREET STREET SWEEPER POSITION AND A SECOND STREET SWEEPER VEHICLE.

AND SO I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE USED TO, USED TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE CITY IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME TO GET BACK AROUND.

AND NOW WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. NOW IT'S TAKEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET IT BACK AROUND. THE CITY HAS GROWN AND SO THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER STREETS WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO, TO SERVICE THE CITY IT BETTER.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT A PILOT.

AND SO WE DID IDENTIFY AN AREA TO AND I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE DID IDENTIFY AN AREA TO CONDUCT A PILOT PROGRAM TO KIND OF ROLL OUT THESE NEW CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN WORK OUT THE KINKS BEFORE WE ROLL THEM OUT CITYWIDE.

AND THEN WE DID SEND OUT COMMUNICATION TO THE RESIDENTS ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST.

AND SO WE EACH, EACH RESIDENT RECEIVED A LETTER EXPLAINING THEM OF OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND THEN LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEIR AREA HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR PILOT AND THEN ASKING FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN AN UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD, SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT AND GET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FURTHER EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM, FURTHER EXPLAIN THE PILOT.

AND SO TO MAKE SURE, WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND WE'RE TARGETED THE PILOT GROUP SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE PILOT. BUT WHAT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO IS WORK ON A CITYWIDE COMMUNICATION TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING, SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW. AND WE'LL BE ROLLING THAT OUT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A MAP OF THE PROPOSED QUADRANTS AND YOU'LL SEE WEEK ONE, WEEK TWO, WEEK THREE, WEEK FOUR.

THOSE ARE THE THOSE WILL BE THE DESIGNATED WEEKS OF EACH MONTH.

FOR THOSE AREAS. AND THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED THAT THIS THIS WILL BE THEIR WEEK FOR THEIR BRUSH TO BE PICKED UP.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A PRETTY EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF HOMES IN EACH, EACH QUADRANT. SO IT SHOULD HELP TO MAKE THE PICKUP MORE EFFICIENT.

WE USED TO HAVE THE BRUSH AND BOAT PICKUPS SEPARATED ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH LINES, HAMILTON AND PLEASANT RUN.

BUT BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN THAT HAS MORE HOMES THAN OTHERS.

AND SO IT WAS NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED, SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR GIS MANAGER AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC TO HELP IDENTIFY THIS AS A AS A MORE, I THINK, A MORE EFFECTIVE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE TRASH, COLLECT THE BRUSH AND BULK.

AND BECAUSE OF GIS, WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW EACH EACH PROPERTY ADDRESS WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY.

SO WE COULD BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

AND AGAIN, THE PILOTED AREA WILL BE THE WEEK TWO AREA.

RIGHT. IT'S A CENTRALLY LOCATED AREA OF TOWN.

IT IS A MORE A MORE ESTABLISHED AREA OF TOWN AND NOT A LOT OF HOA REPRESENTATION IN THAT AREA. SO WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THIS WILL ALSO HELP US TO GET BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND ACTIVATED IN THIS PROCESS.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAD. COUNCIL HAD ASKED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING CARTS. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS COULD RESIDENTS OBTAIN A SECOND CART, AND AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'LL BE A FEE FOR THAT SECOND CART.

WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY $8.50 PER MONTH, AND THAT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRASH CART, NOT THE RECYCLED CART.

NO, THAT WILL BE THE ANSWER WILL BE NO ON THE RECYCLED CART.

OBVIOUSLY RECYCLING IS NOT SORT OF TRASH IS MORE OF A HEALTH FACTOR, RIGHT? WHEN YOU RECYCLE AND RECYCLING, YOU'RE RECYCLING CLEAN MATERIALS.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHILE WE'RE HERE YOU'RE SAYING YES TO AN ADDITIONAL TRASH CART. LIKE IF A PURSE, IF A HOME HAS MORE TRASH THAN ONE BEING CAN

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CORRECT. NOT NO TO THE RECYCLE CART.

YES, MA'AM. AT THIS. AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE COMMENT. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT SO YOU KNOW, THESE THESE CARDS HAVE TO BE PURCHASED AND THEN MANAGED AND MAINTAINED AND, AND AND THEN REPAIRED IF NECESSARY AND ALL THAT.

BUT THE IDEA IS, AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHICH ONE IS MORE PERTINENT, IT IS WE THINK IT'S THE TRASH CARD BECAUSE FROM A FROM A HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDPOINT, YOU WANT TO REMOVE, REMOVE THE, THE TRASH FROM THE, FROM THE HOME. AND THEN THAT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN EXCHANGE LARGER CART, THE LARGE 95 GALLON CART FOR A SMALLER CART AGAIN.

YES. THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE ACCESS TO PROVIDE 65 GALLON CART.

NOW, THEY DON'T STORE THESE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THESE CARTS IN STORAGE. RIGHT. BECAUSE MAINLY EVERYBODY THAT THEY SERVICE UTILIZES THE 95 GALLON CART.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO PURCHASE THESE CARDS.

AND SO IF YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WELL, THAT'S WHY THE QUESTION WAS HOW MANY RIGHT AND RIGHT. WHAT WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING AT DOING RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR SUPPLIER, WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE FOR A 65 GALLON CAR AND THEN WHAT THE MINIMUM ORDER WOULD BE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY THEY DON'T THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT AS WELL. BUT JUST SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE COST SAY IF WE HAVE 10,000 RESIDENTS WHO SAY IF THEY WANT A SMALLER CAR AND THEN SAY IF IT WAS $20 A CAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT, $200,000? I BELIEVE IF MY MATH IS RIGHT.

SO IT COULD IT COULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO, TO DO THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU WHEN REPUBLIC ASKED WHEN WAS ASKED THE QUESTION, THEY WERE SAYING, YES, IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. BUT IF IT'S IF IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT CAN STILL BE ACCOMMODATED.

BUT THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST FACTOR THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.

AND SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT UTILIZING THE PILOT AGAIN TO GAUGE THAT DEMAND WHILE WE HAVE THAT CAPTIVE AUDIENCE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT.

AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN USE THAT TO KIND OF ALSO DETERMINE WHAT THE OVERALL DEMAND WILL BE CITYWIDE, AS WELL AS UTILIZING THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND THEN WHAT IF A RESIDENT WANTED TO TURN IN A RECYCLED CART AND DIDN'T WANT TO RECYCLE AT ALL AGAIN? YES, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT THERE WILL BE NO DECREASE IN DECREASE IN THE MONTHLY RATE FOR THAT EITHER.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL ASKED ABOUT.

AND THOSE ARE SOME THINGS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC SO FAR ON THOSE.

YES, SIR. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD.

OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF LIGHTS, SO LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHOSE LIGHT WAS ON. FIRST. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER I THINK THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION TO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT PEOPLE HAD JUST PUT OUT THE BAGS AGAIN.

THAT WAS A QUESTION. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ANSWER TO THAT. THAT WOULD NOT BE IDEAL.

I MEAN, SO SO WHEN WE WHEN WE EMBARKED UPON THIS, THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE ONE.

SO LET ME SAY THIS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU RIDE THROUGH THE CITY NOW AND I TRY TO DO THAT FREQUENTLY, YOU RIDE THROUGH THE CITY. NOW, YOU YOU DON'T SEE AS MUCH LITTER ON THE STREETS.

IT'S JUST THE CITY IS CLEAN.

PRIOR TO US GETTING THESE CARS, YOU KNOW, THE BRUSH.

YEAH, WELL, EXCEPT FOR THE BRUSH.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. BUT. BUT PRIOR TO US GETTING THESE CARS, THAT WAS LITTER. YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN ANY STREET IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'D SEE TRASH, LITTER AND DEBRIS. YOU DON'T SEE THAT NOW.

AND WE I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THESE CARTS.

SO I WOULD REALLY HATE TO SEE US GO AWAY FROM CARTS.

AND THEN THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED.

I WAS ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES REGARDING THE AUTOMATED SILO TRUCKS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO THOSE DURING THIS CONTRACT, AND I THOUGHT I KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT I NEEDED SOME BACKUP.

SO I WENT BACK AND I WATCHED THE VIDEOS FROM THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS WE HAD. AND DURING THOSE MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION FOR AUTOMATED SILO, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS CONTRACT.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE, EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ON CARTS AND THE SILO TRUCK COMES DOWN THE STREET. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE BAG. THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE CART AND WHAT THE BAG IS GOING TO REMAIN THERE.

AND JUST IN ADDITION TO WHAT SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL CART, THE PERSON PUTS, THE ADDITIONAL CART THEY MUST PUT.

THEY CAN PUT BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME DAY, AND THEY WILL BE PICKED UP BOTH OF THEM.

IT CANNOT BE THE RECYCLE AND THE NO RECYCLE HAS THIS HAS THIS SPECIFIC DAY.

OKAY. AND THE TRASH HAS IT HAS A SPECIFIC BAG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER I HAD EVEN HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH SOME MEMBERS OF OUR LITTER CREW, AND THEY EVEN SAID THEY NOTICED A BIG

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THAT IT WAS HELPING TO CONTAIN THE TRASH.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUST A STATEMENT WHILE WE WERE TALKING UNDER THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.

WHAT IF I HAVE A I DON'T THINK YOU MIGHT.

MIGHT. MAYBE YOU ADDRESSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT.

AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO ADDRESS. BUT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME IF THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR THEIR RECYCLE CART FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRASH CART.

SO IF THAT IS SO, IF I HAVE A TRASH CARD, A 90, 95 GALLON AND I WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER 95 GALLON TRASH CARD, IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? YES. SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TRASH CARD.

NO, BUT CAN I CAN I CHANGE IN? NO, NO. NOT IN PLACE OF I CAN'T CHANGE IN MY MY MY RECYCLE.

YOU CAN TURN IT. YOU CAN TURN IT. YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR RECYCLE.

RIGHT. YES. OKAY. AND GET AN ADDITIONAL.

BUT YOU GET A LOW LOW PRICE.

YEAH. BUT YOU, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT CLARITY OF IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, YOU CAN CONTINUE, MR. CAMERON.

SO NEXT STEPS. WE AGAIN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE PILOT AREA, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PILOT FOR BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THE END OF NOVEMBER.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON A CITYWIDE COMMITTEE.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE CITYWIDE COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ROLL THAT OUT. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN ROLLING THAT OUT IN SEPTEMBER, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY SOME DATES AND FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER TO HAVE SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT JANUARY AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH ALL, ALL OF THAT, WE'LL WORK OUT ANY OTHER KINKS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL IT OUT CITYWIDE JANUARY 1ST. I THINK THAT IS ALL ON MY SLIDES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CAMERON, FOR WALKING THIS OUT WITH THE PUBLIC.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE TIME THAT THAT IS TAKING YOU TO INVEST IN THIS.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GET BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE OR YOU GET AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU WASN'T EXPECTING, THERE IS SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF MAN HOURS THAT FOR STAFF THAT'S TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING BULK TRASH THEREOF.

AND JUST THIS WHOLE MISHAP IS IS REPUBLIC DOING.

I APPLAUD THEM FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE TABLE TO CHANGE.

BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER COMPENSATION THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR END TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS OR DO IS THIS JUST CHANGE COURSE AND KEEP GOING WITH THE SAME PEOPLE? NO THEY HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED ANY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CARTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY.

I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY THEY WERE WILLING TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS WITH THE CARTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE INVESTED, PARTNER. I THINK I THINK THE OTHER THING, TOO, THAT I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT IS SAYING IS THE FACT THAT SO THE PUBLIC IS TRYING TO EXECUTE IS A, IS A IS A SERVICE THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED THEM TO.

AND SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT AT ACTUALLY, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO THAT BASED ON THERE ARE A LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO THIS ROLLOUT THAT WE DIDN'T FORESEE. AND SO SO WAS THAT ON US TO FORESEE THAT OR FOR THEM THE OTHER PROFESSIONALS, I WOULD SAY THEM, BUT I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. BUT THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, MA'AM, THAT HAS BEEN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE STILL DRIVING AND I'M SEEING OLD BULK.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT IS THAT TRIGGERED BY ME HARASSING MISS BECKY TO GET SOMEBODY? SHE SAYS, NO, IT'S NOT.

NO. IS THERE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT NOW TO SWEEP THE ENTIRE CITY? I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS.

I, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REACHED OUT AND TO GET CERTAIN AREAS AN ADDRESS. BUT IS THERE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CLEAN UP WHAT IS CURRENTLY SEEN? BECAUSE I STILL SEE STUFF TO NOT THE TRASH, BUT THE BULK.

CORRECT? NO, WE SO WE WHAT WE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TAKE WE DID DO A SWEEP A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WE DID DO A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE ENTIRE CITY.

BROUGHT IN A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.

REPUBLIC DID TO CLEAN TO CLEAN THE CITY.

AND BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE THEN IS MORE BRUSH PLACED OUT IN ADDITIONAL RAINS AND STUFF. SO THAT DID IMPACT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS ASSESS WHERE WE ARE TO SEE IF, IN FACT, THERE IS NEED. I DO GET EMAILS ON WE DO GET EMAILS ON THE,

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SO WE'RE SEEING THAT THEY ARE MAKING.

THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON GETTING THOSE BACKLOG OF WORK ORDERS CLEANED UP, BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE DATES THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO I CAN SEE HOW HOW OLD THEY ARE.

AND SO THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S BUT THERE'S A NEED TO DO ANOTHER SWEEP OR GET AN IDEA OF WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE BEING CAUGHT UP.

AND IF IT'S TOO FAR OUT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

WHAT'S CONSIDERED TOO FAR OUT? WELL, I'M SAYING IF THEY IF THEY'RE SAYING IT MAY TAKE ME, IT MAY TAKE THEM ANOTHER 60 DAYS TO GET CAUGHT UP, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT.

IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TALKING THE NEXT 20 OR 30 DAYS, THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO BE OKAY WITH THAT AS LONG AS WE SEE IN PROGRESS.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE EXPECTATION. AND THEN THE THE STREET SWEEPER KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND SWEEP STRIPPER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

I WITH THE SANITATION FUND.

I MEAN I'M, I KNOW I'VE SLEPT SINCE WE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT IN THE PRESENTATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ALSO HELPING MITIGATE SOME OF THE DEBRIS AND TRASH IS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S STOPPING IT AS A, AS A IS IT WHY WAS IT MENTIONED HERE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST BEING DONE WITHIN THE BUDGET WHAT IT IS BEING DONE IN THE BUDGET.

AND SO I BROUGHT THAT UP.

I BROUGHT THAT PIECE UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M REMINDING COUNCIL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, ALWAYS AS A PART OF THAT BUDGET PROCESS.

SO IT WILL BE DONE WITH AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUGHES.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND MY COLLEAGUE COVERED A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A CONCENTRATED EFFORT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO START A PILOT FOR X NUMBER OF DAYS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE REST OF THE CITY.

WHEN YOU DO THE BRUSH.

MAY, JUNE AND JULY. NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

WHY JUST THOSE TIME FRAMES? BECAUSE. SO WHAT WE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, WHAT WE LEARNED THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR FOR MAY THROUGH JULY, YOU KNOW, AND FIRST OF ALL, MAY. THAT'S THE MAY THROUGH JULY.

THAT'S A HEAVY GROWING PERIOD FOR BRUSH, GRASS, TREES, EVERYTHING. BUT THEN YOU YOU COMBINE THAT WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE GET DURING THAT PERIOD AND THEN STORMS. IT JUST CREATES A PERFECT STORM.

STORM, NO PUN INTENDED FOR A BRUSH, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A ONE OFF, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND SO NOW WE SAID, OKAY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE PAY ATTENTION TO AND PLAN FOR AS OPPOSED TO BEING REACTIVE.

THANK YOU. ANOTHER GOOD POINT MY COLLEAGUE MADE WAS ABOUT THE INCENTIVES.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, DID WE CHECK WITH ANY OTHER VENDORS FOR FOR TRASH PICKUP? I KNOW REPUBLIC'S BEEN LOYAL, BEEN FAITHFUL AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING, BUT HAVE WE JUST EVEN LOOKED? SO WHAT? SO REMEMBER WE DID A WE DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IN 2023 2023.

SO YEAH, I THINK 2022 WE WENT OUT TO THE MARKET AND WE DID GET SOLICITATION PROPOSALS, RESPONSES I'M SORRY FROM ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT FIRMS, REPUBLIC BEING ONE OF THEM.

AND SO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF, OF PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS, IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS, WE EVEN WE EVEN CREATED A AD HOC COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP US KIND OF WADE THROUGH THAT.

SO WE WE LANDED ON REPUBLIC THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC, THAT'S THAT'S AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT. ONCE ONCE WE ENTER INTO THAT CONTRACT, IT'S EXCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF THEY'RE THE EXCLUSIVE WASTE HAULER FOR THE CITY.

DO WE NOT HAVE AN OUT CLAUSE IN THERE? AND WE'RE JUST CURIOUS. YEAH I MEAN THAT'S ALWAYS IN OUR CLAUSE FOR NONPERFORMANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WHEN WE WHEN WE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, DO WE MAKE OUR DEMANDS OR WE ASK THEM WHAT THEY DO? BOTH. YEAH, WE MAKE DEMANDS AS WELL.

OKAY. LAST QUESTION ON OUR WE USED TO HAVE A LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A FORMER CITY MANAGER INITIATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WELL, WITH THE CHANGE, I KNOW CHANGE HAPPENS, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH KEEPING THE CITY CLEANER.

YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT REVISING.

AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK WE'RE TRANSITIONING THAT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT REVISING THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER, FOR VOLUNTEERING.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN NORTH, IT WAS ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN.

YES IT WAS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER PARKER ASKED A QUESTION PRIOR TO. SO I GO IN ORDER, AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROUND.

I TRY TO GET EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO ASK THE AT LEAST ONE QUESTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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FIRST, I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE LARGE BOOK PICKUP.

I HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN MY AREA AS WELL.

AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL MORE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT'S PUTTING DONE HERE.

I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW, WITH THAT SAID TO MAKE SURE THAT REPUBLIC DOESN'T COME BACK LATER ON TO TRY TO PASS ON ANY ADDITIONAL COST TO US BECAUSE THIS WAS A MISHAP ON THEIR END. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES COMPANIES DO WANT TO TRY TO PASS THAT COST ON, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SAYING, OH YEAH, WE'LL WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, TOWARD THE END, THEY TRY TO TACK THAT COST ON. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION TIME.

WE CAN STILL REFER BACK TO THIS ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT FAVORABLE SERVICE, WE WANT BETTER SERVICE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORKING WITH US, BUT THAT THIS COST IS NOT PASSED ON TO THE CITY NOR OUR RESIDENTS.

POINT TAKEN. THANK THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO I WANT TO ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK EARLIER.

I DID ASK YOU VIA EMAIL ABOUT THE ACTUAL COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PILOT TWO OR PILOT ONE, AND I WAS ASKING THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SITTING IN WEEK TWO THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. AND SO I HAD ASKED FOR THE LETTER THAT THEY RECEIVED SO THAT MAYBE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN ALSO DRIVE THOSE FOLKS TO THE MEETING SO THAT THEY WILL GET THE COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON FACEBOOK AND IT'S NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANYTHING.

SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THAT EMAIL CAME ACROSS ASKING FOR THAT.

AND THEN SECONDLY, I ASKED FOR A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FOR THE FOR THE BULK TRASH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IT THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING ON SATURDAY IN PERSON, AND THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE END UP IN THE SAME PLACE WE WERE IN WHEN WE GOT TO THIS BOOK, TRASH PEOPLE, SAYING, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START BEGINNING TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE, BUT PART OF THE ATTENDANCE MEANS THE OUTREACH.

CORRECT. HOW MUCH OUTREACH WAS DONE? WAS THERE A PHONE CALL, OR ARE WE GOING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO MAYBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO SAY, WE HAVE A MEETING SATURDAY? COME OUT AND GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PILOT PROGRAM SO THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD PUT MY STUFF OUT, RIGHT. SO WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT MAKING A PHONE CALL.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT, BUT THERE IS WE. SO WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE UTILITY BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WE MAKE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A COST TO THAT.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS JUST THAT YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TARGET THIS, THIS AREA.

RIGHT. NOT THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T COME OR CAN'T CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION, BUT WE WANTED TO TARGET THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS TARGET, IN THIS PILOT.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WE WERE SPEAKING TO ON AT THE AT THE MEETING, AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE INFORMATION TO KNOW HOW TO HOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM AND ALSO WHAT'S EXPECTED OF REPUBLIC DURING THAT TIME. AND I DID INDICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT IF WE DON'T GET A LOT, DON'T GET A LOT OF NUMBERS AT THE AT THE FIRST MEETING, WE'LL LOOK AT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING, MAYBE DO A VIRTUALLY. BUT.

SO. BUT WE HADN'T SCHEDULED A VIRTUAL MEETING. BUT THAT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE. OKAY.

AND THE THE OTHER REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION WAS BECAUSE FOR THE BULK OF IT, WEEK TWO IS ACTUALLY IN PLACE TWO.

AND SO A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH, AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID I DIDN'T GET ANY COMMUNICATION.

AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT THIS PRESENTATION SAYING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOMETHING THIS WEEK. SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE SOME OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE ALSO HAVE DATABASES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR PLACE THAT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH, NOT NECESSARILY MEDIA WIDE, BUT JUST THAT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT THEIR MAIL, THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR MAIL. IF IT DIDN'T GET THERE UNTIL FRIDAY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE ON SATURDAYS. WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. AND THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, TIMING AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT YET BECAUSE THE LETTER WENT, I SAY OUT ON THE 13TH, YOU KNOW.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. SO IT MAY NOT.

SOME PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT YET.

DEPENDING ON WHEN IT WAS, THE POST OFFICE ACTUALLY DELIVERED IT.

SO. BUT YEAH. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ALLOW SOME TIME, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN BETWEEN WHEN WE SEND THE LETTERS OUT AND HAVING A MEETING WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT PEOPLE WOULD, YOU KNOW,

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BUT BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND THAT IF YOU DEFINITELY IF YOU HAVE EMAIL DATABASE OR PEOPLE IN YOUR IN THAT IN PLACE TOO, SINCE A LARGE PART OF THAT IS IN YOUR AREA.

YEAH, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

WE CAN WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE LETTER TO US AS WELL. OKAY. I YIELD BACK.

YES. MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

MANAGER. DEL GAFFNEY, CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OF AN ELABORATE PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM.

THIS THIS THIS PILOT IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THE LIVE MEETING.

THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FOLLOWING UP WITH ANOTHER VIRTUAL MEETING, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SERIES OF OF OF REALLY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF DECEMBER.

BECAUSE, REMEMBER, THE PROGRAM WILL TRANSITION INTO THAT PROGRAM IN JANUARY OF 2026. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN INFORMING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE CITY OF DESOTO.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE PUBLIC INFORMATION OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT'S AGREED TO. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I RESPOND TO THAT.

ONLY THAT WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PILOT TO ME, PILOT MEANS THAT'S MY EXAMPLE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO NEXT.

IS THAT NOT WHAT I HEARD THAT TO BE? WHAT A PILOT IS CORRECT.

THEY DON'T GET THE INFORMATION AND THEY DON'T DO WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO OR WOULD HOPE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE IT SUCCEEDS TO GET TO THE PILOT PIECE, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

IT'S JUST KIND OF KEEPING IT THAT SAME VEIN, AND I.

AND I HEAR YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, THAT THIS IS NOT.

THIS IS ONE PIECE OF A VERY ELABORATE PUZZLE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THAT.

IS THERE ANY WAY. AND I KNOW WE DON'T USE I KNOW WE HAVE PHONE TREE SYSTEMS, AND THIS MAY BE AN IT THING OR JUST EVEN EMERGENCY THING, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE, LIKE, THE CODE RED.

ARE WE ABLE TO DO ANY GEO TARGETING LIKE FOR THE APP THROUGH THE APP, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE AREA OR PHONE TREE TO WHERE WE CAN ISOLATE THOSE RESIDENCES BY PHONE NUMBER AND SEND THEM A VOICEMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DID THAT THROUGH EVERY BRIDGE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO BE THEY HAVE TO OPT IN TO DO THAT.

NOW, I KNOW THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED WITH A LOT OF THAT, BUT JUST KIND OF SEEING AS, AGAIN, AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN TRY TO REACH THEM WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS I'M THINKING, I'M THINKING ABOUT SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF IT, BUT JUST KIND OF GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED WITH GEO TARGETING SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST A SPECIFIC AREA.

BUT JUST, JUST MY, JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

BUT I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

AND ONE OF THEM KIND OF WAS ANSWERED, YOU DIP YOUR TOE IN AND YOU CAME RIGHT ON BACK OUT. BUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

AND MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T PICK UP WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING DOWN.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WHILE THE PILOT IS GOING ON.

EVERYBODY IS STILL CALLING IN.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES. WE DIDN'T WANT TO.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW, THEY THEY RIGHT NOW THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THEM TO CALL IN.

SO WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT WHILE WE DO THE PILOT TO NOT CALL IN SO THAT WE CAN IF WE CAN GET YOU. AND I HEAR YOU AND I THINK THAT THAT'S FINE.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

BUT SHOULD THERE NOT STILL BE SOME COMMUNICATION? I THINK BOTH WAYS FOR BOTH GROUPS, BECAUSE IF THEY OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CERTAIN AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE GETTING PICKED UP, BUT IF THEY SEE IT OR IF THEY TALK TO A NEIGHBOR OR A FRIEND IN THAT AREA AND THEY SAY, OH, THEY JUST CAME BY AND PICK MY STUFF UP, IT COULD LEAD TO CONFUSION IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NO LONGER SUPPOSED TO CALL IN AND THERE'S SOMEBODY AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO PICK THEIR THEIR TRASH UP, JUST KIND OF COMMUNICATING BOTH IN SOME WAY THAT DOESN'T CONFUSE EVERYBODY WILL BE WILL BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

BECAUSE AGAIN, SOMEBODY COULD TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THEIR PILOT AREA IN THE COMMUNICATION, NOT BE CLEAR.

AND THEN THEIR EXPECTATION IS NOW THAT, OH, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME PICK UP MY BRUSH. AND THEN WE KIND OF GET BACK TO THE SITUATION WE HAD A PRIOR TO.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR.

WILL THIS INDIVIDUAL SHOULD SHOULD IT BE, SHOULD IT BE ENACTED? WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.

BECAUSE I KNOW OFTENTIMES WITH ESPECIALLY WITH BOTH PICKUP PEOPLE PUT CONSTRUCTION STUFF OUT THERE, TOILETS AND ALL KIND OF STUFF OUT THERE AND, AND THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME PICK ALL OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION STUFF UP.

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UTILITY BUILDING, CODE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

IT WOULDN'T BE JUST FOR BRUSH AND BULK.

IT WOULD BE FOR TRASH AS WELL.

CORRECT. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

IT WOULDN'T BE JUST FOR BULK AND BRUSH.

IT WOULD BE FOR TRASH AS WELL.

WHAT WOULD THOUGH THE COORDINATOR POSITION.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AND I JUST I WANTED TO ASK, WILL THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THE PILOT PIECE BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE? CAN YOU ELABORATE FOR ME? SO IN YOUR LETTER, I GUESS THAT YOU SENT.

IS THIS A LETTER, OR IS THIS AN A WATER BILL? THIS LETTER WAS A LETTER.

OH, OKAY. WELL, THERE'S THE WATER BILL IS ANOTHER OPTION THERE.

BUT IN THE LETTER, LIKE, IS IT A GO TO TO GO TO THE WEBSITE OR IS IT THE GO TO THE CALL MISS BECKY WHO TWICE.

SO WHO'S THE WHO'S THE POINT OF CONTACT.

FOR THE THE PILOT. I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I CAN HEAR MY COLLEAGUE'S CONCERN ABOUT MAKING SURE THE COMMUNICATION IS THERE.

AND I THINK THAT FROM THE FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN A FEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT THE RESPONSE THAT WE NEEDED.

MAYBE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW AS THE SUGGESTIONS WERE COMING, IT JUST MADE ME THINK, YOU KNOW, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE FOR FOLKS TO GO TO? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENS, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT FOR ME TO KNOW THE INNER DETAILS OF HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

BUT I HAD THE IDEA ABOUT THE ON HAMPTON ROAD.

WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHEN WE PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT, THOSE BIG SIGNS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO DRIVE SOME ATTENTION TO THAT.

WEEK TWO AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HELPS TO, LIKE, PUT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD TO, TO NOTIFY THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE. AGAIN, I'M NOT IN MARKETING, BUT I'M JUST JUST THINKING ABOUT OUT, OUT THE BOX IDEAS THAT YOU ALL COULD DO TO TO, YOU KNOW, HELP DRIVE THIS HOME.

THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST THING IS, IS THE MEETING GOING TO BE RECORDED? YOU KNOW, WITH US GOING THROUGH BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR THE RESOURCES AROUND THE CITY IS KIND OF STRAINED.

AND SO IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD AND SO THAT FOLKS CAN PLAY BACK.

MAYBE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE SOMEWHERE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED FAQ IS PROVIDED.

AND I THINK THAT KIND OF HELPS WITH HAVING A BUNCH OF MEETINGS WHEN WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND ASK ASKING THOSE, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING A VISUAL MAYBE UP FRONT.

SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THERE IS DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD IT.

SO THOSE ARE MAKING NOTES AS WE SPEAK.

SO WE WILL INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT EVERY BRIDGE.

SO WE KNOW WE TYPICALLY WANT TO USE EVERY BRIDGE FOR EMERGENCIES.

AND SO WHAT I WHAT I'D HATE TO SAY IS PEOPLE STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING OTHER THAN EMERGENCIES.

BUT WE HAVE YOU. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE UTILIZED WORKED WITH WORKED WITH UTILITY BILLING. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE ALL THE PHONE, PHONE NUMBERS IF THEY'RE UP TO DATE OF THE OF THE ACCOUNT HOLDERS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO UTILIZE THEIR PHONE TREE SYSTEM TO SEND OUR CALLS. SO WE CAN WE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT AS WELL.

YEAH. AND I AND I AND I DO AND THAT'S WHY I SAID I, I TIP LIGHTLY INTO THAT SUGGESTION.

BUT THIS COULD BE AN EMERGENCY IF WE HAVE MASS CONFUSION.

YEAH. IT COULD VERY WELL TURN INTO ONE.

I DID WANT TO ALSO THROW THIS OUT THERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR YOUR SUGGESTION MADE ME THINK OF IT.

WE HAVE OUR VERY CAPABLE PER YOU KNOW, STAFF MEMBER IN GIS.

AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY FOR HIM TO MAP OUT THE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SAY, ARE YOU IN THE AREA FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM? AND THEY CAN ENTER THEIR ADDRESS, AND YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW IF THEY'RE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ACTUAL AREA.

AND MAYBE HAVE THAT FRONT AND CENTER ON THE WEBSITE NEXT TO THE REPLAY OF THE THE EVENT, SO THAT AGAIN, IF THEY NEED TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, THEN HE'S HAD THOSE THOSE.

HE HAS IT MAPPED OUT TO WHERE THEY.

I MEAN, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ALREADY DO, IF THEY WANT TO FIND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INTERACTIVE MAPS ARE CAPABLE OF.

I WOULD SUGGEST TAKING IT NOT IN JUST EMBEDDING IT IN THE CURRENT INTERACTIVE MAPS,

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NO, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. ELIMINATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WE CAN JUST POINT THEM STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. YES, YES. COUNCILWOMAN HUGHES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SOLID WASTE POSITION.

OKAY. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

ABOUT COMMUNICATION. NOW WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CHURCHES IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK THERE WASN'T A MENTION.

I DIDN'T AGAIN, I'LL WAIT FOR THE LETTER, BUT DID WE TRANSPOSE THE LETTER INTO SPANISH AS WELL FOR OUR SPANISH COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SPANISH PEOPLE THAT SIT IN, IN, IN WEEK TWO IN THAT AREA BECAUSE A LOT OF SPANISH PEOPLE.

SO DO WE HAVE IT IN BOTH VERSIONS? DID WE SEND IT OUT IN BOTH VERSIONS? SO WE WE WE DRAFTED THE LETTER AND WE PROVIDED REPUBLICANS TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO, TO DISTRIBUTE THE LETTER.

SO WE DRAFTED IT AND PROVIDE IT TO REPUBLIC.

SO WE'LL FOLLOW BACK UP TO SEE OKAY.

IF THAT'S IF THAT'S OKAY.

AND IF NOT IF NOT WE CAN GET IT.

YEAH. AND SO IF WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TRANSPOSED INTO, YOU KNOW, ARE TRANSCRIBED INTO SPANISH SO THAT THE SPANISH SPEAKING CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT THE PROGRAM IS AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

THANK YOU. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US MOVE TO THAT BEING A STANDARD IN COMMUNICATION.

AND I FOR THE MOST PART I THINK IT IS.

BUT JUST AGAIN, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HAVING THEM TO ACTUALLY DO IT, JUST MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND OUR STANDARD THAT ONE SIDE ENGLISH, ONE SIDE SPANISH AT ALL TIMES.

WELL, MADAM MAYOR, THE THING THAT YOU SAID THAT GREAT.

BUT ON THE ACTUAL WEBSITE WHERE WE DO THE MEETINGS AND I JUST MENTIONED THIS TO LA GARRISON TODAY. THE MEETINGS HAD TRANSCRIBING, BUT THEY NO LONGER DO SOMETHING AMISS.

I'M NOT SURE I WAS GOING TO ASK HER TO LOOK INTO THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT IT COULD TRANSCRIBE INTO A DIFFERENT VERSION.

BUT NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TRANSCRIBE IT ON THERE.

SO IT'S MISSING IN THE ACTUAL ONLINE FOR THE MEETINGS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S ONE OTHER WAY THAT IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS MEETING, THEY CAN TRANSCRIBE IT INTO, INTO SPANISH FROM THERE AS WELL. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ON MAKING SURE THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS IT'S IT'S A PILOT PROJECT OR A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. SO WE SHOULD ALSO PUT SOME COMMUNICATION OUT THERE ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T CONFUSE THE COMMUNITY.

SO TO YOUR POINT AND TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND EVERYONE ELSE, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A CONFINED AREA.

WE'LL PUT IN THE DYNAMIC.

WE HAVE TWO DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS THAT WE COULD PUT IN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY, AND TO GUIDE FOLKS TO THE WEBSITE ITSELF JUST TO MAKE SURE.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT OUR REPUBLIC HAS AN APPLICATION RIGHT NOW, AND THE APPLICATION HAS A VERY STRONG CAPABILITIES OF TELLING FOLKS WHEN THEIR PICK UP TIMES ARE WHEN THEY'RE BRUSHED, PICK UP TIMES AND ALL OF THAT.

AND SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THE NOTIFICATION SPECIFIC TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT WE DID, THE COMMUNICATIONS ITSELF ONLY WENT OUT VIA MAIL, PHYSICAL MAIL, OR DID WE GO TO PLACES AND PLACE THEM LIKE IN BUSINESSES IN THE AREA OF PLACE TO. I'M JUST BECAUSE WE GOT CHURCHES THAT SIT IN THAT AREA TOO.

RIGHT. NO, I THINK I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE.

THE INTENT WAS TO MAIL THEM OUT SO THAT EACH RESIDENT WOULD EACH PROPERTY WOULD RECEIVE ONE. OKAY. RIGHT. SO NONE OF THE CHURCHES IN THE AREA OR THE BUSINESSES RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS LETTER EITHER THAT ARE IN THAT SAME VICINITY? NO, I THINK IT WENT OUT TO RESIDENTIAL POTENTIAL PROPERTIES? ONLY IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE BACK.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AND MR..

MR. CAMERON, THIS IS JUST THE PRESENTATION.

CORRECT. YOU DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION. NO DIRECTION. IT'S JUST FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. WELL, WE GOT DIRECTION, MAYOR.

SO NO, WE WE JUST WE GOT WE GOT THE DIRECTION.

YES. THERE'S THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION.

NO, NO, NO VOTE. BUT WE DEFINITELY GOT YOUR DIRECTION.

GLAD WE COULD HELP. ALL RIGHT.

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[d. Presentation of department updates on FY2025 Business Plan Goals ]

CITY COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER, I'M MATT CASEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TODAY WE HAVE THE BRIDGE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.

OUR AGENDA TODAY THE PURPOSE, BACKGROUND, PROJECT, VISION AND APPROACH. ESTIMATED BUDGET AND TIMELINE.

BRIDGE SELECTION CRITERIA.

NEXT STEPS AND CITY COUNCIL REQUEST.

THE PURPOSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY BUSINESS PLAN FOR 2025.

THAT IS GOAL NUMBER 16.

AND THEN IT'S KIND OF MAINLY ASSESSING, IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THE CONDITION AND APPEARANCE OF CITY BRIDGES.

THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FROM CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

BACKGROUND DESOTO HAS 29 OFF SYSTEM AND ON SYSTEM BRIDGES.

NO COMPREHENSIVE BRIDGES, INVENTORY OR DEDICATED MAINTENANCE.

BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM WAS CREATED AT THE TIME THAT WE MADE THIS PRESENTATION.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE LACK A GIS LAYER FOR THE BRIDGE INVENTORY.

THE INITIAL INTENT WAS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM, BUT NOW STAFF HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN-HOUSE.

PROJECT VISION AND APPROACH.

STEP ONE WILL COLLECT THE BRIDGES APPROACH DATA FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE ESTABLISH THE GIS BASED BRIDGE INVENTORY.

WE REVIEWED THE INSPECTION REPORTS AND THEN WE INTEGRATE THOSE WITH GIS LAYERS.

AND THEN BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE DEVELOPED AND A CITY COUNCIL INPUT, WE WILL COME UP WITH A PRE-QUALIFICATION LIST FOR BRIDGES TO BE SELECTED.

AND WE INTEND TO SELECT SEVEN BRIDGES TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE COLLECTED THE DATA ALREADY, WE'VE REVIEWED THE DATA, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR GIS MANAGER TO COME UP WITH A NEW LAYER.

SO A LOT OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

STEP TWO IS ASSESS THE NEED OF EACH SELECTED BRIDGES.

AFTER WE SELECT THE SEVEN BRIDGES, THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE DECORATIVE FEATURES.

SOME OF THE DECORATIVE DECORATIVE FEATURES WILL INCLUDE CLEANING AND PAINTING, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS, SOME ESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS AND THEN CRASH INTIMIDATOR ATTENUATORS.

STEP THREE WOULD BE BASICALLY IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN THAT WE DEVELOPED.

OR WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ESTIMATED BUDGET AND TIMELINE.

STEP ONE, WHICH IS DATA COLLECTION, REVIEW CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT, CONSOLE INPUT AND BRIDGE SELECTION.

WE ANTICIPATE $0. IT WOULD BE DONE BY CITY STAFF.

AND THEN BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, WHICH IS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, A LOT OF THOSE ARE ALREADY BEING ALREADY DONE.

STEP TWO IS ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION OF DECORATIVE FEATURES THAT WOULD BE $0 TWO.

IT WOULD BE DONE BY CITY STAFF OUR PROJECT MANAGER OR OUR NEW CIVIL ENGINEERS HERE TONIGHT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THIS.

AND THEN AND THEN STEP THREE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN-HOUSE BY THE CITY STAFF.

AND THEN WE DO ANTICIPATE MAYBE 25.

THIS IS JUST A VERY ROUGH NUMBER BUT MAYBE 25 K PER BRIDGE.

NOW ESTIMATED REQUESTED BUDGET $200,000 INITIAL BUDGET.

AND THEN THE ESTIMATED SAVING BY BY DOING THIS IN-HOUSE COMPARING TO A HIGHER CONSULTANT THAN WE'RE SAVING, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR 120 K IT'S A ONE TIME SAVING VERSUS SELECTION CRITERIA.

NUMBER ONE IS THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION.

YOU KNOW THE FOLLOW UP ACTIONS OR FOCUS FROM TEXT SAP REPORTS.

BUT THAT BASICALLY TELLS YOU IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEAUTIFY OUR ROSETTE NEEDS LIKE THEY HAVE LIKE SOME, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK ON WITH THE CIP PROJECT INSTEAD.

NUMBER TWO, VISIBILITY AND GATEWAY STATUS.

BRIDGE WITH WITH MORE VISIBLE NEXT TO THE TRAIL OR, YOU KNOW, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE PEDESTRIANS.

THEN WE'LL GIVE THE AVERAGE MORE SCORES.

NUMBER THREE, COMMUNITY IMPACT.

IF WE HAVE THAT BRIDGE NEAR TO A PARK, SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SPACES OR CULTURAL LANDMARKS, THEN WE WOULD WE WOULD GIVE SCORES FOR THAT BRIDGE AS WELL.

SO MAINLY THE, THE THE MORE VISIBLE THE BRIDGE IS OR THE MORE THE BRIDGE HAS COMMUNITY IMPACT IT WILL, THE MORE THE MORE PROBABILITY THAT THIS

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NUMBER FOUR, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT EQUITABLE.

AND WE HAVE COUNCIL PLACES.

REPRESENTATION NUMBER FIVE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SIMPLICITY OF THE PROJECT WITH THE FEASIBILITY OF ENHANCEMENT.

NUMBER SEVEN IS IN SYNERGY WITH THE PLANET PROJECT.

SO IF WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO WORK ON, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE OUR OFFERS AND DO THE BRIDGE WITH THE WITH THE PLANNED PROJECT. NEXT STEP, WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LIST WITH THE PRE-QUALIFICATION LIST WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE QUALIFIED FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE SELECT BRIDGES BASED ON THE DEVELOPED CRITERIA THAT WE JUST WENT OVER AND CITY COUNCIL INPUT. AND THEN WE GATHER CITY COUNCIL INPUT ON THE SELECTED DECORATIVE FEATURES. THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ONLY AND I'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR QUESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I SEE SEVERAL LIGHTS.

I'M NOT SURE WHO HAD THE LIGHTHOUSE FIRST.

MAYOR PRO TEM? NO, IT WAS YOU, COUNCILMAN BURKE.

YOU CAN GO. LADIES FIRST.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M EXCITED.

IT IS. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY BEING ON COUNCIL.

WHEN YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING FORWARD AND SAY, COME TO LIFE. WE INTRODUCE THIS BRIDGES TO OUR FUTURE.

AT OUR LAST COUNCIL RETREAT.

DID A PRESENTATION. THE COUNCIL VOTED ON IT AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

I WILL SAY KUDOS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.

YOU HAVE TAKEN IT OVER AND BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OUR THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP US RE REIMAGINE, IF YOU WOULD AND AND REINTRODUCE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO TO SOCIETY.

SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TORN JEANS, THEY AT LEAST NEED TO BE CLEAN.

SO EVERYTHING DON'T NEED TO BE BRAND NEW.

I, I REMEMBER BEING IN A MEETING WITH MR. WISEMAN. AND HE HE SAID ONE THING THAT WILL ALWAYS STICK WITH ME.

DESOTO DOES. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE'S DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL RIGHT NOW.

AND AND HAVING BEAUTIFUL ENTRYWAYS, HAVING BEAUTIFUL BRIDGES.

HAVING THOSE. HAVING THOSE THINGS CLEAN, HAVING THEM LOOK LIKE WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I JUST PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK MADAM MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND IN THE EQUITY OF IT AGAIN.

AND I SAW I WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THAT EVERY COUNCIL PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A BRIDGE IN THEIR AREA.

SO I THINK THAT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL AS I BELIEVE WE DESIGNATED A BRIDGE FOR THE MAYOR, WHICH IS THE ENTRY BRIDGE.

WE SAW THAT THIS YOU GOT A BRIDGE, YOU GOT WHERE YOU GOT EVERYBODY GOT A BRIDGE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, I REMEMBER WHEN THE MARGOT PEROT BRIDGE WAS REIMAGINED. OH, WOW. AND I THOUGHT, WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THEY BUILDING A BRIDGE TO NO PLACE. AND NOW WE KNOW THAT AREA IS CALLED TRINITY, TRINITY GROVE. SO THE BRIDGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT THE CLEANLINESS, THE PAINTING, ALL OF THOSE DEALS.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I WANTED.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BIRD, I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH TO THE COUNCIL.

IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE THIS COMING.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS AROUND THE FUNDING PIECE.

IS THIS IS WHAT WHAT FUNDING SOURCE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS COMING OUT OF? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A 150 K FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET IN 2025, FROM THE CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE.

AND THEN WE BUDGETED SOME MONEY AS WELL TO BE DEDICATED TO THE BRIDGE BEAUTIFICATION AND 2026 BUDGET AS WELL, FROM THE SAME LINE ITEM, WHICH IS FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY.

OKAY. OKAY. AND ART. WELL, IS THERE ARE YOU? I GUESS WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT THE CITY WILL BE LOOKING AT AS WELL TO INCREASE THIS FUND? I DON'T KNOW, NOT FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION PORTION.

OKAY. BUT YES, WE WE WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GETTING OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS, WHETHER FROM, YOU KNOW, ADOPT A BRIDGE KIND OF OR MAYBE REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE HIGHWAYS OR WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDS. BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY FOR THE BRIDGE BEAUTIFICATION.

IT WOULD MAINLY BE FOR THE THE WHAT WE CALL A FOLLOW UP ACTION THAT COMES FROM THE TEXTILE INSPECTION REPORTS. OKAY.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

SO WE CAN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE CAN APPLY FOR STREET FUNDS.

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ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR.

COUNCILMAN WATERS. OKAY MR. OKC. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE CITY 125 $120,000 MEANS YOU CARE.

IT MEANS YOU'RE EFFICIENT.

THANK YOU. DOING A GREAT JOB.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS.

COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. THANK YOU, MR. CASEY. APPRECIATE IT AT THIS TIME.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN NORTH TO ADJOURN.

COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS 7:16 P.M.

AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.