[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          OCTOBER 20TH IS 5 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY, EXCUSE ME, OUR INTERIM CITY SECRETARY, IF SHE WOULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. AND 
          [2. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION (AS NEEDED) 1. The City Council will convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074, Personnel Deliberation: a. To discuss the employment, duties and compensation of the Municipal Judge 2. The City Council will convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.072 Real Estate: Deliberation regarding real property–to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property located within the city limits of DeSoto, Texas.            3. Reconvene into Regular Session  4. Take any necessary action as a result of Executive Session]
COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. PLEASE GIVE US THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. FIRST WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL DELIBERATION TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AS WELL AS CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 REAL ESTATE DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF DESOTO, TEXAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS REYNOLDS. IT'S 5:01 P.M. WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL RETURN ONCE GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH. IT IS 6 P.M. AND I WANT TO CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING. 
          WE DID COUNCIL DID CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE CONVENED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:55 P.M. WITH NO ACTION AS A RESULT. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR INTERIM CITY SECRETARY TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU, MISS REYNOLDS. WE HAVE THE 
          [a.  Presentation of the DeSoto Community Champions Award to Douglas Hunt and Daniel E Cruz III]
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. FIRST, WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AWARD TO DOUGLAS HUNT AND DANIEL E CRUZ. THE THIRD MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PROCTOR TO DOUGLAS HUNT AND DANIEL E CRUZ THE THIRD. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WAIT, AM I IN THE RIGHT CITY? YOU ALL KNOW I HAVE TO ASK JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK. WELL, I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME TONIGHT TO PRESENT FOR OUR DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AWARD. THIS IS AN AWARD THAT WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR OUR TEAM. AND SO WE HAVE TWO VERY DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING AWARDS TO. AND I WANT TO READ I'M GOING TO READ YOURS FIRST, DANIEL. IS THAT OKAY? YOU'RE LOOKING SHARP TOO. I'M SCARED TO TOUCH IT. MY MIC CUT MY HAND ON HIM. HE'S SO SHARP. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. SO WE HAVE DANIEL E CRUZ, THE THIRD. DANIEL IS CURRENTLY IN SIXTH GRADE AND LOVES TO BE ACTIVE AT SCHOOL AND IN HIS COMMUNITY. HE RECEIVED SEVERAL STUDENT OF THE MONTH AWARDS AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP OUT WHILE DOING GOOD IN CLASS. THROUGH REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, DANIEL IDENTIFIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE KIBA PARK IN NORTHWEST DESOTO. HE PARTNERED WITH NATE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES AND NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. WHILE THE PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT, DANIEL MAINTAINS ACTIVE COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE ITS COMPLETION. THE RENOVATIONS WILL BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILIES AND YOUNG RESIDENTS WHO FREQUENT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE UPGRADES AT KIBA PARK, WHERE HE FREQUENTLY PLAYS WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHERS. WE WANT TO GIVE MR. DANIEL CRUZ THE THIRD IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, ACTS OF KINDNESS AND POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE COIN FOR YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. IS DAD HERE TONIGHT AS WELL? YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO AS WELL, MR. CRUZ? ALL RIGHT. HERE. 
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SO WE WANT TO ALSO THANK HIS FATHER FOR BRINGING HIM TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. HE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED WITH HIS SON. AND WE APPRECIATE THE THE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GREAT ALLIES, MR. DOUGLAS HUNT. I'M USED TO SEEING DOUG. SO I WAS LIKE, WHO IS THIS? BUT I ALWAYS SAY PROGRESS MOVES AT THE SPEED OF RELATIONSHIPS. AND SO WE ARE SO HONORED AND THANKFUL FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER YOUR SUPPORT OF DESOTO. AND I WANT TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. MR. DOUG IS THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESS SELF STORAGE, A STORAGE SOLUTIONS COMPANY WITH A MISSION TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED. FOR OVER 52 YEARS, ACCESS HAS PROVIDED A CLEAN, SECURE STORAGE SOLUTIONS BACKED BY FRIENDLY LOCAL SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE DFW METROPLEX. 
          AS ITS LEADER, DOUG BELIEVES IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO AND HIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE HAS WHERE HE HAS BEEN LOCATED SINCE 2020 TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. SO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION, ACTS OF KINDNESS AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN. HE ALWAYS HAS A PRESENCE AT ANY OF OUR EVENTS. 
          HE SPONSORS. ANYTIME WE NEED ANYTHING WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE, AND I SEE SEVERAL HEADS NODDING IN AGREEMENT IN THE AUDIENCE. MR. HUNT, ANYTIME WE NEED ANYTHING, HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE CALL AND HE HAS NEVER SAID NO. SO I'M PUTTING YOU ON OPEN NOTICE SO YOU CAN'T SAY NO MOVING FORWARD IF WE CALL. BUT WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE COIN TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE GET SOME PHOTOS AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL 
          [b.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring National Disability Employment Awareness Month]
AGAIN SO MUCH. AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS RECEIVING IS TIFFANY MARTIN. 
          OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IF WE COULD HAVE MISS MARTIN TO COME UP. 
          TIFFANY, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY TO ACCEPT THIS. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE TODAY. LIKE GARRISON MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. 
          AND THIS IS FOR YOU AND FOR ANYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR DISABILITIES FOR THIS MONTH TO HONOR YOU ALL. OKAY. THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS EACH OCTOBER DURING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. AND WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS, SKILLS AND POTENTIAL OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVATION BEGAN IN 1945, WHEN CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK, IN 1962, THE TERM PHYSICALLY WAS REMOVED TO REFLECT INCLUSIVE OR TO REFLECT INCLUSION OF ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES, AND IN 1988 CONGRESS EXPANDED IT TO A FULL MONTH AND RENAMED IT IN AND. WHEREAS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY HAS DESIGNATED CELEBRATING VALUE AND TALENT AS THE OFFICIAL 2025 THEME IN HONOR OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF NDIA, HIGHLIGHTING THE LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES TO OUR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DESOTO IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT MUNICIPAL POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PRACTICES SUPPORT EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, REMOVE BARRIERS AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS OF ALL ABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE WORKFORCE. AND WHEREAS, DURING OCTOBER AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE WILL HOLD AWARENESS EVENTS, HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS STORIES, ENCOURAGE EMPLOYER BEST PRACTICES, AND PROMOTE ACCESS, ACCOMMODATIONS, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD L PROCTOR, BY POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR 
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OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2025 AS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. I URGE ALL CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING AND SUPPORTING THE TALENTS OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOSTERING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUSION, EQUITY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THIS 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, SIGNED BY RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR AND ATTESTED SIGNED BY GARRISON RUNNELS, INTERIM CITY SECRETARY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, TIFFANY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU WANT ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, I JUST GREATLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AND. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR PROCTOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY ARE SHOWING CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES IN DESOTO AND ALL OF THE WORK, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES AND WHAT'S TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MAKING DESOTO MORE INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. SEE WHERE YOU ARE. OH. YOU GOT IT, I GOT IT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATERS. AND THANK YOU, MR. AND MRS. MARTIN, FOR COMING OUT. AND 
          [c.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring National First Responders Day]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH RECEIVING IS FIRE CHIEF BRIAN SOUTHARD, POLICE CHIEF JOE COSTA AND DIRECTOR TAMARA BILL. MY BIGGEST FANS HERE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR OUR NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY DO A JOB THAT I SAY THAT IT TAKES A SPECIAL SKILL, A DEFINITELY A HEART AND COMMITMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT FOR EACH RESPONDER ACROSS THE NATION. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS EVERY YEAR ON OCTOBER 28TH, OUR NATION PAUSES TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY, A TIME TO HONOR THE COURAGE, DEDICATION, AND SACRIFICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ANSWERED THE CALL. WHEN EMERGENCIES ARISE, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, EMTS, DISPATCHERS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. AND WHEREAS, FIRST RESPONDERS REPRESENT THE HEART OF PUBLIC SERVICE, RUNNING TOWARDS DANGER TO SAVE LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTY, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE, OFTEN PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY SO THAT OTHERS MAY FIND SAFETY. AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES SENATE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED OCTOBER 28TH AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IN 2019 TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY AND RESILIENCE OF THOSE WHO RESPOND TO CRISIS, WHETHER NATURAL DISASTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY, THREATS OR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. AND WHEREAS, BEYOND THEIR DAILY DUTIES, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE MENTORS, NEIGHBORS AND ROLE MODELS WHO DEMONSTRATE INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK AND COMPASSION. SERVING AS A STEADFAST EXAMPLE OF UNITY AND COURAGE FOR ALL GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO RECOGNIZES THAT SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS MEAN MORE THAN OFFERING GRATITUDE, IT INCLUDES PROVIDING THE TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, WELLNESS RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY APPRECIATION NECESSARY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE SERVING EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY. AND WHEREAS, DURING NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO STAND READY AT ALL HOURS, EXEMPLIFYING STRENGTH, PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESSNESS IN SERVICE TO 
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OTHERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND THANKING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, SACRIFICE, AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THE 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. 
          RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST. GARRISON REYNOLDS, INTERIM CITY SECRETARY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A WORD? OF COURSE SHE WOULD. COME ON, TAMARA, THEY GET ME EVERY TIME. BUT I'M JUST THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO JUST STAND HERE WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF AS A FIRST RESPONDER IN 911. AND AS WE RESPOND, WE ANSWER 911 ANSWER EVERY CALL. ALL THE CALLS CALL AFTER CALL, CALL AFTER CALL, ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT. AND THEN OUR RESPONDERS RESPOND ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, CALL AFTER CALL. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. WE DON'T WE DON'T DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO. WE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THIS. AND SO I'M JUST THANKFUL. MAYOR COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR ACKNOWLEDGING US AND RECOGNIZING RECOGNIZING US ON THIS DAY. SO THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS REYNOLDS. WE WILL GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER ON OUR ON OUR SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT. SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE THE CITYWIDE ENERGY CONSERVATION TO GO AND THEN WE'LL GO IN THE 
          [e.  Presentation of the results of the City-wide Energy Conservation Investment Grade Audit]
ORDER THAT I SHARED WITH YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CITYWIDE ENERGY CONSERVATION INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DOCTOR ESTHER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. AND I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS FOR TONIGHT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP WHO WILL BE GIVING YOU ALL AN UPDATE TO OUR TO OUR ENERGY IGA, OUR INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, A REMINDER OF WHERE WE STARTED AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. SO LAST SPRING 2024 WE ACTUALLY STARTED A PRELIMINARY AUDIT AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION FOR THE SECO PROGRAM. THEN IN AUGUST 2024, WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH ESG TO PERFORM THE FULL INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT INCORPORATING THE ESG SCOPE FOR FACILITY ENERGY RETROFITS. THEN LAST FALL, IN OCTOBER, WE APPROVED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. THE SECO GRANT FOR $250,000. AND THEN LAST NOVEMBER, YOU ACTUALLY HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM ESG ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE IGA. SO TONIGHT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND THEY CAN ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. THERE WE GO. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CANYON. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME I'M WITH ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP. I'M AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE. WITH ME IS OUR PROJECT SUCCESS LEADER WHO'S BEEN LEADING US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THROUGH THE INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT, IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THIS INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT PROCESS. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANT TO JUST PAUSE, JUST BRIEFLY AND JUST SAY HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE BUILT HERE WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO. MAYOR PROCTOR, I SAW YOU SMILING. YOU PROBABLY SAW IT JUST A SECOND AGO, TOO, BUT I HEAR YOU SAY THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, PROGRESS MOVES AT THE SPEED OF RELATIONSHIPS. THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, IS TO BUILD A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND TO PROGRESS THIS CITY FORWARD INTO A THRIVING COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO NIKKI TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE IGA. THANKS, CANYON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANKS FOR HAVING US BACK AGAIN. 
          MY NAME IS NIKKI WARRIOR WITH ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP, PROJECT SUCCESS LEADER IN YOUR PACKETS. 
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YOU HAD A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO HOPEFULLY GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE'RE AS ESTHER SAID, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR WILLIAMS SAID. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. AGAIN, REMINDER OF THE PROJECT BACKGROUND. WE'RE LOOKING AT NINE OF YOUR BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THREE PARKS AND JUST ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION SQUARE FEET THAT WE'RE ANALYZING FOR ENERGY SAVINGS AND ADDITIONAL UPGRADES TO THE FACILITIES. ONE OF THE BASES OF OUR PROJECT IS THAT WE'RE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO RECOUP MONEY THAT YOU'RE JUST SENDING TO THE UTILITY COMPANIES THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO. SO NOT ONLY IMPROVING YOUR FACILITIES, BUT ALSO REINVESTING THE FUNDS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT THIS CHART KIND OF SHOWS IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY UTILIZATION COMPARED TO OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE THE SAME TYPE. SO THE GREEN IS SHOWING WHAT YOU'RE ENDING UP SPENDING VERSUS THE AVERAGE. AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF DESOTO AIMS FOR AVERAGE. SO YOU'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVING YOUR ENERGY UTILIZATION, SAVING MONEY AND REINVESTING IT INTO YOUR FACILITIES. THIS IS A BIT OF AN EYE CHART. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU, AND NONE OF THIS IS REALLY A MYSTERY TO YOU. YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE THESE NEEDS. SO WE'RE HELPING YOU TO QUANTIFY THAT AND PUTTING FORTH SOLUTIONS AND A METHOD OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE IN YOUR BUILDINGS, WHETHER IT'S ROOFS THAT NEED REPLACEMENT, GETTING STANDARDIZED LED LIGHTING UPGRADES THROUGHOUT YOUR FACILITIES, FIXING CHALLENGES WITH HVAC ACROSS MULTIPLE FACILITIES IN THE CITY, OR EVEN JUST HERE IN THE BUILDING. THE SOLAR ARRAY THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THE ROOF THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY WORKING. SO WE'VE BASICALLY PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE FOUND AND HELP TO DEVELOP A SET OF SOLUTIONS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE FOR YOU. SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES HERE. YOU'VE GOT SOME DEFICIENCIES THAT THE CITY HAS TO TACKLE. BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT. RIGHT. SO OUTSIDE OF THE $250,000 GRANT, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY GET FOR THE LIGHTING FOR THE TOWN CENTER, WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT OTHER INCENTIVES, GRANTS THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO HELP PAY FOR THESE ITEMS. SO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS WE LOOKED AT IS THE AS THE TOWN CENTER. RIGHT? SO AT THE REC CENTER YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A SOLAR ARRAY NOT CURRENTLY WORKING. SO WHAT WE DID IS TRIED TO DESIGN A SYSTEM A LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT TO REPLACE THAT SYSTEM. AND WHAT INCENTIVES CAN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO HELP PAY FOR THAT. AND ONE OF THEM IS THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $270,000 THAT YOU CAN GET BACK FOR THIS SYSTEM, AND ABOUT $100,000 THAT YOU COULD GET BACK FROM ENCORE WITH THE INCENTIVES THAT THEY PROVIDE THERE AS WELL. AND IT WOULD ALSO OFFSET ABOUT 15% OF YOUR ENERGY REDUCTION. SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITIES, THE MCCOWAN AQUATIC CENTER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT TO INCORPORATE RENEWABLE ENERGY AT SOME POINT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO TRY TO DO THAT HERE PRETTY QUICKLY, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING OUT HERE PRETTY SOON, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT. BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE DESIGNED A SOLAR CARPORT SYSTEM FOR THE MCCOWAN AQUATIC CENTER TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY THERE AND THE ENERGY OFFSET. SO WE DESIGNED THIS TO OFFSET ABOUT 74% OF THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AT THE MCCOWAN AQUATIC CENTER AND THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THE INCENTIVES THROUGH ENCORE, YOU CAN RECEIVE OVER $1 MILLION BACK FOR THAT SYSTEM THERE. SO LIKE I SAID, THESE INCENTIVES THERE ARE TIME SENSITIVE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WITH THESE RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, YOU'D BASICALLY HAVE TO INSTALL THESE SYSTEMS BY JULY 4TH, 2026 TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE, OR WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY FINISHED BY DECEMBER 2027. AFTER THAT, THEY WILL BEGIN TO PHASE OUT. SO AGAIN, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PURSUE. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THERE. SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHAT ASSETS DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN WHICH YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO BRING REVENUE TO THE CITY? SO YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY A CUSTOMER OF A GROUP CALLED VOLTUS, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT PROVIDER. THEY DO SOME DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS FOR YOUR WATER FACILITIES, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. AND ONE OF IT IS THROUGH YOUR BACKUP GENERATORS. SO WHAT WE DID IS DID A HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS ON THE CURRENT BACKUP GENERATORS THAT YOU HAVE. AND IF YOU WERE TO ENROLL THEM INTO ERCOT'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM, YOU COULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE ABOUT $12,000 A YEAR, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT. BUT OVER THE LIFESPAN OF THESE ASSETS, IT'S OVER $250,000 THAT YOU COULD GET BACK THERE. SO WHAT IF YOU COULD CAPTURE THAT AND REINVEST THAT INTO YOUR FACILITIES? OKAY, CORRECT. THANKS. CANYON. AGAIN. WE'RE APPARENTLY REALLY FANS OF EYE CHARTS HERE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU. BUT WHAT 
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THIS BASICALLY SHOWS IS, AGAIN, THAT COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID ACROSS THE FACILITIES IS SHOWING NOT ONLY WHERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY SAVINGS, BUT WHERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE MOST NEED OF EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT REPRESENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET. BUT LOOKING AT THAT BOTTOM LINE WE'RE IDENTIFYING AT LEAST $200,000 OF ANNUAL SAVINGS. SO THAT'S MONEY THAT OSTENSIBLY IS BEING WASTED RIGHT. YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY SENDING IT TO THE UTILITY COMPANIES, OPERATING EQUIPMENT THAT IS NOT AS EFFICIENT AS IT COULD BE, AND IN SOME CASES, COSTING YOU EVEN MORE IN MAINTENANCE TO KEEP SOME OF THIS OLDER, INEFFICIENT SYSTEMS RUNNING. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING. HERE'S THE POTENTIAL. AGAIN CANYON LIKES TO CALL IT A FINANCIAL STACK. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE INCENTIVES. HERE ARE REBATES. HERE ARE ENERGY SAVINGS. HERE'S OPERATIONAL SAVINGS AS WE LOOK TO HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK RIGHT NOW FROM ADVICE FROM STAFF. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TWO POTENTIAL OPTIONS OF HOW YOU COULD START TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. ONE IS LOOKING AT YOUR CAPITAL BUDGET. WHAT DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN OUR CIP? THIS ROUTE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO OWN ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, BUT IT COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF THE CITY'S FUNDS. YOU OWN IT, AND THEN WE BUILD IT FOR YOU, AND THEN YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IT. ANOTHER, MORE NOVEL APPROACH WE'VE ENTERTAINED IS WHAT'S CALLED INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE. IN THIS WAY, RATHER THAN PAYING FOR EVERYTHING UPFRONT, A THIRD PARTY COMPANY, SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS OR ANOTHER, THEY WILL PAY US TO BUILD EVERYTHING. 
          THEY WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF IT AND THEY'LL MAINTAIN IT. AND RATHER THAN PAYING FOR IT ALL AT ONCE UPFRONT, IT'S A RECURRING MONTHLY FEE. SORT OF. TO ILLUSTRATE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE RAN A MODEL OF THE CURRENT PROJECT SITS AROUND $15 MILLION. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS AN ONGOING $180,000 MONTHLY FEE THAT COVERS INSTALLING ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND THEN MAINTAINING IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. I THINK THIS WAS A TEN YEAR PROJECT. WE LOOKED AT 20, 20 YEAR, 20 YEAR PROJECT. SO IT WOULD BE JUST A ONE TIME OR ONGOING FEE, AND THEN IT'LL COVER THE MAINTENANCE AND THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE COME UP WITH BASICALLY THREE SCENARIOS OF HOW THIS COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER. OPTION ONE IS BASED OFF YOUR CURRENT BUDGET, WHAT WE KNOW YOU HAVE TODAY, AND THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THE. SO THAT PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE LIGHTING RETROFIT AT THE TOWN CENTER, WHICH IS TIME SENSITIVE AS WELL. BECAUSE OF THE GRANT, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY JUNE 2026. PLUS, YOU HAVE BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR THE LIBRARY, LIGHTING AND HVAC AND LIGHTING AT THE PARKING GARAGE THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS MORE OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO HERE VERY SOON. OPTION TWO WOULD BE A FIVE YEAR CYCLE THROUGH YOUR TRADITIONAL CIP PLAN. SO AS WE MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT $15 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU'D HAVE TO INSTALL. BUT BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, EQUIPMENT, WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, TARIFFS, THINGS LIKE THAT OVER THAT FIVE YEAR SPAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AROUND 18 MILLION THAT YOU'D HAVE TO SPEND FOR THAT. AND THEN OPTION THREE IS WITH THAT SAME $15 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO A MONTHLY FEE OF ABOUT $178,000 AND STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE INCENTIVES, THE REBATES, THE GRANTS AND DO THAT. DAY ONE. SO AGAIN, THERE'S SOME SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE FOR YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU, BUT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER SOME BENEFITS AND RISKS TO EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS FOR YOU. REALLY. OPTION ONE HOW WE LOOK AT IS AGAIN SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO JUST BECAUSE THE GRANT BEING TIME SENSITIVE. OPTION TWO WE DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME RISKS THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN COSTS THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND THEN OPTION THREE, WE REALLY THINK COULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BENEFITS HERE. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED DEBT. IT IS FASTER PROJECT DELIVERY. AND YOU HAVE A MORE LOCKED IN COST FOR THIS RATHER THAN RISING RATES OVER TIME. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I NEED DIRECTION FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR FROM US TONIGHT REGARDING THIS, THIS THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AT THIS POINT, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THE FINAL FINDINGS ON THEIR AUDIT AND IF WE CAN GET ANY FEEDBACK, ANY THOUGHTS, THAT WILL BE GREAT. I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY BRING BACK AN ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I AND I'M IT'S 
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ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL LIGHTING. THIS ACTUAL PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT CITY HALL WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND I THOUGHT FOR CERTAIN THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY DONE THAT ALREADY. DID THE LIGHTING IN HERE, LIGHT BULBS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THEN ALSO WE DID THE SENIOR CENTER WITH CDBG FUNDS, I BELIEVE, AIR CONDITIONING AND ALL THAT. SO MAYBE I'M GETTING THEM ALL MIXED UP, BUT I, I THOUGHT FOR SURE WE DID THE LIGHTING HERE. NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE LIGHTING HERE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FINALIZING ALL THE SCOPE FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THE SENIOR CENTER, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE THREE HVAC, BUT I DON'T THINK THE LIGHTING HAS BEEN DONE THERE EITHER. SO EVERYTHING IS PRIMED, READY TO GO. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION YET. AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, DOES IT INCLUDE THE SENIOR CENTER ANYWHERE IT DOES. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A FUTURE PHASE RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO TODAY WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE BUDGETED FOR TODAY WOULD BE THE TOWN CENTER, LIGHTING, LIBRARY, LIGHTING, LIBRARY, HVAC AND THEN THE LIGHTING AT THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS PART OF THIS, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS WE COME BACK. SO, OKAY, YOU SAID THE LIGHTING IN THE PARKING GARAGE. YES. OH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN THE LIGHTING IN THE LIBRARY. OKAY, OKAY. I MUST BE GETTING THAT MIXED UP. I THOUGHT FOR CERTAIN THAT WE DID LIGHTING HERECTLLY STREETLIGHTS THAT WE'VE CHANGED. 
          NOT LIGHTING WITHIN THE BUILDINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'M LOOKING AT THE THE WHAT? WHAT TYPE OF CHART DID YOU SAY THIS WAS THAT YOU ALL FAVOR. SORRY. CAN YOU WHAT TYPE OF CHART DID YOU ALL. 
          DID YOU REFER TO THIS CHARTS? YOU SAID I, I CHARTS. OKAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT IT'S FORMATTED. SURE. SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE AND THEN WE SEE THE SENIOR CENTERS NUMBER TWO ON THERE IN TERMS OF THE THE IDENTIFIED, I GUESS FACILITIES, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN SO YOU HAVE KIND OF GOING ACROSS THE TOP ALL OF THE PIECES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ACTUALLY DONE TO GET IT UP TO WHERE, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          AND THEN THE THINGS THAT ARE, I GUESS, FILLED IN DARK ARE THE AREAS WHERE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDS THAT WE CAN ALREADY TAKE CARE OF THOSE ITEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? NOT SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. IF IT'S FILLED IN WHERE WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME IS FOR THE SCOPE THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH IS THE LIGHTING RETROFIT HERE AT THE TOWN CENTER AND THE LIBRARY AND HVAC REPLACEMENT AT THE LIBRARY AND IN THE THE PARKING GARAGE. OKAY. SO GOING BACK TO THE EYE CHART, WHAT IS WHAT DO THE FILLED IN DOTS SIGNIFY? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE FILLED IN DOTS SIGNIFY THAT IS SCOPE THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THOSE FACILITIES. SO SAY THE LIGHTING AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO. HOW THAT'S NOT FILLED IN. THAT'S INDICATING THAT THAT THOSE RETROFITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE AND IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE DONE. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. 
          OKAY. AND SO WITH THE I'M LOOKING AT ALL THREE OF THE OPTIONS AND I, I HONESTLY YOU KNOW AGAIN JUST SEEING IT TODAY I HAVEN'T REALLY SETTLED ON ANY OF THE THREE. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OPTION THREE THOUGH, WHICH IS THE WHERE I GUESS IT'S THE COMPANY I IS GOING TO FUND, I GUESS, DO EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE JUST PAY A MONTHLY FEE. WHAT IS THE I GUESS THE FINANCE COST LOOK LIKE THAT? LIKE IS THERE I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A, THERE'S A FINANCE COST OR SOME SORT OF FEE THAT WE'RE PAYING THAT WOULD BE EMBEDDED IN THAT MONTHLY FEE, CORRECT? YES, YES. 
          SO WE HAVE TO DO THE STANDARD DISCLAIMER. WE ARE NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS. DAVIS-BACON ACT, BUT THEY THESE FIRMS, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DO IS PUT TOGETHER A FINANCIAL MODEL THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WHILE THIS IS NOT ON BALANCE SHEET DEBT, YOU ARE OSTENSIBLY FINANCING THIS OVER 20 YEARS, BUT YOU'RE PAYING IT AS A MONTHLY SERVICE FEE. SO INSIDE OF THAT IS THE COST OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE COST FOR MAINTAINING ALL THAT EQUIPMENT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S KIND OF IN THERE. IF YOU RUN THE ROUGH NUMBERS AND YOU MULTIPLY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT MY MONTHLY FEE IS OVER 20 YEARS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE IN EXCESS OF THAT 15 MILLION. IF YOU WERE TO PAY US DIRECTLY TO JUST DO IT. 
          SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOU ARE GETTING MAINTENANCE. SO THERE'S A WHOLE IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES TO JUST THINK OF, OH, I TOOK OUT A LOAN TO PAY FOR EQUIPMENT. I'M PAYING A MONTHLY FEE TO HAVE ALL NEW EQUIPMENT AND HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT OPERATED AND MAINTAINED. SO IDEALLY, ONCE THAT YOU SAID TEN YEARS, I GUESS IT IS, OR TEN YEARS, THAT WOULD BE BASED OFF THE LIFESPAN OF THE LIFESPAN OF THE EQUIPMENT. RIGHT NOW IT'S BASED OFF A 20 YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG ALL THIS EQUIPMENT WOULD LAST YOU. IT'S MORE OF A UTILITY EXPENSE IS HOW THEY VIEW IT. OKAY. SO AT THE END OF THE 20 YEARS THEN WHAT HAPPENS. SO YOU CAN DECIDE TO KEEP GOING IF YOU WANTED TO 
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OR YOU CAN BE DONE WITH IT. YOU ACTUALLY DO GET A BASICALLY A BALANCE. AND AS YOU'RE PAYING IT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE PAYING DOWN ON IT, THERE ALSO PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY. YOU CAN PAY IT OFF SOONER. IT JUST PROVIDES YOU SOME SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW YOU STRUCTURE PAYING FOR ALL THIS EQUIPMENT. CERTAINLY. AND THIS 20 YEARS YOU DO OWN THE EQUIPMENT. WE WOULD THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR OKAY. SO WE WOULD OWN IT. AND THEN WE COULD JUST ESSENTIALLY KEEP TRYING TO MAINTAIN IT OR REPLACE IT OR WHATEVER WE FEEL WOULD BE ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT REAL QUICK. SO IN THIS $15 MILLION EVALUATION, YOU'LL SEE TWO LINE ITEMS HERE FOR INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE AND CARE RESERVE. THAT'S YOUR MONEY THAT YOU'RE PAYING WITH EVERY MONTH THAT IS GOING TOWARDS IF YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE A REPLACEMENT LIKE AN HVAC REPLACEMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM THOSE FUNDS TO USE TO HELP REPLACE THAT. AT THE END OF THE 20 YEARS, IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT IN THAT ACCOUNT, THAT'S YOUR MONEY TO TO GET BACK AT THE END OF IT AS WELL. OKAY. AND SO I LOST THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK IN REGARD TO THAT. BUT MY FINAL QUESTION AND I DO SEE YOUR LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, MY FINAL QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR STAFF. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT GENERATORS AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY GENERATORS FOR LIKE THE PUMP STATIONS OR, OR ANY OF THAT. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAD GOING BACK TO WINTER STORM URI, THERE WAS SOME THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS. THANKFULLY, DESOTO WAS NOT AFFECTED BY IT, BUT ABOUT HAVING THE BACKUP GENERATORS TO OUR WATER SUPPLY, I IF I, IF I RECALL, SLEPT SINCE THEN. BUT I DO BELIEVE WE PURCHASED BACKUP GENERATORS FOR THAT USING ARPA FUNDS. IS THAT CORRECT? SO SO YES, MA'AM. YES. THE REASON WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PARTICIPATING WITH VOLTUS. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. THE WATER STATIONS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY QUESTION. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. AND JUST AS A PIGGYBACK, JUST FOR POINT OF INFORMATION, WHEN SHE SAID ABOUT THE ACTUAL COMPANY, THE IS IS ACTUALLY A SERVICE. SO WOULD THIS GO OUT FOR BID? TWO COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, YOU COULD THEY ALSO HAVE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THAT YOU COULD DO IT THROUGH THAT WAY AS WELL. BUT YEAH, SO THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS YOUR AGREEMENT WOULD BE WITH SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS OR A FIRM LIKE THAT, AND THEN THEY WOULD HIRE US TO PERFORM THE WORK, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME. IT WOULD NOT BE LIKE IT SAYS MONTHLY THAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT. BUT IF YOU DECIDED AFTER FOUR YEARS, I'M DONE WITH THIS, CAN THEY DO THAT? OR ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO GET THAT BENEFIT? NO. SO YOU'LL HAVE THE WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS OVER AS YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT. SO AT FOUR YEARS, WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS LEFT ON THAT, YOU SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO PAY THIS OFF. NOW YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO. SO YOU STILL WOULD BE IN A CONTRACT? NO, A PERIOD OF TIME. NO. IF YOU WANTED TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AT THAT TIME, YOU JUST OH WHATEVER IS LEFT ON THE WHATEVER'S LEFT ON IT. SO THE WHATEVER'S LEFT IS THAT PART WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 15 MILLION? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. THAT'S WHERE I WAS REALLY GOING. I'M TRYING TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE TO GET IN FOR 15 MILLION TO GET THAT BENEFIT OF 178 PER MONTH? NO, MA'AM. NO. SO THAT'S THAT'S FLEXIBLE TOO. 
          THAT'S THAT'S FOR EVERYTHING. THIS IS FLEXIBLE AS DECIDING STAFF CITY WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. TO ACTUALLY USE THAT AS THE FINANCING MECHANISM TO TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THAT ENDS UP BEING. OKAY. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. AND SO TO THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION THAT I FORGOTTEN. IT CAME BACK TO ME AS SHE WAS SPEAKING. SO THE 15 MILLION WOULD ESSENTIALLY GET EVERYTHING DONE. EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED COULD BE DONE FOR THAT $15 MILLION. YES, MA'AM. EVERYTHING THAT HAS A BLUE DOT ON IT. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING WITH WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ALL THAT TOGETHER. 
          BE AROUND $15 MILLION. SO YES, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT WITHIN THAT 15 MILLION IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. JUST TO ACTUALLY DO IT TODAY DOES NOT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THAT BENEFIT. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 15 MILLION AND OPTION TWO WITH THE 18.3 MILLION. SO WE'RE WE'RE ESTIMATING HERE ABOUT A 10% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN. AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN YOUR PACKET SINCE 2020. 
          WE'VE SEEN MATERIAL LABOR COSTS GO UP ABOUT 5,060% SINCE THAT TIME. SO WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT A 10% INCREASE OVER TIME, WHICH WOULD MAKE 15 MILLION. YOU BASICALLY SPEND 18.3 AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS. EXACTLY. AND WITH THAT, GOING BACK TO THE 15 MILLION, YOU SEE THE 15 MILLION BEING BEING PAID FOR AT ONE TIME, THERE IS NO OPTION TO TO SPREAD THAT OFF THAT OUT OFF, OFF BALANCE SHEET. DOES IT HAVE TO BE AGAIN, THIS IS FLEXIBLE. SO YOU ULTIMATELY THE CITY DECIDES WHAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH. BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE THAT SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS WILL FUND THAT PAY FOR IT UP FRONT, AND THEN YOU GUYS JUST PAY FOR 
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THE MONTHLY FEE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THE MONTHLY FEE, $178,000 OVER OVER 20 YEARS IS $42 MILLION, AND THAT'S IT'S PROBABLY NOT FEASIBLE. RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK TO OPTION ONE WITH THE 733 THAT IS US. AND IS THAT CURRENTLY THAT IS IF WE WANTED TO DO THE LIGHTING, THE RETROFIT AND TOWN CENTER, THE LIBRARY, THE HVAC REPLACEMENT IN THE LIBRARY, IT IS ONLY THOSE THREE AREAS. ONE OTHER THING, AND WE FORGOT TO PUT IT ON HERE, WOULD BE THE LIGHTING AT THE PARKING GARAGE. WE FORGOT TO LIST THAT ON THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER ITEM. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. SO IN INTEREST OF TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM. STAFF, DO YOU ALL HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SENSE OF OF DIRECTION FROM US ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO. TO MOVE FORWARD 
          [h.  Presentation and Discussion on MD Pathways TAP Telehealth Program Initiative for the City of DeSoto]
WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, MISS REYNOLDS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON MD PATHWAYS TAP TELEHEALTH PROGRAM INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND THEN WE HAVE MAKING A PRESENTATION IS HR DIRECTOR DANNY GREELEY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. INITIALLY WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU DURING THE SUMMER RETREAT. 
          COUNCIL RETREAT. WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MD PATHWAYS, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN FROM MD PATHWAYS TO GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO THE MAYOR, TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS CHRIS. THIS IS BRIAN AND THIS IS DOCTOR DIRK. AND WE REPRESENT MD HEALTH PATHWAYS. 
          IT'S KIND OF A HOMECOMING FOR US, FOR BRIAN AND I, BECAUSE WE ARE FROM THE METROPLEX AREA, FROM THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, BRIAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DESOTO, AND I WAS ACTUALLY RAISED IN DUNCANVILLE. NOW, TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, WE BOTH GRADUATED FROM DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL NOT HOLD THAT AGAINST US. IT'S A BIT TOO SOON, CHRIS, AFTER THE GAME LAST WEEK. A BIT TOO SOON. OKAY. HEY, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE MISSION STATEMENT AND CITY STATEMENT OF THE CITIES THAT WE GO INTO, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALL SEEN THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CITY AND THE VISION STATEMENT. BUT WHAT I WILL FOCUS ON IS THE VISION STATEMENT. THE VISION FOR DESOTO IS TO BE A MODEL COMMUNITY FOR AMERICA, GIVING FAMILIES AND COMMERCE A REASON TO STAY. WE AT MD HEALTH PATHWAYS BELIEVE THAT OUR PRODUCT MATCHES SUCCINCTLY WITH THAT MISSION STATEMENT. DESOTO HAS A LONG LINE OF WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. IF YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT FAMILIES, THAT TYPE OF DEAL, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY IN DESOTO. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR MISSION AND WHAT YOUR GOAL IS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT DESOTO IS IMPLEMENTING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT AT MD HEALTH PATHWAYS IS A WAY TO HAVE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE. WE WANT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK. WE WANT OKAY, YES, YES, WE WANT TO HAVE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE ON ON ALL LEVELS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR OUR GOAL IS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE PILLAR OF OUR PRODUCT IS. I'M GOING TO TRANSITION TO BRIAN. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU, CHRIS, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT WINDMILL HILL IS IN DUNCANVILLE ISD. OKAY. BUT GREAT TO BE HERE. I HAVE SPENT 25 YEARS WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR 17 YEARS BEFORE THAT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION. I HAVE THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF HAVING BEEN IN OVER 3000 CITY HALLS. I KNEW YOUR CITY MANAGER WHEN HE WAS IN CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS TRYING TO SELL HIM STREET LIGHTS. SO WE HAVE HAD I'VE HAD QUITE, QUITE A CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HELPING CITIES BE INNOVATIVE. AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT HAS A COMMUNITY IMPACT LIKE THIS PROGRAM. DESOTO MAY STILL 
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HAVE CODE RED. I'M NOT SURE. THE OUTBOUND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. I WAS ON THE FOUNDING TEAM OF THAT AND BROUGHT THAT TO DESOTO WHEN JIM BALL WASN'T THE NAME OF THE BUILDING. HE WAS SITTING UP HERE WITH A BOW TIE ON. SO I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT A DOCTOR IN EVERY CITIZEN'S POCKET, EVERY BUSINESS OWNER'S POCKET, 365 DAYS A YEAR FROM 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. YOU CAN TEXT A DOCTOR AND YOU CAN GET A RESPONSE WITHIN TWO MINUTES. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON MEDICARE, DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON MEDICAID, DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE A HUGE MANSION IN FROST FARMS WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE A FRIEND OR A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S A DOCTOR THAT YOU CAN TEXT WHEN YOUR THROAT IS SCRATCHY, OR YOU HAVE A MOLE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL ANYBODY OR OUR OUR NUMBER ONE DIAGNOSED ILLNESS IS A URINARY TRACT INFECTION, AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GIVE A URINE SAMPLE. YOU CAN TEXT US AND I HAVE PERMISSION TO GIVE THIS STORY. 
          MY WIFE WAS TAKING ME TO THE DOCTOR EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SHE SAID, BABE, I'M GETTING A UTI. I SAID, WELL, YOU'RE IN LUCK. WE HAVE THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE SELLING, RIGHT? SO I, I TEXTED THROUGH APPLE CARPLAY. I SAID, I SAID, TEXT TAP TELEHEALTH. IT IS A TEN DIGIT NUMBER. IT'S NOT AN APP. THERE'S NO TECHNOLOGY. YOU LITERALLY SAVE IT AS A CONTACT TAP. TELEHEALTH. WE TEXTED THE DOCTOR, THEY CAME BACK WITHIN 30S AND SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? I SAID, WELL, I'VE USED THE SERVICE BEFORE, BUT MY WIFE HASN'T, SO THEY GOT HER NAME AND SERIAL NUMBER. THEY GOT HER NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH AND ADDRESS, AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD CAN HAVE TEN PEOPLE ACTIVE WITH AN ACCOUNT. AGAIN, THAT'S $9 A MONTH FOR UP TO TEN PEOPLE. NO CHARGES PER USE OF THE PROGRAM. SO $108 COVERS ANY MEDICAL SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ASTHMA OR COPD OR DIABETES. WANT TO USE IT EVERY DAY. YOU CAN. SO MY WIFE EXPLAINS HER SITUATION. THEY SAY, YES, WE ARE GOING TO ASK THESE FIVE QUESTIONS TO RULE OUT KIDNEY INFECTION. THEY DID. THEY SAID WE FEEL CONFIDENT THIS IS A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. WE KNOW YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE. AND WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY TAKE? I SHOULD NORMALLY TAKE MACROBID. SO THEY CALLED IT IN TO CVS. WE HAVE THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR PRESCRIPTIONS. WE HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR IT WITH OUR INSURANCE OR WE COULD CASH PAY, WHICH WAS CHEAPER AND IT WAS LIKE $5. OUR AVERAGE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM FOR THE UNINSURED IS $10. SO WE'RE PROVIDING EVERY EVERYONE IN DESOTO WITH THAT ABILITY. NOW, EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IS NOT A REAL THING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SOMEHOW. AND WE CANNOT GIVE A $9 DOCTOR ACCESS, WHICH IS CONCIERGE MEDICINE. IF IT'S AN OPT IN PROGRAM, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. SO WHAT WE DO, WHAT GARLAND HAS DONE, WE HAVE. I AM NOT GOING THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. I NORMALLY DON'T GIVE PRESENTATIONS. I'M SO SORRY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO YOU YOU LITERALLY YOU YOU TEXT THIS DOCTOR, YOU SEE THE THREAD HERE. THE DOCTOR CAN CALL YOU. THE DOCTOR CAN FACETIME YOU. WE CAN DO ONE OF 350 LANGUAGES. SO IF YOU TEXT IT IN FARSI OR IF YOU TEXT IT IN SPANISH, THE DOCTOR GETS IT IN THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK. 
          THEY TEXT BACK INTO THE LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK. ALL OF OUR DOCTORS FOR DESOTO ARE IN NORTH TEXAS, SO WE'RE NOT OFFSHORING ANY DOCTORS HERE. BUT THE WAY WE THE WAY WE FUND THIS FOR A CITY IS WE PUT IT ON A WATER UTILITY BILL. IT'S $9. IT'S A LINE ITEM ON THE WATER UTILITY BILL. IT'S AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM. SO AS SOON AS YOU SAY AND HOPEFULLY IF YOU SAY YES, WE WANT TO DO THIS AS A CITY, WE START A COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN FOR 2 TO 3 MONTHS. WE WILL PUT QR CODES, PLACES. WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND MEETING WITH LIONS CLUB, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, YOU NAME IT, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, IT'S OPT OUT AT DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO DO IT. YOU CAN CALL YOU CAN EMAIL. YOU CAN GO TO A QR CODE. YOU CAN HOWEVER YOU WANT TO OPT OUT OF THIS SERVICE. WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. HAVING SAID THAT WE'VE DONE THIS FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. WE HAVE RIGHT AT 20 CITIES PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE ABOUT 15% OF A COMMUNITY OPT OUT. SO WE HAVE 85% STAY IN THE CITY OF FERRIS. TEXAS WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT ANYWHERE. THEIR CITY MANAGER MET WITH DIRK DOCTOR PARROT. AND I'M NOT LETTING HIM SPEAK BECAUSE HE'S A DOCTOR, AND HE JUST WILL SAY THINGS ABOUT DISEASES THAT JUST GO OFF THE RAILS. NO, I'M KIDDING. OKAY, BUT DOCTOR PARROT IS A VERY WELL REGARDED ER DOCTOR. 
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HE'S CURRENTLY THE ROCKWALL COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY. HE RECEIVED A CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOR HIS WORK DURING COVID. HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE ADMINISTRATOR OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. DURING THAT TIME. HE WAS SAVING LIVES WHEN PEOPLE COULDN'T GET INTO THE HOSPITAL. 
          AND HE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE WAS WORKING FOR BAYLOR GARLAND. THE REASON GARLAND IS IN OUR PROGRAM THERE, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT A HOSPITAL. WHY DOES WHY IS BAYLOR NOT THERE ANYMORE? BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PATIENTS THAT WOULD COME TO THE ER THAT DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE, AND THE HOSPITAL MADE NO MONEY. 
          SO THEY PULLED OUT OF THE TOWN. DIRK HAS SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN SOMEONE WILL COME IN WITH STREP THROAT. HE WRITES A $5 AMOXICILLIN PRESCRIPTION. THEY WALK DOWN TO BILLING AND IT'S 1500 AT A MINIMUM. NOW THAT FAMILY IS IN A IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, IS IN A MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY SITUATION, OR THEY JUST DON'T PAY IT, AND THEN OUR INSURANCE GOES UP AND OUR TAXPAYERS PAY IT, IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO I WOULD EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT THIS ON A WATER BILL, IT'S OPTIONAL. I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE STREETS IN DESOTO THAT WHEN I WAS A KID, I NEVER DROVE ON. BUT MY TAX, MY DAD'S TAX DOLLARS WENT TOWARDS THEM. 
          THERE WERE BALLPARKS THAT I NEVER PLAYED ON. THERE WERE OTHER, OTHER FEES AND TAXES THAT WE JUST NEVER REALLY TOOK PART OF. BUT WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF A COMMUNITY. HOW HOW INNOVATIVE IS IT TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND BE ABLE TO OPT OUT IF YOU DON'T WANT IT? IT'S GIVING THE CITIZENS A CHOICE, AND IT'S ONE THAT WILL SAVE LIVES AGAIN, HITTING 85%. WHAT THE CITY MANAGER AND FERRIS TOLD US AFTER THE FIRST YEAR IS I HAVE GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, HE SAID. WE USED THEY USED ARPA FUNDING TO BUY IT FOR THREE YEARS, HE SAID. IT IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST USED CITY SERVICE IN THE TOWN OF FERRIS, AND YOU CAN CALL BROOKS WILLIAMS, AND HE'LL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS REDUCED OUR 911 DISPATCH AND TRANSPORT BY 20%. 
          WE JUST HEARD ABOUT YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS. CAN YOU IMAGINE TAKING 20% OF THOSE CALLS OFF OF THEIR LOAD? RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE FIRE CHIEFS THAT ARE TELLING US, MY FOLKS LIKE TO GO AND PUT OUT FIRES, BUT THEY END UP GOING AND TAKING SOMEONE'S BLOOD PRESSURE AND THEN HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF THE E.R. OR WAIT TILL THEY SEE A DOCTOR. AND THAT'S A THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY IS MAYBE NOT THE FINAL THING. ONE OF THE FINAL THINGS IS THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES GET THIS FOR FREE. SO THINK OF ALL THE ER AND URGENT CARE TRIPS AVOIDED. NOW THAT WILL GO TOWARDS YOUR INSURANCE AS A CITY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. SO IS IT GOING TO BE EASY? WILL YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAY WHY IS THIS ON MY WATER BILL. YES. WELL YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE IT. YES YOU WILL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND STAND HERE AND TELL YOU YOU WON'T. IT GOES AWAY. THEY WILL, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BICKER ABOUT IT. YOU WILL TELL THEM YOU CAN OPT OUT. WE'LL SHOW THEM HOW TO OPT OUT. 
          THEY GET 90 DAYS TO TRY IT FOR FREE. THEY CAN THEY CAN OPT OUT AT ANY TIME. WE'LL REFUND THEM THEIR $27 AND THAT'S IT. BUT THEY CAN AT LEAST TRY IT. BUT YOU GET PAST THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, TURN OFF FACEBOOK FOR A WHILE AND I'M JUST BEING REAL. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'LL BE DOZENS. AND THEN IT GOES AWAY. AND YOU HAVE A DECADE OF HEALTH IN GARLAND, IN GARLAND, IN DESOTO. I'M SO SORRY. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT GARLAND. AND WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY EMBRACED PREVENTATIVE HEALTH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMETHING COULD COMPLEMENT THAT ANY MORE THAN OUR PROGRAM. AND JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD IS SOMEHOW PULLING US TO DESOTO. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CHEESY, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING, DOCTOR PARROTT MET RANDOMLY WITH A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF DOUG HAWTHORNE. DOES ANYONE KNOW HIM? HE WAS A FORMER CEO OF TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES, AND HE SAID, THIS IS AMAZING, DOCTOR PARROTT. IN FACT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S FUNNY. WE'RE SPEAKING TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. I DON'T I MEAN, THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. BUT HE SAID, PLEASE TELL THEM THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS MY FULL ENDORSEMENT. STATE REP RITA BOWERS WROTE A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT BEGGING THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO PUSH THIS FORWARD, WHICH THEY DID. SENATOR BOB HALL, WHO'S ON THE OTHER END OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, SAID, I'LL WORK WITH WITH REP BOWERS ON THIS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT HEALTH CARE. WE CARE ABOUT VETERANS SO WE CAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE ON THIS, HE SAID. I WANT EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN TEXAS TO HAVE THIS, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY. AND THERE'S $50 BILLION COMING INTO TEXAS 
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FOR THINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW. SO I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE. I KNOW YOU WILL HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THE GUY THAT HAS THE ANSWERS. AND BY THE WAY, CHRIS HAS KNOWN ME SINCE JUNIOR HIGH, SEVENTH GRADE. SO HE'S GOT A LOT OF DIRT ON ME, BY THE WAY, BUT I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO SEE A FEW LIGHTS. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OF MY OWN. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO LIKE THE TOOL. I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE DO WITH THIS. I DO HAVE JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE TELEHEALTH. YOU KNOW, WITH HIPAA NOW, YOU GAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE GIVEN. OKAY. SO THE CITY OF DESOTO WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THAT DATA. SO WHO DOES HAVE ACCESS? WHERE WOULD THAT DATA RESIDE? SO GREAT TO MEET YOU COUNCIL. I'M DOCTOR DIRK PERROT. I'M STILL A PRACTICING ER PHYSICIAN. THIS WAS BORN OUT OF MY FRUSTRATION OF WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE ER, HIPAA AND PRIVACY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. SO WE, WE, WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE MOST STRICT HIPAA COMPLIANCE. ONLY OUR PHYSICIANS HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL RECORD AND ONLY THE PHYSICIAN THAT TREATED THE PATIENT CAN VIEW THAT PATIENT ENCOUNTER. NOW, WHAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE CITY IS WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THE NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE UTILIZING THIS SERVICE. AND WE CAN ALSO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISEASE OUTBREAKS. ONE BENEFIT OF OF DOING THIS ON A COMMUNITY WIDE BASIS, WE CAN KIND OF ALERT THE COMMUNITY IF THERE'S A DISEASE OUTBREAK. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE MEASLES. IMAGINE THAT EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY HAD ACCESS. IF THERE WAS A CONCERN OF A DISEASE OUTBREAK LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN ALERT YOU TO DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN THE COMMUNITY. DE-IDENTIFIED. BUT BUT ALL THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS HELD TO THE STRICTEST HIPAA STANDARDS, LIKE YOU WOULD ANY OTHER MEDICAL INTERACTION. OKAY. AND SO WITH TELEHEALTH, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FEATURES THEY HAVE IS IF YOU EVER GO TO THEM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK AND SEE ALL OF YOUR RECORDS. IS THAT SOMETHING ALSO THAT HAPPENS WITH TELEHEALTH? THIS TOOL, THE PERSON IS ABLE TO GET TO THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT MEDICAL RECORDS, WE HAVE A PATIENT PORTAL KIND OF LIKE SIMILAR TO MYCHART. IF YOU'VE EVER USED THAT, YOU CAN LOG IN, SEE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS, GET ACCESS TO YOUR DOCTOR'S NOTES, LOOK AT YOUR LAST INTERACTION. AND THEN ON OUR END, JUST LIKE I WOULD IN THE ER IF YOU CAME IN TO SEE ME IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. 
          I'VE NEVER MET YOU IN THE ER. YOU COME IN FOR COUGH, SORE THROAT. FIRST THING I DO IS, IS AFTER YOU'VE REGISTERED AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, I PULL FROM SOME MEDICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE DATABASES. I CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE DIABETES. I SEE YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. 
          SAME WITH OUR TELEHEALTH TOOL. ONCE YOU REGISTER, PUT YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. I'M ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE SAME DATABASES AND GET SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON YOU TO BETTER ASSIST IN THAT TREATMENT OF YOUR CONDITION. OUTSTANDING. THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AND JUST LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU TELL THEM HOW TO OPT OUT. YEP. BUT I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEM TO OPT BACK IN HOW THEY CAN OPT BACK IN IF THEY DECIDE TO DO SO. THAT'S GREAT. HONESTLY, THE THE BIGGEST PERIOD OF OPT OUT IS WHAT WE SEE IN THE FIRST 90 DAYS, AND THEN THAT NUMBER REVERSES. I THINK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY SAYS, OH, THERE'S SOMETHING NEW, THERE'S SOME FEE, I JUST WANT OUT OF IT. AND THEN SCHOOL MOM USES IT WITH HER TWO KIDS AND SHE'S LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS AMAZING. AND WE SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY OPT BACK IN. SO THE OPT OUT ACTUALLY REVERSES AFTER THREE MONTHS AND GOES DOWN WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE TO SIGN BACK UP AFTER THEIR OTHER COMMUNITY FRIENDS HAVE UTILIZED THE SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S GOING ON EVERYBODY'S WATER BILL AUTOMATICALLY. NOW, WE DO HAVE A LARGE PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT LIVE IN APARTMENTS. AND SO THEY DON'T GET INDIVIDUAL WATER BILLS. SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN MY SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CITY STAFF OR CITY EMPLOYEES GETTING THIS FOR FREE. WHERE DOES THE FUNDING FOR THAT COME FROM? BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANY CITY CONTRIBUTION AT ANY POINT, OR DOES THE $9 COVER ALL OF THAT? YES. SO FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEE. AND SOME CITIES WHEN THEY DO LIKE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THERE IS SOME SORT OF REVENUE OR SOMETHING THAT GOES BACK. WE'RE DOING THAT IN KIND FOR THE CITY. SO THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR PROGRAM. THE CITY CAN ACCEPT THAT OR NOT, BUT WE WANT EVERY EMPLOYEE TO HAVE FULL ACCESS, JUST LIKE A CITIZEN WOULD. AND BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING US ROLL THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ALL AT ONCE, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU. SO I'LL SHOW YOU A NUMBER HERE. AND THIS IS THE NUMBER. IF YOU TEXT IT, WE WILL 
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE CITY APPROVES IT AND BEFORE IT GOES ON A BILL, WE'LL LET ANYONE TRY THIS AND TEST IT OUT. SO I DON'T WANT TO JINX ANYONE TO GET SICK, BUT. BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, IF YOU WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN, YOU CAN USE IT AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS. 
          BUT YOUR QUESTION ABOUT APARTMENTS, THAT IS THE FIRST THING I ASKED, DIRK, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD MAYBE NEED IT THE MOST ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ALL BILLS PAID. SO WHAT WE DO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS. AND IF THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS, WE WON'T. BUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE SAY THAT FIRST YEAR IT'S $9 FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX. SO LITERALLY $108 A YEAR PAID ONE TIME. EVERY TENANT IS COVERED. SO IF WE SEE EGREGIOUS USE IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE 300, A POPULATION OF 300, AND THEY USE IT, YOU KNOW, 1800 TIMES WE WOULD ASK FOR THE CITY'S PERMISSION TO APPROACH THAT LANDLORD, TO SAY, COULD WE WORK OUT A DEAL THAT THAT WE COULD WE COULD POSSIBLY UP THAT $9? SO WE SURE DON'T WANT LANDLORDS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FEE IF IT WAS FOR EVERY TENANT WE KNOW, EVERY TENANT NEEDS IT. 
          SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I MEAN YEP. 
          AND I AND I KNOW GENERALLY HOW WELL I'M, I'M SPECULATING ON A PART OF IT. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY, BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW THE WATER BILL IS, IT'S BASICALLY DIVVIED UP PER PER RESIDENT OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND I DO KNOW THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR ISD STUDENTS AND CHILDREN ARE RESIDENTS IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SO I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED THERE IN TERMS OF OF HAVING THIS BENEFIT FOR FAMILIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WOULD JUST BE ON A TRIAL BASIS, I GUESS, JUST KIND OF WAIT AND SEE. WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE REAL I MEAN, THE ANSWER IS IF THAT COMPLEX CAN'T AFFORD THAT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO PROVIDE IT FOR THEM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY. WE HOPE THAT THE LANDLORD WOULD SETTLE AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WORTH IT TO ME. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HELPS ME GET AND KEEP TENANTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHUT THE SERVICE DOWN. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT COULD BE PASSED THROUGH. I'M NOT I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I WOULD, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT COULD BE PASSED THROUGH JUST AS LIKE I SAID, AS THEY DIVVY UP THE WATER BILL ANY OTHER OTHER MONTH, THE $9 COULD BE PASSED THROUGH AND ATTACHED TO THEIR BILL, OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME EDUCATION AROUND IT AND SOME NOTIFICATION IN ADVANCE, WELL, IN ADVANCE FOR THOSE THOSE TENANTS, HOWEVER, THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO GET THE BENEFIT SHOULD THEY WANT IT. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF IT AS WELL. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL DO FOR THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS IN THE ALL BILLS PAID APARTMENTS AND ANY APARTMENT IS WE CAN PUT POSTERS, QR CODES THAT SAY SCAN THIS, SCAN THIS QR CODE AND SAVE THIS IN YOUR PHONE. AND WHEN YOU GET SICK, TEXT IT AND THERE'S NO CHARGE, RIGHT? CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YES, SIR. I KNOW DOUG AS WELL. OKAY. AND YEAH, JUST RANDOM, VERY RANDOM. HE WAS WITH US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR TOOK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          HOW DO YOU HANDLE MEDICAID AND MEDICARE RECIPIENTS? THE THE OLDER POPULATION? YEP. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY FREE TO USE IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE ON MEDICARE, MEDICAID INSURANCE, NO INSURANCE. THEY JUST TEXT THE TEN DIGIT NUMBER. THIS IS NOT INSURANCE. IT'S CONCIERGE MEDICINE. SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM USING IT EARLY AND OFTEN AS MUCH AS THEY'D LIKE. BUT THEY STILL WOULD BE CHARGED VIA THEIR WATER BILL. THEY WOULD. 
          OKAY. AND SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A CITY, MAYBE BECAUSE WE LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF OF THE OLDER POPULATION. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THAT WAS A JOKE. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT WE HAVE A VERY AFFLUENT CITY IN CHICAGO, AND ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY DRIVERS IS THEY'RE AN OLDER POPULATION WITH EVEN OLDER PARENTS THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF. AND, I MEAN, MY PARENTS ARE HAVE BEEN IN WINDMILL HILL FOR EVER AND A DAY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE MORE AND MORE, MY MOM THINKS SHE HAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. AND SO I HAVE HER LISTED UNDER MY HOUSE, AND SHE'S TEXTING WITH THE SERVICE AND SAYING, HEY, I'VE, I HAVE THIS RASH WHENEVER I GO TO THE FAIR ON MY ANKLES AND SHE'LL SIT, SHE'LL SEND A PICTURE AND DOCTOR LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS, OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE. IT'S A HEAT RASH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, BUT THAT, THAT 
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PREVENTS A CALL FROM ME TO ME BECAUSE. AND SHE GETS TO TALK TO A DOCTOR INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO CHATGPT. ABSOLUTELY. AND ONE LAST QUESTION. IS IT ONLY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS OR DO YOU ALSO HAVE PEDIATRICS. YEAH. SO SO ALL OF OUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE BACKGROUND. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHATEVER OUR DOCTORS SEE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THEY'RE PREPARED TO SEE ON ON THE TELEHEALTH SYSTEM. SO WE TAKE CARE OF ALL AGES FROM BIRTH TO LATER IN LIFE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED. AND YOU DID MENTION MEDICARE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST ENDED SUPPORT FOR ALL MEDICARE RECIPIENTS TO DO TELEHEALTH. 
          AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR THEM TO CONTINUE HAVING ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH THROUGH OUR SERVICE. ON OCTOBER 1ST. MEDICARE ONLY APPROVES REIMBURSEMENT FOR TELEHEALTH VISITS IF YOU'RE IN A DESIGNATED REMOTE RURAL HEALTHCARE AREA. SO ALL OUR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS ARE GOING TO LOSE ACCESS. OR I DID LOSE ACCESS ON OCTOBER 1ST TO TO UTILIZE TELEHEALTH. YEAH. THAT'S INTERESTING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATERS. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR COMING. AND WELCOME BACK TO THE SOLO, Y'ALL. THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY A THIRD NOW WITH WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, I'LL START WITH THAT ONE ON THE ALL BILLS PAID. MAYBE I COULD DO LIKE $9 PER DOOR FOR THE OWNER. SO IT'S A 50. LET'S SAY IT'S ALL BILLS PAID. 50 UNIT APARTMENT. YEAH. 
          THEN $9 TIMES 50 IS WHAT YOU BILLED TO THE OWNER. AND HE OFFERS IT TO EVERYBODY. SO THAT'S IDEALLY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO. THAT FIRST YEAR IS REALLY TO SHOW THE LANDOWNER, THE LANDLORD, THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT, THERE'S A NEED. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THEM AFTER YEAR ONE. HERE'S YOUR UTILIZATION. HAPPY TO TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED. OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, WE CAN TURN IT OFF. AND AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SURPRISE THEM DAY ONE AND GO. WE CAN'T AFFORD NINE TIMES YOU KNOW 50. YEAH. AND SO WE WANT TO SEE THEM TO SEE THE VALUE OVER THE FIRST YEAR. SO COMING BACK WITH THAT DATA AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, SHOWING THEM UTILIZATION, WE HOPE THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED WOULD HAPPEN. YEAH. 
          OKAY. WELL MY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS WERE I KNOW IT WAS TEN PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD. HOW WOULD YOU AVOID LIKE PEOPLE MISUSING IT. YEAH. WE WON'T WE WON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. BUT HOW DO YOU PREVENT THE MISUSE OF THAT. WE WE DON'T INVESTIGATE MISUSE UNTIL YOU EXCEED TEN MEMBERS IN YOUR FAMILY. AND SO THEN WHEN THERE'S MORE THAN TEN MEMBERS AT THAT HOUSEHOLD, THEN WE DO ASK FOR SOME PROOF OF OF RESIDENCE AT THAT HOUSEHOLD. 
          OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, SINCE WE'RE PROVIDING MEDICAL. I GUESS, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, MEDICAL SERVICES OR WHATNOT FOR THE CITIZENS THEN WHAT'S WHAT'S THE LIABILITY TO THE CITY? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LIABLE FOR WHAT YOU ALL SAY. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THIS IS LIKE BRIAN MENTIONED, WE'RE WE'RE APPROACHING 20 CITIES. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH OTHER MUNICIPAL LEGAL AND LAWYERS AND ALL HAVE BEEN IN AGREEMENT THAT FULL MEDICAL LIABILITY OF OUR DECISIONS FALLS ON THE WEIGHT OF OUR DOCTORS, JUST LIKE THEY WOULD IN A LOCAL CLINIC, A LOCAL ER, AND THE THE CITY IS JUST A FACILITATOR OF THE BILLING MECHANISM, BUT NOT PROVIDING HEALTH CARE THEMSELVES. OKAY. SO THAT'S IN THE FINE PRINT THAT WE GET. YEAH. OKAY. NOW THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXCELLENT PROGRAM Y'ALL I MEAN CUTTING EDGE. THANK YOU. WHERE DO WE SIGN UP. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 
          BUT THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR COMING OUT. COMING OUT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS RELATED TO IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DO BUSINESS OUTREACH. IS THAT BECAUSE BUSINESSES COULD TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE IN THIS AS WELL? AND DOES THAT ALSO MAYBE INCLUDE CHURCHES WHO HAVE STAFF ON DUTY AS WELL? SO THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD. AND ALSO WITH, I GUESS, RESPECT IN THAT SPACE OF GROUP HOMES, WE HAVE A HEALTHY POPULATION OF GROUP HOMES HERE AS WELL. DOES THE PERSON HAVE TO BE THE SAME LAST NAME OR DO YOU HAVE TO PROVE FAMILY? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT THE CITY HAS TO MAKE, OR IS IT JUST THE NINE, THE $9? SO I'LL ANSWER YOUR LAST QUESTION FIRST. 
          THERE'S NO OTHER FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, SO NO BUDGET ITEM FOR THE CITY SOLELY. EVERYTHING IS PAID THROUGH THE WATER UTILITY BILL FOR THE GROUP HOME QUESTION. THE MEMBERS OF A HOUSEHOLD DO NOT HAVE TO BE RELATED. WE DO CAP IT AT TEN. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS OUTREACH, AND THIS IS A DECISION FOR THE CITY, 90% OF OUR CITIES SEE THE BENEFIT OF PUTTING THIS ON BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WATER ACCOUNTS SO SMALL BUSINESSES CAN PARTICIPATE. SO IF YOU GUYS WERE TO DECIDE THAT, YOU WOULD ALSO WANT TO PUT THIS 
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ON COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, THE SMALL BUSINESSES COULD SIGN UP TO TEN EMPLOYEES ON THIS AS A BENEFIT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO THINK OF A SMALL RESTAURANT THAT TYPICALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY COULD PROVIDE THIS SERVICE BECAUSE THEY WORK IN DESOTO AND HAVE A DESOTO COMMERCIAL WATER ACCOUNT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THE BUSINESS OUTREACH IN THE CASE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO TO ALSO PUT THIS ON THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, NOT JUST THE RESIDENTIAL. WOULD THAT BE THE SAME FOR CHURCHES, TOO? IT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR CHURCHES, YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT IS SUCH A HUGE BENEFIT. CHRIS WILL TELL YOU HIS DAD WAS A PREACHER HERE IN THIS AREA IN A SMALL CHURCH. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE BENEFITS. YOU'RE GOING TO WHATEVER URGENT CARE CLINIC YOU COULD GO TO. SO I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO A CITY RECENTLY, AND A CITIZEN CAME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SAID, I CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE INSURANCE FOR MY NINE EMPLOYEES, BUT I HAVE THIS TELADOC SERVICE THAT THEY CAN USE, HE SAID. IT'S $50 TO USE IT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A FOLLOW UP CALL, WHICH IS ALSO $50. SO I'M PAYING $100 EVERY TIME SOMEBODY USES IT. AND THIS WOULD BE $9 FOR ME. ARE YOU KIDDING? LIKE IT WAS IT WAS HE WAS QUITE IMPRESSED. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE WANT TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR LAST QUESTION IS COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. BUT BEFORE WE HAVE THAT QUESTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF HAS THE DIRECTION THEY NEED FROM US ON THIS, MISS GREENLEE. YES, MA'AM. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GET THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU JUST TO SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. IF YOU ARE, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER NORTH, YOUR FINAL QUESTION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND BEING OFFERED AT A NOMINAL FEE. COULD YOU PLEASE WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS DURING A CALL AND IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A MORE SERIOUS DIAGNOSIS. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT REFERRED, THAT INDIVIDUAL REFERRED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 33% OF ALL OUR ENCOUNTERS REQUIRE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. SO WE TAKE CARE OF 97% OF WHAT WE SEE. THOSE PATIENTS GET A PRESCRIPTION, THEY PICK UP THEIR LOCAL PHARMACY, 3% ARE DOCTORS DETERMINED SHOULDN'T BE HANDLED OR CAN'T BE HANDLED ON A TELEHEALTH PLATFORM AND NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. AND AND WE HELP MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. ONE IS WHERE WE TOOK CARE OF A YOUNG LADY THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION THAT OUR DOCTOR THOUGHT HAD A PNEUMONIA THAT THEY NEEDED, ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR. WE OFFERED TO CALL 911 ON HER BEHALF UNTIL THEY ARRIVED. SHE SAID, NO, NO, I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ME. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO NOTIFY THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT SHE WAS COMING AND ON HER WAY. SHE ULTIMATELY DID END UP WITH PNEUMONIA AND GET ADMITTED TO TO THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER ONE IS MENTAL HEALTH. 
          MENTAL HEALTH IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE MOST MET NEED BY OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OVERALL. AND AND UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, IT'S OUR BIGGEST UNMET NEED. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IF YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS THAT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A DOCTOR AND YOU CAN CONTINUE ON ON THEIR PLAN, YOU CAN AVOID THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT REQUIRES ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS DON'T FOLLOW UP FOR THEIR APPOINTMENTS. AND THEN WHEN THEY TRY TO GET ONE, THEY'RE TOLD, OH, IT'S ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR DOCTORS TO DO THAT. BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ER, BUT DOES REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE IN-PERSON EVALUATION. AND PROBABLY JUST THREE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A CASE OF SOMEBODY THAT HAD A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO FIND A LOW COST FOLLOW UP THE NEXT DAY FOR THAT PATIENT. WE THEN FOLLOWED UP TO MAKE SURE THEY WENT TO THE APPOINTMENT AND GOT THE CARE THEY NEEDED. AND SO WHAT WE WHAT WE MISS OUT FOR NOT SEEING YOU PHYSICALLY WE CAN MAKE UP FOR BY CONSTANT FOLLOW UP AND CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCIL I DID GET ONE QUESTION I THINK IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE AN EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO ASK THE QUESTION IS ABOUT COLLECTIONS. SO IF SOMEBODY IS BEHIND ON THEIR WATER BILL HOW DO YOU ALL HANDLE THAT. YEAH. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT NEVER WILL YOUR WATER BE TURNED OFF FOR NOT PAYING THE THE HEALTH CARE FEE. HOWEVER, AFTER THREE MONTHS OF NONPAYMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE FEE, WE CONSIDER THAT YOU'VE OPTED OUT AND YOU ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO TO RECEIVE THE SERVICE UNLESS YOU START PAYING AGAIN OR OPT BACK IN. IT'S JUST CONSIDERED AN OPT OUT. AFTER THREE MONTHS OF NONPAYMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I 
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THINK THAT'S ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN AGAIN AND GO EAGLES. ALL RIGHT. 
          [f.  Presentation of the Cultural Engagement Committee]
WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE. CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. SO I'M I'M VERY, VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE INTRODUCING THIS NEXT ITEM. AND AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. THIS IS A TEAM OF DEDICATED AND FORWARD THINKING CITY EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY. A GROUP OF GREAT PEOPLE WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY'S WORKFORCE. 
          SIDNEY ELLIOTT, STEPHAN JAMES AND NANCY DAVIS, ROSS, PAIGE, CHRIS AND VIVIAN TOLLIVER AMONG THE MANY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PART OF THIS CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE FROM EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT. THIS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED AT MY DIRECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH HR, WITH THE CLEAR MISSION, WHICH IS TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE ADMINISTRATION. AND MY GOAL WAS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY VOICE WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE IS HEARD, VALUED AND REFLECTED ON HOW WE OPERATE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, THE COMMUNITY HAS ENGAGED DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS TO ASSESS MORALE, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND SHAPE A MORE RESPONSIVE, INCLUSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WORKFORCE ENVIRONMENT. THIS INITIATIVE REPRESENTS NOT ONLY MY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, BUT ALSO CORE BELIEF IN OUR EMPLOYEES AS OUR GREATEST ASSET. I WANT TO COMMEND THIS TEAM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND THE MOMENTUM THEY HAVE HELPED TO BUILD. LASTLY, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TEAM. SO THIS THIS GROUP THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THOSE FIVE LEADERS ARE MUCH, AGAIN, MUCH LARGER THAN THAT SMALL TEAM. OUR FOCUS TONIGHT AND EVERY DAY IS DOING THE REAL WORK THAT MOVES THIS CITY FORWARD AND WILL REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO LEADING WITH INTEGRITY AND SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SIDNEY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. SO IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND STANDING. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU ALL STAND THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, SO. ALL RIGHT, SO VERY BRIEFLY, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR PURPOSE. CITY MANAGER GODFREY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. WE'LL DISCUSS OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, BRIEFLY REVIEW THE OFFICERS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK SURVEY FROM WHAT WE RECEIVED, AS WELL AS THE RECAP FROM THE FIRST EVENT THAT WE DID, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP. SO LIKE CITY MANAGER GODFREY STATED, THE PURPOSE OF THE CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, OR CSC MOVING FORWARD IS TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION BETWEEN CITY ADMINISTRATION AND EMPLOYEES. IT WAS FORMED AFTER THE 2024 EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AND WHEN IT WAS CREATED, IT WAS CREATED WITH 1 TO 2 EMPLOYEES FROM EACH DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT INCLUDES FIRE, POLICE, ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND WE WORK TOGETHER NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO HUMAN RESOURCES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, DRESS CODE, EMPLOYEE EVENTS. WE ASSISTED WITH PROVIDING SOME FEED CODE, SOME FEEDBACK ON THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL, AND REALLY JUST PROVIDING FEEDBACK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE IN DESOTO. SO OUR MISSION IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING WORKPLACE WHERE EVERY EMPLOYEE FEELS VALUED, EMPOWERED, SEEN, AND CELEBRATED FOR THEIR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS. THROUGH MEANINGFUL INITIATIVES, WE STRIVE TO BUILD A CULTURE THAT CONNECTS, INSPIRES, SUPPORTS, AND UPLIFTS OUR DIVERSE TEAM. 
          SO WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS FIRST CREATED, PART OF WHAT CAME OUT IS THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FLAWS. DISTRUST. DON'T FEEL SAFE TO SHARE. EXPERIENCE EVENTS THAT WEREN'T OR DIDN'T FEEL EMPLOYEE FOCUSED, AND THAT THERE WAS A POPULATION OF PART TIME, SECOND AND THIRD SHIFT EMPLOYEES THAT DID NOT FEEL INCLUDED. AND SO THE VISION THAT CAME OUT OF IT, AND THIS WAS VOTED ON AND CREATED BY THE TEAM, WAS TO FOSTER A CULTURE THAT CELEBRATES INCLUSIVENESS, PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WHERE ALL EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED AND EMPOWERED TO GROW. AND JUST BRIEFLY, THESE ARE YOUR OFFICERS. SO YOUR 
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OFFICERS WILL ROTATE EACH YEAR OUT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEN JUST MOVING ON. I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES INTO THE SURVEY FEEDBACK. SO THERE WAS A SURVEY COMPLETED IN 2024. WE ACTUALLY DID AN INTERNAL SURVEY THIS PAST SUMMER WHERE 20% OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORKING POPULATION PARTICIPATED, AND THERE WERE FIVE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYEE EVENTS THEY WANT TO SEE, THE TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR WORKPLACE CULTURE, WHAT CITY SUPPORTED INITIATIVES COULD OCCUR, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF DAY TO DAY WORK EXPERIENCE. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH QUESTION, BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEN I SAY THEY I MEAN EMPLOYEES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BOND OUTSIDE OF WORK THROUGH GAMES, VOLUNTEERING AND CULTURAL EVENTS, TRAINING, MENTORSHIP AND WELLNESS WERE THE TOP DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. COMMUNICATION, INCLUSIVITY AND LEADERSHIP PRESENCE ARE CRITICAL AREAS TO IMPROVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WITHIN THE SURVEY THAT OVER 40 TIMES IT WAS MENTIONED MORE COLLABORATION, MORE INCLUSIVITY, MORE COMMUNICATION. SO EMPLOYEES WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT. THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, SUSTAINABILITY AND EMPLOYEE DRIVEN INITIATIVES. AND THEN LASTLY, RECOGNITION, SUPPORT AND BALANCE WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST POSITIVE IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AFTER WE REVIEWED THE FEEDBACK AS A COMMITTEE, WE NOT ONLY MEET MONTHLY, BUT WE'VE ALREADY PRODUCED SOME ITEMS TO COME IN THE NEXT QUARTER. THE FIRST ONE IS A WALKING CLUB, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF MEMBERS TO GO WALKING WITH EACH OTHER, WHETHER IT'S ON ROY OR TRAIL, ERNIE ROBERTS PARK, OR MAYBE GOING TO ANOTHER PARK JUST TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. MORE INCLUSIVENESS. SO CELEBRATING ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS. SO WE'VE DISCUSSED AN INTERNAL CITY NEWSLETTER. SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE CITY MANAGER'S WEEKLY REPORT THAT GOES OUT. 
          BUT STAFF WANTS SOMETHING THAT'S INTERNAL EMPLOYEES ONLY. AND THEN LASTLY WE'RE HOSTING TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE WITH CITY COUNCIL SHORTLY. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT THE CSC MEETS MONTHLY, BUT THE OFFICERS MEET MONTHLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER OFFICERS OFFICE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND TO ENSURE WE'RE ON TRACK. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ALL KNEW THIS, BUT WE DID HOST OUR FIRST EVENT A COUPLE WEEKS BACK CALLED THE OUR BY OUR HEROES EVENT, AND THIS WAS HELD FOR PART TIMERS, SECOND SHIFT AND THIRD SHIFT. WE HEARD THEM, WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. AND IT WAS THE FIRST EVER EVENT DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO ENSURE OUR CITY IS CARED FOR EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, AND FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T ATTEND. OUR MEMBERS TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER. THEY WENT TO THE JAIL. THEY WENT TO THE PARK. THEY WENT TO THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, THEY RECEIVED THE GIFTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. AND SO, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR FIRST EVER EMPLOYEE TOWN HALL MEETING COMING UP. WE'RE HOSTING TWO OF THEM. THE FIRST ONE IS THIS THURSDAY FROM 5:30 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH FROM 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE ALL CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED DURING THAT MORNING TIME FRAME TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND IN. 
          THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED WILL BE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET SEASON. BECAUSE THERE WAS QUESTIONS FROM EMPLOYEES ABOUT THAT. ALSO, WHAT ARE THE GOALS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS FOR EMPLOYEES? AND LASTLY, JUST ANOTHER INTRODUCTION TO THE CSC AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS ELLIOTT, FOR FOR SHARING THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION. OR DO YOU ALL NEED FEEDBACK FROM US, OR ARE YOU JUST INCLUDING US IN ON THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY DOING, INCLUDING AN INFORMATION OKAY. INCLUDING AN INFORMATION? OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS COGNIZANT OF THE TIME. SO IF WE COULD JUST KEEP OUR COMMENTS TO MAYBE ONE QUESTION PER COUNCIL MEMBER SO THAT WE CAN MOVE. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS STILL LEFT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS AROUND THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS FOR THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL ARE NOT JUST MEETING TO MEET, RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE VISION AND MISSION GOING INTO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT WHAT ARE SOME MEASURES OF SUCCESS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AS A RESULT OF THIS FORMATION? SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ANOTHER SURVEY THAT'S DONE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, NOT ONLY TO SEE MORE EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING, BUT SEEING WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. SO THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TAKING SURVEY FEEDBACK FROM THAT ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE AND EVALUATE, AS WELL AS MOVING FORWARD. WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING? SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF 
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HAVING A LIST OF MEASURES, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THAT TIME. BUT I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS MAN. THIS IS AMAZING. LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER HAND. 
          I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THIS. AND SO GLAD TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU SHOW UP. DID YOU SAY THERE WAS ONLY 20% THAT TOOK THE SURVEY? THE INTERNAL SURVEY? YES. IS THERE AN OUTREACH FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO. SO IT WAS DONE EARLY SUMMER. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY MOST OF THE FEEDBACK, THERE WAS FIVE QUESTIONS. WE HAD ABOUT 100 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE. SO 20%. 
          NORMALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SURVEY RATES AND RECEIVING, THAT'S RIGHT AROUND 20 TO 25% OF WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE. WE HOPE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO OFFER EVENTS, WE'LL HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATE. THAT'S GREAT. AND LASTLY, CAN I GET A SHIRT? THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS IS INCREDIBLE. LET ME COMMEND YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR FOR PULLING. I HAVE ONE REQUEST OR SUGGESTION THAT YOU CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR MEETING FROM TOWN HALL MEETING. IT DOESN'T SOUND. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE EXTERNAL THAN IT IS INTERNAL. SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT NAME, AND PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP IT AMONG STAFF SO THAT US POLITICIANS OR DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE INCLUDED IN THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR TOWN HALL AND WE THINK, OH, WE GOT TO COME. AND YEAH, YEAH, WE, WE AND I LOVE THE IDEA THAT IT WAS NOT WE WERE NOT INVITED TO IT. I THINK THAT IT IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BOND WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU JUST CHANGE THE NAME FROM TOWN HALL TO SOMETHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A SUGGESTION BECAUSE TOWN HALL TO US AND TO THE CITIZENS SIGNIFY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ■FORY THAT AS A FORMER CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEE, WE HAD SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR CALLED THE EAC, AND WE DID HAVE TOWN HALLS. IT WAS EMPLOYEE TOWN HALLS. BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS COME UP WITH A GOOD NAME. I DID ENJOY THE HOUR BY HOUR BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY WORKING. AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE CELEBRATED JUST LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE THE EIGHT TO FIVES OR WHATEVER. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I AS A PERSON WHO WAS ON THE EAC, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WALKER. OKAY, JUST REAL QUICK COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS UP. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. REALLY IS. AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE HAVE THE BEST EMPLOYEES IN MY OPINION. OKAY. AND THIS HERE, THIS LITTLE PROGRAM Y'ALL GOT. THIS IS WHERE WHEN YOU ACT LIKE THE BEST AND YOU TAKE ACTION LIKE THE BEST, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULDN'T BE US. 
          OKAY. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A COMMENT? JUST POINT PRIVILEGE FOR ME. WITHOUT HR, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. SO DANNY AND TEAM REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE HARD WORK IN PUTTING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ELLIOTT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS MADE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG TEAM THAT FEELS SEEN AND HEARD AND SUPPORTED, WE HAVE A BETTER CITY. SO I, AS COUNCILMEMBER PARKER SAID, ENJOYED THE HOUR BY HOUR. AND I KNOW THAT OUR EMPLOYEES APPRECIATED THE GESTURE THAT WAS MADE THAT DAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE GESTURES. THE SAME AT THIS TIME, 
          [i.  Follow-up and discussion on the Mobile Food Vendor Policy]
          [a.  Follow up discussion on Sport Facilities Company ARC Management ]
WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION ON SPORT FACILITIES, COMPANY ARC MANAGEMENT. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS JADE WOOD AND JIM ARNOLD OF SPORT FACILITIES COMPANY. 
          GOOD EVENING. YOU CAN YOU CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON THERE. IT'S A BUTTON RIGHT THERE. YEP. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. MAYOR COUNCIL. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. MY NAME IS JIM ARNOLD, PARTNER WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES. HAPPY TO BE BACK. I KNOW WE MET A FEW WEEKS AGO AND YOU GUYS SENT US HOME WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME HOMEWORK. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS NOT ONLY DID WE GO BACK AND LOOK INTO SOME OF THAT STUFF, WE WANTED TO COME BACK TODAY WITH SOME ANSWERS, SOME REVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP, BUT ALSO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE TAKEN ON IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE 
          [01:30:03]
RESOUNDING MESSAGES WE LEFT YOU WITH WAS, IT'S TIME TO ACT, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. IN THE PRE-OPENING STANDPOINT, WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WEREN'T PLAYING FROM BEHIND, WE WEREN'T PLAYING AND TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE SCHEDULE. SO WE HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, JUST PREPARING OURSELVES. SHOULD WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START. I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH OUR MISSION. EVERY PRESENTATION IT'S THE ROOT OF EVERYTHING WE DO, IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, AND THAT WILL BE NO DIFFERENT HERE IN DESOTO. A LITTLE BIT. AGAIN, ABOUT US, WE ARE NOW UP OVER 95 VENUES THAT WE MANAGE AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE WE JUST FINALIZED A DEAL WITH THE CITY OF BURLESON, RIGHT UP THE STREET TO MANAGE THEIR CHOSEN FIELDS, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM TO ALSO PLAN THEIR NEW INDOOR COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THEM AS WELL. SO FOR TODAY, WHAT WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS AND WE TRIED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PICTURES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS OUT, AND WE WANTED TO KIND OF JUST GET RIGHT DOWN TO DETAILS AND TALK THROUGH WHY COMMUNITIES OUTSOURCE. WE TOOK WE SPENT SOME MORE TIME REALLY LOOKING INTO THE COMMUNITY HERE, WANTING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY SPECIFICALLY, DESOTO IS GOING TO SEE ADVANTAGES IN OUTSOURCING MANAGEMENT. WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY COMMITMENT, THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AS WE'VE PROJECTED, AND ALSO EXPLAINING EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, AND THEN TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE TIMELINE, BUT ALSO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME. SO WHY OUTSOURCE ON ON THE LEFT IS KIND OF THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE KIND OF SEE IN GENERAL FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK WITH AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT EXPERTISE AND SCALE, REDUCING RISK, INCREASING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, ACTIVATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITIES. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF BOILING DOWN TO WHY DOES THAT MATTER FOR DESOTO AND YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR CITY OFFICIALS AND YOUR CITY STAFF AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO US. SO WE WENT BACK TO YOUR MOST RECENT SURVEY, AND I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, BUT WHEN WE STARTED DIGGING INTO PARKS AND REC IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO US IN A REALLY GOOD WAY. IS 65% OF YOUR RESIDENTS APPROVE OF YOUR FACILITIES, THE CONDITION OF YOUR FACILITIES, AND THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE THAT IS ACTUALLY WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH NRP, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THIS STAT MEANS, AND IT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. IT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS WHO ARE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE, AND REALLY PROUD OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE. THE NEXT PIECE WAS 62% OF YOUR RESIDENTS CITE THAT THEY WANT MORE PROGRAMING. SO ACTUALLY, BEFORE I EVEN GET THERE, I MEAN, THAT'S A HATS OFF TO YOUR PARKS PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THE ASSETS THAT THEY HAVE, 62% SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS NEEDING MORE PROGRAMING. THIS KIND OF TELLS TWO PIECES. ONE, IT TELLS THE NEED FOR MORE. SO WHAT PARKS IS DOING IS DOING REALLY WELL, BUT THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR MORE, WHICH MEANS MORE CAPACITY, MORE PEOPLE, MORE EFFORT, MORE TIME, MORE RESOURCES. BUT THAT'S ALSO TELLING US THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS VERY MUCH ENGAGED. THEY WANT MORE, THEY WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED. AND SO ONE OF THE PIECES THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO US, KIND OF BOILING THAT DOWN. SO THOSE TWO KIND OF FALL IN IN RPA INTO THE GOOD TO GREAT CATEGORY. THE 23% IS THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT PARTICIPATED IN RECREATION PROGRAMING IN DESOTO. THAT FALLS DOWN INTO KIND OF THE GOOD. TO AVERAGE ABOUT 20 TO 30% IS WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STICKS OUT THERE IS WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH RPA AND TALKING THROUGH DIFFERENT PARKS AND REC OFFICIALS IS ONE OF THE THINGS MAYBE WE SEE THERE IS MAYBE THERE'S MORE MARKETING THAT'S NEEDED. WE SEE THAT RESIDENTS, THEY ENJOY USING IT, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE PROGRAMING, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING QUITE THE ENGAGEMENT WE MIGHT NORMALLY SEE. AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S A RESOURCE QUESTION. HOW ARE WE MARKETING? HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING? HOW ARE WE SPENDING THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY TO NOT ONLY DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS AND ACT AS, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF A PARTNER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION TO BUILD THOSE? BUT HOW ARE WE SPENDING TIME MARKETING AND MAKING SURE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE FACILITY? SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY LONG WAY TO SAY THE ARC IS A REALLY BIG SOLUTION TO THIS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT ON ITS OWN. AND SO AS WE START LOOKING AT HOW WE INTEND TO COME IN AND SERVE, WE REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THAT THE SAME WAY THAT WE'VE SPENT TIME WITH YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, WITH THE WITH THE CAPRA ACCREDITATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AFTER WE LEFT LAST TIME. AND YOU HAD ASKED HOW HOW WE GOT HERE, HOW YOU FOUND OUT. AND I THINK MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND TO HOW WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED TO THAT POINT. AND AS AND SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM TO HELP GAIN THAT ACCREDITATION. AND HERE'S THE COOL THING. YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THAT ACCREDITATION ONCE. SO IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT COMING IN TO SAVE THE DAY OR DO SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T DONE. WE'RE COMING IN TO PROVIDE HORSEPOWER, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES. AND AS A LEADER AND AN EXECUTIVE AND A PARTNER IN OUR COMPANY, YOUR COMMENT OF NOT KNOWING OUR INVOLVEMENT THERE ACTUALLY MADE MY DAY, BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT OUR OUR STAFF IS DOING THEIR JOB. OUR STAFF IS NOT HERE TO TAKE CREDIT. OUR STAFF IS NOT HERE TO HAVE OUR LOGO ON SHIRTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OUR STAFF WANTS TO COME IN HERE AND SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, YOUR CITY, YOUR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING IN WITH OUR CORPORATE REACH, WITH 
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE, RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BUILT TO SIMPLY PICK UP YOUR TEAM AND MAKE THEM BETTER. SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. ALSO, SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE JUST GENERALLY SEE FROM COMMUNITIES WHEN WE COME IN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS WERE REALLY STRONG ON WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HIRE LOCAL AND THAT WE TAKE CARE OF STAFF, AND WE BUILD THIS TRULY AS A PILLAR FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN, BUT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO LEAD. AND SO IN TALKING WITH WITH CITY STAFF, WE HAD DEVELOPED AND THIS CAME FROM THE CITY TO US, AND WE SAID, HECK YEAH, WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE CONTRACT AND WE'LL TRY TO WE'LL TRY TO EXCEED IT. BUT TO ENSURE THAT 60% OF ALL STAFFING COMES FROM THE CITY OF DESOTO, 90% COMES FROM FROM THE SURROUNDING REGION. AND TO CLARIFY, YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY OVER ALL HIRES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AN HOURLY OR WHETHER IT'S OR WHETHER IT'S THE GENERAL MANAGER WHO LEADS THIS FACILITY. THE FINAL DECISION RESTS WITH THE CITY AND CITY LEADERSHIP, AND WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE AND PRIORITIZE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT JUST PEOPLE COMING IN FOR FULL TIME JOBS, BUT FOR YOUR HIGH SCHOOLERS AND FINDING YOUTH PROGRAMS AND FINDING SENIOR PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING OUT AND FINDING THE TALENT THAT EXISTS, BUT WE'RE DEVELOPING THE NEXT LEVEL OF TALENT THAT WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE WHEN THEY EITHER MOVE ON OR RETIRE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO WITH THAT ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE OPEN TO TO IS DEVELOPING A PERCENTAGE FOR MWB VENDOR PARTICIPATION, NOT ONLY FINDING WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE NUMBER IS, BUT ALSO WORKING TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOSE BUSINESSES AND THOSE LOCAL VENDORS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE EVENTS AND TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NEEDING. SO CAPACITY BUILDING, PROCUREMENT AWARENESS, IMPLEMENTING THAT. BLESS YOU. 
          AND THEN THE LAST PIECE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE REPORTING COMMITMENTS. IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND NOT JUST CHECK A BOX. WE ARE COMMITTED WHEN WE START THIS RELATIONSHIP TO REPORTING ON A MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY BASIS AND ONLY MOVING TO AN ANNUAL REPORT. IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT WE WOULD LOOK TO PUT THAT INTO OUR REPORTING PACKAGE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE THAT ON THE LEFT IS THIS WILL BE KNOCK ON WOOD. 
          WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AGAIN. BUT LOOKING FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW TO BE A USA TODAY TOP WORKFORCE. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. YOU KNOW WE WIN WITH PEOPLE. WE ALWAYS SAY THAT. AND THE WAY WE TREAT OUR STAFF. THE ONE THING THAT NOT ONLY THE STAFF WE HIRE HERE, BUT ALSO ALL OF YOUR STAFF ACROSS YOUR PARK AND REC AND CITY, WE WANT TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. WE WANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER GROWTH. YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE 4000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS ALMOST 100 VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY. MOST OF OUR VICE PRESIDENTS CAME FROM GENERAL MANAGER ROLES IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVED FIRST. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY ARE WE TAKING CARE OF STAFF ON SITE, BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE FOR THOSE THAT WANT CAREER GROWTH IN THIS INDUSTRY, WE PROVIDE THAT TO THEM. SO THAT ALONG WITH AGAIN, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES TO W-2 EMPLOYEES OF SFC NOT ONLY BEING A COST SAVINGS FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO BEING A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, NOT ONLY FROM A CAREER GROWTH, BUT ALSO FROM SALARIES AND BONUSES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT A PRIVATE ENTITY IS ABLE TO GIVE AS PART OF THE OPERATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR A LOT IS WHAT ABOUT CONTROL OF OUR VENUE? WHAT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OF OPERATIONS? AND SO I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE. 
          I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO GRANULAR, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR. AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE HEADLINE OF THIS IS AND THE PUNCHLINE IS AT ALL TIMES, YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THIS VENUE. THIS IS NOT A PRIVATIZATION OF THE VENUE. 
          THIS IS A SOURCING OF MANAGEMENT OF YOUR VENUE. AND SO AS YOU LOOK DOWN SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF THE BUDGET. AND WHAT WE MEAN THERE IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND TELL YOU WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE TO BE RUN TO DRIVE CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF REVENUE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND DICTATE WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP PRICING IS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU TOGETHER. SO THAT BUDGET IS SOMETHING WE DO WITH YOU. YOU ULTIMATELY APPROVE THAT BUDGET. AND THE WAY THE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN IS WE DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OR LEGAL ABILITY TO SPEND A DOLLAR OUTSIDE THAT CONTRACT WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, WITHOUT THE CITY, WITHOUT THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION TO DO THAT. STAFFING. WE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PRICING. YOU KNOW, MEMBERSHIP PRICING. YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US SET THAT. YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS ONCE WE SET THAT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP NOT ONLY THE PRICING FOR THE MEMBERSHIPS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ACCESS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SFC ACCESS PROGRAM IN EVERY VENUE WE MANAGE, MAKING SURE THAT, YES, THERE MIGHT BE A MARKET PRICE, BUT WE KNOW IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE'RE IN, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE FACILITY NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE IS. AND SO CREATING THOSE PROGRAMS, CREATING THE ACCESS PROGRAMS, CREATING THE DETAILS AROUND THAT. WE DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEVELOPED, WHO GETS PRIORITY IF IT'S PARKS AND RECS PROGRAMING THAT COMES IN FIRST AND WE SCHEDULE THAT, AND THEN MAYBE WE BUILD THINGS IN CONJUNCTION OR BRING IN OTHER TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS OR PROGRAM DIRECTORS FROM THE LOCAL AREA. ALL OF THAT IS DONE IN CONCERT WITH YOU. THE PRIORITY OF HOW WE SCHEDULE THOSE EVENTS IS UP TO THE CITY, 
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AND THEN WE GO IMPLEMENT IT, AND WE FILL THE HOLES WITH THE PROGRAMING THAT WILL DEVELOP TOGETHER, OR WE'LL BRING IN RESOURCES TO HELP DEVELOP. SO PRICING OF THOSE PROGRAMS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON REVENUE DRIVING PROGRAMS ONLY THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY. THIS IS ABOUT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PUT IN AQUATICS. THIS IS ABOUT LIFE SAVING OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO I WANT TO BE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR THAT THE PRICING AND THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, THESE ARE DEVELOPED IN CONCERT WITH YOU, AND YOU HAVE FINAL SAY AND AUTHORITY FROM A BRANDING PERSPECTIVE. I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. IF YOU GO TO ANY ONE OF OUR VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU WILL NOT SEE SOMEONE WITH AN SFC LOGO. THIS IS YOURS. YOU GO TO MORRISTOWN, THEY HAVE MORRISTOWN LANDING, YOU GO TO HOOVER, THEY HAVE THE HOOVER MET. WE ARE IN THE BACKGROUND IN OUR BEST SCENARIO, IN OUR BEST PROJECTS, IN OUR LONGEST SERVING CLIENTS. A VAST MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS DO NOT KNOW WE MANAGE THE VENUE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          AGAIN, WE BUILD THOSE TOGETHER. A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THE HOURS, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG WE'RE OPEN, WHEN WE'RE OPEN, WHAT COMMUNITY USE DAYS, HOW MANY FREE DAYS, HOW MANY OPEN PLAY DAYS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WE DEVELOP TOGETHER. I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY ACCESS AND PROGRAMING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP WAYS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO WANT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO COME TO YOU. AND BECAUSE YOU ARE THEIR LEADERSHIP, TO BE ABLE TO VOICE TO YOU ANY CONCERNS. AND WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP NOT ONLY WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY, BUT ALSO WITH THE RESIDENTS, SO WE CAN GET THAT FEEDBACK QUICKLY. 
          AND I'LL END WITH KIND OF A SAYING, AND THEN I'LL FLIP TO AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I DO, I WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST TELL YOU, OH, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. YOU KNOW, OUR GOALS ARE YOUR GOALS. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU SET FOR US, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE GIVE IS HOOVER AND HOOVER ALABAMA. SO WE STARTED WITH THEM. AND YOU'LL SEE UP THE GOALS WAS THEY BUILT THE COMPLEX. IT WAS AN OLD MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM. 
          THEY BUILT AN INDOOR FACILITY TO GO WITH IT. THEIR GOALS WERE TO RETAIN THE SEC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS A BIG PIECE OF THEIR IDENTITY. TO MAXIMIZE LOCAL YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES, DRIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND CREATE IN-MARKET SPENDING. SO WE WENT IN. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKSTORY. WE WENT IN KIND OF SIX MONTHS INTO THIS DEAL. WE HAD EVERYTHING LINED UP. WE HAD DONE EVERYTHING. WE WERE PERFORMING INCREDIBLE, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO IN. 
          THEIR FIFTH PIECE WAS, I APOLOGIZE, WAS THEY HAD A $100,000 SUBSIDY THEY WANTED TO PUT IN PLACE. WE CAME BACK IN SIX MONTHS INTO THIS CONTRACT AND WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS GREAT. 
          WE'RE HITTING ALL THE GOALS. WE RENEWED THE SEC TOURNAMENT. WE'VE GOT TOURNAMENTS COMING IN. 
          WE'VE PARTNERED WITH YOUR PARKS AND REC, AND ALL THE PROGRAMING YOU WANTED TO PUT IS IN PLACE AND SCHEDULED. AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALSO DRIVING A $500,000 PROFIT TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE TO SUPPORT YOUR VENUE, TO DO CAPITAL REPAIRS. AND CITY MANAGER WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. 
          HE SAID, THAT'S AWESOME. HE'S LIKE, BUT WALK ME THROUGH MY GOALS AGAIN. WALK ME THROUGH THIS. AND WE WENT THROUGH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. HE GOES, TELL ME WE'RE MAKING $500,000 WAS OUR GOALS. AND THAT EARLY, EARLY ON WAS ONE OF OUR MOMENTS. AND SO WE SAID, GO AND FIND IT. 
          WHATEVER YOU DID TO GET THERE, GO TAKE THAT TIME AND GIVE IT BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS. GIVE IT TO OUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, GIVE IT TO OUR PARKS. AND SO NOW WHEN WE REPORT AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE MATURING THAT FACILITY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A POSITIVE EBITDA. THEY THEY GIVE THEY GIVE US THAT EVERY YEAR. BUT EVERY YEAR WE REPORT HOW MANY HOURS WE GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE STILL LOOK AT WHAT THE VALUE OF THOSE HOURS ARE. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS WAS LAST YEAR. WE RAN 120 EVENTS. WE RE-UPPED THE SEC FOR FIVE YEARS. WE GOT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE ACTUALLY HIT THE NUMBER WE AGREED TO ON EBITDA, WHICH WAS A POSITIVE $800,000 AT THAT VENUE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY ALWAYS ASK US TO REPORT ON FIRST IS WE DID ALL THAT WHILE GIVING $500,000 OF SPACE AWAY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO PROGRAMS, TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, TO SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DEVELOP WITH YOU. THAT'S HOW WE'LL REPORT TO YOU, IS MAKING SURE THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AT THAT VENUE IS A TOP PRIORITY. AND WE ARE JUDGED ON A MONTHLY BASIS WHEN WE COME IN AND REPORT TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE PERFORM, WE WILL REPORT IT HOWEVER YOU WANT US TO REPORT, AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THE THINGS YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WALTERS, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ASKED WAS, HEY, HOW DO WE KNOW YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY? HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS IS IN YOUR WARD? HOW DO YOU KNOW WE'RE THERE? AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S HARD ONE TO ANSWER. IT'S A HARD ONE TO CONVINCE YOU THAT, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, THIS AND THIS. AND SO ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE DO THAT IS WE DID TRY TO LOOK AT A FEW EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS AND SIMILAR COMMUNITY SIZES, INCOME, DEMOGRAPHIC, EXCUSE ME, DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP. AND WE FOUND THOSE AND BUT WE ALSO FOUND, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND A FEW OF THOSE. WE FOUND SOME THAT ARE WILDLY DIFFERENT. AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS OUR 96 VENUES, SOME ARE ALIKE AND SOME ARE VERY DIFFERENT. BUT OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THOSE IS THE SAME. YOU KNOW, THE COOL PART ABOUT SPORTS AND RECREATION IS NO MATTER WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, IT'S REALLY SERVING THE SAME PURPOSE. AND SO WE STARTED ASKING OURSELVES, HOW CAN WE COME IN AND SHOW THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT? AND WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WAS OUR MOST RECENT NET PROMOTER SCORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT NET PROMOTER SCORE IS BASICALLY -100 TO 100. AND IT'S ONE SIMPLE QUESTION AS A CITY. AND THIS IS OUTSOURCED, 
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WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. WE JUST GET THE RESULTS FROM A THIRD PARTY. THEY GO AND ASK OUR CLIENTS, AS A CITY, HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO ANOTHER CITY TO HIRE SFC TO MANAGE YOUR VENUE? AND WE HAD SO ON NET PROMOTER SCORE. ANYTHING BELOW A ZERO IS KIND OF NOT GREAT. ANYTHING BETWEEN A ZERO AND 50 IS PRETTY DARN GOOD. APPLE, FOR INSTANCE, HAS A 65. IN TERMS OF PRODUCT, WE HAVE A 95 NET PROMOTER SCORE. AND THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS HOW WE MEASURE OURSELVES. THIS IS HOW WE MEASURE. ARE WE SERVING THE WAY THAT WE'RE INTENDED TO SERVE? BECAUSE EVERY COMMUNITY WE SERVE IS DIFFERENT. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS. AND ULTIMATELY THEY'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND US BASED ON OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THOSE GOALS. ONE OF THE PIECES YOU ASKED ABOUT, SO I WENT FROM REALLY PASSIONATE THERE TO KIND OF LIKE DETAILED AND NERDY HERE. 791. SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN COUNCIL LAST WEEK WAS THE SELECTION CRITERIA. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE JUST WANTED TO ALSO BRIEFLY HIT ON WAS THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. BUT IN TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE 791 CO-OP THAT IS A TEXAS BASED CO-OP PURCHASING THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH TEXAS STATE AND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND COMMUNITY VALUES IN PLACE, BUT IT IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM. SO THAT WAS A RIGOROUS COMPETITIVE PROCESS. WE WENT THROUGH IT. IT WAS OPEN TO ANY ENTITY, ANY COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT FELL UNDER THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REDUCTION OF RISK TIME. SAVINGS TIME IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OPENING DAY COMING UP. SO I DID JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS OVER THAT STRUCTURE, HOW THAT WORKS. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS WE JUST GOT A FEW MORE AND THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH TIMELINE. BUT ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT COMES UP WHEN WE START RUNNING NUMBERS IS, HEY, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW HOW ARE THE NUMBERS THAT MUCH DIFFERENT? HOW ARE THE NUMBERS THAT MUCH BETTER? AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A FEW WAYS. AND IN THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, AS WE STARTED TO LOOK THROUGH OUR NUMBERS AND STARTED TO SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE WITH THE PUBLIC SIDE, ONE IS AQUATICS PUBLIC ENTITIES. WE HAVE AN AQUATICS DIVISION. THIS IS NOT A KNOCK ON ANYTHING AT ALL EXCEPT FOR AQUATICS ARE A VERY DIFFICULT ASSET TO DRIVE REVENUE THROUGH, WHILE ALSO RUNNING THE PROGRAMING YOU NEED TO RUN AS A COMMUNITY. WE HAVE AN AQUATICS DIVISION, SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN THROUGH THE CORRECT PROGRAMING, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SCHEDULE, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO PUT THOSE PROGRAMS TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE THAT DIVISION WE BRING IN. BUT SOME OF THE BIG CATEGORIES, SPONSORSHIPS, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SPONSORSHIP DIVISION THAT COMES WITH US. THERE IS NO EXTRA COST TO THAT. THE HEAD OF OUR SPONSORSHIP DIVISION IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON MARKET. SO THAT COMES WITH WE'VE GOT, I THINK, ABOUT $150,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS. WE LOOKED AT WE BROUGHT UP MORRISTOWN AS A REALLY CLOSE COMP TO THIS FACILITY. THEY'RE SITTING ABOUT $185,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS. SO WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE. 
          AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A BETTER MARKET IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND CORPORATE SUPPORT. SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD THERE. FOOD AND BEVERAGE. AGAIN, WE HAVE ENTIRE FOOD AND BEVERAGE TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY FROM A PURCHASING POWER, BUT ALSO WE GOT THE RIGHT MENUS GOING IN PLACE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCTS AND WE'RE INCLUDING LOCAL PRODUCTS THERE. 
          I THINK OUR PROFORMA HAD ABOUT 180,000. MORRISTOWN LAST YEAR DID 480,000 WITH SIMILAR SIMILAR COOKING, SIMILAR KITCHEN, SIMILAR PROGRAMING AND MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS. AND THEN THE LAST PART IS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLY ON. THE REASON I KIND OF LED WITH IT A LITTLE BIT IS MARKETING IS YOU GUYS HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE MARKETING MARKETING STAFF. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. WE WANT TO BRING THAT HORSEPOWER. WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LIGHT THE MATCH, PUT A LITTLE BIT OF GASOLINE ON THE FIRE AND GO. WE'LL BRING WE BRING OUR ENTIRE MARKETING TEAM. 
          WE COME IN HERE, WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE. THEY KNOW HOW TO GET INVOLVED. THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS ARE, AND THAT MARKETING IS WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THAT USAGE. WE WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER THAT I THINK WAS THAT 23% NUMBER. WE WANT TO SEE THAT AT 4,050%. WE WANT TO BLOW OUT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND THEN WE GO THROUGH EFFICIENCIES. SO I MENTIONED THE PURCHASING POWER. YOU KNOW THERE'S A THINK TANK ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMPANY OF WHERE TO SAVE MONEY, HOW TO BUY TOGETHER, HOW TO HOW TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND THE BIG NUMBER THOUGH IS STAFF SAVINGS. AGAIN, AS A W-2 EMPLOYEES, WE'RE AT 18% BURDEN. AND THAT INCLUDES 401 K. THAT INCLUDES MATCHING THE BENEFITS OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES WE'RE THERE, AND INCLUDES ALSO BUILDING IN OVER TIME. THAT SAVINGS YOU SEE THERE, I THINK IS IN YEAR $562,000 IN SAVINGS. THAT INCLUDES THE RAISES, THE BONUSES, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH ATTRACTING THE BEST TALENT AND KEEPING THE BEST TALENT AND THEN RELATIONSHIPS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, AND JD WILL TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. AND IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE TOURISM, DRIVE THE EVENTS, DRIVE THE PROGRAMING WE RUN AND THEN ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS VENUE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WE HAVE GLEAN, WHICH IS OUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WHICH YOU CAN SEARCH IN. HEY, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PUMP. YOU CAN GO THROUGH, TYPE THE PIECE IN AND IT'LL SEARCH EVERY DATABASE OF EVERY FACILITY WE HAVE AND GIVE YOU THE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS OF HOW TO FILL, OF HOW TO FIX THAT PUMP, OR HOW TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM OR THAT PROGRAM. SO YOU HAVE THAT MAINTENANCE CARE, WHICH IS TAKES ALL OF THE ASSETS YOU HAVE, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO, IT'S MAINTAINED, EVERY WORK ORDER IS DONE, EVERY TASK ORDER IS DONE. SO IF ANYTHING BREAKS, WHETHER WE'RE HERE OR NOT IN THE FUTURE, 
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WE'VE GOT THE FULL MAINTENANCE LOG SO THAT IF IT'S UNDER WARRANTY, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THE SERVICING. AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, HUB AND SPORTS KEY AND THOSE TYPES OF PLATFORMS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE OPERATIONS, MAKE ALL THESE THINGS WORK EASIER WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY A BUNCH OF SYSTEMS. SO WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE LAST TIME. AND I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE IT HAS, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO OPENING, YOU KNOW, Q1 NEXT YEAR IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER. SO THE ARROW'S MOVED A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE CAN AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THIS UP. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME ATTACHMENTS. I'M PROBABLY TAKING LONGER THAN THAN YOU GUYS INTENDED. SO WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU ONCE WE GET THROUGH. I KNOW WE'VE GOT THAT PRE-OPENING TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED TO, HEY, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TOMORROW MOVING FORWARD BEFORE OPENING DAY, WE HAVE SOME SPONSORSHIP DECKS THAT WE'VE STARTED TO CREATE. THAT'S AN ITEM THAT WAS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SO WE'VE CREATED SOME SPONSORSHIP TO DO IS WE'VE CREATED SOME DECKS, WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT OUR MAJOR CATEGORIES ARE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING ANY OF THAT UP. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THIS FOR YOU TOO. IS GIVING YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE OF ALSO HOW WE GOT HERE, IF THAT WORKS AND ARE WE OKAY ON TIME? I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK I EVER ASKED. YOU. PLEASE DISREGARD THAT NOTIFICATION. PERFECT. SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WHEN WE LEFT THE LAST MEETING, RIGHT, THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. AND THEN WE DID TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER AND COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT UP TO THIS POINT. SO I WANTED TO WENT BACK AND LOOK AT IT KIND OF A TRACK RECORD OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM. SO WE ACTUALLY WE INITIALLY GOT ENGAGED AND INTRODUCED ON MAY 9TH OF TO CHRIS FROM ALVIN RICHARDSON, A CONSULTANT IN THE INDUSTRY THAT HIGHLY RECOMMENDS US, FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR PLANO AND SUPPORTIVE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, BUT ESSENTIALLY SINCE MAY 9TH, WE'VE HAD CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS. THE FIRST PROPOSAL TO DISCUSS SUPPORT AND ADVISORY, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, DIFFERENT LEVELS SINCE MAY 28TH OF 2024 HAD A LARGER MEETING AND OVER A COUPLE A COUPLE OF WEEKS SPAN IN AUGUST OF 24. AND THEN WE HAD WE HAD THE FIRST COMMUNICATION ON THE CO-OP. WHAT THAT WE HAD JUST GOTTEN APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 20TH 7 TO 24, THAT WE HAD BEEN APPROVED IN THE CO-OP PROCESS. AND THEN DECEMBER HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT A PREFERRED SERVICES AGREEMENT AND SUPPORTING FROM THE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE CAPRA ACCREDITATION. AND AGAIN, JUST FOLLOWS THROUGH THE STEPS. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH IT ALL THE WAY FOR YOU IS YOU CAN READ IT. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY WE DID TAKE THE DIRECTIVE LAST TIME WE HAD A MEETING WITH PARKS BOARD, DID THE PRESENTATION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AS REQUESTED, AND GOT TO HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEAM AND THE REPRESENTATION THERE. AND THEN. ALSO, I WANTED TO ON JUNE 12TH IS WHEN WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, AND THAT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION LAST OR ACTUALLY. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, LAST WEEK WITH PARKS AND REC STAFF ABOUT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO WE WANT MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY. HOW CAN WE SUPPORT HOW CAN WE HELP. AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION AGAIN AND HOW TO ASSIST IN THAT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. I LIKE TO SHOW THIS AGAIN. WE TALKED ABOUT THE GROUPS THAT ARE THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE WORK WITH. AGAIN, WE ADDED BURLESON INTO THAT. THAT GIVES US CURRENTLY SEVEN COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND SUPPORTING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ON TOP OF THE OTHERS YOU SEE ON THIS MAP. WE TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME, SO I WON'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME ON HERE. BUT ESSENTIALLY FROM OUR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR VENUE. WE ARE SUPPORTING YOU. YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE CITY OF DESOTO AND YOU HAVE OUR VP AND YOU HAVE OUR FACILITY GENERAL MANAGER AND THEIR STAFF. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE STAFF MEETINGS, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETINGS, REPRESENTATION AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, BE THAT VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH CHRIS AND HIS TEAM OF TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE KIWANIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT ALL THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTED AND BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. AGAIN, YOU HAVE ALL THAT SET UP, AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE SUPPORT CENTER, YOU HAVE EXPERTS AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE FIELDS TO SUPPORT THAT STAFF AND THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY AND COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT EXPECTATIONS. TURN IT BACK OVER TO JIM. YEAH. AND WE SHOWED THIS A LITTLE BIT. AND WE'RE STILL ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE WE HAD INITIALLY WAS IN THE PRE-OPENING. AND SO WE'RE STILL HERE TODAY READY TO READY TO BRING REVENUE AND CAPITAL TO THIS PROJECT AND BRINGING INVESTMENT INTO THE PRE-OPENING. SO I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE TALKED, THE CITY HAD PLANNED FOR $250,000 BUDGET TO GET US TO OPENING DAY, AND WE'RE COMMITTING TO PROVIDING ALL THE FUNDING FOR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT'S NEEDED. SO WHETHER THAT'S STAFFING, WHETHER THAT'S ADDITIONAL MARKETING, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND DOLLARS FOR JUST TO SPEND DOLLARS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT IS WE WANT TO BE AT 90, 95% CAPACITY BEFORE WE OPEN THE DOORS, AND 
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WE DON'T GET THERE BY CUTTING THINGS OUT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. WE WANT TO MARKET THIS FACILITY THE RIGHT WAY. WE WANT IT. WE WANT TO BRING THE STAFF IN AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND WE'RE WILLING TO FUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT LONG TERM, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT'S REALLY SMALL NUMBERS. YOU GUYS HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE NUMBERS I BELIEVE I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HAVEN'T, BUT I BELIEVE YOU'VE SEEN THESE. AND REALLY WHAT THE WHAT THE PICTURE SHOWS IS WE BELIEVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE, WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN THIS INTO A PROFITABLE OPERATION. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK, AND I KNOW I KEEP REITERATING IT, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT. THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. 
          WE WILL SIT THROUGH AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A PROFITABLE VENTURE AT THE EXPENSE OF GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO THIS VENUE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A PROFITABLE VENUE, SO WE CAN RUN ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO RUN OR HAVE PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHAT WE WANT TO PUT IN HERE. IF YOU GUYS, IF WE SIT AND WE LOOK THROUGH THIS AND WE SAY, THAT'S GREAT THAT WE GOT THERE AND WE'RE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE LOWER THE MEMBERSHIP FEES BY 10%? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GO AHEAD AND ASSUME THAT 10% MEMBERSHIPS ARE GOING TO BE ARE FREE OR PART OF THE ACCESS PROGRAM, THEN WE GO BACK AND WE RERUN THESE NUMBERS. WE PUT THESE TOGETHER. SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING, HEY, IT'S 2.5, IT COULD BE SOONER. IF WE DO WHAT WE DID IN MORRISTOWN, IT WOULD BE SOONER IF WE LOOK AT THIS TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE MORE FREE PROGRAMING. WE'D LIKE TO GET OUR SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS POOL. AND BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 9 A.M. EVERY MORNING, WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS AT NO COST. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, LET'S HAVE THEM. AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS AND SAY, HEY, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT IT. AND THEN WE KIND OF CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND FORTH UNTIL IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE THE CITY LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT MEETS THE GOALS OF THE LOCAL PROGRAMING AND THE ACCESS WE WANT THAT MEETS THE GOALS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE WANT. AND IT'S A FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE THAT REASONABLY, AS A CITY, WE CAN DO BECAUSE THAT IS THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. WE WANT THIS BUILDING TO LAST. WE WANT THIS OPERATION TO LAST FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS. AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO THAT. BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT THAT IS UP TO YOU. THAT 2.5 CAN HAPPEN AT 2.5. IT CAN MOVE FORWARD, IT CAN PUSH BACK. YOU SEE KIND OF ON THE RIGHT. WE ALREADY HIT A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS. THE ONE THING ALSO TO POINT OUT OUR MANAGEMENT FEES ARE INCLUDED IN HERE. THIS IS NOT HEY, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE HIT. AND NOW HERE'S OUR FEES TO DO THAT. WE ALWAYS INCLUDE OUR MANAGEMENT FEES IN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE EXPENSE TO DO THIS. PRE-OPENING. 
          WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU GUYS WANT YOU GUYS, IF I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT US TO OPEN THAT UP OR WHETHER WE CAN JUST LEAVE IT WITH YOU. BUT IT IS AN UPDATED PRE-OPENING TIMELINE. IT STILL HAS 600 PLUS ITEMS ON IT THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND OPENING DAY. JIM, YOU CAN LEAVE THAT WITH US. OKAY, PERFECT. I FIGURED THAT LOOKS A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH PIECE BY PIECE, BUT IT'S A LOT HAS TO HAPPEN, I THINK. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE PUNCH LINE, BUT WE'RE STILL CONFIDENT WE'VE DONE IT IN LESS TIME. BUT WE DO. WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TAKEN SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL LEAVE WITH YOU AS SOME OF THE THE SPONSORSHIPS AND SOME OF THE STAFFING ITEMS. WE DO HAVE ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE'VE PROPOSED FOR THIS VENUE. WE HAVE ALL OF THE STAFF GUIDELINES BUILT OUT. WE HAVE ALL OF THE JOB APPLICATIONS AND JOB POSTINGS BUILT OUT READY TO GO, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY MAKING SURE WE WANT TO GET THIS OUT LOCALLY IN THE WAY THAT WE DO. WE WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO MATERIALIZE. SO THAT'S A LOOK AT IT. AND THEN DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE MARKETING PLAN? YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHEN WE MET LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND THE PERSPECTIVE. RIGHT. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO GETTING TO WORK. SO WE WANTED AS JIM MENTIONED, WE WANTED TO GET TO WORK. I APOLOGIZE. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER WATERS, YOU SAW SOME OF THIS AT THE PARKS BOARD MEETING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEARING WITH ME AGAIN. SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO FROM THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT, WHAT ARE THE GOALS, RIGHT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ACTIVATION. PUTTING WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PUTTING ARC THE ARC ON THE LIST, RIGHT. 
          WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR FAMILY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE ARC IS ON THAT LIST EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEKEND? WHAT OUR ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON, HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO AGAIN, THAT'S THROUGH EMPHASIZING LOCAL RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION, THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND KIND OF GETTING THAT MARKETING ASPECT OUT THERE. GOAL TWO SUSTAINABLE MEMBERSHIP GROWTH. BUILD A STRONG RECURRING REVENUE BASE THROUGH FAMILY, INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATE. LOOKING FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING EVERYONE, AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND CONTINUING TO SELL TO GIVE THAT MESSAGE OF THIS IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED COMMUNITY, A VENUE AND PROGRAMING FOCUSED AREA, AND THEN AQUATIC TOURISM AND EVENT DEVELOPMENT. SO ESTABLISH ARC AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION, COMPETITIVE AQUATICS EVENTS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. I LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, ME AND MARCUS, BOTH OF US WERE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, THE TEAM'S CONFERENCE. SO WE HAD WHAT WE CALL SPEED DATING. WE HAD WE HAD 60 TEN MINUTE MEETINGS WITH EVENTS RIGHT HOLDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO TWO OF THOSE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR WHAT WE PROVIDED. ONE OF THEM WAS WATER POLO AND ONE IS ARTISTIC SWIMMING THAT BOTH 
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HAVE GIVEN US A LETTER OF INTENT. THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING EVENTS TO THIS AREA AND WORKING WITH THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WITH DESOTO CHAMBER AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR TOURISM TEAM AND IN SUPPORTING FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUING TO BE THAT VOICE. ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO EITHER YOU ALSO HAVE A LETTER, SIDNEY CARTER, WHO IS A CHAMPION OF DESOTO, ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OURSELVES AS MYSELF AS WELL AS SFC TO SHOWCASE KIND OF HOW SHE COULD SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF WHO WE ARE AS INDIVIDUALS. AND FOR THAT PROCESS, AGAIN, SO WHAT SO WHAT CAMPAIGNS WILL YOU EXECUTE TO MEET OUR GOALS? SO AGAIN, GET TO ACTION. WHAT CAN WE DO. GO ONE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT MAKING ART. AND AS DESOTO CENTRAL HUB FOR RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER AGAIN, I WANT TO BE A GOOD STEWARD. OVER TIME, WE'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU. IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH OUR STRATEGY, OUR APPROACH, HOW WE WOULD DO THOSE THINGS. GOAL TWO IS BUILD A STRONG RECURRING REVENUE BASE THROUGH FAMILY, INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. WHEN I TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS, WE'RE LOOKING AT IF WE CAN GET 10% RIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK TO EVERYONE. WE WANT TO GET EVERYONE BUT 10% BEING VERY OUR GOALS ARE ALWAYS VERY ACHIEVABLE IN THE PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE CONSERVATIVE IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN I THINK I THINK OUR EXPECTATION WAS 2.9 IS WHAT WE BASED IT OFF OF, 2.92.9. 
          PERCENTAGE OF YOUR POPULATION IS WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP IS BASED OFF OF. SO THERE'S ROOM TO GROW AND ROOM TO SHOWCASE WHAT IT CAN BE. SO WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE. YEAH. JUST TO ADD SORRY, I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN WE THROW PERCENTAGES OUT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S 2.9%? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. SO FOR INSTANCE WE ARE IN MORRIS. IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE THAT WAY OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE. NO SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO 2.9%. 
          THAT'S REALLY CONSERVATIVE IN MORRISTOWN. WE'RE AT 7.9% IN SAND MOUNTAIN PARK AND AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE AT 8.5% SAND MOUNTAIN. WE ACTUALLY EMPLOY 1% OF THE POPULATION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THERE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING CONSERVATIVE, WE THINK THAT NUMBER IS VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. NO. PERFECT. THAT'S WHY HE'S THE PARTNER AND HE COMES IN TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT WIND RIGHT. SO WE TALKED ABOUT TIMING IS THE ESSENCE RIGHT. SO THIS CAMPAIGN NEEDS TO GO AHEAD. IT NEEDS TO BEGIN. RIGHT. WE'RE ALREADY MARCH 1ST IS GOING TO COME VERY QUICKLY. OUR GOAL IS TO BE 90 TO 95% OF CAPACITY AND MEMBERSHIP SOLD IN ADVANCE, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT LINE ITEM TO SHOW THE SUPPORT AND WHAT THIS CONTINUES TO GROW FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST LIKE OUR TIMELINE OR TIMELINE, WE HAVE A MARKETING TIMELINE OF EXPECTATIONS. THEN THAT CHART OUT AND GET CONTINUE TO GROW AND TO EXPAND THAT SO THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT TIMELINE AND YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO TRACK THAT ALONG WITH US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIP. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE THIS. I'LL MOVE A LITTLE QUICKLY THROUGH THIS. I WANT TO BE A GOOD TIME. BUT WE WENT TO WORK. WE STARTED THINKING THROUGH THIS AND THE ATTACHMENTS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE. THERE'S A STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY FOR DESOTO AND THAT APPROACH THAT WE WOULD TAKE, AS WELL AS SOME EXAMPLES OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR APPROACH AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE APPROACHING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES AND FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO FROM HERE AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL AUDIENCE WHO WE'RE GOING AFTER. OUR LOCAL POPULATION OF 5700 AND CHANGE OUR MEDIAN INCOME, MEDIAN AGE. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DIRECTIONS AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHO WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH FOR OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE, GIVING THE IDEA OF AGAIN, LEAVING YOUR MARK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CREATED AS WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S NOT THIS VENUE, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE COMPLEXITIES AND DIFFERENT NUANCES THAT WE CAN DO AT OTHER VENUES TO SHOWCASE WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE CAN CHANGE THINGS AGAIN WHEN WE AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DOWN SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WAS WHAT, DESOTO, WHAT OUR FOCUS AREA WOULD BE, THE OPPORTUNITY. SO AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON THE CHAMPIONS. RIGHT. WHO WE ARE AS DESOTO. SO YOU HAD YOUR MARKETING VALUE PARTNERSHIPS, YOUR LEGACY LEAGUE AND YOUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. AND LOOKING AT THE LITTLE NUANCES TO TIE THAT IN TO THE ARC AND TO THE COMMUNITY HOLISTICALLY. AGAIN, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A QUICK OF WHAT YOU HAVE, YOUR ASSETS AVAILABLE AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, GOES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN YOUR LEGACY LEAGUE. SO FOUNDATIONS, PRIVATE CORPORATE DONORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HELP BRING THE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT TO DESOTO. KIND OF LIKE A WALL OF FAME. LAST TIME I MENTIONED THE LEGENDS IN BRYAN, THEY HAVE THEIR LEGENDS WALL THAT HAS ALL THE LEGENDS THAT ARE FROM THE CITY OF BRYAN. I THINK THE CHAMPIONS OF DESOTO. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO DO AS WELL. COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS FEATURES WILL BE DESIGNED AND HARDSCAPE AND BUILT INTO THE COMMUNITY PART OF HISTORY. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR GAME CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTNERS AND DESIGNATE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE OF THE I MEAN OF THE ARC IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THOSE DIFFERENT CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A PART OF THE ARC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN. SO I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SYDNEY CARTER AND HER LOI SUPPORT. ALSO, LOOKING AT PROGRAMMINGS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AT OTHER VENUES, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR OTHER VENUES THAT WE'RE PARTNERING 
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WITH. SO YOUR SENIORS, YOUR LOCAL SENIOR GAMES, SILVERSNEAKERS, PICKLEBALL, ZUMBA, YOGA, EXCUSE ME, TUMBLING, NINJA CROSS. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE, YOUR SENIOR PROGRAMING AND YOUTH PROGRAMING ARE LARGEST GROUPS. THOSE ARE WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A MULTI GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO EVERYONE. WE ALSO WE SPOKE TO SWIM CLUBS AND THE NORTH TEXAS SWIMMING, USA SWIMMING, ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WE SPOKE WITH. SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I POINTED THIS OUT, IS WE HEARD YOU GUYS LOUD AND CLEAR LAST TIME IN THAT THE THE BLESS YOU. IS THAT THE COMMUNITY? THIS IS DESOTO. THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO WORD THIS THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH OTHER CLUBS. THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY OUR RECOMMENDATION. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO BUILD A SWIM CLUB SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DESOTO BUILT BY THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. NOW, IF WE DECIDED THAT IS NOT THE ROUTE YOU WANTED TO GO, WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS TO DO THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE. INITIALLY. TALK ABOUT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FROM STATE REGIONAL NATIONALS AGAIN, ARTISTIC SWIMMING AND WATER POLO. YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO IT AGAIN. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY TWO REPRESENTATIONS OF COMMITMENTS. 
          I TRIED MY DARNDEST TO GET SWIMMING. IT JUST IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. BUT I KNOW FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IN NORTH TEXAS AND TEXAS SWIMMING, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET THE EVENTS AND SUPPORT FROM OUR LOCAL CVB AND SPORTS COMMISSION PARTNERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HAVE ARTISTIC SWIMMING, WATER POLO, SWIMMING. TAFT, WE SPOKE TO MARK. LORD IS RETIRING, BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE INTERVIEWING, AND ALL OF THEM ARE IN SUPPORT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER. MENTIONED SPORTS AND TEAMS, THE REGIONAL TOURISM PARTNERS. WE MENTIONED THE SPORTS COMMISSION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A VERY HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH FC DALLAS, THE WINGS, TRINITY FC AND THE MAVERICKS AND OPPORTUNITIES. GIVING EXAMPLE, I KNOW WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE BID TOGETHER FOR THE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IN 33, THEY'RE LOOKING AT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE POOLS, WORKOUT MATERIALS AND HOTELS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AND BRING ALL THIS TO IT. AND THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THOUGH, IS COMMUNITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, RIGHT. THINK ABOUT OUR LOCAL CITIZENS BEING ABLE TO VOLUNTEER, BE A PART OF THOSE EVENTS AND MEET THOSE ATHLETES AND SHOWCASE A WHOLE NEW WORLD. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR DESOTO CITIZENS, CURRENT, REGIONAL, NATIONAL. WE LOOKED AT WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PLACED IN DESOTO, AS WELL AS AT THE ISD, AS WELL AS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION VENUES, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY VENUES THAT ARE AROUND. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE BURLESON WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS ALSO THERE IS GOING TO RFP FOR MANAGEMENT OF THEIR VENUE CURRENTLY THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND LET ME REPHRASE THAT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THOSE THOSE EVENTS THERE. 
          THEY WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE ADDITIONAL COURTS. WE HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND WITH THOSE GROUPS THERE AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND. AND IT'S NOT ONLY BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. WE HAVE MAX CHEER, YOU HAVE THE MMA, YOU HAVE THE GRAPPLING, YOU HAVE ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, PICKLEBALL TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THOSE AND REALLY DIVERSIFY THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT ARE IN HERE AND THE EXPOSURE THAT THOSE EVENTS GIVE TO OUR CITIZENS. ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE. NO. THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS. THESE ARE JUST THE EXAMPLES. I JUST WANT TO HAVE THIS HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE MENTIONED MORRISTOWN A FEW TIMES AND WE WE MENTIONED SAND MOUNTAIN A FEW TIMES. ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS I THINK THAT I'VE GOT ON MY LIST THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT AND WAS BROUGHT UP AS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN OUR IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION, WAS ABOUT THE TERMINATION PIECES ON IT AND HELPING TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS, HEY, WHAT IF WE'RE NOT PERFORMING? WHAT IF WE'RE NOT HITTING THESE NUMBERS? WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS OF THE CITY? AND SO TWO THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS ONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR AGREEMENT, WE WE WERE WILLING TO AND SAID, HEY, AS PART OF THAT, WE INITIALLY HAD INCENTIVES BUILT INTO THAT WERE BASED ON JUST BOTTOM LINE PERFORMANCE REGARDLESS, I THINK. 
          AND SO WHAT WE SAID IS, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO TIE ALL OF OUR INCENTIVES TO HITTING OUR GOAL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MANAGEMENT FEE. AND THEN THERE WERE THE INCENTIVES AND WE WOULD ONLY TAKE PART IN THE INCENTIVES IF WE HIT THE FINANCIAL GOALS AND THE BUDGET THAT WE HIT AND OUR GOAL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT OUR INCENTIVES DIDN'T TAKE US BELOW THAT NUMBER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO. THE OTHER THING I SPENT SOME TIME WITH, WITH MY PARTNERS ON, WAS DISCUSSING KIND OF THAT TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE. 
          AND IMAGINE ORIGINALLY, I THINK IT WAS IN THERE FOR SIX MONTHS. AND THE REASON WE HAVE THAT IN THERE, ONE THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S NOT A IF YOU GUYS SAY, HEY, THIS IS GREAT, BUT WE THINK WE'VE GOT IT, WE KIND OF WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS. WE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR AND SEND YOU THAT BILL FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE HAVE IT AT SIX MONTHS IS THAT'S BUILT AS A TRANSITION PERIOD THAT PAYS FOR US TO SPEND TIME TRANSITIONING THE VENUE BACK TO YOUR STAFF. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO ALSO BRING TO THE TABLE WAS WE'D BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT A 3 TO 6 MONTHS SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD CHOOSE, BECAUSE I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT GOING TO ZERO. IF IT'S ZERO, THAT'S PROBABLY FOR CAUSE WE'VE NEVER DEALT WITH THAT BEFORE. BUT I WOULD GUESS IF YOU WANTED US OUT OF THE 
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BUILDING IMMEDIATELY, THAT WOULD BE A TERMINATION FOR CAUSE, BUT A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPTION OF ANY TIME BETWEEN THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS, AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT TRANSITION WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF, THAT WE DON'T JUST LEAVE AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AROUND SAYING, HOW DO WE RUN THIS? AND SO THAT'S THAT. FORTUNATELY, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT EITHER IN OUR CAREER, IN OUR IN OUR PORTFOLIO AND THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, KIND OF THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE THAT I SHOWED EARLIER, WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH THAT. BUT IN THE EVENT WE EVER DO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS AND GOOD STEWARDS TO WHERE THAT VENUE CONTINUES TO SERVE. THE REASON IT WAS BUILT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND HAVING THAT TRANSITION IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART. AND THAT TERMINATION FEE YOU SEE IN OUR CONTRACT, THAT'S OUR MANAGEMENT FEE FOR THOSE MONTHS OF TRANSITION, NOT A NOT A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR OUR COMPANY. SO THAT WAS I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST THING I WANTED TO HIT ON AND WANTED TO OPEN UP. I KNOW WE WENT OVER A LOT. YOU GUYS GAVE US A LOT OF GOOD HOMEWORK. 
          I HOPE WE I HOPE WE CAME BACK WITH THE ANSWERS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE'D LOVE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR ANYTHING, PERHAPS THAT WE MISSED, THAT WE DIDN'T EXPAND ON, THAT YOU WERE HOPING WE WOULD. THANK YOU, COUNCIL AGAIN AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE THIS AGAIN TOMORROW. SO JUST BEING COGNIZANT WE STILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION ON ON OUR AGENDA WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN WATERS. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS AROUND THE REVENUE. SO IF OUT OF DEFICIT HOW DOES THAT REVENUE. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT REVENUE. ONE THING THAT I WAS WATCHING IN DALLAS WITH THE FAIR PARK AGREEMENT, IS THAT THE CITY LOST CONTROL OF HOW THE PROFIT, ONCE THEY STARTED MAKING PROFIT, WHAT THEY COULD DO TO REINVEST BACK INTO THE PARK. AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WITH THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET WHOLE AND THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE. ALSO, IN RESPECT TO THAT, HOW DID YOU ALL DEVELOP A BUDGET WITHOUT A MEMBERSHIP FEE? I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. YEAH, I'LL I MIGHT ANSWER THOSE IN BACKWARDS ORDER. OKAY. THE MEMBERSHIP FEE WAS DEVELOPED BY ANALYZING EVERYTHING IN THE REGION, BY LOOKING AT ALL SIMILAR VENUES. WE LOOKED AT ALL THE MARKETS THEY WERE IN. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PRICING OF, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST VENUES JUST LIKE THIS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT PRICING OF YMCA MEMBERSHIP, FITNESS CLUBS, DIFFERENT SIMILAR VENUES IN A REGION WITH SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS AND PUTTING THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER. SO THAT'S HOW THEY WERE DEVELOPED, BASED ON A KIND OF A SPRAWL OUT OVER A 2 TO 3 HOUR RADIUS OF SIMILAR MARKETS, AND LOOKING AT THOSE VENUES AND THEN COMPARING THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILT HERE TO THE ASSETS THAT THOSE VENUES HAD AND THE CONDITION OF THOSE ASSETS, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WEREN'T OUT PRICING. I WOULD SAY THIS IS RIGHT NOW UNDERPRICED BASED ON THE ASSET. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THIS, IF THIS WERE A PRIVATE ENTITY BUILDING THIS THING, LOOKING TO MAKE A PROFIT, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDERPRICED. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IN THE PUBLIC REALM. WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO FOR TOP DOLLAR. WE WANT IT TO GO FOR THE FAIR RATE. THAT'S ALSO AFFORDABLE WITHIN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITIES THAT WE'RE SERVING. AND THEN FROM A PROFIT PERSPECTIVE, WHEN THIS DOES START TO DRIVE A PROFIT, THE ONE THING IS THESE ACCOUNTS, THE CITY'S ACCOUNTS. SO WE MANAGE THIS VENUE ON YOUR BEHALF. BUT EVERY DOLLAR IN EVERY DOLLAR OF REVENUE COMES IN, GOES DIRECTLY INTO A CITY HELD OPERATING ACCOUNT. SO WHEN THIS VENUE IS PROFITABLE, THAT'S YOUR DOLLARS. YOU GET TO SPEND YOU AS A CITY, GET TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND THOSE. WE HAVE SOME CITIES AND SOMETIMES THIS DECISION, SOMETIMES IT'S LEGALITIES. WE HAVE SOME CITIES WHO PUT THAT INTO CAPITAL REPAIR FUNDS. WE HAVE SOME CITIES THAT THAT MONEY JUST GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE. BUT EVERY DOLLAR. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO HAVE IN THE PACKET, WE GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A MONTHLY REPORTING PACKAGE. AND SO ON A MONTHLY BASIS WE WILL GIVE YOU A FULL. AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ABBREVIATED ONE, BECAUSE YOU WILL GET A FULL REPORT OF EVERY DOLLAR IN AND EVERY DOLLAR OUT. AND YOU'LL ALSO GET A COMPARISON TO WHERE WE ARE TO BUDGET THAT WE AGREED UPON, AS WELL AS ANY TYPE OF REFORECAST THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING WE MAKE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR IS THERE IS THERE IS NEVER A DOLLAR COMES INTO OUR ACCOUNT AT ALL. IT'S ALWAYS TRANSPARENT. IT ALWAYS FLOWS THROUGH THE CITY'S ACCOUNT. WE WILL USE WHATEVER ON YOUR FINANCE SIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LAST TIME. 
          WE'LL SET UP THAT REPORTING AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEMS TO MATCH YOUR CITIES. 
          AND SO YOU'LL HAVE A FULL DASHBOARD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMEWHERE HALFWAY IN. YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FINANCIALS, NOT ONLY THE FULL REPORTING, BUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND MAYOR PRO TEM, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW TOO, FROM A MEMBERSHIP PERSPECTIVE. RIGHT. WE ARE CONSERVATIVE IN THE EXPECTATION. SO YOU RIGHT NOW BROUGHT TOGETHER, CREATED WITH STAFF AND WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE INVOLVED. IT WAS 1636 MEMBERSHIPS WITH BASICALLY THE YOUNG YOUTH IS AT $30 PER MONTH, THE ADULT IS AT $60 PER MONTH, AND THEN THE FAMILY IS AT $100 PER MONTH. AND THE ONLY 
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ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THAT IS IF YOU WANTED THE FULL ACCESS AND RECOVERY WAS AN ADDITIONAL $5 PER MONTH THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. SO WE'RE STILL VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THE COST WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE GREAT ITEMS THAT JIM BROUGHT UP. BUT WE'RE WE'RE VERY LOW IN MEMBERSHIP COST EXPECTATION SO FAR. COUNCILMAN WATERS. WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING BACK AND GREAT PRESENTATION TONIGHT. I'VE FILLED IN A LOT OF GAPS THAT I HAD NO QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. Y'ALL ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION, BUT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. Y'ALL ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING BACK. AND I KNOW WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, SO. BUT THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. WELL THANKS FOR THAT'S WHAT I WANTED GAVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IS INFORMATION SO I CAN MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATERS. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS HERE ON THE DAIS. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL ENTERTAIN THE NEXT MOTION ON, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU. CAN I ADD ONE ITEM JUST JUST TO KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE HERE TOMORROW. MY WIFE IS HAVING SURGERY TOMORROW, SO I'M HEADING BACK. IT'S A NORMAL ONE, SO IT'S FINE. BUT ERIC SULLIVAN, WHO'S ONE OF MY PARTNERS, IS GOING TO FLY IN AND BE HERE TO TO JOIN YOU GUYS TOMORROW. SO I DID JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE TOMORROW EVENING. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE YOUR WIFE AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HER. PROCEDURE. SUCCESS, RIGHT? HEARING. HEARING NONE. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN BEFORE WE DO THAT COUNCIL, I WANT TO AGAIN ALWAYS BE COGNIZANT OF THE TIME. HOWEVER, WE KNOW WE HAVE. OUR STAFF'S PRESENTATION WILL BE COMING UP, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR FINANCE REPORT, WHICH WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HEAR TONIGHT. WE HAVE A QUARTERLY CRIME STATS REPORT, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS I WHERE'S DOCTOR WILLIAMS I DON'T SEE HER. THERE SHE IS. 
          DOCTOR WILLIAMS, YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS I THINK IT IS. CAN YOU COME TO THE TO THE PODIUM. AND AS COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW WE DON'T TAKE ACTION ON OUR ITEMS ON OUR TOPICAL WORK SESSION. THIS IS ONLY FOR DIRECTION AND JUST FOR INFORMATION. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO GET COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO POSSIBLY MOVE UP IN TERMS OF A PRIORITY. AFTER WE HEAR FROM OUR FINANCE REPORT AND OUR QUARTERLY CRIME STATS, WE HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE HAVE THE NUISANCE BUSINESSES IN DESOTO, MOBILE FOOD VENDOR CREEK EROSION, NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS, AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOURS COULD BE MOVED AROUND, OR WE COULD POSSIBLY GET MORE INFORMATION ANOTHER WAY. SURE. IF YOU IF COUNCIL APPROVES OR IS READY FOR ME TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE TWO POLICIES THAT WE HAVE WE BROUGHT TONIGHT, THEN WE CAN JUST DO THAT. OR IF YOU HAD ANY UPDATES, WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND JUST SEND IT TO YOU ALL IN A MEMO AND SEE IF YOU ALL APPROVE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REVISIONS AS PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAVE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN STIPULATIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN GIVE CONSENSUS AND TAKE VOTES AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT GETS THE CLEANER WAY IS TO HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK BEFORE COUNCIL IN A MEETING AND HAVE US TO JUST VOTE ON IT AND GIVE YOU VERY CLEAR DIRECTION IN OUR MEETING. BUT COUNCIL, IF THERE IS ANY IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR TONIGHT, I'LL TAKE THAT INFORMATION. NOW, I THINK THAT I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I THINK THAT THE THE GRANT INFORMATION DEFINITELY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR, I HAD A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE. IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS IS TIME SENSITIVE COUNCIL, I WOULD ASK THAT WE HEAR THAT AFTER THE QUARTERLY CRIME STATS OR IF CHIEF IF YOU ARE CHIEF, IF YOU ARE OKAY, WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE YOUR CRIME STATS IF THAT'S OKAY. UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DEFINITELY HEAR TONIGHT. SO WE COULD WE COULD RESCHEDULE HIS CRIME STATS AND THEN MOVE UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT COUNCIL. IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? SINCE THERE IT SEEMS TO BE A TIME SENSITIVE, TIME SENSITIVE MATTER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT. SO WE'LL HAVE OUR FINANCE REPORT, THEN WE'LL HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS. 
          DOCTOR WILLIAMS, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S TIME SENSITIVE THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE? THEY CAN. STAFF CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. DIRECTORS, IF YOU ALL WANT TO CHIME IN, IF YOU KNOW YOUR ITEM IS TIME SENSITIVE. I THINK WE'RE GOOD MAYOR. WHAT'S THAT? I THINK WE'RE GOOD IF WE MOVE THESE TO. YEAH. IF WE MOVE 
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THE OTHER ITEMS INTO THE NEXT MEETINGS. OKAY. AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE POLICIES ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. AND SO IT MAY BE THAT WE DEVIATE JUST A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS, GET THESE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BEFORE A YEAR ENDS. IF WE DEVIATE, POSSIBLY, AND PUT SOME OF THESE ON OUR FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THESE PRESENTATIONS AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAFF TO GET DIRECTIONS ON THESE COUNCIL, IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OPEN TO? YES. OKAY. SO TONIGHT'S THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL BE HEARING FROM OUR PARKS AND REC WITH THEIR PROPOSAL FOR MANAGING THE ARC. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR FINANCE REPORT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM. IS THAT. DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE 
          [j.  Follow-up and discussion on the updates to the proposed Public Art Policy (D-6-010)]
          [b.  Presentation of Parks and Recreation Department's Proposal for Managing the Aquatics and Recreation Center]
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THANK YOU, MISS REYNOLDS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL FOR MANAGING THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER. MAKING A PRESENTATION IN PARKS IS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR CHRIS GLOVER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION AND GO FROM THERE ON OUR ON OUR OVERVIEW, FIRST, I WANT TO START WITH SOME INCONSISTENCIES, I GUESS, WITH THE REPORT THAT WE JUST HEARD. THE WAY WE ARE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ENDED UP HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SPORTS FACILITY SOLUTION, MR. ELVIN RICHARDSON. THEY WERE RIGHT ON THAT. THEY BASICALLY CONTACTED MR. RICHARDSON AND THEN MR. RICHARDSON, WHO WAS A CONSULTANT, THEN CONTACTED ME VIA EMAIL. AND THIS HAPPENED ON APRIL. IN APRIL OF 2024. OKAY. 
          AND THEN IN JUNE OF 2024, HE SENT ANOTHER EMAIL. FEBRUARY 5TH IS WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH SPORTS FACILITY SOLUTION. AND AT THAT TIME, OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM WAS REALLY ABOUT THE OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL. AND IF THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO RUN THE OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL. AND ONCE WE SAW THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT IN-HOUSE, THAT THEY HAD TO OUTSOURCE THAT. AT THAT TIME, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DECIDED THAT WE THEY WERE NOT THE PARTNER THAT WE ACTUALLY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO WHAT WAS IN OUR SWOT ANALYSIS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY HAD GONE TO A CONFERENCE IN VEGAS WHERE THEY MET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS THING PICKED UP. IT PICKED UP THERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE RECORD, THAT THE RECORD IS ACCURATE. I DO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AND THEM TO KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF DESOTO, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT. SO I WANTED TO CLEAR THE RECORD THERE. THERE WERE ALSO. SOME DATES THAT THEY QUOTED WHERE IT WAS PART OF OUR RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN. OKAY. AND OUR RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN AND OUR ACCREDITATION ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. WE HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2016, AND WE'RE WE GOT REACCREDITED IN 2021, 2020, 2022. AND WE WERE NOT PARTNERS WITH THEM AT ANY POINT OF OUR ACCREDITATION. SO I SAID THAT TO SAY WHEN WHEN I HEAR THOSE TYPES OF DISCREPANCIES, IT ALWAYS MAKES ME WEARY. IT'S ALMOST LIKE I'M NOT SITTING IN A ROOM AND I AM IN THE ROOM, I AM IN THE ROOM AND I HEAR THOSE THINGS. AND SO THAT BOTHERS ME. THE INTEGRITY PART DOES BOTHER ME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO HERE WITH WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY, OUR BACKGROUND. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY EXPERIENCE AND OUR MARKET, OUR MARKET AREA INCOME. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO YOU ALL SEE IT ALL THERE. SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT OKAY. NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY. THIS IS HOW THE FACILITY CAME TO FRUITION. AND IT ALSO HAD TO DO WITH OUR OUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF OUR OUR CAPRA ACCREDITATION. WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN. AND THAT MASTER PLAN, THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER IS A PART OF THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING SINCE 2010. AND SO TO SEE THIS THING COME TO FRUITION, I TELL YOU IT IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANNING, THAT'S WHAT LONG RANGE PLANNING 
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LOOKS LIKE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE. BUT AGAIN THIS IS KIND OF SORT OF HOW WE GOT THERE. OKAY. WE ALSO DEVELOPED OUR HISTORY WITH OUR KEY PROJECT GOALS AND OUR DRIVERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE THE, THE BIG THINGS WHEN WE WHEN WE DID THIS WAS OUR EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS. AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT AGAIN YOU SEE MULTI-GENERATIONAL. WE WANTED TO BE A CENTRAL HUB FOR MCALLEN PARK, AND WE WANT THIS THING TO REALLY BE UNIQUELY DESOTO. OKAY. NOW IN DALLAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, DALLAS AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WERE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY FOR SPORTS BUSINESS BY SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST TO REALLY SHOW HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS IN DALLAS. AND SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU OPERATE FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT STATES IS DIFFERENT THAN IN DALLAS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU ACTUALLY SEE WHERE, HOW HOW MUNICIPALITIES ARE INVESTING IN FACILITIES. YOU HAVE IN CITY OF MANSFIELD. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING A $2.5 BILLION SPORTS STADIUM AND ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. AND SO THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR SPORTS TOURISM. AND SO IS GRAPEVINE, WHICH IS THE ARTICLE ON THE BOTTOM AND THE THING. AND I WANT TO PAUSE A LITTLE BIT WITH GRAPEVINE, BECAUSE IN THAT PARTICULAR ARTICLE IT TALKS ABOUT THEY TALK ABOUT GRAPEVINE AND HOW THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR SPORTS, THEIR SPORTS TOURISM AND HOW THEY WORK WITH THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOW THEY WORK WITH THEIR CVB. AND THEY ALSO WORK WITH THEIR, THEIR, THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO REALLY PULL THAT THING TOGETHER. AND SO IF WE'RE REALLY, REALLY ABOUT TOURISM IN DESOTO, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE WE'RE A RESIDENTIAL TAX COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STAFFING. AND I'D BE REMISS IF YOU ARE HERE WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARK BOARD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED? YEAH, YEAH. AND AND NOT ONLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPING STAFF. I WANT I WANT YOU ALL TO STAY WITH ME. WE HAVE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE ICMA, HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP CERTIFIED FIVE. OKAY. WE HAVE 12 OF OUR RECREATION ATTENDANTS THAT HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND A MASTER'S DEGREE. THESE ARE PART TIME PEOPLE. OKAY. WE HAVE FOUR OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE IN OUR EPA CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS. OUR EPPLEY INSTITUTE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TOURISM PLANNING, ZERO BASED, ZERO BASED CERTIFICATION AND ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION. NOW, AQUATICS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF AQUATICS. OKAY. 
          WHAT ARE OUR WHAT ARE OUR CREDENTIALS. WHAT ARE WITH AQUATICS? WE HAVE A FACILITY OPERATOR CERTIFICATION AND WE HAVE TWO CERTIFIED POOL OPERATORS OPERATORS. SO INTERNALLY WE WE WE HAVE THE CREDENTIALS. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE CREDENTIALS, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING MOSTLY POOL FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OUR CONFIDENCE IN US BEING ABLE TO RUN THE FACILITY, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE CREDENTIALS TO RUN IT AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO. OKAY. ALSO LET'S SEE NEXT PAGE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND. MAYOR. YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND THEM. WE HAVE THEM ALREADY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR RECREATION CLASSES THAT WE DO AT OUR CURRENT RECREATION CENTER. AND OUR PAWS, WE GENERATE BETWEEN OUR RECREATION CENTER RIGHT NOW. AND I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ANYONE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT WE GENERATE OVER $1.1 MILLION RIGHT NOW WITH OUR CURRENT RECREATION CENTER AND THE POOL, WHICH IS OPEN THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. SO IMAGINE US HAVING A YEAR ROUND, TWO YEAR ROUND INDOOR FACILITIES AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. OKAY. BUT THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND WITH OUR CLASSES AND WE GENERATE OVER 91, ALMOST $100,000 WITH OUR CLASSES. 
          THESE ARE SOME MORE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS. AND NOTICE AT THE TOP WHERE WE HAVE DALLAS COUNTY 
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COLLEGE AND PAUL QUINN, WHERE WE'RE ACTIVELY GOING, TRYING TO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECRUIT THERE TO FIND COLLEGE STUDENTS A PLACE TO TO BE FOR THAT. AND WE GENERATE OVER $100,000 RIGHT NOW WITH THESE PARTNERS THAT WE PARTNER WITH. OKAY. AND THIS IS AT THE AT THE RECREATION CENTER. OKAY. NOW, WHAT WE DID WITH THE THIRD PARTY EXPERIENCE, WE'RE I AM A PART OF DFW DIRECTORS. PARKS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. SO WE SENT OUT SOME INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE IN THE METROPLEX ABOUT THIRD PARTY OPERATIONS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH THIRD PARTY OPERATIONS. SO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN A FEW MINUTES DOESN'T REALLY COME FROM, FROM FROM ME. IT COMES FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARKS DIRECTORS IN, IN THE, IN, IN THE DFW. SO EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES. WE HAD BAHAMA BEACH, WHICH IS OFF OF 67. WE HAD CITY OF ALLEN, DUNCANVILLE, LANCASTER, MANSFIELD, FAIR PARK AND AT GRAND PRAIRIE OUT OF ALL OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES RIGHT NOW, GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A THIRD PARTY THAT RUNS THEIR THEIR EPIC WATERS. OKAY. AND THEY WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO HAVE THAT THIRD PARTY. THEY THEY TOOK THEIR PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THEY WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SEEING HOW. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ENTITIES ACTUALLY RAN EVENTS LIKE NOT EVENTS, BUT FACILITIES LIKE EPIC WATERS. 
          AND THEN THEY NARROWED THAT DOWN TO SIX. WHEN THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO SIX, THEY TURNED AROUND AND DID AN RFP FOR THOSE SIX. AND AFTER THEY DID THE RFP FOR THOSE SIX, THEY CHOSE ONE. 
          AND THEY HAVE ZERO PROBLEMS NOW BECAUSE THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK ON THE FRONT END, OKAY. BUT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE STILL DOING THAT. THEIR CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THEY RUN THEIR RECORD. SO THEY RUN THE EPIC, BUT THEY HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT ACTUALLY RUNS EPIC WATERS. OKAY. BUT THE REST OF THE CITIES HAVE ALL BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN THIRD PARTIES. 
          OKAY. SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THAT. 
          THAT'S THERE. BUT YOU DO SEE WHERE THEIR CORPORATE POLICIES, FINANCIAL GOALS AND SPORTS FACILITY SOLUTIONS TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THAT. BUT YOU ALL SEE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID THAT REALLY KIND OF JUMPED OUT. WE HAD A PRICING MADE BY WITH PROFIT IN MIND RATHER THAN ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVENESS. AND AGAIN, IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT HERE DURING A PRESENTATION. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE HAVE GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET, FINANCIAL GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET, IF THE FINANCIAL GOALS ARE NOT GOING TO BE A PRIORITY. YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC IS ABOUT WE'RE REALLY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE'RE ABOUT EVERYONE HAVING ACCESS TO FACILITIES. 
          AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF TO, TO TO ME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A THIRD PARTY, THE THIRD PARTY IS REALLY MORE REVENUE DRIVEN. IT'S NOT WHAT WE CAN GO IN AND DO WHAT WE DO, AND WE CAN STILL GENERATE REVENUE. BUT BUT AGAIN, GOING OUT TO GET A THIRD PARTY TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND NOT MAKE MONEY TO ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO THAT. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM SOME OF THE CITIES AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FEEDBACKS THAT WE RECEIVED. AND SO I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL WITH THOSE UNLESS, UNLESS NEEDED FOR TIME'S SAKE. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE MORE. NOW WE START GETTING TO HOW HOW THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DETERMINED WHAT OUR FEE STRUCTURE WOULD BE AND HOW IT WOULD LOOK. OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, WE LOOKED AT OUR OUR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 055 TEN, 10 TO 15, YOU SEE WHAT THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ARE AROUND US. AND THESE WILL PROBABLY BE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL VISIT THE CENTER. OKAY. AND THIS SOURCE CAME FROM COUNCILMAN HUNSECKER'S, PERFORMER FOR PERFORMER IN 1124. AND HERE IS OUR MARKET AREA INCOME COMPARED TO CITIES THAT HAVE A SIMILAR FACILITY AS WE HAVE. AND NOW, WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO REALLY KIND OF HONE IN ON IS IN LEWISVILLE. LEWISVILLE HAS A HIGHER POPULATION, BUT WHEN YOU 
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LOOK AT THEIR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, IT IS MORE SIMILAR TO DE SOTO'S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES WITH A FACILITY THAT IS SIMILAR TO THIS. SO WE'RE AT THE 83,000. THEY'RE AT THE 93,000. SO WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, OUR OUR NOT OUR REVENUE, BUT OUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS WILL BE REALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO IN IN LEWISVILLE. OKAY. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL. BUT BUT BUT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ACTUALLY USED IN OUR PROFORMA TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE WOULD GENERATE WHEN WE GET TO IT. AND SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT OUR CURRENT PARTICIPATION. AND THEN WE WE REALLY TRIED TO BASE IT ON SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN HOLD OUR, OUR HATS TO. OKAY. 
          NOW HERE WE HAVE OUR RESIDENT PRICING. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE OUR THREE TIERS ON THE END. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT LEWISVILLE YOU'LL SEE SOME SIMILAR SIMILAR NUMBERS WITH LEWISVILLE. AND THEN YOU START SEEING SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE A LOT MORE. BUT THOSE CITIES THAT ARE A LOT MORE ALSO HAVE A HIGHER MEDIAN INCOME IN THOSE PARTICULAR CITIES. OKAY. AND ANOTHER THING WITH OUR PRICING THAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS WITH OUR EAOS, WE HAVE EAOS AND PLANET FITNESS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T PRICE OURSELVES OUT OF THE MARKET WITH WITH THOSE MAJOR CHAINS THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL. OKAY. OUR COMPARABLE FEE ANALYSIS FOR NONRESIDENTS, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS WELL. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT LEWISVILLE, ONE THING THAT REALLY KIND OF STOOD OUT ON THIS ONE WAS DUNCANVILLE, THEIR NONRESIDENTS, HOW HIGH THAT ONE IS. AND THAT REALLY KIND OF SHOCKED ME. BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN DUNCANVILLE IS THEY REALLY, REALLY MAKE YOU PAY. IF YOU'RE A NONRESIDENT AND YOU WANT TO USE THEIR FACILITY. OKAY. NOW THIS IS OUR OPERATION SUMMARY COMPARISON. AND IN THIS SUMMARY COMPARISON. THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE COST OF RUNNING OUR CURRENT RECREATION CENTER IN ADDITION TO THE ARC. OKAY. WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE ARC. WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH BECAUSE WITH WITH THAT MODEL WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH OUR RECREATION CENTER, WHERE WE ACTUALLY TAKE OUR HOURS AND DIMINISH OUR HOURS DURING THE WEEK, WHERE WE OPEN THE REC CENTER, OUR RECREATION CENTER, FROM 4 P.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND ON FRIDAY IT WOULD BE FROM 4 P.M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND REGULAR HOURS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AND THE REASON WE WOULD DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD TAKE OUR CURRENT STAFF THAT WORKS AT OUR AT THE TOWN CENTER, AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE THAT STAFF OVER TO THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HIRE AS MUCH STAFF AT AT THE NEW CENTER, BECAUSE WE WOULD MOVE OUR CURRENT STAFF OVER TO THE NEW CENTER. OKAY. AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOR SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANY OUR SOLUTIONS IS WAS IN THE PROFORMA THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FROM THEM. OKAY. WITH OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. TWO THINGS FOR THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT NAMING RIGHTS. AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF THROW SOME THINGS OUT WITH BOTH OF THOSE WITH OUR CARPET. MITCHELL THEY WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHERE WE BROUGHT IN $61,000 ON SPONSORSHIPS. AND SO WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US FOR SPONSORSHIPS, FOR THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER, AND ALSO TS ENERGY SERVICES, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY TRYING TO WORK OUT SOME NAMING RIGHTS WITH THEM. AS A CONSULTANT. 
          THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A PG AND E ENERGY, NRG AND TXU, WHERE WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TRY AND WORK WITH THEM TO POTENTIALLY GET THAT DONE. AND SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS INCLUDED. OKAY. NOW, ALSO IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR THEY HAD WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT METROPLEX SWIMMING AND SWIMMING. THIS IS REALLY HUGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMING FOR ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE, ON THE AQUATIC SIDE, AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE WITH US WITH METROPLEX SWIMMING AND NO, NO, WITH SWIMMING, WE HAVE ANDREW AND AND CAT THAT ARE HERE. WHERE'S ANDREW. YO. 
          THEY'RE WAVING THEIR HANDS RIGHT THERE. AND SO WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEM IN. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE TO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HAS 
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BEEN TREMENDOUS IN THE AREA. WE'RE PARTNERS WITH THEM. BUT THEY THEY RUN THEY RUN A SWIM PROGRAM IN FORT WORTH WHO HAS SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS THAN WE DO DUNCANVILLE, CLEBURNE, WACO AND BURLESON. THEY'RE SISTER COMPANIES WITH METROPLEX AQUATICS. AND ON THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THEY HAD BOTH OF THESE CLUBS WHO THEY WOULD TRY TO SUBCONTRACT OUT TO COME AND DO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING RIGHT NOW. AND SO AND SO THEY'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OR OUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY RUNNING THE FACILITY. AND ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY HUGE, WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT DROWNING PREVENTION PROGRAMS, SWIM LESSONS, YOUTH SWIM TEAMS, ADULT FITNESS, WATER AEROBICS AND SWIM MEETS. NOW, THE THING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT WITH THEM IS THEY CAME AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE WERE PERFORMING RIGHT NOW AT THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT WE HAVE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN SWIM LESSONS. AND SO THEIR PROJECTIONS WERE BASED OFF OF OUR NUMBERS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING WE HAVE SOME MEAT AND POTATOES, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BACKING UP WHAT WE'RE SAYING. 
          AND WE'RE NOT JUST PULLING NUMBERS OUT OF THE SKY, OKAY. AND IS THERE I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S IT. SO THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. AND I GUESS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMAN BURT. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR OUR OWN PARKS AND REC. DEPARTMENT. AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE THAT YOU CURRENTLY OPERATE NOW? WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF PARK AND REC SPACE THAT YOU CURRENTLY OPERATE? AND WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE NEW AQUATIC CENTER? NEW AQUATICS CENTER, I KNOW IS 175,000FT■S, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY 70, I'M SORRY, 75,000FT■S. THE NEW ONE IS 75. YES, SIR, 75,000FT■S. AND YOU CURRENTLY IS OPERATING. HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS THERE, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY. AND I WAS HOPING, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT. DID YOU ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A PROFORMA FOR YOUR CURRENT? BECAUSE. AND I AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR NARRATIVE, BUT I'M KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ME. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. I'M KIND OF A NUTS AND BOLTS KIND OF GUY. WHERE IS YOUR. SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS SOME YEARS AGO TO NOW, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THERE TO HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT A CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE AS WE GET CLOSER THROUGH. SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE ITERATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE FROM WHERE WE STARTED THIS? THERE WERE THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THEN WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO WHERE'S YOUR PROJECTION OF OPERATIONS AND COST? AND NOW WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. WE HAD COUNCILMAN HUNSICKER ACTUALLY PERFORM TWO TWO. PERFORMANCE FOR US ACTUALLY. WHAT DO THEY CALL. HOW DID HE. YEAH, WE HAD A COUPLE PERFORMANCE. WE HAD ONE THAT WAS DONE IN 2022. AND WE HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS DONE IN 2024. AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE TO TO YOU. SO BUT THERE'S NOTHING NOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO PERFORMANCE NOW AS TO WHERE WHERE YOU PROJECT US TO BE. AT WHAT POINT WILL WE START TURNING FROM FROM LOSING MONEY TO MAKING MONEY? AT WHAT LEVEL AND WHAT IS THE PROJECTED LOSS? YES. THAT IS THAT IS THAT ACTUAL PAGE RIGHT HERE. IF YOU SEE ON THE TOP WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR 50%, 76%, 80%, 84%, SO AFTER FIVE YEARS IS WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD START TO BREAK EVEN AT THAT TIME. SO SO YOUR PROFORMA IS SAYING AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAVE SPORTS OKAY. YOU HAVE THEIR PERFORMANCE. BUT BENEATH IT THEY'RE SAYING AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS WE'RE GOING TO BE PROFITABLE. CORRECT. YOU'RE SAYING AFTER WELL THIS IS STILL SHOWS A LOSS EVEN AFTER FIVE YEARS? THAT'S CORRECT. SO AT WHAT POINT DO YOU SEE US BEING PROFITABLE AS AS A CITY AND WITH THIS NEW WITH THIS NEW FACILITY? SIX SEVEN OKAY. BASED ON BASED ON WHAT BASED BASED ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PERCENTAGE, IT'S GOING UP, WHAT, 3.5%, 4% EACH YEAR OKAY. SO YEAR 6 OR 7 WE WILL BE PROFITABLE. CORRECT. BASED ON THIS. BUT. I WOULD I 
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WAS I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH. YOU KNOW I'M VERY NEUTRAL RIGHT NOW AND I WAS HOPING TO GET BUT BUT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE CURRENT OPERATIONS ARE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WHAT IS THE ROI RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MUNICIPALITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT YOU TALKED ABOUT MAKING $1.1 MILLION, BUT BUT, BUT BUT THAT WAS THE REVENUE. BUT WHAT WAS THE ABBOT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE WE WHEN WHEN I LOOK AT A PERFORMA, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT THAT, THAT NUMBER. AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE PROJECTIONS ON THAT NUMBER. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I DON'T CURRENTLY SEE. AND EVEN GOING THROUGH THE PROFORMA, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE CAPTURE RATE 50%, 76%. YOU BROUGHT UP THE MARKETING. SO JUST JUST SOME OF THE AND I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT JUST SOME OF THE, THE THE SOME OF THE MISSING PIECES FOR ME WAS THE MARKETING. SO WITH THIS NEW AND AND WOULD YOU DO YOU WOULD YOU GUESS THAT WE HAVE WE CURRENTLY ARE DOING 75,000 SQUARE FOOT OF, OF OF RECREATION SPACE NOW. NO, WE'RE NOT WELL. AND SO. I AND I UNDERSTAND SHARING STAFF. BUT IF, IF WE HAVE, IF WE'RE NOT OPERATING 75,000FT■S NOW, HOW DO WE SHARE STAFF IF WE'RE DOUBLING THE CAPACITY. NO, NO, NO, WE WILL HAVE TO HIRE FOR THE NEW CENTER. BUT WE WON'T HAVE TO HIRE AS MANY STAFF BECAUSE WE WOULD BE MOVING OUR CURRENT STAFF TO THE NEW CENTER. OKAY. AND AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF HIRING DO WE HAVE TO TO TO WHAT WHAT HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WHAT WHAT IS THE LEVEL? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. THIS WILL HELP. WE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PERFORMER AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU ALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AND IT ACTUALLY HAS THE PERFORMER. WE CAN GET YOU THE ONE FROM 2022 AND THE ONE FROM 2024, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ANSWER IT NOW. BUT WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND I'M FINE WITH THAT. IT'S JUST AND I WOULD I WOULD REALLY IF IT WAS DONE IN 2024. WE'RE CLOSING 2025 NOW AND SIX MONTHS OR SO BEFORE OPENING DAY. AND SO I WOULD EXPECT AN ADJUSTED ONE. AND I THINK I ASKED FOR THAT AT OUR LAST GATHERING, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A PERFORMER. I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A PERFORMER AS TO HOW WOULD WE TRACK THAT INFORMATION. SO I YIELD BACK, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. GLOVER. 
          COUNSELOR, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN WATERS, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR COMING AND GIVING US THE INFORMATION. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED HEAD TO HEAD SO WE CAN GET COMPARE. BUT I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE MEMBERSHIP TIERS. OKAY. ON THE PRICES. OKAY. WE HAVE SEVEN MONTH MEMBERSHIP TIERS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN OUR IN OUR TABLET HERE. SO ARE THESE YEARLY OR IS THIS SEVEN MONTH ON THE SCREEN HERE. BECAUSE OKAY ANNUAL IS WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE. CORRECT. BECAUSE WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS IT SAYS SEVEN MONTH MEMBERSHIP TIER. YEAH. THAT WAS FOR THE FIRST THE FIRST YEAR WE OPENED IN MARCH. WE'LL HAVE SEVEN MONTHS OKAY. SO IT'S NOT A MONTHLY THING THEN. IT'S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS WHEN THEY GO THERE BECAUSE LIKE US WE PAY MONTHLY. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ARC IS GOING TO BE YEARLY OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE MONTHLY AS WELL? WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BOTH MEMBERSHIPS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUSH OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR SEVEN MONTHS. IF WE OPEN WHEN WE OPEN IN MARCH. OH, STILL NOT CLEAR. 
          YEAH, I HEAR YOU. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND I JUST THINK JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, OKAY. THAT. 
          SOME OF THE PRICES MAY NEED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE QUOTING YOU. THEY'RE QUOTING US. THE OTHER YOUR COMPETITOR IN THIS CASE THEY'RE QUOTED AS A HIGHER MONTHLY PAYMENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW OKAY. NOW SO IF YOU'VE QUOTED A HIGHER MONTHLY PAYMENT THEN YOUR REVENUE IS GOING TO BE 
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HIGHER IN THE BACK END. RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW ON A PRO FORMA PRO FORMA IS YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HOPE TO DO. I GET I GET THAT RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW YOU MAY WANT LOOK AT THE PRICES MAYBE SLIGHTLY NEED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH. BUT THE OTHER OTHER QUICK THING HERE IS ON ONE OF YOUR. THINGS HERE THAT YOU HAVE FOR US. THE NUMBER IS WRONG ACTUALLY TIER THREE OKAY. THE NUMBERS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CORRECT INTERNALLY. BUT ANYWAY THE TIER THREE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBERS ON THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, ONE OTHER THING IS PROBABLY FOR YOU IMAGINE I DIDN'T GET OR CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION FROM THE SPORTS FACILITIES BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN OUR OUR ELECTRONIC TABLET HERE? BECAUSE WHEN I CLICKED INTO IT THE OTHER DAY YESTERDAY, I DIDN'T SEE THEIR UPDATED PRESENTATION FROM TONIGHT, WHICH WAS WHAT I WANTED. YOU KNOW, FOR COMPARISON. BUT I HAVE YOURS IN HERE. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION FROM SPORTS FACILITY. SO TOMORROW I CAN RECAP ALL THIS AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION. Y'ALL DO THAT. WE'LL PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS WHAT I WANTED. THANK YOU. ACCURATE INFORMATION MAKE A GOOD DECISION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. YES, THANK YOU. AND I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. I DO APPRECIATE THE THE DATA. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, I AM ON BOTH ENDS. HOW DID WE GET HERE? I'M GLAD FOR THE HISTORY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SEE WHAT PARKS AND RECS CAN DO WITH THE TWO FACILITIES, AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME FROM A A RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT KNOWING THAT WE COULD WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE DATA. 
          THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING MY DECISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OKAY. HEARING NONE. THANK YOU MR. GLOVER. WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          [d.  Presentation of Financial Report September 2025]
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH SHOULD BE THE FINANCE REPORT. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. AS WE KNOW THIS IS OUR FINAL PRESENTATION, OUR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND WITH OUR REVENUE AND OUR EXPENDITURES. AS OF THE END OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGETED WAS 64.3 MILLION AND COLLECTED 62.2 MILLION FOR 96.8%. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES LISTED HERE. I WON'T GO INTO EACH ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT I WANT TO DO CALL ATTENTION TO SALES TAX AND MIXED DRINK TAX, AS WE KNOW WE WILL BE COLLECTING. AND THOSE TWO REVENUE CATEGORIES FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS. SO WE HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS TO RECEIVE SALES TAX REVENUE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 84.5%. BUT WE DO INDEED INTEND TO MEET OUR GOAL OF 11.6 MILLION IN SALES TAX. WITH THOSE TWO MONTHS STILL REMAINING, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE LISTED HERE BY DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LISTED HERE. TOTAL 95.3% IN EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO. 89.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND REVENUE WAS AT 99.1% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WE HAVE BUDGETED 30.4 MILLION AND COLLECTED. COLLECTED 30,088,192 YEAR TO DATE. THAT PUTS US AT 98.6% COMPARED TO 101.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THE CORRESPONDING EXPENSES ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THESE ARE JUST ALL OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES OUT OF THE WATER SEWER FUND. OUR DW YOU WHERE WE PAY OUR WATER BILLS 95.6%. TOTAL EXPENDITURES 96.4% COMPARED TO 97.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN OUR SANITATION FUND, WE HAVE 
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OUR SANITATION REVENUE BUDGETED 6.3 MILLION, RECEIVED $6,074,675 AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 96%, OF COURSE, THAT IS OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES. THAT IS WHERE WE COLLECT OUR RESIDENTIAL SANITATION FEES. COMMERCIAL SANITATION FEES ARE OVER BUDGETED REVENUE. THEY'RE AT 1.2 MILLION 127%. WE HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF OUR REVENUE THAT WE BUDGETED FOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. AND IN THE CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURES THAT ARE LISTED HERE, WE ARE AT 87.3% COMPARED TO 88% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED SOME GOLF CLUB FINANCIALS FOR JULY AND AUGUST OF 2025. AS OF THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, WE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED FINAL SEPTEMBER FINANCIALS FROM THE GOLF CLUB. WHAT YOU'LL SEE LISTED HERE IS INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AS IT RELATES TO THEIR INCOME STATEMENTS. AND THESE DO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM A FINANCIALS. OF COURSE THESE ARE PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCIALS. BUT WE DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LIST THE PNL SUMMARY. AND THAT WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL AN IDEA OF KIND OF HOW THE CITY VIEWS FUND BALANCE. SO IN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, THEY'RE LOOKING MORE AT GROSS OPERATING PROFIT. HOW DO YOU READ THESE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25? AND MIND YOU, THEIR FISCAL YEAR IS ON A CALENDAR YEAR. SO IT'S NOT OCTOBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO THEY ARE THIS IS WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVEN'T REACHED IT YET. SO OUR OUR BUDGET FOR REVENUE. THESE ARE THE TWO REVENUE CATEGORIES FOR THE GOLF CLUB. WE HAVE OUR TOTAL REVENUES AND OUR MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. NOW IN YOUR PACKETS YOU HAVE DETAIL OF WHAT ROLLS UP INTO THESE NUMBERS FOR JULY. TOTAL BUDGETED REVENUE I'M SORRY FOR YEAR TO DATE, TOTAL BUDGET REVENUE IS $2,614,400 AND BUDGETED EXPENSES ARE $2,000,530, $2,530,644. THAT IS THESE FOUR CATEGORIES RIGHT HERE. SO THE GOLF CLUB FOR THEIR CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS THEIR FISCAL YEAR FOR 25, THEY'RE BUDGETING TO HAVE A $83,000 SURPLUS. THAT 83,787. 
          NOW WHERE WHERE DID THEY ACTUALLY END FOR JULY IS IN THIS COLUMN HERE. SO THEIR REVENUE WAS 2,077,586. THEIR EXPENSES THESE FOR NUMBERS HERE ADD UP TO BE $2,054,168. THAT GIVES THEM A YEAR TO DATE SURPLUS OF $23,419. AND THEN PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS JUST TELLS US WHERE THEY WERE AS OF THE END OF JULY OF 2024. YOU GO OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND WE HAVE THE SAME THING LISTED HERE FOR AUGUST. FOR AUGUST. THE BUDGET, OF COURSE, REMAINS THE SAME. YOU WILL SEE THEIR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL HERE, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL AS OF THE END OF AUGUST DID YIELD MORE GOP $42,738 COMPARED TO ACTUALLY HAVING A LOSS THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN AUGUST. NOW, THE CATEGORIES THAT MAKE UP THE REVENUE FOR THE GOLF COURSE ARE GOING TO BE MAINLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND GOLF DEPARTMENT REVENUE. AS FAR AS GREEN FEES, TOURNAMENT INCOME, DRIVING RANGE FEES AND GOLF SHOP MERCHANDISE SALES, THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE IS GOING TO COME FROM. AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE EACH LINE ITEM DETAIL IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET, AND OF COURSE, MISCELLANEOUS INCOME IS A SMALLER AMOUNT OF $18,000. AS FAR AS THE EXPENSES ARE CONCERNED, YOU HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXPENSES AS WELL AS AS GOLF SHOP MERCHANDISE EXPENSES, GOLF OPERATIONS EXPENSES, AS 
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WELL AS PAYROLL EXPENSE. AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. THE DETAIL IN YOUR REPORT ROLLS UP INTO THESE BUDGETED NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE. THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE STAND WITH THE GOLF COURSE FINANCIALS. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ALSO BUDGETED FOR THE GOLF COURSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND OUR CITY BUDGET THAT CAN BE FOUND IN FUND 560. OUR GOLF CLUB IS ACTUALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND. IT HAS BEEN SET UP. BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN SET UP. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE'RE PROGRESSING WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS. BUDGET WISE, YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY ON OUR BOOKS HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER FOR WHEN WE REPORT OUT IN NOVEMBER. ALSO IN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU HAVE AN OVERTIME REPORT AND WE KNOW WE'RE OVER IN POLICE OVERTIME. RIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE REVENUE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO COME IN AND BE REIMBURSED TO US A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS WE'RE EXPECTING THERE. SO THAT STILL HAS US OVER, BUT AT LEAST WE ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING THERE. YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR CAPITAL AND OTHER FUNDS PROGRESS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH AND A REPORT AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT WAS ON FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, RIGHT? SO LET'S I'M GOING TO DO IT TWO WAYS. I DO WANT TO GET TO THIS BUDGET FOR THORN TREE. THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT IT. BUT THE ONE THAT SAYS AUGUST, THE NUMBER THAT SHOWS THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS, IT SAYS 42 738. BUT WHEN I CALCULATED IT, IT ONLY CAME OUT TO 29.5 67 IN AMOUNT. SO WAS WAS THERE A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAT SHOULD BE THERE AS FAR AS THE TOTALS FOR AUGUST? AND THEN I KNOW I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO THEM. OKAY. AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THE FINANCIALS FOR SEPTEMBER AREN'T AVAILABLE, BUT FOR OCTOBER, I MEAN FOR NOVEMBER WHEN WE SEE THAT ONE, IT WILL INCLUDE BOTH OCTOBER AND SEPTEMBER. WE HOPE SO. OKAY, I KNOW FOR SURE OCTOBER. OKAY. 
          AND AS FAR AS TRYING TO READ IT, THE THE GUYS WHO PRESENTED A INCOME STATEMENT EARLIER, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW IT USUALLY LOOKS. WILL THIS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT SOME POINT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GUESS AT WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SHEET, IT'S GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THERE. AND I WAS REALLY CONFUSED WITH WHAT I WAS SEEING. THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER. BUT YEAH. YEAH, WE I UNDERSTAND WE DID WE WE REARRANGED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WHAT, WHAT WHAT WE'RE USED TO LOOKING AT. BUT CERTAINLY, I MEAN, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THAT COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THEY THEY'RE VERY ACCOMMODATING AND THEY, THEY TELL US IF THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY THAT WE'D LIKE FOR IT TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AGAIN. NOW, WE DON'T NORMALLY PRESENT AN INCOME STATEMENT, RIGHT WHEN WE PRESENT OUR FINANCIALS. SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE PRESENTING BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL, LIKE WE DO FOR EVERY OTHER FUND. EXACTLY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO AT THAT POINT, WHAT WHAT'S THE WHAT IS OUR PROJECTION ON WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT HOPEFULLY OCTOBER I'LL MAKE I'LL MAKE FOR NOVEMBER OKAY. FOR OCTOBER. WELL WE'RE HOPING THE BANK LIKE I SAID THE BANK ACCOUNT IS SET UP. WE'RE MORE THAN 50% DONE ON OUR ONBOARDING. AND I HOPE TO RECEIVE SOME BALANCE SHEETS THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF OPENING FUND BALANCE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR OUR INITIAL DEPOSIT INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT. OKAY. AND SO AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS I HAD, A LOT OF THEM WERE OFF OF THAT OTHER DOCUMENT. SO I MIGHT HAVE NOT KNOWN. WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS THE REASON WHY I HAD THE QUESTIONS I ORIGINALLY HAD WHEN WE GOT IN THIS MEETING. I DO APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT AUGUST PART NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE GIVING THE CORRECT NUMBERS WHERE IT SAYS 42, 738. I ONLY CALCULATED IT TO HAVE 29, FIVE, 67. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS FOR THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WHERE IT SAYS FUNDS 75 IS ECONOMIC INCENTIVE. I THINK I ASKED IT BEFORE, YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GOT THE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY WAS. WHY IT'S OVER OVER BUDGET 104%. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE 99 DEPARTMENTAL. I KNOW THAT I HAD 
          [03:05:04]
ASKED FOR THE DETAILS PREVIOUSLY. YES, MA'AM, BUT I HAVE THEM. I CAN EMAIL THEM TO COUNCIL IN THE MORNING SO I CAN EMAIL THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL IN THE MORNING TO EVERYONE, THE WHOLE COUNCIL. OKAY. AS FAR AS ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, IT WAS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE A 580 AGREEMENT WITH. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS EITHER COLA OR SMOOTHIE KING. WE UNDERESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF THE INCENTIVE THAT WE NEEDED TO PAY THEM OUT. AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WAS ONLY DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT AND I'LL GET THIS FOR YOU FOR SURE. BUT I BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY LIKE $10,000. BUT IT TOOK US OVER TO 104%. OKAY. AND THEN THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL WAS OVER 100 NON-DEPARTMENTAL FINAL PAY. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE WHEN WE HAVE TO PAY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THEIR BENEFITS WHEN THEY LEAVE. 
          WE REALLY EXCEEDED THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SOME UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL YEARS AND WE HAVE TO PAY THEM OUT THEIR BENEFITS. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE THAT WE, WE TRY TO PUT A TARGET TO. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE UNEXPECTED RETIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S HARD TO PLAN FOR. YEAH. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO PARTICULAR REPORTS HERE. 
          ALTHOUGH WE ONLY TOOK THE REINS, IF YOU WILL, IN JUNE. WAS THERE NOT ANY PREVIOUS INCOME STATEMENTS TO FOR THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS? SURE. YES. AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. 
          I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE FITTING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE MONTHS SINCE WE KIND OF REALLY STARTED THE ONBOARDING. BUT FOR REFERENCE, I DID BRING SOME INFORMATION REGARDING, YOU KNOW, PRIOR YEAR FINANCIALS, AND WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, 23, 24 KIND OF SEE HOW THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT PROGRESSED AND DIFFERED, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. SO BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE TOOK OVER JULY 1ST. SO THE JUNE DOCUMENT IS FOR WHATEVER THE PRIOR PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDED US. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION OKAY. 
          THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE THE REVENUE FOR LET'S SEE FOR AUGUST. SO THE NUMBER THAT I HAVE FOR REVENUE IS $1,849,054. AND THE EXPENDITURES I HAVE $1,000,806, 806, $317. SO THAT DOES GIVE US A DIFFERENCE OF THE 42,000. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I HAVE A QUESTION TOO ABOUT THIS GOLF FINANCIAL BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO READ THROUGH IT. AND I YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I EVER FELT. DENSE LOOKING AT THESE TWO REPORTS. OKAY. SO YOUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS IS WHAT'S THROWING ME OFF FOR AUGUST, BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE NUMBERS SHOULD ROLL HIGHER, RIGHT? IF THE TOTAL REVENUE FROM JULY IS 2 MILLION, THEN THE INCREASE OF TOTAL REVENUE FROM MONTH TO MONTH SHOULD MEAN THAT WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THE YEAR TO DATE ON AUGUST, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY. SO THAT COULD JUST DEPEND. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE REALLOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE EVEN EVEN THAT HAPPENS AT CITIES. IF SOMETHING IS CREDITED TO THE WRONG PLACE, IT HAS TO. WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW IT AND MAY HAVE BEEN CREDITED TO THE WRONG PLACE. NOW, WHAT I CAN DO IS GET THE DETAIL FOR YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN AND KIND OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS. BUT YEAH, WE ARE SHOWING IN THESE OUR ACTUALS AND THESE ARE FINAL ACTUALS. SO YOU KNOW, 2 MILLION AND JULY VERSUS THE 1.806 IN AUGUST. BUT IT DOES IT ACTUALLY FOR ALL THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THERE'S THEY'RE SWAPPED LIKE JULY SHOULD BE AUGUST AND AUGUST SHOULD BE JULY. BECAUSE ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM IN JULY ARE HIGHER THAN ALL OF THEM IN AUGUST. I'LL VERIFY. 
          OKAY. YEAH. PLEASE. SURE. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT THE OVERTIME AND POLICE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T LET THEM DO WHAT THEY DO. IS THAT THE I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE CHARGES OF SERVICE, BECAUSE I SAW THAT THAT ONE HAD CREEPED UP TO 149% OVER BUDGET. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE WHAT? WHY WOULD IT INCREASE THAT HIGH? BECAUSE PEOPLE, CITIZENS, I HAD SOMEBODY ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE TO THEM IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE, OH, THE CITY'S TRYING TO GET YOU. AND I 
          [03:10:03]
DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE CASE. BUT DO YOU? IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE OVER OVERAGE IN REVENUE? YES. AMBULANCE SERVICE. OH YEAH. SO THIS IS STRICTLY, I WANT TO SAY 80% OF WHAT HE'S CHARGED FOR SERVICES IS AMBULANCE SERVICE, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE INCREASE OF RUNS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE THAT TO GO BACK WITH I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM INDIVIDUALS ON THE DAIS WHO WISH TO SPEAK, SO I'M SORRY. POINT OF INFORMATION. 
          REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. MAYOR, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN ASK FOR. AND I'M ASKING IF WE CAN GET A COMPLETE BALANCE SHEET. THE HISTORICAL DATA FOR THORNTREE, THE DEBT SCHEDULE, THE CASH FLOW, AND THE HISTORICAL SUBSIDIES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE GETTING A BALANCE SHEET AND ALL THAT INFORMATION, CORRECT? YES. AND WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT, YES, MA'AM, I WILL GET LET ME TAKE A NOTE, THOUGH. YOU SAID A BALANCE SHEET AND YES, A THREE YEAR HISTORICAL FINANCIAL. THE DEBT SCHEDULE WAS WITH ANY TERMS THAT MIGHT BE PROVIDED, CASH FLOW STATEMENT AND THEN THE HISTORICAL CITY SUBSIDIES. THANK YOU. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE SUBSIDIES? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? IS THERE I MEAN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME NOW, I'VE ALWAYS ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT THORNTREE NOW THAT IT IS A CITY ASSET, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ALLOWING CITY PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO BE OPEN COMPLETELY, IS THAT STILL IS THAT AVAILABLE? WELL, PREVIOUS IT WAS SEMI-PRIVATE. SO THEY OBVIOUSLY DID SOME KIND OF MAYBE DID SOME KIND OF SUBSIDIES TO HELP PEOPLE COME IN FROM CLUBS, FROM SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE AREA. DID THEY SUBSIDIZE ANY OF THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE CLUB AS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS WAS A PUBLIC FACILITY. SO THERE'S NO SUBSIDIES TO TO ANY OF THAT, TO ANY OF THAT ACTIVITY, ANYTHING THAT WE RECALL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION I DON'T WANT TO BE SHOOTING IN THE DARK. SO SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. BUT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION ON IT. OTHERWISE WE HAVE WE HAVE THE FINANCIALS. WE HAVE THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS. 
          WE HAVE THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF OF THE CLUB. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN DELIVER WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT SUBSIDY IS AND OTHER THINGS. SO I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN BYRD. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. I THINK THAT. COUNCILWOMAN, A REQUEST IS IS VALID FOR JULY AND AUGUST. I DON'T SEE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE CLOSING DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THAT. SO I WOULD WANT YOU TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT WE WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OR HAD ACCESS TO, OR THAT WAS NOT AUDITED. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MY ONLY DEAL WHEN WE TOOK OWNERSHIP OF IT. THAT BECOMES VERY PRIVATE. I MEAN VERY EXTREMELY AND IT SHOULD BE SHARED. IT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE. THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY. PRIOR TO THAT, PRIOR TO THAT, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS. I WOULD JUST WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GO BACK. AND THINGS THAT WE WE WE DIDN'T AUDIT THEM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. I MEAN, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED. YOUR YOUR NUMBERS. AND TO COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM'S MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM POINT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE MAYBE TRANSPOSED IN THE COLUMNS, BUT BUT JUST WE TOOK OWNERSHIP JULY, JUNE. WHEN DID WE TAKE JULY 1ST? JULY 1ST. AND ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AFTER JULY 1ST IS ABSOLUTELY 100%. SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. THANK 
          [k.  Updated Neighborhood Grant Program Guidelines]
YOU, THANK YOU, MISS SYDNEY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. 
          NEXT WE HAVE UPDATED NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, DOCTOR ESTHER 
          [03:15:01]
WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT I AM BRINGING TO YOU AN UPDATED NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. THIS IS A A PROPOSAL FOR SOME NEW CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT GRANT GRANT PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY. SO CURRENTLY OUR CITY IS SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION WITH A GRANT THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY CAN APPLY TWICE A YEAR. THE FIRST, THE FIRST SESSION OF GRANTS ARE IS A SET AMOUNT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION, AND THE SECOND IS A MORE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. SO THIS UPDATED PROGRAM WILL ACTUALLY BROADEN OUR FOCUS TO SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY, SHARED COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY WITH OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION. SO SOME OF THE CHANGES AND THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES TO THIS GRANT PROGRAM. IT IS STILL A MATCHING GRANT FUND WHERE THE CITY WILL MATCH OUR HOA CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH CASH, DONATED MATERIALS OR VOLUNTEER LABOR. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE ARE ENCOURAGING HOA COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ONE OF THE CHANGES IS THAT THE ANNUAL GRANT CYCLE WILL ONLY INCLUDE ONE APPLICATION PER YEAR, OR ONE CYCLE PER YEAR, WHERE THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 31ST. OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR WE CAN PUSH THAT DEADLINE AND THEN THE AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          SO HERE ARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KEY PROGRAM CHANGES. WE ARE MORE SAFETY FOCUSED. PROJECTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED. BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS IN ISOLATION WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE. AND WE'LL GO INTO DETAILS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. AND THEN ONE APPLICATION CYCLE PER YEAR, WHICH WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE FALL WITH THE FEBRUARY GRANT, YOU KNOW. APPLICATION FINAL, YOU KNOW, RESULTS WILL BE SHARED IN IN FEBRUARY. WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE $20,000 TOTAL CITY ALLOCATION, WHERE THERE IS NO SET CAP PER PROJECT. 
          OKAY, SO WHAT WOULD MAKE A PROJECT ELIGIBLE. SO ANY HOA THAT IS REGISTERED BY OCTOBER 31ST OF THAT YEAR WILL BE WILL BE ELIGIBLE. THEY ALSO HAVE TO THESE ARE ALL THE SAME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA RIGHT NOW, BUT IN GOOD STANDING. MAINTAIN AN OFFICIAL BANK ACCOUNT. THEY SUBMIT THE COMPLETE APPLICATION WITH THE SAFETY FOCUSED PROJECT BUDGET AND TIMELINE, AND THE RECIPIENTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO HAVE FULLY EXPENDED THEIR FUNDS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IF THEY WERE, IF THEY WERE ALLOTTED SOME GRANT FUNDS. OKAY, SO SOME EXAMPLES OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR HOAS TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN IDEA. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WILL TAKE ALL OF THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. SOME EXAMPLES WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, SIGNAGE AND MATERIALS, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, SECURITY CAMERA AND COMMON AREAS, FIRST AID KITS, AEDS, EMERGENCY SUPPLY STATIONS, SAFETY WORKSHOPS. SO NOT JUST LIKE A STANDARD, YOU KNOW, A STATIONARY THING, BUT MAYBE EVEN LIKE PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. REPAIRS FOR FENCING, GATES AND ACCESS CONTROL AND THEN ALSO SOME TRAFFIC CALMING SIGNAGE ON HOA MAINTAINED ROADS WITH THE PERMITS THAT ARE NEEDED. THE APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD START IN THE OCTOBER TIME, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND THEN THE AWARDS ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY. THE PROJECT COMPLETION WOULD BE BY THE SEPTEMBER, BY SEPTEMBER 30TH THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND WE STILL REQUIRE THE FUNDING REQUEST MATCHING CONTRIBUTION DETAILS, PROJECT GOALS, BUDGET TIMELINE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE SKETCHES, LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND MEETING MINUTES AND PERMITS AS NEEDED. SO THIS IS THE AWARD CRITERIA IN WHICH THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WILL BE DECIDING THE THE AWARDS BY. AND THEY'LL BE SET POINTS TOWARDS EACH PART OF THE CRITERIA. SO OBVIOUSLY JUST WITH EVERY GRANT, THE DESCRIPTION AND THE NEED, THE PROJECT IMPACT, PROJECT PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY, BUDGET AND FINANCIAL NEED, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, CAPACITY AND OVERALL QUALITY AND PRESENTATION. AND THEN IT'S THERE WILL BE A BONUS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME POINTS ALLOCATED FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS OR UNIQUE PROJECTS. SO AGAIN THIS IS JUST PRESENTED AS A AS A PROPOSAL TO REEVALUATE OUR CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM, SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCLUDE AND PRIORITIZE SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO A WAY FOR US TO GET OUR COMMUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER, TOO. SO I'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DOCTOR 
          [03:20:06]
WILLIAMS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WON'T I WON'T BELABOR THIS AS WE TRY TO GET OUT OF HERE THIS EVENING. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SIGN IS WHEN I HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS WITH OFFICER RYAN, ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE THERE, AND THERE WERE OVER 13 OF THEM, THERE WAS A MENTION OF HAVING SIGNAGE, BUT THAT THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR THAT SIGNAGE. AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO I'M, I'M, I'M GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND SAY MAYBE THAT WAS A CONVERSATION EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS HAS THAT CONVERSATION CHANGED BASED ON THIS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT SHE SAID BACK IN? I GUESS IT'S BEEN ABOUT, WHAT, FOUR MONTHS AGO. 
          SO SOMEBODY SAID THE CITY WAS GOING TO PAY FOR SOME SIGN. I DO RECALL US TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAD THE CREATIVE NAME OF WHATEVER IT WAS IN THE WATCH IN A BOX NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHING THE BOX. SO I'M ASSUMING THE SIGN CAME WITH THAT, BUT I'M SPECULATING. BUT SHE ACTUALLY DID TALK ABOUT IT. AND I'VE BEEN I'VE ACTUALLY TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN PARKER, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'VE BEEN TO A MEETING WHERE SHE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IT, AND IT GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CITY SPONSORED THING IN TERMS OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S NEEDED TO ACTUALLY DO IT, SIGNAGE INCLUDED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. CORRECT. NOW, WE DIDN'T GO. I DON'T I DON'T RECALL GOING IN DEPTH AS TO LIKE WHO INSTALLS IT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT IT WAS MADE TO APPEAR THAT IT WOULD BE CITY FUNDED THING. AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T SEE CHIEF COSTA WELL, HE MIGHT BE OUT OUTSIDE. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THE WAY SHE EXPLAINED IT WAS THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN UP AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS THE CRITERION THAT WOULD GET THEM THE SIGN. 
          THE SIGN THEN IS THEN INSTALLED BY THE CITY. BUT THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT. NOW I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I SEE THAT AS ONE OF THE ITEMS HERE THAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS. AS A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. GRANT. OKAY. CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT? DID YOU HEAR OUR QUESTION? NO, WE ARE, AND YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN ABOUT THE SIGNAGE. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, SIGNAGE. WHEN WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT AS LONG AS THEY SIGN UP AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, THAT THE SIGNAGE ITSELF, OF COURSE, IS FREE. AND THEN THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO OFFICER RYAN, WOULD ACTUALLY INSTALL THE SIGN FOR THEM. YES. THAT'S TRUE. SO BASED ON THAT, THIS DOCUMENTATION HERE MENTIONS THAT AS AN ACTUAL PROJECT HERE FOR THIS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT. SO IS ONE NOT HAPPENING OR OR BOTH ARE HAPPENING, THEN WE CAN TAKE IT OFF OUR LIST. OKAY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR FREE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE. NO BUDGET NECESSARY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE CHIEF COST IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT SO WE CAN GET SOME PROPOSALS FROM FOR OTHER PROJECTS. THANK YOU. WE CAN USE FEDERAL FORFEITURE MONEY FOR THAT. OKAY. 
          GREAT. WELL THAT SAVES FUNDS AND THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY FREE UP MORE MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET FOR MORE GRANTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR OTHER PROJECTS, FOR OTHER PROJECTS, FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS? GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, FOR BRINGING THAT OUT. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I UNDER THE EXAMPLE OF ELIGIBLE SAFETY PROJECTS AND OR UNDER THE REPAIRS OR UPGRADE OF FENCING GATES OR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ADDING MONUMENTS WHERE THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THAT, HAVE AN ENTRANCE TO THEIR AREA THAT SOMETIME THEY WILL LOSE LETTERING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          AND WHEN THOSE LETTERINGS FALL OFF, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE UNDER. YOU DON'T HAVE EXISTING MONUMENTS OR SIGNAGE. SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD SPELL THAT OUT. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY, THEY NORMALLY WOULD USE IT FOR FLOWERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT AND WE'RE, WE'RE DISALLOWING THAT. NOW. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE DO. 
          BUT IF LIKE UNDER CENTER PARK, IF A LETTER FALLS OFF OF THEIR MONUMENT, THEN I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY'S RUNNING AROUND WITHOUT BEING WITH DAMAGED SIGNAGE. YES. AND THAT IT'S IT'S BEAUTIFICATION IN ISOLATION. SO AS LONG AS 
          [03:25:02]
THERE'S A PROJECT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, THEN IT CAN BE ALLOWED. SO THAT COULD BE PART OF IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO. THERE HAS TO BE A PURPOSE FOR FOR US BRINGING BACK THIS PROGRAM AND AND REVAMPING IT, IF YOU WILL, OR SUGGESTING REVAMPING IT. AND THE IDEA IS TO HAVE IMPACTFUL PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT ALSO WOULD, WOULD ENHANCE SAFETY AND AND AWARENESS FOR THE COMMUNITIES, FOR THE HOA. SO ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS ABOUT CAMERAS. ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU HOW DO WE HOW DO WE NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO THE 200 OR THE $300 OR THE $400 THAT WE GET? THAT IS REALLY NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL FOR OUR HOA OR OUR COMMUNITY FOR THAT MATTER. SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS ABOUT LET'S LET'S GET SOME APPLICATIONS THAT ARE WHOLESOME AND LET'S DRIVE. LET'S DRIVE ALSO, WHAT THE CITY, FRANKLY, IS WHAT THE CITY IS ALSO GETTING BACK AS A BENEFIT. I KNOW IT'S A GRANT. I KNOW IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IF THAT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY, THAT'S A STRONG THAT'S A STRONG AVENUE FOR US. 
          SO THE WHOLE IDEA FOR US IS TO IF IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE REVAMP THIS, THAT WE'LL GET SOMETHING BACK AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IN THE PROGRAMS OF SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE PROGRAMS OF BEAUTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CLEANING IT UP, WHETHER IT'S IN THE, YOU KNOW, CODE, CODE COMPLIANCE, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT. SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTIONED THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WILL THIS GRANT PROCESS STILL BE COMPETITIVE? YES, IT WILL PRETTY MUCH BE. THE WHOLE THING WILL BE COMPETITIVE. YES, MA'AM. 
          GOTCHA. SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS I HAD A CONCERN LAST TIME THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ON THE HOA BOARD SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION. RIGHT. AND DOING THE FOLLOW UP PROCESS. IF IT'S COMPETITIVE, WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING A PROFIT OR NOT, THERE CAN BE BIASED IN THAT COMMITTEE BASED ON WHO YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU KNOW. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMPETITIVE PROCESS IS FAIR AND UNBIASED? YES, MA'AM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE HOA PRESIDENTS AND HOA MEMBERS WOULD BE THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS GRANT. SO WE'LL FLUSH ALL THE DETAILS OUT AND PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED, FULLY DEVELOPED GRANT PROGRAM WITH ALL OF THOSE DETAILS IN IT FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMAN. WATER, JUST REAL QUICK. OF COURSE. MY MY AREA PLACE, IF YOU WILL. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY HOAS, SO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE HOAS, ARE THEY GOING BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM OR NOT REALLY. AT THE MOMENT IT'S FOR HOA'S. OKAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. POINT OF INFORMATION, THOUGH THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS ARE CONSIDERED, THEY'RE NOT HOAS, BUT THEY ARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BUDGETS AND THEY ARE THERE ARE SOME THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. ARE YOU SAYING NOW THAT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE, IF THEY'RE CONSIDERED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS? YES, MA'AM. SO THEY'RE STILL ALLOWED, OKAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS? YES. YOU REALLY HAVE FILED PAPERWORK. THEY'RE NOT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERED AN ASSOCIATION. 
          THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THEY DO HAVE PAPERWORK THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, AND THAT IS USUALLY DONE WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE OVER THOSE BOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS BEFORE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THEM SAY IT. SO THOSE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE DIFFERENT THAN JUST A NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN HOA, NOR A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND WANTING TO UTILIZE FUNDS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. JUST A LITTLE. WELL, I WOULD SAY KEEP WITH THE SAME PRECEDENT IF WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST, THEN I WOULD SAY DON'T CHANGE THAT, RIGHT. IF THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST. WHAT WHAT POT OF MONEY IS THIS COMING FROM AGAIN? DID I MISS THAT? OH, I FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED. WELL, HE SAID THE FINES AND FORFEITURES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, SO THAT'S DIFFERENT. IT WAS I KNOW MAN I, I SAM KNOWS WHAT THE NAME IS. IT WAS PART OF THE IT WAS A PART OF THE GRANTS FROM THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. YES. NO, IT WASN'T THAT. IT WAS ANOTHER IT WAS MONEY THAT WE 
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THAT SHOULD THAT ACTUALLY BE DEPLETED. CORRECT. IN A FEW YEARS, IT WASN'T THE COMMUNITY, IT WASN'T CDBG, IT WAS A GRANT THAT IT WAS FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED. AND I THINK THE FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY BE DEPLETED IN A FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE RECEIVED THEM FROM. BUT IT WAS I WANT TO SAY, IT WAS THROUGH THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. I WANT TO SAY THROUGH THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS ON THAT ACCOUNT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD UNDERSTAND, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO, BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THOSE THOSE FUNDS WERE NEARING DEPLETION. OKAY. AND IT WAS A FUND. IT WAS IT WAS SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, I THINK. AND THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY COULD ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. I DO RECALL THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN WE RECEIVED THEM, AND THIS HAS BEEN AGAIN, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. SO IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FUND IS AND THEN HOW MUCH FUNDS ARE LEFT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAYBE EVEN RE-UP IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE. BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FUNDS ARE ALMOST DEPLETED. OKAY. YEAH. 
          BUT ALSO, MADAM MAYOR, FOR FOR FOR WHAT YOU JUST SAID THOUGH, DOES THAT ALSO MEAN SOME OF THE ITEMS THE PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT CAN BE UTILIZED FROM THAT FUND? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHY THE PROGRAM WAS CREATED AS SUCH. BECAUSE IT WAS A HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. THE FUNDS WERE USED TO PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME TO TRY AND EXPLAIN IT, BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THE SPECIFICS. I JUST REMEMBER THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS FROM THERE, AND I DO. I THINK I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM OUR PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR. CORMIER, BECAUSE THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I THINK HE DID PROVIDE A RESPONSE. 
          SO I CAN EVEN SEARCH MY EMAILS TO SEE IF I FIND IT. IF I FIND IT, I FORWARDED TO THE GROUP, BUT I WE DID ASK THIS BEFORE AND WE DID. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT HE ACTUALLY GAVE IT TO EVERYBODY. I THINK IT WAS ASKED. BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID WAS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE OF THE FUND BEING THERE, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC REASON THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED NOW THAT THE CHANGE IS BEING MADE TO WHAT CAN BE DONE. IS THIS IN THE SAME LINE WITH WHAT THAT FUND SAID IT COULD THE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR KIND OF SIMILAR TO HOW HOT TAXES ARE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY USE THEM FOR SPECIFIC THINGS. WELL I'LL CHECK ON ALL THOSE DETAILS. DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP. MAYOR. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIG UP THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE FOR YOU TOMORROW MORNING. THANK YOU. SO EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, WHAT FEEDBACK DO YOU NEED FROM US TONIGHT OR DIRECTION? IF IT'S OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FORMAT, THE NEW CHANGES TO THE ONE GRANT CYCLE FOR THE SAFETY RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          MAYOR. MAYOR, I WOULD HOLD OFF BECAUSE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER POINT WAS WAS IMPORTANT. I WANT TO I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT FUND, HOW IT WAS CREATED. SO IF THERE'S ANY DEVIATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU. SURE. IS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEND TO US? THE RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS BY EMAIL. IS THAT INFORMATION YOU CAN SEND TO. AND THEN. YES, YES. THANK YOU. WHAT AMOUNT ARE WE LOOKING AT AGAIN, CONSIDERING HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE LEFT ON AVERAGE, HOW MUCH WOULD THESE GRANTS BE? WOULD THAT VARY FROM DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION OR IS IT A STANDARD AMOUNT RIGHT NOW AS IT'S WRITTEN IT'S IT'S NO STANDARD AMOUNT. THE CAP IS $20,000 TOTAL AND THERE'S NO SET AMOUNT ON HOW MUCH ONE APPLICANT CAN APPLY FOR. SO I'M SAYING HOW WOULD YOU DETERMINE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. RIGHT. LIKE THEY THEY MAY NOT GET ALL OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. THEY MAY GET SOME. SO HOW IS THAT BEING DETERMINED? IT'D BE THE SAME AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE WOULD COME IN TO REALLY DELIBERATE ON EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING ASKED, WHAT WE CAN. IF THERE'S TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT THEY FAVOR, THEN THEY'LL SPLIT IT IN A WAY THAT IT'S FEASIBLE FOR BOTH PROJECTS TO BE DONE COMPLETELY. BUT THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE A PROJECT WITH THE FUNDS THAT THEY'RE GIVEN, THE MATCHING FUNDS THAT THEY'RE GIVEN. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THAT BROUGHT UP THE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH WILL BE HOPEFULLY OUR FINAL QUESTION, WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE AND HOW'S THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S IT'S SELECTED. IT'S USUALLY A MIXTURE OF STAFF AND AND AND AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SELECT SOMEBODY TO TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT OUT AT THAT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. BUT MADAM MAYOR, BASED ON ON THAT. AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED JUST NOW. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY GO FROM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR THIS CURRENT GRANT APPLICANT. YEAH. OKAY. SO ARE WE LOOKING TO HAVE THIS BACK AT A CERTAIN DATE OR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE THE 
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EXCHANGE THAT JUST TOOK BECAUSE THERE'S THE GRANT. THEY'RE USED TO HAVING A GRANT APPLICATION DUE SOON BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. I WHAT I JUST THOUGHT I HEARD AND I MAY HAVE MISINTERPRETED THAT. DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUT NOW, OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING A GRANT APPLICATION RIGHT NOW? RIGHT. THERE'S JUST AN EXPECTATION. CORRECT. SO WE COULD VERY WELL, LIKE WE SAID, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME LEGALITIES THAT NEED TO BE FLESHED OUT. SO IS THERE A WAY TO JUST UPDATE THE PUBLIC THAT THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ON HOLD FOR NOW OR JUST, YOU KNOW, LET IT GIVING THEM SOME IDEA SO THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING IT? AND YES, YOU KNOW, STEADY ASKING ABOUT IT UNTIL WE GET EVERYTHING FLESHED OUT, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN SEND SOME COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE HOA AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A THERE'S GOING TO BE A DELAY IN THE APPLICATION JUST SO THEY'LL KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS COMING, BUT IT'S NOT AT THE NORMAL TIME THEY'RE USED TO RECEIVING IT. CORRECT. AND THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SAID, GENERALLY IT'S BEAUTIFICATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO I WOULD JUST GIVE I WOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL. RIGHT. AND TIMING AND TIMING AND TIMING, NOT JUST WHEN THE APPLICATION IS DUE, BUT WHEN THE ACTUAL AWARDS WOULD BE HAPPEN, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN IT NORMALLY IS. 
          YEAH. OKAY. SO. THAT SAID, I THINK IT IS. I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TONIGHT TO DECIDE WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FINALITY TO THIS SO THAT YOU WHEN YOU DO YOUR COMMUNICATION, IT'S STILL NOT AMBIGUOUS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO COUNSEL, WHEN COULD WE SEE. 
          BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING INTO NOVEMBER WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING. AND I TOLD OUR CITY MANAGER WE MAY HAVE TO DEVIATE JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP. BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL THINGS THAT ARE STILL PENDING THAT NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL. SO IT MAY BE THAT WE COUNSEL, WE NEED TO SEE THIS WHEN WE COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AT OUR FIRST MEETING, IF THAT'S OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE MADAM MAYOR? WHAT ABOUT THE DEADLINE THAT THESE FUNDS NORMALLY BECAUSE I THINK OCTOBER 31ST IS THE FIRST WAVE CORRECT FOR WHEN WE ACCEPT THE APPLICATIONS, BUT WE CAN MOVE THAT TO NOVEMBER, THE END OF NOVEMBER OR EVEN INTO DECEMBER. WE WOULD NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE HOA'S THEY ARE. THEY ARE. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING, JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S COMMUNICATION THAT GOES OUT TO TELL THEM THAT THE TIME IS DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S A SELF-INFLICTED DEADLINE. THERE'S NO LEGAL THING THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS DISBURSED BY. THAT'S OUR DEADLINE THAT THEY'RE USED TO SEEING. SO IT'S IT'S NOT AS AS CRITICAL TO WHERE IT'S IT'S NOT AS INFLEXIBLE. LET ME SAY THAT IT'S GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY. WE JUST NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS. NOVEMBER. YES, MA'AM. FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. 
          YES. THAT WE CAN SEE THIS TO HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITE BACK TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE WHATEVER YOU'RE RECOMMENDING. AND THEN WE CAN SAY YES OR NO OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE APPLICATIONS COMING IN. BUT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS BEING EXPLAINED WILL BE TOMORROW. YES OKAY. OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.