DREW, ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT IS FIVE PM,
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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021. WE ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEREIN.
THE CITY OF ROWLETT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESS OR REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION OR CALLED EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND TO CONFORM WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD VIA TELECONFERENCING. THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW LIVE ON THE CITYB WEBSITE (HTTPS://WWW.CI.ROWL ETT.TX.US/39 7/STREAMING-VIDEO) OR VIA RTN16.
TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING LIVE, CALL 1-833-568-8864 AND ENTER MEETING ID#: 160 204 3180 WE HAVE OUR QUORUM, WE HAVE SIX COUNCILMEMBERS IN PERSON AND ONE ONLINE ON SOON.
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE ARE GOING TO START OUR EVENING, OUR AFTERNOON WITH OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT TO ANY WORK SESSION ITEM THE DAY OF THE MEETING. YOU NEED TO SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT HE COUNCIL ITEM WHATEVER IT IS. IT WILL BE NO COMMENTS TAKEN DURING THE MEETING UNLESS IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THE INFORMATION IS SEPARATELY AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC
[3A. Joint Work Session of Rowlett Golf Advisory Board and City Council. (30 minutes)]
HEARING. WE ARE GOING TO START OUR EVENING WITH OUR 3AA JOINT WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE BRENTS WITH US? HI BRENT.>> SPEAKER: HI, HOW ARE YOU? >> MAYOR: DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OFF BY CALLING YOUR MEETING TO ORDER AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE STARTING THE PRESENTATION.
>> SPEAKER: I HAVE 5:02 P.M.. THIS IS MAY 18, 2021 AND THIS IS A SPECIAL JOINT SESSION FOR THE CITY OF MAYOR BASHIAN FOR TONIGHT. WE HAVE OUR BOARD PRESENT AT
THE MOMENT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOUR BOARD WHICH WE
WILL BE HEARING ABOUT. SORRY, BRENT. >> SPEAKER: WE ARE HAPPY TO BE.
WE ARE SORRY THAT WE MISSED LAST YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO CRAM TWO HOURS OF A DATES IN 30 MINUTES. IF LAURA WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUR PRESENTATION OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT. EXCELLENT. CAN EVERYBODY SEE IT OKAY? YES? ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.
YOU CAN GO LAURA, NEXT SLIDE GOOD BEFORE YOU GO, WE COULD NOT DO PICTURES THIS YEAR SO WE DID A BIG PICTURE FROM OUR ZOOM MEETING. THAT WAS OUR RECENT QUICK SNAPSHOT FROM OUR LAST MEETING. NOBODY KNEW THEY HAD TO BE SMILING SO WE HAVE TO PARDON THAT. NOW YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO, THESE ARE OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OUR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REAND BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE ONE OPEN SEAT.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS ACTUAL BOARD IS WE HAVE ROUGHLY 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THIS BOARD COMBINED. MORE THAN THAT IF YOU COUNT ANY EXPERIENCE THAT WAS HAPPENING LONG BEFORE THE GOLF COURSE EVEN CAME INTO GREAT ABOUT OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS WE BRING SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF EXPERTISE TO THE BOARD FROM AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPETITIVE GOLFERS TO FOLKS IN THE IT INDUSTRY AND FOLKS WHO CAN BRING KNOWLEDGE OF HIS TO OUR BOARD. WE HAVE A VERY WIDE, DIVERSE GROUP WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THINGS. I THINK THAT SCARECROW PICK SURE FROM LAST YEAR OF BECKY AND BARBARA IS AWESOME AND THIS IS A WORK SESSION WHERE WE WE'RE ABLE TO MEET TOGETHER WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO. GO TO THE NEXT ONE FOREST, LAURA.
PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION WE ACT AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND PROVIDE OBSERVATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR GOLF COURSE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE WORD MUNICIPAL GOT IN THERE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR INTENTION IS BUT IT IS THERE. ADVISORY SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT, FROM THE
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CITIZENS STANDPOINT WE REPRESENT THE CITIZENS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND CONCERNS ON FEEDBACK. AS WE ARE OUT PLAYING THE COURSE, FROM THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD WE REVIEW CITIZENS FEEDBACK WITH THE BOARD, WITH THE STAFF AND WE WANT TO INCREASE TOURISM AND DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE.WE ALSO WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING MANAGED FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. WE DO RECEIVE GOLF PASSES ONE PER MONTH TO PLAY THE COURSE SO WE CAN BE OUT THERE AND ASSESS WHAT IT IS GOING ON FROM A PLAYABILITY STANDPOINT.
THEN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OUR BOARD MEMBERS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT CONCERNING AGAIN, THE COURSE AND CLUBHOUSE OPERATIONS.
HERE ARE SOME METRICS. YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS IT IS GOING TO GO BACK SINCE 2017.
FOR TOURNAMENTS. WE KEEP A METRIC IN 2017 THERE WERE 45 TOURNAMENTS.
31, 25 IN EVEN IN 2020 WE STILL HAD 25 TOURNAMENTS AND IN 2021 WE HAD 10 COMPLETED SO FAR.
PAVILION RENTALS WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US AFTER HAVING THE PAVILION RENOVATED, WE HAD 17 RENTALS AND 2017, 21 IN 2018, SEVEN AND 2019 AND OF COURSE WE WERE CLOSED OBVIOUSLY FOR THE RENOVATION FOR 5 MONTHS AND OBVIOUSLY SINCE COVID THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF RENTALS IN THIS LAST YEAR. WE HAVE HAD ONE SO FAR AND WE HAVE TWO MORE SCHEDULED THAT I AM AWARE OF. ROUNDS PLAYED, 2017, 38,000.
2018, 30,000. 2019 WAS 15,000 AND OF COURSE THE COURSE WAS CLOSED FOR 5 MONTHS FOR RENOVATIONS. IN 2020 EVEN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD THERE WERE 35,000 ROUNDS PLAYED AT WATERVIEW IN 2020. GOLF WAS A BIG DEAL FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE AND TRYING TO SURVIVE EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
IN FACT, YOU COULD SAY IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. THE PLAYERS CLUB IS SOMETHING THAT WATERVIEW RUNS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO COME IN AND USE THE DRIVING RANGE AND PRACTICE FACILITIES. IT IS ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR AMERICAN GOLF TO BRING IN EXTRA REVENUE. IN 2017 THEY HAD 1100 PLAYERS CLUB MEMBERS PAYING MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS BUT THAT HAS SINCE DWINDLED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND 772, 616 AND NOW CURRENTLY IN 2020 IT WAS 548.
I FOUND THAT PART A LITTLE DISTURBING THAT WE HAD SUCH A DECLINE IN PLAYERS CLUB'S MEMBERS. I KNOW HE REACHED OUT TO AMERICAN GOLF STAFF AND THEY REPORTED THAT A LOT OF THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE GREENS, HAVING PROBLEMS BACK IN 2017 WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE RENOVATION OF THE GREENS GOLF COURSE.
ONE OTHER FACTOR THAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AS A PLAYERS CLUB MEMBER IN 2017 YOU HAD ACCESS TO BUFFALO CREEK AND THE TRIBUTE AS AMERICAN GOLF OPERATED UNDER THOSE OTHER FACILITIES AND THEY NO LONGER OPERATE THOSE. THE VALUE OF THE PLAYERS CLUB DIMINISHED AND WE LOST SOME PEOPLE FOR THAT REASON AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE STATISTICS THERE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE LAURA. THESE ARE THE TWO YEARS WORTH OF GOALS FROM 2019 2021. THE NUMBER ONE IS AN ONGOING GOAL THAT WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAINTAIN IS ENSURING THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL ALL BE DISCUSSING LATER ON. THIS IS THE OPERATING STANDARDS OF THE GOLF COURSE THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT FOR AMERICAN GOLF TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MAINTAINING. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. IT IS HIGH ON THE AGENDA EVERY MEETING. NUMBER 2 IS DEVELOPING A MAINTENANCE MASTER PLAN ENTRY PLAN. AS TREE CONTINUE TO MATURE, TREES DIED, THINGS HAPPEN
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BEAVERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING WITH THE TREES.THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS TO HELP DEVELOP.
NUMBER 3, WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THE EXHIBIT WHICH IS CURRENTLY ONGOING.
HOPEFULLY GETTING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WILL BE WITH THAT BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
NUMBER 4 IS A FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE THAT 2019 AND 2020 RENOVATIONS WERE COMPLETED.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHER THINGS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE MONITORING AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED AND COMPLETED CORRECTLY. THEN, WE WANTED TO HAVE A GRAND REOPENING WHICH GOT MIXED LAST YEAR AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF REOPENING PLAN AND THAT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, FOR OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL REVIEW AND REWRITE OF EXHIBIT F WHICH BEGAN THE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS HAPPENING IS TO BRING SOME OF THE STANDARDS UP TO MORE CURRENT STANDARDS AS TIME HAS CHANGED OVER THE ORIGINAL EXHIBIT F.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED, TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED, THE WAY THE COURSES HAVE BEEN RAN ARE DIFFERENT. EVEN FOR US WE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE GREENS AND THE STANDARDS WILL BE DIFFERENT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EXHIBIT F IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CHANGED. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE BUT ENSURING THAT WE ARE STILL HAVING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS AS WE MAKE PENCIL CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PARTICIPATING WITH THAT. WE SUPPORT NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICAN GOLF MAKING IMPROVEMENT TO THE GOLF COURSE IN 2019 AND 2020 AND THAT GOES TOGETHER WITH THE NEXT BULLET WHICH WE WENT THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION OR PLACEMENT OF GREENS, RETAINING WALLS ON HOLES 3 AND 18 THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2019 AND WORK BEGAN IN JUNE 2019 AND WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 2019 AND WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT TEMPERATURES CAME IN AND THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE COMPLETELY GROWING IN IN 2019 AND SOME CHALLENGES WITH MAINTENANCE AND COVID IN 2020. STILL A FEW THINGS ON THAT THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED 100 PERCENT BUT QUITE A BIT IF THAT IS COMPLETED.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO, WE HAVE HAD HELD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE VERSE IN VERY SMALL GROUPS. IN REGARDS TO WORKING ON THE TREE PLAN.
WE HAVE BLUEPRINTS THAT ARE AT THE COURSE AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SANDY QUEEN, TODD CLARK AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON HOW WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH TREES AND THAT IS STILL ONGOING. WE'VE GOT THAT STARTED WHICH IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON WAYS TO GET THAT DONE.
WHOLE SIGNAGE ON THE COURSE WAS REDONE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO MONUMENT SIGN, WHOLE NUMBER ONE AND WHOLE NUMBER 18. WHOLE NUMBER ONE IS ACTUALLY REMOVED AND THE MAINTENANCE BARN NEEDS TO BE RESET AND WHOLE 18 WE HAD SOME DAMAGE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUNDING PART. WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CALL OUT BRAD AND HIS WIFE, KATHY. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET DONE BACK IN 2019 DURING THE RENOVATION. WE LOOK TO TRY TO OUTSOURCE THIS FUNDING AND HOW THE COST WOULD BE AND HOW IT WOULD BE DONE. IT WAS GREAT THAT WE DID IT AS A GROUP SOME RESEARCH. BRAD REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THESE SIGNS REDONE AND HE AND HIS WIFE ACTUALLY IN THERE OWN TIME WENT OUT AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE AND REPAINTED BY HAND TO ALL OF OUR MONUMENT SIGNS ON THE GOLF COURSE AND THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. A BIG THANKS TO BRAD AND HIS
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WIFE AND NOT TO MENTION HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY TO SAVE THE CITY AND SAVED AMERICAN GOLF.IT LOOKS ASOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. THIS WAS A LONG TIME TO COME.
AND WE KNOW HOW TO FIX THEM IF WE EVER NEED TO DO IT AGAIN. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE COURSE WAS COMPLIANT WITH EXHIBIT F. THIS WAS SIGNIFICANT AND THEY ARE ALWAYS EVALUATING AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE PROPERLY.
IF NOT, ANGE WILL LET SOMEONE KNOW. AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WAS A BIG MISS WAS THAT AMERICAN GOLF INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST CORRECT CAR PAST THAT WAS DAMAGED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND SO A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAD TO HAVE DURING THAT TIME TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARTNERS DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS I STILL ONGOING. SOME OF THAT CART PATH WORK HAS BEEN DONE SOME STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE AND SOME OF IT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THANKS TO THE BOARD STAYING ON THIS ITEM IS THE REASON THAT THE PARK PASS IS GETTING FIT. LIKELY IT WAS INTENDED DURING THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN GOLF. THEN OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CORE SINCE 2018, WE ARE AGAIN WORKING TOWARDS THAT COMPLIANT WITH EXHIBIT F.
3B. PRESENTATION BY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING AS WE MOVE FORWARD 2021 TO 2022 HOUR COMPLIANCE AND OPERATING STANDARD IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE FOREFRONT.
THE REVIEW WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PAY IN THE REVIEW OF THIS EITHER WHEN WE GET A REPLACEMENT EXHIBIT DOCUMENT OR IF WE CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT EXHIBIT F DOCUMENT. DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP GUIDELINES WITH PROJECTS AT WATERVIEW ALL COURTS. THERE'S ALWAYS PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE. A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. THE RECOMMENDATION WE RECOMMEND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING. WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS COMING UP ON A FUTURE SLIDE. WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF THE GOLF COURSE. WE WANT TO SUPPORT AN OPPORTUNITY WITH ALL THINGS EXPANDING FROM THE CITY ALL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO PROMOTE AND GET MORE PLAY AND EXPOSURE TO WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE. IT IS A GREAT GOLF COURSE.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH. SO, I WAS JUST MENTIONING TO YOU THAT WE HAD SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE TO US. THERE IS $100,000 THAT WAS FUNDED IN DECEMBER. DECEMBER 2020 THE $100,000 WAS AVAILABLE TO OUR GROUP FOR SOME OTHER PROJECTS. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED AS A GROUP TO GET TO BUDGET $30,000 TOWARDS WORKING ON RESTRIPING THE PARKING LOT INCLUDING PARKING LOT LIGHTING GOOD THE LIGHTS WERE HORRIBLE WITHIN THE PARKING LOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
WE HAD LIGHTS FALLING OVER, NOT WORKING. THAT IS I BELIEVE COMPLETED.
THE REBUILT FENCING ON THE ROOF, THERE IS SOME STRUCTURE ON THE ROOF OF THE GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE AND IT NEEDED REPAIR.
WE STILL HAVE OUR MONUMENT SIGN ON HOLE NUMBER 18 THAT WE NEED TO BE REPLACED AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME DATES TO THE GOLF COURSE RESTROOMS FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS AND THEY NEED HELP.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WERE CALLED OUT TO US WHEN THE FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ORIGINALLY CAME FROM BUT IT WAS SUGGESTED TO IMPROVE LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AT THE ENTRY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND AT THE OUTDOOR CLUBHOUSE AND THAT INCLUDED LANDSCAPE WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES, PAINT AND LIGHTING.NTERIOR CLUBHOUSE RATES, CARPETING, HVAC AND THERE IS SOME CONCERNS WITH THE
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AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AT THE CLUBHOUSE NOT BEING ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GENERATE CAPACITY TO KEEP THE CLUBHOUSE PROPERLY COOLED. AND THEN, WE STILL HAVE TO EVEN THOUGH BRAD AND HIS WIFE DID A GREAT JOB PAINTING THE MONUMENT SIGNS WE STILL HAVE TO GET THEM STRAIGHTENED WHICH OVER TIME AS THE GROUND MOVES THEY SHIFT AND THEY MOVE AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED THEM FALLING OVER ON ANYBODY. ADDITIONAL FUNDING ITEMS THAT OUR BOARD HAS ALSO SUGGESTED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR SINCE WE SWITCHED THE TWO NINES AND THAT IS PUTTING A PUTTING GREEN BY WHOLE NUMBER ONE WHICH MANY GOLF COURSES HAVE. IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SIT THERE AND WARM UP WHILE YOU ARE WAITING TO TEE OFF. THEN WHEN WE SWITCH THE NINES, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO IT CREATED A NEED FOR SOMETHING TO HAVE A PUTTING GREEN OVER THERE.THAT IS A HIGH CONSIDERATION ON OUR RADAR. NOW HAVING THE BERMUDA GREENS WE HAVE COVERS FOR THOSE GREENS. THOSE COVERS NEED A PLACE TO BE STORED AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAINTENANCE BARN DAMAGES OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS AND NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE ON THE 18TH HOLE WHICH WE CALL AN ORPHAN AREA. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME SIGNS THAT COULD BE MONUMENTS IN ONE OF THE LAKES ALMOST LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON A TOURNAMENT COURSE IT WOULD HAVE THE LOGO ON THE ACTUAL COURSE LET SAY FLOATING ON THE LAKE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AS POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE. EXPANSION OF THE CART BARN WAS SOMETHING CONSIDERED AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CONTINUED FUNDING FOR CAPITAL LIGHTING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS ALWAYS AMAZED ME IS THAT WATERVIEW IS A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY. THE CAPITAL CONSIDERATIONS COULD BE A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER ASSETS THAT WE HAVE THAT NEEDS MAINTENANCE IS GREAT TO HAVE THE FUND HAPPEN NEEDS TO HAPPEN MORE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALSO CONSIDER AS WE HAVE THESE BUDGET REQUESTS IS THAT OUR PARTNER, AMERICAN GOLF, SOME OF THESE ARE DEFINITELY CAPITAL ITEMS THAT FALL UNDER US.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRUCTURES AND MAINTAINING THAT, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THE LESSEE. AMERICAN GOLF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THESE ITEMS AND IF THEY FAIL TO MAINTAIN THEM OR MAINTAIN THEM PROPERLY CAUSING US THE NEED FOR A CAPITAL EXPENSE THEN PART OF THE BURDEN SHOULD FALL ON THEM, TOO.
SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS LIST EVEN THOUGH WE CONSIDER FUNDING SOME OF THEM AND WE EVEN FUNDED SOME OF THEM ALREADY. THINGS LIKE THE RESTROOMS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING FOR HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE CAUSED SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO DETERIORATE SOONER THAN THEY SHOULD.
AS WE ARE CONSIDERING BUDGET ITEMS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARTNER IN GETTING SKIN IN THE GAME IF THEY ARE FAILING TO DO THEIR PART IN MAINTAINING THE ADEQUATELY PAIRED WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE IN MORE DETAIL IF ANYONE HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THOSE. EXT SLIDE PLEASE. FUTURE CONCERNS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS GETTING PEOPLE TO THE GOLF COURSE AND KNOWING ABOUT IT.
AMERICAN GOLF IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MARKETING PLAN BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME TONIGHT I AM GOING TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU GO TO AMERICAN GOLF WEBSITE RIGHT NOW THE WEBSITE STILL HAS PICTURES THAT ARE TWO YEARS OLD PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION OF THE GOLF COURSE.
THEY ARE NOT PROMOTING THE FACT THAT WE JUST SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RENOVATION WORK.
THE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT HASN'T BEEN DATED IN THREE MONTHS IN THE TWITTER ACCOUNT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN OVER A YEAR. MARKETING IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN.
GIVE WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD AND WE COULD USE SOME HELP THERE.
CLEARLY OUTLINED RESPONSIBILITIES, A CLARIFICATION FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD THE CITY OF ROWLETT, THERE'S ALWAYS A COMBINATION OF THIS BULLET WITH THE FOURTH BULLET AND THERE'S CONSTANTLY A BACK-AND-FORTH OF WHAT CAN WE PDO WHAT CAN'T WE DO WHAT ARE W
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ALLOWED TO DO AND WHAT AREN'T WE ALLOWED TO DO? A PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE AT A LOT OF THE RENOVATION WAS HAPPENING ON THE GOLF COURSE THERE WAS 11 PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE ON THE GOLF COURSE. ONLY 11 PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE ON THE GOLF COURSE. IT IS A CONCERN THAT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE REPRESENTING, THE CITIZENS ON THIS BOARD ARE BEING HELD BACK FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THE WAY THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN ORDER TO ADVISE PROPERLY FOR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. BULLET NUMBER 3 AMERICAN GOLF ONGOING ADHERENCE TO THE MASTER PLAN ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH KNOWS THAT IT HASN'T, THEY HAVEN'T LIVED UP TO THEIR STANDARDS OF PROPERLY MAINTAINING THE GOLF COURSE AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE EXHIBIT F. THERE IS ALSO A NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY DONE.HISTORY, IF WE SAY JUST LOOK AT HISTORY, IT HASN'T BEEN A GOOD HISTORY.
I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE THAT IT WILL CHANGE BUT THEY SAY HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A CONCERN FOR US AND THIS IS WHY IT IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE ON OUR AGENDA TO ENSURE THAT MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE GOLF COURSE IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AND THEN I WILL GO TO THE LAST ONE, TIMELY FLOW TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM AMERICAN GOLF AND CITY MANAGEMENT.
I THINK OUR BOARD STRUGGLES FROM A LACK OF GETTING INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IT MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO GET YOU INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.
EXHIBIT F HAS BEEN A LONG ONGOING PROCESS AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH ON THAT.
THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN AND AS A BOARD WE CAN'T HELP IF WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT QUICK ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO THEN DECIPHER IT AND RETURN A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO YOU. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THAT WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE. THE RENOVATION, THE BUNKERS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THE GREENS ARE GROWING AND THERE'S STILL SOME STANDING AND LEVELING AND WORK ON THE SURFACE OF THE GREENS. THE RETAINING WALLS ARE GREAT. THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WE STILL NEED TO ENSURE WHAT THE ORIGINAL VISION OF THE GOLF COURSE IS NOT A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE AS SOME PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS. IF ANYBODY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT ANALOGY I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A FORD PINTO AND A REALLY HIGH END CORVETTE.
THEY ARE BOTH CARS BUT TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CARS. NEED TO WORK ON ENSURING THAT WE GET THE STANDARD TO A HIGH LEVEL DAILY FEE VISION THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE GOLF COURSE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE BY SAYING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING AT THIS TIME AND I KNOW YOU ARE DOING A WORK SESSION WITH THIS IS EXHIBIT F. MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOWER OUR STANDARDS.
IF ANYTHING THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE SOME STANDARDS.
THERE ARE THINGS IN EXHIBIT F THAT EVEN THOUGH WE REFER TO IT AS A MAINTENANCE PLAN IT IS ACTUALLY IN OPERATION STANDARD. OUR BOARD HAS GIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COULD ADD TO EXHIBIT F. I KNOW I FORWARDED SOME OF THE NOTE AND ANGE HAS THEM AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE GOOD IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS WE ARE HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
IT IS A LOT TO CRAM INTO IN 30 MINUTE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH BRENT AND YOUR ENTIRE BOARD. YES, IT'S ONLY BEEN 30 MINUTES BUT WE HAVE BEEN ALONG ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS . A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR. I HAD A FRIEND COME UP TO ME THE OTHER DAY AND TOLD ME ALL OF THE GOLF COURSES THEY HAD PLAYED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND WATER GREENS WERE THE BEST THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED AND THAT THEY LOVE THE SAND TRAPS.
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IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE HEARD THAT UNSOLICITED COMMENTS LIKE THAT.KUDOS TO EVERYTHING THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE IN THE BOARD HAS DONE.
EVERYBODY HAS WORKED HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT. WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO BUT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY. I THINK I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MATT WHO IS OUR GOLF ADVISORY
BOARD LIAISON. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YET BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE A COUNSEL LIAISON TO THIS BOARD AND IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING BOARDS THAT WE HAVE. ALL OF OUR BOARDS DO A GREAT JOB BUT THE PASSION THAT THIS GROUP HAS FOR THE WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STANDS UP AGAINST ALL THE OTHER COURSES IN THE AREA IT IS TRULY THE BEST COURSE IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE AND HOLD THAT UP TO THE STANDARDS AND COMMEND THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK AND APPRECIATE IT. IT CAN BE HARD AS AN ADVISORY BOARD NOT BEING ON THE CITY SIDE AND THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS THAT YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS PRIVY TO. YOU CAN STILL BE ADAMANT AND STAY ON IT AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY THE COURSE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS ASKED THAT IS PROTECTED AND KEPT TO A HIGH STANDARD. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE
GREAT THINGS TO COME. >> MAYOR: COUNSEL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR
ANYONE STAFF OR BOARD? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH REGARDS TO THE MARKETING ISSUE OR LACK OF, WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAD? IS ANYBODY ASKING THEM WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING IT OR IS THERE A PLAN TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE? IN REGARDS TO MARKETING THE
COURSE? >> SPEAKER: I KNOW WE HAVE ADDRESSED IT A FEW TIMES AND SEVERAL TIMES WE KEPT THE ANSWER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS TO MODIFY A WEBSITE. I KNOW I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT 100 PERCENT. NO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANSWERS TO WHY THEY ARE NOT GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE.
THE ONLY THING I AM AWARE THAT THEY ARE DOING LOCALLY IS THEY WILL SEND SOME OCCASIONAL EMAILS OUT TO CLEAR CLUB MEMBERS BUT IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER YOU WON'T GET IT.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE A MARKETING PLAN EVERY YEAR TO THE CITY. IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT CORRECT?
>> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE THAT IS SOME THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE LAST YEAR LEADING UP TO THE RENOVATIONS AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM THEY HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE EMAIL. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE PLAYERS CLUB BUT I DO GET THEIR EMAIL SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. THEY HAVE HAD SOME REAL CHALLENGES.
AMERICAN GOLF CORPORATION HAS BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT CHANGES IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS FOR BEING RAN BY AMERICAN GOLF, BEING CENTURY AND A DRY SHACK.
WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THEY ARE WORKING OUT SOME OF THOSE KINKS ON THE MARKETING PLAN AND THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF CONTINUES TO ALL COMMUNICATIONS ASKED FOR AND REQUEST AND THEY ARE THE TURNKEY OPERATIONS BUT WE DO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
>> I AM GOING TO LET MATT SPEAK BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A MARKETING PLAN FOR TWO YEARS,
THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS. THAT'S BEEN THE ISSUE, TOO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY HAVE HAD SOME STAFF TURNOVER, STAFF LEAVE AND COME BACK.
FOR EVERY STEP FORWARD THEY TAKE A COUPLE STEPS BACK. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE IS ONGOING ISSUES THAT ARE HERE AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS TRY TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST PLAN ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. I DO THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS AMERICAN GOLF HAS NOT COME BEFORE THIS COUNSEL IN QUITE A WHILE.
THEY HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR CHANGE OVER ONE BEING THAT THEY HAVE SOLD OUT TO A DIFFERENT COMPANY AND I'M SURE A LOT OF MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS AREN'T AWARE OF THAT AND WHO THE NEW OPERATOR IS. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM COME AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION OF WHAT THEY HAVE LAND FOR THE FUTURE. THEY HAVE A NEW GENERAL MANAGER
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THAT IS HERE LOCAL AND THEY GOT SOME NEW THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE. NONE IF THAT IS TO SMOOTH OVER YOUR QUESTION AND WHY THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED A LOT OF THE INFORMATION BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ADD THAT TO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM IF MY COUNCILMEMBERS AGREE.>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS FOR BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOME OF THE MARKETING OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN EXHIBIT F? WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THAT IN THE WORK SESSION BECAUSE IT'S A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION? I DON'T THINK WE HAD SPECIFIED MARKETING TYPE INFORMATION ON THAT YET.
>> JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MARKETING PLAN IS NOT IN EXHIBIT F.
IT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT. >> RIGHT. IS THE LANGUAGE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH OR DO WE NEED TO GET MORE SPECIFIC IN EXHIBIT F? THAT IS MY QUESTION.
THE ORIGINAL QUESTION IS IN THE AGREEMENT AND WE JUST GOT THE ANSWER, YES, BUT WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE AND IS IT SUFFICIENT? WHAT SHOULD THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS INCLUDING THE MARKETING BE IN EXHIBIT F? THAT WAS MY QUESTION. HE WILL TALK TO ME ABOUT IT
LATER. GO AHEAD RENT. >> SPEAKER: MAYOR, I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK THAT IS A PERFECT QUESTION. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE IN THE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS THAT ARE MISSING EVEN FROM, I KNOW WE CAN'T TELL THEM HOW TO OPERATE BUT OPERATING HOURS, CONTAINING A FLEET OF GOLF CARTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS IN EXHIBIT F THAT ARE OPERATING STANDARDS WHERE YOU CAN GO TO ANY OTHER GOLF COURSE IN THE METROPLEX AND SAY YES WE DO THOSE THINGS. THOSE ARE OPERATIONAL ITEMS. THE OTHER THING, ALSO, I WANT TO TO ALSO COMMENT ON BLAKE'S QUESTION IS PECAN HOLLOW, I WAS OVER THERE AND IT'S A VERY CLOSE GOLF COURSE A NEIGHBORING COURSE DID I PLAY A LOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS AND THEY TOLD ME THE YEAR BEFORE THEY DID 55,000 ROUNDS COMPARED TO OUR 35,000 ROUNDS.
IF WE WERE MARKETING BETTER IF WE HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS WE COULD POTENTIALLY DRAW ADDITIONAL PLAY TO WATERVIEW EVEN AT $30 PER ROUND WHICH IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 IN ANNUAL REVENUE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IF WE MARKET IT PROPERLY AND MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY TO CREATE AN
ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. >> MAYOR: WHICH GOES TO THE
THIRD-PARTY OPERATOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: ANOTHER QUESTION OR A THOUGHT IS SOME OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS HAVE THEIR OWN FACEBOOK PAGES OR SO SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR A GOLF ADVISORY BOARD TO ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THAT VIASOCIAL MEDIA? AND, DOING IT THROUGH THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE AND GIVE SOME UPDATE ON WHAT THE ADVISORY BOARD IS DOING LIKE THAT AND MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP INCREASE MARKETING ON THAT IN BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICAN GOLF IS DOING THE MARKETING ON THEIR END AS WELL.
THAT IS JUST A THOUGHT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: IS AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT BLAKE.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TO MARKET 1ST AND IT'S NOT THERE HERE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE THIRD-PARTY IS SPENT ON. I AM SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP MARKET ANYTHING THEY WERE DOING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR QUESTION. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE THE COURSE AND IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
THE BEST SHAPE IT'S BEEN IN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: AND FOR WHAT COULD BE FUTURE TOURNAMENT WILL BE BEYOND WHAT THE COURSE IS THAT THEY DO ACTIVELY PROMOTE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS BUT WHAT IS THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY ARE DOING TO HELP DRAW MORE GOLFERS TO THEM.
IF THEY WERE GOING TO PUT AN ARTICLE ON GOLF MAGAZINE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT MARKETING CURRENTLY. WE HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH
A PLAN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> SPEAKER: THERE ARE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON THE GOLF COURSE.
THERE ARE THINGS FROM RENOVATION TO BUNKERS AND EDGING ON THE BUNKERS, THAT IS NOT COMPLETED YET. THE GREENS I THINK NEED SOME MORE TOP SAND AND ROLLING TO
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GET THE BALLS TO ROLL A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THERE ARE SOME THINGS AND WEARE NOT QUITE THERE YET EVEN POST RENOVATION. >> MAYOR: I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY I JUST WANTED TO SAY PROBABLY THE BEST CONDITION IT'S BEEN IN YEARS, IN DECADES.
ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHOWMAN ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR END? >> SPEAKER: I AM GOOD.
DID ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT.
ARE YOU WAVING GOODBYE OR WEEPING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SAY SOME.
>> SPEAKER: CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? I HAVE HAVE BEEN A STARTER OUT THERE FOR ALMOST 16 YEARS. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A MARKETING PLAN AND I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE PLAYED THIS COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY WILL SAY THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THE WORST WAS EVEN HERE. THEY PROBABLY LIVED FOUR OR FIVE MILES AWAY FROM THIS FACILITY. IT IS KIND OF AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR ME TO HAVE TO STAY OUT THERE AND SAY WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVEN'T MARKETED THE COURSE AT ALL. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
WE NEED IN SOME WAY TO GET IT MARKETED LIKE FIRE WILLS HAS A GOOD ONE AND THEY ARE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NURSES AROUND THE METROPLEX. WE DEFINITELY NEED A MARKETING
PLAN WITH THIS COURSE. >> MAYOR: WE AGREE. ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT WILL BE
IT FOR THIS ITEM IF YOU WANT TO ADJOURN YOUR MEETING, BRENT. >>>.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT I HAVE 5:40 2:00 P.M. AND WE WILL ADJOURN OFFICIALLY.> MAYOR: THANK
[3C. Receive a presentation and discuss substantial amendments related to the City’s Community Development Block Grant Programs. (30 minutes) ]
YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY THERE SOME EXCITING STUFF ON THEAGENDA. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 3C. RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE?CITYB DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. WERE GOING TO LEAVE 3B TO THE
REGULAR SESSION. DO THAT SURPRISE YOU MUNAL? >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. COUNSEL, WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME NECESSARY AMENDMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE PROGRAM. AS YOU RECALL WE MET EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SPOKE ABOUT ALLOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ALLOCATIONS.
I FIRST WANT TO START OFF, LAURA, WOULD YOU PLEASE OBLIGE AND WE CAN JUMP TO THE SECOND SLIDE. THANK YOU. JUST, I THOUGHT WE WOULD START OFF WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING OR POSING FOR THE STAFF . ONE IS RELATED TO THE 2018 2019 ACTION PLAN TO JOG YOUR MEMORY AND I WILL GO INTO THIS IN MORE DEPTH WITH THE CONVERSATION WE HAD TONIGHT. WE HAD A BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY SIX 700 AND WE HAD ALLOCATED THAT MONEY TO A SIDEWALK PROJECT . WE WERE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAD NOT HAD THE FUNDS TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THE SIDEWALKS.
OUR PROPOSAL IS USE AS MONEY BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCE A DEFICIT AS IT RELATES TO THE WIND BRIDGE PROJECT TO OFFSET THAT COST. WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE TO YOU COUNSEL TO MOVE THOSE MONIES AND I WILL JUSTIFY THIS RECOMMENDATION THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION AS WELL. THE SECOND ITEM IS TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE FUNDS AND WE WERE RECIPIENTS TO ROUND 1. WE WERE NOT RECIPIENTS TO ROUND TWO BUT WE WERE RECIPIENTS TO ROUND THREE. AS A RESULT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE YOUR CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD TO ALLOCATE $50,000 TO THE SALVATION ARMY IN LIGHT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THEY HAVE SEEN. THIRDLY, THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2020 -2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WE HAD DEDICATED, LET ME REPHRASE. COUNSEL HAD ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THE MEADOWLARK SIDEWALK AND THE ISAAC SCRUGGS PARK PROJECT. THE PROPOSAL FROM STAFF TONIGHT IS TO HAVE THESE FUNDS BEING DIVERTED OR REALLOCATED TOWARDS THE HARVARD, YALE, BAYLOR AND
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COLLEGE PARK DRIVES SIDEWALKS AND THE LAKESIDE PARK PROJECT. IN PART WHY ARE WE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT COUNSEL? IF YOU RECALL AND I CLEARLY RECALL THESE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE CLEARLY INTERESTED IN THE CDBG TRACK MAPS WE WERE USING. UNFORTUNATELY, TO BE QUITE CANDID, STAFF WAS FOLLOWING UP TAKING SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT SINCE HIS TRACK AND ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE DATABASE FINE-TUNED. OUR CDBG ADMINISTRATOR WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE BACK OFFICE FUNCTIONS WERE IN LINE AND WE AT THAT POINT REALIZE THAT THE CENSUS MAP THAT WE WERE USING WAS IN FACT INCORRECT. AT THE TIME THAT WE ALLOCATED THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES. THAT IMPACTED THE MEADOWLARK SIDEWALK AND ISAAC SCRUGGS PARK BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ALL IN THE CENSUS MAP. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE SHOWN YOU WHERE THOSE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED. IT IS VERY EVIDENT ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE OR THE GOLD HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY.THE ALLOCATION ESTIMATED TOWARDS THE LAKESHORE WIND RIDGE ALLEY WAS UNDERESTIMATED AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE REQUESTED THAT WE PUT THOSE REMAINING FUNDS TO THE ALLEY.
THE FORTUNATE THING IS THAT WE WE'RE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THIS MISTAKE.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MISTAKE IN ADVANCE OF THOSE FUNDS BEING EXPENDED. JUST A RECAP IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAD APPROVED ALLOCATIONS FOR THE 2020 REGULAR CITY REFUND AMENDED THE 2018 AND 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC REFUND.
THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS WERE THE LAKESHORE WIND BRIDGE ALLEY WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $150,000.
NO IMPACT TO THAT THANK GOODNESS. THE BLUE QUAIL SIDEWALK WE ESTIMATED THAT AT 66,783. WE SOUGHT A DEFICIT IN THE PREVIOUS ALLEY WORK AND THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THAT. MEADOWLARK SIDEWALK WAS IMPACTED AS WELL.
ISAAC SCRUGGS PARK SHADE STRUCTURE. THAT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT. THAT WAS IMPACTED. THEN KID WOUND HEIGHTS PARK PAVILION AND GROW WAS NOT IMPACTED EITHER. WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER FROM A STOP PERSPECTIVE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND WE WONDERED WHERE WE COULD EXTEND THESE SE FUNDS AND WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM AFF. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ASE LAURA.
THE INTENT OF THIS TABLE IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT CURRENT ALLOCATION IS AND WHERE THE CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED WHEN NECESSARY. THIS IS A RECAP OR A SUMMARY AND WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. AGAIN, THE BLUE QUAIL SIDEWALK WAS A PUBLIC FACILITY AND THE AMOUNT IS $66,783 AND WE ASK THAT THE GO TOWARDS THE LAKESHORE WIND BRIDGE ALLEY. IF YOU SEE THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THAT.
THE CDBG ROUND ONE FUNDS WE ALLOCATED $70,000 TO THE SALVATION ARMY.
NO CHANGE TO THAT. THE SAME CDBG ROUND ONE FUNDS WE ALLOCATED $50,000 TO LIFE MESSAGE NO CHANGE TO THAT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ROUND THREE FUNDS WE HAVE AN AMOUNT OF $3000 AND USE THOSE AS PUBLIC SERVICES TOWARDS THE SALVATION ARMY IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000. THE SALVATION ARMY HAS BEEN EXTENDING THEIR FUNDS TOWARDS RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE VERY QUICKLY AND THEY ARE NOW OUT OF FUNDS.
ROUND THREE OUT OF THE 205,000 DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED WE WOULD HAVE $155,000 OF UNDESIGNATED AND WE WOULD HAVE SOME TIME TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH OTHER OPTIONS.
THE ISAAC SCRUGGS PARK AS I MENTIONED COUNSEL, THAT DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT.
INSTEAD WE ARE PROPOSING THAT LAKESIDE PARK BEING ENHANCED WITH A SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000. KENWOOD HEIGHTS PARK NO CHANGE AND THEN PUBLIC FACILITY WHICH WE WERE REFERRING TO THE SIDEWALKS FOR MEADOWLARK BE CHANGED TO HARVARD, YALE,
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BAYLOR AND COLLEGE PARK SIDEWALK. I DO HAVE SOME IMAGES TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLES AS WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS SENSATION IN JANUARY. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE LAKESIDE PARK AND THIS IS WHERE THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS BEING PROPOSED.WE HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALK LOCKS THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR AND SOME ATTENTION, THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THIS BLOCK ITSELF. WE HAVE THE YALE DRIVE SIDEWALK AS WELL AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME SLOPE AND CRACKS AND SOME UPHEAVAL IN THE SIDEWALK ITSELF. BAYLOR DRIVE SIDEWALK YOU CAN SEE THERE THE DAMAGE.
AND THEN COLLEGE PARK DRIVE SIDEWALK AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR.
COUNSEL, IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE NECESSARY CHANGES DUE TO THE FRACTURES I JUST POINTED OUT TO YOU WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THESE CHANGES AND EXPENDITURES OF THESE FUNDS. WE WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT AND THEN COME BEFORE YOU WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT WOULD TENTATIVELY BE JUST DELAY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 5 IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STAGES THAT THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED. I THINK FROM THE TONE OF MY PRESENTATION YOU CAN TELL THAT WE ARE SEEKING CONSENSUS FROM YOU, COUNSEL, TO PROCEED WITH THOSE PUBLIC FACILITY ALLOCATIONS AND THE PROPOSALS OF THE AMENDMENT. WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND WE ALSO HAVE JOE CARROLL AS WELL AS THE CDBG ADMINISTRATOR IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR EITHER ONE OF US. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MUNAL. COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT THE CONCRETE ISN'T ACTUALLY BROKEN BUT THERE IS EIGHT PEOPLE OR SINKING. CAN SOME SORT OF INJECTION BE DONE TO LEVEL THOSE RATHER THAN HAVING TO REPLACE THEM? I WOULD ASSUME IT MIGHT BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT.
>> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL WOMAN BROWN. THERE ARE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES. ONCE WE CAN GO IN THERE GOOD THESE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM GOING OUT AND EXPECT BILLY INSPECTING THE SIDEWALKS AND REALIZING THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR. THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE FOR THE SIDEWALKS WITH INJECTIONS TO LIFT THOSE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL ASK MY.
THE SALVATION ARMY IN OUT OF THEIR MONEY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY COVID D WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE A WHILE AGO.
I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG AGO BEEN AT LEAST SEVERAL WEEKS. WHAT'S THE 50,000? IS THERE A BACKLOG? DO THEY THINK 50,000 WILL LAST THEM A COUPLE MONTHS? WHAT IS THE REASONING FOR THE $50,000 AMOUNT? AM WORRIED IS NOT ENOUGH.
>> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY MAYOR, THAT WAS ONE THING WE THOUGHT ABOUT, TOO. THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION WE HAD ASKED. THEY HAD GONE THROUGH THEIR FUNDING RATHER EXPEDITIOUSLY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE FIRST THOUGHT SHOULD WE EXTEND MORE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO THEM? SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE IS OFFERING WE WANTED TO SEE THOSE AS INDIVIDUALS AND LANDLORDS AND TENANTS CAN APPROACH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT HEREWE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T OVER ALLOCATING AND WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT FROM WHAT WE THINK. AGAIN, IT WAS BASED ON THOSE TYPES OF SCENARIOS.
>> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE SALVATION ARMY REGARDING A BACKLOG? I HAVE BEEN OUT OF FUNDS FOR A FEW WEEKS. IF WE FUND THEM WHILE THEY FEEL THE BACKLOG FIRST? AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE REQUESTS, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT IS. IF IT'S , I DON'T THINK WE ARE ALLOCATING
ENOUGH. >> SPEAKER: SURE. IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES IF I COULD FIELD ANOTHER QUESTION, I HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE RECEIVE THAT
INFORMATION BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: MY COMPANION QUESTION
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/ COMMENT IS WE STILL HAVE 50,000 FOR THE CV COVID RELATED FUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THIS RECOMMENDED $50,000 ALLOCATION. I GET CONFUSED AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE. DO WE NEED TO BE RESERVING THOSE OR FIGURING OUT RIGHT NOW HOW WE USE THOSE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THOSE FUNDS. THEY HAVE TO BE RELATED TOCOVID-19. >> SPEAKER: RIGHT. TAMMY, WE HAVE BUILT A RATHER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR REP. WE ARE ON OUR THIRD REP.
ONE THING WE ASKED THEM IS WE WANT TO USE THE FUNDS AND USE THEM APPROPRIATELY, OBVIOUSLY.
RENTAL AND MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE. THEY HAVE COME BACK TO US AND WE TALKED ABOUT VACCINE CLINICS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN WE DO THOSE? HOW CAN WE PARTICIPATE WITH OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY? THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS HERE THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THE VACCINE PROGRAM IS LIMITED, FOR EXAMPLE AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING OTHER CMMUNITIES DO IS TO CONTINUE WITH RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
WE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT WE CAN USE.
WE DO HAVE THREE YEARS AND OUR GOAL IS TO COME BEFORE YOU, COUNSEL WITH SOME VERY RATIONAL ALLOCATIONS. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT WITH OUR REP.
>> MAYOR: I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING IS A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND ADDITIONAL RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH A THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER WHO IS DONE GREAT WORK FOR US AND OUR CITIZENS WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE
GOVERNMENT ON THAT REMAINING BALANCE? >> SPEAKER: CORRECT.
>> MAYOR: I KNOW WE HAVE THREE YEARS BUT IF THERE IS A NEED OUT THERE FOR RENTAL AND
UTILITY WE NEED TO FUND THAT OUT THERE. >> SPEAKER: WE KNOW THAT THE SALVATION ARMY DOES NOT HAVE PENDING APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE KNOW THE SALVATION ARMY HAS HAD QUESTIONS IN PASSING AND IN PASSING WE HAVE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS BUT THE SITUATION IS DYNAMIC AT TIMES. SOMETIMES IT'S LIST TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS TYPE OF SCENARIO FOR US, UNFORTUNATELY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR WHITNEY BUT WHERE ARE WE WITH THE ROBUST FUNDING AND WHAT IS LEFT IS
THERE A NEED THEIR, TOO? >> SPEAKER: POSSIBLY. ED WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT ON
A WORK SESSION ITEMS IN THE UPDATE. >> MAYOR: SO THERE'S NO OTHER BACKLOG. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNSEL? SHE IS LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK UP ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I AM GOOD. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I SUPPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I SUPPORT IT
AS WELL. >> MAYOR: COUNCIL WOMAN BELL? COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH?
YOU HAVE AL THUMBS UP. >> SPEAKER: IT MUCH APPRECIATED COUNSEL.
>> MAYOR: WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING IT UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE IT GETS COMPLICATED AT
[3D. Provide City Council with a one year update on the Rowlett Community Organizations Active in Disaster (RCOAD) Committee. (30 minutes)]
TIMES. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 3D. PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH A ONE YEAR UPDATE ON THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER (RCOAD) COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE ED WITH US? WE DO.HELLO. >> SPEAKER: HELLO MAYOR. >> SPEAKER: HELLO!
>> MAYOR: HELLO. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU AND THE COMMUNITY WITH AN UP DATE ON THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER (RCOAD) COMMITTEE. AFTER MY INTRODUCTION I WILL PASS THE INTRODUCTION OFF TO HIM. OUR BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY COMMITTEE.HIS COMMITTEE BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH A COORDINATED, TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO HELPING OUR ROWLETT TORNADO SURVIVORS HOWEVER THE IMPACT OF (RCOAD) WAS NOT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT HELP WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROBUST LIAISON TO THE STATE WHICH WAS CRITICAL DURING
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HURRICANE HARVEY FOR THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PROCESS. WHILE THE REMNANT WAS USED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY ACROSS TEXAS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY, NO REAL PROGRESS WAS MADE TO PERMANENTLY ESTABLISH THIS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE UNTIL LATE 2019 HERE IN ROWLETT. IN 2019 A ROWLETT STEERING COMMITTEE MET TO ESTABLISH THE STRUCTURE AND THEN FOUR MONTHS LATER AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE PANDEMIC THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS READY TO FORM THE (RCOAD). THEY ASKED (RCOAD) TO SPRINT WHEN WE START DELAY STILL WEREN'T READY TO CRAWL. SOME OTHER MANAGERS IN THE REGION ARE NOW LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN (RCOAD) BASED ON OUR MODEL. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNSEL FOR SPONSORING AND SUPPORTING THIS. I DO CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PASS ITOFF TO MICHAEL. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: IS THE PRESENTATION UP? WHEN IT IS COMING. WHAT IS BEHIND YOU?
>> SPEAKER: IT IS THE STAR TREK DISCOVERY. >> MAYOR: GO-AHEAD COMMANDER.
[LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: ENGAGED. LIKE ED SAID, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO SUPPORT THE C2. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS CHAIR AT OUR OFFICIAL MEETING AND I HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
LIKE ED SAID WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS IN THE STATE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH RCOAD I HAVE SHARED WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER CHAMBERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THERE ARE OTHER ER CHAMBERS TRYING TO SET UP ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER STATES AS WELL.
WE HAVE CREATED SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO MIMIC BECAUSE IT WORKS AND IT WORKS WELL. TO START OFF HERE, THE MISSION OF THE RCOAD IS TO SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY IN EVERY PHASE OF A DISASTER. PREPARATION AND BEING READY FOR THAT DISASTER BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND BEING READY TO RESPOND WHEN IT HAPPENS AND IN THE RECOVERY MODE WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL IN MOST CASES. AND, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE AS YOU CAN SEE, COOPERATION, PRINCIPAL, COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION. WE HAD A LOT OF THAT GOING ON FOR THIS LAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR. OUR BOARD OR THE RCOAD IS MADE UP OF 50 13 MEMBERS. SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE PERMANENT MEMBERS BUT THEY ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND FAITH BASED COMMUNITIES THOSE ARE ROTATING POSITIONS.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF FOUR OFFICERS PLUS EDIT AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF CITY COUNCIL AND IN THIS CASE THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL MEMBER LANING. AND THEN OF COURSE THE MAYOR AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM ATLAS ON COURT. THE RCOAD WAS ESTABLISHED MARCH 17, 2020. WE WERE HAVING PRELIMINARY MEETINGS AND WE WERE SUDDENLY GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT AND DIRECTIVE TO MOVE FORWARD AT LIGHT SPEED.
I THINK THE STARSHIP DISCOVERY IS APPROPRIATE WITH THE SPEED THAT WE PUT IT TOGETHER LAST YEAR. ON APRIL ONE IT WAS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE ROWLETT CHAMBER FOUNDATION AND RCOAD TO SET THE CHAMBER UP AS A FIDUCIARY AGENT BEING A NONPROFIT THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
THAT WAS AMENDED IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE ROBUST GRANT WERE, DUE TO SOME OF THE TECHNICALITIES
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WITH THE ROBUST GRANT OR THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT. THE BYLAWS WERE ADEPT APRIL 15 OF 2020 AND THEN THIS YEAR WE SET UP A LONG-TERM RECOVERY SUBCOMMITTEE ON MARCH 3 THAT WAS STILL IN PROGRESS. THROUGH THE YEAR FROM LAST MARCH 23 TO EARLY MARCH THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD 21 MEETINGS INCLUDING THE MONTHLY MEETINGS, A COUPLE OF EMERGENCY MEETINGS AFTER THE WINTER STORM AND LOTS OF SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE HAVE CREATED A ROWLETT READY WEBSITE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LANING FOR DOING THE BULK OF THAT WORK.
IT GETS AN AVERAGE OF 1400 VISITS PER MONTH. WE HAVE A GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, 600 LIKES ON THAT. IF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE THE PAGE WITH OTHERS AND HELP US INCREASE THAT. THE PRESENCE THERE, LOOK WE SHUT CULPEPPER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING THAT AND SPECIFICALLY THE RCOAD AND GRANT POST.
WE HAD A CITIZEN OUTREACH OVER COVID-19 AND 3700 CALLS WERE MADE BY VOLUNTEERS AND ALSO, DURING COVID-19 AND AFTER WINTER STORMS THERE WERE FLYERS THAT WERE PASSED OUT UTILIZING VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE COLLABORATION AND OPERATION WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT PARTICIPATE ON THE RCOAD. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RCOAD AGAIN THROUGH THE CONNECTIONS WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS WE WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE ROBUST GRANT ASSISTANT GRANT AND WERE GIVEN OUT OVER $900,000 THROUGH FOUR ROUNDS OF GRANTS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND I CAN TELL YOU AS WITH MY OTHER HAT ON AS THE CEO OF THE CHAMBER THAT THAT HAS BEEN MUCH NEEDED AND VERY HAPPILY ACCEPTED AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
IF THAT HASN'T BEEN EXPRESSED TO YOU COUNSEL AND YOU STAFF I WILL TELL YOU THAT AGAIN HERE THEY ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES WE'RE ABLE TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF THE GRANTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. EARLY ON DURING COVID-19 THERE WERE DISTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPLIES TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT COULDN'T GET OUT. WE WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME OF THOSE SUPPLIES AND GET THOSE DELIVERED.
WE HAD FOUR DRIVE-THROUGH DISINFECTANT EVENTS.
WE HAD A ROWLETT CHAMBER MEMBER STEP UP FOR THAT AND THEY STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE THE DISINFECTANT FREE AND RESIDENTS JUST HAD TO BRING BOTTLES. I TELL YOU THAT HAD A LARGER REACH THAN JUST ROWLETT. WE HAD PEOPLE COMING FROM GARLAND, ROCKWALL AND THERE WAS EVEN SOMEONE WHO CAME IN FROM GREENVILLE TO GET DISINFECTANT. MUCH APPRECIATED THEIR.
THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANT GRANT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.HAT IS A GRANT THAT IS THERE FOR QUICK RESPONSE AFTER AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS. OF COURSE, THE RCOAD IS THERE NOT JUST FOR BIG DISASTERS BUT THINGS THAT ARE JUST AS DEVASTATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SUCH AS A HOUSE FIRE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE RCOAD, THEY OFFERED THEIR PLACE UP FOR SHELTERING DURING THE WINTER STORM AND THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED HERE IN ANOTHER PROJECT WE DID WAS THE GIS D RAIN WORKS ENCOURAGEMENT PROJECT AND THAT INVOLVED USING A CHEMICAL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PRODUCT IS CALLED EXACTLY BUT PAINTING ENCOURAGING SIGNS ON THE SIDEWALK THAT SHOWS UP WHEN IT RAINS. THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DID. SO FINANCIALLY THERE WAS A ONE-TIME $30,000 ALLOCATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO AGREED SO FAR TO YEARLY ALLOCATIONS OF $5000. WE HAD A $5000 DONATION FROM ATLAS AND THERE WERE READY HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM TWO ANONYMOUS VENDORS. THAT $5000 ANNUAL ALLOCATION IS CRITICAL. TO COVER EXPENSES NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY SO THAT 30,000
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DOESN'T HAVE TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE PLAN GOING FORWARD, SOME PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVOCACY THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AS A COED IS TO JOIN THE TEXAS RCOAD AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER.WE ARE ALSO GOING TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.
AT THIS POINT, FOR THE NEXT BULLET, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ED SO HE CAN TALK ABOUT WERE GOING TO INTEGRATE THE
CITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. >> AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HAVING THE RCOAD AS AN EMERGING MANAGER THAT'S A GREAT TOOL.
ESPECIALLY ON THE SCOPE OF THE TORNADO AND WE DID SEE SOME NEED FOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH A SHELTER AFTER THE WINTER STORM. WITH THAT IN MIND I WANT TO EMPOWER BOTH THE TRANSFER NINE VOTING MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH TRAINING TO THEN HELP SUPPORT OUR CAPACITY RESPONSE AND THAT INCLUDES WARMING AND COOLING CENTERS AND SHELTER MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEER AND DONATIONS MANAGEMENT. AS YOU WERE CALLED WE ESTABLISH A MULTI- ESTABLISHMENT STRUCTURE AND THEN ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTIVE SHOOTER RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT WE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED. OVER THIS YEAR WE HAVE PROVIDED MEMBERS WITH TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU ED. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE OUTREACH.
THE ROBUST NONPROFIT RENT IS STILL IN THE WORKS AND I BELIEVE NEAR COMPLETION . WE WILL BE WORKING ON BUILDING HYGIENE KIT FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPING A FUNDRAISING CAPACITY BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT THERE COULD BE A TIME WHEN MORE FUNDS WERE NEEDED THEN WERE PROVIDED AND WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE OF ANONYMOUS DONATIONS.
THERE IS THE ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING AT FOURTH OF JULY EVENT AS WELL.
THE LAST PART OF THE PLAN IS TO MAKE AN UPDATE TO THE BYLAWS WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD PRACTICE TO REVIEW THOSE PERIODICALLY.
WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER REALLY QUICKLY SO IT IS TIME FOR DATE AND A REVIEW. THEN WHAT IS CRITICAL IS MAINTAINING MEMBER ENGAGEMENT. IT IS EASY TO HAVE MEMBERS ENGAGED IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN THERE SOMETHING GOING ON THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF FOCUS AND ATTENTION.
GOING FORWARD BETWEEN EMERGENCIES AND EVENTS WE WILL KEEP OUR MEMBERS ENGAGED AS WELL.
AGAIN, THE FACTORS THROUGH CONTINUED SUCCESS OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT, YOU FOLKS SUPPORTING US AND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR US, THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE FUNDRAISING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO OURSELVES. AND THEN ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS AND NOT JUST THE COED MEMBERS BUT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND REACHING OUT TO THEM, THERE'S STILL A LOT THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE EXIST YET SO WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THAT.
IT WILL BE CRITICAL TO IMPROVE THAT.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE TWO OR THREE YEAR LONG-TERM PARTNERS.
E WANT TO KEEP THEM INVOLVED AND AWARE OF WHAT IT IS GOING ON SO THEY CAN SLIDE INTO THOSE ROLES AS WELL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MULTI AGENCY RESOURCE COORDINATION AND FINDING A WAY WHERE WE CAN ALL QUICK TO RESPOND AND BE ON THE SAME PAGE SO THAT WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING THE EFFORTS AND SO THAT THE ACTIVITY AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER AN EMERGENCY ARE BEING COORDINATED AND WORKING TOGETHER RATHER THAN AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND WITH THAT, THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MICHAEL. I GUESS, LET'S START WITH A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER BY MATT . WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE NEEDS OUT THERE FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING? THE WE ARE JUST NOW RECEIVING THE FUNDS FOR THE LAST OF THE SECOND PART OF THE ROUND FOR GRANT.
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THAT WILL GO OUT THIS WEEK. I AM HEARING LESS FROM BUSINESSES THAT THEY NEED FUNDS BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT COULD STILL NEED FUNDS. I KNOW THAT THE NONPROFIT GRANT, THERE'S STILL SOME THAT ARE WAITING TO SEE THAT HAPPENAS WELL. >> MAYOR: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT?
THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED. >> SPEAKER: IT HAS BEEN FUNDED AND I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND IT THE FIRST
WEEK OF JUNE. >> MAYOR: IT HAS NOT BEEN LAUNCHED YET. OKAY I DID NOT REALIZE THAT.
IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT UP TO LAUNCH THAT AND HOLD OFF ANYTHING ELSE AS OF RIGHT NOW?
>> SPEAKER: AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE SO.
WHITNEY? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ADDITIONAL SURVEYS TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THERE IS STILL A NEED FOR. I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE PREMATURE TO SAY THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
I THINK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WE WOULD COME BACK WITH SOMETHING AS NEEDED AND UPDATE YOU ON THAT.
>> MAYOR: DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU WHITNEY AND MICHAEL AND ED THAT PWAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS PAST YEAR. HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS OR ASKED ABOUT STARTING UP A BUSINESS WITH THIS POST COVID WORLD OR HAVE YOU SEEN ANY EXAMPLES THAT ARE OUT THERE? WE HAVE SEEN THE STARTUP FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE PPP OR ANYTHING THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS OR LOOKING TO GET BACK IN BUSINESS. IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP A LOT OF FROM GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY EXAMPLES OF THAT OUT THERE?
>> SPEAKER: I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, MATT.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME INTO THE OFFICE AND ASK HOW TO START A BUSINESS BUT NO ONE'S COME IN TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF SEED FUNDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT RELATED TO COVID.
>> SPEAKER: MATT, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO IN COOPERATION WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
TO SEE IF THERE IS A NEED TO ESTABLISH A SMALL FUND LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY FUNDING FOR NEW BUSINESSES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE THREE YEARS AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD BE ON THE TABLE SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BUCKS LITTLE BIT AND USE THIS MORNING TO
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. >> MAYOR: JUST REMEMBER THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENT TO SPEND ADDITIONAL MONIES BECAUSE OF HOW IT STARTED BUT NEEDS ARE A DIFFERENT THING.
COUNSEL ANY COMMENTS / QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE COMMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WE'RE ABLE TO HELP HIS MRS. GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT SURVIVED BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS MAYBE THEY SLIP YOU A FEW BUCKS HERE AND THERE WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD TO HELP SUPPORT THIS RCOAD TO KEEP IT GOING.
>> MAYOR: YOU ARE MAKING ME NERVOUS I WASN'T SURE WHAT YOU
ARE GOING TO SAY. >> SPEAKER: THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THIS PAST YEAR ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS OF RCOAD ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP IN THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS BUT IN THE BUSINESSES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND WERE WILLING TO TURN BACK AROUND AND INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP IT FURTHER IF WE NEED IT. TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY US AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
AND BLESS OUR COMMUNITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION AND CONTINUED THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
ALL OF YOUR AFFECT OF HARD WORK.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE COME A LONG
[3E. Discuss COVID-19 and take any necessary action. (20 minutes)]
WAY SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO 3E.DISCUSS COVID-19 AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION. I ASSUME THAT
IS YOU MISS SMITH? >> SPEAKER: YES MA'AM.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I WILL PULL THE PRESENTATION UP
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AND MAKE QUICK WORK OF MOST OF IT TO ALLOW FOR A LOT OF DISCUSSION TIME. CURRENT STATUS AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST OF DATE, DALLAS HAS MOVED TO EXTREME CAUTION AND AS OF TODAY THEY STILL SIT AT EXTREME CAUTION.WE DID UPDATE THE CHART AND THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ. IT SHOWS YOU HOW THE CASES SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT CHANGED FROM MARCH 2020 THROUGH MAY OF 2021. WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 97 MONTHLY CASE COUNT TOTALS AND SHE PREDICTS WE WILL BE AT 67 FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
UPCOMING EVENTS. WE DID KICK OFF SOME OF OUR EVENTS AT THE LAST MEETING. COMING UP IN MAY FARMERS MARKET WE HAVE THE ROWLETT RUMBLE WHICH IS A PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENT AT THE PARK STARTS ON THURSDAY.
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WILL STILL BE VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE SHOWN MONDAY, MAY 31 ON FACE BOOK.
PJUNE WILL BRING BART'S BOOKS AND BRUISE.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE WET ZONE WATERPARK AND THEN AUGUST WE WILL BRING BACK CONCERTS ON THE LAWN.
THEN, THIS IS THE JANUARY OPENING PLAN THAT WE HAVE SHOWN THE COUNCIL EACH MONTH. WE ARE IN MAY RIGHT NOW AND THE NEXT PHASE IS JUNE ONE. SO, THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER WILL OPEN 100 PERCENT. WE WILL ELIMINATE THE RESERVATION SYSTEM AS OF JUNE ONE AND WE WILL BEGIN TO BRING BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL LEAKS BACK ONLINE WITH STRICT GUIDELINES AND SOCIAL DISTANCING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING OUR STAFF IN PUBLIC.
INDOOR RESERVATIONS WILL GO TO 75 PERCENT OUTDOOR FACILITY RESERVATIONS WILL GO TO 100 PERCENT AND WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART RESUMED THE NORMAL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. ROWLETT LIBRARY WILL OPEN AT 100 PERCENT CAPACITY. THE CAPACITY AT THE LIBRARY IS 325 SO THEY CAN HAVE AS MANY AS 325 PEOPLE IN THE LIBRARY AT ONE-TIME. WE WILL PUT BACK ALL OF THE LIBRARY FURNITURE THAT WAS REMOVED DURING COVID AND THEY WILL BEGIN HOSTING IN PERSON PROGRAMMING INCLUDING SUMMER READING STARTING JUNE 8 AS SOON EVERYONE IS OUT OF SCHOOL.
IN THE WET ZONE WATERPARK OPENED LAST WEEKEND.
THE REDUCED CAPACITY WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
THEY HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND THEY WILL OPEN AS NORMAL ON JUNE 7. WE HOSTED PRIVATE PARTIES AND FOR RIGHT NOW WE WILL OFFER PREPACKAGED ITEMS IN HALEY'S HOT. FOR NOW THE TOPIC AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR IS FACE COVERINGS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AS YOU KNOW THE CDC RELEASED NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON THURSDAY MAY 13 STATING IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED YOU CAN RESUME ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO WHAT YOU DID DURING PANDEMIC.
FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN RESUME ACTIVITIES WITHOUT A MASK OR SOCIALLY DISTANCING EXCEPT AT FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL OR LOCAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS INCLUDING LOCAL BUSINESS AND WORKPLACE GUIDELINES.
THAT'S RIGHT FROM THE CDC. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER TODAY.
MAY 18 AND THAT WAS G8 36. THAT STATED BEGINNING MAY 31 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE INHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING OR MANDATING MASK WEARING AT PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES COUNTIES, CITIES, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND OFFICES.
WE INITIALLY PLANNED TO DROP A MASK RECOMMENDATIONS AS OF JUNE ONE. WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT DROPPING THE MASK ORDER AND GUIDANCE WITH CDC AND GOVERNMENT DELAY GOVERNOR ABBOTT. WE COULD STOP HERE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE MORE
SLIDES. >> MAYOR: LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION. I SHOULD HAVE READ THE CITIZEN INPUT BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I APOLOGIZE.
LET'S FINISH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN LETOPEN IT UP FOR
PRESENTATION. >> SPEAKER: EXCELLENT . THE OTHER THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC MEETING PROTOCOL . WE WERE SLATED ON JUNE ONE TWO ALSO BEGIN TO HOLD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN PERSON . WE HAVE OFFERED THAT UP TO SEVERAL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SEVERAL HAVE DECIDED TO REMAIN REMOTE IN JUNE FOR SEVERAL REASONS BUT WE WILL FOLLOW THE COUNSEL LEAD ON THIS.
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THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR READING TO GO BACK TO FULL IN PERSON READINGS OR CONTINUE TO PERFORM AT THE HYBRID THAT WE ARE NOW DOING. AND TONIGHT IF COUNSEL CHOOSES TO GO BACK TO MEETING IN PERSON SOCIAL DISTANCING, PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERS ARE GOING ON THE DAIS. WILL WE CONTINUE TO ONLY MEET IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OR WILL WE MEET IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM AND THEN AT THE DAIS AND THEN AGAIN OF COURSE THE MASKS.THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS
FOR DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
I HAVE TWO PUBLIC CITIZEN INPUT ITEMS THAT I WANT TO READ THE FIRST ONE IS FROM DEBRA LITTLEJOHN GENDER TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL I WAS ADVISED BY CITY STAFF THAT DURING TONIGHT'S WORK SESSION THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE TO OPEN UP COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN GIVE INPUT IN FUTURE MEETINGS. THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
IN LIGHT OF THE NEW CDC RECOMMENDATION, LOCATES AND NUMBERS IN TEXAS THE CONSENSUS WILL BE TOO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS WITH CITIZENS ABLE TO ATTEND AND SPEAK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS FACE TO FACE WITH MASKS OPTIONAL FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WEAR THEM TO THANK YOU.
THE NEXT LETTER IS FROM PAT. AS A SENIOR RESIDENT OF ROWLETT FOR 30 YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE VACCINATED.
AS CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO GO MASK LIST, AND VACCINATED PEOPLE EXPOSE OTHERS TO THE VIRUS. MY WISH IS TO NOT ALLOW ANYONE INTO THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER UNLESS THEY'VE HAD THE VACCINE ESPECIALLY IF THE MASK MANDATE IS REMOVED.
I EXERCISE REGULARLY AND WILL BE ABLE TO REMOVE MY MASK THERE ARE THOSE AROUND ME WHO ARE NOT PROTECTED BY COVID.
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CERTAIN IMMUNIZATIONS BEFORE ENTERING WHOLE. PASSING ON PRODUCTION INTO ADULTHOOD. IF THE COVID-19 WEREN'T SO DEADLY AND A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE. EVEN IF ONE GETS AN INFECTION AND SURVIVES THERE WILL BE LIFELONG HEALTH REPERCUSSIONS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MASK GARMENTS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES.
YOURS AND A HEALTHIER ROWLETT. PAT.
COUNSEL, OBVIOUSLY THE NEW INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON GOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED AN ORDER THAT WE ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO ALLOW MASK AS OF LAST FRIDAY.
I THINK IT CAME LAST FRIDAY INDICATING REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO MASKS FOR VACCINATED FOLK 'S.
THE QUESTION IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE'S A QUESTION, QUITE FRANKLY. I CALLED BRIAN ON FRIDAY AND ASKED MASKS OPTIONAL IMMEDIATELY AND HE SAID HE WANTS THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS IT.
I AM READY TO GO MASK WAS IMMEDIATELY.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VACCINE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND IF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR VACCINE YOU CAN WEAR A MASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I DON'T WANT TO WEIGHT UNTIL MAY 31 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT IMMEDIATE IF THAT IS THE VOTE.
I WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> MAYOR: 7-0. I WILL SAY THAT BRIAN PREPARED HIS STAFF FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: MAYOR, IMMEDIATELY MEANS FRIDAY? B1 NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY.
ESSENTIALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MAYOR, IT IS A NEW POINT BUT WE ARE PREPARED EPARED AND IN PARTICIPATION THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS TONIGHT COULD WE HAVE SIGNAGE READY TO GO FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THEY WILL BE PUT UP IN EVERY FACILITY AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTING AS WELL. >> MAYOR: I WILL MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE TWO CITIZEN REVIEW COMMENTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE SEE EVERY DAY. IF IT IS 50-50 IT'S A GOOD DAY.
50 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WON'T WANT THING AND 50 PERCENT PEOPLE WANT THE OTHER. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO 50-50 BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE SITUATION AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS, BASED ON THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR TODAY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS.
WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO CHECK FOR VACCINATIONS FOR PEOPLE EVEN IF WE WANT TO AND I'M NOT SAYING WE WANT TO JUST THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S
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ALLOWED AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT.ANY OTHER COMMENT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE A COMMENTS. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL GOING TO WEAR A MASK. AS CITY FACILITIES WILL MASKS BE AVAILABLE IF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN HERE AND THEY DON'T
HAVE A MASK ON THEM? >> MAYOR: THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MASKS AVAILABLE IF PEOPLE NEED THEM.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT NOW AND WE CAN CONTINUE THAT.
AND PLEASE FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A MASK IN A CITY FACILITY, WHERE A MASK. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS PANDEMIC LET'S HAVE GRACE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO MAKE DECISIONS. SO, THAT ANSWER HAS BEEN MADE.
LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEETINGS IS THAT THE NEXT PLACE TO GO? I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO REGULAR.
GO AHEAD. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO REGULAR, TOO. WITH THAT I THANK YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO REGULAR AND NOT ALLOW PEOPLE IN SO YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO REGULAR. TO ME IT IS JUST MY RECOMMENDATION. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS IF THEY WANTED TO DO WORK SESSIONS INTO THE OTHER ROOM THAT COULD BE DEBATED BUT IF WERE GOING BACK TO NORMAL LET'S GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO NORMAL.> MAYOR: YES. I NEED MY BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE SEATED. IT'S JUST HARD TO MANAGE A MEETING WITHOUT ALL OF THOSE TOOLS.
HE DID THE RIGHT THING. WE HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING.
I AM CERTAINLY A PROPONENT TO GOING BACK TO THE REGULAR
ENVIRONMENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: DOES GOING BACK TO NORMAL INCLUDE DIRECTORS HAVING TO COME BACK
AND PERSON? >> MAYOR: I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE ARE DISCUSSING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW THAT SOME MIGHT NOT BE TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: IT WOULD. WE, AS A PART OF OUR THREE-MONTH PHASE IN, STAFF IS ALREADY BACK IN THE BUILDINGS.
WE STILL MAY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WILL MASK.
PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN PERSON.
THEY ARE ALREADY DOING THAT AND BUDGET MEETINGS AND ALL THE OTHER TYPES OF MEETINGS WE ARE HAVING NOW.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
IN THAT CASE I SUPPORT GOING BACK TO NORMAL.
>> MAYOR: AND, HE WANTS THESE GONE.
IS THAT WHAT THAT WAS? DID I INTERPRET THAT CORRECTLY?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: NO MORE FISHBOWL.
DON'T SAY THAT. ONE THING WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT OR TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP IS, WE HAVE THIS PROHIBITION OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING THAT NOW.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE EMAIL OPTION HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE COMING HERE OR HAVE NOT BEEN COMFORTABLE COMING HERE OR DO NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY FROM A TIMESTAMP POINT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CHANGES FROM THE GOVERNOR ON MEETING PROTOCOLS.
AT THIS POINT YOU CAN STILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.
GOING BACK TO NORMAL I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON BUT ALSO EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM ANYBODY OR SUPPORT FOR THAT KIND OF POSITION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I SUPPORT IT.
THE TWO I WILL SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED AS A RESULT OF TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF IS ONE OF THEM. IT'S REALLY HELPED SOME OF OUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRESENT THEM IN A CONCISE WAY WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING AND COMING HERE THAT THEY CAN STILL EXPRESS THEMSELVES. I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: WOULD THAT ELIMINATE THE CALL IN? WOULD THE OPTION BE IN PERSON
OR JUST EMAIL? >> MAYOR: I THINK WE WOULD GET RID OF THE ZOOM MEETING AND CALL IN THE OPTION AND JUST HAVE IN PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS WOULD WE ALLOW EMAIL FOR PUBLIC
HEARINGS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU CAN IF
YOU WANT TO. >> MAYOR: WE ARE NOT NOW.
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WE ARE REQUIRING CALL IN. SO WHAT? YOU ARE RIGHT PAID WE ALSO ACCEPT EMAIL WE JUST USUALLY GET THE CALL IN. I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.[LAUGHTER] I FORGET WHY YOU ASKED THE
QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE EMAIL OR JUST IN PERSON THE ABILITY TO DO THE CALL IN. THAT IS THE POINT I WANTED TO CLARIFY. I AM FINE WITH THAT WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE PUBLIC TO GO
FORWARD. >> MAYOR: JUST TO BE CLEAR WHETHER IT IS PUBLIC INPUT WE DID NOT HAVE THEM ALLOWED PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SO THAT IS A CHANGE WE MADE DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE NEVER HAD THAT OPTION BEFORE. RIGHT.
RIGHT. SO, IT'S NOT THAT THE GOVERNOR ALLOWED US TO DO THAT IS JUST THE CITY OF ROWLETT NEVER UTILIZED THAT OPTION. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS EVEN IF HE CHANGES HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IN REGARDS TO THE EMERGENCY SITUATION. I AM TRYING TO READ LAURA AND SAY THE RIGHT WORD. IT.
[LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: THE CITY CAN ELICIT
PUBLIC INPUT HOW THEY CHOOSE. >> MAYOR: REGARDLESS OF PANDEMIC CHANGES TO THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: ABSOLUTELY.
OU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FORMS OF THE SUBMISSION OF TESTIMONY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THERE ARE SOME PITFALLS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU OPEN IT UP WIDE OPEN AND PAY LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES FOR EXAMPLE IN WHAT I
HAVE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES. >> MAYOR: I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR EXAMPLE IN OTHER CITIES OMEONE WILL SUBMIT AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT READ INTO THE RECORD AND THEN USE AN EXTRA THREE MINUTES TO DO THE LIVE TESTIMONY.
IF YOU DO, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ALLOWED TO ACCEPT TESTIMONY IN ANY FORM THAT IS REASONABLE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING EMAIL, HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, WHATEVER.
>> MAYOR: WHAT OTHER PIT BULLS ARE THERE? DO YOU WANT SOME TIME TO ASSESS THE QUESTION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: NO I'M JUST RECITING THE EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD IN OTHER CITIES. THERE'S ALSO A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WILL WILL FEEL MORE SPO SPEAK YOUR MIND IF IT'S IN FRONT OF A KEYBOARD AS OPPOSED TO STANDING IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM. THE LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND 10 MINUTES TYPING AN EMAIL BEEN ATTEND IN PERSON SO THE VOLUME MIGHT INCREASE AS WELL.
>> MAYOR: THAT'S WHAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IS TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE THERE ANY OTHER ONES? OKAY. WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE STANDARDS WRITTEN FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IF WERE ASKING FOR NAMES AND ADDRESSES IN PERSON WE SHOULD ASK THE SAME THING IN THE EMAILS.
WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW CERTAIN TYPES OF LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT
APPROPRIATE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: ALSO EITHER OR OR BOTH. AND LIMITED TIME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: DO WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO COME TOGETHER
FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS? >> MAYOR: I THINK WE JUST LISTED THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED COMMITTEE WORK. I THINK IF LAURA COULD DRAFT
SOMETHING? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK IS POSTED ON EACH AGENDA THAT WE HAVE, FOR THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY COME IN FOR PUBLIC HEARING IF THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PREVIOUS EMAIL THAT WEWILL READ THE EMAIL OR THEY CAN SPEAK.
>> WE WILL ALSO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY CAN LET THEM KNOW IN PERSON WHEN THEY COME. YOU WANT ME TO READ THE LETTER? IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE LETTER? [LAUGHTER] LET'S TRY IT FOR A WHILE.
IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT? WHAT ELSE?
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WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE PLEXIGLAS.WHITNEY I DIDN'T ASK YOU BUT YOU SHOOK YOUR HEAD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I DID NOT HEAR PEOPLE SAY THIS YET BUT MATT SAID THAT WERE GOING TO GO BACK TO NORMAL, PRE-COVID NORMAL IF WE HAVE THE PLEXIGLAS REMOVED WERE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYONE BACK UP THERE? >> MAYOR: YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: WILL WE STILL HAVE WORK SESSIONS IN HERE OR MOVE THEM TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM?
>> MAYOR: I PREFER THEM OVER THERE.
COMMENTS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: CONFERENCE
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DID WE NOT ANSWER?
>> SPEAKER: I THINK WE'VE GOT IT.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS WE WILL HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION ITEM WHICH IS ITEM 3B WHICH WILL TAKE UP TO 45
[4. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
MINUTES. REALLY QUICKLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY BEING ELSE THEY WANT TO HAVE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.I WOULD LIKE 7C REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MEETING BUT IT WILL BE QUICK.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE A QUICK 3 TO 5 MINUTE BREAK TO GRAB OUR MAYOR: DREW, WHEN YOU READY, TELL ME. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK IN OUR
[3B. Presentation by Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) regarding the Rowlett Fire Department Long-Range Master Plan document, findings and recommendations. (45 minutes) ]
WORK SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO ITEM 3B. PRESENTATION BY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL (ESCI) REGARDING THE ROWLETT FIRE DEPARTMENT LONG-RANGE MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.4. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF HERE AND I THINK IF YOU ARE STARTING CHIEF COURT IF SOMEONE ELSE IS?
>> SPEAKER:YES MAYOR I AM STARTING
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US WITH YOU THIS EVENING I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT WITH YOU. PWITH ME TONIGHT ARE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, SHELDON WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE MAIN OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT AND THEN ALSO JOSH PROCTOR THE ROWLETT FIREFIGHT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WHO WILL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF UPDATE ON 4896 THE FIRE SHIP WORK SCHEDULE WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE REPORT. IF I COULD GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE TIMELINE, AND SET TIMBER 2019 WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING A LONG-RANGE PLAN DOCUMENT.
IN OCTOBER 2019 COUNCIL APPROVED THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE GRANT MONIES WHICH ALLOWED US TO THEN PARTNER WITH ESC I IN NOVEMBER 2019. IT WAS A VERY LONG AND THOROUGH PROCESS AND IN MARCH 2021 ESC I DELIVERED THE FINAL DOCUMENT.
NO DOUBT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT AND WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WHAT WE FEEL IS THAT WE HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN USE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES MOVING FORWARD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO SHELDON GILBERT WHO WILL BE DOING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REPORT AND HE WILL DIG IN AND TAKE A
DEEPER DIVE WITH YOU. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU CHIEF.
MADAM MAYOR AND HONORABLE COUNCIL I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO YOU FOR THE PROCESS AS WE CAME ON SITE AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULT THAT WAS YIELDED TO THIS REPORT. MRS. LAURA I BELIEVE YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SLIDES, IF YOU COULD PUT THE SECOND SLIDE UP THAT WOULD BE GREAT HEAR THE CHIEF SAID THIS IS A LONG-RANGE MASTER PLAN WHICH WAS INTENDED TO BE A 10 TO 14 YEAR ROADMAP
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WHICH YOU CAN USE FOR POLICY AND INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND PROJECTIONS AND THINGS GOING ON IN THE AGENCY.WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING WITHIN THE AGENCY, SERVICE, POPULATION, ANALYSTS OF WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WE FELT THAT YOUR RISK PROFILE IN YOUR APPROACH TO FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTION WOULD BE.ND THAT'S WHERE WE DID THIS REPORT I HAVE QUITE A FEW SLIDES SO I WILL GO FAIRLY DELIBERATELY. THE ANALYSIS WHO DID A LOT OF THINGS. WE LOOKED AT THE PAST RESEARCH, THE LOCAL CENSUS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, THE COMMUNITY GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOLKS.
ALL OF THE BUDGET, THREE YEARS FORWARD AS WE WOULD GET 3 TO 4 YEARS BACK, THE FACILITIES AND APPARATUS, THE DATA IN THE REPORT AND THE GIS AND THE MAPPING . WE TOOK ALL THE INFORMATION COALESCED IT AND BROUGHT IT TOGETHER AND WE USE THAT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE DEPTH ANALYSIS.
AFTER WE GOT THAT TOGETHER WE CAME ON SITE WHERE WE DID SITE VISIT AND MET WITH KEY STAFF WITHIN THE CITY AND MET WITH THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND WE MET WITH THE COMMITMENT AND LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CITY RESCUE STAFF.
WE WERE A WELL RAN ORGANIZATION THAT DOING A LOT OF THINGS WELL. WE ARE IN A TRUE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATION AND WE ARE HITTING MANY IF NOT MOST OF THE INDUSTRIES BEST PRACTICES. YOU'VE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE DONE.
WHEN WE DID THE CURRENT CONDITION WE LOOKED AT THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND HISTORY OF THE INFORMATION AND FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT. THE CURRENT SERVICE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW YOU PROVIDE SERVICE AND WHAT TIME YOU PROVIDE THE GOVERNANCE AND LINE OF AUTHORITY WITH THE REGULATORY GUIDELINES AND FRAMEWORK ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, YOURS BAND OF CONTROL BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND WHAT IS ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW IS THAT BEING SPENT AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES DOES THAT YIELD IN THE FIELDS? LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS, THE HISTORY AND WHAT WE KNOW AND WERE TOLD TO BE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE STUDY AREA IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE STATIONS THAT WERE DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR.
WE CALL THIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
WE HAVE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AND TO ANOTHER.
LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE CONTRACTUALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WHENEVER WE DO A STUDY AND WE LOOK AT THE SERVICE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE COVERAGE OF THE ACREAGE TO COVER ACE OR MILE WITH THE RESPONSE TIME.
WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THAT? WE BASE THAT ON TWO PRIMARY PROFILES. ONE A CARDIAC ARREST OR MAJOR MEDICAL AND NEED TO GET EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WITHIN THAT 6 TO 8 MINUTES BEFORE THERE IS IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE. AND RESPONDING TO THAT IF THERE IS A SMALL FIRE IN THE ROOM, A LOT MORE IN ENCLOSURE IT TAKES 6 TO 8 MINUTES BEFORE THAT ROOM IS SUPER INVOLVED.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT FOUR-MINUTE, SIX MINUTE AND 8 MINUTES IT'S RALLIED AROUND THE ABILITY FOR EMS CALLS AND FOR FIREFIGHTERS. THE NEXT THING I WOULD SAY IS ANYTIME YOU BUILD A SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNITY THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE APPENDAGES AND PENINSULAS AND YOU HAVE BOTH. WE TALK ABOUT COVERING ACREAGE AND DISTRIBUTION AND THEN RELIABILITY, ARE YOU RELIABLE BASED ON HOW BUSY YOUR UNITS ARE? THAT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE THE DISTRICT OF WATER, APPENDAGES AND PENINSULAS.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFILL WITHIN YOUR BOUNDARY.
THIS IS ALL PART OF THE ANALYSIS AND I THINK IT DRIVES SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER.
NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING AT THE POPULATION GROWTH YOU ARE A CITY THAT HAS GROWN CONSISTENTLY.
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YOU HAVE SOME BIG SPURTS THAT OCCURRED IN 2013 AND IN 2019.IT'S, TOO BE EXPECT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
WE HAD SOME PROJECTIONS AND THE REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE CREATE CULTS. THAT IS USUALLY COMBINED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TECHNOLOGY.
YOU ARE A GROWING CITY AND CERTAINLY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON UP NORTH WITH THE TRAILS OF COTTONWOOD IN THE SOUTH AT SAPPHIRE BAY YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE PRESSURES AND SERVICE NEEDS INCREASE. WE LOOK NEXT AT THE COMMUNITY RISK AND WE TRIED TO SCORE THE RISK.
WE LOOKED AT SEVERE WEATHER, EXTREME HEAT AND EVEN WITH THE TORNADOES WE HAVE HAD DEEP FREEZES AND FLOODS AND IT JUST ABOUT COVER THE HOLES DRUM OF EMERGENCIES AS IT RELATES TO NATURAL HAZARDS. WE GET THE HEAT IN NORTH TEXAS, TOO. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NATURAL HAZARDS WHICH CAN BE THE GEORGE BUSH CAUSEWAY AND PENINSULA. WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND THEN YOU HAVE A BUILT-IN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE PUBLIC OCCUPANT THE, MEDICAL AND CONGREGANT CARE FACILITIES. HAVE HAZMAT WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BOTH IN TRANSIT AND CLASSIFIED AS THOSE AND WE HAVE THE SAPPHIRE MARINA WHICH IS A LARGE COMPLEX AREA. WE HAVE A ROBUST RISK PROFILE.
WE MEASURED THAT, SCORED IT AND OVERLAID IT WITH CAPABILITIES AND WE FOUND THE OVERALL HE WERE EQUIPPED FAIRLY WELL TO HANDLE THE TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT YOU WILL BE ASKED DURING SITTING IN THE COMMUNITY ON A REASONABLE AND SUSTAINABLE BASIS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S COVERED THE GROWTH IN THE FUTURE? NO. YOU DO HAVE THE KEY COMPONENTS AND FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENTS. YOUR INCIDENT HISTORY HAS GROWN ABOUT 11 PERCENT ABOUT 2.7 ALMOST 3 PERCENT PER YEAR AND THAT'S NORMAL FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY IN NORTH TEXAS.
IN TEXAS IN GENERAL ON INFILL, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE WITH THE GROWTH OF 2 TO 3 PERCENT.
IN THE DATA, WE HAVE INCREASED THE SYSTEMS IN THE PAST AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THIS DATA COULD BE SKEWED.
GENERALLY THIS GROWTH PATTERN, WE FEEL IS FAIRLY ACCURATE AND WE CAN BE CONFIDENT IN THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT 2017 AND 2018 WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT 3 1/2 PERCENT GROWTH.
WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY YOU ARE RUNNING 69 PERCENT OF YOUR CALLS OF YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE CALLS, THE BASIC RISK PROFILE THAT WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT WHY WE NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY.
WE HAVE A FULLY INTEGRATED WORKFORCE THAT HAS PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS THAT TRANSPORT FOR EMERGENCY CARE.
WE HAVE AMBULANCES WITH CAPABILITIES TO MANAGE A FALSE ALARM SERVICE CALL AND HAZARDOUS CONDITION SPECIAL INCIDENT. WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH ALICE AND OTHER FOR YOUR LARGER HAZMAT RESCUES.
YOUR FIRES ARE RUNNING 10 PERCENT AND ARE FULLY BUILT OUT FOR NEARLY BUILT OUT COMMUNITY AND THAT IS SOME WE COULD LOOK AT WITH FIRE DAMAGE, FIRE DEATHS AND RATES TO WHAT I WOULD CALL A MODERATE TO MY OLD PLATFORM AS IT RELATES TO YOUR FIRE PROBLEM. THAT IS GOOD THAT MEANS FIRE PREVENTION, NEW CONSTRUCTION REMEDIATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE LOOKED AT THE TEMPORAL ANALYSIS TO GET AN IDEA WHERE THE CALLS ARE COMING THROUGH IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CALLS START TO INCREASE AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND SLOW DOWN AROUND 10:00 AT NIGHT.
THAT IS LOGICAL AND INTUITIVE. IF WE GO BACK TO PEOPLE CREATE CALLS, WE START WAKING AND STIRRING DURING THOSE HOURS AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP THOSE CALLS HAVE BEEN LESS.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE PROTECTION AT NIGHT? 70 PERCENT OF YOUR CALLS OR DURING THE DAY AND IF THERE ARE FIRES IN MOST CASES THEY ARE IDENTIFIED EARLY.
AT NIGHT WE TEND TO HAVE PEOPLE IN A SLEEPING STATE OR ALTERED STATE IN THERE HOMES IN THE SLEEP AND THEY CAN'T SEE OR
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HEAR THE FIRE. IT IS THE YOUNGER POPULATION AND 65 AND OLDER TEND TO BE HEAVIER SLEEPERS AND LESS MOBILITY AND YOUR RISK OF FIRE IS AT NIGHT.SO WHILE YOUR CALL LINE GOES DOWN YOUR RISK LINE GOES UP.
AND IN THE DAY YOUR CALL VOLUME GOES UP BUT THERE'S LESS PEOPLE REPORTING. THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS WHERE THE CALLS ARE OCCURRING.
THIS IS THE MODEL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE HOT WHITE IS OVER 100 CALLS PER SQUARE MILE IN THE YEAR IN YELLOW IS 600 AND SO FORTH. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT THIS FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE OF OUR THEY OCCURRING OR NOT IN THE GOOD NEWS IS YES. THE FOUR STATIONS ARE THE PRIMARY CURRENTS. THEY WILL SPREAD NORTH AND SOUTH TO THE ANSWER IS YES. THE ANSWER IS YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AND IS IT SO FAR OUT OF RANGE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LARGE CLUSTER AS TO WHERE THE STATION IS AND THAT HAS HELPED YOU GET DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT ONE I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THE TRAVEL TIME MAP AND THAT'S BACK TO WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT WITHIN 4 TO 6 MINUTES AND WE NEED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE ROOT OF ORIGIN AND WE NEED TO VENTILATE FOR THAT OR CIRCULATE FOR IT. THIS IS WHY WE PLACE THESE STATIONS TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GET WITHIN FOUR MINUTES. IF IN YOUR MIND YOU CAN BUT THE HEAT MAP OVER THE FOUR MINUTE DRIVE TIME IN YELLOW YOU WILL SEE THE CALLS WILL GET THERE IN FOUR MINUTES IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET IN FOUR MINUTES.
THE EIGHT MINUTE OR GREEN DRIVETIME IS WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ASSEMBLE WHAT WE CALL A EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE. WE NEED TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE SOURCE AND THAT'S THE GREEN.
AND SO FAR WE ARE COVERED WELL. WHERE WE HAVE EXPOSURE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH. THERE IS A BUILDING GOING ON IN BOTH OF THOSE AND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE WHY YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO VARY EFFICIENTLY AND AFFECT GLEE PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A DIFFERENT LOOK.
WE PLOTTED THE INCIDENTS BY ADDRESS AND PROXIMITY OF A 2 1/2 MILE SQUARE. BASICALLY IF IT IS GREEN YOU'RE GETTING THERE WITH UNDER FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 MINUTES. IF IT'S YELLOW 7 TO 9 MINUTES IF IT'S RED IT'S 11 MINUTE. IF WE LOOK AT THIS ONCE AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A POLICY LEVEL AND CLUSTERING.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE STAFF IN THE REPORT AND SOMETIMES IT'S A TEMPORARY DELAY BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. SOMETIMES IT'S TRAFFIC OR LIABILITY. THE STATION GETS REALLY BUSY OVER HERE. YOU WILL FIND IN THE REPORT THAT OVER 30 PERCENT OF THE TIME ONE OR MORE STATION WILL BE OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE ARE SOME CLUSTERS. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE AND THAT'S GOOD IS THAT WE DON'T SEE MASSIVE CLUSTERS WHERE YOU ARE NOT AT YET. YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR THOSE AND THOSE WILL BE TRIGGERS AS WE START MOVING STUFF.
THIS IS A 1.5 MILE. YOU HAVE THE INSURANCE RATING AND THIS IS WHAT MOST INSURANCE AGENCIES USE AS FAR AS RATE FOR FIRE PROTECTION INCLUDING YOUR WATER PROTECTION YOUR OPERATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM, YOUR TRAINING YOUR STAFFING AND RESPONSE. THOSE ARE ALL ACCUMULATING TO GIVE YOU A RANK OF ONE OF THE TOP AND THEN 10 HAVING NO FIRE PROTECTION. YOU ARE AT A LEVEL II.
THAT'S GOOD. I WILL TELL YOU A SECRET THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW GOOD THE RATES ARE AS LOW AS THEY ARE GOING TO GET. IF YOU GO FROM A TO TWO OR THREE YOU WILL START TO SEE RATES GOING UP ON COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS GOOD. THIS SHOWS THAT YOU ARE AT A 70 PERCENT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE IN THAT MILE RANGE.
THEY SAY THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO A FOUR MINUTE RESPONSE TIME AND THEY SHOW YOU THE FPA STANDARD IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE NEXT THING YOU LOOK AT ARE THE LADDER TRUCK COVERAGE FOR THESE ARE THE FIRE TRUCKS WITH THE AERIAL LETTERS ON THEM.
THEY LIKE TO GET A LETTER WITHIN 2.5 MILE OF EVERY
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THREE-STORY OR HIGH-PROFILE BUILDING HAS THE ACCOMMODATING RISK.HILE THE COVERAGE OF YOUR CITY WITHIN THAT 2.5 MILE WHICH IS AGAIN AKIN TO ABOUT UPDATE MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, THE 62.7 DOES ENCOMPASS ALL THE THREE-STORY RISK.YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS THEM PLACED PROPERLY.
WILL YOU PICK UP POINTS WHEN YOU GET TO SAPPHIRE BAY DO WHAT WE RECOMMEND AND PUT A TRUCK IN WITH A QUINTET WHICH HAS A LETTER ON IT, YOU WILL PICK UP SOME POINTS AND COVERAGE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING YOU ARE LETTER COVERAGE IS GOOD.
THEY WILL STILL RESPOND TO THE OTHER AREAS AND QUITE HONESTLY AT A REASONABLE TIME AND MANNER BUT THERE COULD BE SOME DEVIATION IN THE SCORING BUT YOU HAVE IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE MAINTAINING.
YOU HAVE THE AND CONCENTRATION. CAN YOU OU GET TO 15 TO 17 PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR RISK PROFILE? CAN YOU PUT OUT A SINGLE DWELLING FIRE OR SINGLE STRUCTURE? THAT'S A REASONABLE EXPECTATION FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT TO MUSTER WITHIN THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THEY CAN ASSEMBLE THE 12 TO 16 AND THE 17 TO 21 IN THESE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH VOLUME BUT YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU ARE GETTING SOME 7'S TO 11'S.
YOU ARE CLOSE. YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRE LOSS PROBLEM OR A FIRE LOSS PROGRAM, YOU ARE PUTTING THINGS OUT AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IN THIS AREA YOU WILL SEE THESE BETTER IN THE MAP LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION WHEN YOU ADD STATIONS AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT AUTOMATIC WEEK REGARDLESS OF WHAT WERE RECOMMENDING.
AND, IT JUST GAVE THEM MY FINAL REPORT AND YOU CAN REVIEW IT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. ANYHOW I DIGRESS.
. THE NEXT THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF RESPONSE.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU WHEN YOU CALL DISPATCH CENTER AT THE 9-1-1 WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY TO THE FIRE STATION CALL. THEN WE WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES THE FIRE CREW TO GET ON AND OUT THE DOOR THEN WE LOOK AT THE DRIVE TIME OF 4 TO 5 MINUTES AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE RESPONSE TIME FROM TIME AFTER CALL TO THE TIME THEY GET THERE IN THE TOTAL RESPONSE TIME THAT THEY PICK UP THE 9-1-1 CALL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE CALL PROCESSING TIME IS 43 SECONDS OVER THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION STANDARD. WE ARE DISPATCHED THROUGH A POLICE APP AND DISPATCH CENTER THAT SERVES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND THEY HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE INTERROGATION AND CALL PRACTICING AND OTHER ELEMENTS CAN BE LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED. WE ENCOURAGE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT HEAR THE TURNOUT TIME IS THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET OUT OF THE STATION ABOUT 37 SECONDS OVER THE STANDARD. THIS IS ONE THAT YOU DO CONTROL WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE SEE THIS IN ALMOST EVERY REPORT WE DO. A LOT OF TIMES IS HOW THE DATA IS COLLECTED AND HOW THEY PRESS THE BUTTON IN THE RIG AND IT'S HOW THE STATION IS LAID OUT OVER THE MAP.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING IT COULD JUST BE A TECHNICAL ISSUE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF YOU CAN SHORTEN IT.
THE FIRST UNIT OF ARRIVAL IS SIX MINUTES 34 SECONDS ABOUT TWO MINUTES OVER THE FORMAL STANDARD.
NOT TO BE TOO CONCERNED, MOST JURISDICTIONS IN THE SUBURBAN / URBAN AREAS ARE 6 TO 7 MINUTE. YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS.
THIS IS 90TH PERCENTILE. 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME YOU ARE GETTING THERE IN SIX MINUTES BUT THAT'S LESS THAN AVERAGE.
LESS THAN AVERAGE WOULD BE 4 1/2 WEIRD WE WANT TO SAY 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME YOU CAN GET THERE IN SIX MINUTES 34 SECONDS. THAT CAN BE TRAFFIC OR ADDITIONAL STATIONS OR IT COULD MEAN DIFFERENT ROUTES OR TRAFFIC, IT CAN BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THIS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED ON IT AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO IN THERE REPORTS. SUPPORT PROGRAM OBSERVATIONS YOU HAVE A SIGNED CAPTAIN WHICH DRAMATICALLY INCREASES YOUR TRAINING. WE ARE OUT OF PLACE WHERE THE REGULATORY AND STATUTORY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WILL HAVE THE HOURS TO DO IT. WHEN YOU SEE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT NOT MOWING THE LAWNS ANYMORE OR WE
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TALK ABOUT NEEDING A CHIEF OFFICER IN THE TRAINING DIVISIONS, THEIR SUMMARY STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRAINING IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ALONG WITH FIRE PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS A FIRE CHIEF IN MY LAST LIFE AND WE HAD A CALL WITH A VERY BAD OUTCOME AND THE CALL WAS AT A TRAINING CONDITION AND IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD OUR TRAINING. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR A FIREFIGHTER PERSPECTIVE BUT RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE FIRE CODE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD THAT WE WILL HIT FOR EVERY INSPECTION BUILDING FOR EVERY THREE YEARS AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU ARE HITTING THAT. WE RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT A COMPANY BASED INSPECTION PROGRAM TO ASSIST WITH THE LOWER INSPECTIONS AND WE CAN PUT THAT INTO FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTORS CAN THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE WHICH WE SUPPORT IN THE REPORT THAT CAN NEED SOME HELP.
THEN FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATIONS ARE LIMITED.
WITH THE RECENT PANDEMIC WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE DEEP FREEZE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE CERT PROGRAMS AND PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS IN THE TORNADO AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WATERFRONT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND REASONS FOR YOU TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE HANDLE A LOT OF THEM BUT THEY CAN CERTAINLY ENHANCE AND BE OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PROGRAM. POPULATION INCREASE.
WE DID IT TWO WAYS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
2030 POPULATION IF WE JUST DO THE 2 PERCENT ANNUAL AND STRAIGHT-LINE IT WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 83.
IF WE TAKE THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS WE HAVE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SAPPHIRE BAY OR THE TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD. IT'S JUST THE INFILL.
PLUS THE AVERAGE THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU DO THE MATH YOU WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF 78,000. HE WILL BE BETWEEN 70 AND 83 MOST LIKELY WHICH WILL TAKE YOUR CALLS UP TO 6600 7100 IS YOUR CALL PER CAPITA RATE. YOURS IS 0.5 OR WHICH IS A LOW RATE. THAT IS A SUSTAINABLE RATE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND READ MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE ANNUAL WORK. THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE STRATEGIES GOOD LUCK RUN THROUGH THESE QUICKLY AND THEN YOU CAN ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE HAVE A LOGISTICS CAPTAIN POSITION ON A ROTATING BASIS WHICH LEADS TO CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY CHALLENGES.
IF YOU KEEP POSITION AND FILL IT WITH THE PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT YOU CAN GET SOME INNOVATIVE NEW SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE, ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPROACHES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE ARE THE FULL-TIME TRAINING AND THAT WE TALK ABOUT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A BATTALION CHIEF OR OFFICER OF RANK SO THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT THE TRAINING, WRITE THE TRAINING AND CONDUCT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATUTORY, REGULATORY AND MULTIPLE. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DEPLOY A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SO THAT YOU HAVE A CONSISTENT VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BUILD ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND LEAD TO THE PROPER INFORMATION GOING OUT THE WORKS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY PIO FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO.
THIS TYPE OF STUDY IS WHAT WE CALL A TARGET STUDY.
IT IS A 10 TO 15 YEAR TARGET. IT IS VERY DATA DRIVEN AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH IS AN ANNUAL PLAN THAT YOU UPDATE ANNUALLY BASED ON YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL REALITY.
THAT IS THE BUDGET IN THE 10 TO 15 GOOD THAT IS A VERY CITY PLANNING TEAM . WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
ESTABLISH A CAPITAL FACILITY AND APPARATUS REPLACEMENT FUND.
YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THERE WITH YOUR REPLACEMENT TIMING, CYCLE AND. [INDISCERNABLE] . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS I STATED EARLIER WE RECOMMEND NOT USING PERSONNEL FOR HYDRO FLUSHING. THERE SO FEW HOURS IN THE DAY WHEN THEY CAN BE TRAINING AND HITTING THE MANDATES MORE ACCURATELY AND ASSISTING WITH THE COMPANY LEVEL AND ACTIONS
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SO THAT THE RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO EMERGENCIES.A STANDING ORDER PAULA SAY FOUR CONSECUTIVE OVERTIME WORK, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU RECOMMEND EXTENDING THAT FOR THE TRADE POLICY.
THEN YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE UNION PRESIDENT IN JUST A BIT BUT WE SEE THE 48 /96 SHIFT SCHEDULE FOR YOUR SIZE IT IS THE FACT THAT. IT IS OFFERING SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES BUT WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THE ONE TO 2 YEAR TRIAL PERIOD. ESTABLISH A MEASUREMENT OF CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE THE BUGS ARE WORKED OUT AND IS WORKING WELL. IT IS A 56 HOUR WORK WEEK AND ALLOWED UNDER FLSA AND THERE ARE SOME REAL POSITIVES THAT CAN CREATE. WE RECOMMEND YOU CONTINUE THE 10 YEAR REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRE APPARATUS FOR YOUR MEDICAL UNITS. IT IS AN AGGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE BUT IF YOU DO IT THAT WAY ORDER EARLY YOU GET THEM INSPECTED EARLY YOU GET THEM EQUIPPED AND THEN YOU GET UNITS IN RESERVE. YOU LACK A RESERVE UNIT AND YOU HAVE A LADDER TRUCK FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION REPLACING ONE OF YOURS SO YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT LEAN ON YOUR REPLACEMENT APPARATUS. YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH-UP ON YOUR REPLACEMENT PLAN BUT ONCE YOU HAVE IT YOU CAN BE UP AND READY TO GO.
SO, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND WE WILL GO OVER THIS AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING FROM THE SOUTH, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE SAPPHIRE BAY DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD IF THEY CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS PLANNED. WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU INCREMENTALLY INCREASE STAFFING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS AT ONCE YOU THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU CAN LENGTHEN IT OR SHORTEN IT BUT WE GIVE YOU A SIX-YEAR WINDOW ON HOW YOU CAN BRING ON BODIES IN INCREMENTS BEFORE THAT STATION HAS OPENED. BEFORE THAT STATION OPENS UP WE ANTICIPATE FIVE. YOU WILL HAVE THE BODIES IN PLACE AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE STATIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE MEANTIME THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE UTILIZED WITHIN THOSE STATIONS ON THE WEST SIDE SO THAT THEY CAN AUGMENT STAFFING AND OFFSET OVER TIME AND BE USED IF YOU NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT DURING THE DAY.
WE CAN ALSO DO STAFFING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND TO HELP GET RESOURCES QUICKER TO THOSE AREAS THAT LACK COVERAGE AS DEVELOPMENTS GO IN. WE ALSO RECOMMEND YOU ESTABLISH THE AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT WITH GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE EXTRA RESPONSE. THAT IS THE SERVICE DEMANDS.
CONVERT THE TRAINING CAPTAIN TO PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT, LIKE I SAID THE CHIEF OFFICER WOODS BE BEST FOR THAT.
ADD ONE UNIFORM FIRE INSPECTOR THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR PREPLANNED PROGRAM WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM WHERE EVERY BUILDING WILL GET LOOKED AT AND NOT ONLY DO THE COMPANIES GO IN AND DO THE BASIC INSPECTION IS MORE OF A PREPLANNED INSPECTION. THEY KNOW WHERE THE GAS SHIFTS ARE AT THEY KNOW WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IT THAT.
THEY IDENTIFY ANY HAZARD BEFORE THE FIRE PREVENTION DECISION AND THE INSPECTOR OR STAFF CAN GET THE PROBLEM FIXED.
IT IS A NICE INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THE BUILDING PLANS. AND THEN DOWN AT SAPPHIRE BAY MARINA, COORDINATE AND NAVIGATE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS TO BE INSTALLED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY DEVASTATING ARENA FIRES HERE IN TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THERE IS LIMITED FIRE PROTECTION DOWN THERE IN THAT AREA.
AS YOU GET DOWN THERE WITH YOUR STATION IN YOU BILL.
IT IS GOING TO FALL IN YOUR PURVIEW BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED TO LISTEN TO DEL TO GET BUILT IN DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS WHERE APPROPRIATE AND ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON THE BALLAST WATER RESCUE TO THE MARINA AREA. FIRE STATION LOCATION ANALYSIS.
WHAT WE DID IS A FOUR MINUTE DRIVE TIME THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY AND THEN WE DID IT WITH THE NEWS STATION TO MOVING SOUTH 5 AND 6 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW YOUR FOUR MINUTES AND YOUR FIVE-MINUTE GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE JURISDICTION AND IN THESE WHITE AREAS THAT YOU COULDN'T GET TO GO AWAY KID THIS WOULD BE YELLOW EXCEPT THERE IS NO ROAD
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UP THERE YET. YOU WILL BE EVERYWHERE YOU NEED TO GET IN THAT FOUR-MINUTE RESPONSE WITH NO PROBLEM.THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STAFF THOSE STATIONS AND START WORKING WITH GARLAND ON AUTOMATIC AID AND YOU CAN SEE THESE AREAS TO THE WEST THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT LEAN WITH THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE GET DARKER.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL WITH THE AREAS OF INFILL. WITH THE STATION 5 AND 6 AND THE AUTOMATIC AGREEMENT IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT WITH GARLAND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST THREE YEARS, THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
YOU MIGHT NOT CHOOSE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
IF YOU NEED 21 BODIES TO STOP THE STATION DOWN AT SAPPHIRE BAY WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU FOUR ON THAT ENGINE TRUCK I TOLD YOU ABOUT AND THEN TO ON THE ANNUAL SHIFT RELIEF ACT OR IF YOU HIRED EIGHT, 21, 7 AND 6 THAT GET YOU THERE.
CAN SEE WHAT YOUR ANNUAL COST WOULD BE.
THIS IS NOT A CHEAP ENDEAVOR BUT YOU YOU DO IT IN INCREMENTS IT MAKES IT MORE TOLERABLE. IF YOU USE THE SAFER GRANT TO DO THAT. WE DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO DOWN THERE AND PUT SIX PEOPLE IN A FIRE STATION.
WE SAY START WITH PUTTING FOR DOWN THERE AND WE CAN DO AND ADAPT THE RESPONSE BETWEEN AN AMBULANCE AND EQUIPMENT APPARATUS. ULTIMATELY IT IS WHAT THE RISK PROFILE CALLS WERE IN YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS HOW TO MEASURE AGAINST THAT AND WHEN THE TIME COMES YOU CAN HAVE FOUR ON THE TRUCK AND TWO ON THE AMBULANCE. THAT WOULD BE AT STATION FIVE.
STATION SIX WHICH WILL BE UP NORTH AND TRAILS COTTONWOOD WOULD BE A TWO-PERSON STAFFING 24/7 TO START WITH.
IT ULTIMATELY WOULD GO TO SIX THE RE-ZERO.
IF YOU HIRED 3 AND 2023, 2024 AND 2025 YOU CAN DO IT IN A 230 TO $250,000 BLOCK. SO IF YOU DID THE ACCUMULATIVE YOU WOULD BE AT ABOUT 700,000 ANNUAL COST TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT IS AN IDEA OF HOW TO SPACE IT OUT AND USE GRANT AND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING.
OBVIOUSLY AS THE DEVELOPMENT GOES AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THE ONE-TIME COST AND AS TIME GOES ON AND 80 GOES UP AND SALES TAX COMES IN HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS AND PROPER PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE CITY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE GENERALLY THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
2021 IF YOU DID THIS AND THAT COVERAGE INCREASES.
2022 YOU DO SEVEN, 2023 IF THE DEVELOPMENT GOES THE WAY YOU SAY IT GOES YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT STATION 5 FOR 6 PEOPLE OR BACK IT OFF IF GOING SLOWER OR SPEEDED UP IF IT'S GOING FASTER. 2020 APRIL 3, 2022 FIVE THREE AND THEN KEEP THREE PEOPLE AT STATION SIX.
THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE WITH THE CITY STAFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND CITY MANAGERS WOULD MODEL THIS AND THEY MIGHT COME UP WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE BETTER BUT WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS. AND THEN THAT IS 200 SOMETHING PAGES IN 30 MINUTES. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO STOP AND TURN IT BACK TO THE CHIEF. WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE UNION PRESIDENT BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS?
>> SPEAKER: IF COUNSEL IS OKAY WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE JOSH TO DO HIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR: LET ME PAUSE RIGHT THERE.
HOW MUCH TIME IS JOSH'S PRESENTATION, APPROXIMATELY?
>> SPEAKER: I CAN GO AS FAST AS I NEED TO GO MADAM MAYOR.
>> MAYOR: I DON'T KNOW IT'S MINUTES, 15 TO 30 MINUTE.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME. OUR REGULAR MEETING STARTS IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES SO WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE BRIAN?
>> SPEAKER: MAYOR, I DON'T WANT TO CUT JOSH SHORT AND I KNOW WHEN I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND THEN THE
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FOLLOW-UPS WITH NEIL, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE THEY HAVE SATISFIED ME. I AM PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, TOO. I WOULD PREFER TO GIVE JOSH ENOUGH TIME TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE, THE RESEARCH THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BE READY BECAUSE IT IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.I WOULD RATHER COME BACK AND DO THAT THAN CUT HIM SHORT
TONIGHT. >> MAYOR: ARE YOU SAYING COME BACK AND DO THAT AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING?
>> SPEAKER: MAY BE PART OF OUR BUDGET MEETING?
>> MAYOR: MAYBE NOT TONIGHT WERE PART OF ANOTHER MEETING?
>> SPEAKER: WE COULD DO THAT I JUST DON'T WANT TO CUT HIM
SHORT. >> MAYOR: YOU GET TO MAKE THAT
DECISION. >> SPEAKER: JOSH, IT COULD PROBABLY BE AN HOUR AND 1/2 OR SO BEFORE WE WOULD FINISH THE REGULAR MEETING AND THEN COME BACK.
AND SO, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE PREPARED TO DO TONIGHT? OR WOULD YOU RATHER US SCHEDULE YOU FOR ANOTHER NIGHT?
>> SPEAKER: TO BE HONEST I WOULD RATHER RESCHEDULE.
TONIGHT I WAS JUST TOLD TO MAKE ONE SLIDE WAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE A FULL PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO YOU BRIAN IF THAT IS AN OPTION.
AS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD
RATHER DO THAT. >> MAYOR: COUNSEL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A FEW MINUTES TO ADDRESS THOSE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT WITH US.
COUNSEL, OTHER THAN THE 4896 WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL WOMAN BROWN? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE ONE GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THE STAFFING COST.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR SOME SAFER GRANTS AND ASSUME THAT WE WILL DO THAT AS WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO END THE FUTURE.
AND SO, YOUR COST PROJECTIONS FOR STAFFING THESE STATIONS OR BEEFING UP THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, YOU MENTIONED THE SAFER GRANT, WAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS ADDUCTOR FOR THIS COST? OR IS THAT THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY? >> SPEAKER: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE IS NO DEDUCT IF YOU WERE TO USE OR GAIN ANY SAFER GRANT. THAT WOULD BE A SUBTRACTION AND IT WOULD BE A NET COST TO THE CITY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT AND THAT IS THAT THE CURRENT SAFER GRANT FOR I BELIEVE IT IS NINE, TIM, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELPED ME WITH THAT IS IT NINE
FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT NOW? >> SPEAKER: CORRECT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS SAPPHIRE BAY. THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
IS THAT, IS YOUR PLAN TO FULLY COVER FIRE STATION NUMBER 5 REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE SAFER GRANT FOR THE FIRST NINE OR 10 FIREFIGHTERS?
DID I ASK THAT QUESTION RIGHT? >> SPEAKER: ARE YOU ASKING
SHELDON OR ME? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: WHICH
EVERYONE WANTS TO ANSWER IT. >> SPEAKER: CHIEF, I THINK I
SHOULD DEFER TO YOU. >> SPEAKER: I THINK THE PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE SAFER GRANT QUESTIONS.
TO THE STAFFING STATION FIVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO ACTIVE SAFER GRANTS. ONES THAT WE USED TOWARDS THE STAFFING OF STATION 4 AND THE CURRENT ONES THAT WE ARE USING TOWARDS STATION FIVE. WE DO HAVE SOME CAPACITY BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT STATION.
WE DO ANTICIPATE THESE ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO FULLY STAFF STATION FIVE WHEN IT COMES ONLINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY IS THAT THE PRESENTATION THAT MR. GILBERT DID THIS EVENING WAS TO FULLY STAFF SAPPHIRE BAY REGARDLESS OF WHERE THOSE DECISIONS COME FROM. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> SPEAKER: YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE NOT DEDUCTED ANY IMPACT FROM THE CURRENT SAFER GRANT? THAT WAS MY POINT AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE KIDDING
YET. >> MAYOR: YES IT WAS THINK.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARGOLIS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, WITH THE FLEET ISSUES THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CURRENTLY WITH,
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THE QUESTION IS IF WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPERIENCE THESE FLEET MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND SINCE IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ROUGHLY 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE NEW FIRE APPARATUS IS DELIVERED, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND EITHER PURCHASE OR SHORT-TERM LEASE THE NEWER FIRE ENGINE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO BORROW RIGHT NOW FROM OUR VENDOR? I ASSUME THIS WOULD PROVIDE OUR DEPARTMENT WITH A PERMANENT RELIABLE BACKUP TO OUR FRONTLINE APPARATUS AND WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A PERMANENT LOCKER TRUCK FOR HIGHWAY ACCIDENT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BELOOKED INTO OR EXPLORED? >> MAYOR: I'M NOT SURE IF THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE REPORT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. CAN WE LEAVE THAT QUESTION FOR
BUDGET CONVERSATION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE.
IT DID SAY IN THE REPORT THAT IT RECOMMENDED AN ADDITIONAL
RESERVE APPARATUS. >> MAYOR: YOU'RE ASKING IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND ALL I AM SAYING IS UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET DECISION-MAKING.
>> SPEAKER: IT IS A BUDGET CONVERSATION BUT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH NEIL WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP IT AS LONG AS WE CAN.
WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DOING THAT I JUST THINK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH APPARATUS ON THE GROUND.
>> MAYOR: HE IS ASKING A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING FOR IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO WITH OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE.
I GUESS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
AT LEAST NOT WITH THE VENDOR AT THIS POINT.
>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. WITH REGARDS TO THE AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT WITH GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE THIS WAS FOR A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF STAFFING FOR MULTIFAMILY OR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF SO, WE HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT NOW WITH GARLAND SO, PRETTY MUCH IF WE HAD A WORKING MULTIFAMILY INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL FIRE-EYE ASSUME THAT THAT VISUAL AID AGREEMENT WOULD BE CALLED UPON FOR ASSISTANCE? JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON WHY AN AUTOMATIC AID
AGREEMENT IS RECOMMENDED. >> SPEAKER: GREAT QUESTION.
MUTUAL AID IS NORMALLY ADMINISTERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN SHE DID GERMAN THAT IT EXCEEDS YOUR CAPABILITIES YOU ASK YOUR HELP. AN AUTOMATIC AID IS A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT AGREEMENT WHERE YOU INCLUDE THEM AS PART OF YOUR INITIAL DISPATCH.
YOU DON'T LOOK ON THE NAME ON THE DOOR YOU SEND THEM THE CLOSEST UNITS IRREGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS.
IT WOULD INCLUDE WORKING ON TECHNOLOGY IN THE DISPATCH SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND BECOME SEAMLESS.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME ON THEIR SIDE.
THEY WOULD HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE WE COULD DEFINITELY HELP THEM WHERE WOULD BE THE FIRST CALLED ON ASSIGNMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE REPORT OF THE FIRE IN THE BUILDING AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
>> MAYOR: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE REPORT WAS TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AND THE CHIEF THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NEXT STEP.
I WAS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THAT IN MY OPINION.
ANY OTHER COMMENT? IT IS A VERY GOOD REPORT TO HAVE. IT IS VERY THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 48 / 96 DISCUSSION AND I THINK WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH THAT UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE. WHITNEY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
OKAY. >> SPEAKER: ONE MORE LAST
THING. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD BRIAN.
>> SPEAKER: I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM . WE HAD SOME GREAT CONSULTANTS WITH THIS AND THEY DID GO BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION AND SENDING DRAFT SPEC TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT.
THIS WAS NOT A TIME WHERE YOU LIT A MATCH AND SAID EVERYTHING IS SCARY BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ALWAYS WILL BE I
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THINK THIS IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH AND IT SHOWS US WHERE OUR VULNERABILITIES WERE FOR THE FUTURE AND NOW IN TIME FOR US TO DO SOME SERIOUS PLANNING FOR IT. I REALLY WANT TO THANK CHIEF HOWARD AND HIS STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS.THERE WERE QUITE A FEW TO PARCHMENT PERSONNEL INVOLVED AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON IT.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE.
WE WILL TAKE A
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