Jul 20, 2021 City Council Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> WE ARE GOING TO START OUR MEETING WITH ITEM 3A. JOINT MEETING WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER

[3A. Joint meeting with the Animal Shelter Advisory Board. (30 minutes)]

>> I DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM SO I WILL CALL MY BOARD TO ORDER BUT WE DO HAVE MICHELLE WITH US TODAY AND SHE IS ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS. THEN, WE HAVE VICTORINO FROM THE SHELTER AS WELL AS ASHER FROM THE SHELTER.

>> WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE.

>> THEN WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS? >> OKAY.

>> I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I WAS ON MY PHONE.

>> THIS IS WHERE YOU DO THE SONG AND DANCE, ASHER.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT MYSELF.

>> I'M GLAD I CAME IN AND SET EVERYTHING UP. I CAN GET STARTED ABOUT THE UPCOMING STUFF IF YOU WANT TO. OUR ADVISORY BOARD CONSISTS OF SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS AND IS ONE OF THE BOARDS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND HAS VERY SPECIFIC MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS WE DO HAVE A VETERINARIAN ON OUR BOARD, DOCTOR HOAG. WE HAD TO HAVE A ANIMAL WELFARE REPRESENTATIVE AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MICHELLE FROM FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS. AND, OTHER THAN THAT IT IS LIKE THE REGULAR BOARD. WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR BUT THIS PAST YEAR EVEN WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS WE DIDN'T MEET MORE FREQUENTLY BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS THIS YEAR WAS TO REVIEW ALL OF THE CITY ORDINANCES RELATED TO ANIMALS AND THAT WAS A GRUELING PROCESS. WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SECTION, WE TALKED ABOUT WORDS THAT WERE MISLEADING, WE GOT INPUT FROM THE SHELTER STAFF AS TO WHAT TYPES OF COMPLAINTS THEY RECEIVED, WHAT WAS ENFORCEABLE, WHAT WASN'T ENFORCEABLE AND WE MADE SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO THAT. I KNOW THAT ASHER IS WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THOSE SUGGESTED REVISIONS AND THEY WILL BE COMING UP FOR REVIEW LATER ON. WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH

THAT. >> DID YOU CHANGE THE NUMBER OF

CHICKENS? >> AS OF YET, NO. WE ARE STILL

WORKING ON THAT. >>HOW MANY CHICKENS DO YOU

WANT? >> MAKE SURE TO KEEP ROOSTERS OUT OF THERE, RIGHT? I REMEMBER THE ROOSTER

DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: SERIOUSLY, ARE THERE MAJOR REVISIONS, MINOR STUFF, WHAT IS THE TENOR OF IT?

>> SPEAKER: FOR THE MOST PART IT IS MINOR IT JUST DEALS WITH THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE ORDINANCE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD PETS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AND IT HAS STILL GOT VERY CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CARE FOR THE ANIMALS. THAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE

THAT I RECALL. >> SPEAKER: THE CHICKENS ARE ON THEIR AND WE WERE LIMITING STUFF WITH LIVESTOCK ANIMALS AND EQUINE ANIMALS BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT SAFE AND REALISTIC.

>> SPEAKER: IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING ALL OF THE ORDINANCES ANOTHER FOCUS FOR THE BOARD THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ON REVIEWING

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I AM GOING TO KEEP GOING UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO - ALL RIGHT. IN THE SLIDE BACK THERE WAS A LIST AT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR I AM GOING TO SKIP OVER THE STATISTICS IN THE HOPE THAT WE GET THAT BACKUP AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS. I AM NOT A BOARD MEMBER OF FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS BUT I AM A PET OWNER. THAT ORGANIZATION DOES SO MUCH FOR THE SHELTER AS FAR AS VOLUNTEER ANIMALS, ENRICHMENT FOR THE ANIMALS, ADVERTISING FOR THE ANIMALS AND HELPING THE SHELTER STAFF HAVE THE HIGH LIVE RELEASE RATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. ONE OF THE REASONS I BRING THIS UP, I HAVE FELT LIKE THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD SHOULD BE DOING MORE FOR THE SHELTER BUT THEY HAVE SUCH A STRONG VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WE HAVE SEPARATED THOSE DIVISIONS AND PWE ARE GOING TO LET SOME FOCUS ON VOLUNTEERING AND HELPING THE SHELTER AND THAT IS ACTUALLY VICTORIA AND ASHER'S PREFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY RECEIVE. WE WILL FOCUS ON THE COMPLIANCE AND ANGST LIKE THAT. THAT IS HOW THAT DIVISION HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE AN OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY IF THERE IS ONE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IT IS PROBABLY THIS BECAUSE OF HOW MANY HOURS THEY DEVOTE TO THE SHELTER AND THE ANIMALS.

INCORPORATED YOU, MICHELLE, AND EVERYTHING YOU DO. SHE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO SAY ANY OF THAT. [LAUGHTER] SHE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED. OKAY. I HAVE A PRESENTATION. LET'S GO TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE SIX ON IT AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT PAGE THAT IS. I AM GOING TO DRAFT THAT. ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS REALLY VERY PHENOMENAL FOR SUCH A SMALL SHELTER. TO BE CONSIDERED A NO KILL TYPE SHELTER IT HAS TO BE A LIVE RELEASE RATE OF 90 PERCENT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THAT MEDICALLY HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED AND MAYBE EVEN BEHAVIORALLY ALTHOUGH THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN THIS TIMEFRAME. THE CITY HAS NOT HAD TO EUTHANIZE FOR SPACE IN THIS WHOLE TIMEFRAME. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. THAT IS REALLY OUTSTANDING FOR SUCH A SMALL SHELTER WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN. I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEDICATED STAFF THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE DEVOTION TO THE ANIMALS ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE VOLUNTEERS TO ADVERTISE THEM. YOU CAN SEE THAT 2021 WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH MEDICAL ISSUES THIS YEAR AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SEVERE CASES BUT IT IS NOT DUE TO ANYTHING THAT THE SHELTER IS DOING DIFFERENT, IT IS JUST THE SEVERE MEDICAL CASES COMING IN

AND I'M SURE THAT IS CHANGING. >> IS THAT BASED ON THE

EUTHANIZE NUMBER? >> SPEAKER: IT IS ACTUALLY THE DIET AND SHELTER. LUCKILY THERE WASN'T AN OUTBREAK AT THE SHELTER BUT I THINK IT IS BASICALLY PART OF THE OVER ONCE THEY GET INTO THE SHELTER IT'S HARD TO GET OUT. IN 2018 THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS BUT FROM 20 17TH 2018 THERE WERE 74 TOTAL AND THAT WAS FROM AN OUTBREAK. THE REASON THE

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NUMBER OF WHAT WAS RELEASED. >> SPEAKER: ANY TIME THERE IS AN OUTBREAK THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. IT DOES PUT A LOT OF EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY ON THEM TO DO MORE DEEP CLEANING AND FREQUENT CLEANING AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB TO TRY TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL. STILL, ONLY A 93 PERCENT LIVE RELEASE RATE IS GOOD. FOR THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE I AM STILL VERY PROUD OF THAT NUMBER, RIGHT? AND THE FACT THAT THEY AREN'T HAVING ANYTHING EUTHANIZED FOR SPACE. SO, I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UPCOMING RENOVATIONS AND AS A CITIZEN I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR SHELTER RENOVATIONS AND THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM A LOT WITH HOW THEY UTILIZE THEIR SPACE AS WELL AS HOW IT PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC AND I KNOW THOSE BIDS ARE OUT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT AWARDED AND GET WORK STARTED ON THAT. HOWEVER, THAT IS NEVER ENOUGH, RIGHT? EVERY DIVISION WANTS MORE MONEY. THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE INSIDE WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PICTURES THERE ESPECIALLY IN THE TEXAS HEAT THE DOGS NEED PROPER SHADE WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE DOGS NEED TO GET OUTSIDE FOR THEIR MENTAL STIMULATION. THERE HAS BEEN A DONATION DRIVE THAT WAS STARTED THAT THEY HAVE ADVERTISE A LOT TO HELP MANY WITH THE EXTERNAL RENOVATIONS AS WELL. AND THAT IS NEEDED AS MUCH AS THE INTERNAL. AND OF COURSE WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE NEEDS SURVEY THAT IS GOING ON WILL PUT THE ANIMAL, A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER UP HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ASSESSMENT WHEN IT'S DONE. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH A GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF AND THEY ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THEIR NEW SHELTER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET. THEY WILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY ROWLETT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP GARLANDS. NOW THAT GARLAND HAS EXCESS CAPACITY MAYBE THEY CAN HELP ROWLETT BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE. ONE THING THAT GARLAND HAS DONE THAT IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE TO THE SHELTER IS THEY HAVE ADDED A BEHAVIOR LIST TO THE STAFF TO FOCUS ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION FOR THE HARD TO ADOPT AND ENRICHMENT FOR THE ANIMALS WHEN THEY ARE THERE.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD AS OUR

CITY IS CONTINUING. >> MAYOR: I LOVE IT,

BEHAVIORIST.[LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: THEY HAVE REAL SUCCESS WITH DOGS THAT WERE DEEMED UNADOPTABLE. THE BEHAVIORIST WORKS WITH THEM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BE ADOPTED.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: YOU HEAR ABOUT THOSE DOGS WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IT IS MORE OF A PEOPLE ISSUE THEN IN ANIMAL.

THEY CAN WORK WITH THEM AND PUT THEM BACK INTO THE HOME AND

IT'S WONDERFUL. >> SPEAKER: THE SHELTER ENVIRONMENT IS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL FOR AN ANIMAL AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT WILL BE NICE ABOUT GARLAND'S NEW SHELTER WITH MORE SEPARATION FOR THE ANIMALS AND IT WILL BE LESS STRESSFUL. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THE ENRICHMENT WHILE THEY ARE HERE. AND THEN, WE DO THE, THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION GETS A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM CITIZENS. WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF KITTEN FOOD OR NEED BLANKETS, TOWELS, TOYS, WHATEVER, THEY PUT A PLEA ON FACEBOOK AND THE CITY IS VERY GENEROUS WITH THAT. THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SAVE THEIR MONEY AND BUDGET FOR OTHER CASES AS WELL. THAT IS WHERE THEY DO

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>> PEOPLE WANT TO HELP HER DO WE GET CALLS EVERY DAY, HOW CAN I HELP, WHAT CAN I DO? IF WE GET MORE WE DONATE IT IN OTHER PLACES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS COME TO US AND WE

HELP THEM AS WELL. >> MAYOR: WE NEVER SAY NO?

>> SPEAKER: EXACTLY. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I SAW THAT

FRIDAY WAS HAMBURGER DAY. >> MAYOR: THAT'S HILARIOUS.

IN. >> SPEAKER: ALSO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A SHELTER HERE SO WHEN YOU NEED TO FIND A COMPANION YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> MAYOR: HOW DID YOU PREVENT THE MASSIVE SPREAD OF THE

DISEASE? >> SPEAKER: THE FIRST TIME WE GOT IT WE HAD A HARD TIME WITH COMMUNITY SERVICING IT AND ANY TIME YOU TOUCH A CAT THAT IS INFECTED IN YOU TOUCH ANOTHER ONE YOU POTENTIALLY INFECT THE SECOND ONE. LET'S SAY THEY KNOCK THE LITTER ON THE FLOOR IF YOU WALK THROUGH IT YOU HAVE ANOTHER INFECTED TRANSMISSION. WHEREVER YOU STEP THERE YOU GO.

WE HAD TO LIMIT CONTACT WITH THE ANIMALS AND WE ALSO SWITCHED TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DISINFECTANT AND WITH THE SWITCH AND DISINFECTING OURSELVES FROM HANDLING THE ANIMALS THE NEW DISINFECTANT FOR THE PAUSE IS ALSO WORKING WITH THE VET WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT WE WORK TO DEVELOP A PLAN IF THEY COME DOWN WITH IT WHAT WOULD WE DO TO KEEP OTHERS FROM COMING DOWN WITH IT WE WENT FROM A 50 PERCENT MORTALITY RATE TO A 90 PERCENT SURVIVAL. IT WAS WORK, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS AND ACTUALLY HEARTBREAKING.

>> MAYOR: YOU STOP THE SPREAD FROM CONTINUING?

>> SPEAKER: YES. IT WAS ISOLATED KITTENS. IT WASN'T TO SPREAD FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IT WAS ISOLATED WHICH MEANS THEY ARE COMING IN WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE PROTOCOLS WE HAD WE WERE ABLE TO STOP IT. THE VIRUSES THAT CAUSE PART OF OHIO BEEN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT IS THE SCARY PART. AND IT IS A CRAZY ISSUE.

>> MAYOR: DO YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS ABOUT STAYING AT THE 90 PERCENT IS THAT THROUGH SEPTEMBER?

>> SPEAKER: YES. IT IS A FISCAL YEAR. TO ME, IT IS A GREAT NUMBER TO THROW OUT THERE BUT I WORRY MORE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE ANIMALS.

>> MAYOR: YOU DON'T WANT TO GO FROM A KILL TO KNOW KILL AND GO

BACK. >> SPEAKER: IF THE ANIMALS ARE SUFFERING AND THAT PUSHES US UNDERNEATH THEN THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. AT THE OTHER TIME IT IS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD AGAIN. SOME PLACES WILL REPORT WRONG OR KEEP THE ANIMAL SUFFERING TO KEEP THE ANIMALS UP AND IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE

QUALITY OF CARE. >> SPEAKER: BEING A KITTEN FOSTER, YOU CAN TELL IF THEY CAN BOTH THROUGH OR NOT. THE RIGHT THING IS TO EUTHANIZE THEM BUT THEY REACH A CERTAIN POINT AND ONCE YOU DO IT ENOUGH YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THAT POINT AND WATCHING THEM SUFFER IS DEFINITELY WORSE. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE SHELTER IS AT A POINT WHERE IF ONE DIES YOU JUST EUTHANIZE THE WHOLE LITTER. THEY ARE NOT JUST MAKING DECISIONS ON THAT INDIVIDUAL KITTEN STATE AND WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT THING

TO DO. >> MAYOR: THE CATCH AND RELEASE, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING?

>> SPEAKER: WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. TNR RETURN, I WILL SAY THAT THAT RETURN IS IMPORTANT, IS NOT RELEASED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST RELEASING THEM ANYWHERE.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HOME FROM WHERE IT CAME FROM AND IT IS COMMUNION DRIVEN. EACH ONE OF THE COLONY MANAGERS SIGNS UP IN THE PROGRAM AND THE SHELTER HAS ACCESS SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE THE COLONIES ARE. SO, THEY WILL LOAN THE TRUCKS TO THE RESIDENCE AND ALSO PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR THE TNR AND HELP THEM GET THE SCHEDULE AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO IT BUT IT IS THE

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SO, IT IS AT VOLUNTEER BASE RIGHT NOW. IT IS GOING WELL.

I DIDN'T COME WITH NUMBERS, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT BUT WE DO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF QUALITY MANAGERS THROUGHOUT ROWLETT, DEFINITELY SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A LOT MORE AND GETTING THE WORD OUT, WE ARE HOPING TO DO THAT THIS COMING FALL AND SEE ABOUT GETTING DOOR HANGERS AND GET EVERYBODY IN THE PROBLEMATIC NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IS OUT WHERE THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH AND START GETTING EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM. IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING THE CAT STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IRRITATING YOU BUT HOPING SOLVE A PROBLEM AND HELP THEM LIVE OUT THEIR LIFE.

>> MAYOR: I WONDER IF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT COULD HELP OUT WITH

THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? >> SPEAKER: THAT'S A GOOD

THOUGHT. >> MAYOR: IT COULDN'T HURT.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE ALL GATHERED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: MICHELLE, I HAVE A QUESTION, I WAS JUST READING IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 80 PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE. DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET TO THAT PERCENTAGE? I'M SURE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.

>> SPEAKER: I FEEL LIKE IN ROWLETT, GETTING THE WORD OUT AND HAVING EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE BIGGER PROBLEM. ONCE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW THAT WORK AND HOW IT WILL HELP THEM RATHER THAN HINDER THEM IF THEY DON'T LIKE THEM IN THE YARD OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGER HURDLE AND THAT IS WHAT WILL TAKE MORE TIME. I THINK ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT AND SEE HOW IT WILL BENEFIT YOU EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE CATS, ONCE WE CAN DO THAT AND ONCE WE CAN GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND TAKE THEM TO GET THE SURGERIES DONE IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO MANY YEARS. I THINK THERE ARE SOME STATS ON CITIES THAT ARE LIKE ROWLETT. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL ONE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THERE POPULATION COMPARES TO OURS BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OVER 80 PERCENT AND APPARENTLY THEY ARE DOING WELL.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LONG-RANGE PROGRAM AND SO THAT EDUCATION PIECE IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE REALLY EFFECTIVE.

>> SPEAKER: COVID DID SET THINGS BACK BECAUSE THE CLINICS THAT DO'S PAY AND NEUTER WERE SHUT DOWN AS WELL DURING CERTAIN PERIODS. WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING A DIFFERENT SETBACK. FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NEW TO COUNSEL AND WEREN'T THERE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE TNR PROCESS WE INTENTIONALLY WANTED FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM VERSUS THE CITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO ADD MORE BURDEN TO THE CITY STAFF. SO, WHAT WE DID AS A BOARD WAS GET IT SO THE ORDINANCE IS ALLOWED IN THE ANIMALS TO BE RETURNED ONCE THEY WERE FIXED AND NOW THEY ARE COMPLETELY MANAGING THAT PROGRAM IN THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO WHERE THEY ARE THERE NOT

HAVING TO ACTIVELY MANAGE IT. >> SPEAKER: IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE GETS CITED FOR FEEDING THE OUTDOOR CATS WITH WHICH THEY ARE NUTS WAS TO DO AND LESS YOU ARE SIGNED UP AS A COLONY MANAGER, ONCE THEY GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE SHELTER THEY COME TO US AND THEN THEY FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT. THAT IS ONE WAY IT IS COMING THROUGH US.

>> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK

YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT, GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3B

[3B. Present and receive input regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program 2021 Annual Action Plan. (30 minutes)]

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>> SPEAKER: NO, I AM THE REPLACEMENT. I AM NOT THE MAN IN CHARGE, I AM JUST THE MAN HERE TO INTRODUCE. THANK YOU, COUNSEL, I AM ALEX THROUGH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT URBAN

CENTER. >> MAYOR: CAN YOU GUYS TALK IN THE HALL? SORRY. > SPEAKER: NO PROBLEM. I WANT TO INTRODUCE SUSAN NICK'S OUR ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS BACK HERE TO ASSIST WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND ALSO TO DELIVER THE VISITATION IS JOE CAROL, OUR LONGTIME CONSULTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY BLOCK PROGRAM. I WILL TURN IT OVER

TO HER. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH I AM GLAD TO BE HERE. THE OBJECT TONIGHT IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED CBG FUNDS. REMEMBER FROM THE PAST PRESENTATIONS THE CDBG PROGRAM HAS THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH REQUIRE AND THESE HAD TO BE ONE OF THE THREE OBJECTIVES AND THE FIRST WAS TO RIGHTLY ASSIST A PERSON IN A HOUSEHOLD AND HAD DEFINED THAT AS HOUSEHOLDS WITH LESS THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE AREA'S MEDIAN INCOME. THE SECOND WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE BLIGHT AND THE THIRD IS OUR URGENT COMMITTEE NEEDS SUCH AS DISASTER RELIEF. THE CHART THERE SHOWS THE 2021 INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS ONE CAN EARN UP TO 49,850 AND THE MEDIAN INCOME HERE IN ROWLETT IS ACTUALLY $89,000.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR. ON THE LEFT IT SHOWS VARIOUS PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS AND THAT WOULD BE PROJECTS RELATED TO STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IN LOW INCOME AREAS SUCH AS BLOCK GROUPS THAT CONTAIN MORE THAN WHAT IS IT, 34 PERCENT OF LOW INCOME HERE IN ROWLETT.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WHERE IT WOULD BE SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINS AND GUTTERS AND SO ON. AND THEN ODE IN FIRST ENFORCEMENT YOU CAN SEE THIS WOULD BE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES, HUD CAPS THE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND IS AT 13 PERCENT. THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DELIVER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ROWLETT RESIDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SO, BASED ON INPUT FROM COUNSEL THIS LAST TIME THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED, WE HAD A PROPOSED ALLOCATION SHOWING THAT HUD FACILITIES OVER $100,000 WERE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRACY TRAIL ALLEY PUBLIC SERVICES, CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO BE DELIVERED BY THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AFTER SCHOOL L OUTREACH PROGRAM IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS AND THAT IS FOR 23,$23,038 AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF THE 57,383. THIS SHOWS A CALLOUT OF THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED ALLEY. TRACY TRAIL YOU CAN SEE IT IS AN ELIGIBLE CDBG AREA. THE ALLEY COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 353,000 AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM BOND ALLEY FUNDING TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE PROJECT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ALTERNATE FUNDING PROPOSAL AND SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSE TO UTILIZE LIKE

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ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. WHO IS RUNNING THE SLIDESHOW, YOU ARE? CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON THE

NUMBER PAGE? >> SPEAKER: THE BUDGET?

>> MAYOR: NO, THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED CONSISTENCY ON.

THE OTHER IS FOR A LATER DISCUSSION. CAN WE TALK ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION? CAN THE CHIEF COME BACK IN?

>> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY! >> MAYOR: WHAT THE HECK WERE

YOU GOING TO DO? >> SPEAKER: WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WHAT WE ARE OPPOSING IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON DUTY TO LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO REACH OUT PROACTIVELY TO CHILDREN, MAINLY, BUT RESIDENTS AS WELL TO HAND OUT STICKERS AND COLORING BOOKS AND TO STOP AND TALK AND MAYBE DRAW CHALK ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THEM AND PLAY SOME BASKETBALL OR FOOTBALL AND TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND NEIGHBORS AND GIVE THEM FACES AND NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION AND MAYBE EVEN EMAILS AND TALK TO PARENTS. WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE SO THIS IS BRAND-NEW FOR US. THERE ARE SOME, ESPECIALLY THE SISTER AGENCIES, GARLAND, AS NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THIS AND SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE STOLEN FROM BUT WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO DO THAT. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PROPOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND DO SOME OUTREACH. DO SOME COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. AN OFFICER WOULD COME IN FOR THIS SHIFT, SIGN UP FOR IT AND THEY WOULD GRAB A MARKED POLICE VEHICLE, IN A MARKED UNIFORM AND PATROL THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THEIR WINDOWS DOWN AND STOP ANYTIME THEY SAW SOMEONE, VISIT WITH FOLKS IN THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. IF SOMEONE IS OUT MOWING THEIR YARD THEY CAN STOP AND CHAT WITH THEM OR MOMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING REACT WITH, GOING FROM CALL TO CALL OR DOING ANY TYPE ENFORCEMENT. IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH AND THE IDEA IS WE COULD WORK WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO WE REALLY WANT TO TALK TO AND MEETS. WHO WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW SO THEY SEE OTHER OFFICERS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT CRIME AND ADD A FEW EXTRA EYES FOR US ON THE STREET AND A FEW OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO CALL US OR CONTACT US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

>> MAYOR: HOW MANY HOURS DOES THIS COVER? APPROXIMATELY?

>> SPEAKER: I DO NOT HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE DETAILS BUT THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AND IT IS STILL FAIRLY ROUGH BUT WE WILL FINE-TUNE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL RUN US. 23,000? I THINK OUR ROUGH ESTIMATE IS

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THAT IS A LOT OF HOURS. IDEALLY THE INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT WE WOULD DO IT AFTER SCHOOL AND IN THE AFTERNOON TIME WHERE YOU HAVE THE LATCHKEY KIDS JUST HANGING OUT.

HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE THAT IT COULD MORPH INTO A SUMMER PROGRAM OR WE CAN PROGRAM OR EVENING AS WELL DEPENDING ON WHAT WE SEE AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS AND REVIEW IT AND CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING OR THE OFFICERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING EVERYTHING WE DO AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE TEDIOUS BUT WE WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECORDING A LITTLE DATA EVERY DAY IN THE CONTEXT AND WHO YOU MET, THE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO RELATE TO OUR

OTHER DIVISIONS AS WELL. >> COUNCILMEMBER: QUITE

COLLECTIVE. >> SPEAKER: EXCELLENCE.

>> MAYOR: IS THAT GOING TO BE HARD TO ADMINISTER THROUGH THE CDBG FUNDS? IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT?

>> SPEAKER: NO. WE HAVE MET A FEW TIMES WITH THE TEAM MEMBERS AND WE BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET DONE. WE HAVE THE LOGS AND IT COULD BE RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> SPEAKER: SOMETIMES THE ADMINISTRATION CAN OVERWHELM THE PROGRAMS, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

>> SPEAKER: ALSO, HE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS IT WOULD TAKE AND OUR CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER, SERGEANT, ALONG WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ARE ALL MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE THIS ON AND MAKE SURE IT WORKS.

>> MAYOR: I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. DO YOU THINK IT WILL EXTEND TO THE DOWNTOWN AFTER SCHOOL STUFF?

>> THERE WERE SEVERAL IDEAS BOUNCED AROUND AS WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH WHAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EASIEST BUT WHAT WE COULDN'T MEASURE. WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE CHILDREN IN THE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW WE CAN GET INTO IT AND HOPEFULLY BRANCH OUT INTO DOWNTOWN AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS AS WE GET INTO THIS A LITTLE FURTHER.

>> MAYOR: IS IT CDBG? >> SPEAKER: IT IS NOW.

>> MAYOR: NEVERMIND. >> SPEAKER: THAT IS WHY THE ORIGINAL HEARING, THEY REQUESTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES, IF WE COULD. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR THE PROGRAM MAY BE HERE OUTSIDE OF THE CDBG AREAS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PUT A COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER IN ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE AREAS SO IN FUTURE BUDGETS WE MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER THE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO MATCH THAT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE NON- CDBG AREAS.

>> SPEAKER: YOU KNOW I WANT THAT! [LAUGHTER]

>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR SOME TIME HAVING THE EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT START TO THE PROGRAM.

>> MAYOR: DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE? CONSENSUS? CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE OTHER STUFF? THAT. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW OR ARE WE JUST LETTING OUR WHISTLE AND MOVING ON?

>> SPEAKER: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BLOCK OF THE $180,000 THAT IS THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS ONLY THE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW IT WILL WORK BUT WE WILL DISCUSS THAT IN AUGUST WHEN WE GO TO THE BUDGET.

>> MAYOR: IF ANYONE HAS ANY SEVERE OBJECTIONS OR IDEAS GET THAT IN THE HOPPER SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE BUDGET.

OKAY GREAT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR: GOOD NEWS, CHRIS, WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. ITEM

[3C. Hear a presentation from Chris Kizziar on a proposed alternative use for Scenic Point Park for Heroes Bridge Memorial Park. (45 minutes)]

HEROES BRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK. >> MAYOR: DO ANY OF YOU NEED TO

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MISS ANYTHING? OKAY. >> SPEAKER: I DID. I AM NOT A

RESIDENT. >> MAYOR: DID YOU FILL OUT A

CARD? >> SPEAKER: I DID NOT.

>> MAYOR: WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON A WORK SESSION ITEM? YOU GO OUT IN THE HALL AND FILL OUT A CARD?

>> SPEAKER: YES. >> MAYOR: I WILL BRING IT TO YOU. ISSUE PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION?

>> SPEAKER: NO. SHE IS ON THE BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION SHE HAS FLOWN IN FROM OUT-OF-STATE. TO BE HERE.

>> MAYOR: WELCOME CHRIS. >> SPEAKER: THANKS. AS ALWAYS, IT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME LISTENING TO OUR CONCEPT AND YOU ALL KNOW BRAD.

>> MAYOR: I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> SPEAKER: OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HERE TO PUT OUT OUR VISION AND CONCEPT FOR THE POSSIBLE RETHINKING OF THE CURRENT SCENIC VIEW PARK INTO THE HEROES BRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK. THE SLIDES I HAVE, I THINK I HAVE 18 OR SO SLIDES AND WE WILL GO THROUGH IT AND READ, IF YOU COULD TAKE AN ACCOUNT, WE ARE ALREADY AND THIS IS TRUE.

ALL RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THE PARK ITSELF THIS PRESENTATION COMES FROM THE FOUNDATION AS WELL AS THE SHARE OF STUDIOS WHICH ARE THE GROUP WE HIRED TO COME IN AND RETHINK THE PARK ITSELF AND THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE INITIAL PARK DESIGN AND FOR US IT MADE COMPLETE SENSE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND REINTERPRET IT FOR A, MORE OF A HEROES BRIDGE IN COMPARISON TO THE LATEST BRIDGE TO RENAME IF YOU WILL. SO, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS REVISION BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2018 THE THIRD WATCH LAW-ENFORCEMENT MOTORCYCLE CLUB BEGAN A MOVEMENT CALLED # WALK BRIDGE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND BRING NATIONWIDE ATTENTION TO ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VETERAN PTI. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT PTI IS IT IS A PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THAT MAY OCCUR IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED H MEDICAMENT SUCH AS A NATURAL DISASTER, SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR TERRORIST ACT, RATE OR WHO HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH DEATH, SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR SERIOUS INJURY. AS OF OCTOBER 26 LAST YEAR EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RENAMING IT THE KINGDOM BRIDGE THIS HIGHWAY 66 RIDGE TO HEROES MEMORIAL BRIDGE. SOME QUICK NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY SINCE 2016 996 MEMBERS OF OUR US LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE TO POSTTRAUMATIC INJURY GOOD SINCE THE POST 9/11 WARS HAVE BEGAN IN 2001 WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF VETERANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE TO POSTTRAUMATIC INJURY. THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SOCIETY IS BUILT ON SACRIFICES MADE BY FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY VETERANS. WHILE WE PROBABLY HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THEY HAVE MADE FOR US WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT IN A COMES TO THE EMOTIONAL SACRIFICES THEY HAVE MADE. POSTTRAUMATIC INJURY STILL OUTWEIGHS THE DEATHS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COVID RELATED ILLNESSES AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE TO FIRST RESPONDERS DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NEED. FOR YEARS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS HAVE NOT HAD A PLACE FOR REFLECTION OR RECOGNITION OF THEIR LOVED ONES. LAW-ENFORCEMENT, 911 OPERATORS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS HAVE BEEN BRUSHED ASIDE BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR BATTLE. THIS PARK

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I HOPE THIS WORKS OUT BECAUSE MY NEXT SLIDE IS ACTUALLY A

VIDEO. I HOPE THIS WORKS OUT. >> MAYOR: WE WILL FIND OUT.

>> SPEAKER: THIS 22 ACRE HEROES BRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK WILL BE BUILT ALONG THE LAKE AND WILL BE A TESTAMENT OF HONOR, A PLACE OF HEALING AND THE CATALYST OF A PLACE TO SEEKIG MENTAL HELP. THE GUESTS ARE ON A JOURNEY OF LUSH LANDSCAPING, TRAILS AND REMEMBER IT IS THE SACRIFICES MADE BY SO MANY.

OUR FAMILIES WILL EMBRACE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND MEMORIAL REPRESENTING A FULL SPECTRUM OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WILL RECEIVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE 11 HONOR STATIONS THAT WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE PARK REPRESENTING ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY AS WELL AS EVERY DEPARTMENT OF FIRST RESPONDERS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THE PARK WILL BE VIEWED AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND A PLACE OF PERSPECTIVE ARE THE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE USING THE PARK WILL BE EDUCATED ON THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT THE PARK REPRESENTS IN THE LIVES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPACT. OUR GUESTS WILL IN THEIR JOURNEY AT THE POINT OF REFLECTION WHERE THEY WILL EXPERIENCE THE CALMNESS OF THE LAKE WHILE THEY OVERLOOK THE SYMBOLS OF WHAT INSPIRED THE PARK TO BEGIN WITH. THIS IS OUR VERSION OF HEROES BRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK. THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE ALL SHOTS OF THE 3D RENDERINGS, SNAPSHOT IF YOU WILL HIM THE PLAZA TO THE LEFT, ANOTHER HEROES STATION AND WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE COMPONENT THE LONG TRAIL INTO THE LEFT IT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE THE TARA LARGO APARTMENTS.

THAT IS WHERE THEIR JOURNEY WILL BEGIN. TO THE LEFT AGAIN THIS IS A BIG HIKING ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN VISUALIZE THE HIKE TRAIL, THE PANORAMIC LOOK OF THE LAKE ITSELF AND WHAT THESE MEMORIAL POINTS WILL REFLECT ON AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL HERO POINT. AND AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE THE BIGGEST PARK AND I WANT THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS EXTREMELY ENVIRONMENTAL. CENTERPIECE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU WILL HEAR FROM KAREN, SHORTLY WAS A VERY GENEROUS DONATION FROM CAROL AND IT IS A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUNDABOUT THAT YOU CAN SEE WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT THE END WHERE TARA LARGO IS. HEROES BRIDGE, MYRTLE PARK WILL BE THE FIRST TO FOCUS ON THE WAY OUR HEROES LIVED AND NOT IN THE MANNER OF WHICH THEY DIED. FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE AFFECTED BY LOSS DUE TO POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS. THE PARK NOT ONLY OFFERS A PLACE OF PEACE AND REFLECTION BUT ALSO OFFERS A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE AND HEALING. VISITORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE WILL SHARE IN THOSE LOST AND GAINED A NEW RESPECT FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE ALL OF THEMSELVES FOR THE LIVES OF OTHERS. SO, WHAT IS IN THE PARK TODAY? THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO INFORM OUR VISITORS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARK.

THERE WILL BE A LARGE PICNIC AREA LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT AREA AND PARKING FOR AT LEAST 100 VISITORS. IT IS IFFY RIGHT NOW BUT IT WILL BE RV, BUS AND MOTORCYCLE PARKING. THERE WILL

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE PUT TOGETHER OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN FROM THE AREA AND FROM NONPROFITS AND FOUNDATIONS FROM CORPORATE TO MILITARY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDES OUR OWN MR. GODFREY AND OF COURSE THE POSITION WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY THE PSYCHIATRIST. THIS GROUP IS 13 BUT IT ALLOCATES FOR 15. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WAITING TO CONFIRM IF THEY WILL JOIN THE BOARD OR NOT. THIS, SO FAR, IS A LIST OF SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO PARTICIPATE. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED A WHOLE LOT OF SUPPORT TO GET THIS TOGETHER. ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SOME NATURE, AGAIN, WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL THE VISION OF THE FUTURE. WHEN WE HAVE THESE ONES WHO ARE PRELIMINARY TO COME ON BOARD TO SAY WE CAN HELP YOU OUT. WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR RAD CAN CHIME IN WITH HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.

>> MAYOR: DID YOU WANT TO PRESENT ANYTHING OR SAY

ANYTHING? >> SPEAKER: WHAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT IS THE CONNECTION OF THE ORIGINAL VISION OF CREATING A EXPANDED VERSION OF THAT AND THE FAMILIARITY OF THE EXPERIENCE AND CONTINUITY OF THE PREVIOUS PROJECT AND SPIN THIS INTO THE NEW CONCEPTS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PLANS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS NEW PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY, SHOWS AND OTHER PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE EXISTING SCENIC POINT PARK AND IT IS CONNECTING THAT AND ENHANCING

IT INTO WHAT WAS PLANNED. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I THINK I

WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM KAREN. >> SPEAKER: I NAME IS KAREN SOLOMON AND THROUGH HELP IS A NATIONAL.[INDISCERNABLE] TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, I'M SORRY, I SPEAK FAST I AM FROM MASSACHUSETTS. I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE FEDERAL TASK FORCE THAT WAS GRADED BY THE FBI BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA COLLECTION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW LAST YEAR THE FIRST EVER ACT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COLLECT KILLED, ASSAULTED BUT NOT SUICIDE NUMBERS. THE CDC SHOWS THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS THE BASELINE FOR THOSE STATISTICS AND ALSO SAFE AND WELLNESS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND SUICIDE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THEY ALL HAVE BIG NAMES. WHAT I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HERE TODAY IS MORE THAN JUST THE BUDGET AND SUPPORTERS. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN AN OFFICER RESPONDS WHETHER IT IS A FIRST RESPONDER, CORRECTIONS OFFICER, THEIR FAMILY CAN GO TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY AND HAVE NOTHING. THEY GET NO PENSION, NO SUPPORT, THEY DO NOT GET

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THREE OTHER STATES HAVE SAID THAT IT IS POLITICAL. NO TEXAS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE POLITICAL AND THIS IS WHY I FLEW DOWN FOR THIS. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND FROM A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER 20 YEARS. I HAVE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN MY FAMILY AND I HAVE PERSONALLY SURVIVED THREE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS FROM WHEN I WAS IN MY 20S. I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS WHATSOEVER OF WHAT THIS PARK IS AND WHY YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT PLEASE COME TO ME AND I WILL GLADLY FIND YOU SOME KIND OF REASON TO TELL YOU THAT YOU

SHOULD DO IT. I WILL LET YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER: FAMILIES I WILL GIVE YOU STATISTICS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED.

AGAIN, WE HAVE SUPPORTERS THAT ARE WILLING TO BACK US FINANCIALLY AND WERE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY. DO YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. WESTER, DID I SAY IT RIGHT? I PERSONALLY HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE STIGMA. THAT TO ME IS CRAZY. WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER AND MAYBE ANGIE OR AARON CAN TALK TO THIS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE PARK VERSUS THIS? AND DOES THIS HELP US WITH OUR ORIGINAL PLANS WHICH IS TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL PLANS? I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE MISSION AND ALL OF THAT.

>> SPEAKER: I CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PARK FROM CHRIS AND WHAT WE CAN DO HERE THERE IS NO CONSENSUS NEEDED TONIGHT AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS IT IS A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION AS WELL.

>> MAYOR: WE HAVE 45 MINUTES. WE'VE GOT AN HOUR AND 15. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW?

>> SPEAKER: SURE. I JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFF

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REPORT TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. >> MAYOR: IF I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

ELSE FIRST? >> COUNCILMEMBER: BRAD IS ALSO EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THIS BECAUSE HE'LL BUILD THE PLAN.

PART OF THIS, I WILL MAKE THE COMMENT IF IT WAS INCONGRUENT USE IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT IN BALLFIELDS WHERE WE WERE CONSIDERING TO WHAT SAFE POINT PARK WOULD BE IN THAT IT WOULD NOT MATCH THE DESIRE. GIVEN THE TYPE OF PROGRESS THEY ARE PROPOSING I DON'T THINK IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CITY POINT PARK PLAN WAS GOING TO BE. WE HAD AN AMPHITHEATER IN THEIR AND WE HAD I BELIEVE WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND ALL OF THAT AND THE ONE THING I DID SEE IN THE PRESENTATION WAS ADDING PARKING, APPARENTLY. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THIS AND THE 2012 REALIZATION FOR SCENIC POINT PARK WAS ON THERE AND THINK WE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. WE MADE SURE WE THANK YOU IT IN THE PARKING ELEMENT AS IN

ENHANCEMENT. >> SPEAKER: BRAD, DO YOU MIND?

>> MAYOR: THERE IS A DRAWING WITH ALL OF THE COMPONENTS, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PLAYS WITH THEM?

>> SPEAKER: SURE. DID WE PLAY IT OUT TO THE ORIGINAL ONE?

>> SPEAKER: IN THE COMB PLAN IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THAT AREA AND WHAT WAS APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 2012 WAS THE WELLNESS PRESERVE. SO IT WAS TIED DIRECTLY TO THAT AND HOW IT WOULD FORCE THE CONGRUENT ACTIVE LIVING STYLE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS TO DO WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS AN DATED ONE THAT I PUT IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT ARE THERE.

INCLUDING ACTIVE INTERACTION AND TRYING TO FIND THAT.

>> SPEAKER: TO ADD TO THE EXISTING SCENIC POINT PARK WAS PRIMARILY THE KIND OF HORSESHOE THAT SURROUNDS TARA LARGO IN JOINING THE 56 BRIDGE. MOST OF THOSE PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE HERE, WOULD BE IN SOME SORT OF THE PROGRAMMING IN THE PARK WHILE THERE IS A MEMORIAL VISION HERE. MOST OF THOSE CAN STILL BE ACCOMMODATED. THIS ISN'T A GREAT DEPARTURE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN BUT AN EXPANSION INTO THE NAME AND VISION BEHIND

IT. >> MAYOR: I WANT SUBSTANCE ON

THAT ANSWER. >> SPEAKER: THAT ARTICLE IN THE BACK, SOME OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS FOR THE INCLUSION OF THAT PLAN WAS BASED ON HEALTHY LIVING IN THE TIE BETWEEN THE TWO AND I CANNOT SEE IT, IT IS SO SMALL BUT I CAN PROBABLY MAKE THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT FIGURE. YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO READ IT BUT SOME OF THIS WAS THE TRAIL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER AND PUT IN AND WAS TIED TO THE BRIDGE. THERE WAS A SCENIC LOOK AND SOME POTENTIAL KAYAK LAUNCH IS GETTING FOLKS

DOWN AND THE AMPHITHEATER. >> COUNCILMEMBER: THE BEACH OR

KAYAK LAUNCH? >> SPEAKER: IT COULD BE A LAUNCH FOR KAYAKS OR CANOES AND YOU CANNOT SEE THAT. THE TRAILS AND THE OPEN SPACE IS VERY ACT OF LIFESTYLE TYPE THINGS FOR THE APARTMENT AND IT WILL TIE ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE HOSPITAL. THE SHORELINE BOARDWALK ACCESS, THE TRAIL IN THE OPEN SPACE. WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH TARA LARGO TO BUILD THINGS WHICH WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAIL TO THE WOODEN BRIDGE DOWN AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TARA LARGO, ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES WAS TO KEEP IT VERY TREED AND WOODED SO IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE IT'S OUTSIDE AND A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE OTHER PLACE. THEN WE WANTED SOME HANDS-ON LEARNING LAKE SIDE. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST LAKESIDE PROJECT THAT WE

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>> MAYOR: THE NEW PROPOSAL IS BEFORE US. HOW DOES THAT

INTERPLAY WITH THIS MAP? >> SPEAKER: THE MAJORITY OF THAT AREA WITH THESE 11 STATIONS AND INCORPORATING SOME OF THE THEMES AND THE PIECE BEHIND THE HEROES BRIDGE IN THE EARLY CONCEPT, THIS IS STILL PRETTY EARLY. WE ARE PRESENTING THIS IDEA AND CONCEPT AND THIS DISCUSSION IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS CAN BE DIRECTED AROUND THE COMPARISON OF THE TWO PLANS BUT ADDING THOSE ACTIVE USES IN THERE'S VERY POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO CONCEPTS. IF YOU ZOOM BACK DOWN.

>> MAYOR: SPECIFICALLY WHERE ARE THE STATIONS?

>> SPEAKER: THE STATIONS ON THE NEW CONCEPT IF YOU ZOOM THIS WAY IN THE ADDITION TO THE PARK WOULD BE THIS WALKWAY THAT WE FLEW DOWN AND THEN THE LARGE PIECE APPEAR WHICH IS THE PARKING THE VISITOR CENTER IN THE LARGE PLAZA REACHING DOWN THE WALK WAY AND THAT IS THIS TRIANGLE THERE. AND THEN THE WALK WAY. THE SCULPTURE WAS SHOWN HERE AND HAD A CONNECTION FROM THIS TRAIL TO THAT TRAIL. THIS OBSERVATION POINT WAS THIS POINT THAT COMES OUT WITH THE 11 PLAQUES ON IT AND THEN THE SMALL ROOMS WERE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. THAT IS ABOUT AS FAR AS WE HAVE TAKEN IT RIGHT NOW. IN TERMS OF HOW WE DIRECTLY RELATE THAT IS THIS DISCUSSION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: IS THERE A PLAYGROUNDS ELEMENTS IN THAT?

>> SPEAKER: YES. THERE IS A PLAYGROUND DEVELOPMENT. AND I BELIEVE IN THIS TIME OF THE DEVELOPMENT WEEWE HAD PUT IT IN THIS AREA. THIS WAS NOT IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES, IT WAS AN

EARLY CONCEPT. >> SPEAKER: WE PUT IT IN THE SAME AREA THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY CONCEPTUALIZED TO BEGIN WITH. IT IS THE SAME PLACE. WE PUT THE SAME THING IN THERE. WE REALIZE THAT. HE WANTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAYGROUND FOR THE KIDS TO COME IN TO PLAY WE DID NOT CHANGE

THAT AT ALL. >> MAYOR: THE ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO LOSE IS THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH KAYAKS AND CANOES AND HAVE THOSE CONNECTION POINTS WITH THE OTHER PARKS THAT WE

HAVE ESTABLISHED. >> SPEAKER: SURE. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT FAR INTO THE DESIGN BUT THE DISCUSSION IS THERE WITH THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO

ADD THAT TO THE PARK DAY ONE. >> SPEAKER: THE IDEA, LAST YEAR CHRIS DID PRESENT PART OF THIS IDEA TO US AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS BIGGER THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED AND IS THE IDEA TO REPURPOSE THE ENTIRE PARK OR OVERLAY IN OTHER WORDS WILL THIS BE THE PARK? IS THIS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED?

>> SPEAKER: YES. THE PROPOSAL DOES HAVE THE CONNECTION FROM NOT ONLY THIS PIECE OF PRIVATELY AND WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED AND THE CONNECTION INTO THE PARK BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO TIE INTO HEROES BRIDGE AND CREATE A CONNECTION THERE.

I THINK THAT IS AT IS ALL PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE VISION OF HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? AND THEN THE OTHER IS DO WE KEEP ALL OF THIS THE SAME AND REALIZE THAT? AESTHETICALLY WE CAN WORK THAT INTO THIS WHOLE DESIGN AND IT CAN REALLY BE A STRONG MESSAGE WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS WITH HEROES BRIDGE AND WITH THESE TWO CONCEPTS MELDING TOGETHER.

>> SPEAKER: IF I MAY, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SUICIDE

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THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT WE ACTUALLY TALK TO ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE PARK TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS, YOU TALK ABOUT WELLNESS THEIR 70 THINGS, FINANCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS. YOU HAVE THIS PHYSICAL WELLNESS BY VIRTUE OF THE PARK AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE PARK WE WILL HAVE INFORMATIONAL POINTS WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT WELLNESS THAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE TO EVERYONE THAT IS NOT JUST SAD AND DEPRESSING AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A WALK AND THINK IT'S SO DEPRESSING AND I WANT TO TAKE MY LIFE THEY'RE GOING TO WALK OUT OF THERE WITH THOUGHTFUL MESSAGES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN ABOUT HOPE AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF DEPRESSING THING BECAUSE WELLNESS FOR US IS SOMETHING THAT IS UPLIFTING AND ENCOURAGING AND WE WANT THAT TO BE THANK YOU IN IT AND BEING PART OF NATURE PARK AND HAVING THESE WALKING TRAILS AND HAVING THAT LATE NEARBY, THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES THE PART OF WHAT WE DO IN THE TRAINING THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR SO KNOWN WAS HOME THINKING THIS IS GOING TO BE

DEPRESSING. >> MAYOR: IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE THE WORD MEMORIAL IN THE NAME.

>> SPEAKER: THAT IS CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO GOES TO THE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON AND THEN GOES HOME AND IS HORRIBLY DEPRESSED. THIS IS EDUCATIONAL AS WELL AS A MEMORIAL EXPERIENCE AND IT IS A FINE LINE AND THAT IS WHY WE WORK WITH THIS MESSAGING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAYING THE RIGHT THING AND NOT THAT WE ARE HURTING PEOPLE OR BRINGING

PEOPLE DOWN WITH THIS. >> SPEAKER: I THINK THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE PHYSICAL DESIGN AND THE ACT OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENT OR WHAT YOU USE THE SPACE FOR. WE ARE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH BOTH OF THESE IN 80S BRINGING THIS EARLY VISION THAT WE HELP TO CREATE. IT WASN'T JUST OUR VISION IT WAS THE COMMUNITIES VISION AND THE COUNCIL AT THE TIMES ASIAN THAT WE HELPED ROUND THAT INTO A DESIGN TO ONE

EXPANDED PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: DO YOU SEE AN ISSUE WITH HIKING AND COMING DOWN INTO THE PARK, PEOPLE JOGGING AND WALKING AND GOING THROUGH THIS AREA, THIS MEMORIAL AREA WHICH IS WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT, REFLECTION IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE

AN ISSUE? >> SPEAKER: TO HER COMMENTS, I THINK IT IS ENCOURAGED. I THINK IT IS A WAY TO BRING AWARENESS, BRINGING PEOPLE TO IT AND THAT IS THE CONCEPT WE NEED TO WORK ON TO PRESENT IS HOW DO YOU PRESENT THAT AS AN ATTRACTION OR BRINGING PEOPLE FOR THAT REASON OR WHEN A RANDOM PERSON COMES DOWN TO WATCH THEIR KAYAK THE BIG UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ISSUE. AND ALSO THAT THEY CAN BE IN

THE PARK FREELY. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, WITH THE BUILDOUT OF TARA LARGO, WHAT WERE THE THOUGHTS OF RINGING IN CANOES AND KAYAKS WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE? WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT AT THAT POINT: I AM CURIOUS. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO PLACE OF PARKING TO PUT KAYAKS OR CANOES RIGHT THERE. IT IS A GREAT LAUNCH POINT BUT WHERE WAS THAT IN VISION AS TARA LARGO BECAME A REALITY IN THOSE DECISIONS. WHAT WERE THE THOUGHTS ON THAT? WOULD IT STILL BE THERE, WOULD YOU MOVE IT DOWN FURTHER?

>> SPEAKER: THE GATEGREAT THING ABOUT A SITE MASTER PLAN IS THAT IT IS A MOVING TARGET. WITH THE FUNDS AVAILABLE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SHIFT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BASED ON PARKING AVAILABILITY. THERE IS PARKING AVAILABILITY IN TARA LARGO.

THERE ARE OPTIONS YOU CAN PUT IN TO UP YOU MAKE THAT TRACK AND ALSO TO BE USED BY SOME OF THE HOMES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. THERE IS PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TARA LARGO BACK HERE AND THEY ALSO HAVE A PARKING LOT AND THAT HELPS AS WELL. BUT THE SITE PLAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT A SITE PLAN

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>> MAYOR: YOU SAY THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2012? IT IS NINE YEARS THEN? I'M CURIOUS AS WHY IT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FROM THE AREA?

>> MAYOR: FUNDING AND PRIORITY. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS PROVIDES A LOT OF FUNDING MECHANISMS AND HAS BENEFITS.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLAN? HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARK AND WHEN I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE CONCEPT FOR THIS PARK, KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER THERE AND THEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED TARA LARGO WHICH COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF HOW THE PARK WOULD BE PROGRAMS AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE FOUND AN ALTERNATE LOCATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER WHICH WAS A GREAT MOVE.

IT ALSO FREED UP THAT AREA FOR THIS PART TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WOULD BE MORE USEFUL TO THE PUBLIC. AND OF COURSE TARA LARGO COMING IN CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS AND AT ONE TIME WE TALKED TO THE HOSPITAL ABOUT MAYBE THEM COMING IN AND DEVELOPING SOME OF THE PARK BUT NOW THAT THEY ARE A NONPROFIT THAT CHANGES THE EMPHASIS OF WHAT THEY DO SO IT TRULY IS A MOVING TARGET AND I THINK WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PROGRAM THE SPARK. IT WILL BE A HUGE BLESSING NATIONWIDE BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM THE POINT OF ACTUALLY GETTING ONE OF OUR PARKS THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOP IT IS IN A PRIME LOCATION AND WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT BUT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRAM THE PARK IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY THAT DOESN'T COST THE COMMUNITY ANYTHING BUT BECOMES AN ASSET, I THINK IS REAL EXCITING POSSIBILITIES THERE AS FAR AS THE CITY AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I CAN SEE OUR COMMUNITY USING IN UTILIZING THIS PARK A LOT. I LOVE IT THAT THERE IS A PLAYGROUND THERE, IT'S NOT JUST A MEMORIAL PARK BUT IS REALLY SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO USE WITH THE PLAYGROUND, THE TRAILS, I LOVE THE CONCEPT AND I LOVE THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, TOO.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: FOR ME I FEEL IT ENHANCES OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. AS LONG AS YOU PUT IN A BOUNCY HOUSE FOR ME

AND PAM! [LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: WE HAVE ONE AND WE CAN PUT IT UP ANYTIME YOU'D LIKE. ABOUT HOW SANTA SLIDE.

IDEA THAT THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE SOME WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN A REAL DRAWBACK OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF PARKING AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BIG PICNIC AREA AND I THINK YOU PREALLY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

GREAT NEWS OF BRINGING IN TARA FROM THE BEGINNING AND PUTTING IN THIS DESIGN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO AND NOT DETRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL VISION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: HOW QUICKLY, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT HOW QUICKLY DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDING BEFORE YOU CAN START CONSTRUCTION?

>> SPEAKER: WE BEGAN THE FUNDRAISING IN APRIL UNTIL THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE IDEA WE WILL BEGIN WITH THESE AND WE ARE PROJECTING ABOUT TEEN MONTHS UNTIL THEY GET MOVING ON THIS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BUY-IN ALREADY AND WE'D HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE. AS FOR THE DESIGN, AS SOON AS I GET STARTED THAT'S WHEN WE WILL GO. FOR US WE WERE INITIALLY TRYING TO GET

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CITY'S NEED. >> COUNCILMEMBER: WHO OWNS THA

LAND RIGHT NOW? >> SPEAKER: TARA LARGO. WE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT FOR THAT LAND. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SIGNED. WE ARE READY AND IF WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR WE WILL PUT THE FINAL PIECE IN AND LAUNCH IT OUT AND

START FUNDRAISING. >> MAYOR: I'M SURESSTILL UNCLEA WHAT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS ON THIS. ARE WE READY TO STATE A STAFF POSITION AT THIS POINT?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: PERSONALLY I AM NOT AS FAMILIAR ON THIS AS CHRIS AND HIS TEAM ARE AND WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO US WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE VERY ISOLATED FOR HIGHWAY 66 BUT I TELL YOU, I THINK MARTHA ACTUALLY ARTICULATED WHAT MY POSITION IS BEYOND THIS. ONE, I THINK IT PUTS A HUGE COMMUNITY ASSET AND RING A LOT OF ATTENTION, POSITIVE ATTENTION TO AN ISSUE THAT IS REALLY CONCERNING, CHIEF GODFREY, MYSELF, CHIEF HOWARD, IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO AS WELL. I DO THINK IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR ALL PARTIES. THE REASON I WAS ASKING BRAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WITH THE OTHER STATIONS THEY WANTED TO GO MORE DOWN INTO THE TRAIL AS THEY ARE. HONESTLY, WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO ORIGINALLY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER AND THE FACT THAT DECIDED NOT TO GO THAT DIRECTION, I THINK IT LEAVES OPEN THE PART THAT I THINK WE CAN DO THIS AND AS LONG AS IT IS NOT INCONSISTENT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THE PARK FOR MORE RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD SUPPORT IT, HONESTLY.

>> MAYOR: THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN, AGAIN, THE DETAILS.

WHERE ARE THE RECREATIONAL USE AREAS AND HOW IS THAT INTEGRATED IN? WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP CONCEPTUALLY? I KNOW WHAT WE ARE GAINING AND IT IS HUGE. IT WILL STILL BE YEARS BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY.

>> SPEAKER: OBVIOUSLY WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE IN, IT'S NOT JUST CHRIS, IT'S NOT JUST RON ZACH, IT'S NOT JUST US FOR MASSACHUSETTS BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS FINANCIALLY. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS ROULAC.

THIS IS NOT JUST MASSACHUSETTS FOR THIS IS YOUR TOWN AND WHATEVER WE DO WE WILL TAKE YOUR GUIDANCE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DICK'S WITH WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AS WELL AS WHAT WE ENVISION FOR OUR FAMILIES. CHRIS HAS BEEN ADDING THAT TO ME SINCE DAY ONE. I TEND TO WANT TO MOVE A LITTLE FASTER AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND GET WITH THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL VERY THEREOF AND CERTAINLY, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET TO THIS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WITH WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ADDITION TO SUPPLEMENTING WHAT WE ARE

BRINGING. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU SAID AND AS THE MAYOR SAID WHAT EVERYBODY REALIZES, WHAT YOU ARE OFFERING AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING UP HIS COALITION AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY AMBITIOUS TIMEFRAME TO RAISE THAT MUCH MONEY. THEN YOU START THROWING OUT NAMES AND IF YOU REALLY DO HAVE THAT FAMILY BEHIND YOU YOU CAN FUND THAT REALLY CLEAR WHICH IS INTESTATE. WHAT MAKES FUNDING FROM PEOPLE AT THAT LEVEL REALLY HARD IS THE SAME PART THAT ER ALL HAVING AN ISSUE WITH RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND YOU PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WILL

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BE WORKED OUT. >> SPEAKER: THERE'S NO CONDITION ATTACHED. TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED WITH WHAT WE DO, THERE'S NO CONDITIONS. NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY BUT THE CONDITIONS WILL COME FROM YOU. I THINK I AM ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO IS NOT FROM HERE BUT I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME HERE AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PEOPLE HERE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AND KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL KEEP YOUR INTEREST AT HEART AND OBVIOUSLY KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: SHE OTHER REALLY BIG THING AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT THIS FROM THE FIRST POINT AND YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING BUT YOU ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS AND THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE FEES IN THE GREAT THING ABOUT TEXAS AND BY THE WAY THE REASON TEXAS WAS SO QUICK TO SAY YES IS THAT WE ARE REALLY GREAT AT DOING PARTNERSHIPS. YOU CAN GO TO OKLAHOMA AND LOOK AT THE GATHERING WASTE WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE COUNTRY WITH PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT MODELS AND I WANT TO SEE THOSE MODELS AND THE BROUGHT UP TO THE CITY AND LOOKED AT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENDOWMENT IS IN PLACE FOR LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE BECAUSE FOUNDATIONS GO UNDER EVERYDAY AND LESS YOU HAVE REALLY BIG MONEY AND BIG ENDOWMENTS BEHIND IT B GOING TO BE THE ROBERT HUNT MEMORIAL BRIDGE IS JUST THE FOUNDATION BEHIND IT THAT CAN GO UNDER AND WE ARE LEFT WITH LONG-TERM NATURE SOMETHING WAS GOING THERE FOR REMEMBRANCE AND IS NOT BEING KEPT UP FOR THE PARK THAT IT WAS AN OUTLOOK BATTLE THE CITY. I KNOW THIS IS ALL DETAIL THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS THERE AND YOU HAVE AN AMBITIOUS TIMELINE AND WE WANT TO BE SOME WORDED ANYTHING WE ARE ALSO WHAT IF AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS IS A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE OF WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO DRINK AND INSIST ON WHAT TO DO AND I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE YOUR FULL ON THAT MIRROR BUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT TIMELINES OF THIS IS HOW WE START TO GET TO THE DETAILS AND THIS IS HOW WE SURE SOME OF THIS STUFF UP AND WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF SAYING OKAY, NOW YOU CAN FEEL SAFE AND GO OUT AND RAISE FUNDS FOR

SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> COUNCILMEMBER: WERE NOT SURE

WHAT THE NEXT. >> COUNCILMEMBER: THUS WHAT YOU NEED TO GET TO TO MOVE THAT TIMELINE FORWARD.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, THAT WAS CLOSE, ANYTHING ELSE? ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE? YES, THE CONCEPT, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE HEARD FROM YOU AND MARTHA WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM? I AM SUPPORTIVE I JUST NEED A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK WE WILL GET SOME MORE DETAILS TOGETHER FOR YOU AND THIS IS ONLY STEP ONE. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL GET TOGETHER AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOMEONE HERE WHO WANTS TO GET MORE SPECIFICS FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE. [LAUGHTER] OTHERWISE WE WILL NOT ASK A

QUESTION. >> SPEAKER: WE CAN DO SOME

IMPROMPTU DANCES? >> SPEAKER: THERE YOU GO. THE ONE THIS IS VERY EXCITING. IT IS A LITTLE -

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>> COUNCILMEMBER: IT A LOT. >> MAYOR: IS A LITTLE

OVERWHELMING. >> SPEAKER: PART OF THIS AWARENESS AND REFLECTION, THIS IS WHY BROUGHT THIS. WHEN THE BRIDGE WALK AGAIN IN OCTOBER, SOME NO BUT I RETIRED FROM WORK IN NOVEMBER AND I TOOK ON THAT SPACE WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE TO BEGIN OFFERING SOLUTIONS TO THAT IN IT IT GOT ME 90 DAYS FOR THAT DOOR TO BE OPENED UP. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE AWARENESS AND ALL OF THE HONORING AND REFLECTION IN THE PIECES CONNECTED TO IT IS THE SOLUTION AND THE V ROCK ENLIGHTENMENT IS THAT COMPONENT. WE ARE MORE JAZZED ABOUT THE REALLY BIG PICTURE BUT THIS IS A BIG PICTURE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND THE ANSWER IS PART OF THE THING THAT GOES WITH IT. WE WILL LOOK AT THIS, TO TO PLACE US INSIDE THE PARK AS WELL. WE WANT THIS PIECE TO REMIND THE VISITORS THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A SITUATION OR A STIGMA. THIS IS WHAT WE

ARE GOING TO PROVIDE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: AGAIN, THE CONCEPT IS FANTASTIC AND THIS WOULD BE SUCH A BIG WIN FOR ROWLETT AND I KNOW WE CAN GET THERE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE REACH OUT TO AMY MEADOWS WHO IS THE CEO OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS FOUNDATION AND THEY ARE BUILDING SIX PARKS THROUGH PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. I KNOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I CAN PUT YOU IN CONTACT IF THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF RESEARCH, THAT YOUR NEXT STEP AND IT IS TO VISIT WITH ANGIE AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS FOR A LIVING BECAUSE THAT IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT TEXAS AND YOU CAN LEARN A LOT AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU THAT ROADMAP OF WHAT THOSE STEPS ARE AND THEY CAN DO IT IN DALLAS BUT LET'S DO IT IN ROWLETT THEY BUILD A LOT OF PARKS AND SHE HAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THE GREAT THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT PARKS FOR DALLAS IS THE ENDOWMENT PART IN ANYTHING AMY, SHE CAN

REALLY HELP WITH THAT. >> SPEAKER: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FRESHMAN YEAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: IF YOU STAY HERE LONG ENOUGH YOU WILL HAVE

A SOUTHERN DRAWL! [LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: I'D LIKE TO START

TALKING A LITTLE SLOWER. >> MAYOR: IS OKAY. [LAUGHTER]

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO, WE WILL BE AROUND AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH SOON.

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

3D. HEAR AN UPDATE FROM FCC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (FCC) ON

[3D. Hear an update from FCC Environmental Services (FCC) on Solid Waste Collection Operations and procedural changes. (30 minutes)]

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. >> MAYOR: OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES. (30 MINUTES)

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>> MAYOR: I ALREADY READ IT INTO THE RECORD ARE YOU READY

TO START? >> SPEAKER: YES WE ARE. I HAVE JONATHAN SANDERS WITH ME FCC CORPORATE OFFICE.

>> MAYOR: WHAT IS YOUR LAST NAME?

>> SPEAKER: SANDERS. HE IS THE OPERATION PERFORMANCE MANAGER AND HE IS ACTIVELY SEEKING THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT FOR THAT POSITION. THEN WE HAVE JUSTIN GALLAGHER WHO IS THE OPERATIONS, GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AND JONATHAN IS GOING TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE ROWLETT COLLECTIONS.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR, THINK YOU GUYS FOR SEEING US TONIGHT. AS HE MENTIONED I AM THE OPERATION PERFORMANCE MANAGER FOR FCC AND A COVER THE DATA AND ANALYTICS AND WORK WITH THE GENERAL MANAGERS AT OUR SITE FOR THE PERFORMANCE TO HELP THEM FIND EFFICIENCIES AND INCREASE THEIR SERVICE LEVELS AT THE SITE. AS HE MENTIONED I HAVE JUSTIN GALLAGHER WITH ME.

I BROUGHT JUSTIN IN AS A SUPPORT BUT HE HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN MAKING SURE HE PROVIDES US RESOURCES FROM HIS FIGHT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO ENSURE THAT OPERATIONS AND SERVICES CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AT A GOOD PACE. I CODED A SLIDESHOW AND THROUGH THE SLIDESHOW I WANT TO COVER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND WHAT WE DID TO CORRECT SOME ISSUES AND WHAT WE ARE DOING MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THESE ISSUES NEVER OCCUR AGAIN AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS TO DRAW FRUSTRATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED ICE STORM EARLIER THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO COVER HOW THAT IMPACTED THESE SERVICES HERE IN ROWLETT. FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE STORM AVERAGE 10 ON A MONTHLY BASIS WAS 384 TONS AND FOR AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THE STORM IT HAD INCREASED 300 TONS PER MONTH. ABOUT 684 TONS OF COLLECTION WE ARE PICKING UP. YEAR AFTER YEAR IN IT. IT IS A TONY FIVE PERCENT INCREASE OF BOTH MATERIAL. SOME OF THAT NUMBER IS PUSHED BY SPRING CLEANUP AND THAT IS WHY I DID A YEAR AFTER YEAR TRACKING OF WHAT THE ICE STORM IMPACT WAS.

IT CAME OUT TO BE ABOUT 25 PERCENT. MANY INDUSTRIES ARE DEALING WITH WORKER SHORTAGES AND WE ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THAT. I THINK THE CEO DRIVERS IN OUR INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME KEEP. THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE ARE BATTLING CURRENTLY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT SERVICE LEVELS HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. WHAT IF WE DONE WITH THOSE ISSUES? THE BULL COLLECTION WHEN I CAME IN IN JUNE I WAS MADE AWARE OF HOW SEVERE THE SITUATION HAD BECOME SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS IDENTIFIED A THIRD PARTY STORM CHASING CLEANUP COMPANY THAT COULD COME IN AND PUT MORE ASSETS ON THE STREET. WE SPENT ABOUT $47,000 AND TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF ASSETS THAT WERE CURRENTLY RUNNING IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND BROUGHT IN ASSETS FROM OUR OMAHA SITE TO

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THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IDENTIFIED A TEMPORARY DROP SITE SOMETHING THAT I SPOKE TO ABOUT THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE AND WE WILL ACCESS SATURDAY SERVICE UNTIL ALL THE COLLECTIONS ARE PICKED UP. THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE, WITH THIRD-PARTY IS THREE WEEKS.

THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST HERE FOR ONE DAY AND THEN THEY LEAVE. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE HERE FOR TWO WEEKS AND THAT IS THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE COME TO. SO, PREVENTABLE MEASURES, WE ARE IDENTIFYING HOW WE GOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE BEHIND. YES, AN UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER BUT MORE SO OUR RESPONSE TO IT. WE ARE MONITORING OUR BULK SERVICES AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT. WE HAVE THREE TRCKS THAT RUN EVERY DAY AND THE THOUGHT IS SHOULD WE GET ANOTHER TRUCK OR IS THE ROUTING BAD? CURRENTLY I AM SPENDING $12,000 PER MONTH KEEP A RENTED TRUCK ON A LOT UNTIL WE IDENTIFY IF THAT WILL NEED TO BE A PERMANENT CHANGE. WE ARE ALSO PUTTING IN A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT, SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE PRIOR BUT WE ARE CLOSE TO IDENTIFYING THAT CANDIDATE IN PUTTING THAT PERSON IN PLACE. THAT PERSON WILL WORK WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER IN DALLAS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACT AND SERVICE LEVELS ARE BEING MET FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. NEW MANAGEMENT IS BEING VETTED TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF THE PROCESS. I'M JUST THE INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER BUT WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON. IT'S BEEN AN EXHAUSTING PROCESS BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT CANDIDATE TO FILL THE ROLE. OUR THIRD-PARTY STORM

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>>. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW WE CONTRACT WITH DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY TYPE OF COMPANIES, HOW DO YOU GUYS COORDINATE WITH THEM AND HOW DO WE KNOW IF YOU GET TRIGGERED OR THEY GET

TRIGGERED, HOW WILL THAT WORK? >> SPEAKER: IT GOES BY THE SCALE OF THE EVENTS. THE ONES WE HAVE ON CONTRACT NOW USUALLY PICK UP THE TORNADO RESOURCES THERE AND SOMETHING WE FOUND OUT AND LESSON LEARNED FROM THE TORNADOES IS TO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. THIS REGARD HIGH WINDS AND TREES DOWN, MORE ON

THAT SCALE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE THINGS THAT FCC WOULD HAVE TO DO AND IF WE HAVE TREES OUT ON THE STREET, IF WE HAVE A TRIGGER TO START WITH IT MIGHT BE SEPARATE APART FROM WHAT SEC WILL DO TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PULL TRASH AND DEBRIS OUT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: IS THERE AND ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LEVEL OF DISASTER IN RECOVERY?

>> SPEAKER: IN THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, IN THAT DISASTER IF WE DEVELOP A PLAN WITH THE FCC AND, ON SITE AND THERE IS A TRIGGER POINT A PERCENTAGE OF WASTE REMOVED BUT IF IT STAYS WITHIN THE TRIGGER POINT THEY COVER IT BUT IF IT'S ABOVE THE TRIGGER POINT THEN WE HAVE TO COVER THE COST. BUT, BUT, IT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER ADDITIONAL ASSETS WILL BE NECESSARY. WHAT I APPRECIATE IS THAT THEY HAVE NO CONTRACTED WITH SOMEONE TO BE THAT RESOURCE AND THAT EXTRA LITTLE STEP WENT A LONG WAY FOR ME AT LEAST IN ST IN BEING COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN THE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN HERE AND LIKE I WAS TELLING HIM, JONATHAN IS NOT FROM ROWLETT. WE MIGHT HAVE A TORNADO EVERY 20 TO 30 YEARS BUT WE HAVE WIND EVEN EVERY YEAR.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I HAVE A MUCH

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PICKUP? WHEN DOES IT OCCUR? >> IT OCCURS UNDER NORMAL COLLECTION DAYS IN ROUTE RECYCLING DAYS.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU ARE LUCKY IN ONE RESPECT. I HAD STUFF THAT I PUT OUT LAST TUESDAY. IT WAS PICKED UP TODAY. AND THEN SOMEONE DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, AND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MATT GRUBISICH, TOO. I'M CURIOUS, TUESDAY IS NOT THAT BAD AND AFTER FRIDAY TRASH DAY, I WAS

WONDERING WHAT THE DAY WAS? >> SPEAKER: THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IT IS SERVICED ON THEIR PARTICULAR SERVICE DAY IF NOT IN 24 HOURS. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THAT IF WE HAVE CROSSED THAT DAY I WILL ACTIVATE 1/3 TRUCK OR ANOTHER DRIVER TO GO BEHIND HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DAYS WE ARE MISSING HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP. IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AROUND STAFFING BECAUSE IT IS JULY PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION IT'S NOT AS EASY TO ACTIVATE THE TRUCK TO THE THIRD PARTY IS AN ASSET THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AND LET'S JUST SAY I NEED SOMEONE FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT TWO WEEKS WE WILL RUN THREE WEEKS INSTEAD OF TWO. THAT'S THE EXPECTATION

THAT WE HAVE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: DO YOU HAVE TRUCKS DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR BOTH? I AM WONDERING IF TRASH COLLECTORS RADIO THEM SAYING THERE IS BULK ON THE

STREET. >> SPEAKER: THE WAY IT IS IS THAT THEY FOLLOW A SPECIFIC ROUTE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE BULK PICKUP DIE, IF THE WHOLE HOUSE IS COVERED IN BRUSH AND THERE'S BIG TREE STUMPS THAT BIG AROUND DO YOU GUYS PUT A NOTICE ON THE BULK TRASH OR DO YOU GO UP AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY OR DID A

CONTRACTOR DO THAT. >> SPEAKER: THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAG IT AND IDENTIFY IT AND LEAVING A NOTE FOR THE RESIDENT OF WHY WE COULD NOT PICK IT UP. THAT WILL BE COMMUNICATED BACK TO THE DISPATCH CENTER AND AFTER EVERY SHIFT WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WAS MISSED, WHAT IS THE ADDRESS AND WHY WE CAN'T PICK IT UP. WE ALSO HAVE TOTAL PROOF OF THE PILE IN CASE THE RESIDENT CALLS AND SAYS WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THEY WANT TO ARGUE AGAINST IT AND THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAG AND IDENTIFY IT TO LET THE RESIDENT

KNOW WHY WE DID IT. >> COUNCILMEMBER: THE REASON WHY I ASKED, I SUSPECT THAT I SEE MANY TAG PILES AND MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TAGGED IN AN INTEREST OF YOU GUYS TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP. I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IS THAT PEOPLE SEE IT AND THEY KNOW YOU ARE PICKING IT UP AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN SAVE A FEW BUCKS AND SO THEY SAW THEIR NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO GET IT PICKED UP SO I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD YOU WILL BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN TAGGING THOSE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE TAGS MYSELF, PERSONALLY IN SOME INSTANCES THAT I THOUGHT IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO

GET IT CLEANED UP. >> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY. WE COULD DO BETTER AT TAGGING THESE FILES. THE OTHER THING, THE INSTRUCTION THAT WE GIVE TO OUR GUYS IS IF YOU SEE A SMALL PILE OR A LARGE PILE OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR TRUCK, GRAB IT SO THAT WE CAN SPEND LESS TIME AT RESIDENT AND FOCUS ON THE BIGGER THINGS. THAT HAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. THE LOAD HAS GONE THROUGH THE STREET PICKED UP THE PILES BUT THEY HAVEN'T PICKED UP EVERYTHING AND NOW THE RESIDENT THINKS YOU DISMISSED MY TRASH BUT NO, THE BULK TRUCK IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW BEHIND IT AND THAT IS AN UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCE WHERE TRY TO KEEP THE BOAT GUYS LESS VOLUME BUT IT DOES CAUSE CONFUSION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT

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>> THERE IS AN EDUCATION PIECE AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL COMPLY IF THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO OR MOST PEOPLE DO. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE

EDUCATION PIECES COME OUT. >>.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I AM SEEING A BIGGER INCREASE IN SERVICE I WAS GETTING FOUR OR FIVE EMAILS PER DAY FOR A FEW WEEKS AND I DON'T GET ANYMORE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY OF THOSE IN A FEW WEEKS NOW AND THAT SAYS A LOT. MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS SOME TRASH BAGS IN THE BACK LAID OUT AND Y'ALL TAGGED IT AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT TO SAY THIS IS WHY WE COULD NOT PICK IT UP. I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE LATELY. THE OTHER THING, REGARDING THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS I WONDER IF Y'ALL COULD HAVE SOME READY-MADE MATERIAL IN THE CASE OF ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE WHAT WE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE AFTER AN INCIDENT THAT IS WHEN WE NEED TO HURRY UP AND GET THAT STUFF OUT TO GET IN FRONT OF WHAT IS GOING TO COME BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE WINTER STORM PEERED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL OUT THERE AND WE HAD NEVER PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BULL, AT LEAST NOT IN THE RECENT PAST. MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN DO IS TO HAVE SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS READY TO GO SO I SOMETHING HAPPENS OR WHEN IT HAPPENS YOU ARE READY TO JUST

PUSH IT OUT. >>.

>> SPEAKER: I AGREE WITH YOU. THIS IS ALSO IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN AND PEOPLE WILL COMPLY AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING MAJOR HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO AND THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND IT. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL MOVING FORWARD.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER: YOU CAN GET RID OF THAT INTERIM THING. [LAUGHTER] JUST SAYING!

>> COUNCILMEMBER: WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> SPEAKER: HOUSTON. >> COUNCILMEMBER: YOU GREW UP

IN? >> SPEAKER: NEW ORLEANS. I AM NOT AN ORIGINAL TEXAN BUT I HAVE BEEN IN TEXAS FOR HALF MY LIFE AND I HAVE MORE TEXAS NOW THAN I DID BEFORE.

>> MAYOR: ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN WAS GOING TO ASK YOUR QUESTION AND YOU COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF IT BUT OTHER THAN COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LOOKING

FORWARD TO IN THAT PLAN? >> SPEAKER: IDENTIFYING THAT DROP FOR THE BULK WILL STOP US FROM GOING TO LANDFILL SO WE ARE COMPLETELY EDUCATED ON THE OPERATIONS OF OUR ROUTING, HOW WE ATTACKED THE ROUTING IN THE CITY IS MORE ON US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BUT ALSO THEY ARE USED TO DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE INCIDENTS SO, THEN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THEIR ACCESS POINT MAY BE INCREASE THE TIME THAT WE CAN SPEND IN THE CITY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND IF THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK UNTIL NIGHTTIME IN CRAFTING THOSE SPECIFICS AROUND THE DISASTER PLAN BUT REALLY, AN HONEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BRING UP THE INSTANCES FROM THE PREVIOUS DISASTERS AND FOR US TO IDENTIFY A POINT TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT BETTER. THINK THIS IS OPEN ENDED. I DO NOT HAVE THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE PLAN WOULD ENTAIL BUT IT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE A HUGE INPUT ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE FOR OUR OWN DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, JONATHAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE DROP SITE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TORNADO. WHEN THERE IS A STORM AND PEOPLE CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS THE LANDFILL IS IMPACTED AND NOW YOU HAVE THESE TWO HOUR DELAYS BEING ABLE TO PULL UP, DROP OFF AND PULL OUT. IF YOU HAVE A DROP OFF SITE, THAT WOULD BE

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THAT WE CAN USE TOGETHER. >> MAYOR: SPEAKING OF THAT, PRIOR TO LIMITED PICKUP AT CURBSIDE THAT THEY USED TO HAVE TWICE A YEAR, BULK DROP OFF SITES, THAT REALLY CAUSE PEOPLE TO DO THE CLEANUP AT A CERTAIN TIME AND DELIVER THEIR OWN BOWL TO THEIR SITE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO AT LEAST THINK

ABOUT THAT AGAIN. >> SPEAKER: WE COULD, MAYOR APPEARED ONE OF THE REASONS WE STOPPED DOING THAT PROGRAM IS WE OFFERED FREE PASSES TO THE LANDFILL TO BEGIN WITH.

>> MAYOR: I KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. AND THEN, I SHOULD KNOW HOW THIS WORKS BUT I STILL GET CONFUSED.

WHO CALLS WHO AND WHO CALLS BACK AND WHO RESOLVES WHAT ISSUES? CALL THE ACTION CENTER OR CALL SEC DIRECTLY? I AM CONFUSED AND I AM SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THE CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO AND IT FEELS LIKE IT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND I AM NOT CRITICIZING THE ACTION CENTER AT ALL. SOMETIMES YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL US DIRECTLY AND SOMETIMES THE SEC IS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO YOU AND THAT IS A LACK WHOLE QUITE OFTEN AND THAT WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE CLEAR.

>> SPEAKER: OUR POLICY IS FOR CUSTOMERS TO CALL SEC DIRECTLY.

MANY RESIDENTS LIKE TO TALK TO THE CITY DIRECTLY. IT IS WHATEVER THE RESIDENTS WANT TO DO AND WE ADDRESS IT. IDEALLY WE GET IT TAKEN CARE OF FASTER DIRECTLY.

>> MAYOR: OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GETTING TAKEN CARE OF.

>> SPEAKER: JONATHAN DO WANT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE?

>> SPEAKER: YES. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE I HAD NEVER HEARD SO MANY PHONE CALLS IN THE OFFICE. I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I WILL SAY THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE DID. I CIRCLED BACK TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM. FIRST OFF, I AUDITED THEM WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I KNOW THEY WERE FORWARDING A LOT OF CALLS TO THE CITY. I EDUCATED MYSELF ON HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AND HE TOLD ME THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THE CALL AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED I REMINDED THEM THAT THESE WERE THE CALLS WE WERE GOING TO TAKE AND IF THEY CALL THE CITY ON THEIR OWN WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT BUT IF THE CITY FORWARDS IT TO US GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. I THINK THE ACTION CENTER HAS REPORTED TO US THAT THERE CALL VOLUME HAS BEEN WAY DOWN SINCE THAT COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S A COMMUNICATION THING. THEY WERE THINKING THE CITY WOULD TAKE ON THE CALL BUT THE CITY SAID NO, IT IS YOUR PROBLEM. THE RESIDENT DOESN'T CARE WHO TAKES THE CALL THEY JUST WANT THE SERVICE TAKEN CARE OF. I INFORMED MY TEAM THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE SELF-INFLICTED. WE CAN AVOID THE CALL TO THE CITY AND AVOID THE EMAIL TO THE ACTION CENTER BY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS ARE IN ADDRESSING IT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE ARE COMMUNICATION ERRORS BETWEEN THE ACTION CENTER IN THE FCC. THE ACTION CENTER IS TELLING THE RESIDENT ONE THING AND WE ARE TELLING THEM ANOTHER THING SO TO MITIGATE THAT I INFORMED THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES COME DIRECTLY FROM ME. I COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE CITY AND OUR TEAM AND I WOULD SAY OUR TEAM HAS GOTTEN A LOT UTTERED THIS. AND EMPOWERMENT AROUND MAKING DECISIONS TO COMMUNICATE ON CERTAIN MEASURES AND SETTING THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

I TOLD THE TEAM DON'T SET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON OR CALL THE CITY ON MAKING SURE

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>> MAYOR: HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT ALL OF THIS?

>> I ECHO WHAT THEY SAID P THE CALLS THAT WE GET ARE THE COMPLAINTS OF MIXED AND MOSTLY BOTH BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME DELAY. THE CALL VOLUME HAS CERTAINLY GONE DOWN AND THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS HAVE GONE DOWN AND DISCUSSING WITH JONATHAN AND HIS STAFF THE SPECIFICS THAT, THE TOPICS TO GO TO THEM, TOPICS THAT ARE HANDLED BY THE CITY AND SO FORTH, THINGS GOT SQUARED AWAY. HAVE TO SAY THAT HIS CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF, THE RESPONSES THAT WE BEEN RECEIVING BACK TO THEM JONATHAN SPOKE WITH THEM AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECT THAT THEY ARE PUTTING OUT.

>> MAYOR: IT WAS A SAFE TRIP TODAY.[LAUGHTER]

>> COUNCILMEMBER: WE SCHEDULED THE MEETING TIMELY.

>> SPEAKER: GIVE US SOME TIME TO COME IN AND FIGURED OUT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE COME OUT SWINGING AND YOU'VE ADDRESSED ISSUES THAT HE DRESSED IN A POWERFUL WAY AND THINK THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS IS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS KILLING US. WE HAVE FOLKS THAT PUT THAT STUFF OUT AND WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR TO PUT IT OUT TO THEM AND WE HAVE REALLY EDUCATED THEM WELL AND HOLD THEM THEY CAN'T DO THAT SO THAT PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO

YOUR SUCCESS. >> SPEAKER: ON THE BILLING THERE IS IN ALL TO START SOME PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS REGARDING BILLING. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH AND I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM AND CRAFT THAT GET THAT OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, TO AND I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION, WE HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE JONATHAN HAS WALKED IN THE DOOR AND HOW QUICKLY IT OCCURRED. YOU ARE TAKING SOME RISK AND SPENDING SOME MONEY AND BRINGING IN STAFF FROM OMAHA IS BRILLIANT.

WHEN I HEAR ALL OF THIS I'M THINKING YOU I'M WAITING FOR THE PUNCH LINE BUT WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS WHEN WE SAID WE PROVIDED RAISES TO THE TEAM SO WE DON'T LOSE ANYONE ELSE IN THIS MARKET THAT TOLD ME THEY WERE SERIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S AN ONGOING COMMITMENT NOT JUST A ONE TIME COMMITMENT. WE ARE CLEARLY PUTTING IN MEASURES TO REALLY STAY FOCUSED ON THIS AND I KNOW A TREND IS NOT JUST THREE WEEKS BUT ALREADY IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AND HAVE HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REACH OUT TO ME AND I

WILL BE SURE TO ANSWER THEM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.

>> SPEAKER: THINK YOU ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU COUNSEL, WE

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THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE PULLED? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO HAVE A REASONABLE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.