[4B. Discuss usages of property and enforcement of statutes, ordinances, and park rules on publicly accessible non-sublease-eligible lakefront areas potentially designated as park land.]

EXCITING PART WHICH IS DISCUSS USAGES OF PROPERTY AND ENFORCEMENT OF STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND PARK RULES ON PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE NOT SUBLEASE ELIGIBLE LAKEFRONT AREAS POTENTIALLY DESIGNATED AS PARK LAND. DEPUTY MAYOR.

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>> I HAVE TO LOWER THIS A LOT FOR ME. YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND STAFF REPORT IN YOUR PACKETS. SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THOSE WERE SUBMITTED. I SPENT THE LAST BASICALLY THE LAST WEEK PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION MEETING WITH CITIZENS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS SITUATION AND COMING UP WITH POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. I WALKED IN TO CITY HALL TODAY AND ABOUT 40 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING LEARNED THAT SOME OF THE PREMISES ON WHICH THIS IS BASED ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE. THE CITY MANAGER LET ME KNOW THAT APPARENTLY THE MILLER ROAD BRIDGE AREA IS ALREADY DESIGNATED AS A PARK. IN THE PAST WE HAD BEEN TOLD WHEN WE MADE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AREA THAT PARK RULES DID NOT APPLY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A PARK. SO THIS IS KIND OF A GOOD THING. BECAUSE IF IT IS A PARK THEN THE PARK RULES ARE APPLICABLE, MORE QUICKLY WE CAN GET SOME SOLUTIONS THEN WE COULD HAVE BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT IT WAS AN UNDESIGNATED PARK AREA, WHICH NOW IS INCORRECT IN THE SLIDESHOW AND THERE WILL BE SOME SLIDES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE APPLICABLE. I WILL SKIP OVER THOSE. THEY SAY ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. SO, COMING INTO A MEETING WITH A HUGE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, HALF OF WHICH HAS BEEN RENDERED MOOT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE PREPARED FOR. BUT I HEAR THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY GROUP THAT HAS HAD A BOMB DROPPED ON THEM TODAY. I THINK THIS WILL NEED MORE DISCUSSION SINCE MANY OF THESE THINGS AND NEW SITUATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN RESEARCHED THE WAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT EVEN YESTERDAY. THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL THE PROBLEMS. WHETHER IT IS A PARK OR NOT A PARK. WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THOSE PROBLEMS FROM A BUNCH OF CITIZENS WHO SPOKE TONIGHT. AND THEY TOLD YOU AND NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU SINCE I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE GRAPHICAL VIEWPOINTS. MOVING ON, UNDESIGNATED PARK, WE WILL SKIP THAT. SO, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM OR WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS AND WHO IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR? SOME PEOPLE IN THE PAST HAVE SEEN THIS AS JUST A SUNRISE DRIVE PROBLEM THAT JUST AFFECTS A FEW CITIZENS THAT LIVE ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET ON THE LAKE BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM CITIZENS TONIGHT WHO LIVE IN TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREAS, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A SUNRISE PROBLEM. SUNRISE IS IMPACTED MOST DIRECTLY BUT IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM FOR THE LEGITIMATE FISSURES WHOM WE HAVE WATCHED ON MANY OCCASIONS COME OUT, THERE WOULD BE A DAD WITH HIS CHILD, WHAT YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF AS THE SERENE FISHING SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE CASTING WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU CAST, I'M NOT A FISHER, IS IT THAT OBVIOUS? CASTING THEIR RODS? OKAY. AND THEN THE PARTIERS WOULD MOVE IN. AND THE DAD AND THE KIDS WOULD PACK UP AND LEAVE BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE DRINKING, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, LOUD NOISE THAT SCARES THE FISH AWAY. IT IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM FOR US BUT IT IS A PROBLEM FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE THAT AREA. IT IS ALSO, AS YOU HEARD FROM JIM, IT IS A PROBLEM FOR THE BOATERS. MOTORS GET ENTANGLED IN THE FISHING LINES, THEY CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE BOAT MECHANISMS AND WE ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED, AND I'VE BEEN OUT ON BOATS WITH THEM, WE'VE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE SHOUTING FROM THE FISHING AREA AT THE BOATERS, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE FAR OUT AWAY FROM THE AREA BECAUSE AS JIM MENTIONED, THOSE LINES ARE CAST VERY FAR OUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALL JUST RECREATIONAL FISSURES. SOME OF THEM APPEAR TO BE FISHING IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL

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BECAUSE THEY ARE USING NETS AND CATCHING LOTS OF FISH AT A TIME. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE HOMEOWNERS.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT. WE'VE HAD INTRUSION ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE'VE HAD DAMAGE TO BOATS AND BOAT DOCKS, VANDALISM, THEFT, GUN FIRE, PERSONAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUE. THE FIRES, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE TO SOME OF THOSE STOCKS AND COULD DEFINITELY IN A DRY SUMMER MOVE OVER AND SPREAD. WE HAVE HAD THE THREATS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT. THERE IS A BROKEN GLASS OUT THERE THAT AT CHILD CAN CUT HIM OR HERSELF ON AND THEY ARE IS ALSO, HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL LIABILITY IF INTRUDERS COME ONTO THEIR PROPERTY AND GET INJURED. WE'VE ALL HEARD THE CASES WHERE SOMEONE, A THIEF OR A CRIMINAL TRESPASSER SUES THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THEY WERE INJURED ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY. THEY MIGHT NOT PREVAIL IN COURT BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH GETTING AN ATTORNEY AND TRYING TO COUNTER THAT LAWSUIT. AND THEN JUST BASIC QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES.

THE EXCESSIVE NOISE, THE TRASH IN VIEW, THE EXPOSURE TO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES THAT ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS AND APPEARED TO BE DRUG TRANSACTIONS OR SOME SORT OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS WHEN TWO CARS WILL PULL UP THIS WAY AND YOU WILL SEE THINGS CHANGE HANDS. OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE PROOF OF WHAT IT IS BUT IT DEFINITELY LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.

WHAT DID I DO? GO BACK? OKAY, YEAH. IT IS A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE ON SUNRISE. WE HAD MUSIC SO LOUD THAT PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE REPORTED BEING ABLE TO HEAR THAT NOISE. AND IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR CITIZENS OR VISITORS. IT ARGUABLY REDUCES PROPERTY VALUES NEARBY. IT IS A DRAIN ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARK MAINTENANCE RESOURCES LIKE SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER. IT REDUCES INVESTMENT POTENTIAL AND BRAND EQUITY. MY HUSBAND'S BROTHER IS AN INVESTMENT BANKER AND WHEN HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND SAW PICTURES HE SAID THAT IS A REAL DETRIMENT TO BRINGING GOOD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT INTO YOUR CITY FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY ON A BIG PROJECT, THEY WILL NOT BE IMPRESSED WHEN THEY DRIVE DOWN MILLER ROAD AND THEY SEE WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN THESE SLIDES. POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE ILA, I WILL NOT GO INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MOOT POINTS DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT IT IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM AREA AND YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE THIS IS LEAKING INTO OTHER AREAS OF WHERE THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF OVERNIGHT ENCAMPMENTS, LOUD NOISE, FIRES AND GUNSHOTS AND ALL THE SAME THING. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT OUT TO BE THAT IT IS JUST ABOUT MILLER ROAD BRIDGE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN SEVERAL AREAS. WE NEED POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE POLICIES IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THIS IS OCCURRING. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT AREA STEPHANIE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN CASE ANYBODY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT IS THE RAILROAD TRACK AND YOU CAN SEEM THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 60 SOMETHING FEET OR ABOUT 55 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRACKS. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM THERE FOR ENCAMPMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT JUST BE THE RAILROAD WITH NO ROOM FOR ANYTHING THERE, THERE ACTUALLY IS. WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THAT AREA DURING THE TIME THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED ON SUNRISE DRIVE. WHEN WE MOVED

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HERE IN 2004 IT WAS A VERY WILDLIFE FRIENDLY AREA AND IT WAS IN EGRET NESTING PLACE AND WE HAD THE WONDERFUL BIRDS OUT THERE, HERONS AND OTHER BIRDS. AND IT WAS A COVE THAT PROVIDED A REALLY PEACEFUL VIEW FOR THE HOMEOWNERS. A REALLY PEACEFUL HABITAT FOR THE WILDLIFE. AND IN 2017 AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS AREA WAS CREATED APPARENTLY TO BE USED BY THE FISHERMEN TO DIVERT THEM FROM PEDAL POINT PARK WHERE THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE OF THE KAYAKS AND INTERFERENCE WITH THE KAYAK LAUNCHING. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AFTER THAT AREA WAS PAVED, IT STILL WAS NOT A PROBLEM. WE WOULD HAVE THE OCCASIONAL FISHER, IT WAS NICE TO LOOK OUT THERE, THEY DID NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN A PROGRESSIVE THING.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A SLOW BOILING OF THE FROG SO TO SPEAK. NOW IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE IT IS AT THE BOILING POINT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. HERE IS CAMP MILLER AS WE CALL IT BECAUSE OF THE OVERNIGHT CAMPERS, IN 2024. IT IS PARTY TIME ALL THE TIME. CARS ARE PARKED WILLY-NILLY, THERE ARE NO PARKING SPACES DESIGNATED, SO THEY DON'T PARK IN ANY ORGANIZED FASHION AND THAT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE OF THOSE FIRES GETS OUT OF CONTROL . IF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TRY TO EVACUATE THE AREA AT THE SAME TIME. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO THAT OR WILL THEY GET BLOCKED IN AND STUCK? THAT IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE ARE IN THE LAKE WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SWIMMING IN THE LAKE BECAUSE IT IS NOT A DESIGNATED SWIMMING AREA. IT IS THE ONLY AREA THAT THE DALLAS CODES ALLOW FOR SWIMMING. THE MIDDLE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM IS HEADLIGHTS WHICH WE GET ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND NIGHT, SHINING DIRECTLY INTO THE WINDOWS OF THE HOMEOWNERS. BASICALLY BLINDING US AND IT IS LIGHT POLLUTION BECAUSE IT KEEPS YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO SIT OUT AND ENJOY YOUR BACKYARD. AND HERE IS TRASH ON A TYPICAL MONDAY MORNING AFTER THE WEEKEND PARTY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOUD NOISE. HOW LOUD IS TOO LOUD? WE'VE BEEN TOLD, OH WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HEAR IT, WELL, YES WE CAN HEAR IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING, I GUESS THE SOUND ISN'T GOING TO PLAY. I RECORDED SOUND SITTING INSIDE MY HOUSE IN MY OFFICE AND I COULD HEAR IT INSIDE, I OPENED THE DOOR AND IT WAS SO LOUD THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN BARELY HEAR OURSELVES SPEAK OVER IT. ACCORDING TO THE CODE FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 10:00 P.M.

THE NOISE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OVER 65 DECIBELS. 10:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M. IS 60S DECIBELS. THERE WAS A OBLIGATED PROCESS FOR ALKYLATING THAT BUT THAT IS THE LOW-END. WE ALL KNOW THAT NOISE POLLUTION DOESN'T ONLY DRIVE HEARING LOSS AND TINNITUS, BUT ALSO CAUSES MORE SYSTEMIC HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EVEN HEART PROBLEMS, DIABETES, SLEEP DISTURBANCE AND CAUSES STRESS, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL. THAT IS FROM HARVARD MEDICAL MAGAZINE. HERE IS THE MEASURE OF THE SOUND SITTING IN A NEIGHBORS BACKYARD WHICH IS NOT ONE OF THE CLOSEST HOMES TO THIS AREA. IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT ALMOST HALFWAY DOWN AND IT WAS 85.5 DECIBELS. THAT IS LOUD.

PUTTING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS MY HOME WITH THE RED PUSHPIN. IT IS ABOUT 1072 FEET FROM THE AREA AND THAT IS WHERE I CAN HEAR IT INSIDE MY HOUSE. WE'VE ALSO GOT REPORTS FROM

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SOMEONE DOWN ON BAYPORT, WHICH IS THE YELLOW NOT EXACTLY CIRCLE. AND THEY SAID THEY COULD HEAR THE SOUND ON ONE OF THESE WEEKEND NIGHTS WHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK GROUP REPORTS ON THINGS LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE LOUD MUSIC. THAT IS ANNOYING BUT THERE ARE MUCH -- OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MUCH MORE THAN ANNOYING. THERE ARE ONGOING SAFETY ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY, THE PUBLIC DEFECATION AND URINATION IN FULL VIEW OF RESIDENTS BACKYARDS. INCLUDING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE GRANDKIDS OVER. SO IT'S REALLY NICE FOR THEM TO SEE. LOTS OF DRINKING OF ALCOHOL AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. YOU CAN HEAR THE PARTIERS ARE OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED. WE HAVE TRASH THAT INCLUDES GLASS BOTTLES, WE HAVE BRIGHT LIGHTS FROM THE HEADLIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS AND PEOPLE COMING ONTO THE SUBLEASE TAKE AREAS, INTO THE RESIDENTS BOATHOUSES. SWIMMING ON THE LAKE, INCLUDING LITTLE CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT SUPERVISED. FIRES INCLUDING ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES THAT ARE NOT IN A GRILL. YOU WILL SEE PICTURES OF THE AFTERMATH OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. FIREWORKS DURING HOLIDAYS AND OTHER TIMES AS WELL AND THEN HARASSMENT AND THREATS DIRECTED AT THE BOATERS.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE EGRESS FRO AND TO MILLER ROAD WHICH IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO MOTORISTS AND ONE PERSON REPORTED THAT IN TRYING TO COME OUT ONTO MILLER ROAD SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO COME OUT OF THE CAMP MILLER AREA AND ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION. SO THAT IS A PROBLEM AS WELL. OVERNIGHT CAMPING, HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE. ONE OF THE FIRES THE GUY WASHING AND DRYING HIS CLOTHES, AND WE HAD SOMEBODY OUT THERE ACTUALLY CUTTING DOWN SOME OF THE TREES.

AND THEY HAVE BUILT SOME SORT OF MAKESHIFT BENCHES OUT OF PARTS OF TREES. THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE PROOF THAT THE PEOPLE THERE, NOT ALL THE PEOPLE THERE, BUT THE PROBLEM PEOPLE THERE, THEY SEEM TO FEEL THAT THEY OWN THIS PLACE AND IT'S LIKE A NO MAN'S LAND. IT IS A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATION LIKE THERE ARE OVER AT THE PARK. AND WE WILL SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE AT CAMP MILLER ON A PARTICULAR DAY AND THE PARK WILL BE EMPTY BECAUSE IN THE PARK THERE ARE PARK RULES POSTED AND THAT THERE ARE POLICE PATROLLING THE PARK REGULARLY. WHY WOULD THEY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANT TO ENGAGE IN ILLICIT ACTIVITIES, WHY WOULD THEY GO TO THE PARK WHEN THEY CAN COME HERE INSTEAD? THIS IS HOW CLOSE WHAT WE CALL THE CAMP MILLER BEACH IS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS IS A PRIVATE DOCK BEHIND ONE OF THE HOMES, THE FIRST HOME ON THE STREET. AND IT IS ONLY ABOUT 65 FEET FROM THE DOCK TO THAT BEACH. AND HERE IS A CAMPING TENT THAT WAS IN THE AREA BY THOSE TREES, THAT CLOSE TO THAT HOME. SO WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WHEN YOU SEE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, JUST CALL THE POLICE.

OF COURSE THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WHEN YOU SEE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. BUT THEN AFTER RESIDENTS HAVE DONE THAT, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD, WELL, WE REALLY DON'T RECEIVE THAT MANY CALLS. EVEN WHEN IT IS A SPECIFIC TIME AND DATE OFTENTIMES, SOMEHOW THOSE CALLS OR INCIDENTS ARE NOT GETTING RECORDED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. ONE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY THE DIFFICULTY OF IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION. WE CALL THIS AREA CAMP MILLER AND INTERNALLY IT IS CALLED MUDDY CREEK AREA. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, EVERY ONE OF US THAT HAS CALLED AND HAS EXPERIENCED TALKING TO DISPATCH AT LEAST ONCE AND WATCHING AS THE FIRE TRUCK OR POLICE CAR PASSED BY THE CAMP MILLER AREA AND WENT TO LAKESIDE PARK SOUTH. WE NEED AN ADDRESS THERE. WE NEED A GOOD

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IDENTIFIER SO THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THIS ACTUALLY IS. IT IS NOT WORKING WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. AND ALSO , AS SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED, THE POLICE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO THEN TO PATROL THIS AREA. THEY CAN'T BE THERE CONSTANTLY AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTS THAT. BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE WHEN WE CALL, BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY OUT ON CALLS TO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OFTEN HAVE CEASED SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN REALLY DO ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT BUT WE NEED SOME SORT OF SOLUTION. EVEN IF WE HAD SIGNS PROHIBITING ALCOHOL. WE DO HAVE ONE CUTE SIGN, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFY ALL THE PARK RULES WE HAVE POSTED. A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE JUST GIVEN UP ON CALLING. BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST SAID, THEY CALL AND THEY EITHER DON'T GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE OR THEY DO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND IT IS ALL OVER BY THEN. SO WHY BOTHER TO CALL. AND FINALLY THE FEAR FACTOR, THE FEAR OF RETALIATION AS MICHELLE RECOUNTED TO YOU. WE HAVE HAD REAL SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS AND THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD GUNFIRE FROM THE AREA ON MANY OCCASIONS KIND OF MAKES PEOPLE RELUCTANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES A TARGET. SPEAKING OF THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE SCREENSHOTS FROM THAT GROUP THAT WAS MENTIONED .

I REDACTED THE NAMES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THAT. THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SAID, THEY ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT A CABLE BRAID THAT WILL GET INTO THE PROPELLERS OF THE BOATS AND MESSED THAT UP. SOMEONE SAID IT WOULD BE MESSED UP IF THE BOAT ENDS UP MISSING. YOU CAN USE WEIGHTS, THEY WERE GREAT. ANYBODY WHO SHOOTS GUNS KNOWS THAT PEW, PEW MEANS SHOOTING A GUN. THAT IS CERTAINLY AN IMPLIED THREAT. AND MORE THERE. I'D HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR HIM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT WAS MEANT AS A THREAT, IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THIS IT IS OBVIOUS IT WAS MEANT AS A THREAT. THIS IS, AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE THE GUNFIRE AND THE LITTLE FLASHING LIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY THE CAMERA THAT TOOK THIS ON A NEIGHBOR STOCK DOES NOT HAVE AUDIO RECORDING CAPABILITY. YOU CAN ONLY SEE , BUT WE WERE THERE AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS AUDIO. IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT HAPPENS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY. 1 TO 2 TIMES A MONTH, BASICALLY, ON AVERAGE. WE'VE DONE ALL THAT AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AESTHETIC IMPACT OF THIS AREA. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT SHOWS SOME OF THE TRASH. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN GRILL AND THEN THEY LEFT IT THERE. THE PARK RULES, OUR PARK RULES IN THE ORDINANCE SAY NO COOKING FIRES EXCEPT IN GRILLS PROVIDED BY THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PICTURE DOWN HERE IS, WHETHER IT IS A SHRINE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS ABOUT BUT THAT WAS LEFT THERE FOR THE MORNING AFTER.

AND HERE WERE CLOSE-UP PICTURES TAKEN THIS LAST SUNDAY. WE WALKED DOWN THERE AND WE SAW ALL THIS TRASH. THERE IS A TAMPON APPLICATOR THEY ARE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE, THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF BEER BOTTLE CAPS. GLASS BOTTLES, FOOD, DEBRIS, PACKAGING. THERE IS A SHOTGUN SHELL OVER HERE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS AREA IS BEING USED AS A FREE-FOR-ALL ZONE. AND WE DO HAVE THIS SIGN THAT SAYS PLEASE ENJOY THIS OPEN SPACE AND HELP US KEEP IT

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CLEAN. THAT'S NOT WORKING VERY WELL. WE NEED SOMETHING MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THAT. HERE IS A FEW MORE. THE CAMP FIRE THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT IN A GRILL HAS BURNT THE TREE THERE AND WILL PROBABLY CAUSE THE TREE TO DIE AND FALL OVER. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE PROXIMITY HERE, SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? YOU HEARD SOME PEOPLE ASK TO SHUT IT DOWN AND WE ASK THAT BACK IN MARCH. THE COUNCIL MAJORITY SAID NO. APPARENTLY THAT SOLUTION IS OFF THE TABLE. ANOTHER OPTION IS TO DO NOTHING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE MARCH. ALLOW IT TO KEEP BEING AN ANYTHING GOES ZONE AND WATCH IT GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. A VERY POPULAR CONCEPT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY. THAT WHEN SMALL CRIMES AND DISORDER ARE AND TOLERATED IT ENCOURAGES MORE OF THE SAME AND IT GROWS, IT PROGRESSES AND IT GETS WORSE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING HAPPEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND EVEN MORE SINCE MARCH. THE COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN, AGREED BACK IN MARCH THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ANOTHER OPTION, THE LAST OPTION, IS TO DEVISE SOME SORT OF A WIN-WIN PLAN, INVEST SOME MONEY IN THIS AND COME UP WITH SOME MITIGATIONS THAT WILL TURN THIS EYESORE AND CRIME HAVEN INTO AN ASSET FOR OUR CITY. WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE DESIRE FOR THE PUBLIC LAKE ACCESS WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE RESIDENTS TO FEEL SAFE AND ENJOY THEIR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY. I THINK WE CAN BRING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS IF WE GET SOME POLICIES, REGULATIONS, GOVERNANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN THIS AREA. WE COULD CREATE A BEAUTIFUL, FAMILY-FRIENDLY FISHING PLACE THAT WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE THERE THAT DID NOT BOTHER ANYBODY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A PARTY COVE, IT WAS A FISHING PLACE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE I DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT I WON'T DISCUSS HERE. ALTERNATIVE POTENTIAL FISHING AREAS THAT JIM BROUGHT UP. THOSE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES AT THE OTHER AREA AT THE PARK. BUT HERE IS A CONCEPT PLAN. FOR HOLIDAY OR HABITAT/FISHING AREA AT THE MILLER ROAD BRIDGE, AND IF THIS IS IN FACT ALREADY A PARK THEN WE ARE ALREADY HAVING THE FIRST STEPS TAKEN CARE OF WHICH WE WERE GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO TODAY. WHICH WAS TO DESIGNATE IT AS A PARK AND MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL AREA.

YOU CAN SEE, OR MAYBE YOU CAN'T, MY HUSBAND CAME UP WITH THIS DIAGRAM THAT INCLUDES DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST END OF THE AREA AND A FISHING PLACE DOWN THERE. IT INCLUDES A FENCE LIKE WE HAVE AT LAKESIDE PARK, TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM WALKING ON THOSE ROCKS. WE'VE SEEN ADULTS, WE'VE SEEN CHILDREN WALKING ON THESE ROCKS, FALLING ON THESE ROCKS, POTENTIALLY HURTING THEMSELVES ON THESE ROCKS. AND THE ROCKS ARE A GOOD THING. IT PREVENTS OR SLOWS DOWN EROSION AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM HAVING THE BEACH TO ENTER THE WATER AND SWIM ILLEGALLY. SO THE ROCKS ARE GOOD BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BARRIER TO PROTECT PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN FROM THAT ROCK AREA. WHAT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS FOR THE BEACH TO BE WRAPPED AS WELL SO THAT WE HAVE THE SAME THING THERE. AND DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM BEING DOWN THERE AND TRASHING IT AND LEAVING GRASS BOTTLES OR BURNING THE TREES.

AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE AS A BARRIER BETWEEN THIS AREA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN'T PUT THE FENCE THERE APPARENTLY BUT WE COULD PUT A POLLINATOR GARDEN. IT IS A BEE CITY AND WE

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ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. WHY NOT PUT IN A HABITAT FOR THE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS AND BRING BACK SOME OF THAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AMBIENCE THAT WE USED TO HAVE BACK THERE WHEN WE HAD THE EGRET NESTING AREA. THIS WOULD DIVIDE THE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE WHICH WOULD BE AN EGRESS TO THE FISHING AREA AND THE POLLINATING GARDEN AND LANDSCAPING TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL INSTEAD OF MAKING IT BE AN EYESORE. IT WOULD ENHANCE THE AMBIENCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE PROUD TO LOOK OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE OVER IN YOUR BACKYARD AND FOR THEM TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL POLLINATOR GARDEN AND THESE NICE FISHERS DOWN AT THE END. AND THESE PARKING SPACES ARE ALLOCATED .

YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO ANGLE THEM INSTEAD OF HAVING IT STRAIGHT IN LIKE IT SHOWS. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH HEADLIGHTS SHINING INTO THEIR HOME AND THEIR WINDOWS. BUT THOSE ARE DETAILS THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT. THIS IS A BASIC CONCEPT OF A WAY TO TURN THIS AROUND AND MAKE THIS AN ASSET. IT WILL LOWER THE RISK TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF INJURY ON THE ROCKS, DROWNING IN THE LAKE, REDUCE THE RISK TO HOMEOWNERS OF FIRES, THEFTS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. BECAUSE THE FISHERS WOULD BE DOWN ON THIS END. THEY WOULD NOT BE RIGHT UP BY THE HOMEOWNERS HOMES. THAT IS OUR VISION FOR THE MILLER ROAD BRIDGE TO TURN IT FROM AN EYESORE INTO AN ASSET AND FROM A CRIME HAVEN INTO A FAMILY-FRIENDLY AREA. HOW DO WE GET FROM THAT TO THIS, THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND BOTH DEVELOP POLICIES AND ALLOCATE FUNDING TO DO THIS. SO WHAT IS THE ASK, FUNDING. EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING THIS IS NOT A SUPEREXPENSIVE THING. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR PARK EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME LANDSCAPING AND SOME STRIPING FOR PARKING PLACES IN A LITTLE BIT OF FENCING. IT IS NOT A HUGE EXPENSE. THE RETURNING REPUTATIONAL EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CITIZENS WOULD MORE THAN WEREN'T THAT EXPENSE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES. INCLUDING THE OVERNIGHT CLOSING WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PARK RULES. THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS IF WE WEREN'T HEARING LOUD MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT, THAT WOULD HELP A LOT. THAT IS WHEN MOST OF THIS TAKES PLACE. THAT IS WHEN THE GUNFIRE TAKES PLACE AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS TAKE PLACE. JUST ENFORCE THE RULES AND THE STATE LAWS THAT CONTAIN OVERNIGHT CAMPING AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND UNREASONABLE NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION AND SO FORTH. THE OTHER THING WE NEED IS AN ADDRESS OR NAME FOR THE AREA THAT CLEARLY DEFINES THAT LOCATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS. AND PROTOCOLS TO MINIMIZE THE DANGER OF RETALIATION. EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SAID SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, SO LET'S DO SOMETHING. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.

>> IT WAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE BEFORE I TOOK THOSE SLIDES OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT. SIR, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> WHEN DID WE FIND OUT OR WHEN WAS THIS DESIGNATED AS A PARK?

>> THE CITY MANAGER WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> IT DID NOT COME UP IN MARCH.

>> LIKE EVERYONE HERE, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS A PARK. NOT A PERSON IN THE PARK STAFF OR ANYONE ON THIS DAIS OR EYE. WE OPERATED FROM THAT I MISS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE'VE BEEN OPERATING, THAT THAT SPACE WAS NOT A PARK.

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WHY WOULD I HAVE HAD ANY EVIDENCE PERSONALLY AS THE CITY MANAGER TO CHALLENGE THAT ASSUMPTION? I HAD NONE. DO SO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT UNDERSTANDING UPON WHICH WE'VE OPERATED FOREVER, WE SOUGHT TO SAY WHAT COULD WE DO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT UNDERSTANDING? FAST FORWARD TO YOU PLACING THIS ITEM BACK ON THE AGENDA, COMING FORWARD, AND IT IS YOUR ITEM NOW. I SAID THAT IN MARCH THIS WAS NOT OPERATIONALLY IMPERATIVE. BEFORE ANYONE MISCONSTRUES THAT, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THESE ISSUES ARE UNIMPORTANT OR THAT THE POLICE ARE DRIVING PAST, OBSERVING AND NOT TAKING ACTION. IT MEANS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BUDGET AND THESE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE $75 MILLION IN CIP, THE PRIORITIZATION HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED BY MY BOSS THAT THIS ROSE TO THE TOP. BUT IT DID BECOME POLITICALLY IMPERATIVE AND THUS I TRY TO BRING FORWARD A CONVERSATION TO SAY WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF AT LEAST IN OUR ERRONEOUS UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS NOT A PARK. WE LOOKED AT SOLUTIONS AND TALKED TO THE COUNCIL AND GOT THAT FEEDBACK. AT THE TIME MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER PLACED THE STOCK ON THE AGENDA. TO HER CREDIT, SHE PREPARED THIS ITEM, SO HERE COMING FORWARD THIS WEEKEND I WANTED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO BE PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION.

WE TALKED WITH THE CHIEF AND MADE SURE HE HAD SPECIFIC STATISTICS. SO I BEGAN TO LOOK AT OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AGAIN. FIRST I REVIEWED THE ILA WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT IS VERY CLEAR, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN MARCH. IT SAYS A PARK IS WHATEVER THE CITY DESIGNATES AS A PARK AND THERE IS NOT ANY INDICATION IN THE RECORD OF OUR OPERATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS DESIGNATED THAT AS A PARK. TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE NUMEROUS TIMES, THERE IS NO SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING. ONE OF THE POINTS I MADE IN MARCH IS THAT IT ALMOST FEELS MISLEADING IF WE DON'T CALL IT A PARK OR DESIGNATE IT AS A PARK. WE HAVE OPERATED AS IF IT IS A PARK.

FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND AND AS I WAS REVIEWING THE REGULATIONS THAT ONE WOULD NATURALLY GO TO, PARKS AND RECREATION, TALKS ABOUT GREENBELT A LITTLE BIT, SO IT SPEAKS TO IT BUT DOES NOT DESIGNATE IT AS A PARK.

HOWEVER, IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN INTO A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CHAPTER, CHAPTER 66, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S RIGHT, 241, WHICH IS BY THE WAY, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES. IF YOU GO THERE THERE IS A STATEMENT OF PARTICULAR CLARITY THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT , IT SAYS THAT WITHIN THE LIMITS, LYING ADJACENT TO THE WATER LINE OF LAKE HUBBARD WHICH IS UNDER LEASE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ROWLETT, WHICH AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE CITY PUBLIC PARK SYSTEM.

THIS HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1982. OKAY? I'M GLAD TO ADDRESS THIS THAT THIS WASN'T SOME LAST-MINUTE BOMB TO SABOTAGE THE DEPUTY MAYORS PRESENTATION BUT IN FACT TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT THE CONTEXT AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES WE HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. THIS IS COMING BACK FOR A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT I WAS PREPARED AND SO I DISCOVERED THIS. I DON'T PRACTICE LAW, I AM THE CITY MANAGER, SO I WAITED UNTIL TODAY WHEN I COULD SPEAK TO THE CHIEF AND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS READING THAT APPEAR TO BE SO STARKLY EXPLICIT AND CLEAR THAT HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1982, WAS I READING WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS READING IN HER OPINION TO ME, NOT TO PUT WORDS IN HER MOUTH, WAS YES. NOT ONLY IS THE AREA THAT YOU COLLOQUIALLY CALLED CAMP MILLER, BUT EVERY SINGLE PARCEL AND SQUARE INCH OF THAT ENTIRE GREENBELT SHORT OF THAT AREA THAT WAS FORMERLY THE PARK

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BELONGING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THAT, EVERY OTHER SQUARE INCH OF THAT TAKE AREA IS GREENBELT PARK. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE SUBLEASED. THAT IS HOW WE ARRIVED HERE TODAY.

>> LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. DO WE HAVE IT WITHIN OUR POWER TO SAY THAT IF IT IS A PARK, IT IS A POORLY RUN PARK AND FOR THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS CAN WE CLOSE THAT UNTIL IT COMES UNDER THE STANDARDS OF OUR PARKS AND REC?

>> FOLKS, FOLKS. I HATE TO BE THE BAD GUY BUT WE CAN HAVE ANY

MORE OUTBURSTS. >> THIS IS YOUR POLICY DISCUSSION. I AM HERE NOT TO ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING I DON'T BELIEVE ADMINISTRATIVELY IS WITHIN MY PURVIEW. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I IMAGINE YOU COULD. RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT. I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME AND ORDINANCE FORM, NO FISHING, NO CAMPING AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS BUT I WILL NOT DO THAT UNLESS YOU TELL ME TO. IT IS NOT FOR ME TO INTERJECT MYSELF INTO A POLICY POSITION. COULD YOU CLOSE IT? YOU COULD IF YOU PASS SOMETHING. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STANDARD OF A PARK BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED DESIGNATED PARKS. IN EVERY POINT IN TIME THERE WILL BE TRASH IN EVERY PARK AND WE HATE THAT, BUT THE CREWS WILL BE OUT CLEANING. IF YOU WANT TO SNAP A PICTURE, YOU CAN DO THAT, CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB MAINTAINING THIS AND OTHER PARK PROPERTIES, YES. TO ENHANCE IT OR NOT, THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU. SO IF YOU GIVE ME DIRECTION TO ENHANCE

THIS AREA -- >> TIME IS UP.

>> THAT IS THE SHORT ANSWER. IF YOU TELL ME TO GO TO THIS --

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL FREELY ADMIT THAT I WAS ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS PREVIOUSLY WHERE I WAS NOT AT THE POINT WHERE I WANTED TO SHUT THAT DOWN. BUT IT WILL APPEAR, AND I CANNOT BASE THIS ON ANY FACTS, IT WILL APPEAR THAT THE BAD ACTORS ARE NOW OUTWEIGHING THE HONEST FISHERMEN THAT WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THEIR KIDS.

>> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PERMANENTLY SHUTTING IT DOWN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SHUTTING IT DOWN TO IMPROVE IT.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT SHUTTING IT DOWN FOR SAFETY REASONS RIGHT NOW UNTIL SUCH TIME WHEN WE CAN BRING IT UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT OUR PARKS AND WRECKS DESERVED.

>> LET ME ADDRESS THAT AND IT IS NOT A REBUTTAL. I AM NOT ARGUING A POSITION. I HAVE TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL MISCONSTRUE BUT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I PROPERLY REPRESENT OUR ACTIONS. I HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE POLICE CHIEF ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE, WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT CAN WE DO. IN RECOGNITION OF THE REALIZATION THAT IT IS LEGITIMATELY A PARK, WE CAN POST HOURS, WE WILL DO THOSE THINGS THAT GIVES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE MORE LEVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO PC AFTER HOURS AND THOSE THINGS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE ACTIVITIES THERE BUT IF YOU KNEW THE STATISTICS IN TERMS OF THE PROACTIVE POLICE PATROLS AND THE STOPS THEY MAKE, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THEY ARE DRIVING PAST, SEEING THESE ACTIONS, JUST GOING FORWARD AND NOT STOPPING TO DO ANYTHING.

NOT THAT YOU ARE IMPLYING THAT. I JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT

THAT I AM CLEAR ON THAT FACT. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE MORE REASONABLE THAN JUST WANTING TO CLOSE IT DOWN AS THE FIRST OPTION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES DIRECTLY, INSTEAD OF THAT NUCLEAR OPTION FIRST. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THAT REALLY CAPTURES SOME OF THE WAYS WE CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES DIRECTLY AT THIS PARK. IN FACT, I WROTE A LIST THAT SOME OF IT IS PARALLEL TO THE IDEAS THAT YOU'VE COME TO US WITH. AS WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED, FROM OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE SUBJECT

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AREA IS IN FACT A PARK THEREFORE THE ROWLETT POLICE WILL BEGIN ENFORCING THE CITY PARK ORDINANCES. WHICH MEANS THERE ARE NOW PARK HOURS THAT PD CAN ENFORCE. SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED WITH PARK RULES IN ENGLISH AND HOPEFULLY ALSO IN SPANISH. PLACEMENT OF POTENTIALLY PLACING A PORT-A-POTTY THERE'S A PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO USE THE RESTROOM. ALSO HAVING PARK STAFF DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROACTIVE CLEANING OF THE PARK LIKE THEY WOULD AT ANY OTHER PARK ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE. ADDITIONALLY, WORK TO ASSIGN AND ADDRESS AND NAME THE PARK AREA SOMETHING LIKE MILLER PARK , NAME IT SOMETHING THAT WAY SO THAT THERE IS AN EASY WAY TO IDENTIFY IT. SO THAT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHERE IS IT. ALSO UPDATE THE CITY PARKS MAP SO IT IS OFFICIAL THAT THIS IS A PARK. CONSIDER HAVING PUBLIC WORKS CONDUCT AND ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECT AT THE PARK ONCE THE MILLER ROAD REHABILITATION IS COMPLETE.

OBVIOUSLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS WILL HAVE TO STAGE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AT THIS PARK. CONSIDER FUTURE FUNDING FOR SOLAR STREETLIGHTS FOR THE PARKING LOT. CONSIDER ALLOCATING FUTURE FUNDING TO INSTALL A CAMERA AT THE PARK. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT FOR PADDLE POINT. THERE HAS BEEN FUNDING ALLOCATED TO INSTALL A PTC CAMERA AT PADDLE POINT AND I'D LIKE TO DO THAT HERE AS WELL. NEVER ROWLETT POLICE RECEIVED THEIR CAMERA OWERS, SEEING IF WE CAN PD PLACE THE CAMERA TOWER HERE ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE EVER SO OFTEN IN ORDER TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY FROM HAPPENING AND I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST REASONABLE APPROACH WE CAN TAKE FIRST RATHER THAN CLOSING THE PARK DOWN. I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR OTHER THOUGHTS FROM COLLEAGUES.

>> IF I CAN JUMP IN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING UP. I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY INTENSE ISSUE AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP I WAS PROBABLY THE MOST VOCAL ONE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO THE LAKE AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW MY REASONING ON THAT. HOWEVER, AS DEPUTY MAYOR OF HAS SAID, SOMETHING DOES HAVE TO BE DONE. AND EVERYBODY BEING HERE BUT THIS PRESENTATION HAS ABSOLUTELY HIGHLIGHTED THAT. MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE MORE THAN I WAS AWARE. THAT ASIDE, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE COME TO MIND. NUMBER ONE, IT SEEMS TO BE FROM THE RESIDENTS, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE IN THE EVENING. IT IS AFTER 10:00 OR 11:00. IT IS NOT THE DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEM. IT BEING A PARK IS ABSOLUTELY A GAME CHANGER. THAT COMPLETELY REFRAMES THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT FOR ME. BEFORE IT WAS SORT OF THIS NO MAN'S LAND. IT WAS JUST A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE. IT IS NOT COMPLICATED ANY MORE. IT IS A CITY PARK AND WE HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT. WE HAVE TO INSTALL RULES AND PROCEDURES. AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS LIVING CLOSE BY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ASSET AND NOT AN EYESORE OR A DEFICIENCY TO THE CITY. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY SAID. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COME TO MIND. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE ARE ALL AWARE OF, AS THE HOMEOWNERS, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE NOW. THE WHOLE THING ABOUT FUNDING THIS, I THINK IS IS A GREAT IDEA BUT LET'S BE HONEST, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW OR IN SIX MONTHS, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THAT INTERIM AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN INTERIM PLAN, MAYBE WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS IS THE GOAL. IF YOU WANT A NAME I AM STILL OFFERING CATFISH COVE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE CURFEW IS THE BIG

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REGULATORY HAMMER WE HAVE. I WAS DEAD SET AGAINST PUTTING UP A FENCE AND SHUTTING IT OFF. HOWEVER, IN SPRINGFIELD PARK WHERE THEY HAVE THE RC GROUP, THEY HAVE ONE OF THESE PIPE TYPE FENCES, YOU CAN CLOSE THEM. IT WILL REQUIRE SOME CITY PERSONNEL TO GO OUT THERE AT 11:00 OR WHATEVER TIME WE DECIDE, TO PHYSICALLY SHUT IT OFF. THAT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY EASY, SHORT-TERM THING WE CAN DO. AS WE START MOVING TOWARDS SORT OF RECLAIMING -- RECLAIMING AND PUTTING THE PARK BACK UNDER CONTROL. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL

HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. >> IT IS NOT REALLY NECESSARILY TO ADDRESS YOUR SPECIFIC COMMENTS, MAYOR, YOU GAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, AND YOU MAY ALL HAVE SOME, KEEPING IN MIND, I CAN'T TAKE ANY OF THEM NECESSARILY BUT I WILL TRY MY BEST TO TAKE AS MANY AS I CAN. THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN SAID IS THE RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A PARK, IT REALLY DOES CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF HOW WE VIEW IT AND HOW WE WILL OPERATE TO READ IT WAS KIND OF A NO MAN'S LAND.

WE WERE NOT SURE IF WE WERE EXPENDING CITY RESOURCES ON SOMETHING THAT WASN'T OF VALUE TO THE CITY IN A LEGITIMATE WAY. THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE TELLING ME, PUTTING UP THE GATES, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL START TO INVESTIGATE. SO SOME OF THESE THINGS WE CAN BRING TO FRUITION. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I WILL IGNORE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. THERE IS ALSO ONE OTHER THING THAT I'D ASK YOU TO GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON MORE SPECIFICALLY AND EXPLICITLY. IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, THE DEPUTY MAYOR TALKED ABOUT A POLLINATOR GARDEN. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION, AND THAT IS TO TAKE IT BACK. THOSE ARE ALSO OPTIONS. MY JOB IS TO TALK ABOUT IT, THE VERY UNPOPULAR OPTIONS. AND BEFORE I START MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WE WILL SPEND MONEY AND RESOURCES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING

TO GO IN. >> DID YOU SAY BRING TRUCKS IN?

>> BEGAN TO RETURN IT TO ITS NATURAL VEGETATIVE STATE. THAT IS AN OPTION FOR US OPERATIONALLY, NO DIFFERENT THAN IT IS FOR US TO GO OUT AND PUT THE POLE GATES THERE. I JUST KIND OF WANT CLARITY BECAUSE ONE IS KIND OF A POINT OF NO RETURN. ONCE I START IMPROVING THIS PARK IT WILL BE A WASTE OF MONEY TO RESTORE IT TO ITS NATURAL VEGETATIVE STATE. SO FOR ME AS THE GUY WHO IS HERE TO TRY TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, I WANT CLARITY ON THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO

DO. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THE HOMEWORK AND FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A PARK SINCE 1982. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS, DOES THIS MAKE ROWLETT BETTER. TO THE POINT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP, THAT IS A VALID QUESTION TO SAY, DO WE EVEN KEEP THIS AS A PARK OR TO BE CLOSE IT DOWN AND I AM OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION EITHER WAY. IF WE DO LEAVE IT AS A PARK, I AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE HARD AND FAST RULES ON WHEN THE PARK IS SHUT DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY PUT UP PIPE FENCING AND ENSURE THAT THAT IS ENFORCED. AND IF WE CAN ALSO ASK THE GAME WARDEN TO ENFORCE IN THAT AREA, CHECK FOR FISHING LICENSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME FISHERMEN NOT USING LICENSES AND ARE JUST OUT THERE WILLY-NILLY BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT IT AS A PARTY PLACE.

THAT WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT THAT WILL NOT TIE UP CITY RESOURCES. I HAD NO IDEA THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEARBY AREA WERE RECEIVING THREATS. FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT IS OUR FAULT FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS SOONER AND PROJECTING THAT ON Y'ALL TO HANDLE THAT. I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

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UNFORTUNATELY WE DO LIVE IN A SOCIETY AND WE LIVE ON A LAKE.

I LOVE TO PARTY RESPONSIVELY AND RESPECTFULLY AND I LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND WATER DOES THAT. IT IS A CHALLENGING QUESTION OF KEEPING ACCESS TO THE LAKE BUT DOING IT IN A MANNER IN WHICH IT DOES NOT IMPINGE UPON THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT HOMES AND LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. I'M OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION OF SHUTTING IT DOWN AND RETURNING IT TO ITS VEGETATIVE STATE. THAT IS SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON. IF WE CAN DIVERT AND GIVE PEOPLE, LIKE AT LAKE PARK SOUTH, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? LAKESIDE SOUTH. THANK YOU. IT IS ALREADY ENFORCEABLE AND HAS FISHING DOCKS.

REGARDLESS, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE KEEP THIS OPEN, WE SHOULD FUND IT AND MAKE IT TO WHERE IT DOES MAKE ROWLETT BETTER. WHERE WE HAVE FENCING, I LIKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM'S IDEA OF A FENCE AND ENHANCING THAT AREA SO IT IS BEAUTIFUL. AND IT IS A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES DO WANT TO BE AND IT COULD BE AN ASSET TO THE CITY. I AM 50-50. I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON HOW WE GO.

>> I HAVE ASKED FROM INPUT FROM OUR PARKS BOARD, DID WE GET

THAT? >> THIS REALLY ISN'T MY ITEM.

I AM JUST HERE TO SUPPORT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE PARKS BOARD ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS. IF WE DID, WHY DON'T

YOU COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT. >> I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN.

>> WE DID TALK TO THE PARKS BOARD ABOUT IT AND THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS TO PRIMARILY TURN IT INTO A PARK. GIVEN THE INFORMATION UNCOVERED TODAY I THINK THAT WE HAVE CHECKED THAT

BOX. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> THESE ARE MY LAST WORDS. I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY.

WHETHER WE CLOSE IT UP TO GET IT UP TO A STANDARD, WHATEVER WE DO, WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY BECAUSE GUNFIRE IS GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY. PEOPLE WHO ARE RECKLESS WITH GUNS AND DON'T HAVE ANY CONCEPT THAT WHEN THAT ROUND GOES UP, IT COMES DOWN OR GOES ACROSS AND IT WILL HIT SOMETHING. SO WHATEVER WE DO, JUST HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT WHAT WE

DO. >> ON THAT NOTE, I LIKE THE TIME BOX IDEA THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. SO LET'S DO IT.

>> I THINK, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, EVERY INFRACTION YOU OBSERVED IN THE PARK IS EITHER ALREADY AGAINST CITY ORDINANCE OR PARK RULES, IS THAT CORRECT? WITH MAYBE THE EXCEPTION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING.

>> THAT IS AGAINST THE DALLAS ILA.

>> COMMERCIAL FISHING IS EVEN A VIOLATION. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW WE DETERMINE IF SOMEONE IS FISHING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR NOT. ADMITTEDLY THAT IS PROBABLY AT THE LOW END OF THE SPECTRUM AS FAR AS ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. WITH THAT BEING THE CASE AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ILLEGAL, TO ME IT IS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. THE FACT OF THE MATTER BEING THAT IT IS A PARK WE ARE NOW IN THE POSITION OF ENFORCING THE RULES, LAWS AND ORDINANCES WE HAVE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE. MAKING IT AN ASSET TO ROWLETT INSTEAD OF A LIABILITY. TO ME, I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE STEPS FORWARD ARE OR WHAT FUNDING POSITION WE ARE IN TO SPRING A PARK UP OUT OF THE GROUND, SO TO SPEAK. AND IF THERE ARE SOME PHASES OR STEPS TO GET THERE, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING TRUCKS GO OUT TOMORROW RETURNING IT TO ITS NATURAL VEGETATIVE STATE BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND OF SPENDING THE FARM AND SPENDING NOTHING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WILL BE A PARK FOREVER. AT SOME POINT

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THERE WILL BE A BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPROVE THIS SPACE IS PROBABLY NOT THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION. THAT'S

MY FEEDBACK. >> I CAN THINK OF A FEW OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED RATHER QUICKLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAYS TO READ YOU ALREADY INDICATED THAT PARK RULES SIGNAGE WILL BE A GUARANTEE UNLESS THE COUNCIL SAYS OTHERWISE. A PORT-A-POTTY TO GET PEOPLE NOT USING A BATHROOM -- THE BATHROOM IN A PUBLIC SPACE. MORE TRASH CLEANUP IF POSSIBLE. AND OF COURSE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, WHICH NOW THAT WE KNOW WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE RULES.

>> CLEANING UP THE PARK, IT IS EASY AND IT IS A CHALLENGE ALL AT THE SAME TIME. KNOWING THAT THIS IS OUR PARKS, WE WILL GIVE IT MORE ATTENTION AND THERE IS THE REALITY. THE FENCING, I WILL NOT PROMISE THE FENCING AROUND THE BARRIERS YET. I THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONVERSATION. THIS IS A PHASED PROJECT. THIS IS TIME FOR US TO GET THE SIGNAGE UP AND CLEAN IT UP. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL INFRASTUCTURE THEY ARE GOING TO ADD. IF IT IS FENCING OF A CERTAIN TYPE OR CERTAIN PURPOSE. IF IT IS RENOVATING THE PARKING SPACE, SO I THINK THE FIRST THING IS EASY, IT IS FOR US TO SIT DOWN OPERATIONALLY AND GET A PATH FORWARD AND THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO I CAN COME BACK TO YOU IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HERE IS THE THING, ALSO ADDED TO THE SURPLUS SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ONE-TIME FUNDING IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. I CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY TAKE SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, NOT SEVERAL MILLION.

WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT SURPLUS MONEY AND DEVELOP A PLAN THAT YOU CAN SIGN OFF ON IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION OF THIS PARK. BUT GETTING IT UP TO A RESPECTABLE AND CLEAN SPACE IS FAIRLY EASY.

>> ONE COMMENT TO THE MANY SPEAKERS AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T SPEAK TODAY, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OR MAYBE YOU ARE, THE WAY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TRACKS INCIDENTS IS PARAMOUNT. THAT IS HOW THEY DETERMINE ENFORCEMENT AREAS. THE PURPOSE OF THAT, SORRY, THAT WAS VERY FAST. AND THE PURPOSE IS THAT THEY TAKE ALL THE DATA THAT IS FED IN, EVERY LOCATION AND TYPE OF INCIDENT AND IT GETS FED INTO THIS MODEL AND IT DETERMINES WHERE THE POLICE OFFICERS USE THEIR DOWNTIME. WHERE TO SIT AND BE PRESENT. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL ARE CALLING IN EVERY TIME THERE IS AN INCIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS FRUSTRATING. THERE ARE HOMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FRUSTRATE ME AS WELL. I LIVE IN TWIN STAR PARK AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING. SOMEONE WAS ACTUALLY SHOT. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS. DON'T BE ASHAMED, DON'T BE , YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NONEMERGENCY NUMBER IF YOU THINK THAT IT IS NOT SUPERCRITICAL. IF IT IS LOUD MUSIC MAYBE OR SOMETHING LESS URGENT THAN GUNFIRE. THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE AS A SOCIETY IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO BAD THINGS. THEY WILL ALWAYS CAUSE PROBLEMS AND HAVE ISSUES. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ANY PARK. AND YOU ALL HEARD MR. HALL EARLIER SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUES ON POINT PARK. AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF ISSUES THAT HAPPENED IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO DIFFICULT TO PATROL. THIS IS LARGER THAN JUST THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ONE AREA AS EVIDENCED BY THE AGENDA ITEM AND KNOWING THAT ALL OF THIS LAKESIDE AREA IS A PARK, IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE CITY TO WORK THROUGH ON HOW DO WE ENFORCE THESE PARK RULES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ENFORCED IN THE

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PAST. I WILL DO WHAT MIKE DID A SECOND AGO AND SAY THAT'S IT,

I WILL STOP TALKING. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT RESIDENTS DID NOT STOP CALLING BECAUSE THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. THEY STOPPED CALLING BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID. THERE HAVE BEEN THREATS OF RETALIATION AND THERE NEED TO BE NEW PROTOCOLS TO ADDRESS HOW OR WHETHER RESIDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY ILL INTENT OR ANY INCOMPETENCE OR ANYTHING ON PART OF THE POLICE OFFICER BUT THIS IS A TRAINING ISSUE. I TOTALLY SEE HOW IT HAPPENS. YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU CONTACT THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A CAMPFIRE AND YOU SAY, I'M AFRAID IT MIGHT SPREAD OVER THERE AND YOU POINT OVER TO THE SUNRISE AREA OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE MINIMIZED, OR THE REASON THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST GETTING LAZY OR FRUSTRATED, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STOPPED CALLING BECAUSE THEY WERE

AFRAID. >> I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND POLICIES AND THOSE THINGS AND I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO HEAR FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TOPIC A LOT AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS HE CAN GIVE CONTEXT TO.

>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING CONCERNS WITH THIS AREA THAT WE REFER TO AS MILLER AND MONEY CREEK. WE ALL SORT OF COLLOQUIALLY NAMED THIS THE KENT MILLER AREA BUT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PURPOSES, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THIS A PARK FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, IN ORDER FOR US TO TRACK ANY DATA, WE ARE VERY HEAVILY DATA-DRIVEN. OUR APPROACH IS FOR THE CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.

THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE ZONES BUT IT IS AN AREA OF HIGH PATROL. I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME NUMBERS TO PROVIDE SOME REASSURANCES THAT OFFICERS ARE REGULARLY PATROLLING THESE AREAS AND HAVE SUSPICION BASED STOPS IN THESE AREAS AND THE REALITY IS THAT DATA DOES NOT SHOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THESE VARIOUS AREAS. BEFORE I DO THAT I WANT TO BACK UP. WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS INITIALLY RAISED, I THINK BACK IN THE MID-LAST YEAR TIMEFRAME, JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE ACTUALLY GET AT THE MILLER AND MONEY CREEK AREA, WE HAD TO DO A SEARCH, SPECIFICALLY THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO TRACK THAT IS WHEN THE OFFICERS CALL OUT STOPS IN THE AREAS. THERE IS NO PHYSICAL ADDRESS TO THE MILLER MONEY CREEK PARKING LOT AREA.

SO THE WAY WE TRACK IT IS WITH OUR CAT SYSTEM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP A VEHICLE THAT IS PASSING BY THE MILLER ROAD AND MONEY CREEK PARKING LOT. I WILL BE AT MILLER ROAD AND MONEY CREEK AND IF A CAR PULLS INTO THE PARKING LOT, THAT IS WHERE THE TRAFFIC STOP TAKES PLACE. SO WE RAN A SEARCH OF THE THREE YEARS OF CALL DATA GOING BACK TO 2021. AND WE ENDED UP WITH A TOTAL OF 21 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE INCLUDING CITIZEN OR OFFICER INITIATED CALLS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE MILLER AND MONEY CREEK PARKING AREA. WHAT I FOUND IS WHEN SCREENING THROUGH THOSE IS THAT MANY OF THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAFFIC STOP THAT AN OFFICER CALLED OUT, A CAR DOESN'T ALWAYS STOP. MAYBE THEY DROVE CLEAR TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND STEPPED IN THAT AREA. SO THIS WAS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE DEALER AND MONEY CREEK PARKING AREA AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF A LITTLE LESS THAN 20. TWO BONFIRE CALLS IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, MOST OF THEM, SOME OF THEM WERE ROAD RAGE TYPE CALLS THAT HAD NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH CRIMINAL

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ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL FIREWORKS CALLS AND ONE DOMESTIC INCIDENT AND ONE REPORTED SHOOTING. AND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE SHOTS PEOPLE ARE HEARING, PARTICULARLY HEARING THE GUNFIRE OR CALLS REPORTED INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE IN FACT GUNFIRE, WE HAVE ONE CALL. ONE CALL GOING BACK TO FEBRUARY OF 2023. THE REPORTING PERSONS HOUSE BACK TO THE WATER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SHOTS CAME FROM THE BRIDGE OR WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS THE PEDAL POINT BRIDGE. THEY SPOKE TO TWO SUBJECTS IN THE MILLER AND MONEY CREEK PARKING LOT. THE SUBJECTS WERE CONTACTED IN THE MILLER MONEY CREEK PARKING LOT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AND HAD NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE. NO DESCRIPTION OF INJURIES IN THAT INCIDENT. WE'VE ALSO HAD REPORTS OF TEENS JUMPING OFF THE BRIDGE, AND WE HAVE REINFORCED THAT TO OUR OFFICERS. WE HAVE HAD FOLKS INJURED JUMPING OFF THE BRIDGE. THAT IS GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR, 2023. LET ME FAST-FORWARD AND THEN I WILL GET TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. AT THIS YEAR, YEAR TO DATE THIS SPEAKS TO, WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC, PLEASE CALL US. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE VIOLATIONS, PEOPLE CONDUCTING HAND-TO-HAND VIOLATIONS THAT MAY LOOK SUSPICIOUS, YOU ULTIMATELY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THESE NUMBERS DO NOT LIE. WE HAVE HAD FIVE CALLS OF SERVICE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THAT INCLUDED AN OFFICER INITIATED ARREST THAT WAS MADE FOR A WANTED PERSON, IT WASN'T ILLEGAL PARKING VIOLATION, A FISHING COMPLAINT AND A FIREWORKS CALL AND LOUD MUSIC CALL. THAT IS YEAR TO DATE, 2024. 2023 WE HAD A TOTAL, I'M SORRY, GOING BACK TO 2023, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR THE SAME TIME YEAR TO DATE WHICH INCLUDES THE TWO BONFIRE CALLS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. NOW I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF OUR OFFICERS. THIS CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN TREATED LIKE A PARK, ESPECIALLY AFTER HOURS. IF OFFICERS ARE DRIVING BY IT IS A COMMON AREA TO DRIVE THROUGH OR DOCUMENT GREED TROLL. BASICALLY WHEN THEY ARE DRIVING THROUGH A BUSINESS COMPLEX OR APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY ARE GREETED PATROLS. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ARE LUGGING ANY PROACTIVE STOPS THAT ARE MADE. NOT JUST IN THIS AREA BUT ALL OF OUR PARKS. THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT DIFFERENT ACTIVITY AT LAKESIDE PARK SOUTH AND PEDAL POINT PARK. SO YEAR TO DATE, JUST PROACTIVE PROBABLE CAUSE OF REASONABLE SUSPICION BASED STOPS, NEARLY 100. PEDAL POINT PARK, 48 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, SAME TIME, 33.

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. >> TO ENFORCE OUR PARK ORDINANCANCE RULES THE SAME AS PARK PARK YOU NAME IT. A LITTLE EXTRA EDUCATION BUT I AM CONFIDENT WITH JUST SOME BRIEFING OUR OFFICERS ARE ALREADY IN THE PARKS A LOT. OUR PARKS ARE SAFE ESPECIALLY AFTER THE HOURS WHERE THE MAJORITY TAKE PLACE AFTER HOURS AND CONTACTS IS AFTER HOURS AND IT IS TAKING PLACE AFTER HOURS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EASY PROBABLE CAUSE AFTER 11:00 P.M., AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE PARK. OFFICERS IT GIVES THEM REASON TO MAKE CONTACT. AND IT CAN MAKE IT IN A LOW-KEY ALMOST CONSENSUAL ENVIRONMENT. AND YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A CRIMINAL VIOLATION, THEY ARE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. AND IF THEY ARE AFTER HOURS THEY WILL EDUCATE THEM. WE WANT COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATE. WE WILL EDUCATE THEM ON PARK RULES. AND 99.9% OF THE TIME PEOPLE WILL COMPLY AND LEAVE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE END GOAL IS EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE CONSISTENTLY APPLYING OUR PARK RULES ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> CHIEF, A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> YES, SIR.

>> HOW OFTEN DO WE INTERACT WITH THE GAME WARDEN AND ASKING FOR ASSISTANT SUPPORT, PARTNERSHIP, ET CETERA?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T THINK VERY MUCH AT ALL.

AND ACTUALLY, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR SOMEONE SUGGEST THAT. I MEAN THAT'S A POTENTIAL VIABLE OPTION AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US ESPECIALLY THE FIRSTING CONCERNS AND WE MADE A NOTE OF

AND WILL LOOK INTO. >> I THINK THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF A PARTNERSHIP THERE BECAUSE AT THE CAMPING EVENT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SPONSORED NOT THIS YEAR BUT LAST YEAR, THE GAME WARDEN BROUGHT THE BOAT OUT ONE OF THEIR WARDENS SPOKE TO THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE FOR A WHILE. THERE WAS INTERACTION THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. BUT, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME

PARTNERSHIP BUILT. >> AND THERE VERY WELL MAY BE

AND WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GAME WARDEN. MOST INTERACTION IS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON LIKE FOURTH OF JULY AND THAT SORT. SO THAT

[INAUDIBLE] >> I THINK WE MIGHT BE AT POINT WE WANT THEIR HELP SO WE MIGHT WANT TO GIVE THEM CALL AND SAY CAN YOU HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE CLEARLY, THERE'S ISSUES THERE AND IF THERE'S ANGLERS BRINGING IN MORE THAN THEIR KEEP OR FISHING WITHOUT A LICENSE THAT'S DEFINITELY.

>> YES. >> COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF?

>> A COMMENT THANK YOU APPRECIATE ALL THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME, AND I JUST HAVE A HUNCH THAT ONCE THIS CAMP MILLER WHATEVER WE HAVE CALL IT AS AN OFFICIAL CAMP BECOMES MORE ENFORCED IMMEDIATELY UNDER PARK RULES, THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A DROP, JUST MY HUNCH, I AM NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST I DON'T KNOW, WE WILL SEE A DROP IN ENTIRE AREA IN THE NUMBERS. BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT'S SORT OF A SYSTEMIC THING AND WHEN WE GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM I THINK WE WILL SEE IT DROP ACROSS THE BOARD. HOPEFULLY, YOUR A YEAR FROM NOW YOU WILL SAY YOU ARE A GENIUS AND CORRECT. BUT REGARDLESS, THANK

YOU GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. WHAT YOU GOT? GO

AHEAD. >> OKAY.

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>> WHY WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST. >> FYI I BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH PUBLIC WORK STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. IF WE FINALIZE THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY, WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THIS SIGNAGE UP AND INSTALLED BY WEDNESDAY THE END

OF BUSINESS WEDNESDAY. SO. >> SO THANK YOU TO KIND OF GO BACK OVER BEFORE PEOPLE LEAVE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND KIND OF WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. SO, THE PARK WHICH MEANS WE CAN BEGIN ENFORCEMENT POLICE CAN BEGIN ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARK RULES, SPOKE ABOUT THE SIGNAGE CITY MANAGER. WE CAN LOOK AT [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SOME PORT-A-POTTY COMPANIES IF WE CAN SEE ABOUT GETTING ONE THERE. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS IF POSSIBLE.

DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY. AND THEN OF COURSE, AS CITY MANAGER ADDRESSED, MORE ATTENTION TO TRASH PICKUP. AND THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE THINGS AND, OF COURSE, WE WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE DATE, HOPEFULLY SOME TIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, TO PRESENT A PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN. TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SURFACE IMPROVEMENT, PERMANENT ADDRESS ASIGNED TO THE PARK, POTENTIALLY RIP RAPPING THE BEACH AREA THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN DEPUTY PRO TEM MAYOR'S PRESENTATION. AND POTENTIAL FENCING, AND I LIKE THE POLLINATOR GARDEN IDEA, THAT WAS IN DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER AND ASSIGNING AN OFFICIAL NAME FOR THE PARK. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MORE LONG-TERM THINGS THAT -- NOT LONG-TERM IN A YEAR BUT A FEW MONTHS, THAT STAFF CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH SOME IDEAS, THAT WE CAN FLUSH OUT. UNLESS YOU WANT IT TO BE A

COUNCIL ACTION ITEM ONLY. >> HERE'S THING, WE WILL COME BACK WITH MOST OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE FENCING, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN YOU CREEP INTO THE IDEA OF A POLLINATOR GARDEN, THAT CHANGES THE COMPLETE COMPLEX OF HOW WE DEVELOP THIS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I AM NOT GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU UNLESS YOU TELL ME TO. BECAUSE WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS IMPROVE WHAT'S THERE, AND ENHANCE WHAT'S THERE TO AN APPRECIABLE DEGREE, BUT THAT'S A POLICY DECISION IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT IN THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S NOT ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR ME TO SAY, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A CONSENSUS ON THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT BUT THAT'S THE DIRECTION. IT MAY NOT BE THE TIME FOR YOU TO TELL ME THAT. YOU MAY TELL ME WHAT I COME BACK PHASE 2 I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. PHASE 2 YOU MAY SAY MAKE IT A POLLINATOR GARDEN, AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO AT THAT TIME.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT IDEA YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

>> SO TO THAT END, DOES THIS FIRST PHASE ACCOMPLISH MANY OF THE GOALS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OR MANY OF THE OBJECTIVES

DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED? >> , I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.

CERTAINLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT CLEANLINESS AND OTHER THINGS,

THOSE ARE EASILY ACCOMPLISHED. >> LET ME BE MORE SPECIFIC. I ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PEOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY ONTO PROPERTY THAT IS SUBLEASED AND PEOPLE'S DOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLLINATOR GARDEN THAT WAS THE PURPOSE, WAS -- IS BORDERING THE PUMP STATION THAT'S THERE.

SO THE PURPOSE WAS TO KIND OF SEGREGATE THAT LAND FROM THE PARKLAND AND SO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> , WHICH ASPECT OF SEGREGATION?

>> YES I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU WISH TO INSTALL A BARRIER BETWEEN THE PUMP STATION AND THERE ARE LIMITATION BECAUSE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CUTTING OFF ABILITY TO TRAVERSE THE AREAS. COPING IN MIND, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE STATUS BUT REMEMBER IF THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THAT AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT SUBLEASED, IT TOO IS PARK AREA.

AND THE CITY WOULDN'T NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ANY RIGHT TO QUADRANT THAT OFF. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BECAUSE I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE OBJECTIVE. IF MAYBE THIS IS A PHASE 2 ISSUE THAT WE DEAL WITH. BUT FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, IF IT IS PARK IT IS PARK. IT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE CITY CAN, YOU KNOW, BLOCK OFF THE PARK. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO AN ISSUE OF IS SOMEONE GOING ONTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY, OR SUBLEASED AREA, THAT IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. AND THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE FOR THE POLICE IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS

OF LAW. >> YES, I THINK THE MANY OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARK RULES WE WILL ALLEVIATE 90 TO 95% OF THE ISSUES THAT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE.

>> I THINK SO. >> THAT STILL --

>> I THINK SO AND WE CAN DO THAT STUFF IMMEDIATELY.

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>> OKAY. AND THERE'S PROBABLY THIS IS PROBABLY PART OF A BIGGER CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT. BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE SHOULD SPAN ALL OF THE TAKE LINE AREA THAT'S NOT SUBLEASED CURRENTLY. THERE'S D -- I MEAN THAT'S THROUGHOUT

THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW. >> I AM NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. YEAH, I AM NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> YES. >> THIS ISSUE ENFORCEMENT OF PARK RULES IN ALL THE AREAS WHICH ARE NOW PRESUMABLY A PARK, ALONG THE SHORELINE, WHAT HAPPENS?

>> NO, SIR AND WE BEGUN TO ADDRESS THAT TOPIC AND IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THIS PER SE AND IT'S RELATIVE. AND IT'S CONTEXTUAL. SO YOU TAKE A PARCEL THAT IS IN BETWEEN ABUTING TWO ADJACENT PARCELS THAT ARE SUBLEASED SO TECHNICALLY, THE PARCEL THIS IS A NOT SUBLEASED IS PARK PROPERTY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT THEN TO TRAVERSE ACROSS PRIVATE PROPERTY TO ACCESS THAT. SO PRACTICLLY, AGAIN WE ARE GIVING YOU TWO THINGS. GIVING YOU THEORETICAL ANSWER IT IS PARK LAND AND PRACTICE ASPECT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS THEY BREAK THE LAW. AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. NOW IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AREAS, THAT, TOO, IS ALSO CONTEXTUAL IF GENERALLY IT IS ALLOWED TO EXIST IN ITS NATURAL GREEN BELT STATE.

THAT'S RELATIVE TO THE CONDITION. IF IT'S -- IF WE HAD AN ISSUE ONE HAD A LARGE SINK HOLE OR OTHER SUCH THINGS THOSE ARE THINGS TO ADDRESS. IF THERE'S INORDINATE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS OR THINGS WE WILL ADDRESS THAT BUT THERE'S IN THE AN OBLIGATION, I SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR, TO GO OUT AND MANICURE A PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT THAT'S SUBLEASED.

WELL, AND I THINK IT IS. AND SO I GUESS I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP. THAT'S NOT THE OBLIGATION THAT'S INURED OR RESPONSIBILITY TO US UNDER THE IOA OR REASONABLE PRACTICAL INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS.

>> SO, SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. SO ARE WE SAYING IF THERE IS A PARCEL OF TAKE AREA THAT'S IN BETWEEN TWO SUBLEASED TAKE AREAS IT'S A PARK, BUT THEN IF SOMEONE MOVES IN THERE AND DECIDES TO SUBLEASE IT, IT IS NO LONGER A

PARK? >> THAT'S CORRECT. AND

UNDEVELOPED PARK. >> AND THAT'S I AM GLAD THE AGENDA ITEM IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. WITH THAT INFORMATION IN MIND, A-GRANTED YOU JUST GOT IT THIS WEEKEND, SO I UNDERSTAND MAYBE WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT IT JUST POTENTIALLY IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION THAN WHAT.

>> WE HAVE THAT'S WHY I CAN ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS PARCEL THIS PARCEL IF IT'S PARK AND HOW DO ADDRESS IT. WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN THIS SMALL WINDOW GOING THROUGH THAT PERMUTATION.

>> DID YOU TALK TO ANYONE AT CITY OF DALLAS AND WHETHER

THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE IOA. >> THE IOA IS VERY CLEAR IT DESIGNATES THAT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY DESIGNATES AS A PARK IN THAT LEASED AREA IS A PARK. AND IN OUR ORDINANCE FROM 1982 IS EQUALLY CLEAR IT'S A PARK. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO

CALL DALLAS. >> PASS AN ORDINANCE CHANGING

THAT. >> YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD.

>> DID WE BEAT THAT HORSE TO DEATH? I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE RECESS. LET'S

>>I KNEW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.

>> I LOVE SCIENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE NEXT

[4C. Discuss Tree Reforestation Policy outlining possible uses of funds collected in lieu of tree mitigation, and any related ordinance updates]

ITEM? >> YES TREES ITEM 4 C CUSS TREE REFORESTIZATION AND COLLECTED IN LEW OF TREE MITIGATION AND

IT'S ABOUT REFORESTATION POLICY WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY. TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND TWO SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCES THAT COULD HAVE RELATE TO TREE PRESERVATION MITIGATION, AND TALK ABOUT COLLECTING FEES FOR TREES WHICH ARE NOT MITIGATED BY EITHER PRESERVED TREES OR REPLANTED TREES. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A QUICK RUN DOWN OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS AND HOW THE FEES ARE CAL CUE LATED. REFERENCES IN CHAPTER 77 IN THE ROWLET DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CONFLICTING VERBIAGE IN CHAPTER 989 UNDER THE TREE REPLACE PLENT WHICH IS A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCES THAT

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HAS DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FOR THE CREDIT SET ALORD FOR REPLANTING OF TREES AND HAD APPROVES THE TREES AND OTHER THINGS. SO WE WILL KIND OF WORK ON THOSE ORDINANCE UPDATES TO CLARIFY THAT AND CLEAN IT UP LATER DATE, BUT, WHICH EVER -- WE HAVE DEFAULTED TO CHAPTER 98 OF THE ORDINANCES FOR ALL OF THE TREE PRESERVATION, AND THAT'S WHERE IT SPEAKS TO AND THE ONLY PLACE REFORESTATION FUND WHICH IS WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT.

>> SO, TODAY, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 423,000 DOLLAR IN THE REFORESTATION FUND BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN POLICY ON THE BOOKS FOR HOW THE FUNDS ARE EXPEND. SO SO, CORY AND I HAVE DONE DIGGING HOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HANDLE THIS WE LOOKED AT GARLAND AND DALLAS AND ORDINANCES RANGE FROM JUST FOLLOWING WHAT'S IN THE REFORESTATION PLAN AND VERY IN-DEPTH SIGNIFICANT GUIDELINES FOR THE REFORESTATION. SO, WHAT STAFF WILL PLAN TO BRING BACK TO YOU IS A VERY BASELINE ORDINANCE INSTRUCTING STAFF TO USE REENFORESTATION FUNDS BASED ON THE POLICY BUT WE THOUGHT WHAT WE DO IS BRING TO YOU WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING PUTTING IN THAT REFORESTATION POLICY, BASED ON BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE METROPLEX. AND SO, THESE ARE THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE CAME UP WITH FOR REFORESTATION POLICY THAT WE FEEL ARE BROAD ENOUGH TO ENCAPSULATE GOALS OF THE REENFORCESTATION AND GOALS OF THE FUND AND FLEXIBILITY HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT. MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S STATE THAT THEIR REFORESTATION FUNDS WILL BE USED ALMOST MAJORITY ON PLANTING TREES ON CITY PROPERTY. A LOT OF THE POLICIES AROUND THE METROPLEX TALK ABOUT PLANTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THIS IS FOR RESIDENTIAL TREE GIVEAWAYS. SO WE ARE THINKING ARBOR DAY AND OTHER TREE GIVE AWAY USING THE FUNDS FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS STATED IS REFORESTATION FUNDS WILL NOT BE USED TO OFFSET THE FAILURE FOR DEVELOPERS TO PUT IN TREES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD SUGGEST, TOO. EXISTING TREE MAINTENANCE, SO BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY PLANTED IN THE CITY WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF THESE FUNDS. AS WELL AS STORM DAMAGE MITIGATION. SO THE WIND STORM THAT STRUCK THE CITY EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED. THE REFORESTATION FUNDS COULD BE USED TO FIX THOSE TREES, AND THEN IN SOME CASES REPLANT THE TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED IN STORMS FREEZES AND WIND STORMS, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, A CITY WIDE TREE CANOPY ANALYSIS OR OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT LET US KNOW WHERE TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED, WHAT CANOPY LEVELS LOO LOOK LIKE. WE FEEL BETWEEN STAFF THE FIVE CATEGORIES ARE SPECIFIC HOW THE FUND SHOULD BE USED BUT BROAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR THE REFORESTATION FUND AND SO FOR NEXT STEPS, CORY INDICATED, WE WANT TO BRING BACK CLEANING UP OF CHAPTER 77 AND 98. WE PLAN TO MOVE OUR REFORESTATION LANGUAGE INTO THE VEGETATION CHAPTER 98 FOR JUST CLARITY. AND THEN REMOVE THE TREE PRESS PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS FROM CHAPTER 77. AND WE PLAN TO BRING BACK A BASELINE ORDINANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ADOPTING THE -- UTILIZING THE FUNDS BASED ON THE TREE MITIGATION -- REFORESTATION POLICY AND GUIDELINES WE PRESENTED TO YOU.

SO, I THINK I TALKED ENOUGH. CORY WILL TAKE YOUR HARD

QUESTIONS. >> THAT'S IT? OKAY. LOVE THAT.

I DID JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, IT IS NOT A RECENT STUDY, BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, WE WERE DELIVERED WITH A ROWLETT SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. OBVIOUSLY NOT UPDATED. THERE'S -- A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THAT, BUT, THAT WAS GOING MORE INTO THE POINT OF LOOKING AT A NEW ANALYSIS, MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT UPDATING IT. OKAY.

>> IF I COULD JUMP IN. ONE OF THE, I GUESS, THINGS THAT STRUCK ME WE KNOW WHEN A DEVELOPER GOES IN THEY HAVE TO REMOVE TREES IT'S A GIVEN NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT SEEMS TO ME, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER THEY ARE PAYING FOR ENTRY WHATEVER, I MEAN LET'S FACE IT ON A $10 MILLION PROJECT, $100,000 FOR TREE MITIGATION IS ROUNDING. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE PENAL BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAXIMIZING THAT AND JUST TO TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE AWARE OF SAVING TREES. THE OTHER THING THAT, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AND MAYBE YOU CAN

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CORRECT ME. ON THE FIRST SLIDE IN FACT I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REFERENCED IT. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT UP TO -- ONE CALIPER MAN 4 INCH TREES FOR REPLACEMENT? I THINK I SEEN BEFORE IT WAS 3 INCH TREES AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO SMALL. WE NEEDED TO

HAVE A LARGER CALIPER FOR THAT. >> THE WAY THAT THIS READS WE GIVE A 1 TO 1 INCH SO IF THEY REMOVED 400 CALIPER INCHES OF PROTECTED TREES THEY HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH 400 OR PAY THE FEE FOR 400. BUT THAT CAN'T BE DONE BY TWO OR THREE INCH TREES. EACH INDIVIDUAL TREES PLANTED HAS TO BE AT LEAST 4

INCHES FOR IT TO COUNT. >> THAT'S HOW IT IS SET UP.

>> THAT'S THE WAY IT CURRENTLY IS.

>> DOES ONE A HALF TO ONE REPLACEMENT.

>> OTHER COMMUNITIES? >> IT'S ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> REALLY? >> WE CAN BRING THE INFORMATION BACK TO YOU. I WOULD SAY THAT, WELL, ACTUALLY LET ME NOT GIVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION. THOUGHTS I DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO BACK

IT UP. >> AGAIN I DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO STIFLE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S NOT WHA WE ARE TRYING TO DO. BUT WE HAVE LOT OF TREES IN THIS CITY AND PEOPLE REALLY CARE FOR THEM A LOT AND ARE ATTACHED TO THEM, AND SOMEBODY WILL PULL THEM OUT, THEY BETTER, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE WHERE WE FEEL THE TREES ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY. I AM NOT SURE I

FEEL THAT. >> THIS IS JUST REFORESTATION POLICY. I DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION FOR THE UPDATED TREE MITIGATION. BUT THAT WILL COME MOVING IT FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE OTHER. WE WILL DO THE CLEANUP NECESSARY AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AT THAT TIME.

>> OKAY. THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY QUESTION BECAUSE IT APPEARED IT WAS FOCUS ON HOW TO USE THE FUNDS. AND WHETHER WE LOOK AT CHANGES TO THE ENTIRE TREE ORDINANCE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU RECOMMENDATION FOR CLEANUP AND CLARITY BECAUSE WE HAVE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS. AND THAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY. BUT THEN WE WILL ALSO DO THE ANALYSIS FOR THE FEES ALONG WITH I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MASTER FEE UPDATE BUT WE WILL TRY TO DID IT CONCURRENTLY SO

YOU CAN HAVE THE FACTS AT ONCE. >> RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> DOES THE TREE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DOES THAT INCLUDE

REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES? >> YES, SIR THAT INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES PRUNING TREES.

>> JUST SO HAPPENED THIS MORNING I WAS COMING OUT RCC AND CITIZEN CAME UP TO ME AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEAD TREES ON THE PATHWAY UP THERE AT PECAN GROVE. THAT

WOULD INCLUDE THAT RIGHT. >> YES, SIR.

>> OKAY. >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING A SUGGESTION FOR US ON WHAT A DEVELOPER DOES NOT REPLACE TREES IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID OR

COULDY REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID. >> YES, SIR ONE OF THE CONSISTENT PROVISION IN EVERY TREE ORDER INNOCENCE WE FOUND ACROSS THE METROPLEX IS THE TREE MITIGATION FUND COULD NOT BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE DEVELOPER'S FAILURE TO REPLACE TREES. THIS WOULD BE USED FOR OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND RESIDENTIAL TREE GIVE AWAYS BUT NOT THIS FUND TO OFFSET ANY SHORTCOMINGS BY THE DEVELOPER TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

[4D. Discuss a contract with Swinerton Builders to act as the Construction Manager At Risk (“CMAR”) for the construction of the Municipal Complex project (City Hall, Public Safety Administration, Animal Shelter, and Herfurth Park).]

>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ONTO ITEM 4D WHICH IS TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT WITH WINNERTON BUILDINGS TO ACT AS CONSTRUCTION ASTERISK FOR CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROTECT INCLUDING CITY HALL ANIMAL SHELTER AND

HERBERT PARK. >> CITY MANAGER AND WITH ME IS LAWYERS OUR PROJECT MANAGERAND MY GOAL IS TO GET HER IN FRONT OF YOU MORE OFTEN AND ME LESS OFTEN. THEE ITEMS WE WILL MAKE IT CRIBBINGLY AND WILL RUN THROUGH THEM. SELECTION PROCESS, TWO-STEP PROCESS BY SUN QUALIFICATION. SECOND IS BASED ON COST. SO WE HAVE THE BENEFIT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS BEING ABLE TO GET THE COST INFORMATION UP FRONT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. WINNERTON IS A LARGER FIRM A NATIONAL FIRM WE RECOMMEND AND LOT OF OFFICES.

YOU CAN SEE HERE. AND GARY BRIGHT IS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND WE WILL SEE THROUGHOUT AND MANAGING THE PROJECT FOR US.

AND THESE OTHER TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE COST ESTIMATING CREW FOR PRECONSTRUCTION AND I WILL GO OVER THAT IN DETAIL SHORTLY.

THIS IS THE REST OF THE TEAM WHEN WE GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEY ARE RESOURCES DURING THE INITIAL PRECONSTRUCTION PHASE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE DEMOGRAPHICS ABOUT THE COMPANY, THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE OWNED ORGANIZATION. SO, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER COMPANIES WE LOOKED AT. EQUALLY IF I CAGES YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT SCORED IN THE CRITERIA UP TOP THERE. SO THESE

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ARE THE THREE COMPANIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE MOST QUALIFIED HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR COMPLEX LARGE PROJECTS. AND THEN WE GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT PRICE, PRICES MADE UP THREE ELEMENTS. THE PRECONSTRUCTION FEE WHICH IS FLAT, FOR THE PRECONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND YOU HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FEE WHICH IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR WHAT THEY CALL WORK. AND THAT IS BASED ON FLEXIBLE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS.

SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS BASICALLY THE PROFIT MARGIN.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, GENERAL CONDITIONS IS THEIR COST RECOVERY FOR EMPLOYEES THEY UTILIZE IN THE RESOURCE FOR EMPLOYEES DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

SWINERTON'S BID WITH A $2.5 MILLION LOWER THAN THE OTHER TWO ORGANIZATIONS. SO, VERY COMPETITIVE. BACK TO HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOT THESE PHASES OF DESIGN, AND WHAT WE WILL START WITH IS PRECONSTRUCTION SO WE BRING IN THE PARTNER ON NOW EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING THE PROJECT UNTIL YOU GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE HERE TO HELP IN THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH COST ESTIMATION LOOKING AT WHAT METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION METHODS ARE MORE EFFICIENT FOR US. AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT MARKETPLACE IDENTIFY LONG LEAD ITEMS THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE ORDER WELL IN ADVANCE LIKE, GENERAL RATERS RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT REALLY IS THE PART OF THE PRICE YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING OR OBLIGATED IS PRECONSTRUCTION CROFT $30,000. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FULL AUTHORIZATION SHOULD THIS MOVE FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO $OF 5 MILLION CONSTRUCTION COSTS. BUT WE WILL BE BACK WITH A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AMENDMENT ONCE WE ESTABLISH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION -- THAT'S DEVELOPED TOWARD THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING DESIGN PHASE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE WILL BE ROUNDS OF COST ESTIMATION AND PROVIDING ESTIMATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PROCESS. SO WE BRING THIS BACK TO YOU TOMORROW NIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT AMENDMENT AROUND 70, 90% CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS IN THE SPRING, AND GROUND BREAKING IN APRI RIBBON