[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          >>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING IN THE ROWLETT CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS AUGUST 5, 2025. WE START WITH AN INVOCATION. ASSOCIATE PASTOR, NATHAN WILL. I INVITE YOU TO 
          STAND WITH ME. >> FATHER GOD, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT, TEXAS, AND GRATEFUL FOR HOW IT HAS ENDURED AND GROWN AND CONTINUED TO BE A BENEFICIAL AND ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND TO WORK. GOD, I AM THANKFUL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LEADERSHIP GATHERED HERE TONIGHT WHO GIVE OF THEIR TIME TO SERVE THIS CITY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO STEWARD THEIR GIFTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN A WAY THAT IS CONTINUALLY BENEFICIAL AND A BLESSING TO THIS CITY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF COOPERATION AND CLARITY AND PRODUCTIVITY. LET THIS BE A MEETING THAT IS GOOD IN EVERY WAY THAT IT CAN BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES CONNECTED TO THIS TOWN. GOD, WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. 
          >> THANK YOU, PASTOR. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND NOW THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER 
          GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          [4A. Presentation of Rowlett Centenarian Recognition and Proclamation for Mrs. Josephine Prachyl. ]
          >> CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:03 P.M. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PRESENTATION OF ROWLETT CENTENARIAN RECOGNITION AND RECOGNITION FOR MRS. JOSEPHINE PRACHYL. ANY MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD TO COME ON UP AND MS. PRACHYL AS WELL. MS. PRACHYL'S FAMILY AS WELL. 
          >> GLAD TO MEET YOU. IT'S MY PLEASURE. 
          >> COME ON, SENIOR ADVISOR. THIS IS A TRUE PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECK THESE OUR CENTENARIANS IN OUR CITY. YOU ARE OUR THIRD ONE AND AFTER TONIGHT, YOUR NAME WILL GO UP ON ONE OF THOSE PLAQUES OVER THERE AS OUR THIRD CENTENARIAN IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. SO LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT PROUDLY RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES REFLECT DEDICATION, COURAGE, AND SERVICE TO OTHERS AND WHEREAS JOSEPHINE, MS. JOE PRACHYL WAS BORN IN TEXAS TO MARY AND JOHN. AND FROM A YOUNG AGE, MRS. JOE DEMONSTRATED HARD WORK, WORKING AS A COTTON PICKER AND FOLLOWING HER TIME IN NEBRASKA, SHE RETURNED TO TEXAS AND WORKED FOR THREE YEARS AT SEARS, CONTINUING TO EXEMPLIFY A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND COMMITMENT TO HER COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS MS. JOE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER LOVE OF QUILTING AND SEWING SKILLS, WHEREAS SHE ALWAYS ENJOYS WALKING, DANCING, CAMPING, COOKING, AND QUILTING, LEADING TO A FULL AND ACTIVE LIFE AND WHEREAS HER PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY FOR LONGEVITY, INCLUDES LOTS OF EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATING HABITS THAT HAVE NO DOUBT CONTRIBUTED TO HER REMARKABLE 101 YEARS OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS MS. JO IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND THE CHERISHED GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY HER LOVE, WISDOM, AND ENDURING SPIRIT. NOW THEREFORE, I ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY ALL CITIZENS TO HONOR MS. JO PRACHYL FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER COUNTRY WAY OF LIFE. HER LEGACY OF STRENGTH, KINDNESS, AND VITALITY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US ALL. 
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WORDS? NO? OKAY. OKAY. 
          PICTURE. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE OVER THIS WAY? I GOT YOU. I'LL 
          LET YOU HELP ME HOLD THIS. >> OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. 
          >> THREE, TWO, ONE. CANDID CAMERA. ONE LAST CALL FOR A 
          SPEECH. >> NO THANK YOU. 
          >> THIS IS YOURS. >> OH, THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE BLESSED TO KNOW SOMEONE THAT REACHED THE AGE OF 100 YEARS, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO RECOGNIZE THEM AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. THERE ARE NOT THAT 
          [4B. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational  Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest.   ]
MANY PEOPLE THAT REACH THAT AGE. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THEM. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 4B. UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE CITY OF ROWLETT WILL HOST A INFORMATION SESSION TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE LIBERTY REPAIR SEWER PROJECT. IT'S THIS THURSDAY, AGUST 7, AT 7:00 P.M. AND BE HELD AT THE WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY ROOM. DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION PLANS RELATED TO THE PROJECT. THIS SESSION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE CLOSING THE STREETS AND TURNING DOWNTOWN ROWLETT INTO A BLOCK PARTY. JOIN US FOR PARTY ON MAIN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 FROM 8:00 P.M. TO 10:30 P.M. FOOD, LIVE MUSIC ON EVERY CORNER, SHOPPING, VENDORS, AND FUN ACTIVITIES. RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN ROWLETT. WE ARE STARTING AT 8:00 P.M. TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT. COME OUT AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN TO ENJOY FREE FOOD AND DRINK SAMPLES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST FROM ROWLETT BUSINESSES. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE KIDS KINGDOM AND WE ARE GIVING IT A FACELIFT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PARK. STARTING SEPTEMBER 1, KIDS KINGDOM WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AS WE KICK OFF PHASE TWO OF RENOVATIONS. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THE SHORT-TERM CLOSURE MAY BE DISAPPOINTING, WE'RE MAKING BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL MAKE THIS PLAYGROUND SAFER AND MORE FUN. LIVE ON MAIN IS BACK. JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER FROM 7:00 UNTIL 9:30 P.M. IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT FOR OUR SIGNATURE STREET PARTY. ENJOY LIVE MUSIC ON THE MAIN STAGE, FOOD TRUCKS, AND SHOPPING FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND VENDORS. 
          ADMISSION IS FREE. FROM THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL READING CHALLENGE IN ROWLETT HISTORY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN PROGRAMS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHILE THE LIBRARIANS PREP FOR MORE PROGRAMS. VISIT ROWLETT.COM/LIBR ARY TO REGISTER CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 9 TO 13 FOR THE LIBRARIES LEGO ROBOTICS TEAM. 
          THIS YEAR'S LEGO LEAGUE WILL START IN SEPTEMBER. IT IS TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES FOR THIS YEAR'S PHOTO CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION. ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE LIBRARY ON FRIDAY FROM 3:00 TO 5:00 AND SATURDAY FROM 10:00 TO NOON. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, CONSIDER BECOMING A TUTOR FOR THE LIBRARY'S PROGRAM. TEACHING EXPERIENCE IS NOT REQUIRED. 
          VISIT ROWLETT.COM/VOLUNTEER TO REGISTER. THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION HAS LAUNCHED A NEW SHINE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE ARTS PROGRAMS FOR PERSONAL ENRICHMENT AND SOCIAL CONNECTION. SHINE STANDS FOR SUPPORTING HUMANITIES, INTEGRATION, NEURODIVERSITY AND EXPRESSION. THE FIRST PROGRAM IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, AT 3:00 P.M. AT THE ROWLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY. THIS PROGRAM IS A KAREOKE PIZZA PARTY. ALL PARTICIPATES SHOULD COMPLETE PREREGISTRATION, 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. VISIT ROWLETT.COM/ARTS FOR THE PREREGISTRATION FORM. FROM THE POLICE, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN ROWLETT IS AUGUST 11. TWO CAMPUSES WILL EXPERIENCE EXTRA TRAFFIC ISSUES DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, KEALY ELEMENTARY AT LIBERTY GROVE ROAD WILL BE AFFECTED BY LIBERTY GROVE BEING REDUCED TO TWO LANES. 
          CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO FINISH IN LATE OCTOBER 2025. TRY TO AVOID THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY DURING ARRIVALS FROM 7:20 P.M. AND DISMISSILES FROM 4:00 P.M. ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AT 4700 PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY IS BUILDING A MULTIPURPOSE ATHLETIC CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAMPUS. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE FINISHED THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IF POSSIBLE, AVOID THIS AREA DURING ARRIVALS AND DISMISSALS. 
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          >> PERFECT. >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWERS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO DO THE FUN PART OF THE EVENING. IT'S THE FEATURED PET. MEET SITCA. AT APPROXIMATELY 40-POUNDS AND BETWEEN 2 TO 3 YEARS OLD, SHE'S A GENTLE SOUL THAT THRIVES IN LOW TO MEDIUM ENVIRONMENTS. 
          DESPITE BEING SHY AT FIRST, ONCE YOU WIN HER TRUST, SHE'LL BE YOUR LOYAL BEST FRIEND FOR EVER. SHE IS CRATE AND POTTY TRAINED WITH MEDIUM ENERGY LEVELS. JUST WAITING TO FIND THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE TO CALL HER OWN. COME MEET THIS LOVABLE GIRL TODAY. TO MEET HER, PLEASE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-412-6219, OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S HELP, BECAUSE THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS CURRENTLY RED AND THAT MEANS ALL KENNELS ARE FULL. ALL ADOPTIONS ARE $25, AND INCLUDE SPAY, NEUTER, MICROCHIP, AND UP TO DATE VACCINATIONS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW THING FOR THE SHELTER AS WELL. AND THAT IS TO FOSTER A SHELTER DOG FOR THE WEEKEND. SO, IF YOU HAVE A FREE WEEKEND, PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING SHELTER PET A SLEEPOVER. JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE SHELTER CAN HELP THEM RELAX, RECHARGE, AND SHOW OFF THEIR TRUE PERSONALITY, THAT HELPS THEM GET ADOPTED FASTER. IT'%-Ú  A BIG IMPACT, AND YOU'LL GET LOTS OF CUDDLES. GIVE THEM A BREAK AND RECEIVE SOME LOVE IN RETURN. SIGN UP TO BE A WEEKEND FOSTER BY CONTACTING ANIMAL SERVICES AT ROWLETT.COM OR AGAIN BY CALLING THE ANIMAL SHELTER AT 
          972-412-6219. >> THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL, ANY 
          [5. CITIZENS’ INPUT ]
OTHER UPDATES TO SHARE? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ALONG IN OUR AGENDA. CITIZEN'S INPUT. COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL. I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS. I BELIEVE ALL ARE FOR THE CITIZEN'S INPUT. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD THAT IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL MOVE YOU FURTHER DOWN THE LIST. 
          CARRISSA, AFTER, WILL BE RACHEL. IF YOU'LL STEP TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. IF YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE BACK YOUR 
          DIRECTION, PLEASE. >> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. MY NAME IS CARRISSA PANOS. YOU NEED MY ADDRESS, TOO, RIGHT? 
          >> YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. >> ROWLETT. I'M COMING UP HERE MORE OR LESS TO JUST, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCREENING WALLS IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I SPECIFICALLY LIVE IN LAKE BEN DRIVE, AND I'M MORE OR LESS WANT TO JUST PUT MY INPUT OF THE REASON WHY I CHOSE ROWLETT, WHY I CHOSE LAKE BEN DRIVE. TO RAISE MY FAMILY AND TO HOPE THAT I WAS BRINGING SOME YOUTH TO THE CITY. 
          I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE WAY THAT THE ROAD LOOKS AS YOU ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT WALL WHEN YOU ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST REALLY DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY, I THINK, REDUCING SOME PROPERTY VALUES. I CAN ATTEST THAT A PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND ME, SAME FLOOR PLAN, ACTUALLY HAS A POOL, IS SELLING FOR $100 ,000 LESS THAN WHAT I PAID FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. AND IT VERY WELL COULD BE THE REASON WHY THE EXTERIOR OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS. SO, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT SOME CODES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I JUST WANTED TO BRING MY ATTENTION TO THE REASON WHY I CHOSE ROWLETT, HOW IT APPEARS TO ME. WHAT IT'S DOING TO MY PROPERTY VALUES AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE FIXED AND MAINTAINED GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL ASHWORTH. AFTER RACHEL IT WILL BE ALLEN HOGAN. 
          >> YEAH, PLEASE. >> HE'S THE BEST ONE. 
          >> JUST REMEMBER, THIS IS ON THE RECORD WHEN YOU SAY THINGS LIKE HE'S YOUR THIRD AND HE'S THE BEST ONE. THE OTHER TWO LATER IN 
          THE FUTURE MIGHT -- >> I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD, OH, OKAY, SORRY. OKAY, HI, RACHEL ASHWORTH. CITY OF ROWLETT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF LAKE BEND ESTATES AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MY LETTER WITH SOME LEGAL CONTEXT, SOME CODING CONSISTENCIES, SOME EVIDENCE 
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THAT THERE'S STILL MORE CONSIDERATION THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE BEFORE YOU MARCH FORWARD WITH ANY CONCRETE SOLUTIONS. THAT WAS A PUN, BUT NOT REALLY, ABOUT OUR SCREENING WALL. I'M NOT COMPLETELY -- I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH EVERYTHING FROM MY E-MAIL, BUT I AM HERE TO JUST ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATION. AND THAT CONSIDERATION DOES NOT MEAN JUST DROP EVERYTHING AND HAVE THE CITY JUST GET STRAIGHT TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS ON YOUR BOARDS. BUT IT DID MANUFACTURE THIS PROBLEM, AND IF YOU READ MY LETTER, I EXPLAIN WHY I THINK THAT. I'M GOING TO START WITH A SCENE FROM FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. THERE ARE TWO MEN ARGUING IN THE CITY SQUARE AND THE WISE AND THE RATIONAL COMES INBETWEEN THEM AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES BOTH OF THEIR POINTS ARE VALID AND THIS OTHER GUY COMES BY AND HE'S LIKE, HE'S RIGHT, AND HE'S RIGHT, THEY CANNOT BOTH BE RIGHT. AND HE IS LIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT, TOO. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ISSUE. WE'VE GOT MY NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME AND I THINK THEY ARE RIGHT TO PUSH BACK ON THE ANALYSIS THAT THIS WALL IS ON THEIR PROPERTIES. BECAUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE FOUR CORNER HOUSES, WHICH I DO ADDRESS IN MY LETTER, I THINK THERE IS A TON OF AMBIGUITY THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. THE CITY IS RIGHT IN A WAY. YOU SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO SHOULDER EVERY PIECE OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS ROWLETT TO FIDELITY AND PERPETUITY IMMEDIATELY EITHER. BUT WHEN WE'RE BOTH RIGHT, I THINK LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO STEP IN AND COME UP WITH A THIRD SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS FAIR, SUSTAINABLE, AND SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE PITTING OUR CITIZENS AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS, WHAT I THINK WE'RE SEEING IS A BREAKDOWN IN ACCOUNTABILITY. WE FEEL THAT WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD WE'RE ON OUR OWN. WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LACKS AN HOA AND THAT WAS OUR CHOICE. WHEN I MOVED TO ROWLETT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS IS FIVE YEARS AGO. I SAW A VISION, I SAW A DEVELOPMENT, I SAW INVESTMENT. I BELIEVE IN THAT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ATRACTING NEW RESIDENTS AND NEW INVESTMENT, IT'S ABOUT NOT ABANDONING COMMUNITIES THAT HELPED BUILD THIS CITY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO LET'S PRETEND FOR A MOMENT THAT THE AMBIGUITY IN MY E-MAIL IS GOING TO TURN OUT IN FAVOR OF THE CITY AND NOT US. I WON'T BE SURPRISED BY THAT. I THINK SUBDIVISIONS LIKE LAKE BEND, WHICH SIT RIGHT ON A MAIN THOROUGH FAIR IN OUR GREAT CITY ARE EXCEPTIONS TO YOUR MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS AND NOT THE RULE. I HATE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, BUT AS NEW RESIDENTS DRIVE THROUGH, TO GET TO BETTER AMENITIES SOMEWHERE ELSE, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THEY PAUSED AND SAID, THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME TO LIVE IN ROWLETT. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. ASHEWORTH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAN HOGAN, 
          FOLLOWED BY KATHY HOPPESON. >> MY NAME IS ALAN HOGAN. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENCE. ROWLETT OUR HOME SINCE 1981. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ABOUT THE LAKE BEND ESTATES RED BRICK WALLOW DATED BETWEEN THE FIRE STATION. ONE OF OUR DECISIONS TO PURCHASE THIS WAS INFLUENCED BY THE RED BRICK WALL. THIS WALL WAS NOT JUST AN AESTHETIC FEATURE, IT WAS A PROMISE TO PROTECTION ON WHAT HAS BECOME A WIDENED THOROUGHFARE. A COUNTRY TWO LANE, ASPHALT ROAD. MY PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO LAKE BEND ESTATES RUNS DEEP. IN 1992, WHEN AS A YOUNG 37-YEAR-OLD, I BEGAN PLANTING AND MAINTAINING SHRUBS AND FLOWERS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES FOR LABOR OF LOVE. I CONTINUED THAT FOR 33 YEARS NOW. 
          YES, I'M 70 YEARS OLD. AND I STILL DEDICATE MY TIME TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY MAKES A WELCOMING FIRST IMPRESSION. I STILL WATER THOSE PLANTS TO THIS DAY. OVER THESE THREE DECADES, VEHICLE COLLISIONS, OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY OF ROWLETT STEPPED UP REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SECTION AND ENSURING THE WALLS INTEGRITY. AFTERALL, THE CITY HAS THE CONCRETE FORMS TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS. THESE ARE THE CONCRETE PANELS. NOT INDIVIDUAL BRICKS. THE CITY STILL HAS THEM. OR SHOULD HAVE. THE FORMS ARE USED TO USE THE BAY VIEW WALL. THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THIS VITAL NEIGHBORHOOD BARRIER, HONORING THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. THE CITY ACCEPTS THE FACT THAT THEY OWN THE WALL. WELL, AT LEAST THEY DID UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. THE LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP, HOWEVER, HAS NOW APPEARED TO BE BROKEN. IN RECENT YEARS, OUR WALL HAS SUSTAINED 
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DAMAGE AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN INITIATED. THE NEGLECT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING. THE WALLS DISREPAIR IS NOT MERELY AN EYESORE, IT CONTRIBUTES TO A LETDOWN BY OUR CITY. IT'S EMBARRASSING TO HOST GUESTS AND VISIBLE DETERIORATION REFLECTS POORLY ON ROWLETT. 
          GROWING DISSATISFACTION WITH THE UNADDRESSED ISSUES AND CONCERNED ABOUT RISING CRIME. WE FEEL QUITE SIMPLY THE CITY HAS FAILED US. WE'RE FULLY AWARE THAT RESOURCES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THESE REPAIRS. THE PRESIDENT FOR THE CITY IS RESPONSIBILITY IS CLEAR. THE RECENT SUGGESTION THAT OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD ASSUME THE FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR MAINTAINING THIS FOUNDATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD STRUCTURE IS NEITHER FAIR OR FEASIBLE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE PROUD, STRUGGLES TO GATHER CONTRIBUTION, EVEN FOR THE BASIC ENHANCEMENTS LIKE THE FLOWERS AT THE ENTRANCE. EXPECT AN ESTIMATE TO FUND MAJOR WALL REPAIRS IS UNREALISTIC. WE URGE YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REPAIR THE WALL. THE CITY IMPLORES YOU TO TAKE ACTION. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY HOPSON, FOLLOWED BY MARGIE MANS. 
          >> I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LAKE BEND ESTATES FOR 30 YEARS. 
          >> CAN I ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE? 
          >> IN THE SUMMER OF 1991, I VISITED SEVERAL NEW HOME DEVELOPMENTS SITES IN THE DALLAS, TEXAS, AREA, AND SPOKE WITH VARIOUS SALES REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT HAVING A HOME BUILT. I DECIDED TO HAVE A HOME BUILT BY FOX AND JACOBS, IN THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS LAKE BEND ESTATES. THE MAIN REASONS I CHOSE LAKE BEND ESTATES WERE THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AROUND THE LAKE, THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES BEING BUILT, THE FACT THAT LAKE BEND ESTATES DID NOT HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAD AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE LAKE BEND ESTATES SCREENING WALL, ALONG DELL ROCK ROAD, LAKE BEND ESTATES PROXIMITY TO INTERSTATE 30, AND THE FACT THERE WAS ONLY ONE APARTMENT BUILDING IN ROWLETT IN 1991. I WANTED TO LIVE IN A CITY COMPRISED OF HOMEOWNERS WHO PLANNED ON STAYING AND BUILDING ROWLETT INTO A BEAUTIFUL, STABLE, THRIVING COMMUNITY. BEFORE MAKING MY FINAL DECISION ON PURCHASING A HOME, I HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS IN 1991, WITH RICHARD CLIFFTON, A FOX AND JACOBS SALES REPRESENTATIVE. DURING EACH MEETING, HE STATED THAT LAKE BEND ESTATES DID NOT HAVE AN HOA AND THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAD AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE SCREENING WALL ALONG DELL ROCK ROAD. AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, MR. CLIFFTON SHOWED ME A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FOX AND JACOBS AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT IN WHICH THE CITY AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE SCREENING WALL ALONG DELL ROCK ROAD. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CITY HAS MAINTAINED THIS WALL. THEY HAVE FIXED IT WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CAR WRECKS. JUST BASIC CRUMBLING OF THE WALL DUE TO THE DROUGHT THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CITY PAINTED THE ENTIRE SCREENING WALL ALONG DELL ROCK ROAD ENCOMPASSING LAKE BEND ESTATES. THE CITY CONTINUES TO BUDGET SCREENING WALL REPAIRS, BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HAS MADE NO REPAIRS TO OUR SCREENING WALL DESPITE RESIDENTS REQUESTING IT FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. TODAY, I'M ASKING FOR NOTHING MORE OR NOTHING LESS THAN FOR THE CITY TO LIVE UP TO ITS AGREEMENT AND CONTINUE MAINTAINING THE LAKE BEND ESTATES SCREENING WALLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU MS. HOPSON. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGIE MANS, FOLLOWED BY ERICK HARTMAN. 
          >> HELLO. >> YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY 
          OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. >> MARGIE MANS, ROWLETT, TEXAS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS MY HUSBAND, RON MANS. 
          HE'S MY SUPPORT ANIMAL. I'M SORRY. MY HUSBAND AND I AND MY TWO CHILDREN MOVED TO LAKE BEND ESTATES IN JULY OF '97. WE MOVED THERE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE JUST LOVE THE RED BRICK WALL. WE LOVED THE TWO ENTRANCES AND I JUST LOVE THE SIGN, LAKE BEND ESTATES. ESTATES, OH MY GOD, WE LIVE IN AN ESTATE? IT WAS AMAZING. YOU KNOW? I COULD TELL MY FAMILY, WE LIVE IN AN ESTATE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW THE RED BRICK WALL AND WE LIVE ON THE CORNER OF CIRCLE VIEW AND CLAY. NOW, I 
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TELL PEOPLE, YOU FOLLOW THE CRUMBLING RED BRICK WALL. IT IS EMBARRASSING. I'M SO EMBARRASSED. IT'S JUST SO UGLY. 
          WE HAVE TWO ENTRY WAYS INTO LAKE BEND ESTATES, AND WE WATER, MY FRIENDS AND I, WE WATER -- WE PAY WITH OUR OWN MONEY. WE TAKE BUCKETS OF WATER TO WATER THE PLANTS IN THE ENTRY WAYS. AND WHO OWNS THOSE TWO ENTRY WAYS ANYWAY? DOES THE CITY OWN THOSE? I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE WATER. WE PAY MONEY TO MAKE IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND HERE ARE THESE UGLY WALLS. IT'S JUST TERRIBLE. 
          WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHERE WE LIVE AND ROWLETT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US BUILD THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE THIS WALL PRETTIER. ANYWAY, DOWN THE STREET, I WAS REALLY EXCITE ASKED ABOUT THIS PARK THAT WAS GOING TO BE BLUE BONNET PARK. WE HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN. IT NEVER HAPPENED. BUT NOW, WE HAVE THE PHOENIX. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE FROM THE TORNADO VICTIMS. JEFF, THE MAYOR, THIS IS WHERE RON AND I MET YOU AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. DO YOU REMEMBER US? AND WE ASKED YOU IF YOU BECAME MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD HELP US REBUILD THIS WALL AND YOU SAID YES, IF YOU ARE MAYOR, IT WOULD BE ON YOUR TICKET. IT WOULD BE ON YOUR AGENDA. PLEASE HELP US. WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MOVE. WE'RE GOING TO DIE HERE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHERE WE LIVE. PLEASE HELP US. THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          ] >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERICK HARTMAN, AFTER MR. HARTMAN WILL BE SARAH MCDERMOTT. 
          >> I PUT IT IN THE BASKET. >> TOTALLY FINE. SO WE HAVE SARAH MCDERMOTT FOLLOWED BY ERICK HARTMAN. 
          >> I WROTE A GOOD E-MAIL. I'LL READ IT AGAIN, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          >> IF YOU CAN START OFF BY STATING YOUR NAME AND CITY OF 
          RESIDENCE. >> I LIVE IN ROWLETT. I ALSO LOVE IT HERE. I ALSO THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AS A YOUNG MOM, NURSE, I'M BECOMING MORE AND MORE AWARE OF AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT FLASHY OR POPULAR TO TALK ABOUT. INFANT ABANDONMENT. IN TEXAS, EIGHT INFANTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ABANDONED THIS YEAR, NOT ALL OF WHICH WERE FOUND ALIVE. IN 1999, THE STATE OF TEXAS KNOCKED THE SAFE HAVEN LAW BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO ENACT, THE BABY MOSES LAW. PROVIDES LEGAL ALTERNATIVES TO MOTHERS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE ABANDON, HARM, OR MURDER THEIR NEWBORN CHILDREN. THE LAW ALLOWS A PARENT TO LEAVE AN UNHARMED INFANT UP TO 60 DAYS AFTER BIRTH. SO WHY ARE WE STILL FINDING THESE BABIES? INSTEAD OF THEM BEING LEGALLY SURRENDERED IS AN ANONYMITY THE DATA SHOWS PARENTS IN CRISIS ARE INCREDIBLELY CONCERNED ABOUT BEING IDENTIFIED. SHAME, FEAR OF BEING ARRESTED, OR NOT BEING ABLE TO FACE ANYONE DURING THE MOMENT. PARENTSALL OVER THE WORLD ARE CHOOSING TO ABANDON THEIR INFANTS. RATHER THAN HAND THEM TO FIREFIGHTERS. THIS RESULTS IN BABIES BEING DISCOVERED ON BOXES, ON DOORSTEPS, IN FRONT OF POLICE STATIONS, IN SNOW, OR IN TRASH BAGS AND DUMPSTERS. THE SOLUTION TO THIS TRAGIC ISSUE IS FOR CITIES TO INSTALL SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES. SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES OFFER PARENTS IN CRISIS ANONYMOUS, CAMERA-FREE, 24/7 OPTIONS. THEY GO IN THE SIDES OF FIRE STATIONS, THEY OPEN ON THE EXTERIORS. THEY LOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE, SILENT ALARMS TO ALERT FIRE STATION STAFF. BABIES ARE TAKEN TO GET MEDICAL TREATMENT AND EVERYONE GETS TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SAFE HAVEN LAW, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AND DIRECT CARE TO PARENTS IN CRISIS. THERE'S ALSO A 24 HOUR NATIONAL HOT LINE. WOMEN CAN RECEIVE ANONYMOUS AND FREE COUNSELING, ASSISTANCE IN ADOPTION, TO DATE, OVER 9,000 CALLS AND HELPED PARENTS IN EVERY STATE IN THE U.S., INCLUDING REFERRING 500 WOMEN TO CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS, DOING TEN ADOPTION REFERRALS, AND SO LEGAL SAFE HAVEN SURRENDERS. SO, I WOULD LOVE TO PUT ONE IN ROWLETT. THE CLOSEST ONE IS LUBBOCK. WITH TEXAS BEING, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO, BY FAR THE 
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HIGHEST ON THE GRAPH OF SURRENDERS, THERE WAS 103 BETWEEN 2017 AND 2023. THE NEXT HIGHEST STATE BEING 40. WHICH WAS CALIFORNIA. SO I THINK THE NEED IS THERE. I ALSO KNOW THAT MOMS WILL DRIVE TO THESE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES, HAVE A WHOLE SPIEL ON MOMS DRIVING UP TO SIX HOURS FOR THESE BOXES. IF WE CAN GET THE FUNDING COVERED, WHICH I HAVE, I WOULD LOVE PERMISSION TO GET THIS PUT IN FIRE STATION ONE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERICK HARTMAN, FOLLOWED BY SHARON HODGES. 
          >> THANK YOU, I AM ERICK HARTMAN. KNOWN AS GUNNY, AND I'M A CITIZEN OF ROWLETT, TEXAS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S WWW.SHBB.ORG. SAFE BABY HAVEN BOX. AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MOTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR BABY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE WHERE IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. THEY CAN DO THIS ANONYMOUSLY AND SAFELY, UP TO A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME. SO PLACES THAT HAVE THESE, THEY HAVE SEEN THESE BABIES RESCUED AND HONESTLY, MANY TIMES THE FIRE HOUSE PERSONNEL WILL ADOPT THE BABIES AS WELL. SO, I'M HERE TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT MY DAUGHTER, SARAH MCDERMOTT, BUT I'M ALSO HERE AS A ROWLETT CITIZEN, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU AS PASTOR OF PROVIDENCE CHURCH HERE IN ROWLETT, OUR INTENTION IS THIS WOULDN'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING. THERE'S INITIAL UP FRONT COST OF $15,000, WHICH WE INTEND TO GET COVERED AND I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE. THERE'S AN ANNUAL OF $500 PAYMENT AS WELL, WHICH WE INTEND TO COVER. 
          AGAIN, IT WOULDN'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVEN PEOPLE IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE CLOSE TO THE DART, TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SURRENDER THEIR BABIES AND HELP THEM TO FIND A PLACE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE. SO ALL WE REALLY NEED IS THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL, AND FIRE STATION THAT WOULD LET US DO THIS AND GET THIS GOING. 
          ONCE AGAIN, SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK THAT UP ONLINE AT WWW.SHBB.ORG. SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. APPRECIATE YOU, 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU MR. HARTMAN. 
          APPLAUSE ] >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON HODGES FOLLOWED BY SHANNON BANDLE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT, MY NAME IS SHARON HODGES. I LIVED IN ROWLETT AT 4618 CLAY DRIVE FOR 25 YEARS. RECENTLY I VIEWED A PUBLIC VIDEO OF A MEETING OF THE ROWLETT CITY COUNCIL IN WHICH THE CITY MANAGERS STATED THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING THE SCREENING WALL FOR LAKE BEND ESTATES MAY BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON CLAY DRIVE. THE CITY MANAGER ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT CAN MAINTAIN THE LAKE BEND ESTATES SCREENING WALL ALONG DELL ROCK, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CONFIRMED IN THE MEETING THAT THERE'S ALREADY ALLOTTED MONEY IN THE CITY BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR WALLS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND CONSULTING BOTH A REALTOR AND A TITLE EXAMINER, I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT I DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE SCREENING WALL IS LOCATED. I HAVE BROUGHT EVIDENCE TODAY SHOWING THAT MY PROPERTY AT 4618 CLAY DRIVE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ALLEY NOR THE SCREENING WALL. MR. MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A. WHICH IS A TITLE SURVEY OF MY PROPERTY. PLEASE NOTE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SURVEY, IT SHOWS MY LAND IS 120 FEET FROM CLAY DRIVE TO BEHIND MY WOODEN FENCE. THAT CLEARLY SHOWS I DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE ALLEY AND THE SCREENING WALL. EXHIBIT B1, IS THE OWNERS CERTIFICATE AND DEDICATION REGARDING LAKE BEND ESTATES PHASE 2, APPROVED BY THE CITY OF ROWLETT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN FILED WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ON 9/11/1986. IT SHOWS I DO NOT OWN THE ALLEY OR THE SCREENING WALL. 
          IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PLAT ABOVE DELL ROCK ROAD, IT STATES DEDICATED FOR STREET WIDENING. 
          FOR CONVENIENCE, B2, EXHIBIT B2 SHOWSA BLOWN UP VERSION OF A PORTION OF B1, SHOWING JUST CLAY DRIVE AND DELL ROCK ROAD. FROM A 
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HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, YOUR FINAL DECISION MAY RESULT IN SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING TO MOVE. THIS INCLUDES THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND OTHERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD SUCH AN EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING A SCREENING WALL. WE, THE HOMEOWNERS, ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE PAID TAXES, KEPT OUR ENTRANCES BEAUTIFUL WITH FLOWERS, BUSHES AND TREES, AND MADE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONE TO BE PROUD. IN CONCLUSION, LEADERS ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THEIR PEOPLE. EVERY GOOD SOLDIER KNOWS THIS. YOU ARE OUR LEADERS. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER US IN YOUR FINAL DECISION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. HODGES. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANNON BANDLE. 
          AND AFTER THAT, PATRICK BANDLE, WHICH I ALSO WOULD HAVE MISPRONOUNCED. > PERFECT. NAME AND CITY OF 
          RESIDENCE, PLEASE. >> SHANNON BANDLE, ROWLETT. 
          DAVID HALL, I'M LOOKING AT YOU. I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR, SHANNON BANDLE. I LIVE IN LAKE BEND ESTATES. I STAND HERE TONIGHT REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ALLOCATE RESOURCES TOWARDS THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE PERIMETER WALL SURROUNDING A LOT 
          OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> MA'AM, IF I COULD, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL, SINCE WE'RE THE ONES ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE HERE, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS BEING -- I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME BACK, BY THE WAY, IF WE CAN RESET HER TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. BY THE WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE RELYING ON INTERPRETATION FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY ON THE CODE AND ON THE POLICY, WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DECISION. I DON'T WANT TO EVER MAKE IT SEEM LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER IS THE ONE WHO MADE THIS DECISION FOR US OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ULTIMATELY, THE COUNCIL WAS THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE. MR. HALL MAY ADDRESS COMMENTS AFTERWARD, BUT TO FOLLOW THE FLOW OF THE MEETING, DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS 
          TOWARDS US. THANK YOU. >> GOT IT. OKAY. I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR, I LIVE IN LAKE BEND ESTATES. I STAND HERE TONIGHT REQUESTING THE CITY ALLOCATE RESOURCES TOWARDS THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE PERIMETER WALL SURROUNDING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE WALL SERVES NOT ONLY AS A BOUNDARY MARKER, BUT ALSO AS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND AESTHETIC VALUE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OVER TIME, IT HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO AGE, WEATHER CONDITIONS, LACK OF CITY MAINTENANCE, AND IT NOW POSES BOTH STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS. SEVERAL SECTIONS ARE VISIBLELY DAMAGED AND UNSTABLE PRESENTING A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PROBLEM TO PEDESTRIANS, RESIDENTS, AND NEARBY PROPERTIES. AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTES REGULARLY TO CITIES REVENUE THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER MUNICIPAL FEES. THESE FUNDS MUST BE REINVESTED AND MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTLY AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WELL BEING. I ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE THESE REPAIRS IN YOUR UPCOMING BUDGET AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN TO PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK 
          YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU MS. BANDLE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK, FOLLOWED BY TONY DIXON. MR. DIXON IS THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAVE. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU CAN GRAB ONE FROM THE BACK CORNER OF ROOM AND DROP IT OFF WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, SHE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MR. BANDLE. 
          >> MY NAME IS PATRICK, I LIVE IN ROWLETT. I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT. WE KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY HAD MEETINGS CONCERNING A $20 MILLION LOAN TO BUILD A NEW CITY HALL AND FREE UP CASH FLOW FOR THIS NEW C.O., WITHOUT THE INPUT OR THE VOTE OF THE CITIZENS WHO ARE STUCK PAYING FOR THIS. BUT WE'RE CURIOUS HOW YOU CAN'T FIND THE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THIS SCREENING WALLS THAT ALREADY HAD MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THEM. WHERE DID THAT MONEY 
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GO? IT WAS TRADITIONALLY SET ASIDE TO MAINTAIN AND UPKEEP THESE WALLS, BUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. I BELIEVE WHEN OUR CITY MANAGER WAS HIRED, THERE WAS OVER $300,000 BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR THIS. BUT AS SOON AS HE GOT ON BOARD, IT WAS SUSPENDED. WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO? AND WHERE HAS IT GONE SINCE? THIS IS OUR MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE CITY. NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DEFLECT THE PROBLEM AND PUSH IT OFF FOR YEARS TO COME WITH BONDS OR P.I.D.'S, IF YOU WOULD HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO FIX THE WALL AS PREVIOUSLY DONE, THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE BECOME A PROBLEM AND IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BECOME THE PROBLEM THAT IT IS NOW. 
          IT'S MAKING OUR CITY UGLY. THIS IS CONTINUED OVER THE YEARS. 
          THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN STALLED LONG ENOUGH. I THINK SINCE OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN HERE, WE'VE LOST SEVERAL CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN A MAJOR TURNOVER. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN GLEN HEIGHTS WHERE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN HERE. WE APPRECIATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY AND KEEP US SAFE, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO FEEL SAFE THEMSELVES AND NOT HAVE A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE ISSUES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. IN CLOSING, I JUST WISH YOU WOULD CONSIDER MAYBE LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER OR MAYBE WE NEED TO START LOOKING FOR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY DIXON. 
          >> THANK YOU, I'M TONY DIXON. ROWLETT, TEXAS. I LIVE IN THE PENINSULA. I'M CURIOUS, IS IS THIS THE COUNCIL FOR DOWNTOWN OR THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY? OUR WALLS ARE TUMBLING, BUT THAT'S NOT IT. OUR STREETS ARE CAVING IN. VALLEYS ARE CRACKING BECAUSE THE SEWER IS CAUSING ADVERSE. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE MEASURES THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON. YOU WANT UP TO $300,000 FOR BISTRO LIGHTS? BISTRO LIGHTS. AND I LOOK AT THE POLICE. THEY ARE ONLY ASKING FOR $138,000 TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND SO THEY ARE LESS STRESSED AND LESS AGITATED AND MAKE LESS MISTAKES AND YOU AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THE REAL PEOPLE THAT THEY TAKE PRIDE IN PROTECTING. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALSO YOU'RE VOTING ON TAKING CARE OF YOURSELVES AND YOUR INSURANCE, WHEN YOU ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE CITY AND THE MAINTENANCE. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. WHEN WE PAY OUR MAYOR NEXT TO NOTHING, IT LEAVES HIM OPEN TP*R CORRUPTION AND TO BE BEHOLDED TO HIS OWN FINANCIAL INTEREST. 
          >> CALL INTO QUESTION MY CHARACTER MEANS YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM. 
          >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM EITHER. 
          >> NOR DO I NEED TO, SIR. >> YOU'RE CALLING MY CHARACTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE SAYING THAT I SEE WHAT YOU DO. EVERYBODY IS UPSET ABOUT THE CITY MAINTENANCE HERE. 
          >> YES, SIR. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT ASKING HIM TO TAKE YOU OUT EITHER. I UNDERSTAND. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO LIVE IN THIS CITY, TOO. WE EXPERIENCE THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS, THE SAME TRAFFIC, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU 
          EXPERIENCE. >> YOU LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT MAKES THE CITY GREAT. YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL A BROCHURE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR. ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYMORE CITIZEN INPUT THIS EVENING FROM ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, MR. HALL, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? 
          >> YES, SIR, I SAT HERE MANY MEETINGS AND BEEN LIED ON AND MISREPRESENTED. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME FACTS. I'VE BEEN YOUR CITY MANAGER JUST OVER TWO YEARS. AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS, 
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YOUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE SAVED, WE HAVE INCREASED 100%. I DON'T KNOW HARDLY ANY OF YOU, BUT I HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SIGNIFICANT LIES AND MISREPRESENTATIONS ONLINE. SO AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU MORE FACTS. SCREENING WALLS. I WISH I HAD THE POWER TO DIRECTLY AND UNILATERALLY DIRECT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I AM THEIR EMPLOYEE. SOME OF YOU HAVE CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THAT I STOPPED THE SCREENING WALL PROGRAM. THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE WE HADN'T COMPLETED ANY REPAIRS WHEN I JOINED IN THE LAST YEAR. AND LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I WAS TASKED WITH DOING, I WANTED TO INVESTIGATE WHY WE DID THE BUSINESS WE DID AT THE TIME WE ALLOCATED, I BELIEVE, $150,000, MAYBE $200 TO $300,000 FOR SCREENING WALL REPAIR. IT MADE NOMINAL DIFFERENCE. I WAS TASKED WITH FIRSTLY, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THIS OPERATION. SECONDLY, UNDERSTANDING THE SCALE OF THIS OPERATION. AND THEN THIRDLY, TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. IN THE MIST OF INVESTIGATING THIS, IT BECAME READILY APPARENT THAT THE CITY HAD ALREADY TAKEN A VERY STRONG POLICY POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SCREENING WALLS. 
          LEGALLY. NOT THE ONE THAT I THINK MANY OF YOU HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO OPERATIONALLY, WHICH IS THE CITY WOULD REPAIR THE WALL. I CONSULTED WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY IN MY READING. SHE ECHOED THAT SENTIMENT. WE RESEARCHED FURTHER. THE REALITY IS, THIS IS NOT AN OPINION IN A SENSE OF MR. HALL DOESN'T AGREE WITH SCREENING WALL. I'M CHARGED WITH A CERTAIN TASK. 
          THAT TASK WAS TO FIND OUT WHY WE DID WHAT WE DO. THERE'S NO LEGAL BASIS THAT WE CAN FIND TO SUBSTANTIATE THE CITY SPENDING THE FUNDS TO FIX THE WALL. THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION, BUT NOT A POLICY ONE. I WAS ERRONEOUSLY MISREPRESENTED AS SAYING I MADE A POLICY DECISION. IF YOU WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING, MY JOB IS TO PRESENT FACTS, INFORMATION, AND OCCASIONALLY OPINIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY MAKE FINAL DECISIONS AND I ENACT THEM. WE CAN AND LAW SCHOOL TEACHES YOU THIS, REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN REASONABLY DISAGREE. I FOUND AT TIMES ROWLETT HAS NOT REASONABLY DISAGREED. SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT YOUR LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS. WE SHARE THEM, WE REVIEW THEM. WE MAY NOT AGREE. AT THE END OF IT ALL, THIS IS NOT SOME INTENT TO BRING THE VALUES OF THE CITY DOWN. BECAUSE AGAIN, I WOULD POINT YOU TO THE RECORD. WE HAVE INCREASED YOUR SAVINGS 100% IN TWO YEARS. TOOK YOU MORE THAN 70 TO DO THAT. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROAD REPAIR? I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYONE TO SUGGEST WE HAVEN'T REPAIRED MORE ROADS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN PERHAPS YOU DID IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE. WE ENACTED PROGRAMS THAT SAVE US LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROAD REPAIR WORK. THERE'S BEEN MENTION MADE OF THE DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE. ROWLETT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT ALONE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY IN AMERICAN CITIES IS NEGLECTED. 
          SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE, WERE IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. YOUR KIDS KINGDOM, YOUR WET ZONE, IN MY TENURE, WE HAVE REPAIRED THOSE TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND SAVED MONEY. MY POINT IS, NO, WE HAVEN'T FIXED EVERYTHING. BUT WE ARE TRYING. THE RECORD IS CLEAR WE HAVE SAVED YOU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MONEY. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMING BACK TO THE SCREENING WALL QUESTION, I DO NOT MAKE THAT DECISION. YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY IT. IT'S A FACT. WATCH THE MEETINGS. I WAS VERY CLEAR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AS I AM IN ALL MATTERS. MY OPINION, WHICH I GIVE TO THEM AND I'M REQUIRED TO GIVE TO THEM, THEY ARE FREE AS THEY DO ON MANY OCCASIONS, TO IGNORE. WHEN THE COUNCIL VOTES AND DIRECTS ME, I GO IN THAT DIRECTION. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT GONE IN THAT DIRECTION. I RESPECT THAT YOU MAY DISAGREE, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PERSONAL BORN OUT OF LIES AND MISREPRESENTATION. I WELCOME ANY OF YOU. IF YOU WANT THE FACTS, COME INTO THE OFFICE. WE'LL OPEN UP ANY RECORD YOU WANT TO 
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SEE. WE CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW SOMEHOW I'VE GAINED THE POWER TO UNILATERALLY CONTROL THE CITY COUNCIL AND TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. PERHAPS THIS IS A MATTER THAT IS VERY EMOTIONAL, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, AND I WELCOME THE DISCOURSE, BUT I WOULD ASK, LET'S LET IT BE FACT-BASED. LET'S LET THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE SCREENING WALLS BE JUST THAT, A CONVERSATION. WE HAD IT IN OPEN SESSION. IT'S THERE FOR ALL TO SEE. YOU WILL FIND I DID NOT TELL THE COUNCIL ANYTHING BUT MY OPINIONS, MY FACTUAL ANALYSIS, WHICH COULD BE WRONG, DEPENDING HOW ONE LOOKS AT IT. 
          ULTIMATELY, I WILL DO WHAT THE CITY DETERMINES I AM SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CRIME RATE IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN A DECADE. WE HAVE SHOWN THIS DATA MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVE GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALARY INCREASES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF SALARY, EQUIPMENT ENHANCES, AND OTHERWISE. SO IF YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO, I WELCOME THE INPUT. BUT I WOULD ASK, PLEASE BE ARMED WITH THE FACTS. AGAIN, THIS SCREENING WALL CONVERSATION IS ON GOING. MY ANALYSIS JUST BORN OUT OF THE INDIVISIBLE EXIST IN THIS CITY. YOU MAY ASK WHY DID WE REPAIR THEM BEFORE? THE ANSWER I GAVE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T. THE MAYOR DID SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY TEN YEARS AGO IN THE MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME SAID THEY ARE OUR WALLS, WE WILL MAINTAIN THEM. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE BASIS FOR HIS STATEMENT. I DO NOT KNOW, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, WHICH IS A MATTER OF EXTREME PUBLIC RECORD, THAT THESE INDIVISIBLE I SITE HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THAT TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS SOMEHOW, I KNOW HOW, THERE'S BEEN A CAMPAIGN DIRECTED TOWARDS ME AS IF SOMEHOW I MADE THIS DECISION ALONE. I AM A SERVANT TO YOU AND TO THIS COUNCIL. I HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH. YOU MAY DISAGREE. PEOPLE CAN. IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO SPEND $20 MILLION ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO GO DO? I'M GOING TO GO SPEND $20 MILLION ON THE WALL. 
          BECAUSE I DO WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL TELLS ME TO DO. AND I NEED EVERYONE TO RESPECT THAT. DOESN'T MEAN WE AGREE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCOURSE, CAN IT BE FACT-BASED? 
          >> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE ARE STILL ON CITIZEN'S INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE. WE CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO BE A Q AND A SESSION. I APOLOGIZE. NOT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN. I DO WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE COUPLE RESIDENTS I MET WITH OVER THE WEEKEND WHO WERE WILLING TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE YOU CAME WITH AN OPEN MIND, READY TO LISTEN. I THINK THAT IS HOW ISSUES LIKE THIS GET FIXED AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR COMING HERE AND SPEAKING TODAY. THIS IS HOW WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE ARE READY AND WILLING TO MEET WITH YOU, SIT DOWN, HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, ANSWER YOUR E-MAILS, WE'RE READY TO LISTEN. THAT'S HOW THIS GOVERNMENT WORKS. IT DOESN'T WORK BY US BANGING A GAVEL. SO, CITY COUNCIL AT ROWLETT.COM. YOU CAN FIND OUR INDIVIDUAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AGAIN, HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY AT 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ANY POINT AS OUR SCHEDULES ALLOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING MAY ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. FIRST ITEM 6A AND SECOND IS ITEM 6C. 
          SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE WANT TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL LEAVE REMAINING ITEM 6B OR 6D. DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL THOSE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN READ THOSE REMAINING ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. 
          >> 6B, CONSIDER ACTION TO VACATE AND ABANDON A SO FOOT SEWER EASEMENT AT 5410 EDGEWATER CIRCLE. AND 6D, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 33 LAPTOP COMPUTERS, DOCKING STATIONS FOR PUBLIC PATROL SAFETY VEHICLES. I'M SORRY, THAT'S 6C. 6D, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE ONCOR DALROCK STREETLIGHT REMOVAL AGREEMENT. ITEM 6B AND ITEM 6D. I HAVE A 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REAVES. >> I MOTION WE APPROVE AS READ. 
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          >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. 
          [6A. Consider action approving the minutes. ]
          >> ALL RIGHT, THAT CARRIES BY A VOTE OF 6-0. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 6A. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE WERE MISSING A COUPLE DATES ASSOCIATED WITH TWO SETS OF MINUTES. ALL WE WILL BE CONSIDERING APPROVING TONIGHT ARE THE JULY 12, 2025, MINUTE, THE MINUTES FROM THE OTHER MEETINGS, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. IT WILL BE THE STRATEGY AND PLANNING SESSION THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 12, 2025. SO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PARTICULAR SET OF MINUTES. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUPP. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES 
          FROM THE JULY 12, 2025, MEETING. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBBS. ALL RIGHT, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETING OF JULY 12, 2025. CALL THE VOTE, 
          [6C. Consider action to approve the purchase of thirty-three (33) laptop computers and docking  stations for public safety patrol vehicles from GTS Technology Solutions, Inc. ]
PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, THAT CARRIES 6-0. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 6C. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 33 LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND DOCKING STATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PATROL VEHICLES FROM GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS. PURCHASING CONTRACT FOR PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $138,352.17, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SAID PURCHASE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED TO BE PULLED BY MR. GIBBS. 
          >> SO, I'M COMING TO YOU WITH THIS IN REGARDS TO LAPTOPS THAT WE GET REPLACED FOR PATROL VEHICLES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SOME OLDER EQUIPMENT THAT ARE IN THESE PATROL VEHICLES. THEY ARE PRONE TO FAILURE. THEY ARE LIMITED WITH SOFTWARE. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE RUNNING ON OLDER, OR CURRENT WINDOWS 10 OPERATING SYSTEM. WE HAVE DONE TESTS, THEY CANNOT GET UPGRADED ANYMORE. THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THEIR LAST LEG. THE END OF MAINSTREAM SUPPORT FOR THIS ENDS THIS YEAR, IN OCTOBER. WE CAN GET SOME EXTENDED LIFE SUPPORT, BUT WE ARE BASICALLY TRYING TO EXTEND A SECURITY RISK AT THAT POINT. SO THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO REPLACE THE LAPTOPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PD PATROL VEHICLES WITH DELL RUGGED LAPTOPSFUL THIS IS TO STAY WITHIN COMPLIANT SI. 
          CURRENTLY, THE VENDOR WANTS TO CHARGE OVER $6,000 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GO WITH DELL. THEY ARE AT $4800 EACH. THIS COMES WITH THE DEVICE. ITS DOCKING STATION, THE HOLSTER THAT GOES WITHIN THESE VEHICLES AND THE POWER ALREADY. 
          OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON, THEY DIDN'T MATCH UP TO DELL. HARDWARE COMPONENTS, THE DURABILITY THAT COMES WITH IT, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY. SO WITH THAT COMES WITH ALLOWING US TO PUT IN THESE ROTATION CYCLES FOR DEVICES ON A REFRESH PLAN. 
          CURRENTLY, THERE'S NOT ONE. SO, THIS IS WHAT WILL ALLOW US TO START PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR. WE COLLABORATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS SO WE CAN MAINTAIN A SCHEDULE TO GET THESE IN AND REPLACE BEFORE OCTOBER END DATE. 
          AND AVOID US TO CONTINUE TO SPENDING MONEY ON SUPPORT THAT HONESTLY IS NOT NEEDED. WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIALLY, THIS WILL COME OUT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE NONCAPITAL. FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE AMOUNT OF 138,352.17. IT'S OUR RECOMMEND WE MOVE TO APPROVE THIS. THE 33 DELL LOPTOPS THROUGH A PURCHASING CONTRACT, NOT TO EXCEED $138,352.17. TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO SET PURCHASE AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WITH ME, I HAVE OUR TEAM WITH PD, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ANSWERED. 
          >> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> SORRY, HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PRICE THAT WE CAN FIND OUT THERE. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THAT. 
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SECONDLY, FOR THE LAPTOPS, THERE ARE 33. DO WE HAVE 33 UNITS? 
          >> THERE ARE 33 UNITS PATROLLING AND TWO TRAFFIC. THESE ARE WHAT IS HOLDING THE OLDER EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          >> RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND LAST QUESTION IS OF THE RUGGED THEY ARE AND THEIR LIFE SPAN. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THEY WILL 
          LAST? >> THESE HAVE GONE THROUGH MILITARY TESTING. SO THEY ARE PRETTY STURDY. MINIMUM, FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY FOR THESE. THEY CAN LAST LONGER, BUT WE WANT TO PUT THEM ON A CYCLE. YOU DON'T WANT YOUR LAPTOPS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES YOU. WE DO THEM ON A THREE TO FIVE YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY. WE WANT EVERYTHING UNDER THE DELL UMBRELLA. WE KNOW IT IS PROVEN IN THE CITY EMPLOYEES, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE THIS IN OUR CURRENT FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE UNITS ALREADY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL UNITS THAT RAN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TESTING. 
          SO THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE RUGGEDNESS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          >> DID WE GO OUT AND USE ANY OR GO SEE ANY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE 
          THESE? >> OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH, SERGEANT CLINGER, YOU CAN PROBABLY 
          EXPLAIN MORE ON THAT. >> MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, SERGEANT CLINGER, YES, WE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES WHEN IT CAME TO WHAT THEY ARE USING. THE BEST PACKAGE THAT WE COULD FIND WITH DELL IS COMING FROM THEIR SUPPORT SIDE. SO THEY HAVE A NEXT DAY IN THEIR WARRANTY. IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE, OUR IT CAN'T FIX IT, THEY WILL BE HERE NEXT DAY TO FIX IT. WE WILL NOT HAVE A VEHICLE DOWN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          >> THAT WAS ON MY QUESTIONS, TOO, AND IS THAT IN THE PACKAGE 
          FOR A MAINTENANCE FEE? >> IT IS OR NOT? 
          >> IT'S ALL TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR, THAT'S 
          ALL I GOT. >> MR. HAL.L. 
          >> I WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARITY. YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, IF WE'RE GETTING THE LOWEST PRICE POSSIBLE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN ANSWER THAT AFFIRMATIVELY. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. BY BOARD, WHICH IS A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE. I'LL PUT THAT IN QUOTES. BY BOARD IS A COOPERATIVE WHERE IT MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE. AS YOU KNOW, THOSE CAN BE ONEROUS, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          BY BOARD IS ABSOLUTELY THE CHEAPEST. SOMETIMES IT ISN'T, YOU REALLY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU WERE TO GO OUT AND GET A QUOTE AND THEN COMPARE. IN THEORY, BY BOARD HAS DONE THAT AND THEY SELECTED THOSE QUALIFYING VENDORS. BUT I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, I FOUND THEM AT DAVE'S.COM FOR $4444. IN PART, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY CAN, BUT THERE ARE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE IMPOSES ON MUNICIPALITIES THAT CAN BE IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES AND ULTIMATELY, THAT COSTS MONEY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR, WE DIDN'T MISLEAD. WE THINK IT'S A GOOD PRICE, IN COMPARISON FOR THOSE WHO WILL NOTE THE PREVIOUS VENDOR'S COST, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE YOU MIGHT FIND A SIMILARLY SPECKED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR SLIGHTLY LOWER? YES. BUT IF YOU FACTOR IN THE SAVINGS OF TIME AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE SAY WITH BY BOARD, I SUSPECT IS GOING TO BE, IF NOT CHEAPER, CERTAINLY VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. 
          >> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. SIMILAR TO THE SAME VEIN. SO, BACK IN EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE PURCHASED A FEW POLICE VEHICLES THAT CAME EQUIPPED WITH DOCKING STATIONS AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING AND THE PRICING WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE HERE. 
          IS THAT JUST BASED OFF THE QUOTE THAT THE PARTICULAR VENDOR PROVIDES OR BECAUSE IT WAS A SMALLER QUANTITY? IT WAS THREE OR FOUR LAPTOPS VERSUS 33? WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT DISPARITY IN THE PRICING? TO BE CLEAR, THOSE WERE MORE EXPENSIVE. THE DOCKING STATIONS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          >> SERGEANT CLINGER CAN ANSWER THAT. 
          >> SO, YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE VEHICLES THAT WE PURCHASED THIS 
          YEAR THAT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE? >> THEY WERE MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          >> IT'S THE QUANTITY. SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH GTS, IT'S THE QUANTITY. IF WE BUY MORE, THEY GIVE US A LOWER PRICE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON THIS. PART OF THE DECISION THAT I MADE WAS TO PURCHASE ALL OF THEM AT ONCE, PENDING YOUR RATIFICATION. WE HAD A MULTIYEAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. SO PART OF WHAT WE WERE DOING IN LOOKING AT IT IS TO THE POINT YOU MADE, MAYOR, WE WANTED TO GET THESE PURCHASED IN QUANTITY TO LEVERAGE THIS VOLUME PURCHASE. 
          >> SO SPECIFICALLY, QUESTION FOR YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE WARRANTY COMPRISES? BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT BUSINESS DAY, ON SITE, FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY. WHAT IS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY ON SITE 
          REALLY MEAN? >> LET'S SAY SOMETHING HAPPENS TO A UNIT TODAY. CALL THEM UP, E-MAIL THEM, WHATEVER. WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE CONTACT. TOMORROW, THAT MACHINE IS HERE. 
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          >> SO, NEXT BUSINESS DAY. NEXT BUSINESS DAY. YEAH. WHICH IS STILL IMPRESSIVE. MOST OF THE TIME WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WARRANTY, YOU ARE SENDING YOUR MACHINE OUT AND CHECKING IT OUT AND DETERMINING WHETHER TO SEND YOU A REPLACEMENT. THIS IS NEXT BUSINESS DAY, YOU'LL HAVE A REPLACEMENT UNIT IN YOUR HAND. 
          >> IF I MIGHT ADD, OTHER VENDORS, THE ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MINIMUM TWO WEEKS TURN AROUND. 
          >> WOW. OKAY. COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION 
          MADE BY MR. BRITTON. >> YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 33 DELL RUGGED LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND DOCKINGS STATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PATROL VEHICLES FROM DTS 
          TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC. >> I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. BOWERS. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, 6-0. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE HAVE 
          [7A. Consider action to approve a resolution for contract renewal for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (FY2026)  with UnitedHealthcare for employee medical administrative services, flexible spending and stop  loss insurance coverage in an estimated total amount of $2,053,561, with Mutual of Omaha for Life,  AD&D and Long-Term Disability insurance for an estimated amount of $184,364 and with Alliance  Work Partners for EAP services in an estimated amount of $10,300 and authorizing the City  Manager to execute all necessary documents. ]
CONCLUDED OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. 7A, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE FOR EMPLOYEE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, FLEXIBLE SPENDING AND STOP LOSS INSURANCE COVERAGE IN AN ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2,053,561, WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA FOR LIFE, AD AND D, AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $184,364. HAD, R DIRECTOR. COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RENEWAL OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR'S INSURANC PRODUCTS. OUR BROKER, HUB INTERNATIONAL HAVE GONE OUT TO BID FOR US, AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, TO PROCURE THE BEST PRODUCTS AND THE BEST PRICE. WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD A VERY HARD CLAIMS YEAR THIS PAST 12 MONTHS. SO WE DID NOT GET AS MANY RESPONDENTS. WE DID NEGOTIATE WITH ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT WE HAD AND THE ONES THAT DID SUBMIT TO GET THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR THE EMPLOYEES. STOP LOSS, ADMINISTRATIVE, UNITED HEALTHCARE WAS THE PRODUCT UP FOR RENEWAL. LIFE PRODUCTS THROUGH MUTUAL OF OMAHA, PARTNERS FOR OUR EAP PROGRAM, AND THE FLEXIBLE SPENDING, HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT WERE UP FROM UNITED HEALTHCARE. WHEN THEY WENT OUT FOR BID, WE HAD VERY FEW RESPONDENTS FOR A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE CLAIMS HISTORY THAT WE HAD. WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE OR CURRENTLY RUNNING 88% LOSS RATIO. FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE PAY IN PREMIUMS, THEY PAY OUT 88 CENTS IN CLAIMS. A LOT OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WANTED 80% TO GET YOU GOOD NUMBERS. BUT WE DID GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS ON ALL THE PRODUCTS TO GET THE BEST PRICE WE COULD FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE CITY. WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO FINAL DECISIONS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, PHARMACY BENEFITS AND STOP LOSS, WE DECIDED TO GO BACK WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE. THE STOP LOSS THAT REINSURES OUR MEDICAL PLAN, INITIALLY WERE LOOKING AT A $475,000 INCREASE, BECAUSE OF THE CLAIMS EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD. WE CHANGED THE STOP LOSS CAP FROM $100,000 PER SPECIFIC CLAIM TO $125, AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED OUR PREMIUM INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR, DOWN TO $105,000. 
          DOWN TO 6%. WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL COMPARED TO THE 28 THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. LIFE PRODUCTS, AGAIN, WE HAD SOME HARD CLAIMS AND SO WE RENEGOTIATED WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA, AND ADDED THEIR VOLUNTARY BENEFITS TO THE LINEUP AS COMPLETE EMPLOYEE OPTION, THE CITY HAS NO MONEY IN THAT AT ALL, AND REDUCED OUR INCREASE FROM 20% DOWN TO 13, WITH A THREE-YEAR RATE GUARANTEE. WE WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CLAIMS HISTORY THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE FURTHER IN THE FUTURE. OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED DOWN. WE HAVE A 16.9% RATE REDUCTION ON THAT, AND A THREE-YEAR RATE GUARANTEE THERE. THE HEALTH SAVINGS ADMINISTRATION, FLEXIBLE SPENDING, NO CHANGES ON THAT, AND WE GOT GUARANTEES SO WE CAN KEEP THE COSTS LOCKED IN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND THE DENTAL, THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THERE, WE DID HAVE 6% RATE CAPS ON THOSE, SO WE DECIDED TO STAY WITH THAT 
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AND KEEP THE CONSISTENCY FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND NO NETWORK DISRUPTIONS. SO, OVERVIEW ON THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS, OUR STOP LOSS IS GOING TO INCREASE 6% THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. LIFE INSURANCE, AD AND D LONG-TERM DISABILITY, THE ESTIMATE IS $180,109. EAP, 10,300, FOR A TOTAL BUDGET IMPACT OF $2,248,225. NOW THESE ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT. NUMBERS CAN CHANGE A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON WHAT PRODUCT THE EMPLOYEE ENROLLS IN. SO, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THAT, BUT THESE ARE THE BEST ESTIMATIONS BASED ON CURRENT HEAD COUNT AND CURRENT ENROLLMENTS. AND SO I RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR HEALTH SAVINGS AND FLEXIBLE SAVINGS, AND STOP LOSS COVERAGE AND IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $1,815, THE RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR MUTUAL OF OMAHA FOR LIFE PRODUCTS, ALLIANCE WORK PRODUCTS, AND THE CONTINUED DENTAL INSURANCE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          >> COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? 
          >> RICK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. I THINK BENEFITS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE OFFER EMPLOYEES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. IT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. THAT'S JUST THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. ON THE PACKET, IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CLAIMS REQUIRED THROUGH 7/31, WHICH IS THE DAY WE RECEIVED THE PACKET. LAST THURSDAY. AND THE STOP LOSS RATES ARE LOCKED IN TO SEPTEMBER 1, BUT IT'S A 10/1 EFFECTIVE DATE. SO, DO THEY HAVE THE CLAIMS? ARE THOSE RATES LOCKED IN FOR 10/1? 
          >> THE RATES ARE LOCKED IN. THE CLAIMS WENT DOWN IN JULY. SO, THEY WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT. BUT THE RATES ARE LOCKED 
          IN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. >> FOR 10/1, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WITH THE SELF-FUNDED PLAN, 88% LOSS RATIO, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'RE FUNDING AS A CITY TO THE MAXIMUM THAT WE HOLD IN LIABILITY OR TO THE EXPECTED CLAIMS? 
          >> THEY ARE GOING TO THE MAXIMUM. 
          >> WE ARE SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR THE MAXIMUM. I AM PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE HISTORICAL. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE FOR THE CITY OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WE HAVE BEEN SELF-FUNDED TO FUND TOWARDS 
          THE MAXIMUM? >> FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH OUR BROKER, THAT WAS THEIR DIRECTION OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE 
          BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY. >> DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE A FUND 
          SURPLUS? >> YEAR OVER YEAR, SINCE WE'VE BEEN FUNDING TO THE MAXIMUM AND COMING IN UNDER THE MAX TO BUILD 
          UP THE FUND? >> WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE UNDER THIS COMING YEAR, BUT OUR FUNDING IS BASICALLY -- THEY LOOK AT 90 DAY EXPERIENCE. OKAY, WE HAVE 90 DAYS WORTH OF CLAIM MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE FUND. WE ACTUALLY IS HAVE THAT AS OUR GOAL. WE HAVE OVER 140 DAYS FUNDED CURRENTLY. EVEN WITH THE NEW ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE MAKING WITH THE PLAN THIS YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL COME IN A LITTLE UNDER BASED ON CONSISTENCY AND OUR CURRENT TREND. WE ARE FUNDED WELL OVER WHAT THE CITY IS EXPECTING US AT THE 90 DAY LEVEL. 140 IS GREA. 
          >> WE DON'T LOOK AT IT FROM AN ANNUAL BASIS OF, WE HAVE X AMOUNT LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE ROLL 
          OVER? >> YEAH, THERE WASN'T -- WE'LL LOOK AT THAT, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY ROLLOVER AND THERE WON'T BE THIS COMING YEAR UNLESS WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD CLAIMS TREND. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, YOU PROBABLY CAME IN DURING THE PROCESS THAT HAD ALREADY STARTED BY THE TIME YOU GOT HERE. SO YOU WERE PROBABLY PLAYING CATCH UP 
          FROM DAY ONE. >> I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A 
          LONG TIME. >> WELL, ONE THING I WOULD ASK FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, GREAT FIRM, I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY PUSH ON THEM NEXT YEAR TO LOOK AT SOME UNBUNDLED PACKAGES WITH AN 88% LOSS RATIO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY REALLY PUSH, PARTICULARLY, ON THE PHARMACY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT WE COULD GET ON SAVINGS AND COST SPENDING EFFICIENCIES THERE. I'M GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS, BUT I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A FULL TIME NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL BE IN THE SADDLE, UP TO SPEED THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. I WOULD ASK EARLY IN THE PROCESS, YOU WOULD PUSH ON HUB TO LOOK AT UNBUNDLED, 
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MEANING SEPARATE THE TPA, THE STOP LOSS, AND THE PHARMACY, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL GET MORE LEVERAGE. THE CITY WILL GET MORE 
          LEVERAGE AND GET GREATER >> I LIKE CARVING OUT THE PBM, THIS YEAR, THEY ARE EXPECTING OUR PBM REBATES TO BE $1.2 MILLION. SO IT WAS VERY -- LEAVE IT AS A BUNDLE PACKAGE. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA. PHILOSOPHICAL. I APPRECIATE 
          THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION PROVIDES THAT THIS IS AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT, BUT IT SAYS AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED. AND HAVE WE PLUSSED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, OR IS THAT -- HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? 
          >> I'LL HAVE TO DEFER. I JUST USED THE FIGURES PROVIDED BY 
          STAFF. >> THESE ESTIMATES WERE ALL BASED ON CURRENT HEAD COUNT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE COMING ON BOARD. WHAT PLANS THEY WILL BE TAKING. 
          WHAT CHANGE WE MAY HAVE IN THE MIGRATION, WHEN WE DO OPEN ENROLLMENT IN A COUPLE WEEKS. WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE NUMBERS AT OR BELOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FROM 
          COUNCIL. >> SO MS. THOMAS, WITH RESPECT TO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE APPROVING A RESOLUTION, NOT AN ORDINANCE. THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN, TO PROVIDE THIS COVERAGE FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED, IS THAT THE RIGHT TYPE OF 
          LANGUAGE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. A MOTION BY MR. SCHUPP. 
          >> YES. I MOVE WE APPROVE THE INSURANCE -- I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INSURANCE BENEFIT PACKAGE AS PRESENTED. 
          >> MOTION BY MR. SCHUPP, SECOND BY MR. GIBBS. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, 6-0. 
          [7B. Consider action to adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of bistro lighting for  Downtown Rowlett, from GloGeeks, through a BuyBoard Cooperative Contract, for a price not to  Page 2 of 3  exceed $300,000; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute all necessary  documents to effectuate said purchase; and providing an effective date.. ]
NEXT, ITEM 7B. THANK YOU. CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF BISTRO LIGHTING FOR DOWNTOWN ROWLETT FROM GLOGREEKS THROUGH A CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECT 
          SAID PURCHASE. >> BACK IN OUR PLANNING STAGES, WE WENT THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. THIS INCLUDED A LIGHTING SESSION OF BISTRO LIGHTING, WHERE YOU SELECTED YOUR FAVORITE STYLE OF LIGHTING, TYPE OF LIGHTING, RGB VERSUS WHITE BULB, WATTAGE OF LIGHTING. WE WERE EXTENSIVE WITH IT. DURING THAT PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY, WE PULLED THAT FROM THE SOQ THAT WENT OUT. THE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PACKAGES. AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE BISTRO LIGHTING OUTSIDE OF THE OVERALL DESIGN PACKAGE THAT WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH RIGHT NOW. SO START OFF WITH THE PROJECT VISION, WE LOOK TO TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN INTO A VIBRANT, SAFE, AND INVITING DESTINATION. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF 15,000 FEET OF BISTRO LIGHTING ON MAIN STREET FROM ROWLETT ROAD TO 190. THIS WILL ENHANCE NIGHTTIME AMBIANCE, AND COLOR CHANGING SYSTEM. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT IS A YELLOW LIGHT IN THE IMAGE, BUT THESE ARE RBG LIGHTING THAT WILL BE INSTALLED. SMART DESIGN, AND DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT .7 MILES OF LIGHTING ACROSS SKYLINE TO COMMERCE. 78 TO 100 STEEL POLES SPACED OVER 45 TO 110 FEET. WE'RE LOOKING AT 7500 RGBW LAMPS. ABOUT 24-INCH SPACE. 
          WE LOOKED AT THAT PREVIOUSLY ON THE ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE. IT WAS A FOOT OF SPACING OR THREE FOOT SPACING. ACTUALLY BREAK EVEN ON WHICH ONE YOU PREFERRED MORE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T A LIGHTING DIFFERENCE. BUT THEY MET US IN THE MIDDLE AT 24-INCH SPACING ON THE LIGHTS THEY PROVIDE. THE GRID SYSTEM WILL BE GUIDE WIRES THAT ARE STRUNG ON A SYSTEM FROM POLE TO POLE. EACH POLE WILL BE ABOUT 16 FEET HIGH. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR THE 
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ATTACHMENT OF THE LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM WITHOUT EXTENSIVE DRAG ON THE LINE. MEANING THAT WHEN WE INSTALL THE 16-FOOT POLE WITH THAT GUIDE WIRE SYSTEM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 15-FOOT HEIGHT DISTANCE ON THAT, WHICH MEETS THE REGULATIONS. SO THE FURTHER DESIGN FEATURES, NO CENTER POST IN THE ROUND ABOUT. WE WOULD BE USING THE CLOCK TOWER THERE AND INSTALLING EYE BOLTS ON THE CORNERS OF THE CLOCK TOWER TO BE USED AS KIND OF A CAROUSEL FASHION. WE'LL BE USING EXISTING LAMP POSTS WHERE FEASIBLE. THE TEAM WENT OUT TODAY AND IDENTIFIED THAT MOST OF THOSE POLES ARE 15 FEET. THEY SIT ON TOP OF A CONCRETE BASE, WHICH GIVES US EXTRA LIFT. SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE POLES. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THEY WILL BE AESTHETIC AND EFFICIENT LAYOUT, REDUCING DIGGING AND DISRUPTIONS TO THE STREET. HERE WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE LAYOUT OF THE LIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NORTHBOUND MARTIN STREET. UP TO COIL. THAT WILL ALSO BE IN THE X PATTERN AND LINEAR POSTS NORTH TO SOUTH ON THAT LITTLE BREAK BETWEEN COIL AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THIS IS DUE TO A LOW HANGING POWER LINE THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THE BEAMS HIGH ENOUGH TO HAVE THE X FACED CROSSING. STILL, BRINGS THAT ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE DART STATION WHEN YOU'RE WALKING INTO DOWNTOWN. THAT LIMITS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH CROSSING THE STREET THERE. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN PORTION OF THE GREEN TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE GREEN. THIS WILL CREATE AN X PATTERN, KIND OF RIGHT WHERE THAT BIG TREE IS THERE IN THE MIDDLE AND WE'LL DO A LINEAR SEMICIRCLE AROUND IT. THIS IS DUE TO THE STAGE. WE TOOK THE STAGE. THE STAGE SITS 15 FEET ON THE TRAILER. HOWEVER FULLY ERECTED, THAT THING IS 24, 23, 24 FEET HIGH. WE'RE HAVING TO LEAVE SPACE THERE TO ALLOW FOR THE ACTUAL UPKEEP OF THE STAGE. HOWEVER, YOU'LL SEE DOWN THERE ON COMMERCE AND MAIN STREET THAT WE HAVE A LINEAR POST GOING EASTBOUND TO WESTBOUND ON THAT SIDE. THOSE WILL BE SET AT THE SAME TYPICAL DISTANCE OF 15 FEET. HOWEVER, THAT STAGE, WHEN IT GOES THROUGH, WILL BE CLOSED AND OPEN IN THE MIDDLE. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUE THERE WITH THE ACTUAL MOVABILITY OF THE STAGE AND THE STAGE ITSELF CAN TRAVERSE ALL OF THIS WITH AN ISSUE. WE DID CHECK, TRASH TRUCKS WILL FIT. FIRE TRUCKS WILL FIT, AND ANY KIND OF LARGE VEHICLE WE HAVE, MADE SURE IT WILL FIT WITHIN THAT SPACE FRAME. IF YOU LOOK, YOU'LL SEE COMMERCE STREET, YOU HAVE A 90-FOOT POLE SPACING DISTANCE. 
          AND AGAIN FROM THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ROUND ABOUT, EAST TO 190. AND IN THE MIDDLE, 45-FOOT SPACING. THIS KIND OF BRINGS THOSE LIGHTS IN AND CREATES A MORE AMBIA NCE STYLE, WHERE THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS ARE HELD. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SPACING THIS OUT FURTHER. HOWEVER, IF YOU CRUNCH IT ALL TOGETHER AND MOVE IT ALL TO A 45-FOOT DISTANCE, THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE COST. 90 WOULD REDUCE IT BY A PORTION. 
          WE HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH ON THAT YET. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THE 190, AND ROWLETT ROAD CORRIDORS,YOU CAN SEE SOME GAPS THERE. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FILLED IN AS FAR AS WE CAN GET THEM ON THE ROADWAYS. THEY DON'T STOP WHERE THEY ARE ON THIS MAP. WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY OUT. SO WE HAD THE NOT TO EXCEED COST ACTUALLY SET AT $300,000. THE $296,390 WAS THE AMOUNT GIVEN BY THE CONTRACTOR, BUT WE HAVE INCREASED THAT TO $300 ,000, FOR BUFFER ROOM THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN HERE WITH THE LIGHTS AND GUIDE WIRE BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE PORTION OF THIS. THE POLE INSTALLATION, EACH POLL RUNS $476. THEN YOU HAVE YOUR CONTINGENCY AT $15,000, WHICH THE TEAM IDENTIFIED THAT OUR ELECTRICITY DOWN CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN FITS THEIR LOW WATTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LIGHTS AND WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY ISSUES IN THAT. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO FIND OUT. WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OPTION OF $7500. THIS WAS A BY BOARD CONTRACT WITH THE VOLUME AND LABOR DISCOUNT, MAKING SURE WE GOT THE BEST PRICE FOR THIS. 
          THERE'S A FIVE-YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY ON ALL MATERIALS. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND TRAINING TO STAFF ON HOW TO CHANGE THOSE LIGHTING. SHOULD ANY OF THEM GO OUT. 
          SHOULD A BULB BREAK OR ANYTHING, WE'LL HAVE BACKUPS AND KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THEM QUICKLY. SO TIME LINES, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LAUNCH DATE IN EARLY OCTOBER, 2025, SO THE MATERIAL LEAD TIME FOR THE LIGHTS SPECIFICALLY, IS FIVE TO SIX WEEKS. THEY ARE A 
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SPECIAL OVERSEAS ORDER JUST DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE RUNS. THESE ARE NOT SEPARATE SECTIONS THAT ARE ADDED TOGETHER. THEY ARE VERY LARGE PORTIONS OF LIGHTING THAT HAVE TO BE SPECIALLY MADE. 
          I HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE CONTRACTING TEAM AND THEY SAID AS SOON AS AN AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, THEY WILL BE ORDERING THOSE LIGHTS THE SAME DAY. THAT GIVES US 60 DAYS FOR THE PROJECT DURATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION. SO THE POLES AND THE GUIDE WIRES ARE ACTUALLY THE SIMPLEST PART OF THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INSTALLATION FACTORS. THEY WILL BE INSTALLED WITH YOUR TYPICAL MOUNTING BOLTS ON TO THE CONCRETE WHERE THEY CAN AND THEN THEY HAVE A SPECIAL SITUATION FOR THE MEDIAN ON THE DOWNTOWN CORE, WHERE THERE IS LANDSCAPING THERE. I'LL LET THEM EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BECAUSE THEY KNOW MORE TECHNICALITIES THAN I DO IN THAT REGARD. THE WEEK OF AUGUST 11, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT WEEK, WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE STEEL POLES AND GUIDE WIRE. MID SEPTEMBER IS WHEN THEY HOPE TO RECEIVE THE LIGHTS AND THAT FIVE TO SIX WEEK TIME FRAME WILL BE THE LIGHTING INSTALLATION. THEN A TARGET COMPLETION DATE IS THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THAT MEETS WITHIN THEIR SCHEDULE AS THEY ARE PRETTY WELL KNOWN IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, AND THAT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIME FRAME, IS THEIR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR. WE'LL BE HITTING IT RIGHT BEFORE THAT AND GETTING THEIR INSTALLATION FILLED OUT BEFORE IT HITS THAT TIME FRAME. THE LASTING IMPACT FOR DOWNTOWN. IT BOOSTS TOURISM, FOOT TRAFFIC, AND BUSINESS REVENUE. ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENHANCES THE AMBIANCE. LONG-TERM DURABILITY, AND ATS IDENTIFY AND CHARACTER. SO DURING THE GL OGEEKS RESEARCH, THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE FOUR OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO THIS SCALE. SO IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT WOULD ADD QUITE THE BOOST TO DOWNTOWN ROWLETT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS WE HAVE THERE. 
          I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THE TEAM IS HERE WITH A PRESENTATION AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICALITIES YOU HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I 
          MAY DIRECT YOU OVER. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? 
          >> I CAN COME BACK AFTER HE PRESENTS AS WELL. 
          >> MR. REAVES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. A QUICK QUESTION ON FUNDING. IN THE PACKET, IT SAID $130,000 WAS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND IT SAID THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND, HAD A QUESTION MARK. I'M ASSUMING THE REST IS COMING FROM -- 
          >> THE QUESTION MARK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED. IT'S THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND. THE CDBG FUNDS, THEY DON'T MEET THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IF WE WERE TO PUT IT ON THE DOCKET FOR FY26, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 
          OCTOBER 1 TO SIGN ANY AGREEMENT. >> I SEE. OKAY. 
          >> PUSHING THE PROJECT OUT TO PROBABLY FEBRUARY, MARCH TIME 
          FRAME FOR JUST PROCESS START. >> OKAY. GREAT. 
          >> SIR. A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT. CHARLES MADE MENTION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH IS REALLY THE BOND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. I THINK IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT COUNCIL PUT IN THERE FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS. THE IDEA IS TO PROBABLY BREAK THIS IN HALF. $150,000 FROM THE DOWNTOWN FUND. AS I MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, DUE TO THE INNOVATIVE WORK OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE'LL SAVE OVER $3 MILLION FROM SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROAD FUNDING AND WE THOUGHT IF NEEDED, WE WEREN'T SURE ABOUT THE CDBG, WE WERE INVESTIGATING THAT AS A SOURCE AS WELL. IF NEEDED, TAKE AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 FROM THAT 
          FUND. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> MR. BRITTON. >> YEAH, THANKS. THANKS, CHARLES. BACK TO YOUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE. THAT WAS OPTIONAL. 
          WHAT DOES ALL OF THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE ENTAIL? 
          >> SIR. >> IS THAT COVERED IN YOUR 
          PRESENTATION? >> YES. 
          >> OKAY. >> WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DELIVER YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT MAY ANSWER SOME OF THE OTHER 
          QUESTIONS WE HAVE AS A GROUP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE PRESENTATION. I HAD NO IDEA A MEETING WOULD LOOK LIKE. I HUSTLED TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER OVER THE WEEKEND. SO, I HOPE I'M PREPARED FOR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO RESPECT 
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EVERYBODY'S TIME AND TALK FAST. SO, THIS IS REALLY A FIRST FOR TEXAS. I WAS KIND OF THROWING AROUND NAMES. THE GLO DISTRICT, OR THE LIGHT DISTRICT, OR ROWLETT AFTER DARK. SO MANY COOL MARKETING ANGLES THE CITY COULD PLAY WITH THAT THAT I JUST THINK WOULD BE SUPER FUN. CHARLES SAID FOUR, THERE ARE TWO CITIES THAT I FOUND. WINDSOR AND WEST HOLLYWOOD THAT DID SOMETHING SIMILAR THERE. BUT NOT EVEN ON THIS SCALE. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE UNIQUELY ROWLETT, SOMETHING THAT OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY, I LOOK AT IT AS AN INVESTMENT. 
          WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO PROPOSE ON, I THINK IS A GENIUS. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THIS WOULD BRING AND HOW COOL THE DOWNTOWN WOULD BE, I THINK WOULD PAY ITSELF TENFOLD. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, I'M INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN. GLOSHOW SHANE. I STARTED THE GLOGEEKS NATIONAL IN 2024. WE ADDED HOUSTON, DENVER, ORANGE COUNTY, BOISE, NASHVILLE, AND SCOTTSDALE. WE TEACH LANDSCAPE LIGHT DESIGN AND EVERYTHING OUTDOOR LIGHTING ALONGSIDE WITH TWO INDUSTRY LEGENDS WHO ARE PART OF MY TEAM. SOME ACCREDITATIONS. NATE IN THE GREEN SHIRT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER INVENTED LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING. HE INVENTED IT WITH NEW UNIQUE LIGHTING. I ONLY MENTION THAT BECAUSE NATE, AS MY MENTOR, AND SOMEONE ON MY TEAM, IS PROBABLY THE SMARTEST GUY WHEN IT COMES TO LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING. THIS IS A LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT INSTALL. JOSH IS IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE BEARD. BROUGHT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS NATIONALLY. SO FROM THE CLOCK TOWER TO CULTURE, I WON'T ADD MORE TO WHAT CHARLES SAID ABOUT HOW COOL THIS IS. BUT I WILL ADD, HE MENTIONED, EYE HOOKS IN THE CLOCK TOWER AS SOMEONE WHO JUST LIKES LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE A LOT. I THINK NOT PUTTING EYE HOOKS IN THAT CLOCK TOWER AND PUTTING LIGHTS OVER TO IT IS THE BEST WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CLOCK. I WOULD RATHER SEE, NOT THAT ANYTHING WOULD BE EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT, I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT WE CIRCLE THE PERIMETER, BRING THE ATTENTION INWARD, STRENGTHEN THE TOWER, BRING ALL THE FOCUS TO THE TOWER, WITH STRINGS OF LIGHTS GOING TO IT. HIGHLIGHT THE ARCHITECTURE. I WOULD LIGHT THE CORNERS OF BOTH THE LOWER SECTION, THE UPPER SECTION, CORRECTLY LIGHT IT TO WHERE WE GET SHADOWS AND DEPTH, KIND OF LIKE THAT. I WOULD LIGHT THE INNER CIRCLES AND THE LANDSCAPE, BRING MORE LIGHT ON THE INSIDE. SO JUST ME AS A LANDSCAPE GUY, THIS WOULD ADD NO EXTRA COST. WE'LL REALLOCATE THE FUNDS, PROBABLY HONESTLY COST US MORE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS A BETTER OPTION IF YOU WANTED TO VOTE FOR THAT. WE COULD EVEN PUT BATTERY OPERATED LIGHTS ON THIS TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND LET THE CITY MAKE THE DECISION 
          THROUGHOUT THE INSTALL. >> LET'S PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT. THAT SEEMS TO BE A DECISION POINT IN THIS 
          DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. 
          >> SO I'LL ADMIT, WHEN CHARLES FIRST SAID, PUT EYE BOLTS IN THE CLOCK TOWER, I ALMOST CRINGED A LITTLE BIT. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR INPUT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHICH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS THEY MIGHT PREFER. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU AS FAR AS EYE HOOKS. FROM A NATIVE RALEIGH, DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE. I AGREE WITH THE STAFF AS FAR AS THE CIRCLE AND STRENGTHENING THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DRAW. OPTION B WOULD BE 
          MY VOTE. >> MR. BRITTON. 
          >> I WOULD CONCUR. I THINK OPTION B PROVIDES A LOT MORE LOOK TO THE TOWER INSTEAD OF PUTTING ANY KIND OF EYE HOOKS IN 
          THERE. >> YEAH, WITHOUT GOING INTO 
          DETAIL, I AGREE. >> MR. GIBBS. 
          >> SHORT AND SWEET. >> WHAT'S THE COST DIFFERENCE? 
          >> I'M NOT GOING TO PUT ANY COST DIFFERENCE ON IT. THERE WON'T BE A COST DIFFERENCE. WE'LL JUST SWAP IT. THE COST OF THE LANDSCAPE LIGHT FIXTURES WILL PROBABLY BE MORE. THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET THAT WE'RE GOING TO ABSORB, BECAUSE IT'S 
          WHAT WILL LOOK BETTER. >> WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> BETTER FOR MY RESUME. I'LL GO WITH OPTION B. 
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          >> PERFECT. EASY ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. EVERY STRING OF LIGHT COMES A BRUSH STROKE ON THE CANVAS OF ROWLETT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK CHRISTMAS. A LOT OF CITIES DEDICATE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST CHRISTMAS. I LIKE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO THINK OUTSIDEOF THAT. THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR TRUNK OR TREAT, FOR KID FISH, FOR CARD BOARD BOAT, MEMORIAL DAY. HOLIDAY PARADES, THESE CAN ALSO BE WHITE, SO YOU CAN PUT THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST NORMAL WHITE AMBIANCE, FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR THAT IS NOT CELEBRATING. WE ALREADY HAVE GONE OVER THAT A LOT. COMMUNITY IMPACT, FOOT TRAFFIC, BENEFIT. 
          MADE THESE FLIERS, THINKING THEY WOULD BE COOL. WHAT WOULD TRUNK OR TREAT LOOK LIKE IN ROWLETT WITH THE LIGHTS THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, CITY, DOING DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, TRAVIS PARKE, HOUSTON STREET, SIX FIGURE PROJECTS, RGB BRIDGE. THAT IS A VIDEO OF THE BRIDGE. FOUR BLOCKS OF ROOF LINE LIGHTS. JUST DIFFERENT AND COOL TREES THAT CHANGE COLORS AND CHASE AND PROBABLY THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED TREES IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO. WE TAKE CREDIT FOR. 
          ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING FOR RESORTS, HIGH END RESIDENCES, BISTRO LIGHTS. NATURAL BRIDGE CAVERNS. THE RGB LAMPS, YOU KNOW THE 24-INCH SPACING. 7500 OF THEM. THE POST WILL BE 16 FEET TALL. 4-INCH ROUND STEEL, COLD ROLLED, VERY STRONG, SCHEDULE 40. 50,000 PSI YIELD STRENGTH. THESE ARE JUST OVER ENGINEERED FOR THE BISTRO LIGHTS. I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THOSE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER THEM. WE'LL WELD FOR EXTRA DURABILITY. WE WILL HAVE STAINLESS STEEL EYE HOOKS. 
          EVERYTHING WILL BE STAINLESS STEEL. ENGINEERED FOR WIND RESILIENCE. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A DIAGRAM STARTING OFF ON THE OUT SKIRTS. WE'LL DO 90-FOOT SPACING POLES. SO A LITTLE WIDER AND WE GET INTO DOWNTOWN, IT WILL BE TIGHTER. IT WILL BE 45. 
          WE'RE DRAWING THE EYES NEAR TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. FOR EXTRA AESTHETICS AND COST SAVINGS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE POST 90 FEET APART DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'LL RUN A STAINLESS STEEL GRID INBETWEEN SO WE CAN CONNECT IN THE MIDDLE AT THE 45-FOOT POINT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE DRAWING IS ON THE BLUE LINES. IT LESSONS THE AMOUNT OF POLES, PLUS, ONE LESS POLE WE HAVE TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK. SO, SAVES MONEY, LOOKS BETTER, AND BRINGS THOSE LINES TIGHTER DOWNTOWN. GUIDE WIRES, ALL WILL BE STAINLESS STEEL. 
          AIRCRAFT CABLE. IT IS MEANT TO LAST FOREVER. IT'S NOT GOING TO RUST, AS THE POINT IN GETTING STAINLESS STEEL. THE CLAMPS, ZIP TIES, I WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT LASTS. NOW THE LAMPS DON'T LAST FOREVER. LAMPSDON'T. THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL. IT WILL MAKE, IF YOU EVER WANTED TO REPLACE OR ADD TO THIS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE THERE. ELECTRICAL OVERVIEW. SO THIS IS KIND OF CHANGED SINCE WE WERE HERE WALKING A COUPLE UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. EVERY LAMP POST HAS A HAND DOOR, JUST VERY EASY AND ACCESSIBLE TO TIE INTO THE POWER. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT OUR TRANSFORMER INSIDE, SMALL TRANSFORMER. IT WILL FIT INSIDE THE LAMP POST INTO THE EXISTING LAMP POST. TECHNICALLY, WE CAN DO THAT, THAT'S EASY, ANYONE CAN DO IT. WE MIGHT HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN TO SPEND A DAY CONNECTING EVERYTHING ONCE WE HAVE IT ALL WIRED. VERY EASY. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW ACCESSIBLE THAT WAS GOING TO BE UNTIL WALKING AND LOOKING. THERE WILL BE ZERO ELECTRICAL ISSUES FOR US, WHICH WAS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE. I DON'T WANT TO COME AND SAY $30,000 OF ELECTRICAL WORK. 
          THIS WILL BE VERY EASY. SYSTEM LOAD, THESE BULBS ARE ALL 1 WATT, .96, TO BE EXACT. 8,000 WATTS PUT EVENLY ACROSS THIS MILE. IT WILL BE MINIMAL TO THE GRID. VERY EASY. ALL THE LIGHT POSTS ARE ALREADY ON A TIMER. THEY WILL COME ON WHEN THE LAMP POSTS COME ON. WARRANTY, THERE'S A FIVE-YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY ON THESE LAMPS, WHICH IN THE RBG WORLD IS EXTREMELY HIGH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING RBG WITH THAT HIGH OF A WARRANTY. THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR PRODUCT. THERE'S 
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A ONE YEAR INSTALLATION WARRANTY. IF ANYTHING SAGS, WE HAVE TO DO A WARRANTY CLAIM. THE POLE, THE CABLE, WORKMANSHIP WARRANTY. I'M GOING TO LEAVE SPARE PARTS. I'M GOING TO LEAVE VIDEOS, WE'LL DO WALK THROUGHS. WHOEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS SYSTEM IS GOING TO KNOW. IF THEY DON'T, WE HAVE PRERECORDED VIDEOS OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS, AS BUILT THROUGH ALL OF OUR CONNECTIONS. IT WILL BE VERY EASY FOR SOMEONE TO MAINTAIN. OR, NOT NECESSARILY MAINTAIN, THERE WILL BE VERY MINIMAL MAINTAIN. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE MAINTENANCE OF $7500 A YEAR, THAT'S NOT REQUIRED. THAT'S US COMING OUT EVERY YEAR MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY. 
          AS WITH ANYTHING, TECH, SOMETIMES THE SYSTEM UPDATES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO. SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO THESE AND WE CAN SHOW THEM. MAKING SURE ALL OF THE GUIDE WIRES ARE STILL TAUGHT AND THEY ARE EXACTLY 14.5 FEET HIGHER FOR TRUCK CLEARANCE. 
          MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS. ALL OF OUR CONNECTIONS ARE GOOD. 
          NOTHING HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH, WITH THE LAMP POST AND THE ELECTRICITY. THERE WILL BE SOME INCIDENTS -- AFTER A FEW YEARS, THE TEXAS SUN RUINS EVERYTHING. WE MIGHT REPLACE THOSE AND DO SECTIONS EVERY TIME WE COME OUT. SO IT'S NOT ONE BIG THING. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? ARE THERE MORE QUESTIONS ON TOP OF THAT? OKAY. MARTIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN GREEN. SO, WE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS AS WE WERE WALKING. I THINK THIS IS VERY EASY. THE ELECTRICAL MAKES OUR RESOURCES A LOT EASIER, KNOWING IT WILL BE EASY. ADDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTS TO THE MARTIN STREET AREA, WE'RE JUST GOING TO INCLUDE THAT. IT WON'T EXCEED THE NOT TO EXCEED. AND THERE'S OUR NOT TO EXCEED. THE ONLY, I GUESS EXCLUSION IS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SAY THE POLES NEED TO BE INSTALLED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. ELECTRICAL, WE WIPED OUT. IF THERE'S ANY MISCELLANEOUS, TRAFFIC CLOSURES OR MAJOR TREE TRIMMING, NONE OF THOSE I SAW AS ANYTHING THAT WOULD POP UP AS A THING. NONE OF THE TREES WOULD GET IN THE WAY OF OUR LIGHTS. I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON ALL OF THOSE. SO NOT TO EXCEED IS TRUE NOT TO EXCEED. THERE WON'T BE ANY EXCLUSIONS. 
          TIME LINE, JUST LIKE CHARLES SAID, WE WANT TO FINISH THIS BY THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. I THINK I CAN FINISH IT SOONER. 
          THERE ARE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TARIFFS, MAY POP UP ANY DAY. 
          THERE COULD BE SOME DELAYS WITH THE MATERIAL GETTING ON THE WATER. I DON'T FORESEE ANY OF THAT, THERE COULD BE A BLACK SWAN EVENT THAT YOU CAN'T HOLD ME TO. BUT WE WOULD ORDER EVERYTHING THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW, STARTING TOMORROW, GETTING EVERYTHING ORDERED TO MAKE SURE WE BEAT ANY CHANGES IN TARIFF TANTRUMS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THERE. 
          MR. GIBBS. >> ON THE POLE INSTALLATION. HOW FAR UP ON THE SIDEWALK WILL THEY BE? WILL THEY BE OBSTRUCTING THE 
          SIDEWALK? >> MOST OF SIDEWALKS ARE WIDE ANYWAYS. WE WOULD EITHER GO IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK, OR WE WOULD STAY IN LINE, KIND OF WITH WHERE THE CURRENT LIGHT POSTS ARE. SO IT WOULDN'T BE IN ANY WAY. 
          BEFORE WE PUT ANYTHING, I WILL WALK WITH CITY MANAGER, CHARLES, WHOEVER, WE'LL SHOW EVERYONE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE POSTS AND APPROVAL BEFORE WE PUT THEM IN. 
          >> OKAY. AND FOR THE HIGH WINDS THAT WE SEEM TO BE GETTING IN TEXAS. ARE THEY SUSTAINABLE TO THOSE? 
          >> YES, SIR. >> WITH INSULATION, LIGHTS ON, 
          AND EVERYTHING? >> CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MR. SCHUPP. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. EXCITED ABOUT THE LIGHTING. IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. I SEE WE HAVE THE FIVE TO SIX WEEK SHIPPING TIME. BECAUSE IT'S A BIG ORDER. DO WE HAVE, OR IS THIS BUILT IN ANY KIND OF STOCKING INVENTORY OF HIGH USE PARTS THAT WOULD -- I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT PARTS, BULBS, LENSES, WHATEVER, SO WE WOULDN'T GET CAUGHT IN A SITUATION OR DO YOU STOCK AS A COMPANY, DO YOU HAVE INVENTORY 
          IN STOCK? >> YES. SO DO WE KEEP 15,000 FEET OF INVENTORY? NO, THAT'S WHY WE ARE ORDERING. BUT WILL THERE BE THOUSANDS OF FEET EASILY AT OUR DISPOSAL? 
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ABSOLUTELY. AND ACTUALLY, THAT FIVE TO SIX WEEKS, THEY SAY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. I'M TAKING THAT FIVE TO SIX WEEKS TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HAVE TO EAT MY SHORTS THERE. THERE IS ALSO 1,000 TO 2,000 FEET ALREADY IN INVENTORY. WE CAN START PUTTING LIGHTS UP AS SOON AS THESE POSTS ARE UP. WE CAN START PUTTING 
          POST UP NEXT WEEK. >> I JUST DON'T WANT DARK LIGHTS SITTING UP THERE FOR FIVE WEEKS. LOOKING FOR A BULB. 
          >> NO. THE LIGHTS WE INSTALL WOULD ALREADY BE ON AND GOING. 
          THEY WOULD JUST LOOK INCOMPLETE BECAUSE THE REST OF THEM AREN'T. 
          >>COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YOU MENTIONED THESE ARE HIGH TENSION LINES AND THERE'S ONLY A 6-INCH DIP. 
          >> 12 INCHES. >> 12-INCH DIP. WE GO FROM 15.5 FEET DOWN TO 14, 14.5 FEET, RIGHT? 
          >> CORRECT. SO THE POLES ARE 16 FEET. THE EYE HOOK IS AT 15.5 FEET. THE CURB IS GOING TO ADD 6 INCHES. THAT WILL PUT IT FROM THE GROUND AT 16 FEET AND A 12-INCH SAG. SO WE'LL BE AT 15 FEET. NO LOWER THAN 14 FEET AT THE LOWEST POINT. 
          >> I KNOW WE SAID THAT ALL BIG TRUCKS WOULD FIT THROUGH THERE. 
          I'M THINKING A BOBTAIL BOX TRUCK. THE ONES THAT HIT THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE. THOSE ARE GOING TO CLEAR. > 
          >> YUP. >> SCHOOL BUSES ARE 11 FEET. THE BOBTAIL BOX TRUCKS GIVE ME THE MOST, BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN DRIVE THEM WHEREVER, SMALL STREETS, BIG STREETS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT THEY ARE ALSO REALLY TALL AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT IN THE RIGHT WIND CIRCUMSTANCE, IS THERE EVER A CHANCE WHERE THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM OR POSE AN 
          ISSUE? >> EVERYTHING THAT I'VE RESEARCHED, EVERY TIME I GOOGLED IT, EVERY TIME I LOOKED ON AI, WE ARE WELL ABOVE TO WHERE THERE'S ZERO ISSUE. IF YOU TOLD ME, SHANE, CAN YOU RAISE THESE 4 MORE INCHES, ABSOLUTELY. IT 
          WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. >> AND DO WE RUN INTO ANY ISSUE, PARTICULARLY, WHEN WE GET INTO GOING ON MARTIN, SO MARTIN HAS A POINT WHERE THERE'S ELEVATION AS IT GOES UP TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND KIND OF DEELEVATION AS WE GO ON THE OTHER SIDE. IS THERE A CHANCE WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CROSSING THE STREETS AND ELEVATION POINTS THAT WE MIGHT -- 
          >> THAT SECTION IS ACTUALLY LINEAR. IT WON'T BE CROSSING THE STREET AS YOU GO UP THE ELEVATION. IT WILL BE STRAIGHT UP ON NORTH TO SOUTH ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          >> OKAY. SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUES THERE. 
          >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPOTS DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAVE MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES. 6 INCHES, RIGHT, IF WE'RE GOING UP 6 INCHES, AND A POLE 6 INCHES HIGHER, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME 
          HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL. >> WE'LL OF COURSE CHECK AGAIN. 
          WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE POLES WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BASED ON THE ENGINEERING REPORT WE RECEIVED FOR THE POLES, THAT THE BOLTS 
          THAT GO IN AND SECURE IT. >> THE APOXY ANCHORS ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. PUBLIC WORKS SAID IF WE INSTALLED POLES DOWNTOWN, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO. 
          >> IF THERE WAS ONE SECTION, RIGHT? THERE'S A DIP, AND THERE IS SOMETHING WEIRD, WE MEASURED IT. IT IS NOT A HIGH COST TO TAKE THAT POLE OUT AND PUT AN 18-FOOT POLE THERE INSTEAD AND 
          RAISE IT. VERY MINOR. >> SO YOU MADE MENTION THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM TO RAISE IT UP A FEW INCHES. 
          >> CORRECT. BECAUSE I ALREADY MEASURED EVERYTHING FROM BEING AT 15.5 FEET ON A 16-FOOT POLE. SO MOVING THAT UP A COUPLE 
          INCHES. >> COULD YOU DO THAT, PART OF IT, I'VE BEEN TOLD WE HAD LIGHTS IN A PREVIOUS TIME AND PLACE AND SOME OF THEM WERE TORN DOWN BY A TRUCK. SO WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE PTSD. IF YOU CAN RAISE THEM TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF ELEVATION, THAT WOULD SWAY US A LITTLE BIT. 
          >> OKAY. SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU'RE GOING TO INSTALL CONCRETE. IT WAS 16 BY 16 BY 30? 30-INCH DEPTH? IS THAT CORRECT? SO, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT COMPARED TO A SIDEWALK, WHICH IS LIKELY NOT A 30-INCH DEPTH, THE SIDEWALK, BECAUSE OF ITS SPAN IS WHAT GIVES IT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TO SUPPORT A POLE AND SUPPORT THE SHEER FORCES AND EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS. 
          >> YES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> APOXY ANCHORS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THE INDIVIDUAL STRANDS OF LIGHT, ARE THERE SET LENGTHS THERE OR IS IT, I MEAN, SURELY IT'S NOT LIKE AN EXTENSION CORD. 
          >> 24-FOOT LENGTHS. >> 24-FOOT LENGTHS AND WIRED TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT JUNCTIONS? WE CAN REPLACE A 24-FOOT LENGTH AT ANY TIME IF ONE LENGTH GET DAMAGED FOR 
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          WHATEVER REASON. >> CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY, WITH RESPECT TO HOW THEY ARE CONTROLLED, CAN I STAND IN ONE SPOT AND CONTROL ALL THE LIGHTS, ALL THE DIRECTIONS, OR DO I HAVE TO WALK INTO DIFFERENT PARTS AND CONNECT TO DIFFERENT 
          DEVICES? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. ALL THE INFORMATION LINE IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER. THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS WHERE INFORMATION CAN'T CONNECT. TAKE MARTIN FOR EXAMPLE. THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE BOX THAT WOULD BE IN THE APP AND WE WOULD LABEL, YOU KNOW, MARTIN STREET, AND YOU KNOW, CALL THIS, THIS STREET. SO THERE MAY BE TWO DIFFERENT, THREE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE CONTROLLING WITHIN THE APP. THEY CAN CONNECT TO WI-FI. YOU CAN CONTROL THEM ANYWHERE, SITTING FROM RIGHT HERE. HOWEVER, IF THERE IS NOT WI-FI ACCESS, THEY ARE BLUE TOOTH, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN RANGE. WE CAN SET THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WITH THE LIGHTS WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHEN THEY COME ON, WHEN THEY COME OFF. GREEN FOR ST. PADDY'S DAY. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE TO CHANGE THEM. IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN BLUETOOTH 
          RANGE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. 
          QUESTION FOR STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I GOT CLARITY WHEN MR. REAVES ASKED HIS QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. SO, TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY 
          COMING FROM. >> LET ME ADDRESS THAT. 
          >> SURE, THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY I WASN'T CLEAR BEFORE. THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS DEDICATED FROM BONDING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR $150,000 FROM THAT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE FUNDS, WE CALL THEM DART FUNDS. BEING DEDICATED CURRENTLY TOWARDS THE INDUSTRIAL STREET PROJECT. WE EXPECT A SURPLUS OF MORE THAN $3 MILLION FROM THAT PROJECT. SO WE'RE ASKING TO TAKE THE OTHER HALF FROM THAT SURPLUS. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. I THINK I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I NEED TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> ONE THING I WILL ADD, ALL THE RUNS WILL BE TIED INTO THE STREET LIGHT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHEN THOSE POWER ON, THAT TIMER WILL ACTUALLY TIME ON THE LIGHTS AS WELL. SO THEY COME ON EVERY NIGHT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STREET LIGHTS. 
          >> CAN YOU STEP BACK, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR SLIDES IN YOUR 
          PRESENTATION? >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO 
          ASK ME TO PHYSICALLY STEP BACK. >> HOLD ON. GO BACK TO WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT MARTIN, IF YOU WOULD. YEAH. THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NOT TO EXCEED. MARTIN IS IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL ADDITION. MEANING IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS $294,000 NUMBER. 
          >> I HAD TO PUSH THIS PRESENTATION OUT QUICKLY. AFTER TODAY, WE DISCUSSED AND THE MARTIN AND DOWNTOWN GREEN PORTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. 
          >> OKAY. >> AS OF NOW. 
          >> JUST WANT TO BE SURE. >> OUTDATED SLIDE. MY APOLOGIES. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> AS OF THREE HOURS AGO, THAT 
          DECISION WAS MADE. >> THAT WAS A BIG QUESTION MARK WHEN YOU PULLED UP THE SLIDE. WAIT A MINUTE, THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE VENDOR? 
          >> I THINK HE ACTUALLY HAS LIGHTS HERE THAT HE CAN PLUG IN, 
          IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THOSE. >> I HEARD ONE SURE. 
          >> IT JUST TAKES ONE SURE. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE. PLUG IT IN 
          RIGHT THERE. >> THEY LOOK COOL AT NIGHT, BUT WE'LL PLUG THEM IN AND LET YOU SEE. ANOTHER TWO STYLES OF BULBS, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT BOTH. THERE IS CLEAR AND FROSTED. FOR THIS SCENARIO, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND FROSTED. LESS GLARE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING. IT'S MORE OF AN LUMINARY. I THINK IT LOOKS COOL. IF I WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A SIDEWALK OR A BAR, THESE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BETTER. BUT THESE AS FAR AS OVER THE STREET FOR THE AMBIANCE, A COOLER, SMOOTHER LOOK. OOH. 
          >> SO COUNCIL, GIVEN THE TWO OPTIONS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON FROSTED OR CLEAR? 
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          >> FROSTED. >> I HEARD THREE FROSTED FROM THIS END. ANY PREFERENCE? I HEARD FROSTED FLAKES FROM DOWN THERE. I ASSUME THAT MEANS FROSTED. 
          >> STAY FROSTED. >> WE REALLY WANT SOME CEREAL. 
          ALL RIGHT. >> SO THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK WE AGREE WITH THAT. OKAY, COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I WILL 
          ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 7B. >> AND MAYOR, THERE'S MOTION 
          LANGUAGE AT THE AGENDA. I MEAN. >> I SEE A MOTION FROM MR. 
          SCHUPP. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF BISTRO LIGHTING FOR DOWNTOWN ROWLETT FROM GLASS GEEKS LLC, AND WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT AND ALL NECESSARY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SCHUPP. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. 
          BRITTON. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE MOTION LANGUAGE THAT WAS PRESENTED. WHAT DISCUSSION DO WE HAVE BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE. 
          >> I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN SPACE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TALKS ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE TAKING AS A COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE AND GROW OUR DOWNTOWN. TO BRING VALUE TO IT. I PULLED UP THAT DOWNTOWN PLAN TODAY AND I DID A CONTROL F FOR THE NERDS IN THE ROOM, THAT MEANS FIND IN THE DOCUMENT. I LOOKED FOR THE WORD LIGHTING. I FOUND THE WORD LIGHTING 75 TIMES. 65 TIMES. SORRY. I BROKE IT DOWN. 65 TIMES. THERE WERE 16 OF THOSE INSTANCES WERE ON THIS ONE PAGE THAT IS TITLED, DOWNTOWN LIGHTING. THERE WERE 49 OTHER INSTANCES OF IT ELSEWHERE IN THE PLAN. OF THAT, 14 OF THOSE INSTANCES WERE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PORTION OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. SO IT'S IN THE PLAN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. THERE'S THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS IN THE BACK THAT DETAIL SPECIFIC STEPS TO TAKE. BUT 14 INSTANCES OF THAT WERE IN THE DOWNTOWN FEEDBACK. AND FROM THAT, IT WAS PEOPLE SAYING THAT WE NEED MORE LIGHTING DOWNTOWN. WE NEED MORE LIGHTING DOWNTOWN. 
          WE NEED MORE LIGHTING DOWNTOWN. THIS IS PAGE 112 AND IT HAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE, SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO READ TO YOU. YOU CAN READ THAT ON YOUR OWN. ON PAGE 103, WHICH IS EARLIER IN THE PLAN, THERE'S A SECTION THAT READS, KEY ISSUES IN CURRENT DOWNTOWN PLACE MAKING AND PUBLIC SPACES. 
          NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST. LACK OF LIGHTING TO ENCOURAGE SIDEWALK ACTIVITY AFTER DARK. FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T GET MORE CLEARER THAN THAT. CALLS FOR LIGHTING IN THE DOWNTOWN SPACE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANYTHING OUT OF LINE FOLLOWING THAT PLAN. I APPRECIATE STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BRINGING US AN OPTION THAT LIGHTS DOWNTOWN FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND PROVIDES A GATEWAY FROM THE DART STATION INTO THE DOWNTOWN SPACE. 
          AND I BELIEVE IF WE ASKED OUR POLICE CHIEF, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HIM, BUT WE HAVE A FORMER POLICE OFFICER HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DETERS CRIME IS LIGHTING. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> HE SAID THAT'S CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT OR NOT. BUT IT'S LIGHTING. ONE OF THE ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN HOW MUCH CRIME OR THE PERCEPTION OF HOW MUCH CRIME THERE HAS BEEN DOWNTOWN. 
          ADDING THIS LIGHTING IN THEORY, SHOULD HELP ABATE SOME OF THAT. 
          SO, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I WELCOME ANY OTHER COMMENTS. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE AHEAD. LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, 6-0. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR SHOWING US WHAT THE LIGHTS 
          [7C. Conduct a public hearing regarding the City’s 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual  Action Plan. ]
LOOK LIKE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 7C. 
          REGARDING THE CITY'S 2025 THROUGH 2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS PLAN, DEREK? MR. HALL, 
          EXCUSE ME. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THIS 
          REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING. >> DEBBIE, CAN WE GET THAT PRESENTATION UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE? 
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          >> THANK YOU. >> AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PUBLIC. EVERY YEAR, THE U.S. 
          DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATES ITS ANNUAL ALLOTMENT OF FUNDING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS IDENTIFIED FOR ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES, THOSE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT LEAST 50,000 RESIDENTS AND POPULATION OR MORE AND OUR POPULATION, WE ARE DESIGNATED AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY. HUD HAS THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. THEY INCLUDE DIRECTLY ASSISTING LOW INCOME PERSONS AND THIS IS INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE LESS THAN 80% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE IS ELIMINATING SLUM AND BLIGHT. AND THE FINAL IS IN INSTANCES OF URGENT NEED, A COMMUNITY MAY USE THE FUNDING FOR DISASTER RELIEF. 
          WHAT'S PREDICATED ON USING THE FUNDING IS BEING ABLE TO TARGET THE FUNDING IN CENSUS TRACKS. IN A MOMENT, I WILL SHOW YOU THE LATEST CENSUS TRACTS FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT, EACH MUNCIPALITY HAS TO PREPARE A FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ONE YEAR ANNUAL ACTION PLANS THAT ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE PLANS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND IDENTIFIES HOW THE FUNDING WILL BE SPENT. AS IT RELATES TO THE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS. THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS TWO CENSUS TRACTS WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IS AT OR ABOVE 51% LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. I WILL NOTE BASED UPON THIS LATEST ILLUSTRATION HERE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CENSUS TRACTS INCLUDE GREAT PORTIONS, LARGE PORTIONS OF LAKE ROY HUB BART. 51% OR GREATER IN TERMS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, OUR NUMBERS ARE REDUCED DOWN TO WHERE WE CAN INCLUDE CENSUS TRACTS THAT HAVE AN INCOME RATIO OF 38.2% OR HIGHER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS MAP BEFORE YOU. AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES, AREAS, AND BENEFITS, AS WAS MENTIONED JUST BY THE MAYOR, DOWNTOWN ROWLETT, IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS. IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHER CENSUS TRACTS, JUST IN AND AROUND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY, HUD MENTIONS THAT FOR COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY, WE MUST USE THE AVERAGE OF 80% OF DALLAS' METRO, 2025, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS AREA MEDIAN INCOME. WHICH FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS 117,300. THERE ARE ELIGIBILITY CAPS SPECIFIC TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, ADMINISTRATION OBVIOUSLY IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, AND THEN PUBLIC SERVICE ARE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAYBE TAKEN ON BY CITY DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDING A PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT AGAIN, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING WITHIN THOSE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS. AND SO RESPECTFULLY, THE CAPS FOR ADMINISTRATION BASED UPON THE TOTAL ALLOCATION AMOUNT IS UP TO 20%. THE CAP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE IS CAPPED AT AMOUNT OF 15%. 
          THERE IS NO CAP FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES ACTIVITIES. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR 2020-2024 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. 2024, ENDING IN WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025. HUD HAS A PROGRAM YEAR THAT IS ALWAYS ONE YEAR BEHIND OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT IS COMING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND THEN THE ACCOMPANYING ACTION PLAN IS FOR 2025, WHICH WE WILL GET INTO SHORTLY. BASICALLY, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, ACCESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS AND MARKET CONDITIONS AND TO MAKE 
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DATA DRIVEN PLACE BASED INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOUR ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS ARE LOCATED, WHICH IS A TARGET FOR WHERE YOU CAN SPEND THE FUNDING. IT ALSO SERVES AS A FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY WIDE DIALOGUE TO IDENTIFY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES THAT FOCUS FUNDING FROM COMMUNITY PLANNING DEPARTMENTS FORMULA FOR BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS. AND THEN FINALLY, IT CARRIES OUT THROUGH ANNUAL ACTION PLANS, WHICH PROVIDE CONCISE, SUMMARY OF ACTIONS, ACTIVITIES, AND SPECIFIC FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL RESOURCES THAT WILL BE USED EACH YEAR TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITIES. SO TO YOUR RIGHT AND THIS ILLUSTRATION, YOU SEE THE PLANNING PROCESS, AGAIN, A FIVE-YEAR PROCESS. IT STARTS WITH CITIZENS PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HELD, WE DO ALSO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM ACTIVITIES LIKE THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO THE POINT THAT THE MAYOR MADE EARLIER, SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS IN LIGHTING WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WAS MENTIONED QUITE OFTEN IN THAT PLAN. IT ALLOWS FOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO OCCUR. 
          THIS IS BASICALLY THE ANALYSIS THAT IS DONE ONCE WE LOOK AT THE DATA. DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN BRING FORWARD YOUR ANNUAL ACTION PLANS EVERY YEAR. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN NOW, PROBABLY AROUND NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, I'LL COME BACK BEFORE YOU, I'LL DO AN ANNUAL REPORT OUT OF HOW WE PERFORMED AS IT RELATES TO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OF 2024. WE RECEIVED A LETTER INDICATING THAT FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR, STARTING FISCAL YEAR 2026, FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT, WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $ $299,525. THIS IS DOWN ABOUT $1,000 FROM WHAT OUR ALLOCATION WAS IN 2024. WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT AND PROGRAM YEARS 26, 27, 28, AND 29. SO, FOR THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN BASED UPON THE ACTUAL PROGRAM YEAR, WE IDENTIFIED THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT HUD HAS ALLOWED US TO DO SO. PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC FACILITIES ACTIVITIES AND ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL AND THIS COUNCIL HAS AWARDED FUNDING FOR SALVATION ARMY. THIS YEAR RECEIVED A PROPOSAL AND REQUEST WAS FOR $23,600. IN ADDITION, THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED DOWNTOWN SAFETY AND SECURITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR LIBRARY AREA AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL $12,000 COMING FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE ALLOCATION AMOUNT. FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE JUST RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS, IN ADDITION PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED OUT IN THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN OR ACCESSIBLE CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS, THIS IS A FUNDABLE ACTIVITY, AS IS OUTLINED WITH THE HUD REGULATIONS AND SO THERE'S BEEN AN ALLOCATION OF $99,000 FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF ACTIVITY. AND THEN FOR SALARIES FOR STAFF AND CONSULTANTS, ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, WE BUDGETED AN AMOUNT OF $34,925. THIS IS A PROPOSED TOTAL ALLOCATION OF OUR BUDGET FOR OUR 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WE CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING, SHOULD THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE ACTION PLAN BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL TONIGHT, WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO HUD FOR APPROVAL. THERE IS A DEADLINE ON WHEN THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN. ONCE THAT IS TURNED IN, WE WILL CREATE PROJECT ACCOUNTS AND HUD SPECIFIC SYSTEM TO TRACK THE ACTIVITIES AND THE FUNDING. WE WILL PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED PRIOR TO SPENDING ANY MONEY. 
          ADMINISTER THE CONTRACTS FOR OUR SUB RECIPIENTS, DEVELOP PROCUREMENT AND MONITOR LABOR COMPLIANCE FOR NONPUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO OUR SUB-RECIPIENTS AND THEN INTERNALLY AND WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, WE'LL CONDUCT SUB-RECIPIENT TRAINING AND MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDING IS BEING SPENT ON THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. I DID FAIL TO MENTION, I THINK COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THIS, THE PROGRAM IS A REIMBURSABLE GRANT. THE CITY HAS TO FRONT THE MONEY. WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT I'M HAPPY TO SAY, AS SOON AS WE MAKE OUR PAYMENTS, WE WORK WITH OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST THE FUNDING. IT TYPICALLY SHOWS THREE DAYS TO SHOW UP INTO THE 
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CITY'S ACCOUNT. SO WITH THAT, STAFF WILL CLOSE THE PRESENTATION. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SALVATION ARMY HERE. AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY 
          HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. HALL. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR STAFF? MR. REAVES? NO. 
          >> I'M GOOD. >> I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION I REALLY HAVE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTION PLAN THAT YOU LISTED, THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS WERE ON THERE, AND WE JUST HAD THE CONVERSATION THAT'S PERHAPS NO THE A VIABLE OPTION FOR THIS. SO, DOES THE ACTION PLAN REMAIN WITH THIS EXISTING ALLOCATION AND IF SO, HOW DOES IT GET 
          ADJUSTED OR AMENDED LATER? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE CHANGES TONIGHT. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE WANTED TO BRING THESE FORWARD. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN AS THE ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE. I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT IN THE PAST, THIS COUNCIL HAS FUNDED ALLEYS AS PART OF THE PROJECT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE UNDER WORKS A PROJECT BEING LED THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSULTANT ON BOARD. WE DO NOTE, HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE FUNDING THOSE TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, IT SOMETIMES TAKES A COUPLE YEARS OF ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDING BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH LARGE PROJECTS. THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, IT IS 9:13 P.M., WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM FROM MR. BERNARD TOLAND. IF YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU MAY SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MR. HALL. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO BE HERE. I REALLY WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE COMING TO DO TONIGHT. I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION OF REQUESTING THE FUNDING, BUT I KNOW WE HAD ALREADY DONE THAT, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR 
          FROM ME? >> SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. I WILL SAY IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS AFTER WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO ASK THEM. 
          >> OKAY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS, THE BIGGEST THINGS, OF COURSE, WE'RE ASKING FOR 23,600 FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT EIGHT HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR EVICTION. SO, IT'S A STEP DOWN PROGRAM. SO THE APPLICANTS WILL COME THOUGH THE SYSTEM FOR THREE MONTHS. THEY WILL BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CASE MANAGEMENT, AND BE ABLE TO USE THE STEP DOWN MODEL OF PROVIDING UP TO 100% RENTAL ASSISTANCE THE FIRST MONTH. 75 THE SECOND MONTH, AND 30 THE THIRD MONTH. AVOID EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE AND FOSTER FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. THAT 100, 75, AND 50. EACH FAMILY, THERE WOULD BE $2500 THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. OF COURSE, WE USE AN ASSESSMENT THAT GOES THROUGH AND STARTS WITH MY OFFICE. WE START THE ASSESSMENT. WE CREATE THE PLAN AND THEN IT GOES TO OUR NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMAND AND THEIR STAFF THERE THAT MOVES IT FORWARD AND THERE'S APPROVERS THAT ARE THERE, AND REPORTING FUNCTION ALSO COMES FROM NORTH TEXAS. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I BROUGHT TO ME TONIGHT IS WE ARE ON TRACK TO SPEND THE REMAINING FUNDS, EVEN THOUGH WE RECEIVED THE FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MAY. WE'LL HAVE THEM FULLY SPENT BY 
          SEPTEMBER 30. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR, WE 
          APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> AND IF YOU WANT TO STAY CLOSE IN CASE ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK? WE'LL 
          [7D. Consider action to adopt a resolution adopting the City’s 2025 – 2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan  and 2025 Annual Action Plan; to authorize the City Manager to accept a HUD Community  Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation in the amount of $299,525; and to execute and submit  all required documentation and certifications to the United States Department of Housing and  Urban Development (HUD).]
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:15 P.M. FOR THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE ACTION ITEM. CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE CITY'S 2025 THROUGH 2029, FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ALLOCATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $299,525, AND EXECUTE AND SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATIONS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS HUD. 
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WE HEARD A PRESENTATION. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. TOLAN OR POLICE CHIEF ON ANY OF WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED? MR. GIBBS. 
          >> OF THE MONEY OF THE 23,000, WILL IT BE SPENT ON ROWLETT RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA? AND SECONDLY -- 
          >> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MIC SO WE HAVE THAT ON 
          THE RECORD? >> YES, SIR. 
          >> OKAY. AND SECONDLY, FOR OUR VIEWERS, HOW WOULD SOMEONE BE AWARE OF THIS AND HOW WOULD THEY CONTACT YOU? 
          >> IT'S INTERESTING. WE DO QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT APPEALS OUT AND OF COURSE, THE CITY ALSO PUTS IT ON -- THERE'S -- I'M BRAIN DEAD RIGHT NOW. ANNOUNCED ON THE CITY PAGE AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, IF I'M IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SEE PEOPLE, HEY, IF I REALIZE THEY ARE IN NEED, I ALSO PROMOTE IT THAT WAY 
          AS WELL. >> ANYMORE QUESTIONS? 
          >> I DON'T KNOW THAT MY SCREEN IS WORKING TOO GOOD TONIGHT. 
          >> GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST A STATEMENT. I KNOW SERGEANT TOLAN HERE. I SERVE ON THE SALVATION ARMY ADVISORY BOARD IN GARLAND. SERGEANT TOLAN NOT ONLY COMMANDS THAT CHAPTER, HE'S ALSO A RESIDENT OF ROWLETT. EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A MEETING. WE GO OVER ALL THE FINANCES AND EVERYTHING. I WANT TO ASSURE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT EVERYTHING WE GIVE TO THE SALVATION ARMY, SPECIFICALLY FOR MORTGAGE HELP, AND RENTAL HELP, GETS POURED BACK INTO OUR CITIZENS. I KNOW SERGEANT TOLAN IS -- WHEN THERE'S NEED, THEY CAN APPLY AND USE THE MONEY THAT WE 
          ALLOCATE TO THEM. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. TOLAN. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW FOR YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED. THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR STAFF, I 
          THINK. >> YES, SIR. 
          >> SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ALLOCATION FOR JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE I'M QUESTIONING AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CROSSWALK, SIDEWALKS, AND STREET LIGHTS FOR DOWNTOWN. ARE ALL OF THOSE TRULY ELIGIBLE UNDER THE PROGRAM TODAY AS IT ZITS OR NOT? SO CROSSWALKS, STREET WALKS, ARE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE ARE RECENT CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO ADA. THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO FOLLOW. 
          STREET LIGHTS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY. BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT CHARLES ELUDED TO IN HIS CONVERSATION WAS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXECUTED, WE HAVEN'T EXECUTED A CONTRACT YET UNTIL THE ENVIRONMENTALS HAVE BEEN DONE AND SO THAT, I CAN TELL YOU, HUD IS BACKED UP. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS. SO, IF THERE IS ANOTHER ACTIVITY, THIS IS THE TIME IN WHICH COUNCIL CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON FUNDING 
          ANOTHER ACTIVITY. >> SO IN THE EVENT, WE DETERMINE AFTER THIS 90 DAY WINDOW, THAT STREET LIGHTS ARE NOT COVERED. 
          WHAT TYPE OF ACTION DOES IT TAKE TO DO THAT REALLOCATION AT THAT POINT? IS IT A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AGAIN? 
          >> MORE THAN LIKELY, IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY, SO STREET LIGHTS MAYBE NOT ON MAIN STREET, BUT WITHIN ANOTHER STREET WITHIN DOWNTOWN, WE WOULD NEED TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE 30 DAY MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARING AND WHOLE NOTICE PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          >> AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE ALLOCATION LAST YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT I SAW UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING. I LOOKED IT UP REAL QUICK AND I THINK AT LEAST WHAT WE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE APPROVED. WE HAD $60,000 IN ADMINISTRATION. $33,000 FOR THE SALVATION ARMY PROGRAM, $12,000 FOR CRIME PREVENTION, AND $195,000 FOR AN ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION OF DENVER AND SHEERER STREETS. TO THAT, I'M INCLINED TO CONTINUE THAT SAME METHODOGY AND ALLOCATE THIS TO AN ALLEY PROJECT. DOES THAT ALLEY PROJECT HAVE TO BE DEFINED IN THE ACTION PLAN BEFORE WE ADOPT THE ACTION PLAN? 
          >> IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DEFINED. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE 
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SURE THAT THE ALLEY IS LOCATED IN ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE CENSUS 
          TRACTS. >> OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. MR. TOLAN, CAN I ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR? AM I CORRECT THAT $33,093 WAS THE FUNDING ALLOCATION LAST YEAR? 
          >> YES, SIR. >> THIS YEAR, THE ALLOCATION IS $23,600. DO YOU THINK THE NEED HAS GROWN FROM LAST YEAR OR IS 
          IT FLAT? >> I THINK IT HAS GROWN. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, VERY TRANSPARENT, THAT DECISION WAS MADE ABOVE ME. THE NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMAND LEVEL, AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, I WAS A LITTLE ANGRY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND UPSET BECAUSE THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEED AND WE CAN SPEND IT AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY -- I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER TO WHY IT WAS REDUCED. 
          >> THE $23,000 WAS REQUESTED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE 
          SALVATION ARMY. >> YES, SIR. 
          >> OKAY. >> WHEN I HEARD IT, I ASKED THEM WHY. WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR MORE. 
          >> YEAH, THAT REALLY CAUSES ME SOME HEARTBURN, BECAUSE I DON'T -- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PARTNER WITH A PROGRAM SUCH AS YOURS, WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS THAT ARE REQUESTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND IT GETS INTO STICKY TERRITORY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GIVING MORE FUNDING, BUT WE HAVE A PRECEDENT FOR GIVING MORE FUNDING IN THE PAST. SO I'M INCLINED TO, YOU KNOW, MATCH WHAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A $10,000 INCREASE FROM THE $23,000 WE HAVE ALLOCATED. UP TO $33,000, AS LONG AS YOU CAN GIVE ME ASSURANCE IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE HEARTBURN FOR SALVATION ARMY LEADERSHIP TO SAY WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THOSE WILL 
          PROPERLY BE USED. >> I WILL TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AT LEAST KEEP THE FUNDING WE HAD LAST YEAR. I KNOW THE FUNDING IS NEEDED. THE NEED HASN'T GONE DOWN. 
          >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT WILL ADDRESS 15 FAMILIES. TYPICALLY, WE MOVE THEM, SO WE ALLOCATE THROUGH THE MONTH. SO WE HAVE TWO EACH MONTH OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO IT DOES LAST 
          FURTHER THROUGH THE YEAR. >> THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. I TELL YOU WHAT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE NUMBERS HERE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ACTION PLAN, IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS IN THIS AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE NEED TO POSTPONE THIS TO A FUTURE MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THAT. THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WILL BE A BRIEF RECESS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ONE ON ONE. SO, WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL A BRIEF RECESS. WE WILL BE 
          >>> ALL RIGHT, IT IS 9:34 P.M. COUNCIL, I HAD A MOMENT TO TALK TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE NUMBERS. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE, IF YOU'LL LOOK IN YOUR PACKET ON PAGE 75, YOU'LL SEE THE BROKEDOWN PROPOSED BY STAFF. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S ALSO UP ON THE SCREEN. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR PRESENTATION SLIDE AS WELL. 
          CURRENTLY, THAT BREAKDOWN IS $23,600 TO THE SALVATION ARMY, $12,000 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEN THERE ARE THE STREET LIGHTS AND THE CROSSWALKS. AND THEN THERE'S ADMINISTRATION. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S A 15% CAP ON WHAT CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. BASICALLY, THAT FIRST SEGMENT THAT IS ON THE SLIDE. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE CHANGE THAT TO BASED ON THIS DISCUSSION IS TO LEAVE THE CRIME NUMBER AT THE $12,000. AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST GOT BACK, I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT REALIZE YOU WERE NOT IN HERE WHEN WE GOT STARTED. KEEP THE CRIME NUMBER AT THE $12,000, AND TAKE THE SALVATION NUMBER UP TO $32,000. THAT WOULD KEEP US BELOW THAT 15% THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE UNDER THAT NUMBER. WE CAN'T GO UP TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THE WAY THE MATH SHAKES OUT. SO, $12,000 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. $32,000 FOR THE SALVATION ARMY DEPARTMENT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THEN IN THE SECOND SECTION, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES. 
          RETAIN THE ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS. KEEP THAT AS IS, AND THEN TAKE THE BALANCE OF THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS AND THE CHANGE TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND PUT THAT INTO A FUTURE ALLEY PROJECT. 
          THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $121,600. WHAT THAT MATH WOULD COME OUT TO. SO IT WAS $130,000 FOR DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS. WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SALVATION ARMY. THAT TAKES IT 
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DOWN TO 121,600. PUT THAT INTO A ALLEY PROJECT, KEEP ADMINISTRATION THE SAME. AND I THINK IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, THAT WILL BRING US TO THE TOTAL OF $299,525. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, 
          FEEDBACK? SUGGESTIONS? >> I CONCUR WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT 
          IN WHAT WE SHOULD DO ON THIS. >> COUNCIL, ANYBODY ELSE? 
          >> CERTAINLY HAS MY SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> I'M IN AGREEMENT ALSO. >> OKAY. YEAH, I THINK WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO FOR ME IS, THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THE CITY DOES RECEIVE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING IT IN THE MOST SENSIBLE WAY POSSIBLE FROM CRIME REDUCTION, NOT PRODUCTION, CRIME REDUCTION AND WITH THE SALVATION ARMY PROGRAM, THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN THE PAST AND DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH ASSISTING IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OUR ADMINISTRATION NUMBER IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR WITH THE NUMBER I FOUND AS WELL, WHICH WAS CLOSER TO $60,000. 
          ADMINISTRATION COST OF $34,000, MEANS MORE IS GOING INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE SIDEWALKS DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION. THERE'S A BENEFIT TO BE FOUND THERE AS WELL. SO, BASED ON THAT, SPEAKING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TO ADOPT. A MOTION LANGUAGE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE THOSE NUMBERS AND THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. IS THAT 
          CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO EXHIBIT A TO THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THAT 
          IS THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. >> WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN, I'M 
          SORRY? >> THOSE NUMBERS, THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO EXHIBIT A TO THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THAT EXHIBIT A IS THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2025. 
          >> AMENDMENT TO EXHIBIT A. AND THEN ITEM -- I'M SORRY. AND READ THE ITEMIZED LISTS IN ADDITION. SO, WE WILL BE MOVING TO APPROVE THE ITEM, APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE AMENDMENT TO EXHIBIT A WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. 
          >> YES. >> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, WHENEVER WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS READ WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO EXHIBIT A, WITH THE ITEMIZED CHANGES OF SIDEWALKS, 99,000. SALVATION ARMY, 32,000. CRIME PREVENTION, 12,000. 
          ADMINISTRATION, 34,925. AND AL ROW RECONSTRUCTION, $121,600 . 
          >> DID WE GET THE 99? >> THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. 
          >> OKAY, SORRY. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRITTON. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS  AMENDED. DID WE CHECK ALL THE BOXES? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. THAT ITEM CARRIES 6-0. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. 
          IT IS UNRELATED TO THE ITEM WE JUST CONSIDERED. WITH RESPECT TO HUD AND ANY FUTURE FUNDING. I KNOW YOU HAD THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN ON THERE AND YOU ANTICIPATE FUNDING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          HAS THERE BEEN ANY INDICATION FROM EITHER THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT PASSED OR ANY EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A REDUCTION IN THAT FUNDING IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? ANY INDICATION FROM NOT HEARSE, NOT GUESSING, BUT ANY INDICATION FROM LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT 
          INDICATE THAT? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF NCDA, THEY ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE BUDGET IN THE COMING YEARS. BUT THAT IS ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD KEEP US ABREAST OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE 
          [7E. Consider action to adopt a resolution appointing members to the Rowlett Housing Finance  Corporation Board of Directors to fill full- and unexpired-terms.]
ON TO ITEM 7E. CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE FINANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IF FILL FULL AND UNEXPIRED TERMS. I'LL MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUPP AND I HAVE SERVED ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ESSENTIALLY SINCE JANUARY OF 2024. ACTUALLY, LONGER THAN THAT, I THINK. IT FEELS LIKE LONGER THAN THAT, ANYWAY. AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY UNIQUE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO AND SERVING THAT CAPACITY HAS BEEN VERY 
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INTERESTING. SO, YES, IN THE PACKET, I WAS APPOINTED AUGUST 1, 2023, REAPPOINTED JANUARY 23, 2024. MR. SCHUPP WAS APPOINTED AUGUST 1, 2023, AND REAPPOINTED AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE RESIDENTS, WHICH WERE ADDED WHEN THOSE APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE IN JANUARY OF 2024. AT THAT POINT, WE TOOK THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CARTER, CINDY, AND RICHARD. AT THAT POINT, WE ESSENTIALLY MADE FIVE APPOINTMENTS ALL AT ONE TIME WITH NO RESPECT FOR TERM LENGTHS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION PROVIDE FOR DIFFERENT TERM LENGTHS FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE UNDER. I PUT A TABLE HERE IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES PROPOSED NAMES TO GO INTO THOSE TERMS. I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED WITH MR. BRITTON. HE AGREED TO SERVE ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD NEED TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT, WHICH THEY WILL DO AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. SO, WITH THAT, THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE MR. SCHUPP SERVE A FOUR-YEAR TERM, WHICH WOULD EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF 2029. MR. BRITTON TO SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM. MR. KAUL, A TWO-YEAR TERM IN 2027. MS. DUNICAN, AND EXPIRING IN AUGUST OF 2029. AGAIN, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH RHYME OR REASON TO THE LENGTH OF THE TERMS HERE. WE CAN CERTAINLY REAPPOINT WHEN THOSE TERMS DO EXPIRE. PROVIDED THAT PERSON IS WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY AND WE COULD MAKE ANY INTERIM APPOINTMENTS WE NEED TO, SHOULD SOMEONE CHOOSE TO STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD. THIS DOES REALIGN THE APPOINTMENT CYCLE BACK TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, WHICH IS LISTED IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND GETS US BACK INTO ALIGNMENT WITH A ROLLING SCHEDULE OF TWO MEMBERS ROLLING OFF EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THEN THREE MEMBERS ROLLING OFF THE NEXT TWO-YEAR PERIOD. SO, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR HEAR ANY FEEDBACK AND WE CAN CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I HAVE IN THE PACKET. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SCHUPP. 
          >> YES. I MOVE WE APPROVE RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FILL FULL AND UNEXPIRED TERMS. 
          >> A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY MR. BOWERS. 
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. 
          AND THAT CARRIES 6-0. MR. BRITTON, WELCOME TO THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING TO SERVE. ALL RIGHT, 
          [7F. Consider action to adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the city manager to execute and  submit the ballot indicating acceptance of the Thirteenth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of  Reorganization of Purdue Pharma L.P. and it’s affiliated debtors and authorizing the submission  thereof in the form of an E-Ballot. ]
NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7F. APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE BALLOT 13TH CHAPTER PLAN OF PERDUE PHARMA LP AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION THEREOF IN FORM OF AN E-BALLOT. MS. THOMAS, ARE YOU MAKING THIS PRESENTATION? I 
          KNOW MY NAME IS ATTACHED. >> I CAN. 
          >> I DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED. >> I CAN DO THAT. ACTUALLY, PURDUE PHARMA IS ONE OF THE OPIOID MANUFACTURES AND I KNOW YOU HAD OTHER SETTLEMENTS COME BEFORE YOU. THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE DIRECT SETTLEMENT FROM THE PURDUE PHARMA OPIOID SETTLEMENT. THIS IS ANOTHER STREAM OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY. ONLY SOME CITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. WE ARE ONE. AND IT IS THROUGH THEIR BANKRUPTCY SETTLEMENT. SO WHAT THIS IS, IT IS JUST VOTING TO ALLOW US TO SUBMIT OUR BALLOT TO APPROVE THEIR PLAN OF REORGANIZATION. AND THEY'VE HAD THIS -- THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. THE COURT HAS REJECTED THEM OUT OF HAND. THIS ONE FINALLY HAS MADE IT AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED AND I'VE PUT IN THE AGENDA PACKET, KIND OF THE REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO ADDRESS. THE OPT-IN FOR CLASS 4. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. CLASS 4, IF YOU OPT OUT, YOU RETAIN YOUR CLAIMS. AND THEN IN ITEM 3, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 7.4 MILLION. AND AS A PART OF THE REORGANIZATION, PURDUE WILL BE LIQUIDATED AND ASSETS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO A NEW PUBLIC BENEFIT COMPANY THAT IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING AND 
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DISTRIBUTING OPIOID ADDICTION TREATMENT AND OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATIONS AT NO PROFIT. SO ANYWAY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF THE BALLOT TO APPROVE THE REORGANIZATION PLAN AND THEN WE WOULD RECEIVE OUR SHARE THROUGH 
          THAT. >> THANK YOU MS. THOMAS. 
          COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          SO, DO WE GET FUNDS FROM THIS SETTLEMENT? 
          >> WE WILL GET SOMETHING FROM BOTH THE DIRECT SETTLEMENT AND THE BANKRUPTCY. AND WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT HOW MUCH WE'LL GET FROM THE BANKRUPTCY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 
          CLAIMS WILL ACTUALLY BE FILED. >> I GUESS WHEN WE GET A SETTLEMENT, THIS GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND OR STRINGS ATTACHED TO WHAT THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR? 
          >> THE MONEY HAS TO BE USED FOR THINGS THAT WOULD QUALIFY UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AND THAT'S GENERALLY THAT ARE ALLEVIATING OR THE CONDITIONS THAT CREATE OPIOID ADDICTION, THAT SORT OF THING. AND IT'S A LONGER LIST OF AVAILABLE USES THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. BUT HONESTLY, I DIDN'T REFRESH MYSELF ON IT. IT CAN BE ANYTHING LIKE PROGRAMS AT A LIBRARY FOR YOUTH, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL COURTS, MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, STOCKING YOUR 
          AMBULANCE WITH NARCAN. >> THANK YOU. VICTORIA, HOW MANY CITIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT APPLY FOR THIS TYPE OF A SETTLEMENT? I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ATTORNEYS WALK AWAY WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND EVERYBODY GETS LIKE $4. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
          OR SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL? >> I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. IT'S A NATION WIDE SETTLEMENT. BANKRUPTCY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE WILL COME AWAY WITH OUT OF THE BANKRUPTCY. WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S FREE MONEY AND IT ONLY 
          TAKES A VOTE TO SUBMIT A BALLOT. >> SURE. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL WE'RE DOING. WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN OFF AND PROCEED WITH THE OPTING-IN OF THE OPT-IN. 
          >> YES, EXACTLY. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. THOMAS OR ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NONE, I 
          WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION BY MR. BRITTON. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER EXECUTE AND SUBMIT THE BALLOT INDICATING ACCEPTANCE OF THE 13TH AMENDED JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF PURDUE PHARMA LP. SECOND BY MR. REAVES. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. AND THAT CARRIES BY A VOTE OF 6-0. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. AT THIS POINT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ADDRESS TOPICS TO PLACE ON THE AGENDA TO A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? 
          >> YES, MAYOR. I HAVE THE REQUEST TO PUT THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES ON THE FUTURE AGENDA, IF WE COULD HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE FOR THAT AND FOR WORK SESSION. 
          >> VERY GOOD. CAN WE GET A SECOND ON THAT? 
          >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> A SECOND FROM MR. BRITTON. 
          >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:50 P.M. THANK
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