Sep 14, 2026 City Council Work Session

[1. Call to Order ]

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AND IS 6:01:00 P.M.

[2. Citizens’ Input ]

SO IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. DAVE HOLT, SCHRÖDINGER.

NUMBER ONE MAY, I BELIEVE THE RED ZONE IS STILL BEING FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND WITHOUT A PRECEDENCE VOTE TO MOVE IT FROM ITS ORIGINAL ENTERPRISE THERE APPEARS TO BE A $50,000 SHORTFALL FOR THE ELECTRICITY REVISIONS MADE UP FROM THE GENERAL FUND. NUMBER TWO, IS THE GENERAL FUND COVERING $20,000 WITH THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND AND A NUMBER 3, THE FORESTATION EXPENDITURES OF 11,000 FROM A FUND WITH THE BALANCE OF NEARLY $500,000. CAN'T REUSE THIS FUND BALANCE FOR SOMETHING SMART BUT NOT SOMETHING DONE.

NUMBER FORMAT, WHAT IS THE $130,000 CARRYFORWARD FOR PADDL POINT PARK AND WESTSIDE PARK BU I THOUGHT WE USED ALL THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE RESTROO AT LAKESIDE PARK.

I THOUGHT WE DID THIS PROJECT IN-HOUSE.

HOW IS THE REST OF THE PROJECT ACCOUNTED FOR.

NUMBER FIVE MEH, THERE IS A 1.8 MILLION FOUR PARK PARTY LAST . WITH ALL THE PARKING PROBLEMS THAT PADDLE POINT AND WEST POIN CAN AFFECTING THE CONTINUOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, SHOULDN'T WE EXPLORE USING THIS FUND BALANCE TO SOLVE THE PADDLE POINT PARK AND LAKESIDE PARK PARKING PROBLEMS. NUMBER 6, THERE IS $4 MILLION FOR EROSION CONTROL ALONG WITH THE 500,000 REFORESTATION FUND PARAPETS USE IT INTELLIGENTLY T FIX ALL THE EROSION PROBLEMS. IF YOU LOOK -- HAVE I BEEN RECORDED FOR THE VIDEO? IT FIXES THE EROSION FOR PENNIE ON THE DOLLAR. IT SEEMS YOU TOOK THE EASIEST ROUTE FORWARD, WHICH RESULTS IN HIGHER EXPENDITURES AND IS COVERED BY HIGHER PROPERTY TAXE WHILE NOT LOOKING FOR THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENTS. NUMBER SEVEN MET, THAT USE OF WIDENING FROM DELL ROCK TO MILLER IS USING PARK IMPACT FEES . WIRE PARK IMACT FEES BEING USED TO BUILD A ROAD FAR FROM A PARK. NUMBER 8, MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION HAS A NEGATIVE $830,000 BALANCE WHERE WERE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS TO PREVENT THIS PROJECT FROM GOING INTO A MATERIAL NEGATIVE SPENDING BALANCE.

PLAN AND TIMELINE TO USE THE 2.55 MILLION MILLER ROAD DESIGN AMOUNT PIT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE T PLAN MHO THOROUGH FARE CUTTING THROUGH TO WATERFRONT PARKS AND SEVERAL MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEAD ENDS INTO THE LAKE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU PUT I DID CONFIRME WERE BEING RECORDED.

I'VE GOT THE STREAM UP AND FOUN IT.

WE HAVE ANY OTHER REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK THIS EVENING

[3.A. Conduct interviews for the Downtown Advisory Board applicants. (Part 1 of 2)]

OVER A TWO-DAY. BACK ON THURSDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT SIX HOURS, COUNCILMEMBER FASSETT AND KIZZIAR AND MYSELF MET WITH THOSE AVAILABLE AND NO EVERYBODY WAS AVAILABLE AND WE DID A COUPLE INTERVIEWS BY PHON AND A COUPLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY CAPACITY SO THEY WERE NO ABLE TO INTERVIEW. WE HAD COUPLE THAT WERE NOT RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST TO SE UP A SCHEDULE AND WE HAD ONE WH RETURNED HIS APPLICATION PRIOR TO BEING CONSIDERED PAID WE TRY TO CONSIDER ALL THE APPLICATION WE RECEIVED AND IS A GRAND TOTA OF 24 THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO BE ON THE BOARD PICKED HIM THAT WE ENDED UP WITH A SHORT LIST OF FOLKS WHO WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WE HAVE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE THIS EVENING AND UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS, BUT I COULD GIVE EACH OF THOSE CANDIDATES ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OR SO TO KIND OF G OVER THEIR PLAN AND WHAT THEY SEE THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD BEING A TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES AND GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO ASK ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS AND GETTING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE THREE OF US. AND THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATE A

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WE REALLY TRY TO BLEND IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFOR WE GET STARTED ON THAT LIST.

I GOING TO START AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND I BELIEVE THAT THA WAS SHELLY COLEMAN. YOU MIND COMING UP AND TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND TALK ABOUT YOUR VISION FOR DOWNTOWN AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. >> SHELBY COLEMAN.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN BOARD.

HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IMPLEMENTE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS BUT IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND SO MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS TO SEE THE POTENTIAL OF DOWNTOWN SCHRÖDINGER.

I HAVE OWNED THREES BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THEM AR UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP BUT ALL OF THEM ARE STILL IN OPERATION, WHICH I AM VERY PROUD OF. THE GOAL IS REALLY TO FILL SPOT INITIALLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PRECEDING DOWNTOWN AND THE VILLAGE WASN'T BUILT AD IT WAS JUST THOSE LEGACY PROPERTIES THAT JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT O TLC AND SO MUCH LOVE AND EFFORT HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT IN AND SO IT'S JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME AN ALL OFF THE RECORD OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE BEING IMPLEMENTED. I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN AND THA IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF FOCUS TO IMPLEMENT, NOT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD BUT BECAUSE IT NEED -- IT'S A LONG-TERM THING AND WE'V ALL SEEN PLANS THAT JUST GET LEFT ON THE SHELF AND WE KNOW THIS COUNCIL DEFINITELY DOESN'T WANT THAT BUT AS YOU ALL ROTATE OFF, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE GROUP OF PEOPLE SUPER FOCUSED O JUST DOWNTOWN. SO I FUSSED AND PREPARED TO GIV

A SPEECH. >> COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. COLEMAN. >> I HAVE A STATEMENT.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY STRONG , STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I THINK YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE IS A STRON ASSET TO THIS BOARD SO WE

APPRECIATE YOU WILLING TO SERVE. >> THAT MEANS A LOT.

>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. COLEMAN. TAKE A SEED.

OUR NEXT APPLICANT WAS JULIE COPY.

>> HELLO. I'M A LITTLE TALL.

MY NAME IS JULIE CONTI AND I'M THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER AND DESIGNER OF THE NEW BUILDING ON MAIN STREET RIGHT ACROSS FROM 3825 MAIN STREET SO I'M FAIRLY NEW TO SCHRÖDINGER AND I CHOSE SCHRÖDINGER BECAUSE OF THE CHAR AND HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL DOWNTOWN IS, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THREE YEARS TOOK A LOT LONGER THAT WE PLAN TO TO DEVELOP SO A LOT OF FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ACTUALLY BUILD SOMETHING IN DOWNTOWN. WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE LONG-TERM TENANTS BUT WE PLAN TO TAKE IT BACK A FEW YEARS AND RUN IT AS AN EVENT SPACE, CO-WORKING TYPE SPACE.

I PERSONALLY AM A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WEB DEVELOPER.

I'VE OWNED MY BUSINESS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I'M USED TO TAKING ON VERY LITTLE -- VERY LARGE PROJECTS TO GET THINGS DONE. SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED WHEN WE STARTED THIS PLAN A FEW YEARS BACK AND ATTENDED ALL THE DESIG MEETINGS AND HELPED WITH THE DESIGN EXPERIENCE AND HELP THIN THROUGH THE LOGISTICS AND WHAT WOULD REALLY WORK WITH DOWNTOWN AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TH TINGS THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVEMENT AND BEING A DESIGNER , I CAN VISUALIZE IT IN MY HEAD BEFORE IT IS DONE SO I CAN HELP THAT KIND OF ASSET AND ACTUALLY DO WORK FOR VERY LARGE BANK RIGHT NOW IN AI DEVELOPMEN SO I AM REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT IN THAT FIELD AS WELL.

>> DOES ANYBODY HALF ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CONDI? >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN ROWLETT AND TAKING A RISK ON THE BIG RISK IN DOWNTOWN SO WE THINK THAT IS TH KIND OF BUSINESS THAT WE WANT T ATTRACT IS THOSE RISKTAKERS THA ARE COMING EDGE HERE IS SO THAN

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AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN WHAT YO WENT THROUGH AND WHAT EXPERIENCES YOU HAD COME A GOOD AND BAD AND HELP MAKE THINGS BETTER PAID THINK YOU FOR GRADE TO DO THIS.

>> IT WAS A VERY GOOD PROCESS BUT THERE WERE SOME FRUSTRATION AND WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I PUT A LO OF INSIGHT INTO THAT. OVERALL WE ARE HAPPY AND PLEASE WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND PLAN TO GROW AND DEVELOP MORE HEREIN ROWLETT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OUR NEXT APPLICANT.

I KNOW I MISPRONOUNCE THAT BUT GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT AND I THIN WE GOT IT FIGURED OUT ON SATURDAY IT'S GOT TO HAVE SOME RASPY NEST IN IT. AWESOME.

I'M THE OWNER OF BANKHEAD BOOM COMPANY.

EVERYONE IN ROWLETT KNOWS WHERE WE ARE.

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR TEN YEARS OF OPERATION AND BUSINESS IN ROWLETT DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS AMAZING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT US.

HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD. WERE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING THE VISION OF DOWNTOWN ROWLETT WITH THE HELP OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. MY PROCESS IN BASHAN OF THIS, WOULD BE FOR US TO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN THERE AND BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR TEN YEARS AND HAVE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY SEE TEN MORE, 15 MORE BUSINESSES OVER THERE THAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

JUST BRING IN MORE PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN TO HAVE THEM SPEND MOR TIME IN DOWNTOWN. JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVESTING IN ROWLETT.

I APOLOGIZE. I WAS NOT THERE SATURDAY NIGHT AND I WAS WITH ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AND IF HE DID NOT PAY HI BILL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL SETTLE THAT UP.

>> IT IS ALL GOOD. HE DIDN'T PAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR APPLYING AND I AM LISTENING TO THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE COMING UP HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR APPLYING AND THANKS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

THROUGH SOME REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES HERE.

>> OUR NEXT APPLICANT IS MR. MALLOY.

DID HE MAKE IT? I THINK HE MIGHT BE OUT OF TOWN.

MR. MALLOY COULDN'T BE HERE AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW MR. MALLOY. HE IS THE CHILDREN WHO WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEFORE BUILDING WITH RICHARD WHITE AND DID A TO OF WORK OVER THERE, ENGINEER BY TRADE.

INCREDIBLY SMART GUY AND HE SPOKE TO US A LOT ABOUT TRANSIT MOBILITY, MOVEMENT PARKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS, WHICH IS WHY HE MADE THE SHORTLIST HERE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHY HE WAS SELECTED. OUR NEXT APPLICANT WAS JESSICA

HARP. >> HI, I'M JUST.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN ROWLETT SINCE I WAS 4 WE MOVED HERE IN 1990 SO I WILL START WITH MY HISTORY BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP WITH WHY I THINK I WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE CITY THAT RAISED ME. SO I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND I HAVE A DEGREE IN JOURNALISM AND I WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT NO LONGER EXIST ANYMORE. THANK YOU COME INTERNET.

AT HIM WHEN HE GRADUATED IN TO THAT WORKING AT A MAGAZINE WHER I WAS ALSO IN ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR BUT IT DID FOLD AND THEN I BECAME A FREELANCE REPORTER AND WROTE FOR ABOUT A DECADE AN I COMFORT MUSIC AND MOBILE MUSI SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY HERE IN DALLAS THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME COVERING SHOWS AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH MUSICIANS.

INDENT AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME COVERING CITY COUNCIL AS WELL BUT I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THE EVENTS, THE FESTIVAL THEY HAD EVERY CHRISTMAS AND AROUND THE SQUARE.

I WENT TO THE FESTIVAL ALL THE TIME AND I MADE FRIENDS WITH TH JAZZ PROGRAM. AND STILL CONTINUE TO BE FRIEND

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I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THA AS WELL BECAUSE THAT WORK FOR THE COMPANY AND DID THEIR PR PR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THAT.

AND JUST WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT IS SOMETHING I KIND OF WANTED TO BRING TO ROWLETT.

AFTER MY DIVORCE MOVED HERE TO RAISE MY CHILD AND MY PARENTS STILL LIVE HERE AND I LIVE SIX HOUSES DOWN FROM THEM IN WATERVIEW AND HE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN ROWLETT THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

I'VE SEEN ROWLETT CHANGE BUT STILL REMAIN THE SAME AND I AM REALLY HOPING THAT MY CONNECTIONS IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AT THE RESTAURANT COMMUNITY AND DALLAS, DO YOU KNOW QUITE A FEW OF THE OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANTS THEY ARE.

I KNOW THE EDITOR, THE FOOD EDITOR.

SHE WAS MY EDITOR AND DIAGNOSE SEVERAL MERE LASTS WHO WAS MAIN MIRROR LAST. AND I PUT LIKE TO TAKE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IN DENTON AND OAKLAWN AND IN OAK CLIFF AND BRING IT TO ROWLETT JUST ON A SMALLER SCALE SO I CAN BE IN BED BY 10:00 P.M. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HART? THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON, YOUR SPEECH RIGHT THERE IS WHY WE PICKED YOU.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A ELECTRIC VIBE DOWN HERE EVERYTHING YOU TALKED ABOUT, THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST PERSON FOR THAT. YOU FAILED TO MENTION ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT IN DENTON, THUS CINCO DE

MAYO DOUGH. >> IT IS DAY OF THE DEAD.

IT'S COMING UP IN NOVEMBER AND I'M VERY SERIOUS, WE SHOULD GO ON A FIELD TRIP PICKED UP UP UP TO TAKE SHOW YOU WHY LOVE IT.

>> I PUT LOVE TO SEE ROWLETT HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I KNOW THAT DENTON IS LIKE A HALLOWEEN TOWN OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE ARTS AND JAZZ FESTIVAL.

ADDISON HAS THE FIREWORKS. AND THAT OF COURSE BISHOP ARTS HAS THE FEEL DAY. THEY JUST KIND OF TOOK THAT AND RAN WITH IT. AND SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHIN WE CAN COME UP WITH. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHAT THEY'RE DOING BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO REALLY NECESSARILY RELATE TO ROWLETT IF WE DON'T WANTED TO BE .

TWO CAN BE BARBECUE. HE CAN BE ANYTHING.

BUT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO GET THROUGH PEOPLE HER AND I THINK ART, LIKE MUSIC, AN EVENTS IS REALLY WHAT IS GOING TO DO IT AND I WOULD REALLY LOV

TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> I REALLY LIKE YOUR-YOUR SALTING OF THE CANDIDATES HERE. WE CAN BE WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO BE. WE CALL IT ROWLETT 3-POINT ZERO.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I WANT THE FIRST ECHO COUNCILMAN GIBBS.

GREAT CHOICES, GUYS. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WHAT RESONATED WITH ME IS BEING WILLING TO HELP THE CITY THAT RAISED ME.

THE IDEAS OF STARS HAVING TO SPEND TIME IN THE AREAS LIKE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHA ROWLETT CAN BECOME.

>> I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH MARKETING OR ANYTHING PRE- MARKETING AND I HANDLE A $20 MILLION A YEAR BUDGET.

WHATEVER YOU NEED, I AM WILLING TO DO.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT APPLICANT WAS JESSICA LOCKLEAR. DID SHE NOT MAKE IT EITHER? SHE MAY BE LATE PAID WE MAY HAV AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HE LATER IN THE MEETING. SO TO CONCLUDE THIS ITEM, WE WILL KEEP IT ACTIVE AND MAYBE G BACK TO IT IF SHE IS ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE. BROOKE ALLEN.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. MY NAME IS BROOKE ALLEN AND I LIVE IN ROWLETT. I GREW UP HERE.

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I GREW UP HERE AT THE DOWNTOWN. WITH UP BEING THERE AND IT IS REALLY QUALITY OF LIFE OR MY FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND TAKES THE DARK EVERYDAY AND HE GETS TO ARRIVE TO WORK. SO IT'S A LOVELY WAY TO LIVE AN WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY MADE CHOICES TO CENTER OUR LIVES AROUND DOWNTOWN SO THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE.

I LOVE RESEARCH. I LOVE HISTORY AND SO KIND OF WHAT PART OF WHAT DREW ME TO THIS BOARD WAS BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE SKILLS AND PASSIONS. AND I GOT INVOLVED, AS YOU KNOW AND I JUST REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY.

I THINK ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT I E-MAILED ON COUNCIL THAT MET WITH ME, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THAT WAS REALLY GENEROUS. I JUST LOVED MEETING ALL THE PEOPLE AND HEARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

MY MASTERS IS IN SOCIAL WORK. I'M A THERAPIST FOR MY CAREER.

SO IN THAT TRAINING, I LEARNED HOW TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, ENGAGE COMMUNITIES. OUT THAT'S KINDA KIND OF MY PERSPECTIVE. MAYOR WINGET TALKED ABOUT BEING THERE IS A DOWNTOWN ADVISOR BOARD AT EVENTS FOR THE CITY.

THAT SOUNDS FUN TO ME LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE AND GETTING IDEAS, BEING AN AMBASSADOR IN A WAY FO THE CITY IN CERTAIN AREAS SPARE SO THAT IS KIND OF MY PERSPECTIVE AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> THANKS, BROOKE. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

>> NOT A QUESTION BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING.

YOU AND I MET AND I JUST GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HOW MUCH YOU CAR FOR ROWLETT AND SPECIFICALLY FO WHAT GOES ON DOWN HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN INITIATIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.

I THINK YOU'LL BE A GREAT ASSET AND I KNOW YOU WILL BRING ALL O THAT INSIGHT AND EVERYTHING TO HOW THIS BOARD SHOULD GO FORWAR

. >> ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, BRICK.

APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU. AT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MICHAEL

GALLAS. >> GOOD EVENING.

AND I ALWAYS LIKE BEING ON THIS SIDE.

I MICHAEL GALLAS. YOU KNOW ME.

I LIVE IN ROWLETT. MY INTEREST IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR BOARD, I'VE BEEN BESTED IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. WHETHER THAT WAS EARLY ON, SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SIX YEARS, RUNNING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN FOR 6.5 YEARS AND NOW IN A BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT. PARENT I'VE LIVED IN ROWLETT.

IT HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE FOR SO LONG AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. AS FAR AS MY BACKGROUND, I'VE BEEN ON THE ROWLETT CHAMBER FOR SIX YEARS.

I HAVE MY MASTERS DEGREE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THANK SHELBY SAID, THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

IS A GREAT PLAN FOR THINK WE NEED TO PULL THAT OUT AND DUSTE OFF AND LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU DIV INTO A PAID FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT WE STILL NEED T DO AND LOOK AT TO GET TOGETHER AND GET DOWN TO WORK AND MAKE DOWNTOWN A DESTINATION.

MAKE IT A DESTINATION, A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME, NOT FOR A MEAL AND THEN BE BUT WHER PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND HANG OU AND STAY AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GALLAS?

>> OKAY. I'VE WAITED TO THE END JUST TO MAKE SURE. IT IS NOTHING REALLY TOWARDS YOU , MICHAEL. IT'S REALLY BEING CHOSEN FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THIS BOARD HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR US AND THIS GROUP THAT WE HAVE PICKED AND HOPEFULLY WILL PASS THROUGH FOR US WAS SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP FROM HISTORICAL, FUTURE, TO THE YOUTH COME UP TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS. HOLY COW! THIS GROUP OF ROUGHLY AROUND 20 OR SO THAT WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED, GIVEN THE DON'T KNOW HOW TOUGH THAT WAS TOO NARROW IT DOWN. SO IT IS A BIG THANK YOU AND I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. REPAIR EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS THING MOVING SO THANK YOU FOR APPLYING PICKED THINK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF DOWNTOWN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS THING CRANKING HERE PRETTY QUICK .

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FO

MR. GALLAS? >> THANK YOU, SIR.

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ARE WITH LIMITED IN THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATES WE CAN CHOOSE BASED ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WE DRAFTED? BACK YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL AND BY ADDING THE ADDITIONAL, YOU ARE AMENDING YOUR ORDINANCE. BECK SO WE RECOMMEND THREE ALTERNATES HERE. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT -- I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THE YEAR MAYBE THEY DON'T, MAYBE THEY DO THE LIST OF THE INTERVIEW TIME SPARE THERE ARE SOME FANTASTIC PEOPLE ON HERE AND IT WAS REALLY , REALLY DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH AND CALM THIS LIST DOWN TO GET TO WHERE WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE INDIVIDUAL ON HERE THAT APPLIED RICHARD CALLED. EVERY BODY KNOWS RICHARD.

HE SERVES ON PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND W HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS NOT BEING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE COME ABOUT THIS BEING A FULL-BLOWN ADVISORY BOARD AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDED LIMITING IT TO ONE FULL-TIME BOARD, HE WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT HE WANTED TO STAY WITH PARKS BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE DID INTERVIEW HIM AND HEADED FOR THE GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT BUT HE IS SOMEONE WHO WISHES TO STAY ON THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD .

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MR. GIBBS.

>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME STUFF HERE.

I'VE LOOKED AT THE PACKET AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE FOLKS WE'VE INTERVIEWED. I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY SOME FOLKS THAT DID NOT MAKE THE LIS AND I KNOW THAT YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE AND THEN THE OTHER TWO AND THEN YOU ADD THE OTHER ALTERNATE . BUT LISTEN TO THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN COME AND TALK WITH THEIR EXPERTISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE I BELIEVE Y'ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS .

TWO THOSE ON THE COUNCIL THAT THAT THE INTERVIEWS, THANK YOU.

I THINK YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB AND TO THE FOLKS THAT APPLIED, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. REVIEW HAVE ALL GOT SOME WORK T DO. LET'S GET IT DONE.

UP ON WHAT MR. GIBBS WAS SAYING WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR DISCUSSION AND INTERVIEWS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND I WANT TO ECHO TO THIS NEWLY INFORMED THE BOAR IS YOU ARE AMBASSADORS NOW AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMBASSADORS FOR NOT ONLY THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT BUT FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE OUR JOB IS COUNCIL PEOPLE IS TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR JOB ALSO AND HOLDING A LOT OF MEETINGS BUT REALLY I WANT YOU TO WALK OVER THAT TERM AMBASSADOR AND REALLY LOOK AT I TO THE POINT OF HAVING IT PUT O YOUR NAME TAG BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO REALLY ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS WILL BE ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA.

TODAY WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM FOR LATER IN THE MEETING IN THE EFFECT THAT SHE IS ABLE TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN HEAR FROM HER.

WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM AND MOV ON IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, THANK YOU AGAIN BRADY WELCOME TO STICK AROUND BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY

[3.B. Receive an annual update from the Library Advisory Board. ]

THERE SHE IS OVER THERE HIDING. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY, MY NAME IS MARY CATHERIN AND I HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD THIS YEAR. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I HAVE LIVED IN ROWLETT FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS NOW.

I AM A MOM, I HAVE THREE BOYS I WAS A FORMER TEACHER, ELEMENTAR SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AND REALLY MOS IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE BEEN AN AVI READER MY ENTIRE LIFE I CAN TEL YOU THE NAMES OF THE LIBRARIANS THAT RAISED ME AS A READER IN I CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER THOSE LIBRARIES. SO SERVING ON THIS BOARD IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND REALLY BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT LAURA AND HER STAFF ARE DOING. JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I GOT STARTED. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE 2025 MEMBERS LISTED BECAUSE OF COURSE THE FISCAL YEAR STARTED AND WE HAVE 2025 MEMBERS AS WEL AS 2026 MEMBERS.

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IF I AM GOING TO PASTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME PHOTOS OF DIFFERENT LIBRARY ADVISORY BOAR MEMBERS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH STAFF. THERE IS HERE AND SHE AND NANCY ARE HELPING TO ASSIST WITH THE PROJECTS, WE ALSO DID TAKE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROMOTING THE LIBRARY TO OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OVER REPOSTING LIBRARY POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS O THE LIBRARY BOARD, SO YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE, THAT WAS AT ONE O THE LAKESIDE PARK CLEANUPS. WE HAVE HAD DINNERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND JUST REALLY ABLE T SPEND TIME KIND OF BRIDGING THE LABRIE ADVISORY BOARD WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE ROWLETT LIBRARY.

THEN AFTER MY LABRIE HEART, LIK I SAID ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS WAS GETTING TO VISIT MULTIPLE LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE DFW AREA. WHEN THE THINGS THAT BOTH AARON AND HEATHER WORKED ON WAS THEY DEVELOPED A CHECKLIST WHENEVER WE WOULD GO TO THESE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES SO THAT WE COULD REPORTS AND KIND OF RECORD WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE SEEING.

WHAT MADE THOSE SPACES REALLY UNIQUE.

DID THEY HAVE CERTAIN DESIGN OR ART AS STATIC ASPECT GREAT LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF ROOMS AND STUDY ROOMS AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THAT LABRIE COMPARED TO OURS.

SO WE DID VISIT IN HICKMAN LABRIE AND CEDAR HELPER EIGHT THE GARLIN CENTRAL LIBRARY, AND THEN ALSO THE ROCK WALL EMPTY LIBRARY. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME DIFFERENT PHOTOS OF THE LIBRARIES HERE AND THIS ONE IS THE LIBRARY AND CEDAR HILL. THEY BUILT EIGHT NEW FACILITY I IT OPENED IN 2024, IT'S ABOUT 4 TO THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

IT INCLUDES A HANDS-ON MAKER SPACE, A DIGITAL MEDIA LAB WITH A RECORDING STUDIO, IT HAS SEPARATE AREAS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS AND MULTIPLE STUDY ROOMS FOR PATRONS TO USE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A MAKER SPACE IS? AS HE SOME HEAD NODS YES. HERE, JUST SOME MORE PHOTOS OF THEIR CHILDREN'S AREA. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF OPEN SPACES , LOTS OF COLORS AND LOTS OF SPACE FOR THE KIDS TO RUN AROUND AND BE KIDS WHILE STILL ENJOYING THE LIBRARY SPACE.

YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALSO SEEN THESE, THE GARLIN CENTRAL LIBRARY, THEY OPENED BACK UP IN 2025 AFTER THEY ARE COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THEIR BUILDING, AND THEY ARE AT ABOUT 60,000 SQUARE FEET IN THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF VARIOUS SIMILAR FEATURES TO WHAT WE SAW WITH LOTS OF BRIGHT COLORS, LOTS OF PLACES FOR KIDS TO RUN AROUND, LOOK AT BOOKS AND JUST KIND OF EXPLORE THEIR ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN HERE, THIS WAS REALLY MY FIRST TIME GETTING TO GO INT A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT HAD A REALLY NICE MAKER SPACE SO THAT PATRONS COULD COME IN AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT MATERIALS THA THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AT HOME OR MAYBE TRY A SEWING MACHINE TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO INVEST I FOR THEIR SMALL BUSINESS, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY HAD LOTS OF MEETING ROOMS, AND JUST LOTS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY AND SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR PATRONS. FINALLY HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY LIBRARY. PHOTOS OF THEIR KIDS SPACES AS WELL AS THEIR TEEN SPACE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME REALLY NICE OUTDOOR AREAS FOR PATRONS TO WORK AS WELL THAT ARE ALL WI-FI ENABLED SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK OUTSIDE AS WELL.

I WILL TAKE A PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE SAW SO FAR?

>> QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? >> ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT LIBRARY LOOKS LIKE?

>> WELL, IT MAY BE. THE POINTS OF ALL OF THIS IS

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SO CURRENTLY, THE ROWLETT POPULATION IS AROUND 68,000 AND OUR CURRENT LABRIE'S SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT 12,000 SQUARE FEET. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A LEASED FACILITY, AND THAT LEASE EXPIRE IN MARCH OF 2028.

AT THAT TIME, IF WE CHOOSE, TO CONTINUE THE LEASE, IT WILL BE COMMERCIAL MARKET VALUE FOR THE YEAR 2028.

THEN APPROXIMATELY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL BE SPENDIN ABOUT $269,000, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS BIG LENS OVERVIEW. WE ARE GOING TO DIVE DEEPER INT MORE SPECIFICS. IF WE TAKE A LOOK HERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ORIGINAL LIBRAR LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS INITIATED AND 2014. OF COURSE IT DID NOT ACTUALLY START UNTIL 2018 WITH A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS ISSUED. YOU CAN SEE WE SAT AT ABOUT 16, $17,000 PER MONTH FOR A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTA IN RENT FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS. THEN WE WENT INTO OUR FIRST SPRINT EXTENSION PERIOD. THIS IS FROM 2023 UNTIL 2028 P REVIEW CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE HERE IN TH MONTHLY RENT. BY THE TIME JUST THE RENT EXTENSION PIECE OF THIS IS COMPLETED AND 2028, IT IS ONE POINT TO MILLION DOLLARS. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL LEASE, WHAT WAS AMENDED, LOOKIN AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE PER YEAR, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE WILL SPEND ABOUT TWO-POINT TO MILLION DOLLARS IN RENT ON THE LEAST LEASED LABRIE FACILITY RIGHT NOW. SO THEN, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE SPEED WHEN LIBRARY, WE ARE SITTING AT ABOUT 12,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF THE RECOMMENDED SIZE FOR THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY STANDARDS.

SO WITH THOSE SIZE LIMITATIONS, THAT IS ALSO SITTING AT 30 PERCENT RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT HAVING 68,000 RESIDENTS, WE ARE GOIN TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO OUR PERSPECTIVE BUILD OUT, THE PHYSICAL SPACE IS GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE LIMITING. HERE YOU CAN SEE COMPARISONS WITH THE OTHER LIBRARIES IN OUR AREA THAT HAVE ROUGHLY THE SAME POPULATION SIZE. THERE ARE LIBRARIES TEND TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER. WHICH BRINGS ME TO SOME OF THE ACTUAL EVENT HERE. EVEN THOUGH OUR LIBRARY SPACE I TINY, IT IS VERY MIGHTY. I WANT TO BRAG ON LAURA AND ALL OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH WITH A VERY SMALL AMOUNT O SPACE. THEY WON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD IN TEXAS STATE LIBRARIES FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS IN A ROPE. SO THEY ARE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THEIR PICTURES, JUST WITH ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH KIDS IN FAMILIES , AND ALSO JUST ADULTS THAT ARE COMING AND JOINING LIBRARY PROGRAMS. HERE IS A FEW OF THEIR STATISTICS FROM THIS YEAR, IT I COMPARING LAST YEAR'S 2025 STATISTICS ALL THE WAY TO THE SECOND KIND OF GROUPING IS OUR 2026 YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS. YOU CAN SEE EVEN IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE, THEY ARE STILL WELCOMING OVER 100,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR INTO OUR LIBRARY SPACE. THEY ARE STILL OFFERING OVER 70 PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL WORK.

THEN ONE OTHER PIECE OF THE VIBRATE PUZZLE IS GOING TO BE HOW MANY ACTUAL PATRONS DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY LABOR E-CARDS ARE ISSUED AND ACTIVE AMONG ROWLETT USERS? IF WE LOOK HERE AT ROWLETT, THA

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ON THE FLIPSIDE, IN GARLAND IS OF ISSUE LOOK UP THAT LAST ACTIVITY DATES OF 10-WHEN-22, THERE'S ABOUT 1500 ROWLETT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE GARLIN LIBRARY CARDS.

THAT CAN BE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS MAYBE THEY LIVE CLOSER THERE, BUT IT ALSO COULD BE BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE THEIR KID TO PLAY THERE, AND THEY CAN RUN AROUND AND EXPLORE BOOKS AND THERE ARE LARGER SPACES. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY WANT T USE THE MAKER SPACE THEY HAVE THERE.

I DON'T HAVE DATA ON THAT, BUT JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND THEN THE ROCKWALL COUNTY LIBRARY, IF WE LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S ABOUT 647 RESIDENTS THA DO HAVE A ROCKWALL COUNTY LIBRARY CARD. AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN A ROCKWALL COUNTY IN THEY ARE ABL TO QUALIFY FOR FREE LABRIE CARD BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PARSE OUT

THAT INFORMATION. >> OVER THE SUMMER, THE LIBRARY STAFF DID ISSUE A SURVEY TO RESIDENTS, AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 128 PEOPLE RESPON AND SO THESE ARE SOME QUOTES THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT THIS SPACE IN TH

ROWLETT LIBRARY. >> WE'RE THERE ANY OTHER THEMES THAT WERE EXPOSED DURING THAT SURVEY AS WELL, AND IF SO WHAT

WERE THOSE? >> WE WILL GET THERE IN JUST A MINUTE. THIS WAS JUST ONE LONGER EXTENDED QUOTE THAT I FELT LIKE REALLY SUMMED UP A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE ROWLETT LIBRARY.

>> MAY BE YOU WILL GET TO THIS ALSO, BUT WAS THIS THE IMPETUS TO REDESIGN A BIT OF A SEATING AREA.

>> I DON'T KNOW, LAURA, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY DECIDED THAT.

>> IT WAS WE STARTED THAT ACTUALLY BEFORE THE SURVEY, THE SURVEY FED US SOME INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING SUCH AS THE LIMITED SEATING AND STUFF , BUT THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM 2019, WHAT THE CITIZENS HA TOLD US WHEN THE ARCHITECT WAS WORKING WITH PEOPLE ON FUTURE FACILITY AND INFORMATION WAS PLACES TO SIT. TO KEEP A MOMENT, WE HAVE

ANOTHER QUESTION. >> IT IS HARD GETTING OLD.

ON PAGE 20, YOU HAVE SOME LIBRARY STATISTICS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE STATISTICS IT'S NOT A COMPLETE YEAR, SO JUST CONFIRMING, WHAT WE THINK AS FA AS DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT GOING UP, STAYING THE SAME ARE GOING

DOWN, AND WHY? >> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SOME OF THE PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED REDUCED AND 2025, WE HAD TO DISCONTINUE OUR GED PROGRAM BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T GETTING ENOUGH ROWLETT RESIDENTS NEEDIN TO USE THE PROGRAM AND THE WAY THE STATE HAS US REPORT PROGRAMS , EACH GED CLASS WAS A PROGRAM, SO NOT OFFERING THOSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRAMS OFFERED, SO THAT'S WHY IT WENT FROM 731 TO 541. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO OFFER TH

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PROGRAM NUMBER. >> DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

PAGE 23, YOUR SURVEY FROM THE SEMI SUMMER SURVEY, ENDS, THE LAST SENTENCE IS PRETTY REVEALING.

AT LIKE TO JUST GET INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SITTING AROUND AFTER SCHOOL NEE A SPACE TO CONGREGATE SO THAT COMING IN DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ENTERING THE SCHOOL, SO, NEW SCHOOL YEAR, NEW PRINCIPAL, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS VERSUS PREVIOUS YEAR'S?

>> WE HAVE NOTICED A CHANGE FRO LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR THERE WOUL BE WALL-TO-WALL STUDENTS. THIS YEAR, THE PRINCIPAL, THE FIRST FEW DAYS WAS THERE AT THE LIBRARY, INTERACTING WITH THE STUDENTS, SROS WERE INTERACTING WITH THE STUDENTS ASKING THEM ABOUT THEIR BRIDES, WHO WAS COMING TO PICK THEM UP AND STUFF . NOW, WE DON'T SEE THAT WALL OF STUDENTS ELSE ON THE SIDEWALK. THERE MAY BE A FEW SITTING ON A BENCH OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NO LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SROS THAT ARE HELPNG OUT.

MAKING SURE PARENTS KNEW ABOUT YOUR KID WAS WAITING OUTSIDE WHEN YOU CAME TO PICK THEM UP O IF YOUR KID MISBEHAVES, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE THE LIBRARY JUST SO NOBODY IS SURPRISED BY THAT. WE MAY HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES BUT IT STILL DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE RESTROOM , THAT THEY ARE NOT CUSSING IN THE KIDS AREA, THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, AND ONE OTHER THING THE SURVEY REVEALED PARKING IS AN ISSUE FOR THE PARENTS OR FOR PEOPLE WANTING T COME TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PARENTS WHO ARE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL AND THEY ARE USING ALL O THOSE PARKING SPACES DRIVING AROUND AND STUFF, SO THERE WERE SOME RESPONSES STATING THAT JUS GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE LIBRARY WITH ALL THAT TRAFFIC I CHALLENGING.

>> JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A COUPLE OF THINGS, MISS ALLEN HA BEEN HELPING US WITH A METAL WHERE THERE MIGHT BE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENTS TO REMAIN AT COIL WHIC WOULD EASE TRAFFIC AND MOVE THE TO THEIR LIBRARY AT THEIR SCHOOL . WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT I THE COMING MONTHS. KEEP US UP-TO-DATE ON THAT.

IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABL COMING TO OUR LIBARY VERY AND VERY HAPPILY SEEING PROGRESS AN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THANK YOU. >> ELEVATES, TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ROWLETT RESIDENTS ARE WANTING T SEE IN THE LIBRARY, TAT WILL BE THINGS LIKE A MAKER SPACE SO THEY CAN TRY TO USE A CRICKET T CUT OUT THE FINAL LETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MAY BE IT'S FOR PERSONAL USE, MAYBE IT IS FOR A SMALL BUSINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TRYING SOMETHING OUT, A PROTOTYPE. THERE IS SIMPLY NOT SPACE TO AD ANOTHER BOOK OR BOOKSHELF IN OU LIBRARY RIGHT NOW.

OF LARGER KIDS AREA, COOKING AN BAKING ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK WHAT, BY ONE OF THE THING THAT WAS REALLY NEAT WHEN WE WENT TO THE GARLAND LIBRARY, WE ARE SEEN AS KIND OF A TREND ACROSS LIBRARIES IS OUT LIBRARY OF THEMES WHERE IT'S JUST A COLLECTION OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT SO MAYBE IT'S LIK BAKING PANS THAT HAVE MIGHT WAN TO USE ONCE FOR THEIR KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING. AND THEN ALSO COME, MULTIPLE MEETING SPACES. IN ADDITION TO JUST THE PHYSICA SPACE OF THE LIBRARY, THERE ARE MEATS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FO AT THE LIBRARY SIMPLY CAN'T MEE BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A SPACE

LIMITATION. >> REALLY, JUST IN SUMMARY, THE

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I GOT TO SEASON THE SURVEY RESULTS AND THEY SPOKE HIGHLY O EVERYTHING THE STAFF IS DOING. THE RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH TH LIBRARY. WE KNOW BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING THAT WE CAN BE OFFERING MORE.

>> THIS QUOTE HERE, DIRECTLY FROM A RESPOND HE REALLY JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING THAT I FEEL ABOUT THE LIBRARY A WELL. SO ALL OF THIS REALLY LEADS US TO THIS DOES FALL IN LINE WITH THE 2020 MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY. THE LIBRARY WAS ENVISIONED AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE, A TECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND EDUCATIONAL HUB, A PUBLIC MEETING VENUE.

AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT'S JUST IN A MUCH SMALLER SPACE. THAT IS KIND OF WHERE VISITING THESE OTHER LIBRARIES, WE REALL GOT TO SEE WHAT THESE CAN LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE, AND THEN ALSO HOW IT CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY . SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT I'M ABOUT TO QUOTE IS FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, SO IF WE LOOK ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE U.S. PUBLIC BELIEVES IN THE VALUE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND CONSISTENTLY, PEOPLE ARE VOTING IN FAVOR OF LIBRARIES ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE TIME. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS POPULAR AND RESONATING WITH CITIZENS. ADDITIONALLY, ABOUT 69 PERCENT OF AMERICANS 16 OR OLDER REPORT HIGH TO MEDIUM LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES .

THIS ONE ALSO REALLY SURPRISED ME AS WELL.

IN THE U.S., AT RACE TIPS TO TH MOVIES IN 2019.

AFTER THINK THAT IS PRE- COVID SO PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES MORE THAN THEN THEY ARE NOW.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE SOME UPDATED RESEARCH TO SEE WHERE W KIND OF LAND IN THAT NOW. AND THEN AS A MILLENNIAL, THIS WAS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE STATISTIC HERE.

MILLENNIAL'S ARE THE PORTION OF THE U.S. POPULATION THAT IS USING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE MOST.

IT IS NOT FOR JUST CHECKING OUT BOOKS, BUT ALSO, WE ARE USING I AS A GATHERING PLACE, PLACES TO RESEARCH TO MAKE MONEY, LEARNIN HOW TO DO SOMETHING NEW. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION FOR THE CITY LAST WEEK.

IT WAS THE FEEDBACK SESSION. WHEN AT THE THINGS THAT CAME UP THERE WAS ROWLETT DOES HAVE AN AGING POPULATION.

WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO ENGAGE AND ATTRACT MORE FAMILIES, MORE FAMILIES WITH KIDS THAT ARE YOUNGER.

THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT CHOOSING ROWLETT VERSUS SOMEONE ELSE, THIS COULD BE A FACTOR FOR THEM. AGAIN, JUST MORE STATISTICS ON LOOKING AT WHO IS USING THE LIBRARY AND HOW.

REALLY THAT LEARNING NEW THINGS REALLY SPEAKS TO ME WHEN WE LOO AT HAVING THE MAKER SPACES, PLACES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT .

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS. A NEW LIBRARY WILL SUPPORT EARL LITERACY, STUDENT SUCCESS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SMALL-BUSINESS SUPPORT, SENIOR ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND ALSO THE ARTS.

HERE WE HAVE FOR EARLY LITERACY AND STUDENT SUCCESS, YOU CAN SE THE TE TA RATINGS FOR ALL OF TH ROWLETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I KNOW WE COULD SPEND THE WHOLE SESSION TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE REASONS FOR THIS YEAR AND THIS IS A COMBINATION OF THINGS LIKE STAR SCORES, ATTENDANCE, TEACHER RETENTION, IT'S A REALL HOLISTIC LOOK. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE DATA, BUT IT KINDA SHOWS YOU WHERE WE ARE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A MIXED BAG.

THE THING THAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT THE KIDS THAT WE ARE SERVING, THEY ARE ALL OU KIDS.

MY KIDS GO TO A SCHOOL THAT IS ON THIS LIST AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS AT SOM OF THESE OTHER SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE ARE ALSO FACING BUDGE SHORTFALLS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOL

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WE ALSO CAN'T FORGET ABOUT DISTRICT-WE CAN'T JUST FOCUS ON OUR LITTLE KIDS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR TEENS AS WELL, SO I PULLED THE SAT SCORES AND ACT SCORES, THAT WAS THE MOST UPDATED DATA I COULD GET IN THE REPORT, SO IT IS ABOUT A YEAR O SO OLD, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BELOW DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAG FOR SATS AND THEN WE ARE YOU KNOW RIGHT ON PAR WITH THE DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

WITH A LARGER SPACE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY OFFER MORE PROGRAMS. WE COULD OFFER STUDY ROOMS FOR TEENS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND STUDY OR SOMEBODY TO TUTOR AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH MORE SPACE.

ALSO WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. WE SAW SOME REALLY NEAT INITIATIVES AT THE GARLIN PUBLI LIBRARY WHERE THEY HAVE CLASSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THEY HAVE EXPERTS COME IN AND SPEAK TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING OR OWNIN THEY'RE OWN BUSINESS.

SO THAT CAN LOOK LIKE CAREER GUIDANCE, JOB SEARCHING, TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES, SKILL DEVELOPMENT FEE AT MAKER SPACES AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES.

I KNOW THAT LAURA AND HER STAFF ARE SO CREATIVE, THIS GUY COULD BE THE LIMIT I THEY HAD MORE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THESE PROGRAMS. ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE SPACES WITH TECHNOLOGY AND RELIABLE WI-FI ACCESS. THERE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT HAVE RELIABLE WI-FI ACCESS AT HOME.

THEY MIGHT BE EITHER NEEDING TO PREPARE FOR A JOB INTERVIEW, OR ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THAT JOB INTERVIEW AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR THOS THINGS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DEDICATED SPACE THAT IS SOMEWHAT PRIVATE LIKE A STUDY ROOM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE A SPACE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO DO THAT.

WHICH DOES REMIND ME THE LIBRAR JUST GOT A GRANT FOR SOME STUDY PODS THAT WILL BE BEING INSTALLED REALLY SOON SO THINK KIND OF AN OLD-SCHOOL PHONE BOOTH, BUT PATRONS CAN GO IN THERE AND WORK. THEN EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO A&M, I'M GOING TO QUOTE SOME RESEARC OUT OF UT AUSTIN, BUT THEY HAVE A STUDY THAT SHOWED FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WAS INVESTED IN PUBLIC LIBRARY IS, YOU GOT A RETURN OF $4.64 AND THAT YOU KNOW, BY INVESTING INTO LIBRARIES, I REALIZE IT'S A REALLY HIGH DOLLAR IN THE RIGHT CORNER, BUT IT DID LEAD TO 11,000 JOBS BEING CREATED, SO W KNOW THAT INVESTING IN OUR LIBRARIES, IT DOES BOOST THE COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST MAKING EVERYBODY HAPPY AND HAVING A SPACE TO GO PLAY O GO AND CHECK OUT BOOKS, BUT IT DOES MAKE A REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT . A NEW LIBRARY CAN ALSO SUPPORT OR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SENIOR ENGAGEMENT.

AS A PLACE FOR SOCIAL CONNECTIONS FOR SENIORS, SENIOR COMPUTER CLASSES, ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, INFORMATIVE PROGRAMMING FOR SENIOR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

AGAIN, THE LIBRARY IS DOING THESE THINGS NOW, BUT WE ARE LIMITED ON SPACE. YOU CAN'T HAVE A SENIOR PROGRAM ALSO WHILE HAVING EIGHT -YEAR-OLD'S LEGOS AND WORKING ON LEGO ROBOTICS AT THE SAME TIME IN ONE ROOM.

SO ALSO LIKELY SAID, WE WILL SUPPORT PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY ACCES WITH RELIABLE WI-FI ACCESS. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR PATRONS T STUDY AND WORK WHILE USING THE WI-FI, PRINTING RESOURCES, THER CAN BE A SPACE FOR ONE-TO-ONE INSTRUCTION FROM LIBRARY STAFF ON HOW TO USE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT. CURRENTLY, APPROXIMATELY 120 RESIDENTS OR PATRONS CAN STUDY AND WORK AT THE LIBRARY TABLES.

THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIG NUMBER, BUT IF YOU BEEN IN THE LIBRARY, THAT NUMBE SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULD BE SITTING ON TOP OF SOMEBODY. ALSO, WE COULD BE ABLE TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE GARLI PUBLIC LIBRARY, IT WAS REALLY COOL THE WAY THAT THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED, THEY HAVE IT SECTIONED OFF WHERE THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING SPACE THAT CAN B

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FINALLY, PUBLIC ARTS. A NEW LIBRARY WOULD SUPPORT THE ROWLETT ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION.

I KNOW THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A HOME OR A MEETING PLACE OR A GATHERING PLACE. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE A SPACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS TO CONNECT FOR LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATION LIKE ARTIST AROUND TEXAS, JUST IF THEY ARE HOSTING AN ART CONTEST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE NOT ONLY WHERE THAT ART CAN BE DISPLAYED, BUT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SEE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE LIBRARY I KNOW I HAVE SEEN SOME WONDERFUL ARTWORK HERE AT CITY HALL BEFORE , BUT I WAS HERE TO VOTE AND THAT WAS IT.

THIS WOULD CREATE A MORE INTENTIONAL SPACE FOR THAT.

THEY DID A REALLY LOVELY PUBLIC ART DISPLAY THAT INVOLVED A LOCAL ARTIST, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY I THINK THERE WE'RE KIDS THAT EITHER WROTE LETTERS SURGERY PICTURES AND IT WAS SOMEHOW INFUSED INTO THE GLASS THAT YOU SEE THERE.

ALL RIGHT, THAT LEADS US TO WHA HAPPENS NEXT.

WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS IN I KNOW NONE OF THIS I NOTHING NEW. IF ANYBODY WALKS INTO THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW IT IS, IT REALLY LEADS US TO A QUESTION A TO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND REALLY THERE IS THREE CHOICES, ONE, WE CAN EXTEND THE LEASE AT 2028 MARKET VALUE, TO, WE CAN MOVE T A ANOTHER LEASED FACILITY. I WILL SAY THE LAST TIME THE LIBRARY MOVED IT COST ABOUT $60,000 TO MOVE ALL THE BOOKS AND THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH.

OR THE THIRD CHOICE IS TO MOVE INTO A MORE PERMANENT LOCATION, WHICH IS OF COURSE WITH WHAT TH LIBRARY IS GOING TO FILL LIBRAR ADVISORY BOARD THAT WOULD BE OU RECOMMENDATION AS TO FINDING A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO INVEST IN OUR ROWLETT RESIDENCE IN OUR FUTURE. AND ALSO, IF WE MOVED OUT OF OU CURRENT LOCATION, THAT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPEN RETAIL SPACE DOWNTOWN FOR THE ECONOMIC BOARD TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH AND POTENTIALLY BRING IN MORE REVENUE THE ATTACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

>> SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, USAGE YOU ARE UP LIBRARY IMPAIRED GIG WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY AND PERKY YOU

SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO SALES. >> I SAY OTHER TIME AT WORK I DON'T WANT TO BE IN SALES AT BE TERRIBLE AT IT.

>> I DISAGREE. THANK YOU, THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION IN WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAIL KIND OF ON EVERYTHING ACROSS THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THER IS A LOT THERE TO COVER AND A LOT THERE TO TALK ABOUT.

IT IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING BECAUS WE ARE A CITY WITH LIMITED MEAD AND INFINITE NEEDS AND THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IN FRONT OF U A COUPLE OF MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, ONE BEING OUR ANIMAL SHELTER, ONE BEING THE PARK AND THE LARGEST OF THOSE BEING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.

AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT , IT WILL GREATEST ON THE ROAD OF WHAT STRATEGIC PLANNING LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR LIBRARY. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE 2028. I CAN SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN.

OF THE FORWARD TO OUR CITY MANAGER BRINGING THAT TO US AND HAVING THE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE FOR FUTURE LEASE OPTION BUT NO DOUBT, MORE SPACE IS REQUIRED AND I APPRECIATE MORE OF YOUR FLEXIBILITY WITH MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SPACE THAT YOU CAN BECAUSE IT IS CHALLENGING AND I WAS IN THERE THE OTHER DA AND SAW THE REORIENTING IN THE MOVING OF THE CARDS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ARE RESPONDING TO CUSTOMER DEMAND.

YES IT WAS CUSTOMER DEMAND FROM SIX YEARS AGO, IT REALLY IT IS STILL VERY VIABLE FEEDBACK TODAY .

A APPRECIATE YOU BEING FLEXIBLE WITH THAT AND CERTAINLY WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT LIMITED CLASSROO SPACE THAT EXISTS.

IT IS AN EVERLASTING CHALLENGE FOR IT EVERY TIME I BRING MY KIDS TO SUMMER READING I SEE TH LIMITED SPACE.

THERE IS ALL THE DOORS ARE OPEN AND THERE IS OFFICE STUFF THAT' GOING ON, BUT IT IS FANTASTIC AND IT'S AWESOME AND AT THE SAM TIME, IT IS A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE WE ARE UP AGAINST.

THAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF THI JOB IS TO ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WERE

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JUST TRYING TO IND OF UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY

BOARD? >> FIRST OF ALL, I AM INCENSED THAT MISTER POLLARD HAS NEVER INVITED ME FOR HOTDOGS.

ADDITIONALLY, KRISTOFF, I NOTICED IT'S A 10 PERCENT ANNUA INCREASE IN THE RENTAL, AND IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SIDE THAT IS EXCESSIVE, THAT IS NOT DONE, SO I REALLY THINK THERE I AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK A THAT LEASE AND HOW IT IS STRUCTURED AND MAY BE A STOPGAP MEASURE BEFORE WE CAN FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR THIS. MAY BE THAT AS A WORK SESSION ITEM THAT WE CAN TAKE ON AT SOM POINT TO TALK ABOUT THE 10 PERCENT INCREASE, HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT'S, MAY BE EXTENDE FOR A LITTLE PERIOD IN THEN HAV A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A WORK SESSION.

THEN TO MY FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY, THERE WAS A BOOK IN 1994, IT WAS CALLED BUILT TO LAST.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, GET IT BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT VISIONAR COMPANIES IN IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THOSE 199 COMPANIES ARE STILL HERE, BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE ALMOST READY TO TALK ABOUT IS A BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL AND IF YOU DON'T SET THOSE, THE NEVER COME TO BE, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AN THE WORK THAT WAS DONE. I KNOW THIS WAS NOT DONE OVERNIGHT, SO GREAT JOB ON THAT. AND WITH OTHER COMMENTS, I JUST WATCHED A SERIES ON TEDDY ROOSVELT AND HE SAID THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THOSE THAT WERE CARETAKERS AND THOSE THAT WERE ACTION ORIENTED. I REALLY APPLIED THE ENTIRE LIBRARY BOARD FOR BEING ACTION ORIENTED AND NOT JUST CARETAKERS . SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AND BRINGING IT BEFORE COUNCIL WITH A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THIN HERE, I AM FULLY AWARE THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION YOU ARE IN AND I THINK WE ALL DO WITH THE BUDGET, WE GET IT, BUT ITS BRINGING AWARENESS SO WE CA START FUTURE PLANNING FOR THIS SO THAT IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN, SO IT'S NOT DECEMBER OF 2027 AND RACINE ONO, WHAT ARE WE GOING T DO.

I THINK THAT WAS ALSO A CONCERN BECAUSE THIS HAD KIND OF GOTTEN LEFT OFF OF AGENDAS ARE JUST KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT IS ON TH FOREFRONT IN WELL-PLANNED FOR WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, BU HOPEFULLY A NEW LIBRARY WILL BE

IN OUR FUTURE. >> I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR EVERYBODY, AND CERTAINLY BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR SOME TIME , WE LOOKED AT IT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX PROJECT RATE THE CHALLENGES THE CURRENT PAYMENT ACTUALLY YEARS PAYMENT OF $270,000 ONLY SUPPORTS THE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $4 MILLION.

WILL BUILDING THE CURRENT SPACE 7.5-$9 MILLION.

NOT A DESIGN PROPERTY ACQUISITION, THE GAP IS PAID.

IF YOU GET THE BIGGER, THE 40,000 SQUARE FEET YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, 24-$30 MILLION. WHEN OUR CURRENT DEBT PAYMENT ONLY ANTICIPATES FOR, SO NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED IT, ACTUALLY THINK WE DO NEED IT, BUT THE CHALLENGE HERE IS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL. THE CURRENT LEASE PAYMENT FROM FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE IS NOT OU OF LINE, IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SUPPORT THE DEBT PAYMENT AND TH COST ACTUALLY TO REBUILD.

I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO RENEGOTIATE AND AS WE MOVE TO MARKET I WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT THE MARKET MAY BE, THE ASSUMPTION IS IT MIGHT GET HIGHER.

I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT SURE WITH THE APPROPRIATE RENT IS, BUT IT'S MAY BE OUR VENT SHOULD GO THE

OTHER DIRECTION. >> QUICK MATH WAS THE MID 20S WITH THE ROLLOVER PLAYING NOW AND THE 10 PERCENT ESCALATOR IS

OUT OF MARKET. >> I AGREE.

>> IT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE LEAS UPFRONT.

I WASN'T HERE, YOU WEREN'T HERE THAT LEASE ENDS, WE HAVE AN

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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE WATCHING THIS WE ARE AWARE OF THIS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO

MEET THE CHALLENGE. >> FIRST OFF I WOULD SAY YOU DON'T WANTED TO END YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE IT BEFORE IT ENDS.

IF YOU WAIT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN, IT WILL BE BAD,

SO. >> OF COURSE.

>> THANK YOU. >> MARY CATHERINE, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. ECHOING WHAT KRISTOFF SAID, I KNOW WE SAID LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SCRATCHING OUR HEADS HOW CAN WE FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID OBVIOUSLY BALANCING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON. THINK THE HARD PART ABOUT OUR JOB CAN BE BEAUTIFUL. UNDERSTANDING WHAT DO WE WANT ROWLETT TO LOOK LIKE IN 10-20 YEARS FROM NOW AND THAT BIGGER VISION IS WHERE I FEEL LIKE THE ROWLETT IN THE DOWNTOWN ADVISOR BOARD, WHAT IS THE STORY OF DOWNTOWN ROWLETT AND WHERE DO W WANT IT TO GO? MARY CATHERINE, I APPRECIATE YO COMING IN AND HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I WILL ASK ONE. OBVIOUSLY THE DOWNTOWN BOARD IS LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM PICTUR AND A PERFECT WORLD, ARE YOU DOWNTOWN? ARE YOU WHEREVER WHEREVER YOU CAN GO? THAT IS BIG ENOUGH? YOU HAVE A REALLY BIG HEAD NOD BEHIND YOU.

>> IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE I SEE THE VALUE IN IT BEING DOWNTOWN. I 100 PERCENT DO, BUT I ALSO SE THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT CLOSE, IT IS A CHALLENGE AND A BLESSING BECAUSE WE WANT OUR KIDS ENGAGE IN THE VIBRATE, IT'S JUST FINDING THE RIGHT WAYS TO ENGAG THEM AND I KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAVE TRIED, IT WOULD TAKE TIME THOUGH. SO IF IT'S DOWNTOWN OR ELSEWHERE , THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

I THINK I WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES RESEARCH SAY ? WHAT DOES ACTUAL DATA SAY IN SIMILAR CITIES WITH POTENTIALLY IN A LOCATION, AND WHERE CAN WE MEET MOT OF THE NEEDS OF WHAT PATRONS ARE WANTING AND WHAT LIBRARY STAFF NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL? BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT MEETING THOSE TWO THINGS, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHERE YOU PUT IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR PATRONS AND OF LIBRARY

STAFF. >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT CAREFULLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IS REALLY QUITE LARGE. I AM A TRUE BELIEVER WHERE THER IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY. IT'S OFTEN EMPHASIZED IS VERY CORRECT, IT'S ALL ABOUT LOGISTICS IN BUDGETING, IT'S ABOUT MONEY AND SPACE, BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, SO WE WANT TO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. HERE DOING A GREAT JOB IN I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO SAY NO, THE QUESTION IS CAN WE FIND SOMEPLACE THAT IS GOING TO BE.

I'M SURE A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A BIG? ABOUT ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, BUT IT' HERE NOW, IT'S COMING, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE SURE TO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

THIS DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD IS GOING TO BE TASKED WITH TRYING TO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO EVERY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, EVERY ONE OF OUR HIS MISSUS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. IT'S VERY CLEAR YOU NEED MORE SPACE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IF I CAN ALSO AMEND MY ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, I WOUL ALSO BE WHERE DOWNTOWN THERE IS ENOUGH PHYSICAL SPACE FOR THAT WOULDN'T SAY IT LET'S PUT IT DOWNTOWN AND THEN TAKE OUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. I THINK IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH FINDING THE RIGHT SPACE, I AM NOT MY HUSBAND SO I'M NOT GOOD AT VISUALIZING WHAT SPACE LOOKS LIKE, BUT I THINK LISTENING TO PATRONS, RESIDENTS, AND THE VIBRATE STAFF WILL BE THE KEY T PICKING THE RIGHT LOCATION IN MOVING FORWARD.

AS CITIZEN, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTIN INTO THE DOWNTOWN BOARD AND THIS .

I CAN TELL THAT IT JUST FEELS DIFFERENT, SO THAT IS APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN, SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFICACY AND BEING A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE LIBRARY. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON, ACTUALLY

[3.A. Conduct interviews for the Downtown Advisory Board applicants. (Part 2 of 2)]

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>> I WAS ACROSS THE METROPLEX, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>> IF YOU COULD TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR VISION FOR DOWNTOWN, WHILE YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD UNTIL HE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AFTER

THAT. >> I AM JESSICA LOCKLEAR, ELIASSON MASSAGE THERAPIST AND THE OWNER OF MAIN STREET MASSAG AND DOWNTOWN ROWLETT. I HAVE LIVED IN DFW MY ENTIRE LIFE, I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR 20 YEARS, BFR CHILDREN, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH IN THE AREA FOR 25 YEARS JUST VERY PLUGGED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN I AM A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF GARLANDS , AND ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE GARLAND LIBRARY KIND OF ON THE CUSP OF WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO REVITALIZE THEIR DOWNTOWN.

WE WERE MEETING A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THE UNHOUSED WANTING TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT BEING RIGHT NEAR THE DART RAIL CAN SOMETIME BRING IN AND SO WE WERE REALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VIBRATE BEING A PUBLIC SPACE, WE WERE OPEN FOR EVERYBODY SO IT WAS LIKE HOW DO YOU MANAGE HAVING PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS FOR ALL TH CITIZENS, WHILE ALSO MAINTAININ SAFETY, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE DOWNTOWN AT GARLAND AT THE TIME WAS NOT WHA IT IS NOW, SO I REALLY GOT TO SEE SERP FIRSTHAND SOME OF THOS CHALLENGES. I WENT TO MANY OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, MANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I SPOKE TO A LOT OF STAFF AND JUST REALLY SA THAT NUANCE OF HOW DO WE BALANC THOSE NEEDS. I FEEL LIKE THAT HAS BEEN ONE O THE NEAT THINGS THAT GARLAND HA DONE IS THAT THEY REALLY DID FIND A WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT SOME OF THAT WAS GIVING THE CIT MARSHAL PRESENT THERE ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THE LIBRARY, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THEIR DOWNTOWN SQUARE, TRYING TO FIND ATTRACTIONS THAT WOULD BRING IN NOT JUST CITIZENS, BUT PEOPLE I THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT GARLANDS, WE DON'T HAVE THEIR BUDGETS, THEIR SIZE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE GARLANDS, ROWLETT HAS ITS OWN. THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I HEAR FROM MANY PEOPLE IS YES, W ARE PART OF THE LARGER DALLAS AREA, BUT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR IDENTITY AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE I THINK WE WANT T BRING BUSINESS, WE WANT TO BRIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING OUR CITIZENS TOGETHER, WE WANT ATTRACTIONS THAT FAMILIES ARE GOING TO COME TO, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR OUR ROOTS AND KEE IT UNIQUELY ROWLETT AND NOT PAR OF THE SUBURBAN SWALLOW SPRAWL ALL AROUND US. WE NEED TO STICK TRUE TO THAT.

I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED JUST AS BUSINESS HERE IN ROWLETT, ONE O THE THINGS I'VE HEARD REPEATEDL FROM PEOPLE WHEN THEY HEAR THAT I AM HERE AND IN MY INDUSTRY MASSAGE THERAPIST, THEY SAID THEIR SOMEBODY HERE, I DON'T HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR LOCAL. THEY WANT TO SHOP IN THEIR HOMETOWN, THEY WANT TO GO OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY HERE IN THEIR HOMETOWN. THEY DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TO ROCKWELL OR GO TO GARLAND OR DALLAS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT I THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY T REALLY ENVISION AND SHAPE A DOWNTOWN THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE PROUD OF THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE MISSING OUT BY NO GOING INTO A BIGGER CITY ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHTS, THEY ARE AT THE MAIN ATTRACTION HERE IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE IF I GET TO BE A PART OF IT, THAT'S AWESOME, IF NOT, I'M JUST THRILLED THAT WE'RE DOING IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAV A VISION FOR THIS DOWNTOWN

DISTRICT. >> QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?

>> JESSICA, I'M NOW EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT T DOWNTOWN, YOUR WORK IN THE CHAMBER IN WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS HERE WITH THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, JESSICA.

WE WILL CONSIDER THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE TOMORROW'S MEETING FOR IT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO APPOINT ALL THE MEMBERS INCLUDING YOU, HOPEFULL THE COUNCIL WILL BE IN FAVOR OF

MAKING THOSE APPOINTMENTS. >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING SO

[3.C. Receive a presentation regarding proposed amendments to the Rowlett Development Code and the Form Based Code regarding Vapor Store use.]

PATIENT FOR ME. >> THAT CONCLUDES ITEM THREE A COMMITMENT WE WILL HAVE THREE C. THE FORM -BASED CODE REGARDING

VAPOROUS TORT USE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE VAPOROUS TOUR ORDINANCE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO WANTED TO BRING UP A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE I BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.

>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL AS WE GO THROUGH THIS

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ITS NOT MEET EVENT THINK ABOUT IT, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RELAY THAT INFORMATION SO I THINK WIT THE ZONING ASPECT, WE WILL SEE THAT MORE EASILY HOWEVER THE FORM -BASED CODE IF YOU ARE PREPARING FOOD COMMERCIAL CENTER , AND THE VILLAGE DISTRICT , YOU ARE GOING TO NOTICE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT BECOMES MORE TANGIBLE. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER T ANDREW WHO HAS DONE SOME FANTASTIC RESEARCH AND WE WILL BOTH BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION SHOULD YOU

HAVE ANY. >> THANK YOU.

THIS EVENING WE WANTED TO AGAIN BRING TO YOU THE UPDATES AND FEEDBACK REGARDING THE VAPOR STORE AND THE TOPICS WE ARE GOING TO COVER IS CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, PRIOR ISSUE PIECE PROVED, COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER CITY ORDINANCES.

THE RESEARCH YOU ASKED US TO DO AND THEN ALSO AS SHEEP HE ZONIN ALLOWANCE FOR FUTURE VAPOR STORES.

AS YOU KNOW AND AUGUST OF 2022, THE CITY ADOPTED THIS ORDINANCE.

WE MET IN JUNE OF 2026 AND TALKED ABOUT OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IN THEN WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO GO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.

YOU HAVE SEEN THIS LIGHT BEFORE BASICALLY IT IDENTIFIES ALL 14 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT THAT USE THE TERM VAPOR OR SMOKE AND THEN YOU SEE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY THREE TRUE VAPOR STORES THERE THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AN SUV BECAUSE THEY EXCEED 90 PERCENT SALES OF E CIGARETTES AND OTHER ITEMS. THE LAST TIME WE MET WE WERE ASKED TO RESEARCH WHAT ALAN IS DOING BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, THE CITY OF GARLANDS, ROCKWELL, AS YOU LOOK AT THE TAPE YOU'D NOTICE THAT THOSE PARTICULAR CITIES ONLY TWO OF THEM HAVE SPECIFIC VAPOR STORE ORDINANCES ADOPTED. AND IN HAS A 300-FOOT SEPARATIO FROM SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, DAYCARE'S, AND THEN A 1,000-FOOT FROM SCHOOLS AND OTHER PAPER STORES.

ALL OF THESE CITIES REQUIRE AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING THAT THE SUBMIT A DIMENSION PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THEIR SPACE, AND THAT IS TYPICALLY THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PROCESS . THEY COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE ALLOWANCE AN SALES TO MINOR CHILDREN, THE KE PART HERE IS THAT THE ZONING DISTRICTS, YOU WILL SEE ALAN ALLOWS THEM IN THE CORRIDOR, COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER, GARLAND ONLY IN INDUSTRIAL, ROCKWELL AND GENERAL RETAIL, AN THEN SOUTHLAKE, LOCAL RETAIL COMMERCIAL.

ALAN AND GARLAND REQUIRE AN SEP APPROVAL ROCKWELL AND SOUTHLAKE IF THEY ARE NOT UNDER ZONING DESIGNATION MATRIX, THEY ARE JUST NOT ALLOWED. THERE IS NO GROWTH SALES DEFINITION, WHICH WAS ONE OF TH THINGS THAT YOU ASKED US TO PROPOSE. THERE IS THE CURRENT DEFINITION WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME WE MET, THE WEIGHT YOU ARE CLASSIFIED AS A TRUE VAPOR STOR IS BY THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUE SALES. BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THIS RULING BODY, WE CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT SO IT IS ON THE RECORD.

OF VAPOR STORE SHALL MEAN A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE EAST CIGARETTES AND OR CBD PRODUCTS AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND WHICH EITHER A RECEIVES AT LEAS 51 PERCENT OF ITS GROSS ANNUAL REVENUES FROM THE SALE OF E CIGARETTES AND OTHER CBD PRODUCTS IN RELATED SUPPLIES OR MERCHANDISE OR BE, DEDICATES 15 PERCENT OR MORE OF ITS FLOORSPACE OF THE PLACE OF BUSINESS, NOT INCLUDING OFFICES

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THE DISTANT SEPARATION WILL BE BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHETHER THAT IS 300 FEET, 500 FEET, 1,000 FEET, AS IT PERTAINS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, DAY CARES, PLACES OF WORSHIP, RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND OTHER VAPOR STORES.

A COUPLE OF MAPS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHAT A 300-FOOT BUFFER AROUND AN EXISTING STORE WOULD LOOK LIKE GREAT AS YOU CA TELL FROM THIS IMAGE IN RED ARE THE DOTS THOUGHTS OF ALL THE EXISTING FACILITIES, THE 300- FOOT BUFFER WOULD IMPACT THE APPROXIMATELY 60 RESIDENTIAL PARTIALS.

IF YOU'D ZOOMED IN ON JUST A SAMPLE OF THOSE, YOU CAN SEE TH LITTLE BLUE BOXES THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE, THOSE ARE THE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

MAP TO HEAR ILLUSTRATES THE EXISTING VAPOR STORES IN RELATION TO THE COMMERCIAL C1, C2, AND C-3 ZONES WHICH ARE CATEGORIZED THERE WITH THOSE PARTICULAR PINKISH BLUISH AND YELLOWISH COLORS. MAP THREE ILLUSTRATES A PROPOSE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER AROUND EXISTING CHURCHES, DAY CARES, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS AND RELATION TO THE EXISTING VAPOR STORES IN OUR COMMUNITY. MAP FOUR ILLUSTRATES A PROPOSED 1,000-FOOT BUFFER AROUND EXISTING CHURCHES, DAY CARES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS , ALSO IT IDENTIFIES AND WEIGHS IN THIS C1, C2, AND C-3 ZONES IN AS YOU CAN SEE FRO THIS SAMPLE, THERE IS POTENTIALLY A LITTLE OVER 100 PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED THAT FALL INTO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE. MAP FIVE ILLUSTRATES A PROPOSED 1,000-FOOT BUFFER AROUND C1 AND C-3 ZONES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . IF THERE IS AN AGREEMENT OR A CONSENSUS TONIGHT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE THE FORM -BASED CODE, THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ALSO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO AT THIS TIME IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WE ARE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.

>> THANK YOU, ANDREW. JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE, IS THE OPTIONS THAT YOU PROVIDED ON THESE MAPS, IS THE OPTION TO ADOPT ALL OF THOSE, OR A SET OF THOSE, OR IS THAT FOR US TO

CONSIDER? >> WE PREPARED THOSE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HERE TO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THIS COUNSELING BODY .

>> SURVEY, AND WASN'T LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT IS FOR SUBJECT SEPARATE OPTIONS OR IS IT A PACKAGE OF THOSE FOUR SEPARATE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE

ARE TRYING TO PACKAGE TOGETHER. >> I BELIEVE FOUR SEPARATE

OPTIONS. >> BUT IT'S MIX AND MATCH, WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE ANY OR ALL OF THEM.

>> CORRECT, IF YOU RECALL ONE O THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WAS GOOD WE LOOK AT WHAT THE BUFFER WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THESE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE ASSOCIATED ADJACENCIES? THAT IS A VISUAL TO DETERMINE, SO ABSOLUTELY YOU COULD PICK AN CHOOSE, BUT WE STARTED WITH THE 300-FOOT BUFFER AND THEN WENT FROM THERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THA WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THOSE

ZONING DISTRICTS. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> I THINK GENERALLY, THIS COME FROM A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, AND I THINK GENERALLY THERE WAS A CONSENSUS TO HAVE STRICTER REQUIREMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR

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ORDINANCE. >> SO ANDREW, HE BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT. WITH WHAT MR. HOLSTON DESCRIBED WOULD THAT BE A VIOLATION OF OU SIGN ORDINANCE, THEY WOULDN'T B ABLE TO ADD THAT VOLUME OR THOS TYPES OF SIGNAGE IS OR THAT BRIGHTNESS LEVEL OR, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?

>> IS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND FEEDBACK.

THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS THE LOCATION ON CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, BUT WE ALSO HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW WE PROACTIVELY MONITOR AND OBVIOUSLY WE COULD CHECK AT THA TIME THAT THE ELECTRICAL CHANGE THAT THEY MADE TO THEIR WINDOW FRONTAGE, AND SO IT IS A COKE COMPLIANCE FOLLOW-UP THING THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATE.

>> I THINK IF THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL, I WOULD GET CLEAR REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE IF THAT IS IN THERE.

I THINK RIGHT NOW ANDREW IS DOING HIS BEST TO SAY GIVE ME CHECK IF THERE WAS A PERMIT ISSUE, CAN WE SEE, BUT ARE LIGHTING STANDARDS ARE FAIRLY VAGUE IN SOME AREAS WHICH WOULD BE HARD FOR US TO CONSISTENTLY ENFORCE.

>> NSU P, ONCE ISSUED CAN CONTAIN CRITERIA THAT LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF VISUAL WINDOW DISPLAYS

. >> IF ABSOLUTELY COULD CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU WAN TO HAVE THAT YOU ENFORCE UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE JURISDICTION, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR

THAT. >> CAN YOU DO THAT FOR A SPECIFIC USE OR IS THE SIGN ORDINANCE ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND IT'S AN ALL OR NOTHING TYPE OF APPLICATION?

>> I WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> OKAY. MR. FASSETT.

>> I'M NEW TO THIS, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UNDER THE SEP, AS THEY HAVE IT TODAY, SAY THAT WE APPROVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DISTANCE, THEY ARE GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE CURRENT BUT IT DOESN'T CARRY IF THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO COME IN, THAT'S WHEN THE SEP KICKS IN?

IS THAT CORRECT? >> TYPICALLY THE SEP CARRIED CIRCLES WITH THE LAND OF THE ZONING ACTION, IT'S A LAND USE THAT ALLOWS THAT. I NEED TO CLARIFY WITH VICTORIA BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS A LITTLE FOGGY, DO WE HAVE THE TERM LIMI ON THE SEP AS PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE?

>> IT IS NOT IN THERE. >> IF YOU RECALL UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS ITS FIVE-YEAR TERMINATIO OR REVIEW OF WHICH IS AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO

INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THAT IS HELPFUL BECAUSE THE 14 YOU HAVE IS THE 14 MAY HAVE. BUT REALLY, I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE HIGHEST RESTRICTIONS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE ON THIS AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO FOOT FOR THAT.

YOU DID SOME INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS IN A NOVI CAME IN AND WE SENT YOU BACK YOU CAME IN AND W SENT YOU BACK, I THINK YOU CALLED IT HOMEWORK, BUT I KNOW, ESPECIALLY BEING A COUNCIL PERSON, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I CAN TELL A LOT OF THE THINGS I WAS SAYING, YOU WENT OUT AND YOU REALLY TRIED TO LOO AT IT AND CHALLENGE IT, AND SEE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

EFFORT ON THAT. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOU SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD SAID, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS BACK WHEN YOU HAD THE TABLE OF THE OTHER CITIES UP.

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ZONING DISTRICT? >> THEY DO NOT HAVE A PAPER VAPOR ORDINANCE PER SE, THEY HAVE A SMOKE KIND IF THEY ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING STRONGER.

AS LONG AS IT IS IN THAT ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL, IT WOULD BE

ALLOWED. >> SO TODAY THERE IS NOTHING THERE THAT WOULD LIMIT A VAPE STORE FROM OPENING ANYWHERE IN

COMMERCIAL AREA WITHIN ROCKWELL. >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

>> WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEFINED , IT COULDN'T OPEN, BUT THE ORDINANCE IS THERE TO RESTRICT WHAT CAN OPEN NOT ALLO WHAT CAN OPEN.

>> IF IT'S NOT LISTED AS ONE OF THEIR USERS THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW IT IS WHAT I'VE GATHERED FROM ROCKWELL AND SOUTHLAKE PER SE, AND SO THAT WAS THE INFORMATION I GATHERED WAS IT'S NOT ALLOWED

IF IT'S NOT LISTED THERE. >> IT'S NOT ALLOWED IF IT'S NOT LISTED AND THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE OPENED, SO SOMEHOW THEY HAVE EITHER SKIRTED THAT, AND M OPINION THE LAST TELL US WHAT W CAN'T DO, NOT WHAT WE CAN DO SO ARE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE WRITTEN THE SAME WAY, MAYBE THAT IS JUS MIGHT LIBERTARIAN SPIRIT COMING

OUT, BUT GO AHEAD. >> IN MOST CASES, ZONING ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN WHERE THERE IS A DEFINITION THAT IS NOT LISTED OR A LAND USE THAT I NOT LISTED, THEN EITHER THERE I SOME FORM OF ESCALATION WHERE A DIRECTOR OR CITY MANAGER CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE THAT LAND USE AND SAY IT FITS WITHIN CATEGORY X, SO THIS COMMUNITY MAY BE WORKING ON THAT PREMISE WHILE THEY FINE-TUNE AND CREATE THAT LAND-USE.

IT COULD BE THAT. >> ALSO FREQUENTLY, THE GENERAL RETAIL DEFINITION IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS OVERLY BROAD, SO THEN IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS A RETAIL USE AND THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC LISTING FOR I LIKE A VAPOR STORE, THEN IT

FALLS INTO THAT GENERAL USE. >> ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO TAKE TO EXECUTIV SESSION ABOUT THIS ITEM HOWEVER WE HAVE SEVERAL EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS LINED UP FOR LATE TONIGHT.

UNLESS THERE IS ANY OBJECTION I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON WITH THE WORK SESSION AND GET ITEM 3D OUT-OF-THE-WAY.

AND THEN GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION , DISCUSS THIS ITEM, COME OUT AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATIO TO STAFF AND THEN FINALIZE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM THERE. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT PLAN? CHRIS, I KNOW YOU HAVE A

QUESTION. >> QUICKLY TELL ME, I'M TRYING TO REMIND MYSELF, WE RECENTLY, IN THIS SEP ENVIRONMENT, IT CAM WITH REQUIREMENTS AND RECENTLY, WE HAD TO THE REQUIREMENT DEALT MORE IN ALCOHOL THAT DEALT WITH THE TRANSITION OF OWNERSHIP, SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IF SOMEBODY COMES UP TO DATE AND.

>> I'M GOING TO PAUSE YOU RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I WANT TO CORRECT THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERMIT THEN THE LIQUOR LICENSE

PERMIT WAS. >> I GET THERE.

OF NOT GETTING DOWN THAT ROAD. MY QUESTION GETS INTO UNDER THE SEP, UNDER THIS ENVIRONMENT, WITH THEY BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO RENEW AND SEP IF IT'S DONE, IF THEY GOT AN SHEEP HE I THE BEGINNING AND THEY SOLD OUT A YEAR OR TWO LATER AND THEN A NEW OWNER COMES IN, WITH THEY B REQUIRED TO COME BACK OR DOES I

JUST CARRY ON? >> WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT I

EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF MY QUESTIONS VERY THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE WAS GENERALLY SPEAKING AS YOU PLEASE RUN WITH THE PROPERTY, NOT WITH THE OWNER.

IT'S A USE DESIGNATION, NOT AN OWNER DESIGNATION.

ALL RIGHT, ANY LAST QUESTIONS O THREE C? MR. GIBBS? THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF WE WANTED TO SEE BESIDES THE ORDINANCES, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON ANY OF THE ENFORCEMENT OR SPOT CHECKS TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE NEED TO DO MORE REGULATION?

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>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, I'M GOING TO INVITE CHIEF UP.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO HIS

EXPERTISE. >> WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO BEGIN IN REGARDS TO OUR VAPE STORES, OR REALLY ANY OF THE STORES, NOT JUST VAPE STORES BY DEFINITION BUT ANY STORES THAT SELL E CIGARETTES BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE . THERE IS DESIGNATED VAPE STORES AND OF COURSE, WE WILL DEFER TO LEGAL ON OUR ENFORCEMENT ABILIT AND STORES THAT AREN'T TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED VAPE STORES, BECAUSE THERE ARE NINE TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED VAPE STORES NMR POST RECENT DISCUSSION WE HAVE 14.

I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH OTHER AREA CHIEFS ON DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WAYS WE CAN IMPLEMENT A PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY RELATED TO THE SALE OF E CIGARETTES SPECIFICALLY. IT WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT THE TYPE OF PRODUCT BEING SOLD, BUT IT WOULD REALLY FOCUS ON WHETHE OR NOT THAT PEOPLE WORKING AND THE STORES ARE SELLING SPECIFICALLY KEY CIGARETTES OR NOT.

I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH OTHER AREA CHIEFS ABOUT WHAT THAT THE PROGRAM MIGHT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY NEVER IMPLEMENTED ANYTHING LIKE THAT SPECIFIC TO E-CIGARETTE SALES, SO I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH ANDREW AND WORKING WITH THE CIT MANAGER'S OFFICE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS ON THAT PLAN.

>> SO WE HAVE NOT DONE, WE HAVE DONE SOME GROUNDWORK, WE HAVEN' DONE ANY INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING .

>> RE- IMPLEMENTED A SPECIFIC INSPECTION OR LAW ENFORCEMENT

OPERATION PROGRAM. >> THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT I BECAUSE I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSES, I' SURE THEY ARE COMPLYING AND THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME THAT AR NOT. IF WE NEED TO TIGHTEN THIS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ONES THAT AREN'T COMPLYING, WE WILL TIGHTEN IT DOWN. IF THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN TH MEANS AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEN CONGRATULATIONS, THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW BAD OUR PROBLEM IS. COUNCIL, ANY LAST QUESTIONS? THANK YOU CHIEF, THANK YOU, ANDREW.

[3.D. Receive a presentation regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council and the City of Rowlett acting through the City of Rowlett Fire Department for participation in the Texas Department of State Health Services whole blood administration program. ]

WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO 3D RECEIVER PRESENTATION WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TRAUMA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL IN THE SAFETY OF ROWLETT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH BLOOD.

INTERIM CHIEF RENTALS. >> COULD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SNEAK INTO HER T HAVE MY EMS CHIEF WITH ME TONIGHT TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO A GENERA OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE HOPING TO BE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY DOES ROWLETT NEED A HOLD FLOOD PROGRAM? IT IS KIND IF THE PINNACLE OF TRAUMA CARE IN THE MEDICAL WORL THESE DAYS IS GETTING THAT BLOO PRODUCT OUT TO PATIENTS AND A MUCH FASTER AND EFFICIENT MANNER . SO, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WHERE THI STARTED, BUT ALSO THE STATE HAS DECIDED IT IS WITH US, THAT EMS PROVIDERS WHERE WE CAN TAKE THA BLOOD PRODUCT DIRECTLY TO THAT PATIENT AT FIRST CONTACT AND GIVE IT TO THEM AND START THEIR ACTUAL RESUSCITATION ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. HOW DID THIS GET STARTED? IT STARTED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY HANDED DOWN INDIVIDUAL STATES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE HOLE, BUT FLOOD PROGRAM. TEXAS LEGISLATURE PROVIDED $10 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

THAT IS GOING TO FUND THE PROGRAM WERE THINKING AROUND TW OR THREE YEARS. THAT IS PURCHASING THE EQUIPMEN WE NEED TO TRANSPORT AND STORE THE BLOOD, AND ALSO IT IS GOING TO REIMBURSE US FOR ANY BLOOD THAT IS GIVEN TO PATIENTS FOR PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE GRANT MONIES LAST.

ONCE THAT GRANT MONEY IS DONE, IT WILL BE AT THE LEGISLATURE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO RENEW THAT OR CONTINUE IT OR IF WE WILL BE ON OUR OWN. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS DOWN THE ROAD. WE ARE SEEING GREAT SUCCESSES WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHE EMS GROUPS IN USING WHOLE BLOOD SO FULLY EXPECT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO GET A GREAT REPORT BACK AND THEY WILL INVEST ANOTHER TEN, 20, $30 MILLION INTO THIS PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH LICENSE US AS PARAMEDICS ENTER AMBULANCE SERVICE ARE THE GATEKEEPERS OF THIS, THE ONES THAT ARE OVERSEEING THE REGULATION AND MAKING SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND THE

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THEY PASSED BASICALLY SOME REGULATIONS AND RULES MAKING OVER TO THE LOCAL AREA REGIONAL COUNCILS ON TRAUMA, WHICH IS TH AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING O TONIGHT.

IT IS THE FIRST OF THREE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN ORDER

FOR US. >> THIS PROGRAM GOING.

THEN IT COMES OVER TO US, THE EMS PROVIDER, THE ACTUAL FOLKS IN THE FIELD AND THE RECEIVING HOSPITAL TO WEAR WILL BE BOTH TAKING THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE BLOOD PRODUCT.

THERE IS KIND OF A ROADMAP THAT THEY CREATED FOR THAT.

THE FIRST STEP WAS CCESSIBILITY IN ARE WE ELIGIBLE IN ARE WE OPERATIONALLY READY TO DO THIS? WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND WE HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE READ AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE AT THIS PROCESS. WE ARE IN STEP TO AND THREE AND THEY ARE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR FIRST MOU.

I COULD JUST GOT THE SECOND ONE TODAY SO YOU WILL SEE IT ON A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN WE HAVE A THIRD ONE CLICK A LITTLE FURTHER AS WE GO DOWN TH ROAD.

WE ARE WORKING ON TRAINING OUR PERSONNEL RECENT IF YOU FOLKS OFF TO A LARGER STATEWIDE CONFERENCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH TRAINING WITH EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL. WE WILL DEPLOY THE BLOOD AND GE IT OUT ON THE STREET. WE HAVE CUT SOME DATA ON ITS USE , AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THERE IS A HUGE SAFETY PROCESS IN THIS THIS STUFF UP HE ABLE T CARRY IT FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOU WEEKS IN THEN IT WILL BE EXCHANGED.

WE WILL HAVE A HOSPITAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXCHANGE IT WITH.

WE WILL THEN TRANSFER IT TO THE AND WE WILL GET EIGHT NEW UNIT OF BLOOD. UTILIZE THAT BLOOD IN A SURGICA PROCEDURE OR A PATIENT THAT COMES IN THROUGH THEIR EMERGENC DEPARTMENT. IT DOESN'T GET USED IN THE HOSPITAL DOESN'T USE IT, THAT BLOOD WOULD BE BASTED, SO BASICALLY IT JUST GETS THROWN AWAY AT THAT POINT AND THAT IS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT . WE ARE REALLY HOPING WE CAN GET THAT AGREEMENT FINALIZED TO YOU OUT AND SPLIT THAT COST WITH THEM, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO FURTHER GROUPS WE HAVE TALKE TO ON AVERAGE, SERVICES OR HAVING A WASTE BLOOD PRODUCT OF ABOUT TWO PER YEAR, AND REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO, THEY ARE HAVING TWO THOSE ARE THE.WILL GET USED TO -

>> HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET DISPATCHED SEE SOME MAJOR EVENTS , BE IT A MEDICAL OR EMERGENCY THAT HAS PLEADING OF SOME SORT OF MAJOR CAR ACCIDENTS , SHOOTING, STABBING, SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS MAJOR BLOODLUST. WE ARE GOING TO GET THERE.

WE HAVE A MAJOR BLOODLUST HERE, AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOU GIVING OUR BLOOD TO THIS PATIENT .

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF OUR NORMAL STUFF THAT WE DO EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PATIENTS BASIC NEEDS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THEY ARE BREATHING RIGHTS, THEIR HEART IS CIRCULATING AND EVERYTHING.

WE ARE GOING TO STOP THE BLEEDING THAT IS HAPPENING, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP THAT BLOOD RESOURCE OF TATIAN RIGHT THERE UNSEEN. ONE THING I CAME UP WITH OVER THE WEEKEND I WAS THINKING ABOU THIS PRESENTATION, HOW CAN I EXPLAIN IT SO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN COULD UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LED ADMINISTRATION.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOUR WAITRESS WOULD COME BY AND FILL IT WITH WATER, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO NOW, WE GIVE BASICALLY SALTWATER TO YOU WOULD FILL THA COKE BACK UP.

YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE VOLUME PROBLEM BUT NOTHING THER AS FAR AS THE CODE, THE SAME WITH BLOOD, IF WE JUST FILL IT

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RAPID TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL YOU HAVE TO GET THE DEFINITIVE CARE IN THIS. WE CAN'T CAN DO IT IN THE FIELD THAT IS THEY KEEP THEM THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND HOPEFULLY OUR GOAL IS FOR THAT PATIENT TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND RESUME THEI LIVES AS THEY ARE ABLE TWO. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THE SIGNS OF SHOCK AND TRAUMA EITHER FROM TRAUMATIC CAUSES OR MEDICAL CAUSES, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT FIT THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE BEEN THE MOVE WILL HAVE A PROTOCOL APPROVED BY OUR MEDICAL DIRECTO WHERE WE CAN GO THROUGH AND GET THIS BLOOD TO THEM ON THE SCENE OR ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHY DOES IT MATTER? IN SEVERE HEMORRHAGE, TIME IS CRITICAL, EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU CAN CUT OFF OF THE TIME WHERE THEY ARE GIVING BLOOD IS REALLY IMPROVING THEIR CHANCES.

I THINK IN SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT THE CHIEF OF HEAVEN TALKIN ABOUT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 32 , PROBABLY 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF IMPROVING THEIR CAPABILITY O RECOVERING AND GOING HOME.

TIME IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL. IT IS ADDING ALL THOSE COMPONENTS, IT'S NOT THAT WATER DOWN AT COKE YOU'RE GETTING, IT'S BLOOD, YOU'RE NOT JUST GETTING SALTWATER PUT BACK INTO YOUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. IT CONTAINS EVERYTHING IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO HELP YOU AND TO SUSTAIN LIFE IN THAN AGAIN, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO CURE THEM IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE HERE IN TH STREETS OF ROWLETT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A MUCH BETTE FIGHTING CHANCE OF MAKING IT TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAKING IT TO SURGERY WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THA OUT OF A GOING TO TRANSPORT IT? WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTIN THIS THING OUTFITTED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, THAT IS IT. THE PICTURE OF IT THERE ON THE SIDE, IT IS BASICALLY LIKE AN ICE CHEST.

IT'S ALSO GOT A REFRIGERATION UNIT ON THAT.

IT DOES RUN OFF BATTERIES. WILL LAST AROUND 30 HOURS OFF THE BATTERY. THAT ICE CHEST IS MONITORED AND WE WILL GET ALERTS IF IT DOES LOSE POWER OR IF IT IS HAVING SOMEONE PROBLEM, IT MONITORS AN THEN IT WILL BE A WI-FI E-MAIL TO NOT ONLY US, BUT TO THE BLOO BANK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. TO START WITH, WE WILL GET ONE UNIT OF BLOOD THAT WE WILL BE CARRYING AND THAT WOULD BE IT, DIZZINESS WE USE THAT UNIT OF BLOOD, TWO OR THREE IN THE MORNING WE WILL CONTACT THE BLOOD BANK AND THEY WILL GET IS ANYONE WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THAT IS 24 HOURS A DAY THEY ARE READ TO GO AND BRING US BLOOD AND GE US BACK UP, READY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AGAIN. FINALLY, WHAT IS THE COST? A UNIT OF BLOOD RIGHT NOW, I HAVE 620 APPEAR, THE CONTRACT W JUST GOT TODAY WITH THE BLOOD BANK, IT'S GONE UP A LITTLE, IT'S NOW $647 FOR A UNIT OF BLOOD, SO THAT WILL BE OUR COST.

WE WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT UP FRONT, BUT WE WILL GET REIMBURSED FROM ANYBODY THAT IS GIVING THAT BLOOD.

IF WE ADMINISTER HITS, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THAT MONEY RIGHT BACK AND PAID FOR. THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE TO PAY THA 620 OR THAT 647 NOW AS IF IT IS WASTED AS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

THE INSTALLATION OF IT, THE SAM WAY PROVIDED AT NO COST TO US FOR THE PROGRAM. WE WILL BE ROTATING THAT BLOOD FOR HER HE ROUTINELY, SO ABOUT EVERY THREE OR FOUR WEEKS IT WILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL IN THEN THEY WILL HAVE A COUPLE THREE WEEKS TO UTILIZE IT. HOW WILL WE KNOW IF IT SUCCESSFUL? WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THIS PROGRAM, NUMBER ONE WE NEED TO BE USING IT, SO ARE WE CORRECTLY , OUR PARAMEDICS IN THE FIELD ARE THEY CORRECTLY

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THE NEXT THING IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S THE OUTCOME IN THE HOSPITAL. HOW ARE THEY ARRIVING IN THE HOSPITAL. ARE THEY ARRIVING IN GOOD SHAPE OR BETTER SHAPE THAN WHEN WE PICK THEM UP, AND HOW ARE THEY ARRIVING TO THE SURGICAL INTERVENTION OR TO THAT NEXT INTERVENTION THAT THEY'RE NEEDING IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING. WE WILL BE TRACKING THAT THROUG OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR IN OUR MEDICAL FACILITIES.

THE OTHER IS AFTER YOU'D EXPERIENCE YOU EXPERIENCED THIS LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM, ARE YOU ABLE TO RETURN HOME OR RETURN TO SOME SORT OF A NORMAL LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL AN GET DISCHARGED. THIS WILL BE OTHER THINGS WE AR TRACKING THROUGH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

EACH ONE OF THESE CASES, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MAJOR HEMORRHAGE OR ANYTHING, IT'S ALREADY REVIEWED THROUGH OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM. ANYTHING WE GET BLOOD ON WILL B HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED BY NOT ONLY THE RECEIVING HOSPITAL, BUT ALS OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. WE WILL BE MONITORING THIS A WHOLE LOT. BASICALLY IF YOU WILL, OUR KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS FOR YOU ALL AS WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING THAT CRITICAL COMPONENT, THAT BLOOD COMPONENT TO OUR PATIENTS IN OU CITIZENS MUCH SOONER AND WE CAN DO IT FOR MINIMAL COST TO THE CITY AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPEFUL TO DO.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER ONE OF US? IT WOULD BE HAPPY TO INSERT THEM .

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD I'M PRETTY SURE YOU INSERT ON THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIGHT AND THAT IS THE BLOOD TYPE, ONLY ON BLOOD TYPE IS REQUIRED TO BE

KEPT. >> THINK IT'S OF NEGATIVE.

KICK IT I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

AND THINKING ACCORDING TO YOUR ANALOGY, INSTEAD OF COCA-COLA SHE POURS SPRITE IN THERE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT SO GREAT, BUT OKAY THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY QUESTIO I HAD.

IS THIS, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL? BECAUSE OF THEIR GRANT CONDITIONS OR FOR WHAT REASON? GIVEN THAT THE COST IS SO SMALL I AM CURIOUS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, DON'T MISINTERPRET, I JUST DON' UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEFORE A

SPIRIT. >> AT THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE POLICY, THERE IS SOME THINGS WHEN THE CITY UNDERTAKES IT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF. THAT IS MORE JUST THE MOU IS,

THE PROGRAM ITSELF. >> TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION IF WE TERMINATED IN THE FUTURE,

CORRECT? >> CORRECTS.

>> JUST SO I DON'T THINK I COVERED IT, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO THE BLOOD BANK, I WILL TRY TO GET THAT TO YOU IN YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE I JUST RECEIVED IT TODAY SO I WILL TRY TO GET IT ON THE NEXT ONE AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WITH THE RECEIVING FACILITY OR TRADE OUT FACILITY, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE AR IN TALKS WITH EITHER SCOTT, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE SOMEWHER IN OCTOBER, THOSE WILL BE THE NEXT TWO AGREEMENTS YOU SEE

COMING THROUGH. >> SUB HAVE THE MOU LINED UP FO TOMORROW'S AGENDA. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO APPROVE THEM ALL CONCURRENTLY, THEY CAN DO THEM IN STAGES.

>> THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE TO IMPROVE TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM.

ONCE WE ARE IN THE PROGRAM WE CAN DO THE BLOOD BANK AND THEN ONCE WE'VE GOT THE BLOOD BANK SECURED, THEN WE DO THE EXCHANG

HOSPITAL. >> THE LAST THING I WAS GOING T SAY IS WE DON'T SEE YOU OFTEN I COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I WAS GOING T ASK YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SURE ABOUT THIS

PROGRAM OR ANYTHING ELSE? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING BEEN.

LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR EMS PROGRAM.

I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LEAD A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE HIGHLY WANT TO GIVE THE BEST CARE THEY CAN, SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER INITIATIVES LIKE THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER ONES THAT YOU HAV THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY VENTILATORS AND THE PROGRAM, IT IS REALLY SUPPORTING OUR MISSIO AND WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING MORE IN-DEPTH? TO KEEP MR. GIBBS.

>> I WAS OVER HERE THINKING WHA A GREAT PRESENTATION HERE, COVERED EVERYTHING. I WAS LIKE MAN COMING HERE MAY NEED TO GIVE A CLASS ON THAT. ON THE STATE AND REGIONAL FUNDING, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT GOES AWAY, AS ARE THE ONE TIME

DEAL, A TWO-TIME DEAL? >> IT'S INITIATIVE, THE STATE O TEXAS HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND TH COUNTRY TO REALLY BRING FORTH WHOLE BLOOD TO THE CITIZENS. THE CHIEF MENTION ARE ANYWHERE

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THAT MOTIVATION IS THERE. WE, AS FAR AS OUR AREA RECEIVE ONE POINT TO BILLION DOLLARS SO WE ARE WELL-FUNDED IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 25 AGENCIES THAT HAVE GONE IN AND SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR THIS GRANT, SO THERE IS STILL A LOT OF ROOM SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED IT COULD BE TWO OR THREE YEARS, OR LONGER I JUST DEPENDS. MY SUSPICION IS IT'S REALLY GOING TO GET ROLLING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT BECAUSE OF THE SAFE RATES AND HOW IT HELPS HOSPITALS IN GENERAL. THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL MENTION , AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, WE WOUL GIVE THEM A BETTER CHANCE FOR THOSE PATIENTS TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THEM AT THE ER AND POSSIBLY DISCHARGE THEM THE SAM DATE AND A LOT OF CASES. IT SAVES THEM ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL WHICH THEY ARE REALY STRUGGLING WITH NOW.

IT IS A WIN WIN SITUATION. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THAT. I THINK IT WILL BE SELF-SUSTAINING ONCE WE GET IT ROLLING.

>> HAVE TO GET YOUR MAGICAL BAL FOR THE FUTURE AND PUT YOUR LITTLE HAT ON THERE, TO YOU THINK THIS FUNDING COULD COME BACK UP AGAIN AND BE A GUEST REVIVED WHEN IT EXPIRES?

>> THINK SO. I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY INVESTED IN THE PROGRAM FEDERALLY, TEXAS RECEIVED 10 MILLION OF THAT, I THINK THEY ARE SEEING THE VALUE IN IT TOO. IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT LIKENED TO WIN 12 EKGS CAME OUT AND GAVE PARAMEDICS THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE HEARTS AND BE ABLE TO TREAT THAT CLICKER AND GET THEM SOMEWHERE FASTER.

WHOLE BLOOD GIVES US THE ABILIT TO STOP HEMORRHAGE INTO SHOCK AND STOP THE PROCESS OF THAT WHICH CAUSES THE MORTALITY.

IT IS GOING TO DEFINITELY CATCH ON.

WHAT WE WILL STRUGGLE WITH AS A COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY IS TO, TO THE DONATIONS BECAUSE IT IS PERISHABLE COMMODITY, SO WE HAV TO GET A LOT OF BUY-IN THROUGH BLOOD DRIVES AND AMONG NUMBER O

THINGS LIKE THAT. >> I WANTED TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M VER CAREFUL ABOUT GRANTS AND STARTING A NEW PROGRAM WITH GRANT FUNDS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT, BECAUSE CERTAINLY THER COULD BE A TIME AND A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR NOW WHERE WE ARE WELL INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING GOES AWAY AND WE HAVE T PUT IN PLACE A FEE OR SOME OTHE MECHANISM TO SUPPORT THAT COST MOVING FORWARD. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A GRANTS, THAT'S WHAT AND BRINGING IT TO YOU TO MAKE YOU SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WE ARE INVESTING IN SERVICE AND INVESTING AS A VERY CLOSE TO 0 COST, BUT THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD AND AT SOME POINT, BUT GRANT AND SCHEMATICALLY SAVE ONE LIFE, IT

WILL BE WORTH IT. >> AND IF YOU FLIP THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED THROUGH YOUR POCKETS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT OR NOT, BUT THER IS A NEW FEE AMBULANCE -WISE FO BLOOD ADMINISTRATION WHOLE BLOO ADMINISTRATION IT'S A $720 FEE THAT WILL COVER THE COST OF BLOOD PLUS THE TUBING AND ALL O THE ACCESSORIES WE HAVE TO HAVE TO ADMINISTER IT, SO WE ARE TRYING TO PAY, MAKE IT AS LOW COST FOR THE CITY AS WE CAN SO THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE UTILIZING THAT BLOOD ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT PLUS THE INSURANCE AND THAT TYPE OF THING . WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT IN STRAIGHT FROM THE GET-GO CARRIED .

>> MR. GIBBS? >> THE FUNDING THAT IS OUT THERE , IT'S ALSO RECOVERING IN OUR TRAINING FOR OUR FIREFIGHTE AND PARAMEDICS TO ADMINISTER AN BE ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAM,

CORRECT? >> THE TRAINING IS TAKEN CARE O THROUGH OUR MEDICAL PATROL DOCTOR AND MCP, THEY HAVE WRITTEN THE PROTOCOL SO THEY WILL COME IN AND DO THE ACTUAL HANDS-ON AS FAR AS LEARNING HOW TO USE THE COOLER AND MAINTAIN THE VENDOR WILL COME OUT AND RENT IS THROUGH TRAINING PROGRA ON HOW TO MAINTAIN IT AND HOW T TAKE CARE OF IT.

THEY ACTUALLY WILL SET US UP ON THE 30 DAY TRIAL TO MAKE SURE W

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>> I AM 100 PERCENT SUPPORTED, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TH FUNDING GOES AWAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, WE WILL SEE THIS ON TOMORROW'S CONSENT AGENDA, SO I ANYONE WANTS TO PULL THAT AT TH TIME ONLY GET THERE, WE CAN DO

THAT. >> I WANT TO SAVE THE CHIEFS WORK ON THIS PLUS OUR EMS GROUP THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WORKS ON EMS , THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER AND HAVE DONE ALL THE LEG AND FOOTWORK, ALL I DID WAS THE PRESENTATION, SO THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND I THINK THEY ARE REALL LOOKING OUT FOR OUR CITIZENS IN THEY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.

[5. Executive Session ]

>> THANK YOU BOTH. APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WILL READ ONLY ITEM THREE C, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THAT INTO THE RECORD. WE WILL MOVE TO THE WORK SESSIO ROOM AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, GO BACK INO OPEN SESSION, PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AROUND THE VAPE SHOP ORDINANCE, THEN WE WILL MOVE BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND GO THROUGH THE REMAINING SIX ITEMS WE HAVE FOUR EXECUTIVE SESSON. OUR FIRST ITEM IS THAT THE IS AUTHORIZED BY SEXUAL 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS MEETING WILL BE CONVENED INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE WISHES TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATIO PROVIDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE FIRM -BASED CODES REGARDING PAPER STORE USE, WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO THE END THE REMAINDER OF THE ME

[6. Reconvene Into Open Session and Take Any Necessary or Appropriate Action on Closed/Executive Session Matters ]

>> CITY COUNCIL HAS CONCLUDED ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. ITEM 5A THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN ITEM 5B NO ACTION TAKEN. ITEM 5C, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN AND ITEM REGARDING PREVAIL ROWLETT, TEXAS I BELIEVE I HAVE

A MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE DIRECT THE CITY OF -- CITY ATTORNEY TO RECOMMEND SECTION 5.5, PREVAIL ROWLETT, TO AMEND THE DEADLINE OF CONSTRUCTION TO 20 MONTHS

AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SITE FROM? LET'S HAVE A VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 5D THERE WASN'T NO ACTION TAKEN.

ITEM 5E THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN.

ON ITEM 5F THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN.

WITH THAT WE HAVE REACHED THE

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