May 02, 2023 City Council on 2023-05-02 2:00 PM

[WORK SESSION]

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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS TUESDAY, MAY 2ND, 2023.

IT IS 2 P.M.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

AND I'LL NOTE THIS NOW AND I'LL NOTE IT A LITTLE LATER.

BUT FIVE A THAT'S ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO WE WON'T BE HEARING FIVE A, BUT WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AGAIN.

SEEING NO NOTES OF REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM THE CITIZENS.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FROM THE COUNCIL.

[2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on this agenda.]

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE SPRAYING ON ON THE AIRPORT.

AND THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.

BUT IF STAFF WOULDN'T MIND RECAPITULATING THAT ANSWER AND THEN I HAVE A COMMENT AFTERWARDS, JUST REAL BRIEF.

GOOD AFTERNOON. SCOTT GRAY, AIRPORT DIRECTOR, MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE CURRENT CITYWIDE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS BEEN PASSED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND OUR CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THAT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN SPRAYING AT THE AIRPORT.

THEY DO SPRAY ABOUT NINE OF THE COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST OF APPROVED ITEMS. AND AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE.

SPRAYS HAVE SOME IMPACTS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AT THE AIRPORT FOR THE FLYING PUBLIC.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH OUR OUR CONTRACTOR WHO IS A CHEMIST, A PHD IN CHEMISTRY, AND ACTUALLY FORMULATES THE SPRAY BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AIRFIELD.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY ON THE AIRFIELD AREA.

THIS IS THE NON PUBLIC AREA OF THE AIRFIELD WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH WITH THAT VENDOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, MAYBE REDUCE SOME OF THIS.

ET CETERA. ET CETERA. JUST TO ENSURE THAT IF WE CAN MINIMIZE THE SPRAY, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT AS LONG AS WE CAN MEET OUR OUR FAA COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND HE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION JUST BEFORE COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHY I'M BRINGING IT BACK UP NOW.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S PUBLIC.

AND I HAD ASKED HIM TO IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BALANCE THE SAFETY OF THE AIR AIRFIELD GRASS MAINTENANCE NEEDS WITH THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE COMPOUNDS ARE MILDLY TOXIC TO NON MAMMALS.

AND SO IF WE COULD MINIMIZE IT, MAYBE DO A LITTLE WATER TESTING.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HE'S RESPONDING TO.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAD, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, SCOTT. YEP.

ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE.

GREAT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION ITEM.

[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Audit Project 022 - Building Permit Processes: Follow-Up Review. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 15 minutes]]

IT'S ITEM A ID 23149 RECEIVE REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AUDIT PROJECT 022 DASH BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS FOLLOW UP REVIEW.

HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M MADISON RORSCHACH DENTON CITY AUDITOR HERE TO PRESENT OUR FINDINGS FROM THIS FOLLOW UP REVIEW.

SO AS A REMINDER, AUDIT FOLLOW UPS REVIEWS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN RESPONSE TO AN ISSUED AUDIT.

THIS REVIEW WAS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSES COMPILED IN THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESSES AUDIT, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN JULY OF 2021. THE ORIGINAL AUDIT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY'S BUILDINGS ARE REVIEWED AND INSPECTED APPROPRIATELY, AS WELL AS COMPLY WITH LIFE AND SAFETY CODES. THE AUDIT THE REVIEW FOUND THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND TRAINING TO IMPROVE PERMIT THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESSES.

THAT BEING SAID, DOCUMENTATION OF BUILDING INSPECTION QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITIES COULD BE FURTHER IMPROVED TO HELP ENSURE VARIABLE WORKLOAD DOES NOT IMPACT QUALITY.

SO TO BEGIN, THE ORIGINAL AUDIT FOUND THAT PERMIT APPLICATIONS WERE GENERALLY PROCESSED, REVIEWED AND ISSUED PER THE CITY'S PROCEDURES AND PAYMENTS WERE PROCESSED APPROPRIATELY.

THAT BEING SAID, WE FOUND THAT ABOUT 20% OF PERMITS TOOK MORE THAN 30 DAYS TO ISSUE AND SEVERAL NON ANNEXATION AGREEMENT PROPERTY PERMITS HAD BEEN INAPPROPRIATELY ISSUED BY THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT REQUIRE REFUNDS TO BE APPROVED AND THERE WAS LITTLE FORMAL GUIDANCE FOR INSPECTORS ON WHEN TO ISSUE REINSPECTION FEES.

SINCE THEN, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND POLICIES TO IMPROVE PERMIT PROCESSING, CONSISTENCY AND ENSURE CONTINUITY.

SPECIFICALLY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE AVERAGE TIME TO ISSUE A PERMIT FROM ABOUT 30 DAYS TO NOW 12 DAYS.

IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF SOPS DETAILING HOW TO ISSUE DIFFERENT PERMIT TYPES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, INCLUDING HOW TO CHECK FOR NON NON ANNEXATION AGREEMENT PROPERTIES.

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THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO IMPLEMENTED AN SOP REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO COMPLETE A REFUND REQUEST FORM IN MID 2022 BASED ON REVIEW OF A JUDGMENT SAMPLE OF 15 REFUNDS.

ALL HAD ADEQUATE EVIDENCE THAT THE REFUND WAS PROPERLY REQUESTED WITH ADEQUATE EXPLANATION AND APPROVAL POLICIES REQUIRING THE SAFE CODE TO BE CHANGED AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO BE DISCLOSED HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND REINSPECTION FEE GUIDANCE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH TRAINING PROVIDED.

NEXT, THE ORIGINAL AUDIT FOUND THAT BUILDING INSPECTION RESULTS WERE GENERALLY WELL DOCUMENTED.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THESE INSPECTIONS MET QUALITY STANDARDS.

THIS WAS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS A SERVICE LEVEL POLICY TO PERFORM ALL INSPECTIONS ON THE DAY THAT THEY ARE REQUESTED.

FURTHER, WE FOUND THAT NOT ALL BUILDING INSPECTORS MET MINIMUM LICENSING EXPECTATIONS OUTLINED IN THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

SINCE THE ORIGINAL AUDIT, THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION HAS BEGUN PERFORMING SOME QUALITY CONTROL ACTIVITIES.

HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED.

DURING APRIL 2023, THE DIVISION BEGAN DOCUMENTING QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND HAS DEVELOPED A POLICY OUTLINING REQUIRED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY.

THAT BEING SAID, THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO TRACK THE TIME SPENT ON INSPECTIONS USING THEIR UPDATED PERMITTING SOFTWARE, MAKING WELL DOCUMENTED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS EVEN MORE CRITICAL. LAST, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED A PROGRESSION PLAN FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS THAT OUTLINES REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION AND ALLOWS FOR EASY ANALYSIS OF BUILDING PERMIT CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES, HELPING TO IDENTIFY ANY GAPS.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDED THE MOST RECENT INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE REVIEW OF THE CITY'S BUILDING CODES AND PROCESSES, WHICH HELPS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC IDENTIFY ANY GAPS OR OTHER POTENTIAL PERMIT PROCESSING ISSUES.

IN SUMMARY, WE FOUND THAT NINE OF THE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL AUDIT WERE IMPLEMENTED, WITH ONE ONE OF THEM REMAINING IN PROGRESS AND THE OTHER BEING NOT IMPLEMENTED. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, WE EXPECT TO PERFORM AN INFORMAL, INFORMAL FOLLOW UP REVIEW IN NEXT YEAR TO HOPEFULLY COMPLETE THIS AUDIT PROJECT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MADISON.

YOU MENTIONED ALREADY THE INFORMAL FOLLOW UP.

CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE NOT YET IN PROGRESS? IS IT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN PROGRESS? THEY'RE JUST NOT TIMELY.

THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS BEFORE THEY GET TO THEM.

SO THE ONE THAT'S NOT IN PROGRESS WAS TO TRACK A WAY TO TO TRACK BASICALLY HOW MUCH TIME INSPECTIONS TOOK SO THAT THEY COULD FIGURE OUT IF THE WORKLOAD WAS IMPACTING INSPECTION QUALITY AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL AUDIT.

THEY STATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEIR NEW UPDATED PERMITTING SOFTWARE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.

IT HAS NOT ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT AND THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING A NEW SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTED.

SO WHEN WE DO THE INFORMAL FOLLOW UP REVIEW, WE WILL SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, IF THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT THAT STAGE.

IF NOT, WE MAY OR MAY NOT CLOSE THE AUDIT AT THAT POINT, DEPENDING ON OTHER COMPENSATING CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU SAID THAT WAS WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NOW? 12 DAYS. 12 DAYS? YEAH. OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL CALL THE NEXT ITEM.

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Audit Project 016 - COVID-19 Response: Pandemic Preparedness Follow-Up Review. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 15 minutes]]

IT'S ITEM B, ID 23150.

RECEIVE, REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION, AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AUDIT PROJECT 016 COVID 19 RESPONSE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS FOLLOW UP REVIEW.

HELLO, I'M STILL MADISON RORSCHACH DENTON CITY AUDITOR.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT OUR FINDINGS FROM THIS FOLLOW UP REVIEW.

SO THIS REVIEW WAS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSES ORIGINALLY COMPILED IN THE COVID 19 RESPONSE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AUDIT, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. THE ORIGINAL AUDIT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY HAD ESTABLISHED ADEQUATE PLANS, PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS TO RESPOND TO PANDEMICS.

THIS REVIEW FOUND THAT MOST OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS HAD BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE PANDEMIC SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN. IN ADDITION, DOCUMENTATION OF REQUIRED DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND EXERCISES AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CONTROL SORRY, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ACTIVITIES HAS IMPROVED. AND THEN JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN MAY OF 2020, AND THEN IN JUNE OF 2021, THE CITY'S DISASTER DECLARATION WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SO TO BEGIN, THE ORIGINAL AUDIT FOUND THAT THE CITY GENERALLY HAD ADEQUATE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PROCEDURES.

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SINCE THEN, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN NOW INCLUDES INFORMATION ON DECIDING WHETHER TO ISOLATE OR QUARANTINE, AS WELL AS NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERING PLAN IN THE PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS APPENDIX.

IN ADDITION, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, OR EOC MANUAL, NOW INCLUDES PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING THE EOC VIRTUALLY.

IN ADDITION, WHILE THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE ORIGINAL AUDIT, TELEWORK AND VIRTUAL MEETING PRACTICES THAT NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED HAVE NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S REGULAR BUSINESS PRACTICES, INDICATING THAT ONLY VERY SPECIALIZED TELEWORKING NEEDS STILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED.

LAST, THE ORIGINAL AUDIT FOUND THAT DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAININGS REQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN EOC OPERATIONS WERE NOT CLEAR AND ANY COMPLETED TRAININGS WERE NOT CENTRALLY DOCUMENTED.

MAKING TRACKING OF COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS DIFFICULT.

IN ADDITION, ALL DISASTER TRAINING EXERCISE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WAS RETAINED PHYSICALLY AND SO COULD NOT BE EASILY ACCESSED DURING THE ORIGINAL AUDIT TO ENSURE IT CONTAINED ADEQUATE INFORMATION.

SINCE THEN, THE EOC MANUAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO SPECIFY WHICH TRAININGS ARE REQUIRED, AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS BEGUN TRACKING WHICH EMPLOYEES HAVE COMPLETED THIS TRAINING.

THAT BEING SAID, THIS TRACKING SPREADSHEET DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE EARLY 2022 AND INCLUDED 14 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE CITY.

STILL, WE FOUND THAT ALL DISASTER EXERCISES PUT ON BY THE CITY BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022 HAD ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION OF ATTENDANCE AND CONTENT, AND A 2023 EVENT HAD BEEN PLANNED BUT NOT YET CONDUCTED WHEN THE AUDIT WAS WHEN THE FOLLOW UP REVIEW WAS COMPLETE.

SO IN SUMMARY, WE FOUND THAT EIGHT OF THE NINE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL AUDIT WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH ONE BEING IN PROGRESS.

AND WE EXPECT TO PERFORM AN INFORMAL FOLLOW UP REVIEW IN THE FUTURE TO COMPLETE THIS AUDIT PROJECT.

SO QUESTIONS ON THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH.

NO, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE WE HAD AN UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ONCE IN A CENTURY EVENT.

AND. AND WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY DID THE BEST THEY COULD.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF LEARNING LESSONS IN YOUR AUDIT MADE THAT REALLY, REALLY CLEAR.

I APPRECIATE HOW EVERYONE HAS SORT OF TAKEN THOSE LIFE LESSONS AND GOTTEN ORGANIZING GUIDE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO TO CARRY FORWARD.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I WAS STRUCK, THOUGH, BY THE FACT THAT THE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MS FOLKS AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS IN UPDATING THE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT REALLY CLEARLY, I MEAN, JUST THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT SEEMED LIKE THEY COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL OR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER TO COVER THOSE AREAS THAT ARE TANGENTIAL TO THEIR THEIR MAIN FOCUS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I'VE ARGUED FOR THIS BEFORE AT THIS COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO KEEP ARGUING FOR THE FACT THAT WE NEED A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.

AND I THINK IF READING THAT AUDIT, YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE ADVICE OF OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THAT IN IMPROVING THE GUIDELINES, MAYBE IMPROVING THEM FASTER.

SO THAT THAT WAS LESS OF A QUESTION FOR YOU, MADISON, THAN MORE OF A COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

GREAT. YOU GOOD? GOOD.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. YOU'RE TELLING SOMEBODY TO STEAL? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY. THROW IT.

THE CLOCK'S RUNNING ON, YOU KNOW? OKAY, GREAT. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C.

[C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding funding recommendations from the Community Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the proposed activities to be included in the 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and 2023 Action Plan. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

RECEIVE, REPORT, HOLD, DISCUSSION.

GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S NOT MINE.

THAT'S FINE.

YES. NO. OKAY. AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, COURTNEY DONDERO WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES.

I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE.

I HAD A TOOTH REMOVED ON SATURDAY, SO IF I SOUND A LITTLE MUMBLY, JUST HANG IN WITH ME IF YOU IF YOU WOULD.

SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE THAT WE BRING YOU ANNUALLY.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF NEW NEWS OTHER THAN JUST SOME NEW NUMBERS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON OUR 2023, 2027 CONSOLIDATED PLAN WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON AN UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY'S USE OF FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.

WE WILL REVIEW THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, THE 2023 ACTION PLAN, AND RECEIVE ANY DIRECTION THAT YOU MAY

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THIS PLAN DESCRIBES THE NEEDS COMMUNITY NEEDS AVAILABLE RESOURCES, FUNDING PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES AND GOALS TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, CITIES ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH FURTHER DRILLS DOWN TO AND IDENTIFIES COMMUNITY NEEDS, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR DEPLOYING FUNDS FOR THAT SPECIFIC FUNDING YEAR.

THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO CONSULT THE COMMUNITY AND SOLICIT CITIZEN COMMENT WHEN DEVELOPING THESE ANNUAL PLANS.

SO AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS ON THE SLIDE, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO OUR 2023, 2027 AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR ACTION PLAN UNDER THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES.

THE HIGHLIGHTED LINES INDICATE THE STRATEGIES AND GOALS IDENTIFIED IN OUR PLANS CURRENTLY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.

SOCIAL SERVICES ALSO REFERRED TO AS PUBLIC SERVICES OR HUMAN SERVICES.

AND UNDER HOME FUNDING, WE PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE.

THIS TIMELINE OVERVIEW JUST GIVES YOU KIND OF A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

YOUR BACKUP PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.

A FEW MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO IN APRIL, THE COMMITTEE DID MAKE THEIR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'RE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO YOU TODAY.

THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE DRAFT CONSOLIDATED PLAN IN MAY BEFORE IT IS RELEASED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE MAY 15TH.

AND THERE WILL BE A 30 DAY LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 31 DAYS, MAYBE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FROM MAY 15TH TO JUNE 16TH ON THE DRAFT CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ACTION PLAN. WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 6TH FOR A PUBLIC HEARING SPECIFIC TO THOSE PLANS WHERE WE WILL SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON PROPOSED STRATEGIES AND GOALS.

WE ARE AIMING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN JULY FOR APPROVAL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THOSE PLANS AND THEN WE'LL SUBMIT IT TO HUD AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AFTER THAT, WE USUALLY ESTIMATE ABOUT 45 DAYS FROM SUBMISSION FOR HUD APPROVAL.

SO WE'RE ESTIMATING HUD APPROVAL MID SEPTEMBER, JUST AHEAD OF GETTING FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR PREPARED AND APPROVED HEADING INTO FISCAL YEAR 2023 ACTION PLAN 2023.

THE CITY IS ALSO REQUIRED, AS I MENTIONED, TO CONSULT WITH CITIZENS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ACTION PLAN AND CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING PLANS WE HAVE CONDUCTED, STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED TWO COMMUNITY WIDE ONLINE SURVEYS, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS OR MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING AT COUNCIL IN JUNE.

WE ALSO STAFF REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY COALITIONS TO REMAIN AWARE OF COMMUNITY NEEDS AND INFORM COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL AND CRUCIAL PART OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

YOU HEARD ME MENTION PREVIOUSLY IS OUR COMMENT PERIODS WHERE WE PUBLISH THESE PLANS AND ASK THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW THEM AND PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK.

AND SO OUR PROCESS FOR ENSURING THAT THAT THAT INFORMATION REACHES THE COMMUNITY.

WE PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER, WE RELEASE AN EMAIL BLAST AND WE PROMOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND THROUGH WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TWO POINT JUST OVER 2.6 MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE IS AROUND 1.7 MILLION WITH A BREAKDOWN THERE OF THE FUNDING, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BREAKDOWN PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP AS WELL.

WE THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED 24 APPLICATIONS, SO THAT'S FOUR APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, ONE APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECT AND 19 APPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN OR SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE NEXT SLIDES IN DETAIL, BUT OF THE 24 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR 20 OF THEM.

SO INFORMATION ON THESE AGAIN HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

THE HIGHLIGHTED LINES INDICATE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING WITH FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THEM, SO PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO THE ACTION PLAN AND CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

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AND I WILL STOP SHARING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKS AND REC PROJECT? AND I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE CHART.

YOU JUST SHOWED US THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS CHART YOU JUST SHOWED US.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, IT'S IN PRETTY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN UNFUNDED REQUEST FROM GIVING GRACE FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND TELL ME IF I'M READING THE CHART WRONG THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT REQUEST FROM GIVING GRACE WAS WAS UNFUNDED, WAS NOT RECOMMENDED TO BE FUNDED FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR FOR THEIR HOUSING PROJECT.

SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THOSE TWO PROJECTS SINCE THEY'RE KIND OF JUXTAPOSED IN THE MATERIALS? WERE THEY APPLYING FOR THE SAME TRANCHE OF FUNDS FROM THE SAME SOURCE? AND IF SO, WHAT HELPED THE COMMITTEE MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION NOT TO FUND THE GIVING GRACE PROJECT, BUT INSTEAD TO FUND A CITY FACILITY PROJECT? SO THE GIVING GRACE PROJECT WAS NOT WHAT WE CONSIDER SHOVEL READY.

SO WHILE THEY MIGHT BOTH SEEM TO BE PRE-DEVELOPMENT PARKS HAS THEIR PROJECTS MAPPED OUT AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR THE PROJECTS LINED UP AND READY TO GO, ESSENTIALLY READY TO EXECUTE ON THOSE PROJECTS.

WHEREAS THE GIVING GRACE PROJECT WAS NOT WHAT WE CONSIDER SHOVEL READY.

AND THERE IS A TENTATIVE TIMELINE INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL AND BASED ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS WITH GIVING GRACE, THE COMMITTEE ENCOURAGED GIVING GRACE TO COME BACK AT A LATER TIME WHEN THE PROJECT IS SHOVEL READY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO EXECUTE ON THE PROJECT, TO SPEND THE FUNDS AND TO NOT BE POTENTIALLY IN JEOPARDY OF HAVING TO RETURN FUNDS. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS MY BASIC UNDERSTANDING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WATCHING ALONG OR LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST OF PROJECTS AND EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION WAS A WORTHY PROJECT OR A WORTHY, WORTHY REQUEST.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE THOSE KIND OF THINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

OH, YOU'RE BUILDING SHADE FOR A DUGOUT INSTEAD OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.

YES. AND WHAT I NEGLECTED TO MENTION WAS ALL OF OUR GRANTEES SAW A REDUCTION IN FUNDING THIS YEAR.

WE ARE THIS IS THE FIRST IN ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POOL OF COVID RELIEF DOLLARS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR GRANT PROGRAM.

AND SO THE COMMITTEE MADE APPLICANTS AWARE OF THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, AND THEY'VE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THAT THEY MIGHT SEE AN IMPACT TO THEIR FUNDING.

AND THUS FAR EVERYONE'S BEEN MOSTLY UNDERSTANDING OF OF THAT IMPACT.

OKAY. AND JUST TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT, CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT? HOW LONG DO PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEND THE FUNDS? BECAUSE THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

BUT IN THE GUIDELINES. BUT CAN YOU SPOTLIGHT THAT? RIGHT? SO JUST BY WAY OF INTERNAL PROCESS, WE EXECUTE PRIMARILY ONE YEAR CONTRACTS THAT WE ENTER INTO THE GIVING GRACE PROJECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS MENTIONED WOULD PROBABLY BE A LONGER TERM CONTRACT.

BUT WE ARE. WE ARE.

REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY WHAT HUD CALLS TIMELINESS REQUIREMENTS.

SO FUNDING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN ONE YEAR, BUT IT'S GOT REQUIREMENTS ON IT THREE FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THERE ARE THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY PROJECTS THAT AREN'T READY TO GO AND THAT FUNDING SITTING AROUND FOR A WHILE.

AND THE LONGER IT SITS, THE MORE AT RISK WE ARE OF HAVING TO RETURN THAT FUNDING TO, THE MORE AT RISK THAT RECIPIENT IS OF HAVING TO RETURN FUNDING TO THE CITY.

SO ALL THAT TO SAY IT COULD VARY DEPENDING ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE, CDBG OR HOME.

WE DO HAVE VARIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME THAT A RECIPIENT HAS TO SPEND THE FUNDING WITH.

OUR HUMAN SERVICES ARE GENERALLY ALL ONE YEAR CONTRACTS AND ANYTHING NOT SPENT IS JUST MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE BY THE NONPROFIT.

BUT FOR SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS LIKE OUR HOUSING AND PUBLIC FACILITY GENERALLY, WE LIKE TO KEEP THEM WITHIN ONE YEAR AS WELL.

THERE IS OCCASIONALLY THEY WILL KIND OF HAVE TO SPLIT OVER INTO MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. HE'S IN A FIGHT WITH HIS MICROPHONE RIGHT NOW.

COME ON. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE TIMELINESS IS AN ISSUE, AND I ASK ABOUT IT IN QUESTIONS TO STAFF, AND I GOT AN ANSWER THAT I UNDERSTOOD.

SO I'M JUST SORT OF FOLLOWING UP SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.

AND MY QUESTION WAS, THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE JUSTICE BLOCK GRANTS THAT ARE TARGETED AT LOW EMI NEIGHBORHOODS AND COHORTS, AND I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE FROM STAFF THAT WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL CROSSING THE STREAMS ESSENTIALLY TO MAKE A GHOSTBUSTERS METAPHOR.

BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS STILL THAT ARE INVOLVED, PUBLIC FACILITY OR OTHERWISE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE COULD

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AND SO I REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE US TO PURSUE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S $3 BILLION AND IF DENTON CAN GET A PIECE OF THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN. MCGEE. THANK, MR. MAYOR. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY FRED MOORE WAS PASSED ON.

SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY NOT RECEIVED FUNDING FOR A FEW YEARS.

THE COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRED MOORE DAY NURSERY SCHOOL AND DENTON ISD WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY DID MERGE AND IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM WHAT THEY SUBMIT IN THEIR APPLICATION OR WHAT THEY PROVIDED IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE, HOW THAT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP IS STRUCTURED.

AND SO THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE SCHOOL PROVIDE THAT IF THEY WISH TO APPLY IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT.

OKAY. IS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR THERE.

WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY KNEW PRIOR TO THIS YEAR? SO THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS AND JUST NOT HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.

DANNY SHAW, COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE CHALLENGE IS, IS WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DISD, WE DON'T WANT TO ATTACK.

WE DON'T WANT TO CROSS TAXING ENTITY DOLLARS ONE TAXING INTO ANOTHER.

AND SO WE HAVE ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FRED MOORE BEING A NON PROFIT AND WHAT IT'S RAISING ON ITS OWN AND WHAT IT WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTING VERSUS WHAT DISD IS PAYING FOR.

AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED AN ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION TO SAY THAT THERE'S FRED MOORE FUNDS AND THERE'S DIC FUNDS PAYING STAFF SALARIES, WHICH THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

SO WE JUST NEED THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND IF THEY PROVIDE IT AND WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE, THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

AND JUST SO I MEAN, HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT'S AT LEAST WHEN I LEFT, IT WAS TEETERING AROUND $4 MILLION THEY'VE RECEIVED.

AND SO IT'S PROBABLY NORTH OF $4 BILLION BY NOW AND HISTORICALLY.

RIGHT. SO IT'S SUBSTANTIAL.

THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE THERE.

SO. YES.

OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM D, WHICH IS ID TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.

[D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an allocation of excess sales tax. [Estimation Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN ALLOCATION OF EXCESS SALES TAX.

GOOD AFTERNOON. CASSIE OGDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE EXCESS SALES TAX COLLECTION.

THIS IS A RESULT OF A TWO MINUTE PITCH.

SO THE PITCH WAS TO REQUEST A PORTION.

SO 15% OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTED.

THAT'S OVER BUDGET OR ABOVE OUR BUDGET TO BE DEDICATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES.

THE REQUEST WAS TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

SO JUST HERE TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PROCESS AND THEN HOW THIS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

SO OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR BUDGET, BUT THEN ALSO REVENUE FORECASTING IS THAT ALL OF OUR REVENUES IN GENERAL FUND, SO PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAX, FRANCHISE FEES, ROI PERMITS, ALL THE FEES ARE EVALUATED EVERY MONTH TO TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HOW WE'RE LANDING CLOSE TO BUDGET IF WE'RE UNDER BUDGET, OVER BUDGET.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY.

SO IT'S 25% OF OUR EXPENSES IN GENERAL FUND BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILITY OF SALES TAX, ANY TIME THAT WE WE COLLECT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED IN SALES TAX, WE REALLY TRY TO PUT THAT TOWARDS ONE TIME EXPENSES SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A RECURRING IMPACT ON THE BUDGET OVERALL BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WILL CONTINUE AND IF THE MARKET CHANGES, WE DON'T WANT TO BE RELYING ON THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH WE KICKED OFF OUR BUDGET IN FEBRUARY, DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL OF THEIR

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SO FY 24, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DEPARTMENTS REQUEST FUNDING.

SO THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES.

THERE'S BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH ARE THEY HAVE AN OBJECT CODE OR A LINE ITEM THAT BECAUSE OF MAYBE A CONTRACT INCREASE, IT'S COSTING THEM MORE TO PURCHASE SOMETHING.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHAT WE CALL A BASELINE ADJUSTMENT.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR, BUT IT'S COSTING US A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THEY WILL ALSO REQUEST ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS, SO NO REOCCURRING EXPENSE.

IT COULD BE A.

LIKE A SOFTWARE PLATFORM.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING, SOME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE'S NO ONGOING IMPACT TO FUTURE BUDGETS.

THE THIRD REQUEST TYPE IS SUPPLEMENTALS.

SO AND THOSE ARE GENERALLY NEW PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND THE HEAVY LIFT IN GENERAL FUND ARE THE PERSONNEL.

SO WHEN WE ADD STAFF, WE CONSIDER THOSE ALL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY IMPACT FUTURE BUDGETS.

WHEN WE WHEN THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSES HER BUDGET DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IN AUGUST, WE PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUDGET REQUESTS WITHIN THAT THAT PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THEN SHE RANKS BASICALLY ALL OF THE THE REQUESTS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS.

SO IT COULD BE A REGULATORY ISSUE.

LEGISLATION MAY HAVE CHANGED THAT REQUIRES FUNDING THAT ITEM BASED ON COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES THAT SHE HAS BASED ON KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL PRESENTED AS PART OF HER PROPOSED BUDGET.

ONCE WE PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL HAS AN OPTION TO WEIGH IN.

THAT'S WHEN WE GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ON.

DO YOU WANT LESS SUPPLEMENTALS FUNDED? DO YOU WANT THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX TO BE USED FOR SPECIFIC ONE TIME REQUESTS? DO YOU WANT TO HIT A SPECIFIC TAX RATE AMOUNT? AND SO WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

I KNOW IT'S EVERYONE'S FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR ALL THROUGH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER UNTIL BUDGET ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST WAS ABOUT.

CREATING A FORMAL POLICY WHEN JUST WHEN THE SALES TAX NUMBERS COME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.

SO JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE CHANGE CONSTANTLY ALL THROUGH THE YEAR AS WE ARE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST SET OF PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM THE CAD TODAY.

SO WE WILL START FORECASTING PROPERTY TAXES, ASSESSED VALUES.

WE WILL WE'VE WE LOOK AT SALES TAX NUMBERS MONTHLY AND THEN ALL OF OUR OTHER REVENUES.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR FORECAST.

WHEN WE UPDATE THOSE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVENUE.

SO WE MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF A ONE TIME EXPENSE FROM SALES TAX BASED ON A CERTAIN SET OF FACTORS.

AND WE MAY THAT THAT COULD CHANGE.

BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WE HAVE WHEN WE MAKE THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL DURING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

ALSO DEPARTMENTS NEEDS OBVIOUSLY CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SOMETIMES THEY HAVE VERY HEAVY ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.

IT'S MORE BASELINE REQUESTS.

AND SO JUST DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DEPARTMENT, THOSE THOSE NEEDS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

FOR POLICE SPECIFICALLY, IN 2019, WE DID ADOPT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING STUDY.

AND THE LARGE PART OF THIS, THE STUDY WAS TO HAVE A GOAL OF GETTING TO 220 SWORN OFFICERS BY 2025 AND THEN 236 SWORN POSITIONS BY 2030.

AND SO THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE MAJORITY OF THE REQUESTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM POLICE AND FIRE ARE SPECIFIC TO POSITIONS.

SO THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ONGOING BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THE FOCUS IS TO KIND OF RIGHT SIZE THAT DEPARTMENT FOR POSITIONS.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU OUR SALES TAX HISTORY AND POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO OBVIOUSLY, 20, 21, 22, WE CAME IN $7 MILLION HIGHER THAN WHAT WE FORECASTED OR WHAT WE BUDGETED, WHICH WAS

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AND WE TRADITIONALLY TAKE A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING OUR SALES TAX JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE GENERAL FUND IS RELYING ON SALES TAX REVENUE, THAT DOESN'T MATERIALIZE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THIS BAR CHART.

THERE'S REALLY ONLY I THINK IT WAS ONE YEAR, 18, 19, WHERE WE CAME IN LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.

SO IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT WE DO TAKE WE TRY TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE.

YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE COLLECTED $22,346,318.

THE SALES TAX REPORTING IS TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

SO THOSE ARE NUMBERS AS OF FEBRUARY.

I WILL TELL YOU, WHILE WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG SALES TAX, IT IS NOT AS STRONG AS LAST YEAR.

AND SO WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BELOW BUDGET THIS YEAR IN OUR SALES TAX COLLECTION.

SO ONE TIME REQUESTS.

I ALREADY SAID WE.

WE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET BY ABOUT $7 MILLION.

SO 15% OF THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY POLICE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR 2024.

THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, WHICH IS THE POSITIONS.

BUT WE WILL BRING ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS RIGHT NOW FOR 24.

SO HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WHEN WE PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WILL SHOW YOU THE LIST OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ONE TIME REQUESTS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO FUND THOSE.

AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF KIND OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THAT.

SO YOU SEE, IN 23, WE REALLY DIDN'T FUND AS MUCH ONE TIME EXPENSES BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON POSITIONS.

BUT THEN IN 22, WE FUNDED ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF ONE TIME EXPENSES.

AND THEN 21, I KNOW THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

WE FUNDED 7.5 MILLION IN 1 TIME, BUT THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF THAT WAS 7 MILLION FOR ONE TIME CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS.

SO IT WAS FOR MOSTLY PARKS CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WERE BEING REPLACED.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THE REVENUES.

IT WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE FORECASTED.

SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.

AND HERE TO GET DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A FORMAL POLICY OR CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

SO I'LL START SINCE IT'S MY REQUEST AND WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND I'M I'M PERCENTAGE AGNOSTIC.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT IS A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE AND SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM.

OFF THE TOP. AND AGAIN, IT'S ONLY IF THERE'S AN OVERAGE.

SO IT HAS NO DOWNSIDE.

IT'S ONLY AN UPSIDE.

AND I BELIEVE IT DRIVES SOMEONE THAT POTENTIALLY MAY CONSIDER SHOPPING IN HIGHLAND VILLAGE TO SAY, HEY, MY DOLLARS MAY POTENTIALLY GO TO SAFETY AND THAT SORT OF THING, FUNDING.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO JUST DRIVE THE EXTRA THREE MILES TO TO GO TO DENTON.

AND IT'S UNIQUE AND AND I HAVE A FEW UNIQUE IDEAS ON HOW IT CAN BE USED.

I'LL RATTLE THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICK AND I'LL SAY SIMPLY, THIS DCTA GETS A HALF CENT AND THEY DO NOTHING FOR IT.

HALF THE SALES TAX. THERE'S NO CAP, THERE'S NO OVERAGE, THERE'S NO WE DON'T GET A SAY.

SO WE'RE BARELY GETTING THE TRIPS GRANT BACK OVER A FEW YEARS.

SO I'M JUST THINKING WE SHOULD PROBABLY TREAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST AS WELL AS WE TREAT OUR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO SOME DEGREE.

WE HAVE NINE FIRE STATIONS.

WE NOW HAVE TWO POLICE STATIONS.

SO IF YOU FIGURE ALL THE MILLIONS WE SPEND ON FIRE, ON BUILDINGS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, IT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD.

AGAIN, NOT TWO, NOT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, BUT I THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

UNIQUE IDEAS THAT I ENVISION.

I ENVISION THIS LEVELS OUT THAT BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WAS OUTLINED.

IT TAKES OUT THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS, PEAKS AND VALLEYS.

WHAT IS THAT? WE I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT E-BIKES FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE HOURS OR HOWEVER LONG THEY'RE ON SHIFT ON A BIKE.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE E-BIKES SO THAT THEY CAN THEN CONSERVE THAT ENERGY FOR WHEN THEY HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY, ARREST SOMEBODY, CHASE SOMEBODY, ALL THOSE THINGS,

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THAT'S $53,000.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT I ENVISION, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND THEN JUST THIS PAST WEEK, I LEARNED OF AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE, HADN'T RUN IT BY LEGAL FIRST TIME THEY'VE HEARD OF IT.

MACK IS PROBABLY GOING TO SEND ME AN EMAIL LATER, BUT I THINK I THINK THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR A COMPANY.

DID THIS, BOUGHT AIRTAGS AND PUT IT IN THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT WAS DISAPPEARING SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE AIR TAGS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

HEY, STUFF'S DISAPPEARING.

OKAY. HERE, CHECK OUT ONE OF OUR AIR TAGS.

AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A TRACKING DEVICE.

SO IF YOUR EQUIPMENT IS MISSING, YOU PUT THAT IN THERE, FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S GOING AND HELP THE POLICE THAT WAY.

AND SO INSTEAD OF A BUSINESS INCURRING THAT COST, THERE COULD BE A GRANT OPPORTUNITY OR A LEASE OPPORTUNITY FOR.

AND THAT GETS OUT IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT SAYS, HEY, THE CITY OF DENTON IS INVESTED IN THESE THINGS.

ERGO, WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO STEAL THINGS FROM THERE, HOPEFULLY.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK IT ALSO HELPS WITH REPLACEMENT COSTS.

STAFF TALKS ABOUT STAFFING UP, YOU KNOW, WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO REQUIRE.

IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE EQUIPMENT, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE WE HAVE THE NEW STATION, THE OTHER STATIONS BEING REMODELED.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NEEDS THAT COME UP THAT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING JUST BECAUSE IT'S A NEW SPACE, WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT.

HEY, WE NEED THIS EQUIPMENT.

AND IT JUST WOULD BE GREAT FOR TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF LEVEL OUT THE BUDGETING PROCESS THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND GET AUTHORIZED AND HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND THEN ALSO MAYBE THERE'S GRANTS THAT CAN BE CREATED FOR NEW OFFICERS THAT ARE COMING ON, IF THERE'S EXPENSES, TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.

SO LIST GOES ON ON THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THESE DOLLARS CAN BE USED TO HELP.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THEY BUILD OUT THESE SCENARIOS AND THEY TRAIN AROUND THOSE THOSE EQUIPMENT THAT THAT MATERIAL COSTS MONEY TO BUILD OUT THESE THINGS OR TO, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF EXPENSES THAT GO IN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA FOR THEM TO DIP INTO OR PULL FROM OR USE IN UNIQUE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DENTON STAND OUT AND SHOW AND COMMUNICATE TO OFFICERS THAT WE SUPPORT AND UNDERSTAND THOSE THOSE BLIND CORNERS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT THERE WILL BE EXPENSES.

SO AGAIN, MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE TO A PERCENTAGE OF OVERAGE ONLY OVER BUDGET THAT WOULD GO TO THEM.

AND AGAIN, I SAID 15% THAT THROW A NUMBER OUT MATTERS NOT IF IT'S 5%, WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST THE LEAST.

JUST I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.

ONE, TWO.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED BECAUSE AS WE STAFF UP, THERE'LL BE THESE COSTS AND THOSE NEEDS COME UP.

AND I THINK THERE'S AN ECONOMIC COMPONENT TO IT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

AND I THINK THERE'S A SAFETY COMPONENT TO IT THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WE WE CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY SAFE CITY, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT.

AND PART OF THAT, THE MAIN PART OF THAT TO CLOSE WITH IS, IS PREVENTION, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T. KNOWING WHO DID THE CRIMES.

THAT'S NOT EASY.

BUT. BUT IT IS.

IT'S ONLY ONE COMPONENT OF IT.

YOU CAN GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND SEE EVERYBODY THERE LOOKING FOR IT.

FINDING THEM IS THE HARD PART.

BUT HEY, LET'S GO. LET'S GO ABOVE THAT AND LET'S PREVENT IT.

LET'S SAY THAT WE LET'S SEND A MESSAGE THAT DENTON IS GOING TO BE HARD ON THESE THINGS.

DENTON IS GOING TO BE PROACTIVE ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

DENTON IS GOING TO BE AND I'VE ALREADY HEARD GREAT NEWS, I MEAN, BETWEEN CHIEF SHOEMAKER, FORMER CHIEF DIXON, I CONTINUE HEAR HOW PEOPLE APPRECIATE HOW ACTIVE WE'RE BEING IN MAKING SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH BAD INTENTIONS, THAT THEY THINK, HEY, IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT WE GO ELSEWHERE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THAT'S MY SALES PITCH.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

COUNCILMAN DAVIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.

CASSIE, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT PROCESS? AND MAYBE YOU SAID THIS AND I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY.

SO WE COME TO THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND IF WE HAVE A GREATER THAN GREATER THAN BUDGETED SALES TAX RECEIPTS OR WE EXPECT GREATER THAN BUDGETED, WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MOST OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THE MOST RECENT YEARS ANYWAY, THEN THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WE MIGHT SEE A A BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST IN, YOU KNOW, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR SOMETHING, OR WE MIGHT SEE A ONE TIME EXPENSE KIND OF COME ALONG DURING THAT TIME.

BUT AM I CORRECT IN THINKING FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US, THAT MOST OF THE TIME WE KIND OF USE THAT EXCESS REVENUE TO KNOW HOW TO PROJECT OUR FUND BALANCES AND CASH ON HAND FOR THE NEXT YEAR?

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YES, THAT IS CORRECT, BECAUSE WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND ON OUR REPORTING AS FAR AS WHEN WE RECEIVE IT AND THEN WE END THE FISCAL YEAR AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT BUDGET PROCESS. IT'S STILL A PROJECTION.

WE THE KNOWN IS THE CERTIFIED VALUES BECAUSE WE WE RECEIVE THOSE AND THERE'S ONLY 5% OF THAT AMOUNT LEFT TO APPEAL.

SO THAT IS WHAT IS KNOWN.

THE SALES TAX IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND TWO MONTHS BEHIND ON WHEN WE RECEIVE REPORTS.

SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE ARE USING THOSE PROJECTIONS TO LEVEL SET OUR.

FUND BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY ACCOUNTING FOR FUND BALANCE.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING ALL OF OUR TARGETS AND THEN.

IT WOULD BE THE THE FOLLOWING YEAR THAT WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, BASED ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED IN OUR FUND BALANCE, IF WE'RE OVER OR UNDER, THEN WE COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

NO, IT DOES. SO WE IF WE IF WE HAVE MORE THAN WE PLANNED IN THE BANK, THEN WE CAN SPEND MORE IN THE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

RIGHT. AS LONG AS WE PROJECT TO MAINTAIN A FUND BALANCE, WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SPEND AND WE WILL JUST SPEND DOWN TO THE FUND BALANCE.

SO, MAYOR, I'M WITH YOU IN SPIRIT.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU MY CONCERNS SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK TALK THROUGH THEM.

THE FIRST IS THAT THAT PROCESS, THAT BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'RE NOT SO MUCH SET UP FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES FROM EXCESS SALES TAX, THAT IT'S MORE PART OF THE PROCESS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE, THE FLEXIBILITY.

THE MORE THINGS THAT WE BAKE IN, INCLUDING STUFF WE DO ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, ROI AND DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES AND THINGS.

THE MORE THOSE WE BAKE IN, THE LESS FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE IN ANY GIVEN BUDGET YEAR.

I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

GIVING OURSELVES A DISINCENTIVE TO KEEP PLANNING CONSERVATIVELY.

SO IF WE KNOW THAT THE THE EXCESS OVER A CERTAIN PERCENT, A CERTAIN AMOUNT IS SOME PERCENTAGE OF THAT HAS A PARTICULAR USE, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES AN INCENTIVE TO PLAN LESS CONSERVATIVELY AND BUDGET HIGHER, SO THERE'S LESS LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE'S AN OVERAGE THAT HAS A DESIGNATED PURPOSE.

AND THEN THE BIGGEST THING IS I DON'T WANT TO PUT A CONFLICT BETWEEN BUDGETING FOR ONGOING STAFFING AND ONE TIME EXPENSES.

I DON'T THINK THIS DOES THAT.

THIS IDEA DOES THAT DIRECTLY, BUT I WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF IT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT REDUCING OUR ABILITY TO.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO DISCUSS.

A TAX RELIEF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE APPRAISALS THAT WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE, THE NOTICES PEOPLE ARE GETTING FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. I'M VERY RELUCTANT TO REDUCE OUR FLEXIBILITY IN REDUCING THE TAX BURDEN, AND I WORRY THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE BUDGET PROCESS WORKS, THAT IT'S NOT SPEND UP WHAT WE'VE GOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT'S WHAT HAVE WE GOT ON HAND AND HOW DOES THAT ALLOW US TO BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR? THAT AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE PERCENTAGE AGNOSTIC, BUT THAT 15% REPRESENTS A MILLION BUCKS.

THAT'S POTENTIALLY A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE OR SOME FRACTION OF A PENNY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE YEAR IS.

SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

AND I GUESS I'LL SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR SOME MORE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. BYRD. OH, WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS I BELIEVE JESSE IS HITTING HITTING ON WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT. EMPLOYEES.

WE DON'T USE THIS ONE TIME THING TO HIRE PEOPLE.

IS THAT IS THAT THE CASE RIGHT THERE IS.

DO WE USE THAT? RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, WHICH ARE USUALLY PEOPLE FOR NEW STAFF VERSUS ONE TIME.

THE ISSUE WE RAN INTO THIS YEAR IS THAT POLICE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

THEY YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO CHIEF SHOEMAKER.

WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME EQUIPMENT, BUT ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASE HAS TO BE REPLACED EVENTUALLY.

AND SO WE TRY VERY HARD TO BUILD IN THOSE LIKE.

ANY TYPE OF ANY ANYTHING THAT THE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

WE TRY THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET TO PURCHASE OUTSIDE OF THE WEAPONS.

BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALREADY REQUESTED INCREASES FOR, FOR INSTANCE, AMMUNITION.

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SO THAT'S THAT'S ALREADY A REQUEST FOR THE 24 BUDGET THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU.

OKAY. AND SO, YES, WE DON'T WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR POLICE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY IN THE FUTURE. OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO TO THESE OPTIONS HERE IN REGARDS TO THE OPTION ONE, CREATE A FORMAL POLICY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO? OR TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CREATING A FORMAL POLICY VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING? THE THE REQUEST WAS A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.

SO JUST LIKE WE DO OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY, YOU WOULD ADOPT THE POLICY BY AN ORDINANCE WHICH STAFF COULD DRAFT AN ORDINANCE AND HAVE IT IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 COUNCIL MEETINGS, BRING IT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE A HEAVY LIFT FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY. IT WOULD JUST BE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON THAT PERCENTAGE OR HOWEVER YOU WANT.

THE THE REQUEST, HOWEVER YOU WANT US TO OUTLINE IT IN THE BUDGET.

OKAY. WELL, I'M THINKING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXAMINE THE OPTION ONE, YOU KNOW, TO EDUCATE US A BIT MORE ON WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW AND SOLIDIFY IT THAT WAY SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THAT FORMAL POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WELL, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD I THINK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE FORMAL POLICY WOULD BE TO DO THE 15% OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S THE FORMAL POLICY.

OKAY. IS THAT GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO SPECIFIC THINGS OR JUST THE OVERALL? IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BASICALLY BE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF MONEY OFF THE TOP OF EXCESS SALES TAX THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE POLICE.

AND WITH THAT. OH OH.

SPECIFIC TO JUST THE POLICE OR WE.

THAT'S RIGHT. OH, OKAY.

THAT'S CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THE WHOLE OVERALL ONE TIME REQUEST TO ANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN SOME KIND OF ORDER HERE.

AM I AM I AM I WRONG? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? THAT'S THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE DO.

WE DO BRING YOU ONE TIME REQUESTS FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE REQUESTED, AND THEN YOU GIVE US FEEDBACK DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

OKAY. THE WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE TWO MINUTE PITCH WAS EXPLORE CREATING A FORMAL POLICY FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO GO TO POLICE THE POLICE ONE TIME EXPENSES.

OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S JUST I'M JUST CONTINUING THE CURRENT PROCESS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S HINDERED US FROM DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE PAST.

I MEAN, PUT ME DOWN FOR THAT.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW.

I DIDN'T KNOW. OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T KNOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE COUNCILMAN MCGEE, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO YOU ACTUALLY GAVE A COUPLE OF GOOD IDEAS.

I'M OPEN. I LIKE THE IDEA OF E-BIKES, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHIEF DESIRES.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF AIRTAGS AS WELL.

HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT THESE FUNDS WILL GO TO THAT AND NOT SOMETHING ELSE? FAIR POINT. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN OTHER THAN THAT'S JUST AN INTERNAL CONVERSATION, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER AND I WOULD JUST DEFER TO THEM.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT AND SO, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE A SALES PITCH OTHER THAN WHAT I ALREADY SAID.

I WANT TO BE KIND OF NEUTRAL ON THAT.

BUT THAT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD BE JUST KIND OF THAT MONEY IS SEQUESTERED SET ASIDE FOR THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND THEN IF YOU HAD A SUGGESTION OR A THOUGHT OR SAW A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, YOU'D GO TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S A POTENTIAL USE FOR THIS, THIS BUDGETING.

AND THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT IT INTERNALLY AND DECIDE IF THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I GUESS I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THE GENESIS OF THE IDEA.

I IN PARTICULAR, LIKE THOSE TWO IDEAS.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ABOUT THOSE TWO, BECAUSE I LIKE THOSE IDEAS IN TERMS OF AN ORDINANCE.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT LOCKING FUTURE COUNCILS WHO MIGHT NEED THE FLEXIBILITY AND USE OF THAT MONEY INTO DOING THIS.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN.

I WOULD ALSO ADD EVERYBODY.

NEEDS MONEY. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WHO'S IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL AND ALL

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SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S ON THE TABLE HERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.

WE'VE ALL BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF POLICE.

THERE'S NOT A THING THAT POLICE AND FIRE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN.

THAT IS HISTORICALLY BEEN WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS CITY ALREADY.

AND I EXPECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE NO MATTER WHO SITS AT THIS SEAT IN THE COMING YEARS.

EVERY DEPARTMENT NEEDS MONEY.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY WHO ALWAYS TAKES THE DEFAULT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I THINK I WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY WHO HAS GREAT CONTINUED TO HAVE GREAT AND AWARD WINNING LIBRARIES.

WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING SOME MONEY THERE.

I WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY WHO HAS A 100 YEAR WATER SOLVENCY PLAN.

I THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL AND GOING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY CRUCIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE INTO THE FUTURE.

AND A COMMUNITY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DRYING UP AND WATER IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT COMMODITY.

I WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUES TO DOUBLE DOWN ON ON ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING OUR RECYCLABLE ENTITIES IN THE CITY. THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT HAVE NEEDS.

HONESTLY, I WOULD SAY EVEN MORE SO THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE MOST PRESSING NEED RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY IS ANIMAL SERVICES.

I WOULD INVITE ALL OF YOU TO GO OVER THERE AND HAVE A TOUR WITH WITH TIFFANY.

ANIMAL SERVICES ABSOLUTELY HAS A NEED RIGHT NOW.

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD OF HOW TO USE THE MONEY.

I AM VERY WEARY AND LEERY OF AN ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO LOCK US INTO A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY TIME WE EXCEED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.

ALSO, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE NO ONE TIME, THERE ARE NO ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ASKED FOR.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER BRINGING SOMETHING BACK BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE BIKES AND ALSO OF THE AIR TAGS TO TO HELP MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A LITTLE SAFER.

I YIELD BACK. MAYOR PRO TEM, COME ON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I SHARE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS AND PRAISE.

ACTUALLY, I THINK WE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD IDEAS.

YOU HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS. I SEE NOTHING AS A BARRIER TO BRINGING THESE GOOD IDEAS BACK AS A AS A SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM OR A ONE TIME BUDGETARY PROCESS OR I MEAN, WE WE FUNDED WEIRD ONE OFFS ALL THE TIME, AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.

AND IN FACT, WE'VE SHOWN A HISTORY OF BEING WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, CHIEF HEDGES CAME IN AND SAID HE WANTED THREE PEOPLE AND WE GAVE HIM SIX BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE NO. SEVEN.

SO WE I THINK THERE'S A THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COUNCIL CAN REACH CONSENSUS, ESPECIALLY ON GOOD IDEAS.

SO I THINK THAT THE LACK OF FLEXIBILITY CONCERNS ME AND THE LACK OF SPECIFIC REQUESTS FROM THE THE POLICE THEMSELVES.

SO I THINK I'LL JUST ASK FOR THE STATUS QUO ON THIS ONE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WATTS.

YEAH, NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, I THINK I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT AND THE SENTIMENT OF THE REQUEST.

AND IF I THOUGHT THERE WERE NOT ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE WAYS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THAT GOAL AND THAT REQUEST, I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT OPTION ONE. BUT I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND IF ANY DEPARTMENT HAS A REAL DRAMATIC NEED THAT REQUIRES SOME ADDITIONAL ONE TIME FUNDING, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET CYCLE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END TO CALCULATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT FUNDS HAVE COME IN AND WHAT OR NOT THEY CAN BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL.

SO I THINK I'M GOING TO SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT OF JUST FOR RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, JUST STICKING WITH THE STATUS QUO ON THAT.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? GREAT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR CLOSED SESSION.

[1. Closed Meeting:]

CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEM A ID 23842 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES.

COMPETITIVE MATTERS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE AND 51.086.

CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

AND ITEM TWO IS ITEM B, ID 23911.

CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

[AFTER DETERMINING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 215 E. MCKINNEY STREET, DENTON, TEXAS AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED:]

IT'S MAY 2ND, 2023.

IT IS 633 AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS LET ME GET THERE.

FORGIVE ME.

I SHOULD HAVE THIS MEMORIZED BY NOW.

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SO PLEASE STAND WITH ME IF YOU'RE ABLE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THOSE HERE FOR NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH.

[A. Proclamation: National Preservation Month]

I WAS WALKING ANYONE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, Y'ALL A GREAT GROUP.

OKAY, SO WHO WANTS TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE.

WE'RE RECOGNIZING? AND THEN I HAVE A AND THEN EVERYONE CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN HAVE A PROCLAMATION.

IS THAT OKAY? GREAT.

GREAT. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

CAMERON ROBERTSON, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF DENTON.

SO WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH.

WE ARE HAVING OUR SECOND ANNUAL DENTON REVEALED, WHICH IS A SERIES OF TOURS AND WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES CELEBRATING PRESERVATION AND REALLY SHOWING THE COMMUNITY WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE. AND CHUCK CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

THANKS. CAMERON.

MY NAME IS CHUCK BALLINGER. I'M A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN AT THE EMILY FOWLER LIBRARY.

JUST BRIEFLY, WE HAVE A MONTH'S WORTH OF PROGRAMS THAT EVERY SOMETHING WE THINK A LITTLE FOR EVERYBODY FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS, SERIOUS AND MAYBE A LITTLE MORE LIGHTHEARTED, FROM LEARNING HOW TO PRESERVE CEMETERIES AND HEADSTONES AND LEARNING WHAT WE'VE LOST TO HAVING A TRIVIA NIGHT AND HISTORIC BAR CRAWL.

SO I'LL PASS ON TO YOU.

IT TO KELSEY. OH, WELL, I'M SORRY.

OKAY. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

HI, I'M LACEY BRUMMETT.

I AM THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE HLC COMMISSION.

ABBEY BECK. I'M JUST HERE REPRESENTING THE DENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

SO, HELLO, I'M TINA JUERGENS.

I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ALSO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND COMPLIMENT THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS EVENT.

THEY HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS LAST YEAR WITH THEIR INAUGURAL EVENT, AND THEY ARE DOING THIS ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET.

AND WHEN I SAY SHOESTRING, THERE ARE NO SHOES NOR STRINGS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS EFFORT.

SO BUT NONETHELESS, THEY'VE HAD SUCH THEY HAD A GREAT INAUGURAL YEAR LAST YEAR.

SO THEY BROUGHT THIS ON AGAIN FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL PRESERVATION MONTH ACTIVITIES.

SO WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

AND ALSO JUST TO BRAG ON THIS TEAM ONE MORE TIME, GIVEN THE SUCCESSES THEY HAD LAST YEAR, THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT AT A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORIES SO THAT WE CAN HELP OTHER COMMUNITIES DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR PROMOTING HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT LITTLE NUGGET OF INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY TRULY ARE LEADERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO ACROSS THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. SO NICE.

I'M KELSEY JAISWAL.

I'M THE CURATOR OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE DENTON COUNTY OFFICE OF HISTORY AND CULTURE AND PART OF THE DENTON REVEALED TEAM.

I AM MARCELLA LUNN.

I'M WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I'M THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PARLIAMENTARIAN, SCOTT MCDONNELL.

I'M DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST HERE TO SUPPORT STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO IN THIS TEAM FOR MAKING DENTON AND PRESERVING SOME OF THE GREAT PIECES OF WHAT MAKES DENTON DENTON.

THANK YOU, MARY ANDERSON.

MARY ANDERSON, PART OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP AT WHAT DAY IS THAT MEETING AND THEN WALKING THE OAKWOOD, RIGHT? IS THAT COMING UP? OAKWOOD CEMETERY.

WELL, IT'S SO THIS IS THE EVENT ON MAY 13TH IS THE CEMETERY CONSERVATION WORKSHOP.

OKAY. SO WE'LL BE LEARNING HOW TO CLEAN HEADSTONES, DO GENEALOGY RESEARCH.

AND SO IT'LL START AT AL AND THEN WALK OVER TO OAKWOOD FOR THE SECOND HALF.

OKAY. SO AND CAN YOU CAN YOU DO THAT? CAN YOU JUST CLEAN SOMEONE ELSE'S HEADSTONE? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? IS THAT.

I HAVE PERMISSION. OKAY.

YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

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OKAY, SO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID GIVE US PERMISSION.

AND WE JUST ARE FOLLOWING TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS GUIDELINES AS WELL AS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GUIDELINES FOR THE HEADSTONE CLEANING.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST GOING IN THERE AND DOING WHATEVER WE WANT.

I PROMISE Y'ALL.

WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE'RE FOLLOWING NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REGULATIONS AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT.

YEAH, NO, I SIGNED.

I CLICKED INTERESTED.

I GOT TO SEE. BUT I WANT TO BE THERE.

THAT'LL BE GREAT. YEAH. YEAH.

SO, OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION, AND IT READS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL TRUST OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ESTABLISHED MAY AS PRESERVATION MONTH IN 1973 AS A WAY TO PROMOTE HISTORIC PLACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTILLING NATIONAL, NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PRIDE, PROMOTING HERITAGE TOURISM, AND SHOWING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND.

WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DENTON AND DENTON COUNTY ARE CELEBRATING WITH A SERIES OF EVENTS CALLED DENTON REVEALED PRESERVATION MONTH 2023.

AND. WHEREAS, PRESERVATION MONTH CAN INSTILL AWARENESS OF THE LOCAL HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS, LANDMARKS AND HISTORICAL DISTRICTS WITHIN DENTON.

AND. WHEREAS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS REVEALED FOR COMMUNITIES RELEVANT FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AND FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND.

WHEREAS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS IN HELPING TO PRESERVE THE HERITAGE THAT SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2023 AS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH.

CAN WE GIVE HIM A HAND? YES.

THE TEAM. I.

AND THEN ON THIS. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE.

THANK YOU, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR

[E. Proclamation: National Nurses Week]

IF YOU'RE HERE FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK, YOU CAN COME DOWN.

GREAT.

SO IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT MY ELBOW HAS BEEN HURTING.

NO, JUST KIDDING. FIGURED I'D JUST GET SOME FREE.

FREE? NO.

OKAY. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRANDY STEAGALL.

I'M THE CHIEF NURSING OFFICER AT MEDICAL CITY, DENTON.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN A NURSE FOR 25 YEARS.

MOST OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN WITH HCA FOR ABOUT 18 OF THOSE YEARS.

MY BACKGROUND IS IN CRITICAL CARE AND NEXT WEEK WE EMBARK ON NATIONAL NURSES WEEK, WHICH IS ALWAYS ON MAY 6TH THROUGH 12TH.

IT ENDS ON FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS THE 12TH.

AND WE ARE ALSO HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE THREE DFW GREAT 100 NURSES THAT WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AT MEDICAL CITY DENTON THAT'S A CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR AT THE MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER IN DALLAS, WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED NURSES THAT ARE NOMINATED AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT VOTE ON THE TOP 100 NURSES IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX, AND THREE OF THOSE NURSES THAT WORK FOR MEDICAL CITY DENTON WERE WINNERS. I HAVE TWO OF THOSE WITH ME TONIGHT AND I'LL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

GOOD EVENING. I'M BECKY JONES.

I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF CRITICAL CARE, ALSO CV SERVICES AND NEURO AT MEDICAL CITY DENTON.

I'VE BEEN A NURSE FOR 21 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SERVE HERE IN OUR DENTON COMMUNITY FOR THAT TIME SPAN TOO.

SO I'M KIND OF HERE JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR NURSES DO AND CELEBRATE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO. HELLO, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL PERRY.

I'M THE TRAUMA PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT MEDICAL CITY DENTON AND I HAVE BEEN HERE IN DENTON FOR 13 YEARS AND BEEN A NURSE FOR 20 YEARS.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK YOU DO AND THE SERVICES YOU ALL PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETINGS.

WHEREAS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK HONORS THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF NURSES AND REMINDS US TO THANK THANK THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO KEEP US HEALTHY.

AND. WHEREAS, NURSES ARE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONALS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS THAT TODAY THAT TODAY REQUIRES FOUR YEARS OF STUDY AND EXTREME FOCUS AND DEDICATION. AND.

WHEREAS, IN 1974, THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES ESTABLISHED THAT MAY 12TH BE RECOGNIZED AS INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY, WHICH IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS THE BIRTH DATE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, THE FOUNDER OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSING.

AND NOW THEREFORE I GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 8TH THROUGH 14TH 2023 AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK, IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM A HAND.

YEP, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ONE.

OH. COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK.

[F. Proclamation: International Compost Awareness Week]

YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN, OR DO Y'ALL HEAR ME? Y'ALL GOOD? TAKE TWO.

OKAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

SO I'M JENNIFER CLARK, AND I WORK OVER AT DYNO DIRT, AND WE'RE JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO COMPOSTING.

HOW IT DOES BENEFIT BY TAKING THOSE 30% OF THE ORGANIC MATERIALS THAT ARE ENDING UP IN THE LANDFILL.

AND WE'RE AS A CITY, WE'RE MAKING DINO DIRT, THE MULCH, THE SOIL, THE COMPOST, SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT BACK INTO OUR GARDENS AND NOT JUST WASTE.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO DO IT THROUGH COMPOSTING.

AND SO WHERE DO PEOPLE GO TO BUY IF THEY WANT TO BUY DONNELL DIRT OR LEARN MORE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO OF COURSE, YOU CAN LOOK ONLINE, YOU CAN GOOGLE DYNO DIRT.

IT'S GOING TO BE THERE WITH SO MUCH INFORMATION.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME SEE US, YOU CAN JUST GO LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO THE LANDFILL.

1100 SOUTH MAYHILL.

BUT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LEFT AND JUST GO ON BACK THAT WAY AND YOU'LL SEE SIGNS FOR DINO DIRT SALES AND YOU'LL FIND ME.

EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM.

AND THEY THEY PROVIDE THE MOLDS FOR THE LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S HERE HERE IN DENTON.

SO SHILOH GARDENS.

SO IT'S REALLY HER GREAT THINGS, DOES GREAT.

WE DO GREAT WORK HERE.

SO. SO GO SEE THEM.

YOU CAN GROW YOUR TOMATOES.

THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO BE.

LET'S SEE, HOW BIG IS A SMALL TOMATO? THEY'RE GUARANTEED MORE THAN HALF AN INCH OR YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.

OKAY. IT'S A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE COMPOST RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS DECLARED THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY TO BE THE ANNUAL

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AND. WHEREAS, COMPOSTING IS AN EFFECTIVE FORM OF WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING AND.

AND SINCE ORGANIC MATERIALS MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE MATERIAL GOING INTO THE LANDFILLS, COMPOSTING ASSISTS IN REACHING WASTE DIVERSION GOALS. AND.

WHEREAS MATERIALS SUCH AS YARD TRIMMINGS, VEGETABLE CUTTINGS, FOOD SCRAPS, BIOSOLIDS.

IS THAT MANURES.

THAT IS MANURES, MAN.

MANURES AND HAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET ANY EMAILS UNNECESSARILY, SO I WAS GOING TO EARN IT.

SO WHERE WAS I? MATERIALS SUCH AS YARD TRIMMINGS, VEGETABLE CUTTINGS, FOOD SCRAPS, BIOSOLIDS, MANURES AND HAY SHAVINGS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPOSTED AND CONVERTED INTO A BENEFICIAL PRODUCT KNOWN AS COMPOST.

AND. WHEREAS, COMMUNITIES CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN FOOD SHORTAGES, CLEAN WATER, SOIL, CLIMATE CHANGE AND LANDFILL DIVERSION BY USING COMPOST FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THIS WEEK OF MAY 7TH THROUGH 13TH 2023 AS INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A HAND.

YES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY.

ANY. JESSE.

RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

[G. Proclamation: National Day of Prayer]

WORST.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

YES. YEAH, FOR SURE.

OKAY. IF YOU ALL CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING.

OKAY. THIS IS A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED DAY ACROSS AMERICA.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GATHERING ON THIS DAY TO PRAY OVER OUR NATION.

IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER.

AND SO WE'VE HAD ONE IN DENTON COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT AT THE AMPHITHEATER AND ON THE LOOP AT THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE COURTHOUSE.

AND I THINK THE WEATHER'S GOING TO COOPERATE THIS YEAR SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BE OUTSIDE.

WE'VE GOT MUSIC STARTING AT 11:00.

LIVE MUSIC IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL CONCERT.

AND THEY BRING IN THE AUDIENCE, TOO.

AND THEN OUR MAIN PROGRAM STARTS AT NOON AND IT RUNS TILL 1:00.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS PLANNED AND WONDERFUL PRAYERS GOING TO BE OFFERED ACROSS THE SEVEN AREAS OF INFLUENCE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE INFLUENCE IS ON OUR PROGRAM, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO COME AND SEE.

ANYWAY, I'M DOROTHY SMITH AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

14. SO THIS IS MY HUSBAND, JOHN.

I'M JOHN SMITH.

YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT OR NOT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

AND DOROTHY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 14 YEARS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 14TH YEAR SHE'S INSTIGATED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE IT AND HAVING IT OUT THERE AT THAT NEW COURTHOUSE AND SO ON.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NEAT.

AND IF YOU WONDER WHAT I DO.

I'M GENERAL FLUNKY AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

ANYBODY ELSE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES? I'M JEAN CURL AND I'M JUST A SIDEKICK IN THE THE GROUP.

I'M KAY TREECE.

I'M TREASURER.

AND WE WILL TAKE MONEY IF YOU WANT TO DONATE.

AND WE TRY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY AND WE APPRECIATE ANY DONATION.

I'M OUT IN TAYLOR AND I'M HAVING AN ENJOYABLE RIDE WITH THIS.

I'M RUTH ADAMS, AND I'M DOROTHY'S SISTER.

SO OF COURSE I GET ROPED INTO IT.

SO BUT I LIKE IT.

IT'S GOOD. IT'S REALLY LAST YEAR WAS JUST SO INSPIRING.

AND THEY HAD A BUNCH OF OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME SINGING AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD.

SO REALLY AWESOME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IT'S A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS FIRST DEDICATED IN 1775, WHEN THE CONTINENTAL, CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPEALED TO THE COLONIES TO PRAY FOR WISDOM IN FORMING THIS NATION.

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AND. WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT NATION, MANY CITIZENS AND LEADERS HAVE HAD TO RELY ON THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THEIR FAITH IN GOD.

AND. WHEREAS, THERE WILL BE A CITYWIDE GATHERING ON MAY 4TH IN THE AMPHITHEATER AT THE NEW DENTON COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COURTHOUSE ON ON LUKE 28 AT NOON, AT WHICH TIME PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR SEVEN CENTERS OF INFLUENCE.

GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON ALL LEVELS, OUR MILITARY, THE MEDIA, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, CHURCHES AND FAMILIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY 2023 AS NATIONAL PRAYER DAY.

IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A HAND. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT IS FANTASTIC.

YOU DID GREAT WORK, IPA.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE.

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

[H. Proclamation: Small Business Week]

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

NO, NO, THIS WOULD BE GREAT.

OKAY, SO YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS BRIAN DANHOF.

I'M THE SENIOR ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER AT PETERBILT DENTON.

AND WE'RE WE'RE RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK THIS WEEK.

SO 99.9% OF ALL BUSINESSES ARE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE US.

SO SEVERAL OF YOU ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, WORK FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PERHAPS OWN SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNTRY.

SO I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE DENTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS YEAR.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT NOW, AARON CARTER.

THANKS, BRIAN, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER.

WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

AND A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO AT THE DENTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK CONTRIBUTIONS AND HARD, HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE TO THE DENTON BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO FUND THE SBDC.

OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, DENTON WOULD NOT BE THE VIBRANT COMMUNITY THEY ARE.

AND THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION NAMES THIS WEEK, THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY, SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME WEEK.

IT'S NOT A ONE TIME THING.

SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING SMALL AND SUPPORTING LOCAL SHOULD BE A HABIT.

SO IF YOU CAN THINK OF WAYS TO SUPPORT SMALL, CONTINUE TO DO SO.

ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SUPPORT SMALL.

NEARLY HALF OF ALL AMERICANS ARE EMPLOYED BY A SMALL BUSINESS.

IF YOU CAN THINK OF A WAY TO DO IT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.

WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DENTON EMPLOYEES DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE KNOW OUR BOARD DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO WE ARE SO ENCOURAGED BY COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS AND THE MAYOR'S WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THE CHAMBER IN OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DENTON A VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER FOR THE LAST SET OF WHEREASES TONIGHT.

SO WE'RE ON A ROLL.

SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER AND WAKE UP WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS DYNAMIC, WHAT DO THEY DO? YEAH SO DENTON CHAMBER.ORG.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WAKE UP WEDNESDAY IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW MORNING SO GREAT PLUG MAYOR IT IS FREE.

THERE IS NO CHARGE TO COME.

WE WOULD LOVE TO JUST MEET YOU.

LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.

THE BEST WAY FOR US TO HELP YOU IS TO HELP US LEARN ABOUT YOU AND FOR US TO TELL YOUR STORY.

IT IS AT 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING AT DENTON COUNTY BREWING, SO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

WE APPRECIATE THE CITY LETTING US USE THEIR PARKING LOT, WHETHER THEY REALLY KNOW IT OR NOT.

BUT WE WE APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES LOCALLY, MORE BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, MORE BUSINESSES CAN GROW.

AND THAT IS THE FUTURE OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER.

SO I KNOW WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HARRY AND THE TEAM AT THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL, BECAUSE WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES DENTON STRONG AND IT STARTS HERE HAVING THESE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS.

SO IF THE DENTON CHAMBER CAN SUPPORT YOU, NEVER HESITATE TO CALL ME AARON, NEVER HESITATE TO CALL BRIAN, AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MAKES BUSINESSES

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WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, NO.

AND SO TWO MORE THINGS FOR OUR READ.

SO ONE, HEY, DAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING, EVERYBODY? DAN'S GREAT AND YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW DAN IF YOU DON'T KNOW DAN, HE'S GREAT.

AND THEN AND THEN I'M GOING TO PIVOT FROM SMALL BUSINESS TO BIG BUSINESS BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY.

AND IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

BUT HOW MANY HOW MANY 18 WHEELERS ARE CUSTOM MADE, RIGHT? EACH ONE CUSTOM. HOW MANY WE MAKE IN A DAY AT PETERBILT? AROUND 180 A DAY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT ABOUT 180 A DAY.

ABOUT ONE EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO, YEAH.

SO HOW THIS TIES TO SMALL BUSINESS, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND WHY IT'S WHY THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY IS SO IMPORTANT.

72% OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU BUY IS MOVED ON A TRUCK.

SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE TRUCK DRIVERS HERE.

WE GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLIERS THAT SUPPLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES, BIG BUSINESSES, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SUPPLIES, GOODS, EVERYTHING ON TRUCK MEDICINE, FOOD, EVERYTHING COMES ON A TRUCK. SO THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

YES. NO, OUTSTANDING.

THAT'S PHENOMENAL.

AND IF YOU'VE NOT JUST DRIVEN OUT THERE IN THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA, PETERBILT USED TO BE OUT THERE BY ITSELF.

BUT MAN, THEY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GROWN UP AROUND IT.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU ALL DO.

SO IT'S A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETINGS.

WHEREAS AMERICA'S PROGRESS IS DRIVEN BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO THINK BIG TAKE RISKS AND WORK HARD.

AND. WHEREAS, FROM THE STOREFRONT STOREFRONT SHOPS TO THE ANCHOR DOWNTOWN TO THE TECH START UPS THAT KEEP AMERICA ON THE CUTTING EDGE, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY.

AND. WHEREAS, WHEN WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, JOBS ARE CREATED AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES PRESERVE CULTURE.

AND. WHEREAS, BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY'S 28 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE NEARLY TWO OUT OF THREE JOBS IN OUR ECONOMY, WE MUST SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURS.

AND. WHEREAS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK EVERY YEAR SINCE 1963 TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ENTREPRENEURS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THIS WEEK, APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH, 2023, AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A HAND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YEAH.

YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. BEFORE WE PLAY THE VIDEO, WE GET TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

I WANTED TO NOTE THAT FIVE A HAS BEEN PULLED.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEM FIVE A THE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, THEN THAT'S BEEN PULLED, IT'LL COME BACK TO US.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT BEFORE WE GOT TOO FAR AND IF STAFF CAN PLAY THE VIDEO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3. PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC]

THESE RULES WERE ENACTED TO PROMOTE AN ORDERLY PROCESS AND TO PRESERVE DECORUM.

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO GIVE A SCHEDULED REPORT AND FOUR MINUTES TO GIVE AN OPEN MIC REPORT.

A BELL WILL RING WHEN TIME IS EXPIRED.

IF THE REMARKS ARE NOT CONCLUDED BY THAT TIME, THE SPEAKER WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING.

IF THE SPEAKER DOES NOT CEASE AND THE SECOND REQUEST IS MADE, THE MAYOR MAY REQUEST TO HAVE THE SPEAKER REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER.

SPEAKERS SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE DAIS.

IF A SPEAKER HAS MATERIALS FOR THE COUNCIL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CITY SECRETARY IN ADVANCE FOR SCHEDULED REPORTS.

THE COUNCIL MAY INITIATE DISCUSSION OR ASK QUESTIONS FOR NON SCHEDULED OPEN MIC REPORTS.

THE COUNCIL MAY LISTEN, HOWEVER, BECAUSE NO NOTICE OF THE SUBJECT OF THE OPEN MIC REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE.

THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR DECISION BY THE COUNCIL ON NONSCHEDULED ITEMS. AS A RESULT, THE COUNCIL MAY ONLY PROCEED AS FOLLOWS ON NONSCHEDULED ITEMS PROPOSED TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

MAKE A STATEMENT OF FACTUAL POLICY OR A RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY.

SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO DIRECT ALL REMARKS AND QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER.

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ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE MAY BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER.

THANK YOU. IN ADVANCE.

COPIES OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY.

OKAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CAMILA PARRA.

IS THAT RIGHT, CARLOS? GREAT. IF YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

MY NAME IS CAMILA PARRA.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I AM CURRENTLY A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.

WHAT DREW ME TO THIS CAREER WAS SEEING HOW LAWYERS CLOSE TO ME AND AS WELL AS MY COMMUNITY USE THEIR CAREERS AND JOBS AND SKILLS TO HELP OTHERS AND TO SEEK JUSTICE WHERE IT WAS NEEDED.

WITH THE AMAZING EDUCATION I AM RECEIVING HERE IN DENTON AT A UNIQUE SCHOOL, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CLASSES THAT ARE GUIDING ME IN THAT DIRECTION.

I AM CURRENTLY RECEIVING DUAL CREDIT IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND IN CLASSICAL RHETORIC, WHICH HAS TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND PERSUASION AND ARGUMENT.

STUDYING ETHICS HAS ALSO TAUGHT ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RIGHT AND WRONG AND ALSO THE ART OF ARGUMENTATION.

I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS AN INVITE TO A LAW AND TRIAL CAMP AT STANFORD AND HEARING LAWYERS AND JUDGES TALK ABOUT THEIR CAREERS FURTHER SOLIDIFIED MY DECISION TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.

WITH THAT, I AM.

I AM INTERESTED IN GETTING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN THE LEGAL FIELD, WHETHER THAT'S SHADOWING AN INTERNSHIP OR SIMPLY WORDS OF ADVICE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD LAWYER AND HOW TO GET THERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

AND SO, YEAH, WE'LL BE WE'LL TRY TO HELP CONNECT YOU WITH SOME PEOPLE.

SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH FOLKS.

YOU GOT IT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVEN DILLENBURG.

IS HE HERE, STEVEN? THERE YOU GO. IF YOU CAN GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

WAIT A SECOND. YEP.

IT'S. TO.

I LIKE.

ALL RIGHT. SO NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WEEK.

PSALM 55, 21 AND 22, THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH WERE SMOOTHER THAN BUTTER.

BUT WAR WAS IN HIS HEART.

HIS WORDS WERE SOFTER THAN OIL.

YET WERE THEY DRAWN SWORDS? CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE.

HE SHALL NEVER SUFFER THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED.

Y'ALL. WE'VE GOT SOME ISSUES AND WE HAVE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO DON'T KNOW, I'M RUNNING FOR YOUR CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE AGAINST MR DAVIS HERE AND MR MCGEE MR DAVIS, WOULD YOU AGREE, AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DENTON COUNTY, THAT CRIME IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD FOCUS ON ELIMINATING IN THIS TOWN? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THINGS THAT ARE AGAINST THE LAW WE NEED TO ELIMINATE, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR LEADERSHIP.

MR DAVIS TO DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE PRESENTED AN AFFIDAVIT ACCUSING CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS BODY OF CRIME AND PROVIDED THE EVIDENCE THAT PROVED THAT WAS TRUE.

YET THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY REMAIN ON THIS BODY TO THIS DAY.

THEY WERE NEVER INDICTED.

THEY WERE NEVER ACCOSTED.

THEY WERE NEVER TAKEN TO JAIL.

AND THESE ARE PROBLEMS IN THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHO VALUES JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND DECENCY IN GENERAL.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

WE'LL TALK SOON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH BLACK.

DEBORAH BLACK. NOPE.

OKAY. OH, MAN.

WILLIE HUDSPETH. COME ON DOWN.

I'VE MISSED YOU.

TRULY. YOU'RE MY FAVORITE.

YOU CAN GIVE YOUR NAME.

YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

IF IT GOES WELL, I'M REALLY HUDSPETH LIVE AT 623 NEWTON.

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RAISE YOUR HAND. SHAKING MY HAND LIKE YOU DON'T.

YOU DON'T CARE.

HE LOVES HIM.

HIS MOTHER IS AT HOME.

SHE LOVES HIM.

I'M THE ONLY ONE HAD TO DEAL WITH HIS SELF WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS A CHALLENGE.

IT STILL A CHALLENGE.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOOD THAT COMES FROM GERARD IS HIS WIFE AND THEM TWO LOVELY GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR LOVELY GRANDCHILDREN.

THE REST OF IT IS JUST A FLIP OF A COIN FLIP.

ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO WHAT I NEED TO DO BEFORE I START CUSSING.

YOU KNOW THOSE NURSES? ARE THEY STILL HERE? NURSES? NO, THEY LEFT.

I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE.

I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM FOR MY BEHAVIOR WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL AND IN THE SERVICE.

NOW, YOU SHOULDN'T DO NURSES LIKE THAT.

I SEE WHY THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH. THE REASON I CAME DOWN HERE ORIGINALLY WAS YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CEMETERIES.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO GET THE FORMER SLAVE CEMETERY IN PILOT POINT SOME THINGS DONE ABOUT THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

I JUST TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT AND MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMETHING AND YOU CAN HELP ME IN MY QUEST TO TRY TO DO WITH MY QUEST TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CEMETERY.

IT'S IT'S IN, AS I SAY, PILOT POINT.

AND THERE ARE ABOUT 450 GRAVES THERE.

AND THE PEOPLE, THE PILOT POINT CITIZENRY, PUT THEM OUT THIS THIS AREA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ROCKS AND THOSE PEOPLE WORKED HARD AND THEY GOT THAT THING TURNED AROUND AND IT'S DOING IT WAS DOING WELL.

AND THERE ARE 50 GRAVES OF CHILDREN OUT THERE.

YOU CAN'T GET TO IT.

THE HORSE BREEDERS HAVE ENCIRCLED IT WITH THEIR FARMS AND RANCHES.

YOU CAN'T THERE'S NO WAY TO GET TO IT.

I NEED HELP WITH THAT.

THE GRAVES NEED TO BE MARKED RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE JUST SANDSTONE AND THEY'VE MARKED SOMETHING ON THEM.

YOU CAN'T READ IT.

AND THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GRAVES ARE.

AND I'VE JUST BEEN IGNORED.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND BEING IGNORED.

AND NO ONE'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WELL, I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING.

SO WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THERE WILL BE WORKING ON THE ONES HERE, AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL.

SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION THERE.

WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.

THAT'S ONE THAT WAS THE REASON I CAME DOWN.

AND I WANTED TO LET GERARD KNOW THAT I'M WORKING ON GOD TOLD ME TO LOVE HIM IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW GERARD I'M GOING TO SAY PUBLICLY, I'M TRYING, BUT BOY, I'M LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHERS.

I GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME ISSUES, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

TALK TO OFFICER CARR.

HE WAS MEAN TO ME WHEN I CAME IN HERE.

HE TRIPPED ME WITH ALL I'M DOING.

HE'S GOT ALL THIS JUNK ON HIM.

I THINK IT'S THING TO HURT PEOPLE AND HE JUST WALKING AROUND WITH IT AND DIXON.

IS DIXON STILL IN HERE ANYWAY, SO I'M NOT WELL-LIKED HERE IN THIS COURT, THIS COURTROOM, THIS CITIZEN'S CHAMBER.

BUT NO, NO. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SEND AN EMAIL.

HOLD ON. WE GOT ONE OTHER. WE GOT HOLD ON.

WE GOT ONE PERSON.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND MR. HUDSPETH. IT JUST SO AS AS A MATTER OF FACT AND NOT DELIBERATION, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONER.

SHE HAPPENS TO SHARE MY HOUSE.

AND SO LET ME SEE.

WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE TOUCH BASE AT SOME POINT? AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PROJECTS WORKING ON CEMETERIES, SO WHY DON'T WE SEE IF WE CAN'T TOUCH BASE ON SOME OF THAT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

DOES DIXON DID HE RAISE? YEAH, HE'S OVER THERE.

HE'S. IT'S VERY TOP.

LIAM, IF YOU CAN COME DOWN, YOU HAVE.

IF YOU CAN GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

HELLO. HELLO, MY NAME IS LIAM.

I'M ON OFF OF PONDER AVENUE.

I WAS RECENTLY AT A PTA MEETING.

IT'S THIS. DON'T WORRY.

THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN SPECIFICALLY DO THAT'S WITHIN YOUR POWER BEFORE YOU GROAN.

AND IT'S A BIT HARD COMING AFTER MR HUDSPETH.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TOP THAT, BUT AS I WAS GOING, LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE DATA, LIKE WHERE THE CORRIDOR OR THE DENSITY OF LIKE

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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S LIKE, THIS IS I'LL GET TO THE REASON WHY, LIKE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SORT OF EATING AT ME FOR PROBABLY A GOOD, GOOD, LONG WHILE. BUT LIKE THEY TALKED ABOUT INCREASING LIKE THE WALKABILITY, THE BIKE ABILITY OF LIKE AROUND THE CORRIDOR A QUARTER MILE TO HALF A MILE CORRIDOR AROUND LIKE THE BUS AND WORKING WITH PARTNER CITIES.

BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THAT I FIND LIKE IF HOPEFULLY IF THEY EVER IF THE BUSSES EVER GET GOOD ENOUGH TO GO BACK INTO SOUTH DENTON LIKE WHERE I GREW UP AROUND HERE.

BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES I'VE DEALT WITH, LIKE LIVING IN NORTH TEXAS MOST OF MY LIFE, IS THAT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S JUST HARD TO WALK AROUND.

LIKE JUST THE WAY THE STREET LAYOUT OF OF THE JUST THE WAY THE STREET LAYOUT ARE LIKE FOR A CAR, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU'RE SO QUICK.

YOU DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE GOING AROUND AND THEN OUT TO GET TO YOUR TO THE STREET TO GO TO YOUR GROCERY STORE.

BUT I USED TO GROW UP IN KELLER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S LIKE I THERE WAS LIKE TOM THUMB ABOUT QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM WHERE? QUARTER MILE AWAY.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE, TO WALK THERE, I'D HAVE TO WALK A MILE, IF NOT MORE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THAT.

IT'S LIKE AND I KNOW A LOT OF IT'S ALREADY BUILT A LOT OF BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT WHAT THE CITY CAN DO AND I DON'T KNOW.

AND IT'S ALSO LIKE WHAT DEVELOPERS DESIGN AS WELL, BUT MAKING SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ABLE TO BE WALKED, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK OUTSIDE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE LONGER JUST TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A QUARTER MILE AWAY, MAYBE INCREASING LIKE, LIKE WALK PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND SUCH AND FINDING WAYS TO INCREASE CONNECTIVITY, INCREASE CONNECTIVITY IN OLD, OLDER, ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I KNOW THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER, BUT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPROVE BEING ABLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO, IT MAKES IT A BUS STOP INSTEAD OF BEING A MILE AWAY, BEING A QUARTER MILE AWAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY WOULD BE EVEN IF IT WITHOUT PUBLIC TRANSIT.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING GOOD TO DO BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE ABILITY FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER THEY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES OR NOT, TO BE ABLE TO USE AND EXPERIENCE THE CITY INSTEAD OF BEING JUST STUCK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU. AND I CONCEDE MY TIME.

YEAH. NO, AND I WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I DO BELIEVE I MAY BE SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, BUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT USING THE EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE UTILITY LINES, THAT SORT OF THING, IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO THOSE THOSE MAY SERVE AS EXISTING TRAILS.

THOSE ARE GOOD. IT'S JUST LIKE THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T WALK OUT OF THEM.

IT'S THEY'RE SELF-CONTAINED UNITS INSTEAD OF BEING ATTACHED TO SOMETHING GREATER.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE, IF YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SEVEN OF YOU ALL UP HERE SOON.

I THINK THAT'LL BE NICE.

AND I WAS GOING TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO A FORMER SPEAKER FOR FINALLY MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER MISSING SO MANY IN THE VARIOUS CANDIDATE FORUMS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HE LEFT AS WELL.

SO YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

MAYOR PRO TEM. I MOVE APPROVAL.

COUNCILMAN MCGEE SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCGEE.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER WATTS, HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT PASSES 6 TO 0.

THE AS I MENTIONED, THE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PULLED.

THAT'S FIVE A THAT TAKES US TO SIX A AND THE FIRST ITEM IS ID

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, amending the fiscal year 2022-2023 budget and annual program of services of the City of Denton to allow for adjustments to the Tourist & Convention Fund of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the purpose of providing funding to the Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Inc. to support in part the production of a documentary series on Quakertown; declaring a public purpose; directing the City Secretary attach a copy to the 2022-2023 budget; requiring approval by at least five votes; and providing a severability clause, an open meetings clause, and an effective date.]

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022, 2023 BUDGET AND ANNUAL PROGRAM OF SERVICES OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO ALLOW FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TOURIST AND CONVENTION CONVENTION FUND OF $250,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL INSTITUTE, INC.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DANIELLE STANFORD, BUDGET MANAGER.

AND THIS EVENING I HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU FOR THE TOURIST AND CONVENTION FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.

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IT INCREASES EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM $3,814,355 TO $4,064,355. THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL INSTITUTE TO PARTIALLY SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF A FOUR PART DOCU SERIES ON QUAKERTOWN.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT ROUGHLY $500,000, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT TONIGHT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO FUND 250,000 OF THAT.

AND THIS AMOUNT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE ON MARCH 22ND.

WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

MAYOR PRO TEM. I KNOW THIS.

THIS IS A TWO PART ITEM.

I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT THIS IS JUST APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUND.

AND THEN THE SOURCE OF THE FUND IS A SEPARATE ITEM.

IS THAT HOW THIS IS BEING PROPOSED? YES. SO THIS IS ONLY THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTUALLY THE ORDINANCE THAT IDENTIFIES WHAT THAT FUNDING IS.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE WHOEVER'S THE BEST SPEAKER TO KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THAT WOULD.

IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A DOCU SERIES IS, WHO WHO CAN KIND OF GIVE A IT WELL, OH, IT'S ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

IT GOES THROUGH THAT WHAT IT IS.

YES. PERFECT. OKAY.

AND I AND I WILL SAY I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE.

THE SIGNAGE WAS WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL HERE FOR FOR REDBUD.

SOMEONE'S LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HAPPENED.

AND SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. SO THESE THINGS HELP GIVE HELP COMMUNICATE THAT MESSAGE.

SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MCGEE. I MOVE APPROVAL.

COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS.

SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCGEE.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS.

DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN MCGEE.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN DAVIS AND VICE CHAIR BYRD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE ON THIS.

SO WE HEARD THIS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER WATTS, I'LL SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM B ID 23916.

[B. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Inc., for the payment and use of hotel tax revenue in support of the Quakertown Docuseries; and providing an effective date. ($250,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 3-0)]

FOR PAYMENT AND USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE IN SUPPORT OF QUAKERTOWN DOCU SERIES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL, ACTUALLY, GOOD EVENING.

NOW LAURA BEHRENS WITH THE PROCUREMENT GRANTS AND WAREHOUSE DIVISION.

SO THIS IS THE COMPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT TO THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND THIS WAS A RESULT OF A TWO MINUTE PITCH FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD AND THEN ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS PUTTING US IN CONTACT WITH THE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AND THE PRODUCERS OF THIS DOCU SERIES.

SO THERE ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE.

OKAY, LET'S LET'S DO THAT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS HARRY EDDY AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS ARE HERE JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE IDEA ABOUT DBF.

WE WILL BE ENTERING OUR 10TH YEAR PROGRAMING IN JANUARY 24TH.

WE ARE WE WERE VOTED IN 2019 AS ONE OF THE BEST FESTIVALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH WE REALLY WERE EXCITED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

WE. WE DO TWO THINGS.

WE SHARE CULTURE AND WE BUILD COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK AND AND SUPPORT THAT THE CITY OF DENTON HAS GIVEN US, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES, ETCETERA.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL PUT DENTON ON THE MAP.

WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO LET THIS ONE OF THE FILM MAKERS HERE, KING HOLLIS, TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT FOR THE THE TIME.

AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, BUT WE'LL DO.

SURE. GREAT. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

WE I'M A DATE NIGHT.

I WAS BORN IN FLOWS HOSPITAL.

SO THIS IS A SPECIAL PROJECT TO ME.

I DID MAKE THE FOOTBALL TEAM HERE, BUT I MADE THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT OTHER PLACES.

SO. QUAKERTOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT STORY.

WE FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DENTON IN THE HISTORY OF DENTON, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE NATION BECAUSE IT REALLY REPRESENTS NOT JUST STRUGGLE OR CONFLICT.

IT REPRESENTS HOW PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND OVERCAME, AS EXAMPLE, ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND DIDN'T AND HOW THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF DENTON HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A THRIVING COMMUNITY.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL THIS STORY.

AND IN TODAY'S MARKETPLACE, IN OUR FIELD.

THERE'S A THING CALLED EDUTAINMENT.

PEOPLE REALLY WANT THESE TYPE OF STORIES AND THEY WANT THESE STORIES NOT JUST FOR EDUCATION, BUT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES AND THE STREAMING SERVICES AROUND THE COUNTRY SEE THE VALUE IN THIS.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MANY DOCUMENTARIES AND DOCUMENTARY SERIES WHEN YOU GO TO WATCH CONTENT.

SO ON THE BUSINESS FRONT, IT'S A GOOD MODEL, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, THIS IS MY 31ST YEAR IN THE BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW, WE ENJOY TELLING THESE STORIES, BUT AS A MATTER OF PURPOSE, WE FEEL THAT THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T DIVIDE.

THEY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CITY CAME TOGETHER THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE OF QUAKERTOWN, WE WANT TO SHARE THAT STORY WITH THE WORLD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE STORY.

SO I THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO SPEAK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TELLING THE STORY.

GREAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE O COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF I MIGHT ASK MR. ISD A QUESTION. AND WHILE HE'S COMING DOWN.

HEY, REVEREND LOGAN, GIVE AWAY A HAND.

WAVE. SISTER LOGAN, GIVE A HAND.

WAVE THE ALL IMPORTANT. AND THERE YOU GO.

HEY. SO.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. ISD. ALMOST TEN YEARS YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.

CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY SUM UP WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO SPECIAL AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU? YES, GOOD QUESTION.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE STORYTELLERS.

AND WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN DENTON 43 YEARS AGO, I WAS UNAWARE OF QUAKERTOWN AS MOST PEOPLE WERE AT THAT TIME.

AND THIS AREA WAS CALLED THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH I YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY WELL.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH QUAKERTOWN.

SO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE CITY AND, AND WHAT THE AND WHAT HAPPENED I THOUGHT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A STORY ABOUT YOU AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT, GOOD THINGS TEND TO HAPPEN. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE REALLY A GREAT STORY.

THE WORD THAT REVEREND LOGAN TOLD ME ABOUT, I GUESS, WHEN THEY MADE THEIR TRIP TO SEE GREENWOOD IN OKLAHOMA.

RIGHT. WAS THAT IT WAS REALLY ABOUT RECONCILIATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A VERY POWERFUL WORD.

AND SO I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT IS WRAPPED UP IN THE STORY.

IT'S ALL SO REALLY GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT DIVIDES US, BUT REALLY WHAT MAKES US SIMILAR AND WHAT MAKES US A COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S REALLY IT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE JUST THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL AND WE'LL BE GETTING OUT SOME INFORMATION IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY JUST KIND OF MAKE THIS A DENTON PROJECT.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD.

IT'S NOT A CERTAIN COMMUNITY IN DENTON, IT'S A DENTON PROJECT, RIGHT? SO WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A PART OF THAT.

TO YOUR POINT THERE, I JUST WANT TO ONCE AGAIN, AS A MEMBER OF THE PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE, HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF MY TWO COLLEAGUES, CHAIRMAN DAVIS AND VICE CHAIR BYRD.

I DON'T KNOW OF A BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAN TO TELL THE STORY OF DENTON, BECAUSE EVERY DAY WE ALL KNOW FOLKS WHO STILL DON'T KNOW THIS STORY.

MRS BYRD. I HEAR YOU SAY THIS ALL THE TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE HISTORY OF QUAKER AND HOW WE GOT TO SOUTHEAST, AND WE DON'T EVEN OFTEN TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I BELIEVE IN THE 1960S WHEN IT WAS THE DECISION WAS BEFORE COUNCIL AGAIN TO MOVE OUR PARENTS OUT OF SOUTHEAST DENTON.

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SO I THANK YOU, MR. EADY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE, AND THANK YOU, MR. HOLLIS, FOR THE FILMMAKING.

I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GET BEHIND THIS, AND I'M HAPPY THAT I'VE HEARD THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH WITH THE CHAMBER AND WORKING WITH THIS.

SO THIS IS EXCITING.

AGAIN, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAN TO TELL THE STORY OF DENTON FOR THIS.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO FRANCES, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WORK AS WELL.

GREAT TEAM. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT'S GOING TO BE BRIEF, WILLIE HUDSPETH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE IT.

NOW LET'S VOTE. OH, COME ON DOWN.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE ALREADY.

MY BAD. IF I WAS FALLING, I COULD HEAR YOU LAUGHING.

START THE CLOCK NOW. OH, GO AHEAD.

WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT QUAKER TOWN, THE PRODUCERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE SHOW APPROACHED ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THOSE HOUSES THAT USED TO BE ALONG THAT WATER AREA THERE WAS WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE.

THAT'S WHERE THE BLACKS WERE.

AND THEN THEY WERE THEY WERE RAN OUT OF THERE.

LET ME PUT IT NICELY.

ASKED TO ME TO MOVE AND BOUGHT OUT ON $10.10 ON THE DOLLAR AND THEY MOVED THOSE HOUSES OVER TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO BUILD OUR NEW HOUSE OVER THERE FOR THAT REASON.

AND WE ARE RIGHT ON THAT CREEK BANG BANG BANK AREA.

NOW, WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME IS THEY HAD TO THEY HAD TO TAKE THE HEART.

THEY HAD TO.

THEY TOOK THE HOUSES APART, CARRIED THEM ON WAGONS PIECE BY PIECE TO THAT AREA, REBUILD THEM.

AND THERE'S A HOUSE THAT'S RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM MINE MRS ALEXANDER'S HOUSE, THAT MANY OF YOU SHOULD JUST DRIVE BY THERE, IF NOTHING ELSE, AND SEE THAT HISTORICAL PROPERTY.

AND IT'S A LOT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

FOUND OUT THAT THEY THE PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO MOVE BECAUSE THE LADIES AND T.W.U HAD TO PASS BY THAT AREA TO GET DOWNTOWN AND THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T WANT THEM TO SEE THE YOUNG BLACK MEN THERE.

AND THAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME THAT THAT HAPPENED.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY, AND I KNOW THAT THIS I KNOW THIS FILMMAKER, HE WILL BRING IT OUT AND IT'LL JUST BE GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW.

AND THEY SAY TO OURSELVES, AGAIN, DON'T REPEAT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T GOOD.

YOU GOT TO KNOW ABOUT IT TO KNOW NOT TO DO IT.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

I HAPPILY A MOTION APPROVAL.

MAYOR PRO TEM I'M EXCITED TO SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR MCGEE, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY A WORD AND SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.

VERY PROUD TO HAVE HELPED BRING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE AND VERY PROUD OF MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR TAKING THIS AND RUNNING WITH IT.

THE PRESENTATION FROM, OF COURSE, THE FILM FESTIVAL INSTITUTE AND FROM THE FILMMAKERS WAS IMPECCABLE, BUT IT ALSO TOOK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BUYING INTO THE IDEA AND BUYING INTO THE PROJECT.

AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MCGEE SAID ABOUT TAX DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW TO USE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THINGS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THESE ARE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS.

THEY ARE HAVE TO BE SPENT FOR SPECIFIC THINGS.

YOU CAN'T JUST USE THEM ON ROADS AND STREETS AND ALL THAT DIFFERENT STUFF.

AND WE ALSO WE HAD A PROJECT IN MIND MANY YEARS AGO FOR SOME OF THESE DOLLARS.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE KIND OF BUILT UP A RESERVE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT RESERVE AND BECAUSE THAT PROJECT NEVER HAPPENED, IT IT WAS GOING TO BE A CONVENTION CENTER.

WE DID A BETTER ONE IN ANOTHER PLACE.

SO BECAUSE WE HAD THAT MONEY ON HAND, THESE ARE THESE ARE FUNDS HELD IN RESERVE.

SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO FUND OTHER EVENTS OR ANY OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE LIKE TO DO WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX MONEY, THAT THAT PROCESS WILL PROCEED JUST AS NORMAL THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EXTRA THAT WE'RE USING ON A VERY SPECIAL THING.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF DENTON.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF DENTON FOR ENGAGING FEARLESSLY IN THIS TOPIC.

[02:00:02]

I WAS ALIVE DURING THAT TIME.

THANKFULLY, I. I WAS ALSO ALIVE TO SEE THE CHANGE.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE COCHRAN YESTERDAY MORNING ABOUT SOME OF THAT PROCESS AND RENAMING THE PARK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AND THE CITY COMING TO GRIPS.

THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO VOTED AGAINST THAT, THE CITY COMING TO GRIPS WITH NEEDING TO HAVE THAT FEARLESS CONVERSATION.

I AM VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TODAY.

I'M PROUD TO BE SITTING UP HERE WITH YOU ALL, BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOES TO MATCH THIS FUNDING.

IT WAS ON THE CITY. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IN MY MIND TO TAKE THIS FIRST STEP.

THIS IS A GOOD AND WORTHY THING FOR THE CITY TO DO, AND I FULLY EXPECT THAT DENTON THE PEOPLE OF DENTON, OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO STEP UP AND MEET US THERE.

IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.

WE'LL ALL BE GETTING TOGETHER.

WATCH A SCREENING.

COUNCILMAN BYRD. I REMEMBER READING THE STORY OF WHITE LILACS, I GUESS SOMETIME WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT AFTERWARDS, BUT THAT HAD ALWAYS STAYED ON MY SPIRIT, THAT STORY AND THEN UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHERE IT TOOK PLACE.

JUST RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL, MY ALUMNI, WHERE I WAS EDUCATED.

SO THAT BROUGHT THAT INTEREST TO ME AND IT STAYED WITH ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TEN, 15, 20, 30 YEARS LATER, I'M SITTING HERE AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT STORY TO THE COMMUNITY AND CALLING IT A SEASON OF QUAKERTOWN.

I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING TO DO MY LITTLE SEASON OF QUAKERTOWN SPIEL, BUT I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS IS PART OF THE LAYERING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON OUR TRIP TO TULSA AND THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS GUIDING US ON THAT TOUR.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LAYERING PROSPECT OF TOWARDS THIS RECONCILIATION MOMENT.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN, WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE RENAMED THE PARK.

WE HAVE DONE SOME BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK IN THE CIVIC CENTER BUILDING ITSELF.

THAT HAD TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT.

AND SO AND NOW WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION AND NOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEE IT.

YOU KNOW, THE VISUAL PART OF IT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND SO, AGAIN, I AM THANKING THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO DO THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO STAY HERE TO SEE IT THROUGH THE COMPLETION.

AND MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME AS I TALK ABOUT QUAKERTOWN ALL THE TIME.

AND THAT'S MY THING.

THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS TALKING ABOUT QUAKERTOWN.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCGEE, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBER WATTS.

I'LL SEE YOU. OH, HI.

OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT PASSES. SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C ID 23865.

[C. Consider approval of a resolution of the City of Denton, Texas, authorizing and approving the creation of Denton Public Facility Corporation, a public facility corporation, pursuant to Chapter 303 of the Texas Local Government Code; approving the articles of incorporation; appointing the initial directors of the corporation; approving the initial bylaws for the corporation; and providing an effective date.]

SORRY. EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. DANNY SHORE.

COMMUNITY SERVICES.

VERY EXCITED TODAY TO BE BRINGING BACK THE CONVERSATION AROUND APPROVING A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION FOR THE CITY OF DENTON.

THIS IS SOME BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE ON JUNE 22ND OR 28TH.

MAYOR, WHAT'S MADE A I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT'S MADE A TWO MINUTE PITCH REQUESTING TO RECEIVE A REPORT FOR A WORK SESSION? WE PRESENTED A WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER 25TH.

COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO CREATE THE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE FORMATION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.

BE A QUICK PRESENTATION.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH WHERE WE ARE AND THE STEPS WE HAVE PREPARED, THE BYLAWS AND ARTICLES WHICH WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT.

WITH THAT APPROVAL, THEN WE'LL SUBMIT THIS FORMING DOCUMENTS AND BEGIN THE ORGANIZING OF THE GROUP.

IF APPROVED AND IF APPROVED, OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO START TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OF OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATING AS A PFC.

WE'LL COMPLETE THE FORMATION BY SUBMITTING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ORGANIZING MEETING WHERE WE'LL FINALIZE ALL THE DOCUMENTS, AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL START TO LOOK AT RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWING THOSE FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO TONIGHT, THERE ARE JUST TWO ACTIONS THAT WE NEED.

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ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN DAVIS, I APOLOGIZE IF THIS SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE QUESTION, BUT SO OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE TO FILL IN IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED, IT NEEDS TO CONTAIN THE NAMES OF THREE PEOPLE WHO WOULD FILL IN THOSE BLANKS THAT ARE IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THAT THEN GO ON TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF ON WHO THOSE PERSONNEL CAN BE, WHO THEY CAN'T BE? HAVE THERE BEEN NOMINATIONS FROM ANYONE ON COUNCIL SO FAR? HOW IS THAT PROCESS EXPECTED TO GO FROM HERE? YEAH. SO IN MOST OF THESE CASES THERE ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO OUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO START.

WE WOULD DO THE ORGANIZING MEETING AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT'S WHERE COUNCIL WANTED TO BE OR WHERE THE THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO BE AT THAT POINT.

SO WE'RE STARTING WITH THREE AS WELL.

IT COULD ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THERE'S ALL THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONCE THE BOARD FIRST MEETS TO DISCUSS.

CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP? CERTAINLY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THESE ARE CREATED FOR MANY DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEY DO DIFFERENT ROLES.

AND AND I IMAGINE THAT FROM CITY TO CITY, THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE GOT YOUR INITIAL BOARD AND THEN ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED AND THE BOARD'S KIND OF FLESHED OUT, THAT CAN TAKE ON DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT PERSONNEL, IT MIGHT STAY A CITY COUNCIL OR IT MIGHT BE A IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER CITY COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR EXPECTATION IN DENTON ESTABLISHED SO FAR THAT IN PARTICULAR DIRECTION WE INTEND TO GO WHEN WE FLESH OUT THE WHOLE BOARD? OR IS THIS TRULY JUST ESTABLISHING THE STRUCTURE, GETTING IT GOING AND THEN AS AS IDEAS AND DEALS COME TO US, WE CAN FLEX THE CORPORATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT DEAL? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. WE BUILT THE ARTICLES IN THE BYLAWS AS SUCH THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING FIRST, BUT IT HAS THE FLEXIBILITY OF CREATING DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FORMATIONS FROM THE BOARD AND ALSO THE STAFF ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT IT.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

SARA, A CITY MANAGER WILL INITIALLY BE THE INITIATOR, BUT SHE CAN MAKE DESIGNATIONS.

WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING THROUGH THE BYLAWS THAT WE UTILIZE STAFF RESOURCES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

SO FROM FINANCE TO LEGAL.

BUT WE COULD BRING IN THIRD PARTY RESOURCES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS IF WE NEED IT.

AND THAT FLEXIBILITY IS BUILT IN TO THE BYLAWS AND IN THE ARTICLES RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE NOMINATIONS? ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT? I'M WAITING.

GOT IT. MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, AND FROM OUR WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW THAT I HAD SOME CONCERNS FROM THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THOSE FORWARD ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE, SO I WASN'T EXACTLY KEEN GOING FORWARD.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNED ME AS I READ THROUGH THE BACKUP WAS I SEE THAT WE PUT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A BOARD AND SORT OF GENERAL FRAMEWORK, BUT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE I THINK, WHAT WAS IT, A THREE WE TALKED ABOUT AN OPEN STRUCTURE, BUT WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT SORT OF THE STRUCTURE OR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR HOW WE WOULD TAKE THAT.

AND SO IT WAS SORT OF NEBULOUS.

OPEN IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SORT OF THE WAY WE DO PROCUREMENT, THAT IT LEAVES A LOT OF OPENING NOT TO NOT TO PLAY ON WORDS, BUT IT LEAVES A LOT OF OPENING TO WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS SORT OF LACKING.

THAT CAUSED ME SOME CONCERN AND MORE READING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE THAT I WAS WE WERE PRESENTED WITH.

I SAW MORE THAT THERE WASN'T SIMILARLY, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF EMBEDDED STRUCTURE PERIOD.

AND SO WHEN I WHEN DOING MY HOMEWORK ON ON FCS IN GENERAL, LIKE THE UT LAW HAD A GREAT REPORT JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHERE THEY LIKE THESE ARE THE PROS, THESE ARE THE CONS.

YOU KNOW, YOU AND I ARE NODDING AND SMILING.

WE'VE SEEN THAT REPORT.

AND AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THOSE.

AND THE ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT I SAW THAT WE HAD WAS THE AUDITING.

I WAS SO I WAS SUPER STOKED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, REGULAR ANNUAL AUDITING WAS SORT OF ALREADY BAKED INTO THE CAKE.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE SORT OF SOMETHING LIKE THE RFP PROCESS WE DIDN'T ADDRESS.

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AND SO ALL THAT REPORT AND THEY WENT IN AD NAUSEAM JUST TWO YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK ON THESE THEY DID THEY CLEARLY WERE NOT PRO ON FCS THE TAX LIABILITY DIDN'T SQUARE WITH THE BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC. BUT THEY SAID IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU WOULD NEED AND THEY HAD LIKE A LIST OF OF MANY, MANY THINGS.

SO IT CONCERNS ME THAT CONCERN THOSE THOSE TWO ELEMENTS, THE LACK OF STRUCTURE AND THE LACK OF RFP VERY MUCH CONCERN ME. THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS SORT OF WHERE I TAKE THAT THAT COUNCILOR DAVIS WAS GETTING TO, WHICH IS WE HAVE THIS ON FRIDAY.

AND AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WON'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE HAD PROPER TIME TO THINK ABOUT IF I WERE TO FAVOR THIS, WHO I WOULD WANT TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD, WHETHER I WANT THREE OF US, WHICH IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND IT WASN'T CLEAR THAT IT WAS COUNCIL.

SO THREE INDIVIDUALS, AS WHAT I SAW SORT OF PRESENTED OR ALL SEVEN OF COUNCIL OR PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND THAT, AND THEN FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS STRUCTURED ALSO GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE.

SO I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF SORT OF THE, THE LACK OF CONTROLS BEING BAKED IN AND, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT MAYBE WE COULD BAKE THOSE IN LATER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO START A CAKE AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH CHANGE RECIPES SO THAT THAT ALL CONCERNS ME.

SO I'M I'M SORT OF NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE LACK OF STRUCTURE AND THE LACK OF TIME TO GET PROPER FEEDBACK FOR IF WE WERE TO PROCEED WITH STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD.

SO UNLESS I HEAR SOMETHING VERY COMPELLING FROM MY FELLOW COUNCILORS, I'M GOING TO LEAN AGAINST THIS.

OKAY, IF I MAY.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART.

THERE'S ABOUT 8 MILLION THINGS THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND SIMPLY.

YEAH. AND THEN IF THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S A BIT LIKE CHICKEN BEFORE THE EGG CONVERSATION, SO WE HAVE TO GET IT FORMED.

AND SO WE DID HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT THE BOARD WOULD START TO LOOK AT THE DEAL TERMS WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND THE DEAL TERMS MAY LOOK DIFFERENT.

IT WOULD COVER MANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND THAT WE WOULD TAKE THROUGH THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOURCE OF INCOME PROTECTIONS, THAT THEY ACCEPT VOUCHERS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE BOARD WOULD DISCUSS AFTER IT'S INITIALLY FORMED AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR DEAL TERMS COMING FORWARD.

THE BYLAWS DO COVER THE REQUIREMENT FOR RFP PROCESS ON MULTIFAMILY.

SO WE DID COVER THAT PIECE OF IT SPECIFICALLY.

BUT THE OTHER THINGS I THINK HAVE TO COME THROUGH A CONVERSATION ONCE THE BOARD IS FORMED TO SAY THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THAT'S 30%, 50%, 60% AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THAT, MILLIONS OF THINGS THAT YOU LISTED THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS.

BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET FORMED FIRST TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

AND IF I MIGHT, MR. MAYOR, ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP, AND IF YOU COULD IF YOU COULD JUST BE BRIEF.

WELL, IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

THE POINT IS, IF YOU COULD GIVE IT IN KIND OF SINGULAR SEGMENTS SO THAT ONE, EVERYONE ELSE CAN TRACK ALONG, TWO STAFF CAN ANSWER AND RESPOND TO THAT TIMELY SO THAT WE CAN ALL KIND OF ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME VERSUS A LITANY OF THINGS THAT WE THAT MAY SOMETHING MAY GET MISSED.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THEN, WHY WASN'T THIS CONTINUED ON IN THE WORK SESSION SORT OF FORMAT TO WHERE WE COULD DISCUSS THIS AND KIND OF HASH OUT THAT FRAMEWORK? BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SORT OF THE FIRST WE'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH THIS FRAMEWORK AND THE COMPOSITION AND SOME OTHER THINGS WHERE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD THE DIALOG. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT? WHY NOT TAKE THE TIME TO TO BRING THIS TO US AND LET THIS HAVE US HAVE A DISCUSSION IN WORK SESSION RATHER THAN TAKE IT TO A VOTE? RIGHT NOW, I WOULD JUST SAY TWO THINGS.

WE WANTED TO GET MOVING BECAUSE WE HEARD YOUR DIRECTION WAS TO FORM IT AND THAT'S WHERE WE MOVED TOWARDS.

IF YOU WANT A FURTHER WORK SESSION, YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DECIDING TONIGHT.

WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO THAT.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.

THIS WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST TOOL IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOL KIT THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.

AND THEN THAT WORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAN BE DONE BY THE BOARD.

SO THAT WAS JUST IT. IF THERE'S OTHER DIRECTION, WE WILL TAKE IT TONIGHT.

[02:15:03]

COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS, YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK AGAIN.

YEAH, I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING PART OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, DANNY.

AND I GET WHERE COUNCILMEMBER EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM IS COMING FROM, BUT THE WAY THAT I READ THESE DOCUMENTS AND THE WAY THAT I READ THE BACKUP AND THEN KIND OF FOLLOWING ALONG FROM OUR CONVERSATION IN WORK SESSION, THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT THIS BOARD THAT THIS CORPORATION CAN DO WITHOUT A DEAL HAS GOT TO COME IN THE DOOR OR WE HAVE TO GO SOLICIT IT.

OR I GUESS I SUPPOSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, DANNY, AND WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT, WELL, IT HAS TO TAKE THIS STRUCTURE AND THIS FORM AND FIT IN THIS BOX AND FOLLOW THIS MOLD.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROLE FOR THE COUNCIL IN IN KNOCKING OUT ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES.

I THINK THERE'S MORE OF A ROLE IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OF NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS ESTABLISHED, THE FRAMEWORK EXISTS NOW THAT WE HAVE A BUCKET TO PUT THESE IN OR A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO USE.

WHAT DO WE DO AS THESE PROJECTS COME? AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DOUBT THAT THE PROJECTS WILL COME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF FIRMS VERY ACTIVE IN THIS SPACE, BUT THERE'S NOT WE'RE NOT REALLY EMPOWERING THIS CORPORATION TO DO A LOT UNTIL THAT TIME COMES.

IT'S WE'RE SETTING UP ALMOST A STRAW MAN OR A FRAMEWORK WITHOUT A LOT TO DO.

THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AFTER, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONVERSATION TO BE HAD BEFORE IT'S FORMED.

AM I UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US? I THINK YOU'RE CLOSER TO WHAT WE INTENDED, SO BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE INTENDED TO GET THE FRAMEWORK BUILT OUT, TO GET THAT INITIAL BOARD AND THEN THAT INITIAL BOARD TO START TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE DEAL TERMS WILL BE WITH ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPER OR PROJECT.

AND MY EXPECTATION IS THAT SOME OF THOSE DEAL TERMS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT AND WHAT ITS FUNDING IS.

SO WE WOULD NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY ANYWAY.

SURE. WHEN YOU SAY DEAL TERMS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYTHING FROM NEGOTIATING THE UPFRONT FEES TO THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND TERMS MUCH MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED, MAKING SURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS THAT 50% AT 80%.

SO 50% OF THE UNITS HAVE TO BE AT 80%.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE WANT STRONGER TERMS WHERE WE'RE SERVING MORE OF THE THE COMPLEXITY OF AMIS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANT MORE AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THOSE TWO ALONE WOULD BE THINGS WE MIGHT NEGOTIATE.

AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF IT LATER ON NEGOTIATING TERMS LIKE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

SO WHEN THEY DECIDE TO SELL, THE PFC WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT BACK AND RETAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF DEAL TERMS THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT.

SO THE.

I KNOW IN THE BYLAWS AND ARTICLES OF CORPORATION, ANY TIME THOSE CHANGE THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

THE TAXING IF FOR THE TAX EXEMPTION THAT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGES IN THE BOARD CONSTRUCTION.

ALL THAT'S BUILT INTO THE ALL OF THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

I MEAN, THE BOARD CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, MEET GET FORM TONIGHT, SHOOT IT DOWN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE BOARD MEETS NEXT WEEK AND STARTS INKING DEALS WITH DEVELOPERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S THIS IS A CREATION OF THE CITY.

CORRECT. OKAY. YOU ARE THE GOVERNING BODY IN THE BYLAWS.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT'S.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN IRON OUT.

AND I WAS REMINDED OF A QUOTE THAT YOU HAD A FEW SESSIONS BACK WHERE YOU SAID, LET'S NOT SACRIFICE THE GOOD FOR THE PERFECT.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY.

I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW HAVE A NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT ARE AT 65% OR LESS.

AMI, THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY.

IN FACT, 1 OR 2 HAD TO GO OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTY, IN ORDER TO FIND A PARTNER.

THAT'S THE GENESIS AND THE CONTEXT OF THIS, BECAUSE THE DENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THAT'S UP TO THEM.

THEY'RE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BODY, DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ON THESE PROJECTS.

SO I FIND IT FASCINATING THAT ALL THESE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES THAT WERE WANTING TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEAL POINTS, QUITE FRANKLY, ON EACH INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATED DEVELOPMENT ARE A SUDDEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOMING IMPORTANT WHEN FOR SOME REASON THOSE QUESTIONS WERE NEVER ASKED WHEN THOSE PROJECTS WERE BROUGHT

[02:20:05]

SO I THINK THIS IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE START THIS PROCESS.

WE CAN DELAY IT, WE CAN HASH IT OUT AND PROBABLY GET NOWHERE BECAUSE ALL THOSE DETAILS WILL BE DEAL SPECIFIC.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AND I'M BASING THIS ON A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH A DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE AND WAS INFORMED OR DECIDED NOT TO PARTNER WITH A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OF, LET'S JUST SAY, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL TRULY ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY, THAT ARE GOING TO BECOME MUCH WORSE, QUITE FRANKLY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ THE PAPER ABOUT MEDIAN AREA INCOMES, RENTS, INTEREST RATES AND THE LIKE. SO WE CAN DELAY THIS AND TRY TO JUST FIGURE IT ALL OUT AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, A YEAR, WHILE OUR COMMUNITY GOES WITHOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FACILITATE.

SO I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS FRAMEWORK, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS FLUID, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOVERNING BODY HAS THE ULTIMATE SAY OF HOW THESE THINGS ARE FLESHED OUT, AND THAT THERE'S NO ONE ON THE GOVERNING BODY THAT'S GOING TO NOT HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO HOW THESE THINGS WILL BE DONE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.

BUT WE'VE GOT A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REALLY ADDRESSING IT.

AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR US AS COMMUNITY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE IN CHARGE WITH TRYING TO PROVIDE A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL TYPES OF OUR CITIZENS IN ORDER TO START A PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, NOT ON THE FLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT GOOD RESOURCES.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR BYLAW IS SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.

AND SO I DON'T AGREE THAT WE SHOULD ONLY HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS.

I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD BE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THAT'S HOW IT IS AT THE DENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THAT'S PROBABLY HOW I THINK THAT'S HOW IT IS AT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.

I THINK THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE HAS ONE OF THESE, AND THOSE BOARD MEETINGS CAN OCCUR PRIOR TO A COUNCIL MEETING.

SO THE INCONVENIENCE OF THAT IS PRETTY IS PRETTY NEGATIVE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US IF WE START OUT WITH THREE BOARD MEMBERS, IT CAN EXPAND, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO THIS SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE WE CAN GET BOGGED DOWN IN DETAIL AND IN ALL OF US HAVING OUR DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE AT LEAST GET THIS BALL ROLLING.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO NECESSARILY BE A STRAIGHT LINE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE LINEAR, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP.

AND IF THE DEAL DOESN'T WORK, THE DEAL DOESN'T WORK.

BUT THAT IS WAY ON DOWN THE ROAD.

SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD, IS BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S TIME WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THIS BODY DIRECTLY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, THEN THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSING AND THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF WE WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT MONEY TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY, THEN WE JUST VOTE NO.

WE JUST WAIT UNTIL WE TRY TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.

AND BY THAT TIME, 2 OR 3 OTHER PROJECTS COME IN.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT COULD BE COMING TO THE CITY TO PROMOTE, ACCORDING TO THESE BYLAWS, AT LEAST AS DRAFTED, THEY CAN ONLY GO TO PROMOTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE DO THE THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO DO AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'LL SEE. SO I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

I CERTAINLY WILL THROW MY NAME IN THERE FOR ONE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UNDERSTANDING THAT MY GOAL WILL BE TO INCLUDE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT, IT'S A COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND THIS IS A WAY TO FIND A COMMUNITY SOLUTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN MCGEE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT MR. WATTS OFFERED. I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO CLOSE WITH HIS FAMILIAR I TRUST THE PROCESS.

I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH HIM ON SOME THINGS.

I DO AGREE THAT THIS IF WE MOVED FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD SERVE SHOULD SERVE AS THE BODY.

[02:25:01]

I WAS UNCONVINCED IN THE WORK SESSION.

I'M NOT CONVINCED NOW. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I APPRECIATE THE WORK STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS.

I CAN IMAGINE THIS IS NOT AN EASY THING.

I CAN I CAN GET THERE IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF POSSIBLE.

YEAH. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY UNTIL WE CAN DECIDE ON THIS AS A FULL BODY.

IF WE ALL AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD SERVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THIS CORPORATION, I DON'T SEE THE HARM IN DELAYING A COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL WE CAN ALL MAKE THAT DECISION COHESIVELY AS A SEVEN PERSON BODY.

SO MY MOTION IS TO DELAY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD.

DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A MACK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

DO YOU NEED A DATE CERTAIN OR A EVENT CERTAIN? IS THAT CORRECT? ONE OR THE OTHER GUY.

SO YOU HAVE TO STIPULATE A DATE OR A EVENT.

PERFECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS ON MAY 16TH, CORRECT? YEAH, BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO.

THERE'S NO WAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO MOVE OTHER THINGS OFF.

WOULD BE DURING THE EVENING.

OKAY. YEAH. WE CAN MOVE IT TO MAY 16TH.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.

SO YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT IN.

GREAT POINT. YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WORK SESSION, ARE YOU? NO, SIR. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM FOR APPROVAL.

ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

YES, SO DO I. SO I'M ASKING TO DELAY UNTIL MAY 16TH.

OKAY. THAT IS MY MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD.

SO THE MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN.

MCGEE. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

BYRD. ANY OTHER DIXON GOT A DISCUSSION? OKAY. AND WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE. LET YOUR VOTE BE YOUR WORD.

IF THEY'RE SO SUCCINCT COMMENTS, GREAT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AND MOVE ON.

WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT AT THIS PHASE.

I DOUBT WE'RE GOING TO CONVINCE ANYBODY OF ANYTHING, SO LET'S JUST FIGURE OUT HOW IT GOES.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILWOMAN WATTS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. ONE QUICK COMMENT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DELAY IS SO THAT THE SEVEN MEMBERS CAN VOTE ON THIS.

I FIND THAT FASCINATING THAT BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THE SAME PERCEPTION OR SENTIMENT AND WANTING TO HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS VOTE ON THE LARGEST BOND PROGRAM THAT THIS CITY HAS EVER HAD.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO POSTPONE IN PRINCIPLE.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.

OKAY. AND SO THERE'S THIS THING.

IS THIS COUNCILMAN DAVIS, IS THIS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION? GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE MOTION NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OR AGREE WITH SOME OF THE SENTIMENT.

I THINK WE COULD DO THE SAME THING A DIFFERENT WAY IF WE POSTPONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SEVEN SEATS ON THE BOARD AND THOSE SEVEN SEATS BEING THE SAME SEVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THIS DAIS ON THAT DATE, WE WE NEED TO TWEAK THE ORDINANCE SOME.

WE NEED A DIFFERENT DRAFT THAT COMES TO US THAT NIGHT.

IT WOULD NEED TO SAY SEVEN INSTEAD OF THREE.

NOT PARTICULARLY ONEROUS THING TO DO.

ANOTHER WAY TO MAYBE DO THE SAME THING BEING SENSITIVE.

I PERSONALLY BEING SENSITIVE, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WATTS JUST SAID ABOUT THE BOND DELAY, HE TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.

WE COULD ALSO FILL THESE THREE SEATS WITH THE THREE AT LARGE MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS ORGANIZATIONAL.

THIS IS TAKE THE FIRST STEP, FIGURE THE REST OUT AS WE GO ALONG.

WE HAVE THREE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THEY WILL BE THE SAME THREE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS NEXT WEEK AND TWO WEEKS THAT THEY ARE TODAY.

SO WE COULD PASS TONIGHT.

SO IF THERE IF THE MOTION TO POSTPONE DOESN'T GO FORWARD, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER ANOTHER TACK IS FILLING THE THREE SEATS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE NOW IN THE CORPORATION NOW WITH THE THREE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU.

AND FOLKS WILL RECALL I WAS WITH COUNCILOR WATSON AND COUNCILOR DAVIS ON PUSHING FOR THE DELAY.

AND BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION FOR THE SAME REASON THAT I SUPPORTED THE DELAY BACK THEN.

BUT SO I THINK I'M BEING CONSISTENT HERE.

I DO THINK WE NEED FOR THE REASONS THAT THAT DANNY AND I TALKED ABOUT.

I DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSION AND IT DOES ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE THE FULL COUNCIL THAT HAS THAT DISCUSSION ON ON THE STRUCTURES THAT GO INTO THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION? LET ME LET ME POWER THROUGH THESE COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

NO, COUNCILMAN BYRD I'M JUST GOING TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THIS IS WHAT OUR ISSUE IS.

OUR INITIAL PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER, OBVIOUSLY.

[02:30:05]

WE'RE BACK AND FORTH, BOUNCING QUESTIONS, GOING BACK AND FORTH.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN WORK SESSION.

AND WHEN WE COME OUT HERE ON THE DAIS, WE HAVE THAT BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND WE CAN COME OUT HERE AND HAVE A DECISION PRETTY MUCH MADE UP IN OUR HEADS.

AND RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE ARE.

WE'RE COMING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH AN IDEA WE DO THAT SOMETIMES WE AMEND TO AMEND, TO AMEND AND AMEND, AND WE FORGET WHAT WE WERE INITIALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT I WOULD PREFER FOR US NOT TO MAKE A MOVE ON THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH JUST OVER HERE AND OVER THERE AND OVER HERE AND AMENDING AND ALL OF THIS.

I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON IT.

IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO HELP US BRING US TO WHEREVER WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THIS, I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE CLEARER THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER GO THAT DIRECTION.

BUT IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO GO TO THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE I KNOW I SECOND SOMEBODY IN MOTION, I MEAN, NOT EMOTION, BUT MOTION ON THIS THING, THINKING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DELAY FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AND TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH BEFORE WE SIT BEFORE YOU ALL, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO.

SO I'M HAVE SECOND THAT MOTION MCGEE MOTION, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THAT.

OKAY, DANNY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

KNOW WHERE WE ARE? WELL, I WAS HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO IS THE CLARIFICATION FOR JUST THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OR ALL THE THINGS THAT MAYOR PRO TEM LISTED BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK IN A WEEK.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

YEAH. NO, YEAH, THERE'S I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.

COUNCILMAN NOTED CITY MANAGER DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE CONTINUE? I NEED, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR HERE.

THIS THE STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

VERY CLEAR.

THIS STAFF MEMBER AND THE REST OF HER STAFF HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO BRING YOU A PRODUCT THAT YOU REQUESTED.

AND IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THIS BECAUSE NOW YOU YOU WANT TO WORK SESSION, YOU WANT MORE MEMBERS IT IS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'VE SPENT WORKING ON THIS WAS BECAUSE YOU GAVE US DIRECTION.

SO I'M CONFUSED.

AND IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME AS A CITY MANAGER THEN TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN TO STAFF WHAT IS IT YOU WANT NOW, THIS WAS ALL ABOUT AFFORDABLE.

IT WAS FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS THE ISSUE.

AND SO THIS WAS CREATED SO THAT YOU AS A BOARD, THOSE THREE MEMBERS FIRST COULD THEN CRAFT ALL THOSE THINGS YOU WANTED IN IT.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND AND AND COME BACK AT A WORK SESSION.

BUT TO DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR.

WE ARE LOOKING AT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO MOVE ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY JULY 25TH.

THAT'S FINE. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.

BUT I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE WORK I KNOW STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

AND IT'S NOT JUST DANNY AND HER TEAM.

IT'S WITH LEGAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT THIS WAS AT YOUR REQUEST.

YOU ALL DIRECTED US TO DO THIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.

IS THE GENTLE LADY OFFERING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION? NO, I'M NOT. YOU'RE NOT OFFERING AN AMENDMENT TO POSTPONE THIS INTO A WORK SESSION RATHER THAN UNTIL THE GENERAL BODY MEETING? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD.

OKAY, I APOLOGIZE.

AND MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE MOTION BEFORE US IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE 16TH.

MAN, WE'VE WE'VE JUST GOT TO MOVE ON.

MAYOR PRO TEM. I WILL MAKE THAT THAT REQUEST FOR A A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO TO GO TO A WORK SESSION SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WITH THE ISSUES AND THE LAUNDRY LIST AT THIS POINT.

IT NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND, NOT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

SO DO I NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION THEN, SINCE I MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION? NO, LET'S JUST.

LET'S JUST MOVE THIS ALONG AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

I'LL PROCEED HOWEVER YOU WANT.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'VE HEARD LEGAL.

YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I TAKE THAT THAT ADMONITION.

I MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE DELAY TO.

TO DELAY TO A WORK SESSION RATHER THAN A VOTE ON THE 16TH.

[02:35:03]

THIS WOULD JUST BE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

OKAY, I'LL LET THAT GO.

OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR, IS THAT A WORK SESSION ON THE 16TH? NO, IT'D BE JUST THE EARLIEST, EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY DATE.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT. YEAH, NO, IT'D BE IN JULY SOMETIME.

OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? NO, MA'AM. WE'RE MOVING.

IS THERE A SECOND? YES, I ACCEPT THAT.

WELL, I SECOND RATHER.

SO I GUESS I WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND I SECOND.

NO, NO, NO. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE.

TO TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION.

SO YOU'RE MAKING AN AMENDMENT.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

I ACCEPT THAT. HERE WE GO.

SO THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

SO ON THE FLOOR NOW IS AN AMENDMENT TO MOVE THIS TO A WORK SESSION VERSUS ON THE 16TH.

THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION THAT STATES THAT INSTEAD OF A TO TRANSITION FROM A WORK SESSION ON THE 16TH BY REQUEST TO A WORK SESSION AT SOME POINT IN JULY WHEN IT CAN GET ON THE CALENDAR, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US.

IT'S MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCGEE COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHAT'S HOW SAY YOU NAY EVERYONE ELSE VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT FAILS.

THREE BECAUSE IT'S A33 VOTE TAKES US TO THE THE MOTION THAT WAS BEFORE US BEFORE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE TILL THE 16TH.

AND THERE SO THAT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MCGEE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

BYRD. COUNCILMAN.

WHAT'S. HOW ARE YOU? UH, THAT'S THE MOTION TO POSTPONE.

THAT IS CORRECT. TO THE 16TH.

YEAH. OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT FAILS. THREE THREE.

SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.

WHAT STAFF'S PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE WITH THE NAMES GERARD, HUDSPETH, BRANDON MCGEE AND CHRIS WATTS INSERTED AS INITIAL DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD RESOLUTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I GOT IT. I SO SECONDED BY MYSELF.

SO MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DAVIS.

SECOND BY MAYOR HUDSPETH DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMAN MCGEE. I APPRECIATE THAT NOMINATION.

MR. DAVIS. IF FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO BE BRANDON CHASE.

MCGEE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

AND THEN IS THERE COUNCILMAN DAVIS? YES, MAYOR. JUST SPEAKING ON THE MOTION AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SKIN THE CAT.

THIS DOESN'T OBLIGATE US TO ANYTHING.

THIS DOESN'T SET US ON ANY PARTICULAR PATH.

IT MEANS THAT WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY, AFTER SUBMITTING THESE ARTICLES OF CORPORATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND CREATING THE CORPORATION THAT BEGINS THE CONVERSATION.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IN A WORK SESSION, THIS CORPORATION WOULD THEN TAKE UP AS THE DEALS COME IN THE DOOR OR AS THEY DECIDE, WHAT ARE OUR CRITERIA FOR EVEN EVALUATING DEALS.

TO ME, THAT IS NOT A COUNCIL WORK SESSION TOPIC.

THAT IS A POLICY CONVERSATION TO HAVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SPACE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS CORPORATION THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF CREATING THIS THING IS TO HAVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE WOULD AT A COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

WE DO IT ALL THE TIME WITH OTHER BOARDS.

THE EDPB BOARD MEETS AS THE NUMBER TWO BOARD, AND YOU JUST DO IT KIND OF PARALLEL TO YOUR NORMAL MEETINGS.

YOU HAVE A SEPARATE LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

ALL OF THESE CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS WAY WE GET IT ESTABLISHED.

WE CAN START LETTING THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY KNOW, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY KNOW WE HAVE THIS TOOL AVAILABLE.

THEY CAN COME TRY TO SPEND THEIR DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS IN THE CITY OF DENTON WITH THE CITY OF DENTON, AND IT GETS THAT BALL ROLLING.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER WATTS? YEAH.

MAYOR, THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THOSE POINTS THAT EVERYBODY IS WANTING TO DELAY THIS ABOUT, WHEN THE COUNCIL BECOMES THE BOARD, THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE POINTS THAT THE BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING, WHETHER IT BE EMBEDDED IN A POLICY WHICH I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND, BECAUSE THEN YOU TIE YOUR HANDS.

BUT IT'S A POLICY THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS CORPORATION WOULD LOOK AT EVERY DEAL AND SEE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN DELAY THIS. IF THIS GOES DOWN THREE THREE, IT JUST SITS STAGNANT.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT, BUT THEN WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SACRIFICE THE GOOD FOR THE PERFECT. SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT ALL THESE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE RESOLVED IN ONE WORK SESSION.

BUT THIS IS BUT WHEN YOU GET A DEAL BEFORE YOU AND YOU START NEGOTIATING THESE POINTS, THEN YOU BEGIN TO SEE HOW YOU CAN MEET THE NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T DISCUSS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CORPORATION OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED, NOTHING.

ALL THOSE THINGS CAN BE ADDRESSED, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM IN REAL TIME WITH REAL PROJECTS COMING FORWARD.

INSTEAD, WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? WE GOT TO FIGURE THIS ALL OUT BEFORE YOU COME FORWARD.

FAIR ENOUGH. THAT'S HOW NOTHING GETS DONE IN GOVERNMENT.

SO I HAPPILY SUPPORT THIS IN MY SECOND.

YEAH, I HEAR YOU.

HE HAS THE FLOOR, SO I CAN'T INTERRUPT HIM UNLESS I'M WRONG.

AM I WRONG? IS THAT.

YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I'VE NOT SPOKEN.

Y'ALL HAVE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SAY THANK YOU.

STAFF THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER I THINK IT HAD FROM THE WORK SESSION IT HAD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT TO COME FORWARD.

I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT WAS REALLY CLOSE TO UNANIMOUS AND AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK THIS IS THE VEHICLE TO GET TO THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THOSE DEAL POINTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE IS BECAUSE IT GETS US TO IF SOMEONE COMES AFTER A SHORT TIME TO ASK FOR A DEAL, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT HERE'S THE OTHER THING I WANT PEOPLE TO START THINKING ABOUT.

DENTON AFFORDABILITY IS NOT STRICTLY FOR DENTON BOOTS PEOPLE IN DALLAS, PEOPLE MOVING HERE FROM CALIFORNIA.

ALL THESE THINGS CAN NOW COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AFFORDABILITY AND PUSH DENTON HEIGHTS OUT AS PRICES ARE GOING UP.

I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET STRUCTURE AND TO TALK TO DANNY'S TEAM AND TO TALK TO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ABOUT HOW WE'RE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT BALANCING FAIR HOUSING, BUT ALSO INVESTING SO THAT DENTON HEIGHTS, PEOPLE THAT GREW BORN IN FLOW HOSPITAL FLOW BABIES CAN STAY IN DENTON, SO WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR CULTURE, SO WE CAN KEEP DENTON DENTON AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL AND WE'RE NOT PURPOSEFUL ABOUT THAT, WE OPEN THE DOOR FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE, WHICH IS NOT BAD, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR NON DENTON HEIGHTS VERSUS HAVING THIS SPECIFIC TOOL TO CARVE OUT UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO KEEP DENTON DENTON TO KEEP OUR TO KEEP THAT CULTURE, KEEP THOSE THINGS IN PLACE.

AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AND I WANT TO GET THAT GOING.

SO IT'S NOT A BLANKET AFFORDABILITY CONVERSATION FOR ME.

IT'S A DENTON ITE AFFORDABLE SUCH THAT WE CAN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE LAW.

BUT HOW DO WE PURPOSEFULLY STRUCTURE SOMETHING THAT CUSTOMIZED US FOR OUR DENTON CULTURE? AND THIS IS A VEHICLE TO DO THAT IF ALL ELSE FAILS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO YOU NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT OR OKAY, OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION.

AM I WRONG? MR CITY.

RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

YES. WHAT? SECONDED? YEAH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IT'S BEING DEBATED AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MR COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CALL THE QUESTION WHICH WOULD END ANY MORE DEBATE OF THIS.

SO WE WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO VOTE.

I ASKED TO CALL THE QUESTION.

HE DENIED THAT.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

OKAY. OKAY.

YEAH. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

MR. DAVIS HAD AN INTERESTING HAD AN INTERESTING POINT WHEN HE SAID WE COULD EASILY SOLVE THIS BY IMMEDIATELY, JUST RATHER THAN MAKING IT THREE, MAKING IT THE WHOLE BODY.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT INSTEAD OF HAVING THREE PEOPLE BE BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN DO IT WITH ALL SEVEN AND THEN OF COURSE FILL IN THE NAMES WHEN WE ARE A FULL BODY.

IS THERE A SECOND? BUT WHAT? IT'S YOUR SECOND.

IF I HEARD MR. DAVIS CORRECTLY EARLIER DURING THE DISCUSSION, IF PERHAPS YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT MOTION BY A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE ALL SEVEN COUNCIL SEATS ON THE BOARD, THAT'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S A MOTION BY PARDON ME, AN AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMAN MCGEE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS? YEAH, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A LOGISTICS QUESTION.

SO IF WE DO IT ALL THE TIME WHERE WE MAKE A MOTION AND WE THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOTION IS AND

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AND SOMETIMES THAT'S REALLY EASY.

THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE CHANGE.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX.

I THINK IN THIS SITUATION WHERE STAFF HAS DRAFTED TWO LEGALLY OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE THAT BOARD STRUCTURE KIND OF BAKED, IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE.

THAT'S A CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION, HONESTLY, BUT I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION WOULD BE.

THE PURPOSE IN FILLING THE NAMES IN IN WITH THE RESOLUTION IS SO THAT THE DOCUMENT CAN GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND BE FILED AS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE INCORPORATION WILL START TO EXIST.

SO IF WE DON'T DO THAT, IF WE'RE LIKE THE RESOLUTION WILL FILL IN THE NAMES BY OPERATION OF LAW WHEN THE NAMES ARE CANVASED AFTER AN ELECTION, WHATEVER, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SIX OF US TONIGHT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING AND DOESN'T REALLY ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOAL OF GETTING IT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

WHENEVER THE CITY MANAGER INTENDS TO TRANSMIT IT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ESTABLISH THE CORPORATION.

SO PART OF IT, YES, WE COULD JUST KIND OF DO.

AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO COME AND CLEAN UP BEHIND US AND REWRITE THREES TO SEVENS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THERE.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS IT'S REALLY BEST FOR, I THINK, IF THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREES FOR US TO PUT ACTUAL NAMES IN THERE AND THAT LEAVE US STILL ONE SHORT AS OF TONIGHT.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

YEAH. IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES, WE'D HAVE TO CONSULT WITH ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT TO GET YOU THE FULL RESPONSE ON THAT.

WELL, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S WE CAN.

I THINK YOUR CONCERNS NOTED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO VOTING? AND THEN IF IT PASSES OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER BEFORE WE VOTE, IF WE'RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY HAVE THE WHOLE BODY BE THE BOARD, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT RIGHT BEFORE WE VOTE.

OKAY. GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL LAY THAT ON THE TABLE.

WE'LL GET TO THIS NEXT ITEM.

SO WE'LL LEAVE ITEM C BE AND COME BACK TO IT.

I'M GOING TO CALL ITEM D SO WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING.

[D. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Eurovia Atlantic Coast, LLC dba Sunmount Paving Company, for the 2019 Street Bond Neighborhood 4 project for the Capital Projects Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (CSP 8110 - awarded to Eurovia Atlantic Coast, LLC dba Sunmount Paving Company, in the not-to-exceed amount of $7,541,673.42). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (6 - 0).]

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH EUROVEA EUROVEA ATLANTIC COAST, LLC.

DBA SUNMOUNT PAVING COMPANY.

DID I GET THAT? CLOSE YOUR.

MR. MAYOR, I HAVE TO RECUSE ON THIS.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO WE HAVE? ENOUGH PEOPLE. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

YEAH. DID YOU FILL OUT THE.

I DID, SIR. OKAY, GREAT.

YEP. OKAY, SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM IS RECUSED HIMSELF.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL TAYLOR HOLT, PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE 2019 BOND PROJECT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUR INCLUDES 24 TOTAL STREET SEGMENTS.

WE'RE AIMING FOR A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE MULTIPLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT LIMITS, INCLUDING STREET RECONSTRUCTION, WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS.

THESE SEGMENTS WERE SELECTED BASED OFF OF THE STREET CONDITION AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT AREA SPECIFICALLY.

SO FOR THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS FULL DEPTH STREET RECONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CURB AND GUTTER.

WE INCLUDE LIMITED SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS.

THE STREET SEGMENTS SPECIFICALLY ARE BRIGHTWOOD, BROKEN ARROW, BROKEN BOW, CHAPARRAL HILL DUNES DUNES PLACE, JAMESTOWN MAID, MARIAN MILLPOND, OLD ORCHARD, PICKWICK AND WELLINGTON.

AND ON THE FAR RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE AREA DESIGNATED FOR THE LIMITED SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ADA RAMPS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. THIS WAS USED.

OH, SORRY. THIS THIS GRAPH HERE SHOWS A REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL FOR THE SOLICITATION.

WE DID HAVE THREE PROPOSALS SUBMIT FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND THEN SUNMOUNT PAVING COMPANY CAME UP ON TOP WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE.

A SCHEDULE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR.

SO WE DID HAVE 100% DESIGN DOCUMENTS COMPLETE IN QUARTER ONE.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE HAD PROJECT BIDDING IN QUARTER ONE, 2023.

WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION INITIATION AT QUARTER THREE, 2023 AND 360 DAYS FOR FINAL COMPLETION, BRINGING US TO A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE IN Q4 2024.

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AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

SEEING NONE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

COUNCILMAN BYRD. I SECOND.

OKAY. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. BYRD.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.

I'LL SAY YOU. HI.

LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT PASSES 5 TO 0.

TAKES US, WE'LL PICK UP ITEM C MR CITY ATTORNEY RIGHT.

SO IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TONIGHT, THEY COULD MAKE THIS A MOTION, THIS AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE WHOLE BODY IN EFFECT.

WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PUT THE CURRENT SIX MEMBERS ON THE BOARD FOR SUBMITTAL PURPOSES AND ON ALL THE DOCUMENTS ONCE THE ELECTION HAPPENS.

AND AFTERWARDS, THE COUNCIL COULD ADD THAT SEVENTH PERSON AND CLARIFY WHO THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE AT THAT POINT.

SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.

GOT IT. OKAY.

MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THAT? I COULDN'T HEAR. THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS THE COUNCIL FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED.

THAT IN EFFECT WOULD BE THE SIXTH SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY WOULD GO ON ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR SUBMITTAL PURPOSES WHEN THE NEW COUNCIL IS ON BOARD.

THOSE WOULD ALL BE UPDATED TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE SEVENTH PERSON COULD BE THEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF THE BOARD.

OKAY, SO THE THAT'S THE AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENT JUST JESSE.

SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

CURRENT COUNCIL, SIX MEMBERS ARE SEVEN MEMBERS.

SIX WOULD GO ON AS I'M NOT GOING TO RESTATE WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS.

BUT THE AMENDMENT IS IT WAS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

IT WAS TO AMEND THE UNDERLYING MOTION WHICH WAS JUST TO APPROVE WHAT STAFF HAS PROVIDED.

SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON FIRST IS WHETHER TO CHANGE THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE FULL COUNCIL ISH OR NOT. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE'RE VOTING ON FOR ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT'S HOW DO YOU SAY, WHAT'S YOUR VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? WELL, I GUESS I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE AMENDMENT.

THE AMENDMENT, AS ORIGINALLY STATED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE WAS SEVEN MEMBERS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WE IT'S REALLY SIX WE PUT SIX NAMES IN AND THEN WHEN THE SEVENTH IS ELECTED, NOTWITHSTANDING, WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH WHAT IF PEOPLE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, NAMES WE PUT DOWN, THOSE MAY CHANGE.

BUT SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THE MOTION FOR SEVEN NAMES OKAY SIX THAT ARE FILLED IN AND ONE THAT'S BLANK? OR IS THE MOTION TO PUT IN THE SIX CURRENT SITTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THIS PFC? RIGHT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A MOTION TO MAKE IT THE ENTIRE THE WHOLE OF THE BODY TODAY.

THAT IS SIX MEMBERS. SO THOSE SIX MEMBERS TODAY WOULD GO ON ONCE THAT SEVENTH PERSON IS ELECTED.

AND ON THE ON THE COUNCIL, THAT PERSON COULD THEN BE ADDED TO SPECIFICALLY TO ADD TO THE BOARD.

WOULD THAT TAKE AN ACTION IN ORDER TO DO THAT? YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO AMEND TO THAT LANGUAGE THE SO THE WOULD LIKE ME TO AMEND.

NO, NO, NO.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. RIGHT.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACCURATELY REFLECTED WHAT THE MOTION WAS.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO IT'S THE WHOLE ABOUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE IF THIS IS IF WE NEED THE ENTIRE BODY, THEN I WANT TO GET RID OF ALL SUBCOMMITTEES, RIGHT? SUBCOMMITTEES DO THE WORK.

THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL BODY.

THAT'S HOW ALL THIS IS SET UP.

THAT'S HOW THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BODY IS SET UP.

SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE I THINK STAFF'S LAID IT OUT GREAT.

THREE DO THE WORK, BRING IT BACK TO US.

WE THEN MAKE MINOR TWISTS AND TWEAKS AND GO FORWARD.

SO JUST FULL DISCLOSURE, THAT'S THAT'S MY HANG UP.

NOTHING WITH IT. JUST I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

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COUNCILWOMAN. WHAT'S. I'LL SEE YOU.

HEY, EVERYONE ELSE IS FORWARD ON THE SCREEN.

FAILS. THREE THREE.

TAKES US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS STAFF PRESENTED AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS IDENTIFIED COUNCIL MEMBER, WATTS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MCGEE AND MYSELF AS THE FIELD.

THE THREE POSITIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN. WHAT'S SAY YOU? HI. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT FAILS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES TAKES US TO CLOSING CONCLUDING ITEMS.

[7. CONCLUDING ITEMS]

SOME GOOD NEWS. OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVED PRELIMINARY ACCREDITATION LAST WEEK, SO THEY'LL BE GOING TO DALLAS TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND HEARING IT IN FRONT OF A A PANEL FROM PROFESSIONALS.

SO PROUD OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AND THE GREAT WORK THEY DO.

JUST A REMINDER TO PLEASE TURN IN YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE.

AND THAT'S IT.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM.

YEAH, I THINK, MR. MAYOR, THE MAY THE 4TH.

SO MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU.

IT'S COMING UP IN THE QUAKER TOWN PARK.

IT'S A TERRIBLE PUN.

WE ALL LOVE IT.

SO GO OUT AND WATCH STAR WARS IN THE PARK WITH YOUR FRIENDS ON MAY THE 4TH.

IF YOU ARE IN OR FEEL COMPELLED TO TO HELP NORTH DENTON AVONDALE IS HAVING A VIRTUAL MEETING OR THE RESIDENTS AROUND AVONDALE ARE HAVING A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH PARKS TO DISCUSS EROSION CONTROL.

SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT AND ATTEND THAT.

AND OF COURSE, COMING UP THIS SATURDAY IS ELECTION DAY, SO PLEASE GO VOTE AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

COUNCILMAN DAVIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A LITTLE PSA THAT YOU'RE VOTING.

LOCATIONS DO CHANGE ON ELECTION DAY.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ASSIGNED LOCATION FOR NOW.

MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'LL GET THAT FIXED.

BUT FOR NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED LOCATION.

YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP AT VOTE DENTON.COM.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARY FRANCES FARRELL, BETTER KNOWN AS MUTT FARRELL.

SHE TURNED 99 THIS WEEK AND SHE IS THE GRAND DAME OF VECTOR STREET.

SHE WAS THERE BACK IN THE 40S.

THEY PLATTED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1940S AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND BUILT BUILT A HOUSE THERE.

SHE STILL RESIDES THERE AND FANTASTIC INDIVIDUAL DON'T GO BY AND SEE HER.

SHE SLEEPS A LOT, BUT SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

SHE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU PLAY DOMINOES AND STUFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IF I CAN JUST TAKE A PERSONAL MOMENT FOR A MOMENT.

AND SO.

AS ONE GETS OLDER, THEY SEE MORE OF THEIR HEROES START TO NOT BE HERE ANYMORE.

AND THAT HAPPENED FOR ME LAST WEEK.

MR BE.

HARRY BELAFONTE MADE TRANSITION AND MR BE HAS BEEN SOMEONE THAT I HAVE LOOKED UP TO SINCE I WAS A CHILD.

MANY PEOPLE THINK OF MR. B AS THE ARTIST WHO BECAME THE ACTIVIST WHEN IN REALITY IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

HIS ACTIVISM.

HE WAS AN ACTIVIST WHO BECAME AN ARTIST AS A WAY TO EXPRESS HIS ACTIVISM.

I KNOW MANY OF US KNOW HIM FOR DAY-O OR THE SONG IN BEETLEJUICE, BUT HE WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

WHY AM I MENTIONING THAT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO BRANDON CHASE MCGEE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE WORK OF MR. B, THERE'S NO VICKI BYRD THERE'S CERTAINLY NO GERARD HUDSPETH.

WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT HIM IS THAT WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE, FOLKS LIKE SIDNEY POITIER AND HARRY BELAFONTE AND ARETHA FRANKLIN AND BILL RUSSELL, JIM BROWN, THE LIST GOES ON OF BLACK CELEBRITIES WHO WERE FUNDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. YOU SEE, WE DON'T HAVE THE WORK OF A MARTIN KING OR A RALPH ABERNATHY OR JESSE JACKSON OR MALCOLM X WITHOUT BLACK BLACK CELEBRITIES WRITING THE CHECK FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND THIS WEEK, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, IT REMINDED ME OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE OF BLACK CELEBRITY.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT BLACK CELEBRITIES PLAY A VERY SPECIFIC ROLE IN THAT.

WHEN FOLKS COME TO US TO UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO SPEAK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT RATHER OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THOSE WHO ARE LEARNED IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CAN DO THAT WORK TO REPRESENT US.

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AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE DID THE RIGHT THING.

HE INTRODUCED JACK KENNEDY TO FOLKS LIKE JIMMY BALDWIN, FOLKS LIKE MARTIN KING.

SO AS WE REFLECT ON THE LIFE AND THE WORK OF MR. BELAFONTE, I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY COMES ALONG EVERY YEAR AND WE CELEBRATE IT.

AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, IT MAKES ME SICK THAT MANY OF US IN POSITIONS WHO HAVE VOICES LIKE TO QUOTE THE CUTE THINGS THAT HE SAID.

I WISH THAT WE COULD ALL JUDGE EACH OTHER BY THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER RATHER THAN THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN.

IT'S VERY EASY TO ANECDOTALLY TAKE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE SAID, BUT WE DON'T OFTEN LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF ONE'S BODY OF WORK.

MR. B IN PARTICULAR TELLS US OF A TIME RIGHT BEFORE MARTIN KING WAS ASSASSINATED WHEN KING LAMENTED THE WORK THAT HE HAD DONE FOR INTEGRATION.

WHEN HE TOLD MR. BELAFONTE, I LAMENT THAT I HAVE LED MY PEOPLE INTO A BURNING HOUSE OF INTEGRATION.

THAT'S THE SAME MARTIN KING, THE SAME MARTIN KING, WHO TOWARD THE END OF HIS LIFE WAS MOVING TO MARRY THE IDEOLOGY OF MALCOLM X.

MR. B REMINDS US THAT WE MUST TAKE FOLKS IN TOTALITY OF THEIR LIFE, AND THAT IS HOW WE MUST JUDGE THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO MARK THE PASSING OF SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FORMATIVE YEARS AND STILL NOW.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ HIS BIOGRAPHY OR OR READ THE WRITINGS OF I BELIEVE THE ARTICLE IS CALLED WHY I MARRIED JULIE ABOUT WHY HE CHOSE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIP.

YOU CAN READ THROUGH HIS WORK THROUGH THE EYES OF ONE OF HIS LIFELONG FRIENDS, SIDNEY POITIER, TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DID BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. HARRY BELAFONTE WAS A GIANT AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND MANY OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE HIM TO THANK BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT HARRY BELAFONTE OF THE WORLD GOING FIRST. SO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INDULGING ME.

COUNCILMAN BYRD. I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK MY THE MEMBERS OF THIS SORORITY THAT I BELONG TO BY THE NAME OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S MADE UP OF OVER 300,000 MEMBERS, AND IT'S A WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SERVICE GROUP.

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS WEEKEND I WAS AWARDED THROUGH OUR ANNUAL WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM, THE 24TH ANNUAL WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM, I WAS AWARDED THE EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AWARD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THROUGH THIS GROUP.

AND AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE WORKS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING, I PRETTY MUCH FORGOT ABOUT SOME OF THAT STUFF.

SO IT REMINDED ME THAT I'M NOT TAKING ANY OF THIS, ANY OF THIS BLESSING THAT I HAVE FROM THE TIME.

I ARRIVED HERE IN DENTON AND TO THIS MOMENT, I'M NOT TAKING ANY OF THAT IN VAIN.

EVERYTHING THAT I SPEAK IS THE TRUTH AS I KNOW IT AND AS I FEEL IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY LADIES FOR GETTING HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MY LIGHTS SHINE.

AND IF THEY'RE WATCHING.

HELLO TO YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE I CAN'T SEE? I GUESS HE'S OKAY.

WELL, I CAN'T SEE TO SEE, BUT OKAY.

SO TO CLOSE OUT REALLY QUICK.

SO IF YOU DID NOT KNOW FORMER COUNTY JUDGE MARY HAWN PASSED AWAY.

THE WAKE IS ON THE 11TH.

THE SERVICES ARE ON THE 12TH.

THERE'S A MOTHERHOOD PLAY THAT IS ON THE 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH.

SO HERE AT THE THE DENTON THEATER, THAT'S IN THE OLD MOVIE THEATER IN THE MALL NOW.

SO LOOK THAT UP.

MOTHERHOOD, TOO, IS THE NAME OF THE PLAY FOR THOSE THAT ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. WE WON'T BE BACK BEFORE THEN SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE MOMS DO.

IT'S IT'S OUTSTANDING WORK AND IT'S A LEVEL OF PATIENCE I CAN ONLY READ ABOUT.

AND THEN TO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE GRADUATING TWU, NCTC, UNT AND THOSE THAT ARE A YEAR CLOSE OR SEMESTER CLOSER TO GRADUATING. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT.

DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE IS HAVING A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON THE 12TH.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT'S GOING ON, IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR THEM.

AND THEN I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JACK SACCO AND GREG AND ALAN'S SON.

HE'S GRADUATING FROM LAW SCHOOL.

SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK HERE IN THE CITY, A LOT OF FUNDRAISING, A LOT OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO REALLY EXCITED.

AND HE'S A GREAT KID. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM FROM GRADUATING LAW SCHOOL.

AND THEN LASTLY, IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, WE THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER TO STAFF.

WE HAVE A CANVASING CELEBRATION.

SO THAT WOULD BE FORMER ANY.

[03:05:03]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A CELEBRATION FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING INTO OFFICE, THOSE THAT ARE COMING OUT OF OFFICE AND THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED BEFORE KIND OF JUST HAVE SOME FELLOWSHIP, RIGHT? JUST UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES AND WORDS OF WISDOM, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND I TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY VALUABLE.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND I'LL CLOSE WITH ONE EXAMPLE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOEY HAWKINS AND HIS WIFE MADE A SUGGESTION TO ME THAT WAS VERY SALIENT THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT.

AND THEY SAID AFTER WE WON IN 2017, THEY SAID, HEY, GERARD, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE AND DIANE MAKE SURE YOUR DIANE WATCHES ALL THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.

AND I SAID, WHY WOULD WE EVER DO THAT? AND AND HE SAID, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THERE'LL BE A SEGMENT OF YOUR DAY, OF YOUR WEEK, OF YOUR LIFE THAT SHE'S NOT UP TO SPEED WITH.

AND IT WILL CREATE A GAP AND YOU WON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY TO CONVERSATE ON IT.

AND IT JUST KIND OF CREATES A BREAK IN COMMUNICATION.

AND AND TO THIS DAY, SHE WATCHES AND HE WAS SO SPOT ON.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.

BUT FOR HIM TAKING AN INTEREST IN US AND MAKING SURE HE SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHARE AND FELLOWSHIP.

AND WITH THAT, IT'S 839.

WE'LL CONCLUDE TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.