A. ID 26-0154 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on the City’s financial policies. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 60 minutes]

[A. ID 26-0154 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on the City’s financial policies. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 60 minutes]]

PULLED. FIRST ITEM IS THREE A I'D 26015 FOR RECEIVE REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION. GIVE STAFF

DIRECTION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES. >> AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE MACK KICKS OFF THIS ITEM. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON, IT'S VITAL THAT WE ALIGN OUR LONG TERM PLANNING WITH SEVERAL OF THE PILLARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY. SO TRANSPARENCY, CONNECTIVITY, AND RESILIENCY. THE GOAL OF THIS WORK SESSION AND DISCUSSION IS TO TO TALK ABOUT THE PRACTICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AND HOW WE STRENGTHEN THOSE TO ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN FINANCIALLY STABLE. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT BEFORE MATT KICKS OFF THE

DISCUSSION. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MATT HAMILTON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO START AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY THAT WILL OUTLINE STRATEGIES IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS. THE FIRST IS LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING, RESERVE FUNDS, CAPITAL AND REINVESTMENT, COST OF SERVICE BASED RATES, LINKING SPECIFIC REVENUES TO EXPENSES, INCREMENTAL RATE ADJUSTMENTS TO AVOID SPIKES, AND COMPETITIVE RATE BENCHMARKING. THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ENHANCE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL STANDARDS, AND TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH VARIOUS NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS THE

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GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA, AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, A, W, W A, AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION. APA BEST PRACTICES. IT WILL ALSO ENHANCE THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CITY AND SUPPORT HIGH CREDIT RATINGS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A CENTRALIZED FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL POLICIES WITHIN THE CITY. SO CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STANDALONE FINANCIAL POLICIES. BUT WHAT WE LACK IS A COMPREHENSIVE OVERARCHING FINANCIAL POLICY. SO AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'LL FOCUS ON IS DEVELOPING A LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN. SO ESTABLISHING A LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE PERFORMANCE OR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OUT TEN YEARS. CURRENTLY, WE ONLY PRODUCE FIVE YEAR FORECASTS WITH A FOCUS REALLY ON THAT NEXT BUDGET YEAR. BUT GFOA RECOMMENDS A FINANCIAL PLAN GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS FOR ALL GOVERNMENTS THAT UTILIZE DEBT FINANCING AND OR UTILITY RATE SETTING, BOTH OF WHICH THE CITY OF DENTON DOES. WITHIN THIS, WE WOULD DEFINE SPECIFIC FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS SUPPORTED BY AVAILABLE DATA, INCLUDING POPULATION AND CUSTOMER GROWTH, VOLUME AND DEMAND GROWTH, INFLATION, SERVICE LEVELS, FUTURE STAFFING LEVELS, RATE CHANGES, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND RESERVE BALANCES. AND THROUGH THIS, OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY ANY STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES EARLY AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THEM PROACTIVELY. LOOKING AT RESERVE FUNDS, WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A RESERVE FUND POLICY. GFOA RECOMMENDS THAT GOVERNMENTS ESTABLISH A FORMAL POLICY ON THE LEVEL OF UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR GAAP AND BUDGETARY PURPOSES. RESERVE SHOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL STABILITY, PROTECTING AGAINST REVENUE VOLATILITY AND ENSURING CONTINUITY OF SERVICES DURING ANY ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS OR EMERGENCIES. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WOULD BE TO RESERVE REVIEW THE RESERVE FUND LEVELS FOR ALL THE MAJOR FUNDS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND, ELECTRIC WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE TO ENSURE THAT OPERATING RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR OPERATING NEEDS AND ALSO TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. WITHIN THIS, WE WOULD ALSO CLEARLY DELINEATE THE ROLE AND USE OF WORKING CAPITAL AND OPERATING RESERVES.

SO WORKING CAPITAL PROVIDING SHORT TERM SUPPORT FOR FLUCTUATIONS JUST IN DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND OPERATING RESERVE BEING THAT LONGER TERM SUPPORT FOR RATE STABILIZATION AND ANY EMERGENCIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD ESTABLISH FUND TARGETS FOR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AND THE AIRPORT, WHICH CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A FUND BALANCE TARGET.

TAKING A LOOK AT CAPITAL AND REINVESTMENT POLICIES, GFOA RECOMMENDS A WRITTEN POLICY ADDRESSING CAPITAL ASSET RESERVES FOR RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT. THE CITY CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE AN ADOPTED POLICY, ALTHOUGH WE DO MANY OF THESE THINGS IN PRACTICE AND THROUGH OUR BUDGETING PROCESS. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS WE'D LIKE TO DOCUMENT THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO A FORMAL, COMPREHENSIVE POLICY. SO FIRST, ESTABLISHING A FUNDING STRATEGY BASED ON THE TYPE OF ASSET AND LIFE CYCLE OF THE ASSET. SO DOCUMENTING THAT CASH FUNDING IS PREFERRED FOR EXISTING AND RECURRING REPLACEMENTS AND SHORT LIVED ASSETS. AND DEBT FUNDING IS RESERVED ONLY FOR NEW CAPACITY OR LONGER LIVED ASSETS. WE WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH A DEPRECIATION BASED FUNDING PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD CASH FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS BASED ON THEIR ANNUAL DEPRECIATION, SO THIS WILL ENSURE THAT A RESERVE IS AVAILABLE TO REPLACE ASSETS AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF ASSETS WOULD BE USED TO REPLACE SIMILAR ASSETS, AND WE WOULD ADJUST THE FORECAST TO TO ASSUME INFLATION. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THE TRUE REPLACEMENT COST RATHER THAN JUST THE CURRENT FORECASTED COST. AND THIRD, WE WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTEGRATION WITH THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING STRATEGY, WHICH WILL TRACK THE REINVESTMENT RATIO. OUR ANNUAL CAPITAL SPENDING OVER OUR DEPRECIATION EXPENSE, AND PERIODICALLY EVALUATE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COSTS VERSUS PROACTIVELY REINVESTING.

LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSE POLICIES, GFOA RECOMMENDS ADOPTING STRONG POLICIES TO MAINTAIN A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET. WE DO HAVE MANY OF THESE ESTABLISHED. HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME DOCUMENTATION OUTLINING AND DOCUMENTING SPECIFIC LINKS BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENSES AND FINANCIAL FORECASTING. SO REALLY

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IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES AND LINKING THEM IN THE POLICIES TO SPECIFIC EXPENSES. SO IMPACT FEE RESERVES, AS AN EXAMPLE, WOULD BE USED TO OFFSET DEBT SERVICE FOR IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND WOULD BE USED TO FUND FLEET PURCHASES AND REPLACEMENTS. THE E, C, A OR ENERGY COST ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE USED TO RECOVER NET POWER COSTS AND THE TRANSMISSION COST RECOVERY FACTOR WOULD BE USED TO RECOVER TRANSMISSION COSTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DOCUMENT IT IN A FINANCIAL POLICY. WE WILL ALSO IDENTIFY WHICH REVENUES ARE RESTRICTED, COMMITTED OR DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC EXPENSES, HOW SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS WILL BE MANAGED, HOW COMPLIANCE WILL BE MONITORED AND REPORTED, INCLUDING LANGUAGE ON EXCESS FUNDS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SURPLUS COLLECTIONS AND HOW THEY'RE APPLIED IN THAT EXAMPLE FOR RATE STABILIZATION. AND FINALLY TO ESTABLISH AN INTEGRATION WITH THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING STRATEGY, TRACKING ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LAW, BOND COVENANTS, UTILITY STANDARDS AND GASB ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. INCREMENTAL RATE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE BASED ON A MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LONGER TERM TEN YEAR FORECAST THAT WILL INCORPORATE OPERATING AND CAPITAL NEEDS, RESERVE TARGETS, DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS AND INCLUDE INFLATION AND GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS. AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CREDIT RATING AND THE RATING AGENCIES. THEY LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THIS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DOCUMENT IN OUR POLICIES. AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT IN OUR FORECAST TO MAINTAIN THOSE HIGH CREDIT RATINGS, GRADUAL ADJUSTMENTS TIED TO LONG TERM PLANNING TO PROVIDE PREDICTABLE ANNUAL INCREASES RATHER THAN INFREQUENT LARGE SPIKES, REVIEWING FEE ADJUSTMENTS ANNUALLY TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE, AND TO TARGET ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH COST OF SERVICE PRINCIPLES, DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIOS AND OUR RESERVE POLICIES. LOOKING AT BENCHMARKING, WE WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT COMPARABLE UTILITIES BASED ON SERVICE TYPE. SO WHETHER IT'S ELECTRIC, WATER, WASTEWATER OR SOLID WASTE, THE SIZE, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMER BASE UNITS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SO HOW LARGE THE UTILITY IS AND ALSO THEIR LEVEL OF STAFFING, WHETHER THEY OPERATE IN A REGIONAL OR STATE CONTEXT AND THE OWNERSHIP TYPE, WHETHER IT'S A MUNICIPAL OWNED ENTITY OR INVESTOR OWNED ENTITY, WE'LL IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT COMPARABLE METRICS BASED ON AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RATES. TOTAL PROVIDE TOTAL BILL COMPARISONS FOR TYPICAL USAGE LEVELS.

PROVIDE RATE STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES WHETHER THEY'RE FIXED OR VARIABLE, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY INDICATORS SUCH AS THE PERCENT OF MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THOSE AREAS. SO SOME OF THE DATA SOURCES WE INTEND TO USE WOULD BE THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION'S A, W W A AND A P P A STATE REGULATORY FILINGS, CONSULTANT STUDIES AND OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RATE SCHEDULES FOR EACH OF THESE UTILITIES. SO IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO FOUR PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE DEVELOPING THE FRAMEWORK AND HAVING COUNCIL PROVIDE US THE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

SECOND WOULD BE THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO BUILD AND VALIDATE THE LONG RANGE FORECASTS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, DEVELOP RESERVE TARGETS FOR ALL THE MAJOR FUNDS AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, OR UPDATE THE EXISTING TARGETS. DEVELOP DEPRECIATION BASED REINVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND CAPITAL FUNDING FRAMEWORKS. DOCUMENT THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE LINKAGES, AS WELL AS COMPILE THE BENCHMARKING DATA SETS. PHASE THREE WOULD ENCOMPASS PRESENTING THE DRAFT POLICIES TO COUNCIL AND INCORPORATING FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE, AND THEN INTEGRATING THE ADOPTED POLICIES INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 2728 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND FROM THERE, ESTABLISHING COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING DASHBOARDS TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESERVES AND REINVESTMENT RATIOS AND OTHER METRICS THAT WE DEVELOP ARE ADHERED TO MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN PHASE FOUR WOULD BE THE ONGOING MONITORING. SO THIS IS WHEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT OUR INCREMENTAL RATE ADJUSTMENT STRATEGY, PERFORM AN ANNUAL RESERVE ADEQUACY REVIEW, EVALUATE

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REINVESTMENT RATIOS AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND CONDUCT THE ANNUAL BENCHMARKING AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY INITIATIVE WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AT KEY DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES FOR FEEDBACK. AND TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR DIRECTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, INCLUSION OF THE POLICY IN FUTURE BUDGETARY PROCESSES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX, THEN MAYOR PRO

TEM. >> SO I APOLOGIZE. I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE DIRECTION. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE. AND I EVEN WROTE DOWN THE STRATEGIES. I'VE EVEN, YOU KNOW, MADE NOTES FROM THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THIS COUNCIL OUR CITY AS WELL AS STAFF PREDICTABILITY FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK WITH THE SOMETIMES TEMPORARY NATURE OF THE MAKEUP OF COUNCIL, IT'S EASY TO SAY, LET'S RAISE THE RATES, LET'S LOWER THE RATES, LET'S, YOU KNOW, YEAR BY YEAR. BUT REALLY LOOKING AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE SHORT TERM, IT MIGHT BE PAINFUL AT SOME POINTS TO CUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR RESERVES, THAT WE ARE BEING CAREFUL WITH. AGAIN, THE VARIABLES THAT HAPPEN WITH SALES TAX OR ELECTRICITY RATES, ETCETERA, BUT THAT EVERYONE EVEN COMING INTO THESE SEATS CAN SEE A PLAN NOT JUST FOR THE FIVE YEARS, BUT BUT GOING OUT. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I IT MAKES IT LOOK EASY. I KNOW IT WON'T BE EASY, BUT EVERYTHING IN THERE I THINK IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING ASKED FOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS AND MY DIRECTION IS TO MOVE

FORWARD AS PRESENTED. MAYOR THANK YOU. >> OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN MONTHS IN THE MAKING. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR MONTHS. IT KEEPS GETTING BUMPED. SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME INTO IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST BEEN YOU, IT'S BEEN OTHER STAFF WHO I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL IT WAS. SO SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKED ON THIS. JUST TO CLARIFY RIGHT NOW, DO WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF WITH THEIR OWN FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT ALL INTO A SINGLE SORT OF TOP LEVEL FINANCIAL POLICY. IS THAT

ACCURATE? >> WELL, THERE ARE SOME POLICIES THAT AFFECT SOME DEPARTMENTS UTILITIES MORE SO THAN, SAY, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY KIND OF STANDALONE POLICIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A A FUND BALANCE POLICY AND WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT POLICY AND WE HAVE A DEBT POLICY. BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS REALLY THE STRATEGY DOCUMENT THAT TIES THEM TOGETHER IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A FINANCIAL PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES, YOU KNOW, HERE'S HOW MUCH WE CAN CASH FUND, HERE'S WHERE WE SHOULD DEBT FUND, HERE'S WHERE OUR RESERVES SHOULD BE. SO THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED. WE'RE JUST, I THINK, MISSING THAT, THAT DOCUMENTATION LINK THAT THAT KIND OF PULLS IT TOGETHER. OKAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. A COUPLE THINGS I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. I MAY HAVE YELLED AT MY SCREEN WHEN I WAS READING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A TEN YEAR PRO FORMA SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING SO SHORTSIGHTED, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FARTHER IN ADVANCE, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN AND TRY TO PREDICT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW, HOW WHAT WE DO NOW INFLUENCES, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, AS BEST AS WE CAN GUESS IT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PREDICTABLE, GRADUAL, GRADUAL RATE INCREASES RATHER THAN THE SPIKES, BECAUSE THOSE SPIKES ARE WHAT HURT THE MOST. SO IF YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE HOW MANY OF THOSE HAPPEN, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT MORE PREDICTABLE SCALING FOR THE FUND BALANCE POLICY OR THE RESERVE FUNDS POLICY. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE WERE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE JUST MAKING IT MORE ENFORCEABLE OR.

>> SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. I THINK SPECIFICALLY WHAT THERE'S KIND OF TWO SIDES TO THIS. ONE IS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THE MAJOR FUNDS FOR FOR THE ESTABLISHED TARGETS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH BEST PRACTICES AND THE OPERATING NEEDS OF, OF THE UTILITIES AND, AND THE GENERAL FUND. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS ESTABLISHING FUND BALANCE TARGETS FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT, WHICH CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A FUND BALANCE TARGET. THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR CURRENTLY PROVIDE ANY EXCESS FUNDING BACK TO THE MAJOR FUNDS. AND SO

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LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN A RESERVE BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN LIABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNDS, THERE'S PERSONNEL. AND SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE FUNDS. SO IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF TAKING A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHERE OUR RESERVE BALANCES SHOULD BE ON A FUND

LEVEL THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> AND THEN WHAT DO WE DEFINE AS A LONG LIVED ASSET? SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WAS IT THE DEPRECIATION FUNDING? MAYBE I FORGET WHAT SLIDE THAT WAS, BUT WE USE THE TERM LONG LIVED ASSET TO US. WHAT HOW

MANY YEARS IS THAT. YES. HERE NUMBER ONE BULLET TWO. >> ON THE DEBT FUNDING.

>> YES. >> YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING AT ASSETS THAT ARE 20 YEARS OR MORE. YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WE FINANCE SHORTER ASSETS SUCH AS VEHICLES.

AND SO LOOKING AT WAYS AND STRATEGIES TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE SHORTER LIVED ASSETS AND FOCUSING MORE ON THE ON THE LONGER TERM ASSETS SPECIFIC TO THE TO, TO DEBT

FUNDING. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND ON THE DEPRECIATION BASED FUNDING, DO WE CURRENTLY ACCOUNT FOR OUR ASSETS THAT ARE ALREADY FULLY DEPRECIATED? LIKE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS DRAINAGE THAT WE MAYBE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT YET. DO WE CURRENTLY ACCOUNT FOR THOSE IN OUR BUDGET, THE ONES THAT JUST NEED TO BE REPLACED.

>> SO WE DO AN ASSESSMENT. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE ASSETS AND WE DO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND PRIORITIZING THOSE REPLACEMENTS. I THINK WHAT IS NOT OCCURRING CURRENTLY IS ON THE ON THE FINANCING SIDE, SETTING ASIDE RESERVE FUNDING IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE FUTURE OBLIGATIONS. AND SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT ASSESSMENT EVERY YEAR. BUT I THINK WITH THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, THAT LONG TERM FUNDING IN SO THAT WHEN THOSE ASSETS DO NEED TO BE

REPLACED, WE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING TO TO REPLACE THEM. >> AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME FOR, FOR ONES THAT HAVEN'T FULLY DEPRECIATED YET, OR LET'S SAY WE JUST REPLACED THIS ONE.

NOW WE START COUNTING DOWN BASICALLY. SO, BUT I KNOW THERE'S LIKE A, WE HAVE A CHUNK THAT'S FULLY DEPRECIATED. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO.

>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL.

>> LOOK AT IT. YES. >> OKAY. >> LAST THING I MEAN I WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'S MY, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION. I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND TYPICALLY WHEN EXPENSES ARE GOING UP, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE EITHER PROPOSE TAX INCREASES OR RATE INCREASES OR FEE INCREASES, OR WE CUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE. I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO CHOOSE FROM, WHICH ARE LAND USE AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN STANDARDS. BOTH OF THOSE INFLUENCE THE COST TO DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES. SO I WOULD LIKE WHEN COSTS ARE GOING UP FOR US TO HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL, OF ARE THERE LAND USE OR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE CAN CHANGE TO MAKE MORE COST EFFECTIVE SO THAT WE'RE STILL DELIVERING ALL THE SERVICES, BUT WE'RE BEING A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE ABOUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DO THAT, BUT JUST THAT WE HAVE THAT OPTION IN ADDITION TO LET'S INCREASE COSTS ON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OR WE'LL CUT SERVICES. I'D LIKE A MIDDLE OPTION WHERE WE MAKE OUR LAND USE AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS MORE COST EFFICIENT IN HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND HOW WE'RE DELIVERING IT. IF THERE'S A WAY TO PUT THAT INTO ALL OF THIS AS WELL.

>> YEAH. OKAY. >> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU ALL. >> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. I WANT TO ADDRESS JUST THREE THINGS HERE, I THINK, BUT JUST PUT IT OUT ON THE TABLE. I'M NOT REALLY CONVINCED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT THAT THE LONG TERM FORECAST IS SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO THAT ROUTE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TO GO AHEAD. BUT FOR JUST MY.

ORAL NOTIFICATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT. I'M JUST THINKING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION'S JUST ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND CHANGING. A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE MAY BUDGET IN DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, AT THE ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATIONS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH OUR STATE LEVEL

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PEOPLE, HOW THAT REALLY DOES AFFECT WHAT THIS BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST YEAR TO YEAR. AND SO I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY DECENT JOB. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WHEN NEEDED. I'M JUST THINKING THAT WHEN YOU GO WAY OUT THERE LIKE THAT, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED OVER IN TEN YEARS AND YOU'RE HAVING TO ADJUST ANYWAY WITH THAT, I'M JUST THINKING THAT THAT FIVE YEAR WOULD BE A MAX, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, YOU KNOW, FORECAST. THAT'S JUST ME AND MY, MY THOUGHTS. THEN THE OTHER THING IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO RIGHT NOW, I KNOW USUALLY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS KIND OF LIKE A LOW PRIORITY TYPE SITUATION. AND SO I'M SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE DEFERRING MANY MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DEFERRED. AND AT SOME POINT, A DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AS TO BUCKLE DOWN AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS. MY CONCERN IS WITH OUR LAY PEOPLE OUT HERE, OUR COMMUNITY, THEY CAN SEE OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THEIR SERVICES, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP A STOP SIGN IN A TIMELY MANNER OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH A CURB OR WHATEVER. I, I'M, I'M AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS MORE SO THAN LONG TERM, SIX YEARS. WE JUST GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB AND PRIORITIZING. AND AT SOME POINT THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP ON THE LIST AT SOME POINT. BUT WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE AND WANT TO ALLOW IT TO EXPAND TEN MORE YEARS, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FINALLY GET ON TOP OF? THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THE FIVE YEARS. AND THE OTHER THING IS, I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD THIS REALLY BIG SPIKE IN OUR UTILITIES, AND WE HAD TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY BEING VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. WHEN WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. AND OF COURSE, NO ONE LIKES THEIR HIGHER UTILITY BILL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR WE HAVE HIGHER TAXES. BUT TO APPEASE THAT MINDSET AND THEN HAVING IT COME BACK AND HIT REAL HARD LIKE THAT, THAT WAS HARD ON US. AND WE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND SO I AM APPRECIATING THAT THAT IS NOW BEING RECOGNIZED. I THINK THAT WE CAN PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB WITH ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPECT. IF YOU WANT MORE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR MORE. AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS PLAINLY PUT, BUT IT JUST DOES HAVE TO RESONATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE HERE AND WE'VE GOT TO PAY THE PAY THE PRICE FOR WHAT IT IS, JUST LIKE YOUR OWN BUDGET AT HOME. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THE GRADUAL ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THE OTHER THING I HAVE TEN YEAR AND A TEN YEAR AS WELL. OKAY. RESERVE FUNDS. SO THAT GOES BACK TO RESERVE FUNDS. AND THE TEN YEAR IS IT STILL ENOUGH? I MEAN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING OUT DOWN THE WAY AND WE KNOW THE PRICE IS GOING TO INCREASE ANYWAY. WILL WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL. WILL WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM A STATE LEVEL TO GO THAT FAR? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND OUR CITIZENS, IF THEY'RE COMING BEFORE US AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT OUT THERE FOR US TO I DON'T ADD TO THE CONVERSATION. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US TO HAVE SUCH

A GREAT CITY LOVE IT. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR, THEN TWO.

>> THANK YOU. >> THIS. THIS WAS CERTAINLY AN EXHAUSTIVE, COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN IN YOUR INDUSTRY, IS THERE A IS THERE A STANDARD OF RESERVE FUNDS? IS THERE A PERCENT THAT THAT CITY'S OF ABOUT OUR SIZE

COMMONLY COMMONLY PUT BACK AS A RESERVE? >> YEAH, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY A GENERAL STANDARD OF ABOUT 20% FOR THE GENERAL FUND. NOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER AREAS THAT THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT. ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE RATING AGENCIES AND WHERE DO THEY DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN HAVING, YOU

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KNOW, AMPLE RESERVES AND MAYBE NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT RESERVES? AND AND CURRENTLY THAT'S ABOUT 15%. AND WHEN I SAY PERCENT, 15% OF THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES IN THAT IN THAT FISCAL YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS LIKE GFOA. I THINK THEIRS IS 20 TO 25%. SO WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT FROM A GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND ABOVE, WHERE THE RATING AGENCIES KIND OF DRAW THE LINE FOR THE UTILITY FUNDS. THOSE ARE GOING TO VARY BY THOSE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT. AND SO WE WOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY, WHAT ARE OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY DAYS OF RESERVE DO WE ACTUALLY NEED? SO CURRENTLY, ALL THE UTILITIES HAVE 30 DAYS OF, OF WORKING CAPITAL. BUT THEN THE. OPERATING RESERVES, THOSE VARY SIGNIFICANTLY BY EACH DEPARTMENT. SO SOLID WASTE IS 8 TO 10%, I BELIEVE, OF EXPENDITURES, WHEREAS DME IS 48 TO ABOUT 63% I THINK IS THEIR RANGE. SO VERY SIGNIFICANT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, DOES SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING HAVE AN ADEQUATE RESERVE TO, YOU KNOW, REPLACE EQUIPMENT IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER OR A SHUTDOWN IN OPERATIONS OF SOME TYPE, SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WATER, WASTEWATER FALL KIND OF IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND BUT ARE DIFFERENT. AND SHOULD THEY, YOU KNOW, MORE CLOSELY ALIGN OR WHAT SHOULD THOSE TARGET RANGES BE? SO, SO WE DO HAVE RANGES ESTABLISHED NOW THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IN

ALIGNMENT WITH BEST PRACTICES FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. >> I PRESUME THOSE ARE LIQUID

ASSETS. >> YES. >> AND AND DO THEY ARE THEY IS THERE ANY INTEREST INVOLVED? AND IF SO, IS IT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO DISCUSS. SO DO THEY

ARE THEY INTEREST BEARING. >> THE RESERVES? YES. THE CITY PRIMARILY INVESTS IN US TREASURIES AND AGENCIES. SO THE STATE STATUTES THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE FIA SET OUT PARAMETERS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASE OUR INVESTMENT POLICY ON. AND SO OUR RATE OF RETURN IS ABOUT 3.75%. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT'S WE CERTAINLY RECEIVE SOME INTEREST INCOME.

>> YEAH. >> OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD

REPORT. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M GOING TO ECHO MY APPRECIATION. I'M REALLY LOVING THE THE FORMALISM, THE INTENTIONALITY THAT'S BEING BUILT INTO THIS. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM MAKING CHANGES TO THAT INTENTIONALITY, BUT HAVING IT DOCUMENTED IS, IS REALLY CRITICAL. AND TO SOME THAT'S WHAT LEADS ME TO MY FIRST QUESTION. I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY DOING MANY OF THESE THINGS. SO AND I GUESS I WON'T I WON'T ASK FOR IT HERE, BUT IN SOME FUTURE WAY. COULD YOU INDICATE TO COUNCIL WHAT WHERE YOU'RE INTENDING WHAT'S NEW? GIVE ME THE RED LINE VERSION OF THIS. WHAT'S NEW VERSUS WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. I KNOW WE SAY WE DON'T HAVE AN ADOPTED POLICY, BUT I ALSO KNOW WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE'RE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THIS. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT INCREMENTAL CHANGE BEYOND JUST WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A LIKE A GENERAL FUTURE ASK. YEP. AND THEN OKAY, SO. SO ON OUR, ON OUR FUND BALANCE PICKING UP FROM COUNCILOR HOLLAND, I REALLY LOVE THE DISTINCTION YOU MADE BETWEEN THE SHORT TERM AND THE OPERATING BALANCES. THAT'S THAT'S FABULOUS. I THINK IT WAS A REAL NEED FOR THAT. IS IT OUR INTENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW ALL THESE TWO KINDS OF FUND BALANCE FOR EVERY UTILITY ANNUALLY? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I'M JUST CONFIRMING. YES. OKAY, GREAT. AND I REALLY SUPPORT THE THE STRONGER TEN YEAR PLAN ON THE ON THE, THE OUTCOME PREDICTIONS. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T ADJUST. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU ARE MAKING LONG TERM CONSEQUENTIAL PLANNING. AND THEN SINCE MOST OF THIS WAS ABOUT UTILITIES, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A SORT OF A 50,000 FOOT GOAL OF COST RECOVERY ON THE UTILITIES. BUT DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND I KNOW THAT FOR

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BOTH. WATER, WASTEWATER AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR MASTER PLANS AND BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THE ELECTRICAL, WE HAVE THE IRP COMING UP. AND SO WE HAVE THAT WHOLE SORT OF STRUCTURING OF OUR UTILITY. HOW, HOW IS THAT INTERLEAVING WITH THIS FINANCIAL PLANNING? I MEAN, I ASSUME THEY HAVE TO GO HAND IN GLOVE, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE COLOR TO HOW THE UTILITY VERSUS THE FINANCE FINANCING OF THE UTILITIES IS GOING TO GO, OR HOW DO YOU

ANTICIPATE THAT INTERACTING? >> YEAH, YEAH. SO AS PART OF THIS, IN THE INITIAL PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE PULLED TOGETHER ALL THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT RELATE TO THE UTILITIES AND HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, FINANCIAL STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UTILITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT POLICIES APPLY AND HOW THE UTILITY COULD BE FUNDED IN, IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF HOW THIS WILL DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, CORRELATE WITH THAT. BUT WE'LL

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. >> NO. OKAY. SO I'M HEARING THAT THAT THEY'LL BE INTEGRATED AND THAT THESE ELEMENTS WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO FUTURE COUNCILS. YEAH. BUT SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU OR I'LL THROW IT OUT IN A QUESTION. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'LL GET THE ANSWER BACK IN THE FUTURE. AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC POLICY OF A REGIONAL WATER APPROACH, WE HAVE OUR THINGS LIKE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AND AND THOSE WILL NOT DIRECTLY BE UTILITY, BUT THEY WILL AFFECT OUR PLANNING FOR UTILITIES. AND SO IF WE COULD WORK INTO, AS WE DEVELOP THESE FUND POLICIES AND, AND FINANCIAL POLICIES IN GENERAL, IF WE COULD WORK IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE SOME OF OUR OTHER STRATEGIC GOALS INTO THAT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO COST RECOVERY. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF WE COULD GET THAT SORT OF FINE GRAINED LEVEL GOING FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OH, MY DIRECTION IS TO DO THIS. >> GOT IT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, RIGHT? THERE'S MAJORITY.

[B. ID 26-0033 Receive a report and hold a discussion on the Denton Police Department Annual Update and 2025 Annual Report. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKES US TO ITEM THREE B I'D 260033 RECEIVED REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION ON THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL UPDATE AND 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TONY SOLIS. I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE 2025. SO LET'S START OFF WITH A COUPLE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS. SO IN 20 2025 WE ACTUALLY A GREAT YEAR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY A RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY IN OUR RECRUITING AREA. SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE EVER TO SIGN UP AND TAKE OUR CIVIL SERVICE TEST. THIS HAD AN EFFECT ON OUR POLICE ACADEMY. WE ALSO BROKE A RECORD. WE WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE 17 RECRUITS FROM ONE SINGLE CLASS. THAT IS THE MOST EVER THAT WE'VE EVER TO GRADUATE AT ONE TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR US. SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BRAG ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL, WHICH IS OUR DISPATCH.

LAST YEAR, THEY RECEIVED AN ACCREDITATION FOR THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM. NOW, LET ME REASSURE YOU, THIS IS NO EASY TASK, AS WE'RE ONLY ONE OUT OF SIX DEPARTMENTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS TO RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION. SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON AT DENTON PD. MOVE ON TO TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW, THE NPD, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS AND NEW INITIATIVES ON HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE AREAS TECHNOLOGY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS ACTUALLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE TEAM. SO IN COLLABORATION WITH FIRE, WE'RE ABLE TO GROW OUR DRONE TEAM LAST YEAR AND NOW CONSISTS OF 13 PILOTS MADE UP OF POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ADDING THE DRONES TO OUR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM DIDN'T JUST INCREASE IT, IT ACTUALLY HELPED US LOOK AT WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE. SO ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS, ALSO KNOWN AS TFR.

SO DFR IS AIMED AT GETTING EYES ON THE SCENE FASTER. SO HELPING RESPOND SMARTER, RIGHT? IT IS MEANT TO PROVIDE RESPOND RESOURCES WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES BEING DEPLOYED. SO WITH DRONES THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBILITIES. SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THESE PICTURES. THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY THE THE USE OF OUR INFRARED CAMERAS THAT OUR DRONES ARE EQUIPPED WITH. SO INFRARED CAMERAS ARE USED TO DETECT HEAT SIGNATURE OR SEARCH DARK AREAS AT NIGHT, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE FIRST

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PICTURE. THE SECOND PICTURE IS ACTUALLY A SPOTLIGHT THAT OUR DRONES ARE EQUIPPED WITH. SO FROM AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ABLE TO ILLUMINATE A PERSON, PLACE, OR AN OBJECT FROM AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED. SO IN THE, SO WE COLLECTED DATA FOR BFR. SO IN THE, IN THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE DRONE WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO SCENES FASTER THAN THE RESPOND UNIT 60% OF THE TIME.

SO THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT. SO LET ME TRY TO PAINT A PICTURE ON HOW OUR DRONE TEAM ACTUALLY USED LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO ACTUALLY SAVE A LIFE LAST YEAR. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, OUR DRONE TEAM WAS ACTUALLY OUT COLLECTING DATA. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAD OUR DRONE TEAM PILOT STATION ON TOP OF A PARKING GARAGE, AND THEY WERE MANUALLY DEPLOYING DRONES OUT AS CALLS WERE BEING DISPATCHED. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT, NINE ONE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A91 CALLER STATING THAT THEY ALMOST STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS WALKING ON THE I-35.

SERVICE ROAD. SO LUCKILY OUR DRONE TEAM WAS OUT. THEY DEPLOYED THE DRONES OUT. THE LOCATION OF THE 911 CALLER GAVE WAS ACTUALLY AN INCORRECT LOCATION, SO UNITS WERE RESPONDING TO THE WRONG AREA. OUR DRONE TEAM WAS ABLE TO REACH THE DISPATCH LOCATION AND IDENTIFIED, HEY, THIS IS THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT AREA WHERE THIS PERSON IS SUPPOSED TO BE WALKING. THEY EXPANDED THEIR SEARCH AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE AND WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO LOCATE THE INDIVIDUAL AS PICTURED IN THE PICTURE NUMBER ONE HERE. SO THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ACTUALLY A FEMALE. SHE'S SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY WALKING ON THE ROAD. SHE IS ON I-35 NORTHBOUND, WALKING IN A LANE OF TRAFFIC. SO YOU CAN SEE IN PICTURE NUMBER ONE, EXCUSE ME, THAT AN 18 WHEELER COMES WITHIN FEET OF STRIKING HER AS SHE'S WALKING NORTHBOUND IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC. SO ONCE OUR DRONE TEAM LOCATED HER, THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE SPOTLIGHT TO ILLUMINATE HER AREA AND WARN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SO TO PREVENT FROM GETTING HIT, THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO DIRECT RESPOND UNITS TO HER EXACT LOCATION SO SHE COULD PROVIDE HER WITH THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDED. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT TO RESOURCES AND GET THE HELP THAT SHE REQUIRED. SO THIS IS JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY WITH OUR DRONE TEAM. ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THE INITIATIVES THEY APPROVED LAST YEAR. SO THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR COMMUNITY, ALL ALL POLICE OFFICERS, MPD ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH DEPARTMENT ISSUED WEAPONS.

OKAY. FIREARMS SPECIFICALLY. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING OUR DEPARTMENT ISSUED RIFLES. WE'RE GOING TO CARRY ON THAT INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE NEXT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR STAFFING. THIS IS OUR STAFFING AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER 2025. SO WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE 220 SWORN OFFICERS. WE ENDED UP WITH 21 VACANCIES, NINE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ACADEMY, 18 IN FIELD TRAINING AND 172 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYABLE. SO 46 WEEKS IN TRAINING UPON HIRE THAT IS FOR A NEW OFFICER.

SO NEW OFFICERS TRAINING CONSISTS OF 21 WEEKS IN THE ACADEMY, FIVE WEEKS IN FIELD TRAINING, WHICH IS IN-SERVICE TRAINING, WHICH WE TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THE MPD WAY ACCORDING TO OUR POLICIES AND OUR AND OUR PROCEDURES AND STUFF. AND THEN THEY TAKE 20 WEEKS AS AN FTO TRAINING WHERE THEY'RE PAIRED UP WITH A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND THEY RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. SO MOVING ON TO OUR CHIEF ADVISORY BOARD. SO OUR CHIEF ADVISORY BOARD MET ONCE LAST YEAR AND THEY HAD NO RECOMMENDATIONS. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS SET FOR FOR JUNE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO MEET THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ITEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR DEPARTMENT DATA. SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE IS ACTUALLY OUR CALL FOR SERVICE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO OVER 129,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THAT'S JUST FOR POLICE. SO CALL FOR SERVICE. WE BROKE THEM UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES. ONE IS FIRST, ONE IS OFFICER INITIATED CALLS. THAT MEANS THAT OFFICERS OUT THERE BEING PROACTIVE, DEALING WITH SITUATIONS THAT COME IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY'RE GENERATING THEIR OWN CALLS FOR SERVICE. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS DISPATCH CALL FOR SERVICE. SO DISPATCH CALL FOR SERVICE CALLS RECEIVED 911 AND THEN DISPATCH TO DISPATCH OFFICERS TO INCIDENT LOCATIONS.

WITH THIS. WHAT THIS ALSO HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT 70% OF THE CALL FOR SERVICE ARE ACTUALLY PROCESSED THROUGH OUR NINE ONE CENTER. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE DATA ON THIS SLIDE. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR TOP REPORT OFFENSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST YEAR OUR THE TOP REPORTED OFFENSE WAS ACTUALLY THEFT OF PROPERTY OVER 150, FOLLOWED BY DWI DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AS NUMBER TWO. I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE

INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PART ONE CRIMES. PART ONE CRIMES ARE DEFINED BY THE FBI. THEY CONSIST OF BOTH VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES. SO IN THIS THIS SLIDE HERE WE BROKE THEM UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES. SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES. AT THE END OF 2025 VIOLENT

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CRIME WAS DECREASED BY OVER 15%. UNFORTUNATELY, PROPERTY CRIME ACTUALLY INCREASED BY OVER 10%.

THE DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND PROPERTY CRIME INCREASE WAS ACTUALLY MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS.

SO MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS INCREASED OVER 24%. AND MOST OF THESE WHAT WE LOOK AT THE DATA.

MOST OF THESE OFFENSES OCCURRED AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SO WE TOOK A PROACTIVE APPROACH ON THIS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGERS AND DOING SITE SAFETY INSPECTIONS TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR VISIBILITY OR OBSTRUCTIONS FROM FROM PUBLIC VIEW, OR ENSURING THAT THEIR GATES ARE WORKING PROPERLY. TO LOWER THESE NUMBERS DURING THE REVIEW OF THE DATA AS WELL, WE NOTICED THAT THE WE MADE A LARGE NUMBER OF ARRESTS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND THE COMMON THEME WAS REPEAT OFFENDERS FOR FOR THIS CATEGORY, I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO FINISH REVIEWING THE DATA ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL. OKAY. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. SO LAST YEAR WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR US. WE COMPLETED A LOT OF OUR INITIATIVES, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IS ACTUALLY OUR REACCREDITATION. SO WE ARE DUE TO RE-ACCREDITED IN AUGUST. WE'RE ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT. OUR TEAM IS EXCITED AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL IN AUGUST. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR DEPARTMENT POLICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO LAST YEAR WE HOSTED FOUR TOWNHALLS RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE TOWN HALLS. SO THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED OUR FIRST TOWN HALL, AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HOST OUR SECOND TOWN HALL IN MAY MAY 7TH, I BELIEVE. SO, IN ADDITION TO THE MAY TOWN HALL, WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOSTING A TOWN HALL SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THEIR NEEDS AS WELL. SO THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE ENHANCING DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP. SO LAST YEAR WE WORKED HARD AND WE CREATED A CURRICULUM AND WE ACTUALLY HOSTED OUR FIRST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INTERNALLY FOR OUR SWORN PERSONNEL. WE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED, SUCH GREAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE HOSTING OUR SECOND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THIS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE CREATING ONE AND WILL BE HOSTING A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS ON THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THEM AS WELL. SO IF YOU'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU CAN REFER YOU OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN DASHBOARD. AND I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS

THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT FOUR, THEN TWO. >> CHIEF, WELCOME. ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU. I GUESS IN THE ORDER THAT YOU THAT YOU LAID THESE OUT FROM FROM TIME FROM THE TIME YOU GET A CALL TO THE

TIME A DRONE IS IN THE AIR, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE IT? >> A MATTER OF MINUTES. I MEAN, AS LONG AS AS SOON AS WE PRESS THE BUTTON, THE DRONE IS TAKEN OFF AND THEN IT'S BEING DEPLOYED TO THE CORRECT LOCATION BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO ENTER IT, THE LOCATION ACTUALLY

INTO THE GPS. >> YOU SAID IT'S AT A PARKING GARAGE.

>> WHEN WE DO MANUAL DEPLOYMENTS RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A STATIONARY DOCK TO WHERE THE DRONE JUST COMES OUT, WHICH IS THAT WAS THAT THAT CONSISTS OF D, F, R. SO RIGHT NOW THE DRONES ARE EITHER STATIONED IN OUR HEADQUARTERS OR A SUBSTATION OR IN THE BACK OF THE TRUNKS OF THE VEHICLES. SO WHENEVER WE NEED TO DEPLOY A DRONE, THE DRONE OPERATOR NEEDS TO REMOVE THE DRONE FROM THE CASE, MAKE MAKE IT READY AND THEN DEPLOY IT.

>> SO THERE'S A DRONE AVAILABLE FOR FOR ALL THREE SHIFTS. >> YES. RIGHT NOW. YES.

>> OKAY. GOOD, GOOD. THE CHIEF OF POLICE ADVISORY BOARD MET ONCE IN 2025. NO RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THAT A BOARD THAT THAT IS REALLY NECESSARY.

>> I BELIEVE SO YOU KNOW IT'S I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON

WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING. >> OKAY. BUT I MEAN, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD TAKE YOU WOULD TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ANY, ANY DAY OF THE YEAR. I KNOW YOU WOULD. YES, SIR. YEAH. OKAY. MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. TELL ME WHY MOTOR VEHICLES GET STOLEN.

I MEAN, IS IT R I USED TO HEAR ABOUT HOTWIRING CARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EVEN MEANS, BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS A TERM R PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR KEYS IN THE CAR, LEAVING THE WINDOWS UNLOCKED, A

LOT OF DOORS UNLOCKED. >> A LOT OF TIMES JUST AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY WHICH ARE CREATED BY CARELESSNESS OR JUST LEAVING THEIR CARS RUNNING WHILE THEY RUN INSIDE. AND SO THESE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS ARE MORE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP THAT WAS GOING AROUND STEALING VEHICLES FOR A WHILE. WE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS PART OF THE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE ARRESTED. SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT, WHAT

THE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE SITUATION. >> IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS A LOCKED VEHICLE IN A REASONABLY SECURE AREA. IS THAT A SAFE VEHICLE? YES, SIR. OKAY, OKAY.

YOU SAID THE ACCREDITATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START THAT IN AUGUST. HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE?

>> WE SHOULD HAVE IT DONE PROBABLY IN THE SAME MONTH. SO THEY COME AND VISIT SITES AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO. WE'RE READY. WE'RE PREPARING FOR IT FOR ALL YEAR.

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>> SO I KNOW YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. I, I FEEL I FEEL GREAT HAVING HAVING YOU GUYS, MEN AND WOMEN PATROLLING, PATROLLING AROUND. IT'S IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU. REALLY GREAT JOB ON THE RECRUITMENT. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AND THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BACKFILL SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A YEAR OR MORE TO GET SOMEBODY ALL OUT ON THE FIELD. AND SO SUPERB ACTION ON THE ACCREDITATION. AND AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE, POSITIVE, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE TOWN HALL. SO ALL THOSE REALLY GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KUDOS ALSO FOR THE VIOLENT CRIME, ESPECIALLY THE SEXUAL ASSAULT DROP THAT THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN OUR TOWN. THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY WELCOME NEWS. I'M GOING TO ASK A DIFFERENT VERSION OF COUNCILOR HOLLAND'S QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY UNUSUAL PATTERNS TO THE VEHICLE THEFT THAT THAT JUMP OUT AT YOU? OR THESE ARE ALL SORT OF STANDARD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO UPTICK THIS YEAR.

>> SO THE ONLY PATTERN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DISCOVER IS ACTUALLY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX LINK. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON WORKING WITH THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAD A HIGH NUMBER OF THEFTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE ON THEIR END, AND WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS.

>> GREAT. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAD TALKED BEFORE A COUPLE MEETINGS ABOUT OUR, OUR CAMERA AND DATA CONTROL POLICIES. AND YOU KNOW, HOW THAT DATA IS USED. ARE THERE ANY NEW UPDATES TO THAT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FOR YOU WAS, AND IT'S GERMANE BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR TALKING POINTS IN THE IN THE SLIDE. DO WE HAVE ANY CLARITY ON UNINTENDED RELEASE OF DATA THAT WE DIDN'T INTEND THAT THE VENDOR ANY ANY CHANGES, ANY ANYTHING NEW ON THAT? OR COULD YOU MAYBE LET ME ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY? COULD YOU PROVIDE CLARITY ON WHETHER OUR DATA THAT WE COLLECT ON OUR

CAMERAS CAN BE RELEASED UNINTENDED BY THE VENDOR? >> SO KNOW THE WAY OUR CONTRACT IS SET UP IS THAT WE CONTROL WHO OUR DATA IS RELEASED TO. SO EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY SHARES THEIR DATA WITH US, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO SHARE OUR DATA WITH

THEM. SO WE HAVE TO AUTHORIZE EACH AGENCY ACCESS TO OUR DATA. >> OKAY. AND WE STILL HAVE JUST

THE TEN CAMERAS. IS THAT. >> YES FOR FLOCK? YES, SIR. >> OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY

QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> SEEING THAT TRAFFIC STOPS ARE THE NUMBER ONE. OFFICER INITIATED CALL. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN RESPONDING. LIKE I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS ALL ACROSS DISTRICT THREE HAVE HAD SPEEDING CONCERNS AND WANTED SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND DO SOME ENFORCEMENT. SO I APPRECIATE OFFICERS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE AND THE STAFFING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS.

AND I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT ON THE ON THE REALLY DANGEROUS ROADS WHERE WE'VE SEEN SEVERE INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK. >> Y'ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE. JUST TO TO WRAP UP. SO SPEAK WITH AN OFFICER. WHAT IS THAT?

WHAT IS THAT BUCKET CAPTURE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> THAT COULD BE FOR ANYTHING.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO JUST TALK TO AN OFFICER AND PROBABLY GET SOME INFORMATION. OR IT COULD BE THAT AN OFFICER STOPS BY A STORE AND JUST WANTS TO VISIT WITH A WITH THE OWNER OR THE

CLERK THAT COMES OUT TO SPEAK WITH OFFICER. >> GOT IT. AND DO Y'ALL TRACK YOUR THE 311 CALLS? I'D BE CURIOUS AND THAT MAY NOT BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR. IT MAY BE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LOOK UP, BUT I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING ROUTED TO. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE 311 SYSTEM, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL JUST CALLING DIRECT NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. I'D JUST BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I'VE TALKED TO THE JUDGE ABOUT IT. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE TALKED AND WE KIND OF HAVE A GAME PLAN, BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE CHARGING PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW LOSE THEIR CLOTHES WHILE THEY'RE WALKING AROUND DIFFERENTLY, OR WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE STREET BEST WE CAN. I MEAN, FOLLOWING ALL THE LAWS, CERTAINLY. YES. BUT WE'RE WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS AS WE CAN BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS UNTIL I CAN GET TO A STATE REP AND CHANGE SOME THINGS, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A NINE YEAR OLD JUST. YEAH, THERE'S ONE AT GREENHOUSE JUST THE OTHER DAY, RIGHT. THAT'S RUNNING AROUND AND FORGOT THEIR CLOTHES AND THERE'S KIDS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT JUST, IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE AS A PARENT, I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO. RIGHT. AND LORD WILLING, YOU NEVER HAVE TO. SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING AND HOW WE MANAGE PEOPLE THAT JUST THAT HAPPENS, THAT THEY'RE HELD APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME BASED ON THE LAW.

>> YES. SO WE MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW ALL THE LAWS AND TREAT EACH SITUATION APPROPRIATELY.

THERE'S NO COOKIE CUTTER ANSWER TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO TREAT IT. IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO TREAT EACH

INDEPENDENT, EACH INCIDENT INDEPENDENTLY. >> CERTAINLY. OKAY. AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY STATS ON THE INDOOR GUN RANGE USAGE AND THAT SORT OF THING? DOES THAT FALL

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THAT FALLS UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THAT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S USED PRETTY REGULARLY, BUT JUST A SNAPSHOT AGENCIES, THAT SORT OF THING.

>> YEAH. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL TIMES THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE USED IT. I KNOW WE ENJOY IT TREMENDOUSLY. LIKE WE ARE ONLY ONE OUT OF TWO DEPARTMENTS IN COUNTY THAT ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDOOR RANGE. SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND OTHER AGENCIES WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THAT RESOURCE AS WELL. SO WE DO PARTNER WITH, BUT I CAN GET YOU

THAT INFORMATION. >> YEAH. AND MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR REPORT OR JUST AS A FOLLOW UP INFORMATION, CERTAINLY. BUT NEXT TIME YOU DO A REPORT, I THINK THAT'S IT'S EYE OPENING FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BAY DOORS, YOU CAN PULL IN A CAR.

AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NIGHT TRAINING, TRULY NIGHT TRAINING IN PITCH BLACK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALMOST BETTER OFF IN THE ELEMENTS THAN IN THAT ROOM WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE A DARN THING. AND SO WE'RE DOING GOOD WORK. THAT WAY YOU CAN PULL IN THE CAR, YOU CAN SET UP OFFICE SCENARIOS. AND SO I THINK JUST A, A, A PAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE VALUE THAT BRINGS IN ALL THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES, THOSE, THOSE TRAINING AND WE'RE TRAINING OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL. SO THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL. THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. YEAH, I THINK TO SHARE. AND THEN I TRY TO TRACK THIS ALONG JUST IN MY HEAD WATCHING AND READING. BUT I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE DEATH THAT HADN'T BEEN CHARGED. AND THAT'S THE CYCLIST ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE BY ALDI AREA. AND THERE SOMEWHERE THERE'S A HIT AND RUN. BUT I THINK OTHER THAN THAT, IF THERE'S A DEATH IN THE CITY OF DENTON, WE FOUND WE'VE ARRESTED SOMEONE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. BUT DO YOU HAVE THAT? DO YOU HAVE.

>> SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOTOR VEHICLE. >> JUST DEATH GENERALLY. YEAH.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST A CRIME THAT RESULTED IN DEATH THAT WERE WE ABLE TO SOLVE IT? WHERE

WERE WE ABLE TO SOLVE IDENTIFY SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, CORRECT. >> THE ONE ON THE PEDESTRIAN VERSUS VEHICLE ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY CLEARED AS INTENTIONAL JUST BECAUSE WE THE EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE A SUICIDE.

>> OH, I SEE. >> OKAY, ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN CLEARED.

>> YES. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT WORK. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE A GOOD SIZE CITY AND THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT TRACK RECORD. AGAIN, JUST GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE. AND THEN LASTLY, I WAS IN A MEETING WITH THE. US SENATOR AND HE MENTIONED HE HAS A STATE HE THE STATE IS LOOKING AT FUNDING BULLETPROOFING VEHICLES. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT QUESTION CAME FROM. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CIRCLE UP WITH HIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, BECAUSE HE TOOK NOTICE OF HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE INJURED OR KILLED BEING SHOT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. AND SO HE WANTS TO HE AND THE STATE WANT TO TAKE ACTION THERE. SO IF YOU COULD, WHOEVER THE RIGHT PERSON IS THAT COMMUNICATES WITH HIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO SPEED AND WE'RE IN LINE FOR THOSE. IF THEY CAN GET THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, WE'RE IN LINE FOR THAT. SO THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I HAVE

A NOTEWORTHY THAT IT'S YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION. >> IT'S YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

>> YES, SIR. >> WOW. >> SO WE HAVE THAT. WE HAVE A.

>> GIFT FOR YOU TO REMEMBER BY. YES, SIR. SLIDE OVER HERE. >> WE'LL.

>> ONE TWO, THREE. >> OUTSTANDING. >> YEAH. THANK YOU MA'AM.

>> APPRECIATE YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND. >> ALL RIGHT.

[C. ID 26-0030 Receive a report and hold a discussion on the Denton Fire Department Annual Update and 2025 Annual Report. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

>> ANYBODY WATCHING? >> THAT TAKES US TO ITEM THREE C I'D 260030 RECEIVE REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION ON THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL UPDATE AND 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. KENNETH HEDGES FIRE CHIEF SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, KIND OF STARTING OFF WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR.

THIS SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO YOU. I KNOW TIMES WE END UP IN FRONT OF COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS. SO FIRST THING IS OUR ISO ONE CLASSIFICATION THAT WE RECEIVED ACTUALLY IN AUGUST. AND WE WENT BEFORE COUNCIL AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE CAME ON SITE AND PRESENTED US WITH THIS UPGRADE IN OUR CLASSIFICATION AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT'S THE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION RATINGS IN OUR STATE. SO WE ARE REALLY TECHNICALLY IN THE 1% OF ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE US ON THIS CLASSIFICATION. BIGGEST FEEDBACK ON THIS. IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY GET THE BEST INSURANCE PREMIUMS OUT THERE AS WELL. SO BIG ACHIEVEMENT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME PREVIOUSLY, PRIOR TO 2017, WE WERE WE WERE A CLASS THREE. AND VERY STRATEGICALLY, WE MOVED FROM CLASS 3 TO 2. AND THEN REALLY, WHAT KIND OF PUSHED US UP TO CLASS ONE WAS THE ADDITION OF STATION NINE. BRING THAT ONLINE. SO ONCE AGAIN,

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THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER TEN YEARS. NEXT, ANOTHER ACCREDITATION AS WELL THAT WE WORKED ON AUGUST 2025. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH ACCREDITATION. THERE WAS 107 DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO MEET. PR TEAM CAME ON SITE AND IF YOU RECALL ALSO, I THINK I PRESENTED THIS BEFORE THAT THEY ACTUALLY LEFT AND GAVE US A PERFECT SCORE. WE ACTUALLY GOT THE RESULTS THE VERY NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS VERY QUICK TURNAROUND FOR ACCREDITATION AS WELL. AND YOU'LL SEE THERE. SO WE'RE ONLY ONE OF 34 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE US AND CANADA THAT HOLD THE CASSEY ACCREDITATION, AS WELL AS FAR AS FIRE BASED EMS. AND THEN JUST ONE OF FOUR IN TEXAS.

AND THE CHIEFS ALSO REALLY PROUD OF THIS FOR US AS FAR AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS. SO WE KIND OF NICKNAMED THIS OUR TRIPLE CROWN. SO WE'RE A DUAL ACCREDITED. SO ONE CLASSIFICATION. SO WE'RE THAT REALLY KIND OF PUTS US AS FAR AS THE RANKING AS WELL. THERE'S OVER 33,000 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE US AND CANADA. THERE'S ONLY 20 THAT ACTUALLY HOLD THESE CERTIFICATIONS. SO WE'RE ONE OF 20. SO IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS REALLY KIND OF OPERATING UNDER BEST PRACTICES IS RIGHT HERE, REALLY KIND OF WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN AS WELL AS REALLY NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE AS FAR AS ACCREDITATIONS WE'VE LOOKED AS WELL. AND THIS IS ONE THAT KIND OF REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT. ALSO, AS WE GO THROUGH ACCREDITATIONS, YOU REALLY TRY TO LOOK, SEE, DO YOU CHANGE IN YOUR OPERATIONAL VALUES, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? WE DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING OPERATIONAL. EVERYTHING WE DID WAS IT WAS EITHER SOP POLICY CREATION AMENDMENTS, JUST KIND OF CLARIFYING AND PUTTING ON PAPER MEMORIALIZING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. SO I KIND OF GET KUDOS OUT TO ALL OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS ON THAT. ONE MORE ACHIEVEMENT. I THINK WE WERE PRESENT FOR OUR PUSH IN ON APRIL 11TH LAST YEAR, THE FIRST ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WE JUST PASSED A YEAR. WE ARE DOING A VERY IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS AND SEE, HEY, HOW WELL DID THIS WORK? WE DID HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE BEGINNING, TO BE HONEST WITH THIS. WITH THE MANUFACTURER, THIS UNIT WAS DOWN PROBABLY 60 DAYS OUT OF THE FIRST 4 OR 5 MONTHS THAT HAS BEEN WORKED THROUGH. BUT WE DO HAVE DATA FROM DME PROVIDER ELECTRICAL USAGE. WE'RE LOOKING CALCULATING IN HOUSE, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT REPORT PROBABLY NEXT 3045 DAYS AS WELL. ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT, AND I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE PUT THIS IN SERVICE IS KIND OF THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS, OBVIOUSLY SUSTAINABILITY. BUT THE BIG THING ALSO IS, AND I HAVE STATISTICS HERE IS JUST THE REDUCTION OF CARCINOGENS. SO THERE'S A STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED BY NOCHE, AND IT WAS A STUDY THAT RAN FROM 1950 TO 2009. SO THE DETERMINATION WAS FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A 9% HIGHER RISK OF BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND A 14% HIGHER RISK OF ACTUALLY DYING FROM CANCER IF CONTRACTED AS WELL. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ACTUALLY PROTECT OUR MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S WORTHWHILE MOVING ON INTO ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL OUR WORKLOAD. SO THIS IS OUR TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE AND KIND OF USE THE EXAMPLE HERE ON WHAT IS A CALL FOR SERVICE.

ANYTIME ANYONE CALLS 911 AND DISPATCHES THE FIRE STATION, THAT IS ONE CALL FOR SERVICE.

NOW THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS STILL COUNTS THE SAME. SO IF WE GET A CALL FOR SOMEBODY HAS HONESTLY A BROKEN FINGER. SO WE'LL SEND AN AMBULANCE OUT. NOW WE HAVE TIERED RESPONSES.

SO WE'RE NOT SENDING A FIRE TRUCK, AN AMBULANCE EVERY CALL ANYMORE. SO WE HAVE AS YOU MOVE TO THAT. SO TRYING TO REALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT AND USAGE OF OUR VEHICLES, THAT COUNTS AS ONE CALL FOR SERVICE IN COMPARISON TO FIRE. LAST YEAR, AUGUST AT THE NEW HEALTH AND SCIENCES BUILDING THREE ALARM STRUCTURE FIRE THAT WE HAD. LET ME READ THIS ALSO. WE HAD NINE ENGINES, TWO LADDERS, THREE MEDICS, TWO BATTALION CHIEFS. SO WE HAD 16 UNITS ON SCENE. THAT COUNTS FOR ONE CALL FOR SERVICE ALSO. SO THEY'RE REALLY THE SAME THING WHEN WE KIND OF COUNT AS FAR AS THIS. NOW THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS WE MEASURE AS FAR AS UNIT RESPONSES. SO HOW MANY UNITS AS RESPONDED ALL LAST YEAR THAT WAS OVER 46,000 UNIT RESPONSES AS WELL. SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. BUT YOU'LL SEE KIND OF OUR GROWTH PATTERN THERE THROUGH COVID KIND OF FLATTENED OUT. BUT WE ARE KIND OF BEING, YOU KNOW, OVER CONSERVATIVE. AND SO THEY'RE SAYING POSSIBLY AN 8% INCREASE. THAT'S A RED NUMBER AS WELL. WE ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE WORST. WE'RE HOPING WE DON'T INCREASE THAT MUCH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING I STARTED LAST YEAR AS FAR AS BENCHMARKING. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A BUSY SYSTEM, BUT HOW DO WE QUANTIFY THAT? SO I STARTED REACHING OUT TO OTHER FIRE CHIEFS JUST IN COUNTY, TRYING TO APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. YOU SEE THIS FROM LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS AND THIS YEAR'S AND JUST DOING A JUST INTERNET SEARCH ON AVERAGE POPULATION AS WELL. SO THE INTERESTING THING IS OBVIOUSLY FRISCO WITH A SIGNIFICANT HIGHER POPULATION, BETTER CALL VOLUME IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE. AND THEN I JUST NOTICED THIS YEAR JUST ON ONLINE ALSO IRVING WAS POSTING THERE, SO I INCLUDED THAT. AND THE REASON WHY IS SO IRVING, WHICH IS A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS A LOT BIGGER THAN DENTON AND IT'S BIGGER THAN IT ACTUALLY HAS FOUR MORE STATIONS AND 200 MORE FIREFIGHTERS THAN WHAT DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AS OF TODAY. AND THEY ONLY MADE 1539 CALLS MORE THAN WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID LAST YEAR.

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SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK, SO IS FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY? ABSOLUTELY. DO WE HAVE OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THIS? WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WE BE PROPOSING IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF PREPARING FOR THE DATA FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SO THIS IS THE FIRE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT ACROSS THE CITY. THIS IS NOT USED FOR OUR PRIMARY DISPATCH. THIS IS ONLY BACKUP AND FOR DATA COLLECTION. SO CURRENTLY HOW WHEN A CALL COMES IN 911 IT'S GOES TO THE DISPATCH CENTER AND AVL AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION WILL ACTUALLY DETERMINE THE CLOSEST FIRE UNIT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT CALL. SO IF THERE'S AN AMBULANCE, SAY FROM STATION SEVEN SEVEN SOUTHWEST PORTION OF TOWN, IF FOR SOME REASON IS DOWNTOWN AND A CALL IS GENERATED AND THEY'RE THE CLOSEST UNIT, IT AUTOMATICALLY PINGS THEM AND SENDS THEM THAT CALL. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY USING GPS TO LEVERAGE THE CLOSEST UNIT, WHICH IS MOST BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, ONLY IF AVL IS NOT WORKING, IF CELL SIGNALS ARE DOWN OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WE FALL BACK ON THIS DISTRICT RESPONSE ALSO AS WELL. BUT THIS KIND OF GOES INTO THE DATA. NEXT FEW SLIDES. I'M ON THIS SLIDE BY SLIDE, BUT WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY FIVE MAJOR CALL TYPES HERE. AND YOU SEE THE DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE. THERE WAS A FIRE CALLS STATION TWO STATION A VERY BUSY STATION EIGHT. ONE THING ABOUT STATION EIGHT WE PUT THAT IN SERVICE IN TWO 2021 OVERNIGHT THAT BECAME ONE OF OUR BUSIEST FIRE STATIONS. SO WE KNEW WE WERE KIND OF BEHIND THE CURVE ON GETTING THAT ONE ONLINE AS WELL. HAZMAT STATION THREE, THAT'S KIND OF APPLICABLE TO RIGHT NEXT TO INTERSTATE. A LOT OF CALLS GENERATED FROM MVAS WITH ANY TYPE OF FUEL SPILLS, RESCUES. NUMBER ONE THING ON THIS IS MVAS REQUIRES ACTUALLY EXTRICATION. THAT'S ANOTHER DISTRICT WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY INCREASES STATION FIVE, WHICH IS IN THE RAZOR RANCH AREA. SO SIMPLY GETTING HIGHER ON CALLS FROM THERE. THIS IS A CATCH ALL.

THIS IS THE LAST REALLY CALL TYPE THAT CATCHES FALSE ALARMS, FIRE ALARMS, MALFUNCTION ALARMS, PUBLIC SERVICE ASSIST. THIS ONE HAS BEEN GROWING AS WELL, AND THIS IS ONE, I THINK, WHERE WE CAN PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB AT MITIGATING SOME ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AS WELL. AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT HERE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN KIND OF JUST SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING, COMPARING 2024 TO 25. SO THE TOP FOUR CATEGORIES DID INCREASE HAZMAT THE BIGGEST TEAM BUT STILL A LOW DATA SET. AND THEN OUR ALARM SERVICE CALLS DID GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS YEAR. SOME THINGS WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY ACHIEVED. VERY FIRST ONE IS MOVING OUR EMPLOYEES AND OPERATIONS FROM 2448 SHIFT SCHEDULE TO 4896. RESEARCH OUT THERE SHOWS THAT 96 HOUR RECOVERY IS ACTUALLY BETTER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WORKING TWO DAYS BACK TO BACK. SO WE DID ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT JANUARY 3RD. AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS, SOMETHING WE ARE ACTUALLY PROUD OF. WE JUST COMPLETED IS COLLABORATION WITH EAST TEXAS A&M. WE COMPLETED 180 DAY HEART VARIABILITY RATE STUDY, IN WHICH SEVERAL DOCTORS AT EAST TEXAS, WE USED LOOP DEVICES FOR 60 DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN OPERATIONS AND THREE MONTHS ON THE 2448 WORK SCHEDULE. AND THEN THEY TRANSITION TO THREE MONTHS ON 4896 TO SEE THE VARIANCE AS WELL. THIS REALLY WILL BE THE GOLD STANDARD OUT THERE FOR ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE US. WHEN IT LOOKS AT, HEY, DO WE WANT TO TRY TO PUSH FOR THIS 4896 NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME RESEARCH THAT BACKS UP THE MOVE OR NOT AS WELL. SO WE MET WITH THE GROUP THE OTHER DAY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING FINAL CALCULATIONS. WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THESE RESULTS PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS AS WELL. AND JUST SEVERAL APPARATUS AS WELL. THE REASON WHY I INCLUDE THIS IS THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME TALK ABOUT IF WE ORDER A FIRE TRUCK TODAY, IT TAKES FOUR PLUS YEARS TO GET IT IN. SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL FOR ANYTIME WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF APPARATUS COME ACROSS AS A PROVEN MOVING ON BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO STAY IN FRONT OF THIS. THERE'S DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE THAT THEIR VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY FALLING APART AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS. WE'RE NOT IN THAT BOAT.

WE ARE VERY GOOD ON OUR FRONT LINES AND EVEN OUR RESERVE UNITS. SO WE'VE TAKEN DELIVERY OF THE FIRST TWO IN FORCE, OUR PUMPERS, THE LADDER TRUCK, AND THEN THE FOUR NEW MEDIC UNITS ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO BE HERE, I BELIEVE THE END OF MAY NEXT. TWO THINGS ARE JUST THE FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FROM THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM. STATION SIX SHOULD ACTUALLY OPEN FALL AROUND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. SO THEY'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS THERE. AND THEN STATION FIVE AT BONNIE BRAE, WINDSOR. IT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEHIND, BUT THAT CREW IS IN A TEMPORARY QUARTERS BESIDE IT, AND THEY HAVE STARTED DOING FOUNDATION WORK THERE. AND THEN WE DID ACTUALLY RECLASSIFIED, AND WE GOT OUR FIRST EMS LIEUTENANT IN FEBRUARY 25TH. THAT PERSON SPENT A YEAR IN A 40 HOUR SCHEDULE BUILDING PROGRAMS. AND FEBRUARY 26TH, WE TRANSITIONED THIS PERSON TO SHIFT WORK AND START FUNCTIONING AS A BASIC SAFETY OFFICER AND ACTUALLY STARTING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM THAT WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THAT. THAT IS A PLAN WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON

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SOME PRESCRIBED BURNS. WE GOT THREE OF THOSE DONE, AND I WAS TOLD THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOING ANOTHER ONE LATER IN THE FALL. LAST THING ALSO IS WE ARE WORKING IN ACTUALLY COMPLETE WITH OUR DENTON FIRE 2030 PLAN, NEXT FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE'RE WORKING WITH MARTIN TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT, AND WE SHOULD GET THAT OUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. SO A LOT MORE FORTHCOMING. FUTURE. FUTURE COULD BE EXPENSIVE, BUT SO I WON'T JUST GO AHEAD AND KIND OF MAKE SURE CASSEY IS GOOD WITH ME SHOWING THIS PICTURE AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE THE ICONS WITH THE FIRE HELMETS, OUR EXISTING STATION STATION ON OUR MOST RECENT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT IN FEBRUARY DOWN THERE TO THE NORTHWEST IS STATION TEN. SO STATIONS TEN THROUGH 16. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FORTHCOMING PLANNING IN THE FUTURE. NOTHING PAST TEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. BUT THE BIG THING IS LAND BANKING. SO WE HAVE STATION TEN PROPERTY STATION NUMBER. DO WE HAVE THAT ONE THERE? STATION 13 IS ACTUALLY COLE RANCH. SO THAT LAND IS PART IN A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND MOVING UP TO 35 WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON 35 NORTH UNIVERSITY STATION FIVE SEVEN COVER ALL THE WAY UP TO CLEAR CREEK, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE TIME. YOU KNOW HOW BUSY IT IS UP THERE IN TRAFFIC AS WELL. KIND OF MOVING OVER TO THE EAST WILL ENVISION SOMETHING UP OFF MISSILE BASE EVENTUALLY. RIGHT NOW WE'LL JUST KIND OF PUT A PIN THERE, SAY SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA WE WILL NEED A FUTURE FIRE STATION. AND THEN IN THE RANCH, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO SETS THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE DISTANCE EAST TO WEST ON THAT DEVELOPMENT CANNOT ACCOMMODATE JUST ONE STATION IN THE MIDDLE, AND STILL MEET OUR FOUR MINUTE RESPONSE TIME GOAL.

AND THEN TO ADD TO WHAT CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT FOR DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS. SO TO ME, THIS IS A GAME CHANGER AS HE EXPLAINED. SO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HAVE WENT TO THIS.

AND THE FINAL PRODUCT IS ONE. A91 CALL COMES IN AND A DRONE MIGHT BE OF ASSISTANCE. THE DRONE ACTUALLY LAUNCHES AS THE CALL IS BEING PROCESSED, INSTEAD OF UNITS DRIVING TO THE SCENE SEEN VERSUS THE STREETS, YOU HAVE A DRONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY GO AS THE CROW FLIES.

AND IMMEDIATE VIDEO FROM THAT. SO HERE'S SOME OF THE ACTUALLY TASKS THAT CAN FUNCTION AS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE LOOK AT DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS.

WITH THE THERMAL IMAGER, WE CAN IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS. WE CAN TRACK FIRE SPREAD MOVING UP TO THE RIGHT DISASTER RESPONSE. THAT'S MORE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR ANY TYPE OF DISASTER IN THE AREA. SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS. SOME BIG THING CLEAR CREEK UP THERE. WE HAVE SO MANY TIMES OF GOING RESCUES AT CLEAR CREEK AND PEOPLE TELL US WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WHATSOEVER. NOW WE CAN FLY DRONES UP AND DOWN NINE TIMES. EVEN BETTER ON TRYING TO FIND THEM ON THERMAL, THERMAL, AND THEN EVEN MEDICAL SUPPLY DELIVERY. THIS IF YOU NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING TO SCENE, THEY HAVE DRONES ACTUALLY DROP LIFE PRESERVERS. SO THE FUNCTION IS JUST UNLIMITED. SO TO ME THIS IS KIND OF A FORCE MULTIPLIER. INSTEAD OF KEEP THROWING PHDS, WE CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THIS PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY KIND OF REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES BEING SENT IN THE BEGINNING. LET ME GIVE YOU A BETTER EXAMPLE. SO THIS IS OUR DRONE TEAM CHIEF. AND HIS TEAM WAS OUT THERE TOO FAR. THIS WAS KIND OF LATER INTO THE EVENT AS WELL. YOU SEE THIS PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, THEY'RE JUST REALLY CLOSE. BUT THAT IS ON A THREE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING AFTER THE FACT. NO PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THERMAL ON THE RIGHT.

THEY DID ACTUALLY GET HEAT READINGS AWAY FROM THE FIRE. THAT WAS AT 150 DEGREES. THEY GET ABLE TO GET AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ERROR. SO WE WERE WONDERING WHEN IT WAS HOT. IT WAS AUGUST, BUT WAS WONDERING ALSO WHY 20 PLUS PEOPLE, OUR EMPLOYEES AND SOME OTHER MUTUAL AID COMPANIES REQUIRED IVS AND WE HAD TO TRANSPORT TO ONCE AGAIN. GAME CHANGER. SO LET ME PAINT JUST A QUICK PICTURE RIGHT NOW. WHEN OUR CREWS GO ON A STRUCTURE FIRE CALL, THEY JUST GET WHATEVER THE CALL NOTES SAY, WHATEVER THE DISPATCHER SAYS. THAT'S IT. HEY, HOUSE IS ON FIRE. OKAY, SO YOUR OFFICER IN THE RIGHT SEAT, YOU'RE TRYING TO PROCESS IN YOUR HEAD YOUR FIRST ONE SAYING, I HAVE NO CLUE IS THAT ONE STORY, TWO STORY DAYTIME NIGHTTIME CARS IN FRONT, PEOPLE HANGING OUT THE WINDOW. I DON'T KNOW, IMAGINE GETTING A DRONE THERE. AND NOW THAT CAPTAIN, HE OR SHE ON IPAD IS ACTUALLY SEEING VIDEO FEED OF THE HOUSE IN FRONT AND NOW CAN PLAN AND PREPARE BETTER. TO ME, THAT'S A GAME CHANGER. THAT IS SO EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT'S THE FUTURE OF THIS COMING. LIKE I SAID, SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY USING IT. SO I WANT TO JUST STAND HERE AND SAY, I FULLY SUPPORT THE BFR. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK AROUND, LIKE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND JUST REALLY KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS FORTHCOMING, THAT'S MY PITCH FOR TODAY. SO PRETTY PICTURE. BUT REALLY IT'S JUST A REMINDER. SO WHEN WE GO HOME TODAY AND WE REST, OUR CREWS ARE OUT THERE DAY OR NIGHT. THIS IS ACTUALLY NIGHTTIME TRAINING THEY'RE PREPARING AT LAKE RAY ROBERTS FOR SWIFTWATER TEAM. SO AROUND THE CLOCK OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE TO KEEP US SAFE. AND THAT IS IT. SO OUR OUR PRESENTATION AND OUR ANNUAL UPDATE IS ACTUALLY IN ARCGIS. SO IT'S INTERACTIVE ON DATA. IT DOESN'T PRINT THAT WELL. SO I RECOMMEND YOU ASK YOU THAT LINK. YOU ALSO SCAN THE QR AS WELL AND THAT IS IT. READY FOR QUESTIONS.

>> APPRECIATE IT. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNCIL MEMBER BECK. >> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. SO

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LET ME START OFF WITH CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HAT TRICK OF THE YOU SAID TRIPLE CROWN. WE'RE BOTH USING METAPHORS THERE. GREAT JOB ON THAT. I MEAN IT'S IT'S NOT JUST A GOOD JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT IT DOES HAVE THAT DIRECT FINANCIAL IMPLICATION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, SAVING MONEY THERE FOR THE AND, AND BEING SUPER RESPONSIBLE. I LOVE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE INROADS INTO THE TIERED RESPONSE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY PROACTIVE AT YOU. AND THE COMMUNITY IS, IS ESPECIALLY THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY IS REALLY BIG ON THE PRESCRIBED BURNS AND REALLY TREATING THOSE, THOSE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN A, IN A SMARTER WAY. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK ABOUT THE EMS LIEUTENANT, BUT MAYBE PROVIDE A LITTLE ADVANCED COLOR ON THE BENEFITS YOU'RE SEEING FOR THE EMS LIEUTENANT NOW AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.

>> SO THE CURRENT EMS LIEUTENANT IS ACTUALLY ON SHIFT. SO HE'S WORKING FOR 48 HOURS.

AND HIS VERY FIRST SHIFT, HE HAS RESPONDED TO A WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE. SO THE BENEFIT IS THIS PERSON WAS PREDESIGNATED SAFETY OFFICER BEFORE EVEN ARRIVING ON SCENE.

SO NOW THE INCIDENT COMMANDER DID NOT HAVE TO GO AROUND PICK. HEY, I NEED SOMEBODY FROM ONE CREW TO BE NOW YOUR DEDICATED SAFETY OFFICER. GO WALK, DO A 360 REPORT BACK TO ME. THIS PERSON FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, DISPATCHED FROM HIS STATION KNOWS THAT'S HIS JOB AND HIS RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE GOT ON SCENE. HE'S ABLE TO GIVE A FULL SCENE SIZE UP TO A COMMANDER WHO ACTUALLY SITS UP FRONT, AWAY FROM EVERYBODY IN A VEHICLE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE KIND OF ASKING QUESTIONS AS WELL AND GET A VERY GOOD ASSESSMENT, AND THEN JUST MONITORING THE ATMOSPHERE AS WELL. AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, FIRE SPREAD, SMOKE SPREAD, OUR EMPLOYEES FULLY BOOKED OUT. I MEAN, SOMETIMES EVERY SO OFTEN PEOPLE GO FAST AND YOU CHECK AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR BUNKER GEAR ON, NO SKINS EXPOSED WHATSOEVER BEFORE THEY'RE GOING INTO HOUSE FIRE AS WELL, THOSE KIND OF TASKS. I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT PRE-PLANNED ON THE FRONT END. SO THAT'S JUST ONE THING. NUMEROUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGH ACUITY EMS CALLS AS WELL. SO HE CARRIES THE SAME EQUIPMENT AS HIS AMBULANCE JUST DOESN'T HAVE TRANSPORT FUNCTION, BUT JUST ANOTHER SET OF HANDS ON ANY TYPE OF SIGNIFICANT STABBING, GUNSHOT WOUNDS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S VALUABLE TO HAVE MORE HANDS. AND THEN HE'S ALSO KIND OF WORKING ON THE HOMELESS SIDE AS WELL. HE'S WORKING WITH THE SHELTER AT 909 ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN HE'S AT WORK, HAS REGULAR CONTACT. SO ANY TYPE OF CALLS WE HAVE THERE THAT MAY BE REOCCURRING, HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND KIND OF DO AN INVESTIGATION. SEE IS ANY WAY WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE ALSO. AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE WILL KIND OF MORPH INTO COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR HIGH NINE USERS THAT ARE HOUSED THAT CALL US BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF OPTIONS, ACTUALLY GO AND ACTUALLY MAKE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THEY RAN OUT OF MEDICATION. SO IF SOMEONE HAS 48 HOURS, HE CAN GO TO A PHARMACY AND PICK UP PRESCRIPTION AND BRING IT BACK. THAT JUST SAVED A91 CALL AND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT

SAVED. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET TO. >> NOW. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL THE SHIFTS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT COLOR.

AND THEN LET ME ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I NOTICED IN D2 IN DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT EIGHT, FIRE STATION TWO AND EIGHT, THEY WERE STANDOUTS ON ON FIRE AND EMS CALLS. AND OTHER THAN BOTH BEING ON THE EAST SIDE, IS THERE ANY OTHER PATTERNS OR ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHY

IS THE EAST SIDE HEAVY. >> FOR STATION EIGHT? THAT'S JUST MORE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW REALLY. WE HAVEN'T DOVE DOWN INTO EXACTLY WHY. YOU KNOW, WE GATHER THE DATA AS WELL TOO. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT WITH THE SHELTER THEY'RE CLOSING, YOU KNOW, ENCAMPMENTS, ANYTHING THAT GENERATES OBVIOUSLY MORE FIRES AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME FOR HEATING. SO RIGHT NOW THAT PROBABLY MIGHT JUST A STOCK RESPONSE FOR YOU

WITHOUT DOING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT IN YOUR ANALYSIS, I'D LOVE FOR THAT TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. SO WE CAN DO SOME SOME MORE PROACTIVE PLANNING AND THEN SIMILAR QUESTION. I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS ONE ALREADY, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT AND YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT FOR D3, THE HAZMAT CALLS WERE MOSTLY DUE TO I35 OR WHAT'S WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF ALL THAT EXTRA HAZMAT CALL?

>> YEAH, THE THE NUMBER ONE HAZMAT CALLS ACTUALLY NATURAL GAS LEAKS. SO WE PROBABLY HAVE THE MORE STRICT CONSTRUCTION OR ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE GAS LEAKS. AND THEN ALSO IT IS FUEL SPILLS ON THE INTERSTATES. SO D THREE COVERS THE SPLIT WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST GENERATES MORE

CALLS FOR SERVICE THERE. >> BUT NOTHING THAT'S STANDING OUT THAT YOU WOULD KNOW.

THERE'S NO PATTERNS. >> NO, THAT'S THAT'S NOT ALARMING WHATSOEVER AS WELL.

YOU KNOW ONE THING ON THAT I DIDN'T REALLY MENTION, BUT IF YOU RECALL, LAST OCTOBER WE BROUGHT FORWARD A NEW FEE IN WHICH WE ARE ACTUALLY BILLING A NATURAL GAS LEAK STANDBY AS WELL. SO IF WE'RE THERE FOR MORE THAN 60 MINUTES, WE'RE ACTUALLY BILLING THE PROVIDER THAT GAS SERVICE, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A FEW STANDBYS THAT WE'VE SET FOR 24 HOURS WITH THE ON DUTY UNIT TO PROVIDE SAFETY FOR THEIR MEMBERS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. BUT AT CERTAIN POINT THEY'RE BILLING THE PERSON THAT MIGHT CREATE THE LEAK. SO WE'RE JUST ACTUALLY BILLING THE PROVIDER ALSO. SO WE HAVE SEEN A SMALL DROP IN EXTENDED RESPONSES BECAUSE IT WAS A DISCUSSION WITH ATMOS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T

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NEED US THERE, THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE STATION. YOU CAN CALL US BACK VERSUS JUST SITTING THERE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE SIT THERE AND THEY WAIT FOR SPECIALTY PERSONNEL TO GET THERE MANY HOURS AWAY WHEN WE DON'T NEED TO SIT ON SCENE. SO

IT'S A DIALOG. WE STARTED WITH THEM ALSO AS WELL. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S

ALL MY QUESTIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND, YOU. >> WELCOME CHIEF. ALWAYS A ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOUR YOUR ANALOGY. THE 16 UNITS ONE UNIT IS ONE RESPONSE THAT ALWAYS TROUBLED ME WITH WITH BASEBALL BECAUSE A GROUNDER FOR A SINGLE IS THE SAME BATTING AVERAGE AS A GRAND SLAM. THAT'S ALWAYS TROUBLED ME. SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I, I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT. BUT BUT ANYWAY, TELL ME WHAT A FORWARD DOOR AMBULANCE IS.

>> THAT'S JUST A NEW STYLE OUT. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SIDE DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF AMBULANCE THAT IS ABOUT THREE FEET BACK FROM THE FRONT OF THAT ACTUAL BOX AS WELL. SO A FORWARD FRONT IS JUST NOW THEY MOVED UP TO THE VERY FRONT. IT ACTUALLY GIVES THE PATIENT COMPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION. THAT ALLOWS OUR EMPLOYEE THAT'S ACTUALLY SITTING AT THE CAPTAIN SEAT AT THE HEAD OF THE PATIENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVACY VERSUS OPEN THE SIDE DOOR, AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING PATIENT RIGHT AROUND THE HEAD AREA AND WHETHER HEAT OR COLD ALSO COMING IN. SO IT'S JUST THROUGH DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE. IT'S ONE WE TRIED. I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO OF THESE IN RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY KIND OF A I PUT IT OUT TO THE COMMITTEES. WE HAVE SOME COMMITTEES IN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LIKE TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT AS WELL. SO GIVE THIS TO COMMITTEE. THEY RESEARCHED IT. THEY SAID, WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY TRY THIS.

THEY TALKED WITH OTHER CITIES. WE'VE GOT TWO NOW. THIS IS KIND OF THE THE MODEL WE'RE MOVING

TOWARDS AS WELL. >> IS THE PATIENT STILL LOADED AND UNLOADED ON THE BACK,

CORRECT? >> YES. >> SO OKAY.

>> DO WE HAVE SUCH AN AMBULANCE CURRENTLY. >> WE HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW.

>> FORWARD FACING. >> FORWARD FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW IS OVERWHELMING IN SUPPORT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY ORDERED THESE FOR. AND IT'S NOT A COST DIFFERENCE, HONESTLY. IT'S ABOUT THE COST. IT'S JUST WHETHER YOU HAVE A DOOR AT THE VERY FRONT OR THREE

FEET BACK, THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE NO. >> MATTER WHAT. I WILL PAY MORE ATTENTION. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT THAT JUST BLEW MY HEAD OFF A LIFESAVER, A LIFE PRESERVER DELIVERED BY DRONE. HOLY COW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT A HUMAN BEING LITERALLY DON'T HAVE TO PUT A HUMAN BEING IN THE WATER TO MAKE A RESCUE. I THINK THAT'S ASTOUNDING. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING TO HEARING ABOUT THAT. I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS. BUT BUT BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS, I WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT IT. MY FAVORITE NEXT TO THE GREEN FIRE TRUCK AND THE ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK. I LIKE THE SCORPION TRUCKS. I THINK THOSE ARE. I THINK THOSE ARE GENIUS. AND I KNOW THAT WAS YOUR YOUR IDEA. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY CLEVER, CLEVER THING TO DO AND SAVING A LOT OF MONEY.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE FULL CREDIT BECAUSE ACTUALLY FIRE CHIEF IRVING CAME UP WITH JUST USING A BLOCKER. HE USED AN OLD FIRE TRUCK. BUT THAT'S WHEN IT CAME TIME TO POINT AFTER WE HAD TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS IN ONE MONTH THAT WE ALMOST LOST SOME MEMBERS, LIKE, HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO DO THIS? AND IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE TRUCK. WE JUST NEED SOMETHING WITH BULK TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SAFETY. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD. YOU'LL SEE THESE ALL OVER THE PLACE. LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME THING? WHAT'S INTERESTING NOW IS OUR SPECS HAVE BEEN SHARED SO MUCH. I THINK FORT WORTH FIRE JUST PUT IN 5 OR 6 IN SERVICE EXACTLY LIKE OURS. JUST A VERY LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE. LEWISVILLE PUTS THEM IN WITH OUR ACCREDITATION HEARING IN 2023. WE JUST FINISHED SETTING UP THE COMMISSION. I HAD SOMEBODY COME UP FROM COLORADO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHOW ME A PICTURE. HE GOES, HERE, WE REACHED OUT YOUR DEPARTMENT. WE BUILT ONE JUST LIKE YOURS, EXCEPT FOR ON THE FRONT CHASSIS. THEY HAD A BIG SCORPION OVER IT.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF COOL. WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT OURS IS JUST RED. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET EXISTING IDEAS AND IF YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT. AND I

THINK THAT'S WHAT WE. >> CALL ME WHEN YOU GET A GREEN ONE. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? COUNCIL MEMBER CHESTER? >> WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR I MEAN, RUNNING A REALLY GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY DEDICATED. AND THE THE POLICE STAFF AS WELL. WE'RE SO VERY APPRECIATIVE AND VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. MY MY QUESTION, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED, WHICH I APPRECIATE. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALMOST A DIFFERENCE OF 100,000 FROM THE CALLS THAT ARE PLACED VERSUS THE DISPATCHED CALLS. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS. WHAT, WHAT THAT IS THE CALLS THAT YOU GET. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT I THINK TOTAL CALLS HANDLED 314,010. AND THEN DISPATCH FOR SERVICES WAS MORE 2900 439.

>> IS THAT IN OUR FULL ANNUAL REPORT AND ON THIS PRESENTATION? YEAH, I ACTUALLY PRINT THAT OFF BECAUSE THAT WAS A LONG DOCUMENT. YOU KNOW WHAT PAGE YOU'RE ON.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T I'M SORRY. THESE ARE SOME NOTES I TOOK, I TOOK AT HOME, BUT THE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT. I WAS JUST I MEAN, THAT'S A THAT'S SO MANY CALLS. I WAS JUST

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WONDERING WHAT PEOPLE CALL FOR THAT DOES NOT NECESSITATE. >> I THINK THAT WAS JUST THE DISPATCH HAD A PIECE IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT. IT WASN'T JUST FOR FIRE. I THINK THAT WAS TOTAL OVERALL AT SAP AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE NUMBER CAME FROM.

WELL THEN YOU'LL SEE OUR ANNUAL REPORT. I MEAN, A LOT MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WHAT I GAVE YOU HERE TODAY. THIS IS KIND OF JUST TOUCHING ON JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL.

>> WELL THANK YOU AND ALSO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FORWARD PLANNING. THE LAND BANKING, LOOKING AT DRONES, LOOKING AT HOW TO USE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

YOU KNOW, IT CONTINUES TO CHANGE. AND SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ABREAST OF THAT AND HELPING US STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD. >> I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT NEW FIRE HOUSE. THAT'S GOING TO BE SO NEAT. I DON'T GO OVER THERE EVERY DAY, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST PASSING THROUGH. I CAN SEE THE THE PROGRESS REALLY WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THAT TO US. AND I GUESS WE'RE MAKING A DECISION FOR IT TO GO THERE. THE HOMELESS SHELTER. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE HIGH NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WERE RECEIVED THERE. AND I KNOW THAT THE HOMELESS SHELTER PEOPLE ORGANIZATION WAS MAKING SOME CHANGES WITH HOW THEY'RE WORKING OVER IN THAT AREA. DID YOU WITH THEM MAKING THOSE CHANGES HERE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BETTER PART OF LAST YEAR? CAN YOU ALL SEE SOME SOME PROGRESS IN THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT ARE COMING FROM THERE? I KNOW THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME CALLS THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NECESSARILY MADE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO

ARRIVE. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, PLEASE? >> SURE. WE DID PULL JUST THE OVERALL ANNUAL DATA. SO WE DID DIVE INTO THE FURTHER MONTHS OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE WHEN THE SHELTER STARTED MAKING THOSE CHANGES. WE SAW THAT. BUT IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE, WE DID ACTUALLY SEE UPDATE UPTICK. AND THIS ISN'T JUST THE SHELTER, WE JUST KIND OF TRACK IT CITYWIDE. OKAY, 2024, ABOUT 10% OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND 2025, 2024 WAS 10%, 2025 WAS 11.42%. AND WITH DISTRICT TWO BEING IN THAT AREA OF THE SHELTER, 40.7% OF ALL THE CALLS RELATED TO

HOMELESSNESS. >> OKAY. >> SO LAST FOR 2024, AND IT WAS 33%. SO EVERY THIRD CALL THEY WERE GOING ON. SO I THINK WE WENT UP, BUT I THINK IT'S DIPPING DOWN NOW AS WELL. WE'VE LOOKED JUST IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AND I

THINK IT'S MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ALSO THIS IS JUST A LAYPERSON'S QUESTION. I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A MAJOR COLLISION ON I-35 COMING INTO DENTON OR EVEN PROBABLY GOING OUT OF DENTON NEAR THE MAYHILL AREA, AND IT JUST STANDS OUT TO ME BECAUSE OF COURSE, I.

DISTRICT ONE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ROLLING INTO DISTRICT ONE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE TIME WHENEVER WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, IT'S HAPPENING AROUND IN THAT AREA.

AM I, AM I JUST IMAGINING THIS OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF PUT OUR HANDS ON

AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE? >> WE CAN LOOK, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU WE'RE HAVING JUST AS MANY MBAS IN THE UNIVERSITY 35 AREA WITH THAT SPLIT. I HEAR HIM GOING THERE DAILY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY AS WELL. SO I THINK ANYWHERE ALONG 35 RIGHT NOW WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALL THE WAY UP NORTH TO OUR CITY LIMITS, STATION FIVE COVERS ALL THE WAY TO CLEAR CREEK TO SANGER AND BETWEEN STATION FIVE AND STATION THREE. THERE, THEY SPENT A SIGNIFICANT TIME ON THE INTERSTATE RESPONSES. SO IT MAY

FEEL LIKE THE AREA, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S ALL 35. >> YEAH, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALSO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK. >> THANKS.

>> OKAY. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT YOU GAVE ON THE THREE. THE TRIPLE CROWN. VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. Y'ALL ARE ON FIRE, PUN INTENDED. DOING GREAT WORK.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY TO GET ALL OF THESE, THESE RECOGNITIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE

GOTTEN. SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S PARTICIPATED IN THAT. >> THANK YOU.

[D. ID 26-0619 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on pending City Council requests for: 1) Environmental Neighborhood Toolkit for Infrastructure Response and Enhancement (ENTIRE) [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

>> APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM D. I'D 260619 RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON PENDING COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLKIT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE AND

ENHANCEMENT. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL KRISTI

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FOGEL, CHIEF OF STAFF HERE TO PRESENT TODAY'S TWO MINUTE PITCH. AS A REMINDER, THE WORK SESSION PROCESS IS THERE CAN BE UP TO SEVEN REQUESTS, ONE PER EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. THE REQUESTING COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO DESCRIBE AND JUSTIFY THEIR REQUEST, AND THEN REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INDICATE THEIR SUPPORT, AND THEN STAFF WILL RESPOND TO ALL REQUESTS FOR CONSENSUS OF AT LEAST FOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS ESTABLISHED. IN COUNCIL MEMBERS DIRECTION. THEY CAN CATEGORIZE A HIGH, MEDIUM, MODERATE OR LOW PRIORITY IF THEY'D LIKE. AND WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER BEX TWO MINUTE PITCH ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLKIT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE AND ENHANCEMENT OR ENTIRE. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER

TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER. >> ALL RIGHT. A GOOD BACKRONYM IS IS HALF THE THE THE BATTLE. I BRING THIS PITCH BEFORE YOU BECAUSE IN TRYING TO RESPOND TO A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS, NOT ONLY IN D2 BUT ACROSS THE CITY WITH VARIOUS. PARTICULARLY WATER AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, THERE, THERE IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY FACES OFTEN IS THIS. BARRIER TO. WHEN YOU HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR DETENTION POND ON ON INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY, THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE, BUT YET SPREADS FROM BEYOND THAT REGION INTO DRAINAGES HAVE HAS IMPACTS NEARBY. WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INSTANCES. AND SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THESE NEIGHBORS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT UNT THAT ARE BIG INTO BLUE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE THE TEAM AND AND ALL I DID FOR THIS PITCH REALLY WAS PUT TOGETHER. THE COHERENT IDEAS COMING OUT OF THIS GROUP FROM VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS THAT I'M PROPOSING, SOMETHING MODELED AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT GRANTS, WHERE YOU TAKE EXISTING FUNDS AND YOU SYNERGIZE THEM AND DOVETAIL THEM TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE EXISTING MONIES AND TRY TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUY IN FROM THE PRIVATE PARTNER ALLOWS FOR NEW, NEW THINGS LIKE CONVERTING DETENTION PONDS INTO THINGS THAT ARE WITH BIOSWALES, STABILIZING CREEK EDGES, TURNING PROBLEM SPACES INTO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. AND. AND FOR THAT, PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS AND A LITTLE PUBLIC SEED MONEY TO GO ALONG WITH THE, THE, THE PRIVATE PART. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THESE CRISES THAT POP UP IN OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN OUR CITY WITHOUT REALLY INCREASING OUR FINANCIAL FOOTPRINT. ANYWAY, THIS IS MORE ABOUT SYNERGY. THIS IS MORE ABOUT PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY A GROUP EFFORT. I, I'M ENCOURAGING US TO, TO WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND SUBMIT THIS TO THE, THE FACT THE SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A MEDIUM PRIORITY. AND I HOPE TO GET

YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. >> DIRECTION. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

>> SURE. >> BYRD. DO YOU HAVE YOUR MIC ON?

>> OH, YEAH, IT'S ON. IT'S ACTUALLY ON. I BETTER WATCH THAT. MY QUESTION IS FINANCING.

IS THIS GOING TO REQUIRE ANOTHER LINE ITEM? I MEAN, AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OCCUR. BUT I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION WAS LINE ITEM SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT YEAH, I COULD SUPPORT THIS. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO

LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >> DO YOU. >> HAVE A LOW, MEDIUM OR HIGH?

>> PARDON ME. >> WOULD YOU SAY LOW, MEDIUM. >> OR HIGH? I WOULD SAY MEDIUM.

>> MEDIUM. >> YEAH. >> I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND.

>> I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THIS. QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THIS TO THIS PROPERTY. I'M, I'M, I'M HARD PRESSED TO MAKE A TO, TO APPROVE THIS AT ALL. NOT KNOWING WHAT I DON'T KNOW. SO THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BECK, THIS IS TO EXPLORE THE IDEA NOT TO

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NECESSARILY YES OR NO DO IT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS THIS IS SUBMITTED TO COMMITTEE TO TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM, NOT FOR A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

>> NOT TO EXPLORE. >> OKAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JESTER. IF

YOU WOULD LIKE. >> WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE WE RUNNING THE TIMING. I'M

SORRY. ONE MINUTE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

>> OKAY. WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I'M I'M AFRAID I'M A BIT WERE COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND IS IN THAT THE IDEA OF THE CITY GETTING IN BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE PARTIES. THERE IS A MECHANISM FOR THAT KIND OF DISPUTE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE THE HOME OWNERS OR THOSE THAT BELONG ARE.

THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED SHOULD FILE SUIT TO FORCE WHOMEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY TO TAKE CARE OF IT ADEQUATELY. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT DOES SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES RECENTLY THAT DOES AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO I THINK IF IT WAS SOMEHOW REVISED TO SAY THAT IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF TOOL KIT, AS FAR AS RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL. BUT AS FAR AS THE CITY TAKING ON USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BENEFIT A PIECE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SEEMS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND I'M ALSO AFRAID IT'S GOING TO OPEN PANDORA'S BOX, BECAUSE I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT GETS A LOT OF REQUESTS TO GET IN BETWEEN PRIVATE PARTIES AND PRIVATE CITIZENS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FORCE UPON ANYONE. WE CAN CERTAINLY PERHAPS ACT AS MEDIATOR. SO I GUESS I HATE TO SAY I'M KIND OF A MAYBE, BUT. YEAH, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT THAT DIRECTION WAS HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THE IDEA BEHIND IT. I JUST BEFORE I COULD SAY YES, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE SIGNING UP FOR.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR. MAYOR, WE HAVE. AND I CAN HELP YOU KEEP TRACK AS WE GO, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO SUPPORTS AT MEDIUM LEVEL. AND WE HAVE, I GUESS COUNCIL MEMBER JESTER WOULD BE A MAYBE. AND HOLLAND IS A NO OR MAYBE AS WELL A NO TODAY, LACKING INFORMATION. SO WE'RE SORT OF AT A TIE IN A WAY.

>> GOT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. >> WELL, LET ME GET THE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER. >> OKAY. WELL THEN. YEAH. GO. GO RIGHT AHEAD. MAYOR. MAYOR

PRO. >> TEM SURE. I'M OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF EXPLORING THIS AND JUST SEEING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION. SO THEN WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO. YES. NO, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION, BUT I'M GOOD WITH EXPLORING IT. AND SO I WOULD PUT IT AT LOW PRIORITY JUST BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE A TIME

SENSITIVITY. THANK YOU. >> GOT IT. >> SO I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK.

I'LL SPEAK JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. NO, I DON'T SUPPORT IT AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED BECAUSE OF IT'S A BLANK CHECK TO NEIGHBORHOODS GENERALLY, OR AT LEAST IT'S NOT DISCLOSED OR EVIDENT TO ME HOW MUCH THIS WOULD COST THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO. AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUE IS REAL. THAT'S WHY WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY, SO THAT THE PRICE DOESN'T GET OUT OF WHACK AND HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND AT THE SAME TIME TOO. YEAH. NO, THEY THAT IN THIS, IN THE PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE MOST RECENT INSTANCE, WE HAVE A HOA. I'M STILL NOT, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON HOW TO THEY CAN'T AFFECT THE HOA BOARD AND AFFECT THAT DECISION VERSUS COME TO THE CITY TO, TO INTERVENE. I THINK YOU HAVE THE CITIZENS HAVE PEOPLE ON THAT BODY AND THEY CAN INFLUENCE THAT AGENDA EASIER THAN THE CITY CAN SPEND MONEY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE FASTEST RESOLUTION IN AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I THINK IT'S TIED UP. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO. THAT WAS ITEM D. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM THAT TAKES US TO THE CITY WILL NOW

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AT 3:40 P.M. CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE CLOSED MEETING ITEM SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEM A I'D 260542 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC POWER UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.086 CONSTITUTE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

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ITEM B I'D 260642. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072. CONSULTING WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 AND ITEM C I'D 260660. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTIONGOOD EVO THIS MEETING OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM,

[AFTER DETERMINING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026, 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:]

SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. IT IS 631. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA PLEDGES TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAG. 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 THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE,

UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND THEN WE HAVE THREE

[2. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]

PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING, FIRST OF WHICH IS NATIONAL POLICE VOLUNTEER WEEK. IF YOU CAN MEET ME AT THE PODIUM THERE, WE'LL.

OKAY. OKAY. WHO WANTS TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING? AND WE'LL TURN AROUND AND FACE THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. BUT TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING.

>> SURE. >> SO WE'RE DOING VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS HERE THAT HELP US THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DAILY. SO THEY PUT MORE HOURS IN SOMETIMES THAN I DO AND I GET PAID FOR IT. BUT THEY DO GREAT WORK AND WE COULDN'T DO IT

WITHOUT THEM. SO WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. YES. AND IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY, TELL US HOW HOW OTHERS CAN JOIN YOU AND SERVE

IF THEY WANT, BUT INTRODUCE YOURSELVES PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS FRANCINA CARROLL AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE CPA AND WE'RE DOING GREAT WORKS. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF YOU. AND YOU ALL LOOK BEAUTIFUL. GOD

BLESS YOU. >> I'M CAROL BANKS. >> I'M LARRY KEY. WHERE ARE YOU?

MIKE? >> MIKE CUCCI. >> DEBBIE ISHEE, MARYBETH

COTTINGHAM. >> AND THERE YOU GO. >> DEREK BRADFORD, INTERIM

ASSISTANT CHIEF. >> KARISSA RICHARDS, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE

CHIEF OF POLICE. >> AND BRIAN COATES, DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO WHO CAN TELL US HOW TO IF THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER? OKAY.

>> YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY VOLUNTEER. THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE ONE OF OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY CLASSES. WE HAVE ONE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, DENTON CP A ORG, YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WANT FOR THE CPA. THE CPA AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING APPLICATIONS. SO THANK YOU.

>> WHAT WE DO ABOUT THE POLICE APPRECIATION DAY. I THINK YOU SHOULD. EVERY YEAR WE GIVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT A POLICE APPRECIATION DAY AND WE SERVE THEM BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. WE'RE THERE ALL DAY LONG. WE HAVE HAMBURGER COOKOUTS FOR THEM ONCE A YEAR, AND WE ASSIST IN A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE POLICE HAVE TO BE THERE. AND SO WE'RE THERE

AS A SUPPORT TEAM. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS, SINCE 1974, NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK HAS HONORED THE IMPACT OF ALL THOSE WHO DO GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. THE CITIZENS, POLICE, VOLUNTEERS AND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PROVIDE INVALUABLE SUPPORT, RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE TO THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING SWORN OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DENTON RECOGNIZES THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCED BY THE SELFLESS DEDICATION OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND TALENTS EVERY YEAR. AND WHEREAS

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DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND PUBLIC, EXPRESSING A DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE AND PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS. NOW THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THIS WEEK, THE WEEK OF APRIL 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL POLICE VOLUNTEER WEEK IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THESE INDIVIDUALS IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A HAND. AND WE'LL WE'LL SLIDE IN FOR PITCHER. Y'ALL GOT THEY GOT TO COME CLOSER. YES. YOU'RE NOT ON THE PITCH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PHOTOSHOP IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. YEAH FOR SURE. GREAT TO SEE YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE LADY RAIDERS. IF YOU ARE ON THE TEAM. IF YOU ARE A COACH ADMINISTRATOR YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. COME DOWN AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU.

YES, SIR. GREAT TO SEE YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YEAH. APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, MAN.

IT'S AWESOME. >> LET ME GET TO THE OUTSIDE HERE. WE'RE ABOUT. SO ALL THE

MORE IN YOUR CONFERENCE. WHAT? ALL RIGHT. NO. >> OUTSTANDING. OKAY. SO WHO WHO WANTS TO TELL US ABOUT THE THE PLAYOFF RUN OR THE TEAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WHO WANTS

WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? ONE OF THE PLAYERS WANT TO. >> KEVIN LEWIS.

>> WHO'S WHO'S OKAY. >> HERE WE GO. GOOD. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT THERE. OKAY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TODAY. IS IT ON I CAN TALK YES. >> YOU'RE GOOD.

>> TO GO. WE HAD A WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RUN. I THINK WE HAD SOME BUMPS OR WHATEVER, BUT IT

WAS A GOOD RUN. I HAD A LOT OF FUN. Y'ALL HAD FUN. YEAH. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HOW ABOUT WE START DOWN HERE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHAT POSITION YOU PLAY AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT

TO SAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> I'M ANISA AND I'M A MANAGER. >> KELLY LEWIS, NUMBER TEN ON

VARSITY. >> TASHA BROWN NUMBER 11 UNIQUE MANAGER. CAITLIN JACKSON, NUMBER 21. JADEN WILLIAMS. NUMBER TWO A TIA, RIGHT. NUMBER THREE XAVIER AND MADISON NUMBER

ONE. YEAH. OH I THOUGHT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US. >> MONISHA ALLEN.

>> I'M THE HEAD COACH. YES. >> JOE BRODSKY HER ASSISTANT. >> OKAY HERE WE GO.

>> THE DESTINY KING NUMBER FIVE. JAMAL ANDERSON NUMBER 13. MADELEINE GIBSON NUMBER 32.

SORAYA FOREMAN, NUMBER 23. KIMANI SMITH. NUMBER 12. >> KILLARNEY CELTIC SMITH.

NUMBER 24. >> JILL LOGAN. NUMBER 15. >> SOPHIE. NERVOUS NUMBER 35.

>> DEMERIT MANAGER. LONDON WILLIAMS, THE MANAGER. COACH. VARSITY ASSISTANT. SHANICE.

READY ASSISTANT. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. GIVE HIM A HAND. YEAH. SO AND SO.

THIS IS THIS IS WE ARCHIVE THE VIDEOS ARE STREAMING LIVE AND IN THE ARCHIVE FOREVER. SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, BUT COACH, I WANT YOU TO TAKE US. WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR. SO TAKE US THROUGH THIS YEAR. HOW DID WE GET BACK AND HOW WAS THAT THE SECOND TIME? RIGHT. THERE'S EXPECTATIONS WITH ALL THOSE THINGS.

>> THE EXPECTATIONS WERE DEFINITELY TO COME BACK AND WIN IT AGAIN. AND THE FIRST KEY IS OBVIOUSLY TO STAY HEALTHY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IF YOU'RE NOT HEALTHY, YOU CAN'T GO IN, RIGHT.

SO THE THE TEAM THAT WE BROUGHT BACK WAS MORE OR LESS THE EXACT SAME. AND THE STARTING LINEUP WAS DEFINITELY THE SAME. SO THEREFORE, IF WE COULD KEEP THOSE GIRLS HEALTHY AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY HEALTHY AND THEN JUST MAKE THAT RUN, WE KNEW WE HAD A TARGET ON OUR BACK AT ALL TIMES. AND TRUST ME, EVERYBODY GAVE US THEIR BEST SHOT EVERY NIGHT AND WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. YEAH, OUTSTANDING. WHAT WAS OUR

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RECORD? YEAH. 36. 35 3737 AND FOR WHEN I TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS, ALL I WANT TO DO IS WIN. THAT DOESN'T MATTER. I JUST WANT TO WIN THAT LAST GAME.

>> YEAH. THAT IS OUTSTANDING. AWESOME, AWESOME. OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A I GOTTA MAKE THE WORDS BIGGER SO I DON'T MESS IT UP. HOLD ON, I WAS ONE. I KNOW THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER HERE SOMEWHERE. THERE IT IS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, HERE WE GO. A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE RYAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM SECURED THE U-I-L CLASSIC FIVE, A DISTRICT ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON MARCH 7TH, 2026, EARNING THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLE IN SOLIDIFYING THEIR PLACE AMONG THE ELITE PROGRAMS IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. AND WHEREAS THE LADY RAIDERS DEFEATED DEFEATED LEANDER GLEN HIGH SCHOOL BY A SCORE OF 45 TO 34 AT THE ALAMODOME ON SAN ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO, SHOWCASING A SEASON DEFINED BY DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK AND CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER DEFENSE. AND WHEREAS THIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT BUILDS UPON THE PROGRAM'S FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2025 AND REFLECTS A REMARKABLE TWO YEAR RUN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HEAD COACH MONISHA ALLEN, WHOSE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAS ESTABLISHED A LASTING CULTURE OF SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON COMMENDS THE LADY RAIDERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE, PERSEVERANCE AND OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION OF THEIR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY, INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENT ATHLETES. NOW THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH 2026 AS RYAN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL, RYAN HIGH SCHOOL, LADY RAIDERS DAY IN THE CITY OF DENTON, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THIS EXTRAORDINARILY EXTRAORDINARY

ACCOMPLISHMENT IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A HAND. >> SHE'S ALSO THE COACH OF THE YEAR AND THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT RYAN HIGH SCHOOL. OH. SO YEAH, WE.

>> GOT A PICTURE. BUT I AM CURIOUS, COULD YOU INTRODUCE ME TO THE TO THE COACH OF THE YEAR AND AND THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS THERE IS THERE, IS THERE. CAN YOU INTRODUCE ME TO THEM? CONGRATULATIONS. THAT IS AWESOME. YEAH. COACH OF THE YEAR AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MAN. OUTSTANDING. MAN. THAT IS GREAT. GOOD ON YOU. OUTSTANDING. OKAY, WELL, HERE WE GO. WE'LL START. WE MAY HAVE SCREWED UP TO MAKE A FEW ROWS. SO HOW ABOUT Y'ALL SLIDE IN FRONT

THERE AND THEN. >> TELL PEOPLE. YEAH, OKAY. SO CAN.

>> YOU HOLD FOR ME PLEASE? AND THANK YOU. OH YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO.

>> 321321. >> ALRIGHT. DON'T GO. WE DON'T HAVE A FEW.

>> OH GOT A BUNCH. OH I KNOW SOME PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY. WE'RE ALL GOOD. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. VERY NICE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK. YEAH. NO NO I THOUGHT SHE. YES, SIR. LET'S DO IT. HEY.

THANK YOU. THIS IS THE MAYOR. HERE WE GO. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YEAH.

HEY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I AM CARTER. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. YES. ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE, GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE.

>> ONE MORE OF THOSE HERE FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IF YOU CAN COME DOWN.

>> HEY. HOW ARE YOU? HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY WELL. THANK YOU. HEY.

GREAT TO SEE YOU. I SURE APPRECIATE YOU. HEY. >> HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

>> WELL, I'D LOVE TO HAVE. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YOU WANT

TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING? >> OH, WE'VE GOT LUIS HERE.

HE'S A RESIDENT OF DENTON, AND SO WE'D LIKE HIM TO TALK. >> I LOVE IT, YEAH.

>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. WHAT A LOVELY DAY. AFTER SUCH A MIRACULOUS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FOR THE RYAN RAIDERS. MY NAME IS LUIS

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MARTINEZ. I'M HERE WITH DENTON COUNTY CASA. SO I'M A COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE AND I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH HELPING KIDS THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CHARGE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO ME, AND I'M HERE TO HOPEFULLY NOT ONLY SPREAD THE WORD, BUT HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE SOME ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO COME AND HELP. SO FOR THE COUNTY OF DENTON THAT WE SERVE OVER 600 KIDS ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADVOCATED, ARE PEOPLE WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR OVER THIS PAST YEAR, OVER 200 HERE IN THE CITY OF DENTON. SO WE WOULD HAVE KIDS IN NEED THAT WOULD GET THIS PLACE TO OCCUPANCY. JUST JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HERE TO BRING AWARENESS AS WE TALK ABOUT CHILD ABUSE THIS MONTH, BUT ALSO TO BE HERE TO SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST A HOP SKIP AWAY FROM HERE. THE CASA OFFICE IS RIGHT HERE ON BELL, SO IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER. IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN BY, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE IT A GO. I USED TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S HERE IN ATTENDANCE, TO THE POOL RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT. AND I WOULD SEE THE SIGN CONSTANTLY SEE THE SIGN THERE.

AND THEN ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND VOLUNTEER. AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I EVER MADE. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, YOU COULD DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT. YOU COULD GO TO CASA DENTON.ORG AND LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE TRAINING SESSIONS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US HERE. BUT IT'S A IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A MEMBER OF

THE DENTON COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. THAT'S

GREAT. AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ROLE. >> YEAH. DEBBIE JENSEN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> OKAY. >> AND.

>> AND, AND CAROLINE SIMMONS ADVISORY BOARD. >> OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT WAY. AND I'M GOING TO BE OUT OF A JOB SOON AND I'M HOPING TO VOLUNTEER MORE. YEAH, YEAH. SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE. SO HERE WE GO. LET ME FIND THIS. LET'S SEE.

ONCE AGAIN, I GOTTA FIND A PIECE OF PAPER. I KNOW IT, IT HAPPENS. IT'S CRAZIEST THING. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT'S A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS 642 CHILDREN WHO WERE AFFECTED BY ABUSE OR NEGLECT RECEIVED CRITICAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FROM CASA OF DENTON COUNTY IN 2025. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 202 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS DENTON COUNTY GIVE COUNTLESS HOURS EACH YEAR TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS DESERVE LOVING, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE OF CARING ADULTS TO HELP THEM HEAL AND THRIVE. NOW THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM APRIL 2026 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND COMMEND THE WORK OF CASA OF DENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF IN ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND IN CHAMPIONING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN THEY

SERVE. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A HAND. >> YEAH. WILL YOU HOLD THIS FOR ME? IS THAT OKAY? CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? CAN YOU HOLD IT? HOLD IT? YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU HOLD IT IN THERE. THERE WE GO. OH, YOU'RE A PRO? YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE FANTASTIC. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. BYE BYE BYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[3. PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC]

>> IF WE. >> CAN PLAY THE VIDEO FOR ADDRESSING COUNCIL.

>> THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED RULES OF PROCEDURE, INCLUDING A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT APPLIES TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 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 HAS 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 A 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 NONSCHEDULED 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

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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. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING ABUSIVE, PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS. 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. THANK YOU. FIRST SPEAKER IS BARBARA KUZMA. IF

YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS BARBARA KUZMA.

I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTH DENTON. >> I DROPPED. >> IT SOMEWHERE. IS THAT BETTER.

THANK YOU. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ABOUT THE GIGANTIC MINI STORAGE BUILDING THAT'S BEING BUILT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTRY CLUB AND FORT WORTH DRIVE. IT'S FOUR STOREYS WITH AN 8 TO 12 FOOT HIGHER FACADE, MAKING IT APPEAR TO BE FIVE STOREYS. IT IS AN INAPPROPRIATE SIZE FOR OUR AREA. THERE IS NOTHING HIGHER THAN TWO STORIES WITHIN MILES OF IT. IT TOWERS ABOVE EVEN OUR MATURE TREES. I'VE TALKED TO DOZEN A DOZEN OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY ALL AGREE IT'S HORRIFICALLY OVERSIZE AND DIMINISHES OUR PROPERTIES BY ITS OVERBEARING PRESENCE. OAK TREES OF HISTORIC SIZE AND AGE WERE DESTROYED IN THIS PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED AND INCORPORATED INTO LANDSCAPING. HOW IT IS SITUATED DID NOT INCLUDE SETBACKS ON THE FRONT AND SIDE FOR SUCH A LARGE BUILDING, AND IT INTERFERES WITH THE VISIBILITY OF THE TWO INTERSECTING ROADS. TURNING FROM HOBSON ONTO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AT THIS CORNER IS ALREADY CHALLENGING, AND NOW, WITH VISIBILITY FURTHER REDUCED, IT'S EVEN MORE SO. ANOTHER POINT IS WE DIDN'T NEED ANOTHER MINI STORAGE. WE ALREADY HAVE YELLOW DOOR MINI STORAGE LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED, ACCORDING TO MY NEIGHBORS AND I AGREE, IS A GROCERY STORE OR A RESTAURANT. WE'RE KIND OF IN A FOOD DESERT.

IT'S THREE MILES TO THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE OR RESTAURANT FOR US. THERE WAS A POSTER OF IT LISTING THE MEETING ABOUT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IT WAS POSTED ON HOBSON ROAD, WHICH IS 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OFF TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MEETING, EXACT TIMES AND SUCH WERE. SO WE JUST KIND OF LET THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKE CONTROL OF THE ON OUR BEHALF. SO WE'RE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT. AND WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND HOBSON HOBSON T'S INTO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD THERE. IT'S ALREADY A DANGEROUS, UNREGULATED INTERSECTION TO TURN ONTO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, WHICH I HAVE TO TO GO HOME. YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS CLEAR AND THE PEOPLE COMING SOUTHBOUND WHO WANT TO TURN ONTO HOBSON CLEARS. AND THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME. IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT TO GET OVER TO THE TURN LANE TO GET ONTO FORT WORTH DRIVE. IF I WANT TO GO IN THE BACK SIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THAT LARGE INTERSECTION THAT HAS LOTS OF LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS AND ALL, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS A LIGHT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR REGULATIONS ARE ON THAT, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT TRAFFIC? AND ONE NIGHT MY HUSBAND TOOK ME OUT TO DINNER RIGHT AT RUSH HOUR, AND WE WERE GOING OUTBOUND ON HOBSON. HOBSON WAS BACKED UP CLEAR TO SOUTH LAKES PARK. IT MUST BE OVER A HALF A MILE WITH CARS JUST STOPPED, BECAUSE THAT TURN IS SO DIFFICULT TO GET OUT ON.

SO THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD PLAN. I'M SORRY. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF SUCH A GIGANTIC BUILDING ON OUR AREA FOR NEEDS AND OUR LIVABILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YES, SIR. >> WE HAVE I THINK WE HAVE ONE

QUESTION, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MISS

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KUZMA, DID YOU BY ANY CHANCE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ABOUT ANY OF THIS? MISS CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND HAVING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, REACH OUT TO MISS KUZMA AND TALK ABOUT OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR ANY SPEED STUDIES THAT MIGHT BE WARRANTED. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> APPRECIATE IT. COULD I SAY SOMETHING OFF TOPIC?

>> NO, NO, NO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH ME CUTTING THE REST OF THE

PEOPLE OFF WHEN THEY SPEAK, BUT I BUT NO, I. >> DO CALL YOUR OFFICE.

>> PLEASE DO ANY. >> TIME TO THANK THE POLICE FOR SOME SERVICE THEY DID FOR US.

>> OKAY. PLEASE DO. THANK YOU. SORRY. I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THESE. OKAY. GOT IT. ADAM HOROWITZ, IF YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

>> HI, MY NAME IS ADAM HOROWITZ. I REACHED OUT TO, I THINK, ALL OF YOU FOLKS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS OR SO. MOST NOTABLY ON, LET'S SEE, JULY 28TH, OCTOBER 28TH, OCTOBER 29TH. THESE COMPLAINTS WERE SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING THE CORRUPTION IN THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDED A FALSE ARREST AFTER CALLING 911 FOR MY MOTHER'S HEALTH EMERGENCY, INCLUDING A WHAT SHOULD I CHARGE HIM WITH ADMISSION CAUGHT ON BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, EXCESSIVE FORCE, INCLUDING A LEG TRIP, MULTIPLE PUNCHES AND ASPHYXIATION. ALL OF WHICH HAPPENED WHILE I WAS RESTRAINED BY MULTIPLE OFFICERS NOT POSING A THREAT TO ANYBODY. SIX INSTANCES OF VERIFIABLE PERJURY IN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING MY FALSE ARREST, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THROUGH TODAY, SINCE MY EMAILS HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONDED TO. THAT'S A LET'S SEE WHAT THE PERJURY AFFIDAVIT HAS TO SAY.

PAGE ONE HERE. HE REFUSED AND WAS IN THE WAY WHILE PARAMEDICS WERE TRYING TO EVALUATE HER.

WHEN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS ME STANDING WITH MY BACK TO THE WALL AND HE WAS NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM AT THIS TIME. LET'S LOOK ON A PAGE THREE HERE. DURING MY INTERACTION WITH ADAM, ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS POINTED TO ADAM'S WAISTBAND, INDICATING THAT HE MAY HAVE A WEAPON, SOMETHING THAT STRANGELY ABSENT FROM THE FOOTAGE. ANOTHER ONE BASED ON ADAM'S BIZARRE BEHAVIOR SHOWING INDICATIONS HE WAS GOING TO BE COMBATIVE AND OR ASSAULTIVE. THAT WAS WHILE I WAS PRAYING FOR MY SICK MOM THAT HE REFUSED TO LET ME SEE. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE, ANY, ANY REASONABLE OFFICER WOULD THINK THAT PRAYING DURING A FAMILY EMERGENCY IS A SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMBATIVE. UNLESS HE ATTENDED A POLICE TRAINING WITH THE KU KLUX KLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE FRANKLY, I WAS SURROUNDED BY A JEWISH TALISMANS AT THE TIME.

WHAT ABOUT THIS? DURING THIS TIME, ADAM BEGAN TO REACH INTO HIS WAISTBAND. I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS DUE TO ADAM NOT BEING SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS. WHILE I WASN'T REACHING FOR MY WAISTBAND AND I ASKED TO BE FRISKED THREE TIMES SO I COULD CALL MY SISTER DURING A FAMILY EMERGENCY, AND EACH TIME HE REFUSED. SO THAT'S A LOAD OF BULL. WHAT ABOUT THIS? ACTIVELY RESISTING OUR COMMANDS TO PLACE HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK, I USED A CLOSED FIST TO ADMINISTER 2 OR 3 DISTRACTION BLOWS. MY GOAL WAS TO DISTRACT HIM. NO PUNCHING SOMEONE WHILE SAYING STOP. IT ISN'T A COMMAND. I'M SORRY. YOU CAN'T JUST PUNCH SOMEONE WHILE SAYING STOP IT. IT'S NOT VERY SPECIFIC, IS IT? IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD TRAINING, IS IT? OR MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK AGAIN IN SEVEN MONTHS. SO THAT CONCLUDES THAT. ANOTHER AN ANNUAL DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT OPENS WITH OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM HAS MADE HISTORIC PROGRESS TO BRING THE BEST TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WAS THE BEST TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY NAMED IN A IN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT BEFORE HE WAS HIRED BY DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ANOTHER QUESTION HOW COME AFTER THOSE OFFICERS INVOLVED AND MACK REINWAND WERE INVOLVED IN THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT I PERSONALLY FILED? WHY IS THE

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CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FILING ON BEHALF OF HIM AND SIGNING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S NAME ON THE RIGHT HERE? SOMEONE EXPLAINED THAT FOR ME, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A COVER UP. NOT. YEAH.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CHANCE. IS IT HARRINGTON? OKAY. IF YOU COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

>> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHANCE HARRINGTON. I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO TONIGHT.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STRUCTURAL ACTION REGARDING DECEPTIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT COLLABORATION CLAUSES HIDDEN WITHIN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT APPLICATIONS. IN FEBRUARY, I STOOD HERE AND I ASKED YOU TO REJECT THE RTC GRANT BECAUSE OF ITS TIES TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. DESPITE THAT WARNING, CITY STAFF HAS STILL BEEN APPLYING FOR GRANTS CONTAINING THESE EXACT SAME HIDDEN CLAUSES THAT MANDATE OUR CITY'S COLLABORATION WITH ICE. IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THE CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDED AGENDA AND THUS APPROVED APPLYING FOR ANTI-TERRORISM FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. AND SURE ENOUGH, THAT GRANT HAS THESE VERY SAME SECRETIVE CLAUSES ATTACHED TO IT. IT NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY SAID PUBLICLY ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE DANGER THESE GRANTS POSE. THE R T I C THE ANTI-TERRORISM EQUIPMENT, EVEN A GRANT FOR POLICE TALENT ACQUISITION SERVICE. ALL THESE THINGS ARE NOT FREE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE A FINANCIAL TRAP. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FUTURE OF THESE GRANTS, LOOK RIGHT DOWN. I 35 JUST DAYS AGO, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT THREATENED TO PULL NEARLY $90 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WORLD CUP FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. WHY? BECAUSE DALLAS IS TRYING TO LIMIT ITS COOPERATION WITH ICE, AND THE STATE IS USING SIGNED GRANT CERTIFICATIONS AS A WEAPON TO EXTORT THEM. DALLAS IS FACING THE LOSS OF A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SECURITY FUNDS BECAUSE OF THESE GRANTS, AND DENTON IS BLINDLY WALKING INTO THE EXACT SAME TRAP BY APPROVING THESE APPLICATIONS, ACCEPTING THESE GRANTS STRIPS DENTON OF ITS LOCAL CONTROL. IT ROBS OUR PEOPLE OF DETERMINING HOW WE WANT TO POLICE OURSELVES AND, FRANKLY, REDUCES THAT ENGAGEMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GETS INVOLVED WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST IS ERODED AND OUR NEIGHBORS AVOID INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE AT A HIGH COST TO THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR HOME. WE CANNOT JUST HOPE CITY STAFF WILL HANDLE THESE ISSUES GOING FORWARD. WE CANNOT JUST HOPE THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY MADE MISTAKES IN AGREEING TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS LIKE DALLAS DID. THAT IS WHY I HAVE TWO DEMANDS FOR THIS COUNCIL. FIRST, COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. THERE MUST BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE GRANTS HELD IN PUBLIC SESSION, NOT HIDDEN IN INTERNAL MEMOS. THE PEOPLE OF DENTON DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT STRINGS ARE ATTACHED TO OUR CITY'S BUDGET. SECOND, A FORMAL REVIEW PROTOCOL. THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO DIRECT ITS CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF TO IMPLEMENT A MANDATORY FORMALIZED REVIEW PROCESS FOR ALL INCOMING GRANTS.

THIS PROTOCOL MUST SPECIFICALLY FLAG IMMIGRATION OR FEDERAL COLLABORATION CLAUSES BEFORE THE EVER REACH THIS COUNCIL FOR A VOTE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS ARE ENDING NEXT MONTH, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SECURE DENTON'S FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

DO NOT HAND A LEGAL TIME BOMB TO THE NEXT COUNCIL, TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. THE PUBLIC EXPECTS A NEW BASELINE. THIS KIND OF INSIDIOUS MANIPULATION OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE SAKE OF NATIONAL POLITICAL INITIATIVES, IS GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING. YOU CANNOT BE NEGLIGENT. YOU CANNOT LOOK AWAY OR ASSUME SOMEONE ELSE IS HANDLING THESE CONCERNS. YOUR CITY NEEDS YOU TO STEP UP AND PROTECT IT. PLEASE PROTECT OUR BUDGET, PROTECT OUR AUTONOMY,

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AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S NOTHING PULLED. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT SIX. >> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS

PRESENTED AND POSTED. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR. >> SECOND, THAT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. FIRST IS FIVE A, WHICH IS

[A. HL26-0001b Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton designating the property located at 1403 Kendolph Drive, being part of Abstract Number 996, Tract 562 and 563 of the Eugene Puchalski Survey, a Historic Landmark under Section 2.9.4 of the Denton Development Code; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Historic Landmark Commission voted [7-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Treat and second by Commissioner Black. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted [6-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Ketchersid and second by Commissioner McDuff. (HL26-0002b, Historic Landmark Designation of 1403 Kendolph Drive, Cameron Robertson)]

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HC260001B. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1403 KENDALL DRIVE, BEING PART OF AN ABSTRACT NUMBER 96996, TRACK 562 AND 563 ON THE EUGENE. SURVEY AND HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER THE

SECTION 2.9.4. AND IT DIDN'T. DEVELOPMENT CODE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. KAREN ROBERTSON, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. AS STATED, THIS IS FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION AT 1403 KENDALL DRIVE, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF WHIPPOORWILL LANE. THE ZONING IS R THREE ZONING. IT'S WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAS HAD SIX OWNERS SINCE 1959 OF WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND IS CURRENTLY USED AS A RENTAL PROPERTY. THE REQUEST IS EVALUATED WITH OUR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR 2019 HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN, DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THEN THAT 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO LOOKING AT OUR 2019 HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN GOAL ONE POLICY 1.3, WHICH DOES TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING AND DESIGNATING ELIGIBLE BUILDINGS AND AREAS FOR POTENTIAL LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS, IT DOES MEET THAT. AND THEN STAFF ALSO LOOKS AT OUR GOAL, COMMUNITY CHARACTER DASH TWO, WHICH TALKS ABOUT PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING THE UNIQUE, UNIQUE CHARACTER OF DENTON. STAFF, ALSO LOOKS AT SECTION 2.9.4 B OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND WITHIN THIS, FOR THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THIS LANDMARK WOULD BE CRITERIA ONE, THREE, FOUR, NINE, 11, AND 12. SO CRITERIA ONE, THREE, AND NINE ARE VERY SIMILAR. SO IT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THAT PROPERTY. SO IN THE 1960S, IN THE LATE 1950S, DENTON REALLY EMBRACED THAT NATIONAL MID-CENTURY MODERN TREND. SO IT HAD A LOT OF INNOVATIVE DESIGN, LOTS OF LONG LINEAR LINES. CANTILEVER ROOFS ALSO HAD A LOT OF SUBURBAN STYLE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE SAW THAT IN SOUTHRIDGE IDIOTS HILL AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN A LOT OF INTEGRATION OF NATURAL LANDSCAPES, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE HERE WITH ALL THE TREE PRESENTS IN DENIA. IT ALSO CAPTURES A LOT OF THAT DISTINGUISHING ELEMENTS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN DESIGN, SO BRINGS IN A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT, A LOT OF WINDOWS, A LOT OF INDOOR OUTDOOR FLOW HAS THE OVERHANGING FLAT ROOF, AND THEN IT SHOWS A LOT OF THOSE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. SO WE HAVE THAT UNDER THAT ATTACHED CARPORT, WHICH IS UNDER THE CANTILEVERED FIRST FLOOR. IT ALSO, LIKE I SAID, STATES KIND OF SHOWS THAT STRONG MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT WAS IN DENTON AT THIS TIME. SO IT'S RIGHT AT THAT EDGE OF MODERNISM, RIGHT AT THE WHICH SWITCHES RIGHT AT 1960. AND HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER NEIGHBORING PROPERTY ON WHIPPOORWILL THAT HAS THAT MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE MILLERS, WHO FORMED THEIR ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN 1946. THE MOUNT MILLER'S DESIGNED AND REMODELED A LOT OF HOMES. I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR, INCLUDING ONE OF THE PREVIOUS DESIGNATIONS THAT CAME FORWARD IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN IN 2024, 1900 WEST RIDGE DRIVE. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME MORE NOTABLE EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT DENTON SO THAT DENTON UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP IN 1226 KENDALL DRIVE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ON KENDALL DRIVE, WHICH WERE DESIGNED BY MOUNT MILLER ARCHITECTS AT 1316 AND 1426, LOOKING AT APPROVAL CRITERIA. 11 DOCTOR HIRAM FRIEDSON. HE WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNER. HE WORKED WITH MOUNT MILLER TO DESIGN THIS HOME FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE, AND HE HAS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE, NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT ALSO NATIONALLY. HE SERVED IN THE US MARINE CORPS DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR TWO. HE SERVED ALMOST 40 YEARS AT THE UNT, AT UNT AS A PROFESSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR.

HE WAS A DELEGATE IN 1961, 1971 AND 1981 FOR THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING. AND HE ALSO HAS AN AWARD NAMED AFTER HIM FOR MENTORSHIP. AND THEN LASTLY, LOOKING AT APPROVAL CRITERIA. 12 THIS PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY HAS REALLY BECOME A LANDMARK WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST CURRENTLY, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALSO PART OF THAT CLUSTER OF MOUNT MILLER HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON IN WITHIN DENIA, ESPECIALLY ALONG KENDALL DRIVE. IT'S BEEN FEATURED IN A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL TOURS, DEN REVEALED FOR PRESERVATION MONTH IN 2023. IT WAS ON OUR WALKING TOUR ONLINE AND THEN IN 2025 WHEN WE DID A WALKING TOUR LAST MAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOT TO SEE THIS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND GOT TO ADMIRE IT FROM THE STREET AND PEOPLE REALLY IN AWE. AND THEN ALSO, IT'S BEEN JUST RECOGNIZED IN DENTON PROMOTIONS

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FOR ME AS A WHOLE, AS KIND OF THAT HAVEN OF MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE. PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS DONE IN APRIL VIA NEWSPAPER AND WEBSITE. PROPERTY SIGN WAS POSTED IN LATE MARCH.

MAIL NOTICES WERE COMPLETED AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1403 KENDALL DRIVE. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SIX ZERO. AND I CAN STAND FOR ANY

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK CAN COME DOWN AND SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? SEEING NO SUDDEN MOVEMENTS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

AND RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM. >> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS HOUSE AND I WILL GLADLY MOTION

APPROVAL. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT TWO. >> YEAH, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED IN THE BACKUP WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT WASN'T ALREADY DESIGNATED AS SUCH.

IT'S IT'S AN AMAZING HOUSE, SO I HAPPILY SECOND. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US

[B. Z26-0001a Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a change in the zoning district and use classification from Rural Residential (RR) District to Light Industrial (LI) District on approximately 1.67 acres of land generally located on the east side of south Mayhill Road, approximately 75 feet south of Morse Street in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the City’s Official Zoning Map; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted (5-0) to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner McDuff and second by Commissioner Ketchersid. (Z26-0001a, Mayhill Road Rezoning, Matt Bodine)]

TO ITEM B WHICH IS Z260001A. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATIONS FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 1.67 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH MAYHILL ROAD.

AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

MATT BEAUDOIN, ASSISTANT PLANNER. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE MILL ROAD REZONING CASE. SO, AS STATED BY THE MAYOR, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.6 ACRES OFF OF MAYHILL ROAD TO REZONE FROM THE RR AURORA RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING THE EXISTING NON-CONFORMING LAND USE ON SITE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE. THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED AGAINST THE GENERAL AND ZONING CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AND TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS AREA IS INDUSTRIAL COMMERCE, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS REQUEST IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT PROPOSED OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL AND EMPLOYMENT USES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS DISTRICT IS MORE SUITABLE OVER OTHERS. ONE IT DOES NOT MEET THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE HIGH ZONING DISTRICT, AND IT ALSO HELPS SERVE AS A TRANSITION TO COMMERCIAL USES ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAYHILL ROAD. THIS REQUEST WAS NOTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC. ACCORDING TO CITY AND STATE LAW, STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MARCH 18TH. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> THANK YOU. AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE BACKUP, AND I'M JUST BEING CLEAR THAT THE USE IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME AS THE USE IS NOW. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. THAT WAS YES, AS STATED IN THE BACKUP. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> SECOND GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

>> CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? YOU CAN SEE NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT

[A. S26-0001 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton extending the approval period for a Specific Use Permit for an equipment sales and rental use originally approved via Ordinance S24-0001a for approximately 10 acres of land, generally located on the south side of US 380, approximately 3,800 feet to the west of Masch Branch Road in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the City’s official zoning map; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing for severability and an effective date. (S26-0001, RDO Equipment, Ashley Ekstedt)]

PASSES 7 TO 0. TAKES US TO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, FIRST OF WHICH IS SIX A IN YOUR AGENDA. AND THAT'S S260001. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, EXTENDING THE APPROVAL PERIOD FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR.

AND EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL USE ORIGINALLY APPROVED VIA ORDINANCE S240001A FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF US. 380 APPROXIMATELY 3800FT TO THE WEST OF MOSS BRANCH ROAD IN THE CITY OF DENTON, DENTON COUNTY.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ASHLEY. ASSOCIATE PLANNER. THIS IS S 26 ONE.

AUDIO EQUIPMENT. THE REQUEST IS TO EXTEND THE APPROVAL PERIOD FOR ONE YEAR FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL USE ON TEN ACRES OF LAND. THE ORIGINAL S, U, P WAS

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APPROVED OF MAY IN 2024. THE SITE IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IS APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES.

IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND THE SURROUNDING USES ARE UNDEVELOPED LAND AND GAS WELLS. THE SITE PLAN, APPROVED WITH THE S, U, P, INCLUDES A 28,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH A RETAIL SHOWROOM, PRODUCT DISPLAYS AND SALES OFFICES FOR JOHN DEERE AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT. IT ALSO INCLUDES ACCESSORY WAREHOUSING AND SERVICE TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. THERE WILL BE AN EQUIPMENT DISPLAY AREA ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE TO THE SIDE AND REAR, AND THAT WILL BE SCREENED BY A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE. SCP'S DO EXPIRE 24 MONTHS AFTER APPROVAL, UNLESS THE USER CONSTRUCTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERWAY. THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN MAKING PROGRESS IN ALL OF THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND THEY'VE SUBMITTED CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS, A FINAL PLAT AND A BUILDING PERMIT. THE ORIGINAL APPROVING BODY CAN GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE APPROVAL PERIOD FOR UP TO ONE YEAR FOR GOOD CAUSE, AND THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING TO OBTAIN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS FROM THE EASEMENT HOLDERS ON THE SITE, AND THEY EXPECT TO BE DONE WITHIN 1 TO 3 MONTHS. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND IF APPROVED, THE EXTENSION WILL BE VALID TILL MAY OF 2027 AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> YEAH THANK YOU ASHLEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ASHLEY, AGAIN, JUST JUST CONFIRMING WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE BACKUP IS THAT THE APPLICANT WAS MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS, BUT WE RAN INTO ISSUES WITH UTILITY, ESSENTIALLY UTILITY OWNERS IN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE SGP WAS TO OBTAIN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS FROM THE EASEMENT HOLDERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT AND DOING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING, BUT ALL OF THEIR PLANS ARE READY FOR APPROVAL AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT

FROM THE EASEMENT HOLDERS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> SURE.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT, THE BACKGROUND AND ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE, THAT THEY'VE GOT ONE MORE CHANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME WE CAN EXTEND. SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BACKUP TO HELP US

MAKE THESE GOOD DECISIONS. HOPEFULLY. THANKS. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> I'LL SECOND. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IN THE BACKUP. IT TALKED ABOUT BEING. I BELIEVE THE WORD WAS

CONSTRUCTION BEING GENERALLY UNDERWAY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> THE CDC DOESN'T DEFINE THAT.

AND EACH SITE IS DIFFERENT. SO WE LOOK AT EACH SITE INDIVIDUALLY TO DECIDE IF IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERWAY. BUT IN THIS CASE THEY STARTED. THANK YOU. YES. IN THIS CASE THEY HAVE NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY DO NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. YEAH. YOU? WELL, HOLD ON. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN. Y'ALL CAN TALK. YEAH. GO AHEAD. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT. IN THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. SO JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. IF YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP BEFORE WE CALL THE ITEM WE DON'T WE CAN'T ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT OR WE DON'T ALLOW THE RULES DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT SEPARATE THAN A OPEN MEETING ITEM OR WHAT IS THAT OPEN PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN SPEAK AT ANY TIME. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A BLUE CARD BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED. AND SO THAT WAS THE CONFUSION.

[B. ID 26-0521 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 Badger Meter, Inc., for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Implementation Program for the Water Metering Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 8623 - awarded to Badger Meter, Inc., for five (5) years, with the option for five (5) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total ten (10) year not-to-exceed amount of $26,000,000.00). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (4 - 0).]

SO I NEEDED TO, TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM B. I'D 260521. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BADGER METER, INC. FOR THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM FOR THE WATER METERING DEPARTMENT,

PROVIDING FOR A EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THEREOF. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M KYLE PEDIGO, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DIVISION MANAGER FOR WATER UTILITIES. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE WATER ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS AMI, IS A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USED TO COLLECT DETAILED METERING DATA THROUGHOUT A UTILITY SERVICE AREA. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SMART METERS, A DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE A CUSTOMER PORTAL. THIS WILL

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ENABLE THE UTILITY TO MORE ACCURATELY MEASURE OUR WATER USAGE, DETECT LEAKS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, ALL WHILE ENSURING THAT WE MEET OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS. CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF USAGE ALERTS AND REPORTS THAT HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR WATER USE AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES. WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THIS AS A STAGED APPROACH, BEGINNING WITH THE PROOF OF CONCEPT, WHICH IS A SMALL ROLLOUT OF METERS THAT ARE USED IN TESTING. WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH SYSTEMS ACCEPTANCE TESTING. AND FINALLY, A MASS METER REPLACEMENT. FULL DEPLOYMENT OF THE SYSTEM INCLUDES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL METERS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM IS ESTIMATED TO SPAN 24 MONTHS, AND DURING THAT TIME, A PROJECT COMMUNICATION PLAN WILL BE UTILIZED FOR UPDATES. DURING IMPLEMENTATION, RESIDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE A SHORT INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE, TYPICALLY LASTING LESS THAN ONE HOUR. RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED FOR WEEKS IN ADVANCE WITH DOOR HANGERS BEFORE THE CREWS ARRIVE, AND WHEN CREWS DO ARRIVE. IF A MAJOR. IF THE INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE WILL CAUSE A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE, THEY CAN REQUEST TO RESCHEDULE. APPROXIMATELY 46,000M WILL BE CHANGED OUT WITH THIS PROGRAM, 40,000 OF WHICH ARE RESIDENTIAL. AN OPT OUT IS AVAILABLE AND IS MODELED ON DMS SYSTEM. THE INITIAL RFP FOR THIS PROGRAM RESULTED IN SIX PROPOSALS THAT ARE.

EVALUATION COMMITTEE SCORED AND RANKED BADGER METER RANKED BEST VALUE AND BEST IN BRAND TO MEET THE PROGRAM'S IDENTIFIED OBJECTIVES. THIS CONTRACT'S FULL VALUE IS $26 MILLION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, THE MAJORITY OF THAT COST WILL BE INCURRED DURING THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE REMAINING FOLLOWING THE INITIAL DEPLOYMENT, FUNDING WILL BE SPREAD THROUGH THE REMAINING YEARS TO COVER BOTH SOFTWARE AND CELLULAR COSTS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARD OF THE CONTRACT TO BADGER METER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $26 MILLION. THE CONTRACT WILL HAVE A FIVE YEAR TERM WITH FIVE ONE YEAR RENEWALS. UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. PROGRESS UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED REGULARLY VIA ISR. ANY

QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

46,000M. HOW MANY METERS ARE THERE IN CITY? OGDEN? >> THAT'S SO APPROXIMATELY

46,000. >> OKAY. THAT'S THE WHOLE CITY. >> YEAH. SO? SO THE PROGRAM IS

PLANNED FOR THE FULL METER REPLACEMENT. >> AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE

FIVE YEARS TO, TO, TO PUT ALL THESE IN FOR. >> THE MAJORITY OF THE ROLLOUT.

WE'RE, THEY'RE ESTIMATING WITHIN TWO YEARS BECAUSE THE IT'S A VERY SHORT PROCESS TO

SWITCH MOST METERS OUT. >> WILL CITY CREWS MAKE THIS INSTALLATION OR WILL THIS BE A

CONTRACTOR. >> THIS WILL BE CONTRACTED THROUGH BADGER.

>> VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YES. >> OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT TWO. >> YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE MOVING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ON THIS ONE. AM I CORRECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME DEGREE OF OF LIVE LEAK DETECTION AND LIVE MONITORING WITH THIS KIND OF SYSTEM TO AVOID SOME OF THESE CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAGUED US OVER THE YEARS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH LEAK DETECTION.

>> I IT I'M VERY EXCITED. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE. THE ONE THING I'LL ASK IS IF WE COULD DO AS MUCH PUSH NOTIFICATION AND ADVANCE NOTIFICATION THROUGH OUR VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY GIVEN HOUSE OR ANY GIVEN BLOCK IS WELL AWARE AND WE AVOID SOME OF THE DISRUPTIONS WE'VE HAD IN OTHER UTILITIES IN THE PAST, THAT THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT I'M VERY

EXCITED BY THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANK YOU, KYLE, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF OUR VIEWERS AND OUR AUDIENCE, CAN YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT CUSTOMERS WILL SEE? SO COUNCIL MEMBER BECK KIND OF HIT ON ONE OF THEM, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT OUR UTILITY CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO

SEE WHEN THESE ARE CHANGED? >> SO MORE WE'LL BE ABLE TO MORE ACCURATELY TRACK WATER USAGE SO THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OVERAGES. IF A METER ISN'T READING CORRECTLY, CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CUSTOMER PORTAL, WHICH WILL GIVE LIVE ALMOST LIVE UPDATES OF THEIR WATER USE. SO THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO TRACK HEAVY USE TIMES VERSUS LOW USE TIMES, IDENTIFY SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES, AND AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY LEAKS ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE METER. IF NO WATER IS FLOWING BUT THE METER'S RUNNING, IT COULD

IDENTIFY A SUBSURFACE LEAK OR A RUNNING TOILET. >> SO YOU COULD CATCH IT BEFORE YOUR BILL SHOWS UP AND YOU'RE. OH, NO, NO, THAT'LL BE REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I JUST HAVE DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTION ON. BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE GO WE DRIVE AND READ THE METERS. DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTION FORWARD LOOKING ON SAVINGS FROM NOT HAVING TO DO THAT? AND HOW MANY DOG BITES IS THAT. THE SUBTRACT.

>> I BELIEVE ACCORDING TO THE 2021 JACOBS FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE SAVINGS WOULD BE $18 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF IMPLEMENTATION IN LABOR AND METER READING.

>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, THEN. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> I THINK, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT POINT THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOW THIS 50% PAYS FOR ITSELF IN THOSE KINDS OF SAVINGS. I COULDN'T BE MORE

EXCITED TO MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND, THAT. >> THANK YOU. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[C. ID 26-0525 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 Xylem Vue Inc. through the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Network Contract No. 091724, for the Water Utility Monitoring and Analytics Project for the Water Utilities Department; authorizing the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 8931 - awarded to Xylem Vue Inc., in the five (5) year not-to-exceed amount of $6,496,090.00). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (4 - 0).]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKES US TO ITEM C6C I'D 260525. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH X, Y L E M VIEW, INC. THROUGH THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING NETWORK. CONTRACT NUMBER 091724 FOR THE WATER UTILITY MONITORING AND

ANALYTICS PROJECT FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. >> PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DIVISION MANAGER FOR WATER UTILITIES. SO TODAY I'M REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE WATER UTILITY MONITORING AND DATA ANALYTICS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A MAJOR LEAP FORWARD IN HOW WE MANAGE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. BY PROVIDING THE DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS AND VISIBILITY NEEDED TO KEEP OUR SERVICES SAFE, RELIABLE, AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. OUR CURRENT MONITORING AND ANALYTICS SYSTEM EXISTED SILOED, SILOED ENVIRONMENTS. SO THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA DEPENDS ON PERIODIC UPDATES. THIS SLOWS OUR RESPONSE TIME AND LIMITS OUR PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY. THE SYSTEM PROVIDED BY XYLEM VIEW ADDS IN-LINE MONITORING AND CONSOLIDATES EXISTING SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE A UNIFIED STRUCTURE FOR REAL TIME DATA MONITORING.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO COMPARE HYDRAULIC MODELS, REAL TIME SENSOR DATA, AND GIS DATA THROUGHOUT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. A CORE COMPONENT OF THIS OF THE THIS PROJECT IS THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM MONITORING, WHICH PROVIDES SEVERAL CRITICAL BENEFITS. FIRST, IT HELPS US IDENTIFY AREAS OF INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, WHICH IS WHERE STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER ENTER THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. THIS WILL HELP US TO PREVENT OVERLOADING THE TREATMENT PLANTS. SECOND, IT GIVES US EARLY DETECTION CAPABILITY FOR FLOW SURGES. SO THAT ENABLES OPERATIONAL RESPONSES TO PREVENT SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS. AND THIRD, IT HIGHLIGHTS UNDERPERFORMING OR OVERCAPACITY AREAS OF THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE OUR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. THE SYSTEM ALSO PROVIDES REAL TIME DATA CAPABILITIES, SO STAFF WILL HAVE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE VIEWS OF BOTH THE WASTEWATER AND WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, LIVE VISUALIZATIONS OF CURRENT FLOW AND SENSOR DATA PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO SUPPORT A RAPID RESPONSE.

THE SYSTEM PRIORITIZES ALARMS BASED ON CRITICALITY AND SENDS AUTOMATED NOTIFICATIONS FOR CRITICAL EVENTS. ULTIMATELY, THIS ALLOWS US TO MONITOR LEAKS AND PRESSURE DEVIATIONS TO PROVIDE EARLY WARNINGS FOR POTENTIAL MAIN BREAKS AND PROACTIVELY REDUCE WATER LEAKS.

BEYOND DAILY OPERATIONS. THIS PROJECT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LONG TERM PLANNING. REAL TIME FLOW AND PRESSURE DATA ALLOW US TO CALIBRATE HYDRAULIC MODELS ACCURATELY, ENSURING THE REFLECT TRUE SYSTEM BEHAVIOR. CONTINUOUS MONITORING REVEALS BOTTLENECKS FOR PEAK FLOW CONDITIONS, HELPING US TO IDENTIFY WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED, AND THESE FEATURES STRENGTHEN OUR FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO ENSURE WE MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF EVERY IMPROVEMENT THAT WE DO. STAFF RECOMMENDS ENTERING INTO A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH XYLEM VIEW, INCORPORATED IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $6,496,090 FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT TERM. ANY

QUESTIONS? >> YES, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> THANK YOU. I, I, I GATHERED FROM THE BACKUP THAT THESE ARE PRIMARILY FLOW MONITOR SYSTEMS FOR THE MONITORS. ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO. AND WITHOUT WITHOUT BEING TOO DETAILED HERE CONSIDERING THE MATERIAL, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOLIDS AND SEDIMENTATION AND

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SORT OF SILTING OUT KIND OF PHENOMENA WITH THIS. >> CORRECT. SO THE SO THIS IS FLOW MONITORING. THE MAJORITY OF THE SYSTEM IS IN THE IN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. BUT THERE WILL BE WATER COMPONENTS AS WELL. AND IN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS OF SLOW FLOW. LIKE YOU SAID, THAT INVOLVES SILTING OR FILLING OF PIPE SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE

THOSE FOR REPAIR. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AGAIN, IT'S I'M VERY

EXCITED BY THIS SYSTEM. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I JUST I'M TRYING TO TRACK ALONG WHERE WHERE IS THIS CONNECTION IN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM ALONG THE SYSTEM. SO YOU HAVE THE TREATMENT PLANT. YOU HAVE WHAT FEEDS INTO THE TREATMENT PLANT? WHERE DOES

THIS WHAT'S THE WHAT'S ATTACHED AND WHERE. >> SO THIS PROVIDES MORE FLOW DATA THAN WHAT WE CAN CURRENTLY CONNECT. WE CAN CURRENTLY COLLECT. CURRENTLY, WE CAN ONLY TAKE IT REALLY FROM LIFT STATIONS WHERE WHERE WE'RE PUMPING AND FROM WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING IT AT THE PLANTS. THIS PROVIDES IN-LINE FLOW DATA THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE MAIN PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM, SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER VIEW OF HOW MUCH THE SYSTEM IS

HANDLING, WHAT RATE OR ANY SLOWDOWN AREAS. >> AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH EXTRA, QUOTE UNQUOTE, ORDERED TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT DO WE HAVE 2 OR 3 NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT

PLANTS COMING ONLINE? SO DID WE FACTOR THAT IN? >> YES. SO THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF BOTH FIXED SENSORS AND PORTABLE SENSORS. SO THIS WILL HAVE SENSORS THAT WE CAN MOVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS TO DETECT ISSUES. SO IT'S NOT A PURELY FIXED SYSTEM.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

>> THANK YOU. IS THE CITY OF DENTON WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT SAYS WATER IS LIFE, BUT ALSO WATER CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. AND SO I WITH COUNCILOR BECK, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW CENTURY, I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I MOVE

APPROVAL AND. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> I SECOND THE APPROVAL. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US

[D. ID 26-0509 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton approving an economic development agreement under Chapter 380 of the local government code to promote economic development and to stimulate business activity and economic growth of the City of Denton between the City of Denton and KrateoSky LLC, regarding the expansion of operations and increase in the number of jobs in the City of Denton; authorizing the expenditure of funds therefor in an amount not-to exceed $870,064; and providing an effective date. The Economic Development Partnership Board recommends approval (10 - 0).]

TO ITEM SIX D AND THAT IS ID 260509. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNDER CHAPTER 380 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO STIMULATE BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CITY OF DENTON. BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND CRADLE SKYE, LLC.

REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF OPERATIONS AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JOBS IN THE CITY OF

DENTON. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRITTANY SOTELO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF INCENTIVE APPLICATION. THE OBJECTIVE FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO APPROVE A CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT ON APRIL 15TH, 10 TO 0. BACKGROUND ON THE COMPANY. WE FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH THE COMPANY BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO INQUIRE ABOUT SITES. WHEN WE SUBMITTED SITES, WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM UNTIL DECEMBER OR JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND WE HOSTED A SITE TOUR IN FEBRUARY. THE COMPANY IS FOUNDED IN 2025 AND THEY'RE UNDERGOING RAPID GROWTH. THEY ARE SEEKING TO ASSEMBLE A LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT WILL ENABLE THE COMPANY TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A DUAL USE PRODUCER OF AUTONOMOUS AERIAL ROBOTICS. THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY WILL DESIGN, PRODUCE, TEST AND REFINE THE COMPANY'S AUTONOMOUS AERIAL ROBOTICS PRODUCT OFFERINGS, AND THEY WILL SERVE THE DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AGRICULTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SEARCH, RESCUE, INSPECTIONS, LOGISTICS AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES. THE COMPANY IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF ACQUIRING MULTIPLE OPERATING UAS ASSETS. UAS STANDS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. THEY'RE STRONGLY CAPITALIZED WITH INITIAL FUNDING RAISED THROUGH EXISTING PARTNERS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMMITMENTS FROM OUTSIDE INVESTORS. CURTAIL SKY'S ALSO EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR THEIR FUTURE GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS, PROVIDING A CENTRAL HUB FOR ONGOING CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS. PROJECT OVERVIEW THE AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS INDUSTRY IS RAPIDLY GROWING, AND THE COUNTRY HAS INCREASED DEMAND FOR AMERICAN MADE AT SCALE UAS. THE COMPANY WILL FOCUS ON DUAL USE MANUFACTURING FOR BOTH MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL MARKETS, AND THEY ARE. THEIR GOAL IS TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY BY CREATING THE FIRST WESTERN AT SCALE UNIFIED INTELLIGENCE AND ACTUATION PLATFORM THAT IS MONETIZED THROUGH SERVICES. SO CURRENTLY, DRONES ARE GOING THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. THE INDUSTRY IS SHIFTING FROM NICHE GADGETS INTO ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED ON AI ASSISTED NAVIGATION, OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE, AND AUTOMATED ROUTES. COURTESY IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED