[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:56] READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. OH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. [WORKSHOP] MY NAME IS CARLA JOHNSON, AND I'M YOUR NEW DIRECTOR OF THE DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER. I'VE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY 31ST. I STARTED OFF TRYING TO WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE CITY GOVERNMENT BY COMING TO WORK WITH COVID THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD, BUT I AM WELL NOW AND ON THE JOB. SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF FIRST AND TELL YOU THAT I'M A DECATUR NATIVE. I WASN'T BORN HERE, BUT MY FAMILY MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS SIX MONTHS OLD, SO I GOT HERE AS FAST AS I COULD AND I GRADUATED FROM DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK WORKING FOR MY HOMETOWN. I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CONFERENCE CENTER. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR RENTAL PRICES BY 5%, WHICH IS NOT SIGNIFICANT FOR THE FOLKS PAYING THE BILL, BUT IT WILL SUM TOTAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US. WE ARE DEVELOPING A NEW MENU AND PRICING WITH CHEF. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME SUPPLY ISSUES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO WE'RE TWEAKING OUR MENU A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE REFRESHING OUR INTERIOR DECOR AS BUDGET ALLOWS. WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES WITH OUR FURNITURE, MOVING IT AROUND AND MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE ALL OF THE FLORA THAT WAS DESTROYED IN THE WINTER OF 2021. SO HEATH AND THE GANG WILL BE PUTTING IN TREES. THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN TREES. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING NEW PLANTINGS AROUND SO THAT WE HAVE THE PRETTY CONFERENCE CENTER THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD. WE ARE UPDATING OUR BRANDED ITEMS, THE DECATUR CIVIC CENTER LOGO. WE HAVE MAYBE A SEMI TRUCK FULL OF COFFEE CUPS AND NAPKINS THAT HAVE THE CIVIC CENTER LOGO ON THEM. SOMEBODY'S GOT A REALLY GOOD DEAL MANY YEARS AGO AND BUT IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FIGHT THAT IDENTITY CRISIS AND GET RID OF THE CIVIC CENTER STUFF. WE ARE DOLING IT OUT TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO IF YOU'RE DOWN AT NATE SHOP, HE MAY OFFER YOU A CUP OF COFFEE WITH A DECATUR CIVIC CENTER CUP. I AM DETERMINED TO REPLACE IT WITH COMPOSTABLE ITEMS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND WE'RE HOPING TO START A RECYCLING PROGRAM IN TALKS WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT FOLKS ABOUT THAT. AND WE'VE UPDATED OR CONTINUED TO UPDATE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT STATIC THINGS. THOSE ARE LIVING, BREATHING ORGANISMS JUST ABOUT. SO WE'RE KEEPING UP TO DATE ON THOSE. AND AGAIN, TO STRENGTHEN THE BRAND RECOGNITION, WE ARE NO LONGER MARKETING OUR CATERING AS UNIQUELY WISE CATERING. IT IS NOW JUST DCC CATERING OR DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER CATERING. AND WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THINGS LIKE FAMILY REUNIONS. WE HOPE TO DO, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A PACKAGE, A CATERING PACKAGE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE AT THE OLD SETTLERS REUNION IN THE CABINS SO THAT THEY WE WILL MEET THEM AT THE BACK GATE WITH THEIR DINNER FOR TONIGHT SORT OF THING. [00:05:01] SO WORKING WITH CHEF AND TIM AND JOHN AND THE REST OF THE TEAM TO COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO PACKAGE THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING AS UTILIZED AS THEY COULD BE. FORECAST. OUR CLIENTS SEEM TO BE RETURNING TO IN-PERSON TRAININGS AND PARTIES AND THINGS VERY HAPPILY. IN MARCH OF 19, OUR SALES WERE $50,056 WITH A TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX GUESTS. THIS MARCH WE HAVE $37,552 AND FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR GUESTS. THAT'S ABOUT 75% OF WHERE WE WERE IN MARCH OF 2019. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME CLIENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND WE, OF COURSE, HAVE MASKS AND THINGS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO DO IT. AND WE ACCOMMODATE ANY SPACING, SOCIAL DISTANCE SPACING WITH THEIR TABLE SET UP THAT THEY REQUEST. DECEMBER IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO BOOK ALREADY FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES, SO WE THINK BY DECEMBER WILL REALLY BE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH OUR BOOKINGS, ESPECIALLY OUR LARGE BOOKINGS. AND THE BEST PART, WE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH. SO TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK, ASSUMING THAT OUR CREDIT CARD MACHINES ARE ALL OPERATIONAL. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON. WE GOT NEW CREDIT CARD MACHINES. WE GOT A NEW CREDIT CARD SYSTEM, BUT WE DIDN'T GET OUR MACHINES UNTIL THE END OF LAST WEEK. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SELL TICKETS. AND OUR PLAN IS TO SELL TABLES FIRST. AND THEN AFTER TWO WEEKS, WE'LL OPEN UP TO INDIVIDUAL TICKET SALES. AND I KNOW EVERYONE THAT I'VE MENTIONED IT TO IS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THAT MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH WAS A BIG DEAL, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS AROUND. SO THAT IS MY REPORT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE HERE. ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE INCREASE IN PRICING OR THE MENU CHANGES? NO. NOBODY'S MENTIONED IT AT ALL. THANK YOU. HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONTRACT? LIKE I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ON SOME BIG EVENTS THAT REPEAT CUSTOMERS, LOCAL CUSTOMERS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT. THEY CHANGED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR? THERE IS A CLAUSE. WE HAVE A CONTRACT. I'M NOT SURE WHO THE CONTRACT IS WITH, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BUMP A CUSTOMER IF ANOTHER CUSTOMER COMES IN THAT WILL BOOK ROOMS AT THE HOTEL. RIGHT. THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONE TIME. OKAY. SO AND IT'S 60 DAYS OUT. AFTER IF YOU'RE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF YOUR EVENT, YOU'RE SAFE. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT OR YOU THINK THERE'S? AS A FORMER EVENT PLANNER MYSELF, IT WOULD SCARE ME TO DEATH? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE THESE FOLKS THAT ARE SCHEDULING THEIR QUINCEAÑERA AND THEIR WEDDING RECEPTION. AND THERE JUST ISN'T ANYWHERE ELSE IN WISE COUNTY THAT'S AS BIG AS WE ARE. AND IT HAS THE QUALITY OF FOOD THAT WE HAVE. SO WHEN THEY BOOK WITH US, THEY'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO IF I GET BUMPED 60 DAYS OUT? I MEAN, 60 DAYS OUT TO FIND ANOTHER VENUE? IT'S A PROBLEM. AND WE FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY SIGN THE CONTRACT, IT DOES GIVE THEM PAUSE. BUT SO FAR, NOBODY HAS SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT CHANCE. IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ROOMS THAT LIKE THE PERSON BUMPING THAT PERSON OUT? I'M NOT SURE. TIM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN I'M MEETING WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS, I DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT GETTING A BLOCK OF ROOMS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE HOME AFTER SERVING ALCOHOL OR HAVING ALCOHOL AT OUR EVENT. IT'S A CONVENIENT PLACE TO GET DRESSED FOR YOUR QUINCEAÑERA OR TO GET, YOU KNOW, DRESSED FOR YOUR WEDDING RECEPTION OR HAVE A PRIVATE MOMENT WITH THE COUPLE BETWEEN THE WEDDING AND THE RECEPTION. SO I AM SORT OF ENCOURAGING THEM TO BOOK ROOMS. BUT YEAH, I AM NOT AWARE OF A SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT HAS TO BE BOOKED. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YES, AND WELCOME AGAIN. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAME BACK TO DECATUR. NEXT STEP'S THE LIBRARY. EVENING. HOW ARE Y'ALL TODAY? OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER SOME OF THIS. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT ITEMS CHECKED OUT. WHAT I'VE DONE IS HAD OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY INFORMATION UP HERE. BUT IF YOU WOULD, GO TO SLIDE SIX. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT WITH OUR NEW CARDHOLDERS IS HOW MANY HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF DECATUR SPECIFICALLY. AND IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE'VE HAD 176 CARDS FROM OUTSIDE DECATUR. [00:10:01] SO WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR THE MOST PART, BUT NOT WITHIN THE CITY. AND THEN THE CITY IS GOING TO SAY DECATUR, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE IN THE CITY LIMITS EITHER. SO THEN CURRENT CARD HOLDERS, WE HAVE 18,000 CURRENT CARD HOLDERS RIGHT NOW. WE HAD A CONTEST DESIGN CONTEST RECENTLY TO DESIGN NEW LIBRARY CARDS. I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT YET, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, WHICH IS APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH. AND SO EVERYBODY THAT WEEK CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN SWITCH OUT THEIR LIBRARY CARD FOR A DOLLAR, AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'LL GO BACK UP TO THE $2 REPLACEMENT FEE IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE THOSE OUT. LET'S SEE, THE UPCOMING PROGRAMING PART OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR TRIVIA AT TRINITY. ALSO, THAT SAME EVENING THIS LAST MONTH, WE HAD A FAMILY TRIVIA NIGHT THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HELD, AND THAT WAS ALSO A BIG HIT. THEY HAD A FOOD TRUCK OVER THERE AND THEN THEY HAD A PROBABLY, I WANT TO SAY, ABOUT 26 PEOPLE TOTAL, BUT THAT WAS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. SO LET'S SEE, PAGE NINE, NEXT PAGE. I THINK IT IS. OKAY. SO WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY GRANT. AND SO THAT IS TO DEVELOP MORE OF A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE THAT. BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO FOCUS A LOT ON PARENT EDUCATION AND A LOT MORE FAMILY EVENTS. SO WE ARE STARTING OUR TRAINING IN MAY AND ME AND SHELLY WILL BE DOING TRAINING EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY FOR 2 HOURS THROUGHOUT MAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WORKS. AND THEN WE WILL BE AWARDED UP TO $6,000 TO PURCHASE ITEMS FOR THE LIBRARY SO THAT WE CAN HOST THAT. SORRY. NEXT PAGE. OKAY. SO THE PROGRESS FOR THE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS. I HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK. IT WAS POSTED IN THE PAPER LAST WEEK. IT SHOULD BE POSTED AGAIN THIS WEEK AND THEY'RE DUE APRIL 4TH. I DO NEED TO GET A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO EVALUATE THOSE ONCE THEY COME IN. AND I ALSO JUST FINISHED THE INFORMATION FOR THE STATE ACCREDITATION. SO THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED. SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO FIND OUT IF WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED AGAIN. I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR LIBRARY? JUST OVER 10,000. ALSO TO REITERATE, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVITED TO AN EVENT IN APRIL RECEPTION. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS FRIEDA MAIN STREET. SO THAT'S GOOD. SO IT'S VISIBLE AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PARK IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THE WEEKENDS. THE ATM THAT'S PLANNING TO GO AT THE VISITOR CENTER. THE NEXT STEP IS THE BANK IS TURNING IN ALL OF THEIR STUFF TO THE CITY AND THEY'LL GET GOING ON THEIR PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT PROCESS. SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD. YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET SOME INFORMATION ON OPEN CONTAINER FYI FOR DOWNTOWN. WE HAD A MEETING WITH DELVON, HE CAME AND MET WITH THE MAIN STREET BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING AND THESE WERE ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. AND SO I PUT THEM INTO THIS FORMAT WITH DELVON'S APPROVAL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAIN STREET BOARD HAS LOOKED AT, AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE MERCHANTS DOWNTOWN SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE. BASICALLY, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING TO GO ALREADY ALCOHOL WISE AT ANY OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS DOWNTOWN AND TAKE IT WITH YOU ANYHOW. SO THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO DO AN ORDINANCE LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. [00:15:04] SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM KNOW. YOU CAN ALREADY DO IT. SO GET SOMETHING TO GO. YOU'LL, YOU CAN TAKE IT OUTSIDE WITH A LID ON IT THE WAY THEY PACKAGE IT TO GO. AND ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE, YOU CAN TAKE THE LID OFF AND YOU CAN DRINK IT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? NO, NO. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE GIST OF IT. AND THAT ALL CAME FROM THE LEGISLATION. THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT. THE ALCOHOL, TO GO SALES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR SOME TIME. AND O THINK MEETING WITH FRIEDA AND HER GROUP, I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH SOME OF THE MERCHANTS AND THINGS DOWNTOWN. KIND OF LETTING THEM KNOW MOST OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT SELL ALREADY THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE OF IT. AFTER MEETING WITH THEM AND THEN THEIR INPUT WAS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH OF A NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE. THE NEXT STEP. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE LIGHTS ON THE COURTHOUSE ARE A DIFFERENT COLOR NOW. THEY WERE CHANGED OUT LAST FRIDAY. THANKFULLY, WITH HELP OF THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, THEY ALWAYS HELP US WITH THAT. SO THEY'VE GONE FROM RED, NOW BACK TO WHITE. AND WE HAVE SOME NEW POLL BANNERS DOWNTOWN HIGHLIGHTING EASTER AND SHOP LOCAL AND THEN THE DATES AND THE INFORMATION FOR GLITZY GIRLS EVENT ON THE SQUARE AND OUR CAR SHOW DATES FOR THE SUMMER. YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A SHEET ABOUT DESTINATION CREATION, THE COURSE THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING, TOMORROW STARTS WEEK FOUR OF THAT AND WE'VE HAD 15 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT HAVE BEEN COMING EVERY WEEK. AND SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT COURSE. THEY'RE LEARNING A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. ALL THE THE BULLET POINTS ARE THERE ON THE SHEET TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT. IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THEM. THEN WE'RE STILL TAKING A FEW VENDORS FOR GLITZY GIRLS. IT'S JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND ALREADY GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT CRUISE NIGHTS, WHICH START THAT FIRST SATURDAY AND MAY. SO. I THINK THAT WAS IT. OH, THE MAINSTREET DISTRICT EXPANSION IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO THE HISTORIC OVERLAY, THE MAIN STREET BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT WITH THAT. AND SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE'D LIKE TO SET UP A WORKSHOP, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, WITH YOU GUYS, JUST TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR INPUT AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE AS DECATUR GROWS, IT'S FELT THAT THEY MAY WANT TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT. WE ALREADY HAD INCLUDED IN WHAT WE WANTED TO PROPOSE, THE MAIN STREET BOARD DID, TO EXPAND THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE GATEWAYS EAST AND WEST ON MAIN STREET AND ON WALNUT STREET. BUT NOW THE CONSENSUS IS TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF TRINITY STREET. AND IF SO, HOW FAR WOULD THAT NEED TO GO OFF THE SQUARE, AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT SHOULD INCLUDE? IF YOU GO SOUTH ON TRINITY STREET, DOWN TO THE 400 BLOCK IS ALREADY PART OF THE DOWNTOWN LAND USE FROM THE 2050 PLAN, FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT GOING NORTH, IT ONLY GOES RIGHT HERE TO MILL STREET. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. THEY WANT YOUR INPUT. THEY WANT YOUR CONSENSUS IF IT'S POSSIBLE. AND JUST TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT MOVING FORWARD ABOUT WHAT IS HISTORIC, WHAT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AND PROTECTED OTHER THAN JUST THE IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN. SO WE'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU ON THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S A TIME THAT WE CAN MEET WITH YOU. EVERYBODY GOOD WITH PARTICIPATING IN WORKSHOP FOR THAT? SO ASUCENA YOU CAN COORDINATE AND HAVE THAT BEFORE ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, FRIEDA. I GOT A QUESTION FOR CHIEF. AND IN REGARDS TO. SO HAVE YOU TALKED TO CHIEF STANFORD IN BRIDGEPORT AND [INAUDIBLE] SOMETHING THEY DID A YEAR, 18 MONTHS AGO? HAS HE GIVEN YOU ANY FEEDBACK, GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT OF WHY? I DID AND I TALKED TO THEM? OF COURSE. I EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS WITH HIM. HE SAID THE SAME THING. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS THAT LEGISLATION THAT HAD PASSED, THAT'S THE BIG KICKER, IS THAT PRIOR TO THAT LEGISLATION, YOU COULDN'T TAKE ALCOHOL TO GO. BUT WITH THE SIGNAGE OF THAT AND THE PASSAGE OF THAT, I MEAN, ALCOHOL, YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU. SO IT'S REALLY I MEAN, IT'S NOT WE'RE DOING EXTRA WORK FOR NO REASON WHEN I THINK WE JUST NEED TO EDUCATE SOME OF OUR FOLKS ABOUT DOING THAT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SPEAKING WITH CHIEF STANFORD, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD A FEW MINOR LITTLE INCIDENTS WITH THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY OUR STORES ARE SET UP THAT SELL THE ALCOHOL DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE LAST JUNE AND WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE ALCOHOL TO GO SALES THEMSELVES. NOW, STATISTICS, OUR DWI AND OUR ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, PI TYPE OF OFFENSES ARE UP. THEY WERE UP LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE ALREADY TRENDING UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR. [00:20:03] BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES THAT GO INTO PLAY WITH THAT, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. IT'S JUST OUR POPULATION IN GENERAL IS CHANGING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT. BASICALLY, ALL YOU GET FOR ME IS JANUARY, FEBRUARY. WE'RE NOT DONE WITH MARCH, SO YOU ONLY GET TWO MONTHS. ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS ENOUGH VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS. SO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IN THE FUTURE, ME PERSONALLY, I PREFER A SIX MONTH REPORT. THAT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE. I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH ACTUAL MORE STATISTICAL DATA. WE LOOK AT DATA EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A TRUE DEPICTION OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO ABOUT A TWO MONTH SPAN IS NOT EVERY QUARTER, EVERY QUARTER THAT WE DO THIS. FOR ME, IT'S NOT A TRUE DEPICTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY IN THAT QUARTER OF A REPRESENTATION. SO FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER AND TO LOOK AT. AS WE MOVE ON HERE, THOUGH, SO FAR IN 2022, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT OR 8047 CALLS FOR SERVICE. YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND THAT NUMBER IS UP. I KNOW LAST WEEK WHEN WE SET HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT IS I PULLED UP FROM MIDNIGHT TO IT WAS ABOUT 7:30. AT THAT TIME WE HAD DISPATCHED 195 CALLS THAT DAY IN A 17 HOUR PERIOD. SO THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE WE'RE TRENDING AS A DEPARTMENT. OUR ACCIDENTS ARE UP. WE'VE HAD 57 ACCIDENTS SO FAR, 185 OFFENSES, 121 ARREST. WE'VE HAD 13 ASSAULTS, 39 THEFTS. OUR CITATIONS, 748 WARNINGS 438. AS WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL COMPARISON OF 21 VERSUS 22 NOW. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE TRENDS A LITTLE BIT. ACCIDENTS ARE UP. OFFENSES ARE DOWN. ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A STACK OF WAL-MART FROM THE HOLIDAYS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE YET TO QUITE GET ENTERED. BUT I'LL EXPLAIN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT. YOU'LL SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE LATER IN THE YEAR ON THOSE NUMBERS IN JUST A SECOND. BUT OUR ARRESTS ARE UP. ASSAULTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME. THEFTS, TRENDING ALL ABOUT THE SAME AS WELL. SO THIS IS OUR CALL FOR SERVICE COMPARISON. YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO DATE HOW THAT'S LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, OBVIOUSLY 8,047 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE THIS YEAR. AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO DISPATCH, ONCE AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO HARP ON THIS. OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS ARE BUSY, TYPICALLY WITH ONE PERSON IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER FOR US, FIRE AND EMS. THEY ARE WORKING IN THERE. SO FAR, THEY'VE RECEIVED 1,089 911 CALLS, 17,257 TELEPHONE CALLS. THAT'S HOW MANY TELEPHONE CALLS HAVE JUST COME IN TO OUR PD IN THIS TWO MONTH PERIOD, AND THEN OVER 30,899 RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. AND SO BASICALLY FROM THAT KIND OF WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT'S ONE DISPATCHER WHO'S SITTING THERE HAVING TO ANSWER 911 CALLS, REGULAR TELEPHONE CALLS AND ALSO HAVING TO RESPOND ON THE RADIO. PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING KIND OF SO FAR THAT WE'VE DONE THE G.R.E.A.T. PROGRAM, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THAT. THE G.R.E.A.T. PROGRAM IS BASICALLY THE GANG RESISTANCE AND EDUCATION TRAINING. IT INCORPORATES AND INTO THAT LESSONS PLAN THAT OUR SROS AND SERGEANT SANDATE TEACH, THEY PRETTY MUCH GO OVER GANGS, DRUGS, BULLYING. WE TEACH THIS TO EVERY FIFTH GRADER THAT WE HAVE AT ALL THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ACTUALLY, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE'RE WORKING ON DOING OUR KIND OF OUR GRADUATION PARTY FOR ALL THOSE KIDS TO WHERE WE GO OUT. WE COOK HOT DOGS, CHIPS, DRINKS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS. SO THAT'S OVER 300 KIDS THAT WE'VE TAUGHT THAT TO. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OVER THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF WITH ALL THOSE KIDS. ALSO, WE HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THE ALLSUP'S GRAND RE-OPENING, WHICH THAT IS A VERY NICE FACILITY NOWADAYS, GOOD TURNOUT DOWN THERE WITH THE ALLSUP'S FOLKS. THEY ALSO PRESENTED US WITH A CHECK, I BELIEVE, FOR $1200 AS A DONATION TO US FOR ALL THE WORK AND STUFF OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THEM. THE NEXT THING, KIND OF SOME JUST NEWS. WE'VE LOST TWO OFFICERS HERE LATELY TO GO TO OTHER AGENCIES. OFFICER JOSH HYSOM AND OFFICER RACHEL JONAS ON THE GOOD NEWS, WE'VE HIRED BRANDON MCCOMIS, WHO'S COMING FROM US FROM WATAUGA PD. [00:25:03] HE'S GOT 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE, 12 YEARS OF THAT AS A DETECTIVE WITH WATAUGA TO WHERE HE'S WORKED, SEVERAL DIFFERENT MURDERS AND OTHER THINGS. SO HIS EXPERIENCE THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS IS REALLY GOOD. HOPEFULLY HE LEAVES ALL OF THOSE BAD THINGS IN WATAUGA AND COMES UP HERE AND CAN BUST OUT SOME OF THESE WAL-MART THEFTS. SO THAT'S WHY HOPEFULLY LATER ON IN THE YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE WAL-MART THEFTS KIND OF TRENDING. AND THOSE THEFTS AND OFFENSE REPORTS WILL BE A RATHER LARGE DIFFERENCE THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE. OTHER THINGS JUST FROM US. BRETT AND I, WE'VE MET WITH ANOTHER ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, BRINKLEY SARGENT AND WIGINTON. WE HAD A SIT DOWN WITH THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME PLANS AND THINGS WITH THEM, SOME WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. AND SO HOPEFULLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WAITING ON IS WE'RE WAITING ON THE LAND TO GO THROUGH ON A SALE. AND THAT IS AT THE, YEAH. AND SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT DEAL TO GO THROUGH. ONCE THAT GOES THROUGH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING TOWARDS NARROWING DOWN AND REALLY SETTLING IN ON OUR ARCHITECT AND THEN GET STARTED THERE ON THE PD. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS PICTURE HERE. THIS WAS FROM THE AWARDS THAT WE HAD BACK IN JANUARY. WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY GET THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD MADE THAT NIGHT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIX INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT WHO ALL RECEIVED AWARDS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND JUST THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT FROM LAST YEAR. IS IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAL-MART DOES TO HELP YOU ALL OUT OR ANYTHING THEY COULD DO BETTER TO HELP Y'ALL OUT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO DO THEY HAVE A SECURITY TEAM OR ANYTHING? SO THEY DO. SO THEY HAVE THE ASSET PROTECTION. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH OUR ASSET PROTECTION, THEY'RE GO GETTERS HERE, WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE ASSET PROTECTION TEAMS IN THIS WAL-MART. AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR CASES COME FROM, IS GENERATED THROUGH THEM AND THROUGH THEIR WORK. AND SO THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND THEY YOU KNOW, OUR WAL-MART, IF YOU PULL UP STATISTICALLY FOR OUR WAL-MART HERE, IT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST WAL-MARTS THAT'S IN THE REGION. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN AND OUT. IT'S RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, EASY ACCESS ON AND OFF. AND SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RECIPE FOR EXTRA WORK. THAT WORK IS ON THEM. BUT ALSO IN RETURN, WAL-MART IS ALWAYS HELPING US. THEY'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUS IN THEIR DONATIONS BACK TO US. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DONATING ALL THE HOT DOG BUNS AND EVERYTHING FOR THIS GREAT PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTAND AS WELL THE EXTRA WORK THAT WE DO FOR THEM. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GRACIOUS RIGHT BACK TO US. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LIKE HEARING FROM YOU. SO I LIKE TALKING. WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP RIGHT THERE. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, SIR. YOU BET. AS ALWAYS. BRETT. WHICH. EVERYBODY GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION. [1. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2022-03-04, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, DEMONSTRATING THE CITY’S INTENT TO ESTABLISH A PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY (“PACE”) PROGRAM; AND AUTHORIZE THE REPORT REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 399 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO AN UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.] NUMBER 2022-03-04 IT'S A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, DEMONSTRATING THE CITY'S INTENT TO ESTABLISH A PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY. AS YOU ALL REMEMBER WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES WITH PACE IS THE ACRONYM FOR IT AND AUTHORIZE A REPORT REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 399 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO AN UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM. AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT AND NEW CONSTRUCTION AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE CLEAN ENERGY GUIDELINES. THE NEXT STEP IS TO IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS PROGRAM, IS TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS RESOLUTION. AND AFTER THAT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO START IN ON THE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED. BUT THE NEXT STEP, IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM, IS ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [00:30:02] DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COUNCIL? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022-03-04. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY AND WE HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE. SO HOW ABOUT THAT? ITEM TWO IS CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE [2. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, REPEALING ORDINANCE 2021-03-03 AMENDING THE CITY OF DECATUR SCHEDULE OF FEES AND ADOPTING A NEW CITY OF DECATUR SCHEDULE OF FEES AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT “A”; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE WRECKER FEE; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE FEES IMPOSED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES (TO BE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2022); ADOPTING A WATER DEPARTMENT INSPECTION FEE FOR PLUMBING REPAIRS; AND REPEALING CERTAIN PERMIT AND PLANNING REVIEW FEES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS. REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021-03-03. THIS IS THE SCHEDULE OF FEE ORDINANCE IN LIGHT OF YOUR RECENT GRANTING OF THE CPI ADJUSTMENT TO THE WASTE HAULER. THIS IS NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING AT YOUR LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. SO IF YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON IT TONIGHT, YOU CAN IT WILL TAKE EFFECT APRIL 1ST. THIS WILL AFFECT THE MAY BILLING ON THE REFUSE BECAUSE WE BILLED FOR THE PRIOR MONTH. SO IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, YOU CAN TONIGHT SINCE THIS IS SECOND READING. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. LOOKING FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE PLANNING AND ZONING RELATED. THESE ARE NONPUBLIC HEARING ITEMS TONIGHT. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, ITEM THREE AND ITEM FOUR, IN LIEU OF THE LAST MEETING, THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THOSE APPLICATIONS. SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON ITEMS THREE OR FOUR. THAT WAS THE THE LAND USE PLAN AND THE ZONING CONCERNING THE TOWNHOMES THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED TO BE PLACED ON DEER PARK ROAD. BUT IN LIEU OF THE LAST MEETING, THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THE APPLICATION. SO THERE'S NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. SO NO ACTION FOR US ON ITEMS THREE OR FOUR. ITEM FIVE IS CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE [5. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATE 0.231 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1303 S. TRINITY STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.071 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF TRINITY STREET AND 0.06 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF PRINCE STREET AND ADJACENT TO 1303 S. TRINITY STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM A SF-1, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO A 2F, TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 1303 S. TRINITY STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS.] AMENDING APPENDIX B, WHICH IS ZONING. THIS IS 1303 SOUTH TRINITY STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS AND .071 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTER LINE OF TRINITY STREET AND 0.06 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF PRINCE STREET AND ADJACENT TO 1303 SOUTH TRINITY STREET. THIS ZONING WOULD CHANGE IT FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO 2F THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 1303 SOUTH TRINITY STREET, DECATUR. ITS APPLICATION TO ZONING CHANGE 2022-02 MR. KEITH BRYAN. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 0, AND YOU HAD YOUR FIRST READING AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING. SO TONIGHT IS SECOND READING, AND IF YOU SO DESIRE, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF? QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL. SO LAST TIME THEY PRESENTED THIS, THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF PART OF THAT LAND. HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED OR? [INAUDIBLE] DEDRA'S ON. GO AHEAD DEDRA. IT HAD BEEN RESOLVED. KEITH BRYAN SUBMITTED SOME INFORMATION AND THEN WE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. I TALKED TO PATRICIA ABOUT IT. SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES OR CONCERNS. YEAH. WHAT? WELL, WHAT I RECALL IS THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER OUTSIDE OF THE ZONING MATTER ANYWAY. IS MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT. IT IS A CIVIL MATTER. BUT IT ALSO WAS GOING TO ALMOST HOLD UP THE APPLICATION BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THAT RESOLVED. BEFORE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE [INAUDIBLE]. SO. IT IS RESOLVED NOW, THOUGH? IT IS RESOLVED NOW. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU READY FOR A MOTION? READY FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE APPLICATION ZC2022-02. [00:35:04] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX AND SEVEN, ARE CONCERNING THE SAME PROPERTIES. [Items 6 & 7] BUT THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT REQUESTS SO DEDRA YOU WANT TO LEAD US THROUGH ITEM SIX. YES. LET'S SEE HERE [INAUDIBLE]. YES. ITEM SIX AND SEVEN. THIS IS MR. NGUYEN'S REQUEST ON BEHALF OF WISE HONDA FOR TO SIGN VARIANCES. V2021-01, WHICH IS THE SECOND SIGN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THE SIGNAGE IS WISE IT'S 118.94 SQUARE FEET. IT'S PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE FACING U.S. HIGHWAY 81/287. IT WAS DENIED DUE TO BEING IN EXCESS OF THE ALLOWED AREA. IT'S IN EXCESS BY 99.01 SQUARE FEET. V2022-02 IS SIGN THREE. IT READS HONDA POWERSPORTS. IT'S 123.30 SQUARE FEET. IT'S LOCATED ALSO IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING FACING US HIGHWAY, AND IT WAS DENIED AS WELL BECAUSE OF IT BEING IN EXCESS OF THE ALLOWED AREA BY 222.31 SQUARE FEET. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE REGULATE SIGNAGE IN THE ETJ, THE SIGN ORDINANCE REALLY DOESN'T SPEAK TO ETJ PROPERTIES. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO BE CONSISTENT IS IN DETERMINING THE CALCULATION IS IDENTIFY WHAT THE USE IS AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL USE WE THEN WERE ABLE TO DO THE CALCULATION. AND OF THE THREE SIGNS THESE TWO EXCEEDED WHAT WAS CALCULATED AS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED SQUARE FOOTAGE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN TERMS OF OUR ANALYSIS, WE DON'T FEEL THAT THE REQUESTED OR WE DON'T THINK THAT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES VIOLATES THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE. THE WALL SIGNS ARE PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED, AS I STATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE VISIBLE FROM BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 81-287. AS YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE VISIBILITY AND EASE TO THE CUSTOMER'S DESIRED DESTINATION. WISE HONDA IS AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS AND THEY ARE RELOCATING TO THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR IN THE ETJ. AND THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOT ADOPTED BUT YOU'VE USED WITH OTHER VARIANCES. SO WE'RE APPLYING THIS TO SIGN ORDINANCES AS WELL. SECOND, THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED AREA, SHAPE, TOPOGRAPHY OR PHYSICAL FEATURES THAT EXIST THAT ARE PECULIAR TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO OTHER PARCELS OF LAND IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT. AGAIN, IT'S NOT IN THE ZONING DISTRICT IT'S IN THE ETJ. THE BUSINESS HAS LIMITED VISIBILITY AS IT IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF TWO HILLS ALONG HIGHWAY 81- 287. DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES ARE DIRECTLY OFF THE NORTH BOUND, U.S. HIGHWAY 81-287 [INAUDIBLE] THE BUILDING PROPERTY IS LOCATED BETWEEN WISE HONDA TO THE SOUTH AND ONCOR TO THE NORTH. THE HARDSHIP, IT CAN BE ARGUED, IS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING INTO ANOTHER FACILITY. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RELOCATING THE BUSINESS LIKE I SAID, FOR BETTER BUSINESS SALES. A SIGN MEETING [INAUDIBLE] THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS IS POSSIBLE, BUT AGAIN, VISIBILITY COULD BE COMPROMISED. SO THE APPLICANT IS THINKING THAT SIGNS OF THIS SIZE WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE AND MORE VALUABLE TO THEIR BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY, THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE COULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF RIGHTS COMMONLY ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE SAME DISTRICT THAT COMPLY [00:40:01] WITH THE SAME PROVISIONS. AGAIN, THE SIGNAGE DOES NEED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VISIBILITY FROM ALL MANNER OF VEHICLES AND IN A LOCATION THAT IS FREE AND CLEAR OF VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS. IF THE WALL SIGNS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REDUCED IN SIZE, VISIBILITY COULD BE COMPROMISED AGAIN FOR BOTH NORTH BOUND AND SOUTH BOUND TRAVELERS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. WERE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR BOTH OR JUST ONE AT A TIME? ONE AT A TIME. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE VARIANCE APPLICATION 2022-01. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE SAME SIGN. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THANK YOU. AND ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT, ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDER A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE SECTION 15.7. THIS IS FOR A WALL SIGN. AND DEDRA, YOU WANT TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS ONE? IT'S THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SIGN. YEAH. NO, MY PRESENTATION COVERED BOTH BRETT. OKAY, SO IF THE PRESENTATION COVERED BOTH THEN JUST NEED AN ACTION ON THIS ONE. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE VARIANCE APPLICATION 2022-02. I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT [INAUDIBLE] SO WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. SO THAT PASSES [INAUDIBLE] 6 WITH ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER EIGHT. [8. CONSENT AGENDA] AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND TONIGHT, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON THAT CONSENT AGENDA. AS ALWAYS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACT ON IT AS A WHOLE OR TAKE ANY OF THE ITEMS OFF THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON. AND THE FOUR ITEMS TONIGHT ARE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON MARCH 14TH AND MARCH 21ST. ITEM B IS CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE MAIN STREET FOR THE FOLLOWING CLOSURES ON THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. THAT'D BE JULY 22ND. IT'S THE BLOCKS ON THE SQUARE. I'M TRYING TO BE BRIEF. THE BICYCLE RALLY ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, AGAIN ON THE SQUARE. AND THEN ITEM D IS A REQUEST BY THE MAIN STREET FOR THE FOLLOWING CLOSURES FOR THE BOO BASH ON OCTOBER 30TH. AND THESE ARE ALL EVENTS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO. FRIEDA JUST FINALLY GOT OUR DATES DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SHE HAD BEEN TO A TIME OR TWO BEFORE WITH THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY CONFIRMED, BUT SHE GOT THE DATES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR FOR THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM ON THESE. AS ALWAYS YOU CAN ACT ON IT ALL TOGETHER OR IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THEM OR MORE OF THEM, YOU CAN PULL THEM OFF. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED. GREAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION] ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.01. CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY IS TO CONDUCT. OH, I CAN'T READ WHEN THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER AND THE SUBJECT MATTERS ARE EMPLOYING A NEW CITY MANAGER INTERVIEWS, REVIEW OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PROCESSES AND CITY POLICIES. [00:45:02] AND THEN THERE'S ITEMS FOR WHEN YOU COME OUT, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANY ACTION. SO. ALL RIGHT, DO I NEED TO READ THROUGH THAT AGAIN OR WAS THAT SUFFICIENT? ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:16. SAY WE'RE READY TO GO. OH. ALL RIGHT. [10. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION] I'M GOING TO END OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:06. GO AHEAD. [11. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO ACCEPT CITY MANAGER’S NOTICE OF RETIREMENT, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING CITY MANAGER POSITION.] ITEM 11 SO WE NEED MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, I GUESS? BUT IF WE DON'T, WHAT IF NOBODY TAKES A MOTION? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE? I THINK THAT'S A NO. I HAVE A WHOLE NEW RECRUITING PLAN. OKAY. WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION LETTER FROM THE CITY MANAGER. SO WE HAVE A RELUCTANT BUT YET A MOTION. I RELUCTANTLY SECOND ALSO. WE HAVE A RELUCTANT SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. AND THE AYES HAVE THAT. [12. DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION/PROVIDE DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER REGARDING CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROCESS REVIEW.] WE HAVE ANY ACTION FOR THAT. HEARING NONE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. AND WE'LL ADJOURN AT 808. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WHAT? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.