[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] [INAUDIBLE] THE MICROPHONE. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. [INAUDIBLE] [WORKSHOP] YEAH, IT'S THE RIGHT ONE. HI. HELLO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE STARTED OUR NEW KITCHEN ASSISTANT, AND SHE'S FITTING IN WONDERFULLY WITH US. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE SERVICES IN THE KITCHEN AND MAYBE NOT KILLING OUR CHEF. WE DO STILL HAVE A VACANT FRONT OF HOUSE POSITION THAT WE ARE POSTED. MARYANN HAS BEEN ON VACATION, SO I'M HOPING SHE HAS A BIG PILE OF APPLICATIONS FOR ME WHEN SHE COMES BACK. WE'LL SEE. OUR WALK IN FREEZER. I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS OUR WALK IN FREEZER IS FAILING. IT IS VERY OLD AND IT'S JUST A MINUTE BY MINUTE SITUATION. SO WE HAVE ORDERED A NEW WALK IN FREEZER. EDC IS PAYING FOR THAT AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THAT. IT SHOULD BE HERE IN OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER OCTOBER SOMETIME. OUR LIGHTING PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THAT LIGHTING PROJECT HAS ADDED SOME CAPABILITIES. WE CAN DO DIFFERENT COLORS. WE CAN DO DIFFERENT IMAGES ON THE CURTAIN AND ON THE TWO ROCK WALLS. THE HOUSE LIGHTS WERE JUST ALMOST FAILING. SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED WITH LED, WHICH IS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, OF COURSE, AND THE LIGHT BULBS ARE LONGER LASTING. AND WE'VE ADDED THE TWO BIG SCREENS IN THE CORNER. SO WE HAVE INCREASED VISIBILITY FOR ANY SORT OF PROJECTION THAT OUR CLIENTS WANT TO DO. WE'VE ALSO ADDED TO SECURITY CAMERAS SO THAT WE HAVE A 360 DEGREE EXTERIOR VIEW THAT CAME OUT OF WE HAD SOME VANDALISM DURING ONE OF OUR RECENT EVENTS AND WE HAD NO EYES ON THE NORTH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IT DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE, BUT THERE WERE KIDS THROWING COKE CANS AT THE WALL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. SO YES SIR. [INAUDIBLE]. I'M LOOKING FOR ANY AUDIO ISSUES. I'M NOT FINDING ANYTHING. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. YEAH, WE ALL HEAR IT. OKAY. OKAY, LET'S SEE. WHEN I HOLD THE MIC, I WANT TO SING. OKAY, SO WE ADDED THE TWO SECURITY CAMERAS. WE HAD NO EYES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THERE WERE SOME VANDALISM. IT DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE. PEOPLE WERE THROWING SODA CANS AT THE WALL. AND WE ALSO ADDED A CAMERA THAT LOOKS AT THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE WE HAD NO EYES ON THE PARKING LOT. AND WE THINK THAT'S A BIG SECURITY RISK, ESPECIALLY WITH INCREASING TRAFFIC, WITH THE TRUCK STOP GOING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREES AND EVERYTHING. SO WE EXPECT MORE TRAFFIC OUT THERE. SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND KEEP THE RECORD. OUR AIR CONDITIONING, LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S AIR CONDITIONING, IS STRUGGLING VERY MUCH. WE ARE. THAT ONE WORKING BETTER? OKAY. SO OUR AIR CONDITIONING IS STRUGGLING WITH THE HEAT WAVE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DECATUR HEATING AIR IS OUT WITH US ALL THE TIME. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP US AFLOAT. WE DO. WE HAVE PRIORITIZED IN THE BUDGET THAT WE SUBMITTED ADDRESSING THE AIR IN THE GREAT HALL BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY SULTRY IN THERE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS AT SOME POINT GOING TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN IT IS NOW. IT'S AT LEAST RIGHT NOW WE'RE CRIPPLING ALONG. I WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR MARKETING EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM LIKES AND FOLLOWS. WE NOW HAVE 1702 PAGE LIKES AND 1928 FOLLOWERS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF IT'S ABOUT DOUBLED FROM LAST DECEMBER. WE ARE ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS THE YOU CAN DO THIS VIDEO SERIES. I'M SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE BEING ON CAMERA, BUT I'M DOING IT THESE ARE JUST LITTLE VIDEO CLIPS ON I THINK WE DID A NAPKIN FOLDING. WE DID A MARGARITA DEMO AND SOMETHING FOR 4TH OF JULY WITH A LITTLE STRAWBERRY RECIPE THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE. SO IT'S GIVING PEOPLE CONTENT FOR A REASON TO FOLLOW AND TO CHECK BACK. OFTEN WITH THE CONFERENCE CENTER, WE'RE ALSO GETTING FOLLOWERS BY SHARING THE EVENTS THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING. WE SHARE ALL THE MAIN STREET EVENTS, ALL OF THE PD OR FIRE DEPARTMENT POSTS, SOMETHING THAT IS A USEFUL PUBLIC SERVICE SORT OF ANNOUNCEMENT. THEN WE SHARE THAT, AND WE'RE GAINING FOLLOWERS THAT WAY TOO. WE'VE DONE SOME RECENT ADVERTISING IN THE MESSENGER, THE UPDATE IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE REUNION CATERING CAMPAIGN. THAT HASN'T BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN SOME NOTES AND WE PLAN TO KEEP DOING THAT. [00:05:05] TRY IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON FOLKS EITHER PICKING IT UP AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER OR DELIVERING IT LATER. BECAUSE THE HEAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT EATING OUT THERE. THEY'RE EATING AROUND AT 6:30. SO WE HAVE PURCHASED SPONSORSHIP FOR THE EAGLE DOLL DRILL TEAM. THEY ARE DOING A FUNDRAISER TO PUT OUR NAME ON THEIR T-SHIRTS AND THEIR BANNERS AND ANNOUNCED AT THE HOME GAMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD EXPOSURE. WE'RE ALSO PURCHASED SPACE ON THE VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE CALENDAR, WHICH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PUTS UP ON THE REFRIGERATOR AND FILING CABINET. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME GOOD EXPOSURE OUT OF THAT. WE INVITE EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE TO ATTEND US TODAY OR ARE WATCHING REMOTELY TO WHAT CAN FOLLOW THE DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER WEB PAGE OR FACEBOOK PAGE. OUR BOOKING AND SALES INFORMATION. WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR BOOKINGS AND ONSITE CATERING. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 60% OF THE SALES FOR 2019 FOR THE SAME TIME. WE'RE MORE THAN TWICE OF WHAT LAST YEAR'S, SALES WERE. WE DO HAVE SOME UPCOMING CORPORATE TRAINING CONFERENCES RIGHT NOW. THIS WEEK WE HAVE THE AG EXTENSION AGENTS OUT THERE. WE STILL HAVE NORTH TEXAS, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ENERGY WORLDNET IS THERE ALL THE TIME. SEVERAL CHARITABLE AND SOCIAL EVENTS COMING UP AS WELL. BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARIES. WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS TO NOTE. IF YOU SEE FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY ASK YOU, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. JEROD MORRIS IS A LOCAL ARTIST AND HE IS HOSTING A VIP ACOUSTIC ARTIST SERIES. THE FIRST ONE FEATURES DARRELL DODD. THAT'LL BE AUGUST 2ND. THE BETO FOR TEXAS CAMPAIGN WILL BE STOPPING ON AUGUST 11TH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A VOLUNTEER ROUNDUP AND THEN AN ACTUAL CAMPAIGN SPEECH. THAT'LL BE AT 11 AND THEN THE SPEECH WILL BE AT NOON. LOST BATTALION REUNION AUGUST 12TH THROUGH THE 13TH. THE 11TH TASTE OF WISE IS AUGUST 25TH. THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER IS SEPTEMBER 17TH, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING HOME GAMES, SPAGHETTI SUPPERS. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH A STUDENT GROUP TO BRING ANYONE THAT. AS YOU KNOW ALL TOO WELL, YOU CAN'T GO OUT TO EAT IN DECATUR AND GET TO THE GAME IN TIME AFTER YOU GET OFF WORK. AND GETTING FOOD ON THE TABLE AT HOME IS EQUALLY A CHALLENGE. SO JUST SWING BY THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND HAVE SOME SPAGHETTI. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PARTNER WITH A STUDENT GROUP THAT CAN USE THE FUNDRAISING HELP AND TO GET A WHOLE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO ISN'T USUALLY OUT AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DO. SO AND TO JUST BE PLUGGED INTO OUR COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FIRST. I JUST THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF. GREAT JOB. I MEAN, YOU'RE DOING A LOT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOUBLE DEFERMENT. HOLD ON MS. CARLA I CONFER WITH JAKE SAID SO RELATIONSHIPS WITH GATEHOUSE IN THE HOTEL WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM QUITE OFTEN. [INAUDIBLE] ROOMS. TEXAS AGRILIFE HAS BOOKED MOST OF THE I MEAN, MOST OF THEM AREN'T LOCAL. THIS IS A TEXAS CONFERENCE, SO THEY'VE BOOKED A LOT OF ROOMS AT THE HOTEL BECAUSE THEY BOOKED WITH US AND WE SENT THEM THERE. WE'VE BOOKED IN JANUARY. WE HAVE A BIG WEDDING RECEPTION THAT'S OFF CAMPUS OR OFF SITE. MY UNIVERSITY ROOTS ARE SHOWING IT'S OFFSITE. WE BOOKED THE REHEARSAL DINNER AND NONE OF THE WEDDING PARTY IS LOCAL. SO THEY'RE FROM HOUSTON IN WICHITA FALLS. THEY'RE BOOKING OUT LIKE 40 OR 50 ROOMS IN THE HOTEL. SO ANY TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE DO SEND BUSINESS THEIR WAY. WE ALSO, WHEN WE'RE FULL, IF WE HAVE A MEETING LIKE ROTARY CLUB MEETS WITH US EVERY WEEK, IF WE DON'T HAVE ROOM, WE WILL RENT THEIR MEETING ROOM AND PUT OUR WHATEVER SIZE, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE OF THEIR ROOM. SO, YEAH, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. GOOD. SO THE RELATIONSHIP IS. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT REPORT IS LIBRARY. DAWN? HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR STATISTICS. FIRST ITEMS CHECKED OUT, WE'VE GOT 7000 PLUS NEW CARDHOLDERS, 155 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR, ABOUT 2600. SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING WELL THROUGH THE SUMMER. NEXT SLIDE IS OUR BOOK CLUBS. THOSE ARE COMING UP. THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE IS NEXT WEEK AT TRINITY ST. AND THE HANDMAID'S TALE IS THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST. SUMMER READING IS WRAPPING UP. THESE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FINAL NUMBERS, CHILDREN. [00:10:03] WE HAD 182 REGISTERED AND AT THIS POINT ONLY 25 HAVE COMPLETED. I THINK WE WANT TO WORK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. GETTING MORE KIDS TO FOLLOW THROUGH. THE WHOLE THING IS A GREAT PRIZE. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PRIZES. YEAH. SO HOW ARE HOW DID YOU DO HOW DID THEY DO YOUR READING PROGRAM. YEAH. DID YOU DO IT? I'VE BEEN READING. THAT'S FANTASTIC. I DID NOT REGISTER, BUT I DID. I DID GO TO YOUR EVENT TO PROMOTE IT. YOU DID. AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC. WE LOVE THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHEN I KNEW I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A RIDE ALONG EITHER WITH THE A POLICE VEHICLE OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. THE SCHOOL. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I WON'T BE GOING TO SCHOOL, BUT MAYBE WILL WORK SOMETIMES. SO IT IS EXCITING. IF YOU HAD A REGISTERED. YES, MAYBE MISSED OUT ON IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE'VE HAD 18 TEENS AND A2 ADULTS REGISTER 83 READERS. PERFECT. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAD THIS SUMMER WAS THE WISE COUNTY BEE CLUB CAME AND THEY SHOWED US EVERYTHING ABOUT BEES. THE ONE PICTURE UP THERE IN THE CORNER, THEY HAD ACTUAL BEES WHERE YOU COULD SEE THEM WORKING IN THEIR HIVE. THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. THE NEXT ONE WAS CREATURE TEACHER. AND OF COURSE, THAT ONE'S A BIG HIT. LOTS OF CRITTERS. MISS REEVES WAS THERE FOR THAT ONE WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTER. AND THAT ONE SHE CAME TO THE THE PRIVATE SHOWING, ACTUALLY, FOR THAT. LOTS OF FUN WITH THE KANGAROO IN THE SNAKE. AND THEN WE HAD TEXAS HERITAGE. THEY WERE SOME COWBOYS THAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING ELSE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS, BUT THEY CAME UP AND THE KIDS LOVED IT. THEY BROUGHT A HORSE. THE KIDS GOT TO SIT ON THE HORSE, PAT THE HORSE, AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM BACK AS WELL. SUMMER READING. OVERALL, 282 PEOPLE REGISTERED AND 97611 MINUTES READ FOR TWO MONTHS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. OUR ONGOING PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE IS MIGRATION OF OUR SOFTWARE FROM EVERGREEN OVER TO KOHA. AND SO WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN NOTIFYING OUR PATRONS OF THE CHANGE. WE WILL BE GETTING SOME FLIERS FROM THE CONSORTIUM, THE NEW CONSORTIUM THAT LISTS ALL OF THE LIBRARIES THAT ARE TOGETHER. SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO STOP BORROWING FROM THE OTHER LIBRARIES. WE'LL DO STAFF TRAINING SEPTEMBER 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH. OUR FINAL DATA EXTRACTION IS ON THE 14TH, AND THEN WE'LL GO LIVE ON THE 17TH FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY. WE ARE COMPLETING THE ORDERING. I WAS DOING THAT TODAY. WE WERE ORDERING ABOUT $6,000 WORTH OF ITEMS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM. THE CHILD WORKSHOPS ARE GOING OUR PARENT CHILD WORKSHOPS WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER. THE PRETTY FOUNDATION GRANT. WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED FOR THAT AND WILL RECEIVE THE $82,000. WE STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, SO DEVELOP A TASK LIST AND THE COMPLETION DATE AND ALL THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE, THE RURAL LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY GRANT. AT THE TIME I DID THIS, I WAS WAITING FOR APPROVAL, BUT WE DID RECEIVE THE DOCUMENTS AND THEY'VE BEEN SIGNED AND SENT BACK. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO START ORDERING THINGS AND GET STARTED. THAT'S IT. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD WORK. ALL RIGHT. SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NEXT UP IS MAIN STREET. FRIEDA. HELLO. HELLO. HAPPY JULY. HAPPY JULY. ALMOST OVER, YES. SO WE JUST HAD OUR STREET SUMMER CONCERT, AS YOU KNOW. I HOPE YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES FROM THAT, BECAUSE THEY WERE FABULOUS. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. AS WITH ANY BIG EVENT, WE HAVE SOME LEARNING CURVE ISSUES TO TO DEAL WITH GOING FORWARD, BUT NOT TOO MANY. AND I DEFINITELY WANTED TO THANK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, STREETS DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT, BECAUSE IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AS EASILY AND AS WELL-ORGANIZED AS IT DID WITHOUT ALL OF THEIR HELP. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED BECAUSE IT WAS BIG AND IT TOOK EVERYBODY. WE DID MAKE OVER $6,000 FOR THAT EVENT. SO THAT'S MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR CHRISTMAS AND FOR DECOR AND OTHER UPGRADES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO DOWNTOWN. SO IT WAS A GOOD EVENT ALL THE WAY AROUND. WHAT WAS THE REVENUE STREAM LIKE? HOW DID YOU MAKE REVENUE? WAS IT SPONSORS OR SPONSORS PAID FOR THE BANDS AND FOR ALL THE ARTISTS AND THINGS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT? [00:15:02] AND THEN THE MONEY THAT WE RAISED OVER AND ABOVE WAS FROM COOLERS CHARGING $20 FOR COOLER PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR OWN DRINKS IN. THERE WERE ALSO BEER SALES, ONSITE DRINK SALES, ONSITE, FUZZY'S HAD A BOOTH AND THEN ALSO TRINITY STREET HAD A BOOTH. AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE ABOUT THE ALCOHOL TO GO SALES, THAT'S STILL ALLOWED AS WELL. SO SOME OF THE STORES, THE RESTAURANTS THAT DO THAT ANYWAY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW HOW WELL THEY DID, DID THEY ANY INDICATION ON WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK SO FAR AND WE JUST SENT OUT AN EMAIL TODAY ABOUT INPUT FROM EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE MOVING FORWARD. AND SO THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS, AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT MOVING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT THE BEER SALES THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN BIG FOR HIM. RIGHT? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONES THAT DID HAVE SALES OUTSIDE WERE HAPPY WITH THEIR SALES. YEAH. SO IT WAS GOOD. UM, ON THE ATM, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, BUT IT IS MOVING FORWARD. AND SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE BANK TO GET EVERYTHING TURNED IN AND THEN GET THE PROCESS GOING WITH THEM. SO IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S JUST HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WE MIGHT WANT. OUR WEBSITE UPDATE AS YOU KNOW, THE EDC HAS NOW KICKED OFF THEIR VISIT DECATUR AND THEIR THEIR WEBSITE FOR THAT. AND SO THE DECATUR TOWN SQUARE WEBSITE HAS COME BACK TO DECATUR MAIN STREET. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE MAKING CHANGES ON THAT CURRENTLY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE ROLL OUT BEFORE TOO LONG. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DO THE LOGO IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT TO JUST DECATUR MAIN STREET AND ROLL THAT INTO TICKETMASTER.COM OR IF WE WANT TO INCORPORATE BOTH LOGOS SOMEHOW MOVING FORWARD. SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO ROLL OUT TO YOU HOPEFULLY BEFORE TOO LONG. BUT SOME CHANGES ARE BEING MADE AS FAR AS THE EVENTS AND DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE ON THAT WEBSITE. SO THANK YOU TO THE EDC FOR THAT AS WELL FOR LETTING THAT COME BACK TO DECATUR MAINSTREET. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. HIGHWAY 51 REROUTE. THE NEXT THE NEXT PART OF THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE WAYFINDING PLAN. SO WE HAD TO PRESENT THAT BACK TO TXDOT, ALL OF THE PLACES WHERE THE SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE, WHERE WE PROPOSE TO PUT THEM AND THEN EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO NOW IT'S BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH WITH TXDOT TO GET THAT APPROVED AND THEN GO FORWARD WITH HOW MUCH THE SIGNS ARE GOING TO COST AND GETTING THEM ORDERED AND GETTING THEM IN PLACE. SO IT'S STILL IN PROCESS. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CHRISTMAS DECOR. AS YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, WE HAD SEVERAL PIECES THAT WERE UPGRADED AND REPAINTED AND PUT UP ON THE SQUARE. AND SO THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING DISNEY IS GOING TO BE REPLACED AND UPGRADED. SO THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 15 PIECES OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE BASEMENT THAT HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE. SO MOST OF THOSE HAVE GONE TO JED BOYD, WHO DID DO SOME NEW CUT OUTS FOR US LAST YEAR. AND AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE BACK THEN WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS ALREADY IN PLACE, HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST. WE CAN WORK ON THAT WHILE WE CAN BE INSIDE IN THE COOL AND GET STARTED ON THAT PROCESS. AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE ALL THE DISNEY CHARACTERS OUT AGAIN THAT HAD ONCE BELONGED TO HOLLIS JONES AND TO GEORGE KING. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT STEP OF THE CHRISTMAS DECOR ROLLING OUT. AND THEN I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COLLABORATION THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR SISTER MAIN STREET CITY IN BRIDGEPORT. SO WE HAVE A BANNER FRAME AT THE LIBRARY, IF YOU REMEMBER SEEING THAT THAT OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT GUYS HAD MADE FOR US QUITE A WHILE AGO, IT'S A FOUR BY EIGHT FRAME MADE OUT OF PVC. IT WAS A GREAT THING THAT THEY DID FOR US. AND SO RECENTLY BRIDGEPORT HAD A CONCERT ON THEIR SQUARE AS CHRISTMAS. IN JULY THEY HAD JEEPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAME TO THAT AS WELL. AND SO KRYSTAL REACHED OUT TO ME AND WE PARTNERED ON OUR OUR PROMOTIONS OF THAT. WE HAD A BANNER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR BANNER AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEN WE HAD ONE OF OUR BANNERS OVER AT THEIR LIBRARY JUST ON T POST. SO OUR GREAT STREETS DEPARTMENT GUYS REACHED OUT TO GREG AND THEY MADE A BANNER FRAME FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT TO HAVE AS WELL. SO TOMORROW WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER FROM BRIDGEPORT AND TO THE MAIN STREET DIRECTOR SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN BANNER FRAME TO PUT AT THEIR LIBRARY. AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THAT EFFORT MOVING FORWARD TO HELP EACH OTHER PROMOTE OUR EVENTS. SO IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR US. IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE THE CONCERT FLIER AND POSTER FOR THE CONCERT SHOWS. ALL THE SPONSORS WERE REALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE UPDATE THAT WE HAD ONLINE SHOWS YOU THAT WE TRY TO HELP PROMOTE NOT JUST MAIN STREET EVENTS, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AS WELL, LIKE THE WASHER TOURNAMENT AT THE REUNION AND THAT IT IS REUNION WEEK ALL WEEK. THEN THE BIG AD AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR AD FOR THE WELCOME TO WISE. [00:20:04] THAT'S IN THE WEST COUNTY MESSENGERS PUBLICATION. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT HOW THAT'S A COOPERATIVE AD WITH ALL OF OUR STORES AND MERCHANTS DOWNTOWN. SO MAIN STREET PAYS A BULK OF THAT AND THEN THE STORES ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE THOSE ADS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. SO IT'S A COOPERATIVE AD FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT HELPS THEM BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT IN A WAY THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. ANY QUESTIONS? RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. POLICE REPORT BY CHIEF CAMPBELL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. OBVIOUSLY, ATTIRE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOU NORMALLY SEE ME WITH IT BEING REUNION. SO KIND OF DRESS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR THIS WEEK. SO AS SOON AS WE GET DONE HERE, HEAD OUT INTO THE HEAT TO SWEAT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'LL GET INTO OUR TOTALS FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AS YOU LOOK AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE'RE AT 8100 CALLS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THERE. THAT'S TO BE HONEST, THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL STILL FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST, SLIGHTLY UP JUST A LITTLE BIT ACCIDENTS. WE'VE HAD 54 IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE AS SOON AS WE START GETTING SOME RAIN, YOU'LL NOTICE OUR ACCIDENTS WILL DRASTICALLY GO UP. AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF TYPICALLY WE GO A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT WEATHER. ALL AND EVERYTHING BUILDS UP ON THE ROADS. SO PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME HOPEFULLY THAT WE DO A REPORT, YOU'LL SEE. I HATE TO SAY THAT WOULD BE UP, BUT WE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN AND SO THOSE ACCIDENTS WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 119 ARREST, 945 CITATIONS AND 566 WARNINGS. COMPARE ALL OF THESE TO THE ENTIRE YEAR. KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'RE JUST ALMOST 25,000 CALLS, WHICH THAT KEEPS US RIGHT ON TRACK TO TO BREAK THAT 50,000 CALL FOR SERVICE MARK FOR US AT THE PD, 178 TOTAL ACCIDENTS, 392 ARRESTS, 2755 CITATIONS, AND 1586 IN WARNINGS. CITATIONS AND WARNINGS ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT'S ALSO, JUST TO BE HONEST, AS FAIRLY TYPICAL THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AS THE HEAT REALLY PICKS UP. SOMETIMES OUR TRAFFIC STOPS AND STUFF KIND OF GO DOWN WITH THAT AS WELL. SO KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US AT THE PD CURRENTLY? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING REALLY HEAVY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING A PART OF THEIR SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING CONSTANT MEETINGS WITH THEM. LAST WEEK WE HAD A BIG MEETING. WE GOT ANOTHER MEETING PROBABLY THIS NEXT WEEK WITH THE SCHOOL JUST GOING OVER SAFETY AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT. DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND ROUTES THAT WE HAVE JUST TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS. ANOTHER THING WE'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOL, THOUGH, IS AUGUST 12TH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A FRIDAY MORNING. WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TRAINING FOR THEIR ENTIRE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE'LL BE MEETING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'LL BE DOING ACTIVE THREAT TRAINING FOR EVERY ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING IN TO DOING SOME SCENARIOS AND SOME TRAINING, ACTUAL LIVE TYPE STUFF THAT HELPS NOT ONLY THEM BUT ALSO US AS A DEPARTMENT. NOT OFTEN DO WE GET TO BE IN THE SCHOOL TO WHERE WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE, AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS TRAINING AS WELL. SO THAT'LL BE A BIG MORNING FORCE ON THE 12TH. HERE RECENTLY. THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR, I'D SAY, OUR MORE ENJOYABLE SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS OUR SUMMER VACATION DAY AND SO WE HAVE TWO DAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. KIDDOS COME UP AND WE DO BICYCLE RODEOS, WE TALK SAFETY AND THEN WE DO A LOT OF PLAYTIME. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE EAT ICE CREAM AND IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE THE INFLATABLE FROM JUMP PARTY. THEY'RE ALWAYS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO US FOR THIS AS WELL. AND SO THE KIDS TRULY LOVE IT. I THINK THE KIDS ARE NEEDING A NAP JUST AS MUCH AS THE OFFICERS WHO ARE HELPING WITH THIS PROGRAM BY THE TIME THOSE DAYS ARE OVER. THEN OBVIOUSLY SUMMER CONCERT, WE JUST HAD THAT. [00:25:02] THAT WAS A BIG UNDERTAKING FOR US AT THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND THEN THIS WEEK WE DO HAVE REUNION THAT'S GOING ON. SO THERE'S KIND OF A LIST OF THINGS EACH AND EVERY NIGHT. AS WITH REUNION, ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS A BIG DRAW. IT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND SPEND TIME HERE IN THE CITY. AND SO. FINALLY. WELL, NOT FINALLY, BUT THE LAST THING ON HERE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WE DO HAVE THE DATES SET FOR OUR BACK, THE BLUE SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER THE FIRST AT BRIDGEPORT COUNTRY CLUB. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THIS, I WOULD REALLY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH US IF YOU PLAY GOLF. THIS IS AN AWESOME THING. IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE GLOW BALL, YOU'LL HAVE A BLAST DOING THIS, EVEN IF YOU'VE NOT A GOLFER. YOU CAN DO THIS, TRUST ME. SO COME OUT AND HELP SUPPORT THAT, THAT ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT GO DIRECTLY TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT WE GIVE OUT EACH AND EVERY YEAR. SO AND THEN FINALLY, KIND OF JUST THE LAST THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIT ON IS THAT WEDNESDAY I'M HAVING A ZOOM CONFERENCE CALL WITH OUR ARCHITECT. SO THAT PROCESS IS ROLLING AS WELL. WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING SOME A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP WITH SOME NEEDS ASSESSMENT. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A YEAR OUT, WE'RE KIND OF DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THAT GOING. AND THEN WE HAVE A ZOOM ON WEDNESDAY WITH THEM. SO THAT PROCESS HAS STARTED AS WELL. VERY GOOD. I'M SURE THE BRIDGEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DOING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN BRIDGEPORT. YEAH, YEAH. OH, THEY LOVE IT. YEAH. COULDN'T GET THE DECATUR GOLF CLUB? YOU KNOW, IT'S A FACILITIES THING, TO BE HONEST. WHEN WE FIRST DID IT, WE HAD IT HERE. BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN SO BIG, WE'RE ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE KIND OF ALMOST OUTGROWN THE FACILITIES AT THE BRIDGEPORT COUNTRY CLUB. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 18 TEAMS AND THEN WE JUST HAVE OTHER PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE MILL AND SHOW UP FOR THE RAFFLES, WE MAY HAVE CLOSE TO 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. SO IT'S A BIG DRAW FOR US. EXCELLENT. WELL, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE COLLABORATION THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND BOTH THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DECATUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND THE WORK ON SAFETY. SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. GOOD JOB. IT'S JOHN KNOWLES, WHICH IS HE'S THE DIRECTOR. I DON'T EXACTLY WHAT HIS TITLE IS, BUT HE'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT. DR. JONES IS OUTSTANDING AS WELL. IF YOU'VE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND VISIT WITH HIM, HE'S PHENOMENAL. HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A SEGUE WAY INTO THIS? SO THURSDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND MY FIRST ISD MEETING AND IT WAS FANTASTIC, BUT MY ROOMMATE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND I TOLD HIM AND HE, TAYLOR AND I ARE GOING TO BE THE PERPETRATORS OR SUSPECTS FRIDAY MORNING ON THE 12TH. WOW. YES. YES. HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THAT DOES. YEAH. FULL CONTACT? YEAH. SO WE WILL PROVIDE HIM SOME PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. I NEED IT BECAUSE WE WILL BE SHOOTING SOME AIRSOFT. I'VE BEEN SHOT BEFORE. THAT'S OKAY. HE'S LIABLE TO HAVE A FEW MARKS AT THAT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I LOVE IT. THAT IS. COMPLY AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS. YES, LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER REPORT, FINANCE. ANA? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M ALL FULL OF GOOD NEWS. SO WE LOVE GOOD NEWS. AND LET'S MAKE IT QUICK. RIGHT? HERE. I JUST GIVE YOU THE LAST QUARTER AS OF JUNE 30TH. YOU KNOW, ALL OUR MAIN REVENUE COLLECTIONS ALL LOOK AWESOME. SO IT'S PROPERTY TAX, 4.3 MILLION SALES TAX, 2.9. ALL OUR OTHER TAXES, SUCH AS THE FRANCHISE, HOTEL, MOTEL AND MIX ARE AT $1 MILLION AND COURT FINES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CONFERENCE CENTER, ALL THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, ABOVE 300,000. AND JUST I JUST WANTED TO ADD THIS ABOUT THE PARKLAND FEES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR MAIN REVENUES. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT WENT THROUGH COUNCIL AND IT WAS APPROVED AS A NEW FEE. [00:30:01] SO THIS IS WHAT HE BROUGHT AS OF JUNE 30TH, IT'S 196,000. THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE. I'M JUST SHOWING TO BUDGET. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. EVERYTHING IS WITHIN BUDGET AND EITHER WITHIN BUDGET OR ABOVE THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE'S JUST THE PICTURE. PROPERTY TAXES, 43%, SALES TAX 26, AND ALL THE OTHER TAXES FOR DEVELOPMENT MAKE THE REST OF THE THE REVENUES THE NEXT ONE. AND HERE JUST DOING A COMPARISON YEAR TO YEAR. HERE JUST GIVING YOU AN IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ABOVE THOSE THOSE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR ON ALL AREAS. ALL OF THEM. SO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE JUST THE ACTIVITY OF THE SALES TAX FOR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT ONE. SO IN HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ON 2022, WE WE WENT ABOVE OUR SALES TAX THE YEAR BEFORE AND, AND SO ON. SO THE NEXT ONE. HERE ARE ALL THE EXPENDITURES ON THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE SHOULD BE AT 75% NOW. AT THE END OF JUNE. SO EVERYBODY IS WITHIN THE BUDGET? NOBODY'S GOING OVER. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. AND THE NEXT SLIDE. ON THE WATER AND SEWER WITH A 6 MILLION IN THE BUDGET, WE'RE AT 67%. SO AGAIN, WITHIN WITHIN THE BUDGET AND OF COURSE, THIS IS MORE YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE MORE NEED FOR WATER FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST. SO WE'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS AS THEY COME IN AND THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS ONE JUST FOR BUDGET TO ACTUAL. SO ALL THE ACTUALS ARE WITHIN BUDGET. THERE MIGHT BE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE BUDGET, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS WITHIN BUDGET. THE NEXT ONE. AND HERE COMPARING THIS YEAR TO YEAR, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WATER. THE NEXT ONE. AND HERE JUST ADDING ANYTHING THAT IS UTILITY BILL, ANY CONNECTS. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, THE THE HIGH THE PEAK WAS THE MONTH OF JUNE COMPARED TO APRIL AND MAY THE NEXT ONE. AND FOR DISCONNECT, IT SEEMS LIKE APRIL NOT A LOT OF DISCONNECTS FOR THAT MONTH AND MAY AND JUNE THERE ABOUT THE VERY CLOSE. THE NEXT ONE. AND PAST DUE ACCOUNTS. WILL THEY THEY CONTINUE GOING DOWN COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE AT THE YEAR BEFORE. THE NEXT ONE IS THAT THE ONLINE PROCESS? WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTES TO THAT? NO. WELL, IN 20 AND 21, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NOT DOING PAST DUES, WE WERE NOT CUTTING OFF ANYBODY. SO THE NUMBERS WERE PRETTY HIGH. SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF BRINGING THEM DOWN AND WE'RE KEEPING THEM DOWN. YES. WELL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. IT HELPS YOU HAVE A PLAN AND YES, EXECUTE IT. YES. A GOOD RESULT. DEFINITELY NICE. AND THEN HERE, JUST MUNICIPAL COURT. THE CASE IS ON DOCKET. SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND IN COMPARISON TO THE YEAR BEFORE THE NEXT SLIDE. IN CASES DISPOSED AND THOSE SAME YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY ALIGNED TO LAST YEAR'S THE THREE MONTHS AND THE FINES COLLECTED A LITTLE HIGHER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AND THEN MAY AND JUNE, SLIGHTLY OVER WHAT WE HAD THE YEAR BEFORE. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. UH. IT'S IN THE AGENDA. ARE WE GOING OVER THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES? RIGHT. IT IS ON THE AGENDA. YES. IS IT ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT IS FINANCE. IT IS PART OF THE WORKSHOP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S NEXT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ANA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR HELPING US AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ARE. BALANCED BUDGET. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR TOP OF PAGE TWO DISCUSSION PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF PARKLAND DEDICATION. [00:35:01] I'M GOING TO START THIS ONE AT LEAST, AND THEN WHOEVER NEEDS TO JUMP IN CAN. SO PATRICIA AND I HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF THIS PAST WEEK TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THEY HAVE WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. SO WE HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE WORKSHOP TONIGHT SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT, IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, WANTING OTHER ONES. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO YOU HAVE SIX AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU. THEY REALLY ACCOMPLISH FOUR THINGS. SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOAL. THEY'RE JUST IN TWO PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE. SO YOU'LL SEE TWO AMENDMENTS. THE BIGGEST ONE IS THAT THIS WILL ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE 51 AND 53 DWELLING UNITS COMPARATIVELY WITH SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT IF YOU'RE UNDERNEATH THAT, YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. FEE IN LIEU INSTEAD PRO-RATA. NOW WE'RE JUST SAYING, IF YOU'RE NOT AT THAT THRESHOLD, THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT APPLYING TO YOU. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE. THE SECOND BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE TIMING A LITTLE BIT ON OUR SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS. AND SO WE ARE SAYING THAT THE FEE WILL BE ASSESSED AT PRELIMINARY PLAT AND PUTTING SOME QUALIFIERS IN THERE THAT THINGS HAVE TO BE PLATTED SHOWING TOTAL COMPLETE DEVELOPMENTS. YOU CAN'T PLAT IN PHASES IN ORDER TO CIRCUMVENT THE ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, PLAT 51, 51, 51 TO GET OUT OF IT, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S OUR WORKAROUND FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO NOT GET THIS TO APPLY TO THEM. BUT I THINK THAT IS A GOOD TIMING SHIFT BECAUSE WE CAN USE THE LOT COUNT FROM PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT TRANSFERS OVER TO A DWELLING UNIT COUNT AND THEN OUR FORMULAS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED STILL APPLY. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG CHANGES. THE OTHER COUPLE MINOR ONES IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPLY THIS TO ASSISTED CARE FACILITIES. SO IT WILL APPLY TO SENIOR LIVING, BUT NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED OR NEED ASSISTANCE WHERE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE GOING OUTSIDE AND USING PARKS. WE DON'T WANT TO ASSESS THAT FEE TO THOSE TYPES. AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE IS JUST REMOVING THAT. THIS APPLIES TO REMODELING. SO THAT WAS NECESSARY WHEN WE WERE MAKING PEOPLE PAY THE PRO RATA FEE. NOW THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, THIS DOESN'T NEED TO APPLY TO REMODELING. IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION ON VACANT LAND AND, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY. SO THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES OF AMENDMENTS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK OF THOSE IF YOU ARE WANTING OTHERS. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN, THOUGH, WHAT WE STARTED WITH. I THINK THIS GETS A LITTLE CLOSER TO WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WERE ASKING FOR. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A DEVELOPER AND I WAS LIKE, NO, YOU WOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO PAY THAT. AND THEN HE'S LIKE, OH, NO, YES, YOU DO. AND LUCKILY THEY WERE VERY QUICK TO RESOLVE THIS FOR US, AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND COUNCIL ALWAYS HAD DISCRETION TO NOT HAVE THAT FEE ON THOSE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. BUT THIS WAY, IF A DEVELOPER'S READING IT, THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT IT'S MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE AVERAGE READER OF THIS. SO. CAN YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE FEE I'M READING? I'M TRYING TO READ THROUGH IT QUICKLY, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT FEE WAS AWFULLY HIGH FROM. PUTTING ON THAT 196, 196,000. THAT WAS FROM ONE THAT WAS JUST FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. CORRECT. THE. OR. GREG YEAH. SO THERE'S A ROSE STREET ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS AND THEN THERE WERE SOME SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT WE PUT ON ABOUT NINE OF THOSE. EIGHT OR SO. SO HOW WILL WE DO THAT? WELL, WE HAD TO REFUND THAT MONEY AFTER THIS OR COLLECTED THIS. AND SHE, EMILY, CAN CORRECT ME. WE COLLECTED THE WAY WE COLLECTED IT LEGALLY BY THE ORDINANCE, THE WAY IS WRITTEN. SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE THAT WE COLLECT? AND I WOULD SUGGEST EXECUTIVE SESSION IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT. IT'S ABOUT $9,000 OR JUST UNDER TEN THAT WE COLLECTED. FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND SOME REPLATS. SO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE COLLECTED $188,277.60. SO THAT WAS MORE THAN WE COLLECTED AT THE END OR NOW IT WOULD IT WOULD STILL FALL UNDER THE ORDINANCE. IS IT PER SQUARE FOOT OR HOW? DWELLING UNIT. PER UNIT? YEAH. SO THE FEES ARE THE FORMULA IS ALL STATUTORY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE WE CAME UP WITH. THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE TELLS YOU, THE NUMBERS YOU'VE GOT TO USE AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IN YOUR METHODOLOGY. SO WE CAN'T DO A LOT WITH. THOUSAND DOLLARS A UNIT OR A DWELLING UNIT? WE'RE. IN AND $0.54. [00:40:03] OKAY. THAT'S ON A SINGLE FAMILY. YEAH. AND THEN MULTI-FAMILY IS 784.49. SO YOU'LL JUST BRING US BACK THIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR US TO YEAH. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH THIS WE'LL PUT IT ON FOR A FIRST READING NEXT TIME. I JUST WANTED WE HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU GUYS WERE EXPECTING ARE HERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, GUYS. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL. BEFORE WE GET TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR MEETING, DOES ANYBODY NEED TO, ARE WE READY TO PRESS ON? I GUESS I'LL JUST ASK THAT. PRESS ON? I COULD USE A FIVER. YOU COULD USE A FIVER. DO YOU WANT TO PRESS ON OR DO YOU? I WON'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT. WELL, IF YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE TAKE A BREAK OR WHATEVER. SO WE'RE GOING TO, EVERYONE'S EXCITED WE'RE PRESSING ON. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU WOULD ALL JOIN ME, IF POSSIBLE, TO STAND AND WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. JAKE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND FOR A MINUTE'S PURPOSES, WE'LL HAVE GONE INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 6:13. ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. [1. HEAR STAFF REPORT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO FINAL PLAT LOTS 5R-1 AND 5R-2, BLOCK 37, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION, BEING APPROXIMATELY A 0.344 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING A REPLAT OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 3 AND ALL OF LOT 5, BLOCK 37, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION AND MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 905 S. PERRIN ST., DECATUR, TEXAS. A COMPLETE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY IS FOUND ON THE PLAT EXHIBIT LOCATED IN THE STAFF REPORT. (APPLICATION RP2022-04—MS. STEPHANIE JIMENEZ) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 5-0, COMMISSIONER WOODRUFF ABSENT.)] CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND OMEGA RESEARCH INC. KEVIN? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. I APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION SO MUCH. LIKE ANA, I COME TO YOU WITH NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS. THE BUSINESS PARK CONTINUES TO DO EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO THROUGH THAT INVESTMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE OMEGA PERFORMANCE NAME. WE HAVE EXECUTED ONE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH THIS COMPANY PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT IS FOR A FACILITY THAT'S BEING BUILT OUT OF THE INDUSTRIAL AT THE INDUSTRIAL PARK CURRENTLY ON THE RIGHT, JUST WHEN YOU COME INSIDE THE ENTRANCE, THIS PROJECT IS TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE FIVE ACRES ADJACENT AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THAT PROPERTY. SO IN THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, THEY HAD A FIVE YEAR FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON THAT FIVE ACRES THEY'VE ELECTED AND ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD ON GOING AHEAD AND SECURING THAT PROPERTY FOR A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH AN OUTLINE OF THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR YOU, BUT WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT FOR YOU BEFORE I BEFORE I DID SO. AND SO YOU'LL YOU'LL RECALL IN EACH OF OUR AGREEMENTS, WE HAVE THREE SECTIONS, AND THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT. THERE'S THE COMPANY COVENANTS, THE EDC COVENANTS AND CLAW BACKS. THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO COVER. AND THEN THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THOSE THAT THAT WE COVER. AND SO ON THE COMPANY SIDE, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF A MINIMUM OF SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS CAPITAL INVESTMENT. BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 47,500 SQUARE FEET. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, AND ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE 30 NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS BY JANUARY 1ST OF 2028. AND SO AS PART OF THE THE EMPLOYMENT THESE PROJECTS THAT WE DO, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE VERIFICATIONS TO US. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN DO THAT THROUGH IRS OR STATE DOCUMENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL SPREADSHEET THAT WE SEND OUT TO THEM FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. THIS OR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SIX ANNUAL COMPLIANCE VERIFICATIONS STARTING JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. ON THE EDC SIDE, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT ON THE EDC ON THIS PROJECT IS THE CONVEYANCE OF 5.75 ACRES. FIVE ACRES IS WHAT WAS UNDERSTOOD PREVIOUSLY TO DO FIVE ACRES. WE HAD TO HAVE A KIND OF A FUNNY ANGLED LOT LINE THAT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY FAVORS. WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE CLEAN SQUARED OFF LOTS. THAT'S WHAT IS PREFERRED BY COMPANIES AND IT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WASTED PROPERTY AS WELL. SO IT COMES OUT TO 5.75 ACRES, WILL BE CONVEYING THAT TO THE COMPANY FOR $25,000. THE MARKET VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY THAT WE PUT ON IT IS $250,000. AND SO IN OUR CLAW BACK, IF THE COMPANY DEFAULTS ON ANY OF THOSE POINTS THAT I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THEN THE COMPANY OWES THE EDC $250,000. [00:45:03] SO THE FULL MARKET VALUE ON TOP OF THE $25,000 TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND SECURE THAT PROPERTY. AND THAT IS A SUMMARY OF THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. BUT I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ANSWERS IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, AND I'M SURE THAT THE EDC COMMITTEE AT THE TIME APPROVED THIS TO BRING TO COUNCIL. SO. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THE EDC BOARD APPROVED THIS PROJECT IN OUR MOST RECENT EDC BOARD MEETING, WHICH I THINK WAS THIS PAST WEEK. IT FEELS LIKE A MONTH AGO, BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST THIS PAST WEEK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, I LOOK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE EDC AGREEMENT WITH OMEGA RESEARCH INC. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. ALL RIGHT, ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON PARK PROJECT REQUESTS FROM THE DECATUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF [2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPRORIATE ACTION ON A PARK PROJECT REQUEST FROM THE DECATUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO BE APPLIED TO THE PROJECT COST FOR THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN FITNESS COURT PROJECT. ] $100,000 TO BE APPLIED TO THE PROJECT COSTS FOR THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN FITNESS COURT PROJECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN. SO I'VE GOT AN OUTLINE HERE IN FRONT OF ME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THIS. YEAH. SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE THERE. IS THERE ANOTHER PAGE ON THAT, SUSIE? OKAY. SO THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE EDC BOARD APPROVED THIS PAST WEEK. THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR $100,000 OF PARK OR OF EDC FUNDS TOWARDS A SPECIFIC PARK PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE PARK'S BOARD AND WAS RECOMMENDED BY GREGG TO REQUEST APPROVAL FROM THE EDC FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT HERE. IT'S A FITNESS COURT THROUGH NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN. THERE'S A $50,000 GRANT FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE'S A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PARK PROJECT. I BELIEVE THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE AT KENNY RENSHAW PARK ON SOUTH 51. AND SO THAT WAS PRESENTED BY GREGG APPROPRIATELY. AND THE EDC VOTED TO APPROVE A $100,000 GRANT, MORE OR LESS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT. AND I CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THE COST OF THAT PROJECT IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM. BUT ALL I AM ASKING FOR IS JUST APPROVAL OF THE EDC MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT $100,000 TO THE PARKS PROJECT OR TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU COULD MENTION THE CLAW BACK FOR GREG. THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE THAT WE HAVE A CLAW BACK. IF GREG HALL, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IS NOT UTILIZE THE FACILITY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, THAT PERHAPS WE WE GO AHEAD AND CLAW BACK THAT FUNDING. THERE WAS NOT A SECOND ON THAT MOTION, SO WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE OR I WOULD HAVE MADE A SECOND MYSELF. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT FROM THE EDC. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO ACTION ITEM THREE HERE, APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION AND TAKE ACTION ON TROY LEWIS'S REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE DECATUR VP LLC FOR THE SIX [3. HEAR APPLICANT’S PRESENTATION AND TAKE ACTION ON TROY LEWIS’S REQUEST, ON BEHALF OF DECATUR VP, LLC FOR A 6-MONTH EXTENSION ON PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION 2021-04—A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF VISTA PARK, APPROVED ON AUGUST 9, 2021.] MONTH EXTENSION ON PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION. 2021-04 PRELIMINARY PLAT OF VISTA PARK APPROVED ON AUGUST 9TH OF 2021. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? HELLO. COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JODY BOYD, 708 SHADY LANE, SORRY. YOU DRIVING THERE TONIGHT? YEAH, ACTUALLY, TROY'S DRIVING ME, SO I'M GOING TO BE OKAY. OKAY, VERY WELL. WE'RE JUST HERE BACK FOR A LITTLE SMALL EXTENSION, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE CONSTRUCTION PRINTS FOR THIS PROJECT. WE'VE GOT IT CLOSED DOWN. WE'RE READY TO GO. I'D SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 90% THERE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PRINTS AND FINAL PLAT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING BRINGING THAT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL THROUGH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND EARL. SO REALLY JUST NEED A SHORTER EXTENSION IN THE SIX MONTHS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE PROGRAM CALLS FOR. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE EXTENSION OR OTHERWISE. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEMS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. [00:50:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FOR EMOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST TO FOR A SIX MONTH EXTENSION ON PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION 2021-04. VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. EXTENSION APPROVED. THANK YOU ALL. ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR DECATUR MAIN STREETS REQUEST TO EXPAND THE CURRENT MAIN STREET DISTRICT BOUNDARY. [4. HEAR DECATUR MAIN STREET’S REQUEST TO EXPAND THE CURRENT MAIN STREET DISTRICT BOUNDARY TO THE FOLLOWING AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION] FRIEDA. SO THIS IS THE BOUNDARY THAT WAS PROPOSED IN OUR WORKSHOP WHEN WE MET WITH YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND SO THIS JUST COMING BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STEP, TO EXPAND THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT BOUNDARY AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP MORE BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS WITH THE BENEFITS OF BEING A MAIN STREET CITY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, THE STATE WILL APPROVE IT, AND THEN THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE HISTORIC OVERLAY AND CHANGING THE WORDING TO THAT WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP. SO THIS IS STEP ONE. ALL RIGHT. ANY FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT BOUNDARY? I ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS AFTER OUR INITIAL WORKSHOP AND WHAT WAS IN THE MESSENGER AND JUST THEY JUST NEEDED CLARIFICATION. NO ONE HAD ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AT THAT POINT. IT ALL SEEMS VERY, I MEAN, THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE IN THE PAST SEEM LIKE THESE WOULD BE VERY, VERY POSITIVE. ANYONE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. JUST KEEP WORKING. THANK YOU, FRIEDA. DO WE. DO YOU. DO YOU NEED ANY FURTHER DIRECTION FROM US? JUST APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD, EXPAND THE BOUNDARY, AND THEN I'LL PRESENT IT TO THE TEXAS MAIN STREET CENTER. ALL RIGHT, SO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. ALL RIGHT. SO. MAYOR, COULD BE AN ORDINANCE AT SOME POINT. SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THERE COULD NEED TO BE AN ORDINANCE. I HAVEN'T SINCE THIS WAS JUST ON FOR DISCUSSION AND NOT ACTION. I DON'T KNOW YET. SO IF YOU COULD MOTION TO SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW JUST SO WE CROSS ALL OUR I'S AND DOT OUR. NO, DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S. I LOVE THAT AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BOUNDARIES THAT IT WOULD BE SUBJECT UPON LEGAL APPROVAL. IS IT? FRIEDA, IS THERE SO IT GOES DOWN SOUTH TRINITY. SOUTH TRINITY AND NORTH TRINITY, BUT IT DOESN'T DO STATE STREET, DOESN'T INCLUDE STATE STREET? IT DOESN'T GO AS FAR ON STATE STREET. TRINITY STREET IS THE PRIMARY GATEWAY. AND SO THAT'S THE GOAL IS THE MAIN GATEWAYS, EAST AND WEST, WHICH ARE MAIN AND WALNUT AND THEN TRINITY STREET, NORTH AND SOUTH. ON STATE STREET, IT GOES TO THE VETERANS PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN TO SHOEMAKER ON THE SOUTH, WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHERE THE BUSINESSES ARE WITHIN THAT AREA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXPAND OR THAT WE APPROVE THE EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT MAIN STREET DISTRICT BOUNDARY TO THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED PER LEGAL REVIEW. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BOUNDARY EXPANSION AS PRESENTED WITH. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THAT GETS US TO ACTION ON NUMBER FIVE, ACCEPTANCE OF A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT. [5. ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.] I GUESS YOU JUST NEED FOR US TO SAY THAT WE APPROVE THESE REPORTS. ALL RIGHT, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DO THIS? SO MOVED, MR. MAYOR. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THOSE FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. THAT GETS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [6. CONSENT AGENDA ] ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING ON JULY 11TH AND AN APPOINTMENT FOR MR. DENNY CROSS TO FILL A VACANT SPOT ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 22ND. SO WE COULD EITHER PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA OR PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. LOOK FOR A MOTION. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION. AND I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND COUNCIL TO HEAR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. [00:55:04] DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP ON PUBLIC INPUT? OKAY. SO THAT GETS US TO THE NOTIFICATION, AS YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW. ANY TIME YOU HAVE INPUT THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THIS AGENDA, PLEASE LET US KNOW. OTHERWISE, THAT MAKES US TO ADJOURNED AT 6:26. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.