[Conference Center report by Conference Center Director Carla Johnson, including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff. (*A portion of this video is without audio*)]

OH, YOU MAY WANT THIS MICROPHONE.

MAYBE. DO YOU? DO WE? ARE WE GOOD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.

WITH MISS CARLA BEING OUT.

OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

WE WENT TO A STAFFING AGENCY CALLED BACON.

IT'S AN APP.

FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PRETTY LARGE EVENTS GOING WITH CHRISTMAS PARTIES.

AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT.

FEATURE FOR US BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTACT THE SAME PEOPLE IF WE LIKE THEM OVER AND OVER.

AND IT WORKS OUT REAL WELL FOR US.

WE'VE HAD OUR NEW FREEZERS INSTALLED.

THE ENTRY SIGN REPLACEMENT INSTALLATION REPAIR THERE IS UNDERWAY.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO START THAT TOMORROW.

STAFF HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF DEEP CLEANING, SANITIZE AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

WE'VE DONE SOME UPGRADES IN OUR CHISM SUITES WHERE WE PUT THE LARGE TVS ON THE WALLS AND THEY'RE LIKE MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM THERE, THE BOARD ROOM. WE'VE REPLACED FLOORING IN OUR BEVERAGE HALL.

WE GOT 350 SQUARE FOOT OF FREE SAMPLE TO TRY OUT.

IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE STUFF.

YOU CAN WRITE ON IT WITH A MARKS A LOT.

LET IT SET AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THE MARKS A LOT OFF.

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SO WE'RE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW IT WORKS OVER TIME.

WE'RE ALSO OBTAINING NEW BIDS ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE PRICES HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, SKYROCKETED.

OUR NEXT SLIDE IS THE BOOKING SALES INFORMATION FOR THE DIFFERENT YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE FOR THESE THREE MONTHS WE'RE UP TO 171,321, 91 AND CLIMBING.

SO PRETTY GOOD FIRST QUARTER FOR US.

NEXT SLIDE IS JUST OUR FISCAL YEAR.

I THINK CARLA SHOWS YOU THIS ONE EVERY TIME KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US.

SO WE ARE CLOSE ALREADY WITH OUR 2023 REVENUES WHERE WE WERE IN 2021 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO THINGS ARE DEFINITELY SKYROCKETING BACK UP.

OUR NEXT ONE IS BY THE MONTH.

AND THIS IS ONE CARLA LOOKS AT QUITE A BIT AND HAS GOT ME INVOLVED WITH A LITTLE BIT TOO, BECAUSE SHE'S LOOKING AT PEAKS AND VALLEYS AND LOOKING AT THOSE VALLEYS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROMOTE IN THOSE TIMES TO INCREASE OUR SALES? SO SHE TAKES A PRETTY GOOD LOOK AT THAT AND WE ALL BRAINSTORM WITH IT, ALL THE STAFF AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.

OUR MARKETING EFFORTS AND IDEAS.

WE'RE DOING THANKSGIVING TO GO OR DID WE HAD $1800 IN SALES THIS YEAR.

SCHOOL EVENTS ALWAYS COME UP IN MAY.

WE HAVE SPECIAL RENTAL RATES AND SPECIAL MENUS THAT WILL BE PUTTING OUT TO THOSE FOLKS.

SHE HAS STARTED AND CONTINUES TO DO THE YOU CAN DO IT VIDEO SERIES THAT YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK AND PUTS ON OUR WEBSITE.

MITIGATION VALUES THAT WE SEEN IN THAT LAST CHART, VALENTINE DINNER PACKAGE WITH FAIRFIELD INN WE HAVE COMING UP IN FEBRUARY.

WE'RE DOING POP UP LUNCHES FOR MARDI GRAS, ST PATRICK'S DAY FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

EASTER TO GO IN APRIL AND REUNION TO GO IN JULY.

SO. AND SOME OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS, ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP IS GOING TO BE MEETING MONTHLY AND MEALS ON WHEELS FUNDRAISING GALA WILL BE MARCH 31ST.

SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS TO NOTE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, WE HAVE OUR VALENTINE'S DAY DINNER PACKAGE.

AGAIN. THEY CAN CHOOSE TO GET THE FAIRFIELD INN WITH THAT MARDI GRAS POP UP LUNCH ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, AND OUR MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON SUNDAY, MAY 14TH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SOME GREAT IDEAS.

NO CHARGE INCORPORATING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP IS OUR LIBRARY REPORT, DAWN.

[Library report by Library Director, Dawn Wilbert including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? WELL, THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO I JUST DID A QUICK REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2022.

SORRY 2023.

JUST COMPARING LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS.

A NUMBER OF ITEMS CHECKED OUT.

OUR WEB PRESENCE IS UP.

AND LET'S SEE, WE'VE HAD 159 ADULTS ATTENDING 22 PROGRAMS, AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY UP WITH THE HOMESTEADING PROGRAM.

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT AND WE'VE HAD 100 OR 1611 CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS ATTEND PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S 900 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SO JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THAT.

SO NEW IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 AND 2023, WE'VE ADDED KOA AND ASPEN SOFTWARE AND WE'VE RECEIVED REALLY GOOD RESPONSES FROM THE PATRONS ARE OUT OF RENEWALS, ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

HOOPLA, OUR STREAMING SERVICE IS UP AND GOING.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT EBOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC AND THOSE ARE ALL DIGITAL DOWNLOADS STREAMING.

YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME.

NO COST FOR THAT.

OUR OWL CENTER, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM WITH THE GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMPUTER CLASSES OVER THERE WITH THEM, AND WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR NUMBER OF COMPUTER CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY.

SO JUST SOME UPCOMING THINGS.

OUR BOOK SALE IS JANUARY 24TH THROUGH 28TH.

AARP WILL BE HERE AGAIN FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL ON ALL MONDAYS EXCEPT HOLIDAYS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A SPELLING BEE ON MARCH 25TH AND AN ESCAPE ROOM ON MARCH 23RD.

AND JUST A RECAP OF GRANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN 2022.

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WE RECEIVED A $254,614 IN GRANTS.

AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE RECEIVED 28,162.

QUESTIONS. RIGHT? NO COMMENT.

DAWN, CAN YOU HAND WALK MIKE TO THOUGHT HIS AARP MEMBERSHIP AND EDDIE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEHIND HIM? CAN YOU, LIKE RETROACTIVELY OR PROACTIVELY GET THESE TWO GENTLEMEN PLUGGED IN FOR.

I'M WELL BEHIND THAT.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN AARP MEMBER AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS. OVER 55.

SO. I CAN HELP YOU BOTH.

COME ON IN. THANK YOU.

SHE. SHE CAN HELP EVERYONE.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, THAT GETS US TO MAIN STREET, FRIEDA.

[Main Street report by Main Street Director, Frieda Lasater including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK, QUICK REVIEW OF 2022 HIGHLIGHTING THE EVENTS THAT MAIN STREET DOES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE WORK ON EVERY YEAR.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS SO WE STARTED OUT WITH GLITZY GIRLS.

IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. AGAIN, IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE HAD IN A COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO COVID, AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER THAT.

SO THIS EVENT MADE ABOUT $7,000 FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS GOOD.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.

AND WE KNOW THIS YEAR WILL BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER.

THE COMMITTEE MEETS SOON FOR THAT AND GET READY.

THE NEXT EVENT WAS OUR SUMMER CONCERT, AND IF YOU WERE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE SQUARE THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW HOW BIG IT WAS.

AND COMPARED TO THE STONEY LEROUX CONCERT IN 2019, IT WAS BIGGER AND LOUDER, I THINK, AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE.

SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD.

AND THIS EVENT MADE SOME MONEY TOO, SO WE WERE HAPPY WITH THOSE RESULTS.

WE LEARNED A LOT.

THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE'VE DONE A BIG CONCERT ON THE SQUARE, SO WE LEARNED A LOT.

IT WAS A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPING US AND TO HAVE ALL OF THEM ON SITE WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER THERE AT THE VISITOR CENTER.

AND SO THAT WORKED REALLY WELL.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN 2023.

WE HAVEN'T CONTRACTED WITH AN ARTIST YET, BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS.

THEN OUR EVENTS THAT THESE EVENTS DON'T NORMALLY MAKE MONEY FOR THE PROGRAM.

IF IF WE BREAK EVEN, THAT'S THE GOAL.

AND SO FOR OUR CAR SHOWS, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED CARS AT EACH EVENT IN 2022, WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND THEN BOO BASH DID MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT GOES BACK INTO BOO BASH FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN PAINT THE TOWN PINK.

THAT MONEY GOES TO THE WOMEN'S CENTER AND THE FOUNDATION.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO GIVE SOME MONEY TO THAT PROGRAM AND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE INTENTION FOR THAT EVENT.

THEN THE BIGGEST NEWS WAS FROM OUR SWIRL.

SO I THINK I TOLD YOU THAT WE DID.

WE HAD A REALLY GREAT SWIRL THIS YEAR, BUT THIS EVENT MADE $25,000 AND THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE OUR EXPENSES.

SO THE MOST WE HAD EVER MADE WAS IN 2019, IT WAS 20,000.

SO THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN SPEND IT ON OUT OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, OR AT LEAST PART OF IT.

THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE WERE ABLE TO TO GET DISNEY ALL DONE WITH OUR DECORATION AND OUR DECOR FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND SO IF YOU SAW THAT IT WAS HERE IN HONOR OF GEORGE KING AND HOLLIS JONES, AND SO IT WAS NEAT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FROM DECATUR DON'T KNOW THAT HISTORY, BUT FOR ANYBODY LOCAL, IT'S SENTIMENTAL.

AND SO IT WAS A NEAT THING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO DISNEY'S DONE.

THERE'S NOW WE GET TO START ON MAINTENANCE OF THE OTHER THINGS.

SO IT'S A CONTINUING EFFORT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND I DO HAVE SOME HELPERS THAT HELP ME EVERY YEAR AND TO SCOUT FURNER WHO IS ONE OF THOSE.

SO I ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SCOUT AND FOR CHRIS FOR LOANING ME HER FOR A WEEK BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY GET TO START THIS UNTIL WE FINISH SWIRL.

SO WE HAVE LIKE TWO WEEKS TO GET IT DONE AND THEN PUT IT OUT IN THE YARD.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T DO CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, AND IT LITERALLY WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

THE GUYS HELPED PUT UP THE LOTS ON THE COURTHOUSE.

WHEN WE CHANGE OUT THE BULBS, WHICH HOPEFULLY WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE'LL DO THAT, BECAUSE NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE REMODEL OF THE COURTHOUSE. THAT'LL BE SOMEONE ELSE'S JOB.

SO MAYBE THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE PUT THOSE UP.

AND THEN WE DID CHANGE THE WAY WE DID CHRISTMAS WITH OUR TREES, WITH THE TREE LIGHTING.

SO WE HAD OUR BIG TREE, WHICH WE OWN HERE AT CITY HALL, AND THEN WE RENTED ANOTHER TREE TO GO BY THE PHONE BOOTH SO THAT WE COULD KEEP THAT EVENT WITH THE TREE LIGHTING, WHICH IS A CHAMBER EVENT DOWNTOWN AND HAVE THE SANTAS VILLAGE ALL ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE VISITOR CENTER.

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SO THAT WORKED WELL, AND WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT AGAIN THE SAME WAY.

I LOVED IT.

I REALLY LOVED IT.

AND I HATE WHEN THE COURTHOUSE DOES OPEN.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER A THIRD TREE BECAUSE IT WAS SO GOOD TO HAVE THEM AT THE LOWE'S LOCATIONS.

I JUST I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NICE.

YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. I REALLY LIKED HAVING THE TREE HERE AT CITY HALL, TOO, SO I THINK IT WAS A NICE ADDITION.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES GOING FORWARD.

BUT IT WAS GOOD AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

I GOT LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS, SO I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A TREE ON EVERY CORNER OF THE COURTHOUSE.

SO HOPEFULLY OUR EVENTS WILL KEEP MAKING A LOT OF MONEY AND WE CAN DO THAT ONCE THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION IS COMPLETE.

THERE YOU GO. AND THEN I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU OUR HISTORIC THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

SO WE DID HAVE THE HISTORIC MARKER DEDICATION IN MAY AND THE DECATUR GLASS SHOW, WHICH WAS REALLY NEAT.

AND THERE IS STILL SOME DECATUR GLASS ON DISPLAY IN THE VISITOR CENTER, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

IT'S A REALLY NEAT STORY FOR DECATUR.

WE DID STILL DO SEVERAL TOURS WITH KIDS AND WITH DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE COURTHOUSE.

OUR TOURS THIS YEAR WILL HAVE TO CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, BUT THAT WON'T SLOW US DOWN.

WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO DO OUR HISTORIC WALKING TOURS OF DOWNTOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE, TOO, BUT FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AND WE'LL GET TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE RENOVATION, WHICH IS AN EXCITING THING FOR OUR TOWN TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT HAPPEN.

AND OUR HISTORIC WALKING TOUR IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE THE BROCHURE.

THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PART OF THIS WILL BE GETTING A QR CODE, AND SO THERE'LL BE A QR CODE ON EACH OF THE WINDOWS FOR EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PULL THAT UP AND YOU'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HUNT DOWN THE BROCHURE ANYMORE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO UNVEIL THAT.

AND THEN IN PROGRESS, THINGS I HATE TO SAY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT JUST HAVE KIND OF STAYED ON THIS LIST, BUT I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT TXDOT IS WORKING ON THE SIGNAGE AND THE PLACEMENT, SO THAT'S IN THEIR HANDS NOW.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LIST TOGETHER AND START PURCHASING SOME SIGNS SOON.

AND GREG'S BEEN HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL.

THE PARKING SIGNS, YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE GOING UP AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE COUNTY PLACES ARE THE PRIMARY ONES THAT THOSE ARE GOING NEXT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND SEE WHERE WE CAN STICK THOSE OTHERWISE.

AND OUR WEBSITE IS GOING, IT'S UP AND GOING.

THE ONE THAT WAS DECATUR TOWN SQUARE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO DECATURTOWNSQUARE/DECATURMAINSTREET.COM SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THERE WILL BE STILL SOME CONTINUING CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE AS WE GO.

AND THE MAIN STREET BOARD MEETS NEXT WEEK FOR OUR ANNUAL BOARD AND STRATEGY STRATEGY SESSION FOR THE YEAR.

AND SO EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE KIND OF DECIDED AT THAT MEETING MOVING FORWARD.

THE ATM IS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED IN JANUARY.

THAT WAS THE LAST THING THAT I HEARD.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT PERIODICALLY, SO I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS ABOUT THAT TOO.

SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED IN JANUARY.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.

SO CROSSING MY FINGERS, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WAYNE, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE ATM? I WAS. I WAS TOLD.

YEAH, I WAS TOLD BY THE END OF JANUARY.

SO MAYBE.

ALL RIGHT. FRED, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES ON THE MAIN STREET EXPANSION? I NOTICED IT WAS LISTED THERE, THE MAIN STREET BOARD AT OUR MEETING IN DECEMBER.

THEY WERE EACH GIVEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE GIVEN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THAT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TO TURN INTO THE MAIN STREET, THE TEXAS MAIN STREET CENTER, IS DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ADDRESS.

SO WE HAVE TO INCLUDE PICTURES, WHETHER IT'S AN EMPTY LOT OR A BUILDING, AND THEN THEY WANT TO KNOW THE AGE OF THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT BE A RESIDENCE OR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, JUST DETAILS.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE BIT TO GET THAT COMPLETED.

BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE ONES WHO HAD THAT IN THEIR HANDS FOR THE LAST MONTH WILL HAVE THAT FOR ME NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE CAN START TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BECAUSE THE TEXAS MAIN STREET CENTER WILL THEN GIVE THEIR BLESSING ONCE WE TURN ALL OF THAT IN TO OFFICIALLY DECLARE THE REST OF THE DISTRICT A MAIN STREET PART OF OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICT. AND THEN WE CAN SEND OUT THE LETTERS AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE NOW IN OUR DECATUR MAIN STREET DISTRICT, AND THIS IS WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.

[Police Department report by Police Chief Delvon Campbell including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I'M KIND OF GOING TO BE DOING TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PD, WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET ALL THAT TO YOU AT ONCE.

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BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE A VALIANT EFFORT IN ABOUT 9 MINUTES OR LESS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TWO THINGS.

THE FIRST THING, AS I GET STARTED HERE IN JUST A SECOND, WHAT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU IS SOMETHING THAT'S SENT OUT TO ALL MY GUYS ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE I LEFT FOR NEW YEAR'S.

AND THEN WHEN I WAS SITTING AND GETTING READY TO DO THIS PRESENTATION, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF GET OUT TO EACH OF YOU, ALSO TO JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO GET STARTED.

WE'RE GOING TO SAY HOW THIS GOES TONIGHT.

GO AHEAD, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

SO AS 2022 COMES TO AN END, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS EACH OF YOU MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND CITY THIS PAST YEAR.

AS I REFLECT ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AS A DEPARTMENT THIS PAST YEAR, THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ONLY BE ACHIEVED BECAUSE OF EACH OF YOU.

IN A SHORT TWO YEAR PERIOD NOW, WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN OUR QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE.

THIS PAST YEAR, WE HELD OUR FIRST ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY GALA AND WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS, WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE SALARIES THROUGH BUDGETING, WHICH IN TURN HAS HELPED US ADD EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH TO OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE SEEN THE ADDITIONS OF TRAVIS YOUNG, BRANDON MCCOMAS, MIKE YBARRA, LEX LOVE, STEVE BAKER, KIM KILGORE AND THOMAS WAITE.

EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BRING ADDED EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND ENTHUSIASM, WHICH COMPLEMENTS OUR GROWING DEPARTMENT.

WE CELEBRATED ANOTHER BADGE PRINTING CEREMONY AND WELCOMED JACOB CORNELISSEN AS OUR NEW PATROL SERGEANT.

WE HAVE ADDED NEW VEHICLES THAT WILL FINALLY GET OUR FLEET UPDATED AND UNIFORMED, WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED IN A VERY LONG TIME.

WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER RADAR TRAILER TO OUR USE AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE DEA.

WE CHANGED CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT ALSO HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.

WE HAVE STARTED THE TRANSITION TO A BETTER CAD RMS SYSTEM.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO BECOME THE COUNTIES OR OUR APPLICATION TO BECOME THE COUNTY'S FIRST TICO TRAINING PROVIDER APPEARS TO BE DONE. WE HAVE SENT THEM THEIR MONEY AND SO THAT APPEARS TO BE FINISHED.

FINALLY, THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE NEW POLICE FACILITY.

THE BOND WAS PATCHED IN MARCH OF 22 AND CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON THE SCHEMATICS AND DESIGN.

IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, WE SHOULD BE IN OUR NEW FACILITY BY SPRING OF 25.

WE CAN'T STOP NOW TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORIES THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN THE PAST YEAR, BUT WE MUST CONTINUE TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

I'VE SAID A MILLION TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT.

DECATUR PD IS THE BEST AGENCY IN THIS COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT BOASTFUL OR DEMEANING TO ANY OTHER AGENCY, BUT RATHER THE CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE IN EACH OF YOU.

WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EVERY CITIZEN ENCOUNTER, WHETHER IT IS A DISPATCHER OR ANSWERING A PHONE CALL, AN OFFICER MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP.

CID SUPPORTING A VICTIM OF A CRIME.

SROS MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO A KID.

CRIME SCENE COLLECTING AND PROCESSING EVIDENCE, AND EVEN TO OUR CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP US AND REPRESENT US.

WE ARE THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO.

BEING THE BEST DOES HAVE ITS CHALLENGES BECAUSE IF YOU STOP LEARNING AND YOU STOP PUSHING YOURSELF, THEN CONTENTMENT SETTLES IN.

THIS IS WHEN THOSE WHO ARE CHASING US WILL CATCH US AND PASS US IS THE BEST.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE NOT MEASURED BY INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS OR FAILURES, BUT RATHER BY THE RESILIENCY OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT WORKING AS ONE.

DON'T STOP, KEEP PRESSING ON, AND DON'T SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN EXCELLENCE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WILL COME IN 23.

I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED THAT I GET TO BE THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THIS GREAT CITY AND WORK WITH SUCH SERVANTS AS ALL OF YOU.

THIS COMING YEAR, I DO HAVE A CHALLENGE.

THIS COMING YEAR, I ASK THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ENERGY YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.

EVERY MEETING YOU ATTEND, EVERY ENCOUNTER YOU HAVE, WHAT ENERGY DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE? OTHERWISE, STAY SAFE AND MAINTAIN DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU, SIR. SO THE LAST THING I APOLOGIZE, WHICH IS GOT THROWN IN AFTER THIS WAS ALL DONE, SERGEANT SANDATE HAD STOPPED BY LAST FRIDAY AND PROVIDED ME SOME NUMBERS.

IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED US TO GO INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DA FOR HIM TO GO AND ASSIST THEM AT THE AIRPORT.

SINCE OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD 24 KILOS OF METH AMPHETAMINES THAT THEY'VE CONFISCATED, TWO KILOS OF COCAINE.

AND ALSO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, $354,500 IN CURRENCY HAS BEEN SEIZED BY THAT GROUP.

SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.

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ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY OF THE NUMBERS THAT SCROLL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE'LL GET 80% OF THAT.

THAT'S DIVIDED UP AMONGST THE MEMBERS THAT'S ON THE TEAM.

SO AT MOST, THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS ON THAT TEAM.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE OPERATING WITH THREE.

VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD.

I, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIEF CAMPBELL? CHIEF CAMPBELL, I BET YOU PROBABLY, WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THAT YOU'VE YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY WELL AWARE THAT TODAY IS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. YES, SIR. WELL, I'M GLAD.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID KNOW THAT.

WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO MAKE TO YOU, SIR, AND TO YOUR TEAM.

SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME.

THE PROCLAMATION NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY, WHEREAS FOR GENERATIONS, THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CITY OF DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS EMBODY THE COURAGE AND HONOR THAT REPRESENT THE BEST OF DECATUR.

AND. WHEREAS, IN MOMENTS OF DANGER AND DESPERATION, THE FIRST PEOPLE WE TURN TO ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

THESE OFTEN UNSUNG HEROES RISKED THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE AND IN SECURED AND IN SECURITY.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT PHRASE.

THEY PLAY SUCH AN INTEGRAL, INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SOCIETY.

THEY ARE GUARDIANS OF THE WAY OF OUR LIFE.

THE WAY. GUARDIANS OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.

GUARDIANS OF THE YOU GOT IT.

GUARDIANS OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.

THAT IS EXACTLY IT.

AND THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT.

AND WHEREAS WE DUTIFULLY RESPECT AND HUMBLY APPRECIATE THE DECATUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO TIRELESSLY PROTECT AND SACRIFICED SO MUCH TO DEFEND CIVIL ORDER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE.

BE IT KNOWN TO ALL.

I. MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 9TH, 2023, AS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF DECATUR.

THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] THE ONE THING THAT I DO LIKE ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE ALL TEAM TOGETHER, WHETHER IF IT'S FINISHING A PROCLAMATION OR WORKING THROUGH A PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[CALL TO ORDER]

I. IT'S 6:00.

I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX D, THE

[1. CP2022-07 CONSIDER FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “D,” “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY, FOR AN APPROXIMATE 16.65 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF DEER PARK ROAD AND NORTH OF WEST THOMPSON STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.646 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF DEER PARK ROAD, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.29 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST THOMPSON STREET AND ADJACENT TO DEER PARK ROAD AND THOMPSON STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD (TN) LAND USE DESIGNATION TO ACTIVITY CENTER (AC) LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTY, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BISHOP HEIGHTS, IS LOCATED EAST OF DEER PARK ROAD AND NORTH OF WEST THOMPSON STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION CP2022-07—MR. LOU CHRISTOPHER, ON BEHALF OF NS MF PARTNERS – DECATUR LLC) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6-0.)]

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPLICATION CP 2222-07.

HELLO. OH, RIGHT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THIS.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE.

I'M GOOD WITH. HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE BISHOP HEIGHTS PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK, YOU APPROVED THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AT THE TIME, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE LAND USES IDENTIFIED.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM IDENTIFIED, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE LAND USES SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

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THE APPLICANT IS MR. LEW CHRISTOPHER.

THE CURRENT DESIGNATION LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY AS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ACTIVITY CENTER.

HE FEELS THAT THIS MORE CORRECTLY REFLECTS WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO CURRENTLY.

AND THEN MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD THE SURROUNDING LAND USES TO THE NORTH IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

TO THE SOUTH IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, TO THE EAST IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN TO THE WEST IS ACTIVITY CENTER AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE APPLICANT, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IS REQUESTING ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS REQUEST IS BEING PROCESSED CONCURRENTLY WITH.

OH, I'M SORRY. IT'S BEING PROCESSED SO THAT THE LAND USE, LIKE I SAID, CONFORMS WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021.

NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBJECTIVES, WE ALWAYS TRY TO IDENTIFY HOW THIS RELATES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ACTIVITY CENTERS OFFERS THE ABILITY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN ONE GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPACT AREA WITH THE HIGH INTENSITY OF USES ORGANIZED AROUND MODES OF ACTIVITY.

PRIMARY LAND USES INCLUDE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS, APARTMENTS, OFFICES, HOTELS, ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS, SERVICE AND OFFICE USES.

SECONDARY LAND USES ARE CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL USES.

THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION IS CONSISTENT WITH MULTIFAMILY ZONING, WHICH IS THE UNDERLYING ZONING FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP FOR THE PROPERTY.

NEXT SLIDE.

OUR LAND USE MAPS PROPOSED AND THEN EXISTING.

NEXT SLIDE. ZONING MAPS.

EXISTING AND PROPOSED.

WE DID NOTIFY 11 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES BACK.

SIX FIVE. AND THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE THE ORDINANCE AND PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SO THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

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FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE, GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX D.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATION CP 202208.

WITH THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO DO TWO, THREE AND FOUR AGENDA ITEMS TWO, THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER SINCE THEY RELATE TO THE SAME PROPERTY.

THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, A ZONING CHANGE AND A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE FOR THE NEW POLICE STATION THAT CHIEF CAMPBELL MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER.

PER THE CITY'S ADOPTED ORDINANCES.

A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED, I BELIEVE, FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, THE ZONING IS MULTIFAMILY AND THEN A PUBLIC PARK ALSO WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICE STATION, BUT IT WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY DOWN THE ROAD BE THE CITY'S COMPLEX CENTER FOR SOME OTHER CITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC PARK.

AND THE APPLICATION IS CP 2022-08, ZC 2022-06 AND SUP 2022-08. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 7.89 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF CHARLES STREET, WEST OF HATCHER STREET, NORTH OF WEST THOMPSON STREET.

427.8 FEET EAST OF SOUTH STATE STREET, ALONG EAST CHARLES STREET.

278.9 FEET EAST OF STATE STREET, ALONG WEST THOMPSON STREET.

THERE IS AN APPROXIMATE POINT 235 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF EAST CHARLES STREET.

THAT'S INCLUDED AN APPROXIMATE POINT TWO ACRES OF LAND LOCATED TO THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH HATCHER STREET, AN APPROXIMATE .278 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE

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CENTER LINE OF EAST THOMPSON STREET.

AND IT MAY MORE COMMONLY BE REFERRED TO AS 1601 SOUTH CHURCH STREET.

AND I SAY THAT IT MAY BE BECAUSE WE'VE GIVEN IT A TENTATIVE ADDRESSING ASSIGNMENT, BUT THEY'VE NOT DECIDED COMPLETELY ON THE SITE LOCATION.

SO THAT ADDRESS COULD CHANGE.

A MAP AND DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL AND ALSO AT OUR OFFICE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE APPLICANT IS CHIEF CAMPBELL WITH CITY OF DECATUR PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION, AS I MENTIONED, OF COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT A MORE APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THAT'S WHAT THE FIRE STATION, LAND USE AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LAND USE.

THE MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING DESIGNATION WOULD BE CO OFFICE.

AGAIN THE FIRE STATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SHARE THAT ZONING DESIGNATION AS WELL.

AS FAR AS SURROUNDING LAND USES TO THE NORTH IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD AND PSLI, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

EAST IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WEST IS ACTIVITY CENTER AND PSLI.

IN TERMS OF THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE NORTH IS SF TWO.

TO THE SOUTH IS C0 AND C2.

EAST OF SF TWO AND TO THE WEST IS C-O.

UM AGAIN THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FROM MULTIFAMILY TO AN OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW POLICE STATION IN THE CITY COMPLEX.

ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED CONCURRENTLY.

IN ORDER FOR THE ZONE CHANGE TO TAKE EFFECT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED.

AND IN ORDER FOR THE SUP TO TAKE EFFECT, THE ZONING CHANGE WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED.

IN TERMS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBJECTIVES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS CHARACTERIZED BY FREESTANDING BUILDINGS CONTAINING USES SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR OFFICE JOBS.

THE BUILDINGS MAY BE OF VARYING SIZES, BUT ARE TYPICALLY SET BACK FROM THE ROAD, AND THE USES DO NOT RELY ON PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

PRIMARY LAND USE INCLUDES RETAIL, COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS, APARTMENTS, OFFICES, HOTELS, ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS, SERVICE AND OFFICE USES.

SECONDARY LAND USE INCLUDES TRAILS AND SPORTS FIELDS.

SO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION IS CONSISTENT WITH CO OFFICE ZONING.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

AND THESE ARE THE LAND USE MAPS EXISTING AND PROPOSED.

ZONING MAPS EXISTING AND PROPOSED.

AND THEN THE SUP MAP.

AGAIN, THE UNDERLYING ZONING WOULD BE OFFICE, AND THEN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD BE THE OVERLAY ZONING DESIGNATION.

THIS IS JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED OR GIVEN THE GREEN FLAG BY THE CHIEF.

BUT WE WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

NEXT SLIDE. WE DID NOTIFY 20 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE BACK THAT WAS COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS.

UM STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE SEPARATE ACTION ON EACH OF THE THE APPLICATIONS.

BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ALL THREE AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6 TO 0 FOR ALL THREE.

ALL RIGHT. DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION? CP 20022208.

FOR ANY OTHER INPUT.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM THREE, WE'VE HAVE OUR FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR OR BE HEARD ON AMENDMENT APPENDIX B TO ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THIS IS APPLICATION Z.

I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO GO.

I'M JUST GOING THROUGH EACH ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR FOR YOUR INPUT.

THANK YOU. Z.

YEAH. ZC 2002- 2206.

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ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'LL GET US TO ITEM FOUR.

FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT OF APPEARANCE TO BE HEARD ON AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX B ZONING.

THE CODE OF ORDINANCE APPLICATION AS SUP 202203.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, THAT GETS US THROUGH ALL THOSE ITEMS. THEN WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT GETS US TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT GETS US TO ACTION NUMBER FIVE, HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE.

[5. V2022-19 HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTIONS 15-6(A)1, 15-6(A)17 AND 15-6(A)18. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO ADVERTISE OFF-PREMISES ON AN EXISTING CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN (CEVMS) HIGHWAY POLE SIGN ALONG US HIGHWAY 380 BYPASS ACCESS ROAD TO US HIGHWAY 81-287. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT 601 N. US HIGHWAY 81-287, DECATUR, TEXAS. (VARIANCE APPLICATION V2022-19—BRYAN BROWN, ON BEHALF OF DYNASTY OVERHEAD DOOR)]

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MR. BRYAN BROWN'S REQUEST ON BEHALF OF DYNASTY OVERHEAD DOORS FOR VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE.

AND THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS THAT THIS VARIANCE IS APPLICABLE FOR.

15-6A1. THE SIGN SHALL BE ON THE SAME SITE TO WHICH IT ADVERTISEMENT REFERS EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED IN THIS CHAPTER, OFF PREMISES SIGNS ARE PROHIBITED ITEM OR SECTION 15-6A17 CEVMS ARE PROHIBITED.

THESE ARE CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS.

THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES TO ALL OFF PREMISES SIGNS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BILLBOARDS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION OF THIS CHAPTER, OR WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THIS CHAPTER.

AND THEN SECTION 15-6A18, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY ALLOWED HERE IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS ARE ONLY ALLOWED ON PREMISES, POLE OR MONUMENT SIGNS ALONG FM 51 AND U.S.

BUSINESS 380 AND ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED ON ALL OTHER SIGNS IN ALL OTHER LOCATIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SIGNS LOCATED ON U.S.

HIGHWAY 81, 87 OR 380 BYPASS.

THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY IS 601 NORTH U.S.

HIGHWAY 81 TO 87.

AND JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT, WE DID PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DEFINITIONS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AS TO WHAT A CEV MS IS CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VERBAL MESSAGE SIGN AND THEN WHAT OFF PREMISES SIGNS AND THE DEFINITION FOR THOSE TWO.

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AND AS FAR AS BACKGROUND GOES FOR THIS, YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SIGN ON MARCH 23RD, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTED APPROVAL OF SIGN VARIANCE V2020-02 TO ALLOW A CEVMS WITH THE CONDITION THAT OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING WOULD STRICTLY BE PROHIBITED.

ON MAY 16, 2022 OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, RICK DENNEY, RECEIVED A COMPLAINT REGARDING MR. BROWN ADVERTISING OFF PREMISES BUSINESSES ON HIS CEVMS HIGHWAY POLE SIGN, AND I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH PICTURES OF THOSE IMAGES.

ON MAY 17, 2020, THE APPLICANT REMOVED ALL OFF PREMISES ADVERTISEMENT AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED.

ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 STAFF DENIED MR. BROWN'S APPLICATION FOR OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING BECAUSE, AGAIN, OUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT OF PROMISING OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.

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IN TERMS OF STAFF'S FINDINGS.

THE REQUESTED VARIANCE, REQUESTED VARIANCE COULD VIOLATE THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE.

THE HIGHWAY POLE SIGN IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THE EXIT RAMP TO SOUTHBOUND U.S.

HIGHWAY 81-287 AND IS INTENDED TO BE VISIBLE FROM NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND U.S.

HIGHWAY 81-287 AND THE 380 BYPASS.

THE CEVMS IS CURRENTLY USED TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESSES.

THE BUSINESS FOR WHICH IT IS LOCATED ON WITH CURRENT ADS AND PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE WE UNDERSTAND SIGNAGE IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE VISIBILITY AND EASE TO ITS CUSTOMERS DESIRED DESIGNATION, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ALLOWED TO HAVE OFF PREMISE ADVERTISEMENT, THE SIGN COULD POSE A DISTRACTION TO TRAVELERS ALONG A BUSY THOROUGHFARE AND ONE THAT IS ALREADY IMPEDED BY SLOW MOVING LARGE 18 WHEELER TRUCKS.

IN ADDITION, A PRECEDENCE COULD BE SET.

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OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS MAY WISH TO ADVERTISE OFF PREMISES AS WELL.

BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF OFF PREMISES SIGN IN OUR ORDINANCE, THIS MAY ALSO CONSTITUTE A BILLBOARD.

THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED AREA SHAPED TOPOGRAPHY OR PHYSICAL FEATURES THAT EXIST PECULIAR TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND NOT APPLICABLE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE LAND IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT.

THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVEN THE PROPERTY'S LOCATION ON TOP OF A HILL.

BUT THAT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, I THINK WAS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN.

I DON'T FEEL OR STAFF DOESN'T FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING WOULD BE NECESSARY OR NEEDED AT THIS LOCATION.

HE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROMOTE DYNASTY OVERHEAD DOORS BUSINESS.

BUT AGAIN, NO SPECIAL CONDITIONS EXIST THAT WOULD INDICATE OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING IS NECESSARY OR NEEDED.

THE HARDSHIP IS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTIONS.

THE PROPERTY OWNER BELIEVES THAT OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING ON HIS EXISTING POLE SIGN WILL MAXIMIZE OTHER BUSINESSES VISIBILITY BASED ON THE SITE'S LOCATION. AGAIN, WHEN HE WAS APPROVED FOR THE VARIANCE, IT WAS VERY MUCH CLEARLY STATED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

STAFF HAS REINFORCED THIS TIME AGAIN, TIME AND AGAIN TO MR. BROWN.

THE INTENT OF THE SIGN REGULATIONS IS NOT ONLY TO MEET TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT TO ENSURE THAT SAFETY AND ESTHETIC CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED AS WELL.

AS WE'VE STATED PREVIOUSLY, SIGNS DO HAVE THREE GENERAL PURPOSES TO DIRECT, INFORM AND PROMOTE CURRENT BUSINESS WITH THE BUSINESS THAT IT SHOULD BE PROMOTING IS WHERE THE SIGN IS LOCATED.

THE SIGNAGE SHOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING NECESSARY INFORMATION TO PATRONS AND TRAVELERS.

OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING CAN BE A VISUAL DISTRACTION.

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF RIGHTS COMMONLY ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT THAT COMPLY WITH THE SAME PROVISIONS.

AGAIN, THE APPLICANT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO ADVERTISE FOR HIS BUSINESS.

HE IS NOT PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT.

THE CURRENT SIGNAGE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VISIBILITY FROM ALL MANNER OF VEHICLES AND IN A LOCATION THAT IS FREE AND CLEAR OF VISUAL AND OBSTRUCTIONS FOR HIS BUSINESS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN THE LAST I WILL MENTION IS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE CEVMS ON THE POLE SIGN LOCATED ON U.S.

HIGHWAY 81-287.

AGAIN, IF WE ALLOW OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING ON THE CEVMS HIGHWAY POLE SIGN, THE SIGN MAY POSE A DISTRACTION TO NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TRAVELERS ALONG BUSY THOROUGHFARES AND ONE THAT IS ALREADY IMPEDED BY SLOW MOVING LARGE 18 WHEELER TRUCKS.

THE OTHER THING.

THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND ALSO, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISSUES, ONCE YOU ALLOW IF YOU ALLOW HIM TO HAVE OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING, YOU CAN'T YOU REALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT'S PUT UP.

RIGHT. RIGHT. WELL, I GUESS MAYBE I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT MAYBE I SHOULD WAIT.

BUT I'LL ASK THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. SO.

BECAUSE. YEAH, THAT THAT REALLY IT'S NOT JUST THE SPECIFIC VARIANCE.

IT COULD END UP BEING A VARIANCE OR THIS IF YOU ALLOW IT HERE, THEN THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WITH ELECTRONIC OR THE CEVMS. YES. AND OUR OTHER CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH WELL, IF IF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING AND YOU REINFORCE THAT AT THE MEETING WITH THE VARIANCE WASN'T PERMITTED.

AND THEN YOU KNOW CODE ENFORCEMENT FINDS THAT THERE IS BEING UM OFF PREMISES, ADVERTISING GOING ON.

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WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU IF YOU DO ALLOW IT, RIGHT.

WHAT MORE IS GOING TO BE POSTED? SO. LIKE A BIGGER CONSIDERATION HERE.

YES. OTHER THAN THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGN.

YES. AND WE JUST PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION.

THESE ARE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL'S MINUTES A FEW YEARS BACK.

AGAIN, IT STATES THAT OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING, NOT PERMITTED.

NEXT SLIDE. UM, THIS WAS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THESE WERE THE TWO SIGNS THAT WERE BEING ADVERTISED OR TWO BUSINESSES THAT WERE BEING ADVERTISED.

NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT.

AND I THINK MR. BROWN MAY BE HERE.

I DID TELL HIM IT WASN'T A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THAT MAYOR YOU COULD AT YOUR DISCRETION, IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'VE GOT A, BEFORE THAT, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE CAN YOU ADDRESS ONE MORE TIME? THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT HE STATES HAS OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING FOR OTHER COMPANIES LIKE.

SO WE THINK, JAKE, THAT HE'S REFERRING TO BILLBOARDS WHAT ARE CONSIDERED ACTUAL BILLBOARDS AND CAN YOU GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE BILLBOARDS WHY THEY ARE ALLOWED? WAS THAT THE BILLBOARDS THAT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN? CORRECT. OUR SIGN ORDINANCE WHEN I GOT HERE, THE SIGN ORDINANCE, I THINK, HAD BEEN ADOPTED IN.

WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN THE SEVENTIES, BUT THERE WAS NOT.

THERE WAS ONE PARAGRAPH.

IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT RELATED TO SIGNS.

IT WAS NOT VERY DETAILED.

IT GAVE NO PROHIBITIONS, NO RESTRICTIONS.

AND THEN OVER TIME, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN CATERED I GUESS, TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S FEELINGS AND THINKING ABOUT ESTHETICS AND SIGNAGE.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

AND I THINK LEGAL MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU.

I DO. I WONDERED IF MR. BROWN WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING FIRST OR I CAN JUMP IN NOW, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WANTS.

SURE, THAT'D BE THAT'D BE FINE, MR. BROWN. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHEN YOU COME UP, JUST STATE YOUR NAME.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, MY NAME IS BRIAN BROWN, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL APPRECIATE YOUR HEARING FROM ME TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE WHAT THEY HAD, BUT I'M COMPLETELY READY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST DEAL HERE, OBVIOUSLY SITTING IN YOUR SEATS WHERE YOU ALL ARE, IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M FILING FOR HERE IS IS A VARIANCE TO BE ABLE TO OUTSIDE ADVERTISE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS SITTING IN YOUR SEAT, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IS IF WE DO IT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? AND I THINK THAT QUESTION WOULD BE DEFINITELY IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES TO SAY, WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO HERE? YOU KNOW, ARE WE TALKING TO REPRESENTATIVE FROM LAMAR WHO IS OUT OF DALLAS OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE OTHER ARRINGTON ADVERTISING PLACES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE.

THEY DON'T PAY TAXES HERE.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING THAT I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION FOR.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE THE SIGN LAW.

AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP AND SAYS, HEY, WHY DOES BRIAN BROWN GET TO ADVERTISE ON HIS BUSINESS THERE? YOU KNOW, BRIAN BROWN PAYS TAXES HERE.

BRIAN BROWN, YOU KNOW, IS A CITIZEN IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT EVERY EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS Y'ALL HAVE TO COME AND HEAR.

AS FAR AS THE ADVERTISING THAT YOU ALL SAW THAT SHE PRESENTED, PRESENTED IT, SAID OUTSIDE ADVERTISING, OBVIOUSLY.

THOSE TWO SIGNS, PBP BUILT MY BUILDING THERE.

AND GRAYCO IS THE COMPANY THAT'S RIGHT BESIDE ME.

SO NEITHER ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES PAID ANYTHING FOR THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS.

SO WHEN I DID COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, BEFORE I BROUGHT IT UP, NOBODY TOLD ME.

NO, NOBODY TOLD ME. YES.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CORRESPONDING EMAILS FROM THE LAST CITY COUNCIL.

SO I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THAT.

AND IF I DID GET SOME SOMETHING, I MEAN, I WOULD I WOULD HAVE PRESENTED THAT TODAY.

SO AS FAR AS THE AS FAR AS THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH GOES, I THINK ANY BILLBOARD IN TOWN RIGHT

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NOW COULD PUT ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO UP.

AND I MEAN, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE THERE.

WE HAVE A VERY STRICT ADVERTISING POLICY IN PLACE FOR HATE SPEECH, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I WOULD BE WILLING ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE AND I KNOW YOU ALL THINK THAT, HEY, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

BUT WITH WITH ANY OF THE OTHER BILLBOARDS THAT ARE IN TOWN RIGHT NOW, ANY ANY OF THAT COULD HAPPEN.

WE CAN TAKE AN AD DOWN AS QUICKLY AS WE PUT IT UP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE DOESN'T HAVE HERE IN TOWN.

I KNOW THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD CHANGES A LITTLE BIT FROM THE REGULAR BILLBOARD, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL ADVERTISING.

THERE'S MULTIPLE BILLBOARDS IN TOWN, MAYBE 25, THAT ARE DOING OUTSIDE ADVERTISING ON A PROPERTY THAT THAT IS NOT THEIR PROPERTY.

THEY'RE ADVERTISING FOR ANOTHER COMPANY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LEGAL SIDE AND AND IT CAUSING AN ISSUE FOR DRIVING TRUCKS, I THINK THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

THIS BILLBOARD HAS BEEN UP FOR A YEAR AND I'VE NEVER HAD ONE ISSUE OR COMPLAINT FROM SOMEBODY SEEING IT OR THE ADS SWITCHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

JAMES OR I GUESS KARL CLEMENT, HIS SIGN CHANGES WHEN IT LIGHTHOUSE CHANGES.

I MEAN, TO SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR, YOU KNOW, ONGOING TRAFFIC I THINK IS OUTRAGEOUS.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY COME UP AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SIGN.

WE KEEP THE BRIGHTNESS TO THE LEVEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IS FOR CODE.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY LIKE THAT ANYWAY, IF IT'S SUPER BRIGHT AT NIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS AS FAR AS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE BOARD GO, I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOR FOR WHAT IT IS AND FOR WHAT I'M DOING HERE, I JUST YOU KNOW, I'M I'M A CITY GUY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED TO THAT CITY.

WE DID THE BILLBOARD OR WE DID THE BOWIE KNIFE THERE IN BOWIE.

AND SO I MOVED TO DECATUR HERE AND TRYING TO BUILD MY BUSINESS HERE.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WANT ME TO DO WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL.

WHEN I MOVED TO WHEN I MOVED TO DECATUR, PEOPLE SAID, DON'T PUT YOUR DON'T PUT YOUR BUSINESS IN TOWN.

IT'S VERY HARD TO WORK WITH DECATUR, THE CODES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE CHAMBER, I WAS A CHAMBER PRESIDENT IN BOWIE, AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THESE THINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HELP THE CITY BY BEING A PART OF THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I SO WHAT I SAID WHEN I BROUGHT MY BUSINESS TO TOWN AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING HERE FOR.

I'M JUST ASKING TO BE ABLE TO TO GROW MY BUSINESS TO DO THIS.

OF THINGS NOT JUST OUTSIDE ADVERTISING, BUT CITY EVENTS, CITY ALERTS.

WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.

SO BEING ABLE TO IF SOMEBODY SHOT ME A MESSAGE AND SAID, HEY, WE GOT AN EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, WE GET IT UP ON THE BILLBOARD LIKE THAT.

AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR OUTSIDE ADVERTISING TO BE THE SOLELY THING.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS.

I PUT THE I PUT THE DEAL FOR A DECATUR FORWARD UP.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE ABOUT WHAT HOW THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT BRIAN BROWN.

I WANT THIS IS SO WE CAN DO KIND OF A COMMUNITY BOARD HERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.

I KNOW THE LEGALITY OF IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE LAWS ON WHY THIS SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH, BUT I'M JUST STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU AS A DECATUR RESIDENT SAYING, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I'M TRYING TO GROW MY BUSINESS AND I WANT TO BE YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET THIS THING GOING.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO, MR. BROWN, AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I WANTED TO CHIME IN FIRST.

SO AS A CITY, I REALLY TAKE OBJECTION TO THE FACT THAT WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT PROMOTE.

BUT WHEN WE GRANTED THAT FIRST ORDINANCE, WE SAID YOU AND YOU ALONE.

AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE IRREFUTABLE PROOF OF YOU ADVERTISING OUTSIDE WHEN WE SAID, OKAY, YOU WANT TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS, 24, SEVEN PICTURES, LIGHTING. I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIGHTING, BUT WHEN YOU ARE ASKED NOT TO DEGREDATE FROM WHEN THE VARIANCE WAS GRANTED.

THIS IS WHEN I PUT MY CITY HAT ON AND I SAY, WELL, OKAY, IF HE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT THIS WAY, AND THEN, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE ME A COUPLE MORE INCHES OR A COUPLE MORE FEET AND THEN OKAY, I MAY NOT PUT HATE SPEECH UP.

I MAY NOT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL.

AGAIN, IT'S YOUR SIGN.

YOU BOUGHT THE SIGN.

YOU PROBABLY PUT IT UP BEFORE YOU RESEARCHED THE ORDINANCE ON SIGNAGE.

OUR SIGNAGE IS ANTIQUATED.

VERY SIGNAGE ORDINANCE IS ANTIQUATED.

I GET THAT, BUT A LITTLE HESITANT FROM THE VIEW OF BUSINESS OWNERS EYES.

IN MY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY I WOULD CALL THIS A CONCERN, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF

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REWRITING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT OF US TO ADDRESS WITH OUR LEGAL WHENEVER WE GET TO THE POINT OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE REWRITE, WHICH I THINK IS COMING UP, RATHER THAN DO SOMETHING TODAY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ON AN OLD ORDINANCE ANYWAYS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

MAYBE THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ORDINANCE COMING FORWARD INSTEAD OF MAKING A DECISION TODAY.

THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HMM. SO, BRIAN, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, SO YOU MENTIONED THE BILLBOARDS.

SO WHEN CLEAR CHANNEL OR ARRINGTON DOES A BILLBOARD, YOU SIGN A CONTRACT? I'VE DONE BILLBOARDS BEFORE, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THE VARIANCE WAS GRANTED, HOW LONG YOU WOULD DO CONTRACTS, YOU WOULD SAY YES TO THIS COMPANY, BUT NO TO THIS COMPANY.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME WOULD BE YOUR OWN BUSINESS? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME WOULD BE ADVERTISED FOR SOMEBODY ELSE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND TYPICALLY OUR BILLBOARD WOULD BE FOR A YEAR, YOU'D BE ON FOR A YEAR.

AND THEN IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO A ONE OFF, IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING COMING UP, THEY WANTED TO ADVERTISE FOR A SPECIAL THAT THEY WERE DOING, WE WOULD DO WHERE YOU COULD ADVERTISE AS ONE, YOU KNOW, A ONE MONTH DEAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE PLAY THAT.

BY YOU, SORRY.

ONE FINAL QUESTION, BY YOU ADVERTISING AND GETTING REVENUE FROM ANOTHER COMPANY, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE ADVERTISEMENT BOOSTING DYNASTY OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY? I MEAN, WE WOULD RESERVE AT LEAST TWO AD SPACES FOR DYNASTY AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL WOULD HAVE IN HERE IN TOWN? YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 2 TO 3 FOR THAT.

SO. THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THE SIGN ORDINANCE.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASKING YOU ALL TO CHANGE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS COMING IN FOR A VARIANCE, SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SIGN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.

I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A SPECIALTY DEAL, BUT I MEAN, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE UP TO Y'ALL ON HOW Y'ALL WANTED TO PROCEED WITH THAT.

SO. WELL, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REDOING OUR SIGN ORDINANCES, AND I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE WHEN WE'VE HAD TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THE SIGN ORDINANCE, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE GRANT THIS ORDINANCE OR DENY THIS ORDINANCE.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

WE'VE BEEN IN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST OF WHEN WE GRANT ONE PERSON ONE THING, THEN WE GET A FLOOD OF PEOPLE WANTING THAT SAME THING.

SO IT'S WE MIGHT OUGHT TO DISCUSS WHAT WE WANT IN THE SIGN ORDINANCE AT SOME POINT.

AND I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW EDDIE AND ALL THREE OF YOU GUYS ARE ON THE SIGN.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THIS GOING FORWARD OR NOT ALLOW IT? OR WHERE DO YOU WHERE DO WE ALLOW IT OR I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF ALSO WHERE WE GET IN WITH CHIEF CAMPBELL, BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT IT AND HIS THOUGHTS BEHIND IT. YOU KNOW, I KIND OF SWAY BACK AND FORTH AS I LOOK AT IT.

I UNDERSTAND A BUSINESS OWNER, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD FOR ME TO IT'S HARD EITHER WAY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND BUSINESS OWNERS WANT TO MAKE MONEY. BUT I, I AS WE LOOK AT EVERY OTHER VARIANCE WE'VE GIVEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, IF WE'VE DONE ONE, WE'VE TRIED TO STAY CONSISTENT.

AND THAT IS MY FEAR.

THAT IS WE IF WE IF WE DO ALLOW ONE VARIANCE, WE TRY TO BE AS CONSISTENT TO EVERYBODY AS WE CAN.

SURE. AND THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST FEAR.

YEAH. YEAH. I LOOK AT IT AS THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST TO ME.

THIS VARIANCE IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A LARGER CONSIDERATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY AND I THINK ALL OF US I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, ONE, WE THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING DECATUR AND PUTTING YOUR BUSINESS HERE.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE US AND SPEAKING TO US ABOUT YOUR DESIRES.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS GROUP IS WE DO WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON.

BUT AGAIN, I GUESS THE ONE THING I'D WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THIS IS REALLY FOR ME ANYWAY, IS A BIG PICTURE ITEM AND NOT A SPECIFIC ACTION ITEM.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S YOUR VARIANCE THAT'S COMING BEFORE US.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND I KNOW LEGAL HAS SOME INPUT AS WELL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. SO THE BIG ISSUE HERE IS THAT A VARIANCE WOULD NOT BE AN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE YOUR ORDINANCE EXPLICITLY

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PROHIBITS OFF PREMISE SIGNS.

SO MY ADVICE TO YOU TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE NOT TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON A VARIANCE REQUEST THAT IT IS A LEGISLATIVE VEHICLE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO ALLOW THIS THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY WITH YOUR SIGNS THAT WOULD COME THROUGH YOUR SIGN ORDINANCE, NOT THROUGH A VARIANCE.

I GET THAT. YEAH, IT'S REALLY KIND OF LEANING MORE ON THE ORDINANCE VERSUS MAKING A VARIANCE TO IT.

AND IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE COUNCIL PERSON REEVES WAS SUGGESTING, I THINK IS GETTING US TO THE POINT WHERE WE REALLY HAVE A DOCUMENT TO LET THAT GOVERN THAT PROCESS RATHER THAN HAVING A VARIANCE FOR COUNCIL.

SO YOU'RE BASICALLY ACCORDING TO THE LAW, WE SHOULD NOT ACT ON THIS.

RIGHT? THE VARIANCE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE TO ALLOW THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED WHEN YOU'VE GRANTED VARIANCES IN THE PAST OR THE WAY IT SHOULD BE ANYWAY.

WHEN YOU GRANT A VARIANCE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING IN A BIT OF A MODIFIED WAY.

IT'S NOT A PROHIBITED USE, IT'S MAYBE A SIZE VARIANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE GOOD REASONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR DOING THAT.

MAYBE VISIBILITY.

YOU'LL HAVE ALL OF YOUR REASONS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AND THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER ABOUT WHY A VARIANCE FROM WHAT IS LIMITED, NOT PROHIBITED, BUT WHAT IS LIMITED WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

AND THIS INSTANCE, OFF PREMISE SIGNS ARE PROHIBITED.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, I GUESS TONIGHT.

WHERE ARE WE ON THE UPDATE OF OUR SIGN ORDINANCES? WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME BEFORE THOSE MIGHT COME BEFORE US OR BEFORE WE MIGHT? THE SECOND THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WEDNESDAY WITH OUR LEGAL FOLKS AND WITH NATE.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A TWO YEAR WAIT.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOPED IN ON THAT? SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ALLOW FOR THAT.

COUNCILMAN ALLEN, WE GOT YOU GUYS IN ON THE FIRST LOOK TO CREATE A SERIES OF NOTES AND RED LINES, KIND OF GET SOME SORT OF A VISION TO BEGIN FORMING.

STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE LEGALITY AND THE LANGUAGE PIECE.

WE NEED TO MEET AT LEAST ONCE MORE, MAYBE TWICE.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOP YOU GUYS AGAIN IN THAT PROCESS AGAIN AS WE PREPARE TO FINALIZE SOMETHING SO THAT THERE'S NOT TIME WASTED ON EITHER SIDE OR WITH OUR TEAM AND LEGAL OR OUR ADVISORS.

OPEN. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

AND THEN WHEN WE SEE IT GO, WELL, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE WERE THINKING AND THEN SPEND VALUABLE TIME WITH LEGAL REDOING IT.

AND I LOVE THAT QUESTION MR. ALLEN BECAUSE IN THE MEETINGS WE'RE HAVING, I VERY MUCH WANT TO HEAR WHAT COUNCIL'S VOICE IS AND COUNCILS WILL IS.

SO THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE, MOST IMPORTANT PIECE.

YOU ARE THE POLICY SETTERS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. WHAT IS OUR VIEW ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE AS COUNCIL? DO WE KNOW OR DO WE NEED A DIFFERENT MEETING TO KNOW THAT? OR IS COUNCIL COMMITTEE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THANK YOU.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, IT DID COME UP.

THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF SUPPORT FOR OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING.

SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO REPEAT WHAT I BELIEVE I HEARD COUNCILPERSON SAY.

AND IF I WILL ALSO ADD IN THE ROBERTS RULE, IF I DON'T HEAR ANY MOTION, THERE IS NO MOTION TO BE TAKEN.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

SO AT THIS POINT, IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO MOTION.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS MINUTES OF COUNCIL.

BILLS AND INVOICES AND LEASING OF OFFICE SPACE AGREEMENT.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE, WE CAN DO SO.

OTHERWISE WE'LL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

YOU GOT A SECOND? OH, MAN, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD AT THIS.

OKAY, VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION?

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. ACTION.

ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNITE US NETWORK.

[7. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE HEALTH SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNITE US NETWORK AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GUEST TO SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT.

MR.. YOU DIDN'T MATTER.

GEORGE HOLZBOG FROM WISE HEALTH SYSTEMS IS HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE UNITE US PLATFORM.

BUT BEFORE SHE GETS STARTED AND I'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION A HANDFUL OF TIMES, SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP COMPLETE IT TONIGHT.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE GET REQUESTS THROUGH CITY HALL OR POLICE OR FIRE OR PUBLIC WORKS THAT DON'T REALLY FIT FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO BE HANDLING OR TACKLING.

AND IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE THE HOSPITAL HAS FOUND A WAY FOR US TO MEET SOME OF THOSE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP OF SORTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT JORDAN IS HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, THE UNITE US PLATFORM.

SO, MS.. OSBORNE, WELCOME VERY MUCH.

OH, GOSH, VERY NICE.

OH, IT'S ALL. SORRY.

SORRY. THANK YOU ALL.

AND YOU ALL WATCH [INAUDIBLE] BACK THERE? HE'S WATCHING MY PURSE. MY NAME IS JORDAN.

MY NAME IS JORDAN HOLZBOG.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF POPULATION HEALTH FOR WISE HEALTH SYSTEM.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ON A SOCIAL NEEDS PLATFORM CALLED UNITE US.

TODAY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE I GET STARTED.

SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM AND PER OUR IRIS TAX FILING, WE HAVE TO COMPLETE SOMETHING CALLED A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT EVERY THREE YEARS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT HERE AS OF 2023.

BUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE IS WE COMPILE DATA FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

WE DO A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY, WE DO STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF JUST WHAT..

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? I KNOW I'M LOUD, BUT YOU'RE GOOD THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.

WHAT THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE HOSPITAL.

SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IS THE PICTURE OF AN OVERALL INDIVIDUAL AND THE HEALTH CARE ASPECT.

YOUR MEDICATIONS, THE PHYSICIANS THAT YOU SEE, ANY HOSPITAL STAYS THAT YOU HAVE ONLY MAKE UP 30% OF YOUR OVERALL HEALTH.

SO THERE'S 70% THAT'S IMPACTED EXTERNALLY OF THAT.

THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU LIVE IN, THE BEHAVIORS THAT YOU HAVE AND YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

SO AND I'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IN 2017, WHICH WAS THE FIRST COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED ASSESSMENT THAT I CREATED OR I WORKED ON FOR WISE HEALTH SYSTEM, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THE DATA AND WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD FROM A HEALTH CARE PERSPECTIVE, BUT THAT 70% WERE KIND OF LACKING ON, AND WE WANTED TO FACE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP THIS COMMUNITY DO THOSE THINGS? SO WE DEVELOPED HEALTHY WISE COUNTY, WHICH I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN.

IT'S A PUBLIC GROUP OF MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD MONTHLY AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN OUR TRI ANNUAL Q&A.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS KIND OF COME TO FRUITION AFTER OUR 2020 HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND HERE WE ARE NOW.

SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND POP FACTS.

WE GET THIS FROM CLARITAS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR EXTERNAL DATA SOURCES.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THE POPULATION OF WISE COUNTY IS JUST UNDER 73,000.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHICH WAS WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2020.

BUT IN TALKING TO JUDGE CLARK AND OTHER LEADERSHIP, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SERVING AS A WHOLE.

RIGHT. SO DECATUR IS OBVIOUSLY TOTALLY INCLUDED IN THAT IN THE BOX THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THOSE ORANGE BOXES THAT'S SHOWING THE BIGGEST GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN BETWEEN AGES OF 55 AND 84.

SO OUR POPULATION IS AGING AND IN HEALTH CARE OUR AGING POPULATIONS COSTS THE MOST.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF HEALTH CONDITIONS.

THEIR MEDICATIONS COST A LOT, THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS A LOT.

AND SO WE PUT LOTS OF RESOURCES INTO THAT AGING COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES TO THAT COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH CARE OR OTHERWISE.

BUT WE PUT A LOT OF FOCUS ON THAT AGE GROUP.

I DID WANT TO SHARE OUR MARKET SHARE REMAINS REALLY STRONG, WHICH IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE FOR A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OUR SIZE IN A COMMUNITY THIS LARGE.

SO MARKET SHARE BASICALLY IS YOU'RE OUTMIGRATION OR ARE PEOPLE UTILIZING YOUR HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.

THIS IS BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT AND AND JUST OUTPATIENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE COMPARE TO THOSE OTHER REGIONAL AREA HOSPITALS.

MORE THAN 60% OF OUR COMMUNITY STAYS HERE.

THEY WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR HERE.

THEY WANT TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PHYSICIAN.

THEY LIKE THE HEALTH CARE THAT WE OFFER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

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SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM OUR LAST COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WE USE THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AS ANOTHER DATA SOURCE, AND THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WISE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, 21% OF ADULTS ARE UNINSURED.

BLESS YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND HAS JUST RISEN A COUPLE OF POINTS SINCE 2012, WHICH IS WHICH IS ALSO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF RESOURCES HERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS EVEN IF THEY ARE UNDER UNDERINSURED.

THE LAST BULLET POINT THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS SOMETHING THAT'S MOST SHOCKING TO MY TEAM AND MAYBE SHOCKING TO SOME OF YOU, MAYBE NOT SHOCKING TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE GROUP. BUT ONE IN FOUR HOUSEHOLDS HAS SOME SORT OF HOUSING PROBLEM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL CAN FEEL IS THE HIGH HOUSING COST THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT LACK OF KITCHEN FACILITIES AND LACK OF PLUMBING FACILITIES IS SHOCKING.

AND FROM A HEALTH CARE PERSPECTIVE, WE MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY AND I'VE GIVEN THIS, I'M SAYING THE SAME THING.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEARD THIS IN THE PAST.

IT'S LIKE A MEMORY NOW.

IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT PERHAPS HAS A WOUND, THEY'RE A DIABETIC PATIENT.

DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS ARE VERY COMMON IN DIABETIC PATIENTS.

THERE'S LOTS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DRESSING CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT RATES OF HEALING, YOU KNOW, ARE UP TO PAR.

AND IF YOU LACK PLUMBING FACILITIES, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.

IF YOU LACK THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN YOUR HOME PROPERLY, THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO THROUGH THIS UNITED PLATFORM IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THOSE NEEDS TO RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I SAID IT THIS MORNING AT THE COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

I CONSIDER US A FLIER COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A FLIER FOR EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A FLIER STAND JUST OUT THERE WHEN YOU GO PAY YOUR WATER BILL AND IT'S FULL, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND PEOPLE TAKE THE FLIERS AND WE HAND OUT FLIERS EVERY DAY.

BUT WOULD YOU GO AND TAKE THAT FLIER AND CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON IT IF YOU HAD A NEED? PROBABLY NOT.

WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC.

WE SEE A LOT OF UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED PATIENTS IN THAT CLINIC.

AND WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED FOOD.

WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL.

AND WE CAN HAND THEM A FLIER.

BUT ARE WE GIVING THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEALTHY BY GIVING THEM A PHONE NUMBER AND THE ONUS IS PUT ON THEM, THE PRESSURE IS PUT ON THEM TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL AND UNITE US KIND OF SWITCHES THAT AROUND AND CREATES A LITTLE BIT LESS PRESSURE AND LESS OF A BURDEN ON THAT PERSON.

THESE ARE THE FOUR HEALTHY WISE COUNTY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.

THE ECHO WAS FORMERLY THE WISE COUNTY HEALTH FORUM.

IT'S BEEN GOING AROUND ABOUT 25 YEARS.

WE'VE GOT OVER 100 ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT MONTHLY.

AND THEN WE SEPARATE THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR CHNA BETWEEN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND HEALTHY LIVING, THOSE THINGS CAN TOUCH ON ANYWHERE FROM TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS LIKE WALKING AND BEING HEALTHY, EATING WELL, SLEEPING, AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS OBVIOUSLY REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

SO BUSINESSES, EDUCATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

I'M GOING TO GET NATE ON AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE THIS COMING YEAR.

SO WATCH OUT FOR MY EMAIL AND I ENCOURAGE YOU OBVIOUSLY, TO PARTICIPATE AS AS YOU SEE FIT.

OKAY, THERE'S THE THREE MINUTE VIDEO.

BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT UNITE US IS A SOCIAL NEEDS PLATFORM.

IT'S COMPLETELY WEB BASED.

AND THE THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS IT WOULD ALLOW FOR, LET'S SAY, IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY'VE GOT THIS WATER BILL AND THEY JUST CAN'T PAY IT, WELL, NORMALLY THE ANSWER IS, WELL, I'M REALLY SORRY, I CAN YOU ASK SOMEBODY FOR HELP? I DON'T I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO HELP YOU.

RIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GO DIRECTLY INTO UNITE US AND REFER THE PERSON TO A DIRECT RESOURCE.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE IN WISE COUNTY CALLED TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO ALL DAY.

THEY PAY UTILITY BILLS AND HELP PEOPLE WITH THAT SORT OF ASSISTANCE.

THEY COULD PUT THAT REFERRAL IN AND THAT NONPROFIT WOULD CONTACT THE CLIENT AND WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THEIR UTILITY BILL PAID.

SO NATE HAS MADE THE JOKE THAT IF THIS COVERS AT LEAST SOME OF THE UNPAID UTILITY BILLS THAT YOU'LL HAVE, I THINK IT'S, WHAT, $30,000 A YEAR, THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW THIS VIDEO.

IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES LONG AND WE'LL COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS.

WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ADDRESS PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS EARLY TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

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HOWEVER, TODAY'S FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE OF CARE DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET HELP.

WHAT IF EVERYONE COULD GET THE CARE THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT? AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK IT ALL, TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE WAY CARE IS BEING DELIVERED.

NO PAPER REFERRALS, NO PAMPHLETS, NO MISSED APPOINTMENTS.

THAT'S WHERE UNITE US COMES IN.

AT UNITE US, WE'RE TRANSFORMING THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN ONE NETWORK.

WITH OUR SUITE OF SOLUTIONS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO BUILD HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2013.

HOW DOES IT WORK? ANNA'S STORY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

THIS MORNING, ANNA ARRIVED AT HER LOCAL FOOD PANTRY.

SHE TOLD THE STAFF THERE THAT SHE WAS STRUGGLING TO PAY HER UTILITY BILL FOR THAT MONTH.

AFTER CAPTURING ANNA'S CONSENT TO HAVE HER INFORMATION SHARED ACROSS THE UNITE US PLATFORM.

THEY IMMEDIATELY REFERRED HER TO AN ORGANIZATION OFFERING INCOME SUPPORT THROUGH UNITE US.

AND ANNA WAS ABLE TO GET HELP THAT WEEK.

SINCE ANNA HAD ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO THE FOOD PANTRY THROUGH UNITE US, WE LOCATED HER RECORD AND THIS REFERRAL POPPED UP ON HER TIMELINE FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE.

ONCE ANNA RECEIVED MONEY TO COVER HER UTILITIES FOR THE MONTH WITH THE HELP OF HER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER, THE COORDINATOR THERE SECURELY SENT A STATUS UPDATE BACK TO THE FOOD PROVIDER.

BY WORKING TOGETHER, THEY MADE SURE SHE GOT THE CARE SHE NEEDED.

EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT, WHICH IS WHY UNITE US SUPPORTS FLEXIBLE NETWORK STRUCTURES.

OUR SYSTEM IS ALWAYS EVOLVING NO MATTER WHERE WE START.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE NETWORK.

UNITE US SECURELY, TRACKS EVERY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, REFERRAL, INTERACTION AND OUTCOME ACROSS ANNA'S CARE JOURNEY, AND NOT JUST WHETHER A NEED WAS ADDRESSED OR NOT, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

THIS DATA ALLOWS US TO ASSESS WHAT WORKED AND HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR ANNA AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE HER.

THE IMPACT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE USING IT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S DEDICATED TO GROWING AND IMPROVING THE NETWORK AND ITS PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

WITH THE DATA GENERATED BY OUR PLATFORM, WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS IN RESOURCES.

BY EMPOWERING OUR PARTNERS WITH THESE INSIGHTS, WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND EVEN PREDICT WHO WILL NEED SERVICES WHEN AND WHERE.

IN TIME, THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE PAID THE SAME WAY THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS FOR THE WORK THEY DO.

AND A STORY IS ONE OF MANY JUST LIKE HERS.

HERE AT UNITE US, WE ENVISION A WORLD OF TRULY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.

JOIN US IN GETTING THERE.

ONE STORY AT A TIME.

SO I ACTUALLY SAW THIS AT A CONFERENCE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ADOPTED THIS INTO THEIR HEALTH CARE AND GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM.

SO ALL OF THEIR AGENCIES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD FUNDING, I GUESS, FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE AND THEIR HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE IMPLEMENTED THIS.

UNITE US WAS ACTUALLY BUILT AND DESIGNED AS A VETERANS RESOURCES PLATFORM.

SO THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED PROPERLY AND DATA FEEDBACK FOR THOSE UTILIZE RESOURCES EXIST.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT WISE HEALTH SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE TAKING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH ALL OF THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

UNITED WAY, THE COUNTY WHO'S ACTUALLY ALREADY GOT A VOTE YES THIS MORNING, WHICH IS GREAT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PRODUCT.

SO THEN I TURN IT OFF.

OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF UNITED OR UNITE US IS GOING TO BE AN ADVOCACY COUNCIL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA THAT WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND HOW THE HOW NONPROFITS ARE BEING UTILIZED AND THE NEEDS THAT ARE BEING WORKED THROUGH IS GOING BACK SOMEWHERE.

UNITE US, MIGHT SHOW US THAT WE HAVE A HUGE GAP IN SOME SORT OF ITEM.

IT MIGHT SHOW US THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY RESOURCES IN ONE AREA AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TURN TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, OKAY, HEY, WE NEED THIS OR HEY, WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THIS NEED.

SOMETHING MIGHT NOT EXIST AT ALL.

AND WE'VE GOT TO GET TOGETHER AS A GROUP THROUGH THIS ADVOCACY COUNCIL AND CREATE IT TOGETHER.

SO I'VE ASKED NATE IF HE IF HE WOULD HAVE A SEAT ON THIS.

ANYBODY THAT'S PARTICIPATING CAN HAVE A SEAT ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AND UTILIZING THAT DATA IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

THERE'S ALL OUR LOGOS TOGETHER.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP.

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WISE HEALTH SYSTEM HAS TAKEN ON A LOT.

WE'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 50 YEARS.

WE'VE SAT IN THE SEAT TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FROM A HEALTH CARE PERSPECTIVE.

BUT WE REALIZE THAT THAT'S NOT JUST ON US.

HEALTH CARE IS EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM, RIGHT? IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM.

IT'S A GROUP PROBLEM. IT'S A CITY PROBLEM.

IT'S AN EMS PROBLEM.

IT'S A POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBLEM.

AND IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AND BEING A COHESIVE GROUP AND WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL FOR HEALTH OF EVERYONE.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING FROM EACH OF THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

WISE HEALTH SYSTEM AND THE FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE TAKING ON SOME OF THAT COST.

UNITED WAY IS GOING TO BE TAKING UP SOME OF THAT COSTS.

THE COUNTY DID APPROVE THEIR COSTS THIS MORNING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE TREMENDOUS AND A DIFFERENT CHANGE USING UNITE US IS THAT DATA FEEDBACK.

SO LIKE UNITED WAY CURRENTLY USES CHARITY TRACKER, WHICH IS REALLY JUST LIKE A LIKE A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN JUST WHO USED IT AND WHEN.

YES. YEAH.

RIGHT. SO AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE SAME COST SO HOPEFULLY I KNOW THAT MARTIN HAS THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A UNITED WAY PERSPECTIVE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND MORE FEEDBACK TO UNITED WAY AND THE CHARITIES THAT THEY FUND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO DID I MISS ANYTHING? OKAY. OH, ONE THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS WELL IS IN ADDITION TO THE ADVOCACY COUNCIL, MAYBE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS SEE FIT, I OR MY COUNTERPARTS WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW IT'S GOING SPECIFIC TO YOUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE CITIZEN'S INDICATOR ARE UTILIZING OR NOT.

AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF SHARE FEEDBACK AS WELL.

THERE'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF US, SO.

ANY QUESTIONS? VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. OOH, MISS HOLZBOG, I GOT A I GOT A DOOZY FOR YOU.

GREAT PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WISE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE UNINSURED BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED? I DON'T. WHY? BECAUSE I DIDN'T START.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DON'T I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE 1700 BUCKS FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

IT'S MORE THAN MY MORTGAGE.

NO, I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. YOU HAVE A LOW MORTGAGE? WELL, I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THAT AFFLUENT SUBDIVISION THAT YOU LIVE IN, SIR.

BUT I CAN GET THAT DATA FOR YOU.

WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO HISTORIC DATA, SO I CAN EMAIL THAT TO YOU OR NOT TO PUT MY PERSONAL BUSINESS OUT THERE.

BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS THAT 21% THAT SEEMS LOW.

YOU KNOW, I'VE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES BEFORE, BUT THIS NANNY STATE LEANING ON I MEAN, HAVE I SEEK HELP BEFORE? YES, I WILL NEVER SAY THAT.

HOWEVER, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO DEPENDING ON FEDERAL DOLLARS AND STATE DOLLARS.

AND YES, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S MARITAL SITUATIONS DIFFERENT AND FAMILY DYNAMIC IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PULLING OURSELVES UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS AND IF I DON'T PAY MY WATER BILL, THAT'S ON ME AND I'M GOING TO GO HUSTLE THAT MONEY TO GO PAY MY WATER BILL.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW SHADE OF THE PROGRAM.

IT'S GREAT. I JUST I WOULD SAY I COME FROM A DIFFERENT GENERATION, BUT I'M OBVIOUSLY THE FOURTH YOUNGEST PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL, SO I WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING ELSE. AND MATURITY LEVEL OF NUMBER ONE, LOWEST, BUT STILL.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT TO US.

I GET THE CONCEPT OF PULLING YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU NEED HELP.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S A PROGRAM HERE TO HELP US AND TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.

AND I'LL JUST ASK A FOLLOW UP TO WILL'S QUESTION.

SO IS IT TRACKED HOW OFTEN YOU PAY SOMEBODY'S WATER BILL OR ARE THERE ANY THINGS IN PLACE THAT KEEP IT FROM BEING HABITUAL OR SO? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.

THERE'S A HISTORY THAT'S INVOLVED, SO LET'S SAY THAT WILL GETS PUT INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE HE NEEDS HELP WITH HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOU'LL SEE.

SO LET'S SAY HE NEEDS HELP WITH HEALTH INSURANCE.

THAT AGENCY HAS HELPED HIM.

AND NOW HE COMES TO YOU BECAUSE HE'S GETTING HEALTH CARE.

SO LET'S SAY HE COMES TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC AND WE CAN SEE, OKAY, HE GOT HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE ON THIS DATE.

AND NOW HE'S COME TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC ON THIS DATE AND SAW THIS PROVIDER.

AND THEN HE WENT TO THE FOOD PANTRY.

HE WENT TO THE FOOD PANTRY HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE.

AND THEN I THINK WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE HOW WERE UTILIZING THE SYSTEM AND IT'S NOT BEING WORKED AND YOU KNOW.

APOLOGIES. OKAY.

SO, YES, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WE WERE TALKING EARLIER THE CHARITY TRACKER.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT DID.

[01:30:02]

IT REGISTERED ALL THE ACTIVITY FOR THOSE UTILIZATIONS.

AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO SUPPLY A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES.

SOME TYPE OF STATE ISSUED ID, PASSPORT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SURE. IT'S A CONSENT, WHICH I THINK WAS IN THE PACKET.

THERE'S A CONSENT THAT'S REQUIRED.

THERE IS ALSO A SOCIAL NEEDS SCREENING TOOL THAT WE'RE HOPING AS [INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CMS IS REQUIRING US TO DO ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

EVERY HOSPITAL HAS TO DO IT STARTING NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START EARLY TO KIND OF FLOAT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF NEEDS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

IT'S LIKE 12 QUESTIONS AND IT'S SURROUNDING THOSE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW BASED OFF OF THAT SURVEY WHERE THE PERSON IS PROBABLY GOING TO NEED THE ASSISTANCE AND IT MIGHT JUST BE IN ONE AREA, IT MIGHT JUST BE FOOD ASSISTANCE AND THEY DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE.

IT MIGHT BE EVERYTHING.

IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HELP US KIND OF MONITOR THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BEING VERY DIRECT WITH THOSE NEEDS. AND DID I SEE THE COST TO THE CITY IS $500 A YEAR? YES, MA'AM. THE MOU THAT WE SENT IS FOR THREE YEAR COMMITMENT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, I HOPE THAT THIS WORKS OUT AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT GOING FORWARD.

BUT IT IS JUST A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT.

WE AS WISE HEALTH SYSTEM HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO BE A PART OF IT.

BUT IT IS JUST $500 A YEAR.

YEP. YES.

ESPECIALLY WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT AND PRESENTATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO IF THE HOSPITAL CHANGES HANDS? THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THAT AT ALL.

OKAY. SO AND I THINK I GOT IT.

I'VE GOTTEN THAT QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.

BUT THE COMMUNITY IMPACT A HOSPITAL HAS ON ANY COMMUNITY IS IT EXISTS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, NO MATTER IF YOUR MEDICAL CITY OR YOUR THR OR YOUR WISE HEALTH SYSTEM, IT EXISTS.

THERE'S AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES COMMUNITY SERVICES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY IMPACT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.

I GET THAT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CONTRIBUTION PART OF IT? SO IF THE HEALTH IF WISE HEALTH IS PICKING UP 2500 FOR AND THE THE NEW HOSPITAL NAME COMES IN AND SAYS WE'RE NOT DOING THE CONTRIBUTION, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PART OF THE FUNDING? SO OUR INTENTION THAT IF THE ACQUISITION HAPPENS, WHICH WE'RE JUST IN THE BABY STAGES OF THAT, THAT THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY TAKE ON SOME OF SOME OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

BUT IF NOT, WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PERHAPS A LEGACY ENTITY TO CONTINUE ON.

WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMEWHERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THAT STUFF, THIS WILL STILL EXIST.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SAY THAT THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD WITH MEDICAL CITY AND THEIR CHARITY THAT THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA'S SUBSTANTIAL.

YEAH. AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TO MANAGE THE $5,000 COST FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL CITY OFFERS TO COMMUNITIES.

MOST OF THEIR HOSPITALS HAVE A COMMUNITY IMPACT DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUS SOLELY ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW, AND I THINK FROM OUR CITY PERSPECTIVE, TOO, I THINK AS A PARTICIPANT, THE $500, I THINK ULTIMATELY IT REALLY GIVES ACCESS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME ON SOMETHING TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO GET THEM SOME HELP.

AND IT ALSO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT A CUSTOMER HERE THAT'S HAVING A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND YOU HAVE NO ANSWER FOR THEM.

BUT THIS GIVES A PROVIDES AT LEAST A POTENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

SO I THINK THIS DOES TRULY LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE WIN WIN SITUATIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THIS IS A ACTION ITEM.

SO WE'LL LOOK FOR LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I WAS. I AGREE.

WELL, WHOMEVER.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE HEALTH SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNITE US NETWORK AND EXECUTE THE..

I'LL SECOND THAT AND WOW.

SECONDED. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. I THANK YOU.

EIGHT, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A CONTRACT SERVICES BETWEEN WISE AND DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.

[8. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A CONTRACT OF SERVICE BETWEEN WISE COUNTY AND THE DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR SERVICES AS A COUNTY LIBRARY 2022-2023 AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

[01:35:08]

SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE GET WITH WISE COUNTY.

SO I JUST NEED APPROVAL.

MAYOR SIGNATURE. AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THIS YEAR IS $55,688.75.

OKAY. VERY WELL.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROGRAM? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR SERVICES FOR THE 2022- 2023 AGREEMENT.

AGAIN, VERY WELL.

DO WE DO WE NEED ANY AUTHORIZATION SPECIAL? DO WE HAVE IT? WAS THAT GOOD? WE'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU.

SO, LEGAL SENSE, THAT'S A GREAT MOTION.

SO THAT MAKES EVERYONE FEEL WELL.

AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND I DID GET A SECOND, WILL.

ALL RIGHT, SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE. SAME SIGN.

EXCELLENT. AND THAT PASSES.

SO, PUBLIC INPUT.

[9. COUNCIL TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT (please complete a Speaker Registration Form before speaking) each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes, the Open Meeting Act does not allow for discussion in response to the comments, comments should be directed to the Council as a whole rather than to individual members, and no action will be taken by the Council.]

DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC INPUT? AND THEN THAT GETS US TO ITEM.

CAN I MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. YOU'RE.

YOU'RE ALWAYS MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? CAN YOU DO YOU MAKE A.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET GREG'S TCU JACKET STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD.

I DON'T SEE THAT ON OUR AGENDA.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

OTHERWISE, THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT AT 7:08.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jan 09, 2023 City Council

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