[1. CONSIDER A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES IN ORDINANCE 2024-01-01, BY UPDATING FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GARBAGE RATES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 1, 2024.]

CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AND ORDINANCE, 2024 0101.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A UPDATING OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR, THOSE ARE DONE BY ORDINANCE.

THIS SPECIFICALLY WAS SPURRED BY THE NEED TO REMOVE SOME DEPOSITING REQUIREMENTS ON OWNERSHIP BASED PROPERTIES IN OUR WATER UTILITY SERVICES, AND THEN ALSO THE NEED TO CHANGE OUR FEES COLLECTED BY WASTE COLLECTIONS OR WASTE CONNECTIONS, RATHER.

SO IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE HONOR THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE BULK OF THE RED LINES ON PAGES SIX AND SEVEN OF YOUR PACKET REPRESENT.

IT IS A FIRST READING.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES, BUT YOU'LL TAKE ACTION AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. YES. YEAH. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

WELL, CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING DUE DILIGENCE AND ENSURING APPROPRIATE FEES AND FEE SCHEDULES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM TWO CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE 2000 0508.

[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE 2000-05-08 CODIFIED AS APPENDIX A; PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLATS, PLANS, AND SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, OR WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION, CONTAINING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 05-01-01 CODIFIED AS APPENDIX C; PROVIDING NEW APPENDICES GOVERNING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FEES, AND OTHER STANDARDS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE 2024-03-06]

HAVE A REPORT ON THIS? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

I WOULD CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 42 AND 43 OF YOUR PACKET.

WE DID UPDATE THE FORMATTING AND THE LOGOS TIED TO VARIOUS PROCESS CHARTS AND INFO ELEMENTS OF OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING WAS GRAMMATICAL IN NATURE FROM THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS DOCUMENT.

WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK, BUT NOTHING THAT RESULTED IN A MAJOR CHANGE OF THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN FROM THE LAST MEETING.

CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FINAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS A COMPLETE REWRITE.

WE TOOK THE OLD SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ESSENTIALLY DOWN TO BARE MINIMUM, AND STAFF AND LEGAL COMPLETELY REWROTE THAT WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANTS AT KIMLEY-HORN.

SO THIS WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING.

SO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS FOR GETTING US THROUGH THAT PROJECT.

YOU BET. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND REVIEW.

I KNOW THAT WAS AN ARDUOUS PROCESS, PARTICULARLY ONCE YOU COME TO A CONCLUSION OF UNEARTHING THIS, THEN YOU FIND OUT, GOSH, THIS ISN'T MATCHING UP WITH THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT WAS A REAL BIG PROJECT AND A GREAT JOB.

AND IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

SURE. AS ANYTHING, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE FURTHER CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM THREE, HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM POLICE CHIEF DELVON CAMPBELL.

OH LET'S VOTE.

OH, GOSH. SURE.

YEAH. ALL THAT HARD WORK. YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, OH, WE WORK SO HARD ON THIS, WE'LL JUST WAIT TILL NEXT TIME.

NO, LET'S VOTE ON IT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 0306.

SECOND. I BELIEVE I HAVE THE SECOND HERE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT OR COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, DELVON, I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO YOUR REPORT, BUT APPARENTLY WE WAITED APPROPRIATELY LONG ENOUGH.

[3. HEAR PRESENTATION FROM POLICE CHIEF DELVON CAMPBELL REGARDING NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, AND PROJECTED COMPLETION.]

WE ARE ABOUT IT.

WHILE DEVIN'S GETTING HIS SLIDES IN ORDER, I'LL SAY KUDOS TO CHIEF CAMPBELL AND HIS STAFF.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND I THINK WE'RE FINALLY TO A POINT AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE ROAD MAP TONIGHT AND DELVON SHARES ALL OF HIS GOOD NEWS, COME TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO BREAK SOME GROUND.

SO IT'S EXCITING TIMES FOR THEIR STAFF AND THE CITY.

THIS IS A MONUMENTAL PROJECT.

SO, CHIEF. YEAH.

SO FIRST COUNCIL MAYOR.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME FOR US AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S ALSO AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC HAS ALREADY STARTED, PICKED UP, UP AROUND THE THE FUTURE SIDE OF OUR LOCATION WITH TRAFFIC.

AS FENCING AND SOME OTHER ITEMS ARE ALREADY UP, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO IT APPEARS THE COMMUNITY IS JUST AS EXCITED AS WE ARE ABOUT IT.

SO TONIGHT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AS A RELATION TO THE, THE FACILITY ITSELF AND MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO BRIEF HISTORY KIND OF GIVE YOU JUST ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF.

OBVIOUSLY THE FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF OUR CURRENT LOCATION.

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IT'LL BE BUILT ON THE 7.89 ACRES THAT THE CITY PURCHASED BACK IN MARCH OF 22.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT WE REALLY, REALLY LIKED WAS THAT IT STILL KEPT US KIND OF CLOSE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDED US EASE AND ACCESS OF GETTING ON AND OFF THE HIGHWAYS, AS WELL AS STILL BEING ABLE TO HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO THE MAJOR AREAS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A 30,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, SINGLE STORY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY WILL BUILD PROVIDES RESTRICTED PARKING AND EVERYTHING AS WELL FOR STAFF.

WHEREAS A STATE OF THE ART FUTURE FORENSIC LAB THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE WE'LL HAVE UPDATED COMMUNICATION CENTER, MODERN IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN ALSO STATE OF THE ART TRAINING ROOM.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNICALLY BEGAN ON MARCH 4TH THIS PAST MONDAY, AND SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

KIND OF SOME BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS.

THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORK WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS RIGHT NOW BRINKLEY, SARGENT WIGINTON IS OUR ARCHITECTS HOUSE SERGEANT WHO IS HERE TONIGHT IS THE CEO.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITHIN HIS DEPARTMENT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

ONCE I CONCLUDE, I'LL ALLOW HAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SEDALCO, WHICH IS OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

RUSS GARRISON IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THAT.

AND BO STOKES, WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE PROJECT, IS HERE TONIGHT.

HE'S BEEN ALREADY WANDERING AROUND ON THE THE LOCATION THE LAST WEEK GETTING EVERYTHING PREPARED AND READY FOR THE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN.

SO KIND OF A START FINISH WHERE WE STARTED.

OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS REMEMBER BACK IN JUNE OF 2021? RANDALL SCOTT COMPLETED OUR FIRST NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THAT TIME TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE WERE, WHAT WE NEEDED, AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SEPTEMBER 21ST, COUNCIL GRACIOUSLY PUT TOGETHER A BOND PACKAGE FOR $18 MILLION AND ALSO $1.3 MILLION FOR LAND PURCHASE.

MAY OF 2022, BRINKLEY SARGENT WIGINTON WAS HIRED AS AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.

AUGUST OF 22, WE REVISED OUR NEED ASSESSMENT.

THAT WAS COMPLETED BY BRINKLEY SARGENT WIGINTON KIND OF GAVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIME COMPARED TO OUR INITIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

FEBRUARY OF 23, AFTER REVIEWING SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, WE SELECTED SEDALCO TO BE OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. SEPTEMBER OF 23, YOU GUYS APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION TO GO TO THE COMPLETION OF OUR FACILITY.

AND HERE WE ARE IN MARCH OF 2024.

ACTUALLY BEGINNING SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED OVER THREE YEARS AGO.

AS A COLLECTIVE WHOLE.

SO KIND OF THE ROADMAP THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FINANCIALLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, STARTING THIS PROJECT IN JANUARY OF 21, WORKING THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO OUR FIRST INITIAL COST OF THAT 18,265,000. IN APRIL OF 23, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO UNFORESEEN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.

THAT NUMBER JUMPED QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE 26,578.

CONTINUED WORKING THROUGH THE PROJECT TO SEPTEMBER OF 23, AND WE CAME UP TO THE 27,000,389 AND THEN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THE FINAL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS $27,000,410.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, OKAY, LOOK, 18 AND NINE WERE OFF A LITTLE BIT.

SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY BUDGET WISE.

OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND CONSTRUCTION FOR LAND 18,265,000 INCLUDED THE 1.3 FOR THE LAND.

LAND WAS PURCHASED FOR MARK MORAN AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE OF $892,000.

THAT LEFT US $432 OFF OF THAT ORIGINAL, AS WE CAN MOVE THROUGH OUR BUDGETS THAT WE KEPT GETTING PRESENTED AS THINGS INCREASED ALONG THE WAY.

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AND YOU GUYS, AGAIN, LIKE WE ALREADY SAID, YOU APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL 9 MILLION BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED THAT.

AND THROUGH CAREFUL PLANNING I WOULD SAY THROUGH OUR ARCHITECTS, THROUGH OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THROUGH FINANCE, I KNOW ANNA IS NOT HERE, BUT HAVING MEETINGS WITH ANNA, WITH NATE AND OUR STAFF AS WELL.

WE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 9 MILLION WOULD BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED FOR US THIS TIME ON THE BOND.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE TAKE THE INITIAL 18,265,000.

WE ADD THE 9 MILLION TO THAT.

THAT GAVE US THE TOTAL OF THE 27,000,265.

SO THAT MEANS WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT, BUT WE TAKE THE REMAINING LEFT FROM THE LAND.

AND THAT ACTUALLY MEANS THAT WE HAVE A POSITIVE RIGHT NOW OF $286,000 LEFT.

ALONG WITH THIS, THERE ARE CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO THIS GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

THERE'S A 2% THAT IS BUILT IN ON THE OWNER SIDE, AND THERE'S A 2% THAT IS BUILT IN ON THE CONTRACTOR SIDE.

SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 THAT'S BUILT IN TO OUR PROJECT FOR CONTINGENCIES AS WELL.

SO WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT, GUYS, WE'RE SITTING REALLY, REALLY WELL ON OUR PROJECT IN MY MIND.

AND WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO GET STARTED WITH OUR PROJECT.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON HERE ON THIS ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT IS BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, THE ARCHITECTURAL FEES TO GET US TO OUR OUR GRAND TOTAL OF THAT GMP 23 MILLION AND A HALF ROUGHLY IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST ITSELF.

AND THEN ON THE ARCHITECTURAL FEES, THERE'S THE 3 MILLION THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE LAND AND THE OTHER THE SURVEYS, THE THE SOIL TESTING.

THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PARTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT ARCHITECTURAL FEE TO GET US TO THAT.

GMP IS WHERE WE ARE NOW CURRENTLY.

WE'RE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE IN JULY OF 2025.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE READY FOR AN OPEN HOUSE.

ALL RIGHT. AT THAT TIME.

SO, LIKE I SAID HAL SERGEANT WITH BRINKLEY, SERGEANT WIGINTON IS HERE.

HAL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP UP AND SAY ANYTHING BRIEFLY.

HOW? SERGEANT,BRINKLEY, SERGEANT WHITTINGTON, DALLAS, TEXAS.

FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I WISH OUR FEES WERE $3,675,000.

THAT ACTUALLY IS ALL THE SOFT COSTS FOR THE JOB.

ALL FURNITURE.

IT COSTS FOR THE CITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST.

ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE PROJECTS THAT I'VE EVER WORKED ON, AND I'VE GOT 40 SOME YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS.

ALSO, IT SAYS THAT I'M CEO, I'M NO LONGER CEO.

THE YOUNG GUYS GOT TOGETHER AND BOUGHT ME OUT AND PUT ME OUT IN THE FARM.

EXCEPT MY DEAL WAS I'M STAYING ON THE PROJECTS THAT I PICKED.

I PICKED A FEW OF THEM, AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, ONE OF THOSE.

AND THE OTHER THING IS IT PART OF THE ENJOYMENT OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IS GETTING A CHANCE TO REALLY SEE YOUR EXISTING BUILDING AND SET A STANDARD THAT WAS VERY EASY FOR US TO LOOK LIKE WE WERE THE BEST ARCHITECTS IN THE WORLD.

ESPECIALLY THE DAY WE CAME IN AND SAW THE ICE IN THE IT ROOM ON THE FLOOR.

THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING DAY.

SO ANYWAY, IT'S A REAL EXCITEMENT FOR US TO BE HERE.

THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BUILDINGS.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALLER BUILDING.

IT HAS EVERYTHING THAT A LARGE BUILDING HAS.

IT HAS ALL THE SAME STATE OF THE ART TYPE THINGS.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS JOY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING HERE WHEN HE CUTS THE RIBBON AND ALL OF YOU UP THERE CUTTING THE RIBBON AND EVERYTHING.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE ALWAYS BY THE TIME YOU FINISH CONSTRUCTION, USUALLY THE ARCHITECT'S GUY IS WAY IN THE BACK.

EVERYBODY'S FORGOTTEN THEM AND EVERYTHING AND IT'S JUST OLD NEWS.

SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THEN BO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? BOTH. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE GOT SOME HEAVY STUFF ROLLING IN, SO BO'S EXCITED TO GET GOING AS WELL.

ALSO JUST I LEFT EACH OF YOU AN EXHIBIT OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LINE ITEM.

AS FAR AS THE BUDGET AS WELL.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO.

ANSWER. IF NOT, I'LL REFER TO THE EXPERTS.

OH GO AHEAD.

YES I HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO I NEVER ASKED THIS BEFORE.

BUT THE WARRANTY AT THE COMPLETION.

HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY?

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ONE YEAR. ONE YEAR.

OKAY. YEAH.

NO, THAT'D BE ADDITIONAL.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING.

LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A LEAK IN THE ROOF.

AND IT REALLY COMES TO POINT AT THREE MONTHS IN, HOW LONG IS YOUR WARRANTY? DOES IT END AT THE 12 OR DOES IT BEGIN AT THE THREE? YOU CAN BOTH TALK TO THEM.

WHEN YOU SAY WARRANTIES, THERE'S A WHOLE LAYERS AND LAYERS.

YES. OKAY. GREAT. SO THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR WHAT DO WE CALL IT? NOT REALLY WARRANTY, BUT ANYWAY, IT REALLY IS A WARRANTY.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR PERIOD WHEN THEY COME BACK AND DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES UP AND THAT.

AND THEN AT 11 MONTHS WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING.

JUST LIKE AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, YOU DO A PUNCH LIST.

AT 11 MONTHS, WE'LL DO THE SAME THING.

WE'LL COME BACK, CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, OKAY, HERE ARE THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES AND THE BUILDING'S NOT DONE UNTIL THOSE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.

AND I'VE HAD PROJECTS WHERE TYPICALLY YOU GET INTO THINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT ANY BUILDING THAT HAS THAT'S SOPHISTICATED, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CYCLE OF HOT AND COLD TO GO THROUGH AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING.

SO GENERALLY, AS A RULE, WHEN YOU HIT THAT 11 MONTH, YOU DO THAT 12 MONTH INSPECTION, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME HVAC ISSUES THAT YOU STILL WANT TO MONITOR THE WORDS.

IT DOESN'T JUST STOP IT JUST AT THAT 12 MONTH PERIOD.

HERE'S HERE'S THE LIST OF ITEMS. AND YOU STILL HAVE TO COME TO A JOINT AGREEMENT ON ALL THOSE ITEMS TO RELEASE ALL THE RETAINAGE.

SO BUT BASICALLY IT'S 12 MONTHS.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE THE ROOF WITHIN THE BUILDING, THERE ARE COMPONENTS LIKE THE ROOF, AND I'M NOT A SPEC WRITER, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GENERALLY AROUND 20 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE ROOF.

SO THE ROOF, THEY WELL, THEY HAVE NOT 20 YEARS.

THAT'S A COMPOSITE.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE WARRANTIES THAT ARE USUALLY QUITE A BIT LONGER THAN THAT.

AND SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE THOSE WARRANTIES AND THOSE THOSE DOCUMENTS AS PART OF YOUR CLOSEOUT THAT YOU CAN RELY ON FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND AND DEAL WITH THE ISSUES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT YOU CAN IMAGINE ALL THE COMPONENTS INSIDE THE BUILDING MECHANICALLY AND EVERYTHING.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WARRANTIES ON ALL THOSE PIECES THAT ARE CAN BE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN ONE YEAR.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

WELL, AGAIN, THIS THIS SEEMS TO BE A REPETITIVE MESSAGE WITH COMMENTS FROM THE DIOCESE TODAY.

IS THAT GOOD JOB CITY DECATUR APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR FORESIGHT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

I WAS TRYING TO DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD, BUT IT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST 60 YEAR OLD CURRENT BUILDING WHICH WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR POLICE, BUT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY INHABITED WITH THE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY AND AGAIN, PROBABLY A GREAT UTILIZATION OF DOLLARS AT THE TIME.

BUT AND WE DIDN'T REALLY EXPEND VERY MUCH AT THAT POINT.

SO, AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S CONTINUALLY DOING THINGS IN A GOOD AND GREAT.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY GREAT WAY.

SO BUT AGAIN, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THE ARCHITECTS WERE IN AWE OF OUR FACILITY AND A WALK THROUGH THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BO A WALKTHROUGH AS WELL.

AND HE WAS IN AWE AND TOOK SOME PICTURES.

IT'S AMAZING OF SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS OCCURRED AND THINGS IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXTREMELY EXCITING FOR US.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY JUST AS A QUICK, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS HAD DROVE BY AND SAID, HEY, THEY'RE BRINGING IN PORTA POTTIES.

AND I'M LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING IN THE PORTA POTTIES, WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE NOW.

AND SO OUR GUYS WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT JUST THEM DELIVERING THE PORTA POTTIES UP THERE TO THE ON SITE.

AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO PROBABLY HAVE NEXT MONTH.

I'LL BE WORKING WITH SEDALCO AND THEIR INDIVIDUALS TO SET UP A TIME TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING PROBABLY SOMETIME IN APRIL.

WE'LL GET THAT DONE, WHERE THE WEATHER IS A LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE AND A LITTLE BETTER.

AND THEN ALONG THE WAY, THERE WILL BE OTHER SOME OTHER CEREMONIAL THINGS THAT WE PLAN TO DO.

THAT WILL BE A PART FOR THE FAMILY OF THE PD AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR, OUR, OUR FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO IT SOUNDS AWESOME.

WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO CUT THE ROAD THROUGH AND IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FALLS EXACTLY IN THEIR CALENDAR CONSTRUCTION TIME.

AS TO WHEN THE ROAD TAKES PLACE AS COMPARED TO THE REST? THEY, THEY HAVE A VERY DETAILED PLAN, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOVED ABOUT SEDALKO IN THE BEGINNING IS JUST THEIR

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PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES OF HOW THEY MANAGE PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEM ON THEIR STUFF.

NO MORE KHAKI AND UGLY BLUE.

NO, NO MORE OF THAT.

YOU GUYS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY.

BY WHAT? THE INTERIOR DESIGN PERSON AT BSW HAS DONE.

SHE IS SHE IS PHENOMENAL.

AND IT IS UNREAL.

WHEN YOU GUYS SEE WHAT WHAT SHE IS HAS CREATED FOR THE THE LOOK OF THIS BUILDING, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

WILL BE THE BEST LOOKING BUILDING NOT ONLY IN THE CITY BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY THE DECATUR PD WILL HAVE.

SO. YEAH.

YES. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW THE OTHER THING I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ADD THIS.

I MEAN, I'M VERY INTRIGUED BY THE CONCEPT THAT THE DECATUR BAPTIST COLLEGE AT THAT TIME WAS CALLED THE OLDEST JUNIOR COLLEGE IN AMERICA WAS LOCATED IN DECATUR, TEXAS.

AND AS THEY RELOCATED TO DALLAS THE.

PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY POCO GRAPHITE, SO POCO GRAPHITE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS WERE THERE, AND AGAIN, POCO GRAPHITE CHOSE DECATUR BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEY HAD AN EXISTING FACILITY AND WE'VE HAD THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AREA THAT WAS UTILIZED.

I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I WORKED THERE.

THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE WAS UNDER THE STAIRWELL OF THAT RESIDENT HALL.

AND IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO THINK ABOUT.

AND THEN IT BECOMES THE POLICE STATION.

SO AGAIN, I THINK DECATUR IS JUST A GREAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE APPARENTLY EVERYBODY WANTS TO LOCATE HERE.

AND WE LOVE THAT.

AND THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE PRIMARY REASON THAT THAT HAPPENS.

BUT I LOVE THE STORIES AND THE HISTORY OF HOW WE'VE ADAPTED IN THIS CITY TO BRINGING COMMUNITIES AND OF ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS, ETC..

SO ANYWAY, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.

[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR EDC AND ONYX SPECIALTY PROCESSING LLC APPROVED BY THE DECATUR EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS.]

EDC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AGAIN.

KEVIN HOLZBOG, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET SOME DORM STORIES FROM YOU THERE FOR A MINUTE.

I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED. YOU KNEW, BUT LET ME JUST THAT WAS NOT ON ANYBODY'S BINGO CARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, I YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY FELT VERY AT HOME SITTING IN THIS CHAIR BRINGING HISTORY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND LET ME JUST BEFORE I BEGIN ON OUR A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO RESONATE DELVON'S POINT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PICKING UP AND THE INTEREST LOCALLY.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND GET TO REFER A LOT OF FOLKS OVER TO THE CITY REGARDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROJECT.

AND THEN SECONDLY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR US, WE DO GET ASKED QUESTIONS BY COMPANIES ABOUT ABOUT CRIME RATES AND ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED ISSUES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY COMPANIES MOVING INTO STATE FROM OTHER STATES THAT MAYBE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOW WE ENFORCE THE LAW IN TEXAS VERSUS OTHER STATES THAT WE MAY BE COMPETING WITH OR WHERE THEY'VE EXISTED PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO CHIEF CAMPBELL AND AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL EXCITED TO BRING A COUPLE OF DEALS BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FIRST PROJECT, WHICH IS ONYX SPECIALTIES.

BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, HOWEVER ARE BRINGING GOOD NEW JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT, INCREASING TAX BASE.

ONE OF THEM IS A IS AN INFILL PROJECT OF AN OLDER FACILITY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND HAS BEEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES OVER TIME.

AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING ITS ORIGINAL INTENT BACK IN PLACE AND INCREASING PROPERTY TAX VALUE AS A RESULT AND BRINGING MORE JOBS TO THAT LOCATION.

AND I KNOW THE INFILL IS ONE OF OUR CITY MANAGER'S PRIORITIES.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP MAKE NATE HAPPY ANYTIME THAT WE CAN.

I ALSO WANT TO JUST APPRECIATE OR EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION, THE EDC APPRECIATION TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY.

WE WORK WITH THE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND EVEN OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AT THE CITY ON EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.

BOTH OF THESE TONIGHT OR NEITHER OF THESE PROJECTS ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.

BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE MET WITH CITY STAFF AND IN MEETINGS AND AS WELL AS IN SITE VISITS IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO FIRST ONYX SPECIALTIES AND I'LL JUST I'LL JUST OUTLINE THIS THE SAME WAY I HAVE PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

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WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS FROM ONYX WITH US TONIGHT REPRESENTING ONYX.

WILL WANTZ, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF ONYX SPECIALTIES, IS WITH US.

ROBERT MONG, WHO IS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT OMEGA RESEARCH.

AND JUST AS A PREFACE, THIS FACILITY AND THIS COMPANY HAS THE SAME PARENT COMPANY AS OMEGA RESEARCH.

AND SO THIS IS BRINGING VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN LINE FOR THEM.

IT IS IF MAKING THEIR PROCESSES MORE EFFICIENT, MAKING THEM AS AN ENTIRE AEROSPACE ORGANIZATION, MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET AND FILLING THAT SPACE OUT THERE, WHICH YOU ALL SEE SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE DETAILS IN THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT THAT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE.

AND THEN AS ALSO DON'T WANT TO LEAVE LAMAR MCDONALD OUT THE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT, LAMAR, WAS ALSO THE ARCHITECT ON THE EXISTING OMEGA RESEARCH FACILITY OUT THERE, WHICH IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU ALL WERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING, INCREDIBLE FACILITY.

LAMAR DOES A GREAT JOB.

IT'S ALWAYS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH FOR US AND CITY STAFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THOSE GUYS.

WE'LL GIVE WILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AT THE AFTER I OUTLINED THE AGREEMENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, IF YOU HAVE HARD QUESTIONS, THOSE ARE FOR WILL, THE EASY ONES I'LL TAKE.

SO THIS IS A NEW COMPANY THAT THE PARENT COMPANY OF OMEGA GULF AEROSPACE HAS CREATED.

ONYX SPECIALTIES AS AEROSPACE COMPANY ACTING IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.

THEY'RE FILLING APPROXIMATELY 30,000FT² IN THE OMEGA BUILDING.

AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT DEAL POINTS REAL QUICK.

SO ON THE DEVELOPER COVENANTS, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THERE'S THREE PRIMARY POINTS DEVELOPER COVENANTS, THE EDC COVENANTS.

SO THOSE ARE OUR OBLIGATIONS.

AND THEN THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT WE, WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR.

BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE PRIMARY POINTS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN EACH AGREEMENT AND THAT THE STATE REQUIRES CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN.

SO FIRST, IN THE DEVELOPER COVENANTS THIS AGREEMENT IS WITH GC OMEGA ARI, WHICH IS GOFF OMEGA REAL ESTATE AND ONYX SPECIALTY PROCESSING LLC.

THE REASON THAT IT'S IN TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A OWNER OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN THERE'S THE COMPANY.

AND SO HOW THE CAPITAL OUTLAY WILL TAKE PLACE IS OUT OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

AND SO WE'RE ENGAGED WITH BOTH ACTING AS THE DEVELOPER ROLE AND DEFINED AS A DEVELOPER ROLE IN THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT OUR ATTORNEY AND THEIR ATTORNEY AGREED UPON IT.

THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS THROUGH DECEMBER, 31ST, 2029.

JOB CREATION DETAILS ARE A MINIMUM OF TEN FULL TIME JOBS BY JANUARY 31ST, 2025, A MINIMUM OF 30 FULL TIME POSITIONS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, AND A MINIMUM AVERAGE SALARY OF $60,000 AS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS ARE DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT.

ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT SIDE, DETAILS ON THAT A MINIMUM MINIMUM TOTAL OF $3.5 MILLION.

AND THAT'S BROKEN OUT IN DETAIL AS MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION IN PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS, A MINIMUM OF $2.5 MILLION IN FF&E, WHICH IS FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT ADDED TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AND OPERATIONAL BY THE SAME DATE.

ON THE EDC SIDE.

OUR INCENTIVE ON THIS PROJECT IS A TOTAL OF $175,000.

THAT'S BROKEN OUT AND PAID OUT AS FOLLOWS 87,500.

IT'S BASICALLY 50% INTO AT TWO DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME, 87,500 BY JUNE 30TH OF 2024 FOLLOWING RECEIPTS OF PAID INVOICES, PAID RECEIPTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS PAID DOCUMENTATION TO DATE THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE EDC.

AND THEN THE OTHER 87,500 BY APRIL 30TH OF 2025 FOLLOWING THE SAME TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION.

AND IN NO EVENT SHALL THE EDC PORTION AND OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EXCEED $175,000.

I WILL NOTE, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY'S SAKE AND I'M SURE Y'ALL ALL CAUGHT THIS AS YOU STUDIED THIS LATE LAST NIGHT.

THE THE MOST OF OUR PROJECTS, WE TALK ABOUT BEING PERFORMANCE BASED, MEANING THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE COMPANY HAS DONE SOMETHING.

AND THIS IS THIS IS THE CASE HERE AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH TO IT.

AND I WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY.

LIKE I SAID, FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE AS OPPOSED TO PAYING THE FULL 175 175,000 OUT UPON THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF THE MINIMUM 3.5 MILLION REQUIRED TO THE COMPANY.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BREAKING IT INTO PIECES.

AND WHAT THAT REALLY REPRESENTS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN US AND THE COMPANY.

THIS COMPANY, THEY RECOGNIZE THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY, AND THEY WANTED APPROPRIATELY, GIVEN THAT THEIR PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCED 100% BY THE PARENT COMPANY, THEY WANTED AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, JUST BECAUSE THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.

WE WERE NOT WILLING TO DO 100% OF THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE AGREED UPON IS A 50/50.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE COVERED IN OUR DEFAULT LANGUAGE.

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SHOULD THE COMPANY DEVELOPER DEFAULT ON ANY POINTS WHICH WE WE HAVE NO REASON TO EXPECT THAT THEY WILL OR, I DON'T THINK THE EDC BOARD WOULD HAVE AGREED TO THIS PROJECT. SO BEYOND THAT, INTO THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE, IF THE COMPANY DEFAULTS ON ANY DEAL POINTS, THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY SHALL BECOME IMMEDIATELY DUE.

AND IN THIS AGREEMENT, THAT AMOUNT MAY BE PAID BACK TO US OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

ANOTHER ADDITIONAL DEFAULT LANGUAGE.

THE OTHER POINT IS $1,000 PENALTY PER FULL TIME JOB NOT CREATED DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.

AS I MENTIONED, WILL WANTS IS HERE WITH US.

HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF ONYX.

AND UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE PRESSING QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL INVITE WILL UP TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT FOR Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

HEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I WANTED TO GIVE A REAL QUICK INTRODUCTION TO ONYX AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DOING.

ONYX WILL BE A AEROSPACE COMPANY BRIDGING A GAP IN VERTICAL INTEGRATION FOR OUR OTHER SISTER COMPANIES.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING INSPECTIONS, LOOKING FOR MICRO CRACKS, AND THEN PROTECTIVE COATINGS OVER PARTS FOR THE AEROSPACE AND AIRFRAME PLATFORMS. INITIALLY AT ONSET, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH OUR SISTER COMPANIES AND HANDLING THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

MOVING FORWARD. BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTEREST FROM FIVE SOLID PRIMES ON THE AEROSPACE SECTOR THAT ARE IN THE HEART OF DALLAS AND BRINGING THEM UP HERE TO SEE OUR FACILITIES.

THEY'LL BE REGULAR AUDITORS COMING UP THIS WAY.

AND I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TO OMEGA, AND THEY REALLY LIKE WHAT THEY SEE HERE.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT AREA OR THOSE CLIENTELE TO THE SYSTEMS HERE.

SO THE BUILDING, WE'VE GOT SOME BEAUTY SHOTS OVER HERE.

I'D LOVE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THEM IF AFTERWARDS, IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OR GO THROUGH THOSE YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK, WE JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

WE'LL BE FOCUSING HEAVILY ON SPILL CONTAINMENT WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE FIRE TEAM AND THE POLICE TEAM FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICALS GIVING, PROVIDING THEM A PRELIMINARY LIST OF CHEMICALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS AND THEY CAN CONFER WHAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE REQUIRED.

WE'LL BE TREATING CEILINGS TO PROTECT THE BUILDING AS WELL ITSELF AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT A LONGEVITY IN THE SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE'LL BE USING AN ADVANCED PAINT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE DOING A LOT OF FUME RECOVERY MEETING EPA STANDARDS AND DESIGNED TO THAT UP TO DATE SYSTEM, NOT A USED SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, GETTING THROUGH THAT.

WE'VE GOT SOME LAYOUTS, WE'VE GOT THE BUILDING STUFF AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR PART OF THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN JOBS AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY HAPPY TO DO SO.

WE LOVE THE PEOPLE IN THIS, THIS AREA.

WE'VE GOT OMEGA RESEARCHERS THERE, AND THEY'VE HAD VERY GREAT SUCCESS FINDING LOCAL PEOPLE HERE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A LOT OF TRADES, A LOT OF ENGINEERING, A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BUILDING.

AND WE'D LOVE TO DO SOME OUTREACH.

START APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, SOME TRAINING SYSTEMS. I'D LOVE TO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS INVOLVED INSIDE AND SEEING THIS TECHNOLOGY, GETTING THEIR HANDS ON SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS AND GETTING EXPOSED TO IT.

FOR THEM TO PURSUE CAREERS.

WE'VE GOT SOME TECHNICAL TRADES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THERE THAT REQUIRE ON HANDS TRAINING AS WELL AS SOME SMALL CLASS SYSTEMS, AND THEN THAT CAN LEAD INTO CAREER SYSTEMS THAT PAY 60, 80, 120,000 WITH VERY MINIMAL TRAINING AND STUFF.

AND WE'D LOVE TO START A PROGRAM WITH THIS TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR SYSTEMS. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF JOBS THAT WE'D BE LOOKING FOR IN THE TRADES.

WE'LL HAVE AUTOMATION ENGINEERS, WE'LL HAVE BUSINESS PEOPLE, WE'LL HAVE SALES MANAGERS.

ALL OF THESE WILL HAVE TO BE STAFFED FROM PEOPLE, AND WE'D LOVE TO BRING THEM IN LOCALLY AND TRAIN UP AS MANY AS WE CAN THERE.

SO THAT'S REAL REAL BASIC.

REAL QUICK ON US.

I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT THE SYSTEMS OR WHAT, WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

YES. THANK YOU.

EXCITED VERY MUCH.

ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER, WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OH, YEAH.

WE'RE BOTH. WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT.

WE'RE ON TOP OF SCRUBBERS.

THE THE WATER SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED BY PE AND SIGNED OFF.

IT'S MEANT TO BE A MAXIMUM OPERATING OF 50% OF THE CITY'S EFFLUENT GUIDELINES.

SO MUCH, WELL, WE'LL OVER DESIGN WHAT'S REQUIRED AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE SYSTEMS AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT HERE.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, EARL SMITH, WHO EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH, EARL IS VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE CITY'S SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS GREG HALL AND THE REST OF THEIR TEAMS. AND THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHENEVER THE TEAM MET WITH WILL AND ONYX.

AND SO, AS WILL MENTIONED, THE WAY THAT THEY'VE SET THIS UP, THE WAY THEY'VE DESIGNED IT AND PLANNED IT OUT WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO MEET EARL'S QUESTIONS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY STAFF GOING FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT.

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ALL RIGHT, WELL THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

SO. MR. MAYOR. YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR EDC AND ONYX SPECIALTY PROCESSING, LLC.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE.

[5. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR EDC AND PROJECT CLASSIC STEEL LLC APPROVED BY THE DECATUR EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS.]

WE HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT TO REVIEW.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

DON'T TAKE THIS AS A PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TWO PROJECTS EVERY TIME WE COME FORWARD, BUT EXCITED TO DO SO TONIGHT.

SO 2 OR 3. SAY AGAIN, TWO OR 3.

TWO OR 3. YOU'LL TAKE EITHER.

OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS FOR THE THE FLEXIBILITY.

SO THE SECOND SECOND PROJECT MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS WITH CLASSIC STEEL.

THIS IS AN INFILL PROJECT LOCATING AT THE OLD GLASS FACTORY HERE IN DECATUR.

SO MOST OF YOU ALL, I THINK, ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT FACILITY ORIGINALLY USED FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THAT STATE WITH THIS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY ADDING GOOD NEW JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY AND ADDITIONAL TAX BASE AND ENHANCING THAT FACILITY IN PARTICULAR.

THIS IS A STEEL FAB COMPANY THAT'S EXPERIENCING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.