Apr 14, 2025 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THIS MEETING AT 5:30.

WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'M MIKE MCQUISTON, THE MAYOR OF DECATUR WITH FEEDBACK.

AND THE FIRST REPORT IS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. AND FOR OUR FIRST QUARTER, OUR PHONE CALLS WERE ON THE ADMIN LINE WERE 12,360.

AND OUR 911 CALLS FOR 2025. THAT'S TAKEN ON ROME AND BOYD ALSO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD 10,364.

BOYD POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DISPATCHED THEM TO 1658 AND ROME, 1950.

IN THIS FIRST QUARTER, WE COMPLETED 771 HOURS OF TRAINING.

WE INVESTIGATED 62 CRASHES, ISSUED 2119 CITATIONS.

WE HAD 159 ARREST AND 861 WARNINGS. COMPARING THAT TO 2024 OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE THIS FIRST QUARTER, WE'VE INCREASED 4226. WE'VE HAD EIGHT LESS CRASHES, SEVEN LESS ARRESTS.

WE'VE ISSUED 860 MORE CITATIONS AND 286 MORE WARNINGS.

DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE LIVE, THANKFULLY PIZZA PARTY.

WE ALSO HOSTED A LEADERSHIP DECATUR THE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP DECATUR.

AND WE STARTED A CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY NUMBER 20.

AS YOU SEE, THE BUILDING IS COMING ALONG. I WAS ACTUALLY UP HERE THIS WEEKEND.

THEY'RE STARTING TO PAINT. A LOT OF THE TILES ARE GOING IN.

CHIEF'S PLAN IS PROBABLY MID-JULY. HE'S GOING TO LOCK IT DOWN, BUT THEY'RE STILL MAJOR BUILDING, AS HE WAS TELLING ME THE OTHER DAY. MAJOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE IN THE MAY 1ST OF JUNE.

THE DISPATCH FURNITURE WILL BE. WON'T BE UNTIL JULY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPEN HOUSE STILL IT'S AUGUST 2ND WITH A MOVE IN DATE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4TH.

ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. I WAS WONDERING IF MISS HILTON WOULD HAVE A QUESTION.

SORRY. SO DO YOU MIND GOING BACK TO PRESENTATION ON THE CALLS WITH BRIDGEPORT AND ROME.

YES. BOYD AND ROME. BRIDGEPORT EVENTUALLY. NO KIDDING.

SO, BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED? IT WAS ABOUT ON PAR WITH WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM. THEY WENT ON OUR CIS PROGRAM 1ST OF MARCH.

SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THEIR STUFF IN CAR LIKE WE CAN NOW.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

BUT COMMUNICATIONS HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THEIR SEPARATE CHANNEL. SO OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ONE DISPATCHER.

THE OTHER DISPATCHER OPERATES BOYD ROME AND EMS AND FIRE.

SO FOR ONE QUARTER, IF WE ADDED THAT TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 3600 CALLS BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.

RIGHT. IS THAT STILL ENOUGH FOR ONE DISPATCHER OVER A YEAR, BY THE END OF THE YEAR? THE WAY THEY'RE OPERATING NOW? YES. BUT IF Y'ALL BEEN THROUGH ROME OR BOYD, YOU SEE, THEY'RE STARTING TO GROW.

EVENTUALLY, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A THIRD DISPATCHER FULL TIME.

BY THE END OF 2025. OH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT CONTRACT AND THIS MIGHT BE A PAM ANSWER? DO YOU KNOW IF THAT CONTRACT IS PER CALL OR IS IT A FLAT FEE? I BELIEVE IT'S A FLAT FEE. FLAT? YEAH. ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD ADD, I KNOW THAT THOSE CITIES ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THEM AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED.

SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE MUNICIPAL COURT. GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GOOD EVENING. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE QUARTERLY REPORT FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.

SO WE HAD I THINK I SKIPPED SOMETHING. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE CITATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED

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THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M GOING TO DO THE COURT BY NUMBERS.

WE HAVE 97 DRIVER SAFETY COURSE COMPLETIONS. 614 PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE DEFERRED DISPOSITION.

1018 DISMISSED CASES. AND THAT'S ALSO LIKE COMPLIANCE DISMISSALS, AGE PURGE.

WE HAVE AGE PURGE FROM THREE YEARS ON THE WARRANTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF STATE AND OUT OF REGION.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. 659 CLOSED CASES WITH CONVICTIONS.

THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE DRIVER'S SAFETY COURSE.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP IT OFF THE RECORD. A 1118 ONLINE PAYMENTS, 504 IN-PERSON AND MAIL PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. WE HAD THREE TRIALS, 14 SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS.

AND ON THE SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS ARE THE ONES THAT THEY MADE A DEAL WITH, EITHER THE PROSECUTOR AND THE JUDGE.

THEY DIDN'T FULFILL THEIR AGREEMENT. AND SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SHOW CAUSE HEARING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS AN ILLNESS, YOU KNOW, A JOB LOSS, AND THEN THEY CAN RESTART EITHER THE PAYMENT PLAN.

OKAY. NO SERIAL INDIGENT HEARINGS, 23 JUVENILE HEARINGS.

72 ATTORNEY DOCKETS. AND THAT'S PER CASE, 72 CASES AND 57 PLEA DOCKET CASES ON THE PLEA DOCKET IS THE ONES THAT THEY HAVEN'T ENTERED INTO. A PLEA IS THE FIRST TIME APPEARING IN COURT.

OKAY. THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE ISSUED 308 WARRANTS, AND THAT'S BONDABLE WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S NO PLEA. THEY JUST DIDN'T COME IN AT ALL TO SEE US.

598 WARRANTS THAT WE CLEARED. AND THEN WE DID 42 TIME SERVED.

AND ON THE NEXT SCREEN ARE THE NUMBERS THAT SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO NOW ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED.

AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE CLERK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO THE CLERK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL GROWTH WITHIN THE COURT CLERK PROFESSION.

THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TEXAS COURT CLERK'S ASSOCIATION, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER, AND THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN SAN MARCOS.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THREE LEVELS AT EACH LEVEL.

THERE IS A TEST ABOUT 400 QUESTIONS WITH A TIME LIMIT OF FOUR HOURS.

CERTIFIED CLERKS HAVE ATTENDED HAVE TO ATTEND A 12 HOUR EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION.

SO I HAVE I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW ON MY LEVEL THREE.

I HAVE ALREADY HAVE MY LEVEL TWO. PRISCILLA HAS HER LEVEL ONE.

SHE'S WORKING ON HER LEVEL TWO. ACTUALLY, SHE JUST PASSED HER LEVEL TWO.

SO NOW SHE'S JUST WORKING ON GETTING HER HOURS TO GET THE CERTIFICATION.

AND THEN MARIA IS WORKING ON HER LEVEL ONE. IN JANUARY, I ATTENDED A 24 HOUR LEVEL THREE CLINIC SPONSORED BY TMCEC IN AUSTIN. THIS WORKSHOP EMPHASIZED ON THE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS IN COURT MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TO PASS THE LEVEL THREE IS TO PASS THE EXAM TO ATTEND THE 24 HOUR LEVEL THREE ASSESSMENT TO ATTEND THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR'S CONFERENCE, WHICH I'M SUPPOSED TO ATTEND IN MAY.

DO A CORE OBSERVATION FOR LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH VOLUME COURTS, I MIGHT HAVE TO PICK UP THREE COURSES THAT I NEED TO OBSERVE.

SOME OF THE LEVEL THREE TOPICS ARE LEADERSHIP, SUPERVISION, HIRING AND FIRING.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, A STRATEGIC PLANNING CASE FLOW MANAGEMENT.

CORE SECURITY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. MISS HILTON.

HI, LIZETTE. HI. DO YOU MIND GOING BACK TO PAGE TWO OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES. RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JANUARY, FEBRUARY UP INTO MARCH.

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AND THAT'S UP TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO USUALLY MARCH IS WELL, YEAH, USUALLY DECEMBER AND JANUARY IS THE SLOWEST MONTH FOR THEM TO WRITE CITATIONS. OKAY.

SHOULD WE HAVE DONE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT AFTER THIS ONE? PROBABLY. THAT'S OKAY. WOULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ON THE ONLINE PAYMENTS FOR 1118, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT EQUATES TO FOR A THREE MONTH PERIOD? FOR A THREE MONTH, IT WILL BE AROUND 350,000 FOR THE THREE MONTH ON MONEY WISE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME OR.

OKAY. YES. SO ARE ALL OF OUR PAYMENTS ONLINE? NOT ALL OF THEM, WE DO HAVE WHERE WAS IT? 504 IN PERSON AND MAIL PAYMENTS.

SO WE STILL GET IN-PERSON PAYMENT. I WONDER IF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HILTON WAS ASKING WAS HOW MUCH WAS FROM THAT WE GATHER FROM THE ONLINE PAYMENTS. OH. FROM THERE. OKAY. FROM THE MONEY PART.

OKAY. YEAH. IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO BREAK THAT OUT, TO SEE HOW MUCH THOSE ONLINE PAYMENTS TOTALED? OH. THE TOTAL. I CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH I CAN DO THAT FOR ON THE NEXT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES, I CAN DO THAT. AND WHEN WE DO THE ONLINE, DO WE STILL GET HIT WITH THE SERVICE FEE? YES. THERE'S A 3% FEE THAT THEY CHARGE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HITS THE CITY.

NO, THEY PAY THAT PIECE. THEY PAY THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS CONFERENCE CENTER. AND BE PREPARED FOR A QUESTION FROM MISS HILTON.

JUST TEEING IT UP FOR YOU. SHE'S GOT ONE, SO I CAN'T WAIT.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT IT'S NOT AS COLD AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER AS IT IS IN THIS ROOM, BUT OUR AIR CONDITIONERS ARE FUNCTIONING. I ALWAYS BRING YOU BAD NEWS ABOUT OUR AC UNIT, SO IT'S NICE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

THE ONLY UNIT NOT WORKING IS OUR LOBBY UNIT, AND WE'VE PUT IT OFF REPLACING THAT UNTIL HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.

OUR NEW GLOBAL SOUND SYSTEM, THE DSP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DSP STANDS FOR ANYMORE.

ITS DSP IS JUST IN MY BRAIN NOW. THAT'S FULLY INSTALLED SO WE CAN MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

WE CAN PLAY THE SAME MUSIC ACROSS THE ENTIRE BUILDING, OR WE CAN OPERATE IT LOCALLY.

OUR NEW GUEST WI-FI, INSTALLED BY FIBER FIRST, IS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND VERY SPEEDY.

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS. OUR PERGOLA, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE.

THE PERGOLA OF DEATH THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE. ALL THE STORMS WE'VE HAD DIDN'T TOUCH IT.

DIDN'T TOUCH IT. BUT RANDOMLY, THINGS WOULD FALL OFF OF IT.

SO OUR GOOD FRIENDS IN THE UTILITIES. SORRY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAME AND TORE THAT DOWN FOR US.

PATCH THE CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'VE REPLACED THAT WITH JUST OUTDOOR PLANTERS THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING IN HOUSE.

AND OUR PERSONNEL, WE HAVE ADDED IVORY GAINES TO OUR TEAM.

SHE WAS WORKING WITH US THROUGH BACON WORK, WHICH IS A TEMPORARY SERVICE FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT TYPE FOLKS.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH HER. AND SO WHEN WE HAD A VACANCY WE WERE QUICK TO ENCOURAGE HER TO APPLY.

IF YOU ARE, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A NEW BLUEBONNET PATCH IN OUR BACKYARD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THE DECATUR KEEP DECATUR BEAUTIFUL. AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND DCC WORKED ON ESTABLISHING THAT PATCH.

AND THIS SPRING WE WEREN'T EXPECTING BLUEBONNETS ALREADY, BUT WE GOT BLUEBONNETS AND A LOT OF OTHER WEEDS.

SO THE DECATUR CHURCH OF CHRIST VOLUNTEERS CAME AND WE DID OUR FLOWER BED FOR US AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING.

THEY JUST CAME AND PULLED AND AWAY THEY WENT.

IT WAS GREAT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR FRIEND KEITH BACK THERE.

HEATH BACK THERE. SORRY, NOT KEITH. NEXT SLIDE.

OUR SALES. WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THIS TIME LAST YEAR ABOUT WE'RE AT 55% TOTAL OF FY 24.

SO THINGS CONTINUE TO LOOK UP THERE. OUR NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE EVENTS FOR THE QUARTER THAT WE'VE JUST FINISHED AND ALL OF THE ONES THAT HAVE REBOOKED.

SO ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS REBOOKED IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING THE SAME EVENT NEXT YEAR.

SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE. CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE CUTENESS OF IT,

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SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. COMING UP IN THIS QUARTER WE STARTED OFF WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REGION EIGHT MEETING, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN HELD IN WISE COUNTY.

AND WE HAD RIGHT AT 100, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER 100, MANY OF YOU WERE THERE.

WHICH WE WERE TOLD IS THE BEST ATTENDANCE THEY'VE HAD IN QUITE A WHILE. WE HAD NEW HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.

THEY DO A WOMEN'S EVENT EVERY YEAR. THEY REBOOKED BEFORE THEIR EVENT HAD ACTUALLY STARTED THAT NIGHT OR THAT DAY.

WISE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING HASN'T REBOOKED YET, BUT THEY HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL REMINDING THEM TO DO SO.

THE KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESS MEMORIAL CEREMONY.

THIS IS THE HISPANIC CHURCH. THEY JUST ARE NOT THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH FACILITY TO HOLD.

THIS EVENT. AND SO THEY BOOK OUR BALLROOM. WE WILL HAVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NETWORKING LUNCHEON, AND THEN WE GET STARTED WITH THE FUN STUFF. SCHOOL EVENTS.

BOYS BASKETBALL. THE ROTARY SPRING EVENT. LADIES BASKETBALL.

WE ALSO HAVE NATIONAL WATERSHED COALITION COMING IN.

IN MAY, WE GET REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT SCHOOL EVENTS.

WE'RE TAKING BETS ON HOW MANY CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS WE SERVE IN MAY. BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL BAND, PARADISE FFA, BRIDGEPORT FFA, DECATUR FFA, DECATUR CHOIR, PARADISE ATHLETIC BANQUET, THE CHARACTER COUNT SCHOLARSHIP DINNER.

THE DHS SENIOR BANQUET, THE SPRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BAND BANQUET, AND MOTHER'S DAY.

ALL RIGHT. DON'T CALL ME IN JUNE. BUT IN JUNE, WE DO STILL HAVE A FEW LARGE EVENTS ON THE ROSTER.

THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY GROUP FROM NORTH TEXAS.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER LAST WEEK TRAINING ABOUT, WERE YOU THERE, KEITH? ABOUT 52, THEY HAVE ABOUT 52 PARTNER POLICE AGENCIES.

AND THEY WERE HAVING A TRAINING THERE. TRAINING THEM ON INVESTIGATING CHILD ABUSE SITUATIONS AND HOW TO HANDLE THOSE.

WE HAVE A MYSTERIOUS THING CALLED SAINT BLOOM CONSULTING.

COMING. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CONSULTING, BUT THEY'RE COMING. TAKING THE WHOLE FACILITY. CLEAR THE LIST, WHICH IS THE EVENT THAT PUTS MONEY INTO TEACHERS HANDS.

ON ALL THE TEACHERS IN WISE COUNTY, ALL THE BELOW HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.

I BELIEVE IN WISE COUNTY. JOEY MARTIN AUCTION THAT SAYS TENTATIVE, BUT THEY BOOKED RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED THE SLIDE PRESENTATION.

TWISTED EXCEL'S BANQUET. AMERICA'S BEST PAGEANT.

THAT'S A SORT OF A TODDLER PAGEANT, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN STILL TO COME. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD DAZZLE ME PINK HAS MOVED TO OCTOBER, SO THEY WILL BE IN LINE WITH ALL OF THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OCTOBER. IT'LL BE OCTOBER 1ST. THEY MOVED FROM APRIL, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO COME IN DECEMBER.

WE DID HAVE A SITE VISIT FROM THEIR PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THAT WENT REALLY WELL.

THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE TOWN, WITH THE FACILITY, WITH THE HOTEL, EVERYTHING.

SO WE'VE GOT THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. MISS HILTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND GREG, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR TEAM BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES LOOK BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB. JUST JUST ANOTHER YOU'RE FINE.

JUST A COMMENT AS WELL. BUT MEETING IVORY WAS REALLY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AT THE TML EVENT.

SHE'S VERY OUTGOING. SHE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE, JUST REALLY STEPPED IN.

AND I, ONE OF MY ADAGES IS ALWAYS BE RECRUITING.

SO I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT TO ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN STEP INTO THE ROLES.

SO GOOD WORK ON THAT. AND THE TML EVENT WAS OUTSTANDING AND EVERY EVENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND, THERE'S BEEN EXCELLENT. OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL OR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE MAIN STREET IS READY.

LET'S GO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE MOST RECENT LIST OF OUR BENCH REPLACEMENT. SO LOTS OF GREAT NAMES ON THERE.

AND IT CONTINUES. NOW WE'RE UP TO 18. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE PENDING, SO IT'S TURNED INTO A GREAT LITTLE PROJECT.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT GUY, GEORGE IN PARTICULAR IS TAKING UP THE OLD WOODEN BENCHES THAT ARE BADLY NEEDING TO BE REPAINTED AND REPAINTING THOSE. AND SO HE'S WORKING HIS WAY AROUND AND PUTTING THEM BACK IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO WE'LL STILL BE UTILIZING THOSE UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM ALL REPLACED, IF WE GET THEM ALL REPLACED.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL. CAR SHOW COMING UP.

THERE'S A BIG CHANGE FOR 2025. THE MAIN STREET BOARD HAS DECIDED TO DO TWO CAR SHOWS THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF FOUR.

SO AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF HAVING FOUR CAR SHOWS, WE'LL JUST BE HAVING TWO.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR THAT IS THE TWO THAT WE HAVE WILL BE SPRING AND FALL.

BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

ONE OF OUR COMPLAINTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WAS FROM DOWNTOWN, FROM THE MERCHANTS CLOSING THE SQUARE OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN ORDER TO GET READY FOR

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SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE. SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUTTING OUT THE WATER BARRIERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPING US CLOSE THE STREETS, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE STREETS OFF LIKE WE DID WAY BACK IN THE FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO.

AND CLOSE THE SCORE DOWN AT 2:00 AFTER THE BIG LUNCH RUSH, AND THEN WE'LL GET IT CLEARED OFF IN TIME FOR THE CAR SHOW AND HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CAR SHOWS WE'VE EVER HAD THIS SEASON.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. JAMES WOOD MOTORS IS OUR PRIMARY SPONSOR AGAIN, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD FOR THAT AND SHOW OFF SOME OF THEIR NEW VEHICLES THAT THEY'LL BRING TO THE SQUARE TOO. THE LATEST, GREATEST VERSION OF THE MAP OR NEW MAP, I WANTED YOU TO SEE IT.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THE MESSENGER HAS COME ON BOARD TO BE A PARTNER FOR THIS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THESE GO UP IN SOME PRIMARY WINDOWS DOWNTOWN.

BIG FORMAT LIKE THREE FOOT BY HOWEVER LONG THAT NEEDS TO BE TO MAKE THEM THAT BIG.

AND THE BLOW UP ON THE RIGHT HAND TOP CORNER, WHAT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE MOST ABOUT THAT IS THE TURQUOISE AND THE YELLOW SECTIONS.

THOSE ARE ALL PARKING SPACES. SO T HE PRIMARY THING I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IS THERE SHOULD NOT EVER BE ANYONE SAY I COULDN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK BECAUSE WE HAVE OH, WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING DOWNTOWN.

THEY JUST HAVE TO FIND IT. SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT GOAL.

ONCE WE GET THIS DONE, GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND GET IT PROMOTED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THE PARKING IS.

AND THEN WAYFINDING WILL BECOME THE NEXT THING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THOSE PLACES AS THEY'RE DRIVING AND KNOW WHERE TO PARK.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS A SAMPLE OF SOMETHING FROM MCKINNEY.

SO THESE ARE ON SOME OF THEIR POLES AND IT TURNS.

AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THE STORES ARE HAS THE LIST.

IT'S LIKE A MALL MAP IS WHAT I EQUATE IT TO. SO WE WANT TO PUT THIS IN PRIMARY LOCATIONS.

IT CAN'T BE ON OUR STOP SIGNS BECAUSE THAT'S DISTRACTING.

BUT WE WILL FIND SOME PLACES TO PUT THIS. HOPEFULLY OUR PHONE BOOTH CORNER WILL BE ONE PLACE THAT WE CAN PUT THIS WHERE IT'S PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED, SO PEOPLE CAN FIND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. IT ALSO TURNS INTO A SMALL LIKE A PAMPHLET THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK UP AND TAKE WITH THEM.

SOME OF OUR STORES LIKE TO HAVE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO JUST TO HAND SOMETHING TO HAND THEM.

SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AS WELL. NEXT, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU OUR LATEST, GREATEST RECIPIENTS OF OUR GRANTS FROM THE INCENTIVE GRANT FUND.

SO MODERN WOODMEN RECEIVED $6,000 FACADE SIGN AND PAINT GRANT WAS JUST AWARDED LAST WEEK.

THE WISE HISTORY MUSEUM RECEIVED $250 FOR THE SIGNAGE IN THEIR WINDOWS.

IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN YET, YOU HAVE TO CATCH THEM WHEN THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE WORKING ON EXTENDING THEIR HOURS AND GETTING MORE VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN TEXAS SOCIAL IS A NEW VENUE. SHE HAS IT FOR RENT.

IT'S WHERE CHRISTY RYAN'S OFFICE FORMERLY WAS, NEXT TO THE COUNTY SEAT BAR.

AND SO IT'S VERY NICE. AND RENTING THAT FOR PEOPLE TO USE FOR BABY SHOWERS AND EVENTS AND MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT SHE RECEIVED $750 GRANT FOR SIGN AND PAINT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SENT YOU A PDF OF THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL FROM THE TEXAS MAIN STREET OFFICE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS A TEXAS MAIN STREET CITY, WE CAN OFFER TO ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS OR BUSINESS OWNERS, BUILDING OWNERS DOWNTOWN AS A FREE SERVICE. SO BASICALLY, I SEND IN THE PAPERWORK WITH SOME PICTURES AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, CAN YOU HELP US? AND THEN THEY SEND US A DESIGN REPORT.

SO IT COSTS NOTHING TO THE PERSON. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS CORNER AS YOU KNOW, THE PHONE BOOTH WAS DAMAGED.

IT WAS VANDALIZED. SO THE ATTORNEYS THAT OWN THAT CORNER, I DON'T HAVE IT IN WRITING YET, BUT THEY'RE GIVING THE CITY THE PHONE BOOTH. SO WE WILL HAVE THE PHONE BOOTH ONCE WE GET IT REPAIRED TO PUT IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.

SO ALL OF YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE SEE THE PHONE BOOTH GO.

PEOPLE DO REALLY LIKE IT, AND PEOPLE HAVE MISSED IT.

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT IT'S GETTING TIME FOR GRADUATION.

AND WHERE CAN THEY TAKE A PICTURE? YOU KNOW, IT WAS FUN TO DO THAT WITH THE GRADUATION CAP ON TOP OF THE PHONE BOOTH.

SO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

BUT THESE ARE THE IDEAS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH FOR THAT CORNER TO POSSIBLY BECOME SOME SORT OF AN OUTDOOR SEATING VENUE OR AREA.

SO IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL BE HAVING WITH THE ATTORNEYS.

I SPOKE WITH MARY LOIS JUST LAST WEEK, AND THEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT KEEP DECATUR BEAUTIFUL AND THE PARKS BOARD.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE THING FOR THIS CORNER.

THE ATTORNEYS ARE INTERESTED TO LEASE THIS SPACE TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN WORK IT IN AS SOME SORT OF A PARKLET.

SO I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU LATER ON WITH MORE OF THAT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE VERSIONS OF THE IDEA THAT THEY CAME UP WITH FOR THE CORNER.

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IT'S NOT AN ENGINEERED KIND OF THING, BUT IT SHOWS HOW THAT WHOLE SPACE CAN BECOME ADA ACCESSIBLE, WHICH IT'S NOT CURRENTLY.

WAS THAT IT? AND THEN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR APRIL AND MAY.

LOTS TO DO. LOTS GOING ON DOWNTOWN AND OTHERWISE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SAY THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TO DO IN DECATUR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS HILTON? NO QUESTION FOR YOU TO BET.

WE HAD VISITORS FROM FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND AND THEY WERE JUST AMAZED AT THE SQUARE.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THEY SAID EVERY TIME WE COME BACK, THE LOOK OF YOUR SQUARE JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY NOTICED.

THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY ONCE THE COURTHOUSE IS FINISHED AND THAT FENCE CAN COME DOWN AND WE CAN REPAINT THE SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND ALL THAT, GET THAT DONE. IT'LL REALLY LOOK LIKE A POLISHED PENNY.

YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I ALSO LOVE THE BENCHES. THAT'S YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE THAT LIST OF NAMES.

THAT'S JUST A LEGACY OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED BUILD DECATUR.

SO THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. THE LAST WORKSHOP ITEM IS FINANCE, BUT NOT LEAST NEVER.

FINANCE IS IMPORTANT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

IS THIS GOING TO WORK? OH, LOOK AT THAT. OKAY, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

OUR PROPERTY TAX IS UP ABOUT 250,000 FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT.

AT 5.3 MILLION, HOTEL, MIXED DRINK AND FRANCHISE WERE AT 565,000, WHICH IS UP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS COURT FINES 370. THERE YOU GO. BUILDING AND PLANNING FEES WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, 224,000. CONFERENCE CENTER IS RIGHT AROUND 320.

SALES TAX. WE ARE UP ABOUT 180,000 FROM LAST YEAR AT 2.3.

AND THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN GRAPH FORM.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR ON MOST EVERYTHING.

OUR SALES TAX LOOKS REALLY GOOD FOR MARCH COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE AUDIT FROM FEBRUARY.

SO THEY TOOK BACK SOME OF WHAT THEY GAVE US. BUT WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT AHEAD FROM LAST YEAR.

GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WERE RIGHT ON TARGET FOR HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. PUBLIC WORKS.

PARKS LOOKS A LITTLE SKEWED ON THEIR EXPENSES THAT INCLUDES BOND FUNDS AND GRANT MONEY.

SO IT'S REFLECTING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD.

OTHER THAN THOSE FUNDS, THEY'RE RIGHT ON TARGET FOR THE BUDGET.

CITY SERVICES. ON TARGET WITH EVERYTHING. ADMIN LOOKS A LITTLE HIGH.

THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SPEND BEFORE THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 26.

SO THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THEIR. UTILITY FUND REVENUES, LOOK DOWN A LITTLE FROM LAST YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE BILLS PAID YET FROM WHAT WENT OUT APRIL 1ST BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS PAYING THE MONTH BEHIND.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE OFF. BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING OKAY.

UTILITY EXPENDITURES. THE ADMIN HERE SHOWS OFF.

THAT INCLUDES 1.3 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS ABOVE THEIR NORMAL BUDGET EXPENSES.

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS ALL RECORDED WHEN WE FIRST TOOK THE BONDS OUT.

SO THAT SHOWS OFF ON THEM. EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOOKING GOOD.

UTILITY BILLING. THEY'RE STILL DOING REALLY WELL.

THEY'RE STILL MAKING COURTESY CALLS. BECAUSE WE'VE KEPT THE SHUT OFFS DOWN TO BELOW 30.

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SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL WITH THAT. CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY WHEN WE CALL AND REMIND THEM FOR THE MOST PART.

SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN.

MISS HILTON, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYBODY ELSE? HOLD ON. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING. SO JUST AS A CURIOSITY, WHILE SHE'S LOOKING UP SOMETHING, THE PAST DUES OBVIOUSLY OVER MONTH OVER MONTH, THOSE ARE RELATIVELY THE PAST DUES ARE USUALLY PRETTY CONSISTENT BETWEEN 3 AND 400.

OKAY. YEAH. SO WE SEND THE NOTICES OUT THE DAY AFTER THE DUE DATE, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE 15TH OR NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

IT'S CONSISTENT IN THE 3 TO 4 HUNDREDS. BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO SHUT OFF WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 20.

AND I KNOW FOR ME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY HELPED WAS GETTING MY KIND OF LIKE AN ACH OR DEPOSIT.

YES, THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN PUSHING THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY LATE.

THEY SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS OPTION, DIRECT DEBIT, DO YOU WANT TO SIGN UP? AND THEY'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT MORE SIGN UP. GOOD.

SO THAT'S HELPING A LOT. YEAH I MEAN THAT'S A GREAT METHODOLOGY.

I MEAN JUST KIND OF THAT CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT.

HOW CAN WE GET THAT DOWN? THEY USUALLY OFFER IT FOR ALL NEW CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

EXCELLENT. SO. I FOUND MY OWN ANSWER. THANK YOU.

OH. EVEN BETTER. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? JEN, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T 100% SAY THIS WITH CERTAINTY, BUT IS IT THE SAME ADDRESSES THAT ARE CHRONICALLY LATE? YES, MOST OF THEM, YES. ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE, DON'T INTERRUPT ME EDDIE.

WHEN TWO ADULTS ARE TALKING, DON'T INTERRUPT ME.

ANYWAY. MOVING ON. IS IT LIKE A, LOVE YOU EDDIE.

IS IT LIKE A LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP OR THE BILL WAS.

A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM. A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM ARE TENANTS.

YEAH. OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOME OWNERS THAT ARE HABITUALLY LATE EVERY MONTH.

WE CALL THEM. THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH I KNOW.

SO OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU MA'AM. SURE. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT GETS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR WORKSHOP.

I HAVE 6:03, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:03.

[CALL TO ORDER]

OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND IF YOU TAKE ONE MOMENT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, or PROCLAMATIONS]

OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS.

SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME.

HELLO. COME ON UP. I'M TAKING IT WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ON DISPATCH.

YES, YES, THAT SEEMS VERY FITTING. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.

WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THAT REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS, THE SAFETY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO CONTACT THE DECATUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. WHEREAS THE WORK OF THESE UNSEEN FIRST RESPONDERS IS INVALUABLE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN TO ALL PRESENT, I, MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, DO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 13TH THRU 19TH, 2025 TO BE THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN DECATUR,

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AUSTIN. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL ASSOCIATION.

THERE WE GO. BACK ROW. COME ON UP TO THE FRONT.

IF YOU ALL COME. PLEASE CONTINUE TO I'VE, SO THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

THIS IS A GOOD UP AND DOWN EXERCISE. WE NEED THIS KIND OF EXERCISE.

ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL EACH YEAR AS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK. WHEREAS THE VARIOUS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTRY TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK AND COMMEND ALL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY DECATUR WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS SINCERE THANKS TO AND APPRECIATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICES, THE DECATUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS PROVIDE DAILY TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND TO THE VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.

WHEREAS THE CITY DECATUR RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS JAMES JOHNSON, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, FOR THE MANY DEDICATED AND LONG HOURS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND FULFILLING THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST AND MOST EFFICIENT LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN TO ALL PRESENT, I, MIKE MCQUISTON, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, DO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 13TH THROUGH 19TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK.

THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SUSIE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT. NO, SIR. WE DON'T. ALL RIGHT.

[2. ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT IS FOUND ON PAGE 33 OF YOUR PACKET.

AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS IN A PUBLIC FASHION AND LET YOU ASK JEN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT REPORT, BUT WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT IN LINE WITH OUR TRANSPARENCY COMPLIANCE, AND IT'S THERE FOR COMMENT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHOW AT THIS POINT? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT TO ACCEPT THAT, OR IS THIS JUST COMMUNICATIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT AS STATED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM THREE, HEAR AND CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON PRESENTATION FROM WOOLPERT REGARDING THE 2025 DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

[3. HEAR AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A PRESENTATION FROM WOOLPERT REGARDING THE 2025 DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.]

EVENING. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AIRPORT PLANNING STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

IS IT GOING TO COME UP? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND I'LL ALSO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE CARRIE CAMPBELL TO WHO'S ALSO WITH ME TOO, FROM WOOLPERT. SO. OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

BRIEFLY AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. SHOW YOU WHAT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES FROM THE ACTUAL AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN DOCUMENT. AND THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS ACTUALLY GOT A COUPLE COMPONENTS TO IT.

IT'S A NARRATIVE REPORT, AND IT'S ALSO A SERIES OF DRAWINGS IN ALP DRAWING SET THAT HAS NINE,

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WE USUALLY GO THROUGH THESE THREE PHASES HERE.

WE'VE GOT AN INVESTIGATION PHASE, THE SOLUTIONS PHASE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

IN THE INVESTIGATION PHASE WE DO AN INVENTORY OF THE AIRPORT.

AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT GIVE A LITTLE MORE LAYERS ON THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO DO AN ACTIVITY FORECAST IN THE SOLUTIONS PHASE.

THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT BASED ON WHAT THE, WHAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT AND WHAT WE THINK THE ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE LIKE, WHAT FACILITY REQUIREMENTS DO WE REALLY NEED? AND THEN HOW DO WE ARTICULATE THAT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AND THEN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, WE'LL ACTUALLY DEVELOP A PHASED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH PROJECTS AND COSTS.

AND THEN THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN DRAWING SET AS WELL.

TXDOT AND THE FAA REALLY ONLY LOOK AT THE FORECAST AND THE CRITICAL DESIGN AIRCRAFT THAT'S IDENTIFIED.

AND THEN THEY APPROVE THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN DRAWING SET.

FOR THE INVENTORY ON THE AIRSIDE COMPONENTS, WE LOOK AT THE RUNWAY, THE TAXIWAY, THE PAVEMENTS, THE VISUAL AIDS. AND WE WANT TO DOCUMENT THOSE FOR CONDITION AND FOR AGE.

ACROSS THE AIRSIDE COMPONENTS THERE INCLUDING THE PAPIS, THE SEGMENTED CIRCLE, THE WIND CONES AND ALL THE PAVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE THERE.

WE DO THE SAME THING ON THE LAND SIDE LOOKING AT THE HANGARS THAT ARE THERE, THE DIRECT ACCESS TAXIWAY OR THE ACCESS TAXIWAYS FROM THE APRON AREAS. LOOK AT THE FUELING SYSTEMS, THE PARKING, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON THERE AND WANT TO INCLUDE ALL THAT IN THE IN THE INVENTORY CHAPTER OF THE REPORT. FOLLOWING THE INVENTORY, WE'LL WORK ON THE FORECAST.

THE FAA GUIDELINES FOR AIRPORTS OF LESS THAN 90,000 OPERATIONS DON'T REQUIRE A FULL BLOWN AIRCRAFT FORECAST.

WHAT IT DOES REQUIRE US TO DO IS IDENTIFY A CRITICAL AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH THE DESIGN STANDARDS THEN NEED TO BE BUILT FOR THAT FOR THE AIRPORT.

AND WE DETERMINED THE CRITICAL AIRCRAFT BY LOOKING AT WHICH AIRCRAFT, WHAT'S THE MOST DEMANDING AIRCRAFT WITH A MINIMUM OF 500 ANNUAL OPERATIONS.

AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW WE ARRIVE AT THAT.

THAT'S USUALLY DESIGNATED BY A RUNWAY DESIGN CODE, WHICH TAKES IT TAKES A LOOK AT THAT, THAT AIRCRAFT AND, AND WHAT THE APPROACH CATEGORY IS. SO IT'S SPEED ON APPROACH AS WELL AS THE, THE AIRPLANE DESIGN GROUP, WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF ITS WINGSPAN. AND SO THOSE THINGS COLLECTIVELY WILL IDENTIFY WHAT THE RUNWAY DESIGN CODE IS FOR THE AIRPORT OR FOR THAT RUNWAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT DICTATES WHAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE FOR THE AIRPORT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY AT A B-1 DESIGNATION WITH A FUTURE DESIGNATION OF A B-2, WHICH IS WIDER RUNWAYS AND LONGER RUNWAYS. WHEN WE HAVE THE INVENTORY AND THE FORECAST AND WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND WE KNOW WHAT'S THERE, THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHAT IT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.

AND SO WE ASK WHAT ARE THE FAA DESIGN STANDARDS THAT APPLY? HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE AIRPORT? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET IT UP TO STANDARDS? IF IT IS, IF IT'S NOT. AND THEN WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT DICTATE US ADDING SOME THINGS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT AREN'T THERE ALREADY.

SO ON THE AIR SIDE, THIS MEANS LOOKING AT A CHANGE IN THE DESIGN STANDARD FROM B1 TO B2.

IT MEANS EVALUATING WHAT OUR RUNWAY EXTENSION OPTIONS ARE TO ACCOMMODATE LITTLE LARGER AIRCRAFT OR MORE FREQUENT USE OF, OF AIRCRAFT MAYBE DURING THE SUMMERTIME OR WITH HEAVIER LOADS.

AND ALSO LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

SO THAT IS A FULL PARALLEL TAXIWAY. WE ALSO LOOK AT OBSTRUCTIONS.

THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN HAS A DRAWING THAT LOOKS AT THOSE OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPROACH AREAS.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT REALIGNING ANY TAXIWAY CONNECTORS TO ELIMINATE ANY DIRECT CONNECTIONS FROM AN APRON AREA TO A RUNWAY.

SO WE WANT TO AVOID THAT FOR SAFETY REASONS. ON THE LAND SIDE, WE'RE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL HANGAR DEVELOPMENT TOO AS WELL AS SOME SHADE STRUCTURES TO MEET SOME TAXI LANE STANDARDS.

THIS IS WHAT THE SHORT TERM DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON THE AIR SIDE.

THE FAA AND THE TXDOT USUALLY REQUIRE WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE OUT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, WHICH IS A 20 YEAR HORIZON THAT IS PHASED.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A RUNWAY EXTENSION WIDENING AND THEN TAXIWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY THE EXTENSION OF THE FULL PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

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THAT'S ABOUT TO START. IN THE INTERMEDIATE TERM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL HANGAR DEVELOPMENT BOTH T HANGARS AND BOX HANGARS IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF WHERE THE HANGAR DEVELOPMENT IS NOW ALSO LOOKING AT RELOCATING THE AWAS.

AND IN THE LONGER TERM, ADDING ADDITIONAL HANGARS TO THE BOTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ON THE EAST SIDE FOR JUST FOR CLARITY, THE, BLUE IS THAT EXISTING.

THE EXISTING IS KIND OF THE OLIVE COLOR GREEN.

YELLOW THERE. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE BLUE WITH IT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE X'S THEOREM.

WHAT'S THAT REPRESENT. THE BLUE ARE ROWS OF T HANGARS FOR SMALLER AIRCRAFT.

AND THEN THE GREEN ARE LARGER BOX HANGARS OF VARIOUS SIZES THAT PROBABLY RANGE FROM 60 TO 60 TO.

AND THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING. YES.

THANK YOU. YEP. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST THERE IS FOR THE WHOLE 20 YEAR PLAN.

MUCH OF THAT IS THE HANGAR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN BE PRIVATELY DEVELOPED.

SO OVERALL, THIS IS THE OVERALL PROPOSED PLAN WITH A LOT OF IT KIND OF REPRESENTS A ROBUST HANGAR DEVELOPMENT APPROACH, BUT ALSO LARGE FULL BUILD OUT OF SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE QUITE A FEW YEARS.

IS THE EXTENSION IDENTIFIED ON THAT LAST SLIDE? THE I DON'T THINK. YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE EXTENSION IS IDENTIFIED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENDS OF THE PAVEMENT WHERE THERE'S AN ARROW.

YES, SIR. AND BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONSTRAINTS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS ADDED ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT BASICALLY PAVED OVER THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREAS. SO THOSE CAN BE USED FOR ROLL OFF OR FOR RUN FOR TAKEOFF RUN.

BUT YOU CAN'T LAND ON THEM. AND SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA PAVEMENT FOR TAKEOFF.

GOTCHA. BUT YOU CAN'T BUT YOU CAN'T LAND ON IT.

AND SO THE WHITE AREAS OF THE LANDING STRIP BARRIER AND BEYOND.

RIGHT. GOTCHA. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND SO YOU GET 200FT ON ONE END AND THEN IS IT.

IS IT THREE, 496 ON THE OTHER. SO YOU GET A TOTAL RUNWAY OF A LENGTH OF 5001FT.

SO WE KIND OF HIT THAT MAGIC NUMBER OF 5000FT THAT A LOT OF INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT TO SEE OPERATORS HAVE FOR OPERATING ON THE AIRPORT.

THE CONSTRAINTS ARE THE DROP OFF ON ONE END AND THEN OF COURSE THE ROADWAY ON THE OTHER.

AND SO IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING. SO THIS IS WHAT ONE OF THE DRAWINGS FROM THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.

AND THIS IS THE EXISTING AIRPORT LAYOUT DRAWING.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL AND A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE.

AND THEN THIS IS WHAT THE FUTURE AIRPORT LAYOUT DRAWING LOOKS LIKE.

SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN ADDED.

AND I KNOW IT CAN BE HARD TO READ, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET THESE PRINTED OUT THEY'LL BE ON PRETTY LARGE.

NO, THAT'S A GOOD OVERLAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S IT.

SO WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HILTON? EXACTLY. WELL GO AHEAD, MISS HILTON, PLEASE. FIRST MEETING.

I COULDN'T RESIST, I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. SO IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU SAID THAT PART OF THAT IS ALREADY INCORPORATED COST WISE INTO WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED NOW. YES. SO PART OF THE HOOPS ON THAT 4.8. YEAH.

SO PART. YEAH. AND I DON'T I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE COST BREAKDOWNS OF WHAT PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED.

BUT THE CURRENT PROJECT IS A REHAB OF THE WHOLE RUNWAY AND THEN COMPLETING THE FULL PARALLEL TAXIWAY CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN, I THINK, REHABBING THE REMAINDER OF THE TAXIWAY AND THEN THOSE IN RED, THOSE PAVEMENT PIECES IN RED WILL BE REMOVED.

I KNOW ONE OF THERE'S ONE CONNECTOR, I THINK, OR MAYBE A FEW CONNECTORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE SAME PROJECT.

YEAH. SO WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IS THE RUNWAY EXTENSION WORK.

YEAH. IT'S 2.8 IS A CURRENT PROJECT. SO ANOTHER 2 MILLION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE I WILL FIRST TELL YOU AND ONE WE DO HAVE A, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL

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SO, YOU KNOW, BEECH, CESSNA, LEAR, BOEING, ALL THOSE PLACES WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ME AND MY BROTHER WAS A PILOT.

SO WHAT KIND OF AIRCRAFT WILL A B-2 ACCOMMODATE VERSUS THE B-1? SO THE B SO WHAT THE DESIGN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS INCLUDED AS THE B-2 WAS A CITATION 560, KIND OF A MID-LEVEL CITATION JET. THAT FAMILY OF CITATION JETS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S A MIDSIZE BUSINESS JET. THEY'RE NOT BIG GULFSTREAMS OR GLOBALS GOING OVERSEAS, BUT.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT MIDSIZE. WOULDN'T BE A NECESSITY.

BUT VERY ACCOMMODATING FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND THAT FOR AN AIRPORT LIKE DECATUR, TEXAS? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COULD YOU TAKE I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND MAYBE EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL KIND OF NEXT STEPS ONCE FAA GIVES THEIR APPROVAL, HOW WE MIGHT USE THIS AS A TOOL IN PREPARING FOR GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT.

SURE. SO THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN GOES TO TXDOT FOR REVIEW AND THEN TO THE FAA FOR REVIEW.

IT'S BEEN TO TXDOT WITH RETURN TO US WITH MINOR COMMENTS.

IT'S BEEN WITH THE FAA FOR THIS IS WILL BE THE THIRD WEEK THAT THEY'VE HAD IT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THEM TO REVIEW THAT.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF HANGAR SHORTAGES OR AIRCRAFT STORAGE SHORTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN TEXAS IT'S NO DIFFERENT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S OFTEN FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY, TO THE AIRPORT TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BUILD A HANGAR HERE.

YOU KNOW, CAN YOU HELP US OUT? AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO DO A PLAN LIKE THIS FIRST SO WE KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT SO WE DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST DEVELOP IT HAPHAZARDLY. THAT KIND OF PREVENTS US FROM MAKING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN LIKE THIS LAID OUT, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE FOLKS THAT THAT COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO BUILD A HANGAR HERE. AND SO WE CAN START WITH WHAT'S AN [INAUDIBLE] PHASE, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, AND THEN WE KNOW WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOME TAXI LANES.

AND THEN MAYBE GET SOME PAD SITES READY FOR FOLKS TO COME IN AND BUILD.

SO I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO USE IT AS A BLUEPRINT TO HELP US DO AS MUCH FRONT WORK AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FOLKS TO COME IN AND BUILD, BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WILL DO THAT. AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THAT ARE REALLY LOOKING TO DO IT QUICKLY.

SO, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE PHONE CALLS FROM DEVELOPERS OR PEOPLE WANTING TO BUILD HANGARS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO VERY GOOD. AND THE T HANGARS ARE A LITTLE WE SEE A LOT MORE INTEREST IN THE BOX HANGARS BECAUSE I THINK THEY CASH FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE COSTS ARE. THE T HANGARS ARE STILL EXPENSIVE TO BUILD.

BUT WE OFTEN SEE, YOU KNOW, SMALLER PLANES IN THERE OF COURSE.

AND THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE A LOT OF BOX HANGAR DEVELOPMENT.

BUT T HANGARS ARE NECESSARY FOR GA. AND THERE'S A BIG SHORTAGE OF THOSE AS WELL.

DOES THAT HELP? GREAT. HAVE YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL.

AND I KNOW YOU DO. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF HANGARS IN THIS AND THE BOXES ON THIS PART.

YEAH. AND THIS IS OVER A 20 YEAR PLAN. YEAH. USE YOUR CRYSTAL BALL.

GIVE ME A GUESSTIMATE OF WHAT TIME FRAME IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT A HALFWAY POINT.

WELL, START BY SAYING, I THINK THIS IS IT'LL BE MORE THAN 20 YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, I WOULD THINK.

BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THE WAY THINGS ARE MOVING.

I IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, I MEAN, TO HAVE HALF OF THIS BUILT OUT OR HAVE HALF OF IT BUILT OUT AND HAVE OCCUPANCY, I THINK, I THINK IN LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, I THINK IN 20 YEARS I THINK YOU CAN GET THE FIRST PHASE BUILT OUT THOSE T-HANGARS AND THE BOX HANGARS AND START WORKING ON, ON ONE OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

IS THAT WHAT I WOULD THINK, I THINK YOU CAN FILL UP T-HANGARS IN 20 YEARS.

I SEE THE AREA AROUND THE TERMINAL WHERE THE [INAUDIBLE] COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, BUILT OUT.

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SO AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT ON THE PLAN IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS, THE TXDOT AND THE FAA ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IT ON THE PLAN.

SO IF IT'S ON THE ALP, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

SO WE THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF WANT TO SHOW EVERYTHING.

SO WE NEVER KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO DEVELOP. AND WE MAY DECIDE LATER THAT THERE'S MORE DEMAND FOR THE T-HANGARS THAT ARE BOX HANGARS.

BUT AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT HANGARS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA, THEN WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO SHOW IT AND TRY TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW THINGS MAY ACTUALLY PLAY OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY OUT.

OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. YEAH. AND GREG, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JEFF. I JUST WANT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I MAY, JUST ONE MOMENT.

A QUICK THANK YOU TO JEFF AND CARRIE AND THEIR TEAM FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, GETTING IT TO THIS POINT. MISS HILTON, TO YOUR QUESTION, THINK ABOUT THIS AS A COMP PLAN FOR SPECIFICALLY THE AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, OUR COMP PLAN FOR THE CITY SAYS THIS IS HOW WE DESIRE DECATUR TO LOOK OVER A SET AMOUNT OF TIME.

IT ENCOMPASSES LAND USE AND ZONING AND ROAD WIDTHS AND WATER AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS.

THIS WOULD BE THAT SIMILAR THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT.

AND SO THINKING THROUGH NEXT STEPS, AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE FAA, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE AS OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN SO THAT, THAT WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES AND SAYS, I WANT TO BUILD THIS, WE CAN CHECK IT AGAINST THE PLAN AND SAY, YEP, THAT THAT MATCHES THE PLAN. WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ITEM HERE IN A MOMENT THAT DISCUSSES AIRPORT BOARD.

THOSE TWO WILL COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE RIGHT NOW.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, JEFF AND CARRIE, FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU NATE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR IS HERE A PRESENTATION FROM PARKS BOARD REGARDING ONGOING PARK PROJECTS.

[4. HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM THE PARKS BOARD REGARDING ONGOING PARK PROJECTS AND UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS.]

SO A LOT'S CHANGED IN FIVE YEARS. BEEN ON PARKS BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS.

JAKE, YOUR BEARDS A LITTLE LIGHTER. WE GOT WE GOT SOME TWO HILTONS IN THE ROOM.

LOVE IT. DANNY'S HERE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHERE WE'VE COME. IT WAS FUN FOR ME TO DO THIS AND SEE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON AND IN THE FUTURE.

SO KERRY, JUST FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE AND MAYBE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DOESN'T KNOW YOU, KERRY BOND, EVERYONE, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD.

YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MY WIFE IS ON THE BOARD AS WELL.

ASHLEY BOND. MY MOTHER'S HERE. SO SAY HI TO HER.

THE PARKS BOARD'S INITIATIVES, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, CURRENT PROJECTS.

AND LOOK AT THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OUR METHODOLOGY.

IT'S OLD SCHOOL FOR YOU ALL THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND, BUT WE REALLY TRY HARD TO ALIGN WITH DECATUR'S 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN 2006, A PARKS MASTER PLAN WAS DONE, AND WE USED THAT AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT AS WELL.

OF COURSE, PARTNERING WITH YOU GUYS AND EDC IN YOUR DIRECTION.

AND IT'S BEEN JUST SO REWARDING FOR THE PARKS BOARD FOR TO FEEL REPRESENTATION FROM YOU GUYS.

EDDIE COMES, MELINDA COMES. NATE COMES WITH HEATH AND GREG.

IT'S JUST VERY PRODUCTIVE AND LOVE HAVING YOU ALL AS ADVOCATES.

WE DID A PARKS BOARD ASSESSMENT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND SO WE ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND OF COURSE, THROUGH YOU GUYS AND OTHERS WE HEAR ABOUT NEEDS THAT SOME OF THEM WE CAN ADDRESS PRETTY QUICKLY, AND SOME OF THEM WE HAVE TO STUDY AND GET A PLAN IN PLACE.

BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM GOES, YOU KNOW, IS LISTENED TO.

BUT WE HAVE THAT PARKS BOARD ASSESSMENT. WE PRIORITIZED, YOU KNOW, EACH DESIRE AND NEED.

BECAUSE WITH 100 NEEDS, WE HAD TO WE HAD TO SHAPE IT AND SAY WHAT'S REALISTIC? AND LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS WANTS AND NEEDS, WE DID SOME FACEBOOK SURVEYS AND OTHER FORMS OF SURVEYS TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO IT WASN'T JUST SOMETIMES WE'RE TEMPTED TO JUST JUMP IN AND JUST START, YOU KNOW, MAKING CHANGES, BUT SEE WHERE IT FITS IN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO COME FIRST.

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I THINK THAT PARKS PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN JUST THE PEOPLE IT ATTRACTS.

THE COMMERCE THAT IT BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT COMPLETED MAJOR PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD NO MONEY. WE STARTED AT RENSHAW PARK AND SO GOT A LOT OF DONATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. WE THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF GREG REMEMBERS THIS, BUT HE SAID, I GOT SOME I GOT SOME MONEY, AND I REPLACE THIS PARK PLAY EQUIPMENT AT THE BACK OF RENSHAW.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS. AND THAT WAS ALL REALLY, GREG.

AND I THINK EDC THREW SOME MONEY IN FOR IT. SO THAT WAS A NICE UPGRADE.

WE HAD THAT 1970S 110 DEGREE SLIDE BEFORE THAT.

SO WE HAD TO STOP TREATING OUR BURN VICTIMS. AND WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF DONATIONS IN IMPROVING THE FENCING AND PIPES. AND IT WAS JUST DONE SO WELL. IF YOU SEE THE JUST THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, THERE'S SOME WHERE THEY DID CORNERS AND THEY PUT RENSHAW IN IT.

AND SO IT WASN'T JUST SLAPPED UP THERE AND PAINTED, BUT IT JUST LOOKS NICE.

THE SOFTBALL FIELDS TO ME ARE A LITTLE BEHIND, BUT THAT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN THAT I'LL ADDRESS IN A MINUTE, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO SPEND MUCH TIME AND MONEY THERE.

BECAUSE OF WHAT THE LONG RANGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

OKAY, CONTINUING ON WITH RENSHAW PARK, A KIND OF A SMALLER BEFORE WE GOT ANY MONEY A SMALLER BUDGET ITEM WAS TO DO A WALKING TRAIL AROUND RENSHAW. THIS WAS THIS MORNING, SO A LOT OF THESE PICTURES ARE FROM TODAY.

SO AND THEY USE IT I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HOW MUCH THEY USE IT.

AND SPEAKING OF WALKABILITY, I AND OTHERS I THINK YOU ALL SHARE THIS.

IT'S JUST THE WALKABILITY OF OUR TOWN. AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE I WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CREATING.

SO THERE'S YOU CAN WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND SMALL, SMALL SLIDE BUT TOP RIGHT.

THE BOX THAT IS HARMON PARK. SO ONCE WE GET THE SECOND BOX DOWN FROM THAT.

SO DOWN MILLER AND CHURCH STREET IS WHERE THE POLICE STATION AND OUR FUTURE WATER PARK SPLASH PARK IS GOING TO BE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM BOX IS WHERE RENSHAW PARK IS.

SO WE HAVE SOME CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE HOSPITAL.

IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET OVER 287. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE CAN GET TO RENSHAW PARK.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN THE LIBRARY JUST BEING WALKABLE.

THE RED. THE RED LINES ARE WHAT'S NOT THERE. AND SO IT JUST CONTINUES TO GO TO SHOW WHEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. YOU KNOW MAKE MAKING THEM CONSIDER SIDEWALKS IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AREA BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE WHITE THE LITTLE WHITE DOT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS WHERE THE DECATUR MEDICAL CENTER IS.

AND SO THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS THERE. SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

AND THERE'S SOME GOOD WALKING IN THE HOSPITAL. SO IT'D REALLY BE NEAT IF WE COULD CONNECT RENSHAW TO AT LEAST THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX AND EVENTUALLY CONNECT IT TO DOWNTOWN. SO THAT WHOLE AREA WHERE THE WHERE THE POLICE STATION IS GOING IN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PARK THERE.

AND IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S GOING TO LIVEN UP BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG WALK FOR KIDS TO GO TO, TO HARMON. SO WALKABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND.

NEXT SLIDE. OUT AT RENSHAW PARK WE WERE APPROACHED WITH AN IDEA FUNDED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, BUT IT'S A NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN THAT WAS STARTED IN 1979.

AND PRETTY MUCH NO COST TO US. WE HAVE A FITNESS PROGRAM.

I DID A LITTLE DRIVE BY PICTURE THIS MORNING BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET HER AUTHORIZATION, BUT IT'S GRAYED OUT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, BUT THIS WAS THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE WERE WALKING, PEOPLE WERE WORKING OUT HERE.

SO IT'S BEING UTILIZED, AND IT'S REALLY A NICE, NICE ADDITION TO OUR CITY.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT ON TO HARMON FIELD. AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT IN 1927, THE HARMON FOUNDATION SAID, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON PARKS AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH.

AND I'M TOLD WITH COOPERATION WITH THE LIONS CLUB, WE GOT HARMON FIELD AND IT HAD PARAMETERS ON IT THAT IT HAS TO BE USED FOR A PARK.

AND SO IT FOREVER EVER WILL. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, IT'S A NEAT LITTLE IN THE ARCH.

I THINK IT'S IN THE SIDE OF THE ARCH. BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLACARD FOR HARMON PARK OR HARMON FIELD.

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THE JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB BUILT THAT. BUT MOST PARKS HAVE, AND ESPECIALLY WOOD PARKS HAVE A SHORTER LIFETIME.

AND IT WAS JUST GETTING TO WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.

AND SO I WOULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARK PROJECT THAT'S EVER, EVER BEEN DONE IN DECATUR. AND IS IT EVER WORTH IT? IT IS. IT IS UTILIZED BY GRANDPAS WITH THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS.

I WENT OUT AND TOOK SOME PICTURES THIS MORNING. IT IS.

IT IS USED FROM OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE ON THE ZIP LINES THAT WE HAVE TO REPAIR.

YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS SUPER GREAT. WHAT'S THAT? TEENAGE BOYS. YEAH, YEAH. SO IT HAS BEEN. IT'S JUST BEEN PERFECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S GOT A LONGER LIFETIME. IT'S CRAZY TO THINK IT.

MAYBE WE'LL LAST 20, 25 YEARS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER SOMETHING AT THAT POINT.

BUT SO THAT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR US. AND ALL SPRINKLED THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS THE HOW DOES THIS GET PAID FOR.

RIGHT. AND IT'S CREATIVE THINKING. AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAD AN ELEMENT OF GRANT WRITING, OF PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND OF THE COUNCIL BEING HAVING THE FORETHOUGHT OF WRAPPING SOME MONEY INTO PAST BONDS TO GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE OUR GAME FROM A, FROM A C AS A CITY TO AN A PLUS.

THIS IS A THIS IS A PLUS IN FIVE YEARS. OF COURSE, THAT'S A SUBJECTIVE OPINION.

SO NEXT THAT ONE DIDN'T COME THROUGH GREAT, BUT THE SETH KEENER SKATE PARK WAS SUPER NEAT TO PARTNER WITH THE SETH KEENER FAMILY. AND MOST OF Y'ALL WERE THERE FOR THE LAUNCH.

NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE WHERE THE OLD SKATE EQUIPMENT WAS.

WE PUT UP WHAT'S CALLED THESE TEQ BALL COURTS.

WE GOT HAD TWO DONATED. AND INTERNATIONALLY, IT'S A BIG SPORT.

YOU CAN USE A SOCCER BALL. YOU CAN USE WHATEVER YOU TAKE OUT THERE.

AND IT'S. AND IT'S CURVED. I THINK YOU'D TAKE MORE COORDINATION THAN WHAT I HAVE, BUT WE HAVE THAT ELEMENT.

THERE'S A QR CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN TO TEACH YOU HOW TO DO THE SPORT.

A NEW BASKETBALL RIM IN THE BACKGROUND THERE AT HARMON.

NEXT SLIDE. OH, I HATE THAT THIS DIDN'T COME THROUGH RIGHT.

THE NEW BASEBALL FIELDS. BECAUSE THIS PICTURE IS SUPER COOL.

I MEAN, IT IS EVERY YEAR WE WOULD HEAR ABOUT, OH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FLOODING.

WE NEED TO PATCH IT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING THROUGH MUD.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM A C TO AN A+. THIS THING IS A+.

AND IT PUTS US IN A POSITION AT A CONVERSATION WITH HEATH THIS MORNING OF THESE COULD BE CONSIDERED MIRACLE FIELDS.

BOTH OF THEM. YOU KNOW, TO WHERE WE COULD HAVE BASEBALL GAMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

AND I'LL MENTION THAT TOO, IN THE. THAT WAS A BIG OBJECTIVE OF OURS IN REDOING THE PARK EQUIPMENT FOR HARMON IS THERE'S SENSORY EQUIPMENT, THERE'S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. SO IT JUST COMES SO FAR IN, IN UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN AND WHAT CHILDREN NEED. BUT THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE AMAZING. NEXT.

AND THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH EDC AS WELL.

NEXT SCREEN. ALL RIGHT, JONES PARK NEXT. AND THE BIG ONE THERE WAS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

WHO KNEW? WHO KNEW WE WOULD COME SO FAR IN THE PICKLEBALL AREA? AND THERE'S SOMEONE IN THERE. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT. NEXT SLIDE. WHO'S REALLY EXCITED? FOR PICKLEBALL. AND SO HE'S HE'S ALL IN TWO HANDS OKAY.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT'S THIS IS THE BIG PROJECTS WE'VE DONE.

AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE MANY LITTLE PROJECTS EVERY MEETING JUST LIKE YOU GUYS WE GET AN UPDATE FROM HEATH AND GREG ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEY'RE ALWAYS MOWING, WEEDING, HANDLING YOU KNOW, OVERBOOKED FIELDS AND ALL THE THINGS.

AND SO BECAUSE ON OUR BOARD, WE'VE GOT PARENTS THAT ARE SOCCER COACHES, SOCCER PARENTS BASEBALL PARENTS, BASEBALL COMMISSIONERS. AND SO WE GET GOOD INPUT.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT SECTION, WE'VE HIT RECREATION A LOT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HIT SPORTS OTHER THAN THOSE TWO BALL FIELDS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO CURRENTLY AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

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WE HAVE ADDED WATER AND ELECTRICITY. FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT OUT THERE.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO STRETCH EXTENSION CORDS. WE ADDED A WATER FOUNTAIN.

WE REMOVED THE OLD WATER TANK THAT WAS THERE, GIVING THEM MORE ROOM.

AND IN THAT AREA WE ADDED A BASKETBALL COURT WHICH IS THERE.

WE PAVED THIS ROAD WHICH IS THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

IT WAS JUST A GRAVEL ROAD, BUT IT CLEANED IT UP.

IT GAVE THEM. WE CAN PARK ALONG THERE AIR AND COMING SOON IS A PAVILION THAT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE MUNICIPALITIES THAT SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE TEN INCHES OF CONCRETE FOR A PAVILION, SO WE'RE PRICING THAT OUT. SO THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO SAY WE'RE WELL AFTER OUR NEXT PROJECT, NEXT SLIDE THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. OH, NO, THE SPLASH PAD.

THIS IS LONG, LONG TIME COMING, RIGHT? I REMEMBER LINDA, MELINDA, IN YOUR CAMPAIGN AND PROBABLY MOST OF YOUR CAMPAIGNS, YOU MENTIONED PARKS AND LINDA, VERY SPECIFICALLY THE SPLASH PAD.

AND WE'VE GONE FROM HARMON PARK TO LIKE, WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE? AND I'M SO EXCITED TO IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW POLICE STATION.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE ALONG WITH THE POLICE STATION AS THEY FINISH UP.

I BELIEVE THAT WE DECIDED TO USE THE SAME BUILDING CREW.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S DOING THE ISH. WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT.

BUT TO WHERE IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO THAT WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE UP THERE IS CHANGING AND IT'S AWESOME.

BUT HERE'S WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE OUT OF MONEY.

WE'RE BROKE. WE'RE NOT BROKE, BUT WE'RE ONCE BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK THAT MOST OF OUR DISPOSABLE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED UP TO FINISH UP THAT, THAT SPLASH PAD. SO THERE'S A GLARING NEED FOR US THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND WHAT'S UPCOMING.

SO NEXT SCREEN PLEASE. OKAY. THE FARM. SO THE HISTORY OF THIS WAS INTERESTING.

A CITY COUNCILMAN BY THE NAME OF EDDIE AND WILL, I LOVE HOW YOU MONITOR EDDIE'S.

AUDIBLE? YEAH. SO IF YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S SMARTER THAN I AM, HE KNOWS MORE THAN I DO.

BUT THIS IS MY 15 MINUTES. NOW HISTORY IS EDDIE ASKED ME.

HE SAID, WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON.

AND SO I MET WITH JD AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.

IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE ANYTHING I DO FOR DECATUR, I HAVE TO DO FOR OTHER CITIES, HE SAID.

BUT WE'VE GOT THIS LAND THAT WE DON'T REALLY USE CALLED THE POOR FARM.

YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORICAL MARKER IF YOU GET OUT OLD CEMETERY ROAD, IT'S ON THE RIGHT AND IT'S AN INDIGENT FAMILIES WOULD WORK THERE AND BE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.

SO IT'S GOT A REALLY FRUITFUL HISTORY. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT NO BODIES WERE BURIED OUT THERE.

SO WE HAD SOME DUE DILIGENCE, YOU KNOW, IN REGARD TO DOING THIS RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT IT OF I MEAN, Y'ALL SIGNED IT.

THE COUNTY CAME UP WITH A LONG TERM LEASE FOR LIKE A DOLLAR A YEAR FOR US TO HAVE IT FOR 100 YEARS.

SO IT SITS RIGHT BEHIND IF YOU'RE ON 51, RIGHT BEHIND RENSHAW.

SO THERE'S A CREEK, AND IT'S JUST UNDEVELOPED LAND BETWEEN RENSHAW PARK AND OLD NOT DECATUR ROAD.

REUNION, REUNION ROAD. R EUNION ROAD. AND THE VISION WE HAVE FOR THAT, BECAUSE THIS ALSO GOES BACK TO WHEN WE WERE DOING ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT OUR CITIZENS WANT IS WE THOUGHT HAVING A DOG PARK THERE, HOOKUPS FOR FOOD TRUCKS AND BIKE TRAILS.

SO THAT PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF SURFACING TO THE TOP BECAUSE WE WERE HITTING WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON, THE SKATE PARK AND THE FIELD REDO. AND NOW THAT THOSE ARE DONE, WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.

AND SO WE ESTIMATE HALF A MILLION DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I THINK IT'S THE LAND IS AMAZING. THERE'S LIKE A 20 FOOT WATERFALL BACK IN THERE IF YOU GO DOWN IN THE CREEK.

SO I THINK THEY CAN CREATE REALLY NEAT BIKE TRAILS FOR US AS WELL.

SO NEXT SCREEN. AND SO THE NUMBER ONE NEED IS A COMPLEX IN THAT KIMLEY-HORN STUDY.

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YOU CAN HAVE NATATORIUM, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THESE THINGS.

OUR BIGGEST NEED IS MORE FIELDS. AND THE VISION OF THAT PLAN WAS TO FIND A PLACE FOR A BASEBALL COMPLEX AND MAKE RENSHAW ALL SOCCER.

SO IF YOU TOLD ME, SAID WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THOSE SOFTBALL BASEBALL FIELDS AT RENSHAW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TURN ALL INTO SOCCER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOVE ON OUR SOCCER PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE OUT THERE.

AND I COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOING SOME NEW CONCESSIONS AND STORAGE FOR THEM AT RENSHAW.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING AND THIS IS I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE IS AS YOU MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION OF A POSSIBLE ANOTHER BOND, IF YOU WOULD KEEP THIS IN MIND, WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE NEXT SLIDE IS WELL, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE WHY IS THAT BASEBALL AND SOCCER EXPLODING. WE HEAR THIS EVERY WEEK. JUST ROUGH NUMBERS.

JUST FROM THE DECATUR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 2023.

WE HAD 225 KIDS, 24, 350 AND 2025, 500 KIDS. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S GROWING.

WELL, YOU COULD LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND SEE LIKE SEE HOW IT'S GROWING.

AND THE PARKING, ONCE THEY GET DONE WITH THE POLICE STATION, THEY'RE GOING TO TURN WHERE THEY'RE STORING.

MAKE SURE I GET MY DIRECTIONS RIGHT. YEAH. BEHIND THE ANNEX INTO NICE DOWNTOWN PARKING AND PARK PARKING.

SO THAT'S GOING TO RELIEVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

NEXT SCREEN. SO NOW GET INTO AND REMEMBER PARK IS GOING TO BE ALL SOCCER.

SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING JUST BASEBALL.

BUT IT'S THIS IS THE NEED THAT CREATES MORE SOCCER OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

BUT AT $20,000 AN ACRE, 80 ACRES FOR A DOUBLE QUAD.

SO THESE ARE A PICTURE OF TWO QUADS. SO YOU'D HAVE EIGHT FIELDS.

IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO DO FIELDS BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE CONCESSIONS AND BATHROOMS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

AND IT'S THE BEST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD UTILIZATION OF THE LAND.

THOSE ARE ABOUT A MILLION A PIECE, A 2 MILLION, AND THEN LIGHTING CONCESSIONS, HALF A MILLION.

AND THEN PLUS THE FARM, THAT 400. SO TOTAL NEED FOR 0.5 MILLION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M BIG ON. JUST COME IN HERE, ASK BIG, ASK BIG.

AND I KNOW THIS ALIGNS TO JUST BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE SHARED THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR LAND TOO RIGHT.

AND IF WE COME ACROSS THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY THEN KEEP US IN MIND IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.

I ASK GREG AND NATE AT EACH MEETING, LIKE, WHERE ARE WE ON THE BONDS? LIKE WHAT? HOW DO WE NEED TO POSITION IT? AND SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO, TO BE ASKED TO COME AND UPDATE YOU AND REALLY BOW OUR CHEST AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN FIVE YEARS.

I MEAN, THIS IS GOOD STUFF, Y'ALL. Y'ALL NEED TO BE REELECTED.

Y'ALL DID THIS. OKAY. NEXT. NEXT SCREEN. SO, JUST IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SUPPORT THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WANTED TO LOOK AT ASHLEY.

IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY PICTURE, BUT SHE'S ON THERE.

SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. I HAVE A QUESTION. KERRY, THE MONEY THAT WE GET, OR THAT COMES IN FROM THE DEVELOPMENTS FOR PARKLAND, IS THAT BEEN SPENT OR DO YOU DO WE HAVE A BALANCE IN THAT? YEAH. THAT'S ACCUMULATING. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BUY 80 ACRES, BUT WE HAVE TWO, 300,000 JUST IN THAT ONE.

AND SO IT'S THERE. THE DESIGNATED FUNDS WE FOR THAT WE GOT FROM THE BOND WE THINK WILL BE GONE AFTER THE SPLASH PARK.

BUT WE DO HAVE THAT LAND THAT CAN GO FOR LAND.

YES. OKAY. AND LAND ONLY. REALLY? RIGHT. OKAY.

GOT IT. AND MY HUSBAND, WHO HAS BEEN COACHING BASEBALL AND DECATUR FOR 30 YEARS, IS VERY UPSET THAT LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS GOT TURF BEFORE WE HAVE ANY ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD.

YEAH, IT LOOKS SO GOOD. I LOVE HOW THEY DID IT.

MORE. MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A QUESTION. YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE TODAY COMPARED TO BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TEN, $15,000. IT WAS HARD TO GO BUY A PARK BENCH OR A NEW TABLE.

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AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD ONE PERSON SAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE MEET.

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BLUE SKY AND YOU JUST NOTHING'S EVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS LATER, LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHERE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CAN TAKE US.

BUT I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE TAKEN PHONE CALLS, GOTTEN INCREDIBLE TEXT PICTURES OF SATURDAY MORNINGS AT THE FIELDS. AND I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO FOR OUR CITY TO GROW WITH THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. BY DOUBLING OUR 911 ADDRESSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DOUBLE OUR PARK AREAS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE CITIZENS OF DECATUR, IT'S ALL OF WISE COUNTY THAT USES OUR PARKS.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE PROGRESSIVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT HURTS TO PAY A LITTLE EXTRA, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THE PARKS BOARD AND HOW MUCH WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO IT.

YES. YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE HARMON PARK. AND ACTUALLY MY SON STARTS IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES, SO. LET'S GO. WELL, IF Y'ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING, IF Y'ALL GET SOMEBODY WITH A QUESTION OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU HOLLER AT HEATH, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO HOLLER AT ME.

HE KEEPS US. HE GIVES US AN UPDATE EVERY WEEK.

AND ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY PAIN POINTS THAT YOU SEE OR FEEL, WE WANT TO REMOVE THEM AND WE WANT TO HEAR.

WE MIGHT NOT LIKE BIG MAMA. THEY WANTED A PAVILION SIX MONTHS AGO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT. AND WE.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT. WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU, BUT IT JUST TAKES TIME.

IT TAKES TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT KERRY. WILL. ASHLEY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BOND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS WITH THE 99 YEAR LEASE WITH THE POOR FARM AND WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO WITH IT? I'D GIVE THAT TO COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REVIEWED THE OFF TOP IF I CAN GET WITH PAM ON THE SIDE, BUT YES. NOT, IT REALLY WENT SMOOTH. THEY, THEY LIKED THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND THAT IT'S BEING USED, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE BECAUSE IT'LL BE A WISE COUNTY AMENITY, YOU KNOW, TO ANYTIME YOU COME TO RENSHAW TO HAVE A DOG PARK PIECE AND THERE'S EVEN TALK, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MORE VISIONARY THAT MAYBE EVEN A BIG BRIDGE OUT THERE.

SO IT COULD BE JUST A REAL DESTINATION. SO ANY UPDATES I GOT? THERE WEREN'T RESTRICTIONS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A WIN-WIN AND NOTHING THAT I KNOW OF.

BUT YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, SIR. SURE. THANK YOU.

YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:54.

[5. RP-25-0002 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST REPLAT LOTS 4R-1 AND 4R-2, BLOCK 4, RANGE J, DEVEREUX ADDITION, BEING A REPLAT OF PART OF LOT 4, BLOCK 4, RANGE J, DEVEREUX ADDITION, CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 120 TILDEN STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. (REPLAT APPLICATION 25-0002 — ROLANDO LOMAS) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 5-0, CHAIRMAN LEMOND AND COMMISSIONER HICKS ABSENT)]

AND THIS IS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST LISTEN TO THE REPORT. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I APOLOGIZE I HAD AN INJURY YESTERDAY, SO I CAN'T STAND UP FOR YOU, I APOLOGIZE. LISA HANNON PLANNING DIRECTOR. I'D LIKE TO ENTER OUR STAFF REPORT INTO THE RECORD IN ITS ENTIRETY.

BY REFERENCE, THIS IS A REPLAT FOR 120 TILDEN STREET, PER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 212, IT CAN BE PLATTED. IT IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY TWO.

TWO LOTS ARE PROPOSED. THEY ARE 6297 PLUS MINUS FOR SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH.

THERE ARE PROPOSING TWO NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE LOT SIZES.

THE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT BY THE CODE IS 8000FT².

AGAIN, THESE ARE GOING TO BE 6297 SQUARE FOOT EACH.

AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION ON MARCH 17TH.

STAFF IS HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OR DENIAL.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. DID YOU MENTION THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION?

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WE HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS ABSENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? WHEN WE MOVE THE MINIMUM LOT.

LOT SQUARE FOOT SIZE TO 8000 WE KIND OF MADE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR INFILL, RIGHT? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. THAT IS CORRECT.

WE STAFF AND THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED INFILL.

YES, SIR. OKAY. THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE SIDE BY SIDE VERSUS FRONT TO BACK.

YES. HOW FAR APART ARE THEY. THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SIDE YARD SETBACK IS 10% OF THE WIDTH OF THE LOT FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET, SO THEY'LL BE AT LEAST TEN FEET IN BETWEEN EACH BETWEEN THE HOUSES.

BOY, THAT IS TOUGH, BECAUSE THE TWO HOUSES THAT ARE GOING UP BETWEEN TRINITY AND STATE, THERE IS NO BACKYARD BETWEEN THOSE HOUSES AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY HARD TO SELL GOING FORWARD. IT DOESN'T FIT THE LOCATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IN REGARDS TO THIS ONE.

OTHER COMMENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

LOOK FOR A MOTION. MAYOR IF YOU'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:57.

IT IS NOW CLOSED, BUT WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. REPLAT 2025-0002.

I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. SO WE HAVE TWO OPPOSED AND ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE APPROVALS. THAT ITEM PASSES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX EXTENSION REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT.

[6. PP2023-11 – EXTENSION REQUEST FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT LOTS 1X, 2X, 5X, 6X, 1- 114, BLOCK 1, LOTS 1-17, BLOCK 2, LOTS 4X, 1-81, BLOCK 3, LOTS 3X, 1-13, BLOCK 4, LOTS 1-25, BLOCK 5, LOTS 1-11, BLOCK 6, LOTS 1-6, BLOCK 7, MEADOW CREEK ADDITION, TO THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING AN APPROXIMATE 137.02-ACRE TRACT OF LAND, OF WHICH 83.22 ACRES IS IN THE WILLIAM S. HOGUE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 385, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND OF WHICH 53.80 ACRES IS IN THE SMITH BOWEN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 51, CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR MEADOW CREEK ADDITION.]

SO THIS IS FOR THE MEADOW CREEK. THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED APPROVAL TO RELOCATE OIL GAS LINES FROM ENLINK.

THE APPLICANT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH ENLINK AND FINALIZING THE DESIGN FOR RELOCATING GAS OIL LINES.

PRELIMINARY PLATS DO EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, UNLESS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE OR THE FINAL PLAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 730, SOUTH OF THE SOUTH MARTIN BRANCH SUBDIVISION.

THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 460 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, AND THE MAXIMUM EXTENSION THAT CAN BE GRANTED BY COUNCIL IS SIX MONTHS, AND ONLY ONE SIX MONTH EXTENSION CAN BE PERMITTED PER THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A SIX MONTH EXTENSION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SO THE PRELIMINARY EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 12TH.

SO IF WE'RE DOING A SIX MONTH EXTENSION, DOES IT EXPIRE IN AUGUST OR ARE THEY GETTING AN EIGHT MONTH EXTENSION.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET A SIX MONTH EXTENSION FROM TODAY'S DATE.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE WE DID SOME TRANSITIONS OVER FROM MY GOV TO GOV.

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE PROOF THAT THEY WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY GOT THE EXPIRATION NOTICE.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT ERROR, STAFF SENT A CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT LETTER GIVING THEM A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO GET IT TO US.

AND THEY MET THAT DEADLINE. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PP 2023-11.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN V 25-0001.

[7. V-25-0001 – CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A VARIANCE REQUEST BY COURTNEY HERNANDEZ, ON BEHALF OF PPL MOTORHOMES, REQUESTING TO INSTALL A ROOF SIGN ON A BUILDING LOCATED AT 500 N US HWY 81-287. PER THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN CODE, CHAPTER 15, DIVISION 3. – SPECIAL SIGNS, SECTION 15-56, ROOF SIGNS; ROOF SIGNS ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN THE HISTORIC (H) ZONING DISTRICT.]

WE RECEIVED A SIGNED PERMIT APPLICATION FOR A PROPERTY AT 500 NORTH US HIGHWAY 81 287 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MOTOR HOMES. IT IS A ROOF SIGN WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED BY THE CODE.

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IT'S NON-CONFORMING. IT'S BEEN ABANDONED, WHICH MEANS IT WAS AN INTENTIONALLY NOT USED FOR AT LEAST 180 DAYS.

SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE. IT IS A ROOF SIGN.

ROOF SIGNS ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AFTER THE SIGN CODE WAS REWRITTEN AND ADOPTED.

BUT THIS IS THE ONLY LOCATION FOR A SIGN ON THAT BUILDING AND THE SIGN STRUCTURE TO HOLD THE SIGN IS STILL THERE.

IT HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED, SO THE SIGN STRUCTURE DOES EXIST.

LEGALITY. PER CHAPTER 15, OUR SIGN CODE, SECTION 1567 PERMITS CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT A VARIANCE UNDER NUMBER TWO.

THE VARIANCE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT PREVENTS ANY REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGNS ON THE SITE, OR CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE FEATURES ON A SITE, INCLUDING DIMENSIONS, LANDSCAPING, AND TOPOGRAPHY.

THE EXISTING BUILDING DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO ANY TYPE OF SIGNAGE OTHER THAN A ROOFED SIGN.

STAFF IS HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT OR A REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT.

IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SIGNS, TECHNICAL SIGNS OR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE DO HAVE YOU SAY THE OWNER.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PPO MOTOR HOMES. MY NAME IS ADAM DUCKWORTH, AND I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

I THINK THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS THE FORMER CLEMENT CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE DEALERSHIP.

WE JUST EXECUTED A LEASE ON THAT IN EARLY MARCH.

AND SO LIKE SHE MENTIONED, IT'S THE EXISTING SIGN THERE.

IT'S. WE THINK IT'S WELL PLACED. IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING.

SORT OF PLAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT ALREADY. AND SO WE INTENDED JUST TO REPLACE THAT SIGN.

YOU SAW THE RENDERING WHERE WE HOPE TO HAVE IT BE INTEGRATED AND NOT LOOK GARISH OR OUT OF PLACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO KEEP WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THAT SIGN AND ALSO JUST SAY, THANKS FOR THE TIME, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A NEW MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE.

WELCOME TO DECATUR. WELCOME TO DECATUR. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. AND IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 25-0001.

SECOND. OH, WOW. SECOND. SECOND. I THINK MISS HILTON HAD THE SECOND.

SECOND FIRST. DID ANYONE ELSE HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT? GO AHEAD. I WANT TO BE CORRECT. I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE.

I DON'T CARE. I FEEL LIKE I HEARD MISS HILTON.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. EDDIE HERE. AND A SECOND.

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

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

THANK YOU ALL. ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A TIMELINE FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

[8. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TIMELINE TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.]

SO THAT BRINGS TO LIGHT THE NEED FOR US TO RESURFACE THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

SO A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON. IN 1994, THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME APPROVED AN ORDINANCE CREATING A SEVEN MEMBER AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

IN 2005, THE BOARD ALL RESIGNED. AND THEN IN 2006, THE ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED TO GO FROM SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS TO FIVE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT SINCE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS RESIGNED, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

SO GIVEN ALL OF THE INTEREST AND ACTIVITY AROUND OUR AIRPORT.

I ASK TONIGHT IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FILLING THOSE CURRENT BOARD SEATS CREATING A CALL FOR APPLICANTS AND POSTING IT FOR NOT LESS THAN 30 BUSINESS DAYS, GOING THROUGH AN APPLICANT REVIEW PROCESS AND BRINGING YOU SOME NAMES ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL FIND IS THAT AT SOME POINT, THAT ORDINANCE WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED.

SURE. IT'S VERY DATED. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, I'M SURE THAT THEY WERE SEEING THE NEEDS FOR THE FIRST TIME, JUST LIKE I AM TODAY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS PERFECT TIMING, GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE ALP, GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE REWRITE OF THE AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SO MY ASK TONIGHT IS JUST TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.

I'D LIKE TO BRING YOU AIRPORT BOARD MEMBERS CERTAINLY BY THE END OF MAY.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN THAT UP AND PUT THAT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC? I WOULD SAY BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IT WILL BE LIVE.

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SO HAVE A BOARD ESTABLISHED. CAN WE GIVE YOU RECOMMENDATIONS? I WILL DO IT LIKE WE DO ALL OTHER BOARDS. ONCE IT'S POSTED, WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT TO STAFF AND THE CITIZENS.

AND CERTAINLY YOU MAY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR APPS TO YOU OR BRING THEM HERE TO CITY HALL.

THANK YOU. NATE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOK FOR A MOTION.

YEAH. IT WOULD IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A MOTION. YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WE'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED IT.

SO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CONSIDER A TIMELINE OR AND ADOPT A TIMELINE OF 30 DAYS ONCE IT'S POSTED. SO RESOLUTION 2020 504 13. I DON'T SEE THAT I MAKE A SUGGESTION AND JUST SAY THAT YOUR MOTION WOULD BE THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROCEED WITH CREATING A CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

OKAY. I MOVED TO. SO. MOVED? YES. SO MOVED. GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO JAKE'S MAKING A MOTION. HE MADE A MOTION.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND SAY WE HAVE A MOTION. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NINE IS CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION RESOLUTION GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE MAIN STREET TO

[9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DECATUR MAIN STREET TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SAFE STREET FOR ALL PROGRAM. RESOLUTION R2025-04-13]

ITEM NINE BEGINS ON PAGE 47 OF YOUR PACKET. THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO FILE A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.

IT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THIS ALLOWS FOR ANY TYPE OF ON SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU COULD THINK OF THAT WOULD IMPROVE EITHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED TO THOSE TWO ITEMS. THERE'S A VERY LENGTHY APPLICATION, BUT THE VERY FIRST STEP IS A RESOLUTION.

INSIDE THAT RESOLUTION. IT'S ON PAGE 48 OF YOUR PACKET, SECTION FOUR.

DEPENDING ON HOW MANY GRANT DOLLARS WE ARE AWARDED, WE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO $50,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS.

SO THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS ME TO WORK WITH OUR GRANT WRITER TO GET THE GRANT IN A STATE THAT WE CAN APPLY, AND THEN IT COMMITS US TO UP TO $50,000 IN MATCHING GRANT FUNDS.

VERY GOOD. SO THAT MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2504 13.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2025--4 13.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

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

[10. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ONCOR CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE (OCSR). RESOLUTION R2025-04-11]

CITY DECATUR TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ENCORE CITY STEERING COMMITTEE.

IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, I'LL CALL THIS THE OCSC.

I KNOW YOU GUYS LOVE ACRONYMS. THAT DATES BACK TO MY.

OCSR. YES. OK. OCSC. R IS A TYPO. IT'S. OH, WOW.

LOOK, WE'RE. AND WE'RE JUST UP HERE READING SO.

AND IT I WAS GETTING THERE. COMMITTEE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH AN R.

SO THE OCSC REPRESENTS CONSUMER INTEREST IN PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT BY THE ENCORE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION UTILITY WHICH IS RATE REGULATED. SO MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMMITTEE IS DETERMINED BY PASSAGE OF THIS BODY OR RESOLUTION OF THIS BODY.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE YEAH. THANKS. TOO MANY PAGES TONIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.

PAGE 51, YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF THE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS OCSC GROUP.

AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, CITIES HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOREVER FOR GENERATIONS, QUITE LITERALLY. AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE LAYER OF OUR ADVOCACY FOR OUR CITIZENS.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED THAT CHANGES THEIR RATES, WE AT LEAST HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.

AND, PAM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THIS IS A NEW ONE FOR US. I DO BELIEVE IN THIS SORT OF EFFORT.

THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. AND MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THIS CITY RESPECTS, GAINESVILLE,

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THERE ARE MANY THAT I LOOKED THROUGH, AND I RECOGNIZE THE NAMES OF CITIES THAT THIS CITY OFTEN LOOKS TO FOR BEST PRACTICES.

SO I ENCOURAGE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS GROUP.

ALL RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SO, PAM, THE $800 THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

WHAT DOES THAT GO FOR? MOSTLY LEGAL FEES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A RATE CASE PENDING RIGHT NOW.

AND THE GROUP THAT IS REPRESENTING THIS CONSOLIDATED CITIES, THIS COALITION WILL ARGUE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CITIES. OKAY. I'M SURE THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT ARE IN THERE TOO, BUT I WOULD SAY MOSTLY LEGAL FEES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OTHER QUESTIONS. JUST A STATEMENT. I MEAN, IF BEVERLY HILLS NUMBER 14 IS INVOLVED WITH THIS, I MEAN, THERE'S NO REASON WHY. I MEAN, THIS IS A NO BRAINER.

IT'S A SLAM DUNK, RIGHT? OTHER QUESTIONS? IT WASN'T A QUESTION.

IT WAS A STATEMENT. BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION IF NOBODY ELSE HAS A STATEMENT OR ANOTHER QUESTION, MISS HILTON. NO.

OKAY. NO PROBLEM. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AIR WAS CLEAR.

IT'S OPEN MIC NOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 202504-11.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

AYE. OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM 11, CONSIDER, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CITY OF DECATUR TEXAS REQUESTING A TRANSFER OF PUBLIC ROADWAY FROM TXDOT.

[11. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS REQUESTING THE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC ROADWAY FROM TXDOT. RESOLUTION R2025-04-12]

THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BEGIN THE NEGOTIATING PIECES OF TAKING BACK A SECTION OF OUR EAST BUSINESS ROUTE, SPANNING FROM WHERE FM 51 INTERSECTS WITH EAST BUSINESS DOWN TO THE FUEL STATION THAT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 380 EAST AND THE EAST BUSINESS ROUTE. THE THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW US TO NEGOTIATE THAT PROPERTY BEING TRANSFERRED ON TO CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP. THAT IS AN ELEMENT THAT IS TIMELY FOR THE PALOMA DEVELOPMENT.

IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW THAT INTERSECTION IS CONFIGURED LONG TERM.

IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR US TO REPAIR PIECES OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER PIECE OF CITY STREET.

BUT THE FIRST STEP HERE IS A PASSING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO GET INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS.

THAT BEGINS ON PAGE 55 OF YOUR PACKET. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS. NATE, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AN EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT'S BLANK.

OH, I'M SO SORRY. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT ACTUAL PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE.

JUST ONE SECOND. RANDY, WILL YOU GO TO GOOGLE IMAGES AND PULL UP SOME? WE'LL GET A GOOGLE MAP UP. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE CORNER.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT LOOKED ANYTHING LIKE THAT CORNER. JUST FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE ENJOYING THE COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE, THAT IS NOT IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. IS THAT COUGAR MOUNTAIN IN MONTANA? BEVERLY HILLS. IT'S CHANGED A BIT SINCE LAST TIME.

SO YEAH. THERE WE GO. THAT'S PERFECT. ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT FOR ME.

NO, THE OTHER ZOOM IN. THERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE FROM FM 51 ALL RIGHT, SO THE THAT ENTIRETY OF THAT STRIP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

VERY GOOD. AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ACCESS OR CREATE NEW ACCESS OR OTHER KINDS OF MAINTAIN IT AS A CITY STREET.

SO IF A CURB CUTS REQUIRED, IT GOES TO PUBLIC WORKS, GOES THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS.

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SO IT MAKES IT A NATE PROBLEM, NOT A STATE PROBLEM.

OOH, ZINGER. DID YOU LIKE THAT? YOU LIKE THAT? IT'S. WELL, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH. GOOD JOB, BUDDY. AND NATE. JUST FOR CLARITY, THE CONVERSATION CAME UP WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE PALOMA TRAIL'S INTERSECTION THERE AT HIGHWAY 380, AND TXDOT INFORMED US AS A PARTNER, THEY SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS COULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGN THE INTERSECTION WITH THE DEVELOPERS. TAKE US OUT OF IT. SO THAT'S HOW WE LANDED HERE.

WE HAD NOT CONCEPTUALIZED THAT BEFORE. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS IT WOULD MAKE MAINTENANCE A LOT EASIER.

WE COULD PUT IT ON OUR TIMELINE INSTEAD OF THE STATE'S TIMELINE.

THE BURDEN THERE BECOMES IT IS OUR MAINTENANCE EXPENSE AT THAT POINT.

SO IT'S A TRADE OFF? SURE. OTHER QUESTIONS. BUT IN MY IN MY OPINION, THIS WOULD BE THE SITE OF TAKING CONTROL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE THE PROBLEM HAPPENS.

SO IT'S TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

THAT'S TRUE. AND CERTAINLY AS IT AS ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OR WHEN THIS AREA WILL HAVE A SIGNAL AT THAT POINT.

IT PUTS US IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, NO PUN INTENDED.

IT ALSO, I WOULD SAY ALSO THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TXDOT WILL FIX A COUPLE OF WE CALL THEM DEEP GRADE.

IS THAT RIGHT GREG? TXDOT WILL FIX A COUPLE OF DEEP GRADE ISSUES THAT ARE OVER THERE.

A COUPLE OF BAD SPOTS. THEY'LL REPAIR THOSE BEFORE WE TAKE IT OVER.

ALL RIGHT. NATE, WHO OWNS THAT LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY? IS THAT PART OF THE SHELL STATION, OR IS THAT AN OPEN? IN THAT B? THAT LITTLE? YEAH, THAT LITTLE CLOSED USE SECTION RIGHT BETWEEN 380 AND THE EMPTY OPEN.

FOR CLARITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE. CORRECT. THAT'S PART OF THIS PARCEL HERE.

OKAY. THERE'S A PIECE HERE THAT WE WILL GAIN WHEN THE WHEN THE LINE COMES ACROSS, WE WILL GAIN A PIECE OF THAT.

IT WILL BECOME CITY PROPERTY, BUT THERE WILL BE A I BELIEVE IT'S 130 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT SPANS BACKWARDS CONSIDERING THE NEED FOR A FUTURE SIGNAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2020 504 12.

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. ITEM 12, CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

[12. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE VIII AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES IN CHAPTER 7, LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATION PART I, TO THE CITY OF DECATUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS A NEW ORDINANCE THAT IS ADDING TO THE CHAPTER SEVEN BUSINESS REGULATIONS TO REGULATE AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE CHIEF CAMPBELL CAME TO ME AND ASKED WHAT REGULATIONS WE HAD IN PLACE TO REGULATE THESE, THESE TYPE OF OPERATIONS.

THESE ARE THE COIN OPERATED MACHINES MOSTLY AT GAS STATIONS THAT YOU SEE.

AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY THAT WOULD REGULATE THIS IN ANY WAY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ZONING OR REGULATION OF THE MACHINES.

SO DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, COLLABORATED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL TO BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF WHAT'S KNOWN THROUGH TEXAS STATE LAW AS AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN ASKING WHAT OUR ORDINANCES ARE ON THIS WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED WHAT REGULATIONS ARE IN PLACE, WHAT PERMITTING IS IN PLACE FOR THAT? WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH THAT OFF RIGHT NOW AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE WORKS, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU.

AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH AN ORDINANCE ON THIS.

IT DOES REQUIRE AN APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED BY AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT WANTS TO RUN THIS TYPE OF OPERATION.

THAT DOES PROVIDE FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS AND A FEE OF $250 PER MACHINE THAT THEY WANT TO OPERATE OUT OF THAT FACILITY, AND THEY IT DOES ALLOW FOR THEM TO BE LOCATED IN AN EXISTING C2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

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OR HOSPITAL. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT HAVE PUT 1000 FOOT OR MORE.

ON THOSE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK.

ABOUT ADDING TO IF WE CHOOSE TO, OR THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO ADD A LARGER SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE.

IT DOES. THE ORDINANCE DOES LIMIT THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THESE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8 A.M. TO 11 P.M. AND MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 8 A.M.

TO 12 A.M. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A MINIMUM OF ANNUAL INSPECTION OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO DOES EXCLUDE CERTAIN MACHINES LIKE CLAW MACHINES, GAME MACHINES THAT YOU FIND AT PLACES THAT KIDS PLAY.

THINGS LIKE THAT. WHETHER IT'S BAG TOSSES OR BASKETBALL SHOOTING GAMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT DOES EXCLUDE THOSE FROM THIS. THIS IS STRICTLY FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF MACHINE.

SO WHAT WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF? THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF IS TO AS FAR AS ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE, JUST ANY KIND OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, DISTANCE OR YOU USE OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S PROS OR CONS OR AS FAR AS THE DISTANCE OF SEPARATION. LIKE I SAID, THE MINIMUM DISTANCE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MOST ORDINANCES WAS 300FT.

THAT MIRRORS THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF OPERATIONS.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ORDINANCES THAT PUT THESE, THESE OPERATIONS AT A FURTHER DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL AND SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH, APPARENTLY I'M A GUY THAT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY QUARTERS, SO I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MACHINES WE'RE REFERRING TO.

ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU REFER TO THE BASKETBALL MACHINE, THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER INPUT FROM POLICE.

I SPOKE WITH CHIEF CAMPBELL ABOUT THIS. HE WORKED WITH WAYNE ON IT.

THIS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE GOT. WHICH IS NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

BUT THESE TYPE OF GAME ROOMS THAT THIS IS GOING TO REGULATE IS SLOT MACHINES.

THEY GET A PRIZE, AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL TURN AROUND AND SELL IT BACK TO THE GAME ROOM.

SO THEY'RE GAMBLING. LIKE I SAY, CHIEF CAMPBELL WILL WORK WITH WAYNE ON THIS.

HIS PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS WE DON'T WANT IT. WE WOULD LIKE A TOTAL BAN BECAUSE YOU START GETTING INTO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY BEEN TO NORTH TARRANT COUNTY.

THEY HAD THEM AND IT'S NOT A GOOD CLIENTELE. WOULD THIS AFFECT LIKE FUZZY'S HAS ONE OF THOSE MACHINES THAT'S COMPLETELY EXCLUDED FROM THIS ORDINANCE? OH, DID I MISS THAT IN THE PRESENTATION? I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. THINKING ABOUT A BASEBALL GAME LIKE MAIN EVENT WILL BE EXCLUDED.

YES, SURE. I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY FOR EXCLUSION IS TO INCREASE THAT DISTANCE.

FOR SEPARATION FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF USES. RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS.

OR WE COULD JUST SAY WE DON'T WANT IT. RIGHT? YOU COULD, YOU COULD.

SO I HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING AN OFFICE THAT IS IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOES HAVE THIS.

AND BECAUSE I AM PART OF A FINANCIAL INSTITUTE, WE SEE A REALLY HARD LINE OF THIS BECAUSE IN THE ELDERLY ARE THIS IS A SIDE ITEM FOR THEM.

THEY GO IN AND THEY USE THIS AND THEY BECOME FINANCIALLY ADDICTED TO THIS PROCESS SO WELL.

BUT THEN THEY BRING THEIR GRANDKIDS IN AND IT BECOMES A TRAINING TECHNIQUE.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE BORED AND THEY HAVE TO BABYSIT THE KIDS SO THEY GET TO COME WITH THEM.

MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, SINCE YOU AND CHIEF WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS, WHAT IS THE PLAN? BECAUSE IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF POLICE INTERACTION WITH THAT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT COME INTO THIS AND ARE EXPOSED.

YOU ALSO HAVE A CLIENTELE THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WHILE YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, WAS THAT BROUGHT INTO PLAY?

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IF THEY ARE. IF WE FIND THAT THEY ARE CONTINUALLY VIOLATING THAT, YOU CAN REVOKE LICENSE FOR THEM TO OPERATE THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. BUT WHEN CAN THESE NOT BE PUT IN THE BACK OF CONVENIENCE STORES LIKE I'VE SEEN IN.

AND I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I WITNESSED THIS GOING DOWN IN A, IN A STORE, AND THAT INVOLVED EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS HAVING TO COME IN, INVOLVED DETECTIVES COMING IN, TAKING REPORTS BECAUSE THEY WERE GAMBLING, AND IT WAS AT THE BACK OF A CONVENIENCE STORE.

SO BY THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED ON THIS, IT DOES HAVE TO BE VISIBLE IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE.

CAN WE NOT JUST SAY BAN IT? WE DON'T WANT THESE MACHINES IN DECATUR, TEXAS.

I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT QUESTION TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE GO BACK INTO THE TERMS OF THE ORDINANCES DRAFTED AND SEE HOW IT CAN BE SHORED UP. NO, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THESE MACHINES.

BUT I DO THINK THAT I MEAN, THERE WAS A REASON WHY STAFF BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR SECOND READING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IMMEDIATELY.

AND MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN GET TO THE POINT OF A SECOND READING.

WE FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTION ON THAT. I WAS GOING TO SAY I WOULD PREFER TO NOT HAVE THOSE IN DECATUR CITY LIMITS.

I THINK THAT. I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY HERE PROBABLY A BIG PUSHER OF IT.

NO, NO, MY MAIN CONCERN WAS, IS THAT WE HAD NO REGULATION FOR THIS, AND I WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMING IN WITH NO REGULATION IN PLACE.

SO THE AT. WHOA. IN THE CITY LIMITS OF DECATUR.

RIGHT. I GUESS THERE WAS THE THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS IF WITH THE ABSENCE OF THAT, WHAT DOES THAT AUTHORITY PROVIDE? SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS DURING THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING AND LET ME WEIGH ALL OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING A MISSTEP BY NOT PUTTING IN REGULATIONS RIGHT WHERE IT PROTECTS YOU VERSUS 100%.

THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? YEAH, I JUST PUT AN ORDER IN FOR SIX OF THOSE MACHINES THIS WEEK.

OH, WOW. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT A FOOT ON SMALL BUSINESS.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YEAH I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU ABSTAIN FROM THAT THEN.

ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. SO I'M GOING TO SAY HEARING NO OTHER ITEMS, WE WILL LOOK FOR THE CITY TO. PUT THIS ON A POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA. YES, WE'LL HAVE IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND I'LL REPORT BACK.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TABLE THAT. I THINK WE CAN JUST MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT.

[13. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE SEASONAL HEALTH PERMIT FOR SEASONAL AND MOBILE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. RESOLUTION R2025-04-14]

WAYNE. SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION FOR A REQUEST FROM A VENDOR THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING IN THE CITY OF DECATUR. WE HAD THEM WORKING UNDER A SEASONAL PERMIT AS A TEMPORARY EVENT.

WE ADAPTED THAT SEASONAL PERMIT SO THEY COULD DO TEMPORARY EVENTS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.

HOWEVER, THAT SEASONAL PERMIT ONLY ALLOWS FOR OPERATION OF 180 DAYS IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

SO ONCE WE GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT 180 DAYS, THEY NEEDED SOME MORE TIME.

WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER MEANS TO SELL THEIR PRODUCT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AS THIS TEMPORARY EVENT. THIS IS THE PELICAN'S SNOWBALLS.

AND THEY HAD A SEASONAL PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2024.

IT ACTUALLY EXPIRED APRIL 1ST. WE HAVE EXTENDED IT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS SEASONAL PERMIT.

WE'RE ASKING THAT. AND STAFF SUPPORTS EXTENDING THIS SEASONAL PERMIT FOR ANOTHER 180 DAYS WHILE THEY WORK ON A FOOD TRUCK TO, TO SELL THEIR SNOWBALLS. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 202504-14.

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WE DO. THERE ARE SEVERAL SNOW CONE VENDORS THAT PULL OUT, PULL A SEASONAL PERMIT EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THIS MOTION BEFORE US.

ANY FURTHER POINTS OF CLARITY BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU, SIR. SIR. ITEM 14. CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

[14. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY AND THE DECATUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO LEASE A 2024 FORD F-250 IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,372.85 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

THEY SEEK TO REPLACE A 2008 UTILITY VEHICLE WITH A 2024 FORD F-250 SOURCED HERE AT CARL CLEMENT, AND THE DETAILS OF THAT LEASE ARE BEGINNING ON PAGE 70.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER LEASES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DEALT WITH HISTORICALLY.

THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO VEHICLES, I BELIEVE, FOR PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED IN FY 2025 BUDGET.

SO IT IS EXPECTED AND IT IS IN BUDGET. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

OR I'LL DEFER TO GREG. QUESTIONS. MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING IN THE DECATUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO LEASE THE 2024 F-250 IN THE AMOUNT OF 57,372.85. AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND. THAT'S GOOD. GREAT MOTION.

SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. ITEM 15. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

[15. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY AND THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LEASE TWO 2025 CHEVROLET TAHOE’S IN THE AMOUNT OF $93,771.10 AND $93,630.85 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

THEY'RE GETTING FINALLY GETTING THEIR THREE TAHOES.

I'M CERTAINLY SURE THAT PD IS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THESE ARE THREE THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE FY 2025 BUDGET.

ONE IS TOTAL VALUED OUT AT 93,771, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SUCH A MIX OF WORDAGE THERE.

BUT IT'S THREE POLICE UNITS. THEY'RE UPFITTED AND THEY'LL COME TO THE DEPARTMENT VIA THE LEASE PROGRAM.

AGAIN APPROVED IN FY25 BUDGET AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR REFER TO CAPTAIN HILTON.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. MOTION. OH, SO IT'S THREE TAHOES.

93,771 AND TWO AT 93631, FIVE TOTAL? OR THREE TOTAL? HANG ON. OH, IT SAYS THREE. THERE'S A COMMA. ONE AT AND THEN TWO AT.

IT'S JUST THREE. WELL, MINE READS THIS WAY ANYWAY.

ONE AT THE COST OF 93,771 AND TWO AT. SO ONE TAHOE IS 93,000 BY ITSELF, AND TWO ARE 93,000 EACH. MISS HILTON, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 95 OF YOUR PACKET, IT KIND OF DETAILS THE UPFIT COSTS AND YOUR ANNUAL PAYMENTS. OKAY. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT VALUES THERE.

ONE TAHOE AT THE 93,771 AND TEN CENT VALUE, AND THEN TWO EACH AT THE VALUE OF 93,630.85.

OKAY. CHIEF HAD TO GET THE MASSAGING CHAIRS IN HIS.

SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY THE FIRST ONE IS AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER COST THAN THE OTHER TWO.

THE PROTECTION KEYS. OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

LOOK FOR MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE THREE TAHOES WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY. A ONE AT 93,071.10, AND THE OTHER TWO AT 93,630.85 AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

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

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

ITEM 16, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.

[16. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH QTPOD, LLC.]

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THIS IS THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL AT THE AIRPORT WHERE YOU WHERE THE PILOTS PAY FOR THEIR FUEL AT THE AIRPORT.

SO IT'S JUST A SUBSCRIPTION FOR THAT SERVICE.

THE CITY PAYS FOR THAT. AND AS YOU RECALL, WE GET $0.09 PER GALLON SOLD AT THE AIRPORT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION.

SO, GREG, HOW ARE WE DOING IT NOW? THE SAME WAY, THEY JUST UPDATED THEIR TERMS OF THE LEASE.

OKAY. IT'S JUST THEY UPDATED THEIR TERMS. OKAY.

IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'RE READY FOR IT MAYOR.

ABSOLUTELY. MOVE TO APPROVE A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH QT POD, LLC.

SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

AND THAT PASSES. ITEM 17 IS CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PULL OFF?

[17. CONSENT AGENDA]

SECOND. I 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. ITEM 18 IS REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT AT 7:37.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.