Mar 17, 2025 City Council

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SAVED BY THE HAMMER. ALL RIGHT. IT'S MONDAY, MARCH 17TH.

[Workshop Session - 6:15 P.M. ]

THOSE FLYING SAUCERS UP THERE WITH THE GREEN LIGHTS WILL PICK UP EVERY BIT OF AUDIO IN THIS ROOM AND BEYOND.

SO PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THAT. FIRST UP ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA. FIRST UP WE'VE GOT INVOCATION WITH MYSELF.

WE'VE GOT THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAGS WITH COUNCILMEMBER MERIDITH.

WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS. ITEM D ONE PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENTS. THIS IS A FEATHER SMASH DOWN THERE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

CAPELLEN. NEXT UP IS CONSENT AGENDA MINUTES.

ITEM THREE. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE.

DO WE KNOW THIS GUY? MAY MAKE A CALL. HOW WELL DO WE KNOW THIS ITEM? FOR APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND TRAINER HL.

THIS IS A DESIGN SERVICES ON MINOR PORTER. ITEM FIVE.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH OCM. AND THIS IS FOR PROJECT CONTROL SERVICES ON THE MIDWAY BRANCH LIFT STATION.

ITEM SIX IS THE BID AWARD FOR THE MIDWAY BRANCH LIFT STATION.

WAS THIS THE AMOUNT WE WERE EXPECTING? IT IS WITHIN BUDGET.

ITEM SEVEN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS AN OUTCOME ON THE INSURANCE CONVERSATION FROM RETREAT.

ITEM EIGHT REVISE POLICY STATEMENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH FOLLOWS ON TO ITEM FROM ITEM SEVEN.

AND ITEM NINE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CFR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO US HERE IN WORKSHOP.

REGULAR HEARING ITEM G TEN FIVE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS.

THIS IS FOR A 1.5 ACRE TRACT. WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S A 35 AND FOX.

SO THIS IS THAT ODD CORNER ON THE WHAT IS THAT? EAST NORTHEAST, NORTHEAST SIDE OF FOX AND 35.

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. YEAH. ANY CONSTRUCTION USED TO BE THERE.

AND THAT THAT WAS TWO SEPARATE PARCELS. ARE THEY TAKING THE WHOLE THING? BECAUSE THERE'S THAT ABANDONED BUILDING IN BACK THAT BELONGED TO THE INDIVIDUAL? NO, IT'S JUST THIS IS THE WHOLE PARCEL. THE WHOLE THING.

YEAH. THIS IS KIND OF A GHOST KITCHEN SLASH DRIVE THROUGH SPEED RESTAURANT THING.

I DON'T GET IT. CAN I, LIKE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS BUSINESS IS TO ME? BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.

BASICALLY, COMMERCIAL CATERING KITCHENS THAT PREPARE FOOD FOR DELIVERY.

PEOPLE WORK. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S THREE DRIVE.

THERE'S THREE SEPARATE KITCHENS, I GUESS THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD.

AND THEN DELIVERY DRIVERS WILL COME THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH, PICK IT UP AND TO SPEED IT TO THE CUSTOMER.

YEAH, IT WASN'T AN EASY RIDE. SO YEAH, I GET THAT.

IT'S NOT AN EAT IN PLACE. I WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS WHERE UBER DRIVERS GO.

LIKE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT TOO. UBER EATS TOGETHER.

YEAH, YEAH. OR THEY'RE ALL CATERED FOR CATERED FOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD THAT'S ORDERED.

THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW TIERNEY STARTED HIS HIS PIZZA PLACE WAS IN.

YEAH. SEVEN ROWS. OKAY, SO IT'S KIND OF KIND OF IN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST.

IT'S IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN A FOOD TRUCK AND A PERMANENT RESTAURANT AND KIND OF KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

SO IT'S LIKE NOT THE SAME PLACE ALL THE TIME.

IT'S LIKE, NO, IT'S DIFFERENT. PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND DO CATERING ONE DAY AND THEN.

NO. NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE OPERATING. THEY IT MAY BE MAY BE BASED ON DEMAND.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE THREE SEPARATE KITCHENS.

AND I IMAGINE YOU COULD SEE A SCENARIO WHERE YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE MIGHT BE MEXICAN, MIGHT NOT WHAT MIGHT BE ITALIAN OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE.

BURGERS AND SANDWICHES OR SOMETHING. AND THEY MAY SWITCH IT UP, I'M NOT SURE.

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IT COULD BE. IT'S NOT. THEY'RE NOT. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SAID THEY'RE DOING IT.

DEFINITELY AS AN INCUBATOR. YEAH, THEY'RE LEAVING IT OPEN.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MODELS HERE. YOU COULD HAVE A BUSINESS THAT JUST WANT LIKE A SEVEN LOAVES WHO WANTS TO GO IN? AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE SPACE THAT THEY. YEAH.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD CALL IT. YOU COULD HAVE COMMISSARY SERVICES THERE.

YOU COULD HAVE LEASED KITCHEN SPACE. I MEAN, I THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A COMMUNITY KITCHEN BUILT HERE YEARS AGO.

SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS MODELS THAT WOULD FIT IN HERE. A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT.

YEAH. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS. ITEM 11 ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS WITH LANDSCAPING THERE AT 591 BENJAMIN'S WAY HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KEELEY. SO HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? DID THEY JUST DO SOME OF THAT STUFF ON THEIR OWN AND THEN STOP TO GET AWAY WITH IT? YEAH, I THINK THEY JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPROVING THEIR PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE AWARE OR NOT. IF THEY HAD TO COME IN. BUT WE CALLED THEM AND NOW, I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THIS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY DID IT OR NOT BEFORE OR AFTER.

BUT YES, THEY THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO DO ANY WORK.

THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK. IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I THINK THEY WILL HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL SPACES AND SOME ADDITIONAL TREES.

OKAY. 12. RESIGNATION OF THOMAS SMITH. AN APPOINTMENT.

HAVE WE GOT AN APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDED? YES. 10%.

10%. OKAY. REPORTS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.

CORRECT? YES. NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO BACK INTO OUR WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS.

I'M GOING TO FLIP THESE TONIGHT. JUST BECAUSE ONE'S GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME THAN THE OTHER.

AND SINCE THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT ACTUALLY HAS AN ACTIONABLE ATTACHED TO IT, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT ONE FIRST. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'VE GOT OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DAVE ERB AND JOHN BURROW. WEAVER AND WEAVER FROM WEAVER ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE A CFR AND.

I Y'ALL KEEP CHANGING THE NAMES FOR THE SAME.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE SIGH THAT CAME OUT FROM OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE COMPLETED THIS AUDIT, AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN MORE SO THAN THE AUDITORS THEMSELVES.

WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT ON THE AUDIT TRYING TO MAKE IT AS FINE AS POSSIBLE.

AND SPEAKING OF FUN, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PATH OR THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

THIS IS THE 24 PAGE CONDENSED VERSION OF THIS 200 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR US TO DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ANYWAY. WE RECENTLY UPDATED THE CONTENTS IN HERE.

SO IN ADDITION TO SOME HIGH LEVEL AND SOME BROAD INFORMATION ON THE AUDIT THAT'S PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THE AQUIFER, BUT IT INCLUDES JUST SOME REAL GOOD INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO VERY HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH YOU.

SO WE HAVE JOHN AND LAUREN COME UP FROM WEAVER.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT STARTED BACK IN AUGUST WITH SOME INTERIM WORK STARTED IN EARNEST IN OCTOBER.

FOUR PAPERS WERE COMPLETED. THE FIELD WORK BEGAN IN JANUARY AND THROUGH JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND INTO MARCH.

YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL DOCUMENT HERE, AND WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PLAYERS THAT REALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

SO IN THE BACK ROW WE HAVE DAN TOMPKINS. HE'S OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR DOING THE AUDIT FULLY.

AND SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB LEADING THAT TEAM WITH HER, OUR THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT HEATHER PATCHOGUE.

AND THEN THE THREE ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE, MARICEL CORONA, TOYA PERRY, AND THE NEWEST MEMBER IS ANITA.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND TO ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THERE.

BUT NO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO COVER THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN AND THEN LET THEM TAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY, AND THEN WE COULD TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS WHEN THEY'RE DONE.

THANKS. THANKS, DAVE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US PRESENT TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M JOHN DEVEREAUX.

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SHE SERVED AS THE ENGAGEMENT MANAGER. AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT ALSO TO TO THANK DAVE AND ALL OF HIS STAFF HERE FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND COOPERATION. THEY MADE IT A GREAT AUDIT.

AND THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH IN WHAT THEY DO AND VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.

AND WE RECEIVE NOTHING BUT THE FULL COOPERATION OF THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YOUR HARD WORK. AND WE HAVE ABOUT A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO GO OVER WITH YOU THAT COMBINES A NUMBER OF THINGS.

IT GOES THROUGH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STAFF AND OUR AUDIT PROCESS GOES THROUGH THE AUDIT RESULTS, THE AUDIT PROCESS WE HAVE OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHT SLIDES LEFT TO SHARE.

AND JOINING WARREN AND I AS PART OF THE STAFF WAS MICHELLE JOEY.

SHE SERVED AS THE SUPERVISOR OVER THE FIELD WORK, AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER ASSOCIATES.

AND I'M GOING TO LET LAUREN STEP IN AND AND HAVE THE FUN TO TELL YOU THE RESULTS OF THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S GOOD NEWS, BUT I WON'T SPOIL THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL START OFF WITH OUR AUDIT RESULTS. WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

IT'S A CLEAN, CLEAN MENU. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE YOU CAN RECEIVE ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

YOU SHOULD BE CALLED AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION, BUT IT MADE IT SOUND LIKE YOU WEREN'T QUALIFIED ANYMORE. THEY ALL CHANGED THE NAMES UP AGAIN. YES, IT SOUNDS BETTER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.

AND THEN WE ALSO ISSUED OUR REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE, AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE OR CONTROL DEFICIENCIES.

SO THAT'S ALSO GREAT NEWS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO ISSUED OUR UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE REPORTS FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAM.

AND THEN THERE WERE OUR REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER COMPLIANCE, OVER THE SCHEDULES OF EXPENDITURES FOR FEDERAL AWARDS AND STATE AWARDS.

AND NO FINDINGS THERE. YEAH. THIS YEAR, SINCE THERE WERE MORE THAN $750,000 OF STATE FUNDS SPENT, AS WELL AS 750,000 OF FEDERAL YOU HAD TO UNDERGO BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL STIMULI.

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF OUR ENGAGEMENT TIME, AS DAVE WAS SAYING EARLIER, INTERIM FIELDWORK IS IN AUGUST.

OUR FINAL FIELDWORK WAS HELD MOSTLY IN JANUARY.

AND WE ISSUED OUR OPINION IN MARCH. OUR AUDIT WAS PERFORMED WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AND ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE IN TEXAS TEXAS GRANTS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE USE A RISK BASED APPROACH, WHICH IS WE IDENTIFY AREAS OF POTENTIAL OF POTENTIAL AREAS OF RISK FOR FRAUD OR MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE TAILOR OUR AUDIT PROGRAMS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THOSE RISK REVENUE RECOGNITION, FEDERAL OR STATE GRANT REVENUE EXPENDITURES.

WE LOOK AT PAYABLES AND ALSO LEARN LONG TERM LIABILITIES, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY CALL SPECIFIC RISKS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE IS A RISKY CLIENT.

IT'S JUST THAT THOSE ARE AREAS OF OF HIGHER RISK OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.

SO WE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO GET THAT RISK DOWN TO A LOWER LEVEL BY LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THINGS.

AND IF WE'D SEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS INDICATIVE OF A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY OR MATERIAL WEAKNESS, WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THOSE TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE GOT TO GO BACK INTO OUR AUDIT PROCESS, OUR INTERIM FIELD WORK AGAIN, KIND OF WE DO WALKTHROUGHS OF ACCOUNTING CONTROLS OVER CASH DISBURSEMENTS, PAYROLL, DISBURSEMENTS, INVESTMENTS RECEIPTS, YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE COURT RECEIPTS, UTILITY BILLING, YOUR TAXES, PERMITS, EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY.

WE DO A TEST OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AND THEN WE DO SPECIFIC CONTROL TESTING THAT WE'RE CASH DISBURSEMENTS AND PAYROLL TRANSACTIONS AS WELL, AND TESTING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THEN FINAL FIELD WORK WHEN THE REAL FUN BEGINS IS THE TESTING OF THE ACCOUNT BALANCES AND THE CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITIES.

WE USE A COMBINATION OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES VOUCHING MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS.

EVALUATING. EVALUATE EVALUATING ESTIMATES. WE IDENTIFY AND TEST THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM, WHICH WAS YOUR CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TWO STATE MAJOR STATE PROGRAMS OR TWO MAJOR STATE PROGRAMS, THE I-35 UTILITY RELOCATION AND THE REGIONAL TOLL REVENUE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. SHE GIVES ME THE BORING PART OF A LOT OF THE

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IN ADDITION TO AN ACTUAL FORMAL LETTER. I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE THINGS.

AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE IS OUR OUR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE DIFFERENT AUDIT STANDARDS.

SO UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS WERE REQUIRED TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BASED ON OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES, WHICH WE'VE DONE. AND AS SHE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. IN ADDITION TO THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES, WE ALSO HAVE TO ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT ON OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND NONCOMPLIANCE.

AND AS LAUREN MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN THAT REPORT.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE TO TO PERFORM AUDIT PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE.

FEDERAL YOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS YOUR MAJOR STATE PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THE CLEAN OPINIONS ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THIS YEAR, THE CITY HAD TO IMPLEMENT A NEW AUDIT STANDARD CALLED GADSBY BE 100.

IT'S CALLED ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND ERROR CORRECTIONS, AND IT PROVIDED NEW GUIDANCE FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOU'RE CORRECTING PREVIOUS YOUR ERRORS, WHICH THERE WERE NONE.

BUT IT ALSO COVERS SITUATIONS IN WHICH FUNDS GO FROM A MAJOR FUND TO A NON-MAJOR OR.

THIS YEAR YOU HAD A TERS FUND THAT WENT FROM BEING WHAT'S CALLED A DISCRETELY PRESENTED COMPONENT UNIT FUNDED COMPONENT UNIT.

SO THERE WERE MOSTLY JUST INVOLVED DISCLOSURES THAT HAD TO BE PUT IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, JUST TO EXPLAIN THE CHANGE IN THE REPORTING ENTITY.

SO ONE, WAS THE GRANT FUNDS CHANGING FROM A MAJOR FUND TO A NON MAJOR.

AND THEN THE TRUST IS NUMBER ONE FUND. CHANGING THE TYPE OF COMPONENT UNIT IS BECAUSE OF THE COMPOSITION OF JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THAT CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE MAKEUP OF YOUR BOARD. SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE.

THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF ANY MATERIAL ERRORS OR IRREGULARITIES, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, AS WE MENTIONED. THERE ARE ESTIMATES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SUCH AS PENSION LIABILITIES AND OTHERS THAT WE LOOKED AT THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THOSE ESTIMATES AND MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE. WE REALLY ENCOUNTERED NO DIFFICULTIES IN FORMING THE AUDIT.

WE RECEIVED ALL THE REQUIRED REPRESENTATIONS FROM MANAGEMENT BEFORE WE ISSUED OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT.

THERE WERE NO INDEPENDENCE ISSUES IN THE AREAS OF AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY SIGNIFICANT AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT THE PROCEDURES TO ARRIVE AT THE NUMBERS IN THE FINAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NONE.

NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS BACK TO LAUREN, WHO'S GOING TO WOW YOU WITH THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR'S ACT.

FOR THE GOOD STUFF, THE NUMBERS MAKE A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND REVENUES.

THEY TOTALED $231.7 MILLION THIS YEAR. THIS IS A $27.8 MILLION INCREASE OVER FISCAL YEAR 2023.

KIND OF A NET EFFECT OF INCREASES IN PROPERTY AND OTHER TAXES OF 8.9 MILLION.

INVESTMENT INCOME WAS $4.8 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF YOUR GRANTS? YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COVID RELIEF FUNDS, 16.1 MILLION LARGER THAN LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THERE WAS AN OFFSET WITH A DECREASE IN OTHER INCOME OF $2.1 MILLION.

HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A COMPARISON SIDE BY SIDE OF WHERE YOUR INCREASES AND WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LICENSES AND PERMITS WERE KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME.

RECREATION WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LAST YEAR.

AND THEN EXPENDITURES BY FUND, THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR 2024 WERE $318.2 MILLION.

THAT WAS A 74.9 MILLION INCREASE. PRIMARILY RESULT OF CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES OF 59.6 MILLION

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THAT WAS PROBABLY YOUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. THE RISK OF SPENDING OF THE CAPITAL OR THE BOND PROCEEDS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN YOUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TOTALED $233.1 MILLION.

IT DECREASED BY 53.4 MILLION. THIS IS THE NET EFFECT OF THE DECREASE IN THE GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AND THE DEBT OF 1.3 BILLION INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS 47.5 MILLION AND REPRESENTS 41% 41.4% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THAT'S CONSIDERED VERY HEALTHY. FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL, YOU HAD A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF 4.9 MILLION. REVENUES EXCEEDED BUDGET BY 0.9 MILLION, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO A TWO ALMOST ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. BETTER YOU DID AN INVESTMENT INCOME.

IT WAS OFFSET BY LOWER THAN EXPECTED REVENUES IN YOUR PROPERTY AND OTHER TAXES.

EXPENDITURES WERE 3.4 MILLION BELOW BUDGET, AND THEN YOUR OTHER FINANCING SOURCES LIKE YOUR TRANSFERS AND OTHER THINGS WERE LOW.

BUDGET FIVE AND 0.6 MILLION AND ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE UNDER BUDGET EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN YOUR ENTERPRISE FUND. SO YOUR WATER AND SEWER AND STORMWATER YOU YOUR NET BUSINESS POSITION ENDED AT 33.8 MILLION AND THERE WAS A $13.1 MILLION INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.

YOUR OPERATING REVENUES DECREASED ABOUT 1.5 IS WATER CONSUMPTION IS WHAT WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO.

OPERATING EXPENSES INCREASED BY 2 MILLION. IT'S PROBABLY PRIMARILY DUE TO INCREASING COST OF WATER PURCHASES.

AND THEN YOUR NET OPERATING NON-OPERATING REVENUES INCREASED BY 2.9 MILLION.

AND THAT'S PRIMARILY YOUR INTEREST IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS OVER PRIOR YEAR.

AND THEN YOUR CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS INCREASED BY 13.7 MILLION.

AND THAT'S YOUR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR IMPACT FEES.

HANG IT OVER. I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS, BUT GATSBY IS ALWAYS BUSY COMING UP WITH NEW PRONOUNCEMENTS, AND THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT. THERE WILL BE A NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT DAVE AND THE STAFF WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN FISCAL 2025 THAT DEALS WITH COMPENSATED ABSENCES AND HOW THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL WELL VERSED IN THAT SO THAT IT'S PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, WAS A GREAT AUDIT.

AND YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO DAVE AND HIS STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS. ANY QUESTIONS? IT APPEARS NUMBER NINE. IT'S ON YOUR CONSENT TO ACCEPT THE WHICH IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR.

CLEAN AS ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATES.

AND WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, RUSSELL MARSHALL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST SIDNEY CASEY PRESENTING.

THANK YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GIVING YOU SOME UPDATES FROM OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY TWO PERSON TEAM DOES A LOT FOR US SO THEY CAN DO A GREAT JOB. THEY STAY VERY BUSY.

SIDNEY CASEY IS GOING TO START US OFF TONIGHT WITH SOME UPDATES ON OUR MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

AND THEN SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RUSSELL, WHO WILL UPDATE US ON SOME FUTURE PROGRAM INITIATIVES.

SO TAKE IT AWAY. HI, EVERYONE. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH GOING OVER THE AUDIO AGAIN.

YEAH I AGREE. RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

THAT WAS SO GOOD. MAYBE THE SECOND TIME. THAT PERSON.

SENT TO YOU. THAT WOULD BE MORE BORING THAN I THINK.

SO PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT A COMPETITION. COUNTY IS NOT BORING.

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SO I WANT GOING TO START OFF WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT MEANS BY WHICH WE COMMUNICATED TO OUR CITIZENS.

AFTER THAT WATER MAIN BREAK, STARTING WITH CITIZEN ALERT, WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS OF MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

SO THIS IS THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT M PUSHES OUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND IT'S DONE THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED EVA BRIDGE.

WE SENT OUT FIVE NOTIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE EVENT WITH THE FIRST ONE AROUND 2:30 A.M.

AROUND THE SAME TIME WE STARTED SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEXT DOOR OUTREACH STREET SIGNS WERE PUT OUT THE NEXT MORNING.

THE INFORMATION WAS COMMUNICATED ON THE WEBSITE AND TO DIFFERENT NEWS OUTLETS.

SO WE REALLY TRY TO EMPHASIZE IN OUR LINE OF WORK, COMMUNICATION, REDUNDANCIES AND NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE.

SO WE REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE ACHIEVED THAT.

NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB. SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE, WHICH AGAIN, IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.

SO WE TOOK EVERY COMPLAINT TO HEART THAT THOSE NOTIFICATIONS WEREN'T RECEIVED BY EVERYONE, BY NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE.

AND THEY MEANT A LOT TO US. AND WE RAN DOWN ALL OF THEM.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SYSTEM WORKING WERE REALLY PUT TO BED VERY QUICKLY WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS. OUT OF OVER 300,000 NOTIFICATION ATTEMPTS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY ONE TRUE SYSTEM ERROR.

SO GLITCH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AN ANOMALY.

YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT THE PERSON BEHIND THAT GLITCH DIDN'T RECEIVE THE MESSAGE FROM AN EMAIL OR TEXT.

A DIFFERENT FORM OF COMMUNICATION, BUT WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE SYSTEM PERFORMS. NOW I HAVE HERE A LIST OF ALL THE REASONS SOMEONE MIGHT RECEIVE OR NOT RECEIVE A MESSAGE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY A NUMBER OF REASONS SOMEONE MIGHT NOT GET IT AS SIMPLE AS THEIR VOICEMAIL NOT BEING.

NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT. I, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHEN I FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND THE FOLKS THAT WERE UNREACHABLE AND KIND OF CHEWING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, I THOUGHT OF ALL THE TIMES I'M ON MY COMMUTE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE DEAD SPOTS ARE WHEN I'M TALKING TO MY LOVED ONES.

SO IT REALLY THE PROBABILITY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH OVER 300,000 ATTEMPTED NOTIFICATIONS IS IS STAGGERING.

SO HERE'S AGAIN THE SNAPSHOT OF THE SYSTEM AND, AND ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY FIX JUST OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

NOW WE'LL GET TO THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL THAT WE'VE REALLY, REALLY DUG OUR HEELS INTO.

SO STARTING WITH THE FIRST CHALLENGE BEING THAT ONLY PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR TEXT AND EMAIL RECEIVE THE FIRST NOTIFICATION.

SO AGAIN, THAT WAS AT ABOUT 2:30 A.M.. AND AN ATTEMPT TO NOT WAKE PEOPLE UP THAT WERE YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A BOIL WATER NOTICE WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING. IT'S NOT A TORNADO.

SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO TO NOT CALL PEOPLE WITH USED VOICE CALL, JUST TEXTING EMAILS, THINGS THAT THEY COULD CHECK IN THE MORNING. WHAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT THOSE OF THOSE CITIZENS THAT HAD SIGNED UP WITH THEIR LANDLINES WOULD NOT RECEIVE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOOD LESSON LEARNED.

THE NEXT ONE WAS GEOFENCING. SO WE UNINTENTIONALLY SKEWED OUR AUDIENCE WHEN WE ISOLATED THE PRESSURE ZONE THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE WATER MAIN BREAK.

AGAIN, AN ATTEMPT TO NOT BOTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPACTED.

WE DID SKEW THE AUDIENCE TO PEOPLE THAT HAD MOVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

REALLY. I WAS SUPER SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S MOVING ACROSS TOWN POTENTIALLY BUYING A HOME, THE FIRST THING THEY DON'T THINK TO DO IS UPDATE THEIR CITIZEN ALERT ACCOUNT WITH THEIR NEW ADDRESS.

BUT EVEN SO, WE'LL AVOID GEOFENCING IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT OUR MESSAGES WERE A BIT TOO LONG FOR SMS. SO THE LENGTH OF MESSAGES THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SEND, WE'RE COMING THROUGH AS A LINK TO THOSE USERS WITH SMS SYSTEMS WHICH JUST INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY'LL BE MARKED AS SPAM, IN ADDITION TO JUST MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE USER TO VIEW THE MESSAGE.

SO WE CERTAINLY CONDENSE THE MESSAGING THERE.

AND LASTLY, MANY CITIZENS HAD ONLY SUBSCRIBED TO WEATHER ALERTS WHICH ARE SENT OUT BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, NOT BY RUSS AND I. WE'RE A HOST TO THEIR MESSAGES, BUT THOSE ALERTS ARE TRIGGERED AS SOON AS THE WATCH ITSELF OR WARNING ITSELF IS SENT OUT.

SO THAT'S A GLOBAL EXPERIENCE. NOT ANYTHING WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.

SO WE'VE PROPOSED SOME CHANGES AT THE END OF THE SLIDESHOW TO TO ADDRESS THE, YOU KNOW, NAMING CONVENTION SIDE OF THINGS,

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THE DECISION TO GEOFENCE WAS MINE ALONE, AND I APPROVE THE MESSAGES AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT RESTS WITH ME.

THANK YOU. SO NOW NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN PAST SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT WE LEARNED FROM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ANECDOTAL ISSUES THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY SOMEONE YOU KNOW OR WHY YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE A MESSAGE.

FIRST, WE'LL START WITH JAKE. JAKE, SUBSCRIBE TO CITIZEN ALERT WHILE LIVING.

THESE ARE HYPOTHETICAL CITIZENS, BY THE WAY. JAKE, SUBSCRIBE TO CITIZEN ALERT WHILE LIVING IN CASTLE HILL.

BUT AFTER MOVING TO OLD TOWN, HE NEVER UPDATED HIS ADDRESS.

AS A RESULT, HE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE GEOFENCING AND DIDN'T RECEIVE THE BOIL WATER NOTICE.

UNDERSCORING THE NEED TO TO NOT GEOFENCE. JULIE DID NOT PROVIDE AN EMAIL OR A MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.

ONLY HER LANDLINE. THEREFORE, SHE HAD TO BE WAITING BY THE PHONE TO HEAR IT RING.

JUST LIKE WE EMPHASIZE COMMUNICATION REDUNDANCIES IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE OF COURSE ASK THE SAME OF THE SUBSCRIBERS.

THIRD, WE HAVE KELLY, WHO SIGNED UP YEARS AGO BUT HAS SINCE CHANGED HER PHONE NUMBER AND STOPPED USING HER OLD EMAIL, UNABLE TO ACCESS HER ACCOUNT OR RESET HER PASSWORD.

SHE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO UPDATE HER PREFERENCES.

ALL SHE REMEMBERS AS SIGNING UP ONCE AND NOT EVER HEARING ANYTHING AGAIN.

I KNOW THIS IS THE CASE FOR MORE ACCOUNTS. IN MY CASE, I'M JUST CITIZEN ALERT.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON ON HUNTING THAT STUFF DOWN IF THEY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES.

UNLESS YOU HAVE CHARLIE, WHO SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN ALERT IN 2018 AND ONLY SUBSCRIBES TO WEATHER ALERTS, HE DIDN'T REALIZE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ONLY USES THE PLATFORM.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEND OUT UNIQUE TEXT. SO SINCE YOU RECEIVE THE SAME INFORMATION FROM LIKE NINE OTHER APPS, WHICH IS THE CASE WITH MOST OF US, HE MARKED AS SPAM IN 2021 AND HASN'T RECEIVED ONE SINCE.

SO NOW WE'LL GET ON TO SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'VE GAINED THROUGH THAT. A LOT OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED AND MANY OF THEM I'M SURE YOU'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF ALREADY.

BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY USE ALL CONTACT METHODS POSSIBLE MOVING FORWARD, CALLING, TEXTING, EMAILING AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR TOOLBOX CALLED WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS.

THAT'S THE PLATFORM USED BY AMBER ALERTS. SO IT REACHES ALL WIRELESS USERS IN A GIVEN AREA, AND WE COULD LEVERAGE THAT IN A CRITICAL EMERGENCY.

SO WE'RE WORKING NOW TO ESTABLISH SOME PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TO USE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING ON THAT? SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED OF ME FROM COUNCIL, AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHY CAN'T WE JUST PORT OVER ALL OF OUR WATER BILLING AND PUT IT RIGHT INTO EVERY BRIDGE AND SEND IT, SEND IT OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WE HAVE THOSE THOSE NUMBERS ON.

SO THERE IS THERE ARE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO WHAT WHAT YOU CAN USE YOUR WATER BILLING INFORMATION FOR.

I WILL SAY THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE FOR EMERGENCIES, BUT THERE IS SOME KIND OF CONFUSING LANGUAGE WITH REGARD TO THAT AS WELL.

THAT IS WHETHER OR NOT ONE WOULD THIS QUALIFY OR NOT.

WHAT WOULD QUALIFY AS AN EMERGENCY. I WILL TELL YOU, WE DID A SURVEY AND 0% OF CITIES THAT WE THAT WE SURVEYED ARE DOING THAT THEY ARE ALL DOING OPT IN, WHERE BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE PUBLIC, PLEASE OPT IN, SIGN UP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BETTER WAYS TO TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR PEOPLE.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT SYDNEY IS TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO IT'S CALLED IPOS.

AND SHE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IS A ANOTHER METHOD THAT WE CAN BASICALLY CUT THROUGH ALL OF THAT NOISE AND USE THIS STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT PROCESS. AND WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACTING ON THAT.

SO I THINK THAT RESOLVES SOME OF THAT'S A TOOL THAT I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO KIND OF GRAY AREAS WITH REGARD TO WATER BILLING ISSUES.

AND I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME, SAME RESULT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING.

DO WE NEED TO RESIGN ONCE YOU GO TO THE SYSTEM, OR ARE THINGS GOING TO POPULATE OVER WHAT? WELL IT'S SO IT'S CALLED IPOS LIKE CLAIRE MENTIONED.

AND THAT'S A FEDERAL TOOL. SO WE ESTABLISH AN MOU WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO USE THEIR SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. AND THAT'S LIKE LITERALLY JUST GOES TO YOUR PHONE AS AS A TORNADO WARNING.

WOULD AN AMBER ALERT ANY WIRELESS DEVICE GETS THAT.

IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP.

AWESOME. YEAH. SO, OKAY, IF YOU'RE IF THERE'S NO SIGN UP TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE CONNECTED TO AN AFFECTED TOWER.

YOU WILL GET THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD MISS, THOUGH, IF YOU WERE NOT PHYSICALLY IN LEWISVILLE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE ON VACATION AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.

YOU'RE NOT. IF YOUR PHONE IS NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS, IT WON'T.

IT WON'T PING YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT THROUGH ANOTHER METHOD. SO WE STILL WANT TO HAVE THAT REDUNDANCY. SO SIGN UP FOR APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS AS WELL.

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I WILL GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE. SO A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS OTHER THAN PEOPLE FOR GETTING THEIR ACCOUNT INFORMATION, SOMETHING THAT THE DATA IMPORTS OVER THE YEARS HAS CREATED, WE HAVE AT ONE TIME USE UTILITY BILLS.

LIKE LITERALLY ONCE. WE LOOKS LIKE WE'VE PURCHASED SOME DATA OVER THE YEARS.

DENTON COUNTY 911 HAS CONTRIBUTED TO IT. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU IMPORT A USER WITHOUT HAVING THEM CREATE AN ACCOUNT IS THEY CAN NEVER UPDATE THEIR PREFERENCES.

SO YOU KNOW, THE DATA IMPORTS, THEY JUST POSE SOME SOME CHALLENGES.

BUT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH POTENTIALLY USING IPODS AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN OUR ABILITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE AND ACHIEVE THE THE SAME GOAL OF USING UTILITY BILLING INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

CLAIRE. EXCUSE ME. SO AGAIN, WILL USE CAUTION.

GEOFENCING WILL AVOID IT. SORRY. THIRD, WE WILL SHORTEN THOSE TEXTS TO ACCOMMODATE SMS MESSAGES.

WE'LL AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

SO AS RECENTLY AS THIS SATURDAY, WE WERE AT SAINT PATTY'S DAY WITH THE BOOTH TALKING ABOUT CITIZEN ALERT.

WE HAD SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.

INTERESTINGLY, WE DIDN'T REALLY SIGN ALMOST ANYONE UP.

I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE LIKE A BIG DRAW. BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ENJOYING THEIR SATURDAY AT A FESTIVAL, DON'T WANT TO TAKE LIKE A FEW MINUTES TO SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN ALERT.

BUT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT THIS IS A STAFF PUSHING OUT THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND TAKING TIME AND CARE TO DO SO, NOT JUST A ROBOCALL.

SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

WE'LL BE INCLUDING MAILERS IN THE WATER BILL FOR THOSE CITIZENS THAT STILL RECEIVE PAPER BILLS.

WE RECENTLY HAD A FEATURE IN THE LEWISVILLE HORIZON NEWSLETTER THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL, AND WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO COMING SOON. AND THESE ARE THE UPDATES THAT CLAIRE REFERENCE.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES RIGHT NOW.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES COMMUNITY ALERTS AND HAZARD ALERTS AND A NUMBER OF SUBCATEGORIES.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING CHANGING THE HAZARD ALERTS TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS WHICH ARE A BIT MORE APTLY NAMED.

REFERENCES THE SENDER OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND EMPHASIZES THAT IT'S WEATHER, NOT JUST ALL COMMUNITY HAZARDS.

WE'RE PROPOSING CHANGING COMMUNITY ALERTS TO LEWISVILLE EMERGENCY ALERTS.

THOSE WILL BE THE CORRESPONDENCE OUT FROM OUR OFFICE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY THAT CITIZENS COULD OPT INTO THAT WILL PROMOTE DIFFERENT FESTIVALS, EVENTS, BOATING LOCATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT AROUND THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE TAKING THIS BEFORE THE AMBASSADORS ON THURSDAY, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE.

SO NOW THAT I'VE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES.

SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE GAINED FROM THOSE.

AND SOME OF THE REASONS AND QUIRKS IN THE SYSTEM.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

ONE QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE I DO HAVE ONE SLIDE.

SO WHEN WHEN WE DO THE CHANGES, HOW HOW WILL THAT IMPACT SOMEBODY WHO WAS ALREADY RECEIVING SOME OF THE ALERTS BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE CHANGING.

GREAT QUESTION. SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE PRESERVED IN GROUPS.

SO COMMUNITY ALERTS THAT GROUP WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO LEWISVILLE EMERGENCY ALERTS.

SO THAT'S JUST A ROLLOVER. ANYBODY WHICH ADMITTEDLY HAS VERY FEW THAT HAD SUBSCRIBED TO LIKE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES AND COMMUNITY ALERTS WILL BE PRESERVED IN A GROUP. AND IF WE DO WANT TO REACH OUT TO SAY, THE WATER OUTAGE GROUP, NOT NECESSARILY A SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO THEM AND NOT ALL SUBSCRIBERS. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DID THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN WHOLE SOMEWHERE IN THE SYSTEM, JUST NOT IN A MANNER THAT WILL EXERCISE FREQUENTLY.

WE'LL HAVE TO HUNT FOR IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. AND THEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS WILL JUST JOIN THAT LARGER GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAD ORIGINALLY SUBSCRIBED TO COMMUNITY ALERTS.

BUT. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. I, WE WE FOUND THIS WITH OUR INSURANCE PLANS, BUT WE HAD A VERY COMPLEX SELECTION EARLY ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. LOTS OF CHOICES.

AND IT BECAME REALLY CUMBERSOME FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR ME, SPECIFICALLY WITH JUST SIMPLIFYING THINGS, MAKING IT VERY CLEAR WITH LESS OPTIONS ACTUALLY WILL DRIVE MORE PARTICIPATION, I THINK.

ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS MAYBE SENDING OUT A POST, MAYBE ANNUALLY TO LOOK LIKE, HEY, CHECK YOUR CHECK.

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LET'S DO THIS. I DID MINE YEARS AGO AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW TO GO BACK TWO YEARS AGO TO PUSH THE LINK OUT AND JUST CLICK RIGHT BACK.

OKAY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PERTINENT TO YOU DIRECTLY BECAUSE I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THIS LEGAL THING FOR FOR THE WATER BILLING.

WHAT'S THE LAW? IS IT FEDERAL OR STATE? LET ME TAKE YOU IN A CLOSED SESSION EITHER.

ON YOUR 1.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. I CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT FOR TYING EVERYBODY UP, BUT I CAN I CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE.

I WOULD RATHER. OKAY, THEN LET'S LET'S TAKE A QUICK MINUTE THEN TO DO THAT.

SO ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S 7:02 P.M., AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS GENERAL SESSION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL.

TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION WITH ME.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF CONTEMPLATION.

[A. Invocation - Mayor TJ Gilmore]

AMEN. COUNCILMEMBER MERIDITH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Council Member William Meridith]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE AND UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN BACK INTO WORK SESSION. WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF MATERIAL TO FINISH UP THERE, AND THEN WE WILL COME RIGHT BACK. EXACTLY. AND

[I. Return to Workshop Session if Necessary]

OH I THOUGHT IT WAS EXECUTIVE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING BACK INTO CLOSE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING BACK INTO. OKAY. YEAH.

WHO'S ON WHO'S ON FIRST? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

GO FOR IT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MISS POWELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE CALLED COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.

AND THIS PROGRAM SHARES A COMMON GOAL THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY WHERE WE WANT TO EMPOWER OUR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHETHER THAT'S IN THEIR DAY TO DAY EVENTS OR WHETHER IT'S DURING DISASTER, WE HOPE TO MAKE THEM MORE RESILIENT AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD.

SO, SAY THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME RESEARCHING VARIOUS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND IN HER RESEARCH, SHE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP OUR OWN PROGRAM.

WE NEEDED SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO LEWISVILLE.

SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD IN GETTING THE CURRICULUM PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.

AND BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO TOUCH ON ESSENTIAL PREPAREDNESS, ON NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE AND BUILDING ADVOCATES FOR THE CITY.

SO OUR RECRUITMENT IS GOING TO TARGET SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. THEY'VE GIVEN US AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF CONTACTS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START THAT INITIATIVE IN APRIL AND MAY.

THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER BUILDS ON THREE SEMINARS.

AND SO THE FIRST SEMINAR WILL FOCUS ON BUILDING AN EMERGENCY KIT FOR THEIR HOME.

IT WILL ALSO TOUCH ON WHAT TO DO DURING THE FIRST 72 HOURS OF A DISASTER.

THE SECOND SEMINAR WILL ENGAGE THEM ON UTILITY SAFETY.

HOW TO TURN OFF THEIR WATER, HOW TO TURN OFF THEIR GAS, AND HOW TO SECURE THEIR ELECTRICAL PANEL IN THEIR HOME.

THEY'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT WEATHER PREPAREDNESS, WEATHER AWARENESS, AND THEN JUST SOME BASIC FIRST AID TECHNIQUES.

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS NUMBER THREE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT IDENTIFYING RESOURCES AND VULNERABILITIES IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO THE POINT I WANT TO DRIVE HOME HERE IS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I COULD PRETTY WELL TELL YOU EVERYBODY THAT LIVED UP AND DOWN MY ROAD WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE. I KNEW THE NEW, THE HUSBAND, THE WIFE, IF THEY HAD KIDS OR KNEW THEM.

I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THEIR OCCUPATIONS WERE THE TIMES OF DAY THAT THEY WERE AT HOME, WHAT VEHICLES THEY DROVE, SO FORTH AND SO ON. NOW WE LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD WHERE YOU GO HOME IN THE EVENING.

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FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND ACCESS NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.

DO THEY HAVE A FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC, NURSE, DOCTOR, ANYBODY WITH THE TRADE SKILLS? ELECTRICIAN, PLUMBER, CARPENTER? ANY OF THOSE THINGS PASTOR THAT MIGHT LIVE IN THEIR IMMEDIATE VICINITY THAT WOULD HELP DURING TIMES OF DISASTER. LEWISVILLE HAS GOT A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM HERE, BUT ON A LARGE SCALE DISASTER, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN SO MANY LOCATIONS AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME.

SO IF WE CAN TEACH THEM TO BUY THEMSELVES SOME TIME, THEN THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE RESILIENCY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO AS I STATED A MINUTE AGO, SENIORS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND VERY DILIGENTLY ON THE CURRICULUM DESIGN AND REFINEMENT, AND SHE'S ABOUT GOT THAT LINED OUT. SO IN APRIL AND MAY, WE'RE GOING TO START DRIVING THE RECRUITMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH PROGRAM TARGETING THOSE GROUPS. AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

AND THEN OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP FOR OUR FIRST SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, INVITE THE PUBLIC IN. AND THEN IN JULY, WE'LL DO THE SECOND SEMINAR, FOLLOWED BY THE THIRD IN AUGUST.

SO THAT'LL BE OUR FIRST GRADUATING CLASS. AT THE END OF THOSE THREE SEMINARS, THEY BECOME LEWISVILLE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.

WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF THEM. WE'LL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.

DISASTER. FOR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. SO FOLLOWING UP IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND ROUND WHERE WE'LL OFFER THE SAME SET OF SEMINARS. AGAIN, THAT'LL GIVE US TWO GRADUATING CLASSES.

AND THE HOPE IS IN DECEMBER TO BRING THOSE TWO GRADUATING CLASSES BACK AND OFFER AN ADDITIONAL TOPIC OF SOME KIND.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INTERACTION WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC.

HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO BE A STRONG PROGRAM. HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING PROGRAM FOR THEM THAT THEY'LL REALLY ENJOY.

SO COMPARING PROGRAMS. WE'LL TALK A MINUTE ABOUT COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS VERSUS THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM.

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS IS A COMPONENT OF CERT AND COMPLEMENTS IT.

THE SIRTE PROGRAM REALLY INVOLVES MORE OF YOUR VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND LEWISVILLE HAD A VERY STRONG SIRTE PROGRAM BACK YEARS AGO.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN COVID CAME ALONG, IT INTERRUPTED THE ENTIRE WORLD.

IT INTERRUPTED OUR SIRTE PROGRAM. ALONG WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES IN PERSONNEL.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A COORDINATOR AND AND TRAINING CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROGRAM.

WE'VE LOST THAT IN RECENT YEARS. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO COUNTER THIS, OUR LEWISVILLE PEOPLE, WHEN THE PROGRAM WENT TO THE SIDE, WENT TO DENTON COUNTY SIRTE PROGRAM.

THEY'VE GOT A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM IN DENTON COUNTY.

WE'RE A VERY LEAN GROUP HERE. IN LEWISVILLE, THEY'VE GOT A VERY ROBUST OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THERE IN DENTON, AND THEY'VE GOT A LADY THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TASKED.

IT'S HER FULL TIME JOB TO MANAGE THE CERT PROGRAM.

SHE COORDINATES, SHE DEVELOPS TRAINING, DELIVERS THE TRAINING, DOES THE OUTREACH AND ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE CERT PROGRAM.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB. SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? THEY ALREADY DO SOME MEETINGS AND TRAININGS AND LITTLE M NOW THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE TO LEWISVILLE AS WELL.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS OUR LEWISVILLE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO DENTON ARE NOW GOING TO COME BACK TO LEWISVILLE, BACK TO HOME BASE AND GET REENGAGED AGAIN. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GROW THIS PROGRAM AND GET THEM BACK INVOLVED MORE HERE IN LEWISVILLE.

SO MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CERT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE ADVANCED.

THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE TO BE VETTED AND PRESCREENED.

THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES EACH YEAR. IN ORDER TO STAY ROSTERED AS A CERT MEMBER.

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THEY'RE TAUGHT LIKE SEARCH AND RESCUE. THEY CAN COME IN AND HELP WITH VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, SEARCH AND RESCUE SHELTER MANAGEMENT. THEY CAN HELP WITH SETTING UP A FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER, FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTERS. THEY CAN HELP WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THEY CAN HELP WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL. REALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.

WE CAN ENGAGE THESE PEOPLE. SO WHILE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS IS FOCUSED MORE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD POCKETS, THE CERT PROGRAM IS MORE GLOBAL. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THESE PROGRAMS UP AND REENGAGED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAMS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I LOVE THIS.

I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. YEAH I DO, IT FEELS GOOD.

IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GETTING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH EVENTS IN THE LAST, WHAT, THREE YEARS THAT WE REALLY NEED EACH OTHER.

SO I LOVE THAT WE ARE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT CAN HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORS GETTING TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND AND HELPING EACH OTHER. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AWESOME. WHEN CAN WE SIGN UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU KNOW, SIGN UP RIGHT NOW. YEAH. NO. NOT HERE.

OKAY. OH, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE CRIMEWATCH.

ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN. BECAUSE CRIME WATCHES ARE ALWAYS, LIKE, THEY'RE A RESPONSIVE THING.

AND THEN THAT ONE PERSON REALIZES THIS IS A LOT MORE WORK AND IT JUST TRICKLES OFF.

THIS ENGAGES FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTO THE SURVIVAL THING.

THEY YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PREPPING. THEY THEY WANT TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT THEM THEY WANT TO MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND I THINK IT HELPS A TON WITH THAT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT YOU GUYS PICKING THAT BACK UP.

AS I LOOKED AT IT, CLAIRE HELP KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CERT AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO.

AND AS I'VE LET IT PERCOLATE, I LIKE THAT. I THINK IT GIVES IT GIVES PEOPLE A GROWTH PATH.

SO IF THEY WANT TO GO INTO CERT, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY.

BUT IT ALSO IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT SOFTER. SO MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO BE A COMMUNITY LEAD AND MAYBE THEY GET INTO YEAH, THEY, THEY DO THE, THE ROCK YOUR BLOCK STUFF AND THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ENGAGED THAT WAY AS WELL.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. DO YOU GUYS HAVE NEXT DOOR KIND OF IN YOUR TARGET TOOLKIT AS FAR AS FINDING COMMUNITIES AND WHATNOT? OR CERTAINLY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES HAS GIVEN US AN INCREDIBLY GOOD RUNNING START, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY UTILIZE NEXT DOOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

ALL THE NORMAL MEANS OF MARKETING A PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE WE DON'T JUST WE DON'T WANT TO ISOLATE IT TO PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO BE IN AN HOA. THAT'S GREAT AT COMMUNICATING. YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL CERTAINLY DO OUR DILIGENCE AND OTHER MARKETING MEANS AS WELL.

BUT ANOTHER THING IS WE'LL BE OFFERING IT VIRTUALLY FOR HOKA AND SPANISH SPEAKERS.

SO WE'LL JUST FILM THE SERIES AND THOSE TWO LANGUAGES.

IT'LL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. OF COURSE, RESIDENTS MIGHT SHOCK YOU WHILE WE DON'T SPEAK.

SO WE'LL BE THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. I THINK GOOGLE DOES NOW, THOUGH, I THINK SO.

I'VE HEARD CHATGPT DOES PRETTY GOOD TOO. GOOD GOOD GOOD.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PICKING THIS UP. WELL, WHAT ABOUT SIGN LANGUAGE? THAT'S A GOOD AD. WE'LL WE'LL CERTAINLY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET BACK TO THE REST OF THE EVENING'S AGENDA.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[C. Proclamations/Recognitions]

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LADIES, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JOINING ME UP HERE.

HOW ARE YOU? I'M HERE. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO I'VE GOT SOME WAREHOUSES TO READ HERE.

AND WE ARE. WE ARE BLESSED. WE HAVE LOTS OF AMAZING SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED AS ONE OF THEM.

I SEE THEM AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HERE IN LEWISVILLE, BUT ALL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. Y'ALL SHOW UP, AND I LOVE THAT.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WHEREAS DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED IS A GLOBAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH 1000 COLLEGIATE AND ALUMNI CHAPTERS DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND EMPOWERMENT. AND WHEREAS, SINCE 1913, IT HAS ADDRESSED CHALLENGES FACING AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGH ITS FIVE POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUST, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS, EDUCATION, ECONOMY, HEALTH, AND POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT.

AND WHEREAS, ON MARCH 25TH, 1995, 14 VISIONARY WOMEN ESTABLISHED THE DENTON COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS DENTON COUNTY'S ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN ALUMNI SORORITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS SIGNATURE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM, MAY WEEK TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AND A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDING 8000 TO $10,000 ANNUALLY.

AND WHEREAS DCA WILL CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE ON MARCH 25TH, 2025.

NOW, THEREFORE, TJ GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND ON BEHALF OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 25TH, 2025 AS DENTON COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED DAY IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, AND URGE ALL LEWISVILLE RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM DOCTOR GORDON ROBINSON, THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE DENTON COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED. AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAPTER PRESIDENT WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT THIS EVENING.

DENTON COUNTY IS PROUD TO BE CELEBRATING 30 AMAZING YEARS OF SISTERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, AND SOCIAL ACTION. WE PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO THE DENTON COUNTY COMMUNITY UNDER OUR FIVE PROGRAMMATIC THRUST, AS MAYOR SAID. IN ADDITION, EVERY YEAR 8 TO $10,000 GO TO A WONDERFUL, DESERVING DENTON COUNTY GRADUATING SENIOR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING MORE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS CONTINUING OUR WORK IN THE DENTON COUNTY ALUMNAE CHAPTER AND COMMUNITY.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MY WONDERFUL SARA MCKEE HAMILTON AS WELL, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF LEWISVILLE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

WE GOT A PHOTO.

SERVICE. YEAH, THAT ONE'S YOURS.

YOU KEEP MAKING THE CITY PROUD, YOUNG MAN. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE NPA'S 30 UNDER 30 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNERS TONIGHT, THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL COMMENDS JOSE MARINAS FOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION AS A 30 UNDER 30 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL WINNER.

THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD HONORS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE MAKING PROFOUND IMPACTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH HARD WORK, INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT.

JOSE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS WORK ON THE HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, GLORIA PARK, AND HIS DEDICATION TO MAKING LEWISVILLE A THRIVING COMMUNITY CONNECTED TO NATURE AND PLAY. JOSE AND HIS PEERS ARE FEATURED IN THE FEBRUARY 2025 EDITION OF PARKS AND RECREATION MAGAZINE, AND THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NCPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD IN SEPTEMBER IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

AND T.J. GILMORE, MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSE ON THIS WELL-DESERVED HONOR.

LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND AND GET A GRIP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M JUST REALLY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH AN EXCELLENT CITY STAFF. THIS IS REALLY A REFLECTION OF THEIR HARD WORK THEIR DEDICATION TO PARKS.

AND WE KNOW THAT PARKS IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT IMPROVES WELLBEING. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO WORK IN WHAT I DO.

AND REALLY BLESSED TO WORK IN THIS CITY, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.

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KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. I LIKE THIS. THERE IT IS.

YOU GET THIS ONE. YOU GET THIS ONE. OH, YEAH.

GREAT JOB. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I ALMOST MISAPPROPRIATED THE BRICK.

MY APOLOGIES. OUR THIRD ITEM TONIGHT IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE LONE STAR RECREATION PROGRAMING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

WHO'S. WHO'S MY TEAM FOR THIS ONE? WHO ARE TO BLAME FOR THIS.

IT'S AWESOME. SO THIS AWARD IS FOR MUGGLES, MAGIC AND MISCHIEF.

SO THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL COMMENDS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY'S LONE STAR RECREATION PROGRAMING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THE MUGGLES, MAGIC AND MISCHIEF EVENT. LEWISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION HOSTED A MONTH LONG EVENT CALLED MUGGLES, MAGIC AND MISCHIEF. SAY THAT FIVE TIMES FAST TO CELEBRATE THE MAGICAL WORLD OF HARRY POTTER.

THIS 30 DAY CELEBRATION AIMED TO BRING THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE WIZARDING WORLD TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF DAILY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. EACH DAY FEATURED A NEW CREATIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMMERSE PARTICIPANTS IN MAGICAL EXPERIENCES WHILE SHOWCASING THE DEPARTMENT'S DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY.

THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT THE ANNUAL TRAPS INSTITUTE HELD IN ALLEN IN FEBRUARY, AND T.J. GILMORE, MAYOR LEWISVILLE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTEND A CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT ON THIS WELL-DESERVED HONOR.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR GILMORE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AGAIN IN A CITY THAT HAS PROVIDED US WITH SO MANY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES.

IT IS MY EXPRESS PRIVILEGE TO WORK ON A TEAM THAT GETS TO BRING A LITTLE MAGIC AND YES, A LITTLE MISCHIEF TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR THE ENTIRE 30 DAYS OF NOVEMBER 2023, OUR TEAM PROVIDED UNIQUE PROGRAMS THAT EXPLORED THE MAGIC AND WONDER OF THE WIZARDING WORLD.

HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE A LIFELONG POTTER OR A CURIOUS NEWCOMER, THE TRUE SPIRIT OF MUGGLES, MISCHIEF AND MAGIC WAS CELEBRATING THE MAGIC AND CONNECTION THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, IN THE WORDS OF ALBUS DUMBLEDORE. WHILE WE MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND SPEAK IN DIFFERENT TONGUES, OUR HEARTS BEAT AS ONE. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BROUGHT HOME ANOTHER SYMBOL OF OUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE HOPE TO SEE ANY OR MANY OF YOU AT OUR ANY UPCOMING EVENTS.

AND FOR NOW, I WILL END WITH A SIMPLE MANTRA.

MISCHIEF MANAGED.

AWESOME. OKAY. YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT OUR EARRINGS.

THEIR OUIJA BOARDS. JUST ALL IN.

NEXT UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING D ONE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT.

[D. Public Hearing]

SMITH SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1576, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST VISTA RIDGE MALL DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 200FT WEST OF HIGHVIEW LANE ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY MATTHEW THOMAS OF THOMAS SITE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED ON BEHALF OF HARRIS REDDY OF FEATHER SMASH, LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

CASE NUMBER 2305 EIGHT SUP FEATHER SMASH LLC OPERATES VISTARA SPORTS, AN INDOOR BADMINTON FACILITY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 2020 AT 400 WEST VISTA RIDGE MALL DRIVE. THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE USE OF COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT OUTDOORS, SPECIFICALLY TO ADD OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS ON AN ADJACENT 1.10 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND THE CITY OF COPPELL WAS EXECUTED ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019 REGARDING THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AND WAS AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025, TO ALLOW A SEWER CONNECTION TO COPPELL FOR THE 1.10 ACRE PROPERTY.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FIVE TO NOTHING ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. WE DO HAVE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, RICHARD LUEDKE, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

HERE TO SEE IF I'VE GOT ANY. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS COUNCIL.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING.

COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT OUTDOOR ON APPROXIMATELY 1.10 ACRES OUT OF THE H.H. SMITH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1576.

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COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING.

[E. Visitors Forum]

I DO NOT HAVE ANY CALLS FOR COMMENT FOR VISITORS FORUM.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM F. CONSENT AGENDA.

[F. Consent Agenda]

COUNCIL I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO NOTHING. ITEM G10

[G. Regular Hearing]

ABSTRACT NUMBER 1155 AND THE PICKETT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 1014.

LOCATED ON THE NORTH CORNER OF THE I-35 FRONTAGE ROAD AND FOX AVENUE, AS REQUESTED BY EMILY ZOLLER ZOELLNER.

MY APOLOGIES. P OF MAYNARD CONSULTING ON BEHALF OF RUNTIME CENTER'S ONE LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

CASE NUMBER 20 409 14 ALT STD RUNTIME CENTER IS A BUSINESS THAT SPECIALIZES IN QUICK SERVE RESTAURANTS WITH A FOCUS ON FOOD DELIVERY IS PROPOSED ON THE SUBJECT SITE. THE FOLLOWING FIVE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS ARE REQUESTED TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. TO ALLOW 24 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 42, TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 20FT TO 5FT ALONG I-35.

E FRONTAGE ROAD TO WAIVE THE SECONDARY WALKWAY REQUIREMENT.

D TO ALLOW LIVE SCREENING IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BORDER.

AND TO REDUCE THE GLASS BUILDING MATERIALS REQUIREMENT ALONG THE I-35 FRONTAGE ROAD FROM 40% TO 0%.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025, DUE TO REVISIONS IN THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE ITEM AGAIN ON MARCH 4TH, 2025, AND RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL ALTERNATIVE STANDARD. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIVE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, AND OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, RICHARD LUEDKE, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE MULTIPLE FOLKS FROM RUNTIME CENTERS.

AND MANATEE CONSULTING HERE AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

THEY ARE, OF COURSE, HERE IN SUPPORT. I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, IS THIS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND? YES. CAN I HAVE ONE OF YOU COME TO THE COME TO THE DAIS SO THAT WE CAN RECORD THAT? THANK YOU SIR. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. AND NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

17244430. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT PROBABLY HELPS.

GOT ANOTHER TALL PERSON TO HELP YOU OUT THERE. SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. OKAY. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO COME TO LEWISVILLE? THE OWNER FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

I THINK THE LOCATION, ITS PROXIMITY TO A LARGE POPULATION AND REALLY KIND OF FIT HIS IDEA IN THIS PARCEL WAS AFFORDABLE, KIND OF MATCHED WITH YALE'S POPULATION AND YALE'S GROWTH PATTERN. AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD KIND OF. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO GHOST KITCHEN CONCEPT. SO HIS HE'S FROM THAT INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, THE QSR KIND OF INDUSTRY AND KIND OF TRYING TO TAKE THIS DREAM TO, TO LEWISVILLE.

OKAY. I'M INTRIGUED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS.

I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. I THINK THIS IS A A VERY CREATIVE USE FOR THIS, THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS VERY CHALLENGING. SO I'M THIS IS NEW TO ME.

THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT TO ME. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TO SEEING WHAT ENDS UP GOING IN HERE AND WHAT CONCEPT KIND OF LANDS THERE.

OR MAYBE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THERE. I THINK I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE IT, HOW IT WORKS.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE SCREENING WALL, BECAUSE MY FIRST THOUGHT ON THE SCREENING WALL WAS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S A SEWER LINE.

IS THAT RIGHT, RICHARD? THAT THERE'S A SEWER LINE THERE THAT PREVENTS US FROM PUTTING IN A SCREENING WALL THERE?

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AND WE FELT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY WOULD, WOULD BE TO UTILIZE LIVE SCREENING TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE SCREENING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND LEAVING THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME EXISTING TREES THERE, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT'S OKAY. I MEAN, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

I WAS. OH, I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW YOU WERE ANY OF THESE.

I'M SURE THAT WE NOTIFIED THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT.

DID WE GET ANY STAFF? DID NOT SEND OUT A NOTICE.

WE USUALLY ASK THE THE THE APPLICANTS TO TO VISIT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I'M NOT SURE IF, IF THEY HAD FEEDBACK OR NOT.

THANK YOU. SIR. DO THESE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAVE FENCES UP? THEY DO. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FOR A LONG TIME, THERE WERE TWO.

ARE THERE STILL TWO FENCE FENCES? I AM THERE, LIKE.

SURE. LIKE THIS. I THINK IT WAS BACK WHEN? YEARS AGO.

WHEN ANY CONSTRUCTION WAS THERE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN SINCE THEN.

I KNOW THERE'S A. YOU KNOW, A PRETTY GOOD LINE OF EXISTING VEGETATION AND THAT WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED.

I THINK I THINK I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GONE UNTIL IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE ARE SOME OF THE YARDS THAT THAT MAY HAVE SOME DOUBLE FENCING, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS EXISTING FENCING THERE.

SOME OF THEM ARE DOUBLE, SOME ARE SINGLE. OKAY.

SO WE'LL BE PLANTING PLANTS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FENCES.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIVE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT.

ITEM 11 CONSIDERATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD ASSOCIATED WITH LANDSCAPING STANDARDS ON 0.935 ACRES LOCATED AT 591 BENJAMIN'S WAY, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS FOUR, SIX AND EIGHT.

FINAL SUBDIVISION PHASE FOUR ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AS REQUESTED BY STEPHEN HOMER OF HOMER ENGINEERING INCORPORATED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS, ZINDEL HOLDINGS, LLC. 2501 TWO ALT STD. THE SUBJECT SITE CONTAINS AN EXISTING 10,800 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH A METAL EXTERIOR. PARKING AND PAVING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPANDED WITHOUT PERMITS.

THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PREVIOUS WORK, AS WELL AS PROPOSED FIVE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE TO BRING THE SITE TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD TO ALLOW THE EXISTING TEN FOOT LANDSCAPED STRIP TO REMAIN IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE STRIP, AND TO PLANT TWO ADDITIONAL TREES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON MARCH 4TH, 2025. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ALTERNATIVES STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, AND OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, RICHARD LUEDKE, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING. ITEM 12 CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF THOMAS SMITH.

DECLARING A VACANCY EXISTS IN APPOINTMENT TO PLACE NUMBER SEVEN ON THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. A RESIGNATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THOMAS SMITH, PLACE NUMBER SEVEN ON THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. FIVE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. MEETING QUALIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE IN THIS POSITION, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION, DECLARE A VACANCY EXISTS, AND CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE.

COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF THOMAS SMITH, DECLARE A VACANCY EXISTS AND APPOINT KEN PURCELL FOR PLACE NUMBER SEVEN, SECOND TO THE ARTS BOARD.

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

COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING.

ITEM H REPORTS. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU.

[H. Reports]

BUT I DID WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN ON THE SAINT PATTY'S DAY FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.

LOOK LIKE WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. AND WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED COMING BY AND AND SEEING ALL OF US.

WE HAD SOME GREAT BANDS THERE THIS WEEKEND, SO IF YOU MISSED IT, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN A MONTH.

COUNCILMEMBER. NO REPORT. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER KATE COUNCIL MEMBER MERIDITH.

I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER GREEN SAID I DO.

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SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING ON THE EVENT.

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY CANCELED LAST YEAR, SO GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR.

SOME ALSO SOME LIBRARY REPORTS FOR THE WEEK. TWEEN SCENE FOR CHILDREN AGED NINE THROUGH 12.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH, 430 TO 530 AT THE BENNETT PROGRAM ROOM.

A TICKET IS REQUIRED. IMPROVING YOUR LIFE THROUGH MEDITATION FOR ADULTS.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH 630 TO 730. BENNETT PROGRAM ROOM.

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER. YES, I HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR THINGS GOING ON AT THE GRAND THEATER.

FIRST OF ALL PERFORMANCES, WE HAVE A NIGHT OF STANDUP THAT'S COMEDY, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE ON MARCH 21ST, AND THEN THE SOUND OF MUSIC PRESENTED BY COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ON MARCH 27TH, THE 29TH WITH TWO PERFORMANCES ON THE 29TH.

AND AS ALWAYS, ACOUSTIC JAM SESSIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PRESENTED BY THE ART VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE.

AND ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE ON APRIL 8TH, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY BIRTHDAY. ANYWAY, GRANT WORKSHOP AND THEN EXHIBITIONS.

WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE FLOWER, PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE NOW THROUGH MARCH 29TH.

LAST 20 2425 ART SHOW FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTED BY THE LSD MARCH OR FEBRUARY 28TH THROUGH MARCH 15TH. AND I'LL ASK THE 20 2425 ART SHOW.

ELEMENTARY WEST AND CENTRAL, PRESENTED BY THE LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MARCH 20TH THROUGH APRIL 4TH. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU SIR.

NOTHING FROM THE ATTORNEY? NOTHING. SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

NO REPORT. ANYTHING? NO REPORT. NO REPORT. NOTHING.

NOTHING. OH, I KNOW I GOT A LAKE LEVEL HERE SOMEWHERE.

I JUST HAVE THE LAKE REPORT. WE'RE AT 92.9% FULL.

FIVE 20.49FT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS CLASS 101 ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE 20TH AT SERVE LEWISVILLE LOCATED AT 1001 EDMONDS LANE.

REGISTRATION IS FREE AND THE LINK CAN BE FOUND ON OUR OUR WEB PAGE UNDER OUR HOME BUYER RESOURCE PAGE.

IF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. REPORT.

CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH MAYOR COUNCIL THAT WE RECENTLY HAD OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, BILL WALSH, GRADUATE FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY, THE 293RD SESSION, WHICH WAS A TEN WEEK PROGRAM IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE'S BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME LEARNING AND BRINGING BACK HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

SO HE ACTUALLY RETURNS TO WORK TOMORROW, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE HIS SUCCESS WITH YOU. A LOT OF WORK.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER GOT NOTHING HERE FOR ME EITHER, OTHER THAN GET ON THE WEBSITE AND GET SIGNED UP FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN BECAUSE THIS TIME OF YEAR GETS CRAZY WITH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

AND IT'S GREAT TO BE, EVEN THOUGH IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE BORED IN LEWISVILLE THIS IS THE MONTH TO GET ON BOARD.

SO HERE WE GO. WE DO HAVE SOME SMALL WORK TO DO HERE FOR CLOSED SESSIONS.

[J. Closed Session]

CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS VERSUS MICHIGAN. CASE NUMBER CV DASH 2023.

DASH 03139. CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS VERSUS MOTION OF JOHNNY CASE NUMBER CV DASH 2023 03136 AND CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS VERSUS CITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND MISSION CASE AND RECEIVE 202303138 ALL PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW NUMBER TWO OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS. WE WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, SO WE STAND ADJOURNED.

[K. Reconvene]

I WAS WAITING FOR THE RED LIGHT. IT COMPLETELY THREW ME. IT'S MY FAULT. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE. YEAH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MAYOR, I MOVED TO SETTLE.

CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS VERSUS MOOSOMIN. MISSION CASE NUMBER CV 202303139.

CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS VERSUS MOTION R ROB JOHNNY CASE NUMBER CV 202303136 AND CITY OF LEWISVILLE,

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MISSION CASE NUMBER CV 138. ALL PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER TWO OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, TO RESOLVE ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE ABOVE REFERENCED MATTER AND THE CITY'S CONDEMNATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THREE PERMANENT SLOPE EASEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED 24 MONTH AND 48 MONTH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, FOR A TOTAL OF $1,056,000 TO BE PAID JOINTLY TO MASAMUNE MISSION MOTION OR RAJANI CITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND RAZA VENTURES, LLC OR THEIR DESIGNEES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE VOTE. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE MACHINE, IT'S.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES WITH THAT, AS THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

WE STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.