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WE ARE PRAYING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON IS 6:15 P.M.
AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL.
LET'S SEE. DON'T FORGET. AND OUR MICROPHONES UP TOP WILL PICK UP EVERY BIT OF SOUND IN THIS ROOM.
SO FIRST UP, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM A COUNCIL MEMBER, MEREDITH, WITH THE INVOCATION.
ITEM B PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS. COUNCIL MEMBER TROYER.
C ONE PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH C TWO NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH C THREE LIFE SAVING AWARD FOR AN INCIDENT AT THRIVE. WE THEN WILL BE JUMPING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
ITEM D ONE PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
NO OBJECTION TO AN APPLICATION FOR A 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE WHAT KIND OF A NO? MENTION THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF UPGRADES.
OR IS THAT GETTING CODE ISSUES ADDRESSED OR WHAT IS THIS ENTAIL? DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST TIME.
I SAW SOMETHING IN THE RIGHT ABOUT ABOUT UPGRADES AND THINGS BEING MADE TO THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT TO GET CODE VIOLATIONS TAKEN CARE OF OR WHAT? THAT WOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING EXTERNAL, INTERNAL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE MULTIFAMILY.
BUT IT'S AN IDEA. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT PERCENTAGES? YEAH. THE UPGRADES. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
LIKE, THERE'S NOTHING OUTSTANDING. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT ASHLEY HAD TOLD ME EARLIER WAS THAT THE THEY HAD WANTED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON THE INTERIOR FOR, LIKE, AN UPGRADE TO ALL THE KIND OF THE FINISH OUT IN THE BUILDING.
BUT ALSO STAFF WAS LIKE WANTING THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ALSO DID THE EXTERIOR AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST BASIC CODE, IT'S TRULY UPGRADING THE FACILITY.
OKAY. AND IF IF THEY DON'T GET THE TAX CREDIT WHAT HAPPENS? I THINK THAT THIS IS GIVING THEM THE CASH FLOW TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE.
SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE JUST PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE UPGRADING THEM.
BUT WILL WE ALSO LOSE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS? YEAH.
SO REALLY THIS IS HITTING ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO FOCUS ON REHAB AND MULTIFAMILY.
THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO EXTENDING THE LIFE OF AFFORDABILITY FOR UNITS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND ALSO THIS IS A DENTON HOUSING DENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AUTHORITY PROJECT, WHICH APPARENTLY THIS IS A THING WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY THAT IT EVEN EXISTED, BUT THEY SOMETIMES THEY GET PROJECTS THAT COME IN AND THEY START FUNDING THEM.
AND I HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT SOME OF THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE NEW CABINETS, VANITY COUNTERTOPS, APPLIANCE PACKAGE TUBS PLUMBING FIXTURES, DOOR HANDLES, HARDWARE LIGHTING EXTERIOR SIDING. FENCING. REPAIRS. PROPER PLACEMENT ON LANDSCAPING.
WHEN WAS THAT PLACE BUILT? DO YOU KNOW? HOW DOES IT WORK? IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT IN 1984.
OH, WOW. OH, YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S NOT THAT OLD.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED.
THAT SHOULD EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 YEARS.
OKAY. WHEN IS THE. IS IT IS IT ABOUT TO RUN OUT? THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD. HOW MANY MORE YEARS DO WE HAVE LEFT ON THAT? I THINK WE HAVE SOME TIME. I THINK IT WAS 20. I THINK I THINK IT'S I THINK IT SAYS 2033.
IT'S THERE IS EXPIRING IN 2033. SO IT IS THE 40 YEARS FROM THE POINT OF THIS APPROVAL, OR IS IT 40 YEARS FROM THE TIME OF WHEN THAT WORKS OUT? IF I IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WILL START. IT'LL START THE TIME PERIOD OVER AND IT'LL EXTEND.
IT'LL BE ANOTHER 30 YEARS FROM FROM WHENEVER THEY GET THE, THE 4% THE NEW 4% DEAL.
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OKAY. BECAUSE THEY CAN RESTATE IN AN OP ED. SO WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT MORE YEARS LEFT NOW ON THAT.BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET 22 MILLION. YES. SO THAT'S GOOD.
AND AN UPGRADE. AND THE UPGRADES. I WISH SOME OTHER PROPERTIES WOULD.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YEAH. YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? D2 SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
D3 ZONE CHANGE FROM PUBLIC USE. DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
TOWNHOUSE. TOWNHOUSE TWO. I LIVE OVER THERE, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
I ASSHOLE. IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY IF YOU GUYS WANTED.
I ALSO BROUGHT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS AS PART OF THE ATTACHMENT, BUT KIND OF AN ELEVATION IF YOU WANT TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. MAYBE I'VE BEEN OVER THERE ANY TIME LATELY. IT IS QUITE THE EYESORE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT HAS BEEN. YEAH. THIS WILL BE NICE. THAT'S JUST CONCEPTUAL RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S THE INTENT OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO GENERALLY LOOK.
I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS I WANT TO, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT OUT THERE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR MINUTES.
ITEM FIVE. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BIRKHOFF, HENDRICKS AND CARTER.
FOR THE STORAGE TANK REPAINT PROJECT. SIX HALF ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO THE SUMMIT AVENUE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT. SEVEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS FOR THE 2035 VISION PLAN.
YES, MAYOR. I REQUEST THAT WE PULL THIS ITEM.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY. OKAY.
PLEASE CHECK ITEM EIGHT. RESOLUTION FOR ACQUISITION OF SANITARY SEWER EASEMENTS.
I'M SORRY. ONE MORE REQUEST ON SEVEN IS THAT I UNDERSTAND OUR FREEZER. NICOLE'S FRIENDS ARE HERE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS UP EARLIER IN THE AGENDA. IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE, LET THEM GET OUT. THANK YOU. DID YOU GET THE AMOUNT OF 50? OH. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM EIGHT? ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE DO HAVE ITEM NINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET CALENDAR.
AND THEN REPORTS. AND WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION AT THE END FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE NOW HAVE OUR PROPOSED ART SUPPORT GRANT EVALUATION CRITERIA CHANGES AND UPDATE FOR THE CURRENT PUBLIC ART WORK PLAN PROJECTS. DENISE HELBING IS PRESENTING.
HI, DENISE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE TWO PRETTY CHUNKY BITS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS SOME UPDATES TO THE GRANT PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE FULL PROGRAM.
AND THEN I'LL BRING YOU TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE GRANT PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 1996. IT ORIGINALLY WAS NOT RUN BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE DIRECTLY, BUT AN OUTSIDE ARTS GROUP KNOWN THEN AS THE GREATER LEWISVILLE ARTS COUNCIL.
THEY ARE NOW STILL IN EXISTENCE, BUT THEY'RE CALLED THE GREATER LEWISVILLE ARTS ALLIANCE.
BACK IN ABOUT 2010, THE CITY ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND WAS GOING TO BE MAKING THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL APPOINTED BOARD.
AND THEIR MAIN DUTY AT THE TIME WAS TO TAKE OVER THE GRANT PROGRAM.
IT THE PEOPLE ON THE ARTS COUNCIL ARE THE ONES, YOU KNOW, USING THE GRANT.
SO ANYWAY, WE MADE A SEPARATION THERE BETWEEN GRANT POWERS AND GRANTEES.
THE FUNDING SOURCE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HOT FUND.
AND WE GO WITHIN THAT 15%. STATE LAW ALLOWS UP TO 15% OF THE CITY'S HOT FUNDS TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AS A MEANS OF TOURISM. LEWISVILLE. TAKES THE GRANT PROGRAM AS A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC ART. MONEY IS ALL KEPT WITHIN THAT 15% CAP.
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GRANTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE OPERATE.
THE ARTS PROJECT GRANTS ARE THE LEAST USED GRANTS.
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THEY'RE A ONE TIME ONLY GRANT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS OR FOR NEW GROUPS WHO MIGHT BE COMING INTO THE AREA TO GET THEM STARTED.WE SEE APPLICATIONS COMING PRETTY INFREQUENTLY, MAYBE ONE EVERY OTHER YEAR OR SO.
MOUNTS VARY. WE HAVE THE ARTISTS MICRO GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED ABOUT SEVEN SIX YEARS AGO.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND THOSE ARE $1,000 GRANTS AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OF ANY MEDIUM.
AND SO WE GIVE FIVE OUT A YEAR, AND THEY HAVE BEEN USED FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES CLASSES MURALS.
THE OLD MURAL THAT WAS ON THE BACK OF ALKI. NOW, SAY 28, THAT WAS PAID FOR ENTIRELY BY AN ARTIST.
MICROGRAPH DONE BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE FUNDING IS AT $125,000. AND IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO ESTABLISHED 501 C3 NON-PROFITS DOING ART. THEY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCING ART ALREADY IN LEWISVILLE FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE GRANTS.
WE DON'T SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN THE APPLICANT POOL FOR THE ART SUPPORT GRANTS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SUPPORT GRANTS NOW FROM NOW ON.
THEN BACK IN 2018, A NEW EIGHTH GROUP BECAME ELIGIBLE AFTER DOING EVENTS AT THE GRAND FOR TWO YEARS.
AND THEN IN 2025, WE HAD TWO MORE NEW GROUPS APPLY WHO WERE ELIGIBLE.
AND IN FACT, AT THE TRAINING, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR NEW GROUPS ON THE TRAINING CALL.
SO THERE ARE NOW TEN GROUPS GETTING GRANTS. AND THERE ARE MORE ELIGIBLE GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WE COULD SEE, APPLY AND ASK FOR GRANTS. WE KNOW OF ONE INTENDING TO APPLY IN 2026, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS UP YEAR, UPCOMING YEAR'S SESSION. AND AGAIN, MORE COULD APPLY.
AND IT ISN'T LIKELY THAT ANY LEGACY GROUPS WOULD STOP APPLYING SOME RESULTS OF THE $125,000 THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN TO LOCAL ARTS GROUPS INCLUDE IN LAST YEAR, 26 ART PERFORMANCES, TEN ART TALKS, EIGHT WORKSHOPS, FIVE DIFFERENT EXHIBITIONS AND TWO LARGER COMMUNITY ART EVENTS, AND THE GROUPS REPORTED THEMSELVES 15,000 PATRONS ATTENDING THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SO IT IS A PRETTY GOOD COST PER PATRON PER DOLLAR SPENT.
RATIO. I THINK WE'RE GETTING GOOD RESULTS FROM THE GROUPS, AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL AEP SIX ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY SURVEY BACK IN 2022. AND THEY CONSIDERED ALSO OUR PROGRAMING AT THE GRAND, AND THEY REPORTED 28,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN ARTS EVENTS THEN AND A TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN LEWISVILLE AT $844,000.
SO ARTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY, AND THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR OUR BEING AND OUR ENTERTAINMENT, OUR TOURISM HERE. SO DUE TO THE INCREASED DEMAND THAT WE HAVE ON THE SAME GRANT FUNDING WE WANTED TO THE BOARD HAS WANTED TO DO A REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ASKING CURRENT AND IMPACTFUL QUESTIONS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF OUR APPLICATIONS IS TO REALLY EVALUATE THE WHERE THE BEST WAY TO SPEND OUR MONEY.
THIS IS ALSO CALLED FOR EACH YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND TOURISM BUSINESS PLAN.
SO AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS GO, ULTIMATELY THESE GRANTS ARE USING TOURISM BASED DOLLARS.
SO WE WANT TO USE THEM TO ENCOURAGE MORE TOURISM.
SO WE WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY, PUSHING FOR INNOVATION IN THE PROGRAMING AND MAKING THE GROUPS THINK ABOUT HOW ARE THEY EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PROGRAMING, AND HOW CAN THEY USE ALL THOSE THINGS TO THEN AGAIN, ENCOURAGE MORE TOURISM. SO THERE ARE FOUR NEW QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE APPLICATION, WHICH ARE HOW WILL YOUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT LEWISVILLE AS AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DESTINATION? PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT EFFORTS YOU PLAN TO DO FOR THIS PROGRAM TO ATTRACT AND REACH NEW AUDIENCES, AND THEY ANSWER THESE BY PER PROGRAM BASIS AND THEY CAN APPLY FOR.
TELL US ABOUT UP TO EIGHT PROGRAMS THAT THEY PLAN TO DO IN ONE YEAR.
HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM ON AREA TOURISM? SO, YOU KNOW, HOTEL STAYS IS WHERE WE GET THE FUNDING.
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CAN TELL US ABOUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.AND THEN HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE IMPACT OF YOUR PROGRAM ON THE COMMUNITY? THERE EVALUATION TOOL THAT THE ARTS BOARD USES HAS THREE WEIGHTED AREAS OF QUESTIONS.
AND THE ARTS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THAT TO 60%, BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THE MOST TOURISM BASED THINGS COME OUT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT BASED QUESTIONS. CAPABILITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT 20 AND THEY LIKE TO KEEP THAT AT 20% BECAUSE AGAIN THESE ARE ESTABLISHED GROUPS.
WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN APPLY, BUT WE NEED TO STILL REVIEW THEIR QUALITY OF BOOKKEEPING AND RECORD KEEPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ARTISTIC QUALITY WAS 40%, AND THEY'D LIKE TO REDUCE THAT TO 20 TO ALLOW FOR THAT INCREASED COMMUNITY IMPACT.
BANG. BUT ALSO BECAUSE ARTISTIC QUALITY IS PRETTY SUBJECTIVE.
SO I KNOW WHAT I LIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE.
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EVALUATION QUESTION THAT SAYS, DOES THE ORGANIZATION HAVE A DIVERSE BOARD? AND IT NEVER ASKED THE GROUPS TO TELL US. THEY TOLD US.
IT ALWAYS SAYS, ASK THE GROUPS. WHERE DOES YOUR BOARD LIVE? YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN DO THEY CHANGE ROLES? HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE MEETINGS? HOW OFTEN DO YOU REASSIGN POSITIONS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT THE BOARD COULD ASSESS THOSE LEVELS OF DIVERSITY.
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT WASN'T COMING TO THE BOARD AS BEING VERY CONCLUSIVE.
ON WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY OR THEIR ARTISTIC DRIVE OR THEIR CAPABILITY.
AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT VARIETY OF TALENTS, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES, AND ARTISTIC BACKGROUND DOES YOUR BOARD POSSESS TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE YOUR ORGANIZATION? DOES THE BOARD, IN ADDITION TO THE ARTISTIC STAFF, ACTIVELY SEEK INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM THEIR CHOICES IN PROGRAMING? AND THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR SHORT BIOS SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO KNOW THE BOARD'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THE GROUP SEEMED TO THINK THE BOARD WAS LIKE THIS OMNIPOTENT DECISION MAKING ENTITY.
AND THE THE BOARD, THE ARTS BOARD MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE GROUPS.
THEY MIGHT KNOW THE ONES THAT THEY LIKE, PREFER TO GO TO SEE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY.
SO THEY COME TOGETHER. THEY CAN PRESENT THEIR IDEAS, ASK QUESTIONS.
IT'S NOT A SCORE ELEMENT, BUT IT HELPS EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE MONEY TO DO.
THE ARTS BOARD WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INSTITUTE A MAXIMUM AWARD TO ANY ONE GRANT GROUP OF $20,000 TO BETTER SPREAD OUT THE AVAILABLE FUNDING THROUGH ALL THE GROUPS THAT ARE APPLYING IN FY 25, WE HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT HAVE A LARGER HAVE HAVE LARGER THAN $20,000 AWARD AND ONE GROUP AT $20,000, SO IT WON'T IMPACT EVERYONE, BUT IT WILL IMPACT SOME, AND THEN OTHERS MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION.
SO OF THE 3 OR 4 GROUPS THAT HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN 20, HOW MUCH MORE HAVE THEY GONE? WELL, IT USED TO BE SOME GOT QUITE A LOT MORE.
THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE WHEN THE WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
BEFORE COVID, THE PROGRAM USED TO BE AT 172,000.
A FEW YEARS AGO GOT UP TO THAT. SO SOME OF THE GROUPS WERE GETTING NEARLY 40,000 OR AT 40,000.
SO THERE, YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S LIKE FOUR THAT DEFINITELY USED TO GET OVER 30,000.
AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN GETTING OVER 20. SO NOW THEY WOULD BE GETTING THAT OR LESS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MAY COUNT ON THAT EXTRA MONEY.
LIKE, IS THAT GOING TO BE DEVASTATING TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO NOT GET THAT MONEY? AND YES, I DO HAVE THE FIGURES HERE IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO REPORT THEM.
SO ONE OF ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT WAS OVER 20,000 WOULD RECEIVE $25,000, WOULD BE $5,000 IMPACT.
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THE OTHER AGENCY THAT WAS OVER 20,000 RECEIVED 22,500.SO YEAH. WELL, OKAY. 500. THAT'S OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A HALF.
IT'S OKAY. BUT THOSE GROUPS ARE GETTING HALF OF WHAT THEY USED TO GET.
YEAH. NEARLY. YEAH. BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ABSORB THAT AND STILL GO.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN A IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG CHANGE TO BE CAPPED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE IT LEAVES.
WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO THEY HAVE THOUGH. YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO THEY HAVE? THEY ARE BIG GROUPS WITH THE EXTRA MONEY AS WELL.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S PART OF OUR ECONOMY, TOO.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THAT ARE USUALLY ACTUALLY USING THE GRANT OR THE BIGGER GROUPS.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
THIS IS NOPE. OH THIS ONE. YES THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
SO WHEN WE DEFINE LOCAL IS THAT JUST LEWISVILLE.
OH. I'M SORRY. THIS IS THE AEP NUMBERS, SO I WOULD ASSUME, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DISTANCE.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT BEING OUTSIDE OF 50 MILES, OKAY, BEING LOCAL VERSUS NON-LOCAL.
SO NON LOCALS ARE 50 MILES OR MORE. I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IS THE RADIUS THAT 86 USED IN 2022.
BUT THAT IS WHAT WE USE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT IT. I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE 50 MILES, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. SO PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY EAT HERE. THEY DO OTHER THINGS HERE. NOT ALLOWED TO JUST COME IN. THEY'RE NOT GONNA EAT AT HOME AND THEY'LL SEE THE SHOW. PROBABLY NOT. AND TO COME TO THIS POINT, I HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT. IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHERE YOU'VE SEEN A 30,000, IF THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, 400,000, $834,000, THAT'S STILL WHEN I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO CAP THEM AT 20,000. IF THEY'RE BRINGING IN THAT MUCH, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING.
YES, YES, YES. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO COUNT THEM IF THEY'RE BRINGING IN A LION'S SHARE OF THE OTHER REVENUE, JUST WE'VE NEVER YET AND WE HAVE NEVER THE APPLICATIONS ARE LIKE THIS YEAR.
THEY DON'T LOOK BACK AT RESULTS. REALLY? BESIDES, LIKE, YOUR FEELING AS AN ARTS BOARD MEMBER LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
BUT WE NEVER SAID YOU HAD TO HAVE THIS MANY OUT OF TOWN GUESTS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE. WE JUST. WE WANT YOU TO KEEP TRYING.
I HEAR YOU, AND I'M OKAY WITH THE CAP FOR THIS YEAR. I LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS FOR NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE IF WE INADVERTENTLY CRIPPLE SOMEBODY WHO'S BRINGING IN THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT TO THAT, 844,000 WOULD BE A NET LOSS FOR EVERYBODY.
SURE, SURE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO THIS WITH MAYBE A WAIVER IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE PHONE? I DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE APPEALS PROCESS IS SO SHORT. IT'S LIKE A WAIVER. YOU'RE SAYING LIKE AN EXCEPTION. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE IT.
BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU NEED CERTAIN CRITERIA, YOU NEED CERTAIN CRITERIA.
IT'S LIKE THE AGE 35 OVERLAY. THOSE ARE THE RULES.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME LENIENCY HERE THAT WE CAN DO.
SO. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WELL I THINK WITH THE CAPS YOU'VE GOT SEVEN.
YOU CAN DO UP TO SEVEN. I MEAN, THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS YOU COULD GIVE IS SEVEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DO SIX, 20,001. 5000 BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS 125.
RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER VERY.
YEAH. BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF GRANTS YOU COULD GIVE IS SEVEN INCHES.
SO I THINK THAT'S I THERE'S THIS PUSH PULL RIGHT BETWEEN WANTING TO SEE NEW PEOPLE COME ON BOARD, WANTING TO SEE ORGANIZATIONS THAT. OKAY, YOU'VE DONE THE SAME HOLIDAY EVENT EVERY YEAR FOR 25 YEARS.
I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CITY STOP FUNDING THAT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING NEW? OR IS THAT BECOME JUST SUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR? RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT PUSH, PULL. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GET INTO THE MINUTIA OF THIS GUY NEEDS AN EXTRA 22, FIVE THIS YEAR, I THINK MAYBE LET'S SEE WHAT ONE YEAR DOES WITH THE PROCESS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE CAN COME BACK AFTER A YEAR, TRY THIS FOR A YEAR AND THEN BASICALLY REPORT BACK AND SEE IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR IF WE HAD A SITUATION WE WERE LIKE, AND IT REALLY DIDN'T FIT IN THIS ONE REGARD.
AND MAYBE WE DO HAVE TO CREATE KIND OF A ESCAPE HATCH FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
OF COURSE, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE ECONOMY HERE IN 12 MONTHS.
SO THAT'S MY RETIREMENT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE NEXT STEPS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
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SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAN OTHERS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH. WE HAVE EIGHT TO GO THROUGH, SO I'M TRYING TO TAKE TOO LONG. THE MCFADDEN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING ARTWORK HAS BEEN NAMED. IT WILL BE CALLED CIVITAS.AND IT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FABRICATION.
SO YOU SEE A PICTURE HERE OF THE FRAMEWORK WHICH IS DONE.
THANKFULLY, ALL THE STEEL AND LIGHTING ELEMENTS WERE ORDERED BEFORE ANY TARIFFS WERE PUT INTO PLACE, SO WE'VE DODGED A BULLET ON THAT. VERY THANKFUL THERE HAS BEEN SOME EXTRA WORK INVOLVED IN CHECKING THESE VERY COMPLICATED FLATS THEY'RE CALLED OF. THE WORDS ON THE THINGS.
HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO WE HAVE HERE? FIVE LANGUAGES.
SO ENGLISH, SPANISH, KOREAN, VIETNAMESE AND CHIN.
THE KOREAN AND THE VIETNAMESE HAVE BEEN VERY CHALLENGING TO PLAY IN THIS CUT OUT SITUATION.
SO OUR PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN LOOKING AT THIS WITH ME.
BUT HER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FINE TOOTH COMB, TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE A BRIDGING ELEMENT THAT WILL HOLD THE WORD ON DOESN'T CHANGE THE KOREAN CHARACTER TO SOMETHING ELSE AND MAKE IT A DIFFERENT WORD AND SPACING AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THERE.
SO JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOSING OUR, YOU KNOW, SLEEP ON AND CROSSING OUR EYES, CHECKING THESE THINGS. CAN WE GET A LIST OF. YES, THAT'S ONE THING.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE JUST WORDS OR THEIR PHRASES? YEAH, THEIR WORDS AND PHRASES. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO. WE HAVE IT. I CAN SHARE THE GOOGLE DOC WITH YOU. I MEAN, WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS. I'M WITH COUNCILWOMAN.
OKAY. YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I'M HOPING AND I'M POSITIVE.
I JUST NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR ME. YEAH, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS CHECKED EVERY LETTER. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PICK OUT THE ENGLISH THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THEN REDONE, AND THEN I FIGURED IT OUT. BUT I'LL SAY YOU BETTER NOT GOING IF YOU TOLD ME THAT.
YES, YES. WE WE HAD A SHOCK OF SOMEONE SEEING IT AND WE FOUND A MISTAKE.
READ THROUGH THEM ALL WITHOUT A DOUBLE ENTENDRE. AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD SHARP FORK RIGHT THERE.
IS THAT A LITTLE A LITTLE ACCENT INADVERTENTLY ON A GLYPH CAN CHANGE THE ENTIRE WORD.
CAREFUL. SO. AND CAROLINE HAS BEEN SO, SO GREAT TO HAVE ON THE BOARD FOR THAT.
SO SO IT'S COMING, BUT IT WON'T BE DONE WHEN THE BUILDING IS OPEN, BUT IT'LL BE IN SOON.
BUT IT WAS TO CHECK ALL THIS. THE LANGUAGE FOR ACCURACY.
THE PROJECT OF THE LIBRARY IS COMING ALONG NICELY.
IT IS CALLED LUMINOUS. AND SHE IS MAKING THE GLASS AS WE SPEAK NOW.
WE HAVE THE TRACK LIGHTING ON IN HALFWAY AND ON ORDER HALFWAY.
AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO BE INSTALLING THIS BY LATE AUGUST.
AND SO WE HAVE OUR MAIN INSTALLATION AROUND THE PILLAR AT THE STAIRWELL.
AND THEN SHE ALWAYS DOES A SATELLITE INSTALLATION AND THAT'LL BE UP ON THE CORNER ON LEVEL TWO.
COURTYARD SCULPTURE. WELL, THE LEWISVILLE GRAND COURTYARD RENOVATION WILL THEN LEAD US INTO THE ROTATING SCULPTURE EXHIBITION OPTIONS. THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. SO THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, AND THEN QUOTES CAME IN, BIDS CAME IN TO DO IT, AND THERE WAS A FAR EXCEEDING THE AVAILABLE BUDGET.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH, WITH PARKS, WITH STACEY AND RANDY AND THEIR TEAM A VERY CLOSELY AND SO BETWEEN REBUILDING IT SOME ADULTS SUBTRACT ALTS REALLY IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO ENGINEERING REPOSITIONING, REPOSITIONING SOME PLANTINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN ALSO CONTRIBUTING SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAD WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT TOWARD THE PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE WE'RE TO OUR NEW GOAL OF 821,000 TO FINISH IT OUT.
AND WE HOPE TO BE DOING THAT SOON. SO IT'LL BE A 6 TO 9 MONTH PROJECT TIMELINE, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE POCKET PARK DOWN BY SULLIVAN BARBECUE, AND WE WILL BE DOING THEM TOGETHER.
BUT WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC.
SIX SCULPTURAL LOCATIONS. THEY WILL BE ON A THREE SCULPTURES PER EVERY TWO YEAR ROTATION SCHEDULE.
AWESOME. WE ARE IN THE CONTRACT DRAFTING STAGES OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL GO.
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AND THE CENTENNIAL TRAIL THAT ARTIST SELECTED.HER NAME IS GIGI MILLER AND SHE IS FROM AUSTIN.
SHE IS A MOSAIC ARTIST AND SHE DOES REALLY WONDERFUL, WHIMSICAL, COLORFUL ANIMALS AND THINGS.
BUT IT WILL INCLUDE SOME SMALLER, SMALLER WORKS ON MAYBE STONE BOULDERS.
PROBABLY. AND THEN SOME INLAYS ALONG THE TRAIL TO ADD SOME EXCITEMENT.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH HER. SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL WORK, AND SHE WILL DO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ELEMENT WITH WITH THE PROJECT TOO. AWESOME. WE HAVE LEWIS THE LIZARD, WHO YOU WILL GET TO MEET THE SOON ENOUGH BY THE END OF SUMMER.
THIS IS THE UPCYCLED PROJECT PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE A BENCH, AND THAT PROVED TO BE VERY COMPLICATED TO MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS WHILE USING RECYCLED MATERIALS WHILE WORKING WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS. SO THE ARTS BOARD HAS AND THEY ARE GREAT AND THEY ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR VERY PROFESSIONAL PROFESSOR.
BUT IT WAS A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS. SO HE IS A SCULPTURE IN HIMSELF.
HE WILL BE MADE OUT OF SOME RECYCLED TOOLS AND SOME WORKBENCH ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE SALVAGED.
AND, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE COVERED IN REFLECTORS FROM TRUCKS AND LIGHTS.
THAT WILL BE THE COLOR WHERE YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF HIS ORANGE AND RED AND YELLOW THINGS.
SO THERE STILL IS A WAY TO SIT NEAR LEWIS, JUST NOT ON LEWIS.
SO THESE STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS NOW DESIGNING.
FINAL DESIGN IS GETTING TO FABRICATION, AND THEY WILL BE GRADUATING THIS SPRING AND STAYING ON THROUGH SUMMER TO FINISH THIS UP, SO IT WILL BE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER. OKAY. WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS AN OUTDOOR PROJECTION ART INSTALLATION SCHEDULED, AND IT IS PART OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THROUGH THE CENTENNIAL YEAR LOOKING BACK.
AND SO THIS IS OUR WAY TO LOOK FORWARD AT A CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A GROUP CALLED LIGHT, WHERE LABS.
THEY ARE A NUMBER ONE IN THE REGION TO DO IT.
AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT I WANTED TO PULL UP HERE AND SHOW YOU.
THIS IS A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN VIDEO DONE FOR SMU.
SO WE'RE STILL INVOLVED. WE'RE STILL YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT HE'S SAYING, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FALL AND IT'S GOING TO BE CENTERED ON CITY HALL, MAYBE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FLATS ADDED FOR OTHER DEPTH OUT IN THE COURTYARD OF CITY HALL.
TOTALLY KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT 15 SECONDS OR SO IS THE WAY THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THIS LIKE FUN AND MOVEMENT, BUT ACTUALLY HISTORIC IMAGES.
AND YOU CAN TELL SOME INFORMATION TO START HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
SMU FOUNDING SPARK WAS FORGED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO BY A GROUP OF DOERS AND DREAMERS.
SO THIS IS ALL PROJECTION MAPS PERFECTLY TO THE SHAPE OF MAGNOLIA.
SO WE PLAN TO INCORPORATE SOME IMAGERY LIKE THIS.
WE CAN HAVE A VOICEOVER. IT'LL PROBABLY BE SEVERAL EVENINGS INSTALL RUN FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICES ABOUT IT. AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY COOL ONCE IT'S ALL PLANNED OUT, AND THEN REALLY COOL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STUFF LIKE THAT.
YEAH. I THINK SO. AND THEN WE'LL DO A FULL SCREEN AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE DC LID PROJECT, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE NEW 2020 4TH MAY 2024 BOND PROJECTS. AND WE HAD THREE.
WE HAD REALLY GREAT FINALISTS FOR THE CENTENNIAL TRAIL CALL.
WE DID A TEXAS BASED ARTIST CALL. AND THERE WERE THREE JUST REALLY COMPELLING PROPOSALS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS PERFECT FOR CENTENNIAL TRAIL.
AND THIS ONE IS VERY COOL AND SO PERFECT. IT JUST WANT TO BE PERFECT FOR THAT.
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THIS ARTIST IS NAMED PASCAL PRYOR AND SHE IS ACTUALLY LOCAL TO DALLAS, SO THAT'S ALSO FUNNY.BUT SHE HAS WORKS IN METAL AND THEN VERY THICK GLASS.
PERFECTLY SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE. VERY THICK LIKE OUR RAIL BENCH GLASS.
LIKE OUR BENCHES THAT HAVE GLASS IN THEM. AND SHE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW THE GLASS BECOMES A FOURTH DIMENSION OF, OF CANVAS. AND THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE GLASS.
SO WE THOUGHT SHE'D BE PERFECT FOR D.C. LID PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN OUT THERE AT ROCK BROOK, AROUND ROCK BROOK. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE COMMISSIONING HER FOR THAT PROJECT.
THIS IS ALLOWABLE IN THE PUBLIC ART POLICY TO OFFER A COMMISSION TO A GROUP SIMILAR TO LIGHT WHERE LABS THAT WE FEEL YOU KNOW, MEETS OUR NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT. WE KNOW THEIR WORK.
AND SHE DID, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS BY PROPOSING FOR THE CENTENNIAL TRAIL.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH HER ON THAT.
WE HAVE A CALL OPEN RIGHT NOW FOR THE ART FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER EXPANSION.
THIS PROJECT WILL END UP BEING COMING SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID ART FOR THRIVE.
SO THE ART HAS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE WALLS OR OTHERWISE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING.
AND WHILE THE MAIN PART OF THE EXPANSION IS TRULY BACK OF HOUSE THIS WOULD BE IN THE FRONT OF HOUSE, BUT IT STILL HAS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE PUSHING THIS ALONG.
WE'RE RUNNING IT FOR 45 DAYS. IT'LL BE OPEN THROUGH MAY 16TH, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN ARTIST SELECTED BY THE END OF SUMMER TO CONTRACT SO THAT THEY CAN START TALKING WITH THOSE ARCHITECTS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
THESE ARE IDEAS INSPIRATION PIECES FROM ART AND OTHER ANIMAL SHELTERS.
THE DISCO DOG, RIGHT? THOSE ARE ALL DOG TAGS.
AND SO THEY KIND OF SHAKE IN THE WIND. THOSE ARE DOG TAGS.
YEAH. AND MELISSA HAD A WONDERFUL IDEA. AT THE, AT THE PRACTICE.
SO WE COULD LIKE DEDICATE THEM TO ANIMALS AND DEDICATE THEM TO LOCAL PETS AND MONEY.
AND IT WAS. OH YEAH. SO ANYWAY WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED.
WHAT ELSE ABOUT THAT? I THINK SO. THAT'LL BE COMING ALONG WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE WE OH GLORY PARK. SOME ART. AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLANNING TO DO THAT.
AS PART OF THE PHASE TWO EXPANSION OF GLORY PARK AND BEAUTIFYING THAT RETAINING WALL.
THAT'S VERY, VERY LONG. SHORT BUT LONG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK.
AND SO MITSU OVERSTREET WAS ANOTHER FINALIST FOR THE CENTENNIAL TRAIL PROJECT.
AND HIS, HIS WAYS OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE PLAN TO OFFER HIM A COMMISSION FOR THIS PROJECT.
HE'S DONE A LOT OF MURALS AND THEN EMBEDDED WORKS AND TILE AND STONE.
THAT'S AT THE EL PASO AIRPORT, THAT TOP PICTURE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES.
BUT WE DO PLAN ON OFFERING THAT JOB TO TO MITSU.
SO GO WORK WITH HIM. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE? I DID I DID WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION FOR A SECOND.
SO EVERY YEAR SINCE I BECOME CITY MANAGER, I SEND YOU GUYS KIND OF THE PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, BUT I FELT IT WASN'T AS IMPACTFUL AS MAYBE BRINGING A PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS.
I THINK THAT GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THIS KIND OF YEARLY.
OKAY, GOOD. THE OTHER THE DIFFICULTY WITH THAT IS I THINK JESS.
AND THIS IS JUST A FOR PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT PROCESS FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING COMES TO YOU GUYS AT A CERTAIN PRICE POINT THAT FOR APPROVAL.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL JIVING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND YOU GUYS SAY, WE HATE THIS AND WE DON'T APPROVE IT.
I IMAGINE THAT'S STILL THE SAME. YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP A PULSE ON IT.
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THAT'S, THAT'S MAYBE PUSHING A LITTLE FURTHER THAN OR THAT'S NOT PUSHING FAR ENOUGH.I KNOW MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE ARTS BOARD TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, HOW DO WE DO LIKE A BIG PROJECT, BUT HOW DO WE ALSO HAVE SOME SMALLER PROJECTS? I KIND OF LIKE THAT MIX BECAUSE IF WE JUST DID LIKE ONE BIG PROJECT A YEAR.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HUGE AND IT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL, BUT THEN YOUR BOARD WOULD JUST BE SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING. AND, AND I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE POPS OF COLOR AND CULTURE ALL THROUGHOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A GREAT BIG THING EVERY TIME.
SO I LIKE THE MIX. THAT'S ME PERSONALLY, I LOVE THIS VOLUME OF WORK FOR THE ARTS BOARD HAS FORCED THEM TO SPLIT INTO COMMITTEES TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, A LOT MOVING.
YEAH. WELL, AND THAT'S PART OF THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN THE DECISION TO PUT SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INTO PUBLIC ART, WHICH I THINK IS AWESOME. I PERSONALLY ALSO LIKE JUST HAVING PRESENTING THIS STUFF AT THIS VENUE.
ONE, IT MAKES ME EXCITED. I GET EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THIS STUFF, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT ARE TUNING IN TO THE COUNCIL MEETING VERSUS THE ARTS BOARD MEETING.
SO JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO ALSO SEE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WORTHWHILE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT COUNCIL.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING MORE IN THE WORKSHOP AGENDA.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE INTO GENERAL SESSION HERE IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES.
AND. WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
[A. Invocation - Council Member William Meridith]
PLEASE JOIN ME. A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION.THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TROYER, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE?
[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Council Member Bob Troyer]
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ANOTHER TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.
ONE SAINT RIVER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TO RUN THROUGH FOR THE EVENING.
[C. Proclamations/Recognitions]
SO JUST ONE MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. FIRST UP, I HAVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.WE'VE GOT OUR FRIENDS FROM CASA HERE. SO COURT APPOINTED RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO COURT OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES.
IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER, THIS IS A GREAT ONE.
THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH WITH KIDS THAT ARE ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
SO THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP THESE FAMILIES AND THESE KIDS.
AND WHEREAS OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS NEED AND DESERVE TO BE SURROUNDED BY LOVE AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WHILE BEING GIVEN GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE COMMENDS THE WORK OF CASA OF DENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF IN ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME IN THEIR LIVES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J. GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, JED? I WOULD LOVE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM JEN. ADAM. I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR CASA.
IN LEWISVILLE ALONE, WE SERVED 99 CHILDREN LAST YEAR.
SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. CAN I GET IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
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ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SHE'S GOING TO SWAP THE CAMERA WITH YOU.GREAT. JUST A WHOLE HOST OF THEM. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
AND THESE ARE FOR YOU IN THE COUNCIL. SOME PINWHEELS.
SOME PINWHEELS. I'LL GET TO COUNCIL. YEAH. AWESOME. THAT'S A SYMBOL. THAT'S OUR SYMBOL. YEAH. IT'S GOT THE LITTLE BLUE RIBBON. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT. NOT. YES. NOT THE OTHER STUFF. YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT YOU GUYS DO TO HELP WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S. YEAH. IT'S AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM ATMOS.
THERE WE GO. THERE YOU ARE. YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD A SHOVEL. OKAY. NO I CAN'T. I'M NOT GOING TO. I'M NOT GOING TO GET A GAS LINE WITH THIS.
WHEREAS AT MOST, ENERGY IS CELEBRATING NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH IN APRIL TO REMIND HOMEOWNERS, CONTRACTORS AND EXCAVATORS TO CALL 811 BEFORE DIGGING ANY PROJECT.
EXCAVATION REMAINS THE LEADING CAUSE OF OUTSIDE NATURAL GAS LEAKS.
AND WHEREAS THE CALL 811 SERVICE IS FREE, SAFE AND REQUIRED BY LAW, A CALL TO 811 HELPS PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND PROTECT ESSENTIAL SERVICES BY NOTIFYING UTILITIES TO MARK THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND LINES WITH PAINT OR FLAGS.
AND WHEREAS HOMEOWNERS SHOULD SUBMIT AN 811 REQUEST EARLY, VERIFY MARKED LINES, ADJUST PROJECT SITES IF NEEDED, AND ENSURE CONTRACTORS HAVE CALLED 811. NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J.
GILMORE, MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025 AS NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
DID YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS? SURE. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT 811 CALLING 811, BUT ANY TIME YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING IN YOUR YARD, YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM, PLANTING A TREE, OBVIOUSLY BUILDING A POOL, YOU DO NEED TO CALL 801.
SO THANK YOU GUYS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. GET PAINT AND FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
SO AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST ITEM ON MY PAGE. LET'S SEE HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE CREW UP HERE.
IS EVERYBODY. I GOT I GOT EVERYBODY, I GOT STEPHEN, RYAN, LAVIE.
CATHERINE. SOPHIA. SOFIA. ANDRE. AARON. JAMES.
OKAY. OKAY. I'LL TAKE IT PERSONAL.
SO WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE PUBLIC, THE MR.. MR. DAGGETT, WOULD YOU MIND? WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE, SIR.
GLAD YOU'RE HERE. WHAT'S WHAT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE IS THAT WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE PUBLIC, SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GO EXACTLY AS PLANNED.
AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF WHO JUMPS IN AND GETS THINGS DONE.
AND SO IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, THRIVE MEMBERS ANDRE GRAYDON, JAMES TRIGG, AND AARON LAGRONE, AND TEAM MEMBERS FROM LEWISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING STEPHEN HINES, RYAN RICHARDSON, LEVI GARCIA, KATHRYN DYE AND SOFIA BURKE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ONE WRONG.
ANDRE, JAMES AND ERIN SPRANG INTO ACTION WITHOUT HESITATION.
THEY IMMEDIATELY INITIATED LIFE SAVING MEASURES AND ALERTED OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY, THEY QUICKLY NOTIFIED THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AT THRIVE WHO TOOK OVER THE THRIVE TEAM, PERFORMED CPR AND ADMINISTERED THE AED UNTIL EMS ARRIVED, ENSURING THE PATRON RECEIVED THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE.
THEIR SWIFT RESPONSE AND TEAMWORK WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING A POSITIVE OUTCOME. THEIR SWIFT RESPONSE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY REFLECT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND INTEGRITY, AND THANKS TO THEIR QUICK THINKING AND PREPAREDNESS, A LIFE WAS SAVED. REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND TEAMWORK IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. I, TJ GILMORE, MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTEND A HUGE THANK YOU AND COMMEND ANDRE JAMES AARON STEPHEN RYAN LAVEY. CAN I GET THAT ONE WRONG? KATHRYN AND SOPHIA, FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO MAKING LEWISVILLE A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL FOLKS.
THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT. WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER,
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AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT FOR BEING ABLE TO STEP UP AND FILL THE GAP.THAT'S AWESOME. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.
MY NAME IS BOB DAGGETT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR PUTTING ME IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
I GOT TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME.
AND WHAT STOOD OUT WAS HOW QUICKLY EVERYBODY WENT INTO ACTION.
DUE TO THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF ANDRE AND THE STAFF, RYAN AND EVERYBODY IN THEIR TRAINING, THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING ON ME. AND I GOT THE HELP I NEEDED RIGHT AWAY.
BECAUSE OF THESE HEROIC EFFORTS. I WAS ABLE TO HUG MY GRANDCHILDREN THIS WEEKEND.
I GOT TO WALK AROUND THE LAKE, AND I GOT TO CELEBRATE MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M A PRETTY POSITIVE PERSON. I HAVE A SAYING.
ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE ALIVE AND BEING IN AMERICA? AND EVERY TIME I NEED ANOTHER UPLIFT, THAT'S WHAT I GO TO.
ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE ALIVE? ME AND AMERICA. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THAT NOW.
AND NOW, ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE ALIVE THANKS TO THE THRIVE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS FILE ON OUT. BUT ANDRE, WE'VE GOT SOME RECOGNITION. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, SIR JAMES.
HEY, DID WE GET A PICTURE? AARON. STEPHEN.
KAPPA SOPHIA. Y'ALL ARE AWESOME. AND THEN ONE PHOTO.
OKAY, EVERYBODY, GET IN HERE. PRETEND YOU LIKE EACH OTHER.
WE LOVE YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. COME ON, BUDDY. YEAH.
AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. ONE MORE HAND.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM J. CLOSED SESSION.
[J. Closed Session]
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SUBCHAPTER D, SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.LIMITED AT TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FKA LJ CORPORATION.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[D. Public Hearing]
[K. Reconvene]
TEXAS OF NO OBJECTION TO AN APPLICATION FOR NONCOMPETITIVE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDITS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR A PROPOSED MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT BY WATERS AND STONE CREEK, L.P., OR AN AFFILIATE TO BE LOCATED AT 328 EAST SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.[00:55:07]
TAX CREDITS. THESE TAX CREDITS PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS AT THE STONE CREEK APARTMENTS. THE RESOLUTION ONLY PROVIDES THE CITY SUPPORT OF THEIR TAX CREDIT APPLICATION.I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, MA'AM. YEAH, NO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND COUNSELOR.
PLEASE VOTE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. THERE WE GO.
MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. MOVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.
MOVE THE RESOLUTION OF. NO OBJECTION. YES. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM D1, ITEM D2.
PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR FOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. MINOR AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AT LEASING ON AN APPROXIMATELY 0.68 ACRE LOT LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE BLOCK A HAMMOND ADDITION LOCATED AT 647 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 121 BUSINESS ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY FATIHA OF AMIRI SOUTHWEST LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER.
CASE NUMBER 20 408 14 DASH SUPP. JUST SEVEN, IS AN EXISTING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND SALES ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT 647 STATE HIGHWAY 121 BUSINESS. THE OWNER PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A NEW OFFICE BUILDING AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. THE BUSINESS IS CONSIDERED BOTH AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MINOR USE, AND AN AUTOMOBILE SALES AND LEASING USE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR BOTH USES BASED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS FOR VEHICLE AND RELATED USES.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SIX NOTHING ON MARCH 18TH, 2025. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. RICHARD LUEDKE IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.
MOTION PASSES. COUNCIL I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCES SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MINOR AND AUTOMOBILE SORRY, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AND LEASING ON APPROXIMATELY 0.68 ACRES.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS HAMMOND ADDITION. LOT ONE, BLOCK A, LOCATED AT 647 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 121 BUSINESS AND ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALING SEVERABILITY PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNSEL, CAN YOU PLEASE VOTE? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
PUBLIC HEARING D THREE. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM PUBLIC USE.
DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT TOWNHOUSE TO DISTRICT ON 3.211 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE R BLOCK, A CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ADDITION LOCATED AT 701 SOUTH CHARLES STREET, AS REQUESTED BY BENI JAFARI TSM, JV, LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNER CASE NUMBER 2308 SIX PS.
THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS 55 TOWNHOMES. THE OVERALL DESIGN IS INSPIRED BY A BELLVILLE VILLAGE ON SOUTH KEELEY AVENUE IN OLD TOWN. WHEN THIS PROJECT IS NOT, WHILE THIS PROJECT IS NOT WITHIN THE OLD TOWN, DESIGN DISTRICT IS WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK OF OLD TOWN STANDARDS APPLIED WITHIN THE OLD TOWN DESIGN DISTRICT, SUCH AS REDUCED PARKING AND SCREENING ARE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. BASED ON ITS PROXIMITY TO OLD TOWN, THE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS THE TWO BIG MOVES OF DIVERSE AND THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS IN OLD TOWN. FROM THE LEWISVILLE 2025 VISION PLAN, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 1 ON MARCH 4TH, 2025, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. WE DO HAVE RICHARD LUEDKE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD.
THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT THEY ARE IN SUPPORT.
AND IT'S JORGE BARRIOS WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE.
MAYOR, I HAVE DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SO I ACTUALLY AM I'M A LITTLE BIT ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I, I SUPPORT THE REZONE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR, FOR THE USE OF TOWNHOMES.
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AND I DO I ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS A THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS AREA.THIS ONE IS MORE LIKE 17 UNITS AN ACRE. THERE'S REALLY NO NO SPACE ON THIS SITE PLAN.
THAT'S ANY TYPE OF OPEN SPACE. MEANINGFUL OPEN SPACE.
AND THERE'S NO GUEST PARKING. I'M REALLY. WHILE I LOVE THE, THE USE.
AND I ALSO THINK THEY'RE GOOD LOOKING BUILDINGS.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST TOO MANY CRAMMED INTO THIS SPACE, AND THAT OVER TIME, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BECOME AN ISSUE WITH CARS BEING YOU KNOW, KIND OF PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AT ALL TIMES.
I THINK IT IS JUST KIND OF A NIGHTMARE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO KIND OF GO BACK AND SEE, IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER? IF IT IF WE NEED TO AMEND AN ED AGREEMENT TO GET SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE REGRET LATER, ALLOWING THIS DENSITY TO, TO OCCUPY SUCH A SMALL AND TIGHT SPACE.
THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST ON THIS ITEM.
OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS. QUESTIONS. I LOVE YOU, KRISTEN. I RESPECT YOU. THIS IS LITERALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S GOING TO WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CARS AND IT WILL WAKE US UP. THEY USE THAT AS A RACETRACK.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING IT BE BASICALLY LIKE A ROAD DIET RIGHT THERE.
AND WE HAVE THE TWO CAR GARAGES. I DON'T I LOVE THIS PROJECT AND I'M READY TO SEE IT GOING.
I'M READY TO SEE IT GOING. SO CAN I JUST ASK YOU, WOULD YOU.
I'M NOT SAYING I WANT TO KILL THE PROJECT. I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.
I'M ASKING IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND TRY TO WORK A DEAL WHERE WE CAN GET A FEW LESS UNITS IN HERE, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR FOUR YEARS, SINCE 2021.
SORT OF. I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING THAT USUALLY FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, WE ASK FOR MORE THAN TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, RIGHT? WE ASK FOR THREE. THAT IS THE STANDARD FOR THE CITYWIDE STANDARD FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR OLD TOWN, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT IN THE OLD TOWN DESIGN DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM FROM THAT BOUNDARY, I WOULD BE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WANT TO SEE IT MOVING. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET IT MOVING THAT WE WE DO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO REGRET LATER.
I'LL. THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. COUNCIL. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[01:05:05]
COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MOTION TO APPROVE IS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 3.211 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE, ARE BLOCK A CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ADDITION LOCATED AT 701 SOUTH CHARLES STREET, FROM PUBLIC USE PER DISTRICT ZONING TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
TOWNHOUSE TWO RESIDENTIAL PD DASH TWO DISTRICT ZONING.
CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE AND MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALING SEVERABILITY, A PENALTY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCILMAN. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 4151. THANK YOU.
[E. Visitors Forum]
SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THEIR REMARKS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE. STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING.I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD FOR VISITORS FORUM MISS DIANE BECK.
MISS BECK, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DIANE BECK AND I LIVE ON FOLLY BEACH ROAD IN LAKE DALLAS, TEXAS. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PROTOCOL.
MY QUESTION TO ADDRESS EVERYONE, ACTUALLY, IS WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR ETERNITY? BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE AND I SAY THIS. WAKE UP, LAKE DALLAS, WAKE UP, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, WAKE UP ALL THE NATION, THE NATION. RIGHT NOW, MOSTLY PEOPLE ARE SPIRITUALLY ASLEEP AND I SEE IT.
MOST ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE ACTUALLY EVEN. BUT THEY'RE JUST SPIRITUALLY NOT.
THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR WHAT REALLY HAPPENS OR MATTERS IN THIS WORLD.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OUTCOME.
ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE GO UP, THAT OUR SOUL IS NOT LOST.
AND I SEE MOST PEOPLE DOING THE WRONG THING. IT'S VERY SAD.
AND I POINT OUT I'M NOT CALLING OUT TO JUDGE ANYONE.
I'M CALLING IT OUT BECAUSE THE BEHAVIOR IS INAPPROPRIATE.
IT IS JUST WRONG. AND I KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE DON'T. SO WHAT WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW IS A TOTALITARIANISM STATE, A DENIAL OF RIGHTS. EVERY CITIZEN, NOT JUST ME.
THE DENIAL OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM TO CARRY, AND EVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF DRIVING BY YOUR LEWISVILLE FINEST HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. SO PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM AVERAGE CITIZENS.
SO MY ESTRANGED HUSBAND GAVE A FALSE REPORT ON FIVE, 15, 20, 23 TO YOUR LEWISVILLE POLICE OFFICERS, SLY AND SERGEANT JOHNSON. AND THEY TOOK HIS WORD.
I TELL YOU THAT. I KID YOU NOT, AND IT IS A LIE, HE SAID AND REPORTED THAT I HAD A BRAIN TUMOR.
OBVIOUSLY, IF I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AND HAVE NO SYMPTOMS OR SIGNS FOR ALL THESE YEARS, I DON'T HAVE THAT BRAIN TUMOR THAT HE GAVE A TIP FORCE TIP TO THE COPS, BUT THE DPS IS GOING ON THEIR EVIDENCE SAYING THAT THEY NEED A RETRACTION, WHICH YOUR POLICE THIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT DO SO.
I HAVE NO OTHER AVENUE BUT TO GO OUT AND SUE THEM IN SMALL CLAIMS. THAT'S MY ONLY OUTCOME. I'VE TRIED TO GET LAWYERS THROUGH THE YEARS, AND THERE'S JUST NO ONE THAT HAS THE COURAGE TO STAND UP.
IT'S WRONG. WHAT YOU GOT OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET AND THE MEDIA IS ALL WRONG.
THEY ARE NOT DIANE BECK. AND THE OTHER, DIANE BECK DOES NOT HAVE A HAND LIKE THIS.
AND A DOCTOR BOTCHED DOCTOR REAL BOTCHED THE SURGERY.
[01:10:03]
YOU WERE ABLE TO GET YOUR PRINTS TAKEN. I SAID, IT WASN'T ME.I WAS YOUNGER, MUCH YOUNGER, BECAUSE I WAS BORN IN 1960.
BUT THEN I HAD AN IMPOSTER FOLLOWING MY TRACKS.
AND I HAVE EVIDENCE NOW HERE IN TEXAS THAT IT IS INDEED A HORRIBLE TRUTH.
AND IT IS A HORROR TO LIVE THIS. IT'S A NIGHTMARE, AND WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW IS A MIRACLE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING AROUND AND BULLYING ME AND I'M JUST STANDING UP. I WILL NOT BACK DOWN OR TOLERATE THIS ABUSE AND IT IS ABUSE.
PEOPLE THINK THIS IS FUNNY. OH YEAH, YOU TRY IT ONE MINUTE.
THAT'S MY FAITH AND THAT'S MY BELIEF, AND THAT'S MY STAND UP FOR AMERICA FREEDOM SPEECH.
AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS LEVEL. IT IS CRAZY WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
AND OF COURSE, YOUR OWN FINEST. SOMEONE IN THE DEPARTMENT DOCTORED THE CAMCORDER OF MY EVIDENCE TO PROVE MY CASE WITH OFFICER SLY AND SERGEANT JOHNSON. AND THEY ALL. THEY LOST THE PHONE CALL THAT I MADE IN JUNE TO SHOW THAT INDEED, WITH THE SERGEANT, THAT MY LICENSE WAS NOT AT JEOPARDY.
AND THIS WAS THREE WEEKS LATER, I MADE THAT CALL.
BUT OF COURSE, IT'S LOST. BUT YOU SEE, ALL IS NOT LOST.
BECAUSE IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST.
I'M UP AGAINST HORRIBLE AGENDA OUT TO GET ME.
AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS DELUSIONAL BECAUSE I'M AN LPC LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, BUT IN THIS CASE, I HAVE HARD CORE FACTS THAT PROVE MY CASE. AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
SO I'M IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE OF MY LIFE. IF YOU HAVE ANY LOOK, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE AL PACINO CLICK AND JUSTICE FOR ALL BECAUSE I NEED JUSTICE FOR GUNNAR, WHO WAS KILLED AT THE DENTON SHELTER, AND MY TANNER, WHO I DO BELIEVE WAS KILLED AT THE DENTON SHELTER.
THEN IF YOU HAVE. OKAY. SO CHARLES STANLEY. ONE LAST THING.
CHARLES STANLEY SAID THAT THE THING ABOUT I KNOW I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THIS THING OF VALUE TO HIM.
MOST VALUE TO HIM WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MY SOUL.
I HAD NO THANK YOU. I KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IN THIS WORLD, AND I KNOW THAT THE MORE ABOUT THIS STUFF, THE COMMON STOCK UPON WHICH YOU TELL ME YOU BELONG TO THE.
[F. Consent Agenda]
DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. SO REQUEST FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF AN ITEM. SPEAKER CARTER COMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY. CITY SECRETARY I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC. I DO HAVE A REQUEST THAT ITEM SEVEN BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILMEMBER KELLY.SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM SEVEN.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM SEVEN.
[7. Approval of a Professional Service Agreement With Freese and Nichols Inc., in the Amount of $537,500 for Development of the Lewisville 2035 Vision Plan and Authorization for the City Manager, or Her Designee, to Execute the Agreement.]
ITEM SEVEN APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $537,500 FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEWISVILLE 2035 VISION PLAN AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.THE LEWISVILLE 2025 VISION PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN JULY 2014 AFTER EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND HAS SERVED AS THE BASIS OF DECISION MAKING OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS.
THE CONSULTING FIRM OF RECENT NICHOLS HAS BEEN SELECTED TO FACILITATE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INPUT IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY VISION PLAN THAT INCLUDES STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO HOUSING, LAND USE, AND OTHER FOCUS AREAS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY. KAREN WALTZ, FRCP, PRINCIPAL OF STRATEGIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, LLC, WHO SERVED AS THE LEAD FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR BOTH THE ORIGINAL 2025 PLAN AND THE 2021 UPDATE, WILL SERVE AS AN EXTENSION OF STAFF, AND WILL PROVIDE INPUT AND DIRECTION FOR THE OVERALL PLANNING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2035 PLAN UNDER THE UNDER A SEPARATE PSA. RAIL PLANNING, A FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN HISPANIC COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, WILL SERVE AS A CONSULTANT TO FRIESEN, NICHOLS AND IS INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE WORK. THE PROJECT COST OUTLINED IN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IS $537,500.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL GET STARTED HERE. SO I WANT TO FRAME THIS DISCUSSION REAL QUICK.
THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGE. JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY AROUND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PIECES OF THIS THAT ARE DUE SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR ATTEMPT TO FURTHER ENGAGE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. SO ANYTIME I SEE ANY KIND OF CARVE OUT FOR ANY GROUP, IT COULD BE SENIORS,
[01:15:04]
IT COULD BE APARTMENTS, IT COULD BE IT COULD BE HOMEOWNERS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FORUM WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AND WHY WE'RE DOING THAT SPECIFICALLY? THIS IS MEANT TO BE ADVERSARIAL. THAT'S JUST MEANT TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION OUT INTO THE PUBLIC. SO I'LL START OFF, I'VE GOT ABOUT SIX QUESTIONS HERE AND ANYBODY CAN ANSWER.I THINK CITY MANAGER POWELL THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME ANSWERS THAT THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING AS WELL. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS THERE'S $537,000 ASSIGNED FOR THIS OVERALL EFFORT. WHAT WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSIGNED TO TO REACH 50,000 $50,000? THANK YOU. AND I REALIZED THAT RIO HAS DONE SOME WORK WITH WITH NOT SAN ANTONIO WHO THEY JUST DO SOME WORK FOR THE AMARILLO.
AMARILLO. SO WHY WHY RIO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR? SO IT'S AN INTERESTING PATH WE GOT TO WITH RIO.
SO WE BROUGHT IN WHAT OUR STAFF CAME TO BE KIND OF LIKE THE, THE TOP LEADERS WITH REGARD TO PLANS, EXECUTING THESE LARGE LONG RANGE PLANS AND RIO PLANNING ACTUALLY GOT ADDED IN TO THAT GROUP.
AND SO WE HAD A TEAM OF CITY STAFFERS THAT MET AS PART OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
IN THAT WE WERE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON ENGAGEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, FRASER NICHOLS HAD BEEN OUR PRIOR CONTRACTOR OR PRIOR CONSULTANT FOR THE 2025 PLAN, BUT ALSO GOT INTO THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY THEY WERE AN UP AND COMING FIRM THAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AS SOON AS WE MET RIO AND, AND JENNIFER RANGEL, WE KNEW SHE WAS VERY INCREDIBLY SMART.
SHE HAD A KIND OF NICHE THAT SHE WAS BUILDING FOR HER, FOR HER NONPROFIT.
BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT SHE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF PROBABLY BEING THE PRIMARY AT THIS POINT.
MAINLY BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFF LEVELS THAT A FREEZING NICHOLS HAS.
BUT WHAT WE DID NOTICE IN THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH HER WAS THAT THERE WAS A AN EXPERTISE THAT SHE HAD IN REACHING AND GETTING ENGAGEMENT FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY COMMUNITY THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL TO FURTHERING OUR GOALS OF DOUBLING THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE GOT FROM 2025.
AND THEN ALSO THE GOALS THAT COUNCIL HAD SET FORTH FOR US.
RELATED IN THE 2025 PLAN ABOUT INVOLVING THE ENTIRE DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND ALSO THE MOST RECENT 2025 PRIORITIZATION, WHICH IS AN EMPHASIS ON REACHING CURRENTLY UNDER ENGAGED POPULATIONS SUCH AS APARTMENT RESIDENTS AND THE LATINO AND COMMUNITY POPULATIONS.
WE HAVE MADE GOOD STRIDES WITH REGARD TO THE CHIN POPULATION.
WE'VE GOT A MULTI FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEY'VE WON SOME AWARDS IN THIS SPECIFIC SPACE.
I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. IT'S JUST RECENTLY IN THE NATIONAL PLANNING CONFERENCE.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE HIT UPON THIS ALREADY.
BUT OUR GOAL AS A CITY IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ENGAGES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC IS.
OR IS IT JUST WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH. AND WE'RE ENGAGING OTHER SEGMENTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. SO I WAS LOOKING BACK, WE REALLY GOT FOCUSED IN ON THE HISPANIC POPULATION AND THE CHIN POPULATION.
IN 2017, WE WERE WORKING ON A APPLICATION FOR WHAT WORKS COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO GET PART OF THIS, LIKE NATIONAL GROUP OF CITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY USE DATA AS KIND OF THE BASIS OF MAKING THEIR DECISION POINTS.
AND THE FOCUS WE WERE USING THAT DATA FOR AT THE BEGINNING WAS REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BETTER ENGAGE WITH SOME OF OUR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND THOSE COMMUNITIES BASED ON DATA. WAS OUR HISPANIC POPULATION AS WELL AS OUR POPULATION? WE HAVE SEEN MORE STRIDES WITH REGARD TO THE CHIN POPULATION, OBVIOUSLY WINNING AWARDS AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE. BUT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF INROADS THERE.
THE HISPANIC POPULATION HAS NOT BEEN AS MUCH.
I MEAN, IF I WERE TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR STATISTICS RIGHT NOW 30% OF OUR POPULATION IS HISPANIC, 5% OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS. NOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE TO SELL, THEY HAVE TO SELECT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
AND JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WE'VE COLLECTED SOME OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ON PEP APPLICATIONS.
[01:20:02]
ONLY 7% OF OUR APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN HISPANIC, SO THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE AN UNDERREPRESENTATION IN THAT.OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS NOT AN ONGOING CONTRACT. SO ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST ENGAGE WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC, WE WON'T HAVE A NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THE YEAR AFTER IN THE YEAR AFTER, WE'LL WE'LL LEARN FROM THIS. IS THAT GOAL? YES. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS WILL.
MY MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND METHODOLOGIES TO BEST ENGAGE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO LEARN HOW TO LEARN HOW I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF KIND OF GUERRILLA TACTICS OF GETTING OUT AND LIKE MEETING PEOPLE AND THEN CONNECTING TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO BUILDING A BASELINE OF ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN THEN CALL UPON TO HELP US ACTIVATE AND GET MORE ENGAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE.
AWESOME. OKAY. AND I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I'VE GOT IS THAT SPEAKING OF BASELINES, WHAT DO WE THINK THE BASELINE IS RIGHT NOW? AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO GET TO? I REALIZE THAT THE AGREEMENT DOESN'T CALL ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFICALLY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I PERSONALLY WON'T HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR A PARTICULAR NUMBER. I THINK I THINK THE WHEN WE SAY BASELINE RIGHT NOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN WE'VE DONE TARGETED AND TARGETED ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITIES AND SO LIKE, AND THEN THINGS WE HAVEN'T DONE.
BUT WHEN WE WENT OUT WITH OUR HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WE, WE WANTED TO GET CLOSER TO OUR POPULATION, THAT 30% MAKE UP AND WE GOT TO 27%. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD SPANISH SPEAKING EMPLOYEES THAT WERE GOING LITERALLY AT SOMETIMES DOOR TO DOOR TO DOOR IN SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THE SAME THING WITH BUSINESS 121 PLAN IS 28% OF OUR OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENGAGED AND GAVE US FEEDBACK WERE HISPANIC.
AND SO MY GOAL IS TO TO NOT ONLY DOUBLE OUR ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO GET TO THAT 30% MARK.
IT'S 30%, 30%. FANTASTIC. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT REFLECTIVE OF OUR POPULATION.
RIO. THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. CAN I. CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT? YES, PLEASE. WITH REGARD TO TARGETED ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE NOT JUST TARGETING THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN LEWISVILLE.
IT MIGHT BE APARTMENT. YOU KNOW FOLKS WHO LIVE IN APARTMENTS, IT MIGHT BE OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY.
IT MIGHT BE OUR HOA. IT MIGHT BE OUR STUDENTS.
THIS GROUP, WE JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED EXTRA HELP TO TO TARGET US.
THAT. EXACTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION.
APPROVAL OF PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF 537,500 FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEWISVILLE 2035 VISION PLAN AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, OR DOES NEED TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[G. Regular Hearing]
DURING THE FEBRUARY 2025 ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL RETREAT, CITY STAFF PRESENTED A PROPOSED CALENDAR SHOWING THE IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS REGARDING THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS. IN ADDITION, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE REMAINING AND COMPLETE ACTION PRIORITIES FROM THE LEWISVILLE 2025 VISION PLAN AND IDENTIFIED 13 ITEMS TO FOCUS ON FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2526.THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 9TH, 2025, AND IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 BUDGET. CALENDAR. ACTION PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE.
COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 BUDGET, CALENDAR PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC FOCUS.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.
[H. Reports]
COUNCILMEMBER MERIDITH, WOULD YOU MIND BEING FIRST? ABSOLUTELY.[01:25:06]
HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.COUNCILMEMBER TROYER. NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SIR. STATE ATTORNEY. SECRETARY. ALL RIGHT. RICHARD.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. PARK FANS, IT'S A BIG WEEKEND AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GOT THE THE RUN OUT AT LILA THAT STARTS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
738 WE'VE GOT OUR SPRING CLEAN WHERE WE PARTNER WITH KEEP LEWISVILLE BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US AT ONE OF THOSE.
AND IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US THIS WEEKEND. NEXT WEEKEND WE HAVE A TREE PLANTING AT WAYNE FRIDAY PARK AS OUR SERVICE SATURDAY EVENT AT 08:00. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WHILE YOU'RE ENJOYING THOSE WONDERFUL PARKS EVENTS, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE LAKE IS 92.5% FULL.
ALL RIGHT. KEITH, JUST REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO EXTEND SOME THANKS TO TO AARON AND HIS TEAM FOR GOING OUT THERE AND REALLY HELPING US TRACK DOWN THESE, THESE PUBLIC ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. NOT JUST IN LEWES, NOT JUST IN COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN LEWISVILLE IN GENERAL, AND IT'S TOP OF MIND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I CALLED IN A BUSTED PIPE TO, TO CITY MANAGER POWELL OVER THERE. AND IT'S PROBABLY 630, 07:00 AT NIGHT.
AND THEY SAID, SHE SAID, WE'LL GET AARON TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW. I SAID, WELL, IF HE'S ALREADY HOME, NO, HE'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE YOU GUYS ARE. HE WAS ALREADY OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIDING WITH THE PUBLIC TO TRY TO GET THIS STUFF OUT OF THE DITCH AND BACK ON THE TRACK. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LEANING IN TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU. AWESOME TO REPORT. COUNCILMEMBER JONES.
OKAY. CITY MANAGER. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL THAT ATTENDED THE DENTON COUNTY DAYS.
I FELT LIKE WE WERE UNITED FRONT AND TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO STEER LEGISLATION IN OUR FAVOR, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE WERE EFFECTIVE. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME.
I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO DO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THAT HAS MEANT REALLY RELEARNING A LOT OF THE TOOLS AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEY ARE AMAZING. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TO GET A NEW PURPLE LIBRARY CARD, YOU NEED TO GO GET ONE FOR OUR CENTENNIAL.
BUT THE ONLINE E-READERS YOU KNOW, IF I CAN'T GET THE BOOK PHYSICAL COPY, WHICH, OF COURSE, I'M OLD SCHOOL, I LIKE. I LIKE THAT VANILLA SMELL.
THAT'S. I LOVE THE OLD BOOKS. BUT IF I CAN'T GET ONE THAT WAY, I'VE GOT THEM ON DIGITAL.
IF I CAN'T GET THEM ON DIGITAL, I'VE GOT INTERLIBRARY LOAN.
I'M ON MY THIRD INTERLIBRARY LOAN BOOK RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 16 BOOKS INTO THE YEAR, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 072 DELIBERATION 073 DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS 074 PERSONNEL AND 076 DELIBERATION. I GOT ALL AND 0708 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE ALL THERE. WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION COUNSEL,
AS THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.