Jun 16, 2025 City Council

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OH. OH, YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP SESSION. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AT 6:00. FIRST UP IS DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. SO, COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT YOUR AGENDAS. OKAY. I'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER TROYER WITH THE INVOCATION. WE ARE OKAY. AND THEN I'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES WITH THE FLAGS. IF COUNCIL MEMBER JONES IS NOT HERE, COULD I HAVE A VOLUNTEER? I'LL DO IT. THANK YOU. ITEM C, GRADUATION OF OUR LOUISVILLE CITIZENS UNIVERSITY. ITEM D PUBLIC HEARING ITEM REZONING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT D ONE? E VISITORS FORUM ITEM F CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM F2, WHICH IS THE MINUTES F3 LETTER OF AGREEMENT REGARDING THE FUTURE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE SLALOM SHOP. SO IT'S FUNNY TO ME WITH OUR SILVER SUMMIT ALMOST THE BUILDING AND IT'S HARD TO WRITE IN A MEMO. IT'S VERY COMPLEX. YEAH. SO THERE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO, FROM THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE BUILDING, AND THEY USED TO OPERATE THE SLALOM SHOP. THAT WAS THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL. THEY THEN SOLD THE BUSINESS TO ONE ONE WATER MARINE, THE COMPANY. SO NOW THE OPERATOR OF THE BUSINESS IS A SUBLESSEE OR SUBLICENSEE OF CONCESSIONAIRE TO THEM. SO IT'S LIKE WORK THROUGH. THIS. OBVIOUSLY PLENTY OF MARGIN IN THAT BUSINESS. ITEM FOUR APPROVAL OF A REVOCABLE LICENSE FOR USE OF PREMISES BETWEEN US AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THRIVE. ITEM FIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND JOHN R MCADAMS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. KINETIC DESIGNS AS CASTLE HILLS TRAIL CORRIDOR.

ITEM SIX AGREEMENT WITH BRANSTETTER CARROLL FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR THE GRAND THEATER. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET. NO, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE TIME. DESIGN COMMITTEE. SOMEBODY TOLD ME IN THE BACK THERE IN THE PARKING LOT. SEVEN. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING OUR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, SET ASIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS. SO THIS IS JUST A THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION ESSENTIALLY. YES. SO WE THERE ARE OTHER GRANTS WE DON'T TAKE TO YOU GUYS. BUT JUST WANTED FOR US TO HAVE RESOLUTION. IS IT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. OR IT MIGHT JUST BE BECAUSE OF TAX ON 100%. SURE. I DO HAVE SOME TEXT ON. YEAH. BUT IT ALSO IF WE GET IT IT'S A $1.2 MILLION. AND HOW OUR CHANCES ARE AMAZING BECAUSE WE'RE LEWISVILLE PRETTY GOOD. YEAH. PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. RICHARD IS VERY VERY POSITIVE. PERSON ALSO KNOWS THAT. JULIE DAVID IS LESS SO IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. TIKTOK TOLD US THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AND ADVISE US TO SUBMIT. THAT'S ACTUALLY.

AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS A 20% MATCH. IT'S A 1.2 MILLION 1.2. YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. ITEM EIGHT ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS WITH LANDSCAPING FOR NORTHSIDE AIR CONDITIONING. ON THAT ONE. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT MOVING TO THIS LOCATION BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT I READ. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IN LEWISVILLE THOUGH. DID I NOT READ THAT? WHAT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THEY'RE LIKE ON VENTILATOR OR SOMETHING. IT SAYS THEY'VE OPERATED IN LEWISVILLE SINCE 2004. I'LL DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH. THERE YOU GO. I CAN GET YOU THAT. AND THERE'S THE WAY THAT'S ALL LAID OUT.

THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE PARTNERS, THERE'S REALLY JUST NO WAY THEY CAN I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE. AND SO THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE FCC IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT AT ALL. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ITEM NINE INITIATING THE BOARD. COMMISSION. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. COUNCIL. I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE AT YOUR SEAT. I'VE CREATED A TEAMS

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THE SECOND PIECE IS HOW TO EMPLOYEES PROGRESS THROUGH WHATEVER STRUCTURES YOU CREATE.

FOR A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, THAT'S THROUGH A STEP PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OPEN RANGES IN MERRITT. MERRITT MOVEMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN WE CREATED A THIRD BUCKET A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THAT IS KIND OF A UNIQUE PIECE. IT'S KIND OF OUR IT'S OUR OUR PROGRAM IN-HOUSE TO GROW OUR OWN. AND THAT'S OUR JOB FAMILY PROGRESSIONS. AND SO APPRECIATE COUNCIL SUPPORT TODAY FOR US CREATING THAT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE ITS RETENTION TOOL. CREATING LINE LEVEL POSITIONS AND CREATING A SENIOR LEVEL CORRELATE OR AN EMPLOYEE MEETING. CERTAIN CRITERIA CAN MOVE UP AT THAT LEVEL DURING THEIR TIME HERE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A ONE TIME EVENT THAT HAPPENS FOR THAT EMPLOYEE. THAT'S NOT A YEAR AFTER YEAR THING LIKE THESE OTHER TWO PIECES. SO LOOKING AT LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID IS THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WE MOVED POLICE OFFICER BY 5.73% LAST YEAR, FIREFIGHTER BY 6.2. OUR DISPATCH AND DETENTION SIMILAR SIMILAR PERCENTAGES FOR THE LARGER PORTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. WE DIDN'T MOVE OUR STRUCTURES LAST YEAR. WE LEFT THOSE WHERE THEY WERE.

SO NO MOVEMENT THERE. BUT WE DID CHOOSE A SUBSET OF EMPLOYEES WHERE THEIR POSITIONS WERE CLEARLY BEHIND AND ADJUSTED THOSE. AND I NEGLECTED TO PUT ON THE SLIDE. BUT WE ALSO MOVED OUR AQUATICS POSITIONS WITHIN OUR PART TIME STRUCTURES. LAST YEAR. ON THE MERIT SIDE AND STEP SIDE, WE HAD STEPS AS USUAL FOR SWORN AND DISPATCH AND DETENTION, AND THEN WE HAD A 3% MERIT LAST YEAR FOR ALL THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, A 3.5% MERIT, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN THE NEWER PIECE JOB FAMILY PROGRESSION THAT WE CREATED IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE HAD 65 EMPLOYEES THAT HAD PROGRESSED TO THAT SENIOR LEVEL. AND WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HELP FOR RETENTION OF STAFF OVER TIME. SO THAT'S LOOKING BACKWARDS NOW. LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT'S THE MARKET SHOWING US? WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. AND JUST TO REMIND YOU OF KIND OF EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE MARKETPLACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 7017 COMPARATOR ORGANIZATIONS. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE COULD LOSE PEOPLE TO OR PULL PEOPLE FROM IN OUR LOCAL AREA.

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THIS IS THEN AND NOW THIS IS THEIR WEBSITE LOOKING AT AT THE DATA SET OF TOP SALARIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS ONE YEAR AND THEN A YEAR LATER AND YOU SEE THAT LOUISVILLE SHOWS UP AS NUMBER FOUR ON TOP STARTING SALARIES THIS YEAR AND WAS NOT ON THE LIST THE PRIOR YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S A POSITIVE SHOWING THAT THIS COUNCIL, THIS MANAGEMENT TEAM, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS REALLY PUT SALARIES AS A COMMITMENT AND THAT WE'VE BEEN PROGRESSING IN A LOT OF THESE OUT. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A TIGHT MARKETPLACE. FOLKS ARE COMPETING ALL THE TIME. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO LET'S LET'S DIG INTO WHAT IS POLICE LOOK LIKE. SO I MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THESE SLIDES IS WE'RE BREAKING THEM UP INTO MARKET. PLUS IS THE IDEAL TO GET TO TOP THIRD. AND OUR CURRENT STATE IS IN THIS CASE POLICE OFFICER. OUR TOP STEP FOR POLICE OFFICERS IS 105,000 725 AGAINST OUR 17 CITIES. I BELIEVE THAT PUTS US 10TH CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS TODAY. SO IF WE MOVED TO THE MARKET PLUS LEVEL, THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE UPCOMING YEAR OF 3.1%. AND SIMILAR TO THE RANKS ABOVE, ON THE POLICE SIDE, WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM HERE IS UNDER THAT STRUCTURE, WHAT WE WOULD BE HIRING NEW POLICE OFFICERS AT $86,000 A YEAR AND TOPPING THEM OUT AT ALMOST $109,000 A YEAR. WE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STEPS. WE HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE PHILOSOPHY HERE. WE JUST HAVE OUR FOLKS PROGRESS WITHIN ABOUT SIX YEARS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP. OR IF THEY'RE A LATERAL HIRE FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THEY PROGRESS EVEN FASTER TO GET TO THEIR TOP. AND SO THIS. YEAH MARKET PLUS GETS US TO THE TOP THIRD WHICH IS SIXTH MODIFIED MARKET PLUS IN THIS CASE GETS US A LITTLE BIT LOWER I BELIEVE TO NINTH. AND THAT'S JUST A PERCENT LESS THAN THE MARKET. PLUS I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. BECAUSE SO I KNOW THAT THESE THESE TOP SALARIES THAT GET POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE VERY THEY'RE VERY HIGH LEVEL. AND THEY COULD BE REALLY MISLEADING. YES. AND I'VE SEEN THEM MORE THAN ONE TIME BEING USED AS A WAY TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN OUR POLICE. OFFICERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT HOW WE HAVE FEWER, FEWER OR SHORTER TIME FRAME TO GET FROM YOUR STARTING SALARY TO THE TOP OUT ON THIS LIST OF ON SLIDE EIGHT ON THIS LIST, THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE COMPARE, ARE THESE CITIES ALL WITHIN THE SAME TOP OUT SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE OR ARE THEY ALL VARY? YEAH, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF STEPS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE'S A GOOD POINT OF REFERENCE ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. YOU SEE, PLANO IS AT 20 YEAR 20 STEP, SO THEY'RE DOING 20 YEARS AND WE'RE DOING SIX YEARS. GARLAND PD IS EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE SIX YEARS. ALLEN PD IS FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE SIX YEARS. SO THEY'RE SIMILAR. SO I THINK IT'S VARIABLE ACROSS THE GROUP. I DON'T HAVE THE FULL DATA SET ON ME. BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT I THINK WE'RE TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF THAT. BUT SHOULD WE BE TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SALARIES THOUGH. BECAUSE WE COULD TAKE IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME SIX YEARS TO GET THERE VERSUS 12 YEARS TO GET THERE, I MEAN, THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER BENEFIT TO ME, YOU KNOW, ON THE LOUISVILLE SIDE THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I JUST WHERE DOES THAT FACTOR IN OR DOES IT WHEN STRICTLY SPEAKING, RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T

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WE'VE GOT A FEW OF THOSE AND A FEW FOLKS THAT JUST WANT TO CHANGE THE SCENERY, BUT NOT A LOT. SAME SALARY? NO. AND ARE THESE ARE TODAY'S PAY RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OR WHAT WAS TODAY'S PAY? THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. YEAH. THIS IS TODAY. THIS IS TODAY. IF WE LOOK AT THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE ONE THAT'S GOT THIS, I'VE GONE OUT AND I'VE ACTUALLY ANALYZED THIS DATA AND THESE ARE PULLED FROM ACROSS THE BOARD. SOME ARE FROM 2024. SOME ARE FROM MID 2025. ABSOLUTELY.

SOME FROM 2023. IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON WITH THIS DATA, AND I'M CONVINCED SOMETIMES THIS GETS POSTED. TIMING IS EVERYTHING. I THINK SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT IT MONTH TO MONTH, AND AS SOON AS WE LOOK AS BAD AS POSSIBLE, IT POPS UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS IT'S AN INTERESTING STOP, BUT IT'S THERE'S SO MUCH BEHIND THIS DATA THAT IT'S HARD TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT'S POLICE I WANTED TO ADD THIS SLIDE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS TO SHOW YOU, LIKE WE SAID HERE A YEAR AGO AND HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WHAT'S CHANGED OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO FOR POLICE OFFICER YOU SEE LOUISVILLE HIGHLIGHTED THIS IS YEAR TO YEAR PERCENT CHANGE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY. SO WE MOVED FIVE PLUS PERCENT ACROSS THE 17 CITIES. YOU SAW MORE THAN A 4% AVERAGE INCREASE. WE SEE SOME REAL VARIABILITY HERE. YOU SEE A FEW FOLKS MOVE AGGRESSIVELY. SOMETIMES IT'S FOLKS THAT WERE WAY LOWER THAN US. BUT WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ON THIS CHART. NOW LOOKING AT FIRE DATA. IT'S A SIMILAR STORY, JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW. TODAY AT OUR TOP PAY FOR FIREFIGHTER 99 905. WE'RE DOWN HERE ABOUT 12 AGAINST THE GROUP. SO IF WE MOVE TO MARKET PLUS PUTTING US IN THE TOP THIRD OR SIXTH, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE 99.9 TO 130 6 OR 3.74% INCREASE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER RANK. TAKING THAT SAME METHODOLOGY UP TO THE RANKS ABOVE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS AT THOSE HIGHER RANKS. AND THEN IF WE BACK THAT OFF A PERCENT, THAT WOULD PUSH US BACK TWO SPOTS HERE. AS FAR AS OUR RANKING, IF WE DID THE MODIFIED MARKET PLUS AND IT DECREASES THOSE NUMBERS BY 1%, LET'S DO SIMILARLY ON FIRE. WE WERE FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE LAST YEAR, AND WE SEE A FEW CITIES WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE ON ON THE AVERAGE, IT WAS ALMOST 5% OF MOVEMENT AT OUR COMPARATOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

SO I'LL KEEP GIVING YOU MORE GOOD NEWS, DISPATCH AND DETENTION. WE THESE ARE OUR OTHER CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE PUT ON STEPS. AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR MOVEMENT THERE. WE'RE SEEING AT THE AT THE MARKET PLUS LEVEL OF 4% FOR OFFICER DETENTION OFFICER, A 5% FOR DISPATCHER, AND SIMILAR NUMBERS FOR THE SUPERVISORS ABOVE THEM. TWO SHOWED YEAR TO YEAR ABOUT A 3.8% INCREASE ON DETENTION OFFICER AND ABOUT A 4.8 ON DISPATCHER PAY ACROSS OUR COMPARATOR ORGANIZATIONS. SO GENERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IMAGINE WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE VERY SPECIFIC JOBS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 220 OTHER JOBS THAT WE'VE GOT TO THEN FIGURE OUT THAT ARE ON OPEN RANGES. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BENCHMARK THOSE. SO WE LOOK AT 30 INDIVIDUAL JOBS THAT ARE GOOD BENCHMARKS ACROSS THESE GROUPS. AND WHAT WE IDENTIFIED ON THIS CYCLE IS THE MARKET HAS MOVED SINCE WE INITIATED THE COMPENSATION STUDY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND SO HAVE HAVE A BASIS FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR UP TO 3% OF MARKET MOVEMENT FOR THOSE POSITIONS AT THE MARKET PLUS LEVEL, OR A 2% MOVEMENT FOR THE MODIFIED MARKET PLUS LEVEL. THERE. THERE ARE A COUPLE SUBCATEGORIES. WE HAVE OUR TRADES AND MECHANIC JOBS THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MARKET COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE CHANGES THERE. AND THEN WE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET TEAM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHEN YOU'LL DO YOUR COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITIONS A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT BUDGETED. SO WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY ASIDE RIGHT THERE, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON YOUR COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITIONS

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BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT WOULD BE THE BEST, BEST PRACTICE NOT TO HAVE THAT STRICT ACTION AND COMPRESSION. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MOVE ON TO COMPENSATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT OR SHOULD I KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK STOPOVER ON THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON THIS SLIDE I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU. BUT I'LL JUST SAY THIS. WE CHANGED OUR THREE PLANS TO TWO PLANS IN 2024. WE MOVED TO THE PURPLE AND GREEN PLANS. THESE WERE IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM EMPLOYEES. WE THEY'VE GONE REALLY WELL. BUT IN OUR WE KNEW WHEN WE MOVED FROM THREE PLANS TO TWO PLANS, YOU DON'T DO IT. IT DOESN'T ALL GO PERFECTLY AS FAR AS IT'S A IT'S A PHASE THING OVER TIME THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE THE COST SHARE ON OUR PURPLE PLAN. SO AS COSTS RISE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SHIFT SOME OF THOSE COSTS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PURPLE PLAN, NOT TO THE GREEN PLAN. SO AS WE SEE COSTS DO DO CONTINUE TO RISE AS WE SPEND MONEY ON HEALTH CARE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE WANT TO PASS ON A RELATIVELY SMALL BUT SOME COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PURPLE PLAN NEXT YEAR. THE INCREASES ARE WHAT'S SHOWN DOWN HERE. OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS COMPARING IT TO THE CURRENT RATES. WE ALWAYS DO AN ANALYSIS ANYTIME WE LOOK AT MOVING, AND RATES HAVE NOT MOVED IN A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME. NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PREMIUMS TO LOUISVILLE EMPLOYEES SINCE 2020. I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW FROM YOUR IF YOU IF YOU'RE COVERED BY YOUR EMPLOYER, THEY USUALLY GO UP EVERY YEAR OR EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AT THE LEAST. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MODEL GOING FORWARD IS MORE OF A CONSISTENT, SMALLER INCREASES EVERY YEAR VERSUS WAITING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND POSSIBLY HAVING A LARGE INCREASE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IN FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT WE ALWAYS DO AN ANALYSIS OF OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES AND THE IMPACT. AND IF THERE'S A PAY INCREASE, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE NET PAY BEYOND ANY INCREASE TO THEIR MEDICAL PREMIUMS NEXT YEAR. LAST TOPIC. OH, BEFORE I GET TO THE LAST TOPIC. SO YOU ALL DID A BUNCH OF GREAT WORK BACK IN MARCH AND YOU ALL APPROVED US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RETIREE MEDICAL PREMIUMS. AND SO WE DID. CHARLOTTE DID A BUNCH OF GOOD WORK IN APRIL. WE DID OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR OUR CURRENT RETIREES AND UNSOLICITED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A NUMBER OF RETIREES JUST GIVE KUDOS AND FEEDBACK, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT BACK TO YOU ALL. SINCE YOU ALL WERE THE DECISION MAKERS IN THAT PROCESS.

WE HEARD YOU'RE THE GREATEST, YOU AND ALL OTHERS INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THIS IS AWESOME.

PLEASE THANK THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGERS AND HR STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND CITY STAFF. WHAT A BLESSING! YAY! AT ONE PARTICULAR RETIREE WHO WE WILL NOT NAME SAID SWEET JESUS. THANK YOU. CHARLOTTE. NO NO NO, SHE WOULDN'T CARE IF WE TOLD YOU.

THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S FAIR. YEAH. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT. AND I KNOW THE CURRENT RETIREES APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW CITY EMPLOYEES ARE SOME OF OUR FUTURE RETIREES. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. LAST THING I WANTED TO GO OVER. IT'S A BUNCH OF SLIDES, BUT I'LL TRY AND GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY. IS SO TALKING ABOUT TMRS NON RETROACTIVE COLA, I'M GOING TO IMPACT WHAT IS TMRS? WHAT IS A COLA, WHAT IS RETROACTIVE. AND WE'LL WE'LL WALK THROUGH IT HERE IN A MOMENT. SO WHAT IS TMRS. TMRS IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IT CONSISTS OF OVER 930 PARTICIPATING CITIES. WE PARTICIPATE IN IT. IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S OUR PENSION SYSTEM. EFFECTIVELY, IT'S A CASH BALANCE PLAN. IT'S NOT A DEFINED BENEFITS, NOT DEFINED CONTRIBUTION. IT'S A MIX THEREOF. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHILE OUR EMPLOYEES WORK HERE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY HAVE 7% OF THEIR SALARY PULLED TO TMRS GOES INTO THEIR ACCOUNT. THAT ACCOUNT EARNS INTEREST EVERY YEAR. WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DO RETIRE, THAT GETS DOUBLE MATCHED ON THE CITY SIDE TO WHATEVER NUMBER THEY HAVE IN, AND THEN THAT GETS ANNUITIZED BASED ON THEIR AGE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY PUT IN UP TO THAT POINT AND THE INTEREST EARN. SO THAT'S HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS. PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE THAT WE PARTICIPATE AND THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO OUR RATES IS WE ALSO SAY WHEN RETIREES TAKE THAT ANNUITY AND THEY START COLLECTING IT EVERY YEAR, THAT WE DO BUILD IN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COLA FOR THEM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY HAVE NO INCREASE TO THAT EARNING OVER THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. SO COLA IS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE COLA WITH TMRS IS A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INDEXED ITEM. SO CITIES CAN CHOOSE THROUGH TIMOROUS TO SELECT 30%, 50% OR 70% OF CPI. SO WE HAVE SELECTED 70%, AS HAVE MOST OF OUR OR THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES OF THE SLIGHT MAJORITY. AND SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE PROUD THAT WE ARE ON THE HIGHER LEVEL OF BENEFITS FOR RETIREES, AND THEY GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT 70% COLA BENEFIT

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THEIR MONTHLY BENEFIT IS ABOUT $1,400. UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN, THAT WOULD INCREASE FROM 1468 TO

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AND SO MOVING TO A NON RETROACTIVE COLA WILL HELP ENHANCE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY WHILE MAINTAINING AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT WITHIN THAT CONTEXT. AND THEN JUST THE REAL WORLD FOR OUR BUDGET PREPARATION ON THIS CURRENT CYCLE IS, AS WE'VE ADDED IN, THAT RETIREE MEDICAL COSTS, THAT AND OTHER INCREASES HAVE CAUSED DEPARTMENTS TO NEED TO CREATE ADD BACK ACTION STEPS AND SOME OF THE INSIDE BASEBALL IN OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS, BUT EFFECTIVELY BY FREEING UP SOME MONEY HERE THAT THAT PUTS US IN POSITION TO GIVE TO FUND A NUMBER OF THOSE AFFECTS GOING FORWARD. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS THIS IS A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY AT SUNSETS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING IT ON THIS CYCLE. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT BUILT IN IS A PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'LL GET UPDATED RATES. I TOLD YOU THAT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE AGED, BUT I THINK THE UPDATE RATES WILL STILL BE SIMILAR. WE WILL BUILD THEM INTO BUDGET PREPARATIONS FOR FY 26. AND THEN OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO COME BACK AT THE SAME TIME ON SEPTEMBER 8TH WITH THE BUDGET AND COME WITH A RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE COLA TO NON RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. AND LET ME MAKE SURE I HEARD THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS, WE CANNOT BY STATE LAW DROP BELOW THAT 70%.

CORRECT OKAY. SO THAT'S AN ADDED BENEFIT. THE BENEFIT FOR THE FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE RETIREES.

YES. BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE FOR THE RETIREE TODAY THAT WE STAY AT 70% FOREVER. RIGHT. WE WENT SIDEWAYS. WE COULD DROP A 50 OR 30 RIGHT. YES SIR. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO IT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE HOURLY RATES SLIDE OKAY. ANOTHER POINT. AND I'M LOOKING AND I'M HOW DO I GET TO IT. HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT CONTRACTORS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE STAFF. THE REASON I ASK IS THAT PLANO, WHICH IS ROUGHLY TWICE OUR POPULATION, THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM IN GRAPEVINE, WHICH IS 40% OF OUR POPULATION, GIVE OR TAKE, AT 55,000 OR SO. THEY HAVE THE VERY BOTTOM. SO I, MY, MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT THEY'RE MORE THEY'RE MORE HEAVILY RELIANT ON CONTRACTORS FOR THE HIGHER SALARIED AREAS. HOW DO YOU FIT CONTRACTORS INTO THIS FTE VIEW OF OUR WORLD? SO I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE CITIES DO A LOT OF CONTRACTORS. IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT A BIG PIECE OF THE BUSINESS. I WOULD AS YOU SAY IT, I THINK PART OF THIS IS GRAPEVINE SAYS 929. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THEIR FULL TIME PEOPLE. 929 SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO WORK. YOU CAN FIND A TEENAGER TO WORK FOR. 929 OH NO. SO THEY GO WORK IN CHICK FIL A. EXACTLY. SO I THINK THERE'S A PART OF MAYBE THAT'S NOT GREAT DATA WE GOT BACK FROM THEM. OKAY. BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GETTING TO THE HEART OF YOUR QUESTION. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO SO CONTRACTED. YOU THINK DON'T DON'T PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN WORKFORCE OR ANY OF THE CITIES. SO NOT DIRECTLY I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LAYER ON TO THAT I MEAN, I WE DO HIRE ON OCCASION, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT LABOR TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, FOR A SINGLE PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME IN. IT'S NOT

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THEY JUST POPPED UP THE CONTRACTORS, SO THEY DROPPED THE EMPLOYEES COUNT, BUT THEY PUT THE CONTRACT AGAINST THE OVERALL NET COST TO THE CITIZENS. CASTLE HILLS WAS THE SAME OF ONE. AND SO I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING ABOUT STAFFING. I SEE, SO YOU'RE REALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE HOURLY RATE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, JUST LIKE FULL BUDGETARY COST OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT WORKFORCE NUMBERS. I WAS I WAS MAKING A ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE VARIED SO MUCH BECAUSE OF CONTRACTORS. BUT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CAUSE THAT. IT'S I MEAN, THERE'S POCKETS IN EVERY CITY, BUT I THINK ON THE WHOLE, IT'S NOT A HUGE PIECE OF THE BUSINESS. THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THAT 929 MIGHT BE THEIR MINIMUM, BUT THEY MAY NEVER BE HIRING SOMEONE THAT MAY BE IGNORING THAT IT'S NOT AN AVERAGE RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT MAYOR, WE ALSO GOT SOME INFORMATION ON NORTHSIDE AIR CONDITIONING. IT'S LOCATED AT 619 EMBRY STREET NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORIC CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH. THE CHURCH, AUSTRALIAN LADY CHAPEL. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS UPDATE. AND THIS IS ASHLEY BARRETT. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE LIGHTHEARTED THAN HEY, COME ON. BUT GOOD STUFF OBVIOUSLY. SO AGAIN, ASHLEY PERRY, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR GRANTS AND PROGRAMS. WE DO AN ANNUAL SURVEY. SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT. AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN MCBREEN. HE'S GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS. SO FIRST THINGS FIRST.

EVERYONE KNOWS PIP, OUR PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR EXTERIOR PROJECTS FOR HOMES. IT'S ABOUT REVITALIZATION. IT'S ABOUT REALLY BEAUTIFYING OUR COMMUNITY. THE MINIMUM GRANT IS $250 WITH A MAX OF $5,000, DEPENDING ON YOUR PROJECT AND INCOME. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS. I JOKE THAT THIS WE ALWAYS SAY THIS PEPPY BECAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR PROGRAM WE HAVE COMPLETED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF PEP OVER 396 PROJECTS. SO REALLY EXCITED. WE ARE THIS CLOSE TO REIMBURSING $1 MILLION IN PEP, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE MAIN PROGRAMS PROJECTS THAT WE DO ARE GOING TO BE FENCE OR EVEN A WINDOWS. THIS WAS SOMETHING FROM THE LISTENER AND WE ARE NOW TRACKING RACE AND ETHNICITY. IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. WE DO PROVIDE PEP APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE STILL NON-HISPANIC AND WHITE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROMOTE INTO THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OUR. THE TYPICAL APPLICANT FOR PEP. THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS PEP PLUS. SO THIS IS KIND OF A STEP UP OF PEP. WE IT IS A 25% MATCHING GRANT, UP TO $20,000.

AND IT IS FOR HOMES THAT ARE BUILT IN 1980 OR OLDER. SO THIS PROGRAM WE RECENTLY UPDATED, WE ASKED COUNCIL FOR SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT. AND ONCE WE CHANGED TO IT WAS A FIRST IN JUST IN THIS TWO, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT ZONE WHICH IS MAIN TO BELLAIRE AND 35 AND GARDEN RIDGE. IT WAS NOT VERY POPULAR IN THAT AREA, BUT ONCE WE MADE IT CITYWIDE AND 1980 AND OLDER, IT BECAME VERY POPULAR. SO HERE'S SOME NUMBERS FOR THAT. WE'VE COMPLETED 28 PROJECTS. AGAIN, FENCES AND WINDOWS. WINDOWS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY UTILIZING OUR PROGRAMS FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, OUR MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE NON-HISPANIC AND WHITE. ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICATIONS OR A GOOD CHUNK ARE 62 AND OLDER, AND THEN WE HAVE NEIGHBOR ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OR AN HOA THAT HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, BECAUSE THEY CAN GET UP TO $12,500 TO REALLY REVITALIZE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE DONE NINE. WE'VE ACCEPTED NINE PROJECTS. THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ENTRYWAY FEATURES. WE'VE DONE SOME SOLAR LIGHTING. WE DID A FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN REPAIR. WE HAVE DENIED A FEW PROJECTS, BUT IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR APPLICATION WASN'T COMPLETED OR THEIR THE PROJECT WASN'T REALLY ELIGIBLE. THEN WE HAVE CODE ABATEMENT. SO THIS PROGRAM IS IN THAT NES TWO NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE. THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE LOW INCOME. THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE CODE VIOLATION THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE PET PROJECT, AND THEY

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SO IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. BUT THEY DON'T GO THROUGH. THEY NEVER FINISH THAT PROCESS. SO CAN YOU TELL IF THEY START. SO BRIAN WILL GO AND EVEN HAND THEM APPLICATIONS AT THEIR HOUSE. SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. I WONDER WHY THERE'S A BLOCK THERE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED. WE HAVE NEVER ASKED PEOPLE, WHY DID YOU NOT FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION? WHY DID YOU NOT WANT TO DO THIS? I'LL SAY, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A HOMEOWNER THAT HAS TO DEMO HER POOL DUE TO IT BEING FULL OF WATER AND IT'S A CODE VIOLATION, BUT $7,500 WON'T COVER THE COST, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO COVER THE REST. AND SO SHE'S WORKING TOWARDS FINDING A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL GET TO THAT RATE. AND EVEN WHEN SHE FOUND A CONTRACTOR THAT GOT TO THAT RATE, THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO TAKE PAYMENT AFTER THE FACT.

THEY WANTED A 50% UPFRONT. AND SO IT JUST WASN'T IT'S NOT REALLY MAKING THAT IMPACT. WE WERE LOOKING FOR EVERYONE. AND THEN FOR THE LOVE OF LEWISVILLE, THIS IS OUR DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THREE YEARS NOW. YEP. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE OUR LAST EVENT WAS ON OCTOBER 19TH OF 2024. WE HAD 15 DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM EXTERIOR PROJECTS AT HOMES. WE HAD PARK PROJECTS, WE'VE DONE SIDEWALK ART, WE'VE DONE A LOT. WE'VE LAST EVENT WE HAD OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT EVENT IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. SO LIKE I SAID, WE DO AN ANNUAL SURVEY JUST TO KIND OF GET A TOUCH POINT ON HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, SEE IF THERE'S SOME TWEAKS THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. SO WE REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. SO FIRST QUESTION, WE ALWAYS ASK WHAT IMPROVEMENTS OR ACTIVITIES WOULD BENEFIT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE MAJORITY SAID NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR GRANTS ARE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT. SO WORKS. AND THEN SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A 50% GRANT FOR EXTERIOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS FENCING. SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE WANTS THAT KIND OF PROGRAM. SO PEP, WOULD YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS BE MORE LIKELY TO UTILIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IF MAYBE WE AS A CITY PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY? SO NOW WE'RE PAYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MATCH. WE'RE REIMBURSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH HOW WE DID WITH CODE ABATEMENT. WE PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY. SO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT HOAS COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, YES, 79%. AND THEN CURRENTLY PEP PLUS IS FOR HOMES THAT ARE BUILT IN 1980 OR OLDER. BUT WHAT IF WE TWEAK THAT TIME TO 40% OR 40 YEARS, 40 YEARS OR OLDER, AND THEN 68% SAID YES, THERE ARE SOME THAT SAY OTHER, AND IT'S MORE LIKE WE WOULD WANT MORE INFORMATION, OR WE WANT EVEN NEWER HOMES TO GET THAT 25%. SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. SO EVERYTHING IS SUPPORTED BY THE SURVEY THAT WE COMPLETED. AND SO FOR THE LOVE OF LEWISVILLE IS SUCH A IMPACTFUL PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE OUR THE SORRY, OUR VTO TO HELP WITH THE LOGISTICAL PLANNING VERSUS JUST THE CLEANUP OR JUST THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, AND WE WOULD UTILIZE THE NEW CITYWIDE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, AND THAT WE WOULD OPEN THIS UP CITYWIDE. SO HISTORICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MEET TARGETED NEED, WHERE THEY HAD A DEFICIT, WHERE THEY WERE LOW INCOME OR OLDER HOUSING STOCK. BUT WE WANTED TO OPEN THIS UP CITYWIDE AND SHARE SHARE THE LOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. ANY ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS, ANY IDEA ON THE DATE FOR THIS? YEAH. WELL THE NEXT ONE IS OCTOBER 18TH OF. SO CODE ABATEMENT. WE WANT TO ALSO MAKE

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AND I MEAN, SO THE ONES THAT YOU SEE, LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I'M GUESSING A POOL COMPANY AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH. THERE MAY BE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT WOULD TAKE PAYMENT FROM THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE THINKING AT SOME SORT OF SCAM OR SOMETHING. IF WE COULD GET BE PROACTIVE AND LET THEM KNOW TO THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF VENDORS, WE'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING ON AS AN APPROVED VENDOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? YES. YEAH. WE COULD LET OUR REGISTERED CONTRACTORS KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING.

YEAH. JUST THINKING AS WE'VE GOT THAT REGISTERED CONTRACTORS LIST, I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY CONTRACTORS THAT GIVE A PERCENTAGE BACK. THEY CONSIDER THAT PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO HELP THEM GET MORE BACK. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IS THE OTHER PROGRAM AS YOU SAW WITHIN THE SURVEY RESULTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF, AND THEY WOULD WANT IT TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE. SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS OFFER A DIRECT PAYMENT OPTION TO THE CONTRACTOR OR TO THE VENDOR AT A $5,000 MAX. AT 100%.

THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, AND THERE ARE SOME ADJACENT CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS AND WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS. CURRENTLY, THE LEWISVILLE HAS 205 RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OF THOSE, 57 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND 148. NON HOA NEIGHBORHOODS. SO A LOT OF A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE. I THINK WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE. BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM SO THAT THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS PROGRAM? AND JUST REALIZE WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH LEGAL ON ON ALL OF THESE THINGS. THE. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY CREATED THIS PROGRAM, THE IDEA WAS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO GIVE RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE HOAS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER, AND COME UP WITH PROJECTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BECAUSE OF THE NEED OF SOMEONE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT, THERE'S BEEN, OKAY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR YOU NEED TO HAVE AN HOA. WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE'RE BENEFITING THE GROUPS THAT HAVE HOAS AND NOT SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RIGHTSIZE THAT TO ACCOMPLISH THE ORIGINAL GOALS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND THEN THE PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM WAS THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS SIMPLE. THIS PROGRAM, YOU GUYS HELPED US EXPAND IT OUT CITYWIDE, AND IT IS JUST FLOURISHED. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR WITHIN THE CODE ABATEMENT PROGRAM. BUT SO OVER 500% INCREASE IN AWARDS FROM 2022 TO 2024 COMPLETED 30

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THE COST OF REMOVING TREES IS UNREAL. IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S YEAH, I'M SURPRISED THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVEN'T, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STORMS WE'VE HAD HAVE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YEAH.

WELL AND I, I CORRECT MYSELF. WE'VE ONLY PLANTED TWO TREES. SO REMOVING DEAD TREES AND TRIMMING THEM DOWN TO LIKE THE STUMP. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE. OKAY, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN. SO FOR THE CODE ABATEMENT PROGRAM, I ASSUME THAT WE HAVE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT. AND IF IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, IS IT STILL THERE? IT IS. IT IS A CIP ACCOUNT. SO IT IS THERE AND IT CAN BE USED AND IT'S COULD WE COULD IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD APPROVE VARIABLE. I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 7000. BUT IF THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST NATURALLY GOING TO BE MORE AND, YOU KNOW, WE RUN INTO ISSUES LIKE THAT, BUT COULD WE DO SOMETHING VARIABLE? WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAM TOTALLY. LIKE THAT WOULDN'T BE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO A ONE OFF, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAM TO HAVE NOT A LIMIT, NOT A LIMIT, AND A WHOLE STRUCTURE OF RULES ABOUT WHAT GETS TO BE IN THAT HIGHER LIMIT. I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THOUGH. I MEAN, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO? SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO DO. SO AT THIS POINT. SHE'S LOOKING FOR A CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE IT ON AT 7500. AND WITH RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM, THAT MIGHT END UP BEING A WORSE. OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR SORT OF DEAL, WHICH CAN CAUSE MAJOR ISSUES WITH FOUNDATIONS AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT? AND IT COULD IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS TOO. I KNOW ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO MY NEPHEW HAD TO DO THAT ON WALTERS, AND IT COST. A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN

[A. Invocation - Councilmember Bob Troyer]

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. FIRST UP ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BOB TROYER. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION.

[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Councilmember Brandon Jones]

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[C. Graduation]

WE'LL GET IT. WE'LL GET IT SOPHIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAKE SURE YOU GRAB THAT. ALL RIGHT? I'VE GOT KIRA. KIRA. I'M SORRY. KIRA. KARSTEN. HI, KIRA. WHAT DO YOU DO? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT SHERRI LYNN COX. HERE. ABIGAIL CRAFTON.

THANK YOU. CONGRATS. ERIK FRANDSEN. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, MY LEWISVILLE PURPLE WILL HAWK.

CHRISTINA HEARN. DANIEL LAW. THANK YOU. SUNNY LINDSAY. DAVID MARGULIES. HEY, DAVID. GOOD TO SEE YOU. NEVER GOING TO GET RID OF ME. NO, THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM. IT GETS YOU SUCKED IN. NOW YOU'RE ON A LIST, I KNOW. ARACELI, K. ZORA. THEY MADE IT. THEY MADE IT PHONETIC.

I DON'T KNOW WHY. I'VE GOT DARRYL Y'ALL'S. DENISE WILSON. THANKS. AND JEFF WOODS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW, WE DO HAVE A FEW OTHER GRADUATES WE'VE GOT WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT. SO DEANNA BROWN, DANIEL SPENCER, GERALD UICK AND JOANNA UICK. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING. I'M GOING TO STEP BACK HERE. WE'LL GET A COUPLE OF PHOTOS REAL QUICK. YES. COME ON, SQUEEZE IN. PRETEND YOU LIKE EACH OTHER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK.

CAN YOU DO IT? IF EVERYONE FROM THE LEFT WANTS TO LEAN RIGHT, EVERYONE FROM THE RIGHT WANTS TO LEFT. THE PICTURE WILL TURN OUT REALLY NICE. THERE YOU GO. LIKE A DECK OF CARDS. IS THAT A GOOD

[01:05:06]

SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PROGRAM FLOURISH. IT'S A GREAT JOB BY STAFF. IT'S

[D. Public Hearing]

WE LOVE HAVING VISITORS. ALL THESE PEOPLE COME TO OPPOSE THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

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SPEAKERS WILL ALLOW FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, 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 TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED TO

[F. Consent Agenda]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM F, THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF EXPLANATORY BY THE COUNCIL WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. SO REQUEST FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF AN ITEM, A SPEAKER, CARD OR COMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY COUNCIL. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO

[G. Regular Hearing]

PLEASE VOTE. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM G REGULAR HEARING EIGHT.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD ASSOCIATED WITH LANDSCAPING STANDARDS FOR NORTH SIDE AIR CONDITIONING ON 1.125 ACRES, LOCATED AT 816 OFFICE PARK CIRCLE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS HILLSIDE OFFICE PARK EDITION, LOT SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE, BLOCK C ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY JASON KILPATRICK OF RIDNOUR ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF LUCKY 13 INVESTMENTS LLC. THE PROPERTY OWNER. 2505 EIGHT ALT STD NORTH SIDE AIR CONDITIONING AND HVAC CONTRACTOR OPERATING IN LEWISVILLE SINCE 2004, HAS RELOCATED TO 816 OFFICE PARK CIRCLE, A SITE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1999 TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUSINESS EXPANSION. IN 2500 SQUARE FOOT METAL BUILDING IS PROPOSED ON THE SITE. SINCE THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS DO NOT ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER DUE TO ITS PARKING LOT LOCATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ALTERNATIVE STANDARD TO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON MAY 20TH, 2025. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. LUCKY, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATE STANDARD AS SET FORTH IN A CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF INITIATING THE BOARD, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND THE CREATION OF CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES ON JUNE 30TH, 2025. VARIOUS TERMS OF OFFICE ON THE CITY'S BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES WILL BE EXPIRING.

THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND CURRENT APPOINTEES NOTIFIED DUE TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION. THE INITIATION OF THE BOARD COMMISSION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WAS POSTPONED TO ALLOW THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR TO PARTICIPATE. CURRENT BOARD.

COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025. CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES TO REVIEW ELIGIBLE APPOINTEES, NEW APPLICANTS, AND PROVIDE NOMINEES FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION DURING A FUTURE MEETING. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL INITIATE THE BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING, APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND CREATE THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY MAYOR, I MOVE TO INITIATE THE BOARD COMMISSION, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND CREATE THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AS FOLLOWS. MAYOR PRO TEM KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEREDITH FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LIBRARY BOARD, PARK BOARD. LEWISVILLE PARKS AND LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR B AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOUR MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBER, TIPTON FOR THE OLD TOWN DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, LEWISVILLE LOCAL AND THE LEWISVILLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, AND THEN DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CADE AND COUNCIL MEMBER TROYER FOR THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE. COUNCIL. I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ITEM H REPORTS REPORTS

[H. Reports]

LAST FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, WE HAD THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS. OUR CITY MANAGER AND FIVE STAFF MEMBERS ATTEND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND AT THAT MEETING THEY HAD AN AWARD CEREMONY. THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL CLYDE AWARDS. AND CLYDE STANDS FOR CELEBRATING LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE. AND OUT OF ABOUT 36 ENTRIES, SIX WERE SELECTED AND LEWISVILLE RECEIVED TWO OF THOSE

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AND NUMBER TWO, I DID GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. I KNOW SEVERAL OF THOSE FOLKS, AND I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL THREE. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU NOW, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS CREATES, BECAUSE WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE WORK REGIONALLY IS THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THAT INTO WHAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WAS TO APPLY FOR A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO ACTUALLY WORK ON THAT CORRIDOR PLAN. SO THERE'S SOME GREAT SYNERGIES THAT COME OUT OF THINKING REGIONALLY AND PUTTING THAT STUFF UP THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. AND MR. MCGINN WILL GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON THE SECOND AWARD. OURS ISN'T OURS ISN'T FRAMED YET, BUT THE AWARD WAS RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARENESS FOR THE LEWISVILLE BACKYARD COTTAGE DESIGN COMPETITION. AND JUST A REALLY CREATIVE STAFF THAT CAME TOGETHER, UTILIZED THE GRANT FROM AARP. YOU KNOW, GOT FOLKS INVOLVED FROM PROFESSIONALS. WE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR BACKYARD COTTAGES, ALL DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. WE HAD OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED, AND WE EVEN HAD A PARADE. YOU ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, PARADE, FLOAT.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND GETTING A RESPONSE TO THIS.

OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEERS, EVERY TIME I WAS IN AN EVENT, THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO BE PARTICIPATING. THEY REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY. GREAT JOB GUYS. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. AND OUR OUR FINAL DIRECTOR REPORT IS FROM MISS STACEY ANAYA, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARK FANS, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS SATURDAY IS OUR THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. SO WE HAVE SERVICE SATURDAYS AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON A CLEANUP OF PRAIRIE CREEK FROM I-35 BACK TO OLD ORCHARD OR EVEN VALLEY PARKWAY, DEPENDING ON HOW AMBITIOUS WE GET. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO REGISTER, YOU CAN GO TO PLAY LEWISVILLE.COM AND SIGN UP FOR SERVICE SATURDAYS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR SATURDAYS AT THE CABIN HAPPENING AT 10:00, SO CLEAN UP AT EIGHT, HEAD TO LILA AT TEN AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOUD AND PROUD ART FESTIVAL AT THRIVE. SO YOU CAN GO ON ANOTHER PARK CRAWL THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING THIS SATURDAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS I'M JUST GOING TO START ON THE FAR LEFT, COUNCILMEMBER KELLY GREEN I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK FOR THE WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE VISION 2035 PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S TIME TO GET MOVING. I THINK THE FIRST MEETING IS SET IN LESS THAN A MONTH TO GET STARTED ON THAT EFFORT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT YOUR APPLICATION IN YET, PLEASE DO SO. AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS ALSO AN APPLICATION THAT FOR THE YOUTH AT YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL THAT IS ALSO OPEN TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO THAT, BUT MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT WHILE IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. SURE. SO THIS WEEK WE'LL BE HAVING A FEW EVENTS FOR JUNETEENTH. ON THURSDAY, WE HAVE A SCREENING AT THE GRAND THEATER THAT SOLD OUT, AND THERE'S A SECOND SCREENING THAT WILL BE ON THE 21ST THAT YOU CAN GET. THE TICKETS ARE FREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET A TICKET TO GET IN. AND ALSO WE HAVE THE FRIDAY CONCERT IN WAYNE FERGUSON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER KADE, MR. MEREDITH, ALSO WAS THERE FRIDAY FOR THE FOR THE EVENT. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE RICHARD AND CHRIS AND THEIR TEAMS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE LEWISVILLE MENTIONED TWICE. AND AS WE WENT UP THERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARDS, THERE WAS A LOT OF EYES ON US AND CONGRATULATIONS. SO

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FEEL GOOD. FRIDAY'S INTRO TO MEDITATION FOR ADULTS FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2 TO 3 P.M. CRAWFORD MEETING ROOM. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND CROSS STITCHING OUTSIDE THE HOOP. TEEN EDITION FOR TEENS AGED 13 TO 18. FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2 TO 3:30 P.M. AT THE HIVE MAKERSPACE. NO REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER. YES, SIR. AS COUNCIL MEMBER JONES ALREADY MENTIONED. WELL, I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER. THE FIRST THING IS THE SACRED GROUND, THE LEGACY BENEATH THE LEWISVILLE. OUR JUNE 9TH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHICH HAS COUNCIL MEMBER JONES INDICATED IS WAS SOLD OUT FOR JUNE 19TH. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF THAT ON JUNE 21ST. SECONDLY, WILL HEARNES GRAND ALL AMERICANA SHOW PRESENTED BY THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER ON THE 21ST SEUSSICAL, PRESENTED BY THE OUTCRY COMMUNITY THEATER JUNE 26TH THROUGH THE 29TH WITH TWO PERFORMANCES ON BOTH THE 2020 EIGHTH AND THE 29TH AND BLACK BOX SONGWRITER SERIES. TISH HINOJOSA, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE ON JUNE 29TH. AND AS ALWAYS, THE FRIDAY NIGHT ACOUSTIC JAM SESSION PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LOUISVILLE. ACTIVITIES. THE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH TISH HINOJOSA, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, IS ON JUNE 28TH. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO EXHIBITIONS RIGHT NOW SACRED GROUND FRAMING THE FORGOTTEN, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, JUNE 19TH THROUGH JULY 12TH, AND THEN LOUISVILLE. FACE OFF EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA THROUGH JULY 12TH. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD IS I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE THAT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL BE COMING TO TOWN. AND WE'RE HAVING A SIT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT LOCATIONS IN LEWISVILLE AND NEXT STEPS IN DENTON COUNTY.

SO VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE STAFF CONTINUING TO BE WORKING ON THAT AND GAINING MOMENTUM.

TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS ALREADY PERFORMING CLASSES IN DENTON COUNTY WITH ACME BRICK CURRENTLY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESSES THAT NEED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, CERTIFICATE TRAINING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO IF YOU KNOW A BUSINESS OR HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THAT SPACE, WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BRING THIS TO DENTON COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY LEWISVILLE. WITH THAT, WE'RE

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE ST

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