Jun 23, 2026 City Council

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>>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST IS TO APPROVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR PREMIER SITE, LLC. THIS IS ACROSS FROM THE SHOPPING CENTER FOR 259,518 DOLLARS. THIS IS THE CHAIN LINKED FENCE THAT IS GOING TO GET REPLACED OR REDONE. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT ONE HAS LOOKED AWFUL FOR A LONG TIME. AT IS GOING TO GET REPLA OR REDONE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THAT ONE HAS LOOKED AWFUL FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THEN STORM DAMAGED IT, SO IT HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE.

>> IS THIS PART OF THE TOTAL SPACE OR THE BEAUTIFICATION

PROCESS. >> IT'S WITH THE SLACKS IN IT.

IT GOT DAMAGED DURING A STORM. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE CHAIN LINK WITH A WALL, SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON WALT CHAPEL.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS TO FUND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SHARED-USE TRAIL ALONG KELLY BOULEVARD.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? >> IS THERE AN ESTIMATE FOR THIS EFFORT? THEY'RE PAYING US US USING.

>> SO WE HAVE DON'T HAVE A FULL ESTIMATE YET.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THIS IS FOR AN INITIAL, JUST TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED, AND THEN THE LONG-TERM IS THAT IT WILL BE

COVERED WITH OTHER FUNDS. >> AND THAT WILL ALL COME TO US

WHEN THAT HAPPENS THEN? >> YES.

WE'LL HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

>> THIS DOESN'T PROVE FUNDING. THIS APPROVES NEGOTIATING AND

EXECUTING. >> RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> AND HOW LONG IS THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT ANTICIPATED

TO TAKE? >> SO I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT, SIMILAR TO OUR OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT UNDER -- LET FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH A THREE-YEAR TIME RANGE.

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>> AS WE NORMALLY DO, THE NOMINATION FOR MAYOR, IS THAT WE ELECTED DAISY TO DEPUTY PRO TEM, AND THAT'S THE SENIOR MOST THAT HASN'T SERVED, AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR FROM MYSELF, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS IT.

CONSENSUS? SO THAT WILL BE THE MOTION. IS THIS STIPULATED

ALREADY? >> IT WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO AS AMENDED AS THE MOTION IS MADE ON ITEM NO.

14. AND YOU CAN NAME THEM. ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF

HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. >> PLEASURE.

>> GOING BACK TO 13, IS THERE ANY WAY THATHIS YEARS OF SERVI.

>> PLEASURE. >> GOING BACK TO 13, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I CAN RECEIVE, NOT THE AGREEMENT BUT THE LAYOUT.

>> YEAH. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND A

REFRESHER. >> IT'S A GOOD REFRESHER.

>> CHLOE, IF YOU CAN SEND OUT WHERE THE EXHIBITS ARE IN SHARE DRIVE FOR ALL COUNSEL, SO THEY HAVE IT.

>>> OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO THE WORK SESSION ITEMS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON WORK SESSION. FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANY GUESTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAR FIRST?

>> THE FIRST THREE ITEMS ARE GUESTS.

>> WHAT'S THAT? >> FIRST ITEMS ARE ALL GUESTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START WITH FUNDING REQUESTS ON METRIC QUEST SERVICE.

SHE'S NOT HERE YET. WE'LL MOVE TO TEXT STOP, PHASE 2. GET AN UPDATE ON OUR PHASE 2 THAT'S COMING TO COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR

FOR THE QUARTER, MAYBE. >> WE HAVE TECH STOP HERE WITH US TONIGHT AT THE DATA CENTER PROJECT.

THAT PROJECT MANAGER FOR TECH STOP AND TRAVIS, THE CONTRACTOR, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M WITH TECH START. IT'S WE ARE HERE AGAIN, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST A YEAR AGAIN, SO WE HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU ON THE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE GO INTO THE UPDATES, SOME SCOPE, SO I CAN RESCOPE THIS PROJECT.

THE PHASE 2 PROJECT, THE LIMITS ARE BETWEEN 635, AND PGBT, AND

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AND THIS IS EXISTING, LIKE, AN ALERT.

IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGED ALMOST RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVE THREE LANES, AND THREE IN EACH DIRECTION, AND TWO LANES, AND IN THE MIDDLE TOLL MANAGED LANES, AND WE'RE AT CAPACITY AND ADDING ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION, AND ALSO TO THE FRONT WE'RE ADDING ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, AND THE TOLL LANES, IT WILL BE THE SAME OPERATION.

WE ARE NOT INCREASING THE CAPACITY BUT ADDING SHOULDERS ON BOTH SIDES. AND THESE ARE SOME CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TODAY.

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE BRIDGE WORK. WE'RE DOING COLUMNS, BRIDGE SHAFT COLUMNS AND BUILDING BEAMS AND DECKS.

AND WE ARE OPENING A LOT OF OUR BRIDGES ALREADY, AND WE ARE BUILDING WALLS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITY RETAINING WALLS AND STRUCTURE AND ROADWAY. WE ARE DOING A LOT OF PAVING AND SIGN STRUCTURES AND DRAINAGE.

WE ALMOST COMPLETED ALL THE MAJOR CROSSINGS.

WE'RE STILL DOING SMALL LANES, LIKE, INLETS AND STUFF, BUT MAJOR CROSSINGS ARE COMPLETED. AND THESE ARE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME PROGRESS PICTURES WE WANT TO SHOW YOU.

THESE ARE FROM LAST WEEK. LAST TIME WHEN I WAS HERE, WE ALREADY OPENED, LIKE, IN A COMPLETELY STOP WALL.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON PURPOSE LANE.

WE BUILD MANAGE LANES ALREADY. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES WE LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE FIRST PICTURE WILL BE, THIS IS THE SOUTH OF CROSBY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LANES.

WE ALREADY BUILD THE LANES, AND YOU RECOLLECT SEE IT IS ALREADY OPENED, A NEW ONE, AND THEN WE ARE BUILDING THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES IN THE MIDDLE, AND THIS IS ALSO CROSS CROSBY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF CROSBY.

THIS IS THE BELT LINE. YOU CAN SEE WE WIDENED THE BELT LINE BRIDGE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE SOUTHBOUND, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED AND OPENED EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE BELTLINE, SOUTH OF BELTLINE, AND YOU CAN SEE WE WIDENED THE RAMP, OR WE WIDENED THE BRIDGE, AND WE COMPLETED THE BRIDGE COMPLETELY AT CAPACITY, BUT WE CAN'T OPEN IT YET BECAUSE WE HAVE SMALL MINOR STUFF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL.

NEXT PICTURE, THIS IS SANDY LAKE.

WE'RE ALMOST COMPLETED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOUTH BOUND MANAGED LANES, AND THEN WE ARE BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE, ON THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS NOT THE PURPOSE LANES.

LIKE SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALREADY IN THERE, AND WE ARE BUILDING THE SANDY LAKE INTERSECTION SOON WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION SOON. YOU GUYS CAN SEE WE'RE ALMOST ALREADY COMPLETED THE PURPOSE LANE ON THE TOP PICTURE.

AT THE BOTTOM, THIS IS, YOU CAN SEE WE ALREADY BUILT, LIKE, THE ENTRANCE TO DICKERSON, AND THIS ONE, WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED, AND THEN WE ARE BUILDING. THESE ARE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION

MILESTONES. >> I'LL COVER ALL THIS TOO, AND I WANT TO SAY DICKERSON APPROACHES, THOSE WENT REALLY WELL FOR US. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT TO ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON CLOSING ONE RAMP AT A TIME AND ALTERNATE THAT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE IT THAT THOSE IMPACTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY FOR BEING ON BOARD WITH THAT PLAN.

IT REALLY HELPED US GET DONE WITH THAT WORK.

AND, BEGIN, WE HAD 40-DAY COMMITMENTS TO GET EACH OF THOSE RAMPS IN CONNECTION WITH DICKERSON OPEN.

AND WE MET SOME RIGHT ON THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WE DID.

SOME UPCOMING SWITCHES, INEXHIBIT I THREW ON HERE IS REALLY TO TRY TO DESCRIBE THE NEXT BIG MOVEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. SO CURRENTLY, THE WORK-BOUND

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WE'VE GOT THEM RUNNING KIND OF TUCKED UP TO THE WEST, AND THE FUTURE, THE NEXT MAJOR TRAFFIC SWITCHES, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NORTHBOUND GENERAL PURPOSE LANES, ESSENTIALLY FROM BELTLINE ALL THE WAY UP FROM THAT NORTH LIMIT UP TO DICKERSON AND SWITCH THEM DOWN HERE TO A MORE PERMANENT LINE ONTO THEIR PROPOSED PAVEMENT. SO THAT GREEN ARROW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALL OF THAT NORTHBOUND GP TRAFFIC AND PUT THEM ON THE OUTSIDE, AND WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS REALLY GET INTO OUR LAST PHASE, WHICH IS PHASE 5, AND THAT'S SLIPPING ALL OF THIS CONCRETE TRAFFIC BARRIER RAILS.

REMEMBER WE HAD GAPS TO ACCOMMODATE RAMP MOVEMENTS? REMEMBER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER FOR OUR PHASING. THIS SWITCH RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY SEPTEMBER TO MAKE THAT GP MOVEMENT.

WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE AT THE TOP OF THAT POINT IS THE NORTH BELTLINE ENTRANCE RAMP, SO THE RAMP THAT COMES IN YOU GET ISES OF LUNA THAT HAS JUST BEEN SWITCHED ONTO PERMANENT ROADWAY, IT'S NO LONGER THE EXISTING TEMP RAMP THAT WE HAD, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THIS RAMP RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS RAMP IS NOW ACTIVE, AND WE STILL TIE IN THAT RAMP TO WHERE THE GP IS TO DO TODAY UP HERE, AND THIS WEEKEND IF YOU GO TO THAT PREVIOUS PHOTO, TO GET A GOOD SHOT OF IT, THIS WEEKEND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUSH THE GEORGE BUSH EXIT RAMP ONTO THIS COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTOR ROAD, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME OVER THE TOP OF THIS WALL IN THE TEMP CONDITION. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, SO THAT ALLOWS US TO GET AFTER THIS LAST BIT OF ROADWAY HERE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE.

SO-SO JOBS PROGRESSING NICE ON THOSE MOVEMENTS.

THE OTHER MAJOR FOCUS FOR US RIGHT NOW IS SANDY LAKE.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING INTERSECTION FOR US WITH A SKEW COMING IN ON AN EXISTING CONDITION AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT TRAFFICKING PHASE.

THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT LIKE WE SAID, WE'VE GOT THE OVERPASS STRUCTURE AND BEAMS ARE UP, AND THE ROADWAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S ADVANCING AGAIN FOR THAT TO END OF SCENE OR EARLY SEPTEMBER SWITCH OF THE MAIN LANES, THIS HAS GOT TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES OVER THIS STRUCTURE.

SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT CRITICAL MAIN LANE MOVEMENT, WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SANDY LAKE.

SO YEAH, BE LOOKING FOR THAT BRIDGE TO START COMING TOGETHER THERE. HERE THE MEDIANS ARE ALL DONE, SO WE PUT TRAFFIC BACK TO THE INSIDE.

WE'VE GOT THE MASONRY VENEER IS THE LAST THING WE'VE GOT TO DO ON THIS RAIL, SO IT GETS AN AESTHETIC VENEER THAT'S APPLIED TO IT, AND THEN WE'LL GET THE MIDDLE RAILING.

AS SOON AS WE DO THE MASONRY VENEER, WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP THIS TEMPORARY CLOSURE, AND THAT WILL PUT IT BACK TO FULL CAPACITY, AND ONCE WE GET THE MIDDLE RAIL PROCURED, WE'LL HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE. ONCE WE GET THE MIDDLE RAIL SECURED THIS SUMMER, WE'LL PUT IT BACK AND REMOVE THIS TEMPORARY RAILING WE HAVE UP THERE NOW.

SO THIS ONE EVERYBODY PROBABLY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THE HECK ARE WE GOING TO BE OUT OF HERE, OUT OF YOUR HAIR, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

I WANTED TO DEFINE REAL WHAT THAT MEANS.

WHAT THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTION WHERE WE'VE GOT THE NORTHBOUND, SOUTHBOUND GENERAL PURPOSE, AND ONCE WE ACHIEVE THAT FULL CAPACITY, AND, AGAIN, FOUR LANES, EACH DIRECTION, NORTHBOUND, SOUTHBOUND, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION USE OF THE FACILITY.

LOOKING TO HAVE THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER, JANUARY TIMEFRAME. WHAT WILL NOT BE IN THE SUBSTANTIAL IS BASICALLY TIED TO THE FILE ACCEPTANCE MILESTONE. THAT WILL BE SUMMER OF NEXT

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OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL TOLLS TODAY, BUT THEY WOULD BE COLLECTING ON THAT NEW TOLL SYSTEM BY THAT SUMMER, WHICH REALLY THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS ALL YOUR MANAGING ACCESS WILL BE FROM THE ROADS WHEN WE GET DONE FROM THIS STRETCH, SO NO MORE OF THOSE HAND SLIPS WHICH THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY CONDITION.

SO THOSE WILL ALL BE OPEN, BUT THOSE WISHBONE OPERATIONAL, AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THE CROSS STREETS WILL BE UP AND FINISHED.

AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT RECONFIGURATION WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT FINAL ACCEPTANCE, WHICH IS RECONFIGURATION THE DOWNTOWN PARKING AROUND THE NEW SUG

STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT. >> OKAY.

>> ANY QUESTIONINGS ON THAT? >> YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE THE COUNSEL WILL AS WELL.

BUT IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE FOR A SECOND.

THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT RECONFIGURATION, IS THIS SUMMER OF 2027, OR IS THIS SOME OF THIS STUFF GOING TO BE EFFECTIVELY BE USED FOR 26 AND SUMMER OF 27?

>> SO LET ME ANSWER THAT TWO WAYS, AND I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH TOM, BUT NO. 1, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT JUMP IN THERE AND GET AFTER THE BULK OF THAT WORK AFTER THE NOVEMBER EVENT, AFTER YOUR MAIN NOVEMBER VENT.

I THINK THAT WILL FIT OUR SCHEDULE NICELY NOW THAT'S GOTTEN MOVE TO DO FINAL ACCEPTANCE PIECE.

SO I DO ANTICIPATE 3 TO 3 AND A HALF MONTHS IN THERE TO GET EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP AND DONE DONE.

OUR INTENT IS TO TRY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THAT FUNCTIONAL AS POSSIBLE. WE STILL HAVE THE ASPHALT, BUT I CALL THE OVERFLOW LOT THERE IN EFFECT.

YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR THE CITY.

SO, AGAIN, WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS WAS TO USE THAT TO HELP ELEVATE. BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME PARKING REDUCTIONS AS WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVE DOING THE RECONFIGURATION, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO START THAT AFTER THAT

NOVEMBER. >> OKAY, AND IN TERMS OF THE END OF THIS YEAR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING, BUT THE ROADS, WHICH REALLY ARE CARROLTON RESIDENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFER FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS? IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE US?

>> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT, AND LASTLY, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A GEORGE BUSH RAMP COLLECTOR STREET GOING OVER A WALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DOES THAT

START THIS WEEKEND? >> A LAUNCH.

>> I KNOW. THE DUKE HAZARDS.

>> NO. SO YEAH, THAT'S THIS WEEKEND, AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS -- WELL, YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER RIGHT HERE, SO THE GEORGE BUSH RAMP KIND OF CUTS ACROSS RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT. >> AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT PAYMENT SECTION, SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF US, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT IT ONTO THIS NEW

PAYMENT. >> YEP.

>> AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TRAVEL UP THIS NEW CD ROAD, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO COME ACROSS THE TOP OF THIS WALL AND LAND

RIGHT HERE. >> AND HOW LONG WILL THAT MANEUVER LAST THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR OR YOU KNOW?

>> NO, NOVEMBER. >> NO, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

>> OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. HONESTLY, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT EARL SEPTEMBER, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS KICKED OVER, SO IT

WILL BE PART OF THAT SEPTEMBER. >> OKAY, STARTS THIS WEEKEND

THROUGH -- . >> START AND PUT IT OVER, THIS WILL ALL HAVE TO GO TO THE ALIGNMENT OUTSIDE, SO IT'S PART OF THAT SEPTEMBER MILESTONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT.

>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CLINE? >> PART OF THIS, I KNOW THE FRANKFURT EXITED IS GOING AWAY, AND I THINK IT WILL BE -- EXIT IS GOING AWAY, AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE DICKERSON ROAD

EXIT. >> FRANKFURT STAYS.

>> WE'RE KEEPING THAT EXIT? >> YES.

>> THAT'S GREAT. >> THAT'S PREVIOUS TALK OF

THAT. >> WE TALKED YOU OUT OF IT?

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THAT'S GREAT. >> YEAH, ULTIMATELY, WE AGREED TO KEEP IT WITH THE TECH SIDE. THERE WAS SOME SAVINGS WITH ELIMINATING THAT CONFIGURATION, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT STARTED THAT DISCUSSION OF JUST ELIMINATING IT, BUT, NO, WE KEPT IT. NORTH OF BUSH HERE, AND THEN IT ULTIMATELY TIED INTO THE UNIVERSITY THERE.

>> AND THAT'S GOING NORTH, AND THEN SOUTHBOUND.

>> SOUTHBOUND. >> REMAINED.

>> WILL BE SIMILAR TRANSITION TO WHERE WE PICK UP THE ROAD

JUST NORTH OF GEORGE BUSH. >> YEP.

>> SO THAT'S WHERE THE LIMITS OF WHERE THEY ARE WIDENING THIS PHASE 2 PROJECT STOP AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY SUBBED OUT FOR

FUTURE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. >> SO THE COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTORS STILL BEING EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH.

>> YES. >> BUT JUST NOT WITH STICKING

FRANKFORTS ONTO IT. >> YEAH, I THINK THE ULTIMATES, THAT THING GOES ALL THE WAY TO SRT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE, IF YOU WOULD, GETTING THE TRUCK OFF THIS TOP PICTURE, AND MAKING A TURN, AND INTO THE LANE, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROAD CONNECTIONS AS YOU FINISH IT UP

NEXT YEAR. >> YEAH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ONCE WE GET THIS SECOND HALF OF THE PAVED, WE WILL GET IT, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE IT CLOSED. WE HAVE THE SECOND HALF OF THE ROAD PULLED, AND THEY WERE HAVING THE SAME RADIUS ISSUE, SO WE PULLED THOSE STICKS AND BARRIER AND LET THEM SWING OUT INTO THAT DEAD LANE TO GET THEIR TRUCKS OUT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, AND THAT'S THE EXIT AND ROAD RIGHT

THERE. >> YEAH, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN REAL FLEXIBLE, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE ULTIMATE CROSS-SECTION BUILT, WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD FULL SHOULDER CORRECT STREETS, AND FULL, HOW WIDE ARE YOUR LANES?

>> LANES WILL BE 12 FOOT EACH. >> 12 FOOT, IT WILL FEEL LIKE A

WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE. >> AND SAFE TOO.

>> AND MY ONLY THING I FIND INTERESTING IS THE IQ TEST WHEN WHEN YOU DO CHANGE THE TRAFFIC, I'M, LIKE, AM I GETTING ON A TOLL ROAD OR FREE PART HERE. SO I'M LOOKING FOR THE SIGNAGE,

AND IT'S CLEAR HERE. >> I'LL TELL YOU THE TEMPORARY OVERHEAD SIGNAGE THROUGH ALL THIS PHASING HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CLALGING ASPECTS IN THIS JOB, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN ALL THAT TEMP OVERHEAD SIGNAGE, AREA CONSTANTLY MOVING RAMPS AND MOVING SPLEERNGZ IT'S HARD TO DO THE SIGN SWITCH.

BUT THIS IS THE END PRODUCT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. IN THE MEANTIME, AT THE FAR NORTH END OF THE JOB, IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOES DOWN FROM ONE LANE

AS IT TRANSITIONS NORTHBOUND. >> CORRECT, IT DOES.

>> THAT IS REALLY SCARY. >> AND THAT'S AN IN-TURN TRANSITION UNTIL THEY IMPROVE IT FROM THE NORTH.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> BUT YOU LOOK AT THAT CORRIDOR. WE'VE BASICALLY DOUBLED THE

WIDTH. >> YEAH, AND, AGAIN, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHOULDER, I MEAN, DISABLED

VEHICLES AND ALL THAT. >> THE LAST COMMENT WOULD BE THE UNDER PORTION UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE IS HUGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO PONDER.

>> VERSUS WHAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY.

>> AND THE ALIGNMENT IS GOING TO BE MUCH STRAIGHTER.

>> IT'S MASSIVE SPACE. >> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE COLUMN

FOR THINGS TO CONSIDER. >> YEAH, KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON

THAT. >> YOU PICKED UP ON TWO OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FRANKFURT AND SANDY LAKE.

FOR THE 40 PLUS YEARS I'VE BEEN DRIVING THAT SANDY LAKE BRIDGE HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THIS REALLY WEIRD TUNNEL YOU DRIVER UNDER, AND TO SEE IT THAT WIDE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAAMAZING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, NORTH, THAT WOULD BE CARROLTON, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S DENTINE COUNTY, THAT'S NOT YOUR

RESPONSIBILITY, AND YOU CAN'T. >> NO, I THINK THAT'S HOW THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOT DELINEATED.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FUNDING BETWEEN THE COUNTIES, AND SO I THINK IT WAS ARBITRARY OR BY BALANCE IT TERMINATED THERE.

>> WHEN THEY BUILT THE LAST PART 12 YEARS OW GO, THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL THREE LANES IN DENTON COUNTY AND ALL THEY

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DENTON IS LIKE WE WANT THEFRY LANES NOW, AND DALLAS SAID WE'LL TAKE THE TOLL LANES WITH THE HOPE TO BUILD THE ULTIMATE

PROJECT NEXT. >> BUT THE WORK WILL CONTINUE

NORTH. >> IT'S PART OF THE MASTER PL PLAN.

>> IT'S JUST NOT. >> IT'S IN THE PLAN.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> OKAY.

>> I'M SOR. >> GOING BACK TO THE SANDY LAKES THING, I'M LOOKING UP FRONTAGE ROAD TWO LANES.

IS THERE ANY -- ARE YOU EXPANDING IN THE FUTURE, OR

IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY? >> SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATED FOR FUTURE, I GUESS SATE WIDENINGS, AND IN PARTICULAR, WORKING WITH TOM ON THIS WEST SIDE, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THIS PICTURE, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID WIDEN OUT AN ACCOMMODATION FOR THE CITY LAKE WIDENING GOING TO THE WEST, SO WE ACTUALLY STEPPED OUT AND ACCOMMODATED THAT UP HERE. AND THEN DOWN ON THIS SIDE, WE DID OUR BEST AND STILL WORKING WITH TOM TO TRY TO GET THIS ALIGNMENT AS STRAIGHTADS POSSIBLE COMING IN WHERE WE REALLY HAD TO CORRECT THIS ENTIRE SKEW, THAT CONDITION WE HAD. BUT NO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE BASICALLY ARE ONE EXTRA LANE WIDE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THERE? >> WE'VE GOT FOUR TOTAL.

>> SO YOU'LL HAVE MORE THAN TWO LANES?

>> I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE AN OPTION, DOUBLE LETTER, LEFT AND A LEFT-THROUGH OPTION, SO, YEAH, I THINK IT'S FOUR TOTAL.

WE'RE INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO EVERY INTERSECTION, PLUS

TEXAS U-TURNS ON BOTH SIDES. >> YEAH, IT WILL BE THREE LANES, SO LEFT-HAND POCKET AND RIGHT.

>> YEAH. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE.

>> I'VE BEEN AVOIDING IT. >> WELL, HE'S HAPPY YOU CAN SEE HIS BUSINESS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE CAN SEE THE OTHER SIDE, AND WE'VE BEEN OVER HERE FOR YEARS, SO WE DEFINITELY CHANGED THE

LANDSCAPE. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE

PROJECT SAFETY RECORD IS? >> SO WE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT TCIR RATES ARE. I'LL BE HONEST.

THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD SOME HURTS ON THE JOB.

BUT WE DRASTICALLY IMPROVED ALL THAT TO SIX MONTHS.

RIGHT NOW, SAFETY WISE, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE HEAT AND HAD A COUPLE INCIDENTS ALREADY WITH HEAT EXPOSURE WITH THE CREWS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

REALLY THE STRUGGLE IS WITH OUR SUBS.

SO WE'VE GOT A ONE-STAR SELF-PERFORMED CREWS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SUBCONTRACTORS AND GETTING THEM THE SAME MESSAGE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, I'LL BE HONEST, BUT THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE USUALLY THE HARDEST. WE WORK THE MOST HOURS, AND WE TRY TO DAA LOT OF THE SHIFT DURING THE NIGHT TO HAVE A COOLER PERIOD OUT THERE. SO YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE MORE ACTION IF YOU GO DRIVE AT NIGHT OUT HERE.

>> WHAT ABOUT PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ANY THAT I KNOW OF.

>> I KNOW THAT COMING, GOING SOUTH, WHEN YOU EXIT BELTLINE, THAT IS A REAL TIGHT LANE WHEN YOU EXIT OFF.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WILL SUBYOU UP REAL QUICK.

>> YEAH, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BELTLINE APPROACH

GOING SOUTH. >> YEAH.

>> WE SHOULD BE PAVING THAT OUTSIDE LANE THERE, AND ONCE THAT'S PAVED, WE'LL OPEN THAT ALL THE WAY UP, BUT, YEAH, I THINK IT'S 10-FOOT OR 11-FOOT NO SHOULDER

>>> YEAH, IT'S TIGHT, BUT THANK YOU.

>> ANYT OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE

WORK AND UPDATE. >> WILL THERE BE A RIBBON

CUTTING? >> THANKS.

THANK YOU. >> OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO METRO CREST SERVICES.

WE'VE GOT GABE HERE, MADISON. >> HI, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGE BACK AT THE HEADQUARTERS, BUT I'M GABE MADISON.

I THINK I MET EVERYBODY. BUT IF NOT, I'M THE NEW TRACY AS I'M CALLING MYSELF. I AM VERY EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT WHAT IT'S LOOKED LIKE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

METRO CREST SERVICES, EIGHT MONTHS, I'VE BEEN INTO THE ROLE AND BEEN DIGGING IN PRETTY DEEP TO SEE, NO. 1, WHAT HAS IT LOOKED LUKE, OUR HISTORY, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO WHAT CAN WE DO

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SO MOST OF YOU KNOW OUR MISSION, OUR VISION AND OUR VALUE, I'LL SUM IT UP BY SAYING WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE MORE ABILITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE IN A STATE OF THRIVING, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OPTIONS FOR THEM. SEE LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS REALLY THROUGH A LOT MORE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES, SO WHEN YOU THINK IT, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH AT A FIVE-STAGE PILLAR, AND THAT IS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, WORKFORCE, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, SQAND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON HOUSING, A LOT OF HOMELESS RESPONSE, FOOD ASSISTANCE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR FOOD PANTHRY AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND ALSO HOW DO WE HELP OUR SENIORS IN THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS FOR 2025, WE SERVED ALMOST 29,000 PEOPLE WITH 52% OF THAT POPULATION BEING IN CARROLTON. I'LL SHOW YOU THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF CARROLTON IN A SECOND, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. NO. 1, THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVED THE MOST FROM AN AGE PERSPECTIVE IS 26 TO 59 YEARS OLD. WE MOSTLY SERVE FEMALES, AND THEN OUR ETHNICITY THAT SPRINGS UP THE HIGHEST IS THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. FOR CARROLTON, ALMOST ALL THE SAME DEMPOOGRAPHIC, WE SERVED ALMOST ALL THAT IN 2025, AGAIN, THAT MAJORITY BEING THE AGES 26 TO 59, MOSTLY FEMALES, AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERESTING DILEMMA, BECAUSE IN 2025, WE SAW A LOT OF CHANGES FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE, AND WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW NOT PROVIDING THEIR ETHNICITY IN FEAR OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACCEPTING OF THAT.

WE ARE NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY, SO WE CAN TAKE AN UNKNOWN CHECKBOX, AND THAT BE FINE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ENCOURAGED EVEN OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE A FEAR OF GETTING SERVICES FROM US FOR THEM TO GO UNIDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF ETHNICITY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF AND THAT UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT. SO IN 2025, WE SAW, AGAIN, ALMOST 15,000. WHAT WE'RE TRENDING TOWARDS IS THE NUMBER BEING ABOUT 500 LESS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S OUR PROJECTED NUMBER. THIS HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CAVEATS, AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS, BUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IS AN UPTICK. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE NEW BUILDING BROUGHT ABOUT MORE PEOPLE COMING, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING. WHAT WE'RE NOW SEEING THOUGH, IS AN UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

AND THAT'S REALLY DUE TO THIS WRAP-AROUND SERVICE OPTION THAT WE ARE REALLY TRACKING MORE TOWARDS.

SO OUR CHALLENGE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SO MUCH MORE OF OUR FOOD PANTRY AND TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND WE'RE GETTING THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPE OF MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET OUR WORD OUT, AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL.

AND THE NUMBER DECREASED IN THOSE WALKING IN, BUT INCREASED IN THE NUMBER OUR NEIGHBORS ARE PARTICIPATING IN.

SO NOT MEANT TO BE AN EYE CHART, BUT TO CALL OUT AN ACTUAL LOOP OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE, SO AS FAR AS THE SERVICES PER HOUSEHOLD, SO A COMPARE TRFB AGENCY OVERALL, CARROLTON RESIDENTS IN 2025 WAS ABOUT TEN SERVICES PER HOUSEHOLD THAT WE WERE ENGAGING WITH.

IN 2026, WE WERE PROTECTING THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, TEN AND A HALF. COMPARED TO AGENCY OVERALL, IT'S THIS YEAR GOING TO BE AROUND NINE.

SO THIS IS SHOWCASING TO US WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN TERMS

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WE'RE SEEING A SMALLER NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AREA, AND THAT COULD BE A MYRIAD. WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO THAT NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN SERVICES PER INDIVIDUAL BUT THE HOUSEHOLD NUMBER BEING SMALLER. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SERVICING. THERE HAS BEEN GENERATIONS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL ABLE TO SERVICE GENERATIONS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE GENERATIONAL DYNAMIC IN THE HOUSEHOLD CHANGE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL ABLE TO DIG DEEPER AND PROVIDE YOU ALL MORE INFORMATION TO SERVE YOUR AREAS BETTER BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SHOW OF THIS I ALREADY SAID, BUT WE'RE SHIFTING MORE TO A CLIENT PHASE. WE'RE SHIFTING MORE TO A CLIENT PHASE, AND TO A MORE INTENTIONAL CARE MODEL, AND THAT'S NOT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME TO US FOR NO. 2, NO. 3 AND SO FORTH. IT IS US REACHING OUT IN A PROACTIVE STANCE AND CALLING AND SAYING HEY.

I SAW THAT YOU CAME TO THE PANTRY.

NOW I'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE COME TO THE PANTRY A COUPLE OF TIMES. LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER AREAS WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING OF THEIR OTHER NEEDS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING TO US WITH JUST ONE NEED.

IT'S USUALLY NOT TWO NEEDS. IT'S SEVERAL NEEDS.

BUT IT TAKES THAT RELATIONSHIP WE NEED TO BUILD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FEEL SAFE AND OPEN TO COME TO US WITH THEIR OTHER NEEDS. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUR CARROLTON RESIDENCE, WE SAW ABOUT 297 THAT RECEIVED RENT AND UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, WHICH TOTALED TO 337,855 DOLLARS FROM MAY TO OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS FROM A CARROLTON RESIDENTS, AND ALL OF THE QUOTES YOU WILL SEE IS FROM CARROLTON RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY BIG ON GETTING THEIR STORY AND UNDERSTANDING IF, AND BEING ABLE TO HELP YOU KNOW WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING. IT SAYS METRO CREST ASSISTED ME WITH RENT, IT CAME ALT A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR ME.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE KINDNESS AND EFFICIENCY AND THE WAY YOU CONSISTENTLY SHOW UP FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE PIECES WE LOVE IS WHEN THE PEOPLE SAY TO US THAT THEY FELT DIGNIFIED AND FELT THE KIND NESS WITHIN OUR WALLS.

THAT IS HUGE. WE WANT EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR TO FEEL THAT THEY BLANCHE HERE, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH US, AND THAT THEY FEEL LIKE A SPARK OF LIGHT IS COMING TO THEIR LIFE. SO FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE, MORE THAN 11,030 RESIDENTS HAD FOOD. THAT TOTALED TO ALMOST 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AND CREATED ABOUT 1.25 MILLION MEALS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL CALL OUT ABOUT THIS IS I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOU ALL KNOW. WE FIGHT FOR THE NO. 1 AND NO.

2 SPOT FOR BEING NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKS' LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF FOOD. IT'S US AND CORNERSTONE THAT'S IN SOUTH DALLAS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY NECK IN NECK WITH THAT. BUT NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, THEIR ABILITY TO WORK WITH US IS HIGH ON THEIR LIST BECAUSE OF THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES. THEY KNOW PEOPLE WHO COME TO US ARE NOT JUST GETTING FOOD. THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE NEEDS MET WITH US, AND THEY ARE UTILIZING METRO CREST SERVICES AS A MODEL FOR OTHER AGENCIES THEY BOOK WITH.

SO ECONOMIC STABILITY, 104 CARROLTON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND LEARNED HOW TO BETTER MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. 213 HAVE RECEIVED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND DOES ANYBODY RECOGNIZE THIS GENTLEMAN? HE IS NOW WORKING FOR THE CITY OF CARROLTON.

HE WAS HIRED. HE WAS IN AN INTERNSHIP ASPECT WITH YOU ALL FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND WAS HIRED RECENTLY,

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AND YOU ALL CAME IN AND MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE, SO I APPLAUD THE CITY OF CARROLTON FOR SHOWING UP IN HIS LIFE FOR REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN US PARTNERING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, SO THANK Y'ALL. FOR SENIOR SERVICES, 4,724 CARROLTON SENIORS ARE SERVED, AND THAT'S EQUATEED TO ABOUT 2,056 HOT MEALS BEING DELIVERED TO OUR HOMEBOUND CARROLTON SENIORS. I TELL YOU ALL WE HAVE SOME GREAT SENIORS THAT ARE EXCITED TO COME TO OUR BUILDING EACH WEEK FOR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT ALSO WE HAVE GREAT VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUT AND SERVE OUR SENIORS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO HAVE THIS CONNECTION AND FOR THEM TO BE A COMMUNITY WITH US AND WITH EACH OTHER.

SO JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SUCCESS THAT'S HAPPENED THROUGH A LOT OF COLLABORATION.

WE HAVE MORE OF A COMPLEMENTARY PARTNERS PROGRAM THAT WE ARE EXPANDING, AND THAT PROGRAM IS ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING ABOUT MORE PARTNERS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THOSE FIVE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, SO THAT'S, AGAIN, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOW DO WE BRING THEM ON SITE FOR THERE TO BE MORE OF A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHALLENGES OUR NEIGHBORS IS ALL OF THE BACK-AND-FORTH, HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE, AND TRANSPORTATION. BUT ALSO I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE. THEY DON'T KNOW ME.

THAT CREATES A BARRIER FOR SOME OF OUR NOBS, AND ONE OF THE AREAS THIS WORKS EXTREMELY WELL IS HEALTHCARE.

WE'VE BUN ABLE TO BRING HEALTHCARE ON SITE.

WE BROUGHT METRO HEALTHCARE SERVICES ON SITE, AND WE BROUGHT NEW WAVE, WHICH IS A LAB COMPANY ON SITE TO DO BLOODWORK FOR PSYCHO TROPIC MEDS WHO NEED THAT HELP AND DON'T WANT TO GO OFF OF METRO IN DALLAS.

WE'LL EXPAND IT EVEN MORE AND CONTINUE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GAIN MORE PARTNERS TO BE ON SITE.

WE EVEN HAD A FAIR WHERE SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS FROM PARKLAND CAME ON SITE, AND WE HAD ALMOST 200 OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA COME AND VISIT, SO THIS SHOWS TO US, LIKE, THE PARTNER PROGRAM DOES WORK. THEY WANT TO GET TO HAVE MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND SO WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO HAVE MORE PARTNERS ACCESS US, AND SOME INNOVATIVE THINGS WE'VE DONE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OUR FOOD, OUR PROGRAMS. SO FOOD IS MEDICINE.

WE'VE PARTNERED TO BRING THAT PROGRAM ON, AS WELL AS TEXAS SGRA LIFE. WE'VE DONE MORE AROUND NEW TRISHTIOUS EDUCATION AND THEN COOKING DEMOES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SENIORS AT GOLDEN GROCERY DAY, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND. I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE ON-SITE HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT WE'VE DONE.

SO GOLDEN GROCERIES, AND LET ME TELL Y'ALL, AND PLEASE COME BY.

IT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

IT STARTS AT 11, AND IT GOES TO 2 O'CLOCK, AND IT'S A GREAT TIME. AND SO IT'S THE SENIORS COMING TOGETHER. WE HAD A SPEAKER, AND EACH TIME WAS RELIANT ENERGY, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW TO SAVE MORE MONEY AND YOUR UTILITIES, ESPECIALLY YOUR ELECTRICITY, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF MYTHS THAT WERE DISPELLED THAT DAY ABOUT IF I JUST TURN MY AIR CONDITIONER OFF AND ON AT NIGHT, THAT'S PROBABLY SAVING. SHE HELPED THEM SEE NO, IF IT'S A FOUR DEGREE DIFFERENCE, THEN YOU JUST BURNED ALL THAT MONEY YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE IN THE DAYTIME.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEIR ENGAGEMENT.

WE DO A FOOD DEMO, SO THIS LAST TIME, WE USUALLY AND MOST OFTEN TAKE FOOD FROM THE PANTRY AND SHOW THEM HOW TO COOK THAT FOOD, AND THIS TIME IT WAS AROUND PARSNIPS, AND A LOT WERE

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SO PLEASE DON'T GET IN THEIR WAY DURING BINGO TIME.

WE CAN'T EVEN TALK DURING BINGO TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE LISTENING FOR THAT NUMBER, BUT WE ALSO CLOSED DOWN THE PANTRY, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE A PRIVATE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE THAT'S UNINTERRUPTED AND ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET MORE ATTENTION DURING THEIR GOLDEN GROCERY PANTRY DAY.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING HOME BUSINESS.

WE WILL CONTINUE, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING MORE CALLS, SO WE KNOW FROM A LOT DATA, THAT LONELINESS IS A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE FOR A LOT OF SENIORS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING CALLS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK. IT'S FOR US TO CHECK ON THEM AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE MORE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH OUR SENIORS INSTEAD OF JUST MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, ERRANDS.

LET'S TRY TO INCORPORATE SOCIAL ASPECTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXTEND THEIR LIFE BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EXTENSION OF THEIR LIFE IS HAPPY, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US. WE ALSO ARE DOING MORE PARENTING CLASSES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH HOPE COLLEGE. WE'RE DOING MORE PRENATAL CLASSES AND MORE POST NATAL CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS.

WE REALIZED WE HAD OVER 60 PEOPLE COME TO THE CLASSES, LIKE, THIS IS UNNECESSARY, AND SO WE'RE HAVING MORE OF THOSE CLASSES MORE OFTEN, AND WE'RE SEEING GREAT ENGAGEMENT, AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER ON RESOURCES, SHARING INFORMATION, SOY THAT THEY CAN HELP RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> EXCELLENT, WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN TO BECOME THE NEW TRACY AS WELL.

I'LL START WITH COUNSEL MEMBER CARPENTER.

HE'S OUR LIAISON. >> THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING LEADING THAT ORGANIZATION. I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S NOT JUST YOU. YOU HAVE A WHOLE TEAM BELOW YOU HELPING TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.

THANK YOU FOR BUT YOU'RE DOING IN CARROLTON AND THE ENTIRE

AREA. >> THANKS FOR BEING THE

LIAISON. >> THANK YOU, ANY OTHER?

>> I THINK YOU ANSWERED PART OF MY QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF SPACE, AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO BRING ON SOME OTHER NON PROFIT PARTNERS TO MAYBE HOUSE IN THE CENTER.

>> SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 38 PARTNERS WHO ARE SOLIDIFIED, BUT WE HAVE 86 PARTNERS THAT ARE ENGAGING WITH US.

WE'RE GETTING TO STAGES WHERE WE'RE GETTING TIED.

SO I COME FROM A CORPORATE WORLD, Y'ALL, SO I APOLOGIZE.

SO SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS, SO WE'RE CREATING THAT, AND WE'RE MEETING THEIR EXPECTATIONS, AND THEY'RE MEETING OURS.

AND OUR EXPECTATION S ARE ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING SERVED -- SERVICED IN THE RIGHT WAY.

MY GOAL IS TO GET TO 129, AND THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THIS PILLAR. SO 5 WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IN EACH AREA. I'LL NOT GOING TO SAY THAT'S HOW THE MATH WILL WORK OUT, BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE IT TO THAT NATURE. I THINK THAT NO. 1, TO YOUR POINT, I WANT TO FILL UP THE SPACE DAY AND NIGHT.

HOW DO WE MAKE THIS ALL COME TOGETHER FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO LESSON THE BARRIER OF ACCESS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY CAN'T, IN A SENSE, GO ALONG THE SAME JOURNEY WE GO ALONG IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND PART OF THAT IS SAYING OKAY, GO OVER HERE.

THEY CAN'T DO ALL OF THAT. LET'S MAKE THIS EASIER FOR THEM AND MAKE MORE ACCESS POINTS FOR THEM.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU'RE DOING, AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE TR

TRACY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GABE FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE BRINGING A FRESH RAY OF SUNSHINE INTO CARROLTON, AND WE

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WHAT EFFORTS DO WE HAVE FOR IT? >> GREAT QUESTION, I HAVE TO JASON'S POINT, I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM.

WE JUST HIRED A NEW COO WHO SPENT 21 YEARS AT WHAT USED TO BE YWCA, AND SHE IS ON FIRE AND AWESOME.

SHE IS ALSO A DATA JUNKY, SO SHE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH AND SEEING WHOEVER CAME TO US, BUT ALSO DIDN'T GET THE FOLLOWUP THAT THEY NEEDED. ADDRESSING THAT THROUGH A RESTRUCTURE INTERNALLY, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT CAN ADDRESS EVEN PERSON AND GIVE THEM THAT LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY NEED. THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT MORE. SO OUR HOMELESS RESOURCES TEAM GOES OUT EVERY WEEK, TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND INTO ALL THE CITIES WE SERVICE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DAA MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO GET OUT IN ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO, SOY THAT OUR COMMUNITY STARTS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM A FRIEND PERSPECTIVE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE US JUST AS THE FOOD PANTRY OR JUST HELPING OUT WITH RENT OR UTILITIES, BUT WE WANT TO REBRAND TO SAY WE DO ALL OFTHIES THINGS, AND WE CAN BE THE ONE-STOP SHOP HERE.

>> THAT'S GREAT, AND ANOTHER JUST FOR US AS COUNCIL, IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN COME IN AS A GROUP TO VOLUNTEER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT, NOT JUST AT CHRISTMAS

TIME. >> SO ANYTIME, WE HAVE THROUGH THE WEEK OR SATURDAY MORNINGS, YOU ALL CAN HELP US TO LOAD THE CHURCHES THAT ARE COMING TO DISTRIBUTE.

WE HAVE EIGHT CHURCHES THAT COME AND HELP US TO DISTRIBUTE.

WE'RE STACKING THEM UP ON EVERY SATURDAY MORNING STARTING AT

7:30. >> SO I THINK I MIGHT HAVE A SATURDAY COMING UP THAT WE CAN LINE UP, AND CHLOE WILL HELP

COORDINATE THAT. >> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FIRST YOU HAD THE JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WERE ACTIVE IN THE CHAMBERS, AND THEN YOU LEFT AND NOW YOU'RE BACK. AND THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING, ALONG WITH YOUR STAFF, THE HOURS THAT IT TALKS TO RUN SUCH A CHALLENGING WORK AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

>> YEP, GABE WAS HERE LAST WEEK, BRIEFING ON OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT SHE OFFERS AS WELL, SO SHE'S BACK HERE FOR COUNCIL TONIGHT, SO YOU SEE HER EVER WHERE, RIGHT? WE

APPRECIATE YOU, GABE. >> THANK YOU.

>> WITH THAT, WE'LL ROLL INTO AN UPDATE FOR DTCA.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF.

FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DTCA AND EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF RIDERSHIP. 300 TRIPS WE DID DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WAS THE ROW BOUND. WE'RE RUNNING 2.9 MILLION TRIPS PROBABLY LAST YEAR. PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT YEAR TO DATE. WE HAD TO BEGIN THE TEXAS SERVICE ABOVE THE OTHER SERVICES BECAUSE NUMBERS ARE ON THE DOWNTURN. IF YOU TAKE THE NUMBER OF SERVICES OUT, IT'S GROWING BY 70%.

OUTS NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT DESIGN.

THIS IDEA THAT DISABLED SERVICES FITS RIGHT IN, WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE DEMAND FROM THE ELDERLY COMMUNITY.

HOW DID WE GET TO THIS MILESTONE, MOTOR OPTIMIZATION.

WE FOUND THAT HIGH CORRELATION BETWEEN MICRO TRANSIT AND PLACES BUSES WERE RUNNING, WE THOUGHT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE MADE MORE BUSES AND TOOK OUT MICRO TRANSIT.

IT GREW 12% AND 22%. AND EVEN CITY GREW IN OPTIMIZING MODES. I KNOW IT'S A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION REGIONALLY. AND WE'RE SEEINGTER RUNNING THREE ROUTES INSTEAD OF THE TEN BEFORE.

IT CAN BE DONE. I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE PATH, AND I KNOW OUR STEAM COMMITTED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, THE VALUE.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNSEL AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH US TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXTEND FROM THE STATION TO DOWNTOWN CARROLTON, AND WITH THAT, YOU GET A RIDE ANYWHERE FROMATEROOM TO THE DFW AIRPORT.

WE THINK IT'S A GAME CHANGEER AND THE REGION AND EXACTLY THE THING WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH REGION TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES. WE HAVE TASKS GOING ON THE A-TRAIN DESIGN. NO. 1, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE THE VELOCITY OF THE TRAIN BY JUST MAKING MINOR CHANGES TO THE TRACK CONFIG URATION.

THAT WORK WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER AND LOOK LIKE HEAVY MAINTENANCE ON THE RAILROAD, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE A-TRAIN AND THEM TO RUN ON THE SAME TRACK AT THE SAME TIME, AND WE'RE SEPARATE. THE A-TRAIN GOES TO BED AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND THEN IT'S EXACTLY, PEOPLE GET IT.

SO THERE YOU GO. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DESIGNING THE DOWNTOWN CARROLTON EXTENSION TAKING IT FROM FRA ACCEPTED TRACK TO THE ABILITY TO RUN 60 MILES AN HOUR, AND BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE A DESIGN PACKAGE TO GO TO THE METHOD, DESIGN BUILD OR RISK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND AT THE SAME TIME DESIGNING FOR THE ULTIMATE FUTURE WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN ON A 15-MINUTE FREQUENCY, BECAUSE WHEN TRAINS OR BUSES RUN ON A 15-MINUTE FREQUENCY, IT'S EASY TO USE AND PEOPLE MORE INCLINED TO DO IT. THIS IS A VISION PROJECT.

THIS IS AS-SOON-AS-POSSIBLE PROJECT.

YOU SEE THE TIME IS 2031, AND THIS IS FLUID, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, JOINED BY ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING DAYTON COUNTY, AND THE DESIGN CONSULTANT. TO OUR BOARD'S CREDIT, THEY'RE LIKE LET'S JUST KEEP GOING, AND WE'LL FIGURE THE PIECES OUT AS WE GO, SO WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS THAT WAY.

THE CURRENT SPEED IMPROVEMENT SHOULD GO TO CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER. WE WERE TRYING TO ALIGN WITH HICKORY CREEK WHO WILL DO ROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS.

UNFORT UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR PROJECT SLID, AND WE HAD GRANT FUNDING TO EXECUTE, SO EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN STHIMSER. NOW, ON THE DESIGN PROGRESS, WE'VE FINISHED THE SURVEY AND POT HOLDING, AND VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE WANT TO BUILD A STATION TO DOWNTOWN CARROLTON, AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH WATER UTILITY AND HAVE A SCENARIO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET THE STATION SKIN AND NOT DISTURB THAT WATER MAIN, BUT -- STATION IN, AND NOT DISTURB THAT WATER MAIN. AND WE'LL HAVE THIS IN HAND BY 2024, THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO GO TO DESTRUCTION, AND DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE THE MONEY WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE DESIGNED, IT'S NINE CROSSINGS BETWEEN THE STATION AND DOWNTOWN CARROLTON. KUDOS TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM TO LET US EVALUATE ALL THESE CROSSINGS.

WE SAID IT'S MAYBE FOUR THAT COULD BE CLOSED AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS.

NOBODY LIKES TO CLOSE CROSSINGS, AND RAILROADS DON'T LIKE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN QUIET ZONE CROSSINGS.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION THERE. POSITIVE CONTROL AND DECISION FRAMEWORK. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HOW DTO AND SHORT LINE OPERATE WERE TEMPORARILY SEPARATED.

THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT, WHAT YOU SEE IS BETWEEN THE TRINITY MILL KWINEGZ TOWN CARROLTON, DGNO AND A TRAIN ARE OPERATING ON THE SAME TRACK AND ELIMINATE THAT CONFLICT BY MAKING THE A-TRAIN GO OFFLINE WHILE DGNO SWITCHES FREIGHT.

DGNO IS OPERATING DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS, SO DESIGN TEAM

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THAT WESTERN ALIGNMENT PUTS US RIGHT AGAINST THAT WATER LINE, AND ON THE EXISTING ALIGNMENT, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE DO THE ALIGNMENT, WE'LL BE OPERATING ON THE SAME TRACK WITH THE FREIGHT RAILROAD, AND WE'LL HAVE IT ON THE DTC.

THAT ADDS COST TO THE PROJECT. THIS IS A SCHEMATIC OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN DOWNTOWN CARROLTON, AND WE'RE TUCKING THIS RIGHT UP UNDER THE GREEN LINE IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS OFF THE TREATMENT. THIS WILL BE THE GREEN LINE TOWERS. THE SMALL PLATFORM AND THE FOOTING THAT GOES VERY DEEP AND TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FOOTING AND THE WATER LINE.

SO AS THIS CONVERSATION HAS PROGRESSED, THE UTILITY SAID HEY. GO OUT AND TAKE MORE POTHOLES.

AS WE'VE DONE THAT, IT SEEMS TO LOOK MORE FAVORABLE TO US, BUT WE'RE REACHING PLACE WHERE A DECISION HAS TO BE MADE, IF WESTERN ALIGNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED OR NOT.

IF NOT, WE'LL BE FORCED TO THE OTHER ALIFENLT.

WE'RE OPTIMISTIC BUT NOT QUITE SURE JUST YET.

ANOTHER THING WE'RE INTEGRATING IS THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WITH THE PROJECT.

THIS IS NOT FUNDED UNDER THE A-TRAIN EXTENSION.

A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR DESIGN IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAT DESIGN SO THERE'S NO HICCUPS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CUT OUR RIBBON. THIS IS THE FUNDING SNAPSHOT FOR THE PROJECT. CURRENT WORKING ESTIMATES IS 122 MILLION DOLLARS. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE A BUILD GRANT THAT WE SUBMITTED. THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT'S OPPORTUNITY WE'RE CHASING. THAT WOULD BE 31 MILLION.

THE REGION COMMITTED 65 MILLION, AND THEN WE HAD 11 MILLION DOLLARS OF LOCAL MONEY AVAILABLE, AND WE PLEDGED 6.25 TO A BUILDER, AND WE APPLIED FOR ANOTHER GRANT CALLED REEL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT WHICH IS IMPROVEMENTS PART OF YOUR CROSSINGS WOULD QUALIFY FOR, NOT JUST ELIMINATIONS.

IF YOU SEE BUILD GRANT, THE 21 MILLION DOLLAR GAP, WE'RE MUCH CLOSE TO CLOSING THE GAP, BUT THE MESSAGE IS THAT THIS FUNDING PICTURE IS NOT CERTAIN HERE, AND THIS FUNNING PICTURE WILL DRIVE WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL 122 MILLION DOLLARS ALL AT ONCE.

WE SHOWED THE BOARD WHAT THE WATERFALL OF CASH WOULD HAVE TO LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SCHEDULE AND GO FORWARD, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN ORDER TO MITIGATE IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE WESTERN ALIGNMENT AND WE HAD TO OPERATE CONCURRENTLY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE HOURS, SO THE CONFLICT HAPPENS WHEN THE ATRIUM IS AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND IF YOU END AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, THE SERVICES, YOU END UP BEING DROPPED OFF AT 1 IN THE MORNING AND CAN'T GET BACK TO DENTON COUNTY. TO THE CREDIT, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER PROFILES OF ALL THE SERVICES, AND YOU SEE RIDERSHIP DROPS OFF 10 P.M. AT NIGHT.

THAT GOT US THINKING BE CAN'T FIND ALL THE MONEY, WE CAN DESIGN A BUS BRIDGING SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVING ON OUR FREQUENCIES AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHERE WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF THE TRAIN, THEY HAVE A HOT SHOT RIGHT TO THE STATION OF THEIR ORIGINATION. YOU CAN RUN A LOT OF BUSES FOR 30 MILLION DOLLARS AND FOR A LONG TIME, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY, NOT OUR PREFERENCE BUT A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, PERHAPS.

SOY WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDED SERVICE HOURS NEXT STEPS, WE'RE LOOKING AT MODIFICATION IF IT'S NEEDED AND VERSUS RUNNING THE BUS BRIDGE AND THE BOARD CAN MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON WHAT THE DEMAND PROFILE WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WE'RE SETTING THISES FOR INCREMENTAL STEPS FORWARD, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE MONEY IS IN HAND, BUT THIS WILL BE A GAME-TIME DECISION AS THEY SAY AS WE GET THESE PIECES INTO PLACE. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO

ANSWER. >> THAT WAS A CONCESSION THERE, GU GUYS.

>> SO BACK ON YOUR FUNDING PICTURE, DO ANY OF THOSE GRANTS EXPIRE FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? IS THAT MONEY AVAILABLE TO YOU FOREVER AND

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EVER. >> THE REASON WE'RE DOING THE CURVE INPRUMENT THING WE HAD A GRANT 3 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL EXPIRE IF WE DON'T EXECUTE THIS SUMMER.

THE GRANT WE'VE NOT BEEN AWARDED.

THIS IS IN COMPETITION. WE SHOULD BE HEARING SOMETHING THIS MONTH, AND THE OTHER GRANT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ON AN AWARD

YET EITHER. >> SO YOU'VE GOT 31 AND 21,

WHICH IS A KNOWN GO-GET. >> THE GOOD SCENARIO IS YOU ONLY NEED 21, AND THE BAD YOU NEED 52.

>> I HAD A DESIGN QUESTION. >> NO BAD QUESTIONS.

>> SO THE NEW PROPOSED STATION BETWEEN DOWNTOWN CARROLTON AND THE STATION WILL BE ON THE GROUND? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE GREEN LINE RUNS -- SPREEURKT. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS TO EITHER -- IT'S TO REHABILITATE THE TRACK OR THE EXISTINGLINE

WILL HAVE YOU PLACE ANOTHER. >> SIMILAR TO A VEPERATE LINE

BASICALLY. >> CORRECT.

>> VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN WITH JUST THE NUMBER OF SEAT CHANGES. IT WOULD BE AWESOME FOR THE

DOWNTOWN CARROLTON COMMUNITY. >> I THINK YOU SAID IT RIGHT, SO I'LL REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID.

THIS IS A GAME CHANGER. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AND BENEFITS DTCA AND CARROLTON AND THE REGION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK DTCA IS PROVING TO BE MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO US. AS YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THIS PRENTION, DTCA HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE DATA SCIENCE TO THE TABLE, AND SO I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF PAUL'S LEADERSHIP AND PAUL'S LEADERSHIP AND WHAT HE'S DONE

WITH DTCA. >> COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO

ADJOUR >>> IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE.

[INVOCATION - Councilmember Richard Fleming]

>> DEAR, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CARROLTON AND ASK YOUR WISDOM, AND GRANT US DISCERNMENT TO SEE CLEARLY, AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. WE PRAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, FIRST RESPONDERS, CITY STAFF AND WHO WORK EACH DAY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER AND ENVIRONMENT.

MAY OUR DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BE THOUGHTFUL AND VERY RESPONSIBLE IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY IMEN.

>> AMEN. OKAY, IF I CAN HAVE THE SCOUTS PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT AND LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR

TEXAS FLAG. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT. OKAY, COUNSEL, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CITIZEN CALL. THIS IS TO ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ON ONLY 11 THROUGH 14.

I DON'T HAVE CARDS, BUT IF ANYONE WAS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION, YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM NOW.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

MAYOR PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 3 TO 14.

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>> COUNSEL MEMBER SUTTER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 14, NO. 14 BEING AS STIPULATED WITH MAYOR PRO TEM BEING NAMED AS COUNSEL MEMBER DAISY AND WITH THAT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL THE VOTE. OKAY, THAT MOTION PASSES

[PUBLIC FORUM]

AND WITH THAT, THAT TAKES US TO THE FORUM.

WE WILL BE GOING BACK INTO WORK SESSION, SO WE INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE AND STICK AROUND AS WE CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE A FEW MORE ITEMS, BUT WITH THAT, I HAVE TWO CARDS WITH THE PUBLIC FORUM PERIOD, REMIND ALL SPEAKERS YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. I ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR. AND WITH THAT, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, IT IS BRYAN CHANDLERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, EVERYONE ELSE. I JUST WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ALPR CAMERAS, AND IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE, WE ARE SEEING POP UP EVERYWHERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE CAMERAS AND CONTRACTS GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TOPICS AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS MAY BE UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS AND DETAILS OF THE CONTRACTS AND ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THAT DATA.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY LEARN ABOUT IT MYSELF UNTIL ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS POINTED IT OUT TO ME, AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU SEE A THING, YOU SEE 2 AND 10 AND 20, AND YOU'RE LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, AND YOU SORT OF LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, AND YOU SEE IN THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE TRANSPARENCY IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT ON DETAILS, SO AS A RESIDENT HERE, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WHAT SPECIFICALLY'S ALLOWED, WHAT'S SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS, ESPECIALLY HERE LOCALLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE. AND WE GO ON A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, YOU KNOW RRB HOW MUCH DOES THIS PROGRAM COST US, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR IT. DO WE HAVE ANY METRICS ON THIS, ARE WE SHARING THEM, WHAT ARE OUR GOALS WITH THIS PROGRAM, IS THERE A PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE PROGRAM, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO US, AND THESE ARE OURS AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THEM.

I KNOW THE CARROLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE EVERY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY CHALLENGING JOB AND LIMITED RESOURCES. SO WE'D ALL LIKE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO OUR JOB, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD DEPEND MAKE SOME USE OUT OF THIS, BUT, AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PROGRAM AS THE PUBLIC, SO A HEARING WOULD BE VERY WELCOMED.

ONE OF THE LARGE POINTS ON THIS IS THAT THESE TYPES OF CAMERAS ARE THE, THE DATA IS PRIVATELY HELD AND PRIVATELY PROCESSED AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RULES THAT THEY'RE LIVING BY? IS OUR DATA BEING SOLD, DELETED AFTER 30 DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? WE DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW EXPECTATION OF PURE PRIVACY IN PUBLIC, BUT I THINK THIS IS A BIT OF A STRETCH ON THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THOSE PHRASES, AND I'VE GOT TEN SECONDS, SO SHORT AND SWEET, IF YOU PUT A KEY UNDER THE MAT FOR THE COPS, THE BURGLAR CAN FIND IT TOO. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SAFE GUARDS ARE ON THIS DATA AND THE PROGRAM GENERALLY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY A REMINDER YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES WHEN YOU START. >> THANK YOU.

I'M TONY ACERMAN AND A HOME OWNER AND RESIDENT FOR THE LAST

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IT'S EVIDENCE WHERE IT'S BEEN ABUSED IN NUMEROUS PLACES, AND I WANT TO RESONATE WITH WHAT BRYAN SAID.

WE'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DATA IS BEING USED, WHO IS USING IT, ET CETERA. AND ULTIMATELY, I JUST WANT IT TO BE KNOWN I DON'T CONSENT. I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING ANYONE FOR REELECTION WHO SUPPORTED THESE CAMERAS AND WILL NOT

FORGET. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND OKAY, COUNCIL, AND FOR THOSE WATCHING, PUBLIC FORUM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE-WAY DISCUSSION.

THESE AREN'T AGENDA ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE TWO-WAY DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH IS WHY IT MIGHT SEEM ODD WE'RE SITTING HERE LISTENING AND NEWT COMMENTING.

WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO DO SO BY APPROACHING THE PODIUM NOW.

SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE IT. >> WE'LL PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON OUR WORK SESSION. OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO REVIEW THE MEMORIAL WALK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR PARKS BOARD.

WITH THAT, JONATHAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> >> TONIGHT I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSAL FOR MEMORIAL WALK NEAR OUR VETERANS' MEMORIAL PLAZA OVER AT ZOES JOSEY LANE.

WE APPOINTED A VETERAN MEMORIAL PLAZA SUBCOMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE VFW, PARKS BOARD, VETERANS AND STAFF.

AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF TALKING, GETTING FEEDBACK AND IDEAS OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT THIS MEMORIAL SHOULD LOOK LIKE, ULTIMATELY, WE PUT THAT FEEDBACK INTO EXECUTION AND 201, OPENED THE VETERANS' MEMORIAL PLAZA NEAR JR LIBRARY AND KELLAND SPRINGS ROAD. THIS IS A PLAZA DESIGNED AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE FEATURING MILITARY BRIDGE MONUMENTS, CONFLICT RECOGNITION ELEMENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE BREAK OPPORTUNITIES WHICH YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR $40 A BRICK, $5 FOR MILITARY EMBLEMS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR NEW MILITARY CAMPAIGN MONUMENTS BE ADDED TO THE PLAZA SO WE WENT BACK AND TALKED WITH OUR ORIGINAL ARCHITECT AND IT'S UNANIMOUS THAT EXPANDING THE EXISTING MEMORIAL IS NOT PRACTICAL.

JUST DUE TO THE DESIGN, THE MATERIALS USED AND THE COST CONSTRAINTS. THAT LED US DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH OF CONSIDERING A SEPARATE MEMORIAL MAYBE IN THE AREA TO BETTER COMPLIMENT THE PLAZA AND THAT LED US TO STAFF WORKING WITH PARK BOARDS IMPACT TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED APPROACH FOR THIS PROPOSAL COMING FORWARD HERE.

HERE'S PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION.

I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING. IT'S FIVE LOCATIONS ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL NEAR THE VETERANS'S PLAZA, SAME SIZE, GRANITE TYPE STONE WITH A BRONZE PLAQUE SIMILAR TO THE HISTORICAL MARKERS THAT WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. NO HIGHER THAN FIVE FEET.

SO WE DID GENERATE -- THIS IS JUST AI -- JUST A DESIGN.

IT'S THE REAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER, BUT THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT AT THIS POINT.

WE TOOK THAT DESIGN AND HERE TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL TO KIND OF ENVISION WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL.

YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH OUR BACKS TO THE LAKE. HERE'S THE APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS. APPLICANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING ONE OF THESE MONUMENTS PUT UP WOULD COMPLETE A REVISED HISTORICAL DESIGNATION APPLICATION.

THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH IMPACT FOR REVIEW.

THEY MADE THEIR CHANGES, THEIR EDITS.

THEY'RE GOOD WITH THIS GOING FORWARD FOR THEIR PART OF THE PROCESS. THIS APPLICATION WOULD INCLUDE A NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING CAROLLTON'S SIGNIFICANCE AND OF COURSE THE APPLICANT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FUNDING FOR THE MARKER, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION.

ONCE THAT APPLICATION IS RECEIVED, STAFF THEN REVIEWS FOR

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IMPACT REVIEWS FOR RELEVANCE AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR FINAL INSTALLATION OF EACH ONE. RESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF BREAKING DOWN, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.

THE APPLICANTED WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MARKER FUNDING, THE PLAQUE DESIGN AND FUNDING AND ALL INSTALLATION COSTS. THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE A CONCRETE SLAB AND SITE PREP ALONG WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FOR THE LIGHTING AND, OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE TO DO ONGOING MAINTENANCE AS WE ALREADY DO DOWN AT THAT PARK.

TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

THIS WAS A SOMETHING THAT HAD A LOT OF CITIZEN FEEDBACK, A LOT OF COUNCIL INPUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING SENSITIVE AND STAYING WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THAT MONUMENT AS IT IS CONSTRUCTED. FIRST WE'RE ASKING IS THE MARKER DESIGN FIT WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT AREA? DOES THE MEMORIAL WALK LOCATION AS PROPOSED FEEL RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIMENTS WITHOUT OVERSHADOWING THE EXISTING PLAZA AND SOME BACK AND AND FORTH REGARDING DEPOSIT. ULTIMATELY THERE'S A QUESTION OF YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO'S GONE THROUGH THE EFFORT OF FUNDING IT TO GET AN APPLICATION DENIED FOR A SEPARATE REASON AND CONVERSELY, YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION THAT HAS NO FUNDING AND JUST KIND OF FLOUNDERS THERE FOREVER.

OPTIONS THERE IS WE ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF DEPOSIT THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE EARN EARNEST ABOUT THE INTENT OR PROOF OF FULL FUNDING AT APPLICATION. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

>> THIS WAS BROUGHT UP -- WE'VE HAD A FEW REQUESTS OVER THE YEARS TO AUGMENT AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS -- WHATEVER THESE PLAQUE -- ARE ON THESE PLAQUES ARE INTENDED TO NOT ONLY BE IN LINE WITH HAVE A CONNECTION TO CAROLLTON OR CAROLLTON RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MEMORIAL TO BE TIED TO VETERANS OR MISSING IN ACTION, P.O.W.S.

>> MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> THAT'S GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER ROWENA BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO US. A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THIS THAN WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED AS JONATHAN SHU HAS GONE THROUGH.

DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

THE CONSTANT FEEDBACK HAS BEEN AS HE STATED, NOT TO OVERSHADOW THE MEMORIAL. THE MEMORIAL HAS A LOT OF INPIN.

ANYTHING WE DO HERE SHOULD BE ADDITIVE OR COMPLIMENTARY NOT DISTRACTIONRY. IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERNS THAT, WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE CONCERN.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE SOMETHING THE BATON DEATH MARCH IS SOMETHING THAT THE FILIPINO ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN CAROLLTON BROUGHT TO US AND THAT'S WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED AND THAT WAS ULTIMATELY FAR LARGER AND PERHAPS DID NOT MEET THE TRITEIA THAT THE PARKS BOARD ULTIMATELY HAS COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH. THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. FOR CONSIDERATION.

I THINK I HAD A QUESTION OVER HERE FIRST.

>> WHAT'S THE ESTIMATE COST FOR THAT TYPE OF MARKER THAT YOU --

>> IT'S NOT CHEAP. GRANITE'S EXPENSIVE.

WITH GRANITE AND THE BRONZE PLAQUE AND THE LIGHTS ALL IN, THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE THE CITY COORDINATING THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION WITH A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE -- THE FUNDING UP FRONT, HOWEVER WE END UP DOING THE ACTUAL MECHANICS OF IT. BUT THEN SO IT WILL BE A COST BUT FROM THE QUOTES WE'VE RECEIVED, AROUND $35,000 FOR

INSTALLATION. >> THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH.

>> ON YOUR DIAGRAM YOU SHOWED FIVE OF THEM.

>> THAT WAS THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATION.

AGAIN, WE CAN DO HOWEVER MANY MAKES SENSE.

I DO KNOW IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER WATTERS' GROUP WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE ARE TWO OTHER THAT HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL TO QUOTE AT THIS POINT. FIVE WAS THE INITIAL PHASE THAT

PARK BOARD RECOMMENDED. >> FIVE ALONG THAT BACK AREA.

I LIKE THE IDEA. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS THAT CAN RAISE $35,000 FOR A MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

>> IT MAY BE TWENTY YEARS BEFORE YOU EVER GET FIVE.

SO THEY WOULD BE -- THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE NOTICEABLE PLACE

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HOLDERS FOR IT. >> WE WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE SPACING JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO INSTALL THE ELECTRICAL THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE IT. BUT OTHERWISE, NO, WE WOULDN'T INSTALL EVEN PRIVATE CONCRETE SLABS UNTIL WE HAVE THE APPLICATION AND FUNDING FOR EACH ONE.

>> SO THE ONLY THING THE CITY IS COVERING IS THE SLAB, THE LIGHTING AND MAINTAINING THE LANDSCAPING.

>> AND AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FOR THE LIGHTING.

WHICH, AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN A QUOTE FROM OUR VENDOR THAT'S PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 15,000 TO RUN THE WIRES FROM THE VETERANS' PLAZA AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD COVER IN OUR

EXIST BEING CONTINGENCIES. >> IS THERE ANY SORT OF FUNDING FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORIC AAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE COULD

APPLY TO THIS? >> THIS IS ALL INTENDED TO BE COMMUNITY FUNDED AND THEN CITY MAINTAINED.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRO-TEM. >> FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO.

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE QUALIFICATIONS.

>> IS THIS THE SLIDE -- WAS IT THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS WHERE IT DESCRIBES WHAT THE -- I'M JUST UNCLEAR MAYBE -- I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING EARLIER -- HERE WE GO HIESH REVISED HISTORIC DESIGNATION APPLICATION. I MEAN, THE DEATH MARCH IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH IS TRAGIC CERTAINLY AND I ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT IT. I'VE BEEN TO THAT LOCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE UNITED STATES VETERANS THAT WE'RE HONORING IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? THE TIDE OF CAROLLTON IS THERE.

IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE THE NORMANDY INVASION AND THEN THESE PARTICULAR FOLKS FROM CAROLLTON WERE PART OF THE NORMANDY INVASION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I COULD SEE IT WOULD BE A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN A MEMORIAL TO OUR VETERANS HONORING OUR VETERANS AND HONORING A PARTICULAR MILITARY CAMPAIGN THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE -- IS THAT THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF CRITERIA? IT SEEMS LIKE -- IT SOUNDED BROADER THAN THAT WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS FOR THE CRITERIA IS JUST TO HAVE A CAROLLTON NATIVE WHO WAS IN THE CAMPAIGN.

>> IN A PARTICULAR MILITARY CAMPAIGN.

>> YES. >> THAT WOULD HONOR THE VETERANS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY THE MEMORIAL IS HONORING.

IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> SO TO THAT POINT, AGAIN, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT A NORMANDY INVASION, TAKE IT AWAY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROWENA FOR A SECOND, I WOULD AGREE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I'LL WITHHOLD COMMENT.

GENERAL SHAWN JONES OR COMMANDER SHAWN JONES, WHO DIED AT NORMANDY AND HAVING A THING WOULD PROBABLY -- THAT'S ONE PERSON. I DON'T THINK THAT MEETS THE CHARACTER WHAT HAVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IS THAT RIGHT? >> WE CAN ABSOLUTELY NARROW THIS SCOPE TO BE CAMPAIGNS SO IT'S NOT INDIVIDUALS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS EVER THE INTENT.

BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT'S CURRENTLY THE WAY IT'S WORDED.

>> IF WE GOT ON THE PATH OF HAVING A NAMED PERSON AND WE'RE -- SO WE HAVE FIVE AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE FAR MORE THAN FIVE THAT HAVE PASSED. THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE ALREADY.

I'M NOT SURE AN INDIVIDUAL PLAQUE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO

EMULATE. >> IN MY MIND THAT'S WHAT THE

BRICKS ARE FOR. >> AGREED WITH YOU.

OKAY. >> I WOULD -- THE IMPORTANT THING TO ME, AND LOOKING AT THIS FROM A COUNCIL REVIEW STANDPOINT, WOULD BE WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT SPECIFICALLY IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR APPLICANTS FOR THAT MEMORIAL AND THEN HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT IT IS HONORING VEST VETERANS WHICH HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHICH IS WHAT THAT PARK CURRENTLY IS HONORING.

IS THAT SAFE TO SAY? >> I HAVE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION UP HERE. I COULD READ THROUGH SOME OF THE CRITERIA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACT

HAS BEEN THROUGH AND SEEN. >> WE'RE NOT VOTING TONIGHT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE DIRECTION AND CONSENSUS WHETHER COUNCIL HAS INTEREST IN OR ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> IN FACT, I'LL GO A STEP FURTHER I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING RUMINATED AT THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW.

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AND THEN MAYOR, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE INVOLVE THE VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS AND THEY'VE BEEN CONSULTED AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO POSITION AND ALSO VETTED.

NOT SAYING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DECISION MAKER NECESSARILY.

BUT THAT OUR VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE AWARE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WOULD BE AWARE OF THE CRITERIA, BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, THEY MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO PUT A MONUMENT THERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON AS WELL.

>> ON THAT, WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST WE KIND OF MAKE A NOTE OF IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE -- WE HAVE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OR STANDING COMMITTEES THAT HAVE AN AD HOC EXTENSION OR A SUBCOMMITTEE TO IT. THE DOWNTOWN ARTS COUNCIL, AS AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT. THOSE PEOPLE PROVIDE INPUT ON PARTICULAR INPUTS. WHERE WE MIGHT GO WITH THAT, WHETHER IT'S MHAC OR PARKS IS TO HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE COMMANDER OF THE ADJUNCT GENERAL THERE AND WHOEVER ELSE BE TEMPORARY MEMBERS OF THE PARKS BOARD.

>>. >> WHY DID WE SETTLE ON FIVE

FOOT WHICH ADDS A LOT OF COST? >> I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO LIMIT THE SCOPE SO IT WASN'T INSTALLING IT ACROSS THE ENTIRE DRIVE AND ULTIMATELY THERE IS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE COST THAT WE HAVE TO BRING IN FOR THE ELECTRICITY.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HEIGHT.

BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE ROCK.

AND WHY DID WE GO FIVE FOOT? COULD WE NOT GO FOUR FOOT? COULD THERE BE ANOTHER OPTION? BECAUSE UNDERSTANDABLY WE WANT TO BE WITH ONE OPTION AND NOT HAVE A FIVE AND A FOUR AND

THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THE MINUTES HAVE A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE BOARD WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT AS IN LINE WITH OUR HISTORICAL MARKERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL GIVING IT AN ADDED REVERENCE WITH THE STONE AND OUR HISTORICAL MARKERS ARE TRADITIONALLY IN THE FIVE-FOOT HEIGHT RANGE. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE JUST BRONZE ON A POLE OR ON A WALL. THAT'S HAD A THEY WERE GOING FOR. -- WHAT THEY WERE GOING FOR.

>> I THINK THERE'S ALSO A HURDLE TOO, RIGHT.

I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT FIVE FOOT VERSUS TWO FOOT, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN COST.

AND AGAIN, WHEREVER COUNCIL LANDS ON THIS, IT'S UP TO YOU ALL BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A HURDLE, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S ONLY FIVE, AND WE WANT TO ULTIMATELY, IF THERE'S ULTIMATELY FIVE, IF WE APPROVE THIS AND THERE'S ULTIMATELY FIVE THERE, YOU WANT TO HAVE IT TO BE FIVE VERY MEANINGFUL AND BY MEANINGFUL, FUNDING IS A MEASURE OF MEANINGFUL, RIGHT, THAT YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED AND RAISED THE FUNDS FOR A FIVE-FOOT VERSUS A TWO-FOOT.

SO I THINK THAT HURDLE IS PROBABLY TO OUR BENEFIT OF ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOME EVENT.

>> BACKTRACKING. CAN YOU GO BACK TO WHY IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE A LOT OF THE EVENTS ARE JUST MARKERS ABOUT THIS BIG ON THE LAYOUT OF THE GROUND.

SO WOULD IT NOT -- WHAT IS THE REASON THAT DOESN'T FIT OR WORK?

>> I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

>> SHE'S TALKING ABOUT USING THE --

>> CURRENTLY OPERATION DESERT -- >> YOU'RE TALKING AT THE

MEMORIAL. >> ON THE PAVEMENT.

THEY'RE ABOUT THIS BIG. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE IS A KNOWN -- I KNOW HE SAID THEY TALKED TO THE ARCHITECT OR SOMEBODY. WHAT'S THE LOGIC THAT YOU CAN'T JUST PUNCH ANOTHER PLATE ON THERE?

FOR THAT EVENT? >> I GOT YOU.

>> I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY NOTES ON THAT ONE.

>> YOU CAN KIND OF AGREE TO WHAT THE WARS ARE.

AND THEY'RE CONTINUING -- WE DON'T KNOW IF THE CURRENT ONE IS ONE. THEY'RE KNOWN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK MORE THAN BATTLES, BUT WARS.

>> THE DISTINCTION, THOUGH, IS NOT REALLY FROM -- THE DISTINCTION IS NOT THE WAR ITSELF.

WORLD WAR I, II, VIETNAM CONFLICT.

THAT IS ON THE MAP. BUT IF IT'S A PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN AND AGAIN, I'LL USE THE D-DAY EXAMPLE, IF THERE WERE -- I'M MAKING THIS UP -- FIVE YOUNG MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON

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BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE

HONORING. >> URGE CAN OPERATION DESERT STORM'S NOT ON THE MAP. IT WAS 2012.

SO IT DIDN'T MAKE IT. SO JUST KIND OF CURIOUS -- I THINK A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF WHAT GETS INCLUDED AND WHAT

DOESN'T. >> I AGREE WITH THAT.

>> WHAT'S POSSIBLE. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED IS THINGS THAT ARE NOT WARS GET RECOGNIZED IN

THIS. >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS A BIT MORE OF A FINITE GROUP VERSUS A GLOBAL EVENT.

>> RIGHT. >> IS THE WAY I WOULD THINK -- I'M NOT ON THE PARKS BOARD AND I DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEIR DELIBERATION BUT I WOULD THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE COMING

FROM. >> MY LAST ON THAT NOTE, MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXERCISE FOR THE PARKS BOARD TO BE ABLE TO THINK THROUGH AND PLAN THAT OUT AS FAR AS HAVING MORE DEFINITION AROUND THE STRATEGY AND THE LONGER TERM PLAN OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE TRACING BACK AND GOING, NOW WE WANT TO PUT DESERT STORM ON THE MAP AND WE WANT TO PUT A CAMPAIGN. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OR A PLAN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> THE POLICY OR SOMETHING. >> BY THE WAY, ALSO, DURING THIS LAST MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION, WE HAD INPUT OF A FEW OTHER POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE MEMORIAL AND I THINK IT RAISES THE QUESTION MAYBE A BROADER GROUP SHOULD WEIGH IN, RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S THE PARKS BOARD, WHETHER IT'S THE AMERICAN LEGION, SINCE VFW NO LONGER EXISTS HERE, THAT POST IS SHUT DOWN, BUT THE AMERICAN LEGION DOES.

SO IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE THAT WE HAVE THAT BROADER.

WHAT IF, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT MAY BE BY DESIGN KIND OF RON BRANSON WAS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE ONCE UPON A TIME.

MAYBE HE CAN WEIGH IN TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR.

>> SPACE. >> BUT IT'S THAT DOT, DOT, DOT.

I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHERE THIS BODY LANDS, IF THERE'S INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE, PERHAPS WE SEND YOU BACK WITH THE PARKS AND PULL TOGETHER SOME VETERANS FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION TO DISCUSS

IT FURTHER. >> THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.

>> MAY I? >> PLEASE.

>> THIS STARTED WITHOUT ANY GUIDANCE AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THE PARKS CAME UP WITH THE GUIDANCE, BUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ACTUALLY VERY THOROUGH AND THOUGH THERE WAS NO ONE ALIVE ANYMORE, BECAUSE THIS WAS WORLD WAR II, WE FOUND A DESCENDANT. THAT WAS THE CONNECTION TO CAROLLTON. WE FOUND A DESCENDANT WHO WORKS IN CAROLLTON. THERE'S GOT TO BE THAT CONNECTION. THERE IS SOME IN THE METRO PLEX AREA AS WELL. AND THE FIVE-FOOT WAS CONCESSION BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT LANDS.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE IT JUST FLAT OR TWO FEET OR THREE FEET IS JUST -- BECAUSE THERE'S A HISTORY THAT YOU HAVE TO MENTION. THERE HAS TO BE SOME MORE TEXT TO THE MONUMENT TO TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

I THINK THE BIGGEST GUIDANCE IS HOW MANY AMERICAN LIVES WERE IMPACTED? SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING.

AND HOW IT MAY HAVE CHANGED OR IMPACTED THE WAR ITSELF VIS-A-VIS THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEN GOING BACK TO CAROLLTON. SO THOSE WERE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE FOLLOWED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

>> ARE WE THINKING MAYBE ALSO INCLUDE SQUADRONS? MAYBE NAMES OF SQUADRONS THAT WERE REAL WELL-KNOWN OVER TIME

TO INCLUDE ON THESE MARKERS? >> I THINK THEY CAN COME UP WITH THE CRITERIA IN THE APPLICATION, THEY CAN REFINE IT SOME MORE, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE CAROLLTON THAT COMES BACK TO THE THEME OF CAROLLTON BEING HOME AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE PAST GOING TO THE FUTURE.

>> AGAIN, RIGHT NOW NOTHING'S APPROVED.

THIS IS ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S INPUT AND DIRECTION OR FURTHER TO DOS IF YOU WILL. SO IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE NO, NOT INTERESTED, DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY OR DETRACT FROM THE CURRENT MEMORIAL, THEN THAT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER.

IF THE ANSWER IS I MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST, BUT I WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE VET IT A LITTLE

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SO I WOULD JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH IT THAT WAY.

>> THANK YOU. I DO WORRY THAT WE DILUTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CURRENT MEMORIAL BY ADDING SOMETHING EVEN SO CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE SUGGESTING DOING THIS.

I DEFINITELY WANT MORE INFORMATION.

I'M NOT READY TO GREEN LIGHT THIS PERSONALLY.

AND MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT WE TAKE AWAY FROM THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE SORT OF REVERENCE OF -- NOT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE OTHER EVENTS AREN'T IMPORTANT AND WE SHOULDN'T REMEMBER THEM BUT THAT MEMORIAL AT THAT LOCATION IS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON AND I DON'T KNOW. MORE INFORMATION BEFORE I'M

READY TO GO FORWARD. >> I KIND OF ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTRACTION. I JUST THINK THAT THE WAY WE HAVE IT NOW, I THINK, IS THE ARMED SERVICES GROUP.

I THINK WHEN YOU START GETTING SPECIFIC TO THESE DIFFERENT LITTLE BITTY GROUPS, I THINK IT GETS A LITTLE BIT TOO BUSY.

IN MY OPINION. >> FOR THE MORE INFORMATION ROUTE AND A VISION LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WHAT I KNOW FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTIVE IN WORLD WAR II IS THE MILITARY LOST OVER 80%, MAYBE 90% OF ALL THE RECORDS OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE'S ACTIVITIES IN A BIG FIRE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S TRIED TO DO FAMILY TRACKING HISTORY. A LOT OF THIS STUFF MAY BE HARD TO VERIFY OR EVEN DETERMINE IF IT'S ACCURATE.

I LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

>> I'M ALSO ON THE TRACK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

I THINK I DON'T THINK THAT ADDING THESE ADDITIONAL PLAQUES IS IN A MEMORIAL WALK WOULD DETRACT FROM THE CURRENT SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR ARMED FORCES.

I THINK THAT IF IT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A PARTICULAR EVENT LIKE NORMANDY, D-DAY OR PEARL HARBOR, I THINK AS LONG AS IT INCLUDES SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR MILITARY THAT WAS A PART OF THAT AND THEN OF COURSE TYING IT BACK TO CAROLLTON, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE HONESTLY.

>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THE IDEA AND YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH FOR FUTURE DIRECTION. WHICH BY THE WAY COULD ALSO INCLUDE TAKE US DOWN A PATH THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE OF OUR VETERANS THAT YOU WOULD NOT GET FROM THAT MEMORIAL BY ITSELF THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR WEBSITE BRINGS THAT BACK IN. I'LL ASK FOR THE -- I'LL CALL THE QUESTION. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE MAKE

A FINAL DECISION, THUMBS UP. >> DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE LEANING

TOWARDS IT? >> GETTING MORE INFORMATION.

>> THE ANSWER IS JUST THAT. SO WE GOT -- THOSE OPPOSED, I THINK I HAVE TWO, RIGHT. SO WE HAVE 5-2.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SEND YOU BACK TO FURTHER VET IT.

YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION. AND WE'LL LET YOU WORK THAT WITH WHOMEVER, THE PARKS BOARD, THE MHAC AS WELL AS THE VETERANS, LIKE, THE AMERICAN LEGION, AND THEN JUST REPORT BACK TO US.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT.

I THINK 35,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I'M NOT SAYING THE TWO FEET BUT SOMETHING MAYBE AN OPTION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE 35,000.

>> ADD THAT TO YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU CAN COME BACK AND CONSIDER. IRISH IT'S A FAIR POINT.

>> SURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL, WITH THAT, THAT TAKES US TO OUR LIAISON APPOINTMENTS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A SHEET THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS THE CONTEMPORARY ONE THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. THIS IS MY EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

IT'S FOR MY OWN BENEFIT. I SHARE IT WITH YOU FOR YOUR BENEFIT. JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

UNDERNEATH THE NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, I'VE STRICKEN LIAISONSHIPS TO SOME OF THOSE THAT RECEIVE FUNDING FROM US FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY FUNDING AND LIAISON COMMITTEE TO SERVE AS THAT LIAISON TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. BETWEEN THE THREE MEMBERS ON THAT, THE CHAIR AND THEN THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THEY SELF-APPOINT AMONGST THEMSELVES TO ENSURE THAT WE GET -- DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ATTEND EVERY CAROLLTON SYMPHONY EVENT. YOU BECOME -- SET UP A NORM CADE

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IT EXCLUDES THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE LARGER ONES THAT WE WORK WITH AND ARE MORE STRATEGIC PARTNERS.

THESE COMMUNITY ONES TEND TO BE MORE OF THE CULTURAL CONNECTIONS AND SO I'LL ASK THAT THAT COMMITTEE REALLY DRIVE THAT AND I'VE GOT ROWENA ON CHAIR ON THAT ONE.

THE OTHER ONE I'LL MENTION IS TWO MORE.

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTINCTION, AND I ADDED AND SUSTAINABILITY.

THAT USED TO BE A ONE-PERSON ROLE THAT WORKED WITH STAFF AND THEN TOURED THE PLANTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS.

I'VE DONE IT. RICHARD'S DONE IT.

ALL THE SENIOR ONES HAVE DONE IT.

I THINK WE'RE LEAVING AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS.

SO I'M EXTENDING TO BE THREE PEOPLE.

SO THAT THREE PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THESE PLANTS AND WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT.

IT ALSO MIGHT NEED ANOTHER MEETING OR TWO.

NO MORE THAN THREE MEETINGS THROUGH THE YEAR, ONE FOR THE WARD AND MAYBE TWO OTHERS. JUST IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE OTHER SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND WE WOULD LOOK JUST FOR STAFF TO KIND OF MAYBE WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.

MORE TO COME ON THAT. THE LAST PIECE -- I DID ADD AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THIS IS A -- WE'RE MOVING INTO A LEGISLATIVE YEAR AND THIS LEGISLATIVE YEAR WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS TO THE CITIES FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS JUST PRE-EMPTION. WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT. WE'VE ALREADY -- WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME ADVANCED TEASERS FROM OUR CONSULTANT.

THIS COMMITTEE IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT I'M FORMING FOR THIS YEAR. IT MAY ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR TOO.

IT JUST DEPENDS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE AD HOC DART COMMITTEE MAY DISSOLVE AFTER THIS LEGISLATION.

THAT'S THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AS WELL.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

>> WHAT'S THE AD HOC? >> THAT'S THE PROPERTY AND WE HAVE AN RFQ THAT'S GONE OUT. YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING A BRIEFING ON THAT ON THE SECOND MEETING OF JULY FOR COUNCIL TO CATCH UP TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S BEEN WORKING ON.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? OTHERWISE THIS IS MY PROPOSAL, MY NOMINATIONS.

JUST LOOK FOR CONSENSUS TO APPROVE.

>> I NOTICE THAT THEY MAKE THE ACCOUNT AS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY FUNDING GROUPS THAT WE SERVE AS LIAISON FOR.

I DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE HERE. >> THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY FUNDING AND LIAISON COMMITTEE WILL TOUCH BASE WITH AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CREATE A DIRECT LIAISONSHIP BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.

MAKE IT COUNTS IN THAT SAME CATEGORY.

ALL RIGHT. CONSENSUS?

>> I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MAJORITY. >> GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO INFORMATION SHARING. COUNCIL NUMBER NINE.

WITH THAT I WILL START WITH OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER, LISA

SUTTER. >> I WENT TO THE PICNIC.

AND IT WAS HOT. WE HAD HOT DOGS.

IT WAS A VERY NICE TURNOUT AS WELL.

AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CAME. A PROFESSOR FROM UNIVERSITY, IT WAS PRETTY COOL, PRETTY GOOD INFORMATION.

REALLY ENJOYED THE EVENT AND IT WAS IT KEPT PACE.

THEY HAD A GREAT AGENDA AND KEPT PACE.

IT WAS WONDERFUL. >> I AGREE.

WELL ORCHESTRATED XAVIER FOR HIGH SCHOOL AS AN MC.

HE HAD A GOOD JOB. HE ALSO HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL POINT AT THE END WHERE HIS WIFE HAD SUFFERED A HEALTH ISSUE WHERE INSTEAD OF ALWAYS BEING AT HIS SIDE FOR THESE EVENTS THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER, SHE WAS HOME.

NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. SO HE TOOK A VIDEO OF EVERYONE SAYING WE MISS YOU OR WE WISH YOU WERE HERE.

>> JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO 4TH OF JULY.

I HAD MY GRAND KIDS IN TOWN FOR THE LAST WEEK AND I DIDN'T CATCH ANY BUGS. I'M REALLY TIRED AND I'M LOOKING

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FORWARD TO SOME PEACE AND QUIET. >> AMEN.

>> THREE OUT OF FOUR. BUT WE DID EAT OUR WAY TRYING TO

SUPPORT. >> NO FROGS IN THE POCKETS

ANYWHERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> I'VE GOT TWELVE BALLOONS THAT

HAD HELIUM IN THEM. >> NICE LITTLE CROP THERE.

WELL ATTENDED. >> THANK YOU.

ROWENA? >> THERE WAS A PICNIC AND MAYOR PRO-TEM. COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGHT WAS THERE. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

THEY HAVE MORE THAN THEY HAD LAST YEAR.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE BRINGING IN FOOD BECAUSE IT'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY OUT HERE. THEN THE OLD DENTON EVENT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP. IT WAS SURPRISINGLY FUNNY AND CELEBRATORY AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST ALL TOGETHER JUST BEING SO HAPPY. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT IN CAROLLTON. WE HAD THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION. OUR MAYOR READ A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT DAY. SHE WAS THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND THIS WAS YESTERDAY EVENING. AND THEY HAD A NICE DINNER.

AND A LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND IT WAS MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THEY SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THE DISTRICT. THE PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN THING.

AMONGST MANY. IT WAS DWIGHT QUITE AN HONOR.

I WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND THERE WERE A LOT OF MINORITIES VETERANS IN THE EVENT AND IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR STORIES AND TO BE ABLE TO -- I GAVE THE KEYNOTE AND IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO DO THAT. THE PARKS MEETING WAS YESTERDAY AND WHERE IS JONATHAN? THEY DO SUCH A GOOD JOB OF PERFORMING AND THE BOARD GIVING THE FEEDBACK, GETTING EVERYBODY UPDATED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OVER

AS THE SENIORS' CENTER. >> THANK YOU.

OUR INCOMING PRO-TEM MAYOR WILL TAKE OVER.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING

ADDITIONAL. >> NOTHING ELSE? REALLY? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. AND INCOMING MAYOR PRO-TEM.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BUT I DO.

>> SPEECH. >> I ALSO ATTENDED THE NEEDLES PICNIC. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I WASN'T ANTICIPATING GOING BECAUSE WE'RE FLYING OUT THAT NIGHT. BUT HUSBAND CAME IN CLUTCH AND WAS ABLE TO COOK ALL THE HOT DOGS FOR ANY OF THOSE PICNIC.

ON YOUR COUNCIL. IT WAS NICE.

TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND MEET PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUPPORTING ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND OUR SPANISH SPEAKING CITIZENS HERE IN CAROLLTON.

AND THEN WE WERE OFF TO SEATTLE FOR THE WEEKEND AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T ABLE TO BE AT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION BUT I HAD MR. RAINWATER IN MY HEART AND THOUGHTS AND WAS HOPING THAT IT WAS GOING OFF WITHOUT A HITCH WEATHER INCIDENT.

UNLIKE THIS LAST FRIDAY WHERE THE SAME JIMMY PORTER.

SO THEN THERE'S THAT. YESTERDAY WE HAD A TOD COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THINGS GOING ON AT TREE MILL STATION AS WELL AS IN DOWNTOWN CAROLLTON.

THAT'S EXCITING. MORE TO COME.

AND LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO VEGAS FOR A QUIT JET SETTING TWO DAYS. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS VEGAS LOOP.

YOU GO TRY IT. YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE A GERBEL UNDERGROUND TUNNELS. TO AVOID THE HEAT, 105° IN VEGAS. IT'S ALL GOOD.

>> IT WAS NERD FEST. >> INFO COM.

>> I KNOW THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO THE RAINWATER FAMILY AND THEY APPRECIATED IT AND THEY COMMENTED TO ME THEY APPRECIATED YOU REACHING OUT. THANK YOU.

IN THIS FINAL SPEECH HERE, AS MAYOR PRO-TEM, GO USA.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SOCCER TEAM.

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>> EXCELLENT. I'LL GET THEM OVER AND OVER.

>> RTC, ON MEETING ON THE 11TH. WE HEARD FROM DCTA UP HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RTC IS LOOKING AT IS BEING ABLE TO RATHER THAN LETTING NEW TRACKS, LEVERAGE SOME MONEY FROM AUSTIN TO DO PUT THE DCTAA TRAIN ON THE GREEN LINE TO LEVER TRACKS.

THERE'S SOME INCOMPATIBILITIES RIGHT NOW.

THAT MIGHT BE AN APPROACH. IT'S PROBABLY A CHEAPER SOLUTION, FEWER CROSSINGS, AND JUST IT WON'T CONFLICT WITH THE ACTUAL RAILROADS. THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT.

THESE GUYS HAVE TO CONTINUE ON FOR THE CURRENT PLAN.

WE'LL HAVE THEM COME BACK AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> THE COG MEETING HAD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING AS WELL AND THIS WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING. THE COG HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT REGIONALISM IN TERMS OF -- OF THE THIRTEEN, FIFTEEN COUNTIES IN THAT AREA, THIRTEEN ARE A SUBSET OF THE FIFTEEN BUT THE FIFTEEN COUNTIES AND ALL THE CITIES HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE COG AND THE COG IS INTENDED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO REALLY REPRESENT TO THAT REGIONALISM, RIGHT.

AS WE THINK ABOUT WHEN IT'S REGIONAL TRANSIT, A NUMBER OF THE REGIONAL ASPECTS OF MOVING PEOPLE AND DEALING WITH THE REGIONALISM THAT MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, METRO CREST AND ALL THAT OR OTHERS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT THE COG'S ALL ABOUT. THE COG HAS A BOARD AND THAT BOARD AND THE RTC WHICH IS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE REGION THAT WORKS WITH TECH STOCK HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE LAST SEPARATE -- SOME OF THAT CAME TO A HEAD ON THE COG ANNUAL MEETING, WHICH IS WHY STAFF JUST A REMINDER THAT EVERYONE YOU ALL WERE INVITED TO ATTEND BUT ONLY DESIGNATION CAN RESIST AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THAT CONTENTIOUS WAS GOING TO CHANGE BYLAWS AND CHANGE -- IT WAS GOING TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT OFFICER SLATE THAT WAS GOING TO COME FROM THE FLOOR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS ABOUT REGIONALISM THAT WE'VE ALL ENJOYED FOR FORTY-SOME YEARS TO A LITTLE BIT MORE BENT TO ONE PART OF THE REGION.

SO OUT OF 140 PARTICIPANTS -- >> 144.

>> 144 PARTICIPANTS BUT NOT ALL OF THEM WERE VOTING.

BUT 144 THERE, I GUESS, IT CAME DOWN TO ABOUT 98 VOTES.

THEY NEEDED TWO-THIRDS OF THE VOTE TO BASICALLY PASS THE SLATE AS IT CAME TO THE FLOOR AND TO DEAL WITH THE BYLAWS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY GOT, I THINK, 98 VOTES.

>> 86 WAS TWO-THIRDS. >> IT CAME DOWN TO TWO VOTES ACROSS ALL THESE CITIES. AND THOSE TWO VOTES, WE WERE ONE OF THOSE VOTES AS A CITY, BASICALLY SUPPORTED THE SLATE THAT CAME FROM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ON THE COG.

AND WE WERE NOT ALONE. JUDGE JENKINS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS

BIPARTISAN. >> IT'S REGIONAL.

>> ALL IN FAVOR OF IT. ANYWAY, THE SLATE WAS APPROVED.

THE BYLAWS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED HOW FUTURE SLATES WERE PRESENTED WERE ALL IN MASS DECLINE. NO CHANGE.

DRAMA AVOIDED. BUSINESS AS USUAL ACROSS THE REGION AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING FOR THE WHERE WE'RE AT SO WE WERE ONE OF THE 98 VOTES AS IT RELATES TO CITY OF CAROLLTON. THE REASON THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE NO CONFLICT IS THEY WERE TAKING UNLIKE PRIOR YEARS, THEY WERE -- THEY OPENED UP REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR TO DESIGNATE AT THE DOOR THAT YOU'RE A VOTER.

AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IRRELEVANT.

I WAS THE DESIGNATED CHARTER AND FOR THE ANNUAL BUREAUS THAT WE

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THAT ENTITY COULD NOT VOTE. SO OUT OF 144 PARTICIPANTS, I THINK IT WAS 98 AND IT WAS TWO-THIRDS BUT THERE WERE A FEW INVALIDATED OR DISQUALIFIED VOTERS, OKAY.

SO THEY DIDN'T GET A LITTLE STAR ON THEIR TAG.

IT WAS QUITE THE DRAMA. DRAMA AVOIDED.

BEYOND THAT, HAVING A LOT OF ONE-ON-ONES WITH YOU ALL.

I HAVE A COUPLE MORE SCHEDULED. THAT WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE RETREAT. THE JUNETEENTH PHILIPPINE CELEBRATION, A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY.

COMING UP WE HAD THE METRO CREST BUSINESS EXPO COMING UP ON YOUR -- SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDERS. THAT'S THE METRO CREST CHAMBER.

WE HAVE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY COMING UP ON THE 4TH.

JOSEY RANCH ON THE 3RD FOR THE 4 OF JULY.

SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. BUT DOWNTOWN WE'LL BE HOSTING THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN LEGION WILL BE HOSTING A 250TH 4TH OF JULY ASSOCIATION ON THE SQUARE AS WELL. THAT IS ON SATURDAY THE 4TH.

THANK YOU. MY CALENDER --

>> THAT IS DURING THE DAY. >> MARK YOUR CALENDERS BECAUSE

OUR RETREAT IS COMING UP. >> JUST A REMINDER JULY 24TH IF OUR ANNUAL COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE A FULL DAY OF INFORMATION BUT ONLY BE THE FRIDAY THIS YEAR. SO THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, LIKE WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY. IF YOU'LL MAKE SURE TO MARK YOUR CALENDERS FOR THAT WHOLE DAY FRIDAY.

>> LET ME TAKE A THUMBS UP REAL FAST.

DURING OUR PRESENTATION FROM METRO CREST SERVICES, SHE THREW OUT SATURDAY. IF THEY HAVE A SATURDAY WORK DAY AND SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW OUR RETREAT INTO SATURDAY, CAN I GET A THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING A WORK DAY AMONG COUNCIL, NOT STAFF -- ON THE SATURDAY MORNING.

>> 7:30 IS WHEN YOU START. >> JULY 25TH.

AS WE'VE DONE IN THE MOST RECENT PAST, WE'LL HAVE A MINI KIND OF OFFSITE LIKE A FRIDAY AFTERNOON LATER IN THE FALL AFTER THE BUDGET SESSION. AND THAT WILL BE MORE ABOUT TEAM BUILDING AND PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SO FORTH.

WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON THAT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? NO? I WANT TO THANK YOU TO DIANA FOR THIS. THIS FINANCIAL REPORT.

HOPEFULLY YOU SKIMMED THROUGH IT.

IT'S GREAT. ONE THING THAT'S ON THIS BOND UPDATE, WE WERE TRIPLE-A RATED. THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF.

THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION. BUT WITH THAT, SINCE THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS ADJOURNED A

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