[7.C. Consider approval of an amendment to contract CSO#5599-09-2024 with C1S for an interior renovation and pool resurfacing package for the Burleson Recreation Center at the guaranteed max price of $1,364,408. (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CSO NUMBER 5599-09-2024 WITH C1S FOR AN INTERIOR RENOVATION AND POOL RESURFACING PACKAGE FOR THE BURLESON RECREATION CENTER AT THE GUARANTEED MAX PRICE OF $1,364,408. STAFF CONTACT IS JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS.

I'LL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH IT BECAUSE I KNOW WE JUST DID THE LAST GMP A FEW MEETINGS AGO.

BACK IN JANUARY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE PLAN FOR THE RENOVATION PROJECTS LISTED IN THE LOBBY AT THE RECREATION CENTER, AND WE ENTERED INTO A DESIGN WITH RON HOBBS ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN IN MAY.

WE EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WITH C1S GROUP, AND THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES REMODELING THE LOBBY, ADDING A POOL DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM, REPLACING THE INDOOR SAND FILTERS, RESURFACING THE INDOOR POOL, AND PLACING THE AC UNITS AND CHILLERS.

THAT FIRST GMP PACKAGE WAS APPROVED BACK ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THE CURRENT PHASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING IS REGARDING THE POOL PROJECTS AND THE LOBBY REMODEL.

SO JUST TO RECAP OF THAT FIRST EQUIPMENT PACKAGE.

IT INCLUDED THE DEMOLITION OF OUR 11 ROOFTOP UNITS, 2 CHILLERS, AND 2 DEHUMIDIFIERS THAT WORK ON THE INDOOR POOL, AND THEN TO REINSTALL A NEW SYSTEM. THAT PROJECT THE FIRST PHASE WAS $4 MILLION, AND WE DID THAT SEPARATELY, AS THOSE HAVE A MUCH LONGER LEAD TIME, SO WE NEEDED TO GET THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT ORDERED.

THIS EVENING WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR AND POOL PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF THE ROCK WALL THE REMODEL OF THE LOBBY, POOL, PARTY ROOMS, THE CHANGING ROOMS, THE LOBBY, RESTROOMS AND NEW SURFACE OR FLOORING IN THE MEETING ROOMS. AND FOR THE POOL, IT INCLUDES THE RESURFACING OF THE POOL AND THE NEW SAND FILTERS AND THE INSTALLATION OF AN EVACUATOR SYSTEM.

SO LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE COULD AFFORD THE EVACUATOR SYSTEM.

AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE ARE ABOUT $7,800 OFF OF THAT INITIAL BUDGET, SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS EVENING.

FOR THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DID BUDGET 4.5 OR $5.4 MILLION TOTAL PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 5443.

AND SO WE ARE RIGHT UNDER BUDGET FOR THAT.

BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE GMP, WHICH INCLUDES THE FIRST TWO ITEMS YOU SEE HERE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS SUPPLEMENTALS AND JUST HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED YET.

SO WE ROLLED THEM INTO THIS PROJECT, THAT MEETING ROOM AV AND THE WOMEN'S LOCKER REPLACEMENT.

WE DID REPLACE THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM LAST YEAR.

SINCE WE ARE ELIMINATING THE ROCK WALL, THE BIGGER NEED THAT WE SEE IS JUST A PLAY SPACE FOR KIDS WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE REGISTERING FOR PROGRAMS, OR WHILE THEY'RE WAITING ON THE KIDS ZONE, OR WHILE THEY HAVE OTHER KIDS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THE MAIN THING WE SEE OUR KIDDOS INTERACT WITH THE ROCK WALL IS, IS THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND AND THEY'RE FALLING AND THEY'RE PLAYING ON A PLAY MAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST A VERY CLEAN SURFACE CLOSER BACK TOWARDS WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE TO THE INDOOR POOL THAT WILL ALLOW KIDS IN A LITTLE FENCED OFF AREA JUST TO RUN TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME SIGHT LINES THROUGH THE LOBBY.

YOU'LL SEE LOBBY FURNITURE, SO THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THAT INDOOR PLAY STRUCTURE.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $228,000 HERE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL EITHER BE EXECUTED UNDER THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD, OR WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AS A SEPARATE PART OF THE PROJECT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ADJUSTMENT ON NOVEMBER 18TH AS OUR CAPITAL PROJECT AMENDMENT.

FOR A TIMELINE, THESE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS ACTUALLY WILL START IF AWARDED THIS EVENING, NEXT MONTH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THOSE DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

JANUARY IS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR US, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL THROUGH THOSE.

THE POOL RENOVATIONS WILL NOT START UNTIL AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR, AND THE REMINDER FOR THAT REASON IS WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OUTDOOR POOL STILL OPEN SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY CLOSING OUR POOLS ALL TOGETHER.

SO WE'LL SHIFT THAT FOR NEXT FALL EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE A FEW PIECES OF THAT PRIOR.

SO IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL KEEP THE OUTDOOR POOL OPEN LONGER AND DO ALL THE INDOOR POOL RENOVATIONS.

AND THEN STARTING IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE OUR HVAC UNITS COMING IN AND WE WILL INSTALL THOSE.

AND ANY QUESTIONS?

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YEAH. JEN, DO YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOGETHER FOR NOTIFYING CITIZENS OF ANY PARTS OF THE BRICK THAT MAY BE CLOSED BEFORE THEY COME UP THERE? YES. SO OUR CURRENT GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO ONLY DO WORK DURING THE EVENINGS.

SO IF YOU SEE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, IT'S BETWEEN 10 P.M.

AND 4 A.M. THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL HAVE THINGS SHIFTED AROUND.

I'M SURE IF YOU WALK IN IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DUSTY.

SO C1S HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR HOW THEY WILL MANAGE THAT.

AND THEN WE WILL NOTIFY THROUGH OUR EMAIL SYSTEM ALL OF OUR MEMBERS IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES OR IF WE HAVE ANY RENTALS SAME THING, WE'LL EMAIL THEM DIRECTLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

JEN, HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SAY YOU'RE GOING TO START THE POOL IN AUGUST? THAT'S WHEN THEY START THEIR SCHOOL PRACTICES IN THE SWIMMING POOL.

YES. AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY STILL DOING SWIM TEAM OUTSIDE DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT OUTSIDE.

YES, SIR. OKAY. THANKS.

ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MOVE TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 7D CONSIDER APPROVING A CONTRACT THROUGH BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH GAMETIME FOR A PLAYGROUND AT

[7.D. Consider approving a contract through Buyboard Cooperative Purchasing agreement with Gametime for a playground at Centennial Park in the amount of $466,026.80 with a project contingency of $13,441.70, for a total of $479,468.50. (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

CENTENNIAL PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $466,026.80, WITH A PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF $13,441.70, FOR A TOTAL OF $479,468.50.

STAFF CONTACT IS JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

SO THIS IS OUR PLAYGROUND REFURBISHMENT FOR THE YEAR.

BUT THE BIG THING WITH THIS IS WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT THROUGH GAMETIME TO DO A 50/50 MATCH ON OUR PLAY STRUCTURE.

THAT BEING SAID, THERE WERE SOME STIPULATIONS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS POT BY OCTOBER 31ST, WHICH ESCALATED OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WHICH WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME SURVEY DATA IN THERE.

YOU ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE RAW DATA ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE LIKE I SAID, CENTENNIAL PARK WAS THE SCHEDULED PARK FOR REPLACEMENT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF PERFECT TIMING TO GET A NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SITE GRANT AWARDED TO US BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CURRENT ONLY FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

OAK VALLEY IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY AHEAD OF THIS ONE NOW, BUT AT THE TIME THIS WAS OUR ONLY ONE.

SO BACK IN JULY WE SUBMITTED FOR THAT GRANT, AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE RECEIVED IT.

IN AUGUST, WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE AWARD TO TALK TO PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL ABOUT, AND WE DISCUSSED HOW THAT WOULD SHIFT OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE HAVE TWO ROUNDS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE ASK YOU, HEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS PARK? AND THEN WE COME UP WITH SOME CONCEPTS, AND THEN WE BRING THOSE BACK OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE ON.

BUT THIS BEING THAT WE WOULD ONLY BE WORKING WITH ONE PLAYGROUND MANUFACTURER AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CONSOLIDATED TIMELINE, WE KNEW THAT THAT FIRST ROUND WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.

SO OCTOBER 1ST, WE RELEASED OUR SURVEY ASKING THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.

AND WE ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD DO MORE CONDENSED TIMELINES.

BUT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED WAY MORE FEEDBACK.

SO WE RECEIVED 889 RESPONSES AND FIVE DAYS FOR THIS WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESPONSE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD ON A PLAYGROUND REFURBISHMENT.

USUALLY WE'RE BETWEEN 150 AND 300 TELLS US A FEW THINGS ONE, WE GAVE SOME SHOCK VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY BY PITCHING CONCEPTS BEFORE THEY'D EVER SEEN ANYTHING, AND SO WE DID REALIZE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.

BUT IT ALSO MEANT THAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY LOVE THIS PARK, AND IT'S VERY BELOVED TO THEM.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THEM SOME STUFF.

AND WE WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS ON THAT.

JUST PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THE PLAYGROUND WAS ALMOST 15 YEARS OLD AND THAT WE TRIED TO REPLACE THEM BEFORE THEY GET THAT OLD AND THAT THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THE CURRENT RAMP SYSTEM THAT'S THERE.

BUT BUT THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR US BECAUSE THAT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE DATA YOU SAW ON THE ACTUAL SURVEY, THIS WAS SOME OF JUST KIND OF THE CONSENSUS THAT WE RECEIVED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

PEOPLE REALLY WANTED MORE SHADE.

THEY WANT FENCING AROUND THE PLAYGROUND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID AT CEDAR RIDGE.

THEY WANT THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE RAMPS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS STRUCTURED.

AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE GROUND FEATURES THAT INTERACT WITH THEIR PEERS.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, MANY USERS WERE NOT AWARE OF THE AGE OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

AND I'M GOING TO BACK UP ONE SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SITE IS.

SO THE COOL THING ABOUT A NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SITE IS THEY HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, ONE OF THEM BEING INCLUSIVITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE APPLIED FOR.

AND ONCE THIS IS IN, THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO A TON OF DATA COLLECTION SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE INTERACTING WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND IT WILL HELP US SHAPE MOVING FORWARD, HOW

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WE DO OUR PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS TO SEE WHAT FEATURES ARE USED THE MOST.

WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY WALKING FROM DOWN THE STREET, OR ARE THEY DRIVING FROM FORT WORTH OR ANOTHER LOCATION TO USE THIS TYPE OF PLAYGROUND? SO THESE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED.

THIS IS OPTION ONE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, FULL RAMP SYSTEM, TRADITIONAL BELT SWINGS AND AN ADA SWING.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR INCLUSIVE MERRY GO ROUND.

WE DO HAVE SHADE OVER ALL OF THE LANDING AREAS.

AND ON THE LOWER END YOU SEE A LARGER SHADE STRUCTURE.

THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE INTERACTIVE PANELS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH.

AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A CLIMBING STRUCTURE ON THIS ONE.

ON OPTION TWO, THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM THAT GAME TIME HAS PUT OUT.

AND WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE IT VERY WELL FROM THIS ANGLE, THAT TOWER IS ACTUALLY WHEELCHAIR.

IT'S NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, BUT ANYBODY WHO HAS A DISABILITY AND ISN'T ABLE TO GET UP, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A RAMP SYSTEM IN THERE WHERE THEY COULD PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR ARM ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.

THAT BEING SAID, NEITHER ONE OF THESE WERE THE COMMUNITY PREFERRED ONES.

SO OPTION THREE IS OUR COMMUNITY PREFERRED STRUCTURE.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE UPDATED RENDERING AFTER THIS ONE TO TALK ABOUT INCORPORATING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO GO THROUGH A FEW FEATURES ON THIS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OPTION THREE WAS THE FAVORED ONE BY 482 VOTES.

AND THIS IS WHAT'S INCLUDED.

SO YOU SEE WE HAVE TWO BAYS.

WE HAVE AN EXPRESSION SEAT A SEAT AND A ZERO-G SEAT IS WHAT'S IN THE ORIGINAL PLAY STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE, WE HAVE OUR SENSORY WAVES.

WE HAVE GROUND LEVEL PANELS WITH FUN SEATS.

WE HAVE SIX SLIDES ON THIS.

OUR TOWER IS TEN FOOT TALL, AND WE DO HAVE AN ADA CROW'S NEST.

SO WE'VE GOT LADDERS, CLIMBERS, OVERHEAD LADDERS, WHICH WOULD BE A MONKEY BAR.

AND THEN OF COURSE IT HAS WIDER DECKS SO THAT A WHEELCHAIR COULD GET TO THE RAMPS.

IT DOES HAVE TWO INTEGRATED SHADES, BUT WE'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU KIND OF ON THE END HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT BASED ON PARK BOARD FEEDBACK.

AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT CLIMBING ROPES AND WALLS, AND WE HAVE A ROCK SAW WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A TEETER TOTTER, BUT FOR, FOR PEOPLE AND IT'S MORE INCLUSIVE.

AND THEN WE ON THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT, WE HAD A MERRY GO WALL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL INCLUSIVE FEATURES BASED ON DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SENSORY AND PROCESSING DISORDERS THAT HELP PEOPLE ACCESS AND INTERACT WITH THE PLAY STRUCTURES ON THE RIGHT.

SO THIS IS A BIG THING FOR US AS WE'VE TRANSITIONED FROM GOING TO FIBER SURFACING TO HYBRID SURFACING TO EITHER FULL PORT IN PLACE OR ARTIFICIAL TURF.

AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS 132,000 JUST IN THE SURFACING OF THIS PLAYGROUND.

THE PLAY SYSTEM ITSELF IS AT $248,000 THAT IS THE COMPONENT THAT WE GET THE 50% MATCH ON.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE REST OF THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE PARTS THAT WE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY PAY FOR.

AND THEN THAT $30,000 INCLUSIVE FEATURES AT THE BOTTOM.

AND YOU SEE THE FIVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR INCLUSIVITY.

SO THESE ARE SPECIFIC GROUND LEVEL FEATURES THAT WE KNOW ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE SENSORY AND GROUND PLAY FEATURES THAT ARE EITHER ALONG THE RAMP OR ON THE GROUND THEMSELVES.

THESE THERAPEUTIC RINGS ARE ACTUALLY AT A HEIGHT WHERE IF YOU WERE TO WHEEL UP TO THEM IN A WHEELCHAIR, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL YOURSELF UP AND INTERACT.

AND THEN THE INCLUSIVE WHIRL IS REPLACING THE MERRY GO ROUND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THERE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT, IF YOU ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET ON THE INSIDE AND YOU CAN INTERACT WITH YOUR PEERS, THEY CAN SPIN YOU AROUND AND YOU CAN TALK AND PLAY AND INTERACT. AND THEN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE ROCK SAW.

SO THIS IS OPTION THREE AS YOU SAW IT BEFORE.

AND THIS IS THE REVISED VERSION.

WE'VE ACTUALLY WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO PARK BOARD LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SWING SET EXCHANGED OUT FOR TO MEET THE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE THAT REQUESTED THAT WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX SWINGS THERE, AND THAT WE HAD SHADE OVER THE SWINGS.

SO WE HAVE RECEIVED UPDATED QUOTES ON THAT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF FINALIZING THOSE, SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THOSE THIS EVENING.

THIS BENCH WILL ACTUALLY GO AWAY.

THIS ROCK SAW WILL SHIFT THIS DIRECTION.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THREE BAYS WITH SIX SWINGS.

WE WILL STILL HAVE YOUR ADA ACCESSIBLE SWING WILL HAVE TWO BELT SWINGS, TWO TODDLER SWINGS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE WHAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S THE MOMMY AND ME SWING WHERE YOU FACE EACH OTHER SO IT'LL HAVE THE SIX SWINGS THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS AS WELL AS SHADE OVER THAT FOR THAT.

AND THEN ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN THIS RENDERING THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING INTO THE PROJECT IS FENCING ALL THE WAY AROUND.

WE'LL DO THAT SEPARATE OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT CIRCULAR SWING, THE ONE THAT'S SHOWED RIGHT THERE, THE WHITE.

NO, NO, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RAW DATA WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LOVED THE SWINGS AND SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE NUMBER.

SO WE I'LL BE HONEST, WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT A DIFFERENT PLAYGROUND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FEATURE LIKE THAT YET.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A MOMMY AND ME AND THOSE ARE USED.

BUT SWINGS ARE POPULAR.

WE HAVE TO WAIT OUR TURN.

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AND JUST AT OAK VALLEY THE OTHER DAY, WE WERE WAITING TO TO GET A TURN ON ONE OF THE SWINGS.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT WAS HEARD BECAUSE THEY'RE POPULAR.

YEAH. AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S THE MODERN VERSION OF A TIRE SWING.

AND SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT AT SOME POINT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY FUN.

AND YOU CAN GET 2 OR 3 KIDS ON THERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE YES, SIX KIDS CAN PROBABLY SWING ON THOSE [INAUDIBLE] WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

LET'S GET OUR INDEPENDENT SWINGING ON THERE SO.

SO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS.

WE DID BUDGET $525,000 IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ELIGIBLE IS $254,727, OF THAT THE 50% MATCH IS THE $127.

THE CITY FUNDED PORTION TO GAME TIME, WHICH INCLUDES THE DRAINAGE, FINAL SURFACING, PLAYGROUND, SURFACING, ALL THE SHADE STRUCTURES, THE SWINGS, EVERYTHING IS $466,026. WE DID BUILD IN A CONTINGENCY, THAT CONTINGENCY ACTUALLY COVERS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MERRY GO ROUND WITH THE INCLUSIVE WHIRL.

AND THEN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FENCING AND SHADE.

WE HAVE ABOUT $45,000 LEFT IN THE PROJECT.

THESE NUMBERS WILL SHIFT BASED OFF OF PARK BOARD'S FEEDBACK.

JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT THAT FINAL NUMBER THAT GOES TO GAME TIME WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

BUT WE'RE FINALIZING THAT THIS EVENING.

AND SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE ORDER IF AWARDED THIS DIRECTION THIS EVENING.

IF WE MOVE FORWARD THIS EVENING.

SO IF YOU MOVE ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT TO OCTOBER 21ST, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.

WE'LL GET ALL OF THE PAPERWORK SUBMITTED TO THEM ACTUALLY, AFTER THIS MEETING, IF AWARDED THIS EVENING.

AND THEN WE'RE HOPING THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE EARLY OF SPRING NEXT YEAR.

DO WE HAVE OPTIONS WITH THE POUR IN PLACE COLORING BECAUSE A CITIZEN REACHED OUT AND BROUGHT A VALID POINT OF LOOK, THIS IS BLUE OR [INAUDIBLE] SOMETHING.

IT'S PERIWINKLE.

PERIWINKLE? YES.

OKAY, SO IF THERE WAS OPTIONS AS FAR AS NEUTRALIZING THAT SO THEIR.

ABSOLUTELY. WE DID HEAR THAT FEEDBACK.

AND I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLORING OF THIS, THERE'S THIS BROWNISH TAN COLOR THAT WOULD LOOK REALLY GOOD AND IT WOULD BE A NEUTRAL COLOR.

SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT OUT.

YES MA'AM.

YEAH I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT ALSO.

WE GOT TO CONNECT TO COUNCIL PLUS I'VE HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE CALL ABOUT THE COLOR.

IT HAD TOO MUCH OF THAT ONE COLOR IN IT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED WAS A LIGHT BROWN, WHICH I GUESS IS THAT TAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES, SIR. THAT'LL GO OVER GOOD.

I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, ON THE RAW DATA, THERE WAS 436 COMMENTS THAT YOU SENT TO US.

AND GOING THROUGH THAT SHADE THERE WAS 207 COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHADE.

AND I'VE NOTICED THAT ON THE SWINGS YOU'VE ADDED THE SHADE.

SO YOU TOOK CARE OF WHAT THE CITIZENS WANTED THERE.

FENCE, THERE WAS 86 COMMENTS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT UP A BLACK FENCE AROUND IT WITH A GATE.

I WAS OUT THERE LOOKING AT IT THE OTHER DAY, AND A MOTHER HAD THREE CHILDREN, AND ONE OF THEM RAN TOWARDS THE ROAD, AND LUCKILY SHE HAD A FRIEND WITH HER AND MY WIFE THEY RAN OUT THERE AND CONNECTED TOGETHER AND STOPPED THE CHILD.

SO THE FENCE IS GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL.

SWINGS I HAD 34 ON THERE THAT WERE FOR THE ADULT SWINGS AND 20 FOR AN EXTRA INFANT SWING.

AND I SEE YOU'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT ALSO.

ONE THAT CAME ON THERE WAS 27 WANTED MORE BENCHES FOR THE GRANDPARENTS TO SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE CHILDREN PLAY.

SO HOW MANY BENCHES DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE? SO WE HAVE ALL THE EXISTING BENCHES, WHICH ARE ON THE OUTSIDE BORDER OF THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND.

WE HAVE SOME MEMORIAL AND CIVIC BENCHES THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED.

SO WE'LL KEEP THOSE AND WE ARE ADDING, ORIGINALLY WE HAD THREE BENCHES ADDED IN THIS PROJECT, BUT THERE WILL BE TWO BASED OFF OF ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL SWING BAYS.

BUT WE CAN ALSO OUT OF OPERATIONAL ALWAYS ADD ADDITIONAL BENCHES AROUND THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE WE SCHEDULE SO MANY BENCH REPLACEMENTS A YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD SIZE PARK.

I'M SURE IT'LL BE CROWDED.

AND DURING THE DAY THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME BENCHES OUT THERE.

LET'S SEE, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WAS ON THERE THAT I SEE THAT YOU DIDN'T DIDN'T GET TO, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB GETTING TO ALL THE OTHERS WAS A BABY CHANGING STATION IN BOTH RESTROOMS. THERE WAS SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT WERE.

WE CAN ADD THAT. AND WE'VE WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH VANDALISM IN THEM IN THE RESTROOMS, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK.

WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT THOSE COULD BE ADULT SIZED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND AN AMAZING ONE YET, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO.

OKAY. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM THAT HAD FIVE, FOUR, THREE AND ONE, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE LOOKING AT THE FOOTPRINT, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM GAMETIME TONIGHT? NO, SIR. OKAY.

THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT. IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THEM HERE TO TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR THE GRANT.

THEY'LL BE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.

OKAY, SO THEY JUST COULDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE FORMALLY ASKED, SO I WOULD SAY THAT MAY BE ON US TOO.

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OKAY. YEAH, WELL, I'LL CALL HUNTER TOMORROW AND ASK HIM.

OKAY. ALRIGHTY.

WELL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARK BOARD, TOO.

I KNOW THEY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE PARKS.

SEVERAL OF THEM DID. I KNOW THEY DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, TALK TO CITIZENS, TALK TO PARENTS THAT WERE OUT THERE AT THE PARK, AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU.

JEN, THE NONPROFIT THAT TOOK THE EXISTING FACILITIES FROM MEADOW CREST PARK.

DO THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE EXISTING FACILITIES FROM HERE? YES, SIR. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PLAY VALUE OUT OF THIS ONE.

WE HAD ABOUT 34 GRAND IN DEMO, BUT SINCE WE'LL BE DONATING THIS ONE TO KIDS AROUND THE WORLD, WE SAVE THOSE DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE'LL BE DONATING IT TO KIDS AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO ASK.

ANOTHER CITIZEN REACHED OUT AND WAS COMMENDING US ON THE HOW EACH PARK WE ARE CONSIDERING MORE AND MORE INCLUSIVITY OPTIONS.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WHEEL IN WORLD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

AND THE THE MORE WE CAN MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL SO THAT ALL KIDS OF ALL ABILITIES CAN PLAY NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND WITH EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR FRIENDS OUT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE INPUT.

IT'S INVALUABLE ALONG WITH THE PARK BOARD.

BUT THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY, IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE THAT NUMBER BE SO HIGH.

YEAH, IT WAS MASSIVE.

ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO SPEAK REAL QUICK. OKAY.

MAYOR, WE HAVE BILL JANISCH WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

GOOD EVENING. I WAS HERE THE OTHER NIGHT AT PARKS BOARD MEETING, AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND MORE AROSE AFTER THAT.

AND MAINLY I WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS, THE ONES THAT HAVE A DISABILITY AND THE MOST OVERLOOKED.

THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISABILITIES, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE ONE THAT'S MOST, YOU KNOW, OVERLOOKED.

THE AVERAGE CITY, BY ALL THE STUDIES I'VE DONE, 15 TO 18% OF THE POPULATION WITHIN THAT CITY HAVE A DISABILITY OF SOME KIND.

WHEN THEY DID THESE SURVEYS, SHANNON CREEK, THEY HAD ALMOST LIKE A I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A TOWN HALL OR WHAT.

THEY INTERVIEWED JUST THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK, SAME THING FOR MEADOW CREST WHENEVER YOU DEAL WITH AN ADA TYPE PARK, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO MAINLY THOSE WITH HANDICAP, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVEN DONE OR WHAT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, THE CITY IS ABOUT TO SPEND $423,000 ON A DRY SAUNA.

SO THEY GOT SOME MONEY FOR SOME OF THESE EXTRA THINGS.

I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WAS A LITTLE RUSHED, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BOND OR THAT GRANT MONEY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THIS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO VERY FAR FROM HERE.

I TALKED TO TOMMY ON THIS ONE.

YOU CAN GO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

THERE'S A CORNER, THERE'S A RAMP, BUT THEN THERE'S STAIRS TO GET IN THAT GAME STORE WHERE THE KIDS GO PLAY GAMES.

THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN THE STREETS.

THEY COULD PARK A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY AND COME DOWN THE SIDEWALK, THEY GOT PICK UPS THAT BACK IN, THEY BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.

SO THESE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS HAVE TO GO DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO IT, UP TO THE ALLEY.

AND THEN BACK WHEN THEY ARRIVED, SOME OF THEIR PARENTS OR WHOEVER IS BRINGING THEM, THEY HAVE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE IN THE STREET, GET THE WHEELCHAIR OUT, GET THE PERSON OUT, PUT THEM IN THE WHEELCHAIR WHILE SOME ARE FLIPPING THEM OFF, HONKING THE HORN OR JETTING AROUND THEM WHEN THEY'RE GOING DOWN THE STREET TRYING TO GET THERE.

IF A PICKUP, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, COULD RUN THEM OVER.

I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH IN THE FUTURE IF YOU CONSIDER MAYBE DOING ANGLED PARKING, I THINK THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME SPACE LIKE THAT.

VICTORIA, WHEN I FIRST THE VERY FIRST TIME I MET YOU, YOU HAD A BOOT ON YOUR LEG.

I KNOW THEY HAD TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OBSTACLES YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING.

AND IT'S HARD TO MANEUVER.

AND I'M SURE THAT IT OPENED YOUR MIND TO SOME THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND, DAN, THAT TIME WHEN WE SET OUT, YOU SET OUT HERE WITH ME DURING THE CONCERT, YOU HAD YOUR SON WITH YOU.

THERE WAS A LADY THAT DID NOT.

I CAN'T SAY SHE DIDN'T LIKE YOU.

SHE DIDN'T WOULDN'T VOTE FOR YOU.

I'D HEARD HER SAY THAT BEFORE, BUT WHEN SHE'D SEEN YOU WITH HER SON.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND TOO.

BUT SHE TOLD ME AFTERWARDS, SHE SAID WAS THAT HIS SON? I SAID YES, AND SHE SAID THAT WARMED MY HEART.

SHE BECAME A FAN.

SO SHE SEES YOU DIFFERENT.

AND IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

LIKE I SAID, THE PROJECT I FELT WAS A LITTLE BIT RUSHED.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS GET OUT AND TRY AND SEE EYE TO EYE LEVEL FROM WHAT THESE PEOPLE IN THE WHEELCHAIR HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

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I'VE MADE A COMMENT ON FACEBOOK, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE IN A WHEELCHAIR LIKE THAT JUST TO TEST IT OUT, JUST SORT OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

SOME PEOPLE TOOK OFFENSE TO IT, REALLY.

YOU KNOW, I CARE BUT I DON'T CARE.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL JUST STEP UP A LITTLE MORE.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ADD 25% GUARANTEED MONEY TO EVERY PARK, AT LEAST FOR THESE ADA TYPE IMPROVEMENTS OR MORE.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU BILL.

THANKS, BILL. AND FOR CLARITY, WE DO REACH OUT TO THE CENTER FOR ASD AND BISD SPECIAL ED FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO.

SO THEY KNOW THIS SURVEY IS LIVE AND THEY DO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION? PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM IS 7E, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AN APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.

[7.E. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance designating an approximately 30 acre tract of land (the property is generally described as near the northeast corner of the Vantage Dr. and Conveyor Dr. (FM 917) intersection located in Highpoint Business Park, City of Burleson, Johnson County, Texas) as “Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 009, City of Burleson” under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Director of Economic Development)]

THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE VANTAGE DRIVE AND CONVEYOR DRIVE FM 917 INTERSECTION LOCATED IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK, CITY OF BURLESON, JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS.

AS TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 009.

CITY OF BURLESON UNDER CHAPTER 317 OF THE TEXAS I'M SORRY UNDER CHAPTER 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. FIRST READING STAFF CONTACT IS ALEX PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU LISANDRA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ALEX PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE, WITH SETTING UP THE FIRST STEP IN GETTING A PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

HOPEFULLY IS SETTING UP THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

SO THIS LOCATION IS IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK.

IT'S BASICALLY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF GOLDEN STATE FOODS ON VANTAGE DRIVE.

AND JUST NORTH OF FM 917 AND VANTAGE AS WELL.

THE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN UPCOMING TAX ABATEMENT FOR PARIS BAGUETTE USA.

TAX FUTURE ACTION THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT, ALONG WITH SPECIFIC INCENTIVES, WILL BE PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE AS THE COMPANY PREPARES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE AGREEMENTS ARE MOVING FORWARD NICELY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT TARGETING THE DECEMBER MEETING FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS.

IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT, CONSIDERING CONSTRUCTION OF AN AT LEAST 260,000FT² OF OFFICE, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.

THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $165 MILLION, CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY 450 NEW JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO PART OF SECTION 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE GUIDES THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE ZONE.

WE DID PROVIDE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT ON OCTOBER 13TH.

WE SENT A CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE TAXING ENTITIES ON OCTOBER 11TH IN THE COUNTY AND PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

SO THE ACTION FOR TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE OR DENY THE ORDINANCE FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 009, IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:34.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY. I WANT TO CLOSE IT AT 6:34 ALSO.

IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALEX. YOU DID GOOD AT THE CHAMBER.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS SECTION 8, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[8.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff feedback on a proposed egret abatement program. (Staff Contact: DeAnna Phillips, Director of Community Services)]

8A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

STAFF FEEDBACK ON PROPOSED EGRET ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

STAFF CONTACT DEANNA PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THANK YOU LISANDRA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT I AM HERE TO GO OVER SOME OPTIONS FOR AN EGRET DETERRENT MEASURE PROGRAM.

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SO REALLY TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONSIDER SOME IDEAS THAT STAFF HAS SOME IDEAS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE RESIDENTS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE $30,000 THAT WAS PUT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR EGRET DETERRENT MEASURES.

AND JUST A QUICK OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A LITTLE LONG.

SO I WANT TO TRY TO KEEP US ON TRACK, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF THE EGRET ROOKERIES HERE IN BURLESON AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS. I'LL GO THROUGH THE PROTECTED STATUS AND CHALLENGES, MITIGATING BEST PRACTICES FOR EGRETS, AND THEN OPTIONS FOR FUNDING USE, AND THEN BENCHMARK CITY COMPARISONS AS WELL AND THEN WE'LL DO A SUMMARY OF THE OPTIONS.

SO THE BACKGROUND IS AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, IS THAT WE HAD AN EGRET ROOKERY ESTABLISHED IN THE SHADY OAKS AREA THIS YEAR IN MAY.

THIS IS OUR THIRD EGRET ROOKERY THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, AND THE OTHER TWO WERE IN 2017 AND RED HAWK COURT IN CLINTON STREET AND THEN 2018, AND SOUTHWEST BRUSHY MOUND NEAR BROWNS MOUNTAIN.

THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO WERE MORE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.

THEY WERE LARGER LOT PROPERTIES.

SO THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T AFFECT SO MUCH THE THE ROADS AND OTHER NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS THIS PARTICULAR 1 IN 2024 DID.

EGRETS POSE A VARIETY OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS AND CONCERNS ON RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY'RE LOUD WHEN YOU HAVE DOZENS, HUNDREDS OF BIRDS AND THEY ARE VERY LOUD, THEY MAKE A TERRIBLE MESS WITH THAT MANY BIRDS NESTING THERE.

THERE'S PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH.

SORRY, I THOUGHT I CHANGED ALL THOSE.

SO THAT'S A HEADLINE.

IT JUST IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY OUTREACH.

SO SINCE 2018, THE CITY STAFF STARTED PLACING DOOR HANGERS IN THE SPRING AND FALL AND OVER 700 DOORS WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO PREVENT MIGRATORY BIRD NESTING.

SO THAT MAP THERE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS THE 700 HOUSES THAT WE PLACED THE FLYERS ON.

AND THEN THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS PLACED IN 23.

IN 2018 WE DID HOST A CITY, A TOWN HALL FOR RESIDENTS.

I THINK WE HAD TWO RESIDENTS SHOW UP AT THAT 2018 ONE, BUT WE DID JUST HOST ONE IN OCTOBER IN THE SHADY OAKS AREA AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT PROBABLY ABOUT 50 NEIGHBORS CAME AS WELL. SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE AS WELL, AND WE HAD THE URBAN BIOLOGISTS SPEAK ON HOW TO DETER EGRETS.

THEY'RE ALL LIKE THIS.

I'M GOING TO JUMP OUT AND GRAB THE OTHER ONE [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO ON THE FLY HERE.

TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES.

I ALMOST HAVE IT UP. SEE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I TRY TO USE FANCY FONTS ON MY PRESENTATIONS, THEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP.

SO THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS, THIS PAST ROOKERY THAT WE JUST HAD IN JULY, THE CITY BEGAN SPRAYING DOWN AND SWEEPING STREETS IN THE AREA FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

ANIMAL SERVICES STARTED PICKING UP THE DEAD BIRDS TWICE A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROOKERY.

AND THEN AFTER THE NESTING SEASON ENDED, ANIMAL SERVICES USE BIRD BANGER GUNS AND SOUND MACHINES TO ENCOURAGE THE REMAINING BIRDS TO LEAVE.

WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AN EGRET OPTION THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BTX 311 FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON, SO YOU CAN REPORT WHEN YOU HAVE SPOTTED AN EGRET.

AND THEN WE AS ANIMAL SERVICES, WHEN YOU REPORT THAT YOU'VE SEEN AN EGRET, YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL IMMEDIATELY BACK THAT TELLS YOU OPTIONS OF WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DETER THEM, AND THEN ANIMAL SERVICES WILL PLACE THEM ON A MAP OF WHERE THAT EGRET WAS.

AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT RESIDENT AS WELL.

SO THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, EGRETS ARE PROTECTED BY THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT OF 1918, MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO HARM OR HARASS THEM ONCE THEY ARE NESTING.

AND NESTING IS THE CRITICAL TERM HERE, SO YOU CAN BASICALLY HARASS THEM BEFORE THEY START NESTING.

SO BEFORE THEY START SITTING ON THE NEST AND BEFORE THEY HAVE EGGS.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE TIME YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE ONCE THEY START NESTING AND THEY HAVE EGGS IN THEIR NESTS, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO DETER THEM.

SO AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE NO INTERFERENCE ALLOWED, WHICH IS VERY, VERY STRICT REGULATIONS AND HAPPY WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE WORST PART IS THEIR COLONIAL BEHAVIOR.

SO THEY'LL COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THEY FIND A SPOT AND THEN THEY TELL ALL THEIR EGRET FRIENDS, AND THE URBAN BIOLOGIST WAS TELLING US THAT IT WASN'T JUST CATTLE EGRET THAT WERE THERE.

THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EGRETS.

THEY ALL JUST LOVED TO COME OUT AND HANG OUT IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR AREA.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT TO DETER THEM EARLIER, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO RETURN WITH ALL THEIR FRIENDS.

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SO I HAVE PUT TOGETHER SOME MIGRATING BEST PRACTICES, MITIGATING BEST PRACTICES.

AND THESE ARE FROM THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES.

THEY'RE NOT MY BEST PRACTICES.

SORRY. THEY'RE NOT MY BEST PRACTICES.

I'M NOT AN URBAN BIOLOGIST, BUT I DID PULL THESE FROM THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES, AS WELL AS OUR URBAN BIOLOGISTS THAT WE WE WORK WITH AS A CITY.

SO ONE IS LANDSCAPING, AND THIS IS WHAT THE URBAN BIOLOGIST SAID AS WELL.

PRUNING AND OR REMOVING TREES IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO DURING THE NON-BREEDING SEASON.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THIS CALLED EXCLUSION.

SO YOU CAN BASICALLY PUT AN EXCLUSION NETTING OVER YOUR TREES, AND THAT STOPS THE BIRDS FROM GETTING IN THERE.

ALTHOUGH IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S TIGHT, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BIRDS THAT GET STUCK IN THERE.

BUT THAT'S A VERY THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE.

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP GOING.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL USE THIS IN FRUIT ORCHARDS AND THEY'LL USE THIS FOR THE BIRDS WON'T TAKE THE FRUIT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TYPICALLY USE THAT FOR.

LASERS AS WELL IS A HARASSMENT TECHNIQUE.

SO YOU CAN DO HANDHELD LASERS.

YOU CAN DO LASERS THAT ARE AIMED UP IN THE AIR NEAR THE BIRDS.

BASICALLY, YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE WHATEVER AREA THEY'RE IN NOT WELCOMING TO THEM.

THE SAME THING WITH LIKE, LASERS IS A NOISE MAKING DEVICES SO LOUD AIR HORNS, SOFT PELLET GUNS, CLAPPERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

JUST ANYTHING TO MAKE THE BIRDS NOT FEEL LIKE THIS IS A WELCOMING LOCATION TO THEM.

AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT NOISE MAKING DEVICES, WHICH ARE LIKE YOU CAN USE BIRD GUARD, WHICH IS BASICALLY A NOISE THAT GOES OFF.

AND THERE'S PARTICULAR NOISES THAT EGRETS DON'T LIKE VERSUS OTHER BIRDS DON'T LIKE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING THAT DETERS CROWS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING THAT DETERS EGRETS.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT KIND YOU'RE GETTING, WHAT TYPE OF NOISE ARE ALARM CALLS YOU'RE GETTING.

AND THEN PROPANE CANNONS AS WELL.

I KNOW THE CITY OF CROWLEY HAS A PROPANE CANNON.

THEY'LL COME OUT AND THEY'LL WHEN IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO BE DUSK, THEY'LL COME OUT AND SHOOT IT.

AND THAT MAKES THE BIRDS DISPERSE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST VERY LOUD.

OTHER PHYSICAL METHODS IS CONSIDERED TO SHOOT THEM WITH A STREAM OF WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE, FROM A GARDEN HOSE, NOT A FIRE TRUCK THAT'S WAY TOO POWERFUL FOR THEM.

AND THEN YOU ALSO, YOU DON'T WANT YOU CAN'T DO IT ONCE THEY'RE NESTING.

SO IT HAS TO BE BEFORE THAT BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT TO DETER THEM, NOT INJURE THEM.

AND AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT ROOSTING VERSUS NESTING.

ROOSTING IS WHEN THEY'RE STANDING ON OR AROUND THE NEST, BUT NESTING IS WHEN THEY'RE SITTING ON THE NEST, AND NESTING IS THE PART THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY BE CAREFUL ABOUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IS I LOOKED AT OPTIONS FOR DETERRENT MEASURES AND BENCHMARK CITIES.

SO I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HAVE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.

WHAT HAVE THERE BEEN BEST PRACTICES, WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN THAT HAS WORKED WELL? SO I DID INCLUDE OUR BENCHMARK CITIES ON THIS AS WELL.

SO THE THOSE ARE OUR BENCHMARK CITIES.

AND I ADDED CROWLEY IN THERE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBOR WHO'S HAD DEALT WITH SOMETHING A LOT LIKE THIS RECENTLY.

AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE CROSSED OUT ARE THE CITIES THAT HAVE NEVER HAD EGRETS.

SO GOOD FOR THEM, AND I HOPE THEY NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT BENCHMARK CITIES, IT WILL ONLY BE THESE CITIES THAT ARE NOT CROSSED OUT.

DEANNA, WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH GETTING THE PRESENTATIONS ONLINE AND LETTING PEOPLE SEE IT IN THE AUDIENCE.

COULD WE LET'S TAKE A BREAK UNTIL WE.

OKAY. OR I CAN JUST LET ME JUMP IN AND FIX THE FONTS FROM THE OTHER ONE.

OKAY. FIVE MINUTES.

FIVE MINUTES.

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OKAY WE'RE BACK.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CITIES THAT ARE CROSSED OUT HAD NOT DEALT WITH EGRET ISSUES AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAD AN EGRET ISSUE, BUT IT WAS OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR CITY

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LIMITS ON ETJ, SO WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THEM EITHER.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT WILL ONLY BE THE CITIES THAT ARE NOT CROSSED OUT.

SO FIRST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS DETERRENT FUNDING OPTION IS A REIMBURSEMENT OF HABITAT MODIFICATION.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO IT'S PRUNING THE TREES, IT'S REMOVAL OF TREES.

IT'S COULD BE THE COST OF HIRING SOMEONE TO HANG THE DETERRENTS IN THE TREES.

SO THIS IS ONE OPTION FOR THE FUNDING.

AND THE COST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF HABITAT MODIFICATION OCCURS.

TREE TRIMMING AND TREE REMOVAL CAN BE $1,000 OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE, HOW BIG THE TREE IS, HOW MANY TREES, AND THEN THE COST OF HIRING SOMEONE TO HANG DETERRENTS WOULD ALSO VARY.

FOR OUR BENCHMARK CITIES, THERE WAS THERE WERE NO OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES THAT DID THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING OPTION.

AND CONSIDERATIONS, AS WE THINK ABOUT DOING THE HABITAT MODIFICATION IS WOULD THE THE IT WOULD NEED TO BE A REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WORK WOULD NEED TO BE DONE.

AND THEN THE REIMBURSE WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO COME AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE.

AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS WOULD WE NEED TO HAVE THAT RECEIPT SUBMITTED AND WHAT TIME FRAME? AND THEN OTHER THINGS LIKE WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENTS, THOSE WHO LIVE IN OR NEAR A KNOWN ROOKERY? WOULD IT BE ANYONE IN THE CITY? WOULD IT BE ONLY THOSE THAT HAD HAD A ROOKERY ESTABLISHED IN THEIR YARDS? THERE'S JUST THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL.

THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER FUNDING OPTION WOULD BE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXCLUSION NETTING.

AGAIN, IT COULD INCLUDE ALL OF A PORTION OF THE NETTING OR THE COST OF HIRING SOMEONE TO HIRE THE NETTING IN THE TREE HANG THE NETTING IN THE TREES.

COST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH NETTING NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED.

AND I DON'T HAVE A COST FOR HIRING SOMEONE TO HANG THAT IN THE TREES.

AND THEN AGAIN, NO OTHER BENCHMARK CITY DID A REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXCLUSION NETTING.

I MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT EXCLUSION NETTING THE DIFFICULTY TO PUT UP THE NETS.

THE NETS HAVE TO BE CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO, OF COURSE, DO THE REIMBURSEMENT AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETE.

AND AGAIN, JUST AGAIN, THINGS WHO WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT.

THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION AS WELL.

GO KITS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IS PREPARING DETERRENT GO KITS FOR OWNERS.

SO THAT'S A DETERRENT THAT WE PUT IN TREES WHICH IS VERY SCARY.

WE HAVE THE BIG EYES THAT SIT THERE.

THEY'RE CALLED SCARE EYE BALLOONS.

OTHER THINGS SUCH AS AIR HORNS, BRIGHT STREAMERS, WATER NOZZLES, THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN A GO KIT.

AND THE COST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT'S PURCHASED FOR THE KIT AND HOW MANY ARE PREPARED.

FOR EXAMPLE, AN AIR HORN COULD COST APPROXIMATELY $15.

THESE SCARE EYE BALLOONS COST APPROXIMATELY $10, SO IT JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU PUT IN THE KIT AND HOW MANY THERE ARE.

THE COLONY DOES PROVIDE KITS FOR RESIDENTS.

ARLINGTON DID, BUT NOW THEY PROVIDE AMAZON LISTS OF SUPPLIES THAT THEY DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR RESIDENTS.

AND GRAND PRAIRIE HAD VERY FEW CITIZENS ATTEND THE MEETINGS OR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DETERRENCE WHEN THEY WERE OFFERED.

AND THIS IS NOISEMAKERS OR LASERS.

SO THIS WOULD BE FUNDING OPTIONS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL NOISEMAKERS FOR THE CITY TO USE IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SPOT EGRETS.

THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT NOISEMAKERS COST.

THE BIRD BANGERS ARE FAIRLY CHEAP.

THE BANGING CANNONS JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE YOU GET.

AGAIN, HANDHELD AND AUTOMATIC BIRD LASERS.

AGAIN, JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN THE SOUND MACHINE AS WELL.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SOUND MACHINES FROM ANIMAL SERVICES THAT WE UTILIZE.

AND ALL OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED EGRETS DO HAVE SOME DETERRENTS THAT THEY UTILIZE.

OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS.

SO AGAIN, CURRENTLY WHAT WE DO IS WE SAY WE PUT DOOR HANGERS ON OVER 700 HOMES IN THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL MARKETING OPTIONS COULD INCLUDE THE DIRECT MAIL TO HOMES IN THE AREA.

I KNOW SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SPOKE ABOUT THE CONCERN IS THAT THE IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING THE PROPERTY THAT ARE GETTING THE MESSAGES AND NOT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST WE ARE HANGING THEM ON THE DOOR.

SO WE DID DIRECT MAIL. WE COULD DO IT TO THE OWNER AS WELL, SO WE COULD PULL THAT INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY YARD SIGNS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE AREAS TO ALERT THEM OF THE UPCOMING EGRETS SEASONS.

WE'VE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND THERE'S EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT FROM SMALL TO LARGE A BILLBOARD, OF COURSE, WOULD BE THE LARGEST.

BUT YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THAT WOULD BE AND FOR HOW MANY MONTHS YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT THAT UP.

SINCE THIS IS REALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD INSIDE OF OUR CITY, THERE'S NO, OBVIOUSLY, BILLBOARDS, YOU KNOW, LOCATED CLOSELY TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS.

YOU DO SOME OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU, AS IT WAS REQUESTED BY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUESTED AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPTIONS COULD BE A REDUCTION OF WATER BILLS.

SO THE REQUEST WAS FOR REDUCTION IN WATER BILLS FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH OCTOBER OR UNTIL THEY MIGRATE, TO OFFSET THE EXPENSE WITH CLEANING AND MAINTAINING THE AFFECTED PROPERTIES.

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SO THE CITY, THE CITY OF THE COLONY DID OFFER US DURING THEIR FIRST ROOKIE INFESTATION INFESTATION THAT THEY HAD, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY THEY OFFERED IT FOR THE FIRST YEAR AT 50% BECAUSE THE CITY WAS NOT COMING OUT TO CLEAN THE STREETS.

AFTER THAT, THE CITY DID COME OUT AND CLEANED THE STREETS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY OFFERED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THOSE RESIDENTS DURING THAT TIME.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE REDUCTION IS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE? WOULD THEY HAVE TO LIVE NEAR OR IN, OR IS IT JUST THOSE ONES THAT HAVE THE EGRETS IN THEIR YARD, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE REDUCTION? IS IT BASED ON A PERCENTAGE? IS IT AN AVERAGE OF PREVIOUS YEARS? THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY WERE SOME RESIDENTS ALSO ASKED FOR WEEKLY CLEANING ASSISTANCE, AND THEY ASKED FOR THE CITY TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.

AND OF COURSE, IT BECOMES VERY WE HAVE A LOT OF LEGAL ISSUES.

ONCE WE PUT CITY STAFF ON PRIVATE PROPERTY SO WE COULD DO A CLEANING ASSISTANCE WOULD BE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOMEBODY COMING OUT TO CLEAN.

BUT AGAIN, THAT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT COUNCIL IS PRIVY TO.

NO OTHER CITY DID THIS WHEN I REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM THEM.

AGAIN, BACK TO THE CONSIDERATIONS OF WEEKLY CLEANING ASSISTANCE IS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

HOW MUCH WOULD THERE BE REIMBURSEMENT BEFORE? AND THEN THEY ALSO ASKED FOR AN ENCORE DISCONNECT RECONNECT FEE WAIVER FOR RESIDENTS NEEDING TEMPORARY DISCONNECTION FOR PROPERTY CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT NESTING IN NEARBY TREES.

AND WHEN I ASKED OTHER CITIES THAT NO ONE HAD DONE A FEE WAIVER FOR THIS EITHER.

SO JUST QUICKLY, WE'LL DO THE FUNDING OPTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDING OPTIONS THAT STAFF CAME UP WITH AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS.

NOW IT'S REALLY TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IF THEY LIKE TO DO A MIXTURE OF ALL THESE THINGS IF THEY'D LIKE TO PICK ONE THING.

AND THEN WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALLOCATE FOR EACH PARTICULAR ONE? I WILL SAY THAT WE YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE YOUR DETERRENTS IN PLACE BY FEBRUARY.

SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING BACK A POLICY FOR WHATEVER YOU ALL DETERMINED BY DECEMBER.

SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SOME, SOME DECISIONS TONIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE LEANING FOR THIS SO WE CAN STAFF GET THIS AND OUT TO THE PUBLIC BY JANUARY.

SO I DID REVIEW OF THE FUNDING OPTIONS.

I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER OPTIONS, ANY OTHER IDEAS, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR NOW.

A FEW THINGS I'VE GOT IS I WOULD BE AGAINST THE CITY PURCHASING BIRD BANGERS AND CANNONS FOR THE CITIZENS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE THE CORRECT THING TO DO.

ALSO, ANY ORDINANCE RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD GO WITH THE NOISE MAKERS OR ANY OTHER ITEMS PURCHASED BY THE CITY, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF PAMPHLET OR EDUCATION ON THE ORDINANCE, ESPECIALLY THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

AND MATTER OF FACT, THE NOISE ORDINANCE PROBABLY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PAMPHLETS THAT ARE HANDED OUT OR THE DOOR HANGERS.

AND FOR THE BANGERS AND THAT THAT WAS JUST FOR CITY USE.

WE WEREN'T SUGGESTING PURCHASING IT.

YES. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, I KNOW IN OUR MEETING WE HAD OUT THERE THAT WAS SUGGESTED FOR THE CITIZENS TO USE THOSE? NO, AND I WAS. I THINK THEY CAN PURCHASE THEM ON THEIR OWN BEHALF, BUT WE WON'T DO A REIMBURSEMENT FOR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FIT INTO THE ORDINANCE.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU DEANNA. I LIKE THREE AND FOUR, FOUR BEING FOR US TO BUY ADDITIONAL SOUND AND LASER, BECAUSE IF WE JUST HAVE TWO, MAYBE WE NEED TO GET SOME MORE BECAUSE WE CAN REUSE THEM AND MAYBE A REDUCTION IN THE WATER BILLS.

BUT BUT AT LEAST THREE AND FOUR, I THINK OUR CITIZENS WOULD BE THEY PROBABLY TAKE YOU UP ON GETTING THE GO KITS.

THEY SEEM PRETTY SERIOUS AT THE LAST MEETING Y'ALL HAD.

YEAH. COMPLETELY AGREE.

I DON'T SEE HOW SCARY EYE SCARES THEM THOUGH.

IT SCARES ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A BIRD.

I THINK THE GO KITS IS A SMART WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, AND THEN YOU REEVALUATE IF THEY'RE NOT UTILIZED LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE DID.

BUT I THINK OUR CITIZENS BASED ON THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND THEIR THEIR ATTEMPTS AT BEING PROACTIVE.

I THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

AND I ALSO AGREE THAT ON THE CITY'S FRONT, WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULD BE EQUIPPED MORE WITH SOME OF THE DETERRENT OPTIONS THAT STAFF CAN USE AS THEY'RE MAKING THE ROUNDS, AS THEY'RE GETTING CALLS AND INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL ROOKERY LOCATIONS.

SEEMS TO ME THAT THE KEY TO ANY EFFECTIVE POLICY IS EARLY WARNING AND NOTIFICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF THE BIRD.

I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD ALL RUN TO THE PHONE OR THE COMPUTER OR THE 311 OR WHATEVER, AND NOTIFY.

BUT I FEAR THAT PEOPLE HAVE A THOUSAND THINGS ON THEIR MINDS, AND THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO AS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AS IF THE CITY HAD A PROACTIVE WAY TO DO THAT.

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WE NEED TO SEE IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION DURING THESE PRIME EARLY NESTING TIMES, AND I KNOW THEY DO A LOT FOR US.

THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO THIS TOO, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO PROVIDE EXTRA OVERTIME FOR DEDICATED OFFICERS TO GO THROUGH THESE LIKELY TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS ON A ROUTINE BASIS JUST LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF OF BIRDS IN THE TREES.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ONE VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL, AND THEY COULD REPORT IMMEDIATELY.

IMMEDIATE ACTION COULD BE TAKEN WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE CHANNELS THAT A CITIZEN WOULD NEED TO TO WORK THROUGH.

SO I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT I'M FOR MAKING THE THE OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST HERE, THE ONES THAT ARE THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED PROACTIVELY PRIOR TO THE PRESENCE OF BIRDS I'D BE IN SUPPORT OF.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR US TO TRIM EVERY TREE IN TOWN AT $1,000 A TREE, SO THAT AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO SEE. THE NETTING I DON'T EVEN SEE HOW THE HELL YOU DO THAT, BUT HAVE A HELICOPTER FLY OVER AND DROP IT, I GUESS.

I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, BUT PICKING IT BACK UP, THOUGH, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM TOO.

YEAH. THE THE PROACTIVE IS EXPENSIVE.

THE TRIMMING THE TREES.

PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT JUST JUST TO GET THEIR TREES TRIMMED AND SAY IT'S FOR EGRET CONTROL.

I DON'T GO FOR THAT. THE NETTING I'M WITH DAN ON THAT.

I DON'T I CAN'T IMAGINE PUTTING A NET OVER SOME OF THESE TREES.

DETERRENT GO KITS I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.

SO FOR THE DETERRENT KITS, ARE WE THINKING TO PROVIDE THOSE FOR ANY RESIDENT, FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT'S EXPERIENCED AN INFESTATION IN THE PAST? I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOME DIRECTION WE WOULD NEED TO SEEK FROM COUNCIL AS WELL.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE TIME FRAME, IF YOU'RE PROACTIVE, YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS TO DO STUFF.

GET READY. THE SCOUT BIRD IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

I DON'T THE REAL PROBLEM IS AFTER THE FACT, THAT'S AFTER THE FACT.

AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

BUT ONE BIRD ABOVE ALL THESE TREES LOOKING FOR A SPOT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO SPOT.

IT'S IT'S TOUGH.

AND CLEANING REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME CLEANING, LIKE, YOU DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THE TRUCKS OUT THERE TO CLEAN THE STREETS AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WE DIDN'T GO ON TO THE PROPERTY.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

THERE'S NOT AN EASY FIX ON THIS.

THERE'S REALLY NOT.

I MEAN, WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO.

I DID TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT THERE IS SOME SOUND MACHINES OUT THERE THAT MIMIC HAWKS, AND THAT'S THEIR NATURAL PREDATOR.

THEY LOVE BABY EGRETS, AND THEY KNOW THE SOUND.

THE WHOLE THING. SO I WILL TRY TO GET THAT PRODUCT.

MAYBE WE CAN GET ONE AND LOOK AT IT.

AND HE SAYS THE BATTERIES LAST FOREVER AND THEY WERE CHEAP.

IT WASN'T $1,000.

SO I'LL GET BACK WITH HIM.

AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND IT TO ME, BUT DIDN'T.

I'LL GET BACK WITH HIM AND TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THE WHAT'S SO FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS IS YOU FIX THE FOUR HOUSES THAT WE WENT TO AND LISTENED TO THEM.

THEY FIX ALL THEIR PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE STRAIGHT OVER.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING.

IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST TELLING THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

THE WHOLE TOWN NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT THESE BIRDS, [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEY MADE ANOTHER STATEMENT.

THE FACT THAT WHERE A CHICK IS HATCHED, THEY COME BACK TO THAT SAME TREE.

SO IT'S LIKE GENERATIONAL ON THIS THING.

SO ANYWAY.

WELL, I'M NOT FOR ONE AND TWO.

I KNOW THAT THEY WON'T COME BACK TO THAT SAME TREE ON SHADY OAKS BECAUSE THEY CUT IT DOWN, BUT THEY WANT TO SAY THAT MY CUL DE SAC I WAS REALLY PROUD OF BECAUSE AT 7:30 AT NIGHT, MY WHOLE CUL DE SAC GOT OUT WITH AIR HORNS, BECAUSE THEY CAME TWO BLOCKS FROM SHADY OAKS STRAIGHT UP TO US, AND THEY WERE GOING TO ROOST IN OUR CUL DE SAC. ALL, ALL THE HOUSES, ALL OF US GOT OUT WITH AIR HORNS AND GOT RID OF THEM.

AND WE GOT THE AIR HORNS OUT AT THE ACADEMY.

THEY WERE COMING FROM SHADY OAKS AFTER THE CITY SHOT OFF THOSE GUNS SCARED THEM.

HERE THEY CAME.

AND THEY CAME RIGHT UP TWO BLOCKS.

SO THEY WERE CHASING YOU? NO, NO. THEY TRIED TO GET IN OUR TREES AND ROOST.

THEY TRIED TO GET IN THERE AND SET, BUT WE ALL HAD.

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BUT YOU HAVE TO BE HOME TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, I HAD ONE NEIGHBOR THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT, AND BUT ALL THE CUL DE SAC DID.

SO WE KEPT THEM OUT OF THE WHOLE CUL DE SAC.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE THE KITS ARE GOOD, WHETHER THEY USE THEM OR NOT AT LEAST WE'VE GIVEN THEM SOMETHING.

BUT THEY DESTROYED THAT HOUSE ON SHADY OAKS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REIMBURSE SOME WAY OR THE OTHER.

I JUST COMMON SENSE.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF.

AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HOME WHEN THEY CAME AND GOT IN THEIR TREES.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SIT HOME 24/7 AND WATCH FOR A BIRD TO COME OVER ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY COME IN THE EVENING TIME, THEY HAVE A LEAD BIRD.

YEAH. AND THEY HAVE A LEAD WHEN IT COMES IN.

AND ONCE THEY SIT HERE THEY COME HERE COME THE REST OF THEM.

SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET RID OF THEM.

TOMMY ON THE TO GO KITS.

IT HAD TO BE WITHIN A REASONABLE PROXIMITY OF A KNOWN ROOKERY.

IT COULDN'T BE CITYWIDE.

ALSO, AS FAR AS THE NOISE MACHINES, LIKE THE ONES THAT WE PUT OUT SHERRY AND I WENT OUT THERE AND SAT WITH THEM EVERY AFTERNOON TO WATCH AND TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, SEE WHAT THEY DID, SEE WHAT THE BIRDS DID.

AND THEIR BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS THAT THE NOISE MACHINE RAN 24/7.

AND IT HAS TO IN ORDER TO DO ITS JOB.

YOU CAN'T JUST TURN IT ON THE DAY AND OFF AT NIGHT.

AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT, WAS IT WAS 3 OR 4 HOUSES THERE.

THEY WERE GETTING KIND OF GRUMPY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET ANY SLEEP.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY NEST, BECAUSE ONCE THEY NEST, THEY GET SO MUCH HARDER TO LEAVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD CATCH THE SOUND MACHINE RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH, MAYBE YOU WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SOUND MACHINE ON FOR AS LONG.

OKAY. AND AS FAR AS NUMBER ONE, REIMBURSEMENT OF HABITAT MODIFICATION IF WE START CROSSING THAT LINE, IT MAY WE MAY RUN INTO ISSUES WITH IT'S A RENTER AND THE PERSON THAT OWNS IT MAY FIND OUT SIX MONTHS LATER AND WE MAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND I'M SURE OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WILL DO HIS DUE DILIGENCE WHENEVER WE DO FILL OUT THE ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER DOCUMENT, PROCLAMATION OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK TO THE RIGHT PERSON.

BUT I CAN SEE ISSUES WITH THAT IF WE CROSS THAT CURVE.

AND ALL THREE ROOKERIES ARE IN ABOUT A QUARTER MILE RADIUS OR HALF MILE RADIUS OF WHERE THEY WERE.

SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE IF THERE'S ONE NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA.

AND WE CAN JUST HAVE THOSE GO KITS.

LIKE YOU. I KNOW YOUR QUESTION WAS, DO WE GIVE THEM OUT NOW? MAYBE KIND OF I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE IF YOU GET A REPORT, YOU'RE GOING TO MARK IT ON THE MAP AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND THEN JUST HAVE THOSE THINGS READY TO GO.

AND MAYBE ONCE YOU FIND THAT FIRST SCOUT BIRD, THEN MAYBE DISTRIBUTE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THE 20 HOUSES AROUND THEM OR SO.

WE CAN ALSO MAKE IT.

SO THIS IS THE MAP AGAIN THAT WE DO THE 700 HOMES, MAYBE HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THAT ZONE MAYBE, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST, LIKE THE 311 APP.

CORRECT. AND THAT'S A TREMENDOUS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA OF THAT ROOKERY UNDERSTAND THE 311 APP AND HOW TO USE IT.

THAT'S ONE OF THEIR BEST TOOLS RIGHT NOW.

YES, SIR.

SO IN ADDITION TO WE HAVE BEEN AS A CITY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALLOWED ME AS A CITY OFFICIAL TO POST ON THE SHADY OAKS FACEBOOK PAGE. SO I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND MAKING THEM AWARE OF THINGS AS THEY COME UP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

WE WILL ALSO PUT YARD SIGNS IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BECOMES SCOUT BIRD SEASON WITH A PICTURE OF WHAT A SCOUT BIRD LOOKS LIKE SO PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE OF THAT.

AND THEN ALSO WITH 311 INFORMATION ON THERE.

ONE THING THAT WE'VE UTILIZED THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE IS THE BTX ALERT THAT COMES TO YOUR PHONE FOR WEATHER.

WE'RE NOW MAKING THAT AS AN EGRET ALERT AS WELL.

AGAIN JUST FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS FOR THOSE 700 HOMES, OR IF WE HAVE AN EGRET SIGHTING, WE WILL MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO IS IN JANUARY, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START AN INTERNAL CAMPAIGN ALERTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARK STAFF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

SO IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS THAT THEY CAN HELP US REPORT THOSE AS WELL.

SO WE ARE GOING TO START THAT INTERNALLY.

AND THEN I KNOW WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CITYWIDE.

SO WE HAVE STARTED MARKETING INFORMATION OUT CITYWIDE AS WELL ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT AN EGRET UNTIL YOU SEE SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPEN.

BUT I'M STARTING TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY, I SAW AN EGRET.

AND I GOT OUT THERE AND RAN IT OFF MY YARD, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE HOPE IS WE CAN'T TOUCH EVERYONE.

BUT LIKE I TOLD THESE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE WERE THERE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS YOU'VE GOT TO TELL YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON WAS SAYING, THAT THEY ALL GOT OUT.

AND EVEN IN THE NEIGHBORS WHO WEREN'T THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SCARING THEM AWAY FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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ONE OTHER IDENTIFICATION TOOL THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD REALLY GREATLY BENEFIT US IS THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE LAND, CATTLE, AGRICULTURE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONES TO SEE IT, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO STOP IN THEIR FIELDS AND EAT BEFORE THEY NEST.

SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY IN OUR AREA OR THE ENTIRE COUNTY FOR EVERY CITY TO PUT OUT SOME KIND OF INFORMATION TO THEM SO THAT IF THEY SEE THEM IN ONE OF THEIR FIELDS, THEY CAN CONTACT A ONE CALL, DOES ALL NUMBER OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE SO THAT ALL THE CITIES WILL KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN TOWN.

BEWARE. YEAH, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO SOME PARTNERSHIP THERE.

HOW ABOUT SIGNS LIKE YOU HAVE FOR SPRAYING OF WEST NILE VIRUS? THOSE ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.

I SEE THOSE IN TOWN AND I KNOW THOSE THOSE COME UP.

YOU HAVE THEM RIGHT AT THE END.

YEAH. HERE COME THE EGRETS.

IT'S TIME TO PAY ATTENTION.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

YES, SIR. SO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IS BEST TO PREPARE THE GO KITS AND TO USE THE THE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR PURCHASING ADDITIONAL SOUND AND LASER MACHINES FOR STAFFS USE, AS WELL AS A CANNON.

WE DON'T HAVE A CANNON.

WE'LL KEEP THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T EVER, EVER HAVE TO USE IT.

BUT IF WE DO, WE WILL BE PREPARED.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS NICE THAT CROWLEY DID AS WELL.

IT IS LOUD.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE POINT, RIGHT? I THINK TO DEANNA'S POINT, WHAT WE'LL LIKELY DO IS WE'LL HUDDLE UP AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND BRING SOMETHING MORE FORMAL NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE ACTION ON. SO WE GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON HOW MANY GO KITS THAT WE THINK THAT WE COULD PREPARE, WHAT WOULD BE INSIDE THEM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO? HOW MUCH MAY WE SPEND ON KITS VERSUS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR CITY STAFF? SO AGAIN, WHETHER THAT'S A MORE DETAILED REPORT AND PRESENTATION OR SOME KIND OF MINUTE ORDER FOR YOU TO APPROVE, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER TO GIVE US TIME OVER DECEMBER AND JANUARY TO BE READY.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO 8B RECEIVE

[8.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff feedback regarding the parks and recreation accreditation process (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation).]

A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PARK AND RECREATION ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

STAFF CONTACT JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

ALL RIGHT. LAST ITEM THIS EVENING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAPRA THIS EVENING.

CAPRA IS THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES.

IT'S GOVERNED BY NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION.

AND ONCE YOU BECOME ACCREDITED, YOU MUST REAPPLY EVERY FIVE YEARS TO STAY ACCREDITED.

SO WHAT? WHY WOULD WE GET ACCREDITED? WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT? SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE BIG THING FOR US IS THAT IT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES TO NATIONAL STANDARDS OF BEST PRACTICE.

IT ALSO TYPICALLY SHOWS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY CAPRA ACCREDITATION ACCREDITED AGENCY ACROSS THE NATION, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST REALLY NICE PLACES TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING THEMSELVES TO A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE.

IT CAN HELP SECURE EXTERNAL FUNDING, AND IT BIG THING FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE.

SO A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO TODAY, WE HAVE AS A BEST PRACTICE AND NOT IN A POLICY.

AND SO THIS ENSURES THAT WE ARE TRANSLATING THOSE BEST PRACTICES INTO A POLICY TO HOLD OURSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT THE COMMUNITY IS.