[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] PRETTY GOOD. I'M OPENING THIS MEETING UP AT 5:30. WE HAVE I'D LIKE TO HAVE BUSTER SWOOPES, CHAPLAIN AT TEXAS HEALTH FOR OUR PRAYER TONIGHT. WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PRAYER AND OUR PLEDGES? LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR WORD OF PRAYER. OUR LORD AND OUR GOD, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE BE WITH US AND LEAD US AND GUIDE US AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. LORD, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA ALL THE WAY FROM THIS OPENING PRAYER TO THE ADJOURNMENT AND WE'RE ASKING THAT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN HAS A SPIRIT OF PEACE THAT IS BROUGHT WITH IT AND, LORD, AS WE'RE BRINGING UP THE MEETING OF THE MINDS, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE BE WITH US, LEAD US AND GUIDE US IN ALL THINGS. HELP MANY THINGS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS GREAT AND WONDERFUL CITY. THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. [2.A. Proclamations] WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND TWO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE LAST PRESENTATION. ITEM TWO B TO COME DOWN AND TAKE PHOTOS. TWO A PROCLAMATION. THE FIRST PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. MAYOR. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH, 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON. AND OUR SECOND ONE? THE SECOND PROCLAMATION IS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAYOR MAY 4TH, 2025 MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO THE BURLESON MUNICIPAL CLERKS OFFICE TO ALL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM IN THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT. WE NOW HAVE CHERYL MARTHILJOHNI, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M JUST HERE TO RECOGNIZE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. IT RUNS MAY 4TH THROUGH MAY 10TH AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AND APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE GREAT WORK THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION COMMITTEE HERE TONIGHT THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE PHOTO WITH YOU AND SO JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL. THEY'RE ALL IN OUR NEW COMMITTEE SHIRTS AND WE THINK OUR EMPLOYEES ARE A BIG DEAL. SO WE ALSO HAVE THAT ON THE BACK. SO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AS WELL AS EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL WORK THAT PUBLIC SERVANTS DO. SO THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO 2B PRESENTATIONS. [2.B. Presentations] THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE FY 24-25 MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL STAFF CONTACT IS JANA LEE HEMBREE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT KIND OF RECOGNIZE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL THIS YEAR. THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. THEY'VE SHOWED DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP WANTING TO MAKE A TRUE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, SO I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CASEY BURBRIDGE, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, A GROUP OF LOCAL TEENAGERS STRIVING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY ROOTED IN COMMITMENT, MOTIVATED BY COMPASSION AND STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. THE 2024 TO 2025 TERM OF THE COUNCIL STARTED OFF VERY DIFFERENTLY, WITH A NEW COLLABORATIVE MEETING STRUCTURE AND INTRODUCING OUR NEW AMAZING STAFF LIAISON, [00:05:05] JENNY LEE HENRY. THESE DIFFERENCES, HOWEVER, PAVED THE WAY FOR US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE COUNCIL THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MANY SUCCESSFUL YEARS TO FOLLOW. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES WE HAVE MADE THIS YEAR WAS UPDATING OUR BYLAWS. ONE UPDATE WAS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL FROM 28 TO 15. THIS ALLOWS OUR GROUP TO BE MORE FOCUSED AND LETS EVERYBODY BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS. WE ALSO UPDATED OUR REAPPOINTMENT RULES, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM TIME SOMEONE CAN SERVE FROM SIX YEARS TO FOUR, WHICH GIVES THE CHANCE FOR A LARGER VARIETY OF STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE OVER TIME. MAKING CERTAIN THINGS MORE FLEXIBLE AND CLEAR WAS ALSO VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR COUNCIL. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ADJUSTED HOW MEETINGS CAN BE SCHEDULED OR RESCHEDULED AND SIMPLIFIED. HOW TO DEFINE A QUORUM AND WHEN SPECIAL MEETINGS CAN BE CALLED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MANY UPDATES WE MADE THIS YEAR TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR COUNCIL TO BE ORGANIZED, STAY INCLUSIVE AND INCREASINGLY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSISTED OF HISTORIAN KAYLIE. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ELIZABETH, SECRETARY ZOE, VICE CHAIR PRESTON HAMILTON, AND MYSELF AS THE CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND ARE NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE PRESTON HAMILTON, OUR VICE CHAIR, TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE HE HAD GOING TO THE NYC SUMMIT THIS YEAR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PRESTON, AND I'M THE VICE CHAIR. THIS YEAR WE ATTENDED LOCAL MAYOR YOUTH SUMMIT HOSTED BY FOREST HILL. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM OTHER LOCAL CITIES CAME TOGETHER TO CONNECT, LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE ENERGY AND PASSION IN THE ROOM WERE INCREDIBLE AND EVERYONE TRULY CARED ABOUT MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS WAS HEARING HOW OTHER YOUTH COUNCILS ARE LEADING SERVICE PROJECTS, AND ENCOURAGING MORE YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS TO BRING BACK TO BURLESON, AND IT REALLY SHOWED HOW POWERFUL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAN BE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RONALD. I AM A MEMBER OF MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, AND A NEW ITEM WE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA IS HAVING CITY EMPLOYEES ATTEND ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE ABOUT THEIR ROLE THEY HAVE AT THE CITY. WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET HUGO FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT. HE TALKED TO US ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY HELPS RUN, HELPS THE CITY RUN SMOOTHLY FROM WEBSITES TO SECURITY SYSTEMS AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO LEARN HOW IMPORTANT TECH IS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ANDREA FROM PURCHASING. SHE SHARED HOW THE CITY BUYS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, AND EXPLAINED HOW THEY MAKE SURE TAXPAYERS MONEY IS SPENT WISELY. IT WAS A SIDE OF THE CITY WE DON'T USUALLY HEAR ABOUT AND THEN WE GOT TO MEET ALEX FROM HUMAN RESOURCES. SHE EXPLAINED HOW THE HR DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS ITS EMPLOYEES, FROM HIRING TO TRAINING AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE FEELS VALUED. MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS VALUED . IT MADE US REALIZE JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE IT TAKES TO KEEP THE CITY MOVING. MEETING THESE EMPLOYEES GAVE US A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW THINGS WORK, AND IT HELPED US SEE THE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS THAT EXIST IN PUBLIC SERVICE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH JOSE. I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. TONIGHT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE AWESOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE GOT TO BE A PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL THIS YEAR. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS WAS ADOPTING SPOT THROUGH THE CITY'S ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM. WE ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP THE AREA AROUND THE SCOTT TRAILHEAD DURING THE HOLIDAYS. THIS YEAR WE HELPED WITH CHRISTMAS AT THE LIBRARY, MAKING CRAFTS AND FACE PAINTING AT THE YOUTH FARMER'S MARKET AT THE YOUTH FARMER'S MARKET. WE ALSO GOT TO WALK AROUND, MEET THE DIFFERENT YOUTH, INTRODUCE THEM TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE SELLING. LATER IN THE YEAR, NYC ALSO TOOK PART IN THE CPR STOP THE BLEED CLASS THROUGH THE BURLESON FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A POWERFUL HANDS ON WAY TO LEARN HOW TO HELP IN AN EMERGENCY. THAT TRAINING TRAINING GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE TO STEP UP AND ACT IF ANYONE EVER NEEDS HELP AND JUST RECENTLY WE HOSTED A TABLE AT CITYFEST. IT WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND SHARE WHAT YOUTH COUNCIL IS ALL ABOUT, AND ENCOURAGE OTHER TEENS TO GET INVOLVED. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EVA AND I'M A MEMBER ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. [00:10:01] I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY WE DID AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL THIS YEAR. THIS WAS CREATING OUR MISSION STATEMENT. WE STARTED BY SPLITTING INTO SMALL GROUPS AND WRITING DOWN THE VALUES WE BELIEVE REPRESENT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. SOME OF THE VALUES THAT CAME UP WERE COLLABORATION, DEDICATION, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND INTEGRITY. THEN, AS A FULL GROUP, WE TOOK THOSE VALUES AND WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A VISION STATEMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. KNOWING THE DIRECTION OF OUR FUTURE, WE THEN CREATED OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THIS ACTIVITY BROUGHT US CLOSER AS A TEAM AND REMINDED US WHAT WE DO HAS MEANING. IT HELPED US FOCUS ON WHY WE'RE HERE TO SERVE, TO LEAD, AND TO GROW TOGETHER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ZOE MORRIS AND I AM THIS YEAR'S SECRETARY. THIS ACTIVITY THAT AVA DESCRIBED WASN'T JUST ABOUT COMING UP WITH NICE SOUNDING WORDS. IT WAS ABOUT DEFINING OUR PURPOSE IN SETTING THE TONE FOR HOW WE WANT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT. VISION STATEMENT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY ROOTED IN COMMITMENT, MOTIVATED BY COMPASSION AND STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT. TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES BY CREATING CONNECTIONS AND FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH DEDICATION, COLLABORATION AND INTEGRITY. THANK YOU. ALSO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER VICTORIA JOHNSON AND MAYOR FLETCHER WITH TWO GIFTS TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PAST YEAR'S TERM. [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY, SO MOVING ON. THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT AND RECOGNIZE THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. STAFF CONTACT CHERYL MARTHILJOHNI, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE WANDA BULLARD, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES HERE TONIGHT. SHE ACTUALLY CHAIRS THIS COMMITTEE OF CHOOSING OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER. SO I FELT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO SHOWCASE AND TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THIS QUARTER. WANDA. THANK YOU. HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND QUITE FRANKLY, TO DO ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES. SO WE CHOSE TWO EMPLOYEES THIS QUARTER. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE JULIAN MUNOZ IN OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT. JULIAN IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT HIM AND SHOW RECOGNITION FOR HIS EFFORTS. SO HE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE HE, AFTER HOURS, RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR A CHILD THAT HAD LOST THEIR PHONE IN AN INLET BOX. IT WAS EXTREMELY UPSETTING FOR THIS CHILD. AND JULIAN RESPONDED WITH CARE AND COMPASSION. AND HIS MOTHER WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW JULIAN HANDLED THE SITUATION. OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THAT JULIAN. HE IS BILINGUAL AND HE HELPS OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO TRANSLATION FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES. SO WE WANT TO THANK THANK JULIAN FOR HIS SERVICE. HE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE ABOUT JULY OF 2017. SO IN THE AUDIENCE I DO HAVE OUR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER AND THAT IS WENDY LASTOVICA-ALVEY. SHE WORKS FOR THE LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS SELECTED FOR THREE SEPARATE ITEMS THAT ARE JUST AMAZING. SO FIRST WAS PROJECT PROM. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF IT. SO SHE HELPED COLLECT WITH THE COMMUNITY'S HELP. PROM DRESSES AND SUITS. SHE TOOK TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN GOOD REPAIR, THAT THEY WERE CLEAN. SHE TRANSFORMED THE LIBRARY. ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE LIBRARY TO A DRESSING ROOM AREA. SO THAT WAY, THOSE THAT NEEDED THAT THOSE RESOURCES GOT THAT PROM SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AND MADE IT A BOUTIQUE LIKE ATMOSPHERE. SO IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW IT GROWS NEXT YEAR. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, WENDY NOTICED THAT SOME OF OUR TEENS, THEY NEED SOME BASIC NECESSITIES AND HYGIENE ITEMS, AND SHE HAS PAVED A WAY FOR THEM TO HAVE A DISCREET WAY TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES. SO SHE'S DONE SOME COLLECTIONS. THERE'S A CART THAT IS OUT THERE. THERE'S A SIGN THAT SAYS, PLEASE TAKE WHAT YOU NEED. NO ONE HAS TO ASK. AND THEN ALSO, SHE RECENTLY STAYED WITH A PATRON AFTER CLOSING WHEN THEY WERE LOCKED OUT OF THEIR CAR. IT WAS DARK. NO ONE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. WENDY STAYED WITH THEM UNTIL SOMEBODY COULD COME HELP THEM. [00:15:04] SO OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE WE ARE VERY LUCKY AND BLESSED TO HAVE BOTH JULIAN AND WENDY, AND I WOULD LIKE WENDY TO COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE, PLEASE. [00:23:15] ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA? PLEASE COME FORWARD. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. OKAY. THAT MOVES US TO SECTION FIVE CONSENT AGENDA. [5.CONSENT AGENDA] ALL ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. TONIGHT. THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A THROUGH 5F. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA. SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO APPROVE. HE JUST JUMPED RIGHT OVER. OOPS. SORRY. YOU WOULDN'T PAY SO MUCH ATTENTION TO ME.[INAUDIBLE]. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. NEXT IS SECTION SIX, A SIX DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS SIX. [6.A.2120 Houston Rd (Case 25-070): Hold a public hearing and consider and take possible action on a zoning ordinance change request from “A, Agricultural”, to “SFE, Single-family Estate District”. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously)] A IS FOR 2120 HOUSTON ROAD. CASE 25-070. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A ZONING ORDINANCE. CHANGE REQUEST FROM A AGRICULTURE TO SFA SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE FIRST AND FINAL READING STAFF. CONTACT TONY MCILWAIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE FIRST ITEM I'M BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS A ZONING REQUEST SUBMITTED BY RUBEN AND LUCIA JARAMILLO. [00:25:07] THEY'RE THE OWNERS OF 2120 HOUSTON ROAD. THEY'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY FROM THE CURRENT AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE. THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S DESIGNATED AREA OF THE CITY. THE REQUESTED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THIS SECTION IS STILL ZONED AGRICULTURAL USE FROM ITS INITIAL ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER OCCURRENCE OF SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO STAFF. THE MILLS ARE LOOKING TO BUILD A HOME OF THIS ZONING REQUEST IS APPROVED. THEY FALL LESS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL ZONING, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE. THESE ELEVATIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANTS. VERY ATTRACTIVE HOUSE. THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE PUBLIC NOTICES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 18 INDIVIDUALS WE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND PLACED SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY. WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES DURING THE PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, THE COUNCIL IS FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT AN OLD HOUSE ON AN AERIAL PHOTO. WE DID EXPLAIN TO THE COMMISSION THAT ONLY ONE HOME PER LOT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. NO SPEAKERS WERE PRESENT OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT, AND I LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF WE CAN PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO START OVER THEN. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COUNCIL? I THINK I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT TONY ON HERE THAT PREVIOUS RESIDENTS THAT WAS THERE, THAT IS BEING REMOVED. YES, IT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED PRIOR TO GETTING A PERMIT FOR A SECOND STRUCTURE. OKAY AND THE APPLICANTS ARE AWARE OF THAT. CORRECT. THEY ARE. YES. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:58. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY ADAM. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. [7.A.Hold a public hearing, consider, and take possible action on a resolution creating the Chisholm Summit Public Improvement District (PID). (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) ] THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN. GENERAL. 7A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION CREATING THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT STAFF CONTACT TONY MCILWAIN , DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AT A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 7TH. STAFF PROVIDED TO YOU A PRESENTATION FOR A PETITION FOR THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH YOU SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED, FINDING THAT IT MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. DURING THE COURSE OF THAT MEETING, YOU ALSO SET TONIGHT'S DATE AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CREATION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. JUST BY WAY OF JUST A REFRESHER FOR YOU AND FOR THE INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. CHISHOLM SUMMIT IS A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY CONSISTING OF OVER 800 ACRES, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES, AS WELL AS OVER TEN MILES OF INTERCONNECTED TRAIL SYSTEMS, DEDICATED PARKLAND AND COMMERCIAL NODES WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS SITE MAP SHOWS YOU THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN THE AREA AND ALSO THE SUMMIT LOCATION, WHICH WE HAVE IN THE TAN COLOR TO THE LEFT OF THE GRAPHIC. AT ITS WIDEST IS 1.8 MILES BY 1.8 MILES IN WIDTH. THIS IS THE PROPERTY DEPICTION THAT ACCOMPANIED THE INITIAL PETITION AND ALSO GOES FORWARD WITH THIS CREATION OF THE PID. IT SHOWS YOU THE LAYOUT OF THE VARIOUS TRACKS FOR CHISHOLM SUMMIT. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT THE COST OF THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS WILL MEASURE RIGHT AROUND $115 MILLION AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING AT AN ASSESSMENT NOT TO EXCEED $0.40 FOR THE PROPOSED PIT. THIS TAX RATE COMPARABLES GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TAX RATE WILL BE AT $2.74. [00:30:09] AND THEN WITHIN THIS PIT, WE HAVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU IN PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE DISTINCT AREAS FOR TOURISM SUMMIT, WHICH WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR IN PHASES. AND SHOULD YOU APPROVE THE PIT TONIGHT, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU WILL ENTERTAIN WOULD BE A CALL FOR AN ASSESSMENT HEARING, FIRST READING OF A BOND ORDINANCE, AND SECOND READING OF A BOND ORDINANCE AND STAFF WOULD WORK WITH OUR ADMINISTRATOR. MUNI CAP IF ALL ACTIONS ARE FRUITFUL TONIGHT FOR THE APPLICANT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AND RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION CREATING THE TOURISM SUMMIT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THEN FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:01. IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. SO WE'RE GOING TO ALSO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:01. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT BID. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY, A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THE NEXT ITEM IS 7B, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION NOMINATING CANDIDATES TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE [7.B.Consider and take possible action on a resolution nominating candidates to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors for the Central Appraisal District of Johnson County. (Staff Contact: Janalea Hembree, Assistant to the City Manager)] CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF JOHNSON COUNTY. STAFF. CONTACT JANET LEE HEMBREE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU LISANDA. AGAIN. GENERAL ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A NOMINATION FOR A VACANCY THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD. SO YOU HAVE SEEN THE SCREEN. I'LL JUST KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON IT QUICKLY. THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. THAT'S ONE OF THE OPENINGS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THREE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY MAJORITY VOTE THAT HAVE NOW BEEN SWITCHED TO NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEM THEY WILL HIRE THE CHIEF APPRAISER. THEY GOVERN THE DISTRICT. THEY DO ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THEY DON'T APPRAISE PROPERTIES, BUT THEY DO ADOPT THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN. SO A QUICK UPDATE SINCE I CAME LAST ON APRIL 16TH OF 2025, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF A VACANCY DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER. WE CAN TONIGHT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO, SUBMIT NAME AND A NOMINEE BY RESOLUTION ON OR BEFORE JUNE 2ND. THE BOARD WILL THEN VOTE TO DECLARE THE CANDIDATE ELECTED. I WILL NOT COME BACK WITH A LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR YOU GUYS TO CAST VOTES THAT WILL BE ON THE BOARD AT THEIR NEXT MEETING FOLLOWING JUNE 2ND. THE CANDIDATE THAT IS ELECTED WILL SERVE A TERM AS SOON AS THEY'RE MENTIONED AND THEN APPOINTED, AND THEN THAT TERM WILL GO THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL. THE ORIGINAL BOARD PRIOR TO THIS UPDATE IS ON THE LEFT. THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED. SO DUAINE GOULDING SEAT IS NOW VACANT. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO DO SO, WILL APPOINT OR NOMINATE TONIGHT. THIS MIKE MIZELL IS NOW CHRIS SAUNDERS. BRANDON POTTS IS NOW THE SECRETARY AND AS YOU REMEMBER, JAMES COCKRELL PASSED AWAY PRIOR TO TAKING OFFICE. HE WAS REPLACED BY PETER SWENSON, AND HE IS NOW A CHAIRMAN. SO JUST SOME REFRESH ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF ANYONE THAT YOU DO NOMINATE. THEY DO HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS. THEY CAN'T BE DELINQUENT ON ANY PROPERTY TAXES. THEY CAN HAVE NOT HAVE SERVED ALL OR PART OF FIVE TERMS. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THAT PORTION WHERE THEY CAN'T BE RELATED. THEY CAN'T BE RELATED TO ANYONE WHO APPRAISES PROPERTY OR ANYONE WHO WILL FOR COMPENSATION WITHIN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TAX CODE. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO DO SO, YOU CAN NOMINATE A CANDIDATE FOR THE BALLOT AND AGAIN, ALL THE NOMINATIONS WILL GO TO THE BOARD AND THEN THE BOARD WILL VOTE FROM THOSE NOMINATIONS. DO YOU WANT I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AS FAR AS NOMINATIONS. EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO, THEY DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH IT ANYMORE. IT'S GOTTEN KIND OF ROUGH. PERSONALITIES ARE SHOWING. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE. [00:35:06] WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T FEEL SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY, I GUESS. SO ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES HAVE A CHANCE TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS. THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMEONE FROM THAT LIST. DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU OR ANY OF THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES HAVE TO NOMINATE ANYBODY. I'M FINE TAKING NO ACTION. SO IF [INAUDIBLE] DON'T HAVE ANYBODY COMING AND I GUESS NO ACTION, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION EIGHT REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. [8.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding current and upcoming grant opportunities. (Staff Contact: Janalea Hembree, Assistant to the City Manager)] 8A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING CURRENT AND UPCOMING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF CONTACT ONCE AGAIN JAN LEE HEMBREE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. OKAY, SO TODAY I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME UPDATE ON SOME OF THE 24, 25 GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR. I WILL SHOW YOU SOME PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED GO OVER SOME CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING SOME FUTURE GRANT OPTIONS. SO THIS YEAR, PARKS APPLIED FOR SIX GRANTS JUST UNDER 1.5 MILLION. THE LIBRARY FOR GRANTS, SIX, JUST OVER 6000. CAPITAL ENGINEERING IS FOR GRANTS 8.3 MILLION AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SO STARTING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, THIS IS SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED. THIS DOES NOT SHOW ALL THE GRANTS THAT THEY APPLIED FOR. I'M JUST SHOWING THE GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY DID GET $127,000 FROM A GAME TIME PLAYGROUND GRANT, AND THEN $400,000 FOR THE GREEN RIBBON GRANT. SO CURRENT GRANTS THAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE GRANT. IT IS FOR A FORESTER AND AN ARBORIST POSITION. IT WILL HELP WITH TREE PLANTING, CARE, MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WITHOUT THE GRANT THIS PROJECT WILL BE DISCONTINUED. THE POSITION CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST. SO IF WE DO RECEIVE THE GRANT, IT WILL STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TO SEE IF THE PORTION OF THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT POSITION CAN BE WITHIN AWARDED. THE COMPLEXITY WITH THIS WAS KIND OF LOW TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS FAIRLY HIGH. WE ARE MONITORING THE DECISION AND WE SHOULD HEAR BACK ABOUT JUNE. SO ANOTHER TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE SEA GRANT. THIS IS FOR TREE PLANTING. IT WILL HELP US INCREASE CURRENTLY WHAT WE DO WITH TREE PLANTING. SO THE CURRENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE $10,000 FOR PLANTING AND $10,000 FOR IRRIGATION. THIS GRANT WILL HELP EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE IT. THE COMPLEXITY OF THE GRANT WAS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH DIRECTLY WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR ON THIS. AND SO WE FEEL THAT OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL ON THIS WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH. WE'RE MONITORING THE DECISION AND SHOULD HEAR BACK ABOUT JUNE, THE LOWE'S HOMETOWN GRANT. THIS WAS FOR THE WARREN PARK IMPROVEMENTS. KIND OF TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE WITH THIS PARK WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING. THE PROJECT WILL CONTINUE AS IT'S LISTED IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT IN 2029. WE WERE JUST HOPING WITH THE GRANT THAT WE COULD GET STARTED ON A FEW IMPROVEMENTS PRIOR TO 2029. THE COMPLEXITY TO APPLY FOR THIS WAS FAIRLY LOW. WE FELT LIKE WE HAD CONFIDENCE IN THIS, BUT SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE THIS GRANT. PARKS STAFF IS WORKING WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR TO FIND OUT WHO GOT AWARDED THE GRANT, MAYBE WHY WE DIDN'T GET AWARDED AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE. SO WE DO PLAN TO APPLY FOR THIS AGAIN. THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION YOUTH MENTORING GRANT. THIS IS TREES FOR TOMORROW PROGRAM. IT SUPPORTS THE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING, THE PROJECT WILL STILL CONTINUE. THEY ARE DOING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, BUT WE'RE DOING THAT IN HOUSE. THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE $60,000 TO HELP WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM. THE COMPLEXITY WAS LOW TO MEDIUM. WE HAVE NEVER APPLIED FOR THIS. SO THE CONFIDENCE WAS ALSO PRETTY LOW. SINCE THEN WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE THIS GRANT AGAIN. STAFF IS WORKING WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER ON OUR NEXT APPLICATION, [00:40:01] AND WE PLAN TO APPLY FOR THIS AGAIN. THE GREEN RIBBON PHASE TWO GRANT. IT WAS ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT I HAD MENTIONED ON THE FRONT SLIDE FOR PARKS THEY RECEIVED LAST YEAR. THIS PROJECT WILL BE PARTNERED WITH AN EXISTING GRANT AWARDED TO KEEP BURLESON BEAUTIFUL, AND THERE'S A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000. IT WILL HELP EXTEND THE CURRENT GREEN RIBBON PROJECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GREEN RIDGE. IF RECEIVED, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATED ABOUT $115,000. SO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS WAS FAIRLY HIGH. HOWEVER, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTLY AND WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO HELP US SUBMIT FOR THIS GRANT. THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR US IS FAIRLY HIGH SINCE WE DID GET PHASE ONE AWARDED TO US. PLUS, WITH WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE TO RECEIVE THIS. AND WE SHOULD HEAR BACK LATER THIS SUMMER. THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT. THIS IS FOR THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PARK. IF RECEIVED, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A 5050 MATCH OF $750,000. THE GRANT WILL JUST ALLOW FOR A MORE ROBUST PLAY AREA. HOWEVER, WITHOUT THE GRANT, THE GRANT THE BASE PROJECT WILL PROCEED IN THE PARK CIP IN 2028. ANOTHER ONE. WE ARE WORKING WITH A GRANT WRITER INTERNALLY AND THEN THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTLY. THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US, THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, AND ASKED IF WE PLANNED TO APPLY, AND THEY ENCOURAGED US TO APPLY. PARK STAFF TALK TO THEM ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST VIABLE? AND THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR THEMSELVES TOLD US WOULD HAVE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE AWARDED. SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THIS GRANT. THE COMPLEXITY IS FAIRLY HIGH. THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING WITH AN ACTUAL GRANT WRITER ON THIS, BUT OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS FAIRLY HIGH BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE AND THEN SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE ON AUGUST 1ST. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THAT FIRST INITIAL PHASE OF APPLICATION FOR THIS ONE. SO FOR THE LIBRARY THE LAST TWO YEARS OF GRANTS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED ARE ON THE BOARD. IN 2024, THEY DID GET JUST OVER $78,000 AWARDED AND THEN 2023 JUST UNDER $77,000. SO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THIS YEAR, THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL COLLECTION ENHANCEMENT GRANT. IT'S A LIBRARY MATERIAL EXPANSION. IF THE GRANT IS NOT AWARDED, WE WILL USE EXISTING FUNDS IN THE MATERIALS BUDGET. HOWEVER, WHEN WE RECEIVE THIS GRANT THE PREVIOUS TIME 53 BOOKS WERE PURCHASED, SO THIS WILL JUST HELP US EXPAND OUR MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY. COMPLEXITY WAS FAIRLY LOW. OUR CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM TO HIGH. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS BEFORE AND WE'VE RECEIVED IT EACH TIME WE'VE APPLIED, SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE'LL GET IT AGAIN. THE GRANT WILL BE AWARDED IN AUGUST. THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION. THIS IS A LENDING REIMBURSEMENT. THIS IS A NONCOMPETITIVE GRANT THAT'S AWARDED ANNUALLY. IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LOANS THAT WE PROCESS THROUGH THE INTERNAL LIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM. WITHOUT THE FUNDING, THE BORROWING PROJECT WILL JUST BE DISCONTINUED. SO THEY KIND OF HOUSE THE THE INTERNAL LIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM. IT'S BETWEEN MULTIPLE LIBRARIES IN OUR AREA. SO IF THE GRANT KIND OF GOES AWAY, THEN THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM WILL GO AWAY. AT THE TIME OF APPLYING, THE COMPLEXITY IS VERY LOW AT THE TIME OF APPLYING. OUR CONFIDENCE WAS FAIRLY HIGH. IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT, AND WE'RE ALL AWARE OF KIND OF LIKE THE FEDERAL GRANT STATUS RIGHT NOW. WE DO THINK THAT THEY WILL STILL CONTINUE WITH THIS PROGRAM. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT, WE WERE TOLD IT'S PLACED ON HOLD, AND THEY WILL GIVE US ANOTHER UPDATE IN JUNE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE GRANT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF GRANT, THE SHARE CARD REIMBURSEMENT. IT'S A NONCOMPETITIVE GRANT. AGAIN BASED ON THAT PROGRAM. IT WILL HELP COVER THE COST OF ANY LOST MATERIALS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM. SO IF WE LOAN SOMETHING THROUGH THE THE LOAN PROGRAM, THE BORROWING PROGRAM, AND IT'S LOST, THEN THEY HELP US REPLACE THOSE ITEMS WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING. AGAIN, THE PROJECT, THE ENTIRE PROJECT WILL JUST BE DISCONTINUED. SAME THING WITH CONFIDENCE HERE. WE FELT LIKE IT WAS FAIRLY HIGH, BUT DUE TO IT BEING A FEDERAL GRANT, IT IS PLACED ON HOLD AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO REOPEN IT IN JUNE. THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY GRANT IS FUNDED BY HEB. IT'S A LOCAL GRANT. IT HELPS WITH OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM. [00:45:01] IT HELPS PURCHASE CRAFT SUPPLIES AND SNACKS FOR A VARIETY OF CREATIVE AND ENGAGING SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAMS. WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING PROJECT, WE WILL CONTINUE THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, BUT IT WILL BE LIMITED TO EXISTING FUNDS WITHIN THE LIBRARY BUDGET. THIS WILL ALLOW THE GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM COMPLEXITY WITH THIS WAS FAIRLY LOW. OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS FAIRLY HIGH WITH THIS ONE, AND WE SHOULD KNOW WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS ONE, THAT WILL MOVE ME ON TO CAPITAL ENGINEERING. SO PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN 2024, WE DID NOT [INAUDIBLE] WE WERE NOT AWARDED ANY GRANTS THAT WE APPLIED FOR. BUT IN 2023, WE DID GET ALMOST $750,000 WORTH OF GRANTS. AND THAT WAS FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL DEVICES TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE TIP AND TIP FUNDING. THIS IS FOR THE WIDENING PROJECT ON 174. AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, YOU'VE SEEN THIS PROJECT BEFORE. IT WILL EXPAND THE PROJECT FROM 4 TO 6 LANES, FROM ELK TO WICKER HILL. CURRENTLY, IT'S 1.9 MILLION IN CITY PARTICIPATION, 5.9 MILLION IN TXDOT FUNDING, 23.7 MILLION THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING. THE COMPLEXITY TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT WAS FAIRLY HIGH, BUT WE DO HAVE OR WAS FAIRLY COMPLICATED. BUT WE DO HAVE A VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THIS GRANT. LIKE I STATED BEFORE, IT IS SOME STATE, SOME FEDERAL AND I BELIEVE THAT THE, PART OF THE GRANT HAS ALREADY BEEN AWARDED TO TXDOT. SO THE GRANT IS ACTUALLY AWARDED TO TXDOT AND THEN WE'LL APPLY FOR THE FUNDING REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING TO US. THIS IS FOR THE FM 1902 LAKEWOOD AND THE REALIGNMENT BETWEEN CHISHOLM TRAIL AND COUNTY ROAD 1019. IT'S ROAD WIDENING WITH LANDSCAPE MEDIANS AND PARKWAYS. IT'LL REALIGNMENT OF NINE 1902 WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT LAKEWOOD DRIVE. THE IMPACT WITHOUT THE FEDERAL PARTICIPATION, THE PROJECT WILL BE DELAYED, RESULTING IN MAJOR TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS IN THE AREA, WITH ANOTHER EXPECTED 20,000 VEHICLES PER DAY. AND ULTIMATE BUILD OUT. CURRENT PROJECT. THIS IS GOING ON. IT'S 30% SCHEMATIC DESIGN. TEXTILE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FULL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY TO 915, INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TOLLWAY. COMPLEXITY OF THIS GRANT, IT WAS FAIRLY HIGH. OUR CURRENT CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS IN IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE AGAIN, AND THAT'S BASICALLY JUST BECAUSE IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT. SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS STAND. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE APPLIED FOR THROUGH THE FEDERAL EARMARK FUNDS. ALSBURY & JOHN JONES INTERSECTION, THE MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS. THIS WILL ADD THE RIGHT TURN LANES, CONSTRUCTION OF A MEDIAN, AND THEN UPGRADING THE SIDEWALKS. WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING, THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE. BUT IT WOULD IF THIS GRANT WAS RECEIVED, IT WOULD HELP EXPAND OUR DEBT CAPACITY TO OTHER PROJECTS. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. IT IS 45%. IT'S IN THE BIDDING PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THE COMPLEXITY TO APPLY FOR THIS WAS LOW TO MEDIUM. AGAIN, OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS FAIRLY LOW JUST BECAUSE IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE STAND. WE HAVE APPLIED THROUGH ROGER WILLIAMS OFFICE AND WE HE IS HIS OFFICE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THESE EARMARK APPLICATIONS AND WE SHOULD KNOW IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WHICH ONES HE'S CHOSEN TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. WE APPLIED FOR FEDERAL EARMARK FUNDS. IT'S THE HULEN STREET WIDENING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS PROJECT? IT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON. IT'S 15% IN DESIGN PROCESS. WITHOUT THE GRANT, THE PROJECT WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED. BUT WITH THE EARMARK FUNDS, IT WILL HELP US YOU KNOW, RELEASE THAT DEBT CAPACITY TO OTHER PROJECTS. SAME THING. COMPLEXITY WAS THE SAME. WE ARE WAITING FOR ROGER WILLIAMS OFFICE TO KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO CHOOSE TO MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD. OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS LOW ONLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S THE FEDERAL GRANT. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS ANOTHER FEDERAL EARMARK FUNDS THAT WE APPLIED FOR, THE VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY EXPANSION. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS PROJECT AS WELL? IT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 35% WITHIN DESIGN. SAME EXACT PROCESS TO APPLY HERE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR ROGER WILLIAMS OFFICE. SO TO GO ON TO SOME PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS. THESE ARE SOME PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FOR POLICE THE SAFER GRANT, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF FOR FIRE AND SOME BALLISTIC [00:50:04] SHIELD GRANT FROM 2022. SO THIS IS A VICTIM ASSISTANCE POSITION. THE FUNDING IS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A FULL TIME POSITION FOR THE OF THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE A BROAD SCOPE OF SERVICES TO CRIME VICTIMS. THIS GRANT WE APPLIED FOR, WE APPLIED TO GET $60,000 FOR THREE YEARS. THIS IS A CURRENT POSITION. THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT POSITION IS, FUNDED WITH THAT $60,000 ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET. WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING, THOUGH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES WILL PLAN TO ABSORB THAT $60,000 PORTION OF THE POSITION INTO THEIR CURRENT BUDGET, AND THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY FILLED. COMPLEXITY TO APPLY FOR THIS IS FAIRLY LOW. OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY ON THE MEDIUM TO LOW SIDE ONLY BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED IT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, SO THEY WEREN'T. WE WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE IT TO US AGAIN. HOWEVER, SINCE SINCE WE HAVE APPLIED, WE DID FIND OUT THAT IT WAS AWARDED TO US AND THEY AWARDED IT AT 54,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, NOT THE 60. YEAH, THAT ONE CAME BEFORE THE COG LAST WEEK AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT. I THINK THIS POSITION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. SHE WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS POSITION AND SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB. BUT WE DID GET THAT ONE OVER THE. THRESHOLD THANKFULLY. BUT KUDOS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EXPLORING THINGS EVEN WHEN WE THINK, WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD IT THREE YEARS IN A ROW, THEY WON'T CONSIDER US. BUT WE DID AND WE MADE IT OVER AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE IT ENABLES US TO USE THEM FOR OTHER SPOTS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. SO THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT. THIS PROGRAM WE DID APPLY THAT THROUGH THE AFG FIREFIGHTERS GRANT AND APPLIED FOR THE FEDERAL EARMARK MONEY. SO IT WAS TO EXPAND OUR AMBULANCE FLEET BY PROVIDING TWO NEW AMBULANCES. THEY'RE THE AFG PORTION OF THE GRANT IS A 9010 COST SHARE. SO IF WE WERE AWARDED, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY 10% OF THE CHASSIS WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING THE PROJECT THIS HAS DISCONTINUED. THAT IS INCORRECT. THEY ARE ON ORDER. WE WILL STILL PLAN TO PURCHASE THOSE. THIS WILL JUST HELP FREE UP SOME OTHER DOLLARS. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026. THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL, HOWEVER, IS FAIRLY LOW ON THIS ONLY BECAUSE WE DID FIND OUT THAT THE AFG GRANT THIS YEAR IS REALLY FOCUSING ON REPLACING OLDER UNITS AND NOT NECESSARILY EXPANDING UNITS AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL EARMARK WE DID HEAR BACK FROM ROGER WILLIAMS OFFICE LAST WEEK. HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD NOT APPLY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT WE APPLIED FOR THE FEDERAL EARMARKS THROUGH HIS OFFICE, YOU CAN'T EXPAND THE MS FLEET. SO THIS IS A PARAMEDIC TUITION PROGRAM GRANT. IT WAS THROUGH SENATE BILL EIGHT THAT SUPPORTED THE EMS EDUCATION. THE GRANT WAS PART OF A $21.7 MILLION ALLOCATION BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT WILL SUPPORT EMS EDUCATION. THE GRANT PROVIDES $8,000 PER STUDENT FOR US, TOTALING 32,000 IN TUITION. IN ADDITION TO THE GRANT FUNDING, THE DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING 700 PER STUDENT TUITION COSTS AS WELL AS MAINTAINING THEIR SALARIES WHILE THEY GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT SURE IF THIS GRANT WILL CONTINUE IN 2026. AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS CREATED, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE FIREFIGHTERS TO SEND A PARAMEDIC SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. GOING THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS AND LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR NEW INCOMING EMPLOYEES, THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO SEND SOME PARAMEDICS, OR FIREFIGHTERS PARAMEDIC SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. WE'RE JUST UNSURE OF THAT AT THIS TIME. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE STATE. IT WON'T BE THROUGH A SENATE BILL, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE STATE PLANS TO FUND THIS AGAIN. SO IF THEY DO, WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AGAIN. WE DID GET THIS AWARDED TO US THIS YEAR. IT'S A CALENDAR YEAR GRANT. SO THE AWARD WILL GO THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2025. SO TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS, STAFF CONTINUES. WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR LOCAL AND STATE GRANTS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. [00:55:01] WE DO LIKE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH GRANT ADMINISTRATORS. WE FEEL THAT INCREASES OUR CHANCES AND BEST OPTIONS FOR FUNDS TO BE AWARDED. WE ARE KEEPING TRACK AND MONITORING FEDERAL GRANT AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING STATUS. SEEING IF ANY OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED WILL START APPLYING FOR THOSE AS WELL. AND THEN THERE IS THE OPTION TO WORK WITH FEDERAL GRANT UNDERWRITERS AND LOBBYISTS AT A FEDERAL GRANT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND TO HELP US LOOK FOR SOME FUN GRANTS AND EARMARK OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I ALSO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS. ANYBODY. ON THE ROAD? EARMARKS. ARE THEY LISTED IN PRIORITIES? NO, THEY ARE NOT LISTED IN ANY ORDER. OKAY. PRESENTATION. ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING? OKAY, MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, I KNOW THAT AT OUR RECENT VISIT TO NLC, THE TOPIC OF ENGAGING POTENTIAL FEDERAL LOBBYISTS AND GRANT WRITERS WAS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. SO I'VE ASKED GENA LEE TO COME BACK AT A FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING ON THE HEELS OF THIS PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS OPTIONS ON WHAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH THAT AND WHAT THAT MIGHT COST, WHAT SERVICES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE. FEDERAL GRANT OPTIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 8B IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM. [8.B.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the Outdoor Warning System (OWS). (Staff Contact: Joe Laster, Emergency Operations Manager)] STAFF CONTACT IS JOE LASSITER, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GREAT TO SEE ALL Y'ALL AGAIN. JOE LASSITER, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE OF STORM SEASON. JUST KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR NEW INSTALLS AND TALK ABOUT OUR CRITERIA FOR SETTING THEM OFF. SO WE ARE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. SO THESE DO GO OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN NORMAL. WANT TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND ACTIVATION CRITERIA FOR THE SYSTEM? CLARIFY OUR CITY'S POLICY AND PROCEDURES WHEN ACTIVATING THIS SYSTEM. I WANT TO ADDRESS RECENT COMMUNITY CONCERNS REGARDING THE SIREN ACTIVATION AND REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT TO PROACTIVE AND TIMELY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS TO OUR CITIZENS. SO THE OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM, IT'S A NETWORK OF 11 STRATEGICALLY PLACED OUTDOOR SIRENS. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ALERT INDIVIDUALS OUTDOORS DURING LIFE THREATENING EVENTS. PART OF THE MULTI-LAYERED IT'S PART OF A MULTI-LAYERED ALERT SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE OUR ALERT, OUR EVERBRIDGE SYSTEM, NOAA WEATHER RADIOS, LOCAL MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU NAME IT. SO IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR ALERTING CITIZENS IN 2023. WE REMOVED THE VOICE COMPONENT OF OUR SIRENS. WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT LIKE THE VOICE THEY WERE, THEY WOULD GO OUTSIDE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE. AND IF HAIL WAS COMING, IT WOULD BE A BAD DAY FOR THEM. SO WE DECIDED TO GET RID OF THAT ONE TONE, JUST TO SIGNAL ACTION, TAKE SHELTER AND TO SEEK INFORMATION. SO THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS AGAIN, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE HEARD INSIDE. IT IS A WHEN IT SOUNDS, IT'S TELLING THE INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE TO GO INDOORS AND SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHETHER WHATEVER MEANS THEY NEED TO. IF OUR SIRENS STOP, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE THREAT IS OVER. WE ALWAYS WANT TO RELY ON OFFICIAL SOURCES FOR AN ALL CLEAR, SUCH AS THE LOCAL NEWS OR OUR CITY SOCIAL MEDIAS. AND WE WANT WANT THE CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT OUR SIRENS. THEY WILL SOUND FOR THREE MINUTES PER ACTIVATION. SO IN 2018, BURLESON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE ACTIVATION CRITERIA. SO WE FOLLOW WHAT OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS DO IS SO TORNADO WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORT OF A TORNADO HAIL MEASURING INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. SO THAT'S PING PONG SIZE AND WINDS OF 70MPH OR HIGHER. THESE CAN ALSO BE SET OFF FOR OTHER OUTDOOR EMERGENCIES AS DETERMINED BY PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS WHEN WE'RE MONITORING WEATHER, WE LOOK FOR WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT HERE IS WHAT'S CALLED POLYGONS. SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL PUT OUT A POLYGON. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE POLYGON IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THE RED POLYGON IS A TORNADO WARNING. SO WHEN THOSE POLYGONS ARE OVER THE CITY OF BURLESON WE WILL CLICK ON IT AND WE'LL READ WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE AND IT FITS ANY OF THIS CRITERIA. WE WILL ACTIVATE OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS. AGAIN IN 2018, THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE MINUTE ORDER THAT FOLLOWS THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COG CRITERIA. [01:00:03] WE UPDATED THE CRITERIA FROM THE 2012 CRITERIA, WHERE THE HEALTH THRESHOLD WAS AN INCH AND A QUARTER. IT HELPED REDUCE THE FALSE ACTIVATIONS AND A SIREN FATIGUE ALIGNS BURLESON WITH REGIONAL BEST PRACTICES ACROSS DFW AND HELPS MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC TRUST AND RELIABILITY. SO THESE SIRENS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED AS A WHOLE FOR ANY TORNADO WARNING THAT'S ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE SYSTEM IS SET UP THAT WAY. MANUAL ACTIVATIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE SO REQUIRED IN ALL OTHER EMERGENCIES AND OUR MAIN POINT OF ACTIVATION IS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER STATION 16 OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AS A BACKUP. SO SYSTEM MONITORING AND TESTING. SO REAL TIME MONITORING DECISION MAKING. WE'RE MONITORING THE RADAR. WE'RE MONITORING OUR ARCGIS DASHBOARD WITH NOAA. WE'RE MONITORING OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHAT AND WHICH IS THE SAME SOFTWARE THAT THE NEWS FOLKS MONITOR. SO WE GET THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING OUT ON THE AIR. SO WE'RE REAL TIME MONITORING STUFF, AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER SPOTTERS ARE A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE AND GO OUT THERE AND TALK ON THE RADIO TO US. WHAT'S GOING ON? THE OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM WARNING SYSTEM IS TESTED MONTHLY THE FIRST WEDNESDAY AT 1PM WEATHER PERMITTING. IF IT'S CLOUDY OUTSIDE, WE WON'T TEST THEM JUST TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION. OUR DAILY SILENT TESTS ARE CONDUCTED AT 8:15 IN THE MORNING, AND THE REPORTS PRODUCED AND SENT TO MY EMAIL EVERY MORNING. DAILY. AGAIN, DAILY REPORTS SENT TO ME. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING OUR SYSTEM, REPLACING THE 20 YEAR OLD LEGACY SYSTEM WITH A MORE MODERN SIREN TECHNOLOGY. ALL 11 SIRENS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THIS MORNING. THEY'RE COMING NEXT WEEK TO START INSTALLING ALL THOSE. FOUR OF THE 11 SIRENS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED IN 2024. FIVE NEW ADDITIONAL SIRENS TO FILL COVERAGE GAPS AND THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THE ALERTING IN PARKS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND GROWTH AREAS GUIDED BY SOUND MODELING AND POPULATION GROWTH DATA. OUR COMMANDER ONE SOFTWARE IMPROVES OUR METHODS OF ACTIVATION INSTEAD OF SETTING OFF ALL THE SIRENS AT ONCE. THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM LOOKS FOR A TORNADO WARNING. IT WILL SET OFF WHATEVER TYRANT IS IN THAT POLYGON. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SPECIFIC WHAT IT SETS OFF AND THEN IT GIVES US THE OPTION TO SET THEM OFF AS WELL IF WE NEED TO. MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WILL BE WAS AGREED ON AND THEY'LL BE WELL MAINTAINED AND PROPERLY WORKING. AND THE PROJECT AGAIN IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE SUMMER 2025. SO HERE'S A MAP OF OUR CURRENT LOCATIONS. ROUGH ESTIMATES RIGHT? WE WANT TO THANK OUR HOSTS THAT ARE GRACIOUSLY LETTING US INSTALL SIRENS WITH THEM. SO THE BURLESON ISD, BMW WRECKER, HAYES AND STOLTZ AND BETHESDA WATER SUPPLY. SO OUR GREEN IS THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BLUE THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE OLD NEW. THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED. SO OUR OLD ONES AND THEN THE YELLOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR EXPANDING COVERAGE. SO ALL UP AND DOWN 35 AND OVER THERE IN OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT ON BY THE SCHISM. SO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR BTX ALERT. WE TRY TO PROMOTE THIS AT EVERY EVENT. WE GO TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. WE WANT MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCIES AND CRITICAL COMMUNITY UPDATES. DELIVERS ALERTS VIA TEXT, EMAIL, VOICE CALL AND EVERBRIDGE APP COVERS THREATS, SEVERE WEATHER, ROAD CLOSURES, UTILITY DISRUPTIONS, EVACUATIONS AND MORE. RESIDENTS CAN GO IN THERE. DOWNLOAD THE APP, CUSTOMIZE THEIR ALERTS HOWEVER THEY WANT TO BE ALERTED. IT'S A TRUSTED PLATFORM. IT'S USED BY MULTIPLE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES THAT I KNOW OF AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NATIONWIDE. IT'S FREE TO SIGN UP. THERE'S OUR LINK AND ENHANCES COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. SO WITH OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE OUTREACH AND CONTINUE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THEIR USE. TALKING ABOUT ACTIVATION CRITERIA, EVERY TIME WE GO AND TALK TO ANYWHERE WE GO, WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE. WHY YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR THEM INDOORS, WHY WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE VOICE AND THEN PROMOTING OUR BTX MOBILE ALERTS. CURRENTLY WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS 311 GIVING THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME ACROSS THEIR WAY. COMMUNICATIONS. THEY'RE HELPING US BUILD OUT MORE ITEMS TO GIVE OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR CONSUMPTION AND PARKS AND REC. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO PUT SIGNS IN THE PARKS THAT SAY, IF YOU HEAR THE SIRENS, TUNE TO 8:20AM AND SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION TO CONFIRM WHETHER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM ACTIVATION POLICY REFLECTS COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS AND DESIRE COMMUNITY OUTCOMES, [01:05:02] AND REQUEST ANY GUIDANCE OR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO BETTER BALANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICY COMPLIANCE AND ANY COMMUNITY CONCERNS. ANYBODY. BECAUSE JOE, YOU SAID THE NEW SOFTWARE, IT WILL ALLOW IT SO THAT JUST CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE CITY WOULD BE ACTIVATED. YES, SIR. INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES AND BASED ON THAT POLYGON. SO THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THAT'S I'M GLAD THAT WE INCREASED THE SIZE AND THE INCREASE THE WIND SPEED TO GO OFF WHAT [INAUDIBLE] HAD, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, I THINK ARE LITTLE. I THINK YOU GET PEOPLE A LITTLE WHAT IS IT? THE SKY IS FALLING. SO WITH IT BEING. BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. I THINK THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE SIGNAGE IN THE PARKS IS REALLY SMART. JUST AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, WALKING ON OUR TRAILS AND THINGS TO GET THAT REMINDER OF, OH, YOU CAN TUNE IN FOR THE INFORMATION. THAT'S CLEVER AND REALLY GOOD ON THAT ONE AND ALSO I AM SO GLAD WE REMOVED THE VOICES BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. PEOPLE WOULD GO OUTSIDE TO HEAR WHAT IT SAID BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS TELLING YOU AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE INSIDE AND THEN HERE COMES THE THE DOWNPOUR. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PLAN FOR EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON? THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A VOICE COMMAND ANYMORE. I FOUND THAT JUST ALL THE OUTREACH EVENTS WE GO TO, I SPEAK ON IT. YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO FLIERS, TOO AND ALL THAT WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL THAT. SO WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO GET AS MANY FOLKS AND ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. SO ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JOE. YES, SIR. SO, MAYOR, COUNCIL, JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARITY NO FEEDBACK OR DIRECTION TO CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND STAY WITH THE STANDARDS AS THEY ARE. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 8C IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION [8.C.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the BTX-IT strategic plan and vision for 2022-2028. (Staff Contact: James Grommersch, Chief Technology Officer)] REGARDING THE IT STRATEGIC PLAN AND VISION FOR 2025 2028. STAFF CONTACT JAMES GROMMERSCHMES, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. [INAUDIBLE]. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS IS REALLY JUST INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. NO ACTIONS REQUIRED. IT'S TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE SINCE 2022 WHEN HUGO AND I STARTED. AND IT REALLY KIND OF OUTLINES WHERE WE PLAN TO GO THROUGH 2028. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRESS, OUR FUTURE PLANS AND HOW WE ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE. THIS WILL BE A FIRST IN A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS, WITH FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COST MORE MONEY, THAT WE'LL NEED MORE GUIDANCE ON AS WE GO THROUGH. SO OUR MISSION IS TO ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE TECHNOLOGY SEAMLESSLY EMPOWERS, INNOVATES, AND CONNECTS EVERY FACET OF CITY GOVERNMENT. GUIDED BY CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, WE ASPIRE TO BE A BEACON OF TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY, RELIABILITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. OUR VISION IS TO TRANSFORM THE CITY'S TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM INTO A STRATEGIC ENABLER, SEAMLESSLY ALIGNING IT SERVICES WITH THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BY LEVERAGING ENTERPRISE IT GOVERNANCE AND INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A SECURE, RELIABLE, AND SCALABLE SOLUTION THAT ADAPTS TO THE DYNAMIC CHALLENGES OF THE MODERN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. SO THE STATE OF IT. WE'VE BEEN REALLY PARTNERING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS ON REALLY ENHANCING THE MATURITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM. WHEN WE STARTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF TECHNICAL DEBT, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY THE AMOUNT OF SYSTEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE REWORKED AND RE-IMPLEMENTED DUE TO HAVING KIND OF NOT BEEN DONE THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND THERE WAS REALLY KIND OF A LACK OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE THE CITY WAS TRYING TO GO AND HOW THE CITY WAS GROWING. SO REALLY, WE'VE BEEN INTEGRATING BEST PRACTICES AND FRAMEWORKS TO ALIGN WITH THOSE BUSINESS NEEDS AND BY DOING THAT, WE IMPLEMENTED THE ITIL FRAMEWORK. THAT'S THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY. IT'S KIND OF A CORE STANDARDS OF HOW YOU DO IT REAL GOOD AND SO WE IMPLEMENTED THAT TO REALLY HELP US KIND OF ALIGN WITH WHERE THE CITY IS GOING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY COMING BACK, LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW DO WE IMPROVE TO MEET WHAT'S GOING TO BE FACING US TOMORROW. ANOTHER POINT THAT WE TOOK UP IS THE NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK. SO THAT IS A NATIONAL STANDARDS OF INFORMATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK THAT IS UTILIZED BY THE DOD FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES TO REALLY ENSURE THAT OUR CYBERSECURITY POSTURE AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FROM A CYBERSECURITY STANDPOINT ALSO PROTECT AND GUARD US AGAINST THE THREATS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD. AND SO ON TOP OF THAT, WE THEN STARTED EMBRACING AGILE METHODOLOGY, WHICH IS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGY. WE NOW IMPLEMENT THAT IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS REALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY NEED. SO WE DON'T JUST START AND PLAN EVERYTHING OUT AND RUN WITH IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING ENGAGED WITH OUR END USERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, GETTING THINGS IN FRONT OF THEM SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES ON THE FLY TO BE THE BEST STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT WE HOLD. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S THAT BEST PRACTICES, THE ITIL FRAMEWORK, [01:10:03] WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT PIECE. IT'S A STRUCTURED MANAGED APPROACH. EVERYBODY IN THE IT DEPARTMENT HAS GONE THROUGH ITIL TRAINING AND IS ITIL FOUNDATION CERTIFIED, OR THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT. WE DO HAVE SOME NEWER STAFF WHO HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN THERE YET, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT 85% FULLY ITIL CERTIFIED AND SO THIS DIAGRAM HERE REALLY GOES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF ITIL. SO THERE'S SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT, SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT, SERVICE DESIGN, SERVICE TRANSITION AND SERVICE OPERATIONS AND REALLY IT'S LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT MODULES, DEVELOPING THE POLICIES, PLANS AND PROCEDURES AROUND EACH OF THEM AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WE'RE COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT THESE. HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE SERVICES? HOW DO WE MAKE BETTER USE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING OR CHANGE ANYTHING, YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE WRONG IN IT AND SO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WE'RE DEDICATED TO BUILDING THAT RESILIENT, FORWARD THINKING, CITIZEN FOCUSED TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM. WE OPTIMIZE SERVICE DELIVERY. AGAIN, IT'S MEETING WITH OUR END USERS. WE MEET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT ON A REGULAR TEMPO. SOMETIMES IT'S EVERY MONTH, EVERY TWO MONTHS, EVERY THREE MONTHS. IT'S REALLY GETTING AHEAD WITH THEM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. LOOKING AT THAT WE GO TO CONFERENCES, ATTEND TRAININGS, AND REALLY HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE RIGHT STEP. THAT GOES INTO THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING TRAINED, CONSTANTLY GOING TO THOSE CONFERENCES. WE ATTEND CONFERENCES FOR THE LARGER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING UP, SO WE CAN THEN WORK WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ON WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO IMPLEMENT. HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT PROCESS? SO ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MUNIS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO A PROCESS ON IMPROVING MUNIS OVERALL. SO WE'VE GOT IT IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S GREAT. BUT NOW HOW DO WE TAKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND MAKE THAT EVEN BETTER. SO WE'RE MAKING THE BEST USE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION AND THEN THAT FOSTERING OF COLLABORATION. SO AGAIN WE MEET WITH EVERYONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND EVEN OUR SERVICE DESK TECHNICIANS SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO OUR DEPARTMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, HEARING THE PROBLEMS, HEARING THE PAIN POINTS, AND THEN EFFECTIVELY TRYING TO WORK ON THAT. INFORMATION SECURITY IS A HUGE ONE FOR US. COUNCIL HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. WE HAVE ARCTIC WOLF. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SOLUTIONS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED. THAT'S BEEN MONUMENTAL IN HELPING US ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CYBERSECURITY SOLUTION THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HELPING US ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO MANAGE CYBERSECURITY ALONE. IN A LATER SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE. BUT WE DEAL WITH MILLIONS OF EVENTS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY MANAGING FOR US AND THEN EMPOWERING STAKEHOLDERS. WE'RE BIG ON THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PIECE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOBS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. ALL I KNOW HOW TO DO IS TECHNOLOGY REAL GOOD. AND SO MY THING IS TO WORK WITH THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THEN BRING THAT TO LIFE. SO IT'S REALLY JUST THAT PARTNERSHIP, LEARNING HOW WE DO THAT AND THAT GOES INTO THAT DRIVING INNOVATION. WE REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW DO WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES ON WHAT WE DO, BUT DOING IT IN A SECURE AND RELIABLE AND SCALABLE WAY. SO TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM BY THE NUMBERS. [INAUDIBLE]. IT SUPPORTS OVER 200 DIFFERENT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. WE SUPPORT OVER 215 PUBLIC RADIOS. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO UPDATE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE REAL NUMBERS, BUT WE HAVE 671 USERS. WE FIELDED 24,911 CALLS, AND WE DID OVER 23 BILLION CYBERSECURITY EVENTS IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE OVER 100 SERVERS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING OVER 78 ACTIVE PROJECTS, AND WE SERVICE OVER 270 MOBILE DEVICES. AND OUR GIS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS OVER 40 ONLINE MAPS. SO OUR CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HELPED US OUT WITH WAS THAT COMPLIANCE AS A SERVICE PIECE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE NIST IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD. WITH THAT COMPLIANCE PIECE, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE THAT HOUSES ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION. SO WHEN WE APPLY FOR THE TEXAS CYBER STAR CERTIFICATE FROM DIR WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SUBMIT ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION GOING FORWARD AND ACTUALLY BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR CYBERSECURITY POSTURE. SO ADOPTING THAT FRAMEWORK, BOLSTERING OUR DEFENSES AND MITIGATING RISKS IS IMPROVING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND IT ALSO SERVES THE COMMUNITY WELL. IT IS THAT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. THAT'S WHY WE DO THE KNOW BEFORE TRAININGS AND ALL THOSE OTHER FUN EVENTS THAT PEOPLE LOVE. BUT IT'S REALLY THAT BEST THING IN HELPING US BUILD A SECURE, RESILIENT IT ENVIRONMENT THAT HELPS US UPHOLD THE CITY'S MISSIONS AND SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE ORG CHART OF IT. THERE'S CURRENTLY 15 STAFF MEMBERS OVERALL, THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. WE'RE BASICALLY RUNNING THAT. WE DO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. SO THAT'S OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT THE CITY RUNS AS A WHOLE. WE WORK WITH CMO AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. WE DO THE BUDGETARY PROCESSES, AND THEN WE ALSO DO SOME OF THE CYBERSECURITY EVENTS THERE. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS WHAT THEY NEED AND IT'S ALWAYS THAT TWO WAY STREET ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S JUST WHO'S IN THAT GROUP. OUR IT OPERATIONS. THAT'S REALLY THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT. SO THEY SUPPORT OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND SERVER ADMINISTRATION. THEY PROTECT EVERYTHING. DO OUR BACKUPS, DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. THEY DON'T JUST MAINTAIN OUR TECHNOLOGY, THEY POWER THE CITY DURING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND SO WITHOUT THEM, [01:15:06] WE WOULDN'T BE HALF AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE TODAY. THAT'S MADE UP OF FOUR STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL. OUR GIS, THAT'S MAPPING. THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY LOVES TO SEE THE GARAGE SALE MAPS, THE DIFFERENT CITY MAINTENANCE MAPS, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY. THEY REALLY VITALIZE THE INFORMATION THROUGH THOSE INTERACTIVE MAPS, AND WE CONSTANTLY WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEW MAPS THEY WANT US TO IMPLEMENT. AND WE'RE ALWAYS BORROWING IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED WITH DOWN HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF CERTIFIED IT PROFESSIONALS. IT'S THE TAG ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT IT MANAGERS. THEY JUST STOOD UP A GIS GROUP AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FEEDING OFF OTHER CITY GIS DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY ENSURE HOW DO WE DO THIS A LOT BETTER. AND SO THAT'S MADE UP OF THREE STAFF MEMBERS AT THIS TIME. OUR APPLICATIONS IN PMO, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR NEWEST GROUP. SO OUR APPLICATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEY ACTUALLY MANAGE THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT WE USE ACROSS THE CITY. THEY WORK ON THE CUSTOMIZATION PIECES OF EACH OF THOSE. SO ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PRETTY HEAVILY RIGHT NOW IS FRESH SERVICE AND SO THAT'S AN INTERNAL TICKETING TOOL WHERE WE'VE BEEN SETTING THAT UP FOR HR PURCHASING. AND SO THAT STAFF CAN SUBMIT REQUESTS IN THERE AND IT'S ALL TRACKED AND MONITORED FOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIVISION THAT'S MAURETTE. SHE OVERSEES THE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME THAN WHAT WE CAN KIND OF INVEST ONE PERSON TO, AND SO SHE MANAGES VARIOUS PORTFOLIOS ON THAT. THE CAD IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT SHE DOES. I'M WORKING ON CARDIOGRAPH FOR PART OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT SHE'LL BE OVERSEEING AS WELL AND SO BY STREAMLINING THAT APPLICATION MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT PROJECT EXECUTION, WE HELP THOSE DEPARTMENTS WORK SMARTER, IMPROVE THEIR EFFICIENCY AND DRIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ACROSS THE CITY AND SO REALLY, THAT'S HUGO AND THEN MAURETTE AND LUIS, WHO HOW'S THAT UP? SERVICE DESK IS THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY SEES. THEY ARE HERE WITH YOU. EVERY COUNCIL. THEY'RE REALLY OUR FRONTLINE. OUR AMBASSADORS ARE OUR DEPARTMENT. THEY SEE MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OF THE REST OF US CAN, AND THEY REALLY HELP US KEEP OUT. SO IT'S TRAINING, FIXING TICKETS, BREAK, FIX ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES WRONG IN THE CITY. THESE GUYS HAVE THEIR HANDS IN IT ALL THE TIME. OUR FOCUS IS THAT FAST, RELIABLE SERVICE AND REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN THE CITY AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT THEY BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HEARING ABOUT IN OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS OR IN OUR ONE ON ONES. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY HEARING IT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THE GROUND AND IT GIVES US JUST ANOTHER WAY TO HELP IMPROVE OUR SERVICES OVERALL AND SO THAT'S MADE UP OF MIKE GREEN. HE'S OUR SERVICE DESK MANAGER AND THEN WE HAVE THE THREE SUPPORT TECHNICIANS WHO YOU SEE IN HERE EVERY EVERY EVERY COUNCIL. SO GOING BACK TO THAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S RATHER NEW. SO WE BLEND ITIL AND AGILE TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS MEETING THOSE END USER NEEDS. EVERYBODY HAS WORKED WITH A VENDOR WHO TOLD YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SELL YOU THIS LATEST AND GREATEST THING, AND THEN YOU START TO GET THROUGH IT AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A NIGHTMARE. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS WITH AGILE IS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THESE ITEMS, THAT NOBODY FEELS TRAPPED INTO A SITUATION THAT THEY CHOSE. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE BUILDING THESE THINGS OUT, WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING TO MEET THAT EVER GROWING NEED AS WE DISCOVER THEM AND SO BALANCING THAT AGILE ADAPTABILITY AND THE ITIL CONSISTENT CONSISTENCY REALLY GIVES US THAT ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH PROJECTS. NOW WE DO STILL DO WATERFALL PROJECTS OVERALL. SO STUFF LIKE THE CITY HALL RENOVATION, THE RENOVATION OF FIRE STATION ONE, WE COMPLETE THOSE IN A WATERFALL APPROACH BECAUSE THAT JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO BUY EVERYTHING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPLEMENT IT THROUGH AND CALL IT A DAY. BUT ANYTHING THAT'S SOFTWARE DRIVEN, WE PREFER THAT AGILE METHODOLOGY SO WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND FINANCES, WE'VE STOOD UP AN IT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. IT'S REALLY THE IT STEERING COMMITTEE NOW AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CMO AND THIS REALLY COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. SO RIGHT NOW ALL THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENTALS ARE SUBMITTED TO THROUGH A FORM SITE. WE THEN SEND THAT OUT TO ALL THE DIRECTORS AS A WHOLE TO SCORE AND THEN THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE TO CMO OFFICE ON. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, WHAT'S OUR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AND OUR RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. AND SO IT REALLY HELPS US ENSURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING WITH A BUNCH OF PROJECTS ON THE BACK BURNER, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY HAD WHEN HUGO AND I STARTED. AND SO GOING THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF, WE'VE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED ACROSS THE CITY. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DEFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND SO REALLY NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FIVE CRITICAL AREAS THAT NEED ATTENTION. SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED WAS AN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR ANY OF OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DO SOME REPLACEMENT LIFE CYCLE STUFF FOR OUR DESKTOP COMPUTERS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SERVERS, FIREWALLS, THAT CRITICAL AND HIGH DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES, [01:20:04] WE DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR COHESITY BACKUP SOLUTION, WHICH DOES OUR DISASTER RECOVERY. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. SO THAT'S AN ACTUAL SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF THAT, WHERE IF WE WOULD HAVE WE'VE KNOWN THAT'S GOING TO COME UP AND IF WE HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH SMALLER BITE INSTEAD OF WHAT IT WILL BE THIS YEAR. AND SO OUR GOAL WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS TO REALLY KIND OF ESTABLISH THAT FUND AND COME THROUGH AND DO THAT. ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE HAVE. SO PREVIOUS IT LEADERSHIP DIDN'T REALLY DO ANY FORWARD PLANNING WHEN IT CAME TO INTERCONNECTING OUR CITY BUILDINGS AND SO RIGHT NOW WE RELY ON AT&T FOR OUR NETWORK ON DEMAND, WHICH ALLOWS US TO ACT LIKE WE'RE CONNECTED ON OUR OWN FIBER. WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LEASING THAT FROM AT&T SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE AIR FIBER, WHERE WE ACTUALLY SHOOT NETWORK FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEPENDENCY ON AT&T, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE AN OUTAGE OR WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT AND THEN WE'RE ALSO STUCK WITH THOSE RISING COSTS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, BUYING THAT EQUIPMENT, SERVICING IT, AND THEN REPLACING IT ON A PREDETERMINED LIFE PLAN. OUR OTHER ONE IS THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. YOU'VE ALL BEEN IN HERE. IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE. THIS PROJECTOR SCREEN ALWAYS KILLS ME BECAUSE THE RED'S OFF. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THE EQUIPMENT IN HERE HASN'T BEEN REPLACED IN ALMOST TEN YEARS, AND SO IT'S KIND OF PAST END OF LIFE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REPLACE THIS TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CORE PART OF WHAT WE DO. AND THEN LOOK AT GETTING THAT ON AN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AS WELL. SO WHEN IT COMES UP FOR THE NEXT TIME, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUDGET APPROPRIATELY, GET IT GOING AND EXECUTE ON VERSUS HAVING THAT BE ONE OF THOSE HIGHER TICKET ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THIS? CAN WE FUND THIS? AND THEN DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND RETENTION. THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WITH CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WE DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT RETENTION THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FUNCTIONALLY FOR THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT'S CAUSED US TO HAVE INCONSISTENT RETENTION PACKAGES. DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS STORE THEIR DOCUMENTS IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO ANY KIND OF REQUESTS FOR THAT DATA IS A NIGHTMARE TO DISCOVER. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE BEST LUCK IN ALL OF THOSE THAT WE SHOULD. AND SO LOOKING AT A CENTRALIZED SOLUTION WILL PROVIDE US WITH MORE EFFICIENCY, ALLOW US TO SET UP POLICIES AND STANDARDS THAT THEN THE REST OF THE CITY CAN KIND OF HOLD ON AND SO THAT WAY, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF CHANGE IN STAFFING OR ANY KIND OF THOSE ITEMS, IT'S NOT A WHERE DO WHERE DO WE GO? IT'S WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DOCUMENTED AND IN PLAY AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD AS PART OF OUR SUPPLEMENTALS THIS YEAR AS WELL. AND SO ANOTHER THING WITH THIS IS ALIGNING THE IT RESOURCES WITH GROWTH. RIGHT? SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC CENTER. THAT'S 44 DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER CAMERAS. THOSE ARE 40 26 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT THEY WANT FOR THOSE AND THAT'S ALL TECHNOLOGY PIECES THAT SOMEBODY ON MY TEAM HAS TO SERVICE AND SUPPORT. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING ALL THOSE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THAT ABILITY TO SUPPORT THAT GOES WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH AUTOMATION AND WORKFORCE PLANNING TO OPTIMIZE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WILL CONTINUALLY BRING BACK UP AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE YEARS, IS JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THOSE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS TO HELP SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OVERALL. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THESE ISSUES AT UPCOMING COUNCIL COMMITTEES, KIND OF PROVIDE DEEPER ASSESSMENTS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. COLLABORATION IS KEY. COLLABORATING WITH COUNCIL AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON HOW DO WE GO AND IMPROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. WITH PROACTIVE PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT, WE CAN DRIVE THIS INNOVATION AND ENHANCE OUR SERVICE RELIABILITY AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. JAMES, WAS IT STRATEGIC FOR MY MONITOR TO GO OUT DURING THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION? 100% IT WAS, SIR. IT WENT OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. YEAH, AND THAT. SO THIS WHOLE ROOM, NOT TO GET REALLY NERDY, BUT ALL OF THESE CONNECT, THERE'S BOXES UNDERNEATH. THEY CONNECT TO YOUR COMPUTERS, THEN THEY CONNECT BACK TO THE CRESTRON UNIT. IF THE CABLE MOVES OR IS TWISTED, JUST NOT RIGHT, LIKE IT WILL SHORT OUT FOR NO REASON. IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE I STARTED. PROBABLY BEFORE THEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT US A LONG WAY. YOU HAVE AN AWESOME TEAM. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT. SOME OF THIS STUFF GOES OVER MY HEAD, BUT I DO MY BEST TO FOLLOW ALONG AND I APPRECIATED THE. THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU GAVE US ALL IN PRINT AND IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS AND IT IS BEHIND THE SCENES IN SO MANY FACETS. SO Y'ALL ARE 200 PLUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEMS AND THINGS, SOFTWARES THAT YALL HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF. KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM. YOU ALL DO. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. [01:25:01] ANYBODY ELSE? YOU DID GOOD JAMES. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE LAST PRESENTATION IS EIGHT. [8.D.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the BTX-IT Radio Refit and Resilient Public Safety Communications program. (Staff Contact: James Grommersch, Chief Technology Officer)] D IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE BTX IT RADIO REFIT AND RESILIENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM. STAFF CONTACT IS HUGO RODRIGUEZ, DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. I'M GOING TO STEAL IT FROM HUGO SINCE HE DIDN'T. OKAY, JAMES. SORRY, I'M ALREADY UP HERE. SORRY. SO, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM YOU GUYS. SO ON MARCH 4TH OF 2024, COUNCIL APPROVED A COMPREHENSIVE REFIT OF ALL THE RADIOS FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS. THIS WAS INITIATED BY THOSE ISSUES AND OUTAGES THAT WE HAD EARLIER, THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHERE WE WENT A COUPLE DAYS WITHOUT CONSTANT COMMUNICATION ON THE JOHNSON COUNTY RADIO NETWORK. THIS INITIATIVE HAD US REPLACING 189 DEVICES. IT WAS PART OF THAT PLAN. WE HAD TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNICATION REDUNDANCY. WE ALSO PURCHASED THE CELL TOWER IN A BOX, WHICH ALLOWS US A HALF MILE GRID SQUARE TO SET UP TO GET CELLULAR COMMUNICATION UP, WHICH THESE RADIOS WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED BY. THE DEPLOYMENT OF RADIOS WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE WEEK OF MARCH 24TH. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE VENDOR ON A MORE ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM ON THESE RADIOS HAVE A LOT OF REALLY COOL FEATURES, AND SO WE'RE GETTING THE TRAINERS OUT HERE SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TEACH THE OFFICERS ONE OF THE COOL THINGS. WELL, I THINK IT'S COOL IS THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK INTO THE RADIO AND TELL IT WHAT CHANNEL THEY WANT TO GO TO, AND THE RADIO WILL JUST AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH TO IT. SO A SUPER COOL FEATURE FOR THEM. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT TOO, IS IT'LL TIE UP INTO OUR CAD SYSTEM AT A LATER DATE, WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THE OFFICERS ON THAT MAP ALONG WITH THEIR VEHICLE. SO IF THERE'S EVER A FOOT PURSUIT OR ANY KIND OF THOSE ITEMS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THEM KIND OF TIES INTO THAT WHOLE PIECE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR MDM SOLUTION, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF A RADIOS DROP OR MISPLACE, WE CAN FIND THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL. SO WE CONDUCTED A FULL AUDIT OF OUR RADIO ASSETS. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD ABOUT 371 DEVICES WITH JOHNSON COUNTY RADIO NETWORK. WE'VE REDUCED THAT NUMBER TO ABOUT 320. THAT'S ABOUT 1630 IN SAVINGS. THE REMAINING 182 RADIOS ARE FOR BUILDINGS, OLDER VEHICLES AND THEN VARIOUS SYSTEMS THAT ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS JUST AS FAILOVER FOR US. NOW THAT WE'VE SOLD THOSE, NOW THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THOSE RADIOS, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO SELL THE LEGACY RADIOS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE REACHED OUT THROUGH THE TAG ASSOCIATION, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO SELL ALMOST ALL OF OUR RADIO STOCK THAT WE REPLACE TO VARIOUS COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SELLING SOME OF THOSE, AND WE HAVE MORE OPEN COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVEN'T SOLD ANY RADIOS YET, BUT WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE ABOUT $100,000 OFF OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE SLATED TO GO OUT. SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING THE RADIO EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUND. JOHNSON COUNTY INFORMED US THAT THE RADIO CRITICAL RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY SUPPORT WILL BE NEARING END OF LIFE. THAT'S ROUGHLY 6 TO $7 MILLION THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING IN 2030 AND 2032. SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON HOW THEY PLAN TO DO THAT AND OUR KIND OF INTERNAL DECISION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, AGAIN, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR THAT PIECE AND THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT MONEY NOT ONLY FOR THIS ONE, BUT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS WHEN IT GOES FOR THE NEXT FUTURE UPGRADE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT MONEY BEING SET ASIDE AT A SMALLER AMOUNT, SO IT'S AN EASIER BITE TO TAKE AT THAT TIME. SO PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY, WE'RE WORKING WITH BISD ON GETTING A WI-FI NETWORK SET UP THAT OUR RADIOS WILL CONNECT ON. WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT LIKE CENTENNIAL THAT THERE'S NO SERVICE OR SIGNAL AT ALL AND SO THIS WILL BE A WAY FOR US TO HAVE OUR OFFICERS ABLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE RADIOS OVER THAT NETWORK. WE ALSO HAVE A VENDOR COMING OUT ON THE 14TH TO HELP US LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL, FOR OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO BOTH GISD AND BISD. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OFFICERS AT GISD. SO THAT'S WHY BISD HAS BEEN OUR PRIMARY FOR THIS. WE ARE WORKING WITH GISD, THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL AS WELL, IS TO HAVE IT AT BOTH THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY RESPOND TO AND SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATA LIKE WE DO AT BISD WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S PAIN POINTS, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. HEY, JAMES, I KNOW. WELL, IT'S MORE FOR TOMMY. WE APPROVED THEM. AT&T TO PUT A TOWER UP IN ONE OF THE STADIUM. RIGHT. ARE THEY STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT CELL TOWER? YES, SIR. AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE, YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH AT&T ON IMPROVING PLACES THAT WE KNOW THERE'S DEFICIENCIES. SO LIEUTENANT ADAMS HAS POOR SERVICE AT HIS HOME, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR ON BOOSTING IN THAT AREA. SO HE WAS ABLE TO GET SERVICE RESTORED AT HIS HOUSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO. AND SO WITH THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE RADIOS, IT REALLY MARKS THE COMPLETION OF OUR RESILIENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM. [01:30:07] WE SAW A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS IN OUR FIRSTNET CELLULAR REPEATERS IN VARIOUS BUILDINGS THAT HAD POOR RECEPTION. THE CELL TOWER IN A BOX HELPS, US STAND UP A LOCATION, A TOWER IN ANY LOCATION IN A HALF MILE AREA. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSIBLY PURCHASING ANOTHER DEVICE FOR THE POLICE COMMAND VEHICLE AND THAT WAY THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE AS WELL AND THEN ALSO TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES SO WE CAN LOOK AT HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT FROM THERE. SO THIS PARTNER, THIS COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SERVICE. EACH GROUP PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE REQUIREMENTS, VALIDATING THE FIELD FUNCTIONALITY AND SUPPORTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY. SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS GROUP THAT HELPED US. ON APRIL 23RD, IT WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE THE TAG EXCELLENCE AWARD. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEAD THE WAY IN INNOVATION AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO WE RECEIVED THAT AWARD LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE RECEIVE THAT TWO WEEKS AGO DOWN AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SO ONLY TWO WERE SELECTED FOR THAT. IT WAS A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, AND THEN US WERE SELECTED FOR THE EXCELLENCE AWARD THIS YEAR AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY, HOPEFULLY TO COME BECAUSE WE PLAN ON DOING GREAT THINGS AND SO THIS IS A GREAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TOGETHER MODERNIZING OUR COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS OUR CRITICAL OPERATIONS AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS OUR DEDICATION TO TEAMWORK AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT MINDSET THAT DEFINES IT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. ANYBODY. SO WHEN WE WENT DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF RADIOS LIKE IS THAT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. LIKE DO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED? YES, MA'AM. SO THE RADIOS WERE NOT CENTRALLY MANAGED AND SO AS PEOPLE WOULD DROP OFF, WE WOULD NOT DROP OFF THE RADIOS AND SO WE WERE JUST SIMPLY PAYING FOR RADIOS THAT DIDN'T EVEN EXIST IN THE ORGANIZATION AND SO AS WE CENTRALIZED IT, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GO THROUGH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE, WHAT DO YOU ALL NEED AND REALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AS PART OF OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS, WE HAD A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR RADIOS THAT HAVEN'T HAD RADIOS IN YEARS. AND SO THAT WHOLE CENTRALIZING MINDSET ALLOWED US TO BE LIKE, OH, YOU ACTUALLY DON'T CLEAN IT UP, DO ANYTHING WITH IT AND CLEAN IT UP. YES, MA'AM. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. JAMES, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU SIR. ON GETTING THE TAG TEAM AWARD. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YOU DID GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THAT MOVES US TO SECTION NINE LEGISLATIVE REPORTS AND RELATED ACTION ITEMS. [9.LEGISLATIVE - REPORTS AND RELATED ACTION ITEMS] THIS IS A STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA OF EVERY REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ALLOWS THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE REPORTS, HOLD DISCUSSIONS, AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING ANY LEGISLATIVE MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. STAFF DOES HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT. STAFF CONTACT IS LEE HEMBREE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. LISANDRA. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS STILL GOING AWAY. 27 DAYS AND 21 HOURS TO BE EXACT. IF ANYONE ELSE IS COUNTING JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON A FEW BILLS THAT HAVE MADE TRACTION SINCE I LAST BROUGHT YOU AN UPDATE. OUR HOTEL BILL, BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE WERE PASSED UNCONTESTED. THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE CALENDARS TO BE TALKED ABOUT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND THE SENATE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. HOUSE BILL 2786 IS THE HOUSE BILL THAT WILL REQUIRE REAPPRAISALS ANNUALLY. THAT DID PASS COMMITTEE, BUT IT ONLY PASSED COMMITTEE 10 TO 3. THE THREE PEOPLE THAT SAID NAY, ONE WAS FROM TARRANT COUNTY. THE OTHER TWO ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THERE IS A SENATE BILL 1209 THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. IT WILL MOVE UNIFORM ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. IT WILL MOVE ELECTIONS TO THE FIRST TUESDAY FOLLOWING THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, SO ALL ELECTIONS WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO THAT STARTING JANUARY 1ST OF 26. IT DID PASS COMMITTEE 8 TO 1. IT DID PASS THE SENATE, BUT ONLY 20 TO 10. AND OUR SENATOR WAS ABSENT DURING THAT VOTE. THERE IS HOUSE BILL 1522. THIS WILL REQUIRE POSTINGS FOR ANY OPEN MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AT 72 HOURS PRIOR. THIS WILL CHANGE IT TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR. WE DO FALL UNDER THAT. I MEAN, WE CURRENTLY ARE POSTING THEM THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR ON WEDNESDAY. THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY START POSTING A DAY EARLY AS A NORMAL PROTOCOL, [01:35:05] JUST IN CASE WE. SO WE WOULD HAVE AN EXTRA DAY OF FLEXIBILITY FOR SOME REASON THAT WE CAN'T GET IT POSTED ON TIME. THAT PASSED THE COMMITTEE 10 TO 0. IT THEN PASSED THE HOUSE 147 TO 0. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING FORWARD IT WILL TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2025. THE LAST ONE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON YOUR ADOPTED POLICY ON THE SUPPORT SECTION HOUSE BILL 4144 THAT EXPANDS THE CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS FOR THREE YEARS AFTER RETIREMENT. THAT DID PASS COMMITTEE 9 TO 0. SO IT IS PUT ON THE UNCONTESTED CALENDAR AND SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE HOUSE HERE SHORTLY. WITH THAT, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER BILLS? THERE WAS ONE ON THE SALES TAX ABOUT THE THE POINT OF PURCHASE OR IS WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THAT, IS IT GONE AWAY? NO, NEITHER. THERE WAS TWO ON SALES TAX. ONE WILL ALLOW SMALL BUSINESSES TO KEEP THE SALES TAX EVEN IF THEY SHIP ITEMS OUT. THAT IS PENDING IN COMMITTEE. THE OTHER ONE WHERE THE SALES TAX WILL MOVE TO THE LOCATION OF DELIVERY INSTEAD OF SHIPMENT OR I'M SORRY, SHIPMENT INSTEAD OF DELIVERY. IS STILL PENDING IN COMMITTEE AS WELL. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TESTIFIED AGAINST THAT HAVE WAREHOUSES. YEAH. EXCELLENT. WHEN'S THE LAST COMMITTEE? LIKE, IT HAS TO BE OUT OF COMMITTEE BY THE 12TH. IT HAS TO BE OUT OF COMMITTEE MAY 12TH. BEFORE IT CAN BE OR THAT OR IS IS DIES. CORRECT? AND THEN THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT IS MAY 20TH 2ND OR MAY 28TH, WHERE IT HAS TO IF IT'S A HOUSE BILL, IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SENATE. IF IT'S A SENATE BILL, IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE AND THEN THE LAST DAY THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN SIGN A BILL OR PASS A BILL WOULD BE JUNE 2ND THAT SATURDAY. AFTER THAT, YOU'LL HAVE TEN DAYS WHERE THE GOVERNOR CAN VETO A BILL. SO I'LL STILL MONITOR THOSE TO SEE WHICH ONES HE VETOES AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT ANOTHER TEN DAYS AFTER THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL VOTE ANY BILL HE VETOES. IF IT'S PASSED BY TWO THIRDS OF A VOTE REVOTE, THEN IT WOULD GO REPASSED. THAT'S ASSUMING HE DOESN'T CALL A SPECIAL SESSION. CORRECT. BUT BOTH ARE HOTEL BILLS. GOT OUT OF COMMITTEE UNCONTESTED. SO THERE. YES AND WHEN EACH INDIVIDUAL THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE BOTH HAVE UNCONTESTED. YES, AND WE ONLY NEED ONE TO PASS. RIGHT. BUT YEAH, THEY BOTH WENT TO THE UNCONTESTED CALENDAR, WHICH KIND OF FAST TRACKS THEM STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, WHICH THEY'LL GET LUMPED TOGETHER WITH OTHER BILLS, I'M SURE. I'M ASSUMING THERE'S OTHER HOTEL BILLS READY TO GO. THEY ARE. WHEN SPEAKING WITH FOCUS ADVOCACY, THE WORD AROUND IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM PASS EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. BUT I'M IT'S STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE THEM WORKING GETTING THOSE THROUGH. ANYBODY ELSE? GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TEN. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS. [10.CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS] ANYBODY? VERY GOOD. NEXT IS SECTION 11 RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A NEED TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THAT WILL MOVE US TO SECTION 12. ADJOURN. CAN WE DO THAT? DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO STAY AN HOUR LATER? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I GOT ADAM, AND WE GOT VICTORIA. PASSES 709. WE'RE OUT OF HERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.