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>> I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON MONDAY,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

AUGUST 18TH, 2025, AT 05:31.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

I'M GOING TO ASK SERGEANT PILGRIM TO COME UP AND LEAD US IN OUR PRAYER.

ALSO, IF YOU'D STAND AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES AND OUR INVOCATION.

>> THANKS, SO UP, WE ALL PRAY WITH ME.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A FREE PEOPLE, FATHER, TO EXPERIENCE A FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT SO FEW IN THIS WORLD TRULY GET TO HAVE TO ENJOY AND TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US IN THIS MEETING WITH ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THOSE THAT HAVE TAKEN ON THE MANTLE OF SERVICE.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND THAT ALL THINGS WILL BE DONE IN A MANNER THAT IS WELL.

FATHER, WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE OF DETECTIVE PATE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIS LIFE AND HIS DEDICATION TO THE PROFESSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH HIS FAMILY DURING THIS TIME, AS THAT TAKES PLACE AS WELL, FATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNTRY, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON.

IT'S IN HIS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

2A IS PROCLAMATIONS,

[2.A. Proclamations]

WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.

THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AWARENESS MONTH.

HERE TO RECEIVE IS JOE LASTER, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER.

MR. LASTER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> THANK YOU, MARY COUNSEL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, IT'S THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MIND RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL FIRST DEDICATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MONTH EVER, LIKE, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE.

I'M EXCITED THAT THE CITY OF BURLESON IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THAT. THANK YOU ALL.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, JOE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 20TH 2025 AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AWARENESS MONTH, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR INSINCERE APPRECIATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN EVERY SECTOR WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE, PROTECT AND SERVE OUR CITIES, COUNTIES, STATES, TRIBES, TERRITORIES, REGIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST ALL HAZARDS AND RISK. THANK YOU, JOE.

>> WE WILL TAKE PICTURES AT THE END OF ALL THE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

THAT MOVES US TO 2B,

[2.B. Presentations]

RECEIVE A REPORT TO RECOGNIZE THE SELECTED EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2025.

THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS WANDA BULLARD, DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU.

I HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO SELECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, EVERY QUARTER, THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER SELECTION COMMITTEE LOOKS AT NOMINATIONS AND DETERMINES THE SELECTED RECIPIENTS.

THESE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOMINATED BY EMPLOYEES AND SELECTED BY EMPLOYEES, SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, DETECTIVE MARK PATE PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 20TH, 2025.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF DETECTIVE MARK PATE'S FAMILY THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MELISSA PATE, HIS WIFE, WILLIAM DUNAWAY, HIS SON, MELISSA PATE, HIS DAUGHTER, ALEX PHILLIPS, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND CHRISTIE PHILLIPS, HIS SISTER IN LAW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MELISSA, WILLIAM, AND MELISSA ARE GOING TO ACCEPT ON HIS BEHALF.

DETECTIVE MARK PATE FAITHFULLY SERVED THE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 15 YEARS IN A NUMBER OF KEY ROLES, INCLUDING PATROL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, SWAT, MEDIC, CRASH, SHOOTING RECONSTRUCTIONIST.

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IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT, HE LED WITH HUMILITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND A SERVANT'S HEART.

MARK WAS NOMINATED AND SELECTED FOR HIS WORKS AS A PROTECTOR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HIS ACTS OF SERVICE AS AN ORGAN DONOR.

THE NOMINATION WE RECEIVED SET IT PERFECTLY, AND SO THERE'S NO WORDS I CAN ADD TO IT TO DO IT JUSTICE.

SHE SAID IN LIFE, HE WAS A PROTECTOR OTHERS.

IN DEATH, HE CONTINUED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

IT IS WITH RESPECT THAT WE HONOR MARK AND HIS FAMILY FOR HIS SELFLESSNESS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER.

ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER COMMITTEE, WE HAVE AN ENGRAVING AND SOME FLOWERS, AND THEN OFFICER J DAVIS HAS A SPECIAL GIFT ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPPORT OF THE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SHOW OF SUPPORT HERE.

THIS IS MARK'S EXTENDED FAMILY, AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

TIMELY, JOE LASTER HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

HE WAS OUR SECOND EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER RECIPIENT.

HE IS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER, AND HE SERVES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HE WAS NOMINATED FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ENSURING THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS.

IT IS TIRELESS HOURS, THERE IS HOURS WATCHING AND ACTIVATING OUR WARNING SYSTEMS, AND MANNING THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACTIVATION.

HE'S CONSISTENTLY PRESENT AND AVAILABLE BEYOND NORMAL WORKING HOURS, FULFILLING THE ROLE, PLANNING FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, OR PREPARING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, USING OUR VOLUNTEERS, RUNNING EXERCISES, AND IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE PLANS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.

I CAN TELL YOU IN MY TIME HERE WITH THE CITY, I'VE SEEN THE SEASONS OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS, AND JOE HAS GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL.

I AM REALLY SUPER PROUD OF SEEING WHERE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS COME WITH JOE'S LEADERSHIP. JOE?

>> [APPLAUSE]

>> JOE. IF THE COUNSEL WOULD COME DOWN, AND SINCE JOE IS RIGHT UP HERE, IF WE COULD TAKE PICTURES WITH HIM FOR THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN ALSO THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE PICTURES WITH OFFICER PATE'S FAMILY AS WELL AFTER.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO 2C COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. WELL, SINCE IT IS A WELL-TIMED THAT WE JUST

[2.C.Community Interest Items]

RECOGNIZE JOE LASTER AND OUR FIRST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECOGNITION WEEK.

I'LL ALSO MAKE A PLUG FOR OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 13TH.

IT IS 09:00 TO 01:00.

IT IS FREE TO ATTEND, IT IS AT THE BRICK.

STOP BY, IT'S COME AND GO, LOTS OF AMAZING INFORMATION, LOTS OF GOODIES.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, THE BEST OF THE BEST ARE REPRESENTED THERE, LOTS OF TABLES, LOTS OF BOOTHS TO MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH, AND SO WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU ATTEND THAT.

I WANT TO THANK OUR AWESOME COMMUNICATION STAFF AND THE STAFF AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THIS LAST WEEKEND'S CLEAR THE SHELTERS.

I THINK FROM WHAT I COULD SEE ON THE POST, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SWEET FUR BABIES THAT FOUND NEW HOMES, AND SO THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR ANIMAL SHELTER AND FINDING GOOD HOMES FOR THOSE BABIES AND HELPING US CREATE MORE SPACE THAT INEVITABLY GETS FILLED AGAIN.

ANOTHER FUN EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP, YOU CAN REGISTER FOR NOW, IS OUR BE HEALTHY 5K/10K AND FUN RUN WALK.

IT STARTS HERE IN THE PLAZA, IT IS SEPTEMBER 20TH, AND IT STARTS AT ABOUT 07:45, SO COME OUT.

WE USUALLY DO A FUN WARM-UP WITH ONE OF OUR FITNESS LEADERS FROM THE BRICK, AND WE WALK, RUN.

IT'S A GOOD TIME, SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET REGISTERED.

MAKE A TEAM, BRING OUT YOUR KIDS, IT'S A GOOD TIME, SEPTEMBER 20TH.

>> WE HAD A SPECIAL EVENT HERE RECENTLY WHERE CONGRESSMAN ROGER WILLIAMS CAME DOWN AND GAVE AN AWARD TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY, CALLING GREGORY FOR THE VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS WAS A PRETTY AMAZING DEAL.

ROGER WILLIAMS GAVE A ONE-MINUTE PRESENTATION OF HOW THIS HAS WORKED.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THIS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A SIGN THAT GOES ON THE INSIDE OF A RESTROOM, ESPECIALLY IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOMS. IT HAS A QR CODE WHERE THEY CAN GET IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN.

THIS WAS STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN COLIN CALLED ME UP AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT, AND HE GOT HELP TO GET IT STARTED UP.

THIS HAS GONE NATIONAL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN NEED IN A VERY DISCREET WAY CAN SAY, HELP ME WITH THIS QR CODE.

HATS OFF TO COLIN BECAUSE HE TOOK A VERY SIMPLE, SMALL IDEA AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

THE PRESENTATION THAT ROGER WILLIAMS GAVE IN CONGRESS HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND IT'S GOING.

IT'S SPREADING REALLY FAST, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HIM AND THE WHOLE PD FOR GETTING THIS GOING.

JOHNSON COUNTY, TEREN, THIS THING IS REALLY TAKEN OFF, AND THIS IS A QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU, COLIN.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 3, CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA, 3A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN, AND 3B IS ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BY STAFF, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.

>> WE'RE GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 4, CITIZENS' APPEARANCE.

EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION.

A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.

EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA? I SEE NONE, AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT.

I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE NEXT SECTION.

THE NEXT SECTION IS SECTION 5, CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

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ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE'LL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE A CITIZEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE WHOLE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA. MR. SANDERS.

>> IT IS ON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

I WAS ABLE TO MAKE YOUR EMERGENCY MEETING ON MONDAY, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT VERY SIMPLY TO MAKE IT EASY BECAUSE I CAN ONLY SAY SO MUCH IN THREE MINUTES.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS. I'M ASKING THAT JOE GET ALL YOUR DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS INSTEAD OF GOING UP ON OUR TAXES, JUST SIMPLE AS THAT.

IF YOU'RE ASKING THE CITIZENS TO GO UP AND ACTUALLY TIGHTEN THEIR BELT, WHY CAN'T Y'ALL? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, SO REAL SIMPLE.

YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THAT BRINGS US BACK TO CONSENT AGENDA.

TONIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A THROUGH 5G WITH A NOTE ON ITEM 5E.

5E WOULD BE IF IT'S APPROVED, PURSUANT TO APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REVIEW.

TONIGHT'S CONSENT IS ITEM 5A THROUGH 5G.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS?

>> MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY LARRY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASS IS UNANIMOUS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[6. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM IN CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

>> IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? A MOTION BY DAN AND SECOND BY LARRY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:48.

>> MAYOR AND COUNSEL, BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT THE COUNCIL CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS CODE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY LEX.

PLEASE VOTE. YOU WANT TO HIT A BUTTON OVER THERE?

>> HE'S NO LONGER ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE BUTTONS ONCE I SET THE VOTE TO RECORD.

>> OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

WE'RE BACK IN SECTION AT 6:15.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 7.

[7.A. Consider and take possible action on ordinances amending Chapter 26, Courts and Chapter 34, Environment, of the Code of Ordinances. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony D. McIlwain, Development Services Director)]

7A IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 COURTS AND CHAPTER 34 ENVIRONMENT OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ON FIRST READING, THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS TONY MCCAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MR. MCCAIN.

>> THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST READING OF A ORDINANCE, THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO THE COUNCIL AT OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING.

[NOISE] THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE TO CHAPTER 26 COURTS IN CHAPTER 34 ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY SERVE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES WITH MODIFYING PERTINENT DEFINITIONS, EXPANDING ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE POLICE AND CODE OFFICERS, AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO HAVE CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER NUISANCE VIOLATIONS AND PROVIDE EXCEPTION LANGUAGE TO THE CITY'S PROHIBITION AUTHORITY,

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PERMITTING FEE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 1006.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES WITH THE CURRENT TEXT TO THE LEFT, AND THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS ARE TO THE RIGHT, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHERE THE LANGUAGE IS CHANGING, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING AT LENGTH.

THESE ARE THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE BUILT INTO THE CODE AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL 1006, AND THIS DEALS WITH THE DECIBEL READINGS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND DELIVERIES.

IT'S THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, OF COURSE, THIS HAS TO GO TO A SECOND READING, BUT I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

>> ANYBODY? ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION?

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> A MOTION BY LARRY AND A SECOND MADAN.

PLEASE VOTE. CASE IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, TONY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO 7B.

[7.B. Consider and take possible action on an ordinance amending the City budget [CSO#5560-09-2024] for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 by increasing appropriations to various funds to accommodate operating and capital needs; and find time is of the essence. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Kevin Hennessey, Interim Director of Finance)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS FUNDS TO ACCOMMODATE OPERATING AND CAPITAL NEEDS AND FIND THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

MAKING THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, FIRST AND FINAL READING.

THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS KEVIN HENNESSY, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

>> EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 25 BUDGET.

THIS IS THE ITEMS THAT WERE PART OF THE PRESENTATION ON 21 JULY BUT DUE TO THE DELAY OF THE 4B MEETING, WE'RE BRINGING YOU TO THIS EVENING.

THE TOTAL IS 305,422 FOR THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND.

THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM IN THE FUND AFFECTED IN THIS PROPOSAL.

[NOISE] IN THE PROPOSAL, IT HAS TWO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS, [NOISE] ONE TO STUDY FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY, AND THE OTHER FOR CHISELHAL SPORTS COMPLEX MANAGEMENT.

IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS RELATED TO THE TRANSITION OF THE BARTLETT SOCCER COMPLEX, AND HERE'S THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ALL THOSE ITEMS AND HOW THEY TOTAL UP TO THAT $305.4 THOUSAND, AND AS MENTIONED, THESE ARE ONE TIME COSTS.

THE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE REQUESTING A MID YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE $305,422 IN THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND FOR OPERATING AND CAPITAL NEEDS, AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY ALEXA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASS IS UNANIMOUS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[7.C.Consider approval of a minute order electing a councilmember to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for a term of one year. (Staff Contact: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

THAT BRINGS US TO 7C, WHICH I WILL BE PRESENTING.

CONSIDER A MINUTE ORDER ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M PRESENTING THIS EVENING THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM TO SERVE SEPTEMBER 2025 TO AUGUST 2026.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NOT ONLY OUR COUNCIL POLICY OF HOW WE DO THIS PROCESS, BUT THE CITY CHARTER CALLS OUT FOR A MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THERE IT IS TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY AUGUST 31.

WE'RE RUNNING JUST A LITTLE BEHIND HERE BECAUSE NORMALLY, I DO THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO WE'RE NOT CUTTING THE LAST WIRE.

HERE WE ARE, AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED BY THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M SURE.

I TOOK IN NOMINATIONS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS POSITION.

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THERE'S NO ACTUAL PROCESS FOR THE ACTUAL VOTING THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO THIS WAS SECRET BALLOT, AND SO WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THIS OUT IN PUBLIC.

WE HAD THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS NOMINATE DAN MCLINTON TO CONTINUE SERVING AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM, AND DAN MCLINTON HIMSELF HAS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO ARE THERE ACTION TONIGHT? [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT'S TRUE. HE ALREADY GOT THE QUORUM.

>> WE NEED THE FORMAL VOTE?

>> YES. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO PUT YOUR NAME OUT THERE AGAIN.

YOU SERVE US WELL IN THIS POSITION, ALWAYS WILLING TO STEP UP WHEN NEEDED, AND YOU REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY SO WELL AND.

>> HE DOESN'T COMPLAIN THAT MUCH.

>> VERY RARE.

>> DON'T TAKE A VOLUNTEER JOB ON AND THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT GOOD FORM. BUT THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE IT. I DO.

I ENJOY THE ROLE, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CONTINUE IT FOR ONE MORE YEAR.

>> DO WE NEED A FORMAL VOTE FOR THE OBVIOUS?

>> YES, SIR. WE'LL SWITCH OVER TO THE VOTING.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE DAN MCLINTON TO SERVE.

>> THERE WAS A RUSH FOR THAT.

>> I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER BEEKER BEAT YOU TO THAT.

>> DID SHE?

>> YES.

>> SHE PUSHED THE BUTTON? GOT YOU.

>> BUT YOU CAN FINISH.

>> GOT IT. I'LL SECOND.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING THAT OUT.

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

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, BUD. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 8 REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[8.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the issuance and sale of City of Burleson, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025 and Combination Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025. (Staff Contact: Harlan Jefferson, Deputy City Manager)]

8A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF BURLESON, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 2025, AND THE COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SERIES 2025. THE PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS HARLAN JEFFERSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

>> THANK YOU, MISS COMPOS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

ON AUGUST 4TH, YOU HAD GIVEN STAFF DIRECTION VIA AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU APPROVED TO AUTHORIZE THE SELL OF BONDS VIA PARAMETER ORDINANCES.

THIS WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE US THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY BASED ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE LOWEST RATES POSSIBLE IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

ON AUGUST 12, WE WERE ABLE TO SELL THOSE BONDS.

YOU HAD GIVEN US 90 DAY PERIOD, AND FORTUNATELY, THE MARKET WAS CONTINUING TO RALLY IN OUR FAVOR.

TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US MARTY SCHU.

SHE'S WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, HILLTOP SECURITIES.

SHE'S GOING TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION AND LET YOU KNOW HOW WE PERFORMED IN THE MARKET.

>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MARTY SCHU WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

WE REPRESENT THE CITY AS YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF YOUR BOND SALE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THIS ITEM A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW.

THESE ARE ALL THE DEPOSITS FOR THE PURPOSES, THE VARIOUS PURPOSE, YOUR DEPOSIT TO YOUR PROJECT FUND FOR EACH OF THE TRANSACTIONS.

THERE WERE TWO SERIES OF BONDS SOLD CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO NET YOU 45.26 MILLION TO YOUR PROJECT FUND, AND THEN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO NET YOU 8.5 MILLION TO YOUR PROJECT FUND.

AS PART OF THE NORMAL BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS, THE CITY DID HAVE TO APPLY FOR AND PURCHASE A RATING.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY WHEN YOU ADOPTED YOUR PARAMETER ORDINANCE, BUT THE RATINGS WERE BOTH AFFIRMED BY MOODY'S AND STANDARD AND POOR'S AT THE AA2 AND AA LEVEL.

THAT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC LEVEL FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF IT.

AS PART OF THAT RATING PROCESS, THESE AGENCIES COME IN, THEY ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND STAFF HAS TO PREPARE A LOT OF INFORMATION, ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN CONDUCT A FULL CREDIT ASSESSMENT ON THE CITY.

TO MAINTAIN THOSE STRONG RATINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO YOU OR I OUR OWN PERSONAL CREDIT RATING, SO THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT RATING, THE LOWER THE COST OF BORROWING WHEN YOU GO TO APPLY FOR A MORTGAGE OR PURCHASE A CAR, SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE CITY.

THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT RATING, THE LOWER YOUR COST OF BORROWING WHEN YOU SELL YOUR BONDS.

I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING THAT YOU WERE IN THE TOP 22% OF RATINGS ACROSS BOTH OF THESE CATEGORIES.

I THINK TECHNICALLY, MOODY'S IS 24%, BUT AGAIN, STILL A GREAT MILESTONE.

THIS GIVES YOU A AND AGAIN, I THINK MR. JEFFERSON WENT OVER THIS PREVIOUSLY WITH THE PARAMETER ADOPTION, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE HISTORY OF YOUR RATINGS.

I THINK IT'S WORTHY TO NOTE ALSO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE RATINGS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL,

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THEY STAY THERE FOR A WHILE SO YOU DON'T SEE LARGE MOVEMENTS QUICKLY OVER TIME.

I THINK STANDARD AND POORS HAS SAT YOU AT THE AA LEVEL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND YOU WERE LAST UPGRADED IN 2022 BY MOODY'S, SO VERY GOOD JOB.

THE BONDS WERE SOLD THE MORNING OF AUGUST 12.

THEY WERE PUT OUT FOR A COMPETITIVE SALE, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOUR BONDS WERE PUT OUT ON THE OPEN MARKET, AND ANY AND ALL UNDERWRITERS WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT A BID FOR THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE AND SELL YOUR BONDS TO THE PUBLIC.

YOU DID RECEIVE VERY FAVORABLE MARKET RESULTS.

ON YOUR COS, YOU RECEIVED SEVEN DIFFERENT BIDS.

JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT CAME IN WITH THE LOWEST PROPOSED TRUE INTEREST COST OF 4.2%, AND ON YOUR GO BONDS, YOU RECEIVED FOUR BIDS AND THE WINNING PROPOSAL CAME IN FROM BROWNSTONE INVESTMENT GROUP WITH A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 4.37%.

I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT I WILL JUST NOTE THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THOSE RATES ONLY BECAUSE THE CO IS A LARGER ISSUANCE SIZE.

THEY HAD LARGER BLOCK SIZES OF MATURITIES, THEREFORE, THAT INTEREST RATE WAS JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER BECAUSE THE GO WAS A SMALLER ISSUANCE SIZE SO FROM A MARKET PERSPECTIVE, THE CO WAS SLIGHTLY MORE DESIRABLE.

THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOURCES AND USES OF THOSE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT FUND MATCHES 45.255 MILLION 358,000, THAT IS TO NET YOU WHAT YOU NEED FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PURPOSES ON YOUR CEOS.

THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOURCES AND USES FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AGAIN, WE STRUCTURE THE BONDS TO NET WHAT YOUR TARGET IS FOR YOUR PROJECT FUND SO AGAIN, 8.396260.

AS PART OF THE PARAMETER ADOPTION, AS YOU'LL RECALL, YOU HAD TO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE, AS MR. JEFFERSON NOTICED, NOTED, WAS TO GIVE YOU MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.

YOU DID HAVE TO APPROVE CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR PARAMETERS.

I LIKE TO THINK OF THOSE AS CHECK BOXES OF CONDITIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THE SALE TO OCCUR, SO SPOILER ALERT, YOUR PARAMETERS WERE MET.

WE WELL EXCEEDED EVERYTHING.

OBVIOUSLY, YOUR INTEREST RATE CAME IN WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM NOT TO EXCEED INTEREST RATE OF 5%, AND YOU WERE BELOW YOUR PAR AMOUNT AND YOUR MAXIMUM MATURITY.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL, SO THESE LAST TWO SLIDES, JUST COMPARE WHERE YOUR PARAMETERS WERE TO THE ACTUAL RESULTS.

AGAIN, ALL OF THE PARAMETERS WERE ACHIEVED.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES CAME IN LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING, WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING NUMBERS AT THE TIME THAT YOU APPROVED THE NOTICE OF INTENT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE WERE USING AN ESTIMATED INTEREST RATE OF ABOUT 4.57% SO THE DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST RATES BETWEEN WHAT WE WERE USING FOR OUR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES AND WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SOLD YOUR BONDS TRANSLATES TO ABOUT $1.5 MILLION LESS IN DEBT SERVICE OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS.

ALL IN ALL, VERY FAVORABLE RESULTS, WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY PLEASED, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO 8B RECEIVER REPORT,

[8.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the 2024-2025 street maintenance program. (Staff Contact: Justin Scharnhorst, Deputy Director of Public Works) ]

HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE 2024 2025 STEP STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS JUSTIN SHARNHORT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. JUSTIN.

>> THANK YOU, AMANDA. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE 2024/2025 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND REEL BACK SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT.

BY WAY OF BACKGROUND IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE, CITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF STREET MAINTENANCE AND SET UP A DESIGNATED STREET MAINTENANCE FUND AND ALLOCATED $1.6 MILLION INTO THE STREET MAINTENANCE FUND.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PUT $700,000 OUT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TO GET US TO THE 22.353 NUMBER.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER OF THE FALL, WE CAME TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TWICE AND TO CITY COUNCIL ON TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACT AWARDS THAT MADE UP THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

IN SUMMARY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS AND ONE OF THEM IS NEW TO THE CITY, WHICH IS PRESSURE PAVED THROUGH DONALDSON CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN WHAT A MILL & OVERLAY AND A MICRO SURFACE WOULD BE IN TERMS OF ROAD TREATMENT, IF YOU WILL.

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WE ACCOMPLISHED ABOUT 3.3 MILES THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC PROCESS.

WE'LL HAVE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES IN JUST A MINUTE.

MILL & OVERLAY COMPLETED 12 STREET SEGMENTS, ABOUT 4 MILES AND OVER 8.7 MILES OF CRACK SEAL.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST CONCRETE REPAIRS ON OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THOSE ARE RENFROW, ASBURY, PORTIONS OF HIDDEN CREEK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE ABOUT THE FALL OF 2024, GETTING US TO THE 2.36 WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN, THE MILL & OVERLAY ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 41% OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER BY ROUNDING CONCRETE, PRESSUREPAVE OF ABOUT 26% OF THAT.

THE REMAINING 7% IS PAVEMENT MARKINGS, MATERIAL TESTING THAT WE USE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ON VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND CRACK SEAL.

HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS RELATIVELY HARD TO SEE, BUT DID WANT TO SHOW A 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF WHERE WE TOUCHED AND THE LOCATIONS THAT WE SERVICED IN THE CITY.

THE RED SECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE MILL & OVERLAY SECTIONS, THE ASPHALT CRACK SEALING OF ALL OVER THE CITY, CONCENTRATED TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

GREEN WAS PRESSUREPAVE AND THEN HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON OUR MAJOR THOUGH FARES, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE HAD WITH RELIABLE FOR CONCRETE WORK.

I MENTIONED THAT WE DID EIGHT CONCRETE PROJECTS THAT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, ONE PROJECT, IN THIS CASE IS BOTH LANES, SIDEWALK, CURB, 288 RAMPS.

THIS IS CARDINAL RIDGE, LOOKING EASTBOUND TOWARDS KERR.

WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP COMING WESTBOUND AS WELL, DID SOME WORK IN THE INTERSECTION AS WELL.

AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE PROJECT IS WHAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR.

IN FACT, IT'S MULTIPLE LANES, BOTH DIRECTIONS.

THEN AGAIN, DOWN TOWARDS KERR ON EASTBOUND HIDDEN CREEK, I TOLLING A LITTLE OVER 1,000 SQUARE YARDS IN SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS SINCE THE FALL OF 2024.

[INAUDIBLE] PRESSUREPAVE, A NEW PRODUCT FOR THE CITY.

THIS IS SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.

THIS IS NORTHWEST SUMMERCREST, WEST OF ASBURY AFTER THE ROAD WAS RESTRIPED.

THEN YOU CAN SEE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PARKVIEW, WE'RE EXCITED TO WATCH HOW THESE STREETS HOLD UP OVER TIME. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

WE COME ON GOOD WORD FOR THIS APPLICATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.

BUT HAPPY HOW IT TURNED OUT, ESTIMATED 10 YEAR SERVICE LIFE ON THOSE SEGMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE WITH THEM.

THIS IS SHADY OAKS DRIVE.

>> JUSTIN.

>> YES, SIR.

>> WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF THE PRESSURE PROCESS?

>> IT WAS QUICK, AND EFFICIENT.

>> QUALITY.

>> YES, MAYOR. I BELIEVE SO.

ABSOLUTELY. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW QUICKLY THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN, HOW QUICKLY YOU'RE ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE SURFACE, AFTER THE APPLICATION CURES.

WE DROVE TO THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE, WE DROVE TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, LOOKED AT THEIR STREETS THAT WERE THREE, FIVE, AND I THINK UP TO 7-YEARS-OLD IN MIDLOTHIAN, AND LOOKED AT THOSE STREETS, HOW THEY'RE HOLDING UP BEFORE WE MOVED IN THIS DIRECTION.

REPUTABLE COMPANY, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PRODUCT.

IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT ITSELF, I THINK IT WAS A SUCCESS.

>> LOOKS GREAT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE PATCHES IN IT, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS.

THIS LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER, LOOKS LIKE A FINISHED STREET AGAIN.

>> VERY HAPPY WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT.

>> GOOD DEAL. GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU. CRACK SEAL, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS, IT SERVES A PURPOSE.

IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE PROCESS TO MINIMIZE WATER INFILTRATION OF SOME OF OUR STREETS.

WE DID A LITTLE OVER $80,000 OF CRACK SEALING ACROSS THE CITY.

THOSE ARE THOSE BLUE LINES IN THE MAP THAT YOU SAW EARLIER.

I OVER OUR MILL AND OVERLAY LOCATIONS.

THIS IS OZARK, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS SUMMER CREST AND BRYANT DRIVE, 12 STREETS TOTAL IN THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

TO GIVE A THREE YEAR LOOK.

IT'S CHALLENGING TO COMPARE THIS AT TIMES BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE COMPETING FACTORS.

SOME OF THIS IS IN HOUSE WORK, SOME OF IT'S CONTRACTED WORK.

BUT THE POINT IS THERE'S A CORRELATION WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK OUTPUT AND WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS.

IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR, OUR OVERLAYS, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH PRESSURE PAY OF THE CONCRETE WORK AND THE CRACK SEAL WORK, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM AND YEARS FORWARD.

IN SUMMARY, THE PROGRAM ITSELF DELIVERED IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS.

WE FULLY UTILIZE THE ALLOCATED FUNDING AND LEVERAGED STAFF RESOURCES TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THIS.

VERY PROUD OF PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PARTNERING WITH THESE CONTRACTORS

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TO SET UP TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE, TO DO DEMO, TO SET UP THOSE SITES TO WHERE THAT WORK IS NOT BEING OUTSOURCED.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT.

WE'RE SAVING MONEY AND ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE LOCATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

LOOKING AHEAD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE CAME TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.

WE WANT TO REALLY JUMP INTO PROCUREMENT AS SOON AS WE CAN, COME BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR CONTRACT CONSIDERATION AT ONE POINT AND TO GET YOUR CONSIDERATION DURING THAT TIME AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND OBVIOUSLY, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH CAPITAL ENGINEERING, ASSET MANAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY TO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A ROBUST PROGRAM THAT'S INCLUSIVE AND PUTTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF STREET MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

>> ANYBODY?

>> JUSTIN, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE IN BURLESON.

YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY RELATIVELY PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF IT IS WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

MY QUESTION IS, ON THE OLD ROADS, IS THIS BUDGET INCLUDE STRIPING? SOME OF THEM ARE JUST NOT STRIPED AT ALL.

IT'S DURING A RAINSTORM, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE SOME STRIPING.

I HAD A LADY DRIVE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR LANE ROAD THE OTHER DAY, JUST TAKING UP ALL THE LANES BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SEE.

>> GOOD QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SEPARATE STRIPING BUDGET IN PUBLIC WORKS.

FOR YOUR QUESTION, FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID, IF THERE WERE STRIPING OR PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE DOING, WE INCLUDED THAT COST IN IT.

BUT THERE'S A SEPARATE EFFORT FOR RETRIPING, PROBABLY A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS.

>> JUSTIN, ERIC, I THINK THE LEADERSHIP WATCHING THIS UNFOLD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE TALENTS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED HERE, THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND THE SKILLS IN THE FIELD WERE EXEMPLARY.

I THINK THE CITIZENS HAVE GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STREETS, AND YOU PERFORMED WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY, KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

I SEE JUSTIN IN THE BACK.

YOU ALL ARE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK.

YOU'VE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS, AND WE'RE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE BECAUSE I'M IMPRESSED WITH THIS PRESSUREPAVE.

HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT GETS PRESSUREPAVE AND WHAT GETS MILL OVERLAY?

>> THERE IS A BALANCE. THERE'S A LINE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, YOU LOOK AT COST EFFECTIVENESS ON HOW MANY LOCATIONS YOU CAN IMPROVE BASED ON WHAT THE PRICE IS.

WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THERE ARE STREETS THAT NEED FULL DEPTH RECONSTRUCTION, AND THOSE ARE MUCH MORE IDEAL CANDIDATES THAT HAVE A MILL & OVERLAY.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SEALED THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER SERVICE LIFE IN IT, MAYBE THAT'S A CANDIDATE FOR PRESSURE PAVE.

I THINK GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY BE LOOKING THROUGH DIFFERENT LENS THIS NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT STREETS WE DO PRESSUREPAVE AND WHAT STREETS WE SEE HAVE THE ASSETS.

DEFINITELY ON THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE LOOKING AT VERY CLOSELY WHEN WE GET HERE TO.

>> WELL, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM BEING RESPONSIVE AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN.

I KNOW LAST MEETING, WE HAD A RESIDENT COME GIVE KUDOS FOR HOW RESPONSIVE WE WERE AT A PARTICULAR JOB SITE, AND SO THANKS, NOT ONLY TO JUST AS A WHOLE, OUR RESPONSIVENESS, BUT EVEN THOSE INDIVIDUAL CALLS, WE REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND IT JUST MAKES OUR STAFF SHINE EVEN MORE. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? YOU'RE DOING GOOD, JUSTIN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO 8C RECEIVER REPORT,

[8.C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the FY 2025-2026 Strategic Plan. (Staff Contact: Janalea Hembree, Assistant to the City Manager) Exhibit 1 - Department Memo - Strategic Plan dis]

HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS JANE LEE HUMPHREY, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, JANE LEE.

>> THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STRAP PLAN.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CLOSING OUT 24 AND 25.

THEN LOOKING AT WHAT 25 AND 26 STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, HOW OUR STRAP PLAN IS STRUCTURED.

WE START WITH A VISION.

WE THEN HAVE A MISSION FOR OUR CITY.

WE THEN TURN THOSE INTO VALUES, WE PUT THEM TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL WORK TASKS WITHIN THAT.

THE MISSION FOR THIS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE FOCUSED, MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND TO PLAN AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE IN A FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND INNOVATIVE MANNER THROUGH A HIGH PERFORMING CITY TEAM AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BURLESON COMMUNITY.

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BUILDING THE STRAP PLAN FOR 25/26 WE LOOKED AT WHAT OUR ADOPTED VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS ALREADY ARE FROM THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

WE LOOKED AT OUR CITY MASTER PLANS, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANS.

THE CITY COUNCIL DID HAVE A RETREAT BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, THAT REALLY HELPED BUILD THE 24/25 PLAN.

THEN WE ALSO USED A LOT OF THE SAME STRUCTURE FROM THE 24/25 PLAN.

THE COMPONENTS OF THE STRAP PLAN, WE DO HAVE FOUR FOCUS AREAS.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON THE RIGHT.

FROM THOSE FOUR FOCUS AREAS, WE HAVE GOALS, AND THEN WITHIN EACH OF THOSE GOALS, WE'LL HAVE INDIVIDUAL TASKS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SLIDES FAIRLY QUICKLY.

THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WORDS ON THEM.

YOU'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE.

BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE SLIDES OR THE GOALS WITHIN THEM, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THE INDIVIDUAL GOALS.

FOCUS AREA 1, IS HIGH PERFORMING CITY ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE FOCUS SERVICES WITHIN THAT, WE HAVE FOUR GOALS.

FOCUS AREA 2, DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY THROUGH MANAGED GROWTH.

THERE'S FIVE GOALS WITHIN THAT AREA.

FOCUS AREA 3, A BEAUTIFUL, SAFE, AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

THERE'S FIVE GOALS WITHIN THAT.

FOCUS AREA 4, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THROUGH EXPANDED QUALITY AND LIFE AMENITIES.

THERE'S THREE GOALS WITHIN THAT.

CLOSING OUT THE 24 25 STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? IN THE 24/25 STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 76 TASKS.

ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE, WE COMPLETED 53 OF THOSE GOALS, WHICH WAS 70%.

WE HAD A VERY HIGH COMPLETION RATE.

TWO OF THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE YEAR WERE DISCONTINUED, MAYBE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, SO THOSE WERE REMOVED.

TWENTY-ONE OF THOSE GOALS WERE NOT MET, EITHER WE DIDN'T MEET OUR MATRIX OR THE GOAL HAS JUST NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET, AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IT INTO 25/26 AND FINISH THAT GOAL OUT.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT THE GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN 2026, THERE'S 14.

WHEN I RECAP THE 26 GOALS, IT'S GOING TO SAY 16, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE TOOK A COUPLE OF THOSE AND SPLIT THEM INTO TWO GOALS.

THOSE NUMBERS WON'T MATCH.

BUT 14 OF THESE GOALS WILL FINISH NEXT YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO.

AGAIN, THIS IS A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN QUARTERLY UPDATES.

I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH POINTS ON A COUPLE OF THEM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

I DO HAVE DIRECTORS HERE AS WELL.

IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL TASKS, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 1, HR IS REALLY WORKING.

THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS SECTION, THEY'RE PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, NEW TRAINING CLASSES FOR STAFF, AND WE DID COMPLETE ALL FIVE OF THESE GOALS.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 2.

THE ONLY ONE HERE WE DID NOT COMPLETE WAS 125.

THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND IT.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THIS WHEN TESTING OUR SOFT PHONES ON COMPUTERS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE PHONES ON THEIR COMPUTERS, SAY AT HOME IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR HELPING THAT.

IF THEY CALLED 911 FROM THOSE SOFT PHONES, IT WAS SHOWING THEIR LOCATION AT CITY HALL, SINCE THOSE COMPUTERS BELONG TO US.

WORKING WITH IT, WE'RE GETTING THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.

IF THEY EVER DID HAVE TO MAKE A 911 CALL FROM THEIR SOFT PHONES ON THEIR COMPUTERS, IT WOULD SHOW THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION SO THAT WAY PD CAN GET TO THEM.

FOCUS AREA 1.3.

WE COMPLETED MOST OF THESE 1.3.4, THE REVISING THE EXISTING SUB-ORDINANCE.

WE DID NOT COMPLETE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT IN 26, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT COMPLETED.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE 26 PLAN.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 4.

WE COMPLETED MOST OF THESE, AS YOU SAW WITH JUSTIN WORKING CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH ASSET MANAGEMENT, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT STREET MAINTENANCE PLAN.

WE COMPLETED THAT.

THEN YOU ALSO SAW AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT 1.4.5 GOAL.

FOR THE TRANSPARENCY STARS, THEY DO HAVE TWO OF THEM.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A GOAL OF FOUR, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PLAN IN 26 AS WELL.

MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA 2.2.1.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS IN HERE.

ALEX AND HIS DEPARTMENT IS STILL WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD COLLEGE SITE AND WORKING ON SOME NEW SITES TO BRING INTO THE COMMUNITY,

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SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.

HE'S STILL GOING TO BE WORKING ON HOTEL PROVIDER TO PROVIDE HIGHER PAYER JOBS IN THE CITY.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 2.

THERE WAS ONE GOAL IN HERE THAT WAS DISCONTINUED, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

THEN FINALIZE AND REVIEW THE ADOPTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT IN FY 26.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 3.

WE COMPLETED MOST OF THESE GOALS, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE WILLOW CREEK AND VILLAGE CREEK UPDATES TO THE MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY, AND WE DID SUBMIT LETTERS AND MAPS TO THE REVISIONS OF FEMA, SO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP GOT THAT DONE.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 4.

THE CAPITAL ENGINEERING GROUP IS STILL WORKING ON A COUPLE GOALS HERE.

YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THESE ROLL 26.

WITHIN THE YEAR, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE DID SPLIT PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL ENGINEERING, AND THEN CAPITAL ENGINEERING DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECTOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEY ALSO DIDN'T HAVE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR STUFF GOT PUSHED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS ON TRACK TO BE FINISHED IN 26.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE ROLLOVER.

>> FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 5.

PUBLIC WORKS DID COMPLETE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING AT SOME OPTIONS FOR A SECONDARY WATER SOURCE.

IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL A WHILE BACK.

THE MASTER PLAN FOR FACILITIES.

THEY DID COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITIES, AND THEY ARE CLOSE TO FINISHING THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN FOR LONG TERM SPACING NEEDS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN '26, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT FARTHER THAN JUST 50% DONE ALREADY ON THAT.

WE AMENDED THAT A LITTLE BIT TO REMOVE THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

YOU'LL JUST SEE THAT IT'S A MASTER PLAN FOR LONG TERM NEEDS AND '26.

MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 1.

COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THAT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH JEN.

SHE'S STILL WORKING ON THAT.

WE WILL ROLL THAT OVER 226, AND YOU'LL SEE MORE PHASES OF THAT BEING COMPLETED.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 2.

YOU'LL SEE COMPLETE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND BEGIN THE CARPA CERTIFICATION.

THAT IS ONE GOAL IN' 26 THAT WE SPLIT, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AS TWO SEPARATE GOALS.

THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN THEIR CARPA CERTIFICATION.

IT WAS GOALS LIKE THAT THAT WE SPLIT, SO IT WAS EASILY TRACK TO WHERE WE CAN SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE INSTEAD OF GROUPING THEM TOGETHER.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 3.

AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, POLICE DID INCREASE CURRENT REAL TIME INFORMATION BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FLOCKS, THE ALPR SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THOSE IMPLEMENTED.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 4.

COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION 1, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE ALMOST COMPLETE WITH THAT.

IT'S NOT QUITE DONE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ROLL THAT INTO FY26 AND GET THAT DONE NEXT YEAR.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID GET A CURRICULUM FOR A RESCUE TASK FORCE, TRAINING ALL FIRE PERSONNEL IN ACTIVE THREAT SITUATIONS THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 5.

THE 354 AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

THAT WAS ADDING 4G CAMERA INSTALLATIONS TO COMMUNITY PARKS, WHERE WE SEE AN INCREASE OF VANDALISM.

THAT WAS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY WENT AND STARTED TO IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS, WHICH PARKS THEY CAN START WITH.

YOU'LL SEE THAT GOAL ROLL OVER TO FY26, AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION TO THE IT DEPARTMENT.

NOW THAT PARKS HAS PASSED ON WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT THOSE SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN HIGH VANDALISM AREAS.

IT'S NOW GOING TO BE ON IT TO PROCURE THOSE CAMERAS AND GET THEM INSTALLED.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 26, IT'LL GO TO IT.

FOCUS AREA 4, GOAL 1.

AGAIN, AT THE BOTTOM, THE LIGHTING FOR OLD TOWN.

THAT WAS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY DID THEIR PART OF THAT THAT THEN HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO RANDY AND THE CAPITAL GROUP.

YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A CAPITAL PROJECT.

IT IS GOING TO ROLL INTO '26, BUT IT'LL BE TRANSFERRED TO CAPITAL.

FOCUS AREA 4, GOAL 2.

WE DID COMPLETE ALL FOUR GOALS IN THIS SECTION, ALONG WITH THE BRICK LOBBY RENOVATIONS AND THEN JUST INCREASING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARENESS THROUGH LIBRARY SERVICES.

FOCUS AREA 4, GOAL 3.

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AGAIN, WE COMPLETED EVERYTHING IN THIS SECTION OR IN THIS GOAL, ALL THESE TASKS SO THAT WAS GREAT.

CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE DID HOST ANOTHER BURLESON 101 CIVIC ACADEMY, WHICH WAS VERY POPULAR, AND THEN AS WELL AS PROJECT YOU THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

THEY HOSTED ANOTHER EVENT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS THE END OF THE '24 '25 STRATEGIC PLAN.

I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT REALLY FAST.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE '25, '26? WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WITH THE SAME FOCUS AREAS.

JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS HERE.

YOU ARE GOING TO START SEEING THESE ICONS ON A LOT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING THEM ON OUR DEPARTMENT MEMOS, REFERENCING THEM WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS STAFF ARE DOING FALLS INTO ONE OF THESE FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BUILT.

WE DID UPDATE THE COLORS JUST SLIGHTLY, AND THEN WE ALSO UPDATED THE ICONS.

BUT THE FOCUS AREAS THEMSELVES ARE STILL GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME.

WHEN LOOKING AT AN OVERVIEW FOR THE '26 TASK SUMMARY, YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT, EACH DEPARTMENT THAT HAS GOALS AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, AS I HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, CONTINUED FROM 2025.

I DID SAY 14.

IT'S NOW 16 BECAUSE WE'VE SPLIT TWO OF THOSE.

THAT'S MEANING THAT IT WAS A PROJECT FROM '25 THAT WE DID NOT YET COMPLETE, BUT WE WILL COMPLETE IT IN '26.

OBVIOUSLY, NEW TASKS.

WHEN IT SAYS ROLLED, NECESSARILY, IT MEANS IT'S THE SAME EXACT GOAL.

IT'S JUST A CONTINUAL THING THAT WE'RE DOING.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE HR HOSTING LEADERSHIP CLASSES.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING GOAL YEAR AFTER YEAR, SO IT WILL ROLL FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, MEANING WE DIDN'T UPDATE ANYTHING FROM THAT.

IF IT SAYS UPDATED FROM '25, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME GOAL, BUT MAYBE WE CHANGED OUR MATRIX A LITTLE BIT OR WORDED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

TOTAL FOR '26 IS 94 TASKS.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE THE SAME FOCUS AREA.

THEY'RE ALL THE SAME GOAL.

THE ONLY DIFFERENT IS GOING TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL TASKS.

YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE A NEW COLUMN, THE TARGET MATRIX AND THEN ON THE TASK ITSELF, WE'VE REWORKED IT HOW IT LOOKS IN THE FORMAT OF IT.

YOU'LL SEE THE GOAL, AND THEN AN EXPLANATION OF WHY STAFF IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL AND THEN THE TARGET MATRIX, WE PULLED OUT OF THE EXPLANATION AND PUT IT IN ITS OWN COLUMN SO YOU CAN EASILY SEE IT.

PREVIOUSLY, WHEN I POSTED THIS, THE ONLY CHANGE WE HAD MADE IS 112.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THEIR STANDING OPERATED PROCEDURES.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FIVE AT A TIME, GETTING THOSE WRITTEN AND IMPLEMENTED.

I HAD ORIGINALLY HAD FIVE THERE, BUT THEY WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE THAT.

BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO ADVANCE THEIR EXCELLENCE BY ADOPTING THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEF BEST PRACTICES.

THEY'LL GET THAT DONE IN '26.

FOCUS AREA. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF 1.1.

HR AGAIN IS STILL GOING TO FOCUS ON HIGH EMPLOYEE RETENTION, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON WORKFORCE SAFETY.

HR IS GOING TO ROLL THOSE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 2.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE EXPANSION OF ONLINE UTILITY PAYMENTS, AND THEN ALSO THE BTX 311 APP ENGAGEMENT, TRYING TO GET THOSE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

FOCUS AREA 12 CONTINUED.

IT IS WORKING ON THE CAD UPGRADE, AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD BEFORE.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON RECEIVING THEIR TEXAS CYBER STAR CERTIFICATION, SO THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE IN FY26.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 2.

AS YOU HEARD FROM KEVIN'S PRESENTATION, PARKS IS GOING TO DO A PILOT ON AUTONOMOUS MOWING.

THEY PLAN ON PUTTING THIS AT THE BARTLETT THE FIRST YEAR AS THEIR PILOT WILL BE AT THE BARTLETT SPORTS COMPLEX. YOU'LL SEE THAT.

THEN THE CAPRA ACCREDITATION THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT WAS A GOAL THAT WAS PULLED FROM THEIR MASTER PLAN.

THAT'S A SEPARATE GOAL IN ITSELF THIS YEAR.

THEY PLAN TO GET IT DONE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 3.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT HERE, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND DIANA'S GROUP AND HER TEAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE E-NEWSLETTER ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, AND THEN THE WEBSITE ENGAGEMENT WITH CITIZENS.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 3.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION AS WELL.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE 2022 BOND PROGRAM UPDATES,

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THAT WAS JUST A CONTINUATION ROLE FROM GOAL '25, AND THEN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REVISION THAT WAS A GOAL THAT WASN'T COMPLETED THAT WE ROLLED OVER AND WE'LL GET THAT COMPLETED IN FY26.

FOCUS AREA 1, GOAL 4.

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS ON GRANTS CITYWIDE AND THEN AS WELL WORKING WITH LONESTAR.

THAT'S OUR NEW ON FEDERAL FUNDING, AS WELL AS WE TALKED ABOUT, SOME OF US MET WITH CONGRESS MAN WILLIAMS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT TOGETHER.

THEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR TRANSPARENCY STAR RECOGNITION AND THEN THEIR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR WEBSITE.

MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA 2, FOCUS AREA GOAL 1.

THERE IS NINE TASKS ON THIS.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM EXPANSION, AS WELL AS THEIR HOOPER BUSINESS PARK JOB CREATION.

CONTINUATION OF THAT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO GOING TO WORK ON DEVELOPING SPORTS TOURISM.

THEY'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY PLAN AND EXECUTE A STRATEGY FOR CREATING A NEW INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY, ATTRACTING REGIONAL EVENTS, BOOSTING LOCAL TOURISM AND SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE LAST GOAL ON HERE DOES NOT HAVE A NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT.

THIS WAS A TASK THAT WAS ON OUR PREVIOUS PLAN ABOUT THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CONVENTION CENTER.

OF COURSE, THE DIRECTION LAST YEAR WAS TO TRY TO GO TO THE LEGISLATION, GET THAT HOTEL CONFERENCE BILL PASSED.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN LAST YEAR.

WE WILL SEE DIRECTION FROM YOU.

WE CAN KEEP IT ON THE PLAN THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SESSION THIS YEAR, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FILE A HOTEL BILL, BUT WE COULD LEAVE IT ON HERE IN TALKING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND JUST PUTTING IT IN THEIR EAR.

WE COULD REMOVE IT, AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON FOR '27.

WHEN THE NEXT SESSION COMES IN, THAT WOULD JUST BE PER YOUR GUYS' DIRECTION AND WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 2.

THIS WILL BE WHERE YOU'LL SEE THE ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATES.

THEY WILL FINALIZE AND REVIEW THE ADOPTION OF ZONING ORDINANCE HERE, SO THEY WILL COMPLETE THAT IN' 26.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 3, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE STATE HIGHWAY 174 WIDENING.

HOPEFULLY, THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION WILL WIDEN IT FROM ELK DRIVE TO WICKER HILL ROAD.

IT'LL IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOWS, ENHANCING SAFETY, AND OF COURSE, SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE GROWTH.

FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 4. YOU'LL SEE A LOT HERE.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THOSE GOALS FROM CAPITAL ENGINEERING THAT ROLLED FROM '25 OVER.

THEY DID ROLL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROGRAM, BUT THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO COMPLETE THAT ALONGSIDE WITH THE ALREADY APPROVED OR THE '26 NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROGRAM THAT IS ON THEIR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN SO THEY WILL BE COMPLETING THOSE AT THE SAME TIME.

SIMULTANEOUSLY. FOCUS AREA 2, GOAL 5.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE ON HERE.

THIS IS WHERE THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN WILL COME IN.

THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE ASSESSMENT.

THEY ACTUALLY SHOULD FINISH THIS WELL BEFORE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEM GIVE A MASTER PLAN FOR LONG-TERM SPACING NEEDS.

PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO GOING TO WORK ON A WATER LOSS REDUCTION PLANNING TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR THE UNMETERED WATER LOSS.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 1, MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA 3.12 WE DID PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BRING IN A VET TO THAT GROUP SO THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE EUTHANASIA RATE THERE.

YOU ALSO HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS GOING TO START ON AN NEZ POLICY DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DEVELOPED, THEY WILL START ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE INITIATIVES AND THEN OUTREACH.

FOCUS AREA 3 GOAL 2.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ON HERE.

JEN AND HER GROUP WILL COMPLETE THE RUSSELL FARM MASTER PLAN, THE WARREN PARK MASTER PLAN, AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO DO THEIR FIRST CALL FOR ART FOR PUBLIC ART THAT WILL HELP FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 3.

HERE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FIRE.

WE WILL DO AN AMBULANCE FLEET EXPANSION.

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WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE FLEET WITH AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE TO STRENGTHEN THE EMS CAPACITY AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE JOE'S GROUP, THE EOC FOOTPRINT ENHANCEMENT.

THEY ARE WORKING WITH IT TO MAXIMIZE THE EOC FOOTPRINT.

THEY'RE GOING TO UPDATE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT WORK SPACE.

FOCUS AREA 3.4.

THERE IS SEVEN GOALS HERE.

AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIRE ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE TWO FIRE ENGINES IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FLEET REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

THEN THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO HIRE AN ARSON INVESTIGATOR BY HIRING THE INVESTIGATOR WILL HELP EXPAND THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE CAPACITY AND MOVE THE ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS ENABLING FIRE CREWS TO FOCUS ON CORE RESPONSES AND SWITCH THOSE DUTIES OVER.

CONTINUING WITH FOCUS AREA 3 GOAL 4.

POLICE IS ALSO GOING TO EXPAND THEIR FLEET.

THEY'RE GOING TO PURCHASE A FULLY FITTED AND DEPLOY NEW POLICE VEHICLES TO THEIR FLEET, REDUCING RELIANCE ON OLDER UNITS AND THEN THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY BY HIRING, TRAINING, AND DEPLOYING A NEW POLICE OFFICER INTO SOLO STATUS.

FOCUS AREA 3, GOAL 5.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE HERE.

JOE AND HIS GROUP ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE SRP PROGRAM AND ENHANCEMENTS WITH THAT, AND THEN ALSO COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTIONS ENHANCEMENTS AND THAT'S INCLUDING DROWNING PREVENTION, CPR, STOP THE BLEED PROGRAMS. THAT WAY, IT'S A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND VISIT.

MOVING ON TO OUR LAST FOCUS AREA, FOCUS AREA 4.1.

FOCUS AREA 4.1 WE'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ON GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING THING PROBABLY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT THAT'LL START HERE AND THAT'S AT 4.31.

>> FOCUS AREA 4, GOAL 2.

HAVE A FULL CIRCLE HERE, WHICH IS GREAT, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL CONTINUE WITH MAYOR YOUTH COUNCIL, MOVING INTO PARKS AND RECREATION AT THE BOTTOM WITH TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT PROGRAM EXPANSION, AND THEN DIANA'S GROUP WITH THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENTS.

WE'LL TACKLE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA.

FOCUS AREA 4, GOAL 3.

CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WILL HOST ANOTHER BURLESON 101 CIVIC ACADEMY.

THAT'S PRETTY POPULAR.

PARKS AND REC WILL DO AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM, PARTNERING WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO IMPLEMENT AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM, PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WITH THAT, THAT WAS THE 26TH PLAN.

GET SOME GUIDANCE ON YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY OTHER TASKS, REMOVE ANYTHING ON THERE, UPDATE ANYTHING WE HAVE ON THERE, AND THEN ALSO TO GET THE COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE GOAL ABOUT THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER.

>> ANYBODY? YOU DID GOOD.

>> SOME EXCELLENT GOALS. I THINK THE HOTEL BILL NEEDS TO STAY CURRENT UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION.

>> SHE'S ALREADY WRITTEN ONE UP AND SHOWED IT TO US, AND SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET IT ONTO THE NEXT SESSION.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEY GOT ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATE.

THEY'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR ANOTHER SESSION, BUT SHE MEANS WELL. ANYBODY ELSE?

>> THANK YOU GUYS.

>> YOU DID GOOD.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 8-D.

[8.D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding an agreement with Sports Facilities Companies for the management of Chisenhall Sports Complex (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN AGREEMENT WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHISHOLM SPORTS COMPLEX.

THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'LL GET STARTED THIS EVENING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

THIS IS SOMETHING STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE ISSUED AN RFP BACK AT THE END OF JANUARY AND THAT RFP CLOSED TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH.

WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONDENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHISENHALL SPORTS COMPLEX, AND WE INTERVIEWED TWO OF THOSE COMPANIES THE WEEK OF APRIL 7TH.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO PROCEED WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANY AS OUR FIRM, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THEIR MODEL MOST ALIGNS WITH THE CITY OF BURLESON.

THIS MODEL DOES ALLOW US TO RETAIN CONTROL OF OUR COMPLEX.

THE ALTERNATIVE MODEL THAT WAS PROPOSED THROUGH THIS RFP BY A SEPARATE FIRM UTILIZED A LEASE MODEL THAT WOULD ASSUME FULL CONTROL OF THE COMPLEX.

FOR AN EXAMPLE, MANSFIELD CURRENTLY UTILIZES THIS MODEL.

WE DID ENTER INTO A DUE DILIGENCE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,000 TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT.

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OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH SFC AND BYA TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT.

THROUGHOUT JULY, WE DID ALIGN THIS PRO FORMA.

THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS EVENING ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL PRO FORMA NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVED AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH TERMS. CONTRACT TERMS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED, AS WE STATED ON THE SLIDE BEFORE, THE CITY WOULD RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WITHIN SFC OR SFM, YOU'LL SEE THOSE TERMS INTERCHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WOULD ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY, THE STAFFING, THE MARKETING, AND THE FACILITY PROGRAMMING.

THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SFC, AND ANY LARGE REPAIRS WOULD BE CONTRACTED OUT.

THE CITY WOULD HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY OVER ALL BUDGET AND STAFFING LEVEL THINGS.

THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MANAGERIAL STAFF.

WE ARE PRESENTING THIS AS A FIVE-YEAR INITIAL TERM WITH TWO OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL PERIODS.

THAT MONTHLY MANAGEMENT FEE COMES OUT TO A LITTLE OVER $18,000, AND THE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES THAT WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE 3.5% DOWN FROM THE 5% ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, AS WELL AS 20% OF SPONSORSHIP DOWN FROM 30% THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.

SFC IS HERE THIS EVENING, SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS BEYOND MY SCOPE AND ABILITIES, THEY WILL STEP IN AND HELP US OUT.

BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT WHO THEY ARE.

YOU'LL SEE THESE CLIPS ARE REALLY JUST STRAIGHT FROM IF YOU WERE TO DO A GOOGLE SEARCH OF SFC, THESE WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE.

THEY ARE A NATIONAL LEADER OPERATING OVER 50 SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR OUTDOOR COMPLEX AREAS FROM HOSTING TOURNAMENTS TO RUNNING LEAGUES TO JUST MANAGING THE FIELDS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

THEY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD WITH THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

THE BIG THING THAT WE THINK WOULD WORK WELL IS THAT COLLABORATIVE PARTNER.

EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY.

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SFC MANAGEMENT WOULD BE THE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AGAIN, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, AND THEY TEND TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND ON THIS SLIDE.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT IS LISTED WITHIN THEIR RFP RESPONSE.

BUT THIS IS ALL OF THE CURRENT OPERATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH THEM EARLIER AND SAID, DO YOU GUYS STILL MANAGE ALL OF THESE SITES THAT YOU STARTED IN? THE ANSWER WAS, YES. EVERYWHERE THEY'VE STARTED, THEY'RE STILL CURRENTLY OPERATING.

THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2003 WITH OVER $200,000,000 IN OVERNIGHT HOTEL STAYS ANNUALLY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THROUGH ECONOMICS.

SPECIFICALLY TO TEXAS, YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT, OR ON THE LEFT, THERE'S FIVE COMPLEXES THAT THEY DO, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHICH IS THE OPERATION OF CHISENHALL, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME DIFFERENT COMPLEXES THAT THEY OPERATE DIAMOND FIELDS AT.

THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST PRO FORMA.

THIS PRO FORMA YOU'LL SEE, I'LL BREAK IT DOWN, THE TOP SHOWS THE REVENUE.

THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ARE THOSE FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUMBERS ARE REALLY HIGH, AND THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISEMENT, AS WELL AS THEIR RENTAL, OF COURSE, FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE, FOR THE EXPENSES, AT THE BOTTOM, ARE THESE ONE-TIME FEES.

THAT FIRST NUMBER YOU SEE IS THE FIELD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COST.

IF WE WERE TO BRING ON BOARD SFC, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD DO IS PURCHASE A FLEET THAT THEY WOULD MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OUT ON THE SITE, AND OUR FLEET WOULD GO WITH OUR TEAM.

THEY DO HAVE OPERATIONAL SETUP COSTS, AND THEN REPLACEMENT AND RENOVATION COSTS, WHICH WOULD JUST BE SOME UPGRADES TO THE CONCESSION STANDS.

WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT BASE MANAGEMENT EXECUTION FEE IS ZERO DOLLARS.

THE PRO FORMA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW DOES INCLUDE THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT APPROVED EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS, AND I WANTED TO SHOW THE DIFFERENTIAL IF YOU WERE TO DO THE SAME WITHOUT ALCOHOL.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE AT THIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUMBER, IT HAS LOWERED, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE TWO.

THE OTHER ONE THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IS HOTEL REBATES AND HOW SFC IS ABLE TO OPTIMIZE HOTEL STAYS FOR REVENUE GENERATION.

>> JEN, DO YOU MIND JUST BRIEFLY SPEAKING ABOUT THE PPF SUBSIDY TODAY AND SHOWING A REVENUE LOSS, BUT THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE UNDER A SUBSIDY MODEL?

>> THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND OPERATES THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, OUR ATHLETICS COMPLEXES, THE BRICK AND RUSSELL FARMS. THE WAY THAT THOSE FUNDS OPERATE RIGHT NOW IS THEY ARE SUBSIDIZED BY A 4B,

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OUR HALF-CENT SALES TAX, SO ANY MONEY THAT WE DO NOT GENERATE TO OPERATE THESE FACILITIES IS SUBSIDIZED BY THAT HALF-CENT SALES TAX.

DID THAT CLARIFY? ALCOHOL SALES AT APPROVED EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAPPEN OUT AT CHISENHALL, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT CONSIDERING AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT.

IT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL AS TO WHAT EVENTS, OR TOURNAMENTS THESE WERE HOSTED AT, OR IF WE ALLOWED ALCOHOL AT ALL, BUT WE DID WANT TO SHOW THE NUMBER DIFFERENCE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 20% DIFFERENTIAL IN THE TOTAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUMBER.

AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT PRO FORMA NET CHANGE IS MINIMAL.

IF COUNCIL WERE TO SAY, WE'D LOVE TO GO FORWARD, BUT WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT TO THE PRO FORMA AT THE BOTTOM.

IF YOU WANTED TO SHIFT IT AND SAY, YOU ALLOW IT AT SOME THINGS, BUT NOT OTHERS, THAT MODEL WOULD SHIFT ACCORDINGLY.

THESE ARE THE OPERATIONAL SETUP COST, WHICH INCLUDE GENERAL SETUP IS 127,000, CONCESSION EQUIPMENT.

SFC WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE CONCESSION STANDS AND DO AN INVENTORY OF WHAT'S EXISTING TODAY, WHICH WE ALREADY OWN, AND GAVE US AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADD.

THAT'S A LITTLE UNDER 25,000, AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COST WE ALSO HAVE IN THERE.

THAT FIRST YEAR START UP COST, WHICH I SHOWED ON THE FIRST PERFORMANCE SLIDE, IS A LITTLE UNDER $400,000.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE START-UP COST, YEAR 1 DOES LOOK MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN YOUR OUT YEARS BECAUSE OF THOSE START-UP COSTS.

BUT THE BIG THING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN YEAR 1, IT'S A LITTLE OVER $14 MILLION, AND BY YEAR 5, WE'RE LOOKING AT $30,000,000 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THERE ARE SOME PROVEN IMPACT.

WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT SFC WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN.

YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT IMPACT FROM GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE TO SANDUSKY, OHIO.

IN 2023, THEY WERE DOING 76 MILLION AND IN SANDUSKY, THEY DID 80 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PROVEN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE SERVING.

THEN I WANTED TO SWITCH OVER TO THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE AN APP THAT FUNCTIONS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW, THAT ALLOWS MOBILYTIC TRACKING AND DATA TO CREATE CUSTOMER PROFILES TO ESSENTIALLY SHOW DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HOSTING TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS, TO DO IN MARKET ACTIONS.

THINK OF IT ALMOST LIKE A GROUPON WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SAY, I CAN EAT AT THIS RESTAURANT FOR A PERCENTAGE, OR I CAN BOOK A HOTEL NIGHT STAY, I CAN DO THAT, AND WE CAN TRACK THAT THROUGH THE APP AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST A BIT MORE ABOUT IT, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME DIFFERENT HOTELS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO THE ROOM RATES.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO DO CUSTOM HOUSING, PROTECT AND FILL OUR LOCAL HOTELS FIRST.

BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GET THEM OUT OF OUR MARKET.

IF IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY OF BURLESON, THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THOSE HOTEL REBATES BACK.

THIS WAS FROM THE PRO FORMA, BUT I JUST BROKE IT DOWN.

YEAR 1, YOU LOOK AT 72,000, BUT BY YEAR 5, YOU'RE AT A 150,000 IN REBATES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?

>> I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE TWO HOTELS WITHIN THE CITY, AND THERE ARE OTHER HOTELS IN FORT WORTH THAT ARE RIGHT ON OUR BORDERLINE, AND I'M AFRAID SOME OF THAT WILL BLEED AWAY.

BUT I WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE MADE A PART OF THIS THAT WE COULD ASK THEM TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL AIRBNBS AND VRBOS.

I THINK MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE STARTING TO GO AND LOOK FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS FOR PURPOSES EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

I REALIZE THEY ALL USE ONLINE PLATFORMS TO FIND THESE PLACES, BUT THEY CAN ALSO USE ONLINE PLATFORMS TO FIND HOTELS.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THIS PACKAGE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE SFC TO TRY TO MAKE OUR OWN HOME GROWN BUSINESSES, BESIDES HOTELS, OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.

>> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT I WILL ABSOLUTELY BRING THAT INFORMATION.

>> I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE PACKAGE, IF WE POSSIBLY CAN.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ANY REBATES FROM THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T TAX THE SDRS, BUT IT WILL HELP IN THE LOCAL MARKET.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INVESTING IN THOSE, AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE GENERAL ECONOMY IF THOSE BEDROOMS ARE RENTED MORE OFTEN AND FOR LONGER PERIODS.

>> YES, SIR.

>> THOSE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE SUPPOSED TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT DAN IS SAYING IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED SHORT-TERM RENTAL WITH THE CITY BEFORE THEY WILL JUSTIFY USING THEM.

>> YES, SIR.

>> GOOD IDEA.

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>> NEXT, WE'D MOVE ON TO SPONSORSHIP AND NAMING RIGHTS.

IF SFC WERE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, THE BIG THING WOULD BE THEY WOULD CREATE A CUSTOM PACKAGE VERY SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR HERE, WHETHER THAT'S NAMING RIGHTS OVER THE COMPLETE COMPLEX OR WHETHER IT'S JUST SPECIFIC AREAS, LIKE THE CONCESSION STANDS, THE SCOREBOARDS, INDIVIDUAL BALL FIELDS.

THAT PACKAGE WOULD BE TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO BURLESON AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE CATEGORIES, ADDING LENGTH, AND COSTS THAT WOULD BOTH ALLOW FOR THE REVENUE GENERATION THAT SFC IS SEEKING, BUT THAT STICKS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR BRAND AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE PRO FORMA FOR SPONSORSHIPS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 112 IN THAT FIRST YEAR AND 150 BY YEAR 5, THEN THEIR SPONSORSHIP COGS AS WELL, SO THAT 20% SPONSORSHIP REVENUE NUMBER.

THIS IS JUST SOME OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY'VE DONE NAMING RIGHTS AND SPONSORSHIP.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'VE MARKETED THAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT A FACILITY THAT THEY HAVE DOWN IN BRYAN, TEXAS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, IT WAS VERY CLASSILY DONE, EVERYTHING.

ANYTHING THAT HAD A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, IT WAS VERY TASTEFUL, VERY MINIMAL.

THERE WAS NOT SIGN POLLUTION OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO STAFFING, UNLESS WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON SPONSORSHIP.

SFC IS GOING TO DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OBVIOUSLY WE DO CURRENTLY.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL ADMIN PAYROLL OF 715,000.

THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED STAFFING LEADERSHIP WORK CHART.

IF THEY WERE TO GET IN AND SAY THEY NEEDED TO SHIFT A POSITION HERE AND THERE, THEY DO HAVE THE LATITUDE TO DO SO AS LONG AS THEY SAY TO THAT PRO FORMA NUMBER FOR THEIR TOTAL ADMIN PAYROLL.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING IS A GM, AN EVENTS MANAGER, A FACILITIES MANAGER, SOMEONE OVER FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AND THEN THEIR FINANCE MANAGER WHO IS A LOT LIKE THEIR ADMIN, WHO WOULD DO A LOT OF THEIR DAILY OFFICE WORK.

THEN THEIR PART-TIME STAFF, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALL THEIR EVENTS STAFF, THEIR MAINTENANCE STAFF, AND THEIR FOOD AND BEVERAGE STAFF.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WOULD BE THE REALLOCATION OF OUR EXISTING TEAM OVER SFC HIRING IT.

WE WANTED TO HAVE A BIGGER PICTURE CONVERSATION, SCALE THE SCOPE BACK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING HOLISTICALLY.

WE LOOKED AT OUR PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND AND ATHLETICS SPECIFICALLY AND SAID, WHAT OF OUR ATHLETICS TEAM IS ACTUALLY SPENT MANAGING CHISENHALL SPECIFICALLY.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A LITTLE OVER 4,000 OF OUR ANNUAL LABOR HOURS ARE SPENT WITH OUR ATHLETICS TEAM SPECIFICALLY AT CHISENHALL.

WE HAVE A SEVEN MEMBER CREW WITH TWO PART TIME SEASONALS, THAT THEY ALSO MAINTAIN BAILEY LAKE, HIDDEN CREEK SPORTS COMPLEX, THE BACK 40 BEHIND CHISENHALL, HIDDEN VISTAS, THE RIGHT AWAY IN FRONT OF CHISENHALL.

HIDDEN CREEK PARKWAY, AS WELL AS A LITTLE PIECE CALLED DILMORE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING PARKS COMING ON BOARD.

OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EIGHT TO NINE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME STAFF.

TWO MEMBERS AT SHANNON CREEK, BARTLETT, WHICH YOU SAW THIS EVENING, AS WE ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT COMPLEX, AND THEN TWO OF PHASE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY PARK AND THREE TO FOUR WHEN WE ONBOARD THE SECOND PHASE.

WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT HOLISTICALLY, WE THOUGHT, WE REALLY NEED THESE TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE WERE GOING TO BE COMING RIGHT BACK ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF.

THE MODEL THAT WE'RE SHOWING THIS EVENING SHOWS MAINTAINING OUR STAFF AND SFC ON BOARDING THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE TEAM.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SHIFT SUPPORT TO OUR NEW ASSETS, AS WELL AS OPTIMIZE THE USE OF OUR CITY RESOURCES.

WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW AT THE TAIL END OF THIS IS, THIS IS OUR CURRENT 4B FUND BALANCE.

THIS IS THE MODEL THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THROUGH THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

AT THE BOTTOM, WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT FUND PERCENTAGE TO EXPENDITURE OR FUND BALANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BY YEAR 5 AROUND 48% FUND BALANCE.

THEN I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE JUST DID SFC, AND WE TRANSITIONED OUR STAFF.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THAT FUND BALANCE GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WE WOULD GENERATE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SFC, BUT DOWNPLAYING OUR STAFF.

WE FELT LIKE THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE TRUE BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD BE ON BOARDING ADDITIONAL STAFF.

THIS LAST SIDE THAT YOU SEE SHOWS WITH THE ONBOARDING OF SFC, AS WELL AS OUR ADDITIONAL FUTURE PARK NEEDS FROM A STAFFING ALLOCATION.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS STARTING IN YEAR 3 OF THAT IN 27, 28.

OUR FUND BALANCE DOES DROP TO 25, BUT IT DOES START TO BUILD BACK UP.

THEN, OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY?

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IF WE ENTER INTO THIS THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR YOUTH ASSOCIATION? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY? IS IT STILL OUR PARK? THE ANSWER IS, YES, IT IS ABSOLUTELY STILL OUR PARK.

WE STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOST EVENTS THERE.

WE WOULD STILL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SFC FOR ANY THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO AND THE SAME THING WOULD GO FOR BYA.

BYA'S CURRENT AGREEMENT DOES RUN THROUGH APRIL OF 2027.

WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH BYA.

THEY'RE VERY AWARE THAT THIS IS COMING AND THE KEY TERMS THAT WOULD BE AMENDED FOR THEIR CURRENT AGREEMENT IS THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THEIR LEAGUES AS THEY DO TODAY, BUT WE WOULD TAKE OVER THEIR CONCESSION OPERATIONS.

WE DID LOOK AT THAT AS A WAY TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH BYA.

WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD WORKED THOSE CONCESSION REVENUES INTO THEIR PLAYER FEES AND SO TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THEM, WE ARE OFFERING TO BANK IT, BY GIVING THEM THEIR LOST REVENUE, AS WELL AS ANY PURCHASES THAT THEY HAD MADE FOR THE CONCESSION STANDS OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

WE WOULD BE REIMBURSING THEM FOR THOSE AS WELL TO THE TUNE OF A LITTLE OVER $81,000.

THEN, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY.

WE WOULD CONTINUE HOSTING EVENTS THERE AND PROGRAMS. BUT SFC WILL ACTUALLY HELP US OUT BECAUSE THEY'LL BRING IN THEIR OWN TEAM TO ALSO HOST ADDITIONAL EVENTS, AND WE WOULD BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM SO THEY'D BE ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THE GAPS.

WE HOST OVER 40 EVENTS A YEAR.

BUT ADDING A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS THEIR OWN EVENTS TEAM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO EVEN MORE.

IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIS EVENING BASED ON HOW COUNSEL RESPONDS TO IT OR THEIR DIRECTION, WE WOULD BRING BACK THE CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION ON SEPTEMBER 2.

IF THAT CONTRACT WAS APPROVED, WE WOULD START THAT TRANSITION IN SEPTEMBER.

SFC WOULD ONBOARD THEIR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE TEAM AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, DEPENDING ON DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL REGARDING ALCOHOL, WE WOULD LOOK AT AMENDING THAT ALCOHOL ORDINANCE IF IT'S NEEDED.

IN OCTOBER, STARTING OCTOBER 1, SFC WOULD ASSUME MANAGEMENT OF THE CONCESSION STANDS FROM BYA.

IN NOVEMBER, OUR TEAM, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WOULD FULLY TRANSITION OFF THE SITE AND BE ABSORBED INTO OUR PARK ANNEX FACILITY, AND THEIR TEAM WOULD MOVE INTO OUR EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON SITE, AND THEN OUR FLEET WOULD TRANSITION AS IT CAME IN. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANYBODY?

>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, JEN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE I STAND ON THIS ON ALCOHOL.

I DON'T THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE.

I'VE RUN A LOT OF CONCESSION STAND.

I'VE BEEN IN ATHLETES FOR YEARS.

I THINK IT'S NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUNG ATHLETES AND ADULTS.

I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE EVENTS.

I THINK IT SETS A BAD EXAMPLE.

I THINK THERE'S DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

I THINK THERE'S PARENTAL CONFLICTS WHEN IT HAPPENS.

I THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL LINK OF VIOLENCE.

I DON'T LIKE THE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE ALCOHOL, IF IT'S AN EVENT, CAN NORMALIZE DRINKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO UNDERAGE DRINKING.

IMPAIRED SUPERVISION. WHEN PEOPLE DRINK, THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR OTHER KIDS RESPONSIBILITIES THAT I'VE SEEN TRANSPORTATION RISK.

I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OUGHT TO BE REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I'VE SEEN THEM DRIVE VERY ERRATICALLY AFTER THEY HAD A LOT OF ALCOHOL.

I THINK THE SPORTING EVENTS OUGHT TO BE FOCUSED ON CHILDREN NOT ALCOHOL.

IF THAT'S YOUR DRIVING FORCE, I THINK WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

I WOULD EVEN SUGGEST I DON'T EVEN LIKE THE $81,000 BACK FOR THE CONCESSION STAND.

CAN'T WE WAIT A COUPLE OF YEARS OR A YEAR AND GET THESE PEOPLE ON BOARD, OR ARE THEY GOING TO PAY OUT THE BYA.

THE COST OF $80,000. I DON'T LIKE THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN CONCESSION STANDS.

BELIEVE ME, I RAN THEM FOR YEARS.

I KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE, AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW HOW MUCH CONCESSION STANDS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HERE.

I MAY BE ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL. THANKS.

>> JEN, THE $81,000 PAYOUT TO BYA IS JUST TO HONOR MORE OR LESS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE AGREED TO THAT EXPIRES IN 2027.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT BYA WILL DO AFTER THAT, BUT I EXPECT THAT WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE THEM AFTER THE EXISTING CONTRACT RUNS OUT.

I THINK IT'S FAIR AS IT IS, I DON'T LIKE IT.

ANYMORE FIEL DOES, BUT IT'S FAIR.

BUT ONCE WE GET PAST THAT CONTRACT, THEN I'M GOING TO LOOK HARD WAY AT ANY FURTHER SUBSIDIES TO BYA.

I THINK THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN FEET.

AS FAR AS THE ALCOHOL SALES, THIS IS A PRIVATIZATION OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A PUBLIC FACILITY IN THE PAST.

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I THINK A PRIVATE OPERATOR NEEDS TO HAVE AVAILABLE AT HIS DISPOSAL ANY TOOLS THAT THERE ARE TO MAXIMIZE HIS RETURN SO THAT THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE.

THE PURPOSE HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CLEAN UP HOW WE MANAGE THIS SPORTS FACILITY, TAKE IT OFF OUR OWN STAFFS OVERBURDENED HANDS, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ASSET THAT WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE IT INTO SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE MAKE MONEY OFF THIS OR SPEND LESS MONEY ON THIS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND WE FREE UP FUNDS THAT WE CAN USE FOR PUBLIC PARKS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THIS.

FOR MY THOUGHT, I WOULD GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE ALCOHOL SALES IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT, WHERE IT ADDS REVENUE, WHERE IT ADDS FLEXIBILITY.

I KNOW THERE MAY BE TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO GET IF THEY HAVE THAT TOOL IN THEIR KIT, THAN THEY WOULD BE IF THEY DIDN'T.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH RAIN AS WE CAN SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THIS NEW STRUCTURE AND MAKE IT AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT POSSIBLY CAN.

THEN I GUESS ONE OTHER LESSER COMMENT, KEEPING OUR STAFF ON HAND IS THE HONORABLE THING TO DO, BUT I WONDER IF WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT OPEN UP DUE TO ATTRITION, IF WE INTEND TO FILL THOSE OR IF WE INTEND WE GOT SOME PARKS ON HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAIN THAT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN BUILT YET OR EVEN COMPLETELY PLANNED.

I THINK IF WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF TO DOWNSIZE ITSELF, THEN WE LET THAT HAPPEN AS LONG AS WE DON'T TERMINATE ANY EXISTING EMPLOYEES SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AT THE MOMENT.

>> IF I HEARD THIS CORRECTLY, A PIECE OF THE REIMBURSEMENT OR THE REFUND BACK, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PHRASE IT OF THE 81,000 BACK TO BYA, IS ALSO BECAUSE THEY PLAN FOR THEY LOWER THE COST OR IT PLAYS INTO THE COST OF THE PER PLAYER FEE.

THAT IS SOMETHING, WHILE, IT'S NOT FUN TO DIGEST AND I'M NOT ANY MORE AGREEABLE TO IT AS A ON PRINCIPLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULDN'T WANT THE FAMILIES THEN WHO ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'RE PAYING A CERTAIN FEE FOR THEIR KIDDO TO GET TO PLAY.

THEN NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS, SO NOW WE HAVE TO SPREAD THIS OUT ACROSS ALL OF OUR POTENTIAL PLAYERS.

THAT PIECE I DON'T LIKE.

BUT I AM COMPLETELY WITH YOU, DAN.

MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARD A DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE NO LONGER HAVING TO SUPPLEMENT BYA.

I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEAM.

THEY'RE REPEATEDLY, NOT JUST FROM PEOPLE UP AT THIS DAIS, BUT IN CITIZENS WIDE, WE KNOW WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL FACILITY, EVEN MORE SO NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN ASH RETURF.

IT COULD BE DOING AND BEING SO MUCH MORE AND THE TRICKLE EFFECT OF THAT TO ALL OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS TOWN, THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX OPPORTUNITY.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH BY AS GROWING OUR FOOTPRINT THROUGH THESE FIELDS SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE REMARKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY BOTH GENTLEMEN, BUT AS FAR AS THE ALCOHOL SALES, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT IN PERTAINING TO KIDS EVENTS.

I HAVE A LITTLE LEAGUER, AND I'VE WATCHED ADULTS GET INTO HEATED DISCUSSIONS.

I'VE SEEN FISC GET THROWN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED OR NOT.

BUT EVEN STILL, TENSIONS ARE SO HIGH AND EXPECTATIONS ON KIDDOS ARE JUST THROUGH THE ROOF.

EVERYTHING'S EXASPERATED.

WE CAN'T JUST LET THEM PLAY.

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SUPER EMOTIONAL AND HEATED AND I GET IT, I'VE GOT BABIES THERE, TOO, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THEM SEEING THOSE THING.

WE JUST HAD TO COVER THEIR EYES AND TELL THEM, WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ADULTS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR WORDS.

LET'S KEEP MOVING THIS WAY, BUT THAT SO THAT IS BUT TO ME, THE PERFORMER LOOKED, IT'S A 20% DIFFERENCE WITHOUT THE ALCOHOL CELLS, AND I'M HONESTLY OKAY WITH THAT LESSON TO STILL HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OVER ALL OF AN OUTSIDE GROUP COMING IN AND HAVING THE PROMOTIONAL ASPECTS.

JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THEM HAS BEEN VERY CLEAN, PROFESSIONAL, I'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF THE OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH.

I THINK THAT THEY HAVE LOTS OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING TO

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BURLESON AND CAN HELP US EXPAND WHAT THESE BALL FIELDS CAN MEAN FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS, BUT ALSO THE BALANCE OF WE CAN STILL HAVE OVERSIGHT AND RESERVE THINGS ON OUR CALENDAR FOR JULY 4 AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO STILL HOST OUT THERE AND HAVE CONTROL OF.

BUT I JUST HAVE PAUSE ABOUT THE ALCOHOL CELLS.

I'M IN AGREEMENT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT BOTH GENTLEMEN SAID, AND I'M JUST MORE LEANING TOWARD.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR CHILDREN EVENTS TO HAVE ALCOHOL CELLS, AND MAYBE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.

SFC COMES TO US AND SAYS, HEY, WE MIGHT HOST THIS CONCERT, OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? AND THEN WE CAN COME UP HERE AND DISCUSS THOSE ONE SINGLE OPPORTUNITIES, MAYBE LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I WOULD BE RESERVED ON HAVING CELLS FOR TOURNAMENTS THAT INVOLVE JUST KIDS BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE AND TO THINK THAT I DON'T WANT ANYONE'S KIDDO TO THINK MY MOM AND DAD OR ANYONE DOESN'T COME SUPPORT ME IF I CAN'T BE ALCOHOL INVOLVED.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT SETS A GOOD PRECEDENCE.

>> GEN, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.

THIS IS EXPANDING, BUT IT DID HAPPEN.

I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN A FEW TIMES.

WHO PAYS FOR MAINTENANCE IF SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO A CONCESSION STAND BECAUSE THEY BROKE INTO OUR CONCESSION STAND A NUMBER OF TIMES, JUST TO GET COKES AND CANDY? I HATE TO THINK WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO OUT THERE IF THE KIDS FIND OUT THERE'S BEER IN A CONCESSION STAND OVERNIGHT.

WHO PAYS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A BUSTED DOOR OR AN OVERHEAD ROLLING DOOR? IS THAT US OR THEM?

>> ULTIMATELY, WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING OUT THERE STILL.

WHILE THEY WOULD PAY TO GET IT REPAIRED AND GET IT TURNED AROUND, WE WOULD STILL CUT THE CHECK AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR THE REPAIR? YES, SIR.

>> THANKS. WELL, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT.

BUT OVERALL, THIS PARK IS THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITIZENS, AND THEY INVESTED IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFUND OR AN INVESTMENT REFUND FROM THEIR INVESTMENT, I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY TO GET THAT BACK TO THEM.

ANY MONEY THAT WE CAN BRING IN FROM OUTSIDE, COME BUDGET TIME REDUCES TAX RATE.

TAX RATE REDUCES PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

I'M ALL FAR MAXIMIZING THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT, AND I'M ALL FAR MAXIMIZING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

NOW, WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, AND THAT'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT AND YOU CAN'T JUST ANSWER IT WITH ONE ANSWER.

I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, AND IT STILL WEIGHS HEAVY.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M OKAY WITH THE ALCOHOL SELLS.

I KNOW THAT THEY SELL ALCOHOL AT BALLPARKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I KNOW THEY DO AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS AND IRRESPONSIBLE ADULTS REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOL.

I'M GOOD WITH THE ALCOHOL, AND I'M GOOD FOR MAXIMIZING RETURN FOR THE CITIZENS, AS LONG AS WE DON'T SACRIFICE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.

>> I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF ON BOTH SIDES.

[LAUGHTER] I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT LARRY IS SAYING, AND I KNOW THAT ALCOHOL DOES BRING MONEY IN.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, AND IF IT'S OFFERED, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, DO I WANT THAT WITH LITTLE LEAGUE KIDDOS RUNNING AROUND? NO. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, WE DO HAVE ORDINANCES IN.

MAYBE IT IS ON CERTAIN EVENTS, OR MAYBE WE CAN SAY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ALCOHOL FOR THIS EVENT BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT UNDER 10 OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE LEAGUE AGES AND SO ON.

BUT I SEE IT AS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR TO HAVE THIS PARK HERE.

WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO BRINGING IN MONEY.

ALCOHOL DOES SELL. I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE STRONGER PARENTS AND TEACHER KIDS.

DON'T DO THIS, YOU'RE UNDER 21.

>> NOTHING LIKE BEING IN THE MIDDLE.

I'M GOING TO SAY GO WITH THE ALCOHOL,

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BUT I WANT SOME STIPULATIONS HERE.

I'VE SEEN LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES WHERE THE PARENTS WERE TOTAL JERKS, AND THEY WERE SOBER. YOU'VE BEEN THERE.

THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I'M GOING FOR THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO CLAUSE IN HERE THAT IF IT GETS OUT OF HAND, WE CAN END IT.

PERIOD. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE DRINKING AND GETTING ON HIDDEN CREEK PARKWAY.

THAT CURVE COMING AROUND.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS HERE.

BUT LARRY TOUCHED ON THAT.

ALMOST A FOUR LETTER WORD, BUT PROPERTY TAX.

WE'VE GOT AN OBLIGATION TO GET REVENUE INTO THIS TOWN TO DO THINGS WITH US.

HATS OFF TO YOU AND ERIC FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

BUT WE NEED TO WEIGH OUT IF ALCOHOL BECOMES A PROBLEM.

I APPRECIATE WHAT PHIL HAS SAID AND VICTORIA HAS SAID.

THESE ARE VALID SITUATIONS.

THE REASON I'M GOING DOWN THIS ROAD IS WE DON'T KNOW.

I REMEMBER, ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS CAME IN.

WE SAT DOWN [INAUDIBLE] AND THE MANAGER COMES OVER AND SETS DOWN AND BECOME GOOD FRIENDS, AND HE SAID, MAN, BURLESON LIKES TO DRINK.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO SELL ALCOHOL TO THEM ALL.

WE NEED A WAY OUT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WAY OUT IF HE GETS OUT OF HAND.

>> I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED, JEN, THAT AS PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION.

IT'S FOR SOME TOURNAMENTS OR SOME THINGS.

HOW DO WE GET TO THE DETERMINING POINT OF WHAT THOSE ARE?

>> I THINK WHEN WE BRING BACK THE CONTRACT, WE WOULD BRING BACK OPTIONS WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

WE'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.

AGAIN, JD AND JIM ARE HERE TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO GIVE YOU A FEW OPTIONS OFF THE CUFF, BUT THERE'S ONLY ADULT AIMED TOURNAMENTS EVENTS.

THERE'S JUST CONCERTS, THERE'S JUST PRIVATE RENTALS.

THERE IS LEAGUE PLAY OVER A CERTAIN AGE, AS ALEXA MENTIONED, WHERE YOU COULD SAY ABOVE THE AGE OF 11 OR 12 OR 13.

THE FLEXIBILITY IS REALLY UP TO WHAT THE COUNCIL'S POLICY WOULD BE ON THAT.

>> I CAN COMPLETELY BE UNDERSTANDING OF ADULT TOURNAMENT.

THOSE THINGS, AND THAT'S WHY I ALSO HAD A CAVEAT OF, LIKE, IF IT'S A CONCERT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS, AND IF WE COULD CONSIDER THOSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT OR I'VE MADE EYE CONTACT WITH THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES.

YES. NO, I'M GETTING HEAD NODS.

GO ON. COME ON DOWN.

LIKE THE PRICE IS RIGHT.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? YOU'RE IN BRYAN AND PECOS TEXAS, AND SO JUST BE INTERESTED TO HEAR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PIECE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING?

>> ABSOLUTELY. [NOISE] GOOD TO MEET YOU GUYS. MY NAME IS JIM ARNOLD.

I'M A PARTNER WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES, AND WE'RE JUST IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND THE HARD PART ABOUT THIS QUESTION IS THERE REALLY ISN'T A RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER TO IT.

I WANT TO START OFF WITH ADDRESSING A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME UP.

DECISION IS ABOUT, IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROUTE, WE WANT TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO SAY, WAIT, WE WANT TO REVERSE COURSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS AT THE CORE OF OUR MODEL IS THE CITY IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL OF ALL DECISIONS.

WHICHEVER WAY YOU GO TO START THAT DOES NOT MEAN SIX MONTHS IN, YOU SAY, WE'D LIKE TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE OR WE'D LIKE TO SET UP DIFFERENT PARAMETERS AROUND THIS.

WE HAVE COMPLEXES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT DO NOT SERVE ALCOHOL, WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT DO SERVE ALCOHOL.

THE ONE THING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN WE DO SERVE ALCOHOL IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR STAFF TRAINED CORRECTLY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE WAYS TO TURN ALCOHOL ON AND TURN ALCOHOL OFF.

WE HAVE VENUES THAT HOST SANCTIONED HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS.

FOR SANCTION HIGH SCHOOL EVENT OR SCHOOL EVENT, WE CAN'T SERVE ALCOHOL IN MOST STATES IN MOST JURISDICTIONS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ABILITIES TO TURN IT ON AND OFF AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE FROM A FOOD AND BEVERAGE PERSPECTIVE OR AN EVENT PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAVE VENUES THAT HAVE SPECIAL AREAS WHERE ALCOHOL CANNOT BE TAKEN OUT OF A CERTAIN AREA.

WHAT THAT DOES IS, CANDIDLY, WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE POUR IN A CUP OR POUR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IF IT CAN'T BE TAKEN OUT OF AN AREA, IT GIVES OUR STAFF THE ABILITY TO VERY QUICKLY TAKE SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE OUT OF CONTROL OR NOT BEHAVING CORRECTLY AND REMOVE THEM FROM A SITUATION OR FROM THE FACILITY.

I THINK ALL THE CONCERNS ARE VALID.

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ALL THE PROS ARE VALID IN TERMS OF DRIVING REVENUE AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO TRY TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE PROS AND ALL OF THE CONS AND BEST EDUCATE YOU AS A COUNCIL, AND AS A CITY TO THE PROS AND CONS, AND THEN ALLOW YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

I THINK IT IS AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY.

I THINK WITH THE INVESTMENTS YOU'VE MADE AND THE TURF YOU'VE PUT IN, THIS HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST BASEBALL-SOFTBALL COMPLEXES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I DO NOT THINK THE DECISION OF YES OR NO ON THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS TO DRIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE OR HAVE THE CONTROL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE JUST MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT.

>> APPRECIATE THAT.

>> BUT I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF THE SETUP OF THE CONTRACT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE IF YOU SAY, DO IT THIS WAY ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE GOING TO SAY, THIS IS THE CONTRACT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF WE WANT TO SHIFT, IF WE WANT TO ADJUST, IF WE WANT TO TURN ON, TURN OFF, THAT WE CAN DO REALLY THE FLIP OF A SWITCH.

>> GENUINELY APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP AND SPEAKING WITH US ON IT. IT'S BEEN GOOD.

>> EITHER YOU'RE A REAL GOOD CAR SALESMAN, OR YOU WON ME OVER.

WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THIS, YOU BECOME A PARTNER WITH US.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE ON THE FENCE RIGHT HERE.

I'M FOR THE ALCOHOL, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT.

>> A 100%, THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS IN OUR MODEL ARE FULL TRANSPARENCY AND FULL CONTROL.

YOU GUYS NEVER LOSE EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

>> THANKS FOR REAFFIRMING WHAT I WAS HOPING. THANKS, SIR.

>> ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TOO, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR VOTERS SAY, THEY DID WANT ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD IN WITHIN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, TOO.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP IN CONSIDERATION IF WE WANT TO PUT A CLAWBACK CLAUSE IN THERE WHERE WE CAN PULL THE ALCOHOL BACK OUT IS IF WE ACCEPT SPONSORSHIP FROM A LOCAL BEER DISTRIBUTOR OR ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTOR, AND IT'S A 1, 2, 3 YEAR CONTRACT, AND WE JUMP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND CLAWBACK THE ALCOHOL.

THAT'S GOING TO CREATE ISSUES, SO THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER HERE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THE ALCOHOL BACK OUT.

>> IS THAT SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET PUT HERSELF IN THAT POSITION IN THAT CONTRACT?

>> I'M NOT THE CONTRACT WRITER.

I DON'T DO VERY MANY CONTRACTS, BUT IF I WAS TO WRITE A CONTRACT AND I WAS A ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTOR, AND THERE WAS A CLAWBACK CLAUSE, AND THERE WERE AT ANY POINT THEY CAN PULL ALCOHOL OUT OF THERE, I WOULD RECONSIDER MY SPONSORSHIP.

>> DON'T SIGN THE CONTRACT.

>> WHAT JIM WAS SAYING IS THAT THEY COULD TAKE THE PAYMENTS AND INSTALLMENTS.

IF WE WERE TO PULL IT BACK, THEY WOULD HAVE ONLY PAID UP TO THAT CERTAIN DATE, SO IT WOULD JUST END THAT CONTRACT AT THAT TIME.

>> BUT IT WOULD ALSO PUT A OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT TO GET THE CONTRACTS THAT WE NEED FOR SPONSORSHIP.

>> ANYBODY ELSE?

>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK A HANDFUL OF THINGS CLEARLY IT'S A BIG DECISION, AND I THINK WE HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SFC AND HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE SPONSORSHIP ASPECT OF IT.

THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE LARGELY CENTERED ON THE ALCOHOL COMPONENT.

WE STILL ARE WORKING THROUGH RED LINE VERSIONS, AND OUR INTENTION IS TO BRING BACK AN ITEM FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, BARRING ANY DELAY IN THAT PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE.

AN OPTION WOULD BE FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND THEN COME BACK LATER AND DEVELOP AN ALCOHOL POLICY.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEND FURTHER TIME IN DISCUSSION, WHETHER IT'S THAT YOU WANT TO RESTRICT SALES BEYOND FOR GAMES THAT ARE FOR 11 YEARS AND UNDER OR NOT.

I THINK I'M GOING ASSUME THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION AND IT MAY INVOLVE A LEGAL ANSWER FROM ALLEN.

SUPPOSE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ISSUING A RFP OR WHATEVER FOR SPONSORSHIP.

ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE OUR SPONSOR AT ANY CRITERIA THAT APPEALS TO US? ARE WE GOING TO RUN IN SOME FREEDOM OF SPEECH THING OR SOMETHING WEIRD?

>> COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE THE CRITERIA OF THE FACTORS YOU WILL CONSIDER IN EVALUATING SPONSORSHIP PROPOSALS.

FOR INSTANCE, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THE CITY OF MANSFIELD WAS DOING THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS COMPLEX.

THEY MADE A DECISION THAT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT ADVERTISING OR SPONSORSHIP FROM CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF BUSINESSES.

THEY TOOK ALCOHOL AND THEY TOOK TOBACCO OUT, SAID, WE WILL NOT DO THAT.

[01:50:01]

IT SENDS TOO CONFUSING AND MIXED MESSAGE, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, THOSE WON'T BE THINGS THAT WE WILL APPROVE FOR SPONSORSHIP.

THERE IS NO CASE LAW THAT REQUIRES US TO ACCEPT SOMEBODY'S OFFER UNLESS WE WRITE THE RFP TO SAY IT WILL GO TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

OF COURSE, WE WILL NOT RECOMMEND DOING THAT.

IT WILL BE ONE THAT SPONSORSHIP WILL REQUIRE SOMEONE TO REPRESENT COMMUNITY CULTURE AND COMMUNITY VALUES.

THAT WILL BE AN ELEMENT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER IN APPROVING SPONSORSHIPS.

>> THANKS ALLEN.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? DO WE HAVE A DIRECTION?

>> NO SIR. [LAUGHTER] SORRY.

WE HAVE DIRECTION THAT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH SFC, AND WE HAVE APPROVAL ON GETTING ON DIRECTION, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS.

I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I THINK STAFF HAS BEFORE YOU IS, I THINK WE HAD ENOUGH HEAD NODS FOR ALCOHOL.

ALSO, AGAIN, YOU RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITHOUT THAT AND COME BACK AT A LATER DATE.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHERE YOU WANT TO, OR IF IT'S JUST YOU WANT TO SELL ALCOHOL, THAT'S FINE, TOO.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED DIRECTION ON.

>> YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED FOR TONIGHT TO GET THE CONTRACT AND GET THE TOURNAMENTS COMING?

>> SFC, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THAT APPROACH?

>> NOT AT ALL.

>> I GUESS WE'RE DONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK Y'ALL. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 9 CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.

[9. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS]

>> I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO DISCUSS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF BUDGET TALKS, BUT CODE ISSUES AS FAR AS TALL GRASS.

I KNOW TOMMY, YOU AND I SPOKE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CALLS ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT HADN'T BEEN MOWED, AND YOU SAID THAT BASICALLY THE COMPANY THAT RESPONDS TO THE CODE VIOLATIONS HAD SAID, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW OR BASICALLY THAT PIECE HAD FALLEN OFF, SO WE WERE LEFT ON A LURCH.

IS THERE A WAY WE COULD MAKE AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL LANDSCAPERS? LIKE WE HAVE THESE THREE PROPERTIES.

ARE YOU AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO GO TAKE CARE OF THAT, AND HAVE MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS THAT WE COULD HOP BETWEEN, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE WITH ONE ENTITY THAT THEN COULD POTENTIALLY LEAVE US IN A LURCH WHEN THINGS AREN'T BEING RESPONDED TO?

>> WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AWARD CONTRACTS DEPENDING ON HOW WE RELEASE OUR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS SO YOU COULD OFFER MULTIPLE CONTRACTS, YOU COULD MAKE IT INTO REGIONS.

YOU COULD HAVE ONE VENDOR. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

I THINK WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FIX TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, BUT WE COULD COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND BRING OPTIONS FOR WHAT CODE ABATEMENT MOWING MAY LOOK LIKE.

>> I KNOW WE HAVE TONS OF LANDSCAPING COMPANIES LOCALLY.

I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, WE'VE WAITED A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THAT COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN CUT BY JOE'S LAWN MOWING SERVICE, AND THEN THEY CAN JUST SEND THE BILL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE THE MIDDLEMAN.

THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE PAST HAS SIMPLY BEEN IT'S A REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE I HAVE THE ATTORNEY BEAT ME [OVERLAPPING]

>> IF WE COULD HAVE A FUTURE ITEM ON THAT, THAT'D BE AWESOME.

>> I THINK I KNOW ONE OF THE HOUSES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> THAT'LL BRING US TO SECTION 10 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[10. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM AND CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING.

THE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.07, 551.072, AND 551.087.

>> ZERO MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I GOT A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE.

[BACKGROUND]

[01:55:02]

PASSES UNANIMOUS. WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:51.

IS THERE A MOTION TO RE RECONVENE IN THE REGULAR SESSION? I GOT A MOTION FROM DAN SECOND BY ALEXA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YOU GOT ONE BY ALEXA, ONE BY VICTORIA.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR IT AT 9:02.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.